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Wrightsville Beach students speak up about school’s status Racing for a reason
By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer
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Fifth graders at Wrightsville Beach School admit the school needs a little TLC. Cooper Hyldahl said there is a tree growing in the chimney. Avery Jones is worried one of the big old pipes speckled with duct tape will burst. Madeline Ebelherr ripped her book bag trying to maneuver it in and out of the school’s tiny lockers. Still, many students wish they could attend class in one of the building’s seven classrooms instead of stopgap spaces, like 10 trailers on the school’s campus and two classrooms in a nearby church. Hyldahl said none of his classes have been in the main building, although he is bussed with his classmates from the Baptist church to school for lunch, library time, physical education or art. “I’ve never got to be in the n See WBS Page A5
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Wrightsville Beach School fifth grader Chase Kelly works on his computer in a classroom at the Wrightsville Beach Baptist Church Tuesday, Sept. 23.
North end beach residents hope for relief from inlet costs By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer
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Property owners at the north end of Wrightsville Beach are among the 1,044 that shoulder the cost of maintaining Masons Inlet.
Donald Getz counts in tens of thousands of dollars as he calculates his required contribution to Masons Inlet maintenance in 2013. The total price tag is more than $27,000 for five rental properties he owns with his wife on the north end of Wrightsville Beach. Getz, an orthopedic surgeon, said he and his wife rent the properties because they love the island. “We’re in the hobby of hospitality. We rent the places and we get enough money to pay the dues, but it really kills us,” Getz said during a Sept. 19 phone interview. Getz is one of 1,044 property owners on the north end of Wrightsville Beach and Figure Eight Island who shoulder the cost to maintain Masons Inlet. When the inlet’s rapid southern migration threatened Shell Island Resort and other north end condos and homes, affected property owners from both islands joined forces as the Mason Inlet Preservation Group (MIPG) to lobby to move the inlet 3,000 feet north in 2002. Hotel and rental property tax revenues were used by New Hanover n See inlet Page A5
Nemeth sentenced for 2013 hit and run death By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer
One year and two months after 27-year-old Zachary Paul Tyler was struck and killed while biking home from work westbound on Wrightsville Avenue, Judith Margaret Nemeth was sentenced to serve 13-25 months in prison. Superior Court Judge Reuben F. Young read Nemeth’s sentence during her trial in New Hanover County Courthouse Monday, Sept. 22. Nemeth pleaded guilty to the charges of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, and felony hit and run for the Thursday, June 13, 2013, incident. Nemeth’s charges were consolidated into one sentence by the state because of her guilty plea. At the beginning of the trial, her attorney, John Collins,
requested members of the media be asked to leave the courtroom. The request was overruled by Judge Young. During assistant district attorney Doug Carriker’s report of the investigation of the June 13, 2013, incident, Carriker said if Nemeth had pled not guilty the findings of the investigation would have irrevocably proved her guilt. On the evening of June 13, 2013, both Tyler and Nemeth were at work at Wrightsville Beach restaurants; Tyler at King Neptune Restaurant and Nemeth at Buddy’s Crab Shack. Nemeth got off work around 7 p.m. but reportedly stayed around to have a few drinks at the bar. Carriker said receipts from the evening showed Nemeth purchased three shots. A couple hours later Nemeth left Buddy’s and stopped at the n See nemeth Page A5
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Beverly Tyler holds a photo of her son, Zachary Paul Tyler, during the trial of Judith Margaret Nemeth Monday, Sept. 22 at the New Hanover County Courthouse. Nemeth was sentenced to serve 13-25 months in prison after pleading guilty to the charges of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and felony hit and run for the June 13, 2013, events resulting in the death of Zachary Tyler.
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More than 700 competitors will jump into Banks Channel Saturday, Sept. 27 to begin the Wilmington YMCA Sprint Triathlon. Within that swimming, splashing mass of bodies will be 700 individual stories; 700 reasons for undertaking a 1,500-meter swim, 12-mile bike ride and 5k run. Molly O’Dell, Ellen Carpenter and Deborah Russell became close friends in college before life took them in different directions. Now, 40 years later, they are using the triathlon as a reason to reunite at the beach. Because none of them have attempted a triathlon before, they decided to compete as a relay team. They call themselves “60 Rocks.” Russell said her preparation for completing the bike ride leg of the race was simple. “First, I had to go find a bike,” she said during a Sept. 23 phone interview. “Then I had to get a helmet so now I feel like I’m all set.” Russell said she has been training for the race by riding her new bike every day around the hilly roads of her Richmond, Va., neighborhood. Although her team lacks experience, she said they have just one goal for the triathlon. “We want to finish it,” she said. “To finish it and have fun.” n See triathlon Page A5
Triathlon Traffic Advisory, Saturday, Sept. 27 The Wilmington Family YMCA Triathlon is scheduled to begin on Wrightsville Beach Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7 a.m. Normal traffic flow will be disrupted temporarily to facilitate the participants of this event. Traffic delays will particularly affect the residents and businesses in the area of Causeway Drive, Old Causeway Drive, Dock Street, Seacrest Drive, Keel Street, Short Street and Marina Street. Vehicle traffic access to these areas will be open but delays should be expected. Wrightsville Beach Police officers may direct traffic underneath the drawbridge. Eastbound traffic entering Wrightsville Beach will be diverted to Salisbury Street and westbound traffic exiting the beach will also use Salisbury Street. WBPD will have officers directing traffic in additional areas where needed. Normal traffic flow should resume by 10:30 a.m.
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Beach town officials pose sand scenarios to candidates By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer
Representatives from New Hanover County’s three beach towns had a chance to share concerns and stake out a partnership with four New Hanover County Commissioner candidates. Beach town representatives at the Sept. 17 discussion included the mayor and mayor pro tem of each municipality plus council members and aldermen. Finding a long-term, equitable funding source for beach renourishment is one of the biggest challenges facing the beach towns, and Wrightsville Beach Mayor Bill Blair said it is important for all stakeholders to work together to find the right solution. “We’re working to come together and find common ground, trying to approach it as one entity to be more effective,” Blair said. “As a unified group, we’ll get the attention that these issues deserve, because they’re at the foundation of what drives a lot of the economic engine in the county, and it can’t be overlooked anymore.” As beach town and county officials try to prepare for the possibility of lost federal and state support for beach renourishment, Blair asked candidates how they would approach the challenge
if elected. He mentioned an emergency plan outlined in a 2011 interlocal agreement, set to expire June 2015, which states the sand fund, a pool of room occupancy tax (ROT) dollars earmarked for beach renourishment, will pick up 82.5 percent of the tab if federal and state funding fail, leaving the beach receiving sand to pay the remaining 17.5 percent. All four county commissioner candidates agreed the county should help beach towns pay for sand if federal and state funding is lost, but suggested different paths to find a viable long-term source of funding. Republican candidates Skip Watkins and Dr. Derrick Hickey and Democratic candidate Rob Zapple all shied away from the prospect of raising taxes. Watkins said he would consider reallocation of existing ROT revenue first. Zapple said he would rely on the sand fund while searching for a solution. Democratic candidate Patricia Spear said she would work in Raleigh to get support from state legislators. Beach town leaders have discussed a bump in ROT, sales tax or property tax as a way to generate needed funds for renourishment. Another option is implementing a prepared food
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Carolina Beach Mayor Dan Wilcox, from left, Wrightsville Beach Mayor Bill Blair and Carolina Beach Mayor Pro Tem LeAnn Pierce speak with candidates for the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners during a roundtable discussion Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the Kure Beach Community Center.
and beverage tax. Pressed by Carolina Beach Mayor Pro Tem LeAnn Pierce to pick which option sounds best, Watkins leaned toward a small raise in the sales tax. Hickey favored a food and beverage tax, which he said could generate $6 million a year based on 2010 data. Spear also favored a food and beverage tax. Zapple stood by his earlier plan to rely on existing ROT funds
before deciding. As of June 30, 2013, the sand fund contained $36.6 million. Blair said if the food and beverage tax pulled in $6 million each year, it would offset most of the cost to renourish the county’s beaches. Carolina and Kure beaches are renourished every three years, and Wrightsville Beach is renourished every four years. The 2013 renourishment for Carolina and Kure beaches totaled
$12.5 million. The estimated cost of the 2014 Wrightsville Beach renourishment is $8 million. With no clear answer available, Carolina Beach Mayor Dan Wilcox said it is important to create a culture of cooperation to find a solution that benefits everyone. Wilcox said the opportunity to meet the candidates and talk about the issues puts everyone on the right track. “This puts us ahead of the curve.
We’re having this dialogue before they’re ever elected. Quite often what happens is, the commissioners get elected and then we have to build a relationship and have a dialogue with them. So we’re out in front of these issues, and I think that’s good for everybody,” Wilcox said. The Pleasure Island Foundation for a Sustainable Community organized the discussion. email miriah@luminanews.com
January ruling expected for proposed insurance rate hike By Miriah Hamrick Staff Writer
Concerned coastal homeowners could see a ruling for an upcoming hearing on homeowners insurance rate increases by January 2015, said N.C. Department of Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Goodwin addressed a crowd of approximately 100 people during a Sept. 22 meeting in Wilmington co-hosted by the Wilmington Regional Association of Realtors and Wilmington-based Business Alliance for a Sound Economy. Although Goodwin could not discuss specific details of the rate filing, he did share some background information about the proposed increase and encouraged the public to attend the hearing scheduled to begin Oct. 20. During the hearing, Goodwin will hear evidence from both insurance companies claiming an average 25.3 percent increase for homeowners insurance is warranted, and state representatives claiming the raise is excessive. The last raise for homeowners insurance rates went into effect in 2013. The hearing will last three or four weeks. Day-by-day updates about the hearing will be available online at www.ncdoi.com Goodwin has 45 days after the hearing concludes to release his ruling, meaning a January 2015 decision can be expected unless either party files an appeal. Goodwin answered other questions about the state’s ratemaking process, like why North Carolina
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North Carolina insurance commissioner Wayne Goodwin speaks at the Wilmington Regional Association of Realtors headquarters Monday, Sept. 22.
is one of few coastal states using only one model to determine and assess risk for homeowners insurance. Goodwin said he supports use of multiple models, but noted it is a legislative issue addressed in a 2014 bill that did not become law, despite bipartisan support. Goodwin also responded to a question asking whether the N.C. Rate Bureau, a nonprofit organization that represents all insurance companies, still serves the people. He said the structure of the system ensures companies cannot request increases all the time, and when they do, increases can be addressed with one hearing instead of hundreds of hearings. “We would be like other states,
where the insurance companies run the show and the insurance commissioner’s hands are tied,” Goodwin said. Tyler Newman, BASE senior government affairs director, said he thinks a market-based approach would better serve the people and businesses of North Carolina. “I think that if you took the barriers down, people would have to provide a service and cost roughly equivalent to one another,” Newman said. “I still think the Rate Bureau is antiquated.” Elected officials in attendance included Reps. Ted Davis Jr. and Rick Catlin, R-New Hanover; Sen. Michael Lee, R-District 9; New Hanover County Commission
candidates Dr. Derrick Hickey and Rob Zapple; and Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Smith. Catlin said he attended the event because he is dedicated to improving insurance rates in New Hanover County. “We spend a lot of our own money on beach renourishment, strong protection berms. We have higher building standards and we don’t get insurance rate recognition for that. So this conversation about looking at new models is something I’m passionate about,” Catlin said, adding he would support legislation requiring additional models during the 2015 long session. email miriah@luminanews.com
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“We’re obviously in the homestretch here,” Flotilla committee chairman Pres Davenport said during its Sept. 22 meeting. With the North Carolina Holiday Flotilla two months away, Davenport said he has been working diligently to recruit more sponsors. “We’ve had some success there,” he said. “I’ve been doing some outreach and the goal is to get an additional $2,000, $3,000 or maybe even $5,000 more, so we can lock up a prize. ...We’ve still got some work to do but we’ve made up a good bit of ground.”
