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Lane closures on US 421 NCDOT contractors will perform lane closures on U.S. 421 starting this week, between Carter Brooks Road and U.S. 64. Crews from Boggs Contracting will alternate between the north and south bound lanes, resurfacing the route one lane at a time. The daily closures, Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., will be continuous until the project’s completion in early June, weather permitting.
Guidelines for political signs along roadways NCDOT reminds campaign advocates that there are legal requirements for placing political signs along state-maintained roadsides: Signs can Signs can be placed 30 days prior to early voting, and up to 10 days following the primary election date. The signs must be within 3 feet of the road pavement and should not exceed 42 inches in height. Signs should not obscure driver visibility at any intersection. Those placing signs must obtain permission from property owners of a residence, business or religious institution.
82 rehabilitated sea turtles released Cold-stunned sea turtles rehabilitated by the NC Aquarium were recently released by Coasties at Station Hatteras Inlet and from Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder at Ford Macon. The release of the turtles, including loggerhead, green, and Kemp’s ridley species, helped make room at the aquarium for 62 other coldstunned patients currently being cared for at aquarium facilities around the state. If you find a stranded sea turtle in North Carolina, call 252-241-7367.
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Pittsboro Mayor Kyle Shipp speaks about the new granular activated carbon advanced filtration system, with House Minority Leader Robert Reives (D) on the right, at the Pittsboro Water Treatment Facility on Thursday, Feb. 15.
Pittsboro mayor, Leader Reives, AG call for oversight, holding water polluters accountable By Ena Sellers Chatham News & Record PITTSBORO – Dwarfed by one of the state’s first granular activated carbon advanced filtration systems a trio of government officials gathered at the Pittsboro Water Treatment plant to address the town’s ongoing water issues. Pittsboro Mayor Kyle Shipp, NC House Minority Leader Robert Reives (D - Chatham, Randolph) and NC Attorney General Josh Stein (D) spoke to the press on Thursday, Feb. 15 to bring attention to ongoing government actions meant to protect the health of the community and hold accountable those responsible for water pollution.
“The shadow of contamination has loomed large over these waters, and the issues we face with pollutants entering our water supply have not only threatened our environment, but the health and well-being of our community,” said Mayor Shipp, addressing the harmful substances that for years have been discharged into the Haw River. “Our response to these challenges has been multifaceted and unprecedented. We have done rigorous testing to understand the extent of the pollution, engage experts and community members alike to prepare for, respond to, and work to prevent the pollutants from entering our drinking water,” Shipp said, reiterating the town’s resolve in pro-
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There are 60,949 registered voters in Chatham County, with just over 21,000 registered Democrats, nearly 15,000 registered Republicans and some 25,000 undeclared independents.
PITTSBORO — In-person early voting for 2024’s March 5 primary election kicked off on Thursday, Feb. 15 across North Carolina. Statewide, more than 340 early voting sites are open for early voting ahead of the primary. “In-person early voting is one of the ways voters can cast ballots securely in North Carolina,” said Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elections. “The bipartisan election officials who work at each early voting site are prepared for a smooth voting process and to ensure the ballots of eligible voters are counted.” Over 113,000 votes have already been cast, with 1,500 thus far in Chatham County. There are 60,949 registered voters in Chatham County as of Feb. 17, according to the North Carolina Board of Elections. The county has just over 21,000 registered Democrats, nearly 15,000 registered Republicans and some 25,000 undeclared independents. The county has five early voting sites open through the end of the early voting period, which ends on Saturday, March 2 at 3 p.m. Those sites are located at: Goldston Town Hall, 40 Coral Ave. #A in Goldston; CCCC’s Health Science Building at 75 Ballentrae Ct. in Pittsboro; the Chatham County Agriculture and Conference Center at 1192 US Hwy 64 W. Business in Pittsboro; Holland’s Chapel AME Zion Church at 360 Burgess Rd. In Apex; and the National Guard Armory at 801 Alston Bridge Rd. in Siler City.
tecting access to clean drinking water. Pittsboro spent over $3 million to install the granular activated carbon advanced filtration system, exceeding expectations on removing contaminants. The system treats the water for unregulated contaminants such as 1,4-Dioxane, PFAS, PFOS, and PFOA. “The test results show a 90% plus removal of PFAS compounds,” Shipp said, going to express his gratitude neighboring Sanford, Burlington and Greensboro for working collaboratively to identify sources of pollution and improve the water system. Mayor Shipp was recently appointed to the EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee
where he will work on a number of issues of local concern, including PFAS contamination. Leader Reives noted the residential and business growth Chatham is seeing and the challenges that accompany it. “With growth comes challenges, particularly with water and sewer infrastructure,” he said. “Tens of millions of dollars have come into Pittsburgh and surrounding areas for drinking water projects, but there will always be additional need.” The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners this week approved the filing of a lawsuit against Apollo Chemical for violations of the Clean Water Act related to See WATER, page A9
Tri-Share pilot seeks to improve child care affordability By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — In a move aimed at addressing the critical issue of affordable and accessible child care, Chatham has been chosen as one of the eligible counties for North Carolina’s new Tri-Share Child Care pilot program. The Tri-Share pilot seeks to create public/private partnerships to improve child care affordability by sharing the burden equally between employers, eligible employees, and the state. Inspired by Michigan, which in 2021 was the first state to launch a Tri-Share program, the pilot was also designed with an eye on employers being able to retain and attract employees as well as being an effort to secure and strengthen childcare businesses in the state. To qualify for Tri-Share, families need to be employed with a participating business and have a household income between 185% and 300% of the federal poverty level,
roughly $58,000 to $93,000 for a family of four. Employers interested in joining the program are encouraged to reach out to Partners for Children & Families or their local Smart Start partnership for further information. A list of Smart Start Local Partnerships can be found by visiting: smartstart.org/ smart-start-in-your-community/ Tri-Share’s funding was part of the 2023 state budget and included $900,000 in nonrecurring funds for each year of the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. The funds will be equally divided among three regionSee CHILDCARE, page A7
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Feb. 27 Chatham County Legislative Breakfast 9 – 10:30 a.m. The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will hold its annual Legislative Breakfast at the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center (1192 US 64 W in Pittsboro). The purpose of the Legislative Breakfast is to discuss local issues with Chatham County’s local legislative delegation. The meeting is open to the public, but breakfast is for invited attendees only. Anyone with questions may contact Clerk to the Board Lindsay K. Ray at 919-542-8200.
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4:00 – 5:00 p.m. A Master Gardener from the Chatham County Cooperative Extension will present and demonstrate how to get an early start on spring gardens. A hands-on activity will follow the presentation. For all ages.
Chatham News & Record for Thursday, February 22, 2024
NCDOT seeks input on ing Deep River State Trail changes By Robert Owens For Chatham News & Record
siderations for trail improvements were areas with low vehicle ownership, lower income and proximity to other trails and public lands. Proposed changes to Moncure’s Deep River State Trail include the creation of a four-foot wide surface trail using sustainable design principles. The trail could eventually include a paved side path or crushed stone trail parallel to Water Tower Road, while additional bridges and a boardwalk are also being considered.
“We’re excited to hear feedback from the public about what they’d like to see in trail projects in their community,” said Brennon Fuqoa of the Integrated Mobility Division of NCDOT in a press release. “With the steps identified in the report and public input, we look forward to continued work with our partners to further improve North Carolina as the Great Trails State.” Residents are encouraged to submit feedback through a survey at publicinput.com/greattrailsnc
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x Cramer Eugene Davey, 37, of Apex, was arrested for driving under the influence and driving with a revoked license.
x Kansas Star Philbrick, 29, of Pittsboro, was arrested for failure to appear.
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x Trevor Denzail Perry, 31, of Pittsboro, was arrested for possession of firearm by felon, maintaining dwelling for CS, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
x Anthony Devon Cunningham, 34, of Staley, was arrested for felony possession of cocaine, intent to distribute cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana up to ½ oz.
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is looking for community input regarding changes to a number of trails around the state, including Deep River State Trail in Moncure. The Great Trails State Implementation Report identifies priority pedestrian and bicycle natural surface and paved greenway trails for expansion or improvement. Among the con-
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x William Nathan Kidd, 34, of Siler City was arrested for obtaining property by false pretense, breaking and entering into a motor vehicle with theft, injury to personal property and misdemeanor larceny.
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Chatham spelling bee champ clinches with ‘Yorkshire,’ ‘asthmatic’ By Robert Owens For Chatham News & Record BEAR CREEK — Fifth grader Helen Moose of George Moses Horton Middle School is the best speller in the county, nabbing first place in the 2024 Chatham County Schools District Spelling Bee at Chatham Central High School on Wed. Feb. 7. The top four students from each K-8 school in Chatham County — some 56 in total — were invited to compete in the countywide Spelling Bee. Ms. Moose took first after some two hours of grueling competition, claiming victory, after successfully spelling “Yorkshire” and “asthmatic.” North Chatham Elementary’s Andrew Brondon came in second after failing to correctly spell “quid pro quo.” Rounding out the finalists were Moncure’s Ivan Luis Ramirez and Juliet Antley, and Perry Harrison Elementary’s Beatrice Allen. Other words contestants faced included turgor, bittern, phenotype, ulna, bango and Corinthian. Moose will represent Chatham County in the Carolina Panthers North Carolina Regional Spelling Bee at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on March 17th. The top four finishers in the North Carolina regional bee will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
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CHATHAM COUNTY N.C. EARLY VOTING SITES March 5th, 2024 PRIMARY ELECTION Goldston Town Hall - 40A Coral Ave., Goldston, NC 27252 (Goldston) National Guard Armory -801 Alston Bridge Rd., Siler City, NC 27344 (Siler City) Chatham County Agriculture Conference Center (in Lieu of BOE Office)-Pittsboro 1192 US-64 BUS, Pittsboro, NC 27312 CCCC Health Science Building (off 15-501 ) - 75 Ballentrae Ct., Pittsboro, NC 27312 (North Chatham) Hollands Chapel AME Zion Church - 360 Burgess Rd., Apex, NC 27523 (Apex) DAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
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OPINION Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor
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COLUMN | ANDREW TAYLOR-TROUTMAN
Blessed dirt
No matter what you’ve done or who you are, one day you will become ash. You return to the dirt.
