Aidan Allred of the Sandhill Bogeys hits a grounder up the middle against the Sanford Spinners. Allred, who just graduated from Chatham Central, is playing this summer to help prepare for college ball. He’s headed to Brunswick Community College in the fall. We check in with Allred and the Bogeys on page B1
TriRiver Water responds to reports of discolored water in Pittsboro
Some Pittsboro residents began reporting discolored water on June 28 following work at the local water treatment plant.
In response, TriRiver Water dispatched service crews to ush hydrants in a ected areas, including the Millbrook Drive area of Pittsboro. Between July 1 and July 4, the company received approximately 30 calls from concerned residents, with calls decreasing to just one by July 5.
TriRiver said in a statement that water ltration experts conducted sampling and testing and determined that the water remains safe to drink despite its appearance.
The discoloration was attributed to naturally occurring iron and manganese, which become more concentrated during periods of low rainfall.
O cials noted the issue was exacerbated after work on a high service pump in late June, but treatment adjustments have been made at the ltration facility to address the issue.
TriRiver said the water is safe for drinking, cooking and bathing, but residents are cautioned that it may discolor clothing during laundry.
Residents experiencing any water issues should contact TriRiver Water.
Chatham shelter o ering free dog and cat adoptions
The Chatham Sheri ’s Animal Resource Center is o ering free adoptions for dogs and cats six months or older through July 31 in partnership with the BISSELL Pet Foundation’s Empty The Shelter event.
The project, which involves 390 shelters across 44 states, provides free or reduced-fee adoptions. It’s been running since 2016 and has placed more than 250,000 pets nationwide. Stop by the Animal Resource Center at 725 Renaissance Drive in Pittsboro before the end of July to see all the kittens and doggos available for adoption.
Chatham and Wake o cials sent all-clear messages to hundreds of thousands of phones
By Jordan Golson Chatham News & Record
NEW HILL — Residents near the Harris Nuclear Plant were startled Monday morning when six of the 85 emergency warning sirens within the 10-mile emer-
gency planning zone around the plant were inadvertently activated. This false alarm prompted a swift response from local authorities to clarify that there was no actual emergency at the plant.
According to Duke Energy, the incident occurred during routine silent testing of the siren system, which wasn’t as silent as intended. In response to the false alarm, emergency management authorities in Chatham and Wake counties issued Wire-
less Emergency Alerts (WEA) to inform the public that there was no emergency at the plant and no protective actions were needed. Chatham County sent the WEA only to sections within the 10-mile emergency planning zone, while Wake County’s alert inadvertently went to the entire county due to a technical issue.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety con rmed that emergency management directors for the state and Wake,
Petty says camp for seriously ill children is family’s true legacy
‘The King’ of NASCAR is proud of what Victory Junction Camp has achieved
By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press
RICHARD PETTY, with a record 200 Cup Series wins, seven championships and a rst-ballot inductee into the Hall of Fame, is considered NASCAR’s greatest driver. He is spending the season celebrating 75 years of NASCAR participation by his famous family — basically since the inception of the stock car
series in 1948 — and re ecting on the legacy that will be left behind.
As he approached his 87th birthday, celebrated Tuesday ahead of this weekend’s race at Chicago, Petty has realized his family should be hailed for something far bigger than anything it did in NASCAR. He pointed to the Victory Junction Gang Camp, which was opened in 2004 for chronically ill children as a way to honor his late grandson.
Adam Petty was 19 when he was killed in a 2000 crash practicing for a race at New Hampshire. Not too many years before, he’d made a motorcycle
visit to Paul Newman’s Camp Boggy Creek and became interested in creating a similar camp in North Carolina. Petty said the family following through on Adam’s dream will be its lasting legacy.
“This is for seriously ill kids who can’t go to camp, so it’s a very special deal,” Petty said.
“The kids come from all over the country and they don’t charge them anything. We make sure they get there and get them home. So when I look at the Pettys’ 75 years of racing, I think it brought the camp into play, and I think the bigger legacy, what it will hopefully be, is more about the Victory Junction Camp than
Deputies with the Chatham County Sheri ’s O ce stopped o at Chatham Childcare in Siler City on Tuesday to meet 25 “enthusiastic” children for Community Helper Day.
“Fostering a sense of trust and understanding between law enforcement and the community starts at a young age,” said a Facebook post from the Sheri ’s O ce. “Visits like these are invaluable in helping children see us as friendly helpers and protectors they can rely on.”
Harnett, Lee and Chatham counties were noti ed of the siren activation shortly before 8 a.m. Monday. Duke Energy released a statement on the plant’s website assuring the public that the “Harris Nuclear Plant is operating safely” and they were working with local and state emergency management to determine the cause of the siren activation.
By Monday afternoon, a Duke Energy spokesperson provided an explanation: “While conducting routine silent testing of sirens around Harris Nuclear Plant to ensure their proper functioning, a small number of sirens in the 10-mile emergency planning zone were inadver-
See ALERT, page A7
anything about racing.
“Racing put us in a position to come out and do something, and it was always one of Adam’s dreams,” he added. “When we lost Adam, the family got together and said we’d go pursue that deal.”
Adam Petty was the oldest son of Kyle Petty, Richard’s only son. Petty family patriarch Lee started the racing team, and Richard’s engine-building brother, Maurice, are all considered the foundation of the team’s success. The trio are all members of NASCAR’s Hall of Fame.
See PETTY, page A7
Chatham News & Record sta
SILER CITY — Siler City Parks and Recreation announced that Jennah Fadely, the current NCAA champion in the 200-meter breaststroke and an Olympic Trials participant, is returning to her hometown to share her expertise with aspiring swimmers.
Fadely, in partnership with the Parks and Rec Department, will o er a series of exclusive swim lessons aimed at children aged 8-12. The program is designed to promote water safety, cultivate interest in swimming, and potentially
inspire the next generation of competitive swimmers.
“We’re thrilled to have Jennah Fadely giving back to her community in this way,” said a spokesperson for the Parks and Recreation Department. “Her experience and skills will be invaluable to our young swimmers.”
The lessons will be held at the Bray Park Aquatics Facility over two weeks:
- July 15 to July 19
- July 29 to Aug. 2
Each week will consist of ve one-hour lessons, running
from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. The program is limited to six participants, ensuring personalized attention from the champion swimmer.
Parents interested in this unique opportunity for their children are required to have their child complete a preassessment. However, the department notes that a preassessment does not guarantee a spot in the program due to its limited capacity.
To apply for a spot or for more information, parents are encouraged to email recreation@silercity.org or call 919 -742 -2699 by July 11.
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Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up in Chatham County:
July 12
Opening Reception at Frank Gallery
6 p.m.
Celebrate a new exhibit featuring artist Donna Stubbs and her collaborative sculptures with Brent Arnold, Theresa P-Tan and guest artists Sasha Bakaric and John Rosenthal. Wine, bites and amazing art at this opening reception at Frank Gallery, 370 E. Main St., Suite 130 in Carrboro.
July 13
Chapel Hill Historic Churches Tour
4 p.m.
Chapel Hill is home to stunning and historically signi cant churches. From towering Gothic structures to symmetrical Neoclassical and Romanesque houses of worship, Chapel Hill o ers diverse styles and denominations from every era. Join Triangle Walking Tours on this guided excursions between the town’s many historic churches. Price is $14. More information at trianglewalkingtours. com.
July 18
Sanford Spinners Baseball 7 p.m.
The home-standing Spinners host the Jacksonville Ospreys in one of the nal home games of the Old North State League regular season. Tramway Park, 2303 Tramway Rd. in Sanford.
Downtown Siler City Music Series
Structuring Land Sale Agreements with Meritage Homes
Every third Friday throughout the summer, the NC Arts Incubator and Chatham Rabbit present live performances featuring a broad range of local musicians who showcase various genres representative of North Carolina. 223 N. Chatham Ave. in Siler City.
The money, half from the federal government, is spread across 19 counties
By Jesse Deal Chatham News & Record
ALBEMARLE — Last week, the North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s (NCDIT) Division of Broadband and Digital Equity announced that 19 counties have been awarded funding for broadband expansion.
As part of North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s plan “to close the digital divide,” NCDIT’s Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program is granting $112 million to connect 25,903 households and businesses to high-speed internet — some $4,300 per connection.
“We are excited that so many counties and internet service providers have partnered with us on the CAB program,” NCDIT Deputy Secretary for Broadband and Digital Equity Nate Denny said in a July 1 press release. “These awarded projects will help us make signi cant progress on closing the state’s digital divide.”
The CAB program is funded
“We are excited that so many counties and internet service providers have partnered with us on the CAB program.”
Nate Denny, NCDIT deputy secretary for broadband and digital equity
by more than $61 million from the federal American Rescue Plan, as well as $25 million from counties and nearly $26 million from various broadband providers.
The program is designed to identify locations that lack broadband access and to award funding to prequali ed internet service providers who agree to provide high-speed service of at least 100 megabits per second to those locations.
“Through these awards, more North Carolinians will be able to access a ordable and reliable high-speed internet so they can participate in our increasingly digital world,” Cooper said in an NCDIT press release. “I appreciate the partnership among NCDIT, coun-
ty leaders and broadband providers in helping close our state’s digital divide.”
The awards add to the $404 million in Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) grants and previous CAB funding awarded that will connect nearly 161,000 statewide households and businesses to broadband.
Last month, the NCDIT announced a $67 million broadband grant for expanded internet access in 15 counties.
“By partnering directly with county leaders, we can focus on their individual community needs and together make decisions that will benet their constituents,” NCDIT Secretary and State Chief Information O cer Jim Weaver said. “Thanks to our extensive mapping, previous prequalication process and internet service providers’ responsiveness, we posted these counties’ scopes of work in March and April and worked with them to make awards for new broadband projects in less than three months.”
Additional information regarding the progress of the NCDIT’s Division of Broadband and Digital Equity project is available at ncbroadband.gov.
The Cessna 182 went down east of Asheville
The Associated Press
MARION — Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in the mountains about 30 miles east of Asheville, o cials said Monday.
McDowell County Emergency Management said in a statement that emergency personnel responding to a report of a missing small plane found the downed aircraft
near the Rutherford County line. McDowell County ofcials later con rmed three deaths in the downed aircraft.
Three people were aboard the single-engine Cessna 182 when it crashed in the mountains near Rutherfordton, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
The National Transportation Safety Board will be in charge of the investigation and will provide further updates, according to the FAA, which is also investigating.
The NTSB said in a statement that preliminary infor-
mation indicates the plane, which departed Mountain City, Tennessee, and was heading to Rutherford County Airport, crashed Sunday and the wreckage was found Monday.
An NTSB investigator was traveling to the scene to document and examine the wreckage, o cials said. The agency is expected to issue a preliminary report within 30 days on the initial phase of its investigation though a nal report with a probable cause and any contributing factors is expected to take one to two years.
JORDAN GROVE A.M.E. ZION CHURCH
3106 WEST THIRD ST., SILER CITY
Family And Friends Day will be observed on Sunday, July 14 at 2:30 p.m.
The guest speaker will be Rev. Toddy Brooks along with his choir and congregation from Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church in Bear Creek, NC.
Everyone is welcome and invited to worship with us.
PROVIDENCE INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH
1170 BONLEE BENNETT RD., SILER CITY
We will be having our Annual Homecoming at Providence Independent Methodist Church on Sunday, July 14 at 11 a.m. with music being rendered by the Rev. David C. Wade (former pastor of the church from 1979-85), with special music brought by Mr. Jimmy Smith, a dear childhood friend and neighbor from Burlington. He’ll be bringing special music on the banjo and guitar as we sing songs from the Cokesbury Hymnal. A time of remembrance by lighting candles of all of those from Providence Church who have touched our lives. After the service, there will be a covered dish meal in the Fellowship Hall. Everyone is welcome to join in Worship, a time of remembrance and bring a favorite or two dish to share! You will be blessed!
Will be having their Annual Family and Friends Day Fundraiser Program. The guest speaker will be Rev. Dr. Jermaine Rogers of Thompson Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church He will be accompanied by his choir. Please come out and join us on Sunday, July 14 at 11 a.m. At 7888 Goldston Glendon Rd. in Goldston Pastor: Rev. Willie Siler, Sr.
JULY 3
• Amber Renee Dixon, 49, of Siler City, was arrested by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) for felony possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Carlos Guzman, 33, of Durham, was arrested by CCSO for assault on a female and misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
JULY 6
• Winford Harland Wall, 38, of Siler City, was arrested by CCSO for two counts of failure to appear — child support.
JULY 7
• Rafael Ibarra Ibarra, 33, of Moncure, was arrested by CCSO for assault on a female, resist/delay/obstruct, crime of domestic violence, and false imprisonment.
The 117th Annual Reunion of the “Billy” Poe family will be held Saturday, July 20 at Loves’s Creek Baptist Church fellowship hall! Join us at 11 a.m. or after for a brief “business meeting” with lunch following. Bring pictures or questions — we will try to answer them. If you have any questions, call Doris Beck at 919-200-2143.
Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor
Today, Topsail is grounded or, better yet, has its toes in the sand.
GROWING UP IN RALEIGH, my parents took my younger brother and me to a beach every year or so. Myrtle Beach was in its own category, full of high-rises and crowds. I preferred the North Carolina coast, although the di erent ones ran together in my mind like a continuous line of sand, surf and fried seafood.
