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Parties maneuver one week before election An executive order signed by Cooper Monday directs a focus on clean energy industry and electric cars for state vehicles

By Donna King North State Journal CARY — With a week to go before midterm elections, North Carolina’s governor, Democrat Roy Cooper, signed an executive order Monday directing state agencies to

“address climate change and transition to a clean energy economy.”

“It directs actions to increase the number of zero emission vehicles in our state, it orders a clean energy plan and actions to improve state building efficiency, it directs the Dept. of Commerce to

support expansion of clean energy business service providers,” Cooper said in a press conference in front of a solar field at SAS in Cary.

In the details of the order, Cooper commits North Carolina to supporting the Paris Climate Accord goals, a 2015 global environmental deal agreed to by President Barak Obama, estimated to cost the U.S. $3 trillion by 2040.

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Early voting passes 2014 levels Raleigh One week ahead of the Nov. 6 midterm elections, N.C. voters have already cast more early ballots than during the last midterms in 2014. The North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement reported Monday that more than 1.22 million people have already voted at early voting sites or by traditional mail-in ballots.

Board spokesman Pat Gannon said the 2014 early-vote total of 1.18 million was exceeded earlier in the day. Early inperson voting began Oct. 17 and ends Nov. 3.

Teen shot in head at North Carolina barn party dies Hillsborough A teenager who was shot in the head at a large Halloween party at a barn venue has died. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office says 18-yearold Rashiya Melton died Monday. She was found behind the barn early Sunday morning and airlifted to a hospital. A second person was shot in the leg but wouldn’t cooperate with investigators.

The sheriff’s office says around 300 people attended the party at Smokehouse Valley Farm, northwest of Hillsborough, and many were high-school age. Police say charges are pending.

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump give candy to children during a Halloween trick-or-treat event at the White House, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, in Washington.

State Health Plan launches new payment and collection structure With a goal of $300 million in savings to the state and $60 million to Plan members, officials and state employee groups commend seven-year effort

Toddler dies from attack by family dog Rocky Mount Authorities say 1-year-old Triniti Harrell has died from injuries sustained when she was attacked by her family’s dog. The Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office says a 911 call reported a 6-year-old pit bullmix was “slinging the child around in its mouth” and a detective arrived and shot the dog twice. Authorities on scene attempted to stabilize Triniti, who was then taken to a hospital. No charges are expected to be filed.

INSIDE In Jones and Blount, UNC President Margaret Spellings steps down.

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Rep. Ted Budd, R-NC, right, speaks as President Donald Trump, center, and Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris, left, listen during a campaign rally in Charlotte, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.

President Trump visits Charlotte to boost local candidates Ted Budd and Mark Harris get campaign trail backing from Air Force One

“Get them to Washington fast!”

By David Larson For the North State Journal

Donald Trump to Friday’s crowd in Charlotte

RALEIGH — On a cold, rainy Friday, President Donald Trump came to Charlotte’s Bojangles Coliseum and spoke to an enthusiastic crowd to boost Republican voter enthusiasm in what appear to be a pair of close races for U.S. Congress. The president spoke for around an hour and 15 minutes, touching on health care, the caravan of migrants approaching the border and media bias in the wake of a supporter’s attempted bombings of prominent Democratic figures.

After running through his stump speech, Trump began introducing a number of politicians and dignitaries, including Sen. Thom Tillis, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and racing legend Richard Childress. But then he pivoted to the true focus of the evening — Congressman Ted Budd and District 9 congressional candidate Mark Harris.

“We’re really here for these two — a great congressman now and a soon-to-be congressman,” Trump told the crowd. “They have run fantastic campaigns. They’re doing very well, but honestly, get out and vote.

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Treasury Department has announced a complete overhaul of the State Health Plan reimbursement and collections strategy. The redesign began more than seven years ago when a state audit found that the commercial-based system lacked oversight and had inconsistent pricing guidelines, factors that the department said placed the state at serious financial risk.

With a state employee base that exceeds the total number of employees for Amazon, JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway combined, N.C. Treasury Secretary Dale Folwell says that this new plan, which will transition from a commercial-based payment model to a reference-based government pricing model, could not happen soon enough.

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Let’s not take a chance, OK? Let’s not take a chance.”

Budd, who is running against Democrat Kathy Manning, said the “status quo in Washington” is trying to stop Trump at every turn. He says he will help Trump “drain the swamp” in the nation’s capital.

Harris, a conservative pastor who defeated incumbent Robert Pittenger in the GOP primary, likewise has a difficult race.

He faces 34-year-old Marine veteran Dan McCready, who has done his best to present a moderate, if not conservative, face to a district that demographically favors Republicans.

“Get them to Washington fast!” Trump told the crowd.

Dr. Brandon Lenoir, professor of political communication and campaigns at High Point University, told the North State Journal that a visit from a sitting president can have a big impact locally.

In the initial 2011 audit, State Auditor Beth Wood’s finding summarized that “the Plan does not follow up on potential overpayments estimated by Plan auditors, does not provided adequate oversight for its recovery audit function, has not taken corrective action to eliminate or reduce potential errors, and cannot independently verify that the Plan receives the proper discount rate on medical claims.”

“This is important because the State Health Plan spends $3.3 billion per year on health care for 727,000 public workers, but we don’t know what we’re supposed to be charged”, said Folwell. “We get a bill for services, but we don’t have a price list that shows how much that bill should be for. We think that since taxpayers are footing a large part of the $3.3 billion tab, we ought to know what the health plan should be charged – not just what we’re actually paying.”

Folwell noted, however, that it was a herculean task to try to establish a pricing baseline. When Plan auditors and his team at Treasury sought access to vendor contracts to verify payouts and set a starting point for pricing and oversight, their requests to UNC Health Care, the largest hospital system in the state, were not satisfied.

Instead, Folwell said, UNC Health Care — or the “state hospital” as he calls it — responded by providing

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PHILADELPHIA — The City of Durham was recognized this week with a $1 million prize from Bloomberg Philanthropies U.S. Mayors Challenge. The money rewards a city experiment under the leadership of Mayor Steve Schewel creating incentive programs to get drivers into public transportation.

“We had a couple of different strategies to see if they would get out of their cars and see if they would take different modes of transportation to work, and we were very successful in that,” said Mayor Steve Schewel. “Thanks to Bloomberg we have a million dollars to try to expand on that and to have fewer people, perhaps hundreds fewer people every day, driving into downtown Durham.”

The Mayors Challenge competition was started by the charity of billionaire Michael Bloomberg to promote local government programs that address what the city leaders say are their biggest problems. Schewell listed parking capacity and traffic as some of Durham’s biggest problem.

Nine mayors and the cities they serve will receive $1 million in prize money to implement the ideas that the Bloomberg Philanthropies approved.

Michael Bloomberg recently announced

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In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, photo, Philadelphia Police Sgt. John Ross displays forms regarding juveniles at the Police 9th District in Philadelphia. Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the winners Monday of the U.S. Mayors Challenge that asked cities to develop innovative solutions to their biggest problems that other cities could copy. that he was switching his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat and was considering a 2020 run at the White House.

“There are so many issues we are increasingly putting on the shoulders of mayors, whether it’s climate change or addressing opioids or providing for affordable housing,” said James Anderson,

head of government innovations programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Los Angeles plans to develop a program where people build homes on their property and rent them to the homeless. Georgetown, Texas, plans to become the first energy independent community in the country by installing

“While arbitrary platitudes might satisfy far-left donors, our state’s energy policies have to account for the real costs they impose on the public,” Senate leader Phil Berger told WTVD. “I support an all-of-the-above energy that includes renewables, but I don’t support programs that have minimal positive impact and can only sustain themselves with taxpayer and rate payer money.”

While Cooper isn’t up for re-election until 2020, he’s joined North Carolina Democrats’ “Break the Majority” effort, aimed at getting enough Democratic legislative candidates in office to give him more policy leverage at the General Assembly. That would require four more House seats or six Senate seats.

Political consultant Morgan Jackson said the governor and his fundraising team have raised $7 million for the state Democratic Party to help legislative candidates. He’s also raised several hundred thousand dollars for three dozen individual candidates, Jackson said.

Cooper spoke Sunday for the second day in a row in Apex and Sanford to rally party activists as they knock on doors urging people to vote for Democrat House and Senate challengers to Republican incumbents. Cooper attended similar events Saturday in Charlotte.

Democrats also are making a push for House and Senate seats held by Republicans in and around coastal Wilmington. Fa-

vored by beachgoers and transplanted out-of-state retirees, the region became fixated last year on the presence of a little-studied chemical compound, GenX, in the Cape Fear River, which provides drinking water to many.

In campaign ads, Democrats and environmental groups are blaming GOP incumbents for passing budgets that reduced staff in the state environmental department responsible for water quality, and for failing to do enough for the river cleanup.

The North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation, which analyzes state politics for business interests, identified 10 Republican-held seats as being in “emerging suburban swing districts” where Democrats are gaining ground.

“They are just growing and changing demographically — period,” said foundation Executive Director Jonathan Kappler.

Republicans have responded to the Democratic push by offering candidates in nearly all legislative districts and driving get-out-thevote efforts, but they’ve lagged behind in fundraising in many key districts.

Still, state GOP Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse said party leaders feel “very confident” they will hold “governing majorities” in both chambers.

Democrats are “better funded and they’re louder, and there’s always a natural energy in the first midterms against the party that holds the White House,” Wood-

solar panels and battery storage on its buildings.

With its prize, Philadelphia plans to build a juvenile justice hub, where youth will be taken upon arrest instead of being taken to the police districts that are built to process adults. The juveniles can spend up to six hours in the small, cold, dank and antiquated cells, with minimal contact even with police — partially to prevent them from incriminating themselves accidentally.

“You only need to see a 10or 12-year old sitting alone and scared in a dank jail cell because he did something dumb like shoplifting to understand that a child’s first contact with the justice system is crucial, that this Juvenile Justice Hub is needed,” said Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney.

The other prizes were awarded to Denver to place air quality sensors around schools; Fort Collins, Colorado, to help landlords make low-income housing safer and more energy-efficient; Huntington, West Virginia, to embed mental health professions with first responders to address the needs of opioids users; New Rochelle, New York, to implement virtual reality technology during public planning processes; and South Bend, Indiana, which will help low-income and part-time workers find reliable commuter transportation through ride shares.

The Town of Cary was one of the challenge’s 34 finalists for its plan to generate localized opioid consumption data by measuring the concentration of opioids in the city wastewater.

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HEALTHCARE from page A1 a 150-page “Network Participation Agreement,” which contained numerous entirely redacted pages, obscuring many of the relevant details about roughly $270 million in charges to the State Health Plan.

So Folwell, along with key stakeholders like Blue Cross Blue Shield and State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC), among many other individual state employee groups, set out to tackle the necessary overhaul piece by piece.

The new plan and savings In the announcement from the Treasury Department, Folwell stated, “The Plan, with an annual budget of $3.3 billion, looks forward to working with health care providers on this strategy that creates a system that is more transparent and predictable than how providers are paid today.”

Under the current model, the price for some procedures compared to the Medicare reimbursement rate varies from as little as 71 percent to as much as 994 percent.

This new strategy caps reimbursement at an average of 177 percent of Medicare rates and will save state employees and retirees more than $60 million, according to Treasury officials. This move is designed to benefit taxpayers as part of Folwell’s plan to reduce overall

ELECTION from page A1 Cooper’s order also requires state agencies that he controls to prioritize electric vehicles when they buy or lease, with the aim of encouraging a market that gets 80,000 zero-emission state vehicles on the state’s roads in six years.

“I do not know how the governor has the ability to make that happen,” said Don van der Vaart, former Secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality and current senior fellow at the John Locke Foundation, in an interview with WPTF radio. “He can’t spend the money to put 80,000 electric vehicles on the road.”

“That energy comes from somewhere,” he said. “There are emissions generated by driving an electric vehicle, it’s just silly to call them zero-emissions.”

The Department of Administration, Health and Human Services and other agencies under Cooper’s control are also directed to cut greenhouse gases by 40 percent before 2025 compared to a starting point of 2005.

“Executive orders don’t really mandate anything except behavior of his own agencies; it’s essentially a lot of paperwork and a lot of wishful thinking,” said van der Vaart.

The announcement has been met with skepticism from others who say an executive order does not have to have a fiscal impact statement the way a bill would.

State Health Plan costs by more than $300 million. Proponents say that these savings will give the State Health Plan the opportunity to freeze or reduce premiums, copays and deductibles making the Plan more affordable for state employees and their dependents.

The Plan also expects that some providers will see fee increases under the new rate structure, such as Primary Care Providers, Mental Health Providers and Critical Access Providers. Last week, letters announcing this strategy were sent to providers outlining their new reimbursement rate. Providers were asked to express their interest in partnering with the Plan on this new rate strategy. Once the new transparent rates are in effect, providers choosing not to partner with the Plan will no longer be considered in-network providers for the Plan and its members, which will result in higher out-of-pocket costs for members who seek care with out-of-network providers.

“It’s not enough to just talk about it, someone has to fix it,” said Folwell. “If they are not willing to provide health care to teachers, public safety officers and others who provide the core functions of government at a reasonable profit, then shame on them.”

Starting on January 1, 2020, the Plan will move away from a commercial-based payment model to a reference-based government pricing model based on a percentage

of Medicare rates to reimburse health care providers for their services. The Plan is a government payer like Medicare. Medicare is the largest health care payer in the country and the Plan is one of the largest in the state. Medicare also provides a standard reimbursement measurement that is transparent and adjusts for provider differences. Reference-based pricing is intended to provide transparency in provider rates by indexing fees to a published schedule.

By moving the plan to a referenced-based pricing model, it “aligns the Plan appropriately as a government instead of a commercial payer,” said Folwell.

“We’re going to be asking a little from a lot of people, and a lot from a few. I’m asking health care providers in the state to help us sustain this benefit for teachers, public safety officers and other public servants,” Folwell said. “For years, the Plan has paid medical claims after the fact without knowing the contracted fee. It is unacceptable, unsustainable and indefensible.

We aim to change that. This new pricing model will help us ensure the delivery of quality care to our members and better control health care costs, preserve the sustainability of the Plan, and promote transparency for Plan members and state taxpayers like them.”

house said. “It’s probably true that the Democrats’ most ardent supporters are really, really mad, but their votes are only going to count once.”

GOP incumbents are promoting their agenda of lower taxes, fewer regulations and focused campaigns on education spending. Teacher salaries have grown by more than 9 percent while spending on overall K-12 education has increased $800 million over the past two years alone.

They also have six constitutional amendments on the ballots including voter ID, reducing state income tax cap and a victims’ rights measure, all of which have polled to be popular among the majority of voters.

Democrat Erica McAdoo, a first-time candidate challenging Representative Stephen Ross (R-Alamance), has also been talking about public schools, health care and the environment, accusing Ross of failing to expand Medicaid coverage to more of the working poor and spend more on education. McAdoo’s campaign said recently the candidate and her volunteers had knocked on 10,000 doors.

As volunteers gathered recently to help McAdoo, Democratic activist Elaine Berry reminded them that, “We don’t just need the people who always vote. We need the people that need a little persuading.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Sources of waste in American health care $210B $190B

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Unnecessary Excessive services Administrative costs

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Reaction from state employees It has been more than seven years since the SEANC asked the state for a transparent billing system by linking provider reimbursement rates to Medicare.

SEANC has announced its support for Treasurer Folwell’s plan to base provider reimbursements paid by the State Health Plan on a reference-based government pricing model rather than a commercial-based model.

“Consumers can’t make informed health care choices without transparency in pricing,” said SEANC Executive Director Robert Broome. “Treasurer Folwell is keeping his promise to State Health Plan members and taxpay-

ers to be open and honest about the cost of their health care, while remaining committed to keeping those costs down.”

In a press release, SEANC stated: “The State Health Plan suffers from a severe lack of transparency in payment methodology. In September, Folwell showed SEANC Convention delegates a document he received from UNC Health Care that was supposed to provide details about roughly $270 million in charges to the State Health Plan. The 100-page packet was so heavily redacted that entire pages were blocks of black ink.

“That is wrong. State employees, retirees and other taxpayers have a right to know what they are paying for when it comes to health care,” said Broome.

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Holocaust survivor faces evil, cheats death for second time A person pauses in front of Stars of David with the names of those killed in a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, in Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018.

Judah Samet was one of the witnesses to identify Saturday’s shooter to the FBI, 74 years after his family was rounded up by Nazis in Hungary.

By Allen G. Breed The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Funerals began Tuesday for the 11 victims slain in a rampage shooting inside Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue over the weekend. For one member of the synagogue, his survival meant he cheated death again.

Sitting in the handicapped lane outside Tree of Life Synagogue, Judah Samet watched as a plainclothes officer traded gunfire with the man at the temple door. He was caught in a crossfire and, yet, instead of ducking down, he craned his neck to get a glimpse of the gunman.

“The guy was very focused,” he said, pointing his finger like the barrel of a gun and mimicking the staccato clacking of semiautomatic fire. “I saw the smoke coming out of his (muzzle).”

The 80-year-old Hungarian native had come face to face with evil once before, in a Nazi concentration camp. He had cheated death then, and on this Sabbath morning, he had a feeling that God was not finished with him just yet.