The committee is still searching for a grand sponsor for the event. Committee members discussed giving companies the option to co-sponsor the grand prize. Davenport said he had several ideas for speeding up the process of recruiting sponsors, which he would like to implement during 2015. Sean Ahlum, board member of the Cape Fear chapter of Surfrider Foundation, attended the meeting to share his thoughts and confirm Surfrider’s involvement in the cleanup process. “They reassured that they are on board for helping to clean up and helping promote the flotilla through some Surfrider channels,” Davenport said. email emmy@luminanews.com
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CVB releases annual marketing plan By Cole Dittmer Staff Writer
With the release of the Fiscal Year 2014-15 marketing plan for Wilmington and Beaches Convention and Visitors Bureau Wednesday, Sept. 17, the regional tourism development agency set the course for its strategy to utilize its $4 million budget. Kim Hufham, Wilmington and Beaches CVB President and CEO, said tourism accounted for $477.7 million in economic impact for New Hanover County from July 2013-June 2014 and more than 5,460 tourism related jobs. Furthermore, Hufham said Room Occupancy Tax collections for Fiscal Year 2013-14 were up nearly 7 percent, double the ROT collection increase for the previous fiscal year. Hufham said two things that could account for the increased ROT collection are economic conditions and the area’s average hotel rates. “We are gradually seeing, as we look at the numbers, that the economy has gotten better,” Hufham said during a Wednesday, Sept. 24 phone interview. “Also we really haven’t seen a big jump in our hotels’ Average Daily Rates so we are seeing more people come in.” This year’s marketing creative ads will feature a tweak in the call to action phrase, from heeding the call of the area’s waters, to
“Go with the flow and see where the water takes you.” The theme will be expressed in digital, print and billboard formats. “Of course we are still focusing on water because our biggest two assets are the river and the beaches,” Hufham said. “This year we
“Being a coastal community and having some of the unique issues like beach renourishment, we are pretty much at a standstill on how our budget is going to grow. The best thing we can do is do our jobs well and hope we continue to see the collection percentage grow overall, which helps feed our budget.” are going for more of a spontaneous feel for the area and there is such a variety of things that can be done here.” Social media will continue to be a large component of the CVB’s plan with refining MomentFeed feature, which integrates all posts made on social media apps onto the
CVB website when visitors use specific hash tags. “People love to see actual experience pictures and it also encourages interaction on social media,” Hufham said. “There is no better way to sell than through firsthand experience.” Hufham said the CVB is continuing to rely more on social media, online advertising and earned media by issuing targeted press releases to get more out of its budget given the growing concern for more ROT dollars needed for coastal storm damage reduction projects. “Being a coastal community and having some of the unique issues like beach renourishment, we are pretty much at a standstill on how our budget is going to grow,” she said. “The best thing we can do is do our jobs well and hope we continue to see the collection percentage grow overall, which helps feed our budget.” While the CVB issued a formal plan for the budget, Hufham said it remains fluid to address changing trends like how the region’s film tourism could be affected by uncertainty about North Carolina’s film incentives. “It has been very difficult to track,” she said. “We have asked the hotels to let us know what they are seeing but it is early to see what the effects will be right now.” email cole@luminanews.com
BEACH BLOTTER Shoe thief Two Wilmington women left shoes and clothing by a bench in Wynn Plaza and locked their bicycles up around 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15, but realized they lost the key to their bike lock afterward. The two women called Wrightsville Beach Public Works to have the lock cut off their bicycles and then went for a swim around Wynn Plaza. After returning from the swim the women’s running shoes, flip-flops and running shorts were stolen with a total loss of around $200.
Lost and then found Two 25-year-old females reported a houseguest that was intoxicated and communicating threats inside their townhouse on Driftwood Court around 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17. Wrightsville Beach Police officers responded to the call and the women identified the suspect as 25-year-old Dane Herring but did not wish to press charges. Herring had just left in a GMC SUV before WBPD arrived on scene and officers set out to find him. The officers located Herring’s vehicle but it was unoccupied and there was no sign of him. One of the officers parked near the pump house on Pelican Drive and less than one hour later saw Herring drive by in the SUV the officers located. The officer stopped Herring on Pelican Drive and conducted various field sobriety tests but Herring would not consent to a Breathalyzer test. WBPD arrested Herring for driving while impaired and obtained a search warrant for a blood sample. He was transported to the New Hanover County Detention Facility on a $1,000 secured bond.
Cistern installation planned for workshop By Jacob Mohr Intern
Landscapers, homeowners, business owners, engineers and gardeners will have an opportunity to learn how to minimize runoff and maximize water resources. Friday, Sept. 26, stormwater experts from Wilmington Stormwater Services and local business Rainstorm Solutions will join the N.C. State Cooperative Extension in leading a workshop on water harvesting systems. Sabrina Woofter, N.C. Cooperative Extension agent, said water harvesting systems are like rain barrels, but much bigger. “A large cistern captures rainwater, usually from a rooftop, and collects it for reuse,” Woofter said during a Sept. 18 phone interview. “The system cuts back on potable
water being used, but it also captures rainwater before it reaches the stormwater system.” Woofter said the workshop was designed to educate attendees about water harvesting systems and raise awareness about the issue of stormwater runoff in Wilmington. “A lot of people assume water that hits the streets and goes down the drain is eventually cleaned, but it’s not,” Woofter said. “It goes straight into our water bodies, and that’s why we can’t eat the shellfish around here. That’s why we have beach advisories for bacterial levels. It’s all because of pollutants in stormwater.” Those who attend the workshop will study the history of water reclamation, tour several existing water
harvesting systems and assemble a 1,200-gallon system used in locations throughout North Carolina, including Wilmington Fire Department Station No. 9. “We’re installing a system at the fire station next to the workshop,” Woofter said. “They’re going to install a pump and two yard hydrants [the firemen] can use to wash their trucks.” The workshop will also include information about the latest water harvesting system design modifications intended to increase the stormwater management benefits of such systems. “One of the innovative aspects of this system is a passive drawdown system,” Woofter said. “It’s basically a hole placed maybe [three-fourths] of the way up, so the cistern will be constantly leaking up to that point.
That way, next time it rains, there’ll be room for the water to go. That way, no matter how much rain falls, the system is constantly beneficial.” Woofter said she hopes the workshop will make an impression on attendees. “We’re hoping they’ll leave with a better appreciation for stormwater management, and the knowledge they need to step up from rain barrels,” Woofter said. The workshop will take place in the Azalea Room of the New Hanover County Executive Development Center at 1241 Military Cutoff Road. To register online, visit www. bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater For more information, contact Cathy Smith or Christina Shepard at bae_training@ncsu.edu
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Weekend Police Report Sept. 19 Citations • Katelyn Rowe was issued a citation for speeding, 40 in a 25 mph zone. • James Allen was issued a citation for driving during revocation. • Samantha S. Lee was issued a citation for no insurance.
Warning Tickets • Jacqueline Caison Beaulieu was issued a warning ticket for driving through an occupied crosswalk.
Civil Penalties • Three civil penalties were issued for glass on the beach.
Reports • Found property was reported.
Sept. 20 Citations • Alan T. Walsbe was issued a citation for failure to register.
Reports • Larceny was reported.
Sept. 21 Citations • Jamonne Derol Holland was issued a citation for expired registration.
Warning Tickets • Patrick O’Neal Williams was issued a warning ticket for speeding.
Civil Penalties • Four civil penalties were issued for dogs on the beach and open container.
Reports Members of the Tower 7/WBLiveSurf Scholarship team stand with scholarship winners outside Las Olas Mexi-Q Grill Wednesday, Sept. 17. Ten $3,000 scholarships were awarded this year to University of North Carolina Wilmington students involved in the UNCW Surf Club.
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Be still my heart. This is what I am thinking as I sit across a plastic picnic table from a write-in candidate on the Nov. 4 ballot for the U.S. Senate. My heart palpitations are not due to a romantic interest, but rather from listening to a new candidate who has emerged in the highly politicized race for Kay Hagan’s Senate seat. The picnic table is under a shelter on the grounds of a church on the far side of Charlotte, N.C. The church is buzzing from a week-long camp meeting with Andrew Wommack, so it seemed like a safe place to meet a total stranger in a city four hours away from where I knew anyone. I have come to interview former two-term state representative John Rhodes, from northern Mecklenburg County. Rhodes, then a registered Republican, served from 2002-07 in the House of Representatives. He is a former commissioner of the town of Cornelius. Rhodes says he wasn’t on Jones Street long before he saw how dirty it was behind the curtain. Wanting no part of the prostitution of the system he says he witnessed, in March 2005 he called for corruption investigations of the three most powerful men in Raleigh: then co-speakers of the House, Jim Black, a Mecklenburg Democrat; and Richard T. Morgan, a Moore County Republican; plus Senate President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight, a Democrat from the first district, which includes the counties of the Outer Banks. The attorney general’s investigation led to convictions and prison time for Black and former Forsyth County Rep. Michael Decker, media and public relations consultant Kevin L. Geddings and political aide Meredith Norris. Decker testified under oath Black paid him $50,000 to switch to the Democratic Party to aid Black in retaining power in an evenly divided House. Black pleaded guilty to a federal charge of bribery and obstruction of justice in 2007, and was sentenced to 63 months. He was also sentenced in state court in 2007 and 2009, but was allowed to serve his state sentences concurrently with his federal prison time. He admitted to accepting funds from chiropractors, while their professional group had legislation pending in the North Carolina General Assembly. He paid a $1 million fine. He resigned from the GA Feb. 14, 2007. In March 2014, John Rhodes again called for an investigation into corruption by the Speaker of the House. This time it was the man who was recruited by the retaliative Republican Party to oust him in the 2006 primary from the House: none other than Thom Tillis. Backed by the Republican war chest, Tillis won the primary easily, then was elected to the House with no Democratic opponent. He was elected Speaker in 2011. Rhodes called for state probes of whether Tillis’s support of campaign donors to the University of North Carolina Board of Governors violated ethics rules. He also alleges legislators who spoke out against, or opposed Tillis-backed legislation were bullied and intimidated, something pretty hard to hide during the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions. He says we were then, and are now, selling the
state to the highest bidder. Rhodes asserts that Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan are cut from the same political ruling class and do not represent the people. He says they care nothing about us, the only two things they care about are power and money and they will do anything to get it. He describes them as owned by corporations and deep pockets. In fact, he says there is no difference between the Republicans and the Democrats. Calling them Republican Incorporated and Democrat Incorporated, he describes both political parties as two companies huckstering the public for cash and votes, turning out cheap product that gets us no further ahead as a country regardless of which party is in charge. After the election, they stop trying to huckster for cash and votes and simply take money from us by force through taxation. He says we don’t have to settle for what they are trying to force feed us. He says the notion that elected officials have to go along to get along is an absolute lie. Rhodes quit the Republican Party in 2007, changing his voter registration to Unaffiliated. He met the requirements and was certified by the N.C. Board of Elections in September 2014 as a write-in candidate for the U.S. Senate. His name will appear on the November ballot. Voter dissatisfaction in the county is on the rise, as is dissatisfaction with the current political parties, so much so, that nearly one-third of North Carolina voters are registered as Unaffiliated. As of September 20, there were 1,787,072 unaffiliated registered voters in North Carolina, which is 27 percent of the approximately 6.6 million registered voters. The number of unaffiliated voters is just 11 percent less than the state’s 2 million registered Republicans. Voters choosing not to register as a Democrat, Republican or Libertarian may register as, or as in Rhodes’ case, change their voter registration to Unaffiliated. This designation is often used synonymously with independent, but independent is not a political party recognized by the state. Unaffiliated voters can vote in the Democratic, Republican or Libertarian primary election. So what about this whistle blower with a track record for going to the mat with corrupt politicians? Is Rhodes just a malcontent? Is his write-in campaign merely sour grapes as the Tillis camp labels it? Rhodes, a real estate broker for more than two decades, also has two decades behind him as a firefighter and EMS medic, including having served on the Winter Park Fire Department during the time he attended UNCW. He is married to a former public and private educator, has three children and describes himself as a part-time gentleman farmer. He attends church and from our conversation, I gleaned that he has done some prison ministry. He hasn’t a huge campaign; there is no multi-million or even million dollar media budget, no aides. You probably won’t see him in political ads. His campaign is word of mouth and by phone, Skype meetings and a Write-in John Rhodes website. Rhodes says one voice that speaks out is louder than 10,000. Isn’t that refreshing?
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building. I got lost in the trailers, really confused because it’s almost like a maze of trailers,” Hyldahl said. “Being at the church, it loses the sense of community at the school. I feel like I’m in a different school now.” Out of a group of eight students pulled from two fifth-grade classes, Jones was the only one who had a class in the main building, a kindergarten and firstgrade combination class. “I definitely liked being in the building a lot better because it’s so much easier to get around. Like Cooper said, it is a maze. We’re definitely overcrowded. We need more trailers than most people think,” Jones said. There are some perks to meeting in the church. It is quieter, and the water tastes better than
the salty stuff that spews out of the school’s water fountains, but it still feels crowded. Students quickly reported they would rather have another fifth-grade classroom at the school instead of an art room, which replaced a traveling art cart this year. “We don’t really need an art room. [Our teacher] can just ask kids to help her with bumps on the ground, and she can easily get it into our trailers,” said Chase Kelly. Students understand the school will undergo needed improvements if voters approve a $160 million school bond in November, and they know a possible tax increase could keep voters from approving the bond. “Occasionally, taxes are good. They do help us,” Jones said. David Mullaney suggested taxes used to improve schools might be worth it.
