Chatham News & Record Vol. 147, Issue 15

the BRIEF this week

Pittsboro seeks Parks and Rec advisory board member

The town is seeking a volunteer to serve on the Pittsboro Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.

Appointed by the Board of Commissioners, the member will serve a three-year term to advise, foster and promote Pittsboro Parks and Recreation facilities and programs.

Interested applicants can get more information at pittsboronc.gov. The application deadline is June 20 at 5 p.m.

N.C. gets $19M for electric school buses

The EPA awarded school districts in North Carolina $19 million to purchase 56 electric school buses. This was part of nearly $1 billion in nationwide grant awards announced this week.

The Clean School Bus Program grants were funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, which authorized a total of $5 billion for electric and low- emission school buses. $3 billion has already been allocated across several years of grants.

Freightliner, the parent company of Thomas Built Buses, has signi cant operations in North Carolina and manufactures electric school buses at its facility in High Point.

Ohio man sentenced after threats to kill N.C. state senator

Nicolas Alan Daniels, of West Portsmouth, Ohio, entered a plea to one felony count of threatening a legislative o cer in a Wake County court last week.

The 38 -year- old received a suspended sentence of 6 -17 months in addition to two years of probation. Daniels was arrested in February after he sent messages to Republican state Sen. Todd Johnson on Facebook last fall threatening to kill the Union County lawmaker and his family.

Two Chatham girls’ soccer teams played in for state championships.

Left, Woods Charter senior Leyla Noronha is consoled by Coach Graeme Stewart after the Wolves lost to Christ the King in the 1A title game.

Meanwhile, Seaforth won the rst girls’ soccer championship in school history in the 2A nals.

For more sports, turn to Page B1.

Oh deer!

O cers with the Chatham Sheri ’s Animal Resource Center were able to help this dehydrated, injured fawn in downtown Pittsboro last week, bringing it to Holly’s Nest Wildlife Rehabilitation in Sanford. During baby fawn season, avoid handling fawns even if they appear to be alone. Often, their mother is nearby, and leaving them undisturbed is the best course of action. If a fawn has been left for more than 24 hours, call animal services.

Proposed county budget sees property tax increase

The property tax rate would increase by $0.04

By Ryan Henkel Chatham News & Record

PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Commissioners considered the nearly $200

million county budget for scal 2024 -25 at its May 20 meeting.

The proposed budget totals

$193,344,509, an approximate 4% increase from last year. It includes an increased property tax rate of $0.04 to $0.725 per $100 valuation.

“Essentially, every $100,000 of property value is about an in-

Siler City to get 157 new jobs from $40M project

Innovative Construction Group will begin construction on a new facility once annexation is approved

By Ryan Henkel Chatham News & Record

SILER CITY — The Siler City Board of Commissioners approved an economic incentive agreement with Innovative Construction Group, a building materials manufacturer, at its May 20 meeting. “This company is based in Jacksonville, Florida,” said

Chatham Economic Development Corporation President Michael Smith. “They also looked in two major metro areas, so it was exciting for us to win this project versus a site in Arizona and a site in Texas. It was competitive, as most projects are, and one of the things about this project is that since they’re a national rm, they had lots of choices, so we’re certainly grateful that this is the location they chose.” The proposed facility, located northeast of the Wolfspeed facility in the CAM site, will be

crease of $40 on an individual’s tax bill,” said Assistant County Manager Bryan Thompson. The budget allocates an additional $4 million to Chatham County Schools to cover increases in sta pay and bene ts, operational costs, local teacher salary supplements and capital outlay.

It includes a 4% raise for Chatham County employees and an additional $2.8 million for the Chatham County Sheri ’s Ofce to cover additional sta ng and other items.

The board will give nal approval to the budget at their June 17 meeting.

“We are feeling a lot of significant nancial pressures in the upcoming scal year, primarily around education, public safety and utilities, but our organization is well positioned to address our continued growth, and we are very optimistic about that

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RFK Jr. and Cornel West will likely be on the ballot this year

By Gary D. Robertson The Associated Press

RALEIGH — This fall’s presidential ballot in battleground North Carolina appears poised to lengthen after three political movements seeking to run candidates led voter signature lists with state election o cials by a Monday deadline.

on the ballot — the “We The People” party and Justice for All Party, respectively — as well as the Constitution Party had initiated petition drives to receive o cial party designations. That would allow the

See SILER CITY, page A3 See BALLOT, page A2

Groups that want Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West

COURTESY CHATHAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE See CHATHAM,

GENE GALIN FOR CHATHAM NEWS & RECORD

COURTESY THOMAS BUILT BUSES

THURSDAY

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groups to eld candidates for any position in the November election, not just for president.

Based on state law, the proposed parties had to collect at least 13,865 valid signatures from registered and quali ed voters and turn in enough signature sheets by noon Monday. Signature lists already had to be led at county board of o ces by May 17 to give ofcials there time to determine whether they were registered voters.

A petition webpage by the State Board of Elections indicates all three groups have valid signatures that exceed the threshold. Board o cials still must review signatures and petition details to ensure compliance, however. The state board — composed of three Democrats and two Republicans — would have to meet soon to formally vote to recognize any or all of these groups as new political parties. New political parties would have to quickly o er their candidates for the ballot.

Adding presidential candidates further raise the stakes and uncertainty about who will win North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes. While Republican Donald Trump won the state in both 2016 and in 2020, his margin over Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 was less than 1.4 percentage points — the closest margin of any state Trump won that year.

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growth and our ability to make that transition,” Thompson told the board.

The commissioners also considered economic development incentives for Innovative Construction Group, a building materials manufacturer that is planning a new facility in Chatham County.

“Back in April, ICG announced plans to build a manufacturing facility in Chatham County pending the approval of economic development agreements with Chatham County and the Town of Siler City,” said Chatham Economic Development Corporation project manager Phillip Thompson.

According to Thompson, ICG will create 157 new full-time positions with an average salary of approximately $53,000. The company plans to invest nearly $40 million in a new 150,000-square-foot operation in Siler City.

The county would include a performance-based cash incentive equal to a declining percentage of an increase in paid property taxes over ve years. A nal decision on this will come at a future meeting.

A pair of zoning matters were also examined, with both kicked back to the Planning Committee for further consideration.

One was about shifting roughly 20 acres of property located on Farrington Point Road from R-1 Residential to Conditional District Neighborhood Business for a limited event center.

“What that means is that they can have an event center, but the size of the building is limited to no more than 5,000 square feet,” said Zoning Administrator Angela Plummer.

The other was for a new electronic battery recycling facility on 37 acres on Christian Chapel Church Road, moving from R-1 Residential to Heavy Industrial.

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will next meet on June 17.

A petition webpage by the State Board of Elections indicates all three groups have valid signatures that exceed the threshold.

The Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green and No Labels parties already are o cially recognized in North Carolina. But the largest bloc of voters in the state are now those registered una liated — nearly 2.8 million voters out of the state’s almost 7.5 million registrants.

Italo Medelius-Marsano, a co-chair of the state Justice for All Party of North Carolina, said the group’s signature collection over three months speaks to the public’s unhappiness with the major parties.

“This really is a testament of the will of the people of North Carolina to dethrone the two parties,” he said at a Raleigh news conference. “People are tired with having two parties controlling the public ballot.”

Medelius-Marsano said he expects the state party will hold a convention soon to nominate West, and its leaders may consider candidates for down-ballot races.

Getting on the ballot as a candidate through a new political party in North Carolina is less daunting than doing so

as an independent candidate. State law requires an independent candidate to collect at least 83,188 qualifying signatures, and they would have had to be turned in earlier.

West, a professor and progressive activist, announced earlier this year the creation of a national Justice for All Party to secure ballot access in speci c states. “We the People” was created to help Kennedy, an author and environmental lawyer, run as a candidate in North Carolina and elsewhere.

As of late last week, Kennedy’s campaign said he was ofcially on the ballot in eight states and had collected signatures for ballot access in nine others. The West campaign said Monday it has currently quali ed in seven states.

The Constitution Party has been an o cial party in North Carolina in the past, including for the 2020 elections. The national party this year nominated anti-abortion activist Randall Terry as its presidential candidate.

The state board recognized No Labels Party as an o cial North Carolina party last August. But in April, the political movement said it would not eld a presidential candidate.

Achieving party status in North Carolina means registered voters also can formally a liate with a new party. As of last weekend, about 10,300 registered voters were a liated with No Labels and about 2,200 with the Green Party.

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Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up in Chatham County:

June 7

Friday Night Movies: Elemental

7:30 p.m.

Mosaic’s free movie night will feature the Disney/Pixar animated feature “Elemental” with food and beverage by Mr. Dowdy’s Popcorn, Hops & Berry, Sanders Southern Seafood. Philip H. Kohl MOSAIC Family Commons, 367 Freedom Pkwy., Pittsboro

June 8

Grand Opening and Plant Swap for Hunt Recycling & Landscape Supplies

9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

The formal Grand Opening event for Hunt Recycling & Landscape Supplies. The event will be held in conjunction with the monthly plant swap and include a food truck, bounce house obstacle course for kids and hayride-style tours.

Celebrate America Day! Noon – 5 p.m.

An afternoon of family fun: Meet the candidates, enjoy food trucks and treats, face painting, games and more. Sponsored by the Chatham County GOP. Free Admission at Rivers and Bridges, 815 Harold Hackney Rd. in Silk Hope.

June 8

Goldston Main Street Cruise In 10 a.m.

Enjoy local restaurants and shops while you meet and talk with other car people at Calico Quilt Antique’s Monthly Main Street Cruise In. Park anywhere on Bellevue Street in Goldston and bring anything and everything.

June 13

The State of Broadband in Chatham County 5pm

Brenton Hart, Policy and Legislative Analyst for Chatham County will present an update on the state of broadband internet in Chatham County. The presentation will include a review of unserved and underserved areas of broadband, state and local funding sources, new grants. 79 Degrees West, 120 Mosaic Blvd. Suite 120, Pittsboro.

Pittsboro seeks exemption on satellite annexation

The request would allow for more local control over development

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PITTSBORO — The Town of Pittsboro has requested that the North Carolina General Assembly pass legislation to include the town among the more than 100 cities and towns statewide exempt from the cap on satellite annexation. Nearby towns such as Siler City, Goldston and Sanford are already on this list.

The request, a legislative priority for Pittsboro this year, is driven by a desire for more local control over growth and economic development. Town leaders say Pittsboro’s unique characteristics require access to all available tools to manage development e ectively in accordance with community goals

Pittsboro o cials believe local community members and the local government are best suited to make planning and land use decisions.

and the comprehensive land use plan.

“Our request for the satellite annexation cap waiver will give the Town another way to provide water and municipal services to new areas outside the existing town limits,” said a statement issued by a Pittsboro spokesman.

“Providing municipal utilities and services allows for increased development density, which discourages endless sprawl and encourages more a ordable housing options while supporting

environmental preservation.” Annexations are voluntary, and only properties whose owners understand the implications and have made a valid request can be satellite annexed. These properties must be within three miles of Pittsboro’s primary corporate limits and require Board of Commissioners approval. Satellite annexations do not automatically extend the town’s extra-territorial jurisdiction.

Pittsboro o cials believe local community members and the local government are best suited to make planning and land use decisions. The requested waiver will provide an additional means to extend water and municipal services beyond current town limits, encouraging increased development density, preventing urban sprawl, promoting a ordable housing, and supporting environmental conservation.

The $1,000 are part of an annual program by the telecom rm

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ASHEBORO — Randolph Communications has awarded scholarships to eight local high school students as part of its annual scholarship program. The scholarships, each valued at $1,000, aim to support the students’ educational pursuits and encourage them to make positive contributions to their communities.

The eight recipients were selected based on their exceptional academic achievements, leadership potential and commitment to creating positive change in their communities:

MAY 23

• Gregorio Rodriguez Herrera, 62, of Siler City, was arrested for indecent liberties with a minor and sexual battery.

MAY 24

• Mekhia Andrea Cole, 19, of Pittsboro, was arrested for failure to appear.

• Zhari Zhane Goins, 29, of Goldston, was arrested for two counts of failure to appear.

MAY 25

• Teresa Ann Waring, 51, was arrested for failure to appear.

• Tiree Sintell Rone, 38, of Pittsboro, was arrested for larceny of a motor vehicle, breaking and entering, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and conspiracy to commit felony larceny.

• Jon Reid Brooks, 42, of Siler City, was arrested for failure to appear.

“We are … equipping them with the tools to drive positive change in their rural communities.”

Kim Garner, CEO & general manager of Randolph Communications

Jasmine Nichole Moody, Eastern Randolph HS

Katherine Grace Oldham, Chatham Central HS Kelsey Deanna Hussey, Chatham Central HS

Kristen Ashley Garner, North Moore HS

Lauren Rachel Caviness, Chatham Central HS

• Christin Renee Poe, 39, of Bear Creek, was arrested for misdemeanor larceny.

MAY 28

• Darinel Martinez Rubio, 43, of Chapel Hill, was arrested for breaking and entering to terrorize/injure.

• Wilson Gonzalez Bravo, 28, of Fayetteville, was arrested for a domestic violence protective order violation.

• Jaleah Mae Wilcher, 27, of 1863 Capital Blvd., Raleigh, was arrested for domestic criminal trespass and breaking and entering.

• Phillip Andrew Jones., Jr., 43, of Siler City, was arrested for failure to appear.

• Marshall Sidney Gowings, Jr., 47, of Pittsboro, was arrested for assault on a female.

MAY 29

• Darren Patrick Hall, 53, of Moncure, was arrested

Leah Grace Waisner, Southwestern Randolph HS

Lorelei Elaine Elberson, South Davidson HS

River Anne Seawell, Montgomery County Early College

“By investing in their education and personal development, we are not only empowering these students to achieve their dreams; but, we are also equipping them with the tools to drive positive change in their rural communities,” said Kim Garner, CEO & General Manager at Randolph Communications.

Since 1995, Randolph Communications has awarded more than $164,000 in scholarships. The 70-year old rm provides telecom services across eight North Carolina counties.

for resisting public officer, assault on a female, and communicating threats.

• Zhuoqing Chen, 24, of Raleigh, was arrested for fleeing or eluding arrest with a motor vehicle, reckless driving to endanger, no operator’s license, and exceeding posted speed.

MAY 30

• Wilson Gonzalez Bravo, 28, of Fayetteville, was arrested for first degree statutory rape, statutory rape of a child by an adult, crime against nature, sex act by a substitute parent/guardian, indecent liberties with a child, felony child abusesexual act, intentional child abuse-serious physical injury and intentional child abuse-serious bodily injury. No bond was issued.

• Brandon Dean Beal, 28, of Goldston, was arrested for breaking and entering and second-degree trespassing.

CHAPEL AME ZION CHURCH CHILDREN & YOUTH CHURCH

Children and Youth Church Services — Holland Chapel AME Zion Church.

Children (Ages 0-12) & Youth (Ages 13 & Up) Church will be held during Morning Worship Service in the Educational wing.

All Children & Youth are encouraged to attend! Please call the church o ce for more information. 919-362-7831

CHILDREN’S DAY 2024

Children’s Day will be observed on Sunday, June 9. The color for the day is red, and children and youth are asked to wear red and khaki.

An Ice Cream Party will be held following service.

