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HPU President Qubein to receive Charles Kuralt Award High Point High Point University President Nido R. Qubein was selected to receive the North Carolina Travel Industry Association’s Charles Kuralt Award on Nov. 16 in Raleigh.

The award recognizes an individual who brings exceptional, positive public attention to the State of North Carolina through some form of mass communication.

Qubein was selected for his PBS series Side by Side, which airs Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

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NC Democratic Party rejects recognizing Jewish organization Raleigh A vote held by the North Carolina Democratic Party to recognize a Jewish Caucus in a vote where several in party leadership, including chair Anderson Clayton, refused to vote.

The state Democratic Party already has a number of recognized affiliated organizations, including an African American Caucus, LGBTQ Caucus, Hispanic/Latinx Caucus and Transgender Caucus, among others.

The vote failed with 16 in favor and 17 against, but with a total of 16 leaders not voting all, including Clayton.

WFAE reported that some Jewish Democrats questioned whether the party had been taken over by “the anti-Jewish left.”

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First lady Jill Bidenreceives the official 2023 White House Christmas Tree at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. The tree is an 18-and-a-half-foot tall Native True fir from Cline Church Nursery in Fleetwood

White House Christmas tree once again comes from NC

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DeSantis picks up 10 South Carolina endorsements from former backers of Tim Scott Columbia, S.C. Ron DeSantis has picked up 10 endorsements in South Carolina from former backers of Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign, support the Florida governor is hoping can shore up his strength in the first-in-theSouth primary state.

South Carolina state Reps.

Bill Taylor and Tom Hartnett Jr. — as well as more than a half-dozen municipallevel elected officials who had backed Scott — are now announcing their support for DeSantis.

“Ron DeSantis is the leader we need for this exact moment,” Hartnett said. “He not only is the only candidate who I know can win, but he will be a president who will follow through on his promises to reverse the decline of our country.”

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Commission reverses course on proposed concealed carry instructor rules

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal

ty College Public Safety Training Center in Raleigh.

“I do believe that in taking the comments from this group and others at the last meeting and really trying to consider those and work on some of the issues raised by the group, I think that we have revised the rule to a place where it will address the large number of concerns that we heard in the last meeting,” Cooley-Desmukes told attendees.

She added the Commission tried to consider the feedback received to “make sure that we are not creating a burden on instructors that is more than what we need to create in order to ensure that the rules are followed.”

Unlike the August meeting where hundreds of citizens packed the Raleigh training center location meeting room,

RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Justice’s Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission nixed proposed rules for concealed carry instructors after facing significant pushback from over 2,600 instructors across the state.

At a secondary sub-meeting of the Commission held in Garner on Nov. 15, Chair Leslie Cooley-Desmukes told those in attendance that the proposed changes discussed in August that would have required a pre-course delivery report, a post-delivery report, and a student roster, were no longer on the table.

That meeting, held at the Garner Performing Arts Center, followed the Commission’s main meeting held at 10 a.m. at Wake Technical Communi- See COMMISSION, page A8

Grand Champion Grower in the National Christmas Tree AsWASHINGTON, D.C. — The sociation’s National Christmas Christmas tree received Mon- tree contest, which is one of the day afternoon by First Lady Jill top honors of the group, which Biden marked a familiar jour- helps select the White House Christmas tree each ney from the mounyear. Members of the tains of North CaroNational Christmas lina to the Blue Room Tree Association have of the White House. presented the official The centerpiece “We are of the annual deco- honored to White House Christrations in the White mas tree for display in have the House, the 18 ½ foot the Blue Room since Fraser fir this year opportunity 1966. hails from Cline to represent North Carolina’s Church Nursery in Christmas tree indusFleetwood, just off the Christmas try ranks second in Highway 221 in Ashe tree growers the nation in number County. of trees harvested and Christmas tree of America, cash receipts, usualgrowers Amber Scott by continuing ly over 20% of the enand Alex Church, who tire supply across the the tradition are the second-genercountry, just behind ation owners of the of providing Oregon.

Christmas tree farm a tree to the The Tarheel State started by their parleads among the seents, presented the White House lection the White winning tree to the Blue Room.”

House Christmas tree first lady and several as well, with 2023’s military families. the 11th one chosen “We are honored Amber Scott, for display. to have the oppor- Cline Church The winning tree tunity to represent is nothing new for Nursery the Christmas tree the industry in Ashe growers of America, County, which has by continuing the tradition of now sent 7 Christmas trees to providing a tree to the White the White House, more than House Blue Room, which will any other county in the country. be viewed by millions of peoThe mountain county is also ple,” said Scott last week as the largest Christmas tree proRobert Downing, White House ducing county in the U.S., with Chief Usher and Dale Haney, around 12,000 acres in active White House Superintendent production. The farms help of Grounds, arrived to measure drive the local economy, proand select the tree to make the viding over 700 jobs year-round trip to Washington. and swelling to over 2,000 The family was named 2023 during the Christmas season.

State Board of Education presented with Parents Bill of Rights appeals policy, parent guide outline

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — At its November meeting, members of the State Board of Education were presented with a parental ap-

peals process policy and draft outline of the parents’ guide to student achievement as required under the new Parents’ Bill of Rights legislation.

The appeals policy includes a structure for hearing procedures

for parental grievances and concerns filed in a public school district.

A parent has the right to request a hearing by the state See PARENTS, page A4

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THE WORD: NAME THEM ONE BY ONE Johnson Oatman Jr.’s hymn “Count Your Blessings,” set to music by E.O. Excell, is a timeless reminder of gratitude. Born in 1856 in New Jersey, Oatman was an ordained minister who also worked in business with his father. He began writing hymns in 1892, with his first song — “I Am Walking with My Saviour” — published a year later. His prolific hymn-writing career produced over 3,000 hymns, making his work a staple in hymnbooks to this day.

According to the 1914 Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers, Oatman’s “Count Your Blessings” emerged in 1897, published in the collection “Songs for Young People” by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The hymn became an instant classic, illuminating the simple but profound practice of recognizing one’s blessings as an antidote to life’s discouragements. The song’s popularity, particularly in England, underscored its universal appeal, as it was sung in various settings from street corners to sanctuaries.

The lyrics of “Count Your Blessings” resonate with scriptural themes and are interwoven with Biblical references. The first verse encourages the believer to reflect on the multitude of blessings granted by God even through discouraging or difficult

times. The second verse addresses the burdens of life, alluding to Matthew 16:24 where Jesus speaks of taking up one’s cross, suggesting that in acknowledging blessings, one finds strength to endure hardships.

In the third verse, Oatman points to the promises of Christ, echoing the Sermon on the Mount, particularly Matthew 5:12, where Jesus speaks of the great reward awaiting believers in heaven. The verse underscores the ephemeral nature of earthly wealth compared to the eternal riches in Christ. The final verse offers comfort, reflecting the assurance found in Hebrews 1:14 of angelic presence and support throughout life’s trials.

“Count Your Blessings” aligns perfectly with this week Thanksgiving—a time set aside to reflect on and give thanks for the bountiful gifts of life. Oatman’s hymn encourages believers to maintain a perspective of gratitude regardless of life’s tumultuous “billows.” It’s familiar tune is a call for Christians to live in a state of thankfulness, recognizing the divine hand in every aspect of life.

This article includes information from “Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers” by J.H. Hall (1914) which is in the Public Domain.

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Maynard Nexsen expands government affairs team with senior House staffer North State Journal

“Clark is a welcome addition to our growing government affairs team.”

David Ferrell, shareholder and leader of the firm’s North Carolina Government Affairs team

RALEIGH — Clark Riemer, the longtime chief of staff for Rep. Jason Saine (R-Lincoln), has joined Maynard Nexsen as the company’s newest government affairs specialist. He will work with the Raleigh-based North Carolina Government Affairs team, part of the firm’s Government Solutions Group, joining David Ferrell and Chase Horton.

“Clark is a welcome addi-

tion to our growing government affairs team,” said David Ferrell, shareholder and leader of the firm’s North Carolina Government Affairs team.

“His experience interacting with and supporting senior members of the General Assembly will be invaluable as we support our clients’ legislative needs.”

Riemer will join the firm’s North Carolina lobbying practice, representing a broad issue portfolio before the North

Signs point to UNC Chapel Hill’s chancellor leaving for Michigan State University

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — Recent news out of Michigan State University (MSU) points to UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz becoming the school’s next president.

The State News reported that Guskiewicz was one of two finalists for the MSU presidency spot, however, the other candidate, University of Texas at San Antonio President Taylor Eighmy, had withdrawn himself from consideration.

In a statement to UNC’s student newspaper The Daily Tarheel, Guskiewicz would only say he is “focused on serving the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a special place I have lived, worked, and loved for 28 years.”

According to The Daily Tarheel, UNC Board of Trustees Chair John Pryor said the board would remain focused on “the excellence and continued progress of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,” and that the school’s success “is bigger than any one person.”

Guskiewicz has faced several controversies while serving at UNC Chapel Hill over the past five years including handling the COVID-19 pandemic and protests resulting in the removal of the Confederate “Silent Sam” statue from the campus grounds.

“The excellence and continued progress of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is bigger than any one person.”

UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees Chair John Pryor Under his tenure, the lawsuit over race-based admissions policies came to its conclusion in 2023 following a U.S. Supreme Court decision ending the practice. The previous year, free speech on campus received a boost with the establishment of the School of Civic Life and Leadership.

Earlier this year, UNC Chapel Hill also saw a walk-out by a group of UNC law school students after the school removed law student Jamie Marsicano, who was charged with domestic terrorism for his role in a violent anti-police riot in Atlanta, Ga. Marsicano, who identified as “transgender” and is the son of Charlotte businessman and millionaire Michael Marsicano, was indicted on Nov. 6 along with 60 others on the domestic terror charges and additional Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Or-

ganizations (RICO) Act charges.

In moving to MSU, Guskiewicz would be inheriting a role marked by several scandals, including the firing of football coach Mel Tucker after he was accused of sexual harassment and former gymnastics coach Larry Nasser, who, in a widely publicized case, was convicted in 2016 on felony sexual abuse charges involving female athletes.

Just last month, the school faced criticism of its leadership from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer after the scoreboard before the Michigan-MSU football game showed an image of Adolf Hitler.

The State News has also reported on issues surrounding MSU’s Board Chair Rema Vassar’s removal “over wide-ranging allegations of unethical conduct.”

Guskiewicz is UNC Chapel Hill’s 12th chancellor and was the school’s interim chancellor from Feb. 2019 to Dec. 2019 until he was permanently installed in the role. Prior to becoming chancellor, he was the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and a member of the faculty at UNC since 1995.

He is the co-director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center and as a neuroscientist, Guskiewicz is nationally recognized for his expertise in sport-related concussions.

Carolina General Assembly and various regulatory bodies.

Prior to joining Maynard Nexsen, he was an advisor to Rep. Saine as Senior Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and a critical staff member in drafting North Carolina’s biennial budget. He also worked with Saine during his time as Senior Finance Chair, giving Clark a unique perspective as one of the few legislative staff to work on both the taxation and expenditure side

of the state budget process.

Before his time at the state legislature, he worked as a Policy Analyst at the Civitas Institute, where he was responsible for legislative updates and assisting in developing the highly regarded Civitas Poll. Clark earned his B.A. in Political Science from Elon University.

Maynard Nexsen’s state government affairs teams are based in North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama.

Key GOP lawmaker calls for renewal of surveillance tool as he proposes changes to protect privacy The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee called for the renewal of a key U.S. government surveillance tool as he proposed a series of changes aimed at safeguarding privacy.

The proposals by Rep. Mike Turner are part of a late scramble inside Congress and the White House to guarantee the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows spy agencies to collect emails and other communications. They emerged from a congressional working group and are expected to form the basis of a legislative package that Turner hopes can be passed before Section 702 expires at the end of the year.

“We believe that before the end of the year, we will have a significant package of reforms that will be unprecedented, and at the same time, we will have the renewal of 702,” Turner told reporters.

The section of law at issue permits U.S. officials to col-

lect without a warrant the communications of targeted foreigners who are outside the country and suspected of posing a national security threat. The government also captures the communications of American citizens and others in the U.S. when they’re in contact with those targeted foreigners.

The program has come under scrutiny in the last year following revelations that FBI analysts improperly searched the database of intelligence over the past three years.

The changes described by Turner are meant to heighten the penalties for such abuses, including by allowing Congress to trigger a mandatory inspector general review into alleged violations, and to tighten restrictions on queries, especially ones that are politically sensitive.

Additional legislative proposals are expected. Asked about the status of negotiations with Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Turner said Jordan had indicated that he planned to submit a different proposal.

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Bill reauthorizing funding to test rape kits moving through Congress

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — On Nov. 2, the U.S. Senate reauthorized legislation that provides law enforcement agencies with federal funding to conduct DNA analyses of untested rape kits.

The measure has been sent to the U.S. House for approval.

The legislation is the Debbie Smith Act, first passed in 2004 and named after a sexual assault survivor. In addition to providing funding to local law enforcement agencies, the Act also bolsters the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and legal assistance for dating violence survivors.

“North Carolina has thou-

sands of untested rape kits, and victims of these heinous crimes deserve justice,” said U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) in a press release about the reauthorization vote. “Congress should do everything we can to put the perpetrators behind bars. I am proud the Debbie Smith Act passed the Senate and look forward to quick passage in the House to ensure our law enforcement agencies have the resources they need.”

Per the release by Tillis, “more than 860,000 DNA cases have been processed” since the measure became law.

In 2017, North Carolina’s rape kit backlog was the highest in the nation at over 15,000.

A law to combat that back-

log was passed during the 2019-2020 legislative session.

The Standing Up for Rape Victims Act of 2019 appropriated $6 million total in nonrecurring funds over the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium to the N.C. Department of Justice (NCDOJ) for testing of sexual assault kits in the backlog.

The NCDOJ also obtained a $2 million grant from the Governor’s Crime Commission to outsource testing of around 3,000 rape kits.

In 2018, Attorney General Josh Stein announced his office had received a $2 million Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) grant. At the time the grant was announced, Stein

also unveiled a state-wide tracking system for the untested backlog of kits known as STIMS, which stands for the North Carolina Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Tracking System and Information Management System.

Following passage of the 2019 Act, a mandatory inventory conducted revealed 16,219 untested kits.

According to the NCDOJ data dashboard that logs the status “in real time” of the backlog inventory, at the time of Tillis’ press statement, 10,950 kit tests have been completed, an almost 23% increase over the 8,928 the NCDOJ’s dashboard said were tested as of early March 2023.

Industry leaders launch new initiative to support North Carolina agriculture

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — A new strategic initiative has been announced to support and bolster North Carolina’s $103 billion agriculture industry called NC Ag Leads.

The group includes a partnership between the Golden LEAF Foundation, the NC Chamber Foundation, the NC Farm Bureau and Google.

The NC Ag Leads initiative aims to enable stakeholders to identify, educate, and strategize for the impacts of external factors on the future of North Carolina’s agriculture industry. This includes positioning the state’s capital markets, educational systems, farmer community, and the processing and marketing aspects of the industry in order to leverage future opportunities.

Leading the initiative is a steering committee that includes Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler, NC Farm A fence at a farm in Tryon is shown in this undated file photo.

Bureau President Shawn Harding, NC Chamber President and “I never cease to be amazed by work together to increase proCEO Gary Salamido, and Golden LEAF board members Law- the state’s agriculture and agri- duction to meet the global derence Davenport, Laurence Lil- business industry and its collec- mand for food,” N.C. Agriculture ley, and Don Flow, and Golden tive contributions to the state Commissioner Steve Troxler LEAF President and CEO Scott and the world. I believe it has an said in the announcement. “NC even brighter future ahead as we Ag Leads is about coming toT. Hamilton.

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gether, discussing and establishing priorities, identifying things we can control, and building on our deep agricultural foundation to move the industry forward.”

Per the data dashboard, the current total number of kits submitted stands at 11,762, up very little from the 11,128 reported in March. Additionally, the dashboard currently says 11,775 kits require a DNA test, up from 11,128 in March, and to date, 89 arrests have been made due to CODIS hits from inventory kits.

Aside from the backlog inventory, the overall number of untested kits in the state is not available on the NCDOJ website or dashboard.

North State Journal reached out to Stein’s office for comment on the U.S. Senate’s reauthorization of the Debbie Smith Act but did not receive a response.

NC Chamber General Counsel and President of the NC Chamber Legal Institute Ray Starling and Associate State Legislative Director at NC Farm Bureau Laura Kilian will lead the NC Ag Leads strategic planning process.

“With its $103 billion annual contribution to our state’s economy, agribusiness and agriculture drive a major share of North Carolina’s economic success and status as a top state to do business,” Salamido said in the announcement. “NC Ag Leads will ensure that North Carolina’s number one industry is positioned for continued competitiveness.”

Phase one of the NC Ag Leads initiative, dedicated to researching opportunities, barriers, and alignment in North Carolina’s agriculture industry, is in progress and will conclude by June 2024.

Pending approval by the Steering Committee, phase two will involve solving and implementing the initiatives identified in phase one, running July 2024 to January 2025.

At the end of Ag Leads’ strategic planning process, the North Carolina agricultural community will be presented with a set of priorities that are both “aspirational and attainable.”

If implemented, these priorities have the potential to enhance productivity, economic vitality, and community cohesion within the industry, “charting a prosperous future for North Carolina agriculture.

Cooper attacks NC Chamber over judicial nominees

By Matt Mercer North State Journal RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday attacked the North Carolina General Assembly and NC Chamber over confirmation of nominees to judicial appointments based on race. In a letter to the NC Chamber, Cooper that alleged members of the legislature were consulting with the Chamber on judicial nominees and he had “serious concerns over the habitual failure of the North Carolina General Assembly to confirm Black nominees to various judicial or quasi-judicial roles.”

Cooper’s letter, penned to the NC Chamber’s President and CEO Gary Salamido and sent to media outlets throughout the state, reads in part, “It has been the experience of my office that the Chamber has not supported the nomination of several Black nominees to judicial and quasi-judicial roles, despite repeated requests to do so.”

The governor continued, writing, “I strongly urge you to work with your staff and members to consider the NC Chamber’s impact, intentional or not, in making North Carolina government less representative than the people it serves. I am sending a copy of this letter to your Board of Directors and members, most of whom I am sure are not aware of this problem and will want to rectify it once they are made aware of the

statistics.”

The letter cites a statistic alleging that the General Assembly has confirmed 13 out of 33 Black nominees to various positions, both in and outside of the judicial system, around 39% compared to white nominees, 42 of 70 (60%).

“I ask that you confer with your staff and members, look at the facts, and reflect on the damage the NC Chamber’s actions can cause to our state’s reputation, business community and judicial system. A real change is necessary,” wrote Cooper in closing.

In a prompt response, the NC Chamber issued a statement followed by a detailed letter refuting the governor’s claims.

“On Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, the NC Chamber received a letter from Gov. Roy Cooper. Sadly, it was initially delivered to the media and then to our organization. As such, we issued a brief statement observing Gov. Cooper’s accusations to be both meritless and beneath the dignity of his office,” the Chamber said through a spokesperson. “Unfortunately, we have no choice but to now respond more fully to provide greater public clarity on how some of his nominations have been received generally and, more specifically, by the broader business community.”

In a letter to Cooper, Salamido defended the Chamber’s role in supporting or rejecting nom-

“[N]oticeably absent from your letter and observations are any acknowledgement of your role in the confirmation process, or any description of the effort or political capital you have invested to have your nominees confirmed.”

NC Chamber President and CEO Gary Salamido

inees based on qualifications, not race. Salamido emphasized the Chamber operates without bias and pointed out the recent confirmation of a Black nominee to the Board of Review with their backing.

He challenged the governor’s presentation of the facts surrounding the nominees’ rejections, suggesting that factors unrelated to race, such as potential conflicts of interest and legislative history, played a part.

“While we acknowledge your observation that the ‘Chamber is known to play an outsized role in supporting or rejecting the confirmation’ of some nomi-

nees, and our ‘substantial influence on the General Assembly’ – the essence of your commentary, contained in your November 17 letter, is simply misplaced,” said Salamido. “[N]oticeably absent from your letter and observations are any acknowledgement of your role in the confirmation process, or any description of the effort or political capital you have invested to have your nominees confirmed. You also provided no context to the circumstances under which some of your nominations were submitted and the actual reasons they likely were not confirmed.”

Salamido pointed out specific examples he said were non-race-based reasons for the rejection of many of Cooper’s appointments, including non-judicial appoints like the Board of Review, a body that reviews state regulations for their adherence to state laws.

He said three rejected nominees to the Board of Review that had indicated they would not stop practicing law in private practice if they were appointed to the commission, which pays each member $148,000 per year.

According to the NC Chamber, of Cooper’s last six nominations to the Industrial Commission, two were Black, received support from the Chamber and were confirmed unanimously by the General Assembly.

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appointments, which makes up a significant portion of Cooper’s initial letter, Salamido said the governor bears the failure of his nominees.

Cooper specifically cited his nomination of a political independent, military veteran for a business court seat in his letter. While he did not name her, Cooper appears to be arguing the General Assembly refused to consider his nomination of Jocelyn Mitnaul Mallette.

In his letter to Cooper, Salamido suggested, “her nomination might have still been on a pathway to success had you engaged more constructively this past legislative session to secure it.”

Salamido also referenced Cooper’s own lack of minority appointments to statewide appellate seats.

Discussing the recent resignation of Justice Mike Morgan, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in 2024, Salamido said, “It is also well-chronicled that a long-serving and highly regarded Supreme Court Justice recently resigned to seek your party’s nomination for Governor. He also happens to be Black. Not only have you swiftly endorsed his opponent, who is not Black, you also appointed a non-minority to fill his open seat on the Supreme Court,” highlighting the elevation of Allison Riggs to the state’s highest court in September.

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

Politicians are the problem, not government

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary

RONALD REAGAN WAS WRONG about government. At least partially.

In his 1981 inaugural address after pounding Jimmy Carter in the largest electoral rout of an incumbent president in US history, Reagan announced: “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time-to-time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people.

At the time, America was suffering under 12% inf lation; 21% interest rates and massive unemployment close to 9%. “Government by an elite group” of long-term career Democrats in Congress such as Speaker Tip O’Neill and the inept Jimmy Carter were the problem, not the concept of “government.” Career politicians wanted more government control of everything but everything they did was wrong and nothing they did worked. The American people finally wised up and threw Democrats out of office across the nation. Democrats lost the White House; 35 seats in Congress and twelve Senators to give Republicans their first majority in the Senate since 1954.

The main difference between candidates can be boiled down to this: “Does a candidate want to use the coercive power of government to pass more laws to make you do something ― or not?”

Democrats typically favor more government; Republicans generally don’t ― or shouldn’t if they are conservatives at heart.

It was a revelation to an entire generation back then to hear someone like Reagan say government was the problem. No one before him had so eloquently spoken about how important it was to let free people make their own decisions without a ton of government interference and regulation. Milton Friedman’s seminal book “Free to Choose” changed the minds of millions of Americans and should be read and re-read by every person today.

However, it is not enough to assert that “government” by itself is the problem. We need “government” or else we will have chaos where no rules or norms apply. Witness the pro-Hamas demonstrations, BLM protests and homeless tent cities in San Francisco to see what happens when no one enforces the law.

We need government in the form of police to protect our lives and property. We need government in the form of a well-armed

military to defend us against terrorism and foreign threats. We need government to protect our borders from being overrun by people trying to get into the United States illegally. We need government to maintain a safe transportation system.

But we don’t need “too much government.” People who love more government ― typically liberal Democrats ― always turn to passing more legislation in often futile efforts to solve this or that problem.

On top of that, many of them don’t have any understanding or appreciation of business, tax law or accounting which compounds the damage of their otherwise well-intentioned dreams. The Biden Administration has the fewest number of people with significant private sector business experience in senior positions in modern American history ― and it shows.

H.L. Mencken, noted early 20th century American journalist and satirist once said: “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Modern politicians try to get voters to focus on incendiary issues instead of telling us how they will solve the major issues we face such as the national debt, crime and the economy. If Democrats prevail by making the 2024 elections about hatred of Trump and abortion instead of the bread-and-butter issues which affect every American family, then the second Biden term will be an even worse nightmare than the first.

Reelecting a career politician such as Biden who consistently fails at producing good results for the nation at large is like extending the contract of a football coach who has had four consecutive winless 0-12 seasons.

President Reagan should have said: “The people who run government are the problem ― so stop electing and reelecting candidates who don’t know what they are doing.”

EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS

Thanksgiving blessings

This Thanksgiving take a moment and appreciate all the love in the room and bottle that memory up so you can remember it on the days when it feels like all hope is lost.

I WAS READING over the Thanksgiving column I wrote for 2022 and it reminded me all over again just how much things have changed for the better since then in what has honestly been a whirlwind last couple of years for my mom and me.

In that column, I talked about how it had been roughly a month since Mom, who was 79 years old at the time, had been diagnosed with colon cancer, which turned out to be stage 3B. She had surgery to remove the tumor three weeks after her diagnosis. Two weeks after that she was talking to the medical oncologist she had been referred to about chemotherapy options.

A month later, two days before Christmas to be exact on what turned out to be one of the coldest days of the year, she had surgery for placement of her chemo port.

Three weeks after that is when she began the first of six chemo treatments, which took place over the course of three months.

Like I said earlier, it was a whirlwind.

Chemotherapy was rough on her, as anyone who has had to experience chemo will attest. One of the medications used in her treatments tends to cause peripheral neuropathy (which can be temporary or permanent, mild to severe, depending on how well your body recovers from chemo) the longer you are on it.

But in her case, it started early on. It was so bad at times that I felt like at some point she was going to say, “Enough of this.” And yet she soldiered on, telling me along the way that she had too much to live for to give up the fight.

On the day she rang the bell, my sister and I took photos and videos, and even now some eight months later, Mom still watches them occasionally, smiling and remembering the feeling of accomplishment she had, and the hope that came along with it for her and for us that she was hopefully, by God’s grace, cancer free.

She’s had three follow-up appointments since then for lab work, and her lab numbers each time have been encouraging. Her CT scans that she had done over the summer looked good, with no signs

of recurrence.

At her most recent appointment two weeks ago with her medical oncologist, his exact words to her after seeing her latest numbers were “You’re 80 years old going on 70.” She beamed from ear to ear, and she and I hugged as it was almost a year to the day since she had had her tumor surgery.

She’s come a long way since then, and so have I. After all, we were still grieving the loss of my dad when we found out the concerning news about her diagnosis, so we had to put our sadness to the side and push through, because you need every ounce of strength you have to fight cancer and to be the person who is taking care of the loved one who is going through it.

This Thanksgiving as we gather around the table for the family feast, we’ll be thanking God as we often do for the many blessings we’ve experienced throughout the year, and will pray for more to come once Mom has her follow-up colonoscopy (belatedly, since it takes forever to get one here), where we pray we’ll get good news and a clean report.

This Thanksgiving, no matter how large or small, remember to take a moment at some point to step back and appreciate all the love in the room, and bottle that memory up so you can remember it on the days when it feels like all hope is lost.

I wish everyone reading this a blessed Thanksgiving holiday.

North Carolina native Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah and is a media analyst and regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection.

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COLUMN | SAM CURRIN

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Should your church start a school?

IN RECENT DECADES, both churches and youth have faced significant challenges. Across the board, church attendance has seen a concerning decline, particularly among young people. Additionally, many teens who do attend church often drift away after graduation.

It is not surprising that the decline in church attendance parallels the worrisome decline in adolescent well-being. The prevalence of social media platforms, celebrity idol worship, drugs, alcohol, and pornography simultaneously connect and isolate our youth.

Furthermore, research indicates that religious children often lose their faith while under the supervision of parents who believe they are effectively transmitting their religious values.

Many churches are struggling to attract and keep youth engaged.

Denominational leaders and church growth consultants have been promoting various “revitalization” ideas, with varying degrees of success.

This disheartening situation calls for a proactive response to shape future generations with culture-transforming, Christian worldview thinking.

To prevent the next generation of Christian children from falling away, we must create an environment that allows them to be educated in alignment with Christian values.

It is no longer sufficient to rely solely on the brief hour or two spent at church on Sundays to counterbalance the inf luence of secular school culture during the remaining 35 hours of the week.

Outsourcing the education of our children to the state is no longer

the best option, as it often fails to prioritize the values of the church and the home.

So, what can a church do? Is starting a school within the church an option worth considering? Is it an affordable option?

Fortunately, there is good news.

The North Carolina General Assembly has made religious schooling economically feasible by significantly expanding the Opportunity Scholarship Program.

This program now offers tuition assistance to all students in the Tar Heel state.

Scholarships amounts are determined based on family income, with low and middleincome families receiving the largest awards. This expansion benefits parents who previously could not afford private school tuition for their children.

For the 2023-2024 school year, students are eligible for scholarship grants from $3,246 to $7,213.

Since the advent of North Carolina’s voucher program a decade ago, numerous churches across the state started schools while others expanded existing schools. Private school enrollment has surged and has significantly outpaced the percentage of growth in traditional public schools.

Most of the scholarship money already goes to religious schools.

Statewide, more than two-thirds of private school students are now attending religious schools.

Private Christian schools maintain their own academic, religious, and admission standards.

The state respects the autonomy of non-public schools in terms of religious and educational philosophies.

Many church buildings remain

underutilized during the school week, offering potential space for classrooms, food service facilities, and recreational areas. Remodeling or constructing additional facilities to accommodate more students is an option, as is sharing space with nearby churches or leasing additional space.

Private schools have the f lexibility to determine class sizes, and research suggests that smaller class sizes lead to better academic outcomes.

With the availability of the Opportunity Scholarship Program, churches should seize the opportunity to invest in a Christian school and extend their reach into the community.

Christian education offers numerous benefits, including better academic outcomes, lower costs, and the development of discipline and moral foundations that have become scarce in public schools.

With the monopoly on public education funds held by government-run schools, parents often find themselves ineffective in inf luencing curricula and values. By utilizing the scholarship vouchers, parents can choose schools that align with their beliefs and more effectively pass on their faith to their children.

Starting a Christian school allows churches to actively engage and educate youth in alignment with Christian values. It is a valuable investment that aligns with the mission of the church and provides a much-needed alternative to secular education.

Dr. Sam Currin (drstcurrin@ gmail.com) lives in Raleigh, NC and is a former judge, law professor and U.S. Attorney.

COLUMN | JEFFREY ELMORE

Thinking big on workforce development WE ARE FORTUNATE in North Carolina to have an abundance of resources and blessings, which have brought accolades over the last few years.

Of these accolades, one stood out to me: CNBC rated North Carolina number one in business in the country two years in a row.

Among the metrics they measure to reach this conclusion, North Carolina scores well in the category that rates the strength of our workforce, but when you talk to North Carolina business owners, that is not matching the reality on the ground. They say retention of employees, and especially new hires, is tough.

They say you can’t find people to work. And so, I want to use this accolade as a way to identify the disconnect and pursue solutions that will fix this problem: and one way to do that is to match our workforce development plans to each local economy.

There has been a lot of focus on technical education recently across the country, and rightfully so ― these are good paying, highquality jobs. However, it cannot be our only focus. To get the recipe for success right, we must think bigger, because we have workforce developments needs for everything from bricklayers to chemists.

The North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA) made progress in this area, which is part of what likely led to our strength in CNBC’s metric. We have some innovative programs that have worked to address our workforce

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development, but we also have room for improvement. For example, a shining example is an apprenticeship program that creates a pipeline to connect workers with businesses. Initially, this program was limited to 16-to24-year-olds, but we have found that an even better demographic to target would be people in their 30s, who are interested in acquiring skills that will lead to higherpaying jobs.

In another big win for workforce development, we created a nursing pipeline in conjunction with a local hospital. In collaboration with the local community college, they work with high schools and now even middle schools to show students the possibilities in the nursing field and begin to train them early, so they are ready to enter the workforce upon graduation.

This “grow your own” has had enormous success keeping hospital workers in places where we need them the most — our rural areas.

Replicating and expanding this program to other rural areas of the state could be a game-changer, as we have staffing challenges at rural hospitals and an aging population in those areas.

But we also have challenges. I continue to hear from businesses that they have issues connecting the right workforce to highly specialized fields, especially in manufacturing. Manufacturing processes have changed through the decades, and these are often highly-skilled, technologically advanced positions. In some cases,

a business may only need four or five people trained on a new process — not enough to justify creating a program at a community college or technical school, but these are high-quality jobs that we need to ensure we can fill. In these cases, a grant program that could be used to train workers on their specific process and technology could help fill this gap.

Our corner of North Carolina contributes much to the agriculture sector in our region, but we have a shortage of workers for these jobs. I would create more agricultural programming and pipelines, like we’ve had success with in other sectors, to incentivize workers to remain in our rural areas and contribute to the agricultural industry.

We know that statistically, there is a segment of the population that is not fully engaged in the workforce at all, and that is a problem. We need to do a better job of showcasing what jobs North Carolina has to offer — in all parts of our state, and in all sectors.

In any program we consider, we should ask ourselves the most important question: “Are we connecting the workforce with what is in demand in the local economy?” We can make that match, and tackle that challenge.

North Carolina’s best days are still ahead, and I want to be part of that economic success story.

Jeffrey Elmore represents District 94 in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

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STEPHEN MOORE

The Nat Cons are dead wrong: middle-class America is much better off today than in the past In the last several months, I have debated some of the intellectual leaders of a group called the “national conservatives.” I consider myself a conservative (on most issues, though I lean more libertarian). National conservatives are wellmeaning and make some very valid points about the things that are going in the wrong direction in America culturally and economically, especially in the post-COVID world under President Joe Biden.

Sometimes it really does feel like our country is decaying: Our government-run schools are rotten; there are more suicides, more drug overdoses; our border is out of control; our debt is growing exponentially; our basic First Amendment rights are under assault; our cities are starting to resemble third-world countries, and everything is more expensive. Biden, who pledged to be a unifier, is driving the country over a progressive cliff.

Need I go on?

But nat cons take their argument a step further and maintain that this squeeze on middle-class/ blue-collar Americans predates Bidenomics, and America has experienced a 40-year secular decline of disappearing factories, income inequality, the decline of union power, and shrinking wages.

There are several prominent Senate Republicans — including Marco Rubio of Florida, J.D. Vance of Ohio and Josh Hawley of Missouri, to name a few — who have dabbled in this movement.

They want more restraints on “big business” (such as through anti-trust enforcement and price controls on what industries can charge), more protectionist trade policies, tax policies that provide credits and deductions for having more children, restrictions on legal immigration, and even higher taxes on the rich. They are, in short, arguing for a more activist role of government for the supposed failures of the free market.

The nat cons inside and out of Congress seem to have forgotten the famous quip told by Ronald Reagan some 50 years ago: “The most frightening nine words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’”

A weird thing is happening politically in Washington. This new wing of the GOP is adopting the declinist rhetoric of Sen. Bernie Sanders, saying that middle-class America has fallen behind over the last 40 years, and that all the economic gains have gone to the richest Americans and big corporations.

Except this argument about the last 40 years — the greatest period of wealth creation and technological advance in world history — is flatout false. Actually, it may be hard to appreciate given the last three depressing years of COVID, lockdowns and then Bidenomics, but the last 40 years have been a golden age of prosperity for virtually every income group — including the middle class. Median family income reached $78,000 in 2020, which is $20,000 a year higher than it was in 1983. That’s about a 35% afterinflation increase over the period.

Those income measures don’t include the much wider availability of more noncash benefits — such as health care coverage, more vacation, and 401k and other retirement benefits — that make middle-class families almost 50% better off than in the late 1970s. They don’t take into account the cleaner air and water, the vast improvements in combating diseases such as cancer and heart disease, the superiority of the quality of products we buy today, and the fact that virtually all Americans now have a device in their pockets that puts the whole world and the entire Library of Congress at their fingertips — with access that is virtually free.

The material well-being of the middle class and the poor is much more secure than in the supposed golden days of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. When Trump was president, the middle class made some of the fastest gains, with middleclass incomes rising by more than $6,000 in four short years.

What launched the more than $50 trillion in American wealth over the last four decades was an era of lower tax rates, freer trade, a stable dollar, declining union dominance, a vast expansion of right-to-work laws, and a generous legal immigration process that allowed the U.S. to welcome more than 25 million talented immigrants who became Americans and expanded the pie for everyone.

I can understand why an avowed “Democratic Socialist” like Bernie Sanders might want to reject these realities.

What’s scary is that we now have some conservative intellectuals, who should know better, telling us that we need more government restrictions on business, less immigration, more trade protectionism, more union power and even more redistributive tax policies. This would make America — and virtually all Americans — poorer.

Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation and an economist at FreedomWorks.

He has served as an economic advisor to President Donald J. Trump.

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It’s turkey time

Love ‘em or hate ‘em

Don’t sleep on NC’s turkey production – North Carolina ranks behind only Minnesota nationwide.

The top six largest turkey producing states (the others are Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri and Virginia) account for 69% of all turkeys produced in the United States.

A rare fruit that is native to North America, cranberries are grown in parts of western North Carolina. If you really want to start a Thanksgiving food fight, throw out a hot take about the always controversial cranberry sauce to your family table.

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Scholarship direct and fund a two-year education including more robust background The Institute of Digital Engineering USA the DOJ. Blinken’s efforts to facilitate negotiations A funeral was set for Friday in Jacksonville earlier this month in Caldwell County. all students,” said Jack Hoke of the N.C. NSJ The Jackson County campaign on the safe storage of firearms, checks of gun purchasers; a legal UNC to test new COVID drug and Dr. Joong-Lyul Lee, of UNC Pembroke, in woman’s memory among regional powers to provide for former state Court of Appeals Judge Doug NSJ North Carolina State Laboratory conducted Grant Alexander Higgs, 42, formerly of including ways to receive a free gun lock. process already used by nearly 20 states School Superintendents Association.

NSJ received a $600,000 grant from the North McCullough. A funeral home in Nevada said urgently needed the testing and reported the findings to Orange Countyhumanitarian aid in Davie County Cashiers, was arrested in regards to a 2020 It didn’t clear the Senate. Cooper said his to remove firearms from someone Carolina Collaboratory.

The Collaboratory McCullough died last month at 77. He had Caldwell County Animal Care Enforcement. Gaza.”

Dr. Mark Heise of UNC-Chapel Hill A scholarship has been established to honor murder of a woman he lived with. Higgs was administration is pushing the campaign believed to be an extreme risk of made 11 grants around the country to help North State Journal

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Uproar after firetest chief, The positive came from a cat in the indicted by a grand jury on Nov. 14. He is Granite Falls area, who it is believed was assistant, terminated charged with shooting and killing Brittney Nicole 31. Higgs had been living in infected with the virus following contact Man arrested inLeftridge, teen murder with a skunk. Two adult humans were Gaston Nashville, TN and had previously lived in St. County also exposedhas andreorganizing began treatment as a The town of Stanley Iredell CountyLouis, MO. He is being held at the Jackson preventative measure.

County Detention Center on a $5 million its public safety operations, announcing The Troutman Police Department bond. continues its investigation into the Nov. 4 shooting death of 18-year old Alexander Hipple after a drug deal went wrong. A man has been arrested and charged with murder after he was allegedly involved in a deadly shooting in Iredell County earlier this month. A 20-year-old was also shot during the incident but was later released from the hospital. Police later identified a juvenile and 19-yearold James Richard Gann as suspects in the case. The juvenile was arrested on Nov. 7. At the time, police believed Gann may have left the state. Law-enforcement agencies in both Texas and Atlanta assisted with the case. Gann turned himself into police last Thursday, and he then appeared before a magistrate and was denied bond.

the changes on Facebook last week WLOS and causing plenty of backlash within the community. Local news outlets reported having received several calls and messages expressing displeasure with the town’s decision to change its fire department leadership structure.

According to the town, the Stanley Fire Department reorganized two part-time jobs to be consolidated into one full-time chief position, leading to the termination of the current chief and assistant chief.

Multiple part-time employees have subsequently resigned in apparent solidarity with the two leaders. In a most recent social media announcement, the town claims that it has hired a “highly qualified and fully vetted interim fire chief.”

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board of education if the district has not resolved a parental complaint within 30 days of the parent notifying the principal of their child’s school.

The hearing request to the state board must be made in writing and contain specifics of how their concern is a violation of the district’s procedures and practices. Documentation of the claim being unresolved after 30 days is also required.

A hearing officer who is “a member in good standing of the North Carolina State Bar and has demonstrated experience in education or administrative law within the last five years,” will be assigned by the state board and the district is responsible for paying the costs of officer.

A hearing will proceed within 30 days after the officer has

been assigned to oversee the process. Once concluded, the officer will provide the members of the state board with “findings of fact,” all relevant laws, policies, or rules that apply in deciding the case, as well as a recommendation that will address the parent’s grievance.

The state board will vote to either approve, reject, or amend the hearing officer’s recommended decision at its monthly meeting following receipt of the officer’s report.

The Parents’ Guide to Student Achievement updated was presented to the state board by Deputy Superintendent for Standards, Accountability and Research Dr. Michael Maher and Advanced Learning and Gifted Education Director Sneha Shah-Coltrane.

The presentation outline the Guide will have minimum information requirements designated

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received a $2 million grant to develop a NSJ drug to help fight COVID. Heise is working in partnership with Chimerix Inc. and was awarded the money through UNC’s North Carolina Collaboratory. The project seeks to optimize a new anti-viral drug, CMX521, Police chief, officers removed for oral administration to treat COVID-19.

The goal is to find a broad-spectrum, after allegations of fraud easy to use, well-tolerated drug for prevention and treatment Surry Countyof the disease.

Officials say that Pilot Mountain Police WRAL Chief Robbie Jackson has resigned after investigators uncovered a “yearslong” pattern of misconduct involving himself and other officers. As of last week, part-time officer and former Pilot Mountain Police Chief Darryl Bottoms has also been removed, along with two other officers who have been placed on leave with pay. The State Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the district attorney asked them to look into “allegations of fraud” at the police department, reportedly scheming to defraud nonprofit organizations who paid the police department for security at events held in Pilot Mountain.

in the law to be pushed out to the district by May 1 each year. The information will include parental rights when it comes to services available to their child, textbooks, materials and curriculum, parental participation and complaint processes, counseling, teacher qualifications, student rights, as well as district and school contact information.

The Guide will also include educational choices, both public and non-public, that are available to parents as well as scholarships grant programs.

Per the policy documentation, the Guide will be provided to parents at the onset of each school year by their local school district.

The state board also received a presentation containing minor revisions to the 2022-23 Read to Achieve Accountability State Level Summary which is scheduled to be received by the General Assem-

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Read to Achieve is a law enacted by the General Assembly to, “ensure that every student read at or above grade level by the end of third grade and continue to progress in reading proficiency so that he or she can read, comprehend, integrate, and apply complex texts needed for secondary education and career success.”

Maher and Office of Early Learning Director Amy Rhyne made the presentation to the board which included statistics on reading proficiency achievement gains by first and second graders but focused mainly on third grade reading proficiency levels.

71% of students in first grade and 78% in second grade were deemed proficient during the 2018-19 school year. Those rates cratered during the pandemic, dropping to 38% and 43% respectively. As of the 2022-23 year, the

a Davie County woman who passed away in April. The Ashton G. Brown memorial scholarship was created by her parents and announced on what would have been Public-private partnership her 27th birthday. The scholarship will supports in career be awarded tostudents a student-athlete at Davie County High School, even if the recipient search doesn’t plan on continuing their athletic career in County college. Brown played basketball Forsyth and softball in highbusinesses school and college.

Winston-Salem are A softball tournament in June will help to fund collaborating with Winston-Salem/ the scholarship.

