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N.C. lawmakers plan a Saturday session Raleigh The North Carolina General Assembly has a weekend vote Saturday to possibly override vetoes on two bills rejected Friday by Gov. Roy Cooper. One measure sets the titles of six constitutional amendments that will appear in November ballots, and the other requires that judicial candidates be a member of their listed party for at least 90 days before filing for office. Lawmakers are on a tight deadline. The State Board of Elections has to have final ballot language by Aug. 8.

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BCBS uses tax cuts to drop rates Raleigh Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina requested an overall average rate decrease of 4.1 percent for 2019 Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans offered to individuals. In its announcement, Blue Cross NC said it used the tax savings from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to lower the rates by an additional 0.5 percent. The company’s rates have increased every year by double-digits since the ACA was passed in 2015.

Police chief arrested Southport The entire police force of Southport is suspended after the arrests of two officers accused of driving trucks during hours they claimed to be doing police work. A joint investigation by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the FBI alleges that Southport Police Chief Gary Smith and Lt. Mike Simmons were reporting for overnight shifts at a local trucking company during hours listed on their department activity reports.

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Sending summer off in NC style With just a few weeks left of summer, here are some ideas to make the most of it By Donna King North State Journal RALEIGH — With schools and state universities down to the last three weeks before classes resume, families are drumming up last-ditch lists to make the most of any waning summer free time. In the western part of the state, the adventurous are headed to waterfalls, hiking trails, tubing and rafting where the mountain weather is a bit less humid. Others are traveling to Biltmore Estate in Asheville to catch the summer sun glinting through hand-sculpted glass in the Chihuly art exhibit. “Dale Chihuly did these blown glass — big, big pieces of glass art — and the pieces all fit together in a very intricate pattern and it’s very colorful, just really beautiful work,” said Will Tuttell, executive director of Visit NC. “When you put that in the backdrop of the Biltmore, it makes it even more exceptional.” On the coast, revelers are gearing up for the 300th anniversary of Blackbeard’s death. “There’s a lot of people now who think Blackbeard See SUMMER, page A2

The N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh set all-time attendance records this summer as 102,544 visitors turned out for the You Are Here light exhibit.

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Steel pipes to be exported are seen at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, on May 31.

The fed walks a tightrope amid tariffs and economic growth Interest rates are expected to stay stable Wednesday, but trade drama is a strong undercurrent By Donna King North State Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged this week, but solid economic growth combined with rising inflation lead analysts to say there could be another two hikes later this year. The rate decision comes at 2 p.m. on Wednesday and follows

news from the Commerce Department Friday that the U.S. economy grew at 4.1 percent in the second quarter, its fastest pace in nearly four years, as consumers boosted spending and farmers rushed shipments of soybeans to China to beat retaliatory trade tariffs. Economic growth, and the 4.0 percent unemployment rate, has been aided by the Trump administration’s package of tax cuts and government spending, and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has said overall the economy is in a “really good place.” See TARIFFS, page A2

McCready crafts a moderate image for conservative voters The NC-9 race is tight as Republican Pastor Mark Harris faces Democrat Dan McCready By David Larson for the North State Journal RALEIGH — The race for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District appears tight as polling shows the Democrat competitive in this traditionally conservative-leaning district. The Cook Political Report has the district as an R7, meaning Republicans have an average seven-point advantage in recent elections. In a recent Civitas poll though, seven is also the number by which Democrat Dan McCready leads Repub-

lican Mark Harris. The current congressman for the 9th District is Robert Pittenger of Charlotte, but he lost in the primary to Harris, a pastor and previous candidate for both U.S. House and Senate seats. “I believe our effort was successful because voters embraced our message of lower taxes, smaller government, less spending, fiscal responsibility, a strong military, and a Congress that is responsive to the people and their needs,” Harris said to North State Journal on his primary win. Republican leaders believe this expensive and contentious primary explains why Harris trails in both cash and polling. After the smoke clears, they hope the parSee DISTRICT, page A2

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DISTRICT 9 from page A1 ty faithful will unite and rally behind Harris. Harris’ campaign suggests people are making too much of these polls anyway, telling North State Journal, “The only public polling in this race that shows Mark behind is a poll from Civitas and SurveyUSA, the same folks whose poll in the primary, a little more than a month before the election, had Mark down 30 points. We all know how the primary turned out, and I think that says everything you need to know about the credibility and accuracy of their polling.” But others believe McCready’s appeal with conservative and moderate voters is real and a potential sign of a closer-than-predicted contest. On his website and social media, McCready unapologetically describes worshipping at churches in the district, being a husband and father, running a small business and being a Marine Corps veteran who led troops

essentially was a N.C. pirate, that he was from here,” said Tuttell. “There’s some neat stuff going on throughout the coast, all the way into October. But in August is the Outer Banks Pirate Festival and the Beaufort Pirate Invasion.” Closer to the capital, food halls are turning in towns around the Triangle, bringing a taste of the farm to the city. Food halls are generally in urban post-industrial buildings outfitted to be a mix of high-end grocery stores with small eateries inside. They are drawing crowds looking for lunch and the ingredients to create something fun at home. “We are calling 2018 the year of the food hall for North Carolina,” said Tuttell. “A bunch of these food halls have opened up or are coming in, between the Morgan Street Food Hall in Raleigh or Chapel Hill’s got one too, Blue Dogwood Public Market, Transfer Food Company, there’s anoth-

in Iraq during the 2007 “surge.” McCready’s focus on these traits could play well in this conservative district which runs from the Charlotte suburbs along the South Carolina border to Fayetteville. “We’re building a bipartisan coalition,” McCready said to North State Journal. “I’m proud to have Republicans involved in every aspect of this campaign. We’ve seen unprecedented support from both sides of the aisle because folks agree with our message.” This image actually caused conflict during the primary with his challenger, Christian Cano. During a debate, Cano said, “Dan McCready has never voted in a Democratic primary his entire life until he decided to run for office. I consider him a Republican.” On his social media, McCready does make frequent overtures to Republican leaders. He recently tweeted in support of a bill from Pittenger that addressed cybersecurity, saying, “Congressman Pittenger and I disagree on a lot of things, but this is the kind of bi-

er food hall coming to Durham. These are just a neat way to find some stuff, get some great food.” But if high-speed thrills are more your style, North Carolina’s newest waterpark on the Outer Banks is drawing big crowds this summer and will close for the season after Labor Day. Wet’n Wild Emerald Pointe in Greensboro is wrapping the season after Labor Day as well, but before that happens they are offering discounts for Home Educator’s Day on Aug. 7 and Christian Youth Day on Aug. 11. Carowinds outside of Charlotte is offering discounted tickets and parking every Thursday in August to catch the last days of summer. The amusement park will be open weekends only after Labor Day until their Winterfest week in December. As the summer starts to wrap and the first day of school looms, Tuttel said grab your camera to capture the moment. They’re launching a #FirststhatLast cam-

partisan legislation I will support if elected. We must put country before party and work with both sides of the aisle to move America forward.” In another tweet, responding to a statement from Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), McCready said, “I talk a lot on this campaign about the importance of putting country over party. At a time when so many fall short, it’s important to commend courage when we see it. I applaud NC’s @SenatorBurr for standing up to Russian aggression, especially when our own President will not.” Republicans counter that McCready, despite the bipartisan image, holds mainly to the Democratic Party platform. Statements in public and on his website do show support for abortion access, additional gun restrictions and other liberal positions. “The liberal media is being the liberal media,” Harris’ campaign told NSJ. “They have an agenda and that agenda is clear in their coverage of this race. They’ve al-

TARIFFS from page A1 However, rate setters also remain wary of the potential effects of a protracted trade war between the United States and China which could push the cost of goods higher and hurt company investment plans. The billions of dollars in tariffs by the White House have drawn fire and support from various Republicans. Most recently, billionaires Charles and David Koch, whose philanthropic activities have channeled billions of dollars into conservative causes and campaigns, came out against them. The Kochs champion free trade and have launched a multimillion-dollar campaign to oppose Trump’s tariffs, which have targeted China, Canada, Mexico and the European Union, among others. North Carolina’s Bob Luddy attended Koch discussions on the economy in Colorado over the weekend. “In all the people I talked to, they were steadfast against tariffs,” said Luddy. “They believed it would have an adverse effect on

“The ultimate goal is to open up markets, get rid of tariffs get rid of subsidies and have true, free and fair trade… I know some members who are nervous about his approach, but I think we are starting to see the benefit from it.”

“It will have an adverse impact on GDP, inflation, jobs, and the only way I can describe tariffs is that they are absolutely stupid in the modern era.” Bob Luddy, owner and founder of CaptiveAire

Rep. David Rouzer (R-N.C.) our gross domestic product and in the worst case, if it continues, could lead us toward recession.” Luddy said his company, CaptiveAire, maker of commercial kitchen ventilation equipment, was notified by distributors this week that starting Aug. 1 a 25 percent tariff would be applied to their steel aluminum raw materials. “In the simplest terms, countries and producers buy from the low-cost producer around the world,” he said. “So tariffs interfere

with the normal purchasing and business flow and the relationships that have built up for many, many years. They also tend to cause inflations because tariffs cause manufacturers to raise prices, and that begins to move through the economy.” Traditionally, Republicans have backed free trade, and some lawmakers have grumbled about Trump’s moves but have stopped short of taking any major action. Trump lashed out at the Kochs

A pirate and maden take to the streets at the Beaufort Pirate Invasion. paign on social media. “North Carolina is a state of ‘firsts’; first flight, first call for independence. … We’re trying to get people to tell us their “N.C. firsts” they had that last, like the first time they see the ocean here, the first time they see a waterfall, see a mountain, have moonshine,

or see their kids dig their toes in the sand for the first time,” said Tuttell. “N.C. offers all those special experiences and we are trying to get people to talk about them and share them with us.” For more ideas go to VisitNC. com.

lowed Dan McCready a free pass at this point ignoring the support he is getting from Nancy Pelosi and her friends and liberal Washington special interest. “They’ve let Dan skate by without having to answer the tough questions, and they’ve echoed his claims that he’s an outsider and a new kind of Democrat while it is clear he is your typical say anything, do anything to get elected liberal Democrat.” The bitter Republican primary and moderate image of his opponent are not the only things potentially pushing against Harris. News outlets publicized segments of a Mother’s Day sermon he gave discussing the Biblical role of women. Many characterized his comments as suggesting women should not seek work, but his supporters say he was simply praising the importance of the role of motherhood. This may be contributing to a 16-point deficit among district women in the Civitas poll. McCready’s campaign has used the controversy to his advantage,

telling NSJ, “The fact is, my opponent is out of touch with the people of this district. Mark Harris is on the record saying women should think twice before pursuing careers.” Harris has responded to the media and his opponent’s criticisms on social media. “Just yesterday, both @ABC and @theobserver published stories twisting statements from a Mother’s Day sermon I preached where I talked about how there is no more important role a woman has than that of a wife and mother. “It should come as no surprise that @McCreadyForNC jumped at the opportunity to twist my words and attack me. But far more important than the attack on me is the thinly veiled assault on the Bible. He’s mocking our biblical values by saying we are out of touch with this century.” Democrats need to flip at least 24 U.S. House seats this fall in order to gain the majority.

this week for their moves against the tariffs. “Their network is highly overrated, I have beaten them at every turn,” Trump tweeted on Monday. The Koch network largely ignored the criticism. “We support policies that help all people improve their lives,” James Davis, a spokesman for the Koch network, said in a statement. “We look forward to working with anyone to do so.” Trump has defended his trade policies, saying he backs free but “fair” trade to support U.S. workers. “People buy into this ‘fair trade’ concept, but fair trade is anything anybody makes it out to be,” said Luddy. “It’s really a bunch of nonsense. We buy internationally because it’s best value. … If you look at the aggregate picture, America is strong and growing and has a great GDP because we are a mostly free international trader.” Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC9) said Tuesday on WPTF that the strategy fits the president and ultimately could yield positive results. “This is a gentleman that looks

at the world through a very different lens than previous administrations,” said Rouzer. “If you consider his successes and where he lived there in New York, he was dealing with the mob every day and you’ve gotta be tough. On the playground if you get popped in the mouth and you don’t pop them back it’s going to continue. That’s basically his philosophy.” Last week Trump announced at the White House an agreement with the president of the European Union where Trump agreed to ease tariffs on European cars and for Europe to buy more American soybeans while the two work toward zero tariffs. “I think the president is getting the message, but he also has to manage all the statements he’s already made and the predicament we are already in,” said Luddy. “The consensus among some was that at some point he’ll do something similar to what he did with the EU and find a way to back out of this situation.” Reuters News Service contributed to this report.

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Turkey reject’s Brunson’s appeal lifting of travel ban

Trump threatens government shutdown over border wall Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would allow the federal government to shut down if Democrats do not fund his border wall and back immigration law changes, saying that maintaining a hard line will work in Republicans' favor in November congressional elections. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell said a shutdown so close to the November elections is unlikely, but they have been meeting with the president about a budget for the new fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. Ryan said funding a wall along the southern U.S. border is not a matter of “if” but rather “when.”

Protesters chant antiPutin slogans at Moscow rally against retirement age plan Moscow Thousands protested in central Moscow on Sunday against a proposed increase to the retirement age and the crowd chanted slogans critical of President Vladimir Putin whose approval ratings have been dented by the bill. The rally organized by the opposition Libertarian Party chanted "Putin is a thief" and "away with the tsar," slogans that are common at anti-Putin and anti-government protests.

‘Very positive signals’ after U.S., Taliban talks Washington, D.C. A meeting between a senior U.S. diplomat and Taliban representatives in Doha last week to discuss a possible ceasefire ended with “very positive signals” and a decision to hold more meetings, people with knowledge of the talks said on Sunday. The meeting between a delegation led by Alice Wells, deputy assistant secretary in the State Department's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, and Taliban representatives was first reported in The Wall Street Journal but has not been officially confirmed.

Cambodia's ruling party claims victory in muchcriticized election Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cambodia's ruling Cambodian People's Party said on Sunday it had won a general election that rights groups said was neither free nor fair due to voter intimidation and the absence of any significant challenger to Prime Minister Hun Sen. With no real opposition to speak of, Hun Sen was widely expected to win. But the election was widely criticized as a sham because of a campaign of intimidation by Hun Sen and his allies against critics and the dissolution of the main opposition last year.