I HAVE ASH underneath my thumbnail as I write. This is left over from last Wednesday, when I marked the foreheads of worshippers with ash in the sign of the cross. This solemn ritual on Ash Wednesday is a reminder of our mortality. No matter what you’ve done or who you are, one day you will become ash. You return to the dirt. Ash is underneath my thumbnail, and death is on my mind. My friend and former parishioner died last Monday. Every year, she would “put out” (as she said) a big garden in the plot beside her home. She gave generously from the bounty of that dirt, including okra, which she knew was my favorite. She also led a group of volunteers to grow a garden behind the church. All of that produce was donated to a local free pantry. You might say she had a green thumb. She often had dirt underneath her fingernails. I remember the dirt in her garden as thick and rich, moist and brown, which turned darker the further down she dug. There was dirt on her spade and hoe. Dirt on her jeans and boots. She’d wipe the sweat from her face and leave dirt smeared across her cheek. My
sons were even younger then, and they would poke in the dirt beside her with their toy shovels and rakes. They would get dirt on their clothes and in their hair. Dirt in their eyes, ears, nose and mouth. Dirt everywhere, even in their smiles. The garden birthed vegetables, and she midwifed the purple okra, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, beets and pole beans. Other forms of life were sustained above and below the dirt: worms, beetles, ants, slugs, snails, roly-polies, ladybugs, spiders, rabbits, deer, robins and crows. All made of dirt, like my friend, my boys and me. From dust to dust, ashes to ashes. A wry rabbi once told a story about the good dirt, which, when the seed fell in it, produced a harvest of thirty, sixty or even a hundredfold. My friend’s labor is over. She did her part and more. She toiled and found grace in the simple gifts that nourish life. I remember her with the ash underneath my thumbnail, and in a few more weeks when I put out my own small garden, I will smile through my tears as I recall how she liked an old proverb: the one who works a garden works hand in hand with God.
EDITORIAL | BOB WACHS
Memories of shoe shop good for sole... and soul
Part of the charm of the place was the seemingly endless supply of jeans, shirts, jackets and other outdoor wear.
IT’S BEEN YEARS, more than I can remember or want to, since I last saw Dottie Griffin. That’s why the notice a few days ago of her death and funeral service made me sad. Not sad for her and her ultimate destiny, a faith-based decision she made years ago and lived out daily. But sad for me and the memories of my long-gone childhood and young man days, days when I shopped at Griffin’s Shoe Shop or sold them ads for The Chatham Record or sometimes just went into the business to see and visit with her and her Sammy. The shoe shop had been started by Sammy’s father, Mr. Sam. Later, Sammy took it over even though Mr. Sam remained a fixture for a long time. And speaking of fixtures, it wasn’t too long before Dottie became a fixture there herself. Part of the charm of the place was the seemingly endless supply of jeans, shirts, jackets and other outdoor wear. And it was quality stuff. It wasn’t too long ago at my house that I ran across the last pair of work boots I bought there and had my lousy joints of today allowed it, I could have put them on to have another go at getting something done. But it wasn’t just the new stuff for sale. Sammy was an artist with leather, scissors and a sewing machine. Shoe repair back when most shoes were leather was a specialty. He made and sold belts and holsters and repaired purses. And there was a piece of furniture that today you probably only see in a museum – a shoe-shine stand. In the day when I was smooth and full of charm, at least in my mind, I often hopped up onto the stand and got a shine. Sammy or Charlie Farrar even could take a scrap of leather held together with cardboard and baler twine and when they were done, you could see your reflection in the shine. While all that activity was going on, there was time to visit with Dottie, who could wait on a customer as well as anybody on the staff and who liked to visit with the customers, who more often than not were also her friends. And for a period of time, the time I remember best and enjoyed the most, she had her little dog Griff as a permanent fixture there. The fact they had an oldfashioned soft drink box and candy near the front door didn’t hurt things, either. It was a sad day for many folks, not just those in
and around Pittsboro but near and far, who knew and frequented the shop when Sammy decided it was time to hang up his sewing machine and do something different. I’ve thought often – and still do – of them and those days and of other folks of that era, of my carefree days at the shoe shop and William Ray Arthurs and his men’s clothing store and of Dan McCrimmon and the drug store and of Dave Roberts and the soda shop. And I wonder am I just seeing the past through rosecolored glasses or was it really that good. And the answer is “yes.” There were some things in society that could have been better. And at most of that time my biggest concern in life was either could I get a date for Friday night or, later, would Shirley have supper ready when I got home. But there was more to the shoe shop than that. As I remember it today, I see that no matter who you were that if you acted right and like you had some sense, you were welcome, no matter who you were – old, young, black, white, male, female, rich or poor. And as I look at our country and society today, I see that lacking in many places and ways. But it wasn’t in the shoe shop. Charles Farrar, who shined many a pair of my shoes while I wore them, was and still is a black man. That distinction never entered my mind. He was my friend and he used to kid me about how close I lived to all the chicken houses in Bear Creek where he often went on his other job of working for a poultry company. His young son, also named Charles, had his own junior apron so he could ‘work’ at the shoe shop and was the prettiest little boy you could ever see. The last time I heard he was in law enforcement in Charlotte. Sometimes when I was in the shop another local black man, dressed to the 9’s, would come in for a shine. I never knew his r3al name; everyone called him “Papoose.” All I knew was he had a wardrobe that wouldn’t quit and I thought I’d like to look as good as he did. I say all that to say the shoe shop had a certain style of its own, all because of the folks who made it up. They were knowledgable about their craft, cordial and pleasant while carrying it out and treated folks with respect. I wish Dottie and Sammy and the shoe shop were still in town.
Chatham News & Record for Thursday, February 22, 2024
COLUMN | JAN HUTTON
LETTER TO THE EDITOR JOLENE QUIGLEY
Text-O-Mania. (Is It Curable?) Setting better boundaries in phone conversations will likely be rolled into my karma.
I USED TO LOVE texting and the immediacy of a response from the textee (well, mostly.) I appreciated not getting caught in a quick informational phone conversation that began to have the earmarks of needing to be socially appropriate. You know, “How are you today? Is your leg still bothering you? OMG, the weather!” Sometimes, I simply want to share information with the textee, to offer a fast update such as: “I really don’t want to be late (but probably will be),” or to communicate I’m thinking about them (without a plunge into life’s minutiae.) Is this selfish on my part? Can I choose not to answer that question? No. I’ve always pledged to be straight up and vulnerable in my writing. Not answering that question would be a great leap toward covering up my challenged humanity. Oh well. Regarding the inquiry about my possible selfishness when it comes to, generally, preferring texting to phone calls these days. Here’s my reframe. Self-care. Huh? It’s not that I don’t care about other people. I do, big time. And that caring is often the sticking place, for me, in ordinary personto person conversations. My very-wellbrought-up training of always inquiring about someone’s well-being. Ingrained in me. Thanks, Mom. You trained me well, but often
leading to, yes, feeling worn down via my caring presence in phone conversations. Not to blame the entirety of this behavior on my mother. I’ve always struggled with boundaries when it comes to being overly-emotionally present to others. Sometimes, I just want info, or to convey it, but my many years of ingrained and caring presence to others, well, just kicks right in! And here it is folks! My frank (and startling) admission to all of you. This North Carolina zebra (do we even have zebras in NC?) will not be shedding her stripes anytime soon. Setting better boundaries in phone conversations will likely be rolled into my karma. Hey, karma, will deal with this next time ‘round. So there! And now, one more texting sidebar, if you will. It actually concerns someone named, Roger, who I’ve never met and does NOT have the same cell number I do. Partisans across the political spectrum, hoping for a financial touchdown, are texting me (likely, all of us) to help them carry the ball toward their monetary goals. Except the “me” they think they’re texting for a donation, is often identified as Roger and at the cell number I’ve had, solo, for 22 years! As much I extoll the value of texting, I’ve had it! My texting vocabulary during political cycles is largely confined to STOP!! “Roger, are you out there? Roger?”
COLUMN | U.S. REP. RICHARD HUDSON
Holding the administration accountable and protecting our energy security
We must ensure the President cannot play politics with our energy security.
HAVE YOU NOTICED the price of gas lately? Across our region, prices are up nearly 10 cents a gallon. This is the last thing families need who are already struggling to make ends meet. Unfortunately, President Joe Biden and extreme Washington Democrats have continued to pursue an America-last energy policy. Under Biden’s presidency, we have seen how our national security continues to be put on the backburner by the President’s war on American energy. Just last month, the Administration announced they would be imposing a ban on issuing permits for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. This is yet another ploy to cave to climate activists over our own energy security, weakening the national security of the United States and our allies, discouraging investments in natural gas production, jeopardizing good-paying jobs, and empowering foreign adversaries like Russia. We must ensure the President cannot play politics with our energy security. That is why last week, we passed the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024 (H.R. 7176) to hold the President accountable and reverse this blockade. Like their America-last energy policies, the Biden Administration’s disastrous open borders have also continued to pose a threat to our national security. As your Congressman, I will not sit idly by as the Administration exacerbates this crisis and will ensure there are consequences. Month after month, the crisis at our border continues to get worse due to the disastrous immigration policies of the Biden Administration. Under Homeland
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Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ watch, there have been around 8.5 million illegal crossings at our Southern border, in addition to more than 1.7 million known “gotaways.” Even more concerning, over 169 people on the terrorist watch list have illegally entered the United States. This has posed a grave risk to our national security and threatened the safety of not just border communities, but every community. Secretary Mayorkas has one core obligation: to protect the homeland. Unfortunately, throughout his tenure, Secretary Mayorkas has willfully ignored U.S. immigration laws and intentionally disregarded his duty to keep our country safe and secure the border. If Secretary Mayorkas truly wanted to take action to stop this chaos, he would start enforcing our immigration laws and orders already enacted by Congress and President Trump. Yet, he has made it clear he has no intention to begin complying with our laws and regaining operational control of our border. Worse, Secretary Mayorkas has repeatedly testified falsely that the border is “secure” - a blatant attempt to mislead Congress, breaching the American people’s trust. That is why last week, we held him accountable by exercising our Constitutional duty and voting to impeach him. Energy security and border security are national security. While the situation facing our country seems bleak, I’m focused on ways to unleash American energy, secure our border, and stop the Biden Administration from further threatening the safety of our homeland and our energy independence. Rest assured, I will not stop fighting for the best interests of you and your family.
