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SUNDAY, November 20, 2016

Taming the flames A BRIDGE crewman raking around a spot fire on the Party Rock fire on Nov. 7. Check for updates at nsjonline. com.

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News BRIEFing Ticket hunt is on for Trump’s inauguration Washington, D.C. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration has been scheduled for Jan. 20, 2017. Tickets to see Trump take the Oath of Office on the West Lawn of the Capitol are free and can be obtained through your state representative or senator. Most offices will distribute them on a lottery system. The U.S. Secret Service says the Inaugural Parade will go down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House and giant screens will display the swearing in across the National Mall.

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Some NC malls to close on Thanksgiving Raleigh CBL & Associates Properties say their N.C. malls will be closed on Thanksgiving because they want to give employees time with their families and renew the energy of Black Friday as the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season. CBL’s malls include Triangle Town Center in Raleigh, Cary Towne Center in Cary and Cross Creek Mall in Fayetteville. All Marshalls, HomeGoods and T.J.Maxx stores will also remain closed.

Five NC cities named among best for veterans Durham N.C. is known as a veteranfriendly state with a big military presence, but now there are more reasons for veterans to make N.C. their home. WalletHub weighed 21 factors, including percentage of military skill-related jobs and availability of VA health facilities, and determined that Durham, Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Greensboro are among the best places in the nation for veterans to live.

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Durham County Board of Elections chairman Bill Brian Jr. listens to evidence during a hearing Friday on the election results.

Governor’s race far from over as voter fraud allegations surface By Donna King North State Journal DURHAM — On Friday N.C. counties were supposed to certify their final election results, but instead 50 of them met to address formal protests after allegations of possible voter fraud surfaced throughout the week. More than half of the state’s counties had formal complaints filed after a week of investigating voter fraud claims. After Election Day, Attorney General Roy Cooper led Gov. Pat McCrory by less than 5,000 votes, or 0.11 percent, but the numbers shift as each county decides on challenges. “Now we know why Roy Cooper fought so hard against voter ID and other efforts to combat voter fraud as attorney general,” said Russell Peck, McCrory’s campaign manager. “With each passing day, we discover more and more cases of voting fraud and irregularities. We intend to make

sure that every vote is properly counted and serious voter fraud concerns are addressed before the results of the election can be determined.” Most of the concerns revolve around allegations that the N.C. Democratic Party paid local political action committees to harvest absentee voter ballots and sign them on behalf of the voters. In a protest filed by McCrae Dowless, the Republican running for Soil and Water Conservation Supervisor in Bladen County, a deposition from a Bladen County Board of Election official says he found more than 300 ballots with “overtly similar” handwriting cast in the Nov. 8 election in the county. The ballots had write-ins for Dowless’ challenger, Democrat Franklin Graham, but also contained votes for other Democrats, including Cooper. “With the ones found on Nov. 1, I believe there are an overSee canvassing, page A3

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Reward offered for suspects as wildfires burn By Donna King North State Journal LAKE LURE — Nearly 50,000 acres of forest have burned in wildfires across western N.C. as firefighters continue to work on containing 15 fires in the state. This week air quality across much of the west and into the Charlotte area was rated a Code Red for smoke. In a press conference Gov. Pat McCrory offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to arrest of those responsible for setting the fires, many of which they believe are man-made. “We are committed to doing all we can to support our firefighters, protect people and property, and find those who may be responsible for any wildfires in North Carolina,” said McCrory. “Firefighters are making progress but the job is not over. I especially want to thank the volunteers serving as firefighters and those helping to feed, house and support firefighters in communities throughout our state.” Dry weather and sustained 30-50 mph winds are challenging firefighters, with the South Mountain State Park fire giving them the most difficulty. The Party Rock fire near Lake Lure has consumed 3,400 acres but the largest fire is the Tellico fire, burning on more than 13,000 acres in Swain and Macon counties. The Tellico blaze also led to a rock slide that closed a 10-mile section of highway in the Nantahala Gorge. Two other fires are the Boteler fire near Hayesville and the Maple Springs fire. With a long battle against the flames anticipated, Agricululture Commissioner Steve Troxler is working to bring Thanksgiving dinner to firefighters. “Plans are being ironed out and as of now the Baptist Men are cooking at two of the locations, one at Lake Lure, one at Franklin, and our research stations division is cooking for the site at Robbinsville,” said Troxler’s spokesman, Robbie Yarborough. Parts of the Appalachian Trail and other highways remain closed with campfires banned all along the trail and borders with Georgia and Tennessee. A state of emergency remains in effect for 25 western N.C. counties.

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Alito outlines conservative agenda for high court By Lawrence Hurley Reuters WASHINGTON, D.C. — Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday laid out a possible agenda for the U.S. Supreme Court if it regains its conservative majority as expected after Donald Trump takes office, citing gun rights and religious freedom as among key issues it will tackle in the coming years. Alito, one of the court’s two most conservative justices along with Clarence Thomas, pointed to freedom of speech and a disruption of the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers caused by federal agencies expanding their authority at the expense of the U.S. Congress as other “constitutional fault lines” that could come before the court. Speaking at a meeting of the Federalist Society, a group of conservative lawyers, Alito paid tribute See Alito, page A3

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Butterball turkey hotline a holiday tradition for call veteran

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“This Butterball family that I have — and I’ve known some of these people for 15, 20 years — we really are family and we’re back every year.” Carol Miller on her co-workers at the Turkey Talk-Line

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RALEIGH — “I had a lady tell me once, ‘Turkeys have a lot more personality than a pork chop.’ And I have to agree with her.” And if there’s someone who knows turkey, it’s Carol Miller. Miller has worked with the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line for 33 years, helping families avert Thanksgiving disasters by giving tips to make the centerpiece of their holiday gathering a success. And don’t let her hear you call Thanksgiving simply another meal. “Thanksgiving is not a meal, it’s a feast — you want a generous serving,” Miller said. That’s often part of an answer to one of the more frequent hotline questions Miller gets this time of year: How much turkey do I need to buy? “The one that we give out, and we give it out because from helping so many people for so many years, we do hear that people want leftovers,” Miller said. “They want turkey sandwiches and things for a few days after Thanksgiving. Or they want to send those little foil packets home with all their guests with turkey and stuffing inside. … So if you factor both those in, it sounds like a lot but we suggest a pound and a half per person.” When you call the hotline, it’s easy to envision Butterball — which sells more than a billion pounds of turkey a year — giving out the home number of their experts, who then talk you through the process while roasting their own holiday bird. In fact, the call center in suburban Chicago — which is open Nov. 1 and keeps going until Christmas Eve — is filled with professionals, all taking calls at 1-800-Butterball. “We’re in a big, open facility that’s about a little bit bigger than a basketball court, maybe two, and everybody’s sitting at their desks with their headphones on,” Miller said. Butterball of course offers tips on its website, butterball.com, but also added text support this year at 1-844-877-3456. Miller herself has a degree in home economics, while others in the center are dietitians, chefs or from other fields related to food preparation. Regardless of background, they all takes classes — affectionately called Butterball University — to be prepared for any situation a caller might present. “I cannot tell you how many people we talk to when they’re walking through the

Trump’s picks

Turkey carving tips • Beginning halfway up the breast, slice straight down with an even stroke. • When the knife reaches the cut above the wing joint, the slice should fall free on its own.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday the Trump transition office made the first of what is expected to be a series of team announcements of leadership in President-elect Trump’s administration. National Security Adviser

• Continue to slice breast meat by starting the cut at a higher point each time.

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• Place your knife between the drumstick/thigh and the body of the turkey, and cut through the skin to the joint.

Flynn served as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2012-2014 and advised Trump on national security issues through the campaign. Flynn was a critic of the Obama Administration’s policies on ISIS and the Iran nuclear deal. Flynn was on the short list for Trump’s running mate.

• Remove the entire leg by pulling out and back, using the point of the knife to disjoin it. • Separate the thigh and drumstick at the joint. Butterball.com

grocery store when they’re out searching,” Miller said. “You help them get the turkey, you help them get the pan, you find the stuffing cubes they need and what they need for stuffing. You are there with their grocery cart, their Butterball turkey, picking up everything for Thanksgiving.” The busiest day for calls is Thanksgiving Day, when people have last-minute questions or a crisis on their hands. Having manned the phones for more than three decades, Miller herself has had to adjust her own Thanksgiving. But whether it’s splitting her shift at the call center to eat at home and “skipping out before dishes” to return to the Talk-Line or her annual week-after Thanksgiving with her immediate family, taking calls and helping others has become a tradition in itself. “I consider that I spend my Thanksgiving with this great, big Butterball family,” Miller said. “I spend it with my family-family. And then I get to spend it with all these families across the country. “And you can hear in the background, when you give them the OK that the turkey is done sometimes you get a round of applause. So you’re also spending Thanksgiving with all these families that you talk to, so it’s fun. ... It’s my Thanksgiving.”

Attorney General

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) Sessions is the former attorney general of Alabama, a former prosecutor, and was first elected to the Senate in 1996. He currently serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was one of Trump’s earliest endorsers for president. Director of Central Intelligence

Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) Pompeo is a member of the House Intelligence Committee. He graduated top of his class at West Point and earned his law degree at Harvard. Pompeo also started an areospace company and was appointed to the House Select Benghazi Committee.

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A3 The Sunday Supper More than a thousand people gathered in downtown Raleigh last Sunday to raise funds for their neighbors in eastern N.C. affected by Hurricane Matthew at The Sunday Supper. The table was set down Fayetteville Street in the center of town as the community gathered to hear prayers, music and speeches from various leaders. “While eastern North Carolina has experienced devastation, Hurricane Matthew has taken it to a new level,” said Kinston Mayor BJ Murphy. “However, we have been the recipients of the best of humanity. The Sunday Supper is but one example of the kindness North Carolinians have displayed to those of us in need. This is about communities coming together to support communities.” Organizers say the event raised more than $100,000 for the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund for Hurricane Matthew (a tax-deductible 501c3) to support recovery efforts in eastern North Carolina communities and will be administered by the United Way of North Carolina. Check for updates at nsjonline.com

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Alito from page A1 to Antonin Scalia, the conservative justice who died in February. Senate Republicans, in an action with little precedent in U.S. history, refused to act on Democratic President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace Scalia, Merrick Garland, in the hope that a Republican would win the Nov. 8 presidential election and make the appointment. Trump, a Republican who takes office on Jan. 20, is set to make the pick, which would restore a fifth conservative vote on the nine-seat court that currently is evenly split with four liberals and four conservatives. On freedom of speech, Alito, appointed by Republican President George W. Bush in 2006, referred to college campus culture that conservatives say stifles free speech to avoid offending political sensibilities on matters such as gender, race and religion. He also pointed to support among liberals to limit political spending. Democrats have condemned the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling, with Alito in the majority, that allowed unlimited spending by corporations and unions in political advocacy. The Supreme Court has said political spending is a form of protected speech under the Constitution’s First Amendment. Freedom of religion is in “even greater danger,” Alito said. He cited a case the high court refused to hear in June as an example. The justices turned away an appeal by a family owned pharmacy that cited Christian beliefs in objecting to providing emergency contraceptives to women under a Washington state rule. Critics of that pharmacy objected to the family imposing its religious beliefs on customers. In reference to gun rights, Alito mentioned Justice Stephen Breyer’s dissent in the 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the court found in favor of an individual’s right to bear arms for self defense. Breyer’s dissent, in which he argued that the Constitution’s Second Amendment protects militia-related and not self-defense-related gun rights and it does not absolutely bar government action on guns, gave a “roadmap” to those who would seek to undermine the ruling, Alito said. Alito also assailed federal agencies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for seeking to expand their power beyond what was allowed under laws passed by Congress. The Federalist Society meeting includes among its speakers nine of the 21 conservative jurists who Trump has said he would consider to fill Scalia’s seat.

CANVASSING from page A1 whelming number of occurrences already to review and investigate,” said James Hehl, a member of the Bladen County Board of Elections, in a letter to the N.C. State Board of Elections. Dowless’ protest identifies five people who allegedly filled out and witnessed dozens of absentee ballots each, most without indicating required voter assistance. According to financial disclosure forms filed with the State Board of Elections, those witnesses also received hundreds of dollars for Get Out the Vote efforts from the Bladen County Improvement Association PAC, which lists the North Carolina Democratic Party as its pri-

“That’s why the United States is the way it is today — descended from this idea.” Mark Summers, historian at Historic Jamestowne

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The real story of Thanksgiving By Jeff Moore North State Journal

s the nation prepares to observe the Thanksgiving holiday, children will hear the oft-told tale of Native Americans coming to the rescue of the new European settlers of Plymouth in 1620, and teaching them new farming techniques that led to a bountiful feast with their new friends the next year. While it’s a nice story, historian Mark Summers says that it discounts the true nature of the pilgrims’ ideological struggle and the subsequent realization for which they gave thanks to God. “The helplessness of the English is a little bit far-fetched,” said Summers. “It’s more of a let’s help each other type of thing, but free enterprise was very key to turning the Plymouth story around. This whole Thanksgiving tradition and that pilgrim story really only gained traction in the United States during the 1850s and ’60s.” The real story of Thanksgiving can be understood by the direct accounts of the Plymouth Colony’s longtime governor, Wil-

mary donor. Since the allegations surfaced, the McCrory campaign filed protests calling to investigate absentee ballots in 11 other counties where the NCDP donated to similar PACs. There have also been protests filed in 50 counties where the campaign says there are “known instances” of hundreds of ballots cast by suspected felons, deceased people and double voters. Because of the pending county protests, some counties decided Friday to delay certifying their final vote tallies. The State Board of Elections was due to meet Nov. 29 to certify their results. “It is absolutely shameful that Gov. McCrory would make these unfounded claims,” said Cooper

liam Bradford, recorded in his diary, titled “Of Plymouth Plantation.” According to Bradford, the financiers of the Mayflower’s journey to the new world contracted a seven-year communal economic system to maximize the return on investment. This arrangement required “all profits and benefits that are got by trade, traffic, trucking, working, fishing, or any other means” be turned over to the colony, and “all such persons as are of this colony, are to have their meat, drink, apparel, and all provisions out of the common stock,” wrote Bradford. Summers says, “There’s a naivete to the people back in England to what it’s going to mean when these [settlers] come out here and the separatist, religious ideology is sort of anti-capitalist. There’s a certain strain of Puritanism that tends to be socialistic. They fall into the same ideological trap that I think doomed John Smith.” John Smith led the Jamestown colony that decades before dealt with a communal arrangement that lead to cannibalism, before finally adopting free en-

spokesman Ford Porter. “This is the worst kind of misinformation campaign meant to undermine the results of an election the governor has lost.” Meanwhile in Durham, officials held the Friday meeting to address a separate problem. The county Board of Elections ruled not to allow a recount of more than 93,000 early voting ballots that were submitted in the 11th hour on election night, pushing Cooper to his narrow lead. The last-minute early voting ballots were delayed reportedly because of malfunctions in the voting machines, but N.C. GOP lawyer Tom Stark argued that because the count includes allegedly corrupt data the ballots should be recounted.

