Ryan Wesley Routh, a Greensboro native, was arrested Sunday by law enforcement officers in Martin County, Florida, and is suspected in an apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump. Routh, who has several felony convictions in North Carolina, was held on federal gun charges after an initial court appearance on Monday.
Customer kills 18-year-old at N.C. Waffle House
A Waffle House customer fatally shot an 18-year- old worker in Laurinburg, police say. Officers responding to a report of shots fired at the restaurant early Friday found Burlie Dawson Locklear, of Red Springs, a 2024 graduate of Hoke High School, suffering from a gunshot wound. He later died at a hospital. Police say the customer ordered food, became verbally abusive to staffers and fired two shots toward the restaurant as he walked back to his vehicle with his order. News outlets report police were looking for the shooter and have obtained a warrant. The restaurant chain said in a statement that Locklear was a victim of an outrageous act of violence.
Court overturns
Granville sheriff fraud conviction
A state appeals court has overturned a former county sheriff’s fraud and obstruction convictions from late 2022. A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals ruled in favor of exGranville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins on Tuesday. Wilkins served as sheriff for 10 years and has been serving time in state prison. The intermediate-level appeals court said that allegations related to Wilkins falsifying his firearms training requirements didn’t meet the necessary elements for the obstruction and fraud charges. The ruling comes seven months after a subordinate to Wilkins had his obstruction convictions related to the training overturned. The ex-sheriff pleaded to unrelated crimes last fall.
The VP made campaign stops in Charlotte and Greensboro
The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump launched campaign blitzes last
Thursday with dramatically different approaches to attracting swing-state voters who will decide the presidential contest.
Here in North Carolina, Democratic nominee Harris used rallies in Charlotte and Greensboro to tout endorsements from Republi-
By Ryan Henkel Chatham News & Record
PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Commissioners has found its next county manager and it’ll be quite a familiar face.
On Monday, Chairman Mike Dasher announced that Assistant County Manager Bryan Thompson would be getting a promotion.
“Bryan’s contributions over the last several years have demonstrated his deep knowledge and understanding of the issues we face and the Board has every confidence in Bryan’s ability to lead Chatham County through the challenges and opportunities yet to come,” Dasher said in a press release. “My fellow Board members and I are delighted that we are able to hire the best person for the job from our existing leadership team and to provide our staff and community members with consistent,
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Delayed absentee ballots to start mailing this week
The sending was delayed by litigation over RFK Jr.’s presence on the ballot
By Gary D. Robertson
The Associated Press
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting Friday, the State Board of Elections announced last week, days after appeals court judges prevented original ballots containing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name from being sent.
North Carolina had been poised to be the first in the nation to send out ballots to voters for the fall elections. State law directed the first absentee ballots be mailed or transmitted to those already asking no later than 60 days before Election Day, or Sept. 6 this year. But on that day the state Court of Appeals granted Kennedy’s request to halt
the mailing of ballots that included his name for president.
Kennedy had sued the board in late August to remove his name as the We The People party candidate the week after he suspended his campaign and endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump. The state Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision last Monday, left the lower-court decision in place. These rulings forced county election officials to reassemble absentee ballot packets, reprint ballots and recode
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“I am honored and grateful to be given the opportunity to serve our community as county manager.”
Bryan Thompson, assistant county manager
Sept. 12
• Cody Allen Echard, 33, of Moncure, was arrested for breaking and entering to terrorize, possession of firearm by felon, injury to real property, and injury to personal property.
• Marquise Daquon Black, 29, of Siler City, was arrested on an order for arrest related to child support.
Sept. 13
• Rachel Dawn Blankenship, 33, of Asheboro, was arrested on multiple charges including possession of a gun on educational property, possession of a weapon (not a gun) on educational property, communicating threats, disorderly conduct, resisting a public officer, and assault on a government official.
• Audrey Wolff, 41, of Pittsboro, was arrested for misdemeanor larceny.
• Marcos Emmanuel Benitez, 23, of Pittsboro, was arrested for driving while license revoked due to impaired driving, possession of marijuana paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana up to ½ oz.
Sept. 16
• Janet Marie-Faulk Wyatt, 67, of Pittsboro, was arrested for resisting a public officer.
tabulation machines. Counties had printed more than 2.9 million absentee and in-person ballots before last Friday’s court order, according to the state board. Alabama became the first state to mail ballots, last week. The North Carolina state board on Friday revealed a two-tiered release of absentee ballots, which have been requested by over 166,000 voters so far.
First, ballots requested by more than 13,600 military and overseas voters would be sent Sept. 20, which would ensure that the state complies with a federal law requiring ballots be transmitted to these categories of voters by Sept. 21.
Absentee ballots to the other conventional requesters by mail would then follow starting on Sept. 24. The board said in a news release it would give counties more time to ensure their vendors could print enough amended ballots in time and to ensure voter packers are prepared for mailing.
Counties must bear the ballot reprinting costs. A board news release said the expense to counties could vary widely, from a few thousand dollars in some smaller counties to $55,100 in Durham County and $300,000 in Wake County, the state’s largest by population. Wake elections board member Gerry Cohen said on social media Friday that his county’s amount included a 20% surcharge from its
• 298 E. Salisbury Street (Pittsboro), 0.40 Acres, 3 Bedroom/2 Bath, $600,000
• 412 Brampton Close (Pittsboro), .058 Acres, 3 Bedroom/2 Bath, $489,000
• 557 Olives Chapel Road, (Apex),12.802 Acres, 3 Bedroom/3 Bathroom, $2,500,000
• 5765 G Snow Camp Road (Graham), 82.480 Acres, 8 Bedroom/6 Bathroom, $1,900,000
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• 2035 Long Point Trail (Sanford), .48 Acres, 5 Bedroom/2.5 Bath, $680,000 LAND
• 13120 Strickland Road (Raleigh),16.25 Acres, $1,500,000
ballot printer for delays.
Early in-person voting starts statewide Oct. 17. The deadline to request absentee ballots is Oct. 29. A law taking effect this year says mail-in absentee ballots for most voters must be turned in to election officials sooner — by 7:30 p.m. on Election Day.
Since suspending his campaign, Kennedy has attempted to take his name off ballots in key battleground states like North Carolina where the race between Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris are close.
Kennedy sued the North Carolina board the day after its Democratic majority determined it was too late in the ballot printing process for his name to be removed. A trial
• 389 Dewitt Smith Road (Pittsboro), 9.109 Acres, 3 Bedroom/2 Bathroom, $550,000
• 65 Brookhaven Way (Pittsboro), 1.232 Acres, 4 Bedrooms/3 Bathroom, $800,000 LAND
• 1388 Henry Oldham Road (Bear Creek), 4.840 Acres, $135,000
• 188 Cherokee Drive (Chapel Hill),1.150 Acres, $100,000
• 170 Cherokee Drive (Chapel Hill),1.150 Acres, $100,000
• 9311 NC Highway 87 (Pittsboro), 4.602 Acres, $225,000
• 00 Hamlets Chapel Road (Pittsboro), 118.742 Acres, $4,250,000
• 1000 Nesbit Road (Pleasant Garden), 52.13 Acres, $1,500,000
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judge denied a temporary restraining order sought by Kennedy, but a three-judge Court of Appeals panel granted Kennedy’s request to halt the mailing of ballots that included his name. In the prevailing opinion backed by four Republican justices, the state Supreme Court said it would be wrong for Kennedy, who submitted a candidacy resignation letter, to remain on the ballot because it could disenfranchise “countless” voters who would otherwise believe he was still a candidate. Dissenting justices wrote in part that the board was justified by state law in retaining Kennedy’s name because it was impractical to make ballot changes so close to the Sept. 6 distribution deadline.
• 9231 NC Highway 87 (Pittsboro), 5.630 Acres, $250,000
• 48 Swimming Chicken Lane (Pittsboro), 5.060 Acres, $500,000
• 24 Swimming Chicken Lane (Pittsboro), 9.470 Acres, $750,000
• 37 E Cotton Road (Pittsboro), 0.996 Acres, $100,000
• 175 Valleydale Drive (Pittsboro), 3.650 Acres, $175,000
• 8636/8710 Johnson Mill Road (Bahama),182.888 Acres, $3,240,000
• 0 Panama Terrace (Durham), .420 Acres, $45,000 COMMERCIAL IMPROVED
• 200 E. Salisbury Street (Pittsboro), 0.45 Acres, $675,000
• 292 Choice Trail (Pittsboro), 4.100 Acres, $285,000
• 0 Chatham Church Road (Moncure),15.94 Acres, $750,000
• 323 Wagon Trace (Pittsboro), 10.255 Acres, $325,000
• 0 Pasture Branch Road (Rose Hill), 29.00 Acres, $1,250,000
• 0 US 64 W (Siler City), 9.670 Acres, $4,500,000
• 0 Mt. Gilead Church Road (Pittsboro), 1.643Acres, $175,000
• 0 JB Morgan Road (Apex), 21.00 Acres, $825,000
Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up in Chatham County:
A virtual film screening of La Boda (2000)
Chatham Community Library
La Boda is an intimate portrait of migrant life along the U.S.-Mexican border, delving into the challenges a community faces to maintain their roots in Mexico while pursuing the “American Dream”. Access to the virtual screening will be available beginning Thursday, Sept. 19, at.wmm.com/ virtual-screening-room/ la-boda-chathamcommunity-library. A password is required at the time of viewing. Please contact social.library@ chathamlibraries.org to request the password or for additional information. This program is free and open to the public.
Chatham Mills Farmers’ Market 8 a.m. to noon 480 Hillsboro St., Pittsboro
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Bilingual Family Story Time
Chatham Community Library 10:30 to 11 a.m. 197 N.C. Highway 87 N., Pittsboro
Families are invited to join us in the Lakritz Story Time Room for a bilingual story time in Spanish and English. Hear stories, sing songs, and more! Story time is geared toward children who have not yet entered kindergarten (ages 2-5), but anyone is welcome to join in on the fun! For more information, contact Youth Services via email at youth.services@ chathamlibraries.org.
• 1700 Hillsboro Street (Pittsboro), 29.79 Acres, $4,500,000
• 10681 US Hwy 64 E (Apex), 3.97 Acres, $1,000,000
Fearrington Farmer’s Market
Fearrington Village 4 to 6 p.m. E. Camden, Fearrington Village
The Fearrington Farmers’ Market is located in Fearrington Village right off 15-501, halfway between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro. This producer-only market has over three dozen members and is now in its 30th
The NCSBE previously approved UNC’s smartphone-based ID
By Gary D. Robertson
The Associated Press
RALEIGH — The Republican Party sued North Carolina’s elections board on Thursday to block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from offering a digital identification as a way to comply with a relatively new photo voter ID law.
The Republican National Committee and North Carolina filed the lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court three weeks after the Democratic majority on the State Board of Elections approved the “Mobile UNC One Card” generated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a qualifying ID.
The law says qualifying IDs must meet several photo and security requirements to be approved by the board. The UNC-Chapel Hill digital ID, which is voluntary for students and staff and available on Apple phones, marks the qualification of the first such ID posted from someone’s smartphone.
The Republican groups said state law clearly requires any of several categories of per-
mitted identifications — from driver’s licenses to U.S. passports and university and military IDs — to be only in a physical form.
The law doesn’t allow the state board “to expand the circumstances of what is an acceptable student identification card, beyond a tangible, physical item, to something only found on a computer system,” the lawsuit reads.
The state and national GOP contend in the lawsuit that the board’s unilateral expansion of photo ID before registering and accepting voters at in-person poll sites “could allow hundreds or thousands of ineligible voters” to vote in the November election and beyond. North Carolina is a presidential battleground state where statewide races are usually very close.
An electronically stored photo ID may be easier to alter than a physical card and more difficult for a precinct worker to review, including when there are computer network problems, the lawsuit says.
The groups also filed a separate request for a judge to issue a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction preventing the use of the mobile ID.
In response to an email seeking a response to the lawsuit, a state board spokesper-
son pointed late Thursday to the board’s discussion at its Aug. 20 meeting. A board attorney said during the meeting there was nothing in the law that specifically limits approval to printed cards. Board Chair Alan Hirsch, a Democrat, cited trends in technology in giving the ID his OK, saying that airline passengers now show boarding passes from their smartphones.