Zimbabweans vote in first election since Mugabe's removal Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabweans went to the polls on Monday in the first election since the removal of Robert Mugabe, a watershed vote they hope will rid the country of its global pariah status and spark a recovery in its failed economy. The election saw 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, face 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, a lawyer and pastor who is vying to become Zimbabwe's youngest head of state.

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Maria Marroquin Perdomo and her 11-year-old son Abisai look for their gate before flying to New Orleans, Louisiana, at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, on July 15.

TSA has been monitoring flyers secretly for years Air marshals are watching for behaviors and patterns that may signal a risk

terror suspects. Among the criteria listed on the form is a passenger who appears fidgety, has multiple cell phones, changes clothes or appearance while in the airport or airBy Donna King plane, watches the gate from afar, North State Journal or boards the airplane last. Personal characteristics are also on the list WASHINGTON, D.C. — The like rapid blinking, hand-wringing, Transportation Security Adminis- a cold stare or strong body odor. “If that person does all that tration said this week that the “Quiet Skies” surveillance security pro- stuff, and the airplane lands safegram had agents monitoring, and ly and they move on, the behavior sometimes tracking, airline passen- will be noted, but they will not be approached or appregers, even those who haven’t hended,” Gregory said. committed crimes. Details of the proA story first reported by gram are still mostly sethe Boston Globe reports that “It’s cret, and Gregory would air marshals are using a combehavioral not reveal whether any puter algorithm to identify suspects have been passengers by circumstances profiling. It’s caught through Quiet and behaviors. not based Skies because it “would Existence of the 10-yearmake passengers feel old surveillance program was on race, less safe.” released in an internal bulle- or where Response to the stotin in March. It has already ry on social media has targeted thousands of travel- you’re from been mixed, with some ers who “are not under inves- or anything saying it was a privatigation by any agency and are along those cy violation and othnot in the Terrorist Screeners saying they felt safer ing Data Base,” according to lines. It’s knowing it was in operan internally circulated TSA based on ation. bulletin in March. “People will say, The program gives air how your ‘Well, its profiling,’” said marshals broad authori- acting, and Ratliff. “But if it is, it’s ty to closely track any travelprofiling, er, with the state goal being that’s exactly behavioral it’s not based on race, to protect airlines from “un- what should or where you’re from or known or little-known terror happen.” anything along those threats.” lines. It’s based on how “We don’t know the results your acting, and that’s of it, we don’t know if they’ve Jay Ratliff, thwarted any sort of an inci- aviation analyst exactly what should happen. dent or not, but it’s just sort “Look, when 9/11 of that extra layer of security and it doesn’t extend past the air- happened we all thought it was the port itself,” aviation analyst Jay Rat- first in a long string of attacks to liff told WPTF on Monday after come,” Ratliff added. “And the reason we’ve not seen that is directly news of the program broke. “We are no different than the cop attributed to the men and women on the corner who is placed there be- working behind the scenes to keep cause there is an increased possibil- us safe, and this is another example ity that something might happen,” of those programs.” While the TSA would not say speTSA spokesperson James Gregory told The Washington Post. “When cifically all the airports where Quiet you’re in a tube at 30,000 feet … it Skies is in operation, they did report makes sense to put someone there.” that Washington, D.C., Boston, and Marshals use surveillance crite- Myrtle Beach, S.C., were among the ria that are similar to those of known cities where it is used.

By Ezgi Erkoyun Reuters ISTANBUL — A Turkish court has rejected an appeal for Pastor Andrew Brunson of Montreat, N.C. to be released from house arrest in Turkey during his trial on terrorism charges, Turkey’s state broadcaster said on Tuesday. Relations between Turkey and the United States have spiraled into a full-blown crisis over the trial of the North Carolina pastor, who was in custody for 21 months in a Turkish prison until he was transferred to house arrest last week. Brunson has been living in Turkey for more than two decades, but was accused of helping supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based cleric who Turkish authorities say masterminded the 2016 coup attempt against President Tayyip Erdogan in which 250 people were killed. He was also charged with supporting outlawed PKK Kurdish militants and espionage, all charges he denies. The transfer to house arrest surprised the White House — President Donald Trump had been negotiating for Brunson’s release and reportedly thought they had a deal. Last week, Trump threatened to impose

“I spoke yesterday with Turkey’s Foreign Minister @MevlutCavusoglu and underscored that it is well past time for this innocent Pastor Andrew Brunson to come home.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday via Twitter “large sanctions” on Turkey unless it frees Brunson, who faces up to 35 years in jail if found guilty of the charges. Speaking to reporters during his trip to South Africa, Erdogan said Turkey would stand its ground in the face of Trump’s sanctions threat. It was not clear what would be the nature of sanctions threatened by Trump, but Washington was already working on bills related to Turkey. Led by Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), the U.S. Senate has demanded a block on sales of F-35 jets to Turkey unless Trump certifies that Turkey is not threatening NATO, purchasing defense equipment from Russia or detaining U.S. citizens. Although Brunson was freed from jail to house arrest, the pastor was still deprived of his freedom and was unable to return to his normal life and carry out his religious duties. His next hearing as part of the trial is scheduled for October 12.

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U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson reacts as he arrives at his home after being released from the prison in Izmir, Turkey, on July 25.

Trump Supreme Court nominee picks up support from holdout Republican Sen. Rand Paul has decided to back Brett Kavanaugh

Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh arrives to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 10.

By Susan Cornwell Reuters WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Republican senator who had been a holdout threw his support behind President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Monday, improving chances the judge will win Senate confirmation despite a pitched battle by Democrats to block him. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) had expressed concerns over Kavanaugh’s positions on privacy issues, but said Kavanaugh had eased them when the two met. “After meeting Judge Kavanaugh and reviewing his record, I have decided to support his nomination,”

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Paul said in a series of Twitter posts explaining his decision. Paul’s support could prove critical to the White House’s effort to secure the votes needed for Kavanaugh to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump’s fellow Republicans

hold a 51-49 Senate majority, leaving them little margin for error. No Democrats so far have said they would support the nominee. Kavanaugh planned to meet later on Monday with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who was one of three Democrats to support Trump’s first

nominee to the high court, Justice Neil Gorsuch. Manchin will be the first Senate Democrat to meet with Kavanaugh, a conservative appeals court judge, since his nomination earlier this month. In his Twitter posts, Paul said he was confident Kavanaugh would be more open to constitutional Fourth Amendment protections involving digital records and property. Paul said Kavanaugh has a strong record of property rights and “reining in the administrative state,” and has issued strong defenses of the First and Second Amendments involving the rights of free speech and to bear arms. “My conversation with Judge Kavanaugh reinforces my belief that he will evaluate cases before the Supreme Court from a textual and originalist point of view,” he wrote.

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By NSJ Staff RALEIGH — The head of the North Carolina Emergency Management office tinkered with a recommendation to award a multimillion dollar contract for Hurricane Matthew recovery work, according to a story out Tuesday by WBTV in Charlotte. The TV station got emails and documents through a public records request that showed on March 1, 2018, the evaluation committee recommended that N.C.-based company IEM, one of the three companies bidding, be awarded the $15 million contract for recovery construction work. However, a later email coming from former deputy director of N.C. Emergency Management Nick Burk implies that the committee recommended that the contract be awarded to all three companies bidding instead of just IEM. One of those other bidders had been scored low by the evaluation committee based on mixed performance on a separate government contract. According to the report, the third company was actually the firm contracted to

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for prizes in late July. In-state winners included Mount Airy’s Slate Mountain Ramblers (Old Time Band), Pittsboro’s Andrew Small (Old Time Fiddle), West Jefferson’s Ruth Shumway (Bluegrass Fiddle and Old Time Fiddle/Banjo Duet with Jared Boyd), Zionville’s Asa Nelson (Junior Fiddle, Junior Dance), Salisbury’s Gabe Bemus (Junior Guitar), Kernersville’s Elijah Moore (Junior Mandolin), Bryson City’s Lois Hornbostel (Dulcimer), Henderson’s Keith Aiken (Dobro), Mount Airy’s Tommy Nichols (Vocal) and Mount Airy’s Richard Bowman and Marsha Todd (Bluegrass Fiddle/Banjo Duet).

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Scotty McCreery video celebrates wedding in Jefferson Ashe County Country singer and “American Idol” winner Scotty McCreery married Gabi Dugal last month at the Twickenham House in Jefferson in front of 200 guests. Now, McCreery has released a video and song celebrating the event. “This Is It” shows clips from the big day and was created to help him relive the special day and share it with listeners and viewers.

BLACK RULE: Western region: Piedmont ** All counties have a PIEDMONT EAST Green men arrested for breaking Man arrested on Moped Solid .5wasn’t pt weightTwo Piedmont region: NState Red 1.5 pt. white stroke Pilotblack, in plane crash Man hides winning lottery ticket dog out of quarantine with steaks in pants qualified, officials find in exercise bike Eastern region: NState Navy Person County Nash County

N.C. 9, which has been closed since the slide, could open as soon as Friday. A spokesman for the N.C. Department of Transportation said that it could take until the second or third week in August for the other lane to also be cleared for travel. The cleanup is expected to cost $1.49 million. CITIZEN-TIMES

Lincoln County Teddy Heavner crashed a small plane near the Lincoln County Airport in Iron Station on Tuesday, killing himself and a passenger, Basil Todd Sain. The two friends were leaving for the Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Air Show when they went down in a field after taking off in heavy fog. Officials found that Heavner wasn’t instrument rated, meaning he wasn’t qualified to fly in the low-visibility weather.

Sean Simmons and Benjamin Audet were arrested in Roxboro after being tracked down by authorities. The two allegedly broke a German shepherd out of quarantine at an animal control office in Connecticut and fleeing to North Carolina. The dog was being held after biting four people, including two kids. The men pulled off the jailbreak in April, and authorities caught up with them this week.

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Greene County Sylvester Lane Jr., a former Vietnam veteran who lives in Snow Hill, won $1 million on a Taxes Paid $10 scratch-off ticket in Hookerton over the weekend. The ticket was worth $1,438,829, which translated to $1,014,391 after taxes. Lane needed a safe place to stash the winning ticket until the lottery offices opened, so he took apart the pedal of his exercise bike to hide the ticket inside. Lane cashed it in on Monday.

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Former Michael Peterson prosecutor found dead in home

Wilkes County A new program allows limited cannabis growth across the state, including efforts by Andy Stancil, whose 75-by-75-foot field is the first licensed cannabis farm in Wilkes County. The North Carolina’s Industrial Hemp Pilot Program has issued 341 permits for more than 5,000 acres to see if growing the crop would be commercially viable in the state. Plants are tested to make sure THC levels are too low to produce a high common to the related marijuana plant.

Durham County Former Durham County prosecutor Freda Black was found dead in her home over the weekend, according to reports from her family. Black was best known nationally for being the lead prosecutor in the Michael Peterson murder trial, which has been featured on several documentaries, including the recent Netflix series “The Staircase.” Her death is not believed to be suspicious. WFMY

Owner of 79 seized dogs raises $800 to get 20 of them back Forsyth County Fred Chriscoe had 79 dogs living with him at his Winston-Salem home until the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office seized them last Friday for animal control violations. Chriscoe was able to provide legal registration for three of the dogs, allowing him to keep them with him. Then he collected money from family members to try to adopt back as many of his seized dogs as he could. He managed to get together $800 and adopt back 20 of the dogs. It hasn’t yet been determined if Chriscoe will have to pay the estimated $1,700 in citations for having the unregistered animals as well. WFMY

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administer the federal grant paying for the work. IEM ultimately got the work after the bids were re-evaluated, but the interference meant a delay. According to the RFP, the contract was originally supposed to be awarded in February, so construction could start, but it was held until June. N.C. Emergency Management Director Mike Sprayberry took responsibility for the rewritten memo in an interview with WBTV, but did not offer reporter Nick Ochsner an explanation. Lawmakers from areas hit hard by flooding from the 2016 storm say they hold the Cooper administration responsible for the meddling and are going to get to the bottom this. “The frustration of the citizens is at a boiling point,” Rep. Brendan Jones (R-Columbus) told WBTV News. “He can ride around the state and campaign, but he can’t come down and help the people. It’s purely politics now, the money is there. He refuses to help,” Jones added.

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TINT OF CORN: COUNTY NAMES: WEST One lane of N.C. 9 could open C: 0 Fiddlers Convention Benton Sans Bold, Alleghany this week hosts12 more than 250 competitors 12pt. M: Graham County Bat Cave is still recovering from a Alleghany County Y: 59.4 landslide that occurred on June 5. The 24th annual Alleghany Fiddlers Officials believe the cleanup will Convention saw 28 bands, 208 K: 6 and 35 duet groups compete progress to the point that one lane of individuals

Flooding closes roads near N.C. beaches Currituck County Heavy rains over the weekend in Currituck and Dare counties lead to flooding, and the standing water remained into Monday, authorities said. As the workweek started, several highways were impacted by flood conditions, including N.C. 12 between Bonner and Hatteras Village, in Kill Devil Hills, and from Duck to Corolla, although highway officials said that none of those areas of roadway were officially closed. WAVY

A man was arrested after attempting to shoplift meat from the Nashville, NC Walmart on Monday. The man, whose name was not immediately released, stuffed more than $100 worth of steaks down his pants, then left the store and attempted to drive away in the pouring rain on a moped. Police apprehended him and charged him for the theft.

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Two fishermen survive night in Pamlico Sound Pamlico County Two commercial fishermen spent 14 hours overnight in Pamlico Sound after their boat capsized. Kenny Rustick and William Grant were shrimping in midJuly when a storm struck, toppling the boat. The two men floated on the lid to a drink cooler until the Coast Guard found them at daybreak and rescued them. WRAL

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former N.C. Congressman Mel Watt, currently serving as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), confirmed on Friday that he is under investigation for alleged sexual harassment of an agency employee. “The selective leaks related to this matter are obviously intended to embarrass or to lead to an unfounded or political conclusion,” Watt said in a statement. “I am confident that the investigation currently in progress will confirm that I have not done anything contrary to law.” FHFA regulates mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Politico first reported the investigation, citing documents and partial transcripts of tapes it obtained, that an FHFA staff member accused Watt of making inappropriate sexual advances when she tried to discuss career and salary matters.