When the shooting stopped Saturday, 11 people lay dead inside the bunker-like concrete synagogue in

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Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, the heart of the city’s Jewish community. In the days since, many have expressed shock that a place that seemed so safe for 150 years could become the scene of the worst attack on Jews in the nation’s history.

But Samet is surprised that something like this hadn’t happened sooner.

“I didn’t lose the faith in humanity,” he said. “I know not to depend on humanity.”

Samet was just 6 years old in the spring of 1944 when the Nazis came to his house around the

noontime meals and told them to pack. Today, the retired jeweler recalled the long march to the trains.

“What bothered me most is that there were Hungarians walking both sides, to and fro on the sidewalks,” he said, curling his mouth into a grimace and shaking his head. “Nobody paid attention. Nobody cared. They were as bad as the Nazis.”

At one point, he watched in horror as a Gestapo sergeant put a pistol to his mother’s head — for daring to ask for better treatment for the weary travelers. She was spared only because she spoke fluent Ger-

man, and the commander wanted to use her as an interpreter.

They were supposed to be going to Auschwitz, but partisans had destroyed the rail lines. After several months of wandering, they arrived at Bergen-Belsen, the northern German camp where Anne Frank was an inmate.

“First thing we saw at the gate, there were about almost two stories of corpses, lying on top of each other,” he said. “They’d clear them away. Next day, again, they have the same.”

His father died of typhus two days after the camp’s liberation.

Migrant caravan continues north as election looms

By Robert Burns, Colleen Long and Jill Colvin The Associated Press

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This frame grab from video provided by WPLG-TV shows FBI agents escorting Cesar Sayoc, in sleeveless shirt, in Miramar, Fla., on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. On Friday, Sayoc was identified by authorities as the Florida man who mailed pipe bombs to prominent democratic figures.

Pipe-bomb suspect had hit list of targets Cesar Sayoc faces more than 50 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

By Curt Anderson and Michael Balsamo The Associated Press MIAMI — Law enforcement officials aren’t sure whether they’ve discovered the last of the pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats and media figures. They’ve said the packages were staggered, and more could be somewhere in the U.S. mail system.

What’s more, an official tells The Associated Press that the man suspected of sending the bombs kept a list of elected officials and others who investigators believe were intended targets.

The disclosure of the list came as 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc made his initial court appearance in Miami federal court Monday and after bomb squads were called to a post office in Atlanta about a suspicious mailing to CNN that was similar to the pipe bomb packages recovered last week.

The official said authorities had recovered soldering equipment, a printer, and stamps similar to those used on the package bombs after arresting Sayoc last week in Florida. Authorities believe he was putting explosives together in his van.

The official also said authorities have been scrutinizing Sayoc’s social media posts. The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity to the AP. The FBI said via its Twitter account that the recovered package

in Atlanta was “similar in appearance” to the bubble-wrapped manila envelopes authorities say were sent by Sayoc to intended targets from Delaware to California, including former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Joe Biden.

CNN President Jeff Zucker says all mail to CNN has been screened offsite since last week, when a series of package bombs began appearing around the country. Among them were two apparent mail bombs sent to CNN. At least some listed a return address of U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former chair of the Democratic National Committee.

She represents the South Florida district where the former male stripper, pizza driver and strip club DJ lived in an old van covered with bumper stickers praising Trump, disparaging Democrats and CNN, and showing rifle crosshairs over liberals including Clinton, commentator Van Jones and filmmaker Michael Moore.

Sayoc was arrested Friday outside a South Florida auto parts store after investigators said they identified him through fingerprint and DNA evidence. He faces more than 50 years in prison if convicted on all charges. None of the bombs exploded and no one was injured.

At Monday’s hearing, federal prosecutors said they will seek to keep Sayoc jailed until trial as a flight risk and a danger to the community. A judge set another hearing for Friday on whether to grant bail to Sayoc and to discuss when he will be sent from Miami to New York, where five federal charges were filed.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon is deploying 5,200 troops to the Southwest border in a military operation a week before nationwide elections, viewed by many as a referendum on the policies of President Donald Trump.

Two caravans of migrants, traveling mostly on foot, are still hundreds of miles from the U.S. border with Mexico. The number of people in the first migrant caravan has dwindled to about 4,000 from about 7,000 last week, though a second one was gaining steam and was marked by violence. About 600 migrants in the second group tried to cross a bridge from Guatemala to Mexico en masse Monday. The riverbank standoff with Mexico police followed a more violent confrontation Sunday, when the migrants used sticks and rocks against officers. One migrant was killed Sunday night by a head wound, but what caused it was unclear.

In a late Monday interview, Trump said the U.S. would build tent cities for asylum seekers.

“We’re going to put tents up all over the place,” told Fox News

TRUMP from page A1 “Air Force One makes a lot of noise when it lands in a state,” he said. “Not only does it fire up the supporters who attend the rally, it also reaches a large swath of voters via the subsequent news coverage, social media posts and word of mouth about the visit. For those who support the president, his time in the state can increase their motivation to turn out to vote.”

Jane Whitley, chair of the Mecklenburg Democratic Party, told the North State Journal that the president’s visit “seemed like a non-event” to her other than the heavy traffic it caused.

“There was no specific policy discussed from what I saw,” said Whitley. “He talked about race car driving and a lot of self-promotion. Seemed to be more along the line of a WWF wrestling event.

Much of the crowd wasn’t even

But by some miracle, the rest of his family survived.

After the war, Samet went to Israel, where he served as a paratrooper. He later relocated to Pittsburgh.

He has been a member of the Tree of Life synagogue for 54 years.

Samet tries to go to “shul” — a synagogue — every day, and prides himself on his punctuality. But on Saturday, he was running late.

“My housekeeper kept me for four minutes,” he said.

He began pulling into the lot when somebody knocked on his window. In a gentle, hushed voice, the man said: “You can’t go in the synagogue. There’s a shooting going on.”

Samet tried to back out, but there were too many other cars trying to do the same. Suddenly, out the passenger window, he saw what he later realized was a detective.

“He was shooting at the fellow,” he said. “And the fellow was shooting back with a rapid fire. Da-dada-da. Da-da-da-da.”

Samet would later be able to identify Robert Bowers to the FBI, so close was he to the action.

Following his surrender, the wounded Bowers reportedly told officers he wanted to “kill all the Jews.” In online posts, Bowers hurled Jewish slurs and raged at synagogues like Tree of Life for supporting refugees, calling them “hostile invaders.”

Gunman Robert Bowers is due back in federal court for a hearing Thursday.

Channel’s Laura Ingraham.

“They’re going to be very nice, and they’re going to wait, and if they don’t get asylum they get out.”

The president also floated the idea on Tuesday of using an executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants.

Military officials said in announcing the deployment of 5,200 active-duty troops that tents were being provided as temporary housing for border agents.

A U.S. official said Tuesday that in addition to the 5,200, the Pentagon has put 2,000 to 3,000 other active-duty troops on standby in case they also are needed at the border.

The Pentagon’s Operation Faithful Patriot was described by the commander of U.S. Northern Command as an effort to help Customs and Border Protection “harden the southern border” by stiffening defenses at and near legal entry points. Advanced helicopters will allow border protection agents to swoop down on migrants trying to cross illegally, said Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy. Troops planned to take heavy concertina wiring to unspool across open spaces between ports.

“We will not allow a large group to enter the U.S. in an unlawful and unsafe manner,” said Kevin McAleenan, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection.

The troops will join the more than 2,000 National Guardsmen whom Trump has already deployed to the border. Military personnel are legally prohibited from engaging in immigration enforcement, so the troops are expected to perform a wide variety of functions such as transporting supplies for the Border Patrol.

U.S. Transportation Command posted a video on its Facebook page of a C-17 transport plane that it said was delivering Army equipment to the Southwest border in support of the operation.

“Sending active military forces to our southern border is not only a huge waste of taxpayer money but an unnecessary course of action that will further terrorize and militarize our border communities,” said Shaw Drake, policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union’s border rights center at El Paso, Texas.

“Please go back,” Trump said at a rally in Illinois on Saturday night. “You will not be admitted into the United States unless you go through the legal process. This is an invasion of our country, and our military is waiting for you!”

On Friday, Pueblo sin Fronteras, the group leading the caravan, rejected an offer of asylum presented by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in a program he called the “You Are at Home” plan. It would give legal asylum seekers temporary work permits, housing, health care and education.

from Mecklenburg anyway, from the interviews I saw.”

Despite that, she says that since the event, the Democratic headquarters has seen an uptick in people calling to volunteer, but she was unsure if there was any connection.

Turnout in the race is already especially high for a “blue moon” election with no major statewide races and even for midterms in general.

“If the current trends continue through the end of early voting this election cycle, we are on track to set a non-presidential election year early voting record,” Lenoir said.

“One of the more interesting numbers to look at when gauging voter enthusiasm is the female-to-male early voting numbers,” he continued. “There is an 8-point gap between the number of females who have voted early

compared to males casting a ballot. In light of the ‘Me Too’ movement, the Judge Kavanaugh hearings, and the accusations against the president, the female vote may play a larger role in this election cycle.”

With Budd running against a female candidate and Democrats accusing Harris of sexist comments from an old sermon, they hope the increase in female voter participation will be in their favor.

Early voting numbers released by the North Carolina Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement show Republican voters outnumbering Democrat voters in current turnout, as well as unaffiliated voters who have voted in Republican primaries outnumbering those that voted in Democratic primaries.

Early voting in North Carolina ends Nov. 3, and Election Day is Nov. 6.

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By NSJ Staff RALEIGH — Now residents and business owners in over one-third of North Carolina’s counties can seek federal aid to cover uninsured or underinsured damage from Hurricane Florence last month.

Emergency officials say Chatham, Durham and Guilford counties have been added to the list of areas that can now seek individual disaster assistance, bringing the total to 34 of the 100 counties statewide. Grants and low-interest loans

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from Asheville streets by Sunday morning. The ruling was based on the fact that the scooters aren’t in compliance with city regulations prohibiting vehicle parking on sidewalks. There is also an Asheville law prohibiting sale of mechanical devices on streets and sidewalks.

The order is temporary, banning the scooters until a Nov. 5 hearing.

million in the expansion, which will add 28 new jobs, and they plan to invest another $7 million over the next three years. Part of the expansion will be paid for by a performance-based $50,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.

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BLACK RULE: Western region: Piedmont Green ** All counties have a PIEDMONT EAST robbed of $60,000region: in ordered tostroke pay back Solid black, .5 pt weightGem mine Piedmont NState Red 1.5 Woman pt. white Goldsboro mayor hit with tax cash and stones $230,000 in insurance payouts Middle schooler steals activity Eastern region: NState Navy liens on business after faking cancer bus

Guilford County A middle schooler was charged with larceny, trespassing and resisting arrest after he took an Andrews High School activity bus on an hour-long joyride.

The student, whose name wasn’t released, took the bus from a parking site. When school officials noticed it was missing, they were able to use GPS to track it down.

Alexander County The Emerald Hollow Mine in Hiddenite was robbed last week.

Someone broke in through a window over the weekend and made off with more than $60,000 in cash, gemstones and jewelry. The robbers cleaned out the cash registers, broke open display cases and managed to get the safe open as well. Police are still searching for information on the case.

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Wayne County Goldsboro mayor Chuck Allen owes more than $850,000 in taxes, according to IRS liens filed against his business, Allen Grading Co. According to the N.C. Secretary of State’s website, the company has 12 instances of unpaid taxes dating back to 2003, including 10 missed payments related to federal payroll taxes. Allen provided documents indicating that he’s been making payments.

Lenoir County Susan Huebotter of Deep Run was ordered to pay Aflac insurance back $230,000 in payouts after it was discovered she didn’t actually have cancer. Huebotter made almost 300 claims in the last eight years before getting arrested in March. She will also have to serve three and a half to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to a false pretense charge.

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Man arrested for shooting stepfather Cherokee County Davajiha Najee Quemon Hoey was arrested for shooting and killing his stepfather in front of family members.

Hoey, who was released from prison a few months ago, shot 36-yearold Orlando Daniels multiple times following an argument in the front yard of a family home in Boiling Springs. Hoey was captured by police in Gaffney and extradited back to Cleveland County.

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Woman buying Mega Millions ticket wins $1 million on scratchoff

Transylvania County The program Sesame Street in Communities selected its fourth community partnership, and second in North Carolina. Transylvania County became the first rural community to partner with the educational and service program associated with the long-running hit kids’ TV show. The other Sesame Street partners are Los Angeles, Kansas City and Greensboro/ High Point.

Vance County Henderson’s Brenda Jordan went to Kitrell Grocery to try to buy a Mega Millions ticket for last week’s $1.6 billion drawing. She ended up winning $1 million a day before the winning numbers were drawn. In addition to the Mega Millions ticket, Jordan decided to get a scratch off ticket for $150 Million Cash Explosion and ended up becoming the game’s first $1 million winner.

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are possible. People can apply online by calling 1-800-621-3362 or by visiting a disaster recovery center located in some of the qualifying counties.

Gov. Roy Cooper’s office estimates Florence’s rains, winds and historic flooding caused $13 billion in overall damages.

The federal government says more than $105 million in individual and household grants already have been approved.

More than 129,000 disaster assistance registrations have been completed.

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‘Journey’ cassette tape shuts down traffic in Charlotte

Power company linemen killed in Florida

Man dies in crash with deer, oncoming vehicle

Mecklenburg County Police shut down roads Tuesday in downtown Charlotte near the Duke Energy headquarters when a suspicious package raised safety concerns. The manila envelope with handwriting on it was reported just after 8 a.m. during rush hour. Out of an abundance of caution, police closed Martin Luther King Boulevard near South Tryon Road. The suspicious package ended up containing a cassette tape of music from the 1970s and ’80s band “Journey.”

Bertie County Two North Carolina linemen for Lee Electrical Construction were killed while working in Florida last week.

George Cesil of Colerain and Ryan Barrett of Roanoke Rapids were victims of a hit and run while working in Florida’s Panhandle, restoring power for areas hit by Hurricane Michael. A Florida-based lineman was also struck and killed in the incident. The driver, also a Florida resident, was caught fleeing the scene.

Gates County Walter Kelly was killed in a car accident on Middle Swap Road on Saturday night. The 29-year-old hit a deer with his Ford Mustang then crossed over the center line and hit a pickup truck head on. The truck burst into flame, and the other driver, 51-year-old Michael McPherson, was hospitalized with fractures in both ankles. Kelly was pronounced dead at the scene.

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RALEIGH — A federal appeals court panel ruled Monday that Judge Earl Britt went too far when he issued a gag order forbidding anyone with knowledge of conditions at North Carolina hog operations from sharing information with reporters or on social media. The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond ruled Monday that judges overseeing lawsuits in the Carolinas, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia can issue gag orders but only as a last resort, calling the existing order a violation of constitutional rights.

“The gag order has already inflicted serious harm on parties, advocates, and potential witnesses alike,” Monday’s ruling from Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III read. “It has muted political engagement on a contested issue of great public and private consequence. It has hamstrung the

exercise of First Amendment rights. Even in short doses, these harms are hostile to the First Amendment.”

Smithfield Foods, farmers and journalists wanted the gag order lifted after a North Carolina federal judge barred all potential witnesses from discussing dozens of lawsuits claiming industrial-scale hog farms create unreasonable nuisances.

The order points out that more than 20 cases with 500 complainants have filed suits against pork producers. Juries in the first three trials hit Smithfield with verdicts totaling nearly $550 million.

“All these people care. This case is about their lives and their livelihoods,” the order read. “Whatever differences the parties and their supporters have, they possess in common a passionate First Amendment interest in debating their futures. It seems very wrong that a court would take that from them.”

NC universities head Margaret Spellings quits amid turmoil

By NSJ Staff CHAPEL HILL — Members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors this week worked on vetting possible replacements for system President Margaret Spellings, who resigned Friday, short of her five-year contract. Friday, the Board of Governors approved a separation package for Spellings, paying her more than $500,000 when she leaves as president of the state’s 17-campus system in March, three years after she started.

Spellings got the job after the Republican-majority North Carolina university board in 2015 forced out her predecessor, who got the job under Democratic control. The board has almost entirely been replaced since Spellings’ arrived.

“Governance is always being calibrated and recalibrated over and over, and that’s part of the fun of the job,” she said.

“The time is right for me to really step back and reflect on how many licks do I hit? How many rodeos do I have? What’s in my future?

And move on.”

She served as U.S. Education secretary under President George W. Bush.

“She stayed long enough to make a mark on the UNC system and most of her signature programs that she started have gotten to the point, she’s seen them through enough, where they won’t be abandoned,” said Jenna Robinson, president of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal.

Her national reputation was seen as a boost for the schools that together enroll more than 220,000 students.

Senate Democratic Leader Dan Blue said he became a fan of Spellings despite supporting Tom Ross, her Democrat predecessor.

“I thought that Margaret had a grasp of the system, had a broad perspective and understood the real role that higher education played in this state,” Blue said.

Spellings will continue to collect her $775,000-a-year salary until March. She received a $90,000 incentive bonus in 2017 and another $95,000 bonus earlier this year.

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Is 2018 the ‘most important election’ in history?

