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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018

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Soybeans are shown growing in a field. North Carolina farmers are among those expected to benefit from the trade deal between the U.S. and Mexico reached on Monday to replace NAFTA. Mexico has promised to buy more farm products from the United States including soybeans and other goods. The deal also requires that 75 percent of auto parts in cars assembled in North America be made in either the United States or Mexico, up from the current level of 62.5 percent. Nearly half of auto parts must be also made by workers earning at least $16 per hour.

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Washington, D.C. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced on Tuesday that the Farm Service Agency will administer payments to producers of corn, cotton, dairy, hog, sorghum, soybean and wheat starting Sept. 4. A Food Purchase and Distribution Program will also move to buy $1.2 billion in commodities targeted by China’s retaliatory tariffs. The USDA will also spend $200 million to help develop new foreign markets for U.S. agriculture products.

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Trump tapped Rushing for 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump nominated North Carolina native Allison Jones Rushing, 36, for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week to replace retiring Judge Allyson Duncan of Durham. Rushing worked for two current Supreme Court justices, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas. She received her undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and her doctorate from Duke University Law School. Rushing must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

INSIDE Republican leadership at the NCGA will request a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court over a lower court decision to throw out N.C. congressional district maps. Jones & Blount

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University of North Carolina police stand guard in front of the plinth upon which the toppled statue of a Confederate soldier nicknamed Silent Sam once stood, on the school’s campus after a demonstration for its removal in Chapel Hill on August 20.

UNC Boards meet over Silent Sam, agree to have a plan by November Trustees plan would organize the “disposition and preservation” of controversial monument By NSJ Staff CHAPEL HILL — In reaction to the toppling of UNC Chapel Hill’s Silent Sam, a long-standing Confederate soldier statue. The UNC system’s Board of Governors and Board of Trustees held special meetings. After public and private meetings, the Board of Governors directed the Board of Trustees to draw up a plan by Nov. 15 for future “disposition and preservation” of the controversial monument. “We know that the monument has been divisive for a long time, but what happened on Monday was wrong,” UNC Chancellor Carol Folt said at the public meeting on Tuesday. “It was absolutely not the solution that we wanted. And we will follow

the process, as I’ve been saying. We’re reviewing Monday’s and now Saturday’s demonstrations, and the actions that are appropriate will be taken.” This comes after police in Chapel Hill arrested seven people Saturday during scuffles at a university campus where demonstrators last week had toppled Silent Sam, a school official said. Most of those taken into custody face assault charges, Carly Miller, a spokeswoman for the UNC Chapel Hill, said in an email. Saturday’s protest followed a larger one last Monday when about 300 demonstrators surrounded the Silent Sam memorial, erected more than a century ago to honor soldiers of the Confederacy killed during the U.S. Civil War, and used ropes to pull it down. UNC Chapel Hill police charged three people in connection with the toppling of a ConSee SILENT SAM, page A2

U.S. reaches trade deal with Mexico, Canada rejoins talks The deal with Mexico announced by the White House Monday could benefit N.C. By Donna King North State Journal WASHINGTON, D.C./RALEIGH — Canada’s top trade negotiator joined her Mexican and U.S. counterparts in Washington on Tuesday in a bid to remain part of a trilateral North American trade pact, as U.S. officials expressed optimism a deal could be reached this week. Ottawa is under pressure to accept new terms on auto trade and dispute settlement rules after White House announced a new trade deal with Mexico that would overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The new deal would require that Mexico buy more agricultural product from the United States and would increase the domestic content of cars assembled in North America. “More of the parts used here would be made in North America, and that’s important to North Carolina because we are a big, big producer of automotive parts,” said economist Michael Walden of NC State University in an interview on WPTF. “Mexico would also be buying many more agricultural products from the U.S., and that’s also very important for North Carolina because that is our biggest export to Mexico, agriculture products, particularly those based on meat.” Announcement of the deal put pressure on Canada, which had strong words against President Donald Trump several months ago when he threatened to rip up NAFTA. Now, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland rejoins the yearlong talks following a hiatus of several weeks as the United States and Mexico ironed out outstanding bilateral disagreements in the renegotiation of the 24-year-old accord.

“When the president said he was going to tear up NAFTA, the sentiment in N.C. was largely negative because the economy has changed. Now we are very tied to Mexico.” Michael Walden, NC State University economist

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Legislature passes rewritten constitutional amendments With a print deadline looming lawmakers look to finalize wording for the midterm ballots. By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — After a public rebuke by all five living former N.C. governors as well as by the courts, the Republican-led General Assembly met in a special session to rewrite two amendments that are to appear on November’s ballot. A three-judge panel ruled last week on the side of Democratic opponents of the amendments, including Gov. Cooper, but gave the legislature the opportunity to “act immediately” to resolve the issues. While there are six amendments in total appearing on the ballot, the former governors and the courts focused on two specifically. One of the amendments would have moved responsibility for appointments to hundreds of boards and commissions from the executive branch to the legislative branch. Former governors from both parties, including

Republicans Jim Martin and Pat McCrory, joined in objecting to this proposed change. After courts agreed, the legislature voted, the House on Friday with the Senate confirming the changes on Monday, to limit the scope of the proposed amendment. Instead of responsibility for a wide range of boards and commissions being transferred to the legislature, only an ethics and elections board will be affected, and appointment power will be shared between the branches. The amendment would also reduce the present board from nine members to eight members and would prevent any party from having more than four members on the newly-constituted “Bipartisan Board of Ethics and Election Enforcement.” The two Republicans among the critical former governors appeared to be mostly appeased by the new, scaled-back version of the boards and commissions amendment. McCrory said his thoughts on the changes were “positive,” although he needed to take a closer look, and See AMENDMENT, page A3

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SILENT SAM from page A1 federate soldier statue, an official said on Friday. A police investigation may result in additional arrests, but so far each of the three people faces misdemeanor charges of riot and defacing of a public monument, university police spokesman Randy Young said in an emailed statement. The three are not affiliated with the University of North Carolina, Young said. The UNC Board of Governors Chairman Harry Smith reportedly said they plan to hire an outside investigative firm to examine police action that night and why barriers were not erected around the 1913 statue. This was the latest incident in an orchestrated campaign against Civil War symbols by opponents who say they glorify the South’s legacy of slavery and racism. Supporters view the memorials as emblems of American history. Video from Saturday that was shared on social media showed competing rallies, with some waving signs with slogans such as “Destroy White Supremacy,” and others holding Confederate flags. At one point, a man in a widebrimmed hat punched another man in the face and was led away by police. State law requires that the memorial be placed back on the campus within 90 days, UNC board member Thom Goolsby said in a video statement on Thursday. He also said the statue had been “torn down by a violent mob.” UNC Chancellor Carol Folt said during a conference call with reporters on Saturday that officials were assessing what the law required in terms of the reinstallation of the statue.

“We know that the monument has been divisive for a long time, but what happened on Monday was wrong.” Carol Folt, UNC chancellor

Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and his wife Cindy celebrate under confetti during a rally at Pontiac-Oakland County International Airport in Waterford, Michigan January 9, 2008.

John McCain, war hero and ‘maverick’ Republican, dead at 81 McCain’s widow, Cindy, is believed to be on the short list to take his seat until 2020 elections. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said he won’t name a replacement until after Sunday’s funeral.

Top left: Maria Vicllalpando, 67, of Phoenix, pays respects to late U.S. Senator John McCain at his office in Phoenix, Arizona, August 26.

By Will Dunham Reuters WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran for president in 2008 as a maverick Republican and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday. He was 81. A senator from Arizona for more than three decades, McCain had been suffering from brain cancer since July 2017 and had not been at the U.S. Capitol this year. He died on Saturday afternoon at his ranch in Arizona with his wife, Cindy, and other family members at his bedside. McCain frequently battled with Trump and his family has said he did not want the president to attend his funeral. Flags flew at half-staff at the White House on Sunday. Trump has tweeted his “deepest sympathies and respect” to McCain’s family, although he added no words of praise for McCain himself All five living former presidents — Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter — paid tribute to McCain’s courage and character. Cindy McCain said her husband had “passed the way he lived, on his own terms, surrounded by the people he loved, in the place he loved best.” McCain will lie in state in the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday and in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Friday. There will be a memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral on Saturday, with U.S. and international leaders invited to attend, and McCain will then be buried in a private ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on Sunday. Affable, cantankerous McCain’s death brings to 50 the number of Republican-held seats in the 100-member U.S. Senate, with Democrats controlling 49. Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will appoint a member of his own party to succeed McCain after the funeral. That could also give Republicans a slight edge in the battle to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court because McCain had been too ill to vote this year. Alternatively affable and cantankerous, McCain had been in the public eye since the 1960s when, as a naval aviator, he was shot down during the Vietnam War and tortured by his North Vietnamese Communist captors. He was edged out by George W. Bush for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 but became his party’s White House candidate eight years later. After

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Bottom left: U.S. Navy Lt. Comdr. John S. McCain is interviewed about his experiences as a prisoner of war during the war in Vietnam, April 24, 1973.

“I am deeply saddened by the passing of my friend and colleague, John McCain. John was a true patriot, who placed his duty to his family and his country above all else. He faced this battle, which would be his last, with the courage that defined his career and the grace that comes from a life well-lived.” Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) gambling on political neophyte Sarah Palin as his running mate, McCain lost to Obama, who became the first black U.S. president. Obama said in a statement that he and McCain, despite their different backgrounds and political views, shared a belief in American ideals. “We saw our political battles, even, as a privilege, something noble, an opportunity to serve as stewards of those high ideals at home, and to advance them around the world,” Obama wrote. McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was a frequent critic and target of his fellow Republican Trump, who was elected president in November 2016. McCain denounced Trump for, among other things, his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders the senator described as foreign “tyrants.” “Flattery secures his friendship, criticism his enmity,” McCain said of Trump in his memoir, “The Restless Wave,” which was released in May. McCain castigated Trump in July for his summit with Putin, calling their joint news conference in Helsinki “one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory.” Defense Secretary James Mattis saluted McCain as a figure who “always put service to the nation before self.” In Germany, whose government has clashed with Trump over a range of issues including trade and defense, Chancellor Angela Merkel said: “John McCain was guided by the firm conviction that

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the value of all political work could be found in serving freedom, democracy and the rule of law.” French President Emmanuel Macron called McCain “a true American hero (whose) ... voice will be missed,” and British Prime Minister Theresa May said he “embodied the idea of service over self.”

crazies.” Trump retorted that McCain was “not a war hero,” adding: “I like people who weren’t captured.” After Trump became president, McCain blasted what he called the president’s attempts to undermine the free press and rule of law and lamented the “half-baked, spurious nationalism” of the Trump era.

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McCain, a traditionally Republican foreign policy hawk, was admired in both parties for championing civility and compromise during an era of acrid partisanship in U.S. politics. But he also had a famous temper and rarely shied away from a fight, including several with Trump. He was the central figure in one of the most dramatic congressional moments in Trump’s presidency when he returned to Washington shortly after his brain cancer diagnosis for a middle-ofthe-night vote in July 2017. Still bearing a black eye and scar from surgery, McCain gave a thumbs-down signal in a vote to scuttle a Trump-backed bill that would have repealed the Obamacare health care law and increased the number of Americans without health insurance by millions. Trump was furious about McCain’s vote and frequently referred to it at rallies. After Trump launched his presidential campaign in 2015, McCain condemned his hardline rhetoric on illegal immigration and said Trump had “fired up the

McCain, the son and grandson of U.S. Navy admirals, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 after more than two decades of Navy service. Arizona next elected him to the U.S. Senate in 1986 to replace Barry Goldwater, the 1964 Republican presidential nominee revered by conservatives. In running for president in 2008, McCain tried to succeed fellow Republican Bush at time when the United States was mired in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and stuck in a financial crisis. It was a stark contrast between McCain, then a 72-year-old veteran of Washington, and the 47-year-old Obama, who was offering a “Yes, we can” message of change. McCain tried to inject some youth into his campaign with his selection of Palin, Alaska’s governor, as his running mate. But her political inexperience and shaky interview performances raised concerns about her qualifications. McCain voiced regret in his new memoir for not choosing then-Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat turned independent, as his running mate.

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nation & world Florida video game tournament shooting reignites gun debate Florida voters went to the polls for their state primary on Tuesday, just two days after another shooting left two victims dead and 11 injured. By Scott Malone Reuters JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — The slaying of two competitors at a Jacksonville video game tournament on Sunday has stirred the long-simmering gun debate in Florida on the eve of its hotly contested state and federal primary elections. With Florida voters picking candidates for governor and Congress on Tuesday, some Democratic contenders said the shooting was further evidence of the need for stricter gun legislation while other hopefuls canceled campaign appearances. “We as society have to come together and say enough of this,” Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson told reporters in Jacksonville, near the site of the shooting at a Madden 19 online football game tournament. The violence, which also injured 11 people, was the latest in a series of high-profile shootings in the state, following the killing of 17 students and educators at a high school in February and the massacre of 49 people at an Orlando nightclub in 2016. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office identified the shooter, who took his own life, as David Katz, 24, of Baltimore. Witnesses told local media Katz was angry because he lost the tournament. Katz was hospitalized twice as a teenager for mental illness and prescribed anti-psychotic and anti-depressant medications, the Baltimore Sun reported, citing his parents’ divorce filings. Reuters could not independently confirm the report. Nelson’s re-election campaign is facing a November challenge by the state’s Republican governor, Rick Scott, in one of the key races that will determine the balance of power in the Senate. Gun rights, which are covered by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, is an issue that generally breaks along party

PARIS/ISTANBUL — U.S. trade sanctions against Turkey could destabilize the region and ultimately bolster regional terrorism and the refugee crisis, Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak claimed on Monday. Albayrak, speaking at a news conference after meeting his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire in Paris, used the opportunity to take aim at the United States and to highlight Ankara’s push for better ties with Europe given the deepening rift with Washington. The standoff with the United States over American evangelical Christian pastor Andrew Brunson, of Montreat, N.C., detained in Turkey on terrorism charges, has helped accelerate a crisis in the Turkish lira, which is down about 40 percent this year. President Donald Trump this month authorized a doubling of duties on aluminum and steel imported from Turkey. Investors are also worried about a U.S. Treasury investigation into majority state-owned Turkish lender Halkbank, which

Russia to hold its biggest war games since fall of Soviet Union Moscow Russia will hold its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1981, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday. The massive military exercise, scheduled for September 11 -15, will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies. Called Vostok-2018 (East-2018), it will involve almost 300,000 troops, more than 1,000 military aircraft, two of Russia’s naval fleets, and all of its airborne units. The maneuvers will take place at a time of heightened tension between the West and Russia, which is concerned about what it says is an unjustified build-up of the NATO military alliance on its western flank.

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Police officers cordon off a street outside The Jacksonville Landing after a shooting during a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida on August 26. lines, with Republicans typically arguing that better enforcement of existing gun laws and early intervention and treatment of mental illness is the best way to deter shootings, while Democrats call for more restrictions on weapons ownership. Given the partisan breakdown, the shooting may not change outcomes in Tuesday’s primaries where people will pick candidates from within their own parties. State Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, one of the Republicans seeking to succeed Scott as governor, canceled a campaign event in Jacksonville and on Twitter said his “prayers continue to be with the victims and their families.” Democratic front-runner Gwen Graham called on Putnam and his leading Republican rival, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, to offer a stronger policy response. “@AdamPutnam and @ RonDeSantisFL are avoiding Jacksonville because they are

Turkey’s Albayrak says U.S. sanctions against Ankara could destabilize region Reuters

faces a potentially hefty fine for allegations of Iran-sanctions busting. The bank has said all of its transactions were legal. “These steps taken with political motivation will not only impact the global financial system but also global trade and regional stability,” Albayrak, who is the son-in-law of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, said. “With the damage (the steps) will cause to regional stability, they will unfortunately contribute to chaotic problems that feed terrorism and also the refugee crisis.” Albayrak said Turkey wanted to take its relations with the European Union to a new phase where trade with the bloc is more important. Recent unilateral steps taken by the United States had shown that relations between Turkey and the EU, namely France, were more important than ever, he said. Albayrak also said France and Turkey shared the same position against one-sided decisions by the United States regarding Iran, and that they had decided to take joint steps in this regard.

“We chose not to politicize a tragedy. This is a sad attempt to score a quick political point while families are still grieving. Shame on you.” Stephen Lawson Rep. Ron DeSantis’ (R-Fla.) spokesman, via Twitter

scared to answer questions on gun violence,” Graham said in a Monday Twitter post. DeSantis spokesman Stephen Lawson said it was not the time to talk policy. “We chose not to politicize a tragedy,” Lawson said. “This is a sad attempt to score a quick political point while families are still grieving. Shame on you.”

One of the people slain was Elijah Clayton, 22, of Woodland Hills, Calif., a representative of his family told reporters on Monday. The other was Taylor Robertson, 27, of Ballard, W.Va., local media reported, citing family members. Robertson, a husband and father, won the tournament last year and Katz won it the year before, according to Madden publisher EA Sports, the unit of Electronic Arts, which sponsored Sunday’s tournament. Katz had two handguns and extra ammunition but appeared to have fired only one gun, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said at a news conference. Katz bought the guns, at least one of which was equipped with a laser sight, legally in Maryland, Williams said. Williams said the shooter targeted other gamers. “The suspect walked past patrons who were in other parts of the business and focused his attention on the gamers,” he said.

Harare, Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa took the oath as Zimbabwe’s president in front of a stadium crowd on Sunday after a divisive election, as U.S. observers of that vote questioned the country’s democratic credentials. The Constitutional Court confirmed Mnangagwa as president in a ruling released on Friday, dismissing a challenge by the man he defeated in the July 30 ballot, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.

In Ireland Pope begs forgiveness for ‘betrayal’ of abuse Dublin/Knock, Ireland Pope Francis on Sunday asked for forgiveness for the “scandal and betrayal” felt by victims of sexual exploitation by Roman Catholic clergy as he continued his tour of Ireland where years of abuse scandals have shattered the Church’s former dominance. On the first papal visit to Ireland in almost four decades, Francis privately met with eight victims of clerical, religious and institutional abuse on Saturday and said he would seek a greater commitment to eliminating this “scourge.”