Rev. Charles Mathews, Senior Pastor Holland Chapel AME Zion Church 360 Burgess Rd. Apex, NC 27523-5642

approximately 150,000 square feet.

According to Smith, the project is anticipated to create 157 full-time jobs with more than $8 million annual payroll. The total investment from ICG would be just under $40 million.

“This will bring a lot of bene ts here in Siler City in terms of job creation, increasing the tax base and certainly with economic diversi cation and stimulus,” Smith said. “I think certainly with the opportunity to build new houses here, this is a perfect company and perfect t and a great time to have it here. They’re going to employ local folks here and make investments, and we will certainly be working closely with Central Carolina Community College for training these new employees.”

Smith noted that there are still 1,350 acres “available for

future development and future business and investment.”

The board set a June 17 public hearing for a property annexation related to the Chatham-Siler City Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) site.

“For us to move forward with the incentive agreement, the land has to be incorporated into the city limits by annexation,” said Town Clerk Kimberly Pickard. “So this is already part of the CAM site, but these particular parcels have not been annexed yet.”

According to Pickard, the property’s tax revenue will be $2,965.25, based on the undeveloped land value. The land must be annexed to o cially approve the economic incentive agreement.

“This area is growing at a rapid speed,” said Mayor Donald Matthews. “I mean, it’s almost lightning fast how much is going on.”

THE CONVERSATION

Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor

A humble witness

Humility is a virtue openly maligned by portions of our society where the loudest, pushiest people receive the most attention and praise.

DR. WILLIAM HUBBARD, MD, died on May 9 in Pittsboro. He was an award-winning pediatrician as well as a professor at his alma mater, UNC Chapel Hill. Having met him in retirement, I was only vaguely aware of his professional accomplishments. I knew my friend, Bill, as a poet.

Once a month at Galloway Ridge, I convene a poetry discussion group with the residents. I typically bring two poems to share, and we dive right in. Bill and his beloved, Jane, were active participants and insightful readers. After several months, Bill shared a few of his poems. Emily Dickinson said that a true poem takes o the top of your head, and I was blown away. His poems were often about the natural world, employing plain language to evoke the beauty around us as a mirror to the beauty within us. Though I was supposedly leading the poetry group, the unassuming Bill was a better writer.

This dynamic that I experienced in the poetry group was similar to a story from Bill’s celebration of life told by his youngest daughter. Her dad, recently named one of the best doctors in the country, accompanied her and her newborn to the rst checkups. Bill would sit quietly in the corner, allowing the doctor or nurse practitioner to work. Maybe he had a question or perhaps a suggestion. He never trumpeted his credentials. Bill wore his knowledge graciously.

| BOB WACHS

Humility is a virtue openly maligned by portions of our society where the loudest, pushiest people receive the most attention and praise. Here is something to ponder: could so much of the bluster, preen and sales pitches be made by people trying to overcompensate for their lack of knowledge or experience? Might it be that those who are truly skilled and credentialed do not need to boast or brag about it? Humility, though often evidenced by quietness, speaks volumes about someone’s character.

One of Bill’s 15 grandchildren read one of his poems at his celebration of life. It was titled “The Horizon.” Like many of the poets he admired, Bill tackled a grandiose concept through concrete or individual examples, in this case, the idea of the Great Unknown braved by an explorer, such as a mariner or Native American. Though I only heard the poem once, I believe I have the ending right — Bill wrote that “the shroud” of the distant horizon would be replaced by “a face.” This says to me that ultimately, what matters are relationships. With humility, we admit that there is much that we cannot know, yet when you nd a person of character, like Bill, you want to know that person as a friend.

Andrew Taylor-Troutman is pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church as well as a writer, pizza maker, co ee drinker and student of joy.

Challenge is to keep local community while going global

The days Dick Tracy only dreamed of are here. Did you really think the two-way wristwatch radio wouldn’t come about?

A FEW DAYS AGO I inadvertently misplaced (not the same thing as “lost”) a pocket leather-bound notebook/wallet gizmo I typically carry. In it is usually a few dollars, a calendar, assorted notes on people I want to see or a list of groceries (loaf of milk, gallon of bread, peanut butter) I need to buy, some pictures of the world’s greatest grandchildren and various other important pieces of stu .

When I’m wearing a sport coat, suit jacket, windbreaker or other outer garment, it’s not all that hard keeping up with it since it lives in an inside pocket of those garments. It’s when I’m not wearing such, like now when it’s warm weather, that I lose much of my mind wondering where it is and how it got there. Some folks, usually the 30- and 40-something crowd whose members were born technologically superior to us dinosaurs, tell me I should trash the bulky accessory and get myself a slim trim (to match my physique) blackberry, smart phone, tablet or some other gadget to carry on my belt. On something no bigger than a Rook card, they say, I can keep up with all my life and it’s so small I won’t lose it.

To me, that thinking ies in the face of logic, mainly because little things are what we mostly lose. For instance, you ever heard of anyone misplacing their elephant?

Anyway, me getting one of those gadgets is pretty much an impossibility for several reasons. First, “blackberry” is something my daddy and I picked with Roland Farrell when I was a lad. Then we took them home to Mama, at least the ones I hadn’t eaten in the name of quality control, and she’d make blackberry jelly or cobblers, which is a dish to be eaten warm out of the oven topped with large amounts of vanilla ice cream.

I don’t think you can do that with an electronic do-dad. The days Dick Tracy only dreamed of are here. Did you really think the two-way wristwatch radio wouldn’t come about?

And tablets? That’s what you take two of and call the doctor in the morning … if you can get through all the phone prompts and “your call is very important to us so stay on the line for a day and a half and we’ll get to you … maybe.”

While all those gadgets are, I guess, nice for keeping up with all we have to do, where we have to go and with whom we have to do it, it strikes me sometimes we’ve become prisoners of ourselves and our lifestyles. My grandparents went all their lives without such. I don’t think they ever owned a TV, which means they never got to see Larry King, hear about his umpteenth wife or soak in CNN. They did

have a radio. Grandpa thought it was a hoot that he had a big ol’ cabinet model with vacuum tubes in back. After he got the thing tuned in through the static to “Fibber McGee and Molly” or his favorite, “The Lone Ranger,” he’d jerk the knob o so nobody could change the dial.

Today, some of the younger generation nd it almost impossible to believe when I was their age, I had to get up from my seat and walk across the room to change the channel to one of only — two in Greensboro, which we didn’t get too clearly in east Pittsboro, ve in Raleigh and 11 in Durham. There was also Channel 4, but it was mostly school lessons, not yet having moved to broadcasting doo-wop concerts, country music documentaries and assorted old rock ’n’ roll celebrations.

These days I’m wondering exactly why is “bigger” better? Who says we must have this gadget or that? Why do we really need to know what the stock market is doing at the exact moment? Why do I need or even want to know what Sheik Ali Fuzzy is thinking?

I know, I know ... we’re all part of the global community, and what happens on the other side of the world or down the street can and often does trickle down or back to us all. And I know not everyone agrees with me. There are lots and lots of folks who love to run wide open all the time and can’t have enough gadgets and such and things to do and places to go to save their souls.

I just don’t think I’m one of them. To quote my boyhood friend and adviser on matters from the heart to the pocketbook, Bobby Joe High, “The hurryer I go the behinder I get.”

Lest you think I have mastered this art of throwing o some of the technological trappings of our lifestyle for a more simple existence, let me assure you I haven’t.

Yet. Once I accidentally left my cell phone on the bed one Sunday as we went o to church, and I may not have heard my sermon trying to remember if I’d lost it.

But I’m trying … trying to do only what’s necessary, sit on the screened-in back porch, listen to the birds, appreciate the sunset’s beauty before the glare of neon hides it, savor the good folks we meet along the way who make life better.

I think it’s in the trying that we nd the quality of life.

Not sure electronics can provide that.

Bob Wachs is a native of Chatham County and emeritus editor at Chatham News & Record. He serves as pastor of Bear Creek Baptist Church.

COLUMN

Digital good manners? Yeah, right.

Our society has unspoken rules regarding how we treat our fellow citizens in public. On listservs, these societal niceties tend to go out the window.

“HELP!! I’ve got a black snake in my pantry!!! Is anyone able to get it out for me????? Now!!!!???”

I was suddenly rapt (who wouldn’t be) when reading this true post on a large local listserv. Oh my, I just wanted to dive right in and get the scoop. However, I do need to be straightforward with you rst, sharing a wee bit of information about my, shall we say, love-hate relationship with public listservs. On the plus side, they’re an absolutely wonderful tool for requesting assistance (such as with unexpected black snake visitors having cookies and milk in the pantry.) And on the downside, where do I even begin?

The beginning, I think. You will now be served my own personal Cli sNotes version of what a listserv is. Aside from their obvious utility as a resource from A-Z, listservs are a magnet for the open expression of highly pent-up passions and opinions (also highly pent-up) regarding, well, just about anything (including black snakes in pantries.)

Our society has unspoken rules regarding how we treat our fellow citizens in public. Those rules often boil down to “be nice and work at being somewhat respectful.” On listservs, these societal niceties tend to go out the window. You’re often walking, unknowingly, into a boxing ring. When that start bell dings, our inner pugilists are released into the listserv ring. “POW! It’s an uppercut! Illegal punch!” There is no referee for listserv pugilists. No one intoning, “Please remove your boxing gloves and go to your corners.” Nope. On the turn of a mere phrase, for heaven’s sake, listserv communications can plummet into KO (knockout) or Category 4 Hurricane territory.

Is the listserv picture I’m painting an over dramatization? Granted the WWIII verbal pyrotechnics can be balanced by

COLUMN

| BETSY MCCAUGHEY

legitimate questions and discussions. But what’s frightening to me is that I sometimes visit these large listservs for entertainment! No longer do I watch TV. I don’t need to since what I’m seeing on the digital listserv page often scales the heights of “Game of Thrones” or my old, old fave, “Dallas.”

I feel as if I’m telling on myself. Well, I am! Is this a self-intervention?? Appears so. OK, I own up. I don’t need more Us vs. Them or anything else falling in the arena of nger-pointing. I don’t. (Do you?) If I’m bored or looking for distractions, I’d really love to remember that listserv Civil War just isn’t a tonic for my sensitive psyche. What is a tonic, since watching TV is not an option?

Oh, ho, just realized I’m looking for something emotionally lling or satisfying when I gravitate toward these large and often toxic listservs. (At the moment, chocolate and anything high in fat, are out of the picture.) Well, OK, now we’re getting somewhere! Filling, lling, lling? Got it! I admit to being a total sentimentalist, often revivi ed by the endings of my favorite downloaded movies. That’s the ticket! Yes, I’ve just come out to you as a sentimentalist; please don’t hold it over my head. Soooo, this sentimentalist is headed in the direction of rewatching the endings for: “You’ve Got Mail,” “Hidden Figures,” “Spotlight,” “Independence Day” and that beat goes merrily (and happily) on.

And speaking of Happy Endings, in regard to the vili ed black snake in the pantry. Via constructive listserv interventions, (yes, they do happen) the slitherer was safely returned to the great outdoors for new adventures (and other pantries?).

Jan Hutton, a resident of Chatham County and retired hospice social worker, lives life with heart and humor.

Biden’s all-of-government vote-buying scheme

The Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $50 million “environmental justice” grant to the Climate Justice Alliance.

TO BET ON THE UPCOMING presidential election, don’t just rely on polls. Look at the billions of taxpayer dollars President Joe Biden is pouring into “community organizations” in “disadvantaged communities” to tip the election scales.

The community organizer who became president, Barack Obama, was a master at machine politics, using federal tax dollars to turn community organizations — leftwing not-for-pro ts — into a fth estate. Their sta s, paid using taxpayer money but not tied to government rules, could hit the streets at election time and build turnout. Biden has scaled up Obama’s playbook, using billions of dollars instead of mere millions.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) made headlines last week with the discovery that in December 2023 the Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $50 million “environmental justice” grant to the Climate Justice Alliance. Capito was distressed to learn that the Climate Justice Alliance vows “the path to climate justice travels through a free Palestine.”

In fact, Climate Justice Alliance serves up a full agenda of radical activities, including ghting “political oppression” and “placing race, gender, and class at the center” of its climate solutions.

But $50 million for the Climate Justice Alliance is a drop in the bucket.

Had members of Congress read the In ation Reduction Act before passing it — a novel idea — they would know the law provides $2.8 billion to the EPA for environmental and climate justice block grants,” (Section 60201). That’s a license to hand out walking-around money to many political activists, not just the Climate Justice Alliance.

Another recipient: the New York Immigration Coalition, which describes itself as a “coalition of immigrant and refugee organizations” pushing for more government services and political clout. Same is true of the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, another recipient. The words “climate” and “environment” don’t appear anywhere on these groups’ websites or literature.

Lawmakers may have assumed the money was for climate improvement, but the IRA’s ne print allows the moolah to be used for “facilitating engagement of marginalized communities in Local, State and Federal public processes, such as advisory groups, workshops, rulemakings.”

Translation: elections.

How easy is it to get the dough?

Piece of cake. The EPA says it wants to “alleviate much of the burden that the federal grants process places on small,

resource-constrained community-based organizations supporting underserved communities and marginalized populations.” In short, no jumping through hoops.

The money can only go to a disadvantaged community or a southern border town. There are 27,521 disadvantaged communities on the census map, according to Biden’s “Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool,” which targets non-English speakers, people with diabetes and other factors that mostly correspond to heavily minority populations. These communities customarily vote Democratic.

Adding eligibility for border towns is an interesting twist. As waves of migrants overwhelm resources in these towns, Democrats are growing divided over Biden’s open border policies. Money may shore up support.

During his rst week as president, Biden announced the Justice40 initiative by executive order, requiring that 40% of many types of federal spending — not just EPA grants — must go to these “disadvantaged communities.”

The Department of Energy is spreading money to these “disadvantaged communities,” using what it calls “community bene t plans” and promising that application requirements will be “intentionally exible.”

The playbook started with the A ordable Care Act. The ACA, or “Obamacare,” authorized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to hand out “community transformation grants.” Community Health Councils, a typical recipient, pledged that its mission was to advance “social justice.” It distributed 65% of the money to partner community groups that promoted “voter engagement,” conducted “one-on-one education in the streets” or led tenants’ rights, antifracking and anti-drilling e orts. And you thought the ACA was about covering the uninsured. A decade after Obama, Biden is tasking every agency and department of the federal government to promote voter engagement. Biden’s community grants pale in size compared to the student debt cancellation vote-buying that now totals $620 billion. But the community grant money lands directly in the hands of political activists who know what to do with it.

Tell your congressional rep to read the bills before voting on them and strip out these provisions for community giveaways that make a mockery of democracy.

Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths.

General Assembly must address child care crisis

CHILD CARE IS AN ESSENTIAL ISSUE for so many North Carolinians. This is a serious issue that our state faces, but legislative inaction so far means that thousands of families across this state are being left in limbo.

The federal government funded child care stabilization grants that are set to end this summer. That money has been a lifeline for working families and the business community, ensuring that child care centers can continue to function and that working parents can make it to work. But with that money ending, now the state needs to step up and bridge the divide.

The pressure on child care is coming from above and below. Too many working families are simply unable to a ord the high cost of child care in our state today. That leads to working parents having to withdraw from the workforce in order to take care of their children. The statistics on this are eyepopping: 34% of working mothers and 20% of working fathers are leaving their jobs because the cost of child care is too high.