According to sociological historians Neil Howe and William Strauss, the 2018 elections are very important. As a postscript to 2016 and a prelude to 2020.

EVERY ELECTION IS IMPORTANT. That is why our founders instituted two-year election cycles for the offices closest to the needs of the people: the U.S. Congress and state legislatures.

Delegate Roger Sherman of Connecticut explained why regular elections were necessary during the Constitutional Convention in 1787: “Representatives ought to return home and mix with the people. By remaining at the seat of Govt. they would acquire the habits of the place which might differ from those of their Constituents.”

AKA “Potomac Fever.”

Delegate Rufus King of Massachusetts pointed out the balance biennial elections would bring to the new democratic republic: “It seems proper that the representative should be in office time enough to acquire that information which is necessary to form a right judgment; but that the time should not be so long as to remove from his mind the powerful check upon his conduct, that arises from the frequency of elections, whereby the people are enabled to remove an unfaithful representative, or to continue a faithful one”.

We are about to elect our 116th Congress next Tuesday. Just how important can any single election be, really?

According to sociological historians Neil Howe and William Strauss, the 2018 elections are very important. As a postscript to 2016 and a prelude to 2020.

In 1991, they co-authored the book

“Generations” in which they meticulously chronicled the group dynamics, characteristics and identity of every generation of Americans from Colonial days to 30 years in the future and beyond in 20-year age cohorts.

Everyone knows that succeeding generations are different from their older siblings and parents and grandparents. Boomers see life a lot differently from their “The World’s Greatest GI Generation” parents mainly because of far different life circumstances that shaped their formative years.

Howe and Strauss identified four generational identities that have been repeated in 80-year cycles dating back to before America’s founding.

After a crisis — such as World War II in 1941; the Civil War in 1861 and The Revolution, ending in 1781 — America has experienced roughly the same cycle of generational attitudes toward government, institutions and individualism three times now.

By their reckoning, we are entering “The Fourth Turning” of American history, which is also the title of another book they published in 1997.

After a “Crisis Era” subsides, a high period of renewed faith in public institutions is followed by an “Awakening Era” where social discipline starts to falter and spirituality and personal awareness become more important to people.

An “Unraveling Era” ensues where institutions become more distrusted, as government has

been for the last 20 years, and special emphasis on individualism, freedoms and rights become paramount. The next Crisis Era creates “heroes” who emerge to lead our country back to its foundational roots to start the cycle all over again in a generational “turning.”

If this sounds like hocus-pocus this Halloween, consider the fact that each war above was almost exactly 80 years apart from the previous one.

2020 is 80 years from 1940.

Hopefully, we will avoid such bloodshed and mayhem. However, Howe and Strauss predicted in 1991 and then in 1997 that before the year 2020, we could witness a major terrorist attack on American soil (2001); a major financial meltdown (2008-09) and the rise of angry rebellious voters (Tea Party 2010; Antifa 2018), so maybe they are onto something.

Maybe they are crackpots like soothsayer Jeane Dixon.

They foresaw the elections of 2016, 2018 and especially 2020 as being pivotal to what America would look like for the rest of the 21st century.

Will the 2018 election bring back more socialism as we saw under President Obama? Or will the 2018 and 2020 elections end the modern Progressive Era for good as it was defeated in the 1920s during its last heyday?

It sure feels that way.

GUEST COLUMN | ELIZABETH SLATTERY

Three cases to watch at the Supreme Court

In this particular case, the court allowed class attorneys to pick their alma maters and organizations that Google already donates to as the recipients of the bulk of the settlement.”

THE SUPREME COURT is back in session after a two-week break. The justices will hear arguments in a number of important cases, including ones dealing with coercive class-action settlements, using hovercrafts for moose hunting in Alaska, and Virginia’s ban on uranium mining.

Here are three cases to watch closely in the coming weeks: FRANK V. GAOS Is it fair for the majority of a class-action settlement to go to third-party recipients with ties to the defendant and the class attorneys?

That’s what a district court approved in a suit alleging that Google violated users’ privacy when it disclosed users’ search terms to third parties.

Google agreed to settle the case for $8.5 million, with more than $2 million going to the class attorneys, $1 million paying for administrative costs and “incentive payments” for the named plaintiffs, and the vast majority — more than $5 million — going to third-party recipients.

The federal district court, and then the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on appeal, authorized this settlement because it would be impractical to distribute settlement funds to a class with an estimated 129 million members.

These courts followed a doctrine known as “cy pres,” which historically allowed courts to rewrite charitable trusts if it would be illegal or impossible to carry out the trust’s purpose.

A famous example of this was when a court redirected funds from a trust created to support the abolition of slavery to support the education of freed slaves after slavery had been abolished.

But in more recent times, this doctrine has migrated into class actions, and in this particular case, the court allowed class attorneys to pick their alma maters and organizations that Google already donates to as the recipients of the bulk of the settlement.

The Supreme Court will consider whether this is “fair, reasonable, and adequate” as the federal rules governing class action settlements require.

The justices will hear oral argument on Oct. 31.

STURGEON V. FROST A moose hunter named John Sturgeon was using a small hovercraft to travel along the Nation River in Alaska’s Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in 2007 when National Park Service rangers informed him that it is a crime to operate a hovercraft in federal preservation areas. Sturgeon protested that the YukonCharley is a state waterway and that Alaska law permits the use of hovercrafts.

The hovercraft dispute led to a battle over which government owns the Nation River, and two trips to the Supreme Court.

Before Alaska became a state in 1959, the U.S. government granted more than 100 million acres of land (roughly 28 percent of its overall area) to Alaska, including navigable waterways.

Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980, adding new national parks and preserves that encompassed some state-owned land and waterways.

The law made clear that state lands remained under state control and were not subject to federal regulation, despite being located within a national park or preserve.

The lower court held that the federal ban on hovercrafts in federal preservation areas could be applied to the Nation River, without deciding who owns the river. The Supreme Court sent it back to the lower court, finding its interpretation of the 1980 law “inconsistent with both the text and context of the statute as a whole.”

Taking a second crack at the case, the 9th Circuit decided the U.S. government “has an implied reservation of water rights” in the Nation River pursuant to the 1980 law. Now, the case is back at the Supreme Court, which will hear oral argument on Nov. 5.

VIRGINIA URANIUM, INC. V. WARREN This case also involves a dispute over federal and state authority. The Supreme Court has long held that, under the Constitution’s supremacy clause, state laws that conflict with federal law are pre-empted (meaning they are without

effect).

The Atomic Energy Act of 1946, and its 1954 amendment, divide regulatory authority over nuclear power between the federal and state governments, with radiological safety concerns falling solely to the federal government. Under this law, states are free to regulate other activities, such as uranium mining.

In Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resource Conservation & Development Commission (1983), the Supreme Court held that courts may look at a state’s rationale for regulation to determine if the regulation is merely a pretext and, in fact, treads on federal authority.

The Virginia Uranium case deals with Coles Hill, the largest uranium deposit in the United States, and Virginia’s efforts to halt any development. Virginia Uranium, a company formed by the families that own Coles Hill, sued in federal court, arguing that Virginia’s ban on uranium mining was motivated by radiological safety concerns and is pre-empted by the federal law.

The district court declined to look at the purpose underlying the ban, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit agreed, despite the state’s concession that it enacted the ban due to radiological safety concerns.

The justices will hear oral argument for this case on Nov. 5.

These are just a few of the important cases coming up at the Supreme Court. Later this term, the justices will hear cases involving the 8th Amendment’s ban on excessive fines, the double jeopardy clause, and whether most of Oklahoma is actually an Indian reservation.

Elizabeth Slattery writes about the proper role of the courts, judicial nominations and the Constitution as a legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research. She co-hosts SCOTUS101, a podcast about everything that’s happening at the Supreme Court. Ashley Vaughan is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation and coauthored this article which first appeared on dailysignal.com.

North State Journal for Wednesday, October 31, 2018 GUEST OPINION | RODDEY DOWD

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The hypocrisy of the elite The hypocrisy of the limousine liberal elites in Charlotte who rub shoulders at cocktail parties, vacation in the same mountain and beach resorts and go to the same clubs is shocking.”

I AM A HAPPY REFUGEE from Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. The contrast between our small rural farming community in Stanly County 36 miles away and Charlotte is staggering. We are not plagued by violence and theft. People wave their hands as you pass them in your car or truck. Friends go to bake sales and chicken and dumpling dinners at their churches. Children play ball and the 4th of July parade is full of happy families cheering the red, white and blue.

As someone who was born in Charlotte 63 years ago and lived here for many years, I was proud to see the growth of the city and how all races and classes worked to make Charlotte a better place. That city is no more. Crime is rampant. Class separation is real.

The public schools are lousy, and the taxes are too high.

Each day, I drive into work and often run errands in Myers Park, Eastover and Plaza Midwood.

During election time, the yards in these pristine neighborhoods are splattered with signs promoting Democratic politicians whose views and policies are antithetical to middle class needs and values. In my county of hardworking farmers and middle-class families, just the opposite signage is on display. The majority votes Republican.

The hypocrisy of the limousine liberal elites in Charlotte who rub shoulders at cocktail parties, vacation in the same mountain and beach resorts and go to the same Clubs is shocking. What difference does it make to them if taxes are raised? The privileged can vote for someone who wants higher

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taxes because it doesn’t change their lifestyle and they feel expunged of guilt. Take $2,000 or $3,000 from a middle-class family in higher taxes and they have to cut back on going to the movies or on a nice vacation.

When I am in Charlotte, I don’t see many who express disdain for highly paid athletes who take a knee during the National Anthem. Out in “fly over country,” jaws would drop. In leafy Charlotte, it is fine to embrace mass illegal immigration because for so many, the closest they come to seeing it is in the faces of the folks mowing their lawns and keeping their houses.

In our world, neighbors appreciate good manufacturing jobs. They lament the good careers lost to the Chinese. In Charlotte, I hear the U.S. cannot compete. Of course, we can’t when the Chinese wage mercantilist warfare!

It would never dawn on me or the folks I know in the country to shout at someone in a restaurant because we are on opposite sides of the political spectrum. I guess, like the President, we are interested in “jobs not mobs.”

At the end of the day, if I had to count on someone to pull me out of a ditch, I would bank on the “deplorables” in “fly over country.” The cocktail party crowd in the tony suburbs may one day find that they need those who cling to their guns and religion.

Count me as a deplorable. Vote Republican. “Don’t give matches to arsonists.”

Roddey Dowd, Jr. Oakboro, N.C.

COLUMN | WALTER E. WILLIAMS

What’s Halloween without racism charges?

IT’S HALLOWEEN and time for another round of outrage over inappropriate costumes.

Once upon a time, parents — most of them, anyway — were concerned with oversexualized costumes for little children, but how unenlightened was that? Today we’re focusing our energy on what’s really important. Now it’s all about “cultural appropriation.” White children need to “own their privilege” and not dress up and pretend to belong to a nonoppressive race.

Megyn Kelly ran afoul of NBC’s “diversity/ inclusion” police, and as we write this, it looks like she’ll be canned for saying: “But what is racist? Because truly, you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface on Halloween, or a black person who puts on white face for Halloween.” Oops. The word “blackface” is loaded and should be avoided, since people immediately think of minstrel shows, and kids shouldn’t dress up as Al Jolson crooning “Mammy” in “The Jazz Singer.”

It might have been a better starting point to ask if it’s offensive for a white boy to want to be Black Panther for a few hours.

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The Founding Fathers had utter contempt for majority rule. They saw it as a form of tyranny.

DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING the coming election will give them a majority in the House of Representatives. Republicans and much of our nation dread that prospect. My question is: What would a House majority mean for the Democrats? Let’s look at it.

To control the House of Representatives, Democrats must win at least 218 seats, which many predict as being likely. To control the Senate, Democrats must win enough seats to get to 51, which many predict is unlikely. Let’s say the Democrats do take the House. If they were to pass a measure that Republicans in both houses didn’t like and President Donald Trump didn’t like, either, he could use his veto pen. To override Trump’s veto, Democrats would need to meet the U.S. Constitution’s requirement that they muster a two-thirds vote in the House of Representatives (290 votes) and a two-thirds vote in the Senate (67 votes). Neither would be likely.

It’s quite a challenge to override a presidential veto. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the veto king, with 635 vetoes. Only nine of them were overridden.

President Grover Cleveland vetoed 584 congressional measures and was overridden only seven times. If the House Democrats were to do all that they promise to do and if President Trump were to marshal the guts of Presidents Roosevelt and Cleveland — both Democrats, I might add — the next two years would be a sight to behold.

But wait! Democrats are pushing for the elimination of

the Electoral College and having presidents chosen by majority rule. Might they call for the same for all political decisions?

That way, it would require only a simple majority vote, rather than two-thirds, to override a presidential veto.

The Founding Fathers had utter contempt for majority rule. They saw it as a form of tyranny. In addition to requiring a supermajority to override a presidential veto, our Constitution has other antimajority provisions. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution requires a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress or two-thirds of state legislatures to vote for it.

On top of that, it requires threefourths of state legislatures for ratification of a constitutional amendment. Election of the president is done not by a majority popular vote, much to the disappointment of the left, but by the Electoral College.

Having two houses of Congress places another obstacle to majority rule. Fifty-one senators can block the wishes of 435 representatives and 49 senators.

As mentioned earlier, our Constitution gives the president veto power to thwart the wishes of a majority in each house of Congress. It takes two-thirds in each house of Congress to override the president’s veto.

The founders recognized that we need government; however, they also recognized that the essence of government is force and that force is evil. To reduce the potential for evil, they thought government should be as small

as possible. They intended for us to have a limited republican form of government wherein human rights precede government and there is rule of law. Ordinary citizens and government officials are accountable to the same laws. Government intervenes in civil society only to protect its citizens against force and fraud; it does not intervene in cases of peaceable, voluntary exchange. By contrast, in a democracy, the majority rules either directly or through its elected representatives. The law is whatever the government deems it to be. Rights may be granted or taken away.

For those Americans who see majority rule as sacrosanct, ask yourselves how many of your life choices you would like settled by majority rule. Would you want the kind of car you own to be decided through a democratic process? What about decisions as to where you live, what clothes you purchase, what food you eat, what entertainment you enjoy and what wines you drink? I’m sure that if anyone suggested that these decisions should be subject to a democratic process wherein majority rules, we would deem the person tyrannical.

James Madison wrote, “Democracies ... have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.”

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

Kelly continued: “Back when I was a kid, that was OK, as long as you were dressing up as, like, a character.” Not only was she tongue-lashed on air by NBC’s black news stars; it seems like this gave NBC a reason to end her morning show, a cover story to nix the (cringe) Fox News woman.

It might have been a better starting point to ask if it’s offensive for a white boy to want to be Black Panther for a few hours. And if that’s wrong, can a person of color be Superman?

Can a white comedian impersonate a black man? If not, then can a black man not poke fun at white people either? And what does it say about white people that when that happens, we ... laugh?

Oh, the intolerant preachings of the tolerant left.

CNN analyst Kirsten Powers is one of these obnoxious people. The other day, she tweeted: “Dear white people who are upset that you can’t dress up as another race or culture for Halloween: your feelings don’t matter. The only feelings that matter are of those who feel disrespected/mocked by you appropriating their culture for entertainment. Show some common decency.”

This is the same Kirsten Powers who wrote a book in 2015 titled “The Silencing: How the Left Is Killing Free Speech.” Back then, she worked for Fox. Back in 2015, after Powers’ book came out, then-Yale lecturer Erika Christakis sent an email around campus suggesting Halloween used to be a time for children to be a little naughty or subversive. She wrote about Disney princess costumes, saying: “it is hard for me to give credence to a claim that there is something objectionably ‘appropriative’ about a blonde-haired child’s wanting to be Mulan for a day. ... I wonder what is the statute of limitations on dreaming of dressing as Tiana the Frog Princess if you aren’t a black girl from New Orleans? Is it okay if you are eight, but not 18?”

She even concluded, “Whose business is it to control the forms of costumes of young people? It’s not mine, I know that.”

Nearly a thousand students, faculty members and deans called for both Christakis and her husband, Dr. Nicholas Christakis, a Yale professor, to be fired immediately for this alleged offense. She stopped lecturing, and her husband resigned some duties at the end of the school year in 2016.

Powers actually spoke to the Christakis incident (and others) when she was a Fox News analyst in November 2015. She said, “It is not actually that anybody is in any danger.” Bill O’Reilly added, “It is oppressive to hear somebody with an opposing point of view.” Powers replied, “Exactly. ... They talk about it as if they’ve been actually physically attacked, because somebody has expressed an opinion different than theirs.”

Now reread that tweet of hers. You have our permission to laugh — quietly.

There’s nothing wrong with Halloween spurring a “teaching moment” for children, but what is being taught? Leftists want to use these costume controversies as just another grenade to destroy the careers of anyone asking them a single challenging question about how to negotiate their minefield.

L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center. Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org.

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Sanchez brings UVA defense to Charlotte, B6

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RJ Barrett is one of four highly touted freshmen Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will rely on to lead the Blue Devils in 2018-19.