terprise and common law. “Plymouth has the advantage in 1620 of the Virginia colony already being 13 years old, already having gone through this problem of having idiotic stockholders, trying to live communally and it fails, and getting the idea of free enterprise, cash crops, freedom, common law and representative government,” said Summers. The Plymouth communal system, met with harsh Northeastern winters and lengthy droughts, led to famine and frustration, according to Bradford, as “the young men, that were most able and fit for labour and service, did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men’s wives and children without any recompense.” After the first winter of 1621, “that of 100 and odd persons, scarce 50 remained,” for having arrived too late to plant crops. The colonists fared no better during the winter of 1622. Bradford laments what he describes as a conceited notion that “the taking away of property and bringing in community into a commonwealth would make them happy and flourishing.” The thanksgivings of these first two years were in appreciation to God for the mere survival of those still living. The harrowing experience, though, led them to “think how they might raise as

What’s next? According to state law, a statewide candidate who trails by 10,000 votes or fewer after the county canvass may demand a recount. If the recount does not yield a clear winner and voting irregularities prove persistent, a more dramatic contested election could be the result. Precedent exists for such a contested statewide election as recently as 2004. That year, Democrat June Atkinson held an approximate 8,500 vote lead over Republican candidate Bill Fletcher in the race for N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction. After Fletcher’s challenge of the results was rejected by the courts,

much corn as they could, and obtain a better crop than they had done, that they might not still thus languish in misery.” In 1623, leaders reorganized their economics, deciding “that they should set corn every man for his own particular, and in that regard trust to themselves.” Every household received a parcel of land and was able to keep whatever they produced, and trade away any surpluses. “This had very good success,” wrote Bradford, “for it made all hands very industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been.” The changes proved fruitful, as Bradford recounted that “instead of famine now God gave them plenty, and the face of things was changed, to the rejoicing of the hearts of many, for which they blessed God.” That year marked the first true Thanksgiving of the Plymouth colonists, as their pivot to free enterprise produced so much food that they invited all in their vicinity to join them in giving thanks to God for their epiphany. Bradford wrote that they never saw famine again, even exporting surplus corn in 1624. “That’s why the United States is the way it is today — descended from this idea,” said Summers, and for that, we can all be thankful for the real story of Thanksgiving.

the legislature, with a Democratic majority, passed a law that allowed the General Assembly to decide a disputed election. While Republicans filed a lawsuit in federal court to challenge the new law, Cooper, then-Attorney General, defended it and the suit was thrown out. Subsequently, the lawmakers declared Atkinson the winner of the statewide race for superintendent. If the McCrory campaign has enough evidence of voting irregularities to call for a contested election and the race between McCrory and Cooper remains too close to call, the North Carolina House of Representatives would be the final decision-maker in who occupies the governor’s mansion for the next four years.

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Party Rock fire still burning; church offers shelter Buncombe/Henderson counties With fires only expected to worsen, Henderson County officials ordered an evacuation Wednesday along parts of N.C. 9. The Party Rock fire, which has already cost $2.9 million, is only 19 percent contained and more than 2,000 fire fighters are battling the blaze. Grace Lutheran Church has opened its doors for those seeking shelter.

School bus in hit and run Haywood County A Haywood County school bus transporting Waynesville Middle and Tuscola High School struck an office building Thursday and drove off. A concerned student riding the bus called authorities. Someone at Mountain Radiance Medical Spa, the building hit, said it “felt like an earthquake.” The school’s liability insurance will cover repairs. The Mountaineer

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Roberts wins Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award Buncombe County Dr. Terry Roberts has been selected as the Western North Carolina Historical Association’s recipient of the 61st Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award for his novel, “That Bright Land.” “We believe this is a novel that meets the high standards of the Wolfe Award. Set during the period of Reconstruction in Western North Carolina and engaging with complex and difficult issues, it is elegantly written with strong, interesting characters,” said the selection panel. “Dr. Roberts also capitalized effectively on his own intimate knowledge of the region of his own heritage.” Western North Carolina Historical Association

Organizations collecting donations for firefighters Burke County Burke County announced via Facebook supplies needed for firefighters, which include Gatorade, water bottles, protein and breakfast bars, even beef jerky. Local and charitable agencies are collecting, as well as fire departments. Main supplies can be collected at Foothills Higher Education Center in Morganton. Hickory Daily Record

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Did you know North Carolina’s Fraser fir tree production ranks second in the United States? The Fraser fir grows naturally in the southern Appalachians, yet more than 50 million are grown on 25,000 acres in North Carolina. Simply put, North Carolina is the perfect place to choose and cut your own Christmas tree. Wondering where? This statewide guide helps you ring in the holidays.

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PIEDMONT Likely murder-suicide involved sheriff deputy Wake County Officers believe a former Granville County Sheriff’s deputy killed his wife and then himself. On Nov. 11, officers found Rebecka Pearce, 30, and her husband, Jeremy, 34, dead in their Fuquay-Varina home. Their two children were upstairs locked in a bedroom. Officers responded to a breaking and entering call and when entering the house heard gunshots. Officers believe the situation arose from previous domestic violence.

Raleigh dog park wins $30,000 Wake County Millbrook Dog Park in Raleigh received the most #DogParkVotes and has won $30,000 from Beneful, a brand of pet food made by Nestle Purina. Millbrook will also receive a park equipment donation valued at $5,000 and hands-on volunteer support from Beneful Dream Dog Park. The volunteer day is not yet announced, and the donations will go to the City of Raleigh in which funds will be appropriately allocated.

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Guilford County Tiny homes, a trend in housing, are usually smaller than 400 square feet and appeal to homeowners seeking simplification. One Greensboro nonprofit, Tiny Houses Greensboro, is hoping to raise $50,000 to build a village of tiny houses for low income families. Gaining momentum, Tiny Houses hopes to build their first six houses on a vacant lot near Merritt Drive for $20,000 to $25,000. Greensboro News & Record

New Hanover County The more than 100-year-old polkadot tree on Wrightsville Avenue was chopped down Monday by city officials. PrintWorks owner Joanna Puritz bought the shop in 2004 and painted the then-white fluorescent tree red with white reflective polka dots to help travelers. After complaints, fines and the city saying the tree was diseased, it was cut down. Puritz said she cried when arriving to work Monday to find a city crew removing the tree. Wilmington Star News

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Aerospace manufacturer expanding Davie County Sabeti Wain Aerospace (SWA) announced last week it plans to expand. SWA, known for its innovative seat covers, currently employs 40 in their Mocksville location. Expansion is slated for the next two years as their market grows and will involve reconfiguration of their current facility.

Fayetteville now offers water without annexation Cumberland County Fayetteville’s Public Works Commission discontinued a policy that homeowners or businesses must come into the city for water. Passed this summer, the new rule allows residential subdivisions and commercial developments access to city water without facing annexation. The Fayetteville Observer

FEMA opening disaster center Chowan / Hertford County Those greatly affected by Hurricane Matthew can now visit a FEMA disaster center to get assistance and learn how to plan going forward. Locations will be open until 6 p.m. Monday, including John A. Holmes High School in Chowan County and County Government Center Parking Area in Hertford. 10Wavy

Cargo ship runs aground near Fort Macon Carteret County Pola Palekha, a 590-foot cargo ship carrying 35,800 tons of fertilizer, ran aground Thursday near Fort Macon. There were no injuries. The Coast Guard temporarily closed Beaufort inlet channel for marine traffic safety. WNCT9

ALEIGH — As the race for governor drags on, the Republican supermajority in the General Assembly is looking toward 2017 and setting their agenda for the long legislative session. N.C. House majority leader Rep. John Bell (R-Wayne) reports the process is well underway despite the uncertainty around who will be North Carolina’s next governor. “We started the process on Monday of getting the priorities of the caucus gathered together,” said Bell in an interview. “I actually sat down with my staff and we broke out what priorities the members have listed. We’ll go through that with the members next Monday.” What is certain, according to Bell, is that the General Assembly’s top priorities will be drafting a budget and tackling the issue of redistricting. North Carolina drafts biennial budgets, and the 2017 long session will start a new two-year budget cycle from scratch. Bell says the budget focus will remain fiscal responsibility while also continuing improvements in education, tax reforms and regulatory reforms. As far as redistricting, Bell said they will follow exactly what the courts have prescribed after the Republicans most recent redistricting effort was nullified. “We’ll have to follow the ruling of the court that they laid out, and so we’ll have to go through and make sure that we clearly understand what they laid out for us,” said Bell. The House also plans to have leadership elections before the 2017 session begins, determining who will lead the chamber as Speaker of the House, among other positions. “I feel good about the leadership in its current state,” said Bell. “You know we have some very, very qualified people that have stepped up to run for offices, but you know that’s every member of the caucus’ right to run. I do feel like at the end of the day that Tim Moore will be our speaker and he’ll receive the full support of the caucus moving forward.” That support of leadership is important in shepherding

Republican policies through the House, which at times can be difficult even with a supermajority. “With supermajorities it can be harder,” said Bell. “Of course we have 120 very opinionated people, and if they weren’t opinionated then they wouldn’t have run for office. Every district and every part of the state is different, so we all have different ways of getting there, and just because we have a supermajority doesn’t mean that those interests don’t differ. “So we have to find ways to compromise within our own caucus and look at what we feel as a caucus is best for the state moving forward.” Bell thinks the success of Republicans in the recent election gives confirmation of the voters’ satisfaction with policy reforms of the last several years. “You look at what we’ve done with tax policies and business and industry coming back to the state,” said Bell. “Unemployment is down, [N.C. is} ranked the second best place again in the country to do business. These things just didn’t happen overnight and, as you see, the state as a whole is improved. We’ve been given another opportunity to govern for another two years and we’ll continue to work with our congressional delegation to move the state and country forward.” He said the General Assembly’s relationship with the congressional delegation is as good as ever, and they work to make sure North Carolina’s voice is heard on the federal level. “The lines of communication are wide open,” said Bell. “They continue to be supportive, and so all those lines are open and we got a great working relationship and anything we’ve ever needed from a congressional side, we’ve been able to pick the phone up and make a call.” When it comes to the extended race for governor, Bell said they will play their role if it comes to that. “We’ll sit back and watch just like everyone else is doing, and if there comes a time that [the N.C. House] has to participate in the determination of who’s going to be governor, we’ll look at what we’re allowed to do by law and we’ll move forward from there.”

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First responders — into the fire More and more firefighters are putting their lives on the line to save fixed structures.

To protect Americans, amend or repeal JASTA

In the wake of Hurricane Matthew in the east, and now wildfires in the west, North Carolina is fighting natural disasters on two fronts. “Geographic areas are experiencing major incidents which have the potential to exhaust all agency fire resources,” read a federal fire report for the Southeast this week. Many of the critical burn spots are in North Carolina, especially near Lake Lure, attracting wilderness firefighters from across the nation. As first responders go, many citizens are familiar with their local police force or fire department. Wildland firefighters are more unknown and underappreciated. Firefighters are often underpaid; this is no less true for some working for the federal government. The role of wilderness firefighting expanded after the Big Burn in 1910 and the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. The 1910 fire destroyed an area equivalent to the size of Connecticut in 36 hours. Currently, federal firefighting efforts fall under nine federal agencies, including the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Agencies and first responders show exceptional interdepartmental cooperation to prevent and fight the nation’s forest and wildfires. One of the problems that lead to the growth of forest fires is the rapid home and population expansion into the “wildlandurban interface.” This refers to the number of people and structures now expanding into fire danger zones. Increased people means more of the population as well as homes are in need of protection. Many communities and environmental groups too complain about burn measures that help prevent wildland fires. More and more firefighters are putting their lives on the line to save fixed structures. Fire agencies dramatically need more staffing and resources just to keep pace with population growth. In North Carolina, drought conditions have only exacerbated the fire threat to some of the state’s most treasured land. Conservatives and limited government advocates sometime stigmatize federal employees and agencies. However, many of the current wildland firefighters are military veterans who have served in combat and are attracted to the tight camaraderie that characterizes the job. Indeed, there is much to curtail and cut in our federal bureaucracy, and with a $20 trillion debt no agency should be immune to savings. The next Secretary of the Interior is an important appointment and will have a full plate protecting our national parks, forests, and citizenry. Wildfires too are an important reminder that the federal government is better equipped to do some things beyond the local and state level. More money and resources are needed to suppress fires. If requests are ignored, it will only end up costing the nation even more over time. It’s important to remember the first responders this holiday season, many on the front lines are wildland firefighters. They often risk their life while spending lots of time away from family and home. Mankind has always had a precarious relationship with fire, which serves as a reminder to do right by those who willingly walk into them for our protection.

