North State Journal — Vol. 3., Issue 14

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Twinkle, a micro mini, prepares for her one-on-one session with a kid and a volunteer at Hope Reins in Raleigh, on May 23. Hope Reins is nonprofit horse ranch that pairs abused horses with children who have struggled with crisis. Twinkle arrived to the ranch in 2016 after years of neglect causing a disformity with her front legs.

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Western NC under flash flood warnings Asheville The western counties in North Carolina are under flash flood warnings through at least Wednesday as the outer bands of what’s left of subtropical storm Alberto push through the southern U.S. The National Weather Service said rainfall totals in N.C. could be between 3 and 6 inches by Thursday.

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Frank Holding Sr., 89, dies Smithfield Frank Holding Sr., retired executive vice chairman of First Citizens Bank, passed away on May 26 at age 89. His son Frank Holding Jr., who is the current CEO of First Citizens, released a statement remembering his father as humble and honest. The senior Holding spent his life in banking, building First Citizens to a $34 billion institution. He was also active in charitable endeavors, including the North Carolina Community Foundation. He is survived by his wife, five children and 12 grandchildren. Visitation will be held at First Citizens Bank in Smithfield on May 31.

ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ after star tweets slur Los Angeles Walt Disney Co.’s ABC network canceled the popular comedy “Roseanne” on Tuesday after star Roseanne Barr wrote on Twitter that former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett was equivalent of the “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby.” Barr, 65, deleted the tweet and apologized “for making a bad joke.” “Roseanne” was ABC’s biggest hit of the season, drawing an average of 18.7 million viewers.

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Legislature to vote on raises, school safety in state budget The N.C. General Assembly could vote this week on adjustments to the state’s $23.9 billion budget

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RALEIGH — A joint Appropriations committee at the state legislature on Tuesday passed Senate Bill 99, containing adjustments to the current two-year state budget.

The changes bring the state budget to $23.9 billion, a 4 percent increase over the plan passed last year. It keeps scheduled tax cuts in place, has a pay raise for teachers, state troopers and other state employees, and a cost-of-living-adjustment for retirees. It also sets aside money for school safety ini-

tiatives, school construction, economic development, another $161 million in the state’s rainy-day fund and $60 million for Hurricane Matthew recovery. Lawmakers had more to work with this year after the state had a fourth consecutive surplus, this one at $356 million.

Legislative leadership says they will not allow amendments on the budget proposal, thwarting the usual Democrat-led efforts to force a vote on some of Governor Roy Cooper’s proposed budget items. Lawmakers’ questions on the budget proposal were vetted in the Appropriations Committee meeting on Tuesday.

The chambers want to move the budget through the legislative process quickly, sending it to See BUDGET, page A2

Hope Reins pairs rescued horses with kids in need The faith-based organization offers equine counselors to children who have faced abuse and neglect

By Liz Moomey North State Journal RALEIGH — Thirty minutes from the heart of downtown Raleigh off Highway 50 is Hope Reins, a horse ranch that pairs rescued horses with children who have struggled with crisis.

Founded by Kim Tschirret in 2009, Hope Reins aims to be a safe place for kids who have suffered from abuse, trauma and anxiety by connecting with horses — some of which have gone through similar stories of neglect and abuse. The cause is dear to Tschirret, who grew up in an abusive household and found refuge in her horse, Country.

“I grew up in a home that looked really great on the outside, but my father was an alcoholic and very abusive, and so I never knew safety as a little girl,” Tschirret said.

“We didn’t have a faith, and I didn’t

have anybody to talk to. … When you grow up in an environment like that, you are very shutdown, and nobody talks about it. My comfort and my safety was my horse.

“I grew up with an American Saddlebred that looked so much like Selah [a horse at Hope Reins that was rescued from a hoarder], and that was the place that I went,” she added. “I would sit in his stall.

He was the only person — thing — that I would talk to. I know what it’s like to be comforted by a horse in the midst of trial, and so as I grew older and I sought the world for all the things I was missing in my heart, it just never satisfied.”

Tschirret then read “Hope Rising” by Kim Meeder, a story that gave her inspiration to create a ranch that offers equine therapy.

“I didn’t have a safe place to talk about what I was going through, and so I’m very driven to make sure our kids and families have a safe place, because there’s so much sigma around mental illness,” Tshierret said.

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Two journalists killed on the job by falling tree

By Daniel Trotta Reuters POLK COUNTY — A television news anchor and a camera operator were killed on Monday when a tree fell on their vehicle as they were covering the effects of a rainstorm in Polk County, N.C., officials said.

WYFF News anchor Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer of the NBC affiliate in Greenville, S.C., died after the tree hit their sport utility vehicle on a highway, the station reported.

Tryon Fire Chief Geoffrey Tennant said he had just given an interview to McCormick when, minutes later, he received a call about the incident. He arrived to discover the victims were the two men he had just met.

“It personally affected me a little bit because I had done an interview with Mr. McCormick about 10

minutes before we got the call, and we had talked a little bit about how he wanted us to stay safe and how we wanted him to stay safe,” Tennant told reporters.

The ground was saturated from the rain, and a large tree about 3 feet in diameter fell on the journalists’ SUV, apparently as it was driving along Highway 176, Tennant said. When first responders arrived, the engine was running and the transmission was in drive, Tennant said.

“It is a freak of nature,” Tennant said. “I think it was a matter of the tree root system had failed and the tree came down.”

McCormick had been with the station since 2007, first as a reporter and later as anchor of two Sunday broadcasts, WYFF said. Smeltzer joined the station in February of this year. Both were born in 1982.

Polk County is about 90 miles west of Charlotte.

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NC veterans honored in state Hall of Fame

By Donna King North State Journal CHARLOTTE — The brandnew N.C. Military Veterans Hall of Fame welcomed its first class of inductees this month with 22 inaugural members. The Charlotte-based organization was chartered in 2016 and officially opened in 2017 to recognize those North Carolinians who contributed exemplary service through the U.S. armed forces. The organization says it is also dedicated to educating young people about who the state’s real heroes are.

“A lot of people don’t know that North Carolina is the only state that has a military base for each branch of the service,” said Michael Stubbs of the N.C. Military Veterans Hall of Fame. “And they just don’t teach military history in school anymore the way they used to. This museum will bring us so much.”

Each of the new members received a medallion for their service. Earlier this year, a group of veterans walked 133 miles, from Fayetteville to Charlotte, to raise money and awareness for the Hall of Fame project. For now, the inductees are honored in a “virtual Hall of Fame,” but eventually the group hopes to raise money for a brick-and-mortar facility.

“Our legacies and stories need to expand beyond our immediate

N.C. MILITARY VETERANS HALL OF FAME

The N.C. Military Veterans Hall of Fame welcomed 22 inaugural members on May 19. Earlier in the year, supporters of the project walked 178 miles, from Raleigh to Charlotte, to raise money and awareness for veteran heroes. families but should be displayed in a facility as way to continue to serve our state,” says David Broadie of the N.C. Military Veterans

Hall of Fame.

Moving forward, the N.C. Military Veterans Hall of Fame will induct 15 new members each May,

selected by an independent board through a nomination process. To request a nomination packet, visit ncmvhof.org.

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BUDGET from page A1 the governor’s desk possibly by the end of the week. Last year, Cooper vetoed the state budget only to have it overridden by the legislature. He has not indicated whether he plans to veto this one as well. But the lawmakers’ focus on raises and school safety could make a veto politically risky for Democrats ahead of November elections.

Still, the governor criticized the legislature on Twitter Tuesday morning, accusing lawmakers of leaving public education behind.

Cooper had proposed canceling scheduled tax cuts to pay for an 8 percent teacher raise and higher raises for teachers with more than 25 years of experience. The legislature opted instead to maintain the tax cuts, give 6.5 percent raises, an additional $70 a month for veteran teachers, plus offer performance-based bonuses.

“The main purpose of our short session is to make necessary adjustments to the sound, two-year budget that is already in place, and that’s exactly what our members accomplished,” said Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) in

HOPE REINS from page A1 One of those kids finding a safe place is 10-year-old Ashley Faiella, who was diagnosed with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder that was consuming her life. Her mother, Tina, started looking into animal therapists because Ashley had a love for animals, and she thought an animal would help her daughter break through. Tina Faiella found Hope Reins and signed her up with her first session.

“That one-on-one session was just a miracle,” Tina Faiella said.

“Just that 90-minute session — I hadn’t seen her smile in months.

You could just tell her facial expressions changed, laughing.

There was a connection with Buddy instantly.”

Ashley Faiella, now 15 years old, said she and Buddy connected, and she later understood it was because of their similarities.

“It was an instant connection,” she said. “I didn’t think I was going to end up really liking him. We ended up really connecting, and later on I realized why, because I heard more of his story.

“A lot of the horses there came from abuse and neglect, but he actually came from a really good home,” she continued. “And even though he did come from a really good loving and supportive owner, he still had anxiety. He was always very timid. It took him a while to open up and trust people, and I related to that. Even though I had an amazing family that took care of me, loved me and helped me through everything, that didn’t really alter the way that I lived my life.”

Jennifer Bleakley discovered Hope Reins when she was looking for a way to give back and to work with children. She stopped by the ranch not knowing anything about the organization or about horses.

She was drawn to a leopard Appaloosa named Joey. Bleakley explained she felt like Joey could see her and gave her a sense of belong-

a statement. “Gov. Cooper and legislative Democrats should add their support to this plan that prioritizes public education, provides a fifth consecutive teacher pay raise and offers substantial tax relief for millions of North Carolinians.”

Presenting a budget this early in the session is unusual compared to past years, but the negotiations have been in the works for several weeks. According to Senate finance chairman Harry Brown (R-Onslow), they want to have the session wrapped up by the end of June.

“These budget adjustments secure a strong financial future for North Carolina by sustainably increasing state investments while ensuring relief for taxpayers, a balanced approach that has consistently proven successful in growing our economy, producing revenue surpluses and saving a record rainy day reserve,” said House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland).

Highlights in the state budget proposal include: Pay raises — Raises for educators, including 6.5 percent for teachers and 6.9 percent for principals.

— $12 million for permanent

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Top, Kim Tschirret, left, the founder and CEO of Hope Reins, talks to Jennifer Bleakley, a volunteer at Hope Reins, on May 23. Bleakley is the author of “Joey,” a book about a blind horse who helped others to see hope at Hope Reins.

Left, Gabe, a Shetland pony that was the first to arrive at Hope Reins, works with a child and a volunteer.

ing at the ranch. She later found out Joey was completely blind.

“I just love the irony that God is helping us all see hope in the eyes of a blind horse,” Bleakley said. “In a time and a culture where we are so hungry for hope and that message there is beauty in brokenness and purpose in pain, I’m so grate-

ful for this opportunity.”

Bleakley saw the value of the ministry and decided to write about Hope Reins and the horse that made her fall in love with the organization. Her book “Joey” was released in May and details Tschirret’s story of how she started Hope Reins and how Joey helped kids in

raises to teachers with more than 25 years of experience.

— $22 million toward performance-based bonuses for principals and some math/reading teachers.

— 2 percent average raise for state employees, with larger increases for the lowest income levels as the budget sets a minimum $15 per hour wage “living wage.”

— One-time cost-of-living supplement for retirees.

— 8 percent raise for State Highway Patrol troopers, bringing starting pay to $44,000.

— 4 percent raises and expansion of death benefits for correctional officers in state prisons

funding from the Low-Income Energy Assistance block grant.

— $7.4 million for substance abuse crisis centers in the Triad and Wilkes County.

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— Cuts personal income tax rate from 5.499 to 5.25 percent in 2019.

— Increases the amount of income that is exempt from state income tax.

— Cuts corporate income tax rate from 3 percent to 2.5 percent in 2019.

— $700 million increase in funding for public education.

— $35 million for school safety initiatives.

— $11.9 million in textbooks and digital resources.

Health and Human Services — $18 million to add 3,525 new pre-K slots, and plan to eliminate the state’s waitlist for at-risk children.

— $8.5 million in additional

Justice and Public Safety — $15 million for safety and security upgrades in state prisons.

— Funds “raise the age” so youth accused of less serious crimes will be tried as juveniles.

— Establishes “Criminal Justice Fellows” for recruiting future law enforcement officers.

Taxes and Economic Development

Agriculture and the Environment — $10 million for research and to provide clean drinking water for those impacted by GenX.

need.

“After meeting Joey and hearing the stories that [Tschirret] was sharing, just hearing those stories just connected my heart to this ministry and wanting to share his story to bring awareness to what they’re doing out here,” Bleakley said.

— $22 million for Farmland Preservation, the Clean Water Management Trust Fund and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund.

— $3.5 million in match funding to improve wastewater and drinking water infrastructure.

Transportation — $135 million for the Strategic Transportation Investments Program (STIP).

— $50 million to fund immediate-need construction projects.

— $104 million for the Roadside Environmental Fund for safety and beautification of the state’s highway.