Duke freshmen blend talent, chemistry

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NC State WR Louis having season-ending ankle surgery Raleigh NC State coach Dave Doeren says receiver Stephen Louis will have season-ending surgery due to a high ankle sprain. The graduate student and a team captain was injured against Clemson and didn’t play in the weekend loss at Syracuse. Doeren didn’t specify Monday when Louis would have the surgery, but said he wouldn’t be 100 percent afterward until January or February. Doeren says the team’s compliance staff was looking into the possibility of seeking a sixth year of eligibility for Louis.

Florida State suspends 2 for first half of game against NC State Tallahassee, Fla. Florida State will be without leading receiver Nyqwan Murray and reserve linebacker Zaquandre White for the first half of Saturday’s game at NC State after coach Willie Taggart announced their suspensions on Monday.

Murray and White both threw punches at Clemson players in separate second-half incidents Saturday’s 59-10 loss to the Tigers. Murray leads Florida State with 40 receptions and 536 receiving yards. White, a redshirt freshman, moved from tailback to linebacker in preseason camp and has 12 tackles.

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ECU forms committee to hire new AD Greenville East Carolina University has formed a 13-person committee to find the school’s next athletic director, the school announced last week. ECU and athletic director Jeff Compher parted ways in May after more than five years. The search committee includes chancellor Cecil Staton and special adviser Dave Hart — who has served as the de facto interim athletic director since Compher’s departure — along with baseball coach Cliff Godwin, ECU Pirate Club president Tim Martin and nine others.

Tight-knit group hopes to avoid drama and mistakes of last year’s team

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North Carolina coach Larry Fedora has used three quarterbacks this season, mostly relying on redshirt junior Nathan Elliott to run his tempo offense.

Slow down a second: Just how fast is UNC’s tempo offense?

Pace of Larry Fedora’s ‘O’ doesn’t necessarily lead to high snap counts

By Shawn Krest North State Journal CHAPEL HILL — Every Saturday, when Larry Fedora’s offense takes the field, announcers rave about how fast things move.

“Don’t blink,” one broadcast team said earlier this year, as quarterback Nathan Elliott got everyone lined up, then looked to the sideline to get the play and shouted instructions to his teammates.

“This North Carolina team likes to move fast and wear the defense out,” the play-by-play guy said in another game, as Elliott surveyed the defense, put someone in motion, and the play clock dropped below 20 seconds.

It’s called tempo, fast-break football and a high-speed offense. Late in the second quarter of the Tar Heels’ game against Syracuse two weeks ago, the announcer raved that there wouldn’t be much difference as Carolina tried to score before the half, “because these guys run the two-minute offense all game long.”

For all the talk about Fedora’s tempo offense, the one thing no one ever seems to stop and notice one thing: They really don’t move all that fast.

Through seven games this season, UNC’s offense has run 516 plays. That’s exactly the same number as NC State. However, a search of “Wolfpack” and “up-tempo offense” produces plenty of links to

stories about basketball coach Kevin Keatts — very little in the way of football.

Wake Forest is running 12 more plays a game than the Tar Heels.

Syracuse is running seven more.

Boston College is running two more.

Sure, North Carolina has struggled on offense this year, turning from Elliott to Chazz Surratt and true freshman Cade Fortin as Fedora tries to find a consistent quarterback. Even in the heyday of the Fedora tempo attack, however, the Heels weren’t running anyone off the field.

In 2015, when Marquise Williams shattered just about every school record for offensive production and Carolina won the Coastal Division, the Tar Heels ran just 66 plays a game — seven fewer than this season and ninth in the ACC. This season, on plays when the clock is running, UNC averages a snap every 29.8 seconds.

That ranks sixth in the ACC. Seconds per play ACC offenses 1. Wake Forest 2. Boston College 3. Syracuse 4. Duke 5. Clemson 6. North Carolina 7. Virginia Tech 8. Florida State 9. NC State 10. Georgia Tech 11. Miami 12. Louisville 13. Virginia 14. Pitt See UNC, page B4

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By Shawn Krest North State Journal DURHAM — Duke captain Jack White didn’t mean to make it sound like a shot, but sometimes, things can slip into even the most innocent comments.

“These guys,” he said of Duke’s freshman class.

“From day one, they’ve been putting themselves out there, buying in to the team, the group, just buying in to our culture. They really just gave it up, focus on winning, and they just want to see the team do well.

“And,” White added, innocently enough, “it’s really refreshing to see that from such a talented group of young guys.”

While White’s intention was clearly to praise the new class of likely one-and-dones that will form the core of this year’s team, the implication was clear: It’s refreshing to see them buying in and focusing on winning, because the talented group of young players that spent a season in Durham last year may not always have done so.

While Marvin Bagley III, Wendell Carter Jr., Gary Trent Jr. and Trevon Duval provided plenty of on-court highlights last year, it wasn’t always comfortable off of it. Carter’s parents complained following the season about the late addition of Bagley to the class forcing their son to play a supporting role. Trent’s father also complained about the way he’d been used, and Duval had a few questionable moments during the season, including his decision to tweet a highlight of him dunking immediately after the team was upset by archrival UNC. This year, things seem rosier with the Blue Devils. RJ Barrett, Zion Williamson, Cam Reddish and Tre Jones all decided to come to Duke at roughly the same time, so there shouldn’t be any lingering jealousy or baggage.

“It’s what they do,” coach Mike Krzyzewski said of the chemistry the freshmen have shown.

“They’re very personable guys, and they’re good guys. They knew each other before they got here.

They didn’t only know each other, but they respected one another. To get a class to be like that, you have to have those qualities, being secure in who you are and the confidence that they have in my staff to know what to do with them. That they would get better together. They’ve communicated almost all of their senior years, and they’ve played against one another.”

Not only do they all get along, but the kids can play a little.

Barrett is a 6-foot-7 do-everything forward who can score, rebound and involve teammates.

“RJ’s a winner, and he’s going to find ways to win,” Krzyzewski said. “He’s that positionless player.”

Williamson, also 6-foot-7, is a 285-pound beast underneath with the ability to play on the outside, drive and play above the rim. Williamson even spent a few minutes at point guard in one of Duke’s two exhibition games.

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TRENDING

Auston Matthews: The Maple Leafs star is expected to miss at least four weeks because of an injured left shoulder. The 21-year-old center was placed on injured reserve Monday but will not need surgery.

He was injured early in the second period Saturday on a hit by Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba’s check during Toronto’s 3-2 victory over Winnipeg.

Based on a minimum four-week timeline, Matthews will miss at least 13 games, including the Maple Leafs’ game against the Hurricanes at PNC Arena on Nov. 21.

beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

MLB

The Boston Red Sox will celebrate their fourth World Series title in 15 years with a parade Wednesday, city officials announced Monday. The parade Wednesday will begin at 11 a.m. at Fenway Park, but the celebration kicked off late Sunday and early Monday morning after the Red Sox won 5-1 in Game 5 in Los Angeles. In all, Boston has had 11 sports championships since 2002, with the Patriots winning five Super Bowls, and the Celtics and Bruins each winning once during that period.

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“I’m not going to let him win it. I’m going to win it.”

Martin Truex Jr. on the battle for the NASCAR Cup title and Joey Logano bumping past him for the win at Martinsville.

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Brodie Van Wagenen: The 44-year-old agent has agreed to switch roles and become GM of the Mets, team spokesman Harold Kaufman confirmed Monday. Kaufman said chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon and Van Wagenen have settled on contract terms, although no paperwork had been signed just yet. Details of the deal were not disclosed. He was chosen to replace Sandy Alderson, who took a leave in June following a recurrence of cancer.

Adam Vinatieri: The veteran kicker’s 25-yard field goal at the end of the second quarter in Indianapolis’ 42-28 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday pushed him past Hall of Famer Morten Andersen to become the NFL’s alltime leading scorer.

He added three extra points in the fourth quarter to give him 2,550 for his career — six more than Andersen. Vinatieri, in his 23rd season, was limited in practice this week due to a groin injury but was healthy enough to play the game.

SOCCER

NFL

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“It’s as down as you can get right now.”

Duke coach David Cutcliffe said of his team’s mood following its 54-45 loss at Pitt.

PRIME NUMBER

161 Shot attempts by Charlotte Hornets guard Kemba Walker heading into Tuesday’s home game against Miami, the most in the NBA through last weekend.

Walker is averaging 23 field-goal attempts through seven games, more than twice as many as teammate Malik Monk (77 total, 11 per game). Walker ranked third in the NBA in scoring through the weekend at 31.7 points per game.

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The Cleveland Browns fired coach Hue Jackson on Monday, ending a run of futility nearly unmatched in NFL history. Jackson, who went 3-36‑1 in two-plus seasons, was dismissed by general manager John Dorsey.

Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, a former head coach of the Buffalo Bills, was named interim head coach.

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Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was one of five people killed in a helicopter crash late Saturday. The Thai billionaire oversaw one of soccer’s greatest underdog successes, gaining promotion with a modest club and winning the English Premier League title after just two years in 2016.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

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Duke point guard Kyra Lambert announced Monday that she reinjured her left knee and will have surgery next month and miss the upcoming season. Lambert missed last season after initially injuring the knee in a win over Hampton during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament. She was hurt again during practice last season, leading to a second surgery in February.

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New faces highlight Wake Forest’s reboot Coach Danny Manning returns only four scholarship players from last year but boasts a talented freshman class

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal CHARLOTTE — Brandon Childress has started only five games in his two seasons at Wake Forest. But because of graduation, transfers and two early departures to the NBA Draft, he’s already the team’s elder statesman.

It’s a realization that hit him this summer during a pickup game involving a group of current and former Deacons.

“Ishmael Smith came back and we were talking as guys were walking into the gym,” Childress said of the Wake alumnus, who is now a member of the Detroit Pistons. “He asked who’s returning.

“When Chaundee (Brown) and Olivier (Sarr) walked in, I pointed and said, ‘Those two guys.’ That’s when I was like, ‘Wow, I’ve got to lock in because we’ve got a new team and I’ve got to get these guys going.’”

There are actually four scholarship players back from last year, with seldom-used sophomore forward Sunday Okeke joining returning starter Brown and top reserve Sarr as the Deacons’ veteran “core.”

In all, there are seven new players on their roster this season. Two of them, big man Ikenna Smart and guard Torry Johnson, are graduate transfers. The rest are members of a nationally ranked recruiting class highlighted by five-star forward Jaylen Hoard.

It’s a turnover that has forced coach Danny Manning to restart virtually from scratch again after appearing to turn the corner with his program’s first NCAA tournament appearance two seasons ago.

Considering that last year’s team went just 11-20 (4-14 ACC), there’s a chance the housecleaning that saw Wake’s top three scorers leave with eligibility still remaining could turn out to be addition by subtraction.

“Obviously we don’t want to have the season we had last year,” Childress said. “It’s a new start for everybody, a new us. We’re just focusing on what we’re doing now

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Wake Forest guard Brandon Childress is taking on more of a leadership role with the overhauled Demon Deacons. and keep moving forward.”

Childress, the son of Deacon legend and current assistant coach Randolph Childress, averaged 9.1 points and was second on the team with 109 assists as a reserve last season. Despite his expected leadership role, the junior point guard was quick to dismiss the notion that this is “his team,” saying instead that Wake is, in fact, Manning’s team.

The fifth-year coach made that abundantly clear to his players early in preseason practice when he ran them through a rigorous “Boot Camp” designed to toughen them up both physically and mentally for the season that begins against NC A&T on Tuesday.

“Boot Camp is about fighting, struggling, attacking, because that’s what life is about,” Manning said last week at the ACC’s

Operation Basketball media event in Charlotte. “Every day you have to bring your best. That’s what we want, because that’s the mentality you have to have.”

It’s a message that hit home for one Deacon in particular.

Brown, a talented 6-foot-5 shooting guard, had a wildly inconsistent freshman season in which he scored in double figures nine times — including four 20-point performances — but offset with 10 games in which he was held to three points or fewer.

He said as difficult as Boot Camp might have been, it was something he needed to help him gain more consistency this season.

“I’m not going to lie, I get lazy sometimes. But Coach Manning is pushing me,” said Brown, who finished the season averaging 7.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per

game.

“Boot Camp is a lot of running, conditioning, defensive slides and it’s all mental. It starts at 6:15 a.m. For two weeks they just kill you for like an hour every day. It makes a man out of you.

Considering the number of freshmen that will have to play key roles, all the Deacons are going to grow up in a hurry.

The centerpiece of that group is Hoard, Wake’s highest-rated recruit since Al-Farouq Aminu in 2008, The 6-foot-8 wing averaged 22.4 points for France at the 2016 FIBA U16 World Championships and was a standout at the Nike Hoop Summit this spring.

Like Hoard, Isaiah Mucius is a slender, athletic wing capable of playing multiple positions. The 2018 New Hampshire Player of the Year, he averaged 14.2 points

and 4.3 rebounds as a senior at Brewster Academy.

Sharone Wright Jr. is the son of former Clemson star and firstround NBA Draft choice Sharone Wright Sr. He is a 6-foot-5 guard with a reputation for being a strong spot-up shooter who is also effective in transition. Jamie Lewis, meanwhile, is a pure point guard originally committed to NC State before signing with the Deacons.

“We feel like they’re a very talented group,” Manning said. “We feel like they have an opportunity or will have an opportunity to have a contribution throughout the course of the year. But they’re also freshmen. At some point in time all of them had really special moments in practice, then they’ve all had their freshman moments, as well.”

UNCG returns core, hopes to build on success UNCG coach Wes Miller is looking to repeat as Southern Conference champion and earn another bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The Spartans nearly upset Gonzaga in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, but coach Wes Miller is looking forward instead of back

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal CONVENTIONAL WISDOM was that UNC Greensboro basketball coach Wes Miller would leave for a higher profile job after leading his team to a 27-8 record and a near upset of Gonzaga in the opening round of last year’s NCAA Tournament.

Instead, the former North Carolina point guard signed a seven-year contract extension that increases his base salary to more than $300,000 and increases his retention bonuses and other performance-based incentives.

While it’s doubtful that Miller will stick around for the duration of the deal, it’s no secret as to why he decided to stay at the Southern Conference school for at least one more season. With leading scorer Francis Alonso and two other starters back, this year’s Spartans have a chance to be every bit as good, if not better, than they were a year ago.

“We certainly like our guys,” Miller said. “We like the work they did in the offseason. We think we have some pieces to be a competitive team, but now it’s about going to the gym every single day and doing the right things to put it all together.”

UNCG was picked as the favorite to win its conference again while Alonso and teammate James Dickey were named to the preseason All-SoCon team.

Alonso, a 6-foot-3 senior from Spain, averaged 15.6 points per game while shooting better than 40 percent from 3-point range last season, but according to Miller he’s “so much more than just a shooter and scorer.”

His 103 assists, which were sec-

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ond on the team to returning point guard Demetrius Troy, bear out the diversity in his game. Dickey, meanwhile, is a 6-foot-10 junior who averaged 8.9 points and 8.4 rebounds while blocking 71 shots.

The Spartans also return two of their top reserves from a year ago in 6-foot-8 forward Kyrin Galloway and 6-foot-3 guard Malik Massey.

“We have some upperclassmen that are impact guys,” Miller said, “and that sets the tone for us from a personnel standpoint.”

As talented and motivated as that veteran nucleus might be, Miller said it’s important for them not to get caught looking too far ahead, assuming that a return trip

to the NCAA Tournament is inevitable.

Not only do the Spartans have a difficult nonconference schedule that includes trips to LSU and Kentucky, but they play in a competitive conference in which only one team is guaranteed entry into the madness of March.

“We’re in October,” Miller said.

“We’re not going to get to the NCAA Tournament today or tomorrow, so that’s not on the front of our mind.

“Everyone in the country wants to make it to the NCAA Tournament. That’s not a unique goal.

We’ve got to take care of things in front of us. If we incrementally handle our business, we’ll put ourselves in position to make a run at

the end of the year.”

One newcomer that could potentially help them make that run is 6-foot-8, 268-pound freshman Mohammed Abdulsalam.

A four-star big man from Nigeria who attended high school in the Atlanta area, Abdulsalam chose UNCG over the likes of Georgia Tech, Tennessee and Providence and is rated as the top incoming recruit in the SoCon. If he lives up to his advance billing, he would be an upgrade from the player he’ll replace in the lineup, Jordy Kuiper.

If the Spartans take care of their business and do earn their fourth NCAA trip since 2001, they’ll be a team no high seed will want to play.

Gonzaga can attest to that.

UNCG led the third-seeded Bulldogs by two with possession of the ball with 1:49 remaining in their first-round matchup last March. A missed shot and an offensive foul on Alonso allowed Gonzaga to escape with a 68-64 victory that left Miller and his players disappointed, but proud of what they accomplished over the course of a successful season.

“It was nice to achieve that,” the youthful 35-year-old coach said.

“Certainly the way it ended was heartbreaking and we thought there was a little bit more basketball to be played. We think about that every single day. I know I do.

But it was a heck of a ride.”

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UNCW welcomes back former coach, Clemson for Florence fundraiser Clemson’s Brad Brownwell, who spent four years on the Seahawks’ sideline, brought the Tigers to Wilmington for an exhibition to benefit those impacted by the September hurricane

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal

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UNCW forward Devontae Cacok, the nation’s top rebounder last year, returns for his senior campaign.