Don’t doubt our patriotism, faith or love of family ON JUNE 2ND, in Pittsboro at the Plant, I and other members of the Pittsboro LGTBQIA+ community along with allies will come together for the second annual PBO Pride. Just like last year, the event will be led off with Brent Levy the pastor of Pittsboro’s Local Church in a service of unity, community, and faith. Just like last year, families of all shapes and sizes will come together to laugh, listen to music, eat food, and shop. Just like last year, the community will come together and show the greatest sign of patriotism which is love for ALL your fellow Americans. I am not going to pretend that there are not conversations and debates that can happen empathetically and with nuance especially regarding the very sensitive manner of trans youth. Disparaging remarks however that the queer community is some anarchist force like the one from Dennis Prager printed last week in the Chatham News & Record are not that debate. Neither is our lieutenant governor demanding that transgender people urinate in the streets like animals. That is nothing more than scapegoating and bullying. More importantly though Mr. Prager’s remarks are flat out wrong. He claims that the queer community–which he depicts as being universally leftist– stands in opposition to family, faith, and patriotism. I have seen in Chatham’s queer community a respect for family that I am not sure I’ve ever seen before. I’ve seen parents stand in front of the world to defend their children from bigotry. I’ve gotten to know incredible people who make this county shine and put their hearts and soul into making this a wonderful place for everyone. I’ve been to churches and met religious leaders who stand boldly for queer rights, and Christian neighbors who show love and acceptance because they understand that Christ’s message is that when people are throwing stones, your job is to stand in front of them. Some might think that they don’t see this queer community in Chatham. They’re there. They’re the two women who you thought were sisters as they played with their daughter in the park. They’re the server you called, miss, having no idea she’s trans. They are what Mr. Prager would not like you to ignore: Just normal people trying to live their lives. Not the anti-American scapegoats that Mr. Prager would like to pretend we are. We are Americans, complicated and diverse, brave and scared, petty and wise, just normal people doing our best to live good lives and make this world better than we found it. We deserve better than blanket comments that doubt our patriotism or doubt our faith or, most insultingly of all, doubt our commitment to family. It has been seventy years since Christine Jurgeson came out as America’s first truly nationally visible transgender woman, a trans woman by the way who bravely served her nation. I believe her words are ones that anyone who has suffered, felt like an outsider who has been to the edge, who has felt stomped down upon by the world can understand, ”the answer to the problem must not lie in sleeping pills and suicides that look like accidents, or in jail sentences, but rather in life and the freedom to live it.” Jolene Quigley is a career educator and parent proud to call Chatham County her home. She currently works as an educator in Alamance County.
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Sept.19th, 1939 – Feb.13th, 2024 James “Wayne” Thomas, age 84, of Pittsboro died Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at home. Wayne was born in Chatham County on September 19, 1939, to the late James Dewey Thomas and Gladys Burnette Thomas. Surviving relatives include his wife, Clarine Thomas, three daughters, Angie Wieland and
Wimer Lenora Moffit Siler
Oct.20th, 1919 – Feb.14th, 2024 Wimer LeNora Moffit Siler was born Monday, October 20, 1919. She departed her well lived life on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at her home. Wilmer was the oldest of five children born to Dora Spinks Moffit and Robert Henry Moffit. She attended the local Chatham County Schools where she met her soulmate Russell Henry Siler. They were married on January 29, 1937. She was a member of the 1st Missionary Baptist Church, Order of Eastern Stars
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Lieutenant Colonel Dean Dowling, 81, passed away on January 23, 2024, at his home in Chapel Hill, NC, surrounded
a brother, Andrew husband Bert of Pittsboro, 396 West St., Pittsboro, NC 27312 | 919-542-3057 |parents; www.donaldsonfunerals.com “Sonny” Barber, and a son-inShelley Frye, and husband Gene law, David Simpson. of Pittsboro, Allison Womack, He is survived by his wife of and husband Joey of Pittsboro, 63 years, Judith “Judy” Webster one son, Michael Thomas, and Barber; three daughters, Beth wife Tracey of Snow Camp, one Barber of Goldston, Susan brother, William D. Thomas B. Poe (Jimmy) of Goldston, and wife Yvonne of Clinton, and Anne B. Lamb (David) NC, 15 grandchildren, and four of Sanford; one brother, Gene great-grandchildren. Barber of Charlotte; four The family will receive grandchildren, Ryan Poe, Will friends Sunday, February 18, Shue (Margaret), Drayton 2024, from 1:30PM-2:20PM Lamb, and Jackson Lamb; and at Mt. Gilead Baptist church. numerous nieces and nephews. The funeral service will follow William graduated from at 2:30PM with Pastor Dan Goldston High School in Robinson and Pastor Wesley 1956 and Lincoln-Nashville Thomas presiding. Burial will Nov.1st, 1937 – Feb.12th, 2024 Automotive College. He was a follow in the church cemetery. member of Goldston Methodist In lieu of flowers, the family Church. He worked for Ford William Abernethy Barber, asks for memorial contributions Motor Company for 28 years, 86, of Goldston, went home to to be made in Wayne’s memory Cooper-Harris in Pittsboro, be with his Lord and savior on to Mt. Gilead Baptist Church NC, and Mid State Ford in Monday, February 12th, 2024. 1785 Mt. Gilead Church Road Sanford, NC. After working He was born in Chatham Pittsboro, NC 27312. with Ford, he continued his County, on November 1st, 1937, Condolences may be made at career as the Owner and to Bailom Dewey Barber and www.donaldsonfunerals.com Operator of William Barber Mary Abernethy Barber. He Donaldson Funeral Home & Automotive in Goldston for is preceded in death by his Crematory is honored to serve 16 years. He built and raced the Thomas family.
division. For 55 years, William was involved with the Goldston Fire Department as a volunteer firefighter and later served on the board. He was a member and a past president of the Goldston Lion’s Club, former Mason of the Buffalo Lodge in Sanford. He was a member of the Chatham Central Booster Club as well. A graveside memorial service will be held at Goldston Methodist Church Cemetery, Friday, February 16th, 2024, at 2 PM. Officiated by Reverend Bob Wachs. Memorials can be made to the Goldston Methodist Church, PO Box 99, Goldston, NC 27252 or to the Goldston Fireman’s Association, PO Box 432, Goldston, NC 27252. Smith & Buckner Funeral Home is serving the Barber family. Online Condolences may be made at www.smithbucknerfh. com
Nall. In addition to his parents, Bill was preceded in death by siblings, Peggy J. Foushee and Randy Nall. Bill retired from the US Army after a decorated 20-year career. After retiring from the Army, he worked and retired from NC Department of Transportation in Siler City. He enjoyed NASCAR, fishing at the coast and watching westerns. Bill is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Nicholson, husband, John Nicholson and granddaughter, Carlie Anne Nicholson of Sanford; his loving life partner, Sue Marshburn of the home and her family, Sonya, Al and Seth Gilliland of Goldston, April, Garrett and Callie Craven of Coleridge; sister, Brenda Thompson and husband, Don of Sanford; cousins, Jerry and Laurie Mitchell of Graham; Harold and Sal Nall of Gibsonville; brother-in-law, Buddy Foushee of Bear Creek and several
special nieces, nephews and cousins. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, February 18, 2024, at 2:00 PM at Horseshoe Presbyterian Church, 1540 South Carbonton Road, Sanford with Pastor Michael Fox officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Bill will lie in state beginning Friday, February 16, 2024 at 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM. Friends and family may come and pay their respects and sign the guest register. Flowers will be accepted and/or donations may be made to Horseshoe Presbyterian Church, c/o Larry Meggs, 2995 Carbonton Rd., Carthage, NC 28327-8707. Arrangements by BridgesCameron Funeral Home. Condolences may be made at www. bridgescameronfuneralhome. com
patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” She loved her church and enjoyed studying the Word with her Bible Study Group and conquered the tech world, including using zoom to attend church and fellowship with friends during COVID. She was a faithful prayer warrior, praying for all her family and leaving a legacy of faith. Dottie was an avid reader and could often be found working on her word puzzles or searching for new recipes on her IPad. One of our favorite memories of Dottie are all the encouraging and valued words she wrote in the many cards she gave. We want to thank all those who cared for Dottie so well at Heritage Greens in Greensboro. Doris was born in Chatham County on December 3, 1929, to the late Rufus Bradshaw Scott and Clara McLaughlin Scott. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Sammy Griffin, grandson Matt Coore, and three sisters,
Evelyn Robinson, Merrill Jordan, and Geraldine White. Surviving relatives include two sons, Ted Griffin and wife Patsy of High Point, Randy Griffin, and wife Karen of Pittsboro, five grandchildren, Nadine, Sarah, Olivia, Samuel, Heather, and ten greatgrandchildren. A graveside service will be held Monday, February 19, 2024, at 2:00PM at Pittsboro Baptist Church cemetery with Rev. Tripp Harmon presiding. The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall immediately following the graveside service. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for memorial contributions to be made in Doris’s memory to Pittsboro Baptist Church P.O. Box 696 Pittsboro, NC 27312, or Authora Care Hospice 2500 Summitt Ave. Greensboro, NC 27405. Condolences may be made at www.donaldsonfunerals. com Donaldson Funeral Home & Crematory is honored to serve the Griffin family.
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Friendship Chapter 521, and last emeritus of the Moffit Poole Ladies Auxiliary Post 277. She was employed by several area dry cleaners and Burlington Industries where she retired from in 1984. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and siblings. She is survived by her two daughters, Annie Christopher and Cyd Anderson: three granddaughters, seven great grandchildren, five special children, three sisters-in-laws, one brother-in-law, three nephew/grandsons, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Funeral service will be Tuesday, February 20th, 2024, at First Missionary Baptist, at 2:00 PM. Visitation will be one hour prior at the church and burial will follow at the church cemetery. Service will be officiated by Reverend Barry Gray. Smith and Buckner Funeral Home will be assisting the Siler family. Online condolences can be made at www.smithbucknerfh. com
by his family. He is preceded in death by his parents, Edward & Josephine Dowling, no siblings. He retired after a distinguished career in the United States Army. During his career, he was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart in addition to other numerus commendations and awards. Dean was married to Brenda Graham Dowling for 47 years. They combined a family of his two sons, Keith and Brian Dowling and her two daughters, Jo Anne Cameron Russo and Julie Cameron Rudowski, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 9:00 am in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, DC.