Forsyth County Schools to help students connect with career paths. WXII The school system has launched a new career program called World of Work for students to have more handson experience. New career programs, technical education classes, more internships and community hiring events play a big role in students’ decisions.

“We need a strong workforce. We have a doctor shortage. We have a nurse shortage. So to be able to build strong quality people who love the community and want to stay here,” WBTV

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been arrested by the Carteret County AP Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s Office street crimes units conducted a vehicle stop on Hwy 101 where Justice attempted to destroy evidence resulting in contamination of the interior of the vehicle as well as himself. According to authorities, detectives conducted several controlled purchases of heroin from Justice who was distributing narcotics across Carteret County. Justice was charged with three counts of trafficking heroin, one count of possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and deliver heroin, and one count of possession of heroin. He was placed in the Carteret County Jail under a $500.000.00 bond.

Gardens, is offering a “rare spectacle” with full blooms all around, marking the first and only time it has bloomed in Durham, according to the Duke Gardens website. Experts say that blackstem bamboo has an estimated 120 years between blooms, usually with a dramatic bloom all at once. The bamboo dies after it blooms since it spent all of its energy but leaves behind plenty of seeds as it dies out, which repopulates the same area. For visitors who want to see the blooms for themselves, they are located near the garden’s lower parking lot.

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numbers had rebounded close to pre-pandemic levels; 60% for first grade and 69% for second grade.

48.2% of third grade students showed reading proficiency on the Beginning-of-Grade 3 Reading Test, the End-of-Grade Reading Test, or the EOG Reading Retest by scoring a level 3 or higher in 2022-23. Alternatively, 51.8% did not score as proficient on those tests that year.

Read to Achieve summer reading camps for some students seemed to help somewhat.

11,024 of the 36,376 second graders eligible for the camps attended in 2022-23. Only 1,039 of those students were deemed proficient readers by the end of the camp. Similarly, for third grade students, 10,795 attended out of 27,669 who were eligible with 2,147 of the attending students deemed proficient at the conclusion of the camp.

Halifax Mall at the state government complex in Raleigh is shown in this file photo.

forward, despite the stalled funding.

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NCGOP calls for Wake County senator’s resignation

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RALEIGH — The North Carolina Republican Party has called for the resignation of Sen. Lisa Grafstein (D-Wake), citing a violation of Article 6, Section 8 of the state constitution that requires lawmakers to live in the district they represent.

After the announcement of new election maps that will take effect for next year’s state legislative elections, Grafstein was double-bunked with fellow Democrat Jay Chaudhuri. She has since revealed her

intention to run in the new 13th district and has moved her primary residence out of her current district and changed her voter registration.

The NCGOP argues that this move disqualifies her from serving in the current district for which her term does not expire until the end of 2024.

“North Carolina voters deserve representation in accordance with the N.C. Constitution, not absent representatives busy searching for a more desirable soapbox from which to pander to the radical left,” a party spokesman said.

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Manchin decision hurts Democrats’ Senate hopes and sparks new speculation about a presidential bid The Associated Press JOE MANCHIN’S decision not to seek reelection virtually ensures that the Democratic Party will lose his Senate seat next year in deep-red West Virginia, making the party’s steep path to retaining its razor-thin Senate majority even more difficult.

Some Democratic officials are also concerned that Manchin’s announcement frees him to pursue a third-party presidential bid that could ultimately undermine President Joe Biden’s reelection. The 76-year-old Manchin has raised the possibility of a presidential bid in the past, and he made direct reference to national ambitions in the retirement video he posted on social media.

“What I will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is an interest in creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring Americans together,” Manchin said.

Manchin’s sudden announcement injects a new layer of uncertainty for Democratic leaders already anxious about the party’s prospects in 2024. Biden is seeking a second term despite persistent concerns about his age and economic leadership from voters in both major parties. At the same time, Democrats are clinging to a 51-49 Senate majority having narrowly lost their House majority last fall.

Just an hour after Manchin’s announcement, a Boston-based group filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to form a draft committee designed to encourage Manchin and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney to launch a third-party presidential bid.

A Manchin spokesperson declined to comment on the group.

Still, the fact that Manchin is actively being encouraged to seek a presidential run sparked new anxiety among Democratic operatives who were already concerned about the impact of third parties in 2024. Progressive activist Cornel West and Robert Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer and leading vaccine skeptic, have already launched independent White House runs.

Many Democratic leaders are taking No Labels seriously. Backed by anonymous donations of tens of millions of dollars, the centrist group has already secured presidential

COMMISSION from page 1 the meeting in Garner only had around 50 people in attendance, likely due to the lack of public notice and miscommunication about the secondary meeting.

The secondary meeting was not publicly posted on the Commission’s meeting website.

A separate notice was apparently sent by email on Nov. 10 from Commission Director Jeffrey Smythe to concealed carry instructors and Commission members about the second meeting.

In the letter, Smythe described the secondary meeting as a “public hearing” instead of a “public meeting,” and explained that public hearings are published under the calendar on the N.C. Secretary of State’s website. While the Garner location meeting was posted on that calendar, there is no way of determining when it was added.

A source with the newly formed North Carolina Concealed Carry Handgun Instructors Association (NCCCIA), told North State Journal

Speaker Johnson formally endorses Donald Trump, a step beyond predecessor Kevin McCarthy New York House Speaker Mike Johnson endorsed Donald Trump for president, a move that was a symbolic departure from his ousted predecessor leading the House.

Johnson, an ally and defender of the former president, said in an interview on CNBC last week, “I have endorsed him wholeheartedly.”

He added a bit later: “I’m all in for President Trump.”

Johnson, a little-known Louisiana congressman, became speaker late last month when Kevin McCarthy was ousted by a hardright band of their fellow Republicans.

Johnson was a steadfast defender of Trump, notably during his first impeachment in 2019 and through the 2020 election, echoing some of Trump’s conspiracy theories about his loss to Joe Biden in the presidential election and filing a brief in a lawsuit that sought to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election win.

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a news conference Sept. 20, 2022, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. ballot access in a dozen states with many more expected over the coming months. Its officials say it will decide early next year whether to launch a presidential ticket.

“If Joe Manchin runs on the No Labels ticket, he would be responsible for sending Donald Trump back to the White House,” MoveOn Political Action executive director Rahna Epting said shortly after Manchin’s announcement. “Joe Manchin should set the record straight on whose side he is on and reject any overtures from No Labels’ dangerous ploy.”

Over the summer, two major Democratic-allied groups, MoveOn and centrist Third Way, hosted Capitol Hill briefings with senior congressional staffers warning of No Labels’ presidential ambitions.

“I am sad that he’s not running for the Senate, because we’re going to lose that seat, obviously,” said Matt Bennett, co-founder of Third Way. But Bennett said he was less worried about Manchin running for president on the No Labels banner.

“He wants to be part of the conversation so he’s not going to close the door on this (presi-

that the first time the notice was sent, around 700 instructors were left off the list.

With the three major items that drew concern from instructors now removed from consideration, the meeting then focused on the required training manual known as the “Red book.”

Attendees questioned why the Red book was not available online for free for the public to access given that the contents are the required training rules tied to state statutes. It was argued that an online version would be more practical as it would be readily available and updates could be made in real time as necessary.

Cooley-Desmukes told the audience that the Red book’s price had been reduced to $6.99, down from $8.59. The Red book is currently produced by inmates in the state’s prison system.

The proceeds of the book sales also drew some fire, with NCCCIA’s President Harvey Morse citing past annual sales of the book coming in around the $375,000 range. Morse questioned where that money

dential run),” Bennett said. “But I really don’t see him doing this.”

Manchin has long been friendly with No Labels, which has already begun holding private conversations with potential presidential nominees, Manchin among them. Over the summer, the West Virginia senator spoke at a No Labels event in New Hampshire, which traditionally hosts the nation’s opening presidential primary.

Democrats acknowledge that their path to retaining the Senate majority will now be much more difficult.

The party in 2024 is defending Democratic-held seats in West Virginia, Montana and Ohio — all states that Trump carried handily in 2020. Democratic incumbents are also on the ballot in swing states Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. And in another swing state, Arizona, Democrats are waiting to see if independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who receives her committee assignments from Democrats, will launch a third-party reelection bid.

With Democrats fearing that West Virginia is all but lost, they must now win every other Democratic-held seat in the nation

was being spent and suggested that the legislature could be approached for a small recurring appropriation to alleviate any funding gap should the book be made available online.

Grass Roots North Carolina’s Andy Stevens echoed Morse’s sentiments on the legislative appropriation for the Red book and said their organization would be more than happy to work with the Commission on that goal.

Discussion also included whether or not the Red Book was copyrighted and therefore might be an issue for instructors who want to make copies of the book to hand out to students.

An attendee asked the Commission how many members had actually read the book and only a few members raised their hands, including Cooley-Desmukes who said she had read portions of it but not “cover to cover.”

At the conclusion of the meeting, Director of Communications for Gun Owners of America (GOA) Jordan Stein told North State Journal he felt the meeting was “over-

to have a chance at holding the Senate majority in 2024. They have very few pickup opportunities — their best being Republican-held seats in Texas and Florida, both states Trump won twice.

Manchin was able to hold a Senate seat since 2012 thanks to a political brand decades in the making that helped him overcome West Virginia’s strong anti-Democratic bent. But in a state Trump carried by nearly 40 points in 2020, Manchin was quietly considered a significant underdog in a prospective reelection matchup against hugely popular Republican Gov. Jim Justice.

Meanwhile, the White House issued a statement praising Manchin’s dedication to the people of West Virginia and his accomplishments in Washington. Biden said the Manchin family “should feel proud of the Senator’s service to West Virginia and to our country.

“I look forward to continuing our work together to get things done for the American people,” Biden said.

When asked about a prospective Manchin presidential run, Biden’s campaign declined to comment.

all positive,” but GOA would continue to monitor Second Amendment rights being protected in North Carolina.

Morse also told North State Journal he was pleased with how the meeting went but was concerned at the lack of progress with regard to the Red book.

“I think that we didn’t really accomplish an awful lot because we brought up this copyright question in August and it’s now November,” said Morse. “It should have been resolved. They should have determined whether it was able to be put online or not by this period of time and now we’re back at Ground Zero.”

Morse said the simplest solution was to put the book online for free so that it doesn’t affect the instructors and students financially and that option would allow anybody to access the book whenever they want.

The Commission’s proposed rule changes now go to the state’s Rules Review Commission for final signoff. The next meeting of the Rules Review Commission is scheduled for Dec. 16.

Senate panel takes a step toward ending Sen. Tuberville’s blockade of military nominations Washington, D.C. Senate Democrats pushed ahead with a resolution that would allow for the quick confirmation of hundreds of military nominees, an attempt to maneuver around a blockade from Sen. Tommy Tuberville over a Pentagon abortion policy.

Almost 400 military nominations are in limbo, and the number is growing, due to Tuberville’s blanket hold on confirmations and promotions for senior military officers.

Despite bipartisan outrage and pressure from members of his own party, the Alabama senator has dug in as he fights the Pentagon to end its abortion policy.

Tuberville is blocking the nominations in opposition to new Pentagon rules that allow reimbursement for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or other reproductive care.

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Finland will close 4 border crossings with Russia, accusing Moscow of organizing a flow of migrants Helsinki Finland will close four crossing points on its long border with Russia to stop the flow of Middle Eastern and African migrants that it accuses Moscow of ushering to the border in recent months.

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said the southeastern crossing points would remain closed until Feb. 18. The FinlandRussia land border that serves as the European Union’s external frontier.

The Finnish Border Guard says migrants have in the past days arrived mainly from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Turkey and Somalia, and nearly all have arrived at the border zone on bicycles that Finnish and Russian media reports say were provided and sold to them.

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as designed, unlike last time.

The booster also separated seamlessly from the spaceship, which reached an altitude of 92 miles (148 kilometers).

Added commentator Kate Tice: “We got so much data, and that will all help us to improve for our next flight.”

SpaceX founder Elon Musk watched from behind launch controllers at the southern tip of Texas near the Mexico border, near Boca Chica Beach.

At company headquarters in Hawthorne, California, employees cheered as Starship soared at daybreak. The room grew quiet once it was clear that the spaceship had been destroyed.

SpaceX had been aiming for an altitude of 150 miles (240 kilometers), just high enough to send the bullet-shaped spacecraft around the globe before ditching into the Pacific near Hawaii about 1 1/2 hours after liftoff, short of a full orbit.

Following April’s flight demo, SpaceX made dozens of improvements to the rocket as well as the launch pad.

The Federal Aviation Administration cleared the rocket for flight last Wednesday, after confirming that all safety and

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SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.

environmental concerns had been met.

After Saturday’s launch, the FAA said no injuries or public damage had been reported and that an investigation was underway to determine what went wrong. SpaceX cannot launch another Starship until the review is complete and cor-

rections made, the FAA added.

NASA is counting on Starship to land astronauts on the moon by the end of 2025 or shortly thereafter. The space agency awarded SpaceX a $3 billion contract to make it happen, by transferring astroSee SPACEX, page A10

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nauts from its Orion capsule to Starship in lunar orbit before heading down to the surface.

“Today’s test is an opportunity to learn — then fly again,” noted NASA Administrator Bill Nelson via X, formerly known as Twitter.

Starship is 34 feet (10 meters) taller than NASA’s Saturn V rocket which carried men to the moon more than a half-century ago, and 75 feet (23 meters) taller than NASA’s Space Launch System rocket that flew around the moon and back, without a crew, last year.

And it’s got approximately double the liftoff thrust.

Like before, nothing of value was aboard Starship for the trial run.

Once Starship is proven, Musk plans to use the fully reusable mega rockets to launch satellites into orbit around Earth and equipment and people to the moon, and eventually, to Mars.

Nikki Haley walks back her demand that social media ban anonymous posters after facing GOP backlash The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nikki Haley on Wednesday partially walked back her proposed requirement that social media companies ban people from posting anonymously online for national security reasons, a stance for which she drew backlash across conservative social media and some of her GOP presidential rivals.

The former United Nations ambassador’s comments Tuesday to Fox News were quickly spread by the campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Both Haley and DeSantis are trying to resonate with GOP constituencies including parents worried for their children’s online safety as well as voters fearful of China’s influence in U.S. affairs. As they try to battle for a distant second place behind former President Donald Trump, Haley and DeSantis have accused each other of being weak on China in particular.

“Every person on social media should be verified by their name. It’s a national security threat,” Haley, a former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador, said Tuesday on Fox News. “When you do that, all of a sudden people have to stand by what they say and it gets rid of the Russian bots, the Iranian bots and the Chinese bots.”

Saying that she fears that social media anonymity could translate into misinformation, Haley said “you’re going to get some civility when people know their name is next to what they say.”

Haley also said Tuesday she would demand access to social media algorithms to understand how various content ends up in front of certain users. She appeared on the Ruthless podcast — alongside a co-host who goes by “Comfortably Smug” online.

“They need to verify every single person on their outlet, and I want it by name,” Haley said, reiterating her previous comments that such a move would weed out foreign-based bot accounts.

Last week, some of Haley’s

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Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami.

Republican rivals had begun to critique her proposal online.

“You know who were anonymous writers back in the day?

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison when they wrote the Federalist Papers,” DeSantis posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, calling Haley’s proposed ban “dangerous and unconstitutional.”

Others in conservative social media echoed DeSantis’ notion.

“Nice try, Nikki,” posted Charlie Kirk, CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, also referencing the Federalist Papers’ anonymous authors. “Anonymous speech is a core part of free speech.”

Conservative radio personality Dana Loesch agreed, saying Wednesday on her show that she was against Haley’s argument, despite the fact that Loesch said she has experienced online harassment and even death threats.

“I am still a million percent against government regulation of stuff like this,” Loesch said.

“It’s not a free speech position, and it’s not in keeping with the

way our country was founded. ...

It’s a bad argument.”

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy — with whom Haley has frequently feuded in recent candidate debates, including calling him “scum” after an attack on her daughter for having used TikTok — referenced her idea as “disgusting.”

And replying to Ramaswamy was Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Super messed up,” Musk wrote.

“She can stop pretending to run for president now.”

Under his ownership, Musk has opened up X verification checkmarks to paid users, not just those who previously were required to submit identification, in order to be considered verified. The confusion that ensued after Musk bought the San Francisco company for $44 billion last year raised concerns the platform could lose its status as a purveyor of accurate, up-todate information from authentic sources, including in emergencies.

By Wednesday, Haley had somewhat amended her stance.

Asked on CNBC if she was ad-

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, the face of the AI boom, for lack of candor with company The Associated Press CHATGPT-MAKER Open AI said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found he was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the board of directors.

“The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI,” the artificial intelligence company said in a statement.

In the year since Altman catapulted ChatGPT to global fame, he has become Silicon Valley’s sought-after voice on the promise and potential dangers of artificial intelligence and his sudden and mostly unexplained exit brought uncertainty to the industry’s future.

Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, will take over as interim CEO effective immediately, the company said, while it searches for a permanent replacement.

The announcement also said another OpenAI co-founder and top executive, Greg Brockman, the board’s chairman, would step down from that role but remain at the company, where he serves as president. But later on X, formerly Twitter, Brockman posted a message he sent to OpenAI employees in which he wrote, “based on today’s news, I quit.”

In another X post on Friday night, Brockman said Altman was asked to join a video meeting at noon Friday with the company’s board members, minus Brockman, during which OpenAI co-founder and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever informed Altman he was being fired.

“Sam and I are shocked and saddened by what the board did today,” Brockman wrote, adding that he was informed of his removal from the board in a sep-

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Sam Altman participates in a discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. arate call with Sutskever a short time later.

OpenAI declined to answer questions on what Altman’s alleged lack of candor was about.

The statement said his behavior was hindering the board’s ability to exercise its responsibilities.

Altman posted Friday on X: “I loved my time at OpenAI. it was transformative for me personally, and hopefully the world a little bit. most of all I loved working with such talented people. will have more to say about what’s next later.”

In another post on X early Saturday morning, he called what happened a “weird experience” and thanked his followers for the “outpouring of love.”

“It has been sorta like reading your own eulogy while you’re still alive,” Altman wrote.

The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement allowing OpenAI access to part of the AP’s text archives.

Altman helped start OpenAI as a nonprofit research laboratory in 2015. But it was ChatGPT’s

explosion into public consciousness that thrust Altman into the spotlight as a face of generative AI — technology that can produce novel imagery, passages of text and other media. On a world tour this year, he was mobbed by a crowd of adoring fans at an event in London.

He’s sat with multiple heads of state to discuss AI’s potential and perils. Just Thursday, he took part in a CEO summit at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in San Francisco, where OpenAI is based.

He predicted AI will prove to be “the greatest leap forward of any of the big technological revolutions we’ve had so far.” He also acknowledged the need for guardrails, calling attention to the existential dangers future AI could pose.

Some computer scientists have criticized that focus on far-off risks as distracting from the real-world limitations and harms of current AI products.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into whether OpenAI

violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot.

The company said its board consists of OpenAI’s chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, and three nonemployees: Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, tech entrepreneur Tasha McCauley and Helen Toner of the Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology.

OpenAI’s key business partner, Microsoft, which has invested billions of dollars into the startup and helped provide the computing power to run its AI systems, said that the transition won’t affect its relationship.

“We have a long-term partnership with OpenAI and Microsoft remains committed to Mira and their team as we bring this next era of AI to our customers,” said an emailed Microsoft statement.

While not trained as an AI engineer, Altman, now 38, has been seen as a Silicon Valley wunderkind since his early 20s.

He was recruited in 2014 to take lead of the startup incubator YCombinator.

OpenAI started out as a nonprofit when it launched with financial backing from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and others. Its stated aims were to “advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return.”

That changed in 2018 when it incorporated a for-profit business Open AI LP, and shifted nearly all its staff into the business, not long after releasing its first generation of the GPT large language model for mimicking human writing. Around the same time, Musk, who had co-chaired its board with Altman, resigned from the board in a move that OpenAI said would eliminate a “potential future

vocating a ban on all anonymous social media posts, Haley said that, while she believed “life would be more civil if we were able to do that,” she was focused on foreign-based actors, not U.S. citizens.

“I don’t mind anonymous American people having free speech; what I don’t like is anonymous Russians and Chinese and Iranians having free speech,” Haley said, not explaining how she would recommend that social media companies parse those users.

Saying DeSantis “wants to let Chinese propaganda machines run wild on social media without any restrictions,” Haley campaign spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas on Wednesday added that the onus should be on social media companies to better police anonymous, foreign-based accounts.

“What Nikki doesn’t support is letting the Chinese and Iranians create anonymous accounts to spread chaos and anti-American filth among our people,” she said. “Social media companies have to do a way better job policing that.”

conflict for Elon” due to Tesla’s work on building self-driving systems.

While OpenAI’s board has preserved its nonprofit governance structure, the startup it oversees has increasingly sought to capitalize on its technology by tailoring its popular chatbot to business customers.

At its first developer conference last week, Altman was the main speaker showcasing a vision for a future of AI agents that could help people with a variety of tasks. Days later, he announced the company would have to pause new subscriptions to its premium version of ChatGPT because it had exceeded capacity.

Altman’s exit “is indeed shocking as he has been the face of” generative AI technology, said Gartner analyst Arun Chandrasekaran.

He said OpenAI still has a “deep bench of technical leaders” but its next executives will have to steer it through the challenges of scaling the business and meeting the expectations of regulators and society.

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said he sees Altman’s firing as a “black eye” for OpenAI and one that’s likely to have ripple effects across Silicon Valley and Wall Street. He also speculated Altman’s exit might complicate things for Microsoft.

“Altman goes from a friend to potentially a foe,” Ives said.

Altman has a number of possible next steps. Even while running OpenAI, he placed large bets on several other ambitious projects.

Among them are Helion Energy, for developing fusion reactors that could produce prodigious amounts of energy from the hydrogen in seawater, and Retro Biosciences, which aims to add 10 years to the human lifespan using biotechnology. Altman also co-founded Worldcoin, a biometric and cryptocurrency project that’s been scanning people’s eyeballs with the goal of creating a vast digital identity and financial network.

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Amazon will allow US customers to buy cars on its site from local car dealers starting next year The Associated Press NEW YORK — Want to buy a car on Amazon? Well, now you might get your chance.

The e-commerce giant will launch vehicle sales in the U.S. next year and allow local car dealers to sell directly to customers on its site.

In a joint announcement with car manufacturer Hyundai on Thursday, the two companies said Amazon will begin by offering Hyundai vehicles.

In turn, Hyundai will name Amazon’s cloud computing unit AWS as its preferred cloud provider and integrate its next-generation vehicles with Alexa, Amazon’s popular voice assistant.

The idea, according to Amazon, is to have customers purchase a new car online and pick it up – or have it delivered – from their local dealer.

Amazon did not say how many dealers would be partici-

pating in the program or if customers across the U.S. would be able to make purchases. An Amazon spokesperson said the company would release more details as it builds the program, which is expected to begin with Hyundai franchised dealers and launch during the later part of next year.

Currently, Amazon sells vehicle equipment online and offers a showroom for consumers who want to research different types of cars they may want to buy. But consumers can not directly purchase a vehicle on its platform.

The announcement on Thursday, though, shows Amazon’s ambitions to grow its footprint through dealers in an industry that has strong lobbying forces and heavy state regulations. Nearly all states require manufacturers to sell their vehicles through dealerships to ensure the automakers don’t undercut their own net-

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An Amazon sign is shown at a location in San Francisco, Thursday, May 25, 2023. work of franchised dealers.

Despite its vision, Amazon might face challenges convincing consumers who might not feel comfortable making such a

large purchase on its platform.

In a statement, an Amazon spokesperson said customers are increasingly purchasing vehicles online and the company

will provide a “range of solutions that add transparency” to the car buying process to help them make an informed decision.

Ford and Stellantis workers join those at GM in approving contract settlement that ended UAW strikes The Associated Press DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union overwhelmingly ratified new contracts with Ford and Stellantis, that along with a similar deal with General Motors will raise pay across the industry, force automakers to absorb higher costs and help reshape the auto business as it shifts away from gasoline-fueled vehicles.

Workers at Stellantis, the maker of Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles, voted 68.8% in favor of the deal. Their approval brought to a close a contentious labor dispute that included name-calling and a series of punishing strikes that imposed high costs on the companies and led to significant gains in pay and benefits for UAW workers.

The deal at Stellantis passed by a roughly 10,000 vote margin, with ballot counts ending Saturday afternoon.

Workers at Ford voted 69.3% in favor of the pact, which passed with nearly a 15,000vote margin in balloting that ended early Saturday. Earlier this week, GM workers narrowly approved a similar contract.

The agreements, which run through April 2028, will end contentious talks that began last summer and led to sixweek-long strikes at all three automakers. Shawn Fain, the pugnacious new UAW leader, had branded the companies enemies of the UAW who were led by overpaid CEOs, declaring the days of union cooperation with the automakers were over.

After summerlong negotiations failed to produce a deal, Fain kicked off strikes on Sept.

15 at one assembly plant at each company. The union later extended the strike to parts warehouses and other factories to try to intensify pressure on the automakers until tentative agreements were reached late in October.

The new contract agreements were widely seen as a victory for the UAW. The companies agreed to dramatically raise pay for top-scale assembly plant workers, with increases and cost-of-living adjustments that would translate into 33% wage gains. Top assembly plant workers are to receive immediate 11% raises and will earn roughly $42 an hour when the contracts expire in April of 2028.

Under the agreements, the automakers also ended many of the multiple tiers of wages they had used to pay different workers. They also agreed in principle to bring new electric-vehicle battery plants into the national union contract. This provision will give the UAW an opportu-

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UAW local 862 members strike outside of Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Ky. on Oct. 12, 2023. nity to unionize the EV battery plants plants, which will represent a rising share of industry jobs in the years ahead.

“I think this is a huge win for the UAW that they got all three contracts ratified,” said Art Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University.

“It’s lifting the boats of all or many autoworkers.”

Three non-union, foreign automakers in the United States — Honda, Toyota and Hyundai — quickly responded to the UAW contract by raising wages for their factory workers. They did so after Fain said the UAW would mount an aggressive effort to unionize their plants. He also said the union would try to recruit workers at Tesla.

Foreign automakers have argued in the past that their workers earn about the same as UAW members, thereby negating the need for a union. They also have accused the UAW of forcing GM and the former Chrysler into bankruptcy in 2009 and of engaging in corruption after federal prosecutors broke up a wide-ranging bribery and embezzlement scandal starting in 2017.

But with Fain’s election and the new contracts, the union

“I think this is a huge win for the UAW that they got all three contracts ratified.”

Art Wheaton has “cured or readjusted all of that rhetoric,” Wheaton said.

While wages at nonunion factories may be nearly equal, he said, UAW workers receive far better health care and retirement benefits, which is likely to be attractive to workers at nonunion plants as they age.

Contracts with the auto companies should also lead to higher wages at auto-parts supply companies and in other industries, Wheaton said.

“The union’s got way more power” because of the deals, said Mark McGill, a 67-yearold worker at Ford’s assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan, where employees went on strike for the entire six weeks. “Look at everybody now. People want to unionize.”

McGill, a 28-year Ford veteran who helps assemble Ford

Bronco SUVs and Ranger pickup trucks, said he is pleased he’ll be earning $42 an hour by the contract’s end. He also is happy Fain’s negotiators were able to persuade Ford to pay workers about $100 a day for the time they were on strike.

But under the settlement, new hires and temporary workers will receive much larger raises than longtime assembly plant workers, with some more than doubling their pay. That issue nearly sank the contract at GM. Wheaton noted that raising wages for the lowest-paid workers has been a focus of the union movement in the U.S. for the past year.

All three automakers reported millions in lost revenue from the strikes and said they would absorb at least some of the increased costs of the wage increases in a competitive market that makes raising prices difficult. John Lawler, Ford’s chief financial officer, said its deal would raise labor costs by $850 to $900 per vehicle. All three companies said they already had cut other costs in preparation for the UAW settlements.

Michelle Krebs, an analyst at Cox Automotive, said a slowing U.S. auto market and already

inflated prices that have made new vehicles unaffordable for many people will make it hard for companies to charge more.

Cox forecasters foresee flat U.S. auto sales next year. Slowing demand but rising factory output is likely to produce more discounts, Krebs said. In addition, auto loans on average are hovering around 10%, a rate that will further slow auto sales by raising monthly payments.

The union’s success in securing significant wage gains could provide a political boost to President Joe Biden, who visited workers on a Detroit-area picket line and traveled to Belvidere, Illinois, Cornell’s Wheaton said. There, the union won a commitment from Stellantis to reopen a shuttered factory and even add an EV battery plant.

Biden, the first president in memory to visit a union picket line, has portrayed himself as a champion of the working class who himself emerged from a blue-collar background in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The strikes, Wheaton noted, didn’t hurt the economy yet resulted in higher wages for middle class workers whose votes Biden needs as he seeks a second term.

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Walmart attracts more shoppers seeking to cut spending in Q3, but muted expectations spook investors The Associated Press NEW YORK — Walmart extended its streak of strong quarterly gains heading into the holiday season as its low prices attract shoppers looking for deals in a tough economic environment.

The company, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, reported better-than-expected financial results for the period. However, it offered a cautious outlook and said that shoppers pulled back their spending in late October.

Shares fell more than 6%, or $10.74, to $159.91 in early trading last Thursday.

The nation’s largest retailer is among the first batch of major U.S. retailers to report quarterly results. Industry analysts are dissecting the data, seeking to shed more light on how consumers are feeling as the holiday approaches.

Shoppers have remained resilient, propped up by a strong labor market and steady wages.

That’s confounded economists and Federal Reserve officials and seems at times at odds with the sour sentiments that Americans themselves have expressed in opinion polls. But higher prices for food and other necessities, though easing, as well as higher borrowing costs for homes and cars, are weighing on household budgets.

Americans cut back on spending in October, ending six straight months of gains

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A woman pushes a shopping cart at a Walmart in Rolling Meadows, Ill., on Nov. 5, 2020.

Walmart reports earnings on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. and pushing retail sales down 0.1%, the U.S. Commerce Department said last week.

Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon said prices for some groceries are falling, such as dairy, chicken and seafood, but he would like to see that happening in the dry grocery category as well. General merchandise prices are also receding, helping the retailer to roll back

prices. Deflation will put more pressure on the company to sell more, but that’s good news for shoppers, he said.

“In the U.S., we may be managing through a period of deflation in the months to come and while that would put more unit pressure on us, we welcome it, because it’s better for our customers,” McMillon said.

Macy’s Thursday said

third-quarter sales declined with consumers cautious about spending. But sales and profit both topped Wall Street expectations. The department store also raised the top end of its full-year revenue and adjusted profit forecasts.

Last Wednesday, Target reported a hefty third-quarter profit increase, but revenue slipped more than 4% as cus-

tomers saddled with broadly higher costs pulled back on spending.

Sales also slid at Home Depot, the nation’s largest home improvement chain, with homeowners postponing larger renovations and also purchases of big-ticket items, like appliances, that are often bought on credit.

Walmart reported that profits were $453 million, or 17 cents per share, for the threemonth period ended Oct. 31.

That compares with a loss of $1.79 million, or 66 cents per share, in the year-ago period.

Adjusted earnings per share totaled $1.53.

Revenue rose 5.2% to $160.84 billion, from $152.81 billion in the year-ago period.

Analysts were expecting $1.52 per share on sales of $159.65 billion, according to FactSet estimates.

Comparable store sales — those from established stores and online operating over the past 12 months — rose 4.9% for the Walmart U.S. division for the quarter. They rose 6.4% last quarter. Global e-commerce sales rose 15%.

Walmart now expects annual sales to be up anywhere from 5% to 5.5%. Previously, it anticipated a 4% to 4.5% increase.

It expects adjusted earnings per share of $6.40 to $6.48, up from a range of $6.36 to $6.46 per share. Analysts were expecting $6.50 per share on sales of $642.32 billion.

Shippers anticipate being able to meet holiday demand The Associated Press CARRIERS LIKE THE U.S. Postal Service, FedEx and United Parcel Service have capacity to meet projected demand this holiday season, which is cheery news for shippers and shoppers alike.

Like last year, there’s expected to be little drama compared to struggles during the pandemic when people hunkered down at home and turned to online shopping while major carriers including the Postal Service simultaneously struggled with absences and a flood of parcel shipments.

Louis DeJoy, postmaster general, said the Postal Service goal is to make peak holiday season delivery “superior and routine.”

All told, the parcel industry has a capacity of delivering more than 110 million parcels compared to a projected holiday peak of 82 million per day, slightly less than last year, said Satish Jindel, from ShipMatrix.

But shoppers shouldn’t wait to the last minute. “It’s not a ticket to procrastination,” he said.

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in the U.S. At a dinner for the APEC delegations, he challenged his fellow leaders to “harness the power of the Pacific” for a “future of greater prosperity and dignity for all.”

The U.S. hasn’t hosted the annual leaders’ summit — started in 1993 by President Bill Clinton -- since 2011. The group met virtually in 2020 and 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Leaders did gather in Bangkok last year, but Biden skipped the summit because his granddaughter was getting married, and he sent Vice President Kamala Harris in his place.

The annual conference brings together heads of nations and other top economic and diplomatic leaders. Biden told those who gathered Wednesday evening at a welcome party that today’s challenges were unlike those faced by previous APEC leaders.

Biden also sought to underscore that he was seeking to responsibly manage the United States’ strained relationship with China one day after he and Xi sat down for more than four hours of talks at bucolic Filoli Estate outside of San Francisco.

son for shoppers, and it accounts for more than half of annual sales for many retailers. Holiday retail sales are expected to increase between 3% and 4% in 2023, according to trade group the National Retail Federation.

And Black Friday, followed by Cyber Monday, are some of the biggest shopping days of the season.

The holidays are also a big moment for carriers.

United Parcel Service is well

on its way to hiring 100,000 people to meet the peak, and is “ready again to deliver the reliable service that customers depend on,” said Jim Mayer, a company spokesperson.

FedEx is also hiring for some

locations but is ready for the season, said Christina Meek, a spokesperson. “Our employees around the world are ready to deliver for this year’s peak season,” she said.

The U.S. Postal Service, meanwhile, hired 10,000 seasonal workers and completed the installation of about 150 package sorting machines since the last holiday season, which along with other operational improvements will expand its daily capacity to 70 million packages, officials said.

FedEx and UPS are projected to have on-time performance in the mid to high 90s, and the Postal Service could reach the mid-90s as well, Jindel said.

Shipping may be less costly for some retailers.

The U.S. Postal Service, for example, opted against holiday surcharges, though FedEx and UPS both imposed surcharges for deliveries between now and January. Nonetheless, Jindel expects there to be about half as many shipments to be subjected to surcharges compared to last year, and some other rates are lower.

“A stable relationship between the world’s two largest economies is not merely good for the two economies but for the world,” Biden said. “A stable relationship.

It’s good for everyone.”

Demonstrations in and around APEC continued Thursday. Hours before leaders were to gather at the Moscone Center for the summit, protesters calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war were detained by police after shutting down all traffic over a major commuting bridge heading into San Francisco.

After decades of trade built on the premise of keeping prices low, accessing new markets and maximizing profits, many companies are now finding a vulnerable global economy. The Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts aren’t helping matters.

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed frailties in their supply chains. Climate change has intensified natural disasters that can close factories. The Israel-Hamas war and Ukraine’s defense against the Russian invasion have generated new financial risks, and new technologies such as artificial intelligence could change how companies operate and displace workers.

Xi too, met with Amer-

ican business leaders — at a $2,000-per-plate dinner Wednesday evening. It was a rare opportunity for the business leaders as they seek clarification on Beijing’s expanding security rules that could choke foreign investment.

“There is plenty of room for our cooperation, and we are fully able to help each other succeed and achieve win-win outcomes,” he told them, according to an English-language translation.

Xi did not address the APEC CEOs meeting but instead sent a lengthy “written speech” in which he wrote that “forcing uniformity will not advance cooperation in the region” and declared that China was looking for stability during a moment of “turbulence and change” in the world.

“The region cannot and should not be an arena for geopolitical rivalry, still less should it be plunged into a new cold war or camp-based confrontation,” Xi wrote.

Separately, Xi on Wednesday signaled that China would send the U.S. new giant pandas, just a week after three from the Smithsonian National Zoo were returned to China, much to the dismay of Americans. There are only four pandas left in the Unit-

ed States, at the Atlanta Zoo. Biden and Xi understand that the complicated ties between the two nations have major global impacts. Their meeting Wednesday at a Northern California estate was in part an effort to show the world that while they are global economic competitors, the U.S. and China aren’t rivals seeking conflict.

Xi, though, was gloomy about the state of the post-pandemic global economy. China’s economy remains in the doldrums, with prices falling due to slack demand from consumers and businesses.

“Industrial and supply chains are still under the threat of interruption, and protectionism is rising,” Xi said. “All these are grave problems.”

White House officials said Biden has been bolstered by signs that the U.S. economy is in a stronger position than China’s and that the U.S. was building stronger alliances throughout the Pacific.

Part of that is through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, announced during a May 2022 trip to Tokyo. It came six years after the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal that

was signed by 12 countries.

The new framework has four major pillars: supply chains, climate, anti-corruption and trade. There won’t be any official trade deals to announce — the “framework” label allows Biden to bypass Congress on any agreements reached with the 13 countries. Biden celebrated that work on three of the four pillars had been completed.

“Put simply, my colleagues and I are driving a race to the top, among nations in the Indo-Pacific,” Biden said.

While U.S. allies are still looking to hammer out comprehensive trade agreements with Washington, Biden administration officials are underscoring that IPEF has helped the U.S. and partners take action at a far faster clip than traditional trade deals.

“Most trade negotiations take years to complete,” said Mike Pyle, Biden’s deputy national security adviser for international economics. “The issues that are at the cutting edge of the global economic conversation, issues like supply chains, clean energy, good government —- we have struck agreements around them in just 18 months, with a full set of IPEF partners.”

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In this July 27, 2020 file photo, the tails of three UPS aircraft are shown parked at Miami International Airport in Miami.

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NC State coach Dave Doeren, left, and UNC coach Mack Brown, right, will lead their teams — trending in opposite directions — into Saturday’s regular season-ending rivalry game at Carter-Finley Stadium.

CROSS-COUNTRY

NC State women win 3rd straight title; Wingate men win in DII Charlottesville, Va. NC State won its third-straight women’s title with 123 points, one in front of Northern Arizona, which had its best finish ever. Katelyn Tuohy placed fifth in the 6,000-meter race in 19:23.0 for the Wolfpack, and she and two teammates, Amaris Tyynismaa and Samantha Bush, received All-America honors. Duke’s Amina Maatoug and UNC’s Fatima Alanis were also named women’s All-Americans.

Parker Wolfe and Alex Phillip earned men’s All-America honors for UNC, which finished sixth in the men’s competition. Wingate’s men — paced by a 10th-place finish by Soheil Boufrizi in the 10,000 meters — won the Division II title, and the Bulldogs women finished in eighth.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

App State beats JMU, still in running for Sun Belt title game Harrisonburg, Va. Kaedin Robinson scored the winning touchdown in overtime as Appalachian State topped previously unbeaten James Madison 26-23 on Saturday. The 18th-ranked Dukes (10-1, 6-1 Sun Belt) jumped ahead in overtime, but on third down from the 8-yard line, App State quarterback Joey Aguilar threw to Robinson, who made the catch at the 5 and broke two tackles before stepping on the goal line for the winning score just before losing the ball. The loss ended James Madison’s 13-game winning streak. JMU has already clinched first place in the Sun Belt East but is not elibigle for the postseason, and the NCAA denied the school’s appeal for a waiver last week.

The Mountaineers (7-4, 5-2) can earn a spot in the Sun Belt Championship Game with a win over Georgia Southern and a Dukes win over Coastal Carolina next week.

NC State rolling as Carolina week arrives The Wolfpack is looking to finish ahead of UNC in the standings for the first time in 20 years

By Shawn Krest North State Journal NC STATE enters Saturday’s rivalry game against UNC with a chance to do something the Wolfpack haven’t accomplished since 2003.

With a win over the rival Tar Heels at Carter-Finley Stadium, the Pack will finish ahead of UNC in the ACC standings.

The last time State could look down at the folks in light blue at the end of football season was in 2003. The Tar Heels finished ahead of the Wolfpack in 2004, and the ACC shifted to a two-division format, with the two in-state rivals separated — State in the Atlantic Division, Carolina in the Coastal.

There was one season when the Heels and Pack competed in the same set of standings — the COVID-scrambled 2020 campaign. Both teams tied at 7-3 in ACC play.

This year, the ACC scrapped the divisional plan, and, as recently as the start of this month, UNC was a heavy favorite to finish ahead of NC State. The Heels have been ranked most of the year, cracking the top 10 in mid-October. Heading into Saturday’s game, the Tar Heels still had a shot at playing in this year’s ACC Championship Game.

NC State, meanwhile, seemed to be struggling through a disappointing season. The same week that UNC broke into the top 10, State managed just three points and lost by 21 to a Duke team that had a freshman backup quarterback making his first career start. In the ensuing weeks,

“We’re peaking at the right time.”

Dave Doeren, NC State coach State’s quarterback, MJ Morris, decided to redshirt the rest of the season.

Despite all of that, however, State has put together a fourgame winning streak, beating Clemson and Miami at home, then hitting the road to top Wake Forest and Virginia Tech, an impressive month by any measure. It was State’s first win at Wake since 2015, the Pack’s first at Tech since 2004. It was also their first win over Miami anywhere since 2008 and their first time beating Wake and Clemson in the same season — despite playing every year except 2020 — since 2002.

Lopsided losses, apathetic fans have Reich on hot seat

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“I thought we dominated up front. There’s just no two ways about it.

That’s what we did.

That’s on tape.”

The Panthers’ struggles have put the coach’s future in question

Frank Reich, Panthers coach

By Shawn Krest North State Journal THE PANTHERS suffered another lopsided loss in front of a Bank of America Stadium crowd that made it seem more like a road game.

It could have been last October’s 37-15 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. One of the dominant NFC teams over the past few decades, the Niners had built up a large army of fans across the country and they descended on the Panthers’ home stadium, where the Panthers’ play had left local fans apathetic and willing to give up their seats to fans of the road team.

It was the last straw for owner David Tepper, who fired coach Matt Rhule the next day. Steve Wilks served out the season as interim coach, and many ob-

State has been playing well on both sides of the ball. The offense has topped 20 points each week, as the Pack won four straight against ACC foes for the first time since 2017. The defense has held two of the four foes to six points.

“You never know what to expect,” said State coach Dave Doeren. “Like, you know, the media in general makes such a big deal out of preseason. Even the first three games it’s like the whole world ends when a team wins. It’s a long season. There’s a lot a lot of stuff, November is a key month. That’s why I get frustrated when you see coaches get fired before the end of the season. So many things can happen.

“I don’t know at this stage in my career I try not to predict because there’s certain things out of my control that changed things. … You just can’t predict everything you know, and I’m just proud of how we’ve gotten better. We’re peaking at the right time. Offense, defense, special teams, all the guys are pitching in, and coaches are doing a good job.”

Meanwhile, Carolina has seen its season come apart at

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Coach Frank Reich’s future is in question after the Panthers were blown out at home Sunday by the Cowboys, dropping Carolina to 1-9 on the season. servers thought he deserved a shot at the permanent job. Instead, Tepper tapped Frank Reich, who was also fired midseason last year (by the India-

napolis Colts).

Thirteen months later, we’re right back in the same spot, and a midseason change may be in store for the Panthers and Reich

for the second year in a row.