Among the provisions in the bill getting attention is a ban on companies including foreign workers with H-1B visas in their job creation head count when they request state-funded economic development incentives. The requirement is designed to ensure that the high-skill, often tech, jobs brought by companies receiving incentives go to N.C. workers. The budget also expands the Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG) and allocates $15 million for workforce training programs at community colleges.

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A U.S. warning it may introduce tariffs on foreign auto imports hit shares in German carmakers BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen last week, which together have a more than 90 percent share of North America’s premium car market. Washington said it had launched an investigation into car and truck imports due to signs they had damaged the U.S. auto industry, which could lead to new U.S. tariffs similar to those imposed on imported steel and aluminum in March.

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AveXis, Inc., a gene therapy company developing treatments for life-threatening neurological diseases, will locate a new manufacturing center in Durham County creating 200 jobs. The company is expected to invest approximately $55 million in the facility to produce potentially breakthrough therapies to address rare neurological genetic diseases.

“Our primary focus is to bring gene therapies to patients suffering from devastating rare neurological diseases – such as SMA, genetic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Rett syndrome,” said Andrew Knudten, Senior Vice President of Technical Operations and Chief Technical Officer at AveXis. “As a long-established biotechnology hub that attracts the nation’s top talent, Research Triangle Park was an optimal location to expand our footprint and complement our existing state-ofthe art manufacturing site in the Chicagoland area.”

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NC tapped for U.S. drone pilot program Drones have tremendous potential and risks, according to a new federal program that will help sort out their future use

By Donna King North State Journal WASHINGTON/RALEIGH — The federal Department of Transportation recently named N.C. one of only 10 participants in the fed’s Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program, aimed at finding the best way to integrate drones into U.S. airspace safely. The initiative was created

by President Donald Trump last year as part of an effort to address growth and potential in the burgeoning drone industry.

In N.C., the department will be working with global drone delivery companies to set up a network of drones to make drops of medical supplies. Currently, couriers deliver blood and test results, but advocates of the project say drones would be faster. But transporting medical materials would take some serious study, says the DOT. “The FAA is relying on states and municipalities to provide them data to help feed their rule-making,” said Basil Yap, N.C. Division of Aviation UAS program manager. “The operations we are going to focus on are not currently allowed, and in order for them to be allowed they need data to help with those decisions.”

Apple is a partner in N.C.’s project proposal, with plans to photograph North Carolina topography by drone. PrecisionHawk of N.C. creates software to guide drones and will also be working on the N.C. project. Supporters say that

delivering medical supplies by drone could cut critical wait time in a medical crisis.

Among the projects selected by the U.S. DOT are a 1,500-pound unmanned aircraft that will look for mosquitoes in Florida; and startup Flirtey will fly medical equipment on drones to heart attack victims in Nevada. Microchip maker Intel, plane maker Airbus, ride services company Uber, delivery company FedEx and software maker Microsoft also had projects on the winners list.

Missing from the projects are Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, and China’s DJI, the world’s largest maker of nonmilitary drones. About a dozen applications that included DJI were rejected. An application that would have seen Amazon deliver goods by drone to shoppers in New York City was also declined, a person familiar with the matter said.

The contest drew 149 bids from locales looking to host flights at night, flights over people and other drone operations that U.S. rules prohibit. The applicants listed companies they would partner with in the experiments, and the winners may have a head start at the billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs the young industry expects to create.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said dozens more projects could be approved in coming months, either with new waivers or under existing rules.

The wide interest in the initiative underscores the desire of a broad range of companies to have a say in how the fledgling industry is regulated and ultimately win authority to operate drones for purposes ranging from package delivery to crop inspection.

AirMap, an airspace management company for drones, said it

was on six winning applications.

Winner Virginia Tech said that Alphabet’s Project Wing, AT&T, Intel, Airbus and Dominion Energy are among the partners for its pilot program that will explore emergency management, package delivery and infrastructure inspection.

Uber is working on air-taxi technology and will deliver food by drone in San Diego.

“We need flying burgers,” Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi joked at a conference.

FedEx will use drones to inspect aircraft at its hub in Tennessee, as well as for aircraft parts shipments and some package deliveries between the airport and other Memphis locations, Memphis Airport Authority Chief Executive Scott Brockman told Reuters. General Electric is also a partner, he said.

The U.S. DOT is also working on whether regulations are necessary as drones become more accessible and affordable. The FAA has said regulations are necessary to protect the public and the National Airspace System from bad actors or errant hobbyists. Several incidents around major airports have involved drones getting close to aircraft.

Earlier, the agency confirmed it had sent two planned rules to the White House to regulate the increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles.

One would allow drones to fly over people, while another proposal submitted would allow for remote identification and tracking of unmanned aircraft in flight.

After both are formally proposed, it could take months before they are finalized.

Reuters News Service contributed to this report.

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WEST Graham County ranks at bottom for motorcycle safety Graham County Thousands of motorcyclists travel to Robbinsville each year to ride the famous Tail of the Dragon path through the mountains. The difficulty and large number of newcomers, unfamiliar with the challenging road, lead to plenty of accidents, and lack of nearby emergency care adds to the danger. According to the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles, Graham County ranks last among the state’s counties in crash rate severity, cost per crash, per person crash rate, per vehicle rate and per 100 miles traveled rate.

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Three arrested in Icard Elementary gun lockdown Burke County Icard Elementary School in Burke County was placed on lockdown Wednesday morning after three people walked across the campus carrying a loaded shotgun. Police responded to a 911 call and heard a gunshot fired in proximity to the school. The suspects — Douglas Allen Shuford, Justin Wayne Hatley and Tabitha Brie Evans — were arrested. Shuford was charged with possessing the gun, while the other two face abetting charges.

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Spruce Pine doctor wins volunteer award Mitchell County Dr. Marvin Walker received the 2018 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award at the Spruce Pine Rotary Club Meeting earlier this month. Walker serves as coordinator for Mitchell/Yancy Rise Against Hunger and also donates time to Habitat for Humanity, Rotary and several international and local disaster relief assistance efforts.

MITCHELL NEWS-JOURNAL

E. coli found in Watauga River Watauga County Heavy rains and flooding caused the Watauga River to rise to 16 feet higher than its normal levels last week, which can lead to other problems even after the waters receded. Officials tested water in the river and found high levels of e. coli. Residents are warned against swimming and fishing in the river. Not only do they run the risk of illness, but the water is still murky, which could conceal underwater debris.

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Knightdale soccer complex gets land, grant Wake County The town of Knightdale will be getting a new soccer complex, thanks to a pair of donations. The Wake Stone Corporation donated roughly 40 acres, valued at $2 million, to house the five-field complex at the intersection of Forestville and Old Crews roads. It’s the largest land donation in town history. The complex also received a $1 million development grant from the Wake County Board of Commissioners. The complex is expected to provide an economic benefit of $4.4 million annually.

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Three programs win NACo Achievement Awards Catawba County Three government programs in Catawba County were recognized by the 2018 National Association of Counties (NACo) in their annual achievement awards. Catawba County Public Health’s child oral health program was honored, as was the Catawba County Tax Office’s “Land Pricing Wizards” initiative and the Catawba County Library’s “Connect, Explore, Grow: Engaging the Latino Community” project.

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Granville County Police warn that con artists in Youngsville and the surrounding areas are targeting families who have recently lost pets. The scammers search lost pet sites to find targets, then tell the owners they found the missing animal and will return it in exchange for $600 in bitcoin. Police were notified after a woman who had located her lost pet on her own was contacted with the offer.

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Babysitter charged with murdering infant

Audit suggests Roanoke-Chowan Community College needs monitoring Hertford County A report by the N.C State Auditor’s Office released earlier this month recommended on-site monitoring of Randolph-Chowan Community College to determine if the school’s board is too involved in day-to-day affairs. The report called the board “uncooperative, belligerent and argumentative” but could neither prove nor disprove that the board was too heavily involved. The investigation came as a result of the school having four different presidents in the last five years.

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Cleveland County Garrett Frederick of Kings Mountain was arrested and charged with murder after the 7-month-old baby he was babysitting was found dead. The child’s mother said she left the infant in the 24-year-old Frederick’s care to go out to dinner with her boyfriend. When she returned, he said there was “something wrong with the baby” then fled from the home. The baby died a few days later, and Frederick was found and arrested after a day-and-a-half-long manhunt.

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Fayetteville woman accused of making advances at cable guy Cumberland County Mildred Newsome faces charges of sexual battery and second-degree forced sexual offense after the 47-yearold Fayetteville woman allegedly made advances at a cable technician. The technician reported that Newsome performed sexual acts without his consent while he was on a service visit in her home in April. He left immediately and reported her.

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Police break up gambling machine ring in Raeford Hoke County Police seized 241 gaming machines from an internet cafe, a bingo hall and a third unspecified location in Raeford.

They also issued warrants on Michael Wayne Hemming, Jorge Santiago Perez Jr., Lashanda Velicia Simons and Ho’Hung Sung, charging each with illegally possessing and operating five or more gaming machines.

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GRAHAM — Last week, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, along with a number of other local and federal leaders, gathered at Graham High School in Alamance County to celebrate a major milestone. North Carolina is now the first state in the nation to connect each of their K-12 classrooms to high-speed internet.

Forest is the chairman of the Special Committee on Digital Technology. In partnership with the Friday Institute, a publicly-funded, education-focued organization on NC State University’s campus, a digital learning plan emerged. The first step in this plan, which can be found on the Friday Institute’s website, was to connect every classroom to high-speed internet.

“What we’re working on is called personalized learning,” said Mark Johnson, superintendent of the North Carolina Department of Instruction.

“That’s using the appropriate use of technology and the proper professional development for teachers to individualize learning for students.”

Johnson described how this new system would allow students to work at their own pace, with some students being able to work ahead and others getting the help they need to catch up.

“The teacher can know exactly what the student is struggling on and help these students with their individual needs to make sure they don’t fall behind year after year.”

The principal of Mebane High School, Charlotte Holmes, said she was proud to have her school highlighted. She said not only is each classroom in her school connected, but they have “oneto-one” coverage of their students with Chromebooks.

“We’re prepared for any learning situation that can occur,” Holmes said. “If a student is sick or has high absenteeism, they don’t have any excuse

and can keep learning.”

Also present was FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. Pai spoke about the need for modern technology for today’s students to learn and the importance of FCC E-rate funds to this process. The E-rate program gives money to states so they can connect classrooms to the internet.

“I’m proud to say we’ve been a strong partner with the state of North Carolina and this initiative,” Pai said. “In the last 11 years, North Carolina has been the recipient of $700 million in E-rate funding, and we see today in this high school, in this very room, the power of that funding. Every dollar has been stretched in the Tarheel State to makes sure every student here, regardless of who he or she is, regardless of where he or she happens to live, has access to educational opportunity.”

Forest was careful to also give the North Carolina General Assembly praise for its role. Sen. Rick Gunn and Rep. Stephen Ross, both Republicans from Alamance County, were given acknowledgement as they stood by.

“We went to the General Assembly and said, ‘We have $20 million and need another $12 million.’ So, the General Assembly said yes. So, thank you, gentleman,” Forest said, motioning to Gunn and Ross.

Later Forest went on, “This would not have happened without the legislature.

The legislature was integrally involved in every component of this.”

When asked about next steps, Forest pinpointed teacher training in how to integrate these devices into the classroom fully and effectively.

“The digital learning plan is really about moving from seat time to a more competency-based learning model for education,” Forest said. “These tools will allow us to make that happen. So, it’s less of a one-size-fits-all and more of a multifaceted approach to education.

A lot of people think it’s about the devices themselves. That’s really the last component is the device itself.”

As Forest made his comments about teacher training, Holmes nodded in approval. She said at this moment they are doing their own training programs for teachers and are looking forward to seeing the next steps unfold.

Big Macs for the Battleship campaign funds ship restoration Sampson County The Newton Grove McDonalds was one of 40 franchise locations in 26 towns in North and South Carolina to participate in Big Macs for the Battleship over Memorial Day weekend. Fifty cents from each Big Mac sold was donated to the restoration fund for the Battleship North Carolina. It’s the fifth year that the campaign has been held, and organizers were hoping to sell 10,000 Big Macs over the weekend.

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By NSJ Staff RALEIGH — On Wednesday, May 30, hundreds of county commissioners from across the state will gather in Raleigh for the annual County Assembly Day at the state legislative complex. Gov. Roy Cooper, NC Senate President Pro Tempore, Phil Berger, and NC House Speaker, Tim Moore, are scheduled to address the group on issues af-

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The day is hosted by the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners and will feature a panel discussion with NC Senators Jim Davis and Valerie Foushee, and NC Representatives Becky Carney and John Torbett, who serve on the General Assembly’s County Caucus.

County commissioners plan to also visit their county delegations in the House and Senate.

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

‘Donald Trump Didn’t Even Collude With Republicans!’

No amount of “fake” Twitter accounts or ads can manufacture or defeat those waves of voter sentiment once they hit a crescendo.

LATE LAST YEAR, over drinks with a long-time veteran southern Republican political operative, he leaned over and fairly shouted: “Heckfire! Donald Trump didn’t even collude with the GOP to get elected in 2016! How could the Russians have put up with him long enough to ‘col-lood’ to beat Hillary Clinton?”