William “Bill” James Nall
Sept.11th, 1945-Feb.13th, 2024 William “Bill” James Nall, age 78, of Sanford, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at SECU Hospice Home in Pittsboro. He was born in Moore County on September 11, 1945, to the late George William Nall and Mary Lee Malone
Doris Scott Griffin
Dec.3rd, 1929 – Feb.14th, 2024 Doris Scott Griffin, age 94, of Pittsboro, died Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at Heritage Greens Assisted Living in Greensboro. Doris (Dottie) loved her Lord and was His faithful servant. Dottie had the sweetest spirit and led her life with kindness, reflecting Jesus’ love to everyone she met. It is appropriate that Jesus called her home on Valentine’s Day because her life was an example of I Corinthians 13:4, “Love is
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Ray Neal Cockrum
March 28th, 1935 – Feb.11th, 2024 Ray Neal Cockrum, 88, of Siler City, went home to be with his Lord and savior on Sunday, February 11th, 2024. He was born in Mississippi County, AR, on March 28th, 1935, to Albert Lee Cockrum and Addie Keel Cockrum. He is preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Loren Cockrum of California, George W. Cockrum of Oregon, Hubert Cockrum of Oregon, Ted Cockrum of Oklahoma, and Joe Cockrum of California; six sisters, Geraldine Jackson of Arkansas, Bessie Phillips of Arkansas, Reba Evans of Arkansas, Phyllis Neinhaus of Washington State, Wilma
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IN MEMORY JEWELL COGGIN STONE MAY 16TH, 1930 – FEB.17TH, 2024 Jewell Coggin Stone, age 93, of Sanford, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 17th, 2024. Jewell was born on May 16, 1930, to the late Wilbur and Beatrice Coggin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, James Thomas “J.T.” Stone; brothers, Coy Coggin, Buster Coggins, and Jimmy Coggin; sister-in-laws Madge Coggins, Peggy Coggin, and Fancy Coggin, and brother-in-law, Bruce Slate. Jewell is survived by her son, James Stone and wife, Karen; daughter, Joy Barnes; siblings, Sylvia Adcock and husband Albert, Mollie Slate, and Thomas Coggin; sister-in-law Ann Coggins; grandchildren, Austin Barnes, Krestin Hite and husband, Jimmy, Jan Allen and husband, Greg, Pierce Barnes, and Bentley Barnes; great-grandchild Stone Hite, and many nieces and nephews that she loved and adored. Jewell was a graduate of Greenwood High School. She married J.T. on September 9th, 1949, and was proud of her role as wife and homemaker. She enjoyed working for many years in textiles and brought her talents home as she made countless articles of clothing and costumes for her loved ones. Jewell was a long-time Grace Chapel Church congregation member and devout in her love for God. In her final days, she was vocal about being ready to go home to him. The graveside funeral service was held Monday, February 19, 2024 at Grace Chapel Church with Rev. Mike Tannenbaum and Rev. David Yarborough officiating. JAMES DANIEL SLADE JULY 5TH, 1948 – FEB.13TH, 2024 James Daniel Slade, age 75 of Broadway, passed away on Thursday (2/13/2024) at his home. He was born on July 5, 1948, son of the late Marvin Edward Slade and Lovie Delane Raines Slade. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Matthew Williams Slade. He was a Veteran of the United States Army, served in Vietnam, and was the recipient of a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. He was fluent in four languages and served in combat infantry. He grew up in Liberty Chapel Church where he was a member and was also a member of the House of Refuge Church. Funeral services will be conducted at Liberty Chapel Church on Wednesday (2/21/2024) at 1:00pm with Elder Dr. James A. Ridley III, THD officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the Liberty Chapel Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:00pm – 1:00pm, one hour prior to the service at the church. Surviving is his brother, Marvin Slade Jr., and wife Valorie of Kernersville, NC. Sister, Frances Lee of Sanford, NC and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service from 12:00pm – 1:00pm on Wednesday at Liberty Chapel Church, 1855 Old US 1 Highway, Moncure, NC 27559. PEGGY MAGGILENE SPINKS-GOINS NOV.22ND, 1943 – FEB.10TH, 2024 Peggy Maggilene Spinks-Goins was born to the late Melvin and Vera Spinks on November 22, 1943, in Randolph County. She transitioned from labor to reward on February 10, 2024. at the Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro, North Carolina. On July 20, 1963, she married the late Bishop William Goins. Sis. Goins had so many duties, besides being a mother to Pam Goins, she was a mother to her nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and still is. She has been an aunt, sister, cousin, best friend, confidant, driver, cook, secretary, sister-in-law usher, prayer worrier, and janitor. Sis. Goins is especially known for her smile, her dresses, and her hats. She has been and still is a great asset to the church and in everything she does. She did it to the glory of God. One of my favorite songs is, “If God doesn’t do any else for her, he’s already done enough.” She was preceded in death by her sister Faye and her brothers, Gary, Clyde and Charles. Sis. Goins leaves to cherish her memories, her loving daughter Pam Goins, and two grandsons, Jonathan and Demetris Goins, all from Siler City, NC. A loving sister, Agnes Moore of New Port News, Virginia, and a special friend Mr. C. Davis. And a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends. And two loving godchildren. DEBBIE RAY APPLEWHITE JUNE 14TH, 1967 – FEB.13TH, 2024 Debbie Ray Applewhite, 56, of Siler City, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at UNC Hospital. A private service will be held. Debbie was born in Broward County, FL on June 14, 1967, to Roy Thomas Applewhite, Sr. and Elizabeth Turner Applewhite. She was a member of Bennett Baptist Church and was an on-air personality (Debbie Doo) with WNCA Radio for thirty-two years. Debbie was very artistic, had a great sense of humor and was known for her patience. She loved life in general and watching “General Hospital”. She loved her family and especially adored her grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Roy Applewhite and his wife, Donna. Debbie is survived by her son, Larry Wayne Sullivan (Alison), Pittsboro; twin sister, Beckie A. Brewer (Alan), of Bennett; brothers, George Applewhite (Janet), of Ellerbe and Ralph Applewhite (Trish), of Siler City; grandchildren, Chloe Sullivan, Valerie, Natalie, and Graham Allison and Kaiden Githire; numerous loved nieces and nephews and a host of family and friends.
Jessie Myrtle Wilkie, 96, of Goldston, went to her heavenly home Tuesday, February 13th, 2024. Myrtle was born in Chatham County, December 25th, 1927, to Carl Roe Gaines, Sr., and Laura Bell Stinson Gaines. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Rupert Willis Wilkie (1995), her brothers, Victor, David, Hubert, George, Eddie, and Carl Roe Gaines, Jr., her sisters, Cora Tillman, Kate Wilkie, Ruth Carty, Josephine Brewer, and Gola Hunter.
CHILDCARE from page A1 al hubs. The budget funding mirrored unpassed bills filed in both chambers for the pilot program. Partners for Children & Families, Inc., a longstanding charitable organization based in Moore County and serving as its Smart Start agency, will oversee the administration of the Tri-Share program in Moore County and six adjacent counties: Chatham, Cumberland, Hoke, Montgomery, Richmond, and Scotland. Amy Cubbage, President of the North Carolina Partnership for Children, highlighted why Partners for Children & Families was chosen. “Partners for Children & Families was selected to lead a Tri-Share region because of their strong community ties, particularly regarding workforce relations; leadership
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She is survived by her sons, Jerry W. Wilkie (Darlene) of Goldston, W.C. Wilkie (Joan) of Goldston, siblings, Mattie Iola Phillips (Bruce) of Lexington, Joyce G. Wicker (Jack) of Sanford, and Homer Gaines (Toni) of Atlanta, GA; two granddaughters, Julie Annette Wilkie Phillips, and Loretta Dawn Reels (Blair) of Goldston; and two great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. She was a retired poultry farmer and a member of Antioch Baptist Church. She loved her family and looking after them. She enjoyed gardening. She loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren and loved looking after them. A funeral service will be held at Antioch Baptist Church, Sunday, February 18th, 2024, at 2 PM with Pastor Mike Garner officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior at church. Burial will follow at church cemetery. Smith & Buckner Funeral Home will be serving the Wilkie family. Online condolences can be made at www.smithbucknerfh. com
within early care and education, and relationships with other Smart Start local partnerships,” Cubbage said. “We look forward to working even more closely with the employers and child care providers in Moore County, but also with the Smart Start partnerships in each of these adjacent counties,” said Stuart Mills, Executive Director of Partners for Children & Families. “This is an opportunity for all of us, but particularly for the children of these seven counties.” The hope is the pilot can set a precedent for proactive measures aimed at addressing childcare affordability and accessibility, serving as a model for other regions across North Carolina. By fostering collaboration between public and private entities, Tri-Share heralds a promising future where quality child care is within reach for all working families.