AMENDMENT from page A1 Jim Martin said, “It’s certainly a big improvement and I’m inclined to give them credit for that. I applaud that change.” On the other amendment, which deals with filling judicial vacancies, fewer substantive changes were made and Martin said, “...I still think that’s a big mistake.” Under the present system, if a judge steps down during his term, leaving the seat vacant, the governor would be responsible for filling the vacancy until the next election. The General Assembly’s amendment would instead create a mixed system where a panel of experts approves potential nominees, the legislature chooses a few names from among them and then these names are given to the governor, who must choose from the options presented. Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) said in a statement, “These new amendments address the court’s concerns, and we’re confident voters will agree that a bipartisan elections and ethics board is in the best interest of our state, and that governors should not enjoy unchecked power to appoint their friends and staff to the courts.” Rep. Darren Jackson (D-Wake), the Democratic House Leader, said in an interview that he worried giving power over judicial appointments to the legislature could lead to Republican tampering with the state judiciary. “I think court packing is a very real concern,” Jackson said, referring to the practice of adding justices of one party to dilute the power of a present majority from the other party. Sen. Dan Blue (D-Wake), Senate

“The amendment is the latest step in the systematic takeover of the Judicial Branch by the Republican Party.” Sen. Dan Blue (D-Wake), Senate Minority Leader Minority Leader, released a statement saying, “The amendment gives the legislature exclusive authority to choose nominees with the bare minimum requirements. It goes even further, letting these appointees serve an extra three years before they have to stand for election. The amendment is the latest step in the systematic takeover of the Judicial Branch by the Republican Party.” The special sessions and wrangling in court have already delayed the ballot preparation process. Republicans contend that Gov. Cooper and Democratic allies waited five unnecessary weeks to file lawsuits, saying they did so for political reasons. House Rules Chair David Lewis said in a statement, “We respect the role of the courts and have responded to their ruling, even though we disagree with their decision, and urge the governor to end his latest lawsuit so our state’s elections process can proceed without further delay.” Under federal law, absentee bymail ballots must be available by Sept. 22, putting deadline pressure on the process to get amendment wording finalized before the end of the month.

Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed, says government Nangarhar, Afghanistan The head of ISIS in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in a strike on the group’s hideouts in Nangarhar province on Saturday night, authorities said on Sunday. Ten other members of the militant group were also killed in a joint ground and air operation by Afghan and foreign forces, the National Directorate of Security in Kabul said in a statement.

Australian foreign minister resigns amid Cabinet revamp Sydney Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop resigned from new Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Cabinet on Sunday, two days after a bruising leadership battle that toppled former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and led to a major ministerial shakeup. Bishop announced she would move to the backbench and had not yet decided whether to contest the next election, which is due by May 2019. That decision could have serious implications for Morrison’s government, which has a parliamentary majority of only one seat.

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You might be a socialist if … Chances are very, very high that you might think you are a socialist when, in practice, you are very much a freedom-loving American who wants to better yourself and your family through the miracle of free enterprise and capitalism.

WITH APOLOGIES to Jeff Foxworthy of “You Might Be A Redneck” fame. In a recent Gallup poll, 57 percent of all Democrats said they preferred socialism to capitalism with the highest ratings among liberal young people aged 18-29. You might “think” you are a socialist at heart. But you probably aren’t. Take this test and preface each question with “I might be a socialist if” to see if you really do qualify: I am willing to pay up to 56 percent of my income to the government every year without looking for loopholes or complaining about it. I want all major decisions to be made by faceless, unnamed, unelected bureaucrats in Washington, state capitals and local governments. I want state-run monopolies to control the marketplace. I want centralized government to monitor my speech and what I can say and when I want to say it or not allow me to talk at all. I want government to provide massive subsidies and protections to old archaic businesses threatened by new companies and innovations such as Amazon, Apple, PayPal, Uber and Netflix. I want all of my personal health care decisions to be made by government employees who run medical facilities as well as the government runs the U.S. Postal Service and the state DMV today. I don’t want any competition to the public education system or allow any alternative means of educating my children, even if the local public school to which we are assigned has been performing poorly for the past 30 years. I want everyone to be paid the same even though I have worked my tail off and studied and sacrificed when everyone else was playing around and partying. I want the process to start a new business to take up to five years to get through tons of government red tape, regulation and bureaucracy. I think my personal freedom is less important than everyone else’s needs, wants and desires. Socialism where college and health care are “free for everyone!” might

be initially attractive to the generation that grew up with Napster and saw everything being offered for free: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pandora, Fortnite. Except that each business is an extremely capitalistic enterprise that is utterly dependent upon advertising from the private sector to survive. No profit. No business. The day they stop making a profit, they die. Chances are very, very high that you might think you are a socialist when, in practice, you are very much a freedom-loving American who wants to better yourself and your family through the miracle of free enterprise and capitalism as much as anyone who has ever aspired to get to America legally or illegally in the past. No one moves to any European country for the promise of their welfare state in retirement if it means restriction of their freedoms to do whatever you want earlier in life. Close to 50 million legal immigrants live in America today. Fifteen percent of the U.S. population legally moved here to participate in the free enterprise system instead of going to socialist nations around the globe. The U.S. represents 4 percent of the world’s population of 7.6 billion, and yet 20 percent of the 250 million international legal migrants worldwide have come here — not Sweden, France and certainly not Venezuela. You want capitalism. You NEED capitalism. Not only to satisfy your needs and desires — like the next iPhone — but to be able to pay the taxes to pay for the social programs you say you want. As hard as anyone in America tries to make socialism sound cool, the truth is that deep down in your heart, you are not a socialist and never will be. Let Europe stay socialist. Go there if you want to visit. But you will always come back to the freedom of America.

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Kavanaugh rules by the law, even in tough cases “In the tough cases, a judge’s heart might say something different than the law requires.”

ARTICLE 30 OF THE Massachusetts Constitution, authored by John Adams and adopted in 1780, calls for a “government of laws and not of men.” The principle referred to as “the rule of law” sounds nice in the abstract and fits comfortably in easy situations, but it is truly tested in the tough cases. In the tough cases, a judge’s heart might say something different than the law requires. These cases involve difficult, compelling or even gutwrenching facts and put to the test whether the law or the judge must decide the cases that come to court. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has addressed this issue in the context of a Supreme Court nomination. In 2009, he served on the Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearing for Sonia Sotomayor, who was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Schumer noted that, even in “hot-button cases,” she “hewed carefully to the text of statutes, even when doing so results in rulings that go against socalled sympathetic litigants.” Sotomayor herself embraced this principle, saying: “Whether I’ve agreed with a party or not, found them sympathetic or not, in every case I have decided I have done what the law requires.” Whether a party position is “sympathetic or not,” she explained, she must reach “the result [that] is commanded by law.” In other words, a judge must approach the tough and the easy cases the same way. This issue was prominent in last year’s confirmation process for Justice Neil Gorsuch. In one case while he served on the U.S. Court of Appeals, a trucker was fired for abandoning his trailer after its brakes froze. While the court ruled for the trucker, Gorsuch dissented. He described the conflict between “whether [the employer’s] decision was a wise or kind one” and “whether the decision was an illegal one.” A court, he wrote, must enforce the law as it is, rather than “use the law … to combat all perceived evils lurking in the neighborhood.” Schumer and other Senate Democrats attacked Gorsuch as a heartless villain. In 2009, Schumer seemed to say that judges must follow the law, even in the tough cases. In 2017, he opposed Gorsuch for doing just that. Like Sotomayor, Kavanaugh served on the U.S. Court of Appeals and faced his own tough cases. One of them was Doe ex rel. Tarlow v. District of Columbia (2007). This lawsuit was brought on behalf of three women with mental disabilities. As a result of court decrees, they had been under D.C.’s care and living in D.C.’s facilities for decades: Jane Doe I since 1960, Jane Doe II since 1955 and Jane Doe III since 1967. D.C. law authorizes an agency official to make health care decisions

for persons who lack the mental capacity to do so for themselves. For individuals who once possessed such capacity, their “known wishes” must be considered. For those who never possessed such capacity, the decision must be based on a “good faith belief as to the best interests of the patient.” This distinction was essential to this case. The lawsuit claimed that the District of Columbia authorized a medical procedure for each of these women without their consent: an abortion for Jane Doe I in 1984, eye surgery for Jane Doe II in 1994 and an abortion for Jane Doe III in 1979. When the case reached the D.C. Circuit in 2003, both sides agreed that these women never had the mental capacity to make health care decisions for themselves. The legal issue, therefore, was whether either D.C. law or the Constitution still required ascertaining the wishes of individuals who lacked the mental capacity to make health care decisions. Writing the opinion for a unanimous appeals court, Kavanaugh said no. It may be possible to ascertain the wishes of someone who once had the capacity to make health care decisions (though in many cases, it isn’t), but not of someone who never had that capacity. Some of Kavanaugh’s opponents have falsely claimed that he believes the government may force women to have abortions without their consent. That, of course, was not the issue in this case. It was whether the law required seeking the consent of a woman who, because of her lifelong mental disabilities, could not give it. The fact-checking website Snopes examined this claim and concluded that it presents “an over-simplified representation of a complicated legal case and misstate[s] Kavanaugh’s role in it.” But Kavanaugh also stressed that following the medical wishes of patients who, by definition, lack “sufficient mental capacity to appreciate the nature and implications” of the decision might well result in “serious injury or death to the patient, and great potential for abuse and confusion.” In other words, following the law in this case was not only Kavanaugh’s duty as a judge, but it also reflected concern for the wellbeing of these women. Tough cases can pit the judge’s head against his heart — what he knows the law requires against what he wants to do. What could be more heartless, however, than unrestrained government power? The rule of law protects us all by keeping government in check, and that includes judges. Thomas Jipping is deputy director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

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George Washington at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Don’t fall for the ‘First Amendment equals free speech’ trick We ought not let ourselves be fooled into falsely equating freedom of speech to the First Amendment.

LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE, this is one of those problems that I keep expecting people to wise up about but that — because people never do — keeps getting worse. Thus this tutorial. The problem is that too many Americans conflate the First Amendment with the freedom of speech. You see it when people discuss the current social media crackdown against controversial right-wing talk show host Alex Jones and his website Infowars. Jones was banned by Facebook, YouTube (which is owned by Google), Apple and Spotify and, more recently, suspended by Twitter for one week. Writing in The New Yorker, Steve Coll mocked Jones for calling himself the victim of “a war on free speech.” “Such censorship is not unconstitutional,” Coll reminded readers. “The First Amendment protects us against governmental intrusions; it does not (yet) protect speech on privately owned platforms.” The U.S. government is rarely in a position to censor Americans’ freedom of expression. Because the vast majority of censorship is carried out by nongovernment entities (such as the social media companies blocking Jones), the First Amendment bans only a tiny portion of censorship. Some government agencies do censor the press. A federal judge ordered The New York Times to halt publication of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. The Los Angeles Police Department, whose pension fund owned part of the parent company of the Los Angeles Times, was angry about my work criticizing its brutality and incompetence and ordered the Times to fire me as its cartoonist. The newspaper complied. Annoyed by an editorial in the local paper criticizing them for conducting random searches of high school students at basketball games using dogs, police in Baker City, Ore., created a fake dossier of crimes allegedly committed by the editorial writer, which they used to get him fired. Those cases are covered by the First Amendment. But they are outliers. We can’t protect existing rights if we don’t understand the current parameters of the law. New rights arise from unfulfilled political needs and desires; we can’t fight for expanded protections without defining what is lacking yet desired. Schoolchildren and student journalists, both public and private, are constantly running up against censorship by teachers and administrators. Employers constrain political speech, obscenity and other forms of expression on the job. These are freedom of speech, but not First Amendment, issues. In recent decades, opponents of free speech — mostly, but not exclusively, on the right — have relentlessly conflated First Amendment debates with those over free speech. The effect has been to reduce society’s expectations of how much freedom we ought to have to express ourselves. Take the Jones case. Writing for the website Polygon, Julia Alexander provided us with a boilerplate liberal response to complaints by Jones and his allies that the big social media companies are suppressing his freedom of speech. First she described some of the episodes that prompted banning Jones, such as his pushing Pizzagate and Sandy Hook shooting denialism. Then she pounced: “It’s not a freedom of speech issue, nor one of censorship. The First Amendment ... gives American citizens the freedom of speech. ... The United States government isn’t bringing

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing regarding the company’s use and protection of user data on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 11. the hammer down on Jones. This isn’t a political issue, as badly as Jones might want to pretend otherwise.” See what Alexander did? In just a few sentences, she squeezed and smushed the extremely broad practice of “censorship” into the relatively tiny box of the U.S. government’s “bringing the hammer down.” I don’t mean to pick on her; I’ve seen this same exact ball of sophistry used over and over by countless other pundits. Of course Twitter, Facebook et al. are censoring Jones. Of course the First Amendment doesn’t cover him here. It’s obviously a freedom of speech issue. The question — the question pro-censorship folks such as Alexander don’t want us to ask — is: Is it right? For what is right is not always what is legal (see: slavery). Jones and his allies may or may not be legit. Their political arguments often are not. But the question they’re asking here is legitimate and important: Should these companies have the power to suppress speech — any kind of speech? Alexander ended with a message you ought to find chilling: “Don’t publish vile content, and your video will probably be a-ok.” “Probably”? Who gets to define “vile”? Alexander? Mark Zuckerberg, apparently. Obviously, it is a political issue. But that’s not the main point here. The freedom of speech used to belong to the man with the means to buy ink by the barrel. Now you can buy a newspaper company for pennies on the dollar, but who will read the paper? Much, if not most, of the political debate in our civic life takes place on platforms owned, controlled and censored by the companies blocking Jones’ content. They write and enforce their own rules. As private companies, they are unaccountable to us the people. We don’t know how they make censorship decisions or who makes them. Perhaps this is a splendid state of affairs. Maybe Americans don’t mind surrendering control of political debate to faceless tech giants. Whatever we decide, however, we deserve a transparent discussion. We ought not let ourselves be fooled into falsely equating freedom of speech to the First Amendment. Freedom of speech means exactly that: People can say anything at all, anywhere they please, to anyone. Every First Amendment case pertaining to speech is a free speech issue. But only a tiny fraction of free speech issues are First Amendment cases. Ted Rall, an editorial cartoonist, columnist and graphic novelist, is the author of “Francis: The People’s Pope.”

THE IMMIGRATION and Nationality Act mandates that all immigrants and refugees undergo a medical screening examination to determine whether they have an inadmissible health condition. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has technical instructions for medical examination of prospective immigrants in their home countries before they are permitted to enter the U.S. They are screened for communicable and infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, hepatitis, polio, measles, mumps and HIV. They are also tested for syphilis, gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases. The CDC also has medical screening guidelines for refugees. These screenings are usually performed 30 to 90 days after refugees arrive in the United States. But what about people who enter our country illegally? The CDC specifically cites the possibility of the crossborder movement of HIV, measles, pertussis, rubella, rabies, hepatitis A, influenza, tuberculosis, shigellosis and syphilis. Chris Cabrera, a Border Patrol agent in South Texas, warned: “What’s coming over into the U.S. could harm everyone. We are starting to see scabies, chickenpox, methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus infections and different viruses.” Some of the youngsters illegally entering our country are known to be carrying lice and suffering from various illnesses. Because there have been no medical examinations of undocumented immigrants, we have no idea how many are carrying infectious diseases that might endanger American children when these immigrants enter schools across our nation. According to the CDC, in most industrialized countries, the number of cases of tuberculosis and the number of deaths caused by TB steadily declined during the 100 years prior to the mid-1980s. Since the ’80s, immigrants have reversed this downward trend in countries that have had substantial levels of immigration from areas where the disease is prevalent. In 2002, the CDC said: “Today, the proportion of immigrants among persons reported as having TB exceeds 50 percent in several European countries, including Denmark, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. A similar proportion has been predicted for the United

States.” The number of active TB cases among Americanborn citizens declined from an estimated 17,725 in 1986 to 3,201 in 2015. That was an 80 percent drop. Data reported to the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System show that the TB incidence among foreign-born people in the United States (15.1 cases per 100,000) is approximately 13 times the incidence among U.S.-born people (1.2 cases per 100,000). Those statistics refer to immigrants who are legally in the U.S. There is no way for us to know the incidence of tuberculosis and other diseases carried by those who are in our country illegally and hence not subject to medical examination. This public health issue is ignored by all those Americans championing sanctuary cities. The public health issue is also ignored by Americans clamoring for open borders, and that includes many of my libertarian friends. By the way, in the late 19th century and early 20th century, when masses of European immigrants were trying to enter our country, those with dangerous diseases were turned back from Ellis Island. Americans hadn’t “progressed” to the point of thinking that anyone in the world has a legal right to live in America. Neither did they think that it was cruel or racist to take measures to prevent our fellow Americans from catching diseases from foreigners. But aside from diseases, there is the greater threat of welcoming to our shores people who have utter contempt for Western values and want to import anti-Western values to our country, such as genital mutilation, honor killings and the oppression of women. Many libertarian types make the argument that we would benefit from open borders when it comes to both people and goods. That vision ignores the important fact that when we import, say, tomatoes from Mexico, as opposed to people, to the U.S., they are not going to demand that we supply them with welfare benefits. The bottom line is that we Americans have a right to decide who enters our country and under what conditions. If we forgo that right, we cease to be a sovereign nation. But that may not be important to some Americans. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

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Immigrant children now housed in a tent encampment under the new “zero tolerance” policy by the Trump administration are shown walking in single file at the facility near the Mexican border in Tornillo, Texas on June 19.

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As school resumes this month, the N.C. Department of Transportation warns drivers to watch out for kids and school buses. On average, there are nearly 3,000 incidents of cars passing stopped school buses every school day in North Carolina. Not only is this incredibly dangerous for students, but it’s also against the law.

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Drivers need to remember that: On a two-lane road, all traffic from both directions must stop; On a two-lane road with a center turning lane, all traffic must come to a stop; When on a four-lane road without a median, traffic from both directions has to stop; In the case of a divided highway with four or more lanes, only traffic following the school bus needs to stop; and When on a road with four lanes or more with a center turning lane, just traffic following the bus must stop. Penalties for passing a stopped school bus include a $500 fine and an additional four insurance points, which will increase insurance rates by 80 percent. It’s imperative that drivers also slow down and obey the posted speed limit in a school zone — a child’s life could depend on it.

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McDowell County The 43-year-old evergreen tree that stands outside the McDowell County Courthouse will not be cut down after all. County commissioners initially decided to remove the tree to make room for a special display on the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. After public outcry, they reversed the decision, and the tree will remain and continue to be used in the annual December tree-lighting ceremony.

