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Washington, D.C. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday that the United Sates is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council. The United States is half-way through a threeyear term on the main U.N. rights body and had long threatened to quit if it was not reformed, accusing the 47-member Geneva-based body of a “chronic anti-Israel bias.” The U.S. boycotted the Human Rights Council for three years under President George W. Bush before rejoining under Barack Obama in 2009.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Wisconsin Republicans who drew state electoral districts to benefit their party but sidestepped a major ruling on whether parties have carte blanche to engage in the practice called partisan gerrymandering.

The justices unanimously threw out a lower court ruling that state legislative districts drawn by Wisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature deprived Democratic voters of their constitutional rights including equal protection under the law.

The ruling, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, said the Democratic voters who sued to block the electoral map lacked the necessary

legal standing because they challenged it statewide rather than focusing on individual districts.

The ruling makes it harder, but not impossible, for plaintiffs to challenge maps statewide. To do so, voters in every district in a state must show their own voting clout has been harmed.

In a separate case from Maryland, the court's unsigned opinion preserved a Democratic-drawn U.S. House of Representatives district challenged by Republican voters but allowed the fight to continue in a lower court.

The cases have been closely watched for signs that the court would weigh in on partisan gerrymandering. This is a practice in which the party that controls a state legislature uses the process of redrawing electoral districts after the U.S. census every decade to tighten

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North Carolina case Roberts said the court was leaving for another day whether judges have the power to remedy claims of unconstitutionally biased electoral maps. The justices could soon take up a challenge to Republican-drawn congressional districts in North Carolina that may give them another chance in their next term for a broader ruling on partisan gerrymandering.

The court's four liberal justices indicated more sympathy toward

hearing gerrymandering challenges. Justice Elena Kagan, joined by her fellow liberals, wrote that at its most extreme, partisan gerrymandering amounts to "rigging elections."

"Courts have a critical role to play in curbing partisan gerrymandering," Kagan said.

Gerrymandering usually involves packing voters who tend to favor a particular party in a small number of districts to diminish their statewide voting power while scattering others in districts in numbers too small to be a majority.

"The Supreme Court missed an opportunity today to lay down a firm marker as to when partisan gerrymandering is so extreme that it violates the constitutional rights of voters. But the court permitted See MAP, page A8

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U.S. grain, livestock prices collapse on China trade war fears New York U.S. crop and livestock prices tumbled on Tuesday as the White House threatens more tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods. The U.S. exported $12.4 billion worth of soybeans to China last year. Trade jitters have slammed agricultural markets over the past two weeks on worries that China — the largest importer of U.S. soybeans, pork and cotton — would slow or halt purchases of those and other U.S. farm goods. U.S. crop farmers have lost an estimated $100 per acre in revenue with the swift escalation in trade tensions over the past two weeks, the most rapid erosion of U.S. farm profit since at least 1979.

its grip on power by diluting the influence of voters who tend to support the rival party.

Critics have said gerrymandering has become more extreme through the use of precise voter data and computer modeling to devise electoral maps.

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Voter ID could be on ballots statewide in November The proposed constitutional amendment already has 44 co-sponsors

By David Larson for the North State Journal RALEIGH — At the N.C. General Assembly last week, legislative leaders took action on a pair of election-related bills — one to adjust early voting rules and the other to create a ballot referendum on whether or not to add voter ID requirements to the state constitution.

Both measures have garnered widespread support among legislative Republicans and opposition from Democrats. Senate Bill 325, “The Uniform & Expanded Early Voting Act,” passed 60-41 in the House and 23-11 in the Senate, almost entirely along party lines. After passage by both chambers, the bill was sent to the desk of Gov. Roy Cooper.

House Bill 1092, “Constitutional Amendment — Require Photo ID to Vote,” has not been considered yet for any votes, but the bill already has 44 sponsors, including Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) who introduced the legislation. After being read in, this bill was sent to the House Com-

mittee on Elections and Ethics Law. The office of Rep. Bert Jones (R-Rockingham), chair of the committee, told the North State Journal they didn’t currently have information on when H.B. 1092 would be scheduled for review by the committee.

Some national media outlets and left-leaning activists have responded negatively to both S.B. 325 and H.B. 1092 for what they see as underlying racial motivations or effects. A 2013 elections law containing voter ID requirements was struck down in 2016 by the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel determined it to have been racially targeted. The panel claimed African-Americans were less likely to have voter ID, and the disparate impact would harm their voting rights to the benefit of Republicans. Critics view this as an attempt to get around the ruling.

By crafting H.B. 1092 as simply initiating a referendum where the voters would decide the issue, the legislature would potentially insulate themselves from having the courts question their motives in the same way. There are 32 U.S. states, including all other Southeastern states, requiring some form of votSee VOTER ID, page A2

By Donna King North State Journal RALEIGH — Adding one more layer to this week’s candidate filing period for dozens of judicial seats, Judge Catherine Eagles notified parties on Tuesday that she will be siding with Republicans in a lawsuit over the majority party’s move to cancel 2018’s judicial primary while changes to the judicial districts make their way through the legislature. Her full ruling is expected next week.

On Monday, candidates began filing for judicial races for 150 district and superior court seats, a N.C. Supreme Court seat and three Court of Appeals seats.

However, the process is complicated by Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto last week of two judicial and elections bills that make changes to districts in Mecklenburg and

Wake counties. Legislative lawmakers say they will override the veto.

Eagles’ announcement is the latest update in the legal battle following an N.C. Democratic Party lawsuit. The suit claims the law stopping the judicial primary this year denies voter access and would make the field of candidates too large in November, potentially leading to a candidate winning with a low vote percentage.

Republican lawmakers said last year they eliminated the primaries to avoid confusion for voters, with judicial selection and district lines likely to change.

They also said candidates would not have enough time before the primaries to make an informed decision about where they were eligible to run. The judicial primaries were originally scheduled for next week.

More than 100 candidates have already filed for the judicial seats since the period opened Monday, giving their party affiliation to be included on the balSee JUDICIAL, page A2

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CULLOWHEE — WCU chancellor David Belcher died on Sunday at the age of 60 from brain cancer. Originally from Barnwell, SC, where he was the valedictorian of his high school class, Belcher held degrees from Furman University, the University of Michigan and the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester.

He served as chancellor of Western Carolina University (WCU) since 2011, known for energizing his university community. Belcher announced in November that he would step back from his duties because a glioblastoma brain tumor, which he had surgery to remove in 2016, had returned.

Under his direction, WCU saw student recruitment and retention climb and the recognition of Western Carolina spread beyond the region. WCU welcomed the N.C. Promise program that lowers tuition and boosts accessibility to higher education. Belcher also worked to get the Connect N.C. Bond passed, which included $110 million in funding for WCU’s Apodaca Science Building. He led key investments to bring innovation and industry to the western part of North Carolina through projects like the consolidation of WCU academic

programs in economics at a new instructional site in Asheville.

Beyond the achievements and innovative investments that Belcher brought to the Western campus, he is being remembered this week for his connection to students. An accomplished pianist, his performance became legendary around campus, along with his boundless energy and his vigorous advocacy for WCU. Hundreds of Twitter posts using the hashtag #belovedbelcher honored the memory of his enthusiasm for WCU athletics and his ever-present energy for new ideas.

“My heart is broken to hear this remarkable man has passed on. Even as a #uncsystem intern, his kindness and warmth made me feel part of the @WCU family. You will be missed! #BelovedBelcher #GoCats,” tweeted one student.

Earlier this month, a search committee sent three names of possible replacements to UNC system President Margaret Spellings. She reportedly plans to name a new chancellor in August. On Monday, Spellings said Belcher’s “passion, integrity and vision have forever shaped and strengthened the university that he loved so much.”

Belcher’s family and friends will welcome visitors for a service in the Bardo Fine Arts Performing Center on WCU campus Saturday, June 23.

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As she announced earlier this year, civil rights lawyer Anita Earls filed to challenge N.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice Barbara Jackson. Cooper-appointee Judge John Arrowood also filed for re-election to the N.C. Court of Appeals.

Earls and Arrowood are endorsed by the N.C. Democratic Party.

Justice Jackson has the support of the N.C. Republican Party, as does Superior Court Judge Andrew Heath, who filed for reelection this week, and District Court Judge Jefferson Griffin, who filed for the N.C. Court of Appeals.

Candidates for the judicial offices have until June 29 to file.

Lawmakers say that the two elections bills vetoed by Cooper late Friday will be overridden. Senate Bill 757 and Senate Bill 486 were on the N.C. Senate calendar for override Tuesday night with the chamber in recess until 7 p.m. The former would change districts in Wake and Mecklenburg counties to more closely align with population. Senate Bill 486 adds more direction to the administration of November judicial elections and requires a criminal background check for elections workers. It also contains a provision that would stop a candidate who lost a primary race from running in the general election as a third-party candidate.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement put the Green Party on the ballot this spring, and the Constitution Party is expected to be added before November, after the group gathered the needed signatures to gain access.

er ID to vote. Federal courts have ruled both for and against state voter ID laws, so the exact language and scope of the legislation is often a deciding factor.

“This common-sense measure to secure the integrity of our elections system is supported by the vast majority of North Carolinians who know protecting our democracy should be one of lawmakers’ highest priorities,” said Moore, who has filed voter ID bills nearly every year since joining the legislature in 2003.

A February 2018 Civitas poll did show 69 percent support for voter ID among North Carolinians. This nearly mirrors the 70 percent support for the measure among likely voters nationwide found by Rasmussen in August 2017.

S.B. 325, regarding early voting, passed through both chambers last Friday after heated debate. A lot of the complaints from Democrats centered around elimination of the last Saturday of early voting.

“The final Saturday is disproportionately used by African-American voters,” Sen. Joyce Waddell (D-Mecklenburg) said from the Senate floor. “We should not disfranchise our voters in any way.

Saturday is so important because most people are unable to get off work to vote. This bill unfairly targets poor, working class and African-American voters.”

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, based out of Durham, stated in a press release, “In 2016, African American voters, who made up 20.6 percent of voters in the 2016 general election, accounted for 28.9 percent of voters on the last Saturday or [sic] early voting.”

“I hear comments about suppression and limiting, but let’s look at the facts,” Moore said on the House floor in defense of S.B. 325.

“We’ve expanded the days of early voting. We’ve expanded the hours

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of early voting. We’ve expanded the locations of early voting. If you support early voting, then you have to support this bill.”

Sen. Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell), a sponsor of S.B. 325, gave a detailed account of the changes.

“It will add an additional full day of early voting,” Hise said. “It will require that early voting locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day that they’re open, and if a county opens one early voting site it must open all early voting sites within the county.

“We’ve had a lot of complaints over the years how these early voting sites are not open for individuals who are working from 9-5, the hours [the polls] tend to be running. This will give both morning and evening hours for most people to have the opportunity to attend,” Hise continued. “And it will literally take away the ability of local boards of election to try to position or open early voting sites within the county to benefit one party or another and make that a uniform standard.”

In addition to these two election-related bills, there is discussion about a constitutional amendment to take power over the state elections board away from the executive branch.

While Democrats are viewing this as an attempt to take power away from Cooper, House Rules Chair David Lewis (R-Harnett) said Cooper’s administration has been “taking a position that the board of elections is an executive agency, and it’s never been before.”

Lewis, a GOP legislative leader, confirmed to reporters that they planned to move forward on this but do not have a completed proposal to present yet.

“I believe that the people of the state are committed to having elections administered in a free and fair way, and that includes free from influence from the chief executive,” Lewis said.

By NSJ Staff RALEIGH/WASHINGTON, D.C. — Formerly called orphanages, group homes are a place for kids who have nowhere else to go. While their use has decreased over the years, they’re still very much a part of the U.S. child welfare system: one in seven foster children lives in an institutional setting.

Recognizing that children fare best when they’re living at home with a family, child welfare officials have pushed to minimize the use of group homes.

And a new federal law — the biggest reboot of the foster care system in nearly 40 years — will place even greater restrictions on their use.

President Donald Trump signed the Family First Prevention Services Act into law in February, which caps federal funding for group homes for the first time. Previously there were no limits, child welfare experts say. Now, the federal government won’t pay for a child to stay in a group home longer than two weeks. Exceptions would be made for teens who are pregnant or parenting and children in residential treatment programs offering around-the-clock care.

The bill also provides additional funding for addiction intervention in at-risk families.

The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is gearing up to figure out how best to implement the new law. A kickoff meeting with more than 200 community stakeholders met earlier this month at N.C. State University in Raleigh to begin work. They say the new law supports the safety, permanence and well-being of children who enter foster care.

“This act is probably the largest, most significant change to child welfare services in the past 20 years,” said NC DHHS assistant secretary for human services Michael Becketts. “…This really serves to change the face of how we provide services to children and families.”

The FFPSA restructures how states may use existing federal funds in new ways to make short and long-term improvements to the way kids in the foster system are managed. Becketts said that the issues surrounding these kids are complex, and ensuring stability on a case-by-case basis should be a priority.

“We have known for years that children live best in the context of families,” said Becketts. “However, we have a system set up to separate children from families and then create an environment where people have to work to get back together. We know that is not helpful and often traumatic to children and families.”

California and New York opposed the legislation, saying the group home restrictions were too narrow.

New York state officials worry the limits on federal group home funding will cost counties too much money.

The group home provision follows a 2015 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report showing that 40 percent of foster teens in group homes had no clinical reason, such as a diagnosed mental disorder, for being there rather than in a family setting. Child welfare experts saw this as more evidence that group homes were being used as a first, rather than a last, resort.

“From a strictly philosophical perspective, there are certainly states that hold the belief that well-run, congregate care for kids is at least as good as a mediocre family — or better,” said Carroll Schroeder, executive director of the California Alliance of Child and Family Services, which advocates for child welfare agencies in the state.