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Chatham News & Record for Thursday, February 22, 2024
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CREDITORS NOTICE Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Samuel Thomas Hildebrand (Samuel T. Hildebrand, Samuel Hildebrand, S.T. Hildebrand, Sam Hildebrand, S. Thomas Hildebrand, Thomas Hildebrand, Tom Hildebrand), deceased, late of Chatham County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit such claims to Katherine Cockerham, Executrix, c/o B. Jeffrey Wood, Attorney at Law at 3600 Country Club Road, Suite 100, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104, on or before May 15, 2024, or this notice will be pled in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 8th day of February, 2024. KATHERINE COCKERHAM Executrix B. Jeffrey Wood Attorney for the Estate 3600 Country Club Road, Suite 100 Winston-Salem, NC 27104 (336) 722-5700
NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified on the 19th day of February , 2024, as Executor of the Estate of Barbara Tuttlebee aka Barbara J. Tuttlebee, deceased, of Chatham County does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before May 26th, 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 22nd day of February, 2024. Janice Shelton Executor of the Estate of Barbara Tuttlebee aka Barbara J. Tuttlebee c/o J Alan Campbell Law PO Box 850 Hillsborough, NC 27278
NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION CHATHAM COUNTY FILE NO. 19 CvD 838 COUNTY OF CHATHAM Plaintiff, vs. HUBERT MATTHEWS, et al Defendants. TO: The HEIRS, ASSIGNS, and DEVISEES of FAYE M. MCDONALD and spouse, if any, or any other person or entity claiming thereunder TO: PATRICE L. MATTHEWS and spouse, if any, and ANY HEIRS, ASSIGNS, or DEVISEES of PATRICE L. MATTHEWS 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 February 8, 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 February 8, 2024, or by March 19, 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 30th day of January, 2024. ZACCHAEUS LEGAL SERVICES MARK D. BARDILL/MARK B. BARDILL Attorney for Plaintiff NC Bar #12852/56782 310 W. Jones St. P. O. Box 25 Trenton, North Carolina 28585 Telephone: (252) 448-4541 Publication dates: February 8, 2024 February 15, 2024 February 22, 2024
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE COUNTY OF CHATHAM 20CVD000813 WENDY FINE NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE VS OF REAL PROPERTY KIMBERLY D GUINN Under and by virtue of an execution directed in the above-captioned action to the undersigned Sheriff from the Clerk of Superior Court for Chatham County, North Carolina, issued 12/28/2023, in the amount of $95,906.67, with the amount to be collected as $99,398.44, received in the county of Chatham on 01/03/2024. I will be, on the 26th day of February 2024, at 10:00 A.M., at the Chatham County Justice Center at 40 East Chatham St, Pittsboro, NC 27312, and offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash half the rights, title, or interest which Defendant Kimberly D Guinn now or anytime at or after docketing of plaintiff’s judgment in Chatham County had below listed property, in satisfaction of the execution. The real property being sold is more particularly described as fallows: BEGINNING AT THE NAIL IN THE CENTERLINE OF S.R. 1533, AT THE INTERSECTION WITH THE CENTERLINE OF WILLOW WAY, AND RUNNING RHENCE ALIN G AND WITH THE CENTERLINE OF WILLOW WAY, NORTH 87 DEG.44 MIN. 10 EC. WEST 318.77 FEET TO A POINT, RUNNING THENCE NORTH 09 DEG. 09 MIN. 50 SEC. EAT 326.62 FEET TO STAKE IN THE EASTERN MARGIN OF LOT 82, CHATHAM SUBDIVISION, RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 82 DEG. 38 MIN, 25 SEC. EAS 184.49 FEET TO AN IRON, THENCE SOUTH 82 DEG. 38 MIN. EAST 106.41 FEET TO NAIL IN THE CENTERLINE OF S.R. 1533; RUNING THENCE ALONG AND WITH THE CENTERLINE OF S.R. 1533, SOUTH 4 DEG. 13 MIN, 30 SEC. WEST 298.46 FEET TO A NAIL, THE POINT AND PLACE BEGINNING, CONTAININ 2.181 ACRES MORE OR LESS, ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY AND PLAT ENTITTLE “SURVEY FOR DENNIS P. ROBINSON AND WIFE, VICKI J ROBINSON” DATED OCTOBER 13, 1996, PREPARED BY B. DANIEL RITCHIE, R.L.S, TO WHICH SURVEY AND PLAT THEREOF REFERENCE IS HEREBU MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Chatham County Tax Parcel #0002250 This sale shall be subject to all prior recorded or perfected Liens, Mortgages, and Encumbrances that have attached to or been levied on the property prior to the date of levy or docketing of the judgement of this Execution under which this sale is being held. This, the 8th day of February 2024. MIKE ROBERSON Sheriff of Chatham County DEPUTY SHERIFF
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION CHATHAM COUNTY FILE NO. 08 CvD 553 COUNTY OF CHATHAM Plaintiff, vs. LEWIS L. MARSH, et al Defendants. TO: The HEIRS, ASSIGNS, and DEVISEES of FAYE M. MCDONALD 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 February 8, 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 February 8, 2024, or by March 19, 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 30th day of January, 2024. ZACCHAEUS LEGAL SERVICES MARK D. BARDILL/MARK B. BARDILL Attorney for Plaintiff NC Bar #12852/56782 310 W. Jones St. P. O. Box 25 Trenton, North Carolina 28585 Telephone: (252) 448-4541 Publication dates: February 8, 2024, February 15, 2024, February 22, 2024
24-E-35 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY The undersigned, Naomi Gee, having qualified as Administrator CTA of the Estate of Nora Lee Ellis 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 May 1st, 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 1st of February 2024. Naomi Gee Administrator CTA c/o Marie H. Hopper Attorney for the Estate Hopper Cummings, PLLC Post Office Box 1455 Pittsboro, NC 27312
Having qualified on the 24th day of January 2024, as Administrator DBN of the Estate of Douglas H. Foxx, 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 1st day of May 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 26th day of January 2024. W. Woods Doster, Administrator DBN of the Estate of Douglas H. Foxx 206 Hawkins Avenue Sanford, NC 27330 Attorneys: Law Offices of Doster & Brown, P.A. 206 Hawkins Avenue Sanford, NC 27330 Publish On: February 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd 2024.
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Margaret R. Barker, 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 his address, 47 NC Highway 87 N, Pittsboro, North Carolina, 27312, on or before the 1st day of May, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This 24th day of January, 2024. Steve Eugene Barker 47 NC Highway 87 N Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312 GUNN & MESSICK, PLLC P. O. Box 880 Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312-0880 February 1, 8, 15, 22
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ORANGE COUNTY In the District Court 23CVD262; CHRISTOPHER KUSLIEKA V. KIERRA DOWDY, To Person to be served: Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Custody. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than thirty days from March 2, 2024 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought. G.S. 1A-4 Page 8 This, the 2nd day of February, 2024. Catherine Peebles, Attorney for Plaintiff, 203 W. Millbrook Rd. Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27609.
PUBLIC NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA Chatham COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix for the Estate of Alena Konecny, late of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned at the office of his attorney set forth below, on or before the 9th day of May, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 8th day of February, 2024. Gary Gittere, Administrator for the Estate of Alena Konecny, Corrine Cottrell, Attorney at Munson Law Firm, PLLC, 9555 U.S. Hwy 15 501 N, Ste. 200Chapel Hill, NC 27517, Phone: (919) 619-5972 February, 8, 15, 22, 29 2024
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY All persons having claims against the estate of Paul A. Metzger, Jr. of Chatham County, NC, who died on the 18th of December, 2023, are notified to present them on or before May 13, 2024 to Camilla C. Schupp, Executor for the Estate, c/o Schupp & Hamilton, P.L.L.C., P. O. Box 3200, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-3200, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Schupp & Hamilton, PLLC P. O. Box 3200 Chapel Hill, NC 27515-3200 For February 8th, February 15th, February 22d and February 29th
RESOLUTION& NOTICE RESOLUTION OF THE CHATHAM COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS CONCERNING THE COUNTING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS On January 16, 2024, the Chatham County Board of Elections met at the Board of Elections Office, Pittsboro, North Carolina and adopted the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED by the Chatham County Board of Elections that: The Chatham County Board of Elections shall meet at 2:00 PM on Election Day, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at the Board of Elections Office at 984-D Thompson Street to count absentee ballots. Any voter of the county may attend this meeting and observe the count. The results of the absentee ballot count will not be announced before 7:30 pm on that day. The board will meet at 4:00 PM on March 14, 2024, to count any additional absentee ballots received on Election Day by the deadline and Provisional ballots for the March 5, 2024, Primary Election. Any voter of the county may attend this meeting and observe the count.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS 24-E-34 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY The undersigned, Naomi Gee, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of William Atlas Ellis 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 May 1st, 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.
Laura Heise, Chair Chatham County Board of Elections Run Dates: Thursday, February 22, 2024 Thursday, February 28, 2024
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE UNDERSIGNED, Robin S. Murphy, having qualified on the 16th day of January, 2024, as Executrix of the Estate of Nelda G. Gupton, deceased, does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said Estate that they must present them to the undersigned at CAROLINA TAX, TRUSTS & ESTATES, C/O ATTORNEY Robert J. Gallagher., P.O. BOX 1101, Southern Pines, North Carolina, 28388, on or before the 2nd day of May 2024, or claims will be forever barred thereafter, and this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make prompt payment to the undersigned at the above address. ROBIN S. MURPHY EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF NELDA G. GUPTON ROBERT J. GALLAGHER CAROLINA TAX, TRUSTS & ESTATES P.O. BOX 1101 SOUTHERN PINES, NC 28388 Publish: February 1, 2024 February 8, 2024 February 15, 2024 February 22, 2024
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ALL PERSONS, firms, and corporations having claims against Patsy Lee Stafford, deceased, of Chatham County, N.C., are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before May 8th, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This the 8th of February, 2024. David Lee Stafford, Executor of the Estate of Patsy Lee Stafford, c/o Paul A. Yokabitus, Attorney, 1033 Wade Avenue, Suite 104, Raleigh, NC 27605.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY The undersigned, DEBORAH PRIOLEAU, having qualified on the 30TH day of JANUARY, 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of GREGORY PRIOLEAU, 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 4TH day OF JUNE 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 8TH Day of FEBRUARY 2024. DEBORAH PRIOLEAU, EXECUTOR 10310 SABLEWOOD COURT UNIT 105 RALEIGH, NC 27617 Run dates: F8,F15,F22,F29p
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY The undersigned, JESSE ALAN MOOREFIELD, having qualified on the 4TH day of JANUARY, 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of THOMAS PEYTON MOOREFIELD, 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 1ST day of MAY 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 1ST Day of FEBRUARY 2024. JESSE ALAN MOOREFIELD, EXECUTOR 2421 TIMBER OAK DRIVE HILLSBOROUGH, NC 27278 Run dates: F1,F8,F15,F22p
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY The undersigned, LAWRENCE EUGENE LIPSCOMB, having qualified on the 31ST day of JANUARY, 2024, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of JENNIE LYNN KEYES, 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 15TH day OF MAY 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 15TH Day of FEBRUARY 2024.
Bill to : Chatham County Board of Elections P O Box 111, Pittsboro, NC 27312
LAWRENCE EUGENE LIPSCOMB, EXECUTOR 120 OLDE MANOR COURT SILER CITY, NC 27344
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agency to get specially treated water.” The Attorney General added that they have been working with the Environmental Management Commission to develop stricter regulations to protect against 1,4-Dioxane and determine the appropriate permit conditions and discharge limits for municipal wastewater treatment facilities and the companies that are the sources of these chemicals. “Corporations have a responsibility to come to the table and work with us to protect people’s health,” said the Stein, adding that If companies are irresponsible, break the law, and put North Carolinians’ health at risk, they will not hesitate to act. “We’ve already made encouraging progress when it comes to PFAS contamination.”
Stein noted the settlement with Chemours that imposed the largest environmental fine in the state’s history and prevents the unlawful discharge of GenX and other PFAS compounds into the Cape Fear River, requires the installation of state-of-the-art technology to prevent further PFAS emissions into the air, and requires the company to contain and clean up the contaminated groundwater. “I have filed six additional lawsuits against DuPont, 3M, and a dozen other companies that manufactured AFFF, the firefighting foam that contains PFAS,” said Stein. He also noted that the judge in the pending Fayetteville Works lawsuit said companies can’t use shell corporations to hand off liabilities to subsidiaries to evade potential judgements.