Seahawks understanding McGrath’s system in Year 2 Second-year UNCW coach is starting to imprint his style on the program

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal WILMINGTON — Last season was a learning experience for first-time head coach C.B. McGrath. But he wasn’t the only member of the UNC Wilmington basketball program going through some on-the-job training in 2017-18.

“Me personally, I was coming off a redshirt year with a new coach,” said junior guard Ty Taylor, a transfer from Wichita State.

“I spent the whole nonconference just learning where I was supposed to be, learning the system.”

Taylor wasn’t the only one that struggled to get comfortable during what turned out to be a year of transition.

After two straight trips to the NCAA tournament under former coach Kevin Keatts, who left to take the job at NC State, the Seahawks went just 11-21 (812 CAA) in their first year under McGrath. It didn’t help that the former North Carolina assistant lost several top recruits after Keatts’ departure or that it took longer than expected for his returning players to adapt to their new style.

Now that those players are in their second year in the system, with the addition of several talented newcomers, McGrath is confident that UNCW is ready to make a quick comeback this season.

If the Seahawks’ performance in Saturday’s hurricane relief exhibition against Clemson is an indication, there’s reason to believe that confidence is justified.

“We have a different mentality, obviously,” McGrath said. “We’ve been working on that from the get-go during the summer.”

It was evident on Saturday during a first half in which UNCW shot 57 percent from the floor, forced 10 turnovers and built a 46-38 lead against the 22nd-ranked Tigers.

Although they had trouble sustaining that pace on both ends of the court in the second half, especially during a six-minute dry spell to start the period, it took until the final eight minutes for Clemson to finally put them away.

The Tigers won the game 7867, but it was clear that McGrath liked what he saw — particularly since he experimented with several different lineup combinations and used his bench more than he would have in a game

UNC from page B1 Compared to the 2015 Coastal champions, UNC’s offense is running only about one second slower, so this isn’t a case of a less talented team putting on the brakes.

One of the benefits of running tempo is that the opponent isn’t used to it. Clemson, for instance, runs a play every 27.8 seconds, which is 7.4 seconds faster than their opponents have operated when playing the Tigers, as they likely slow things down to keep Clemson’s offense off the field.

When ranking ACC offenses by that measure, UNC again finishes in sixth place.

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UNCW coach C.B. McGrath enters his second season leading the Seahawks after spending 14 years as an assistant for Roy Williams at North Carolina.

“Obviously if you’re comfortable in anything you do, you’re going to feel better, play better.”

C.B. McGrath, UNCW coach that counts.

“There’s a lot of familiarity and a lot of comfort,” McGrath said of the way his team played. “Obviously if you’re comfortable in anything you do, you’re going to feel better, play better.”

It would be hard to ask star big man Devontae Cacok for any more than he gave the Seahawks a year ago, when he led the nation in rebounding at 13.5 per game while averaging 17.7 points per game.

The 6-foot-7 senior is poised for another big season. But with an improved supporting cast around him, he might not have to shoulder as much of the load as he has in the past.

UNCW’s perimeter game looked strong against Clemson with Taylor hitting three 3-pointers on his way to a team-leading 17 points. Junior shooting guard Jaylen Fornes was also productive, scoring 15 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the floor in just 18plus minutes of action.

Seconds per play faster than opponents — ACC offenses 1. Clemson 7.4 2. Duke 6.4 3. Syracuse 5.7 4. Boston College 5.3 5. Wake Forest 5.2 6. North Carolina 2.7 7. Florida State 0.52 8. Virginia Tech 0.47 9. Miami 0.1 10. NC State -0.8 (0.8 seconds slower than opponents) 11. Virginia -1.9 12. Georgia Tech -2.2 13. Louisville -3.2 14. Pitt -6.5 So, has Fedora sold everyone a

By far the most encouraging performance, however, was turned in by freshman point guard Kai Toews.

A 6-2 native of Japan who attended high school in Massachusetts and spent the summer with his country’s national team, Toews played with an aggressiveness that belied his youth in his first game in a Seahawks uniform. He did make some mistakes, but he kept the tempo high, got his teammates involved with five assists and attacked the basket when the situation called for it while giving his team an element it lacked last season.

Towes is one of five newcomers on this year’s roster, joining fellow freshman Jaylen Sims, JUCO guard Ty Gadsden, graduate transfer big man Shawn O’Connell from Georgia Southern and junior Jeantal Cylla, a 6-7 transfer from Florida Atlantic who was in the starting lineup for Saturday’s exhibition.

Together with improved sophomores Jay Estime and Jeff Gary, they form a much more talented nucleus than the one McGrath inherited.

“We still have to make the shots and get the stops, but as a coach I like looking down the bench and seeing guys I want to put in the game,” the UNCW coach said. “They can all do some really good things, we just have to do it more consistently.”

bill of goods? In the production meeting the day before a game, does he somehow convince the broadcast team to ignore the numbers — and their own eyes — perhaps through some type of hypnotic suggestion?

Not quite. It’s more likely a case of the announcing teams misunderstanding how the tempo offense works — something we’ve all done since Fedora arrived.

Early in his tenure at UNC, Fedora used the term “multi-tempo” to describe his offense — as he did when he coached at Southern Miss as well.

The Heels’ game against Virginia was a good demonstration of multi-tempo. On UNC’s ear-

WILMINGTON — As a former resident of Wilmington with strong ties to the area, Brad Brownell knew he had to do something to help the community rebuild after watching Hurricane Florence devastate the North Carolina coast last month.

So as soon as the danger passed, the Clemson basketball coach got on the phone and called UNC Wilmington’s C.B. McGrath about playing a preseason exhibition game between their teams to benefit those affected by the storm.

It’s an idea that came to fruition Saturday, with Brownell’s Tigers and McGrath’s Seahawks going head-to-head before a sellout crowd at Trask Coliseum in an event that raised upward of $50,000 for area charities.

“I care deeply about this community and a lot of the people here are good friends of ours,” said Brownell, who was an assistant at UNCW before becoming the Seahawks head coach from 200206. “Twelve years is a long time to spend in one place, especially when you’re a newly married couple that’s a long way from home and you’re trying to start your life.

We did that here. We visit here regularly.

“I know I left at a difficult time under some difficult circumstances, but it never changed how I felt about my time here. Just to be able to help and send a message that there’s a lot of people watching … was important.”

As good of an idea as the charity exhibition might have seemed, there was more involved to making it happen than both schools agreeing to play.

The biggest hurdle was getting the NCAA to approve the game.

That wasn’t automatic, as North Carolina and South Carolina learned when the college sports governing body nixed a similar game they had planned.

It took persistence and a little cooperation from two other schools, but UNCW athletic director Jimmy Bass and his counterparts at Clemson were able to cut through the red tape and allow the event to take place.

“We originally had a closed scrimmage against Coastal Carolina scheduled and Clemson had one with Ole Miss, so we had to get both of those schools to back

“I care deeply about this community and a lot of the people here are good friends of ours.”

Brad Brownwell, Clemson coach out of them, which they readily did,” Bass said. “Then we had to get a waiver from the NCAA for two Division I teams playing an exhibition. I think there’s going to be a lot of discussion moving forward with the NABC about playing these types of disaster relief games.”

Bass said it will take at least a week to determine how much money was raised by the game through ticket sales and corporate sponsorships. He said all proceeds from the game would stay in the Wilmington area, donations that would not have been possible without the contributions of Brownell and the Tigers.

“Clemson University really stood up for southeastern North Carolina,” Bass said. “It really did.”

Brownell admitted to feeling a little nostalgic about seeing old friends and being back at Trask for the first time since Feb, 25, 2006.

He expressed his love for UNCW during remarks at a banquet Friday night.

“Being able to come back, to play in this arena again and relive a few memories has been really fun for me,” he said.

Brownell wasn’t the only one that came away from the game with good feelings.

The atmosphere in the stands was electric for only the second ever visit to UNCW by an ACC opponent. There was also a palpable feeling of goodwill between the players on the court, who wore special shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Seahawk Strong, Clemson Grit” during warmups.

The Seahawks helped make the afternoon even more special by putting on an inspired performance, leading the 22nd-ranked Tigers for most of the game before Clemson asserted itself late to pull away for a 78-67 victory.

“Coach Brownell and I learned a lot about our teams today,” McGrath said afterward. “It was a pretty competitive game. You can’t replicate that in practice.”

Although McGrath and his players wanted to win the game, the result was secondary.

“It was a great environment,” McGrath said. “That’s what we wanted. That’s what Coach Brownell wanted. That was the vision. Hopefully the Good Shepherd Center and the UNCW Student Hurricane Assistance Fund will get quite a bit out of it as well.”

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Clemson coach Brad Brownell, pictured during the ACC’s Operation Basketball in Charlotte last week, worked together with UNCW coach C.B. McGrath to schedule and play an exhibition game in Wilmington to benefit the region’s victims of Hurricane Florence.

ly-game touchdown drive, the offense ran 11 plays in 4:23, or a snap every 23.9 seconds.

The offense struggled after that until Fedora went to up-tempo in the second quarter, which produced an eight-play, 2:31 touchdown drive, or a snap every 18.9 seconds.

“The only time we were able to dictate (things) was when we had our tempo going,” he said afterward.

In other words, it’s not about putting pedal to metal all game long. It’s about finding a speed that works.

“Tempo is about getting to the line quickly, and putting pressure on the defense,” Fedora explained

midway through his first year in Chapel Hill. “It’s not about getting a certain number of snaps in a game.”

That’s something that the Tar Heels have done consistently, regardless of quarterback or winloss record. By skipping the huddle and rushing to the line, UNC prevents opposing defenses from making substitutions and forces them to be prepared for a snap that can come at any time. The uncertainty is what puts pressure on the defense, not necessarily fast snaps.

So the next time the Tar Heels line up, and the TV crew talks about their frantic pace, keep in mind that, at high speeds, sometimes things may end up getting blurred.

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Unsung Panthers are a key to Carolina’s success Supporting cast as critical as the team’s stars

who spent most of last year playing on extra points and as a tackle eligible on short-yardage plays.

By Shawn Krest North State Journal

The Turners

CHARLOTTE — The Carolina Panthers have plenty of star power.

Cam Newton and Luke Kuechly get the commercials. Christian McCaffrey, Devin Funchess Thomas Davis and even kicker Graham Gano have gotten headlines this season.

But, while the likely Pro Bowlers are garnering much-earned attention, the success of this year’s team will also depend on the contributions from several unheralded members of the team.

Here’s a look at some of the underrated Panthers.

Shaq Thompson The third man in Carolina’s linebacking corps, Thompson filled in for Davis at weak-side linebacker during the veteran’s four-game season-opening suspension. Now back in his traditional strong-side spot, Thompson ranks behind Kuechly with 31 tackles.

“He did a lot of good things,” coach Ron Rivera said. “He’s really developing into, even more so, the player we believe he can be for us. The young man has a very bright future for this football team. He’s a guy that’s quietly just playing very steady. You can say he’s a guy that’s underrated on our defense, because of the guys we have. When you put him next to Luke and TD, he’s easy to overlook. He just continues to play hard, continues to play well and make statement plays for us.”

Kyle Love The defensive tackle shares time with Kawann Short, Dontari Poe and Vernon Butler, but he had a moment in the sun on Sunday, com-

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Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson has been one of 5-2 Carolina’s standout players during the team’s 5-2 start. ing through the line unblocked and forcing a Joe Flacco fumble.

“I think he’s one of the most underrated players on our defense,” Rivera said. “His contributions have always been steady, since he’s been with us. He’s a guy that quietly goes about his business, works at it and does a great job. He was able to create a spark for us (Sunday). He takes care of himself, works at staying in shape and being ready to play.

The offensive line Center Ryan Kalil is a long-

time starter, and guard Trai Turner earned a trip to the Pro Bowl last year. Other than that, the line is a collection of kids and castoffs that has allowed Newton to get sacked just 10 times all year. Newton’s previous low sack total for a season was 33. He was sacked eight times in the team’s 2015 playoffs.

“I think right now, we’re protecting him as well as we’ve ever protected him,” Rivera said.

“Our offensive line is playing as confident as they’ve ever been,” Newton said. “For guys labeled as undesirables or misfits, they sure

are doing a great job. C.C. (Chris Clark, an undrafted free agent in 2008 who has been released once and opened the season without a spot on any NFL roster) with his leadership, he understands what it takes to win. … It’s a correlation of guys putting great work in throughout the week and showing up on Sunday.”

In addition to Clark, Kalil and Turner, the line’s starters are Greg Van Roten, an undrafted free agent in 2012 who sandwiched three releases around a stint in the CFL, and Taylor Moton, a 2017 draft pick

Like the offensive line, the Panthers’ offensive coordinator is a veteran castoff who raised eyebrows when the team brought him in this offseason.

“I think it’s been a very big plus for us,” Rivera said. “There are a lot of things we still have to work out as a team, but again, what he has brought, what Scott Turner has brought, has been really good for our offensive team.”

Turner came as a package deal, bringing son Scott back to the team as quarterbacks coach. The younger Turner had previously worked on Rivera’s staff in 2011 and 2012 as offensive quality control coordinator.

“Bringing Scott along was brilliant,” Rivera said. “His background with us — he helped design part of this offense when we got started with Chud (then-offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski).”

Norv has contributed more than good bloodlines, though. He’s been able to blend the wide variety of playmakers that the Panthers’ offense possesses, giving the team a solution for whatever opposing defenses present.

“Really what a lot of playcallers try to do is find out what the matchups are, how they look,” Rivera said. “Look at how (New Orleans coach) Sean Payton is using his talent down there, what they’re doing with the Rams, what they do in New England. Really good playcallers try to find those mismatches, create those personnel groupings that can create those types of problems.”

Like most of the other unsung players, the Turners are combining their talents with the Panthers who have the big Q scores, to create a successful blend.

Hot hand against one team is ‘all mental’ Given Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss’ latest standout performance against the Hurricanes, what makes a player perform well in a certain arena or against a particular team?

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal RALEIGH — As time wound down in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 2-1 home loss Sunday to the New York Islanders, there was one overriding feeling: He did it again.

Thomas Greiss, the 10-year veteran manning the net for the Islanders, had his second dominant performance of the young season at PNC Arena, a 2-1 win that looked an awful lot like New York’s 2-1 overtime victory on opening night.

That’s not new for Greiss, who is 7-3-1 with a .925 save percentage in 12 career appearances against Carolina, including a 6-2-1 record since joining the Islanders in 2013.

And those numbers are skewed negatively by the two regulation losses, both from 2017. Greiss allowed 11 goals on 63 shots in just 85:51 of ice time in Carolina wins on Jan. 14 and March 13 of that year, his only regulation losses against the Hurricanes since he joined the Isles. His eight other appearances against the Hurricanes? He’s allowed 12 goals total.

So what makes a player do well against a specific opponent?

“There’s good feelings sometimes coming into buildings you’ve played well in before and teams

DUKE from page B1 “Zion, when he was little, and I know it’s hard to believe that he was little, he was a point guard,” Krzyzewski said. “He really understands the game, and he’s got a good handle. Putting the ball in his hands is a smart thing to do.”

Reddish, 6-foot-8, rounds out the positionless trio. Like Williamson and Barrett, he was one of the top four recruits in the nation. He’s battled nagging injuries. He sat out Duke’s summer games in Canada with a strained groin and has been slowed, but not sidelined, by a displaced rib fracture and mid-game cramps.

Jones, the No. 13 recruit in the

that you’ve played well against,” Hurricanes center Jordan Staal said. “You know, it’s all mental.”

Hurricanes goalie Petr Mrazek — who has a large enough NHL sample size to analyze — has had particular success against the Predators (6-0, .940 save percentage, 2.00 goals-against average), Senators (5-0-2, .933, 2.07) and, before joining the team, the Hurricanes (6-2, .943, 2.00). On the flip side, he’s 1-9-2 against the Lightning (.858, 3.88) and 2-5-1 when facing the Penguins (.886, 3.93).

So that mojo can work both ways.

“For whatever reason, there were certain buildings that it just never felt right,” Hurricanes goalie coach Mike Bales, who played 23 NHL games in net along with stints in the minors and overseas.

“Sometimes, I don’t know, if it’s because you didn’t play well there a couple times and you’re overthinking things when you go in there. Whatever it is, you’re not feeling it there.”

Bales said back in the day when NHL rinks had different dimensions, a goalie playing well regularly against a particular team — or, more specifically, in a certain building — could be attributed to the comfort level he had with the rink layout.

“I think it’s not as much a factor today as it was back in the day when rinks were a little bit different,” he said. “Everything’s pretty standard now with rink size.”

But there are still times when a team will lean on a goalie’s history against an opponent.

“It’s never a deciding factor, but let’s say you have a back-to-back

class, is a pure point guard and the younger brother of Tyus Jones, who arrived in 2014 with another closely-knit group of freshmen and ended up leaving after his one year at Duke with a national title in tow.

The quartet combined to score 154 of Duke’s 238 exhibition game points, which is 65 percent. Barrett and Williamson were also the team’s top two rebounders, and Jones dished out 18 assists.

While their offensive skill is evident, Duke’s chances of playing during the season’s final weekend will depend on their willingness to play defense. Last year’s team had to resort to playing zone after several failed attempts to get

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Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss has twice stymied the Hurricanes this season, including a standout performance in the season opener at PNC Arena on Oct. 4.