The Panthers laid an egg in a home loss to the Dallas Cowboys, 33-10, on Sunday. Dallas fans packed the stadium, forcing the Panthers to go to a silent count on offense, something usually done when in an unusually hostile road environment.

“Cowboys fans, they travel well,” said Panthers rookie quarterback Bryce Young.

More to the point, Panthers fans had better things to do to kick off Thanksgiving week than travel to Bank of America Stadium to watch this team.

Young threw his third picksix of the month as DaRon Bland returned an interception 30 yards for the game’s final touchdown. Young has managed just two touchdown passes to his own guys over that span.

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TRENDING

Joe Flacco: The former Super Bowl MVP worked out for the Browns last week and will join the team’s practice squad, according to reports. Cleveland is looking for quarterback help after losing Deshaun Watson for the season to a shoulder fracture.

The 38-year-old Flacco, a 15-year veteran, has played for the Ravens, Broncos and Jets in his career.

Milan Lucic: The Bruins forward is taking an indefinite leave of absence from the team after he was reportedly arrested Friday night following a domestic dispute.

Boston Police neither confirmed nor denied early Saturday morning arresting Lucic.

Lucic, a 35-year-old veteran of over 1,300 NHL games, won the Stanley Cup with Boston in 2011 and returned to the team last summer.

Perris Jones: The Virginia running back was transferred from a hospital to a rehabilitation facility Friday to continue his recovery from spinal surgery.

Jones was injured in a game at Louisville on Nov. 9.

He was immobilized and carted off the field, needed surgery and spent several days in the intensive care unit at the University of Louisville Medical Center. He was able to briefly walk after the surgery, the school said.

Beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

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Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis was carted off the field after suffering a serious injury to his left leg late in the first quarter of the fourth-ranked Seminoles’ win Saturday over North Alabama. Travis was tackled after a scramble to about midfield and his leg was caught underneath a defender. Travis immediately pointed to his left leg and medical staff rushed onto the field.

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“We just had to pick this program basically out of the trash.”

NC State linebacker Payton Wilson after the Wolfpack beat Virginia Tech on Saturday for their fourth straight win.

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MLB

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“To say it was just another game, I’d be lying.”

Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman after he led the Irish to a 45-7 win over his former team, Wake Forest.

PRIME NUMBER

GOLF

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The Marlins acquired utilityman Vidal Bruján and right-hander Calvin Faucher from the Rays on Friday for two prospects and a player to be named later. The 25-year-old Bruján had 28 home runs and 89 stolen bases in 225 games over the past three seasons with the Durham Bulls, the Rays’ top affiliate.

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Paul Azinger is out as the lead golf analyst for NBC Sports. Azinger’s manager said in a statement Sunday that the two sides are parting ways when his contract ends. NBC now has let go three of its most notable golf broadcasters in the last calendar year — Azinger, Roger Maltbie and Gary Koch.

NFL

9 Three-pointers for UNC Asheville senior guard Fletcher Abee in the Bulldogs’ 114-59 win Saturday over Virginia-Lynchburg, a new school record.

Abee was 9 of 15 from long range and finished with a career-high 32 points — twice his point total in UNCA’s first three games.

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Joe Burrow will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his right wrist, ending a disappointing campaign for the Bengals’ star quarterback in the first year of a $275 million contract. The 26-year-old Burrow led the Bengals to the Super Bowl after the 2021 season and the AFC title game the following year.

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Tar Heels win 11th NCAA field hockey title UNC won in a shootout to give rookie coach Erin Matson another championship The Associated Press CHAPEL HILL — Ryleigh Heck scored in the sixth round of a shootout to lift defending champion UNC to a 2-1 win over Northwestern on Sunday in the NCAA Division-I field hockey championships, the 11th title for the Tar Heels.

The game was a rematch of last year’s championship, won by the Tar Heels 2-1, a game that marked the end of Karen Shelton’s 42-year run as the coach and the fourth title for senior Erin Matson. Matson is now the Tar Heels’ coach and the championship was played in Karen Shelton Stadium.

“There are no words for this,” Matson said. “I thought being on the field, rushing to celebrate with your teammates was great. Then we hoisted the trophy with the ACC championship a couple weeks back and I thought that was great seeing it as a coach.

“Nothing tops a national championship on your home field. ... It’s special.”

Northwestern beat the Tar Heels for the 2021 championship. UNC is now 11-11 in title games.

“It doesn’t get any better than a national championship and a sudden death shootout,” Matson said. “I’m so proud of our girls. They’re so happy, they wanted it so badly. Incredible day. I’m speechless.”

After second-seeded Northwestern (21-2) scored on the

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UNC field hockey coach Erin Matson and the Tar Heels practice last Wednesday in Chapel Hill before their national semifinal match. Matson and the Tar Heels beat Northwestern on Sunday to capture the school’s 11th NCAA title. first two rounds of the shootout, the Wildcats couldn’t get another shot past Maddie Kahn, a graduate transfer from Lehigh.

Before Heck’s winner, Kahn stopped Peyton Halsey, who had scored a goal for Northwestern in the first round of the shootout, as did Heck.

“She’s been a rock for us all season long. She’s the exact

piece of the puzzle we needed,” Matson said of her goalie. “She’s just a brick wall. We have total confidence and trust in her. …

To see her do it in a shootout, sold out stadium, national championship atmosphere, that’s exactly why she is a Tar Heel for life now.”

After a quiet first half, with neither team getting a shot on

goal, the action picked up in the second half.

Charly Bruder put the top-seeded Tar Heels (18-3) on top by squeezing a long shot off a corner between the post and Wildcats’ goalie Annabel Skubisz early in the third quarter. Northwestern’s Petyon Halsey tied it with a penalty stroke goal with 1:19 left in the

quarter.

Both teams had chances with corners in the closing minutes of regulation but couldn’t break through. Heck had a penalty stroke with 2:17 to go in the first overtime but Skubisz got a stick on the shot.

UNC outshot Northwestern 14-8 with Skubisz making five saves and Kahn three.

Las Vegas Grand Prix makes believers out of F1

gio — “we go straight to the nightclub,” Verstappen told his fellow podium finishers — but they were instead treated to the casino’s famed fountain show.

The Bellagio fountains had been turned off all week and restarted as part of the victory celebration. None of the participants seemed remotely interested as they stood chatting. After receiving their trophies, they were treated to a New Year’s Eve-style fireworks show over the Strip.

Martin Garrix then launched into a throbbing DJ set to entertain those who opened their wallets for the most expensive specta-

tor race of the season. Celebrities danced along on the grid and everyone seemed thrilled with the show. The stars in attendance included Brad Pitt, Rihanna, Usain Bolt and Shaquille O’Neal as F1 said it drew more than 315,000 spectators over the weekend and estimated an economic impact of $1.2 billion to Las Vegas.

“I really enjoyed it and I am especially happy that we finished the weekend on a high note because it was hurting me to see the sport that I love so much starting so wrong on Thursday,” said Leclerc. “The fact that we had an amazing race makes it all better.”

The race was the third stop this season in the United States, more than any other country, and was promoted by F1 and owner Liberty Media. But the event has been lambasted — especially by Verstappen — for its emphasis on becoming a neon extravaganza.

Tickets were expensive, hotels along the famed Strip hiked their prices, and the sporting element of the 21st race of the season was overshadowed by everything from celebrities, musical acts and myriad Elvis impersonators roaming the paddock that included a wedding chapel where former F1 champion Jacques Villeneuve was

married earlier in the week.

Liberty expected to spend $500 million on the first grand prix it self-promoted, but paddock speculation before Saturday night’s race was that Liberty had gone well over budget. The entire event nearly imploded nine minutes into the first practice session on Thursday night when Carlos Sainz Jr. ran over a water drain valve cover on the track that badly damaged his Ferrari and F1 had to close the 3.85-mile circuit for inspection.

Fans were forced to leave at 1:30 a.m. Friday morning after witnessing just nine minutes of track activity. The second practice started at 2:30 a.m. and ran until 4 a.m., and instead of an apology, F1 simply offered $200 credits to the LVGP merchandise store to any ticket holders who had only purchased Thursday access. A class-action lawsuit was filed Friday against the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

It made it critical for F1 to deliver a good race Saturday night and, even though it was Verstappen’s sixth consecutive victory, it was one of the most spirited events of the season. Additionally, a track that had been likened to a “flying pig” because of its layout was praised for its raciness.

Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, who finished seventh for Mercedes, said the circuit “provided a better race than most of the tracks we go to.”

“I don’t think the music stopped this entire weekend in the paddock,” said Logan Sargeant of Williams, the only American driver in F1.

to be regressing.

Reich has also failed to inspire confidence in his leadership, or his ability to develop Young, with the on-again, offagain status of the Panthers’ play-calling duties. Reich kept them for himself to start the season, then turned them over to first-time coordinator Thomas Brown during the bye week.

After three games, during which the Panthers scored 15, 13 and 13 points, Reich took back the role this week. The Panthers matched their season low with just 10 points with Reich again at the helm.

The chaos of having the man calling the shots change every

few games, along with whatever behind-the-scenes drama led to the multiple changes, can’t be good for Young’s development.

Reich seems to be keeping a positive face during a season that has seen the team manage just one win, but it is bordering on delusion as the team falls deeper into the hole.

This week, Reich declared, “I thought we ran the ball and dominated up front. That showed a lot of good stuff against a very good team. We dominated at the line of scrimmage in the first half. There’s just no two ways about it. That’s what we did. That’s on tape.”

At the half, Carolina trailed 17-3. The Cowboys had 177 yards and 14 first downs to the Panthers’ 107 and 7, and Young had been sacked three times.

The Panthers were also flagged for 70 yards of penalties in the first half and 90 for the game. Carolina had four defensive penalties on third down, all of which allowed the Cowboys to continue drives. They also had two third down false starts on offense, putting Young into even tougher situations.

Penalties are generally considered an indictment of a team’s preparation and discipline, both of which reflect on the coach.

“I understand the level of frustration by the fans,” Reich said. “I mean, we had the change here that we had, and you start to set things in place. You want it to happen overnight. Sometimes it takes longer than you want. But you have to keep your head down, be strong-willed, keep the vision clear and come to work every day, and you’ve got to be able to fight your way through the tough times.”

With each passing week, it’s becoming less and less likely that Tepper will stick with the change he made in the offseason, or that person coming into work every day is the right one for Young and the Panthers.

Max Verstappen, critical of the event all week, praised the race after his 18th victory of the season

The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Max Verstappen hated everything about the Las Vegas Grand Prix from the moment he arrived in Sin City.

Formula One’s three-time reigning world champion found the excess and opulence over-the-top and prioritized over the actual racing.

He changed his tune — literally — following his 18th win of the season.

“Viva Las Vegas! Viva Las Vegas!” sang Verstappen as he crossed under the checkered flag waved by Justin Bieber. Verstappen had slammed Saturday night’s spectacle at every chance, yet raced in an Elvis-inspired firesuit and took the victory on the famed Las Vegas Strip.

“I hope everyone enjoyed it, we definitely did. Excited to come back here next year and try to do something similar,” said Verstappen, who had markedly reversed his weeklong position on the Las Vegas spectacle.

“It was a fun race. I enjoyed it,” he conceded.

Verstappen passed Charles Leclerc at the start then overcame a penalty to pass Leclerc once more with 13 laps remaining to continue his season-long dominance.

Verstappen, Leclerc and Sergio Perez were driven in a limousine to a stage located near the Bella-

PANTHERS from page B1 That might be even more concerning than the pro-opponent crowds packing the BOA. Young, the top pick in the draft this past spring, is a work in progress, and most observers assumed this year would be a learning experience as he found his way in the league.

Despite Reich’s repeated declarations that Young is progressing and developing, the parade of defenders taking his passes to the house this month seems to indicate the opposite. Reich was hired because, as a former quarterback, he was the man to develop Young. Instead, he seems

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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen drive by the Sphere during Formula One’s Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday.

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What we’ve learned about the Hurricanes Carolina is 10-7-0 a fifth of the way through the NHL season

the ice for three goals for and nine goals against at 5-on-5 this season — isn’t working, breaking up his top four of Slavin-Burns and Skjei-Pesce to try to find something that works.

Whether that means Brind’Amour will reorganize his pairings as he did Saturday — Burns and Slavin stayed together, but Pesce was paired with Orlov while Skjei and DeAngelo teamed up — or reinsert Chatfield into the lineup remains to be seen.

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal RALEIGH — It hasn’t been exactly an ideal start to the 202324 NHL season for the Carolina Hurricanes. But despite a rocky six weeks that had coach Rod Brind’Amour questioning the team’s consistency and captain Jordan Staal wondering if the whole team has “bought in” to the team’s style of play, Carolina is 107-0 and in third place in the Metropolitan Division.

The Hurricanes have even won seven of their last 10 games heading into Wednesday’s game against the Oilers at PNC Arena, the third of a stretch of seven in eight at home.

Games like Carolina’s 4-0 win at Tampa Bay or Saturday’s 4-2 victory over the visiting Penguins have offered glimpses of the team that has won three straight division titles. But losses at Florida and against the Flyers at home offered up a different team, one that often looked lost defensively and listless with the puck.

What comes next? There are still 65 games left to figure that out. But here are a few things we’ve learned about the Hurricanes through the first 17 games.

Biggest surprise Teuvo Teravainen has never had more than 23 goals in a season, but right now he’s on pace for

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Hurricanes goaltender Antti Raanta hasn’t lost a regular season game at PNC Arena in more than a year.

43. The 29-year-old has a teamhigh nine goals on the season, good timing for a player in a contract year. Teravainen won’t continue to score on more than 24% of his shots, but he’s already well on his way to a bounce-back season after a disappointing 202223.

Biggest disappointment On paper, the Hurricanes’ defense looked like perhaps the best assembled in the salary cap era.

The addition of Dmitry Orlov — arguably the top player in the free agent pool this summer — added to the stable of blue liners that was already the envy of the league.

Carolina also brought back Tony DeAngelo, who revived his career two years ago with the Hurricanes, to join Brent Burns,

24.3% Teuvo Teravainen’s shooting percentage through 17 games, more than twice his 10.4% career average.

Jaccob Slavin, Brett Pesce, Brady Skjei and Jalen Chatfield.

Having seven defensemen capable of playing top-four minutes is a nice problem to have, right?

Not so fast.

Brind’Amour finally seemed to concede Saturday that the pairing of Orlov and DeAngelo — on

Losing Frederik Andersen to a medical ailment — the team deemed it a “blood clotting issue” — was an early-season blow.

Andersen has struggled to stay healthy in recent seasons, missing the playoffs in 2022 after a Vezina-caliber regular season and struggling with injury and inconsistency last year until breaking through in the postseason. But no one could have predicted this.

That leaves Carolina with two primary options for now: Antti Raanta and Pyotr Kochetkov.

Raanta, like the team, has had an up-and-down start to the season, but he continues to thrive at PNC Arena. His win over Pittsburgh on Saturday was his 13th straight in Raleigh. Kochetkov is still trying to establish himself as a fulltime NHL goalie, and his play has been inconsistent.

The Hurricanes also have veteran Jaroslav Halak on a professional tryout, holding onto the 38-year-old veteran of 17 NHL seasons as an insurance policy until they determine Kochetkov’s

Maine, Mass. — last states to ban Sunday hunting — might soon change

NC STATE from page B1 the seams after a promising start for the second straight year. Since mid-October, the Heels have lost to Virginia, Georgia Tech and Clemson. A wild double-overtime win over Duke that saw the Tar Heels defense get gashed during a Blue Devils rally in the second half was the only win over a Power

Statistical hodgepodge Here are a few stats that might surprise even those who have watched Carolina all season (entering Monday’s games): Slavin leads the team with 46 shots and is on pace for 222 — 57 more than his career high. … The Hurricanes have been outscored in the first period (22-14) and second (1714) but have outpaced opponents 24-15 in third periods and 3-0 in overtime. … Carolina is 4-00 when leading after one or two periods, and the Hurricanes are 5-5-0 when trailing after a period and 3-6-0 when trailing after 40 minutes. … The Hurricanes rank 31st in hits with 219, ahead of only Dallas (201).

every fall sportsmen pursue wild turkeys and white-tailed deer with firearms and archery.

Last year, South Carolina opened limited hunting on public lands on Sundays, and the year before that Virginia made a similar move.

A few years prior North Carolina began to allow Sunday hunting on some 75% of its pub-

Clemson a week after imploding against Duke.

“We played good defense for six weeks and then we haven’t,” said UNC coach Mack Brown.

“I think we’ve gotten tired some.

Tonight we were up and down defensively, but we were more inconsistent on offense. Our offense usually runs up and down the field. Tonight, we didn’t.”

Now, the Heels will try to turn

things around against a State team that has beaten them two years in a row and is on a roll.

Oh, and the Pack is also a game ahead of Carolina in the ACC standings, sitting in third place at 5-2.

“I told them, ‘Got a rival game next week. Put this one behind you, try to learn from it. As coaches, we’ll figure out what we could have done better. You look

at your part, be critical. Be careful on the way home, sleep tonight, and let’s get ready to start over tomorrow,’” Brown said.

Doeren seems to be relishing the game a bit more than his counterpart in blue.

“It’s going to be a fun rivalry week,” he said. “You got two good football teams with the same record (8-3 overall) coming in, so it’ll be a lot of fun.”

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Jared Bornstein aims his rifle while deer hunting this month in Turner, Maine.

Five team the Heels have managed since Oct. 14. It’s the second straight year the Heels have seen a late collapse. UNC lost four straight after starting the year 9-1 last season.

Drake Maye struggled against Clemson’s defense on Saturday, and, despite rushing for 178 yards, Omarion Hampton fumbled twice at the goal line.

The defense struggled to stop

Carolina’s penalty kill was dreadful to start the season, allowing 10 power play goals in the first seven games. It’s settled into its normal groove since, killing off 24 of 26 (92.3%) since. That stretch has the Hurricanes back in the top half of the league and closing in on 80%.

Carolina has also had success on the power play, converting 24.6% of its opportunities. The Hurricanes have scored with the man advantage in 12 of 17 games.

Eight different players have a power play goal — led by Seth Jarvis’ five — and five more have registered at least one point with an opponent in the box.

lic hunting land, according to the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation. Laws were also loosened in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware in the past five years.

Maine’s ongoing court case, which could legalize Sunday hunting, concerns a couple who filed a lawsuit stating the “right to food” amendment in the state’s Constitution, the first of its kind in the U.S., should allow them to hunt on any day of the week. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has heard arguments in the case, but it’s unclear when it will rule, said Andy Schmidt, an attorney for the couple. The state first banned Sunday hunting in 1883.

In Massachusetts, where some sources date the ban all the way

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citizens can engage in on a day governments once dedicated to prayer.

Jared Bornstein, executive director of Maine Hunters United for Sunday Hunting, said allowing seven-day-a-week hunting would give people the opportunity to harvest their own food in a state with many poor, rural communities that cannot afford soaring grocery costs.

“I’m not saying that Sunday hunting is going to save the world economically, but I’m saying for a group of people, there’s more of an objective benefit to it,” Bornstein said. “It’s a generation’s last vestigial attempt to control the working class.”

The states that still have full or partial bans on Sunday hunting are all on the East Coast, where

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back to the Puritan era, a campaign to repeal it made progress before stalling in the state Legislature in 2014. Some are continuing to try to strike the law, which is “discriminating against hunters,” said John Kellstrand, president of the Mass Sportsmen’s Council. A new proposal to authorize Sunday hunting via bow and arrows was introduced earlier this year.

The efforts to roll back Sunday hunting up and down the East Coast face opposition from a broad range of interest groups, including animal protection advocates, state wildlife management authorities and private landowners.

Maine Woodland Owners, a group representing rural landowners in the most forested state in the country, sees the Sunday hunting ban as critical to keeping private lands open for hunting access on the other days of the week, Executive Director Tom Doak said.

“We’re not asking for money.

We’re not saying pay us. We’re not asking for anything but to be left alone one day a week,” Doak said. “They will close their lands.

They absolutely will do that.”

Sportsmen’s groups, including the National Rifle Association and Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, have long lobbied to overturn Sunday hunting restrictions, and have had much success over the past 30 years. In that time, states including New York, Ohio and Connecticut have loosened Sunday hunting laws.

Lifting bans has created hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in economic activity, said Fred Bird, assistant manager for the northeastern states for the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation. Getting rid of what’s left of these laws would remove “a regulation that has no basis in wildlife management,” Bird said.

“Simply put, if hunters do not have available days to go afield, they must decide whether their time, energy and financial resources should continue to be allocated to a pursuit they are unable to fully participate in,” he said.

North Carolina allowed Sunday hunting on most public lands in 2021

PORTLAND, Maine — Some states are steadily chipping away at longstanding bans on Sunday hunting, and there’s a push to overturn the laws in Maine and Massachusetts, the final two states with full bans.

Maine’s highest court is considering a lawsuit asking whether the state’s 19th-century law, which prevents hunting big game animals such as deer, moose and turkeys on Sundays, is still necessary. In Massachusetts, where hunters are also lobbying for Sunday hunting rights, there is a renewed effort to change state laws forbidding the practice.

Forty states have no prohibitions on hunting on Sundays.

The bans stem from so-called “blue laws” that also regulate which businesses can remain open and where alcohol can be sold on Sundays.

Animal welfare groups, conservation organizations and others are rallying to defend the prohibitions, but the end of the laws might be in sight. Other states such as North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina have in recent years rolled back what remains of their own limitations on the Sunday hunt.

Residents of states where hunting is part of the culture are divided on the subject. Some hunters argue the laws protect private landowner rights, while others say the rules take away hunting opportunities — or are just plain silly.

Sportsmen who oppose the laws see them as a vestige of the blue laws dating to the 17th century and limiting what activities

readiness — or in case the injury-prone Raanta goes on the shelf again.

“It’s a generation’s last vestigial attempt to control the working class.”

Tom Doak, Maine Woodland Owners

North State Journal for Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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TAKE NOTICE

CUMBERLAND

NEW HANOVER

NEW HANOVER

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE FILE NO: 2023 E 001702 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Theo Melvin Brown, late of Cumberland County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Anthony Brown, 1702 Gilmore St. Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301, named Executor of the Estate of Theo Melvin Brown, or to both the probate court and the named Executor within 90 days after the date of publication of this notice, on or before February 16, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 15th day of November 2023.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK FILE # 23 E 1486 Having qualified as EXECUTRIX of the Estate of Joan Murphy Vayo, deceased, the undersigned does hereby give notice to all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the said Estate to present them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 14th day of February, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the deceased or said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This, the 8th day of November, 2023.

Anthony Brown, Executor of the Estate of Theo Melvin Brown 1702 GILMORE ST. FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28301 803-463-7717

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 23E1603 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Verne Wayne Blalock, Jr., deceased, late of New Hanover, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Verne Wayne Blalock, Jr. to present them to the undersigned on or before the 20th day of February, 2024 or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment.

This the 22nd day of November, 2023.

V W Blalock, III, Executor PO Box 4723 Wilmington NC 28406

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Alison Woodruff Bewley (23E005424-910), late of Wake County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 11th day of February 2024 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Publication dates 11/22/2023 11/29/2023 12/6/2023 12/23/2023

Ann Vayo Geraci, Executrix of the Estate of Joan Murphy Vayo c/o PAUL A. NEWTON, ATTORNEY P.O. Box 1807 Wilmington, North Carolina 28402 910-769-2896

RANDOLPH NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Ronald Eugene McKay, late of Cumberland County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at 2517 Raeford Road, Fayetteville, NC 28305, on or before February 15, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Dated this 15th day of November 2023.

Edward Sullins, Jr., Executor of the Estate of Ronald Eugene McKay NICOLE A. CORLEY MURRAY, CRAVEN & CORLEY, L.L.P. N.C. BAR NO. 56459 2517 RAEFORD ROAD FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28305 – 3007 (910) 483 – 4990 COUNSEL FOR EXECUTOR

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

NORTH CAROLINA RANDOLPH COUNTY

FILE # 23 E 1472 Having qualified as EXECUTRIX of the Estate of Robert Leodore Hamel, deceased, the undersigned does hereby give notice to all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the said Estate to present them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 7th day of February, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the deceased or said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This, the 1st day of November, 2023.

Martha Lynn Hamel, Executrix of the Estate of Robert Leodore Hamel c/o PAUL A. NEWTON, ATTORNEY P.O. Box 1807 Wilmington, North Carolina 28402 910-769-2896

NEW HANOVER NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK FILE # 23 E 1413 Having qualified as EXECUTOR of the Estate of Ian R. Moseley, deceased, the undersigned does hereby give notice to all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the said Estate to present them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 7th day of February, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the deceased or said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Emily Beth Bewley Melton Executor of the Estate of Alison Woodruff Bewley c/o Lisa M. Schreiner Attorney at Law P.O. Box 446 114 Raleigh Street Fuquay Varina, NC 27526

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Lura Jane Stoner, late of Wake County, North Carolina (23E005266-910), the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 25th day of February 2024 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 22nd day of November 2023.

The undersigned, Andrew W Davis, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Eddie W Davis, deceased, late of RANDOLPH County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the date of January 31, 2024, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery.

All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 27th Days of October, 2023.

Andrew W Davis Title: Executor 200-J Worth Street Asheboro, NC 27203 Run Dates: 11/01/2023, 11/08/2022, 11/15/2023, 11/22/2023.

Terry A. Stoner Executor of the Estate of Lura Jane Stoner c/o Lisa M. Schreiner Attorney at Law P.O. Box 446 114 Raleigh Street Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 (For publication: 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13/2023)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

NOTICE TO CREDITORS File Number 23 CR 612

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK

This the 8th day of November 2023.

(For publication: 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 11/29/2023)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ESTATE FILE NO. 23-E-1841

WAKE

Having qualified as the Administrator on the estate of Alouise L. Fenstermacher, deceased 14-Sept-2023, late of New Hanover County, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at 503 S. Dixon Ave, Cary, NC 27511 on or before 14-Feb-2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

This, the 15th day of November 2023.

Dale Edward Fenstermacher (aka Ted Fenstermacher) Executor of the estate of Alouise L. Fenstermacher 503 S. Dixon Ave Cary, NC 27511

Having qualified as executor on the estate of Hazel Marie Metz, deceased, late of Randolph County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at 4546 Riveroaks Drive, Randleman, NC 27317, on or before February 10, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This 8th day of November, 2023.

Denise M. Saunders Executor of the Estate of Hazel Marie Metz

Run dates: 11/15/2023, 11/22/2023, 11/29/2023, 12/6/2023.

This, the 1st day of November, 2023.

Justin Smith, Executor of the Estate of Ian R. Moseley c/o PAUL A. NEWTON, ATTORNEY P.O. Box 1807 Wilmington, North Carolina 28402 910-769-2896

CABARRUS IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CABARRUS COUNTY 23sp520 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MELVIN W. MILLER AND MISHA N. MILLER DATED APRIL 27, 2004 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5318 AT PAGE 317 IN THE CABARRUS 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY 23 SP 466 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Pam Lyne and Kenneth Lyne, in the original amount of $225,000.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as nominee for Guaranteed Rate, Inc. , dated March 7, 2008 and recorded on March 10, 2008 in Book 8108, Page 76, modified by Loan Modification recorded on February 6, 2014 in Book 10855, Page 0334, Cabarrus County Registry.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute

CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 23sp1019 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MICHAEL DUTILL, JR. DATED AUGUST 19, 2013 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 9273 AT PAGE 467 IN THE CUMBERLAND 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

23 SP 538 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Samantha McKnight to Hutchens, Senter, Kellam & Pettit, P.A. dba Hutchens Law Firm, Trustee(s), which was dated March 24, 2022 and recorded on May 2, 2022 in Book 11461 at Page 0473, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 29, 2023 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest

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 Cabarrus County courthouse at 10:00AM on November 29, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Melvin W. Miller and Misha N. Miller, dated April 27, 2004 to secure the original principal amount of $125,519.00, and recorded in Book 5318 at Page 317 of the Cabarrus County Public Registry.

The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 5 0 1 Delco St, Kannapolis, NC 28081 Tax Parcel ID: 0 4 062A-0012.00

Present Record Owners: Melvin William Miller and Misha Nadine Miller The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Melvin William Miller and Misha Nadine Miller.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars

($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is November 10, 2023. _________ ________________ ____________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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 Posted: By:

Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door or other usual place of sale in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, at 1:00PM on November 28, 2023, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all that lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Concord, No. 3 Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina and more particularly described as Lot 84 as shown on that plat entitled “ Final Plat, Moss Creek Village, PH. 1A, Willow Glen at Moss Creek, Map 2” as recorded in Map Book 44, Page 14 in the Cabarrus County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 1282 Gambel Drive NW, Concord, NC 28027. Tax ID: 03-016A-0084.00 Third party purchasers must pay the recording costs of the trustee’s deed, any land transfer taxes, the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or

fractional part thereof with a maximum amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owners of the property are Pam Lyne and Kenneth Lyne.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in

possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

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

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 Cumberland County courthouse at 11:00AM on December 4, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Michael Dutill, Jr., dated August 19, 2013 to secure the original principal amount of $115,174.00, and recorded in Book 9273 at Page 467 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 5 2 4 9 Sundown Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28303 Tax Parcel ID: 0408-74-7370

Present Record Owners: Michael D. Dutill, Jr. The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Michael D. Dutill, Jr. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 resale. 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is November 14, 2023. _________ ________________ ____________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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 Posted: By:

bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA:

ASSESSMENTS NOT YET DUE AND PAYABLE. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1296 N Forest Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28303.

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

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

exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Samantha McKnight.

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

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

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 File No.: 23-07617-FC01

BEING ALL OF LOT NO. 93 IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS “KAREN LAKE TOWNHOMES, PHASE 5”, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF THE SAME DULY RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 66, PAGE 47 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA REGISTRY. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED

BY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 08697, PAGE 0356 OF THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA RECORDS. SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESERVATIONS, LEASES AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, ALL LEGAL HIGHWAYS, ALL RIGHTS OF WAY, ALL ZONING, BUILDING AND OTHER LAWS, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS, ALL RIGHTS OF TENANTS IN POSSESSION, AND ALL REAL ESTATE TAXES AND

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

Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is

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Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: _____________________________________ ___ David W. Neill, Bar #23396 Brian L. Campbell, Bar #27739 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) dneill@mtglaw.com bcampbell@mtglaw.com

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CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 22SP219 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY EDNA S. CUMMINGS AND KAREL A. CUMMINGS, SR. DATED DECEMBER 23, 2011 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 8798 AT PAGE 242 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 23sp554 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY VINCENT BUFANO AND BETTY H. BUFANO DATED JANUARY 25, 2008 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7798 AT PAGE 136 IN THE CUMBERLAND 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY 23 SP 925 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Ciji Arriane Patterson, in the original amount of $143,944.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Cornerstone Home Lending, Inc., dated May 19, 2020 and recorded on May 19, 2020 in Book 10768, Page 0558, Cumberland County Registry.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY 23 SP 890 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Douglas Luke Maloley and Vira Joyce Spellman, in the original amount of $148,854.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as nominee for Cornerstone Home Lending, a division of Cornerstone Capital Bank, SSB., dated January 31, 2023 and recorded on February 2, 2023 in Book 11664, Page 0223, Cumberland County Registry.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door or other usual place of sale in Cumberland County, North Carolina, at 1:30PM on November 29, 2023, and

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 23sp1013 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY RICHARD RIVERAL SALINAS AND MARILYN RIIVERA DATED JULY 6, 2012 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 8946 AT PAGE 375 IN THE CUMBERLAND 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,

22 SP 829 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Elizabeth Ann Sosniak to Kathryn Richards & Jerry B. Flowers III, Trustee(s), which was dated February 1, 2013 and recorded on February 1, 2013 in Book 09102 at Page 0449, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

22 SP 1019 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Eddie G. Burgess to Hutchens, Senter, Kellam & Pettit, PA, dba Hutchens Law Firm, Trustee(s), which was dated November 15, 2017 and recorded on November 16, 2017 in Book 10205 at Page 0410, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 23SP1055 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY EDDIE RAY TEW AND JANINE MARIE P TEW DATED DECEMBER 28, 2001 RECORDED IN BOOK 5647 AT PAGE 490 IN THE CUMBERLAND 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

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.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice

of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law.

sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Cumberland County courthouse at 10:00AM on November 27, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Vincent Bufano and Betty H. Bufano, dated January 25, 2008 to secure the original principal amount of $82,000.00, and recorded in Book 7798 at Page 136 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 1 0 2 0 Miller Ave, Fayetteville, NC 28304 Tax Parcel ID: 0416-662667 Present Record Owners: T h e

Heirs of Betty H. Bufano The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Heirs of Betty H. Bufano.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the

amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is November 7, 2023. _________ ____________________________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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 Posted: By:

will offer for sale at the courthouse door or other usual place of sale in Cumberland County, North Carolina, at 1:30PM on November 29, 2023, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Lot 93, in a subdivision known as Village Hills, Section One, and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 49, Page 26, in the Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 7004 Bostic Court, Fayetteville, NC 28314. Tax ID: 9487-02-0103 Third party purchasers must pay the recording costs of the trustee’s deed, any land transfer taxes, the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof with a maximum amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). A deposit of

five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner of the property is Ciji Patterson.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in

possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

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

will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Beginning at a new P.K. nail in the center of State Road No. 2000 (Sapona Road), said new P.K. nail being South 61 degrees 48 minutes 29 seconds East 608.85 feet from an existing P.K nail at the intersection of the centerline of said State Road No. 2000 and L.A. Dunham Road, and running thence South 33 degrees 34 minutes West 30.02 feet to an existing iron stake in the Southern right-of-way margin of said State Road No. 2000; thence South 33 degrees 34 minutes West 190.45 feet to an existing iron stake in the center of a ditch; thence South 58 degrees 28 minutes East 200.54 feet to an existing iron stake; thence North 33 degrees 34 minutes East 190.45 feet to a new iron stake in the said Southern right-of-way margin of State Road No. 2000; thence North 33 degrees 34 minutes East 30.02 feet to a new P.K. nail in the said center of State Road No. 2000; thence with said center of State Road No. 2000 North 58 degrees 28 minutes West 200.54 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 1.01 acres more or less and being the property described in Deed Book 2351, Page 63 as recorded in the Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 2870 Sunnyside School

Road, Fayetteville, NC 28312. Tax ID: 0456-24-4882 Third party purchasers must pay the recording costs of the trustee’s deed, any land transfer taxes, the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof with a maximum amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of

record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owners of the property are Douglas Luke Maloley and Vira Joyce Spellman.

the undersigned will expose for sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Cumberland County courthouse at 11:00AM on December 4, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Richard Riveral Salinas and Marilyn Riivera, dated July 6, 2012 to secure the original principal amount of $82,200.00, and recorded in Book 8946 at Page 375 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 4 5 1 2 Plainview Crt, Fayetteville, NC 28304 Tax Parcel ID: 0416-41-4575 Present Record Owners: Richard

Rivera Salinas The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Richard Rivera Salinas.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid

or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 resale. 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is November 14, 2023. _________ ____________________________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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 Posted: By:

courthouse for conducting the sale on November 29, 2023 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: Beginning at a stake in the northeastern margin of Newport Road South 38 degrees 40 minutes East 225 feet from the point of curvature as said margin curves to intersect the southeastern margin of Moriston Road and running thence with the dividing line between Lots 237 and 236 North 51 degrees 20 minutes East 150 feet to a stake; thence South 38 degrees 40 minutes East 80 feet to a stake; thence with the dividing line between Lots 235 and 236 South 51 degrees 20 minutes West 150 feet to a stake in the northeastern margin of Newport Road; ‘thence with said margin North 38 degrees 40 minutes West 80 feet to the point of beginning, and being all of Lot 236, Section IV of Montclair according to a plat of the same duly recorded in the Cumberland County Registry in Book of Plats 26, Page 48.

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

Said property is commonly known as 733 Newport Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28314.

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

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

deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are ALL LAWFUL HEIRS OF ELIZABETH ANN SOSNIAK. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under

the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 File No.: 22-12255-FC01

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 29, 2023 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 67, in a subdivision known as Green Valley Estates, Section Two, Part Two, and the same being duly recorded in Plat Book 40, Page 37, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1563 Boros Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28303.

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

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately

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

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

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

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

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 File No.: 22-04576-FC01

agreements therein contained 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 Cumberland County courthouse at 1:30 PM on December 6, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Eddie Ray Tew; Janine Marie P Tew, dated December 28, 2001 to secure the original principal amount of $136,000.00, and recorded in Book 5647 at Page 490 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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.

Tax Parcel ID: 0591-22-4566

and assessments including any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. 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 resale. 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.

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 effective date of the termination.

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 Cumberland County courthouse at 11:00AM on November 29, 2023 the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Address of property: 318 Nugget Court, Fayetteville, NC 28311 Tax Parcel ID: 0520-61-4124 Present Record Owners: The Heirs of Edna S. Cummings and Karel A. Cummings, Sr.

Address of property: Smithfield Road, Wade, NC 28395

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The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Eddie Ray Tew. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in 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 written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that

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

Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the

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

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

Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS residing at the property: be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be

the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is September 25, 2023 Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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 00-22241

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Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: _____________________________________ ___ David W. Neill, Bar #23396 Brian L. Campbell, Bar #27739 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) dneill@mtglaw.com bcampbell@mtglaw.com

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

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: _____________________________________ ___ David W. Neill, Bar #23396 Brian L. Campbell, Bar #27739 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) dneill@mtglaw.com bcampbell@mtglaw.com

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The date of this Notice is 6th day of November, 2023.

Grady I. Ingle, Attorney for Substitute Trustee Ingle Law Firm, PA 13801 Reese Blvd West Suite 160 Huntersville, NC 28078 (980) 771-0717 Ingle Case Number: 21653-33547

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TAKE NOTICE

CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 23sp995 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ZACHARY L. JOHNSON DATED DECEMBER 20, 2017 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 10226 AT PAGE 132 IN THE CUMBERLAND 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Publication 2023 and

Dates: November November 29,

22, 2023

Estate of Zachary L. Johnson The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate of Zachary L. Johnson.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00),

whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 resale. 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is November 7, 2023. _________ ____________________________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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.

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BEING all of Unit 11, Bldg. No 3, in a subdivision known as King’s Grant Condominiums, Phase IV, and the same being duly recorded in Condo Book 5, Page 45, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated

below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This the 6th day of November, 2023.

the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or CORA, Inc. make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void

and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated

below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This the 6th day of November, 2023.

amounts are immediately due and owing.

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

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

purchaser will have no further remedy.

Parcel Identification No. 0530-55-0827

23 SP 836 Under and by virtue of power of sale granted to Petitioner pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-3-116 under a Claim of Lien filed on May 12, 2023 in Cumberland County File Number 23 M 454 (the “Lien”) against Sol Sim (“Respondent”), by KGC Homeowners, Inc. As the beneficiary of the Claim of Lien and pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-3-116, KCG Homeowners, Inc. seeks to foreclose the Lien, which evidences a valid debt.

Respondent defaulted on the payment of the debt represented by the Claim of Lien. The undersigned will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on December 4, 2023 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Publication 2023 and

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 Cumberland County courthouse at 10:00AM on November 27, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Zachary L. Johnson, dated December 20, 2017 to secure the original principal amount of $121,300.00, and recorded in Book 10226 at Page 132 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 4 4 3 0 Trimble Ln, Fayetteville, NC 28312 Tax Parcel ID: 0475-25-1435 Present Record Owners: T h e

Dates: November November 29,

22, 2023

23 SP 834 Under and by virtue of power of sale granted to Petitioner pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-3-116 under a Claim of Lien filed on May 12, 2023 in Cumberland County File Number 23 M 452 (the “Lien”) against Rodney Harrington and Tina Harrington (“Respondents”), by KGC Homeowners, Inc. As the beneficiary of the Claim of Lien and pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-3-116, KCG Homeowners, Inc. seeks to foreclose the Lien, which evidences a valid debt. Respondent defaulted on the payment of the debt represented by the Claim of Lien. The undersigned will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on December 4, 2023 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Unit 2, Building 7, Phase XIV, King’s Grant Condominiums, as recorded in

DAVIDSON 23 SP 499 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Anna Marie McGilvery to Hugh M. Queener, Trustee(s), which was dated October 17, 2018 and recorded on October 17, 2018 in Book 2334 at Page 1438 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on November 2, 2018 in Book 2336, Page 1513, Davidson County Registry, North Carolina.

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

23 SP 515 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dalton A. Yates to Cynthia Porterfield, Trustee(s), which was dated August 10, 2018 and recorded on August 10, 2018 in Book 2326 at Page 23, Davidson County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2023 at 11:00 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson

22 SP 454 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael S. Tetter and Cynthia G. Tetter to Richard Pearman Jr, Trustee(s), which was dated June 23, 2005 and recorded on June 23, 2005 in Book 1621 at Page 0624, Davidson County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2023 at 11:00 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at a point lying in the north line of the property conveyed to Mrs. Melvin Essick in Book 132, Page 510, and Book 222, Page 406, Davidson County Registry, said point lying North 89° 49’ 14” West 367.86 feet from an existing iron

Property Address: 330-11 Bubble Creek Court, Fayetteville, NC 28311 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or CORA, Inc. make any representation or warranty relating to the title

Condominium Book 5, Page 150, Cumberland County Registry with the ownership interests, privileges, appurtenances, conditions and restrictions contained and described in the declaration of King’s Grant Condominiums recorded in Book 4468, Page 271, and amended in Book 5329, Page 95, Cumberland County Registry, including the unit located thereon; said property being located at 372 Bubblecreek Court, Unit 2, Building 7, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311.

Parcel Identification No. 0530-45-9166-009 Property Address: 372 Bubble Creek Ct Unit 2, Fayetteville, NC 28311 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor

Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2023 at 11:00 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit:

Said property is commonly known as 6006 Old Park Lane, High Point, NC 27265.

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

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

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

County, North Carolina, to wit:

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

Being all of Lot 25B of Crosswinds Townhomes at Laurel Oak Ranch as recorded in Plat Book 39, Page 36 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Davidson County, North Carolina.

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

BEING LOT NO. 8, SECTION TWO OF HADEN GROVE, A MAP OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 16, PAGE 135, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 192 Trading Ford Way, Linwood, NC 27299.

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

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer

pipe, said pipe marking the northeast corner of the Essick property; running thence with the north line of the Essick property North 89° 49’ 14” West 348.91 feet to a point; running thence along a new line North 00° 00’ East 130.35 feet to a point lying in the south line of the property conveyed to David C. Cope in Book 585, Page 957, Davidson County Registry; running thence with the south line of the Cope property South 89° 37’ 47” East 348.97 feet to a point; running thence along a new line South 00° 00’ West 129.19 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 1.039 acres and being designated as tract 2, according to a survey for Mack Brown

by Philip T. Hedrick, dated April 22, 1996.

TOGETHER WITH a 30 foot easement for ingress, egress, and regress and for utilities, with full right of maintenance, over the northern edge of tract 3 of the above referenced survey, said easement being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an existing iron pipe lying within NC Highway 150, said pipe marking the southeast corner of the above described David Cope property, and running thence with the south line of the Cope property North 89° 37’ 47” West 359.47 feet to a point, the northeast corner of the hereinabove described tract 2; running thence South 00° 00’ West 30 feet, more or less, to a point; running thence South 89° 37’ 47’’ East 359.47 feet, more or less, to a point lying within NC Highway 150, said point lying in the east line of tract 3 of the above referenced survey; running thence with the east line of tract 3 North 13° 50’ 16” West 30 feet, more or less, to the point and place of BEGINNING.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in

Subject to that easement for access and utilities as described in Book 990, Page 1286, Davidson County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1915 N NC HWY 150, Lexington, NC 27295.