But in California, Schroeder said, most child welfare officials believe that residential care should be reserved only for those youth whose needs for care and treatment cannot be met safely and effectively in a family setting.

“Our goal shouldn’t be to increase the number of good institutions,” he said. “But to increase the number of good foster families.”

About one-quarter of all states rely heavily on group homes. For them, the new law will mean dramatic changes, including caps in funding and new standards of care for group home providers, such as 24/7 nursing and clinical staff on site. States with programs that don’t qualify under the new rules will have to either shut down or foot the bill with no federal support.

Each of those states has its own peculiar circumstances that, collectively, contribute to the wildly disparate use of group homes across the country, child welfare experts say. Even within states, the number of group homes varies across counties, according to a 2016 report by Chapin Hall, a child welfare research branch of the University of Chicago.

Colorado, Rhode Island, West Virginia and Wyoming have the greatest percentage of foster children living in group homes, according to a 2015 report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a Baltimore-based child welfare research and advocacy group. Around the country, however, the number of children living in group homes has decreased by about 20 percent since 2009, the Chapin Hall report found.

In North Carolina, DHHS says that as of the end of April there are 11,243 youth and children in foster care. According to the Child Welfare League of America, that’s up 20 percent since 2011. In addition, more than 90,000 grandparents in the state are the primary caretakers of their grandchildren.

“This legislation brings both opportunities and challenges, but we believe that the opportunities outweigh the challenges,” said Donna Fayko, president of the N.C. Association of County DSS Directors. "We are particularly excited about the greater funding for prevention services to provide for children and families prior to being removed from their home.”

Stateline, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts, contributed to this report.

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By Nichola Groom Reuters CHARLOTTE — President Donald Trump’s tariff on imported solar panels has led U.S. renewable energy companies to cancel or freeze investments of more than $2.5 billion in large installation projects, along with thousands of jobs, according to industry developers.

That's more than double the about $1 billion in new spending plans announced by firms building or expanding U.S. solar panel factories to take advantage of the tax on imports.

Trump announced the tariff in January over protests from most of the solar industry that the move would chill one of America's fastest-growing sectors.

Solar developers completed utility-scale installations costing a total of $6.8 billion last year, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Those investments were driven by U.S. tax incentives and the falling costs of imported panels, mostly from China, which together made solar power competitive with natural gas and coal.

The U.S. solar industry employs more than 250,000 people - about three times more than the coal industry - with about 40 percent of those people in installation and 20 percent in manufacturing, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

"Solar was really on the cusp of being able to completely take off,"

said Zoe Hanes, chief executive of Charlotte, North Carolina solar developer Pine Gate Renewables.

The 30 percent tariff is scheduled to last four years, decreasing by 5 percent per year during that time. Solar developers say the levy will initially raise the cost of major installations by 10 percent.

Leading utility-scale developer Cypress Creek Renewables LLC said it had been forced to cancel or freeze $1.5 billion in projects — mostly in the Carolinas, Texas and Colorado — because the tariff raised costs beyond the level where it could compete, spokesman Jeff McKay said.

That amounted to about 150 projects at various stages of development that would have employed three thousand or more workers during installation, he said. The projects accounted for a fifth of the company's overall pipeline.

Developer Southern Current has made similar decisions on about $1 billion of projects, mainly in South Carolina, said Bret Sowers, the company’s vice president of development and strategy.

“Either you make the decision to default or you bite the bullet and you make less money,” Sowers said.

Charlotte’s Pine Gate, meanwhile, will complete about half of the 400 megawatts of solar installations it had planned this year and has ditched plans to hire 30 permanent employees, Hanes said.

The company also withdrew an 80-megawatt project that would have cost up to $150 million from consideration in a bidding process held by Southern Co utility Georgia Power. It pulled the proposal late last year when it learned the Trump administration was contemplating the tariff.

“It was just not feasible,” Hanes

“Either you make the decision to default or you bite the bullet and you make less money.”

Brett Sowers, Southern Current Solar Energy said.

Other developers are forging ahead, keen to take advantage of the remaining years of a 30-percent federal tax credit for solar installation that is scheduled to start phasing out in 2020.

Some firms saw the tariff coming and stockpiled panels before Trump’s announcement. 174 Power Global, the development arm of Korea's Hanwha warehoused 190 megawatts of solar panels at the end of last year for a Texas project that broke ground in January.

The company is paying more for panels for two Nevada projects that start operating this year and next, but is moving forward on construction, according to Larry Greene, who heads the firm's development in the U.S. West.

Intersect Power, a developer that cut a deal last year with Austin Energy to provide low-cost power to the Texas capital city, is also pushing ahead, said CEO Sheldon Kimber. But the tariff is forcing delays in buying solar panels.

The 150-megawatt project is due to start producing power in 2020. Waiting until the last minute to purchase modules will allow the company to take advantage of the tariff’s 5-percent annual reductions, he said.

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By NSJ Staff RALEIGH — AARP named its slate of “Capital Caregivers” in a ceremony Tuesday night by recognizing a bipartisan group of policymakers for supporting two of the group’s key agenda items.

The Uniform Power of Attorney Act, which went into effect this year, makes changes to the power of attorney process, how they are written and how they are used. The other measure, the new Nurse Licensure Compact, is designed to address the nursing shortage and prepare for disasters by allowing a multistate nursing license so one to practice in N.C. and other states participating in the compact.

Gov. Roy Cooper, state Senators Warren Daniel and Paul Newton and state Representatives John Szoka, Gale Adcock, Beverly G. Boswell and Donna McDowell White were recognized by the group.

“AARP thanks the North Carolina elected leaders for championing the new Uniform Power of Attorney Act and the Nurse Licensure Compact,” said AARP state president Dr. Catherine Sevier.

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Kishpaugh has been on the force since 2001. He was off duty and driving his personal vehicle at the time of his arrest.

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Police are looking for a boat that was stolen from the Big Rock Powersports and Marine in New Bern. The Craven County Sheriff’s Office said that a 2018 Tracker 2082 boat was taken, along with its trailer and a 150-horsepower Mercury Engine. They aren’t sure when it was taken but have narrowed the range of dates to between June 6-13. A reward is being offered.

Halifax County The Halifax County Board of Commissioners is applying for grant money from the N.C. 911 Board to build a new 911 center. The state-of-theart building will be an upgrade from the current facility, expanding from 1,200 square feet to more than 5,000.

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Warrants have been issued for both, but police warn that people should not approach them.

Cherokee County Dayana Sutton, of Cherokee, was arrested after a routine traffic stop in Georgia and is being held by immigration. Sutton was born in Cuba and moved to the U.S. at age 6.

She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has four children. Sutton’s husband was driving when police pulled him over in Gilmer County, Ga., for a broken tail light. They demanded to see Dayana’s ID as well and found that she had arrest warrants in three counties for attempting to use forged Homeland Security documents to obtain a license.

Rockingham motorcyclists raise money for Special Olympics athlete

Man on tractor leads police on chase Surry County Benjamin Hall was arrested and charged with felony larceny, possession of stolen goods and misdemeanor assault on a government official after leading police on a chase while driving a lawn tractor. Hall stole the tractor from a Surry County home and fled when police approached. During the chase, he collided with a patrol car and crashed through a gate in an effort to escape.

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Richmond County Dawn Grooms is headed to Seattle to compete in the Special Olympics, and her family will be going along to support her thanks in part to the generosity of her Rockingham neighbors. VFW Post 4203 and Ol’ Skool Tribe motorcycle club held a ride to raise money for travel expenses, allowing the 49-year-old Grooms to make the trip. She will compete in bocce ball.

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School takes diploma from student for wearing military cords at graduation Bladen County Trey Paris graduated from West Bladen High School earlier this month and will head to the military as a volunteer enlistee. Prior to graduation, Paris was presented with a military cord by a JROTC commander at the school, and he chose to wear it to the ceremony.

Unfortunately, the cord wasn’t approved

by West Bladen, and school officials took his diploma from him immediately after the ceremony. The school said that only honor graduates, CTE completers, members of National Art Honor Society or National Technical Honor Society, and National Beta students can wear special cords at graduation.

Girl shocked in Elm City lightning strike Wilson County A girl talking on a cell phone was shocked by a nearby lightning strike on Sunday evening. The bolt struck a tree close to the girl’s house in Elm City at about 5 p.m., sending electricity into the house and jolting the girl.

EMS responders treated her, and she was uninjured. The house suffered no damage.

ianship.”

About 1.7 million people in N.C. are the primary caregiver for a family member, whether a parent or other relative with a disability. The Uniform Power of Attorney Act makes some changes to the POA process that the organization says will help family caregivers with financial decisions.

“These new laws are just first steps to providing a little bit of help for family caregivers,” said Doug Dickerson, N.C. AARP executive director. “Caregivers need more support such as help at home, access to telehealth, workplace flexibility, training, respite and more.”

Last year, North Carolina became the 26th state to sign the Nurse Licensure Compact into law, updating the agreement to include a criminal background check requirement for participating nurses. The updated agreement went into effect in January of 2018. Other states in the compact include Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

DPS will prosecute recent assaults on corrections officers

By NSJ Staff RALEIGH – The Department of Public Safety reported Tuesday that two inmates at Central Prison in Raleigh were involved in an assault on a correctional employee. The employee was taken to a local hospital for treatment for serious injury, and the housing area, where the assault took place, was placed on lockdown. DPS said they are working with law enforcement, including the State Bureau of Investigation, and will pursue criminal prosecution against any inmate involved in the assault.

The incident follows another assault over the weekend, this one at Polk Correctional Institution, during which in-

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mate Alexis Ramirez allegedly assaulted three correctional officers with a homemade weapon. DPS says that two correctional officers were taken to a local hospital for treatment of what appear to be non-life-threatening injuries. The agency says they will pursue criminal prosecution against Ramirez.

The attacks come a week after the N.C. legislature passed HB 969, a bill intended to enhance prison security by expanding the type of crimes committed behind bars that would tack extra time onto a sentence. The bill is currently before Gov. Roy Cooper and is one of several expected to come as part of a legislative effort to improve safety protections for corrections officers and staff.

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Rapid economic growth cures a lot of sins

Economic booms are fueled by abundant amounts of pure business optimism by owners and workers alike.

“WE NOW ESTIMATE real GDP is expanding at a 4.0 percent annual rate in Q2, up from our prior estimate of 2.75 percent and almost twice the 2.2 percent growth rate experienced in Q1.”

— JP Morgan chief U.S. economist Michael Ferol on June 14 Are real GDP growth rates of 4 percent-plus even remotely possible?

Of course they are. We experienced an extended period of real GDP growth over 4 percent annually from 1994-2000. Bill Clinton was president; Congress and the Senate were controlled by Republicans.

Before that, under President Ronald Reagan’s economic policies, we saw extended real annual economic growth rates over 4 percent from 19831988.

Economic booms are fueled primarily by productivity gains and progrowth fiscal and monetary policies, not population growth as many assume. Most importantly, economic booms are fueled by abundant amounts of pure business optimism by owners and workers alike.

Business owners essentially went on strike during the Barack Obama years as they saw avalanches of federal regulation, taxes and control descend upon the American economic landscape. They reined in their hiring of new employees and capital investment for eight long years and have only recently been ignited to invest and expand by the Trump and Republican tax and economic policies.

Besides the fact that there are more job openings today in America than there are people to fill them for the first time in recent history, what else does 4 percent annual real GDP portend for our future?

For one thing, if sustainable, 4 percent annual growth for the next five years will solve our exploding budget deficit and debt dilemma. Even though our elected leaders of all parties in Washington have been reckless and irresponsible since 2001 when it comes to federal spending.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) publishes regular updates of economic and budget projections, most recently in April 2018 (see chart).

CBO makes pro-forma projections on a regular basis. Its predictions about what may happen is based solely on the most recent experience they can look backward at and measure.

Annual economic growth under President Obama was 1.9 percent for eight long years. Based solely on that precedent, CBO has made predictions about the next 10 years based on that same dismal rate of real

growth.

Even though we now have a different president with a 180-degree different approach to business, capitalism, freedom and free enterprise.

In the attached chart, projections have been made based on 4 percent real GDP growth rates for the next 10 years, highlighted in yellow. Two percent inflation is added on for nominal GDP growth of 6 percent.

Roughly 20 percent of GDP is captured by federal income, payroll, estate and excise taxes each year, so those numbers are extrapolated from the higher GDP projections to get the new revenue numbers, also highlighted in yellow.

If, and this is a humongous “IF,” we don’t spend any more money than projected under CBO current baseline assumptions, we will balance the budget by 2024 or certainly 2025 with real economic growth rates of 4 percent of more until then (as indicated by green highlights).

Virtually all economic forecasts were wrong in 1981 when President Reagan was in office and in 1993 before the Clinton Internet boom years. No one clearly predicted real GDP growth rates exploding under each administration except the economic policy advisers in each administration who privately hoped and prayed that things would turn out better than anyone had hoped or prayed.

The absolute key factor in all of this? Congress and President Trump can not increase spending over the current baselines for the next decade.

Holding overall spending to 2 percent annual growth as was done from 1994-2001 would insure fiscal sanity.

If we experience 4 percent real GDP growth for any extended period of time, that sure will be a lot of “crumbs,” as Nancy Pelosi has called it.

It will be darn near a wedding cake for every American household.

EDITORIAL | TROY KICKLER

Remembering Ruark, an oft-forgotten NC treasure

For some unknown reason, some encyclopedias of American authors, and even some encyclopedias of Southern authors, do not list Ruark.

IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, students are assigned — or they once were — an O. Henry short story: “The Gift of the Magi.” The story tells how a young husband and wife, on a limited budget, creatively purchase Christmas gifts for each other. The Greensboro native, whose real name was William Sydney Porter, could tell a story. When I read it, I was hooked.

I’ve been reading his short stories — occasionally — since my elementary days.

Many have heard of the more famous North Carolina authors such as O. Henry and his short stories and Thomas Wolfe and his tomes, including “Look, Homeward Angel.”