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Man charged with animal abuse after apparently duct taping puppy

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Henderson County Police arrested Ralph Chester Stahr and charged him with felony cruelty to animals after checking on the welfare of his puppy earlier this month. The puppy, a boxer-pit mix, had injuries to its face from blunt force trauma, as well as duct tape residue on its mouth and body. Stahr was booked and released on an $8,000 secured bond. The puppy is in the care of Henderson County Animal Services.

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PIEDMONT Man steals tow truck helping his wrecked Mercedes Catawba County Grayson Woodside of Sherrills Ford wrecked his Mercedes while driving in Tennessee. When a tow truck stopped to help, Woodside attacked the driver and stole the truck. The tow-truck driver, David Brooks, attached the wrecked car and let Woodside ride in the cab with him. At a stop sign, Woodside slashed his throat, forced him to get out and stole the truck. He caused another wreck and was charged with felony evading, as well as several other charges.

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Graham puts Confederate monuments under 24-hour guard Alamance County Alamance County deputies have been providing 24-hour security for the Confederate monument in Graham’s Court Square since protesters at UNC tore down the Silent Sam statue. Police officials said that around-the-clock security will remain “until further notice,” although there have been no threats made against the monument or courthouse. The security will not cost the county additional money. BURLINGTON TIMES NEWS

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Woman, child electrocuted by faulty hotel air conditioner Nash County A woman and a 9-year-old child were killed trying to fix an air-conditioning unit at the Economy Inn in Gold Rock. Kendra Pittman of Rocky Mount tried to reset the air conditioner in her room after it malfunctioned. She appears to have received a fatal shock when she touched a door handle while standing on a wet floor. She went into cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at the hospital later. A 9-year-old girl was also killed in the incident. WTVD

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Sparta fugitive caught after setting fire to Florida apartment Alleghany County Two North Carolina fugitives were arrested in Treasure Island, Fla., after setting fire to the apartment where they were living. Donald “Alfred” Billings of Sparta and Alton Smoot of Thurman were wanted in Alleghany County for shooting at law enforcement officers during a traffic stop. The fugitives had a standoff with police for several hours, and Billings was treated for burn injuries.

RALEIGH — A federal court ruled on Monday that North Carolina Republicans illegally drew up U.S. congressional districts in the state to benefit their party, suggesting that new lines be crafted before November’s election. The three-judge panel for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina said in a 321-page opinion that Republican legislators responsible for the map conducted unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering to dilute the impact of Democratic votes. “That is precisely what the Republicancontrolled North Carolina General Assembly sought to do here,” the opinion said. The panel gave parties until Thursday to file their recommendations to fix the problem. The decision could have national implications in this November’s battle for control of Congress. Democrats need to pick up 23 seats to gain a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives that could thwart Republican President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. Among the suggestions from the judges were holding state nominating primaries in November with new district lines that remove illegal partisan bias and then holding a general election before the new U.S. Congress is seated in January 2019. The North Carolina dispute centered on a congressional redistricting plan adopted by the Republican-led legislature in 2016 after a court

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Only one N.C. school still spanks children Graham County Earlier this month, the Robeson County board of education voted 6-to-5 to ban corporal punishment in schools. That decision means that just one county in the state still allows schools to spank children — Graham County. It appears that just one school in Graham County still engages in the practice. Robbinsville High School is the last school in the state that allows teachers and staff to spank children. PROGRESSIVE PULSE

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Cary man pleads guilty to helping terrorists Wake County A resident of Cary entered a guilty plea in federal court last week, admitting that he provided support to an Iraqi faction of al-Qaida during the Syrian civil war. Basit Javed Sheikh, a native of Pakistan who lived in Cary, was arrested at RDU in late 2013, when he tried to travel to Lebanon to help arrange personnel to join al-Nusrah Front. He also told an informant that he was willing to be a martyr for the cause.

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Moore County A driver hit a horse, then careened off the road, hitting a tree in a front yard. The crash injured the 32-yearold woman driving the car, as well as her 9-year-old daughter. The pair, who weren’t named, were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A second car hit the horse, who remained in the roadway, injured, but left the scene. The horse later died and was found blocking both lanes of the road.

Brunswick County A beach-goer was seriously injured by a kite at Sunset Beach last week. The person, who was not named, was hit in the head by a large kite normally used for kite surfing. Fire chief Richard Childress referred to the injury as “traumatic” and said that the victim was taken to the hospital with a severe neck injury. WECT

Hertford County A pilot practicing water landings suffered an equipment malfunction last week, leading to a crash landing in the Chowan River. The pilot and a flight student passenger, neither of whom were named, touched down their sea plane on the water near Holiday Island when one of the wing supports malfunctioned, causing the plane to capsize. Neither passenger was injured. WTKR JOURNAL

DNA leads to arrest in ‘Ramsey Street Rapist’ case Cumberland County After more than a decade, police believe they have identified and arrested the Ramsey Street Rapist. A series of six rapes in the Ramsey Street area of North Fayetteville frightened residents from March 2006 to January 2008. The same DNA testing that led to the arrest of the Golden State Killer led to the arrest of 43-year-old Darold Wayne Bowden on charges related to all six attacks. He’s being held on an $18.8 million bond.

found that Republican lawmakers improperly used race as a factor when redrawing certain U.S. House districts after the 2010 census. The Republican lawmaker in charge of the plan said it was crafted to maintain Republican dominance because “electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats.” Party officials were not immediately available for comment on the court’s decision. North Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Wayne Goodwin said the decision “is a monumental and necessary line in the sand stating that politicians cannot choose their voters by silencing other voters.” Republicans in 2016 won 10 of the 13 House districts — 77 percent of them — despite getting just 53 percent of the statewide vote, nearly the same result as in 2014. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a lower court ruling that Republicans drew the boundaries to ensure electoral victories for their party. But the justices sent the case back to the federal three-judge panel to reconsider whether the plaintiffs, including a group of Democratic voters, had the necessary legal standing to sue in the case. “North Carolina’s gerrymandering was one of the most brazen in the nation, where state legislative leaders proudly pronounced it a partisan gerrymander,” Rick Hasen, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, wrote on his election law blog.

State officials work to reduce road deaths over Labor Day weekend NSJ Staff LUMBERTON — The state’s Labor Day “Booze it & Lose It” campaign kicked off over the weekend, aimed at reducing road fatalities and stopping alcohol-related crashes. The same program over the July 4, 2018, holiday put 875 check points on N.C. roads and yielded more than 1,300 DWI arrests and more than 55,000 total traffic and criminal violations on a variety of charges. Organized by the Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP), the statewide campaign runs through Monday, Sept 3. On the first day of the safe-driving initiative last week, clergy from across Robeson County gathered to pray for the people on the roads. “Robeson County has the highest number of crashes per capita in North Carolina, and we can’t wait another day to do something about it,” said North Carolina Board of Transportation member Grady Hunt, who leads the newly formed Robeson County Vision Zero Task Force. “We hope that clergy in and around this community will help us spur conversation about this crisis on our roadways.”

Vision Zero Task Force is a Robeson County campaign working with GHSP to address the county’s high rate of road fatalities by including law enforcement, road design and educational outreach in their work. “People are dying mostly because of drunk driving, speeding and not wearing seat belts,” said GHSP director Mark Ezzell. “Engaging the faith-based community from across the county is critical to re-enforcing that saving lives on our roadways is not a partisan issue, it’s a cultural issue. We need every person who gets behind the wheel of a vehicle to understand that driving safely could mean saving their own lives and the lives of those around them.” “This isn’t about politics or even preaching, this is about lives and saving them, and we plan to talk about this at our annual meeting to help spread this sense of urgency,” said Pastor Mike Cummings, retired director of the Burnt Swap Baptist Association, a family of churches affiliated with the North Carolina Baptist State Convention. The GHSP is asking the public to be mindful during this Labor Day holiday to travel as safely as possible by designating a sober driver, calling a cab or finding public transit options.

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY Tim Parker, left, and Kathryn Hicks, right, both of Rocky Mount, carry files out of Carolina Jewelry, Pawn & Gun in Rocky Mount in Oct. 2016, after rains from Hurricane Matthew caused the Tar River to overflow its banks.

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By Emily Roberson North State Journal RALEIGH – The N.C Department of Commerce is reminding business owners that up to $11.3 million in forgivable loans is available to small businesses in communities hit by Hurricane Matthew. Business owners are invited to participate in an educational workshop in Fair Bluff, N.C. Wednesday, August 29 aimed to help them access federal relief funds and recover from the devastating flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew. The workshop is part of a wider effort to educate impacted businesses in all areas of the state that $11.3 million is available for small businesses through the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery program (CDBG-DR), administered by the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Rural Economic Development Division. The Carolina Small Business Development Fund, a certified Community Development Financial Institution and the Fair Bluff Chamber of Commerce are partnering with Commerce to conduct the workshop, to be held at Fair Bluff United Methodist Church located at 1030 Main Street, Fair Bluff, starting at 1 p.m. “Helping small businesses hurt by Hurricane Matthew rebuild and grow is an important step in restoring the economic vitality of the communities hit hardest by the storm,” N.C. Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland said. “While many North Carolina busi-

To be eligible for this program, a business must: • Meet the standards of a small business as defined in Title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 121 (13 CFR part 121). • Require funds to recover from Hurricane Matthew-caused physical or economic damage, especially flooding. • Have no other source of funds for their unmet needs to meet Matthew recovery costs. • Have their primary place of business located in Matthew-caused floodaffected areas of North Carolina, especially the counties of Robeson, Cumberland, Edgecombe and Wayne. Eligible uses for funds include: • Financing for payment of interior and exterior repairs and property improvements. • Financing for furniture, fixtures and equipment as well as the purchase and installation of equipment. • Using grant or loan financing to provide working capital or to pay for marketing costs, operating expenses and inventory. • Funds for relocations of any displaced persons due to the CDBG project. For direct queries to N.C. Commerce regarding the Fair Bluff workshop or other aspects of the program, contact Robert Collins, N.C. Commerce Disaster Recovery Section Chief: robert.collins@nccommerce.com For additional information about the CDBG-DR Small Business Recovery Assistance Program, visit https://www.nccommerce.com/ rd/state-cdbg/disaster-recovery-program.

nesses have gotten help to recover, others may not know help is available and we encourage them to apply for these forgivable loans today.” Eligible small businesses can apply for the financial support they need to stabilize their business operations at very low interest rates. Businesses may use the forgivable loans to cover commercial losses caused by Hurricane Matthew, including the replacement of damaged or destroyed equipment, and to replenish inventory and working capital. The $11.3 million in funding has been allotted to three non-profit, small business lending institutions to expand credit access for small businesses located in damage-declared counties, including Robeson, Cumberland, Edgecombe and Wayne. The lenders offer low-in-

terest loans of up to $150,000 per business with deferred principal and interest payments. The loans are forgivable over three years, with 1/3 of the amount forgiven at the end of each year, provided certain conditions are met. In addition to the Fair Bluff workshop, N.C. Commerce officials are urging impacted businesses to learn more about the program by contacting a representative of one of the three participating financial institutions: Carolina Small Business Development Fund (Amber Bond: abanks@ carolinasmallbusiness.org), Center for Community Self-Help (Jessie Maxwell: Jessie.Maxwell@ self-help.org) and North Carolina Community Development Initiative, Inc. (Tara Campbell: tcampbell@ncinitiative.org).

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This Fall Festival Is For Foodies One of the most celebrated staples of Southern Cooking is the unassuming yet mythically delectable side dish and sometimes main dish known as – collard greens. Whether prepared with little more than seasoned salt and pepper or teamed up with salt pork, smoked ham hocks or smoked turkey, collard greens are worthy of all the praise they receive and then some. So perhaps it’s no wonder some southerners have elevated their love of collards to the status of actual celebration. Such is the case with the Ayden Collard Festival held in Ayden, North Carolina every fall since 1975. This, after letting the citizens of this charming town vote on printed ballots between holding an annual Collard Festival; Cucumber Festival; Garden of Ayden-Almost Paradise; Harvest Festival; Progressive Ayden Day; and September Fun Festival. A contest the Collard Festival won by a wide margin. This annual ode to the vaunted collard green which is held the first week in September, starting the Tuesday after Labor Day continuing through Saturday, includes a generous selection of food vendors, plenty of amusement park style rides, and booths filled with a host of other fun-filled activities for young and old alike. So, if you’re looking for an outing the whole family will enjoy this fall, be sure to put this festival on your to-dolist. To learn more about this delicious event, visit https://bit.ly/2P0vkwo.

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Red states may be ready to expand Medicaid — in exchange for work Some health policy experts say that work requirements and other provisions, such as charging copays and small premiums, may be worth the potential loss of coverage if it allows states to expand Medicaid. By Christine Vestal Stateline/Reuters In several states this year, the march to bring health care benefits to more low-income residents has come with the insistence that able-bodied adults — who are just a fraction of all Medicaid recipients — put in hours of work or volunteer time each month to retain the assistance. The politics worked: Many Democratic lawmakers went along as assurance that more people could reap benefits from the Affordable Care Act, while Republicans were able to show their base that they were holding people accountable for receiving aid. As a result, Republican-led states have increasingly expanded coverage with such restrictions, and some red states that had already expanded Medicaid are opting to add them. Although a court has temporarily halted Kentucky’s plan, three other expansion states – Arkansas, Indiana and New Hampshire — have federally approved work requirement waivers in place. Another three expansion states — Arizona, Ohio and Maine — are seeking permission to do the same. Utah is considering a Medicaid expansion that would include a work requirement, and eight non-expansion states — Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin — want to require work for some traditional Medicaid recipients. North Carolina has ruled that if it decides to expand Medicaid, it would do so with a work requirement. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than 6 in 10 adult Medicaid enrollees are already working in a variety of jobs, including retail sales, home health care, restaurants and hotels, cleaning services, transportation and customer service. And about a quarter of non-working adults would be exempt from state work requirements for health reasons or because they are caring for a child or ailing family member. As a result, only a small share of the targeted adult Medicaid population — 6 percent — would be subject to the restriction. But, according to Kaiser and other research and advocacy groups, a much larger share of enrollees, both those who are working and those seeking exemptions, would be subject to reporting requirements and could fail to make timely filings, primarily because they do not have access to a computer. At least a third of adults in Medicaid never use a computer. Critics argue that work requirements would cause many Americans with chronic health conditions to lose health coverage, making them less likely to

World stock index at highest in over five months on trade deal New York An index of major world stock markets rose to its highest level in more than five months on Monday after the United States and Mexico struck an agreement that lowers trade tensions. MSCI’s gauge of stocks in 47 countries across the globe gained 0.98 percent, helped by gains in developed markets from the United States to Europe and Asia. The broad index was at its highest level since March. The benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes hit records, bond prices fell and copper prices rose as the United States and Mexico agreed to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), putting pressure on Canada to agree to the new terms on auto trade and other issues to remain part of the three-nation pact. Agreement could ease concerns about an escalation in global trade tensions. Major currencies

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Former coal miner Wade Pauley, who has Black Lung disease after working 33 years underground in mines, stands for a chest x-ray at United Medical Services in Pikeville, Kentucky, May 22, 2018. ever hold down a steady longterm job. Supporters, including the Trump administration, argue that compelling Medicaid enrollees to work would spare taxpayer dollars and improve the overall well-being of those who work. “There is a robust body of academic evidence to show that work is a key component of well-being,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in February when he announced approval of Indiana’s work waiver. In the middle, some health policy experts say that work requirements and other “skin in the game” provisions, such as charging copays and small premiums or requiring enrollees to maintain health savings accounts, may be worth the potential loss of coverage if the restrictions allow political leaders in the remaining 17 states that have not expanded Medicaid to do so. “If work requirements are what it takes to get conservative states to expand coverage to hundreds of thousands of people, then I’m inclined to say, ‘Let’s make it work,’” said Len Nichols, director of George Mason University’s Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics and a former health care adviser to President Bill Clinton.

A Medicaid experiment Throughout Medicaid’s more than 50-year history, each state has tailored the program to meet its individual fiscal and health care needs. Work requirements and other provisions designed to encourage people to get off the rolls are a continuation of that process, said Matt Salo, director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. Salo said the federal court decision puts states and the federal government on notice that if they

gained against the U.S. dollar, which has been a safe haven from months of trade tensions. “The (NAFTA) talks add to the sense that while the U.S. is still bogged down in its trade conflict with China, it is perhaps more willing to compromise elsewhere such as with Mexico and the EU,” said Ulrich Leuchtmann, head of FX and emerging market research at Commerzbank in Frankfurt.

Rise in U.S. business equipment orders points to firm investment Washington, D.C. New orders for key U.S.-made capital goods increased more than expected in July and growth in shipments held firm, signaling that business investment started the third quarter on a strong note. The Commerce Department said last week orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, rose 1.4 percent last month after an upwardly

want to bend Medicaid’s existing rules, they must come up with compelling evidence to balance state and federal aims of limiting spending on the $553 billion program against Medicaid’s overarching goal of covering low-income Americans who otherwise would lack health insurance coverage. Nationwide, as many as 4 million of the nearly 74 million people enrolled in Medicaid would lose their coverage if all states implemented work requirements similar to those proposed in Kentucky and others states, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. In its waiver request, for example, Kentucky wrote that requiring certain able-bodied adults to work and charging copays and premiums would cause 95,000 of the more than 500,000 newly covered adult Medicaid enrollees to lose coverage, at a savings to the state of $331 million. Saving taxpayer money by pushing people to increase their income and get off the rolls will help sustain the Medicaid program so that it can continue to serve the truly vulnerable, then-Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price wrote in a 2017 letter to governors.

Already working Both sides in the debate over work rules point to estimates of the number of Medicaid enrollees who already are working. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, at least 60 percent of the nearly 25 million able-bodied adults in Medicaid are working but don’t receive health coverage from their employers or can’t afford it. The administration’s Council of Economic Advisers reports the reverse — 60 percent of able-bodied adults enrolled in Medicaid “work few if any hours each week while receiving benefits.”

revised 0.9 percent increase in June. “That provides further reason to think that overall GDP has continued to expand at a healthy ... pace,” said Andrew Hunter, an economist at Capital Economics.Business spending on equipment is being supported by the Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion income tax cut package, which came into effect in January.

