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2019 Black Bear Festival Black Black bear cubs in a ripe wheat field near Plymouth stand up upon hearing the photographer. Read more about the 2019 Black Bear Festival on page C3.

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Trump says US not ramping up for military conflict with Iran President Donald Trump is dismissing a report that the U.S. is planning for a military conflict with Iran.

Trump was responding to a report that the White House is reviewing military plans against Iran that could result in sending 120,000 U.S. troops to the Middle East if Iran attacks American forces or steps up work on nuclear weapons. Trump said he would “absolutely” be willing to send troops, but that he’s not planned for that and hopefully won’t have to plan for that. He says if the U.S. was going to get into a military conflict with Iran, “we’d send a hell of a lot more” troops.

State budget surplus largest since Great Recession An updated examination of April tax collections by legislative staff and the state budget office, released Tuesday, forecasts a $643 million surplus for the fiscal year ending June 30. The new forecast represents the largest surplus since 2009.

Catholic Diocese of Charlotte to publish list of abusers The Catholic Diocese of Charlotte will publish a list of clergy members who have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse, following other U.S. dioceses. In Monday’s announcement, Bishop Peter Jugis said the 46-county diocese is committed to finishing investigations into clergy abuse and publishing names of the accused by year’s end.

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Barr opens second investigation of Russia probe

By Michael Balsamo The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was “lawful and appropriate,” a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Monday.

Barr appointed John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to conduct the inquiry, the person said. The person could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

Durham’s appointment comes about a month after Barr told members of Congress he believed “spying did occur” on the Trump campaign in 2016. He later said he didn’t mean anything pejorative and was gathering a team to look into the origins of the special counsel’s investigation.

Barr provided no details about what spying may have taken place but appeared to be alluding to a surveillance warrant the FBI obtained on a former Trump associate, Carter Page, and the FBI’s use of an informant while the bureau was investigating former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos.

Trump and his supporters have seized on both to accuse the Justice Department and the FBI of unlawfully spying on his campaign.

The inquiry, which will focus on whether the government’s methods to collect intelligence relating

to the Trump campaign were lawful and appropriate, is separate from an investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general. The agency’s watchdog is also examining the Russia probe’s origins and Barr has said he expects the watchdog report to be done in May or June.

Congressional Republicans have also indicated they intend to examine how the investigation that shadowed Trump’s presidency for nearly two years began and whether there are any legal concerns.

The recently concluded investigation from special counsel Robert Mueller did not find a criminal conspiracy between the campaign and the Kremlin to tip the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.

Durham is a career prosecutor who was nominated for his post as U.S. attorney in Connecticut by Trump. He has previously investigated law enforcement corruption, the destruction of CIA videotapes and the Boston FBI office’s relationship with mobsters.

In nominating him, the White House said Durham and other nominees for U.S. attorney jobs share Trump’s vision for “making America safe again.”

Durham was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2018. At the time, Connecticut’s two Democratic senators, Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, called Durham a “fierce, fair prosecutor” who knows how to try tough cases.

In addition to conducting the inquiry, Durham will continue to serve as the chief federal prosecutor in Connecticut.

US, China increase tariffs as trade negotiations continue

By Paul Wiseman The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. officials targeted $300 billion in additional goods from China for possible tariff hikes as the two countries continue to negotiate a contentious trade deal that same are calling a trade war. As the U.S. prepared to levy additional tariffs, Beijing vowed to “fight to the finish.”

Beijing announced tariff hikes Monday on $60 billion of American goods in their spiraling dispute over Chinese technology ambitions and other irritants.

China was reacting to President

Donald Trump’s surprise decision last week to impose punitive duties on $200 billion of imports from China.

The move by Beijing startled global markets on Monday.

The markets stabilized Tuesday but did not fully recover from a widespread sell-off that began the week as that market weighed risks to global economic growth and the U.S. economy.

Beijing’s move came after the U.S. raised duties Friday on $200 billion of Chinese imports to 25 percent, up from 10 percent. In doing so, American officials acSee CHINA, page A2

Tucker will challenge Tillis in GOP primary Retired CEO says he would serve one term

By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — Raleigh businessman Garland Tucker announced last week that he will challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in the 2020 GOP primary. Tucker made his official announcement on “The Sean Hannity Show” and has since began airing radio and television ads.

“The main reason I’m running is I’ve been disappointed in Sen. Tillis in particular, but also Congress in general,” Tucker said in an interview at his home in Raleigh. “And I think we need some more backbone in Congress to stand up on some important issues.”

Tucker spent his career in finance and served as CEO of three different companies, including Triangle Capital Corporation. He also has written two books, one on Calvin Coolidge and the election of 1924 and another titled “Conservative Heroes: Fourteen Leaders Who Shaped America, from Jefferson to Reagan.”

“I’ve never run for political office before, so I can legitimately say I’m not a politician. I’m not looking for another career,” Tucker said. “If I’m elected, I’m committing to one See TUCKER, page A2

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CHINA from page A1 cused China of backtracking on commitments it made in earlier negotiations. The same day, trade talks between the two countries broke up without an agreement.

On Twitter, Trump warned Xi that China “will be hurt very badly” if it doesn’t agree to a trade deal.

Trump tweeted that Beijing “had a great deal, almost completed, & you backed out!”

Trump says the U.S. has been treated unfairly by China “for many, many decades” and says he thinks things will “turn out extremely well” because, “We’re in a very strong position.”

As for who is winning the dispute, Trump told reporters as he left for a trip to Louisiana on Tuesday that, “We always win.”

Trump says that the two countries were close to a deal, but says China “broke it.”

The rising trade hostilities could damage the economies of both countries. The tariff increases already in place have disrupted trade in such American products as soybeans and medical equipment and sent shockwaves through other Asian economies that supply Chinese factories.

The two countries have given themselves something of an escape hatch: The higher Chinese tariffs don’t kick in for two-and-a-half weeks. The U.S. increases apply to Chinese goods shipped since Friday, and those shipments will take about three weeks to arrive at U.S. seaports and become subject to the higher charges.

Both countries have indicated more talks are likely. Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Sunday that China has invited U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to Beijing. But nothing has been scheduled. And Trump said Monday that he expects to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in late June at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan.

The president has repeatedly insisted that increased tariffs on Chinese goods don’t hurt American consumers. But Kudlow, head of the president’s National Economic Council, acknowledged over the weekend that U.S. consumers and businesses will bear some of the costs.

“Both sides will pay,” he told Fox

NEW YORK — Apple users will be able to subscribe to HBO, Showtime and a handful of other channels directly through Apple’s new TV app, bypassing the need to download or launch a

separate app.

The new capabilities available Monday come ahead of Apple’s plan to offer its own original shows, including ones from Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg. Those shows will be part of an Apple TV Plus subscription

coming later this year for a yetto-be disclosed price.

Hulu and Amazon already offer premium channels as add-ons to their regular subscriptions, and both have original shows.

Apple is trying to catch up on streaming video to make up for a slowdown in iPhone sales.

Although those channels are already available as part of individual apps for iPhones, iPads or Apple TV, buying subscriptions through Apple will allow users to watch those videos directly in Apple’s app.

They’ll also be able to download videos to watch when there isn’t an internet connection,

TUCKER from page A1 term, to six years of doing everything I can to push back on Washington. I won’t spend one minute on a reelection campaign.”

Tucker, who was born in Wilson, said he was inspired to run due to his deep disappointment with Tillis.

“I was a Tillis supporter in 2014 and thought he ran on a very solid, conservative platform. I just feel like he hasn’t lived up to that platform,” Tucker said. “I encouraged (U.S. Rep.) Mark Meadows and others to run, but nobody stepped up, so I decided to take it on.”

Tucker said his impetus for running goes deeper than Tillis’ positions on President Donald Trump’s emergency border funding, which Tillis initially opposed but ended up backing.

“The two main issues I have disagreements with him on are immigration and spending,” Tucker said.

“On immigration, he ran on a platform in 2014 of no amnesty, and barely got to Washington before he co-sponsored a bill that not only provided amnesty for the Dreamers but, where I really disagreed with him, was it provided a path to citizenship.

“On Trump’s funding, he did flip-flop back to the right side, but in the process, he indicated that he’s not very strong on immigration.”

Tucker says mass deportation is not the answer but added, “It would be a huge mistake to offer citizenship to anyone who came here illegally. The economy needs immigrants, the country needs immigrants, but we need to control

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In the U.S., prices of soybeans, targeted by Chinese tariffs last year, fell Monday to a 10-year low on fears of a protracted trade war.

In a statement, American Soybean Association President Davie Stevens, a soybean farmer from Clinton, Kentucky, expressed frustration that “the U.S. has been at the table with China 11 times now and still has not closed the deal.

What that means for soybean growers is that we’re losing. Losing a valuable market, losing stable pricing, losing an opportunity to support our families and our communities.”

Trump told reporters Monday that a new program to relieve U.S. farmers’ pain is “being devised right now” and predicted that they will be “very happy.” The administration last year handed farmers aid worth $11 billion to offset losses from trade conflicts.

Trump’s tariffs are meant to put pressure on China in trade negotiations. The two countries have held 11 rounds of talks over American allegations that China steals technology, forces foreign companies to hand over trade secrets and unfairly subsidizes its own companies in a push to challenge U.S. technological dominance.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Monday published a list of 3,805 products that could be hit for the first time with 25 percent tariffs. The wide-ranging list covers things like saw blades, tuna and door chimes. The USTR noted it excludes pharmaceuticals and rare-earth minerals used in electronics and batteries.

The agency will take public comments and hold a hearing on the proposed tariffs June 17.

In its earlier rounds of tariffs on Chinese products, the administration tried to limit the effect on American consumers by focusing on so-called intermediate goods — imported components that U.S. companies use to make finished products.

China, for its part, has punched back by imposing tariffs on $110 billion in U.S. products.

Trump on Tuesday shrugged off the tariff war. “We’re having a little squabble with China,” he said at the White House.

The Associated Press and North State Journal contributed to this report.

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In this May 13, 2019 photo, Garland Tucker is pictured in his home during an interview.

“I would say spending is the biggest issue I have disagreements with Sen. Tillis on.”

Garland Tucker who comes in.”

But spending is where Tucker says his disagreements with Tillis are strongest.

“Tillis ran in 2014 on a really good slogan of cap, cut and balance,” Tucker said. “He was going to stay within spending caps set in 2011. He was going to cut spending.

He was going to balance the budget.

“What’s happened since he’s

been up there is he’s voted four times to increase the debt ceiling.

He’s voted four times to break the spending cap. He voted against Trump when Trump proposed cutting foreign aid 30 percent. He voted against Rand Paul’s Penny Plan to balance the budget in five years. He’s just had no backbone on spending.”

Tucker says his conservative philosophy will appeal to GOP primary voters in North Carolina.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt that the base that votes in a Republican primary in North Carolina is more conservative than Thom Tillis. That’s who we’re appealing to in this primary,” he said.

Tucker also noted that Tillis’ average ratings from the three main conservative groups in D.C. — Club for Growth, Heritage Foundation and FreedomWorks — is 51 per-

something not always available through the individual apps.

One catch: Subscriptions through the new Apple TV app and individual channel apps are treated separately. So to get the download feature, users would need to cancel their existing HBO subscription and sign up again through Apple TV. Once they do that, they’ll no longer be able to watch through HBO’s own app.

The new Apple TV app will also incorporate shows and movies bought through Apple’s iTunes store and will introduce a new section with kid-friendly videos.

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“If you want a half a conservative, vote for Thom Tillis,” Tucker said. “If you want someone who will be a 90-plus percent conservative, vote for me.”

Tillis has been active on the fundraising trail and is a regular guest on national political programs. The National Republican Senate Committee backed Tillis against Tucker’s challenge from the right.

“Sen. Tillis has been a strong conservative fighter for North Carolina,” Joanna Rodriguez, press secretary of the NRSC, told The Hill. “This will prove to be nothing more than a quixotic adventure for a wealthy, out-of-touch liberal who was talked into this by a past-hisprime political consultant looking for a paycheck.”

Tucker knows he has an uphill battle, particularly when it comes to fundraising.

“There’s no questions that as an incumbent, Tillis is going to be well-funded,” he said. “He’s got access to a lot of PAC money. Our belief is, it’s probably going to take $5 or $6 million.”

Tucker says he will self-fund the start of his campaign and anticipates that the eventual GOP nominee will be well-supported.

“Whoever wins the Republican primary, whether it’s me or Tillis, will have access to all the money he needs,” Tucker said. “Our fundraising is focused totally on the primary.”

For his part, Tillis is preparing for the primary and beyond: He will be joined by Vice President Mike Pence at a Greensboro fundraiser on May 22.

NCDOT TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO U.S. 70 FROM THE U.S. 70 GOLDSBORO BYPASS TO WEST OF PONDFIELD ROAD (S.R. 2314) IN WAYNE AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES

STIP Project No. R-5829A&B The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed improvements to U.S. 70 in Wayne and Johnston Counties. The purpose of this project is to upgrade U.S. 70 to interstate standards from the U.S. 70 Goldsboro Bypass in Wayne County to west of Pondfield Road (S.R. 2314) in Johnston County. This project is one of several projects that the N.C. Department of Transportation is working on to improve the U.S. 70 Corridor, and it is intended to improve regional mobility and provide better connectivity between Raleigh and Morehead City. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at Grace Baptist Church, located at 220 Barden Street in Princeton from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The public may attend at any time during the hours mentioned above. NCDOT representatives will be available to answer questions and listen to comments regarding the project. The opportunity to submit written comments will also be provided at the meeting or via phone, email, or mail by June 5, 2019. Comments received will be taken into consideration as the project develops. Please note that no formal presentation will be made.

Project information and materials can be viewed as they become available online at: http://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings.

For additional information contact NCDOT Project Consultant, Debbie Barbour, PE, Project Engineer (Kisinger Campo) by phone: (919) 882-7839 ext. 5101 or via email at Debbie.

Barbour@kisingercampo.com; or contact Matt Clarke, PE, NCDOT Project Engineer by mail: P.O. Box 3165, Wilson NC, 27895 by phone: (252) 640-6419, or via email: wmclarke@ ncdot.gov.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Diane Wilson, Senior Public Involvement Officer, Environmental Analysis Unit via e-mail at pdwilson1@ncdot.gov or by phone (919) 707-6073 as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Persons who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.

Aquellas personas que no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494.

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Federal Judge requires ballots in Spanish in more Florida counties

By Mike Schneider The Associated Press

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In this Feb. 23, 2019, file photo, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock walks to a meeting during the National Governors Association 2019 winter meeting in Washington.

Montana Governor joins 2020 Democratic presidential race

By Bill Barrow The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Tuesday that he is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, distinguishing himself among nearly two dozen candidates as the field’s only statewide elected official to win a state that President Donald Trump carried in 2016.

The 53-year-old governor is running as a centrist Democrat who has advanced party values while navigating a Republican legislature and a GOP-leaning electorate. Bullock made his candidacy official in a video that capped months of speculation fueled by his political activity in Iowa, which hosts the nation’s first presidential caucus next February. He plans to address supporters later Tuesday in the state capital, Helena, where he grew up not far from the governor’s mansion.

“What we need to do is get the country back on track, make sure everybody has a fair shot at success,” he told The Associated Press in an interview before launching his campaign via online video. “I’ve been able to get meaningful things done that impact the people of my state. I believe they’ll be a strong reception for that.”

His immediate challenge is corral-

ling enough donors and support in the polls to qualify for the first Democratic debate in June. More broadly, as a white, Trump-state Democrat, Bullock could face an uphill battle to break through in a primary that — at least in its early days — has been defined by former Vice President Joe Biden’s dominance and the progressive energy of a diverse party base.

Bullock plans a two-tiered argument.

He pitches himself as the rare Democrat who can win over rural and small-town voters — a constituency that helped Trump flip key battleground states in 2016. “We need somebody who can win back some of these places we lost in ‘16,” Bullock said, adding that “voters want somebody that they believe can win, that will fight for them.”

Yet Bullock emphasizes that he governs with mainstream Democratic priorities. He has expanded Medicaid insurance coverage to nearly a tenth of Montana’s 1.06 million residents as part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act and embraced marriage equality for same-sex couples. He’s used executive orders to extend LGBTQ rights and protect net neutrality, and he’s vetoed gun bills backed by the National Rifle Association and measures that would

have severely limited abortion access in Montana.

Bullock joins Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper as the only state executives vying for the nomination. The Montana governor is likely among the final Democrats to join one of the biggest presidential fields in modern memory. New York Mayor Bill De Blasio is expected to announce his decision this week on whether to run for the White House. And Stacey Abrams of Georgia continues to indulge speculation that she could scramble the field with a late launch this summer or fall.

Bullock and his wife, Lisa, also a Montana native, have three children, ages 16, 14 and 12, who attend the same Helena public schools where the governor was educated. Steve Bullock graduated from Claremont McKenna College in California and Columbia Law School in New York. He spent part of his legal career in Montana state government and had stints at law firms in Washington, D.C., and New York, and his own private practice in Helena, before being elected attorney general in 2008. He won the governor’s race with 48 percent of the vote in 2012 and was re-elected with 50.2 percent of the vote the same day that Trump won 56.2 percent of presidential ballots.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge says 32 more Florida counties must provide election materials and ballots in Spanish.

An order Friday from U.S. District Judge Mark Walker expanded a temporary injunction that he granted ahead of last fall’s elections.

Under Walker’s latest order, election supervisors in the 32 counties must provide ballots in Spanish

by March 2020 when the presidential primary election is held.

Fifteen counties already do so. Walker’s order would raise the total to almost four dozen of Florida’s 67 counties.

If a county holds an election before then, elections supervisors must provide sample ballots in Spanish.

The order also says election supervisors must have a bilingual hotline to assist Spanish-speaking voters during early voting, provide information in Spanish on their website and recruit bilingual poll workers.

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A US voter casts his ballot in this March 2012 file photo.

Democratic contenders face Trump Economy in Wisconsin

By Sara Burnett The Associated Press NEW BERLIN, Wis. — Business was good at the merchandise table as Republicans meeting at a suburban Milwaukee bowling alley picked out their Trump 2020 “Keep America Great” hats, now available in pink, blue and camouflage in addition to the trademark red. Bruce Kudick, a proud Donald Trump supporter with a little extra money in his pocket these days, bought two.

The 60-year-old says he hoped to retire and move to Florida in 2014 after he sold the bar and bowling alley he owned. But health insurance got too expensive and his insurer pulled out of the individual market “because of Obamacare,” so Kudick got a job with a Wisconsin blood center setting up blood drives.

He just got a $3.75-per-hour raise — an example, he says, of how the economy is booming with a businessman in the White House.

“You can’t tell me if you walked up to anybody and asked, ‘Is your life better?’ they can say anything other than ‘yes,’” Kudick said.

The economy already is at the center of the 2020 fight for president, particularly in Midwestern states that supported Trump in 2016 and that Democrats are determined to recapture next year.

The Democrats’ challenge may be especially difficult in Wisconsin, a toss-up state that has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country.

Trump boasted of the job numbers during a rally in Green Bay last month, also noting the U.S. economy’s better-than-expected 3.2 percent growth in the first quarter. Nationally, unemployment is at 3.6 percent — a 50-year low. Wisconsin’s is 2.9 percent.

