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Attendees of the agriculture roundtable discussion held by statewide and nationwide representatives of the industry are pictured in the Gov. James G. Martin Building building at the N.C. state fairgrounds on Aug. 3.

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NC Firefighters help battle to save California communities San Francisco More than 130 members of the N.C. Forest Service are on the ground in California helping to battle the wildfire on track to becoming the largest in the state’s history. Seven people have died in the fires and 32,000 have been displaced.

The National Weather Service says temperatures could reach 110 degrees in Northern California over the next few days with 15-mile-per-hour winds fanning the flames.

Dominion does not expect court order to hold up pipeline Richmond A federal appeals court in Virginia threw out two key permits for the Atlantic Coast pipeline Monday. The decision stems from a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club, who says construction should stop on the 600-mile natural gas pipeline.

Dominion Energy said it will resolve concerns and have the permits reinstated. The company expects to finish the 1.5-billion cubic feet per day pipe by late 2019. One billion cubic feet is enough to fuel about 5 million U.S. homes for a day.

National Night Out celebrated in Durham Durham On Tuesday, The Durham Police Department and the Durham Housing authority celebrated the 35th annual National Night Out with rallies at Burton Park and at Cornwallis Community Center. The events nationwide are to draw attention to rising crime rates in some cities. The events were held from 5-7pm and residents were asked to lock their doors and spend the time outside with neighbors. Many neighborhoods held cookouts or block parties.

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As the farmers and their supporters met in Raleigh, the verdict came down awarding millions in another lawsuit against a farm

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Vetoes, overrides and lawsuits November ballot language and party affiliations still hang in balance

By David Larson For the North State Journal RALEIGH — Increasingly, battles between North Carolina Democrats and Republicans are ending up in court, and the fight over 2018’s ballot appears to be headed in the same direction. The current issues involve the wording of six constitutional amendments on the ballot and also whether judicial candidates should be able to switch party affiliations immediately prior to filing their candidacy and have the ballot represent that change.

After a special session by legislative Republicans to resolve these issues to their own liking, Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed both H.B. 3, dealing with the constitutional amendments, and S.B. 3, dealing with judicial candidates switching party affiliation. This Saturday, the General Assembly returned again to override these vetoes — a move made possible by Republican supermajorities in both chambers.

“This is about falsely and unconstitutionally misleading voters and crippling the checks

and balances that are the foundation of our democracy,” Cooper said in a statement responding to his vetoes being undone.

“It is shameful that legislators have spent their time deceiving North Carolinians and attempting to rip up our constitution instead of improving public education and growing our economy.”

Accompanying his response were lawsuits from his office as well as from the NAACP and N.C. Supreme Court candidate Chris Anglin. Republicans believe these lawsuits could have been filed much earlier but were delayed for strategic reasons.

“Partisan Democratic activists, including Gov. Roy Cooper, waited five weeks to file these absurd lawsuits which assume that voters aren’t smart enough to understand the amendments being placed before them,” said Bill D’Elia, a spokesman for Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham). “In doing so they’ve created an ‘emergency’ of their own making, and have taken the shameful step of attempting to get an activist judge to take away the right of North Carolinians to amend their own constitution.”

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by House Speaker Tim Moore See VETOES, page A2

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Ag community sows seeds of fighting back

Rep. Ed Hanes (D-Forsyth) announced retirement from NCGA Jones & Blount

RALEIGH — At the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh Friday, big names in N.C. politics and agriculture gathered in an effort to ignite a national conversation on the potentially devastating impact of lawsuits against farmers.

More than 300 farmers and pol-

icy-makers from across the country packed the Jim Graham Building. The panel, moderated by Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC 7), included Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Congressman Mike Conaway (R-TX 11), Chair of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. Rouzer and Tillis said they are looking to take action at the federal level to protect a right to farm.

“We need to send a very clear message to the trial lawyers; We’re bigger than you when we coordinate,” said Tillis. “We need to make sure we come up with a very specific agenda — legislatively, and in terms See FARMERS, page A2

Charlotte Pipe wins trade case against Chinese producers Trade commission finds China undersold cast iron fittings by up to 360 percent less than fair value NSJ Staff CHARLOTTE — In a trade victory against the People’s Republic of China, North Carolina’s Charlotte Pipe and Foundry won an anti-dumping case Monday when the International Trade Commission (ITC) voted unanimously that China was dumping cast iron fittings on the market at between 22 and 360 percent less than fair market value.

Charlotte Pipe and the Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI) filed a petition against imports of cast iron soil pipe fittings from the People’s Republic of China in July 2017, launching an investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Investigators determined that Chinese exporters had not only flooded the U.S. market with underpriced cast iron soil pipe fittings, called “dumping,” China provides countervailable subsidies to its producers of cast iron soil pipe fittings at rates ranging from 7 to 134 percent.

According to the ITC, penalties to counteract the trade practices will go into effect immediately.

“We are thrilled with winning this case so that we can protect American jobs against unfair trade practices,” said Roddey Dowd, Jr., CEO of Charlotte Pipe and Foundry. “We finally have a presidential administration in Washington that is serious about enforcing existing U.S. trade law. For my entire career at Charlotte Pipe, we have had presidents of both parties ignore the brazen cheating from the Chinese.

Those days are over.”

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry employs more than 1,400 people and has operated in the Charlotte area for more than 117 years. It is among the manufacturers that have been calling on Washington for years to enforce the unethical trade practices from China. The Trump administration has led the charge recently to impose steep duties in fines on underpriced materials coming from China, the world’s largest producer of metal products. In July, a Chinese aluminum foil maker filed a lawsuit against the U.S. after unsuccessfully filing a “no injury” claim with the ITC Commission last year as Washington probed whether the companies were unfairly subsidized.

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VETOES from page A1 (R-Cleveland), whose spokesman, Joseph Kyzer, said, “Political litigation is the governor’s idea of leadership and the people of North Carolina are becoming accustomed to Cooper’s use of the court system to circumvent their support of popular legislative proposals.”

The governor’s lawsuit focuses on two of the constitutional amendments he believes take away power from the executive branch. The NAACP suit challenges four of the amendments, arguing that the General Assembly itself is illegitimate because of gerrymandering and that the language used is too vague for voters to understand.

The lawsuit garnering the most attention though seems to be that of Anglin, who filed the action on Monday. Republicans believe he is a spoiler candidate sent to dilute the Republican vote and en-

sure a Democratic victory in the important court seat.

Anglin changed his party affiliation immediately before filing, sending up suspicions among conservatives. Changes of this kind are not recognized in other N.C. races to prevent the kind of “spoilers” Republicans mention.

Judicial races were an exception because party affiliation wasn’t listed at all until recently. S.B. 3, made law over the veto of the governor, aimed to conform these races to other partisan races.

Anglin said he is not a plant and is simply a Republican wishing to run for the seat. He accuses Republicans of trying to “rig” the election by preventing him from listing himself with his new party affiliation.

“I didn’t make, break, or change the rules, just followed them,” Anglin said in a press release. “Even children understand changing the rules in the middle of an election is wrong. What the

Legislature has done is a violation of my Constitutional rights.

This lawsuit is the next step in my fight to stand up for an independent judiciary.”

Republicans say their changes did not specifically target him but made a uniform change to all judicial races that is already the standard for other partisan races.

Before Saturday’s vote to override, Sen. Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell), chairman of the Senate Redistricting Committee, said, “Today’s vote simply aligns the rules for judicial elections to those for every other public office in North Carolina, yet Democrats continue with their ridiculous claims that we are somehow attempting to ‘rig the system.’

Sadly, it’s the Democrats who shamefully resorted to partisan scheming to confuse the citizens of North Carolina. Thankfully, after today’s overrides, these bills will deliver accurate, unbiased

information to voters.”

To further complicate matters, a former Republican, who made a late switch to run as a Democrat for a Wake County court seat, is joining in Anglin’s suit. Anglin was represented by John Burns, an outspoken Democratic county commissioner and supporter of Anita Earls, the Democratic candidate for the same seat. Republicans jumped on this as a clear sign of their collusion.

“One of the supposedly ‘Republican’ candidates will be represented in court by a Democrat elected official who is a public supporter of his client’s opponent in the same race, a strikingly clear indication of their true intent to help the Democrat candidate win the race for state Supreme Court,” said Kyzer, Moore’s spokesman.

The judge, Rebecca Holt, delayed the printing of the ballots until the case is resolved and will hold another hearing on Aug. 13.

FARMERS from page A1 of public information. This is a good meeting because of the information shared, but it’s a great meeting if it starts a movement. “ But N.C. farming leaders dominated the panel, including N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, and members of the N.C. General Assembly who fought to pass the Farm Act of 2018. This legislation gives some legal protections to state farmers by setting statute of limitations on suits and mandating that only farms violating laws can be hit with damages. The act was vetoed

by Gov. Roy Cooper but overridden by the legislature.

“You do everything within your power to comply with all that is thrown at you, and you still get sued; that’s just wrong,” Sen. Brent Jackson (R-Duplin), who was a sponsor of the Farm Act, said at Saturday’s roundtable. Democrat Ken Goodman (D-Richmond) was also there, and the only Democrat in the State Senate to vote for the measure.

During the roundtable it was announced that a federal jury had just awarded $473.5 million to six residents near a Pender County hog farm contracted by Murphy-Brown LLC, a unit of Chinese-owned pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. The residents sued the company over management of the animals.

The jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina awarded $3 million to $5 million in compensatory damages and $75 million in punitive damages to each of the six people, according to a court filing on Friday.

The lawsuit had accused Murphy Brown, owned by Smithfield, of not taking adequate steps to manage the number of hogs on the farm, leading to odor and the possibility of disease, according to an amended court complaint filed in May. This was the third lawsuit in a row that a judge ruled against the company over noise and odor caused by hog farming, and one of nearly thirty that personal injury attorneys are bringing after on behalf of neighbors of eastern N.C.

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Left, Representative Jimmy Dixon (R-Duplin) answers questions at a press conference with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) after the agriculture roundtable discussion on Aug. 3. Right, Naeema Muhammad (right) joins others at a press conference for the N.C. Environmental Justice Network and the Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help in Warsaw, N.C. on Saturday, Aug. 4.

“Today’s verdict is much more than a financial hit to a corporation, much more than another family left to burden the loss of a business...

Today’s verdict was revelation that our society has lost all control of rational and reasonable thinking.”

Morris Murphy, Triple M Farms, Albertson NC via Facebook. hog farms. Rep. Jimmy Dixon (R-Duplin) told the crowd on Saturday that he was approached by the lawyers bringing lawsuits who told him it was really targeting the Chinese owners of Smithfield, not N.C. farmers. Dixon said he was offended, calling it simple greed with disregard for the impact on his farming family.

“This is an egregious grab of money by the Byron and Budd law firm from Dallas, Texas combined

with Bill Graham and Mona Lisa Wallace from Salisbury, North Carolina,” Dixon said. “I invite them to come with me to Joey Carter’s farm, a man who has never had one complaint… The people who sued them bought the land from his father, built their houses, signed a waiver so he could use the spray field, and then turned around and sued him.”

After the agriculture brass met in Raleigh, a group of activists was in Duplin County Saturday, holding a press conference.

Naeema Muhammad, 68, of Rocky Mount-based NC Environmental Justice Network, joined rural Empowerment Association for Community Help, or REACH, saying the policymakers “violated our rights,” by not telling them about the roundtable event. They had about 30 people turn out for their press conference.

“I think this had been made into grassroots versus Republicans,” Muhammad said, noting that Gov. Cooper lent activists and plaintiffs his support by vetoing the Farm Act of 2018, but the Republican-led General Assembly overrode it.

“I would have expected the Democratic leadership to take a stand and that has not happened,” she

added.

Muhammad is a community organizer and founding member of Black Workers for Justice, which publicizes union membership to workers. She said that neighbors and farmers need to open direct lines of communication within the community.

“We do not see you as our enemy. We have more in common with you,” she said.