Tesla CEO Musk drops pursuit of $72 bln takeprivate deal Palo Alto, Calif. Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said late last week he would heed shareholder concerns and no longer pursue a $72 billion deal to take the luxury electric car maker private, abandoning an idea that stunned investors and drew regulatory scrutiny. The decision to leave Tesla as a publicly listed company raises new questions about its future. Tesla shares have been trading well below their Aug. 7 levels,

Robert Kaestner, an economist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, argued that the debate should not be about how many people in Medicaid are working. “The point is that there’s a group of people on Medicaid now, particularly in expansion states, who don’t have children and who look like they can work and probably can,” he said. “The disagreement is about how you find these people.” “The challenge,” he said, “is to write policy in a way that doesn’t penalize people who for various reasons shouldn’t be working.” Work requirements in Kentucky and other states exempt people who are taking care of children and elderly or disabled adults, attending school, or receiving vocational training. Most states allow community volunteer work as a substitute for paid work. Critics of the new rules argue that more people are likely to lose benefits because they don’t know about the requirements or are unable to fill out the paperwork to prove they are either exempt from work requirements or engaged in acceptable work activities. In Arkansas, for example, after implementing work rules for the first time in June, the state reported that at least 7,000 people could lose coverage — most because they either didn’t know about the new requirement or couldn’t get access to a computer with internet access to fill out the forms, said Marquita Little, health policy director for Arkansas Advocates for Family and Children, which lobbied against the work rule when it was considered by the Legislature in 2017. “It’s the law now,” Little said, “so we’re working with the community and the state to provide a continuous feedback loop so we can help more people comply and not lose coverage.”

when Musk announced on Twitter that he was considering taking Tesla private for $420 per share, as investors wondered what this meant for Musk’s ability to steer the company to profitability. Musk and Tesla also face a series of investor lawsuits and a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the factual accuracy of Musk’s tweet that funding for the deal was “secured.” Musk said on Friday that he abandoned the bid based on feedback from shareholders and because the effort was proving to be more time-consuming and distracting than anticipated.

Toyota to invest $500 mln in Uber for self-driving cars Aichi, Japan/San Francisco Toyota Motor Corp will invest $500 million in Uber Technologies Inc to jointly work on developing self-driving cars, the companies said on Monday, a

A9 NAFTA from page A1 “The U.S. market and the Canadian markets are very intertwined. It’s important for them to get this deal, and it’s important for us to get this deal,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Tuesday. Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray told Mexican television on Tuesday the three sides would work for a three-way deal. “We are now going to devote long hours to the negotiation with Canada,” he said. Negotiations among the three partners, whose mutual trade totals more than $1 trillion annually, launched last year as NAFTA was criticized by economists, business leaders and the Trump administration. It was negotiated 25 years ago and, at the time, N.C. industry fought it because of its negative impact on the textile industry. Today, agriculture exports to Mexico are a large part of the state economy, and there has been widespread concern over losing that market in renegotiations. “There is no question that NAFTA, along with the World Trade Organization, which brought in China and other Asian countries, hurt our domestic industries, particularly textiles and apparel. Those aren’t going to come back due to this agreement,” said Walden. “When the president said he was going to tear up NAFTA, the sentiment in N.C. was largely negative because the economy has changed. Now we are very tied to Mexico,” he added. Now with a deal in the works, Canada is the holdout. If a deal is not reached with Canada, Mnuchin said the United States would proceed with a separate trade agreement with only Mexico. The Mexican government has also taken that position, even as it says it wants a trilateral deal. “As I’ve observed the Trump Administration now for two years, I think there’s a pattern here,” said Walden. “I think it’s based on the president’s negotiating style as a private citizen, a businessman, and that is to be very aggressive when you start your negotiations, be aggressive in what you want, what you ask for, be aggressive verbally… We saw that for example in the foreign policy area with North Korea. “I think the conclusion will based on whether it works, and so far,we have had some preliminary agreements with the European Union on trade, we now have an agreement with Mexico on trade, and I do think Canada will come back in, which is good. I do think that tactic could be working.” Videgaray said in Washington on Monday that the scope for making changes with Canada to what the United States and Mexico had agreed was “significantly larger” this week. “It would certainly be much better to have an understanding by the end of the week,” he told reporters. He also said his country was prepared to go it alone without Canada. “We already know that there will still be a deal between Mexico and the United States.” Freeland’s spokesman said Canada would only sign a new agreement that is good for the country. If talks with Canada are not wrapped up by the end of this week, Trump plans to notify Congress that he has reached a deal with Mexico but would be open to Canada joining, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told reporters Monday. The White House said Trump will sign the deal in 90 days. Congress would then have to approve it.

bid by both to catch up to rivals in the hotly competitive autonomous driving business. Their deal deepens an existing relationship and reflects CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s strategy of Uber developing autonomous vehicles through partnerships, rather than on its own. The deal also breathes new life into Uber’s self-driving business. Since a self-driving Uber SUV killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, in March, Uber has removed its robot cars from the road, laid off hundreds of test drivers and shuttered operations in Arizona, its autonomous testing hub. The investment values Uber at $72 billion, matching the valuation Uber received in a deal with Alphabet Inc self-driving unit Waymo this year. Uber will combine its autonomous driving system with Toyota’s Guardian technology, which offers automated safety features such as lane-keeping but does not enable a vehicle to drive completely autonomously. The combined technology will be built into Toyota’s Sienna minivans, to be deployed on Uber’s ridehailing network starting in 2021, Uber said.

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TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS 18 SP 271 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Charles Dale Moore and Robin R. Moore to TRSTE, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated October 29, 1998 and recorded on November 12, 1998 in Book 02356 at Page 0086, Cabarrus 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

18 SP 398 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jonathan M. Yates and Ann G. Yates to Rebecca W. Shaia, Trustee(s), which was dated December 3, 2002 and recorded on December 5, 2002 in Book 4180 at Page 81, Cabarrus 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

18 SP 423 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Shane L. Eudy and Stacy M. Eudy to Diane Slack and Todd Goodhart, Trustee(s), which was dated August 21, 2003 and recorded on August 26, 2003 in Book 4795 at Page 74, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 12, 2018 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING a portion of Tract 4 of the LARRY W. CONNER PROPERTY as same is shown on a

17 SP 409 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Samuel Adam Stephens and Erica Lee Stephens to Harry E. Dean III & Frederick E. Brooks, Trustee(s), which was dated May 28, 2015 and recorded on May 29, 2015 in Book 11429 at Page 21, Cabarrus 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 375 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christina Baillif (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Mary Christina Baillif aka Christina Baillif) to Trustee Services of Carolina, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of January, 2007, and recorded in Book 7307, Page 147, 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 des-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 51 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Ryan S. Day and Jennifer B. Sawtell (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Real Estate Trustee, LLC) to Thomas G. Jacobs, Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of September, 2007, and recorded in Book 7788, Page 332, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 419 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jennifer Sanders to First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of March, 2017, and recorded in Book 12391, Page 252, 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 September

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 401 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lon Bruce Jenkins and Shelby J. Jenkins (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Lon Bruce Jenkins) to D. Storey, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of December, 2005, and recorded in Book 6462, Page 234, 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 September 10, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the

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 Robin Ann Richardson Moore, Johnathan Dale Moore and Thomas Daniel Moore. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement 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 prop-

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

BEING the same property conveyed to Charles Dale Moore and Robin R. Moore from Kaiser Beaver Real

Estate, Inc. by virtue of a Deed dated August 7, 1987, recorded August 7, 1987 in Deed Book 631, Page 144 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2335 Ellerbe Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28083. 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

the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 12, 2018 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 301, MAP 4 OF LAUREN GLEN, COVINGTON SUBDIVISION, AS SAME IS SHOWN ON MAP THEREOF RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 30 AT PAGE 58, CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 4851 Covington Drive Northwest, Concord, NC 28027. 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 im-

mediately 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 Jonathan M. Yates and wife, Ann G. Yates a/k/a Ann Howard Yates. 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

map thereof recorded in Map Book 30, at Page 22, in the Cabarrus County Public Registry, and being more particularly described as follows: TO LOCATE THE ESTABLISHED POINT OF BEGINNING: BEGINNING at a point in the northwesterly corner of Tract 4 of the LARRY W. CONNER PROPERTY as shown on map recorded in Map Book 30, at Page 22, Cabarrus County Public Registry, and said point also being located in the common division corner between Tracts 3 and 4 of said subdivision, and running thence from said BEGINNING with the northerly line of Tract 4, S. 86-23-57 E. 317.11 feet to THE ESTABLISHED POINT OF BEGINNING, and running thence from THE ESTABLISHED POINT OF BEGINNING with the northerly line of the said Tract 4, S. 86-23-57 E. 144.58 feet to a point, a new corner; thence a new line, S. 10-19-08 W. 311.74 feet to a point in the centerline of a 45-foot non-exclusive right-of-way and in the northerly line of Tract 5 of said subdivision; thence with the centerline of said right-of-way and with the common division line between Tracts 4 and 5, N. 79-44-51 W. 143.59 feet to a point in the southeasterly corner of the Roger Terry Eudy and wife, Wanda Adelle Eudy property as described by Deed recorded in Book 3536, at Page 24, Cabarrus County Public Registry; thence with the easterly line of the Roger Terry Eudy property, N. 10-1909 E. 295.00 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING,

the same containing 1.00 acre and being designated as Tract 4B on survey by Gregory S. Flowe, NCRLS, dated February 18, 1999, reference to said survey being hereby made for a more particular description. TOGETHERWITHthatcertain45-footwidenon-exclusive right-of-way for purposes of ingress, egress and regress to and from Flowe Store Road (S.R. No. 1132) as more particularly shown on the aforesaid subdivision map. TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO that certain 45foot wide non-exclusive right-of-way for purposes of ingress, egress and regress to and from Flowe Store Road (S.R. No. 1132), which said right-of-way extends from the easterly terminus of the right-of-way as shown on the aforesaid subdivision map for a distance of 724.59 feet and the centerline of which is the common division line between Tracts 4 and 5 of said subdivision as shown on survey by Gregory S. Flowe, NCRLS, dated February 18, 1999, reference to said survey being hereby made for a more particular description of said right-of-way. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 11355 Flowes Store Road, Midland, NC 28107. 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 statu-

tory 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 Shane Lee Eudy. 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.

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 12, 2018 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 71 of PEACH ORCHARD ESTATES, Phase 2, Map 1, as same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 53, Page 47 in the Cabarrus County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 11618 Macallano Drive, Charlotte, NC 28215. 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 Samuel Adams Stephens and wife, Erica Lee Stephens. 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

ignated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on September 10, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Number Eleven (11), in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being Township of Number Eleven (11) Cabarrus County, North Carolina and being all of Lot ONE (1) of LINKER-STALLINGS as same is shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 48, Page 109, Cabarrus County Public Registry, reference to said map is hereby made for a more complete description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 353 Splicewood Avenue, 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. 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. 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: 1212768 (FC.FAY)

County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on September 10, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 553 of Dominion Trace at Highland Creek, Phase 2, Map 3, as same is shown on revised map thereof recorded in Map Book 43, at Page 18, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 9802 Waltham Court, Charlotte, 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. 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. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 201 S. McPherson Church Rd. Suite 232 Fayetteville, NC 28303

10, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 71 of Southern Chase Subdivision, as shown on map thereof in Map Book 31, Page 65 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3048 Winners Circle Southwest, Concord, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers,

directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the 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 con-

tained 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: 1236176 (FC.FAY)

following real estate situated in the Township of Number Four, in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain parcel of land in Township of Number Four, Cabarrus County, State of NC, as more fully described in Book 1440, Page 149 ID#4-25-83.00. Being known and designated as Lots 11 and 12. Block 2C Jackson Park, filed in Map Book 3 at Page 23. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 706 Laura Avenue, Kannapolis, North Carolina.

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. 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: 1238230 (FC.FAY)

Being Lot No. 11 of MEDLIN CROSSING, PHASE II-B, No. 4 Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, a plat of which is on file in the office of Register of Deeds in Map Book 21, Page 73, to which map book and page reference is hereby made for a more complete description thereof by metes and bounds. Subject to and easements,

restrictions, covenants etc., of record, if any.

Being the same property conveyed to Lon Bruce Jenkins and wife, Kema Mullis Jenkins from Lee Roy Miller and wife Tharon P. Miller by Deed dated 09/16/1983 and recorded 09/19/1983, in Book 563, Page 591. Fee simple Deed from Kema Mullis Jenkins, divorced, having conveyed her interest to the said Lon Bruce Jenkins married by Deed recorded on 06/27/1995 in Book 1440, Page 149 in Cabarrus County records, State of NC. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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.: 18-02757-FC01

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TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY 18-CVS-171 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CABARRUS IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff,V. CARL J. HUNEYCUTT, JR., DONNA P. HUNEYCUTT and SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC.; Defendants.

CUMBERLAND 18 SP 785 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Matthew H. Wright and Lauren N. Wright to Donald C. Hudson, Trustee(s), which was dated September 17, 2008 and recorded on September 18, 2008 in Book 07986 at Page 0370, Cumberland 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

18 SP 948 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Shawn M. Fulton to Trustee Services Of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated February 22, 2008 and recorded on February 27, 2008 in Book 7819 at Page 0281, Cumberland 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

17 SP 1340 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dennis L. Virts, Jr. to H. Terry Hutchens, Trustee(s), which was dated June 20, 2011 and recorded on June 21, 2011 in Book 08666 at Page 0183 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on May 9, 2018 in Book 10301, Page 0249, Cumberland 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

18 SP 470 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Christopher Balcom and Melissa Ann Balcom to WFG National Title, Trustee(s), which was dated August 28, 2014 and recorded on August 29, 2014 in Book 09498 at Page 0570, Cumberland 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 court-

18 SP 451 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Katie G. Sky, a single woman, her heirs, successors and assigns to WJ Kellam, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated January 30, 2013 and recorded on February 4, 2013 in Book 09103 at Page 0248, Cumberland 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

18 SP 965 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Christopher D. Snyder and Melissa A. Neighbors to Trustee Services Of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated June 19, 2008 and recorded on June 20, 2008 in Book 7919 at Page 0646, Cumberland 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

18 SP 656 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Gwendolyn Campbell Barnwell to Bagwell, Holt, Smith, P.A., Trustee(s), which was dated January 4, 2013 and recorded on January 4, 2013 in Book 09081 at Page 0431, Cumberland 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 407 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Eilleen Horsey Lewis a/k/a Eilleen Lewis and Stanley C. Lewis a/k/a Stanley Lewis to Barkley Law Office, Trustee(s), which was dated July 15, 2005 and recorded on July 25, 2005 in Book 6952 at Page 683, Cumberland 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

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Order filed on April 30, 2018, in the above-captioned matter and pursuant to applicable law, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. as Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the Cabarrus County Courthouse, 77 Union Street South, Concord, North Carolina on September 10, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. that certain parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the County of Cabarrus, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in No. 8 Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and being Lots Nos. 43, 44, 45, 46 and 47 of J.B. McAllister property, a map of said property being on file in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County, North Carolina, in Map Book 5, Page 78, specific reference thereto being hereby made

for a more complete description thereof by metes and bounds. Address of property: 193 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina Parcel Number: 5670290440000 Present Record Owners: Carl J. Huneycutt, Jr., and wife, Donna P. Huneycutt The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold to the highest bidder. The Commissioner reserves the right to require certified funds not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00). The successful bidder shall also be required to pay revenue stamps on the Commissioner’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and the tax required by N.C.G.S. Section 7A-308(a)(1) unless the person entitled to enforce the instrument is exempt from paying these sums. The real property hereinabove described is being of-

fered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. The Commissioner reserves the right to sell the real property either as a group or on an individual basis whichever will bring the highest bid(s). 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.

the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 12, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 514, IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS REVISION OF TIFFANY PINES, SECTION 9, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF THE SAME DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 56, PAGE 24, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1540 Graystone Road, Fayetteville, NC 28311. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-

lars ($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 Matthew H. Wright and Lauren N. Wright. An Order for possession of the property may be is-

sued 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.

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 12, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 69 in a Subdivision known as Revision of Woodland Village, Section Two, Part “B” and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 114, Page 84 in the Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2087 Broadman Avenue, Fayetteville, NC 28304. 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 statu-

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.

Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 12, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 91 IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS CEDAR FALLS, SECTION ONE, PHASE TWO, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 115, PAGE 117, CUMBERLAND COUNTY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1521 Bridgeton Way, Fayetteville, NC 28312. 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 Dennis L. Virts, Jr. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser

house for conducting the sale on September 12, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING AT AN IRON IN THE EASTERN RIGHT OF WAY OF AN UNNAMED ROAD, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A 1.48 ACRE LOT OWNED BY DELTON KING AND RUNS AS HIS SOUTHERN LINE; NORTH 49 DEGREES 39 MINUTES EAST 199.65 FEET TO AN IRON IN THE LINE OF THE CULBRETH PROPERTY, THENCE AS THAT LINE; SOUTH 40 DEGREES 19 MINUTES EAST 112.72 FEET TO A CONCRETE MONUMENT; TART’S LINE, THENCE AS HIS LINE, SOUTH 3 DEGREES 03 MINUTES WEST 290.48 FEET TO AN IRON IN THE EASTERN RIGHT OF WAY OF SAID UNNAMED ROAD, THENCE AS SAID RIGHT OF WAY NORTH 40 DEGREES 21 MINUTES WEST 323.78 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING CONTAINING 1.00 ACRE MORE OR LESS ACCORDING TO A MAP AND SURVEY MADE BY A. L. LEWIS, REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR, ON AUGUST 16, 1976.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 3385 Brushy Hill Road, Fayetteville, NC 28306. 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 A. Balcom and wife, Melissa A. Balcom. 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.

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 1, Block “J” in a Subdivision known as LaFayette Village, Section XIII, according to a plat of same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 27, Page 12, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2141 Biltmore Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304. 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 Katie G. Sky. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser

Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 12, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 111, BEAVER CREEK SOUTH, SECTION ONE, according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 73, Page 30, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2208 Bald Cypress Court, Fayetteville, NC 28304. 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 statu-

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 12, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 35, River Glen Subdivision, per plat and survey thereof recorded in Plat Book 124, Page 177, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, reference to which plat is hereby made for a more particular description of same. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 828 Bellingham Way, Fayetteville, NC 28312. 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 statu-

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

All the certain tract or parcel of land situated in the City of Fayetteville, in Rockfish Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:

Being all of Lot 4, Block “B”, Section V, Savoy Heights Subdivision, According to a plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 29, Page 50, Cumberland County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 831 Dwain Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28305. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent

If the Commissioner 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 Commissioner. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Commissioner, in its sole discretion, if he believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will

have no further remedy. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 1-339.29 against the party or parties to the proceeding in possession by the presiding judge or clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Respectfully submitted this the 2nd day of August, 2018. HUTCHENS LAW FIRM Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc., Commissioner /s/ JEFFREY A. BUNDA N.C. Bar No.: 34432 6230 Fairview Road, Suite 315 Charlotte, NC 28210 Telephone: (704) 362-9255 Facsimile: (704) 362-9272

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Duke’s DeLaurier studies under The Admiral. B3

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Quarterback Taylor Lamb (11) has graduated, but running back Jalin Moore (25) returns to pace the Mountaineers offense.