Democrats insist that Wisconsin families should still be aggrieved: that they should be seeing more of the economy’s benefits, but wealthy people and corporations are taking too much.

The Democratic group Priorities USA launched ads ahead of Trump’s visit — part of a $100 million early investment planned for Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan. The group noted Wisconsin’s average annual wage was more than $4,000 below the national average.

How people feel is the key question. In AP VoteCast, a national survey of voters in last year’s midterm election, 68 percent of Wisconsin voters rated the economy as good or excellent and about as many said their family was holding steady financially.

Rita Lock, a 54-year-old Democrat from Milwaukee, said she’s dissatisfied and was happy to see former Vice President Joe Biden get into the 2020 presidential race. She believes that former President Barack Obama, who took office during the Great Recession, deserves credit for the turnaround and that too many people still are struggling.

“People have to work two or three jobs to make ends meet.

Everything will be better when

“People didn’t always want to talk about criminal justice reform. They didn’t want to talk about immigration. ...

But when we talked about it we found out that we gained people.”

Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes a person can just work one job,” said Lock, who runs an organization that advocates for criminal justice reform.

The state’s economy is driven largely by manufacturing, health care and agriculture, with Wisconsin — known as “America’s Dairyland” — the country’s largest cheese producer.

Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes said Trump’s trade policies have contributed to falling milk prices. Mexico, Canada, Europe and China imposed retaliatory tariffs on American dairy products after Trump placed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum.

“Donald Trump has been a disaster — for our state, for our country, for our dairy farmers,” Barnes said at a Democratic gathering before Trump’s Green Bay event.

Barnes and Gov. Tony Evers defeated Republican Gov. Scott

Walker last fall in a victory that energized Wisconsin Democrats.

Barnes said he hopes their campaign can serve as a lesson for Democrats in 2020 to be bold.

“People didn’t always want to talk about criminal justice reform. They didn’t want to talk about immigration. They said ‘don’t mention it. You’re going to lose people,’” Barnes said. “But when we talked about it we found out that we gained people.”

They’ve also pressed for expanding Medicaid and spending more on education.

Democratic Party of Wisconsin leader Martha Laning said the win was aided by more than 200 grassroots teams formed across the state after Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss. Those teams, knocking on doors in both urban and rural areas, will be back in action in 2020, Laning said.

But just a few months after the 2018 midterms — when Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin also easily won reelection — a conservative Republican won a statewide seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, again prompting questions about which way the state leans politically.

Terry Dittrich, GOP chair in reliably Republican Waukesha County, west of Milwaukee, says the party may have been complacent in 2018, but not now.

“Our grassroots will be out in force,” Dittrich said. “This state is going to be a razor-thin race.”

Tight races are not unfamiliar in Wisconsin. Three of the last five presidential races have been

decided by less than 1 percent of the vote, with the exception being Obama’s wins in 2008 and 2012.

Obama picked up support in traditionally conservative areas that had lost thousands of industrial jobs, but those areas swung heavily to Trump in 2016.

Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll, said the state’s party balance has moved from 3 to 5 percentage points pro-Democratic a few years ago to a dead-even split.

He noted Trump’s favorability rating here has been in the lowto mid-40s since he became president — which is higher than before the 2016 election.

“Trump has a more unified Republican Party behind him now than he had going into November of 2016,” Franklin said. “He has a Democratic Party that’s very opposed, but they were already opposed. ... And with independents he did make some improvements.”

Franklin also said the economy is “absolutely” a plus for an incumbent who has the numbers Trump is seeing in Gross Domestic Product, earnings and unemployment.

Nik Rettinger, the 28-year-old first vice chairman of Waukesha County GOP, said he knows several people who were Trump skeptics but have come around to him in no small part because of the economy.

“We want people moving out of their parents’ basements,” he said.

“A lot of people said, ‘I don’t know if he can do it.’ Now they think: He’s done it.”

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VP Pence scheduled for NC fundraiser benefiting Tillis The Associated Press GREENSBORO — Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Thom Tillis are the featured guests at a fundraiser next week in North Carolina for both the Republican National Committee and Tillis’ re-election campaign.

An invitation obtained on Monday

by The Associated Press says the fundraising dinner will be May 22 in Greensboro. The invitation sets donation ranges from $2,800

to $35,000. Party officials issuing invitations include RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and national GOP fundraiser Louis DeJoy, who lives in Greensboro.

The joint Pence-Tillis event is organized in part by a committee composed of President Donald Trump’s committee and the RNC. It appears to signal support from the president for the first-term senator, who last week got a Republican primary opponent in retired financier Garland Tucker of Raleigh.

Rep. McGrady not seeking 6th term The Associated Press

Symbols of North Carolina include the gray squirrel (state mammal) and Virginia opposum (state marsupial) because of their ubiquity. Another, larger animal that once numbered fewer than 2,000 in North Carolina has reached statewide status — the black bear.

The state’s black bear population now exceeds 20,000 and according to wildlife biologists there have been sightings in all 100 counties. The world record for heaviest black bear was set in eastern N.C. in 1998 with a bear that weighed 880 pounds. While the black bear can be found from Murphy to Manteo, the state’s official celebration of the bear can be enjoyed in Plymouth on June 1.

HENDERSONVILLE — A veteran Republican House member known for his work on legislation addressing the environment, overhauling redistricting and easing alcoholic beverage restrictions won’t seek re-election next year.

Five-term Rep. Chuck McGrady of Henderson County announced his decision on Monday, saying it’s time to return his focus to friends and family.

Candidate filing begins in December

for his 117th House District and all 170 legislative seats.

The 66-year-old McGrady is a former practicing attorney, summer camp director and national Sierra Club president. He’s now one of the top budget-writers in the House.

McGrady has championed bills to create a nonpartisan redistricting commission and rework the state’s current Alcoholic Beverage Control system. He’s often been known as a moderating voice within the House Republican Caucus.

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Man accused of 1985 murder makes court appearance

Police find kidnapped baby Henderson County Asheville police said they have found a 7-week-old baby girl who was kidnapped by a man and a woman who were wearing ski masks. The baby was kidnapped in Biltmore Park, a mixed-use area that has retail stores.

Less than three hours later, authorities said the baby had been found safe in Henderson County. Authorities say a car believed to have been used in the abduction was also found in Henderson County. It is unclear whether investigators have made any arrests.

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Burke County A man charged with killing a Hollywood television director in 1985 has appeared in a North Carolina court. A judge ordered 52-year-old Edwin Jerry Hiatt held without bond until a June hearing. Hiatt has been charged with murder in the killing of Barry Crane, who directed episodes of 1970s TV shows including “The Incredible Hulk” and “The Six Million Dollar Man,” in Los Angeles. His death went unsolved until police matched a fingerprint from Crane’s stolen car to Hiatt last year. Hiatt said he didn’t remember what happened and was a heavy drug user at the time.

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Word of Faith member pleads guilty in fraud scheme Rutherford County A member of Spindale’s secretive Word of Faith church pleaded guilty Friday to taking part in an unemployment fraud scheme benefiting businesses with ties to the congregation. Diane McKinny appeared before a federal judge and admitted to a count of making a fraudulent claim for unemployment benefits, according to court filings. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. The online docket didn’t immediately list a date for sentencing. McKinny was the fourth person to plead guilty as part of an investigation into the scheme involving multiple businesses linked to the church.

Fifth grade teacher arrested for child porn

Probation officer fired for trading cash for freedom Durham County North Carolina probation officer Thomas Darnell Aker was fired in January over allegations that he had offenders on house arrest pay for additional time outside, saying they had to “pay to play.”

One offender told authorities Aker had him pay for extra time out of the house to work and see his family last summer.

It says an investigation found that the offender initially thought the money was going toward court fines and fees.

Aker is one of 30 state probation officers terminated over inappropriate activities since 2016.

Orange County The Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrested fifth grade teacher Stefan Winfried Anders after a monthlong investigation. Anders was charged with 15 felony counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Last month, investigators said they searched Anders’ residence and seized electronic devices and six computers, three of which belonged to the Orange County Schools.

Anders resigned after allegations arose about child pornography photos, which initially led to his suspension. The school system said no students were involved.

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Handicapped beach access to open in Kill Devil Hills

Scholarships to fund visits to original state capitol

Dare County Kill Devil Hills unveiled its first fully handicapped beach access in a grand opening and dedication ceremony on Monday. Improvements to the beach access include a wooden handicap ramp as well as several fixed position mats and roll out mats to accommodate wheelchair entry onto the beach. The new wooden ramp was built to give wheelchairs a quick and easier path from the parking lot to the beach. In addition, the town has also purchased three additional beach wheelchairs for anyone to borrow and enjoy the water line.

Craven County Almost 2,000 students will receive scholarships to take a field trip to Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina’s first permanent state capitol. Tryon Palace officials say 1,775 students at 16 Title 1 schools will receive scholarships to visit the historic site. Title I schools meet certain guidelines for the number of students who are economically disadvantaged. The Tryon Palace Foundation raised the money for the field trips with donations from individuals.

Applications to attend a field trip next year will be accepted Aug. 15 through Sept. 30.

Jackson County Former Western Carolina assistant to the chancellor Claire Collins, who died of cancer in late April, will be remembered with a scholarship for students who share her passion for the arts. The Claire Hill Collins Endowed Scholarship will provide scholarship support to students who are majoring in the fine and performing arts, with preference given to students majoring in programs in the School of Stage and Screen. Collins worked at WCU for 10 years.

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Woman arrested for burning baby’s feet

Man arrested for dismemberment Rowan County The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office arrested 19-year-old Carlos Rosas Jr. of Rockwell for allegedly dismembering a man after a drug deal went bad. Rosas is charged with murder and concealing a death. Also, 18-year-old Madison Harrington was charged with accessory after the fact to murder for what investigators say is her assistance in the concealment of the murder of 19-yearold Michael Elijah Earley.

Guilford County Police say a North Carolina woman is jailed after she was accused of burning a 2-month-old child’s feet. The Greensboro Police Department said 22-year-old Loretta Marie Ford is charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. The child suffered secondand third-degree burns on the bottom of both feet. Police provided no additional details, including the child’s relation to Ford. The incident remains under investigation.

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The Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina’s statewide school board is deciding whether to approve an online charter school’s desire to break away from the for-profit company that helped it get off the ground.

The state Board of Education on Monday is expected to vote on whether to let North Carolina Connections Academy split from education company Pearson and become a locally run

independent school.

Connections Academy and a second virtual charter managed by a different company opened in 2015. Both have received D grades for their academic performance for the past three years and are on the state’s list of “continually low-performing schools.”

The Connections Academy board wants to hire several vendors to provide the different services now offered by Pearson, which it pays $10 million per year.

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Man arrested after machete attack Brunswick County The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office arrested 43-year-old Christopher Eugene Porter of Winnabow for allegedly attacking two other men with a machete. Porter is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. According to an arrest warrant, Porter assaulted a 32-year-old man, inflicting serious injury, and assaulted a 42-year-old man.

Jacksonville gets nearly $5 million for Florence relief Onslow County Jacksonville has received almost $5 million to help with disaster relief from Hurricane Florence. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says in a news release that it is reimbursing the city for debris removal associated with the storm.

Beginning last September, Jacksonville hired contractors to remove vegetation and other debris throughout the city, and FEMA is reimbursing the cost of that debris removal.

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

Budget discipline procrastination already has had its consequences

The price of our collective national political cowardice and procrastination for the past 18 years is $15 trillion of new debt.

IN 1993, when Republican House Budget Committee staffers were searching for options to include in the GOP budget alternative “Cutting Spending First,” we opened a book called “CBO Spending and Revenue Options” to find proposals to reduce the rates of growth in federal spending over the next five years.

We found $177 billion in savings from projected baselines in Medicare and Medicaid alone. Over five years, not 10 years as is custom today. Those proposals just slowed down the rate of growth in both programs ever so slightly. They were not absolute cuts from the year before in any of the five years.

They led to balanced budgets from 1998-2001. That is all we need; a slowdown in growth in federal spending, not absolute cuts.

In Medicaid and Medicare in particular.

If Congress passed every proposal put out by CBO back then, we would be swimming in budget surpluses, not deficits. There were trillions of cumulative savings laid out back when the federal budget was only $1.4 trillion to begin with.

The most recent 2019 edition brings tears to the eyes of anyone who was serious about budget discipline 25 years ago. A cursory reading of the options to hold down the rate of growth in entitlement spending shows that most of the options in 2019 are the same as they were in 1993 simply because so few of them have been passed and implemented.

For example, there was a proposal back then to raise the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 67 to match the stairstep increase in retirement age eligibility of Social Security by 2024. We are living far longer than life expectancies were in 1935 when Social Security was passed; shouldn’t the retirement age in Medicare be raised to reflect that basic fact of life especially since Social Security has already done so?

Had it been passed into law 26 years ago, as it should have, we would be saving roughly $40 billion annually today, savings that would continue to compound far into the future.

If we had started the process back then to raise the retirement age to 70 by 2024, the annual savings in Medicare would be in excess of $100 billion today and $150 billion in 2024.

Both are still in the CBO Spending Options book as “options to consider.” Both have laid dormant for an entire generation. No elected Democrat or Republican public official has touched that third rail of American politics with a 10-foot pole.

The price of our collective national political cowardice and procrastination for the past 18 years is $15 trillion of new debt. Had substantive action been taken to reform entitlements back then, we could have seen balanced budgets every year beyond the four balanced budgets we saw from 1998 to 2001.

There is only one way to balance the budget now beyond making major programmatic changes in the major mandatory programs, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. To solve our federal budget crisis, we simply have to solve our burgeoning health care cost crisis nationwide. Inflation in federal health programs has averaged more than 6% annual growth for the past decade.

Spending in all federal health programs has to be held under 3% annual growth for us to have any chance of solving our debt crisis.

Promising “free health care for all!” as all of the Democrat presidential candidates are proposing is exactly the wrong way to go if we are serious about fiscal responsibility.

Ronald Reagan said: “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s that so much they know isn’t so.”

Based on what we have seen when it comes to federal budgeting over the past 18 years now and still counting, apparently this includes our conservative friends as well.

Sadly.

GUEST OPINION | STACEY MATTHEWS

Presidential candidates need to believe in due process instead of believing all accusers

The push has been renewed to — without question — ‘believe all women’ who step forth to accuse a man of sexually abusing them.

DURING A RECENT MILITARY hearing, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) didn’t mince words.

“The percentage of [sexual assault] cases that are ending in conviction are going down. … I am tired of the statement I get over and over from the chain of command: ‘We got this ma’am, we got this.’ You don’t have it. You’re failing us.”

Gillibrand, one of over 20 candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for president, has for years been an outspoken critic of the way the military handles accusations of sexual assault.

But in the hearing, she stepped over the line. She appeared to be upset that not every case resulted in conviction.

There are a lot of reasons why a case might not result in a conviction.

The evidence just may not be there. The alleged victim’s story may not have been found to be believable. Or it might be clear that the accuser falsified their story.

In light of the #MeToo movement, the push has been renewed to — without question — “believe all women” who step forth to accuse a man of sexually abusing them. Unlike the cases Gillibrand refers to, most of these cases have not been tried in court but instead in the court of public opinion, where the role of “due process” is quite different.

In many of these high-profile #MeToo cases, due process — which in these instances means gathering all the information you can in order to posit an informed opinion — has been nonexistent.

Take the case of Emma Sulkowicz, better known as “mattress girl.”

Though it was 2013, just a few years before the #MeToo movement took root in the American conscience, her case — like the 2006 Duke lacrosse case — would be a harbinger of things to come for accused men in the #MeToo era.

Sulkowicz, a student at Columbia University in New York, accused fellow student Paul Nungesser of rape. She took her case to both the university and the NYPD months after the alleged rape. Both investigated her allegations and found them lacking. Because she

didn’t get satisfaction, Sulkowicz began carrying a mattress around campus to symbolize the burden sexual assault victims carry, and to shame her alleged rapist into leaving the school.

In spite of there being no evidence to back up Sulkowicz’s claim, Nungesser was vilified in the court of public opinion and on the pages of major national publications like The New York Times as his accuser continued to tell her story, win feminist awards, and carry the mattress around campus — even to her graduation.

Her status as a feminist heroine grew when a U.S. senator helped amplify her message by having Sulkowicz appear with her at an April 2014 press conference on sexual assaults on campus. The same senator also tweeted her support of Sulkowicz the following month, saying she “made such a difference in helping combat sexual assault on college campuses.”

Sulkowicz was also a guest of this senator’s at the January 2015 State of the Union.

That senator was Kirsten Gillibrand.

Nungesser would later reveal to an online publication a series of Facebook and text messages he and Sulkowicz exchanged in the weeks after the alleged rape that contradicted her claims. As it turned out, the messages were very cordial, friendly and flirty. She was eager to get together with him again, and in one message she said, “I love you.”

Columbia University ultimately found him “not responsible” and would later settle a lawsuit with him for an undisclosed amount.

Gillibrand never apologized for her rush to judgment, and it’s clear from her comments at the military hearing that she continues to “believe all women” rather than in due process. This is a troubling position for any public figure to take, but especially one running for the highest office in the land.

Stacey Matthews is a veteran blogger who has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah and is a regular contributor to Red State and Legal Insurrection.

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GUEST OPINION | MIKE LONG

Parents deserve right to choose best education for their children Gov. Roy Cooper says Opportunity Scholarships are "an expense that we should stop."

The following is from Mike Long, President of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, in response to the Capitol Broadcasting Company’s editorial, “Private school vouchers to be even more open to corruption, waste."

OUR money.

Those are the words of the Capitol Broadcasting Company’s (CBC) latest attack on North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. The program currently enables more than 9,600 students from low-income and working-class families in North Carolina to attend the private school of their parents’ choice.

These families are taxpayers, too. But CBC is protecting systems and the status quo, playing politics, and demonizing educational choice.

Here is the downright disrespectful and harmful language used by CBC’s editorial board in full: “If these parents were spending their own money, (state Sen. Ben) Clark might have a case. But these parents are not spending their own money, it is OUR money, tens of millions of dollars’ worth. We not only have the right, we have the responsibility to be sure that OUR tax dollars are being spent as intended — to educate North Carolina children.”

“Our money” is nothing more than a disingenuous attempt to turn one group of people — those of us paying taxes but not using a “scary” voucher — against another group of people — those of us paying taxes who use an Opportunity Scholarship.

Even Gov. Roy Cooper says Opportunity Scholarships are “an expense that we should stop” while talking about investing more in education.

Apparently to the governor, poor and working-class families are nothing more than “an expense.”

Divide and conquer is his plan, pitting those families against the state that thinks it knows best where parents should send their kids to school.

The governor and CBC are demanding that “our money” shouldn’t be allocated to “these parents” unless the state controls every penny, regardless of the accountability requirements already in place, the positive impacts schools of choice have on their students, and the overwhelming support for the Opportunity Scholarship Program from the parents using it.

Thousands of families on the Opportunity Scholarship Program (taxpayers, mind you) dig into their own pockets every month to cover what’s left in tuition and fees after the Opportunity Scholarship

has provided them a much-needed boost. Yet, there is a real disconnect when CBC questions if “these parents were spending their own money.”

Parents are outraged by this rhetoric, including this response from an Opportunity Scholarship mom on Twitter: “Excuse me, I’m a taxpayer too and an OSP mom.