1999 at the Kings’ old arena.

But a peek at the box score from the Flyers’ visit to Hollywood on Dec. 29, 1992, gives a glimpse into how the mind of a player works. In a 10-2 Philadelphia win, Brind’Amour had three goals and three assists.

Those six points were the most Brind’Amour had in any of 1,484 regular-season games.

Sometimes, all it takes is one game to give a player the confidence that things are going to go right in that building.

“I hope he doesn’t like our building,” Brind’Amour said of Greiss, “but he probably does now.”

He would know.

and one guy has a really good history like they had (Sunday),” Bales said of the Islanders’ visit to PNC Arena. “They had the back-toback and Greiss has obviously had a pretty good history, lately especially, against us. So I’m sure that was a factor in their decision.”

Both Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour and his captain, Justin Williams, tried to talk down Greiss’ recent performance, saying Carolina didn’t play as well as it had in the season opener, therefore Greiss didn’t have to be, as Williams put it, a “world-beater.”

But, as Staal said, it often comes down to what’s between the ears.

“A lot of the game is mental, and

you keep telling yourself you’re going to have a good game tonight, odds are hopefully it comes true,” he said.

Look no further than his coach.

When asked if he had any opponents or buildings he played particularly well in, Brind’Amour had one pop into his mind.

“I remember the old Forum in L.A. I loved playing in before they put the new one,” Brind’Amour said. “I don’t know why. I just, kind of a neat building. But I don’t know.”

A look at the overall numbers `doesn’t reveal much — Brind’Amour had seven goals and 12 assists in 21 games from 1989 to

man-to-man working.

“I love it,” Williamson said.

“When we came here, we had a three-hour meeting about the core values. If you really represent the core values, it means diving on the floor, sacrificing your body for your teammates, no matter how much you’re up by or how much you’re down by, always playing hard. (Duke championship teams) all played hard, and they were known for their defense.

When teams played them, they knew that they were going to get a great defensive team, so we’re trying to get back to that.”

Which, as some veterans will attest, would be a refreshing change.

For the second straight year, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has a touted freshman class that he must try to meld into a cohesive unit.

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Sanchez begins rebuild in Charlotte Longtime Virginia assistant takes over roster short on depth and experience

By Shawn Krest North State Journal Last season, the Charlotte 49ers were dead last in Conference USA in defense, allowing 79.9 points per game.

Their solution was to bring in an assistant from the nation’s top defensive team to run things.

Coach Mark Price was dismissed nine games into Charlotte’s 6-23 season and Ron Sanchez takes over for 2018-19. The associate head coach for the Virginia Cavaliers, Sanchez has been an assistant for Tony Bennett since 2003, first at Washington State, then in Charlottesville.

Sanchez’s relationship with the Bennett family actually goes back further than that. His wife, Tara, played for Bennett’s sister, Kathi, at Indiana, where Sanchez spent a year as a volunteer with the men’s program.

From there, he took a job with Dick Bennett, Tony and Kathi’s father, as Washington State’s director of basketball operations. When Dick retired and Tony took over, Sanchez was elevated to assistant coach.

Over the last decade and a half, he’s witnessed the development of Bennett’s pack line defense, which confounded the ACC last season as Virginia stormed to the conference’s regular season and tournament titles.

“For the last 15 years of my coaching career, Ron Sanchez has been by my side,” Bennett said. “He has been a huge part of all the successes on and off the court that I experienced, and he is like a broth-

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Charlotte guard Jon Davis is a preseason All-Conference USA selection after averaging 17.6 points per game last season. er to me. I couldn’t be more pleased to see him named the head coach at Charlotte. The ultimate compliment I can pay Ron is to say that he is the kind of coach that I want my son to play for. His mind for the game and his recruiting prowess speaks for itself.”

Make no mistake — Sanchez was brought in to install his defense.

“I think Mike (Hill, Charlotte’s athletic director) hired me to bring what Virginia had,” Sanchez said.

“I would be doing him and the

chancellor a disservice if I don’t provide that. If they wanted something else, they’d have gone to a different school and brought someone else in here.”

The defense relies on team play, as players not guarding the ball have to be ready to help and rotate over in case someone gets beat. As frustrating as it is to opponents, it’s equally tough to master and requires selflessness.

It’s early, but so far, the team has adapted to it.

“It’s actually a very simple de-

fense to run,” center Jailan Haslem told the media after the team’s Basketball Madness event. “I like what it stands for. No one’s going to be stranded. No man is gonna be left behind. … No isolation ball.”

Haslem, a senior, is one of two returning starters from last season’s last-place CUSA team. Despite starting 28 of the team’s 29 games, he averaged just 4.9 points, eighth on the team. His 4.4 rebounds ranked fifth.

Scoring will be provided by senior guard Jon Davis, a presea-

son All-CUSA selection. Davis was sixth in the league in scoring at 17.6 points per game last year, and he increased his output to 20.3 — third in the conference — in league games.

The rest of the roster will be thin on experience. Andrien White, second on the team in points (15.0) and assists (1.2) and third in rebounds (4.8), transferred to Wake Forest. Ryan Murphy (6.7 points) also transferred, and, two weeks into preseason practice, Sanchez dismissed two other players — Najee Garvin (7.2 points, 5.0 rebounds) and Bryant Thomas (2.2 points, 2.5 rebounds) for not meeting expectations.

With Oklahoma transfer Jordan Shepherd sitting out the year, veteran Luka Vasic (3.8 and 2.6) expected to miss the year with a knee injury and freshman signee Tyler Bertram expected to redshirt, that leaves just 10 scholarship players for Sanchez this season.

Sophomore guard Jaylan McGill (2.6 points) and sophomore forward Milos Supica (6.1 and 4.9) will likely move from the bench into the starting lineup and be joined by a large group of freshmen that includes guards Cooper Robb, Malik Martin and Brandon Younger, as well as forward Dravon Mangum.

With a lack of depth and experience, the 49ers may have a long season in front of them, even with the expected step forward on defense.

“You can’t put a timetable on it,” Sanchez said. “Unfortunately, you can’t. If I gave you one, I’d be lying to you. The only thing we can do is focus on tomorrow. There’s some rough waters coming. This isn’t going to be smooth. Nothing happens overnight. We’re going to go through some troubled times.”

Still, there are reasons for optimism.

“I think he’s going to do some good things,” Bennett said. “It will take him time, but he’s a special one for sure.”

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Wake Forest vs. Syracuse

ECU vs. Memphis

North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech

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Preview: The Deacons (4-4, 1-3 ACC) look to build on the momentum of their first conference win while the 22ndranked Orange (6-2, 3-2) is riding high after being ranked for the first time since 2001.

Preview: The Pirates (2-5, 0-4 AAC) have had an open week to prepare for the Tigers (4-4, 1-4), a team that scored 70 points against them last season, in the final game of a three-game homestand.

Preview: The Tar Heels (1-6, 1-4 ACC) return home looking to break a four-game losing streak against the 4-4 (2-3) Yellow Jackets, who put a 49-28 drubbing on Virginia Tech in Blacksburg last Thursday.

Players to watch: Syracuse’s Eric Dungey earned ACC QB of the Week honors after throwing for 411 yards and four TDs and running for a score against NC State last Saturday.

Wake will rely on RB Matt Colburn, who rushed for 243 yards and three TDs in a win at Louisville. Defensively, Syracuse S Andre Cisco is second in the ACC with four interceptions. Deacons DE Boogie Basham was ACC DL of the Week after recording four tackles and a fumble recovery for a TD Saturday.

Players to watch: True freshman QB Holton Ahlers accounted for 475 of ECU’s 496 yards in his first career start two weeks ago in a loss to UCF, but he also turned the ball over three times. Leading tackler Devon Sutton had 12 tackles and a sack in that game. Memphis RB Darrell Henderson averages more than 10 yards per carry and is second nationally in rushing with 1,148 yards and 13 TDs, but has been slowed lately by a sore hamstring. Freshman DB T.J. Carter has picked off five passes and has 11 breakups this season.

Players to watch: Backup QB Tobias Oliver rushed for 215 yards and three TDs in his first career start for Tech on Thursday, but he might not even play against UNC if starter TaQuon Marshall is healthy enough to return to the lineup.

DE Anree Saint-Amour leads the Yellow Jackets with 10 TFLs and three forced fumbles. Tar Heels QB Nathan Elliott has thrown 213 passes since his last interception. LB Cole Holcomb leads UNC in tackles at 8.4 per game.

Fast fact: ECU’s five losses this year have come to teams with a combined 32-7 record thus far.

What to expect: The turnover battle will be even more important than usual in this Coastal Division battle, since both teams have been their own worst enemy this season and the Tar Heels have had a hard time stopping Tech’s triple-option attack in the past.

Fast fact: The teams combined for an ACC-record 1,355 yards of offense (734 by Wake, 621 by Syracuse) in the Deacons’ 64-43 win last year.

What to expect: Wake will put up some points, but will have a difficult time containing Dungey and a Syracuse offense that ranks second only to Clemson in scoring offense in the ACC. — Brett Friedlander

What to expect: If the Pirates are going to turn their season around, the Tigers — who have lost three of their last four — might be the team to do it against.

Fast fact: Tech’s 68-50 win in Chapel Hill in 2012 was the highest-scoring football game in ACC history.

— Brett Friedlander

— Brett Friedlander

NC State vs. Florida State

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Appalachian State at Coastal Carolina

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Preview: Both teams desperately need a win. Florida State is coming off an embarrassing 59-10 home loss to Clemson.

The Pack, blown out by Clemson two weeks ago, lost their second straight in an offensive show with Syracuse.

Players to watch: FSU DE Brian Burns leads the ACC with nine sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss. He was just named a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award, given to the top defensive player. NC State WR Kelvin Harmon’s 247 receiving yards last week were second-most in school history.

Fast fact: Florida State head coach Willie Taggart is the only current ACC head coach with a losing career record.

His 4-4 mark in his first year with the Noles puts him at 5154 in nine seasons as a head coach. Wake’s Dave Clawson (115-113) and BC’s Steve Addazio (49-46) are the next closest to .500.

What to expect: The Noles are reeling — two players will miss the first half due to targeting penalties, and Taggart accused several players of quitting on the team last week.

— Shawn Krest

Preview: Charlotte evened its record at 4-4 last week. Its reward: A trip to Tennessee to take on an SEC opponent.

The 49ers only other SEC experience was a 58-10 loss at 5-7 Kentucky in 2015.

Players to watch: Charlotte LB Juwan Foggie’s 79-yard pick six last week was the longest interception return in school history. He had his second interception touchdown and second two-pick game of the year. Vols RB Ty Chandler didn’t catch a touchdown pass last week, breaking a schoolrecord three-game streak of scoring on a reception.

Fast fact: Vols running backs are coached by former Carolina Panthers quarterback Chris Weinke, and Tennessee’s co-defensive coordinator is Chris Rumph, father of the Duke freshman defensive end.

What to expect: Tennessee is in a rebuilding year, but the Vols will still likely be too much for Charlotte.

— Shawn Krest

Preview: The wounded Mountaineers (5-2, 3-1 Sun Belt) dropped out of the national rankings after last Thursday’s loss at Georgia Southern. The Chanticleers are 5-3 (2-2).

Players to watch: The status of App State QB Zac Thomas is still uncertain after he suffered a concussion during last week’s loss. Peyton Derrick was just 3 of 12 for 73 yards with two interceptions after Thomas went out. Secondleading tackler Jordan Fehr, who was ejected for targeting in the first half of the Georgia Southern game, will be back in the lineup Saturday. Coastal WRs Malcolm Williams and Ky’Jon Tyler are both averaging nearly 17 yards per catch.

Defensively, the Chanticleers are led by DE Jeffrey Gunter, a Durham native who has 11.5 TFLs and five sacks this season.

Fast fact: This will be the Mountaineers’ first time playing at Coastal after winning the first four meetings of the series in Boone.

What to expect: It’s Coastal’s homecoming and the Chanticleers won’t be a pushover, especially if Thomas is still sidelined.

— Brett Friedlander

Preview: Someone will get bowl eligible this week. Duke has lost its first two attempts to get win six, while Miami lost its first crack at the milestone.

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Players to watch: Miami DE Jonathan Garvin had just nine tackles as a true freshman last year. He has 40 this year, and his 14 tackles for loss are among the FBS and conference leaders. Duke RB Deon Jackson became the third player in ACC history to get 400 allpurpose yards in a game last week.

Fast fact: Duke has lost its last six games at Miami, with its last win coming in 1976.

What to expect: Duke had to win its final regular season game to get bowl eligible last season and is running out of options to get the sixth win this year. With trips to Clemson and rivalry games against UNC and Wake remaining, the clock is ticking.

— Shawn Krest

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Joey Logano (22) bumps past Martin Truex Jr. (78) as they approach the finish line at the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.

Logano shoves past Truex, wins at Martinsville Final lap bump-and-run advances Peske driver to the final round

By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — When the reigning series champion slipped past him with one lap to go at Martinsville Speedway, Joey Logano figured he had lost his shot at racing for NASCAR’s title.

A win would earn Logano one of the four spots in the winnertake-all championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway. So if he didn’t try something, his chance at a Cup championship might slip away.

Logano used an old-fashioned bump-and-run on Martin Truex Jr. to Sunday and snatch one of the four tickets to the finale. Truex slid sideways across the finish line and promptly declared Logano won’t take his title from him this year.

“He may have won the battle, but he ain’t winning the damn war.

I’m not going to let him win it (the championship.) I’m going to win it,” Truex fumed.

Logano took Truex’s warning in stride.

“OK. That’s expected,” Logano said. “This was our shot, maybe our only shot, so we had to make it happen.”

Logano was showered in boos and Truex, standing on pit road next to his third-place car, jeered the winner with both thumbs down as Logano was interviewed over the address system. On pit road, Truex crew chief Cole Pearn Jr. had an angry exchange with Logano crew chief Todd Gordon.

Nearly 30 minutes later, Pearn still

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Joey Logano celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. appeared visibly angry.

Truex and Pearn are part of Furniture Row Racing, which is shutting down at the end of the season, a year removed from its championship run. Naysayers cast doubt on the No. 78 defending its title with the closure looming, but both driver and crew chief are determined to prove everyone wrong.

“With everything we’ve got riding on it, the team closing down, it’s tough to take,” Pearn said of his confrontation with Gordon. “I used a few choice words I probably shouldn’t have. I probably shouldn’t be around a baseball bat

or a jackhammer right now.”

Logano won the opening race to the third round of the playoffs by using the bumper on his Ford to shove Truex out of his way on the final lap. The contact caused both cars to wiggle, but Truex’s slide was nearly sideways while Logano corrected after a swerve and straightened himself out as hurtled across the finish line.

“I’m a hard racer, I don’t think that’s a secret to anyone, and we are here to win a championship this year,” Logano said.

Eight drivers started the day vying for the four spots in the sea-

son finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Now one of the slots is gone, to Logano of Team Penske, and NASCAR’s so-called “Big 3” is still trying to lock down a berth.

Truex, along with Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch, dominated the regular season and as a trio were expected to make it to Miami to race for the winner-take-all title.

Instead, Truex wound up third.

“We should be in Victory Lane right now,” said Truex. “I was next to him for six laps, I never knocked him out of the way. We were going to race hard for it, in my book.

I cleared him fair and square. We

weren’t even banging doors.

“And he just drove into the back of me and knocked me out of the way. Yeah, it’s short track racing. But what goes around comes around.”

Logano was aware how he won was not popular but his eyes are on the bigger prize.

“He raced really clean and I laid the bumper to him. I don’t expect him to be happy,” Logano said.

“We’ve got to do what we’ve got to do, and he’s got to do what he’s got to do, and we’ll hash it out one way or the other. That’s NASCAR racing. That’s what the grassroots are, that’s what fans come here to see.

Some may not like it.”

Logano led a race-high 309 of the 500 laps but had to contend with Penske teammate Brad Keselowski in the waning laps. That gave time for Truex, whose Toyota failed inspection prior to the race so he started 31st, to close in on the leaders.

Truex first got past Keselowski, who raced Logano so hard it is clear Penske does not have team orders, and got to Logano with 10 laps to go. They raced side-by-side, door-to-door, round-and-round the Virginia paperclip until Truex finally got the lead with one lap remaining.

Truex thought he was clear and headed to not only the right to defend his championship, but also his first career victory on a short track.

Instead, Logano used his bumper to claw the victory back into his control and earned an enemy while doing so.

“I was next to him for six laps, I never knocked him out of the way,” Truex said. “We were going to race hard for it, in my book. I cleared him fair and square. We weren’t even banging doors.”

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IBM set to acquire North Carolinabased Red Hat in $34B deal In historic acquisition, IBM seeks entry into the cloud computing fast lane

By Emily Roberson North State Journal RALEIGH — IBM announced Sunday it will acquire North Carolina-based open-source software company Red Hat in a $34 billion stock deal that the technology and consulting giant’s chief executive says will advance the company to the next step in cloud computing.

IBM and Raleigh-based Red Hat said in a joint statement that IBM would buy all Red Hat common shares at $190 apiece — 63 percent above Red Hat’s closing price Friday. The two companies said the deal, approved by their respective boards, is subject to Red Hat shareholder and regulatory approval and should be completed in the latter half of 2019.