In October, Congress passed the well-intentioned Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) with overwhelming bipartisan support and then over-rode President Obama’s veto. JASTA narrows the scope of the legal doctrine of foreign sovereign immunity. It amends federal law in regards to civil claims against a foreign state for injuries, death, or damages from an act of international terrorism. Without specifically mentioning 9/11 victims, JASTA quickly permitted the filing of suits against the government of Saudi Arabia over its alleged involvement in the 2001 terror attacks. Whatever its intentions, JASTA opens a Pandora’s box — other nations will almost certainly amend their laws to permit their citizens to sue our military, diplomats, and government officials who are dutifully serving to protect our interests abroad. These lawsuits are particularly troubling to the men and women who serve in countries with questionable, often biased legal systems,

that frequently blur the lines between civil and criminal actions. Fortunately, 28 senators with buyer’s remorse immediately signed a letter pledging to work in “a constructive manner to appropriately mitigate the unintended consequences” of the bill. Additionally, 19 high-ranking retired members of the military wrote to Congress, saying “Congress must take great care to ensure that soldiers must be able to do their jobs without threat of foreign influence or repercussion. We must do all we can to protect them from the potential legal action in far-away lands.” It is critical that a solution is crafted to protect our men and women in uniform and our diplomatic corps. Americans who so proudly and honorably serve our nation require the full support of Congress, including the amendment or repeal of a law that in practice undermines their ability to protect our great nation. David Robinson Fellow, Institute of Political Leadership Japan’s Honorary Consul to North Carolina

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EDITORIAL | drew elliot

Forget the swamp – start with the cornfield Trump can reaffirm his commitment to blue-collar and other “ordinary” Americans across the nation.

One of the refreshing things about an impending Trump presidency is the opportunity to gore some of Washington’s sacred special-interest oxen. If Trump truly values ordinary Americans over entrenched elites, one of the first things to go should be the disastrous ethanol mandate for gasoline, a program that costs Americans every time they fill their gas tanks, harms the environment, and raises food prices. Curiously, President Obama’s lame-duck Environmental Protection Agency may provide the impetus a Trump administration will need to dismantle the Carter-era handout to corn farmers. If, as expected, the EPA rolls out stricter mandates for ethanolbased fuels this month — it is proposing to raise the amount of ethanol and other biofuels by 700 million gallons next year — the political will to ditch the mandate may reach a bipartisan tipping point. Born in the energy crisis of the 1970s, the fuel-from-corn mandate was an attempt to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. But the development of more fuel-efficient vehicles, combined with the miraculous shale revolution, the technological breakthrough that has doubled domestic production of oil since 2008, has reduced both foreign supply percentages and prices at the pump. (And

even before the supply bonanza, ethanol never produced any significant reduction in our foreign energy dependence.) Ethanol also drives up the cost of food, both corn-based food and meat. Gasoline and food. Can you think of two products that more Americans use more frequently? There will be losers if the mandate is repealed. Almost 40 years of ethanol has created an artificial market tied to the subsidies in corn-producing states. While it’s hard to feel sorry for the folks who have fed at the trough of taxpayer subsidies, perhaps they deserve a path back to a market economy. Fine. Trump can make a deal that lets the Cornhuskers and Hawkeyes down easy. The vast majority of Americans will thank him. If he does blow up the ethanol mandate, even environmentalists should thank Trump. A wide range of scientists, university researchers, and research groups — except those tied to the ethanol industry — now agree that ethanol is bad for the environment. When the American Petroleum Institute, the National Council of Chain Restaurants, and the far-left Environmental Working Group agree on both a policy position — the ethanol mandate is bad — and the reasoning — it pushes farmers to

grow corn for fuel instead of food — you can rest assured that the only thing propping up the boondoggle is Washington politics. Politics, especially presidential politics, has always been the bugaboo for eliminating the ethanol mandate. But Trump can take a hit in corn states and be okay, especially this early in his term. When he runs in 2020, he’ll be the incumbent and won’t need to win Iowa to narrow the field. What he can do, even this early in his term, is reaffirm his commitment to blue-collar and other “ordinary” Americans across the nation. No president can achieve everything he wants, and draining the wallet-hurting ethanol mandate from the special-interest swamp would be a good sign to the masses that he meant what he said during the campaign. So make the deal, Mr. Trump, and make an immediate and substantive impact on all Americans — or at least the ones who drive cars, eat food, or care about the environment.

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Guest Opinion | Jonathan Felts

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Why many of us will miss Gwen Ifill ike other friends and fans of Gwen Ifill, I did not expect to be talking L about her in the past tense. Not this soon.

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Scene from Donald Trump rally in Raleigh on Nov. 7.

Continued redefiance? Can Trump redefine the rules of the presidency as he did the rules of the candidacy?

As a campaign veteran and former White House political director, I’ve seen my share of campaigns, good and bad. But I’ve never seen one like the Trump campaign. Ten days after his victory, I’m still not sure what to make of it. With defiance, Trump redefined what it takes to win. Will he do the same for the Presidency? Trump did not require a traditional campaign because he had something much more powerful, an uncanny read on the U.S. electorate. He figured out this was going to be a change election before anyone else did and he defined himself to be the ultimate change agent. The strength of his resulting message, Make America Great Again, was the simplicity and flexibility. It’s a broad message, yet one that allowed voters of all stripes to hear a personalized specificity. It can mean anything to anyone. Trump saw and heard the disaffected voters who have felt ignored for decades. Whether by intuition or observation, he knew the more provocative his commentary, the more enthusiastic his voters because their anger was his message. Trump voiced Americans’ disgust with Washington’s empowered establishment. He sensed that Hillary’s experience was not a strength, but a weakness to be exploited, and he made it her albatross. Layering her negatives with his message was how Trump inspired many Americans to rejoin the system and send a message via their vote. Guided by gut and instinct, he turned conventional wisdom on its head repeatedly. Can he do the same to the presidency? Running for president is hard work, but you always have the clearly defined goal of victory as a guiding light. Dale Earnhardt accurately summed up U.S. presidential elections with his philosophy that “Second place is just the first-place loser.” The winner gets a place in history books and the loser can only hope for an asterisk. Governing lacks similar definition and requires constant compromise. Can Trump sell compromise as victory to his most

committed supporters who wish to see Clinton in jail and every part of Obamacare scrapped? Will they accept 62 percent of a loaf as a good deal? And therein lies the rub. Campaigning facilitates broad messages but governing requires specifics. To be clear, I’m not predicting failure. He’s a unique candidate who will likely be a unique president. But it will be interesting to see how one of the more nonconformist operations will reconfigure inside one of the most restrictive operating environments while delivering specifics after a campaign devoid of them. President-elect Trump has a significant mandate and a couple of obvious targets such as border security and eliminating Obamacare. But it gets murky from there. A significant challenge will be defining policy goals that address the needs of forgotten working folks while also maintaining his Republican base. His election night speech was a good start: he cited the need for infrastructure improvements. Everyone appreciates better roads and the improved infrastructure can help bridge the economic divide between urban and rural communities. Equally important, these projects help create good jobs immediately and in the future. There’s so much agreement on this topic that even President Barack Obama promoted infrastructure as an economic stimulus when he was first sworn into office. And Republicans rose en masse against it. See? It could get tricky. But Trump has proven adept at learning fast and landing on his feet. Can he redefine the rules of the presidency as he did the rules of candidacy, governing by hunches and ruling by intuition? Your guess is as good as mine — or probably better, since I’ve been wrong about most everything in the 2016 cycle. But if we’ve learned anything this year, it’s that it’s always too early to count out Donald J. Trump. Jonathan Felts works in Raleigh at The Results Company, a public affairs firm.

Columnist | michael munger

Political education and the Dodo The fact that you could think you have been wronged by an election is a big part of why Trump won in the first place.

THE SPECTACLE of young people protesting the presidential election after Nov. 8 was heartening, in some ways. Some commentators have called the “millennials” disconnected and aloof from politics; but here they were getting out in the street and vowing to change the world. To be fair, this was the first democracy disappointment in their sentient lives. They don’t remember 2004. In 2008 and again in 2012, the Democrats won handily, and the “haters” had been vanquished. It was a shock for many young people to learn that the essence of democracy is to impose — by force — the will of the victors. You can imagine hipsters in their coffee shops asking each other, “Wait, can they do that? Can the world disagree with us?” But there is a second factor, one that some of us have worried about for a long time. That’s the “everybody gets a trophy” phenomenon, first found in Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson’s fantasy, “Alice in Wonderland.” In chapter 3, the Dodo organizes a contest: First [the Dodo] marked out a race-course... There was no `One, two, three, and away,’ but they began running when they liked... When they had been running half an hour or so...the Dodo suddenly

called out `The race is over!’ and they all crowded round it, panting, and asking, `But who has won?’ ...[T]he Dodo said, `Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.’ Sounds like our primary system and Bernie Sanders supporters, frankly. The theme of the “No Trump” protests is consistent: “We feel like our views were ignored. And we are going to protest until our feelings are heard.” Kids, I have bad news. Your views were not ignored. You were heard. But your feelings were not persuasive to a lot of people, most of them much older and more experienced in the ways of the world. I’m not sure why you are surprised. Your aggressive “social justice warriors” on campus after campus are not trying to persuade; they are trying to intimidate. It smacks of the Cultural Revolution in China, where dissenters were confronted with their hypocrisies and browbeaten into pretending to agree. You have been busy policing “microaggressions” while most American voters watched in disgust. The fact that you could think you have been wronged by an election is a big part of why Trump won in the first place. I also heard several versions of millennial “Pauline Kael”

syndrome in the past week. In 1972 Ms. Kael, a New York film critic, supposedly said, “How can Nixon have won? No one I knew voted for him.” But a little poking around reveals that’s not right; Ms. Kael was actually quite self-aware. Her real words are more interesting, because they reveal the condescension that, even today, also explains Trump’s victory: “I live in a rather special world.... Where they are [Nixon voters] I don’t know. They’re outside my ken. But sometimes when I’m in a theater I can feel them.” Well, can you feel them now, millennials? Lewis Carroll has Alice make another observation later in the story, one that all of us can learn from: “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” I expect that the hard lesson in democracy in 2016 will have the same effect. In fairness to the kids, this was more of a failure in our education system than it is any fault in their character. Losing is part of living in a diverse republic. And isn’t diversity what you say you want? Michael Munger is a professor of and director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program at Duke University.

The groundbreaking, award-winning “PBS NewsHour” co-anchor died Nov. 14 of endometrial cancer, according to her brother Roberto Ifill. She was 61. That surprised me. With her relentlessly youthful zest for life she didn’t look that old. Yet it was shocking to hear that she had died so young. Those of us who were fortunate enough to have known her or worked with her can speak of her deeply held belief in the finest tenets of journalism, such as accuracy, fairness and a quest for balance without resorting to false equivalencies. But what was most memorable about her was her unshakeable and thoroughly engaging on-camera presence in her two jobs since 1999: co-anchor with Judy Woodruff on “PBS NewsHour” and moderator on PBS’ “Washington Week.” As a black woman breaking barriers in major news media dominated by white men, she always worked in a spotlight. But she wore it well. Her career began with what many nowadays would call an act of racial intimidation. Working as a summer intern at the Boston Herald American during the city’s racially tense 1970s, she found a note in her workspace that said ”(N-word) go home.” “My first response was: I wonder who this is for?” she told the Washington Post years later. After she showed the note to her boss, he was horrified and, along with other editors, was very apologetic. But since the offender was an older employee nearing retirement, they didn’t want to fire him. “So instead, they offered me a job,” after careful consideration and a lack of opportunities elsewhere at the time, she took it. She had mixed feelings about the guy, she would say later. He had done a terrible thing but it led to her first opportunity to get what she wanted, a job in a newspaper newsroom.

As a black woman breaking barriers in major news media dominated by white men, she always worked in a spotlight.

“And that’s the perfect example of, once you get in the door, then you have to perform,” she said. “No matter how you get the job, then you have to be the one to bring it.” And she brought it. She later moved on to report for the Baltimore Evening Sun, the Washington Post and, as a White House correspondent, the New York Times before moving on to PBS as a correspondent. She broke barriers and shook up the status quo, but she did it in the public broadcasting way: with quiet dignity, determination and a generous helping of humor about the ironic world around her. At the Post, for example, she memorably quipped at one point that she probably was the only reporter covering the Department of Housing and Urban Development at the time who actually had lived for a few years in federally subsidized housing. Yes, Gwen’s upbringing as a “PK” — preacher’s kid — was lived on a tight budget but always, as members of her family have confirmed, with a lot of love. She was born in New York City, the fifth child of an African Methodist Episcopal minister who migrated from Panama. Her parents sound a lot like mine, by her accounts, always reminding their children to avoid bitterness or “a chip on your shoulder.” Just keep your eyes on the prize and achieve your goals regardless of obstacles the world might throw at you. That’s the sort of attitude — a relentless optimism tempered by an awareness of tripwires along the way — that energized Gwen’s success. But her biggest honor, she often said, was to be emcee at the dedication of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., memorial on the Washington Mall. She received at least as much applause and, I would wager, appreciation as many of the civil rights pioneers at the event. That great honor was humbling for her, she said, and I’m sure it was. But as an iconic figure in her own right, making journalistic history with each new achievement, she deserved to be there. Our daily news diet won’t be the same without her. Clarence Page is a nationally syndicated columnist and a member of the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board.

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BRIEF Adobe to pay $1M to NC and 14 other states for breach Raleigh Adobe Systems will pay $71,186.75 to N.C. in a settlement after more than 52,000 people in the state were affected by a data breach in which hackers stole credit card numbers, names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses and usernames. The theft occurred in 2013 when an Adobe server was hacked. N.C. and the other states sued saying that Adobe didn’t use reasonable security measures to prevent the breach.

Davidson County voters opt to allow alcohol sales Davidson In the November election, Davidson County voters agreed to allow on- and off-premises sales of alcohol and operation of ABC stores throughout the county. Previously, alcohol sales were only in Lexington and Thomasville. Some business owners have said they are looking forward to having the additional sales and tax base, while other retailers say they will remain “dry” out of concern for increased liability and concern that it limits the ages of people they can employ. In N.C. servers of alcohol must be at least 18 years old.

Norafin to build plant in Henderson County Hendersonville A German manufacturer of heat-resistant fabrics will build a 14,000-acre campus in Mills River. Norafin is investing $18 million in the project and it will create 46 jobs. The company will begin hiring in 2017 with the plant operational by 2018. The jobs are expected to pay, on average, $35,524 annually, slightly about the county’s average salary.

