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General Assembly reconvenes The North Carolina General Assembly returns to work in earnest Wednesday for a budgetwriting session that traditionally lasts until early summer. Exactly how long legislators will meet probably will depend on how well Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-controlled House and Senate can work together. Democratic gains in the November elections mean the GOP no longer has veto-proof control. The victories give Cooper and his allies more leverage in negotiating after Democrats have essentially been shut out since 2013.

Triad Confederate statue ownership uncertain amid removal row Questions about the ownership of a Confederate monument that city officials in Winston-Salem want gone have arisen just days before the city-imposed deadline for removal. In a Jan. 25 letter, the United Daughters of the Confederacy’s North Carolina chapter asked Winston-Salem’s city attorney for a 60-day delay on filing legal action to force the removal. The city had issued a Jan. 31 deadline. The UDC has previously claimed ownership of the statue, but recently unearthed news accounts have drawn questions over who owns the statue. The UDC wants a delay to resolve who actually owns the monument and whether the state’s monument protection law applies. Stacey Abrams to give

Democrats response to State of Union Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. The role elevates Abrams in Democratic politics after she narrowly lost the governor’s race in November. Schumer called Abrams a “great spokesperson” and a leader on voting rights. Senate Democrats are urging Abrams to run for Senate in 2020 against Republican Sen. David Perdue.

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Chief justice resignation creates opportunity for GOP Timing of resignation could create three elections in 2020 By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin announced on Friday he is resigning from the Supreme Court to become dean of Regent University School of Law in Virginia. Martin’s resignation creates a vacancy on the state’s highest court which will be filled by Gov. Roy Cooper. Democrats currently enjoy a 5-2 majority on the court with Martin and Justice Paul Newby as the two Republicans. Martin issued a press release on Friday afternoon announcing the move and that his final day on the court would be Feb. 28. With a likely 6-1 majority on the Supreme Court, Cooper and his allies will have an ideological advantage in several lawsuits headed to the court over redistricting, voter identification and separation of powers. In an interview on Monday, Martin told North State Journal that the timing of his departure was based on the unique opportunity offered by Regent University. “When you’re in your fifties, you have to make a decision on whether you want a second career after public service,” said Martin. “I was approached about this position, and you can’t say ‘wait until the end of my eight-year term.’” Martin also noted his longevity on the court and in public service. “I’ve been on this court for 10 percent of its entire history,” said Martin. The chief justice presided recently over the court’s 200th anniversary session. With his resignation, Martin will have completed 26 years on the bench. He also spent two years as a law clerk and two in the executive branch before becoming a judge. When asked about his legacy on the court, Martin said he had lived up to his commitments. “I served the majority of my term and fulfilled my See MARTIN, page A2

“I’ve been on this court for 10 percent of its entire history. ... I served the majority of my term and fulfilled my pledges. North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Mark Martin

RALEIGH — On Jan. 26, a sunny Saturday, supporters of the “Women’s March” filled the Halifax Mall in North Carolina’s legislative complex. More than 40 community organizations, such as Carolina Abortion Fund, League of Women Voters, UNC Law School, Duke Health and labor unions, came to set up booths at the back of the rally or to have representatives speak. The thousands in attendance came to support a wide variety of

causes, but common themes included abortion rights, resisting President Trump’s administration, creating fair districts and expanding health care options. “I feel that our reproductive rights are under threat.” said Lindsay, a Raleigh woman, to North State Journal when asked what issues brought her to the march. “We have all these options limiting health care and abortions, but at the same time this administration is pushing policies that force us to carry pregnancies to term — forcing birth. This is hypocritical and, frankly, infuriating.” Her friend Erin, also from Raleigh, agreed that abortion rights were central to why many, includSee WOMEN’S MARCH, page A2

Dan Forest takes next step in 2020 bid for governor By Gary D. Robertson The Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Lt. Gov. Dan Forest has taken another step toward running for governor in 2020. Forest announced Monday that he has formed an “exploratory” committee to seek the GOP nomination, releasing a brief video in which he talks about building a better North Carolina. There’s been little doubt since the conservative and former architect was first elected in 2012 that he would run. Every lieutenant governor in North Carolina of the last 50 years has tried to move up the executive branch ladder. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is already amassing money for a re-election bid. Forest, 51, also has been raising campaign funds, but now he has filed documentation with the state elections board making clear that money would go for a potential governor’s run, a campaign spokesman said. Forest’s video begins with footage of confrontations between protesters and police and between

black and white men arguing on the street. “When our culture values diviSee FOREST, page A2

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Trump friend Stone pleads not guilty in Russia probe case By Eric Tucker The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Roger Stone, a longtime adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony charges in the Russia investigation after a publicity-filled few days spent slamming the probe as politically motivated. The political operative and self-described dirty trickster faces charges that he lied to lawmakers, engaged in witness tampering and obstructed a congressional investigation into possible coordination between Russia and Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. He was uncharacteristically quiet during Tuesday’s brief court appearance, rising to his feet to say, “Yes, Your Honor,” as U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson asked if he would agree to the conditions of his release, including restricted travel. Stone attorney Robert Buschel entered the plea on his client’s be-

half. Stone, 66, made no public statements as he arrived and departed the courthouse amid dueling chants of “Lock Him Up” and “We Love Roger.” Stone waved and smiled to the small crowd, some holding up glowing photos of him, and he largely ignored a group of protesters carrying signs reading “Dirty traitor.” Stone, who was arrested last week at his Florida home, is the sixth Trump aide charged in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The indictment does not accuse Stone of coordinating with Russia or with WikiLeaks on the release of hacked Democratic emails. But it does allege that he misled lawmakers about his pursuit of those communications and interest in them. The anti-secrecy website published emails in the weeks before the 2016 presidential election that the U.S. says were stolen from Democrats by Russian operatives. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said Monday that

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the investigation is “close to being completed,” although an exact timetable is unclear. Mueller continues to be interested in hearing from Stone aide Andrew Miller, who is fighting a grand jury subpoena, indicating the special counsel could be pursuing additional criminal charges against Stone or others related to the release of hacked material during the 2016 election by WikiLeaks, its founder, Julian Assange, and the online persona Guccifer 2.0. Paul Kamenar, Miller’s attorney, said Mueller’s team notified him of their continued interest late Monday. Miller defied the grand jury subpoena last summer and took his challenge of Mueller’s authority to a federal appeals court. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has yet to rule in the case. Mueller’s team and lawyers with the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia are jointly prosecuting the case against

Lt. Gov. Dan Forest speaks to the press after a National Ag Leaders Roundtable in Raleigh in August 2018.

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pledges,” he said. The vacancy in the chief justice’s chair will likely have a cascading effect on the court. Martin, had he stayed on the court, would have been up for election in 2022 along with Democrats Cheri Beasley, Robin Hudson and Sam Ervin IV. Newby was the only justice facing re-election in 2020. Because of state law, whoever Cooper appoints as Chief Justice will face the voters in 2020. Should Cooper appoint a current Democrat justice, that vacancy would also be up for election in 2020. Newby has already announced his intention to seek the chief justice spot whether it be now by appointment or in 2020 through election. If Cooper elevates a current Democratic justice to chief justice, there would be three vacancies in 2020. Republicans would then have the opportunity to narrow the Democratic advantage to a single vote if they were to win all three. Martin will assume his new duties as a dean after a historical career on the bench. At the age of 29, he was first appointed to a local judgeship. He then became the youngest judge on the state’s Court of Appeals in 1994, and then in 1998, became the youngest supreme court justice at 35. Gov. Pat McCrory elevated Martin to chief justice in 2014.

ing themselves, were motivated to attend. “I work for the system, and many of these kids, if forced to be born, are being born into terrible situations where the family isn’t supported.” Erin said. “I work with kids in the DSS, and I’m also working with kids with developmental delays, often being born with narcotics in their system. I even had one mom say, ‘I couldn’t get an abortion,’ and she abandoned her children. But there’s very few places I can send these people.” Another frequent theme was the wave of high-profile sexual harassment and abuse cases across the country and what that said about how women are treated in the culture. “I’m also concerned about crimes against women, and that they are not being taken seriously,” Lindsay said. “Recently, like with the Kavanaugh vote and with the ‘Me Too’ movement, people wonder why women don’t want to come forward. Just look at how our system has handled this. Many marchers focused their signs and chants on connecting women’s issues to broader liberal causes. “We have a more leftist view of feminism, and that’s where we’re trying to push the Women’s March,” Sky, the president of the

Young Democratic Socialists of America for N.C. State University, told North State Journal. She had brought a group of other students from her organization with her to hand out literature while holding signs that read, “Ask me about socialist feminism.” “The march is pretty centrist and has some pretty problematic politics,” Sky said. “It’s pretty bourgeois and not as inclusive as it could be. They’re like, ‘Oh, if we get rid of Trump, we’re going to be free,’ but no. There’s still going to be people trying to take away our reproductive rights, and there’s still going to be people exploiting labor, and we’re still going to be an imperial force oppressing women abroad. They’re trying to reduce the problem to a couple bad actors, but it’s the whole system. It’s systemic.” In addition to the pushback from the left from groups like Sky’s, the march is also dealing with negative press after anti-Semitic comments from some of the founders became public. In response, the organizers of the Raleigh march distanced themselves from the national movement and made clear they are completely independently run. “Raleigh Women’s March is Independent of Women’s March, Inc.,” a statement on the group’s Facebook page said. “Women Mobilize NC is NOT affiliated with the National Women’s March and

sion over unity ... when incivility replaces common decency, it’s time to change,” Forest narrates in the video. “There is another way, a way that begins with seeing the intrinsic value and worth of each of our people, a way that is decent and good and civil.” Prior to serving as North Carolina’s first two-term Republican Lt. Governor, Forest was an architect and served as senior partner at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, one of North Carolina’s largest firms. He is the son of former Charlotte mayor and U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick. Forest and his wife Alice, who is featured in his

Stone. They did not push for Stone to be jailed or for Robinson to impose a gag order in the case. He is free on $250,000 bond. Stone, who has alleged without evidence that the FBI used “Gestapo tactics” in arresting him, has said he did nothing more than exercise his First Amendment rights to drum up interest with voters about the WikiLeaks disclosures. He has also denied discussing the issue with Trump. “That’s what I engaged in. It’s called politics and they haven’t criminalized it, at least not yet,” Stone said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “All I did was take publicly available information and try to hype it to get it as much attention as possible, because I had a tip, the information was politically significant and that it would come in October,” he added. Tuesday’s arraignment didn’t inspire the same circus-like atmosphere that surrounded his Friday court appearance in Florida, where Stone emerged from the courthouse in a blue polo shirt, flashed a Richard Nixon victory sign, predicted his vindication and vowed that he would not “bear false witness against the president, nor will I make up lies to ease the pressure on myself.”

announcement video, have four children. Cooper is expected to attend a re-election fundraiser Thursday at a New York home, according to a copy of the invitation provided by a Cooper campaign aide. It’s unclear if either candidate will face significant primary challenges in March 2020. Republican former Gov. Pat McCrory, who narrowly lost to Cooper in 2016, said earlier this month he would evaluate potential bids for governor next year and for the U.S. Senate in 2022. Candidate filing for 2020 begins in December. North State Journal staff contributed to this report.

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Women’s March supporters gather on Halifax Mall in Raleigh. has organized each event in Raleigh independently. We are appalled by the rise of anti-Semitism and the pain and suffering it causes. Women Mobilize NC stands with all women and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. We

condemn all forms of hate and bigotry.” On Wednesday, the North Carolina General Assembly will reconvene to begin their 2019-20 biennial session. A number of members attended the march in support.

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Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker, center, with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, left, and FBI Director Christopher Wray speak Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, at the Justice Department in Washington. The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Monday against Chinese tech giant Huawei, two of its subsidiaries and a top executive, who are accused of misleading banks about the company’s business and violating U.S. sanctions.

U.S. charges Chinese tech giant Huawei, top executive By Michael Balsamo The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Monday against Chinese tech giant Huawei, two of its subsidiaries and a top executive, who are accused of misleading banks about the company’s business and violating U.S. sanctions. The company is also charged in a separate case with stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile, according to federal prosecutors. Prosecutors are seeking to extradite the company’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, and allege she committed fraud by misleading banks about Huawei’s business dealings in Iran. She was arrested on Dec. 1 in Canada. The criminal charges in Brooklyn and Seattle come as trade talks between China and the U.S. are scheduled for this week.

“As I told high-level Chinese law enforcement officials in August, we need more law enforcement cooperation with China,” acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker said at a news conference with other Cabinet officials, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. “China should be concerned about criminal activities by Chinese companies and China should take action.” U.S. prosecutors charge that Huawei used a Hong Kong shell company to sell equipment in Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions. Huawei had done business in Iran through a Hong Kong company called Skycom and alleged that Meng misled U.S. banks into believing the two companies were separate, according to the Justice Department. The announcement Monday includes a 10-count grand jury indictment in Seattle, and a

“As you can tell from the number and magnitude of the charges, Huawei and its senior executives repeatedly refused to respect U.S. law and standard international business practices.” FBI Director Chris Wray separate 13-count case from prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York. “As you can tell from the number and magnitude of the charges, Huawei and its senior executives repeatedly refused to respect U.S. law and standard international business practices,” said FBI Director Chris Wray.

Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued a statement Monday in support of the indictments. “I am encouraged by the Justice Department’s actions against Huawei Technologies, which detail the company’s brazen efforts to steal corporate trade secrets, commit fraud, and obstruct justice,” said Burr. “Huawei is a global bad actor operating at the behest of the Chinese government and intelligence services. It seeks to undermine legitimate competition for telecom services, while subverting laws and democratic institutions. These indictments should send a clear message that the U.S. will not tolerate pernicious and illegitimate behavior that threatens our economic and national security.” A Huawei spokesman did not immediately return phone messages seeking comment.

Huawei is the world’s biggest supplier of network gear used by phone and internet companies and has long been seen as a front for spying by the Chinese military or security services. Prosecutors also allege that Huawei stole trade secrets, including the technology behind a robotic device that T-Mobile used to test smartphones, prosecutors said. A jury in Seattle ruled that Huawei had misappropriated the robotic technology from T-Mobile’s lab in Washington state. The Huawei case has set off a diplomatic spat with the three nations, which has threatened to complicate ties between the U.S. and Canada. President Donald Trump said he would get involved in the Huawei case if it would help produce a trade agreement with China and told Reuters in an interview in December that he would “intervene if I thought it was necessary.”