My school is accountable to me through my son’s test scores and regular updates from his teachers. Your commentary is disrespectful to families like mine.”

On the larger accountability conversation, what parents hear when the protectors of the system say “there is no way to check” or “there is no way to know” regarding accountability is that those protectors believe accountability is owed to the governor and the state — not them.

True accountability should stem first and foremost from families, who for whatever reasons felt the school they were zoned to attend was not accountable enough to the needs of their individual child.

True accountability should include test scores, which all schools use. But there is more to it than that. A recent survey (yes, our organization conducted it as families submitted their own answers) revealed that families on the scholarship overwhelmingly support it. Of the nearly 1,500 families surveyed, 97% are happy with their child’s academic progress, 99% say their child feels safe, and 97% are satisfied or very satisfied with the Opportunity Scholarship Program.

Finally, there are additional requirements of Opportunity Scholarship schools administered by the North Carolina Education Assistance Authority.

Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina is about providing families and children with the learning environment that best meets their needs, not about protecting archaic systems. We are not about dividing families and communities based on socio-economic status or ZIP code.

We stand with ALL parents and their children who simply desire the best education and school of their choice.

Mike Long is a 35-year educator with experience as a middle school teacher, an AP U.S. History teacher, a high school principal and a Head of School. Long is the president of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, a nonprofit organization that advocates for quality educational options through parental school choice.

COLUMN | MICHAEL BARONE

For Biden, on China it’s still the 1990s

More than a million manufacturing jobs in the U.S. were directly eliminated between 2000 and 2007 as a result of China’s accelerating trade penetration in the United States.”

ONCE UPON A TIME, May 1 — May Day — was a day for working-class parades in factory towns.

This year it was a day for Joe Biden to set off on his third presidential campaign in 32 years and to make news on the stump. Not in a working-class venue, but in the university town of Iowa City, now the state’s Democratic stronghold.

Biden’s claims for the presidency rest heavily on foreign policy expertise gained in eight years as vice president and 34 years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. And, unusually for a Democratic candidate this cycle, he chose to speak about China.

“China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man,” he orated. “They can’t even figure out how to deal with the fact that they have this great division between the China Sea and the mountains in the ... west. They can’t figure out how they’re going to deal with the corruption that exists within the system. ...

They’re not bad folks, folks, but guess what? They’re not competition for us.”

“This will not age well,” tweeted Sen. Mitt Romney, who surely remembers how then-President Barack Obama ridiculed him in the final 2012 presidential debate for bringing back the foreign policy of the 1980s by characterizing Russia as our “No. 1 geopolitical foe.”

It turns out Romney had a point then, and he has one now. Biden’s foreign policy views seem stuck in the 1990s. Those were optimistic times, with the Cold War won and no geopolitical foe in sight, with a surging U.S. economy complete with budget surpluses. It was “the end of history,” in scholar Francis Fukuyama’s phrase, when it seemed that something like the American-style democracy, human rights and dynamic capitalism would sweep the globe.

Including China. The mechanism to make it so was to bring China into the world trade system, a proposal supported by the Clinton administration, George W. Bush and most congressional Republicans. In 2000, permanent, normal trade relations with China passed the House 237-197 in May and the Senate 83-15 in September. Opposition came largely from labor Democrats and members like Reps. Chris Smith, Frank Wolf and Nancy Pelosi concerned about China’s human rights abuses.

The widespread assumptions were that the international trade framework would lead China to respect international norms and encourage the Chinese people to demand — and the Chinese government to advance — democracy and human rights. Increased trade, it was hoped, would produce

economic growth here, as opening trade with Japan and Mexico had seemingly done.

These assumptions weren’t crazy or irrational.

Unfortunately, they turned out to be wrong. The respected bipartisan experts of 20 years ago turned out to be wrong. Armchair critics like Donald Trump, then dismissed as cranks, turned out to be right.

China has consistently cheated on trade rules and intellectual property rights. And while increased trade with China has contributed to American economic growth, it has also cost far more American jobs than respected experts predicted.

Chinese imports as a percentage of U.S. economic output doubled within four years, Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist David Autor reported in 2016. “We would conservatively estimate that more than a million manufacturing jobs in the U.S. were directly eliminated between 2000 and 2007 as a result of China’s accelerating trade penetration in the United States,” in markets ranging from clothing to jewelry, toys to furniture, he wrote.

Hopes for democratization and human rights have also been dashed. When Congress voted on China trade, Russia had been holding free elections, and Vladimir Putin was serving his first year as president. Now his reign is scheduled to extend to the 2020s, and maybe beyond. China has become ever bolder in its suppression of human rights and any demand for anything like free elections. Chinese President Xi Jinping has even discarded the term limits imposed on his predecessors.

With economic growth slowing down, China’s leaders are evidently relying on expansionist nationalism to rally popular support. They have built and fortified islands in the South China Sea to claim sovereignty over its sea lanes and have expanded their capacity to nullify U.S. weapons systems. As former Trump Pentagon aide Elbridge Colby writes in Foreign Policy, “If the United States delays implementing a new approach, it risks losing a war to China or Russia — or backing down in a crisis because it fears it would.”

The hopes for a cooperative and peaceful China have unfortunately been dashed. But for Joe Biden, it’s evidently still the 1990s. Is this the best the Democrats can do?

Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.

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WALTER E. WILLIAMS

Higher education in America DISTINGUISHED Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University Richard Vedder’s new book, “Restoring the Promise,” published by the Independent Institute based in Oakland, Calif., is about the crisis in higher education.

He summarizes the three major problems faced by America’s colleges and universities. First, our universities “are vastly too expensive, often costing twice as much per student compared with institutions in other industrialized democracies.” Second, though there are some important exceptions, students “on average are learning relatively little, spend little time in academic preparation and in some disciplines are indoctrinated by highly subjective ideology.” Third, “there is a mismatch between student occupational expectations after graduation and labor market realities.” College graduates often find themselves employed as baristas, retail clerks and taxi drivers.

The extraordinary high college cost not only saddles students with debt, it causes them to defer activities such as getting married and starting a family, buying a home and saving for retirement.

Research done by the New York Federal Reserve Banks and the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that each dollar of federal aid to college leads to a tuition increase of 60 cents.

For the high cost of college, what do students learn? A seminal study, “Academically Adrift,” by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, after surveying 2,300 students at various colleges, argues that very little improvement in critical reasoning skills occurs in college. Adult literacy is falling among college graduates.

Large proportions of college graduates do not know simple facts, such as the halfcentury in which the Civil War occurred.

There are some exceptions to this academic incompetency, most notably in technical areas such as engineering, nursing, architecture and accounting, where colleges teach vocationally useful material.

Vedder says that student ineptitude is not surprising since they spend little time in classrooms and studying. It’s even less surprising when one considers student high school preparation. According to 2010 and 2013 NAEP test scores, only 37% of 12thgraders were proficient in reading, 25% in math, 12% in history, 20% in geography and 24% in civics.

What happens when many of these students graduate saddled with debt?

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in an October 2018 report, finds that many students are underemployed, filling jobs that can be done with a high school education. More than one-third of currently working college graduates are in jobs that do not require a degree, such as flight attendants, janitors and salesmen. In addition to this kind of resource misallocation, 40% or more college students fail to graduate in six years. It is not unreasonable to ask whether college attendance was a wise use of these students’ time and the resources of their parents and taxpayers.

Vedder has several important ideas for higher education reform. First, we should put an end to the university monopoly on certifying educational and vocational competency. Noncollege organizations could package academic courses and award degrees based upon external examinations.

Regarding financial aid, colleges should be forced to share in covering loan defaults, namely they need to have some skin in the game. More importantly, Vedder says that we should end or revise the federal student aid program.

Vedder ends “Restoring the Promise” with a number of proposals with which I agree: • College administrative staff often exceeds the teaching staff. Vedder says, “I doubt there is a major campus in America where you couldn’t eliminate very conservatively 10 percent of the administrative payroll (in dollar terms) without materially impacting academic performance.”

• Re-evaluate academic tenure. Tenure is an employment benefit that has costs, and faculty members should be forced to make tradeoffs between it and other forms of university compensation.

• Colleges of education, with their overall poor academic quality, are an embarrassment on most campuses and should be eliminated.

• End speech codes on college campuses by using the University of Chicago Principles on free speech.

• Require a core curriculum that incorporates civic and cultural literacy.

• The most important measure of academic reforms is to make university governing boards independent and meaningful. In my opinion, most academic governing boards are little more than yes men for the president and provost.

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

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NATION & WORLD North Korea demands return of cargo ship seized by US The Associated Press

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In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 file photo, British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of an EU summit in Brussels.

UK Brexit talks stagger on but parties remain far apart

By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON — Brexit talks between Britain’s Conservative government and the main opposition Labour Party resumed Monday with little sign of progress, as the two parties remained far apart on terms of the U.K.’s departure from the European Union.

Senior Conservative and Labour officials have been meeting for weeks in an attempt to find a compromise Brexit deal that can win majority support in Parliament.

Labour Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer told Monday’s Guardian newspaper his party would only support a deal if was put to a referendum vote.

Starmer said that as many as 150 of Labour’s 246 lawmakers “would not back a deal if it hasn’t got a confirmatory vote.”

Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected a new referendum, saying voters made their decision in 2016 when they narrowly opted to leave the EU. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was “a crunch week” for the talks.

He said the Conservative Party believed a new referendum “would be a betrayal of what people voted for, and we want to implement the first referendum. But let’s see where these talks go to.”

If the cross-party talks fail, the government says it will give Parliament votes on a series of Brexit options in an attempt to see if any has majority support.

Previous “indicative votes” failed to find agreement on any way forward.

The U.K.’s departure from the EU, long set for March 29, has been delayed until Oct. 31 while Britain’s politicians try to break the deadlock.

Anger at the Brexit morass is fueling support for smaller parties ahead of a European Parliament election next week. The newly formed Brexit Party, led by former U.K. Independence Party head Nigel Farage, is leading opinion polls for the May 23 contest and could take the largest share of Britain’s 73 seats in the EU legislature.

The pro-EU Liberal Democrats have also seen their popularity surge as voters turn their frustration on the two big parties.

Conservative lawmaker Huw Merriman said his party faced “an absolute mauling” in the European election.

He told the BBC that pro-EU voters will “blame us for having tried to take us out” of the bloc.

“And for those that voted to leave, they’ll blame us for having not got the country out of the EU,” he said. “We’re at the perfect storm.”

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Tuesday called the U.S. seizure of a North Korean cargo ship involved in banned coal exports a “robbery” and demanded that the vessel be returned immediately.

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency, or KCNA, carried a statement by an unnamed foreign ministry spokesman who accused the United States of betraying the spirit of a summit agreement last June between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.

Kim and Trump agreed then to a vague statement calling for a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and improved bilateral ties, but a second meeting between the leaders collapsed in February over mismatched demands in sanctions relief and disarmament.

The seizure of the cargo ship, which was announced last week, came at a delicate moment in U.S.-North Korean ties, with North Korea resuming weapons

“And for those that voted to leave, they’ll blame us for having not got the country out of the EU. ... We’re at the perfect storm.”

A measles vaccination is administered Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Pittsburgh.

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US measles cases still climbing, topping 800 for year The Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. health officials say this year’s count of measles cases has surpassed 800, a growing tally that is already the nation’s highest in 25 years.

A total of 839 cases were reported as of last week. That’s the most since 1994, when 963 were reported for the entire year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the

European Union elections begin next week

By Lorne Cook The Associated Press BRUSSELS — About 400 million Europeans from 28 countries will head to the polls May 23-26 to choose lawmakers to represent them at the European Parliament for the next five years. Here’s a look at that massive exercise in democracy, a multi-national ballot by the European Union’s only democratically elected institution.

Europe’s voting marathon kicks off on May 23 in the Netherlands and in Britain — if, as seems likely, the U.K. is still an EU member by then. Voters in Ireland turn out the following day. Those in the Czech Republic, Latvia, Malta and Slovakia vote on May 25 and the remaining 21 EU nations cast their ballots on May 26.

Voters in each EU nation choose some of the 751 lawmakers in the European Parliament, which sits in both Brussels and Strasbourg, France. (This number would be reduced to 705 seats should Britain approve its Brexit divorce deal before the elections start).

Seats in the European Parliament are doled out proportionally based on a nation’s population.

Cyprus, Luxembourg and Mal-

ta have the fewest seats with six each, while the EU’s most populous member, Germany, has 96 seats.

The results from every nation will be released on May 26 after the last polling station in the continent is closed.

The assembly’s powers are slowly growing. It’s helped to improve air flight safety in Europe, cut down plastics use, end mobile telephone roaming charges within the bloc, boost data privacy, set climate change ambitions and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from cars.

The assembly also has a say in treaties ranging from trade talks to Brexit.

The EU’s powerful executive arm, the European Commission, proposes laws while EU lawmakers amend and negotiate their content with national governments, which are the real font of European power and are represented by the EU Council.

Often, the big impact of these EU elections is on the domestic politics of individual EU nations, like support in Britain for the anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party in 2014 or the massive gains in France by Marine Le Pen’s far-

tests that seem meant to force the United States to ease sanctions.

“The U.N. Security Council resolutions the United States mentioned as one of the reasons for robbing our trade vessel equate to a violent infringement of the sovereignty of our country and we have been entirely rejecting them,” the KCNA statement said. “The United States should carefully consider what kind of consequences their daylight robbery could bring to the political situation and should send back our vessel without hesitation.”

Before the United States seized the cargo ship, the 177-meter (581-foot) vessel, named the Wise Honest, had first been detained

by Indonesia in April 2018 while transporting a large amount of coal. It was brought Saturday to American Samoa, where it will undergo inspections.

North Korea is banned from exporting coal under U.N. sanctions toughened in 2017 to punish increasingly powerful weapons tests that year. Experts believe coal and other mineral exports help finance the North’s weapons industry.

right National Front party, which has now rebranded as the National Rally. The polls are often used by disgruntled citizens to cast protest votes against their own national governments.

There are no “European citizens” as such, so voters tend to respond to national interests.

How Europe handles migration is a very significant concern for voters in Italy, Hungary, Poland and elsewhere. Economic concerns often influence voters, and Britain’s future in the EU looks like being a factor again.

An EU survey of public sentiment in April found that voters were most concerned about the economy, unemployment, immigration, the environment and climate change, terrorism and promoting human rights, democracy and social welfare.

The most recent projections from April 18 suggest that the center-right European People’s Party will remain the biggest bloc in the European Parliament with an estimated 180 seats, dropping from 217 seats in 2014.

The center-left Socialists and Democrats group is also expected to lose ground, sliding from 186 seats to 149.

Among other mainstream parties, the liberal ALDE alliance is expected to capture 76 seats, eight more than in 2014, while the Greens could rank fourth with some 57 seats, up from 52. However, the liberals now appear set to create a new group with French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party.

As for the far-right and nationalists, the Europe of Nations and Freedom group, which combines parties like Italy’s League, Britain’s UKIP and France’s far-right National Rally, is predicted to win 62 seats, compared to 37 currently.

New parties such the Brexit Party in Britain are listed as “other” in a mixed bunch that is forecast to expand from 21 seats to 62.

Europe’s mainstream political groups appear set to hold control over the assembly but, depending on the results, they could be pressured into uncomfortable compromises or awkward alliances in order to pass EU legislation.

Populist and nationalist parties have found rising support in national elections in many EU countries, but their pan-European impact would depend on whether they can form a strong political

latest numbers Monday.

In all, 23 states have reported cases this year. The vast majority of illnesses have been in New York — most of them among unvaccinated people in Orthodox Jewish communities.

That pattern continued last week, with most of the 75 new cases coming from New York.

Measles was once common in the U.S. but gradually became rare after vaccination campaigns that started in the 1960s.

group in Brussels. That certainly is their goal. Italy’s hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini, head of the League party, is trying to put together a populist group of national parties that he says aims to fundamentally shake up EU politics.

Forming such a group is not easy — 25 lawmakers are required, with at least one-quarter of the EU’s 28 nations represented — but it’s important because it opens up valuable access to EU funds and political influence.

Beginning on May 27, the newly elected EU lawmakers will begin haggling to form parliamentary groups.

The present European Parliament’s term ends July 1 and the new parliament will take their seats in Strasbourg the following day. At the first plenary on July 2, they will elect the president, 14 vice presidents and five other senior officials in the House, as well as decide on the number and composition of parliamentary committees.

EU leaders meet on May 28 to choose candidates for the bloc’s top jobs. Between July and October, the assembly is called on to endorse those candidates, notably the new president of the European Commission. Parliamentary hearings will then begin to confirm EU commissioners in charge of specific policies.

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Patty Moore (second from left), an amateur from Pinehurst who qualified for the U.S. Senior Women’s Open in a sectional qualifier, is part of the 120-player field at this week’s tournament at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club.

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Former UNC RB Brown headed to Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. North Carolina running back Jordon Brown is heading to Kansas State, where he will be eligible to play for new coach Chris Klieman immediately as a graduate transfer, Brown announced last week. The former four-star recruit ran for 613 yards and four touchdowns as a sophomore, but his playing time decreased last year.

Brown would have been part of a crowded backfield in Chapel Hill along with Michael Carter and Antonio Williams, so he elected to transfer for his final year. Brown will be competing with four freshmen and Ball State transfer James Gilbert for the starting job when fall camp begins.

Orange Bowl switched from Jan. 1 to Dec. 30 Miami This season’s Orange Bowl is moving to Dec. 30, with a prime-time kickoff, after originally being scheduled to be played the afternoon of New Year’s Day. The Orange Bowl has traditionally been played at night, but the earlier kickoff was initially planned when it became part of the six-bowl rotation that hosts the College Football Playoff. The Orange Bowl will not be hosting a national semifinal this season and has a tie-in to the ACC.

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White Sox say Rodón out for season Chicago Former NC State pitcher Carlos Rodón will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the rest of the season, the Chicago White Sox announced Monday. Rodón is scheduled for surgery to replace the ligament in his left elbow Wednesday in Los Angeles. The left-hander started on opening day and made six more appearances before he was placed on the injured list on May 2 with elbow inflammation. General manager Rick Hahn said Rodón should be able to return in the second half of the 2020 season. Rodón was selected by Chicago with the No. 3 pick in the 2014 amateur draft.

Golf legends come to North Carolina for second annual event

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Duke’s Zion Williamson, who is expected to be the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, will meet with teams during this week’s NBA Combine in Chicago but will not work out.

tional notoriety of his teammates, but his game is considered to be tailor-made for the NBA. Many teams, including the Knicks, are supposedly very intrigued by Reddish, who will likely be busy with interviews this week.

Coby White, UNC: The leading scorer for the Tar Heels is going the one-and-done route. He’s expected to go early in the first round, with many mocks slotting him in the top 10. The measurements will likely be interesting for NBA teams, as White’s slim build might concern them.

Nassir Little, UNC: Another one-and-done for Roy Williams.

Little, like Reddish, didn’t have the same immediate impact as the other freshmen on both teams, but, also like Reddish, his game appears suited for the pros. Little is projected to be picked just behind White, on the fringes of the top 10.