App State looks to upset another Big Ten powerhouse

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Carolina Cobras win NAL football title Greensboro The Carolina Cobras blew out the Columbus Lions 66-8 in the 2018 National Arena League Championship Game on Monday at Greensboro Coliseum, winning the NAL title in the team’s inaugural season. The Cobras were 10-5 in the regular season but had lost their first two of three games against the Lions by a total of three points. Carolina finally topped Columbus in the regular-season finale, 56-35, and then beat the Jacksonville Sharks 73-48 to advance to the championship game.

EQUESTRIAN

Trying prepares for FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon The International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) will hold its premier event in North Carolina next month when the Tryon International Equestrian Center hosts the World Equestrian Games from Sept. 11-23. The games, which are held every four years, will feature the eight core equestrian disciplines: dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, jumping, para dressage, reining and vaulting. Athletes from more than 70 countries will compete at the 13-day event, which is being held in North America for the second time in its 28‑year history.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Former Tar Heel Switzer traded to Steelers Pittsburgh Former UNC wide receiver Ryan Switzer was traded for the second time in less than five months, this time from the Raiders to the Steelers. The Raiders received a fifthround 2019 draft pick, and the Steelers received a sixth-round pick. The Raiders had acquired Switzer from Dallas during the 2018 NFL Draft. Last season in Dallas, Switzer — a fourthround pick in the 2017 draft — primarily returned kickoffs and punts. As a wide receiver, he caught six passes for 31 yards.

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The Tar Heels travel west for a season-opening rematch with Cal on Saturday. In Week 1 last year, Cal topped UNC 35-30 in Chapel Hill.

Cross-country trip awaits Tar Heels UNC heads to Cal for its season-opening game By Brett Friedlander North State Journal CHAPEL HILL — In the estimation of coach Larry Fedora, the North Carolina football team has come a long way since the start of preseason camp less than a month ago. But that’s not nearly as far as it’s going to have to go to play its first game Saturday. When the Tar Heels travel to the Bay Area to take on California in their season opener, it will mark the first time Fedora has ever taken a team across three time zones to compete. It’s a task so unfamiliar that he’s “sought a lot of counseling” in how best to handle the situation. “From coaches, sleep specialists, you name it,” Fedora said when asked Monday about the upcoming trip. “I have talked to a lot of different people.” It’s doubtful Cal coach Justin Wilcox was one of those people, even though he’d probably be a valuable resource on the subject. Last year at this time, Wilcox brought his Bears across the country and in his first game on the job — with a first-time starting quarterback — beat the Tar Heels 35-30. Fedora is planning to take his Tar Heels to the West Coast a day earlier than usual to help them better adjust to the time change and their new surroundings. That, however, is as much as

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sixth-year coach is willing to divulge publicly about his pregame preparation plans. And it’s not the only thing Fedora is playing close to the vest. Unlike most other coaches around the country, including Wilcox, he has yet to release a depth chart for his team’s first game. Part of that is because, using his own words, Fedora is “paranoid” and doesn’t want to give his opponent any hints at what to expect. Another is injuries that are likely to keep key players such as defensive tackle Aaron Crawford and running back Michael Carter on the sideline. There are also still some positions that have yet to be decided both because of head-to-head competition and the absence of projected starters suspended as part of UNC’s infamous Shoegate affair. Among them is the battle to determine who would be the next man up in the event of an injury to quarterback Nathan Elliott and the choice between redshirt freshman Billy Ross and highly touted true freshman William Barnes as the Tar Heels’ starting right guard. “I have to do it by Saturday, right?” Fedora said coyly when asked when he planned to have a final two-deep ready. “Whether you’ll know about it, I can’t tell you that.” Among the personnel decisions that have already been made, Fedora said that sophomore wide re-

SATURDAY will mark the 11th anniversary of what many consider the greatest upset in college football history. Scott Satterfield was an assistant coach at Appalachian State at the time and was on the sideline the day the Mountaineers shocked the nation — and Michigan in particular — by beating the Wolverines 34-32 before 109,000 hostile fans. Memories of that historic victory are being rekindled this week as Satterfield, now the head coach, takes his team to Penn State to begin a new season against another of the sport’s traditional blue bloods. It would certainly be an upset if App State goes into Happy Valley and knocks off a team ranked No. 10 in the preseason Associated Press poll. But as Satterfield is quick to point out, that’s about the only thing such a victory would have in common with that memorable game against the Wolverines. “That was 11 years ago. It was a different team, different staff, different everything,” Satterfield said Monday. “So it just proves that underdogs can go in and win a game.” That’s good news for the Mountaineers, considering that Penn State is favored by 24 points on Saturday. Unlike the 2007 team, though, this year’s Mountaineers will head into the game with more than just a wing and a prayer. Instead of being an FCS program moving up in competition to earn a nice payday, albeit one on its way to a third straight subdivision championship, App State is now an established FBS team coming off three consecutive bowl victories and favored to win its division in the Sun Belt Conference this year. The one thing that hasn’t changed is the approach the Mountaineers will take when they run into that hostile environment Saturday. They’re not going to Happy Valley for the payday. They’re going there to win. “We do have a bit of a challenge ahead of us this week, playing Penn State up on the road at their place, a hostile environment and (we’re) just really excited about going into that,” said Satterfield, who admitted that the only time he mentions the Michigan game is during the offseason when he’s on the recruiting trail. “Coach (James) Franklin and his staff and their players have done a great job. They have some really good players, they’re schemecoached well. A lot of things you look for in a

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“We do have a bit of a challenge ahead of us this week, playing Penn State up on the road at their place, a hostile environment and (we’re) just really excited about going into that.” Scott Satterfield, former App State assistant coach

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Kyrie Irving: The Boston Celtics star and former Blue Devil was welcomed into the Standing Rock Sioux tribe on Thursday and given the Lakota name Little Mountain. Joined by his sister, Asia, Irving stood on a buffalo skin as a tribe elder, Vernon Iron Horse, prayed. His sister was given the name Buffalo Woman. The ceremony took place in Cannon Ball, N.D. Elizabeth Larson, Irving’s mother who died when her son was 4, was part of the Standing Rock Sioux at birth but was adopted as a small child.

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Russian Daniil Medvedev won his second career title at the Winston-Salem Open, cruising to the championship Saturday without losing a set the entire tournament. Medvedev, 22, topped American Steve Johnson 6-4, 6-4 in the finals of N.C.’s only annual visit from the ATP Tour. The tournament was the final men’s tuneup for the U.S. Open, which opened Monday in New York.

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“His love for life was contagious and his passion for his family, state, country and Arizona sports teams left you optimistic and energized.”

Greg Biffle: The former NASCAR Cup driver was ordered to pay his exwife $250,001 after a North Carolina jury ruled last Monday in Nicole Lunders’ favor in determining her privacy had been violated because Biffle had security cameras installed in the bedroom and bathroom while the couple was married. Lunder was awarded $1 in actual damages and $500,000 in punitive damages, but N.C. law sets the maximum award for punitive damages at $250,000 or three times the actual damage.

Former Coyotes captain Shane Doan on Sen. John McCain. Doan will be one of several high-profile pallbearers at McCain’s funeral on Thursday.

Simona Halep: The top-seeded woman at the U.S. Open was stunned Monday, losing 6-2, 6-4 to Kaia Kanepi in a first-round match at New York. The No. 44-ranked Kanepi, a 33-year-old from Estonia, won the first set in just 28 minutes to set the tone for her 76-minute upset victory. Halep, from Romania, became the sixth woman seeded No. 1 to lose in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament in the 50 years of the Open era — and the first ever at the U.S. Open.

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“We’re pretty paranoid, you know.” UNC coach Larry Fedora on not releasing a depth chart ahead of Saturday’s game at Cal.

30 Wins for Appalachian State in its first three seasons as an FBS school. The Mountaineers are 30-9 since making the move and have won their bowl game each season. Coach Scott Satterfield, a former Mountaineers quarterback, is 37-14 in four seasons at his alma mater and leads App State against No. 10 Penn State in Saturday’s opener.

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Hawaii won its third Little League World Series on Sunday, topping South Korea to become the seventh U.S. state with three titles. Mana Lay Kong’s leadoff home run proved to be the game-winning hit, and Ka’olu Holt threw a two-hitter in Hawaii’s 3-0 victory. Hawaii had previously won the event in 2005 and 2008.

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San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili is retiring after 16 NBA seasons, he said Monday. Ginobili, 41, was a four-time NBA champion, a twotime NBA All-Star and an Olympic gold medalist for Argentina. A second round draft pick of the Spurs in 1999, he played in 1,057 games, averaging 13.3 points and 3.8 assists.

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The New York Giants signed Odell Beckham Jr. to a five-year extension, the team announced Monday, reportedly making him the highest-paid wideout in NFL history. The deal reportedly has a base value of $90 million, with an additional $5 million available through incentives. The contract includes $65 million guaranteed for injury and $41 million fully guaranteed at signing.

UNC from page B1 ceiver Dazz Newsome would handle the punt returning chores, Freeman Jones and Hunter Lent would continue as placekicker and punter, and the running position will be filled by the threeman committee of Ohio State transfer Antonio Williams, sophomore Jordon Brown and true freshman Javonte Williams. Fedora added that in addition to Williams, as many as a dozen other first-year players are likely to see meaningful action against Cal on Saturday, a sign that the new rule allowing freshman to play in up to four games without burning their redshirt couldn’t have come at a better time for the Tar Heels. “We’ll travel quite a few on this trip, and I think that we’re going to have some definite guys to get on the field as true freshmen both on offense and on defense and then definitely on special teams,” Fedora said, singling out Williams, Barnes, offensive tackle Joshua Ezeudu, wide receivers Dyami Brown and Antoine Green, defensive backs Bryson Richardson, Javon Terry, DeAndre Hollins and Trey Morrison, defensive tackle Jahlil Taylor and linebacker Chris Collins. “Those guys are taking in everything as much as they can and

UNC vs. Cal California Memorial Stadium Saturday, 4 p.m. | Fox they’re getting real excited about the opportunity to play,” senior linebacker Cole Holcomb said of his younger teammates that are being pressed into service early in their careers. “Every day guys are getting better.” That assessment isn’t just limited to the freshmen. Among the veterans that have earned the most praise for the progress they’ve made since the end of last season is Elliott, a redshirt sophomore who won the starting quarterback job by default after rival Chazz Surratt was suspended for four games as punishment for selling his school-issued athletic shoes. According to offensive guard Nick Polino, Elliott might have won the position anyway given the way he’s been playing in practice. “All throughout the spring, throughout the summer, he just works his butt off,” Polino said. “Once he got into camp, he’s been whooping tail. The confidence he’s built, he’s the real deal.”

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North Carolina coach Larry Fedora can kickstart a bounceback season if the Tar Heels can win at Cal this weekend.

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Tutoring from ‘The Admiral’ helped Blue Devils’ DeLaurier improve Hall of Famer David Robinson gave Duke junior a master class By Shawn Krest North State Journal DURHAM — Javin DeLaurier stepped into David Robinson’s gym, ready to get tips from one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history, who just happens to be the father of one of his Duke teammates. He was stumped by The Admiral’s first question. “Where’s your favorite spot to get the ball?” Robinson asked. “I don’t know,” the Duke junior stammered. “Well,” Robinson replied, “you need to know.” Just like that, Hall of Fame summer school was in session. “That’s something I never thought about before,” he said. “Where are my spots where I can score and be really effective.” DeLaurier has shown athletic ability since arriving at Duke two years ago, but his raw talent has made him a project, limiting his time on the court. After playing sparingly as a freshman, he appeared in 33 games last year. He frequently found himself in foul trouble, however — he fouled out of five games and picked up four fouls three other times — which limited him to 12.7 minutes per game. Still, he has a knack for rebounding which could be a valuable asset for the team, if he can stay on the court. DeLaurier averaged 12.5 rebounds per 40 minutes last season. He’ll be expected to take on a larger role with this year’s team,

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Offseason workouts with Hall of Famer David Robinson helped Duke junior forward Javin DeLaurier improve his approach to basketball. which will need someone to do the dirty work inside. Enter Robinson, the father of junior forward Justin. The Hall of Fame father and former walkon son extended a summer invitation to DeLaurier to come work out with them. “For the majority of the offseason (three of the six weeks that the players were off campus) I was actually in San Antonio,” DeLaurier said, “working with Justin and his father, just trying to better my game and learn more about basketball, especially from the mental side of things.”

“He’s still quite an athlete. We didn’t go one-on-one full go, but we did some drills. He taught me a lot of stuff.” Javin DeLaurier, Duke junior on David Robinson The question about where he liked to receive the ball was just the start of a master course on the mental side of basketball.

“From a mindset perspective, I really thought about the game in a different way,” he said. “I started to pay much more attention to detail. Before, I would obviously think about the game, but never to the level that he described to me, which is great, having one of the best to ever play the game try to walk you through the process of trying to get better. It’s an invaluable tool.” They watched tape together. “It wasn’t film work like you’d think of from a coaching perspective,” DeLaurier said. “We watched tape of old games, and he would

Williams focused on turnovers after exhibitions UNC coasted to two wins in the Bahamas, but coach Roy Williams returned with concerns about ball security By Brett Friedlander North State Journal The North Carolina basketball team put up some impressive offensive numbers during its recent exhibition trip to the Bahamas. Those point totals, however, weren’t the statistics that caught coach Roy Williams’ eye. The Hall of Fame coach was much more interested — and maybe a little concerned — about the number of turnovers his team committed in the two games played it played on the Caribbean islands. The Tar Heels had 27 of them in an opening 112-91 win against the Bahamas All-Stars on Aug. 17, then followed that up a day later with 17 in a much-less-competitive 130-45 thumping of the StarSports Basketball Club. Some of that sloppiness can be attributed to the new combination of players competing for the first time together against an unfamiliar foe, the team’s abbreviated practice time before making the trip or any number of other factors. Whatever the reason, Williams said it’s a problem the Tar Heels will need to work on once they begin their official preseason preparations back in Chapel Hill next month. “We tried to share the ball, but we can’t have 27 turnovers, which is something we emphasize before practice,” Williams told InsideCarolina.com after the game against the Bahamas All-Stars. “We could have brought people back for 10 days of practice. We only did it four, so I was not pleased about that. But we had a lot of guys play.” A major contributing factor to the rash of turnovers is the uncertainty UNC faces at point guard, where it must replace three-year starter and former Final Four Most Outstanding Player Joel Berry. Junior Seventh Woods figures to get the first crack at the job after waiting for his turn and through a series of injuries during his first two seasons in the program. The former five-star prospect, who became a YouTube celebrity as a teenager because of his highlight-reel dunks, put an exclamation point on the Tar Heels’ opening win with a spectacular tomahawk slam in the final min-

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UNC guard Seventh Woods, pictured during the 2018 ACC Tournament, will be given a chance to run the Tar Heels’ offense this season. utes. But he was up-and-down through the rest of the game while finishing with 11 points, three assists and four turnovers. “Since he’s been here, the one thing I’ve given him is don’t turn the ball over and stay in front of your man on defense,” Williams said of Woods. “If he does that, he’s going to help us.” Freshmen Coby White and Rechon “Leaky” Black also got their share of time running the team, along with versatile sophomore Andrew Platek, especially in the second game with Woods limited to only a few minutes because of a stiff back. Of the three, the lesser-heralded Black may have helped himself most with his surprisingly steady play. Other than the point guard position, the biggest question facing the Tar Heels in 2018-19 is in the frontcourt, where Williams is counting on a trio of sophomore big men to make more of a contribution than they did during their rookie seasons. Garrison Brooks and Sterling Manley had the best performances in the more competitive first game, with Brooks scoring 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the floor, while Manley contributed 13 rebounds and four assists.

A day later, it was Huffman’s time to shine. Although his numbers are more likely the product of the competition rather than dramatic improvement, the seldom-used 6-10, 250-pound project posted 20 points and 20 rebounds to lead UNC in both categories. Manley also contributed a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards, while Brooks scored 12 in the lopsided win. Although it’s still too early to determine how the three young bigs will fit into a rotation with the new freshmen and returning starters Luke Maye, Kenny Williams and Cam Johnson — the latter of which didn’t play in the Bahamas while recovering from offseason surgery — their play promises to give Roy Williams more inside options than he had a year ago. “It’s a nice blend,” the coach said. “With Kenny and Cam and Luke, you’ve got three guys that have been through it quite a bit and have been successful. Then you’ve got Leaky, Nassir and Coby (who) are all going to be very good players. Hopefully they’ll add some youthful exuberance to it. “Sterling, Garrison and Huff … they got some minutes for us last year, but they’ve got to be better players for us this year.”

“We tried to share the ball, but we can’t have 27 turnovers, which is something we emphasize before practice.” Roy Williams, UNC coach

B3 point out certain things. But it was more like when we’re on the court, thinking about where you want to get the ball, how to read the defender, things like that.” Then there was the on-court instruction. Robinson may be pushing 53 and 15 years removed from the NBA, but he still had something left in the tank for DeLaurier. “Oh yeah,” DeLaurier said. “He’s still quite an athlete. We didn’t go one-on-one full go, but we did some drills. He taught me a lot of stuff.” Robinson also taught DeLaurier how to train off the court. “We were in the gym about every day,” he said, “and we did kickboxing and yoga two to three times a week.” While Duke has done yoga to improve flexibility in recent years, the kickboxing sparring was new to DeLaurier. “It’s another form of cardio,” he said. “It’s great, because you really learn a lot about your body when you’re fighting someone — how long you are, the distance, how to read other people’s movements. It really translates well to the court.” And, yes, DeLaurier found himself sparring with the 7-foot-1, 235-pound Robinson. “He kicks pretty hard,” DeLaurier said. “I’m not gonna lie.” The early returns have been good for DeLaurier. He started two of the three games on Duke’s Canadian tour and hit 10-of-13 shots from the field. He was third on the team in scoring with 7.3 points per game and pulled down 5.7 rebounds per contest. Even more importantly, he averaged 24 minutes a night, with just two fouls. “Javin’s played great,” coach Mike Krzyzewski said during the trip. “Not good. Great. He’s understanding his role. He’s rebounding, playing defense, running. “Javin has solidified what we thought he would be,” Krzyzewski concluded. All it took was a summer trip to stay with a teammate, and his AllStar dad.