Muted political tone at largest Koch donor network meeting By Sally Ho The Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — A record-breaking number of conservative leaders have gathered at industrialist Charles Koch’s private weekend retreat, where leaders of the powerful political network have taken a decidedly different, more politically-muted tone than in years past. On Saturday night, Charles Koch told the group of donors and conservative movement leaders that attitudes against perceived adversaries and people with different beliefs were tearing the country apart but that his network was working to “unite with anybody to do right.” “This network has taken its effectiveness to a whole new level,” Koch said. The meeting, held at a luxury resort in the California desert, caters to donors who have committed to giving at least $100,000 annually to the sprawling Koch Network of political, policy, educational and philanthropic organizations. There are 634 donors attending the retreat, including 181 of them as first-timers. Prominent Koch donor Doug Deason of Texas said the reported conflicts between Koch and President Donald Trump were “old news” and that conservatives are united, especially after Democrats took control of the House. “I just don’t think there was a huge amount of animosity. It was

“This network has taken its effectiveness to a whole new level.” Charles Koch blown out of proportion,” Deason said. Long seen as GOP kingmakers best known for their pro-business agenda, libertarian leanings and support for the tea party movement, David and Charles Koch have in recent years taken views that differ or conflict with President Trump. They refused to back Trump during the 2016 election, vowed to hold him accountable to conservative priorities like free trade, free markets and small government and have been outspoken against the White House on immigration and infrastructure spending. Trump in 2018 responded on Twitter by slamming the Kochs as “a total joke in real Republican circles” who “are against strong borders and powerful trade.” Some donors had publicly expressed disappointment over the Koch Network’s battles with Trump, but the network is unfazed. Koch recently announced it won’t support Trump’s 2020 re-election bid and instead would back races for the U.S. Senate and House and state leg-

islative seats to make the greatest impact. “We’ve found overwhelming support that reaffirms the strengths of our partnerships. This is borne out by the fact that we will welcome our largest group of supporters this weekend in Palm Springs,” Koch Network spokesman James Davis said in a statement. As one of the nation’s leading conservative powerhouses that has at times outspent even the Republican National Committee, the Koch Network is increasingly showing its willingness to work with Democrats and investing in nonprofit groups to promote its vision for “free and open societies.” With Vice President Mike Pence as a longtime Koch ally, there have been inroads and policy wins. The Koch Network was influential in the 2017 GOP tax overhaul and 2018 prison reform signed by Trump. The weekend’s events featured seminars revealing the network’s latest work and agenda, as well as elected officials and other influencers. Republican politicians including U.S. Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin were in attendance. The Associated Press was among a limited number of media organizations invited to cover parts of the private retreat on the condition that donors must give their permission to be identified.

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Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C. poses for a portrait in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington.

U.S. Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina enters hospice care The Associated Press RALEIGH — U.S. Rep. Walter Jones Jr., a Republican congressman who has represented N.C. for over two decades, has entered hospice care. A press release issued Saturday on Jones’s U.S. House website says that his health has declined since he recently broke his hip and that he’s in hospice care. Jones had been battling ailments in recent months and was granted a leave of absence from Congress in late 2018 after miss-

ing a number of votes. Jones was re-elected to the U.S. House in November after running unopposed in a district that includes Kinston, Greenville and New Bern. He has served in Congress since 1995. Shortly after Jones’ office issued the release, N.C. GOP Chairman Robin Hayes issued a brief statement via Twitter. “The news about Walter Jones entering Hospice is extremely sad for the entire Republican family,” said Hayes. “We pray for comfort and peace for him and his family.”

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2019 is “The Year of Music” in North Carolina and February offers great music from Murphy to Manteo. North Carolinians can celebrate Valentine’s Day with Jazz or take the family to DPAC for a wild ride with Willy Wonka. This year is shaping up to be on the best years for music in North Carolina’s history.

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Western Piedmont Symphony Presents the Tesla Quartet

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Bakersville woman inducted into 4-H Hall of Fame

Former beer lobbyist accused of embezzlement Buncombe County Kendra Penland Turner, the former executive director of the Asheville Brewers Alliance, has been charged with embezzlement and financial card fraud. The 42-year-old had been the head of the advocacy group, which promotes Western North Carolina craft beer and breweries. The alliance reported the embezzlement last August, and the Asheville police began an investigation. The amount of the alleged fraud has not been released.

Mitchell County Sharon Runion Rowland of Bakersville was inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame. She became the 13th North Carolinian to receive the honor. Rowland spent 12 years as 4-H member in Mitchell County and 36 years as a professional with the organization. She also volunteered with three different 4-H clubs. She was one of 15 people inducted in a ceremony at the National 4-H Conference Center in Maryland.

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Guilford County Judge David Hall has taken several security measures for the murder trial of gang member Chauncey Slade after a man followed jurors from a parking area while wearing gang colors. Courthouse security located the person and charged him with obstruction of justice. Meanwhile, the judge has limited courtroom attendance and ordered juror names be kept secret. AP

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McDowell County The McDowell County Rescue Squad celebrated its 60th birthday last week. A 1959 outbreak of food poisoning overwhelmed McDowell’s single ambulance, when more than 200 people became ill at the same time. The Burke County rescue squad offered help, but residents saw the need to form their own squad. It now has nine full-time employees, 12 part-timers and several volunteers.

Caldwell County A couple is hospitalized with broken sternums and ribs after they were hit head-on by Christy Baker, who was attempting to flee from police. Baker reached speeds as high as 110 mph in a 45 mph zone as police attempted to catch her. The chase began when they tried to arrest the 43-year-old for outstanding probation and parole warrants. Baker has been convicted of driving with a revoked license 23 times in the last 18 years.

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Durham County The dean of Duke’s medical school has apologized after an official told students not to speak Chinese on campus. Megan Neely of the biostatistics master’s program sent an email to students telling them to “commit to using English.” Neely said two faculty members had complained about students talking loudly in Chinese in common areas. The dean, Dr. Mary Klotzman, followed up by saying there is no restriction on speaking in foreign languages and that Neely had stepped down as director of graduate studies. AP

Woman who gave birth to 2019’s first baby arrested for meth Gaston County Earlier this month, Jessica Dawn Killian gave birth to North Carolina’s first baby of 2019, in a moving car. Last week, she was arrested for trafficking methamphetamine out of the same car. The 32-year-old was driven to the hospital by her boyfriend three weeks ago when their son, Atom Bomb Sain, was delivered. Last Tuesday, police arrested her with 36 grams of meth she was planning to sell. AP

Teacher’s aide gets 10 days in jail for hitting handicapped girl Franklin County Margaret Harris was found guilty of striking a handicapped person after the 68-year-old teacher’s aide in Louisburg struck a 12-year-old girl last April. Harris will serve a 10-day jail sentence and must perform 24 hours of community service after she struck the girl, who suffers from a genetic disorder similar to autism, several times with a kitchen spoon, leaving bruises.

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Fugitive caught after looking to escape cold weather Johnston County David McKinney was on the run after the 68-year-old allegedly shot a man in Wilson’s Mills last week. Two days later, he showed up at a nearby home and asked the residents for help after spending time in the 30-degree temperatures outside. McKinney was hospitalized and will be sent to the Johnston County jail after his release. He’s charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

Brunswick County Alligators in Ocean Isle Beach’s Swamp Park were prepared for last week’s cold spell. The gators entered a state of brumation, which is similar to hibernation in other animals. They allowed themselves to freeze in place near the surface of the water and were able to poke their noses above the surface at just the right time. The gators remained frozen for parts of two days. It’s the second straight year they’ve done this to cope with cold weather.

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Two soldiers arrested for marriage fraud Cumberland County Two Fort Bragg soldiers have been arrested and charged with arranging fraudulent marriages between other soldiers and immigrants. Sgt. Edward Kumi Anguah and Pvt. Ahmid Mohamed-Murtadaas were charged by the U.S. Department of Justice, as was a third, unnamed person. Soldiers received money, furniture and rent-free apartments in exchange for participating in the sham marriages. AP

Missing 3-year-old recovered, doing fine Craven County More than 600 volunteers helped locate a 3-year-old boy who went missing from his grandmother’s backyard in Ernul last week. The search for Casey Lynn Hathaway covered more than 220 acres, but when he was found, two days later, he was about 50 yards into a nearby woods, trapped in briars. Police aren’t sure where he was for the two days. He was taken to the hospital for evaluation, but his mother said he was doing well. AP

RALEIGH — Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said Monday that she found no wrongdoing related to payments from a pharmaceutical company and a bail agents’ group to House Speaker Tim Moore. Freeman said she is closing the inquiry she began last fall without further action. She had asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into the matters involving Moore, a Cleveland County attorney. One accusation involved Moore’s legal work for a company called KNOWBio. KNOWBio had hired Moore in 2017 and paid him $40,000 for four months of work largely related to the treatment of startups in federal tax law. Previously, before Moore was speaker, he voted for legislation that supported the company’s co-founder, Neal Hunter. Freeman also looked at Moore’s legal work for the North Carolina Bail Agents Association in 2012. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that it had received an anonymous letter that alleged the not-for-profit association had paid $10,000 to win his support for legislation that would prevent a for-profit competitor from offering training. “Over the past few months the State Bureau of Investigation, at the request of the Wake County District Attorney, has conducted an inquiry into payments made by the NC Bail Association and pharmaceutical company KNOWBio to North Carolina Speaker Tim Moore,” said Freeman. “Following this review, we have determined that these fees were for legal services paid to Mr. Moore in his capacity as an attorney. This review found no misuse of public office for private gain or other wrongdoing as to these payments and we therefore are closing the inquiry into this matter without further action.” Moore said in October that his work “as a private attorney and businessman has never conflicted with my public service in the General Assembly.” He had acknowledged being paid $10,000 by the bail agents’ group but said the letter was otherwise full of lies. After Freeman’s office issued her findings, Moore issued a statement. “Unfortunately, deceptive and politically

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motivated criticisms seem to be the norm in our current political climate,” Moore said. “I appreciate the careful and professional way the District Attorney and the SBI handled the anonymous allegations that were made against me.”

Legislator announces US Senate bid; Goodwin re-elected chair The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — A North Carolina Democratic legislator is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican incumbent Thom Tillis. State Sen. Erica Smith, from Northampton County in the northeast, announced her 2020 bid to unseat Tillis on Saturday through social media and at a Democratic Party gathering in Charlotte. Smith is a math instructor and ordained minister first elected to the legislature in 2014. Mecklenburg County Commissioner Trevor Fuller also announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination last week. Primaries are in March 2020. Smith’s announcement came as 500 members of the Democrats’ executive committee met. Current state party Chair Wayne Goodwin was re-elected for another two-year term. He was the only candidate. Former state Rep. Bobbie Richardson was elected first vice-chair, defeating current first vice-chair Aisha Dew and another candidate.

State now accepting individual tax returns The Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina tax officials are ready to start accepting individual tax returns from residents. The North Carolina Department of Revenue opened the 2019 individual income tax season Monday. That’s the same day that federal tax filing season was scheduled to start. Those who electronically filed state tax returns before Jan. 28 should start getting acknowledgements this week. State tax officials say that enhanced identity theft protective measures could cause some refunds to take longer than normal. Tax returns are due on April 15.

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The Propositional Republic of America

We have a direct intellectual and philosophical umbilical cord connecting modern-day America to the democracies of ancient Greece and the Roman republic dating up to 2,500 years ago.

AT THE END of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, Mrs. Powel asked Ben Franklin: “Well, Doctor Franklin, what do we have, a monarchy or a republic?” To which he replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.” But what kind of republic did they create? Republics have meant many different things over history, ranging from national legislatures dominated by wealthy Senators to republics in name only where an autocrat ruled with an iron fist behind the scenes. Ramon Lopez, a post-doctoral fellow in the Tocqueville Program at Furman University, spoke to The Institute for the Public Trust, which I run, last weekend in Charlotte. He pointed out that America was first a “propositional republic” prior to being a democratic republic as established in the Constitution in 1787. Our country was based on an idea first before the machinery of our current government was established by the Constitution. An idea of freedom and equality, not another government ruled by monarchs. President Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address said our new nation was “dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal” in the Declaration of Independence in 1776 long before the Constitution was written and adopted. All that followed rested upon that propositional phrase. Lopez pointed out that Rome was a “propositional idea” as well. To be truly “Roman” meant any conquered people could enjoy the freedoms of a Roman citizen regardless of race, creed or religion, as long as they adopted the rules of Roman citizenship while being protected from outside invaders by the Roman army, the most powerful fighting force on earth at the time. The founding myth of Rome, he said, was that “they were descended from immigrants, exiles and criminals. The Romans claimed that a prince had escaped Troy when it was sacked by the Greeks, and that he found his way to central Italy. His descendants eventually founded the city of Rome, inviting anyone to settle it — anyone who was poor, or desperate, or in need of a new home. … To be a Roman became a civic designation, not an ethnic one.” We have a direct intellectual and philosophical umbilical cord

connecting modern-day America to the democracies of ancient Greece and the Roman republic dating up to 2,500 years ago. Unless we teach it to the next generations, we will forget it and the underlying principles of equality and fairness to all. The birth of the United States of America was not tied to the Muslim tradition as President Obama tried to assert several years ago. The men who founded America were deeply ensconced in the history and tradition of both Greek and Roman civilizations. They learned to read by reading the Bible and Plutarch’s Lives; they relaxed by reading Thucydides and Euripides. Without our collective understanding and embrace of that fundamental philosophical proposition underpinning of our nation, our democratic republic would have failed long ago. Without understanding Jefferson’s proposition as the most essential foundational principle to our government, America will fail as the ancient Greek democracies and Roman republics failed when they forgot what proposition their nation was founded on in the beginning. At North Carolina A&T several years ago, an African-American woman asked a simple question: “Mr. Hill, when are we going to stop calling ourselves African-Americans or Irish-Americans and just call ourselves Americans?” That is a good question. What is the propositional phrase we can all recognize and accept today and move ahead as if we are playing on the same team? Perhaps it is a recommitment to the revolutionary idea that “all people are indeed created equal.” No one is better or worse than anyone else. We all have the same aspirations and hopes for a better life as free people. Maybe then we can move ahead to solve the issues we face together. As equals.

GUEST OPINION | REP. JOHN BELL AND REP. STEPHEN ROSS

NC’s pro-growth policies continue to bring more good economic news Due to the projob reforms we put in place, North Carolina now enjoys a 3.6 percent unemployment rate, $3 billion in savings and the 11th best tax climate.

IT OFTEN gets overshadowed and lost in the news, but North Carolina is home to one of the fastest growing economies in the country. Each day, it seems there is an announcement of new jobs, higher wages and more investments coming to our great state. While Apple and Amazon get the bulk of the attention, there are countless job announcements from small, medium and large businesses wanting to expand across North Carolina. In fact, North Carolina was just recognized by Forbes as the “Best State for Business” for the second year in a row. Furthermore, this past week, the N.C. Department of Commerce released figures showing that the state gained more than 87,000 jobs over the last 12 months — with major job growth in manufacturing, hospitality, education and health services. From agriculture and manufacturing to banking and technology, we are at the forefront when it comes to attracting some of the most exciting, sought-after and promising businesses. A huge reason for this is the pro-growth reforms put in place by the Republican-led General Assembly over the past eight years. We have worked hard to improve the job-climate through lower taxes, fewer regulations, improved education and workforce development and sustainable and forward-looking budgeting. Our agenda and policies have always focused on improving prosperity and growth for all North Carolinians — and the results continue to show. North Carolina has shown the blueprint for what it takes to turn around a dismal economy plagued by reckless spending and over taxation. The numbers don’t lie. When we took over in 2011, North Carolina had a historic high 10.4 percent unemployment rate, $2.7 billion in debt and the 44th worst tax climate. Due to the pro-job reforms we put in place, North Carolina now

enjoys a 3.6 percent unemployment rate, $3 billion in savings and the 11th best tax climate. Put another way, we went from 1 in 10 being unemployed to now having the most people working in our state’s history. While many falsely said these reforms would lead to revenue shortfalls and higher debt, the state has also reported six consecutive revenue surpluses and built up a record rainy day fund for future emergencies and natural disasters — which we have used to provide immediate relief to Hurricane Florence victims. Simply put, a rising tide lifts all boats and our policies are doing just that. This something that all North Carolinians — regardless of party — should be proud of and celebrate. It also makes clear that we cannot afford to go back to the failed, big government policies of more spending, higher taxes and overregulation. We need to keep the momentum going. Make no mistake, there is more work to be done — particularly in our rural communities. But our state is growing and people are moving here at record pace for a better quality of life. While the media too often likes to focus on the negative, there are so many positive things happening in North Carolina that do not get the attention they deserve. We are experiencing historic economic and job growth that will reshape our state for generations to come. And it’s directly related to the responsible and pro-job reforms enacted by the Republican-led General Assembly. From lower taxes to balanced budgets, we must continue down this proven path of sound economic policies that has created more opportunities and prosperity for all North Carolinians. Rep. John Bell is the N.C. House Majority Leader, and Rep. Stephen Ross is the Senior Chairman of the Commerce Committee in the N.C. House.