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

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

23-116846

BY: Hannah Hein Attorney Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. Hutchens Law Firm

for

BY: Hannah Hein Attorney Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. Hutchens Law Firm

for

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 File No.: 23-24574-FC01

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

Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The

the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 File No.: 23-14016-FC01

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

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

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

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

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

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 File No.: 21-00069-FC01

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DAVIDSON 23 SP 498 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joseph John Kaper and Ellen Hughes Kaper to WFG National Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated September 25, 2020 and recorded on September 30, 2020 in Book DE 2432 at Page 884, Davidson County Registry, North Carolina.

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

23 SP 411 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jeannie Huffham a/k/a Jean Grumm Huffham and Thomas H. Huffham Sr. a/k/a Thomas A. Huffham Sr. to Heather Lovier, Trustee(s), which was dated December 22, 2021 and recorded on December 29, 2021 in Book DE 2523 at Page 395, Davidson County Registry, North Carolina.

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

23 SP 494 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Tonya M. Parker to Biesecker, Tripp, Sink & Fritts, LLP,, Trustee(s), which was dated November 29, 2017 and recorded on November 29, 2017 in Book 2294 at Page 1873 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on October 20, 2023 in Book 2622, Page 2303, Davidson County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 27, 2023 at 11:00 AM, and will

DURHAM 23 SP 132 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DURHAM COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dannie W Buchanan and Deborah B Buchanan to First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated November 9, 2005 and recorded on November 14, 2005 in Book 5018 at Page 807, Durham County Registry, North Carolina.

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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION DURHAM COUNTY 19sp857 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY DUNCAN C. BROOK DATED MAY 28, 2010 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 6486 AT PAGE 567 IN THE DURHAM 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,

23 SP 12 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DURHAM COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Linda C. Kelly to Spruillco, LTD., Trustee(s), which was dated March 26, 1999 and recorded on April 1, 1999 in Book 2624 at Page 708, Durham County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 30, 2023 at 11:30 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property

FORSYTH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 23 SP 723 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Murrieta Cipriano (Deceased) and Florentine Murrieta (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Cipriano Murrieta and Florentine Murrieta, Heirs of Cipriano Murrieta: Kemberly Murrieta) to Stuart Clarke at Thorpe & Clark, Trustee(s), dated August 29, 2003, and recorded in Book No. 2396, at Page 1653 in Forsyth County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Forsyth County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said

Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 27, 2023 at 11:00 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING known and designated as Lot Number 222 as shown on the Final Plat for Friedberg Village, Phase 1, Building 80, as recorded in Plat Book 60, Page 65, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Davidson County, North Carolina reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 601 Friedberg Village Dr, Winston Salem, NC 27127.

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

time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

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

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

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

Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the

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

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the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 27, 2023 at 11:00 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit: Land situated in the Township of Lexington in the County of Davidson in the State of NC BEING LOT NO. 121 OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS SECTION ONE OF WOODCREST, AS SHOWN ON A MAP OF SAME RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 7, PAGE 78, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 121 Willowbrook Cir, Lexington, NC 27295.

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

amounts are immediately due and owing.

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

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

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

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

Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in

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

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sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at an iron stake on the East right of way of Idlewild Drive, 2.55 feet South of the original corner of Lots 10 and 11, now or formerly, corner to Western Heights Development Corporation; thence with their new line South 88° 15’ East 166.45 feet to an iron stake, common corner of Lots 10 and 11 on line of Lot 8; running thence with the rear line of Lot 11, South 20° 45’ West 74.6 feet to an iron stake, common corner of Lots 8, 11, 12, 13 and 14; running thence North 69° 15’ West 40.0 feet to an iron stake; thence South 73° 20’ West 106.77 feet to an iron stake on the East right of way of Idlewild Drive; thence with the right of way of Idlewild Drive as it curves a chord bearing and distance of North 0° 02’ East 91.2 feet to the point of beginning, containing 10,960 square feet and being the greater portion of Lot 11, Block L and a small portion of Lot 12, Block L, as shown by map of Western Heights Development Corporation, Section 5, Berrier Property, being duly recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 15, Register of Deeds Office for Davidson County, North Carolina.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release

or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 315 Idlewild Drive, Lexington, NC 27295.

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

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

M. Parker.

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

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

Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale

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

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of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 7, 2023 at 11:30 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Durham County, North Carolina, to wit:

particular description of the same.

taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Estate of Dannie W. Buchanan.

effective date of the termination.

BEGINNING at a stake on the North side of Weyburn Road at the Southeast corner of Lot No. 18 as shown on the plat hereinafter referred to, thence along the North side of Weyburn Road South 85 deg. 40 mins. East 100 feet to a stake in the Southwest corner of Lot No. 16; thence along the West side of Lot No. 16 North 4 degs. 20 mins. East 201.97 feet to a stake; thence North 85 deg. 54 mins. West 100 feet to a stake in the Northeast corner of Lot No. 18; thence along the east side of Lot No. 18 South 4 degs. 20 mins. West 201.55 feet tp a place of the BEGINNING and being Lot No. 17, Section One, BONNY HILLS as per plat and survey by J. Watts Copley, R. L.S. dated November 18, 1963 (job 3058) as filed for record in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Durham County, North Carolina in Plat Book 47, at Page 60, to which plat reference is herewith made for a more

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

THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid

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

the undersigned will expose for sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Durham County courthouse at 11:00AM on November 29, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Durham County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Duncan C. Brook, dated May 28, 2010 to secure the original principal amount of $196,848.00, and recorded in Book 6486 at Page 567 of the Durham County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 3 0 0 9 Glendale Ave, Durham, NC 27704 Tax Parcel ID: 106821 Present Record Owners: Duncan

C. Brook The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Duncan C. Brook.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is September 26, 2023. _________ ____________________________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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.

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easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record.

To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Linda C. Kelly.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

situated in Durham County, North Carolina, to wit: Situated on the south side of East Trinity Avenue, BEGINNING at an iron stake set in the South Rlght-of-way line of East Trinity Avenue, which beginning point is located by measuring from the intersection of the South Right-of-way line of East Trinity Avenue and the West Right-of-Way line of North Roxboro Street North 86 degs. 32’ 43” West 56.1 feet, running thence from the beginning point South 15 degs. 12’ 51” West 133.84 feet to an iron stake; running thence North 75 degs. 57’ 13” West 57 feet to an iron stake; running thence North 14 degs. 13’ East 122.73 feet to an iron stake set in the South Right-of-Way line of East Trinity Avenue; running thence with the South Right-of-Way line of East Trinity Avenue South 86 degrees 32’ 43” East 60.39 feet to the point of BEGINNING, all as shown on a survey entitled “Property of Virginia E. Thomas and William H. Phillips”, by Freehold Land Surveys, Incorporated, dated August 10, 1983, and as shown on a plat entitled “Survey for T. W. Repairs, Inc.”, by George C. Love dated August 12, 1974, which is recorded in Plat Book 82, Page 49, Durham County Registry, to which surveys reference is made for further descriptions.

indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on December 6, 2023 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Winston Salem in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being known and designated as Lot No. 117 as shown on the Map of ANDERLEIGH, as recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 77, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Forsyth County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3253 Konnoak Drive, Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Parcel ID Number: 1940 117 Which currently has the address of 3253 Konnoak Dr. Winston Salem, North Carolina 27127 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion,

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

Said property is commonly known as 3815 Weyburn Rd, Durham, NC 27704.

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

Said property is commonly known as 116 East Trinity Avenue, Durham, NC 27701-1943.

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

delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.

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

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

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

also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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the county in which the property is sold.

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

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TAKE NOTICE

FORSYTH AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 758 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made

by Valerie D. Triplett (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Valerie D. Triplett, Heirs of Valerie D. Triplett: Gabriel Gaines, Christopher Gaines a/k/a Chris Gaines) to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated May 27, 2005, and recorded in Book No. RE 2569, at Page 43 in Forsyth County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Forsyth County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having

JOHNSTON IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION JOHNSTON COUNTY 23SP001491-500 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY BRANDON TAYLOR DATED JANUARY 30, 2019 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5286 AT PAGE 690 IN THE JOHNSTON 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION JOHNSTON COUNTY 23SP001367-500 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ALPHONSO RENE SHIPMAN AND DARCIE LYNN BLALOCK DATED SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 6052 AT PAGE 48 IN THE JOHNSTON 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,

MOORE AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE FILE NUMBER: 23 SP 45 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust executed by TRACY L. BROWN AND KENYA L. BROWER payable to CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., lender, to J GOODMAN, Trustee, dated April 10, 2007, and recorded in Book 3209, Page 56 of the Moore County Public Registry by Goddard & Peterson, PLLC, Substitute Trustee, default having been made in the terms of agreement set forth by the loan agreement secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Goddard & Peterson, PLLC, having been substituted as Successor Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Official Records of Moore County, North Carolina, in Book 5958, Page 499, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Moore County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, on Friday, December 8, 2023 at 11:00am, and will sell to the

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION MOORE COUNTY 21SP129 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY BRENT L. CARPENTER AND LESLEY B. CARPENTER DATED AUGUST 4, 2008 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3452 AT PAGE 301 IN THE MOORE 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

NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION NEW HANOVER COUNTY 23sp152 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY TERESA B. BOWMAN AND LARRY W. BOWMAN, JR. DATED DECEMBER 22, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 4957 AT PAGE 1933 IN THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of

directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on November 29, 2023 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Winston Salem in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being known and designated as Lot No. 26, as shown on the plat of Pinebrook Manor, Section No. 1, as recorded in Plat Book 32, Page 124, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Forsyth County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

For further reference see Deed Book 1841, Page 4082, Forsyth County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5708 Haweswater Road, Winston Salem, North Carolina.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Johnston County courthouse at 11:00AM on November 28, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Johnston County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Brandon Taylor, dated January 30, 2019 to secure the original principal amount of $137,902.00, and recorded in Book 5286 at Page 690 of the Johnston County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 220 Zeb Ln, Benson, NC 27504 Tax Parcel ID:

07E07059W Present Record Owners: Brandon Taylor The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Brandon Taylor.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 resale. 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is November 8, 2023. _________ ________________ ____________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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.

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the undersigned will expose for sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Johnston County courthouse at 11:00AM on November 28, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Johnston County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Alphonso Rene Shipman and Darcie Lynn Blalock, dated September 17, 2021 to secure the original principal amount of $434,777.00, and recorded in Book 6052 at Page 48 of the Johnston County Public Registry.

The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 4 1 Hidden Grove Ct, Garner, NC 27529 Tax Parcel ID: 06E02144K Present Record Owners:

Alphonso Rene Shipman and Darcie Lynn Blalock The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/ are Alphonso Rene Shipman and Darcie Lynn Blalock.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 resale. 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is November 8, 2023. _________ ____________________________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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.

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highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Moore, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER(S): 20040012 ADDRESS: 225 ELMERS PL., EAGLE SPRINGS, NC 27242 PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): TRACY L. BROWN AND KENYA L. BROWER CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF , BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF TRACT 1 CONTAINING 1.02 ACRES AND ALL OF TRACT 2 CONTAINING 5.35 ACRES AS RECORDED IN PLAT CABINET 8, SLIDE 101 IN THE MOORE COUNTY REGISTRY, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP OR PLAT ENTITLED “SURVEY FOR TRACY BROWN” DATED AUGUST 15, 2000 AND DRAWN BY DAVID F. BLUE, PLSL3958, AND AS RECORDED IN PLAT CABINET 8, SLIDE 101, MOORE COUNTY REGISTRY, ALSO CONVEYED HEREWITH IS THAT CERTAIN EXISTING 30’ WIDE ACCESS EASEMENT AS SHOWN ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PLAT AND SHOWN IN PLAT CABINET 7, SLIDE 20.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the

court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

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

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

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

limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANK-RUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

will expose for sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Moore County courthouse at 12:00PM on November 30, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Moore County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Brent L. Carpenter and Lesley B. Carpenter, dated August 4, 2008 to secure the original principal amount of $337,162.00, and recorded in Book 3452 at Page 301 of the Moore County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 2 5 9 Longleaf Dr, West End, NC 27376 Tax Parcel ID: 00025719

Present Record Owners: Brent Carpenter The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Brent Carpenter.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is November 6, 2023. _________ ________________ ____________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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.

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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 New Hanover County courthouse at 11:00AM on November 30, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in New Hanover County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Teresa B. Bowman and Larry W. Bowman, Jr., dated December 22, 2005 to secure the original principal amount of $337,000.00, and recorded in Book 4957 at Page 1933 of the New Hanover County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 325 6th Ave S, Kure Beach, NC 28449 Tax Parcel ID: R09217-015-005-000 Present Record Owners: Larry W. Bowman, Jr. and Teresa B. Bowman The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Larry W. Bowman, Jr. and Teresa B. Bowman.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 resale. 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is October 4, 2023. _________ ________________ ____________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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.

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Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 3043 - 41059

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Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 110 Frederick St, Suite 200 Greenville, South Carolina 29607 Phone: (470) 321-7112, Ext. 204 Fax: 1-919-800-3528 RAS File Number: [22-057341]

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North State Journal for Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION NEW HANOVER COUNTY 21sp399 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ELIZABETH HELMS DATED MARCH 27, 2015 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5879 AT PAGE 371 IN THE NEW HANOVER 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

ONSLOW AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 316 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Steven James Johnson and Kim Sumpter Johnson (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Steven James Johnson and Kim Sumpter Johnson) to Mary A. McDuffie, Trustee(s), dated July 29, 2005, and recorded in Book No. 2494, at Page 247 in Onslow County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 23 SP 419 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made

by Jared Richard Smith (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Jared Richard Smith) to John B. Third, Trustee(s), dated November 18, 2022, and recorded in Book No. 5875, at Page 206 in Onslow County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure

RANDOLPH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 23 SP 284 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made

by Clifford E. Latham, II (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Clifford E. Latham, II, Heirs of Clifford E. Latham, II a/k/a Clifford Edward Latham, II: Michael Latham, Dakota Latham) to Jennifer Grant, Trustee(s), dated July 3, 2017, and recorded in Book No. 2553, at Page 323 in Randolph County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having

22 SP 184 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael G. Farlow and Priscilla Lynn Bittle a/k/a Priscilla Lynn Swing to Betty J. Gibson, Trustee(s), which was dated February 12, 2019 and recorded on February 12, 2019 in Book 2636 at Page 369, Randolph County Registry, North Carolina.

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

ROBESON IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ROBESON COUNTY 23sp308 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY RHONDA L. WILLIAMS AND CHARLES R. WILLIAMS DATED SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1489 AT PAGE 865 IN THE ROBESON 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ROBESON COUNTY 22sp69 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MICHAEL J HOFFMAN AND DARLENE HOFFMAN DATED JANUARY 26, 2000 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1096 AT PAGE 147 IN THE ROBESON 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

UNION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION UNION COUNTY 23sp579 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JENNA LEIGH CRUZ AND EDER CRUZ GUZMAN DATED FEBRUARY 12, 2016 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 06614 AT PAGE 0839 IN THE UNION 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

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 New Hanover County courthouse at 11:00AM on December 7, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in New Hanover County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Elizabeth Helms, dated March 27, 2015 to secure the original principal amount of $245,250.00, and recorded in Book 5879 at Page 371 of the New Hanover County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 1 0 1 3 Windgate Dr, Wilmington, NC 28412

Tax Parcel ID: R07913-013-001-000 Present Record Owners: Elizabeth Helms The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Elizabeth Helms.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is October 23, 2023. _________ ____________________________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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.

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said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on November 29, 2023 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Jacksonville in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 5, Section II, Acorn Forest Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Map Book 17, Page 59, Onslow County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 110 Laran Road, Jacksonville, North Carolina.

($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

Any person who occupies the

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

Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents

($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

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

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars

sales, at 10:00 AM on December 6, 2023 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Jacksonville in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 9, Block I, as shown on a map entitled “Brynn Marr Section II-B (Part I) recorded in Map Book 12, Page 67, Onslow County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 504 Oakwood Avenue, Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Subject to Restrictive Covenants recorded in Book 408, Page 218, Onslow County Registry.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant

to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered

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

Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on November 28, 2023 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Ramseur in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 30 of Reed Creek Farms Property, as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 79, Page 5, Randolph County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more definite description.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6050 Griffin Drive, Ramseur, North Carolina.

required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

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

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination.

Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

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purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.

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

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 5, 2023 at 01:00 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING Lot No. 20 of Worth Terrace, as shown on Plat to be found on record in Plat Book 1, Page 215, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina.

Said Lot No. 20 is located on the west side of Randolph Avenue, has a frontage of 60 feet of said Randolph Avenue, and extends back from said Avenue to a depth of 230 feet.

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

Said property is commonly known as 127 N Randolph Ave, Asheboro, NC 27203.

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

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

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 1264675 - 26425

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 15891 - 72634

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 12370 - 75900

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 File No.: 22-08795-FC01

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

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 Robeson County courthouse at 10:00AM on December 6, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Robeson County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Rhonda L. Williams and Charles R. Williams, dated September 13, 2005 to secure the original principal amount of $96,000.00, and recorded in Book 1489 at Page 865 of the Robeson County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 8868 NC

Hwy 20, Lumber Bridge, NC 28357 Tax Parcel ID: 09050200102A Present Record Owners: T h e Estate of Charles R. Williams The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate of Charles R. Williams.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is November 16, 2023. _____________________________________ 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.

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the holder of the secured debt, the undersigned will expose for sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Robeson County courthouse at 11:00AM on November 30, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Robeson County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Michael J Hoffman and Darlene Hoffman, dated January 26, 2000 to secure the original principal amount of $75,660.00, and recorded in Book 1096 at Page 147 of the Robeson County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 5 9 8 Southfork Dr, Parkton, NC 28371 Tax Parcel ID:

090101022 / 948392688900 Present Record Owners: Maresa Denee Moore The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Maresa Denee Moore.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is October 10, 2023. _____________________________________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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.

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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 Union County courthouse at 2:00PM on December 7, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Union County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Jenna Leigh Cruz and Eder Cruz Guzman, dated February 12, 2016 to secure the original principal amount of $178,900.00, and recorded in Book 06614 at Page 0839 of the Union County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 8 0 1 7

Pine Oak Road, Waxhaw, NC 28173 Tax Parcel ID: 06165040 Present Record Owners: Jenna Leigh Cruz and Eder Cruz Guzman The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Jenna Leigh Cruz and Eder Cruz Guzman.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is November 17, 2023. _____________________________________ 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.

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UNION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 23 SP 531 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Darlene Gallaway McCurdy (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Darlene Gallaway McCurdy) to Brock and Scott, Trustee(s), dated August 9, 2021, and recorded in Book No. 08213, at Page 0872 in Union County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 23 SP 512 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jackie E. Caldwell (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Jackie E. Caldwell, Heirs of Jackie E. Caldwell: Jacquelyn Caldwell a/k/a Bernadette Jacqueline Caldwell, Wanda White a/k/a Ann Wanda White, Robin Polk, Billy Caldwell, Vicky Dixon) to Hilton T. Hutchens, Jr. Esq., Trustee(s), dated August 4, 2022, and recorded in Book No. 08544, at Page 0365 in Union County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 23SP480 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF UNION NOTICE OF SALE IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MARK LEE BRYANT, III AND TABITHA YOUNG BRYANT DATED JULY 10, 2019 RECORDED IN BOOK 7414 AT PAGE 274 IN THE UNION COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION UNION COUNTY 22sp499 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ANNA C JOHNSON DATED JUNE 15, 2011 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5548 AT PAGE 810 IN THE UNION 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE FILE NUMBER: 23 SP 0405 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust executed by NICOLE KOTELES AND KEVIN M. KOTELES payable to WACHOVIA MORTGAGE CORPORATION, lender, to TRSTE, INC., Trustee, dated November 30, 2007, and recorded in Book 04751, Page 0560 and further modified by Agreement recorded on August 16, 2018 in Book 07217, Page 0850 of the Union County Public Registry by Goddard & Peterson, PLLC, Substitute Trustee, default having been made in the terms of agreement set forth by the loan agreement secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Goddard & Peterson, PLLC, having been substituted as Successor Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Official Records of Union County, North Carolina, in Book 08740, Page 0215, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:00pm, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

WAKE 23SP001498-910 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by William Dana Young aka William Young to Louis E. Wooten, III, Trustee(s), which was dated November 3, 2017 and recorded on November 13, 2017 in Book 16965 at Page 429, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 23SP001666-910 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Anna Laura Reed (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Anna Laura Reed) to Jennifer Grant, Trustee(s), dated January 28, 2014, and recorded in Book No. 15568, at Page 164 in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure

sales, at 1:00 PM on November 30, 2023 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Monroe in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron stake on the southern edge of Leewood Drive, the NE corner of Dr. F.B. Lee’s Lot No. 1 (now or formerly) and running thence with the edge of said Leewood Drive S 76-15 E 155 feet to an iron stake, the northwesterly corner of Emmett Lee’s Lot No. 3 (now or formerly); thence with the westerly line of Lot No. 3, S 5-30 W 190.1 feet to an iron stake, the SW corner of Lot No. 3; thence N. 85-10 W 160 feet to an iron stake, the SE corner of Dr. F.B. Lee’s Lot No. 1 (now or formerly); thence with the easterly line of Lot No. 1, N 7-15 E 214.5 feet to the point of beginning, and being all of Lot No. 2 of Club Acres (same is shown on Plat thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet 5, at Page 15 in the Union County Public Registry, North Carolina).

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 805 Leewood Drive, Monroe, North Carolina.

Assessor’s Parcel No: 09159005 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S.

on November 30, 2023 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Monroe in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Monroe Township, Union County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron stake on the East Side of East Park Drive; Northeast corner of East Park Drive and Cherry Street intersection, and runs thence with East Park Drive, North 38 East 70 feet to an iron stake, Preslar’s corner; thence with his line South 52 East 209 feet to an iron stake in Sanders (formerly Tucker’s) line; thence with Sanders line South 38 West 70 feet to an iron stake in the North side of Cherry Street; thence with North Side of Cherry Street, North 52 West 209 feet to the BEGINNING. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 517 East Park Drive, Monroe, North Carolina.

County: Union Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S.

§45-21.23.

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

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

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of

§45-21.23.

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

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

Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

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

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

Any person who occupies the

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

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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. 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 effective date of the termination.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 16598 - 77351

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 16291 - 75318

and because of default in payment of the secured debt and failure to perform the agreements therein contained 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 Union County courthouse at 12:30 PM on November 28, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Union County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Mark Lee Bryant, III; Tabitha Young Bryant, dated July 10, 2019 to secure the original principal amount of $242,500.00, and recorded in Book 7414 at Page 274 of the Union County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 9509 Sweetbay Ct, Waxhaw, NC 28173 Tax Parcel ID: 05114287

for sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Union County courthouse at 11:00AM on November 30, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Union County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Anna C Johnson, dated June 15, 2011 to secure the original principal amount of $155,694.00, and recorded in Book 5548 at Page 810 of the Union County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 4006 Farm Pond Rd, Indian Trail, NC 28079 Tax Parcel ID: 7003116 Present Record Owners: Anna C. Johnson

The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Anna C. Johnson.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the

amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is October 17, 2023. _________ ____________________________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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 Posted: By:

PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER(S): 08075101 ADDRESS: 6024 BICKETT RIDGE DRIVE, MONROE, NC 28110 PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): NICOLE KOTELES AND KEVIN M. KOTELES THE LAND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS SITUATED IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF UNION, AND IS DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 04751, PAGE 0560 AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT NUMBER 19 OF BICKETT RIDGE SUBDIVISION, SECTION II, AS SHOWN ON THOSE PLATS RECORDED IN PLAT CABINET I, AT FILE NUMBERS 721, 722 AND 723, UNION COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS, TO WHICH PLATS REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. ALSO CONVEYED HEREWITH IS AN OFFSITE DRAINFIELD EASEMENT TO SERVE LOT 19 AND AN ELEVEN (11’) FOOT WIDE SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT ACROSS LOTS 20, 21 AND 22 OF BICKETT RIDGE SUBDIVISION TO SERVE THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LOT 19, ALL AS SHOWN ON THOSE PLATS RECORDED IN PLAT CABINET I, AT FILE NUMBERS 721, 722 AND 723, UNION COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS, TO WHICH PLATS REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S.

§45-21.23.

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

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

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

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

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

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

notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANK-RUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 6, 2023 at 10:00 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit:

sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

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

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Lot No. 226 of Willow Creek Subdivision containing 3.430 acres, according to plat recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, N. C., in Plat Book (or File) 13, page (or slide) 72.

This conveyance is made subject to Protective Covenants recorded in Book 4964, page 0022, and utility easements of record.

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

Said property is commonly known as 3172 Buckhorn Lane, Wake Forest, NC 27587.

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

sales, at 1:30 PM on November 27, 2023 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Raleigh in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in the City of Raleigh, Raleigh Township, WAKE County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: All of Lot 82 in Ramblewood Subdivision, as shown on the maps recorded in Book of Maps 2013, Pages 742-747, Wake County Registry, to which maps reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 217 Penley Circle, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Property Adress: 217 Penley Circle, Raleigh, NC 27609 Tax ID # 0415766 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased

The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Mark Lee Bryant, III and Tabitha Young Bryant.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record.

To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are William Dana Young.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

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

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

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars

($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

The date of this Notice is 2nd day of November, 2023.

Grady I. Ingle, Attorney for Substitute Trustee Ingle Law Firm, PA 13801 Reese Blvd West Suite 160 Huntersville, NC 28078 (980) 771-0717 Ingle Case Number: 20202-30127

22-114082

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 110 Frederick St, Suite 200 Greenville, South Carolina 29607 Phone: (470) 321-7112, Ext. 204 Fax: 1-919-800-3528 RAS File Number: [22-087853]

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 File No.: 22-08285-FC01

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

Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 8575 - 33245

North State Journal for Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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WAKE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION WAKE COUNTY 22SP001088-910 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MARSHALL WAYNE CARROLL AND MICHELLE KIBLER DATED JUNE 29, 2016 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 16438 AT PAGE 2414 IN THE WAKE 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 23SP002639-910 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Sara Burns and James Burns (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Burns Asset Management, Inc.) to Judy H. Woody, Trustee(s), dated November 3, 2005, and recorded in Book No. 011670, at Page 01943 in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 27, 2023 and will sell to the highest bidder

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION WAKE COUNTY 23SP002091-910 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY LUTHER MCKINLEY SMITH AND GLORIA O. SMITH DATED FEBRUARY 22, 2002 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 9304 AT PAGE 275 IN THE WAKE 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 Wake County courthouse at 11:00AM on November

23SP003055-910 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joyce M. Young to Investors Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated May 1, 2006 and recorded on May 5, 2006 in Book 11944 at Page 747, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

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 Wake County courthouse at 11:00AM on November 29, 2023 the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Wake County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

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 offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. 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.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any

physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

30, 2023, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Wake County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Luther McKinley Smith and Gloria O. Smith, dated February 22, 2002 to secure the original principal amount of $53,545.09, and recorded in Book 9304 at Page 275 of the Wake County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified 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: 8 3 6 Campanella Dr, Raleigh, NC 27610 Tax Parcel ID: 1712170588 Present Record Owners: J u d y Mangum The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Judy Mangum.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice

of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property offered 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 five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified 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 effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is October 10, 2023. _________ ____________________________ Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 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 Posted: By:

29, 2023 at 10:00 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit:

period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

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

may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Address of property: 27511 Tax Parcel ID: 0035992 Present Record Owners: Gregory P. Murphy

813 Ellynn Dr, Cary, NC 0763843271

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Michelle L. Murphy and

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS, WHERE IS. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized

for cash the following real estate situated in Raleigh in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot Number 7, Fairview Hills as recorded in Book of Maps 1981, Page 566, Wake County Registry. Including the Units located thereon; said Units being located at 829 A and B Barringer Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.

BEING ALL OF LOT 1, UMSTEAD GLEN SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN ON PLAT ENTITLED “RECOMBINATION, RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION AND SUBDIVISION PLAT OF UMSTEAD GLEN SUBDIVISION” DATED FEBRUARY 27, 2000, PREPARED BY G.R. BROWN SURVEYING AND THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2000, PAGE 1128, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY.

Said property is commonly known as 7131 Ebenezer Church Road, Raleigh, NC 27612.

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

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

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid

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

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

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in 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 written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 | (704) 333-8156 Fax | www.LOGS. com 22-113483

The date of this Notice is September 25, 2023 Jason K. Purser, NCSB# 28031 Attorney for LLG Trustee, LLC, Substitute Trustee LOGS Legal Group LLP

4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 15128 - 67687

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028

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

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Fly like an eagle Stanly Community College held its firstever day of giving, a 24hour event dedicated to making a lasting impact on the institution, its students and the future of education.

SCC’s The Day took place on Nov. 14 with the goal to unite alumni, students, retirees, community partners and friends to support the college.

Contributions will help SCC provide financial aid for students who can no longer afford college, meet emergency needs, strengthen technology and bolster new programs that enhance opportunities for underrepresented students.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Deadline approaching for parade entries The 2023 Albemarle Christmas Parade is coming up on December 9 and the deadline for parade entries is coming. Whether for a business, float, or community group, registration can be done on the Albemarle Parks & Rec website at albemarlenc. gov/christmasparade, with late-registration prices ranging from $50 to $125.

Parade entries close on November 30. The parade starts at 4 p.m. and travels the streets of downtown Albemarle, typically running until 5:30 p.m.

The Albemarle Downtown Christmas will be held on Friday December 1 from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

NC passenger train ridership hits new highs NC By Train’s Carolinian and Piedmont services have achieved their highest ever monthly ridership, with 65,980 passengers in October. This surge reflects a growing trend in train travel’s popularity in North Carolina, supporting the Department of Transportation’s vision for a diverse transportation network.

The first three quarters of 2023 saw NC By Train carrying 449,898 passengers, a 23% increase over the 2022 record of 366,685. The third quarter alone marked a historic high with 163,623 customers, the best in its 33year history.

A fifth daily round trip between Raleigh and Charlotte was added in July, helping increase carrying capacity.

21st Annual Turkey Trot returns to Albemarle The 4.2 mile run is scheduled for Thanksgiving morning

By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — An annual Thanksgiving morning tradition in Stanly County is back for its 21st year this Thursday as Uwharrie Dash and the Uwharrie Runners Club are set to present the annual Turkey Trot 4.2 Mile Run. The free event will be held in YMCA Park, located at 427 N.

Street in Albemarle; attendees can register on-site that morning beginning at 6 a.m. or on runsignup.com. The Turkey Trot is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m.

As of Nov. 19, 136 participants have signed up for the run.

“Join us for the most awaited Thanksgiving tradition in Stanly County,” Uwharrie Dash posted on its signup page. “It’s time to kickstart your Thanksgiving morning on the right foot and create that calorie deficit before indulging in your turkey feast.

“This event is not just about racing; it’s about building cherished memories and sharing in

the Thanksgiving spirit with your Stanly County community. So, don’t forget to invite your friends, family, and neighbors to be a part of this wonderful tradition.”

With a donation goal of $500, this year’s Turkey Trot run has currently raised $115 through seven different donors.

While Turkey Trot apparel is available for purchase online or on the day of the event, organizers added that stock may run out so early registration is recommended to secure the event’s memorabilia if desired. The shop is currently selling Turkey Trot hoodies for $25 and long sleeve shirts for

Sasser opts out of N.C. House race, endorses advisor Huneycutt District 67 seat sees new contenders as Sasser concludes tenure, primary scheduled for March 2024

By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — Representative Wayne Sasser (R-Stanly), announced he will not seek another term in the North Carolina House of Representatives for District 67, as candidate filing approaches for the November 2024 election.

Sasser, 73, currently in his third term, has been representing Stanly and Montgomery counties since January 1, 2019, after his election in 2018.

In a social media message on November 14, Sasser stated, “After much thought, consideration, and conversations with my fami-

ly and supporters, I have decided to not seek re-election for my seat representing Stanly and Montgomery counties in the North Carolina House of Representatives. I would like to thank those who have supported me the last several years. I have worked diligently to represent the citizens of the 67th district with dignity and integrity. Throughout my term, we have brought back over $220 million to our district all while cutting taxes.”

He added, “Amongst a litany of other issues, some of my most tireless hours were spent tackling the opioid epidemic. As the only pharmacist in the North Carolina General Assembly, I was able to weigh in on many other issues related to pharmacists and the pharmaceutical industry. I am proud to say I am leaving Stanly and Montgomery counties better than I found them.”

Sasser’s political journey in-

“I would like to thank those who have supported me the last several years.

I have worked diligently to represent the citizens of the 67th district with dignity and integrity.”

State Rep. Wayne Sasser (R-Stanly) cludes defeating incumbent Justin Burr in the GOP primary and Democrat Karen Webster in the 2018 general election. He ran unopposed in the 2020 and 2022 cycles.

Alongside announcing he won’t seek a fourth term, Sasser endorsed Cody Huneycutt, his

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The upcoming run is just one of multiple yearly races promoted by Uwharrie Dash and the Uwharrie Running Club, joining the Y Hot Chocolate 8K, Locust Elfie 5K, Run the Valley 5K, and the Tour De Elvis 5K, among many other local events.

Just one week after the Turkey Trot, many of the same runners will congregate for the Locust Elfie 5K course that darts through the Locust Town Center and surrounding neighborhood. The run is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. and wrap up around 4:30 p.m.

This run requires an entrance fee of $35.

“December is here, now we can officially get in the Christmas spirit,” Elfie 5K event organizers posted. “Participate by yourself or bring your family along for this fun afternoon event. Proceeds See TURKEY TROT, page 2

policy advisor for four years. Huneycutt, with eight years of experience in the N.C. General Assembly, declared his candidacy on November 3, saying, “Today, after months of prayer and discussions with my wife, I would like to announce that I am running for North Carolina House District 67 to represent Stanly and Montgomery counties. My candidacy is based on the conviction to continue to serve this district in the most positively impactful way possible. As your representative, I will provide a healthy balance of common-sense policy solutions, while standing on core conservative Republican principles.”

Brandon King, a Stanly County Commissioner and business owner, also aims for Sasser’s seat, See SASSER, page 2

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announcing his committee formation on September 28, stating, “I would like to thank my wife and children for their unwavering support as I started my political journey a couple years ago when I ran for Stanly County Commissioner. Upon winning that seat, it has truly opened my eyes and shown me that we need people in office that will stand up and speak for the majority and not just sit back and conform to what certain groups say we need to conform to. We have many issues facing our country and state, and we must stand together.”

The primary election for District 67 is scheduled for March 5, 2024.

Stanly County Journal WITH THANKSGIVING upon us, families gearing up for the big feast can expect a mixed bag of prices, according to a recent Wells Fargo report. In a year marked by varying inflation rates, the cost of a hearty Thanksgiving dinner comes with its own set of surprises.

The centerpiece of the meal, the turkey, thankfully comes cheaper this year, with retail prices down by 9% to a more palatable $1.47 per pound.

This drop, however, doesn’t quite mirror the 30% plunge in

wholesale turkey prices, leaving a bit of a puzzle for shoppers.

Ham enthusiasts might need to dig deeper into their pockets, as ham prices have trotted up to a near-record $4.56 per pound, a 5.2% hike from last year. This spike stems from increased feed costs and a steady hog production rate.

Cranberry lovers will find a sweet and sour deal: fresh cranberries are 20% less expensive, but those who prefer the canned variety will face a nearly 60% price hike. Sweetpotatoes have also nudged up in price by 4%, adding a little extra to the dinner tab.

The report isn’t all about the main dishes. Side dish staples like russet potatoes and green beans have seen some shifts

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Shoppers check store coupons as they shop at a grocery store. too. Russet potatoes hit an alltime high at $1.17 per pound, a 14% jump, while canned green beans are up by almost 9%.

On a healthier note, Romaine lettuce prices have wilted by about 10%, offering a refreshing budget-friendly option for the salad bowl. Pumpkin pie enthusiasts, brace yourselves: canned pumpkin prices have swelled by 30%, thanks to Illinois processing the lion’s share of the country’s pumpkin crop.

For those raising a glass to

good health and happiness, beer prices have bubbled up by 5.3%, and wine has seen a modest 1.2% increase, though early 2023 brought a welcome dip in wine prices.

As we count our blessings and prepare for a day of feasting and thankfulness, the report reminds us of the hardworking farmers and food producers who bring these diverse flavors to our tables, making our Thanksgiving celebrations both delicious and memorable.

2023 crop yields are a mixed bag for NC farmers Stanly County Journal RALEIGH — North Carolina’s mid-November agricultural reports reveal a mixed bag for staple crops compared to October, with notable year-over-year changes. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture reports, the state’s Corn yields are up during the fall harvest and pea-

nut and cotton yields are down and soybeans are relatively flat compared to last year.

Corn production has shown resilience, with a yield increase of 17 bushels per acre from last year, although this is a slight decrease from October’s early estimate. Corn’s overall production is up a robust 30% with 128.7 million bushels projected versus

less than 99 million bushels in 2022. Harvested acres and better yields combined to buoy the state’s corn crop.

Cotton has experienced a downturn. A combination of lower yields, which are projected to be down over 10% from last year, and a 20% decline in acres planted has the state’s overall cotton production forecasted

to be 28% lower than last year’s crop of over 1 million bales.

Peanut yields have slightly decreased since October, with a minor 1% drop in production year-over-year. Soybeans have held steady in yield since October with slight increases in yield versus 2022 and production appears to be slightly lower than last year.

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from the event will support local youth organizations including the Talent Company & City Youth Ballet. Please note, monetary prizes are also given to youth schools or organizations with the greatest number of participants. If you have a group that is interested in participation, please reach out for your very own discount.”

The Elfie 5K currently has 194 runners signed up and $205 worth of donations on the way to a donation goal of $2,000; packet pick-up for the event is slated for Dec. 2 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m at The Brew Room in Locust Town Center.

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A cotton field awaiting harvest in Dundarrach.

WEEKLY CRIME LOG x MYERS, ELIZABETH ANN (W /F/33), MISDEMEANOR LARCENY, 11/19/2023, Stanly County Sheriff’s Office x WALKER, ANTHONY SAMUEL (W /M/25), RESISTING PUBLIC OFFICER, 11/19/2023, Stanly County Sheriff’s Office x WILSON, WAYNE KYLE (W /M/37), PWIMSD MARIJUANA, 11/19/2023, Stanly County Sheriff’s Office x BRYANT, BREYANA NICHOLE (W /F/20), POSSESS

METHAMPHETAMINE, 11/18/2023, Stanly County Sheriff’s Office x HOLLINGSWORTH, NATHAN WAYNE (W /M/47), RESISTING PUBLIC OFFICER, 11/18/2023, Stanly County Sheriff’s Office x LOWERY, KIMBERLY ANN (W /F/36), SIMPLE ASSAULT, 11/17/2023, Stanly County Sheriff’s Office x CHURION, MANUEL ALEJANDRO (W /M/44), ASSAULT ON FEMALE,

11/16/2023, Stanly County Sheriff’s Office x BYRD, JAMES CEPHUS (U /M/62), IDENTITY THEFT, 11/16/2023, Stanly County Sheriff’s Office x CHRISTIAN, DAIQUAN IKEA (B /M/33), DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, 11/16/2023, Stanly County Sheriff’s Office x FARR, ERIC JENNINGS (W /M/47), ASSAULT INFLICT SERIOUS INJ (M), 11/15/2023, Stanly County Sheriff’s Office

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OPINION Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor VISUAL VOICES

COLUMN | DENNIS PRAGER

The little box that could change America

This time presents America’s nonJews with an opportunity to do something powerful for the Jews of America.

IN MY LONG LIFE, I have never personally experienced antisemitism in America.

I was raised by Jewish parents who believed that the best place Jews ever lived (other than in their own country in the Holy Land) was the United States of America. When the most prominent Jew of the 20th century, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, the head of the Chabad movement from 1950 until his death in 1994, came to the United States from East Europe in 1941, he sometime thereafter declared that America was a “medinah shel chesed” ― “a righteous country.”

Yes, there have always been individual antisemites in America; yes, there have been antisemitic policies (quotas on Jews at Harvard, country clubs barring Jews from membership, law firms closed to Jewish lawyers, among other examples) and there have always been Jews who believed American Christians were no different from Europe’s.

But the fact is, even with the aforementioned flaws, America has always been a blessing to its Jews.

It is therefore nothing less than tragic — as much for America as for its Jews — that for the first time in American history, many American Jews are afraid. They watch the Jew-hatred on college campuses, the large demonstrations featuring calls to wipe out Israel, police guarding schoolchildren attending Jewish schools, and see armed guards at virtually every synagogue in the country.

They worry.

So much so that many religious Jewish college students, who until very recently wore a kippah with nary a thought, now wear a baseball hat or some other head covering that does not identify them as Jews, and some Jews

are removing the mezuzah from the doorposts of their homes and apartments.

This time presents America’s non-Jews with an opportunity to do something powerful for the Jews of America. And many would like to.

Unlike during the Nazi era, when helping Jews often entailed hiding a Jew and thereby risking one’s life and family, helping Jews now can be done with little or no risk. And if many millions of Americans do this, America and the world will be profoundly affected for the good.

Americans should put a mezuzah on the doorposts of their homes and apartments. In effect, they will be saying, “We are all Jews.”

There are powerful precedents.

One took place during World War II in a Nazi prisoner of war camp.

As reported by the Army: “Sometime in January 1945, German forces instructed all Jewish POWs to report the next morning. Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds (the senior noncommissioned officer) was in charge of the prisoners, which included Jews and nonJews. He ordered all of his soldiers to stand together when the Jewish prisoners were to report.

“When the German officer in charge saw that all the camp’s inmates were standing in front of their barracks, he turned to Edmonds and said, ‘They cannot all be Jews.’ “’We are all Jews,’ Edmonds replied.

“The German officer drew his pistol and threatened Edmonds,” but Edmonds stood firm, and no Jewish soldier was hurt.

In the Nazi POW camp, America’s Christians and other non-Jews responded to Jew-hatred by saying, “We are all Jews.”

Once again, a time has come for Americans — especially, but not only, Christians — to

announce, “We are all Jews.”

Put a mezuzah on the doorpost of your house or apartment.

The mezuzah is a small box that Jews place on the right doorpost of their home. The commandment to do so is thousands of years old, coming, as it does, from the Bible. In the fifth book of the Torah, in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, it is written: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.”

Those words are written on parchment (just as are the words of the Torah scroll) and placed inside the mezuzah. When written by a scribe on parchment, the mezuzah is considered a “kosher” mezuzah.

Ideally, once you’ve done this, take a photo of it with your cellphone and post it on your social media account. Let the world know where you stand.

What matters is that non-Jews put this distinctive Jewish item on their doorpost.

If enough Americans did this, the message of solidarity with Jews would reverberate around the world, that in this time of greater antisemitism than any since the Holocaust, “We are all Jews.”

Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist.

COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO

The barbarians are inside the gates

London saw radical Muslims threatening the open annihilation of Jews.

LAST WEEKEND marked Armistice Day in Great Britain and Veterans Day in the United States. Both are somber days typically marked by honor and respect for symbols of the country and the men and women who have sacrificed so much for them. Instead, both London and New York City featured terrorist supporters marching en masse through the centers of the West, proclaiming their sovereignty.

Marxist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once blustered that the West was so guilty for its colonization that the best path would be to be colonized in reverse: “It’s our turn to tread the path, step by step, which leads down to native level. But to become natives altogether, our soil must be occupied by a formerly colonized people and we must starve of hunger. This won’t happen.”