(There was even a recent 2016 movie — “Genius” — that tried to portray the Ashevillian.)

Although a “big deal” during the 1940s and 1950s, a movie starring Rock Hudson — “Something of Value” — was based on his novel, far fewer have heard of the Southport native Robert Ruark.

For some unknown reason, some encyclopedias of American authors, and even some encyclopedias of Southern authors, do not list Ruark.

According to some, Ruark could be a caustic fellow. Recently, I had a conversation with a gentleman. In a hunting club excursion, his father and Ruark went on a hunting trip among the Long Leaf Pines in the Sandhills. Well, the impression was not favorable.

About five years ago, I had a conversation with a gentleman who had been one of Ruark’s friends. The impression, however, was favorable; Ruark was amenable and would give one the shirt off his back.

My introduction to Ruark was when someone suggested that I read “The Old Man and The Boy.” I did. Ruark could tell a story, even better than O. Henry. I was hooked. The book is a compilation of Ruark’s short stories — columns — that were previously published in Field & Stream.

In his fictitious short stories based on real experiences, Ruark describes his hunting and fishing experiences with his grandfather in southeastern North Carolina.

In these stories, he tells not only about life-lessons learned from his grandfather through hunting and fishing but

describes the southeastern North Carolina environment.

When quail coveys were plentiful — and not farm-raised — Ruark and The Old Man hunted in the North Carolina savannas. He also described his coastal experiences. In particular, he described seeing a sea turtle laying eggs.

After I read Ruark’s 1950s remembrance of a 30-year-old childhood experience, I did some virtual fact checking; I watched an online video of a sea turtle laying eggs. Ruark was a gifted writer; it was as if he had watched the video when he was a boy.

Ruark attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when he was 15 years old. As an awkward teenager, his brilliance seems to have been overlooked by his peers. He was from humble origins, and this fact bothered him long past his university days. He seemed to desire constantly to impress. He also seemed to possess an ongoing inferiority complex that was disguised by living extravagantly.

As a successful writer, he moved to and lived in Spain and took frequent hunting safaris in Kenya (One of his books was “Use Enough Gun”).

While living overseas, he returned to his alma mater for a visit. For the trip, he shipped his Rolls Royce. He wanted to drive it around in the Old North State. If Ruark could have done so, he probably would have played Toby Keith’s “How Do You Like Me Now” on the car radio. One of his later novels was “Poor No More.”

Ruark remembered his upbringing. It was an ambivalent remembrance, however. At times, he seemed to be ashamed of it. At other times, he celebrated it.

In either case, Ruark tells a good story.

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COLUMN | SUSAN ESTRICH

The swagger of the deal-maker

It used to be that we wanted politicians to be on our side. Now it’s whether we want to be on theirs.

AS ANYONE who has ever negotiated a deal can tell you, there is always a deal to be had. It depends on what you are — and aren’t — willing to give up, whether you get as good as you give up.

Almost anyone can negotiate a bad deal, once the other side is willing to come to the table — which they are more likely to do if they think they can get a very, very good deal.

Of course, that is what most people I know are accusing the president of in his dealings with North Korea: He got “snookered.” (That was one of the kinder jabs.)

You have to admit that there is some irony in hearing precisely the criticism that President Donald Trump has lobbed so endlessly at the Iran nuclear deal turned against him for the nonnuclear North Korea deal.

Giving up anything for nothing is rarely a good deal, unless you’re an old-fashioned liberal who holds on to the ideal that talking is always better than not talking, that someone has to take the first step and that standing on ceremony when lives are at stake is often misguided. If you’re old enough, you may remember the freeze movement.

But when Democrats used to say and do those things, from Vietnam to the Iran nuclear deal, they met the scorn of the Donald Trumps of the world, not to mention more conventional Republicans.

Now that Trump is rebuffing our friends (Justin Trudeau, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, et al.) and issuing invitations (as he did to Vladimir Putin) and offering photo ops (as he did to Kim Jong Un, of course) to our enemies, the tables, as they say, have been turned.

But not completely, sadly for Democrats.

Because when Democrats used to say and do those things, they actually lost votes. Democrats spent much of the 1980s chasing white male voters who disagreed with the party on defense and security issues, believing the party’s leaders to be “too soft.”

I didn’t put Mike Dukakis in the tank, but those who encouraged him to go to a tank factory did so

in an effort to neutralize those very issues.

Now those voters are Trump’s. And his theatrics and rhetoric with North Korea, just days after Angela Merkel and the world tried to scold him at the G-7, only reinforced what has always seemed to be the essence of his appeal to them.

He doesn’t care about playing nice with our allies.

As if Canada is going to invade us or bomb us if we don’t? Like it’s an actual risk? North Korea is a risk. North Korea could destroy the world.

And they might, if not handled properly. Trump handled them. Too bad for Angela and her crowd.

What are they going to do: walk away from the U.S.? (Expletive) them.

He swaggers on the world stage. He is America First. He is the tough guy who is standing up to “them.” It’s populism, for sure.

I know all the things that the foreign-policy types would say are wrong with that argument: the risks in undervaluing the importance of key alliances in a dangerous world, the danger of underestimating Putin and the threat he poses, not to mention the consequences of adopting the rhetoric of North Korea in canceling military exercises, and holding out the North Korean leader as an equal — again, in exchange for nothing but a respite from the next round of threats.

But to engage in that argument is to ignore the visceral appeal of Trump, his larger-than-life persona in a world — wherever you look — full of small people.

It is his willingness to give the finger to convention (and who has not wished they could do that, and when was the last time a conventional politician did) that gives him that appeal. It makes you want to be on his side. It used to be that we wanted politicians to be on our side. Now it’s whether we want to be on theirs.

And the more he is attacked by the mainstream, as it were, of media or politics, and the more he ignores them and gives them that finger, the more appealing he is, and to more people.

President Donald Trump walks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore in this picture released on June 12, 2018.

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NUMBER OF THE DAY | SCOTT RASMUSSEN

51% of federal workers support Trump’s effort to ease firing process

A SURVEY CONDUCTED for Government Executive magazine found that 51 percent of federal civilian employees support President Donald Trump’s effort making it easier to fire poorly performing federal employees. That figure includes 26 percent who strongly approve.[1] Twenty-four percent oppose the effort and 20 percent are neutral.

Government Executive noted that President Trump’s executive orders streamlining the firing process “drew swift opposition from federal employee groups” and mixed reviews from outside observers. Lawsuits have been filed in an attempt to prevent the implementation of the president’s plan.

The survey also found that 42 percent of federal civilian employees have a positive view of federal employee unions while 25 percent have a negative view.

The survey is based on a sample of only 176 survey respondents, so the precise numbers should be viewed with caution. However, the magazine notes that the data concerning union approval is similar to earlier data.

An earlier Number of the Day reported that there were 16,000 fewer federal jobs after nine months of the Trump administration. Additionally, just 17 percent of federal workers are under 35 years old.

The challenge of poorly performing federal employees was highlighted by the fact that 213 IRS workers had been rehired after earlier termination or separation for misconduct.

In recent years, there has been a tremendous growth in regulation by the federal bureaucracy.

There are currently 283,996 federal regulators: twice as many as in 1990 and five times as many as in 1960.

Trump’s executive orders are featured in Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, which examines the administrative and regulatory activities of the United States government. The project also covers concepts, laws, court cases, scholarly work, and other material related to the administrative state. Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics and technology for Ballotpedia.

WALTER E. WILLIAMS

Blind to real problems FOR SEVERAL DECADES, a few black scholars have been suggesting that the vision held by many black Americans is entirely wrong. Dr. Shelby Steele, a scholar at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, said: “Instead of admitting that racism has declined, we (blacks) argue all the harder that it is still alive and more insidious than ever. We hold race up to shield us from what we do not want to see in ourselves.”

Dr. John McWhorter, professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, lamented that “victimology, separatism, and anti-intellectualism underlie the general black community’s response to all race-related issues,” adding that “these three thought patterns impede black advancement much more than racism; and dysfunctional inner cities, corporate glass ceilings, and black educational underachievement will persist until such thinking disappears.”

In the 1990s, Harvard professor Orlando Patterson wrote: “America, while still flawed in its race relations ... is now the least racist white-majority society in the world; has a better record of legal protection of minorities than any other society, white or black; (and) offers more opportunities to a greater number of black persons than any other society, including all those of Africa.”

During an interview in December with The Daily Caller, Steele said the anti-Americanism that started during the 1960s and has become mainstream and visible in the black community is “heartbreaking and sad.” That anti-Americanism that so dominates the American black identity has been “ruinous to black America, where we are worse off than we were under segregation by almost every socio-economic measure.”

Some people might challenge Steele’s assertion that in many measures blacks are worse off than during segregation. How about some numbers?

As late as 1950, female-headed households were only 18 percent of the black population. Today 70 percent of black children are raised in single-parent households. In the late 1800s, there were only slight differences between the black family structure and those of other ethnic groups. In New York City in 1925, for example, 85 percent of kin-related black households were two-parent households. According to the 1938 Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, that year 11 percent of black children were born to unwed mothers. Today about 75 percent of black children are born to unwed mothers. From 1890 to 1940, a slightly higher percentage of black adults had married than white adults. Today about twice as many blacks have never married as whites. The bottom line is that the black family was stronger the first 100 years after slavery than during what will be the second 100 years.

What about the labor market? In every census from 1890 to 1954, blacks were either just as active as or more so than whites in the labor market. During that earlier period, black teen unemployment was roughly equal to or less than white teen unemployment. As early as 1900, the duration of black unemployment was 15 percent shorter than that of whites; today it’s about 30 percent longer. Would anyone suggest that there was less racial discrimination during earlier periods?

White liberals and the Democratic Party are the major beneficiaries of keeping black people fearful, angry, victimized and resentful. It’s crucial to both their political success and their efforts to change our nation. Racial harmony would be a disaster for leftists, be they politicians, academic liberals or news media people. As for black politicians and civil rights hustlers, Booker T. Washington long ago explained their agenda, writing: “There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public.

Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George University.

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Syrian state media says U.S. bombed military positions, U.S. denies reports Ankara, Syria Syrian state media said on Monday that U.S.-led coalition aircraft had bombed an army position in the east, causing deaths and injuries, but the U.S. military denied it was responsible. The attack took place in al-Harra, southeast of the town of Albu Kamal, state media said, citing a military source. There were no immediate details on casualties.

Magnitude 6.1 quake in Japan’s Osaka area kills three, stops factories Osaka, Japan A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Osaka, Japan’s secondbiggest metropolis, early on Monday. The quake killed three people, halted factory lines in an industrial area and bursted water mains, government and company officials said. No tsunami warning was issued. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said authorities were assessing damage and their top priority was the safety of residents.

About 150 people were injured, the broadcaster NHK said, lowering an earlier toll after a revision by city officials.

German conservative allies want to cut number of migrants: Merkel Berlin German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that both parties in her conservative CDU/CSU bloc have the common goal of better organizing immigration and significantly reducing the number of people entering Germany.

Merkel said German authorities would not let in migrants who had already registered in other European countries.

North, South Korea agree to joint teams for Asian Games Seoul The two Koreas agreed on Monday to march together under a unified peninsula flag and form combined teams to compete in the next Asian Games, they said in a joint statement, in the latest sign of a thaw between the old rivals. At a round of talks on their heavily fortified border, both sides also agreed to hold a series of basketball matches in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on July 3-6. The date holds significance as the anniversary of a July 4, 1972, inter-Korean agreement on unification.

Gaming addiction classified as mental health disorder by WHO New York Many parents will have thought it for a long time, but they now have a new argument to limit their children’s ‘screen time’ — addiction to video games has been recognized by World Health Organization as a mental health disorder. The WHO’s latest reference bible of recognized and diagnosable diseases describes addiction to digital and video gaming as “a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior” that becomes so extensive that it “takes precedence over other life interests.”

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Nation & WORLD Trump orders creation of U.S. force to dominate space

By Makini Brice and Steve Holland Reuters WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Monday said he was ordering the establishment of a sixth branch of the military to clear the way for American dominance of space.

"It is not enough to merely have an American presence in space. We must have American dominance in space," Trump said before a meeting of his National Space Council.

"We are going to have the Air Force and we're going to have the 'Space Force.' Separate but equal.

It is going to be something. So important," he said later.

The United States, however, is a member of the Outer Space Treaty, which bars the stationing of weapons of mass destruction in space and only allows for the use of the moon and other celestial bodies for peaceful purposes.

Trump also signed a directive on the management of traffic and debris in space.

The announcements were his administration's latest moves to scale up U.S. space exploration.

The United States wants to send robotic explorers to the moon as soon as next year as a preparatory step towards sending astronauts back there for the first time since 1972, a NASA official said on Monday.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is planning a series of lunar missions beginning next year aimed at developing the capacity for a return to the moon, said Cheryl Warner, a spokeswom-

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An aide assembles a model of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket as the stage is set for U.S. President Donald Trump to deliver remarks at a meeting of the National Space Council at the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 18. an for NASA's Human Exploration Directorate.

NASA will work with private companies, which have not yet been chosen, on the missions, Warner said in a phone interview.

In December, Trump signed a directive that he said would enable astronauts to return to the moon and eventually lead a mission to Mars. He ordered the government

Head of VW’s Audi arrested in Germany over diesel scandal The U.S. also filed charges in May, but Germany does not extradite nationals outside the European Union

By Edward Taylor and Jan Schwartz Reuters FRANKFURT, Germany — Volkswagen was holding crisis talks his week to find a standin boss for its Audi brand, a source familiar with the discussions said, after German authorities arrested Audi CEO Rupert Stadler as part of a probe into emissions test cheating.

Stadler’s arrest throws Volkswagen (VW) into turmoil as it struggles to reform itself in the wake of the cheating revelations, which emerged after regulators blew the whistle in September 2015 on the carmaker’s use of illegal software.