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COLUMN | L. BRENT BOZELL III AND TIM GRAHAM

The NFL recovers from kneeling frenzy The National Football League is back on top of the ratings heap after both conference championship games were so competitive they spilled into overtime.

SUNDAY’S New England Patriots-Kansas City Chiefs game drew 53.9 million viewers to CBS — a shocking 27 percent increase from last year and the most-watched NFL game outside of the Super Bowl in five years. This is in part because they used to call the Dallas Cowboys “America’s Team,” but the Patriots seem like “America’s Most Hated Team.” Earlier that day on Fox, the Los Angeles Rams’ controversial referee-marred defeat of the New Orleans Saints had 44.1 million viewers — a 4.3 percent gain and Fox’s most-watched program since Super Bowl 51 in 2017. It’s not just the playoffs. Ratings for NFL regular season games rebounded, gaining 5 percent over the previous season. That’s not as amazing, since it’s a small increase after two years of frightening declines. But in today’s ever-declining ratings for broadcast TV, due to livestreaming and cord cutting, the NFL is still a dominant player, far outdrawing regular scripted TV shows. The panic in NFL offices has ended. The bleeding stopped. Everyone knows why, and it’s not the powerful high-scoring offenses and the snazzy touchdown celebrations. The NFL put an end to the national anthem kneeling protests. The focus could then return to sports, not silent gestures meant to drive home the leftist argument that we should be deeply ashamed about how America is horribly racist and police officers are a pack of murderers. This controversy drove away viewers on both sides of the debate, the patriotic Americans and the “woke” community. A Media Research Center poll found that 74 percent of likely voters said they were “trying to get away from politics and do not want to be bombarded with partisan political

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messages” in their sports and entertainment shows. In the background, the radicals keep ranting about a “boycott” of quarterback Colin Kaepernick (even though some of his kneeling chums, like safety Eric Reid, returned to the game). Everyone in the media adored Kaepernick’s high-profile turn in a Nike ad, and the ABC sitcom “Black-ish” celebrated him as a civil rights icon. These activists in the media avoid Kaepernick’s actual on-field decline, and his offensive statements, like when he wore socks that depicted cops as pigs, and when he called the police a “fugitive slave patrol” that needs to be “dismantled.” Athletes should feel free to make these wildeyed lectures in their ESPN interviews — and ESPN would revel in it. The network’s political tilt is part of why it lost another 2 million subscribers in 2018. It now has 86 million subscribers, down from more than 100 million just eight years ago. If being a wealthy and prominent athlete goads you into standing up for people who aren’t as fortunate as you, there are plenty of forums ... just not the field. This way, people tuning into the games can just focus on the action. But athletes should also keep in mind that people get tired of celebrities being treated as the wisest of statesmen just because they’re talented at something else other than politics. Too often, it’s considered beyond the pale to rebut them or fact check them or — especially — suggest they’re ungrateful for everything they have received in this terrific country we live in. L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center. Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center.

Demonizing white men RUSH LIMBAUGH’S December 2018 Limbaugh Letter has an article titled “Demonizing White Men.” It highlights — with actual quotations from people in the media, academia and the political and entertainment arenas — the attack on white men as a class. You can decide whether these statements are decent, moral or even sensible. Should we support their visions? Don Lemon, a CNN anchorman, said, “We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them.” Steven Clifford, former King Broadcasting CEO, said, “I will be leading a great movement to prohibit straight white males, who I believe supported Donald Trump by about 85 percent, from exercising the franchise (to vote), and I think that will save our democracy.” Teen Vogue, a magazine targeting teenage girls, wrote, “Not only is white male terrorism as dangerous as Islamic extremism, but our collective safety rests in rooting out the source of their radicalization.” Economist Paul Krugman, a New York Times columnist, wrote a column titled “The Angry White Male Caucus,” in which he explained, “Trumpism is all about the fear of losing traditional privilege.”

We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them.

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A New England Patriots fan gestures during an NFL football Super Bowl send-off rally for the team, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, in Foxborough, Mass. The Los Angeles Rams are to play the Patriots in Super Bowl 53 on Feb. 3, in Atlanta, Ga.

NUMBER OF THE DAY | SCOTT RASMUSSEN

613K people are employeed by Amazon in the world

AMAZON has been on an amazing growth spurt in recent years and now employs 613,000 people around the world. It is only the second U.S. company with more than half a million workers. What’s especially stunning about Amazon’s employee growth is how rapidly it took place. The Seattle-based company never had more than 100,000 employees until five years ago. But it’s added an average of roughly 100,000 jobs a year since then. The growth spurt includes 47,000 new jobs

created in the first nine months of 2018. More than 200,000 were added to the payroll in 2017, partly due to the acquisition of Whole Foods. Despite that growth, Amazon has a long way to go to catch the nation’s largest private sector employer. Walmart employs 2.2 million workers. Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics and technology for Ballotpedia.

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Photo of the exterior of Amazon Spheres captured on May 10, 2018.

There have been similar despicable statements made by academics. James Livingston, a Rutgers history professor: “OK, officially, I now hate white people. … I hereby resign from my race. F--- these people.” Stacey Patton, a Morgan State University professor: “There is nothing more dangerous in the United States than a white man who has expected to succeed and finds himself falling behind.” Stony Brook University sociology professor Michael Kimmel explained, “White men’s anger comes from the potent fusion of two sentiments: entitlement and a sense of victimization.” Then there’s the political arena. Sen. Bernie Sanders: “There’s no question that in Georgia and in Florida racism has reared its ugly head. And you have candidates who ran against (Andrew) Gillum and ran against Stacey Adams who were racist. ... And that is an outrage.” Michael Avenatti, criticizing the GOP senators during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings: “These old white men still don’t understand that assault victims and women deserve respect and to be heard.” “What troubles me is ... they’re all white men,” commented former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm regarding GOP senators questioning Christine Blasey Ford at the Kavanaugh hearings. William Falk, editor-inchief of The Week, said, “There’s something odd about the overwhelming white maleness of Washington’s current leadership.” Not to be outdone, entertainers have hopped on the demonizing-white-men bandwagon. Joy Behar, talking on ABC’s “The View” about senators supporting Kavanaugh, said: “These white men — old, by the way — are not protecting women. They’re protecting a man who is probably guilty.” Actress Gabourey Sidibe, also on “The View,” said: “Older white men are a problem, y’all, for everyone. We’re all at risk.” Moira Donegan wrote an article for The Guardian titled “Half of white women continue to vote Republican. What’s wrong with them?” Renee Graham wrote a column in The Boston Globe that counseled, “Memo to black men: Stop voting Republican.” Comedian Chelsea Handler tweeted, “Just a friendly reminder for the weekend: No white after Labor Day, and no old, white racist men after the midterms. Get out and vote.” That is just a partial list of statements that would be viewed and condemned as racist simply by replacing “white men” with “black men,” “Mexican men” or “Asian men.” You can bet the rent money that university presidents and media executives would sanction any of their employees for making similar broad, sweeping statements about nonwhite men. Suppose a white anchorman said, “Black people are the greatest murder threat in this country.” I guarantee you that he’d be shown the door. There are only two ways to explain the silence by people who should know better. Either they agree with the sentiments expressed or they are out-and-out cowards. Decent American people ought to soundly reject and condemn this brazen attack on white men. I think that the attack is on masculinity itself and that white men are a convenient scapegoat — for now. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

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In this Jan. 14, 2009 file photo, colored “Sweethearts” candy is held in bulk prior to packaging at the New England Confectionery Company in Revere, Mass. The candies won’t be on store shelves this Valentine’s Day. The New England Confectionary Co., or Necco, had been making the popular candies since 1886. But the company filed for bankruptcy protection last spring. Ohio-based Spangler Candy Co. bought Necco in May. But Spangler said Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, that it didn’t have time to bring Sweethearts to market this Valentine’s season.

Sweethearts candies won’t be on shelves this Valentine’s Sky Bar gets a reprieve as small food store will restart manufacturing The Associated Press DETROIT — Sweethearts, those chalky little candies with messages on them, won’t be on store shelves this Valentine’s Day. The New England Confectionary Co., or NECCO, had been making

the popular candies since 1886. But the company filed for bankruptcy protection last spring. Ohio-based Spangler Candy Co. bought NECCO in May. But Spangler said Thursday that it didn’t have time to bring Sweethearts to market this Valentine’s season. CEO Kirk Vashaw said Spangler wants to make sure Sweethearts “meet customer expectations” when they return to market. He didn’t say what changes Spangler plans to make or when they’ll

go back on sale. Competitors like Brach’s are still making conversation hearts. But online retailer CandyStore. com says Sweethearts were by far the most popular brand, commanding 80 percent of U.S. market for candy hearts. Another iconic NECCO product — Sky Bar — recently received new life last week. When NECCO went out of business last year, its assets were split up and sold, some of them at auction. Most of the candy brands were sold to established confectioners, but there was no news of the outcome or whereabouts of the Sky Bar. Fans of the quirky and unique candy bar assumed it was gone forever and have been frantically buying up the remaining stock online. However, the brand was actually purchased by the owner of Duck Soup, a gourmet food store in Sudbury,

Massachusetts. “Like so many others, I was watching the evolving events at NECCO with dismay. I couldn’t believe that Sky Bar would never be produced again,” said Louise Mawhinney, owner of Duck Soup, who placed the winning bid at auction for the bar. “I placed a bid and I must admit I was stunned to suddenly become the owner of the brand. However, we believe we have found a way to start smallbatch production and make Sky Bar available once more. It’s very exciting. While we have not yet finalized all the details, we hope that we will be able to produce the Sky Bar that everyone knows and loves.” Duck Soup has been working with Jeff Green, formerly NECCO’s Vice President of Research and Development, and a 33year NECCO veteran. “I was very

glad to connect with Louise as I thought that Sky Bar would be gone forever,” said Jeff. “There’s so much history associated with the bar, and it definitely has an existing fan base.” “Thanks to Jeff, we have a plan for production. Our goal is to be up and running later this year. We will keep everyone posted as events unfold,” said Louise. The Sky Bar was Introduced in 1938 with a dramatic skywriting advertising campaign, Sky Bar’s technological innovation was its four distinctly different centers — caramel, vanilla, peanut and fudge. Well known throughout New England, Sky Bar has appeared in movies over the years, and its sign was one of only six that lit up on VE Day in 1945 when the blackout in Times Square was lifted.

Trump pressure lead to increase in NATO support from allies By Lorne Cook The Associated Press

CANDLEWICK PRESS | LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY | CLARION BOOKS VIA AP

This combination of book cover images shows Meg Medina’s “Merci Suárez Changes Gears,” from Candlewick Press, which won the John Newbery Medal, left, Sophie Blackall’s “Hello Lighthouse” by Little Brown and Company Books for Young Readers, which received the Randolph Caldecott Medal for best picture story, center, and Claire Hartfield’s “A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919,” by Clarion Books, which won the Coretta Scott King author award for AfricanAmerican literature.

Meg Medina wins Newbery medal, Sophie Blackall the Caldecott By Hillel Italie The Associated Press NEW YORK — Meg Medina’s “Merci Suarez Changes Gears,” the story of a Florida sixth grader’s struggles at school and at home, has won the prestigious John Newbery Medal for “outstanding contribution to children’s literature.” Sophie Blackall’s “Hello Lighthouse,” in which the natural world is seen through the eyes of a lighthouse keeper, received the Randolph Caldecott Medal for best picture book. The awards, the year’s most anticipated in the children’s books community, were announced Monday by the American Library Association. Claire Hartfield’s “A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919” won the Coretta Scott King author award for African-American literature, while Ekua Holmes was given the King illustrator award. Elizabeth Acevedo’s “The

Poet X,” winner last fall of the National Book Award for young people’s literature, received the Michael L. Printz Award for best young adult novel and the Pura Belpre author award for Latino literature. The Belpre award for illustration went to Yuyi Morales for “Dreamers.” Tara Westover’s best-selling memoir “Educated” was among 10 winners of the Alex Award for adult works appealing to teen readers. Medina, a Cuban-American and author of young adult, middle-grade and picture books, has received numerous previous awards. She won the Belpre author prize in 2014 for “Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass” and an Ezra Jack Keats medal in 2012 for best new writer. Blackall is an Australian-born artist and illustrator whose other works include “Are You Awake?”, an adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s “The Crows of Pearblossom” and a collaboration with author Jacqueline Woodson,

Medina, a Cuban-American and author of young adult, middlegrade and picture books, and has received numerous previous awards including the Belpre author prize in 2014 and an Ezra Jack Keats medal in 2012 for best new writer. Blackall is an Australian-born artist and illustrator whose other works include “Are You Awake?”, an adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s “The Crows of Pearblossom” and a collaboration with author Jacqueline Woodson, “Pecan Pie Baby.” “Pecan Pie Baby.” Neil Gaiman received an honorary “Lecture Award” and M.T. Anderson the Margaret A. Edwards award for lifetime achievement. The late Walter Dean Myers won a legacy award.

BRUSSELS — NATO’s secretary-general says President Donald Trump is “committed” to the military alliance and that his “clear message” about members contributing more money is “having an impact.” Trump in the past has suggested the U.S. could withdraw from NATO, and he’s complained that members don’t pay their fair share of alliance defense expenses, leaving the U.S. with much of the burden. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told “Fox News Sunday” that NATO countries “have heard the president loud and clear and now NATO allies are stepping up.” “We agreed to do more to step up — and now we see the results. By the end of next year, NATO allies will add $100 billion extra toward defense,” said Stoltenberg. “So we see some real money and some real results. And we see that the clear message from President Donald Trump is having an impact.” He says NATO is “united because we are able to adapt to deliver” and that North America and Europe “are doing more together now than before.” He says “this is a clear message to Russia and I think they see that.” Stoltenberg warned Friday that Russia shows no sign of respecting a major Cold War-era missile treaty and that the future of the treaty is in danger as the United States readies to start pulling out of it next week. “The treaty is now in jeopardy and unfortunately we have not seen any signs of (a) breakthrough,” Stoltenberg told reporters after chairing NATO-Russia talks in Brussels. The 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union bans production, testing and deployment of land-based cruise and ballistic missiles with a range of

500-5,500 kilometers (310-3,400 miles). The Pentagon has shared information with NATO allies asserting that Russia’s new 9M729 missile system falls within the treaty. It believes the ground-fired cruise missile could give Moscow the ability to launch a nuclear strike in Europe with little or no notice. Moscow insists the missile has a range of less than 500 kilometers. In October, President Trump warned that the U.S. would abandon the treaty because of alleged Russian violations. If Moscow doesn’t return to compliance, Washington is due to start the six-month process of leaving the pact from Feb. 2. “The responsibility to preserve the treaty lies on Russia because Russia is now violating the treaty by developing and deploying new missiles,” Stoltenberg said. “These new missiles are hard to detect. They are mobile. They are nuclear capable. They can reach European cities and they reduce the warning time, and thereby also the threshold, for any potential use of nuclear weapons in a conflict,” he warned. Asked what Moscow’s attitude had been during Friday’s talks, Stoltenberg said: “There was no real progress in the meeting because Russia did not indicate any willingness to change their position.” Nevertheless, he urged Russia to return to compliance over the next week and failing that, during the sixmonth period it would take the U.S. to leave the INF treaty. Stoltenberg rejected Russian claims that U.S. Predator drones and ballistic missiles used for target practice violate the INF. “Russia continues to raise this issue to deflect attention from the real issue,” he said. “There are no new U.S. missiles in Europe, but there are new Russian missiles in Europe.”