The current voter ID law was initially approved in late 2018. But it didn’t get carried out until the 2023 municipal elections as legal challenges continued.
The board has OK’d over 130 traditional student and employee IDs as qualifying for voting purposes in 2024, including UNC-Chapel Hill’s physical One Card. Someone who can’t show a qualifying ID casts a provisional ballot and either fills out an exception form or provides an ID before ballot counts are complete. In-person early voting begins Oct. 17.
People casting traditional absentee ballots also are asked to put a copy of an ID into their envelope. A board official said that UNC-Chapel Hill voters with the One Card can now insert a photocopy of the One Card displayed on their phones to meet the requirement.
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MAYS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
located at 24 Rosser Rd. In Bear Creek would like to announce its Home Coming Service on Sept. 22 at 11:00 a.m. followed by a potluck lunch in the fellowship hall. All are invited.
PRAISE CHURCH OF DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES
Prophetess Pastor Callie and Pastor James Peoples “Youth Explosion”
World Outreach Ministries | 452 Bellevue St. Goldston, NC
Pastor Apostle Hubert Alston Sunday, Sept. 22nd – 4 p.m.
We will be “men in red” under the blood. Come as you are if you don’t have any red. Everyone is invited to this program! Our speaker is Apostle Hubert Alston
We would be glad to have everyone come and worship god with us! And we would gladly come back to your services
Prophetess Phone# — 984-368-2942 (Callie) Pastor’s Phone# — 984-270-3011 (James) Address – 525 Culmore Dr., Fuquay Varina, NC, 27526
The family of Troy Leonard “Leo” Allen would like to express heartfelt thanks for all the prayers, food, visits, phone calls, texts and flowers due to his passing.
Teachers, get your applications in for a Bright Ideas education grant!
Teachers, are you looking for new opportunities to fund projects for your classroom? Central Electric is awarding up to $15,000 in Bright Ideas education grants to local educators in K-12 classrooms for the 2024-2025 school year.
The final deadline for all grant applications is Sept. 15. Scan the QR code or visit NCBrightIdeas.com for more information or to apply!
Special thanks to Dr. Angela Overcash, Phillip Strickland, Phyllis Herring, Michelle Hancock, Cathryn Solowsky, Hospice Care Team of Liberty Home Care Services of Siler City, NC, First Choice of Siler City, NC, Loflin Funeral Home of Liberty, NC, and Tyson Nixon’s staff.
Also, thanks to our family, friends, neighbors and everyone that made his service so special. A special thank you to The Journey Church in Siler City for all their love and support.
We will Always Remember, Louise S. Allen and Family thank you
Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor
It seems to me that most people vote for personal reasons.
LAST SATURDAY, my wife and I were invited to an adult birthday party. The event was held at a restaurant, and the guest of honor handed out postcards and pens. While these might seem like strange party favors, all guests knew in advance that we would write postcards to fellow citizens about voting in November.
Experts, pundits and regular Joes (like me) all seem to think that national and local offices will be decided by slim margins. Many of us feel a desire to do something. But will a piece of mail actually move the needle? I immediately trash any political mailing that I receive — you can save your postage. But perhaps if I was still undecided, a handwritten note might make a difference.
For all the money that is now spent in politics, for all the hype and hoopla around rallies, and for all the opinions regarding policy debates, it seems to me that most people vote for personal reasons. And if they are going to change their minds, it will be because of a relationship, not because of some talking head on television or (let’s face it) because a stranger wrote a postcard.
But here’s the reason I’m writing this column: At this birthday party, I met wonderful people. We shared friendship with the guest of honor, and as we affixed stamps and copied addresses, we shared details about
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our lives. One woman lamented that her alma mater, Florida State, had lost its first three games of the football season. (It’s a great time to be a Tar Heels fan.) Then I reconnected with another parent whose child had been in my youngest’s preschool class. Our girls are now in first grade! We shook our heads in disbelief, the way that parents often do about the passage of time.
I smiled enthusiastically upon learning that another guest was leaving the party for the beach, assuming this was for vacation. But I learned she was going to a funeral. The deceased had been an elementary school teacher and was only 49 years old. This teacher had loved flamingos. Presumably, those who would gather for the service would span the spectrum of political thought. Yet, instead of red or blue, everyone attending her celebration of life would wear pink.
Even in highly charged, partisan times, when Americans are divided and often isolated, we can reaffirm our commonalities. The world is full of both small and large hurts. Life is too short and too precious not to reach out to others and connect about what matters most.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman is pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church as well as a writer, pizza maker, coffee drinker and student of joy.
And I thought to myself, “And your vote counts as much as mine?”
IT’S BEEN SAID POLITICS makes strange bedfellows.
If you don’t believe that, look around at what’s going on as we draw nearer to Election 2024.
People are working for candidates you might think they wouldn’t. Hostile mud-slinging runs rampant. Years ago, it was better when folks were just slinging mud; today, they’re shooting bullets, and some people are moaning that the shooters don’t have better aim. And so much spin is put onto events you wonder if you’re seeing the same thing that’s being talked about.
I saw a piece the other day in which the writer suggests Donald Trump enjoys being shot at because it gives him increased public standing, and I’m thinking, “What?” A few inches the other way, and not only would there be no increased public standing, but he wouldn’t be literally standing. And endorsements. They’re coming out of everywhere. And that’s OK, I guess — freedom of speech and such. And while we still have that, we don’t have the freedom of speech to shout “Fire” in a crowded and darkened theater.
I guess endorsements are sort of like putting campaign signs in your yard or on the road. But I also guess, with the increase in the number of candles on my birthday cake, I’ve gotten to the point where I’m like a piece I saw the other day about endorsements.
It read, “We’ve gotten to the place where entertainers and professional athletes mistake themselves for people of importance. In my lifetime, I’ve needed a doctor. I’ve needed a teacher. I need farmers every day. Occasionally, I’ve needed an auto mechanic, plumber, house painter and many other ordinary people. But never, not even once, have I needed a pro athlete, media personality or Hollywood entertainer for anything.”
That was written about the number of “Hollywood” folks endorsing Kamala Harris, and that’s their privilege. But I wonder, do most folks of today not want to make up their own minds, or are they content to have someone else do it for them so they don’t have to pay attention and would just rather feel good and go along with a crowd?
I know I’m a dinosaur in human clothing, a little dense
sometimes, maybe slightly out of tune. I’ve even been called naïve, and I don’t doubt that those traits and many others aren’t true. But I hope to make up my mind — as long as I’ve got one.
The lack of public interest and awareness reminds me of several years ago when I was a poll worker on Election Day. A man entered the voting place and stood in a long line until he got to the table where I sat, taking information and dispensing ballots.
“What’s going on here?” he asked.
My human reaction was to ask, “Do you not see the signs saying ‘Vote here’ and all the other materials?” But I didn’t. Instead, I said, ‘Today is Election Day, sir.”
“Oh, good. Can I vote?”
“If you’re registered.” So he told me his name, and I went through the long list of what you do to find folks if their name doesn’t pop up immediately. After five minutes, I couldn’t find him. So we went through the effort to complete same-day registration for him, all the while creating a longer line behind him.
I finally got him done, handed him a ballot, and directed him to a booth. However, as he walked away with his prize, his final comment drove the nail home. “Who’s running?” And I thought to myself, “And your vote counts as much as mine?” I understand the concept of one man, one vote. I made A’s in high school civics, but there’s something, and I can’t put my finger on it, completely wrong with that scene.
My two big wishes for this election — and all others — are this: an informed, rational electorate and a return to the civility when Ronald Reagan was president and Tip O’Neill was speaker of the House. These two men argued vehemently over affairs of state but, at the end of the day, could take food and drink together.
As Simon and Garfunkel sang, “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?” Please come back.
Bob Wachs is a native of Chatham County and emeritus editor at Chatham News & Record. He serves as pastor of Bear Creek Baptist Church.
Rampant enthusiasm, golly-gees, but leavened with wisdom, too. Could this young voice truly be authentic and trustworthy?
LIKE TRANSFORMATIONAL stories?
Okey-doke, here’s one. Once upon a time, there was a woman who, from girlhood on, never, ever imagined the possibility of being a writer. Why? She would likely have characterized herself as analytically challenged. While growing up (still ongoing to this very day), she somehow bought into a belief that the process of writing was solely an analytical one. You compose A plus B, and next, logically, follows C — well, you get the picture. We all have innate gifts. The analytical process was certainly not one of hers, registering somewhere near the bottom of her intrinsically born aptitudes hierarchy. Way, way down there …
The composing of a flowing and, yes, analytical A-plus-B-plus-C piece of prose was on par with a Sisyphean challenge for her.
A what-kind-of challenge?
The challenge of embodying the ohso-frustrating Greek myth of Sisyphus. Laboriously and continuously pushing a boulder uphill, only to watch that damn boulder roll downhill again and again. Totally on par with this girl/woman’s stymied progress as an analytical writer. Failing, time and again. She was hounded by irascible boulders, closely nipping at her nonanalytical heels — a recipe for experiencing powerlessness.
So, feeling powerless and intrinsically bereft of writing skills, the young woman convinced a more highly skilled writer-friend to help her (a lot!) compose a graduate school application. (Oh my! Do you think there’s a statute of limitations on such heresy?! Will they take away her degree? What if she promises to finally learn ALL the words to the school’s well-known fight song?)
So where were we? Ah, yes, the stymied writer caught in the bind of her analytical
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“shoulds.” Oh, those shoulds! A path not welcoming of her authentic “voice,” assuming, of course, she even had one. Time passed (it does that), and she began to hear faint whisperings within. Whisperings sounding like, just maybe, an authentic, emerging voice that was hers, alone. Oh, wow!
But wait, that emerging voice sounded so young. So youthful, so full of “whoopees” and “wows.” An unrestrained and joyful kid! A voice emerging from within, one that feels authentic but sounds so much like a — celebratory kid? Deeply embarrassing.
But, wow, given the opportunity, that young voice could certainly write! Flowingly, from the heart, with humor, reflecting a written aliveness that had never existed in the past. This youthful and uninhibited voice, so full of life, bypassed all those sticky and analytical shoulds! (Yay!)
Unexpectedly, a feeling of shame also made itself known. A shame that this newly discovered and engaging voice could sound so childlike. Rampant enthusiasm, golly-gees, but leavened with wisdom, too. Could this young voice truly be authentic and trustworthy?
You bet! This now-grown woman acknowledges she will never, ever be an analytical writer. Just not resident in her DNA. However, she is utterly grateful to have opened a door to and been captured by the voice of a spirited child — a spirited child flowing with wisdom, humor and vulnerability. A voice, arriving later in life, originating from heaven knows where. That youthful voice’s origin? Who cares! The recipient of that voice just wants to keep listening …
Jan Hutton, a resident of Chatham County and retired hospice social worker, lives life with heart and humor.
It’s time to get tough on China
CCP-linked entities have increased their purchasing of American farmland to around 384,000 acres in 2021, including land near our military bases like Fort Bragg/ Fort Liberty.
COMMUNIST CHINA will stop at nothing to dominate American markets, undermine our national security and take advantage of your tax dollars. This past week, House Republicans took action to combat the threat of China and protect the economic strength of the United States.
The Biden-Harris administration’s reckless Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) fueled inflation with trillions of new government spending and taxpayerfunded subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs). To make matters worse, the Left is allowing CCP-linked entities and Chinese manufacturers to take advantage of these EV tax credits and further dominate America’s EV market, essentially sending billions of tax dollars to China and giving them unlimited access to the U.S. supply chain.
Hardworking Americans are doing their best right now to save as much money as possible, especially as inflation continues to work against them. We need to take action to ensure your tax dollars are not in the hands of enemies that wish to destroy our country. House Republicans prioritized that by passing a bill to block adversaries like China from receiving these EV tax credits while restoring strength in American manufacturing.
In addition, China is actively working against America in an attempt to undermine our national security. In the past several years, CCP-linked entities have increased their purchasing of American farmland from 69,000 acres in 2011 to around 384,000 in 2021, including land near our military bases like Fort Bragg/Fort Liberty — posing a serious risk to our national security.
With Fort Bragg/Fort Liberty being the largest military base in the world, coupled with agriculture being the largest industry in
North Carolina, I will not allow adversaries like China to buy up our farmland and possibly gain access to our national secrets and military bases. That’s why I was proud to join my House Republican colleagues in passing the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act. This legislation would improve oversight of foreign owned land and end any foreign land purchase that could threaten national security.