The arrest looks set to raise tensions on VW’s supervisory board, putting at risk a fragile truce between management, VW’s controlling Piech and Porsche families, as well as representatives from labor and the region of Lower Saxony.

VW has for years said only lower-level managers knew of the emissions cheating, but U.S. authorities filed criminal charges against former VW boss Martin Winterkorn earlier this year, and Munich prosecutors widened their probe into Audi this month.

The Munich prosecutors said on Monday that Stadler, the most senior active VW official to be remanded in custody since the scandal broke, was being held on fears he might hinder their investigation.

“We need to find a solution for Audi’s leadership for the time when he is not here,” the source familiar with the talks said about Stadler’s position. “We will comment on this later.”

Stadler was given additional responsibilities for group sales in a revamp announced by VW’s new Chief Executive Herbert Diess in April.

On Monday, VW and Audi directors were discussing the leadership crisis in separate meetings, with one source saying Dutchman Bram Schot was the front-runner to become interim Audi chief.

Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper said VW’s supervisory board had already picked Schot for the job and only needed the formal approval of Audi’s directors. VW denied any such appointment had been made.

VW has set aside around $30 billion to cover fines, vehicle refits and lawsuits since its “dieselgate” scandal broke, and it has announced plans to spend billions more on a shift to electric vehicles as it seeks to rebuild its reputation.

Whereas group CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned in the days after the cheating was disclosed, Stadler resisted requests to fall on his sword, and instead received backing from the Porsche and Piech families to remain in his post.

“His arrest is another low point in VW’s diesel saga,” said Evercore ISI analysts, who have criticized the group for a slow pace of reform. “Almost three years after the diesel scandal broke, it takes police to take action against the Audi CEO.” The United States filed criminal charges against Winterkorn in May, but he is unlikely to face U.S. authorities because Germany does not extradite its nationals to countries outside the European Union.

The Munich prosecutors said the move against Stadler was not made at the behest of U.S. authorities. The 55-year-old was arrested at his home in Ingolstadt in the early hours on Monday, they said.

“The arrest warrant was made

last month to review regulations on commercial space flights.

Americans first landed on the moon in 1969, reaching a goal set by former President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and capping a decade-long space race between Washington and Moscow.

Since then, U.S. efforts to explore beyond the Earth's orbit have largely focused on remote space-

because of a risk that evidence might be suppressed,” Stephan Necknig, a spokesman for the Munich prosecutor’s office, told Reuters Television.

“During a search last week there were signs that the accused may tamper with evidence. To influence other suspects or witnesses, or people who could provide information to the investigating authorities,” he added.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung, citing sources close to the investigation, said prosecutors had tapped Stadler’s phone just before searching his premises last week.

Audi and VW said Stadler was presumed innocent unless proved otherwise. Stadler himself was not immediately available for comment.

VW shares closed down 3 percent at 156.06 euros, one of the biggest falls by a European bluechip stock.

Asked whether U.S. authorities were also seeking to arrest Stadler, a spokesman for the Department of Justice said: “As a general matter, the department will neither confirm nor deny the existence of any ongoing investigation.”

Stadler has been under fire since Audi admitted in November 2015 — two months after parent VW — that it also installed illegal “defeat device” software to cheat U.S. emissions tests.

Munich prosecutors are investigating whether Stadler acted swiftly enough to stop deliveries of manipulated Audi models in Europe once emissions problems had emerged, a person familiar with the matter has told Reuters.

Stadler has held onto his post mainly thanks to the backing of members of VW’s controlling Porsche-Piech families. Before becoming Audi CEO in 2007, Stadler worked as chief of staff to VW’s former chairman and industry scion Ferdinand Piech.

Earlier this month, Munich prosecutors widened their probe at Audi to include Stadler and another member of Audi’s top management, investigating them for suspected fraud and false advertising.

Most of VW’s emissions problems have been in the United States, where a total of nine people have been charged and two former VW executives have pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison terms.

craft that do not have human crew members, though American presidents have repeatedly raised the idea of sending human explorers back to the moon or further.

President George W. Bush in 2004 said humans would return to the moon by 2020. His successor, President Barack Obama, said in 2016 the United States would send humans to Mars by the 2030s.

MAP from page A1 lawsuits against unfair maps to continue," said Dale Ho, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union.

Democratic Party voters in Wisconsin sued state election officials in 2015 claiming a Republican-drawn legislative map was intended to discriminate against them for their political beliefs and create enduring Republican majorities.

While the state Democratic party vowed to fight on, the state's Republican attorney general, Brad Schimel, called the ruling a "win for the rule of law in Wisconsin."

"In the future the court should go further and rein in the flood of political gerrymandering litigation that is clogging federal courts with dubious political science theories," added the National Republican Redistricting Trust's legal counsel, Jason Torchinsky.

The justices sent the Wisconsin case back to a lower court, though conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch said they would have dismissed it outright.

University of Chicago Law School professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the Democratic challengers will likely add voters from other Wisconsin districts to continue the case.

"I see today's decision as a punt and as a complication for future litigants, but very far from a devastating defeat," Stephanopoulos added.

Republican voters sued Maryland after the legislature in 2011 redrew boundaries for a largely rural congressional district north of Washington in a way that removed Republican-leaning areas and added Democratic-leaning areas. The five-page ruling did not resolve the merits of the plaintiffs' claims.

Redistricting in most states is done by the party in power, though some states assign the task to independent commissions. Ohio last month became the eighth state to turn to some form of a separate commission for redrawing U.S. House of Representatives districts after the national census each decade. Thirteen states, including Ohio, use commissions for state legislature districts as well.

Ohio voters on May 8 approved, with a 75 percent majority, a state constitutional amendment to create a bipartisan commission to draw district boundaries if the state legislature fails to produce a plan acceptable to both Republicans and Democrats. However, concerns have been raised about how, and by whom, the commission would be appointed.

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Tar Heels catcher Brandon Martorano can’t handle a throw as Mississippi State’s Rowdey Jordan scores in the eighth inning of the Bulldogs’ 12-2 win Tuesday at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

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Former ECU women’s coach, Hall of Famer Anne Donovan dies Wilmington Former East Carolina coach and Hall of Famer Anne Donovan, who was part of four Olympic championship teams, died Wednesday of heart failure. She was 56.

Donovan won two gold medals as a player on the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic basketball teams, and served as head coach for the team that won gold in Beijing in 2008 and as an assistant on the 2004 goldmedal winning team in Athens, part of a 27-year coaching career that included stops at the college and pro levels.

Donovan was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995. Donovan, a 6-foot-8 center, played at Old Dominion from 1979-83, averaging 20 points and 14.5 rebounds and helping the Lady Monarchs claim the 1980 AIAW national championship. She spent six years as an assistant coach at Old Dominion before taking the head job at East Carolina.

Then came stints with six WNBA teams, most notably a five-year run with the Seattle Storm, whom Donovan helped to the WNBA title in 2004.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Wake Forest suspends QB Hinton, TE Cole Winston-Salem Wake Forest will start the 2018 football season shorthanded after the suspension of projected starting quarterback Kendall Hinton and tight end Thomas Cole. Both players will have to sit out the first three games of the season because of an unspecified violation of team rules, according to a statement released Thursday.

Hinton, a redshirt junior, has made four career starts, throwing for 1,502 yards and eight touchdowns. He has also rushed for 705 yards and 10 scores. Cole is a redshirt sophomore who played in three games last season. Wake Forest opens the season at Tulane and hosts Towson before Boston College visits Winston-Salem for the ACC opener.

It’s win or go home in Omaha for Tar Heels After opening win, UNC on the brink of elimination following Tuesday’s loss

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By Shawn Krest North State Journal NORTH CAROLINA faces an elimination game Wednesday at the College World Series in a rematch with Oregon State.

The Tar Heels opened the NCAA baseball championship tournament in Omaha with an 8-6 win over the Beavers in the first game of the College World Series.

The Heels had to rely on some unheralded contributors in the win, after starting pitcher Gianluca Dalatri exited just 15 pitches into the game.

“Well, like obviously you saw Gianluca kind of called us out there, and basically he said he just didn’t feel right,” coach Mike Fox said, “and that’s really all he needed to say, quite honestly.”

So, as the Carolina bullpen worked its way through the game, a pitcher who wasn’t expected to work that day ended up closing out the win.

“Actually, I was on pitching chart duty today, because I was planning on starting on Monday,” said Cooper Criswell. “And then once Luca went down, (pitching) coach (Robert) Woodard came up to me and said, ‘Hey, man, we may need you today, so just be ready.’ When the opportunity came, I just switched my focus over to, ‘Hey, let’s get into the zone’ and went from there.”

Criswell worked the final 2.1 innings to earn the first save of his career. He entered with the bases loaded and struck out the first batter he faced, then finished out the game without surrendering a run.

Meanwhile, the Tar Heel offense was paced by another surprise hero. Playing for the first time in a month, Ben Casparius had three RBI, including the grounder that tied the game.

“I felt healthier the last couple of weeks or so,” the freshman, who last played on May 11, said.

“And as things got better I started to get more reps

Minutes it took for UNC to top Oregon State 8-6 on Saturday, setting a new mark for the longest nineinning game in College World Series history.

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UNC pitcher Cooper Criswell and catcher Brandon Martorano celebrate after defeating Oregon State on Saturday at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

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Athletic director Debbie Yow said football coach Dave Doeren can sell NC State as a destination for players looking to make it to the NFL.

Pack AD not ready to rest yet In the second part of NSJ’s Q&A, NC State’s Debbie Yow discusses the fiscal responsibility needed to run a college program, social media and her upcoming retirement

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal RALEIGH — Debbie Yow has announced that the 201819 academic year will be her last as athletic director at NC State.

But even though her retirement looms just over the horizon, she is anything but ready to start coasting to the finish line.

In fact, she’s even more motivated than ever to build on the Wolfpack’s most successful year in recent memory and finish her tenure with a flourish.

In part one of the North State Journal’s wide-ranging interview last week, Yow focused on the process that helped accomplish her goal of elevating State into a top-25 national program. This week, she looks ahead at the challenges that remain and her new goal of leaving the program in better shape than she found it eight years ago.

NSJ: How great of a challenge is it to remain fiscally responsible while at the same time keeping up with the arms race that is currently going on in college athletics, especially when it comes to facilities?

Yow: We’ve finally gotten to having a critical mass of financial resources, but we have almost no flex. In other words, we’re not going to do too many things just because we can. We’re going to watch that money very carefully, and we’re going to spend it very carefully. It’s an ongoing dialogue with our head coaches. It’s like, “Here’s your money, spend it wisely. But understand that this is it. When it runs out, hopefully at the end of the school year, there is no more.” The key to that is having the critical mass of financial resources. We did not have that in 2010.

Why were funds so scarce in 2010, and what changed to solve the problem?

We had some very low-level contracts for multimedia, no all-sports deal for the apparel, and ticket sales were coming and going. We have all kind of statistics that show the past five years are the top five years we’ve had in football ticket sales. We have an all-sports apparel deal, and multimedia is getting better.

We need to stay focused and stay diligent in our pursuit and not get caught getting refocused on something that doesn’t have the value it needs to have. We only have a limited amount of time and money and we need to spend both of those well.

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TRENDING

Mike Martin: The Florida State baseball coach announced that next season, his 40th with the Seminoles, will be his last. The Gastonia native, who was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame this year, became the all-time winningest Division I college baseball coach in May when he recorded his 1,976th victory, passing Augie Garrido.

J.J. Hickson: The former NBA and NC State player J.J. Hickson was arrested on a charge of armed robbery and is being held in Coweta County Jail in Georgia. The 29-year-old Hickson was arrested on Friday in relation to a home invasion in Senoia, Ga. Hickson played one year at NC State and was the 19th overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2008 NBA Draft. Hickson played three seasons for the Cavaliers and also played for the Kings, Trail Blazers, Nuggets and Wizards during eight NBA seasons. He played for teams in China and Lebanon last season.

Alex Galchenyuk: The Arizona Coyotes traded Max Domi to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for the twotime 20-goal scorer on Friday night. The Coyotes give up the 23-year-old Domi to fill a hole at center with Galchenyuk, who had provided Montreal with consistent production since being taken with the No. 3 overall pick in 2012. The 24-yearold scored 19 goals with 32 assists last season, albeit with a team-worst minus-31 plus/minus rating. Galchenyuk has averaged 21.5 goals over his past four seasons, including a career-high 30 in 2015‑16.

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Brooks Koepka fired a 2-under-par 68 in the final round on Sunday to finish at 1-over-par 281 to capture the U.S. Open title by a stroke over Englishman Tommy Fleetwood at Shinnecock Hills in Southhampton, N.Y. Koepka, who won last year at Erin Hills Golf Club in Wisconsin, became the first golfer to take back-to-back U.S. Opens since Curtis Strange accomplished the feat in 1988-89. Raleigh’s Webb Simpson finished tied for 10th at plus-7.

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“I am incredibly happy. It’s a double gift: Mexico won and I get to celebrate with my son.”

Rodolfo Pulido, 47, after Mexico defeated Germany at the World Cup on Father’s Day, leading to a nationwide celebration that triggered earthquake sensors.

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“He joked about it right as we went down the first hole.”

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Spurs star Kawhi Leonard reportedly wants out of San Antonio after seven years. Leonard did not meet as planned with coach Gregg Popovich to resolve tension that arose during the All-Star’s lengthy absence last season. The Lakers, Cavaliers, Celtics and Suns are considered potential suitors for the 26-year-old forward.

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Rickie Fowler on Phil Mickelson, his playing partner Sunday at the U.S. Open, after Mickelson fueled outrage on Saturday after putting a moving ball.