On the other hand, it is di cult for child care centers to stay a oat. Wages are too low in the industry, leading to fewer people joining the child care workforce and further exacerbating the ability of these centers to take in children. Twenty- ve percent of child care centers closed between 2016 and 2021. A third of the remaining centers are liable to close when the Child Care Stabilization Grants dry up. This is a crisis, and we need to address it.

One of North Carolina’s best attributes on the national and global stage is our outstanding workforce. It’s the reason we have secured billions of dollars of economic investment and thousands of new jobs. The business community understands the need to have a well-funded child care system, and the working families who rely on it most days of the week surely do too. We need this General Assembly to understand how dire it is that this funding be provided.

Instead, the focus of this session so far has been to subsidize private school education for millionaires. In this building, we have had our priorities backward. How much more of an impact would hundreds of millions of dollars for child care centers have on our state than handouts to wealthy families for private school tuition?

With the money proposed for the taxpayerfunded voucher scheme, we could invest in child care subsidies to wipe away the current waitlist of more than 5,000 kids. We could create a statewide rate oor that helps ensure rural low-wealth communities can a ord child care. We could shore up the Child Care Stabilization Grants program. And we could adequately fund Pre-K to cover nearly 30,000 students and keep teachers in classrooms. This and more is included in Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget proposal.

We are making a simple proposition here: provide funding to the programs that actually help the working and middle-class people of this state.

Won’t that have more of an impact for working families? Doesn’t that really address the concerns that North Carolinians have every night at the kitchen table? Working people in this state are being left behind by the inaction in this building while the wealthiest folks and corporations see their tax bill drop every year. The people who go to work 9-5 and struggle to make ends meet are the ones we should be focused on helping.

Robert Reives II is the N.C. House Democratic leader and represents Chatham County.

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Charlie Arthur Gilchrist

May 6th, 1939 –May 28th, 2024

Charlie Arthur Gilchrist passed away from this world on May 28th, 2024, after su ering from a stroke.

Charlie was born May 6th, 1939, in Harnett County NC to Edgar and Mary Hobby Gilchrist. He spent his younger years in Harnett County and graduated from Benhaven School in 1957.

In 1962 Charlie was introduced to Louise Gaines by mutual friends in August. They quickly fell in love and were married that December in Bear Creek, NC where they began their life together. Their daughter Lisa was born in 1969.

Charlie worked maintenance at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford for a few years before moving to Townsend Farms where he did maintenance and electrical work for 34 years.

Charlie loved helping friends in the community and did many jobs as an electrician, welder, and any maintenance work needed and continued to do so later into his life.

One of Charlie’s proudest accomplishments was his dedication to the Masonic Lodge and Shriners Organizations. He was a 60-year member of the Mt. Vernon Lodge #143 where he became the rst member to achieve all three degrees in the present lodge. He was a charter member of the Amran Shrine and was dedicated to improving the lives of others through his service to the community.

Trudy Cecile Moneymaker Cook

Feb.9th, 1946 –May 30th, 2024

Trudy Cecile Moneymaker Cook, 78, of Siler City, died peacefully at home Thursday, May 30, 2024, surrounded by her family.

Trudy was born in Moline, Illinois to Floyd and Ila McHugh Moneymaker on February 9, 1946. She was a graduate of UNC-Greensboro, where she received her bachelor’s degree. For many years Mrs. Cook made an impression on the lives of many children during her time teaching at Bonlee Elementary

Most of all, Charlie loved his family. He was “Uncle Charlie” to numerous nieces and nephews, but his proudest title was Pop. Charlie was a dedicated, patient grandfather who spent all his free time attending softball games and enjoying life on the farm with his 5 granddaughters. He loved attending yard sales with Louise and traveling to see his family.

In addition to his parents, Charlie was predeceased by his older brothers James, Gene, EJ, Johnny, Alvin, and a younger brother Sandy Gilchrist.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 62 years, Louise of the home; and 2 children: Lisa Gilchrist Gaines and husband Randy of Bear Creek; and Louise’s son Ricky Gaines and wife Kim of Bear Creek.

Pop Charlie also leaves behind 5 grandchildren whose lives were very much shaped by his love and constant presence: Marlene Gaines of Je erson; Christi Shaw and husband Eric of Bear Creek; Shelby Stitcher and husband Nathan of Hays, KS; Sarah Cebra and husband Ian of Sylva, NC; and Madison Gaines of Bear Creek.

Charlie is also survived by great-grandchildren Marlee Stonecipher of Je erson, Kagle Pilkington of Pittsboro, Claire Harman, Brett and Eli Shaw of Bear Creek, Theodore, and Edwin Cebra of Sylva.

Charlie also leaves behind a sister, Sue Kelly of Green Cove Springs, FL and several nieces, nephews, cousins, neighbors, and friends.

The family will receive friends and family from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday May 30th at Smith & Buckner Funeral Home. A celebration of life service will be held at Hickory Grove Baptist Church on Friday, May 31st at 12:00 p.m. with Rev. Darrell Garner and David Hicks o ciating. A burial will follow at Hickory Grove cemetery. Smith & Buckner Funeral Home will be assisting the Gilchrist family. Online condolences can be made at smithbucknerfh.com

School. She was a member of Corinth Baptist Church in Rose Hill, NC. Trudy was a fan of all sports, especially Duke basketball. She played tennis and golf and loved playing cards or boardgames with her grandkids.

Trudy is survived by her husband of 55 years, William “Bill” Cook; daughters, Lori Cook, of Pittsboro and Holly Beck and husband Brandon, of Siler City; grandchildren, Sarah McNeese, Garner Waggle, Claire Beck and William Beck; and special friend, Mandy Kennedy.

In addition to her parents, Trudy was preceded in death by her sister, Marlene Ralston.

A visitation will be held Sunday, June 9, 2024, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. at Loves Creek Baptist Church. The Celebration of Trudy’s Life will follow at 3:00 p.m., with Rev. Kenny Black o ciating. Family and Friends are welcome to visit with the family at other times at Holly’s home 439 Glosson Rd.

The family request memorials be made to Gentiva Hospice, 1836 Doctors Dr., Sanford NC 27330.

Smith & Buckner Funeral Home is serving the Cook family. Online Condolences may be made at smithbucknerfh.com

George Edward “Ed” Pike

Dec.13th, 1938 –May 24th, 2024

George Edward “Ed” Pike, 85, passed away peacefully at Chatham Hospital surrounded by his family on Friday, May 24th, 2024.

Edward was a native of Chatham County. He was born in Siler City on December 13th, 1938, to the late Rachel Smith Pike. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 62 years, Mary Hurlene Pickard Pike; his daughter, Sarah P. Siler Gardner; and his son, George Daniel “Danny” Pike.

Edward was a graduate of Silk Hope High School, Class

of 1957. He was a member of Rocky River Baptist Church where he served in various positions including deacon, choir member, and Baptist Training Union Director. Throughout his life he was not only a beloved coworker, but a beloved neighbor, and friend to many in the Silk Hope Community where he was raised and lived his entire life.

Edward worked in textiles for the majority of his life. He primarily worked at Collins and Aikman with some years spent at both Cone Mills and Ramtex.

He was a devoted family man and always worked two or more jobs to provide for his wife and ve children. At the age of 60, he retired from public work and became a chicken farmer, which was something he had always wanted to do. He worked and managed the farm for approximately 21 years before retiring.

Most importantly, Ed loved Jesus and raised his children in a Christian Home. He loved his family, and that love was reciprocated.

Ed was a kind, compassionate, hard-working man who loved country music

DAN RICHARD HARMON AUG. 21ST, 1949 – MAY 29TH, 2024

and loved to laugh. Some of his friends would describe him as a prankster. He certainly loved to tell jokes and “cut up”.

Ed is survived by his children; daughter, Diane Wright and husband, Tony; sons, Manuel Pike and wife Andrea, Chris Pike, and wife Catie, all of Siler City; daughter-in-law, Pam Pike; son-in-law, Frankie Gardner; 15 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren; as well as his beloved cat, Gus AKA Big Gus. A graveside service will be held Friday, May 31st, 2024, at 4 pm at Rocky River Baptist Church. Visitation will be after the service in the fellowship hall. Service will be o ciated by Pastor Steve Moore. Other times will be at the daughter, Diane’s house – 1050 Smith Hudson Rd., Siler City, NC 27344.

In lieu of owers, the family would like donations to be made to Rocky River Baptist Church Cemetery Fund. Smith & Buckner Funeral Home will be assisting the Pike family. Online condolences can be made at smithbucknerfh.com

Dan Richard Harmon, 74, of Seagrove, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at The Greens at Pinehurst. The burial will be private.

Dan was born in Watauga County on August 21,1949 to William and Mae Ward Harmon. He retired after 30 years of service as a crew leader for Perdue. He was an avid reader and enjoyed the outdoors and shing. He adored his family, especially his grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Irene Harmon, two sisters, one brother and his stepdaughter.

Dan is survived by one stepson, one sister, three brothers, six grandchildren, eighteen greatgrandchildren and a host of family and friends.

SHIRLEY ANN LOGSDON MAY 30TH, 2024

Shirley Ann Logsdon, 87, passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at Hospice of Randolph, Asheboro, NC. The graveside service will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday, June 2, 2024 at Brush Creek Baptist Church with Pastor Edward Lowder presiding. She was a native of Hart County, Kentucky. She had resided in North Carolina for the past 34 years. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Curtis W. Logsdon and Rinetta Smith Logsdon; sister, Emma J. Logsdon; brothers, Benjamin, Ivan, Willard, Curtis, Hurley, Russell and Robert. She is survived by her sister, Ollie L. Joyce, of Asheboro, NC; sisters-in-law, Shelby Luck Logsdon, of Asheboro, NC and Maxine Watkins Logsdon, of Bowling Green, KY, fours nieces and one nephew. The family extends their thanks to Hospice of Randolph for their kindness and compassion. Flowers are accepted or donations may be made to Brush Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 45 John Lane Rd., Bear Creek, NC 27207 or Hospice of Randolph County, 416 Vision Dr., Asheboro, NC 27203.

CHARLES EDWIN PRINCE NOV. 10TH, 1957 – MAY 29TH, 2024

Charles Edwin Prince, 66, of Franklinville, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at his home. The funeral will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, June 3, 2024, at Joyce-Brady Chapel with Pastor James R. Perry presiding. Burial will follow at Franklinville UMC Cemetery with Military Honors provided by the Randolph County Honor Guard. The family will receive friends before the service from 12:00-1:45 p.m. at Joyce-Brady Chapel.

Charles was born in Alamance County on November 10, 1957, to Je erson Davis Prince and Mabel Webster Prince. He retired with 20 years of service from the U.S. Army. He later retired from trucking at Triad Corrugated Metal. He was also a retired president of the CBA. Charles enjoyed the outdoors, auto racing and cooking. He took pride in his owers and his garden. He loved spending time with his family and especially adored his grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Gary Davis Prince, who died in Vietnam.

Charles is survived by his wife, Cheryl Kay Prince, of the home; children, Kevin Michael Prince (Grace), of Wamego, KS, Rebecca Lynn Prince, of Staley, Taylor Ross Hall (Angel), of Trinity, Zachary Quinn Hall (Hannah), of Franklinville, Caitlin Leigh Koenig (Kevin), of Franklinville, Gregory Keith Hunt, Jr., of Asheboro and Madison Kaye Hunt, of Asheboro; sister, Sandra Tucker (Kenny), of Gibsonville; brother, Harold Prince (Eileen), of Colonial Beach, VA; grandchildren, Mackenzie Caroline Koenig, Kristen Nicole Lamb, Laci Marie Lamb, Bradley “Cole” Koenig, Olivia Ann Prince, Reece Ayden Lamb, Corey Michael Prince, Ayden Michael Scarborough-Hall, Sophia Nicole Hyder, Rachel Elizabeth Hall, Nora Layne Hall, Greyson Quinn Hall, Sawyer Donald-Ray Koenig, Isabella Rodden and Elijah Rodden; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, James & Donna Perry, of Robbins and a host of family and friends.

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Paulette Elaine Thompson Scotton

March 1st, 1948 –June 1st, 2024

Mrs. Paulette Elaine Thompson Scotton, daughter of Roy and Ophelia Thompson was born on March 1, 1948, in Moore County. She transitioned from this earthly life to her Heavenly Home on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at the SECU Jim & Betsy Bryan Hospice Home in Pittsboro, NC. She was educated in the Moore County school system. She was married to her husband Norman Scotton for 58 years and they raised a family of four children together. During her younger years Paulette attended Bear Creek Congregational Church in Robbins, NC. Upon moving to Siler City, she joined and became a faithful member of Harris Grove Missionary Baptist Church where she served in the following church auxillaries; Deaconess Board, Pastor’s Aide, Usher Board, Church Choir, and President of the Kitchen Committee. She loved the Lord, and she loved her church. Paulette was always a hardworking individual. She was employed at Robbins & Gant of Siler City until they closed. She then worked at Kohlockman Mills for many years until she decided to change elds and follow her gift of caring for people. She worked at Brian Center Convalescent Care for many years as a CNA and later retired from Chatham Hospital. She then transitioned from caring for the elderly to caring for children by working at Little

Blessings Daycare and Mona’s Kiddie Care. Her skills were later required on a personal level as she took care of her son until her own health suddenly failed. She loved helping people and it was always done with a loving smile.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy, and Ophelia Thompson; brothers; Elonzo, Herman, Tommy, and Juan Thompson; one sister, Emma Scott.

Paulette leaves to cherish her memory; Husband, Norman Scotton, of the home; two daughters, Karen Thompson and Quenna (Mona) Scotton, both of Siler City; two sons, Raymond Thompson of Asheboro, NC and Norman Scotton Jr. of Siler City; One sister, Marva Austin, of Carthage, NC; three brothers, Harrison Thompson (Mittie), of Philadelphia, PA., Roy Junior Thompson, of Carthage, NC, Donald Thompson (Alma), of Robbins, NC; one sisterin-law, Lucille Thompson of Robbins, NC; Six grandchildren, Quintisha Scotton, Zakeria Alston-Scotton, Fabian Thompson-Scotton, Isaac Thompson-Scotton, Miciah McSwain and Aireas Staton. A special nephew who thought he was a grandchild and called her “Granny”, Toques Scotton; Goddaughter’s, Tammie Strickland-Jordan, Kristalynn Everwine and Khloe Barrera. There are Nieces, Nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends. Paulette was a “Special Second Mother” to many in her neighborhood and the community. May the love she shared with others be imitated and continue to ow from one to another.

Paulette will be lying in state at Smith & Buckner Funeral Home chapel on Friday, June 7th, 2024, from 1 pm – 5 pm. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 8th, 2024, at 1 pm at First Missionary Baptist Church. Following the services, burial will be at Chatham Memorial Park. Smith & Buckner Funeral Home will be assisting the Scotton family. Online condolences can be made at www.smithbucknerfh.com

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

NOTICE TO CREDITORS COUNTY OF CHATHAM

THE UNDERSIGNED, having quali ed on the 1st day of May 2024, as Administrator of the ESTATE OF BOBBY AARON RODGERS, Deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the August 23, 2024 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This, the 23rd day of May 2024.