Ginni Rometty, IBM’s chairman, president and CEO, says the acquisition — IBM’s largest-ever acquisition in its 107-year history — would make IBM the world’s No. 1 hybrid cloud provider — that’s when companies use a mix of on-site, private and third-party public cloud services.

“The acquisition of Red Hat is a game-changer. It changes everything about the cloud market,” Rometty said in the news release.

IBM rivals Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have long been in the game of providing computing power and software for rent, but Rometty has said that the market is moving into a “second chapter” in which customers will want to work with multiple cloud providers. That should boost interest in so-called hybrid services in which companies run programs that use computing resources from their own servers and web services from IBM, as

well as others at the same time, she said.

Red Hat will help IBM with that effort because it is a leading provider of open-source software and services that help companies bridge different platforms.

The two companies said IBM intends to keep Red Hat’s headquarters in Raleigh, where it has more than 2,000 employees in a downtown office building, as well as maintain Red Hat’s “facilities, brands and practices.”

Red Hat started in 1993, with its headquarters previously on the North Carolina State University campus. Today it has 12,600 workers worldwide in more than 35 countries, and has grown into the dominant provider of the Linux operating system to corporations. While Linux is available free of charge, Red Hat sells a version of Linux that contains software enhancements and the high level of technical support that corporations require. The company reported $2.9 billion in revenue for its most recent fiscal year.

“IBM has deep, deep customer expertise…in a way that can dramatically accelerate our business,” said, Red Hat president and CEO, Jim Whitehurst.

For IBM, Red Hat’s Linux and other software assets represent an opportunity to sell products to corporate software developers who are building complex applications that can run on both cloud-computing platforms such as Amazon and Microsoft, as well as in-house data centers.

The two companies called the acquisition a logical step after they’ve worked together for 20 years, saying IBM served as an early supporter of Linux, a key component of Red Hat’s software distribution system.

“Today’s announcement is the evolution of our long-standing partnership,” Rometty said.

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Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and CEO In an email to Red Hat employees, Whitehurst said the company will be a “distinct unit within IBM” and that he’ll report directly to Rometty.

“Our unwavering commitment to open source innovation remains unchanged,” Whitehurst said in the email text released by the company.

Within Red Hat on Sunday, some employees expressed concerns that the acquisition could tamp down Red Hat’s more freewheeling corporate culture, where employees are encouraged to participate in the development of open-source software projects, even if they are not core to Red Hat’s business. On the whole, however, workers seemed to be hopeful that the historic deal would ultimately be transformative because of IBM’s global reach and marketing ability. One employee said, “If we can leverage those resources and continue to operate the way we are, that might be the best of both worlds.”

For its part, IBM intends to retain Red Hat culture as well as its brand, said Rometty. IBM said the deal will start to boost its free cash flow and gross margin within 12 months and accelerate revenue growth as the deal closes in late 2019.

Associated Press writer Gary D. Robertson contributed to this report.

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Statesville Pumpkin Fest keeps the Halloween fun going Halloween will have come and gone by this weekend but that doesn’t mean your Halloween fun has to end.

Not if you venture out to Downtown Statesville, a public power community, this Saturday, November 3 for the 16th Annual Statesville Pumpkin Fest. The fun starts at 10 a.m. and keeps on going till 5 p.m. This family-friendly event has something for everyone. From live music and arts and crafts, to fantastic food, shopping, activities for kids of all ages, and more. This year’s music lineup features three stages and musical performers including The Kincaids, Mystery Hillbillies, Tonya Wood Music Co. and the Statesville Drumline on the Center Stage. All hosted by WAME Real Country 92.9 & 550. There will also be dance, gymnastics, martial arts and a variety of acoustic performances on the Acoustic Stage. The kids will have plenty to hold their attention. The Publix Kids’ Zone will include a nice assortment of amusement park rides and inflatables to choose from. All-day wristbands or individual tickets can be purchased at the festival.

Downtown restaurants and stores will also be open. Admission to the festival is free, although some activities include a fee. Check out the event Facebook page for more info, here: www. facebook.com/DowntownStatesville/

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C2 US consumer spending up inflation-adjusted 0.3 percent Washington, D.C. U.S. consumer spending rose in September by a solid, inflationadjusted 0.3 percent, led by increased spending on health care services and motor vehicles.

The Commerce Department also said Monday that the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation returned to the central bank’s 2 annual percent target after having been slightly elevated in prior months. In addition, personal incomes rose 0.2 percent in September — the smallest gain since June 2017. Roughly half of that increase was wiped out by inflation. Consumer spending accounts for the majority of U.S. economic activity, and it was the key driver of overall growth during the July-September quarter.

UK to start taxing big internet companies London Britain’s Treasury chief unveiled Monday a new tax on big internet companies’ revenues, insisting it is time that the global tech giants with profitable business in the U.K. pay their fair share for public services. Philip Hammond made the announcement as he outlined his budget, explaining that while he preferred trying to find a global solution to address the borderless nature of the wealth of the likes of Google and Facebook, negotiations with other countries had been too slow. He said the tax will be “narrowly-targeted” on the U.K.-generated revenues of specific digital platform business models.

“The rules have simply not kept pace with changing business models,” Hammond said. “And it’s clearly not sustainable, or fair, that digital platform businesses can generate substantial value in the U.K. without paying tax here in respect of that business.”

Companies typically pay their taxes where they are based.

Colorado lawsuit could ripple through US cannabis industry

By Kathleen Foody The Associated Press DENVER — A federal trial in Colorado could have far-reaching effects on the United States’ budding marijuana industry if a jury sides with a couple who say having a cannabis business as a neighbor hurts their property’s value.

The trial set to begin Monday in Denver is the first time a jury will consider a lawsuit using federal anti-racketeering law to target cannabis companies. But the marijuana industry has closely watched the case since 2015, when attorneys with a Washington, D.C.-based firm first filed their sweeping complaint on behalf of Hope and Michael Reilly.

One of the couple’s lawyers, Brian Barnes, said they bought the southern Colorado land for its views of Pikes Peak and have since built a house on the rural property. They also hike and ride horses there.

But they claim “pungent, foul odors” from a neighboring indoor marijuana grow have hurt the property’s value and their ability to use and enjoy it.

“That’s just not right,” Barnes said. “It’s not right to have people in violation of federal law injuring others.”

An attorney for the business targeted by the suit plans to argue the couple’s property has not been damaged, relying in part on the county’s tax valuations of the Reillys’ land ticking up over time.

Vulnerability to similar lawsuits is among the many risks facing marijuana businesses licensed by states but still violating federal law. Suits using the same strategy have been filed in California, Massachusetts and Oregon.

Mirroring the Reilly complaint, several claim the smell of marijuana damages neighboring owners’ ability to enjoy their land or harms their property value.

The question now is whether jurors accept the argument.

“They can claim a $1 million drop in property value, but if a jury does not agree and says $5,000, that’s not that big of a deal,” said Rob Mikos, a Vanderbilt University law professor who specializes

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In this Feb. 19, 2015 photo Hope, left, and Mike Reilly of Pueblo, Colo., attend a news conference in reaction to the announcement that a federal lawsuit is being filed on behalf of the couple by a Washington D.C.-based group to shut down the state’s $800-million-a-year marijuana industry, in Denver. in drug law. “That’s why there are a lot of eyes on the case.”

Congress created the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — better known as RICO — to target the Mafia in the 1970s, allowing prosecutors to argue leaders of a criminal enterprise should pay a price along with lower-level defendants.

But the anti-racketeering law also allows private parties to file lawsuits claiming their business or property has been damaged by a criminal enterprise. Those who prove it can be financially compensated for damages times three, plus attorneys’ expenses.

Starting in 2015, opponents of the marijuana industry decided to use the strategy against companies producing or selling marijuana products, along with investors, insurers, state regulators and other players. Cannabis companies immediately saw the danger of high legal fees or court-ordered payouts.

That concern only grew when a Denver-based federal appeals court ruled in 2017 that the Reillys could use anti-racketeering law to sue the licensed cannabis grower neighboring their property. Insurance companies and other entities originally named in the

Reillys’ suit have gradually been removed, some after reaching financial settlements out of court.

The case focuses on property in Pueblo County, where local officials saw marijuana as an opportunity to boost an area left behind by the steel industry. Most Colorado counties ban outdoor grows, forcing pot cultivators to find expensive warehouse space.

Pueblo officials positioned their sunny, flat plains as the alternative. They created financial incentives in hopes of drawing growers to outdoor fields or cavernous buildings left vacant by other industries.

Parker Walton was among the early comers, buying 40 acres in the rural town of Rye in 2014.

Barnes said the Reillys made three separate land purchases between 2011 and 2014, gradually reaching more than 100 acres.

They learned about plans for the marijuana business bordering their final purchase four months after completing the sale, he said.

Walton put up a 5,000-squarefoot (465-square-meter) building to grow and harvest marijuana plants indoors. The Reillys filed their lawsuit in early 2015. A year later, Walton announced the company’s first harvest via Insta-

gram, snapping a photo of a strain dubbed “Purple Trainwreck” hanging to cure in a dim room.

Fewer than five people including Walton work for the company, which sells its products to retail stores, his attorney, Matthew Buck said.

Buck said he’s confident jurors will decide the Reillys’ property has not been harmed. Buck warned, though, that defending against a similar lawsuit comes at a high cost for marijuana businesses while plaintiffs with support from a large law firm have little to lose.

Cooper & Kirk, the firm handling the couple’s suit, has a conservative reputation, including a founding partner who worked for the U.S. Justice Department during the Reagan administration. Barnes said members of the firm were “troubled” as states began legalizing the adult use of marijuana because of the inherent conflict with federal law, and they brainstormed legal strategies.

Walton created a website this month to raise money for his defense. He wrote that a loss could jeopardize “all legal cannabis operations in all states.”

But some lawyers who have defended companies in similar lawsuits said those fears are overhyped.

Adam Wolf, a California attorney, said he believes the suits are primarily intended to scare third-party companies into cutting ties with marijuana firms or persuading cannabis companies to shut down. But long-term, Wolf said the U.S. Supreme Court has curtailed lawsuits making civil racketeering claims against other industries.

Courts could apply the same logic to cannabis, he argued.

“What the plaintiffs seemed to be saying is anybody who touched, in any matter, any marijuana business is potentially liable,” Wolf said. “And that is a soundly rejected argument by the courts.”

Barnes, though, said the number of racketeering lawsuits awaiting action suggests attorneys with no ties to his firm believe in the strategy.

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RUSTY KENNEDY | AP PHOTO | FILE

Singer Robert Plant, left, and guitarist Jimmy Page, right, of the British rock band Led Zeppelin, perform at the Live Aid concert at Philadelphia’s J.F.K. Stadium in this July 13, 1985 file photo. Warner Music Group Corp., whose artists include Led Zeppelin and Josh Groban, on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 posted a first-quarter loss, hurt by higher expenses and a charge related to a discontinued business.

Guitarist Jimmy Page looks back at 50 years of Led Zeppelin

By Andrew Dalton The Associated Press CORONA, Calif. — Jimmy Page once painted a dragon, and used it to slay.

The guitar guru was so bursting with creative inspiration 50 years ago that he felt compelled to pick up a brush and use his skills from art school to take poster paints to his favorite instrument, a 1959 Fender Telecaster, and decorate it with a psychedelic beast.

He calls the axe “the Excalibur” that he wielded through the wildly eventful year of 1968, when his old band, the Yardbirds, crashed, and his new band, Led Zeppelin, was born just two months later.

“My whole life is moving so fast at that point,” Page, now 74, said

as he reflected on Led Zeppelin’s 50th anniversary in an interview with The Associated Press at the Fender guitar factory in California. “Absolutely just a roller-coaster ride.”

Page said he had Led Zeppelin’s sound, and first songs, fully formed in his mind before the Yardbirds were even done.

“I just knew what way to go,” Page said. “It was in my instinct.”

He found his first ally in singer Robert Plant, whom he invited to his house to thumb through records and talk music.

Page said he used an unlikely bit of folkie inspiration — Joan Baez — to show Plant the sound he wanted, playing her recording of the song “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” and telling him to emulate

the way she sang the top line of the song. Zeppelin would put the tune on its first album.

Page still marvels at how fast the whole thing took off after Plant brought on drummer John Bonham and Page pulled in his friend John Paul Jones to play bass.

“The whole journey of Led Zeppelin and the rise of Led Zeppelin, each tour was just extraordinary, and the growth and the respect and love of the band, and the people that were flooding to see us,” Page said.

The first record also included “Dazed and Confused,” with Page famously using a violin bow on the dragon guitar, which he played on every electric song on the record.

The guitar had been a cherished gift that guitarist Jeff Beck

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Jamie Lee Curtis in a scene from “Halloween.”

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‘Halloween’ carves up another $32 million to top box office

By Jake Coyle The Associated Press NEW YORK — Michael Meyers — or is it Jamie Lee Curtis?

— can’t be stopped. “Halloween” dominated the North American box office for the second straight weekend, carving up an estimated $32 million in ticket sales.

The top four films were all unchanged at the North American box office, according to Sunday estimates, as Hollywood left “Halloween” to dominate the pre-trickor-treating weekend. The sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 original, starring the 59-year-old Curtis as Laurie Strode, last week notched the biggest opening ever for a film with a female lead older than 55.

The Blumhouse Productions

film, distributed by Universal Pictures, is already one of the highest grossing slasher films ever, with $126.7 million in ticket sales (plus another $45.6 million international) on just a $10 million budget. “Halloween,” directed by David Gordon Green, slid a relatively modest 58 percent — especially good for a horror release — after setting a record for an October debut last weekend.

Bradley Cooper’s lauded “A Star Is Born” remained in second place with $14 million in its fourth weekend. The film, starring Cooper and Lady Gaga, has thus far grossed $148.7 million domestically, while proving an equally strong seller overseas for Warner Bros. It’s made $104.6 million internationally.

Sony’s superhero spinoff “Venom” also stuck in third with $10.8 million in its fourth weekend. The comic-book adaptation, starring Tom Hardy, has grossed $504.8 million worldwide.

That trio of “Halloween,” ‘‘Venom” and “A Star Is Born” has driven the October box office to a new high. With a few days to go, monthly ticket sales had already surpassed the record of $757.1 million from 2014, according to comScore, with $789.9 million in sales in October — traditionally a fairly sleepy month in movie theaters.

Other films in nationwide release also struggled to come anywhere close to the strong holdovers.

After a promising limited release last weekend, Jonah Hill’s directorial debut, the coming-of-age skateboarding drama “Mid90s,” took in a mediocre $3 million 1,206 theaters for A24. Pure Flix’s Christian war film drama “Indivisible” took in $1.6 million on 830 screens.

had given Page to thank him for recommending Beck for a job in the Yardbirds, which had brought a handsome payday.

“He’d bought a Corvette Stingray, and came roaring up my driveway with it,” Page remembered.

“He said, ‘This is yours.’ I was absolutely thrilled to bits. It was given to me with so much affection.”

Page said he made immediate and intense use of the instrument, and wanted to “consecrate” it, so he went at it with paints that were used at the time for psychedelic posters, and summoned the dragon.

Page later left the guitar behind at his home in England on an early U.S. tour with Led Zeppelin in 1969. He’d come to regret it.

When he returned, exhausted and abuzz, he found that a ceramicist friend who had been serving as his house-sitter had painted over the dragon in his own mosaic style as a “gift” for Page.

“It was a disaster,” he said.

Page angrily stripped off all the paint and it sat in storage where it sat for decades.

Flash forward 50 years. Page was assembling a book for the band’s anniversary, and the dragon guitar kept popping up in pictures.

Page felt that maybe it was time to bring the old beast back to life.

He worked with a graphic artist who helped illustrate the book, using photos to repaint the guitar, and recreate its old look.

He loved the result so much that he approached Fender, guitar maker happily signed on to make an anniversary rendition for the public.

“It’s absolutely identical,” Page said. “You wouldn’t see any difference. If anything, the colors were just slightly richer.”

Four different versions of the guitar will be released next year.

Along with the book, the instruments are a tribute to the band’s 50-year legacy.

Asked what kind of gift one might get for his bandmates for such a milestone, Page said, “I might give them a paintbrush, and the body of a guitar, and see if they can do something with it.”

Recording Academy to honor Willie Nelson The Associated Press NEW YORK — The Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing will honor Willie Nelson days before the 2019 Grammy Awards.

The academy announced Tuesday that Nelson’s career and achievements will be celebrated on Feb. 6, 2019, at The Village Studios in Los Angeles.

“Willie Nelson has inspired generations of musicians and fans, and continues to set precedents of excellence within the music com-

munity,” Neil Portnow, the academy’s president and CEO, said in a statement.

Past honorees include Quincy Jones, T Bone Burnett, Alicia Keys and Neil Young.

The annual event also highlights producers and engineers in the music industry. More than 6,400 members make up the academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing.

Nelson has won eight Grammys throughout this career. The 61st annual Grammy Awards will air live Feb. 10 on CBS.

MARK HUMPHREY | AP PHOTO | FILE

In this Jan. 7, 2017, file photo, Willie Nelson performs in Nashville, Tenn.