Sartre, obviously, was wrong. He, along with his like-minded and soft-headed colleagues, helped to discredit the West so thoroughly that the West spent decades importing millions of people who despise it.

And so London saw radical Muslims threatening the open annihilation of Jews.

It saw home-grown or imported radicals wearing the headgear of terrorist group Hamas. It saw them attempting to mob the current Secretary of State for Housing Michael Gove. At least 150 people were arrested. But there were 300,000 marching in solidarity with a terrorist group.

The philosophy of those marching with Hamas and against the West is clear and obvious: The West is powerful; the West has exploited; the West is white; therefore, the West is powerful because the West is white and exploitative.

Under this theory, antisemitism is directly linked with anti-whiteness. The idea is that the Jews are the ultimate white people: They are unduly successful, and thus must be stopped. As one pro-Hamas flyer distributed at the University of Chicago read, “Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege.”

This notion is fully coincident with antiAmericanism, too. America, after all, is largely great because of the promise that anyone of any background can get ahead.

Jews are one of the great success stories in American history by that standard, given the fact that they arrived mostly in the early 20th century dirt poor, and quickly became highly educated and economically successful.

The current antisemitic movement is linked directly to hatred for the country and its meritocratic promise. That’s why proHamas protesters spent the weekend ripping down American flags.

Across the world, those who have not achieved are uniting against the West. They blame the West for their lack of success while living off the West’s largesse.

The West has a choice. It can be colonized in Sartre’s fashion, or it can refuse that colonization. In the UK, that battle is taking place largely over the verbiage of Suella Braverman, former Home Secretary, who has been stalwartly calling for an end to the police and government’s coddling of pro-Hamas ralliers. Noticing the predations of the pro-Hamas crowd, however, is a dismissible offense in the U.K. In the words of Neil Basu, former head of counterterrorism policing in the U.K., “You have a chance of inflaming both sides when

you make such divisive remarks.”

Yes, it was the remarks that were divisive, not the hundreds of thousands of people calling for the destruction of Israel and the West from the heart of London.

Mustn’t offend, you know.

In the United States, that battle is taking place at the universities, where enemies of the United States are ushered in and offered scholarships. The latest iteration comes courtesy of MIT, where radical students violated the university’s rules by occupying public places; Jews were told by the university not to entire through the main lobby due to safety concerns.

These pro-Hamas students are foreigners.

The university could easily have suspended them. The university didn’t. Why not?

It would violate their scruples about the necessity of importing people who hate the United States into the United States.

Suspending the students might result in their deportation.

Yes, we certainly wouldn’t want terror supporters deported. That might open a slot at MIT to a deserving Asian-American or something.

The reality is that the West has created wildly disproportionate prosperity and freedom over the course of its history compared with other civilizations. That doesn’t excuse the West’s sins, but it does mean that tearing down the West in favor of alternatives is repulsive.

Ben Shapiro, 39, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and co-founder of Daily Wire+.

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SPORTS

NFL

Former coach Johnson will join Cowboys Ring of Honor Charlotte Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said former head coach Jimmy Johnson will be inducted into the franchise’s ring of honor on Dec. 30. Jones made the announcement on FOX prior to the Cowboys’ game on Sunday against the Panthers. Johnson won back-to-back Super Bowls in the 1992 and 1993 seasons during his five-year tenure with the Cowboys, but the relationship between the two men deteriorated at the end with a bitter departure following the 1993 season.

Johnson finished 44-36 in Dallas and then spent four seasons coaching the Dolphins. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020.

MLB

Nola signs 7-year deal to stay with Phillies Philadelphia Aaron Nola is staying in Philadelphia. The righthander signed a seven-year contract to remain with the Phillies after testing the free-agent market, the team said Sunday. ESPN and others reported the 30-year-old’s contract is worth $172 million.

Nola is the first big-name starting pitcher to come off the board among this year’s free agents, a group including Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Sonny Gray, Jordan Montgomery and Eduardo Rodriguez. Nola was a firstround draft pick by the Phillies in 2014, debuted with Philadelphia the next year and has been there his entire career.

FORMULA ONE

F1 fans file lawsuit against Las Vegas Grand Prix Las Vegas Formula One fans upset at being forced to leave the Las Vegas Grand Prix venue early Friday morning before the start of the second practice session have filed a classaction lawsuit. The lawsuit against the Las Vegas Grand Prix and its owner, Liberty Media, was filed in Nevada state court and is seeking at least $30,000 in damages.

Those who bought tickets to the race’s opening night saw just nine minutes of action Thursday night before Carlos Sainz Jr. ran over a water valve cover and damaged his Ferrari. Race officials have since offered a $200 discount at the official gift shop.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Notre Dame, NBC agree to new deal South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame and NBC announced Saturday they have agreed to extend their media rights agreement, keeping Fighting Irish football on the network through the 2029 season.

NBC has been the home of Notre Dame’s home football games since 1991.

Their current agreement was due to expire after the 2024 season. The current deal with NBC pays Notre Dame about $22 million per year. Financial terms of the new deal weren’t disclosed.

The new deal will allow for select football games to stream exclusively on Peacock, NBC’s subscription streaming service. Peacock has carried at least one Notre Dame football game since 2021.

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Tiger Woods says his right ankle that was fused in April is pain-free, but other parts of his leg are not.

Tiger Woods to play in the Bahamas It will be his first competition since the Masters

The Associated Press TIGER WOODS showed he could walk four days while caddying for his son. Now he has decided he is fit enough to try to play.

Woods announced on social media Saturday he will be playing in the Hero World Challenge, which starts Nov. 30 at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas.

It will be his first time competing since he withdrew before the third round at the Masters after battling the wind and cold while playing on his injured right leg.

His TGR company announced his decision to take a sponsor exemption. The 20-man field is for the top 50 in the world ranking, though the tournament host — Woods — is exempt.

Woods had said in an interview with The Associated Press last week, when discussing his ownership of a team in the tech-driven TGL league, that his right ankle is pain-free after being fused in a surgery in April following the Masters.

“My ankle is fine. Where they fused my ankle, I have absolutely zero issue whatsoever,” Woods said. “That pain is completely gone. It’s the other areas that have been compensated for.”

He compared it with when he had fusion surgery on his lower back. He said the L5 and S1 vertebrae were fine.

“But all the surrounding ar-

“My ankle is fine. … I have absolutely zero issue whatsoever.”

Tiger Woods eas is where I had all my problems and I still do,” he said. “So you fix one, others have to become more hypermobile to get around it, and it can lead to some issues.”

Woods recently caddied for his son, Charlie, at the Notah Begay III Junior Golf Championship, sparking speculation that he was close to playing again.

Woods will be playing the Hero World Challenge for the first time since 2019. The holi-

UVA further delays release of campus shooting findings The school said it was concerned information could impact the suspect’s pending trial

The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — University of Virginia officials said Friday they were further delaying the public release of the findings of an investigation into the events surrounding a 2022 campus shooting that killed three student-athletes and wounded two other students.

Citing concern about the impact the findings could have on the suspect’s pending trial, UVA said in a news release that it would not make a “redacted” version of the final report public until “after the criminal proceedings.”

“Making the report public at this time, or even releasing a summary of their findings and recommendations, could have an impact on the criminal trial of the accused, either by disrupting the case being prepared by the Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney, or by interfering with the defendant’s right to

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University of Virginia officials said Friday they were further delaying the public release of the findings of an investigation into the events surrounding a 2022 campus shooting that killed three student-athletes and wounded two other students. a fair trial before an impartial jury,” UVA President Jim Ryan said in a statement.

The announcement drew criticism from both a leading open government advocate and a former U.S. attorney.

Ryan said the university had consulted with Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Hingeley in reaching the de-

cision.

Hingeley said in a statement released by the school that he had not seen the report but was appreciative of “the University’s efforts to avoid taking any action that could complicate the prosecution of the accused, Christopher Jones, or impair his right to a fair and impartial trial.”

UVA announced about a

day event was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then he badly damaged his right leg in a February 2021 car crash outside of Los Angeles that threatened to end his career.

He returned a year later at the Masters and made the cut, and he played in two more majors, including what figures to be his final appearance at St. Andrews in the British Open.

He has said his tournament play would be limited, and he played only the Genesis Invitational at Riviera, which he hosts, and the Masters this year before having surgery on his ankle.

Woods has not won since the Zozo Championship in Japan in the fall of 2019, the year he won the Masters for his 15th major.

The Hero World Challenge is 72 holes with no cut.

month ago that the investigation was done and that it would be discussed with UVA’s Board of Visitors and those most affected by the shooting before being released publicly, possibly by early November.

John Fishwick Jr., a former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia who is now in private practice, said UVA should reverse course and immediately release the investigation.

He said he thought both the local prosecutor and Jones’ legal team would want access to the report, adding that UVA’s “higher obligation” is to the public.

“The victims’ families and the public have a right to know now what happened and there should not be a delay in releasing the investigation until after Mr. Jones’ criminal trial,” he said.

Jones was a UVA student and former member of the school’s football team when authorities say he fatally shot three members of the team as they and others returned by charter bus to campus from a field trip to see a play in Washington in November 2022. Two other students were injured, one of them also a football player.

The violence that erupted near a parking garage set off a 12-hour lockdown of the campus until the suspect was captured.

Jones is charged with aggravated murder, aggravated malicious wounding and firearms-related counts, according to court records, which show his next court hearing is in February.

Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, November 22, 2023

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Brett Morton

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West Stanly, former football coach Brett Morton is a teacher and, until a week ago, was head football coach at West Stanly.

Coach Morton announced he was stepping down as coach and “stepping away from football.”

He had coached the Colts for the last seven seasons, taking over as head coach of his alma mater prior to the 2017 season.

West Stanly made the playoffs three times during his tenure, including this season.

“The last seven seasons, this is all I have basically lived and breathed,” he said in an online statement. “There really is truly no offseason. … Life outside of football has overtaken my priorities.”

Gray Stone overcomes Hobbton in 1A boys soccer state championship The Knights finish the season on a 21-game unbeaten streak The Associated Press BROWNS SUMMIT — A heralded season for Gray Stone Day was capped off impressively on Saturday as the Knights notched their first-ever NCHSAA 1A boys soccer championship in a 3-1 state title game win over Hobbton.

Playing in MacPherson Stadium in Browns Summit, the Knights (21-2-2) rallied from an early 1-0 deficit to post three unanswered goals on the Wild-

cats (23-4-1) en route to a championship trophy.

Gray Stone was able to successfully contain and pace a surging Hobbton team that entered the day on an 11-game win streak “These guys have battled all year long,” Gray Stone coach Bradley Harrington said after his team’s state title victory. “Having Desmond (Bullard) and the other ten seniors on our team, they had a bad taste in their mouth after our third-round exit last year in the playoffs. They’ve seen the state championship level before. As freshmen and sophomores, they played against Pine Lake Prep

and Christ The King last year deep in the playoff run, so they knew and we’re ready to meet that level this year.”

With the title win, the Knights ended their 2023 season on a 21-game unbeaten streak to go along with a Yadkin Valley Conference championship they secured prior to their state playoff campaign.

Prior to the championship match, the Knights won the 2023 NCHSAA 1A Western Regional title on Nov. 14 with a 1-0 road win at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, marking the team’s first regional title.

But even with that achievement, the Knights’ journey

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Morton resigns as West Stanly football coach with assistant coach Charles Edwards filling his role in his absence.

Overall, Morton’s Colt teams have had a 32-36 overall record, a 12-18 conference

By Jesse Deal North State Journal record and three playoff appearances during his tenure.

At the time of his hiring RED CROSS — West Stanly High School’s head foot- in 2017, he took over for Eric ball coach Brett Morton an- Mormon, becoming the fifth nounced on Nov. 14 that he West coach in a span of just has elected to resign from his seven years. position after seven seasons After an initial 3-8 camleading the Colts. paign in Morton’s “Stepping down first year, West finis one of the hardished with a winest decisions I have ning record in the ever had to make, “I have following four seabut life outside of nothing but sons, peaking with football has over- gratitude to a 7-5 record in 2018 taken my prioriand a 8-3 record ties,” Morton said everyone who in 2019; the past in an open letter has supported three seasons have on social media. resulted in a com“I don’t feel like I me in the bined 11 victories. can adequately do program over “First and forethe job of a head most, I want to say coach the way I feel the years. The thank you to West it needs to be done, support of the Stanly for giving especially not the community me the opportunistandard I have set ty to fulfill a lifefor myself, and be has been long dream of bethere for my fami- amazing. ing a head coach,” ly the way I need to Morton continThank you for be there now.” ued. “To be able to “I have nothing everything.” do that at my alma but gratitude to mater and make an everyone who has impact has been a supported me in Former West blessing. I want to the program over Stanly football say an even bigger the years. The supthank you to all the coach Brett port of the complayers that I have munity has been Morton had the privilege to amazing.

Thank coach. Thank you you for everything.” for all your hard Morton’s decision to step work and dedication. It means down arrives after a 5-6 sea- the world to me. The last sevson where the Colts were en seasons this is all I have knocked out of the first round basically lived and breathed, of the N.C. High School Ath- and there really is truly no letic Association’s 2A state off-season.” playoffs by Randleman in a West Stanly is now adver43-0 shutout. West finished tising its head-coaching vain fourth place in the Rocky cancy and is asking anyone River Conference with a 2-3 interested in the role to send conference record. their resume and cover letter The coach missed two to athletic director Chad Yow games during this past sea- at chad.yow@stanlycountyson due to health concerns, schools.org.

His decision comes after seven seasons as the Colts’ head coach

wasn’t done quite yet.

“I’m just super pumped,” Harrington added. “We knew that the bigger field would be to our advantage as we play our home playoff games on Pfeiffer’s field, which is about the same size. We knew if we could keep moving the ball well, keep trusting our skills, and getting it to our teammate’s feet, we could wear them out a little bit in the second half.

We were able to do that and get two goals in the second half to get to a 3-1 lead. I just couldn’t be prouder for these guys.”

Hobbton was the first team to get on the scoreboard as junior Ever Reyes scored in the 19th minute of the match.

Gray Stone senior Desmond Bullard — later named the championship’s Most Valuable Player — tied the score at the 30th minute to make it a 1-1 game heading into the second half. Then at the 51st minute, senior Arkyn Pethel put the Knights up 2-1 as he scored on a deflected rebound kick near the goal.

Bullard continued to make an

impact for his team as he made his 34th goal of the year after an assist from sophomore Donovan Christlieb to put Gray Stone ahead by two at the 58th minute of the match.

Gray Stone’s dominant 2023 season came to a close with 119 total goals scored while limiting all opponents to just 27 goals allowed.

“I think it really showed our guys that we can compete with anybody,” Bullard said after the win. “Even when everyone thinks the other team is better than you and you’re the underdogs, it doesn’t mean anything.

Go out and play your game and good things can happen.”

Along with Bullard’s MVP honors, the NCHSAA presented Gray Stone’s Michael Burleson with the team’s NC Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Award.

With veteran players leaving and younger players stepping up, the Knights will now have an offseason to rest and gear up for the 2024 season where they will aim for back-to-back state titles.

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Illinois earmarks $160 million to keep migrants warm in Chicago as winter approaches The Associated Press CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced last week that Illinois will funnel an additional $160 million to help migrants arriving in Chicago to resettle, including $65 million to help the city launch “winterized” temporary shelter to avoid people sleeping outdoors in cold weather.

The announcement came on an unseasonably warm Chicago day in the 60s, but with a forecast for temperatures to dip as low as 17 degrees Fahrenheit within a week. Most of the roughly 24,000 asylum seekers who have come to Chicago since Gov. Greg Abbot began sending buses last year.

Chicago and other U.S. cities, including New York, have struggled to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits and accommodate a growing migrant population. State officials said roughly 700 new migrants arrive each week.

Similar issues could occur as wintry weather closes in on New York, which is struggling to accommodate a growing migrant population, and Denver, which was prompted to loosen its rules on how long migrants are kept in shelters during a recent cold snap.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced wide-ranging budget cuts that he warned would only be the beginning without state and federal support for the tens of thousands of

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Gleicy Martinez, from Venezuela, gives an interview to The Associated Press, Nov. 1, 2023, in a small migrant tent community near a Northside police station in Chicago. migrants that have arrived since last spring.

In Massachusetts, advocates for migrant families are relying on airport lounges, hospital waiting rooms and churches after the state capped the number of beds in family shelters and offered few options for those facing homelessness.

Illinois has already spent or committed more than $638 million to address the humanitarian asylum seeker crisis, officials

said. The additional funds will come from the Illinois Department of Human Services. Chicago is in charge of housing new arrivals and has also spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to accommodate them.

Pritzker said the state has stepped in now because the city has moved too slowly. Chicago has come under scrutiny from immigrant rights groups, local leaders and residents for its handling of the crisis which has

heavily relied on volunteers.

“The city’s been operating its own methodology process. And it hasn’t moved fast enough,” Pritzker said at a news conference at a state building in Chicago. “We’re stepping in here to try to help and accelerate this process.”

Mayor Brandon Johnson, who took office in May, has called it an inherited problem and one the city is working to address.

Earlier this week, he announced new limits on how long migrants can stay at city-run shelters and said more resources would come from the state and county.

Roughly 2,500 men, women and children are awaiting placement at city-run shelters and sleeping inside or outside police stations or at O’Hare International Airport, according to the city.

Of the $160 million new investment from the state, $30 million will be dedicated to setting up an intake and welcome center to better assist those coming to Chicago who already have a place to stay with friends or relatives, or who plan to continue on to another location, according to the governor.

Another $65 million will go toward helping Chicago set up a “winterized soft shelter site” providing temporary housing for up to 2,000 people.

Pritzker called on Congress to address the issue.

“We’re being forced to try to solve a federal-sized problem at the state and local level,” he said.

Johnson and the mayors of four other cities, including New York, wrote to President Joe Biden earlier this month seeking more federal resources. He and Denver’s mayor met with the White House chief of staff and Homeland Security Department officials the next day.

New York City has spent $1.45 billion on the humanitarian crisis this fiscal year and is on track to spend nearly $11 billion over the next two years, Adams said, announcing cuts that would close libraries on Sunday, reduce spending on pre-K and freeze police hiring.

“No city should be left to handle a national humanitarian crisis largely on its own,” Adams, a Democrat, said, “and without the significant and timely support we need from Washington, D.C., today’s budget will be only the beginning.”

The announcement drew criticism from several fronts, including Immigration Coalition Executive Director Murad Awawdeh, who accused Adams of scapegoating asylum seekers, rather than improve the city’s shelter system.

Adams has said more than 122,700 asylum seekers have come through New York City’s intake system since last spring.

Biden has requested $1.4 billion from Congress to help state and local governments provide shelter and services for migrants, after earlier pleas from Democratic mayors and governors.

In death, one cancer patient helps to erase millions in medical debt The Associated Press A NEW YORK CITY woman who died on Sunday, Nov. 12 from cancer has raised enough money to erase millions of dollars in medical debt with a posthumous plea for help.

Casey McIntyre told followers in a social media message posted by her husband that she had arranged to buy the medical debt of others as a way of celebrating her life.

McIntyre wrote on X that, “if you’re reading this I have passed away.”

“I loved each and every one of you with my whole heart and I promise you, I knew how deeply I was loved,” the 38-year-old wrote. The posts included a link to a fundraising campaign started through the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt.

McIntyre’s husband, Andrew Rose Gregory, posted the messages over the past week, and the campaign quickly blew past its $20,000 goal. It had raised about $140,000 by Friday afternoon, or enough to buy around $14 million in medical debt.

Gregory said his wife had good health insurance and received great care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Even so, the couple saw some “terrifying” charges on paperwork for her care, he said.

“What resonated for me and Casey is, you know, there’s good cancer treatment out there that

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This family photo shows Casey McIntyre. Less than a week after her death from cancer on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, the New York woman has raised enough money to erase more than $13 million in medical debt for others with a posthumous plea for help. people can’t afford,” he said. “Instead of dreaming of a cure for cancer, what if we could just help people who are being crushed by medical debt?”

Patients in the U.S. healthcare system can quickly rack up big bills that push them into debt

even if they have insurance. This is especially true for people who wind up hospitalized or need regular care or prescriptions for chronic health problems.

A 2022 analysis of government data from the nonprofit KFF estimates that nearly 1

in 10 U.S. adults owe at least $250 in medical debt. That total of roughly 23 million people includes 11 million who owe more than $2,000.

RIP Medical Debt erases debt purchased from hospitals, other health care providers and the

secondary debt market. It buys millions of dollars of debt in bundles for what it says is a fraction of the original value.

The nonprofit says every dollar donated buys about $100 in debt, and it aims to help people with lower incomes. Spokesman Daniel Lempert said the organization has never had a campaign where someone plans for it to start after their death.

McIntyre, who was a book publisher, started treatment for ovarian cancer in 2019. She spent about three months in the hospital over the past year, her husband said.

The Brooklyn couple started planning for her memorial and the debt-buying campaign after she almost died in May. They were inspired by a video they saw of North Carolina churchgoers burning about $3 million in medical debt.

McIntyre spent the last five months in home hospice care, giving her what Gregory calls a “bonus summer.” She went on beach trips and spent time with their family, including the couple’s 18-month-old daughter, Grace.

“Casey was very, very sick at the end of her life, and she couldn’t finish everything she wanted to finish,” Gregory said.

“But I knew she wanted to do this memorial and debt jubilee.

So I set that up and … did it the way I thought she would have wanted.”

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Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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Barbara CarolynJean Eudy (Taylor) Drye Hatley

April 17, 1936 ~ January 14, 2023 July 18, 1936 - November 17, 2023 Barbara Jean Taylor Drye, 86, of Oakboro, passed away Saturday, Carolyn Beatrice Eudy January 14, 2023 at her home.

Hatley, 87, of Albemarle passed Barbara was born April 17, 1936 away Carolina on Friday, November 17, in North to the late Robert 2023 in the Taylor House.

Lee Taylor and the late Eva Belle Watts Born Taylor.July 18, 1936 in Stanly County, NC,preceded she wasinthe She was also death daughter of the late William by husband of 61 years, Keith Furr Eudy MaryRobert Efird Lee Eudy.

Drye, andand brothers, Hatley was preceded Taylor,Mrs. Jr. and George Kenneth in death by her husband Joe Taylor.

Billy Hatley in 2014.

Survivors Survivors include children, include sonWilliams MichaelofHatley Debbie (Mike) of Concord, Donna Albemarle, Teresadaughters (Tom) Curry Phillips Douglas (Rodney) of China of Oakboro, (Tammy) Grove, and Debbie Bost (Larry) Drye of Oakboro; grandchildren, of Norwood, sisters Doris Melissa (Don) Parrish of Albemarle, Samantha (Destiny) Smith of Rowland, Nancy Huneycutt Oakboro, Smith of Oakboro, (Bob) Bradley and Faye Poplin all of Jonathan Stoversix of Peachland, and Albemarle, grandchildren Jessie StoverBost of Lylesville; sisterSteven (Melissa) of in-law, Beatrice Goodman; New London, Jeremy many Bost of nieces and nephews; and her beloved Norwood, Jonathan Phillips cats,ofBo and Garfield.NC, Jacob Greensboro, Barbara a member of FL, Phillipswas of Cape Coral, Oakboro Baptist Church for over Joseph Phillips of Rockwell, 60 years.

She worked over 30 years and Amber Wellman (Justin) at Stanly Knittingand Mills. just of Davidson, 2 After greattwograndchildren years of retirement, she began Cooper Bost managing the Wellman.

Oakboro Senior and Slate She was Center did thatin fordeath 18 years alsoand preceded by a until this pastKenneth week. Barbara brother, Eudywas and known forsisters, her good cookingHerrin, and three Juanita always taking of others.

She also Betsy Jeancare Crayton and Kaye loved going on day long shopping Huneycutt. trips - she could out walk and out shop people half her age. She kept her mind and body active through gardening, word searches, and various other hobbies.

Dwight Farmer Dale Caldwell January 24, 1939 ~ January 15, Austin 2023

June 5, 1934 - November 12, Dwight Britten Farmer Sr., 83, 2023 of Norwood died Sunday morning, January 2023 at Forrest Dale15,Caldwell Austin,Oakes.

89, Dwight was born January 24, of Locust, NC, passed away 1939 in Stanly County to the late at Sunday, November 12, 2023 Walter Virgil and Martha Adkins his home.

Farmer. was awas 1957born graduate Mr.He Austin June 5, of1934 Norwood High School and was in Union County, NC to a the United States Army Veteran. late Ellis Euphland “Bill” He was a member of Cedar Grove Austin and Eunice Caldwell United Methodist Church where he Austin. He loved his family, had served as church treasurer and friends and doing yard work. choir member. He began his career Dale survived by his wife, with theisStanly County Sheriff’ s Lyndell “Lynn” Almond Austin Department moving to the Norwood of the home for 67 Heas Police Department andyears. retiring is also survived son, of Chief of Police withby theaTown Danny Caldwell Norwood after manyAustin years ofofservice.

Locust, brother, Larry DwightNC; was an avid gardener, Carter of Monroe, NC;fan. sister, bird watcher and Carolina Bernice AustinbyTomberlin of He is survived his wife Hilda Monroe, NC; three grandsons, Whitley Farmer; one son D. Britten EddieJr. Roman of Farmer (Mary)Russell of McLeansville, IL,one Dustin Caldwell Austin NC; daughter Sharon Farmer of Locust, and Charles Lowe (David)NC of Norwood; one James AustinDennis of Locust, sister Geraldine of Troy; two NC and a granddaughter, grandchildren, Dwight Britten “Dee” AshleyIIIElizabeth Hilman of Farmer and Whitley Rose Hui Albemarle, NC. Lowe.

He was preceded in death by his son Alex, brothers, Tommy and Jimmy, sisters, Nancy, Cornelia Annabell, Glennie Mae, and Betty.

Memorials may be made to Cedar Grove United Methodist Church, Cemetery or Choir Fund c/o Pam Smith 36071 Rocky River Springs Road, Norwood, NC 28128.

Ben L. Sloan

September 24, 1932 — November 12, 2023

Gloria Ann Smith November 18, 1932 - November 15, 2023

Gloria Ann Smith, 90, of Oakboro, NC passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2023.

Born November 18, 1932 in Union County, she was the daughter of the late William Fred Smith and Mattie Odell Edwards Smith.

She is survived by her sons, Tony Smith (Teresa) of New London and Terry Smith (Bernadette) of St. Phillips, Newfoundland.

Other survivors include her brother Hal Smith (Lynn) of Albemarle and grandchildren, Teryn Smith, Charlotte Smith, Anthony Smith and Steven Smith (Julie).

In addition to her parents, Gloria is preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Smith and her brother, Bill Smith.

Ben L. Sloan, 91, of Locust, NC, passed away Sunday, November 12, 2023.

Dr. Sloan was born September 24, 1932, in Charlotte, NC, to the late Glen Richard Sloan and the late Rena Azalea Kluytenberg Sloan. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Patsy Ruth Guin Sloan; and sister, Jo Sloan Philbeck.

Dr. Sloan is survived by his beloved wife, Frances Christine Coble Sloan of Locust, NC; son, Michael L. Sloan, M.D., and wife, Stacy, of Cheyenne, WY (2 step-grandchildren, Kennon Kirk and Eryn Edwards; and 2 step greatgrandchildren); daughter, Judy Sloan Adams, and husband, Sam, of Ball Ground, GA; 3 granddaughters, Astin (Jacob) Singer, Ellen Sloan, and Jesse Adams; 2 great-children, Julian and Rush; nephews, Richard and John Philbeck; step-son, Cary Curlee, and wife, Charity, of Boone, NC; step-grandchildren, Kristen Helms, Michael Curlee, Colton Curlee, Jenna Curlee, and Eli Curlee; and 7 step greatgrandchildren.

Celebrate the life of your loved ones. Submit obituaries and death notices to be published in SCJ at obits@stanlyjournal.com

James Roseboro Virginia June 23, 1967 ~ January 10, 2023 (Rachel) Lomax JamesSwaringen Arthur Roseboro, 55, of Albemarle, passed away Tuesday,

April10, 12,2023 1926at-Anson November 11, January Health 2023 and Rehab.

Mr. Roseboro was born on JuneVirginia 23, 1967 to the late Robert (Rachel) Lomax and Delena Shipp He Swaringen, ageRoseboro. of 97, passed graduated from South Stanly 11, away Saturday, November High School and was employed by 2023.

Triangle Brick.

He enjoyed watching Born in Stanly County, football basketball, Northand Carolina, sheespecially was the the Carolina TarHeels and Miami. youngest daughter of the late In addition his parents he is Calvin and to Fannie Kimrey preceded in death by his brothers Lomax. In addition to her and sisters: she Barbara Roseboro, parents, was Lee preceded in Dorothy Brown, Verna Roseboro, death by her husband, Hugh Henrietta Ingram, Harold Swaringen, andand seven siblings, Roseboro.

Grady, Lomax, Maude Efird, He isMae survived by hisPauline sisters: Cora Chance, Helen (James)Macie, Roseboro Edwards Dayvault, Hearn, C. A. ofLomax, Albemarle, Mary Roseboro Jr., and Willie Lomax. of Washington DC, and Marion Surviving is her nephew, Morrison of Albemarle; brothers: Wayne Chance (Vivian), nieces, Thomas D. Roseboro of Charlotte, Kay Gaddy, Gail Snuggs, Judy Robert Roseboro (Patricia) of Furr (John), Joyce DeBerry, Norwood, and Van Horne; a special and of Porsha Smith friend over 40 years,(Nathan).

Michelle McLendon of the home; special nieces: Nybrea Montague, Knya Little, and Laquanza Crump; special nephews: Robert Jr., Desmond Roseboro, and Marcus Lilly; and God daughter, Daphne Johnson; and special friends, Vetrella Johnson and Ben McLendon.

Paul K. Morgan, Sr.

April 19, 1927 — November 15, 2023 Paul Kenneth Morgan Sr., 96, of Richfield NC, passed away Wednesday, November January ~ January 8, 15, 2023, 7, at1973 home.

2023April 9, 1927, Paul was born in North Carolina to the late DarrickCarson VashonMorgan Baldwin,and age 50, Daniel the entered eternal rest, Sunday, January late Lizzie Talbert Morgan.

8, 2023, Albemarle, North Carolina.

He was also preceded Born January 7, 1973, in Stanly in death by his former County, North Carolina, Darrick was wives Doris Furr Morgan the son of Eddie James Baldwin Sr. and Germaine Melancon; and the late Phyllis Blue Baldwin. stepmother, Barbee Darrick enjoyedMahaza life, always kept Morgan; and brothers Carson things lively and enjoyed making Morgan, others smile.JD HisMorgan, presence and is noBill Morgan. longer in our midst, but his memory Paul was will forever live ainwonderful our hearts. husband, father and He was educated in the Stanly grandfather.

His greatest County public schools and attended joy in lifeSenior was his greatAlbemarle High School, grandchildren, Cindora and Albemarle.

Marcus He was aJr.. great conversationalist Survivors include and loved meeting people.sons, Darrick Kenny and his wife, never metMorgan a strangerJr. and always Katherine of Newport News, showed love and compassion for his VA. and Rodney D. Morgan fellowman.

He also loved his dog, of Richfield, NC.; grandsons, Rocky.

Matthew W. Morgan and He is survived by his father, Eddie J. Baldwin Sr.; sisters: Marcus N. Morgan Sr. Crystal (Eric) (Stoney) andJackson, his wife,LaFondra Didy; greatMedley, and Morgan Baldwin; grandchildren, Cindora and brothers: Baldwin Jr., Anton MarcusEddie Jr; and sister-in-law, Baldwin, and Lamont Rella Mae Morgan,Baldwin; as well aas host of other relatives friends. A several nieces andand nephews. limb has fallen from our family tree.

We will not grieve Darrick’s death; we will celebrate his life. We give thanksgiving for the many shared memories.

Darrick Baldwin

John B. Kluttz Rebecca March 23, 1935 - January 9, Earnhardt 2023 Gifford

John grew up in the Millingport January 11, 1949he- drove November community where a school 10, 2023 bus and worked at the local gas station during his High School years.

Susan HeRebecca graduated from Earnhardt Millingport Gifford, 74, of Albemarle High in 1954 and entered into passed awaythe Friday, November service with US Airforce 10, 2023 at Atrium Health immediately afterward.

Upon return from the service, he and his Stanly. high school sweetheart Juliein were Born January 11, 1949 marriedCounty, in 1956.she He graduated Stanly was the from Nashville Auto College later daughter of theDiesel late Homer D. in 1959 and began career as a diesel Earnhardt andhis Doris Bowers mechanic at She Mitchell Earnhardt. wasDistributing a graduate Company, moving hisSchool growing of Albemarle High class family Charlotte where they lived of 1967toand later graduated until atheir retirement. with Bachelors of English When John purchased his first from Catawba College class of Model A Ford at the age of 17, he 1971. said that he took the car to Rebecca is survived bythe her community mechanic when he had loving husband of 50 years, a small problem.The mechanic told Bob Gifford, of Albemarle. himis that if he was going keep the She also survived byto one car, he needed to learn to work daughter, Eva N. Gifford of on it. ThisNC, is when John’ s passion for Cary, three grandchildren, Model A Fords began and how he Jacob, Oliver, and Zada. spent his happiest days with his best In addition to her parents, friends from around the globe for the Rebecca is preceded in rest of his life! death by a daughter, Cherie At age 50, after years as a Detroit Gifford, and onehe sister, Debbie Diesel Mechanic and Julie Meredith. decided to take the plunge and

open a full Model A Restoration Shop. They thrived at their shop in Cornelius, NC until their retirement in 1998 when they moved back to Cabarrus County. John once again set up shop in his back yard garage where he attracted a loyal group of friends who visited almost daily.

While on the farm in Gold Hill, John also began a lifelong love with Alis Chalmers tractors after he restored his Dad’s tractor and began amassing his collection of tractors as well.

John restored many cars of his own and had the crowning achievement of winning the most prestigious award from MARC, The Henry for a restoration that garnered top points. He was also presented with the Ken Brady Service Award the highest award given members September 28, 1945 —toNovemat the national level. ber 12, 2023 This is what John’s Model A Community hadBillman, to say upon Jimmy Don 78, learning of his death: of Albemarle, passed away He was an active member of Sunday, November 12, 2023.

Wesley Chapel Jimmy DonMethodist was bornChurch where he loved as greeter on September 28,serving 1945, in Sunday mornings.

He also belonged Ingleside, Texas to the late to theOliver UnitedBillman Methodist Men. John and survived his wife theJohn late is Alice Maeby Franklin Julie Ussery Kluttz, for 66 years Billman. of the home. He is also survived He was also preceded in by a son John David Kluttz (Kim) death by siblings, Jack O. of Oakboro, NC; two daughters, Billman, Richard P. Billman, Sally Simerson of Denver, CO and Helen "Joy" Wright, Carl CO; Betsy Tusa (John) of Lafayette, Billman, and Frank H. three grandchildren, Bonnie Kluttz Billman; nephew, TroyNC Sammonsand (Ben) of Richfield, Billman.

John Alexander McKinnon (Sarah) include wife, of Survivors Asheville, NC and Seth William Sheila Marie Cole Billman McKinnon (Amanda) of Germany; of Albemarle, NC; children, five great-grandchildren, Charlotte, MaeLee Billman, Meredith,Scarlett Grant, Victoria and Rachael Burleson, Crystal in Ronan. John is also preceded (Michael) death by hisHartsfield, parents, J.S.Ben Kluttz and (Jennifer) Billman all a large Mary Wyatt Clayton-Kluttz; of Texas; and lovingbonus group children, of brothers and Dianne Smith of Florida sisters, Jack Methias Kluttz,and Annie Zach McMeans of Texas; Lou Kluttz Honeycutt, Jake Nelson grandchildren, Katlyn, Kluttz, Julius Kluttz, Mary Patricia Kristen, Kristy, Madison, Phillips and a grandson, Kevin Fowler Kluttz.

Abigail, Jimmy, Jaycee, and Wesley; 4 great-grandchildren, Ella, Ava, Sophia, and Harper; and several nieces and nephews and many cousins.

Jimmy Don Billman

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Doris Jones Boone Shankle FebruaryColeman 10, 1957 ~ November

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13,1944 2023- January 10, October 11, 2023 Clinton LeRoy "Boone" Shankle 66,Jones of Norwood, Doris Jr., Elaine Coleman, 78, passed awayinto Monday, went home God’s presence on November 2023 at Atrium January 1013, after a sudden illness and Health Stanly. a valiant week-long fight in ICU. Mr. Shankle was on 11, Doris was born onborn October February 10,mountains 1957 in Stanly 1944, in the of Marion, County toher thefather late Clinton NC while was away fighting the Margaret US Navy during Leroy Sr.inand Colson World War II. Raymond Jones was Shankle. soIn proud to return after the war and addition to his parents, meet his little girl!

Doris grew up in he is preceded in death by his Durham, Donnie NC and graduated from brothers, Lilly, Kermit Durham High School.

She furthered Shankle, and Gary Shankle; her studies at Watts HospitalSr. Uncle Clifton H. Shankle School of in Durham and (Annie N.Nursing Shankle), and Aunts graduated as a Registered Nurse in Shirley Bryan, and Mattie 1966. Shankle McInnis.

Delzora Doris married Rev. Dr. Ted He is survived by his Coleman in 1966 and had two loving wife, Lajania Watkins daughtersShankle; Amy andthree Laura.stepDoris Baldwin raised Amy and Laura in North children: Kiyoka Baldwin, Augusta, Baldwin SC. Terrance (Gracey), Doris was an incredible neonatal and Ayanna Baldwin; three intensive care nurse for most of her step-grand children: Tianna, career, and this was her passion.

Yahel, and Elliyahnna; brother The Augusta Chronicle did a feature and sisters: Grover Shankle on her in 1985. She was a clinical (Edwina), Truttie Shankle, nurse manager in Augusta, Georgia Libby Shankle ; Aunts and and at University Hospital NICU uncle: Jeanette Colson, worked there for 20 years.Glossie During Mae Colson, Mary Louise this time, Doris mentored young Capel Orrin Colson nurses(Joseph), and assisted in saving the (Sandra), lives of so and manyDavid babies.Bryan; She also and a host nieces, nephews, worked for of Pediatrician Dr. William cousins, and friends.

A. Wilkes in Augusta for several years prior to her NICU career. Doris retired from the mother/baby area at Atrium Stanly in 2007 after over 40 years of nursing.

Doris was a gentle and sweet spirit and loved her Lord. She never met a stranger, and she always left you feeling uplifted after talking with her. She would often claim that she had “adopted” friends into her immediate family, and honestly, she never made a distinction between the two. Positivity radiated from her like sunlight. She was selfless, funny, smart, and sentimental. During her lifetime she was an active member of First Baptist Church of Durham, First Baptist Church of Augusta, Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Augusta, and Palestine United Methodist Church in Albemarle.

She especially loved helping at church with youth, and October 20,older 1929adults, — November children. 10, 2023 She was especially talented atEdward sewing from a young age and Arthur Raynor, a made gifts friends, Christmas resident of for Harrisburg, North ornaments, Halloweendeparted Costumes, Carolina, peacefully dolllife clothes, pageant dresses, prom this on November 10, 2023, coats, tote bags, scarves, atdresses, the age of 94, surrounded by outfits for Amy the comforts ofand hisLaura, home.and Christening gowns each of her Mr. Raynor wasfor a member grandchildren. of the First Church of God, Dorisparticipating was preceded in actively indeath by her father Arthur Raymond Jones, congregations in both Norfolk, her mother Mary Ellen Cameron Virginia, and Concord, North Jones, and her sister Maryanne Carolina, over the course of Jones Brantley. many years.

Survivors include her two Mr. Raynor is preceded in precious daughters: Amy Cameron death by his cherished wife Neal Coleman (partner Dr. Edward ofChernault) over 70 years, Iris Yvonne of Albemarle, NC, and Raynor.

He leaves behind a Laura Lindahl Coleman Oliverio legacy embraced by his five (husband David) of Cincinnati, Ohio; children and their spouses: seven grandchildren: Cameron Joe andOliverio, Nancy Stephanie Raynor, John David Jae Dejak, and Jamie andJohn Luca BeattyRaynor, Oliverio,Jerry Coleman Lori Raynor, and Kurt Ryan Dejak, CarsonJudy Joseph Oliverio, Faubion, Jimmy and Richard Nicholas and Dejak, and Jadon Susie Raynor.

Additionally, his Oliverio; and numerous in-laws, memory lives oncousins, through hisloved nieces, nephews, and two sisters, Mary Ruth White ones. and Sadie Jones.

Edward Arthur Raynor

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STATE & NATION U.S. applications for jobless claims rise as labor market begins to show some signs of cooling The Associated Press MORE AMERICANS filed for jobless claims last week and while the labor market remains broadly healthy, there are growing signs that it may finally be cooling.

Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 13,000 to 231,000 for the week ending Nov. 11, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s the most in three months.

Jobless claim applications are seen as representative of the number of layoffs in a given week.

The Federal Reserve has been tapping the brakes on the economy and the labor market for nearly two years, trying to stem what was the highest inflation in four decades. The central bank raised its benchmark rate 11 times since March of 2022 as part of that effort.

Yet for months it seemed as though the aggressive actions from the Fed had little impact and companies have been forced to pay more to land employees.

Cracks, however, may be starting to show.

Overall, 1.87 million people were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended Nov. 4, about 32,000 more than the previous week and the most in almost two years. It was the

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A hiring sign is displayed in Wheeling, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. sixth straight week that continuing claims rose.

“Job growth remains strong, and businesses have yet to start reducing their workforce in a significant way,” said Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist for High Frequency Economics.

“But the continuing claims data

are pointing to some softening in labor demand, in line with what the Fed wants to see.”

Economists suggest that continuing claims are steadily rising because many of those who are already unemployed may now be having a harder time finding work, an indication that the

labor market is looser than it’s been in the post-pandemic era.

U.S. employers slowed their hiring in October, adding a modest but decent 150,000 jobs.

It’s only the third time in almost three years that monthly job gains have come in under 200,000. Yet all three of those

instances have come in the past five months.

“The claims data are consistent with a job market that is cooling enough to keep rate hikes off the table, but too strong to make rate cuts a consideration any time soon,” said economist Nancy Vanden Houten of Oxford Economics. “The Fed is surely encouraged by recent inflation data but needs to see a further slowdown in the labor market and wage growth to be persuaded that inflation is on a sustainable path back to 2%.”

Fed officials opted to leave the benchmark rate alone at their most recent policy meeting. Another increase before the end of the year has not been ruled out, yet recent data showed that inflation is continuing to ebb, a priority for Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Overall inflation didn’t rise from September to October, the first time that consumer prices collectively haven’t budged from one month to another in more than a year. Compared with a year earlier, prices rose 3.2% in October, the smallest such rise since June, though still above the Fed’s 2% inflation target.

The four-week moving average of jobless claim applications, which flattens out some of weekly volatility, rose by 7,750 to 220,250.

New Hampshire defies national Democrats’ new calendar and sets the presidential primary for Jan. 23 The Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s secretary of state scheduled the state’s presidential primaries for Jan. 23, 2024, extending its century-old streak of going first despite national Democrats’ efforts to overhaul the nominating calendar.

State law requires New Hampshire’s Republican and Democratic primaries to be held at least seven days before any similar contest and gives the secretary of state sole authority to set the date. Like his predecessor did for decades, Secretary of State David Scanlan waited for the dust to settle in other states before announcing his decision.

“New Hampshire has a tradition, and New Hampshire has a law, and both the tradition and the law were going to be followed no matter what,” he said.