Then, as an adult, I met the woman who would become my wife. Since Ginny was a baby, her family has vacationed at Topsail.
First, I learned the proper pronunciation: “Top-sul.” The island has a rich history, including the infamous pirate Blackbeard and Operation Bumblebee, a top-secret rocket program launched after World War II as part of the space race.
Today, Topsail is grounded or, better yet, has its toes in the sand.
My family vacations near the southern end, a 20-minute drive across the bridge from Surf City. Coasting along, I lower the windows and feel my blood pressure do the same. I smile at Ginny riding shotgun while our three kids yammer excitedly in the minivan. We cruise past the little downtown — a public park and pickleball courts, an old-fashioned roller-skating rink, a mini golf course and three places to purchase ice cream. I have to mention the lovely independent bookstore, Quarter Moon.
I realize that other beach towns likely have similar establishments, just as they, too, have kids splashing in the waves and adults quietly taking long walks on the beach,
| BOB WACHS
holding hands. I don’t wish to argue with you about your beloved beach. Just to say that my wife and I have been coming to Topsail for almost 20 years with our extended family through our moves across states, graduate schools, careers and children. Despite all the changes and challenges, we have returned to relax in this comforting familiarity. Knowing a place so well can also bring delight to the seemingly smallest of changes, like the new pirate logo on the mini golf course or the small grocery carrying your favorite beer. And there are always new people to meet. This past visit, I learned that our waitress had nine kids — yes, nine! The next afternoon, we rendezvoused with a third grader my son had met in camp. I bought each a wa e cone, and these boys sported matching ice cream mustaches. When my daughter dropped her ice cream on the oor, the young woman in the Tar Heel T-shirt gave her a new one for free and, at my daughter’s tearful request, extra marshmallows.
Over the years, I’ve enjoyed collecting rocks along the shoreline — special stones polished smooth by tumbling in the salt water and sand. I keep a few around the house and o ce to rub one between thumb and fore nger. It calls to mind a place which, like anything I love, is the sum of its small parts.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman is pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church as well as a writer, pizza maker, co ee drinker and student of joy.
Mama always said she was mature for her age and that it was a di erent day.
NO DOUBT THE FIRST CALENDAR was invented by a caveman named Umgowa to remember his anniversary and get his wife Mooga o his back. As he saw the day approaching, he knew he had time to mosey down to the local gift shop and get her a nice wooly mammoth skin purse so she’d have a place to keep her rock pictures of the grandkids.
In time, I guess, he got tired of lugging the thing around and just tossed it, hoping he’d live long enough to get one of those new-fangled contraptions that took pictures, made calls, gured tips at the local eatery and had a calendar built in.
I’ve always been fascinated with calendars — the ones with pretty pictures from the funeral home, the ones with the Brownie people on them that tell you when the moon is full and the tide is high, and the ones with fast cars. My boyhood friend and chief adviser on all matters from the heart to the pocketbook, Bobby Joe High, had a rst cousin, twice removed, named Phillip (Phil) A. Buster, who liked the calendars that had pictures of the fast cars accompanied by ladies of the same description.
In my little world, I have two primary calendars: the big one on my desk that gets covered with color-coded reminders of church activities, bank payments, doctor appointments, pig pickings and such, and the little one I carry in an inside-thejacket wallet. That way, whether at home or elsewhere, I can keep up with what I’m supposed to do if I can remember. Works most of the time, but the other day I realized all over again that even with my best e orts I don’t always remember them all. This forgetful incident wasn’t a matter of life or death or national security. It didn’t really involve anyone else, although some other folks could take notice of its signi cance if they remembered. It wasn’t July Fourth or my anniversary, although that comes up fairly soon. It wasn’t the birthday of anyone that I know of.
Instead, it was July 1, the 91st anniversary of my folks running o to South Carolina to tie the knot. For that I’m grateful for in time they produced not only my two older
brothers but me, as well.
They’re not here now; maybe that’s why it slipped my mind. When they were we usually made some big deal out of it, going out to dinner, a cookout or such. One year — I think it was their 50th — we rented a house at the beach. A most memorable part of that trip was when their rstborn wandered too far into the surf and stepped in a hole. He was so far out that I couldn’t understand what he was hollering; I just saw him waving both arms, so I waved back.
Later, I learned he was actually calling for help.
Even though it slipped my mind for a moment or two, every time I think of them and that date, it boggles my mind. For one thing, it’s a bit hard to realize that they’ve been gone as long as they have, but even more so, my mother was 15 when she crossed the border between North Carolina and South Carolina with her 21-year-old boyfriend. Today, those two factors — age and state line — would land my dad three hots and a cot somewhere behind bars.
Whenever I mentioned that, Mama always said she was mature for her age and that it was a di erent day. I don’t know if there were laws against such in 1933. If there were, maybe they bbed about it when they got to the house of the nearest justice of the peace to do the deed, or perhaps it was just that no one asked. I don’t know.
What I do know is that they had a good marriage, set an example for my brothers and me and did — I think — an OK job rearing their brood. Now, as our three sons are well into the ranks of grandparenthood, I wish my folks were still around to enjoy the crop of new little folks they never got to meet.
I have my anniversary marked and don’t plan to forget it. That way, maybe I’ll keep adding to the number of those days.
Here’s hoping…
Bob Wachs is a native of Chatham County and emeritus editor at Chatham News & Record. He serves as pastor of Bear Creek Baptist Church.
I’m in total thrall to the Brooks River salmon- shing bears.
JUST BEING UPFRONT with you. I really, really dislike feeling powerless! Not a fan. And, here I am, feeling powerless… What the heck facilitated this siege of powerlessness, making the world feel topsyturvy?
Oh, nothing major, just the state of our country. For an absolute newshound, when I nd myself fasting from ALL my addictive, minute-by-minute online news sources, I know I’m on the run. I become acutely uncomfortable, feeling like our country has gone nuts.
Mental health admission: I’m an anxious person. It only took a number of decades to acknowledge this reality. Now, I’m rmly attached to anxiety reduction, not only as a sane high blood pressure intervention but as a mediator, allowing me to drink two cups of co ee daily. (I love making cold brew co ee during the summertime. Adore it! I can still make fun admissions, can’t I, even in the midst of chaos?)
It’s pretty clear I resist thinking about my experience of our political system’s current chaos. Gosh, even composing the last sentence, identifying it as chaos, I needed the follow-up of a long, long stare at the trees outside. Oh, and several deep breaths as well. Well, OK, more than several…
An important sidebar: I neither drink nor smoke and don’t believe any amount of dark chocolate will assuage my current cultural pain, which has resulted in a news blackout. This powerlessness, which is akin to that oh-so-familiar and dire “Jaws” theme music, is the belated reminder that I shouldn’t have gone back in the water. For my mental health’s sake, I have absolutely no intention of putting my big toe in the news ocean for the time being.
Oh, come on, there must be something qualifying as a healthy, anxiety-reducing pastime during these troubles. Something…
COLUMN | SUSAN ESTRICH
Are rankand- le Democrats — we who feel powerless — the only ones to see that?
CALIFORNIA GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM says he has President Joe Biden’s back. It’s almost enough for me to take him o my list of possible successors to the incumbent president.
Having Biden’s back is not a matter of loyalty.
Biden has been a ne president. He inherited a country in crisis, roiled by the pandemic, and righted the ship of state. The economy recovered. We beat back the pandemic. Important bipartisan bills were passed, including the infrastructure bill and major legislation on climate change.
We would have passed immigration reform, with bipartisan support, if Donald Trump hadn’t scuttled the e ort by calling on his Republican friends to abandon the bill to save him an issue to campaign on. He led the Democratic Party to a surprisingly successful midterm election. He would go down in history as a very successful president if he doesn’t go down, as seems increasingly likely, as a sel sh leader who stayed too long and endangered our democracy as much as the man he is running against.
We’ve been to that movie. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Trump court. Make no mistake, if he doesn’t step aside, that will be his legacy.
The polls say that as many as 78% of the American people don’t want him to run again. They aren’t kidding. And I’m not kidding when I wonder if those who do are only looking for a candidate so thoroughly discredited that he’s the only one Trump could beat.
We all know what we saw on television. It was not just an o night. It was a man who had no business being on that stage.
Dear Gavin: Who are you being loyal to?
How about being loyal to the future of our democracy? Biden himself has recognized that’s what is at stake in this election. It is. And Biden is the one who is threatening to take it down because of his stubborn determination to hold onto power past his time. He has clearly emerged as the Democrat least likely to defeat Trump.
Are rank-and- le Democrats — we who feel powerless — the only ones to see that? It can’t
OMG, how could I forget? The bears.
I’m in total thrall to the Brooks River salmon- shing bears in Katmai Alaska National Park, a park replete with stunning waterfalls. Completely captivated by the bears’ eye-popping summer drive to fatten up for six months of hibernation. Wow!
I’ve found a venue where no one is a declared Republican, Democrat, Independent or verbally inclined to go for (my) jugular. What an immense relief!
Discussions ensue by entranced humans (yes, entranced) about the nicknamed and numbered bears’ lineage. “I love it when 432 imitates her mom and auntie! Waiting for her head toss to begin!” Amazing real-time videos of bear society (sigh, sometimes doing notso-nice, but oh-so-human things.) “32 Chunk came in HOT and launched his massive body onto a snoozing 747. Quick tussle, then a cowboy walk away by 32.” (A cowboy walk?) Finally, “806 and 806jr ... love this duo … hope Phelps the cub doesn’t go over the falls again this year!”
My chosen country, for this moment in time, consists of pouring-on-the-fat, salmon-gorging bears. And, of course, who’s mating with whom, “you know, behind the bushes next to the river.” Having a touch of salaciousness is not a bad thing…
Oh, and my powerlessness? Gone. Present is only a prurient but safe curiosity about the Brooks River bears. Spellbound by their ingestion of unbelievable amounts of salmon to survive winter. (Wishing I could do that with chocolate.) Bears o ering a respite to this harried human on the run from her own world. Thank you, bears!
Visit Explore.org to see the bears for yourself.
Jan Hutton, a resident of Chatham County and retired hospice social worker, lives life with heart and humor.
THE DEBATE FEATURED “an extraordinarily aggressive, top-to-bottom attack,” Politico wrote. “Over and over,” one candidate’s “tactic of choice was a gut-level punch.” An “alpha-male display,” Britain’s left-wing Guardian headlined. The dominant candidate’s style, CNN agreed, was “put your head down, charge forward, and don’t stop.”
No, those were not comments about the earliest-in-history presidential debate. They were analyses made nearly 12 years ago after the Oct. 2012 vice presidential debate between Paul Ryan and his much more aggressive opponent, Joe Biden.
Biden was then the incumbent vice president, determined to o set former President Barack Obama’s indolent performance against Mitt Romney in the campaign’s rst presidential debate eight days before. His forceful, often mocking approach obscured his frequent misstatements and factual errors, but he reversed the Democratic ticket’s downward plunge in the polls.
The contrast between Biden’s 2012 and 2024 performances is glaring and a reminder of the ravages of age. But the two debates may also turn out to represent a turning point in the politics of, and the balance between, the two parties.
Going into the 2012 debate, Ryan at age 42 looked to me like the future of Republican politics.
As House budget chairman, he had gotten his colleagues to back his package of tax cuts and entitlement reforms while looking favorably on free trade and legalization of worthy illegal immigrants.
But the bombast and ridicule Biden in icted on Ryan in the 2012 debate was a foretaste of the bombast and ridicule former President Donald Trump in icted on multiple rivals in presidential primary debates in 2015 and ‘16 — and which he in icted on the (to many voters) surprisingly inert Biden last week.
be. Where is Biden’s inner circle? Where are the so-called leaders of the Democratic Party? Are they telling him what he needs to hear or what he wants to hear?
The New York Times has reported that Biden met with his family to seek their advice. The family, it is reported, urged him to stay in the race. Hunter was particularly strong. How terrifying. The Biden with the demonstrably worst judgment in the family, a convicted felon and an object of ridicule — is this who Biden is listening to?
Or are we only being told this by an insider who is afraid to speak out publicly about why Biden should step aside so they are telling us who he is listening to instead? It hardly helps Biden. It makes him look weaker, not stronger.
I understand blind public loyalty. I’ve been there and done that. It is misplaced. Politics is too important for personal loyalty at the expense of country. The reason the party rallied around Biden in the rst place — when some of those who knew him best must have seen up close what had happened to him over the course of four years, must have seen the decline we all witnessed in Atlanta — was clearly because of the conventional wisdom that challenging an incumbent president would only weaken him in the general election.
That was, on the face of things, the lesson of the 1980 election, when Ted Kennedy challenged Jimmy Carter, who used the power of the presidency adroitly to defeat him and then lost to Ronald Reagan. But that’s just plain wrong. I was there, too. The reason Kennedy ran in the rst place was because he was convinced, rightly, that Carter could not defeat Reagan.
Could Kennedy have done better? He could not have done worse.
It would have been better if someone had taken on Biden. We would have seen him on a debate stage earlier than we did. Every delegate to the convention would not have been pledged to Biden. We would have a stronger candidate right now.
But it is not too late. Rank-and- le Democrats may not be able to do much, but Democratic leaders and donors can make their voices heard. This is a cause that demands courage. Biden needs not only to hear it privately but to hear it publicly. It is not too late for him to avoid more public humiliation — and for us to preserve our democracy.