Cameron Johnson, UNC: The only four-year player from the state — and, in fact, the only local player with more than one year of college experience — to get an invite to the Combine, the graduate transfer from Pitt is trending up and is believed to be a first-round candidate. He’ll get the chance to show off his skills during the scrimmages.

Jaylen Hoard, Wake Forest: The one-and-done freshman announced in late April that he was remaining in the draft, a bit of a surprise to some scouts who questioned his readiness. His potential could capture the fancy of a team with a late pick, or Hoard, a former French national team player, could spend time overseas.

SOUTHERN PINES — The scene on and around the practice green at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club on Monday resembled that of a class reunion rather than the preparation for a major championship.

There were almost as many smiles and hugs as putting strokes, as old friends and rivals reconnected and relived their past glory in advance of this week’s U.S. Senior Women’s Open.

The newly sanctioned event has given players over the age of 50 an opportunity to get back out on the course and be competitive again.

Just don’t be fooled by the early week camaraderie.

It will be just like old times once the tournament begins on Thursday and the competitive juices start flowing again. Or, as three-time U.S. Women’s Open champion Hollis Stacy said, “That’s when the smiles come off.”

Stacy is one of eight former Open winners in the 120-player field. The others are Laura Davies, who won last year’s inaugural senior event in Chicago by a whopping 10 strokes, Amy Alcott, Jane Geddes, Juli Inkster, Liselotte Neumann, Jan Stephenson and Hall of Famer JoAnne Carner, still going strong at 80.

While some those legends and their contemporaries remain active on the LPGA’s Legends Tour, which features a limited five-tournament schedule, an even greater number has used the USGA’s establishment of a senior women’s championship to return to competitive golf for the first time in years.

It’s an addition that was overdue, considering that the men have been playing a Senior Open since 1980.

“We waited for a few years to get it,” said High Point native and North Carolina graduate Cathy Johnston-Forbes, whose only professional win was a major — the 1990 du Maurier Classic. “But it was well worth the wait.

“I never thought I’d have the opportunity to have a big event like this to play in again, where my family and friends could come watch. It’s so exciting.”

This year’s event is doubly special because of the venue at which it is being held. Pine Needles has become synonymous with women’s golf at the highest level, largely because of the influence of its late owner, Peggy Kirk Bell.

A championship-caliber player in her own right who bought the resort with her husband Warren in 1954, Bell’s efforts were instrumental in bringing three U.S. Women’s Opens to the Donald Ross-designed course with a fourth scheduled to return in 2022.

Although she died in 2016 at the age of 95, her presence still looms large throughout the lush resort.

“You can still picture her watching over everything,” said Neumann, the 1989 Women’s Open winner. “She is the reason we are all here.”

This week’s event was already going to be an unofficial tribute to Bell’s contributions to the

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NBA hopefuls prepare for draft at Chicago Combine All eyes will be on Duke’s Big Three, while other N.C. players look to make an impression before next month’s draft

By Shawn Krest North State Journal THE NBA DRAFT Combine begins Wednesday in Chicago, with interviews and player testing. Later in the week, NBA hopefuls will participate in drills and scrimmages, hoping to impress pro scouts prior to next month’s draft.

Several players with North Carolina ties will be in Chicago, hoping to improve their draft stock this week. Here’s a look at who to watch as NBA Draft season kicks into high gear.

Zion Williamson, Duke: It’s doubtful that the one-and-done superstar for the Blue Devils participates in much on-court activity in Chicago, but Williamson will be in attendance to meet with teams.

The biggest moment of the week came Tuesday night (after press time), when the Draft Lottery was held, and the team awarded the first pick turned its sights to the Duke power forward.

RJ Barrett, Duke: The leading scorer for the Blue Devils, ahead of Williamson, is expected to be chosen soon after his teammate. Barrett could give Duke the first and second picks in the draft and isn’t expected to go any lower than No. 3. It’s unknown whether he’ll participate in any on-court activities.

Cam Reddish, Duke: The third of Duke’s one-and-dones this season, Reddish didn’t earn the na-

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EJ Manual: The Chiefs quarterback, who was signed this offseason to compete for a backup job, has decided to retire after four seasons with Buffalo and one season with Oakland. Manuel was the 16th overall pick of the Bills in the 2013 draft out of Florida State, going 6-11 while struggling to live up to expectations. He’d been Derek Carr’s backup the past two seasons with the Raiders.

Silver King: The well-known Mexican wrestler who co-starred in the film comedy “Nacho Libre” died in London after he collapsed during a match that a witness described as so elaborately staged it wasn’t immediately clear something seriously was wrong.

Cesar Cuauhtemoc Gonzalez Barron, the 51-year-old who wrestled with the ring name Silver King, was one of the featured wrestlers of “The Greatest Show of Lucha Libre” on Saturday night. The promotion company said in a statement the lucha libre star “suffered what we believe was a cardiac arrest.”

Kristaps Porzingis: The Dallas Mavericks star was involved in an altercation at a nightclub in his native Latvia, the team revealed. After video showed the 7-foot-3 forward with a bloody forehead, the Mavericks said Porzingis was assaulted outside of a club. Video of the aftermath of the incident obtained

by TMZ showed an agitated Porzingis in a torn shirt, pushing someone out of the way and approaching a group of men before several people stopped him and urged him to calm down.

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Prosecutors cannot use secretly recorded video allegedly showing New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft engaging in massage parlor sex, a judge ruled Monday, striking a serious blow to their case against him and others charged with soliciting prostitutes at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa. Judge Leonard Hanser also ruled that detectives cannot testify about what they saw on the video or when they stopped Kraft.

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Dell Curry on whether he’ll be wearing Trail Blazers or Warriors gear in support of sons Seth or Stephen, who will play against each other in the NBA’s Western Conference Finals.

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“You try to be the best you can and sometimes it ain’t damn good enough.”

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace on his struggles in the Cup Series.

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$120M $120M — In tax breaks offered to the Carolina Panthers by the state of South Carolina if the Charlotte-based NFL team uses the money to build its practice facilities and headquarters about 30 miles south to Rock Hill, S.C. The Panthers would continue to play their games at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.

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The Cavaliers ended a monthlong coaching search Monday by hiring John Beilein, a 66-year-old offensive mastermind who made Michigan a perennial powerhouse. Beilein got a five-year deal with Cleveland, which believes he can make the successful leap from the Big Ten.

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NASCAR will stop the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway after the second stage for a 30-second moment of remembrance. Charlotte officials also made the gesture in 2009, pictured above, when the 600 was run on Memorial Day because of rain the previous day.

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Former Durham Bulls pitcher Edwin Jackson is on the verge of pitching for his 14th team after the right-hander was traded from Oakland to Toronto. He is expected to start for the Blue Jays this week, in which case he would set a record by pitching for the most teams. The 35-year-old Jackson pitched for the Bulls in 2006.

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Quinton McCracken, a North Carolina native who played collegiately at Duke, is now coaching first base for the Durham Bulls after a long professional career.

Bulls coach McCracken returns to familiar turf Former Duke two-sport star and major leaguer is back in Durham

By Shawn Krest North State Journal DURHAM — The Durham Bulls have a familiar face on the coaching staff this season.

Hitting batting practice grounders with a fungo bat and patrolling the first-base coaching box during games is former Bulls player Quinton McCracken.

McCracken played 85 games for the 2000 International League South Division champion Bulls, scoring 54 runs and stealing 13 bases.

At the time, McCracken was a 29-year-old veteran of six Major League seasons. Two years before, he’d been the first batter in Tampa Bay history. Still, his time with the Bulls had an impact on him.

“It feels great to be back,” he said. “The place has changed over

the last few years, but it’s great to be back. It’s familiar territory, a familiar stadium, same franchise affiliate. It’s good to be back on home turf.”

While the Bulls’ first Governors’ Cup (awarded to the International League champion) wouldn’t come until 2002, McCracken was part of the franchise’s third straight divisional title, helping to establish a tradition of dominance in the I.L. South that has continued to this day. McCracken is part of a new coaching staff, one hoping to continue the team’s string of two straight Governors’ Cups.

“The Bulls are one of the truly historic franchises in minor league baseball,” he said. “To be part of it as a player and then to come back and be part of it as a coach is truly something. We’ve come back full circle.”

While he was only a Bull for part of one season, McCracken’s roots to the area are much older and stretch much deeper.

McCracken went to Duke, fol-

lowing a high school career at South Brunswick that earned him a spot in the Greater Wilmington Sports Hall of Fame. He was a twoway player for South Brunswick’s football team, starting at safety and running back. He also started at point guard for the basketball team, and he led the baseball team to a 29-0 record and No. 5 national ranking his senior year. Plus he ran track in his spare time.

With Duke, McCracken limited himself to two sports. He played safety on the football team, returning 54 kicks for 1,230 yards, including a touchdown his freshman year.

He also had five interceptions on defense.

The diamond was where McCracken truly excelled at Duke, however. He finished his Blue Devils’ career with the school’s baseball career records for triples (22) and stolen bases (98). A 1992 All-American, two-time All-ACC player and one of three Duke players named to the ACC 50th Anniversary team, McCracken led the Blue Devils in

hits and steals all four years of his career.

“This is home,” he said. “This is the foundation for me. I was here from 1988 to 1992, I graduated in ’92. For D.U., this is home. This is where it all began. It’s good to come back home. The territory and people are familiar. We’re just excited.

My family’s excited to be a part of it.”

McCracken earned two degrees at Duke, in political science and history. He has yet to use them, however, since a baseball life followed soon after graduation.

Chosen in the 25th round of the 1992 draft by the expansion Colorado Rockies, he made it to the majors in just over three years, debuting in September 1995 with the Rockies.

After spending three seasons in Colorado, McCracken found himself with another brand new organization, as he was chosen by the Tampa Bay Rays in the expansion draft. McCracken would go on to play 16 seasons as a professional, including 12 in MLB with the Twins,

Boo Corrigan takes reins as AD at NC State The Wolfpack’s new athletic director replaced the retired Debbie Yow

“Everyone is willing to give me what they have. That’s the most important thing.”

Boo Corrigan, NC State athletic director

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal RALEIGH — Boo Corrigan became NC State’s new athletic director on May 1. It was an occasion that might have gone completely unnoticed had it not been for the heartfelt farewell message his predecessor Debbie Yow posted on social media a day earlier.

The transition was so seamless that the most stressful moment Corrigan has faced since taking over came two weekends ago was when he was asked to pinch hit for his father and namesake, former ACC commissioner Gene Corrigan Sr., at his induction into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

“I’m just trying not to screw up his legacy,” the younger Corrigan said. “That’s all I’m doing.”

He was joking, of course.

The 52-year-old is already respected as an effective sports administrator after a successful tenure at Army. At the same time, he’s taking a similar approach to Yow’s legacy at State as he is with that of his dad.

Unlike Yow, whose mantra upon taking the State job in 2010 was “refuse to accept the status quo,” Corrigan’s task with the Wolfpack is doing what he can to ensure that things continue running as smoothly as they are now.

That doesn’t mean the job is going to be easy.

“It’s been like drinking from a fire hose,” the new AD said of his whirlwind first two weeks on the job. “But there are so many great people here — the coaches, the administrators, Chancellor (Randy) Woodson and a fanbase that is so dedicated to NC State. Just walk-

Diamondbacks, Mariners and Reds following his Rays tenure.

Since then, he’s worked in a variety of front office jobs for the Houston Astros, Miami Marlins and Arizona Diamondbacks.

His job with the Bulls will be his first return to the field since his playing career ended in 2007. It seems an ideal way to return to the majors, as several of his recent predecessors on the Durham coaching staff, including hitting coach Ozzie Timmons, pitching coach Kyle Snyder and manager Jared Sandberg, have all found their way into the big leagues.

For now, however, McCracken is happy to be toiling in the minors, on familiar turf.

“We’re excited with the players we have here,” he said. “We’ll be helping them develop their careers and help them get up to Tampa Bay to help us win some big-league games at the top for the Rays. And hopefully, we’ll win a few games down here for the Bulls and continue that winning tradition.”

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NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan spoke at the induction of his father, former ACC commissioner Gene Corrigan Sr., into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. ing around campus and seeing all the red and the pride people have in that it makes you proud to be part of it.”

There’s plenty for which to be proud these days.

In addition to stable situations in football and both men’s and women’s basketball, the Wolfpack boasts national contenders in several Olympic sports, includ-

ing wrestling and swimming. Currently, its baseball team is ranked 17th at 39-14, its women’s tennis team is in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever, and its men’s golf team is playing in an NCAA regional in Palo Alto, Calif.

Because of that success, Corrigan has spent most of his time on campus getting to know his staff

and surroundings rather than contemplating any major changes that need to be instituted.

“God gave you two ears and one mouth for a reason,” he said. “You kind of do more listening than anything else, trying to understand what the environment is and what the whole thing is about. Everyone is willing to give me what they have. That’s the most import-

ant thing.”

Of those whose advice Corrigan has sought since his hiring was announced on Jan. 30, no one has been more helpful than Yow. “You’d be silly in this process not to” tap into her experience and knowledge, Corrigan said.

At the same time, he tried his best to stay out her way during the final few weeks before their transition so that his predecessor could have the stage to herself for a well-deserved victory lap.

“She had such a great career, what I really wanted was to her to be able to enjoy her last couple of weeks instead of worrying about anything else,” Corrigan said. “I wanted her to be able to take a bow on the way out.”

As appreciative as Corrigan is of the job Yow did at State and as focused as he is on continuing her success, he said he plans to be his own man when it comes to his leadership style.

It’s a philosophy he said he learned from his Hall of Fame father, who in addition to running the ACC for a decade from 198797 served as athletic director at Washington & Lee, Virginia and Notre Dame.

“He had such a great career in everything he accomplished,” Corrigan said of his dad. “Part of what made him special is that he never took himself too seriously. He had big jobs, but he never took them too seriously. That’s something all seven (of his children) have learned from. All you can do is be who you are and that’s what he taught us all.”

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Bowman on run of 2nd-place finishes in Cup Series Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s successor in the Hendrick No. 88 was runner-up for the third straight race

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Hamilton, a Juliana potbelly pig, resides in Raleigh with Kyle Eckenrode, right, and fiancee Karoline Briggs; Australian shepherd Zé and eight chickens.

Pig named Hamilton bringing Hurricanes playoff luck Carolina hoping to rebound at home with the help of their lucky swine

By Joedy McCreary The Associated Press RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes have been rolling at home ever since their newly acquired grunter named Hamilton started hogging the corner.

Not defenseman Dougie Hamilton — Hamilton the pig.

The 90-pound Juliana potbelly who catches games from behind the boards in a personalized wagon has shown plenty of chops during his three-week run as the team’s unofficial good-luck charm.

In the land of pulled pork barbecue, this pig pulls for the Hurricanes.

“He’s like this little internet sensation that caught on,” said his owner, Raleigh real estate broker Kyle Eckenrode. “People just love it when we bring him out. It’s really crazy to watch it all unfold.”

The Hurricanes can’t argue with the results: Ever since Hamilton began hanging out in the area behind PNC Arena’s corner boards — right along the players’ path from the dressing room to the ice — earlier this postseason, they haven’t lost with their prized pig in the building.

“I guess I’d never seen anything like it,” well-traveled goalie Curtis McElhinney said.

On a whim, Eckenrode brought Hamilton — whose name is a play on “ham” — to the parking lot for Game 3 of the first-round series against Washington. He became so popular that the team invited him into the arena for the Game 6 victory over the Capitals,

OPEN from page B1 game. But because of the timing, it has taken on even greater significance. Bell will be inducted this summer as a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019.

“Most of these players are the ones that played here in the Opens when Mrs. Bell was still alive, so for them it’s a chance to come back and honor her memory,” said Donna Andrews, who in addition to being a former touring pro with six LPGA wins to her credit, is also on staff at Pine Needles as its lead golf instructor.

“You’ll hear a lot of players talking about her and all that she’s done for women’s golf.”

Among them is 1983 Women’s Open winner and fellow soonto-be Hall of Famer Stephenson, who said she might not be playing this week if not for the connection with Bell.

“I hurt my hip about a month ago and I haven’t been playing,” she said. “I wanted to come here because of Peggy, and I was afraid I wasn’t going to be able to. Both her and I are getting inducted into the Hall of Fame at the same time, so it’s really special. Peggy was such a gracious host every time we came here.”

Stephenson, who in her prime was known as much for her looks as her playing ability, is 67 now and more involved in other interests — including her own line of

as well as Carolina’s two home games in the second-round series with the Islanders.

And Hamilton was set to be back in his customary spot for Tuesday’s Game 2 amid hopes the Hurricanes can rally from two games down in the best-ofseven series.

He will make his rounds at the pregame tailgate parties that became a signature of this region during the team’s run to the Stanley Cup in 2006. He’ll fill up countless Instagram feeds while posing for photos with dozens of fans — many of whom no doubt will wear the T-shirts that carry Don Cherry’s “Bunch of Jerks” insult-turned-rallying cry.

It’s all come together in a phenomenon that’s uniquely North Carolinian.

Let the Detroit Red Wings have their octopi, and the Nashville Predators their catfish.

The Hurricanes have this.

“It’s been a lot of fun so far, and I think the biggest thing is, you see the city’s kind of come together and the fans, and everyone’s been so involved and that makes a lot of fun too,” said Hamilton — the player, not the pig. “Just seeing what we’re doing for the whole city and kind of everyone’s coming together to share it.”

Well, maybe not everyone — at least, not Cherry.

The curmudgeonly commentator earlier this season called the Hurricanes “a bunch of jerks” for their choreographed Storm Surge celebrations on the ice after regular-season home victories. After Carolina’s marketing department started selling $32 shirts with the three-word jab in the team store, he doubled down on the criticism. He called Carolina fans “front-running” and argued the players “know it’s the

wrong thing to do or else they’d do it in the playoffs.”

So, naturally, the Hurricanes quickly announced plans to sell more shirts with “front-running” written in script over the “Bunch of Jerks” phrase.

“It fuels our fan base, it fuels us,” defenseman Brett Pesce said.

“So in a way, I kind of want to say he’s helping us.”

Not that they needed much of it during the first two rounds.

They won four of the final five games to oust the Capitals — advancing on Brock McGinn’s double-overtime goal in Game 7 — before sweeping the Islanders in the second round.

Fans in this nontraditional market have responded. Carolina has drawn the two largest home crowds in club history during this playoff run, bringing in 19,202 for Game 4 against Washington and topping that with 19,495 people — and one pig — in the series clincher against the Islanders.

“I think they just want to see us have success, and as long as we’re winning, they’re going to show up,” McElhinney said.

“Lately, we’ve been doing that, the second half of the year here, we’ve been pretty good and they keep coming out. So I don’t know, as long as we’re winning, they’re all in on it. They’re loud in there and they’re having fun and we’re having fun.”

wines and rum — than golf.

But that’s a common theme among the over-50 players in the field at Pine Needles.

Whiteville native Maggie Will runs an online golf tournament search and schedule-building site for junior players, and Elaine Crosby is the president of a Catholic school in Michigan. Kelley Nittoli, meanwhile, is an assistant women’s golf coach at Conference USA champion Texas-San Antonio. Immediately after a practice session on the putting green Monday, Andrews packed up her bag and left to attend her son’s baseball game.

Those diverse pursuits have made for a much different atmo-

sphere around the course than the one that existed when they were all in their prime.