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Camels’ Clemons closing in on NCAA’s top-five scorers, B3

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North Carolina freshman Nassir Little, who is averaging more than 10 points a game, has taken on a bigger role with the Tar Heels in the past two weeks.

Little earning bigger role with Tar Heels

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Hurricanes re-sign Martinook to 2-year, $4M contract Raleigh The Carolina Hurricanes agreed on a new two-year, $4 million contract with forward Jordan Martinook, the team announced Tuesday. The deal will cost $2 million annually against the salary cap. Martinook, 26, was acquired from the Arizona Coyotes last May, along with a fourth-round pick, in exchange for center Marcus Kruger and a third-round pick. In his first season the Hurricanes, Martinook has 10 goals — one shy of his career high — and three assists for 13 points through 50 games. Martinook has 36 goals and 42 assists for 78 points in 297 career games with the Coyotes and Hurricanes.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Duke stays at No. 2; Heels climb to 9th New York The top six teams in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s basketball poll are unchanged, with Tennessee holding onto the top spot followed by Duke, Virginia, Gonzaga, Michigan and Michigan State. The Volunteers received 48 firstplace votes, while the Blue Devils (12) and Cavaliers (four) also received No. 1 votes. North Carolina climbed into the top 10, going from 11th to ninth after a convincing win over Virginia Tech, while NC State fell two spots to 23rd after a loss at Louisville and a buzzer-beating home win over Clemson.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Baylor new No. 1 after UNC’s upset of Irish; NC State up to 7th New York North Carolina’s stunning upset of Notre Dame knocked the Irish from the top of this week’s AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll, and Baylor is now No. 1 for the first time in six years. North Carolina remained unranked, while NC State — the nation’s only undefeated team — moved up one spot to No. 7.

The five-star freshman is contributing more as the ACC season is heating up BUTCH DILL | AP PHOTO

A Cam Newton fan holds a sign during the Panthers’ game against the New Orleans Saints on Dec. 30, 2018. Newton underwent shoulder surgery in his right throwing arm last week, the second time it has been operated on in less than two years.

and 39 touchdown passes for the first time since 2014. The Luck situation, and some cryptic comments by owner David Tepper during an offseason meeting with the media, led to social media reports that the team might be considering following a similar path with Newton, sitting him for the 2019 season to get him back to 100 percent. Luck is far from the only other NFL passer to suffer shoulder woes. According to an NIH study by the University of Michigan’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the shoulder is the second most common overall injury in NFL quarterbacks. (Head injuries are No. 1.) “The injury profile among professional quarterbacks is unique compared to other positions and other overhead professional throwing athletes,” the study’s authors wrote. “The quarterback position is disproportionately impacted by shoulder injuries when

CHAPEL HILL — After 20 games of extreme ups and downs, the North Carolina basketball team may finally have found its identity. It’s a discovery that has come about only because its most talented young player finally remembered his own identity. “It’s just fun, man,” freshman Nassir Little said after scoring a career-high 23 points in a win against Virginia Tech on Jan. 21. “This is the basketball I’m used to playing. This is me.” Little is the Tar Heels’ highest-rated recruit since Harrison Barnes arrived in 2010 and was considered a top-five national prospect rated ahead of Duke’s Zion Williamson by Rivals.com. But while Williamson and fellow freshman RJ Barrett have thrived with the Blue Devils, becoming darlings of the national media along the way, Little has been slower to come along on a team with an already established nucleus of three proven seniors. Despite rumblings that coach Roy Williams was holding his young star back by having him come off the bench, Little’s inconsistent play — especially on defense — didn’t warrant extended minutes. The 6-foot-6 wing has had his moments, including a 21-point, seven-rebound effort against Elon and a 19-point game against St. Francis in which he went 8 of 9 from the floor. But his early contributions were inconsistent at best. Over his first nine games against Power 5 opponents, Little averaged just 6.9 points and shot 29.3 percent from the floor while going 1 of 18 from 3-point range. Little placed the blame for his struggles on himself, saying he was being “too robotic” out on the court. “When you’re trying to learn things, everything is a thought process,” he said. “You’re trying to take what you learn and apply it to the game in a heartbeat. I’ve been playing basketball for a while and I’m a unique player, so I’ve just got to play.” The difference since his mindset adjustment has been dramatic. In the 44 minutes he was on the court from the second half of a win against Notre Dame on Jan. 15 through last week’s rout of Virginia Tech — a period spanning three games — Little has contributed 46 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and three steals. He made 15 of his 23 field goal attempts and went 14 of 16 from the line heading into Tuesday’s road game at Georgia Tech. His energy on both ends of the floor, along with a pair of made 3-pointers, helped spark a 20-0 run that catapulted the Tar Heels to their impressive victory against the Hokies. Little finished the game with 23 points, six rebounds and three assists while combining with fellow freshman Coby White to score 50 of their team’s 103 points. “I just think he’s getting more comfortable,” Williams said. “I’ve been telling you all along that he’s coming. He’s coming, but it’s just that with some

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How concerning is Cam Newton’s shoulder injury? Offseason procedure is the latest red flag from QB’s throwing arm By Shawn Krest North State Journal AFTER BATTLING a sore shoulder for much of last year, an injury that caused him to miss the final two games of the Panthers’ season, Cam Newton went under the scope last Thursday. The Carolina quarterback had an arthroscopic procedure on his throwing shoulder, performed by Panthers team physician Dr. Pat Conner, and a release from the team said Newton would begin rehab “immediately.” According to reports, the procedure didn’t involve a repair to any shoulder damage — it was merely “a cleanup,” likely of scar tissue remaining from his rotator cuff surgery following the 2017 season to repair a partial tear. The NFL Network reported that Newton plans to throw at OTAs in April, a significant acceleration in the recovery timeline from the previous procedure, which had Newton limited into preseason training camp. The most significant recent comparison for Newton is Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, who appeared to finally be back to full strength and production this season after a three-year battle with a shoulder problem. Luck underwent surgery that kept him out the entire 2017 season. When he returned to the field this year, he topped 4,500 yards

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“The quarterback position is disproportionately impacted by shoulder injuries when compared to professional athletes at other positions.” NIH study by the University of Michigan’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery

“I’ve been playing basketball for a while and I’m a unique player, so I’ve just got to play.” Nassir Little, UNC forward

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Gregg Berhalter: The former Tar Heels player ushered in a new era for the U.S. men’s national team with an attacking style and a lopsided win. Berhalter, who played at UNC from 1991-94, became the third U.S. coach in the modern era to start with a win as the Americans beat Panama 3-0 Sunday night in an exhibition. The 45-year‑old Berhalter was a member of the 2002 and ’06 World Cup teams and became the first American to coach the national team after playing for it at the World Cup. Chamique Holdsclaw: The former Tennessee and WNBA star spoke Sunday as part of the Duke women’s basketball program’s “Mental Wealth Day” before the Blue Devils’ 64-55 loss to No. 13 Syracuse. Duke partnered with the NBA, the university’s counseling services department and the Jed Foundation to hold what they say was the first such event in women’s college basketball. Both teams wore special shirts during warmups to commemorate it. Holdsclaw, a six-time WNBA All-Star, has become a speaker on mental health issues while discussing her off‑court struggles. Anthony Davis: The five-time All-Star’s agent has told the New Orleans Pelicans that he wants to be traded to a contending team. Agent Rich Paul confirmed the request to The Associated Press early Monday. ESPN first reported that Davis has told the Pelicans he wants to go elsewhere. Davis is having the best season of his career, averaging 29.3 points and 13.3 rebounds per game. The trade deadline is Feb. 7.

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Warriors guard Stephen Curry told ESPN he and brother Seth Curry of the Trail Blazers will square off during the 3-point contest on Feb. 16 in their hometown of Charlotte. This will be the sixth time Stephen Curry has been in the contest and the first for Seth Curry, who played at Duke. Their father, Dell Curry, was a two-time participant.

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“Man, he’s incredible.” Elon’s Nathan Priddy on teammate Tyler Seibring, whose 32 points helped the Phoenix win at UNC Wilmington for the first time in 43 years.

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Nike will succeed Majestic Athletic as MLB’s uniform supplier for the 2020 season. The swoosh logo likely will move to a more prominent position on jersey fronts. The Majestic logo is currently on the sleeve. The 10-year deal replaces an agreement announced in 2016 for Under Armour to replace Majestic.

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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, leading the team’s fans in a chant during their Super Bowl send-off at Gillette Stadium.

Unranked women’s basketball teams that have beaten a No. 1 team in the last 20 years after North Carolina topped top-ranked Notre Dame 78-73 on Sunday. It was the Tar Heels first win against a No. 1-ranked team in nearly 13 years and UNC’s first victory over the Irish since Notre Dame joined the ACC in 2013.

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Top-seeded Novak Djokovic topped No. 2 Rafael Nadal in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, to win his record seventh Australian Open title. In the women’s final, Naomo Osaka earned her second consecutive major title, beating Petra Kvitova 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-4. She won the U.S. Open in September.

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Wake Forest’s Kendall Hinton will return for his redshirt senior season and is expected to play only at wide receiver, coach Dave Clawson announced. Hinton played both receiver and quarterback last season, catching six passes for 61 yards. Hinton made four starts at quarterback from 2015-17 and received a medical redshirt for his injury‑shortened 2016 season.

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Campbell’s Chris Clemons continues his climb up the NCAA scoring ladder Camels star on verge of becoming state’s top college scorer By Shawn Krest North State Journal FOR THE LAST four seasons, Campbell’s Chris Clemons has been one of the most prolific scorers in the nation. Now, as his college career enters its final two months, he’s shooting for his place in history. In the season-ending CBI tournament last year, Clemons moved past Wake Forest scoring leader Randolph Childress’ 2,208 points. In a 30-point outing against Austin Peay on Dec. 21, he sped past NC State leader Rodney Monroe’s 2,551. Last Thursday, a 26-point night against Presbyterian put Clemons past Duke’s JJ Redick, leaving just one hurdle left before Clemons becomes the North Carolina’s alltime college scoring leader. Assuming he continues at his 28.3 points per game scoring average — which, oh, by the way, leads the nation by a full point — Clemons would reach UNC’s Tyler Hansbrough and his 2,872 points on Feb. 7 at High Point. Clemons is currently 19th on the NCAA’s career list. Before reaching Hansbrough, at No. 13, he’d pass former Knick Allan Houston (University of Tennessee), Celtics legend Larry Bird (Indiana State) and Hall of Famer Otis Birdsong (Houston). Just how high can the 5-foot9 guard from Raleigh’s Millbrook High School climb? At his current scoring rate, Hall of Famer Elvin Hayes (Houston) would fall on Feb. 9, home against USC Upstate. He’d pass current Wake Forest coach Danny Manning (Kansas) on Feb. 16, moving him into the top 10 all time.

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Campbell’s Chris Clemons is closing in on former Tar Heels forward Tyler Hansbrough to become the most prolific NCAA scorer to play for a North Carolina school. Next up is Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) into ninth on Feb. 21, against High Point. By senior day, against Radford on March 2, he’d finish the regular season in sixth place. At that point, he’d be at 3,080 points. Clemons would likely need at least a three-game stay in the postseason — between the Big South Tournament and whatever national tournament bid the Camels can earn — in order to crack the top five. Creighton’s Doug McDermott and Mississippi Valley State’s Alphonso Ford are certainly within reach. A five-game postseason run — Campbell had four games last year, with a first-round Big South exit and a three-game CBI march

2,797 Career points for Campbell guard Chris Clemons

— would put him past Lionel Simmons in third place. Six games — a Big South title game appearance and three national tourney games — would put Freeman Williams (Portland State) and second place

within reach. He’d still be more than 400 points shy of record holder Pete Maravich — who, coincidentally, played for Raleigh’s Broughton High School in the ’60s. Career points lists aside, Clemons has put up simply ridiculous numbers at Campbell. In 117 career games, he’s scored in double digits 116 times, and his current streak of 102 straight double-figure outings is fourth best all time. He’s topped 20 points in a game 80 times, including streaks of 12 and six straight games this year. He’s topped 30 points 22 times, including six times this year, and he’s the only Camel player to score 40 in a game, doing that three times in his career, including 44

Launch of ACC Network set for summer The conference expects its dedicated television channel to be a windfall for its member schools By Brett Friedlander North State Journal TECHNICALLY, the long-awaited ACC Network has been up and running for almost three years now. Branded as ACC Network Extra, the digital channel went online in 2016 and has made more than 300 live events per season available to users with access to WatchESPN and the ESPN app. But that has been a mere prelude to the upcoming main event. This fall, commissioner John Swofford’s dream will come true with the introduction of a full linear network dedicated solely to coverage of the conference and its 15 member schools. The ACC Network will formally launch on Aug. 22. One week later, the football game between defending national champion Clemson and Georgia Tech will become the first of 1,300 live events carried annually on the league’s television and digital platforms. It’s a partnership with ESPN that Swofford said will “allow fans to have greater access (to the ACC) than ever before.” Although many of the specifics surrounding the new network have not been announced, here are some of the details we do know. 27 sports through 2036 Thanks to the grant of rights signed by each conference school as part of the ACC’s television deal extension with ESPN, the conference holds the broadcast rights to all of its events — in 27 sports — through 2036. It’s an arrangement that guarantees the network a virtually unlimited inventory of events from late August through early June. In addition to 40 regular season football games, plus a variety of news and information shows and other original programming, the conference plans to televise 150 men’s and women’s basketball games annually, along with 200 other regular season and tournament games in various

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ACC Commissioner John Swofford, center, announces an ACC/ESPN Network during a news conference at the 2016 ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte. The launch of the conference’s dedicated television channel is set for this August. Olympic sports. With an eye on maximizing viewership, the conference has rearranged its football schedule to include more early season conference matchups. Swofford has also suggested that the ACC will break with tradition and jump right into conference play on the opening night of the basketball season. “The thing that’s been really good from our schools is that they’re all-in on the network,” Swofford said. “Everybody understands the importance of scheduling.” State-of-the-art facilities The conference plans to hire a personality to be the “face” of the ACC Network, similar to Paul Finebaum on the SEC Network. Although the network will likely be based in Charlotte, each school is in the process of building its own state-of-the-art broadcast facility where they will have the ability to produce their own programming and broadcast games on site. North Carolina’s $10 million studio is being constructed onto the Koury Natatorium, directly adjacent to the Smith Center. NC State’s $6 million facility is located inside the main entrance of

“The thing that’s been really good from our schools is that they’re all-in on the network.” John Swofford, ACC commissioner

the Wendell H. Murphy Football Center behind the south end zone at Carter-Finley Stadium. Duke’s setup is located in the Blue Devil Tower at Wallace Wade Stadium and includes three control rooms, personal offices, editing suites and a live studio. And at Wake Forest, a 3,400-square foot command center with linear and digital control rooms has been constructed in the former clubhouse of its Couch Ballpark baseball stadium. Expected cash influx Though exact figures will depend on distribution deals between ESPN’s parent company Disney and cable providers to carry the channel, conference officials are counting on the new

linear ACC Network to provide a financial windfall that will bring the conference’s income more in line with that of the SEC, Big Ten and Pac 12 — leagues that already have their own dedicated networks. According to published figures, the SEC’s television revenue increased from $210.4 million in 2013, the final fiscal year without its own network, to $311.8 million following the network’s debut. By 2016-17, the revenue stream had increased to $409.1 million — leading to a payout of approximately $41 million per school. By contrast, the ACC distributed an average of $26.6 million per school in 2017. Swofford has steered clear of talking about finances, especially those associated with the ACC Network. But athletic directors such as NC State’s Debbie Yow have made little secret that they’re counting on the new network to be a significant moneymaker for their respective programs. “The single most important thing for the future of this athletic program financially is the success of the ACC Network, without question,” Yow said last August. “We have to have it just like the SEC and the Big Ten did.”