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As speaker of the House for 38 months from Oct. 2015, Ryan helped shape and pass Trump’s 2017 tax cuts. But from the time he came down the Trump Tower escalator, Trump repudiated Ryan’s stands on entitlements, trade and immigration. By now, almost all Republican o ceholders have followed his lead.
Meanwhile, under Biden, Democrats moved sharply left on key issues, with an open borders policy, vast spending increases (on top of Trump’s) sparking rst-time-in-four-decades in ation, and ninth-month abortions. Trump hit Biden hard on such leftward lunges last week. Will the 2024 debate in which Biden got shellshocked have a politics-altering e ect like that of the 2012 debate in which he administered the shellshocking?
Of course we don’t yet know the fallout of this year’s debate. Thoughtful liberals like polling analyst Nate Silver, issues advocate Ezra Klein, and the gifted reporter Joe Klein are pleading that Biden withdraw and Democrats nominate someone stronger than his handpicked vice president, Kamala Harris.
But Democratic politicians have, as the younger Klein writes, a “collective action” problem: Retribution awaits the rst dissenters from the public Biden-should-stay consensus. And as shown in Biden’s 36 years of commuting from the Senate home to Delaware and his nearly 300 days there as president (according to CBS’s Mark Knoller), he’s never been close to Washington insiders. He has relied instead largely on family members, all of whom are reportedly strongly against withdrawal.
It’s still possible he could win. Silver gives that a 31% likelihood, just above the 29% he gave Trump of winning going into the 2016 election. Things that likely tend to happen about onethird of the time.
But two-thirds of the time they don’t. Trump was ahead going into the debate, initial polling suggests his lead has grown since, and he seems to have signi cant leads in states (including Nevada, Arizona and Georgia, which he lost in 2020) with 268 electoral votes, two short of a majority. Add Pennsylvania or Michigan or Wisconsin or Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District and he’s president again. And probably with a Republican House and Republican Senate.
Democrats looking back on the last three decades brag that they’ve won ve of the last eight presidential elections and have carried the popular vote in seven. A Trump presidency, if it were as successful with voters as the preCOVID rst Trump term was, could be followed by a second and possibly two-term Republican presidency.
Possible Trump VP nominees Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) or Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), or Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), whom he shoved aside this year, look to me at least as gifted at politics and policy as any Democrat I’ve seen mentioned as national nominees.
So one possible result of the Biden debate debacle could be 12 years of Republican popular vote victories and presidencies, something achieved only once since 1952, in Ronald Reagan’s 1980s. That would represent success for the Republican politics of Trump and would surely, sooner or later, prompt a rethink of the Democratic politics of Biden. Is that too much to extrapolate from a single debate? Probably. But it would be poetic justice if the devastation Biden in icted on Ryan’s ideas were in icted in turn by Trump on Biden’s.
Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.
Jan. 3rd, 1919 –July 3rd, 2024
Wesley E. Hart, 105, was called to glory on July 3, 2024. He was born on January 3, 1919 in Schenectady, NY and married Agnes, his beloved wife of 75 years, on October 3, 1942. He is survived by his two loving daughters, Kathy (Wakeman) and Lynne (Dyer) and her husband Bob. His one grandchild, Todd (Walton), with his wife Maria (Battista), blessed him with 4 great grandchildren; Samantha, Wesley, Josie and Emily, all of whom he was in nitely proud. His outlook on life was shaped by the Great Depression and his service in WWII, making him a signature member of the Greatest Generation. He served in the US Army from 1941 to 1946 and earned a
July 5th, 2024
Christopher Larry Hipp, age 55, of Moncure, passed away at his home on Friday, July 5, 2024. Chris was the son of Larry and Mildred Hipp and grew up in Moncure. He was a graduate of Northwood High School; he attended Elon College and was a graduate of Wake Technical Community College with his paramedic degree. Chris began his career with Alamance County as a paramedic where he served from 1992-2004. He then began a career in the mining industry with Martin Marietta until 2023. Chris was currently employed with Heidlberg Materials. Chris is survived by his parents and a special lady,
Bronze Star for his service during the Battle of the Bulge. In a 2020 Pittsboro ceremony he was conferred the French Legion of Honor by the Consul General of France. His witness of the atrocities committed by the Nazis were documented in his self-published book, WWII In My Words Following the war, Wes returned to his hometown and for 32 years worked for the General Electric Company in the Steam Turbine and Generator department. He loved Jesus, his family, his country and his summer home in the Adirondack Mountains. He was generous of his time and talents and loved to work on his favorite projects. Notorious for concocting elaborate pranks, he endlessly amused and delighted his family and friends. No one expected less as he gave unsel shly throughout his life. Wes will be missed by all who knew and loved him. A memorial service is planned for Friday, July 12 at 11:00 AM, New Salem Church, 5030 Old Graham Road, Pittsboro, NC. He will be interred with his wife in the Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, NY. In lieu of owers, memorial donations may be made to the New Salem Church building fund. Arrangements by Donaldson Funeral Home and Cremation, Pittsboro.
Misty Rogers. He also leaves behind his special pets, Pepper and Brisket, and special aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his sister, Jamie Hipp Hinsley, paternal grandparents, W. Lee Hipp and Tessie P. Hipp and maternal grandparents, J. Carson Thomas and Annie B. Thomas. Chris enjoyed horses, golf, shing, hunting and shooting with family and friends. He was also very talented and could x or build almost anything. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, from 5:30PM to 7:30PM at Donaldson Funeral Home & Crematory Gri n Chapel. Please join us for a Celebration of Chris’s life on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at 11:00AM at Gum Springs Baptist Church, 227 Gum Springs Church Road Moncure, NC 27559 with Rev. Craig Willingham and Rev. Wade Allen presiding. In lieu of owers, the family asks to honor Chris by contributing in his memory to Gum Springs, Church Cemetery Fund, 227 Gum Springs Church Road, Moncure, NC 27559 or Jamie’s Vision, PO Box 416 Pittsboro, NC 27312.
Condolences may be made at www.donaldsonfunerals.com Donaldson Funeral Home & Crematory is honored to serve the Hipp family.
Oct. 26th, 1955 –June 18th, 2024
Debra Lynn (Granter)
Amatucci (Debbie), 68, of Robbins, NC passed in Sanford, NC June 18, 2024. Debbie was born October 26, 1955, in Hartford CT, to Roland and
June 4th, 1936 –July 9th, 2024
Marlene Clapp Brown (Pud), 88 of 6924 Airport Rd in Bear Creek passed Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at UNC Health Chatham. She was born June 4, 1936, in Wake County to the late Ben and Josie Wright Clapp of Siler City. Marlene graduated from Bonlee High School in 1954. She was a member of the Brush Creek Baptist Church, the Bessie Gilbert Sunday School Class former teacher and past church librarian. She was a Spinning Instructor at Ramtex in Ramseur, a Beginning Computer Instructor at CCCC,
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Lucille (McGuire) Granter. She is survived by her mother and 3 siblings, Donald Granter, Cheryl Snow Granter, and Kathy (Granter) McNeil. On December 30, 1979, Debbie was married to Ronald (Ron) Amatucci in Ft. Myers Florida; Ron and Debbie were married 44 years at the time of her passing. Debbie is survived by her husband, 2 children, Veronica Lynn (Amatucci) Backlund, Michael Anthony Amatucci, son-in-law, Billy Ray Backlund, and 5 grandchildren (Michael, Mariah, Kaley, Mathew, and Nathan). Debbie was a high school graduate of Lexington (Ohio) High School and moved to NC in 1990; she was a resident of NC for 26 years, collectively. Debbie was a bookkeeper to her husband’s masonry business and worked part-time for her father’s business, The Brass Kettle Restaurant (Sanford, NC); above
and served as the rst church secretary at Tyson’s Creek Baptist Church.
Marlene loved reading her Bible and listening to Country Music. Her passion was researching family records on Ancestry and locating and adding information on Find a Grave.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Bobby Gene Brown, her brother, Ben Junior Clapp, a sister, Elaine “Sister” Webster, a son, Lee Brown and Grandson, Parker Dixon.
She is survived by her daughters, Karen Zimmerman, and husband Allan of Goldston and Donna Sessoms and husband Jackie of Bear Creek; a son, Scott Brown, and wife Jodie of Goldston; and a daughterin-Law, Linda Brown of Bear Creek. She is also survived by her grandchildren; Christy Dixon and husband Michael, Brandon Brown and wife Nikki, Aaron Brown and wife Anna, Shane Zimmerman and wife Jessica, Jonathan Sessoms and wife Paige, Jeremy Sessoms and wife Hayley, and Felicity Gray; her great grandchildren, Jaxon and Addison Dixon, Madilyn and Clara Brown, Benji, Sage, and Lainey Brown, Aiden and Sutton Zimmerman, Charlotte
TAMMIE MERRIVAL LYNCH
JAN. 22ND, 1964 – JULY 1ST, 2024
Tammie Merrival Lynch, age 60, of Sanford, NC, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Monday, July 1, 2024. She was born in Columbus County, NC on January 22, 1964, to Milton (Joe) Smith and Shirley Smith Murphy. She was preceded in death by her parents; stepfather Kendall Murphy; her sister Debbie Coleman and brother-in-law Joe Coleman. Tammie was employed by Moen, Inc. of Sanford. She was a loving mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend. Tammie is survived by her son Derik Cox and daughter-in-law Dorothy Cox of Walnut Creek, California; daughter McCail Collier and son-in-law Dan Collier of Pinehurst, NC and her precious grandchildren Emma Cox, Autumn Collier and William Cox who a ectionately knew her as “Namma” She is also survived by her brother Leo Smith and sister-in-law Jan Smith of Sanford. She also leaves behind her nieces and nephews Shane Coleman, Joy and Kayla Coleman, Benjy Denkins, Jeremy Denkins, Josh and Tracy Denkins, all of Sanford and her great nieces and nephews.
any other occupation, Debbie was a devoted wife, homemaker, and beloved mother to her children. Debbie was a philosopher, poet, advent reader and intellectual, and an animal lover. She enjoyed spending time with her horse, Silent Partner, until his passing in 1996. She leaves behind 2 resident cats (and any animal that living in her neighborhood that didn’t have a proper home, which she generously took in as her own). Debbie is likely remembered (by anyone who met her) for her radiant beauty, class, wit, contagious smile, wisdom, and boundless generosity. The family will receive friends on Saturday, July 13, 2024 from 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM at Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home. A “Celebration of Life Service” will follow at 2:00 PM in the Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home.
and Hadleigh Sessoms, Annie Blake and Oakley Sessoms; her sisters; Norma Jean Josey and Linda Koonce; and her sisterin-Law, Sue Perry and husband Charles; as well as several nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her special friends Ed, Pud Jordan, and Norma Fox, and her beloved Rai Rai.
A private graveside service will be held at Brush Creek Baptist Church at a later date. The family will be at the home of Karen and Allan Zimmerman, 1176 Wilson Rd Goldston on Friday, July 12th between 1pm and 6pm.
In lieu of owers or food, please consider a donation to the Brush Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Fund c/o Judy Lane, 45 John Lane Rd Bear Creek, NC 27207, or the West Chatham Food Bank, 2535 Old US Hwy 421 N., Siler City, NC 27344. A special thank you to her nephew James Webster and the wonderful and compassionate nurses and care team at Chatham Hospital. Mama would have been so proud of each of them.
Smith & Buckner Funeral Home will be assisting the Brown family. Online condolences can be made at www.smithbucknerfh. com
STEVE DONNELL ROGERS
JAN. 30TH, 1954 – JUNE 26TH, 2024
Steve Donnell Rogers, age 70, of Sanford, passed away on Wednesday (6/26/2024) at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. He was born on January 30, 1954, son of the late Cloyce Connel Rogers and Glennie Rue Batten Rogers. He was preceded in death by his parents and his stepson Howard Parker. Steve was a Veteran of the United States Navy and worked for many years as a long-distance truck driver. He was an Elder at Jonesboro Presbyterian Church where he enjoyed cooking sausage for the men’s breakfast club. Steve also enjoyed drinking co ee with his mother-in-law and spending time with the rest of his family. He loved reading Tom Clancy and scibooks and playing strategy games. A celebration of life service will be held on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Jonesboro Presbyterian Church with Rev. John Taylor o ciating. Surviving is his loving wife of 33 years, Andrea McNeil Rogers. Stepchildren, Devona McCoy (Barry), Emanuel Parker, and Berlin Stokes (Randolph). Grandchildren, Anthony, Javon, Stephon, London, Kajuan, Sophia, Randolph Everett, and six great-grandchildren.
Inhofe, who served in the Senate for more than 30 years, had a stroke over the July Fourth holiday
By Ken Miller
The Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — For-
mer Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative rebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89.
Inhofe, a powerful xture in Oklahoma politics for over six decades, died Tuesday morning after he had a stroke over the July Fourth holiday, his family said in a statement.
Inhofe, who was elected to a fth Senate term in 2020, stepped down in early 2023.
Inhofe frequently criticized the idea that human activity contributed to changes in the Earth’s climate, once calling it “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.”
In February 2015, with temperatures in the nation’s capital below freezing, Inhofe brought a snowball on to the Senate oor. He tossed it before claiming that environmentalists focus attention on global warming as it kept getting cold. “It’s very, very cold out. Very unseasonable,” Inhofe said.