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First time small businesses gear up for holidays By Liz Moomey North State Journal

ALEIGH — From coming up with styles to add some holiday cheer to the home to adding the perfect wine to go with the Christmas ham, small businesses are preparing for the holiday season — and some for the first time. Kelly Wohlgenant, owner of Retro Modern Furnishings, Annette Henson, owner of Greenway Beer & Wine, and Chris Cimino, CEO of Lavish Designs & Properties, are approaching their first holiday season as small businesses in Raleigh by kicking off with Small Business Saturday. Wohlgenant said she hopes people will include small businesses for their post-Thanksgiving shopping. “Black Friday is a big deal,” Wohlgenant said. “From what I’ve heard it’s mostly big box stores that are where people shop. It’s kind of nice there is a time that small businesses are recognized.” She added shopping at Retro Modern Furnishing not only helps her, but also artisans across the state that her store buys furniture from. “Almost everything in our store if it’s not vintage it’s just about handmade,” Wohlgenant said. “We do have lots of local products made in North Carolina. I think that is one thing that makes us different than a big box store. You can help support local makers and artisans while shopping with us.” For Cimino, he sees shopping at his small business, Lavish, which specializes in home decor, as a “gift that keeps giving.” “You are supporting a whole community,” Cimino said. “We want everyone to have a good experience, but even more so if we’re helping a neighbor or a friend.” He said his retail store will offer items for gift-giving and is concentrating on what is popular for consumers. “We are looking at suppliers to see what some of the name brands we car-

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String art made by All Things Design is on display at Retro Modern Furnishings. Kelly Wohlgenant, the owner of Retro Modern Furnishings, opened her store on Hargett Street in late March.

“You are supporting a whole community. We want everyone to have a good experience, but even more so if we’re helping a neighbor or a friend.” Chris Cimino, CEO of Lavish Designs & Properties

ry what they have, what they are doing special for the holidays, and capitalizing on that we have name brand stuff that is recognizable for our customers to give as gifts as well,” Cimino said. Henson’s business, Greenway Beer & Wine, which opened in October, will concentrate fully on what the customer wants. “I want what they want”, Henson said. “I just want what my customers want.” She said she has had wine tastings with distributors to find the best wines to go with turkey and ham. “For the holidays, it is essentially budget-friendly wines that go with lighter food,” Henson said. “For

Thanksgiving, you pair everything with turkey. Christmas you go for more ham, but it still doesn’t have to be a big wine or expensive to go well.” Henson added some people have stopped in her bottle shop to ask for help buying a gift for a beer lover. “People will say they have this friend, cousin or son who is really into beer and they want to surprise them with a really good gift, will you just pick me out six beers that are unique and different, so they can just sample them all,” Henson said. “It’s very common to get people in here who don’t know what they want and that’s buying it for someone else, because they want to show their interest in the topic.”

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Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) fends off New Orleans Saints New Orleans Saints outside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe (59) during the second quarter of Carolina’s 23-20 win over the Saints.

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Astros Class-A team will play at Campbell With the Fayetteville Astros waiting for their new home to be built downtown, the team will spend the 2017 and 2018 seasons playing at the Fighting Camels’ Jim Perry Stadium. The team will be called the Buies Creek Astros.

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By Shawn Krest North State Journal he Carolina Panthers survived injuries and a fourthquarter rally to keep their slim playoff hopes alive with a 23-20 T win over the Saints on Thursday night.

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Kuechly in concussion protocol after hard hit Despite the Panthers win on Thursday night, they suffered a potential loss with superstar linebacker Luke Kuechly entering the concussion protocol after suffering a hard hit to the chin late against the Saints. Kuechly was caught on camera openly weeping both on the field and as he was carted off to the locker room. cfb

Louisville blasted, CFP dream dies in Houston Any hope for Bobby Petrino’s Louisville Cardinals becoming a second ACC team in the College Football Playoff died a swift death on Thursday night with a 36-10 road loss to the unranked Houston Cougars. Lamar Jackson’s Heisman hopes took a hit too, as the heavy favorite was sacked 11 times for a loss of 83 yards. mlb

Trout, Bryant net MLB MVP awards Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant was named the National League Most Valuable Player on Thursday, winning the award in just his second season (after winning NL Rookie of the Year in 2015). Meanwhile, Angels outfielder Mike Trout was named the American League Most Valuable Player. nfl

NFL warns teams ahead of Mexico trip The NFL will hold a regularseason game in Mexico for the first time since 2008 on Monday night when the Oakland Raiders and Houston Texans square off in Mexico City. Ahead of the game, the NFL sent the teams a memo instructing players not to leave team hotels for safety reasons.

Panthers hang in playoff race despite injuries

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North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Larry Fedora questions an official during a timeout in the first half of their game against the Duke Blue Devils.

The ACC has a big injury report issue By Shawn Krest North State Journal orth Carolina knew Duke was suffering from N injury problems this year, but the

Tar Heels had no idea how bad it was until they showed up for the game between the two teams. When Carolina arrived at Wallace Wade Stadium for the nationally televised game against Duke, the Heels discovered that the Blue Devils’ senior cornerback Breon Borders was in street clothes and on crutches during warmups. Duke was forced to start true freshman Mark Gilbert in Borders’ spot. Once Carolina was aware of the personnel change, the Heels targeted Gilbert in the passing game. The freshman held up, however, and Duke ended up upsetting the Heels. Afterward, Gilbert was asked when he found out he’d be starting in place of Borders. “Well, he got hurt last week,” Gilbert said. “So I started getting ready then, just in case. Then, this week, he didn’t practice at all.” That was a surprising development, indeed, especially for an-

yone that read the injury report released by Duke, two days before the game. The ACC policy states that teams will release an injury report following “the end of practice on Thursday, or two days prior to the next football game (Tuesday for Thursday game, Thursday for Saturday).” The injury report must be released within 90 minutes of the end of practice, and “injured players’ playing status for the school’s next football game will be announced in one of four categories: Probable, Questionable, Doubtful and Out. Borders wasn’t included on Duke’s report, despite not practicing during the week. ACC Associate Commissioner for Football Communications Mike Finn offered one potential explanation for the omission. “Keep in mind that a player’s injury status can change in the 48 hours between the release of this [injury report] and the actual game.” Coach David Cutcliffe added more information on Borders’ injury following the game. See Injury, page B6

Carolina, sitting on a 23-3 lead, almost had a flashback to Sunday’s home loss to the Chiefs. In that game, Carolina led 17-3, then saw Kansas City score 20 unanswered points to win in the final seconds. New Orleans scored 17 fourth-quarter points to cut Carolina’s lead to three. But an 18-yard pass “We put from Cam Newton to Kelvin Benjamin converted ourselves a third down just before the two-minute warning, in a bad allowing the Panthers to keep the ball until 14 secsituation onds remained in the game. “We put ourselves in a bad situation once we got once we got a big lead,” linebacker Thomas Davis told NBC af- a big lead... ter the game. “We allowed them to get back into This time the game. This time we finished the game.” The Panthers relied on defense and special we finished teams to help build a lead in the first place. Safe- the game.” ty Kurt Coleman intercepted Saints quarterback Drew Brees to set up the team’s first touchdown — — Thomas a one-yard leaping plunge by Jonathan Stewart. Brees torched the Panthers for 465 yards and Davis four touchdowns during the two teams’ last meeting, but Carolina held the veteran to 265 yards and two scores in the rematch. Just before halftime, defensive tackle Vernon Butler blocked a Will Lutz field goal attempt. Linebacker Luke Kuechly recovered and appeared to return it for a touchdown. The score was taken off due to a brutal penalty by rookie James Bradberry. The offense saved his bacon on the next play, though, a 40-yard strike from Cam Newton to Ted Ginn Jr. for a touchdown. “Our special teams came though big for us,” Ginn told NFL Network. “After a big play like that you want to take a shot. They drew up a shot. We got the look we wanted, and Cam threw a great ball.” It was the first time Ginn found the end zone this season. His longest touchdown drought during last year’s Super Bowl run was five games. “Just being in the league this long, you know you have to let the season come to you, and let the game come to you,” Ginn said. See panthers, page B6

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NC State basketball is exciting again thanks to an impressive offseason. A big part of the success was bringing back Abdul-Malik Abu. The NSJ spoke with junior power forward about expectations this year. B3

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Model Kate Upton, the girlfriend of Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, was irate her man didn’t win the American League Cy Young Award after posting a 3.04 ERA and a league-leading 254 strikeouts. Upton lashed out in vulgar fashion on social media, tweeting @ MLB, “I thought I was the only one who got to [bleep] @JustinVerlander?!”

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DraftKings/FanDuel: The two daily fantasy sports sites announced Friday they would merge at some point in 2017. The split is believed to be a 50/50 situation with an independent director on the board.

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“I think Tony has got five years left of really competing for a Super Bowl.”

Josh Reddick: Houston Astros and the free-agent outfielder agreed to a four-year, $52 million deal on Thursday night, Yahoo Sports reports. Reddick hit 10 homers in 110 games with the A’s and Dodgers last year. James Harden: Rockets point guard put 26 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists Thursday against the Trailblazers, his third triple double in the last five games. Jon Dorenbos: The Eagles signed their long snapper to a three-year contract the team announced Friday. Dorenbos made it to the finals of “America’s Got Talent” this season thanks to his skills as a magician. Rob Gronkowski: Patriots tight end suffered an injury that is anywhere from a bruise to a punctured lung. Corey Seager: Dodgers shortstop/ Charlotte native unanimously named the NL Rookie of the Year after, beating out Nationals phenom and ex-NC State star Trea Turner for the award.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on recently-benched quarterback Tony Romo, who acknowledged Dak Prescott was the Cowboys starter moving forward

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598 Consecutive NC State football games for Francis Combs at CarterFinley Stadium. Combs missed the Wolfpack’s game against the Miami Hurricanes to spend time at the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands with his son, former Pack baseball player Chris Combs, who was diagnosed with ALS.

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$2.5M Millions of dollars donated by LeBron James to the Muhammad Ali exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The exhibit is a tribute to Ali’s abilities as an athlete as well as a social activist. Ali’s widow said she is “overwhelmed by the incredible generosity” from the NBA superstar.

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Former Bulls superstar and current Hornets owner was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom this week, President Barack Obama and the White House announced. Jordan has taken on a more prominent role in speaking out on social issues lately.

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Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer became just the sixth pitcher in Major League Baseball history to win a Cy Young Award in both leagues with an NL Cy Young win in 2016. Scherzer struck out 284 batters over 228 innings with 20 wins and a 2.96 ERA.

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North State Journal for Sunday, November 20, 2016

NC STATE BASKETBALL

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Seen in a double exposure created in camera, North Carolina State forward Abdul-Malik Abu (0) poses for a photograph at the Dail Basketball Center in Raleigh, Nov. 15.

Abdul-Malik Abu back at NC State to be a part of something special

By R. Cory Smith North State Journal a few weeks this offseason, Malik-Abu threatened Fto orAbdul blow up the prospects of NC

State’s 2016-17 season. The junior forward put his name in the 2016 NBA Draft and floated in the terrifying — for fans of the Wolfpack — limbo between returning to school and turning pro. Abu eventually pulled his name out of the draft, completing an incredible offseason for NC State coach Mark Gottfried, one that began with multiple transfers (the Martin twins) and ended with Ted Kapita and Omer Yurtseven gaining eligibility to join Dennis Smith and Abu as the core of a very impressive team. The North State Journal sat down with Abu recently to talk about his offseason decisions, returning to college from the NBA draft, dealing with the spotlight, the minutes in the post being spread around, his burgeoning rap career, life as a Muslim athlete and the Wolfpack’s expectations for the season. What was the biggest reason for your return this season? I felt like we had a great team, a great family and I wanted to be a part of something special. I felt like if I passed this up, I’d regret it the rest of my life. What did you take away from the NBA draft process last year? I learned how hard you have to work if you want to play at that level. With their practices and things of that nature, I really saw just how difficult it can be. It showed me the level that I have to be at to make it, and I didn’t feel like I was quite there yet. Being the lone big man to start the season and in the Paradise Jam, how much has that changed your game? It’s helped me have a mindset to compete as hard as I can and stay at the best level I can. It’s made me learn that I have to get it done every time and I can’t rely on someone else to pick up the slack for me. How do you feel about relinquishing some of the rebounds to Omer Yurtseven? It happens all the time [during exhibition games]. Sometimes I let it go, other times nah. I was like, “Your time will come, young Padawan.” [Laughs] Don’t steal my rebounds just yet.

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Abdul-Malik Abu Age: 21 Hometown: Boston, MA High School: Kimball Union Academy Position: Forward Height: 6’8” Weight: 240 2016-17 Stats: 13.5 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 3.5 BPG, 1.0 APG Draft Express Rank: No. 24 overall in junior class Twitter: @MalikAbu_ You lose him for the Paradise Jam, but how much does having Ted Kapita back help this team? It’s big time, man. Ted’s a great player who adds depth to our team. He makes us that much better. I think people are finally seeing how good he can be. We knew that for a long time. Darius [Hicks] is a great player, too. The young guys on this squad are full of energy and helping us compete every day. What’s your biggest hobby away from the gym? I like to listen to music and make music. Just relax.

North Carolina State forward Abdul-Malik Abu (0) dunks the ball during the second half of a college men’s basketball game on Nov. 11 at PNC Arena.

So when’s the album dropping? It’s coming out soon. I don’t know. I don’t want to do any drops during the season, I don’t want ya’ll to hear that. I want to stay focused on basketball. But I may drop a single. Something may be coming. I want to release an album, but you have to drop some singles first. Let people know the storm’s coming. What do you make of the nickname “Sweetheart” from [Mark] Gottfried and what was behind the “Bully” moniker? Yeah, last year coach had a lot of fun with that. [Laughs] I guess he cracked on me once and everybody ran with it. He thought I was too nice, but I didn’t think I was. He’s calling me “Bully” now because he’s realizing I’m not nice. Where did the Bully come from? It came from me, Dennis [Smith], BeeJay [Anya] and Terry [Henderson] all creating a bully culture. We’re going to be the

bullies this season. It’s not even me. I can’t even take credit for it. BeeJay gave it to me and now it’s a cohesive group. How much would you compare the hype of this season to your freshman year? The hype is a lot different. I feel like people didn’t think we were going to be that good either. But then we showed them. We beat some good teams. I feel like people this year are a little bit more aware of what we have, but they’re still not sure. So now it’s our job to go out there every night and prove what we know — that we’re going to be a great team and go far.

can’t speak for everybody. Times are changing and people just need to be more aware. I feel like coming together and being positive is the best thing we can do. The passing of Deah Barakat, his wife and her sister in Chapel Hill brought out a different side of you. How much does that still play into the way you live your life and the way you play? You can’t take anything for granted, you know? What’s here today can be gone tomorrow. That goes for anything, not just life. I just try to thank God for every chance I get and try to live my life day-by-day.