For decades, the federal government has known that CCP-controlled drones present unacceptable national security risks. Just last year, the world watched as a Chinese spy balloon flew over U.S. military installations like Fort Bragg/Fort Liberty. Yet still, the Biden-Harris administration did not take any necessary steps to remove these drones from our skies and prevent China from attempting to infiltrate or surveil our military bases.
House Republicans stepped up and took action last week by passing the Countering CCP Drones Act. CCP-drones currently make up 90% of consumer drones that are flown and operated in America. This bill will end the drone monopoly the CCP holds in the U.S., protect our skies and begin to enhance our domestic drone market. It is reckless to allow China to be our drone factory and jeopardize our national security, and we must cut our reliance.
The threat of Communist China grows by the day and extends to all aspects of our way of life. Now more than ever, the United States must get tough on China. By doing so, we can ensure our nation remains strong, safe, independent, and prosperous.
Richard Hudson represents North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
“THE CROWN has made it clear. The climate must be perfect all the year.” – Oscar Hammerstein
Like the fictional Camelot, home of King Arthur and his mighty knights, Kamala Harris’s Democratic presidential campaign has a gauzy, fairy tale aura about it.
After Harris’ nearly four years of service under the Biden administration, a magic wand has created a new set of clothes. Harris has repeatedly stated that her values have not changed, there is no daylight between President Joe Biden’s policies and her own. A champion of the Green New Deal, Harris believes this policy is the way forward. The Green New Deal, a reference to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal during the Great Depression, was first discussed by Thomas Friedman in 2007, suggesting a departure from “dirty coal and oil energy” into renewables. U.S. House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) proposed a resolution to create a Green New Deal in 2019. It failed an initial procedural vote. Even the late Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) expressed skepticism about this idea. Consider how the Green New Deal would be realized in our communities.
First on the list of 10 tenets is “guaranteeing a job with a family-sustaining wage … family and medical leave, vacations and retirement security to all people of the United States.” Fantastic.
Unfortunately, under the Biden-Harris administration, the hourly wage is rapidly decreasing due to the influx of undocumented immigrants flooding the labor force. They are willing to work for anything, they are paid in cash and they avoid taxes. This displaces the entry-level job seeker who must report his earnings and pay taxes. Additionally, this person is denied the benefit of early, on-the-job experience.
McDonald’s cites many successful people, including Harris, as members of the 12.5% of Americans who got their start slinging burgers. Considering the tax-free status of the undocumented worker, one must acknowledge that his “retirement security” is funded by your Social Security contribution.
Second on the Green New Deal list is “high quality health care … affordable, safe and adequate housing … access to clean water, clean air ... healthy and affordable food.” Too good to be true?
The Biden-Harris Health and Human Services Department squandered Americans’ trust trying to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Each bad decision fostered by the Fauci fraternity — mask up, lock down — was countered by a stimulus check, obscuring the damage caused by those reckless measures. The receipts are in and generations will pay for the damage to our culture.
“Affordable, safe and adequate housing” is touted as the American Dream. Harris has suggested giving a $25,000 subsidy to certain first-time home buyers to get on board the Polar Express. The real American dream would provide housing and services to our veterans, our sick and disabled. On a single night in January 2023, the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported more than 650,000 men, women and children on the street, homeless and hopeless. This is an American disgrace.
Third on the list of 10 principles of the Green New Deal is “providing resources, training and high-quality education … to all people of the United States.” This is fantasy.
We are experiencing a massive shortage of teachers, day care providers and staff employees. Public schools are captured by the Department of Education and hostage to the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association. In a controlled burn, this trifecta has managed to achieve the following results: 50% of adults in this country cannot read above eighth grade level, 3 of 4 people on welfare cannot read at all and 50% of unemployed people aged 16-21 are functionally illiterate.
Bolstering these averages is the charter school concept, which bypasses the union control and foregoes some regulatory requirements. The success of the charter model has been rewarded by having their budget reduced by millions in the Biden-Harris 2025 proposal.
Teachers are at the mercy of burdensome regulations, low pay and students socially unprepared for the rigors of institutional learning. Working parents, challenged with financial obligations and inflationary expenses, cannot find or afford quality day care. Some have waited two years to enroll a child in a facility, allowing the parent to return to employment. The real new deal would prioritize our child development initiatives and education beginning at infancy. We must implement a culture where children are valued, educated, socialized and incentivized to take on the challenges of America’s future.
The remaining seven tenets of the Green New Deal aspire to sweep the Earth clean of pollutants, cleanse the cattle and power up the electrical grid. All very aspirational. The price to accomplish these magnificent seven is estimated at $8.1 trillion by the American Action Forum. Sustaining these goals is inestimable.
The script for the Harris-Walz campaign production for the presidency requires you to suspend reality and close the curtain on the disastrous Biden-Harris administration. The cost of the ticket to watch this play is unaffordable.
Connie Lovell lives in Southern Pines.
July 7, 1945 –Sept. 9, 2024
Jesse (J. C.) King, 79, of Merry Oaks (New Hill), passed peacefully at his home on Monday, September 9, 2024.
A lifelong resident of Merry Oaks, J.C. was born on July 7, 1945, to Jesse Herman and Mabel Allene Jones King. He graduated from Moncure School in 1963. He married Barbara Clark on March 18, 1967. Afterwards, he began working for Cherokee Brick Co. in Brickhaven. Jesse later went to work at Southern Builders in Apex in the millwork department creating custom moldings. He was a skilled woodworker and later worked at Khoury Furniture and This End Up Furniture in Sanford before returning to work at Southern Builders and resuming his passion for creating custom moldings. He was a naturally gifted craftsman, having been a woodworker for most all of his life. In 1990,
Jesse started his own business, Chatham Woodworks, along with his son and later his daughter. He instilled the love of woodworking and the importance of hard work in both his children. After retiring from woodworking, J.C. worked at the Moncure Collection Center for several years. He enjoyed working at the center and loved talking to all of the area residents that came through.
At the time of his death, J.C. was oldest native resident of Merry Oaks. Earlier this summer, he was interviewed as part of a historical survey of Merry Oaks. J.C. was the family’s historian and loved discussing both his family’s past and Merry Oaks community history.
J.C. spent the last few years of his life enjoying gardening and spending time with family on his front porch.
J.C. is survived by his devoted and loving wife of 57 years, Barbara Faye Clark King; his daughter, Jessica Lima, husband Marco; granddaughter Melissa Dawn Lima and sister Frances King. He was preceded in death by his parents Jesse Herman and Mabel Jones King and son, Sean Patrick King. A private celebration of his life will be held at a later date.
Online condolences may be made at www. MillerBoles.com.
Celebrate the life of your loved ones. Submit obituaries and death notices to be published in Chatham News & Record at obits@chathamrecord.com
Jan. 27, 1951 –Sept. 9, 2024
Audrey Kay Fields Holt, 73, of Bear Creek, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 9th, 2024, at home surrounded by family.
Audrey was born on January 27th, 1951, in Chatham County to the late Aubrey and Bronna Cheek Fields. She is preceded in death by her parents; her brother-in-law, Rufus Owens; and special
Sept. 12, 1927 –Sept. 12, 2024
Lala Deane Sykes Dark, 97, of Siler City, passed away peacefully in her home on her 97th birthday, saying she was ready to go to her “heavenly home”.
Deane was born in Burlington on September 12th, 1927, to the late William & Adele Coleman Sykes. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Nick Bray Dark; sister, June Carol “Pud” Gerringer; brother, Pete Sykes; grandsons, Brad Dark & Todd Andrews; and her beloved kitty, Little Gray.
friend, Eddie Bear Nance. Audrey worked as a registered nurse at First Health in Pinehurst for 30 years and loved being a nurse. She loved going to the beach. She loved cooking for and spending time with her grandchildren. She would make a cake for them for every birthday when she was still able to. Audrey had so many dear friends from First Health that she had made over the years. She was also a member of Bear Creek Baptist Church and loved her church family.
Audrey is survived by her two sons, Frankie Williamson and his wife Gayla, and Ritchie Holt and his wife Christy; her brother, Eddie Fields and his wife, Pam; her sister, Jane Owens; her grandchildren, Courtney (Bryce Phillips) & Colby Williamson (Taylor Poe),
Deane leaves to cherish her memory one son, Nick B. Dark, Jr and his wife, Gail of Carmel, Indiana; three daughters, Carolyn D. Wood and her husband, Tom of Greensboro, Sharon D. Daye and her husband, Ricky of Wake Forest, and Lisa Dark of Siler City; her grandchildren, Robert and Trent Dark, Lauren Shover, and Kristen Davis; and seven great grandchildren. Deane had an amazing green thumb and loved sharing her hen-andchick plants with many people. She loved going to the movies, shopping, eating at Chris’ and lots of chocolates. She enjoyed singing a medley of hymns. In Deane’s youth, she could tap dance and even tapped on her 80th birthday. She was a wonderful cook, especially her homemade spaghetti and chocolate pies. Up until her health started declining, she loved going to the beach and on bus tours. Deane also worked as a telephone operator for Carolina
Abbie & Andy Holt, several nieces and nephews, and her best friend BFF, Pam Blalock Kos. The family would like to give extra special thanks to Jane Owens for helping her during her illness. Your kindness and love will not be lost.
Funeral service will be Saturday, September 14th, 2024, at 2 pm, at Bear Creek Baptist Church. Visitation will be Friday, September 13th, 2024, from 6-8 pm, at Smith & Buckner Funeral Home Chapel. Other visitation times will be at the family home. Reverend Bob Wachs will be officiating the services. Burial will follow service Saturday in the church cemetery. Smith & Buckner Funeral Home will be assisting the Holt family. Online condolences can be made at www. smithbucknerfh.com.
Telephone Company and was a member of First Baptist Church. The family would like to give a special thanks to Liberty HomeCare & Hospice Services and especially to Martha Lindley for all the love and care she gave Deane for many years.
A graveside service will be held Sunday, September 15th, 2024, at 2 pm, at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 1-2 pm at Smith & Buckner Funeral Home chapel. Services will be officiated by Reverend Jim Wall and Reverend Allen Admire. Memorials can be made to Liberty HomeCare & Hospice Services, 401 E. Third St., Siler City, NC 27344, or First Baptist Church, 314 N. Second Avenue., Siler City, NC 27344.
Smith & Buckner Funeral Home will be assisting the Dark family.
Online condolences can be made at www. smithbucknerfh.com
BENNIE GERALD STONE, SR.
AUG. 6, 1954 – SEPT. 8, 2024
Bennie Gerald Stone, Sr., age 70 of Sanford, passed away on Sunday (9/8/2024) at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. He was born on August 6, 1954, son of the late Bernice Lee Stone Sr. and Eunice Stone. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Bernice Stone Jr., Charles Stone, Roger Stone and Harry Stone; and sisters, Mabel Stone Watson and Charlene Stone Eddins. Bennie was a family man and considered himself his mama’s “pick”. He loved his family, especially spending time with his children and grandchildren. He enjoyed fishing, Elvis Presley Music and he loved The Lord. He was a friend to many and will be missed by all who knew and loved him. Surviving are his children, Michael Taylor, Bennie Stone Jr., Chad Stone (Crystal) and their mother Cheryl Stone of Sanford, NC. Brothers, William Stone and Harvey Stone (Lucy) of Sanford, NC; sister, Sylvia Stone Nunnery (Ricky) of Sanford, NC; grandsons, Michael Taylor, Trenton Sone, Ryan Stone, Corey Stone and great-grand daughters, Addyson and Ashtyn Taylor.
The entertainer was the third oldest of nine Jackson children
By Brian P.D. Hannon
The Associated Press
TITO JACKSON, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson 5, has died. He was 70.
Jackson was the third of nine children, including global superstars Michael and Janet, and was part of a music-making family whose songs have sold hundreds of millions of copies.
“It’s with heavy hearts that we announce that our beloved father, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tito Jackson is no longer with us. We are shocked, saddened and heartbroken. Our father was an incredible man who cared about everyone and their well-being,” his sons TJ, Taj and Taryll Jackson said in a statement posted on Instagram late Sunday.