This the 1st of February 2024. Naomi Gee Administrator c/o Marie H. Hopper Attorney for the Estate Hopper Cummings, PLLC Post Office Box 1455 Pittsboro, NC 27312
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alleged contamination of the Haw River. We can’t “control what those upstream do, particularly when corporations release dangerous chemicals into the water supply,” Reives said. “But we can make sure that they are held accountable when they are irresponsible.” “When you turn on a faucet at home, you should never have to worry, is that water going to make your loved one sick? You shouldn’t have to worry about giving your kids a bath in the bathtub. You should never doubt whether that water is clean,” said NC Attorney General Josh Stein (D). “And while I appreciate the Town of Pittsboro’s initiative, you shouldn’t have to bring water jugs and water bottles to a collection
Chatham News & Record for Thursday, February 22, 2024
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TAKE NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY The undersigned, CICLY A. MCCRIMMON, having qualified on the 21ST day of SEPTEMBER, 2020, as CO-ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of WILKIE RAY MCCRIMMON , 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 15TH day OF MAY 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 15TH Day of FEBRUARY 2024. CICLY A. MCCRIMMON, CO-ADMINISTRATOR 380 CHURCHWOOD LANE PITTSBORO, NC 27312 Run dates: F15,F22,F29,M7p
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY 2024E 000061 The undersigned, having qualified on the 1st day of February 2024, as Executrix of the Estate of ALLAN HAROLD PEGG 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 16th day of May 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 15th day of February 2024 Jennifer Pegg Janson, Executrix Estate of Allan Harold Pegg 453 Middleton Place Chapel Hill, NC 27516-4250 Feb15,Feb22,Feb29,Mar7,4tp
The undersigned, PATRICIA E. VAUDO, having qualified on the 7TH day of FEBRUARY, 2024, as EXECUTRIX of the Estate of WILLIAM JAMES PLEWS aka W.JAMES PLEWS aka WILLIAM J. PLEWS aka WILLIAM PLEWS aka W.PLEWS aka W.J. PLEWS , 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 15TH day OF MAY 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 15TH Day of FEBRUARY 2024. PATRICIA E. VAUDO 502 FRONTGATE DR. CARY, NC 27519 Run dates: F15,F22,F29,M7p
24 E 62 The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Derrick Lee Jones, 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, 9 Hampshire Glen Parkway, Hampton, VA, 23669, on or before the 8th day of May, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This 2nd day of February, 2024. Charnetta J. Hill 9 Hampshire Glen Parkway Hampton, VA 23669 GUNN & MESSICK, PLLC P. O. Box 880 Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312-0880 February 8, 15, 22, 29
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FILE#23 E 689 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY The undersigned, PATRICE REIVES-BRIGHT, having qualified on the 14TH day of DECEMBER, 2023, as EXECUTOR of the Estate of KEITH DOUGLAS REIVES, 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 4th day of MAY 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 1ST Day of FEBRUARY 2024. PATRICE REIVES-BRIGHT, ADMINISTRATOR 1001 ORION CT. MERRICK, NY 11566 Run dates: F1,F8,F15,F22p
FORECLOSURES
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
Book : 1965 Page: 936 and modified in Book 2387, Page 1026 Dated: December 21, 2017
Special Proceedings No. 23 SP 196 Substitute Trustee: Philip A. Glass
Grantors: Robin E. Small, unmarried, Annie M. Small, unmarried and Clarence Wayne Small, unmarried
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Date of Sale: February 28, 2024
Original Beneficiary: State Employees’ Credit Union
Time of Sale: 12:00 p.m.
CONDITIONS OF SALE:
Place of Sale: Chatham County Courthouse
This sale is made subject to all unpaid taxes and superior liens or encumbrances of record and assessments, if any, against the said property, and any recorded leases. This sale is also subject to any applicable county land transfer tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for any such county land transfer tax.
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Record Owners: Annie M. Small (98%) Robin Eugenia Small (1%) and Clarence Wayne Small (1%), JTWROS Address of Property: 0.3 acre tract, Sols Place Pittsboro, NC 27312 Deed of Trust:
A cash deposit of 5% of the purchase price will be required at the time of the sale. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute
Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.
due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
Residential real property with less than 15 rental units, including single-family residential real property: an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 4521.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent
Lying and being in the Town of Pittsboro, Center Township, Chatham County, North Carolina, and being more fully described as follows:
Philip A. Glass, Substitute Trustee Nodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P. Exhibit A
BEGINNING at a point approximately 120 feet northeast from the southeasternmost corner of an unoccupied house known currently or formerly as the Old Millken Residence, and running thence North 7 degrees 1’ 57” East 131.25 feet to a point; thence South 82 degrees 58’ 3” East 100 feet to a point; thence South 7 degrees 1’ 57” West 131.25 feet a point; thence North 82 degrees 58’ 3” West 100 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, and being a portion of the lands heretofore conveyed by deed from Egbert Goins and wife to Solomon Miliken by deed dated April 5, 1943 and recorded November 18, 1974 in Book 386, Page 226, Chatham County Registry.
Being that 0.3 acre parcel conveyed to Annie M. Small, Clarence Wayne Small, and Robin Eugenia Small from Annie M. Small in that deed recorded July 20, 2012 in Chatham County Registry Book 1631, Page 237 and reformed by Order dated September 25, 2023, file #22CVS268, and recorded in Book 2387, Page 1026, Chatham County Registry. And being that parcel indicated as “13,125 SF/0.3 AC Relocated to Accommodate House” on that plat of survey as shown and included with that Order filed September 25, 2023, in Chatham County, file #22CVS268, Exhibit A. Including a 2018 Legacy manufactured home with a serial number of L30699A/B. Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and utility lines and rights of way in existence over, under or upon the abovedescribed property. PIN: a portion of 9723 00 83 5383 Property Address: 0.3 acre tract, Sols Place, Pittsboro, NC 27312
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Celebrating the big win: Seaforth’s Layne Armstrong jumps into his coach’s arms after winning the 2A 126-pound Championship of the NCHSAA State Wrestling Championship at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Seaforth wrestling captures first individual team title, two Hawks win individual state championships
Cali O’Neill is now a member of the U-16 U.S. Women’s National Team
Josh Miller and Layne Armstrong win their first individual state titles. By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record COURTESY OF MARK BROCKER PHOTOGRAPHY
Local soccer player called up to U-16 U.S. Women’s Youth National Team roster for training camp Cali O’Neill is a sophomore at Seaforth. By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record SEAFORTH SOPHOMORE Cali O’Neill was one of 24 soccer players selected to the U-16 U.S. Women’s Youth National Team roster ahead of its first training camp of the year. O’Neill is listed as a defender on the roster announced by U.S. Soccer on Feb. 12. The team will hold its training camp at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, California from Feb. 22-29. “I feel honored that I get the chance to play with some of the best players in the county,” O’Neill said. “I’m really looking forward to playing in a new environment and improving my skills with the amazing coaching staff.” The squad will be coached by Brazil native and former professional women’s soccer player Patchy Toledo, who has coached the U-16 U.S. Women’s Youth National Team since 2022.
O’Neill is one of two players from North Carolina on the roster, joining North Carolina Courage Academy teammate Riley Kennedy from Holly Springs. O’Neill does not play on the Seaforth girls soccer team, but she has played club soccer with North Carolina FC Youth for eight years, spending four of those with the program’s NC Courage Academy. This isn’t O’Neill’s first rodeo with the U.S. Women’s Youth National Team. She was also called up to the U-15 squad for its training camp at the Nike World Headquarters in Portland, Oregon in 2022. A month before that, O’Neill participated alongside 59 other players from across the country in the U-15 Women’s Youth National Team Talent ID Camp also held in Chula Vista. “I think going to these camps really helped me know what to expect and the standards that they hold you to,” O’Neill said. “I have also played with some of the players that I’ve went to camp with previously, and I know how they play.” O’Neill also has a good idea of
what her daily routine will look like during the camp. The mornings will consist of breakfast, a team meeting and a training session followed by recovery, lunch, individual player meetings and study hall in the afternoons. “Dinner and additional team meetings are typical of the night schedule,” O’Neill said. “Some days we will have a team activity for team bonding which is always fun.” Even though the camp only lasts a week, this time spent with the U-16 team can lead to greater opportunities with U.S. Soccer in the future. All of the players called up to the training camp have a chance to play on the team that qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, which will take place in the Dominican Republic from Oct. 16 to Nov. 3. “There’s steps leading up to that point,” O’Neill said. “If they view you as a player they want, you have to keep being invited back until that roster is names. These camps definitely play a big role in getting that exposure to them, as you’re being coached first hand.”