As Oklahoma’s senior U.S. senator, Inhofe was a staunch supporter of the state’s ve military installations and a vocal fan of congressional earmarks. The Army veteran and licensed pilot, who would y himself to and from Washington, secured the federal money to fund local road and bridge projects, and criticized House Republicans
who wanted a one-year moratorium on such pet projects in 2010.
“Defeating an earmark doesn’t save a nickel,” Inhofe told the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce that August.
“It merely means that within the budget process, it goes right back to the bureaucracy.”
He was a strong backer of President Donald Trump, who praised him for his “incredible support of our #MAGA agenda” while endorsing the senator’s
2020 reelection bid. During the Trump administration, Inhofe served as chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee following the death of Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Inhofe helped secure millions of dollars to clean up a former mining hub in northeast Oklahoma that spent decades on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund list. In a massive buyout program, the federal government purchased homes and business-
If you’ve retired, you may have thought you closed the book on one chapter of your life. But what happens if you need to “reverse” your retirement?
rest rates, many retirees are taking out more money from their retirement accounts than they had originally anticipated. As a force. If you’re thinking of joining them, you’ll need to consider some factors that First, if you’ve been taking Social Security, be aware that you could lose a certain level, at least until you reach your full retirement age, which is likely are under your full retirement age for the entire year, Social Security will deduct $1 you earn above the annual limit, which, your full retirement age, Social Security you earn above a different limit, which, in Social Security will only count your earnings up to the month before you reach your full retirement age, at which point your earnings will no longer reduce
duced due to your excess earnings. Social Security also allows you to pay back full retirement age. Your Social Security isn’t the only
earnings. Your Medicare Part B and Part D premiums are based on your income, so they could rise if you start earning more money. Also, your extra income could push you into a higher tax bracket. Nonetheless, you can certainly gain ing world. Obviously, you’ll be making money that can help you boost your daily But depending on where you work, you might also be able to contribute to a tirement plan. And regardless of where you work, you’ll be eligible to contribute to an IRA. By putting more money into these accounts, you may well be able to your retirement years. You might also be such as group health insurance — which could be particularly valuable if you haven’t yet started receiving Medicare. advantages of going back to work, you people enjoy the interactions with fellow workers and miss these exchanges when they retire, so a return to the workforce, you an emotional boost.
weigh the potential costs of going back
but by looking at all the variables, you should be able to reach a decision that works for you.
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es within the 40-square-mile (104-square-kilometer) region of Tar Creek, where children consistently tested for dangerous levels of lead in their blood.
“This is an example of a government program created for a speci c purpose and then dissolves after the job is completed. This is how government should work,” Inhofe said in December 2010, when the project was nearly complete.
In 2021, Inhofe de ed some in his party by voting to certi-
Richard Petty is “The King” and he remains a larger-thanlife gure in retirement, his cowboy hat and sunglasses a beloved and familiar sight at the track, where even at 87 he shows up to every NASCAR weekend and is currently an ambassador for Legacy Motor Club. That team, co-owned by fellow seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, is the backbone of Petty Enterprises.
Kyle Petty never equaled his father in on-track success, but Adam was considered to be a future NASCAR star at the time of his fatal crash. Although winless at the national series level when he was killed, he’d made one Cup start and had won two races in the ARCA Series feeder system when he was 17.
Had he not died so young, Adam Petty likely would have moved to the Cup level to drive for Petty Enterprises and kept that team a oat and competitive for several decades.
Instead, his death helped the family create its proudest achievement.
Located across 84 acres in the Petty hometown of Randleman, the camp notes that “Adam’s passion for racing was equaled only by his compassion for others, especially children” and that he often visited
tently made audible. The sirens performed as designed.”
The company also noted that all of the Harris Emergency Plan Siren System remains fully functional and operating as required. They reminded the public that scheduled quarterly siren testing around all their nuclear plants proceeded as planned on Wednesday. This test is unrelated to Monday’s false alarm and is part of regular maintenance procedures. The test was scheduled to last between 5 and 30 seconds; a longer 3-minute siren test is scheduled for October.
Duke Energy emphasizes that nuclear plants are extremely safe, with multiple layers of protection, including
fy Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election, saying that to do otherwise would be a violation of his oath of o ce to support and defend the Constitution. He voted against convicting Trump at both of his impeachment trials.
Born James Mountain Inhofe on Nov. 17, 1934, in Des Moines, Iowa, Inhofe grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Tulsa in 1959. He served in the Army between 1956 and 1958, and was a businessman for three decades, serving as president of Quaker Life Insurance Co.
His political career began in 1966, when he was elected to the state House, then moved to the Oklahoma Senate. He lost two runs for Governor and a U.S. House seat, before winning three terms as Tulsa mayor.
Inhofe went on to win two terms in the U.S. House in the 1980s, before throwing his hat into a bitter U.S. Senate race when longtime Sen. David Boren resigned in 1994 to become president of the University of Oklahoma. Inhofe beat then-U.S. Rep. Dave McCurdy in a special election that year to serve the nal two years of Boren’s term and was reelected ve times.
Inhofe’s bullish personality also was apparent outside politics. He was a commercial-rated pilot and ight instructor with more than 50 years of ying experience.
He made an emergency landing in Claremore in 1999, after his plane lost a propeller, an incident later blamed on an installation error. In 2006, his plane spun out of control upon landing in Tulsa; he and an aide escaped injury, though the plane was severely damaged.
“I’m 75 years old, but I still y airplanes upside down,” Inhofe said in August 2010. “I don’t know why it is, but I don’t hurt anywhere, and I don’t feel any di erently than I felt ve years ago.”
children in pediatric hospitals. The camp is largely funded through donations and money-raising events that include both a fan walk and the annual “Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America.” The motorcycle trip began in 1995, long before the camp, but proceeds now go to Victory Junction.
Richard Petty said it thrills him that Victory Junction began long before foundations and charities started by drivers became the norm.
“We had a grandson that we loved, but look at the thousands of kids — I think we’ve seen 30,000 kids and this is our 20th year, and Kyle always says when he sees one of them smile, he sees Adam smile,” Richard Petty said.
Petty is adamant that the family never would have been able to launch Victory Junction without the success of Petty Enterprises, which was NASCAR’s winningest team until 2021. Once they decided to start the camp, drivers, industry veterans and fans were all eager to contribute in any way they could.
“Everybody wants to leave a legacy of some kind,” Petty said. “I think that, racing over a period of time, will go away or be di erent. I think the notoriety of the camp is going to be around a lot longer than anything I’ve accomplished in racing.”
robust evacuation plans and noti cation systems.
“Sirens are the primary outdoor warning system for alerting the public of an emergency,” a Duke Energy safety explainer states. Alerts would be sent via the WEA system to smartphones within a designated area. The primary Emergency Alert Stations for the Harris Nuclear Plant area include 94.7 WQDRFM and 105.1 WDCG-FM.
“We encourage people living in the 10-mile emergency planning zones to familiarize themselves with their specific zone and evacuation routes,” the Duke explainer said. “This preparation, along with our comprehensive safety protocols, contributes to the overall safety of nuclear power generation.”
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NOTICE OF HEARINGS TOWN OF SILER CITY
The following items will be considered by the Siler City Town Board on Monday, July 15, 2024. The hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Siler City Court Room of the Siler City Town Hall at 311 N. 2nd Ave.
Legislative Hearings
Comprehensive Land Use Plan – The Town Board will review the proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the Town of Siler City. The Comprehensive Land Use Plan is a document designed to guide the future actions of a community. It presents a vision for the future, with long-range goals and objective for all activities that a ect the local government.
The proposed item is available for review by contacting Timothy Mack at tmack@silercity.org or 919-726-8626. All persons interested in the outcome of the item are invited to attend the legislative hearing and present comments, testimony, and exhibits on the above referenced item.
These are separate hearings: Interested parties may submit evidence and written comments. Written comments or evidence on these applications can be submitted by email to kpickard@silercity.org.
Individuals desiring to speak must sign up by calling 919-726-8620 before 12:00 p.m. on or before the scheduled public hearing date.
The Town of Siler City will make appropriate arrangements to ensure that disabled persons are provided other accommodations, such arrangements may include, but are not limited to, providing interpreters for the deaf, providing taped cassettes of materials for the blind, or assuring a barrier-free location for the proceedings.
This information is available in Spanish or any other language upon request. Please contact Kimberly Pickard at 919-726-8620, 311 North Second Avenue, Siler City, North Carolina 27344, or kpickard@ silercity.org for accommodations for this request. Esta información está disponible en español o en cualquier otro idioma bajo petición. Por favor, póngase en contacto con Kimberly Pickard al kpickard@silercity. org o 919-726-8620 o en 311 North Second Avenue, Siler City, North Carolina 27344 de alojamiento para esta solicitud.
CHATHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS SURPLUS SALE
Chatham County Schools is o ering surplused school items for sale via sealed bids. The surplused list items can be viewed on:
Date: Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 Time: 8:00am1:00pm Location: Chatham County Schools Maintenance/Construction Facilities 401. So. 6th Avenue Siler City, NC 27344 If you would like to see a list of items please visit Chatham County Schools website:https://www. chatham.k12.nc.us/Page/23650
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having quali ed as Personal Representative of the Estate of ELVA LOU GARNER MANESS, deceased, late of CHATHAM County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at: 1139 Gurney W. Road, Eagle Springs, NC 27242, on or before the 14th day of OCTOBER, 2024 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 2nd day of July, 2024.
GREGORY VAN MANESS
Co-Personal Representative CHRISTOPHER MANESS
Co-Personal Representative For the Estate of ELVA LOU GARNER MANESS
Frank C. Thigpen
Thigpen and Jenkins, L.L.P.
Attorney for Estate Post O ce Box 792 Robbins, NC 27325
PUBLICATION DATES: July 11, 18, 25 and August 1
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
In The District Court of Chatham County IN THE MATTER OF: James Robert Hilton, Jr.
v. Kristin Brianne Johnson, Will Spencer Johnson FILE NO. 24SP000008-180 TO: Kristin Brianne Johnson
Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been led in the above-entitled action. The Nature of the relief being sought is as follows:
LEGITIMATION
You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than August 6, 2024 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.
This the 19th day of June, 2024.
POST, FOUSHEE & GORDON, P.A. /Kevin C. Foushee
Kevin C. Foushee
Attorney for Petitioner 205 Courtland Drive Sanford, North Carolina 27330 (919) 775-5616
RUN DATES: June 27, 2024; July 4, 2024; July 11, 2024
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#24E001313-180
The undersigned, DEE MARSHALL BRADY, having quali ed on the 12TH day of JUNE 2024, as
ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of CLAIRE ELIZABETH BRADY, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 2nd Day of OCTOBER 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 4th Day of JULY 2024.
DEE MARSHALL BRADY, ADMINISTRATOR 230 S. TIRD AVE. SILER CITY, NC 27344
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NOTICE
ALL PERSONS, rms and corporations holding claims against Joseph W. Mengel, deceased, of Chatham County, NC are noti ed to exhibit same to the undersigned on or before October 7, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This 4th day of July 2024. Mark O. Costley, Exec., c/o Clarity Legal Group, PO Box 2207, Chapel Hill, NC 27515.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS CHATHAM COUNTY
HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of Jack Sipe, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 26th day of September, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. This the 20th day of June, 2024. Jacqueline Annette Shaw Administrator of the Estate of Jack Sipe 88 Sipe Farm Drive Bear Creek, North Carolina 27207 MOODY, WILLIAMS, ATWATER & LEE ATTORNEYS AT LAW BOX 629 SILER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 27344 (919) 663-2850 4tp
NOTICE
ALL PERSONS, rms and corporations holding claims against Linda R. Grills, deceased, of Chatham County, NC are noti ed to exhibit same to the undersigned on or before October 7, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This 4th day of July 2024. Melissa Robinson, Limited Personal Representative, c/o Clarity Legal Group, PO Box 2207, Chapel Hill, NC 27515.
CREDITOR’S NOTICE
Having quali ed on the 22nd day of May 2024, as Co-
Executors of the Estate of Hugh David McLaurin, Sr., deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before the 4th day of October, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment.
This is the 27th day of June 2024.
David McLaurin, Co-Executor of the Estate of Hugh David McLaurin Sr. 5515 Hwy 902 Pittsboro, NC 27312
Jenny McLaurin, Co-Executor of the Estate of Hugh David McLaurin Sr. 5511 Hwy 902 Pittsboro, NC 27312
Attorneys:
Law O ces of Doster & Brown, P.A. 206 Hawkins Avenue Sanford, NC 27330
Publish On: July 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th 2024.
NOTICE
ALL PERSONS, rms and corporations holding claims against Robert William Merriam, deceased, of Chatham County, NC are noti ed to exhibit same to the undersigned on or before October 7, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment.
This 4th day of July 2024. Ryan Robert Merriam, Exec., c/o Clarity Legal Group, PO Box 2207, Chapel Hill, NC 27515.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
24-E-214 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
The undersigned, William B. Moore, having quali ed as Executor of the Estate of William E. Moore deceased, late of Chatham County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the day of October, 2nd, 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 4th of July 2024.
William B. Moore
Executor c/o Marie H. Hopper
Attorney for the Estate Hopper Cummings, PLLC Post O ce Box 1455 Pittsboro, NC 27312
EXECUTOR’S
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
All persons having claims against the estate of CHRISTOPHER ROGER TIMOTHY ELKINS, of Chatham County, NC, who died on January 2, 2024, are noti ed to present them on or before October 2, 2024 to Erin Oneglia Elkins, Administrator CTA, c/o Maitland & Sti er Law Firm, 2 Couch Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery.