“If people are worried about having to pay extra taxes, and they knew it was going to the school, I would be fine with it because ... it would be for a good cause, for more children to get a better education,” Mullaney said. If the bond is not approved, the students have a few backup plans, like selling the trailers or using money raised by the Wrightsville Beach School Foundation or PTA. Josh Gans said the town could help, too. “I hear that most of Wrightsville Beach’s money comes from parking meters,” Gans said. Even if the building is shabby and crowded, students said they are grateful for unique opportunities offered at the school. “I think this school is probably one of the greatest schools ever because we’re one of the
only schools in the district that has a marine biology class,” Jones said. “The teachers, they just work so hard. They’re so devoted.” Gans agreed. “We’re one of the only schools in North Carolina whose school is right on the bay, with a little dock so we can go fishing and kayaking. I think that’s really important,” Gans said. Wrightsville Beach School’s last major structural improvement was completed in 1970. If the bond secures enough voter support, the school will be renovated and expanded in a $7.3 million project, which includes a second floor of classrooms and support offices. All students would attend classes in the new building. For more information about the bond, visit www.nhcs.net/bond email miriah@luminanews.com
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Racing alongside first-time competitors like Russell will be experienced triathletes like Wrightsville Beach resident Jim Mincher. Mincher helped organize the inaugural YMCA triathlon in 1979, and he has competed in the race most years since. He said the inaugural race only drew 99 participants because it was the first triathlon to be held on the East Coast. “Nobody had ever heard of triathlons,” he said during a Sept. 23 phone interview. “You didn’t know how to train. There wasn’t any science to it, you just got out there and did it.” Mincher has seen participation in the triathlon grow tremendously over the last 33 years, especially after the race distance was shortened from a standard triathlon to a sprint triathlon. He said one of the reasons he competes year after year is that proceeds from the race benefit the YMCA. “The YMCA is great,” he said. “It reaches many, many people in Wilmington, not just athletes.” As a YMCA personal trainer and Y-TriClub member, Lori Campbell’s involvement in the triathlon would seem selfexplanatory. In recent years, however, her participation in the race represents a more personal journey. “I did the triathlon every year up until I got leukemia,” she said during a Sept. 22 phone interview.
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Scotchman gas station near the corner of Wrightsville Avenue and Eastwood Road. While biking home from work around the same time, Tyler also stopped at the same Scotchman and the surveillance video from the store would show the two in line together. Nemeth purchased rolling papers and Tyler purchased a lottery ticket. The Scotchman clerk on duty that night said Nemeth did not appear impaired by any substance but she did tell the clerk she was tired after a long shift at work. Tyler left ahead of Nemeth biking westbound on Wrightsville Avenue. A few minutes later Nemeth drove into Tyler from behind near the Wrightsville Avenue entrance to Lumina Commons, throwing Tyler from his bicycle. Carriker said Nemeth reported she knew she hit something, but did not know what she hit and drove away without stopping. The first person on the scene was a passing driver who happened to have a background in rescue service with Carolina Beach Fire Department. The person stopped to see what was lying on the side of the road and walked up to find Tyler still breathing. However, soon afterward Tyler stopped breathing. The Good Samaritan’s attempts to revive him with CPR were not
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Lori Campbell trains with the Y-TriClub Tuesday, Sept. 23 at the Wilmington Family YMCA in preparation for the Wilmington YMCA Sprint Triathlon Sept. 27.
Campbell said she took a break from racing after her diagnosis, but when she realized her final chemotherapy treatment fell two days before the 2009 YMCA triathlon, she asked her doctor for permission to compete. “I couldn’t really race,” she said. “I walked the whole thing, but I had friends that walked at the end with me so to be able to finish that, it was like a finale
successful and he could not find a pulse. The lifesaving attempts by emergency crews that responded that evening also failed and Tyler was pronounced dead on the scene. The case fell into the hands of the Wilmington Police Department Traffic Division and officer D. Ouellette. At the scene, Ouellette found a front bumper and fog light assembly that would later be matched to Nemeth’s white 2013 Toyota Corrolla. Friday, June 14, Collins called the WPD traffic division saying his client may have been in an accident the night before and told police where to find Nemeth’s car. Collins also reported Nemeth would turn herself in the following morning. Around 7 a.m. Saturday, June 15, Nemeth turned herself in accompanied by her mother, Susan Nemeth. At the trial Monday, Collins said the two-day delay in Nemeth turning herself in was because she wanted to wait for her mother to travel to Wilmington from her hometown of Brevard, N.C. During the interview process, Nemeth was asked if the N.C. State Bureau of Investigations would find any traces of drugs in her system from the blood sample she submitted and she said they would find THC. THC is the active narcotic chemical found in marijuana and Carriker said the SBI test
for everything. It was pretty emotional.” Campbell said every year since that day, crossing the finish line of the YMCA triathlon brings back those memories. For her, this year’s triathlon marks five years in remission. “I’m very blessed to be here,” she said. “The important thing to me is that I don’t forget that, because it can change tomorrow.”
Through her involvement with the YMCA’s Livestrong program, she hopes to inspire others who are battling cancer. “I want to be able to tell them that they can get past where they are, get back to normal life and they can set goals for things they never thought possible,” she said. “Just because you’ve had cancer it doesn’t mean you have to settle for less.” email emmy@luminanews.com
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County to pay for the initial inlet relocation costs. Figure Eight Island and Wrightsville Beach property owners agreed to reimburse the county by paying a special assessment on their properties for dredging maintenance to prevent the inlet from migrating again. This group has paid more than $13 million through county tax assessments. The town of Wrightsville Beach is also assessed for its north end property, which includes parking lots and wellheads. George Melita, MIPG co-chair and Shell Island homeowners association board member, said multiple attempts to secure federal or state relief for maintenance costs were unsuccessful. When a reserve of room occupancy tax collected in unincorporated areas of the county, or District U, became available to offset inlet maintenance costs, it seemed like a long-awaited solution. Then the group learned the money was allocated with Carolina Beach Inlet in mind. “After years of paying through the nose for this thing that has basically become a public works project, privately funded, and then we get to this point where there is money available for inlet preservation, we are again denied access,” Melita said during a Sept. 19 phone interview. The previously untapped money was allocated in a 2014 law introduced to the N.C. General Assembly by Rep Ted Davis Jr., R-New Hanover. Getz noted that he also pays occupancy tax on his property rentals. “The properties for us are rental properties, so we pay a lot of room tax. ... Just the occupancy tax we pay, you’d think it would come back in some manner, to encourage occupancy,” Getz said. Because his properties are within Wrightsville Beach town limits, room tax he pays goes to that ROT pot of money. Room tax collected from rentals on nearby Figure Eight Island go to the District U pot. Local officials have contested proposed guidelines for use of the fund, which currently contains more than $1 million and is expected to accrue approximately $50,000 per year. Wrightsville Beach
Mayor Bill Blair has stood up to ensure Masons Inlet is explicitly and equitably included in the guidelines. The money was originally proposed to be split with 75 percent earmarked for Carolina Beach Inlet and 25 percent for Masons Inlet. The town of Wrightsville Beach would have been required to pay $12,500 in addition to assessments already paid for Masons Inlet to qualify for assistance. Blair said the distribution established in the agreement is important as the unincorporated areas grow in coming years. “The U district is the only place where there’s land available for development, so the U district future growth enters into my equation. Down the road, if the U district continues to grow and that money pot becomes bigger, that 75-25 split becomes more egregious,” Blair said during a Sept. 18 phone interview. An updated draft of the guidelines, hashed out during a Sept. 22 discussion with stakeholders, preserves the percentages available to the inlets when accessing the $1 million collected before July 1, 2014, but money collected after July 1, 2014, will be split evenly between Carolina Beach and Masons inlets. The required contribution from the town was dropped from the new draft. Masonboro Inlet was not explicitly mentioned in the original guidelines. The guidelines now deem the inlet eligible for assistance if federal support is ever eliminated. Blair said the agreement staked out during the discussion should satisfy all parties involved. “It wasn’t perfect, but it’s as good as it will ever get,” he said during a Sept. 23 phone interview. The guidelines could be revised again before the New Hanover County Tourism Development Authority board votes on them in October. Getz hopes the final guidelines will be equitable. “This is an issue that gives us a glimmer of hope. I think that we should get in there as much as we can,” Getz said. The tourism development authority board will meet Oct. 29 in the New Hanover County Government Center, 5:30 p.m. email miriah@luminanews.com
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Wilmington emergency personnel work at the scene of the hit-and-run accident June 13, 2013, that resulted in the death of Zachary Tyler.
confirmed that. However, due to the elapsed time, Carriker said there was no way for the state to determine if Nemeth was impaired at the time of the incident. Tyler’s mother, Beverly Tyler, was present at the Monday, Sept. 22 trial along with various members of the family. During her statement, Beverly Tyler said the family was familiar with
such incidents after her husband, Zachary’s father, was struck and killed by a motorist while riding his motorcycle nine years ago. “He was full of hope for the next day but now he is dead,” Tyler said of her son. “Though his death was painful it was made worse by the disregard of life that night.” Tyler revealed she and Susan Nemeth had been in
correspondence throughout the past year, and she and Judith Nemeth met the day before the trial, Sunday, Sept. 21. “It is my hope that Zach’s death will not always impact her in a negative way,” Tyler said. “For Judith, from me, there is forgiveness.” After Judge Young read Nemeth’s sentence, Collins said he and Nemeth had nothing
further to add. “We have nothing further to add other than this tragedy has deeply hurt both families,” Collins said. Immediately afterward the New Hanover County Sheriff deputies on duty in the courtroom took Nemeth into custody. email cole@luminanews.com
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cOMMUNITY nEWS For The Record Question and photographs by Jacob Mohr and Emmy Errante
What are your favorite things about fall?
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Myra Manning
“Wrightsville Beach is having its first annual plein air painting weekend. That’s probably the coolest thing happening now.”
“I’m a cool-weather person. I sit on a balcony and read. Nice and chill.”
“The weather’s cooler, and the state fair’s nice!”
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“I don’t like fall. You can’t go to the beach anymore — it’s too cold! But at least the humidity’s gone.”
Staff Writer
The annual Wrightsville Beach Museum of History Wright Holman Shrimperoo was not held during spring 2014 as it was for the past four years. Instead the event known for steaming plates of fresh local shrimp will take place Sunday, Oct. 5 this year. Named for avid museum volunteer and local builder, tickets for the memorial shrimperoo sell out every year said Madeline Flagler, Wrightsville Beach Museum of History director. With the death of Holman and his shrimperoo collaborator Chris Stone, Flagler said shrimperoo duties have been handed down to the next
generation. “It really is a community event,” Flagler said. “We started doing it here at the museum with Wright Holman and Chris Stone cooking and it is now passing onto Chris’ son and Kyle Lackey, one of Wright’s architectural partners.” There will be 150 tickets available for this year’s shrimperoo, to be held at Lumina Hall from 6-8 p.m. Due to the popularity of the event and a limited number of tickets, Flagler said there would also be extra take-out tickets for those who want to pick up shrimp plates. Take-out shrimp plates will feature boiled shrimp and two sides, and will be available for pick up from 4:30-5:30 p.m. In addition to the shrimp, Flagler
said there would also be an array of sides catered by Middle of the Island, assorted beverages and live music from the South Hammocks Bluegrass band. Flagler said the museum was happy to host the shrimperoo this fall after not being able to secure a space for the event in spring. “It is not a major fundraiser but it does bring in some money, which we really appreciate,” she said. “We absolutely heard that people missed it.” Tickets for the Wright Holman Shrimperoo may be purchased at the museum or online at the museum’s website, www.wbmuseum. com email cole@luminanews.com
Canines catch for barking rights By Thomas van Arsdale Intern
Celebrating 17 years of
“Getting closer to the holidays is always something to look forward to.”