Politico reported that the employee, who it did not name, had filed an Equal Employment Opportunity complaint. Diane Seltzer Torre, the employee’s attorney, confirmed the investigation to Politico, and said, “Our preference is to let that investigation proceed.” Seltzer Torre could not be reached by Reuters for comment. Watt, a Democrat, is a lawyer from Charlotte, served one term as a state senator and represented N.C.’s 12th District in Congress. He was also campaign manager for Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt. He was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 to head the independent housing regulator. His term is due to end in January. The regulator has been under pressure from Fannie and Freddie’s shareholders, which claim its structure is unconstitutional because the director has too much power and cannot be removed by the president except for cause. A federal appeals court this month sided with the shareholders.

Berger announces Tripp as next chief of staff By NSJ Staff RALEIGH — Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) on Monday announced Andrew Tripp will be the next chief of staff in his legislative office. “Andrew is an outstanding leader, a trusted adviser and a talented attorney with a deep knowledge of the law and the legislative process,” said Berger in a statement released to media. “He has earned the respect and confidence of members on both sides of the aisle, and I know he is the right person to lead our team.”

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Tripp has served as Berger’s general counsel since September 2013 and before that acted as counsel to the chairman of the Senate Rules Committee. A graduate of the UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University School of Law, Tripp practiced law in Raleigh before coming to work at the legislature. He and his wife are raising their family in Raleigh. He follows Jim Blaine, who served as Berger’s chief of staff for more than seven years after Republicans won majority control of the Senate for the first time in more than a century in 2010. Blaine’s last day in the office will be Friday, Aug. 3.

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

2% real GDP growth is not ‘the new normal’

Businessmen and women today exude optimism and enthusiasm when they talk about their economic prospects and plans for expansion, increased sales and hiring more people.

REMEMBER the familiar lament from President Barack Obama’s team for eight long years? “Two percent real GDP growth is the new normal for the U.S. economy.” Two percent annual growth wasn’t even the “new normal” under President Obama, 1.64 percent was. Pitifully and sadly so. Their lamentations hearkened back to former President Jimmy Carter’s depressing “malaise” speech of July 15, 1979: “It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation. The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America.” The “crisis of confidence” Americans had from 1977-1981 was not in their own ability to perform. Their “crisis of confidence” was in President Jimmy Carter and his ability to lead. The same can be said now about President Obama. His economic and foreign policy records will be linked with President Carter’s forever. The above chart tracks the U.S. economy on a seasonally adjusted basis from the last year of the Bush 43 presidency through eight years of President Obama to 18 months under President Donald Trump. Seasonally adjusted GDP growth rates actually make the first two years under President Obama look somewhat more favorable even though they were the worst two years economically since 1981-82 and before that, the Great Depression decade of the 1930s. No one in their right mind faults President Obama for the desultory real GDP growth rates in 2009 and 2010. The real estate crash nationwide and the failure of our banking and financial institutions plus the resulting job layoffs and business bankruptcies were the result of economic and fiscal polices that were years and decades in the making. However, President Obama and his economic team had six more years to pass policies that would ignite the competitive economic spirit of America. They failed to do it. Ever. They concentrated their focus on managing

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everything with bureaucrats from Washington which crushed the freewheeling spirit out of American business for the remainder of his term. For whatever reason, be it Obamacare in 2010 that cast a very heavy blanket of regulations and taxes on U.S. businesses or the avalanche of regulations the Obama Administration layered on American business, real GDP growth rates never exceeded 3 percent for any year of his presidency for the first time in modern American history. Real GDP growth under President Obama averaged 1.9 percent annually for his presidency. If you take out the first 2 years and give Obama the benefit of the doubt since 2009-10 clearly was a result of previous economic policies and mistakes and give him some credit for the 2017 growth rates even though a lot can be attributed to President Trump’s election, average real GDP growth on a seasonally adjusted basis under Obama was only 1.64 percent annually from 2011-17. Businessmen and women today exude optimism and enthusiasm when they talk about their economic prospects and plans for expansion, increased sales and hiring more people. Is it the tax cuts passed last December? Is

it the rescission of hundreds if not thousands of federal regulations that were strangling economic growth? Is it the prospect of not having to worry about more taxes or regulations until 2020 at least and maybe 2025? It may be all of these. It may be the fact that American businesses, workers and investors know that the Obama years are finally over and they can operate in a new business environment where they can work hard and keep more of what they earn and not pay more of it to the government. Economic growth is contagious. Maybe annual 3 percent-plus real GDP growth rates are “the new normal” today. Again.

GUEST OPINION | ADAM MICHEL

It’s time for Tax Reform 2.0 To further facilitate economic growth that helps American workers, Tax Reform 2.0 should allow expensing for all investments.

YOU’VE PROBABLY heard about last year’s tax reform — the bill that cut Americans’ taxes in 2018 by about $1,400. What you might have missed is that all of those tax cuts for individuals are set to expire in less than eight years. That might sound far off in the future, but it’ll come faster than we think. Republicans currently control both chambers of Congress. Why not just go ahead and make the tax cuts permanent now? That’s exactly what House Republicans proposed Tuesday, along with two other important reforms. Although many of the specific details are still being developed, the framework provides an outline of reforms that will benefit all Americans. Protecting individual tax cuts The House Ways and Means Committee’s framework for Tax Reform 2.0 calls for “locking in the individual and small business tax cuts” to “provide certainty for our families, workers, and Main Street small businesses.” This is a good first priority. Congress should make the already agreed-upon provisions in the tax bill permanent. A permanent version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could grow the size of the economy by 2.8 percent over what was expected before tax reform. That’s thousands of dollars of additional income per American household more than what is currently forecasted. Simply by making the temporary provisions permanent, Congress could achieve an additional 60 percent of the economic benefit produced by last year’s tax overhaul.

Simplifying family savings The 2.0 framework includes proposals to help local businesses expand retirement savings and increase other forms of family savings. Lawmakers’ main focus should be simplifying the regulations that govern personal retirement accounts and creating a new universal savings account for good measure. Personal retirement savings accounts, such as 401(k)s and IRAs, are crucial for personal savings because they shield investments from being taxed twice. Yet many Americans, especially those employed by small businesses, don’t take advantage of these plans due to their complexity and high compliance costs. Simplifying retirement savings rules and including a new universal savings account where funds are not reserved strictly for retirement would further allow people to save, no matter what they’re saving for. The 2017 reforms modified college savings, or 529, plans, allowing parents to use money in these accounts for K-12 expenses. It was a good step forward. As noted in the 2.0 framework, lawmakers should take the next step and allow the money saved in these accounts to go toward homeschool, career and technical education expenses. This would help parents to pay for education options outside the public school system, giving them more choice in their children’s education. Spurring new business innovation The 2.0 framework’s least detailed section proposes to “help brand-new businesses write off more of their initial start-up costs, and remove

barriers to growth.” The focus here should be to expand and make permanent expensing. Expensing allows businesses to deduct their costs immediately. The old tax law made businesses wait years before deducting their investment costs from their taxable income. This had the effect of needlessly increasing the cost of investing in everything, from new equipment and machinery to expanding existing workspace or even building new facilities. Expensing makes it more affordable for new businesses to open and for mature businesses to upgrade and expand their operations — something that results in more jobs and enables employers to raise wages. But last year’s reforms didn’t extend to all types of investments, such as manufacturing floor space and storefronts. To further facilitate economic growth that helps American workers, Tax Reform 2.0 should allow expensing for all investments. Paired with a permanent tax code, this change could more than double the 2017 tax reform’s increase of gross domestic product. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act did not just benefit a select few. The average taxpayer in every single congressional district in the U.S. gets a tax cut this year. The Ways and Means framework works to make sure that holds true — and gets even better — for every year into the future. Adam Michel focuses on tax policy and the federal budget as a policy analyst in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. This article was originally published on The Daily Signal.

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COLUMN | L. BRENT BOZELL III AND TIM GRAHAM

Hollywood hypocrisy on guns This is a classic eruption of coastal elitism: Guns are for Trump-loving, Fox-watching rednecks.

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IN THE LONG, hot summer of television, gun control hasn’t been a big issue in the news media, which is not acceptable to its rabid cousins in the world of entertainment. For them, guns are the root of all evil, so let the story be told! Take, for example, a Freeform (formerly ABC Family) show called “The Bold Type” about young women working at a magazine in New York City called Scarlet (think: Cosmopolitan). The July 17 episode features two roommates and workmates named Jane and Sutton who get into an argument. Jane finds out that Sutton (who comes from rural Pennsylvania) has a shotgun in the apartment. Jane says: “What else are you keeping from me? Do you have a MAGA hat? Do you watch ‘Hannity’? And do you drive a monster truck? Because otherwise, I don’t understand why you have a gun.” This is a classic eruption of coastal elitism: Guns are for Trump-loving, Fox-watching rednecks. Jane lectures Sutton by saying that “half the country knows that our lawmakers are bought by the NRA and think that gun ownership is barbaric.” The plot evolves into cartoonish propaganda. At the end of the episode, Sutton actually melts down her shotgun down to make earrings. The trade paper Variety spoke with Amanda Lasher, who runs this show and belongs to the gun control group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. “I think we need to reduce the gun culture in America,” Lasher said. “But I think that we will only succeed in that if we are having open, respectful conversations with people who do own guns.” She compared it to the #MeToo movement, as if gun owners were similar to people who commit sexual abuse. In this fictional scenario, the “conversation” helped millennial shotgun owner Sutton realize how “you define yourself in a certain way ... And then you get older and you’ve outgrown (guns) but you’re not quite ready to let them go,” as Lasher explains. “We wanted to make a story about that and finding that you don’t need something else to make you feel strong or brave or powerful or in control.” Hypocrisy, call your office. If Lasher and her Moms Demand Action crowd ardently wish to “reduce the gun culture in America,” why not do a bit of introspection first? You can crawl all over the group website and its list of “campaigns” and not find a word about activism against the entertainment industry — TV, movies, video games, anything. TV shows are still pushing gun violence to goose

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President Donald Trump holds up a “Make America Great Again” cap during a roundtable discussion on workforce development at Northeast Iowa Community College in Peosta, Iowa. the ratings. A recent study by the Parents Television Council reported that the degree of gun violence on prime-time broadcast TV has actually increased in the last five years since the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. In a review of the November 2017 sweeps period after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, it found that 175 of 287 episodes contained violence (almost 61 percent) and 112 of them (39 percent) had scenes of gun violence. It’s dramatically worse at the movies. Matt Philbin of the Media Research Center reported last fall that an astounding 589 incidents of violence were featured in “Kingsman: The Golden Circle,” “American Assassin,” Stephen King’s “It” and “Mother!” And that’s just four top-grossing movies from the week before the Las Vegas attack. The films had no less than 212 incidents of gun violence, and the body count was at least 192. Hollywood producers and actors have no problem mudslinging against the “barbaric” National Rifle Association and blaming it — and President Trump, and Fox, and anything conservative that moves — for mass shootings. But they refuse to march a single step or utter a single word of complaint against the greatest transgressors: themselves. L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center. Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org.

NUMBER OF THE DAY | SCOTT RASMUSSEN

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AS OF JULY 12, there were 725 active federal judges in the United States. Fifty-eight percent of them were appointed by a Democratic president (44 percent by Barack Obama and 14 percent by Bill Clinton). The remaining 42 percent were appointed by Republicans (6 percent by Donald Trump, 30 percent by George W. Bush, 3 percent by George H.W. Bush, and 3 percent by Ronald Reagan). Democratic appointees account for 61 percent of district court judges. At the appeals court level, the numbers are fairly even — 51 percent appointed by Democrats and 49 percent by Republicans. On the Supreme Court, however, GOP appointees have a slight edge; five of the current justices (including

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Kennedy) have been appointed by Republicans. Note: Data as of July 12, 2018. One federal appeals court judge, Roger Gregory, received a recess appointment from Bill Clinton and was reappointed to the same position by George W. Bush. He is counted under Bush’s total only. Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Federal Judicial Center data. Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics and technology for Ballotpedia.

POVERTY is no mystery, and it’s easily avoidable. The poverty line that the Census Bureau used in 2016 for a single person was an income of $12,486 that year. For a two-person household, it was $16,072, and for a four-person household, it was $24,755. To beat those poverty thresholds is fairly simple. Here’s the road map: Complete high school; get a job, any kind of a job; get married before having children; and be a lawabiding citizen. How about some numbers? A single person taking a minimum wage job would earn an annual income of $15,080. A married couple would earn $30,160. By the way, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, less than 4 percent of hourly workers in 2016 were paid the minimum wage. That means that more than 96 percent of workers earned more than the minimum wage. Not surprising is the fact that among both black and white married couples, the poverty rate is in the single digits. Most poverty is in femaleheaded households. Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign garnered considerable appeal from millennials. These young people see socialism as superior to free-market capitalism. Capitalism doesn’t do well in popularity polls, despite the fact that it has eliminated many of mankind’s worst problems, such as pestilence and gross hunger and poverty. One of the reasons is that capitalism is always evaluated against the nonexistent, nonrealizable utopias of socialism or communism. Any earthly system, when compared with a utopia, will not fare well. Indeed, socialism sounds good but, when practiced, leads to disaster. Those disasters have been experienced in countries such as the USSR, China, most African nations and, most recently, Venezuela. When these disasters are pointed out, the excuse is inadequacies of socialist leaders rather than socialism itself. For the ordinary person, free-market capitalism, with all of its warts, is superior to any system yet devised to deal with our everyday needs and desires. Here are a couple of questions: Does an act clearly immoral when done privately become moral when done collectively? Does legality or majority consensus establish morality? Before you answer, consider that slavery was legal; South African apartheid was legal; the horrendous Stalinist, Nazi and Maoist purges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality or a majority consensus cannot establish morality. You might ask, “If you’re so smart, Williams, what establishes morality?” That’s easy, and you tell me when I make the wrong step. My initial premise is that we own ourselves. You are your private property, and I am mine. Self-ownership reveals what’s moral and immoral. Rape is immoral because it violates private property. So is murder and any other initiation of violence. Most people probably agree with me that rape and murder are immoral, but what about theft? Some Americans would have a problem deciding whether theft is moral or immoral. Let’s first define what theft is. A fairly good working definition of theft is the taking by force of one person’s property and the giving of it to another to whom it does not belong. Most Americans think that doing that is OK as long as it’s done by government. We think that it is OK for Congress to take the earnings of one American to give to another American in the form of agricultural subsidies, business bailouts, aid for higher education, food stamps, welfare and other such activities that make up at least two-thirds of the federal budget. If I took some of your earnings to give to a poor person, I’d go to jail. If a congressman did the same thing, he’d be praised. People tend to love a powerful government. Quite naturally, a big, powerful government tends to draw into it people with bloated egos, people who think they know more than everyone else and have little hesitance in coercing their fellow man. Nobel laureate Friedrich Hayek explained why corruption is rife in government: “In government, the scum rises to the top.” Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

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Appalachian State Clifton Duck (4) was named to the watchlist for the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s top defensive back, one of five Mountaineers to be given preseason recognition.