The Jackson 5, among the last of the major groups launched through Berry Gordy’s Motown empire, included teenage and pre-teen brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and lead singer Michael. Gordy signed them up in the late 1960s, when Motown’s power was slipping and tastes were shifting from the slick pop-soul of Motown’s prime to the funkier sounds of Sly and the Family Stone.
“I Want You Back,” the group’s breakthrough hit, was openly modeled on Sly and the Family Stone and topped the charts in 1969. The Jacksons followed with three more No. 1 songs, “ABC,” “The Love You Save” and “I’ll Be There,” and also hit the top 5 with “Mama’s Pearl” and “Never Can Say Goodbye.”
Some called their music “bubblegum soul.”
By mid-decade, the Jackson
5’s appeal was fading and the group, except Jermaine, moved to Epic and renamed themselves the Jacksons. Their latter hits included “Enjoy Yourself,” “Lovely One” and “Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground).” Michael Jackson became a multi-platinum solo artist in the 1980s and his collaborations with his brothers became rare after the 1984 album “Victory.”
The Jackson 5 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, introduced at the ceremony by longtime friend Diana Ross.
Among reactions to the death was a message from the Broadway production “MJ,” about Michael Jackson and his family. On X, the show called Tito Jackson “an icon of the music industry who has inspired generations of singers, musicians and performers across the world. None more
so than our MJ family.” It included a photo of Tito Jackson attending the show.
Raised in Gary, Indiana, the Jackson 5 had been formed under the guidance of their father, Joe Jackson, a steelworker and guitar player. Michael and sibling La Toya would accuse him of abusive behavior. Toriano Adaryll “Tito” Jackson was the least-heard member of the group, working as a background singer who played guitar.
Michael Jackson died at age 50 on June 25, 2009. Speaking to The Associated Press in December 2009, Tito Jackson said that his younger brother’s death pulled the family closer together.
“I would say definitely it brought us a step closer to each other. To recognize that the love we have for each other when one of us is not here, what a great loss,” he said, adding he would
my brothers Jackie, Marlon, and I, visited the beautiful memorial dedicated to our beloved brother, Michael Jackson. We’re deeply grateful for this special place that honors not only his memory but also our shared legacy. Thank you for keeping his spirit alive,” Jackson wrote. Jackson was the last of the nine siblings to release a solo project with his 2016 debut, “Tito Time.” He released a song in 2017, “One Way Street,” and told the AP in 2019 that he was working on a sophomore album. Jackson said he purposely held back from pursuing a solo career because he wanted to focus on raising his three sons, who formed their own music group, 3T. Jackson’s website offers a link to a single featuring 3T and Stevie Wonder titled, “Love One Another.”
personally never “be at peace with it.”
“There’s still moments when I just can’t believe it. So I think that’s never going to go away,” he said.
In 2014, Jackson said that he and his brothers still felt Michael Jackson’s absence in their shows, which continued with international tours.
“I don’t think we will ever get used to performing without him. He’s dearly missed,” Jackson said, noting that his brother’s spirit “is with us when we are performing. It gives us a lot of positive energy and puts a lot of smiles on our faces.”
Days before his death, Jackson posted a message on his Facebook page from Germany on Sept. 11, where he visited a memorial to Michael Jackson with his brothers.
“Before our show in Munich,
Earlier this year, Jackson settled in a house in Claremore, Oklahoma near Tulsa, Tulsa World reported. “I always wanted to get away from the West Coast and experience living somewhere with new people and new culture,” the paper quoted Jackson as saying. “California is ... different.”
Jackson had ties to the area: His uncle, Samuel Jackson, had opened Jackson Undertaking Co. in Tulsa in 1917, and when it burned down during the Tulsa Race Massacr e in 1921, Samuel Jackson was hired by a whiteowned funeral home to embalm the bodies of Black residents who were killed, the paper reported. He later rebuilt his own company.
Jackson also is survived by his brothers Jermaine, Randy, Marlon and Jackie, his sisters Janet, Rebbie and La Toya, and their mother, Katherine. Their father died in 2018.
Jackson’s death was first reported by Entertainment Tonight.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
24E001469-910
All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Donald Wylie, Deceased, of Chatham County, N.C., are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned before December 4, 2024 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This the 5th of September, 2024.
Lynne Griffin, Executor c/o Monroe, Wallace, Morden & Sherrill, P.A. 3225 Blue Ridge Road, Suite 117 Pittsboro, North Carolina S5,S12,S19,S26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Dorothy Ritter Phillips, of Chatham County, NC, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned Co- Executors at the Law Office of Richard L. Cox, 113 Worth Street, Asheboro, NC 27203 on or before November 28th 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of heir recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 29th day of August 2024.
Robert Farrell Ritter, Co-Executor Rodney Darrell Ritter, Co-Executor Curtis Eric Ritter, Co-Executor Dorothy Ritter Phillips, Estate
Richard L. Cox, Attorney Gavin & Cox 113 Worth Street Asheboro, NC 27203 Telephone: 336-629-2600
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY DISTRICT COURT FILE NO.: 21CVD660-180 Yosary Dayonara Chavez Castillo v. Rony Alberto Matute Casco To: Rony Alberto Matute Casco Take Notice that a Complaint has been filed against you in the Civil Action described above, in the General Court of Justice, District Court Division, by the plaintiff herein, the nature of which is as follows: The Complaint seeks an Order of Permanent Custody of your minor Child, Anniel Jaciel Matute Chavez. You are required to file an Answer including any defenses to this pleading within forty (40) days from the date of first publication of this Notice with the Clerk of Court of Chatham County. If you fail to do so, you may not receive further notices, and the plaintiff will seek the relief sought herein. Publication begins This is the 12th day of September, 2024. Ashley Harris, Attorney for Plaintiff 411 Andrews Road Suite 130 Durham, NC 27705 Published September 12, 19 and 26 of 2024.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS 24 E 001452-180 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
The undersigned, Marie Hopper, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Gene Brooks, 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 December 4th, 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 5th of September, 2024. Executor Marie H. Hopper Attorney for the Estate Hopper Cummings, PLLC Post Office Box 1455 Pittsboro, NC 27312
NOTICE
ESTATE OF RONNIE DALE MADORMA a/k/a RONI MADORMA
Thank you for running the following legal NOTICE TO CREDITORS in Chatham News and Record on the following Thursdays: August 29, 2024, September 5, 12, 19th
I would also appreciate an email with the draft just so I can see if I made any errors before posting.
All persons, firms and corporations having claims against RONNIE DALE MADORMA, a/k/a RONI MADORMA deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, who died on June 26, 2024, are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before December 2, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate payment. This 29th day of August 2024, Jamie Hartless, Executor, c/o Alisa Huffman, PLLC, 311 S. Academy St., Cary, NC 27511. Chatham File Number: 24E001391-180 Publication Dates: August 29, September 5, 12, 19th
I am happy to pay over the phone, or if you prefer, you can mail an invoice for payment. Thank you very much! Alisa Huffman, msw, jd
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF JACQUALINE CARMEL D’AMICO
All persons, firms and corporations having claims against JACQUALINE CARMEL D’AMICO, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, are notified to exhibit them to Elizabeth D’Amico as Executor as of the decedent’s estate on or before December 12, 2024, c/o Brittany N. Porter, Attorney at Law, 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above-named Executor. This the 5th day of September, 2024.
Elizabeth D’Amico, Executor c/o Brittany N. Porter, Atty. TrustCounsel 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE TO CREDITORS
CHATHAM COUNTY
HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of Jane Womble Tripp, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 28th day of November, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
This the 22nd day of August, 2024.
Christopher Odell Tillman, Executor of the Estate of Jane Womble Tripp 6911 Wexford Woods Trail Raleigh, North Carolina 27613
MOODY, WILLIAMS, ATWATER & LEE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW BOX 629 SILER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 27344 (919) 663-2850
NOTICE
ALL PERSONS, firms and corporations having claims against Ruth Evelyn Leopold, deceased, of Chatham County, N.C., are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before December 12, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This 12th day of September, 2024.
David Leopold, Executor Estate of Ruth Evelyn Leopold c/o Roberson Law Firm 1829 E. Franklin St., Ste. 800C Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ESTATE OF VIVIAN ESPERANZA CAMACHO
FILE NO. 24E001458-180
All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Vivian Esperanza Camacho, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before December 5, 2024 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This the 5th day of September, 2024.
Jacquelyn Elizabeth Alzola, Administrator C/O Brady Cobin Law Group, PLLC 4141 Parklake Ave, Suite 310 Raleigh, NC 27612
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF KENNETH PAUL FORTE
All persons, firms and corporations having claims against KENNETH PAUL FORTE, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, are notified to exhibit them to Christina D. Forte as Executor as of the decedent’s estate on or before December 2, 2024, c/o Brittany N. Porter, Attorney at Law, 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the abovenamed Executor.
This the 29th day of August, 2024.
Christina D. Forte, Executor c/o Brittany N. Porter, Atty. TrustCounsel 1414 Raleigh Rd., Ste. 203 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION CHATHAM COUNTY FILE NO. 16 CvD 536
COUNTY OF CHATHAM
Plaintiff, NOTICE OF SERVICE OF vs. PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
The HEIRS, ASSIGNS, and DEVISEES of WILLIE LEE FOUSHEE, SR., et al Defendants.
TO: The HEIRS, ASSIGNS, and DEVISEES of WILLIE LEE FOUSHEE, JR. and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder
A pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action and notice of service of process by publication began on September 12, 2024.
The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Foreclosure on tax parcel(s) more completely described in the Complaint, to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes (assessments). Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in said property.
You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than forty (40) days after the date of the first publication of notice stated above, exclusive of such date, being forty (40) days after September 12, 2024, or by October 22, 2024, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service of process by publication will apply to the Court for relief sought.
This the 3rd day of September, 2024. ZACCHAEUS LEGAL SERVICES
MARK B. BARDILL
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK FILE # 22-SP-83 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE 184 N. Richardson W. WOODS DOSTER, Administrator of the Estate of Christine V. Harris, TREMAINE KRISTAN HARRIS, and SAM KENNETH HARRIS, JR., Petitioners, vs. BRIDGET HARRIS, individually; and BRIDGET HARRIS as Trustee of the TESTAMENTARY SUPPLEMENTAL
NEEDS TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF SAM KENNETH HARRIS
Respondents.
Pursuant to the Order for Possession, Custody, Control, and Sale of Real Property filed on November 1, 2022, in the above captioned proceeding, NOTICE is hereby given that the subject property described below will be put up for public sale on September 25th, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.; the sale will be held at the Chatham County Courthouse in the designated area for sale. The property is described as follows: Tract 1 – 184 N. Richardson, Siler City, NC 27344 –Parcel ID 14405
Tract 2 – 184 N. Richardson, Siler City, NC 27344 –Parcel ID 14406 This the _____ day of ________________, 2024.
J. Grant Brown, Attorney for Administrator Law Offices of Doster & Brown, P.A. 206 Hawkins Avenue
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS
HAVING QUALIFIED as Executor of the Estate of Marlene C. Brown, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 5th day of December, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. This the 29th day of August, 2024.
Donna B. Sessoms, Executor of the Estate of Marlene C. Brown 2250 Joe Brown Road Bear Creek, North Carolina 27207
M OODY, WILLIAMS, ATWATER & LEE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW BOX 629 SILER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA 27344 (919) 663-2850 4tp
24 E 1462
By: _________________
MARK D. BARDILL/
Attorney for Plaintiff NC Bar #12852/56782 310 W. Jones St. P. O. Box 25 Trenton, North Carolina
28585 Telephone: (252) 4484541 Publication dates: September 12, 2024 September 19, 2024 September 26, 2024
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The undersigned, having qualified as
Executor of the Estate of Charlie F. Brooks, Jr., late of Chatham County, North Carolina, notifies all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned at her address, 1179 Charlie Brooks Road, Moncure, North Carolina, 27559, on or before the 5th day of December, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.
This 28th day of August, 2024.
Amy Jo Brooks 1179 Charlie Brooks Road Moncure, North Carolina 27559
GUNN & MESSICK, PLLC P. O. Box 880 Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312-0880
September 5, 12, 19, 26
CREDITOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified on the 6th day of September, 2024, as Administrator of the Estate of John Henry Jackson, deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before the 19th day of December, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment.