He has a point. Most of the money and media time spent in 2016 was decidedly against Donald Trump, not for him. How did hackers from Russia figure out how to overcome all that opposition to help him win, if in fact, they did?

The Mueller team reported the Russians spent $1.25 million per month which, when compared to the $2.2 billion that was spent from all sources on the presidential race, would account for maybe 0.5 percent of the total amount of money spent in 2016.

When you consider how much disinformation was flying around the internet from all sources from 2015 to 2016, heavily negative against Trump from Republicans and Hillary supporters alike, if the Russians disproportionately made a decisive impact with 0.5 percent of all money spent, they really were magicians to begin with.

Foreign involvement in any election is bad. In 2015, President Obama was accused of using taxpayer funds to meddle in the Israeli election of Prime Minister Netanyahu. That was “bad” just as well.

The open channels of the internet make it possible for any hacker to interfere anywhere they want. However, it is impossible for any single person on the globe to influence an American political campaign all by themselves due to that same degree of openness.

If the Russians figured out how to get “their” candidate elected in America with the limited amount of funds they spent on fake Twitter accounts and ads against the avalanche of money that was spent to defeat Donald Trump from all sides, they should sell that secret potion.

Every campaign manager, pollster and operative in America would pay millions for it.

Many people make voting decisions solely on name recognition.

Others vote based on a candidate’s appearance and demeanor. If

one candidate is more well-known than the other and they are more appealing, they usually win.

During any presidential election cycle, any number of factors can determine which candidate wins or not. Lack of enough money usually is the determining factor. A candidate who can’t buy enough TV or social media ads to tell voters who they are or why the other candidate is “so bad” is probably going to lose.

General organizational skills such as calling voters or knocking on enough doors to get your people out to vote play important roles in every election.

What is the greatest “get-out-the-vote” mechanism? Motivation on the part of voters. They are either highly motivated to vote for one person out of hope or against the other candidate out of fear. No amount of “fake” Twitter accounts or ads can manufacture or defeat those waves of voter sentiment once they hit a crescendo.

The choice to “blame Russian hackers” for Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016 came right from Hillary Clinton and her top advisers. In their book “Shattered,” political reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes wrote, “(Hillary’s) team coalesced around the idea that Russian hacking was the major unreported story of the campaign” less than 24 hours after her concession speech, and they concocted a media strategy to spin her loss on them.

Not on anything she did wrong in the campaign.

Lo and behold, the media took the bait and swallowed it. We are now one year into the Mueller investigation with no end in sight and close to $20 million of taxpayer money spent.

Russian hackers didn’t cost Hillary Clinton the 2016 election. She lost it fair and square. It is time for this version of the “long national nightmare” to end.

EDITORIAL | TROY KICKLER

Middle-class Americans built the economy as middle managers

From 18701920, these intermediaries helped create a continental economy.

WHO CARES about middle managers? Not many, if one bases the answer on the amount of historical literature.

A lot of attention has been paid to the Titans of Industry, also known as the Robber Barons.

They include Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. Some focus primarily on how their actions improved standards of living and fostered innovation.

Others focus on the increasing income disparity and labor strikes combined with an increased sense of needless consumerism.

Much of the historical conversation, and today’s enduring economic and political debate, can be traced back to what Cyrus McCormick Jr. and Thorstein Veblen once argued. McCormick’s father invented the mechanical harvest reaper, and the company later merged with International Harvester.

Veblen wrote “The Theory of the Leisure Class” (1899) and proffered the theory of “conspicuous consumption.”

While McCormick deplored “impractical theorizing,” he implored “common sense.”

To him, the most valuable Americans were those who offered employment to the largest possible number of people while improving “comfort and safety.” The moral efficacy was measured by increased standard of living.

Veblen criticized consumerism as a form of moral degeneration. He celebrated the “instinct of workmanship” and questioned the separation of “ownership and control” from the worker or the farmer. He particularly questioned corporation finance of industry while overlooking the innovation of entrepreneurial engineers.

What is forgotten in this ideological battle are the middle managers. In his “Making America Corporate, 1870-1920,” Olivier Zunz reminds readers of the importance of “new groups of middle-class Americans who filled hierarchical corporate structures and promoted new ways of working, living and interacting with one another.” Some of these folks were motivated by ideology. Many others were not. Either way, Zunz argues, they “invented the modern work culture.”

During the late-19th and early-20th centuries, managers had diverse skills. They did not merely implement the plans of the Titans of Industry. They were not trained in one discipline. They had to be innovative, and they had to understand human nature.

They were agents of change, especially in the corporate work culture. According to The Railway Review (1892), the railway manager seemed to be a Renaissance man: “Railway management in all its various departments may be said to involve the employment and the patronage of all the arts and sciences.”

There seemed to be a growing divide between the rural and urban areas. (In 1920, the census revealed that more Americans, for the first time, were living in urban areas rather than rural areas.)

Some valued “city smarts.” Others valued “country smarts.” Urban enthusiasts, such as essayist H.L. Mencken, criticized what they considered the backwardness of rural life.

Progress and civilization developed in the cities. On the other hand, agriculturalists believed the rural life built character, determination and independence.

In this growing cultural chasm, the middle managers could be “intermediaries.” Many middle managers in corporations such as International Harvester lived in rural areas.

As representatives of the corporation, they helped reshape rural America. As members of a community, they knew their farming neighbors. While the corporation shaped rural America, the agriculturalists and their concerns also shaped the corporation.

To some extent, sales has existed throughout history. But the modern corporation, Zunz points out, formalized the “science of service.”

In addition to sales divisions, there were advertising divisions. The middle managers formed teams that introduced out-of-state products to the economies of other states.

While the top executives imagined their products or companies benefiting society at large, it was the middle executive and/or the salesman (a.k.a. the drummer) who served as an “intermediary” between the company and the communities. Although there was a science of salesmanship, each community had distinct challenges and concerns.

From 1870-1920, these intermediaries — middle-level engineers, managers, salesmen, and the increasing number of white-collar employees, clerks and typists — helped create a continental economy.

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GUEST OPINION | REP. JOHN BRADFORD

WALTER E. WILLIAMS

Capitalism versus socialism

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President Donald Trump gives remarks on tax cuts for American workers as Richard Kerzetski of Universal Plumbing, North Las Vegas, Nevada, listens during an event in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, April 12.

Election offers voters tax cut choice

This is economic prosperity.

It’s not by accident.

It’s not magic.

It’s the result of significant tax cuts at the right time.

WHEN VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE visited the great state of North Carolina in late April he said, “President Donald Trump signed the largest tax cuts and tax reform in American history. The last year and few months can be summed up with one simple phrase,” the Vice President concluded, “promises made and promises kept.”

As a business owner who has worked hard to grow multiple small businesses, I couldn’t agree more. As a father, husband, business owner, public servant and voter this election year, I want Americans to understand one thing: If Democrats win Congress, they’ll work to take our tax cuts and resulting economic prosperity away.

While GOP leaders are pushing to make these tax cuts permanent, Democratic leaders are running on a promise to repeal them. What would they take away from hard working Americans, like you? More than you know.

First, there’s personal income tax relief. For 90 percent of the middle-class and 80 percent of taxpayers nationwide, more than $2,000 in tax cuts will be realized in this year alone. This is data provided by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. Plus, there’s a significantly improved child tax credit, which applies even to those Americans who already pay the lowest income tax or none at all.

Next, there’s significant relief for small business owners. Before this year, federal tax rates reached a staggering 40 percent. To make matters worse, many small businesses paid even more due to state/ local taxes and compliance costs. I know firsthand because I’ve been there.

Now, many small business owners that create jobs in their communities will realize a 20% tax deduction. As a result, small businesses are planning to increase hiring, hike benefits and wages, and expand operations in historic numbers. Small business confidence and optimism is hitting record highs.

Take-home pay is going up for 90 percent of wage earners. Approximately 4 million workers at more than 500 companies have already seen both their income and benefits increase. In January alone, companies paid out $30 billion in bonuses.

Economists anticipate above-average economic growth as high as 4 percent. Almost two-thirds of Americans are already satisfied with their opportunity to get ahead and pursue their American dream.

This is economic prosperity. It’s not by accident.

It’s not magic. It’s the result of significant tax cuts at the right time. Sadly, if the Democrats have it their way, we’ll be heading in reverse to bigger government, overspending and higher taxes.

Fortunately, common-sense Americans know their talking points on taxes just don’t add up. They said workers’ increased take-home pay was crumbs — it wasn’t. They’re saying tax relief is a handout to the wealthiest. They’re wrong again.

The truth is, Americans in the highest one-fifth of earned income will pay more taxes this year than last year, and those in the lowest one-fifth will pay less taxes than last year. The first $24,000 of income for a married couple living in North Carolina has doubled. In the middle, income taxes are dropping by one-third.

Democrats know a majority of hard-working Americans support today’s tax cuts and are excited about today’s economy. Frankly, hard-working folks know how to spend and invest their money better than anyone else. Sadly, the constant drumbeat of baseless criticism is intended to play to people’s fears.

Our Republican leaders in Congress did what they said they were going to do — pass historic tax relief that kickstarted our economy. Now, the economic ideology has never been more clear. Republicans want to make this tax relief permanent. Democrats want to take it away.

Focusing on America first and making it great again should continue to be our top priorities. We can’t afford to go backward. With the right vote in November, we have a fighting chance to keep American prosperity moving forward with more money in your pocket.

John Bradford serves in the North Carolina House of Representatives and is the founder & CEO of PetScreening.com and Park Avenue Properties.

NUMBER OF THE DAY | SCOTT RASMUSSEN

18% The number of Americans who discuss politics daily.

Politicos charged up for midterms as regular Americans yawn

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WITH THE MIDTERM elections just six months away, political activists are completely immersed in the campaign season. Most Americans, however, are not.

Pew Research found that just 18 percent of Americans discuss politics and government on a daily basis. At the other extreme, half (49 percent) discuss politics a few times or less each month.

Older Americans and those with more formal education are more likely to discuss politics. For example, 30 percent of those with a postgraduate degree discuss politics daily. That figure falls to 20 percent among college graduates, 17 percent among those who have attended college without

graduating, and 13 percent among those who have never taken a college class.

Those closer to the ideological extremes discuss politics more than those closer to the political center.

Twenty-five percent (25 percent) of liberal Democrats discuss politics daily along with 21 percent of conservative Republicans. Fifteen percent of more centrist Democrats discuss politics daily along with 8 percent of more centrist Republicans.

Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.

SEVERAL RECENT POLLS, plus the popularity of Sen. Bernie Sanders, demonstrate that young people prefer socialism to free market capitalism. That, I believe, is a result of their ignorance and indoctrination during their school years, from kindergarten through college. For the most part, neither they nor many of their teachers and professors know what free market capitalism is.

Free market capitalism, wherein there is peaceful voluntary exchange, is morally superior to any other economic system.

Why? Let’s start with my initial premise.

All of us own ourselves. I am my private property, and you are yours. Murder, rape, theft and the initiation of violence are immoral because they violate selfownership. Similarly, the forcible use of one person to serve the purposes of another person, for any reason, is immoral because it violates self-ownership.

Tragically, two-thirds to three-quarters of the federal budget can be described as Congress taking the rightful earnings of one American to give to another American — using one American to serve another.

Such acts include farm subsidies, business bailouts, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, welfare and many other programs.

Free market capitalism is disfavored by many Americans — and threatened — not because of its failure but, ironically, because of its success. Free market capitalism in America has been so successful in eliminating the traditional problems of mankind — such as disease, pestilence, hunger and gross poverty — that all other human problems appear both unbearable and inexcusable. The desire by many Americans to eliminate these so-called unbearable and inexcusable problems has led to the call for socialism. That call includes equality of income, sex and race balance, affordable housing and medical care, orderly markets, and many other socialistic ideas.

The desire by many Americans to eliminate these so-called unbearable and inexcusable problems has led to the call for socialism.

Let’s compare capitalism with socialism by answering the following questions: In which areas of our lives do we find the greatest satisfaction, and in which do we find the greatest dissatisfaction? It turns out that we seldom find people upset with and in conflict with computer and clothing stores, supermarkets, and hardware stores. We do see people highly dissatisfied with and often in conflict with boards of education, motor vehicles departments, police and city sanitation services.

What are the differences? For one, the motivation for the provision of services of computer and clothing stores, supermarkets, and hardware stores is profit. Also, if you’re dissatisfied with their services, you can instantaneously fire them by taking your business elsewhere. It’s a different matter with public education, motor vehicles departments, police and city sanitation services. They are not motivated by profit at all. Plus, if you’re dissatisfied with their service, it is costly, and in many cases even impossible, to fire them.

A much larger and totally ignored question has to do with the brutality of socialism. In the 20th century, the oneparty socialist states of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Germany under the National Socialist German Workers’ Party and the People’s Republic of China were responsible for the murder of 118 million citizens, mostly their own. The tallies were: USSR 62 million, Nazi Germany 21 million and PRC 35 million. No such record of brutality can be found in countries that tend toward free market capitalism.