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Two Panthers carted off with leg injuries Spartanburg, S.C. It’s been a rocky start at Carolina Panthers training camp. On Saturday, right tackle Daryl Williams was carted off with an apparent knee injury after being hit by defensive end Zach Moore while blocking for quarterback Cam Newton. A second-team All-Pro last season, Williams is in the final year of his contract and was in negotiations for a new deal with the Panthers. Then Monday, former Duke cornerback Ross Cockrell left practice after breaking both bones in his lower left leg. Cockrell, who played in high school at Charlotte Latin, was expected to compete for a starting job.

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NC Courage win Women’s International Champions Cup Miami The North Carolina Courage topped five-time UEFA Champions League winners Lyon of France 1-0 on Sunday night at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami to win the first Women’s International Champions Cup. Heather O’Reilly, a three-time Olympic champion who played collegiately at UNC Chapel Hill, scored the lone goal on a cross from Lynn Williams. The Courage, who play their home games in Cary, won despite missing several players who were with the U.S. Women’s National Team for its 1-1 draw on Sunday against Australia in the Tournament of Nations.

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Warriors star Curry taking second swing at Web.com tour San Francisco Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry will play in next week’s Web.com Tour event in the San Francisco Bay Area, it was announced Monday. Curry will participate in the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae in Hayward for the second straight year. He shot 8-over-par 148 while missing the cut last year in his Web. com tour debut. The 30-yearold Curry will maintain his amateur status and play on a sponsor’s exemption. Curry, a two-time NBA MVP, won his third championship with Golden State this season.

Projecting college football season with watchlists Preseason honors may mean big things for Duke, Appalachian State By Shawn Krest North State Journal

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North State Journal’s Brett Friedlander, left, and his son Paul traveled to Cooperstown to see the Hall of Fame induction of family favorite Chipper Jones.

Father-son bond strengthened at Cooperstown NSJ’s Brett Friedlander attended the Hall of Fame induction of former Braves star Chipper Jones, a player who brought them together as baseball fans By Brett Friedlander North State Journal COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — I woke my son Paul at around 10:30 on the night of Oct. 28, 1995. He was almost 5 at the time and didn’t completely understand why I did it. He does now. The ninth inning of World Series Game 6 was about to begin, and if Mark Wohlers could get the final three outs, the Atlanta Braves would be the champions of baseball. As a Braves fan since I was a kid myself growing up in Atlanta, this was the moment for which I’d been waiting for as long I could remember. And I wanted to share it with my child because baseball, more than any other sport, is a father-son game. Love for a team is handed down from generation to generation like a family heirloom kept proudly on display in a curio cabinet. Ask any Tigers, Indians or Angels fan why he’s a Tigers, Indians or Angels fan and he’ll prob-

ably tell you it’s because that’s the team his dad rooted for. It’s the same with virtually every team in both leagues. Some of those bonds are stronger than others, of course. One of the most poignant aspects of both the Red Sox and Cubs ending their respective World Series “curses” were the stories of sons going to cemeteries the morning after to celebrate together the victories their fathers didn’t live long enough to see. In “Field of Dreams” — the definitive father-son baseball movie — there’s a scene in which one of the characters, reflecting back on his one and only game in the Major Leagues says: “We just don’t recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they’re happening. Back then I thought there’d be other days. I didn’t realize that was the only day.” Which brings us back to Oct. 28, 1995. The Braves were about to win the World Series and sleep could wait, because I wanted Paul to see it happen. And I wanted us to experience it together because you just never know if there will be “other days” like that. Paul was already in the process of adopting the Braves as his own favorite team by then, thanks to a gentle nudge from his parents. He had a Braves hat and a Braves jersey with the No. See COOPERSTOWN, page B4

THE COLLEGE football award watchlist season ended last week with the release of the preseason list for the Walter Camp Award. Over a two-week span, watchlists for 16 different awards were unveiled, honoring everything from best punter and best interior lineman to best player and most versatile. Sixteen committees of experts have culled down the top players at each position to come up with a short list, which should give us a good idea of what to expect this season. After all, the more watchlist players a team has, the better it should be, right? We tested that theory last year by using the preseason lists to predict each local team’s win-loss record. Overall, that method was more accurate than we had any right to expect it to be:

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NC State

7-4 (1 toss-up)

8-4

App State

10-1 (1 toss-up)

8-4

UNC

2-8 (2 toss-ups)

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ECU

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Charlotte

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15 Duke players on preseason watchlists, the thirdmost among ACC teams

Other than Duke and Wake, who underperformed and outperformed the model’s expectations, respectively, we were within a game or two of each team’s actual record, just by comparing the team’s watchlisted players to those of the opponents. Assuming the lists are as predictive this year, Duke should brace itself for a big season. The Blue Devils had players on 13 of the 16 lists. No other local team had as many, and Duke’s 15 players led the in-state teams.

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INSIDE Carolina Panthers training camp is underway, and there are position battles up and down the lineup. Who will back up Cam Newton? How will the offensive line look come Week 1? Which player will start opposite of James Bradberry at cornerback? B4

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Cameron Maybin: The Seattle Mariners acquired the center fielder from the Miami Marlins before Tuesday’s nonwaiver trade deadline The Marlins will reportedly receive minor league infielder Bryson Brigman and international slot money in the deal. Maybin, a 31-year-old native of Asheville, is batting .251 with three homers, 20 RBI and eight stolen bases in 99 games this season, his second stint with the Marlins after playing for them from 2008-10. The Mariners will be the seventh team in Maybin’s 12year career, which also included four seasons with the San Diego Padres. Carmelo Anthony: The Atlanta Hawks and the 10-time NBA All-Star have reached an agreement on his contract buyout, ESPN reported. The buyout calls for the 34-yearold Anthony to receive $27.9 million from the Hawks, who acquired Anthony in a three-team trade last week. Once he clears waivers, he is expected to join the Houston Rockets. Bruce Lietzke: The 13-time winner on the PGA Tour died of brain cancer Saturday. He was 67. According to reports, Lietzke died at his ranch in Athens, Texas. Lietzke was diagnosed with glioblastoma in April 2017, according to Golf World. Surgery, followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment, allowed Lietzke to resume hobbies such as fishing and traveling. But he reportedly suffered a setback in April. Along with the 13 wins on the PGA Tour, Lietzke won seven times on the Champions Tour. His last win came in the 2003 U.S. Senior Open.

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Greensboro’s John Isner joined elite company when he won the Atlanta Open for the fifth time Sunday, beating Ryan Harrison 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. Isner became the fifth American man to win the same event at least five times, joining Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. It was the 14th career title for Isner, who recently lost a marathon semifinal 26-24 in the fifth set against Kevin Anderson at Wimbledon.

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“We decided to name him Cooper in honor of this occasion.” Chipper Jones during his Hall of Fame speech on he and his wife naming their soon-to-be-born son after Cooperstown.

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“Has to be said, as far as classless handshakes go, that was a good’n!” Eddie Pepperel’s tweet on Bryson DeChambeau’s brief end-of-round handshake with European Open winner and playing partner Richard McEvoy. DeChambeau, who had a triple-bogey on the final hole, later apologized. PRIME NUMBER

240 Third- and fourthgraders who started at the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, on Monday. The public school was funded by The LeBron James Family Foundation, the NBA star’s charity. The school, in James’ hometown, will add grade levels each academic year, and by 2022 is expected to educate children in first through eighth grades.

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Kyle Busch won for the sixth time this season, taking the checkered flags Sunday at Pocono. The victory padded Busch’s lead in the Monster Energy Cup Series standings to 48 points over second-place Kevin Harvick, the other driver with six wins this season. Defending series champion Martin Truex Jr. is 129 points behind Busch and has four wins.

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Geraint Thomas became the third British cyclist — and first Welshman — to win the Tour de France on Sunday. The Team Sky rider had a lead of one minute, 51 seconds over Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands heading into Sunday’s final stage into Paris. Four-time defending champ Chris Froome, Thomas’ teammate on Team Sky, finished third.

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Rio Olympics silver medalist and Winston-Salem native Kathleen Baker set a world record in the women’s 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. championships on Saturday, clocking a time of 58.00 seconds in Irvine, Calif. The 21-year-old beat the previous mark of 58.10 set by Canadian Kylie Masse.

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Verlander on suspended Osuna: ‘I just want to listen’ The Astros acquired the Blue Jays closer, who is suspended due to a domestic violence arrest, and Houston’s star pitcher has been an outspoken critic of abuse

B3 PROJECTING from page B1 For the second straight year, Charlotte was one of just six FBS teams not to have a player named to any of the preseason watchlists for on-field performance. (Linebacker Juwan Foggie was on the list for the Wuerffel Award, which is based on community service.) The 49ers are the only FBS team to be shut out two years in a row. Air Force, Central Michigan, New Mexico, Rice and Texas State were the other programs without a watchlisted player this year. Based on the number of watchlist appearances, Duke should contend for the ACC Coastal Division this year, while NC State is looking at fourth place in the Atlantic.

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NOT EVERY PLAYER on the Houston Astros is planning a warm welcome for Roberto Osuna. Quite the contrary, as the Astros reportedly held a team meeting Monday following the team’s trade for the Toronto Blue Jays’ suspended closer. Osuna is serving a 75-game suspension from Major League Baseball for violating the league’s joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy in connection with an assault charge. Osuna, 23, was arrested May 8 and charged with one count of assault in Toronto. He is slated to join the Astros in Los Angeles on Sunday, but Astros veteran Justin Verlander — outspoken in the past against players attached to domestic violence incidents — is withholding his opinion until hearing more from Osuna. “It’s a tough situation,” Verlander said to reporters. “I think the thing for us to remember here is that the details have not come to light. We don’t know the whole story. Obviously, I’ve said some pretty inflammatory things about stuff like this in the past. I stand by those words.” Back in March, both Justin Verlander and Lance McCullers had angrily tweeted after a former member of the organization, Danny Vasquez, was involved in his own domestic violence controversy. “I hope the rest of your life without baseball is horrible. You deserve all that is coming your way!” Verlander tweeted in March in response to surveillance video that showed Vasquez striking his girlfriend multiple times. Vasquez was later released by the organization. The Houston Chronicle reported that Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and the Astros “reached out” to some members of the coaching staff and team to assess reaction to a possible deal for Osuna. Per the Chronicle, Carlos Correa said that second baseman Jose Altuve was one of the players whom the front office contacted before the deal. Correa, Verlander and

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Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander, a vocal critic of abuse in the past, said he’s willing to listen to recently acquired closer Roberto Osuna, who is serving a 75-game suspension related to a domestic abuse arrest. Collin McHugh — the team’s player representative — were not contacted. Verlander said he was unconcerned about not being consulted, and he added that he would reserve judgment on Osuna for now. “I just want to listen,” Verlander said. “We don’t know the details of much. I haven’t really paid attention to (Osuna’s legal case), for obvious reasons — it wasn’t really in my life. Now it is. That’s probably going to be a personal thing that stays in the locker room and won’t be talked about publicly, as those things are.” Osuna can return to the majors on Aug. 5 and will be eligible for the postseason, as players suspended for domestic violence are eligible to play in the playoffs, unlike those banned under the league’s policy prohibiting performance-enhancing drugs. “I am excited to join the Houston Astros and move forward with a fresh start to my career,” Osuna said about the trade in a press release. “The positive character of my new teammates is a big reason for their success and I look forward to bring-

ing a positive contribution to this great group of guys as we work towards many more winning seasons. I thank Jeff Luhnow and the entire Astros organization for believing in me — I will not let them down.” Luhnow issued a statement that read, in part, “The due diligence by our front office was unprecedented. We are confident that Osuna is remorseful, has willfully complied with all consequences related to his past behavior, has proactively engaged in counseling and will fully comply with our zero tolerance policy related to abuse of any kind. “Roberto has some great examples of character in our existing clubhouse that we believe will help him as he and his family establish a fresh start and as he continues with the Houston Astros.” Osuna was due in court on July 9 to offer a plea, but the date was rescheduled for Wednesday. He plans to plead not guilty to the charge, according to his lawyer. Based on his $5.3 million salary for this year, the 75-game suspension will cost Osuna approximately $2.45 million.

Latest Hall of Fame class takes its place in Cooperstown Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Jack Morris, Jim Thome and Alan Trammell celebrated at induction Field Level Media SIX PLAYERS reached the pinnacle of their illustrious careers when they joined the Baseball Hall of Fame during a sun-splashed ceremony Sunday afternoon in Cooperstown, N.Y. Four hitters — Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Alan Trammell — joined the Class of 2018 in front of fans wearing jerseys and hats from the teams they represented. The foursome was joined by two pitchers, Trevor Hoffman and Jack Morris, to complete the six-member class. More than 50 returning Hall of Famers attended the ceremony, which capped a weeklong celebration in the small town in upstate New York. The newest inductees brought the number of all-time Hall of Famers to 323. Jones’ eyes watered as he watched a video showing highlights from his 19year career with the Atlanta Braves. He was a .303 lifetime hitter with 2,726 hits, 468 home runs and 1,623 RBIs, all with the Braves. The switch-hitter spoke about his childhood in Pierson, Fla., where he fell in love with the game. He spoke in front of family members including his parents and his 9-month pregnant wife, Taylor, who is due Monday. “Taylor is due any minute with our second boy,” Jones said with a smile after thanking his wife for her support. “We decided to name him Cooper in honor of this occasion.” Guerrero was a .318 lifetime hitter during a prolific 16-year career spent mostly with the Montreal Expos and Los Angeles Angels. He slugged 449 home runs with 1,496 RBIs and stood out with his rocket arm in right field. Guerrero became the first position player from the Dominican Republic to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. His plaque features an Angels hat, which he wore during his 2004 American League MVP campaign. Thome slammed 612 career home runs, eighth on the all-time list. He hit .276 with 2,328 career hits over 22 seasons spent mostly with the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. Thome’s 15-year-old daughter, Lila, sang the national anthem on stage to

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The Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2018 class of Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Chipper Jones, Jack Morris, Alan Trammell and Jim Thome pose with their plaques after the induction ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y.