Being a Muslim athlete, what are some of the difficulties that go along with that?

What are your personal and team expectations for this season?

It’s not really difficult for me. I feel like our society has made it difficult for people that aren’t me. I’ve been blessed to be in this situation to play Division I college basketball. The people here in Raleigh and other places I feel like embrace me. I’ve never felt any hatred or anything, but I

My expectations every year are to win a National Championship. Every time I lace it up, I want to go out there and win. That’s our only goal. It’s going to take a lot of hard work to get there, but it’s something I feel we can do.

North State Journal for Sunday, November 20, 2016

Battle of the Bulge There are many factors that go into a college basketball career at the NCAA level. As BeeJay Anya and Kennedy Meeks learned, weight plays a big part as well. The two Tobacco Road stars share a common bond beyond the basketball court.

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hough they are rivals in the sense that they represent teams whose fan bases don’t care much for one another, the two basketball stars are also kindred spirits — friends bound by a mutual love for basketball and the weighty struggle each continues to face. At 6-foot-9, BeeJay Anya and Kennedy Meeks are considered to be big men in the vernacular of their sport. Checking in at over 300 pounds per frame when they first arrived at their respective school, both have taken that description to an extreme. In the three years that followed, NC State’s Anya and North Carolina’s Meeks have spent as much time and effort fighting a battle of the bulge as they have battling for low post position. It’s a shared struggle that has provided them with a bond extending beyond the court. Though they are rivals in the sense that they represent teams

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344 lbs. whose fan bases don’t care much for one another, the two basketball stars are also kindred spirits — friends bound by a mutual love for basketball and the weighty struggle each continues to face. “It’s been similar,” said Anya. “We’re both are at our favorite schools, have a chance to get in the gym and lose as much weight as possible and get in the best shape as possible. “A big thing for both of us is to focus on our weight, because the smaller we are, the more effective I think we are. We’ve both been through that process. It’s been good having someone else who’s gone through that too.” Anya, from Washington DC, and Charlotte native Meeks have known one another since battling in their pre-college days on the AAU summer circuit. Their friendship has blossomed since their arrival in the Triangle. The two stay in frequent contact — they even attended the Beyoncè concert at Carter-Finley Stadium together with their girlfriends last summer. As much as their paths have brought them together off the court, their careers on it have tak-

“A big thing for both of us is to focus on our weight, because the smaller we are, the more effective I think we are. It’s been good having someone else who’s gone through that too.” — BeeJay Anya

en vastly different turns. And weight is the big reason. Meeks, who tipped the scales at 323 pounds when he arrived in Chapel Hill as a McDonald’s All-American before the 2013-14 season, is now proudly down to a svelte 260. The loss of 63 pounds has not only brought about a dramatic change in the way he looks, but it has also allowed him to play longer, more effective minutes while becoming the Tar Heels’ primary inside threat. Anya also experienced an extreme makeover after beginning his Wolfpack career at 350 pounds. But after shedding 60 pounds of his own and earning

the ACC’s Sixth Man of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards as a sophomore in 201415 — along with hitting the buzzer-beating shot that beat LSU in a first-round NCAA tournament game — his role has diminished as his weight has returned. He is listed on State’s preseason roster at 344 pounds, a figure that left both Meeks and Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried shaking their heads. For vastly different reasons. “Three forty-four?” Meeks said with surprise when told of Anya’s situation. “That can’t be true.” According to Gottfried, it is. Or at least it was at the start of preseason practice. Though Anya claims that his physique is “all muscle” and says that he’s not as concerned with his weight as he is “being in the best shape possible,” his size and physical conditioning remain a source of frustration for his coach. Gottfried has spent so much time answering questions about the subject, that — at least publicly — he has given up fighting the good fight. “We’ll see how it all plays out,” Gottfried said of Anya, who has

averaged only 12.5 minutes, 5.0 points and 2.0 rebounds through the Wolfpack’s first two games this season. It’s a role that could diminish even more once fivestar center Omer Yurtseven becomes eligible on Dec. 15. “At this point, it is what it is,” Gottfried said. “We’ll have to do the best job we can moving forward.” Like Gottfried, UNC coach Roy Williams has spent a lot more time than he would like over the past three years hounding his own super-sized big man. The difference is that now, instead of staying on Meeks about his weight, he’s constantly pushing him to take advantage of his new smaller, lighter frame. “Losing weight is the most difficult thing,” Williams said. “Now, remember that you’ve lost it and be more explosive, more aggressive and more focused. That’s the part that’s been a struggle for him. “He’s done the most difficult work already. Now he’s got to realize who he is. He’s more athletic, he can make moves quickly, he can be more explosive. If he does that and translates it to every day,

260 then I think he really does have some steps he can take.” Meeks appeared to be on that track last season until a bruised knee forced him to miss seven games in late December and early January. While he was out, he gained back a few of his pounds and lost a half step of quickness. His play suffered once he got back. It wasn’t until UNC’s postseason run to the national championship game that he finally regained his form. After a summer in which he went through the NBA draft process and worked tirelessly with strength and conditioning coach Jonas Sahratian — he recently bench-pressed a personal best 300 pounds — Meeks has gotten off to a fast start this season by averaging 12.7 points and 11.3 rebounds in the Tar Heels’ first three games. “Kennedy has gotten more explosive, but what’s really impressed me is his strength,” teammate Isaiah Hicks said. “A couple years back, me and Kennedy could guard each other. Now it seems like I can’t do anything against him because he’s so strong.

“It really shows how much work he put in to get the way. He can post up wherever he wants and his soft touch has gotten even better.” That’s good news for a UNC team looking to replace one of the nation’s best big men in first-round NBA draft pick Brice Johnson. But just because Meeks appears to be winning his battle of the bulge, Sahratian isn’t declaring victory just yet. “Is it a success story? I don’t know,” Sahratian said after UNC’s exhibition victory against UNC Pembroke on Nov. 4. “That’s yet to be seen. It’s a struggle all the time.” How much of a struggle? Only minutes before doing the interview in which he was quoted, Sahratian said that he had to admonish Meeks about eating too much after the game. The problem is, Sahratian and Williams aren’t always around to keep their senior center on the straight-andnarrow. “The biggest thing is what they do in the 22 hours a day they’re away from us,” Sahratian said. “You can’t control what they’re eating when they’re not around

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you. You try to educate them and teach them to make good decisions, but sometimes that doesn’t always happen.” For the most part, Meeks has stuck to a diet consisting of more lean meats and vegetables and fewer fried foods and carbohydrates. Anya also lost his weight through a combination of exercise and diet — replacing his favorite crispy chicken club sandwich from McDonald’s with a healthier menu. “I drive down Western Blvd. and it’s hard not to turn right,” he said back in 2014, referring to the stretch of road near State’s cam-

Senior pus lined with fast food restaurants. “I’ve got to look straight ahead, because if I look to the right a little bit … yeah.” Apparently the siren call of the Big Mac and pizza became too much, causing Anya to do more than look to the right. Despite his physical regression, both he and his teammates have faith in his ability to be a major contributor for the Wolfpack this season — especially on the defensive end of the floor, where he’s already State’s all-time leader in blocked shots. “BeeJay is the x-factor for us,” fellow big man Abdul-Malik Abu said. “Once he realizes how dominant he could be, the sky’s the limit for him.” Time, however, is starting to run out. But Anya isn’t giving up on getting into as good a shape as possible while wearing a Wolfpack uniform. “I’m working in the weight room, lifting three times a week with the assistant coaches, doing extra running after practice, getting on the [stationary] bike, looking cool, getting my heart rate up,” he said. “I wish I could last longer.

“I have a little more improvement to make. Right now I feel awfully good going up and down the court. My stamina has been better every day at practice. Hopefully by January I’m at my exact greatest shape I’ve ever been in. That’s where I want to be.” His friend Meeks is rooting for him to accomplish his goal, with the exception of their two headto-head meetings on Jan. 7 and Feb. 15. At the same time, though Meeks admitted to having some concern about a rival he called “one of my very good friends.” “We definitely try to stay on top of each other, but people are going to do what they want to do and go in the direction they want to go,” the UNC star said. “That still doesn’t take away from how good a player he is.” Anya said that he and Meeks rarely talk about basketball when they get together, adding that “our friendship goes beyond that.” Instead, they talk “about life, about school” and perhaps a few subjects only they can truly understand given the bond they share and the mutual battle they continue to fight.

North State Journal for Sunday, November 20, 2016

B6 NASCAR

NASCAR season comes to a close with 4 drivers vying for Chase title By R. Cory Smith North State Journal HIRTY-SIX races. Thirty-six drivers cut from championT ship contention. On Sunday, it all

comes down to one race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Of the final contenders, all four are completely different in terms of championship experience. Jimmie Johnson is a six-time champion looking for a record-tying seventh. Kyle Busch has just one title, but is the reigning champion. As for Carl Edwards and Joey Logano, neither have a title but have been in this situation before. Both drivers have had a title in their grasp in the final weeks of the season, finishing in the top five a combined six times. Let’s break down their chances. Joey Logano Karma was finally on Sliced Bread’s side at Phoenix. After being bitten by some terrible luck last season when Matt Kenseth intentionally gashed his title hopes at Martinsville, Kenseth wrecked in the final laps last Sunday to

hand Logano the win and a championship four berth. While he hasn’t visited Victory Lane as often as the last two seasons, Logano is still just as consistent as ever in the Chase. Two of his three wins this season, however, have come in elimination races at Talladega and Phoenix, boding well for the final cutoff event. Logano heads to Homestead as the top overall seed after posting five top-five finishes in the first nine races of the Chase. At just 26 years old, the former Joe Gibbs Racing driver has a chance to upset his old team and bring a second title to Team Penske in the last five seasons. Jimmie Johnson No driver in NASCAR has as many championships as Mr. SixTime. Trailing only Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty in career crowns, Johnson needs just one more to equal them with seven. The lone Hendrick Motorsports driver in the finale has turned back the clock this season with two clutch wins during the Chase. That pair of wins came at

Injury from page B1 “It was kind of mystical,” he said. “Leg injury soft tissue. We’re a little bit shocked. He’s been imaged. The image suggests he’s going to get better but he didn’t get better quickly. We were kind of shocked. We were hoping. We had hoped as of yesterday he might play. Then he woke up this morning and didn’t feel good at all.” Despite Finn’s suggestion that Borders may have taken a turn for the worse just before the game, it appears that Duke was hopeful but unsure of his availability all week, which sounds like a pretty solid working definition for “probable” or “questionable”. Of course, it would have been tough for North Carolina to get on a soap box about Duke’s incomplete injury report. On October 20, the Tar Heels announced that guard Caleb Peterson and linebacker Jonathan Smith would miss the rest of the season, after injuries sustained the week before the team’s game against Virginia Tech. The school’s release stated that Smith had been injured in practice that week. Peterson was a surprise gametime scratch from the starting lineup against the Hokies. Neither player was included on the injury report prior to Virginia Tech, however. Both were listed as questionable the following week, against Miami, before getting ruled out for the season a week later. While Carolina may not have known for sure that Peterson and Smith were lost for the season, unless both injuries occurred during a Friday pregame walkthrough, they should have been included on the report as probable, questionable or doubtful. Following Elijah Hood’s 168-yard rushing day against Georgia Tech, coach

Charlotte and Martinsville, tracks where Johnson has typically dominated but had not won at in more than two years. Classic JJ is back, which means he’s prepared to close the door on the rest of the contenders at Homestead. With 10 top-10 finishes and four top fives over 15 races in the season finale, expect Johnson to be in contention when the final laps of the 2016 season are winding down. Jerome Miron | USA Today Sports Images

Carl Edwards The first of the Joe Gibbs Racing drivers to advance with his win at Texas, Edwards has seen the rug pulled out underneath him several times in his career. In his first full season with Roush Fenway Racing, Edwards finished third. In 2008, he racked up nine wins only to finish second behind Johnson. He would finish second again in 2011 to Tony Stewart because he only tallied one win throughout the year. It’s only Edwards’ second season with JGR, but he’s proved to be one of the best drivers in the stable this season. After one of the

Larry Fedora raved about his junior running back. “Somebody asked me this week how Hood is, and I said he’s as close to 100 percent as he’s been all year,” Fedora said. “That means going all the way back to camp. He’s really feeling good now. He’s feeling like he’s 100 percent. … I think the biggest thing for him, it’s been frustrating for him, mentally. He hasn’t been 100 percent, so he hasn’t done the things that he’s wanted to do.” Despite battling injury and being less than 100 percent “going all the way back to camp,” Hood appeared on the injury report exactly twice, in the two weeks after leaving the Florida State game early. Remarkably, while these examples seem to imply that there is rampant cheating going on with ACC injury reports, the fact is it’s all perfectly legal. Fans are likely familiar with NFL injury reports, which are heavily regulated by rules requiring completeness and accuracy. Determination of whether a player is doubtful or questionable is based on his participation in practice, and teams caught in an injury report lie face fines. The Ravens, Redskins and Bills have all been fined in recent years, and Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s long-running attempts to circumvent reporting injuries accurately, which include leaving injured players off and including virtually the entire roster on the report to bury true injuries, have led the league to rewrite the rule to close loopholes. None of that is true in the ACC. “First of all, it’s not a rule,” Finn explained. “It’s a guideline that our coaches decided on. There is no enforcement.” The official ACC policy says exactly that. It begins: “Approved by the ACC’s Football Head Coaches, the guideline goes into effect beginning with the Monday prior to the first