Here’s an experiment for you. List countries according to whether they are closer to the free market capitalist or to the socialist/communist end of the economic spectrum. Then rank the countries according to per capita gross domestic product. Finally, rank the countries according to Freedom House’s “Freedom in the World” report. You will find that people who live in countries closer to the free market capitalist end of the economic spectrum not only have far greater wealth than people who live in countries toward the socialistic/communist end but also enjoy far greater human rights protections.

As Dr. Thomas Sowell says, “Socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great.

And it will probably always continue to sound great. It is only when you go beyond rhetoric, and start looking at hard facts, that socialism turns out to be a big disappointment, if not a disaster.”

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

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Lightning fills the sky as cowboys from the Rio Grande Valley set camp after arriving for Memorial Day weekend in Bandera, Texas, on May 25.

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A man holds his dog, as participants gather in the parking lot of the Pentagon as thousands of military veterans and their supporters participate in the 31st annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally and Memorial Day weekend “Ride for Freedom” motorcycle procession in Washington, D.C., on May 27.

U.S. to continue trade action with China

Language as extreme sport: Youngsters square off in U.S. spelling bee Washington, D.C. At the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, hundreds of youngsters will compete in a uniquely American contest, likened to an intellectual extreme sport, involving one of the world’s most tricky languages. The competitors, some as young as 8 years old, face a three-day obstacle course through the English language, a mashup of Germanic and French words laced with borrowings from tongues around the world. Any of 470,000 entries in the “Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary” is fair game.

Former President George H.W. Bush taken to hospital in Maine Biddeford, Maine Former President George H.W. Bush, 93, was taken to a hospital in Maine on Sunday after experiencing low blood pressure and fatigue, a family spokesman said on Twitter. Bush, the oldest living former U.S. president, will likely remain at Southern Maine Health Care for a few days for observation, said the spokesman, Jim McGrath.

Exxon pulls offshore workers; Shell, Chevron cut output due to Alberto Austin, Texas Exxon Mobil evacuated nonessential workers from the Lena production platform in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of Subtropical Storm Alberto, the company said on Sunday. Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron shut production on platforms in the eastern Gulf of Mexico due to Alberto and evacuated workers from those sites, the companies said.

Attacker kills three in Liege, gunman dead Liege, Belgium A man killed two policewomen and a bystander in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being shot dead in a gun battle at a school in what prosecutors are treating as a terrorist attack. The man was named by public broadcaster RTBF as a 36-year-old petty criminal who had been let out on day-release from a local prison on Monday. It said investigators were looking into whether he converted to Islam and had been radicalized in jail.

Libyan factions agree to Dec. 10 elections at Paris talks Paris Rival Libyan factions agreed on Tuesday on a declaration that would create a political framework to pave the way for U.N.-backed elections in December to end the country’s seven -year conflict. The oil-producing nation splintered following the 2011 NATO-backed revolt that toppled Muammar Gaddafi. Since 2014 Libya has been divided between competing political and military groups based in Tripoli and the east.

The trade deficit with China is now $375 billion, its highest ever, fueling White House efforts to work new deals

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their summit at the truce village of Panmunjom, North Korea, on May 27.

Most senior North Korean envoy to hold first official talks in U.S. in 18 years A “preadvance” U.S. team was in Singapore on Monday to meet the North Koreans

By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin Reuters SEOUL, South Korea — A senior North Korean official is headed to New York to discuss an upcoming summit, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, the latest indication that an on-again-offagain meeting between Trump and North Korea’s leader may go ahead next month.

“We have put a great team together for our talks with North Korea,” Trump said in a Twitter post. “Meetings are currently taking place concerning Summit, and more. Kim Young (sic) Chol, the Vice Chairman of North Korea, heading now to New York. Solid response to my letter, thank you!”

Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee and formerly head of a top North Korean military intelligence agency, was scheduled to fly to the United States on Wednesday after speaking to Chinese officials in Beijing, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said, citing an unidentified source.

The talks indicate that planning for the unprecedented summit, initially scheduled for June 12, is moving ahead after Trump called it off last week in a letter to the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un. A day later, Trump said he had reconsidered and officials from both countries were meeting to work out details.

Kim Yong Chol will be the most senior North Korean official to meet top officials for talks in the United States since Jo Myong Rok, a marshal, met then-President Bill Clinton at the White House in 2000.

Kim Yong Chol coordinated the North Korean president’s two meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in April and May. He and Kim Jong Un’s sister were the only North Korean officials to attend the first inter-Korean summit in April alongside the North Korean leader.

Analysts believe the United States is trying to determine whether North Korea is willing to agree to sufficient steps toward getting rid of its nuclear weapons

to allow a summit to take place.

North Korea has faced years of isolation and economic sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs since it conducted its first nuclear test in 2006.

But events have moved quickly since Kim Jong Un made a conciliatory New Year’s address at the end of last year, following months of sharply rising tension and war-like rhetoric between Trump and Kim. Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a surprise meeting on Saturday at the border village of Panmunjom, during which they agreed the North Korea-U.S. summit must be held.

Topping the agenda for the meeting in New York is likely to be the future of North Korea’s nuclear program, which has been a source of international tension for decades, in addition to U.S. security guarantees and coordination for a Trump-Kim summit.

In Kim Jong Un and Moon’s first meeting on April 27, they agreed to seek the “complete denuclearisation” of the Korean peninsula but did not define what that meant or how that would proceed.

Since then, North Korea has rejected U.S. demands for it to unilaterally abandon its nuclear program, and demanded the United States stop military exercises with South Korea. South Korea’s Defence Ministry said it did not have plans to change exercise schedules with the U.S. military.

North Korea defends its nuclear and missile programs as a deterrent against what it sees as U.S. aggression. The United States stations 28,500 troops in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War. The United States and South Korea blacklisted Kim Yong Chol for supporting the North’s nuclear and missile programs in 2010 and 2016, respectively, so a visit to the United States would indicate the U.S. government has granted him a waiver.

During his tenure as a senior intelligence official, Kim was accused by South Korea of masterminding deadly attacks on a South Korean navy ship and an island in 2010. He was also linked by U.S intelligence to a cyberattack on Sony Pictures in 2014.

North Korea denied any involvement in both attacks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States said on Tuesday that it will continue pursuing action on trade with China, days after Washington and Beijing announced a tentative solution to their dispute and suggested that tensions had cooled.

By June 15, Washington will release a list of some $50 billion worth of Chinese goods that will be subject to a 25 percent tariff, the White House said in a statement. The United States will also continue to pursue litigation against China at the World Trade Organization.

In addition, by the end of June, the United States will announce investment restrictions and “enhanced export controls” for Chinese individuals and entities “related to the acquisition of industrially significant technology,” it said.

In mid-May, China agreed to increase purchases of U.S. agriculture and energy products, and last week, the U.S. Commerce Department told lawmakers it had reached a deal to put Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE back in business.

While the announcements eased worries about the possibility of a trade war between world’s two largest economies, President Donald Trump also said last week that any deal between Washington and Beijing would need “a different structure,” fueling uncertainty over the talks.

Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion of Chinese goods to combat what he has labeled unfair trade practices on the part of Beijing.

Meanwhile, China has warned of equal retaliation, including duties on some of its most significant U.S. imports, like aircraft, soybeans and vehicles.

Meanwhile, Chinese grain merchants are seeking to resume purchases of U.S. sorghum after an anti-dumping probe by Beijing halted trade of the grain. Because of the probe, U.S. farmers didn’t plant as much and now sorghum supplies are tight, according to dealers.

Importers in China have been calling U.S. traders to check on prices and availability since Beijing dropped its months-long investigation on May 17, but much of their would-be shipments of sorghum were sold to other countries along with U.S. ethanol makers during the trade spat, the dealers said.

Beijing had slapped a hefty deposit on U.S. sorghum imports in April, raising the costs for its buyers and sending benchmark prices spiraling lower.

The decline of available supplies now shows how trade disputes between the two biggest economies has created challenges for Chinese companies that want to purchase U.S. sorghum to feed livestock and make a fiery liquor called baijiu.

The sorghum supplies are set to remain tight until this autumn, when its time to harvest crops, traders said. But even those harvests will likely be hurt by the trade conflict. Some U.S. farmers said they scrapped plans to plant sorghum, choosing corn instead, because China’s probe had hurt prices.

U.S. sorghum output as of March 1 totaled 138.273 million bushels, the lowest in three years, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Since China dropped the probe, prices for the grain have spiked about 80 cents, with basis bids at around 40 cents a bushel above Chicago Board of Trade December corn futures.

According to the N.C. Department of Agriculture, sorghum grain is a $2.6 million crop in the state.

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Workers transport imported soybean products at a port in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, on March 22.

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SPORTS Wake’s Dailey goes out a winner thanks to Kupcho, B3

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COLLEGE BASEBALL

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NC State coach Elliott Avent and Florida State coach Mike Martin shake hands after the Seminoles defeated the Wolfpack at the 2018 ACC Baseball Tournament in Durham.

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UNC, NC State and ECU are all among the top 16 seeds and will serve as hosts for next week’s NCAA baseball regional tournaments

Duke men lose in title game to Yale Foxborough, Mass.

Yale won its first men’s lacrosse championship since 1883, beating Duke 13-11 on Monday in the NCAA final at Gillette Stadium. The Bulldogs scored 36 seconds in and built a 3-0 lead, never allowing the Blue Devils to even up the score.

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NC State’s Dorn withdraws from NBA Draft Raleigh NC State forward Torin Dorn announced Sunday that he is withdrawing from the 2018 NBA Draft and returning for his senior season. Dorn did not retain an agent so he had the option to return. He announced his decision on his Twitter feed. Dorn averaged 13.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game last season.

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Charlotte player dies at AAU event in Virginia Hampton, Va. A Charlotte high school basketball player collapsed and died Saturday night in Virginia during a game at a Nike Elite Youth Basketball League event. James Hampton a prospect for the Class of 2019, was playing for Team United when he suddenly fell to the court at the Boo Williams Sports Complex in Hampton, Va., team director Jacoby Davis confirmed to The Charlotte Observer. Hampton, 17, was a senior at Liberty Heights, a private school.

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Devils went on to win those series).

Needless to say, the tailspin at the DBAP stung the teams more.

The Tar Heels saw themselves get bounced from the tournament by a Pitt team that they swept earlier in the season by a combined 32-5 score and led in the ACC Tournament at the seventh-inning stretch.

“Well, you’re going to play close games. You’re going to have guys on base. You’ve got to get a big hit,” UNC coach Mike Fox said.

“For us, I mean, we just — when we don’t play defense, we have a hard time winning. … Just got to give them credit. They stepped up there and got a base hit after a couple walks, and we didn’t. It’s just baseball. It’s part of it. But we don’t make a couple plays in the outfield, we don’t field a bunt, we have a passed ball, just probably five or six things that — the takeaway from our team is we can’t do that. You can’t do that in a re-

THIS YEAR, the road to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., will run straight through the state of North Carolina.

The NCAA announced Sunday that three of the 16 regionals that make up the opening weekend of its national championship tournament will be held at sites in the Old North State.

North Carolina, NC State and East Carolina were all among the top 16 seeds selected as regional hosts. Duke, UNC Wilmington, Campbell and NC A&T were also selected when the rest of the field was announced on Monday.

Of the three host schools, State is the only one whose selection was up in the air until the announcement was made. The Wolfpack’s status was put into doubt by an 0-2 showing at last week’s ACC tournament.

Not that coach Elliott Avent was concerned.

“The whole season has been good,” he said.

“I’ve seen a lot of people write some stuff at the end I didn’t understand. It’s like, ‘What’s going on?’ But you play Florida State four of the last five games and you see they’re a national seed and one of the hottest teams in the country. You can’t win them all.”

Although the NCAA selection committee agreed with Avent’s assessment that his team deserved to host a regional, it didn’t do State any favors by establishing it as the No. 16 overall seed. Not only did the Wolfpack draw arguably the best No. 2 seed, Auburn, but if it goes on to win the regional and advance to the Super Regionals, NC State would be matched against the pod hosted by No. 1-ranked and defending national champion Florida.

State will begin its postseason run on Friday at 7 p.m. against fourth-seeded Army. Auburn and No. 3 Northeastern round out the region.

This will be the second time in three years and the sixth time in program history that the Wolfpack has hosted a regional.

A few miles down the I-40 in Chapel Hill, UNC will begin NCAA tournament play at 2 p.m. on Friday against fourth-seeded in-state rival NC A&T. Purdue is the No. 2 seed with Houston at No. 3.

This is the second straight year and the 10th time overall that coach Mike Fox’s team will

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North Carolina infielder Kyle Datres bats during the 2018 ACC Baseball Tournament in Durham.

Triangle teams fall short in ACC baseball tourney State, UNC and Duke all eliminated in pool play

By Shawn Krest North State Journal THIS YEAR’S ACC baseball season appeared to be a breakthrough year for Triangle teams.