“There’s so much going on when you’re playing every week that you don’t really get to enjoy things like you should. But since we don’t see each other that much anymore, I think we really do savor it now,” Stephenson said.

“This is a reunion for us,” Andrews added. “I was talking to (fellow player) Jane Crafter that we all needed to write a little bio so that we know what everybody is doing now. It’s a chance to see everybody again, get together, play and have fun.”

At least until the smiles come off on Thursday.

“People just love it when we bring him out.”

Kyle Eckenrode, Hamilton’s owner

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Pine Needles, the site of this week’s U.S. Senior Women’s Open, has previously hosted three U.S. Women’s Opens.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Alex Bowman quite literally had his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in his sights, ticking off the laps in his No. 88 Chevrolet at the front of the pack at Kansas Speedway.

Too bad Brad Keselowski was in his rearview mirror.

The 26-year-old Bowman was passed by the former series champion with seven laps to go, then had nothing left for Keselowski during a green-white-checkered finish Saturday night. That left Bowman to rue his third consecutive second-place finish, the best yet most disappointing stretch of his young career.

“Wish we were standing here with three wins in a row and things could have gone different and that could be the case,” Bowman said afterward, “but we’ll keep digging next week.”

Hendrick Motorsports bet big on Bowman when it chose him to replace the hugely popular Dale Earnhardt Jr. upon Earnhardt’s retirement. Bowman had done well filling in for Earnhardt while he was sidelined by concussions, so his relatively modest success in the Xfinity Series didn’t give anyone pause.

Stardom seemed all but certain when he qualified on the pole for last year’s Daytona 500.

But starting first and finishing first are two entirely different things, and the latter has been hard to achieve. Bowman has made 129 career starts in NASCAR’s top series and has finished at least one time in every position but the one that matters the most.

“You finish second three weeks in a row, you’re going to win a race,” said Keselowski, who knows something about working one’s way through the ranks. “He’s got a lot to be proud of. He’s doing all the right things. They have the speed and all those things, and that’s certainly impressive.”

If nothing else, the near-misses the past few weeks have been valuable learning opportunities.

Bowman had the dominant car for long stretches on Saturday night, leading three times for 63 laps and often pulling away from the field. But the track changed considerably as the night wore on and the temperatures cooled, and Keselowski and third-place finisher Erik Jones slowly made up

ground.

Bowman was racing side by side with Hendrick teammate Chase Elliott with 22 laps to go when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. swung by and passed both of them. Bowman showed his confidence and mettle by passing him back to take second, and Stenhouse quickly fell off the pace of the leaders.

Bowman was still leading when Keselowski pulled even with seven laps to go. And when the two of them hit lapped traffic, it was the more experienced Keselowski who knifed his way to the front.

“Just made some bad decision and never really should have given the 2 car a chance at it,” Bowman said. “Just made some bad calls there through lap traffic and got tied off, had to lift, and then the 2 car was able to drive around us.”

From behind the windshield, Keselowski didn’t see Bowman make any big mistakes.

“I had a little run in Turn 1, he moved down to cover it and when he did he was just slightly out of balance and I was able to pounce,” he said. “It feels a little like watching a football game and watching a corner versus wide receiver and watching them work each other.

Just trying to get him off of balance and cut and go the other direction and get away from him, and that’s what we were able to do.”

It was nevertheless a strong run not only for Bowman but all of Hendrick Motorsports, which has struggled to reach victory lane this season. Elliott has the team’s last four victories going back 30 races, including its only win this season at Talladega.

He wound up fourth despite all kinds of trouble — Elliott’s car twice failed inspection Saturday, resulting in the loss of his car chief and forcing him to start from the back. Jimmie Johnson managed to finish sixth despite never challenging for the top five until the final few laps.

“It’s great to be racing a teammate for the lead. I think that’s signs of progress,” Elliott said of his side-by-side session with Bowman down the stretch. “Hate to give it away to somebody else, he and I were pacing it there at the end. But it happens. We’ll just work harder.”

That was the same sentiment that Bowman offered after another second-place run.

“Really proud of everybody at Hendrick Motorsports. Our race cars are so much better than what we started the year with,” he said.

“Keep digging next week and try to get in the All-Star race, go win the All-Star and then go try to win the 600.”

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Alex Bowman, pictured during the NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega on April 28, has three straight second-place finishes.

COMBINE from page B1 Jalen Lecque, Brewster Acad­ emy: The NC State high school recruit spent a fifth-prep year at the New Hampshire private school, making him eligible to go one-anddone in the draft. By all reports, he has not yet hired an agent, leaving open the option of heading to Raleigh for college, but the Pack appears to have filled his roster spot with grad transfers. He’ll be looking to move up from his second-round projection at the Combine.

In addition to the NBA Combine, the developmental G-League is holding a combine in Chicago this week, with top performers getting an invite to the NBA drills and scrimmages on Thursday.

Javin DeLaurier, Duke: The junior is testing the draft waters. He scored four points with three rebounds in his first G-League Combine game.

Amir Hinton, Shaw: The junior guard is one of the top Division II players in the country. He’s impressed in his first two combine games, scoring six points with

three rebounds and five steals in one, adding nine points and three boards in the other.

Chris Clemons, Campbell: One of the top scorers in NCAA history continues to light it up at the next level. He scored 17 points, with 3-for-5 shooting from three, in his first game, then added 14 points and four assists in his second contest, though he struggled from long range, going 1-for-6.

Caleb Martin, Nevada: The NC State transfer averaged 10.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in his first two games this week.

Cody Martin, Nevada: Caleb’s twin brother and a fellow NC State transfer, Martin scored nine points with five boards in his first game.

Luke Maye, UNC: The Tar Heel senior did not dress for his team’s first game due to an undisclosed illness or injury.

Other significant local players who did not receive an invitation to either event in Chicago include UNC senior Kenny Williams, NC State junior point guard Markell Johnson and Duke junior power forward Marques Bolden.

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Reidsville, N.C. — Pella Corporation, a leading manufacturer of window and door products for residential and commercial use, will create 124 jobs at its new manufacturing facility in Rockingham County, Governor Roy Cooper announced last week. The company will invest nearly $20 million in the new operation and hiring will begin in the fourth quarter of 2019.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that consumers can pursue an antitrust lawsuit that claims Apple has unfairly monopolized the market for the sale of iPhone apps.

New Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the court’s four liberal justices in rejecting a plea from Cupertino, California-based Apple to end the lawsuit. Apple charges a 30% commission to software developers whose more than 2 million apps are sold through Apple’s App Store, and iPhone users who must purchase software for their smartphones exclusively through the App Store bear that cost in turn.

IPhone users filed the suit. Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion.

“In other words, Apple as retailer pockets a 30% commission on every app sale,” said Kavanaugh, one of President Donald Trump’s two high court appointees.

That was enough to persuade that at this early stage of the legal fight, the lawsuit can continue, he said.

Justice Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s other pick, wrote a dissent for four conservative justices. The consumers’ complaint against Apple is the kind of case earlier high court rulings said was not allowed under federal laws that prohibit unfair control of a market, Gorsuch wrote.

Apple had argued it’s merely a pipeline between app developers and consumers, and that iPhone users have no claims against Apple under antitrust law.

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a monopoly by any metric,” Apple said in statement issued in response to Monday’s ruling. The lawsuit could take years to wind to its conclusion.

The suit could force Apple to cut the commission it charges software developers. A judge could triple the compensation to consumers under antitrust law if Apple ultimately loses the suit, adversely affecting Apple’s efforts to increase the revenue generated from its app store at a time that its iPhone sales have plunged into their deepest slump since that revolutionary product hit the market 12 years ago.

To counter the iPhone sales drop, Apple is trying to make more money from selling services such as its music subscription service, as well as a forthcoming Netflix-like video service while also taking a cut from the subscriptions and other transactions done on apps downloaded on iPhones and iPads.

The effort has been largely successful, helping to transform the Apple services division that includes the app store into the fastest growing part of the company.

Apple’s most recent quarter highlight the ongoing transformation as its services division reve-

nue surged 16% from the previous year to $11.5 billion while iPhone sales plunged 17% to $31 billion.

Meanwhile, Apple is under scrutiny in Europe because of claims of unfair business practices. The Dutch anti-trust agency opened an investigation in April into allegations by companies including the Sweden-based online music service Spotify over commissions and other issues.

For now the U.S. Supreme Court decision raises the specter of the legal dominoes falling in a way that could require Apple to slash its commissions or even abandon them.

The commissions are unlikely to disappear completely because it’s reasonable for apps to pay a fee for distributing their software just as manufacturers pay brick-and-mortar retailers to get the products on store shelves, said Danielle Levitas, executive vice president of market insights for App Annie, a firm that tracks the app market.

But even a reduction in the commission rate could deliver a financial blow that would even damage a company as profitable as Apple.

That possibility rattled investors already jittery about how the escalating trade war with China might make it even more difficult for Apple to sell more iPhones, with the company’s stock falling 11% over the past week.

If Apple can maintain the current commissions in its app store at its recent rate of growth, it will produce revenue of about $17 billion in 2020, estimates Macquarie Securities analyst Ben Schachter.

But if the average commission rate were to fall to 12%, the projected revenue from the app store would shrivel to $7.6 billion next year, Schachter predicts.

There has been exponential growth in the availability of apps since Apple created the App Store in 2008 with 500 choices. “’There’s an app for that’ has become part of the 21st-century American lexicon,” Kavanaugh said.

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The GLAM & Glitter Gala takes place this Friday, May 17, in the public power community of Greenville. This annual fundraiser supports Daughters of Worth’s educational programs which serve about 1,000 young women per month in eastern North Carolina. GLAM is an acronym for Girls Living A Mission, which is a signature educational program of Daughters of Worth that supports girls in elementary, middle, and high schools throughout Pitt and Beaufort counties.

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C2 N.C. panel comparing fracking regulations around US Raleigh The state commission directed to regulate oil and gas fracking that could someday rise in North Carolina is sorting out regulation of the nascent industry. The North Carolina Oil and Gas Commission meets Tuesday in Raleigh and will discuss how the state compares to others in details like how far wells must be from water supplies and neighbors. The commission has held six meetings in the 14 months since it was revamped after lengthy legal fights.

Commissioners are picked by the governor and legislative leaders. The legislature altered the commission following a 2016 state Supreme Court ruling that struck down its composition.

Uber shares continue sliding in first full day of trading NEW YORK Uber shares were down 8% in early week trading and dipped below $38 after the opening bell. Monday was the first full day of trading for the ride-hailing company after its rocky debut on the stock market Friday. Its shares had been priced at $45 each. It’s rare to see shares in a tech company hit so hard upon going public. Over the past five years, just 10% of similar companies finished their first day of trading below their IPO price, said Matt Kennedy, senior IPO market strategist at Renaissance Capital, a manager of IPO focused funds. Uber’s revenue last year surged 42% to $11.3 billion, but the company admits it could be years before it turns a profit. Uber closed Friday at $41.57 and shares in Lyft fell about 7%.

Walmart ups the delivery game with next day shipping

By Anne D’Innocenzio The Associated Press NEW YORK — Walmart is rolling out free next-day delivery on its most popular items, increasing the stakes in the retail shipping wars with Amazon.

The nation’s largest retailer said Tuesday it’s been building a network of more efficient e-commerce distribution centers to make that happen. The nextday service will cover 220,000 popular items from diapers and non-perishable food items to toys and electronics. That’s nearly double the number of items it carries in its stores.

Next-day delivery, which will require a minimum order of $35, will be available in Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas on Tuesday.

In coming days, it will expand to southern California. The discounter plans to roll out the service to 75% of the U.S. population by year-end. It will also be adding hundreds of thousands more products as the program expands.

The announcement comes just two weeks after online behemoth Amazon said it’s upgrading

its free shipping option to Prime members who pay $119 a year to one-day delivery from two-day delivery. Amazon has declined to say when the switch will happen, but it already offers one-day delivery for some items in certain areas.

Walmart says the new delivery program has been in the works for a while.

“Customer expectations continue to rise,” said Marc Lore, CEO of Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce division, told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “We’re trying to get ahead of that.”

The move will only increase pressure on other rivals that are already investing in millions of dollars to shorten the delivery window.

Amazon changed consumer expectations when it launched its two-day delivery for Prime members back in 2005 and forced other retailers to step up their game.

But analysts say Amazon then needed to cut the delivery time in half to make its membership more attractive since others like Walmart offered free two-day de-

liveries without any membership.

Two years ago, Walmart began offering free two-day shipping on millions of items on its website for orders of at least $35. Target also offers free two-day shipping for those who spend at least $35 or use its RedCard loyalty card.

Walmart has also been expanding same-day grocery delivery service fulfilled from its stores for a fee of about $10.

Lore says it will be cheaper for the company to do next-day delivery versus two-day service because eligible items will come from a single fulfillment center located closest to the customer. This means orders will ship in one box, or in as few as possible, unlike two-day deliveries that come in multiple boxes from multiple locations. Walmart is also trying to limit costs by tailoring products based on what shoppers demand in the local markets.

For example, sunscreen would be available all year for areas like Southern California and Phoenix.

Still, Walmart sells far fewer products than Amazon and its online U.S. sales are only a fraction of Amazon’s online global

merchandise empire. Jason Goldberg, chief commerce strategy officer of Publicis Communications, noted Walmart isn’t going to be able to ship the same number of products as Amazon under oneday shipping and its profit margins could get further squeezed as it focuses on the most popular items that would be subject to pricing wars.

Amazon has also been delivering more packages itself rather than relying on the post office and other carriers like UPS and FedEx. The company expects to spend $800 million in the second quarter to speed up deliveries and has expanded its fleet of jets. On Monday, it announced that it will be expanding an incentive program to its employees so they can quit their jobs and start their own Amazon package delivery businesses.

Walmart has one big advantage over Amazon — its more than 4,700 stores.

Walmart and Target have been turning their physical stores into shipping hubs, speeding up deliveries and helping to defray costs for services like curbside delivery and in-store pickup. Walmart has also been expanding the use of robots in its stores, which keep tabs on what’s on and not on the shelves. Meanwhile, Target has redesigned its staging area for packages to help speed up fulfilling curbside deliveries.

US agency probes whether GM pickup recall went far enough Detroit U.S. safety regulators are investigating whether General Motors went far enough when it recalled about 3,000 small pickup trucks in 2016. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will determine if GM should recall about 115,000 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups from the 2015 model year. The agency says it has received 50 complaints about failures from owners of trucks that weren’t included in the 2016 recall. The failures happened while the trucks were being driven in a variety of conditions. GM says it’s cooperating and conducting its own investigation. Owners with concerns should contact their dealer. The agency says in documents posted Monday on its website that the problem is caused by a poor electrical connection in wiring. The recalled trucks were built from Jan. 6, 2015 to March 19, 2015, and investigators will look at whether more trucks should be included.

Disney takes over Hulu as big media players navigate stream Burbank, Calif.

Disney is taking full control of Hulu, extending the reach of its streaming abilities.

Disney said Tuesday that it’s taking operational control of the streaming service immediately. NBCUniversal owns 33% of Hulu right now.

According to the agreement, Disney can demand Comcast, which owns NBCUniversal, sell the remaining stake to Disney for its fair market value in the future. Disney has guaranteed a sale price that represents a minimum total equity value of $27.5 billion.

Comcast can require Disney to buy its stake in early 2024.

Disney may bundle Hulu with its upcoming kids-focused streaming service, Disney Plus, and its sports service, ESPN Plus, executives said last week. Hulu’s $6-a-month service lets users watch original series and network TV episodes after they air on TV. It has a newer liveTV service that costs $45 a month. NBCUniversal, too, will debut a streaming service in 2020.

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In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo a box of merchandise is unloaded from a truck and sent along a conveyor belt at a Walmart Supercenter in Houston.

Perdue barbecues to sell Japanese on buying more US beef USDA hopes to fire up U.S. beef exports ahead of Trump’s visit to Japan

By Yuri Kageyama The Associated Press TOKYO — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has picked up his barbeque tongs to convey his message to Japan: Buy more American beef.

Perdue said Monday that as a top consumer of U.S. beef, Japan should treat the U.S. fairly.

He said he hoped President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will strike a

trade deal during his boss’s visit to Japan later this month, but acknowledged more time might be needed.

“We’re saying treat us as a prime customer the way we treated Japanese products for many years,” Perdue told reporters after cooking some beef and pork on a Tokyo shopping mall rooftop, using his family’s barbecue sauce recipe.

Perdue also expressed impatience with the progress of trade talks that have been going on for more than two years.

“From my perspective and our farmers in America, I’d have preferred it done yesterday, but the reality is these things take time,”

he said.

“Nothing has happened,” he said. “It’s time to get going.”

Japan’s limits on imports of meat and other farm products have been a recurring issue with the U.S. The Trump administration is worried that Japan will buy more from other nations that have signed trade deals with Japan in recent years, such as Australia and Europe.

Japan, a country of 126 million, is the fourth largest market for U.S. agricultural products.

Perdue, who visited Japan for a weekend meeting of farm officials of the Group of 20 industrial nations, did not give specifics

on timing, proposed tariff reductions or product sectors, saying those were up to trade negotiators.

“We should be treated as fairly as any other country with whom Japan has an agreement,” he said.

Japan logged a $70 billion surplus with the U.S. last year, and the trade imbalance has long been a sore spot with its most important ally.

But Trump’s withdrawal from a Pacific Rim trade arrangement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, meant the loss of hard-won concessions from Japan that its leaders have said are their bottom line on trade.

Perdue reiterated Trump’s stance that TPP was not fair.

Alluding to U.S. moves to penalize China for in a dispute with Beijing over trade and technology, Perdue said the actions came about because China had not responded fairly in the negotiations. He said he would send “a similar message to Japan.”

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue prepares to barbecue U.S. beef in Tokyo Monday, May 13, 2019. Perdue barbecued American beef in Tokyo to highlight his message: Japan must treat the U.S. fairly as a top customer for Japanese products.

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Sow and cubs on Pocosin Lakes NWR in October 2018. Bears stand up to get a better view and a better smell and not to intimidate humans.

Fifth annual North Carolina Black Bear festival promises excitement, entertainment and family fun

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal PLYMOUTH — Some people might be surprised to learn that North Carolina’s coastal region is home to the largest black bears in the world as well as one of the densest populations of such bears in the country, but it’s no secret to the town of Plymouth, located near the coast in Washington County. The town is getting ready to celebrate these bears at the upcoming fifth annual N.C. Black Bear Festival on June 1 and 2.

“We set out to create a festival to raise awareness of this North Carolina superlative and educate people about this resource that we have and celebrate it at the same time,” said Tom Harrison, Director of the N.C. Black Bear Festival.

In 1970, there were less than 2,000 bears in North Carolina, but that number has dramatically increased. According to estimates by state wildlife biologists there are now over 20,000 and Harrison said that there have been bear sightings in all 100 of the state’s counties.

The black bears in North Carolina’s coastal region can be enormous and on average are between 50-100 pounds heavier than black bears in other areas of North America. In fact, the current world record black bear was recorded in 1998 in Eastern North Carolina at 880 pounds and the state record for the largest female was recorded at 445 pounds in Washington County in 2007.

An adult female black bear in North America on average weighs 150 pounds and adult males typically weigh around 250 pounds.

In contrast, coastal area female bear can weigh around 300 pounds or more.