Scanlan, chose as his backdrop the Statehouse’s Hall of Flags, which displays more than 100 blood-stained and bullet-ridden battle flags carried by New Hampshire soldiers in the Civil War and onward. Calling it a memorial to those who fought

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A historical marker displayed outside the Statehouse in Concord, New Hampshire, on Nov. 15, 2023, describes the history of the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary. for freedom and democracy, Scanlan said New Hampshire still represents those values.

“The government and political climate we have created here reflects the reason for their sacrifice and courage,” said Scanlan. “In today’s society, it seems that we are quick to eliminate traditions and ignore them. But I would like to think that 100 years from now, the people of this country will really be glad

that we kept this one.”

Republicans will kick off the nominating process with the Iowa caucus on Jan. 15, 2024.

New Hampshire’s primary eight days later will be a crucial opportunity for GOP candidates to show they can remain competitive against former President Donald Trump, the early front-runner for their party’s presidential nomination. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris

Christie in particular has put New Hampshire at the center of his strategy.

Iowa’s Democrats also will caucus on Jan. 15, 2024, but not release the presidential results immediately to comply with new party rules sought by President Joe Biden, who argued Black and other minority voters should play a larger, earlier role.

Iowa and New Hampshire are each more than 90% white.

But Scanlan said that using racial diversity as “a cudgel” in a bid to rearrange the presidential nominating calendar sets “an ugly precedent.”

“At what point does a state become too old, or too wealthy, or too educated, or too religious to hold an early primary?” he said in a news conference announcing the date.

The Democratic National Committee approved a new calendar with a primary in South Carolina, which has a large Black population, on Feb. 3, 2024, followed three days later by Nevada. The schedule also moves Michigan into the group of early states voting before Super Tuesday on March 5, 2024, when most of the rest of the

country holds primaries.

There will be 24 Republicans on the ballot in New Hampshire and 21 Democrats. Biden won’t appear on the New Hampshire ballot and isn’t planning to campaign there, though some of the state’s top Democrats are organizing a write-in campaign backing his reelection bid. Scanlan, a Republican, called Biden’s decision a “sad choice.”

“Maybe he will win because people in the state want to write his name on the ballot, but maybe he won’t,” Scanlan said after the news conference.

The Republican field has begun to consolidate since former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott dropped out. Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are vying to emerge as the chief Trump opponent.

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu called New Hampshire “a bottom up state.”

“We really are that state where you don’t need name ID, you don’t need money, you just need to come out and earn it person to person,” he said.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Jackson announces re-election bid for NC House Rep. Neal Jackson has announced his candidacy for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 78.

In an email to North State Journal, Jackson indicated he was proud of the session’s accomplishments in Randolph and Moore counties, emphasizing successes in education, crime reduction, family values, and tax reform.

He says these legislative efforts aim to safeguard North Carolina’s heritage.

Jackson seeks continued support for his advocacy in Raleigh, planning to officially file for re-election in December.

Thanksgiving meal costs: A mix of highs and lows As Thanksgiving approaches, a Wells Fargo report reveals mixed price trends for holiday meals. While turkey prices have decreased by 9% to $1.47 per pound, ham costs have risen sharply to $4.56 per pound, a 5.2% increase from last year. Fresh cranberries are cheaper by 20%, but canned cranberries and sweet potatoes have seen notable price hikes.

Other staples like russet potatoes and canned green beans also experienced increases. Despite a general slowdown in food inflation, consumers are advised to shop smartly, keeping an eye on sales to manage costs effectively. The report underscores the vital role of farmers and food producers in bringing these items to Thanksgiving tables across the country.

Asheboro hosts workshop on Trade and North Street infrastructure project City discusses updates and improvements, emphasizing community engagement

By Ryan Henkel and PJ Ward-Brown Randolph Record ASHEBORO — Asheboro hosted an informational workshop on Monday, Nov. 13, to present preliminary plans for a proposed infrastructure project on Trade Street and a section of North Street, seeking community feedback.

Community Development Director Trevor Nuttall stressed the importance of community input: “What’s really important about doing these meetings is that you hear suggestions... We know that if it’s just us in the room talking, we’re going to miss something that would be easy to do and would be really cool. The benefits of these sessions are we get to listen to people who we don’t talk to every day and pick up ideas.”

The project focuses on updating the city’s vital infrastructure, with Nuttall explaining, “What we plan to do is we will replace all the city-maintained infrastructure first... We think those are 60+ years old and could truthfully break at any point so we’d rather do this in a managed way on our schedule than in an emergency at two in the morning. We would do our utilities first, get those replaced and then allow temporary access so it can reopen. Then once the power company’s utility providers come in, we will then close the street down again, let them do their work and then continue until the project is complete.”

Nuttall estimates the construction will take 8 to 10 months, subject to weather and supply chain conditions. The plan also includes improving accessibility. “A benefit of this project is that we will have accessible sidewalks,” Nuttall noted. “Right now, the sidewalks are in rough shape, there’s no handicap accessible ramps, so you’re unable to use it if you’re in a wheelchair. At the end of this

“We hope to put this back in a way that reminds people of what occurred roughly 20 years ago with the similar project on Sunset.”

Asheboro Community Development Director Trevor Nuttall project, it’s going to be accessible.”

The City also anticipates the improvements to foster private investment. “We hope to put this back in a way that reminds people of what occurred roughly 20 years ago with the similar project on Sunset,” Nuttall added, expecting building owners to invest in their properties following the public investment.

Funded primarily through state funds as part of a $1.5 mil-

lion downtown infrastructure grant, the project aims for efficient use of resources. “Our goal is to do this project under the funds that we have,” said Nuttall, focusing on minimizing local taxpayer contributions.

Nuttall also addressed local concerns, including a new modern solid waste structure for Trade Street and revised parking arrangements. “Parking continues to be a kind of… it’s what comes along with being a popular destination,” he remarked, acknowledging the need for a more comprehensive parking solution in the future.

“Our commitment is to do this in a way that minimizes the disruptions to the local businesses,” Nuttall reassured.

For further information, Nuttall can be reached at 336-6261201 ext. 2323 or via email at tnuttall@ci.asheboro.nc.us.

The Asheboro City Council will review the preliminary plan on Dec. 7. If approved, construction is expected to begin in summer 2024.

Asheboro man arrested for robbing First Bank Christopher Lee Tuttle, 50, apprehended after armed robbery

By Scott Pelkey Randolph Record ASHEBORO — Last week, the Asheboro Police Department arrested a man following the armed robbery of the First Bank located at 335 S. Fayetteville St. The incident, which occurred just before 4 p.m. on November 14th, prompted a swift police response.

A press release from the police department described the suspect as a white male who passed a note to bank staff de-

manding money. After obtaining an undisclosed sum, he fled on foot towards Asheboro Summit Apartments, adjacent to the bank. Witnesses observed him entering the building and using the elevator.

Police located the suspect, identified as 50-year-old Christopher Lee Tuttle of Asheboro, in the shower of room 503. They also recovered clothing worn during the robbery. Tuttle was taken into custody without incident and has been charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and second-degree kidnapping.

Court records reveal that Tuttle was released in 2022 after serving a nine-year sentence

in 2015, and larceny of a motor vehicle and common law robbery in 2014.

Tuttle is currently being held at the Randolph County Jail without bond. Greensboro PD and the FBI both assisted with the investigation, the release noted.

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LIBERTY — The lack of rain this autumn has caused concerns in Randolph County.

During the weekend, that resulted in brush fires that were addressed by the North Carolina Forest Service.

The response came from local fire departments. Members cleared brush to try to reduce ways the fires could spread.

Rangers with the forest service were on the scene as well.

The impacted area was near Butler Road, Brinkley County Road and Staleys Dairy Road.

The size of the brush fires

was estimated to be an area that involved up to five acres initially. Later reports said that about 60 acres were impacted by the fires.

Smoke lingered in the area even after the fires were considered under control.

Firefighters responded from Liberty, Julian, Staley, Kimesville, Climax and Guilford County. Randolph County Emergency Management and the Red Cross also had personnel involved.

The western part of North Carolina has been hampered by weeks by wildfires stemming from the drought-like conditions.

Firefighters from around Alamance County were on the scene to try to contain the fires.

Randolph County Emergency Management and the Red Cross also had personnel involved.

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High-speed chase leads to multi-vehicle crash in Asheboro Suspect flees after crashing into cars at local auto repair shop

to comply, leading to a chase.

The pursuit ended dramatically when the driver lost control and crashed into multiple vehicles at Goldston’s Auto Repair on Gold Hill Rd. A police crash report indicates the suspect was speeding eastward on E Presnell St at approximately 120 mph.

The driver lost control, veered off the road, went airborne, and collided with three vehicles at the repair shop.

Paul Goldston, owner of Goldston’s Auto Repair, expressed distress over the incident. “Each one of those is a customer’s who’s thinking they are going to be able to come pick them up at the end of the month and that can’t

happen now,” he said, estimating all three vehicles as total losses.

Goldston also recounted the incident captured on video: “You see him hit the hill and go airborne. I thought he was going to hit my wrecker parked right there.”

Following the crash, the suspect escaped on foot. Authorities have yet to identify or locate them.

The Asheboro Police Department clarified that the chased vehicle’s insurance company bears responsibility for the damages. Additionally, the court might order the suspect to pay restitution and any claims against the vehicle’s insurance.

x Roszel, Deborah (F, 57), Arrested on charge of Simple Assault, on 11/16, at 118 Spring Garden St.

of Possession of Meth, Possession Schedule IV CS, Possession Drug Paraphernalia, on 11/16, at 509 W Dixie Dr.

x Roszel, Mark (M, 62), Arrested on charge of Assault on a Female, on 11/16, at 118 Spring Garden St.

x Lester, Jerry (M, 27), Arrested on charge of Possession of Marijuana, Possess Drug Paraphernalia, on 11/17, at MLK JR Dr @ Presnell St.

x Rodriguez, Bryan (M, 35), Arrested on charge of DWLR, Fail to Head Lights and Siren, on 11/15, at 408 E Salisbury St.

By Scott Pelkey Randolph Record ASHEBORO — Police here engaged in a brief vehicle chase last week, culminating in the suspect crashing into several vehicles and fleeing on foot.

The incident began in the early hours of November 15th, 2023, around 2:30 a.m. An Asheboro Police Department officer attempted to stop a silver car on E Presnell St. The driver, however, failed

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x Martinez-Arrendondo, Alan (M, 18), Arrested on charge of Disorderly Conduct, on 11/15, at 1221 S Park St. x Tuttle, Christopher (M, 50), Arrested on charge of Robbery w/ Dangerous Weapon, Second Degree Kidnapping, on 11/14, at 156 E Academy St. x Helms, Tiffany (F, 32), Arrested on charge of Child Abuse, Driving While Impaired, on 11/9, at Tucker St.

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Dec. 1 Kyle Petty Meet and Greet 5:30 to 6:30 p.m A meet and greet will be held with this year’s Asheboro Christmas Parade grand marshal, Kyle Petty at the Sunset Theatre (234 Sunset Ave, Asheboro) to celebrate his new book. The meet and greet will end promptly at 6:30 to allow time to make their way to their parade vehicle.

Asheboro Christmas Tree Lighting 6 p.m.

The tree lighting ceremony will be held at the railroad tracks on Sunset and will feature a performance by the Asheboro High School Park Street Ensemble.

Asheboro Christmas Parade 7 p.m.

The Asheboro/ Randolph Chamber of Commerce presents the annual Asheboro Christmas parade.

Filled with beautiful floats, musicians, dancers, and a host of other entries, the parade will begin at the corner of Church and Sunset Avenue, head east on Sunset to Fayetteville Street, then south of Fayetteville Street, and ending at Kivett Street.

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The little box that could change America

This time presents America’s nonJews with an opportunity to do something powerful for the Jews of America.

IN MY LONG LIFE, I have never personally experienced antisemitism in America.

I was raised by Jewish parents who believed that the best place Jews ever lived (other than in their own country in the Holy Land) was the United States of America. When the most prominent Jew of the 20th century, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, the head of the Chabad movement from 1950 until his death in 1994, came to the United States from East Europe in 1941, he sometime thereafter declared that America was a “medinah shel chesed” ― “a righteous country.”

Yes, there have always been individual antisemites in America; yes, there have been antisemitic policies (quotas on Jews at Harvard, country clubs barring Jews from membership, law firms closed to Jewish lawyers, among other examples) and there have always been Jews who believed American Christians were no different from Europe’s.

But the fact is, even with the aforementioned flaws, America has always been a blessing to its Jews.

It is therefore nothing less than tragic — as much for America as for its Jews — that for the first time in American history, many American Jews are afraid. They watch the Jew-hatred on college campuses, the large demonstrations featuring calls to wipe out Israel, police guarding schoolchildren attending Jewish schools, and see armed guards at virtually every synagogue in the country.

They worry.

So much so that many religious Jewish college students, who until very recently wore a kippah with nary a thought, now wear a baseball hat or some other head covering that does not identify them as Jews, and some Jews

are removing the mezuzah from the doorposts of their homes and apartments.

This time presents America’s non-Jews with an opportunity to do something powerful for the Jews of America. And many would like to.

Unlike during the Nazi era, when helping Jews often entailed hiding a Jew and thereby risking one’s life and family, helping Jews now can be done with little or no risk. And if many millions of Americans do this, America and the world will be profoundly affected for the good.

Americans should put a mezuzah on the doorposts of their homes and apartments. In effect, they will be saying, “We are all Jews.”

There are powerful precedents.

One took place during World War II in a Nazi prisoner of war camp.

As reported by the Army: “Sometime in January 1945, German forces instructed all Jewish POWs to report the next morning. Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds (the senior noncommissioned officer) was in charge of the prisoners, which included Jews and nonJews. He ordered all of his soldiers to stand together when the Jewish prisoners were to report.

“When the German officer in charge saw that all the camp’s inmates were standing in front of their barracks, he turned to Edmonds and said, ‘They cannot all be Jews.’ “’We are all Jews,’ Edmonds replied.

“The German officer drew his pistol and threatened Edmonds,” but Edmonds stood firm, and no Jewish soldier was hurt.

In the Nazi POW camp, America’s Christians and other non-Jews responded to Jew-hatred by saying, “We are all Jews.”

Once again, a time has come for Americans — especially, but not only, Christians — to

announce, “We are all Jews.”

Put a mezuzah on the doorpost of your house or apartment.

The mezuzah is a small box that Jews place on the right doorpost of their home. The commandment to do so is thousands of years old, coming, as it does, from the Bible. In the fifth book of the Torah, in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, it is written: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.”

Those words are written on parchment (just as are the words of the Torah scroll) and placed inside the mezuzah. When written by a scribe on parchment, the mezuzah is considered a “kosher” mezuzah.

Ideally, once you’ve done this, take a photo of it with your cellphone and post it on your social media account. Let the world know where you stand.

What matters is that non-Jews put this distinctive Jewish item on their doorpost.

If enough Americans did this, the message of solidarity with Jews would reverberate around the world, that in this time of greater antisemitism than any since the Holocaust, “We are all Jews.”

Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist.

COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO

The barbarians are inside the gates

London saw radical Muslims threatening the open annihilation of Jews.

LAST WEEKEND marked Armistice Day in Great Britain and Veterans Day in the United States. Both are somber days typically marked by honor and respect for symbols of the country and the men and women who have sacrificed so much for them. Instead, both London and New York City featured terrorist supporters marching en masse through the centers of the West, proclaiming their sovereignty.

Marxist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once blustered that the West was so guilty for its colonization that the best path would be to be colonized in reverse: “It’s our turn to tread the path, step by step, which leads down to native level. But to become natives altogether, our soil must be occupied by a formerly colonized people and we must starve of hunger. This won’t happen.”

Sartre, obviously, was wrong. He, along with his like-minded and soft-headed colleagues, helped to discredit the West so thoroughly that the West spent decades importing millions of people who despise it.

And so London saw radical Muslims threatening the open annihilation of Jews.

It saw home-grown or imported radicals wearing the headgear of terrorist group Hamas. It saw them attempting to mob the current Secretary of State for Housing Michael Gove. At least 150 people were arrested. But there were 300,000 marching in solidarity with a terrorist group.

The philosophy of those marching with Hamas and against the West is clear and obvious: The West is powerful; the West has exploited; the West is white; therefore, the West is powerful because the West is white and exploitative.

Under this theory, antisemitism is directly linked with anti-whiteness. The idea is that the Jews are the ultimate white people: They are unduly successful, and thus must be stopped. As one pro-Hamas flyer distributed at the University of Chicago read, “Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege.”

This notion is fully coincident with antiAmericanism, too. America, after all, is largely great because of the promise that anyone of any background can get ahead.

Jews are one of the great success stories in American history by that standard, given the fact that they arrived mostly in the early 20th century dirt poor, and quickly became highly educated and economically successful.

The current antisemitic movement is linked directly to hatred for the country and its meritocratic promise. That’s why proHamas protesters spent the weekend ripping down American flags.

Across the world, those who have not achieved are uniting against the West. They blame the West for their lack of success while living off the West’s largesse.

The West has a choice. It can be colonized in Sartre’s fashion, or it can refuse that colonization. In the UK, that battle is taking place largely over the verbiage of Suella Braverman, former Home Secretary, who has been stalwartly calling for an end to the police and government’s coddling of pro-Hamas ralliers. Noticing the predations of the pro-Hamas crowd, however, is a dismissible offense in the U.K. In the words of Neil Basu, former head of counterterrorism policing in the U.K., “You have a chance of inflaming both sides when

you make such divisive remarks.”

Yes, it was the remarks that were divisive, not the hundreds of thousands of people calling for the destruction of Israel and the West from the heart of London.

Mustn’t offend, you know.

In the United States, that battle is taking place at the universities, where enemies of the United States are ushered in and offered scholarships. The latest iteration comes courtesy of MIT, where radical students violated the university’s rules by occupying public places; Jews were told by the university not to entire through the main lobby due to safety concerns.

These pro-Hamas students are foreigners.

The university could easily have suspended them. The university didn’t. Why not?

It would violate their scruples about the necessity of importing people who hate the United States into the United States.

Suspending the students might result in their deportation.

Yes, we certainly wouldn’t want terror supporters deported. That might open a slot at MIT to a deserving Asian-American or something.

The reality is that the West has created wildly disproportionate prosperity and freedom over the course of its history compared with other civilizations. That doesn’t excuse the West’s sins, but it does mean that tearing down the West in favor of alternatives is repulsive.

Ben Shapiro, 39, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and co-founder of Daily Wire+.

Randolph Record for Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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SPORTS

NFL

Former coach Johnson will join Cowboys Ring of Honor Charlotte Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said former head coach Jimmy Johnson will be inducted into the franchise’s ring of honor on Dec. 30. Jones made the announcement on FOX prior to the Cowboys’ game on Sunday against the Panthers. Johnson won back-to-back Super Bowls in the 1992 and 1993 seasons during his five-year tenure with the Cowboys, but the relationship between the two men deteriorated at the end with a bitter departure following the 1993 season.

Johnson finished 44-36 in Dallas and then spent four seasons coaching the Dolphins. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020.

MLB

Nola signs 7-year deal to stay with Phillies Philadelphia Aaron Nola is staying in Philadelphia. The righthander signed a seven-year contract to remain with the Phillies after testing the free-agent market, the team said Sunday. ESPN and others reported the 30-year-old’s contract is worth $172 million.

Nola is the first big-name starting pitcher to come off the board among this year’s free agents, a group including Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Sonny Gray, Jordan Montgomery and Eduardo Rodriguez. Nola was a firstround draft pick by the Phillies in 2014, debuted with Philadelphia the next year and has been there his entire career.

FORMULA ONE

F1 fans file lawsuit against Las Vegas Grand Prix Las Vegas Formula One fans upset at being forced to leave the Las Vegas Grand Prix venue early Friday morning before the start of the second practice session have filed a classaction lawsuit. The lawsuit against the Las Vegas Grand Prix and its owner, Liberty Media, was filed in Nevada state court and is seeking at least $30,000 in damages.

Those who bought tickets to the race’s opening night saw just nine minutes of action Thursday night before Carlos Sainz Jr. ran over a water valve cover and damaged his Ferrari. Race officials have since offered a $200 discount at the official gift shop.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Notre Dame, NBC agree to new deal South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame and NBC announced Saturday they have agreed to extend their media rights agreement, keeping Fighting Irish football on the network through the 2029 season.

NBC has been the home of Notre Dame’s home football games since 1991.

Their current agreement was due to expire after the 2024 season. The current deal with NBC pays Notre Dame about $22 million per year. Financial terms of the new deal weren’t disclosed.

The new deal will allow for select football games to stream exclusively on Peacock, NBC’s subscription streaming service. Peacock has carried at least one Notre Dame football game since 2021.

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Tiger Woods says his right ankle that was fused in April is pain-free, but other parts of his leg are not.

Tiger Woods to play in the Bahamas It will be his first competition since the Masters

The Associated Press TIGER WOODS showed he could walk four days while caddying for his son. Now he has decided he is fit enough to try to play.

Woods announced on social media Saturday he will be playing in the Hero World Challenge, which starts Nov. 30 at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas.

It will be his first time competing since he withdrew before the third round at the Masters after battling the wind and cold while playing on his injured right leg.

His TGR company announced his decision to take a sponsor exemption. The 20-man field is for the top 50 in the world ranking, though the tournament host — Woods — is exempt.

Woods had said in an interview with The Associated Press last week, when discussing his ownership of a team in the tech-driven TGL league, that his right ankle is pain-free after being fused in a surgery in April following the Masters.

“My ankle is fine. Where they fused my ankle, I have absolutely zero issue whatsoever,” Woods said. “That pain is completely gone. It’s the other areas that have been compensated for.”

He compared it with when he had fusion surgery on his lower back. He said the L5 and S1 vertebrae were fine.

“But all the surrounding ar-

“My ankle is fine. … I have absolutely zero issue whatsoever.”

Tiger Woods eas is where I had all my problems and I still do,” he said. “So you fix one, others have to become more hypermobile to get around it, and it can lead to some issues.”

Woods recently caddied for his son, Charlie, at the Notah Begay III Junior Golf Championship, sparking speculation that he was close to playing again.

Woods will be playing the Hero World Challenge for the first time since 2019. The holi-

UVA further delays release of campus shooting findings The school said it was concerned information could impact the suspect’s pending trial

The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — University of Virginia officials said Friday they were further delaying the public release of the findings of an investigation into the events surrounding a 2022 campus shooting that killed three student-athletes and wounded two other students.

Citing concern about the impact the findings could have on the suspect’s pending trial, UVA said in a news release that it would not make a “redacted” version of the final report public until “after the criminal proceedings.”

“Making the report public at this time, or even releasing a summary of their findings and recommendations, could have an impact on the criminal trial of the accused, either by disrupting the case being prepared by the Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney, or by interfering with the defendant’s right to

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University of Virginia officials said Friday they were further delaying the public release of the findings of an investigation into the events surrounding a 2022 campus shooting that killed three student-athletes and wounded two other students. a fair trial before an impartial jury,” UVA President Jim Ryan said in a statement.

The announcement drew criticism from both a leading open government advocate and a former U.S. attorney.

Ryan said the university had consulted with Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Hingeley in reaching the de-

cision.

Hingeley said in a statement released by the school that he had not seen the report but was appreciative of “the University’s efforts to avoid taking any action that could complicate the prosecution of the accused, Christopher Jones, or impair his right to a fair and impartial trial.”

UVA announced about a

day event was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then he badly damaged his right leg in a February 2021 car crash outside of Los Angeles that threatened to end his career.

He returned a year later at the Masters and made the cut, and he played in two more majors, including what figures to be his final appearance at St. Andrews in the British Open.

He has said his tournament play would be limited, and he played only the Genesis Invitational at Riviera, which he hosts, and the Masters this year before having surgery on his ankle.

Woods has not won since the Zozo Championship in Japan in the fall of 2019, the year he won the Masters for his 15th major.

The Hero World Challenge is 72 holes with no cut.

month ago that the investigation was done and that it would be discussed with UVA’s Board of Visitors and those most affected by the shooting before being released publicly, possibly by early November.

John Fishwick Jr., a former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia who is now in private practice, said UVA should reverse course and immediately release the investigation.

He said he thought both the local prosecutor and Jones’ legal team would want access to the report, adding that UVA’s “higher obligation” is to the public.

“The victims’ families and the public have a right to know now what happened and there should not be a delay in releasing the investigation until after Mr. Jones’ criminal trial,” he said.

Jones was a UVA student and former member of the school’s football team when authorities say he fatally shot three members of the team as they and others returned by charter bus to campus from a field trip to see a play in Washington in November 2022. Two other students were injured, one of them also a football player.

The violence that erupted near a parking garage set off a 12-hour lockdown of the campus until the suspect was captured.

Jones is charged with aggravated murder, aggravated malicious wounding and firearms-related counts, according to court records, which show his next court hearing is in February.

Randolph Record for Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Asheboro, Trinity, Providence Grove boys win openers Randolph Record ASHEBORO — There was a sampling of season-opening basketball games for some Randolph County schools Friday night.

That included Southwestern Randolph and Asheboro splitting a pair of meetings.

In the girls’ game, Caressa King’s 20 points led host Southwestern Randolph to a 67-33 triumph against Asheboro.

On the boys’ side, Asheboro won 70-43 behind Jerquarius Stanback’s 26 points and Camden Walker’s 22 points. ** Trinity opened the season with a 71-42 whipping of visiting Albemarle as Dominic Payne racked up 33 points in the boys’ game. ** Providence Grove won its

boys’ opener in the debut for new coach Brett Andrews by edging host Chatham Charter 48-46 with Gabe McKoy scoring 19 points. ** Uwharrie Charter Academy’s boys’ team was in its second week of competition last week and the Eagles romped past visiting River 70-47 and prevailed at East Rowan by 7353. Those results pushed the Eagles’ record to 4-0.

Wrestling At Hillsborough, Bearik Bigelow’s runner-up finish was the top spot for Asheboro in the Red Wolf Invitational, which was held at Cedar Ridge.

Bigelow, competing in the 120-pound weight class, lost to Cedar Ridge’s Pierce Prescod

via a second-period pin in the final.

Earlier, Bigelow defeated South Granville’s Brandon Mann 12-4 and Western Alamance’s Omar Rushing 5-1.

Asheboro’s Alex Patino (132, fourth) and Oscar Zelaya (138, fourth) also had top-four finishes. Zelaya had a 5-2 record, while Patino was 3-2.

Earlier last week, Bigelow, Patino and Zelaya were among Asheboro wrestlers with 3-0 records in a quad meet as the Blue Comets defeated Jordan-Matthews 84-0, Providence Grove 62-12 and North Carolina Leadership Academy 69-9. ** At Cary, Uwharrie Charter Academy went on the road and swept meets by topping Northeast Guilford 60-13, Cary 42-20 and Knightdale 81-0.

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Asheboro’s Guillermo Santos, top, works the back of Providence Grove’s Josh Fogleman during a heavyweight bout last week in Asheboro. Santos won the match.

Wildcats bruise Thomasville to advance Randolph Record RAMSEUR — Running back Lucas Smith ran for two touchdowns and Eastern Randolph’s football team cranked out another victory in the Class 1-A state playoffs.

The Wildcats defeated visiting Thomasville 40-19 in the third round Friday night.

Third-seeded Eastern Ran-

dolph (12-1) displayed balanced offense by compiling 246 passing yards to go with 225 yards on the ground.

This means a rematch with defending state champion Mount Airy (13-0), the No. 2 seed, in the West Region semifinal Friday night. Last year in this round, Mount Airy won 3517 in a game played in Ramseur, though that marked the most

points the Granite Bears allowed in any of their 2022 postseason games.

In the Thomasville game, Smith was charted with 133 yards on 24 carries. Quarterback Carter Revelle rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown and Kobe Walker also ran for a touchdown.

Revelle threw for 210 yards with touchdown passes to Nicah Taylor and Desean Shamburger.

Taylor’s night included 10 receptions for 129 yards.

Thomasville (9-4) trailed 2612 at halftime and neither team scored in the third quarter.

It was the most-lopsided loss of the season for the Bulldogs, who lost their other three games by a combined 23 points. Thomasville entered the game on a six-game winning streak.

Taylor has been one of the main playmakers for the Wildcats during their Piedmont Athletic Conference championship season.

Taylor is a receiver who has been one of the primary targets for quarterback Carter Revelle, who has thrown for 30 touchdowns.

The Wildcats (12-1) have won three games in the Class 1-A state playoffs at home. Next is Friday night’s West Region semifinal at Mount Airy.

Taylor also was a key player on Eastern Randolph’s state finalist boys’ basketball team during the last school year.

First Flight caps unbeaten season with 3-A title Semifinals set for football regionals Randolph Record BROWNS SUMMIT — First Flight won the Class 3-A state championship in boys’ soccer by defeating Hickory 3-0 in title game Saturday at MacPherson Stadium.

First Flight scored all three goals in the first half.

The Nighthawks (22-0-1) gave up just two goals across six games in the state playoffs. They finished the season as the only North Carolina High School Athletic Association team in boys’ soccer without a loss this year. A tie with Manteo was the lone game that First Flight didn’t win.

Hickory (23-3-2), the defending state champion, had a 19-game winning streak snapped.

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Eastern Randolph’s Ladaryan Spinks makes a stop on a Thomasville ball carrier during Friday night’s game in the Class 1-A state playoffs.

The top four seeds in the Class 3-A West Region have advanced to the regional semifinals.

That means Friday’s games pit fourth-seeded Greensboro Dudley at top-seeded Shelby Crest in one matchup, while

third-seeded West Henders visits second-seeded Hickory in the other semifinal.

Shelby Crest survived for a 30-29 decision against West Charlotte in the third round.

Greensboro Dudley has scored at least 48 points in each of its playoff romps.

All four teams in the West Region semifinals hold 13-0 records.

In the East Region, top-seeded Havelock (13-0) has a home regional semifinal against No. 13 seed Northern Nash, which has won close games the past two weeks.’

Northern Nash (12-1) avenged a loss to Southern Nash by winning 35-32 in the second round and then upended fifth-seeded Scotland County 45-44 in the third round.

The other East Region semifinal sends third-seeded Southern Alamance (12-1) to Fayetteville Seventy-First (130).

Southern Alamance and Fayetteville Seventy-First both own victories against Burlington Williams, with Southern Alamance winning 33-20 in a Central 3-A Conference game and Fayetteville Seventy-First claiming a 40-20 second-round victory in the state playoffs.

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Illinois earmarks $160 million to keep migrants warm in Chicago as winter approaches The Associated Press CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced last week that Illinois will funnel an additional $160 million to help migrants arriving in Chicago to resettle, including $65 million to help the city launch “winterized” temporary shelter to avoid people sleeping outdoors in cold weather.

The announcement came on an unseasonably warm Chicago day in the 60s, but with a forecast for temperatures to dip as low as 17 degrees Fahrenheit within a week. Most of the roughly 24,000 asylum seekers who have come to Chicago since Gov. Greg Abbot began sending buses last year.

Chicago and other U.S. cities, including New York, have struggled to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits and accommodate a growing migrant population. State officials said roughly 700 new migrants arrive each week.

Similar issues could occur as wintry weather closes in on New York, which is struggling to accommodate a growing migrant population, and Denver, which was prompted to loosen its rules on how long migrants are kept in shelters during a recent cold snap.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced wide-ranging budget cuts that he warned would only be the beginning

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Gleicy Martinez, from Venezuela, gives an interview to The Associated Press, Nov. 1, 2023, in a small migrant tent community near a Northside police station in Chicago. without state and federal support for the tens of thousands of migrants that have arrived since last spring.

In Massachusetts, advocates for migrant families are relying on airport lounges, hospital waiting rooms and churches after the state capped the number of beds in family shelters and offered few options for those facing homelessness.

Illinois has already spent or committed more than $638 million to address the humanitarian asylum seeker crisis, officials said. The additional funds will

come from the Illinois Department of Human Services. Chicago is in charge of housing new arrivals and has also spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to accommodate them.

Pritzker said the state has stepped in now because the city has moved too slowly. Chicago has come under scrutiny from immigrant rights groups, local leaders and residents for its handling of the crisis which has heavily relied on volunteers.

“The city’s been operating its own methodology process. And it hasn’t moved fast enough,”

Pritzker said at a news conference at a state building in Chicago. “We’re stepping in here to try to help and accelerate this process.”

Mayor Brandon Johnson, who took office in May, has called it an inherited problem and one the city is working to address.

Earlier this week, he announced new limits on how long migrants can stay at city-run shelters and said more resources would come from the state and county.

Roughly 2,500 men, women and children are awaiting placement at city-run shelters and sleeping inside or outside police stations or at O’Hare International Airport, according to the city.

Of the $160 million new investment from the state, $30 million will be dedicated to setting up an intake and welcome center to better assist those coming to Chicago who already have a place to stay with friends or relatives, or who plan to continue on to another location, according to the governor.

Another $65 million will go toward helping Chicago set up a “winterized soft shelter site” providing temporary housing for up to 2,000 people.

Pritzker called on Congress to address the issue.

“We’re being forced to try to solve a federal-sized problem at the state and local level,” he said.

Johnson and the mayors of four other cities, including New

York, wrote to President Joe Biden earlier this month seeking more federal resources. He and Denver’s mayor met with the White House chief of staff and Homeland Security Department officials the next day.

New York City has spent $1.45 billion on the humanitarian crisis this fiscal year and is on track to spend nearly $11 billion over the next two years, Adams said, announcing cuts that would close libraries on Sunday, reduce spending on pre-K and freeze police hiring.

“No city should be left to handle a national humanitarian crisis largely on its own,” Adams, a Democrat, said, “and without the significant and timely support we need from Washington, D.C., today’s budget will be only the beginning.”

The announcement drew criticism from several fronts, including Immigration Coalition Executive Director Murad Awawdeh, who accused Adams of scapegoating asylum seekers, rather than improve the city’s shelter system.

Adams has said more than 122,700 asylum seekers have come through New York City’s intake system since last spring.

Biden has requested $1.4 billion from Congress to help state and local governments provide shelter and services for migrants, after earlier pleas from Democratic mayors and governors.

In death, one cancer patient helps to erase millions in medical debt The Associated Press A NEW YORK CITY woman who died on Sunday, Nov. 12 from cancer has raised enough money to erase millions of dollars in medical debt with a posthumous plea for help.

Casey McIntyre told followers in a social media message posted by her husband that she had arranged to buy the medical debt of others as a way of celebrating her life.

McIntyre wrote on X that, “if you’re reading this I have passed away.”

“I loved each and every one of you with my whole heart and I promise you, I knew how deeply I was loved,” the 38-year-old wrote. The posts included a link to a fundraising campaign started through the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt.

McIntyre’s husband, Andrew Rose Gregory, posted the messages over the past week, and the campaign quickly blew past its $20,000 goal. It had raised about $140,000 by Friday afternoon, or enough to buy around $14 million

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This family photo shows Casey McIntyre. Less than a week after her death from cancer on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, the New York woman has raised enough money to erase more than $13 million in medical debt for others with a posthumous plea for help. in medical debt.

Gregory said his wife had good health insurance and received great care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Even so, the couple saw some “terrify-

ing” charges on paperwork for her care, he said.

“What resonated for me and Casey is, you know, there’s good cancer treatment out there that people can’t afford,” he said. “In-

stead of dreaming of a cure for cancer, what if we could just help people who are being crushed by medical debt?”

Patients in the U.S. healthcare system can quickly rack up big bills that push them into debt even if they have insurance. This is especially true for people who wind up hospitalized or need regular care or prescriptions for chronic health problems.

A 2022 analysis of government data from the nonprofit KFF estimates that nearly 1 in 10 U.S. adults owe at least $250 in medical debt. That total of roughly 23 million people includes 11 million who owe more than $2,000.

RIP Medical Debt erases debt purchased from hospitals, other health care providers and the secondary debt market. It buys millions of dollars of debt in bundles for what it says is a fraction of the original value.

The nonprofit says every dollar donated buys about $100 in debt, and it aims to help people with lower incomes. Spokesman Daniel Lempert said the organization has never had a campaign where

someone plans for it to start after their death.

McIntyre, who was a book publisher, started treatment for ovarian cancer in 2019. She spent about three months in the hospital over the past year, her husband said.

The Brooklyn couple started planning for her memorial and the debt-buying campaign after she almost died in May. They were inspired by a video they saw of North Carolina churchgoers burning about $3 million in medical debt.

McIntyre spent the last five months in home hospice care, giving her what Gregory calls a “bonus summer.” She went on beach trips and spent time with their family, including the couple’s 18-month-old daughter, Grace.

“Casey was very, very sick at the end of her life, and she couldn’t finish everything she wanted to finish,” Gregory said. “But I knew she wanted to do this memorial and debt jubilee. So I set that up and … did it the way I thought she would have wanted.”

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obituaries

Frances Thomas Carrick

February 7, 1946 — November 15, 2023 Frances Thomas Carrick, age 77, of Asheboro died Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at Moses Cone Hospital.

Frances was born February 7, 1946 in Randolph County to Edna Hughes. She was a graduate of Randleman High School, received a business management degree from the University of Maryland and her cosmetology degree from Randolph Community College.

Frances operated the Family Haircare Center and also worked for Thomas Brothers Country Ham for many years.

There she enjoyed helping the children when they took over the family business. Frances loved to cook and loved her dogs. In addition to her mother, Frances was preceded in death by her husbands, Homer Franklin Thomas Sr, Vernon James Carrick, brother, George Collins and sister Georgia Ruth Collins.

Frances is survived by her daughters, Deborah F. Thomas (Anthony) of Asheboro, Donna M. Thomas of Winston-Salem; sons, H. Franklin Thomas, Jr. of Asheboro; Ricky L. Thomas (Brooke) of Asheboro; stepson, Samuel M. Thomas of Easley, SC; grandchildren, Amanda Kinney Wilson (Neal), Tyler Kinney (Stephanie), Zachary Thomas, Camden Thomas, Madyson Hogan, Cody Hogan; great grandchildren, Conor Wilson, Sawyer Wilson, Eli Kinney, Noah Kinney; sisters, Patricia Henderson of Asheboro, Narcia Rodriguez of Asheboro; brothers, Bill Collins of Asheboro, Steve Collins of Asheboro.

Wayne Lahmeyer July 1, 1953 — November 15, 2023

Wayne David Lahmeyer, age 70, of Asheboro, died Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at Moses Cone Hospital.

Wayne was born July 1, 1953, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Archie and Dorothy Lahmeyer. He had a great personality and always knew how to get a laugh. When asked cremation or burial, he said, "surprise me." Wayne was a man of service who loved helping others. Wayne never met a stranger, loved his community, and participated in countless civic and charitable activities. He was a member of First E & R United Church of Christ and served as vice president of the consistory.

Wayne was a great cook who was known for his Frogmore stew. He loved sports, especially ACC basketball and watching his grandchildren play sports. Wayne was a loving husband, father and grandfather who loved his family and was very proud of all of them. They all enjoyed taking family trips to the beach.

In addition to his parents, Wayne was preceded in death by his sister, Sonja Baxley, and brothers, Carl Lahmeyer and Archie Lahmeyer.

Wayne is survived by his wife of 47 years, Trisha Rummage Lahmeyer; children, Scott Lahmeyer (Haley) of Charlotte, Jenna Brannon of Huntersville, Lauren Tankersley (Taylor) of Asheboro; grandchildren, Miller, Palmer, Huck, Nora, Robert and Nancy; sister, Sharon Hall of Seneca, South Carolina.

Max Anderson Cox

May 24, 1959 - November 14, 2023 Max Anderson Cox, 64, of Asheboro, died Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at Randolph Health in Asheboro.

Max was born on May 24, 1959, in Chatham County, son of the late Anderson Cox and Ina Spencer Cox. He was a graduate from Eastern Randolph High School, Class of 1978. He retired from Georgia Pacific. Max loved the outdoors, gardening and was an avid bass fisherman. Max loved being around his family and enjoyed catching the sunsets by the lake.

He is survived by his wife, Geneva Campbell Cox of the home; daughter, Melissa Dawn Cox of the home; sisters, Andrea Sykes and husband Kenneth of Asheboro, Gail Hurlburt and husband Don of Randleman, Vickie Whitaker and husband David of Asheboro, Patricia Lever and husband Art of Anderson, SC, Pamela Lewis and husband John of Ramseur, Phyllis Ann Cox of Asheboro, Melinda Bullard and husband Steve of Asheboro; Gary Cox of Ramseur.

Bobby Ledwell

January 28, 1935 - November 14, 2023 Bobby Worth Ledwell passed away peacefully November 14, 2023, at Clapp’s Convalescent and Nursing Home in Asheboro, NC. Bobby was born January 28, 1935, in Randolph County North Carolina. He was a graduate of Farmer High School, Class of 1954. Bobby served in the US Army and was stationed in Germany in the medical corps. During his retirement years, Bobby helped care for his beloved sister Louise. Aided and abetted by his wife Carol, he was an avid gardener, built themed birdhouses, and was most content when he was sitting in his carport visiting with family and friends with his pet, Patches, by his side.

Bobby was preceded in death by his parents Emory and Dorothy Ledwell, his wife of 47 years, Carol Gallimore Ledwell, his sister Louise Ledwell Moffitt, and his nephew, Lawrence Moffitt.

He is survived by his brother Billy Ray Ledwell, his niece Carol Moffitt Kuykendal (Bill), his nephew Billy Ray Ledwell II (Gina), and his niece-in-law Kay Moffitt; great nephews and nieces: Dorothy, Anna, Lydia, Zach, Sarah, and Jason; great great niece and nephews, Lydia Louise, William, and Bryson.

Bobby Dixon Schrimsher

November 17, 1945 ~ October 26, 2023 (age 77)

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Bobby Dixon Schrimsher, beloved husband, father, and friend, passed away peacefully on October 26, 2023, at Randolph Hospice House. He was born on November 17, 1945, in Huntsville, Alabama.

Beyond his professional life, Bobby had a variety of interests that brought him joy. He had a passion for collecting guns, he enjoyed the thrill of gambling and the excitement of exploring flea markets. However, what truly brought Bobby the most fulfillment was helping his friends in times of need. His selflessness and willingness to lend a hand endeared him to all who crossed his path.

Bobby will be deeply missed by his surviving family members, including his loving wife, Phyllis Ann Bragg Schrimsher, his son Brad Schrimsher, and his granddaughter, Alabama Schrimsher. He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Mary Cobb Schrimsher, and his siblings Peggy Hooper, Betty Ostrander, Michael Schrimsher, Terry Schrimsher, Jerry Schrimsher, Jimmy Schrimsher, and Shirley Kaussebaum.

James “Jim” Darnley Macintyre III

September 18, 1946 ~ November 13, 2023 James “Jim” D. Macintyre III, age 77, of Asheboro passed away November 13, 2023 at The Randolph Hospice House.

He was born September 18, 1946 in Yonkers, New York the son of the late James D. Macintyer Jr and Sue Havera Macintyre. He is also preceded in death by his son, Paul Macintyre; and brother, Donald Macintyre.

He served his country honorably during Vietnam in the US Army. Following his service in the military he worked as a fire fighter in Myrtle Beach, SC and later a security guard in High Point, NC. Jim enjoyed spending time doing home improvement projects and watching shows like This Old House or the New Yankee Workshop. His favorite place was the beach, he enjoyed the peace of watching the waves and quiet of the mountains.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Nancy H. Macintyre; children, Donald Macintyre, Rebecca Macintyre, Jennifer Thompson (James), Tonda Shick (Evan), and Cinda Frazier; grandchildren, Chris, Kyra, Brandy, Brittany, Gunner, Trinity, Crissa, Lee and Noah; great grandchild, Amara; and numerous other beloved family and friends.