This is the 13th day of September 2024. W. Woods Doster, Administrator of the Estate of John Henry Jackson 206 Hawkins Avenue Sanford, NC 27330
Attorneys:
L aw Offices of Doster & Brown, P.A. 206 Hawkins Avenue Sanford, NC 27330
Publish On: September 19th, 26th, October 3rd and 10th, 2024.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
FILE#24E001478-180
The undersigned, BETTY ELAINE WOODY, having qualified on the 3RD day of SEPTEMBER 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of BETTY LEE HENDERSON, deceased, of Chatham County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 18TH Day of DECEMBER 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 19TH Day of SEPTEMBER 2024.
BETTY ELAINE WOODY, EXECUTOR 1901 NC 42 HWY. MONCURE, NC 27559
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
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Jared Isaacman took a fiveday trip
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers.
SpaceX’s capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida’s Dry Tortugas in the predawn darkness, carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbird pilot.
They pulled off the first private spacewalk while orbiting nearly 460 miles above Earth, higher than the International Space Station and Hubble Space Telescope. Their spacecraft hit a peak altitude of 875 miles following Tuesday’s liftoff.
Isaacman became only the 264th person to perform a spacewalk since the former Soviet Union scored the first in 1965, and SpaceX’s Sarah Gillis the 265th. Until now, all
spacewalks were done by professional astronauts. “We are mission complete,” Isaacman radioed as the capsule bobbed in the water, awaiting the recovery team. Within an hour, all four were out of their spacecraft, pumping their fists with joy as they emerged onto the ship’s deck.
It was the first time SpaceX aimed for a splashdown near the Dry Tortugas, a cluster of islands 70 miles west of Key West. To celebrate the new location, SpaceX employees brought a big, green turtle balloon to Mission Control at company headquarters in Hawthorne, California. The company usually targets closer to the Florida coast, but two weeks of poor weather forecasts prompted SpaceX to look elsewhere.
During Thursday’s commercial spacewalk, the Dragon capsule’s hatch was open barely a half-hour.
Isaacman emerged only up to his waist to briefly test SpaceX’s new spacesuit followed by Gillis, who was knee high as she flexed her arms and legs for several minutes. Gillis, a classically trained violinist, also held a performance in orbit
earlier in the week. The spacewalk lasted less than two hours, considerably shorter than those at the International Space Station. Most of that time was needed to depressurize the entire capsule and then restore the cabin air. Even SpaceX’s Anna Menon and Scott “Kidd” Poteet, who remained strapped in, wore spacesuits.
SpaceX considers the brief exercise a starting point to test spacesuit technology for future, longer missions to Mars.
This was Isaacman’s second chartered flight with SpaceX, with two more still ahead under his personally financed space exploration program named Polaris after the North Star. He paid an undisclosed sum for his first spaceflight in 2021, taking along contest winners and a pediatric cancer survivor while raising more than $250 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
For the just completed so-called Polaris Dawn mission, the founder and CEO of the Shift4 credit card-processing company shared the cost with SpaceX. Isaacman won’t divulge how much he spent.
This image made from a SpaceX video shows the start of the first private
Jared Isaacman last Thursday.
cans who have crossed the aisle to back her. She also promised to protect access to health care and abortion, while delighting her partisan crowds with celebrations of her debate performance last week, taking digs at Trump and cheerleading for her campaign and the country.
“We’re having a good time, aren’t we?” Harris declared, smiling as her boisterous crowd chanted: “USA! USA! USA!”
“I was angry at the debate,” Trump said at a rally in Arizona, mocking commentators’ description of his performance at the debate last week. “And, yes, I am angry,” he said, because “everything is terrible” since Harris and President Joe Biden are “destroying our country.” As he repeated the word “angry,” Trump’s crowd in Tucson answered with its own “USA! USA! USA!” chants.
Trump’s vice presidential candidate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, made a stop in Raleigh on Wednesday, and former President Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in Wilmington this Saturday. Trump visited both Asheville and Asheboro in separate appearances last month.
The competing visions and narratives underscored the starkly different choices faced by voters in the battleground states that will decide the outcome. Harris is casting a wide net, depending on Democrats’ diverse coalition and hoping to add moderate and even conservative Republicans repelled by the former president. Trump, while seeking a broad working-class coalition with his tax ideas, is digging in on arguments about the country — and his political opponents — that are aimed most squarely at his most strident supporters.
The post-debate blitz reflected the narrow path to 270 Electoral College votes for both candidates, with the campaign already having become concentrated on seven swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan,
North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Harris’ itinerary put her in a state Trump won twice, but his margin of 1.3 percentage points in 2020 was his closest statewide victory. Arizona, meanwhile, was one of Trump’s narrowest losses four years ago. He won the state in 2016.
In North Carolina, Harris took her own post-debate victory lap, and her campaign already has cut key moments of the debate into ads. But Harris warned against overconfidence, calling herself an underdog and making plain the stakes.
“This is not 2016 or 2020,” she said in Charlotte. “Just imagine Donald Trump with no guardrails.”
She touted endorsements from Republican former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney, both of whom have deemed Trump a fundamental threat to American values and democracy.
“Democrats, Republicans and independents are supporting our campaign,” Harris said in Charlotte, praising the Cheneys and like-minded Republicans as citizens who recognize a need to “put country above party and defend our Constitution.”
Yet she also made a full-throated defense of the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 law commonly called “Obamacare” and passed over near-unanimous Republican opposition. She mocked Trump, who has spent years promising to scrap the ACA but said at their debate that he still has no specific replacement in mind.
“He said, ‘concepts of a plan,’” Harris said. “Concepts. Concepts. No actual plan. Concepts. ... Forty-five million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act. And he’s going to end it based on a concept.”
She saddled Trump again with the Supreme Court’s decision to end a woman’s federal right to abortion, paving the way for Republican-led states to severely restrict and in some
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“Women are being refused care during miscarriages. Some are only being treated when they develop sepsis,” Harris said of states with the harshest restrictions.
The vice president added her usual broadsides against Project 2025, a 900-page policy agenda written by conservatives for a second Trump administration. Trump has distanced himself from the document, though there is a notable overlap between it and his policies — and, for that matter, some of the policy aims of Republicans like the Cheneys.
Harris’ approach in Charlotte and Greensboro tracked perhaps her widest path to victory: exciting and organizing the diverse Democratic base, especially younger generations, nonwhite voters and women, while convincing moderate Republicans who dislike Trump that they should be comfortable with her in the Oval Office, some policy disagreements notwithstanding. That’s the same formula Biden used in defeating Trump four years ago, flipping traditionally GOP-leaning states like Arizona and Georgia and narrowing the gap in North Carolina.
Trump, meanwhile, appears to bet that his path back to the White House depends mostly on his core supporters, plus enough new support from working- and middle-class voters drawn to his promises of tax breaks.
A raucous crowd cheered his new promise to end taxes on overtime wages. The Harris campaign quickly labeled the proposal a “snake oil sales pitch,” noting the Trump administration abandoned Obama administration plans to vastly expand the number of workers eligible for overtime pay in favor of a less generous expansion.
“We are going to bring back the American dream bigger, better and stronger than ever before,” Trump said, beaming.
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steady leadership they have come to expect.” When County Manager Dan LaMontagne announced his retirement plans in July, the commissioners began the search for a replacement before making the, perhaps, most obvious choice.
Thompson has 18 years of experience in local government, having served as town manager in Mount Gilead, Erwin and Siler City. He’s been Assistant County Manager in Chatham County since 2019.
“I am honored and grateful to be given the opportunity to serve our community as county manager and I want to express my appreciation to the Board of Commissioners for their trust in my ability to take on this important role,” Thompson said in a press release. “I also want to express my deep gratitude to Dan and his exceptional leadership, support, and friendship. I am humbled to work alongside our fantastic staff, whose commitment to public service is truly inspiring. As we look toward the future, I am excited about working with the Board, our staff, and community partners to address the needs of our community and help shape a remarkable future for Chatham County.”
Thompson’s first day is scheduled for Dec. 28, a day after LaMontagne is to retire.
In other meeting business, the board held a public hearing to consider a funding match to help with aging services transportation.
“This funding is extremely important to us,” said Aging Services Grants and Communications Specialist Jimmy Lewis. “It allows our older adults transportation to and from our centers in Pittsboro and Siler City. If this local funding is approved and we get the grant in full, they will be able to continue coming to our centers, they’ll be able to go to the grocery store, they’ll be able to get critical medical transportation all at no cost to them.”
The grant structure is an 80-10-10 split, with $240,000 coming from the federal government, $31,000 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and an additional $31,000 as a local match. The board approved the spending.
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will next meet Oct. 7.
The Hawks survived a tightly contested second set
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
SEAFORTH survived a second-set scare and swept Orange in a non-conference volleyball matchup, 3-0, on Sept. 12. The Hawks secured their 10th win in a row which is not their longest varsity win streak in program history. After a double-digit victory in the opening set, the Hawks quickly found themselves in a back and forth battle that required a bit of a comeback and an extra effort in the second set. Tied at 7-7, Orange went on a 4-0 run thanks to some solid serves from junior Ava Wilkerson. Although the Hawks trailed in the middle of the set, they did a good job of keeping within striking distance. Down 1612, Seaforth made a run of its own, stamped by a kill from junior Josie Valgus that tied the set at 17. From there, the teams just about traded point for point until the set was knotted at 24. Another emphatic kill from Valgus gave Seaforth a onepoint lead, and it needed just one more score to seal a 2-0 advantage. That time, a mistake
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from Orange on an errant kill attempt did the job, and the Hawks completed the sweep with a 25-19 win in the third set.
Seaforth’s attacking was led by Valgus and sophomore Ally Forbes. Valgus led the team with 14 kills while Forbes poured in 13. Valgus also recorded 12 assists, but it was senior Maris Huneycutt who carried the setting duties with 22 assists. With another 3-0 win, the Hawks, as of Monday, have yet to give up a set since its 3-1 loss to Apex Friendship in the season opener.
Seaforth’s 10-game win streak includes impressive sweeps over Chatham Central (third in the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference), Carrboro (11-4 overall and 6-0 in the Northern Lakes 2A/3A conference) and Union Pines (9-3 and second in the Sandhills 3A/4A conference).
Last year, bouts with tougher competition in the regu-
lar season didn’t always go as well. All five of Seaforth’s regular season losses in 2023 were against teams in higher classifications, including Union Pines and Orange — teams it has beaten this year. They’re also finding ways to grind out the tough sets when they’re on their heels. Seaforth survived a 27-25 set against Bartlett Yancey last week, a 25-21 opening set against Chatham Central in August and two sets decided by less than five points against Carrboro earlier this season.
Against 3A opponent Union Pines on Sept. 11, Seaforth also won two sets by a score of 2521. It has consistently been able to respond to its opponent’s punches and close out games.
Looking at the statistical leaderboards in the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference it’s not surprising why Seaforth is a tough out this season.
Two Hawks, junior Keira Rosenmarkle and Forbes lead the conference kills category as of Monday with 112 and 101, respectively. In the assists column, it’s Huneycutt at the top with 152, and for service aces, Forbes, Valgus and senior Mia Kellam lead the conference in that order.
With less than a month remaining in the regular season, Seaforth is also making good progress towards a high seed in
The Jets are 2-2 for the first time since 2013
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
SILER CITY — For Jordan-Matthews, securing coach Kermit Carter’s first win against rival Chatham Central and beating the Bears two years in a row took more than just outplaying its opponent.
Dealing with a lost fumble on the first play, multiple touchdowns called back and fatigue, Jordan-Matthews (2-2, 1-1) had to persevere though its own shortfalls and prevailed in a 14-6 win over the Bears (1-3, 0-2) Friday.
“When bad things happen, we can’t sulk because nobody is going to feel sorry for Jordan-Matthews,” Carter said.
“So, we’ve got to keep playing. We just have to keep grinding and trust the process.”
Trusting the process meant sticking with the run game and
riding the momentum of the key defensive stops that kept Chatham Central from potentially tying the game.
The Jets threw the ball just twice the whole night. Junior Kenneth Dula led the Jets’ rushing attack with 54 yards and a touchdown, and freshman quarterback Nolan Mitchell tallied 53 yards rushing and a second-quarter 40-yard touchdown run for the Jets’ first score of the game.
However, Mitchell could have had a bigger night and made it a different ball game down the stretch.