She also believes local growers have been misled by Smithfield Foods and jurors’ high-dollar awards were fair.

“They [Smithfield] are putting the blame on the growers,” she said.

“The jury has seen that Smithfield could have improved and chose not to.”

Farmers estimate that the lawsuit climate emerging against hog farmers threatens about 70 farms, which combined provide food for 5 million people.

“With N.C.’s population being 10 million, that means about half our people would have to look elsewhere for food,” wrote Morris Murphy of Triple M Farms in Duplin County.

Eastern N.C. might also have to look elsewhere for industry if the lawsuits continue, according to

“When you hit capitalism in its pocket, it raises its ugly head.”

Naeema Muhammad, N.C. Environmental Justice Network both sides of the argument. Rep. John Bell (R-Wayne) worries about retailers that support farming communities and about losing military presence because bases are buffered by farmland.

“When farmers are forced off their land to sell to developers, it puts our military at risk,” said Bell.

“This is so much bigger than hog farming — this has a huge ripple effect that would devastate our communities.”

Muhammad said that in terms of alternative industry for eastern North Carolina, she doesn’t know of a company that avoided the area because of hog farms but, “nothing decent has been offered up.”

“I don’t have an answer,” she said.

“Maybe other businesses would come.”

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Military, state and federal leadership were in attendance, and Senator Thom Tillis presided over the official ribbon cutting for the event.

The DTS reflects the business community’s support for military and civilians, with attendance estimated at over 650 people from the public and surrounding military community.

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Market sentiment was also lifted by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s comment, who said the tariffs that United States is threatening to impose on Chinese goods would not be disastrous for the Asian nation.

“It’s not something that’s going to be cataclysmic,” he said in an interview with Fox Business Network, explaining that a 25 percent tariff on $200 billion worth of goods would equal to less than 1 percent of China’s economy.

“There’s optimism now that the U.S. style of threatening tariffs may ultimately come to fruition in a deal,” said Brad Neuman, director of market strategy at Alger, a growth equity asset management firm in New York City.

“It speaks to the power of the company’s platform. We think of Apple as less of a device maker and more of a platform for services, and I think the markets are starting to recognize the value of its platform and services more and more and that’s what is being reflected in the increase in market capitalization.”

“They get the blue ribbon,” said Bucky Hellwig, senior vice president at BB&T Wealth Management in Birmingham, Alabama. “If you look at a trillion dollars, that’s about 5 percent of the U.S. economy. On the other hand, if you look at the stock relative to the market its (price-toearnings ratio) is less, it still has a

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Technology stocks, which were trading lower earlier in the session, rose 1.03 percent.

Apple jumped 2.8 percent to a record $207.05 to hit the $1 trillion mark, crowning a decade-long rise fueled by its ubiquitous iPhone that transformed it from a niche player in personal computers into a global powerhouse spanning entertainment and communications.

“It’s a good sign for the market and the economy. Even though today we’re talking about the impact of trade or currency war, an issue with China, Apple who makes most of their products in China is hitting this,” said Kim Forrest, senior portfolio manager at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh.

“If we can look beyond what’s happening today politically and a group of investors says ‘I’m buying into Apple,’ that’s a hugely positive sign.

“There’s enough momentum in the technology sector because we saw that turn around in the past few days that it didn’t feel like a dead cat bounce. We are in the thick of summer where there are fewer investors

paying attention to the market and trading but it doesn’t feel like those weird trading days before a holiday where ... lack of volume is really apparent.”

Rising tide for all boats Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Saturday said quarterly operating profit rose 67 percent, as insurance underwriting rebounded and several business units benefited from a growing economy.

Buffett has not bought back stock in 2018, but has spent money on stocks, and Berkshire said it ended June with a $47.2 billion stake in Apple Inc. Apple’s share price at the time suggests that Berkshire may have bought about 15 million Apple shares in the second quarter, on top of 239.6 million it already owned.

“Good results across the board,” said Doug Kass, who runs the hedge fund Seabreeze Partners Management Inc in Palm Beach, Florida.

He has previously sold Berkshire shares short, betting on a decline, but is not doing so now.

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August is here and with it many summer crops will start to dwindle while fall fruits and vegetables will begin to be harvested. this month brings the beginning of apple season, which will stretch into the fall and beyond. Also arriving at stands and farmers markets are muscadine grapes and perhaps even n.C.-grown pears. meanwhile, melonlovers should enjoy watermelons and honeydews while they can as the season winds down for cucurbits, and backyard gardens should stop yielding cucumbers soon.

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According the USDA, North Carolina’s most productive commercial apple season since 1934 was in 1983 (415 million pounds), while record lows came in 1955 (1.68 million pounds).

Former county manager McHenry hosts Town Hall gave ex county discount on Microsoft

Buncombe County Tenth District U.S. Rep. Patrick Buncombe County McHenry (R-N.C.) held his annual Former Buncombe County manager town hall meeting for Buncombe Wanda Greene, who is facing federal County oncharges Tuesdayfor afternoon.

The criminal fraud and money crowd had a lot to say, particularly laundering, abused the county discount about Obamacare and Congress’ failure on Microsoft Office. Emails show that so far to repeal it. McHenry’s district Greene provided her ex-husband with includes most of Asheville plus eastern the southern link to buy Office for $9.99, instead and parts of Buncombe of $399.99, despite the only County. Eleventh Districtfact U.S.that Rep. county employees were eligible Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), whose for the specialincludes rate. Greene had to email her district the remainder of the son forhas helpsaid in installing the product, county, he will also hold town saying, “I let (her ex) usebut thehas county hall meetings this month yet to access to dates Microsoft and can’t seem to announce or locations.

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Blaze destroys former textile mill-turned community workshop New tick species discovered in Caldwell County North Carolina

The Foothills Community Workshop in Granite Falls burned over the weekend, Polk County drawing firefighters from 16 counties State health officials announced that toa battle the blaze.

The remnants of of the previously undiscovered species 75,000-square-foot former Shuford tick has been seen in North Carolina.

Mills textile factory still smoking The insect, which iswere being called the this week as the county fire of marshal longhorned tick, is a type East Asian launched an found investigation.

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Congressional candidate Mystery chemical found in was arrested for stalking Greensboro drinking water

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Wake County Guilford County Japheth Nthautha Matemu was a Water supply managers are battling chemical from the same arrestedcontaminant in Holly Springs on July family man-made compounds as the 18 andofcharged with misdemeanor GenX substance that made headlines stalking and cyberstalking.

Matemu recently by infiltrating the drinking is currently a congressional candidate water in North North Carolina’s southeastern for the Carolina second district, region. theparts last three years, whichDuring includes of Wake, hydrologists have found water from Johnston, Nash and Wilson counties Greensboro’s Mitchell Water and Treatment along with all of Franklin Harnett Plant with relatively high the levels of an counties, representing Libertarian industrial chemical (PFOS) which is Party. He’s running against Republican suspected of causing health incumbent George human Holding and problems and damage to developing Democrat Linda Coleman. fetuses when consumed over time in large enough doses. City officials and two WRAL private consultants have been looking for the local source of PFOS without success.

Transylvania County Officials with Transylvania Public Health said the majority of people whofor came down with a mystery Trees sale illness during a recent outbreak tested positive County for norovirus. More than 70 Buncombe soughtService help for an illness with Thepeople N.C. Forest is taking symptoms including nausea, orders for its yearly seedling sale. vomiting For and diarrhea in the last 16 week.

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Rabid kitten found in Bessemer City

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Gaston Countyannual Night Out Laurinburg’s A kitten treated at the Pet Hospital fills the streets in Bessemer City tested positive for

rabies. It’s the second confirmed Scotland County County this year. The case in Gaston Scotland County’s law enforcement 2-month-old male cat was found by officers teamed up community a veterinarian in with Cabarrus County leaders to provide night of and taken to the aPet Hospital after entertainment to the town of illness. exhibiting symptoms of the Laurinburg on Tuesday. free block Gaston County AnimalThe Care and party at the Oldand Pope’s building parking Enforcement Cabarrus County lot featured face painting, DJ and in Animal Control are bothainvolved bounce houses to unite the community the case. and head off crime. The Scotland High School “Fighting Scots” were also thereNEWS SPECTRUM for a meet-and-greet during the event.

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Former Raeford police Teens remembered afterchief arrested in after hammer attack drowning Cape Fear River on girlfriend

Harnett County Memorial services have been scheduled Hoke County for two Erwin teenagers who drowned Kevin Dwayne Locklear was arrested inlast theThursday Cape Fearafter Riverallegedly over the weekend assaulting while swimmingThe with51-year-old friends. Donovan his girlfriend.

Sutton, 15, and Steven McNeill, 16, Locklear was fired as police chief of reportedly began to struggle while Raeford in 2007 after being charged attempting to swim across the river with domestic-related assault.

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“This blocks access to theminority largest caucus A member of the Democrat consumer advocacy group available to throughout his years of service, Hanes pointed families. This puts people’s safety and wellRALEIGH — As lawmakers return to RALEIGH – On Tuesday, Rep. Edward Hanes to what he considers key legislative victories, being at risk as more criminals slip through Raleigh, legislative Democrats say the state’s including his sponsorship of amendments to Jr. (D-Forsyth) announced his retirement from another underfunded system,” said Blue.

Department of Justice is considering laying fund body and dashboard the North Carolina General Assembly effective However, Republicans say thecameras cut wasfor law off 100 staffers, mostly lawyers, after the state enforcement officers, sponsorship of a measure immediately. part of a multiyear strategy to shrink the budget cut the department by $10 million. to expunge the criminal records of those found Hanes was elected in 2011 as part of a wave size of government and reduce overall state The Department of Justice has an $88 to be They wrongfully of a was crime, and most of newdollar legislators, Democrat in more a sea of new spending. say theconvicted state budget million budgeta and employs than recently, passage of his that requires Republicans who tookin control of the state careful to direct the cuts intoprovision administration, 400 lawyers and others the legal services schools place any student who earns the legislature for the first time in more than a not the crimetolab, training or other services, department. highthe score of a five on standardized tests into century.

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

Melting the whole ball of wax of health care spending

Bernie Sanders and his band of merry socialists could double everyone’s income and payroll taxes and that still wouldn’t be enough to pay for that massive increase.

THE MERCATUS CENTER published a working paper by Charles Blahous last week on the “Medicare For All” (M4A) bill sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Every Bernie follower in the modern Socialist Democratic Party (SDP) ran to the media microphones to fairly shout: “M4A will save $2 trillion over 10 years! That is proof that single-payer health care coverage in America would work!”

Direct quote from the report: “It is likely that the actual cost of M4A would be substantially greater than these estimates, which assume significant administrative and drug cost savings under the plan, and also assume that healthcare providers operating under M4A will be reimbursed at rates more than 40 percent lower than those currently paid by private health insurance.”

In other words: “You have to believe in both the Tooth Fairy AND Santa Claus before you can say M4A will not bankrupt America!”

There is no way on God’s green earth that every physician and hospital administrator will sit back idly and willingly accept a 40 percent reduction in payments from all private health insurance plans which cover 180 million Americans today.

Bernie Sanders has never seen a sea of white coat physicians swarming Congress like he would see if M4A came close to passage.

The report also clearly states that federal spending would go UP between $32.6 trillion to $38 trillion over 10 years under M4A. Bernie Sanders and his band of merry socialists could double everyone’s income and payroll taxes and that still wouldn’t be enough to pay for that massive increase.

Does anyone seriously believe that taxpayers would tolerate their taxes being more than doubled, on the distant hope of total health spending may have a snowball’s chance in Hades of going down by 3-4 percent over a decade?

If we are going to think anew about health care in America, let’s think about the “whole ball of wax” in another way.

We are currently spending $3.868 trillion in direct and indirect payments, government and private, on health care in America, roughly 19 percent of GDP.