North Carolina, NC State and Duke were ranked in or near the Top 10 all season long and entered the ACC tournament as three of the top four seeds.

Then, over a three-day span, the Tar Heels, Wolfpack and Blue Devils went a combined 2-4, getting eliminated from pool play by five-seed Louisville, six-seed Florida State and Pitt, who had the 12th and final seed. It’s just the second time this year that the three teams have combined for a 2-4 record: March 9-10 saw the Heels lose twice to Louisville, while State and Duke split with Boston College and UVA, respectively (although the Pack and Blue

7 North Carolina schools that earned bids to the NCAA baseball tournament: UNC, NC State, ECU, Duke, UNC Wilmington, Campbell and NC A&T.

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TRENDING

Mike Trout: The center fielder went 5-for-5, his first career five-hit game, to lead the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday night at Yankee Stadium. Trout doubled in his first two at-bats, hit a go-ahead two-run home run in his third at-bat in the fourth and hit his second RBI double of the game in the sixth. His fifth hit was an infield single in the seventh.

Venus Williams: The 2002 French Open champion was stunned by unseeded Wang Qiang of China in a rematch of their firstround meeting last year. The ninth-seeded Williams has struggled on clay this season and that continued in a 6-4, 7-5 loss on Sunday. Williams had a whopping 35 unforced errors in the hard-fought match that lasted an hour and 40 minutes. While her singles run is over, Venus and Serena Williams are still slotted to compete in doubles as a wild-card entrant.

Daniel Alfredsson: The former 13‑year captain of the Ottawa Senators has reportedly spoken with Ottawa mayor Jim Watson about the hope for new ownership for the team instead of Eugene Melnyk.

Melnyk, who turned 59 on Sunday, bought the team in 2003, when Alfredsson was seven seasons into his 18-year NHL career. The owner has been involved in several contentious situations between players and fans over the years since, including the contract dispute that led to Alfredsson leaving Ottawa in 2013 to play the final year of his career with the Detroit Red Wings.

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Golden State erased a 15-point deficit and claimed Game 7 of the Western Conference finals with a 101-92 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday at Toyota Center in Houston. Stephen Curry scored 14 of his 27 points in the third period as the Warriors secured their fourth consecutive berth in the NBA Finals.

The Warriors will face the Cavaliers in the Finals for the fourth straight year starting on Thursday in Oakland, Calif.

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“I don’t even want to be here, because I’m pretty sad.”

Danica Patrick following the Indianapolis 500, where she crashed and finished 30th in her final race.

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“I tried to squeeze the orange until there was no more juice.”

Cavaliers forward LeBron James after his 35-point, 15-rebound, nine-assist effort in Cleveland’s Game 7 win over Boston in the Eastern Conference Finals.

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Will Power, the IndyCar Series champion in 2014, finally reached the apex of open-wheel racing with his first win at the Indianapolis 500. The 37-year-old driver won on his 11th attempt — he finished second in 2015 — giving team owner Roger Penske his 17th win at the Brickyard.

Greensboro’s John Isner dispatched fellow American Noah Rubin 6-3, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (9) in the rain-delayed first round of the French Open on Tuesday. Isner, the ninth seed, will face Argentinian Horacio Zeballos in the second round on Thursday. Isner is 3-0 all-time against Zeballos.

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Consecutive trips to the NBA Finals for LeBron James. James reached the Finals four years in a row with the Miami Heat from 2011-14, winning titles in 2012 and 2013, and has now guided the Cavaliers to the Eastern Conference championship four straight seasons, bringing a longawaited NBA crown to Cleveland in 2016.

Tomas Nosek scored the game-winner with 10:16 remaining in the third period to lead the Vegas Golden Knights to a wild 6-4 victory over the Washington Capitals in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury had 24 saves in the win, improving expansion Vegas to 13-3 this postseason.

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Kupcho wins Wake its first women’s golf title Retiring coach Dianne Dailey has won 14 team titles, but junior gives outgoing coach her first individual champion

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Columbus State’s Chase Brown collects a base hit during Sunday’s Division II College World Series game against Mercyhurst in Cary.

D2 baseball tournament ‘where it belongs’ in Cary After losing the tournament in 2017 due to H.B. 2, the NCAA returned to Cary for this year’s event

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal CARY — As a youngster growing up in Nebraska, Mark Clements’ father took him to Omaha every spring to attend the Division I College World Series at historic old Rosenblatt Stadium.

It was an experience that had a profound effect on him.

Clements, an associate athletic director at Northwest Missouri State and the chairman of the NCAA Division II baseball committee, was struck by how much fun he had and, as he thinks back, how perfectly suited the venue was for the event.

He said he gets a similar feeling these days as wanders around the ballpark taking in the sights and sounds at the Division II College World Series, which is currently going on at the USA Baseball Training Complex.

“I look forward to this like no other event,” Clements said.

The appreciation he and others associated with the D2 CWS have for the weeklong tournament in Cary has been heightened this year because of the unwanted sabbatical it took to Grand Prairie, Texas, in 2017.

The championship was one of several the NCAA pulled out of North Carolina because of the state’s controversial “bathroom bill” known as H.B. 2.

Losing the World Series was a blow to those that worked so hard to bring it here a decade ago and put considerable effort into making Cary as synonymous to the Division II event as Omaha is to Division I. “I was concerned about H.B. 2 and whether this event would ever come back,” said Scott Dupree, executive director of the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance. “I was also concerned at the start before I went to Grand Prairie that even if the event left for one year, would they go somewhere and find somewhere bigger and better, nicer and newer and never come back?”

As it turned out, Dupree and others associated with co-hosts University of Mount Olive, Town of Cary and USA Baseball need not have worried. Because when it comes to the Division II World Series, absence does apparently make the heart grow fonder.

It didn’t hurt that the experience in Grand Prairie was any-

ACC from page B1 gional game or you’re not going to win.”

State lost to a Florida State team that had beaten it on back-to-back walk-off hits the previous weekend in Tallahassee. Like Duke against Louisville, it fell behind 4-0 early and couldn’t recover.

The Wolfpack also lost their tournament opener, in a meaningless game against Virginia.

Duke beat Wake Forest in a 13-inning bullpen-taxing marathon of a meaningless game the day before the showdown against Louisville.

“I’m extremely proud of our team,” Duke coach Chris Pollard said. “I’m proud of our team today.

The University of Mount Olive, Town of Cary and USA Baseball are the hosts for the NCAA Division II College World Series, which returned to North Carolina after a year away because of H.B. 2. thing but optimal.

There were issues involving the minor league team whose stadium was being used for the games, along with other logistical problems, including the location and condition of practice fields.

“Not to speak ill, but last year’s experience was definitely a different spectre,” Clements said. “I can say being here in Cary is like heaven. It’s coming home. I’m not a big social media guy, but my post on Friday when we got here was, ‘We’re back where we belong, where people know your name and care about this event.’”

Although the Division II World Series is much smaller in scope and gets considerably less attention than its Division I cousin in Omaha, you’d never know it from the way co-tournament directors Jeff Eisen of Mount Olive and Town of Cary’s Ronnie Rost, and the staff of USA Baseball approach it.

From the pretournament banquet at RBC Center to the fireworks display on opening night and an optional side trip to a Durham Bulls game, local organizers have done everything they can to make the experience a memorable one for those involved.

“This experience here is fantastic,” said UC San Diego coach Eric Newman, whose team finished as the national runner-up last year in Grand Prairie. “I can’t say enough about how this atmosphere feels and how enjoyable it is to be part of this. I’m happy for our players, I’m happy to be a part of this.”

Along with Newman’s Tritons, the other teams involved in this year’s double-elimination tournament are Augustana, Columbus State, Florida Southern, Mercyhurst, Southern Indiana, South-

I’m not talking about the season.

I’m talking about what they did today. For a team that played 13 innings yesterday and got down big early today, you will never see a team in my opinion play harder in a big separation like that ballgame was. Guys laying out, leaving their feet to make plays.”

Having the top teams eliminated in pool play is nothing new for the ACC, which continues to tinker with a tournament format that drew criticism this year.

This year’s championship game saw Florida State top Louisville for its third title in four years. The Noles have won those championships while seeded fourth, sixth and eighth.

In the last five ACC tourneys,

ern New Hampshire and Texas A&M-Kingsville.

Games are scheduled every day this week, weather permitting, with the championship decided on Saturday at 3 p.m. In addition to the fireworks, a number of other promotions and giveaways are also scheduled.

“We want to bring in new experiences and look to things that are different and fresh to keep the trend that we had going and keep moving in the right direction,” Eisen said. “We want it to be a great experience for the student-athlete. I think everybody’s happy with it here.”

While the hospitality is a major reason why the D2 World Series has become such a fixture in Cary — and will remain so through at least through 2022 — it’s only part of the equation.

The other half is the venue itself.

The USA Baseball Training Center features four immaculately manicured fields built to Major League specifications, allowing teams to practice in the same complex and under the same conditions as they play. The signature field — Coleman Stadium — has a capacity of about 3,500 both in permanent seating and two large grassy banks, and it is adorned with championship signage everywhere the eye can see.

“When we first talked about this facility bringing the D2 World Series here, we thought that this could be the perfect park and the perfect destination for this event,” Dupree said. “We wondered that and thought it, but didn’t know it.

Now 10 years later I can say confidently that this is the perfect venue for this event. The community, the ballpark, the partners, everything has come together perfectly.”

“You can’t do that in a regional game or you’re not going to win.”

UNC coach Mike Fox on the Tar Heels’ struggles at the ACC tournament only one team seeded in the top three — No. 2 North Carolina last year — has made the championship game. Since the last one-two matchup in 2011, only two topthree seeds have made the title game.

WAKE FOREST has a long and storied tradition of golf success. But until recently, its roll call of champions — which includes the likes of Arnold Palmer, Curtis Strange and Jay Haas — has been the exclusive domain of the men.

It took some long drives and a short memory for a woman to finally gain entry into the boys club.

Jennifer Kupcho nearly became the Deacons’ first female national champion a year ago when she let a late lead slip away before settling for a runner-up finish. This time she built on an opening-round 65 to post a wire-to-wire victory at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla.

Her 8-under-par score was two shots better than Arizona’s Bianca Pagdanganan and Stanford’s Andrea Lee. “It’s so exciting to get it started on the women’s side,” Kupcho said of her historic accomplishment. “It’s just an amazing feeling. It’s good to bounce back from last year, because that was such a heartbreak and now, I finally did it.”

Kupcho held a four-shot lead during the final round of the 2017 NCAA Championship and was still two strokes clear of the field when she put her second shot on the par-4 17th hole into the water.

She ended up taking triple bogey and finished one agonzing shot behind eventual winner Monica Vaughn of Arizona State.

Although she did her best to suppress the memory of that disappointment by opening the tournament with a course-record 65, then holding or being tied for the lead after each of the next two rounds, it came rushing back on Sunday when she dropped four shots over an early threehole stretch.

“I had a little bit of a flashback that it was going to be just like last year,” said Kupcho, who is planning to return for her senior year rather than turning pro.

Instead, she quickly put those thoughts out of her mind and flipped the script by battling back from a four-shot deficit to regain the lead by the time she left the 16th hole.

“That golf course is a very difficult course,” Wake Forest coach Dianne Dailey said. “It’s one of those things were a lead can change in a heartbeat. My assistant (Ryan Potter) was walking with her and kept telling her

to just keep playing her game, something will happen. I think that really calmed her down and helped her.”

While Potter helped Kupcho right the ship when her round began talking on water, it was the rest of her teammates that got her through the final few holes.

It was a boost that, according to the Colorado native, turned her individual championship into a team effort.

“That meant so much,” she said of the support she got from her fellow Deacons. “They were just being so loud and making me smile the whole time. I think it might have been a different story last year if they’d have been there when it happened. There would been a lot of encouragement, and I would probably have been able to turn it around on 18.”

Even with that vocal support behind her, the final two holes were anything but easy.

She managed to hit a narrow fairway off the tee on No. 17 then, unaware that she held a one-shot lead, she decided to go for the green on the par-5 18th rather than playing it safe and laying up.

“I looked up and saw it was 200 yards,” she said. “If it had been more than that I would have had to hit 3-wood, and I might have questioned it a little bit. But because I had a hybrid in my hand and I hit that club so well, it never even crossed my mind to lay up.”

It turned out to be a good decision. Kupcho put the ball on the green and two-putted for a long-awaited championship that became even more emotional afterward when Dailey announced her retirement after 30 seasons as the Deacons’ coach.

“She told us when we got back to the hotel that night, and I think we were all in shock,” Kupcho said.

“It’s just great to be able to do this for coach in her last season here.”

Dailey said that she’d already decided to retire before Kupcho won her title, but that the timing of the two made for a fitting exclamation point to a career that saw her lead Wake to 25 NCAA regionals and 14 team national championships.

“We’ve had some outstanding teams as well as individual performances, but never a national champion. That makes this one very special,” Dailey said. “It’s great for our program and the recognition these students deserve for all their hard work over the years.