TO CAP OFF a historic season, Seaforth captured the 2A individual team state title
while having two wrestlers win individual state championships Saturday. Senior Josh Miller took home the state crown for the 120-pound weight class, and junior Layne Armstrong claimed the 126-pound title in the 2A tournament. They are See WRESTLING, page B2
Chatham basketball playoff outlook Playoff projections for Chatham County teams based on RPI, conference standings By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record POSTSEASON BASKETBALL has finally arrived for Chatham County’s high school basketball teams. Competition has already started with the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A and Central Tar Heel 1A conference tournaments in action this week, and numerous teams across the county are making their final pushes for playoff contention or better seeding. In both conferences, there will be two automatic state playoff berths reserved for the regular season conference champion and the regular season conference runner-up or the conference tournament champion. The remaining, non-automatic qualifying teams will be deter-
mined by the ratings percentage index, or RPI, standings. RPI considers the winning percentage of a team, its opponents and its opponents’ opponents when determining how a team will be seeded. The NCHSAA will seed 32 eastern teams and 32 western teams in each state bracket Saturday. Based on conference and RPI standings as of Monday, here’s a quick playoff outlook for the Chatham County teams projected to make the state tournament or are still fighting to make the 32-team cut. BOYS Northwood (2A East, automatic bid) Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 16-0, First place RPI: 0.639210 Projected seed: 4
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I knew I wanted to be a state champ…To see people I know Seaforth’s first two individual (and) people I grew up in the sport with win it year after year wrestling state champions. Armstrong’s victory gave and me not win it last year, I Seaforth the necessary points had to win it this year. It felt reto top the team standings with ally good.” Although Miller got the a score of 136 and win the first team sport state title in school storybook ending to an outstanding career, Seaforth still history. The state tournaments start- had a job to finish. Now withed Thursday and finished with in striking distance of Trinity, the championship rounds Sat- the Hawks’ hopes for a team championship lied in the grip urday evening. “It feels amazing,” head of Armstrong, who took the coach Ryan Armstrong, who is mat against Chase’s Adrian Fox Layne’s father, said. “It (was) a right after Miller. “My strategy was to kill him,” very emotional three days.” Said assistant coach Pete Armstrong said. “No mercy on (Fox). I wanted that Rogers, “Seeing these state championship.” guys accomplish what Armstrong took the they did, it’s your title right out the gate dream as a coach… by quickly getting Fox It couldn’t have hap- “Seeing to the ground and pened to two better these guys him there. people both on and off accomplish keeping With some near falls the mat. They’re great and swift takedowns leaders, they’re great what on the rare occasion people, (and) they they did, that Fox escaped, pick people up on the it’s your Armstrong continteam.” ued to rack up points, Coming into the dream as a ending the first round championship round, up 10-1. Seaforth sat at sec- coach.” A final near fall late ond place in the team in the second period standings, trailing 2A Pete Rogers clinched the 17-1 techdual team champs nical fall victory. The Trinity, 128.5-126.5. Ahead of the Hawks’ two nature of the win was fitting, matches, Trinity picked up an- considering Armstrong pinned other victory by major decision every opponent in the state tournament to extend its lead, but the title championship remained in reach for Seaforth. leading up to the final round. Of course, Seaforth’s chamSeaforth’s last efforts for the perfortop spot started with Miller, pionship-winning who finished as a state run- mance at the state tournament ner-up in 2021 and 2023. He took more than just Miller and had to wrestle Trinity’s Spencer Armstrong. Out of its 10 other state May who beat Armstrong in the state dual finals two weeks qualifiers, five placed in their respective tournaments and prior. Miller used a couple of suc- weight classes. Gabe Rogers cessful double-leg takedowns (106 pounds), Keira Rosento jump out to a 4-1 lead in the markle (girls, 152), Judge first two rounds. May came Lloyd (175) and Ethan Kuball close to getting Miller on his (215) finished third. Harrison Compton finished back for points numerous times, but Miller did a good job fifth in the 190-pound tournaof getting to his knees and pre- ment. Ryan Armstrong credited venting May from turning him. “I knew (May) was going to be Pete Rogers with a lot of the very strong,” Miller said. “When team’s success, and he said I got an early lead, my mindset their ability to win the individwas really to go out there and ual team championship after a tough loss to Trinity in the score some more points.” At the end of the second 2A dual final exemplifies how round, an illegal slamming this year’s trailblazing Hawks move from May gave Miller a squad is “special.” “We took what we learned crucial extra point and extended his lead to 5-1. Two minutes from duals, and (Rogers) went from his first state title victory, into the room and fixed it,” Miller spent the third round Armstrong said. “You can see fending off May’s shots and the results (Saturday). In oronce again staying off his back der for Coach Rogers and the to win the match by decision, boys and girls we have in this program to take criticism and 5-2. “I’ve worked really hard for execute and then you see it the this,” Miller said. “I used to next week and the week after come out to this tournament in the state finals, that says when I was like 11 years old something is special about just to watch. (Since) I was 11, them.”
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Pollard Middle School’s girls’ basketball team won the Chatham County tournament over Horton Winter Sports Roundup: 2/12-2/18 By Asheebo Rojas Chatham News & Record MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL The Chatham County Schools Middle School Basketball tournament concluded Friday night at Seaforth High School and crowned two champions for the 2023-24 season. For the boys, Chatham Middle beat J.S. Waters, 39-34, to win its second straight middle school championship. In the girls bracket, Pollard Middle beat George Moses Horton Middle, 20-15. Boys Basketball Northwood beat Chatham Central, 69-48, on Feb. 13 and Bartlett Yancey, 64-17, on Feb. 14 to close out its regular season. Seaforth also finished its regular season with two wins, beating Jordan-Matthews, 66-57, on Feb. 13 and Bartlett Yancey, 67-46, Friday. Chatham Central won over North Moore Friday, 85-64. Jordan-Matthews won its
last regular season game over Graham Friday, 68-51. Chatham Charter picked up two big wins, beating River Mill, 59-39, on Feb. 13 and Ascend Leadership, 78-22, Thursday. Woods Charter beat Clover Garden School, 54-52, on Feb. 13 but lost to Southern Wake Academy, 91-38, Friday. Final Power Rankings Northwood Chatham Central Chatham Charter Seaforth Jordan-Matthews Woods Charter GIRLS BASKETBALL Northwood finished the regular season with two huge wins, beating Chatham Central, 73-38, on Feb. 13 and Bartlett Yancey, 72-30, on Feb. 14. Seaforth beat Jordan-Matthews on Feb. 13, 63-8. Chatham Central won over North Moore Friday, 58-13. Jordan-Matthews finished its regular season with a win over Graham Friday, 46-35. Chatham Charter picked up a forfeit win over River Mill on
Feb. 13 and beat Ascend Leadership Thursday, 71-7. Woods Charter lost to Clover Garden School on Feb. 13, 55-21, and beat Southern Wake Academy Friday, 50-7.
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Final Power Rankings Seaforth Northwood Chatham Charter Chatham Central Jordan-Matthews Woods Charter Wrestling Outside of Seaforth’s state champions and state placers, here’s how other Chatham County wrestlers fared at the state individual wrestling tournament. Elijah Farrow (Northwood, 165 pounds, lost in consolation round two); Jakari Blue (Jordan-Matthews, 190, lost in consolation round one); Jordan Miller (Seaforth, 113, lost in consolation round two); Caden Brewer (Seaforth, 144, lost in consolation round one); William Bass (Seaforth, 150, lost in consolation round one); Alex Hinchman (Seaforth, 165, lost in consolation round one); Maddock Cody (Seaforth, 132, lost in consolation round three)
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Pollard Middle School’s girls’ basketball team won the Chatham County tournament over Horton.
Northwood boys basketball’s Fred Whitaker earns athlete of the week honors for the week of Feb. 12. In Northwood’s regular season finale against Bartlett Yancey on Feb. 14, Whitaker, a senior, scored his 1,000th career point on the way to a 64-17 win. Whitaker recorded 14 points and five assists the night before against Chatham Central, the second-best team in the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A conference.
Central Electric sponsoring two youth to attend basketball camp Central Electric awards two Touchstone Energy Sports Camp Scholarships annually to local students in Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore, or Randolph counties. A young man will be selected to attend the Carolina Basketball School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a young woman will be selected to attend the Wolfpack Women’s Basketball Camp at N.C. State University in Raleigh. To be eligible to apply, the student must be in the sixth or seventh grade during the upcoming school year, have permission from a parent or guardian to attend the overnight camp and must provide their own transportation if selected to attend. Scan the QR code or visit CEMCPower.com for more information or to apply. The deadline for applications to both camps is March 31.
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Chatham News & Record for Thursday, February 22, 2024
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SIDELINE REPORT NBA
Lillard, East beats West in All-Star Game Indianapolis All-Star MVP Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks scored 39 points and the Eastern Conference beat the Western Conference 211186 on Sunday night, with the winners putting up the most points in the game’s 73-year history. That broke the previous mark of 196 by the West in 2016. The total points of 397 smashed the record of 374 set in 2017, while the East made 42 3-pointers to break the mark of 35 set by Team LeBron in 2019. Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves scored 50 points for the West in just 28 minutes.
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Penguins retire Jagr’s No. 68 Pittsburgh The Pittsburgh Penguins retired Jaromir Jagr’s iconic No. 68 on Sunday. The NHL’s second alltime leading scorer was on hand as his jersey was raised to the rafters at PPG Paints Arena. The 52-year-old spent 11 seasons in Pittsburgh from 1990 to 2001, helping the franchise win a pair of Stanley Cups. Jagr is the third Penguins player to have his number retired, joining Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux and Michel Briere. While Jagr has played for nine different NHL teams, he says he knows he will be forever linked with Pittsburgh.
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Ohio State knocks off No. 2 Purdue in interim coach’s debut Columbus, Ohio Bruce Thornton scored 22 points and Jamison Battle added 19 as Ohio State stunned No. 2 Purdue 73-69 on Sunday, giving interim coach Jake Diebler a victory in his debut with the Buckeyes. Diebler replaced Chris Holtmann, who was fired Wednesday after several disappointing seasons. Ohio State (15-11, 5-10 Big Ten) entered the contest having lost nine of its last 11 games. Zach Edey had 22 points and 13 rebounds for his 58th career double-double for the Boilermakers (23-3, 12-3).
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Ohtani won’t play in Dodgers’ spring training opener Glendale, Ariz. Shohei Ohtani did not participate in live batting practice Sunday, and his Los Angeles Dodgers spring training debut is on hold. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani, who is coming back from elbow surgery, will not play in Thursday’s exhibition opener against the San Diego Padres. The two-time MVP signed a record $700 million, 10year contract as a free agent in December. The two-time AL MVP won’t pitch this season following right elbow surgery on Sept. 19 but hopes to be ready as a hitter by the March 20 opener against the Padres in Seoul, South Korea.
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Winston-Salem State guard Jaylen Alston shoots over Virginia Union forward Jonathan Salazar during the HBCU Classic on Saturday in Indianapolis.