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Kyle Busch, one four drivers remaining who can win the NASCAR Sprint Cup, pulls in for a pit stop during a race in his trademark M&M paint scheme.

most consistent years of his 12year career, a backflip at Homestead would be a payoff moment for a man who’s been a bridesmaid twice. Kyle Busch Unlike the previous three drivers on this list, Busch has something at Homestead none of them have achieved: a checkered flag. That’s a crucial component for a title contender, especially since

game of the season. This guideline is not an ACC rule and is a suggested minimum standard guideline for release of injury information. ACC Injury Release Guideline This policy is suggested guideline for the 2016 football season. This is not an ACC rule subject to enforcement.” Not only that, but there is a strong incentive for coaches to be less than forthcoming in their injury reports. It may seem paranoid for coaches to worry that opponents are examining their injury reports and press conferences in search of a nugget of information to give them an edge, but that’s exactly what’s going on. “Oh yeah, definitely,” Fedora admitted. “We have people who do that, and comb the internet for anything that’s out there — for someone who takes a picture in practice, and if there’s anything we can see in that picture.” Clearly, with a few extra days to prepare for the possibility that Gilbert would start for Borders, Fedora and his staff could have designed a game plan to take advantage of his inexperience, rather than simply altering the in-game playcalling. It’s not outside the realm of possibility to argue that leaving Borders off may have helped Duke win the game. So there is no incentive for coaches to be open, complete and accurate with their weekly injury report, and, in fact, a strong incentive not to be. That leads to an obvious conclusion: Why release an injury report at all? If the league can’t monitor and enforce the accuracy of injury reports, either because coaches won’t agree to it or because there isn’t enough manpower to devote to it, then perhaps it would be best to eliminate them altogether. Until something changes, fans, media and gamblers are getting the illusion of information.

that is the only thing that would guarantee a title. Busch tallied three wins over the first 11 races before struggling in late May and June. He kissed the bricks again at Indianapolis, but has gone 15 races without visiting Victory Lane since the Brickyard 400. The last time he did that? Last year, when he capped off the season with a win at Homestead. Yeah, we know exactly how that turned out.

Panthers from page B1 “Kelvin came back and Philly Brown is on the rise, so I’m just finding my spot, and I’m cool with that.” The Panthers survived the loss of three contributors to mid-game injuries. Center Ryan Kalil, who missed two and a half games after injuring his shoulder against Arizona, returned to the starting lineup. The shoulder bothered him, and he was forced to leave the game in the second half. “It got sore,” coach Ron Rivera said of Kalil’s shoulder. The Panthers also lost defensive lineman Mario Addison and cornerback Leonard Johnson in the second half, but the most significant injury came late in the fourth quarter, when linebacker Luke Kuechly went down. Medical staff appeared to be looking at Kuechly’s leg on the field, and the All-Pro wept openly as he was loaded onto a cart and driven to the locker room. The team later released a statement saying that Kuechly was being evaluated for a concussion. “He took a shot,” Rivera said. “He’s with the doctors right now. … I’m not going to speculate until I talk to the doctors. I’m not going to do that.” The Panthers continued their long climb back from a 1-5 start to the season. At 4-6, Carolina is now tied with the Saints in the NFC South, half a game behind Tampa and two games behind the first-place Falcons. A wild card berth would appear to be a longer shot for Carolina. The win puts the Panthers in a tie for ninth place in the NFC wild-card race. While the win gave playoff hopes a boost, there’s still plenty of work to be done. Prior to the game, fivethirtyeight.com gave the Panthers a 9% chance of making the playoffs and 5% chance of winning the division. Fivethirtyeight.com’s postgame numbers gave the Panthers an 11% chance of making the playoffs and 7% chance of winning the division.

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TAKE NOTICE Iredell NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 528 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jeremy A. Ware and Rebecca L. Ware to Vantage Point Title, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of January, 2014, and recorded in Book 2284, Page 989, in Iredell County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Iredell County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:30 PM on December 1, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Iredell, North Carolina, and being more particularly

described as follows: Being all of Lot No. 5 in Block A of the Iredell Development Company Subdivision as owned by C.C. Johnston in the Town of Mooresville, North Carolina, said subdivision Map Being duly recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 37, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Iredell County, Lot No. 5 being more specifically described as follows. Beginning at an iron pin on the Southwest side of Oakhurst Drive in said Subdivision, corner common to Lots No. 4 and 5; thence North 37 deg. 29 min. West 152.4 feet to an iron pin in the line of Lot No. 3 in Block A; thence with the line of Lot No. 3 South 60 deg, 10 min. West 51.8 feet to an iron pin, corner common to Lots 3 and 7 in the line of Lot No. 7, Block A; thence South 38 deg. East 151.0 feet to an iron pin on the Southwest margin of Oakhurst Drive; thence with the margin of Oakhurst Drive North 52 deg. 05 min. East 100.0 feet to the point of beginning. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 144 Oakhurst Drive, Mooresville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as pro-

vided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of supe-

rior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1193673 (FC.FAY)

Wake NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2726 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Danielle A. Bryant and Eric J. Bryant to Bagwell, Holt, Smith, Jones & Crowson PA, Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of April, 2011, and recorded in Book 14327, Page 513, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on December 5, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 94, Brookfield Station Subdivision, per plat and survey thereof recorded in Book of Maps 2007, Pages 22482250, inclusive, Wake County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of same. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 113 Cinder Street, Knightdale, North Carolina. Less and Excepting from this conveyance any and all subsurface resources as defined and described in that Mineral Deed from D.R. Horton, Inc., to DRH Energy, Inc., recorded in Book 13997, Page 2389, Wake

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2254 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Brian I. Burton and Maria Cruz Ces-Carou to Frances Jones, Trustee(s), dated the 4th day of January, 2011, and recorded in Book 014226, Page 02682, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on December 5, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 15, Tuscan Hills as shown on Plat entitled “Tuscan Hills recombination, Subdivision and Tree Conservation Areas” Prepared by Thompson & Associates, PA and recorded in Book of Maps 2008, Page 887 of the Wake County Registry, reference to said plat being incorporated herein by reference for greater certainty of description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2604 Shadow Hills Court, Raleigh, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2682 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Peter M. Fougerousse and Susanne L. Fougerousse to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of September, 2010, and recorded in Book 014084, Page 01499, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 28, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL OF LOT 52 of Weycroft Subdivision, as said Lot is shown on a plat by Michael E. Dickerson, Professional Land Surveyor, of Withers & Ravenel, Inc. entitled “WEYCROFT SUBDIVISION, PHASE 1A, A PORTION OF PHASE 1” dated May 2, 2006 and recorded in the Wake County, North Carolina Registry, in Book of Maps 2006, Pages 1033 through 1035, reference being made to plat for a more particular description of same. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 320 Weycroft Grant Drive, Cary, North Carolina.

County Registry. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If

the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 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 the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1192930 (FC.FAY)

provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they

believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 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 the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1177719 (FC.FAY)

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2688 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Keith Jarvis and Jaimi D. Jarvis to Netco, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of August, 2007, and recorded in Book 012726, Page 01053, and Modification in Book 15249, Page 1183, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 28, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 119, Phase 2, Widewaters, as shown on the plat recorded in Plat Book 2005, Page 2008-2011, Wake County Registry. This property is conveyed subject to Restrictive Covenants recorded in Book 10653 Page 199 in Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 501 Jumping Frog Lane, Knightdale, North Carolina. Being the same property conveyed to Keith Jarvis and wife, Jaimi D. Jarvis by General Warranty Deed from D.R. Horton, Incorporated dated May 16, 2006 and recorded on May 22, 2006 in Book 11965 Page 2473, Wake County Register of Deeds. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2587 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Bobby Wayne Massey to Trste, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 12th day of December, 2007, and recorded in Book 012903, Page 01510, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 28, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The following described property in the County of Wake, State of North Carolina: Lot 132 of Two Map B, Section 4, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 103 Basswood Circle, Garner, North Carolina. Being and intending to described the same premises conveyed in a deed recorded 04/27/1993, in Book 5579, Page 776. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property

to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 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 the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1174635 (FC.FAY)

is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 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 the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1193242 (FC.FAY)

North State Journal for Sunday, November 20, 2016

TAKE NOTICE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 3330 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Dan Morrison and Laura P. Morrison (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Stephen D. Morrison and Laura P. Morrison) to Trste, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 22nd day of August, 2006, and recorded in Book 012174, Page 01607, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclo-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2725 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Shena L. Reed to The Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter and Britton, P.A., Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of April, 2016, and recorded in Book 016345, Page 00739, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on December 5, 2016

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 1806 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Reid Warren Phillips to Hutchins & Senter, Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of December, 2006, and recorded in Book 12332, Page 430, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 28, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 46 Glendale Subdivision Phase C as recorded in Book of Maps 1979, Page 180, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 8604 Bostian Drive, Apex, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 613 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Edward H. Phillips and Josephine F. Phillips, husband and wife to Donna Brett-Francis, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of May, 2002, and recorded in Book 009416, Page 02009, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 28, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Panther Branch Township, Wake County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 2 of the property of the Henrietta Dupree, containing 0.876 acres as shown in Book of Maps 1986, Page 407, Wake County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for greater certainty of description but this conveyance is made subject to the right of way of SR 2740. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7800 Mount Pleasant Road, Willow

sure sales, at 1:30 PM on December 5, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The following described property in the County of Wake, State of North Carolina: Lot 13, Block 34 N of North Ridge Subdivision Haymarket Village Part B, Section 5, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 8008 Harps Mill Road, Raleigh, North Carolina. Being and intending to describe the same premises conveyed in a deed recorded 06/30/2000, in Book 8623, Page 1151. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to

this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to

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

and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 301 Kingston at Wakefield Plantation, Phase III, as shown on Book of Maps 2005, Pages 765-766, Wake County Registry. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 11720 Coppergate Drive, Unit 112, Raleigh, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.”

Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy

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

tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit,

Spring, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If

may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 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 the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1179020 (FC.FAY)

SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYST Adama seeks Supply Chain Analyst. Position requires related degree, experience, and skills. Some travel required. Work location: Raleigh, N.C. Please mail resumés to: Adama, Attn: Tricia Burns, 3120 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27604.

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 691 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Agustin Roberto Sabater and Rebecca G. Sabater to John L. Matthews or Timothy M. Bartosh, Trustee(s), dated the 8th day of June, 2001, and recorded in Book 008954, Page 00865, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on December 5, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot No. 180, Block V, as shown on plat of Section One, Lockwood Subdivision, recorded in Book of Maps 1953, Page 111, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1206 Downing Road, Raleigh, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 11 SP 5185 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kenneth S. Schaper and Susan C. Schaper, husband and wife as joint tenants (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Susan C Schaper) to Todd A. Klein, Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of July, 2005, and recorded in Book 011493, Page 00380, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 28, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 66, Highcroft Subdivision, Pud Phase 1A and 1B as shown on Book of Maps 2003, Page 1560 and 1561, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 409 Chandler Grant Drive, Cary, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition

or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1171246 (FC.FAY)

expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1177223 (FC.FAY)

The Bluegrass Summit A gathering of music lovers descended on Chapel Hill to discuss the history, tradition, and future of the genre. See page C4

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Carroll’s Kitchen Raleigh Liz Reedy, left, and Vanessa McCarthy, right, joke around at Carroll’s Kitchen. The goal of Carroll’s Kitchen is to provide support, job skills training, and future opportunities for women experiencing homelessness.

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Intersecting food and charity, two restaurants share similar goals King’s Kitchen in Charlotte and Carroll’s Kitchen in Raleigh are both using the job-training blueprint to provide culinary jobs in the food service industry while improving their communities. King’s Kitchen Charlotte

By Alison Miller For the North State Journal

t 10 minutes to 3, they start filing in. Some drag wheeled suitcases, others carry plastic grocery bags stuffed with personal belongings. At the door of King’s Kitchen in Uptown Charlotte, they’re given a ticket, good for one fresh-cooked hot meal. They find seats in the restaurant’s dining room, and over the clatter of the open kitchen, gather around as Chef Jim Noble begins his bible study. King’s Kitchen is a fully functioning restaurant operated by a professional staff, including Chef Cody Suddreth, who sharpened his skills at several James Beard Award–winning restaurants in the South. To be sure, it’s one of the best places to eat in Uptown Charlotte. But it’s also a nonprofit that feeds and mentors people in need. How Jim Noble, one of Charlotte’s most revered restaurateurs, established this altruistic mission, dates back to 1998 when Noble, an ordained minister, and his wife, Karen, established Restoration Word Ministries. To him, it’s simple: “Restaurants are inefficient food manufacturing facilities,” he explains. “They have a lot of down See THE TABLE, page C6

Volunteers fill boxes with food from King’s Kitchen, the bible study attendees receive the hot meal after the service.

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NeCessities oh, behave!

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Better table manners for Thanksgiving

November 22, 1718

By Laura Ashley Lamm North State Journal Cousin Eddie is chewing loudly. The turkey is burnt and the Jell-O mold has melted. It is dinner with the Griswold’s again this holiday season, but it doesn’t have to be. Quick and easy table manners can be remembered for a smoother holiday gathering around the family table.

Banish the cell phone Have a basket or box handy to collect all technology devices. Use the time around the table to talk, laugh, and share. Remember to enjoy the moment and communicate with the people sitting across from you. The Facebook post, the Twitter update, and the Instagram photo can wait till later.

Make the B.M.W. shine The table is set with the bread on your left, the meal in the center, and the wine or water glass on your right. Napkins should be placed in your lap. Silverware is used from the outside in, so your table should be set from left to right: salad fork, entree fork, plate, knife (sharp edges inward), and spoon.

just a pinch force the issue

The infamous pirate Blackbeard was killed. Reported to have been a privateer during Queen Anne’s War, Blackbeard is said to have turned to piracy afterward. He is one of the best-known figures associated with the “Golden Age of Piracy,” which flourished briefly along the North Carolina coast in the early 1700s.