Vera Hughes Staley

September 20, 1931 - November 14, 2023 Vera Mae Hughes Staley, 92, of Asheboro passed away on Monday, November 14, 2023 at her home.

Vera was born on September 20, 1931 in Randolph County to the late John and Bessie Wicker Hughes. She graduated from Asheboro High School and Asheboro Beauty School. Vera went on to own and operate LeChelles Beauty Salon along with her loyal co-workers and many customers for 35 years until retiring in 1999. She attended Rock Hill Baptist Church. She loved doing crafts, watching sports, NASCAR Racing, and traveling.

Vera is preceded in death by her parents, her son Steven, and her loving husband Paul Staley.

She is survived by her sons, Michael Staley, Ramasu Suresh; adopted daughter, Linda Maturi; daughter-in-law, Brenda Staley; grandchildren, Jeffrey Staley, Kristol Allen, Karla Walker, Preetha Suresh, Pavitra Suresh; and great grandchildren, Breanna Allen, Logan Allen, Ashley Walker, Keri Walker, Anna Walker.

Debra Joanne Stanley

June 6, 1954 - November 13, 2023 Debra Joanne McNeill Stanley, 69, of Asheboro, died Monday, November 13, 2023 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

Debra was born on June 6, 1954 in Randolph County, daughter of the late Charles McNeill and Gearthie Stevens McNeill. She was a strong and independent lady who was the provider for her family and extended family, making sure that no one would go without.

Debra was known for her great sense of humor, love of cats and being a master at crossword puzzles. One of her biggest accomplishments was raising two successful daughters on her own at an early age.

In addition to her parents, Debra was preceded in death by her husband Bobby James Stanley; brother, Mike McNeill; and sister, Wanda Beedie.

She is survived by her daughters, Christy Garner and husband Christopher of Seagrove, Amanda Snodgrass and husband Eric of Asheboro; grandchildren, Tobe Snodgrass, Amelia Snodgrass, Eli Snodgrass, Wesley Snodgrass; sisters, Pat Perryman and husband John of Asheboro, Phyllis Woods and husband Sam of High Point.

Norma Brannen and husband Robbie of Star Barbara Blevins and husband Steve of Asheboro; and brother, Jimmy McNeill of Pleasant Garden.

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STATE & NATION U.S. applications for jobless claims rise as labor market begins to show some signs of cooling The Associated Press MORE AMERICANS filed for jobless claims last week and while the labor market remains broadly healthy, there are growing signs that it may finally be cooling.

Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 13,000 to 231,000 for the week ending Nov. 11, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s the most in three months.

Jobless claim applications are seen as representative of the number of layoffs in a given week.

The Federal Reserve has been tapping the brakes on the economy and the labor market for nearly two years, trying to stem what was the highest inflation in four decades. The central bank raised its benchmark rate 11 times since March of 2022 as part of that effort.

Yet for months it seemed as though the aggressive actions from the Fed had little impact and companies have been forced to pay more to land employees.

Cracks, however, may be starting to show.

Overall, 1.87 million people were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended Nov. 4, about 32,000 more than the previous week and the most in almost two years. It was the

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A hiring sign is displayed in Wheeling, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. sixth straight week that continuing claims rose.

“Job growth remains strong, and businesses have yet to start reducing their workforce in a significant way,” said Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist for High Frequency Economics.

“But the continuing claims data

are pointing to some softening in labor demand, in line with what the Fed wants to see.”

Economists suggest that continuing claims are steadily rising because many of those who are already unemployed may now be having a harder time finding work, an indication that the

labor market is looser than it’s been in the post-pandemic era.

U.S. employers slowed their hiring in October, adding a modest but decent 150,000 jobs.

It’s only the third time in almost three years that monthly job gains have come in under 200,000. Yet all three of those

instances have come in the past five months.

“The claims data are consistent with a job market that is cooling enough to keep rate hikes off the table, but too strong to make rate cuts a consideration any time soon,” said economist Nancy Vanden Houten of Oxford Economics. “The Fed is surely encouraged by recent inflation data but needs to see a further slowdown in the labor market and wage growth to be persuaded that inflation is on a sustainable path back to 2%.”

Fed officials opted to leave the benchmark rate alone at their most recent policy meeting. Another increase before the end of the year has not been ruled out, yet recent data showed that inflation is continuing to ebb, a priority for Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Overall inflation didn’t rise from September to October, the first time that consumer prices collectively haven’t budged from one month to another in more than a year. Compared with a year earlier, prices rose 3.2% in October, the smallest such rise since June, though still above the Fed’s 2% inflation target.

The four-week moving average of jobless claim applications, which flattens out some of weekly volatility, rose by 7,750 to 220,250.

New Hampshire defies national Democrats’ new calendar and sets the presidential primary for Jan. 23 The Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s secretary of state scheduled the state’s presidential primaries for Jan. 23, 2024, extending its century-old streak of going first despite national Democrats’ efforts to overhaul the nominating calendar.

State law requires New Hampshire’s Republican and Democratic primaries to be held at least seven days before any similar contest and gives the secretary of state sole authority to set the date. Like his predecessor did for decades, Secretary of State David Scanlan waited for the dust to settle in other states before announcing his decision.

“New Hampshire has a tradition, and New Hampshire has a law, and both the tradition and the law were going to be followed no matter what,” he said.

Scanlan, chose as his backdrop the Statehouse’s Hall of Flags, which displays more than 100 blood-stained and bullet-ridden battle flags carried by New Hampshire soldiers in the Civil War and onward. Calling it a memorial to those who fought

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A historical marker displayed outside the Statehouse in Concord, New Hampshire, on Nov. 15, 2023, describes the history of the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary. for freedom and democracy, Scanlan said New Hampshire still represents those values.

“The government and political climate we have created here reflects the reason for their sacrifice and courage,” said Scanlan. “In today’s society, it seems that we are quick to eliminate traditions and ignore them. But I would like to think that 100 years from now, the people of this country will really be glad

that we kept this one.”

Republicans will kick off the nominating process with the Iowa caucus on Jan. 15, 2024.

New Hampshire’s primary eight days later will be a crucial opportunity for GOP candidates to show they can remain competitive against former President Donald Trump, the early front-runner for their party’s presidential nomination. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris

Christie in particular has put New Hampshire at the center of his strategy.

Iowa’s Democrats also will caucus on Jan. 15, 2024, but not release the presidential results immediately to comply with new party rules sought by President Joe Biden, who argued Black and other minority voters should play a larger, earlier role.

Iowa and New Hampshire are each more than 90% white.

But Scanlan said that using racial diversity as “a cudgel” in a bid to rearrange the presidential nominating calendar sets “an ugly precedent.”

“At what point does a state become too old, or too wealthy, or too educated, or too religious to hold an early primary?” he said in a news conference announcing the date.

The Democratic National Committee approved a new calendar with a primary in South Carolina, which has a large Black population, on Feb. 3, 2024, followed three days later by Nevada. The schedule also moves Michigan into the group of early states voting before Super Tuesday on March 5, 2024, when most of the rest of the

country holds primaries.

There will be 24 Republicans on the ballot in New Hampshire and 21 Democrats. Biden won’t appear on the New Hampshire ballot and isn’t planning to campaign there, though some of the state’s top Democrats are organizing a write-in campaign backing his reelection bid. Scanlan, a Republican, called Biden’s decision a “sad choice.”

“Maybe he will win because people in the state want to write his name on the ballot, but maybe he won’t,” Scanlan said after the news conference.

The Republican field has begun to consolidate since former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott dropped out. Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are vying to emerge as the chief Trump opponent.

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu called New Hampshire “a bottom up state.”

“We really are that state where you don’t need name ID, you don’t need money, you just need to come out and earn it person to person,” he said.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Thanksgiving meal costs: A mix of highs and lows As Thanksgiving approaches, a Wells Fargo report reveals mixed price trends for holiday meals. While turkey prices have decreased by 9% to $1.47 per pound, ham costs have risen sharply to $4.56 per pound, a 5.2% increase from last year. Fresh cranberries are cheaper by 20%, but canned cranberries and sweet potatoes have seen notable price hikes. Other staples like russet potatoes and canned green beans also experienced increases.

Despite a general slowdown in food inflation, consumers are advised to shop smartly, keeping an eye on sales to manage costs effectively.

The report underscores the vital role of farmers and food producers in bringing these items to Thanksgiving tables across the country.

NC passenger train ridership hits new highs NC By Train’s Carolinian and Piedmont services have achieved their highest ever monthly ridership, with 65,980 passengers in October. This surge reflects a growing trend in train travel’s popularity in North Carolina, supporting the Department of Transportation’s vision for a diverse transportation network.

The first three quarters of 2023 saw NC By Train carrying 449,898 passengers, a 23% increase over the 2022 record of 366,685. The third quarter alone marked a historic high with 163,623 customers, the best in its 33-year history.

A fifth daily round trip between Raleigh and Charlotte was added in July, helping increase carrying capacity.

Hoke ag sector faces challenges Shifts in landscape show challenging era for local farmers

By Jordan Golson North State Journal A RECENT ANALYSIS of 2017 agricultural data reveals significant changes in Hoke County’s farming landscape compared to 2012, underscoring the challenges faced by local farmers. The report from the USDA’s Agricultural Census, which offers a detailed look into various aspects of agriculture in the county, indicates a decline in farms, changes in economic dynamics, and shifts in agricultural production.

Though the data is a few years old, it’s useful to indicate trends in the slow-moving agricultural market. Between 2012 and 2017, Hoke County saw a 6% decrease in the number of farms, coupled

with an 8% reduction in land dedicated to farming. Moreover, the average farm size also shrank by 2%. These figures suggest a notable shift in agricultural practices and land use, potentially due to economic pressures or changing market demands.

Economically, the agricultural sector experienced a significant downturn, with the market value of products sold decreasing by 21%. Government payments to farms saw a sharp decline of 60%, and farm-related income fell by 30%. Despite these challenges, total farm production expenses also decreased by 31%, allowing for a 12% increase in net cash farm income. These numbers paint a complex picture of the economic resilience and struggles within the farming community.

Livestock, poultry, and their products continue to dominate the county’s agricultural sales, contributing to 83% of the total.

Economically, the agricultural sector experienced a significant downturn, with the market value of products sold decreasing by 21%.

The land use is predominantly for cropland (61%), followed by woodland (27%) and pastureland (4%). This distribution underscores the county’s reliance on a balance between crop farming and livestock rearing.

The county’s farming scene is diverse, with 40% of farms ranging between 10 to 49 acres and 32% spanning 50 to 179 acres.

However, half of the farms report sales below $2,500, highlighting a preponderance of small-scale operations.

Demographic data show a var-

ied profile of farmers, including details on age, race, military service, and organic farming practices. This diversity reflects the changing face of agriculture in the county.

Notably, technological adoption is high among Hoke County farms, with 80% having internet access. This indicates a trend towards modernization and potentially new avenues for innovation and market access.

The top crops in the county include soybeans, corn, and cotton, while broilers and other meattype chickens lead in the livestock sector.

As Hoke County’s agricultural landscape continues to evolve, these trends and changes are critical for understanding the future of farming in the area. The data highlights the resilience and adaptability of the local farming community, even as they navigate a period of economic and environmental challenges.

2023 crop yields are a mixed bag for NC farmers North State Journal RALEIGH — North Carolina’s mid-November agricultural reports reveal a mixed bag for staple crops compared to October, with notable year-overyear changes. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture reports, the state’s Corn yields are up during the fall harvest and peanut and cotton yields are down and soybeans are relatively flat compared to last year.

Corn production has shown resilience, with a yield increase of 17 bushels per acre from last year, although this is a slight decrease from October’s early estimate. Corn’s overall production is up a robust 30% with 128.7 million bushels projected versus less than 99 million bushels in 2022. Harvested acres and better yields combined to buoy the state’s corn crop.

Cotton has experienced a downturn. A combination of lower yields, which are project-

A cotton field awaiting harvest in Dundarrach.

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ed to be down over 10% from last year, and a 20% decline in acres planted has the state’s overall cotton production forecasted to be 28% lower than last year’s crop of over 1 million bales.

Peanut yields have slightly

decreased since October, with a minor 1% drop in production year-over-year. Soybeans have held steady in yield since October with slight increases in yield versus 2022 and production appears to be slightly lower than last year.

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Rockfish Chamber of Commerce provides community update Rockfish Chamber of Commerce THE ROCKFISH Chamber of Commerce, comprising small business owners, provides charitable outreach in Hoke County. I am Earlene Harper, the Chamber’s manager and President of the Board of Directors, updating you on our recent activities.

Our Silver Linings Program, a grant initiative secured by the Rockfish Chamber and managed through the Hoke County Library, serves disabled individuals in our community. I’m happy to report its significant impact in aiding residents who require assistance.

Silver Linings is a weekly day program at the library for Raeford’s most vulnerable citizens. It offers social and learn-

ing opportunities for those with learning disabilities and developmental delays, catering to all ages. The library environment encourages creative expression, community engagement, and relationship building. Our activities range from yoga and dance to art, focusing on personal and group development goals.

Additionally, Silver Linings helps adults acquire community and workplace skills through socialization and hands-on activities. Our staff prioritizes a person-centered approach, ensuring every participant enjoys a variety of library-provided activities.

We aim to enrich the lives of our developmentally challenged citizens and library patrons.

We’ve also partnered with

As a US Chamber of Commerce member and part of the Chamber Federation, we monitor issues affecting our area and small businesses.

Serenity Therapeutic Services Inc. and Monarch NC Mental Health and Human Services Care Inc. This collaboration introduces a weekly library visit to their routines, enhancing skill development.

Regarding the DOT update, our recent event was well-attended, underscoring the community-building power of such gatherings.

As a US Chamber of Commerce member and part of the Chamber Federation, we monitor issues affecting our area and small businesses. The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” is a significant funding initiative for infrastructure nationwide. North Carolina received $1.4 billion in 2022 for highway projects, benefiting Hoke County with various roadway improvements. Our role includes keeping citizens and business owners informed about these developments, reducing misinformation.

Finally, our Chamber’s Hunger Relief Program supports children in need, identified by their schools. Our “Food Drive Campaign” starts in October, targeting three local schools.

Community support is vital for its success.

Earlene Harper is president of the Rockfish Chamber of Commerce.

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OPINION Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor VISUAL VOICES

COLUMN | DENNIS PRAGER

The little box that could change America

This time presents America’s nonJews with an opportunity to do something powerful for the Jews of America.

IN MY LONG LIFE, I have never personally experienced antisemitism in America.

I was raised by Jewish parents who believed that the best place Jews ever lived (other than in their own country in the Holy Land) was the United States of America. When the most prominent Jew of the 20th century, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, the head of the Chabad movement from 1950 until his death in 1994, came to the United States from East Europe in 1941, he sometime thereafter declared that America was a “medinah shel chesed” ― “a righteous country.”

Yes, there have always been individual antisemites in America; yes, there have been antisemitic policies (quotas on Jews at Harvard, country clubs barring Jews from membership, law firms closed to Jewish lawyers, among other examples) and there have always been Jews who believed American Christians were no different from Europe’s.

But the fact is, even with the aforementioned flaws, America has always been a blessing to its Jews.

It is therefore nothing less than tragic — as much for America as for its Jews — that for the first time in American history, many American Jews are afraid. They watch the Jew-hatred on college campuses, the large demonstrations featuring calls to wipe out Israel, police guarding schoolchildren attending Jewish schools, and see armed guards at virtually every synagogue in the country.

They worry.

So much so that many religious Jewish college students, who until very recently wore a kippah with nary a thought, now wear a baseball hat or some other head covering that does not identify them as Jews, and some Jews

are removing the mezuzah from the doorposts of their homes and apartments.

This time presents America’s non-Jews with an opportunity to do something powerful for the Jews of America. And many would like to.

Unlike during the Nazi era, when helping Jews often entailed hiding a Jew and thereby risking one’s life and family, helping Jews now can be done with little or no risk. And if many millions of Americans do this, America and the world will be profoundly affected for the good.

Americans should put a mezuzah on the doorposts of their homes and apartments. In effect, they will be saying, “We are all Jews.”

There are powerful precedents.

One took place during World War II in a Nazi prisoner of war camp.

As reported by the Army: “Sometime in January 1945, German forces instructed all Jewish POWs to report the next morning. Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds (the senior noncommissioned officer) was in charge of the prisoners, which included Jews and nonJews. He ordered all of his soldiers to stand together when the Jewish prisoners were to report.

“When the German officer in charge saw that all the camp’s inmates were standing in front of their barracks, he turned to Edmonds and said, ‘They cannot all be Jews.’ “’We are all Jews,’ Edmonds replied.

“The German officer drew his pistol and threatened Edmonds,” but Edmonds stood firm, and no Jewish soldier was hurt.

In the Nazi POW camp, America’s Christians and other non-Jews responded to Jew-hatred by saying, “We are all Jews.”

Once again, a time has come for Americans — especially, but not only, Christians — to

announce, “We are all Jews.”

Put a mezuzah on the doorpost of your house or apartment.

The mezuzah is a small box that Jews place on the right doorpost of their home. The commandment to do so is thousands of years old, coming, as it does, from the Bible. In the fifth book of the Torah, in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, it is written: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.”

Those words are written on parchment (just as are the words of the Torah scroll) and placed inside the mezuzah. When written by a scribe on parchment, the mezuzah is considered a “kosher” mezuzah.

Ideally, once you’ve done this, take a photo of it with your cellphone and post it on your social media account. Let the world know where you stand.

What matters is that non-Jews put this distinctive Jewish item on their doorpost.

If enough Americans did this, the message of solidarity with Jews would reverberate around the world, that in this time of greater antisemitism than any since the Holocaust, “We are all Jews.”

Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist.

COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO

The barbarians are inside the gates

London saw radical Muslims threatening the open annihilation of Jews.

LAST WEEKEND marked Armistice Day in Great Britain and Veterans Day in the United States. Both are somber days typically marked by honor and respect for symbols of the country and the men and women who have sacrificed so much for them. Instead, both London and New York City featured terrorist supporters marching en masse through the centers of the West, proclaiming their sovereignty.

Marxist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once blustered that the West was so guilty for its colonization that the best path would be to be colonized in reverse: “It’s our turn to tread the path, step by step, which leads down to native level. But to become natives altogether, our soil must be occupied by a formerly colonized people and we must starve of hunger. This won’t happen.”

Sartre, obviously, was wrong. He, along with his like-minded and soft-headed colleagues, helped to discredit the West so thoroughly that the West spent decades importing millions of people who despise it.

And so London saw radical Muslims threatening the open annihilation of Jews.

It saw home-grown or imported radicals wearing the headgear of terrorist group Hamas. It saw them attempting to mob the current Secretary of State for Housing Michael Gove. At least 150 people were arrested. But there were 300,000 marching in solidarity with a terrorist group.

The philosophy of those marching with Hamas and against the West is clear and obvious: The West is powerful; the West has exploited; the West is white; therefore, the West is powerful because the West is white and exploitative.

Under this theory, antisemitism is directly linked with anti-whiteness. The idea is that the Jews are the ultimate white people: They are unduly successful, and thus must be stopped. As one pro-Hamas flyer distributed at the University of Chicago read, “Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege.”

This notion is fully coincident with antiAmericanism, too. America, after all, is largely great because of the promise that anyone of any background can get ahead.

Jews are one of the great success stories in American history by that standard, given the fact that they arrived mostly in the early 20th century dirt poor, and quickly became highly educated and economically successful.

The current antisemitic movement is linked directly to hatred for the country and its meritocratic promise. That’s why proHamas protesters spent the weekend ripping down American flags.

Across the world, those who have not achieved are uniting against the West. They blame the West for their lack of success while living off the West’s largesse.

The West has a choice. It can be colonized in Sartre’s fashion, or it can refuse that colonization. In the UK, that battle is taking place largely over the verbiage of Suella Braverman, former Home Secretary, who has been stalwartly calling for an end to the police and government’s coddling of pro-Hamas ralliers. Noticing the predations of the pro-Hamas crowd, however, is a dismissible offense in the U.K. In the words of Neil Basu, former head of counterterrorism policing in the U.K., “You have a chance of inflaming both sides when

you make such divisive remarks.”

Yes, it was the remarks that were divisive, not the hundreds of thousands of people calling for the destruction of Israel and the West from the heart of London.

Mustn’t offend, you know.

In the United States, that battle is taking place at the universities, where enemies of the United States are ushered in and offered scholarships. The latest iteration comes courtesy of MIT, where radical students violated the university’s rules by occupying public places; Jews were told by the university not to entire through the main lobby due to safety concerns.

These pro-Hamas students are foreigners.

The university could easily have suspended them. The university didn’t. Why not?

It would violate their scruples about the necessity of importing people who hate the United States into the United States.

Suspending the students might result in their deportation.

Yes, we certainly wouldn’t want terror supporters deported. That might open a slot at MIT to a deserving Asian-American or something.

The reality is that the West has created wildly disproportionate prosperity and freedom over the course of its history compared with other civilizations. That doesn’t excuse the West’s sins, but it does mean that tearing down the West in favor of alternatives is repulsive.

Ben Shapiro, 39, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and co-founder of Daily Wire+.

North State Journal for Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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Former coach Johnson will join Cowboys Ring of Honor Charlotte Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said former head coach Jimmy Johnson will be inducted into the franchise’s ring of honor on Dec. 30. Jones made the announcement on FOX prior to the Cowboys’ game on Sunday against the Panthers. Johnson won backto-back Super Bowls in the 1992 and 1993 seasons during his five-year tenure with the Cowboys, but the relationship between the two men deteriorated at the end with a bitter departure following the 1993 season. Johnson finished 44-36 in Dallas and then spent four seasons coaching the Dolphins. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020.

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Nola signs 7-year deal to stay with Phillies Philadelphia Aaron Nola is staying in Philadelphia. The righthander signed a seven-year contract to remain with the Phillies after testing the freeagent market, the team said Sunday. ESPN and others reported the 30-year-old’s contract is worth $172 million.

Nola is the first big-name starting pitcher to come off the board among this year’s free agents, a group including Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Sonny Gray, Jordan Montgomery and Eduardo Rodriguez. Nola was a first-round draft pick by the Phillies in 2014, debuted with Philadelphia the next year and has been there his entire career.

FORMULA ONE

F1 fans file lawsuit against Las Vegas Grand Prix Las Vegas Formula One fans upset at being forced to leave the Las Vegas Grand Prix venue early Friday morning before the start of the second practice session have filed a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit against the Las Vegas Grand Prix and its owner, Liberty Media, was filed in Nevada state court and is seeking at least $30,000 in damages. Those who bought tickets to the race’s opening night saw just nine minutes of action Thursday night before Carlos Sainz Jr. ran over a water valve cover and damaged his Ferrari. Race officials have since offered a $200 discount at the official gift shop.

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Tiger Woods says his right ankle that was fused in April is pain-free, but other parts of his leg are not.

Tiger Woods to play in the Bahamas It will be his first competition since the Masters

The Associated Press TIGER WOODS showed he could walk four days while caddying for his son. Now he has decided he is fit enough to try to play.

Woods announced on social media Saturday he will be playing in the Hero World Challenge, which starts Nov. 30 at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas.

It will be his first time competing since he withdrew before the third round at the Masters after battling the wind and cold while playing on his injured right leg.

His TGR company announced his decision to take a sponsor exemption. The 20-man field is for the top 50 in the world ranking, though the tournament host — Woods — is exempt.

Woods had said in an interview with The Associated Press last week, when discussing his ownership of a team in the tech-driven TGL league, that his right ankle is pain-free after being fused in a surgery in April following the Masters.

“My ankle is fine. Where they fused my ankle, I have absolutely zero issue whatsoever,” Woods said. “That pain is completely gone. It’s the other areas that have been compensated for.”

He compared it with when he had fusion surgery on his lower back. He said the L5 and S1 vertebrae were fine.

“But all the surrounding ar-

“My ankle is fine. … I have absolutely zero issue whatsoever.”

Tiger Woods eas is where I had all my problems and I still do,” he said. “So you fix one, others have to become more hypermobile to get around it, and it can lead to some issues.”

Woods recently caddied for his son, Charlie, at the Notah Begay III Junior Golf Championship, sparking speculation that he was close to playing again.

Woods will be playing the Hero World Challenge for the first time since 2019. The holi-

day event was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then he badly damaged his right leg in a February 2021 car crash outside of Los Angeles that threatened to end his career.

He returned a year later at the Masters and made the cut, and he played in two more majors, including what figures to be his final appearance at St. Andrews in the British Open.

He has said his tournament play would be limited, and he played only the Genesis Invitational at Riviera, which he hosts, and the Masters this year before having surgery on his ankle.

Woods has not won since the Zozo Championship in Japan in the fall of 2019, the year he won the Masters for his 15th major.

The Hero World Challenge is 72 holes with no cut.

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Sakellie Daniels breaks barriers as Hoke County boy’s coach Former Hoke star becomes one of first women to coach a boy’s team in state

Sakellie Daniels has been a star player, women’s coach, boy’s assistant and now boy’s head coach at Hoke County

North State Journal HOKE COUNTY’S boy’s basketball team got a win over Jack Britt, 58-55, in its opening game of the season. That marked yet another win for one of the county’s best players and a barrier-breaking coach.

Sakellie Daniels made her debut as the boy’s coach, becoming one of the first women to coach a boy’s team at the 4A or 4AA level in the state.

According to Que Tucker at the NCHSAA, Sheila Bolles of Hoggard High was the first. Records are incomplete, but Tucker said it was likely that Daniels was the second or third woman to coach a 4A/AA boys team.

(There have been others at 3A and below).

Daniels was one of the top women’s players in Hoke County history. After her graduation in 2002, she played four years for the Charlotte 49ers, winning team MVP honors three times. She then played professionally eight years in Germany, Switzerland, Lithuania, Finland and Romania.

While in Switzerland in 2010, Daniels earned first team all-league and defensive player of the year recognition. She was named first team all-league in Lithuania in 2012 and 2014 and led the Baltic League in assists in 2012.

Following her playing career, Daniels returned home to coach the Hoke County girls team for two years. She led the team to the state playoffs both of her seasons there, ending an eightyear drought.

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Daniels was hired away by an ACC team, serving as Miami’s coordinator of program & player development for two years. She went on to work as an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri State for two seasons before returning to Hoke.

“It just happened I landed back here,” she said. “It was a little bit unnatural. I figured while I was here, I should take advantage of the oppor-

tunity to give back to the community.”

So, Daniels served as assistant on the boy’s team for two years. This past offseason, she got promoted to the head job.

“It’s going to be exciting,” she said of the prospect of coaching the boys at her alma mater. “Probably a little bit nerve wracking, but by the time the ball goes up, I’ll be ready.”

The Bucks won their season opener, 58-55 over Jack Britt in a game that went down to the wire.

Sturdivant led the way with 25 points as game high scorer. He also hit the go-ahead free throws with 15 seconds left in the game and knocked down two more to give the Bucks insurance points and seal the first win as boy’s head coach for Sakellie Daniels.

UK team retires jersey number of American player in skate-cut death The Associated Press NOTTINGHAM, England — The Nottingham Panthers and their fans honored Adam Johnson. They healed a little, too.

Players cracked smiles and fans chanted songs after goals at a memorial game for Johnson, the American who died after an opposing player’s skate cut his neck during a game last month.

“Every moment helps us move forward — the goal songs, all of it,” assistant coach Kevin Moore said. “His family was on our minds, and he was on our minds.

We think about him every day.”

The English hockey team retired Johnson’s No. 47 jersey on Saturday.

Panthers players also wore neck protection. It was their first game since Johnson’s death in Sheffield on Oct. 28. Days later, the Elite Ice Hockey League said it “strongly encourages” players to wear neck guards. The team would not comment on them, however.

The Panthers announced the jersey retirement moments before the start of their game against the Manchester Storm as players from both teams stood in a circle at center ice at Motorpoint Arena.

The death of the 29-year-old former Pittsburgh Penguins player has not only forced the sport to reexamine safety regulations but also sparked a criminal investigation locally that led to an arrest of a man on suspicion of man-

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Nottingham Panthers players wearing No. 47, Adam Johnson’s number, pay tribute before a memorial game against the Manchester Storm in Nottingham, England, on Saturday. slaughter.

The game, which was broadcast free on YouTube, does not count in the standings. Instead, it was meant to bring players and fans together as they try to move forward.

Outside the downtown arena, there’s a makeshift shrine where fans have left flowers, wreaths, jerseys, team scarves and handwritten notes to honor Johnson.

“He was genuinely a really lovely guy,” said fan Kirsty Charles, who had met Johnson on a couple of occasions. “It’s important that people back at home know how well thought of he was (here). He would stop for any kid to have a photo. He was never off, never full of himself or anything like that.”

Charles was at the game in Sheffield and, fighting back tears,

described the scene as “absolutely heartbreaking. It was just awful.”

Saturday’s game — a low-intensity affair with no checking — ended in a 4-4 tie, but the home fans were able to celebrate four times with the goal song “Chelsea Dagger.”

Panthers players received a standing ovation when they came out for warmups and some waved and chatted with fans between

shots.

“The support we’ve gotten since the past few weeks has been unbelievable,” defenseman Carl Neill told the crowd after the game. “We’re grateful for each and every one of you. We know it’s going to be a tough process getting back to normalcy, whatever that might be, but with you guys behind us we know we (can) do this all together.”

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Illinois earmarks $160 million to keep migrants warm in Chicago as winter approaches The Associated Press CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced last week that Illinois will funnel an additional $160 million to help migrants arriving in Chicago to resettle, including $65 million to help the city launch “winterized” temporary shelter to avoid people sleeping outdoors in cold weather.

The announcement came on an unseasonably warm Chicago day in the 60s, but with a forecast for temperatures to dip as low as 17 degrees Fahrenheit within a week. Most of the roughly 24,000 asylum seekers who have come to Chicago since Gov. Greg Abbot began sending buses last year.

Chicago and other U.S. cities, including New York, have struggled to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits and accommodate a growing migrant population. State officials said roughly 700 new migrants arrive each week.

Similar issues could occur as wintry weather closes in on New York, which is struggling to accommodate a growing migrant population, and Denver, which was prompted to loosen its rules on how long migrants are kept in shelters during a recent cold snap.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced wide-ranging budget cuts that he warned would only be the beginning

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Gleicy Martinez, from Venezuela, gives an interview to The Associated Press, Nov. 1, 2023, in a small migrant tent community near a Northside police station in Chicago. without state and federal support for the tens of thousands of migrants that have arrived since last spring.

In Massachusetts, advocates for migrant families are relying on airport lounges, hospital waiting rooms and churches after the state capped the number of beds in family shelters and offered few options for those facing homelessness.

Illinois has already spent or committed more than $638 million to address the humanitarian asylum seeker crisis, officials said. The additional funds will

come from the Illinois Department of Human Services. Chicago is in charge of housing new arrivals and has also spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to accommodate them.

Pritzker said the state has stepped in now because the city has moved too slowly. Chicago has come under scrutiny from immigrant rights groups, local leaders and residents for its handling of the crisis which has heavily relied on volunteers.

“The city’s been operating its own methodology process. And it hasn’t moved fast enough,”

Pritzker said at a news conference at a state building in Chicago. “We’re stepping in here to try to help and accelerate this process.”

Mayor Brandon Johnson, who took office in May, has called it an inherited problem and one the city is working to address.

Earlier this week, he announced new limits on how long migrants can stay at city-run shelters and said more resources would come from the state and county.

Roughly 2,500 men, women and children are awaiting placement at city-run shelters and sleeping inside or outside police stations or at O’Hare International Airport, according to the city.

Of the $160 million new investment from the state, $30 million will be dedicated to setting up an intake and welcome center to better assist those coming to Chicago who already have a place to stay with friends or relatives, or who plan to continue on to another location, according to the governor.

Another $65 million will go toward helping Chicago set up a “winterized soft shelter site” providing temporary housing for up to 2,000 people.

Pritzker called on Congress to address the issue.

“We’re being forced to try to solve a federal-sized problem at the state and local level,” he said.

Johnson and the mayors of four other cities, including New

York, wrote to President Joe Biden earlier this month seeking more federal resources. He and Denver’s mayor met with the White House chief of staff and Homeland Security Department officials the next day.

New York City has spent $1.45 billion on the humanitarian crisis this fiscal year and is on track to spend nearly $11 billion over the next two years, Adams said, announcing cuts that would close libraries on Sunday, reduce spending on pre-K and freeze police hiring.

“No city should be left to handle a national humanitarian crisis largely on its own,” Adams, a Democrat, said, “and without the significant and timely support we need from Washington, D.C., today’s budget will be only the beginning.”

The announcement drew criticism from several fronts, including Immigration Coalition Executive Director Murad Awawdeh, who accused Adams of scapegoating asylum seekers, rather than improve the city’s shelter system.

Adams has said more than 122,700 asylum seekers have come through New York City’s intake system since last spring.

Biden has requested $1.4 billion from Congress to help state and local governments provide shelter and services for migrants, after earlier pleas from Democratic mayors and governors.

In death, one cancer patient helps to erase millions in medical debt The Associated Press A NEW YORK CITY woman who died on Sunday, Nov. 12 from cancer has raised enough money to erase millions of dollars in medical debt with a posthumous plea for help.

Casey McIntyre told followers in a social media message posted by her husband that she had arranged to buy the medical debt of others as a way of celebrating her life.

McIntyre wrote on X that, “if you’re reading this I have passed away.”

“I loved each and every one of you with my whole heart and I promise you, I knew how deeply I was loved,” the 38-year-old wrote. The posts included a link to a fundraising campaign started through the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt.

McIntyre’s husband, Andrew Rose Gregory, posted the messages over the past week, and the campaign quickly blew past its $20,000 goal. It had raised about $140,000 by Friday afternoon, or enough to buy around $14 million in medical debt.

Gregory said his wife had good health insurance and received great care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Even so, the couple saw some “terrifying” charges on paperwork for her care, he said.

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This family photo shows Casey McIntyre. Less than a week after her death from cancer on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, the New York woman has raised enough money to erase more than $13 million in medical debt for others with a posthumous plea for help.

“What resonated for me and Casey is, you know, there’s good cancer treatment out there that people can’t afford,” he said. “Instead of dreaming of a cure for cancer, what if we could just help people who are being crushed by medical debt?”

Patients in the U.S. healthcare system can quickly rack up

big bills that push them into debt even if they have insurance. This is especially true for people who wind up hospitalized or need regular care or prescriptions for chronic health problems.

A 2022 analysis of government data from the nonprofit KFF estimates that nearly 1 in 10 U.S. adults owe at least

$250 in medical debt. That total of roughly 23 million people includes 11 million who owe more than $2,000.

RIP Medical Debt erases debt purchased from hospitals, other health care providers and the secondary debt market. It buys millions of dollars of debt in bundles for what it says is a fraction

of the original value.

The nonprofit says every dollar donated buys about $100 in debt, and it aims to help people with lower incomes. Spokesman Daniel Lempert said the organization has never had a campaign where someone plans for it to start after their death.

McIntyre, who was a book publisher, started treatment for ovarian cancer in 2019. She spent about three months in the hospital over the past year, her husband said.

The Brooklyn couple started planning for her memorial and the debt-buying campaign after she almost died in May. They were inspired by a video they saw of North Carolina churchgoers burning about $3 million in medical debt.

McIntyre spent the last five months in home hospice care, giving her what Gregory calls a “bonus summer.” She went on beach trips and spent time with their family, including the couple’s 18-month-old daughter, Grace.

“Casey was very, very sick at the end of her life, and she couldn’t finish everything she wanted to finish,” Gregory said.

“But I knew she wanted to do this memorial and debt jubilee.

So I set that up and … did it the way I thought she would have wanted.”

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obituaries

Brandon Smith

October 28, 1985 ~ November 17, 2023 Mr. Brandon J. Smith age, 38 transitioned from earth to glory on November 17, 2023.

He was preceded in death by his father Paul Smith Jr. Brandon Leaves to cherish his loving memories his mother, Oglatha Thompson; brother, Mark Smith; along with a host of other family and friends. Brandon will be greatly missed.

Anita Louise Gibson

August 31, 1951 ~ November 7, 2023 Ms. Anita Louise Gibson, of Raeford, NC passed away on November 07, 2023 in her home, at the age of 72.

She was born in Cumberland County, NC on August 31, 1951 to the late Lonnie and Orean Smith.

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant son, two brothers, and a sister.

Anita is survived by her children, Malcolm Lee Kinley, James David Britt (Jessica), Candice Britt, and Lonnie Smith, Jr. (Deborah); 12 grandchildren; and 5 great grandchildren.

Ruthie Bryant

September 3, 1933 ~ November 13, 2023 Ms. Ruthie Bryant age, 90 went home to rest with her heavenly father on November 13, 2023.

Rev. Dollie Lucenia (Edwards) Manigo

She leaves to cherish her loving memories her children: Patrica Ann Davis, Alexander Davis, Glenda Vardosanidze, Willie Davis along with a host of other family and friends.

Ruthie will be greatly missed.

July 18, 1944 ~ November 15, 2023

Cleveland Tew

Rev. Dollie L. Manigo age, 79 went home to rest with her heavenly father on November 15, 2023.

She leaves to cherish her loving memories her husband, Thomas (T.L) Manigo; children: Derrick Manigo, Terry Manigo, Tasha ManigoBizzell, Tanesha ManigoBrown; sister, Mary Rouse; brothers: Garry Edwards Sr., Robert Edwards Sr. seven grandchildren along with a host of other family and friends. Rev. Dollie will be greatly missed.

February 19, 1965 ~ November 15, 2023 Mr. Cleveland Tew age, 58 went home to be with his heavenly father on November 15, 2023. He was preceded in death by his father Cleveland McRae. He leaves to cherish his loving memories his mother, Barbara Tew Graham; sisters: Betty Morehead, Cherie McLeod, Regina Bethea; brothers: James Tew, John Patterson, Vincent McRae, Dexter McRae, Antonio Freeman, Tony McRae, Trent Lawerence; god mother and aunt, Rita Shaw; god father and uncle, Gregory McEachein along with a host of other family and friends. Cleveland will be greatly missed.

Anne Gore Hostetler Register

May 16, 1931 ~ November 12, 2023 Ms. Anne Gore Hostetler Register, of Cary, formerly of Raeford went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 12, 2023, at the age of 92.

She was born in Hoke County, NC on May 16, 1931, to the late Arthur D. Gore and Annie Black McFadyen.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles A. Hostetler, Sr.; daughter, Milan Hostetler; second husband, Thomas E. Register, Sr.; and son, Charles A. Hostetler, Jr. Anne graduated from Duke University with an A.B. in English in 1953. She then went on to get her teacher’s certificate in English. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Pinehurst as well as Raeford where she served as a Sunday school teacher, President of Baptist Women, and was a member of the Building Committee.

Anne was very active in the community. She started Arts in the Park and served as the President of the Arts Council.

She helped organize the Hoke swimming pool, taught adult tennis for Parks and Recreation, served as a school board member and taught tennis at Flora MacDonald Day School, volunteered for H.E.L.P., and the Literacy Meals on Wheels Program.

She raised funds for the Hoke County Sculptured Deer Restoration, Performing Arts Stage, Turkey Festival activities, and the Hoke County Museum.

Her hobbies were writing poetry and playing tennis.

She is survived by her children, E. Henry Hostetler (Kathleen Smith Hostetler); Dorcas Hostetler Douglas (Mark Douglas); grandchildren, Peterson Hostetler, Honor Hostetler, Hank Hostetler, Jacob Hostetler, Joshua Douglas, Rachel Douglas Mitchell, Molly Hostetler, and Sarah Douglas; three great-grandchildren; three stepchildren, Dr. Thomas Register, Jr., Robert Register, and Mary Anne Folckomer; and eight step great children.

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STATE & NATION U.S. applications for jobless claims rise as labor market begins to show some signs of cooling The Associated Press MORE AMERICANS filed for jobless claims last week and while the labor market remains broadly healthy, there are growing signs that it may finally be cooling.

Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 13,000 to 231,000 for the week ending Nov. 11, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s the most in three months.

Jobless claim applications are seen as representative of the number of layoffs in a given week.

The Federal Reserve has been tapping the brakes on the economy and the labor market for nearly two years, trying to stem what was the highest inflation in four decades. The central bank raised its benchmark rate 11 times since March of 2022 as part of that effort.

Yet for months it seemed as though the aggressive actions from the Fed had little impact and companies have been forced to pay more to land employees.

Cracks, however, may be starting to show.

Overall, 1.87 million people were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended Nov. 4, about 32,000 more than the previous week and the most in almost two years. It was the

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A hiring sign is displayed in Wheeling, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. sixth straight week that continuing claims rose.

“Job growth remains strong, and businesses have yet to start reducing their workforce in a significant way,” said Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist for High Frequency Economics.

“But the continuing claims data

are pointing to some softening in labor demand, in line with what the Fed wants to see.”

Economists suggest that continuing claims are steadily rising because many of those who are already unemployed may now be having a harder time finding work, an indication that the

labor market is looser than it’s been in the post-pandemic era.

U.S. employers slowed their hiring in October, adding a modest but decent 150,000 jobs.

It’s only the third time in almost three years that monthly job gains have come in under 200,000. Yet all three of those

instances have come in the past five months.

“The claims data are consistent with a job market that is cooling enough to keep rate hikes off the table, but too strong to make rate cuts a consideration any time soon,” said economist Nancy Vanden Houten of Oxford Economics. “The Fed is surely encouraged by recent inflation data but needs to see a further slowdown in the labor market and wage growth to be persuaded that inflation is on a sustainable path back to 2%.”

Fed officials opted to leave the benchmark rate alone at their most recent policy meeting. Another increase before the end of the year has not been ruled out, yet recent data showed that inflation is continuing to ebb, a priority for Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Overall inflation didn’t rise from September to October, the first time that consumer prices collectively haven’t budged from one month to another in more than a year. Compared with a year earlier, prices rose 3.2% in October, the smallest such rise since June, though still above the Fed’s 2% inflation target.

The four-week moving average of jobless claim applications, which flattens out some of weekly volatility, rose by 7,750 to 220,250.

New Hampshire defies national Democrats’ new calendar and sets the presidential primary for Jan. 23 The Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s secretary of state scheduled the state’s presidential primaries for Jan. 23, 2024, extending its century-old streak of going first despite national Democrats’ efforts to overhaul the nominating calendar.

State law requires New Hampshire’s Republican and Democratic primaries to be held at least seven days before any similar contest and gives the secretary of state sole authority to set the date. Like his predecessor did for decades, Secretary of State David Scanlan waited for the dust to settle in other states before announcing his decision.

“New Hampshire has a tradition, and New Hampshire has a law, and both the tradition and the law were going to be followed no matter what,” he said.

Scanlan, chose as his backdrop the Statehouse’s Hall of Flags, which displays more than 100 blood-stained and bullet-ridden battle flags carried by New Hampshire soldiers in the Civil War and onward. Calling it a memorial to those who fought

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A historical marker displayed outside the Statehouse in Concord, New Hampshire, on Nov. 15, 2023, describes the history of the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary. for freedom and democracy, Scanlan said New Hampshire still represents those values.

“The government and political climate we have created here reflects the reason for their sacrifice and courage,” said Scanlan. “In today’s society, it seems that we are quick to eliminate traditions and ignore them. But I would like to think that 100 years from now, the people of this country will really be glad

that we kept this one.”

Republicans will kick off the nominating process with the Iowa caucus on Jan. 15, 2024.

New Hampshire’s primary eight days later will be a crucial opportunity for GOP candidates to show they can remain competitive against former President Donald Trump, the early front-runner for their party’s presidential nomination. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris

Christie in particular has put New Hampshire at the center of his strategy.