“It was the pleasure of my life to play hard for you for 22 years.” Jim Thome kick off the Hall of Fame ceremony. The intimidating slugger who stands 6-foot4 and weighs 250 pounds quickly transformed into a teary-eyed father. When it was his turn to speak, Thome thanked baseball fans for supporting him throughout his career and for traveling from across the country to be part of the ceremony. “It was the pleasure of my life to play hard for you for 22 years,” Thome said to cheering fans. “The Hall of Fame is an amazing place, the intersection of the game’s past and present. ... It’s the same dream that so many kids have of one day getting to the big leagues. I never forgot that dream, even after I became a major league player, because I could always see the dream’s reflection in the face of a kid in the stands.” San Diego Padres fans lined the lawn to support Hoffman, who became the first pitcher in major league history to reach 500 saves — and then 600 saves. He finished his career with 601 saves and a 2.87 ERA while limiting opponents to a .211 batting average. Hoffman became the sixth primary relief pitcher to reach Cooperstown. He joined fellow bullpen standouts Goose

Gossage, Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers, Bruce Sutter and Dennis Eckersley. “Fifteen years in one spot, and that spot is San Diego?” Hoffman said. “Jackpot.” Trammell and Morris drew thousands of Detroit Tigers fans to Cooperstown for the ceremony. Both players were elected through the Hall of Fame’s Veterans Committee. In 20 years from 1977 to 1996, Trammell hit .285 with 185 home runs and 1,003 RBIs, playing primarily shortstop throughout his career. He was named as the 1984 World Series’ Most Valuable Player and won four Gold Gloves alongside second baseman Lou Whitaker. “Lou and I were called up to the big leagues from Double-A on the same day,” Trammell said as Whitaker listened in the crowd. “We both got hits in our first major league at-bat off the same pitcher, Reggie Cleveland. ... For all those years, it was ‘Lou and Tram.’ Lou, it was an honor and a pleasure to have played alongside you for all those years, and my hope is someday you’ll be up here, as well.” Morris, now 63, is the oldest member of the Class of 2018. The right-hander went 254-186 with a 3.90 ERA while racking up 2,478 strikeouts. He made a name as a big-game pitcher, winning three World Series titles and earning 1991 World Series MVP honors for his performance with the Minnesota Twins. “Mom, I know you’re smiling down on this today,” he said.

Florida State

NC State

Wake Forest

Louisville

Syracuse

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Miami

Duke

Virginia Tech

Georgia Tech

Virginia

UNC

Pitt

Wake outperformed the watchlist prediction last year and will have to repeat that trend to make another bowl game. The Deacs also face the toughest schedule of the local teams, based on number of watchlist players on their opponents.

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Opponents’ watchlisters

Wake Forest

102

NC State

Duke

UNC

ECU

Charlotte

App State

In the ACC, Wake has the third-toughest schedule.

Team

Opponents’ watchlisters

Florida State

114

Louisville

108

Pitt

102

Wake Forest

102

Virginia (68), Miami (75) and UNC (85) have the easiest schedules in the league. Comparing individual games, based on the watchlists, we can predict wins and losses. For example, Duke should beat Army in Week 1, since the Blue Devils have a 15-to-5 advantage in watchlist players. UNC (3 players) won’t fare as well in its opener against Cal (11). Going game-by-game, here’s a look at the expected win-loss records for local teams, based on which team has more watchlist appearances: Duke: 10-2 (Losses to Miami and Clemson) App State: 9-3 (Losses to Penn State, Arkansas State and Troy) NC State: 8-4 (Losses to West Virginia, Boston College, Clemson and FSU) Wake Forest: 6-6 (Losses to BC, ND, Clemson, FSU, NC State and Duke) UNC: 3-9 (Wins over ECU, Pitt and Western Carolina) ECU: 1-10 with one toss-up (ECU and UConn have one watchlist player. The win comes against NC A&T) Charlotte: 0-11 with one toss-up (Like Charlotte, Fordham has no watchlisters) Here’s a look at the projected ACC standings for the upcoming season:

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Clemson

12-0

8-0

Boston College

10-2

6-2

Florida State

8-4

5-3

NC State

8-4

5-3

Wake Forest

6-6

3-5

Syracuse

4-8

2-6

Louisville

4-8

2-6

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ACC record

Miami

12-0

8-0

Duke

10-2

6-2

Georgia Tech

7-4 (1)

4-3 (1 toss-up, vs. VT)

Virginia Tech

6-5 (1)

5-3 (1 toss-up, vs. GT)

Virginia

5-7

2-6

UNC

3-9

1-7

Pitt

1-11

0-8

North State Journal for Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Panthers training camp battles to watch Early injuries add drama to competition at several spots By Shawn Krest North State Journal The first week of training camp has injected some drama into the Carolina Panthers training camp battles. During practice at Wofford College, the Panthers saw Darryl Williams, the projected starter at right tackle, go down to a knee injury that looks like it might keep him out awhile. That opens up his spot, previously thought to be fairly secure, and may have an impact on the battle that had been raging elsewhere on the line. A few days later, newly acquired cornerback Ross Cockrell broke his leg, removing him from the competition at the second cornerback spot. Here’s a look at the positions and candidates to watch as the Panthers work through the summer months. Cornerback In his third year with the team, James Bradberry appears to be solid at one starting spot. The other one opened up when the team dealt Daryl Worley, chosen in the same draft as Bradberry, to Philadelphia. The team’s replacement plan fell through when free agent Bashaud Breeland failed his physical with the team. Cockrell was signed from the Steelers and expected to have a good shot at starting opposite Bradberry. In his absence, the two other contenders will fight it out for the spot: Rookie Donte Jackson and former Buffalo Bill Kevon Seymour. Seymour has started five of his 31 NFL games with Buffalo and Carolina. Jackson was a second-rounder out of LSU. He has speed and confidence, but he needs to gain experience. There’s still a possibility the team might bring back Breeland or another free agent off the street, if Panthers management isn’t confident

COOPERSTOWN from page B1 10 on the back, 10 being the number of his favorite player, Chipper Jones. I think Paul gravitated to the rookie third baseman because he thought his name sounded more like a kid than those other guys on the team. But as the years went by, Chipper stayed his favorite because of the way he played the game. Like many young Braves fans at the time, Paul wore No. 10 throughout his own baseball career. He wore his pant legs up high the way Chipper did, too. It is a connection that lasted an entire childhood. Jones was drafted first overall by the Braves in 1990, the year my son was born. By time he retired in 2012, Paul was in his final year of college. Paul told me that day that he wanted to be in Cooperstown when his hero was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. So I told him I would go with him. And I did last weekend. The trip got off to an ominous start after flying into New York on Friday. We bought tickets to see the Yankees play — my first trip to

the in-house options will suffice. Corn Elder, Cole Luke, Lorenzo Doss and Captain Munnerlyn are all options farther down the depth chart. Left guard The Panthers let Andrew Norwell leave for Jacksonville in the offseason, and there’s a whole slate of contenders to replace him. Amini Silatolu has been around since 2012, when the team drafted him in the second round, but he’s started a total of 31 games over that span and hasn’t seized a spot on the offensive line. Former Charger and Viking Jeremiah Sirles signed with the team over the offseason. Tyler Larsen has been with the Panthers the last two years as a backup and would be moving over from his usual position of center. Taylor Moton, a second-round draft pick last year, played in all 16 games last year in a reserve role. Sirles, on the basis of being a new face, likely has the inside track for the spot. Greg Van Roten, another option for the team, has been getting snaps at center. Right tackle

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Panthers rookie Donte Jackson, the team’s second-round pick in the 2018 draft, will compete for a starting cornerback job after Ross Cockrell broke his leg Monday at training camp.

If Williams misses the start of the season, Moton will likely end up moving to this spot, taking him out of the left guard competition. He’s listed as the backup on the depth chart and took the reps in the practices immediately following Williams’ injury. Silatolu could also move over, if needed. The other tackles on the roster, led by Norman Price, entered camp as long shots to even make the roster.

start last season but eventually adjusted to the NFL, and his speed gave Cam Newton another intriguing weapon. His season was cut short by an ankle injury in Week 10. This year, the Panthers used a first-round pick on D.J. Moore, whose speed and versatility will earn him a long look as well. Veteran Jarius Wright, who signed with the team in the offseason to reunite with offensive coordinator Norv Turner, is another contender.

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The Panthers have veteran talent at the two starting spots in Devin Funchess and offseason pickup Torrey Smith. The third receiver spot will be a battle between high picks in the last two drafts. Curtis Samuel, a second-rounder in 2017, had a slow

Ed Dickson, who excelled while starter Greg Olsen was out with an injury last year, departed for Seattle after the season. The backup spot will likely come down to Chris Manhertz and Ian Thomas. Manhertz was part of the Panthers’ plans last year while Olsen was on the shelf. He start-

ed four games and appeared in all of them. He suffered an injury during minicamp and opened training camp on the PUP list. That opened the door for Thomas — a fourth-round pick out of Indiana who has impressed early in camp with his physical play and pass catching. QB2 The Panthers let longtime backup Derek Anderson walk after last season and opened camp with two unproven options. Garrett Gilbert has been in the league since 2014, but last season, when the Panthers signed him from the practice squad in October, it was the first time in his career that he’d ever even been on the active roster of an NFL team. Taylor Heinicke has been around since 2015. The Panthers are his fourth team, but he’s thrown one career pass.

A history of impact Hurricanes’ rookies Jeff Skinner is the only player in franchise history to win the Calder Trophy, but Carolina has several contenders in 2018-19 By Cory Lavalette North State Journal RALEIGH — The Calder Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the league’s top rookie. The first winner was Toronto forward Syl Apps in 1937 — one of a league-high 10 Maple Leafs players to earn the trophy. If you’re looking for supposed East Coast bias, look no further than the Calder voting. Nine current NHL teams have never had a Calder Memorial Trophy winner, and seven of them are in the Western Conference. Philadelphia and Tampa Bay are joined by Western teams Anaheim, Dallas, Edmonton, Minnesota, Nashville and newcomer Vegas as teams that have never had a rookie of the year. (An aside: The Minnesota North Stars, who relocated to Dallas in 2000, won twice; Teemu Selanne won with Winnipeg in its first iteration, but the current Jets franchise won in Atlanta in 2002 with Dany Heatley) A Carolina Hurricanes player has won the Calder once, when Jeff Skinner led all rookies in scoring with 63 points in 2011, including a 31-goal season that was one shy of runner-up Logan Couture of the Sharks. Skinner’s win was one of seven times a Hurricanes player received votes for the Calder, and the only time Carolina had a finalist (top three) for the award. In 1984, Sylvain Turgeon finished third with the Hartford Whalers, and his three first-place votes make him one of three players in franchise history to be at the top of a Calder Trophy ballot. In all, five Whalers received votes for the Calder: goalies Jason Muzzatti (17th, 1996) and Peter Sidorkiewicz (fourth, 1989), and forwards Kevin Dineen (T-14th,

1985), Turgeon and Ron Francis (10th, 1982). Carolina is certainly hoping its second Calder Trophy is on the way in 2019, with top candidates in Martin Necas and Andrei Svechnikov expected to take on prominent roles in their first season with the Hurricanes, and dark horse Valentin Zykov hoping to replicate his AHL success in the NHL. But before we look ahead, it’s important to look back. Here’s a glimpse at the seven Hurricanes rookies who received votes for the Calder over the past two decades, with the information collected from Hockey-Reference.com. Shane Willis, 2000-01: Willis’ 20-goal, 24-assist season was the highlight of a promising career that was derailed by injuries. Willis finished fifth in the Calder voting that year (Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov won), and he is the other player in franchise history to get a first-place vote, one of 49 ballots he appeared on. Willis is now the Hurricanes’ manager of youth and amateur hockey. Erik Cole, 2001-02: Much like how he played, Cole was fired out of a cannon his rookie season and was part of a Cinderella team that reached the Stanley Cup Final in 2002. He finished sixth on the team in goals (16), assists (24) and points (40), and had nine points — including six goals — in 23 playoff games. Like Willis, he finished fifth in Calder voting (the aforementioned Heatley beat out Atlanta teammate Ilya Kovalchuk), earning one third-place vote, but went on to score more than 500 points in his career, winning the Cup with Carolina in 2006. Eric Staal, 2004-05: Staal, the second overall pick the summer before, received just two fifth-place Calder Trophy votes following a rookie season in which he had 11 goals and 20 assists. While he finished tied for 15th in the rookie race (Boston goalie Andrew Raycroft won), better things were on the horizon for the oldest of the Staal hockey clan. He piled up 775 points in 12 seasons with Carolina, winning the Cup

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Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner (53) won the Calder Trophy in 2011, and defensemen Jaccob Slavin (74) is one of six other Carolina players to earn rookie of the year votes. in 2006, and returned to form the last two seasons in Minnesota with a combined 70 goals. Jeff Skinner, 2010-11: We’ve already documented Skinner’s numbers, totals that sit as the best for any first-year Hurricanes player. The seventh overall pick in 2010 was electrifying in his first NHL season, bringing his figure skating background to the hockey rink — along with his dazzling hands and shot. Skinner has now played eight seasons in Carolina, but despite piling up more than 200 goals has never reached the postseason. Justin Faulk, 2011-12: Faulk was the first defenseman in franchise history to earn a Calder vote, finishing seventh on the ballot — including one second-place vote; Colorado’s Gabriel Landeskog finished first — after quickly making the jump to the NHL after just 13 AHL games in Charlotte to start the season. Faulk, who had eight goals and 14 assists in his rookie year, has been a mainstay on the Carolina defense since — though he has been in trade rumors all offseason — and already has three 15-goal seasons under his belt. Jaccob Slavin, 2015-16: Like Faulk, Slavin didn’t spend much time in the minors after turning pro after two years at Colorado

College. After 14 games with the Checkers, Slavin made the jump to the NHL and finished with two goals and 18 assists. He received a lone fifth-place vote, tying for 10th in voting in a Calder race won by Chicago’s Artemi Panarin. In three seasons with the Hurricanes, Slavin has 84 points and has been a top-pairing defender for the team. Sebastian Aho, 2016-17: Aho had a notoriously slow start in his rookie season, getting his first NHL goal in his 14th game. But Aho got better as he went, finishing with 24 goals and 25 assists en route to an eighth-place finish in the Calder race won by Toronto’s Auston Matthews. Aho received four fourth-place votes and was in fifth place on 14 ballots. Aho had a bumpy start in his sophomore season as well, but again grew stronger and finished the 2017-18 season with 29 goals and 36 assists. What can be expected of Necas, Svechnikov and Zykov? There are statistical ways to estimate a rookie’s impact, but one thing is certain: to win a Calder Trophy in 2019, Carolina will need a monster season from one of its rookies. Perhaps it will even be the first time multiple Hurricanes earn rookie of the year votes.