APP STATE from page B1 top-10 program, they have that. So it’s a big challenge, but we’re looking forward to it, and our guys are eager to show the hard work they put into the offseason and showing what they got.” App State returns 21 players that started at least one game while helping their team to the Sun Belt title in 2017. Only 12 of them are seniors, leaving a potential leadership void. Compounding the situation is the fact the Mountaineers will need to find a replacement for the record-setting quarterback that helped make their transition from FCS to FBS so successful. Strong-armed sophomore Zac Thomas has emerged as the heir apparent to three-year starter Taylor Lamb, who started 49 games and threw 90 touchdown passes in his career. Although last year’s leading receiver Ike Harris has also graduated, Thomas should still have plenty of available targets, led by sophomore Thomas Hennigan (45 catches, seven touchdowns last season) and Kansas State transfer Corey Sutton. The Mountaineers should also have a solid ground game with the return of 1,000-yard rusher Jalin Moore. Defensively, App State will have a new coordinator in former secondary coach Bryan Brown — who takes over after former co-coordinators Nate Woody and Scot Sloan both left for other opportunities — but plenty of familiar faces on the field. Among them are preseason Sun Belt Player of the Year Clifton Duck and fellow cornerback Tae Hayes, a pair that combined for 10 interceptions and 18 pass breakups last season. Up front, defensive tackle MyQuon Stout was a key figure in the Mountaineers’ four-game winning streak that culminated in a 34-0 shutout of Toledo in the Dollar General Bowl. Despite all that returning talent and the preparation put in during preseason camp, Satterfield said there’s an element of the unknown at the start of every new year. Regardless of who the first opponent might be. “I think there are some questions that have to be answered whenever you do play that first game,” he said. “You’re trying to find out your strengths, your weaknesses, what you do well and that’s what you want to do. “It’s the same thing with personnel. You have a pretty good idea about a bunch of your personnel, but there are a couple guys that you don’t really know what they’re going to do until they go out there and play in that first game.”

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Chansky brings Duke-UNC basketball rivalry current with ‘Blue Blood II’ Follow-up to the 2005 history tells the story of last dozen seasons of college basketball’s best rivalry By Shawn Krest North State Journal IN 2005, longtime UNC writer Art Chansky wrote the definitive history of the UNC-Duke basketball rivalry, “Blue Blood.” Chansky, whose then-three decades of experience with the rivalry, dating back to his days with the Daily Tar Heel, provided a thoroughly researched look into the best rivalry in sports, filled with colorful quotes and anecdotes from the participants. That was 13 years ago. A lot has happened since then. The two schools have combined for eight ACC tournament titles and nine ACC regular seasons — eclipsing the combined total by the rest of the teams in the conference. Most significantly, the Hall of Fame coaches at the helm of the programs — Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and UNC’s Roy Williams — have won four national titles since “Blue Blood” came out, doubling the number they had at the time of the book’s publication. Both programs have also seen great changes. UNC suffered through a scandal involving paper courses that damaged the school’s reputation on the recruiting trail. Duke, meanwhile, embraced one-and-done recruits, departing from the model that Krzyzewski used at the start of his career. Meanwhile, the Duke-Carolina games have been as fiercely competitive as ever, always seeming to live up to the substantial hype. Clearly, it was time for Chansky to provide an update, and his new book, “Blue Blood II,” brings his excellent account of the Battle of the Blues current. The book picks up the narrative in the only season when both schools’ all-time scoring leaders

played against each other. The 2005-06 season was the senior year for Duke’s J.J. Redick and UNC’s Tyler Hansbrough’s freshman campaign. Chansky opens the book focusing on Hansbrough’s recruitment and tracks his four years, which culminated in Roy Williams’ second national title, in 2009. Duke responded the following year with a veteran team — perhaps Krzyzewski’s last — taking home a somewhat surprising national title. In 2011, the defending champions added Kyrie Irving, the first of what became a sea change in Duke’s recruiting philosophy. While Corey Maggette and Luol Deng had both left for the NBA after one season with the Blue Devils, Irving was the first player brought in by Krzyzewski with the tacit understanding that he’d only be in Durham for a year. Since then, Duke has had one, and often more, one-anddone on the roster just about every season. The one-and-done model worked in 2015, when Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones blended with senior Quinn Cook to bring home Krzyzewski’s fifth national title. In other years, with immensely talented freshmen such as Jabari Parker, Austin Rivers, Brandon Ingram, Marvin Bagley III and Wendell Carter Jr., the Blue Devils fell short of the Final Four, leading many to question the viability of the one-and-done model. While telling the story of those Duke teams, Chansky also keeps an eye eight miles up the road, where Carolina continued to do things the old-fashioned way under Roy Williams, sending veteran teams to the Final Four in 2016, where the Tar Heels fell just short of the title, and again in 2017, when UNC cut down the nets. Williams’ approach of building teams around players that stay all four years, improving steadily, was done as much out of necessity as design. The Tar Heels’ coach was having trou-

Orange High’s Wilson makes MLB debut with Braves 20-year-old pitching prospect misses a start in Durham to pitch five scoreless innings for Atlanta By Shawn Krest North State Journal DURHAM — Bryse Wilson had a triumphant homecoming last week. It just wasn’t the one he’d prepared for. Born in Durham and a graduate of Orange High School in Hillsborough, Wilson was expecting to start the nightcap of a doubleheader at the DBAP, as his Gwinnett team played the hometown Durham Bulls. Instead, two days before the game, he got an unexpected phone call. “It was around noon,” he said. “I was in Gwinnett and was not expecting it at all.” The news: Wilson was getting the call to the major leagues to start the following day’s game. “I went home, packed a suitcase and showed up at the field,” he said. He also made a phone call to cancel plans in North Carolina. “I called (his parents, Chad and Tracey) right when I found out,” he said. “They were able to get a flight and get up there that morning.” The short notice may have actually helped Wilson. He was in such a rush to get to the game, which was in Pittsburgh, that he didn’t have much time to worry about the significance of what was happening. “I think it helped, for sure,” he said. “I couldn’t stress about it too much or have too much anxiety. I think it was good.”

The call-up capped his remarkable rise through the Braves organization. Wilson started the year at Class A Florida. After going 2-0 in five starts with a 0.34 ERA, he earned promotions to Double-A Mississippi and then Triple-A Gwinnett, where he won all three of his starts before getting called up to the majors, giving him starts at all four levels of the organization this year. Wilson also reached the big leagues just two years after getting drafted in the fourth round out of high school. “I’ve been all over the place,” he said of his busy year. “It’s been fun, getting to hang out with different guys, getting to meet different people and pitch against different talent along the way. It’s been a lot of fun. I’ve learned lot of lessons on how to pitch and been able to progress as a player.” One of those lessons has been on perfecting his change-up, a pitch that came in handy during his MLB debut. “It’s been good,” he said after the game. “Tonight, it was really good. I got a strikeout or two with it, got some ground balls. It was really good tonight. Hopefully, I keep progressing with it.” Wilson arrived at PNC Park in Pittsburgh and had time for a meeting with pitching coach Chuck Hernandez about how to approach big league hitters. “We talked about it a little bit with Chuck,” he said. “He said to just come in, try to establish my fastball and then mix in my offspeed stuff. And that’s what we were able to do.” Then it was game time, and suddenly, the moment began to sink in for the 20-year-old. “I got really nervous during

ble getting elite recruits to pick up the phone, visit campus and, especially, put on the light blue hat at signing ceremonies, as the cloud of a years-long NCAA investigation lingered over the program. As the Heels prepared to hang their 2017 banner, the cloud finally lifted, with the NCAA concluding the investigation with no penalties against the school. Williams has already reaped the benefits on the recruiting trail. It’s no coincidence that Tony Bradley, a key reserve on the 2017 team, ended up going one-and-done at Carolina. While Chansky’s update is a much-needed history of the last dozen years of the rivalry, the tone is far different from the previous book. As Chansky admits in his introduction, the men at the helm of both programs aren’t the young, driven coaches that often pushed the rivalry into the realm of the mean-spirited. Instead, both Williams and Krzyzewski are nearing the ends of their illustrious careers, and speculation about the future leaders of both programs is as rampant as that of the teams’ prospects for March during the season. “That’s what ‘Blue Blood II’ is about more than anything,” Chansky writes. “The mortality of a rivalry.” Quotes from both coaches show their focus on being good caretakers for the rivalry, and the book ends not with the most recent on-court clash between the two — in Brooklyn at March’s ACC Tournament — but with Jeff Capel, believed by most to be Duke’s coach in waiting, departing for Pitt in the offseason, leaving the question of Krzyzewski’s successor very much in doubt. Like Chansky’s first book, as well as those of other ACC historians such as Barry Jacobs and John Feinstein, readers will likely know well the stories told in “Blue Blood II.” The point isn’t to learn anything new but to revel in the memories of what’s happened, even as we prepare for what’s coming next.

warmups and everything,” he said. “Then, when I got there and started throwing, I was good.” Until Pirates leadoff batter Corey Dickerson stepped in. “I went 2-0 to the first batter,” Wilson said. “I was like, ‘All right. This is real. I’ve got to just pitch. This is the big leagues, but I’ve got to do what I love and pitch.” Five innings later, Wilson left the game after allowing just three hits, no runs and three walks, while striking out five. The performance was good enough to earn him his first career win. “It was all I could ask for,” he said. “I just wanted to go out, put up a good quality start and put the team in a situation to win.” Things got tense in his final inning. Clinging to a 1-0 lead, Wilson allowed two runners to reach with one out. After a brief mound visit, Wilson faced Dickerson again. “In the back of my mind, I knew I was one pitch away,” Wilson said. “I just wanted to keep making good pitches. (Dickerson) had seen my fastball and change-up on his first two atbats. So I was able to get a slider in there and get him to roll it over into a double play.” Then, instead of hitting the showers, Wilson decided to watch the rest of the game. “I went back to the dugout and was super happy,” he said. “I went out and shook everybody’s hand. It was good to be with the team.” He was also thrilled that his parents were in the stands. “It was really comforting for them to be there,” he said. “If I could have anyone at the game, it was those two. I’m glad they could make it. That calmed my nerves a little bit.” Then, Wilson was on the road again, heading back to Durham to rejoin Gwinnett and have his triumphant homecoming, just without taking the DBAP mound. “I can’t really say I’m disappointed,” he said. “Obviously, this alternative was much better.”

Charlotte vs. Fordham Richardson Stadium Saturday, 6 p.m. | ESPNPlus

Preview: The 49ers begin what figures to be a win-or-else season for coach Brad Lambert against a nonscholarship FCS team that went 4-7 last season and is breaking in a first-time head coach. Players to watch: Charlotte returns four offensive linemen with more than 70 combined starts, along with leading rusher Benny LeMay and top receiver Mark Quartlebaum. The defense is led by preseason All-CUSA safety Ben DeLuca. Fordham returns eight starters on defense, including All-Patriot League DB Dylan Mabin. WR Austin Longi has 16 career touchdown catches. Fast fact: Lambert’s staff will have a new look with Shane Montgomery taking over as offensive coordinator and Glenn Spencer hired as defensive coordinator. What to expect: If ever there was a game set up to help a team get off to a positive start, this is it. The Rams should be the perfect fodder for the 49ers, who went 1-11 a year ago.

Duke vs. Army Wallace Wade Stadium Friday, 7 p.m. | ESPNU

Preview: The Black Knights handed the Blue Devils (7-6 in 2017) the last of six straight losses in the middle of the 2017 schedule, a 21-16 result at West Point. The lessons learned against the Knights’ option attack paid off the next week, however, when Duke topped like-minded Georgia Tech to snap its drought. Player to watch: Quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw is gone, but Army still has Andy Davidson and Darnell Woolfork — they combined for 115 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries against the Blue Devils last year. Duke QB Daniel Jones is a year older and wiser. Army, 10-3 last year, will have to slow him down. Fast fact: Duke last lost an opener in 2011. Army has played at least one ACC team every year since 2012, going 3-6. What to expect: With an entire offseason to prepare, the Blue Devils should have the Black Knights figured out. Still, Army will likely keep it close.

East Carolina vs. NC A&T Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Saturday, 6 p.m. | ESPN3

Preview: For the second straight year, the Pirates open against a talented, veteran FCS team. Compounding matters for ECU, NC A&T has already won a difficult road game at Jacksonville State last Saturday. Players to watch: WR Trevon Brown enters the season with 1,829 career receiving yards, fifth most in ECU history. DE Kendall Futrell is a key to the Pirates’ revamped defense. Aggies QB Lamar Raynard, the 2017 MEAC Player of the Year, is 27-0 as a starter. DE Darryl Johnson saved last week’s win with a strip sack in the final minute. Fast fact: New ECU defensive coordinator David Blackwell came from Jacksonville State, whose defense held A&T to just 148 total yards last week. What to expect: This is a win the Pirates absolutely have to get in order to reach Scottie Montgomery’s goal of bowl eligibility and perhaps save the coach’s job.

NC State vs. James Madison Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday, Noon | ESPNU

Preview: James Madison travels to North Carolina for the second straight year to open the season. Last year, the Dukes handed ECU a 34-14 loss in Greenville. The Wolfpack open their season with high expectations after a 9-4 campaign in 2017. Player to watch: Two first-team Preseason All-ACC performers, quarterback Ryan Finley and receiver Kelvin Harmon, lead the Wolfpack. They will be countered by two FCS preseason AllAmericans in the secondary: first-teamer Rashad Robinson and third-teamer Jimmy Moreland. Fast fact: James Madison is ranked No. 2 in the FCS preseason poll and has reached the championship game the last two years, winning it all in 2016 when its only loss was a 56-28 decision at UNC. What to expect: It’s doubtful NC State coach Dave Doeren will allow his team to look past JMU. The Wolfpack will need to avoid mistakes and contain punt returner D’Angelo Amos to fend off of an upset.

Wake Forest vs. Tulane Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, La. Thursday, 8 p.m. | CBSSN

Preview: The Deacons, coming off a season in which they won eight games and set 105 school records, face a difficult opener on the road against a Tulane team that literally came within inches of bowl eligibility in its final game in 2017. Players to watch: Wake will start freshman Sam Hartman at QB, who will benefit from the return of WR Greg Dortch, again healthy after being injured for the final four games. Tulane added graduate transfer Justin McMillian from LSU less than two weeks ago. Defensively, CB Donnie Lewis had three interceptions and 11 pass breakups a year ago. Fast fact: Wake’s Matt Colburn II has the most career rushing yards of any returning RB in the ACC with 1,780, including 904 last season. What to expect: The Deacons should have more than enough offense to exploit an inexperienced Tulane defense and come away with a key road win.

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Aug. 29 - Sept. 3 Hickory American Legion Fair Newton

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This year’s fair features midway rides, side shows and live music. Special exhibits include saw mill demonstrations, the Kenya Safari Acrobats as well as nightly Fireworks. More information at hickoryfair.com.

Aug. 31 - Sept. 2 72nd Annual NC Apple Festival Hendersonville The N.C. Apple Festival features a street fair on Hendersonville’s historic Main Street including continuous live musical entertainment, arts and crafts, apple growers, and apple products. The festival also features children’s activities, special exhibits and food. The King Apple Parade is held annually on Labor Day as the closing event of the N.C. Apple Festival. The parade features professional floats, bands, youth groups, antique cars and fire trucks. The full schedule is available at ncapplefestival.org.

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options app-lenty “Mobile entrepreneurs have sought to equalize the market with third-party applications that bring more food options to consumers.”

Mobile devices are remaking the retail food environment By Courtney Burnett For the North State Journal RALEIGH — Smartphones have been one of the most quickly adopted consumer technologies ever. In 2011, just 35 percent of adults had a smartphone. Now, well over three-quarters of all U.S. adults carry some sort of smartphone. Americans shop, watch, play, communicate and plan with handhelds which have replaced a briefcase-full of other devices and options. Smartphones now account for more than 52 percent of worldwide online traffic, according to the website Statista. The bulk of social media traffic is generated on mobile devices, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that 85 percent of the time spent on Twitter is on a mobile. While email, social media and digital content all fit into the virtual reality that is created by our smartphones, shopping is an area where digital imagery yields to true reality — without any modifiers. General shopping online — and on mobile devices — has basically reached full market penetration. But one area that is still growing is ready to eat food. The switch to mobile ordering is catching on across the U.S., with most fast food establishments offering a mobile app and most of the larger chains offering mobile ordering in some form. Current estimates show mobile sales at restaurants accounting for about 5 percent of total sales. Sam Ramsey, owner of two Chick-fil-A restaurants in Asheboro, says the mobile capabilities are a small portion of his total sales right now.

“The ones that use it, love it,” said Ramsey. “It is satisfying a niche for certain people.” The top restaurant apps on Apple’s App Store currently are McDonald’s, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Domino’s and Pizza Hut. Chances are if you want a burger, a pizza or a burrito, there’s an app for that. While the big chains go direct to consumer with their apps, the remaining 90 percent of restaurants, according to Business Insider, do not have online ordering. Mobile entrepreneurs have sought to equalize the market with third-party applications that bring more food options to consumers. The top players in the third-party food delivery business are GrubHub, Uber Eats, DoorDash and Postmates. Online giant Amazon has also entered this space. In North Carolina, national leader GrubHub has a significant footprint across the state. From Greenville to Asheville and Wilmington to Winston-Salem, GrubHub has the largest footprint in the Tarheel State. Uber Eats is the fastest growing food delivery service, and it has expanded significantly in N.C. with availability in the Triangle, Charlotte, Triad and Asheville areas. DoorDash and Postmates are primarily available in the largest cities in N.C. DoorDash is making a big push to compete with GrubHub and Uber Eats after securing a new $535 million investment in early 2018 which led the company to announce its plants to enter 600 new cities in the U.S. and Canada in 2018. PostMates does not show availability in Winston-Salem or Wilmington currently.