Iowa’s Democrats also will caucus on Jan. 15, 2024, but not release the presidential results immediately to comply with new party rules sought by President Joe Biden, who argued Black and other minority voters should play a larger, earlier role.

Iowa and New Hampshire are each more than 90% white.

But Scanlan said that using racial diversity as “a cudgel” in a bid to rearrange the presidential nominating calendar sets “an ugly precedent.”

“At what point does a state become too old, or too wealthy, or too educated, or too religious to hold an early primary?” he said in a news conference announcing the date.

The Democratic National Committee approved a new calendar with a primary in South Carolina, which has a large Black population, on Feb. 3, 2024, followed three days later by Nevada. The schedule also moves Michigan into the group of early states voting before Super Tuesday on March 5, 2024, when most of the rest of the

country holds primaries.

There will be 24 Republicans on the ballot in New Hampshire and 21 Democrats. Biden won’t appear on the New Hampshire ballot and isn’t planning to campaign there, though some of the state’s top Democrats are organizing a write-in campaign backing his reelection bid. Scanlan, a Republican, called Biden’s decision a “sad choice.”

“Maybe he will win because people in the state want to write his name on the ballot, but maybe he won’t,” Scanlan said after the news conference.

The Republican field has begun to consolidate since former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott dropped out. Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are vying to emerge as the chief Trump opponent.

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu called New Hampshire “a bottom up state.”

“We really are that state where you don’t need name ID, you don’t need money, you just need to come out and earn it person to person,” he said.

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Winston-Salem’s Novant Health expands hospital network Novant Health announced that they have acquired three Tenet Healthcare hospitals and affiliated operations in South Carolina for approximately $2.4 billion. “We’re excited about making this long-term investment for healthcare across our region,” said Carl S. Armato, President and CEO, Novant Health. “As a health system rooted in the Carolinas, we are committed to expanding the communities we serve across our regional delivery network. The transaction is expected to be completed early next year, subject to regulatory approvals.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Greensboro’s driver license express office to shut down The Greensboro Driver License Express office, located in the historic J. Douglas Gaylon Depot, will permanently close its doors at 5 p.m. on November 22. Since July 2019, this office at 236 E. Washington St. has provided express services including driver license renewals, duplicate licenses, state-issued ID cards, REAL ID renewals, and address changes.

Despite the closure, the overall service capacity in Greensboro remains unchanged, as the express office was staffed by rotating examiners from the city’s two fullservice driver license offices. These offices, located at 2527 E. Market St. and 2391 Coliseum Blvd., will continue to serve customers. They offer appointment-based services in the mornings and accept walkins from 12-5 p.m. on weekdays.

North Carolina’s winter trout stockings set to begin The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) has announced its annual winter trout stocking schedule, planning to release over 67,000 trout into 44 lakes and ponds across the Mountain and Piedmont regions.

From November 29 to December 21, anglers can look forward to catching brook, brown, and rainbow trout, all measuring 10 inches or larger. The public is allowed a daily harvest of up to seven trout, with no bait restrictions or minimum size limits.

In Forsyth County, stockings will occur at CG Hill Park Pond on December 5 and Village Point on December 11. Anglers must have a valid fishing license, available online or through local Wildlife Service Agents. The stocking schedule is available on the NCWRC website, but it’s advised to check for any changes before planning a trip.

Thanksgiving feast: A closer look at this year’s price tags Wells Fargo report reveals mixed relief from food inflation as holiday approaches Twin City Heraldl WITH THANKSGIVING upon us, families gearing up for the big feast can expect a mixed bag of prices, according to a recent Wells Fargo report. In a year marked by varying inflation rates, the cost of a hearty Thanksgiving dinner comes with its own set of surprises.

The centerpiece of the meal, the turkey, thankfully comes

cheaper this year, with retail prices down by 9% to a more palatable $1.47 per pound.

This drop, however, doesn’t quite mirror the 30% plunge in wholesale turkey prices, leaving a bit of a puzzle for shoppers.

Ham enthusiasts might need to dig deeper into their pockets, as ham prices have trotted up to a near-record $4.56 per pound, a 5.2% hike from last year. This spike stems from increased feed costs and a steady hog production rate.

Cranberry lovers will find a sweet and sour deal: fresh cranberries are 20% less expensive, but those who prefer the canned

Turkey comes cheaper this year, with retail prices down by 9%. variety will face a nearly 60% price hike. Sweetpotatoes have also nudged up in price by 4%, adding a little extra to the dinner tab.

The report isn’t all about the main dishes. Side dish staples like russet potatoes and green beans have seen some shifts too.

Russet potatoes hit an all-time high at $1.17 per pound, a 14%

jump, while canned green beans are up by almost 9%.

On a healthier note, Romaine lettuce prices have wilted by about 10%, offering a refreshing budget-friendly option for the salad bowl. Pumpkin pie enthusiasts, brace yourselves: canned pumpkin prices have swelled by 30%, thanks to Illinois processing the lion’s share of the country’s pumpkin crop.

For those raising a glass to good health and happiness, beer prices have bubbled up by 5.3%, and wine has seen a modest 1.2% increase, though early 2023 brought a welcome dip in wine prices.

As we count our blessings and prepare for a day of feasting and thankfulness, the report reminds us of the hardworking farmers and food producers who bring these diverse flavors to our tables, making our Thanksgiving celebrations both delicious and memorable.

WSFCS revises employee pay structure Federal grant to assist with diversity and transport efficiency

By Ryan Henkel Twin City Herald WINSTON-SALEM — At their meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 14, the main focus for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education was revising the pay structure for classified employees and discussing a significant federal grant.

Thomas Krantz, Chief Financial Officer, addressed the issue of pay compression among classified employees. “Compression occurs because you pay everybody the same and you give everybody the same pay raise,” Krantz explained.

“That’s where we as a district have found ourselves with our classified employees. For example, with one pay grade we were

at the same rate for somebody who walked in with no experience and somebody who had been here with 19 years of experience. That’s compression and that’s the thing we need to address.”

The proposed changes include an 8% base pay increase for Transportation and Maintenance staff, a 6% raise for other classified employees, and a 4% increase for those at Director 1 level and above. The plan also introduces a local service longevity raise, scaling from 1% to 10%, based on years of service with WSFCS. Additionally, the board reviewed the Fostering Diverse Schools Federal Grant. WSFCS is one of two districts in North Carolina to receive this grant, which is part of a national initiative involving 10 grants. This grant focuses on a two-year planning period for stakeholder engagement, data analysis, and hiring key staff.

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“Compression occurs because you pay everybody the same and you give everybody the same pay raise.”

Thomas Krantz, WSFCS Chief Financial Officer cer of Equity and Access, elaborated on the grant’s goals. “$12 million was designated by the Department of Education to fund activities designed to help strengthen the capacities of districts across the country to meet the needs of students including academics, social-emotional and mental health by increasing access to equity and diverse and inclusive learning environments,” she said.

The grant also aims to update attendance zones to en-

hance school diversity and transportation efficiency. “Our plan to foster diverse schools is rooted in long-standing community discussions about school choice, equity, access, and school integration,” McMillian added.

In addition, the board approved a three-month extension of its custodial services contract with SSC. This extension includes bringing custodial services for 10 schools back in-house, leading to a $354,218 increase in the total contract cost for SSC in FY24.

The WSFCS Board of Education is scheduled to meet again on Nov. 28.

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London saw radical Muslims threatening the open annihilation of Jews.

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LAST WEEKEND marked Armistice Day in Great Britain and Veterans Day in the United States.

Both are somber days typically marked by honor and respect for symbols of the country and the men and women who have sacrificed so much for them.

Instead, both London and New York City featured terrorist supporters marching en masse through the centers of the West, proclaiming their sovereignty.

Marxist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once blustered that the West was so guilty for its colonization that the best path would be to be colonized in reverse: “It’s our turn to tread the path, step by step, which leads down to native level. But to become natives altogether, our soil must be occupied by a formerly colonized people and we must starve of hunger. This won’t happen.”

Sartre, obviously, was wrong. He, along with his like-minded and soft-headed colleagues, helped to discredit the West so thoroughly that the West spent decades importing millions of people who despise it.

And so London saw radical Muslims threatening the open annihilation of Jews. It saw home-grown or imported radicals wearing the headgear of terrorist group Hamas. It saw them attempting to mob the current Secretary of State for Housing Michael Gove. At least 150 people were arrested. But there were 300,000 marching in solidarity with a terrorist group.

The philosophy of those marching with Hamas and against the West is clear and obvious: The West is powerful; the West has exploited; the West is white; therefore, the West is powerful because the West is white and exploitative.

Under this theory, antisemitism is directly linked with anti-whiteness. The idea is that the Jews are the ultimate white people: They are unduly successful, and thus must be stopped. As one pro-Hamas flyer distributed at the University of Chicago read, “Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege.”

This notion is fully coincident with antiAmericanism, too. America, after all, is largely great because of the promise that anyone of any background can get ahead. Jews are one of the great success stories in American history by that standard, given the fact that they arrived mostly in the early 20th century dirt poor, and quickly became highly educated and economically successful.

The current antisemitic movement is linked directly to hatred for the country and its meritocratic

promise. That’s why pro-Hamas protesters spent the weekend ripping down American flags.

Across the world, those who have not achieved are uniting against the West. They blame the West for their lack of success while living off the West’s largesse.

The West has a choice. It can be colonized in Sartre’s fashion, or it can refuse that colonization.

In the UK, that battle is taking place largely over the verbiage of Suella Braverman, former Home Secretary, who has been stalwartly calling for an end to the police and government’s coddling of proHamas ralliers. Noticing the predations of the proHamas crowd, however, is a dismissible offense in the U.K. In the words of Neil Basu, former head of counterterrorism policing in the U.K., “You have a chance of inflaming both sides when you make such divisive remarks.”

Yes, it was the remarks that were divisive, not the hundreds of thousands of people calling for the destruction of Israel and the West from the heart of London.

Mustn’t offend, you know.

In the United States, that battle is taking place at the universities, where enemies of the United States are ushered in and offered scholarships. The latest iteration comes courtesy of MIT, where radical students violated the university’s rules by occupying public places; Jews were told by the university not to entire through the main lobby due to safety concerns.

These pro-Hamas students are foreigners. The university could easily have suspended them. The university didn’t. Why not? It would violate their scruples about the necessity of importing people who hate the United States into the United States.

Suspending the students might result in their deportation.

Yes, we certainly wouldn’t want terror supporters deported. That might open a slot at MIT to a deserving Asian-American or something.

The reality is that the West has created wildly disproportionate prosperity and freedom over the course of its history compared with other civilizations. That doesn’t excuse the West’s sins, but it does mean that tearing down the West in favor of alternatives is repulsive.

Ben Shapiro, 39, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and cofounder of Daily Wire+.

2023 crop yields are a mixed bag for NC farmers Stanly County Journal RALEIGH — North Carolina’s mid-November agricultural reports reveal a mixed bag for staple crops compared to October, with notable year-overyear changes. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture reports, the state’s Corn yields are up during the fall harvest and peanut and cotton yields are down and soybeans are relatively flat compared to last year.

Corn production has shown resilience, with a yield increase of 17 bushels per acre from last year, although this is a slight decrease from October’s early estimate. Corn’s overall production is up a robust 30% with 128.7 million bushels projected versus less than 99 mil-

lion bushels in 2022. Harvested acres and better yields combined to buoy the state’s corn crop.

Cotton has experienced a downturn. A combination of lower yields, which are projected to be down over 10% from last year, and a 20% decline in acres planted has the state’s overall cotton production forecasted to be 28% lower than last year’s crop of over 1 million bales.

Peanut yields have slightly decreased since October, with a minor 1% drop in production year-over-year. Soybeans have held steady in yield since October with slight increases in yield versus 2022 and production appears to be slightly lower than last year.

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Former coach Johnson will join Cowboys Ring of Honor Charlotte Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said former head coach Jimmy Johnson will be inducted into the franchise’s ring of honor on Dec. 30. Jones made the announcement on FOX prior to the Cowboys’ game on Sunday against the Panthers. Johnson won back-to-back Super Bowls in the 1992 and 1993 seasons during his five-year tenure with the Cowboys, but the relationship between the two men deteriorated at the end with a bitter departure following the 1993 season.

Johnson finished 44-36 in Dallas and then spent four seasons coaching the Dolphins. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020.

MLB

Nola signs 7-year deal to stay with Phillies Philadelphia Aaron Nola is staying in Philadelphia. The righthander signed a seven-year contract to remain with the Phillies after testing the free-agent market, the team said Sunday. ESPN and others reported the 30-year-old’s contract is worth $172 million.

Nola is the first big-name starting pitcher to come off the board among this year’s free agents, a group including Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Sonny Gray, Jordan Montgomery and Eduardo Rodriguez. Nola was a firstround draft pick by the Phillies in 2014, debuted with Philadelphia the next year and has been there his entire career.

FORMULA ONE

F1 fans file lawsuit against Las Vegas Grand Prix Las Vegas Formula One fans upset at being forced to leave the Las Vegas Grand Prix venue early Friday morning before the start of the second practice session have filed a classaction lawsuit. The lawsuit against the Las Vegas Grand Prix and its owner, Liberty Media, was filed in Nevada state court and is seeking at least $30,000 in damages.

Those who bought tickets to the race’s opening night saw just nine minutes of action Thursday night before Carlos Sainz Jr. ran over a water valve cover and damaged his Ferrari. Race officials have since offered a $200 discount at the official gift shop.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Notre Dame, NBC agree to new deal South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame and NBC announced Saturday they have agreed to extend their media rights agreement, keeping Fighting Irish football on the network through the 2029 season.

NBC has been the home of Notre Dame’s home football games since 1991.

Their current agreement was due to expire after the 2024 season. The current deal with NBC pays Notre Dame about $22 million per year. Financial terms of the new deal weren’t disclosed.

The new deal will allow for select football games to stream exclusively on Peacock, NBC’s subscription streaming service. Peacock has carried at least one Notre Dame football game since 2021.

2A Fall sports playoff roundup

1 number of sets lost by Brevard on its run to the 2A state volleyball title

Playoff updates and results from the 2A classification

By Asheebo Rojas Twin City Herald Football On the east side, No. 1 Clinton kicked off the third round of the 2A playoffs Thursday by ending No. 24 Southeast Alamance’s Cinderella run, 42-7.

Clinton will meet No. 4 Nash Central, who outlasted No. 12 Hertford County in a 71-68 shootout, Friday in the regional semifinal.

No. 6 Whiteville demolished No. 3 Southwest Edgecombe, 44-8. Whiteville will go to No. 2 Northeastern for the next round after the Eagles beat No. 7 Princeton, 6253.

On the west side, No. 1 Reidsville beat No. 8 Brevard, 4120. Reidsville will play No. 4 Bunker Hill Friday after the Bears escaped No. 5 Monroe, 24-23.

No. 11 Forest Hills upset No. 3 Community School of Davidson, 48-21. Forest Hills will go to No. 7 Shelby Friday after the Golden Lions knocked off No. 2 Salisbury, 38-21.

Volleyball No. 2 Brevard won the 2A volleyball state championship over No. 2 Camden County in straight sets on Nov. 4.

Brevard went on a dominant playoff run, losing only one set to Southwestern Randolph in the fourth round.

Men’s Soccer No. 2 Franklin Academy won the 2A state title over No. 2 Community School of Davidson, 5-0.

The Patriots only gave up two goals in their playoff run, outscoring opponents 38-2.

Men’s Cross Country Brevard won the team state title with three runners — Leo Murray (third), Avan Hinkle

(seventh) and Keaton Campbell (ninth) — finishing in the top 10.

Seaforth finished second, and Charles D. Owen finished third. Seaforth also had three top 10 runners.

One of them was Jack Anstrom won his second straight individual men’s cross country title with a time of 16:07.91.

His Seaforth teammates, Will Cuicchi and Henry McFall finished fifth and 10th respectively.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Lila Kelly

Women’s Cross Country NCSSM-Durham won its third straight team state title with the help of three top 10 runners.

Its first runner to cross the finish line, Catherine Parker, won the individual title with a time of 18:32.64. Caroline Downs (sixth) and Anika Raburn (tenth) were the other top 10 finishers for the Unicorns.

Manteo came in second, and Lincoln Charter finished third in the final team results.

Women’s Tennis No. 3 Hendersonville beat No. 2 Research Triangle, 5-2, to win the 2A duals state title.

Research Triangle’s Olivia Hankinson beat Greene Central’s Anna Katherine Medlin, (6-1, 6-0), for the singles title.

For the doubles title, Hendersonville’s Eliza Perry and Ramsey Ross won over Salisbury’s Millie and Cora Wymbs.

Women’s Golf Christ the King Catholic’s Malerie Lague took home the 1A/2A women’s golf state title with a total score of 147. Lague shot the lowest score out of all competitors in both rounds.

Pine Lake Preparatory won the team state title with a total score of 516. Paisley Freda was the only Pine Lake Preparatory golfer and the only freshman in the top 10, coming in second place with a total score of 156.

CREDIT: FCDS GIRL’S BASKETBALL

Forsyth County Day, basketball Lila Kelly is a freshman on the Forsyth County Day girl’s basketball team, and she has made a splash in her first two games as a high schooler.

The Furies went 1-1 last week. In their opener, Kelly scored nearly half of the team’s points, putting up 22 in a 61-47 loss to Carlisle. In a 72-28 win over Carver, Kelly scored 34 points, knocking down 13 shots from the field and going 7-of-7 from the free throw line.

UVA further delays release of campus shooting findings The school said it was concerned information could impact the suspect’s pending trial The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — University of Virginia officials said Friday they were further delaying the public release of the findings of an investigation into the events surrounding a 2022 campus shooting that killed three student-athletes and wounded two other students.

Citing concern about the impact the findings could have on the suspect’s pending trial, UVA said in a news release that it would not make a “redacted” version of the final report public un-

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til “after the criminal proceedings.”

“Making the report public at this time, or even releasing a summary of their findings and recommendations, could have an impact on the criminal trial of the accused, either by disrupting the case being prepared by the Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney, or by interfering with the defendant’s right to a fair trial before an impartial jury,” UVA President Jim Ryan said in a statement.

The announcement drew criticism from both a leading open government advocate and a former U.S. attorney.

Ryan said the university had consulted with Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Hingeley in reaching the deci-

sion.

Hingeley said in a statement released by the school that he had not seen the report but was appreciative of “the University’s efforts to avoid taking any action that could complicate the prosecution of the accused, Christopher Jones, or impair his right to a fair and impartial trial.”

UVA announced about a month ago that the investigation was done and that it would be discussed with UVA’s Board of Visitors and those most affected by the shooting before being released publicly, possibly by early November.

John Fishwick Jr., a former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia who is now in private practice, said UVA should reverse course and immediately

release the investigation. He said he thought both the local prosecutor and Jones’ legal team would want access to the report, adding that UVA’s “higher obligation” is to the public.

“The victims’ families and the public have a right to know now what happened and there should not be a delay in releasing the investigation until after Mr. Jones’ criminal trial,” he said.

Jones was a UVA student and former member of the school’s football team when authorities say he fatally shot three members of the team as they and others returned by charter bus to campus from a field trip to see a play in Washington in November 2022.

Two other students were injured, one of them also a football player.

The violence that erupted near a parking garage set off a 12-hour lockdown of the campus until the suspect was captured.

Jones is charged with aggravated murder, aggravated malicious wounding and firearms-related counts, according to court records, which show his next court hearing is in February.

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University of Virginia officials said Friday they were further delaying the public release of the findings of an investigation into the events surrounding a 2022 campus shooting that killed three student-athletes and wounded two other students.

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U.S. applications for jobless claims rise as labor market begins to show some signs of cooling The Associated Press MORE AMERICANS filed for jobless claims last week and while the labor market remains broadly healthy, there are growing signs that it may finally be cooling.

Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 13,000 to 231,000 for the week ending Nov. 11, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s the most in three months.

Jobless claim applications are seen as representative of the number of layoffs in a given week.

The Federal Reserve has been tapping the brakes on the economy and the labor market for nearly two years, trying to stem what was the highest inflation in four decades. The central bank raised its benchmark rate 11 times since March of 2022 as part of that effort.

Yet for months it seemed as though the aggressive actions from the Fed had little impact and companies have been forced to pay more to land employees.

Cracks, however, may be starting to show.

Overall, 1.87 million people were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended Nov. 4, about 32,000 more than the previous week and the most in almost two years. It was the

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A hiring sign is displayed in Wheeling, Ill., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. sixth straight week that continuing claims rose.

“Job growth remains strong, and businesses have yet to start reducing their workforce in a significant way,” said Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist for High Frequency Economics.

“But the continuing claims data

are pointing to some softening in labor demand, in line with what the Fed wants to see.”

Economists suggest that continuing claims are steadily rising because many of those who are already unemployed may now be having a harder time finding work, an indication that the

labor market is looser than it’s been in the post-pandemic era.

U.S. employers slowed their hiring in October, adding a modest but decent 150,000 jobs.

It’s only the third time in almost three years that monthly job gains have come in under 200,000. Yet all three of those

instances have come in the past five months.

“The claims data are consistent with a job market that is cooling enough to keep rate hikes off the table, but too strong to make rate cuts a consideration any time soon,” said economist Nancy Vanden Houten of Oxford Economics. “The Fed is surely encouraged by recent inflation data but needs to see a further slowdown in the labor market and wage growth to be persuaded that inflation is on a sustainable path back to 2%.”

Fed officials opted to leave the benchmark rate alone at their most recent policy meeting. Another increase before the end of the year has not been ruled out, yet recent data showed that inflation is continuing to ebb, a priority for Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Overall inflation didn’t rise from September to October, the first time that consumer prices collectively haven’t budged from one month to another in more than a year. Compared with a year earlier, prices rose 3.2% in October, the smallest such rise since June, though still above the Fed’s 2% inflation target.

The four-week moving average of jobless claim applications, which flattens out some of weekly volatility, rose by 7,750 to 220,250.

New Hampshire defies national Democrats’ new calendar and sets the presidential primary for Jan. 23 The Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s secretary of state scheduled the state’s presidential primaries for Jan. 23, 2024, extending its century-old streak of going first despite national Democrats’ efforts to overhaul the nominating calendar.

State law requires New Hampshire’s Republican and Democratic primaries to be held at least seven days before any similar contest and gives the secretary of state sole authority to set the date. Like his predecessor did for decades, Secretary of State David Scanlan waited for the dust to settle in other states before announcing his decision.

“New Hampshire has a tradition, and New Hampshire has a law, and both the tradition and the law were going to be followed no matter what,” he said.

Scanlan, chose as his backdrop the Statehouse’s Hall of Flags, which displays more than 100 blood-stained and bullet-ridden battle flags carried by New Hampshire soldiers in the Civil War and onward. Calling it a memorial to those who fought

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A historical marker displayed outside the Statehouse in Concord, New Hampshire, on Nov. 15, 2023, describes the history of the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary. for freedom and democracy, Scanlan said New Hampshire still represents those values.

“The government and political climate we have created here reflects the reason for their sacrifice and courage,” said Scanlan. “In today’s society, it seems that we are quick to eliminate traditions and ignore them. But I would like to think that 100 years from now, the people of this country will really be glad

that we kept this one.”

Republicans will kick off the nominating process with the Iowa caucus on Jan. 15, 2024.

New Hampshire’s primary eight days later will be a crucial opportunity for GOP candidates to show they can remain competitive against former President Donald Trump, the early front-runner for their party’s presidential nomination. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris

Christie in particular has put New Hampshire at the center of his strategy.

Iowa’s Democrats also will caucus on Jan. 15, 2024, but not release the presidential results immediately to comply with new party rules sought by President Joe Biden, who argued Black and other minority voters should play a larger, earlier role.

Iowa and New Hampshire are each more than 90% white.

But Scanlan said that using racial diversity as “a cudgel” in a bid to rearrange the presidential nominating calendar sets “an ugly precedent.”

“At what point does a state become too old, or too wealthy, or too educated, or too religious to hold an early primary?” he said in a news conference announcing the date.

The Democratic National Committee approved a new calendar with a primary in South Carolina, which has a large Black population, on Feb. 3, 2024, followed three days later by Nevada. The schedule also moves Michigan into the group of early states voting before Super Tuesday on March 5, 2024, when most of the rest of the

country holds primaries.

There will be 24 Republicans on the ballot in New Hampshire and 21 Democrats. Biden won’t appear on the New Hampshire ballot and isn’t planning to campaign there, though some of the state’s top Democrats are organizing a write-in campaign backing his reelection bid. Scanlan, a Republican, called Biden’s decision a “sad choice.”

“Maybe he will win because people in the state want to write his name on the ballot, but maybe he won’t,” Scanlan said after the news conference.

The Republican field has begun to consolidate since former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott dropped out. Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are vying to emerge as the chief Trump opponent.

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu called New Hampshire “a bottom up state.”

“We really are that state where you don’t need name ID, you don’t need money, you just need to come out and earn it person to person,” he said.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Jackson announces reelection bid for NC House Rep. Neal Jackson has announced his candidacy for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 78.

In an email to North State Journal, Jackson indicated he was proud of the session’s accomplishments in Randolph and Moore counties, emphasizing successes in education, crime reduction, family values, and tax reform. He says these legislative efforts aim to safeguard North Carolina’s heritage. Jackson seeks continued support for his advocacy in Raleigh, planning to officially file for re-election in December.

North Carolina’s winter trout stockings set to begin The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) has announced its annual winter trout stocking schedule, planning to release over 67,000 trout into 44 lakes and ponds across the Mountain and Piedmont regions. From November 29 to December 21, anglers can look forward to catching brook, brown, and rainbow trout, all measuring 10 inches or larger. The public is allowed a daily harvest of up to seven trout, with no bait restrictions or minimum size limits.

In Moore County, Luke Marion Pond will be stocked on December 6. Anglers must have a valid fishing license, available online or through local Wildlife Service Agents. The stocking schedule is available on the NCWRC website, but it’s advised to check for any changes before planning a trip.

Pinehurst council appoints historic preservation chair, approves ADU Meeting covers stormwater plan update and new utility installation fee

By Ryan Henkel North State Journal PINEHURST — The Village of Pinehurst Council’s meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 14, addressed a variety of property and budgetary matters.

The session began with the appointment of Richard Vincent as chairperson of the Historic Preservation Commission. Village Manager Jeff Sanborn said, “With John Taylor’s election to Council, we have a need to replace him as the chairperson of the Historic Preservation Commission. Richard Vincent has a vast amount of experience on our HPC and he is endorsed by John Taylor and we think he is the person best suited to fill that position from the candidates that are available.”

The council then conducted a public hearing about a spe-

cial use permit for an accessory dwelling at 455 St. Andrews Drive. Property owner Carol Lewis explained, “We never really considered the fact that we downsized to a house that was too small for our family. Now we have realized that. We purchased our house in 2017. We love the house, we have fantastic neighbors, we love the convenience to the club and the Village, but all of a sudden, our house is too small. ...

Along with a home in Pinehurst should really come with a warning that Pinehurst is a very desirable place for family and friends to want to visit. Our plan for this carriage house is just to have an extra bedroom for family and friends to visit and to stay with us. We don’t have any intention or desire to rent it out ever at any point. It’s just for family and friends to be able to come and stay with us.” The council approved the request.

The meeting also included the approval of the updated Stormwater Management and Master Plan. Public Ser-

vices and Engineering Director Mike Apke noted, “We’ve been working on a Stormwater Management and Master Plan with McGill Associates, the consultant the Village hired. This has been an ongoing process for quite some time now. We might be going on two years working on this thing. ... Like with other plans, adoption doesn’t make any immediate changes to our rules or regulations, it just simply gives staff some guidance to use the report to move forward on how we’re going to manage stormwater in the future.”

Additionally, a resolution establishing a fee for reviewing and inspecting large-scale new underground utility installations was passed. Assistant Village Manager Jeff Batton remarked, “It’s kind of a new situation that we really haven’t encountered before in talking about large-scale, Village-wide implementation of underground utilities or facilities.

Most of the time we deal with small sections or extensions of existing situations. We’ve made this applicable for those apply-

Pinehurst tree lighting set for Dec. 1 North State Journal PINEHURST — The Village of Pinehurst is set to kick-off the Christmas season with its annual Christmas Tree Lighting event. This year, the celebration is scheduled for Friday, December 1, at Tufts Memorial Park, located in the heart of downtown Pinehurst.

From 5pm to 7:30pm, the park will become a hub of holiday festivities, inviting the community and visitors to enjoy an evening filled with

music and the opportunity to meet Santa Claus. The highlight of the evening, the official tree lighting ceremony, is planned for 6:30pm.

Complementing the holiday cheer, local vendors will be present, offering a variety of food and beverages for purchase.

In addition to the evening’s primary festivities, the Pinehurst Business Partners have organized the “A Village Christmas Holiday Open House.” This initiative allows attendees to get a head start

on their Christmas shopping by exploring extended business hours and pop-up shops throughout downtown Pinehurst. The open house aims to create a warm, welcoming environment for shopping and strolling, enhancing the traditional holiday experience.

The Christmas Tree Lighting and Holiday Open House events are free to the public, offering an opportunity for families and friends to gather and enjoy the beginning of the holiday season in a community-centered setting.

“We love the house, we have fantastic neighbors, we love the convenience to the club and the Village, but all of a sudden, our house is too small.”

Pinehurst resident Carol Lewis ing for an encroachment agreement of more than one mile, because we issue a ton of them that are in hundreds of feet. We didn’t want to place all of these and track all of this information for small scale operators, we’re looking at really big operations here.”

The council also approved an amendment to the FY23 audit contract, adding $8,779 in additional fees, as explained

by Financial Services Director Dana Van Nostrand.

The next Village of Pinehurst Council meeting is scheduled for Nov. 28.

The highlight of the evening, the official tree lighting ceremony, is planned for 6:30 pm.

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The barbarians are inside the gates LAST WEEKEND marked Armistice Day in Great Britain and Veterans Day in the United States. Both are somber days typically marked by honor and respect for symbols of the country and the men and women who have sacrificed so much for them. Instead, both London and New York City featured terrorist supporters marching en masse through the centers of the West, proclaiming their sovereignty.

Marxist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once blustered that the West was so guilty for its colonization that the best path would be to be colonized in reverse: “It’s our turn to tread the path, step by step, which leads down to native level. But to become natives altogether, our soil must be occupied by a formerly colonized people and we must starve of hunger. This won’t happen.”

Sartre, obviously, was wrong. He, along with his like-minded and soft-headed colleagues, helped to discredit the West so thoroughly that the West spent decades importing millions of people who despise it.

And so London saw radical Muslims threatening the open annihilation of Jews. It saw home-grown or imported radicals wearing the headgear of terrorist group Hamas. It saw them attempting to mob the current Secretary of State for Housing Michael Gove. At least 150 people were arrested. But there were 300,000 marching in solidarity with a terrorist group.

The philosophy of those marching with Hamas and against the West is clear and obvious: The West is powerful; the West has exploited; the West is white; therefore, the West is powerful because the West is white and exploitative.

Under this theory, antisemitism is directly linked with anti-whiteness. The idea is that the Jews are the ultimate white people: They are unduly successful, and thus must be stopped.

As one pro-Hamas flyer distributed at the University of Chicago read, “Ending White Privilege Starts With Ending Jewish Privilege.”

This notion is fully coincident with antiAmericanism, too. America, after all, is largely great because of the promise that anyone of any background can get ahead. Jews are one of the great success stories in American history by that standard, given the fact that they arrived mostly in the early 20th century dirt poor, and quickly became highly educated and economically successful.

The current antisemitic movement is linked directly to hatred for the country and its

meritocratic promise. That’s why pro-Hamas protesters spent the weekend ripping down American flags.

Across the world, those who have not achieved are uniting against the West. They blame the West for their lack of success while living off the West’s largesse.

The West has a choice. It can be colonized in Sartre’s fashion, or it can refuse that colonization. In the UK, that battle is taking place largely over the verbiage of Suella Braverman, former Home Secretary, who has been stalwartly calling for an end to the police and government’s coddling of pro-Hamas ralliers. Noticing the predations of the proHamas crowd, however, is a dismissible offense in the U.K. In the words of Neil Basu, former head of counterterrorism policing in the U.K., “You have a chance of inflaming both sides when you make such divisive remarks.”

Yes, it was the remarks that were divisive, not the hundreds of thousands of people calling for the destruction of Israel and the West from the heart of London.

Mustn’t offend, you know.

In the United States, that battle is taking place at the universities, where enemies of the United States are ushered in and offered scholarships. The latest iteration comes courtesy of MIT, where radical students violated the university’s rules by occupying public places; Jews were told by the university not to entire through the main lobby due to safety concerns.

These pro-Hamas students are foreigners.

The university could easily have suspended them. The university didn’t. Why not? It would violate their scruples about the necessity of importing people who hate the United States into the United States. Suspending the students might result in their deportation.

Yes, we certainly wouldn’t want terror supporters deported. That might open a slot at MIT to a deserving Asian-American or something.

The reality is that the West has created wildly disproportionate prosperity and freedom over the course of its history compared with other civilizations. That doesn’t excuse the West’s sins, but it does mean that tearing down the West in favor of alternatives is repulsive.

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Cameron Tree Lighting 5 p.m.

Southern Pines Tree Lighting 6:15 p.m.

December 1 Pinehurst Tree Lighting 6:30 p.m.

December 2 Cameron Christmas Parade 10 a.m.

Southern Pines Christmas Parade 11 a.m.

CRIME LOG x MOORE, HOWARD SCOTT, 35, B, M, 11/19/2023, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Felony Possession Marijuana x HEAD, GARY EUGENE, 42, W, M, 11/19/2023, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Assault on a Female, AWDW, Assault x DURRANCE, REBECCA LYNN, 38, W, F, 11/19/2023, Pinebluff PD, Possess Schedule II CS. PWIMSD Schedule II CS, Possess Controlled Substance Prison/Jail Premisses x CAMERON, RONALD PAUL, 37, W, M, 11/19/2023, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Second Degree Burglary, Second Degree Trespass, Misdemeanor Larceny x TERRY, KENNITH JERMAR, 35, B, M, 11/18/2023, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Breaking or Entering, Injury to Real Property x THOMPSON, SANDRA NEWMAN, 73, W, F, 11/17/2023, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Violate Domestic Violence Protection Order (x2) x RITTER, JAMES ROBERT, 84, W, M, 11/17/2023, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Assault Inflict Serious Injury

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SPORTS Hitting the Deck

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Nathaniel Dyer

Ava Depenbrock (5) and Zanodiya McNair (11) fight for a loose ball during Pinecrest’s girls basketball opener against Hough. Depenbrock led the Patriots in rebounding and McNair in scoring, but Pinecrest came up on the short end.

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North Moore football finishes season, basketball opens play across county North State Journal FOOTBALL comes to an end North Moore saw it season end in the third round of the state playoffs.

The 6-seed Mustangs lost to 3-seed Wilson Prep in the round of 16 by a 42-15 score.

North Moore had no answer for the Wilson Prep run game, which featured three 100-yard backs. The Tigers scored six touchdowns on the ground in the contest.

The Mustangs got on the board with a pass from Colby Pennington to Kolby Ritchie, then tightened things up when Nathaniel Dyer recovered a blocked punt in the end zone. North Moore could never close the gap, however, and Wilson Prep pulled away, ending the Mustangs season at 10-3.

Soccer falls in final four North Moore’s boy’s soccer team fell in the 1A state semifinals last week, dropping a 3-1 decision to topranked Hobbton. The 3-seed Mustangs advanced through the first four rounds before falling in the state final four. They completed their season with a 15-5-2 record.

Basketball tips off The winter sports season began across the county, with several local schools getting their boy’s and girl’s basketball seasons started.

The Union Pines boys posted a statement-making 75-28 win over Montgomery Central in their opener.

The Vikings were led by junior Jaylen Kyle, who hit 8-of-10 from the field for a game-high 20 points. He also led the way with four assists. Sophomore Wesley Bailey hit both of his three-point attempts in a 10-point

Pinecrest’s Aniyah McGregor puts up a shot in the Patriots’ seasonopening loss to Hough.

McGregor, a sophomore, scored eight points in the game.

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night. Kingsley Donovan led the Vikings with eight rebounds.

The Vikings girls weren’t as fortunate, dropping the opener to Montgomery Central in overtime, 55-49.

The Pinecrest girls also started their season, losing to Hough, 73-31.

Pinecrest struggled from the field, hitting just 12 of 53 shots, including

1-of-15 from three. Zanodiya McNair led the way for the Patriots, scoring nine points, while Aniyah McGregor added eight. Senior Ava Depenbrock led the way with a game-high 10 rebounds.

The Pinecrest boys and both North Moore teams will hit the floor later this month.

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North Moore, football Nathaniel Dyer (4) is a senior quarterback and free safety for North Moore’s football team.

The Mustangs saw their season end in a loss to Wilson Prep on Friday, but Dyer led North Moore to a conference title and into the NCHSAA playoffs’ third round.

In addition to quarterbacking the team and leading the North Moore offense, Dyer was also a big play contributor on defense and special teams. He had a pass defense and fumble recovery during the regular season, and he recovered a blocked punt in the end zone against Wilson Prep to cut the deficit to seven points in the second half.

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Barbara J. (Morgan) Harp

July 12, 1940 - November 9, 2023 Barbara J. (Morgan) Harp, of Whispering Pines, North Carolina, and beloved wife of Thomas Moore Harp, passed peacefully on 11-9-2023 in Southern Pines, NC. Barbara Harp was born 7-12-40 in Statesville NC, to John David Morgan and Ora Elizabeth (Swing) Morgan.

Barb led a life of love, service and support. She graduated Statesville High where she played basketball and ran track, and then Mitchell College. She had an early career in administration. Barb met and married Coach Tom Harp in 1974, and football entered her life. Barbara was an exemplary Coach’s wife, helping with recruiting, motivation, and other things great coach’s wives do. She attended hundreds of games.

Later, after Tom retired from coaching, she managed restaurants which she and Tom owned together in Wheatland and Terre Haute, IN. She loved and raised 2 children, who adored her, Cam and Betsy.

She had an incredibly positive impact on her kids, setting an example by working very hard, and never saying a bad word about anyone. She was an avid golfer and loved all sports. She was a longtime member of the Whispering Pines Women’s Golf Group.

She is survived by her devoted husband of 49 years, Tom Harp, her son, Cam Cameron (Missy), her stepchildren Peggy (Joe) Lee, Molly Harp, and Marcie Harp. Her grandchildren, Sarah Rubin, Lydia Smith, Joey Fine, Thomas Cameron, Daniel Cameron, Christopher Cameron, Elizabeth Cameron, Whitney (Nate) Christensen, Scott (Gretchen) Lee, Emily (Matt) Poulos, Sarah (Will) Stearn, and her great grandchildren, Ana Smith, Magnus and Renn Rubin, Maddox, Hudson, Milly and Hadley Poulos, Artie and Azalea Stearn, Crew Christensen, and Tanner and Harper Lee. She was preceded in death by her 3 brothers Writzel D. Morgan, Johnny Jefferson Morgan, and Kermit Henry Morgan, and her daughter Elizabeth “Betsy” Cameron.

Carolyn Thorn

June 19, 1940 - November 10, 2023 On November 10, 2023, Carolyn Thorn of Southern Pines, NC, passed away at the age of 83.

Carolyn was born June 19, 1940, to Robert and Kathleen Verla Mae (Littlefield) Scott in Belvidere, Illinois. Upon graduation from high school in Dearborn, MI, she served in the US Navy as a corpsman at the Naval Amphibious Base in Little Creek, VA, where she met and married Jonas Swecker. The couple raised three children in Jacksonville, FL, and later relocated to Morgantown, WV, where Carolyn worked for West Virginia University in various administrative roles for the College of Engineering and Facilities Planning and Management. She retired from WVU in 1996. Carolyn enjoyed creating whimsical miniature villages for every season and holiday and crocheting christening blankets, toys, and afghans for her family and friends.

Carolyn is survived by her children, Terri (Gerard) Frederique, Paul (Yul) Swecker and Jill (Peter) Dejak; grandchildren, Jessica (Dejak) Tilton, Nathaniel Frederique, Sarah Dejak-Reinke, Leah (Frederique) Roemer, Christopher Dejak, and Jonathan and Angela Swecker; great grandchildren Sadler Tilton, Sawyer Reinke-Dejak, Dean and Esther Roemer, and Thomas Frederique; sister, Candy Sanchez and brothers Larry and Bobby Kiss; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

In addition to her parents and stepparents, she is preceded in death by her sister, Kathy King.

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Loretta Frye Nickens

May 27, 1931 - November 18, 2023 Loretta Frye Nickens, 92, of Cameron passed away November 18, 2023 at her residence.

Loretta was born May 27, 1931 in Moore County, NC to the late Archie A. Frye and the late Callie Mashburn Frye.

She is survived by her son Travis Nickens and wife Terry of Cameron; grandchildren, Erich Nickens and wife Erin, Ralph Nickens and wife Danielle, Paul Nickens and wife Amanda; greatgrandchildren Olivia, Ethan, Henry, Clara, and Lucia; brother Lacy Frye and wife Edith, sister, Carolyn Fowler, and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Ralph Nickens.

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August 30, 1936 - November 17, 2023 Billie Vinson Sasser, 87, of Southern Pines passed away Friday, November 17, 2023 at her residence surrounded by her family.

Billie was born August 30, 1936 in Lincoln County, GA to the late Doyle Clay Vinson and Mary Jean Bennett Vinson.

Billie graduated high school in Washington, GA. She was a military spouse. After raising two boys she went to work with the Fire Place Center and later with Gelco Chimney Tops in Aberdeen in sales, service and design. She and Hank were members of Page Memorial.

Billie felt she was blessed with a happy heart. She loved and was loved and was grateful for the experience of a life well lived.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 57 years, Henry A. “Hank” Sasser in 2013.

She is survived by her sons, Clay Sasser (Kerry) and Greg Sasser (Stacy); grandchildren, Julia (Ryan Johnsen) Courtney, Jordyn; one great-grandson, Judah Johnsen and her beloved cat, Peanut.

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January 6, 1954 - November 13, 2023 Gary Ray Rathburn went to be with the Lord November 13, 2023 after a courageous battle with ALS. Gary was born to loving parents Ray and Marva Rathburn in Jacksonville, FL, January 6, 1954.

He is survived by his loving wife Martha Rathburn; his children Tammy and Ray Rathburn; his brother Chris (Kathy) Rathburn; sister-inlaws, Kathleen (Murray) Rice, and Lee Ann (Russell) Matson; as well as loving grandchildren, cousins, nieces and nephews.

Gary, I now know as his brother that God had sent him to this world as an angel to make the world a better place and to bring light to so many people in a somewhat troubled world. Everyone who knew Gary (and there were many), all said how much joy Gary brought to their lives with his joyful and incredible sense of humor, kindness, compassion, joyful mischievous smile, humility but most of all his love and selflessness for everyone.

He was always there to help his friends, family and total strangers. He gave of himself so unselfishly to anyone who needed help.

I really admired my brother for his talent in so many areas: golf, building cars, painting, creative art work, and his ability to build anything. I know now, however, that the greatest gift the Lord has given him was his love for his family, friends, and all he came in contact with, to be a light and example of how we should all strive to be like in this world. We are all mourning his passing but grateful to the Lord Jesus for sending one of his angels to all of us that made our lives so much better than it would have been without him.

Gary, we will always love you and you will forever remain in our hearts, missing your laughter, smile and sense of humor, but now is the time for you to rest and be with the Lord and the joy of heaven.

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