“I realized that this trip wasn’t just a celebration of Paul’s favorite player. How could it be, given the father-son fabric of the game?” their new stadium — and the game was rained out. Things brightened up quickly the next day, though, as we rented a car and escaped the clutter of the city for the rolling green hills of baseball’s idyllic mecca. Cooperstown is a tiny little place on Lake Otsego located about 90 miles from everything. It would be just another dot on the GPS if not for the brick building at 25 Main St., the place at which the most revered names in the game are enshrined. Paul and I got to see and cheer more than 50 of those all-time greats on Saturday as we watched the annual Parade of Hall of Famers. It was at that moment I realized that this trip wasn’t just a celebration of Paul’s favorite player. How could it be, given the father-son fabric of the game? Among those driving by waving to the crowd were the great Hank Aaron and Phil Niekro, the two best Braves from my formative years. They were followed later in the parade by John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and Bobby Cox, players and a manager Paul and I cheered on together. It was an experience that would have made the trip magical on its own merit. But then came Sunday’s induction ceremony. Paul and I had set up our chairs a day early at the large field that resembled a baseball version of Max Yasgur’s farm at Woodstock, so we had a great view of the stage. Around us were a multitude of other fathers and sons, many like us wearing Braves jerseys. The estimated crowd of more than 50,000 was the second-largest ever for a Hall of Fame induction, the product of an unusually large class of new inductees. Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Jack Morris, Jim Thome and Alan Trammell also earned entry into immortality Sunday. Chipper gave the first speech, a matter of necessity rather than honor since his wife, Taylor, was about to give birth to another son — to be named Cooper — at any moment. It was a heartfelt narrative that focused on all the people that helped the new Hall of Famer get to this moment. He even gave a shoutout to us in the crowd, saying the support he received from Braves fans was a big reason why he stayed with the team his entire career. But of all the people he mentioned, there was little doubt who was the most special. It was his father, Larry Sr., a man he described as his “mentor, coach and best friend.” When Chipper was done, we all rose to give him a standing ovation. While we were up, Paul reached over and hugged me. It was around 3:30 on the afternoon of July 29, 2018. And I hoped nobody would wake me up.

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Strong housing market? It’s complicated. By Heidi Harris for the North State Journal RALEIGH - “How is the real estate market?” It’s the question I get asked daily and it always gets my blood pumping with excitement to openly chat about real estate. Seasoned Realtors used to have their “elevator speech” ready to go but those days of a standard reply are officially long gone. “The market” is no longer one unified subject. We now live in A Tale of Two Cities in one city. While the majority of homes under $450,000 are flying off the market within hours/days/weeks, often with multiple offers, homes over $450,000 don’t always have the same luck. Headlines read that in North Carolina, we have so much demand and not enough supply, but telling a seller of a $950,000 house how fast-paced the market is when their home has been on the market for 60 days is enough to drive them crazy. Why $450,000? Home sales under $450,000 are greatly fueled by many components, but mainly by the buying demands of millennials. This generation is the largest group of homebuyers (36% of home buyers by generation, according to The National Association of Realtors) so there’s a large demand for homes they can afford at this point in their lives. Besides reviewing generational trends, add in the fact that there is a greater chance of a buyer being able to afford a $300,000 house than a $600,000 house since North Carolina’s average household income is in the $50,000 range. Mortgage rates are still considered low and approachable so to millennials that’s “the norm”, and to Baby Boomers “money is on sale”. All of these factors are collid-

ing into a melting pot of $450,000 and under buyers. There are so many buyers competing over these homes that sometimes multiple Realtors are showing the same home at the same time, juggling which room they are in while trying to pretend that they have privacy with their client. Many houses in this category that are appropriately priced are selling for over list price which is causing values to rise (and appraise) quickly in this segment. Homes over $450,000 tend to have a different set of challenges. Not only are they up against fewer buyers but these buyers have earned the right to not make an impulsive decision. These buyers take their time, which, in my personal experience, results in less buyer’s remorse and a more solid contract-to-close timeline. The result is more days on market - the true metaphorical line between the $450,000 over/under price point. To build, budget or be patient? These $450,000+ homeowners tend to break into even smaller groups: up-sizing or down-sizing. The sellers who will then be up-sizing buyers are frustrated by the lack of homes from which to choose for their next home. Why is that? Most likely because the down-sizing home owners are having sticker shock by what they can get for the dollar since the last time they purchased. This anticipation is causing the bottle-neck of limited inventory while the sellers decide their nextstep. One of my favorite parts of my job is when I get to meet with a homeowner that has been in their home for 15+ years and sharing with them how much proceeds they would walk away with at closing. Home builders and investors alike have quickly observed this trend and are building beautiful

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Heidi Harris is a Realtor in Raleigh with the Allen Tate Company, and is the leader of the Home Sweet Heidi team. For more information go to homesweetheidi.com. luxury homes with high end finishes to accommodate the desires of these buyers. Then there’s the Belle of the Ball: the affordable home in the unaffordable location. Perhaps it’s much smaller than the other houses or it’s a complete teardown; either way, it merges the two markets. The under $450,000 buyer can afford to live in the over $450,000 world. There is a cyclone of buyers clamoring for profit and/ or lifestyle. I recently listed a home with trees growing from the gutters in one of the hottest parts of a historic neighborhood in Raleigh. The buyers looking at the house were everything from first time home buyers to investors to millionaires. After multiple offers over list price, the buyers were a young family that is going to renovate it room by room on their budget while the houses around them sell for more and more, improving its land value. The American dream.

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There are some cities that love trees so much, the city is named after a tree. Some that love trees so much that trees inspire their official nickname. Then there’s the quaint, charming town of Scotland Neck. A North Carolina town that loves trees so much, every year, as summer nears its end, they throw a huge party to celebrate trees. And not just any tree mind you, Crepe Myrtle Trees. Perhaps if your city had over 500 of these splendid trees boasting magnificent showy flowers in the summer, beautiful bark all year ‘round and spectacular colors in the fall, you would feel compelled to celebrate them as well. Scotland Neck does so with festivities chock full of games, food, entertainment and more. So, it’s no wonder, the annual festival, celebrating its 31st year this month, attracts visitors from all over the country. Crepe Myrtle Trees are known for their mesmerizing pink, purple, red and white blossoms. And the festival echoes that always welcome variety. With dozens of food trucks and vendors selling all manner of mouth -watering local foods as well as international fare that’s sure to please. And plenty of fun-filled activities to burn all those calories off once you’re done getting your fill. Carnival games, amusement park-like rides, games of skill and chance, arts and crafts activities for festival goers of all ages and more. If you’re looking for a fun summer send off, the Crepe Myrtle Festival will not disappoint. For more information visit: https:// www.townofscotlandneck. com/.

North State Journal for Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Blue Comet special

By Shawn Krest North State Journal

“With the food truck, that makes it a little more fun for students and little more engaging.” Dr. Terry W. Worrell

ASHEBORO — The Asheboro Blue Comets have a unique mascot that is familiar to those who traverse the Old North State on U.S. Highway 64 through Asheboro. The “Home of the Blue Comets” sign atop Asheboro High School’s Lee J. Stone Stadium greets motorists as they pass through the central N.C. town that is also home to the N.C. Zoo. The Blue Comet logo has been spotted around Asheboro this summer on a blue food truck that is part of Asheboro City School System’s summer meals program. During the school year, students from families with financial need can get free or reduced breakfasts and lunches on school days. When school is out, however, they no longer have two guaranteed meals a day they can rely on. For some families, that creates additional financial strain, and many times, children end up going hungry. The summer meals program looks to help alleviate that problem. According to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, school-based summer meal programs are operating in almost 3,000 locations statewide during the summer months. Last summer, more than 5.2 million meals were served to children and teens through these programs. But only 12 of every 100 eligible children took part in the program. The primary obstacle to participation is a lack of awareness about the meal program. “The state’s Summer Nutrition Programs provide a critical service to students who may go hungry when school is out. Raising awareness of these programs is key to reaching students who need summer meals,” said Cynthia Ervin, N.C. Summer Nutrition Programs manager. The Blue Comet food truck is addressing the awareness issue and serving up nutritious lunches at the same time. According to Sandra Spivey, who supervises the nutrition program for the city schools, the idea of a food truck was

born out of collaboration with the system’s food operator, Sodexo, and the central office as they sought to provide better opportunities for student lunches during the school year. “About four years ago, Sodexo brought the food truck idea to the table,” said Spivey. “At that time, it was just an idea. We didn’t have a specific use in mind, so we didn’t start right away.” Eventually, the idea of using the truck to help during the summer months surfaced. Since kids aren’t able to get meals at school during the summer, the food truck could bring the food to them. The trucks are also utilized while school is in session. “During the school year, we use it primarily at lunch for another point of service,” said Spivey. “The food truck is a convenient way to let students be outside and still have access to lunch.” During the summer months, the food truck is highly visible and on the go. “We take our food truck to three sites every day, five days a week,” said Spivey. The truck makes daily 30-minute stops to meet students where they are. The stops include two high-density housing developments as well as a street location near a local community center. The food service, which coincides with a local summer reading initiative, has been a success, according to Asheboro City Schools superintendent Dr. Terry W. Worrell. “With the food truck, that makes it a little more fun for students and little more engaging,” said Worrell. The system has also coordinated with the public library to offer summer reading camps to put school volunteers in contact with students who can benefit from a good lunch and literacy support. The truck makes sure that Asheboro students continue feeding their minds and bodies when school is out. “Learning doesn’t end at 3:30,” Worrell said. “And it doesn’t stop at the end of the school year.”

PHOTOS BY LAUREN ROSE | NORTH STATE JOURNAL

Games, activities, and learning materials are available for children of all ages each week during the summer camp. Pictured here are outside recreation time, fossil digging, and computer learning courses. Asheboro County Schools provides volunteers to play and engage with the children in order to create an enriching summer break while out of school.

North State Journal for Wednesday, August 1, 2018

entertainment BOX OFFICE

‘Mission Impossible — Fallout’ rocketing to $59 million debut By Erin Nyren Variety LOS ANGELES — Tom Cruise’s latest, “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” is on its way to a No. 1 debut at the North American box office with an estimated $59 million. Should predictions hold, Paramount’s sixth installment of the franchise will finish on the upper end of recent forecasts, which ranged from $50 million to $65 million at 4,386 sites. It will also come out ahead of its predecessor “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation,” which debuted to $55 million in 2015, and also mark a franchise best. “Rogue Nation” went on to gross $682 million worldwide. Christopher McQuarrie directed “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” after having directed “Rogue Nation.” He also wrote the script for “Fallout.” “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” is heading for second place with $15 million in its sophomore weekend. The sequel film from Universal has so far earned $125 million globally, including $60.2 million from domestic sites. Sony’s “The Equalizer 2” should snag third place also in its second frame with $13.65 million. The Denzel Washington-starrer has earned $54 million domestically since its debut and outstripped its predecessor in its opening weekend by $2 million. Animated threequel “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation” is hoping to bring in another $12.4 million in its third frame, which would bring its domestic total to around $119 million. Though the Sony film has been considered the worst of the trilogy, it continues to resonate with audiences, which have spent around $237 million on it globally. “Teen Titans Go! to the Movies” should earn around $11 million in its debut this weekend. The Warner Bros. film features the voice talents of the original TV series cast for the main superheroes, along with Will Arnett as villain Slade, Kristen Bell as Jade Wilson, and Nicolas Cage as Superman. The film has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 89 percent and received a B+ CinemaScore.

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ cast says it ‘fully supports’ James Gunn By Alex Stedman Variety LOS ANGELES — The cast of “Guardians of the Galaxy” issued a statement of support for director James Gunn a little more than a week after Disney fired him from the upcoming third installment of the series, asking that the studio rehire Gunn. “We fully support James Gunn,” the cast says in a statement posted to Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and other cast members’ social media accounts. “We were all shocked by his abrupt firing last week and have intentionally waited these ten days to respond in order to think, pray, listen, and discuss. In that time, we’ve been encouraged by the outpouring of support from fans and members of the media who wish to see James reinstated as director of Volume 3 as well as discouraged by those so easily duped into believing the many outlandish conspiracy theories surrounding him.” “His story isn’t over — not by a long shot,” the statement adds. “There is little due process in the court of public opinion. James is likely not the last good person to be put on trial. Given the growing political divide in this country, it’s safe to say instances like this will continue, although we hope Americans from across the political spectrum can ease up on the character assassinations and stop weaponizing mob mentality.” The statement is signed by Pratt, Saldana, Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Sean Gunn, Pom Klementieff, Michael Rooker and Karen Gillan. Disney fired Gunn after a series of offensive tweets were unearthed from years ago, where the writer and director appeared to make light of subjects such as pedophelia and rape.

HANNAH MCKAY | REUTERS | FILE

Cast members (L-R) Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Pom Klementieff, Chris Pratt, Kurt Russell, Karen Gillan, director James Gunn and Michael Rooker pose as they attend a premiere of the film “Guardians of the galaxy, Vol. 2” in London, April 2017. In the wake of Gunn’s firing, a number of celebrities and other Hollywood figures have come out in support of the director. Selma Blair was the first and has deleted her Twitter account in solidarity. A petition has already garnered more than 300,000 signatures toward a goal of 500,000. Others are putting pressure on Disney, including comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, who has asked Disney remove his affiliation with its theme park rides. Gunn’s firing over social media posts has had a ripple effect in Hollywood, particularly since

the tweets were surfaced by rightwing conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” director Rian Johnson also deleted 20,000 of his tweets, saying on the platform that he was pre-emptively destroying any possible ammunition that “rightwing trolls” could use against him, he said. Gunn has apologized for the tweets, saying that his “words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative.” Sources say there has been a growing feeling that Gunn could

Carrie Fisher’s brother approves ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ appearance By Erin Nyren Variety LOS ANGELES — The family of Carrie Fisher has expressed its approval of her recently announced presence in the next “Star Wars” film via use of previously unreleased footage from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” “I couldn’t be more personally thrilled and happy that our Car-

rie will reprise her role as Princess Leia in the new and final ‘Star Wars Episode IX,’ using previously unreleased footage of her shot for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’” said Fisher’s brother, Todd, in a statement. “As we, her family, as well as her extended family of fans around the world so believe, Carrie’s ‘Princess Leia’ is forever entrenched in the franchise and her

indelible presence is fundamental to the film. J.J. Abrams understood Carrie’s iconic role, and he has masterfully recrafted this final entry to include this unused and very last footage of Carrie ever taken, without resorting to CGI or animatronics. Our family and her fans will look forward with great anticipation for this one!” Todd Fisher had stated in an interview last April that his sister

be reinstated, especially because Marvel and Disney have been unusually silent on who could replace him since the firing. Production is slated to start at the top of 2019, and following Gunn’s removal from the film, it was thought that Marvel and Disney would need to move quickly to replace him, since the replacement would likely have to do some work on the script. With Walt Disney chairman Bob Iger out on vacation currently, insiders believed a decision would not be made until he returned to work.

would be featured in “Star Wars: Episode IX” using unreleased footage, but Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy denied the claim and said he was “confused.” “Finding a truly satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us. We were never going to recast, or use a CG character,” director J.J. Abrams said in a statement regarding the use of the footage. “With the support and blessing from her daughter, Billie, we have found a way to honor Carrie’s legacy and role as Leia in Episode IX by using unseen footage we shot together in Episode VII.” “Her force will forever be with us!” Fisher said.