Museum shrimperoo set for October By Cole Dittmer
Beth Quinn, middle, attends the She ROCKS Luncheon, a Sept. 20 fundraiser for ovarian cancer research at the Country Club of Landfall, with her family Jim Quinn, Aimee Etheridge, Bethany Etheridge and Brittany Fountain. ~ Emmy Errante
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Calling all canines! The 21st Annual Bark in the Park, also known as the Skyhoundz Hyperflite Canine Disc Championships, will be held in Wrightsville Beach Park Saturday, Oct. 4. Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation invites dogs of all sizes and breeds to compete in this free and fun event. Kris Thompson, Wrightsville Beach Parks and Recreation spokeswoman, said each owner and dog team has 60 seconds to catch a frisbee as many times as possible for points. “Dogs are judged based on distance and accuracy, as each team has 60 seconds to complete as many catches as possible
within various scoring zones,” Thompson said during a Sept. 22 phone interview. The field is marked with white lines like a football field, which denote how many points the dog will receive if it makes a catch in that zone. “The farther out, the higher the score,” Thompson said. “Catches must be completed with all four paws landing inside a zone, or ‘inbounds,’ as we call it.” Dogs receive bonus points if a catch is made with all four paws in the air. Teams can use one disc of their choice and are not allowed to substitute the disc after the contest begins. Some teams wear matching costumes, but no extra points are awarded for clothing. “It’s a completely fun event,”
Thompson said. “Some people expect professional dogs to come out, but if a dog can catch a frisbee they should just come and try it. We’ve had teams where a dog will just lay down in the middle of the field with the frisbee, but everyone laughs.” In 2013, 29 canines competed, and Bob Davis and Spirit, his 4-year-old Tervuen, from Greenville, N.C., were the winners. The top three teams are awarded prizes, and of course, barking rights. “The whole family is encouraged to pack a cooler and a picnic lunch and watch the fun,” Thompson said. For more information call 910-256-7925 or visit www. townofwrightsvillebeach.com email thomas@luminanews.com
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Lifestyles Bringing the Beach Together
Stuck like glue More than 50 years have passed since 11 classmates walked the halls of Wrightsville Beach School together, but during a Sept. 19 reunion, they all giggled and gushed like kids again.
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ean Thompson Pearce, who organized the reunion through Facebook, said the group enjoys a special bond from the close-knit community they shared while growing up at Wrightsville Beach. “We spent six years together in elementary school, and we all walked to school and spent the night with one another. We all played together, and I guess we just stuck like glue,” Pearce said. Many of the classmates had only seen one another a few times since sixth grade, if at all. When Pearce created the Facebook group in April and invited every classmate she could find to see if anyone wanted to meet for a reunion, she was surprised by the response. “They jumped on it like flies,” Pearce said. Sixteen people responded. The group first met at Oceanic Restaurant in July. A third get-together around Christmas is in the works. Pearce said she would like to get permission from New Hanover County Schools to hold the next meeting at Wrightsville Beach School, where the group could try to recreate old classroom photographs. “I would love to see how many of us could still squeeze into those desks,” Pearce said. For Pat Robinson Higgins, the reunions offer a chance to reconnect with long-lost friends. Higgins felt isolated from the people and place of her childhood after her family moved off the island when she was 12 years old. “I lost a lot when I left the beach. I lost my friends and the home I grew up in and the lifestyle I was used to. But now I feel like I got a little of it back. I got some of my childhood back,” Higgins said. Some, like Jay Foreman and Wayne Sutton, said they instantly recognized classmates after more than 50 years apart. “I knew who everybody was. We were 10, 11 years old last time I saw them, but still, I guess we haven’t changed that much,” Sutton said. For John Sawyer and Bern Coulter, it took a moment to recognize old friends. “Because I hadn’t seen a lot of them for such a long time, I might not have recognized their faces, but as soon as I saw their mannerisms or heard their voice, I knew,” Coulter said. Seeing familiar faces for the first time in years brought up old memories of school days on the island. John Sawyer, whose father Bob Sawyer served as mayor of Wrightsville Beach from 1975 to 1981, remembers racing the school bus home with Larry Wessell. “Larry and I would leave our book bags on the bus, and then we would run from the school to our houses and try to beat the bus. We would wait at the bus stop to get our bags off the bus,”
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Sawyer said. “Larry lived farther away, so he deserves all the credit.” Sawyer’s family lived on Oceanic Street; Wessell’s family lived on Atlanta Street. Linda Balk Skipper lived on Water Street. The bus headed to the north end after school before looping around to drop off kids who lived on the south end. Every day on the way to the north end, the bus driver dropped off Skipper at Newell’s (now Wings), where Ms. Newell had candy waiting. The bus picked up Skipper again on its way to the south end. Many people doubted whether the group would have reassembled without Facebook. “Social media made this possible. It’s made it really easy to find people,” Pearce said. Beyond setting up times and locations for meetings, the old classmates also share pictures and life updates through the private Facebook group. Donna Plunkett Waggett said she is grateful for the opportunity to be involved in the lives of old friends. “Facebook opened a world to us. We can share our grandchildren. I love to get up in the morning and see who’s got the grandchildren today, who’s celebrating a birthday or going on vacation,” Waggett said. While the group is meeting every few months now, Pearce said reunions will likely taper off into annual or biannual gatherings. But for now, everyone is still riding on a wave of excitement. email miriah@luminanews.com
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Above: Mrs. Farmer and her fifth grade students pose for their class photo Jan. 25, 1961 at Wrightsville Beach School. Left: John Sawyer, Bern Coulter, Jean Thompson Pearce, Tommy Farmer, Donna Plunkett Waggett, Pat Robinson Higgins, Linda Balk Skipper, Brett Blizzard, Wayne Sutton, Jay Foreman and Larry Wessell hold a reunion of their Wrightsville Beach School firstgrade class of 1956 at Bluewater Grill Saturday, Sept. 20.
Staff photo by Emmy Errante
What’s coming down the pipeline this weekend?
Satire Sets the Stage
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For the Birds
Good Old-Fashioned Fun
“The Doctor in Spite of Himself” UNCW Cultural Arts Building Sept. 25-28, Oct. 2-5, 8 p.m. Tickets $5-$12
Wilmington YMCA Sprint Triathlon Blockade Runner Beach Resort Saturday, Sept. 27, 7 a.m.
Migratory Bird Workshop Halyburton Park Tuesday, Sept. 30, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Family Fun Day Bellamy Mansion Museum Sunday, Sept. 28, 1-5 p.m.
The Wilmington YMCA Sprint Triathlon begins at the Blockade Runner Beach Resort in Wrightsville Beach. The race consists of a 1.500-meter swim, a 12-mile bike and 5K run. For more information, call 910-251-9622. Racers can register online at www.setupevents.com
Park naturalist Mike Campbell and Halyburton Park manager Andy Fairbanks lead local birdwatchers in an exploration of habitats in Wilmington, Carolina Beach and Fort Fisher. Attendees will learn to identify warblers, raptors, waders, shorebirds and others. Preregistration is required and admission is $10. For more information or to register, call 910 -341-0075 or email info@halyburtonpark.com
Children of all ages and are invited to an outdoor event featuring face painting, storytelling, live music, museum tours and photo ops with 19th century-themed cutouts. Kids can try their hand at kite making, origami, coloring, puppetry and more at craft tables. The event also includes farm animals, pony rides and a petting area. Admission is free. For more information, call 910-251-3700 or email info@bellamymansion.org
The University of North Carolina Wilmington Theater Department presents a new translation of Moliere’s “The Doctor in Spite of Himself.” Directed by Anne Berkeley, this 1666 satire of the medical profession tells the story of an unhappy wife who convinces her woodcutter husband he’s actually an eminent physician. Medical hijinks ensue. For ticket information, call 910-962-3500 or visit www.uncw.edu/theatre
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Cross brings special blessing in Greek tradition By Thomas van Arsdale Intern
Seventy members of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Wilmington gathered on a dock overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway Sunday,
Sept. 21 for the annual blessing of the waters service followed by a cross dive. Father Jon Emanuelson, a priest at St. Nicholas, said worldwide Greek Orthodox churches located near bodies of water continue to practice the centuries-old
tradition. “It commemorates the baptism of Christ,” Emanuelson said as he walked onto the dock. “Because Christ went into the waters of the Jordan, we bless these waters once a year in celebration.” The blessing lasted around
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Father Jon Emanuelson from the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church leads the annual blessing of the waters service and cross dive.
Staff photo by Thomas van Arsdale
Lucas Bostic and Katerina Katsikis were the first to retrieve crosses from the bottom of the Intracoastal Waterway as part of the blessing of the waters service led by St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Sunday, Sept. 21.
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20 minutes and was mostly sung by the clergy. Following the blessing, 12 high school students participated in the second part of the service —diving underwater for a cross, the retriever of which receives a special blessing. “Every year the priest throws this cross in the water and then the youth retrieve it,” Emanuelson said while holding a white, 5-pound cross. “Whoever brings it back from the bottom gets a blessing.” The boys and the girls dove separately. Seven boys lined the edge of the dock facing the water as Emanuelson stood behind them.
“You can jump off the dock at the moment when you first see the cross, but not before!” Emanuelson exclaimed. It was no more than 1 minute after the cross hit the water that Lucas Bostic surfaced waving it in the air. “I’m ecstatic,” Bostic said after drying off. “This is my third time diving for the cross, but the first time actually getting to it.” Then five girls took their places on the dock. Emanuelson threw the cross in the air, and the girls quickly dove into the water. After a few minutes, Katerina Katsikis came to the surface with a beaming smile and the white cross.
“It’s an incredible feeling and today is my 16th birthday so I feel just completely blessed,” Katsikis said. “My church and these people are great support for me in high school. The church is something I will always have.” Emanuelson presented Bostic and Katsikis with crosses made of olive tree wood to commemorate their success. “These children know that the cross of Christ is the means by which salvation arrives,” Emanuelson said. “They’d be lost without it, but with it they are found. I am happy knowing they have God and each other.” email thomas@luminanews.com
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Twice per year, when the doors of the Northeast Regional Library open at 9 a.m. for the first day of the biannual Friends of the Library Booksale, hundreds of excited bookworms of all ages and reading preferences are waiting in the parking lot. Tapes, movies and CDs are sold, too, but books are the main draw, with approximately 50,000 books at prices ranging from $1 to $3. Jenna Bartlett, who has attended the fall book sale with her mother every year since she was 5 years old, said she also looks forward to a sense of community created by seeing the same faces year after year. “It really is this wonderful community, because you get all kinds of interesting people there and you learn what they’re looking for, who their favorite author is, how long they’ve been coming,” Bartlett said. After years of volunteering at the book sale and joking about finding her soul mate amidst the library stacks, Bartlett met her fiancé Dominic Cusumano during the 2013 spring book sale. “I had not dated much when I met my fiancé, and him just coming up to me, being so excited to be at the book sale and meet me, was really a dream come true,” Bartlett said. Paige Owens, New Hanover County Public Library assistant director, said it takes more than 100 volunteers and 600 hours to organize the book sale each fall. All library locations accept donations throughout the year. Books are transported to the Northeast Regional branch, where volunteers sort and store the books between sales. “This is a business model anyone would die for. All of our material is donated and we get 100 percent of the proceeds,” Owens said. Donated materials are vital to the success of the event, and Owens said she is always surprised at how many donations the library receives.
“We’re always amazed. We do this every six months. We don’t keep any leftovers, and then somehow, six months roll around and we’ve got another 40,000 or 50,000 books. It’s a cycle that just keeps on giving,” Owens said. Patti Bonner, president of the Friends of the New Hanover County Public Library and book sale volunteer, said all proceeds are invested back into the libraries, citing self-checkout kiosks in library locations as one improvement funded by book sale profits. “This money that is raised for the library goes directly into library services, which means more books, increased services and improved technology,” Bonner said. The spring, fall and summer beach-reads book sales brought in more than $130,000 in 2013 alone, with more than $1 million invested in library programs and offerings since the first sale in the basement of the main branch in 1983. Two weeks before each sale, volunteers spend a Saturday hauling thousands of boxes of books into the David M. Paynter Assembly Room and lobby during an event known as The Big Move. Owens said contests kept the Sept. 13 Big Move fun, with about 20 volunteers tallying books moved per hour and trading modes of transportation to win the grand prize: free frozen yogurts. All volunteers also receive a $5 coupon for the sale. After The Big Move, volunteers set up books every day leading up to the sale. After the sale, Saturday, Oct. 4, a new round of volunteers will pack up all remaining books to be picked up by Better World Books, a company that sells or recycles leftovers. Owens estimated between 300 and 400 boxes of books are left after each sale. Friends of the Library members are invited to shop early Sept. 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. The book sale opens to the public at 9 a.m. Sept. 27 and continues through Oct. 1. Prices drop each day of the sale. email miriah@luminanews.com
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DREAMS to roast, toast By Emmy Errante Staff Writer
Eighteen years ago, Tracy Wilkes and a few others formed a program called DREAMS of Wilmington, Inc., with the goal of providing an arts education for youth in need. DREAMS presents its annual gala Sept. 27, a Roast and Toast to honor Wilkes as she steps down from her position as founder and executive director.