Spot where the Charlotte Hornets will pick in the first round of Thursday’s NBA Draft. The franchise has picked 11th overall once before — last year, when the Hornets selected Kentucky guard Malik Monk. Monk averaged 6.7 points and 1.4 assists in 63 games with Charlotte during the 2017-18 season.

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Carlos Salcedo, Miguel Layun and Edson Alvarez had plenty to celebrate after Mexico defeated defending World Cup champion Germany 1-0 on Hirving Lozano’s goal in the tournament opener for both teams .

On Saturday, the Germans will face Sweden while Mexico plays South Korea in Group F.

Stanley Cup-winning coach Barry Trotz announced Monday he was stepping down as coach of the Capitals. Currently, only one other team — the New York Islanders — is without a head coach. New Isles general manager Lou Lamoriello, who has been trying to re-sign center John Tavares before he is eligible for free agency on July 1, could target Trotz.

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North State Journal for Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Tri It For Life helps make improbable become possible Organization prepares women to compete in and finish a triathlon — and hopefully inspire a lifestyle change

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal RALEIGH — Wolita Belvet didn’t know how to swim 12 weeks ago. Now here she was on a bright Sunday morning, standing at the edge of an outdoor pool at the A.E. Finley YMCA preparing to dive headlong into her doubts.

At the start of a triathlon, no less.

“I went from zero to 60 just like that,” she said. “From doing nothing to doing a triathlon. Can you believe it?”

That’s a question that women of all ages, shapes and sizes from around the state have been asking themselves for the past decade after joining the Tri It For Life program and finishing their first race.

Belvet, a 55-year-old massage and bodywork therapist, was among the newest class of athletes to cross the finish line recently at the Ramblin’ Rose women’s sprint triathlon in Raleigh.

Most of them could never have imagined themselves swimming a quarter mile in the pool, riding a bicycle nine miles around a hilly course or doing a two-mile run/walk — let alone all three one right after the other.

But that’s what Tri It For Life is all about.

A 12-week training course started in 2006 by Charlotte OB-GYN Dr. Alyse Kelly-Jones to help some of her friends and patients become healthier and more active, the group has grown to include nearly 1,000 members with chapters in Charlotte, Raleigh, Huntersville and Charleston, S.C. Officially, its motto is “Inspiring women to move.” A more appropriate slogan might be “Convincing women that anything is possible … even the seemingly impossible.”

Impossible is how Belvet approached the idea of competing in a triathlon when she was recruited for Tri It For Life by a client, last year’s Raleigh chapter president Sharon Johnson.

“She told me all about it, and my first reaction was, ‘No, I can’t do that,’” Belvet said. “She was like, ‘Yes you can.’ I’d never done a bike race, never did a running race and I couldn’t swim, but she

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A Tri It For Life competitor walks her bike to the transition area before a practice triathlon in May. convinced me to go to the informational meeting. I did, and she was so right.”

Kelly-Jones had those same doubts when she decided to do her first triathlon. It was there, in Chapel Hill, that she saw a group of women wearing the race suits and decided to put together a club of her own in Charlotte.

“I just wanted to get people out there and moving,” she said. “But the people that finished the first year were like, ‘We can’t stop.’”

Kelly-Jones had no idea what kind of monster she was about to create.

The Tri It For Life program starts in February and begins with a skill assessment in all three disciplines. The new athletes then attend weekly group training sessions in the pool, on the bike and the run course, with specialized instruction geared to beginners and those with intermediate or advanced ability.

The training is done by Tri

It For Life members, known as mentors, that have already completed the program and a triathlon.

“The beauty of it is how many of the women come back to pay it forward to the next group,” current Raleigh chapter president Martha Centeno said. “They realize it impacted their lives, and they can turn around and impact somebody else’s life.”

About three weeks before race day, the athletes do a mock triathlon on the Ramblin’ Rose course before earning their diplomas — or in this case, a medal at the finish line — by competing alongside 200 other women.

“You wonder are we all going to finish this at the end?” Centeno said. “But every single athlete we’ve had come up to the start line has finished. We take care of them.”

As much benefit as its members get from the physical aspect of training, mentoring and com-

peting, there’s also a social aspect to Tri It For Life that keeps its members active and engaged.

“It’s a sisterhood,” said Johanna Outlaw, who did her first Ramblin’ Rose in 2014 and now serves as a mentor and Raleigh chapter board member. “We continue to go and support each other, even when we do other races.”

That support is especially important for athletes such as Outlaw, who is usually one of the last competitors to finish in every race she enters. It’s a status she’s embraced, to the point that she’s written a book about her experiences titled “Power of the Turtle: Tales of Being Dead Last.”

In some events, finishing long after the awards have been given out means coming across the line in virtual anonymity. But that doesn’t happen when the women of Tri It For Life are around.

No matter how long it takes, they wait for the final finisher — doing line dances to music being played over the PA system at a race in Chapel Hill — and cheer her in as though she’d won.

Which, in a way, she has.

As the Tri It For Life mentors tell their new athletes from the first day of the program, each competitor is running her own race. Regardless of what the standings might indicate, victory is achieved simply by finishing.

“It means the world,” Outlaw said of the support she and her teammates give to one another. “You’ve almost died out on the course, but when you come around the corner and they’re still there cheering for you, it gives you the energy to get across the finish. Then you’re already thinking about the next one.

You’ve drank the Kool-Aid.” After finishing in a time of two hours, eight minutes and 48 seconds, Belvet was definitely looking for something cold to drink.

But she wasn’t ready to commit to doing the race again.

“I might do it again,” she said.

“I’m definitely an advocate for it.”

According to group founder Kelly-Jones, “drinking the KoolAid” is only a small part of why so many of Tri It For Life athletes stick with the program and continue training for future triathlons and events such as the MS charity bike rides, 24 Hours of Booty and the Rex Hospital triathlon series.

“Yes, this is about finishing the triathlon, but it’s more about what it will do for the rest of your life,” she said. “It’s also about making the impossible seem possible, because if you can do this, what else can you do? What other thing can you overcome?

“It touches so many lives and as it’s passed on, that is really the gift of Tri It for Life. We don’t lift people up anymore. We kind of drag them down. This organization is about lifting people up and showing them what they’re capable of doing.”

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Honey Hush holds on for Big Rock win The 518.5-pound blue marlin caught on the tournament’s second day withstood a last-second scare to win the 60th anniversary event NSJ Staff THE CREW of the Honey Hush landed the first 500-pound fish of the 2018 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, but missed out on the Winner-Take-All bonus worth more than half a million dollars because the boat wasn’t entered in the Level V category.

But Captain Chuck Lindner, angler Robert Gorrell and the rest of the Honey Hush team out of Hatteras got a $753,875 consolation prize four days later when the 518.5-pound blue marlin they hauled in Tuesday ended up being the biggest of the tournament.

The Honey Hush caught the second, and ultimately the biggest, blue marlin of the tournament, but the 60th anniversary of the event wasn’t without its drama.

On Saturday, the tournament’s final day, seven blue marlins made their way to the docks — including a last-minute lunker boated by the the Virginia-based Fender Bender that threatened a win for Lindner and Honey Hush owner Robert Warren — in his 42nd year at the Big Rock.

In the end, Fender Bender’s haul fell just short, weighing in at 514.3 pounds — just 3.2 pounds less than the winning fish.

“It hasn’t really set in yet,” Warren told Carteret County News-Times. “I’ve fished this tournament since 1977, been waiting for this a long time. I kind of equate it to Dale Earnhardt finally winning the Daytona 500 or Curtis Strange finally winning the U.S. Open.”

The crew of the Carterican were the beneficiaries of being the first Level V registered boat to land a 500-pound blue marlin, barely breaking the threshold with a 500.9-pound fish that was worth $501,500.

In all, more than $2.5 million in prize money was handed out during the six-day tournament out of Morehead City.

Thirty years of ‘Bull Durham’ Writer/director Ron Shelton returns to the city where it all started

By Shawn Krest North State Journal DURHAM — Ron Shelton didn’t set his goals high the first time he came to Durham.

“I just came down here trying to stay on schedule and not get fired,” he said. “It worked out pretty well.”

The former minor league infielder was embarking on his second career, 30 years ago, as he made his directorial debut with a movie that filmed in the Triangle — “Bull Durham.”

Three decades later, Shelton returned to the area to celebrate the anniversary of the movie’s release.

“I don’t watch the movie very much anymore,” Shelton said.

“Turner Classic Movies has a big three-day film festival every year in Los Angeles, and they designate movies as classics. Mel Brooks was there to present ‘The Producers’ to open the series. Then the next day, we watched ‘Bull Durham.’ Knowing I was going to come here (to Durham), what I saw this time was all the very specific memories of Durham — where we were, the fact that I couldn’t get a place to eat at night, because the whole town didn’t exist yet.”

Indeed, the only thing that has held up better than the movie, and Shelton’s film career, over the last 30 years is the city where it all started.

“I remember choosing Durham for a number of reasons,” he said.

“Number one was that it was so run

down. I loved the DAP (Durham Athletic Park, the home of the Bulls at the time) so much, because it was in neighborhoods, and people would walk to the games.

I loved all the abandoned tobacco warehouses that kind of said this town has seen better days — also, I was able to build some sets in those abandoned warehouses. When I came back 10 years ago, I didn’t recognize the area. If this movie had the tiniest bit to do with the resurgence of minor league baseball, which helped a little bit with the resurgence of this area, then I’m delighted.”

Just getting to Durham was a tough road for Shelton and his team.

“We went crazy to make it,” he said. “It was a script that nobody wanted to make. It was turned down by every studio, twice. Kevin Costner, who was an emerging star but not yet quite a star, stayed there. He never quit showing up to meetings until the late, great Orion Pictures Studios finally said, ‘Let’s take a chance.’ … I didn’t know when we made this movie 30 years ago that I’d be here, with people still talking about it.”

Part of the reason that it’s gone down in history as one of the best sports movies ever is that it’s about something much bigger than sports.

“It’s a baseball move, and no, it’s not a baseball movie at all,” he said.

“There isn’t that much baseball in it. It’s about people and human behavior. What it really is about is two people who have come to that place in their life where they have to make a change, because what they’ve been doing maybe isn’t working anymore. To make the

“I didn’t know when we made this movie 30 years ago that I’d be here, with people still talking about it.”

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change takes a kind of risk that they haven’t taken for a long time.

Crash (Davis, Costner’s character) is a guy who loves something more than it loves him back: Baseball. I think that’s universal. Annie (Susan Sarandon’s character) has invented a version of herself that she knows can’t sustain any longer, and one of these days, she’s going to have to take a chance on a real relationship. The idea that these people cross paths with each other, and it triggers something about the place in their lives they haven’t wanted to face, I think that maybe is the universal in it. Plus, the fact that it’s funny and sexy and irreverent along the way.”

The fact that it’s unlike other sports movies was intentional, and a tribute to Shelton’s playing career.

“I wanted to make a sports movie that I liked that wasn’t about a home run in the bottom of the ninth, because they almost never happen,” he said. “I hate movies and writing about baseball that are so lyrical and poetic. They aren’t really what it’s like to play. What it’s like to play is you’re trying to get a hit. You’re trying to make the play. You don’t want to make any

Ron Shelton, right, the writer and director “Bull Durham,” returned to Durham to celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary. errors. You want to get two hits if you’ve got one. You don’t want to go 0-for-5.

“You’re in Double-A. There’s a guy in A-ball hitting .350, and you’re hitting .250. You’ve got to figure out how he doesn’t take your job. There’s a guy in Triple-A that might get traded and open up a spot for you. That’s what life as a ballplayer is like,” he continued. “I can guarantee you everybody on these teams playing tonight— if a guy is 1-for-6 in the series and he gets a line drive into the gap in left, by the time he pulls into second base, he knows that he’s now 2-for-7, which is .286, and he’s gone from having a bad series to having a good one.

I guarantee you he knows that.

Most movies are from a fan’s point of view. I try to make sports movies from a player’s point-of-view.”

While it’s a different perspective on the sport than the people who wax poetic about the sport, Shelton’s love for baseball is just as real — and large — as the authors of the odes to the game that he hates so much.

“My love of the game comes through in the irreverence,” he said. “Poor Nuke (Timothy Robbins’ character) is introduced with his pants around of his ankles, and, at the end of the movie, he has a kind of dignity as he goes off to the big club. He’s learned. He’s growing. He’s being educated by Crash and Annie, and he’s learning. Meanwhile, Crash is in a reckoning of his life: I can’t do this forever. Even though he’s really good at it.”

It all added up to a classic, one that Shelton returned to a transformed Durham to celebrate. And yet, memories of 30 years ago kept cropping up.

“We had a screening at the Carolina Theater,” he recalled. “That brought back a memory from 30 years ago. There’s about 500 reviews you get, nationally — local papers, TV stations, major magazines. The only bad review the movie got was from the Durham paper.”

He grinned and added, “You never forget a bad review.”

North State Journal for Wednesday, June 20, 2018

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Hurricanes can begin new era at 2018 draft The key to winning in the NHL is top talent, and with the second overall pick Carolina should get the boost it needs to compete

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal RALEIGH — The expansion Vegas Golden Knights proved this season that a team can not only compete but thrive with a teamfirst mentality. That doesn’t change the fact that the NHL is a league of superstars, and the team that ultimately wins the Stanley Cup — in this year’s case, the Washington Capitals — almost always has the most top-end talent.

In fact, the last 10 teams to win the NHL’s ultimate prize have included a player who was selected first or second overall in the NHL Draft. And since 2001? Fourteen of the last 17 Cup winners had such a player (or players) on their roster — only the 2008 Red Wings and 2001 Avalanche did not boast a player picked first or second overall.

Enter the Carolina Hurricanes.

Carolina hit the jackpot by jumping from 11th to second overall in this year’s draft lottery, earning the right to select any player not named Rasmus Dahlin at No. 2.

Chances are, that player will Russian Andrei Svechnikov, the OHL’s Rookie of the Year with the Barrie Colts who scored 40 goals in 44 regular season games this season.