Mitchell had two long touchdown runs called back in the first half. In the first quarter, his 30-yard score, which would have tied the game at 6-6, was negated with a holding penalty. Less than five minutes before the half, Mitchell’s 49-yard house call down the Chatham Central sideline was nullified by a block in the back.
Woods Charter swimmer competes with Team USA
Collins finished fourth in the girls’ 7.5-kilometer race
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
DAISY COLLINS, a sophomore at Woods Charter, swam for the USA in its first-place finish at the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming Junior World Championships in Alghero, Italy last week. Collins, swimming in the sea for the first time in her career, finished fourth in the girls’ 7.5-kilometer race with a personal-best time of 1 hour, 25 minutes and 50.7 seconds. She was also part of USA’s fourth-place finish in the mixed 4x1500 meter race for ages 14-16. USA won the whole event with six total medals (four gold and two silvers).
Collins qualified for the world championships after
finishing first in the girls’ 7.5-kilometer race at the USA Swimming Open Water National and Junior National Championships in May. In that competition, the racers swam in a lake at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida.
“My dream has always been to compete for the USA and represent the USA, so I was really excited that I was going to be able to do that,” Collins said.
Last week’s experience brought new feelings for Collins as she dove into a new environment.
“I was nervous about swimming in the ocean just because I’d never done it before,” Collins said. “I was also nervous about what the weather’s going to be like, what are the conditions going to be, what seeding is going to be like, and I guess that was
FALL SPORTS RECAP: WEEK FIVE
Chatham Charter remains unbeaten in girls’ tennis
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
HERE’S A RECAP of the key results, developments and conference standings from week five of the high school fall sports season in Chatham County:
Volleyball
Have a week and a season, Seaforth. After a 3-0 win over Bartlett Yancey on Sept. 10, the Hawks went outside the 2A classification and swept 3A opponents Union Pines and Orange, expanding their winning streak to 10. Maris Huneycutt and Josie Valgus combined for 105 assists in the three victories, and as of Sunday, Huneycutt leads the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference in assists.
Woods Charter continued its dominance against Central Tar Heel 1A opponents, picking up two 3-0 conference wins over Clover Garden School and Southern Wake Academy. Freshman Cecilia Brignati has been an excellent setter for the Wolves as she combined for 95 assists in their three games last week. As of Sunday, she has the second-most assists in the 1A East classification.
Dealing with health issues, Chatham Central had its worst week of the season with two losses to North
Moore and Eastern Randolph. Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Seaforth (10-1, 7-0); 2. North Moore (8-1, 4-1); 3. Chatham Central (6-5, 5-2); 4. Northwood (4-7, 4-3); 5. Bartlett Yancey (6-4, 3-4); 6. Southeast Alamance (3-6, 2-4); 7. Jordan-Matthews (1-8, 1-5); 8. Graham (0-10, 0-7) Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday):
1. Woods Charter (7-5, 6-0); 2. Chatham Charter (5-6, 4-1); 3. Clover Garden School (7-3, 4-2); 4. Southern Wake Academy (5-4, 3-3); 5. River Mill (56, 2-4); 6. Ascend Leadership (1-5, 1-4); 7. Triangle Math and Science (1-9, 0-6)
Collins (137) competes in a 7.5-kilometer distance race.
just something I had to learn during the race, and I just had to adapt to it.”
Thankfully, Collins had the help of experienced swimmers like Claire Weinstein, who won a silver medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, to teach her open water technique and mental tips before the race.
Collins didn’t expect to finish as high as fourth in the 7.5-kilometer finals, but the hard work she put in over the summer rewarded her with a pleasant surprise.
“I was just so shocked, and I was so happy that I gave 100% to team USA because that’s what I’ll always be giving and striving to give,” Collins said. “My emotions were so high, and I was so happy for my teammate Claire for getting first.”
Earning a similar finish alongside three other swimmers in the mixed 4x1500 meter race, Collins said the relay was probably her “favorite race” that she’d ever done.
“I’d never swam in a relay before, so it was definitely something new, but I really just loved the aspect of having
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the 2A East playoff bracket. As of Monday, the Hawks are sixth in the 2A East RPI rankings just behind Manteo, the team Seaforth beat in the third round of last year’s playoffs, and just ahead of Camden County, the eventual 2023 state runner up that knocked Seaforth out in
“My dream has always been to compete for the USA and representing USA, so I was really excited that I was going to be able to do that.”
Daisy Collins
a team behind you,” Collins said. “It meant a lot to me.” Collins’ recent trip to Italy is just one of her many accomplishments in her rising competitive swimming career. As a member of the North Carolina Aquatics Club, Collins has won multiple highly-competitive races on the state and national level. In February, Collins won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1A/2A state title in the girls’ 500yard freestyle as a freshman.
Nine years into being a competitive swimmer, Collins wants to continue representing Team USA, and with the countdown to the 2028 Olympic Games underway, she also plans on working towards a trip to Los Angeles.
last year’s fourth round. After Wednesday’s bout with a really good team in Chapel Hill, Seaforth will have just one more non-conference game against East Chapel Hill on Oct. 2. The Hawks have a good chance at a second-straight undefeated conference slate with the way conference play has gone for them this season.
ence standings (as of Sunday): 1. Jordan-Matthews (5-4, 3-0); 2. Southeast Alamance (5-5, 2-0); 3. Graham (4-1-2, 1-0); 4. Seaforth (3-3-1, 1-0); 5. Northwood (3-4-1, 1-2); 6. Cummings (3-3, 0-3); 7. North Moore (0 - 4, 0-3)
Central Tar Heel 1A conference standings (as of Sunday): 1. Clover Garden School (5-4, 4-0); 2. Triangle Math and Science (3-3-1, 3-0); 3. Ascend Leadership (3-3, 2-1); 4. Woods Charter (1-3-1, 1-1); 5. River Mill (1-4-1, 1-2); 6. Southern Wake Academy (2-6, 0-4); 7. Chatham Charter (0-6, 0-3)
Girls’ tennis
For Chatham Charter it was a new week with the same results.
Boys’ soccer
Jordan-Matthews has shaken off its rough 0-3 start and is now rolling with conference play underway. With a 3-1 win over Northwood and a 2-1 victory over North Moore last week, the Jets won five out of their last six games prior to Monday’s bout with Southeast Alamance.
Seaforth picked up a big 3-2 over Cummings, but it was generally a rough week for the rest of the county. Chatham County teams went 3-8 during the week with Northwood, Woods Charter and Chatham Charter going winless.
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The Knights defeated Southern Wake Academy, Triangle Math and Science and Cornerstone Charter to move to 10-0 and match last season’s win total.
Seaforth couldn’t keep its win streak going, though. The Hawks lost their first game since the season opener (Aug. 14) with a 5-4 defeat to Chapel Hill on Sept. 10. All five of Chapel Hill’s wins were in the singles matches.
Jordan-Matthews prevailed over rival Chatham Central, 8-1, on Sept. 11. Chatham Central is still looking for its first win of the season as of Sunday.
Mid-Carolina 1A/2A standings (from dual matches as of Sunday); 1. Seaforth (6-2, 5-0); 2. Bartlett Yancey (5-1, 5-1);
3. North Moore (2-3, 2-1); 4. Northwood (3-4, 3-3); 5. Jordan-Matthews (3-5, 3-4); 6. Southeast Alamance (3-6, 3-4); 7. Chatham Central (0 - 8, 0-8)
Central Tar Heel 1A standings (from dual matches as of Sunday); 1. Chatham Charter (10-0, 3-0); 2. Triangle Math and Science (1-4, 1-1); 3. Southern Wake Academy (0-4, 0-3) Cross-country
Seaforth hosted Northwood and North Moore in a Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference meet on Sept. 10. The Hawks finished first in the boys’ race with a team score of 19, and senior Jack Anstrom led the way with a first-place 17-minute, 38.08-second performance. Anstrom crossed the finish line 22 seconds ahead of Northwood’s Jordan Wiley who came in second place. Northwood finished second as a team in the boys’ results.
The Chargers won the girls’ race as a team, though, behind a first-place finish from Julia Hall (21:23.08) and a second-place effort from Sydney Gray (21:25.64). Seaforth wasn’t too far behind the Chargers as a team as it had six runners finish in the top 10. In the Pfeiffer University Cross Country Invitational Saturday, Woods Charter senior Anna Peeler finished 46th out of 210 runners in the varsity girls’ 5,000 meter run with a time of 22:30.90.
Jordan-Matthews prepares for another rival
By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record
WITH AN IN-COUNTY rivalry bout on the slate, week four of the high school football season brought an even share of winners and losers amongst Chatham County’s teams.
Seaforth reappeared from its two-week hiatus and helped the county move to a combined 5-9 record this season. Securing its first victory of the year, the Hawks joined Jordan-Matthews as the two county teams to improve their records last week.
Here’s a recap of Friday’s football action, a preview of next week for each county team, conference standings and the latest football power rankings:
Seaforth
After not playing a game since Aug. 23, Seaforth (1-1, 1-0) didn’t miss a step in its 50-6 domination of Graham (0-3, 0-2) Friday.
The Hawks’ offense bounced back in a huge way following a disappointing showing against Westover and led the team to its largest victory in program history.
Seaforth ran all over Graham, tallying 277 yards rushing. Junior running back Evan Minor led the way with 137 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries.
Sophomore quarterback Duncan Parker poured in 95 yards and a score on the ground while also throwing for 153 yards and a touchdown.
Seaforth will host a tough conference foe in Cummings (3-1, 2-0), Friday at 7 p.m. The Cavaliers have utilized their versatile and effective rushing attack to hang over 50 points on its first two conference opponents.
The Hawks’ defense will have to step up like it has all season and control the line of scrimmage, while their offense will need to continue playing complementary football and take advantage of defensive stops.
Northwood
Northwood (1-3, 1-1) once again found itself on the receiv-
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Yet, Dula put the fire out on that same drive when he handled a bad snap and ran 46 yards to the endzone just plays later to put the Jets ahead, 14 - 6 Mitchell said the key to the Jets’ first half rushing success was “getting to the outside” and hitting open holes up the middle. Senior lineman Tate Kidd believed a new scheme with him pulling helped open up those running lanes, leading to big gains and what Dula saw as “nothing but green.”
“With me pulling, don’t be in my way,” Kidd said. “If not, you’re going to get knocked down.” With a lead to protect, Jordan-Matthews’ defense led the way for the rest of the night. Right before halftime, Chatham Central put together a solid drive down to the Jets’ 28yard line, but an endzone shot to senior receiver Luke Gaines got intercepted by sophomore Namir Wiley.
Fatigue started to take over in the second half with numerous players going down with cramps and injuries, and penalties continued to hurt both sides. Both offenses struggled in the final two quarters until their very last drives.
Starting what would be its final shot to tie the game in the tail end of the third quarter, Chatham Central was able to slowly move the ball down the field and burn the clock down to just over two minutes in the fourth quarter thanks to some solid runs from senior run-
ing end of a rout, losing 41-6 at Southeast Alamance (4-0, 2-0) Friday.
The Chargers’ offense had another rough night as it lost three fumbles, threw an interception and gave up 7.5 sacks.
On the defensive end, Northwood got hit with a balanced offensive attack. Southeast Alamance quarterback Landon Dodson threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns while seven different rushers combined for 175 yards and four scores on the ground.
Northwood’s defense has been one of its strength’s this season, but it’ll have to return to its usual form Friday when it hosts a run-heavy Jordan-Matthews (2-2, 1-1) team at 7 p.m. Although it won’t be as easy as last year, the Chargers can once again regain some confidence against the Jets with an all-around bounce back performance.
Jordan-Matthews
Coming off their second straight victory in the rivalry series with Chatham Central, the Jets have another in-county rival in sight.
Jordan-Matthews hasn’t beaten Northwood since 2011, but the past doesn’t always tell the present. Northwood will be one of the more talented teams the Jets face this season, but the Chargers have shown weaknesses early this year.
If the Jets can out-muscle the Chargers, especially at the line of scrimmage, Jordan-Matthews can make
this matchup more competi-
tive than it has been over the years. This game will be a good test of just how different this year’s Jets are than its previous teams in recent history.
Chatham Central
Chatham Central (1-3, 0-2) came up just short against Jordan-Matthews Friday night, but it’s now looking ahead to a trip to Bartlett Yancey (1-3, 1-1) Friday at 7 p.m.