In 1960, it was 5 percent of GDP. Why not take all current resources and find a way to divvy it all up according to need and income, and then have everyone buy at least the most basic insurance they need to protect against a medical catastrophe that would wipe out their life’s savings in one week if it happened to them or their family?

What is “insurance” anyway?

You buy home insurance to insure against the loss of your home due to fire. You don’t buy insurance that sends a crew to clean out your gutters every month.

You buy car insurance to insure against the total loss of your car in an accident or by theft. You don’t buy insurance to change your oil every 3,000 miles.

Same with health care. We shouldn’t have to buy insurance to fix every hangnail we get during the course of our lives. We need insurance to pay for the enormous costs of cancer surgery and treatment or long-term nursing care due to a head trauma accident. That should be mandatory; other private plans can be offered for intermediate services and elective procedures.

We currently spend more than enough on health care in America, more per capita than any other country on earth.

We could cut the costs of The Whole Ball of Wax of Health Care by half if everyone tomorrow stopped smoking; stopped overdrinking and overeating; walked vigorously 30 minutes every day and lost 15 percent of current body weight.

Which seems to be as likely to happen as Bernie Sanders getting his M4A bill passed. Still, if you want to stick it to the big bad insurance companies or medical profession, get healthy.

You will be glad you did. In many ways.

GUEST OPINION | MIKE LEE

Why I objected to a bill that would ban 3-D gun designs

Anytime legislation begins with words ‘It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally publish …’ I will force the Senate to take a long look at that legislation.

LAST TUESDAY, President Donald Trump tweeted, “I am looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public. Already spoke to NRA, doesn’t seem to make much sense!”

The White House has not offered any clarification on what exactly Trump’s tweet meant, but if he is worried about plastic guns being sold to the public, he shouldn’t be. The Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 already makes the sale, and even the mere possession, of plastic guns illegal.

Following Trump’s tweet, however, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) went to the Senate floor and tried to pass a bill by unanimous consent (meaning there would be no roll call vote, the bill would just pass the Senate immediately without any debate) that would have banned the mere publication of any designs for a plastic gun that could be produced by a 3-D printer.

I objected. Anytime legislation begins with words “It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally publish …” I will force the Senate to take a long look at that legislation.

The federal government already believes it has the power to ban the publication of 3-D plastic gun designs under the Arms Export Control Act, and it has been selectively enforcing this ban on a company called Defense Distributed since 2013.

Other entities have published 3-D plastic gun designs on the internet for years, but the federal government has been locked in a legal dispute with Defense Distributed since 2015.

But the federal government has been losing this legal battle.

That is why the State Department entered into a settlement with Defense Distributed this July that allowed them to publish their 3-D plastic gun designs.

Nelson’s ban would be just as unconstitutional as the State Department ban.

“There are many limits on our First Amendment rights of speech,” Nelson claimed Tuesday. “You cannot say ‘fire’ in a crowded theater,” he explained.

Nelson may want to read up on his First Amendment case law. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes’ quote, “The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater,” comes from the case U.S. v. Schenck where the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of man distributing pamphlets opposed to the draft during World War I. Schenk was a shameful decision. And it has since been overturned by Brandenburg v. Ohio where the Supreme Court held a member of the KKK could not be convicted for his hateful speech. Unless speech “is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action” the government cannot ban it, the court ruled.

This is the right standard. There are literally hundreds of gunsmithing books for sale on Amazon right now. Does Nelson want to ban all those books too?

Undetectable plastic guns are a danger. That is why the production and possession of them has been illegal for 30 years. But just publishing a design for such a gun is not the same as having such a gun.

We cannot censor speech. That is why I objected to Nelson’s bill Tuesday, and it is why I will continue to fight for the First Amendment.

Mike Lee is a Republican senator from Utah. This article was first published in The Daily Signal.

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CNN pits LeBron James against Trump Why must the left always try to create the often-false impression that conservatives divide and the left unites?”

PRO BASKETBALL LEGEND LeBron James was interviewed on “CNN Tonight” on July 30. Host Don Lemon warmly congratulated him for opening a school for 240 at-risk children in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.

If only it could’ve ended there, focused just on that. But you knew it wouldn’t.

Because, as they say, “(SET ITAL) This (END ITAL) ... is CNN.” It was expected that Lemon would encourage James to trash President Trump, because that’s what CNN does, hour by hour, minute by minute. James said that during his childhood, he came to a better understanding of white people through sports. He said: “When you’re a part of sports ... it just brings so much camaraderie and so much fun. You know, we are in a position right now in America, more importantly, where this whole, this race thing, is taking over, you know. And because I believe our president is kinda trying to divide us.”

Lemon poked him: “Kinda?” James bit, responding: “Yeah — is. ... He’s dividing us. ... And sports has never been something that divides people. It’s always been something that brings someone together.”

That might sound a little funny, since sports necessarily divides based on team loyalties, even if the whole is united in its affection for the sport. But it’s also strange because athletes can often be divisive — and have recently relished that role — whether they demonstrate a lack of sportsmanship, or get on the wrong side of the law, or feel they need to use their fame to score political points that offend so many.

Why must the left always try to create the oftenfalse impression that conservatives divide and the left unites? The national anthem, for example, is a time when conservatives call for unity. The kneelers are the original dividers.

Lemon goaded James some more about Trump: “You’ve heard what the man in charge ... you’ve heard what the president said about Marshawn (Lynch), about Steph (Curry) ...” James added, “Colin Kaepernick.” Lemon asked: “Men of color who have means and a platform.

What’s up with that?”

Curry has publicly refused to meet with Trump at the White House, but James weirdly said of Curry, “There’s no reason for anyone to ever attack him.” James also told Lemon he would refuse to sit across from Trump. “I’d sit across from Barack, though,” he said. Pro athletes are free to make that choice. They feel they should be immune from criticism for making it. Oh, to be coddled like that.

Lemon claimed that Trump perpetually exploits Kaepernick, saying: “Whenever there’s something like he’s in trouble, he can’t wiggle his way out of something, he’ll bring up the national anthem thing and kneeling or standing. Do you think he uses black athletes as a scapegoat?”

Do you think Lemon used Trump the exact same way?

James agreed: “At times. ... You look at Kaepernick, who was protesting something he believed in, and he did in the most calm fashion way possible.” Lemon interjected, “Respectful.” James added: “Very respectful. ... He did all his due diligence.”

Here comes the “fake news” on CNN. In a training camp, Kaepernick wore socks with pictures of pigs dressed as police officers. How is that “very respectful”?

He also said America was founded on slavery and genocide. That’s the CNN interpretation of “due diligence.”

When the interview clip was over, Lemon then editorialized: “I loved sitting down with LeBron today. You know what I really loved about it? Is ... his authenticity. And I was sitting down with a celebrity who didn’t care about, ‘Oh, we’re gonna offend this demographic ... or someone may not come to a game because of that.”

This ... is CNN. It trashes conservatives, and it doesn’t care if it offends viewers. Maybe that’s not a contradiction if you presume it has no conservative viewers.

Republicans, in contrast, have only three seats currently at risk: Arizona, Nevada and Tennessee.

With a good turnout this fall, projections at ScottRasmussen.com show that Democrats could win control of the Senate with a narrow 52-48 majority.

However, a good Republican turnout could boost the party’s majority to a 56-44 advantage.

The Senate playing field is unique. Earlier Numbers of the Day showed that Republicans have far more seats at risk in both the U.S. House elections and the gubernatorial races. In each case, however, the Democrats have improved their position since earlier in the year.

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

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

L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center. Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org.

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6 Democratic Senate seats at risk in 2018 midterms

Colleges: A force for evil MANY OF THE NATION’S colleges have become a force for evil and a focal point for the destruction of traditional American values. The threat to our future lies in the fact that today’s college students are tomorrow’s teachers, professors, judges, attorneys, legislators and policymakers. A recent Brookings Institution poll suggests that nearly half of college students believe that hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment. Of course, it is.

Fifty-one percent of students think that it’s acceptable to shout down a speaker with whom they disagree.

About 20 percent of students hold that it’s acceptable to use violence to prevent a speaker from speaking. More than 50 percent say colleges should prohibit speech and viewpoints that might offend certain people. Contempt for the First Amendment and other constitutional guarantees is probably shared by the students’ high school teachers, as well as many college professors.

Brainwashing and indoctrination of young people has produced some predictable results, as shown by a recent Gallup Poll. For the past 18 years, Gallup has asked adults how proud they are to be Americans.

This year, only 47 percent say they are “extremely proud,” well below the peak of 70 percent in 2003. The least proud to be Americans are nonwhites, young adults and college graduates. The proudest Americans are those older than 50 and those who did not graduate from college.

The latter might be explained by their limited exposure to America’s academic elite.

Johnetta Benton, a teacher at Hampton Middle School near Atlanta, was recorded telling her sixth-grade students, “America has never been great for minorities.” In a tirade, she told her class: “Because Europeans came from Europe ... you are an immigrant. You are an illegal immigrant because you came and just took it. ... You are an immigrant.

This is not your country.” To exploit young, immature young people this way represents an act of supreme cowardice. The teacher should be fired, but I’m guessing that her colleagues share her sympathies.

At the same school, students were given a homework assignment that required them to write a letter asking lawmakers for stricter gun control laws.

One might be tempted to argue that the growing contempt for liberty and the lack of civility stem from the election of Donald Trump.

That’s entirely wrong. The lack of civility and indoctrination of our young people have been going on for decades. UCLA history professor Mary Corey told her class: “Capitalism isn’t a lie on purpose. It’s just a lie.” She added that capitalists “are swine. ... They’re bastard people.”

An English professor at Montclair State University, in New Jersey, told his students, “Conservatism champions racism, exploitation and imperialist war.” An ethnic studies professor at California State University, Northridge and Pasadena City College teaches that “the role of students and teachers in ethnic studies is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”

The University of California, Santa Barbara’s school of education emailed its faculty members to ask them to consider classroom options concerning the Iraq War, suggesting they excuse students from class to attend anti-war events and give them extra credit for writing about it.

Rodney Swanson, a UCLA economics professor, told his class, “The United States of America, backed by facts, is the greediest and most selfish country in the world.”

There is little question that colleges stand at the forefront of an attack on America and Western values. Leftists often say that the U.S. is the world’s worst country. But here are some empirical facts they might explain.

According to a recent Gallup Poll, about 13 percent of the world’s adults — 630 million people — would like to move to another country. Roughly 138 million would like to live in the U.S. — making us the No. 1 destination, followed by the U.K., Canada and France. There’s something exceptionally appealing about America and the Western world that leftists choose to ignore or lie about.

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SIX OF THE 49 U.S. Senate seats currently held

by Democrats are potentially at risk in the midterm elections. Five of these six seats are in states that Donald Trump won by double digits. The sixth is in the perennial swing state of Florida.

The overall results reflect an improvement for Democrats. In early April, eight Democratic seats were at risk. Since then, the races in Ohio and Wisconsin have moved more solidly into the Democratic camp.

Overall, the race ratings at ScottRasmussen.com show four races with Democratic senators that are currently considered toss-ups: Florida, Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota.

West Virginia is still tilting in favor of the Democratic incumbent, Joe Manchin. Montana is leaning in the Democrats’ direction but is expected to be competitive.

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Israel says Gaza truce talks focus on easing closure in return for calm Jerusalem Israel set out limited goals for Gaza truce talks on Sunday, saying the focus was on a proposal to ease its blockade of the Islamist Hamas-controlled territory in return for the Palestinians calming their side of the frontier. The Israeli statement came hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet to discuss, and possibly approve U.N.- and Egyptian-brokered ideas for preventing another threatened Gaza war.

Saudi Arabia freezes new trade with Canada for urging activists’ release Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia will suspend new trade and investment with Canada after that country’s foreign ministry urged Riyadh to release arrested civil rights activists, it said in a statement released to the official Saudi Press Agency on Sunday. It also gave the Canadian ambassador 24 hours to leave the country and recalled its own ambassador to Canada, the statement by the Saudi foreign ministry said, adding it “will freeze all new trade and investment transactions with Canada whilst retaining its rights to take further action.”