The black bears sometimes have been seen in or near town, but typically don’t bother residents. Farmers in the area, however, are often faced with millions of dollars in crop losses each year from bear predation.

What started as a festival to raise awareness of black bears has united an entire community and region.

“Our little community is close knit and they have embraced the

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Runners participate in the “Run With The Bears 5K” in this undated file photo. bear,” Harrison said. “The town has adopted it as their brand.”

Last year the town was successful in helping to create National Black Bear Day, which falls on the first Saturday in June and coincides with the first day of the festival.

Harrison went on to say that the festival is changing their community and that the Partnership for Downtown Plymouth has just started an open-air market and are calling it ‘Bear Town Market’.

The Black Bear Festival has won awards for the last three years and offers a selection of over 30 activities that are both education and whimsical for the whole family to enjoy. Both days of the festival will include live music featuring acts like The Embers, who are well-known for their ‘Beach Music’ in the Carolinas and Virginias.

“We change it up every year,” said Harrison.” Because I don’t ever want to hear anybody say, ‘Hey, are you going to the Black Bear Festival’ and someone say’ no, been there, done that’.

Harrison said that this year the festival will have a new, custom-made attraction – a bucking mechanical black bear.

Also new this year is the Black Bear Tent Theater, which will operate both days of the festival from 10 am to 5 pm. The theater will run an educational film starring the black bears of the Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula in their natural habitat.

The First Annual Black Bear Festival Bass Tournament will also make its debut. Whether you are tournament serious about your fishing or just want to relax, you can “Fish for Fun” (and for free) from 10 am to 2 pm on

the dock located behind the Port O’ Plymouth Museum parking lot.

Black bear enthusiasts who want to get a look at these bears in the wild may also want to check out the Mark Buckler Photography Black Bear Tour through the Pungo National Wildlife Refuge or tours given by professional photography Neil Jernigan.

Colleen Olfenbuttel, a black bear and furbearer Biologist for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC), will also be at this year’s festival and will give a black bear presentation on Saturday.

Festival-goers can also explore four museums – the Port O’ Plymouth Museum, the Bear-Ology Black Bear Museum, God’s Creation Wildlife Museum and the Roanoke River Lighthouse & Maritime Museum.

Popular festival attractions

include the Refuge Black Bear Tours, helicopter rides over Historic Downtown Plymouth and the Roanoke river delta, a lazy tubing river, pontoon boat rides, airboat rides, the Baby Bear Dress-Up Contest for children 4 and under, and an aerial motorcycle stunt show.

The highlight of the festival for many is the “Reflections on the Roanoke” fireworks show featuring multiple barges and special effects at 9 pm.

Of the fireworks show, Harrison says they always try to make it bigger and better than the previous year and that this year the show will be “like nothing in North Carolina” he’s ever heard of.

For more information on all these events, ticket information and directions, visit ncbearfest. com.

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Ocracoke Lighthouse operating for nearly 200 years

By Jeff Hampton The Associated Press OCRACOKE — The bright, white Ocracoke Lighthouse has aided mariners for nearly 200 years, longer than any other in North Carolina and second longest in the nation.

The 75-foot-tall beacon opened for its viewing season last week, but remains second fiddle to the much more famous, taller and brighter Cape Hatteras Lighthouse a few miles to the north that draws thousands of visitors annually.

The Ocracoke beacon, built in 1823, has a much weaker light that does not flash in a unique sequence like others in the state. It just remains on like a staring eye.

It may have never been open to public climbing. A few dozen people daily come on summer days to briefly look inside.

But the Ocracoke light may be the most unique of the state’s lighthouses and has a rich history, said Letitia Lussier, a summer ranger with the National Park Service.

The tower’s white surface reflects the sun enough to force a visitor to don sunglasses. Shade from aged and large live oaks on the grounds helps. Lussier stands in her pressed park uniform and broad, flat-brimmed campaign hat ready to answer questions and tell the story.

“It is the most quaint,” she said.

“She’s so tiny compared to the rest.”

For decades Ocracoke Inlet was one of the busiest in the state.

Blackbeard once sailed here until he was killed in battle near where the lighthouse would stand more than a century later.

The lighthouse and house are on high ground and were a refuge for locals who came by boat down flooded streets to wait out a hurricane.

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A woman rides a bicycle past a globe structure on display outside a bank in Beijing, Monday, May 6, 2019.

Inside the tower, narrow metal stairs end at the top where a ladder continues to an opening about the size of a ship’s hatch.

To crawl through it to the balcony requires flexibility and a certain leanness. To get back down requires courage and a sure step.

“It’s just not safe,” said Jami Lanier, cultural resource manager for the National Park Service at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

The bricks and mortar are slowly deteriorating. In the 1950s, a thick concrete coating replaced the original whitewash blend of lime, salt, Spanish whiting, rice, glue and boiling water. The concrete coating sealed moisture within the bricks caus-

ing cracks and crumbling mortar, Lussier said. The old whitewash allowed the handmade bricks to breathe.

Lussier brushed her finger over a joint inside the tower, wiping away the old mortar like dust.

“It’s going to need to be restored at some point,” she said.

The park service plans to replace the concrete coating with a whitewash when the budget allows, Lanier said.

Ocracoke Village began as a place called Pilot Town settled in the early 1700s by captains who guided vessels through the treacherous inlet, according to a park service history.

The first lighthouse was approved in the late 1700s to be

built on 25-acre tract known as Shell Castle Island south of Ocracoke, according to local historian Philip Howard. It was not illuminated until 1803, he said.

The wooden tower stood 55 feet and operated on whale oil. By 1818, the inlet had drifted more than a mile and the light was no longer useful. The structure was destroyed by lightning that year, Howard said.

The federal government bought two acres for $50 in 1822 as the site for a new lighthouse.

The next year, Massachusetts builder Noah Porter completed a one-story keepers house and the tower for $11,359.

Keepers over the years kept the light fueled with whale oil

at first, then later with lard before switching to kerosene in the 1870s. They polished the brass, kept up the grounds and watched for ships in distress.

A fourth-order Fresnel lens replaced a reflector system in 1854, giving the beacon enough power to reach out 14 miles. Fresnel lens came in six orders with the brightest being a first order, the size used in the Bodie Island lighthouse. The lens was made up of an array of prisms that greatly magnified the flash. The light was electrified in 1938, Lanier said.

The last keeper left in 1954, but the Coast Guard maintains the light that still shines with the purpose of helping mariners on the shoaling waters off Ocracoke.

Scholarships given to visit Tryon Palace, 1st state capitol The Associated Press NEW BERN — Almost 2,000 students will receive scholarships to take a field trip to Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina’s first permanent state capitol.

Tryon Palace officials say 1,775 students at 16 Title 1 schools will receive scholarships to visit the historic site . Title I schools meet certain guidelines for the number of students who are economically disadvantaged.

The Tryon Palace Foundation raised the money for the field trips with donations from individuals.

The foundation president says the field trips are important because experiencing history is different from merely reading about it.

Most of the schools receiving the scholarships are in eastern North Carolina.

Applications to attend a field trip next year will be accepted Aug. 15 through Sept. 30.

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entertainment End of ‘Big Bang’ stirs debate over future of TV comedies

By Lynn Elber The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — In 2006, TV critics swooned over “30 Rock,” part of a new breed of comedy that dared to fly without a laugh track and whose ranks included “Arrested Development,” ‘’The Office” and “Everybody Hates Chris.”

Then a misfit nerd crashed the party. “The Big Bang Theory” was crafted in the style of 1950s groundbreaker “I Love Lucy,” with the requisite studio-audience tapings and recorded guffaws intact. Even some of those making the CBS comedy that debuted in 2007 questioned its chances, said Jim Parsons, who stars as Sheldon Cooper, one of the show’s brilliant and socially inept scientists. “’We’re making the last great buggy wagon in the age of the Model T, but the Model T is here.

So how long does this go?’” was how one writer framed the contrast between old-school and 21st-century TV comedies, Parsons recalled in a recent interview.

As the enduringly popular series prepares to bow out Thursday with an hour-long finale, the question is raised anew: Will view-

ers, awash in such creatively bold and sophisticated players as “Atlanta” and “Veep,” accept another traditional sitcom? Discounting the resurrection of “Will & Grace” and “Roseanne”-turned “The Connors,” can the old-school formula score the new hits it needs to survive?

Who better to ask than Chuck Lorre, who created “The Big Bang Theory” with Bill Prady and whose mastery of the genre has produced winners including “Two and a Half Men” and “Mom,” but also makes Netflix’s contemporary-style “The Kominsky Method.” The Hollywood veteran hedges his reply — “I’ve been around long enough to know that a prognosis is a really wonderful way to carve into stone how stupid you are. Or arrogant” — then admits to faith in the format known as a “multi-cam,” for the multiple cameras used in tapings.

“I still believe that shooting a show in front of an audience is a wonderful way to tell a story,” Lorre said. “I don’t think the audience watches (‘The Big Bang Theory’) and counts cameras. They watch the show because they love the characters and it delivers on

the comedy.”

There’s support for Lorre’s optimism, said Robert Thompson, a Syracuse University professor of TV and popular culture.

“Many people talk about the studio audience sitcom being something right out of Colonial Williamsburg, as way past its prime,” Thompson said. “Whenever anybody would make that argument, the first thing I would say is ‘The Big Bang Theory’ has been sitting at top or near the top of the ratings,” even against the strengthening headwinds of streaming platforms including YouTube and Netflix.

The series’ third-to-last episode on May 5 was the most-watched program on broadcast or cable TV with 12.5 million viewers , pushing aside HBO’s behemoth “Game of Thrones,” which wraps its eight-season run May 19.

There’s also the sheer weight of history on the multi-cam’s side.

It’s descended from radio comedies and their roster of stars, including the Nelson family in “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” and Ethel Waters in “Beulah,” who were among the first to add pictures to their punchlines — al-

though it took Desi Arnaz, the “I Love Lucy” producer who starred opposite wife Lucille Ball, to popularize filming sitcoms with three (now four) cameras, in part for efficiency.

Look further back to see the art form the sitcom represents, said Prady.

“It’s going to a play,” he said. And while viewers embrace a show like Donald Glover’s “Atlanta,” he said they may also choose TV’s version of a stage production.

Competition from streaming platforms, along with established basic and premium cable players such as FX, HBO and Showtime, will continue eroding the broadcast networks’ audience, outside of live draws like sports, and thus sitcoms’ share of the pie.

When “Cheers” left the TV stage in 1993 after an 11-year run, it drew more than 80 million viewers, a number “Big Bang Theory” can’t hope to touch and which now belongs only to the Super Bowl. Ten years before that, an astounding 100 million-plus viewers tuned it to the two-hour “M-AS-H” finale.

Sitcoms airing on the major broadcast network — ABC, CBS,

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NBC and Fox — also are increasingly elbowed out of the industry’s highest-profile awards, the Emmys. While single-camera “Modern Family” had a lock on the best comedy series trophy for five years, from 2010-14, the last multi-cam series to claim the award was “Everybody Loves Raymond” in 2005.

True enough, said Syracuse’s Thompson. But he recalls dire predictions of the genre’s death in the 1980s, until “The Cosby Show” single-handedly provided the coattails needed to revive the format.

And the popularity of multi-cams remains strong enough to create a financial bonanza from reruns, with shows as unalike as “The Golden Girls” and “Seinfeld” still popular well after their 20th-century heydays.

“There’s a lot of people out there who would like to do be the person who creates the next ‘Big Bang Theory’ and, someone’s going to do it,” he said.

It might even be Lorre himself, who produced a four-camera pilot for CBS, one of more than a dozen multi-cams vying this week for a broadcast home in the 2019-20, against a roughly equal number of one-camera competitors.

“If you have something worthwhile, I don’t think it matters whether it’s single-camera, four-camera, 18 cameras or if it’s a flip book,” Lorre said. “If it’s really good, it’s going to find an audience. Maybe that’s naive or overly optimistic. But I have to proceed on that basis.”

PHOTO BY WILLY SANJUAN | INVISION | AP

Johnny Galecki, from left, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch members of the cast of the TV series “The Big Bang Theory,” show their hands after placing them in cement during a hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at in Los Angeles.

Clash over Woodstock 50 fest’s prospects plays out in court

By Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press NEW YORK — Woodstock 50 festival organizers and their onetime financial partner traded accusations of broken promises as they argued Monday over whether the anniversary show can go on.

With under 100 days to go, the two sides clashed in a New York courtroom over money, control, changes in plans and whether it’s still feasible to hold the event, scheduled for Aug. 16-18 at Watkins Glen International racetrack. The hearing is set to continue Tuesday.

Organizers insist they’re go-

ing forward with a sprawling, bigname homage to one of the most significant moments in pop music history and 1960s counterculture.

“We are producing what will be an iconic and historic event” that honors the 1969 concert’s themes of “peace and music,” said Gregory Peck, a managing member of organizers Woodstock 50 LLC. “I feel, personally, we need Woodstock now as much as we did 50 years ago.”

But the festival’s former main investor says it took charge of the show — and announced its cancellation April 29 — because preparations were lagging and the company was concerned for con-

certgoers’ and performers’ health and safety.

“This festival is not going to happen,” said attorney Marc Greenwald, a lawyer for backer Amplifi Live LLC. It’s an arm of Dentsu, an international marketing company based in Japan.

Woodstock 50 sued last week, saying Amplifi Live couldn’t singlehandedly call off the show. The organizers accused their former partner of sabotaging the event by scaring off the public, privately telling artists to stay away and draining $18 million from the festival bank account.

Amplifi Live shot back in court papers Sunday that the organiz-

ers’ “incompetence” and “misrepresentations” spurred the company to take control, nix the festival and take back what remained of the $49 million it put in.

The festival has yet to get a state permit, though officials have prepared one conditionally, court papers show. Production company Superfly dropped out after raising concerns about funding, attendance capacity and infrastructure at the festival’s central New York venue, according to court papers.

Woodstock 50 initially foresaw a 150,000-person event. But Superfly pegged the “safe and appropriate capacity” for the site at 65,000, according to court documents.

Woodstock 50 wants the $18 million back; Peck said it’s needed “in a matter of days” to pay for a new production company and other expenses. Organizers also want their ex-investor barred from talking about the festival with the media, performers or others — a request that Manhattan judge

Barry Ostrager temporarily granted last week but lifted on Monday, at least for now.

Amplifi Live says at least another $20 million would be needed to pull off the concert. Woodstock 50 says it needs to raise $6 million to $9 million in the next four to six weeks alone. Peck said organizers have been approached by other investors, but he wouldn’t name them.

The over 80 artists — who range from Jay-Z to John Fogerty to Miley Cyrus — have already been paid $32 million, according to the organizers. Ticket sales were supposed to start April 22 but were delayed.

The original Woodstock concert was held about 115 miles (185 kilometers) southeast of Watkins Glen on a farm in Bethel, New York.

It’s now run by The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which has its own anniversary concert planned Aug. 16-18, with performers including Ringo Starr, Santana and Fogerty.

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TAKE NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 173

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jerry C. Tuck and Shirley A. Tuck, (Jerry C. Tuck, deceased) to Gregory Sova, Trustee(s), dated the 8th day of September, 2015, and recorded in Book 11640, Page 0047, 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 May 20, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The following described real estate lo-

CUMBERLAND 19 SP 418 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Morgan D. Denny and Mark E. Denny to WFG National Title Insurance, Trustee(s), which was dated July 31, 2013 and recorded on July 31, 2013 in Book 09258 at Page 0884, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18 SP 1031 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Mark A. Kalscheuer to Tom Wood, Trustee(s), which was dated July 7, 2017 and recorded on July 11, 2017 in Book 10127 at Page 0829, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 29, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland

19 SP 409 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Laura M. Hamilton and David W. Hamilton to Steve Bunce, Attorney At Law, Trustee(s), which was dated February 4, 2013 and recorded on February 4, 2013 in Book 09103 at Page 0897, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 29, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash

19 SP 408 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Albert J. Powell and Debbie W. Powell to Kathryn Richards & Jerry B. Flowers, III, Trustee(s), which was dated May 23, 2016 and recorded on May 24, 2016 in Book 09866 at Page 0838, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 29, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash

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Lying and being in Number Two (2) Township of Cabarrus County North Carolina on the North side of Lynwood Drive, and Being all of lot number FOUR (4) of Subdivision of QUAIL HOLLOW PARK, Section One (1), 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 13, Page 80, to which map book and page reference is hereby made for a complete description thereof by metes and bounds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6530 Lynwood Drive, Northwest, Concord, North Carolina.

Parcel

No:

45997953410000

The tax parcel identification number listed are provided solely for informational purposes, without warranty as to accuracy or completeness and are not hereby insured.

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 convey-

property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 29, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot Number 47 in a subdivision known as WOODMARK and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 56, at page 5, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 6908 Woodmark Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28314.

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

County, North Carolina, to wit: SITUATEDINTHECOUNTYOFCUMBERLAND,STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, BEING KNOWN AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 325, LEGION HILLS, SECTION 4, PART l, REVISED, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SAME DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 96, PAGE 46, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA.

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

Said property is commonly known as 3863 Goodhope Lane, Hope Mills, NC 28348.

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

the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 167 in a Subdivision known as CEDAR FALLS, SECTION TWO, PHASE TWO, according to a plat of same duly recorded in Plat Book 124, Page 172, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1628 Turkey Run Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28312.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 48, in a subdivision known as Fairfield, Section Two, Part One, and the same being duly recorded in Plat Book 88, Page 21, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Parcel ID: 9485-36-7636 Property Address: 2454 Celtic Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28306 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 2454 Celtic Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28306.

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

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2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

Being all of Lot 2, Block K, in a Subdivision known as Ponderosa, Section Two, according to a plat of same being duly recorded in Plat Book 30, Page70, Cumberland County.

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Yohan M. Diazgomez and Flor Guadalupe Hernandez De Diaz to H. Terry Hutchens, Trustee(s), which was dated March 9, 2011 and recorded on March 9, 2011 in Book 08603 at Page 0283, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 29,

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

18-SP-284 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jerome Lassiter and Angelina Lassiter, in the original amount of $55,000.00, payable to The Secretary of Veteran Affairs , dated May 24, 2000 and recorded on May 24, 2000 in Book 5277 at Page 0178, Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina, on May 27, 2019 at 11:00 am, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit:

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

Said property is commonly known as 5324 Sierra Court, Fayetteville, NC 28303.

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

Being all of Lot 99, Colony Village, Section One, and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 86, Page 62, Cumberland County, North Carolina. Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7425 April Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Tax ID: 9487-65-2564 Said Property is commonly known as 7425 April Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28314 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fee will be collected. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less

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 Morgan D. Denny And Mark E. Denny, H&W. 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

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 Mark A. Kalscheuer.

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

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Laura M. Hamilton and husband, David W. Hamilton.

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

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 Albert J. Powell.

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

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 Yohan M. DiazGomez and wife, Flor Guadalupe Hernandez DeDiaz.

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

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 Angelina Lassiter and Jerome Lassiter.

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 termi-

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

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

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CUMBERLAND 19 SP 329 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dana A. Monath to K. Douglas Barfield, Trustee(s), which was dated October 1, 2009 and recorded on October 6, 2009 in Book 08259 at Page 0241, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068

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.