B3 against UNCW to open this season and 45 at Georgetown in November. Clemons will clearly finish his Campbell career as one of the most successful college players in history. Where does he go from there, however? For all of his scoring prowess, Campbell’s size will give many NBA teams pause. It’s the main reason he ended up at Campbell after his size scared off major conference teams on the recruiting trail. Clemons has done his part to get on the radar of NBA squads. He’s declared for the draft each of the last two seasons, taking advantage of the rule that allows college players to go through the pro evaluation process then return to school as long as they don’t hire an agent. Clemons worked with Denver and Boston after his sophomore year, Cleveland and Brooklyn this past offseason, then returned to Campbell with their feedback in mind. To make the floor in the NBA, he’ll likely need to serve as a point guard. While he’s clearly still the Camels’ top scoring option, his assist numbers have crept up each season, to 3.3 per game this year. He’s also cut his turnovers slightly and improved his accuracy on two and three-point shots, even while taking more of each. Still, Clemons isn’t listed on any major mock draft sites, even as a potential second-rounder. It appears his professional journey will start either in Europe or the G League, even with his historic scoring numbers. It wouldn’t be the first time. Among the people still to pass on the scoring list for Clemons are Harry Kelly, who was 6-foot7 and in sixth place all time. After getting cut by the Hawks in training camp in 1983, the Texas Southern scoring star took a job with Houston’s Department of Public Works. Keydren Clark (seventh place) was 5-foot-11 and had a long career in Europe, never playing a minute in the NBA. Alphonso Ford was fourth all-time and 6-foot-3, which got him a total of 11 games in the league.

LITTLE from page B1 guys, it takes them a little longer to get more comfortable than other guys.” While Little has begun playing more like the one-and-done talent most believe he is, he still has plenty of room to grow. He’s by far the most athletic player on the team, but he still needs to learn to use that natural ability to its full advantage by scoring at the rim and drawing fouls rather than settling for too many perimeter jumpers. By doing so, Little can force opposing defenses to collapse on him, creating more open shots from the perimeter for teammates Luke Maye, Cameron Johnson and Kenny Williams. With a 7-foot-1 wingspan, he also possesses the physical tools to become a more effective defender than he has been to this point in his young college career. Although he has been something of an afterthought compared to other high-profile rookies both in the Triangle and nationally, including one of his own teammates, there’s still time left for him make a major impact for the Tar Heels. According to classmate White, Little’s continued aggressiveness and more consistent production are critical to the Tar Heels’ chances of advancing deep into the NCAA Tournament come March. “He’s always had it in him, and now he’s starting to put everything together,” the UNC point guard said. “He’s going to become the monster everybody has been waiting for.

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Nassir Little’s 7-foot-1 wingspan and athleticism cause matchup problems for opponents.

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Walker expects ‘crazy’ reaction as All-Star starter

Garrett Bradbury of NC State boosted his NFL Draft stock with an impressive week at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.

Charlotte will host a weekend full of events Feb. 15-17 By Steve Reed AP Sports Writer

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North Carolina players stand out at Senior Bowl Wolfpack offensive stars boost draft status, Duke’s Daniel Jones and Charlotte’s Nate Davis impress By Brett Friedlander North State Journal IT’S GENERALLY accepted that at the Senior Bowl, the week of practice before the game is more important to the players involved than the game itself. While that might be true in most cases, there’s still plenty of value in showing an ability to perform well in actual competition. It’s an ability that helped salvage the Senior Bowl experience for quarterbacks Daniel Jones of Duke and Ryan Finley of NC State. The highly rated passers drew mixed reviews for their pregame workouts leading up to the annual showcase of draft-eligible college players in Mobile, Ala. But they ended up leaving positive impressions on the NFL talent evaluators on hand by posting strong performances in leading the North team to a 34-24 victory Saturday. Jones showed why he’s considered a potential first round pick by completing 8 of 11 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown. Entering the game at the start of the third quarter with his team trailing 12-3, the junior graduate drove his team to scores on all three of his drives — scoring once on a 1-yard run before hitting UMass receiver Andy Isabella with a 19-yard touchdown pass. “He showed a lot of mental toughness,” North coach Jon Gruden told The Associated Press after the game. “He had some tough moments. He threw two interceptions in 7-on-7 in practice, which is uncommon. But he came back the next day and the next day and the next day and showed the right stuff.” Finley also redeemed himself by relieving Jones in the fourth

quarter and leading two scoring drives of his own. The former Wolfpack star — who was described earlier in the week by Joe Marino of The Draft Network as being “primed for a long career as a backup” — completed 7 of 11 passes for 83 yards while rushing for 11 yards on his only carry. “(He) is a guy that just grows on you. He doesn’t make mistakes,” Gruden said. “Not a lot of people know about him nationally, but he threw for almost 12,000 yards and a lot of touchdowns in Raleigh.” Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com called Finley the most consistent and effective of the eight quarterbacks in the game, praising his accuracy, poise and decision-making. “He doesn’t have a huge arm, but teams that have met with him here in Mobile have really liked him,” Jeremiah opined. “Given how precise he was and how quickly he was working through progressions, I thought Finley had the cleanest game of the Senior Bowl passers.” While the quarterbacks garnered the most attention among the seven representatives of state schools at the Senior Bowl, the player that helped himself most was Finley’s teammate Garrett Bradbury. The former Wolfpack center was named the week’s best offensive lineman and a team captain for the North while drawing rave reviews for his athleticism and technique. “Bradbury consistently dominated in practice sessions,” wrote Jeff Risdon of RealGM.com, predicting that Bradbury will be the first offensive lineman taken in the draft this spring. “That’s not easy to do in drills that are set up to favor the defense. He’s one of the most athletic interior guys I’ve seen in Mobile since (All-Pro) Alex Mack, who turned out pretty darn well.” Another NC State player making a positive impression was wide receiver Jakobi Meyers. Although he caught just one

“He’s one of the most athletic interior guys I’ve seen in Mobile since (All-Pro) Alex Mack, who turned out pretty darn well.” Jeff Risdon of RealGM.com on NC State center Garrett Bradbury pass for 15 yards in the game, while also returning a punt for seven yards, his work during practice opened some eyes and likely improved his draft stock by showing an ability to play both outside and in the slot. “Meyers is making himself some money this week showing off his route variety,” wrote Eric Galko of OptimumScouting.com. “Meyers may lack an elite trait but does everything well from run blocking to catching.” Galko wasn’t as high on a fourth Wolfpack player in Mobile, linebacker Germaine Pratt, who was credited with one tackle in Saturday’s game. “Pratt looks like a middle linebacker but continues to show stiff hips, especially in underneath coverage, that limits his appeal,” Galko wrote. “He showed good burst and filled the gap well, but looked a step behind in coverage.” Charlotte offensive guard Nate Davis, meanwhile, had “a terrific week” in the assessment of Marino from The Draft Network, who described Davis as “the perfect mid-round developmental prospect with eventual starting upside.” Appalachian State running back Jalin Moore was selected to play in the Senior Bowl but wasn’t given medical clearance to practice or play while continuing his recovery from a season-ending ankle injury suffered on Oct. 9.

CHARLOTTE — Hornets point guard Kemba Walker can’t imagine what the atmosphere will be like when he’s introduced as an NBA All-Star Game starter next month on his home court. “I haven’t given it any thought, but I’m sure it will be an unbelievable moment being that the game is in Charlotte,” Walker said. “I’ve been here for eight years now, so it’s going to be crazy.” The 28-year-old Walker was named to the All-Star team for the third time Thursday, but it was his first selection as a starter. He becomes another big story line for the All-Star weekend, along with Stephen Curry returning to the city where he grew up, and former North Carolina college basketball star and current Hornets owner Michael Jordan hosting the game in his own state. Walker didn’t win the fan vote, finishing third among Eastern Conference guards behind Kyrie Irving and Dwayne Wade. It was the media and his fellow NBA players — both picked him second, ahead of Wade — that got him over the top and earned him the start. “The respect from my peers is what means a lot to me,” Walker said. “The guys I go up against each and every night. You know, to have their respect, I think that’s huge. And that’s what I care most about, to have the respect of my peers.” Walker is set to become a free agent after this season, but he has repeatedly said he wants to return to the Hornets, where he is the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. Walker is averaging a career-best 25 points this season along with 5.7 assists and 3.8 rebounds. His 3-point shooting has dipped to 35.8 percent — down from 38.4

Panthers quarterback Cam Newton looks to pass during Carolina’s game against New Orleans on Dec. 17 in Charlotte. Newton was limited during the 2018 season by a shoulder injury that required offseason surgery.

Kemba Walker on being named an All-Star Game starter

percent last season — but he is still the man carrying the load for the Hornets night in and night out. “I feel very deserving,” said Walker, who is listed as a generous 6-foot-1. “I’ve been playing really well this season. Yeah, I feel like I deserve to be in the position I am today, and I think that is why I am. I don’t think they would (give) a starters position in the All-Star Game to a guy who doesn’t deserve it.” Walker said he hadn’t even been thinking about being named an NBA All-Star starter the past few weeks. He said a few family members had pointed it out to him that he was third in the voting, but Walker said his focus has been on the season and helping Charlotte get to the postseason. The man who once walked off the court early this year after a game-winning shot shouting “This is my city!” is now the toast of the town in Charlotte. “It’s up there,” Walker said of the accomplishment. “I don’t know where to put it yet, but it’s pretty high on the accomplishments in my career. This one right here is definitely top of the line, man. It’s an unbelievable accomplishment.” He said his first NBA All-Star selection in 2017 was special, but this one might be more important. “I don’t know if a lot of players can actually say they played in the All-Star Game in their actual city, their team’s city,” Walker said. “It is definitely up there with my first for sure.”

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Hornets guard Kemba Walker will be a starter in the NBA All-Star Game when it takes place in Charlotte on Feb. 17.

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“I don’t know where to put it yet, but it’s pretty high on the accomplishments in my career.”

compared to professional athletes at other positions.” The numbers from the study are surprising. Half of all athletes at the NFL Combine had a history of shoulder trouble, with more than a third needing shoulder surgery. Among quarterbacks, 71 percent of Combine attendees had a history of shoulder problems, and 15.2 percent of all injuries suffered by quarterbacks are to the shoulder. Aaron Rodgers battled a shoulder injury in 2017, when he played in just seven games. Tom Brady had arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder in 2004 and was listed on every one of New England’s weekly injury reports with “right shoulder” for the next seven seasons. Rotator cuff problems, like the one Newton had repaired in 2017, are far rarer among quarterbacks. That’s because the vast majority of shoulder injuries in the NFL are the result of violent hits. A quarterback doesn’t see the same type of shoulder problems as baseball pitchers — a sport where rotator cuff tears are far more common — because throwing football puts far less strain on the arm. The arm doesn’t reach anywhere near the same velocity, and the number of throws for a quarterback is far lower than a baseball hurler.

Among Combine attendees, the researchers found that, “Athletes with a history of rotator cuff tear were less likely to be drafted and played fewer games in the NFL.” However, the authors went on to caution, “This is difficult to extrapolate to the professional quarterback given the low overall prevalence (of the injury).” Still, it happens to the best of them. Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger announced prior to the 2012 season that he was playing through a partial tear in his rotator cuff. The result was his lowest passing output in the last eight seasons. He appeared to be back to his old self by 2013 and has gone on to post some of the best years of his career since. So, the bottom line is that, while Newton’s shoulder problem is clearly serious, it appears to be a relatively minor setback this offseason — one that will hopefully be long since forgotten by training camp. While the recurrence of a shoulder problem seems alarming, it also appears to come with the territory for an NFL quarterback. With scientific evidence, as well as some high-profile examples in the NFL, working in his favor, there’s no reason to think Newton will be limited by the injury going forward.

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The North Carolina Department of Commerce is investing $260,000 in Downtown Strong, a program to build local government capacity by providing economic development planning and revitalization resources and guidance. “As we work with small communities throughout our state, local governments need more capacity and resources to tackle the unique challenges they face,” said Governor Roy Cooper. “Downtown Strong will provide planning and revitalization expertise to communities across North Carolina that otherwise might not have access to these resources.” This new program is a result of feedback from rural leaders during Hometown Strong community meetings. Hometown Strong convenes leaders from every cabinet agency to meet with local leaders to forge new relationships, increase communication and help state government better serve rural North Carolinians. The Downtown Strong program will provide a downtown assessment of each participating community, as well as staff training, technical assistance and other resources. Services and resources will use the Main Street America™ approach, which establishes economic development strategies and implementation plans through economic vitality, design, promotion and organization actions. The traditional Main Street program includes a Downtown Associate Community program for smaller communities or those just starting revitalization efforts. Downtown Strong will help interested communities prepare to become Downtown Associate Communities or will help them prosper on their own.

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In this Aug. 17, 2018, file photo Marcus Harris poses at his home in Spring, Texas. Harris is a 35-year-old internal-medicine physician in the Houston area. Last summer, when stocks were setting record after record, Harris felt confident that he would be able to handle a severe downturn, even though he had yet to experience one in his five years of investing. When the market started skidding on worries about a slowing economy and President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, though, Harris acknowledges he felt some trepidation. At Fidelity, for example, millennial investors put in twice as many buy as sell orders for stocks and stock funds during the last three months of 2018, when the S&P 500 plunged 14 percent for its worst quarterly performance in nearly seven years. They were actually more aggressive about buying stocks than they were a year earlier, at the end of 2017, when the S&P 500 closed out one of its strongest and calmest years in decades. Older generations of investors also embraced the tumult in recent months and picked up their buying activity for stocks, though they were not as aggressive as millennials. Baby Boomers had roughly 1.3 buy orders for every sell order during last year’s fourth quarter, for example. The data cover Fidelity’s 20.8 million retail brokerage

accounts. The decisions did not come stress-free. Consider Marcus Harris, a 35-year-old internal-medicine physician in the Houston area. Last summer, when stocks were setting record after record, Harris felt confident that he would be able to handle a severe downturn, even though he had yet to experience one in his five years of investing. When the market started skidding on worries about a slowing economy and President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, though, Harris acknowledges he felt some trepidation. He had set his phone to notify him when some of the stocks he owns hit certain prices, both on See INVESTORS, page C2

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Tennessee-based bank exits Virginia to focus elsewhere Richmond, Va. A Tennessee-based bank is exiting the Virginia market to focus on high-growth markets in the Carolinas, Florida and its home state. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the lone Capital Bank office in the state will close by April 26. The First Horizon National Corp. unit’s Virginia location wasn’t a traditional bank branch, instead handling consumer, commercial and private banking lines of business in Virginia and elsewhere in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Virginia office opened in 2008 as an outpost of First Tennessee Bank, which merged with Capital Bank in 2017 and became part of First Horizon. The closure means the departure of 10 employees, including Virginia market president Gail Letts. Letts says the bank hopes to retain clients in the region, despite the lack of a local presence.