At least 82 killed by 7.0 quake in Indonesia’s Lombok, Bali islands

Renewed U.S. sanctions target Iran’s economy

Lombok was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Sunday. The powerful quake triggered panic among tourists and residents, and it was also felt on the neighboring island of Bali.

Fear of sanctions led to sporadic protests in several Iranian cities in recent days; Europe vows to counter U.S. sanctions

Bezos throws cash, engineers at rocket program as space race accelerates Seattle Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is racing to pull his private space company out of start-up mode and move into production amid signals that his firm’s heavy rocket set for liftoff in 2020 may slip behind schedule, according to people familiar with the project.

Blue Origin has added hundreds of engineers over the past three years and continues to ramp up in an expansion that one employee described as “hyperbolic.” The Kent, Wash.-based company is looking to double its current workforce to around 3,000 employees over the next two to three years, a top customer told Reuters.

Reuters WASHINGTON, D.C./ANKARA, Turkey — President Donald Trump’s top security adviser on Monday urged Iran to take up an offer of talks with the United States or suffer more pain from economic sanctions, but Iran’s president said Washington needed first to prove it can be trusted. Hours before revived U.S. sanctions were due to kick in, White House national security adviser John Bolton said Iran should pay heed to Trump’s willingness to negotiate.

“They could take up the president’s offer to negotiate with them, to give up their ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs fully and really verifiably,” Bolton told Fox News. “If the ayatollahs want to get out from under the squeeze, they should come and sit down. The pressure will not relent while the negotiations go on.”

So-called snapback sanctions came into force early on Tuesday, target Iranian purchases of U.S. dollars, metals trading, coal, industrial software and its auto sector. Foes for decades, the United States and Iran have been increasingly at odds over Iran’s growing political and military influence in the Middle East since Trump took office in January 2017.

The renewed sanctions were among those lifted under a 2015 deal between world powers and Tehran on curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Trump abandoned the deal in May. Heavier U.S. sanctions, aimed at Iran’s oil sector, are due in November.

Iran’s currency, the rial, has lost half its value since April under the

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The currency’s collapse and soaring inflation have sparked sporadic demonstrations in Iran against profiteering and corruption, with many protesters chanting anti-government slogans. President Hassan Rouhani on Monday said Iran could hold talks with the United States only if Washington proved its trustworthiness. Rouhani implied that if the United States signed up again to the nuclear deal and lifted sanctions, then that could pave the ground for negotiations.

“If you stab someone with a knife and then you say you want talks, then the first thing you have to do is remove the knife,” Rouhani said in a speech broadcast live on state television. “We are always in favor of diplomacy and talks. ... But talks need honesty,” Rouhani said, calling on Iranians to unite in the face of hardship.

“There will be pressure because of sanctions, but we will overcome this with unity,” he said.

Trump pulled the United States out of the nuclear deal, saying it fails to address Iran’s ballistic missile program, the terms by which inspectors visit suspect Iranian nuclear sites, and “sunset” clauses under which some of its terms expire. The two countries are also in dispute over Iran’s involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts from Yemen to Syria and tensions between Tehran and Israel.

Trump plans to reintroduce more damaging sanctions on Iranian oil in November and wants as many countries as possible to cut their imports of Iranian oil to zero. But the U.S. sanctions strategy has several weak spots, especially a reluctance

by Europe and China to curtail business with Iran.

The European Union voiced regret on Monday at the looming U.S. sanctions. A senior official at Iran’s economy ministry said Tehran did not think the economic impact of

the sanctions would be “massive.”

“Many countries, including Europeans, disagree with the U.S. sanctions and are willing to work with Iran,” said the official, who asked not to be named.

Iran said on Sunday it will ease foreign exchange rules, to try to halt the fall of its currency. Iran’s net official reserves are projected to decline this year to $97.8 billion, enough to finance about 13 months of imports, the International Monetary Fund estimated in March.

The sanctions aim to modify Iran’s behavior and not bring about a “regime change” targeting Rouhani, U.S. officials said on a conference call on Monday. They said the government’s handling of social and labor protests was a concern. Fear of sanctions and economic hardship have led to sporadic protests in several cities in recent days, with ordinary Iranians chanting slogans against Iranian leaders. Trump warned on Monday of “severe consequences” for people or entities that fail to wind down economic activities with Iran.

“The United States is fully committed to enforcing all of our sanctions, and we will work closely with nations conducting business with Iran to ensure complete compliance,” he said in a statement.

The European Union vowed on Monday to counter the renewal of sanctions on Iran. The EU and other parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, China and Russia, are working to maintain trade with Iran, which has threatened to stop complying with curbs on its nuclear work if it fails to see the economic benefits of relief from sanctions under the deal.

“We deeply regret the reimposition of sanctions by the U.S.,” the bloc said in a joint statement with the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Britain. They pledged to work on preserving financial flows and Iran’s oil and gas exports — a lifeline of its economy.

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ECU coach Scottie Montgomery mentioned senior receiver Trevon Brown as one of the players who has stood out in camp.

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NASCAR CEO France arrested for DUI, possession Sag Harbor, N.Y. NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France was arrested Sunday night and charged with driving while intoxicated and criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to multiple reports Monday morning. TMZ, the first to report the news, stated France was pulled over at 7:30 p.m. after running through a stop sign in Sag Harbor, N.Y., in the Hamptons. The report said France, 56, failed a field sobriety test, with sources telling the outlet France’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. He was also charged with possession of oxycodone pills. France, who has been chairman of stock car racing series since 2003, is the grandson of NASCAR’s founder, the late Bill France Sr. In May, it was reported that the France family was exploring the possible sale of NASCAR.

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Houston junior defensive tackle Ed Oliver, who could be the No. 1 selection in the 2019 NFL Draft, is the top player heading into the 2018 college football season, according to ESPN. Stanford senior running back Bryce Love, who played prep football at Wake Forest High School, is ranked second after he rushed for 2,118 yards in 2017. West Virginia senior quarterback Will Grier, who threw for 3,490 yards last season is third, followed by two Clemson defensive linemen: senior Christian Wilkins and junior Dexter Lawrence. No players from North Carolina schools made ESPN’s top 50.

Eight ACC players made the top, led by five from Clemson — including a total of four defensive lineman. Florida State had running back Cam Akers at No. 21 and cornerback Levonta Taylor at No. 34, and Boston College had running back A.J. Dillon at No. 36.

Pirates optimistic as camp opens ECU coach Scottie Montgomery wants the Pirates to reach a bowl game this season after going 3-9 in his first two seasons in Greenville.

ECU’s Scottie Montgomery is on the hot seat in Greenville, but the third-year coach believes the Pirates can be a winner in 2018

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal GREENVILLE — This might be a make-or-break season for Scottie Montgomery at East Carolina. But if the third-year football coach or anyone else associated with his struggling program are feeling the pressure, you’d never know it from the upbeat attitude they projected at their annual preseason media day Saturday.

“We’ve all had a zoom focus on one thing, the football program,” Montgomery said. “It hasn’t been about me this offseason going into the job. It hasn’t been about our players growing or doing this. It hasn’t been about our coaches. It’s about the program.

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“A lot of things that have happened have drawn us closer together, but we’re better now because we play better when we’re on the field. That’s the most important thing. We’re really playing better than we have in the past, and we’re really looking forward to getting the season started.”

The Pirates are coming off back-to-back 3-9 seasons, including a 2017 campaign in which

their defense ranked dead last among FBS schools in points and yardage allowed.

And yet, they have several reasons to believe that things might be changing for the better, not the least of which are the upgrades to their locker room and training facilities that greeted them upon their return to campus last week.

There’s a new defensive scheme, brought in by aggressive new co-

ordinator David Blackwell — himself a former ECU player — and an influx of new talent to go along with him. There’s also more depth in the program than at any time since it joined the American Athletic Conference in 2014, with 105 players dressed out for the opening day of practice Friday.

While it’s still early in camp, both coaches and players alike agree that the Pirates are off to a strong start as they aim toward their season opener against NC A&T on Sept. 1.

“It’s been really awesome to come back with the juice that we have,” said Montgomery, singling out senior wide receiver Trevon Brown, junior guard Cortez Herrin and junior defensive end Kendall Futrell as they early standouts in camp.

“It’s been good,” added redshirt sophomore quarterback Reid Herring, who for at least the time being is the projected starter.

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Duke hoping two heads are better than one Blue Devils experiment with two defensive coordinators

By Shawn Krest North State Journal DURHAM — When defensive coordinator Jim Knowles left Duke for Oklahoma State in the offseason, he left behind big shoes to fill, and only half as many as the team would need to replace him.

Blue Devils head coach David Cutcliffe decided that the best man to replace Knowles at the helm of the defense was actually two of them — defensive line coach Ben Albert and secondary coach Matt Guerrieri are sharing the job as co-coordinators this year.

Combined, Guerrieri, 29, and Albert, 45, have 30 years of college coaching experience, or one fewer than the departed Knowles.

On the surface, the arrangement seems to be an odd one. The

old football adage says that if you have two starting quarterbacks on a team, you really don’t have any.

The same would seem to be true of a coordinator.

It’s a growing trend in college football to split the job among multiple coaches, however.

Duke is one of seven ACC teams to have a shared coordinator spot: Clemson, Louisville and Miami have shared duties on offense.

Boston College, NC State and Virginia join Duke with co-defensive coordinators.

There are 34 shared coordinator jobs among the 65 Power Five teams and 50 among the 130 FBS teams.

“The reason I was so convinced to do it,” Cutcliffe said, “is we have a saying as an offensive staff: ‘None of us, individually, are as smart as all of us.’ So two’s better than one, right?”

The tandem was in place for spring practice, and now, in the first week of fall practice, the early results are positive.

“Perfection,” Cutcliffe said. “I’ve

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Duke coach David Cutcliffe decided to name co-defensive cooridinators for the 2018 season, tabbing Matt Guerrieri (left) and Ben Albert (right) to share the duties. said all along it would be, and it will.”

Of course, perfection doesn’t just happen. It took a great deal of design, with Cutcliffe first picking the right people to share the duties.

“It all starts with quality people,” he said. “There has to be an absence of ego, or an absence of selfishness, really. A healthy ego is important to all of us. Selfishness doesn’t involve ego. It starts See DUKE, page B4

“We’ve had not good, but great conversations regarding staff organization and responsibilities, and I’m proud of how unselfish they have been throughout the process.”

David Cutcliffe, Duke coach

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TRENDING

Cary Angeline: The NC State tight end, who transferred from USC, will have to sit out the Wolfpack’s first three games, coach Dave Doeren said on Friday after the NCAA ruled against a waiver request. The Wolfpack were hoping Angeline would be able to play in the third game — Sept.

15 against West Virginia — since he played just two games at USC last year. He dressed for a third game with the Trojans, but didn’t play, and he later decided to transfer. Angeline, a former 4-star prospect out of Pennsylvania, is eligible to make his Wolfpack debut against Marshall on Sept. 22.

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Chase Elliott followed in his famous father’s footsteps, earning his first career NASCAR Cup win on a road course by reaching Victory Lane on Sunday in Watkins Glen, N.Y. In his 99th race, the younger Elliott — who has eight runnerup finishes in career — topped Martin Truex Jr. for the win. Truex had won the series’ last two road course races. Bill Elliott got the first of his 44 career victories at Riverside in Moreno Valley, Calif., in 1983.

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“Whoever said money don’t make you happy lied.”

Rams running back and Tarboro native Todd Gurley less than two weeks after signing a four-year, $60 million contract extension.

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Chane Benahan: The former Louisville basketball player was arrested Saturday night and charged with possession of marijuana and a stolen firearm, according to multiple reports. According to the arrest report, The 25-year-old was in the backseat of a car that had marijuana residue and was sitting next to a stolen “AK-47 style rifle.” Benahan, a member of the 2013 Cardinals team that won a national championship that was later vacated, was dismissed from the school the following season due to use of marijuana.