19 SP 325 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

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.: 19-02316-FC01

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.

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kristen Cottrell to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), which was dated September 16, 2016 and recorded on September 19, 2016 in Book 09947 at Page 0791, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

19 SP 89 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC

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.

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Keith L. Partney and Allison C. Partney a/k/a Alison C. Partney to DTFS, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated December 29, 2015 and recorded on January 4, 2016 in Book 09781 at Page 0788, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18 SP 1341 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Pegge B. Hilliard to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), which was dated May 17, 2016 and recorded on May 20, 2016 in Book 9864 at Page 0309, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC

5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-03172-FC01

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.

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.

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.

nation 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, PC Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 5970 Fairview Road Suite 126 Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 879-2777 (803) 929-0830

File No.: 19-03166-FC01

ALL THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE , IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND AND STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND BEING DESCRIBED IN A DEED DATED 08/20/2001 AND RECORDED 08/29/2001 IN BOOK 5548, PAGE 576 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF THE COUNTY AND STATE SET

NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

File No.: 19-03159-FC01

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert Boston and Mertha Boston a/k/a Mertha R. Boston to Atlas Title Agency of North Carolina, Inc, Trustee(s), which was dated January 26, 2012 and recorded on February 2, 2012 in Book 08823 at Page 0507, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 22,

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 381

Posted: ____________________ By: _______________________

Said property is commonly known as 4580 Westfield Road, Fayetteville, NC 28314.

the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 22, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

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.

BEING all of Lot 188, in a subdivision known as Brightmoor Subdivision, Section 1, Phase 8, and the same being duly recorded in Plat Book 83, Page 114, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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 Kristen Cottrell.

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

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

Said property is commonly known as 5711 LaCosta Drive, Hope Mills, NC 28348.

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

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Justin B. Hotujec and Jacqueline C. Hotujec to Diedre Rhodes and Donna Bradford, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of June, 2015, and recorded in Book 09676, Page 0235, in Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 20, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1115

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Parthenia C. Lee, (Parthenia C. Lee, deceased) (Heirs of Parthenia C. Lee: Rodney H. Lee, Joyce Jones and Unknown Heirs of Parthenia C. Lee) (Joyce Jones, deceased) (Heirs of Joyce Jones: Rodney H. Lee and Unknown Heirs of Joyce Jones) to James B. Witherow, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of June, 1997, and recorded in Book 4676, Page 722, in Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for

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

property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 22, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

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.

BEING all of Lot No. 94 in a subdivision known as ASHTON FOREST, according to a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 23. Page 41, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Keith L. Partney.

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

Said property is commonly known as 5025 Inverness Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304.

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

2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: Land Situated in the Township of Seventy First in the County of Cumberland in the State of NC Being all of Lot No. Ten (10) Block “M”, in a Subdivision known as Shenandoah, Section Eight, according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 41, Page 54, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

FORTH ABOVE AND REFERENCED AS FOLLOWS:

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 May 22, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

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 Dana Monath.

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18 SP 894 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

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

BEING ALL OF LOT 172, SECTION 8, PART 1, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF THE SAME DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 42, PAGE 74, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY. TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED THEREON; SAID PROPERTY BEING LOCATED AT 4580 WESTFIELD ROAD, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

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

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Stephen W. Joyner and Carleen Joyner to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated July 15, 2009 and recorded on September 21, 2009 in Book 08248 at Page 0711, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

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 May 22, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

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 May 22,

NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC

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.

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

File No.: 18-08503-FC01

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.

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.

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Said property is commonly known as 5520 Lawnwood Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304.

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

THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: TRACT

ONE:

BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE WESTERN MARGIN OF BULLARD CIRCLE NORTH 85 DEGREES 12 MINUTES WEST 60 FEET FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED BY E.V, BULLARD ET AL TO R.T. PLEASANT AND WIFE, BY DEED DATED FEBRUARY 20, 1959, RECORDED IN BOOK 774, PAGE 26, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY AND RUNNING THENCE NORTH 85 DEGREES 12 MINUTES WEST 200 FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE SOUTH 4 DEGREES 48 MINUTES WEST 100 FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE SOUTH 85 DEGREES 12 MINUTES EAST 200 FEET TO A STAKE IN THE WESTERN MARGIN OF BULLARD CIRCLE; THENCE WITH THE WESTERN MARGIN OF BULLARD CIRCLE NORTH 4 DEGREES 48 MINUTES EAST 100 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEING A PART OF THE LAND DESCRIBED IN THE DEED DATED FEBRUARY 8, 1957. FROM MARGARET L. MCCORQUODALE ET ALS TO E.V. BUILARD AND WIFE, LETHA B. BULLARD, OF RECORD IN BOOK 707, PAGE 533 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. TRACT

TWO:

BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH-

2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN CITY OF HOPE MILLS, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 6190, PAGE 570, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 5, SECTION PHASE 1, WOODLAND HILLS, FILED IN PLAT BOOK 107, PAGE 195.

BEING ALL OF LOT 5, IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS “WOODLAND HILLS, PHASE ONE”, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SAME DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 107, PAGE 195, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA.

BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM GORE BUILT HOMES, INC. AS SET FORTH IN BOOK 6190, PAGE 570 DATED 07/09/2003 AND RECORDED 07/22/2003, CUMBERLAND COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

Beginning at a point in the southern right of way of Rebel Road, the northeast corner of Lot 15 as shown on a plat entitled “Amendment #1 Lake Teresa Development” as recorded in Plat Book 36 Page 11; thence with the eastern line of Lot 15, South 34 degrees 50 minutes West 422 feet to a concrete post, the southeast corner of Lot 15; thence with the southern line of Lot 15 North 43 degrees 40 minutes West 100 feet to a concrete post, the southwest corner of Lot 15; thence with the southern line of Lot 14 North 43 degrees 40 minutes West 100 feet to a concrete post, the southwest corner of Lot 14; thence with the western lines of Lot 14 and Lot 14A North 34 degrees 03 minutes East 294.1 feet to a concrete post in the southern margin of Rebel Road, the northwest corner of Lot 14-A; thence with the northern lines of Lot 14A and Lot 15 South 78 degrees 39 minutes East 218.40 feet to the point of beginning; and being a composite description of Lots 14, 14A and 15 as shown on the plat entitled “Amendment #1 Lake Teresa Development” as recorded in Plat Book 36, Page 11, and being the same property conveyed to Harry Ward and wife, Phyllis Ward by deed recorded in Book 4687, Page 191, Cumberland County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3998 Rebel Road, Linden, North Carolina.

foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 20, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an existing iron pipe in the northeast intersection of Maggie Circle (60’ R/W) and Rim Road - S.R. 1402 (60’ R/W); and runs thence as the eastern margin of Rim Road, North 07 degrees 56 minutes East 172.67 feet to an existing iron pipe, Higgins’ northwest corner as recorded in Deed Book 3736, Page 222, Cumberland County Registry; thence as Higgins northern line, North 84 degrees 53 minutes East 201.62 feet to an existing iron pipe, Higgins’ northeast corner; thence as Higgins’ eastern line South 41 degrees 20 minutes West 261.38 feet to an existing iron pipe in the northern margin of Maggie Circle; thence as said circle’s margin, North 82 degrees 00 minutes West 52.57 feet to the beginning. Containing 0.52 acres and being the same lands conveyed to Scott A. Higgins and wife, Kathryn Ann Higgins, as recorded in Deed Book 3736, Page 222, aforesaid registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2045 Rim Road, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued

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

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

ERN MARGIN OF VANN STREET WITH THE WESTERN MARGIN OF BULLARD CIRCLE, AND THENCE WITH THE WESTERN MARGIN OF BULLARD CIRCLE NORTH 4 DEGREES 48 MINUTES EAST 114.00 FEET TO S POINT; THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE LOT CONVEYED TO GLENN R. GARRETT AND WIFE, ELIZABETH G. GARRETT,

BY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 782, PAGE 26, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY; THENCE WITH SOUTHERN LINE OF SAID GARRETT LOT NORTH 85 DEGREES 12 MINUTES WEST 200.00 FEET TO A STAKE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID GARRETT; LOT; THENCE SOUTH 4 DEGREES 48 MINUTES WEST 114.00 FEET TO A STAKE IN THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF VANN-STREET; THENCE WITH THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF VANN STREET SOUTH 85 DEGREES 12 MINUTES EAST 200.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; BEING A LOT SHOWN ON PLAT OF PARTIAL SUBDIVISION OF BULLARD LANDS BY O.L. CLOUD, SURVEYOR, RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 22, 90 CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 484 Bullard Circle and 0.52-acre parcel adjacent to 484 Bullard Circle, Fayetteville, NC 28311.

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

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

Said property is commonly known as 5516 Shady Pine Court, Hope Mills, NC 28348.

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

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 pri-

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

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 pri-

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

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 Stephen W. Joyner and wife, Carleen M. Joyner.

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

and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Robert Boston.

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.

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 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.: 19-02532-FC01

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 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.: 19-02179-FC01

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 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.: 18-22885-FC01

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 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.: 18-11703-FC01

liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-16296-FC01

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 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.: 15-19402-FC02

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for

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 pur-

chase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing

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

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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 pur-

chase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of fore-

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1268771 (FC.FAY)

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: 1248174 (FC.FAY)

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TAKE NOTICE CUMBERLAND AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 1757

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Shante L. Collins to Phillip R. Mahoney, Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of June, 2014, and recorded in Book 9460, Page 266, in Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location desig-

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nated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 20, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 58 in a subdivision known as HUNTERS CROSSING and the same being duly recorded in Plat Book 94, at page 56, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 8623 English Saddle Drive, Fayetteville, 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

cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit: The

18 SP 411 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Marie E. Crotts to LSI Title Agency. Inc.., Trustee(s), which was dated January 27, 2009 and recorded on February 10, 2009 in Book 1904 at Page 1753, Davidson 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 May 20, 2019 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for

ONSLOW 18 CVS 3157 PUBLICATION DATES: 2019

May 15, 2019 and May 22,

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 303

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Bryan W. Sailer and Crystle Sailer to Fidelity National Agency Solutions, Trustee(s), dated the 9th day of August, 2016, and recorded in Book 4498, Page 518, in Onslow 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 Onslow 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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on May 23, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: ThelandreferredtohereinbelowissituatedintheCounty ofOnslow,StateofNorthCarolina,andisdescribedasfollows:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 292

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joseph Frink to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated the 3rd day of October, 2016, and recorded in Book 4520, Page 259, in Onslow 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 Onslow 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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on May 23, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly de-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 254

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Carlos F. Garcia and Tiffany M. Garcia to John W. Gaffney and Joan C. Cox, Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of December, 2013, and recorded in Book 4097, Page 393, in Onslow 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 Onslow 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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on May 30, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Richlands, in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 317

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Brenda F. Brois and Brian Brois, Jr., (Brenda F. Brois, Deceased) to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of August, 2009, and recorded in Book 3288, Page 729, in Onslow 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 Onslow 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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on May 23, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that real property situated in the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 291

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Clinton J. Scarborough and Samantha Scarborough to Philip R. Mahoney, Trustee(s), dated the 11th day of April, 2013, and recorded in Book 3967, Page 1, in Onslow 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 Onslow 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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on May 23, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 56 shown on that certain map entitled “Final Plat showing Planned Residential Development

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Lexington Township, Davidson North Carolina, described as

property: Counfollows:

Being Lot 11 of Winchester Downs, a Plat of which is duty recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Davidson County, North Carolina in Plat Book 15, Page 68.

Being the same parcel conveyed to Paul David Crotts and Marie E. Crotts from Bill F. Freedle and Margaret M. Freedle, by virtue of a Deed dated 10/26/1997, recorded 10/26/1997, in Deed Book 553, Page 365, County of Davidson, State of North Carolina.

Assessor’s Parcel No: 11-319-C-000-0011 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 305 Devonshire Drive, Lexington, NC 27295.

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in a judgment bearing the caption “Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, vs. Jonathan Vela; Jennifer Vela and Substitute Trustee Services, Inc., Substitute Trustee, Defendants” 18 CVS 3157 Onslow County and pursuant to the terms of the judgment, the undersigned Commissioner will offer for sale that certain property as described below. Said sale will be held in the City of Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2019 at the courthouse door and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as

Being all of Lot 6 as shown on that plat entitled “Final Plat Cole’s Farm” as recorded in Map Book 50, Page 161 Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 111 Ed Coles Court, Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Parcel ID: 068388 Commonlyknownas111EdColesCt,Jacksonville,NC28546 However, by showing this address no additional coverage is provided 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,

scribed as follows: Being all of Lot 10, Plum Point Estates, Section 6B as shown on that certain plat recorded in Map Book 25, Page 73, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 206 Vandergrift Drive, Jacksonville, 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,

being more particularly described as follows: Being all of that 1.3536 acres as shown on that plat entitled, “Recombination Survey for Chris Lynn Lewis, Richlands Township, Onslow County, North Carolina”, prepared by David T. Weston Land Surveying and recorded in Map Book 56, Page 197, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 337 Ridgewood Drive, Richlands, 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,

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Being the same property conveyed to the grantor by deed recorded 10/10/2001 in Book 1762, Page 232 Onslow County Registry, to which deed reference is hereby made for a more particular description of this property. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 174 Coston Road, Richlands, 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,

Rockford Forest, Section II’, recorded in Map Book 63, page 156, Slide O-189, Onslow County Registry, as revised on that certain map entitled “Final Plat (Revised) showing Planned Residential Development Rockford Forest, Section II”, recorded in Map Book 63, page 230, Cabinet N, Onslow County Registry, and as revised on that certain map entitled “Final Plat (Revised) showing Planned Residential Rockford Forest”, recorded in Book 64, page 128, Cabinet N, Onslow County Registry, said maps being prepared by John L. Pierce & Associates, P.A., which maps and the data thereon contained are hereby included by reference as though fully herein set out and made a part hereof for a fuller and more accurate description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 322 Murphy Drive, Jacksonville, 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 agree-

of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1165218 (FC.FAY)

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.

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.

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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 Marie E. Crotts.

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

follows: BEING all of Lot 20, Block B , as shown in plat prepared

by Barden Lanier, Registered Surveyor, entitled, “WESTGATE SUBDIVISION, SECTION III” being recorded in Map Book 21, Page B-76, in the Office of the Register of Deeds on Onslow County, North Carolina.

Subject to Restrictive Covenants recorded in Book 593, Page 117, Onslow County, North Carolina.

File No.: 10-38890-FC02

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.

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leases. Any assessments, costs or fees resulting from the sale will be due and payable from the purchaser at the sale.

A cash deposit or certified check (no personal check) in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the high bid will be required at the time of the sale.

The sale will be held open for ten days for upset bids as required by law.

This the ___ day of April, 2019.

BY: _____________________________

Susan R. Benoit, Commissioner

Post Office Box 2505 Fayetteville, NC 28302 (910) 864-6888

environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued

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

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

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at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less

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

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

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environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less

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

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

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environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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

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ment, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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TAKE NOTICE ONSLOW NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 109

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Rolando G. Ventura and Kenzie B. Ventura, (Kenzie B. Ventura, deceased) to Tantum & Humphrey, P.A., Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of January, 2010, and recorded in Book 3353, Page 166, in Onslow 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 Onslow 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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 805

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christopher Scott Casto and Haley Chanelle Casto to Liberty Title Company, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of January, 2015, and recorded in Book 4257, Page 966, in Onslow 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 Onslow 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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on May 23, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of On-

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 68

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christopher J. Dagati and Colleen P. Dagati to Pamela S. Cox, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of October, 2015, and recorded in Book 4369, Page 251, in Onslow 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 Onslow 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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on May 30, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Caroli-

RANDOLPH 18 SP 267 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jarus M. Rice and Tomisha N. Rice to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated August 16, 2011 and recorded on August 24, 2011 in Book RE2247 at Page 837 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on February 19, 2016 in Book 2481, Page 900, Randolph County Registry, North Carolina.

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

17 SP 304 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joseph Rebolledo and Claudia Rebolledo to Konrad K. Fish, PA, Attorney at Law, Trustee(s), which was dated October 27, 2005 and recorded on October 28, 2005 in Book RE1944 at Page 2646, Randolph County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 28, 2019 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY 19-SP-81 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael Darren Garvin and Cynthia Baum Garvin , in the original amount of $134,117.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. Solely as Nominee for Countrywide Bank FSB, dated November 21, 2008 and recorded on December 1, 2008 in Book RE2106 at Page 152, Randolph 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 Randolph County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Randolph County, North Carolina, on May 29, 2019 at 2:00 pm , and will sell to the

STANLY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 28

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Matthew Paul Guyette, Jr. to Daniel D. Hornfeck, Trustee(s), dated the 18th day of August, 2016, and recorded in Book 1576, Page 173, in Stanly County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Stanly County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on May 22, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and being more

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 32 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Nathaniel A. Hatley aka Nathaniel Alan Hatley and Amber Hatley aka Amber Monique Hatley (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Nathaniel Alan Hatley and Amber Monique Hatley) to Coastal Federal Financial Group, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of May, 2013, and recorded in Book 1451, Page 907, and in the original amount of $10,000.00 dated April 26, 2016 and recorded in Book 1562 Page 113 in Stanly County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Stanly County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on May 22, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real

foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on May 30, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 2, Block C, as shown on a map entitled “Brynn Marr, Section VI-F”, prepared by Olsen Associates, Inc., Engineers and Surveyors, and recorded in Map Book 26, Page 53, Slide E-81, Onslow County Subject to Restrictive Covenants recorded in Book 928, Page 490, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 828 Shadowridge Road, Jacksonville, North Carolina.

($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include,

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

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

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

is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not

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

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

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

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing

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

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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.

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

Said property is commonly known as 136 Price Noble Road, Randleman, NC 27317.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued

County, North Carolina, to wit: Beginning at an existing iron pipe in the eastern right of way line of Lewis Davis Road, said beginning point being the Northwest corner of Property of Lantz P. Gaffney as described by deed recorded in Book 782, Page 411, Randolph County Registry; thence along the eastern right of way line of Lewis Davis Road North 13° 46’ 24” East 30.08 feet to a new iron rod; thence along the southern line of Gary L. Whitaker South 80° 12’ 24” East 230.11 feet to a new iron rod; thence continuing along Gary L. Whitaker’s line South 09° 46’ 59” West 30.00 feet to a new iron rod in the northern line of Chad Whitaker; thence along the southern line of Gary L. Whitaker South 80° 13’ 01” East 301.18 feet to an existing iron pipe in the western line of Robert Davis; thence along the western line of Robert Davis, South 06° 36’ 36” West 219.50 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence along the northern line of Dennis Kallam North 80° 14’ 38” West 561.20 feet to an existing iron pipe in the eastern right of way line of Lewis Davis Road; thence along the eastern right of way line of Lewis Davis Road North 13° 51’ 57” East 10.02 feet to an existing iron pipe in the southern line of Lantz P. Gaffney; thence along the southern line of Lantz P. Gaffney South 80° 15’ 06” East 200.45 feet to an existing iron pipe;

thence continuing along Gaffney’s line North 14° 20’ 48” East 209.97 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence continuing along Gaffney’s line North 80° 12’ 24” West 202.20 feet to the beginning and containing 1.787 acres, all according to a survey for Chad Preston Whitaker and Angela H. Whitaker

by Jerry King Surveying, Inc., dated July 9, 1999 and designated as Job #2012 W. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 6434 Lewis Davis Road, Randleman, NC 27317.