Aaron Rodgers Administrator

ESTATE OF BOBBY AARON RODGERS

c/o Richard G. Long III, Attorney Walker Lambe, PLLC Post O ce Box 51549 Durham, North Carolina 27717

NOTE: For publication in The Chatham News on the following dates: May 23, May 30, June 6, June 13, 2024. Please send the Statement and Proof of Publication to Walker Lambe, PLLC, Post O ce Box 51549, Durham, North Carolina 27717-1549.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA

CHATHAM COUNTY

FILE#24E001230-180

The undersigned, JULIE P. FRYE, having quali ed on the 29TH day of APRIL, 2024, as ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of MARK DARRYL PERRY, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 14TH Day of AUGUST, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 16TH Day of MAY 2024.

JULIE P. FRYE, ADMINISTRATOR 94 RUSSELL CHAPEL CHURCH RD. PITTSBORO, NC 27312 Run dates: M16,23,30,J6p

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

ESTATE OF MARIAN RUTH PHILLIPS

FILE NO: 2024 E 001258-180

ALL PERSONS, rms and corporations having claims against Marian Ruth Phillips, deceased of Chatham County, N.C., are noti ed to exhibit the same to the undersigned Leslie Sue Stiehle, Executor on or before August 25, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the Decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This 23rd day of May 2024. Leslie Sue Stiehle, Executor C/O Jones, Branz & Whitaker LLP, 4030 Wake Forest Rd., Ste. 300, Raleigh, NC 27609.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY

ESTATE OF LILLIAN KAREN PETERSON

FILE NO. 24E001284-180

All persons, rms and corporations having claims against Lillian Karen Peterson, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, are noti ed to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before the 30th day of August, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This is the 30th day of May, 2024. Timothy Wayne Peterson, Executor c/o Chad M. Friesen Monroe, Wallace, Morden & Sherrill, P.A. 3225 Blue Ridge Road, Suite 117 Raleigh, NC 27612

Published May 30, 2024, June 6, 2024, June 13, 2024, and June 20, 2024.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 23 CVS 000323-180

In the matter of TBF FINANCIAL, LLC, Plainti v. RODNEY A. BURNETT, Defendant. Notice of led Notice of Filing of Foreign Judgment, General A davit, and Certi ed/ Exempli ed Foreign Judgment to: Rodney A. Burnett, 284 JC Corner Road, Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312: Take Notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been led in the aboveentitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Enforcement of a Foreign Judgment. You are required to make a defense to such pleading no later than 40 days from the date of the rst publication of this notice, or on or before July 9, 2024, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. This the 30th day of May 2024.

Felicia M. Haigh, NC State Bar # 50790

Attorney for Plainti

P.O. Box 20248 Raleigh, NC 27619

Telephone: 919-277-2541

Published May 30, June 6, June 13, 2024.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

NOTICE TO CREDITORS COUNTY OF CHATHAM

THE UNDERSIGNED, having quali ed on the 15th day of September, 2022, as Executrix of the ESTATE OF JOHN DRURY ADAMS A/K/A

JOHN D. ADAMS, Deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of August, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This, the 23rd day of May, 2024.

JENNIFER DALMAN

EXECUTRIX

ESTATE OF JOHN DRURY ADAMS

A/K/A JOHN D. ADAMS

Post O ce Box 51549

Durham, North Carolina 27717

NOTE: For publication in The Chatham News on the following dates: May 23, May 30, June 6, and June 13, 2024. Please send the Proof of Publication to Post O ce Box 51549, Durham, North Carolina 27717-1549.

CREDITOR’S NOTICE

Having quali ed on the 22nd day of May 2024, as Administrator of the Estate of Emma Craven, deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before the 30 th day of August , 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment.

This is the 24th day May 2024.

W. Woods Doster, Administrator of the Estate of Emma Craven 206 Hawkins Avenue Sanford, NC 27330

Attorneys: Law O ces of Doster & Brown, P.A. 206 Hawkins Avenue Sanford, NC 27330

Publish On: May 30th, June 6th, 13th and 20th, 2024.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons, rms and corporations having claims against Frances G. Spaeder a/k/a Frances Grzejka Spaeder, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, are noti ed to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before September 3, 2024 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment.

This 30th day of May, 2024.

Je rey A. Spaeder, Co-Executor

Estate of Frances G. Spaeder a/k/a Frances Grzejka Spaeder

5209 Jeanne Street Wake Forest, NC 27587

Timothy A. Spaeder, Co-Executor

Estate of Frances G. Spaeder a/k/a Frances Grzejka Spaeder 1334 Padstone Drive Apex, NC 27502

Publication dates: 5/30/24; 6/6/24, 6/13/24 and 6/20/24.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA

CHATHAM COUNTY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The undersigned, having quali ed on the 17th day of May 2024 as Executor of the Estate of Judith Gay Hallman, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 30th day of August 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

David L. Huntoon

Executor of the Estate of Judith Gay Hallman C/o Gwendolyn C. Brooks Kennon Craver, PLLC 4011 University Drive, Suite 300 Durham, North Carolina 27707

Published: 5/30; 6/6; 6/13; 6/20

NOTICE

Willow Oak Montessori IDEA – Part B (611) Grant Public Notice

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA-Part B, Public Law 108.446) Project is presently being amended. The Project describes the special education programs that Willow Oak Montessori School proposes for Federal funding for the 2024-2025 School Year. Interested persons are encouraged to review amendments to the Project and make comments concerning the implementation of special education under this Federal Program. All comments will be considered prior to submission of the amended Project to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh, North Carolina. The IDEA-Part B Project is open to the public for review and comments during the week of June 6, 2024 in the o ce of Allyssa McNeal located at 1476 Andrews Store Road Pittsboro, NC 27312

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA

CHATHAM COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons, rms and corporations having claims against the Estate of JULIA MAE

TAYLOR MARSH, deceased, of Chatham County, NC, are noti ed to present them to the Executor listed below on or before August 26, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said estate are asked to make immediate payment. This 13th day of May, 2024. Margaret Bynum, Executor Post O ce Box 2147 Sanford, NC 27331 (Run 4 times)

MONCURE FIRE DEPT ANNUAL MEETING

The Moncure Fire Department will be holding its annual meeting on Monday, June 10, 2024 at Moncure Fire Dept Station #8, 2389 Old US 1, Moncure NC 27559. The meeting will begin at 6:30 pm and cover the state of the Fire Department, nancial report, and Board of Directors elections.

If you reside in the Moncure Fire District and are a taxpayer, you are a member and invited to attend.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

CHATHAM COUNTY

HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of Bobby Deese Lineberry, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 22nd day of August, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

This the 14th day of May, 2024.

Donna Lineberry Smith, Executor of the Estate of Bobby Deese Lineberry

165 Fellowship Church Road

Siler City, North Carolina 27344

MOODY, WILLIAMS, ATWATER & LEE

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

BOX 629

SILER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 27344 (919) 663-2850 4tp

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE TO CREDITORS CHATHAM COUNTY

HAVING QUALIFIED as Administrator of the Estate of William Edward Gunter, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 29th day of August, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

This the 21st day of May, 2024.

Herbert Burns Gunter, Administrator of the Estate of William Edward Gunter 224 Asbury Church Road Sanford, North Carolina 27330

MOODY, WILLIAMS, ATWATER & LEE

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

BOX 629

SILER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 27344 (919) 663-2850 4tp

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons, rms and corporations having claims against Virginia M. Reid are hereby noti ed to present those claims to Maria Mercedes Garcia Espitia and Luis Villanueva Ramons, co-executors of the estate of Virginia M. Reid by August 16, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of such claims. c/o Lace L.W. Bullock, attorney Berman & Associates 123 West Main Street, Suite M-08 Durham, NC 27701

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The undersigned, having quali ed as Executor of the Estate of Lucy Buran Cornett of Chatham County, North Carolina, hereby noti es all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 27th day of August 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corporations indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 20th day of May, 2024 /s/ Joseph Buran Cornett, Executor c/o Charles N. Gri n, III Kirschbaum, Nanney, Keenan & Gri n, P.A. P. O. Box 19766 Raleigh, NC 27619-9766

Dates of Publication: May 23,30,Jun 6,13,2024

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

ALL PERSONS, rms, and corporations having claims against Rhoda Samuels, deceased, of Chatham County, N.C., are noti ed to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before August 16th, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This the 16th of May, 2024. Joy Samuels King, Executor of the Estate of Rhoda Samuels, c/o Amanda Honea, Attorney, 1033 Wade Avenue, Suite 104, Raleigh, NC 27605.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE CHATHAM COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. 24E001231-180 IN RE: ESTATE OF RUTH ELLEN FALSTAD NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE UNDERSIGNED having quali ed as Executor of the Estate of Ruth Ellen Falstad, Deceased, in the O ce of the Clerk of Superior Court of Chatham County, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the said Decedent to present them to the undersigned on or before August 16, 2024, said date being at least three months from the date of the rst publication or posting of this Notice as indicated below, or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate payment. This Notice is given pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 28A-14-1. This the 16th day of May 2024. ESTATE OF RUTH ELLEN FALSTAD Tamara Kirtser, Executor 108 Trellingwood Dr. Morrisville, NC 27560 Matt McGonagle NARRON WENZEL PA 3737 Glenwood Ave, Suite 200 Raleigh, NC 27612 [May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 2024]

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY

FILE#24E001249-180

The undersigned, LANA GINN PARKER, having quali ed on the 15TH day of MAY, 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of BARRY EUGENE PARKER, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 21ST Day of AUGUST, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 23RD Day of MAY 2024. LANA GINN PARKER, EXECUTOR 1091 MERONIES CHURCH RD BEAR CREEK, NC 27207 Run dates: M23,30,J6,13p

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA

CHATHAM COUNTY

FILE#24E001246-180

The undersigned, SHARRON LAVONNE REGAN, having quali ed on the 7TH day of MAY, 2024, as EXECUTRIX of the Estate of CABELL JONES REGAN, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 14TH Day of AUGUST, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 16TH Day of MAY 2024. SHARRON LAVONNE REGAN, EXECUTRIX 365 THOMPSON ST. PITTSBORO, NC 27312 Run dates: M16,23,30,J6p

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA

CHATHAM COUNTY

FILE#2024E000185

The undersigned, DEBRA THORNBURG HUCABY, having quali ed on the 5TH day of APRIL, 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of BOBBY HENRY THORNBURG, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 21ST Day of AUGUST, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 23RD Day of MAY 2024. DEBRA THORNBURG HUCABY, EXECUTOR 7216 VALLEY LAKE DR. RALEIGH, NC 27612 Run dates: M23,30,J6,13p

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ALAMANCE COUNTY 23SP000408-000

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY PAMELA S. ADERHOLT DATED AUGUST 16, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 2453 AT PAGE 448 IN THE ALAMANCE COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA

NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in payment of the secured debt and failure to perform the agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the secured debt, the undersigned will expose for sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Alamance County courthouse at 10:00AM on June 12, 2024, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Alamance County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Pamela S. Aderholt, dated August 16, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $96,000.00, and recorded in Book 2453 at Page 448 of the Alamance County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modi ed by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property:

580 Greenbrier Farm Trl, Siler City, NC 27344 Tax Parcel ID: 101225

Present Record Owners:

The Heirs of Pamela Aderholt The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Heirs of Pamela Aderholt. The property to be o ered pursuant to this notice of sale is being o ered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the o cers, 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 o ered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is subject to all prior liens and encumbrances and unpaid taxes and assessments including any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of ve percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certi ed funds at the time of the sale. Cash will not be accepted. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. After the expiration of the upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS residing at the property: be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the e ective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is May 24, 2024.

Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 Aaron Gavin, NCSB# 59503 Attorney for LLG Trustee, LLC, Substitute Trustee LOGS Legal Group LLP 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 | (704) 333-8156 Fax | www. LOGS.com 23-116952

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY

FILE#24E00082-180

The undersigned, FRANCES GAIL PARKS, having quali ed on the 15TH day of MAY, 2024, as ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of FRANCES M. PARKS, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 21ST Day of AUGUST, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 23RD Day of MAY 2024. FRANCES GAIL PARKS, ADMINISTRATOR 1905 INVERNESS LN WILMINGTON, NC 28405 Run dates: M23,30,J6,13p

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION

CHATHAM COUNTY FILE NO. 16 CvD 536

COUNTY OF CHATHAM

Plainti , NOTICE OF SERVICE OF vs. PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

The HEIRS, ASSIGNS, and DEVISEES of WILLIE LEE FOUSHEE, SR., et al Defendants.

TO: The HEIRS, ASSIGNS, and DEVISEES of WILLIE LEE FOUSHEE, SR. and spouse, if any, which may include BARRY E. FOUSHEE and spouse, if any, ADESHA M. CONWAY and spouse, if any, THOMAS L. FOUSHEE’S SPOUSE, IF ANY, and The HEIRS, ASSIGNS, and DEVISEES of WILLIE LEE FOUSHEE, JR. and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder

A pleading seeking relief against you has been led in the above-entitled action and notice of service of process by publication began on May 23, 2024.

The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Foreclosure on tax parcel(s) more completely described in the Complaint, to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes (assessments). Plainti seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in said property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than forty (40) days after the date of the rst publication of notice stated above, exclusive of such date, being forty (40) days after May 23, 2024, or by July 2, 2024, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service of process by publication will apply to the Court for relief sought.

This the 17th day of May, 2024.

ZACCHAEUS LEGAL SERVICES MARK D. BARDILL/MARK B. BARDILL

Attorney for Plainti

NC Bar #12852/56782

310 W. Jones St. P. O. Box 25 Trenton, North Carolina 28585

Telephone: (252) 448-4541

Publication dates: May 23, 2024 May 30, 2024 June 6, 2024

NOTICE

NORTH CAROLINA

CHATHAM COUNTY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The undersigned, having quali ed on the 3rd day of May, 2024, as Executor of the Estate of Rosemary L. Smith, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of August, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This 23rd day of May, 2024.

David T. Smith, Executor of the Estate of Rosemary L. Smith Post O ce Box 57579 Durham, North Carolina 27717

Gwendolyn C. Brooks, Attorney Kennon Craver, PLLC 4011 University Drive, Suite 300 Durham, North Carolina 27707

THE CHATHAM NEWS: 5/23/2024, 5/30/2024, 6/6/2024, and 6/13/2024

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA

CHATHAM COUNTY

FILE#24E001257-180

The undersigned, BARBARA ANN JOHNSON, having quali ed on the 8TH day of MAY, 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of JOHN A. JOHNSON, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 14TH Day of AUGUST, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 16TH Day of MAY 2024.

BARBARA ANN JOHNSON, EXECUTOR 1601 ED CLAPP ROAD SILER CITY, NC 27344 Run dates: M16,23,30,J6p

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA

CHATHAM COUNTY

FILE#24E001229-180

The undersigned, CARRIE VANDYKE LONSKI, having quali ed on the 29TH day of APRIL, 2024, as ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of LEWIS JENNINGS VANDYKE, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 14TH Day of AUGUST, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 16TH Day of MAY 2024.

CARRI VANDYKE LONSKI, ADMINISTRATOR 1420 WEST 3RD ST SILER CITY, NC 27344

*LEWIS FADELY, ATTY

Run dates: M16,23,30,J6p

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA

CHATHAM COUNTY FILE#24E233

The undersigned, JEAN FOUSHEE TYSON, having quali ed on the 26TH day of APRIL, 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of MARGIE MARIE FOUSHEE, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 14TH Day of AUGUST, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 16TH Day of MAY 2024.