N. Carolina accepting individual tax returns starting this week Raleigh North Carolina tax officials are ready to start accepting individual tax returns from residents. The North Carolina Department of Revenue opened the 2019 individual income tax season Monday. That’s the same day that federal tax filing season was scheduled to start. Those who electronically filed state tax returns before Jan. 28 should start getting acknowledgements. State tax officials say that enhanced identity theft protective measures could cause some refunds to take longer than normal. Tax returns are due on April 15.

Ex-advocate for city’s beer industry accused of embezzlement Asheville A former advocate for the beer industry in a North Carolina city is accused of defrauding her previous employer. News outlets report authorities said 42-year-old Kendra Penland Turner, former executive director of the Asheville Brewers Alliance, has been charged with embezzlement and financial card fraud. While Buncombe County court records don’t indicate how much she’s accused of taking, financial card fraud is a felony charge at $500. An incident report shows the alliance reported embezzlement in August to the Asheville Police Department. Mike Rangel, the alliance’s interim executive director, directed questions to the Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office. Turner’s attorney, George Hyler, declined to comment Friday. Formed in 2009, the Asheville Brewers Alliance is a trade and membership organization that promotes western North Carolina craft beer and breweries.

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, center, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is joined at left by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking member, at a hearing on the high price of prescription drugs, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019.

Insulin probe on deck as Congress opens drug price hearings As the cost of life-saving drugs like insulin continue to rise, Congress probes industry pricing practices, as the White House looks to increase generic drug approval

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Republican lawmaker said Tuesday that he plans to investigate the “unacceptable” cost of insulin, as Congress opened hearings on high prescription drug prices and how government might put the brakes on a pharmaceutical industry used to setting its own terms. “I have heard stories about people reducing their life-saving medicines, like insulin, to save money,” said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa. “This is unacceptable and I intend to specifically get to the bottom of the insulin price problem.” Grassley’s staff provided his statement to reporters ahead of a hearing to set the stage for the panel’s work this year on drug prices. Across Capitol Hill, the House Oversight and Reform Committee had its own hearing later Tuesday. Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., has already announced a sweeping investigation of drug industry pricing practices, sending detailed information requests to 12 major manufacturers. Although Democrats want Medicare to directly negotiate prices and Republicans prefer free-market approaches, they seem united in their disdain for

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North Carolina lottery winner to use money to feed homeless Charlotte A chef who cooked for President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama says he will use his winnings in a North Carolina lottery game to feed the hungry in the Dominican Republic. A news release from the North Carolina Education Lottery on Wednesday said Roberto Mendoza of Charlotte said he followed his mother’s intuition and bought a Hit $500 ticket at a local convenience store. Mendoza, who won $250,000 in the scratch-off game, said he would use the $176,876 he took home after taxes to finish building a cafeteria in the Dominican Republic. He said he told himself when he was a teen that if he was ever in a position to give back, he would do everything he could to ensure no one else has to go hungry.

the high and the low end. At work, as the S&P 500 careened lower in December to its worst month in nearly a decade, he got used to hearing often from his phone. “It was probably five times a day,” he said. “Ding! This stock has hit your low. Ding! That stock hit your low.” “It was a little scary, looking at my retirement account saying, ‘Man, that’s a lot of salary gone,’” he recalled. Harris eventually turned off the notifications. But he also said that he knew he had many years to go before he needed to use the money. He ended up putting more money into stocks late last year, hoping to buy low. “I got age on my side,” Harris said. “This is a 30year plan.” The reaction was similar for many clients of Charles Adi, financial adviser at Blueprint 360 in Houston. Before the downturn, Adi had discussed many times with his clients market volatility and the importance of sticking with an investment plan. But he got more worried calls than he was expecting as markets tumbled. “You think your clients are go-

the industry’s pricing. At the White House, President Donald Trump, who once accused drugmakers of “getting away with murder,” has set in motion multiple regulatory actions from approving more generic drugs to a planned experiment that would use lower international prices to save money for Medicare on certain drugs. It all adds up to a politically perilous time for a powerful industry, although it’s still unclear whether lawmakers in the end will be able to agree on a plan of action. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America points to research suggesting that price spikes of a few years ago have eased. Government price regulation will stifle innovation and deprive patients of timely access to innovative medications, the industry warns. Insulin to treat diabetes is a particularly sensitive issue, since patients depend on the drug to try to maintain normal blood sugar and forestall serious complications of the disease, from heart problems to blindness and amputations. As yet there’s no effective generic competition to brand insulin costing hundreds of dollars a month. A handful of companies dominate the insulin market, including Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and Eli Lilly, which formerly employed U.S. health secretary Alex Azar as a high-ranking executive. The American Medical Association has called on the government to investigate rising prices for insulin, which saw a nearly 200 percent increase from 2002-2013, according to the physician group. Grassley is an old adversary of the drug industry, having previously battled the companies over

ing to act one way because you have these conversations, and they reassure you they know the game plan, but you really don’t know what’s going to happen in the moment,” he said. “More often than not, the conversation I had was: ‘You told me there were going to be some fluctuations, but I didn’t understand what you meant. Are we going to change the plan?’” In the end, most held steady. Only four of his clients moved their investments out of stocks and into cash, and three of them were older. For many of his younger clients, he suggested viewing the drops as an opportunity to double down on stocks they were familiar with and had already reaped gains from, such as Netflix, Amazon and marijuana stocks. Many agreed. Millennial investors were close to flat in terms of being net buyers or sellers of stocks at TD Ameritrade. That’s similar to how they behaved in 2015, when the S&P 500 lost more than 10 percent in one five-day stretch. “Not freaked out at all,” said JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade. “My theory, given the limited sample size, is that because of their age, they’re willing to take more risk and see it

“This is unacceptable and I intend to specifically get to the bottom of the insulin price problem.” Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa safety problems and pricing for government programs like Medicaid. Together with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, he also investigated the pricing of Sovaldi, a costly breakthrough medication for hepatitis C. Grassley has returned to the chairmanship of the Finance panel after heading up the Senate Judiciary Committee. Finance has jurisdiction over the government’s major health care programs. Grassley said drugmakers have been cool to his requests to testify before the panel. “I want to express my displeasure at the lack of cooperation from the pharmaceutical manufacturers,” he said, adding, “we will extend the opportunity again in the future, but we will be more insistent the next time.” The committee has subpoena powers. Despite the tough talk, Grassley’s opening statement underscored just how far he and most Republicans remain from Democrats like Cummings on policy ideas. Grassley issued a call for greater public accounting of how pharmaceutical companies set their prices, and he endorsed the Trump administration’s move to require drugmakers to disclose prices in advertising. Cummings is pushing a package of bills that would

as a buying opportunity.” Of course, the customers at TD Ameritrade are a self-selected group of people: those who chose to invest. The majority of younger households don’t own any stocks at all. A shade more than 41 percent of all households led by someone under 35 own stocks in some way, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve. For all other age groups, except those 75 or older, more than half of households own stocks. The figures include both people who actively trade stocks and others who have a target-date retirement mutual fund in a 401(k) that they never touch. But the rate of stock ownership has been going up in recent years for younger households. The most recent tally, from 2016, showed the highest rate of ownership for young households since 2007, before the financial crisis hit its peak. Recent weeks have brought some relief for investors, as the S&P 500 has climbed about 12 percent since hitting a bottom on Christmas Eve. That includes Harris, the doctor whose phone was dinging so often in December. “A few days after Christmas,” he said, “I turned the notifications back on.”

empower Medicare to directly negotiate prices, open up generic competition to drugs deemed “excessively priced,” and allow consumers to import lower-cost medications from Canada. Consumer concerns are focused on brand-name drugs, particularly new medications that promise breakthrough results. Generics account for nearly 90 percent of prescriptions filled, but brandname drugs account for more than 70 percent of the spending. The hearings come as prices for brand-name drugs continue to rise, although data shows the total number of price hikes is somewhat lower than at the same time last year, and the overall percentage increase isn’t as steep. Facing heavy criticism from Trump and Democrats, some drugmakers have pledged to take fewer or smaller increases as the industry tries to avoid government regulation. An analysis of brand-name drug prices by The Associated Press shows there were 2,712 price hikes in the first half of this month, as compared to 3,327 increases during the same period last year. The size of this year’s increases was not as pronounced. The median — or midpoint— increase was 5 percent, as compared to nearly 9 percent last year. Both this year and last, the number of price cuts was minuscule. The information on prices was provided by the health data firm Elsevier, and includes multiple doses and versions of many of the same drugs. The analysis reflects list prices for medications, a starting point for negotiations between manufacturers and insurers. Economist Paul Hughes-Cromwick of Altarum, a nonprofit research organization, said moderate growth may not equate to relief for consumers, since U.S. drug prices are high to begin with. “You never want to confuse low growth rates with low price levels,” he said.

“I got age on my side. ... This is a 30-year plan.” Marcus Harris

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This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows the characters Emmet, left, and Rex Dangervest, center, both voiced by Chris Pratt, in a scene from “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.”

Review: Everything is pretty good in ‘The Lego Movie 2’ By Lindsey Bahr The Associated Press “THE LEGO MOVIE” is a hard act to follow. Its world was so fresh and vibrant and unexpected, it’s no wonder that it spawned a number of spinoffs of varying quality. But the big test was always going to be the sequel and whether or not it could recreate the magic of the first. And I’m pleased to report that “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” is pretty darn good, but also you can’t help shake the feeling that it’s just never going to live up to the exciting newness of the first. The script, written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, is once again whip-smart. Jokes and clev-

er pop culture references whizz by at lightning speed and you’ll be lucky to catch even half of them on the first watch. Even the songs (there are a few more this time) are packed with Lord and Miller wit. And you’ll definitely want to stay for the credits song which, oddly enough, is one of the best parts of the movie despite not really being part of the movie. But there’s something that’s lost in this round. With a new director at the helm in Mike Mitchell (“Trolls,” ‘‘Sky High”) you sense sometimes that the film is just going through the motions. Still, it has charm and winking fun to spare and kids will likely adore it just as much. The movie starts by establish-

ing the introduction of a little sister, and all the chaos and destruction and cuteness that implies. Her Legos are oversized and adorable, and really throw the more traditional Legos of the brother’s world for a loop, wrecking all the meticulous buildings of Bricksburg. An abrupt cut to five years later finds Emmet (Chris Pratt), Wyldstyle/Lucy (Elizabeth Banks), Batman (Will Arnett), Unikitty (Alison Brie), Benny (Charlie Day), MetalBeard (Nick Offerman) and all the favorites of the first living in a “Mad Max” homage they call Apocalypseburg (which they say is “grittier and cooler” than Bricksburg). Emmet is still Emmet, though, bright, cheery and

By Andrew Dalton The Associated Press

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Call for end to social media abuse of Duchesses Meghan, Kate LONDON — Britain’s press is urging social media users to tone down inappropriate criticism of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge. Palace officials have been seeking help from Instagram to monitor and remove offensive comments about the two duchesses, who are married to Prince Harry and Prince William. Palace aides have been spending hours each week moderating comments on the official Palace Instagram account and removing racist and sexist content. There have been rumors in recent months that Meghan and

Systar System people like General Mayhem (Stephanie Beatriz) and Queen Watevre Wa’Nabi (Tiffany Haddish) are all delightful, and refreshingly new. But the film does start to drag on just a bit, and even feel rather similar to “Toy Story 3” at times. It’s not entirely their fault — once the real-world element was revealed in the first “Lego Movie,” there are only so many directions you can go and the big stakes that all toys face being forgotten and the threat of being shoved away into storage. I’m not sure just how much more the studio can mine out of this concept that was once so brilliant. But happily, “The Lego Movie 2” doesn’t destroy everything the first worked so hard to build. It’s just trying very hard to be exactly the same. “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for “for some rude humor.” Running time: 106 minutes. Three stars out of four.

Michael Jackson family condemns new documentary on accusers

In this Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018 file photo, Britain’s Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, left, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive to attend the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham in Norfolk, England.

By Gregory Katz The Associated Press

optimistic even while everyone else is brooding and scowling. He even builds a cookie cutter house for himself and Lucy with a picket fence, a front yard, and a toaster room, you know, so they can eat toaster waffles anytime. Lucy tells Emmett she wishes he could grow up, like her, but before their fight is resolved, aliens from the Systar system attack and take Lucy, Batman, Benny and Unikitty hostage for a marriage ceremony on their planet. Left behind, Emmet goes off to rescue them and teams up with a new character, Rex Dangervest, who is also voiced by Pratt, in a very selfaware riff on his own movie stardom. He’s a “galaxy-defending archaeologist, cowboy and raptor trainer” who enjoys showing off his “chiseled features that used to be hidden under baby fat.” Rex’s crew is made up entirely of velociraptors, who sound like the Jurassic Park/World velociraptors but here are given subtitles. It’s an inspired bit that made me laugh every time. He and the

Kate have been feuding, which could have partly fueled online abuse with fans of one duchess criticizing the other online in very personal terms. Meghan, an American actress who married Harry in May, is pregnant with their first child, and some on social media and in the press have taken to criticizing her for cradling her “baby bump” during public engagements. The Times newspaper reported Tuesday in an editorial called “Vile Abuse” that many of the comments made about Meghan and Kate are too vicious to publish and have included threats. “Women receive more abuse online than men and this sad truth seems to apply just as much to the royal family,” the newspaper said.

The paper also condemned the treatment of Rachel Riley, a British television personality who has complained about a torrent of anti-Semitic abuse on Twitter. In response to the rise of abusive comments directed at the royal women, Hello! magazine this week launched a “kindness” campaign urging posters to think twice before posting nasty comments. “For us, it’s not acceptable to pit two women against each other,” the magazine’s royal correspondent Emily Nash said in a video announcing the campaign. “It’s not acceptable to post abusive, threatening, racist or sexist comments online. And it’s not acceptable to attack other users just because they disagree with you.”

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s family members said Monday that they are “furious” that two men who accuse him of sexually abusing them as boys have received renewed attention because of a new documentary about them. The family released a statement denouncing “Leaving Neverland,” a documentary film featuring Jackson accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck that premiered last week at the Sundance Film Festival and is set to air in the spring on HBO and the U.K.’s Channel 4. “Michael always turned the other cheek, and we have always turned the other cheek when people have gone after members of our family — that is the Jackson way,” the statement said. “But we can’t just stand by while this public lynching goes on.... Michael is not here to defend himself, otherwise these allegations would not have been made.” The family points out that Jackson was subjected to a thorough investigation that included a surprise raid of his home, the Neverland Ranch, but was still acquitted at his criminal trial in 2005, in a case involving another young man. Robson testified at that trial, saying he had slept in Jackson’s room many times, but that Jackson had never molested him. Safechuck made similar statements to investigators as a boy.