Winston-Salem State tops Virginia Union in NBA HBCU Classic The teams played on the All-Star Game court in Indianapolis By Mark Ambrogi The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — While Virginia Union coach Jay Butler would have liked a different outcome, both teams had a winning experience at the NBA HBCU Classic. Ketron Shaw scored 15 points and Jaylen Alston had 14 points and 11 rebounds to pace Winston-Salem State to a 64-47 victory Saturday in the NBA HBCU Classic. Issac Parson added 12 points and 11 assists for the Rams (17-8, 11-5 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association). Jaylin Parker scored 11 points, Tahj Harding led Virginia Union (11-17, 6-9 CIAA ) with 11
points and Travis Vaughn added nine points. The game between the two NCAA Division II teams from the historically black universities was played at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the same court as the NBA All-Stars will play on Sunday night. “This was big time,” Butler said. “This was an awesome event, something the kids will remember for the rest of their lives. When we first got here, they rolled out the red carpet from the airport to the hotel to the arena.” Being a Division II school, Butler said the players don’t get to play on this kind of big stage. Vaughn, one of eight freshmen for the Panthers, said he never experienced anything like it. “It was just an an amazing experience,” he said recounting the NBA stars he met. “I’m very for-
tunate. ... I got to meet Stephen Curry, Damian Lillard. I look up to them for my game, so I was very fortunate for that.” Alston was starstruck, too. “Walking in we got to see Kevin Durant,” Alston said. “I kind of stopped. I forgot a game was still happening, so I had to catch myself.” Parson added: “The coolest thing for me was I got to see Jalen Brunson and speak with him.” Winston-Salem State coach Cleo Hill Jr. said it was special for all involved. “I couldn’t even imagine when I was 18 to 24 years old, coming into the All-Star Game playing in front of Earl Monroe, Clyde Frazier and Magic Johnson, so that was huge,” Hill said. “On the flip side for the student-athletes, they have career day (Sunday) and well-suited and booted to
put our best foot forward for life after basketball. For myself, with my dad playing in the NBA for a short time, it was gratifying.” Durant, representing the Phoenix Suns as an All-Star, said it’s huge for the two teams to have the stage. “It’s an opportunity for people around the country to see the type of talent they have at HBCUs,” Durant said. “There’s a lot of hidden gems there, great coaching, great talent up and down the board. If we can give them the platform to showcase their talents and skills, we need to do so. So I’m excited for them. Hopefully, this becomes an annual thing and we start to see more and more talent come out of HBCUs.” Douglas Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, was among those in attendance.
NASCAR teams hire top antitrust lawyer The stock car sanctioning body is at odds with owners over a new revenue-sharing model By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR teams have hired one of the country’s top antitrust and sports lawyers to advise them in their ongoing dispute with the family-owned stock car series over a new revenue-sharing model. The decision to hire Jeffrey Kessler, partner and co-executive chair of Winston & Strawn LLP, followed a Saturday meeting at Daytona International Speedway that included the majority owner from each of the 15 chartered teams in NASCAR. Although the teams invited NASCAR representatives to attend, none did. Kessler’s hiring was revealed to The Associated Press on Sunday, the eve of the rain-postponed Daytona 500, by the five members of the team ownership negotiating committee. It comes amid a breakdown in negotiations between teams and NASCAR that led the 36 chartered teams to decline last month to extend their exclusive negotiat-
ing window with the sanctioning body on the existing deal. The current charter agreement expires at the end of this season, and two years of talks were stalled by NASCAR’s ongoing negotiations on a new $7.7 billion television rights deal announced in early December. NASCAR’s economic offer to the teams came shortly after but with zero room for the teams to counter. “We want to make a deal, we are just looking for a fair deal,” Curtis Polk, a part owner of 23XI Racing and member of the teams’ negotiating committee, told The Associated Press. “There is no give and take. We’ve been told ‘This is all there is; there is no flexibility.’ That’s not a negotiation.” Kessler has only been retained so far to help advise the teams in their negotiations. Kessler most recently successfully represented Division I college football and basketball players in a landmark antitrust case that led to financial stipends for athletes. He also led the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team in its successful fight for equal pay as well as litigations for current free agency rules in the NBA and the NFL. The issues between NASCAR and the race teams are far beyond revenue and char-
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Rick Hendrick and other stock car team owners have hired highpowered attorney Jeffrey Kessler in their dispute with NASCAR over revenue sharing. ters, which are essentially a version of the franchise model used in nearly all professional sports. The teams have asked for the charters to become permanent, which NASCAR has not even considered. But after a Saturday meeting that included Rick Hendrick, NASCAR’s winningest owner who is launching his 40th anniversary season, Roger Penske, Joe Gibbs and Michael Jordan, among others, it became clear that having a franchise to leave as part of their legacy remains one of the more pressing topics. The negotiating team said
it couldn’t even come to a resolution in which charters would last seven years but could be revokable by NASCAR based on failing to meet competitive standards. NASCAR has apparently stopped negotiating with the committee and is instead trying to speak to teams individually. “I think that this whole thing is such a monopoly that you kind of get shut down in different areas, you’re allowed in some places, but not in others,” said three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, owner of 23XI Racing with Jordan and Polk.
Chatham News & Record for Thursday, February 22, 2024
PLAYOFF from page B1 Seaforth (2A East) Conference/conference record/ finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 7-9, Sixth place RPI: 0.470449 Projected seed: 35 (not in playoff contention) Jordan-Matthews (2A East) Conference/conference record/ finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 9-7, Fifth place RPI: 0.482980 Projected seed: 33 (not in playoff contention) Chatham Central (1A East, automatic bid) Conference/conference record/ finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 14-2, Second place RPI: 0.559060 Projected seed: 3 Chatham Charter (1A East, automatic bid) Conference/conference record/ finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 10-2, Second place RPI: 0.485537 Projected seed: 19 Woods Charter (1A East) Conference/conference record/ finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 8-4, Third place RPI: 0.442919 Projected seed: 29 GIRLS Northwood (2A East, automatic bid)
B5 Conference/conference record/ finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 13-3, Second place RPI: 0.610223 Projected seed: 11 Seaforth (2A East, automatic bid) Conference/conference record/ finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 15-0, First place RPI: 0.670752 Projected seed: 2 Jordan-Matthews (2A East) Conference/conference record/ finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 5-11, Sixth place RPI: 0.434139 Projected seed: 38 (not in playoff contention) Chatham Central (1A East, automatic bid) Conference/conference record/ finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 10-6, Fourth place RPI: 0.534718 Projected seed: 13 Chatham Charter (1A East, automatic bid) Conference/conference record/ finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 12-0, First place RPI: 0.602481 Projected seed: 3 Woods Charter (1A East) Conference/conference record/ finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 4-8, Fifth place RPI: 0.369889 Projected seed: 41 (not in playoff contention)
Chatham News & Record for Thursday, February 22, 2024
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entertainment OpenAI reveals Sora, a tool to make instant videos from written prompts The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The maker of ChatGPT on Thursday unveiled its next leap into generative artificial intelligence with a tool that instantly makes short videos in response to written commands. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator, called Sora, isn’t the first of its kind. Google, Meta and the startup Runway ML are among the other companies to have demonstrated similar technology. But the high quality of videos displayed by OpenAI — some after CEO Sam Altman asked social media users to send in ideas for written prompts — astounded observers while also raising fears about the ethical and societal implications. “A instructional cooking session for homemade gnocchi hosted by a grandmother social media influencer set in a rustic Tuscan country kitchen with cinematic lighting,” was a prompt suggested on X by a freelance photographer from New Hampshire. Altman responded a short time later with a realistic video that depicted what the prompt described.
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OpenAI said in a blog post that it’s engaging with artists, policymakers and others before releasing the new tool to the public. “We are working with red teamers — domain experts in areas like misinformation, hateful content, and bias — who will be adversarially testing the model,” the company said. “We’re also building tools to help detect misleading content such as a detection classifier that can tell when a video was generated by Sora.”
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service to grow even further. On Thursday, Xbox President Sarah Bond announced that the first Activision Blizzard game on Xbox Game Pass will be Diablo IV, starting March 28. “It’s all part of our commitment to make Xbox, the Xbox experience, and the games that we build as widely available as possible,” Bond said. Xbox, which has previously ranked third in sales behind PlayStation and Nintendo, is expected to see a significant boost from the Activision Blizzard roster — which, beyond Diablo, also includes blockbuster games like Call of Duty and Overwatch. Microsoft completed its purchase of Activision Blizzard for $69 billion back in October, nearly two years after announcing the deal. The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant had to fend off ample global opposition from antitrust regulators and rivals over competition concerns. Sony, for example, told regulators that it feared Microsoft will deprive its dominant PlayStation game console of popular Activision games or offer subpar versions. But as it sought to persuade regulators and judges to approve the Activision purchase, Microsoft repeatedly defended its approach as good for gaming, saying its goal was to get Activision games to more people on more platforms rather than trying to deprive those games from rival console-makers.
NEW YORK — Stephen Colbert’s next book is very much about stirring the pot. Celadon Books announced Thursday that “The Late Show” host and his wife, Evie McGee Colbert, have collaborated on the cookbook “Does This Taste Funny: Recipes Our Family Loves,” to be published on Sept. 17. “We are so excited to announce our new cookbook, which we have been working on together for two years,” the Colberts said in a statement released through Celadon. “We hope everyone enjoys the recipes and stories. We made it with love ... and an enormous amount of butter.” The book includes more than 100 recipes, from “Stephen’s
Kindergarten Soup” to “The Colbert Bump Cocktail,” with an emphasis on the Lowcountry cuisine of the Colberts’ native South Carolina. “Readers will also enjoy the banter, reminiscences and stories, and the gorgeous food photos and informal at-home pictures that fill the book, making readers feel like they are right there in the kitchen with Evie, Stephen, their children (and dog, Benny) and the extended family who are at the heart of the Colberts’ lives,” Celadon’s announcement reads in part. Stephen Colbert’s previous books include “I Am America (And So Can You!)” and “America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t.”
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George Santos sues latenight host Jimmy Kimmel for tricking him into making videos to ridicule him The Associated Press NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos alleged in a lawsuit filed Saturday that latenight host Jimmy Kimmel deceived him into making videos on the Cameo app that were used to ridicule the disgraced New York Republican on the show. Santos, who was expelled from the House of Representatives last year after being charged with multiple counts of fraud and stealing from donors, is suing Kimmel, ABC, and Walt Disney Co. over alleged copyright infringement, fraudulent inducement, breach of contract and unjust enrichment. Kimmel misrepresented himself to induce Santos to create personalized videos “capitalizing on and ridiculing” his “gregarious personality,” the lawsuit alleges. Through Cameo, Santos received requests from individuals and businesses seeking personalized video messages. Unbeknownst to Santos, Kimmel submitted at least 14 requests that used phony names and narratives, according to the complaint. Starting in December the videos were played on a segment, “ Will Santos Say It? ” the suit says. In one of the clips, Santos offers congratulations to the purported winner of a beef-eating contest, calling the feat of consuming 6 pounds (2.7 kilograms) of loose ground beef in under 30 minutes “amazing and impressive.” “Frankly, Kimmel’s fake requests were funny, but what he did was clear violation of copyright law,” Robert Fantone, an attorney for Santos, said in an email. Santos is seeking statutory damages totaling $750,000 for the five videos he created that were played on the show and various social media platforms. He also asks for other damages to be determined at trial.
“Frankly, Kimmel’s fake requests were funny, but what he did was clear violation of copyright law.” Robert Fantone, an attorney for Santos.
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