While the third-party apps try to lift an entire market into a new era, the restaurant industry is taking note of the consumer demand for mobile ordering. McDonald’s and Chick-fil-A have the most popular restaurant apps and both allow mobile ordering. Chick-fil-A recently launched an updated version of its mobile app on the Google Play Store and on Apple’s App Store. The popular chicken chain continues to offer mobile ordering and a rewards program as it did with it first launched its app and membership program in 2016. But the updated app offers a new rewards program that includes elite status akin to hotel and airline rewards programs. Chick-fil-A customers can now achieve Silver or Red Status with the status levels delivering 10 percent and 20 percent more rewards points, respectively. Rewards points can then be redeemed through the app, at the drive-thru or at the counter for food items. North Carolina’s own Krispy Kreme also has a top-50 app that includes rewards and online ordering. N.C. chicken purveyor Bojangles’ has a mobile app that include mobile payments and a biscuit-based rewards program, but it does not yet offer mobile ordering. As the uptake on food apps accelerates, expect more first-party ordering applications to compete with services like GrubHub and Uber Eats. You can also expect restaurants to adapt their menus, facilities and personnel to the new retail reality of mobile ordering and delivery. For Chick-fil-A’s Ramsey, the mobile app is keeping the “fast” in fast food. “It eliminates the time that it takes to do a transaction,” said Ramsey. “The mobile app puts the cash register in the customer’s hands.”

The Cumberland County Fair showcases and preserves the history and legacy of the agricultural communities in Cumberland County and celebrates the diversity of local arts and crafts. The fair also provides a safe setting for fun, healthy family entertainment including music, motorsports and animals. Visit cumberlandcountyfair.org for more information, including the daily special event lineup.

Sept. 4-8 84th Stanly County Fair Albemarle A celebration of farmers and veterans, this annual fair brings competitors from all over the East Coast for barrel racing, livestock shows and traditional food preparation competitions. The fair is sponsored by the American Legion Post 76 and features live music every day and a large midway. More details at stanlyfair. com.

Sept. 6-8 Ayden Collard Festival Ayden The festival’s highlight is the collard eating contest, but beyond the competitive eating there is fun for the whole family. Events include a 5K road race, one-mile fun run/walk, parade, amusement rides, food, arts and crafts, games, and live entertainment. More details at aydencollardfestival.com.

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like a pro A trick tailgate makes the GMC Sierra the pickup to buy By Jordan Golson For the North State Journal THERE ARE FIVE different fullsize pickup trucks in the US, built by Ford, GM, Ram, Nissan, and Toyota. And, contrary to what the millions of dollars in yearly ad buys tell you, they are all, more or less, the same. They have prodigious power from an enormous engine, they haul a ton of stuff in the bed or on a trailer, and they are all available with luxury packages that make them comfortable and well-equipped — if you’re willing to pay for it. Deeply held beliefs about brand or dealer loyalty might drive you to pick one or the other, but strip all these trucks of their logos and line them up, and you’ll be hard pressed to tell them apart. There just hasn’t been that one killer feature that moved one truck above the rest. Until now. The new 2019 GMC Sierra includes a wide variety of gee-whiz gadgets and trick features, including a carbon fiber truck bed that is more durable but exists mostly so you can show off to your truck buddies and a massive heads-up display that keeps your eyes on the road. But it’s the new MultiPro Tailgate that stole the show when I drove the new Sierra in Newfoundland, Canada last week. It’s a tailgate within a tailgate within a tailgate. The tailgate is basically split in half, offering an upper and a lower section, with six different functions that make life easier when you’re loading the bed — something that truck owners do constantly, whether you’re a weekend warrior or a contractor. There are two buttons on the rear tailgate, one for the top and one for the main latch releases. Press the bottom, and the whole gate opens, like a standard pickup truck would. But that magical top button is where things get interesting. Press that and the tailgate splits in half, with only the top portion opening up. Here’s mode number two, where the tailgate turns into a desk of sorts, giving you something to put your computer on or simply to lean against. There’s a load stop with two different heights, to

keep lengthy cargo from sliding out of the back of the truck. Or you can open both, and the tailgate drops open, but with the middle part hanging down out of the way, giving you easier access to the inner depths of the cargo bed. But then you can press a button on the upper gate and it unfolds into a nearly full-width step that makes it easy to climb into the bed (it also works as the ideal place to sit while tailgating, with four separate all-important cupholders at your side). A flip-up grab handle makes climbing in and out a bit safer, too. The new tailgate is standard on the SLT, the off road-focused AT4, and the ultralux I-Want-It-All Denali trims. Traditionalists can opt out of the trick tailgate and get a regular, boring tailgate if they wish. The Sierra shares a lot of DNA with the new Chevy Silverado that I wrote about a few weeks ago. But GMC wants to emphasize that this really is a separate truck — and with the Sierra-exclusive tailgate and carbon fiber bed options, the Sierra is the first GMC in a long time that really feels different to its corporate cousin. Denali is not just a more luxurious trim level now. There are real and tangible reasons to go buy the GMC, no matter what truck you’re looking at. But if truck buyers find the new tailgate as useful as I think they will, I can’t imagine it will take long for Chevrolet bring it to the Silverado. It’s a rare thing when a new truck comes out with something so incredibly innovative and useful. More importantly, unlike some new truck features, it will continue to be useful every time you load something into the bed. This clever tailgate should put the new GMC Sierra on every truck buyer’s radar. A few weeks ago, I said the American truck rivalry is as alive as ever, and this remains true. But with this new tailgate, GMC just took the lead. The 2019 GMC Sierra is available now at GMC dealers around North Carolina.

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entertainment ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ has exceptionally strong second weekend, ‘Happytime Murders’ flops “Crazy Rich Asians” had a crazy good second weekend at the box office. Warner Bros. acclaimed romantic comedy generated another $25 million in 3,526 locations, meaning it made almost as much during its second outing as it did its first weekend. Jon M. Chu’s movie, which has been lauded as the first studio film in over 25 years with a predominately Asian-American cast, dropped just 6 percent — marking one of the best holds in recent history for a wide release in any genre. Saturday’s numbers dropped an unprecedented 0 percent. In two weeks, its domestic total sits at $76.8 million.

Dumbo flies off for $483,000 in $8.3 million Disneyland auction An auction of Disneyland theme park vehicles, props and artifacts that turned into a Los Angeles attraction in its own right raised more than $8.3 million, organizers said on Monday. An original Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride car sold for $483,000 — more than four times the pre-sale estimate — while magician David Copperfield nabbed a neon letter D from the Disneyland hotel for $86,250, auctioneers at Van Eaton Galleries said.

Danny Boyle out as next James Bond movie director Acclaimed British director Danny Boyle has pulled out of the latest James Bond movie due to “creative differences,” the producers of the multimillion-dollar film franchise said on Tuesday. “Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig today announced that due to creative differences Danny Boyle has decided to no longer direct Bond 25,” said a statement on the official 007 website and Twitter account.

Star maker Simon Cowell gets his place on Hollywood Walk of Fame Simon Cowell, once known as the Mr. Nasty of talent show “American Idol,” was all smiles on Wednesday when he got his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Joined by Kelly Clarkson, the first “American Idol” winner, the British television and music mogul basked in the limelight as he recalled his time as a reality show judge, record producer and creator of long-running franchises “The X Factor,” “America’s Got Talent” and “Britain’s Got Talent.”

Madonna defends herself after Aretha Franklin tribute backlash Madonna on Tuesday hit back at critics of her speech about the late Aretha Franklin at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) show, saying she had been asked only to share an anecdote about the late Queen of Soul. The “Rebel Heart” singer sparked a backlash with a 10-minute speech focused mostly on her own early career at Monday’s live show, which organizers had said would pay honor and tribute to Franklin four days after her death at age 76.

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‘The Big Bang Theory’ to end with Season 12 By Daniel Holloway Variety LOS ANGELES — The upcoming season of “The Big Bang Theory” will be the last for the Warner Bros.-produced CBS comedy. In a joint statement, Warner Bros. Television, CBS and Chuck Lorre Productions said, “We are forever grateful to our fans for their support of The Big Bang Theory during the past twelve seasons. We, along with the cast, writers and crew, are extremely appreciative of the show’s success and aim to deliver a final season, and series

finale, that will bring The Big Bang Theory to an epic creative close.” The decision comes less than three weeks after CBS Entertainment head Kelly Kahl said the network and WBTV were discussing continuing the show beyond Season 12. “We don’t believe it’s the final year,” Kahl said. “We are in preliminary discussions to renew the show with Warner Bros.” In a statement Wednesday, Kahl said, “’The Big Bang Theory’ has been the defining comedy of its generation. All of us at the Network take exceptional pride in

this series that uniquely combines creative genius, commercial ratings success, cultural influence and characters who became so popular, they are easily known by just one name. We’re incredibly grateful for our partnership with Warner Bros., Chuck Lorre Productions and a brilliant cast and crew that has made such a ‘big bang’ and lasting legacy on the television landscape.” Series star Johnny Galecki also said back in January that he and the cast would be comfortable ending the show with Season 12. “The only way we’ve discussed wrapping the show is we’re all go-

ing to be very sad when that day comes,” he said. “I think at this point everyone is very comfortable with 12 seasons being a good time to go home and see our families.” “Big Bang” was renewed for Seasons 11 and 12 last year, with the five original members of the series ensemble — Jim Parsons, Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Kunal Nayyar and Simon Helberg — all striking new deals. The previously mentioned stars are said to have taken pay cuts in order to free up funds for pay increases for newer stars Melissa Rauch and Mayim Bialik. The show remains a major force not just on CBS but across all of television. Season 11 averaged a 2.7 rating in adults 18-49 and 14 million viewers an episode in Live+Same Day and was frequently the top shows in Live+7 as well. It is exec produced by Lorre, Bill Prady, Steven Molaro and Steve Holland.

Award-winning playwright Neil Simon dies at 91 By Bill Trott Reuters

Simon received Kennedy Center honors in 1995 from President Bill Clinton for his contribution to the arts and to popular culture in the 20th century.

NEW YORK — U.S. playwright Neil Simon, who became one of Broadway’s most prolific and popular playwrights as he combined humor, drama and introspection in works such as “The Odd Couple,” “The Goodbye Girl” and “Lost in Yonkers,” died on Sunday at the age of 91, his representatives said. Simon died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City of complications from pneumonia, Broadway theater representatives DKC/O&M said in a statement on Sunday. Simon was admitted to the hospital a few days ago and the pneumonia was in his lungs, Simon’s longtime publicist Bill Evans said in a Sunday phone interview. Evans said he gave Simon a kidney in 2004. Marvin Neil Simon was born on July 4, 1927, in the New York City borough of the Bronx, son of Irving, a garment salesman, and Mamie Simon. After attending New York University and the University of Denver and serving in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, Simon and his mentor, older brother Danny Simon, worked together in the 1940s writing comedy sketches for radio performer Goodman Ace. Simon and Danny, whose living arrangements once inspired Neil’s “The Odd Couple,” then moved to television, working with such popular entertainers as Sid Caesar, Phil Silver and Jackie Gleason, and with other writers including Mel Brooks and Woody Allen. But Simon did not like television work and in 1960 came up with “Come Blow Your Horn,” which became a modest Broadway hit. It was followed by “Barefoot in the Park” in 1963, which ran for more than 1,500 performances. Simon would go on to dominate the 1960s with “The Odd Couple,” “Sweet Charity,” “Plaza Suite” and “The Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” In the ‘70s he turned out “The Prisoner of Second Avenue,” “The

Sunshine Boys” and “California Suite,” while his ‘80s works included “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” Biloxi Blues,” “Broadway Bound” and “Rumors.” Simon continued into the next decade with “Lost in Yonkers,” “Jake’s Women,” “The Goodbye Girl” and “Laughter on the 23rd Floor.” His semi-autobiographical trilogy — “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” “Biloxi Blues” and “Broadway Bound — was a fixture on Broadway in the 1980s. Simon once compared his own creative process to a pinball machine, such as when he was writing “Lost in Yonkers.” The creative concept, he said, began “to move circuitously around in my brain, bouncing off one neuron to another, like a pinball that hits every number of the board repeatedly, rolls down, hits the flippers and goes bouncing back up for another go at every bell-ringing number again.” Simon’s plays were usually set in New York with characters whose problems were similar to those experienced by Simon. “Chapter Two,” for example, dealt with a writer whose first wife had died, trying to open himself to love a new woman. Simon’s wife of 20 years, Joan Baim, died of cancer in 1973, after which he married actress Marsha Mason, who starred in the 1979 film version of “Chapter Two.” Mason was nominated for an Oscar for 1977’s “The Goodbye Girl,” another Simon play he adapted for the screen. Simon received Kennedy Center honors in 1995 from President Bill Clinton for his contribution to the arts and to popular culture in the 20th century. “He challenges us and himself never to take ourselves too seriously,” Clinton said in presenting the award. “Thank you for the wit and the wisdom.” Simon was married five times, twice to actress Diane Lander. He is survived by wife Elaine Joyce and his three daughters from different marriages, Evans said.

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Ben Affleck speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for “Justice League”, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif.

Ben Affleck checks into rehab again By Erin Nyren Variety LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck has checked himself into a rehab facility in Los Angeles, Variety has confirmed with a source. According to TMZ, the trip to rehab was instigated by an intervention staged by Affleck’s former wife, Jennifer Garner, who came to his Pacific Palisades, Calif., home on Wednesday. According to TMZ’s source, Affleck was receptive to rehab and aware he needed treatment. The tenure will not be Affleck’s first in rehab. He sought treatment for alcohol abuse in 2001 and completed another residential program last December. Affleck revealed in March 2017 that he had secretly completed a stint in rehab for alcohol addiction. “I have completed treatment for alcohol addiction; something I’ve dealt with in the past and will continue to confront,” he wrote on Facebook. Affleck has three children with Garner: two daughters and one son. They were married in 2005 and filed for divorce in 2017, two years after separating. Affleck’s most recent role was as Batman in “Justice League.” His upcoming films, Netflix’s political thriller “The Last Thing He Wanted” from Dee Rees and “Triple Frontier,” are in post-production. He’s also attached to direct “How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions” for Fox, with Matt Damon starring. He and Damon will also produce the film through their Pearl Street Films company.

North State Journal for Wednesday, August 29, 2018

TAKE NOTICE CUMBERLAND 18 SP 946 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Rafael A. Ortiz to Jason O. Wunsch, Trustee(s), which was dated June 24, 2009 and recorded on June 25, 2009 in Book 8185 at Page 0284, Cumberland 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-

18 SP 962 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Brian M. Burrow and Kerian Burrow to H. Terry Hutchens, Trustee(s), which was dated May 3, 2011 and recorded on May 4, 2011 in Book 08637 at Page 0647, Cumberland 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

JOHNSTON 16 SP 564 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 Susan Elizabeth Bavaro-Fisher and John R. Fisher, Jr. to W.R. Starkey, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated February 22, 2008 and recorded on February 26, 2008 in Book 3500 at Page 216 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on May 28, 2013 in Book 4298, Page 519, 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-

18 SP 13 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 Thomas Ray Melvin Jr, an unmarried man to Daniel D. Hornfeck, Trustee(s), which was dated November 19, 2012 and recorded on November 28, 2012 in Book 4210 at Page 486, 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 September 14, 2018

18 SP 363 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 Cameron E. Baldwin to Bradley D. Dinkel, Trustee(s), which was dated April 28, 2017 and recorded on April 28, 2017 in Book 4950 at Page 299, 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

RANDOLPH 17 SP 85 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Laura Jean C. Carter to Henry V. Cunningham, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated February 28, 2013 and recorded on February 28, 2013 in Book RE 2326 at Page 1600, Randolph 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

18 SP 241 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Brian E. Focht to The Elam Firm, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated May 22, 2015 and recorded on May 28, 2015 in Book 2443 at Page 586, Randolph 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

17 SP 195 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lisa D. Dehart to Fidelity National Title Company of New York, Trustee(s), which was dated September 22, 2005 and recorded on September 28, 2005 in Book RE1940 at Page 1483, Randolph 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

12 SP 676 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Herbert W. Knight, Jr. and Brandi N. Holbrook to Neuse Incorporated, Trustee(s), which was dated August 30, 2007 and recorded on August 30, 2007 in Book RE2040 at Page 1944, Randolph 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

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 September 12, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 7, Cypress South, as same is show on plat thereof recorded at Plat Book 116, Page 175, Cumberland County Public Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2208 Taylor Made Drive, Hope Mills, NC 28348. 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 Rafael A. Ortiz. 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

the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 12, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT NO. THREE (3), IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS “SOUTHVIEW, SECTION ONE”, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF THE SAME DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 88, PAGE 178, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA REGISTRY. LESS AND EXCEPT THAT PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN DEED FOR HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY RECORDED IN BOOK 7338, PAGE 115, AFORESAID REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5313 Miranda Drive, Hope Mills, NC 28348. 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 Brian M. Burrow and wife, Kerian Burrow. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser

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 September 11, 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: Lying and being in Johnston County, North Carolina, more particularly described as follows: Being all of that certain 1.17 acre tract (formerly known as Lot 9, Crooked Branch), as more particularly shown on a plat styled “Final Plat Wayne Strickland,” and recorded on Plat Book 48 at Page 131. Also included herewith is that certain 1997 Gold Medal manufactured home bearing serial number GMH236997NCAB, which is permanently affixed to the real property described above (see Declaration of Intent recorded September 29, 2016, in Book 4840 at Page

254, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Johnston County, N.C.). Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 154 Crooked Branch Drive, Selma, NC 27576. 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 Susan Elizabeth Bavaro-Fisher and husband, John R Fisher, Jr. 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.

at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at an iron pipe being located North 71 degrees 40 minutes 25 seconds West 30.55 feet from a cotton spindle set in the center line of NCSR 2310, and also being on the right of way line of NCSR No. 2310; thence continuing as the right of way of NCSR 2310, south 29 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West 48.38 feet to an iron pipe set; thence South 31 degrees 34 minutes 27 seconds West 125.53 feet to an iron pipe set; thence South 35 degrees 06 minutes 48 seconds West 204.20 feet to a calculated point; thence leaving the right of way of NCSR 2310, North 55 degrees 28 minutes 36 seconds West 313.51 feet to a calculated point in the run of Bawdy Swamp; thence North 12 degrees 12 minutes 50 seconds East 1.05 feet to an iron pipe set; thence North 12 degrees 05 minutes 04 seconds East 278.35 feet to an iron pipe set; thence South 71 degrees 40 minutes 25 seconds East 2.00 feet to a concrete monument set; thence South 71 degrees 40 minutes 25 seconds East 426.35 feet to an iron pipe set, the point and place

of BEGINNING, and containing 2.76 acres according to a survey by Southwind Surveying and Engineering, Inc., recorded in Plat Book 54, Page 435 of the Johnston County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 3910 Stevens Chapel 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 Thomas Ray Melvin. 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.