Michele L. Sti er MAITLAND & STIFFLER LAW FIRM 2 Couch Road Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Attorney for the Estate
NOTICE
North Carolina
Chatham County
Having quali ed as Executor of the Estate of NEAL
COVINGTON TUTTLE, deceased, late of 95 Tuttle Lane, Siler City, NC 27344, Chatham County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, rms, and corporations having claims against the Estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the o ce of Benjamin Spence Albright, Attorney at Law, 3157 Old Coleridge Road, Siler City, NC 27344 on or before the 15th day of October, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 11th day of July, 2024.
Keith Alton Tuttle Executor of the Estate of NEAL COVINGTON TUTTLE Benjamin Spence Albright Attorney At Law 3157 Old Coleridge Road Siler City, NC 27344 (336) 824-4802 Publish: The Chatham News: 4X (7/11/24)(7/18/24) (7/25/24)(8/1/24)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The undersigned, having quali ed on the 3rd day of July, 2024, as Executor of the Estate of Carolyn B. Sturgess aka Carolyn Bennett Sturgess aka Virginia Carolyn Bennett, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 12th day of October, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This 11th day of July 2024 Daniel Carroll Lee, Executor of the Estate of Carolyn Bennett Sturgess Post O ce Box 57579 Durham, North Carolina 27717
Gwendolyn C. Brooks Kennon Craver, PLLC 4011 University Drive, Suite 300 Durham, North Carolina 27707 THE CHATHAM NEWS: 7/11/2024, 7/18/2024, 7/25/2024, and 8/1/202
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE TO CREDITORS
CHATHAM COUNTY
HAVING QUALIFIED as Administrator of the Estate of Heather Dawn Hester, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of October, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. This the 27th day of June, 2024.
Rex Hester, Administrator of the Estate of Heather Dawn Hester 441 Petty Road Sanford, North Carolina 27330
MOODY, WILLIAMS, ATWATER & LEE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW BOX 629 SILER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 27344 (919) 663-2850
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The undersigned, having quali ed on the 11th day of June, 2024 as Executor of the Estate of Constance Louise Michel, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before September 27, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Debtors of the Decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 27th day of June, 2024.
Valery M. Nelson Executor of the Estate of Constance Louise Michel 1424 Arborgate Circle Chapel Hill, NC 27514 For Publication on: June 27, July 4, July 11, and July 18, 2024 If there are any questions, please call Valery Nelson at 301-802-6068. Thank you
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Rebecca Dale Wright Thomas Having quali ed as Executor of the Estate of Rebecca Wright Thomas, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, rms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at 100 Europa Drive, Suite 271, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517, on or before the 29th day of September 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, rms, corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This is the 27th day of June 2024.
Daniel F. Thomas, Jr., Executor Timothy A. Nordgren Schell Bray PLLC Attorney for the Estate 100 Europa Drive, Suite 271 Chapel Hill, NC, 27517 FOR PUBLICATION: 6/27, 7/4, 7/11, 7/18, 2024
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#24E001307-180
The undersigned, DEBORAH JEAN JOHNSON, having quali ed on the 7TH day of JUNE 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of BETTY G. LANE, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 25TH Day of SEPTEMBER 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 27th Day of JUNE 2024.
DEBORAH JEAN JOHNSON, EXECUTOR 7003 NASHVILLE RD. LANHAM, MD 20706
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NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY
NOTICE
ESTATE OF SHARON JEAN GRAHAM
FILE NO. 24 E001322-180
All persons, rms, and corporations having claims against the estate of Sharon Jean Graham, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, are noti ed to exhibit them to the undersigned Executor on or before the 27th day of September, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This the 24th day of June, 2024.
Miriam Delony, Executor 1709 Smith Level Rd Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Published June 27, 2024, July 4, 2024, July 11, 2024, and July 18, 2024.
NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHATHAM
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO.: 23JT000053-180
IN RE: “A.M.S.” DOB: 7/18/23
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS OF PUBLICATION TO: Biological father/Father/unknown father of the above male child, born at UNC Hospital/Chapel Hill, NC to Tina Smith.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Petition has been led to terminate your parental rights to the abovereferenced minor child. You have forty days from 6/27/24, the rst date of publication of this Notice to respond to said Petition by ling a written answer to the petition with the Chatham Clerk of Court. Your parental rights to the juvenile may be terminated upon failure to answer the petitions within the time prescribed.
Any attorney appointed previously in an abuse, neglect or dependency proceeding and still representing you shall continue to represent you. If you are indigent and not already represented by an attorney, you are entitled to a court-appointed attorney by contacting the Chatham County Clerk of Court.
STEPHENSON & FLEMING, L.L.P. BY: /s/ANGENETTE STEPHENSON Attorney for Petitioner, CHATHAM COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 109 Conner Dr. Suite 208 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Telephone: (919) 869-7795 6/27/24; 7/4/24; 7/11/24
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#24E001298-180
The undersigned, DAVID BYNUM RANKIN, having quali ed on the 10TH day of JUNE 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of PHYLLIS JEAN RANKIN, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 18TH Day of SEPTEMBER 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 20th Day of JUNE 2024.
DAVID BYNUM RANKIN, EXECUTOR 432 MOORE MT. RD. PITTSBORO, NC 27312
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#16E000096-180
The undersigned, GEORGE W. ALSTON, having quali ed on the 21ST day of JUNE 2024, as ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of MILDRED ALSTON, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 25TH Day of SEPTEMBER 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 27th Day of JUNE 2024.
GEORGE W. ALSTON, ADMINISTRATOR 930 EAST ALSTON RD. PITTSBORO, NC 27312
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#24E001301-180 The undersigned, GARY L. NUNN, having quali ed on the 4TH day of JUNE 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of MAXINE B. NUNN, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 25TH Day of SEPTEMBER 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 27th Day of JUNE 2024.
GARY L. NUNN, EXECUTOR 2305 SILK HOPE LIBERTY RD SILER CITY, NC 27344
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#24E001314-180
The undersigned, MICHELLE HILLIARD ASMONGA, having quali ed on the 10TH day of JUNE 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of MARTHA SUSAN HILLIARD, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 2nd Day of OCTOBER 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 4th Day of JULY 2024.
MICHELLE HILLIARD ASMONGA, ADMINISTRATOR 6544 ROUNDABOUT ST. CONWAY, SC 295274
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#24E001340-180
The undersigned, HUBERT GARY OAKLEY, having quali ed on the 25TH day of JUNE 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of MARJORIE LUNSFORD OAKLEY, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, rms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 9TH Day of OCTOBER 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 11th Day of JULY 2024.
HUBERT GARY OAKLEY, EXECUTOR 355 POLKS LANDING RD. CHAPEL HILL, NC 27516
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The storm left millions without power and at least seven dead
By Mark Vancleave and Juan A. Lozano
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — Many of the millions left without power when Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas, killing several people and unleashing ooding, now face days without air conditioning as dangerous heat threatens the region Tuesday.
A heat advisory was in effect through Wednesday in the Houston area and beyond, with temperatures expected to soar into the 90s and humidity that could make it feel as hot as 105 degrees. The widespread loss of power, and therefore air conditioning, could make for dangerous conditions, the National Weather Service said.
More than 2.3 million homes and businesses around Houston lacked electricity Tuesday morning, down from a peak of over 2.7 million on Monday, according to PowerOutage.us.
“Houstonians need to know we’re working around the clock so you will be safe,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said Monday, urging residents to also know the dangers of high water, to stay hydrated and to check on their neighbors.
Beryl has been blamed for at least seven deaths — one in Louisiana and six in Texas, ocials said.
The storm weakened after making landfall, and late Tuesday morning it was a post-tropical cyclone centered over north-
eastern Arkansas, moving northeast with maximum sustained winds near 30 mph (48 kph), the weather service said. Its strength wasn’t expected to change much in the next two days.
The storm is forecast to bring heavy rains and possible ash ooding from the lower and mid-Mississippi Valley to the Great Lakes into Wednesday, the weather service said.
A ood watch was in e ect for parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. A few tornadoes were possible in Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, forecasters said.
Beryl came ashore in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, far less powerful than the behemoth that tore a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. But its winds and rains
still knocked down hundreds of trees that had already been teetering in saturated earth and stranded dozens of cars on ooded roads.
It could take days to fully return power in Texas after Beryl toppled 10 transmission lines.
Top priorities for power restoration include nursing homes and assisted living centers, said Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is acting as governor while Gov.
Greg Abbott is out of the country. Powerful storms in the area in May killed eight people, left nearly 1 million without power and ooded streets. Residents now without power after Beryl were doing their best.
“We haven’t really slept,” said Eva Costancio as she gazed at a large tree that had fallen across electric lines in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg. Costancio said she had already been without power for several hours and worried that food in her refrigerator would be spoiled.
“We are struggling to have food, and losing that food would be di cult,” she said.
The state was opening cooling centers, as well as food and water distribution centers, said Nim Kidd, chief of state emergency operations.
Beryl’s rains pounded Houston and other areas of the coast Monday, closing streets that had already been washed out by previous storms. Houston ocials reported at least 25 water rescues by Monday afternoon, mostly for people with vehicles stuck in oodwaters.
Many streets and neighborhoods throughout Houston were littered with fallen branches and other debris. The buzz of chainsaws lled the air Monday afternoon as residents chopped up knocked-down trees and branches that had blocked streets and sidewalks. Several companies with re neries or industrial plants reported the power disruptions required the aring of gases.
The earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, Beryl caused at least 11 deaths as it passed through the Caribbean on its way to Texas. In Jamaica, ocials said Monday that island residents will have to contend with food shortages after Beryl destroyed over $6.4 million in crops and supporting infrastructure.
Trustee will o er for sale at auction, to the highest bidder for cash, AT THE COURTHOUSE DOOR IN PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA ON JULY 15, 2024, AT 12:00 PM the real estate and the improvements thereon secured by the Deed of Trust, less and except of any such property released from the lien of the deed of trust prior to the date of this sale, lying and being in Chatham County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot, parcel or land or condominium unit situated in Hadley Township, Chatham County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot Numbered 661R, as shown on that plat entitled, “CHAPEL RIDGE-PHASE TWO ‘B’ REVISION PLAT, SECTION ‘R’ LOTS 661-674, PREPARED FOR JORDAN LAKE PRESERVE CORPORATION, REFERENCE PLAT SLIDE: 2006-94” dated July 19, 2006 by Absolute Land Surveying and Mapping, P.C. recorded at Plat Slide 2006-284, Chatham County Registry (the “Plat”).
or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 17, 2024 at 01:00 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Chatham County, North Carolina, to wit:
In the Trustee’s sole discretion, the sale may be delayed for up to one (1) hour as provided in Section 45-21.23 of the North Carolina General Statutes.
The record owner(s) of the real property not more than ten days prior to the date hereof is JLS Homes, LLC.
BEGINNING at an iron pipe, E. T. Hanner’s Northwest corner in Lynch’s line, and being shown as control corner in Plat herein referenced, said stake being further located North 12° 43’ 06” West 318.58 feet from an iron pipe located at E. T. Hanner’s Southwest corner in the center of SR #1142, running thence with Lynch and Hanner line South 86° 14’ 06” East 565.62 feet to an iron pipe in the center of SR #1142; thence South 86° 13’ 16” East 419.58 feet to the center of Lap Branch; thence with the center of Lap Branch, North 34° 03’ 05” West 126.62 feet to an iron stake; thence continuing with the center of Lap Branch, North 37° 02’ 23” West 139.03 feet to an iron pipe in the center of SR #1142; thence with the center of SR #1142 South 54° 30’ 57” West 274.10 feet to a railroad spike, a corner Lynch with Hanner; thence a new line, Lynch with Hanner, North 41° 39’ 58” West 361.35 feet to an iron pipe, a new corner, Lynch with Hanner; thence a new line Lynch with Hanner, South 82° 28’ 08” West 244.96 feet to an iron pipe; thence a new line, Lynch with Hanner, South 70° 53’ 50” West 170.82 feet to an iron stake, a new corner, Lynch with Hanner; thence South 12° 43’ 06” East 178.29 feet to an iron pipe, marked control corner on Plat herein referenced and also being a corner, Lynch with Hanner, and being the point of BEGINNING, containing 4.00 acres more
A ve percent cash deposit, or a cash deposit of $750.00, whichever is greater, will be required of the last and highest bidder. The balance of the bid purchase price shall be due in full in cash or certi ed funds at a closing to take place within thirty (30) days of the date of sale. The property to be o ered pursuant to this notice of sale is being o ered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” The undersigned Substitute Trustee shall convey title to the property by nonwarranty deed. This sale will be made subject to all prior liens of record. If any, and to all unpaid ad valorem taxes and special assessments, if any, which became a lien subsequent to the recordation of the Deed of Trust. This sale will be further subject to the right, if any, of the United States of America to redeem the above described property for a period of 120 days following the date when the nal upset bid period has run. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on or at the property being o ered for sale. The purchaser of the property described above shall pay the Clerk’s Commissions in the amount of $.45 per $100.00 of the purchase price (up to a maximum amount of
or less according to plat herein reference.