Terrell Owens: One day after hosting his own Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the former NFL wide receiver worked out for a Canadian Football League team. Owens, 44, participated in Sunday’s Saskatchewan Roughriders tryout at South Pittsburg (Tenn.)

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“I ain’t gonna go back and forth with him, I’m just gonna work.”

Cam Newton on Instagram, seemingly responding to former teammate Kelvin Benjamin’s criticism of the Panthers quarterback and the team.

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Michael Jordan was one of several people to come to LeBron James’ defense after a tweet from President Donald Trump on Friday called James’ interviewer, CNN’s Don Lemon, “ the dumbest man on television” and said he made James “look smart, which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike!” In a statement Saturday, Jordan said, “I support LJ. He’s doing an amazing job for his community.”

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UNC announced last Thursday it would name its home court after its three-time NCAA championship coach. “Roy Williams Court” inside the Dean Smith Center — named for the legendary Hall of Famer that Williams coached under — will be dedicated for the 68-year-old coach who has guided the Tar Heels to a 424‑126 record and eight ACC regular season titles in 15 seasons in Chapel Hill.

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Ohio State University put a 14‑day timetable on its investigation into football coach Urban Meyer’s handling of an assistant coach’s alleged domestic abuse, the school announced Sunday. Meyer was placed on paid administrative leave last Wednesday after the ex-wife of former OSU assistant Zach Smith said in an interview she had been in repeated contact in 2015 with Meyer’s wife regarding alleged abuse by her then-husband.

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Suspensions a misstep UNC hopes it overcomes With 13 players sidelined for one to four games for selling team-issued shoes, the Tar Heels’ depth will be tested in the season’s first month

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal CHAPEL HILL — The other shoe dropped on the North Carolina football program Monday.

Literally.

With the suspension of 13 players for their part in selling school-issued athletic shoes, including quarterback Chazz Surratt and both starting defensive ends, the Tar Heels will be forced to start the 2018 season shorthanded at several positions.

At the same time, though, the fallout from the self-reported secondary NCAA violations could have been worse.

Though Surratt was in competition for the starting job, UNC has another experienced quarterback on which to fall back in Nathan Elliott. And while ends Malik Carney and Tomon Fox must also sit out four games each, one will always be available since their suspensions have been staggered.

Of the other punished players, only defensive backs Greg Ross and Tre Shaw, and wide receiver Beau Corrales are projected as potential starters, though the suspensions of reserves Brian Anderson, Quiron Johnson, Jordan Tucker and Jonah Melton will leave the Tar Heels thin on the defensive line for the first quarter of the season.

Ross and Shaw will be sidelined for two games. Corrales, Anderson, Johnson and Tucker will be out for four. The other suspended players are reserve linebacker Malik Robinson, defensive end Tyrone Hopper (four games each) and walk-on quarterback Jack

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Nathan Elliott was named the starter for the season opener after his competition at quarterback, Chazz Surratt, was suspended four games for selling team-issued shoes.

Davidson (one game).

“You never like losing players for any reason,” UNC coach Larry Fedora said shortly after the penalties were announced. “But in relating the things that happened to us last year, it’s another form of adversity we’re going to have to overcome. Our guys are doing a great job of that. They know what’s going on. They’re all aware that there could be some penalties like this, so our guys are prepared for it.”

The Tar Heels suffered through an epidemic of injuries that cost them more than 200 combined games among 37 players last season, a major contributing factor to their disappointing 3-9 finish.

Seventeen of those players were

listed as “out for the season” by the final game at NC State.

Unlike that situation, in which replacements had to step in to fill voids at a moment’s notice, Fedora and his staff will have three weeks before the opening game at California on Sept. 1 to adjust their depth chart and prepare backups for expanded roles.

It’s a process senior linebacker Cole Holcomb said began almost immediately after the team was informed of the suspensions late last week.

“We had (a lot of) guys go down last year, so we got hit with that right away,” Holcomb said. “We kind of dealt with it. We talked as a team and just moved on.

“We know who’s out and we’ve got a plan for every guy and how we’re going to handle it. Now we’ve got to get those guys some reps.”

Of all the adjustments that need to be made, the quarterback situation is the least of the Tar Heels’ worries.

With Surratt unavailable for the first four games, Elliott has won the competition between the two by default. Fedora said as much Monday by naming the redshirt junior his starter.

Elliott might have earned the job anyway after seeing extensive action in four games last season, including the final three as a starter. He completed 51.4 percent of his passes for 926 yards,

NC State’s ‘D,’ not as battle-tested, has a chip on its shoulder “I feel like coming in this year we have a lot to prove.”

Nick McCloud, NC State junior cornerback

With eight starters departed, the Wolfpack defenders want to prove they can fill the void left by last year’s historic class

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal RALEIGH — The general consensus outside the NC State football program is that the Wolfpack’s veteran offense is going to have to put up big numbers this season to help cover for a defense destined to take a step back after losing eight starters, including all four linemen to the NFL. It’s not an opinion shared by the players on the offense.

While they’re confident in their ability to put points on the scoreboard thanks to the return of quarterback Ryan Finley, three top receivers and an experienced line, it’s not something they believe they’ll have to do in huge numbers in order to win games.

“We’re going to go out and do our job and they’re going to go out and do theirs. It has nothing to do with picking up slack,” graduate center Garrett Bradbury said last week on the opening day of preseason camp.

“Yeah, we have a bunch of guys returning on offense, but we have (defensive) guys that played a lot of snaps, too. I trust those guys, and we’re going to be competing all fall.”

While there are multiple holes to fill, especially up front, State’s defense is anything but a total rebuild.

Among the most prominent players moving into starting roles after making major contributions as backups last year are linebacker Germaine Pratt, who made 69 tackles and scored two touchdowns, end Darian Roseboro, a former four-star prospect who arrived at State with a higher rating than first-round draft pick Bradley Chubb, and super-sized tackle Eurndraus Bryant.

Together with returning safeties Jarius Morehead and Tim KiddGlass, corner Nick McCloud and a group of young players groomed to be the next man up, they form a unit that is hardly devoid of talent. Its biggest obstacle, especially in an ACC Atlantic Division dominated by perennial national powers Clemson and Florida State, is a lack of experience.

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The Wolfpack are counting on defensive end Darian Roseboro (45), linebacker Germaine Pratt (3) and others to take on a bigger role on the NC State defense in 2018.

But that, according to McCloud, could end up working in the Wolfpack’s favor since, unlike 2017, its defense won’t be weighed down by the burden of high expectations.

“Last year we had a lot of hype coming in with those linemen, which was well-deserved with the things they did,” said the junior, who had an interception in State’s Sun Bowl victory against Arizona State. “But I feel we really didn’t have the chip on our shoulder like we should have. I feel like coming in this year we have a lot to prove.

“The secondary didn’t play as well last year, so (we) definitely have a lot to prove. The D-line, with all the guys leaving and people talking about how they’re not going to be as good, they have a big chip on their shoulder, too.”

Roseboro, in particular, is motivated to have a big year after being somewhat overshadowed by the now-departed pros Chubb, Kentavius Street, B.J. Hill and Justin Jones.

It’s not as if the 6-foot-4, 283-pound senior spent most of his time standing on the sideline watching. He played in all 13 games, including one start, recording 33 tackles, seven tackles for loss, 2½ sacks, four quarterback pressures and a forced fumble.

He would likely have been picked had he decided to join his now-former linemates in the draft last spring. But he chose to return for his senior season to fulfill the promise he made to his late father of earning his degree and to create a name for himself on the field.

“There are a lot of things I want to accomplish here at State,” Roseboro said. “I want to win an ACC championship. I want to bring something home to Raleigh.”

The Wolfpack came close a year ago by going 9-4 overall and finishing just one game behind Clemson in the Atlantic Division standings.

And yet, despite that success and all those NFL draft picks, State only ranked in the middle of the ACC pack in scoring defense, allowing 25.2 points per game.

Based on what he saw during spring practice and in the improvement made by young players sophomore tackle Shug Frazier, junior end James Smith-Williams and sophomore linebacker Louis Acceus, Roseboro believes this year’s defense has the potential to be every bit as good — if not better — than the more heralded group it’s following.

Coach Dave Doeren has equally high hopes for his reloaded defensive group. At the same time, he warned that after less than a week of preseason camp, it’s still too early in the process to make any definitive judgments.

“There’s good competition,” Doeren said. “The guys know what their weaknesses were coming out of the spring, and we saw a lot of physical growth and gain out of several players. Once we get the pads on we’ll have a better feel, but there’s going to be some competition and it’s going to take most of training camp and several scrimmages before I can really answer (any) questions.”

10 touchdowns and five interceptions while leading UNC to two of its three victories.

“Getting that experience at the end of last year helped in a huge way,” Elliott said, “the extra year of going over the film, studying more.”

He said that while it’s nice to know he’ll be starting to begin the season, Elliott said it won’t change the way he prepares for the remainder of camp.

“I’m going to just keep competing like I have been, keep working like I have been,” he said. “I’ve always worked like I was going to be the starter, and that’s what I’ll continue to do.”

Walk-on Manny Miles and the freshman duo of Jace Ruder and Cade Fortin will serve as Elliott’s backup until Surratt is eligible to return on Sept. 27 against Miami.

There are many more options available for replacing Carney and Fox at defensive end.

Junior Allen Cater played in all 12 games last season, recording 11 tackles. Tyler Powell is back from a knee injury that cost him all but the first two games in 2017, while redshirt freshman Jake Lawler was one of UNC’s highest-rated recruits last year.

Fedora said true freshman Chris Collins and Lancine Turay are also getting work at practice preparing to play in games.

“It’s next man up,” Carney said.

“I told my D-ends to keep working. Nothing changes. This is your chance, make the most of it.”

Senior safety J.K. Britt said that in spite of the early adversity, he and his teammates are confident that they can still accomplish all their goals and have a successful season.

“You can’t judge a book by its cover,” Britt said. “So don’t judge us by our cover. We’re going to have a great year. Preparation builds confidence, and we’re preparing every day to be champions.”

ECU from page B1 “We’ve got the guys out there working, everybody’s having fun. We’ve got a lot of energy.

We look good. There’s still a lot to improve on, but it’s felt good to be back out there.”

Aside from the obvious goal of winning enough games to return to the postseason — the bar Montgomery set for his team after a season-ending 70-13 drubbing at the hands of Memphis last November — the former Duke and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver is determined to restore some of the ECU traditions that have been lost in recent years.

Among them are an entertaining wide-open offense with a playbook full of trick plays and an athletic defense constantly running to the ball.

In order to make the latter happen, Montgomery brought in Blackwell from Jacksonville State — where he built the Gamecocks’ defense into the best among FCS programs. He then moved the start of spring practice up to February to give the Pirates more time to learn the new system and get stronger in the weight room.

It’s a strategy that, as far as Montgomery is concerned, has paid off in the “most productive football offseason” of his short tenure.

“Our coaches did a better job this year than in previous years of making sure that when we rolled into camp, it would be just like an extended year,” he said. “Going back to January, we wanted to start spring ball early to get our defensive scheme and tweaked offensive scheme and our special teams unit ready to go. So we really had about eight months of straight football, which is a really good thing. Our kids have really responded to it.”

“It’s been really awesome to come back with the juice that we have.”

Scottie Montgomery, ECU coach

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Sophomore Reid Herring, the only quarterback on ECU’s roster to have taken a college snap, is on course to start the Pirates’ opener against N.C. A&T.

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Dooley not intimated

by ECU’s challenges a college town. We talk about it all the time.

“People say that Greenville is not a huge town, but you look at some of these other places where college towns are — Blacksburg, Clemson, Lawrence, Kan., Storrs, Conn.

By Brett Friedlander — they’re not big cities either, and North State Journal they’ve done pretty well.”