The Hurricanes have drafted well in recent years, most notably landing emerging star Sebastian Aho in the second round of the 2015 draft. They have similar hopes for last June’s 12th overall pick, Czech-born Martin Necas, who is expected to make the jump to the NHL this season after play-

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Andrei Svechnikov is the Hurricanes’ presumptive pick at second overall and is poised to turn around the franchise. ing the last two year’s in Extraliga, the top men’s league in his home country.

While Aho, Necas and other young players form the foundation of what Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon and new general manager Don Waddell hope is a contender, the addition of a top-two talent, like Svechnikov, figures to be a difference-maker.

It’s not hard to see why Washington, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Los Angeles had success over the past decade. First overall picks Alexander Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby and Patrick Kane were all key players — if not the pivotal player — in their team’s Cup wins. Second overall selections Evgeni Malkin and Drew Doughty were — and still are — similarly responsible for the success of the Penguins and Kings, respectively.

And while goalie Cam Ward was the Conn Smythe winner when the Hurricanes won the Cup in 2006, it was Eric Staal — their second overall pick in the 2003 draft — who led the team in postseason scoring.

Not only is top-two talent a

game-changer for NHL teams, but the success it breeds generally goes to the team who picked the player.

In 12 of the 14 instances since the 2000-01 season that a player being selected first or second overall was part of a Cup-winning team, that player was drafted by the championship team.

Coincidentally, the two top-two picks who weren’t chosen by the team they won with were former Hartford Whalers: Chris Pronger, who won the Cup in 2007 with the Ducks, was the second overall pick

by Hartford in 1993; and Brendan Shanahan, the No. 2 pick by New Jersey in 1987 and a member of the loaded 2002 Red Wings Cup team, was traded to Detroit in 1996 after two games of the Whalers’ final season before relocating to North Carolina.

Carolina has been deemed an “on-the-rise” team for a few seasons now, but has yet to parlay that into on-ice success. Chances are, the player they take at No. 2 will finally be the piece to end a nine-season playoff drought — and bring perhaps even greater success.

2 ANDREI SVECHNIKOV The worst-kept secret of the 2018 NHL Draft is that the Buffalo Sabres will take Swedish defenseman Rasmus Dahlin with the first overall selection. The Hurricanes picking Andrei Svechnikov at No. 2 is probably second on the “no duh” scale.

It would take a monstrous package to wrestle the pick from Carolina GM Don Waddell, and the reason is simple: Svechnikov a superstar talent. The Russian-born

winger tore up the Ontario Hockey League last season, scoring 40 goals in 44 games — plus five more in eight playoff games — for the Barrie Colts in being named the OHL Rookie of the Year.

He’s the consensus No. 2 player in the draft, brushing aside early competition from fellow wingers Filip Zadina, Brady Tkachuk and Oliver Wahlstrom, and emerging center Jesperi Kotkaniemi, and should slide right into a top-

28 MATTIAS SAMUELSSON The signing last week of Swiss defender Michael Roma — all 6-foot-4, 214 pounds of him — showed the Hurricanes are going to be true to their word of becoming tougher to play against. It would take a bit of a slide for Samuelsson, NSJ’s No. 28 draft prospect, to fall to the Hurricanes at 42nd — or a trade up in the second round — but he fits the mold of what the Hurricanes need to add on defense.

For all the talk of Carolina having one of the best young defense corps in the NHL, outside of 2016 13th overall pick Jake Bean, there’s not a lot of depth in the blue line prospect pipeline. Samuelsson, who played for the U.S. National Team Development Program the last two years, is a stay-at-home defender with a bit of the snarl that’s been lacking on the Hurricanes’ defense for much of the team’s nine-season playoff drought.

The son of longtime NHL defenseman Kjell Samuelsson (not relat-

85 TYLER WEISS The Hurricanes have shown in the past they’re not averse to making a sentimental decision — see drafting Josh Wesley in 2014 and trading for Jared Staal in 2010. It’s

RW, 6-2, 192 POUNDS nine spot on any NHL roster as an 18-year-old.

His brother, Evgeny, is a highly touted Red Wings prospect, but the younger Svechnikov combines size, strength, speed and skill like few draft-eligible forwards of the last decade. As soon as the No. 2 envelope was opened and revealed the Hurricanes’ logo, Svechnikov was the guy. He should be on Friday night as well — and for years to come in Raleigh.

D, 6-4, 218 POUNDS

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Defenseman Mattias Samuelsson could bring more size and grit to the Carolina defense. ed to former Charlotte coach Ulf), Mattias has NHL bloodlines and is headed to Western Michigan this fall to play alongside brother Lukas for former NHL coach

Andy Murray. Samuelsson’s 80.75inch wingspan ranked fourth, and he had the third-longest run on the dreaded VO2 Max test at the NHL Combine.

LW, 5-10½, 150 POUNDS a new regime under owner Tom Dundon, but it doesn’t get more feel-good than possibly selecting a Raleigh-born player.

There’s no doubt Weiss, who is

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Tyler Weiss is from Raleigh and has played the past two seasons with the U.S. National Team Development Program in Michigan.

graded as a third- or fourth-round pick by most scouting services and headed to Boston University in the fall, has the skill and work ethic to be an NHL player. The concern is his size: At less than 6 feet and the third-lightest player weighted at the NHL Combine, Weiss is small.

He’s also been overshadowed on the U.S National Team Development Program by fellow 2018 draft prospect Oliver Wahlstrom and 2019 first overall frontrunner Jack Hughes, but Weiss has had his moments. His goal from behind the net with 86 seconds that erased a two-goal third-period deficit against Russia at the U-18 Five Nations Tournament, vaulting the NTDP to the gold medal game. Team USA lost that game to Finland, 3-2, but Weiss assisted on both goals.

The Hurricanes don’t have a third-round pick heading into the weekend, but with fourth-round picks at 96th and 104th, the team could bring Weiss home.

North State Journal for Wednesday, June 20, 2018

NSJ’s 2018 NHL Draft Top 100 Prospects Rk. Name, Pos...................................... Team (League) 1. Rasmus Dhalin, D..................................Frolunda (SHL) 2. Andrei Svechnikov, RW....................... Barrie (OHL) 3. Filip Zadina, RW.................................. Halifax (QMJHL) 4. Brady Tkachuk, LW.............................. Boston (NCAA) 5. Oliver Wahlstrom, RW..................... U.S. NTDP (USHL) 6. Evan Bouchard, D....................................London (OHL) 7. Quintin Hughes, D..............................Michigan (NCAA) 8. Noah Dobson, D.................Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL) 9. Adam Boqvist, D......................................Brynas (SHL) 10. Joseph Veleno, C................Drummondville (QMJHL) 11. Barrett Hayton, C.................... Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) 12. Joel Farabee, LW........................... U.S. NTDP (USHL) 13. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, C............................. Assat (Liiga) 14. Ty Smith, D......................................... Spokane (WHL) 15. Bode Wilde, D................................. U.S. NTDP (USHL) 16. Akil Thomas, C...................................... Niagara (OHL) 17. Serron Noel, RW....................................Oshawa (OHL) 18. Martin Kaut, RW....................... Pardubice (Extraliga) 19. Grigori Denisenko, LW........................ Yaroslavl (KHL) 20. Rasmus Sandin, D................. Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) 21. Vitali Kravtsov, RW........................Chelyabinsk (KHL) 22. Ryan McLeod, C........................... Mississauga (OHL) 23. Jared McIsaac, D.............................. Halifax (QMJHL) 24. Isac Lundestrom, C..................................Lulea (SHL) 25. Rasmus Kupari, C................................. Karpat (Liiga) 26. K’Andre Miller, D............................ U.S. NTDP (USHL) 27. Benoit-Olivier Groulx, LW................ Halifax (QMJHL) 28. Mattias Samuelsson, D.......... U.S. NTDP (USHL) 29. Ty Dellandrea, C......................................... Flint (OHL) 30. Adam Ginning, D............................... Linkoping (SHL) 31. Jacob Olofsson, C.................................Timra (SHL-2) 32. Dominik Bokk, RW....................................Vaxjo (SHL) 33. Ryan Merkley, D.................................... Guelph (OHL) 34. Alexander Alexeyev, D......................Red Deer (WHL) 35. Liam Foudy, C........................................London (OHL) 36. Jacob Bernard-Docker, D..................Okotoks (AJHL) 37. Jonathan Tychonick, D.....................Penticon (BCHL) 38. Jack Drury, C....................................Waterloo (USHL) 39. Calen Addison, D............................Lethbridge (WHL) 40. Blake McLaughlin, LW...................... Chicago (USHL) 41. Jay O’Brien, C......................................Thayer (USHS) 42. Jake Wise, C..................................U.S. NTDP (USHL) 43. Sampo Ranta, LW..........................Sioux City (USHL) 44. Jett Woo, D.................................... Moose Jaw (WHL) 45. Filip Hallander, C...................................Timra (SHL-2) 46. Jack McBain, C.................................. Toronto (OJHL) 47. Nicolas Beaudin, D.............Drummondville (QMJHL) 48. Filip Johansson, D.......................... Leksands (SHL-2) 49. Sean Durzi, D................................Owen Sound (OHL) 50. Allan McShane, C.................................Oshawa (OHL) 51. Nils Lundkvist, D........................................Lulea (SHL) 52. Jonatan Berggren, C/W...................Skelleftea (SHL) 53. Kirill Marchenko, RW...............................Yugra (KHL) 54. Kevin Bahl, D......................................... Ottawa (OHL) 55. Alexander Khovanov, C................ Moncton (QMJHL) 56. Stanislav Demin, D......................Wenatchee (BCHL) 57. Cameron Hillis, C................................... Guelph (OHL) 58. Blade Jenkins, LW............................... Saginaw (OHL) 59. Jakub Lauko, C.........................Chomutov (Extraliga) 60. Ivan Morozov, C.......................................Yugra (KHL) 61. David Gustafsson, C..................................HV71 (SHL) 62. Niklas Nordgren, RW................................HIFK (Liiga) 63. Jesse Ylonen, RW............................... Espoo (Mestis) 64. Philipp Kurashev, C.........................Quebec (QMJHL) 65. Gabriel Fortier, LW................Baie-Comeau (QMJHL) 66. Oskar Back, C.....................................Farjestad (SHL) 67. Milos Roman, C............................... Vancouver (WHL) 68. Martin Fehervary, D.................................HV71 (SWE) 69. Alex Regula, D.......................................London (OHL) 70. Cole Fonstad, C.......................... Prince Albert (WHL) 71. Riley Sutter, RW.................................... Everett (WHL) 72. Albin Eriksson, RW/LW....................Skelleftea (SHL) 73. Dmitry Zavgorodniy, LW.............. Rimouski (QMJHL) 74. Axel Andersson, D..................Djurgarden (SuperElit) 75. Matej Pekar, C................................ Muskegon (USHL) 76. Tyler Madden, C................................. Tri-City (USHL) 77. Jonathan Gruden, C...................... U.S. NTDP (USHL) 78. Curtis Hall, C...............................Youngstown (USHL) 79. Nico Gross, D........................................Oshawa (OHL) 80. Giovanni Vallati, D.............................Kitchener (OHL) 81. Luka Burzan, C.............................. Moose Jaw (WHL) 82. Aidan Dudas, C.............................Owen Sound (OHL) 83. Jan Jenik, RW................................ Liberec (Extraliga) 84. Vladislav Kotkov, LW..................Chicoutimi (QMJHL) 85. Tyler Weiss, LW....................... U.S. NTDP (USHL) 86. Egor Sokolov, RW...................Cape Breton (QMJHL) 87. Luke Henman, C........Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL) 88. Anderson MacDonald, LW........... Moncton (QMJHL) 89. Kody Clark, RW..................................... Ottawa (OHL) 90. Jordan Harris, D......................Kimball Union (USHS) 91. Jachym Kondelik, C....................... Muskegon (USHL) 92. Adam Samuelsson, D................... U.S. NTDP (USHL) 93. Chase Wouters, C.......................... Saskatoon (WHL) 94. Declan Chisholm, D...................Peterborough (OHL) 95. Curtis Douglas, C................................ Windsor (OHL) 96. Eric Florchuk, C.............................. Saskatoon (WHL) 97. Xavier Bouchard, D...............Baie-Comeau (QMJHL) 98. Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, C...Peterborough (OHL) 99. Logan Hutsko, RW............... Boston College (NCAA) 100. Alexander Steeves, C................... Dubuque (USHL) OHL, QMJHL, WHL (Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Western Hockey League) — the top junior leagues in Canada; AJHL, BJHL, OJHL (Alberta Junior Hockey League, British Columbia Hockey League, Ontario Junior Hockey League) second-tier junior leagues in Canada; NCAA: American collegiate hockey; USHL: United States Hockey League, the top junior hockey league in the U.S.; USHS: An American high school team; SHL: Swedish Hockey League, the top pro league in Sweden; SHL-2: Allsvenskan, the second-tier pro league in Sweden; SuperElit: The top junior league in Sweden; Liiga: The top pro league in Finland; Mestis: The second-tier pro league in Finland; Extraliga: The top pro league in the Czech Republic; KHL: Kontinental Hockey League, the top pro league in Russia

Hurricanes draft picks The Hurricanes hold seven picks heading into this weekend’s NHL Draft. Carolina will pick second overall thanks to winning one of the top three spots in the draft lottery. The Hurricanes’ picks then revert back to the 11th spot in each round, with the exception of picks the team has traded or acquired. Carolina has its own picks in the following rounds: second (42nd overall), fourth (104th), sixth (166th) and seventh (197th). The team also has Arizona’s fourth-round selection (96th) — acquired in the May trade that sent its third-round pick and Marcus Kruger to the Coyotes for Jordan Martinook — and Vegas’ seventh-round pick (216th) — acquired along with defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk for a second-round pick last June. Carolina sent its fifth-round pick to the Golden Knights for Kruger last offseason.