This description is taken from a Plat dated December 23, 2000, recorded in Plat Slide 2001-47, Chatham County Registry, drawn by Phillip D. Stout, RLS, entitled “Recombination Survey for E. T. Hanner”. Reference is made to said Plat for more accuracy and certainty of description.
Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.
Said property is commonly known as 436 Hanner Town Road, Bear Creek, NC 27207.
A Certi ed Check ONLY (no personal checks) of ve 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 o ered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being o ered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the
acres, more or less, as described in a deed dated July 6, 1956, from R.B. Keller (unmarried) to George C. Hinshaw and wife, Nannie K. Hinshaw, and recorded in Book 246, Page 60, Chatham County Registry, to which deed reference is hereby made for greater certainty of description. Saving and excepting from tract one, the following: 1. That 1.00 acre, more or less, conveyed to James Ernest Rickman and wife, Sherry Pickard Rickman, in Book 474, Page 426, Chatham County Registry, to which deed reference is hereby made for greater certainty of description. 2. That 1.850 acres, more or less, conveyed to Cli ord A. Hinshaw by deed recorded in Book 505, Page 215, Chatham County Registry, to which deed reference is hereby made for greater certainty of description. 3. That 1.597 acres, more or less, conveyed to Barry Richland Inman and wife, Julie P. Inman, in Book 718, Page 700, Chatham County Registry, to which deed reference in hereby made for greater certainty of description. Tract Two: Being that 1.00 acre, more or less, as described in a deed dated June 19, 1984, from James Ernest Rickman and wife, Sherry Pickard Rickman, to George C. Hinshaw and wife, Nannie K. Hinshaw, and recorded in Book 474, Page 428, Chatham County Registry, to which deed reference is hereby made for greater certainty of description. The two tracts hereinabove described were acquired by grantors by deed recorded in Book 1955, Page 1035, Chatham County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6700 Silk Hope Liberty Road, Siler City 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. Should
$500.00), required by Section 7A 308(a)(1) of the North Carolina General Statutes. 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.
An inability to convey title, includes, but is not limited to, the ling of a bankruptcy petition prior to con rmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the Trustee. If the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee in his/ their/its’ sole discretion, if
title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being o ered for sale.
Substitute Trustee does not have possession of the property and cannot grant access, prior to or after the sale, for purposes of inspection and/or appraisal. 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 E. T. Hanner.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against
advance to the next round for the rst time in two decades.
PJ WARD-BROWN / CHATHAM
The
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
FOR FORMER Chatham Charter baseball standout Aidan Allred, this summer has been an early introduction to what the college level looks like.
Allred, an incoming freshman at Brunswick Community College, has spent his summer playing for the Sandhills Bogeys in the Old North State League, a summer league for college baseball players with 22 teams all over North Carolina.
As of Sunday, Allred has played in 18 games primarily at the shortstop position. From the plate, he has batted an average of .222 and recorded 12 hits and seven RBIs.
“I’ll describe (this season) as an adjustment,” Allred said. “It’s a lot di erent than high school.”
Although the level of competition and skill wasn’t the same as it is in the ONSL, Allred’s high school stats looked much more impressive.
In his four years at Chatham Charter, Allred achieved a .504
batting average and recorded 124 hits, 111 RBIs, 16 home runs, a career elding percentage of .957 and 101 putouts, according to MaxPreps. Allred’s senior campaign in 2024 was one of the best hitting seasons in the state as he recorded a .612 batting average (second in NCHSAA), 52 hits, 46 RBIs (fourth in NCHSAA) and seven home runs (tied fourth in NCHSAA).
However, against other college talent, those numbers don’t come nearly as easily. Allred said the biggest adjustment to the college game has been the speed.
“The pace of the game is a lot faster,” Allred said. “Everybody is stronger, bigger and faster, so you have to adjust your timing whether it’s in the box, throwing across the in eld or whatever it may be.”
Fortunately for Allred, the two men who created the ONSL are in his corner as he gets accustomed to the next level.
Allred’s brother, Alec, and father, Reggie founded the ONSL in 2018. The ONSL website says Alec Allred, who played professional baseball overseas and in the MLB farm system, called his father on the way home from playing independent profession-
al ball in Michigan. With Allred inspired by the league he was returning from, the conversation to pass the time brought the idea of a new college summer baseball league, and not long after, the ideas shared between the two men were put into motion.
The ONSL played its inaugural season in 2019, starting with just four teams that all played at Craven Stadium in Ramseur. In 2023, the ONSL became the rst partner league of the The Players League, a league established to “unite college baseball summer leagues around the country for the better of the player” which is also the current owner and operator of the ONSL.
“I’m de nitely thankful because not many people have a brother and dad that do that,” Allred said. “It’s pretty special. My brother and dad always wanted to prepare me the best. And, with my brother playing professional baseball and college, he knows what it takes.” Said Allred, “(Alec) sets everything up for me to succeed the best he can.”
From game one to now, Allred
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Moser went 6-for-6 as the team won its rst playo series in more than two decades
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
IN THE FIRST round of the North Carolina American Legion Area 1 playo s, Chatham Post 292 swept Wake Forest Post 187 in a best-of- ve series, 3-0, winning its rst playo series in over two decades. Landon Moser’s stellar batting led the way in Chatham’s 10-5 game one win, and it carried over throughout the series. In the three games combined, Moser went 6-for-6 from the plate and recorded seven RBIs. For his rst hit in the series, Moser hit a double
in the bottom of the fth inning in game one that knocked in Zane Overman and put Post 292 up 5-0. In the very next inning, Moser tripled on a line drive to center eld to bring Overman home again and give Chatham a comfortable 10-2 lead.
Although he was the most impactful batter in game one, Moser’s best performance was in Chatham’s 11-5 victory in game three. Moser went 3-for3 from the plate with a double and two singles, and each hit came with its own RBI. He also scored a run as a baserunner.
“(I was) just seeing it good out of the hand, breaking the hips good, (and) just staying ahead in counts,” Moser said. Said Chatham head coach
RPT, based in Chatham County, is coached by Johnny Thomas
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
The Rising Pros Training 17U Gold basketball team, which holds several Chatham County athletes on its roster, earned second place in the AAU Boys 19U/12th Grade World Championship Sunday. The AAU Boys World Championships ran from Thursday to Sunday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Kissimmee, Flori-
da. RPT Gold lost to DSA Prep Academy (Alabama), 45-37, in the Boys 19U/12th Grade nal. RPT Gold listed ve Chatham County basketball players on its roster, including Reid Albright (Chatham Central), Luke Gaines (Chatham Central), Brennen Oldham (Jordan-Matthews), Beau Harvey (Northwood) and Hayes Burleson (Northwood). In a rough overall shooting performance by RPT, Harvey led the team with 19 points, eight rebounds and two assists. Oldham, who also struggled o ensively,
Williams, Clendenin power
Post 292 to second straight win over North Wake, 15-5
The star duo combined to go 7-for-8 at the plate
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
SILER CITY — Missing key players in Logan Gunter, Sophia Murchison and Lilli Hicks brought little problems for Chatham County Post 292 in its 15-5 win over North Wake on Monday night.
Leado hitter Jaylee Williams and Calissa Clendenin did more than enough to ll their absence and lift Post 292 to its second consecutive win over North Wake.
Williams recorded a team-high four hits in four at-bats, knocked in two RBIs and scored a teamhigh three runs herself, being responsible for a third of Chatham County’s run tally. Clendenin was almost an automatic baserunner as she connected for three hits in four at-bats and also recorded a run.
“I was just trying to do my part for the team to get us the win that we needed,” Williams said. “I just slapped and scanned the eld, really looking at what we needed and trying to place the ball there. And, it worked.”
For Clendenin, the key was simply just seeing the ball well as it approached the plate. The last time Clendenin recorded three hits in a game was on June 5 when she also went 3-4 from the plate in Post 292’s win over South Wake.
Williams got Chatham County’s Monday night started with a single in the bottom of the rst inning that sparked an explosive ve-hit inning from Post 292 and ultimately decided the game.
Post 292 took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the rst inning and didn’t give up the advantage for the rest of the night. Five other Chatham County batters recorded a hit and two of them, Georgia Preddy and Marcy Clark, achieved multiple hits (two each).
On the mound, Chatham County pitcher Sydney Russell didn’t have her best night as she gave up seven hits, ve earned runs and a home run in the second inning, but her defense had her back by playing a clean game with zero errors.
After a sixth inning in which Post 292 ran up the score with three runs walked in and two others batted in, Chatham County clinched it ninth win of the season, moving to a 9-2 record.
For a team in its rst year of existence, winning nine of its rst 11 games is an impressive feat. Prior to its second loss of the season on June 19, Chatham County went on a seven-game win streak in which it scored at least six runs in six games and held opponents under ve runs (including two shut outs) six times.
Looking at Post 292’s neighbors in the American Legion side of things, their rst season in 2023 after a long absence only amounted to a 6-17 record with two games being its longest win streak.
Considering the players are moving in and out of competition and coming together from di erent backgrounds, whether it’s different schools, counties or playing levels, Post 292’s cohesiveness and ability to win in various ways makes their season shine even more.
“I feel like everybody wants to play and (play) hard,” Clendenin said. “We want to win, and we don’t want to lose. That’s the main part.”
Said Williams, “For some of us, it’s our last time being able to play. We’ve got some seniors on the team, some rising seniors, and we’re just trying to get as much in as possible.”
Williams, a Chatham Central alum, is coming o her freshman year at App State in which she only appeared in four games. This is her last year to play with the Chatham County Heroes League team as she will age out before next summer.
“Coming back and playing with girls I’ve played with pretty much all my life is really fun,” Williams said. “I’m excited to go back to App, but coming home is just what I needed.”
Chatham County just has three more regular-season games, all against Region 3 opponents to make the most of a last ride for some of its players. After Wednesday’s game against Post 11, Chatham County will host South Wake Monday and North Wake one last time Wednesday.
As of Monday, Post 292 is 5-2 in Region 3 play and sits in second place in the region standings, behind Post 11 (3-1).
The postseason is set to begin on July 29.
“I think all of us click good together as a team,” Williams said. “As long as we can keep that good connection together and just play together as a team, I think we’ll do great.”
Sydney Russell, shown here in a Heroes game last month, didn’t
against North Wake, but she gutted out a win.
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CAA represents many of the top collegiate and professional athletes
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
FORMER NORTHWOOD
basketball star Drake Powell joined Creative Artists Agency, a talent and sports agency based in Los Angeles, for NIL representation.
On a holistic scale, CAA represents “thousands” of high-prole individuals including some of basketball’s biggest stars like Devin Booker, Jalen Brunson, Paul George and former Wake Forest star Chris Paul. For just basketball clients, CAA has represented 61 NBA rst-round draft picks (24 picks in the top 10) and facilitated 19 max deals. In 2022, Forbes ranked CAA as the most valuable sports agency in the world.
Per NCAA rules, student-athletes can hire agents for NIL activities, but according to NCAA bylaw 12.3.1, they cannot hire agents for the purpose of marketing their athletic ability or reputation in their sport.
In April, CAA signed incoming Duke freshman Cooper Flagg for NIL representation. Other notable college athletes to sign to CAA for NIL purposes include Cameron Brink (formerly Stanford women’s basketball), Walker Kessler (formerly Auburn men’s basketball), Paolo Banchero (formerly Duke men’s basketball) and Bryce Young (formerly Alabama football).
For athletes on Powell’s caliber, NIL deals can be very lucrative.
UNC guard Elliot Cadeau, ESPN’s 13th best player in the class of 2023, ranks 34th in On3’s latest men’s college basketball NIL rankings with a NIL valuation of $217,000. RJ Davis, Powell’s other new teammate at UNC, comes in at No. 3 with a NIL valuation of $942,000.
To clarify, On3’s NIL valuation is an index that sets high
Powell, who left Northwood to join the UNC men’s basketball team in early June, averaged 16.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists in four years with the Chargers. In April, ESPN ranked Powell as the 13th best class of 2024 prospect in its nal ESPN 100 rankings.
school and college athletes’ projected annual value by combining roster value (the amount an athlete hopes to receive primarily through a school’s collective) and NIL.
On the July 2 episode of Run Your Race podcast hosted by former UNC basketball standout Theo Pinson and AJ Richardson, former UNC basketball star Armando Bacot revealed he made over $2 million in NIL deals.
“That speaks on the brand of Carolina,” Bacot said. “If I didn’t go to Carolina, doing deals with Turbo Tax and all of those people — they wouldn’t do it with me…If you go to Carolina and you handle business, you go out there and play, somewhat be marketable, it pays…I got life changing money.”
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Moser was a serious threat from the plate in Chatham Post 292’s sweep of Wake Forest Post 187 in the rst round of the North Carolina American Legion Area 1 playo s.
In the three wins, Moser went 6-for-6 and recorded seven RBIs. His best performance came in game three during which he went 3-for-3, and all three of his hits (a double and two singles) came with its own RBI.
In his sophomore season with JordanMatthews in the spring, Moser had a .377 batting average and recorded 23 hits, 19 RBIs and six doubles. With key players such as Ian McMillan and Kelton Fuquay graduating after last season, Moser looks make another jump and step into a bigger role for 2025.
WWE
Cena announces retirement from professional wrestling in 2025
Toronto
John Cena has announced his retirement from professional wrestling after two decades in the ring. The wrestler-turnedactor told World Wrestling Entertainment fans in Toronto that the 2025 season would be his last. He promised a farewell tour with dozens of dates and an epic nal ght. Cena assured fans he would remain involved with the wrestling franchise that launched his career. He told reporters after the event that he feels physically “at my end” but that doesn’t mean he needs to distance himself from the sport he loves. Cena is a 16time WWE champion and action movie star.