Rather than trying to defend GREENVILLE — Joe Dooley doesn’t have to be told how hard a ECU against some of the negative job it is to coach basketball at East perceptions that come with it, DoolCarolina, even though he’s heard ey has chosen to build his recruiting it a lot since signing to lead the Pi- pitch around the more positive aspects of playing for the Pirates. rates back in April.

Not the least of those is the Dooley has already coached and won at ECU, having gone 57-52 in school’s affiliation with the AAC, four seasons from 1995-99 before which unlike football is considered being fired in one of former athlet- to be one of the nation’s best.

“It’s not a single-bid league anyic director Mike Hambrick’s most more,” Dooley said. “You look at mystifying personnel decisions.

He is still the only coach in school four guys drafted last year. We history to post a winning career re- had two four seeds last year, which cord while with the Pirates, which means that Cincinnati and Wichiis why, unlike many in his profes- ta State were top 16 in the country. sion, he’s not intimidated by the We can sell that. If you get to the top challenge that awaits him in his re- half of our league you’re in a postseason tournament. We need to get turn to Greenville.

“Everybody says it’s a hard job. that out a little more.

“We need to sell those things East Carolina is hard; every job I’ve been as is hard,” said Dooley, about our league and about our who served an apprenticeship un- practice facility being great. Our der Bill Self at Kansas before go- weight room is great, now come be part of something we’re ing on to a successful run trying to build.” as head coach at Florida While the staff’s focus Gulf Coast. has been on building for “I think the guys are exthe future through the cited about the challenge. “Everybody 2019 and 2020 recruiting Now we have to figure it says it’s a classes, they’ve also done out.” a good job of stocking the Dooley met with the hard job. media last Thursday in East Carolina roster with promising young players for the uphis first public statements is hard; coming season. since his hiring and exWhile the foundapressed excitement over every job I’ve tion of the 2018-19 Pithe progress his players been as is rates will be guards Isaac have made both on the Fleming and Shawn Wilcourt and in the weight hard.” liams — the AAC’s Rookroom this summer. ie of the Year — along He also introduced new Joe Dooley, with long-awaited Virassistants Raphael Chilginia Tech transfer Seth lious and Steve Rocca- ECU coach LeDay, the bulk of the forte, who join a staff that also includes holdover Ken Potos- team will be comprised of freshmen. nak.

That includes highly touted powChillious and Roccaforte are especially important hires because of er forward Jayden Gardner and guard DeShaun Wade, who origitheir reputations as recruiters.

Chillious comes to ECU from nally decommitted from ECU after American Athletic Conference rival interim coach Michael Perry was UConn, where he served as associ- let go but decided to stick with the ate head coach and helped Kevin Pirates after meeting with Dooley.

It’s an influx of talent Dooley said Ollie assemble a top-25 class. Roccaforte, meanwhile, was part of a could help produce a quick turnVirginia Tech staff under Buzz Wil- around, especially with the nonconliams that built the Hokies from the ference schedule the new coach has ground up into a team that posted put together.

“You come off a rough year, I three straight 20-win seasons and back-to-back NCAA tournament don’t care if you’re a player or a coach, you’ve got to build some conappearances.

“For Raphael having been in our fidence in the preseason,” Dooley league and Rock having been in the said. “We’ve got two good scrimACC, they understand the type of mages before we play, and we’ve recruiting we need to do and what it got a preseason schedule where takes to be successful at a high lev- we’ll find out who we are. With our guys, we need to win some of those el,” Dooley said.

Roccaforte’s contribution could games.

“It is a little bit different when be especially valuable since, according to Dooley, there are a lot of sim- you’ve had a rough year. Where’s ilarities between Blacksburg, Va., your confidence? But there are a whole lot of teams that have turned and Greenville.

“The blueprint for ours is very it around. Look at Philadelphia. similar,” Dooley said. “We’re a little The Sixers two years ago won 10 bit off the beaten path, so you have games, then they got some guys. We to figure out what type of guy you’re didn’t draft (Joel) Embiid and (Ben) going to recruit, where you’re going Simmons, but those are things we to recruit from, who wants to be in can talk about.”

The veteran coach, back for a second stint in Greenville, has high expectations

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Blue Devils quarterback Daniel Jones said he benefited more from being thrust into duty over spending a year watching as a redshirt.

New redshirt rule has local coaches, players excited Opportunity for playing time can help in a variety of ways

By Shawn Krest North State Journal DUKE QUARTERBACK Daniel Jones redshirted his first year in Durham, getting to learn the system in a relatively low-pressure environment.

That all changed the following year. Jones entered fall camp expecting to ease into the position behind senior starter Thomas Sirk. Instead, Sirk went down early in preseason practice, and Jones suddenly found himself starting for the Blue Devils.

He had moments of success, moments of confusion and moments where he was running for his life.

Two very different learning environments, but there’s no question in Jones’ mind which was the more valuable.

“You definitely learn the most when you’re playing out there on the field,” Jones said. “You can learn a lot by watching, but there’s nothing more valuable than experience and doing it yourself.”

In the history of college football, coaches have faced that either-or proposition with talented young players: Trial by fire or don the redshirt?

That all changes this year. In a new NCAA rule that was initiated, players can participate in up to four games and still count the year as a redshirt.

“The opportunity to have limited game experience without penalty … should be an overall benefit to the game, the players and the coaches,” said ACC commissioner John Swofford. “As a former player who sat out a year with an illness and spent that year not playing the game, that’s a tough thing to do.”

Jones certainly would have benefitted from the rule during his redshirt year.

“It would have been huge,” he said. “I think that’s very valuable for those guys (this year) to have that opportunity. I think even getting in at the end of games and getting snaps would be valuable experience.”

Across the Triangle, NC State quarterback Ryan Finley is also a fan of the rule. He’s seen on State’s offensive line how valuable a few games of experience can be. Gone this season are right guard Tony Adams and right tackle Will Richardson.

Guard Josh Fedd-Jackson and tackle Justin Witt, both sophomores, will get first crack at replacing them.

DUKE from page B1 there.”

Cutcliffe also needed to pick coaches that the players were comfortable with, to avoid any type of infighting among Team Guerrieri and Team Albert factions.

“We’ve known them for a long time,” linebacker Joe Giles-Harris said. “They helped recruit me, and they helped recruit most of our defense. It’s consistency.”

With any relationship, communication is key, and Cutcliffe has spent a great deal of time communicating exactly what each coordi-

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Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson supports the new rule that allows players to redshirt if they play four or less games in a season.

“You can learn a lot by watching, but there’s nothing more valuable than experience and doing it yourself.”

Daniel Jones, Duke quarterback

Luckily for them, and for Finley’s health, Fedd-Jackson and Witt both saw playing time last season.

“The great thing about it is they’ve played a lot in games, which is a big thing. … With Fedd playing in the bowl game and Witt starting two games last season, that’s a big deal.” Finley said. “With that new redshirt rule that’s going to make things easier, just getting guys games.”

Coaches didn’t share many specifics, but they’ve spent the summer months planning how best to use the extra four games they can get from each freshman.

“If we redshirt, let’s say, 15 players or 18 players, and now all of a sudden all those guys get four games that they haven’t got before, to me that’s 60 to 80 more player games that we get,” said Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson.

Obviously, each player’s specific case is different, but one possibility is that coaches could use a freshman’s four games early, as a sort of tryout.

“Let’s say we’ve got 20 signees,” NC State coach Dave Doeren said. “Maybe five of them are

nator’s role is.

“First off, I’m really proud of how our defensive staff has handled this situation,” Cutcliffe said when he first announced the move in January. “We’ve had not good, but great conversations regarding staff organization and responsibilities, and I’m proud of how unselfish they have been throughout the process.”

By spring practice, the duties were ironed out.

“We’ve worked out a list of responsibilities that we’ll start out with during the spring,” Cutcliffe said at the opening of spring ball.

ready for the first four games, so you play them, and then maybe they prove they’re ready for the rest of the season, and you keep playing them. Maybe at some point they get injured, or you know what, we shouldn’t have played him this early. Thought he was ready, he’s not. We’re going to redshirt him.”

Other players may develop over their first year and prove that they’re ready late in the year.

“You see some guys that aren’t ready,” said UNC coach Larry Fedora, “but then by the end of the season, they’re ready to help.

You haven’t been able to do that in the past.”

Fedora ended up burning defensive lineman Jalen Dalton’s redshirt his freshman year for exactly that reason, playing him at midseason after he showed rapid development.

“For those kids that are in the developmental program, there’s kind of now a carrot hanging out there like, ‘Hey, I could get in a game here and help the football team even if it’s not right away,’” Doeren said. “I think that’ll keep them motivated throughout the season.”

Coaches also mentioned the idea of using redshirted players similar to the way baseball teams use minor league call-ups, to replace a starter with a nagging injury. They were also excited to have the infusion of young talent to bolster their special teams.

It will also help with their long-term development, because, as Jones learned very quickly, there’s no substitute for experience.

“All experience is valuable,” he said. “You can learn a lot from all of it.”

“We’ll get more fine-tuned with that as we get finished with spring and head towards the fall. They’ve had a great start.”

And now, Cutcliffe continues to emphasize the need to define responsibilities.

“We’ve been clear and concise about what the roles are,” he said. “As long as we do that, and we have the discipline to maintain that, it will work to perfection.”

Cutcliffe has also added another coordinator to the mix, making sure that Kirk Benedict, in his first year running Duke’s special teams, attends the defensive

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ECU coach Jeff Dooley, who is starting his second stint with the Pirates, says he can wing big in Greenville.

meetings. “I put Kirk Benedict over there, because there are so many defensive players involved on special teams play. I wanted Kirk in that room. He’s also lending coaching and some help and some expertise — not necessarily in defensive scheme. It’s not the scheme. He’s got a lot of experience in effort, in discipline, in demanding and getting what we want out of our players.”

On the practice field, Guerrieri and Albert seem to be meshing well.

“They play off of each other,” Giles-Harris said. “They each

have strengths and weaknesses, and they play off each other’s strengths. Coach G (Guerrieri) is the more vocal guy, out there on the field. He’s the one that gives the play call. Coach Albert will then hammer it into you. He’s kind of vocal when we’re in our sets, but he’s not going to be the flashy guy. Coach G’s not flashy either, but he steps into that role.

“They play so well off of each other, it’s kind of like seeing one person,” Giles-Harris added. We try to joke around and call them by the same name sometimes, to get them mad.”

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NeCessities! history marked Mary Reynolds Babcock born Aug. 8, 1908 Mary Reynolds was born in Winston to tobacco magnate R. J. Reynolds and his wife Katherine on Aug. 8, 1908.

Both of her parents had died by the time she was 15, so Reynolds and her three siblings were left in the care of their uncle Will Reynolds at the family homeplace in WinstonSalem, Reynolda. After studying art in France, Reynolds returned to the United States and, in 1929, married investment banker Charles Babcock.

The couple lived in Greenwich, Conn., before buying up the Reynolds siblings’ interests in Reynolda. Two years later, Reynolds inherited $30 million from her father’s estate, making her one of the wealthiest women in America.

After using some of the money to renovate Reynolda, Babcock turned her interests to philanthropy. In 1951, Babcock and her husband donated more than 300 acres to Wake Forest University, allowing the college to move to Winston-Salem from Wake Forest and construct an entirely new campus. A few years later, she established with $12 million a charitable foundation that continues to support Wake Forest University, the arts and social welfare.

Babcock died in New York City in 1953.

In keeping with one of her lifelong passions, Reynolda House is now a celebrated museum of American art.

First newspaper issued in N.C. on Aug. 9, 1751

entertainment MTV announces 2018 VMA headliners Variety LOS ANGELES — Performers for the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards will include Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes and Logic with Ryan Tedder, the network announced today. They join Jennifer Lopez, who will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and will also perform on the Aug. 20 broadcast for the first time since 2001.

Grande, who is nominated in five categories, will perform her new single “God is a Woman” three days after the release of her highly anticipated album “Sweetener,” while Mendes is slated to deliver “In My Blood.” Logic will debut his buzzing “One Day” featuring Tedder of OneRepublic.