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TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS 17-SP-183 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jerry D. McMahan and Elizabeth P. McMahan, in the original amount of $182,557.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Flagstar Bank, FSB, dated July 14, 2008 and recorded on July 15, 2008 in Book 08340 at Page 0265, and modified by Loan Modification dated December 28, 2015 and recorded on February 1, 2016 in Book 11769 at Page 0133, Cabarrus County Public Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone Trustee Services, LLC having been

18 SP 544 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Gwendolyn E. Zambrano and Janny Molina to Horack Talley Pharr & Lowndes, P.A., Trustee(s), which was dated May 8, 2008 and recorded on May 9, 2008 in Book 08233 at Page 0201, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina.

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

CUMBERLAND 18-SP-710 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lenroy Gibson (Deceased) and Susan M. Gibson, in the original amount of $51,500.00, payable to MetAmerica Mortgage Bankers, dated June 15, 2004 and recorded on June 21, 2004 in Book 6564 at Page 692, Cumberland County Public Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instru-

18 SP 1102 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Zeb Thompson and Donna Thompson to Union Service Corporation, Trustee(s), which was dated August 8, 2014 and recorded on August 14, 2014 in Book 09489 at Page 0216, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18 SP 855 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert R. Dent and Brooke L. Dent to Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated March 28, 2014 and recorded on April 1, 2014 in Book 09404 at Page 0429, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 7, 2018

18 SP 1105 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, on November 7, 2018 at 2:00 pm , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Lot 85 of Stonewyck Subdivision as shown on map thereof recorded in the Cabarrus County Registry in Map Book 25 at Page 59, reference to said map being hereby made for a more particular description.

Tax ID: 04-099C-0085.000 Said Property is commonly known as 2125 Norwich Ct, Kannapolis, NC 28081 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents

(0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fee will be collected. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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

undersigned, the current owner of the property is Elizabeth P. McMahan and Jerry D. McMahan.

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

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

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

the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 14, 2018 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: LYING AND BEING SITUATE IN CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a

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

BEING ALL OF LOT 54, PARK PLACE, PHASE 2, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 53, PAGE 66-67, IN THE OFFICE OF REGISTER OF DEEDS OF CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 280 Morning Dew Drive, Concord, NC 28025.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-

lars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Janny Molina and Gwendol E Zambrano.

An Order for possession of the property may be is-

ment duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Cumberland County, North Carolina, on November 5, 2018 at 11:00 am, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: BEING all of Lot No. 9, in a subdivision known as Rollingwood, Section 1, according to a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 34, Page 50, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Subject to restrictions, easements and rights-ofway of record.

Tax ID: 0429-47-9696 Said Property is commonly known as 827 Durwood Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28311 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina Gen-

eral Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof, or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a

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

of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 7, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 18 (0.63 AC) IN A SUBDVISION KNOWN AS JEFF MCPHAIL AND THE SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 93 AT PAGE 33 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 7140 Lee Avenue, Wade, NC 28395.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining

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

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

by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the

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

at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina and is described as follows:

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the

challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to

declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Being all of Lot Number 59 in a subdivision Known as River Glen, Section One Phases One and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 124, at Page 177, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

This being the same property conveyed to Robert R. Dent an wife, Brooke L. Dent, their heirs, successors, and assigns from Forum Building Group, LLC, in a deed dated April 20, 2011, recorded April 21, 2011, in Book 08631 Page 0120 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1442 Vandenburg Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28312.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ___________________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, PC Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 462-5006 (803) 929-0830

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-04610-FC02

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ___________________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, P.C. Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC Sarah Elizabeth Banks #44023 David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 462-5006 (803) 929-0830

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-07349-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-03907-FC01

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Akisha D. Anthony and Dalvin D. Hill to Michael J. Broker, Trustee(s), which was dated June 3, 2011 and recorded on June 7, 2011 in Book 08657 at Page 0608, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 7, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in

LYING AND BEING SITUATED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 99, BEAVER CREEK NORTH, SECTION TWO, AND THE SAME DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 83, PAGE 93, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO AKISHA D. ANTHONY BY DEED FROM SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS RECORDED 12/01/2005 IN DEED BOOK 7082 PAGE 353, IN THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 5724 Randleman Street, Fayetteville, NC 28304.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred

Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Akisha D. Anthony.

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

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house for conducting the sale on November 7, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 241 as; shown on plat entitled “Revision of Lots 239-242, Section Seven, Woodlea”, Plat of which is duly recorded in Book of Plats 49, Page 8, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 4723 Dominion Road, Fayetteville, NC 28306.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Nephi Hubert Lawson.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

The following described lot, piece, or parcel of land, situate lying and being in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to-wit: BEING all of Lot 22, in a Subdivision known as Woodland Hills, Phase Two, according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 109, Page 33, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Being the same premises conveyed unto Percy E. Springsteen, a single man, and Patricia Lucero. a single woman, not as tenants in common, but as joint tenants, with full rights of survivorship. The whole estate to vest in the survivor in the event of the death of either, by virtue of deed from Percy E. Springsteen, a single man, dated January 31, 2013, recorded February 5, 2013 in Book 9104, Page 354, Cumberland County, NC. Tax ID: 0403-97-0566 Said Property is commonly known as 5617 Shady Pine Ct, Hope Mills, NC 28348 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s

fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fee will be collected. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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

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

of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §4521.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

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

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

NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Nephi Hubert Lawson to Kathleen M. Hough, Trustee(s), which was dated May 31, 2006 and recorded on June 8, 2006 in Book 7262 at Page 083, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18-SP-1101 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Percey E Spingsteen, in the original amount of $144,620.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for New Penn Financial, LLC., dated July 27, 2015 and recorded on July 30, 2015 in Book 09696 at Page 0299, Cumberland County Public Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Cumberland County, North Carolina, on November 19, 2018 at 11:00 am, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit:

Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED NEAR THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS:

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-09419-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-10293-FC01

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ___________________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, PC Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 462-5006 (803) 929-0830

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17 SP 239 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Linda C. Kreiter to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), which was dated August 15, 2002 and recorded on August 21, 2002 in Book 5821 at Page 119, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

JOHNSTON 18 SP 135 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Tyler J. Fish and Ashlee B. Selin to Ronald D. Haley, Trustee(s), which was dated September 30, 2014 and recorded on October 2, 2014 in Book 4507 at Page 138, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18 SP 416 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lesley Ann Joyner Richards to Allan B. Polunsky, Trustee(s), which was dated April 13, 2017 and recorded on April 13, 2017 in Book 4941 at Page 492, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina.

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

STANLY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 118

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lottie M. Parker, a married woman and Raynard Parker, her spouse (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Lottie Mae Parker) to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of June, 2005, and recorded in Book 1064, Page 285, in Stanly 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 Stanly 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 Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at

UNION 18 SP 291 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Boyce Alexander Duncan and Darcy Elaine Demart Duncan in the original amount of $147,600.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for IndyMac Bank, F.S.B, dated October 4, 2007 and recorded on October 12, 2007 in Book 4710, Page 105, Union County Registry.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 269

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Roger Morrison and Krista Morrison to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of July, 2007, and recorded in Book 4631, Page 630, in Union 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 Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on October 25, 2018 and will sell to the highest

WAKE 18 SP 2033 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Werner Scheck to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated December 8, 2003 and recorded on December 12, 2003 in Book 010586 at Page 00469, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substi-

18 SP 959 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Christopher McElroy to Anthony Warden, Trustee(s), which was dated September 26, 2014 and recorded on September 26, 2014 in Book 015792 at Page 00592, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 7, 2018 at

Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 13, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at the southwestern corner of Lot No. 7 of the Flora M. Marshburn Subdivision Section One as recorded in Plat Book 29, Page 61 of the Cumberland County Registry and running thence North 09 degrees 54 minutes East 150.00 feet to a point; thence South 80 degrees 06 minutes East 129 feet to a point; thence South 09 degrees 54 minutes West 150.00 feet to a point in the margin of Pamalee Drive; thence North 80 degrees 06 minutes West 129.00 feet to the point of the beginning and being all of Lot No. 7 of the Flora M. Marshburn Subdivision Section One as recorded in Plat Book 29, Page 61, Cumberland County, North Carolina, Registry and a 29 foot portion to the East of said Lot No. 7 being a portion of the property described in a deed to

Flora May Marshburn recorded in Book 983, Page 213, Cumberland County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1337 Pamalee Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28303.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights

of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Linda Carol Kreiter.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this prop-

erty 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.

the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 9, 2018 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 18, Creekstone Subdivision, Section Two, Phase One, as shown on a map recorded in Plat Book 44, Page 263, Johnston County Registry to which plat reference is hereby made for a full and complete description of said lot.

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

Said property is commonly known as 136 Creekstone Drive, Benson, NC 27504.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-

lars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Tyler J. Fish.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the pur-

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale

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

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 9, 2018 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF THAT LOT CONTAINING 1.195 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN IN PLAT BOOK 57, PAGE 23, JOHNSTON COUNTY REGISTRY, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1172 Mudham Road, Wendell, NC 27591.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statu-

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale

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

11:00 AM on November 7, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: FIRST TRACT: Beginning at an iron pin on the East side of Coggins Avenue and runs thence S. 73-18 E. 165.6 feet to an iron pin; thence N. 16-42 E. 80 feet to an iron pin, thence N. 73-18 W. 186.46 feet to an iron pin on the East side of Coggins Avenue; thence S. 2-00 W; with the East side of Coggins Avenue 82.68 feet to the point of Beginning, the same being a part of Lot No. 48 of what is known as Stanly Heights, as shown on a map of said property as recorded in Plat Book No. 1, pages 78 and 79, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County, North Carolina.

on; said property being located at 407 Coggins Avenue, Albemarle, North Carolina.

property is sold.

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

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For reference see deed duly recorded in Deed Book 331, Page 154, Stanly County Registry.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Union County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on November 8, 2018, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: BEING all of Lot 99 of Glen Eagles II, as shown on that plat recorded in Plat Cabinet C, File 433, Union County Register of Deeds, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description.

Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 2509 Hopewood Lane, Monroe, NC 28110. Tax ID: 09345160 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents

(0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof, or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina

General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

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

If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and

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

bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 301 of Southwinds subdivision, Phase 2, Map 2, as shown on plat thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet J, File No. 158, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Union County, North Carolina, reference to which plat is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 711 Skywatch Lane, Monroe, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in 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.

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tuted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 7, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 10, Woodway Subdivision, as recorded in Book of Maps 1985, Page 1994, Wake County Registry Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 7612 Trudy Lane, Garner, NC 27529.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-

lars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Werner Scheck.

An Order for possession of the property may be is-

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability

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

10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying on the West side of Second Avenue and beginning at a point where west line of Second Avenue Intersects northern line of Oakwood Street, thence in northern direction with west line of Second Avenue 150 feet to the corner of lot No. 3 in block 9; thence in western direction with the line of lot No. 3, 150 feet to a 12 foot alley; thence with the eastern line of said alley southern direction 150 feet to northern line of Oakwood Street; thence with northern line of Oakwood Street in eastern direction 150 feet to the point of beginning being lots being No. 1 and 2 as shown on map of Knightdale, N.C. made

by Gaston W. Rogers, C.B., said lots being in Block 9.

Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 401 2nd Avenue, Knightdale, NC 27545.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances

or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Christopher McElroy and Sandra L. Cook.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this prop-

erty 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.

SECOND TRACT: All right, title and interest that the parties of the first part may have in and to any land or premises that lies between the property conveyed in Deed Book 244, page 132, Stanly County Registry, and deeded to the grantors herein and the present location of Coggins Avenue, as shown by a map of Stokesdale, which map is duly recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County in Map Book 2, page 108.

Together

with

improvements

located

And being that same property conveyed by Henry R. Knight & wife, Alwayne A. at als to J.F. Keith by deed recorded in Book 1044, Page 476, Wake County Registry.

SAVE AND EXCEPT that property described in that deed recorded in Book 1098, Page 99, Wake County

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-20973-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-00057-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-09609-FC01

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: _______________________ January N. Taylor, Bar #33512 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) jtaylor@mtglaw.com

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Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-04166-FC01

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2153 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Charles Edward Ziegler, III and Erika Kiper Ziegler to Kathryn S. Drake, Attorney at Law, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of June, 2016, and recorded in Book 16416, Page 690, 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

18 SP 1152 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Freddie Perry and Judy M. Clark to Timothy M. Bartosh or William B. Naryka, Trustee(s), which was dated December 21, 2007 and recorded on December 27, 2007 in Book 012890 at Page 01872, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18-SP-1993 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Gregory H. Brown and Tonya Villines, in the original amount of $212,500.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First NLC Financial Services, LLC, dated July 20, 2007 and recorded on August 1, 2007 in Book 012686 at Page 00811, Wake County Public Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of 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 courthouse door

16 SP 1013 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Njeri A. Whitworth to, Trustee(s), which was dated March 24, 2000 and recorded on March 24, 2000 in Book 008546 at Page 711 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on May 18, 2015 in Book 016017, Page 072, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18 SP 2124 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael Mayor a/k/a Michael A. Mayor a/k/a Michael Adam Mayor and Kimberly P. Mayor to Trustee Services Of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated January 28, 2010 and recorded on February 8, 2010 in Book 13847 at Page 1515, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

14 SP 1934 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Brandon J. Carter and Erica Carter to Brock and Scott, Trustee(s), which was dated December 1, 2005 and recorded on December 2, 2005 in Book 011715 at Page 02380 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on August 9, 2011 in Book 014427, Page 01281, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

17 SP 1696 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dexter T. Johnson and Marsha S. Johnson to Donna M. Haddock, Trustee(s), which was dated August 25, 2005 and recorded on August 29, 2005 in Book 011551 at Page 00724, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 14, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder

15 SP 2187 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by William Paul Banks and Sherry M. Banks to Law Offices of Vicki I. Miller, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated April 25, 2005 and recorded on May 2, 2005 in Book 011340 at Page 02218, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, 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 5, 2018 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 55 in Landings at Neuse Crossing, Phase 2, as shown on a plat which is recorded in Book of Maps 2006, Pages 412-413, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2928 Landing Falls Lane, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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 prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this prop-

erty 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: 1253516 (FC.FAY)

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 7, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 95, Heritage Manor Subdivision, Phase 2, as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 2002, Page 2001, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1538 Eva Mae Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are im-

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a

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

in Wake County, North Carolina, on November 9, 2018 at 1:30 PM , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN LAND SITUATED IN THE STATE OF NC, COUNTY OF WAKE, CITY OF RALEIGH, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 55, MERYTON SUBDIVISION, AS RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2004, PAGE 1724 WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Being all of that certain property conveyed to Tonya Villines and Gregory H. Brown from KB Home Raleigh-Durham, LLC, by deed dated 8/25/2006 and recorded in Deed Book 12136, Page 1251 of official records.

Tax ID: 1738237350 Said Property is commonly known as 5428 Meryton Parkway, Raleigh, NC 27616 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents

(0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fee will be collected. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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

dersigned, the current owner of the property is Gregory H Brown and Tonya Villines.

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

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

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

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 14, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 35, WILLOW CREEK SUBDIVISION, SECTION ONE, PHASE TWO, BLOCK A, AS SHOWN ON PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1998, PAGE 1806, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 149 North Honey Springs Avenue, Fuquay Varina, NC 27526.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are im-

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

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

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

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

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

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 14, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability

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

Being all of Lot 22 of Rothgeb Subdivision, Phase II, as shown on that map recorded in Book of Maps 1997, Page 1674, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1004 Bittbourg Lane, Wendell, NC 27591.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-

lars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Michael A. Mayor.

An Order for possession of the property may be is-

offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 14, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 284 Willow Bluffs Subdivision, Phase V, as recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Pages 1481-1483, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 6317 Silver Spring Court, Willow Springs, NC 27592.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE

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

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

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

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

validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND IN RALEIGH TOWNSHIP, CITY OF RALEIGH, WAKE COUNTY, STATE OF NC, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN BOOK 6466 PAGE 0442 ID# 31160, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 3 ROSEMONT GARDENS SUBDIVISION, FILED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1945 AT PAGE 45.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM GEORGE W SLOAN, JR. AND WIFE JUDITH F SLOAN AND MA MANSOUR AND WIFE, TAGHRID D MANSOUR TO DEXTER T JOHNSON AND MARSHA S JOHNSON, DATED 03/13/1995 RECORDED ON 03/16/1995 IN BOOK 6466, PAGE 0442 IN WAKE COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF NC. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 2614 Poole Road, Raleigh, NC 27610.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will

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

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

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 14, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 40 of Heron Park - Phase 2 as shown on map re-recorded in Book of Maps 1995, Pages 521 and 522 and recorded in Book 1994, Page 1828, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 3417 Beaux Court, Raleigh, NC 27616.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR

THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are William P. Banks and wife, Sherry M. Banks.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to

declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 11-06566-FC02

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ____________________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, PC Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 462-5006 (803) 929-0830

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-16006-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-10712-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Aaron B. Anderson Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5710 Oleander Drive, Ste. 204 Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: (910) 202-2940 Fax: (910) 202 2941 File No.: 11-08457-FC02

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-08486-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 15-12535-FC01

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