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North State Journal for Wednesday, August 1, 2018

TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 706 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James W. Dishman and Penny M. Dishman (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Penny M. Dishman) to Trste, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 9th day of August, 2006, and recorded in Book 7005, Page 195, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 97 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mark William Keeteman, Kathleen L. Keeteman and William L. Keeteman, (William L. Keeteman, deceased)(Heirs of William L. Keeteman: Lisa Marie Fargason, Mark William Keeteman and Unknown Heirs of William L. Keeteman) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Mark William Keeteman and Kathleen L. Keeteman) to American Home Closings, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 16th day of May, 2008, and recorded in Book 8247, Page 144, 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 August 6, 2018 and

JOHNSTON NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 121 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Stephen Andrew Jenkins and Claire W. Jenkins (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Stephen Andrew Jenkins) to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated the 3rd day of September, 2013, and recorded in Book 4352, Page 1, and Modification in Book 4560, Page 146, 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 August 7, 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:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 293 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Maloa Stevens Benson to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of September, 2005, and recorded in Book 3004, Page 571, 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 August 7, 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: The land referred to in this Commitment is described as follows: Parcel ID# 05H03017 Beginning at a point, said point being situate in the

18 SP 169 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Cynthia W. Lane and Mark E. Lane to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), which was dated December 28, 2001 and recorded on January 7, 2002 in Book 2166 at Page 861, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the

18 SP 34 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lenora A. Robinson to Barkley Law Offices, Trustee(s), which was dated September 30, 2005 and recorded on October 6, 2005 in Book 2992 at Page 418, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 10, 2018

18 SP 250 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Stanley Williams and Jodie M. Williams to GBTC, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated November 29, 2010 and recorded on December 1, 2010 in Book 3924 at Page 518, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is

17 SP 563 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jose Luis Torres and Alejandra Torres a/k/a Alejandra Ramirez Torres to Gary Bradley, Trustee(s), which was dated November 30, 2006 and recorded on December 1, 2006 in Book 3245 at Page 688 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on November 14, 2017 in Book 5058, Page 436, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door

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 August 6, 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: All that real property situated in the County of Cabarrus, State of North Carolina: Being the same property conveyed to the grantor by deed recorded 10/23/2002 in Book 4089, Page 334 Cabarrus County Registry, to which deed reference is hereby made for a more particular description of this property. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7265 Untz Road, Concord, North Carolina. Property Address: 7265 Untz Road Parcel ID: 4691 33 5539 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. 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 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.

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: BEGINNING at a point in the middle of Kluttz Road, a common corner with Fred Bost (Db 594-Pg 222) and runs with his line for three calls. 1) N 17-30-56 W 32.63 ft to an axle in the northerly margin of SR 2435. Thence continuing on the same line 2) N 17-30-56 W 262.60’ ft to a bent pipe (the old Bost corner Db 595 Pg 635), thence 3) N 17-30-56 W 177.50 Ft to an axle. Thence bisecting the tract with a new line, S 72-08-00 E 461.41 ft to a new rebar and a point in the Andrea Watson line (Db 1581 Pg 180). Thence with the Watson line S 2-40-00 W 392.89 Ft. to a point in the northerly margin of SR 2435, said point being N 2-40-00 W 2.11 Ft. from an existing pipe. Thence continuing S 2-40-00 W 30.23 Ft. to a point in the middle of Kluttz Rd. Following Kluttz Rd for 2 calls, 1) N 65-29-30 W 200.00 Ft., passing a spike at 100.95 Ft., to a point and 2) N 72-11-30 W 100.00 ft to a point and being the point of beginning. The Tract containing 3.39 acres more or less, according to a survey by Michael J. Kenney, PLS, dated 6/14/01. Tract A is subject to a 25 Ft. access easement along the westerly border, adjacent to the Bost property, to be used for Access by Tract B. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6739 Kluttz Road, 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 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.

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: 1235100 (FC.FAY)

Tax Id Number(s): 05032026 Land Situated in the City of Clayton in the County of Johnston in the State of NC Beginning at a point evidenced by an existing iron pipe marking a corner with property now or formerly owned by V. A. Byrd and in the northwestern right-of-way of O’Neal Street, said point of beginning being situate the following distances from a man hole which is in the approximate center of O’Neal Street; northeasterly 182 feet to a point; thence North 33 deg. 30 min. 00 sec. West 25.3 feet to the existing iron pipe, the point and place of beginning; running thence from the point and place of beginning along the line of Byrd North 33 deg. 30 min. 00 sec. West 210.77 feet to an existing iron pipe in the line of property now or formerly owned by Rudolph Tart; thence along the line with Tart North 56 deg. 30 min. 14 sec. East 102.39 feet to an existing iron pipe in the Tart line forming a corner with property now or formerly owned by George Poole; thence along the Poole line South 33 deg. 31 min. 50 sec. East 210.40 feet to an existing iron pipe in the northwestern right-of-way of O’Neal Street, said iron pipe being situate the following distances from a man hole which is in the approximate center of O’Neal Street southwest 373.5 feet to a point in O’Neal Street; thence North 33 deg. 31 min. 50 sec. West 25.0 feet to the existing iron pipe, marking the corner with property now or formerly owned by Poole; thence South 56 deg. 17 min. 49 sec. West 102.5 feet along the northwestern

right-of-way of O’Neal Street to the point and place of beginning and being a 0.50 acre tract of land according to a plat captioned survey for “Johnny J. Deans & wife, Freida B. Deans”, prepared by Ragsdale Consultants, P.A., dated July 2, 1988. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 532 North Oneil Street, Clayton, North Carolina. NOTE: The Company is prohibited from insuring the area or quantity of the land. The Company does not represent that any acreage or footage calculations are correct. References to quantity are for identification purposes only. Commonly known as: 532 North Oneil Street, Clayton, NC 27520 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.

center of NCSR 1563 and also being the common corner of Tract # 3 of the Addie Benson division and Tract # 5 of the Addie Benson division; thence from said point of beginning North 39 degrees 39 minutes 23 seconds West 88.60 feet to a point in the center of NCSR 1563; thence from said point North 40 degrees 28 minutes 53 seconds West 58.00 feet to a point in the center of NCSR 1563; thence from said point North 70 degrees 18 minutes 27 seconds East 32.00 feet to a point evidenced by an iron pin set in the northeastern right of way line of NCSR 1563; thence from said point North 70 degrees 18 minutes 27 seconds East 63.60 feet to an iron pin; thence from said iron pin North 72 degrees 06 minutes 13 seconds East 113.82 feet to an iron pin; thence from said iron pin South 10 degrees 04 minutes 47 seconds West 99.08 feet to an iron pin; thence from said iron pin South 82 degrees 03 minutes West 51.95 feet to a point evidenced by an iron pin set in the northeastern right of way line of NCSR 1563; thence from said iron pin South 82 degrees 03 minutes West 35.60 feet to a point in the center of NCSR 1563, said point being the point and place of BEGINNING. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 504 Boling Street, Clayton, North Carolina.

Being the same property conveyed in Deed Book 888, Page 10, Johnston County Registry Property also known as: 504 Boling Street Clayton, NC 27528 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.

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 10, 2018 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING a 1.477 acre tract of land (total recombined from a 1.376 acre tract as recorded in Plat Book 56, Page 85, Johnston County Registry) as shown on plat entitled “Survey for Mark Earl Lane” drawn by Jimmy C. Barbour, PLS, dated June 7,2000 and recorded in Plat Book 56 Page 178. Johnston County Registry and being a portion of that 24.3 acre as described iii Deed Book 965 Page 539, Johnston County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2080 Yelverton Grove Road, Smithfield, NC 27577. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent

(5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Cynthia W. Lane.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser

is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: Beginning at the point in the center of N.C. Highway 1009, said point being a corner with Lot #4 in a subdivision as shown on map entitled “Hickory Grove Estates” prepared by Ragsdale Engineers dated April 2, 1971 and recorded in Map Book 15, Page 27, Office of Register of Deeds of Johnston County, North Carolina and runs thence as the line of lot #4 and passing corner of Lot #4 and continuing as the line of Wellons South 48 degrees West 220.50 feet to a stake, corner with Wellons; thence as the line of Wellons South 39 degrees 23 minutes east 105 feet to a stake, another corner with Wellons; thence as the line of Wellons passing corner of Lot #6 and continuing as the line of Lot #6 North 48 degrees East 220.50 feet to the center of N.C. Highway 1009, another corner with Lot #6; thence as the center line of N.C. Highway 1009 North 39 degrees 23 minutes West 105 feet to the point of Beginning, containing 0.53 acres, more or less and is the same as Lot #5 as shown on map entitled “Hickory Grove Estates” prepared by

Ragsdale Engineers dated April 2, 1971 and recorded in Map Book 15, Page 27 Johnston County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 4744 Devils Racetrack Road, Four Oaks, NC 27524. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments,

easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Lenora A. Robinson. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 10, 2018 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 147, The Village at Glenhaven, Glenhaven Subdivision, as shown on a map recorded in Plat Book 68, Page 305, Johnston County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a full and complete description of said lot. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 140 Locket Drive, Clayton, NC 27520. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remain-

ing amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are Stanley W. Williams and wife Jodie M. Williams. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession

by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of

a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 10, 2018 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF JOHNSTON STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

Said property is commonly known as 25 Sommerset Drive, Clayton, NC 27520. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the cur-

rent owner(s) of the property is/are Jose Luis Torres and wife, Alejandra Torres. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser

BEING all of Lot 145, South Plantation Subdivision, Section VIII, Phase II as depicted in Plat Book 40, Page 197 and re-recorded in Plat Book 49, Page 158, Johnston County Registry, and revised in Plat Book 51, Page 295, Johnston County Registry. Commonly known as: 25 Sommerset Drive, Clayton, NC 27520 Parcel ID: 06G06021V Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

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) 8643068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1229665 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: July 25, 2018 and August 1, 2018

PUBLICATION DATES: July 25, 2018 and August 1, 2018

chaser 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. 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) 8643068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1235005 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: July 25, 2018 and August 1, 2018

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) 8643068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1242551 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: July 25, 2018 and August 1, 2018

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-01879-FC01

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TAKE NOTICE JOHNSTON 18 SP 224 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Ron Miller to Westwood Associates, Trustee(s), which was dated November 6, 2006 and recorded on November 14, 2006 in Book 3235 at Page 589 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on July 9, 2018 in Book 5179, Page 779, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substi-

STANLY 1242010 18-SP-101 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by JRS Asset Management, Inc. (“Borrower”) dated October 13, 2017, and recorded on October 16, 2017, in Book 1627, Page 237, of the Stanly County Public Registry (the “Deed of Trust”), to which reference is made for a more particular description thereof; and

UNION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 793 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James L. Dugger and Melissa L. Dugger to Richard H. Lester or G. Robert Turner, III, Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of June, 2006, and recorded in Book 04195, Page 0092, 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 August 9, 2018 and will sell to the highest

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 536 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Tony R. Love and Bridgette Love, (Tony R. Love, Deceased) to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of March, 2004, and recorded in Book 3372, Page 203, 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 August 16, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron stake, a common corner of the Gayle R. Jenkins property as found in Deed Book 382, Page 884, and a point in the line of the Blumenthal Family Partnership Property as found in Deed Book 435, Page 826, Union County Registry; thence proceeding from said beginning point along and with the Jenkins Property South 34 degrees 02 minutes 40 seconds East 410.25 feet to a found iron (and passing a found iron at 50 feet), a common corner of the Bobby G. Laney property as found in Deed

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 59 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Johnny Clyburn and Frances Ivey Clyburn to John R. Williamson, Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of February, 1999, and recorded in Book 1210, Page 0526, 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 August 16, 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 the northern 0.9854-acre part of that 2.0122/acres conveyed to Frances Ivey Clyburn and husband, Johnny Clyburn, and Ollie Ivey and wife Bernice Ivey, by deed dated August 31, 1998, and recorded on September 4, 1998, in Book 1142,

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 344 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Garrett E. Cole and Shalon R. Cole to Russ Asti, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of August, 2004, and recorded in Book 3541, Page 806, 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 August 9, 2018 and will sell to the

WAKE AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17-SP-1463 NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Conrad Marville aka Conrad E. Marville aka Conrad Marville, Jr. (Deceased) and Diane Marville aka Diane E. Marville, in the original amount of $110,500.00, payable to Pinnfund, USA, a California Corporation dated October 10, 2000 and recorded on October 12, 2000 in Book 008706 at Page 01804, Wake County Registry. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by

tuted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 17, 2018 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 32, Containing 0.992 acres as shown on a plat prepared by Alsey J. Gilbert, RLS on May 29, 1996 captioned “Hunters Way Section 4, Phase 1”, and recorded in Plat Book 48, Page 39, Johnston County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 939 Lee Road, Clayton, NC 27520. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five per-

cent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Ron Miller. An Order for possession of the property may be

issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a

bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the Stanly County Courthouse, in Albemarle, North Carolina, on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. all of Borrower’s rights to the property described herein below and in the Deed of Trust (collectively, the “Property”), together with any improvements, equipment and fixtures existing or hereafter placed on or attached to this real property, all proceeds thereof and all other appurtenant rights and privileges. The real property is located in Stanly County and is more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in the Town of Stanfield, North Carolina, and BEGINNING at a stake in the line of Stanly Street 200 feet West from the southwest

intersection of Locust Avenue and Stanly Street, a corner of Lot No. 309, and runs thence in a western direction with the South line of Stanly Street 50 feet to a stake in the South line of said street; thence S. 24-34 E. 110 feet to a stake, a corner of Lot No. 311; thence N. 65-26 E. 50 feet to a corner of Lot No. 309; thence with the line of Lot No. 309, 110 feet to a stake in the line of Stanly Street, the beginning corner, the same being Lot No. 310, Block 15, Stanfield, as shown by map made by J. L. Haywood, said map being recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County, in Plat Book No. 1, Page 46.

hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The sale of the personal property is made in accordance with N.C.G.S. § 25-9-604 (a) and (b). A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. In the event that the note holder or its intended assignee is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, and any Land Transfer Tax. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior rights, interests, liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If 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 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 its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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 Tract 2, containing 1.1 acres, as shown on map of survey titled “The Robert and Gloria Svatonsky Property” recorded in Plat Cabinet H, File 724, Union County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description. A revision of map of survey recorded in Plat Cabinet G, File 693, Union County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 522 West Sandy Ridge Road, Monroe, North Carolina.