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 14, 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 2073, Riverwood Athletic Club, Eaglecrest, Phase 2B-3, as shown on map recorded in Plat Book 83, Pages 44-46, 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 328 Chamberlain Drive, Clayton, NC 27527. 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 statu-

Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 5, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at an iron pipe located South 87 degrees 15 minutes 22 seconds East 39 feet from the centerline of North Carolina State Road 2144, said point in the center of North Carolina State Road 2144 being located 264 feet North as measured along said centerline from the intersection of the centerlines of North Carolina State Road 2233 and North Carolina State Road 2144; thence from the beginning corner North 6 degrees 18 minutes 24 seconds West 99.75 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 59 seconds East 213.28 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 1 degree 55 minutes 35 seconds West 111.46 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 87 degrees 15 minutes 22 seconds West 198.78 feet to the Beginning

and containing .497 acres, more or less. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2034 Wicker Lovell Road, Randleman, NC 27317. 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 Laura Jean C. Carter. 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.

the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 5, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying and being in or near the City of Trinity, Randolph County, North Carolina containing n/a acres, more or less, and being more particularly described as follows:

Being all of Lot 2, Section V of Oak Forest Subdivision, according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 31, Page 93, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 6005 Westhaven Lane, Trinity, NC 27370. 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 Brian E. Focht. An Order for possession of the property may be is-

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 11, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lots 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 of the Kersey Property near Archdale in Randolph County, NC, a plat of same being duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Randolph County, North Carolina, in Plat Book 4, Page 85. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 222 Stratford Road, Archdale, NC 27263. 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 stat-

utory 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 Lisa D. Dehart. 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

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 11, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 35 of Sterling Ridge, Phase 1, as shown on the plat recorded in Plat Book 41, Page 65, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 113 Simmons Creek Court, Archdale, NC 27263. 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 Herbert W. Knight, Jr. and Brandi N. Holbrook. 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

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TAKE NOTICE RANDOLPH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 233 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christina L. Cockman and Kenneth Cockman (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Kenneth William Cockman) to James V. Smith, Trustee(s), dated the 9th day of May, 2000, and recorded in Book 1659, Page 501, in Randolph County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 199 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kevin J. Danko and Jennifer M. Danko (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Kevin Jude Danko) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 2nd day of November, 2005, and recorded in Book RE 1946, Page 251, in Randolph County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 355 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kenneth Wayne Cruthis and Thelma Lee Cruthis to The Fidelity Company, Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of February, 2003, andrecorded in Book 1805, Page 0470, in Randolph County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in thepayment 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 theRegister of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtednesshaving directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at thecourthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated forforeclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on September 4, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following realestate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a new iron pin in the southwesterly

STANLY 18 SP 117 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, STANLY COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Rahn Lowder and Mary Lowder in the original amount of $52,000.00, payable to Bank of America, NA, dated November 21, 2007 and recorded on December 6, 2007 in Book 1211, Page 1, Stanly County Registry. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Stanly County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Stanly County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on September

UNION 18 SP 39 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Marianne H. Alden and Bret Alden to Charles N. Myers, Trustee(s), which was dated April 27, 2007 and recorded on May 10, 2007 in Book 04548 at Page 0851, Union 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 492 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by John L. Thompson and Belinda H. Thompson and Doris L. Maier and John R. Maier to Jerry Baker, Trustee(s), which was dated August 19, 2005 and recorded on August 24, 2005 in Book 3890 at Page 632 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on April 20, 2010 in Book 05317, Page 443 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on May 1, 2018 in Book 7148, Page 590, Union 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 421 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Osborn Lee Wheeler a/k/a Osborne Lee Wheeler, unmarried to Richard H. Lester or G. Robert Turner, III, Trustee(s), which was dated March 14, 2008 and recorded on March 18, 2008 in Book 4840 at Page 271, Union 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 court-

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 234 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Marcus S. Mills (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Marcus Samuel Mills) to Donald P. Eggleston, Trustee(s), dated the 8th day of August, 2014, and recorded in Book 6280, Page 581, 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 September 6,

having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on September 4, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of lots 55, 56, 57 & 58 of Wedgewood subdivision as per plat thereof recorded in plat book 11, page 45, Randolph County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4716 Silverwood Lane, Randleman, 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

foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on September 4, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot No. 26 of the final plat of Elkes Ridge Estates Subdivision which is duly recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina, in Plat Book 86, at Page 6. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 317 Belgian Drive, Archdale, 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 bank-

ruptcy 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. 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: 1241859 (FC.FAY)

right of way line of Grey Drive, the southeast corner of Lot 17 ofCarraway Hills, Map No. 3, map of which is recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 58, Randolph County Registry; runningthence along the southwesterly right of way line of Grey Drive South 25 degrees 34 minutes 06 seconds East 110feet to an established iron pin; running thence South 64 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West 199.96 feet to anestablished iron pin in the line of Lot 30 of Carraway Hills, Map No. 3, Plat Book 11, Page 58; running thence alongthe line of Lots 30 and 29 of Carraway Hills, Map No. 3, North 25 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West 110 feet to anew iron pin, the southwest corner of said Lot 17 of Carraway Hills, Map No. 3; running thence along the south line ofsaid Lot 17 North 64 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds East 200.15 feet to the point and place of Beginning, the samecontaining approximately 0.51 acres as shown on survey prepared by Mark Terry & Associates, Inc. dated February20, 1998, entitled “Survey for Kenneth Wayne Cruthis and Thelma Cruthis”. Together with improvements locatedthereon; said property being located at 3777 Grey Drive, Sophia, North Carolina. The above described property is a portion of Lot 16 of Carraway Hills, Map No. 3, map of which is recorded in PlatBook 11, Page 58, in the Office of the Register of

Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Parcel ID Number: 7725487510 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 courtcosts 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 ofeither 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 anyand 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 ofrecord 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 isgreater, 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 thereturn of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcypetition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If thevalidity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to havemerit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no furtherremedy. 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 thepurchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which theproperty is sold.Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or afterOctober 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice

of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providingwritten notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days butnot more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not curedthe default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, thetenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

5, 2018, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: THE FOLLOWING REAL PROPERTY SITUATE IN COUNTY OF STANLY AND STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF ALBEMARLE, TOWNSHIP, STANLY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN EXISTING IRON PIPE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF EDGEMONT STREET IN THE CITY OF ALBEMARLE, SAID POINT OF BEGINNING BEING A COMMON CORNER OF LOTS 199 AND 198 IF WISCASSETT MILLS COMPANY VILLAGE SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN IN PLAT BOOK 6, PAGE 61-B, STANLY COUNTY REGISTRY, AND RUNS THENCE WITH THE LINE OF LOT 199, SOUTH 04-56-52 WEST 169.02 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIPE; THENCE WITH A LINE OF LOT NO. 189 NORTH 85-00-00 WEST 86.83 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIPE; THENCE WITH THE LINE OF LOT NO. 190 THE SAME COURSE CONTINUED 4.17 FEET TO A NEW IRON PIPE; THENCE WITH A LINE OF LOT 197 NORTH 04-56-52 EAST 169.00 FEET TO A NEW IRON PIPE; THENCE WITH THE RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF EDGEMONT STREET SOUTH 85-01-20 EAST 91.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 0.35

ACRE BY SURVEY OF ROGELL E. HUNSUCKER, R.L.S., ON MAY 18, 1985, AND BEING ALL OF LOT NO. 198 OF THE WISCASSETT MILLS COMPANY SUBDIVISION AS SET FORTH IN PLAT BOOK 6, PAGE 61-B, STANLY COUNTY REGISTRY. Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 513 Edgemont Street, Albermarle, NC 28001. Tax ID: 654903008246 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, 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 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 are Rahn Lowder. 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 §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 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.

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 September 7, 2018 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 52 in PRESTWICK, Map 2 subdivision as same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet J, File Number 613, in the Office of the Union County Public Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5911 Parkstone Drive, Matthews, NC 28104. 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 Marianne H. Alden and husband, Bret Alden. An Order for possession of the property may be is-

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 7, 2018 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at an iron pipe on the northern margin of the Lydia Street right of way (a 30 foot right of way), a corner of the Helms property (708/452) and running thence with the Lydia Street right of way S. 85-47-04 W. 74.69 feet to a nail set at the intersection of the Cherry Street (a 30 foot right of way) and Lydia Street right of way; thence with the eastern margin of the Cherry Street right of way N. 00-00-59 W. 132.00 feet to an iron pin, a corner of the Graham property (125-258); thence with the said Graham property N. 87-17-56 E. 86.03 feet to an iron pin, a corner of the said Helms property; thence with said Helms line S. 04-59-44 W. 131.06 feet to the point and place of the Beginning and containing .24 acre, more or less all according to a survey by Q. Newton Honeycutt dated February 26, 1998, revised May 6, 1998. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or

prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1300 Cherry Street, Monroe, NC 28110. 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 John Lee Thompson and wife, Belinda H. Thompson and All Lawful Heirs of Doris A. Maier. 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

house for conducting the sale on September 7, 2018 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: All of Lot 115 of Stewart Park (Third Section) as shown by a plat of said subdivision recorded in Plat Book 4 on Page 179, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Union County, North Carolina to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description. This conveyance is made and is accepted subject to those restrictive covenants and conditions set forth in a contract and agreement between Charles D. Roberts, Jr., et als, which contract and agreement is duly recorded in Book 164 of Deeds on Page 354 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Union County, North Carolina and to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Being the same property conveyed from Roy J. Moore, Jr. and wife, Nancy F. Moore and C. Frank Griffin and wife, Betsy L. Griffin, conveyed to Osborn Lee Wheeler and wife, Charline S. Wheeler, by Deed recorded April 20, 1962, in Deed Book 175 at Page 247, in the Union County

Public Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1301 Sycamore Street, Monroe, NC 28112. 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 Osborne Lee Wheeler a/k/a Osborn Lee Wheeler. 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 prop-

2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The following described real estate located in the City of Monroe, Monroe Township, Union County, North Carolina: Being all of Lot 7, in Block A of Park Place (a revision of Cleveland Heights), as shown on a map thereof recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 122, Union County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 212 Elizabeth Avenue, Monroe, North Carolina. Parcel No: 09192071 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.

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: 1223729 (FC.FAY)

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ________________________________________ January N. Taylor, Bar #33512 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 5555 Glenridge Connector Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30342 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) jtaylor@mtglaw.com

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TAKE NOTICE UNION 18 SP 163 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Ricco Phronebarger and Sheila Phronebarger to Jackie Miller, Trustee(s), which was dated November 30, 2005 and recorded on December 1, 2005 in Book 3998 at Page 720, Union 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

17-SP-0760 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Treva G. McCain, and Mark McCain, in the original amount of $120,000.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for The Lending Connection, Inc., dated October 3, 2006 and recorded on October 17, 2006 in Book 04335 at Page 0369, Union County Public Registry, North Carolina. 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 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 courthouse door in

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 704 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lonnie B. Helms and Constance H. Helms, (Lonnie B. Helms, deceased) (Heirs of Lonnie B. Helms: Lonnie B. Helms, Jr., Gary Lee Helms, Mona Lisa Helms Briss and Unknown Heirs of Lonnie B. Helms) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Lonnie B. Helms) to Trustee Services of Carolina, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of April, 2004, and recorded in Book 3431, Page 665, 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 September 6, 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:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 46 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Patricia D. Morgan and Jimmy Nelson Morgan (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Jimmy Nelson Morgan and Patricia Morgan) to Doug Dixon, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of August, 2000, and recorded in Book 1438, Page 167, 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

WAKE 18 SP 1495 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 Terry V. Bunn and Morgan Tew Bunn to Allan B. Polunsky, Trustee(s), which was dated October 13, 2011 and recorded on October 13, 2011 in Book 014497 at Page 00958, 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-

18 SP 1541 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 Scott A. Burton and Latrice Melody Morgan to Timothy M. Bartosh or William B. Naryka, Trustee(s), which was dated September 19, 2007 and recorded on September 21, 2007 in Book 012760 at Page 00364, 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

18 SP 1542 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 James David Jackson, Jr. and Jessica Jackson to Jeffery L. Tuttle, Trustee(s), which was dated December 18, 2006 and recorded on December 18, 2006 in Book 012318 at Page 01020, 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 located, or

18 SP 651 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 James E. Eck and Cynthia L. Eck to NETCO, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated June 19, 2014 and recorded on June 24, 2014 in Book 015698 at Page 02160, 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 located, or

the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 13, 2018 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot Number 6 of CROSSBRIDGE SUBDIVISION, as shown on that plat recorded in Plat Cabinet I, at File Number 125, Union County Register of Deeds, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1901 Crossbridge Drive, Monroe, NC 28112. 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 Rice Phronebarger and wife, Shelia Phronebarger. An Order for possession of the property may be is-

Union County, North Carolina, on September 13, 2018 at 2:00 pm , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: BEGINNING at an iron stake and runs thence South 5 degrees 45 minutes West 850 feet to an iron stake in Providence Road (S.R. #1117); thence South 73 degrees 5 minutes West 1,600 feet to a pile of stones; thence North 8 degrees 45 minutes East 1,042 feet to an iron stake and Post Oak; thence North 79 degrees East 1,485 feet to the BEGINNING corner, and containing 32.75 acres, more or less. Being the same property conveyed by Charles B. McCain and wife, Edna L. McCain, and Elwyn T. McCain and wife Mae McCain, to Arthur L. McCain, by deed dated March 4, 1935, and recorded in Deed Book 78, at Page 398, Union County Registry. Reference is also made to deed dated September 5, 1927, and recorded on September 12, 1927, in Deed Book 6, Page 373, Union County Registry, by which Mrs. Bessie McCain conveyed this same property (said to be 30.9 acres) to A. L. McCain (being Arthur L. McCain). Less that 1.35 acres conveyed to Grady T. Carter and wife, Sara S. Carter, by deed recorded in Book 227, Page 666, union County Registry

Tax Id: 0507200801 Said Property is commonly known as 8218 Providence Rd South, Waxhaw, NC 28173 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, 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 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. 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 §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 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.

All that certain lot or parcel of land commonly known as 802 Bruce Thomas Road, Monroe, North Carolina, and more particularly described as being: Beginning at a point in the center of the right of way of SR 2132 (known as Bruce Thomas Road), said point being located 0.25 miles southwest from the point where the center of the right of way of SR 2132 intersects the center of the right of way of SR 2115 (known a Stack Road), and running from said beginning point four new lines within the property of Lonnie B. Helms and wife, Constance H. Helms (Book 961, Page 178, Union County Registry) as follows: (1) South 36 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds East (crossing an iron rod set within the right of way of SR 2132 at 21.38 feet) a total distance of 710.40 feet to a set iron rod; (2) South 18 degrees 06 minutes 58 seconds West 223.18 feet to a set iron rod; (3) North 81 degrees 03 minutes 00 seconds West 271.63 feet to a set iron rod; (4) North 20 degrees 05 minutes 29 seconds West (crossing an iron rod set within the right of way of SR 2132 at 629.84 feet) a total distance of 655.39 feet to a point within the center of the right of way of SR 2132; thence with the center of the right of way of SR 2132 as follows: (1) North 46 degrees 41 minutes 56 seconds East 16.33 feet; (2) North 48 degrees 13 minutes 13 seconds East 145.23 feet; (3) North 48 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds East 21.95 feet to the point of beginning and containing 5.00 acre, more or less, as shown on a copy of unrecorded map of survey prepared by James Richard

Harrington, NCRLS, dated February 18, 1999, and being a portion of the property conveyed to Lonnie B. Helms and wife, Constance H. Helms, by deed recorded in Book 691, Page 178, Union County Registry in the State of North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 802 Bruce Thomas Road, Monroe, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and

prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. 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. 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: 1225729 (FC.FAY) PUBLICATION DATES: August 22, 2018 and August 29, 2018

foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on September 6, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 46, Yorkshire, Phase III, as shown on plat duly recorded in Plat Cabinet E, File 389, Union County Register, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular metes and bounds description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3116 Manchester Avenue, Monroe, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the

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: 1230889 (FC.FAY)

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 September 5, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: LOT 3 PROPERTY OF A.W. KELLY HEIRS, AS SHOWN ON BOOK OF MAPS 1999, PAGE 268, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 6421 Pleasant Pines Drive, Raleigh, NC 27613. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-

lars ($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 Terry V. Bunn. 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

property is/are Sumerlyn Community Association, Inc. 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

ALL OF LOT 60, Sumerlyn SUBDIVISION, PHASE 1, AS SHOWN ON A MAP THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2006, PAGE(S) 1128-1130 (PAGE 1128), WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY, TO WHICH MAP REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF SAME. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 6826 Harter

Court, 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

the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 12, 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 88 Bloomfield Subdivision, Phase 1, as shown and identified on that certain plat entitled “Bloomfield Subdivision, Phase 1, Map 3,” by Kenneth Close, Inc., Land Surveying, dated 6/1/01 and recorded in Book of Maps 2001, Page 2259, Wake County Registry, North Carolina, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description of same. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2108 Arcola Way, Willow Springs, NC 27592. 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 James David Jackson, Jr. and wife, Jessica Quintanilla-Jackson. An Order for possession of the property may be

(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 James E. Eck and wife, Cynthia L. Ec. An Order for possession of the property may be

Being the same property or a portion of the same property conveyed to James E. Eck and wife, Cynthia L. Eck by Instrument dated March 30, 2000 from Joyce A. Ward (Harris) and husband, Les Harris, Jr. filed on March 20, 2000 as Document Number and in Book 008551 at Page 00987 in the Wake County records. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1213 Shakentown Street, Knightdale, NC 27545. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ___________________________________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, P.C. Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC Christopher J. Culp, #13466 David R. DiMatteo #35254 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 929-0760 (803) 929-0830

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE 17 SP 2439 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 Racquel N. Phifer to The Wall Law Firm, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated April 15, 2016 and recorded on April 15, 2016 in Book 016354 at Page 00861, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 923 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by John R. Amerson and Diane Vasquez Amerson to The Law Offices of Daniel A. Fulco, PLLC, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of April, 2008, and recorded in Book 13078, Page 2413, and Modification in Book 14872, Page 1958, and Modification in Book 15467, Page 2093, and Modification in Book 16838, Page 1079, in Wake 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 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 Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the

the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 12, 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 447, Phase III, Sections 2 & 11, Mingo Creek Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Pages 468-472, 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 1103 Hadel Place, 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 Racquel N. Phifer. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchas-

er 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

City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on September 10, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 96, Section Four, Hillington West subdivision, as depicted in Map Book 2002, beginning at or including page 49. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2529 Big Buck Lane, Garner, 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

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. 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: 1235600 (FC.FAY)