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As in past years, the evening will feature a performance by DREAMS students and an art sale showcasing work created by DREAMS teaching artists. Artists will donate 50 percent of their proceeds back to DREAMS. Events throughout the night will pay tribute to Wilkes and both the past and future of the organization she created. To honor the past, several alumni of the DREAMS program, who are now adults, will speak during the event.
Cache Barnes, who enrolled in DREAMS in 1998, described how the program has expanded over the years due to the hard work of Wilkes and the other staff. “We used to be holed up in this little church, and now they’re in this huge building with all these studios,” Barnes said during a Sept. 18 phone interview. “When I first started it was just an art class, maybe a dance or guitar class, and now they have
photography, ceramics, jewelry making, and movie filming and all kinds of different programs.” Barnes participated in DREAMS from age 10 to 17, and said the program was a safe haven where she could express herself and learn how to deal with bullying and other challenging situations. “That’s one of the best aspects of DREAMS,” she said. “If you need to go in a room and scream for 10 minutes, nobody’s going to tell you to stop, they’re going to let you vent whatever frustration you need to vent, and then they’re going to come up and say, tell me about it and maybe we can come up with a solution so it doesn’t happen again.” Barnes said she will attend the 2014 gala to honor Wilkes, whom she said was like a second mother to many of the DREAMS participants. “She took us under her wing,”
Barnes said. “I was one of the ones that was rough around the edges and it was nice having somebody willing to walk down that road with you no matter what.” As the DREAMS program expands, its influence on the lives of Wilmington’s youth continues to grow. Current students Faliah Baity and Lakasha Daniels spend their time in the DREAMS building taking art classes and rehearsing the routine they are preparing for the gala. Daniels said she enjoys showing off her hard work, whether through singing and dancing on stage or hanging her photographs in the hallways of the DREAMS building. “I’ve always loved singing and dancing, and photography kind of became my thing because [DREAMS teaching artist Matthew Baumgardner], I met him and I was like yeah, he’s a
cool dude,” she said. Not only will Wilkes be honored through the performance of her past and present DREAMS students, she will be roasted and toasted by Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo, Tony Rivenbark and others. She said the night will also contain several surprises, including the announcement of her successor, whom she said was chosen for his passion and vision for DREAMS. “I know that I have the same passion and commitment, but maybe not the same level of energy that I did, so I think it’s time for another vision,” she said. “We did a national search, and I think initially they had 130 applications so it was very competitive. The evening will be chockablock full of tears, a lot of laughs, but I think the most important message is we’re looking forward to the future.” emmy@luminanews.com
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“My name is Nick Adams, and I wear the ring,” begins Lynn Seldon’s debut novel, “Virginia’s Ring.” Set in Lexington and Richmond, Va., the novel tells the stories of a man and woman who were cadets at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Although the graduates are decades apart in age, they are united by their VMI rings. Seldon will reveal a glimpse of the bond VMI graduates and ring-wearers share while reading from his novel at Pomegranate Books, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. Pat Conway, who wrote “The Lords of Discipline,” a novel based upon his own experiences attending The Citadel, a military college in Charleston, S.C., encouraged Seldon to write “Virginia’s Ring.” Seldon explained the pair was lunching in Charleston many years ago when Conway encouraged him to write a love letter to his alma mater, VMI. Seldon is grateful for Conway’s help and inspiration. “Along with mentoring me along the way, he came up with the title,” Seldon said. “I also used his long-time cover artist, Wendall Minor.” Seldon drew from his personal history while writing the novel. He was also influenced by the experiences from other VMI cadets and graduates. Aside from fictionalizing his own memories, Seldon wanted to depict some of the changes the institute has foregone throughout the years. “Through my character Virginia, I also wanted to show that the VMI experience as a cadet and as an alumnus now transcends gender,” he said. Kathleen Jewell, owner of Pomegranate Books, said the book will be of special interest to people who attended VMI. “It really captures life on campus,” she said. “He’s done a good job, regardless of the connection. It’s just a good read.” The first half of the book is narrated by Nick Adams, who graduated from VMI in 1984. The second half is narrated by Virginia Shields, who attends the institute 19 years later. “A lot of the action takes place in Virginia, but also in the Carolinas. It has a regional interest in the mid-Atlantic,” Seldon said.
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The book also pertains to Wilmington, N.C. Daniel Cameron, who served as mayor of Wilmington from 1955 to 1957, and his brother, Bruce Cameron, were VMI alumni. “The Cameron brothers are both big VMI supporters,” Seldon said. From covering ski trips to scuba vacations, Seldon has spent more than 25 years as a travel writer and photographer for Our State magazine and others. Because of Seldon’s regional name recognition, Jewell is prepared for a full house during his reading, and seating space is limited. “We can comfortably accommodate 30, but we’ve had up to 50,” Jewell said. A reception will follow Seldon’s reading. Audience members can purchase books and/or get books signed by Seldon, as well as speak to him one-on-one. Refreshments will be provided. For more information on Lynn Seldon, visit www.lynnseldon.com
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Hook, Line & Sinker Cold fronts, rain and winds continue to plague anglers By Skylar Walters
Yet another week of dreary weather hampered anglers along the East Coast last week and this week has not been too much different; this is now starting to feel like the norm rather than the exception. The first day of fall arrived Tuesday, and was closely followed by yet another stalled front, bringing plenty of wind and copious amounts of moisture. Cooler temperatures have also abounded, which is very welcomed by the local anglers. Water temperatures have reached the threshold of
the creeks and waterways, getting enough bait to fish the day should be no problem, provided you or someone fishing with you can throw a net. The Cape Fear River waters are still producing the majority of big fish (more than 5 pounds), but anglers are also finding some fat flatties around the docks and in the creeks around Wrightsville Beach. Fishing for red drum has been improving daily, with fish being caught in both the surf and the inside waters. Finger mullet and artificial
Cooler temperatures have also abounded, which is very welcomed by the local anglers. Water temperatures have reached the threshold of 80 degrees and it shouldn’t be too long before they dip below that mark and fire off some fabulous fishing. 80 degrees and it shouldn’t be too long before they dip below that mark and fire off some fabulous fishing. With the stiff winds and chopped up seas, offshore fishing has been pretty much nonexistent the past couple of weeks, and while the forecast is calling for the rains to dissipate and the sun to return by the weekend, unfortunately the winds should persist, so it doesn’t look like ocean fishing, either offshore or nearshore, is going to happen this weekend, either. On a bright note, the inshore fishing has been picking up daily, and anglers who don’t mind getting a little wet have been experiencing great fishing days on the water. Flounder fishing has really started picking up the pace and a lot of fish caught are now keepers. Artificial baits are working, but finger mullet rigged Carolina Style has become the primary go-to bait for many. With the amount of mullet found schooled up in
baits are both working when fished in the sloughs or around the docks and creek mouths. Cut bait, such as cut mullet, is also working well when fished on a slider rig. Surf and pier anglers using fresh shrimp are starting to find some decent-sized spots willing to bite, mainly during the late afternoon and evening hours. Good-sized Virginia mullet are also being reported. With the water temperatures still relatively high, there are still plenty of critters waiting to steal your bait, so make sure you bring enough when heading out. There’s not much worse than finding the fish willing to bite only to realize you’re about to run out of bait. Live bait fishermen looking for king mackerel have had some luck with kings the past week off of Johnnie Mercer’s Pier. Rough conditions have made fishing difficult the past few days but hopefully there’s more action to be had once the weather starts clearing up this weekend.
Sports/Marine Tennis legends entertain and inspire By Emmy Errante Staff Writer
Guests sat at small tables or relaxed on bleachers around the perimeter of Landfall’s Drysdale Sports Center tennis court, watching a furious volley between Olympic gold medalist Lindsay Davenport and Grand Slam champion Rennae Stubbs. Davenport and Stubbs, along with former tennis champions Mikael Pernfors, Jimmy Arias and Bobby Reynolds, entertained attendees of the Landfall Foundation’s Legends of Tennis Tournament Sept. 19 and 20 with world-class tennis and goodnatured banter. Despite the high level of talent on the court, the players kept the audience laughing with lighthearted antics. As chair umpire, Arias was given a microphone to amuse the crowd with his colorful commentary. When it was time for Arias to play a match, Stubbs took his place in the chair and subjected him to the same friendly teasing. “We try and rib each other as much as possible,” Stubbs said. “It’s fun for the crowd to hear us give each other a hard time.” Pernfors entertained the audience with his tennis serves, which became progressively more creative throughout the day. He served the ball behind his back, with his weak hand and through his legs. Arias then challenged him to set the ball on the ground and swing his racquet like a golf club, which he did, sending the ball sailing over the net to the cheers of the crowd. Guests also enjoyed watching local players of all ages share the court with the professionals. Zander Veys, a freshman on the University of North Carolina Wilmington tennis team, took on Bobby Reynolds in an eight game pro set. The Country Club of Landfall’s
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Mikael Pernfors, Rennae Stubbs and Lindsay Davenport play a match during the Landfall Foundation Legends of Tennis Tournament Saturday, Sept. 20 at Landfall’s Drysdale Sports Center.
(CLL) professionals Lauren Isenhour and Cassie Causey took on Stubbs and Davenport in a doubles match. The local players won the first few games in the match while Stubbs and Davenport endured some gleeful needling by Arias. Members of the CLL’s ACE Junior Program, which recently placed second in the USTA National Jr. Team Tennis Championships, served as ball boys and ball girls for the matches. Occasionally, Arias, from his perch as chair umpire, would call for one of the younger ball boys to take a turn on the court in place of Davenport or Reynolds. Charlie Owens, director of tennis at the Country Club of Landfall, said one of his favorite parts of the event was watching the young children become inspired by the tennis legends. Owens, who played in the U.S. Open and Wimbledon himself, said he found his passion for tennis after serving as a ball boy
for a professional match when he was 9 years old. “You want the kids to feel like it’s fun,” he said. “Sometimes tennis looks so serious, like it’s work, so we want them to see the fun part, and then sometimes the pros might even say something to you when you’re out there, so that’s really cool.” It was Owens’ connections in the tennis world that brought the world-class players to Wilmington for the event. Arias, Stubbs and Pernfors have participated in years past, in large part because of Owens. Although Owens had not previously met Davenport, he said he only had to send a few text messages and emails before she agreed to fly from California to Wilmington for the weekend. “It’s a chance to get back out on the court and have fun,” Davenport said, “and Charlie is a wonderful man; it was fun to get to know him. It’s always nice to go to places where they’re truly excited about the event. …
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The Cape Fear Roller Girls held a fundraising golf tournament Saturday, Sept. 20 at the Echo Farms Golf Club with the goal of funding a trip to Florida
for a Sept. 27 game against the Fort Myers Derby Girls. Team member Tara Arnette said they likely raised several hundred dollars, which will help pay travel costs, and also go toward renting practice space at Scooter’s Skating Center and
Jellybeans Family Skate Center. The team also rents the Cape Fear Community College Schwartz Center for home games, the next of which — a double header — will be Oct. 11 when it takes on the Black Rose Rollers from Pennsylvania and
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Sometimes on tour you go to the same cities year after year so they’re used to it. It’s nice to go to different markets.” Davenport said she also supported the charity aspect of the tournament. All proceeds of the sold-out event benefitted the UNCW Seahawk Club and the Landfall Foundation. Event chair Cindy Worden said the Landfall Foundation expected to raise more than $35,000, which will be used to distribute 72 grants to local nonprofit organizations. She said it is exciting to see the unique event gain so much support from community members and world-famous tennis legends alike. “There are not many events like this,” she said. “The players are nice, we have great weather here on the coast, and for us to be able to be little Wilmington and get Lindsay Davenport, who was just inducted into the Hall of Fame, that’s huge.”