“Everyone has been sort of laying the foundation and groundwork for this to happen for Jennifer, and I just love it for her because she’s such a great player.

To be able to put yourself in position to win a national championship two years in a row is phenomenal. Not many people can come back and do that twice.”

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Junior Jennifer Kupcho became the first woman’s player in Wake Forest history to win an NCAA title.

“I don’t know,” State coach Elliott Avent said of the tournament format. “We sit there as coaches, the ACC, all of us, we all try to figure out a scenario, and we’ve gone back and forth. I mean, the double elimination I’ve always thought was the best thing because then every game means something.

You’ve got to play to advance. But then you wind up playing six or seven games, five games, whatever. You run your pitching ragged from a year that’s already been 56 games.”

“I’ve seen some people say there’s some meaningless games going on,” Avent added. “I don’t know if I’ve ever played in a meaningless game in my life. We went out there and tried to win. If you

don’t try to win at everything you do — you can’t turn a switch on and off.”

Each of the teams will have a week to recover before starting NCAA play. State and Carolina will each host regionals, while Duke, whose DBAP home isn’t available this weekend, was sent on the road, rather than having on-campus park Jack Coombs Field host.

Not that playing at the DBAP helped the Blue Devils during the ACC Tournament.

“We had expectations of winning, and we didn’t do it,” said Duke senior infielder Max Miller. “And regardless of (where we’re playing) next week, we’re going to be ready to go.”

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Kyle Busch dominant in Coca-Cola 600 win Joe Gibbs Racing driver earns fourth win of the season and first career point race victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway Field Level Media KYLE BUSCH had won 15 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but none of them was in NASCAR’s top Cup Series.

He emphatically crossed that off the list Sunday, dominating the sport’s longest race, the Coca-Cola 600, as few others have at any track.

He led 377 of the 400 laps on his way to Victory Lane, and the win at CMS accomplished the rarest achievement: a Cup victory at each of the tracks currently NASCAR races on, making him the only driver to do so.

And Busch got maximum points in the victory, winning all three stages along the way to taking the checkered flag at the finish for his 47th Cup victory.

“This one’s very special,” he said,

adding “The Coke 600, I dreamed of this race as a kid and winning this race. ... It’s a little boys’ dream come true.”

Rounding out the top five, in order, were Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson.

The 600 had a unique format this year, with three stages instead of the usual two followed by the race to the finish. At 400 laps, the race was broken down into three 100-laps stages and the final 100 laps to the finish on the 1.5-mile track.

And winning a stage carries an additional point into each round of NASCAR’s playoffs, something Busch had only done twice this season before Sunday.

Busch started on the pole and had little trouble holding the lead once the race started. After the caution flag flew on Lap 36 for a blown right-rear tire on Austin Dillon’s car, the field pitted and a fast stop by Busch’s crew kept him in the lead, followed by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Hamlin and Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney.

Busch easily maintained that

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Kyle Busch celebrates after winning the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, his fourth win of the 2018 season. lead, but Kevin Harvick — winner of five points races this season plus the All-Star Race last weekend at Charlotte — had moved from his 39th-place start to sixth after 50 laps.

Harvick climbed to fourth after 83 laps but then blew his leftfront tire and hit the wall in Turn 4, causing serious right-side damage to his No. 4 Ford. He was un-

able to continue and wound up last in 40th place.

Busch cruised to the stage victory, leading Blaney’s No. 12 Ford by 1.473 seconds. Busch led 94 of the 100 laps.

Fuel and pit strategies started to come into play in Stage 2, and when all the green-flag pit stops had cycled through near the end of Stage 2, Busch was comfortably

back in the lead, beating Truex in the No. 78 Toyota by more than three seconds.

Busch rolled his way through Stage 3 as well, beating teammate Erik Jones in the No. 20 by 2.644 seconds to win Stage 3 to set up a run for a perfect day.

The Cup Series heads to Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., next Sunday for the Pocono 400.

NC has plenty of connections to NBA Finals this season, but he’s boosted his production and playing time slightly in the postseason. Livingston also has the honor of being the only former Charlotte player in this year’s Finals. He suited up for the 2010-11 Bobcats, averaging 6.6 points in 73 games off the bench.

J.R. Smith: Another high-schoolto-NBA player, Smith had signed a letter of intent with UNC before declaring for the draft after the 2004 McDonald’s All-American Game.

One of the game’s true characters, Smith is in his fourth straight Finals with Cleveland and is known for his shirtless celebrations following the team’s 2016 championship. He averaged 8.3 points as a starter for the Cavaliers this year.

Steph Curry, Quinn Cook among area players competing for league

By Shawn Krest North State Journal STOP US if you’ve heard this one before: The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will play for the NBA championship this year.

For the fourth year in a row, the NBA Finals feature a Warriors-Cavs matchup, the longest streak in NBA history.

While the teams haven’t changed, both rosters have seen plenty of turnover in the past four years. Looking back to the 2015 Finals matchup, Golden State featured former Tar Heels Harrison Barnes and James Michael McAdoo, while UNC’s Brendan Haywood and Duke’s Kyrie Irving played for Cleveland. All have moved on over the past four seasons. Former Blue Devil Dahntay Jones came and went from the Cavaliers roster.

So, with the 2018 versions of the teams tipping off on Thursday night, here’s a look at the North Carolina connections on Cleveland and Golden State.

The alumni Stephen Curry: The Davidson and Charlotte Christian High alumnus has been the face of Golden State since the Warriors took their place at the top of the NBA hierarchy. This season was a tough one for the two-time MVP. Curry battled injuries that limited him to just 51 games, his fewest since ankle and foot problems held him to 26 games in 2011-12. The right ankle cost him two weeks in December, and a sprained MCL in his left knee kept him out for more than a month spanning the end of the regular season and the start of the play-

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Warriors guard Quinn Cook guards Rockets guard Chris Paul during Game 5 of the Western Conference finals. Cook is one of several people with ties to N.C. participating in the NBA Finals. offs. Curry appears to be back to top form after torching the Rockets in the Western Conference finals. Curry scored 11 straight points to lead a Game 7 comeback, finishing with 27 points, nine rebounds, 10 assists and four steals in the deciding game.

Quinn Cook: The former Duke point guard and lone senior on the 2015 national champions finally got an extended NBA shot after years of bouncing around with minor league teams and cups of coffee in the league. In 33 games with Golden State, which tripled his career total for games played, Cook av-

eraged 9.5 points and 2.7 assists. He has reached double digits in scoring four times in the postseason, including 11 against Houston in Game 3.

Cook helps extend Duke’s NBA Finals streak, one which puts Golden State’s and Cleveland’s to shame.

At least one former Blue Devil has made it to the NBA Finals for the last seven years. Only Texas (eight) has a longer current run.

Rodney Hood: Duke has a pair of former players in the Finals for the second straight year, as Hood joins his former teammate in representing the Blue Devils. Hood played one year for Duke after transfer-

ring from Mississippi State. He joined Cleveland in a trade deadline deal and averaged 10.8 points in 21 games. He’s played sparingly in the postseason, averaging just 4.9 points in 15.6 minutes.

The near-alumni Shaun Livingston: A holdover from the high-school-to-pro era, Livingston was a Duke commit before choosing to enter the 2004 NBA Draft straight out of high school. Livingston heads to his fourth straight Finals with Golden State. The 32-year-old averaged 5.5 points in 15.9 minutes off the bench

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Should UNC survive its regional this time around, it would be paired against the winner of the Stetson bracket in a Super Regional.

As the No. 6 national seed, the Tar Heels would also host the Super Regional if they advance that far.

“Hosting a regional is extremely difficult to do,” Fox said. “That was these kids’ first goal. The national seed is certainly good and is a credit to what our kids did during the regular season in the conference.”

For ECU, the regional is icing on the cake after a successful week in which it won the American Athletic Conference tournament title for the second time in four years under coach Cliff Godwin.

The Pirates are the No. 12 overall seed, matched against the winner of the Arkansas regional. But they’ll have to survive a difficult draw to get there. Not only is South Carolina a formidable foe as a two seed, along with Ohio State at No. 3, but ECU may have been given the most

Duke pitcher Graeme Stinson congratulates Duke outfielder Griffin Conine during the 2018 ACC Baseball Tournament in Durham.

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difficult fourth seed in the field in traditional rival UNC Wilmington.

The Pirates beat the Seahawks in both regular season meetings, but both games were close. ECU won 6-4 in Greenville on April 3 and

5-4 in Wilmington on May 9. Friday’s regional matchup at Clark-LeClair Stadium will begin at 7 p.m.

This will be the second on-campus opportunity for the Pirates and first since a 2009 event in which it

beat South Carolina in extra innings to move on to the Super Regionals. ECU also hosted regionals in Wilson in 2001 and Kinston in 2004, along with a Super Regional against Tennessee in Kinston in

The high school alumni David West: The 37-year-old veteran is headed to his second straight Finals with Golden State as part of his 15-year NBA career with four teams. West played for Garner Magnet High School in Garner, N.C., before transferring to Hargrave Military Academy to complete his high school career. As a backup center, West averaged 6.8 points per game this year for the Warriors, boosting his average by more than two points from last season.

On the bench Larry Drew: The Cavaliers associate head coach took over as interim coach for nine games when Tyronn Lue was suffering from health problems. He’s best known around this state for his son, Larry Drew II, who spent three years as UNC’s point guard, winning an NCAA title in 2009 before transferring to UCLA for his final season.

Mike Longabardi: Another member of the Cleveland staff, Longabardi had a brief stopover in North Carolina, starting his coaching career in 1996-97 as an assistant for Pfeiffer University.

2001.

“I’m just happy for East Carolina University. I’m happy for the city of Greenville. I’m happy for our players. I’m happy for all the players I played with that were No. 1 seeds and couldn’t host it (before) Clark-LeClair,” said Godwin, who was the starting catcher on that 2001 Super Regional team. “It’s a neat moment, and I want our guys to enjoy it. But we’ve got to play baseball, and we’ve got to keep away the distractions.”

Although Duke won’t be playing at home like its state ACC neighbors, the Blue Devils will be playing in a regional with a distinct North Carolina flavor despite it being held in Athens, Ga. Not only will the Blue Devils be there, along with top-seeded Georgia and No. 3 Troy, but the No. 4 seed in the field is the Big South champion Campbell Camels.

The Duke-Troy game will be played at 2 p.m. with Campbell vs.

Georgia following at 7 p.m.

Should either of the teams survive and advance, they would play a Super Regional against the winner of the Texas Tech regional.

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May 30-Sept. 3 Dinosaurs! At the N.C. Aquarium N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher, Kure Beach Discover “DINOSAURS!” at the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher.

Stroll through the aquarium’s outdoor garden to see fearsome, prehistoric creatures like the T-Rex, Dilophosaurus and Diabloceratops and watch as new toothy terrors hatch to life. Visit www.ncacquariums.com for more information.

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Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger as Strike and Robin in The Strike Series.

J.K. Rowling quietly finds success with new project The Harry Potter author works retro magic in crime series

By Jeff Pfeiffer TV Guide WHEN HARRY POTTER author J.K. Rowling began tackling a quite different storytelling genre — crime novels — she wanted to do so without any of the expectation or hype that would come with her famous name. To accomplish this, she used the male pseudonym “Robert Galbraith” when she wrote what has become, to date, the three-book series of detective novels featuring London private investigator Cormoran Strike.

The first Strike novel Rowling published as Galbraith, The Cuckoo’s Calling, came out in 2013 to acclaim from reviewers and fellow crime writers. Rowling’s identity as the author of that novel didn’t remain a mystery for long, but she went on to write two other Strike books under the Galbraith name to maintain the distinction from her other writing.

However, Rowling is credited under her real name as an executive producer on the screen adaptation of her books. The series aired in the U.K. last year under the title Strike and debuts in America on Cinemax this month as C.B. Strike.

No matter what it’s titled, the series is worth a watch, not just for fans of the books or of Rowling herself, but also for people who enjoy old-school detective series with a modern twist.

In its style and tone, and its relatively understated presentation, C.B. Strike combines the best of classic British mystery series like Inspector Morse with elements from American film noir detective dramas of the past to come up with something original. It’s a highly compelling series in which the two main characters — Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike and Holliday Grainger as Robin Ellacott — can be an even more intriguing focus than the mysteries.

“I think [it] kind of harkens back to the retro ’70s detective TV shows,” Grainger told us. “It’s like technology or social media or whatever doesn’t really play a part in it, so there is this kind of retro classic feel to it.”

When we first meet Strike, he seems like he will be the usual rumpled type of private investigator we’ve become used to seeing in many movies and TV shows. But we quickly learn that the investigator — a former military policeman who lost part of his leg in

PHOTO BY SIMON JAMES MATTHEWS

J.K. Rowling attends The EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) at the Royal Albert Hall on 12th February 2017 in London.

Afghanistan — has intelligence, moral clarity and pain beneath the surface.