The Buccaneers are coming off a 56-20 loss to Cummings, and they haven’t been able to stop the run, giving up 300 rushing yards in its previous two games.
The Bears have found most of their offensive success on the ground behind Nick Glover and Eli Turner, and those two will need big games for Chatham Central to pull off a win.
Power rankings
Last week: 1. Northwood; 2. Jordan-Matthews; 3. Chatham Central; 4. Seaforth
This week’s rankings: 1. Northwood; 2. Jordan-Matthews; 3. Seaforth; 4. Chatham Central Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference standings: 1. Southeast Alamance (4-0, 2-0); 2. Cummings (3-1, 2-0); 3. Seaforth (1-1, 1-0); 4. Northwood (1-3, 1-1); 5. Jordan-Matthews (22, 1-1); 6. Bartlett Yancey (1-3, 1-1); 7. North Moore (0-3, 0-1); 8. Chatham Central (1-3, 0-2); 9. Graham (0-3, 0-2)
Seaforth’s Duncan Parker earns athlete of the week honors for the week of Sept. 9.
Parker, a sophomore quarterback, led the Hawks to its largest football win in program history over Graham Friday. He threw for 153 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for 95 yards and a score in the 50-6 win.
Parker joined Evan Minor and Alejandro Riley as the three rushers to average more than 10 yards per carry. He was also efficient through the air, going 7 of 12 with zero turnovers and 12.8 yards per completion.
ning
“I just told them, ‘One more. Get off the ball,’” Carter said to
his team prior to the defensive stop. “They wanted it, and they could taste it.” Behind strong runs from junior Jakari Blue, Jordan-Mat-
“We
just have to keep grinding and trust the process.”
thews had little problem moving the chains and ending the night in victory formation. The Jets are now 2-2 for the first time since 2013 and have already reached their win total from last season. After years of disappointing seasons and a longing for the Jets to return to their old ways, Friday night lights in Siler City are looking brighter this year.
“It’s fun coaching this bunch,” Carter said. “From what they’ve been through and stuff, these seniors, it’s fun to see them win. That’s freaking awesome.”
As for the Bears, things haven’t been pretty since their big win over South Davidson on Aug. 30. Chatham Central has struggled to get the ball in the endzone the past two weeks despite putting together solid drives and building an effective rushing attack with Glover and Turner.
Turner and Glover combined for 132 yards on the ground Friday, and Glover’s 38-yard touchdown run in the first quarter showed a glimpse of how dangerous his speed can be. However, the Bears need to see more consistency in their offensive possessions and find ways to keep its run game rolling deep in enemy territory if they want to add more wins to their record this season.
The top five finishers were all nonplayoff drivers
By Dan Gelston The Associated Press
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. —
Chris Buescher won Sunday at Watkins Glen International, leading a string of five nonplayoff drivers to the finish in a NASCAR Cup race marred by late wrecks, shredded tires, and busted parts among the championship contenders.
The chaos on the 2.45-mile road course at The Glen — in the playoffs for the first time before it returns to an August date next year — shook up the playoff standings heading into the cutoff race.
Buescher held off Shane van Gisbergen in the thrilling
two final overtime laps to play spoiler and win for the first time this season for RFK Racing. The 31-year-old Texan has six career victories.
Chase Briscoe, who entered 16th in the playoff standings and 21 points behind the cutline, was sixth and the highest-finishing playoff driver in the field in the second race in the Cup Series’ postseason. Four drivers will be cut from the field Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Briscoe shot to 11th in the standings, six points above the cutline. Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr., and Harrison Burton are the bottom four drivers.
Austin Cindric was 10th, only the second playoff driver in the top 10. Want to find the contenders? Look all the way
to the bottom of the race results. Ten playoff drivers were dumped in the bottom 21 finishers.
The race was bedlam for the contenders from the start when a wreck on the opening lap knocked out Ryan Blaney and also involved fellow playoff drivers and Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Hamlin and Christopher Bell. At least 11 playoff drivers ran into some sort of issue, including a rough scene late in the race where Keselowski and William Byron crashed battling for position. Byron’s Chevrolet landed on top of Keselowski’s Ford with six laps left in the scheduled 90-lap race.
There was no way this thriller was going to end in regulation.
One by one, playoff drivers
took a beating on the track — and in the standings.
Joey Logano raced his way into the second round of the playoffs by winning the opener last week at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He finished 15th There was no automatic qualifier at The Glen into the second round.
Blaney crashes early
Blaney, the 2023 Cup champion, had his race ended on the opening lap after he was collected in a wreck that also involved playoff drivers Hamlin and Bell.
Blaney entered 45 points above the cutline.
NASCAR rules dictated the No. 12 Ford must be towed to the garage, while Blaney argued his team should have
“I don’t know what is going on or why they won’t give us a shot to work on it but I don’t agree with.”
Ryan Blaney, after NASCAR wouldn’t allow his team to work on the car on pit road
been allowed to try and repair the car on pit road, giving him a shot at staying in the race.
“They didn’t give us a chance to fix it,” Blaney said. “How are they going to dictate if we are done or not? They have no idea of the damage. They said we were done because I couldn’t drive it back to the pit box, but if you have four flats, you get towed back to the pit box. You can’t drive that back. I don’t know what is going on or why they won’t give us a shot to work on it but I don’t agree with (it).” NASCAR rules say cars can remain in the race for mechanical issues but not damage.
GOLF
Rahm wins at LIV Chicago to claim season points title, $18M bonus
Bolingbrook, Ill.
Jon Rahm won LIV Golf Chicago by three shots for the $4 million prize, and the victory gave him the season points title along with an $18 million bonus. Rahm played bogey-free on the weekend at Bolingbrook Golf Course to win by three shots over Joaquin Niemann and Sergio Garcia. He was never seriously challenged. But he missed a pair of short birdie putts down the stretch that kept Niemann in the hunt for the season title. Rahm made a 12-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole that all but locked up two titles.
MLB
Longtime Red Sox radio broadcaster announces retirement after 42 seasons
New York
Boston Red Sox radio broadcaster Joe Castiglione is retiring at the end of the season, his 42nd calling the team’s games. The 77-year- old made the announcement on the WEEI broadcast as the Red Sox batted in the fourth inning against the New York Yankees. Castiglione will remain with the team in an honorary ambassador role. The Red Sox will honor him before their regular-season finale on Sept. 29 against Tampa Bay.
WNBA Wilson becomes first WNBA player to reach 1,000 points in season
Las Vegas A’ja Wilson became the first WNBA player to score 1,000 points in a season when she had 29 in the Las Vegas Aces’ 84-71 win over the Connecticut Sun. Wilson hit a pull-up from the elbow with 2 minutes left in the game to reach the mark. Earlier this week, the Aces’ star broke the single-season scoring record that Jewell Loyd set last year.
NHL Former NHL enforcer Peat dies 2 weeks after being hit by car Langley, British Columbia Former Washington Capitals enforcer Stephen Peat died from injuries sustained late last month when he was struck by a car while crossing a street. He was 44. Langley police said Peat suffered life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a car while crossing a road at about 4:15 a.m. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Peat had eight goals, two assists and 234 penalty minutes in 130 NHL games. He fought concussion issues and was homeless at times after leaving hockey.
NBA Lakers will honor West this season with uniform band featuring his No. 44
Los Angeles The Los Angeles Lakers will honor Jerry West this upcoming season with a uniform band featuring his No. 44. West died in June at 86. The purple band on the left shoulder of the Lakers’ uniforms has No. 44 in gold at the center. West played his entire 14-year NBA career for the Lakers and went on to be a coach and an executive with the Lakers, most notably building the 1980s “Showtime” roster.
are treated far more seriously than in past generations
By Rob Maaddi The Associated Press
THE REACTION to Tua
Tagovailoa’s latest concussion shows how the league, its current and former players, fans and the media have evolved.
Tagovailoa sustained his fourth diagnosed concussion in five years in Miami’s 31-10 loss to Buffalo on Thursday.
Immediately, the concern centered on Tagovailoa’s longterm health. Nobody was wondering when he will play again. Rather, most folks watching were debating whether Tagovailoa should ever lace up his cleats and step on the field again.
Ultimately, Tagovailoa will make that decision. He will see a neurologist this week. Tagovailoa is focused on getting better and gathering information and isn’t thinking about retiring.
“If I’m him, at this point, I’m seriously considering retiring from football,” Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez said on Amazon Prime Video’s broadcast. “If that was my son, I would be like, ‘It might be time.’ This stuff is not what you want to play around with.”
More education about brain injuries has led to strict guidelines that help protect players, sometimes from themselves.
The league and the NFL Players Associations instituted concussion protocols in 2011 when Colt McCoy took a helmet-to-helmet hit in a game and returned without being tested for a concussion.
The protocols have been expanded a few times since. There are independent certified athletic trainers, or ATC spotters, watching in a booth and mon-
itoring players on the field to have someone removed from the game if they see an impact to the head.
All players who undergo any concussion evaluation on game day must have a follow-up evaluation conducted the next day by a member of the medical staff. Players have to pass various testing to get cleared to play again.
In 2013, the league agreed to pay more than three-quarters of a billion dollars to settle lawsuits from thousands of former players who developed dementia or other concussion-related health problems they say were caused by on-field violence. The final agreement was uncapped and so far it has cost the NFL $1.3 billion.
It’s too early to determine if or when Tagovailoa will play again. But everyone agrees his health is the main priority.
“The reality is we have more information (now) about the long-term potential effects of having concussions during football,” former Cowboys defensive end Marcus Spears said. “I’m not going to lie. We played kinda blindly. We thought a concussion was in five, six days when you passed protocol, you stopped having headaches and you’re not light-sensitive, you’re back on the field.
“I can imagine these conversations now are being turned into making sure long term that Tua is making a decision based on now but more importantly for his family and his two
children. ... With the ability to have more information about the impact long term, it makes this discussion have more detail and more nuance than just saying: ‘Bounce back, Tua. We’ll see you when get back on the field.’”
Tagovailoa, who signed a four-year, $212.4 million contract extension in the offseason, won’t be pressured to play. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel made it clear the team won’t put any pressure on Tagovailoa. “I know the facts are that it’s important that he gets healthy day by day and in that, the actual, the best thing I can do is not try to assess what this even means from a football standpoint,” McDaniel said. “I have to put his health as the primary.”
In ‘The Critic,’ Ian McKellen’s theater critic takes his job very seriously
Jimmy Erskine’s reviews can make or break a play or a performer
By Lindsey Bahr The Associated Press
THE ARTS RARELY have anything good to say about critics. That they’re not generally the hero of many stories is, at the very least, understandable. More often, they’re portrayed as joyless, cruel and a little pathetic, themselves failed artists who live to take down others.
Without getting into any sort of philosophical or even factual debate about the nature of the kind of person drawn to criticism (besides perhaps a staunch antipathy to either job security or amassing wealth), it is safe to say that the drama critic of “ The Critic “ takes all the worst stereotypes to hysterical heights.
Set in the 1930s in London, Ian McKellen plays Jimmy Erskine, a veteran theater critic whose reviews can make or break a play or a performer. He has a monastic devotion to telling the truth as entertainingly as possible and knows what he
must sacrifice.
“The drama critic is feared and reviled for the judgment he must bring,” McKellen says in an ominous voiceover. “(He) must be cold and perfectly alone.”
When one woman dares to chat him up after a play, offering her take on the material and performances, he swiftly tries to remove her from the restaurant, claiming he must be protected from the general public. When an actress, Nina Land (Gemma Arterton), confronts him about his wildly inconsistent criticisms of her (how can she be both plump and emaciated, she wonders), he refuses to apologize. And he scoffs when the new boss at the newspaper, David Brooke (Mark Strong), implores him to tone it down: “Be kinder,” he says. “More beauty, less beast.”
But what starts as satire spirals into a wildly messy tragedy with contrivance upon contrivance. This film could have listened to its anti-hero’s advice to the flailing actress: Do less. That someone as great as Lesley Manville, Nina’s mother, gets a mere handful of scenes and is only minimally consequential to it all is telling. It strives to be an intri-
cate spider-web of compelling, intersecting stories, but few characters are fleshed out enough for us to care.