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Michelle Ingraham a.k.a. Fiona Fatale, Catherine Henning a.k.a. Busty Rhymes and Cal Cutler a.k.a. Mad Cal perform drills during Cape Fear Roller Girls practice at Jellybeans Family Skate Center Feb. 13.
the Carolina Bootleggers from Raleigh. “We’re fairly evenly matched, so it should be a pretty good game,” Arnette said during a Sept. 20 phone interview. Arnette said the games are exciting, with hard hits and fast skating, but the environment is very family-friendly. She said they have a wide variety of people at their home games, so they make sure to explain the rules beforehand. “It can be kind of confusing,” she said, “so we do a demo at the beginning so people know what’s going on and have an idea of how the game is played.” The game will be $10 online presale and $12 at the door, and a food truck will be cooking on site. Arnette said the popularity of roller derby has grown in the last several years. “It seems like every town in the United States has a team now,” she said. email emmy@luminanews.com
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Urban spaces reimagined By Cole Dittmer, Staff Writer
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ocusing on the act of transforming single on-street metered parking spaces into public parks, the goal of the international movement known as PARK(ing) Day is to facilitate conversations about enhancing urban landscapes and streetscapes. Wilmington Downtown, INC. (WDI), has participated in PARK(ing) Day since 2011, inviting local nonprofit and community organizations to transform parking spaces in downtown Wilmington. The 2014 participants included Feast Down East, the Children’s Museum of Wilmington, the North Carolina Cooperative Extension and New Hanover County Arboretum, New Hanover County Planning Department, Exhale Yoga and Wellness Studio, FOCUS Southeastern North Carolina, Choice Neighborhoods Regional Plan and the Brunswick Forest Pickleball Club. Ed Wolverton, WDI executive director, said PARK(ing) Day started in San Francisco in 2005 with an underground movement and Wilmington’s downtown area was a good fit for the project. “We have such a strong sense of place already in terms of the urban
fabric we have. This is an extension of the landscaping and activities that are already part of our urban setting, plus we have a pretty strong art ethic as well,” Wolverton said while touring the PARK(ing) Day spaces Friday, Sept. 19. “Part of the spirit of the event is to try to do things that help to build the social fabric of the community.” Feast Down East set up in a parking space directly in front of the North Front Street WDI office with the entire space bordered with bales of straw and plants. Erin O’Donnell, Feast Down East Americorps member, said her organization was using PARK(ing) Day as a way of promoting more green space downtown and preserving the biodiversity of southeastern North Carolina by buying local produce. O’Donnell and Feast Down East volunteer Ben Sofie were also spreading the word about the organization’s mobile market every Friday at the corner Tenth and Rankin streets. Feast Down East chose to set up a mobile market at that location because it is in the middle of one of Wilmington’s food deserts. “There are eight food deserts in Wilmington and 16,000 residents living within them,” O’Donnell said. “It is a census track with more than 33 percent of the population lives a mile away from a supermarket and more than 25 percent live below the federal poverty line.” On Front Street south of the Feast Down East space, FOCUS was stationed directly in front of the downtown U.S. Post Office. Created by a $1 million federal grant, FOCUS was formed to collaborate multimodal regional planning efforts. FOCUS project manager Adrienne Cox said promoting downtown
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The New Hanover Cooperative Extension and Arboretum staff and volunteers dressed their parking space with some greenery and a tent in downtown Wilmington as part of the 2014 PARK(ing) Day Friday, Sept. 19. Top right: Olivia Causby, Children’s Museum of Wilmington marketing and development director, left, and volunteers interact with families that stop by the museum’s PARK(ing) Day 2014 space on Market Street. Top: Marty Smith, George Stallard, Pete Andreini and Tim Camden play pickleball in the Slice of Life parking lot.
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dog parks was the message for PARK(ing) Day 2014. “For us, the message is that you can make the most of small spaces and it is great to balance nature and urbanization,” Cox said. “We are promoting dog parks because everyone in this area is always walking around with their dogs and there are no dog parks downtown.” Collaborating with FOCUS on PARK(ing) Day, as with on many other occasions, Paul D’Angelo, Choice Neighborhoods Wilmington planning coordinator, used the day to spread the word about the organization’s efforts to revitalize the Southside and Hillcrest neighborhoods. D’Angelo said one of the keys to the area’s revitalization would be the development of its numerous empty lots. “We are bringing jobs to that area and we are really trying to get someone to take care of all the empty lots,” D’Angelo said. “We have more than 200 vacant lots in the Southside, is there not anybody out there that could buy those up and start building some nice, affordable two- and three-bedroom bungalows to create a neighborhood with more eyes on the street?” Recreation was also part of PARK(ing) Day with the Brunswick Forest Pickleball Club demonstrating the emerging sport in the parking lot beside the new Slice of Life Pizzeria and Pub. Pickleball players Marty Smith, George Stallard, Pete Andreini and Tim Camden said the sport is quickly growing in popularity, especially among older players, because it does not require as much movement as tennis. They also said pickleball’s smaller 20- by 44-foot court can fit in tight urban spaces or driveways, making the sport more accessible in downtown areas. Downtown Wilmington playgrounds for children was one initiative the Children’s Museum of Wilmington promoted during PARK(ing) Day, along with the museum’s fundraising campaign for the transformation of its courtyard into a park and gardening space. Olivia Causby, museum marketing and development coordinator, said crews are in the middle of the second phase of the project and, once complete, it would provide children with an outdoor learning environment to complement the museum’s indoor facilities. Ed Wolverton said WDI would like to continue to attract more retail and residential uses in downtown Wilmington, and meld the Northside revitalization with central downtown. While he could not point to any economic outcomes of past PARK(ing) Days, Wolverton said it helps start a conversation. “Even though this is just a temporary, one-day activity, it helps to define and enliven downtown as a place,” he said. “It also surprises people that don’t know about it … this is that little something extra you may not expect that makes people think.” email cole@luminanews.com
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Wilmington Regional Association of Realtors President Jody Wainio received the Regional Service Award for her commitment to the local and state community of Realtors from the North Carolina Association of Realtors during the association’s annual convention and expo, held Sept. 12-18.
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South End Surf Shop owner Jeff DeGroote helps Melanie Torres look through the after-summer sale swimwear Tuesday, Sept. 23. Sales and events are often used by beach businesses to keep customers coming after the summer tourist season.
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Once the summer tourist season is over, a majority of Wrightsville Beach businesses remain open year-round with proven business strategies that bring patrons through the door during the fall and winter months. With 17 years under his belt at South Beach Grill, owner John Andrews said he believes there is a delicate balance to strike when operating a beach business out of season. “After 17 cycles, we feel like we have gotten a good handle on how to extend a welcome mat and not cut corners because often that is what happens when you try and give away the store,” Andrews said. The two things South Beach Grill does during the offseason that most beach businesses
also incorporate include cutting overhead costs and incentivizing customers. To cut down on labor costs, South Beach Grill closes every Monday beginning the end of September. “What that does is allow us to funnel some of the business that might now come in mid-week,” he said. “The other thing we do is run specials, like everyone else does … and those help incentivize people to come in and feel like their business is appreciated.” South End Surf Shop owner Jeff DeGroote also said weatherand time-specific triggered sales help business in the offseason. “What I try to do to create traffic, especially on this end of the island, is to have sales and events … and do fun things to attract people down to the shop,” DeGroote said. “I try to have an optimistic approach to business, I keep my overhead low in the
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offseason and I have a smaller sometimes there is employee shop that it is more manageable sharing between multiple beach in the shoulder and offseason.” businesses. In the past, Andrews While locals keep the lights on said he has often been able to in the offseason, Andrews said find extra hours for his employhe also likes to help his employ- ees during the offseason at the ees as much as he can during that beach hotels for catered events time frame as well. or seasonal parties. “As a business, we can make With revenues down in the offit through to the other side of season, ad dollars are limited, so the offseason, but as a junior in both Andrews and DeGroote said college you might not have that social media has become another economic safety net that a busi- great tool for attracting offseason ness has,” Andrews said. “So I business along with good custhink it is the responsibility we tomer service. have as employers to look out “Social media is a great way for our employees because they to reach customers so that is one work so hard during the summer of our big things along with the that we owe them as much cour- website and live surf camera,” tesy and help as we can in the DeGroote said. “Word of mouth offseason.” has helped us tremendously, and If he has to downsize staff, believe it or not, word of mouth Andrews said heby always still exists andFlanagan providing cusSUDOKU Mylescalls Mellor and Susan around to other businesses tomer service works well.” to see if they need help and email cole@luminanews.com
College scholarships are “free money” but your child will most likely be competing with many other future students for these funds. After you’ve researched and applied for financial aid from grants, apply for scholarships to help pay expenses. Like grants, college scholarships are a form of financial aid that don’t have to be paid back.
Loans
As hard as many parents try, they will still probably need to rely on loans to help pay for college – especially if they get a late start on saving. While individual loan products vary, generally speaking the most desirable loans are awarded with financial aid in the student’s name and are subsidized by the government. In most cases, subsidized loans don’t accrue interest while the student is in school, and payments don’t start until after graduation. Unsubsidized loans can also be an option. These are also low-interest, but do not depend on financial need.
Secondary Relief
To attain some financial relief after the tuition bill is paid, look for educational tax benefits. Some of these benefits apply to students in their first two years of undergraduate schooling, while others are designed to help third- and fourth-year students. It also may be worth asking your child’s school if a tuition installment plan is available. Instead of charging a lump sum at the beginning of the semester, the school may be able to spread out the bill over a nine-, 10- or 12-month period. Thousands of universities offer these plans. Typically, there is a small annual fee to participate (usually $50 to $100). This article is provided by Dave Dupont, a Financial Advisor at RBC Wealth Management. RBC Wealth Management does not endorse this organization or publication.
RBC Wealth Management, a division of RBC Capital Markets LLC, Member NYSE/ Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9X9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller FINRA/SIPC grids of 3X3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult.
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Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9X9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3X3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Level: Medium. Sudoku answers are on page B3.
Area farmers’ markets Poplar Grove Farmers’ Market
Riverfront Farmers’ Market
Wednesdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Located in Poplar Grove Plantation Market runs through Nov. 26
Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Located along North Water Street downtown Market runs through Nov. 22
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Sherman’s Lagoon
By Jim Toomey
There’s a lagoon called Kapupu near the island of Kapupu in the sunny North Pacific just west of the Elabaob Islands in the Palauan archipelago of Micronesia. Sherman the Shark, his wife, Megan, and a host of other ocean occupants call it home. Occasionally, the hairless beach apes with their so-called civilized human ways try to encroach on the Lagoonies’ tropical paradise. So, there’s bound to be high jinks in this coral-reef heaven...
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If you or anyone you know exhibits one or more of these feelings or behaviors, seek help as soon as possible by contacting a mental health professional or calling: The National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 or Your Wilmington Crisis Hotline: 910-392-7408 © Workin4u Inc
CROSSWORD Across 1. Overstrung 6. Coalition 10. Disables 15. Pet 19. Harden 20. Hokkaido native 21. Comedian Kovacs 22. Neighbor of Turkmenistan 23. Digestive juices 24. Can of worms?
Down 1. Balks 2. Kind of pricing 3. Slipper option 4. Trailer, var. 5. Nods 6. Rum cake 7. Pseudologue 8. Sleep ___ 9. ___ pie 10. Sweet clover 11. Gazetteer datum 12. Involved with 13. Object to 14. Ball handler? 15. Bombs 16. Surface 17. Sound 18. Starfleet Academy grad. 28. Bamako is its capital 29. First name on Capitol Hill 30. Persian Gulf ship 34. End ___ 35. Nettle 36. Suitcase 38. Show piece? 39. Command to Nellie 40. Epithet 42. Inventor Otis
25. Freetown currency unit 26. Bothers 27. Comedian takes over wine company? 31. Cable network 32. Reef dweller 33. Sewed up 34. Impulse 37. Parts of a code 41. Anguish 43. Sonja Henie’s birthplace 45. Newton, for one
43. U.N. Day mo. 44. Ed.’s request 46. Begrudge 47. Glass of public radio 48. Maze marking 49. Moving 50. Geneva’s river 51. School mos. 53. Bent 58. Skater Babilonia 60. Loses hair 61. An end to sex? 62. Discordant 64. Neighbor of Ger. 66. Sun spot? 67. Turned hard 68. Conglomerate 69. Iron man? 70. Soft leather 71. Aware of 72. Smear 73. Do-over 74. Swallow 80. “And I Love ___” 81. Spheres 82. Rent 84. Teacher 85. “Empedocles on ___” (Matthew Arnold poem) 86. Envelope closer
Celebrity Takeover by Myles Mellor and Sally York 46. Impressionist takes over pizzerias? 52. Ins 54. Hitch 55. Part of ICBM 56. Elvis Costello song 57. Feed 59. Language expert 62. Surmounting 63. Vault 65. Grateful? 67. Stretch 68. Talk show host takes over gift shops?
75. Develop 76. Wrinkly 77. 10 jiao 78. Act as a lookout, maybe 79. Reckless criticism 83. Sandy beaches 87. Greensward 88. Hindu loincloth 91. God offended by Daphnis 93. Rinse, as with a solvent
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94. Singer takes over food company? 99. Cellular stuff 100. Nonpareil 101. Touch 102. Lentil, e.g. 103. Kind of income 104. Gone 106. Govt. regulator 108. ___ job 110. Royal family member takes over clothing stores? 121. Baseball move
122. Store area 123. Ice cream flavor 124. Oranjestad’s island 125. Bush appointee 126. Round mass 127. Kind of ring or swing 128. Dali, for one 129. Under cover? 130. Cold shower? 131. Vogue editor Wintour 132. Early years in a century
88. Electron tube 89. Egg maker 90. Have markers out 92. Drop in on 95. Ran a lot 96. Most silly 97. Taro variety 98. Puts on 103. Dictate 104. Small firecracker 105. Prevention measure? 107. Character 109. Bakery supply 111. Pinches 112. Stringed instrument 113. Maroon’s home 114. Lead 115. Monopoly token 116. Quite a stretch 117. Kind of jerk 118. Ancient character 119. Shade of black 120. Gobs 121. Purchase at 110-Across?