Jackson died in 2009. Both men filed lawsuits in 2013 saying stress and trauma had forced them to face the truth and admit they were sexually abused. The suits have been thrown out on technical grounds but are under appeal. The Jackson statement calls the men “perjurers” because of this reversal, saying the family is “furious” that media outlets without evidence have chosen “to believe the word of two admitted liars over the word of hundreds of families and friends around the world who spent time with Michael.” “Leaving Neverland” director Dan Reed said in a statement Monday that the film focuses only on the two men and their families because he felt “no need to include the opinions of people with no direct knowledge of what happened” to them. “Anyone who sees the film will know it is solely about hearing the stories of two specific individuals and their families in their own words, and that is a focus we are very proud of,” Reed said. Reed has said previously he has no doubts about the validity of the men’s claims. The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they come forward publicly, which Robson and Safechuck have done on multiple occasions. The family insists that truth and evidence are on their side. “We are proud of what Michael Jackson stands for,” the statement said.

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Millennials crave more excitement from Super Bowl experience, says annual survey The Associated Press NEW YORK — Millennials, famously, are more interested in enjoying experiences than making big purchases, thus it should be no surprise they want more from the Super Bowl besides the spectacle of the game, funny TV ads and an entertaining halftime show. From emerging gambling opportunities to an esports connection, Millennials want the Big Game to be even grander, according to a national survey measuring fan sentiment conducted by the Fan Experience sports and entertainment specialty of BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe) and fielded by research firm PSB. While gambling and the Big Game are already prevalent at house parties and office pools, sports gambling is set to play an even bigger role as several states have already legalized sports gambling and more are considering similar legislation. Millennials are ready: 67 percent say they are more likely to bet on the Super Bowl than any other sporting event, while 46 percent of Gen Xers and 29 percent of Baby Boomers say the same. Further, more than half of Millennials (54 percent) say that betting on the game gets them more excited about watching, with 58 percent saying betting on a game affects how long they will stay tuned. For Baby Boomers, only 18 percent say gambling on the Big Game affects how long they will watch. “We are at a moment in our country when activities that were once off limits are being legalized at a rapid pace,” said Chris Foster, President, North America, BCW. “This is affecting how many people, particularly Millennials, experience entertainment and sports. For brands seeking better consumer engagement, embracing activities that had been legally off limits to previous generations is a bold step toward deepening those relationships.” Game of brands Esports is an example of a new opportunity driven by Millennial interest. A global phenomenon expected to generate revenues north of $1.5 billion by 2020, according to estimates, with users reaching well into the millions, esports and the Super Bowl can provide younger generations with game tie-ins as exciting and endearing as the advertisements have become. Half of Millennials surveyed said they would consider watching an esports event associated with the Super Bowl.As the Super Bowl remains the highlight of the advertising year, social media continues to play a major role in how ads are viewed by consumers. Waiting for the game to see the ads is considered old school, as brands have turned to social channels to preview ads. Facebook (58 percent) and YouTube (51 percent) are the primary sources fans use to find such sneak peaks. While Facebook remains the top platform for previewing Super Bowl ads, the social site’s influence has dropped in the past year.

In the 2018 Super Bowl Survey, 72 percent of fans turned to the social site to watch the ads; only 58 percent say they will do so this year. Instagram and Snapchat are poised to pick up the slack, with Instagram use expected to reach 33 percent in 2019 from 24 percent in 2018, and Snapchat rising to 18 percent in 2019 from 14 percent the year prior. Snapchat has practically no influence among Gen Xers (3 percent) and Boomers (zero), as Millennials (28 percent) are the dominant users of Snapchat when it comes to viewing Super Bowl ads. “Engagement through social channels is clearly important to marketers, so brands must pay close attention to shifting behaviors and attitudes,” said Jason Teitler, Chair of BCW Fan Experience. “The rise of Instagram and Snapchat is not surprising among Millennials, but Facebook’s dip indicates fans of all ages are using multiple channels for their interactions around the big game.” Enough tech? Maybe The Sixth Annual BCW Super Bowl Survey found fans like how technology has enhanced their enjoyment of professional football and 66 percent of those surveyed say there is the right amount of technology in the game. Yet there is one notable exception: 68 percent of respondents say technology could make officiating more reliable, a notion reinforced by recent on-field calls. Other findings from the Sixth Annual BCW Super Bowl Survey include: Twenty-nine percent of fans say they would move their wedding date if it conflicted with their favorite team playing in the Super Bowl; avid fans (42 percent) and Millennials (38 percent) were the most willing to move their wedding dates. Sixty-three percent of fans say they favor brands that air commercials during the Super Bowl over those that sponsor the game. Fifty percent say they would support a Super Bowl played in an international market, with 71 percent of Millennials especially enthusiastic about a foreign Super Bowl. Superstitious? If their team is playing, 41 percent of fans say they would watch the Super Bowl in their usual spot, 35 percent would wear the same clothing and 21 percent would eat the same meal as in their team’s last victory. Yet only 27 percent of fans consider themselves superstitious. Going to a Super Bowl party? Fans are split between wings (33 percent) and pizza (33 percent) being the top gameday food. “The Millennial mindset about activities related to a big sports event matches the mood of a generation consistently seeking new types of stimuli,” said Scott Elder, Senior Vice President, PSB. “The survey shows there remains plenty of room, and a willing audience, to expand opportunities surrounding the Super Bowl.”

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Danai Gurira, from left, Isaach de Bankole, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o and Angela Bassett from the cast of “Black Panther,” accept the award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture.

‘Black Panther’ wins top honor at SAG Awards, ‘Maisel’ soars By Jake Coyle The Associated Press NEW YORK — “Black Panther” took the top award at Sunday’s 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards, giving Ryan Coogler’s superhero sensation its most significant awards-season honor yet and potentially setting up Wakanda for a major role at next month’s Academy Awards. The two leading Oscar nominees — “Roma” and “The Favourite” — were bypassed by the actors guild for a best ensemble field that also included “BlacKkKlansman,” ‘’Crazy Rich Asians,” ‘’Bohemian Rhapsody” and “A Star Is Born.” Although “Black Panther” wasn’t nominated for any individual SAG Awards, it took home the final award at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Before a stage full of actors, Chadwick Boseman tried to put into context the moment for the trailblazing “Black Panther,” which also won for its stunt performer ensemble. “To be young, gifted and black,” he said, quoting the Nina Simone song. “We know what it’s like to be told there isn’t a screen for you to be featured on, a stage for you to be featured on. ... We know what’s like to be beneath and not above. And that is what we went to work with every day,” said Boseman. “We knew that we could create a world that exemplified a world we wanted to see. We knew that we had something to give.” The win puts “Black Panther” squarely in contention for best picture at the Academy Awards where it’s nominated for seven honors including best picture. Actors make up the largest percentage of the academy, so their preferences can have an especially large impact on the Oscar race. In the last decade the SAG ensemble winner has gone on to win best picture at the Academy Awards half of the time. In the lead acting categories, Glenn Close and Rami Malek solidified themselves as front-runners with wins that followed their triumphs at the Golden Globes. The 71-year-old Close, a seven-time nominee but never an Oscar winner, won best actress for her performance in “The Wife.”

In her speech, she spoke about the power of film in a multiscreen world. “One of the most powerful things we have as human beings are two eyes looking into two eyes,” said Close. “Film is the only art form that allows us the close-up.” Malek, wining best actor over Christian Bale (“Vice”) and Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”) for his performance in “Bohemian Rhapsody,” seemingly sealed the Oscar many are predicting for him. Malek’s awards are mounting even as the director of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Bryan Singer, is facing multiple accusations of sexual assault with minors . Singer has denied the claims. As he did at the Globes, Malek dedicated his award to Mercury. “I get some power from him that’s about stepping up and living your best life, being exactly who you want to be and accomplishing everything you so desire,” said Malek. More surprising was Emily Blunt’s best supporting actress win for her performance in the horror thriller “A Quiet Place.” Blunt, also nominated by the guild for her lead performance in “Mary Poppins Returns,” was visibly shocked. She wasn’t among Tuesday’s Oscar nominees for either film. “Guys. That truly has blown my slicked hair back,” said Blunt, who praised her husband and “A Quiet Place” director John Krasinski as a “stunning filmmaker.” ‘’Thank you for giving me the part. You would have been in major trouble if you hadn’t.” Best supporting actor in a film went more as expected. Mahershala Ali, who won two years ago for “Moonlight,” won for his performance in Peter Farrelly’s interracial road trip “Green Book.” The Amazon series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” won the first three awards handed out Sunday, sweeping the comedy series awards. It won best ensemble in a comedy series, as well as individual honors for Rachel Brosnahan and Tony Shalhoub, whose win was a surprise in a category that included Bill Hader (“Barry”) and Michael Douglas (“The Kominsky Method”). “We cannot thank you enough,”

said Shalhoub, speaking for the cast. “Stay with us.” Tom Hanks presented the lifetime achievement award to Alan Alda , who in July revealed that he had been living with Parkinson’s disease for more than three years. The 83-year-old actor took the stage to a standing ovation while the theme to “M.A.S.H” played. He said the award came at a reflective moment for him. “I see more than ever now how proud I am to be a part of our brotherhood and sisterhood of actors,” said Alda. “It may never have been more urgent to see the world through another person’s eyes. When a culture is divided so sharply, actors can help — a least a little — just by doing what we do. And the nice part is it’s fun to do it. So my wish for all of us is: Let’s stay playful.” For the second time, the cast of “This Is Us” won best ensemble in a drama series. Other TV winners included Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”), Darren Criss for “Assassination of Gianni Versace”, Jason Bateman (“Ozark”) and Patricia Arquette (“Escape at Dannemora”). Arquette thanked Special Counsel investigator Robert Mueller “and everyone working to make sure we have sovereignty for the United States of America.” The SAG Awards had one thing the Oscars don’t: a host. Emcee Megan Mullally kicked off the awards by tweaking their role among the many honors leading up to next month’s Oscars. She called the SAGs “the greatest honor an actor can receive this weekend.” The show did not boost the chances of other Oscar hopefuls, “A Star Is Born,” ‘’The Favourite” and “BlacKkKlansman,” which were all shut out Sunday night. Among the attendees Sunday was Geoffrey Owens, the “Cosby Show” actor who caused a stir when he was photographed working at a New Jersey Trader Joe’s. He was among the performers who began the show with the SAG Awards’ typical “I am an actor” testimony. The SAGs also made time for one reunion: “Fatal Attraction” stars Michael Douglas and Glenn Close joined each other on stage as presenters.

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TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS 18 SP 308 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 Rickey D. Blackwelder a/k/a Ricky D. Blackwelder, a married man, as Joint Tenants, and wife Rosita M. Blackwelder to Joan H. Anderson, Trustee(s), which was dated July 6, 2006 and recorded on July 11, 2006 in Book 6871 at Page 243, 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

18 SP 458 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 Ronald D. Barnes and Tanya A. Barnes to Southland Associates, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated January 7, 2005 and recorded on January 21, 2005 in Book 5764 at Page 195 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on February 10, 2015 in Book 11283, Page 0180, 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 the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February

17 SP 456 AMENDED 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 Sara S. Lynch, an unmarried woman to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), which was dated January 17, 2014 and recorded on January 17, 2014 in Book 10838 at Page 0086, 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 the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 560 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Crystal R. Timmons and Ricky D. Timmons to John B. Third, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of April, 2016, and recorded in Book 11897, Page 0137, in Cabarrus 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 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 the City of Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on February 11, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in the City of Kannapolis, Number Four (4) Township of Cabarrus County, North

CUMBERLAND 18 SP 1103 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 Daniel Leffingwell and Eva Aguilar to Jennifer Grant, Trustee(s), which was dated August 11, 2015 and recorded on August 11, 2015 in Book 09703 at Page 0257, 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 fore-

18 SP 839 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 Reginald H. Rhodes to Lynde Seldon, Trustee(s), which was dated August 4, 2016 and recorded on August 5, 2016 in Book 09915 at Page 0817, 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 1226

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kristin R. Bunner and Dennis E. Bunner (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Dennis E. Bunner) to Jackie Miller, Trustee(s), dated the 16th day of April, 2009, and recorded in Book 08129, Page 0563, in Cumberland 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 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 the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1088 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael O. Howe to H. Clinton Cheshire, Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of October, 2005, and recorded in Book 7057, Page 154, and Re-recorded in Book 7539, Page 197, in Cumberland 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 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 the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County,

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 February 6, 2019 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: LYING AND BEING in the Number 7 Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, on the south side of Sansbury Road (SR 2416), adjoining the property of James H. Fink and others, and being all of Lot No. 8 of the unrecorded plat of the property of HAROLD EARNHARDT, a survey dated March 16,1993, by James T. Hill, R.L.S., and being more fully described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron stake, south of the right-of-way of Sansbury Road, the old northwestern corner of James H. Fink (Deed Book 302, Page 33) in the old line, and runs thence with the line of Fink S. 53-16-07 W. 915.70 feet to an iron stake, corner of Fink and Norman Fink (Deed Book 571, Page 473); thence with the line of Norman Fink , and W.M. Snider (Deed Book 280 , Page 38 ) S . 5326- 00 W. 919.48 feet to an iron stake, corner of Snider in the line of Robert F. Rush (Deed Book 682, Page 119); thence with the line of Rush N. 45-08-56 W. 46.74 feet to an iron stake in the line of Rush, rear corner of Lots 7 and 8; thence

with the dividing line of Lots 7 and 8 N. 40-00-35 E. 1620.13 feet (passing an iron stake in the line at 1587.17 feet) to an iron pipe in the center line of Sansbury Road S. 74-27-55 E. 469.324 feet to an iron stake, a new corner in the old line; thence with the old line S. 12-30-00 E. 54.07 feet (passing an iron stake in line at 33.0 feet) to the point of BEGINNING, containing 10.00 acres, more or less; subject to the right-ofway for Sansbury Road. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 11460 Sansbury Road, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124. 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 Ricky Dale Blackwelder and wife, Rosita Yolanda Blackwelder. 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.

6, 2019 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying and Being in Ward Number Four (4) of the City of Concord, Number Twelve (12) Township of Cabarrus County, North Carolina on the South side of Miller Avenue, Southwest, and Being a part of the property conveyed to Marshall W. Brafford by Ira F. Miller and wife, and as shown as the “Marshall W. Brafford property” in Block “C” of the IRA F. MILLER SUBDIVISION, as surveyed and platted, a copy of which plat is filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County in Map Book 7, Page 46, and being more fully described as follows: OLD DESCRIPTION

line North 38-30 West 150.0 feet to an iron stake on the South side of Miller Avenue, a new corner; thence with the South side of Miller Avenue North 51-30 East 135.0 feet to the point of BEGINNING. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 69 Miller Avenue Southwest, Concord, NC 28025. 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 Ronald D. Barnes and Tanya A. Barnes. 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.