JEAN FOUSHEE TYSON, EXECUTRIX 1344 GEORGE BASON ROAD GRAHAM, NC 27253

Run dates: My16,23,30,J6p

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

ESTATE OF DAVID ANDREW MCKAY

FILE NO: 2024 E 001295-180

ALL PERSONS, rms and corporations having claims against David Andrew McKay, deceased of Chatham County, N.C., are noti ed to exhibit the same to the undersigned Torlen Laut Wade, Executor on or before September 6, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the Decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This 6th day of June 2024. Torlen Laut Wade, Executor C/O Jones, Branz & Whitaker LLP, 4030 Wake Forest Rd., Ste. 300, Raleigh, NC 27609.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS:

ALL PERSONS, rms and corporations having claims against Richard Elsom Paddock, deceased, of Chatham County, N.C. are noti ed to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before September 4, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This 6th day of June, 2024. Reuben Geroge Paddock, Administrator 101 Conner Drive, STE 402 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 June 6, 13, 20, 27 2024

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

TOWN OF PITTSBORO, NC

On Monday, June 10, 2024 at 6:00 pm, the Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will hold a legislative public hearing for the following requests at the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center at 1192 Hwy 64 Business West:

A legislative request by Planning Sta to create two types Scenic Corridor Overlay District (Transitional Corridor) to include the East Street and West Street Corridor (US HWY Business 64) and the Hillsboro Street Corridor (US 15/501) found in the UDO Section 2.6.5.

A legislative request by Planning Sta to amend the UDO’s a ordable housing incentives found in the UDO Section 7.2 and removal of the Residential-5 Zoning District found in the UDO Section 2.3.7.

The hearing will be held in person. The public can also watch the hearing live on the Town’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube. com/@townofpittsboronc/streams. Members of the public must attend in person if they wish to speak at the hearing. Contact the Town Clerk, Carrie Bailey, by 4 pm on June 10, 2024 with written comments or to sign up to speak at the hearing. You can contact Carrie Bailey at cbailey@pittsboronc. gov, (919) 542-4621 ext. 1104, or PO Box 759, Pittsboro, NC 27312.

LEGAL NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARING

The proposed Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget for the Town of Siler City has been presented to the Town Board of Commissioners and is available for public inspection. To view the proposed budget, please visit www.silercity. org or contact Assistant Town Manager-Town Clerk Kimberly Pickard at 919-742-4731 or kpickard@silercity.org

A Public Hearing will be held on the budget ordinance for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 at the Board of Commissioners Special Called Meeting Tuesday June 11, 2024 at 5:30pm in the Town of Siler City-City Hall Courtroom located a 311 North Second Ave. Citizens are invited to submit written comments to kpickard@silercity.org or by mail at PO Box 769, Siler City NC 27344

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The undersigned, having quali ed as the Executor of the Estate of Sandi Barbara Rose aka Sandi B. Rose, deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said Sandi Barbara Rose aka Sandi B. Rose to exhibit them to the undersigned: Bill Ehrlich, Executor c/o Burt Langley, P.C. 149 S Lexington Ave Asheville, NC 28801 on or before September 9, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address listed above.

This the 6th day of June, 2024. Bill Ehrlich Executor of the Estate of Sandi Barbara Rose aka Sandi B. Rose Chatham County Estate File 24 E 235 April M. Burt Attorney for Executor, Bill Ehrlich Burt Langley, PC 149 S Lexington Ave Asheville, NC 28801

(For Publication: Thursdays, June 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2024)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Larry Winston Ryan, File No.: 24E115

Having quali ed as executor of the estate of Larry Winston Ryan, deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, rms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below on or before the 6 day of September 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms, and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This 6th day of June 2024.

Dwight Ryan c/o Munson Law Firm, PLLC 894 Sparksford Drive Russellville, AR 72802

TOWN OF SILER CITY PUBLIC NOTICE

Non-Contiguous Annexation

The Town of Siler City Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on Monday, June 17, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the Siler City Town Hall, located at 311 N Second Avenue, Siler City, North Carolina to consider a request for non-contiguous annexation presented by petition by GGT Enterprises, LLC. The approximate 181.748-acre tract of property is located at: Parcel Address 12773 394 Bish Rd ETJ Siler City NC 12774 438 Bish Rd ETJ Siler City NC 61497 330 Bish Rd ETJ Siler City NC 67038 362 Bish Rd ETJ Siler City NC The public is invited to attend the hearing to express their viewpoints. Persons having questions may contact Town Clerk Kimberly Pickard at 919742-4731, kpickard@silercity.org. Anyone wishing to submit written comments may do so by writing to the Town Clerk Kimberly Pickard, P. O. Box 769, Siler City, NC 27344 or kpickard@silercity.org.

GENERAL NOTICE TO CREDITORS

COURT FILE: 24E001242-180

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE

Having quali ed as Executor of the Estate of Jean J. Williams, Deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms, and corporations having claims against the Estate to present them, duly veri ed, to the undersigned at P.O. Drawer 2958, Burlington, North Carolina 27216 on or before September 9, 2024, or this Notice will be pled in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said Estate should please make immediate payment.

This the 6th day of June, 2024.

BENJAMIN D. OVERBY

Executor

ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE: Benjamin D. Overby, Esquire THE VERNON LAW FIRM, P.A. P.O. Drawer 2958 Burlington, NC 27216-2958 Publish: June 6, 2024 June 13, 2024 June 20, 2024 June 27, 2024

NOTICE TO CREDITORS:

ALL PERSONS, rms and corporations having claims against Richard Elsom Paddock, deceased, of Chatham County, N.C. are noti ed to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before September 4, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This 6th day of June, 2024.

Reuben Geroge Paddock, Administrator 101 Conner Drive, STE 402 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 June 6, 13, 20, 27 2024

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NORTH CAROLINA

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

CHATHAM COUNTY

HAVING QUALIFIED as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Jordan, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 5th day of September, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

This the 29th day of May, 2024.

Phillip Douglas Jordan, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Jordan

16127 Bowridge Lane

Houston, Texas 77053

MOODY, WILLIAMS, ATWATER & LEE

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

BOX 629

SILER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 27344 (919) 663-2850

4tp

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

A public hearing will be held by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners on Monday, June 17, 2024, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The hearing will be held in the courtroom of the Historic Courthouse in Pittsboro, North Carolina at 9 Hillsboro Street.

Additional information is available at the Chatham County Planning Department o ce. Speakers are requested to sign up at the meeting prior to the hearing. You may also sign up on the county website prior to the meeting at www.chathamcountync.gov by selecting the heading County Government, then Commissioner Meetings, then Public Input/Hearing Sign Up. The public hearing may be continued to another date at the discretion of the Board of Commissioners.

The purpose of the Public Hearing is to receive input, both written and oral, on the issues listed below:

A legislative public hearing requested by Drafting and Design Services, Inc on behalf of BOHG Financial, LLC, to rezone Parcel 5132, located at 4133 Old US 1, being approximately 1.331 acres, from R-1 Residential to General Use Neighborhood Business (NB), Cape Fear Township. A legislative public hearing requested by Roy Tripp on Parcel 19435, located at 3060 Lystra Rd., being approximately 6.05 acres, from MH-NC mobile home non-conforming to R-1 Residential, Williams Township. Testimony is required to be given under oath during the evidentiary hearing for the following item: Quasi-Judicial Request:

A quasi-judicial public hearing requested by Jordan Lake Business Park, Parcel 17706, located at 1434 Farrington Rd., being approximately 5.701 acres, for a Special Use Permit revision to remove Condition No. 5 from the original approval which prohibits schools from locating in the facility when there are any industrial uses operating at the same time.

A quasi-judicial public hearing requested by Southern Towers BTS, LP for a Special Use Permit for a new 285 ft wireless telecommunications tower on Parcel 60359, located at 4162 Bonlee Bennett Rd., being an area of .66 acres out of the 29 acre tract, Bear Creek Township.

Substantial changes may be made following the public hearing due to verbal or written comments received or based on the Board’s discussions. Notice to people with special needs: If you have an audio or visual impairment, unique accessibility requirements or need language assistance, please call the number listed below prior to the hearing and assistance may be provided. If you have any questions or comments concerning these issues, please call the Chatham County Planning Department at 919-542-8204 or write to P.O. Box 54, Pittsboro N.C. 27312.

PUBLIC NOTICE

The tentative budget meeting for the scal year beginning July 1st, 2024 for the Goldston Gulf Sanitary District was presented to the Goldston Gulf Sanitary District Board on May 14th, 2024 and is available for public Inspection at the Goldston Gulf Sanitary District, JR Moore and Son Store located in Gulf and/or the Goldston Public Library. A public hearing will be held on June 18th, 2024 at 6:00 pm, at the Goldston Town Hall Building in Goldston, NC at which time any persons who wish to be heard on the budget may appear.

Danny Scott, Treasurer Board of Directors

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

State of North Carolina County of Chatham IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK

FILE NO.: 23 E 000547-180

In the Matter of the Estate of CATHERINE LUCILLE GUNTER, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Mary G. Marlowe, having quali ed as Ancillary Executor of the Estate of Catherine Lucille Gunter, deceased, hereby noti es all persons, rms or corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit same to the said Mary G. Marlowe at the address below on or before September 6, 2024, or this Notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below.

This is the 6th day of June, 2024.

Mary G. Marlowe, Ancillary Executor

Estate of Catherine Lucille Gunter

c/o Susan K. Hill, Esq. PO Box 2161 Carolina Beach, NC 28428

Run Date: 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27/2024

Pulitzer-winning AP photographer who snapped Reagan shooting dies

Ron Edmonds took photos across the roof of Reagan’s limousine as the president was shot by John Hinckley Jr.

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. —

Newly assigned to cover the Reagan White House, Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds knew the most important part of the job was to keep watch on the president “at all times.”

He did that for 28 years.

But there was never a day like March 30, 1981. That was when Edmonds, who died Friday night in Virginia at age 77, took a series of images for the ages.

President Ronald Reagan had just spoken to members of the AFL-CIO at a Hilton hotel not far from the White House. As Reagan emerged from the hotel, John Hinckley Jr. used a revolver to re at the president, his aides and his protective detail.

Edmonds was in place for an exclusive series of pictures taken across the roof of Reagan’s limousine as Reagan was struck and then shoved down and into the vehicle. It sped to the hospital where doctors saved the president’s life.

That coverage and those indelible images won Edmonds the Pulitzer for spot news photography.

“I wish it had been for a picture that had not been of violence, of people being hurt,” he said when the award was announced on April 12, 1982.

Edmonds was summoned to the Oval O ce for a chat with the president the next day. Reagan joked, Edmonds said, that photographers always asked him for “just one more” picture. He could replay the shooting scene, the president said, but this time he would use a stuntman.

In a rst-person retrospective three decades later, Edmonds said in an AP video that the fateful day was shaping up like one of the thousands of events he had covered during Reagan’s campaign: “Meet and greet, a little speech, shake some hands. I actually thought it was going to be a rather boring event.’’

Outside, however, the photographer heard what sounded like recrackers.

“Everything happened in such a quick, split-second. If you looked to your right to see what the shot, what the noise was, and looked back, the president was already gone. The president immediately, when the rst pop went o , he kind of grimaced in his face and that’s when I pushed the shutter down,’’ Edmonds recalled.

Would it be blurry because Reagan was whisked away so fast? Edmonds had to wait until the lm was processed so he could see the negatives and know whether he had anything.

“You did the best you could with the abilities that you’ve got,” he said. Of this, he was sure: “I had the camera on him and I mean I saw everything through the view nder.’’

AP’s executive editor, Julie Pace, said that “Ron brought

some of the most signi cant moments in the history of the American presidency to life for people around the world. Working with Ron was also an honor for any journalist who had the opportunity. He was generous with his time and advice, and he had the respect of his colleagues, competitors and those he covered.”

Honored in 2013 by the White House News Photographers Association with its Lifetime Achievement Award, Edmonds traced the arc of his career.

“I decided to take a photography class in 1968 and it literally changed my life,” Edmonds wrote. A newspaper photographer turned college professor encouraged Edmonds to photograph antiwar demonstrations in Sacramento, California. Edmonds sold one of his images for $25 to United Press International. “I saw it in the newspaper the next day, and I knew what I wanted to do for a living.

He freelanced in California before taking a job at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Five years later came a promotion to chief photographer.

Edmonds, who was born June 16, 1946, in California, met his wife, Grace, when she joined the newspaper in 1975 to cover courts. She survives him, as

does their daughter Ashley.

“Opting for a bigger pond,” he wrote, Edmonds joined UPI in Sacramento in 1978 as a newspicture bureau manager.

The AP came calling during Reagan’s presidential campaign in 1980 with an opening in the Washington bureau. “It was a dream come true to work at the White House with legends in the craft,” Edmonds wrote.

The Pulitzer, he noted, was earned on only his second day as the AP’s White House photographer covering Reagan.

“The most important element of my job was to watch the president at all times, and I think, on that day, I did everything I was supposed to do,” Edmonds wrote.

“Still, I was convinced I was in trouble with my bosses because I had failed to get a picture of John Hinckley Jr. When I got word to call the president of the AP in New York, I assumed the worst. He told me, ‘You nailed it, kid.’ I got a $50-a-week merit raise. My bureau chief, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Walter Mears, jokingly complained that he had only gotten a $25-a-week raise for his Pulitzer.” Edmonds retired in 2009, when he was the AP’s senior White House photographer. He had covered presidents and the world, Super Bowls and the Olympics.

“I

thought

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Ron Edmonds, retired senior White House photographer for the Associated Press, poses for a portrait at his home, in 2013.

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In this combination of le photos, President Ronald Reagan waves, then looks up before being shoved into a presidential limousine by Secret Service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel in 1981.

actually

it was going to be a rather boring event.”

Photographer Ron Edmonds about the day President Ronald Reagan was shot.

Squirrely Cinderella

When mistranslations become literary magic

By Erika Ho man For Chatham News & Record

WHEN YOU RECALL the childhood fairy tale of Cinderella, what do you remember?

Her wicked stepmom? Her mean girl stepsisters? Her rags? Her sleeping in ashes next to the hearth to stay warm? Her fairy godmother who changes a pumpkin into a fancy coach, mice into stallions, a rat into a coachman, and lizards into footmen?

Or do you recall the climax? The prince who can’t recognize the “stranger in the night” except for a token left behind as she ed the fete at the stroke of midnight before she reverted into a scru y ragamu n covered in soot and cinders?

Prince Charming grabs the souvenir he’s recovered and scours his kingdom, looking for the mysterious gal using this sole clue to her existence: her footwear lost in her hasty departure — a glass slipper!

When you think about it, the entire plot and theme of Charles Perrault’s story of 1697 hinges on this one concrete object: a shoe made of glass. As a youngster, I wondered about this mystery: How did she dance or even walk in an in exible glass shoe? Why didn’t it break as she scurried o ? Shoes get scu ed; wouldn’t it have cracked? Even a child has questions about the practicality of fragile glass shoes. Was that what rich gals of the Middle Ages wore? I recollect questioning the glass slipper more than I did the magic of the godmother with her wand.