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Little Chapel On the Boardwalk Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Rev. Patrick Thomas Rabun, pastor 2 W. Fayetteville St., 910-256-2819, ext. 100 Beach Service at Public Beach Access No. 4: 8 a.m. Early Worship: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Traditional Worship: 10:30 a.m. St. Andrew’s On-The-Sound Episcopal The Rev. Richard G. Elliott, rector 101 Airlie Road, 910-256-3034 7:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m. St. James episcopal church Mt. Lebanon Chapel (Near Airlie Gardens)
8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II Wrightsville Beach Baptist church Keith Louthan, church pastor 601 Causeway Drive, 910-256-3682 Traditional Service: 9-10 a.m. Sunday School: 10:10-11 a.m. Celebration Services: 11:10 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Wrightsville United Methodist Church Bob Bauman, senior pastor 4 Live Oak Drive, 910-256-4471 Worship Services: 8:30, 9:45, 11:15 a.m. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
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Signs and Looking unto Jesus
Week 11 of a multi-part series
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After three decades of ministry, I have learned that most believers would rather believe their own experiences, or what someone has taught them, over and above what the Word of God truly says. In trying to answer the myriad of questions that most believers have about the will of God and healing, I have found that sticking with the Bible over and above my experiences, or anyone else’s opinion, will always establish truth. It is also amazing to find the freedom that comes and the changed lives that result when truth is established. When at any time I am in doubt of my heavenly Father’s heart or His will in any given situation, I have one proven and safe way of finding truth. Look at the life of Jesus! Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner (John 5:19 NKJV). God the Son is the express image of God the Father. He only spoke what He heard His Father say, and only did what He saw His father do. Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high (Hebrews 1:3 NKJV). The Greek word
St. Mark Catholic Church Father Patrick A. Keane 1011 Eastwood Road, 910-392-0720 Vigil Mass: Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday Masses: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. en Español Monday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday Masses: 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Thursday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Friday Mass: 8:30 a.m. followed by Adoration with Benediction at 9 p.m. Beth Simcha Messianic Jewish Congregation Congregational Leader/ Rabbi Marty Schilsky 7957 Market St. Wilmington, N.C. 28411 910-681-0117 Shabbat Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday
translated “express image” speaks of an “identical copy” or a “perfect representation.” So we can be confident in knowing the heart of God concerning healing or anything else for that matter, by looking at the life of Jesus throughout the gospels. Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works (John 14:9,10 NKJV). With this New Testament insight into the true nature of Father God, gone are the fearful pictures of Old Testament law and punishment. Now, only the heart of a loving Creator, who loves fallen man so much that He sent His Son to suffer the punishment required to redeem us, becomes visible. With this “express image” to look upon, we can answer most questions concerning God’s will for healing and health. Such as, “Is it His will to heal? Does He want everyone well, or only those He considers deserving? Does He punish us with sickness, or sometimes allow it to teach us something? How do we appropriate this healing once we find His will? If it is His will to heal, why isn’t everyone healed? Does He take our children or loved ones in early death, just because He needs them in heaven?”
Buddy and Maude Dawson are the founders and directors of the River of Life Worship Center, 3504 Carolina Beach Rd., Wilmington, NC. therolwc.org/buddydawson@ec.rr.com
Living H2O September 21, 2014, 6 p.m.
St. Therese Catholic church Father Joe Vetter 209 S. Lumina Ave., 910-256-2471 Mass: Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Monday, noon; Tuesday, 6 p.m.; Wednesday – Thursday noon; Thursday noon followed by Eucharistic Adoration
Buddy Dawson
Judgment You often take it upon yourselves to give judgment of others Forget the tensions that create stress between sister and brother When the time comes I will pass judgment upon all Those who have taken up the cross and answered the call Should not fear any repercussions for the life they lived All their love and support for My family they did give Your care needs to be focused on the final judgment day When hearts and souls will enter heaven to stay It is My great love for you that keeps your spirit alive Not because of what you do or how hard you strive My love for you is never ending so trust and receive All judgment is mine no matter what you perceive As being something you must do to get through your day Your only focus should be on others and how you can pray To help them get what healings their souls need and pray Your love will show them the way to survive My judgment day
C a r l W a t e rs (Psa 9:7 NRSV) But the LORD sits enthroned forever, he has established his throne for judgment. (Mat 12:36 NRSV) I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter; (John 5:22 NRSV) The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, (John 9:39 NRSV) Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind.” (Rom 2:1 NRSV) Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. (Rom 14:10 NRSV) Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. (1 John 4:17 NRSV) Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.
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September 23 JESUS THE SERVANT Mark 12:29 “And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord”: Jesus repeatedly made reference to His deity for which the Jews had sought to kill Him, and yet He quotes from Deuteronomy 6:4, that “The Lord our God is one Lord.” There are not two or three Gods and yet Jesus claimed to be God just like God the Father. This union is a great mystery that defies human understanding but can be accepted and believed. Jesus in His pre-existent state was in the form of God. “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Jesus is God manifested in the flesh (1 Tim. 3:16). However, Jesus did not demand or cling to His rights as God. He laid aside His
Divine rights and privileges in order to take the form of a servant and be made in the likeness of man. He further humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the Father, even to the point of death. This was the supreme sacrifice that identified Jesus totally with humanity and enabled God to redeem mankind. By dying a criminal’s death upon the cross, Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament prophecy of Deuteronomy 21:23, and bore our curse in His own body. This redeemed us from the curse, opened wide God’s blessing of justification through faith in Christ, and gave us the promise of His Holy Spirit (Gal. 3:13-14). The Creator became the creation; the Lord became the servant; the Highest became the lowest. All of this was done because of God’s great love for us.
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Classified and display deadline: Friday noon • Call 910-256-6569 ext 100 • classifieds@luminanews.com L E G A L N O T I C ES 14 SP 563 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lee Ann Moore and John Moore to Rebecca W. Shaia, Trustee(s), which was dated June 14, 2006 and recorded on June 14, 2006 in Book 5037 at Page 41, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 30, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING on the southern side of Chestnut Street 110 feet eastwardly from the southeastern intersection of 6th and Chestnut Streets; runs thence South parallel with 6th Street 132 feet; then East parallel with Chestnut Street 55 feet; thence North parallel with 6th Street 132 feet; then West along the Southern line of Chestnut Street 55 feet to the beginning; same being a part of Lots 1 and 2 in Block 183, and being the same property conveyed in Book 419, Page 161, and Book 8431, Page 252 of the New Hanover County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 610 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC 28401. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Lee Ann Moore. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are
not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 12-13111-FC02 September 18 and 25, 2014 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 562 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Vrujesh Bhagalia and Rashmi Bhagalia to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of September, 2009, and recorded in Book 5438, Page 2568, in New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on September 30, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: A Unit Ownership in real property pursuant to Chapter 47A of the General Statutes of North Carolina and being known and designated as Unit 1741D in Tara Court, Phase III, a condominium development, as the same is shown and described on a map thereof duly recorded in Condominium Plat Book 10 at Page 62, 63, 64 and 65 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and in the Declaration of Condominium recorded in Book 1340 at Page 251 and following pages in said Registry, and all amendments and supplements thereto, specifically including Supplemental Declaration recorded in Book 1514 at Page 599, and said unit is also subject to and together with all of the rights, easements, covenants, conditions and restrictions of said Declaration and all amendments and supplements thereto, and being part of those lands described in instrument recorded in Book 1491 at Page 600 in said Registry. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 1741 South 41st Street, Unit D, Wilmington, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the
title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1139249 (FC.FAY) September 18 and 25, 2014 14-SP-473 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Michelle L. Lewis a/k/a Michelle L. Smith, dated dated January 26, 2006 and recorded on January 31, 2006 in Book No. 4972 at Page 2022 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand
of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on October 1, 2014 at 11:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Address of property: 3011 Lauren Pl Dr, Apt 105, Wilmington, NC 28405. Tax Parcel ID: R02616001-102-000 Present Record Owners: Michelle L. Lewis a/k/a Michelle L. Smith. The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009. Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, Substitute Trustee (803)7444444, 113470-01527 P1110385 9/18, 09/25/2014 14-SP-526 AMENDED NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Emily E Barrett, dated August 16, 2012 and recorded on August 20, 2012 in Book No. 5664 at Page 2476 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on October 1, 2014 at 11:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements
thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Address of property: 706 Autumn Leaves Ct, Wilmington, NC 28411. Tax Parcel ID: R04307-001-020-000 Present Record Owners: Emily E Barrett. The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009. Goddard & Peterson, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 3803B Computer Dr., Ste 103, Raleigh, NC 27609-6507 (919)755-3400 019746-00111 P1110412 9/18, 09/25/2014 14-SP-556 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Maria Prenatt and David Prenatt, dated April 18, 2007 and recorded on April 19, 2007 in Book No. 5171 at Page 357 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on October 1, 2014 at 11:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Address of property: 648 Village Park Dr Unit 104, Wilmington, NC
28405. Tax Parcel ID: R05000003-122-080 Present Record Owners: David and Maria Prenatt Family Trust. The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009. Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, Substitute Trustee (803)744-4444, 113470-01603 P1110523 9/18, 09/25/2014 14 SP 221 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lucille A. Palmigiano and Anthony Palmigiano to TRSTE, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated March 29, 2005 and recorded on March 31, 2005 in Book 4738 at Page 486, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 30, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: A Unit Ownership in real property pursuant to Chapter 47C of the General Statutes of North Carolina being known as Unit 202 in Building B in Cornerstone
Condominium, Section 2, (also known as Unit 202-B), as the same is shown and described on map a revised recorded in Condominium Plat Book 12 at Pages 91 through 96 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina, and in the Declaration of Condominium recorded in Book 2395 at Page 1039 and following pages in said registry, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and said unit is also conveyed subject to and together with all of the rights, easements, covenants, terms and conditions of said Declaration, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and being the same lands described in the deed recorded in Book 2965 at Page 204 in said registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 4521 Sagedale Drive, Unit 202, Wilmington, NC 28405. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Palma Real Estate, LLC. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-01508-FC01 September 18 and 25, 2014
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13 SP 1214 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jason L. Parker to Trste, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated May 25, 2007 and recorded on May 25, 2007 in Book 5187 at Page 1052, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county
courthouse for conducting the sale on September 30, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Beginning at the intersection of the western line of North Twenty-Third Street and the northern line of Klein Road, the same being the southeastern corner of Lot 1, Block 6, Princess Place according to the official plan of Princess Place in (in part) as recorded in the New Hanover County Registry; and running from said beginning point and along the northern line of Klein Road North 88 degrees 20 minutes West 168 feet, thence North 01 degrees forty minutes East 65.67 feet, more or less, to a point in the northern line of Lot 1, thence South 88 degrees 20 minutes East 168 feet to the point in the western line of North Twenty-Third Street, thence South 01 degrees 40 minutes West 65.67 feet to the point of beginning, the same being part of Lot 1, Block 6 of Princess Place as shown on Map by M. H. Lander, C.E., recorded in Map Book 4 at Page 58 of the
New Hanover County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 601 North 23rd Street, Wilmington, NC 28405. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or
relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Jason L. Parker. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 13-25566-FC01 September 18 and 25, 2014
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY File No. 14-SP-393 New Hanover County, North Carolina Under and by virtue of the Declaration recorded in Book 1236, Page 125, and the provisions of Chapter 47C of the North Carolina General Statutes, and because of the Respondents’ failure to pay assessments duly assessed by Sands at Carolina Beach Condominiums, III Owners, Inc. (“Association”) as shown by the Claim of Lien for Assessments filed on September 26, 2013, File No. 13-M-1224, in the Office of the New Hanover County Clerk of Superior Court, and pursuant to an Order Allowing Foreclosure of Claim of Lien for Assessments entered by the New Hanover County Clerk of Court on July 31, 2014, the undersigned Trustee will expose for public sale at auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at 11:00 a.m. on the 7th day of October 2014, at the Courthouse door, New Hanover County Judicial Building, 316 Princess Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, the following property
(including any improvements thereon) located in New Hanover County, North Carolina: BEING ALL of Unit 1-D, Building 2, of Sands at Carolina Beach Condominium, III, a condominium project, as the same is shown and described on a map thereof recorded in Condominium Plat Book 4, at Pages 63 through 65, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Also commonly known as 601 S. Carolina Ave. # 1D, Sands at Carolina Beach Condominium, III, Carolina Beach, NC 28428. The record owners of the abovedescribed real property as reflected by the records of the New Hanover County Register of Deeds ten (10) days prior to posting the Notice are William Burks and wife, Maria Burks. The above-described property will be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS,” and is subject to any and all superior mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, judgments, unpaid taxes, easements, conditions, restrictions, and other matters