“He’s a bit of a fugitive from his past,” Burke revealed to us about Strike. “When I first [was cast], he seemed like this bloke who [just] ate pies and drank bitter at his regular pubs. But underneath all that was something incredibly unusual, and exotic, and fragile.

I don’t think anybody’s just a big bloke who drinks beer.”

In his performance, Burke expertly and subtly conveys that fragility of Strike’s over the course of the first season, which is composed of seven episodes. The first three hours make up The Cuckoo’s Calling, an adaptation of Rowling’s first book; there are then two hours each devoted to the follow-up novels, The Silkworm and Career of Evil.

Each ensuing episode of the series lets us in a little more into the secrets of Strike’s past — not just

his days in the military, but also his personal background as the son of a famed rocker father and a groupie mother.

“You understand how that thick skin has grown over all that stuff,” Burke explains of the audience’s insights into Strike’s past, which are every bit as revealing as the clues uncovered for a particular case on which he is working.

We also delve more into Grainger’s character. Robin starts out as a temporary assistant to Strike, but she quickly proves her own case-solving mettle and struggles between finding a “real job,” which her fiancé, Matthew (Kerr Logan), at first wants her to do, versus staying on with Strike and following her real passion for casework.

Just as with Strike, our perceptions of who Robin is are turned around almost immediately.

Many private-eye stories have a “girl Friday” sort of character, a fe-

male assistant who helps the detective and might get into some of the action on occasion, but about whom we end up learning little on a personal level. That is not the case with Robin.

As the series progresses, we watch her trying to balance not only the hopes that Strike and Matthew have for her, but, more importantly, trying to figure out what she herself wants out of life.

“In some ways, she strikes me as a slightly more mysterious character,” Burke said of Robin.

“The thing I love about the characters,” said Grainger, “and love about how the book is written, is that the relationship between Strike and Robin is a slow-burning story. No matter what the main storyline of the mystery is going on, the audience learns about Strike and about Robin as they’re learning about each other.”

That ties back to something interesting that Burke said about the series. Beyond the plots of the three murder mysteries, he explained that Rowling’s characterizations of the leads builds “the kind of framework for this other [kind of] mystery, which is the mystery between two human beings, between Robin and Strike, which is written in such a brilliantly gentle, nuanced way in the books.”

The series develops them in a similarly nuanced way, and after watching C.B. Strike, you may find yourself wanting to follow these characters more. You wouldn’t be alone — both actors told us that they can’t wait to revisit these roles. But there won’t be another series until Rowling completes the latest Strike novel.

“There is a fourth book on the way,” Burke said. “[Rowling’s] told us about it. But, I don’t think I’ll necessarily be filming it until 2020. … I’d love to do more.

I could quite happily do several more.”

Grainger concurred.

“I would be onboard for Robin,” the actress said. “I can’t wait. I’m so excited. I believe that the fourth book is nearly finished being written, and I can’t wait to read it, because I would love to know — not even from an actor’s view, but just from a reader’s point of view — I’m desperate to know what happens with Strike and Robin in the next book.”

That’s a mystery that won’t be resolved for a while yet.

C.B. Strike airs on Cinemax Fridays beginning June 1.

Beginning the first Friday of June, and continuing through August, the Jones House Community Center will host a summer concert series. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and dancing shoes for an enjoyable evening on the front lawn and that is free to the public.

Visit www.joneshouse.org for more information.

June 1-June 2 23rd Annual Spring Farm Fest Haywood County Fairgrounds, Waynesville Enjoy the annual Spring Farm Fest at the Haywood County Fairgrounds featuring a tractor pull, parade of power, tractor games and tractor train rides for kids. Local food and craft vendors will be there, and admission is free to the public. Visit www.olesmokytractorclub.com for more information.

June 2-June 3 N.C. Black Bear Festival & Blackberry Extravaganza East Water Street, Plymouth Celebrate the first ever National Black Bear Day at the N.C. Black Bear Festival. The festival features a performance by The Embers, wild bear tours, presentations by the N.C. Black Bear Biologists and bear-themed activities like a Bear Necessities Paddle, Run with the Bears 5K and Baby Bear Contest.

Visit www.ncbearfest.com for more information.

June 2 33rd Annual Carolina Beach Music Festival Cape Fear Blvd & Carolina Beach Ave South, Carolina Beach Feel the sand beneath your feet at the annual Carolina Beach Music Festival—N.C.’s only music festival held on the beach. This year’s beach bands include Band of Oz, Black Water Rhythm & Blues Band and Jim Quick & Coastline. Visit www. wilmingtonandbeaches.com for more information.

June 2 Trax-Side Food Truck Rodeo Memorial Park Drive, Thomasville Spend the day in downtown Thomasville at the Trax-Side Food Truck Rodeo. Listen to live performances by Karolina Rose Band, Brothers Pearl, Street Party Band and Morgan Keene Band and enjoy delicious offerings from a variety of food trucks. The rodeo is from 11:30AM to 8:00PM.

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history marked

“The Outsider: A Novel”

May 30, 1935

May 31, 1870

June 1, 1898

By Stephen King; Released May 22, 2018

George Denny and the beginnings of talk radio

Cotton planter patented

by N.C. inventor

The Vanderbilts of Biltmore marry in Paris

On May 30, 1935, “America’s Town Meeting of the Air” debuted on the radio. The show, America’s first political talk program, was hosted

by Washington, N.C., native, George V. Denny, Jr. With dreams of being an actor, Denny moved to New York after attending UNC. Finding no work in the theater, Denny worked briefly in outreach at Columbia University before being hired by the League for Political Education. Denny eventually rose to become the organization’s director and pitched the idea of a radio show featuring guests with opposing viewpoints debating the major issues of the day. As the show’s moderator, he formatted the show like an old town hall meeting in which audience members could engage with the guests. The format gave the show its energy and popularity. The show’s first episode was called, “Which Way America? Fascism, Communism, Socialism or Democracy,” and was picked up by only 18 stations. At its peak, it attracted more than 3 million listeners weekly.

Denny served as the program’s moderator until 1952. The program left the air in 1956.

On May 31, 1870, Richmond County inventor James Lytch was awarded a patent for the Eclipse Lytch Cottonseed Planter. Exhibited at agricultural fairs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, Lytch’s planter became the instrument of choice in the South. The planter could be purchased for $12. In 1872 Lytch received a medal from the Cape Fear Agricultural Association for his work with cotton planting. He also received an award at the International Cotton Expo in Atlanta in 1881.

According to the inventor, 1,000 of his planters were in use by 1880. Among Lytch’s other inventions were a cotton scraper, cider mill and fertilizer distributor. He also developed a door check for stopping doors, gates and window shutters, as well as a greaser for buggy axles.

After James Lytch’s death in 1890, his son, Daniel, continued to produce the popular cotton planter in a manufacturing facility near the family home in the X-Way community of what is now Scotland County.

On June 1, 1898, Biltmore Estate owner George Washington Vanderbilt wed American socialite Edith Stuyvesant Dresser in a civil ceremony in Paris. The next day, the couple exchanged vows again during a religious ceremony in Paris’ American Cathedral with much of society’s elite present. Back home in Asheville, the new bride quickly endeared herself to estate workers, delivering food and medicine to their families when needed, and bringing gifts when babies were born. The Vanderbilts’ own child, Cornelia, was born in 1900. Already actively involved in the community, George helped establish the Biltmore Forest School—America’s first institute for scientific forestry—while Edith started a school to teach young women housekeeping skills. In 1901, the couple created Biltmore Estate Industries to help area residents learn to make and sell traditional crafts. After George died in 1914, Edith continued to support local causes.

She also served as the first female president of the North Carolina Agricultural Society and the State Fair. In 1925, Edith married Rhode Island Senator Peter Gerry. She died in 1958 at age 85.

A story of unspeakable crime through the lens of a confounding investigation. King delivers tension and suspense in his newest novel.

“Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence”

By James R. Clapper; Released May 22, 2018

Barack Obama’s director of National Intelligence shares his compelling account of the intelligence community’s successes and failures after spending 6½ years leading the nation’s intelligence community.

“The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations”

By John McCain; Released May 22, 2018

A political memoir from Sen. John McCain that takes readers through his career and provides his perspective on the current state of American politics.

“Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire”

By Bret Baier; Released May 15, 2018

Fox News host Bret Baier explores President Ronald Reagan’s dramatic battle to win the Cold War. “Three Days in Moscow” serves as the followup to Baier’s “Three Days in January,” which explored Eisenhower’s leadership at the dawn of the Cold War.

pass the popcorn summer movie preview

By Paul Hall TV Guide LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, prepare yourself to be amazed by incredible people in animated form, dinosaurs roaming the earth again, Avengers beyond those who were in theaters last week and yet another impossible mission. Yes, the 2018 iteration of our favorite time of the year, summer movie season, is upon us, so let’s take a peek at what’s already out and what we can expect to see as summer break kicks in.

Melissa McCarthy goes back to college in “Life of the Party” (in theaters) while more mature laughs come your way as Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and friends start to read “Fifty Shades of Grey” in

“Book Club” (in theaters).

Memorial Day weekend took us to a galaxy far, far away for “Solo: A Star Wars Story” from director Ron Howard. Alden Ehrenreich, 28, stepped into the role of Han Solo made famous by Harrison Ford in the original “Star Wars” trilogy that began in 1977. Ehrenreich plays a younger Solo just beginning his pilot training and seeking his own spaceship when he becomes involved in a dangerous mission in the galaxy far, far away.

“Ocean’s 8” (June 8) has women doing the caper, with Sandra Bullock leading the way for her friends.

Our favorite animated superhero family is back in “Incredibles 2” (June 15), and we can’t wait.

What if a game of tag was never-ending? That’s part of the prem-

ise behind “Tag” (June 15) with Ed Helms and Jeremy Renner.

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard reprise their roles in “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” (June 22) in a film that will be larger than life and see the dinosaurs roaming further than ever from their island home.

And “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” (June 29), a second chapter from my favorite film of 2015, will close the month out with a bang for sure.

“The First Purge” (July 4) celebrates Independence Day with another chapter in the horror franchise.

While “Avengers: Infinity War” kicked off the summer, “Ant-Man and the Wasp” (July 6) keeps it going with more of what we have come to expect from Marvel.

The weekend of July 13 has something for the kids with “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation”

and an action film with Dwayne Johnson set high in “Skyscraper.”

Don’t worry, Denzel Washington fans, “The Equalizer 2” (July 20) brings him back to the big screen for more of the same.

Those who are saying, “Where’s the musical?” “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” (July 20) arrives just in time for you.

July closes with the superheroes we are all waiting for in “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies” (July 27).

And if that wasn’t what you expected, maybe the incredible blockbuster franchise film “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” (July 27) will impress you, with Tom Cruise rocking a lot of his own stunts yet again.

If there is one thing we know, it is that we already know a lot about what to expect this summer, given the number of sequels coming to theaters. But this is just scratching the surface on what looks to be good fun at the box office, as a slew of smaller films will hit theaters in the coming months, so keep watching right here for some of the best all summer long. Pass the popcorn — large, of course.

TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 657 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Yolanda R. Lowery to Costner Law Office, PLLC, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of November, 2014, and recorded in Book 11195, Page 281, 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 507 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Juan C. Rodriguez (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Juan Rodriguez) to Henry V. Cunningham, Jr., Trustee(s), dated the 22nd day of June, 2009, and recorded in Book 8793, Page 57, and Modification in Book 11273, Page 299, and Modification in Book 12389, Page 173, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 232 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Patricia A. McClure to Dawn W. O’Dell, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of June, 1999, and recorded in Book 2584, Page 111, 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 June 11, 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:

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 June 4, 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: Being all of Lot 432 as shown on Subdivision Plat of The Mills, Phase 3, Map 2, recorded in Book 63 at Pages 100-101 in the Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Public Records. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2271 Drake Mill Lane SW, 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 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 pur-

chaser 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.

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.

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

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: 1163023 (FC.FAY)

sales, at 12:00 PM on June 4, 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: BEING all of Lot 36 of TUCKER CHASE, Map 2, as same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 48, at Page 82, in the Cabarrus County Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 11639 Tucker Field Road, Midland, 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.

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

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: 1220711 (FC.FAY)

Being 0.244 acres, lying at the southwest corner of the intersection of Reid Street and Crowell Street adjoining Jeffrey K. McClure, the following description being taken from a physical survey of the subject property dated June 2, 1999, by Rodrick A. Sutton, RLS: BEGINNING at an existing railroad spike in the southwest corner of the intersection of Reid and Crowell Street and runs thence S. 16-48-01 West 105.02 feet with Crowell Street to a point; thence N. 79-13-16 West 95.60 feet (passing over an existing disturbed 1/2” iron pipe on line at 5.31 feet) with the Northern line of Jones to a existing 1/2” Rebar; thence N. 17-06-07 East 120.00 feet (passing over an existing 1/2” Rebar on line at 98.80 feet) with the eastern line of Moore to a point; thence S. 70-11-59 East 94.57 feet with the northern edge of the right of way of Reid Street to the point of BEGINNING. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1530 Crowell Street, Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina.