In high school, most likely, you were exposed to Romeo and Juliet. Maybe you had to memorize a soliloquy from Willy Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy. Maybe when you repeated

“Wherefore art thou, Romeo?” you thought it was how folks at the end of the 16th century pronounced the adverb “Where.” Ergo, it wasn’t until you read the following line that you realized she was ruminating about his name, not his whereabouts. Juliette pondered why he had to have that name instead of another. She’d be permitted to love any boy named John, Dick or even a red-headed Harry but not a certain Romeo Montague, the son of her folks’ enemy. “A rose by any other name…”

Though Shakespeare’s play wasn’t written in Old English, it’s still tricky to decipher the meanings of some words. Aren’t there those among us today who have trouble with modern song lyrics, especially when loud drums in the back-

ground drown out words and syllables or a breathy lead singer mumbles or speaks with an accent or adds sounds and groans that aren’t verbal iterations at all? Have you confused these lyrics and sung loudly: “Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seven teeth?” What about Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer,” where he belts out, “It doesn’t make a di erence if we make it or not,” but New Jersey kids heard, “It doesn’t make a di erence if we’re naked or not.” Sometimes, the misheard lyrics paint a more vivid picture! The fairy tale Cinderella was written and spoken in Old French. Earlier versions of the tale dating back to ancient times don’t include a glass slipper, only the one by Perrault. Some stories describe it as an anklet left

behind — not a shoe. Not only are words di erent from modern French. The objects mentioned may also be unfamiliar to us today. In addition, if you have studied French, you know there exist dozens of homonyms for each word. You must examine the context to understand which word is selected. Sometimes, orthography helps! My point regarding Cinderella is that the old French word “vair” sounds the same as “verre,” which translates as “glass.” So when an ancient Frenchman was telling the story of Cinderella and how she wore fancy slippers of “vair,” the listener might think she wore slippers of glass because “verre” means “glass” in French, and the pronunciation of the two words are the same. Yet, slippers of “vair” were common among the

wealthy in the Middle Ages. Vair was common in heraldry. Vair is Russian squirrel fur. They employed the hide and the underbelly of the squirrel. These fur-lined shoes would be comfortable moccasins; only the wealthiest young damsels would sport them.

Which makes sense to you?

Cindy was garbed in a beautiful, jeweled gown and donned comfy fur-lined shoes, or was she a dancing queen with breakable glass footgear? Interestingly, the image of glass shoes gives the story a je ne sais quoi power. This aspect makes it memorable. Sometimes, the story isn’t called Cinderella but is known as The Little Glass Slipper. We picture the handsome prince searching in vain, long and far, to locate that gal with exactly the right shaped and daintily sized foot to t into the immovable slipper. A Patagonian would shatter it.

The story is unforgettable because of the error of misinterpreting the word. So although Mark Twain cautioned writers to search for “le mot juste,” I’m going to play contrarian and suggest that the wrong word or a word misheard or misinterpreted or lost in translation can add zing to a story and take one’s imagination in another direction, which might improve the tale. Aren’t heels made of crystal more picturesque and sexier to conjure up in the mind’s eye than a pair of oppy, furry moccasins?

Mondegreens exist — all the time. I remember once, when my kids were small, one son murmured something I didn’t quite hear. I responded: “How did you know I had to urinate?” My 10-year-old looked at me dumbfounded. He repeated, “I asked if you need a hearing aid?”

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Lily James (as Cinderella) walks down a staircase in the movie “Cinderella.”

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Siler City Mayor Donald Matthews throws out the rst pitch on opening day at Jimmy Watford Field in Siler City. Chatham County Post 929 lost 11-3 to Hamlet in the game.

Chatham Post 292 falls 11-3 to Hamlet in home opener

The Siler City mayor threw out the rst pitch

By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record

SILER CITY — With a packed crowd, favorable weather and the Siler City mayor in attendance, a promising night for Chatham Post 292’s home opener was just missing a win. Post 292 lost its rst American Legion baseball home game of the 2024 season to Hamlet Post 49 on May 29, 11-3. Before the game got started at Jordan-Matthews High School, Siler City mayor Donald A. Matthews, who began his term in December, threw out the rst pitch. Matthews, walking with a sight cane due to low vision caused by severe glaucoma, was just short and left of the batter’s box.

Stratton Barwick, a pitcher at Guilford College out of Eastern Randolph High School, got the start for Post 292 on the mound. Barwick and the Chatham defense started o strong, retiring three straight batters in the top of the rst inning.

In Chatham’s rst go at the plate, batters wasted no time connecting with the ball, yet youts and solid defensive play from Hamlet just didn’t allow hits to fall.

Hamlet found an early groove at the plate in the top of the second inning, though. With two outs and James Esson on rst base, Hamlet’s Jacob Williams, the fourth batter of the inning, reached rst after a dropped third strike. Riley Brown followed that with a double to center eld, sending Esson home for the rst run of the game, and Landon Taylor came right behind Brown with a single to bring Williams in. An errant throw from Chatham’s attempt to get Taylor out at rst base allowed Brown to reach home and give Hamlet an early 3-0 lead. Chatham earned its rst run in the bottom of the second inning as Simon Delgado, the right elder from Northwood High School, singled to center eld, bringing in the sole baserunner, Chancellor Terry. In the third inning, Post 292 chipped away at Hamlet’s lead some more as Joaquin Gordon, the rst baseman out of Cha-

tham Central, singled and was brought home by another single from his former high school teammate Zane Overman.

However, Hamlet took complete control of the game in the top of the fourth inning. Starting the inning o with a hit due to another defensive error from Chatham, Post 49 put six runners on base and four of them scored. Dropped pitches, bad throws and subpar pitching from Post 292 gifted Hamlet a 7-1 lead as Post 49 only hit three singles and was walked three times in the inning.

From there, Chatham couldn’t recover from the decit. Down 8-2, in the bottom of the fth inning, Post 292 was able to bring in one more run. Yet, another explosive inning from Hamlet in which Post 49 scored three more runs in the top of the sixth put the game far out of reach.

Following the loss, Chatham picked up its second win of the season with a walk-o victory over Randolph County Post 45, 3-2, Thursday. Post 292 fell to Hamlet again, 5-4, Friday, and the team lost to Wayne Post 11, 3-2, Saturday.

Seaforth wins girls’ soccer state title over Pine Lake Prep

The Hawks won their rst state title; goalie Katie Leonard was named MVP

By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record

MATTHEWS — Seaforth girls’ soccer head coach Giovanni Viana was con dent his team would be crowned as state champions Saturday, but he couldn’t have predicted how.

Being held without a goal through regulation and 30 minutes of extra time, playing on their heels for most of the game and having di erent players step up, the Hawks took down Pine Lake Prep in a penalty kick shootout, 6-5,

to win the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 2A state title at the Mecklenburg County Sportsplex in Matthews.

“It feels magical because we talked about this, and we made it happen,” Viana said. “A few times in your life you are able to make your dreams come true, and we did tonight.” Coming out the gate, Pine Lake Prep, the top seed in the 2A West region, brought the ght to No. 4-seeded Seaforth, hounding the Hawks with solid on-ball pressure and speed. The Pride controlled most of the possession in the rst half and had little trouble nding scoring opportunities.

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Woods Charter falls to Christ the King in third straight state title matchup, 5-0

The Wolves couldn’t contain Addison Peirce, who scored four goals

By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record

MATTHEWS — Slow paces, hugs, face palms and tears. For the end of Saturday’s North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1A girls’ soccer state championship game, No. 2 Woods Charter hoped a reaction as such would be due to nally getting over the hump and bringing a state title home to Chapel Hill.

However, it just illustrated another painful defeat — the kind the Wolves know all too well.

With a morning kicko at the Mecklenburg County Sportsplex, Woods Charter fell to No. 12 Christ the King in the 1A state nal for the third year in a row, 5-0. For Woods, the Crusaders were a familiar name, but after they lost 11 seniors from their 2023 roster, the defending state champions weren’t much of a familiar opponent. In fact, it was a Christ

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Seaforth coach Giovanni Viana dances with his

after they won the 2A state title with a penalty kicks win over Pine Lake Prep.

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Pine Lake Prep kicked a barrage of shots at Seaforth’s sophomore goalkeeper Katie Leonard. Some just missed, but for most of the attempts, Leonard got in the way.

“Our defense is strong, so (my teammates) take away all of the shots I can’t save,” Leonard said. “They give me ones I can, and I make it happen.”

Leonard saved goal after the goal in the rst half, keeping Seaforth a oat as its o ensive attack just wasn’t working. The Hawks took just three shots in the rst half as Pine Lake Prep neutralized sophomore So a Viana and junior Caitlin Erman’s ability to orchestrate the fast, downhill two-girl game that had been working all season.

“During halftime, we just said, ‘Guys, we’ve got to move. It’s a big eld that plays into our ball movement,’” coach Giovanni Viana said. “‘No one moves the ball like us. We possess like no one else. All you have to do is pass and move, and the game will settle in.’ And, it eventually did.”

In the second half, Leonard continued to be a wall, and Seaforth, doing a better job of matching Pine Lake Prep’s intensity and physicality, began to nd more looks at the goal. The shots just didn’t fall for the Hawks, though, including a free kick from So a Viana with 29 minutes left in regulation and two shots on goal from Erman and sophomore Luisa Olmos in the nal 10 minutes.

With the help of Leonard’s dominance in the goal, the game went to extra time. In the rst extra 10-minute period, fatigue started to take e ect as both teams struggled to get much going o ensively. Pine Lake Prep broke through Seaforth’s defense a few times and even had a near goal on a high shot halfway through the rst overtime period, but Leonard jumped and knocked the ball over the net.

Still scoreless after the rst 10 minutes, Pine Lake Prep almost had another goal on a header from a corner kick, but Leonard laid out and grabbed the ball with just under six minutes left to play in the second overtime period.

Neither team could get the ball in the net in extra time,

even in the two extra ve-minute periods in which one goal would have won the game. In penalty kicks, both teams mirrored each other with both making their rst attempts, missing their second attempts and then evening the score again with goals on their third tries. On the fourth round of penalty kicks, Leonard saved a goal and then made one of her own to put Seaforth up 3-2. Yet, Pine Lake Prep equalized the game once again after saving a goal and making their own in the fth round.

After Pine Lake Prep’s Elizabeth Perri put the Pride up 4-3, on the next round, Seaforth senior Sam Tucker made a huge penalty kick immediately after to keep the Hawks alive. The same sequence of events happened in the seventh round, and that time, Erman knocked in a penalty kick to extend the game. Both teams missed on their eighth attempts.

Leonard laid out for one last save on the ninth round, setting up freshman Elizabeth Platt for the game-winning penalty kick.

“I wasn’t really prepared to take (a penalty kick) today,” Platt said. “I ended up switching last minute. … I just stepped up. Someone else said they were a little nervous, so I just said, ‘I’ll take it.’”

Platt kicked the ball left and just over the reach of Pine Lake Prep sophomore goalkeeper Madison Harris to clinch the win. Immediately after, victory set in for the Hawks and the team piled on top of Platt while celebrating their rst state title.

Leonard earned the 2A state championship game MVP honors.

Losing just one senior after this season, this may not be the end of an impressive three-year run for Seaforth’s girls’ soccer program. The Hawks have yet to miss the state playo s since the team’s inception in the 2021-22 school year, and last season, Seaforth reached the third round with a team made up of mostly freshmen and sophomores.

“Just one player graduates (Sam Tucker), (and) Sam was a beast today, too,” Viana said. “But, everyone comes back. We’re thinking repeat. … More mature, older, faster, stronger — repeat.”

New Choices For Business Owners

New Choices For Business Owners

If you own a business and you offer a 401(k) or similar retirement plan to your employees, you’ll want to stay current on the various changes affecting these types of interesting new developments to consider. These changes are part of the SECURE 2.0 Act, enacted at the end of 2022. And while some parts of the law went into effect in 2023 — such as the new tax credit for employer contributions to start-up retirement plans with 100 or fewer employees — others were only enacted this year.

If you own a business and you offer a 401(k) or similar retirement plan to your employees, you’ll want to stay current on the various changes affecting these types of interesting new developments to consider. These changes are part of the SECURE 2.0 Act, enacted at the end of 2022. And while some parts of the law went into effect in 2023 — such as the new tax credit for employer contributions to start-up retirement plans with 100 or fewer employees — others were only enacted this year.

Here are some of these changes that may interest you:

Here are some of these changes that may interest you:

• New “starter” 401(k)/403(b) – If you haven’t already established a retirement plan, you can now offer a “starter” 401(k) or “safe harbor” 403(b) plan to employees who meet age and service requirements. These plans have lower contribution limits ($6,000 per year, or $7,000 for those 50 or older) than a typical 401(k) or 403(b) and employers can’t make matching or nonelective contributions. These plans are low-cost and easy to administer but the credit for employer contributions doesn’t apply, as these contributions aren’t allowed, and since start-up costs are low, the tax credit for these costs will be correspondingly lower than they’d be for a full-scale 401(k) plan.

• New “starter” 401(k)/403(b) – If you haven’t already established a retirement plan, you can now offer a “starter” 401(k) or “safe harbor” 403(b) plan to employees who meet age and service requirements. These plans have lower contribution limits ($6,000 per year, or $7,000 for those 50 or older) than a typical 401(k) or 403(b) and employers can’t make matching or nonelective contributions. These plans are low-cost and easy to administer but the credit for employer contributions doesn’t apply, as these contributions aren’t allowed, and since start-up costs are low, the tax credit for these costs will be correspondingly lower than they’d be for a full-scale 401(k) plan.

• Matches for student loan payments –It’s not easy for young employees to save for retirement and pay back student loans. To help address this problem, Congress included a provision in Secure 2.0 that allows employers the option to provide matching contributions to employees’ retirement plans (401(k), 403(b), 457(b) and SIMPLE IRAs) when these employees course, if you offer this match for student loan payments, your costs will likely increase, although these matching contributions are tax deductible. In any case, you

• Matches for student loan payments –It’s not easy for young employees to save for retirement and pay back student loans. To help address this problem, Congress included a provision in Secure 2.0 that allows employers the option to provide matching contributions to employees’ retirement plans (401(k), 403(b), 457(b) and SIMPLE IRAs) when these employees course, if you offer this match for student loan payments, your costs will likely increase, although these matching contributions are tax deductible. In any case, you

may want to balance any additional exand retaining employees, particularly those who have recently graduated from college.

may want to balance any additional exand retaining employees, particularly those who have recently graduated from college.

• 401(k) eligibility for part-time employees – Part-time employees who are at least 21 years old and have at least 500 hours of service in three consecutive years must now be eligible to contribute to an existing 401(k) plan. The inclusion of part-time employees could lead to higher business expenses for you, depending on the amount of contributions you may make to employees’ plans. Again, though, you’d to quality part-time employees.

• 401(k) eligibility for part-time employees – Part-time employees who are at least 21 years old and have at least 500 hours of service in three consecutive years must now be eligible to contribute to an existing 401(k) plan. The inclusion of part-time employees could lead to higher business expenses for you, depending on the amount of contributions you may make to employees’ plans. Again, though, you’d to quality part-time employees.