Narcissus bulbs make a lovely green display during the holiday season and they happily bloom by planting in nothing more than water, stones or beach glass. If you are forcing bulbs for the holidays — now is the time to start. Purchase firm, blemish free bulbs. Pour in two inches of pebbles or beach glass into a tall container for built-in support or a round bowl works well too and then you can add a festive ribbon for support. Add up to two tablespoons of rinsed charcoal (get this from the indoor plant section, it keeps the water smelling sweet) then add another layer of pebbles. Place bulbs in the container with the root-side down so that they are almost

November 25, 1784

Josiah Collins, a wealthy merchant and shipper from Edenton, entered into a verbal partnership with Dr. Samuel Dickinson and Nathaniel Allen to acquire a large body of land “surrounding and bordering upon” Lake Phelps. The partnership, known as the Lake Company, agreed to cut a canal from the Scuppernong River to Lake Phelps to drain the land and farm rice and other staples on it. Collins eventually bought his two partner’s shares and renamed the property Somerset Place, after the county in England where he was born.

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November 27, 1981

Mel Tomlinson made his debut as the only African American member of the New York City Ballet. Born in Raleigh in January 1954, Tomlinson became interested in dance after participating in gymnastics in high school. He received a B.F.A. from what’s now the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) after studying there for only two years.

“Historically, chefs at The Biltmore kept a log of the meals they served. Those menu books usually went with the chefs when they moved on, but we do have one in our archive that covers a three-month period in the fall of 1904. In an upper class home in the Gilded Age, it was typical for the chef to send menus to the mistress or master of the house for approval. In the margins of this book, we see notes from Edith Vanderbilt on how many guests would attend the meal and what time it should be served. George Vanderbilt wrote comments on the food. For Thanksgiving dinner that year, the first course was oysters on the half shell. It was the great age of oysters, and the Vanderbilts ate a lot of them. They ate them raw, fried, scalloped, broiled, and à la poule. The recipe here is Biltmore Chef Spencer Hilgeman’s updated version of Thanksgiving oysters on the half shell.”

Butter better Butter the bread without drowning the biscuit. Use the butter knife to place a slice of butter on your plate, not directly on your biscuit. Don’t slop the entire biscuit with butter; you only butter one bite at a time.

Information courtesy of N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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Never begin eating until everyone is seated and has been served at the table. The host or hostess will pick up his or her fork and that is your cue to do the same. Food dishes are passed around the table from left to right and kindly take your fair share. After everyone has been served, you can help yourself to an additional serving. Think of your plate as a clock. When the meal is done, your fork and knife should be gathered together and placed at the “five o’clock” position on your plate. This signals to the host and other guests that you have finished your meal. Most importantly, the holidays are a time for giving thanks, sharing with one another, and being joyful with everyone invited to the table.

— Darren Poupore, Chief Curator

Oysters & Holiday Sauce Trio The Biltmore, Asheville Cocktail Sauce

½ cup ketchup 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

In the lead up to Thanksgiving we reached out to Pomegranate Books in Wilmington for a few turkey day book suggestions for children.

Charred Onion Relish

5 green onions, charred or lightly sautéed and chopped 2 tablespoons chopped parsley ½ jalapeño, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar 3 teaspoons olive oil 2 teaspoons of salt 1 teaspoon ground pepper

“A Plump And Perky Turkey” by Teresa Bateman “Thanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks” by Margaret Suther

“One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims” by B.G. Hennessy

opening Thanksgiving weekend

Thanksgiving weekend

“Bad Santa 2”

“Allied”

Willie Soke (Billy Bob Thornton) is back with his brand of greedy, alcohol-fueled holiday cheer — teaming up again with his angry sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), this time to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve.

Contributors to this section this week include: Laura Ashley Lamm Alison Miller Ray Nothstine Emory Rakestraw

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Know a North Carolina story that needs telling? Drop us a line at features@nsjonline.com.

In 1942 intelligence officer Max Vatan (Brad Pitt), encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour (Marion Cotillard) while in North Africa, on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. The two fall in love and are reunited in London where everything is not as it seems.

“Moana”

Rated PG (11/23) Moana (Auli’I Cravalho) is a born navigator in search of a mythical island. Set in the ancient South Pacific world of Oceania, Moana embarks on her quest to find the island and during her journey teams up with her hero, the demi-god Maui (Dwayne Johnson). Bonus: music by LinManuel Miranda

To shuck oysters, use a folded towel to protect your hand. Rather than pushing hard with the shucker, jiggle it like a key to pop the hinge of each oyster. Once open, remove the muscle from the bottom of the shell for easy eating.

2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 tablespoon mirin 1 shallot, sliced 2 tablespoons Champagne vinaigrette 1 tablespoon honey 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon ground pepper ¼ cup Biltmore brut sparkling wine

“Thanks for Thanksgiving” by Julie Markes

Rated R (11/23)

Combine ingredients for each sauce into separate bowls, allowing mignonette to sit for two hours.

Sparkling Mignonette

“The Night Before Thanksgiving” by Natasha Wing

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touching each other. Add tepid water to just below the bottom of bulbs. Count backwards on your calendar to gift-giving time or when you want a full display going in your home — paperwhite bulbs will bloom in four to six weeks. If you don’t want to start your paperwhites right away, or you want them blooming in waves make sure you have some in reserve for a staggered display just make sure to store them in a cool, dry spot. Now that you’ve forced your narcissus you may wonder about their care — we’ll have that step-by-step next week along with information on adding a splash of color to your palette with amaryllis bulbs.

Rated R (11/23)

“Lion”

Rated R (11/25) Based on the true story of a man’s (Dev Patel) search for home — after a wrong train takes him miles off-track a little boy is adopted by an Australian family (mother played by Nicole Kidman) only to have his odyssey bubble up years later — prompting him to embark on his journey.

Opening in December “Jackie”

Rated R (12/2) This biopic follows Jacqueline Kennedy’s (Natalie Portman)

journey to make sense of her faith and the loss and legacy of her husband while standing with the nation as they grieve.

“Miss Sloane” Rated R (12/9)

Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is a sought after and tough D.C. lobbyist who is known for her track record and her scheming. When she takes on the most formidable opponent of her career Miss Sloane finds winning might come at too high of a price.

“Office Christmas Party” Rated R (12/9)

A star-studded cast headed by Jennifer Aniston puts a Hangover-esque spin on the annual holiday corporate gathering.

“Collateral Beauty” Rated PG-13 (12/16)

A successful New York advertising executive (Will Smith) runs away from his life after suffering a great tragedy. He finds his way back by writing letters to Love, Time, and Death.

“La La Land”

Rated PG-13 (12/16) In this musical in the style of “Singing in the Rain,” a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) and an up and coming actress (Emma Stone) fall in love in Los Angeles but face relationship issues on their way up.

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” PG-13 (12/16)

Resistance fighters embark on a mission to steal the Empire’s plans for the Death Star.

“Passengers”

Rated PG-13 (12/21) Two passengers (Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt) wake up 90 years too early while on a trip through space to their new homes to learn their ship has malfunctioned and they are in great danger.

“Sing”

Rated: PG (12/21) In a world inhabited by animals, Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) is a dapper Koala who runs what was once a grand theater now in disrepair. His plan to reignite interest is to hold a singing contest open to all.

North State Journal for Sunday, November 20, 2016

the baker Miss Angel’s Heavenly Pies | Mount Airy By Emory Rakestraw For the North State Journal

The Living Room Coffeehouse and Wine Bar in Pilot Mountain uses a culinary, chef-inspired approach serving their sonker on top of a pureed mixture featuring hints of ginger and citrus.

urry County’s signature dessert features eight, diverse S stops on the sonker trail. Yet, one

Angela Shur of Miss Angel’s Heavenly Pies in Mount Airy

native and one non-native have mastered this classic treat in their own unique style. No one can quite agree where sonker originated, and if you’re not from Surry County, this might be your first time hearing the word. The cobbler-esque dessert with a peculiar name has been passed down through generations, some say originally to stretch fruit usage during tough times. Carolyn Carter, owner of Rockford General Store in Dobson, noted it as a traditional Scottish dessert. With eight stops on the Sonker Trail, no two are alike. Roxxi and LuLu’s in Elkin prefers the Grandma-taught, stovetop method. Their sonker consists of a soft, dough-like breading and seasonal fruit reflecting foraged finds of the area. The Living Room Coffee House and Wine Bar in Pilot Mountain serves the dough as is on top of a pureed fruit blend. Old North State Winery reflects a more classic, cobbler style, with sweet strawberries and a dollop of vanilla ice cream. Rockford General Store is as classic as they come. Carter says of their baked, sweet potato sonker, “It’s the most traditional on the trail. We literally make our own crust, we roll it out, what you get in the middle is this piping hot mixture.” Their sonker also reflects the heart of any southern dessert - lots of sugar, butter and love. From a general store to an upscale restaurant - the Sonker Trail is just as unique as the dessert itself. Carter attributes the diversity to the wide array of chefs in the area, from “hoity-toity” to down-home. You can follow the trail to Pilot Mountain, Shelton Vineyards in Dobson, and even one of the best bakeries in North Carolina - Miss Angel’s Heavenly Pies in Mount Airy. New York native, Angela Shur, (better known as Miss Angel) found herself in Mount Airy 11 years ago. New to the area, Shur and her husband, Randy, bought a fruit farm and orchard that’s now 62 acres, eventually opening Miss Angel’s Heavenly Pies. Yet the local dessert was completely foreign to her. But as it turns out, not too foreign: from her northern neck of the woods, she said “We call it cobbler.” When mentioning the cobbler reference Carter notes “Traditional sonker is the opposite of cobbler, you have a lot of fruit and a lot of juice - it’s not like cobbler at all to me.” So, is this a Tale of

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Two (or possibly eight) sonkers in Surry County? Shur first heard of sonker when people came to the shop requesting it. She set out to make her own using seasonal fruits grown on their farm. Her personal favorite? Peach Amaretto. Shur also adds a bit of spirit, incorporating a moonshine glaze at the request of customers. Aside from the optional buzz, “We go between a cobbler and pie crust, it’s very distinct,” said Shur. When not running Miss Angel’s Heavenly Pies, or on the farm, she greatly contributes to the Mount Airy community, notably supplying 150-400 desserts each Thursday for Friends Feeding Friends homeless shelter. Next year, the Shurs plan to open their farm to the public with Surry County’s first pick-your-own orchard. While deemed a native des-

sert, even non-natives like Angela have found ways to incorporate their own baking methods to master the art of sonker. One thing it seems Shur and Carter both agree on is it’s the crust that makes sonker so unique - not too breaded, not too overpowering. Even if you read about sonker and study the trail, there’s really no way to understand exactly what it is without trying it yourself. Akin to North Carolina’s unique dialect, it can almost be compared to the word ‘yonder.’ We know where yonder is, we know where we’re going when we say yonder, but an outsider wouldn’t. It’s a “try and you’ll understand” type deal. A New York Times article from 2013 put sonker on the map, and described it as a dessert, “baked nowhere else in the nation.” Luckily, we’re only a car ride away from Surry County’s best-kept secret.

You can follow the Sonker Trail to Pilot Mountain, Shelton Vineyards in Dobson, and even to one of the best bakeries in North Carolina — Miss Angel’s Heavenly Pies in Mount Airy.

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arrangements The Bluegrass Summit | Chapel Hill

The Carolina Bluegrass Band, which consists of students from UNC Chapel Hill’s Department of Music, makes its debut opening for the Steep Canyon Rangers.

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By Ray Nothstine North State Journal

cademics and industry leaders tried to make sense of the popularity and changing nature of a truly American genre at the Carolina Bluegrass Music Summit on the campus of the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Sponsored by the Southern Folklife Collection and the UNC Department of Music, the November 11-12 symposium showcased live music by the Steep Canyon Rangers, the Grass Cats, and the Carolina Bluegrass Band. The latter band featured UNC student artists led by Russell Johnson of the Grass Cats. A respect for tradition and the history of the music accompanies any good presentation of bluegrass and one the most poignant profiles was a look at the life of North Carolina native Curly Seckler. Born in China Rose, N.C. in 1919, Seckler, 96, is one of the last living links to the early pioneers, before the music was known as “bluegrass,” a term usually credited to the legendary Bill Monroe. Penny Parsons, author of “Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The Life and Music of Curly Seckler” offered an important reminder when studying artists like Seckler: “The objective is to go about the people as they go about themselves.” Seckler, well known as a tenor singer and mandolin player for Flatt & Scruggs, played with essentially all the legends of bluegrass. Understanding Seckler is essential because it harkens back to a time when musicians traveled heavily on the back roads. This was still before the development of the interstate highway system and musicians slept in vehicles playing radio shows during the day and the dancehalls at night. While it’s still true of many groups today, back during Seckler’s rise there was little choice but to submit to a grueling schedule with little financial reward. The few that had the skill to make a living playing did so to avoid dangers like the coal mining life or the hard farming of Appalachia. “I started back in 1935 with nothing. I worked all those years for nothing, Seckler declared in Parsons’ book. “And I’ve still got nothing. But it’s okay. The Good Lord and me got together back in ’78, and everything changed. I’m ready to go whenever he wants me.” Seckler added that he’s in “no hurry” to leave just yet. Jack Bernhardt, a longtime bluegrass expert, noted that “bluegrass economy is a feast or famine economy, and most of it is famine. Bernhardt cited the films “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “Bonnie & Clyde” as being big boons for the industry. One of the reasons bluegrass music is enduring is because of its authenticity. In the symposium keynote address, UNC professor emeritus Robert Cantwell noted, “Bluegrass is about capturing the old life.” Even while many artists who hailed from a region where many were trying to make a better life for themselves, they remained attached to the land and the stories. Early bluegrass musicians at the same time wanted respectability and looked to shed their hillbilly image by always appearing professional in suits and ties. For many bands, especially those that convey the best of the traditional bluegrass and mountain sound, that tradition remains. In terms of the changes to the music Cantwell noted that bluegrass net “is cast so much wider.” Cantwell explained the professional training now involved is making it much more exclusive to reach the top. “It’s important we don’t have social and culturally poor conditions that creates this music,” observed Cantwell. It was a reminder that lifting people out of poverty is only a good thing. During his lecture Cantwell played a recording of “Ruby” from Earl Taylor and his Stoney Mountain Boys. It reinforced his point, perhaps in a way not fully imaginable to everyone assembled. Only a voice that high lonesome and haunting could be shaped by poverty, heartbreak, and isolation.