Clemson assistant coach, former RB Spiller selected for ring of honor
Clemson, S.C. College Football Hall of Famer C.J. Spiller was selected to Clemson’s ring of honor for its Death Valley stadium. The award is the highest honor given by the school’s athletic department. Spiller played running back from 2006 to 2009 and set the Atlantic Coast Conference record with 7,588 all-purpose yards. He was selected to the College Football Hall in 2021. Spiller was picked No. 9 overall by Bu alo in the 2010 draft and spent eight seasons in the pros. He is entering his fourth season as Clemson’s running backs coach.
Kipyegon breaks own world record in 1,500 meters
Paris
Faith Kipyegon of Kenya broke her own world record in the women’s 1,500 meters at the Diamond League track and eld meeting in Paris. Kipyegon nished in 3:49.04, surpassing her record of 3:49.11, which was set in Italy last year. The 30-year-old Kipyegon is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1,500, having won in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Tokyo in 2021. Before Sunday, she had only run twice in 2024, in the 1,500 and 5,000, to secure her spot for the Paris Olympics at the Kenyan trials in June.
Banned NBA player Porter to be charged in betting case, court papers indicate New York Court papers indicate that former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter will be charged with a federal felony connected to the sports betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban him for life. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn led what’s known as a criminal information sheet. The document doesn’t specify a court date or the charge or charges. But it does show the case is related to an existing prosecution of four gamblers charged with conspiring to cash in on tips
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like his famous father, LeBron, it caused some at Chase Center to do a double-take.
By Janie McCauley
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Once that second-quarter layup went in and he nally had his rst NBA points after a trio of misses, Bronny James could exhale and everything began to slow down.
“The atmosphere, it was more than I expected,” a grinning James said. “It’s a big game for me, but I didn’t know the people of Golden State would come and rep for me, so that was pretty nice to see.”
Oversized headphones on his ears and dressed in full Lakers gold as he geared up for his NBA Summer League debut Saturday, the rookie looked so much
Bronny James took his place in the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Lakers and his professional career was formally underway, with plenty of scouts in the building to witness it as he wore jersey No. 9.
“Every rst game that I step on the next level there’s always some butter ies in my stomach, but as soon as the ball tips and we go a couple times down it all goes away and I’m just playing basketball,” he said. “It’s always going to be there but get through it.”
The younger James wound up 2 for 9 for four points, missing all three of his 3s, with a pair of assists, two rebounds and a steal in just under 22 minutes of court time — 21:43 to be exact — as the Lakers lost 108-94 to the Sacramento Kings.
James missed his initial two shots while playing nearly six minutes in his rst action — grabbing a defensive rebound 1 minute, 20 seconds into the game. James scored his rst NBA points on a driving layup 5:51 before halftime.
“Moments like that can slow the game down for you especially because I wasn’t as productive as I wanted to beforehand,” he said. “... I couldn’t get the 3-ball to fall, but all the reps it’s going to come more smooth.”
At one point during his warmup routine, the 6-foot-2 guard stood with hands on hips in a resemblant position to one of his father. And during the game, the son leaned over by the baseline 3-point corner, gripping his knees while waiting for the offensive possession to begin.
The younger James was drafted by the Lakers with the
55th overall selection in the second round out of the University of Southern California.
If all goes as planned, the 19-year-old James and his dad would become the rst father-son pair to play in the NBA at the same time — and on the same team no less.
“What he does in the California Classic and Summer League, it doesn’t matter if he plays well and it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t play well,” LeBron James said at USA Basketball’s training camp in Las Vegas. “I just want him to continue to grow, practices, lm sessions, his individual workouts. You can’t take anything as far as stat wise from the California Classic and Summer League and bring it once the season starts. The only thing that matters is him getting better and stacking days.”
Texas and Oklahoma party as their conference move becomes o cial
By Cli Brunt and Jim Vertuno The Associated Press
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma nally got the chance to celebrate its long-awaited move to the Southeastern Conference.
As the switch from the Big 12 became o cial last Monday, the school nally was letting loose.
Festivities started Sunday night and stretched to events statewide on Monday. There were pep rallies in Norman on Monday afternoon. In the evening, the free “Party In The Palace” at Memorial Stadium included music, a brew garden, a basketball court, a gaming trailer, a mechanical bull and a photo booth.
“Today is a celebration,”
Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione said. “It’s about engaging our fans and our stakeholders. That’s what this is, rather than having a quick press conference and an announcement and moving on. We’ve tried to really bring our fan base into it because we were very, very strident about not trying to celebrate it before the o cial day would come.”
There was no downplaying it on Monday. The SEC logo was plastered all over Oklahoma’s stadium and the campus — even painted on the sidewalks. Not to be outdone, Texas made its long-awaited conference switch at the same time and celebrated with campus parties, carnivals, concerts and reworks.
Now Oklahoma and Texas, rival programs that were co-founders of the Big 12 in 1996, nally are in the SEC. And
Gage Sisco holds his daughter Harper as they pose for photos at the University of Texas campus event in Austin to celebrate the school moving from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference.
their celebrations t the conference mantra: “It Just Means More.”
At Texas, thousands poured onto campus in near 100-degree heat Sunday for a carnival and concert with pop star Pitbull under the iconic campus clock tower.
At the Texas party, children played on bounce houses, rock walls and slides. Misters cooled their parents who waited in long lines for autographs from Longhorns coaches, photographs with the Longhorn mascot Bevo, and packed into merchandise tents for gear with the SEC logo.
“This is a day we have been building toward for years,” Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte said. “Our fans our really
excited about this. You can tell by the turnout.”
It’s a moment college sports in general has been building toward in the era of major realignment. The Texas and Oklahoma break from the Big 12 helped trigger myriad conference shifts with more on the way. By the rst kicko of the 2024 season, 11 so-called Power 4 programs will be in new conferences. Oklahoma and Texas originally planned to join the SEC in 2025, but ultimately reached a nancial deal with the Big 12 for an early exit.
“Texas brings more tradition, more talent, more passion and more ght,” to the SEC, the school said on its athletics website.
Oklahoma’s celebration start-
ed Sunday night with a “Race to the SEC” 5k race through the heart of campus, with midnight sales of SEC merchandise and reworks.
Monday morning, former Sooners coach Barry Switzer co-hosted a celebration breakfast in Tulsa.
Oklahoma president Joseph Harroz said the move will improve the experience for students and enhance the school athletically and academically.
“We want our students to not just come here and participate, we want them to feel like they belong,” Harroz said. “Intercollegiate athletics provides that. And today, we celebrate a move to the SEC that ensures we accomplish both of those goals. It puts us with the best.”
Will Felder, who coaches Moser at Jordan-Matthews, “(Moser) is probably one of the more dedicated kids to the game than seniors and even college players. On his days o , you can nd him in the cage hitting 200-300 baseballs o a tee or o a machine…I love watching him grow and really become one of our guys at the plate.”
As a team, Chatham caught re at the plate in games one and three, recording 10 and 11 hits, respectively. Ian McMillan joined Moser as the only individuals to record at least two hits in each of the two games as seven batters recorded at least one hit in game one, and six batters got a hit in game three.
Chatham didn’t nd as much success from the plate in game two, but the outcome turned out ok thanks to starting pitcher Presley Patterson who pitched a near no-hitter in the 4-1 win.
For the rst six innings, Patterson didn’t allow a hit, nor did a run score on his watch.
However, Wake Forest’s Blake Tillery hit a triple to start the seventh inning, crushing any hopes of a no-hitter for Patterson. Patterson ended the game with seven strikeouts and six walks.
Other Chatham pitchers also made a signi cant impact on the team’s success in the series.
Stratton Barwick, a rising sophomore on the Guilford College baseball team, pitched for six innings in game one and struck out 10 batters.
Anthony Lopossay pitched the nal three at-bats of game two and maintained Chatham’s lead with two strikeouts. He also pitched the remaining four innings of game three, helping to keep Post 292 ahead after Anders Johansson’s rst start on the mound this season.
“Our pitching has been great this year,” Felder said. “The depth we’ve been able to put out on the mound has really helped us out.”
For Chatham, history was made as the team hadn’t as much postseason success since before it returned from an over 20-year absence in 2023.
Last summer, Chatham nished the season with a 6-17 overall record and lost in the rst round of the Area 3 playo s.
“It’s really rewarding,” Felder
“This team is the pillar of dedication.”
Landon Moser
said. “It takes a lot of guys to buy into the program. It takes the community to buy into the program and what we’re trying to do…We’ve got a good enough program where as coaches, we don’t have to do too much. That shows a lot of credit to their high school coaches (and) shows a lot of credit to those players as they’re doing a great job in their programs and they’re able to jell so well.” Said Felder, “Seeing the transformation from year one to year
two has been really nice.”
Chatham returned nine players from last year’s roster. Despite players also having other commitments during the summer that may cause them to miss games (travel ball and vacations), the team has more than doubled last year’s win total and put itself in position for a legit shot at an Area 1 title.
“This team is the pillar of dedication,” Moser said. “We’re playing ve games a week (and) practicing on the other nights. Everybody wants to be here.”
Chatham began its second round best-of- ve series with Garner Monday. Post 292 and Garner split their two regular season meetings with Chatham winning, 9-1, on June 18 and Garner winning, 3-1, on June 29.
made a huge impact on the defensive end and on the boards, blocking three shots and grabbing eight rebounds. However, his e orts weren’t enough to slow down DSA Prep Academy which caught re from three in the second half and overcame a halftime de cit for the title.
Albright, who averaged 22.6 points, 9.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per contest in the 2023-24 high school season, did not play in the game.
RPT went 3-0 in pool play, winning each pool game by an average margin of 26 points. In the actual tournament and leading up to the championship game, RPT Gold was just as dominant, winning the rst, second and semi nal round games by an average margin of just over 22 points.
This is this group’s second straight tournament nal appearance in the AAU World Championships. Last year, the team, playing in the 16U/10th Grade division, made it to the D1 nal and lost to Longs Area Elite (South Carolina), 72-55.
RPT had three other teams participate in the AAU World Championships in di erent age groups.
The other 17U team, RPT Red, fell to 0-3 in its pool games and lost to YKD Kings (North Carolina) in the open-
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feels his biggest improvement is his mentality and his ability to stay mentally strong through the ups and downs of the season. In three games from June 26 to Saturday, Allred went 0-for7 from the plate combined, but in the two games before that stretch, he went 3-for-9 and recorded three RBIs in the two wins.
“You don’t have the suc-
ing round of the 17U/11th Grade D2 Classic tournament, 57-39. Two players from county high schools, Jordan Holder (Northwood) and Carter Sykes (Chatham Charter) played on that team.
The 14U Gold team went 2-1 in pool play and lost to Texas United Gold, 65-47, in the rst round of the 14U/8th Grade D1 tournament. Four rising freshmen to county high schools played on the 14U team, including Nolan Mitchell (Jordan-Matthews), Brooks Albright (Chatham Central), Turner Albright (Chatham Central) and Jameson Douglas (Chatham Central).
The 16U Gold team also went 2-1 in its pool games and made it to the third round of its D1 tournament, losing to Indiana Jammers, 65-63. Just three county players played on the 16U roster which were Jeremiah Young (Chatham Central), Joe Flynn (Northwood) and Kymani Wagner-Jatta (Chatham Charter).
RPT is based in Chatham County and is coached by former professional basketball player Johnny Thomas. Thomas played college basketball at NC State and Marshall and was drafted to the NBA D-League in 2011. He also made a stop in Germany and with the Harlem Globetrotters in his professional career. The organization also o ers training opportunities.
“I feel like I’m getting the jitters of college ball out of the way before I actually get there.”
Allred
Aidan
cess rate that you have in high school,” Allred said. “Being able to handle failure, I’d say I’ve gotten better at it.”
Said Allred, “But also, my coaches are really good at
knowing that I’m young, and I’m learning. They help me go through it because they’ve all been through it.”
Allred’s best game of the season so far was in the Bogeys’
10-2 win over the Danville Dairy Daddies on June 24. Allred recorded two season-highs in hits (two) and RBIs (two), and one of his hits was his second double of the season. Out of three chances, Allred also contributed two putouts from the in eld.
“I was seeing the ball,” Allred said about the June 24 game. “That was the rst game that I had switched to a 33-inch bat to just try to speed up my hands. I just put good swings on the ball.”
Regardless of the outcomes or his performances with the Bogeys, Allred’s experience with the Bogeys is doing what it’s supposed to do.
“I feel like I’m getting the jitters of college ball out of the way before I actually get there,” Allred said. “I’ve made big jumps even though (my stats) don’t add up to what I did in high school yet. I feel like I’ll de nitely get back to more of
Quinn creates characters readers will care about and root for
The Associated Press
THE REIGNING QUEEN of historical ction is back with a novel set in 1950s Washington, D.C., where women from various backgrounds rent rooms at a boarding house during Sen. Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare. The characters allow Quinn to comment on some aspects of the decade, and the author even has short chapters written from the point of view of the house itself. If you’ve never read a Kate Quinn novel, there’s no time like the present. Or like the 1950s in Washington, D.C. That’s the setting for Quinn’s “The Briar Club,” which is a murder mystery wrapped up in the stories of multiple women who rent rooms at a boarding house during the height of McCarthy’s Red Scare.