The VMAs air live from Radio City Music Hall across MTV’s global network of channels in more than 180 countries and territories.

Nominees for the 2018 VMAs were announced on July 16. Cardi B and “The Carters” — a.k.a. Beyonce and Jay-Z — lead, with Cardi receiving 10 nominations (which are gender-neutral), including video, song and artist of the year, and the Carters garnering eight, including video of the year, best collaboration and best hip-hop for their eye-popping clip for “Apesh-,” released in June. Other top contenders include Childish Gambino and Drake (with seven nominations each),

Cardi B performs at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards Show in New York, January 2018.

Bruno Mars (six), Camila Cabello (five), and Ed Sheeran, Khalid and Young Thug (four).

Radio City was home to the inaugural VMAs in 1984 and this will mark the 12th time the show has been held there — the most for any VMAs location. Of-

ficial sponsors include Pepsi, Swiffer and Taco Bell. Bruce Gillmer and Jesse Ignjatovic are executive producers, Melanie Block serves as executive in charge of production, Amani Duncan is executive in charge of music and Wendy Plaut is executive in charge of celebrity talent.

Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ gets first Imax release

On Aug. 9, 1751, James Davis issued the North-Carolina Gazette, the first newspaper to appear in the colony.

The newspaper wasn’t Davis’ first foray into publishing; he had established the colony’s first printing press two years earlier in New Bern. In that capacity he printed currency and various official publications.

The newspaper, unlike modern print papers, did not have headlines or much local news. It focused mostly on international news and the arrivals and departures of ships. The Gazette was supposed to have been published weekly but, from the issues that survive, it appears to have had no regular schedule and wasn’t published at all between 1759 and 1768.

A terrible storm destroyed Davis’ print shop in 1769, forcing him to salvage what equipment he could and rebuild his business.

The Revolutionary War also presented Davis with problems in regularly issuing his Gazette, making it difficult for Davis to get paper and forcing his son, who was his assistant, to serve in the army.

Davis served as the colony’s public printer until 1782 and he kept issuing the Gazette until just before his death in 1785. The paper appeared in another form between 1786 and 1798, when it was used by another printer to promote the Bill of Rights and other causes.

The classic space station image from the movie 2001:a Space Odyssey, directed

by Stanley Kubrick in 1968. Praised for its special effects, the movie based its space station concept on Wernher Von Braun’s model.

Kubrick’s station in the movie was 900 feet in diameter, orbited 200 miles above Earth, and was home to an international contingent of scientists, passengers, and bureaucrats.

Bull Rider Jerome Davis born Aug. 10, 1972

Screen legend Redford retiring from acting

On Aug. 10, 1972, the young man who would put North Carolina on the bull riding and rodeo map, Jerome Davis, was born in Colorado Springs, Colo. His father, stationed in Colorado while in the military, brought his family home to their ranch in Archdale, in Guilford County, just six months later.

Davis rode his first bull at age 11. On his fourth ride, Jerome lasted the required eight seconds and committed himself to becoming a competitive bull rider. He won his first event as a freshman in high school. He was the North Carolina State High School Bull Riding Champion in 1990. Two years later, Davis won the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s Bull Riding Championship.

In 1992, he joined the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), a dream only a few cowboys experience.

Davis had a stellar career on the bull riding circuit, earning a World Championship in 1995 and was elected to the Professional Bull Riders Ring of Honor in 1998. On March 14, 1998, in Fort Worth, Texas, Davis was paralyzed from the chest down after being thrown from a bull. He returned home to Archdale and continues to run the Davis Ranch and his bucking bull and rodeo business.

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LOS ANGELES — Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic “2001: A Space Odyssey” is heading back to the big screen.

In honor of its 50th anniversary, Warner Bros. is releasing the film in Imax in 350 theaters for a one-week limited engagement, starting on Aug. 24. An unrestored 70 mm version will be shown in Imax in four venues in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Toronto. Tickets go on sale Friday.

“2001: A Space Odyssey” follows Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood as astronauts on a journey to Jupiter with the computer HAL 9000 after the discovery of a mysterious black monolith with a profound effect on human evolution. Since it debuted on April 4, 1968, it is widely considered to be one of the most influential films ever made — a landmark both in terms of its special effects and its narrative daring. The Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1991.

“2001: A Space Odyssey” was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best director and original screenplay, and was also a massive commercial success.

Kubrick earned a statue for visual effects.

Kubrick produced and co-wrote the screenplay with science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke. It was the highest-grossing film in North America in 1968 and has since gone on to earn $58 million after a number of rereleases.

Variety LOS ANGELES — Oscar winner Robert Redford will retire from acting following this autumn’s release of his upcoming film, “The Old Man & The Gun,” the 81-year-old told Entertainment Weekly in a story published on Monday.

Redford, best known for films such as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “Out of Africa,” plays a seasoned bank robber in the new movie, which is scheduled to debut in theaters in September.

“Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting, and (I’ll) move towards retirement after this ’cause I’ve been doing it since I was 21,” Redford told the magazine.

“I thought, ‘Well, that’s enough.’ And why not go out with something that’s very upbeat and positive?” he added.

In the film, Redford plays Forrest Tucker, a real-life career criminal who was caught robbing banks 17 times. Each time he was jailed but managed to escape.

“To me, that was a wonderful character to play at this point in my life,” Redford said of Tucker, whose robberies spanned more than 60 years.

“It made me wonder: I wonder if he

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FILE PHOTO: Actor Robert Redford poses during a red carpet to receive a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, September 2017. was not averse to getting caught so he that could enjoy the real thrill of his life, which is to escape?”

Redford got his big screen breakthrough in 1967 with a role in “Barefoot in the Park” opposite Jane Fonda, and he cemented his stardom with roles in classic movies such as “The Sting” and

“All The President’s Men.” In 1980, he won an Academy Award for his directorial debut, “Ordinary People,” and in 2002 he received a Lifetime Achievement Oscar.

As for whether he will also retire from directing, Redford said: “We’ll see about that.”

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TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 249 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Sarah E. Smith and Eric Scott Smith to Kirsten E. Foyles, Esq., Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of November, 2011, and recorded in Book 9771, Page 330, in Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on August

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 375 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Timothy A. Turner and Shawntel Turner to Christina M. Bramhall, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of July, 2015, and recorded in Book 11504, Page 235, in Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on August 20, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the

JOHNSTON AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 326 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mollie C. Barbour, (Mollie C. Avery aka Mollie C. Barbour, deceased) (Heir of Mollie C. Avery aka Mollie C. Barbour: Samuel Janadious Kincy) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Linwood Clark) to Investors Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), dated the 9th day of September, 2002, and recorded in Book 2290, Page 880, in Johnston County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Johnston County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing

STANLY 1242010 18-SP-101 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed

by JRS Asset Management, Inc. (“Borrower”) dated October 13, 2017, and recorded on October 16, 2017, in Book 1627, Page 237, of the Stanly County Public Registry (the “Deed of Trust”), to which reference is made

UNION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 536 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Tony R. Love and Bridgette Love, (Tony R. Love, Deceased) to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of March, 2004, and recorded in Book 3372, Page 203, in Union County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on August 16, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron stake, a common corner of the Gayle R. Jenkins property as found in Deed Book 382, Page 884, and a point in the line of the Blumenthal Family Partnership Property as found in Deed Book 435, Page 826, Union County Registry; thence

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 59 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Johnny Clyburn and Frances Ivey Clyburn to John R. Williamson, Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of February, 1999, and recorded in Book 1210, Page 0526, in Union County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on August 16, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING the northern 0.9854-acre part of that 2.0122/acres conveyed to Frances Ivey Clyburn and husband, Johnny Clyburn, and Ollie Ivey and wife Bernice Ivey, by deed dated August 31, 1998, and recorded on September 4, 1998, in Book 1142, at Page 242, Union

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 120 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Gerald W. Buffkin aka Gerald Wendell Buffkin and Linda Marie Buffkin, (Gerald W. Buffkin aka Gerald Wendell Buffkin, deceased) to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 9th day of May, 2008, and recorded in Book 4892, Page 443, in Union County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on August 23, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a common corner of Lots 16, 17, 20, and 21 in the center of the westerly segment of Shaw Avenue (which is a 60’ wide unpaved private subdivision road); and running thence from said beginning

20, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Four, in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and Being in Number FOUR (4) Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina and Being all of Lot Number ONE (1) of MAP OF NORTH PRINCETON PARK, as surveyed and platted, a copy of which plat is filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County in Map Book 14, Page 3, and being bounded as follows: BEGINNING at a stake in the eastern edge of Charlie Walker Road at the front corner of Lots Nos. 1 and 2, the beginning point being N 38-43 W 100 feet from the northeastern corner of Charlie Walker Road and Princeton Avenue - North; and runs thence N 3843 W 140.7 feet with the eastern edge of Charlie Walker Road to a stake; thence N 84-23 E 259 feet to a stake, corner of Lots 1 and 3; thence S 5-37 E 25 feet with the line of Lot 3 to a stake, back corner of Lots 1 and 2; thence S 57-20 W 205 feet with the line of Lot 2 to the point of beginning. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6208 Charlie Walker Road, Kannapolis, 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.

following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 71, as shown on Plat of Hampden Village, Phase 2, Map 1, recorded in Map Book 67 at Page 22 in the Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1260 Farm Branch Drive Southwest, Concord, North Carolina.

Property Address: 1260 Farm Branch Drive SW, Concord, NC 28027 Parcel ID: 55196360630000 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.

said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on August 21, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lots 51 and 52, Duane Poole Subdivision, Section #4, as shown on map recorded in Plat Book 15, Page 89, Johnston County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a full and complete description of said lots. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 144 Old Yogi Lane, Clayton, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser

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

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

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

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

Carolina, and BEGINNING at a stake in the line of Stanly Street 200 feet West from the southwest intersection of Locust Avenue and Stanly Street, a corner of Lot No. 309, and runs thence in a western direction with the South line of Stanly Street 50 feet to a stake in the South line of said street; thence S. 24-34 E. 110 feet to a stake, a corner of Lot No. 311; thence N. 65-26 E. 50 feet to a corner of Lot No. 309; thence with the line of Lot No. 309, 110 feet to a stake in the line of Stanly Street, the beginning corner, the same being Lot No. 310, Block 15, Stanfield, as shown by map made by J. L. Haywood, said map being recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County, in Plat Book No. 1, Page 46.

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

The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The sale of the personal property is made in accordance with N.C.G.S. § 25-9-604 (a) and (b). A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. In the event that the note holder or its intended assignee is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, and any Land Transfer Tax. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior rights, interests, liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this 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 sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the Trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

proceeding from said beginning point along and with the Jenkins Property South 34 degrees 02 minutes 40 seconds East 410.25 feet to a found iron (and passing a found iron at 50 feet), a common corner of the Bobby G. Laney property as found in Deed Book 274, Page 811, Union County Registry; thence proceeding along and with the Laney Property South 85 degrees 29 minutes 05 seconds West 247.35 feet to a found iron, a common point in the line of the Blumenthal Family Partnership property abovereferenced; thence along and with the Blumenthal Family Partnership property North 2 degrees 41 minutes 40 seconds East 359.81 feet to the point and place of beginning, and containing 1.01 acres, according to a survey by Derick L. Miles, NCRLS, dated February 24, 1994. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 149 Airport Road, Monroe, North Carolina.

Also conveyed herein is a 15-foot right of way for ingress and egress to the above-described property across the Bobby G. Laney property as follows: Beginning at an iron stake in line of Gayle R. Jenkins property, the southeast corner of the property described above, and runs thence South 34 degrees 02 minutes 50 seconds East 754.61 feet to an existing iron stake in an existing right of way; thence southwest 15 feet; thence North 34 degrees 02 minutes 50 seconds West approximately 754.61 feet to the above described property.