“The Critic,” handsomely directed by Anand Tucker (“Hilary and Jackie,” “Leap Year”) and written by Patrick Marber (“Closer,” “Notes on a Scandal”), is very loosely based on Anthony Quinn’s novel “Curtain Call,” itself more a murder mystery than this ever allows itself to be. Instead, the film is about the desperate lengths a man will go to when his job and freedom are threatened. Erskine is the kind of gentleman critic whose power and authority have gone unchallenged for so long that he’s become delusional beyond recognition. His words don’t just destroy, though. McKellen is having a wonderful time living inside this charismatic monster who you are with until you’re not. Erskine is also gay, an open secret that becomes a liability with his new boss and the rise of fascist thought around him. But none of it adds up to anything poignant or enormously entertaining. Theater critic as a tyrant is a juicy premise; “The Critic” just can’t live up to the promise.
O’Connor became the first female Supreme Court justice
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1796: President George Washington’s farewell address was published, in which he wrote, “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.”
1881: The 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died 21/2 months after being shot by Charles Guiteau.
1955: President Juan Peron of Argentina was ousted after a revolt by the army and navy.
1985: The Mexico City area was struck by a devastating earthquake that killed at least 9,500 people.
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1519: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set out from Spain on five ships to find a western passage to the Spice Islands.
1946: The first Cannes Film Festival opened in France.
1973: In their so-called “Battle of the Sexes,” tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets.
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1922: President Warren Harding signed the Lodge-Fish Resolution, a Congressional resolution endorsing the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.
1937: “The Hobbit,” by J.R.R. Tolkien, was first published.
1981: The Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
1989: Hurricane Hugo crashed into South Carolina; the storm was blamed for 56 deaths in the Caribbean and 29 in the United States.
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1862: President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863, if the states did not end the fighting and rejoin the union.
1911: Pitcher Cy Young, 44, gained his 511th and final career victory as he hurled a 1-0 shutout for the Boston Rustlers against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field.
1949: The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
1975: Sara Jane Moore attempted to shoot President Gerald R. Ford.
1994: The situation comedy
for more
78,000 people at the first Farm Aid benefit concert on Sept. 22, 1985.
“Friends” debuted on NBC-TV.
1985: Rock and country music artists participated in the first “Farm Aid,” a concert staged in Champaign, Illinois, to help the nation’s farmers.
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1806: The Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis more than two years after setting out for the Pacific Northwest.
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1789: President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing America’s federal court system and creating the attorney general post.
1968: The TV news magazine “60 Minutes” premiered on CBS.
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1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and sighted the Pacific Ocean.
1952: Sen. Richard M. Nixon, R-Calif., salvaged his vice-presidential nomination by appearing on television from Los Angeles to refute allegations of improper campaign fundraising in what became known as the “Checkers” speech for its reference to his family’s cocker spaniel.
McQueen followed in his father’s footsteps, pursuing acting and race car driving
By Kaitlyn Huamani
The Associated Press
CHAD MCQUEEN, an actor known for his performances in the “Karate Kid” movies and the son of the late actor and race car driver Steve McQueen, has died at the age of 63.
McQueen’s attorney and friend Arthur H. Barens confirmed to The Associated Press that he died Wednesday. The cause of death was not disclosed. His wife Jeanie and his children Chase and Madison shared a statement on Instagram Thursday afternoon from McQueen’s verified account, announcing the news of his death with “a heavy heart.”
“His remarkable journey as a loving father to us, along with his unwavering commitment to our mother, truly exemplified a life filled with love and dedication. His passion for racing highlighted his exceptional talent and honored his father’s legacy, a testament to the values instilled in him,” the statement reads.
“He passed his passion, knowledge and dedication down to us, and we will continue not only his legacy but also that of
our grandfathers,” the statement continued.
The family requested privacy while “ remembering and celebrating his extraordinary life.” McQueen followed in his father’s footsteps, pursuing acting and race car driving. He became well-known for his role as Dutch, the antagonist in 1984’s The Karate Kid and its sequel two years later. While he starred in several
films after the hit action franchise, including “New York Cop,” “Squanderers,” and “Red Line,” he ultimately engaged more in racing than acting. He eventually founded McQueen Racing, a company that creates custom cars, motorcycles, and accessories. His son Chase, who also races, and his daughter Madison now run the company.
“I didn’t find acting fun anymore,” McQueen told The Asso-
ciated Press in a 2005 interview.
“So, I decided to give racing a total commitment.”
McQueen raced professionally for years, competing in the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Daytona races before he suffered from a series of injuries behind the wheel.
His work with McQueen Racing was designed to preserve and continue his father’s legacy.
McQueen also produced two
documentaries about his father: “I Am Steve McQueen” and “Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans.”
McQueen was the only son of his father and mother, Neile Toffel. He had one sister, Terry, who died of respiratory failure at age 38 in 1998. He is survived by his wife Jeanie and three children, Chase, Madison and Steven, an actor best known for “The Vampire Diaries.”
Sophia Loren is 90, Bill Murray turns 74, Michael Douglas hits 80
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Actor Rosemary Harris is 97.
Singer-songwriter Paul Williams is 84. Singer Bill Medley (The Righteous Brothers) is 84.
Actor Jeremy Irons is 76. Model-actor Twiggy Lawson is 75. TV personality Joan Lunden is 74. Musician-producer Nile Rodgers is 72. Musician Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) is 62. Country singer Trisha Yearwood is 60. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is 59. News anchor Soledad O’Brien is 58. “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon is 50.
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Actor Sophia Loren is 90. Author George R. R. Martin is 76. Actor Gary Cole is 68. TV news correspondent Deborah Roberts is 64. Actor Maggie Cheung is 60.
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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is 81. Musician Don Felder is 77. Author Stephen King is 77. Actor-comedian Bill Murray is 74. Filmmaker Ethan Coen is 67. Actor Nancy Travis is 63. Actor Cheryl Hines is 59. Country singer Faith Hill is 57. Actor Luke Wilson is 53. Musician Liam Gallagher (Oasis) is 52.
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Singer-dancer Toni Basil is 81. Actor Paul Le Mat (“American Graffiti”) is 79. Singer David Coverdale (Whitesnake, Deep Purple) is 73. Singer Nick Cave is 67. Singer Joan Jett is 65.
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Singer Julio Iglesias is 81. Actor Paul Petersen (“The Donna Reed Show”) is 79. Actor-singer Mary Kay Place is 76. Singer Bruce Springsteen is 74. Actor Jason Alexander (“Seinfeld”) is 65.
SEPT. 24
Actor Gordon Clapp (“NYPD Blue”) is 76. Actor Harriet Walter (“The Crown”) is 74. Singer Cedric Dent (Take 6) is 64. Actor-writer Nia Vardalos (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) is 62.
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Actor Michael Douglas is 80. Model Cheryl Tiegs is 77. Actor Mark Hamill is 73. Actor Michael Madsen is 67. Actor Heather Locklear is 63. Actor Tate Donovan (“The O.C.”) is 61. Actor-singer Will Smith is 56. Actor Catherine Zeta-Jones is 55.
“Twilight of the Gods,” the Disney+ series “Agatha All Along” and ABC’s “The Golden Bachelorette” are streaming this week.
‘His Three Daughters’ hits Netflix, Keith Urban drops new album ‘High,’ ‘Frasier’ reboot returns
The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas and the Voidz are releasing a new album this week
The Associated Press KEITH URBAN’S 12th studio album and Kathryn Hahn’s starring role in the “WandaVision” spinoff “Agatha All Along” are streaming this week on a screen near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time include season two of the “Frasier” reboot on Paramount+, the debut of “The Golden Bachelorette” and the Strokes’ lead singer Julian Casablancas and his rock band the Voidz will release a new album, “Like All Before You.”
MOVIES TO STREAM
Writer-director Azazel Jacobs’ latest movie stars Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters who gather in the New York apartment of their dying father. A highlight of the fall season, “His Three Daughters” is one of the most memorable tales of siblinghood and of a death in the family in recent memory. It’s out on Netflix on Friday.
With Election Day fast approaching, Max is looking back to the last presidential race. The HBO documentary “Stopping the Steal,” directed by Emmy-winner Dan Reed, focuses on Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 results in Arizona and Georgia, culminating in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. It features interviews with Trump insiders like former Attorney General Bill Barr, former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin and White House campaign official Stephanie Grisham. The producers say it “explores and debunks the claims of ballot tampering, illegal immigrants and deceased people voting.” The film premiered Tuesday on Max.
MUSIC TO STREAM
On Friday, Keith Urban, a fixture of contemporary country, will release his 12th studio album, “High.” He’s spent quite a bit of time in Las Vegas, doing the residency thing, but it’s clear songwriting—and making new material—has always been a source of creative magic for the veteran performer. And there’s a range, from the equal parts self-effacing and empathetic “Messed Up as Me” to the life-affirming “Wildside.”
Nelly Furtado’s seventh studio album, which is the first in seven years, appropriately titled “7,” arrives at a point of artistic rediscovery for the Canadian singer-songwriter. Just don’t expect any rehashing of
the singles that made her a superstar in 2000 (yes, that means “I’m Like a Bird,” “Turn Off the Light,” and the like.) Instead, she’s embarked on a sonic experiment, from the bilingual Latin pop of “Corazón” with Colombian psychedelic cumbia innovators Bomba Estéreo to the electro-pop “Love Bites” featuring Tove Lo and SG Lewis. Every day around the world, or at least the internet, guitar bands are born out of an obsession with the Strokes. Luckily for those musicians, its members have never ceased music-making, and on Friday, its singer, Julian Casablancas, and his rock band, the Voidz, will release a new album, “Like All Before You.” There’s a lot to dig into — like the metallic riffs of “Prophecy of the Dragon” or the minimalist synth production of “Flexorcist.” Paramount+ has cornered the market on new music docuseries and will continue that title when it premieres the threepart “Nöthin’ But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of ‘80s Hair Metal.” Leather pants are optional but strongly encouraged.
Since the 2021’s “WandaVision” revealed that Kathryn Hahn’s nosy neighbor Agnes was the witch Agatha Harkness, fans have waited to see more of the character. Hahn stars in a spin-off, “Agatha All Along,” debuting Wednesday on Disney+. The witch is powerless and forms a new coven to regain her abilities.
America fell in love with Gerry Turner’s search for love on “The Golden Bachelor,” Now, a woman will be courted in “The Golden Bachelorette.” Joan Vassos, 61, has 24 men ages 57 and up to choose from. “Golden Bachelor” fans will remember Vassos as the contestant who opted to leave the show in episode three because her daughter had recently given birth and was experiencing symptoms of postpartum. Vassos, whose husband of 32 years died in 2021 from pancreatic cancer, says her goal going into the show was not to end up engaged but in a promising relationship. “The Golden Bachelorette” debuted Wednesday on ABC and is streaming on Hulu.
If season one of the “Frasier” reboot on Paramount+ was about introducing viewers to Grammer’s return to Boston to fix his strained relationship with his son Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott), season two will flesh out the supporting cast. In a recurring role, Peri Gilpin revives her Roz character from the original series. Other guest stars include Yvette Nicole Brown, Patricia Heaton, Rachel Bloom and Grammer’s real-life daughter, Greer, as Roz’s daughter. The second season of “Frasier” premieres Thursday. Zack Snyder’s”Twilight of the Gods” is an adult animated series featuring the well-known Norse mythology characters Thor and Loki. The star in this story is the warrior Sigrid, who saves King Leif in battle and later becomes his wife. An attack by Thor on their wedding night starts a war. It premieres Thursday on Netflix.
VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
Gamers who grew up in the 1980s will never forget UFOSoft, the company behind such classics as Bug Hunter, Pilot
Quest and Grimstone. You’ve already forgotten because UFOSoft never existed. It’s the brainchild of some of the 21st century’s most talented indie designers, paying tribute to the 8-bit era with UFO 50. It’s a collection of 50 original games, including racing, fighting, shooting, running-and-jumping and dungeon crawling. The creators, who include the masterminds behind real-life hits like Spelunky and Downwell, say every title in the collection is a complete game — this isn’t just a bunch of minigames. You can download the whole package to your PC. The Plucky Squire is a brave lad named Jot whose exploits have earned him quite a reputation in Mojo’s storybook land. But when the evil sorcerer Humgrump gets jealous, he kicks Jot off the page and into our more treacherous 3D world. Our hero has some mad sword skills but may discover the pen is mightier. It’s the debut release from the studio All Possible Futures, whose cofounder is a veteran of Pokémon.. The tale unfolds on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S, Switch or PC.