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.

TOGETHER WITH all of the Grantors right, title and interest in that certain perpetual, non-exclusive 20 foot wide private drive conveyed to Irving L. Myrick and wife, Doris A. Myrick by Deed of Easement for Access recorded in Book 1660, page 218, Union County Registry and as shown on map of survey prepared by Derick L. Miles, NCPLS, dated October 4, 2001 and recorded in Plat Cabinet G, File 693, Union County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description. 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-

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: 1197073 (FC.FAY) Publication Dates: 7/25/2018 and 8/1/2018

Book 274, Page 811, Union County Registry; thence proceeding along and with the Laney Property South 85 degrees 29 minutes 05 seconds West 247.35 feet to a found iron, a common point in the line of the Blumenthal Family Partnership property abovereferenced; thence along and with the Blumenthal Family Partnership property North 2 degrees 41 minutes 40 seconds East 359.81 feet to the point and place of beginning, and containing 1.01 acres, according to a survey by Derick L. Miles, NCRLS, dated February 24, 1994. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 149 Airport Road, Monroe, North Carolina. Also conveyed herein is a 15-foot right of way for ingress and egress to the above-described property across the Bobby G. Laney property as follows: Beginning at an iron stake in line of Gayle R. Jenkins property, the southeast corner of the property described above, and runs thence South 34 degrees 02 minutes 50 seconds East 754.61 feet to an existing iron stake in an existing right of way; thence southwest 15 feet; thence North 34 degrees 02 minutes 50 seconds West approximately 754.61 feet to the above described property. Also conveyed herein is a right of way for ingress, egress and access to the above-described property, which said right of way is contained and described in that certain right of way agreement recorded in Book 365, Page 043, Union County Registry and also referred to in that correction Deed from Charles Ray Helms, Jr., et ux, to the grantors herein recorded in Deed Book 699, Page 216, which said right of way is more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the margin of Airport Road, a common corner with the Southwestern property corner of the Paul Howie, Jr., property and

runs thence with the western property line of Paul Howie, Jr., North 41 degrees 50 minutes West 429 feet to an iron, a corner of the Northwestern property corner of the Paul Howie, Jr., tract and runs thence South 46 degrees 32 minutes West 10 feet to an iron, a new corner in the Leroy Adams, Jr., property; thence a new line of Adams, South 41 degrees 50 minutes East 429 feet to a point in the margin of Airport Road; thence with a margin of Airport Road North 47 degrees 37 minutes 30 seconds East 10 feet to the point and place of beginning and being a right of way Ten (10) feet in width for ingress, egress, and regress. Being that parcel of land conveyed to Christopher Lynn Love and wife, Jennifer Lynn Love, tenants by the entirety from E. Jerome Haynes and wife, Joyce S. Haynes, individually and D/B/A, Haynes Construction Company by that deed dated 03/22/1994 and recorded 03/22/1994 in Deed Book 699, at Page 218 of the UNION County, NC Public Registry. 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.

at Page 242, Union County Registry, together with a 20-foot wide Roadway easement and a 20-foot wide Driveway leading to and from the Rohobeth Road (SR #1107) and the 0.9854 acre lot described below as follows: BEGINNING at a point evidenced by an Old Iron which is a common corner with the westernmost corner of that 2.0122 acres mentioned above (Book 1142, Page 242, Union County Registry), and which is also a common corner with two other one-acre parcels belonging to Ollie Ivey and wife, Bernice Ivey (Book 251, Page 651, and Book 258, Pages 701 and 703, Union County Registry, and Book 355, Page 75, Union County Registry) and running thence with two lines of the lines of the 2.0122 acres as follows: 1st N. 56-20-00 E. 200.00 feet to a point evidenced by an Iron; and 2nd S. 33-40-00 E. 263.26 feet to a point evidenced by an Iron; thence with a line of the 1.0268-acre lot this day conveyed to Ollie Ivey and wife, Bernice Ivey, S. 82-16-10 W. 222.39 feet to a point evidenced by an Iron, in a line of that one-acre lot conveyed to Ollie Ivey and wife, Bernice Ivey, by deeds recorded in Book 251, Page 651, and Book 258, at Page 701 and 703), also a common corner with Ivey’s 1.0268-acre parcel; thence with the Ivey’s oneacre parcel, N. 33-40-00 W. 166.00 feet to the BEGINNING, and containing 0.9854 of an acre, more or less. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6806 Rehobeth Road, Waxhaw, North Carolina. Also conveyed herewith are the 20-foot wide

roadway and drive easements described and shown on the deed and exhibits recorded in Book 1144, at Page 290-293, Union County Registry. AND BEING all of that 0.9854 acre tract and road right of way as shown on a Plat recorded in Plat Cabinet F, File 140 Union County Registry to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description. 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.

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 54, Windward Oaks, Sec. II, as shown on plat duly recorded in Plat Cabinet F, File 34 and 35, Union County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular metes and bounds description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7018 Windsong Way, Wingate, 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,

an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Wake County, North Carolina, August 10, 2018 at 1:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Lot 2, Brentwood Estates, Section 9-E, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1978 page 313, Wake County Registry. Said Property is commonly known as 3408 Greywood Drive, Raleigh, NC 27604 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof, or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of

AND BEING the same property conveyed to Diversified Purchasing, Inc. from Trenna O. Huneycutt, Dwight G. Osborne, Jr., Marva J. Osborne, Jerry R. Osborne, and Sherry O. Osborne by North Carolina General Warranty Deed dated August 5, 2005 and recorded August 8, 2005 in Deed Book 1073, Page 0960. The terms of the sale are that the real property

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 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

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

Substitute Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee Hutchens Law Firm Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 12497 Charlotte, NC 28220-2497 Telephone: (704) 362-9255 Publication Dates: 8/1/2018 & 8/8/2018

session 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. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Attorney at Law 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: 1220658 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: August 1, 2018 and August 8, 2018

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 pos-

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

suant 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 Attorney at Law 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: 1226972 (FC.FAY)

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 pur-

PUBLICATION DATES: August 1, 2018 and August 8, 2018

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 knowl-

edge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including 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 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.

five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owners of the property is Diane Marville aka Diane E. Marville. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the

property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute Trustee, in

their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 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: 1231948 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: July 25, 2018 and August 1, 2018

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ___________________________________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, PC Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC Sarah Elizabeth Banks #44023 David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 462-5006 (803) 929-0830

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE 18 SP 216 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Chandra B. Walker to Roper & Coleman, Trustee(s), which was dated October 20, 2005 and recorded on October 21, 2005 in Book 011644 at Page 01151, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substi-

17 SP 1364 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Khanty K. Campbell and Christopher W. Campbell to First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated September 22, 2010 and recorded on September 23, 2010 in Book 014082 at Page 2559, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned

16 SP 2590 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Cassandra D. Rascoe to Andrew S. Martin, Trustee(s), which was dated October 4, 2006 and recorded on October 5, 2006 in Book 012205 at Page 02372, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse

18 SP 583 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Thomas C. Baldinette and Robyn S. Baldinette to Betty Petrides, Trustee(s), which was dated November 6, 1998 and recorded on November 12, 1998 in Book 8186 at Page 0196, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse

17 SP 820 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Alene H. Perry to CT - Mortgage Information Svcs., Trustee(s), which was dated July 30, 2004 and recorded on September 28, 2004 in Book 011033 at Page 00049, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is

11 SP 2348 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by ANNE SHELTON to TRSTE, INC, Trustee(s), which was dated February 24, 2004 and recorded on February 25, 2004 in Book 010682 at Page 01988 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on July 28, 2004 in Book 010941, Page 01953, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned

17 SP 1217 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lawrence Sean Little and Risha Kimberly Little to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated August 27, 2007 and recorded on September 17, 2007 in Book 012753 at Page 00119 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on June 21, 2016 in Book 016427, Page 01245, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is

18 SP 1290 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by John Raymond Schmaltz and Lisa Anne Schmaltz to, Trustee(s), which was dated April 23, 2001 and recorded on April 27, 2001 in Book 008894 at Page 00949, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse

17 SP 2444 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert E. Mayhew and Eileen Mayhew to Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. of New York, Trustee(s), which was dated September 29, 2006 and recorded on October 2, 2006 in Book 012198 at Page 01422, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse

tuted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 8, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 304 GRANITE RIDGE SUBDIVISION, PHASE FOUR, AS SHOWN ON PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2004, PAGE 1365, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1321 Southgate Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five per-

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser

Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 8, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 6, GW Wester Subdivision, as depicted in Map Book 1960, Page 169, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2908 Dove Lane, Raleigh, NC 27604. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining

amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Christopher W. Campbell. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession

by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the

sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 8, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 214, Weston Ridge Subdivision, Phase 3, as recorded in Book of Maps 2005, Pages 1071-1072, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 127 Havenview Court, Garner, NC 27529. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PAR-

TY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Cassandra D. Rascoe. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the

property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowl-

door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 8, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 19 of Canonbie Subdivision as recorded in Book of Maps 1987, Page 1526, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2405 Canonbie Lane, Wake Forest, NC 27587. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PAR-

TY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Thomas C. Baldinette. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the

property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowl-

located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 8, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN LAND LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF WAKE, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEING ALL OF LOT 35, SECTION 1 OF FOX HOLLOW SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO PLAT OF SAME RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1976, PAGE 431, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2628 Adcox Place, Raleigh, NC 27610. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred

Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Alene H. Perry. An Order for possession of the property may be

Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 8, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 23, Woodlief Village Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 2000, Pages 406 and 407, and re-recorded in Book of Maps 2002, Pages 410 and 411, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 9209 Woodlief Road, Wake Forest, NC 27587. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expira-

tion of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Anne Shelton. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession

by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the

located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 9, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF KNIGHTDALE, MARKS CREEK, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a

Being the same property as conveyed to Lawrence Sean Little and Risha Kimberly Little by deed recorded 08/28/02 in Book 009564, Page 00847. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5428 Sandy Trail Drive, Knightdale, NC 27545.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Lawrence Sean Little and Risha Kimberly Little.

door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 244, Iron Gate Subdivision, Section II, Part III, as recorded in Book of Maps 1979, Page 860, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 403 Mayodan Drive, Cary, NC 27511. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PAR-

TY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Lisa A. Schmaltz. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the prop-

erty pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is chal-

lenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 13, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying and being in the City of Cary, White Oak Township, Wake County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability

to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

BEING ALL OF LOT 21, SANDY TRAIL, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1986, PAGE 1966, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY.

Being all of Lot 463, Cary Park Subdivision, SF-9A, Phase 2 & 3, formerly Cary Glen, as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Page 1741 - 1742 (page 1742), Wake County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 204 Greenfield Knoll Drive, Cary, NC 27519. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five per-

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WAKE 18 SP 718 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Randy L. Pulley and Sally M. Pulley to First American Title Company, Trustee(s), which was dated May 21, 2007 and recorded on May 23, 2007 in Book 012560 at Page 01324, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder

18 SP 1062 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Richard B. Owens and Colleen A. Owens to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated July 2, 2003 and recorded on July 2, 2003 in Book 010249 at Page 00371, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse

16 SP 1320 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dwayne E. Bell and Lacrecia M. Bell to Lawrence A. Maitin, Trustee(s), which was dated July 7, 2004 and recorded on July 8, 2004 in Book 010913 at Page 00501, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse

16 SP 1257 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Francisco Hernandez-Medina to Jackie M. Young, Trustee(s), which was dated July 11, 2008 and recorded on July 15, 2008 in Book 013177 at Page 02360 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on September 29, 2015 in Book 016166, Page 01350, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned

10 SP 1512 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kimithi L Davis And Windy Davis to William R Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated February 28, 2006 and recorded on March 1, 2006 in Book 011839 at Page 02047, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse

of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 3, Crown Crossing as shown on Plat entitled “Subdivision Plat of Crown Crossing Lots 2-17 Property of Dearcie Smith” prepared by Aiken & Yelle Associates, PA Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors recorded in Book of Maps 1999 Page 928 of the Wake County Registry and see also Book 2000 Page 140 and Book 2000 Page 2133, Wake County Registry Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 844 Crown Crossing Lane, Raleigh, NC 27610.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability

door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 7048, Phase 1, Dunleith Subdivision at Wakefield Plantation, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1998, Page 2146 and re-recorded in Book of Maps 1998, Page 2277, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 12533 Richmond Run Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts

are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Richard B. Owens and wife, Colleen A. Owens. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession

by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the

door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 124, ARBOR CREEK SUBDIVISION, PHASE 1A, AS RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1996, PAGES 237 AND 238, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 205 Capello Court, Holly Springs, NC 27540. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining

amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Dwayne E. Bell and wife, Lacrecia M. Bell. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession

by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the

Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 15, LAUREL RIDGE SUBDIVISION, AS RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1998, PAGES 1861-1863, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1222 Pampass Trail, Zebulon, NC 27597. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining

amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Francisco Hernandez-Medina. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession

by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the

door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 379, PRINCETON MANOR SUBDIVISION, SECTION III, AS RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2004, PAGES 2145-2146, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1004 Cambridge River Court, Knightdale, NC 27545. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining

amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Kimithi L. Davis and Windy Davis. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession

by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the