B5 YOW from page B1 How will the launch of the ACC’s linear television network in 2019 affect finances?

How successful will the network be is critically important to NC State. I can’t answer for every other school, but I can tell you that, for us, this matters. We’ll have the broadcast studio up and running in the spring, so it will be ready for the network.

Some of those resources went into keeping coach Dave Doeren at State last winter. How important for the continuity of the football program was it for him to stay instead of taking the job at Tennessee?

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Duke’s Marvin Bagley III and Wendell Carter Jr. are expected to be top-10 picks in Thursday’s NBA Draft, and three other Blue Devils should be selected as well.

Duke leads parade of local players in NBA Draft Five Blue Devils, two Tar Heels and two Demon Deacons look to hear names called

You used to keep a low profile, especially on social media, but recently you’ve become much more engaged with fans. What changed?

As good as he is now, I think his future is brighter. He’s going to get better and better. There is no one better than him in this draft.”

Wendell Carter Jr., Duke

By Shawn Krest North State Journal PLENTY OF AREA players will be watching the NBA Draft with interest on Thursday night, including several Duke Blue Devils who will be there in person at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Three months after local teams played on the Brooklyn Nets’ home court in the ACC Tournament, at least nine players from the state will look to start their pro careers by hearing their names called.

Duke looks to be the most heavily represented on draft night, with four one-and-dones and one senior all being included in at least one mock draft. North Carolina has two accomplished seniors who might hear their name called, and Wake Forest will have a pair of early entries.

Here’s a look at the top local prospects in the draft, as well as where — and if — they’re likely to get the call.

Marvin Bagley III, Duke The ACC Player of the Year looks to be a near lock as a topfive pick. Mock drafts have him as high as No. 2 to Sacramento (CBSSports.com, SI) and as low as Dallas at No. 5 (ESPN).

While Arizona’s DeAndre Ayton and Slovenian Luka Doncic both appear to be higher on teams’ boards, Duke assistant Jon Scheyer calls Bagley the best player in the draft. “No one had a better college season than he did,” Scheyer said. “When you have a guy who’s done as much as he’s done, people like to poke holes in his game, but when you average 21 and 11 and were dominant on a nightly basis, I think there’s no one better in this draft than him.

UNC from page B1 in the field and hitting and taking lots of swings. And I think it was more mentally than physically; I just needed to be ready to play today, and I felt really good all day.”

The game was played in sweltering weather and lasted four hours, 24 minutes, the longest nine-inning game in College World Series history.

“Yeah, it got pretty toasty there in the middle innings and at the end,” said Zach Gahagan. “But we’ve played in hot weather. So we knew what to expect coming in here. We just kept battling. The heat, it is what it is. And you’ve got to deal with it either way. I think we handled it well today.”

“I think we all feel like we’ve been in a heavyweight fight,” add-

The other half of Duke’s bigman tandem should also go in the top 10, with the consensus of mock drafters slotting Carter at No. 8 to Cleveland. SI and ESPN have him going as high as No. 7 (Chicago), however.

“He’s a perfect modern-day five (center) in the NBA,” Scheyer said.

“Offensively, he can stretch the court to the 3-point line. He’s a very good shooter with time, and I think that will get better over the next few years. He’s smart. He can pass. He can create. Of course, he’s got moves in the post.”

Gary Trent Jr., Duke The Blue Devils’ freshman sharpshooter could go near the bottom of Round 1. ESPN and NBA.com both have him going at No. 28 to Golden State, where he would be a perfect fit with the Warriors’ group of outside bombers. Other mocks have him slipping to the second round.

“He’s had that (NBA) mindset ever since he was young,” Scheyer said. “He came in and worked.

I think he’s been waiting for this opportunity — this is really nothing new. He’s been around NBA teams for a long time, ever since he was young. People like his maturity. They like his approach to the game. With him and Grayson (Allen), we feel like we have the two best shooters in the draft.

That is a huge weapon for him.

Teams like his size. Gary’s in a good spot.”

Grayson Allen, Duke The lone senior of Duke’s five draft prospects is actually slotted as a first-rounder in more mocks than Trent. Forbes has him going to Atlanta at No. 30. SI has him at 28th to Golden State, and

ed coach Fox. And, like all good heavyweight fights, the stage was soon set for a rematch.

The Heels’ momentum was halted on Tuesday morning, however. Starting at 10 a.m. local time, after inclement weather postponed the game, originally scheduled for Monday night, the Heels had an error-filled outing against Mississippi State, falling 12-2. The Bulldogs’ Jordan Westburg finished with seven RBI, hitting a grand slam in the second inning and a bases-loaded double in the eighth that blew the game open.

Oregon State won its elimination game on Monday night, before the rains came, setting up a rematch with the Tar Heels scheduled for Wednesday.

On the night of the draft, when we were second to Alabama in the number of picks, it took us to another level. That showed Coach Doeren had something to sell. Before that he was selling the dream: “We can, we will.” Now he can say, “We did.”

If your goal is to have a career in the pros, then playing here will enable that for you. So, if it’s Coach Doeren or keeping (basketball coach Kevin) Keatts or hiring the right volleyball coach or swim coach or wrestling coach, it all makes a difference.

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Blue Devils guards Grayson Allen and Trevon Duval are expected to be drafted Thursday.

CBSSports.com has him at No. 26, to Philadelphia. Allen’s athletic ability and shooting impressed teams at the combine and in workouts, and Scheyer said teams don’t seem concerned about his reputation for dirty play, including his junior year suspension for tripping an opposing player — the third time he’d done that. “I haven’t gotten a single question about that incident,” Sheyer said. “I don’t know if there’s a better shooter in the draft.”

his game.”

Trevon Duval, Duke

The big man left Wake early and likely will have to play his way into the league as an undrafted free agent. SI has him ranked No. 82 in the 2018 draft class.

The intriguing freshman point guard is likely to go in the second round. SI has him going to Denver at No. 43. While his playmaking impressed teams, Duval’s spotty outside shooting is a concern.

“With Trevon, it was a work in progress,” Scheyer said. “I think he showed the ability — if you saw him in practice or in a workout, he would shoot the ball very well.

It’s just the consistency of doing it every day. I think when he’s at that level and that’s his only job, I think it’s going to improve a lot.

The main thing for him is just to gain confidence in it. Believe in it.

I think his whole life, when you’re able to get by everybody and get to the rim, you’re not always focused on shooting. I think he’s going to be able to do that and add that to

Theo Pinson, UNC The Tar Heel senior was a glue player and do-everything guy who Roy Williams called his best playmaker. He didn’t get a lot of attention in the mock drafts but may hear his name in round two. SI has him listed as the No. 65 prospect in the draft.

Doral Moore, Wake Forest

Bryant Crawford, Wake Forest It was a bit of a surprise when the Deacs’ playmaker decided to remain in the draft after testing the waters. He seems likely to be an undrafted free agent. SI has him ranked No. 87.

Joel Berry II, UNC The 2017 Final Four Most Outstanding Player has plenty of college accomplishments, but like Marcus Paige before him, the Tar Heel legend will likely have to start his pro career as an undrafted free agent. SI has him ranked No. 95 in the draft class.

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UNC pitcher Austin Bergner allowed three earned runs on five hits and struck out eight in seven innings Tuesday against Mississippi State, but the Tar Heels allowed eight unearned runs in a 12-2 loss.

I’ve always thought it’s important that if you see something on social media that’s factually inaccurate, you should correct it. One time someone said, “I wish the lots were open for football five hours before the game.” And my staff said they already are.

So we should correct anything we see like that.

The other part of it is that I can let our fans know that I am present and accounted for when we hit a difficulty. If we have a real issue with an official’s call and it’s obvious that people want to know if we’re taking it seriously, because they are, I can do what they can’t. I represent them.

They can’t call the ACC office and talk to the director of officials, but I can. I think it’s important to let them know, “Yes, we did that.” I can’t tell them what was said because the program could be fined, but I can, out of respect to them, let them know that we’re standing up for the team and the school.

I’m going to do that because it’s the right thing to do.

What is the primary goal for your final year before retirement?

Finishing in the top 25 (of the Directors’ Cup) is exciting, but can we do that again?

What can we do next? What are we going to do to continue to establish this foundation that’s solid, because the profile of the program has changed dramatically in eight years. I’m excited about that for the future in attracting the next AD as I am anything else. It will be a much more attractive position, in my estimation. Chancellor (Randy) Woodson will be in charge of that. It will all go well.

Will you have any say in picking your successor?

That’s Chancellor Woodson’s job. But I’ll be here to help if he has any questions.

Do you feel like you’ll be leaving the program in a better place than when you got here?

I can’t answer that, because it takes me to a place where I can’t go yet. I’m not going to think about retirement until it gets here.

Every year, I meet with every head coach and every sports supervisor, and we look at everything you can think of. We’ll be doing that here in about a month. We look at that and then talk to the coach about what’s next. We’ll be talking to the Wolfpack Club about potential new projects.

It’s all about staying focused on the things that matter.

None of this is going to be easy. It’s all about the perseverance. My theory is that people will persevere if the goal is worthy of their attention and their focus.

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TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 37 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Garland E. Chapman and Kellie J. Chapman to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 28th day of July, 2008, and recorded in Book 08359, Page 0137, in Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus 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 Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on July 2, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: TRACT 1: Lying and being in Number Nine (9) Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, on the southside of Miami Church Road, and being Lots Num-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 4 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lavelle Robson and Monica Robson (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Lavelle Robson) to Philip R. Mahoney, Trustee(s), dated the 4th day of November, 2008, and recorded in Book 8481, Page 345, in Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus 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 Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on July 2, 2018 and will sell to the

JOHNSTON 17 SP 247 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Katrina Ford and Terrill T. Merritt to Randy Warlick and Amy E. Johnson, Trustee(s), which was dated May 21, 2004 and recorded on May 27, 2004 in Book 02699 at Page 0957 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on March 27, 2017 in Book 04930, Page 686, Johnston 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 604 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jordon Tyler Schenck to Allan B. Polunsky, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of April, 2014, and recorded in Book 4436, Page 706, and Modification in Book 4930, Page 680, in Johnston 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 Johnston 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 Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on July 3, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 204 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Devin R. Brown and Jessica E. Brown to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of August, 2015, and recorded in Book 4641, Page 12, in Johnston 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 Johnston 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 Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on June 26, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being

18 SP 135 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Tyler J. Fish and Ashlee B. Selin to Ronald D. Haley, Trustee(s), which was dated September 30, 2014 and recorded on October 2, 2014 in Book 4507 at Page 138, Johnston 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 locat-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 237 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Ralph H. Brewster and Rhonda R. Brewster to Timothy S. Ayers, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of June, 2002, and recorded in Book 2247, Page 906, in Johnston 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 Johnston 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 Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on June 26, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: ALL THAT certain lot containing 0.92 acres, fronting 110 feet on Heath Road, in Ingrams Township,

bers SIXTY-FIVE A (65A) and SIXTY-SIX (66) of the GEORGE C. HEGLAR FARM, a map of which is recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County in Map Book 9, Page 62, and is more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron stake on the southern edge of Miami Church Road, corner of Aubrey McLester and runs thence with his line S. 12-34-21 W. 230 feet to an iron pipe in a stump hole; thence with another of his lines S. 66 E. 129.28 feet to an iron pipe; corner of Carlene L. Campbell; thence with her line S. 65-28-15 E. 38 feet to an iron pipe, corner of Ned K. Miller; thence with his line N. 41-12-57 E. 238.94 feet to an iron pipe on the southern edge of Miami Church Road; thence with Miami Church Road N. 64-02-03 W. 176.49 feet to an iron stake; thence continuing with the southern edge of Miami Church Road N. 70-32-03 W. 107.52 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing 1.20 acres according to a survey by Robert D. Faggart dated March 25, 1992, and is part of that property inherited by Helen Phillips Dorton from her aunt, Mabel Parr Heglar, who died intestate in Mecklenburg County in August, 1967.

TRACT 2: Lying and being in Number Nine (9) Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, on the south side of, but not adjoining, Miami Church Road, adjoining the property of Aubrey L. McLester, John Michael Campbell, Keith McClamrock, Carlene L. Campbell, and Amanda and Ned Miller, and is more particularly described as follows:

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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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.

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.

BEGINNING at an iron stake in the line of Lot Number 66 of the George C. Heglar Farm (Map

Book 9, Page 62), corner of Aubrey L. McLester (said stake being S. 65-27-33 E. 129.47 from an iron rod in a stump hole, southwest corner of Lot Number 65-A of the George C. Heglar Farm Property), and runs thence with the rear lines of Lots Numbers 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, and 71 of the George C. Helgar Farm S. 67-09-51 E. 463.48 feet to an iron stake, the rear line of Lot Number 71, a new corner of Carlene L. Campbell; thence a new line S. 22-52-12 W. 250.32 feet to an iron pin; thence N. 75-29-29 W. (passing an iron stake on line at 98.99 feet) 421.52 feet to an iron stake in the line of John Michael Campbell; thence with the line of Campbell and McLester N. 07-45-25 E. 323.92 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing 2.99 acres according to a survey by Gaylon L. Kelly dated July 20, 1992.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4200 Miami Church Road, Concord, 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 Forty-Five 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

highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 5 of Providence Manor Subdivision, Phase 1, Map 1, as shown on plat thereof recorded in Map Book 45, Page 89, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County, North Carolina, reference to which plat is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5315 Bendix Court, Harrisburg, 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 Forty-Five 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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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.