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L E G A L N O T I C ES of record, including, but not limited to, Deed of Trust recorded in Book 4889, Page 2178, and Book 4889, Page 2202, of the New Hanover County Register of Deeds. The successful bidder will be required to deposit with the Trustee immediately upon the conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Trustee tenders a deed for the property. If for any reason the Trustee does not tender a deed for the property, the successful bidder’s sole remedy shall be a return of the deposit. To the extent this sale involves residential property with less than fifteen (15) units, you are hereby notified of the following: (a) An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to § 45-21.29 of the North Carolina General Statutes in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold; and (b) Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the Notice of Sale, terminate the rental agreement upon ten (10) days written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. THE UNDERSIGNED IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Charles D. Meier, Trustee N. C. State Bar No. 13039 MARSHALL, WILLIAMS & GORHAM, L.L.P. 14 South Fifth Street Post Office Drawer 2088 Wilmington, NC 28402-2088 Telephone: (910) 763-9891 Facsimile: (910) 343-8604 E-Mail: cdm@mwglaw.com September 25 and October 2, 2014 14 SP 87 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Daniel V. Villarreal and Beatrice V. Villarreal to Shapiro & Kreisman, Trustee(s), which was dated September 5, 2007 and recorded on September 5, 2007 in Book 5228 at Page 1108, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 7, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 45 of Windsor Place at West Bay Estates as shown on that map recorded in Map Book 49 at Pages 383, 384, and 385, in the New Hanover County Registry, reference to said map is hereby made for a more particular description. Subject to the Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Windsor Place at West Bay Estates, recorded in Book 5068, Page 2769 and recorded in Book 5175, Page 752, in the New Hanover Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 7222 Chipley Drive, Wilmington, NC 28411. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pur-
suant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Daniel V. Villarreal and wife, Beatrice V. Villarreal. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-00466-FC01 September 25 and October 2, 2014 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 13 SP 1068 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Travis W. Hannon and Ellen M. Hannon (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Travis Hannon) to Shapiro & Kreisman, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of December, 2006, and recorded in Book 5122, Page 1971, and Modification in Book 5658, Page 791, in New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on October 7, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: That real estate located in the County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, more particularly described as follows: All of Lot 46 in Brookfield Subdivision, Section 2, as the same is shown on map recorded in Map Book 9 at Page 24 in the New Hanover County Registry, and being the same lands described in the deed recorded in Book 4962 at Page 1906 in said Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 107 Dellwood Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is
being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1123010 (FC.CH) September 25 and October 2, 2014 14 SP 550 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Christin N. Lea to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated July 27, 2009 and recorded on July 31, 2009 in Book 5428 at Page 2890, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary loca-
tion at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 7, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 104, Section 3, Holy Field at West Bay Estates, as the same is shown on the amp entitled, “Section 3 of Holly Field at West Bay Estates:, as recorded in Map Book 45, Page 206 of the New Hanover County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Subject to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Holly Field at West Bay Estates as recorded in Book 3361, Page 956-977 of the New Hanover County Registry, and any amendments thereto recorded in the New Hanover County Registry. Together with the rights of the ingress, egress and regress over all roads, streets and rights of way shown on the plat recorded in Map Book 44 at page 194 of the New Hanover County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 7225 Nordic Drive, Wilmington, NC 28411. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Christin N. Lea. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-09487-FC01 September 25 and October 2, 2014 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 528 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joshua D. Messerschmidt and Shannon Messerschmidt to Trustee Services of Carolina, Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of April, 2007, and recorded in Book 5178, Page 747, in New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the under-
signed, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on October 7, 2014 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain property situated in the County of New Hanover and State of North Carolina, being described as follows: Lot 105 in Map Book 10 at Page 9. Being more fully described in a deed dated 10/14/2004 and recorded 10/20/2004, among the land records of the County and State set forth above, in Deed Volume 4535 and Page 755. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4910 Lord Byron Road, Wilmington, North Carolina. Tax Map or Parcel ID No.: R04313009-031-000 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS
NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 12497 Charlotte, North Carolina 28220 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1130044 (FC.CH) September 25 and October 2, 2014 14 SP 565 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Adam Crutchfield and Alyssa Crutchfield to Joan H. Anderson, Trustee(s), which was dated July 7, 2008 and recorded on July 9, 2008 in Book 5330 at Page 38, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 7, 2014 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit: Beginning at a point in the Southern line of South Road (now known as Laurel Drive) where the same is intersected by the dividing line between Lots 29 and 28 of Wrightsboro Acres, as the same is shown on the map thereof recorded in Map Book 4 at Page 43 in the New Hanover County, N.C. Registry; the same being on the Northeastern corner of Lot 29; running thence Westwardly and with South Road, 75 feet to a point; thence South 4 degrees 45 minutes East 228.5 feet to a point in the Southern line of Lot 29; thence North 85 degrees 15 minutes East 75 feet to the Eastern line of Lot 29; thence North 4 degrees 45 minutes West 228.5 feet with the Eastern line of Lot 29 to a point in the Southern line of South Road, the point of beginning; same being the Eastern one-half of Lot 29, Wrightsboro Acres, as the same is shown on the map thereof recorded in Map Book 4 at Page 43 of the New Hanover Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 116 Laurel Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX, AND THE COURT COSTS OF FORTY-FIVE CENTS (45¢) PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) PURSUANT TO NCGS 7A-308(a) (1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Adam and Alyssa Crutchfield. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate
the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-14888-FC01 September 25 and October 2, 2014 14-SP-373 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Mary E. Gay, dated August 9, 2006 and recorded on August 17, 2006 in Book No. 5066 at Page 2387 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebted ness secured by said Deed of Trust, the under signed Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on October 8, 2014 at 11:00AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Address of property: 4905 Grouse Woods Dr, Wilmington, NC 28411. Tax Parcel ID: R03514003-023-000 Present Record Owners: Mary E. Gay. The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure
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14-SP-643 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by David Prenatt and Maria Prenatt, dated April 18, 2007 and recorded on April 19, 2007 in Book No. 5171 at Page 405 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on October 8, 2014 at 11:00AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Address of property: 561 Garden Terrace Dr Unit 201, Wilmington, NC 28405. Tax Parcel ID: RO5000-003-122-113 Present Record Owners: The Village at Mayfaire Condominium Owners Association, Inc., c/o Dave Sweyer, Jr., Registered Agent. The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in
which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009. Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, Substitute Trustee (803)7444444, 113081-06022 P1111296 9/25, 10/02/2014 14-SP-634 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by John Derek Mcswain and Jessica H. Mcswain, dated July 12, 2006 and recorded on August 1, 2006 in Book No. 5059 at Page 1384 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on October 8, 2014 at 11:00AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Address of property: 5243 Crosswinds Dr, Wilmington, NC 28409. Tax Parcel ID: R07120-009012-000 Present Record Owners: John Derek Mcswain and Jessica H. Mcswain. The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have
merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009. Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, Substitute Trustee (803)7444444, 113470-01650 P1112151 9/25, 10/02/2014
by, Co-Executors of the Estate of Johnnye Wyke Jill L. Raspet Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301 Wilmington, NC 28401 September 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
This the 11th day of September, 2014. Jean Mae Van Velsor, Administratrix of the Estate of John Henry Van Moss, III c/o Robert A. O’Quinn Attorney at Law Post Office Box 1364 Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 September 11, 18, 25 and October 2, 2014
BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER
The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Margaret Jean King Ward of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 4th day of December 2014, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF NEW HANOVER
This is the 4th day of September 2014. Dawn Marie Naughton, Executrix 5401 Carolyn Drive Wilmington, NC 28409 9/4, 11, 18, 25/2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER 14-E-845 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against deceased, Edward Morris Swiggard, are hereby notified to present them to Daniel Swiggard and Kimberly Koran as Co-Executors of the decedent’s estate, on or before, December 4th, 2014 in care of the undersigned attorneys at their address, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the above named Co-Executors in care of the undersigned attorneys at their address. This the 4th day of September, 2014. Co-Executors of the Estate of Edward Morris Swiggard c/o Matthew S. Schrum, Attorney Four Pillars Law Firm, PLLC 2202 Wrightsville Ave. Ste. 213 Wilmington, NC 28403 September 4; 11; 18; 25, 2014 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of Johnnye Wyke, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned do hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned, c/o Jill L. Raspet, 300 N. Third Street, Suite 301, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 5th day of December, 2014, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 4th day of September, 2014. Sara F. Dutton and Frank Ogels-
estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Vera Small Shannon of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 11th day of December 2014, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 11th day of September 2014. Leslie Harrison, Executrix 3721 Reston Court Wilmington, NC 28403 9/11, 18, 25/2014, 10/2/2014
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT FILE NO. 14 E 1083 ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of John Henry Van Moss, III of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at Post Office Box 1364, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480, on or before the 14th day of December, 2014, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE # 14 E 1123 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as EXECUTOR of the Estate of MARY JANE EASON, deceased, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby give notice to all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the said Estate to present them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 19th day of December, 2014, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the deceased or said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This, the 18th day of September, 2014 KENNETH SCOTT COX, Executor of the Estate of MARY JANE EASON c/oPAUL A. NEWTON, ATTORNEY 107 N. 2nd Street, Suite C Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 910-769-2896 September 18, 25 and October 2, 9, 2014 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of David William Crockett of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 25th day of December 2014, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 25th day of September 2014. Charlotte Crockett, Executrix 17 W. Greensboro Street Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16/2014
Claims should be presented or paid in behalf of the undersigned at: 6602 West Airlie Road Wilmington, NC 28403 This the 25th day of September, 2014. Tammy Walters Fisher, Executrix of the Estate of Donald James Fisher 6602 West Airlie Road Wilmington, NC 28403 The MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC 1508 Military Cutoff Rd., Ste. 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16/2014
HOMES FOR SALE
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Lorraine G. Spivey a/k/a Carrie G. Spivey, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned c/o Jimmie P. Spivey, 1033 Creekside Lane, Wilmington, North Carolina 28411 on or before the 25th day of December, 2014 or this notice will pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
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This the 25th day of September, 2014 Jimmie P. Spivey, Executor of the Estate of Lorraine G. Spivey a/k/a Carrie G. Spivey 1033 Creekside Lane Wilmington, NC 28411 September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 2014
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FILE # 14 E 1122
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of Ralph James Smith, late of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them in care of the undersigned at 409 Benjamin Ave., Wilmington, NC 28403, on or before December 25, 2014 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This, the 18th day of September, 2014 EBE W. GODWIN, SR., Executor of the Estate of JANET H. GODWIN c/oPAUL A. NEWTON, ATTORNEY 107 N. 2nd Street, Suite C Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 910-769-2896 September 18, 25 and October 2, 9, 2014
All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
BEFORE THE CLERK
Having qualified as EXECUTOR of the Estate of JANET H. GODWIN, deceased, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby give notice to all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the said Estate to present them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 19th day of December, 2014, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the deceased or said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Donald James Fisher, deceased of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 26th day of December, 2014, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
This is the 25th day of September 2014. Annie D. Smith, Administratrix of the Estate of Ralph James Smith Jerry A. Mannen, Jr., Attorney YOW, FOX & MANNEN, LLP 102 N. 5TH Ave. Wilmington, NC 28401 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16/2014
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2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon dry mustard 3 shakes garlic salt A little milk to thin Parmesan cheese
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Barbara Edmonds’ Crab Stuffed Mushrooms
Thelma Truitt’s Recipe 1 pound crabmeat 24 large mushrooms, approximately 1½ inch in diameter 1 tablespoon flour ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon celery salt ¼ teaspoon white pepper Dash cayenne pepper ¼ cup butter, melted ½ cup light cream 2 tablespoons mushroom stems, chopped 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped 1 tablespoon sherry 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, grated Paprika to taste Preparation: Rinse mushrooms in cold water and pat dry. Remove stems and chop. Set aside mushroom caps. Blend flour and seasonings into butter. Add cream gradually and cook on medium high until thick and smooth, stirring constantly. Add chopped mushroom stems, parsley and sherry; mix well. Stir in crabmeat. Stuff mushroom caps with crab meat mixture. Sprinkle with cheese and paprika. Place on a well-greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
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