The characters are all in-
teresting but too numerous to sketch in this short review. Each allows Quinn to comment on some aspect of the decade — from the development of the birth control pill to organized crime corrupting the D.C. police force to the demise of a professional women’s softball league after World War II. All the women’s stories serve the novel’s greater plot, which opens with a murder in the house on Thanksgiving Day in 1954. It then ips backward and forward in time, crashing the characters together and creating plenty of suspects before ending with a delightful twist.
At the center of the plot is Grace March, who moves into the third- oor attic of the Briarwood boarding house and, over the objections of the stern landlady, Mrs. Nilsson, begins to make the place a real home. She paints owers and vines on her ceiling that eventually creep down the staircase, a metaphor for Grace’s role in the boarders’ lives. She starts a Thursday night supper club,
inviting everyone to bring a dish to warm up on her hot plate and share. Quinn tosses in a couple of cute wrinkles that make the book even more fun. One includes recipes for the dishes and drinks the women bring to the supper club. In promotional interviews before the novel’s release, Quinn admitted that her husband prepared all the food and drink for her to taste before publication. Also unique to the story are short chapters written from the point of view of the house itself. As a detective moves to split up the women for interrogation following the Thanksgiving Day murder, Quinn writes: “He moves into the kitchen, at once the object of all eyes, and just to be spiteful the house rucks the edge of the carpet so he trips.” It all makes for a delightful read. Quinn creates characters readers will care about and root for while also keeping them guessing until the end about who murdered whom in Briarwood House.
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Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California
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“This Week” looks back at the key events from this week in history.
JULY 11
1798: The U.S. Marine Corps was formally reestablished by a congressional act that created the U.S. Marine Band.
1804: Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton died the next day.
1859: Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the rst time.
1914: Babe Ruth made his major league baseball debut, pitching the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over Cleveland.
Landau’s partnership with James Cameron led to three Oscar nominations and a Best Picture win in 1998
By Anthony McCartney
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on three of the biggest blockbusters of all time has died at 63.
Landau’s partnership with Cameron led to three Oscar nominations and a best picture win for 1997’s “Titanic.” Together, the pair account for some of the biggest blockbusters in movie history, including “Avatar” and its sequel, “Avatar: The Way of Water.”
“His zany humor, personal magnetism, great generosity of spirit and erce will have held the center of our Avatar universe for almost two decades,” said Cameron. “His legacy is not just the lms he produced, but the personal example he set — indomitable, caring, inclusive, tireless, insightful and utterly unique.”
1960: Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published.
JULY 12
1543: England’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and nal wife, Catherine Parr.
1862: President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill authorizing the Army Medal of Honor during the Civil War.
1962: The Rolling Stones played their rst show at the Marquee Club in London.
JULY 13
1923: A sign consisting of 50-foot-tall letters spelling out “HOLLYWOODLAND” was dedicated in the Hollywood Hills to promote a subdivision (the last four letters were removed in 1949).
1985: The Live Aid bene t rock concerts were held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia, raising millions for famine relief in Ethiopia.
‘Avatar’
JULY 14
1789: Known as Bastille
Day, symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.
1798: Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the United States government.
1881: Outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias Billy the Kid, was shot and killed by Sheri Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner in present-day New Mexico.
1945: Italy formally declared war on Japan, its former Axis partner during World War II.
JULY 15
1799: The Rosetta Stone, a key to deciphering ancient Egyptian scripts, was found at Fort Julien in the Nile Delta during the Napoleonic cam-
paign in Egypt.
1834: The Spanish Inquisition was abolished more than 350 years after its creation.
1916: The Boeing Company, originally known as Paci c Aero Products Co., was founded in Seattle.
1997: Fashion designer Gianni Versace, 50, was shot dead outside his Miami Beach home by suspected gunman Andrew Phillip Cunanan.
2006: Twitter (now known as X) was launched publicly.
JULY 16
1945: The United States exploded its rst experimental atomic bomb in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico.
1790: A site along the Potomac River was designated the permanent seat of the United States government; the area became Washington, D.C. 1862: Flag O cer David G. Farragut became the rst rear admiral in the United States Navy.
Jon Landau, left, and James Cameron hold the Oscars for Best Picture for the lm “Titanic” at the Academy Awards in 1998. Landau, an Oscarwinning producer who worked closely with director Cameron on “Titanic” and the “Avatar” series, has died.
He took on the producer role on “Titanic,” Cameron’s expensive epic about the infamous 1912 maritime disaster. The bet paid o : “Titanic” became the rst movie to cross $1 billion in global box-o ce earnings and won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture. Their partnership continued, with Landau becoming a top executive at Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment. In 2009, the pair watched as “Avatar,” a sci- epic lmed and shown in theaters with groundbreaking 3D technology, surpassed the box-o ce success of “Titanic.” It remains the top-grossing lm of all time.
we will always be grateful for,” Zoe Saldaña, one of the stars of the “Avatar” franchise, said in an emotional tribute on Instagram. “Your legacy will continue to inspire us and guide us in our journey.”
“Your wisdom and support shaped so many of us in ways
Landau has been a critical player in the “Avatar” franchise, which saw frequent delays in releasing “The Way of Water.” Landau defended the sequel’s prog-
ress and Cameron’s ambitious plans to lm multiple sequels simultaneously to keep the franchise going.
“A lot has changed but a lot hasn’t,” Landau told The Associated Press in 2022, a few months before the sequel’s release. “One of the things that has stayed the same is: Why do people turn to entertainment today? Just like they did when the rst ‘Avatar’ was released, they do it to escape the world in which we live.”
“His remarkable contributions to the lm industry have left an indelible mark, and he will be profoundly missed,” Alan Bergman, Disney Entertainment co-chairman, said. “Jon was an iconic and successful producer yet an even better person and a true force of nature who inspired all around him.”
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“Jeopardy” announcer Johnny Gilbert turns 96, Richard Simmons is 76, the “Ho ” hits 72
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July 11: Actor Susan Seaforth Hayes (“Days of Our Lives”) is 81. Singer Je Hanna of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is 77. Actor Bruce McGill (“My Cousin Vinny,” “Animal House”) is 74. Guitarist Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) is 65. Rapper Lil’ Kim is 50.
July 12: Actor Denise Nicholas (“In the Heat of the Night”) is 80. Fitness guru Richard Simmons is 76. Actor Cheryl Ladd (“Charlie’s Angels”) is 73.
July 13: Game show announcer Johnny Gilbert is 96. Actor Patrick Stewart is 84. Actor Harrison Ford is 82. Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn of The Byrds is 82. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 78. Actor Didi Conn is 73. Actor Gil Birmingham (“Twilight” lms) is 71. Country singer Louise Mandrell is 70. Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 67.
July 14: Music executive Tommy Mottola is 75. Actor Jane Lynch is 64. Actor Nancy Olson (“Sunset Boulevard”) is 96. Football player-turned-actor Rosey Grier is 92. Actor Vincent Pastore (“The Sopranos”) is 78. Actor Matthew Fox (“Lost,” ″Party of Five”) is 58.
July 15: Singer Linda Ronstadt is 78. Actor Forest Whitaker is 63. Actor Patrick Wayne is 85. Singer Millie Jackson is 80. Drummer Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd) is 77. Actor Terry O’Quinn (“Lost,” ″West Wing,”) is 72. Singer-guitarist David Pack (Ambrosia) is 72. Drummer Marky Ramone (The Ramones) is 72. Guitarist Joe Satriani is 68. Actor Brian Austin Green “ Beverly Hills: 90210”) is 51.
July 16: Actor Phoebe Cates is 61. Actor Will Ferrell is 57. Actor Corey Feldman is 53. Singer William Bell is 85. Drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police is 72. Dancer Michael Flatley (“Lord of the Dance”) is 66.
July 17: Actor David Hasselho is 72. Singer Luke Bryan is 48. Bassist Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath is 75. TV producer Mark Burnett (“Survivor,” “The Apprentice”) is 64
“Faye” is an authorized but candid portrait of singular screen legend Faye Dunaway
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THIS WEEK, the “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken” docu-series is available on Paramount+, the long-awaited Faye Dunaway documentary comes to Max, and Megan Moroney drops her sophomore album.
Laurent Bouzereau’s “Faye” (streaming beginning 8 p.m. Saturday on Max) is an authorized but candid portrait of the singular screen legend Faye Dunaway. In it, the 83-year-old Dunaway frankly discusses her bipolar disorder diagnosis and her history of alcoholism, along with her long string of classic lms, including “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Chinatown” and “Network.”
Not many lms come with instructions to wear headphones while watching, but Sam Green’s “32 Sounds” is not your average documentary, either. Green’s movie, which was shortlisted for best documentary by the Academy Awards earlier this year, explores 32 wildly disparate auditory experiences — the heartbeat of a fetus, a whoopee cushion at work, Phil Collins’s “In the Air Tonight” — to contemplate all the many ways that sound resonates in our lives. The movie was rst a “live documentary” experience that handed out headphones to its audience members and is streaming on the Criterion Channel.
Last year, country musician Megan Moroney’s debut album, “Lucky,” was named one of AP’s top albums for 2023 for its sharp writing and friendly delivery — a Gen Z songwriter I previously described possessing Taylor Swift-level acuity. Her pen continues to be her weapon on “Am I Okay?” a heartbreak- lled rollercoaster ride of a sophomore album, lled with quotable kiss-o s and evolved compositions. It will be released Friday. Hardy (real name Michael Wilson Hardy) has been celebrated for his hybrid approach to country music, weaving elements of anthemic rock and even nu-metal into his compositions. (Kid Rock has left a massive vacancy, it could be pointed out.) On his third studio album, “Quit!!,” Hardy contin-
ues to push the boundaries of his chosen genres. “Rockstar” sounds like something that would’ve found a home on the Van’s Warped Tour, delivered through his signature twang; the line between rock and country has never been thinner. We’re living in a prosperous period of music documentaries about Memphis (and no, we’re not only including HBO and Max’s “Stax: Soulsville U.S.A” in that statement, but it is certainly up there.) A new documentary will become available via video-on-demand: “The Blues Society,” which gleans new insight into the Memphis Country Blues Festival, held between 1966 and 1970. The lm, released Tuesday, examines the relationship between the festival and ’60s counterculture, Memphis blues and race — particularly looking at the white organizers who put it on and the black musicians who played it. It’s appointment viewing for music and American history fans alike.
Paramount+ released a new, two-part docuseries, “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken.” It follows the Grammy-award-winning Etheridge as she organizes a special concert at a women’s prison in Kan-
sas, the Topeka Correctional Facility. Five women incarcerated there wrote letters to Etheridge, inspiring her to compose an original song for them and throw the event. Throughout is also an addiction narrative, which Etheridge can relate to. In 2020, her son Beckett Cypher died at age 21 from causes related to opioid addiction.
SHOWS TO STREAM
Jenn Tran, who competed for Joey Graziadei’s heart on the last season of “The Bachelor,” is ABC’s new “Bachelorette.” Tran, a physician’s assistant student, is the rst Asian American to lead the series. Watch her meet her suitors on ABC. Episodes also stream on Hulu.
Rashida Jones stars in a new mystery for Apple TV+ centering around one of the hottest topics of late: arti cial intelligence. In “Sunny,” Jones plays a woman living in Japan whose husband and son go missing after a plane crash. She’s gifted with a domestic robot to keep her company and help through her grief.
Dakota and Elle Fanning are behind a new true crime docuseries for Hulu. “Mastermind: To Think Like A Killer” intro -
duces viewers to Dr. Ann Burgess, a pioneer in the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit, who changed the way authorities investigate serial killers. Burgess’ story isn’t just fascinating and inspiring, as she earned respect in the male-dominated FBI. The three-part series dropped on Thursday. With the success of “Love Island USA” and “The Traitors,” Peacock has two hit reality competition shows on its roster. Next, hungry bears are the stars of a new nonscripted series for the streamer. “The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge” tracks Alaskan brown bears as they seek to eat enough food (approximately three million calories) to sustain them through winter slumber. The hangry bears must battle Mother Nature and each other to do so. As the title suggests, “The Hungry Games” is presented like a competition show. The games started Thursday. Not to be outdone, the godfather of natural history programs, Sir David Attenborough, has a new wildlife docuseries dedicated to various mammals.
“Planet Earth: Mammals” looks at, you guessed it, mammals big and small adapting to their evolving natural habitat due to
human activity and the e ects of climate change. The six-part series premieres Saturday on BBC America and AMC+.
A new original for MGM+ explores the world of politics and academia against the backdrop of Martha’s Vineyard. “Emperor of Ocean Park” is a thriller mystery series based on a novel of the same name and debuts Sunday. Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and Grantham Coleman star.
VIDEO
There aren’t enough games where you get to kick your enemies, so thank goodness for Devolver Digital’s Anger Foot. Sure, it lets you arm yourself with standard weapons like ries and crossbows, but for upclose brawling, nothing beats a shoe to the face. The visuals look like something you might see after too many Red Bulls, the bass-heavy soundtrack will wake up your neighbors, and the shoe collection should satisfy any sneakerhead. South African developer Free Lives is known for raunchy, ultraviolent comedy, and it doesn’t take the foot o the gas pedal here. You can kick out the jams starting Thursday on PC.