• Emergency savings account – Many people, especially those who don’t earn high incomes, have trouble building up emergency funds they can tap for unexpected costs, such as a major home or car repair or large medical expenses. Now, if you offer a 401(k), 403(b) or 457(b) plan, you can include a pension-linked emergency savings account (PLESA) that allows nonhighly compensated employees to save up

• Emergency savings account – Many people, especially those who don’t earn high incomes, have trouble building up emergency funds they can tap for unexpected costs, such as a major home or car repair or large medical expenses. Now, if you offer a 401(k), 403(b) or 457(b) plan, you can include a pension-linked emergency savings account (PLESA) that allows nonhighly compensated employees to save up

tax-free monthly withdrawals without incurring a 10% tax penalty. PLESA contributions are made on an after-tax (Roth) basis and must be matched at the same rate as other employee contributions. You may want to consult with your tax how these changes may affect what you want to do with your retirement plan. The more you know, the better your decisions likely will be.

tax-free monthly withdrawals without incurring a 10% tax penalty. PLESA contributions are made on an after-tax (Roth) basis and must be matched at the same rate as other employee contributions. You may want to consult with your tax how these changes may affect what you want to do with your retirement plan. The more you know, the better your decisions likely will be.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Edward Jones, Member SIPC

Edward Jones, Member SIPC

Chatham County spring sports all-conference list

By Asheebo Rojas

Chatham News & Record

HERE ARE THE Chatham County athletes that earned all-conference honors for the 2024 high school spring sports season:

MID-CAROLINA 1A/2A

Baseball

Player of the year: Ian McMillan (Jordan-Matthews)

Coach of the year: Kyle Robinson (Northwood)

First Team

Finn Sullivan (Northwood)

Josh Johnson (Northwood)

Kaleb Howell (Northwood)

Jake Leighton (Northwood)

Camden Miller (Northwood)

Dane O’Neill (Seaforth)

Cade Elmore (Seaforth)

Colin Dorney (Seaforth)

Anthony Landano (Seaforth)

Anders Johansson (Seaforth)

Ian McMillan (JordanMatthews)

Kelton Fuquay (JordanMatthews)

Landon Moser (JordanMatthews)

Anthony Lopossay (Chatham Central)

Logan Maness (Chatham Central)

Zane Overman (Chatham Central)

Second Team

Calvin Tourville (Northwood)

Dylan Perry (Northwood)

Eduardo Gutierrez (Jordan-Matthews)

Quinn Woolford (Jordan-Matthews)

Jaedyn Rader (Seaforth)

Daniel White (Seaforth)

Jake Poe (Chatham Central)

Joaquin Gordon (Chatham Central)

Softball

Player of the year: Logan Gunter (Jordan-Matthews)

Pitcher of the year: Maddie

Kaczmarczyk (Chatham Central)

Coach of the year: Holly Felder (Jordan-Matthews)

First Team

Maddie Kaczmarczyk (Chatham Central)

Katherine Gaines (Chatham Central)

Chloe Brewer (Chatham Central)

Sallie Oldham (Chatham Central)

Caleigh Warf (Chatham Central)

Logan Gunter (JordanMatthews)

Sophia Murchison (JordanMatthews)

Lilliana Hicks (JordanMatthews)

Marcy Clark (Jordan-Matthews) Reagan Smith (JordanMatthews)

Emma Grace Hill (Seaforth)

Annika Johannson (Seaforth)

Abigail Johnson (Seaforth)

Caroline Garner (Northwood)

Allison Bryant (Northwood)

Jasmine Wichowski (Northwood)

Second Team

Addy Clarke (Seaforth)

Anna Thomas (Seaforth)

Kelsey Morris (JordanMatthews)

Courtney Talbert (Northwood)

Sarah War ord (Northwood)

Emma Burke (Chatham Central)

Shelby Holder (Chatham Central)

Girls’ Soccer

O ensive player of the year:

Isabella Rogers (Northwood)

Defensive player of the year: Sophia Northington (Northwood)

Goalkeeper of the year: Katie Leonard (Seaforth)

First Team

So a Viana (Seaforth)

Caitlin Erman (Seaforth)

Katie Leonard (Seaforth)

Sam Tucker (Seaforth)

Sydney Nezos (Seaforth)

Regan Willauer (Seaforth)

Emma O’Rourke (Seaforth)

Luisa Olmos (Seaforth)

Carsyn Ward (Seaforth)

Elizabeth Platt (Seaforth)

Ava Aria (Northwood)

Isabella Rogers (Northwood)

Sarah Anne Murrell (Northwood)

Sophia Northington (Northwood)

Iris Sibrian-Zetino (JordanMatthews)

Janett Gomez-Ixcoy (JordanMatthews)

Sage Coykendall (JordanMatthews)

Hannia Martinez Quiroz (Jordan-Matthews)

Second Team

Gwen Williams (Northwood)

Haley O’Neill (Northwood)

Dalia Botello (JordanMatthews)

Fatima Lavariega (JordanMatthews)

Lora Morgan (Seaforth)

Natalie Jerkovich (Seaforth)

Boys’ Track and Field

Coach of the year: Shannon Ennis (Seaforth)

Sebastian Calderon (Seaforth)

Will Cuicchi (Seaforth)

Nathan Smith (Seaforth)

Jack Anstrom (Seaforth)

Aaron Teta (Seaforth)

Ryan Yoder (Seaforth)

Johnson Brekke (Seaforth)

Asher Aldridge (Seaforth)

Gabe Suarez (Seaforth)

Brention Lowery (Seaforth)

Matthew Washington (Seaforth)

Warren Washington (Seaforth)

Gabe Lowery (Seaforth)

Thaddeus Hudec (Seaforth)

Waylon Vose (Seaforth)

Jason Antley (Seaforth)

Christian Garcia-Torres (Jordan-Matthews)

Gabriel Brewer (JordanMatthews)

Kamarie Hadley (JordanMatthews

Aiden Hernandez (JordanMatthews)

Mario Figueroa (JordanMatthews)

Samuel Basilo (JordanMatthews)

Ben Altenburg (Northwood)

Girls’ Track and Field

Malana McLean (Seaforth)

Sasha Helmer (Seaforth)

Averie Boeckler (Seaforth)

Claire Morgan (Seaforth)

Caidence Bazemore (Seaforth)

Juana Jimenez (Seaforth)

Julia Hall (Northwood)

Sydney Gray (Northwood)

Ashley Perry (Northwood)

Delaney Babo (Northwood)

Amari Bullett (Northwood)

Jada Everson (Northwood)

Rachael Woods (JordanMatthews)

Sophia Korpela (JordanMatthews)

Athena Dispennette (JordanMatthews)

Cassidy DeShazo (JordanMatthews)

Juanita Perez (JordanMatthews)

Grace Debnam (JordanMatthews)

Karaleigh Dodson (Chatham Central)

Boys’ Golf

Golfer of the year: Ty Willoughby (Seaforth)

Coach of the year: Bobby Stewart (Seaforth)

First Team

Ty Willoughby (Seaforth)

Campbell Meador (Seaforth)

Gri n Ching (Seaforth)

Gray Stewart (Seaforth)

Patrick Baquero (Northwood)

Ben Porter (Northwood)

Brian Johnson (JordanMatthews)

Ben Buckner (JordanMatthews)

Gavin Vanderford (Chatham Central)

Stephen Moody (Chatham Central)

Second Team

Thomas Springle (Northwood)

Connor Kitchings (Chatham Central)

Tennis

Player of the year: Jacob

Gilliland (Chatham Central)

Coach of the year: Abbie

McGee (Northwood)

Jacob Gilliland (Chatham Central)

Seth Gilliland (Chatham Central)

Pavel Hernandez-Cruz (JordanMatthews)

Carols Plata (JordanMatthews)

Walker Magrinat (Seaforth)

Felton Burleigh (Seaforth)

Matthew Bowser (Seaforth)

Ijah Sinclair (Northwood)

Sam Rogers (Northwood)

Ricardo Perez-Ventura (Northwood)

CENTRAL TAR HEEL 1A

Baseball

Player of the year : Aidan Allred (Chatham Charter)

Aidan Allred (Chatham Charter)

Zach Cartrette (Chatham Charter)

Luke Johnson (Chatham Charter)

Westin Phillips (Chatham Charter)

Jonah Ridgill (Chatham Charter)

Brandon Rives (Chatham Charter)

Tyner Williams (Chatham Charter)

Honorable mention: Garrison

Clark (Chatham Charter),

Hunter Murphy (Chatham Charter), Jace Young (Chatham Charter)

Softball

Pitcher of the year: Allie

McLeod (Chatham Charter)

Sawyer Bowman (Chatham Charter)

Ella Ingle (Chatham Charter)

Kynzie Jordan (Chatham Charter)

Delana Lo in (Chatham Charter)

Cassie McKeithan (Chatham Charter)

Allie McLeod (Chatham Charter)

Makenly Stanley (Chatham Charter)

Honorable mention: Meah

Brooks (Chatham Charter)

Girls’ Soccer

Judy Shreef (Chatham Charter)

Leyla Noronha (Woods Charter)

Jessica Haswell (Woods Charter)

Amelia Cherry (Woods Charter)

Sienna Gray (Woods Charter)

Lucy Poitras (Woods Charter)

Cate Czyzewski (Woods Charter)

Boys’ Tennis

Andrew Bednar (Chatham Charter)

Thomas Bjork (Chatham Charter)

Zane Morgan (Chatham Charter)

Adam Reese (Chatham Charter)

Colton Todd (Chatham Charter)

Honorable mention: Miguel Kirkman (Chatham Charter)

Boys’ Golf

Caden Poremba (Chatham Charter)

Katie Leonard

Seaforth, girls’ soccer

Seaforth girls’ soccer’s Katie Leonard earns athlete of the week honors for the week of May 27.

In No. 4-seeded Seaforth’s state title victory over top-seeded Pine Lake Prep, Leonard, a sophomore goalkeeper, kept the Hawks alive with stellar play in the net. The Pride sent constant shots Leonard’s way throughout the game, and she saved every one in regulation, even the ones shot at her from close range.

During the penalty kick shootout, Leonard knocked in a PK herself while making the nal save in the ninth round to set up Elizabeth Platt for the winning score. Leonard was named the 2A state championship game MVP following the win.

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the King freshman, Addison Peirce, that gave the Wolves problems throughout the game.

Just six minutes into competition, Peirce tracked down a ball tapped by her teammate, outran two Woods defenders to the right side of the goal and found the back of the net, giving the Crusaders an early 1-0 lead.

Four minutes later, Peirce outraced Woods’ Jessica Haswell on a long outlet pass and hit another shot from close range to put Christ the King up two goals.

With just over 28 minutes left to play in the rst half, Peirce secured a hat trick by doing the same thing: using her speed to track down a far kick and get behind Woods’ defense for an easy score.

“They’ve got quality all over,” Woods Charter head coach Graeme Stewart said. “They’ve got two center backs that are pretty impressive, and they got a quick speedster outside who’s also pretty impressive for young kids.”

After those three goals in a span of six minutes, the Wolves were in a deep hole with the majority of the game ahead of them. In the beginning of the rst half, Christ the King played with more speed and physicality on both sides of the ball, controlling the majority of the possession.

Woods settled down a bit defensively later in the opening half, but the Crusaders still limited its ability to get quality shots on the goal. The Wolves took just three shots in the rst half with two coming after Christ the King built the 3-0 lead.

In the second half, Woods started with more urgency on the defensive end, making more challenges to loose balls and matching Christ the King’s physicality. The Wolves didn’t allow a shot to the Crusaders for the rst 16 minutes of the period until Peirce once again found the back of the net with 23:45 left to play, putting the Crusaders up, 4-0. From that point, the de cit

became too much for Woods to overcome. The Wolves attempted four shots in the second half, but none of them connected, causing them to be shut out for the rst time since the 4-0 loss to Seaforth on April 16. Christ the King senior Brianna Pacholski put the icing on the cake with a goal from beyond the penalty area, putting the Crusaders up ve with just over 14 minutes left to play.

At the nal buzzer, Stewart got on one knee and held his face in his hand as Christ the King began its celebration on the eld. As great of an achievement that three straight state championship appearances is, not coming away with one title is just as “devastating.”

Nonetheless, the Wolves still had reason to hold their heads high.

“One day doesn’t change, in my opinion, a fantastic season (and) a fantastic group of kids that have given their all for this team,” Stewart said. “They’ve bought into everything that we’ve done, and they’ve represented the school amazingly. Today doesn’t change that. I’m so proud of every single one of them.”

Woods nished with a 225-1 record and will lose 10 seniors following this season. After the game, Stewart took the time to sit and talk to senior Leyla Noronha for a while on the sideline.

“It’s just talking about (how) sometimes things don’t work out in life the way you want them to,” Stewart said. “She put this team on her shoulders countless times over the years. Nothing about today will change that, and I just wanted her to know that I’m extremely proud of her as I am of all of the seniors who’ve gotten us to this position.”

Stewart is optimistic about his returning group and new faces coming in from middle school buying into the program. Despite not getting the job done in the last three seasons, the program has a high standard to uphold that still has room to be raised to championship-winning level.

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J-M soccer player who started kicking for football in 2023 signs to Shaw University

Giancarlo Aguila will play college football just months after his rst game

By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record

JORDAN-MATTHEWS senior Giancarlo Aguila, the soccer player that joined the football team as a kicker in 2023, earned a scholarship and signed to play football at Shaw University Thursday.

Aguila played four years of varsity soccer under coach Paul Cuadros from 2020-23. Before last season, he had never kicked a eld goal, let alone played football, but now he’ll be playing on the NCAA Division II level.

“(It’s) exciting,” Aguila said. “It’s everything. It’s everything

for my family. No one has ever done it. I’m excited to be the rst.” The future Bear will focus on eld goals and kicko s in college.

He plans to major in biology.

Aguila started kicking footballs in September after a conversation about banners between he and J-M athletic director Barry West turned to football once Aguila spotted a football helmet nearby.

“I saw the football helmet, and then I was asking (West) about it,” Aguila told the Chatham News & Record in September.

“He said, ‘You could be a kicker.’

I was interested in that because, why not?”

In his rst kicking practice session, Aguila hit eld goals from close and mid-range distances, backing up as he made

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Giancarlo Aguila talks to the Chatham News & Record after kicking in a game last season.

them. Using a water cooler handle as a holder, Aguilar nailed a 55-yard eld goal, sending it just over the front crossbar.

West sent the footage of the long-distance make to former J-M football coach Ryan Johnson, and shortly after, Aguila started kicking on Friday nights.

Aguila made his rst extra point and kicked all of the team’s kicko s in his rst game against North Moore on Sept. 22, the Jets’ sixth game of the season. He made his rst eld goal attempt from 37 yards against Southeast Alamance on Sept. 29, scoring the Jets’ only points in the 54-3 loss.

In November, Aguila attended the Chris Sailer Kicking Camp in Charlotte, picking up new tips and skills to ne tune his mechanics.

During his college recruitment, Aguila had Florida Memoria University in mind, but the distance really didn’t work

Cindric claims victory in NASCAR Cup Series after Blaney runs out of gas on nal lap

By Je Latzke The Associated Press

MADISON, Ill. — Austin Cin-

dric emerged as the surprise winner of the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway when teammate Ryan Blaney ran out of gas while leading on the nal lap.

Blaney, the reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion, appeared to be on his way to his rst win of the season after ghting o a challenge from Christopher Bell, who had his own car trouble in the closing laps.