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Mike Guggino plays the mandolin with the Steep Canyon Rangers at UNC Chapel Hill’s Memorial Hall. Three original members started the band in 2000 while attending UNC Chapel Hill and Guggino, who went to UNC Asheville, soon joined.

Top left, bluegrass memorabilia is on display as part of the exhibit Folk Music on Overdrive, part of the Bluegrass Summit. Top right, A collection of songs are available to listen to as part of the exhibition Folk Music on Overdrive on display at the Wilson Special Collections Library. Left, Memorial Hall is filled to capacity to see the Steep Canyon Rangers perform during the Bluegrass Summit . Above, the Steep Canyon Rangers perform at Memorial Hall. Above, Nicky Sanders, who is the only classically trained musician in Steep Canyon Rangers, performs with the band during the Bluegrass Summit.

North State Journal for Sunday, November 20, 2016

competition dining | statewide

NC chefs compete in homage to their home state By Laura Ashley Lamm North State Journal ith creative flair, the perfect recipe, farm W fresh ingredients and the skill to

duel in the kitchen, the Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series is heating up this weekend for its final battle. The Competition Series pits the top chefs from around North Carolina against one another in a series of food battles until a champion is crowned with diners placing the votes and determining the winners. “This mission is to create an emotionally inspired diner experience that creatively brings together the chef, the farmer, and the diner,” said founder Jimmy Crippen. The series is deigned to celebrate local North Carolina produce and agriculture; to showcase culinary ingenuity; and to highlight the talent of chefs from around the state. “We’re turning chefs into local celebrities and increasing business to their restaurants. We’re placing the farmer’s products in front of chefs. We’re giving diners a unique dinner that is here and gone,” he added. The idea for the Competi-

“This mission is to create an emotionally inspired diner experience that creatively brings together the chef, the farmer, and the diner.” — Jimmy Crippen, founder

tion Dining Series was created in 2005 in Blowing Rock while Crippen was overseeing his own restaurant, Crippen’s, one of High County’s first fine dining establishments. A partnership with the N.C. Department of Agriculture expanded the dining series across the state in 2012. This year, the Competition Dining Series began in April and traveled through the cities of Durham, Winston Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh, Charlotte and Wilmington. From a pile of applications from talented chefs across the state, the top chefs were selected to compete. Guests are treated to a six-course blind dinner in which the visitors taste three dishes from each team without knowing

what team prepared which dish. Guests then cast votes for presentation, aroma, flavor and creativity. The winning team moves on to the next round until there is only one team left standing and crowned the winner. The 2016 Battle of Champions, the final dinner event being held in Raleigh today, will mark the official end of the Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series. After five years of celebrating North Carolina’s agriculture and culinary talent through more than 300 interactive dinner events, 1,830 locally sourced dishes and more than 30,000 fed people across the state, Crippen is retiring the competition in order to pursue other ventures. “It has always been my underlining goal for North Carolina to be one of the great foodie states in the country,” said Crippen. “We have great restaurants and great chefs throughout the state. People talk about California, Florida, New York and Illinois as food states, but North Carolina has become one of those.” “Through working with Got to Be NC, we are highlighting the awareness of products grown, made, caught and raised in North Carolina,” said Crippen. “It’s only natural to cook it up.”

James “JP” Patterson leads his team during plate preparation. Patterson is the captain of the Sedgefield Culinary Crushers — they emerged as Champions out of the Greensboro bracket in 2016.

Photo Courtesy of Competition Dining NC

Joanne Lowry leads a bible study at King’s Kitchen. The restaurant opens to the public MondayFriday at 3:00 p.m. for a sermon and a free hot meal.

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THE TABLE from page C1 time. We realized we had the horsepower to feed people, and the ministry had the ability to raise funds and recruit volunteers, so we put the two together.” That was in 2010. To the well-dressed, high-rise workforce of Uptown, King’s Kitchen is a favorite spot for oyster po’ boys and after-work drinks. But to another demographic, it’s a helping hand. “Anytime someone walks in the door and they look like they need help, we offer it,” says general manager Yuri Oliveira. “If they need a sleeping bag, a jacket, or a box of food, we do what we can to help them.” In 2014, Noble launched the Charlotte Mecklenburg Dream Center, joining forces with the Los Angeles-based nonprofit of the same name, which offers food, medical services, rehabilitation programs, housing, skills training, and more to the homeless. On Friday nights in Charlotte, staff and volunteers wander the streets with water, personal hygiene kits, and King’s Kitchen chili cheese dogs for people who need them. On Saturday morn-

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Alejandra Gonzalez, of Raleigh, makes sandwiches at Carroll’s Kitchen. The goal of Carroll’s Kitchen is to provide support, job skills training and future opportunities for women experiencing homelessness.

ings, a crew picks up trash, helps with home repairs, and puts on cookouts and kids activities in the J.T. Williams and Reid Park neighborhoods, both sites of the Dream Center’s adopt-a-block

mission. And on Sundays, Jim Noble leads a church service in the dining room of King’s Kitchen, followed by a sit-down meal served by volunteers. “It gives them a chance to sit

in a restaurant environment and have someone wait on them,” says Bo Frowine, Charlotte Mecklenburg Dream Center’s executive director. “It’s an opportunity for us to give back, and do it with dignity.” The Charlotte Mecklenburg Dream Center also facilitates a year-long paid internship program at King’s Kitchen, that, coupled with financial and life skills classes and bible studies, is designed to get people get off the streets. Noble’s next goal? A multipurpose building to provide housing and classrooms for those in the program. In Raleigh, a similar effort is underway. In late September, Carroll’s Kitchen, a grab-and-go breakfast and lunch spot, opened on the corner of Wilmington and Martin near Moore Square, in the space vacated by longtime sandwich shop The Square Rabbit. Carroll’s Kitchen executive director Jim Freeze and board president Vicky Ismail met at Vintage Church in downtown Raleigh. Freeze, a West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran, was working as the church’s facility manager when he met Ismail,

a restaurateur who ran The Cary Café for 18 years and now owns and operates Highgrove Estate, a wedding and event venue in Fuquay-Varina. Via the church’s outreach program, Freeze worked with Raleigh Rescue Mission and saw first-hand the effects of homelessness and poverty in Raleigh. After reading a story about King’s Kitchen, Ismail approached Freeze with the concept of Carroll’s Kitchen, a restaurant whose profits fund life skills and finance courses, job training, and housing for women living in shelters, many of who are victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. Carroll’s Kitchen currently provides full-time employment to two formerly homeless women. Freeze expects to work with 8-10 women within a year. “Seeing the pride the women in our program have when they watch people buy the food they’ve worked so hard to produce, the food they’ve poured their hearts into, that’s the best part of my job,” says Freeze. “To see how that impacts their confidence—I’m going to remember that forever.”

North State Journal for Sunday, November 20, 2016

holiday calendar events to attend across the state

Nov. 4-Jan. 8 Christmas at Biltmore Asheville

No one quite does Christmas like Biltmore Estate. America’s Palace goes all out, adorning the lavish interior with 70 intricately decorated trees. This year’s theme is “Hearth and Home,” reflecting the Vanderbilt’s hospitality, fireplaces will be decorated to the nines. Special events include Christmas wine at the Winery and special menus on estate restaurants. Christmas at Biltmore has been called one of the most storied Holiday destinations in the southeast. biltmore.com

Nov. 11- Jan. 1 Polar Express Train Ride Bryson City

The popular Polar Express Train Ride encourages you to put on your best jammies and hop on board for a magical adventure. Children will be delighted and you can’t beat the attention to detail recreated from the beloved book by Chris Van Allsburg. The train ride is an hour and fifteen minutes, taking you to the North Pole where Santa will greet each child and they also receive a silver bell. It’s a magical experience children will remember forever. gsmr.com

Nov. 18- Jan. 1 Tanglewood Festival of Lights Clemmons

Things get extra magical this year, as Tanglewood Festival of Lights celebrates their 25th season. The beloved Piedmont tradition has been selected as a Top 20 event in the southeast and Top 100 in America. Miles of the rolling countryside transform into a twinkling village with ornate light displays ranging from Santa and his reindeer, a woman watering her garden, and even dancing

snowflakes. The animated displays bring the setting and stories to life. forsyth.cc/parks

Nov. 19-Dec. 31 Speedway Christmas Concord

Charlotte Motor Speedway transforms into a parade of lights with more than 3 million lights along the 3.5-mile course. The lights-to-music drive thru section has seen great improvements in the past few years and will be spectacular this year. After your drive, visit the Christmas Village featuring a petting zoo, horse-drawn wagon rides, Bethlehem Village, and photos with Santa. The speedway also features movie nights, playing Christmas classics on their 16,000-squareft. HD TV. charlottemotorspeedway.com

Nov. 24-Dec. 24 Charlotte Christmas Village Charlotte

A European tradition comes to Uptown Charlotte at Romare Bearden Park. The metropolitan scenery will transform into a cozy, blissful Christmas market with juried European, Christmas, local arts and merchandise. There will also be specialty foods like Austrian strudels or Bratwurst with Sauerkraut. To indulge your sweet tooth, pick up Lebkuchen (gingerbread), marzipan, and Christmas cookies. A perfect stop for the experience and unique gifts. cltchristmasvillage.com

Nov. 24-Jan. 2 Hometown Holidays Forest City

Main Street of Forest City turns into an enchanting, winter wonderland adorned with whimsical light displays centering around the town fountain. The event features

over 500,000 lights. Guests can ride horse and carriage, hayride, or simply stroll the Main Street. The tradition dates back to 1930 and is a great way to ring in the season in an old-fashioned spirit. aroundlakelure.com *check listing before heading out to make sure event is still on post Western N.C. fires

Nov. 25-Dec. 25 Christmas by the Sea Carolina Beach

The boardwalk of Carolina Beach lights up with the Holiday spirit throughout December. The lighting ceremony takes place Nov. 25th and activities will be held every Sunday through Dec. 17th. Those include fire pit storytelling, hot chocolate, as well as an arts and crafts area where children can make Christmas ornaments. In its 8th year, Christmas by the Sea has quickly become a tradition for many living in the area or just visiting. facebook.com/Xmasbythesea

Nov. 25-26 North Carolina Holiday Flotilla Wrightsville Beach

This year is the 33rd Holiday Flotilla and it once again features a weekend full of fun events with something for the whole family beginning with the Atlantic Marine Launch Party where The Embers featuring Craig Woolard will play followed by an annual tree lighting ceremony and a visit from Santa on Friday. It all culminates with the Festival in the Park followed by Flotilla — a gorgeous display of boats lit up for the holidays. ncholidayflotilla.org

Nov. 26- Jan. 21 Winter Lights Elizabethan Gardens Manteo

The beautiful grounds of the Elizabethan Gardens transform

into a winter wonderland with light shows and live entertainment. Throughout December catch various performers and events with hands-on instruction of perfecting holiday crafts like wreaths and centerpieces. Dec. 17th offers a dinner with Santa the kids will remember forever. You can also simply stroll the enchanting grounds and enjoy the sights and sounds of the Holidays. elizabethangardens.org/ winterlights

Dec. 1-26 Christmas Town USA McAdenville

If you live in North Carolina, a visit to ‘Christmas Town USA’ is a must. In its 61st year, the old mill village turns into a dazzling light show with more than 500,000 holiday lights on houses, trees, wreaths and streets. The route consists of 1.3 miles, with continuous Christmas music playing in the air. Some choose to drive while others walk. The light show starts at dusk each evening and lasts till around 9:30. The best part, it’s free to experience. mcadenville-christmastown. com

Dec. 2 12th Annual American Tobacco Tower Lighting

Durham

What better way to kick off the Holiday season than by incorporating a Bull City tradition and witnessing the lighting of the Tobacco Tower. The event is a whole celebration, with a ‘chance of snow,’ dance and choir performances, and plenty of surprises and unexpected guests (I’m guessing Santa or the Grinch). After the lighting, the fun moves to Diamond View Park for the Triangle Tree Challenge. americantobaccocampus.com

Dec. 2-3 & 9-10 Dillsboro Lights and Luminaries Dillsboro

On Fridays and Saturday, the quaint town of Dillsboro transforms into a winter wonderland of yesteryear, featuring 2500 luminaries to guide your way to shops and studios. You can even enjoy the magic by riding through town on a horse and buggy. Shopkeepers have live music as well as cider and cocoa. As if things couldn’t get more magical, there’s also carolers singing and a live nativity scene. visitdillsboro.org

Dec. 3 and 10 Santa on the Chimney Chimney Rock

Who knew Santa was such an adventure seeker? You can watch him navigate his way down one of America’s largest chimneys with various 200 ft. rappels. After his daring feat, children have the opportunity to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus. There will also be live holiday music, hot cocoa, as well as live park animal educators. One lucky guest will win a two-hour rock climbing lesson from Santa’s Elves. chimneyrockpark.com *check listing before heading out to make sure event is still on post Western N.C. fires

Dec. 4th 2 p.m. Tuba Christmas Boone

In its 43rd year, Tuba Christmas brings joyful music across America. On December 4th, you’ll have the chance to witness, or participate, as tuba and euphonium players from across the High Country play Christmas tunes. facebook.com/ TubaChristmasBooneNC

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North State Journal for Sunday, November 20, 2016

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North Carolina was admitted as the 12th state in the Union on November 21,1789. North Carolina ratified the Constitution to become the twelfth state in the Union after the Fayetteville Convention which was the second of two decisive meetings on the subject. The first meeting in Hillsborough resulted in a refusal to ratify. The antifederalists wanted strict limits placed on the powers of the national government â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they were eager for the states to govern the bulk of their own affairs. Article III of the constitution was the sticking point for the Hillsborough group because that gave the most power to the federal government over matters of the constitution. Ultimately the objections were overcome and North Carolina joined the union.

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