Also conveyed herein is a right of way for ingress, egress and access to the above-described property, which said right of way is contained and described in that certain right of way agreement recorded in Book 365, Page 043, Union County Registry and also referred to in that correction Deed from Charles Ray Helms, Jr., et ux, to the grantors herein recorded in

Deed Book 699, Page 216, which said right of way is more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the margin of Airport Road, a common corner with the Southwestern property corner of the Paul Howie, Jr., property and runs thence with the western property line of Paul Howie, Jr., North 41 degrees 50 minutes West 429 feet to an iron, a corner of the Northwestern property corner of the Paul Howie, Jr., tract and runs thence South 46 degrees 32 minutes West 10 feet to an iron, a new corner in the Leroy Adams, Jr., property; thence a new line of Adams, South 41 degrees 50 minutes East 429 feet to a point in the margin of Airport Road; thence with a margin of Airport Road North 47 degrees 37 minutes 30 seconds East 10 feet to the point and place of beginning and being a right of way Ten (10) feet in width for ingress, egress, and regress.

Being that parcel of land conveyed to Christopher Lynn Love and wife, Jennifer Lynn Love, tenants by the entirety from E. Jerome Haynes and wife, Joyce S. Haynes, individually and D/B/A, Haynes Construction Company by that deed dated 03/22/1994 and recorded 03/22/1994 in Deed Book 699, at Page 218 of the UNION County, NC Public Registry.

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

issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

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

County Registry, together with a 20-foot wide Roadway easement and a 20-foot wide Driveway leading to and from the Rohobeth Road (SR #1107) and the 0.9854 acre lot described below as follows: BEGINNING at a point evidenced by an Old Iron which is a common corner with the westernmost corner of that 2.0122 acres mentioned above (Book 1142, Page 242, Union County Registry), and which is also a common corner with two other one-acre parcels belonging to Ollie Ivey and wife, Bernice Ivey (Book 251, Page 651, and Book 258, Pages 701 and 703, Union County Registry, and Book 355, Page 75, Union County Registry) and running thence with two lines of the lines of the 2.0122 acres as follows: 1st N. 56-20-00 E. 200.00 feet to a point evidenced by an Iron; and 2nd S. 33-40-00 E. 263.26 feet to a point evidenced by an Iron; thence with a line of the 1.0268-acre lot this day conveyed to Ollie Ivey and wife, Bernice Ivey, S. 82-1610 W. 222.39 feet to a point evidenced by an Iron, in a line of that one-acre lot conveyed to Ollie Ivey and wife, Bernice Ivey, by deeds recorded in Book 251, Page 651, and Book 258, at Page 701 and 703), also a common corner with Ivey’s 1.0268-acre parcel; thence with the Ivey’s oneacre parcel, N. 33-40-00 W. 166.00 feet to the BEGINNING, and containing 0.9854 of an acre, more or less. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6806 Rehobeth Road, Waxhaw, North Carolina.

Also conveyed herewith are the 20-foot wide roadway and drive easements described and shown on the deed and exhibits recorded in Book 1144, at Page 290293, Union County Registry.

AND BEING all of that 0.9854 acre tract and road right of way as shown on a Plat recorded in Plat Cabinet F, File 140 Union County Registry to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

point with the center of Shaw Avenue, this center line being the division line between Lots 17, and 20, South 4 degrees 18 minutes East 400 feet to a common corner of Lots 17,18,19 and 20 in the center of said Avenue, thence with the northerly line of Lot 18, passing a stake on east edge of right of way, South 88 degrees 30 minutes East 650 feet to a common corner of Lots 17 and 18 on the westerly line of Lot 24; thence with said line North 04 degrees 18 minutes west 400 feet to a stake, a common corner of Lots 16, 17, 24 and 14; thence with the southerly line of Gary T. Beale’s Lot 16, North 88 degrees 30min west 650 feet, passing a stake on east edge of right of way to the point of beginning, in the center of Shaw Avenue and being all of Lot 17, Section I, McCain Park Subdivision, containing 5.938 acres, more or less, as surveyed and mapped by Robert F. Knight, RLS, dated March 1978. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6605 Shaw Avenue, Waxhaw, North Carolina.

This conveyance includes an Easement along Shaw Avenue and McCain Boulevard for purposes of ingress and egress between the Lot hereby conveyed and County Road Number 1117.

BEING the same property conveyed to Gerald Wendell Buffkin and wife, Linda Marie Buffkin by Quit Claim Deed from Gerald Wendell Buffkin, dated 01/12/2007, recorded 01/17/2007, in Book 4432, Page 103, Register of Deeds, Union County, North Carolina Records.

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 no-

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

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 provid-

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

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

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An order for possession of the property may be

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.

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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North State Journal for Wednesday, August 8, 2018

UNION AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 894 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Grace V. Lee, an unmarried woman to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of June, 2008, and recorded in Book 04930, Page 0363, 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

WAKE 17 SP 2444 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert E. Mayhew and Eileen Mayhew to Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. of New York, Trustee(s), which was dated September 29, 2006 and recorded on October 2, 2006 in Book 012198 at Page 01422, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be fore-

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

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder 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

18 SP 1062 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Richard B. Owens and Colleen A. Owens to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated July 2, 2003 and recorded on July 2, 2003 in Book 010249 at Page 00371, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse

16 SP 1257 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Francisco Hernandez-Medina to Jackie M. Young, Trustee(s), which was dated July 11, 2008 and recorded on July 15, 2008 in Book 013177 at Page 02360 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on September 29, 2015 in Book 016166, Page 01350, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Sub-

10 SP 1512 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kimithi L Davis And Windy Davis to William R Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated February 28, 2006 and recorded on March 1, 2006 in Book 011839 at Page 02047, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1508 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Paula Anhorn and Siegfried Anhorn, (Siegfried Anhorn, deceased) to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of March, 2007, and recorded in Book 12478, Page 1305, 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 City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 957

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Barbara Johnston to Chris Cope, Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of April, 2017, and recorded in Book 16756, Page 492, 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 City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on August 20, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1313

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James Matthew Robinson and Summer Robinson to Fidelity Title Insurance, Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of May, 2016, and recorded in Book 016400, Page 01585, 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 City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on August 20, 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

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the Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on August 23, 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 Number 29 of Stone Crest Subdivision, as shown on those plats recorded in Plat Cabinet H, at File Number(s) 662 and 663, Union County Register of Deeds, to which plats reference is hereby made for a more complete description. APN #06-165-142.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3804 Cassidy Drive, Waxhaw, 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 convey-

ance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a

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

effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

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

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.

Being all of Lot 463, Cary Park Subdivision, SF-9A, Phase 2 & 3, formerly Cary Glen, as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Page 1741 1742 (page 1742), Wake County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 204 Greenfield Knoll Drive, Cary, NC 27519.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five 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 Robert E. Mayhew and wife, Eileen Mayhew.

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

of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 3, Crown Crossing as shown on Plat entitled “Subdivision Plat of Crown Crossing Lots 2-17 Property of Dearcie Smith” prepared by Aiken & Yelle Associates, PA Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors recorded in Book of Maps 1999 Page 928 of the Wake County Registry and see also Book 2000 Page 140 and Book 2000 Page 2133, Wake County Registry Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 844 Crown Crossing Lane, Raleigh, NC 27610.

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 Randy L. Pulley, Sr. 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.

door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 7048, Phase 1, Dunleith Subdivision at Wakefield Plantation, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1998, Page 2146 and re-recorded in Book of Maps 1998, Page 2277, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 12533 Richmond Run Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expira-

tion of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record.

To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Richard B. Owens and wife, Colleen A. Owens.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the pur-

chaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of 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.

stitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 15, LAUREL RIDGE SUBDIVISION, AS RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1998, PAGES 1861-1863, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1222 Pampass Trail, Zebulon, NC 27597.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the prop-

erty is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of

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

of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 379, PRINCETON MANOR SUBDIVISION, SECTION III, AS RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2004, PAGES 2145-2146, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1004 Cambridge River Court, Knightdale, NC 27545.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the

clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 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.

location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on August 20, 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 5, Penwyck Estates, Phase One, as more particularly shown on a plat and survey by Byrd Surveying, P.A. dated December 20, 2000, and recorded in Book of Maps 2001, pages 59-61, Wake County Registry, to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1300 Roffler Drive, 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 agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this prop-

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

October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 114, Phase 1, Staffordshire Subdivision, as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 1985, Page 2239, revised in Book of Maps 2014, Page 1298, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 410 Glencoe Drive, Wake Forest, 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.

particularly described as follows: The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Wake, State of North Carolina, and is described as follows:

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.

Being all of Lot 290 Ballentine Subdivision, Phase 9, recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Page 1933, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1633 Maizfield Lane, Fuquay Varina, North Carolina.

Parcel ID: 0313613 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

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

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

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including SingleFamily Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 12-05607-FC02

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.: 18-03651-FC01

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.: 18-04946-FC01

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.: 10-11948-FC02

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.: 10-04082-FC01

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: 1239984 (FC.FAY)

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: 1243452 (FC.FAY)

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE 18 SP 1436 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 Daryl R. Lynch and Cynthia S. Lynch to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated February 1, 2006 and recorded on February 3, 2006 in Book 011804 at Page 00765, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder

18 SP 1388 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Thomas K. Sams and Demika H. Sams to First American Title, Trustee(s), which was dated July 21, 2008 and recorded on July 21, 2008 in Book 013184 at Page 01009, 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

17 SP 2728 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 Lenore A. Jackson a/k/a Lenore Anne Jackson to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated March 28, 2007 and recorded on April 17, 2007 in Book 012500 at Page 02051, 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 usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 22, 2018

18-SP-87 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 Patricia E. Sterling, in the original amount of $191,500.00, payable to Foundation Financial Group , dated May 23, 2005 and recorded on June 1, 2005 in Book 11391 at Page 2317, Wake 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 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 courthouse door in Wake County, North Carolina, on August 24, 2018 at 1:30 pm , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit:

of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 20, 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 that 1.832 acre parcel as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1998, Page 1263, Wake County Registry.

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 Daryl R. Lynch and wife, Cynthia S. Lynch.

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.

Together with and subject to the right of way of ingress and egress over that 50 foot access easement as shown on said plat and as recorded in Book 7367, Pages 34 and 36 and to that Road Maintenance Agreement as recorded in Book 8097, Page 2209, Wake County Registry Save and except any releases, deeds of release or

prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1029 Water Plant Road, Zebulon, NC 27597.

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

of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 20, 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 7, Block 0, Biltmore Hills, Map #5, as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1960, Page 274, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 2021 Waters Drive, 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 PUR-

CHASERS 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 Demika H. Sams.

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 pur-

suant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any

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

at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF HOLLY SPRINGS, HOLLY SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 25, ARBOR CREEK SUBDIVISION, “CREEKSIDE” PHASE, SECTION 1 AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 1997, PAGE 1869, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. BEING THAT PARCEL OF LAND CONVEYED TO LENORE A. JACKSON FROM CHARLOTTE HALL FKA CHARLOTTE HALL WALKER BY THAT DEED DATED 11/15/2005 AND RECORDED 11/15/2005 IN DEED BOOK 11685, AT PAGE 221 OF THE WAKE COUNTY, NC PUBLIC REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 429 Arbor Creek Drive, Holly Springs, NC 27540.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty

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

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 prop-

erty 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.

All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Panther Branch Township, Wake County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 60, South Mountain Subdivision, according to a map recorded in Book of Maps 1994, Page 1919, Wake County Registry.

Being the same property conveyed to Patricia E. Sterling by Deed dated 5/2/2003 and recorded in Book 10108, Page 1872, Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina.

Tax Id: 0212472 Said Property is commonly known as 4108 South Mountain Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof, or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-

lars ($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 owner of the property is Patricia E. Sterling.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to

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

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: __________________________________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC Sarah Elizabeth Banks #44023 David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 929-0760 (803) 929-0830

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

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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.: 17-16013-FC01