Cindric, who had pitted just one lap after Blaney, took advantage of the situation and notched his second career victory. The other came in the 2022 Daytona 500.

“It was like my rst time all over again,” Cindric said. “It’s been so long. Even just standing up on the roof of my car, I about fell over in Victory Lane.”

Denny Hamlin came in second, recording his sixth straight top-5 nish. Brad Keselowski was third, followed by Tyler Reddick and Joey Logano.

Cindric said he didn’t nd out until he reached Victory Lane that Blaney had run out of gas — or that it might have been an issue for him.

“Probably the two best cars at the end of that race both had an issue, and the third-place car wins the race. That’s the way I see it,” Cindric said. “I mean, it’s not like I went out there and I took the lead away but we were

in position, and this is one of our best-executed races so far this year with probably our best speed.”

The three Penske cars — Cindric, Blaney and Logano — did not pit in the break between the

second and third stages, and that put them in position to go for Team Penske’s rst win of the year.

“It’s been miserable to be in our shop here lately. We expect to win,” said Logano, a two-

for him. A teacher helped him discover Shaw, who was holding a camp earlier this year, but he couldn’t attend, so West helped Aguila get a walk-on tryout with the Bears in May.

Aguila mostly trains himself, watching well-known kicker Donald De La Haye — known as Deestroying — other NFL and college kickers and workout videos on YouTube. In his nal months at J-M, Aguila has been training rising junior Josh Carcamo, another soccer player that will join the football team as a kicker next season.

“I’ve learned that (Aguila) is very on time when it comes to kicking,” Carcamo said. “Sometimes I don’t want to kick, and he spams my phone or calls me to go kick. And once we’re here, we have our routine and everything. We’re out here for an hour and 30 (minutes). We kick at least twice a week.”

So far, the furthest eld goal Carcamo has made is 45 yards. Just like Aguila, that’s not bad for another newbie to kicking a football.

time series champion who entered the race 17th in points.

“We got used to winning and when you’re ghting for 20th, it’s quite the kick in the youknow-what.”

Blaney and Bell dueled for the lead for several laps before Bell — just after nally squeezing ahead of Blaney brie y — let up and reported motor issues to his crew. Bell wound up seventh, getting a push by teammate Martin Truex Jr. on the straightaways in the nal laps.

“I have no idea what happened — some sort of motor issue — and I’m surprised that it made it to the end,” Bell said.

“So glad that we were able to salvage something out of it.

“But you don’t get race cars like that very often. And whenever you do, you need to take advantage of them.

Blaney settled for 24th, coasting around as the last nisher on the lead lap.

“Just one lap short,” Blaney said. “Really happy with our showing today, just I don’t know what I’ve got to do to get some luck on our side.”

Cindric’s crew chief, Brian Wilson, said the Penske team coordinated during the week on the decision to keep all three cars out at the start of Stage 3, but they didn’t share strategy on the nal pit stop as they were competing for the win.

“I would have preferred to pit the same lap as him,” Wilson said. “They did a great job of disguising that.”

JEFF ROBERSON / AP PHOTO

Austin Cindric celebrates after winning Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois.

Whether you’re new to the series or a longtime fan, the 20th Walt Longmire book o ers a compelling narrative

By Bruce DeSilva The Associated Press

WALT LONGMIRE and his deputy poke around in his basement when she spots a relic of his youth, a hundred-pound Bob Simmons-model surfboard.

“You’re too big to surf,” she says.

“I didn’t used to be,” he says.

She notices that the front of the board is heavily dented.

“Tell me about that,” she says.

It’s a tale that spans decades, he replies. It forms the heart of “First Frost,” Craig Johnson’s 20th crime novel featuring Longmire, the sheri of ctional Absaroka County, Wyoming. The author deftly weaves between the summer of 1964 and the present, keeping the readers engrossed in both timelines.

Flash back to the summer

of 1964. Walt and his pal Henry Standing Bear, whose football careers at the University of Southern California recently ended, have enlisted in the military, expecting to be sent to Vietnam. They plan to drive cross-country to their assigned training facilities, but they have yet to make it to Arizona when Walt’s truck runs o the road, stranding them in the small desert town of Bone Valley.

They soon nd the town as unwelcoming as its name. Get out as soon as possible; Sometimes, it’s a warning, sometimes a threat. Clearly, something is wrong here, and Walt, already demonstrating the courage and persistence of a future sheri , can’t let go of the mystery.

Meanwhile, back in the present, Longmire is under investigation for a fatal shooting recounted in “The Longmire Defense,” last year’s installment of the series. The victim was a member of a wealthy and politically in uential family, which is now out for vengeance.

The author skillfully weaves between two periods, maintaining a brisk pace. The old story, more suspenseful and intriguing, involves murderous drug smugglers, a former judge with dictatorial control over Bone Valley, and a dark secret about the nearby Japanese internment camps during World War II. This suspenseful narrative will keep readers on the edge of their seats.

Johnson’s vivid, tightly written novel may remind readers of “Bad Day at Black Rock,” a 1955 lm in which an Army veteran played by Spencer Tracy arrives in a western town to deliver a medal and discovers the populace is harboring a dark secret. Whether you’re new to the series or a longtime fan, “First Frost” o ers a compelling narrative. For new readers, the action is easy to follow. For longtime fans, the author delves deeper into Walt Longmire’s backstory, enriching the character’s development and adding a new layer of intrigue.

‘Hit Man’ comes to Net ix; ’80s pop phenom Cyndi Lauper’s doc premiers this week in history

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Movies to stream

“Hit Man” is nally hitting Net ix on Friday. A charming, fun action-comedy romance based on a “somewhat true story,” “Hit Man” stars Glen Powell as a mild-mannered philosophy professor whose life takes a wild turn when he starts doing undercover work for the police as a fake hitman. It’s all costumes, tomfoolery and convictions until he meets the beautiful Madison (“Andor’s” Adria Arjona) and starts living a double life. Richard Linklater directed the lm, which he co-wrote with Powell. A sensation at the fall lm festivals, “Hit Man” was picked up by Net ix, which seems like a good home for this, shielding it from any “box o ce disappointment” narratives.

Shows to stream

The National World War II Museum says black men and women served in every branch of the armed services during World War II, yet their stories are largely untold. Two new documentaries debuted Monday on National Geographic and highlight their service. “Erased: WW2’s Heroes

Allied forces storm the beaches at Normandy; the rst Little League baseball game played

Sen. Robert Kennedy was assassinated

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JUNE 3

1621: The Dutch West India Co. received its charter for a trade monopoly in parts of the Americas and Africa.

1937: Edward, The Duke of Windsor who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Simpson in a private ceremony in Monts, France.

1965: Astronaut Edward H. White became the rst American to “walk” in space during the ight of Gemini 4.

JUNE 4

1812: U.S. House of Representatives approved a declaration of war against Britain by voting 79-49.

1912: Novarupta on the Alaska Peninsula began a three-day eruption, sending ash as high as 100,000 feet. The most power-

ful volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

1942: World War II Battle of Midway began, resulting in American victory against Japan and marking the war’s turning point in the Paci c.

1940: Allied military evacuate some 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France.

1944: U-505, a German submarine, was captured by a U.S. Navy task group in the South Atlantic; it was the rst such capture of an enemy vessel at sea by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812. The U.S. Fifth Army began liberating Rome.

JUNE 5

1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

1975: Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international shipping.

2004: Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died in Los Angeles at age 93 after a long struggle

with Alzheimer’s disease.

JUNE 6

1844: The Young Men’s Christian Association was founded in London.

1934: The Securities and Exchange Commission was established.

1939: The rst Little League baseball game was played in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

1944: Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on “D-Day”

Ash from the

of Color” is executive produced and narrated by Idris Elba. “The Real Red Tails,” narrated by Sheryl Lee Ralph, recaps the discovery of a WWII-era Tuskegee Airmen plane in Lake Huron, Michigan. Both are streaming on Hulu and Disney+. A ninth season of “Below Deck Mediterranean” sailed onto Bravo on Monday with a 75-minute premiere episode aboard a luxury charter yacht led by Capt. Sandy Yawn and her chief steward, Aisha Scott, who use cameras to catch the crew’s con icts while catering to their guests. The show is streaming on Peacock. Since her release from prison in late December for conspiring to kill her abusive mother, Gypsy Rose Blanchard has remained in the public eye. She’s walked red carpets, been the topic of tabloid gossip and even met Kim Kardashian. Lifetime cameras have followed Rose as she acclimates to freedom in a new docuseries, “Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup,” which debuted Monday. In a new FX limited series called “Clipped,” Ed O’Neill (“Modern Family,” “Married with Children”) plays former Clippers team owner Donald Sterling. Recordings of him making racist comments led to Sterling stepping down as owner of the Clip-

pers and being banned for life by the NBA. “Clipped” also stars Laurence Fishburne as Doc Rivers and Jacki Weaver as Sterling’s wife, Shelly. The series is based on an ESPN 30-for-30 podcast called “The Sterling Affairs.” “Clipped” debuted Tuesday on Hulu.

Daniel Brühl is already getting positive reviews from critics for his portrayal of late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in a new six-part series for Hulu premiering Friday. “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld” focuses on Lagerfeld’s rise in the fashion world as the designer of Chloé and Fendi. The series also doesn’t shy away from Lagerfeld’s complex legacy because he made contentious remarks about the #MeToo movement, same-sex marriages and plus-size models in addition to his contributions to fashion.

The NHL has its answer to the Puppy Bowl with its rst Stanley Cup game airing on the NHL Network. The Stanley Pup will feature rescue dogs representing the 32 NHL teams. The 16 dogs representing the teams playing in the hockey playo s will compete for the Stanley Pup. The “Stanley Pup” will air in the U.S. on Friday at 8 p.m. on NHL Network and ESPN+, and on Sportsnet in Canada on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

Candice Carty-Williams has adapted her famous 2019 novel “Queenie” for television. The show follows Queenie Jenkins, a Jamaican Brit living in South London recovering from a bad breakup and trying to navigate her mid-20s. It stars Dionne Brown as Queenie, British R&B musician Bellah, Samuel Adewunmi, Michelle Greenidge and Joseph Marcell. “Queenie” premieres Friday on Hulu.

Music to stream

Before she even released her debut album – “Born in the Wild,” which will be released Friday — Nigerian singer Tems won a Grammy. In 2024, the avant-garde pop performer Charli XCX is returning to the raves of her youth. It’s a funny statement about a 31-year-old super producer/songwriter/hitmaker, but it’s the truth. “Brat,” her fourth full-length release, ampli es Charli XCX’s Y2K-era obsessions, like on the single “Von Dutch,” with its early-aughts references and showboating ltered through futuristic PC Music-style production or her contemporary IT girl anthem “360.” (A choice lyric from the chorus: “I’m everywhere/I’m so Julia,” she sings, a reference to model/ actor/memoirist Julia Fox.) Turn it up, smell the smoke machine, feel the sweat. On Friday, Carly Pearce, one of the most exciting voices in contemporary country music, will deliver a new album, “Hummingbird.” It is her rst since 2021’s

JUNE 7

1776: Richard Henry Lee of Virginia o ered a resolution to the Continental Congress stating that “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.”

1848: French painter and sculptor Paul Gauguin was born in Paris.

1942: The Battle of Midway ended in a decisive victory for American naval forces over Imperial Japan, marking a turning point in the Paci c War.

“29: Written in Stone,” a continuation of her EP “29,” which chronicled her divorce from singer-songwriter Michael Ray. That’s important to note because it gives additional context to this release: Still concerned with grief and loss but now energized by a new sense of autonomy and hope, Pearce’s songwriting is as sharp as ever. There is no shortage of great music documentaries ooding Paramount+; another was added to the list Tuesday. “Let the Canary Sing” is a feature-length documentary on Cyndi Lauper, exploring her rise to fame, her political activism and, most crucially, her hits. Because “Time After Time,” “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” and “All Through the Night,” am I right?

Video games to play

You can head to a galaxy far, far away with Zynga’s Star Wars: Hunters. In the hottest sport on the planet, Vespaara, teams of four battle it out with their blasters and lightsabers. The gladiators include droids, Wookiees, Jawas and even a few ordinary humans from both the Dark and Light sides of the Force. The arenas range from a lush Ewok village to the desert planet Tatooine to the surface of a Death Star. The core game is free to download and play on mobile devices, though Zynga hopes you’ll shell out for costumes and season passes. You can join the fray on Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android.

G.C. MARTIN / U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY VIA AP

1912 eruption of Novarupta is still visible today.

famous birthdays this week

Mark Wahlberg turns 53, Kenny G is 68, Boz Scaggs hits 80

June 2

Actor Jerry Mathers (“Leave It To Beaver”) is 76. Comedian Dana Carvey is 69. TV personality Andy Cohen is 56.

June 3

Bassist Mike Gordon of Phish is 59. TV journalist Anderson Cooper is 57. Country singer Jamie O’Neal is 56.

June 4

Actor Bruce Dern is 88. Singer-actor Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas is 80. Blues musician Tinsley Ellis is 67. Actor Angelina Jolie is 49.

June 5

News correspondent Bill Moyers is 90. Guitarist Fred Stone of Sly and the Family Stone is 77. Suze Orman is 73. Saxophonist Kenny G is 68.

Actor Ron Livingston (“Sex and the City,” “O ce Space”) is 57. Actor-singer Mark Wahlberg is 53.

June 6

June 7

Singer Tom Jones is 84. Talk show host Jenny Jones is 78. Actor Liam Neeson is 72. TV personality Bear Grylls (“Man Vs. Wild”) is 50.

June 8

Singer Nancy Sinatra is 84. Singer Boz Scaggs is 80. “Dilbert” cartoonist Scott Adams is 67. Actor-director Keenan Ivory Wayans is 66. Guitarist Derek Trucks (Allman Brother Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band) is 45.

Actor Robert Englund (Freddie Krueger) is 77. Playwright-actor Harvey Fierstein is 72. Guitarist Steve Vai is 64. Actor Paul Giamatti is 57.

KEVIN WOLF / AP PHOTO

Comedian Dana Carvey, seen at the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2023, turned 69 on Tuesday.

RICHARD SHOTWELL / AP PHOTO

Horror movie icon Robert Englund of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” fame turns 77 on Friday.

ADVERTISEMENT OF TAX LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY

County of Chatham

Advertisement of 2023 Tax Liens on Real Property

Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 105-369 of the North Carolina General Statutes and pursuant to an order of the Board of Commissioners of Chatham County, I am hereby advertising tax liens for the year 2023 upon the real estate described below. The amount advertised includes interest and costs, and the omission of such from the amount advertised will not constitute a waiver of the taxing unit’s claim for those items. The real estate parcel that is subject to the lien, the name of the person to whom the property was listed for taxes, the current owner’s name if the property was transferred in the year 2023 and the principal amount of the

taxes are set out below. When a parcel was subdivided after January 1, 2023 and ownership of one or more of the resulting parcels was transferred, the amount of the tax lien on each parcel, as shown in this advertisement, is the amount of the lien on the original parcel as it existed on January 1, 2023 and is subject to adjustment when the taxes are paid or the lien is foreclosed. If the taxes remain unpaid after this advertisement is completed, the taxing unit may foreclose on the property to satisfy the tax lien unless taxpayers are protected by bankruptcy.

This the 22nd day of May, 2024.

Jenny Williams Chatham County Tax Collector

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