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

safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Joseph Rebolledo.

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.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Aaron B. Anderson Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5710 Oleander Drive, Ste. 204 Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: (910) 202-2940 Fax: (910) 202 2941 File No.: 13-05214-FC03

highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: BEGINNING at an existing iron pipe in the southern right of way of N.C. Highway No. 49 located 1831.8 feet West along said right of way from the centerline of N.C. Secondary Road No. 1367; thence from said beginning point South 20 degrees 36 minutes 58 seconds East 568.81 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence North 86 degrees 34 minutes 07 seconds West 219.38 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence North 20 degrees 32 minutes 40 seconds West 478.86 feet to an existing iron pipe in the southern right of way line of N.C. Highway No. 49; thence along said right of way line North 69 degrees 13 minutes 25 seconds East 199.74 feet to the Beginning, containing 2.405 acres and being Lots No. 9 and 10 of a David Pierce plat (unrecorded).

Tax ID: 7629941984 Said Property is commonly known as 3087 NC Highway 49 S, Asheboro, NC 27205 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes

§7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fee will be collected. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner of the property is Cynthia Baum Garvin and Michael

Darren Garvin.

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 reinstate-

ment 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, PC Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 5970 Fairview Road Suite 126 Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 879-2777 (803) 929-0830 Posted: ____________________ By: _______________________

particularly described as follows: BOUNDED on the southwest by the lands of Joel Hartsell, on the North by North Carolina Secondary Road No. 1107, and on the southeast by the lands of Bertha Huneycutt, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pin, a new corner in the old line located N. 26-10 E. 388 feet from a sweetgum located at a southeast corner of Joel Hartsell, a southwest corner of Bertha Huneycutt, a northwest corner of W.T. Hatley, and the northeast corner of Vernon Huneycutt, and runs thence with the old line N. 26-10 E. 435 feet to a point in the center of N.C. Secondary Rural Road No. 1107, a new corner; thence with the center of said highway as follows: N. 76-05 W. 180 feet to a point; . 78-30 W. 150 feet to a point,;N. 83-00 W. 60 feet to a point: S. 71-30 W. 60 feet to a point; S. 60-15 W. 60 feet to a point; S. 55-00 W. 60 feet to a point; S. 52-55 W. 98 feet to a point in the center of said highway over a drain pipe, a new corner; thence a new line S. 56-15 E. 585 feet to the point of Beginning, containing 3.97 acres, more or less, according to a survey made by Ellis Huneycutt, Country Surveyor, and Dent Hall Turner, April 6, 1966. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 16458 Silver Road, Oakboro, North Carolina.

in Record Book 570, Page 544, Stanly County Registry.

Dwight C. Hartsell died without spouse or children, and his mother, Geneva Y. Hartsell, was his heir at law.

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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For reference see deed from Geneva Y. Hartsell to Dwight C. Hartsell dated March 22, 1995, recorded March 23, 195,

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

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

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective

estate situated in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron, said iron being North 84-31-20 West 1144.48 feet from a point in the centerline of State Road #1213 and being known as Pond Road; thence North 13-51-35 East 464.40 feet total distance to a nail in the center of a private road; thence four (4) lines with the centerline of said private road as follows: (1) South 77-56-4 East 68.77 feet to a nail (2) South 65-04-10 East 61.11 feet to a nail; (3) South 61-54-00 East 191.99 feet to a nail; and (4) South 66-29-00 East 57.27 feet to a railroad spike; thence South 13*51-35 West 343.30 feet total distance to an iron; thence North 84-31-20 West 375.27 feet to the point and place of beginning, said line being bounded on the South by property of Herman Ross as surveyed and platted by Thomas M. Park, Registered Land Surveyor, and as shown on an unrecorded map captioned: “Survey for Cardell Barbee, Furr #1 Township, Stanly County, North Carolina, dated February 29, 1984, and revised on July 30, 1986”. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 12683 Stony Creek Lane, Locust, North Carolina. SUBJECT to the right of way and easement of a private roadway as specified in instruments recorded in Deed Book 341, Page 537 and Deed Book 341, Page 532, Stanly County Registry. Also subject to that Road Maintenance Agreement recorded in Deed Book 395, Page 556, Stanly County Registry. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s

sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty- Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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

deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

SUBJECT also to Reservation of Mineral Rights as set forth in deed recorded in Book 518, Page 171, and modified in Book 529, Page 344, with an amendment and partial release recorded in Book 1025, Page 87, Onslow County Registry.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars

slow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: ThelandreferredtohereinbelowissituatedintheCounty ofOnslow,StateofNorthCarolina,andisdescribedasfollows: Being all of Lot 100, Foxlair Subdivision, Phase 4, as will appear in Book of Maps 45, page 161, Slide L-67, as will appear of recorded in the Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 131 Daphne Drive, Hubert, North Carolina.

Parcel

ID:

063902

Commonly known as 131 Daphne Dr. Hubert, NC 28539 However, by showing this address no additional coverage is provided 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

na, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 112 as shown on that certain map entitled, “Revised Final Plat Showing Planned Residential Development, BRADFORD ESTATES, SECTION III, prepared for CHERRYWOOD DEVELOPERS, INC., Richlands Township, Onslow County, NC”, dated February 18, 2014, prepared

by John L. Pierce & Associates, P.A. and recorded in Map Book 69, Page 110, Cabinet N, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Onslow County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 601 Duncan Drive North, Richlands, North Carolina.

SUBJECT to Restrictive and Protective Covenants recorded in Book 3651, Page 58 and amended in Book 3708, Page 555; Book 3710, Page 913; Book 3740, Page 922; Book 3778, Page 605; Book 3817, Page 725; Book 3893, Page 2, Book 4083, Page 450 and Book 4124, Page 349, Onslow County Registry.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third

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 May 21, 2019 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of that 1.054 acres at the Northwest intersection of U.S. Highway 220 Business and Price Noble Road (NCST1969)asshownbyplatentitled“St.PetersMethodist Church” and recorded in Plat Book 106, Page 4, in the Office oftheRegisterofDeedsofRandolphCounty,NorthCarolina.

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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: 1262169 (FC.FAY)

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TAKE NOTICE UNION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 455

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jo Ann Brigman to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of November, 2007, and recorded in Book 4750, Page 618, and Modification in Book 6057, Page 844, 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

19 SP 117 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Proveno John Marcelli, II and Hayley Elizabeth Marcelli to Jim Day, Trustee(s), which was dated October 4, 2016 and recorded on October 4, 2016 in Book 06787 at Page 0247, Union County Registry, North Carolina.

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

19 SP 118 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dale R. Fuchs and Crystal H. Lovin to Jackie Miller, Trustee(s), which was dated October 16, 2006 and recorded on November 14, 2006 in Book 04366 at Page 0828, Union County Registry, North Carolina.

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

WAKE AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 11 SP 3379

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Barbara Barrett (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Barbara A. Barrett) to Linda Winstead, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of July, 2001, and recorded in Book 9002, Page 2594, 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 992

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Melvin Upchurch and Barbara Upchurch to James B. Witherow, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of November, 1998, and recorded in Book 8199, Page 0574, and Modification in Book 015880, Page 00526, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2771

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by David A. Deane, Elizabeth Deane, Lenna Frances Deane and Horace Albert Deane to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated the 2nd day of November, 2015, and recorded in Book 016201, Page 02491, 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 May 20, 2019 and will sell to the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 629

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael L. West, (Michael L. West, Deceased) (Heirs of Michael L. West: Michelle Annelee West, Lena Brown Hodgins and Unknown Heirs of Michael L. West) (Lena Brown Hodgins, Deceased) (Heirs of Lena Brown Hodgins: Stephen P. Hodgins, Brooke Brown, Lillian Brown, Kylee Brown and Unknown Heirs of Lena Brown Hodgins) to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of February, 2012, and recorded in Book 014684, Page 01972, 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 May 20, 2019 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: Tax Id Number(s): 0269725 Land Situated in the County of Wake in the State of NC That property in the County of Wake and State of North

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 618

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Franklin R. Miller and Wanda F. Miller, (Franklin R. Miller, Deceased) (Heirs of Franklin R. Miller: Wanda F. Miller and Unknown Heirs of Franklin R. Miller) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Franklin R. Miller) to Dan Eads, Trustee(s), dated the 11th day of December, 2017, and recorded in Book 016996, Page 02395, 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 May 20, 2019 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 de-

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 May 23, 2019 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 39 of Stewart Park, First Section, as shown on that plat recorded in Plat Book 3, at File Number 60, Union County Register of Deeds, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1402 Lucille Avenue, Monroe, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

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

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of fore-

closure 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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property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 21, 2019 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 28 of KINGSTON ON PROVIDENCE, as same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet E at Files 254-258 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Union County, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 8104 Kingston Drive, Waxhaw, NC 28173.

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 Proveno John Marcelli and wife, Hayley Elizabeth Marcelli.

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.

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the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 21, 2019 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit:

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.

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.

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

BEGINNING at a point in the center line of County Road #1361, said point being the northwest corner of Hoyte Alsobrook, Jr. property and runs thence with the center line of said road N. 17-19 W. 100 feet to a point in the center line of said road; thence N. 58-53 E. 220 feet to an iron stake; thence, S. 17-19 E. 100 feet to an iron stake in Hoyte Alsobrook’s line; thence, with said line S. 58-53 W. 220 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing one-half (1/2) acre. Being a portion of the Hoyte Alsobrook, Sr.’s property.

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

Said property is commonly known as 3510 Fincher Road, Indian Trail, NC 28079.

May 20, 2019 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 12 Fieldstream Farms as recorded in Book of Maps 1981, Page 303, Wake County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5912 Brushwood Court, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Parcel ID Number: 0117948 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,

Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on May 20, 2019 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 the property designated as Lot 1A as shown on plat recorded in Book Maps 1987, Page 1676 in the Office of the Register of Deed of Wake County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4705 Upchurch Lane, Wake Forest, 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 convey-

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 8, Chester Place 2 Subdivision, recorded in Map Book 1998, Page 2079, Wake County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2309 Elmsford Way, Raleigh, 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 rep-

Carolina, comprising a portion of the Breezewood I Condominium Regime having been established by that certain declaration creating unit ownership - Breezewood I Condominium Regime - [N.C.G.S. 47C] dated and recorded the 10th day of February, 2009 in Book 013382, Page 01218 in the Office of the Wake County register of deeds (hereinafter referred to as the “Declaration”) and the Breezewood I Plat(s) and Plan(s) also recorded February 10, 2009 in Condominium File No. 509, Page(s) A1 through D2, inclusive, in the Office of the Wake County Register of Deeds [hereinafter referred to as the “Breezewood I Plat(s) and Plan(s)”] and being more particularly described as follows: FIRST: Being all of Unit 101, Building 1931 Falls Landing Of The Breezewood I Condominium Regime established by the declaration and as shown on the Breezewood I Plat(s) and Plan(s) [including but not limited to any limited common elements appurtenant to such unit] (hereinafter referred to as “Unit 1931-101 Falls Landing”); SECOND: That certain allocated common element interest appurtenant to the above described Unit 1931-101 Falls Landing in the common elements of the Breezewood I Condominium Regime, said common elements, being described in the Declaration and on the Breezewood I Plat(s) and Plan(s), subject however to the rights set forth and reserved unto the Declaration The Declaration, together with a right of ingress to an egress from Unit 1931-101 Falls Landing and further subject to the right to use, for all purposes, in common with any and all other owners and occupants from timetotime,anyandallportionsoftheBreezewoodICondominium Regime, designated by Declaration of the Breezewood I Plat(s) and Plan(s) as “Common Elements”; (hereinafter the “Allocated Common Element Interest”) and

scribed as follows: All that certain parcel of land situate in the City of Garner, County of Wake and State of North Carolina bounded and described as follows: Being all of Lot 77, shown on plat entitled The Village At Aversboro, prepared by Daniel L. Hatch, PLS, dated 6/18/07, and recorded in Book of Maps 2007, Pages 19461948, Wake County Registry. Reference to which is hereby made for a full and complete description of same. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 537 Easy Wind Lane, Garner, North Carolina.

Being the same property as transferred by deed dated 10/15/2011, recorded 10/24/2011, from Franklin R. Miller, a married man, who acquired title as unmarried, herein joined by his spouse, Wanda F. Miller, to Franklin R. Miller, a married man, recorded in book 14507, page 919.

Tax ID: 0364199 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

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 Dale R. Fuchs.

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

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 pri-

File No.: 19-02438-FC01

attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

resentation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return

the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder

of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD: That certain allocated shared common element interest appurtenant to Unit 1931-101 Falls Landing in the shared common elements of the Breezewood I Condominium Regime, including but not limited to the swimming pool and related facilities, such shared common elements being described in the Declaration and denominated on the Breezewood I Plat(s) and Plan(s). The shared common elements are shared and owned by the owners of units in the Breezewood I Condominium Regime and the owners of units in the Breezewood II Condominium Regime accordingly the allocated shared common element interests are subject to being adjusted and reallocated as and when additional phases are annexed into and made a part of the Breezewood II Condominium Regime (The “Allocated Shared Common Element Interest”) the shared common elements are managed, operated and governed by the Master Association, (Unit 1931-101 Falls Landing, the allocated common element interest and the allocated shared common element interest are collectively sometimes herein referred to as the “Property”) Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 1931 Falls Landing Drive, Unit 101, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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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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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TAKE NOTICE WAKE 18 SP 1542 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 James David Jackson, Jr. and Jessica Jackson to Jeffery L. Tuttle, Trustee(s), which was dated December 18, 2006 and recorded on December 18, 2006 in Book 012318 at Page 01020, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

17 SP 1217 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lawrence Sean Little and Risha Kimberly Little to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated August 27, 2007 and recorded on September 17, 2007 in Book 12753 at Page 119 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on June 21, 2016 in Book 016427, Page 01245, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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 May 20, 2019 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 88 Bloomfield Subdivision, Phase 1, as shown and identified on that certain plat entitled “Bloomfield Subdivision, Phase 1, Map 3,” by Kenneth Close, Inc., Land Surveying, dated 6/1/01 and recorded in Book of Maps 2001, Page 2259, Wake County Registry, North Carolina, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description of same.

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

Said property is commonly known as 2108 Arcola Way, Willow Springs, NC 27592.

the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 22, 2019 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF KNIGHTDALE, MARKS CREEK, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 21, SANDY TRAIL, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1986, PAGE 1966, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY.

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

Being the same property as conveyed to Lawrence Sean Little and Risha Kimberly Little by deed recorded 08/28/02 in Book 009564, Page 00847.

18 SP 1885 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 22, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit:

NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Brenda H. Grant to Kathryn Richards and Jerry B. Flowers, III, Trustee(s), which was dated January 12, 2015 and recorded on January 12, 2015 in Book 015889 at Page 01749, 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

19 SP 464 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 Rudy V. Price and Janet K. Price to First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated March 6, 2000 and recorded on March 10, 2000 in Book 008536 at Page 02627, 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 May 22, 2019 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash

19 SP 483 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Terry V. Bunn and Morgan Tew Bunn to Allan B. Polunsky, Trustee(s), which was dated October 13, 2011 and recorded on October 13, 2011 in Book 014497 at Page 00958, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been 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 May 22,

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY

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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 011391 at Page 02317, 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 May 31, 2019 at 1:30 pm , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: 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, ac-

19 SP 490 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 Lonnie Turner, Jr. and Shasta K. Williams to Moore & Alphin, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated September 29, 2005 and recorded on September 30, 2005 in Book 011609 at Page 01171, 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 May 29, 2019 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County,

18 SP 2234 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 Darryl W. Edwards to Jovetta Woodard and Patricia Robinson, Trustee(s), which was dated April 16, 2010 and recorded on May 4, 2010 in Book 013931 at Page 00864, 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 May 29,

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

Said property is commonly known as 5428 Sandy Trail

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

Little and Risha Kimberly Little.

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.

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.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Lawrence Sean

EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

Said property is commonly known as 1521 Gracie Girl Way, Wake Forest, NC 27587.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE

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,

the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit:

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

BEGINNING at an iron stake in the northern right of way line of James Street, said iron stake being located at intersection of the northern right of way line of James Street, said iron stake being located at an intersection of corner of Lot 13 of the M.J. Sexton Property; runs thence with the northern right of way line of James Street North 81 degrees 46 minutes West 150.00 feet to an iron stake; runs thence North 08 degrees 13 minutes East 200.00 feet to an iron stake; runs thence with the southern line of Lot 10 South 81 degrees 46 minutes East 150.00 feet to an iron stake; runs thence with the western line of Lots 12 and 13 South 08 degrees 13 minutes west 200.00 feet to an iron stake in the northern right of way line of James Street, the point and place of Beginning, and being all of a 0.69 acre tract of land being designated as Lots 8 and 9 of the M.J. Sexton Property according to a map and survey of Harold B. Mullen, R.L.S., dated 6-12-75, and entitled “House location for Mack Curtis West and wife, Joan H. West, Little River Township, Wake County, North Carolina.”

Said property is commonly known as 502 Lanier Lane, Zebulon, NC 27597.

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

2019 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: LOT 3 PROPERTY OF A.W. KELLY HEIRS, AS SHOWN ON BOOK OF MAPS 1999, PAGE 268, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 6421 Pleasant Pines Drive, Raleigh, NC 27613.

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

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Terry V. Bunn.

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.

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

cording 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.

lar ($500.00) fee will be collected. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Tax Id: 0212472 Tax ID: 0699474197 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 §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dol-

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, ter-

North Carolina, to wit:

DEED.

Lying and being in the City of RALEIGH, ST. MARY’S Township, WAKE County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

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 Lonnie Turner, Jr. and Shasta K. Williams.

All of Lot 52 in CYMEN COMMONS Subdivision, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Book of Maps 2004, Page 466, 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 3611 Cyrus Street, 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

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

2019 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit:

Said property is commonly known as 8801 Leesville Road, Raleigh, NC 27613.

The County

following described property of Wake, State of North

in the Carolina:

Lot 1 of Springdale Woods, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Wake County Registry.

Beingandintendingtodescribethesamepremisesconveyed in a Deed recorded 10/31/2005, in Book 11661, Page 939.

And being according to

more said

particularly Deed as

described follows:

BEING all of Lot 1, Springdale Woods Subdivision, according to plat recorded in Book of Maps 1978, Page 446, Wake County Registry.

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

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

Drive, Knightdale, NC 27545.

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 Brenda H. Grant.

BEING all of Lot 19, Saddle Run Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 2007, Pages 645 and 646, Wake County Registry.

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.

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

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,

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.

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 Janet K. Price.

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.

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 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.: 18-07418-FC01

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 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.: 11-12892-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.: 18-09588-FC01

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 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.: 18-08504-FC02

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

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.

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.: 18-07365-FC02

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee

minate 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.

Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 5970 Fairview Road Suite 126 Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 879-2777 (803) 929-0830 Posted: ____________________ By: _______________________

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ________________________________________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, PC

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.

5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-01396-FC01

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC

the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Darryl Edwards.

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.

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.: 18-10928-FC01

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