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 limit-

ed 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.

in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property

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courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on June 29, 2018 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: Beginning at an existing iron stake in the western right of way line of Austin Street in the Town of Four Oaks, said existing iron stake being South 01 degree 18 minutes 25 seconds West 214.79 feet from a point marking the intersection of the center lines of Austin and Keen Streets, said beginning existing iron stake also marking a southeastern corner of property now or formerly owned by Ethel Mae McLamb (DB 1273, Page 819, JCR); thence as a western right of way line of Austin Street South 04 degrees 03 minutes 51 seconds East 250.03 feet to an existing iron stake, a northeastern corner of property now or formerly owned by Johnnie C. Stewart (DB 745 PG 419, JCR); thence as the northern property line of the said Stewart property South 86 degrees 06 minutes 53 seconds West 105.65 feet to an existing iron stake in the eastern property line of property now or formerly owned

by Shelia Collier Vinson (DB 1314, PG 221, JCR); thence as a portion of the eastern property lines of the said Vinson property and the Four Oaks Ceme-

tery North 03 degrees 48 minutes West 249.93 feet to an existing iron stake, the southwestern corner of the above described McLamb property; thence as the southern property line of the said McLamb property North 86 degrees 03 minutes 27 seconds East 104.50 feet to an existing iron stake, the point and place of beginning, containing .603 acres, as depicted upon a map for Dennis W. Pope and wife, Sherry P. Pope, drawn by L. Dennis Lee, P.A. , Registered Land Surveyor, dated December 8, 1995 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 202 Austin Street, Four Oaks, NC 27524.

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. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. 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 Katrina Ford a/k/a Katrina Ford Merritt and Terrill T. Merritt.

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 by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)].

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.

cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 83, Section III, Rose Manor Park Subdivision, as depicted on that plat recorded in Plat Book 21, Page 39, Johnston County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 102 Greenwood Circle, Smithfield, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five 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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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.

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.

the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property

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more particularly described as follows: Situated in Boon Hill Township, Johnston County, North Carolina, and described as follows: BEING all that 1.12 acre as shown on a map entitled “Survey for Daniel Guion Williams, Jr.” which map is recorded in Map Book 81, Page 285, of the aforesaid Johnston County Registry. The metes and bounds description shown thereon is incorporated herein by reference. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5556 Princeton Kenly Road, Kenly, North Carolina.

And being a portion of the property conveyed to Daniel Guion Williams, Jr. and Diane Williams (now deceased) by deed dated May 23, 2002, and recorded in Book 2236 at Page 739 of the Johnston County Registry.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five 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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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.

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.

ed, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on June 29, 2018 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 18, Creekstone Subdivision, Section Two, Phase One, as shown on a map recorded in Plat Book 44, Page 263, Johnston County Registry to which plat reference is hereby made for a full and complete description of said lot.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 136 Creekstone Drive, Benson, NC 27504.

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. THIRD PAR-

TY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. 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 Tyler J. Fish.

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 by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. 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.

Johnston County, North Carolina, together with the residence situated thereon, designated as Lot 9 of SANDERS LANDING, PHASE I as shown on plat by W. Stanton Massengill, Registered Land Surveyor, dated January 24, 1994, Drawing No. 94-14-B, and recorded in Plat Book 41, page 291, Johnston County Registry, to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description. This is the same property conveyed to Green Tree Mortgage Services in Trustee’s Deed from Jackie A. Sadler, Substitute Trustee, dated April 18, 1997 and recorded at 10:45 A.M., April 23, 1997 in Book 1594, page 376, Johnston County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 520 Heath Road, Four Oaks, North Carolina.

Reference is expressly made to Affidavit of Robert P. Crawford, Foreclosure Supervisor of Greentree Financial Servicing Corporation, indicating that, in holding title to the above tract under Trustee’s Deed recorded in Book 1594, page 376, Johnston County Registry. Green Tree Mortgage Services, a Division of Greentree Financial Servicing Corporation, was acting as agent for Green Tree Financial Servicing Corporation and actual title was vested in Green Tree Financial Servicing Corporation, Grantor herein, said Affidavit being recorded at 1:40 P.M., July 16, 1997 in Book 1616, page 678, Johnston County Registry.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five 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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), which-

ever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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.

of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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.

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be issued pursuant to N.C.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 foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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.

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An order for possession of the property may

An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.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 foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated

An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.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 foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.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 foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord,

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.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

PUBLICATION DATES: June 20, 2018 and June 27, 2018

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to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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.

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PUBLICATION DATES: June 13, 2018 and June 20, 2018

North State Journal for Wednesday, June 20, 2018

RANDOLPH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 157 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael L. Janney and Paula M. Janney to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated the 31st day of March, 2006, and recorded in Book RE 1967, Page 395, in Randolph 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 Randolph 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 156 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Johnnie Huggins, Vickie J. Hallman, Alan K. Hallman and Crystal D. Huggins (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Johnnie Huggins and Crystal D. Huggins) to McGill Law Office, Trustee(s), dated the 31st day of May, 2007, and recorded in Book RE2028, Page 283, and Re-recorded in Book RE2092, Page 1713, and Modification in Book 2383, Page 438, in Randolph 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 Randolph 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 Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the

STANLY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 114 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kem F. Almond and Tammy G. Almond (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Tammy Gregory Almond and Kem Floyd Almond) to Glenn R. Walker, Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of December, 1998, and recorded in Book 0690, Page 0838, in Stanly 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 Stanly 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 Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location

UNION AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 613 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mattie Garmon, (Mattie W. Garmon aka Mattie Garmon, deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Antonise M. Garmon) to Chris Oddleifson, Trustee(s), dated the 4th day of December, 2000, and recorded in Book 1475, Page 865, in Union 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 Union 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 Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 501 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Sherrill Ray Huntley and Cathy G. Huntley, (Sherrill Ray Huntley, deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Cathy G. Huntley and Sherrill Ray Huntley) to Joan H. Anderson, Trustee(s), dated the 16th day of April, 2003, and recorded in Book 3035, Page 608, in Union 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 Union 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 Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on July 5, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 1 of Minor Subdivision plat for Sherrill Ray Huntley, as shown on map thereof recorded in Plat

WAKE 18 SP 960 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Sandra Carter Shipp and Sebastian Shipp to John L. Matthews or Timothy M. Bartosh, Trustee(s), which was dated December 22, 2003 and recorded on December 22, 2003 in Book 010600 at Page 02239, Wake 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

16 SP 2727 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Billy B. Baty to Andrew Valentine, Esq., Trustee(s), which was dated September 22, 2004 and recorded on September 24, 2004 in Book 011028 at Page 00943 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on January 30, 2015 in Book 015905, Page 01512, Wake 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

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of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on June 26, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 36, WHITE PINES SUBDIVISION, Map 2 of 3, according to the plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 95, Page 90, 91 and 92, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2796 Whispering Way, Sophia, North Carolina.

Parcel ID Number: 7736 42 1147 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five 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 convey-

ance “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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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.

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.

customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on June 26, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot No. 27 of Mill’s Acres Subdivision as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 94, Page 11 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina, to which reference is herein incorporated. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 513 Booker T. Womble Road, Randleman, North Carolina.

Included in the legal description is 2007 Giles Manufactured Home with Serical Number GM-7640A which is permanently affixed to the real property described above.

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 Forty-Five 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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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.

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.

designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on June 27, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an existing iron stake in the centerline of State Road 1919, said iron stake being 0.2 miles from N.C. Highway 138, and running N. 45-59-34 W. 56.75 feet to an existing nail in the centerline of SR 1919; thence running N. 43-52-45 W. 122.03 feet to a new nail in said centerline, thence running N. 39-4302 W. 71.22 feet to a new iron spike in the centerline of S.R. 1919; thence turning and running N. 26-01-08 E. 425.75 feet to a new iron pipe, said line passing through a new iron pipe at 32.93 feet; thence turning and running S. 54-31-20 E. 120.01 feet to a new iron pipe; thence turning and running N. 35-28-59 E. 137.36 feet to a new iron pipe,; thence turning and running S. 38-00-07 E. 203.32 feet to a new iron pipe; thence turning and running S. 35-29-11 W. 548.65 feet to an existing iron stake, the point of Beginning. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 32645 Chapel Road, Norwood, North Carolina.

This property being 3.34 acres more or less, subject to the right of way of State Road 1919. This description is take from a survey prepared by Rogell

E. Hunsucker, RLS, L-2488 for Kem F. Almond, dated June 13, 1985.

For reference see Deed Book 334, Page 496, Stanly County Registry.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five 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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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.

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.

for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on June 28, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron located in the northwesterly margin of the intersection of Richardson Street with Union Street, and running thence along and with the northern margin of Union Street, S. 71-30 W. 150. feet to an old iron, a common corner of Lots 24 and 25 of the Vann V. Secrest, Jr. Subdivision; runs thence with a line of Lot 25 of the Vann V. Secrest, Jr. Subdivision, N. 18-30 W. 75 feet to an iron, a common corner of Lots 24 and 23 of the Vann V. Secrest, Jr. Subdivision; runs thence with a line of Lot 23 of the Van V. Secrest, Jr. Subdivision, N. 71-30 E. 150 feet to an iron in the western margin of Richardson Street; thence down and with the western margin of Richardson Street, S. 18-30 E. 75 feet to the point and place of Beginning and BEING all of Lot 24 of the Vann V. Secrest, Jr. Subdivision as shown on survey and plat by Carroll L. Rushing, R.L.S. dated November 16, 1977. For further reference, see Lot 24 of the Vann V. Secrest, Jr. Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 3 at Page 95, Union County Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 305 Richardson Street, Monroe, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay

the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five 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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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.

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.

Cabinet E File 834 in the Office of The Register of Deeds for Union County, North Carolina, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

Together with a non-exclusive right of way approximately 50 feet in width for purposes of ingress and egress extending from N.C. Highway #200 to the above described tract, said right of way being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a railroad spike in the center of N.C. Highway #200 a corner of the Michael Hinson property as described in Book 344, Page 244, Union County Registry; thence with the line of said Hinson property, North 67-44-00 West 420.00 feet (passing an iron pin at 30.0 feet) to an iron, a corner of the said Hinson property; thence three new lines in the Earl Simpson property as follows: 1st North 67-44-00 West 9.51 feet to an iron; 2nd North 46-12-39 West 598.44 feet to an iron; 3rd North 43-74-21 East 50.00 feet to an iron; thence with a new line in the Earl Simpson property, South 46-1239 East, a total distance of 588.94 feet (passing iron at 210.00 feet) to an existing iron pin; thence South 6744-00 East 419.72 feet to a railroad spike in the center of N.C. Highway # 200.00, passing an iron pine 30.00 feet from said point in the range of the last line; thence with the center line of said highway, South 21-56-30 West 50.00 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plat by William H. King, RLS dated May 12, 1981 and plat by Walter Gordon and associates dated 9-29-

97 in Cabinet E File 834. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 8313 Morgan Mill Road, Monroe, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five 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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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.

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.

An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.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

PUBLICATION DATES: June 20, 2018 and June 27, 2018

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 July 2, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying and being in the City of Morrisville, Cedar Fork Township, WAKE County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 42 of THE GARDENS AT TOWN HALL COMMONS Subdivision, Phase 2, as shown on a map thereof recorded at Book of Maps 2003, Page 514, Wake County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of same.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 516 Trolley Car Way, Morrisville, NC 27560.

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. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. 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 Sandra Carter Shipp and husband, Sebastian Shipp.

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 by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. 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.

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 July 2, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Lot 10, Block 4, Section 1 of Sunridge Townhomes at Crown Oaks, as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1983, Page 757, Wake County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 7600 Huey Court, Raleigh, NC 27615.

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. THIRD PAR-

TY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. 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 Billy B. Baty.

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 prop-

erty 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 by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. 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.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.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 foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord,

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.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 foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.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 foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property

to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1234043 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: June 13, 2018 and June 20, 2018

by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1237227 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: June 13, 2018 and June 20, 2018

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 foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1221005 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: June 13, 2018 and June 20, 2018

providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1190501 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: June 13, 2018 and June 20, 2018

of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1215888 (FC.FAY)

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.: 09-16787-FC02 PUBLICATION DATES: June 20, 2018 and June 27, 2018

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.: 16-14714-FC01 PUBLICATION DATES: June 20, 2018 and June 27, 2018

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE 12 SP 2752 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Alice M. Holden to Jeffrey M. Ruben, Trustee(s), which was dated February 25, 2000 and recorded on February 29, 2000 in Book 008529 at Page 00018, Wake 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 fore-

15 SP 3232 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dwayne B. Greene and Kimberly H. Greene to George W. Kane, Trustee(s), which was dated January 25, 2006 and recorded on January 30, 2006 in Book 11795 at Page 159 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on May 21, 2009 in Book 13542, Page 312, Wake 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

closed, 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 June 27, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 5, PHASE 1, SOUTH VIEW SUBDIVISION, AS DEPICTED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1996, PAGE 1349, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. BEING THAT PARCEL OF LAND CONVEYED TO ALICE M. HOLDEN FROM SON-LAN DEVELOPMENT CO. INC. BY THAT DEED DATED 04/18/97 AND RECORDED 04/23/97 IN DEED BOOK 7427, AT PAGE 137 OF THE WAKE COUNTY, NC PUBLIC REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 216 Southerby Drive, Garner, NC 27529.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five per-

cent (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. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. 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 Alice M. Holden.

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 by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. 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.

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 July 6, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL of Lot 14 Olde Creedmoor Subdivision Phase Three as the same is shown on plat thereof recorded in Book of Maps 1996 Pages 1262 and 1264, Wake County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 5232 Wildmarsh Drive, Raleigh, NC 27613.

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. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND

THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. 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 Dwayne B. Greene and Kimberly H. Greene.

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 re-

ceiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. 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 Aaron B. Anderson Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5710 Oleander Drive, Ste. 204 Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: (910) 202-2940 Fax: (910) 202 2941 File No.: 16-19749-FC01 PUBLICATION DATES: June 13, 2018 and June 20, 2018

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.: 14-15195-FC03 PUBLICATION DATES: June 20, 2018 and June 27, 2018