For back reference see Deed Book 2066, page 145, Cabarrus 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.

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

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

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 receiv-

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ing 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: 1239689 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: May 30, 2018 and June 6, 2018

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TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 533 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Fletcher Adam McMillan, Jr. and Kenya Rachelle Gray to National Corporate Research, LTD., Trustee(s), dated the 5th day of October, 2007, and recorded in Book 07842, Page 0176, and Modification in Book 09755, Page 0218, and Modification in Book 10185, Page 0023, and Modification in Book 11620, Page 0327, and Modification in Book 12403, Page 0295, 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

JOHNSTON NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 202 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Marco E. Stallings and Virginia R. Stallings, (Marco E. Stallings and Virginia R. Stallings, both deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Katherine G. Crowder) to John M. Hunter, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of January, 1996, and recorded in Book 1492, Page 762, 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 74 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Matthew D. Mayle and Brandy Mayle to Frances Jones, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of November, 2011, and recorded in Book 4052, Page 264, 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 5, 2018 and will sell to

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 723 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James H. Briley and Elsie G. Briley, (James H. Briley, deceased) to PBRE, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of July, 2009, and recorded in Book 3739, Page 595, 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 5, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Beulah, in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 43 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Faheem Allibhai and Starlena Barnes to Allan B. Polunsky, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of July, 2013, and recorded in Book 4322, Page 224, 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 5, 2018 and will sell to

RANDOLPH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 81 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Ethel Jeanne Doring, (Ethel Jeanne Doring, deceased) (Heirs of Ethel Jeanne Doring: Michael Neil Doring, Mark John Doring, Mitchell Doring, Michelle Leigh White, Kathleen Nicole Doring and Unknown Heirs of Ethel Jeanne Doring) (Mitchell Doring, deceased) (Heirs of Mitchell Doring: Unknown Heirs of Mitchell Doring) to Atlantis National Services, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of December, 2012, and recorded in Book RE 2320, Page 1363, 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 customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM

STANLY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 65 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Wayne H. Anderson, Jr. and Amanda Anderson to Investors Title Insurance Co., Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of August, 2016, and recorded in Book 1575, Page 588, 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,

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 June 11, 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: Lying and being in Number Two (2) Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and being Lot Number 43 of The Pointe at Riverwalk, Phase 2, a map of said property being on file in Map Book 49, Page 96, Cabarrus County Registry, to which reference is hereby made for a complete description thereof as to metes and bounds. Revised map recorded in Map Book 50, at Page 66, Clerk of Court for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3015 Clover Road Northwest, Concord, 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 prop-

erty 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 Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on June 5, 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: BEGINNING at an iron stake in the northern right of way of State Road No. 1550, said point being the intersection of the right of way of State Road No. 1550 and Ashley Drive; runs thence along the right of way of State Road No. 1550 North 64 degrees 07 minutes East 110 feet to an iron stake; runs thence North 25 degrees 53 minutes West 200 feet to an iron stake; runs thence South 64 degrees 07 minutes West 110 feet to an iron stake in the eastern right of way of Ashley Drive; runs thence continuing along said right of way line South 25 degrees 53 minutes East 200 feet to an iron stake at the intersection of the right of way of Ashley Drive and State Road No. 1550, the point and place of BEGINNING, and being all of Lot 45, Orton Acres, as shown on map and survey of Arthur R. Denning, R.L.S., dated October 20, 1969. Johnston County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 527 Winston Road, Clayton, 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 highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 165, Creekstone Subdivision, Phase 7, as shown on a map recorded in Plat Book 49, Page 395, Johnston County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a full and complete description of said lot. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 115 Sunrise Circle, Benson, 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 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.

Situate in Beulah Township, Johnston County, North Carolina, in the outskirts of the Town of Kenly, North Carolina, and fronting 200 feet on the east side of State Road No. 2159 and running back between parallel lines to a depth of 432.15 feet from the center line of aforesaid road. It begins at a nail and cap in center line of aforesaid road which said BEGINNING point is South 14 degrees 53 minutes East 464.30 feet from a nail and cap in center line of road in property line of Albert Holland and Bobby E. Barnes and from this BEGINNING point runs thence South 83 degrees 47 minutes East 432.15 feet to an iron stake a new corner with Bobby E. Barnes; thence South 14 degrees 53 minutes East 200 feet to an iron stake a new corner with Bobby E. Barnes; thence North 83 degrees 47 minutes West 432.15 feet to a nail and cap in the center line of State Road No. 2159; thence along center line of aforesaid road North 14 degrees 53 minutes West 200 feet to the point and place of Beginning, containing 1.85 of an acre according to a map prepared by Ragsdale Engineers dated December 15, 1976, and entitled “Property of Ronnie Gerald Lane and wife, Elise Glover Lane.” See Book 810, Page 227 and Book 1047, Page 561. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 878 Bay Valley Road, Kenly, 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 highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 2358, Riverwood Athletic Club, Ravens Ridge, Phases 2D and 2F, as shown on a map recorded in Plat Book 77, Page 418 and 419, Johnston County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a full and complete description of said lot. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 432 McCarthy Drive, Clayton, 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 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.

on June 12, 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: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Grant Township, Randolph County, North Carolina and more particularly as follows: BEGINNING at an existing Iron rod in the Eastern right of way line of Osborn Mill Road (NCSR No. 2904) located 2,570 feet South of the centerline intersection of Osborn Mill Road and NCSR No. 2845, and being a common corner with Gary D. Goss as described in Book 1333, Page 1034, Randolph County Registry; thence from said beginning point along Goss: North 66 degrees 55 minutes 14 seconds East 61.23 feet to an existing Iron rod, North 27 degrees 57 minutes 41 seconds East 402.93 feet to an existing Iron rod and North 28 degrees 05 minutes 61 seconds East 74.93 feet to an existing Iron rod; thence along Roscoe B. McDonald as described in Book 1158, Page 175, Randolph County Registry by, and along the Centerline of a branch: North 62 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 39.74 feet, North 35 degrees 35 minutes 53 seconds East 101.15 feet, North 62 degrees 44 minutes 58 seconds East 65.17 feet, South 76 degrees 22 minutes 15 seconds East 35.80 feet, South 48 degrees 20 minutes 46 seconds East 61.26 feet, South 27 degrees 30 minutes 14 seconds East 84.84 feet, South 66 degrees 24 minutes 44 seconds East 73.37 feet, South 78 degrees 31 minutes 14 seconds East 109.72 feet, North 82 degrees 58 minutes 50 seconds East 43.51 feet, South 80 degrees 43 minutes 22 seconds East

148.75 feet, North 12 degrees 44 minutes 15 seconds West 106.55 feet, North 69 degrees 49 minutes 46 seconds East 135.63 feet, and North 64 degrees 09 minutes 24 seconds East 146.51 feet; thence South 05 degrees 12 minutes 56 seconds West 1,211.05 feet to new iron rod; thence North 87 degrees 05 minutes 22 seconds West 1,089.80 feet to a new iron rod in the Eastern right of way of Osborn Mill Road; thence along said right of way line; North 02 degrees 54 minutes 38 seconds East 207.00 feet , North 05 degrees 00 minutes 59 seconds East 159.00 feet, and North 09 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds East 184.29 feet of the BEGINNING. Containing 25.00 acre and being the Northwest portion of that 126.160 acre tract described in Book 1631, Page 1535, Randolph County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3789 Osborn Mill Road, Asheboro, North Carolina.

Assessor’s Parcel Number: 7698344151 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 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.

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

PUBLICATION DATES: May 30, 2018 and June 6, 2018

or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on June 6, 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: Being all of Lot No. 6, as shown on plat entitled “Subdivision of Land for Clayton R. Mauldin”, dated May 12, 1994, surveyed by Rogell E. Hunsucker & Associates, Inc., and recorded in Plat Book 16, page 29, Office of the Clerk of Superior Court for Stanly County, North Carolina, reference to which being hereby made. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 38428 Log Cabin Drive, New London, 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.

mination 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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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 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

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 termina-

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family 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

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, 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 ter-

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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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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tion 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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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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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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PUBLICATION DATES: May 23, 2018 and May 30, 2018

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TAKE NOTICE STANLY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 136 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Cynthia G. Morrison and Timothy J. Morrison to TRSTE, Inc,, Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of February, 2003, and recorded in Book 907, Page 496, 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 designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on June 13, 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: Lying and being on the Northwest side of

UNION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 249 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Maureen A. Bannon and John M. Bannon, (John M. Bannon, deceased) to David Brown, Trustee(s), dated the 28th day of August, 2006, and recorded in Book 04285, Page 0040, and Modification in Book 05800, Page 0760, and Modification in Book 7011, Page 283, 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 39 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Gilbert M. Scholl and Ethelyn G. Scholl to Incorp Services, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of April, 2015, and recorded in Book 6436, Page 481, 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 June 14, 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: The land referred to in this Commitment is described as follows:

Pine Bluff Road and about one and one-half miles Southwest of North Carolina Highway 24-27 and particularly described as follows: Beginning at a set spike in the centerline of Pine Bluff Road opposite the driveway that leads to the Robert D. Teeter residence and runs thence with the centerline of Pine Bluff Road South 5358-49 West 252.72 feet to a found old spike in the North line of the North Carolina Natural Gas Company right-of-way, thence with the North line of the North Carolina Natural Gas Company right-of-way North 69-33-05 West 1041.71 feet to a found old iron, thence continuing with the North line of the gas line right-of-way North 69-33-30 West 240.17 feet to a set iron; thence with the R.L. Teeter line (Deed Book 279 at Page 286) North 23-45-46 East 246.87 feet to an old nail found in the centerline of the Norfolk Southern Railway right-of-way; thence with five lines in the center of the said railway rightof-way as follows: (1) North 86-33-16 East 100.08 feet to a nail: (2) North 82-28-28 East 99.97 feet to a to a nail; (3) North 78-48-43 East 100.95 feet to a nail; (4) North 76-31-01 East 100.83 feet to a nail; and (5) North 75-32-27 East 154.55 feet to a set iron in the center of an existing gravel drive; thence with the center of the said existing gravel drive three lines as follows: (1) South 15-42-45 East 29.97 feet; (2) South 39-53-41 East 29.99 feet; and (3) South 60-57-48 East 30.01 feet; thence South 65-14-05 East 240.87 feet to a point in the centerline of a proposed twenty-foot road rightof-way; thence continuing with the centerline of said existing gravel drive eight calls and distances

as follows: (1) South 63-12-24 East 99.97 feet; (2) South 59-34-03 East 49.98 feet; (3) South 52-3347 East 50 feet; (4) South 43-24-15 East 50.01 feet; (5) South 36-29-30 East 99.96 feet; (6) South 3909-39 East 99.94 feet; (7) South 41-54-11 East 99.91 feet; and (8) South 45-57-10 East 128.44 feet to the point of beginning and containing 12.420 acres subject to the rights-of-way of Pine Bluff Road, North Carolina Natural Gas Company, Norfolk Southern Railway and the existing gravel driveway and the proposed 20’ road, as shown on a map entitled “Boundary and Division Survey, the property of Robert Dale Teeter and Kathryn Sue Teeter” prepared by Carroll L. Rushing, Registered Land Surveyor, on June 28, 1990. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3988 Seminole Trail, Midland, 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 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 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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Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property

PUBLICATION DATES: May 30, 2018 and June 6, 2018

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 June 14, 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 80 of LAWSON SUBDIVISION, as same is shown on map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet I, File No. 824/825, Union County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1105 Hoyle Lane, Waxhaw, North Carolina.

Deed Reference: Book 4098 Page 411 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 prop-

erty 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.

tice 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.

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. 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: 1239746 (FC.FAY)

All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Vance Township, Union County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pipe found in the rightof-way on the southwest intersection of Lakewood Drive and Rhoderia Drive and running South 05-2438 West 363.65 feet to an iron pipe found; thence with the common line of Lot 5 and Lot 6 North 84-36-00 West 149.80 feet to an iron pin found, a common corner of Lots 5, 6, 17 and 18 of Block D of Lakewood Knolls; thence with the lines of Lots 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 North 05-23-53 East 395.58 feet to an iron pipe found thence with the right-ofway of Lakewood Drive South 72-34-17 East 153.24 feet to the iron pipe found, the point and placed of BEGINNING as shown on Boundary Survey by John David Skidmore, III, NCRLS, dated June 13, 1997 and being all of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Block D of LAKEWOOD KNOLLS as shown in Plat Book 4, File 189 of the Union County Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2122 Rhoderia Drive, Matthews, North Carolina.

These lots are subject to same restrictions found in Book 234 Page 316 of the Union County Registry.

BEING designated as Tax Parcel No. 07129182 Property Derivation: Gilbert M. Scholl and wife, Ethelyn G. Scholl ac-

quired by deed from L&P, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation, dated September 17, 1997 and recorded September 17, 1997 in/at Deed Book 1011, Page 27.

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.

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 no-

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

PUBLICATION DATES: May 30, 2018 and June 6, 2018

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.

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: 1198863 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: May 30, 2018 and June 6, 2018