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 Sara S. Lynch. 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.

ing a radius of 72.54 feet, an arc distance of 34.55 feet to an iron stake; thence continuing with the South side of Windy Rush Road North 64-30-00 East 54.60 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing 0.396 acre, more or less, as surveyed and platted by Mel G. Thompson, P.L.S., December 19, 2001; Subject to the Right of Way for Windy Rush Road. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 311 Windy Rush Road, Kannapolis, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on,

at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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. 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: 1252411 (FC.FAY)

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 Daniel Leffingwell and wife, Eva Aguilar. 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

BEGINNING at an iron pipe, a corner between lots numbers 1 and 2 of the R. A. Pate Estate shown on plat recorded in Book of Plats Number 38, Page 75, Cumberland County Registry, and also being the third corner of the tract of land above described, and running thence as the dividing line between lots numbers 1 and 2 and beyond North 12 degrees 15 minutes West 810.84 feet to a point in the center

of State Road Number 1400 South 84 degrees 05 minutes West 22.00 feet; thence South 36 degrees 10 minutes West 50.98 feet; thence South 12 degrees 15 minutes East 757.10 feet to a point in the line of the above described tract of land; thence South 81 degrees 50 minutes East 64.02 feet to the beginning, containing 1.09 acre. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 7550 Branchwood Circle, Fayetteville, NC 28314. 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

property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February 6, 2019 at 1:30PM, 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 36, in a subdivision known as Harris Place Revised, Section 3, Phase 2, and the same being duly recorded in Plat Book 113, Page 173, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1017 Our Street, Fayetteville, NC 28314. 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 All Lawful Heirs of Reginald H. Rhodes. 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.

designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on February 4, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot No. 19 in a subdivision known as Cedar Grove, Section One according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Plat Book 85, Page 95, Cumberland County Registry. And being the same lot 19 as recorded in Plat Book 85, Page 101 of Cumberland County Registry, NC. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 845 Red Cedar Lane, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the

note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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.

North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on February 4, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 104, in a subdivision known as Jacks Ford, Section 2, as per plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 77, Page 100, Cumberland County North Carolina Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1958 Christopher Way, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-

ance “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 fore-

BEGINNING at an iron stake on the South side of Miller Avenue, a corner of Kenneth F. Tine (said iron stake being South 53-15 West 200.0 feet from the Southwestern corner of the intersection of South Spring Street and Miller Avenue) and runs thence with the line of Tine extended South 35 East 150.2 feet to an iron stake, rear corner of Lot Numbers 1, 2, and 4; thence South 51-30 West 125.9 feet to an iron stake in the rear line of Lot Number 5, a new corner; thence a new

6, 2019 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 in the City of Concord, Number Eleven (11) Township of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and Being all of Lot Number 4 as shown on Map 4, Property of CANNON HOLDING CORPORATION, as surveyed and platted, a copy of which plat is filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County in Map Book 19, Page 54, to which map book and page reference is hereby made for a complete description thereof by metes and bounds. For informational purposes only, being known as 574 Carriage Avenue, SW, Concord, NC 28027. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 574 Carriage Avenue Southwest, Concord, NC 28027. 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

Carolina, on the South side of Windy Rush Road and being all of Lot Number SIX (6) of the Subdivision of OLDE COLONY, an unrecorded plat by Billy B. Long, R.L.S., and more fully described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron stake on the South side of Windy Rush Road, front corner of Lot Numbers 5 and 6 (said point being 536.0 feet in a Western direction along the Southern edge of Windy Rush Road from the Southwestern corner of the intersection of Windy Rush Road and Colony Drive) and runs thence with the dividing line of Lot Numbers 6 and 5 (Harvey L. Largen [Deed Book 599, Page 31]) South 18-2800 East 149.87 feet to an iron stake, rear corner or Lot Numbers 5 and 6 in the line of Elmwood Park Subdivision; thence with the line of Elmwood Park Subdivision as it curves in a counterclockwise direction along the arc of a circle having a radius of 342.24 feet, a distance of 46.85 feet to a stake; thence continuing with the line of Elmwood Park South 58-54-02 West 90.10 feet to an iron stake, rear corner of Lot Numbers 6 and 7 (Joe B. Williams, Book 2343, Page 272); thence with the line of Lots Numbers 6 and 7 North 03-45-14 West 179.94 feet to an iron stake on the South side of Windy Rush Road, front corner of Lot Numbers 6 and 7; thence with the South side of Windy Rush Road as it curves in a counterclockwise direction along the arc of a circle hav-

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North State Journal for Wednesday, January 30, 2019

TAKE NOTICE CUMBERLAND

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 985 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Nicholas T. Grady and Terina J. Grady (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Nicholas T. Grady) to National Title Network, Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of July, 2011, and recorded in Book 08679, Page 0535, in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1143 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Bret William Anderson and Ashlee G. Anderson to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of March, 2014, and recorded in Book 9397, Page 182, in Cumberland 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 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 the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on February 4, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1442 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Tara J. Smith (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Tara Jackson Smith) to West Title Agency, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of November, 2014, and recorded in Book 09541, Page 0234, in Cumberland 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 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 the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on February 4, 2019 and will

18 SP 991 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 Sarah Anderson to Constance R. Stienstra, Trustee(s), which was dated September 27, 2007 and recorded on September 27, 2007 in Book 7709 at Page 0771, 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

17 SP 1340 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 Dennis L. Virts, Jr. to H. Terry Hutchens, Trustee(s), which was dated June 20, 2011 and recorded on June 21, 2011 in Book 08666 at Page 0183 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on May 9, 2018 in Book 10301, Page 0249, 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

18 SP 1069 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 Renaldo Millett and Anna Lissa R. Millett to Glenn Brunker, Trustee(s), which was dated June 24, 2016 and recorded on July 11, 2016 in Book 9897 at Page 0376, 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

18 SP 757 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 William Youkers, Jr. and Elizabeth Welker a/k/a Elizabeth Y. Welker to H. Terry Hutchens, Trustee(s), which was dated September 24, 2010 and recorded on October 5, 2010 in Book 08493 at Page 0759, 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

18 SP 738 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 Lynnette Blymier to WFG National Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated December 15, 2016 and recorded on December 16, 2016 in Book 10002 at Page 0595, 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

18 SP 1187 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 Eric J. Johnson and Crystal J. Johnson to David W. Allred, Trustee(s), which was dated January 10, 2005 and recorded on January 11, 2005 in Book 6763 at Page 286, 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

Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on February 4, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Cumberland, State of North Carolina, and is described as follows:

Commonly known as 7566 Fox Fern Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28314 However, by showing this address no additional coverage

is provided Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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. 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: 1247694 (FC.FAY)

for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Pearce’s Mill, in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tax Id Number(s): 0416-81-5495Land Situated in the City of Fayetteville in the County of Cumberland in the State of NC Land Situated in the Township of Pearce’s Mill in the County of Cumberland in the State of NC Being all of Lot Number 70, in addition to “Pine Acres Subdivision, Section II, Plat of which is duly recorded in Book of Plats 18, Page 45, Cumberland County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2226 Enloe Street, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Commonly known as : 2226 Enloe St., Fayetteville, NC 28306 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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

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: 1250220 (FC.FAY)

sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 54 in a subdivision known as GREYSTONE FARMS, SECTION THREE, PART ONE, a plat of same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 108, Page 146, Cumberland County, North Carolina Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 321 Saint Martins Place, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed,

nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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. 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: 1261405 (FC.FAY)

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 February 11, 2019 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 Unit F, Briarcliff Condominiums, Building 10, Phase 9 Revised according to a Plat of same duly recorded in Condominium Plat 2, Page 11, Cumberland County Registry. TR: 5786-515 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1885 Tryon Drive, Unit 6, 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 remain-

ing 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 Sarah Anderson. 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.

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 February 11, 2019 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 91 IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS CEDAR FALLS, SECTION ONE, PHASE TWO, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 115, PAGE 117, CUMBERLAND COUNTY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1521 Bridgeton Way, 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 be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remain-

ing 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 Dennis L. Virts, Jr. 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.

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 February 12, 2019 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 NUMBER 14 IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS REVISION OF LOTS 12 -16 WESTFIELD AND THE SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 118, AT PAGE 5, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 206 Blueridge Road, 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 expira-

tion 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 Renaldo Millett and wife, Anna Lissa R. Millett. 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.

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 February 12, 2019 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 Tract No. 1 containing 2.77 acres as shown on a plat entitled “Property of James Godwin Stewart and wife, Carolyn Joyce Stewart” as recorded in Book of Plats 95, Page 186, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2812 Wade Stedman Road, Stedman, NC 28391. 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 Jacob Youkers. 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.: 18-06477-FC01

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 February 13, 2019 at 1:30PM, 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 222, in a subdivision known as Birch Creek, Section Three, and the same being duly recorded in Plat Book 96, Page 57, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2824 Franzia Drive, 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 expira-

tion 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 Lynette V. Blymier. 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

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 February 13, 2019 at 1:30PM, 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 32 as shown on a revised plat of Addition of Lots 32 and 33 of the Woodcroft Subdivision duly recorded in Book of Plats 82, Page 63, Cumberland County, North Carolina, Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 3348 Legion Road, Hope Mills, NC 28348. 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 remain-

ing 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 Crystal J. Johnson and All Lawful Heirs of Eric J. Johnson. 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

Being all of Lot No. 402 in a subdivision known as Cliffdale Forest, Section 10, Part 3, according to a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 63, Page 66, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7566 Fox Fern Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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TAKE NOTICE CUMBERLAND 18 SP 1011 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 Julian L. Fontenette and Sable Fontenette to David W. Allred, Trustee(s), which was dated April 29, 2011 and recorded on May 3, 2011 in Book 08636 at Page 0777, 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

18 SP 1106 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 Kenneth J. Madison and Natasha Madison to Michael J. Broker, Trustee(s), which was dated May 29, 2008 and recorded on June 4, 2008 in Book 07907 at Page 0036, 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

18 SP 587 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 Willis M. Boone to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated January 10, 2011 and recorded on February 14, 2011 in Book 8587 at Page 372, 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1042

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Tamika W. Jones to Donald Hudson, Trustee(s), dated the 22nd day of September, 2006, and recorded in Book 7370, Page 862, and Modification in Book 9373, Page 284, and Modification in Book 9802, Page 69, in Cumberland 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 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 the City

JOHNSTON 17 SP 697 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 Nancy A. Honeycutt to CB Services Corp, Trustee(s), which was dated May 18, 1998 and recorded on May 26, 1998 in Book 1708 at Page 381, 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

ONSLOW AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 541 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christopher M. O’Keefe and Kayla R. O’Keefe to Pamela S. Cox, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of April, 2016, and recorded in Book 4445, Page 313, in Onslow 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 Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 884

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Robert M. Saul and Kathy Saul to John B. Third, Trustee(s), dated the 18th day of February, 2016, and recorded in Book 4415, Page 172, in Onslow 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 Onslow 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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on February 14, 2019 and will

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 750 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Benjamin E. Torgesen and Tricia M. Torgesen (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Benjamin E. Torgeson) to Investors Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of August, 2015, and recorded in Book 4345, Page 486, in Onslow 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 Onslow 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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or

RANDOLPH 18 SP 351 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Brandi T. Moore and Christian P. Duty to Trste, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated March 11, 2004 and recorded on March 11, 2004 in Book 1859 at Page 1706, Randolph 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

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 February 13, 2019 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 101, as shown on a plat entitled, “ Arran Lakes, Section VII” duly recorded in Plat Book 44, Page 73, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5639 McDougal Drive, 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 Julian L. Fontenette and Sable Fontenette. 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

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 February 13, 2019 at 1:30PM, 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 129, RIDGE WOOD, SECTION THREE, as shown on plat of same duly recorded in Plat Book 90, Page 158, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1414 Farwell Drive, 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 Kenneth J. Madison and wife Natasha Madison. 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

the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February 14, 2019 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, WITH A STREET LOCATION ADDRESS OF 1041 SCREECH OWL DR; HOPE MILLS, NC 28348-9275 CURRENTLY OWNED BY WILLIS M. BOONE AND LINDA J. BOONE HAVING A TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF 0433-00-5345 AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN BOOK/PAGE OR DOCUMENT NUMBER 7130-854 DATED 1/23/2006 AND FURTHER DESCRIBED AS LOT 11 VILLAGE ON ASPHENS CREEK SEC 1 PT 1 (0.29 AC).

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 Willis M Boone. 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.

BEING all of Lot 11 as shown on a plat entitled “The Village on Asphens Creek, Section One” duly recorded in Plat Book 113, Page 112, Cumberland County, North Carolina

Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1041 Screech Owl Drive, Hope Mills, NC 28348. 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

of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on February 11, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot No. 54, in a Subdivision known as ASHTON FOREST South, according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 85, Page 45, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5013 Tangerine Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this

notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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. 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: 1240631 (FC.FAY)

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 February 12, 2019 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 10, Clayton Townhomes, as shown on map recorded in Plat Book 29, Page 389, 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 710 John Street, Clayton, NC 27520. 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 All Lawful Heirs of Nancy A. Honeycutt. 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

undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on February 14, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 33, Rolling Meadow Subdivision, according to the plat thereof, recorded in Map Book 53, Page 189, Slide 63, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Onslow County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 210 High Meadow Court, Richlands, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of

sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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.

sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 10 of Kings Harbor, Phase Four, as shown on a plat entitled, “Final Plat for Kings Harbor Phase Four, a Planned Residential Development”, said plat duly recorded in Map Book 62, Page 110, in the Onslow County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 106 Wood Thrush Lane, Holly Ridge, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder

of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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. 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: 1247292 (FC.FAY)

the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on February 14, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 122, as shown on a map entitled “Willow Woods, Section 1-C” said map prepared by Barden Lanier, RLS, and said map recorded in Map Book 21, Page 62, Onslow County Registry, North Carlina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 425 Palmetto Court, Jacksonville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder

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

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 February 8, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL of Lot Nos. 52, 53 and 54 of Westwood Subdivision, as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 4, Page 69, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1405 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro, NC 27205. 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 Brandi T. Moore and husband, Christian P. Duty. 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.

And being more particularly described as follows:

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TAKE NOTICE 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 February 5, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: The Land Referred To In This “Commitment” Is Described As Follows: All That Certain Lot Or Parcel Of Land Situated In Randolph County, North Carolina And More Particularly Described As Follows: Beginning At An Iron Stake On York Street The Southeast Corner At Fletcher Steed’s Line (Now Thurman Mckinney); Thence West Along Fletcher Steed’s Line 150 Feet To An Iron Stake; Thence South Along Stowe Line 91 Feet To An Iron Stake In W.c. York’s Line; Thence East Along Said York’s Line 150 Feet To York Street; Thence North Along York Street 106 Feet To The Beginning Corner. The Above Land Is Part Of The Stowe Tract.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 721 York Street, Asheboro, NC 27203. 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 Richard A Lucas, III. 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,

closed, 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 February 8, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: Located in Randolph County, North Carolina Beginning at a point on the west side of Hill Road, which said point is located 102.38 feet South of Southeast intersection of Lane Drive and Hill Road; thence along the West side of Hill Road South 15 degrees 11 minutes East 102.38 feet to a point in the line of Lot 3 of an unrecorded plat of Brookwood Development Company; thence along the line of Lot 3 South 87 degrees 12 minutes West 204.76 feet to a point; thence along the line of Brookwood Development Company North 15 degrees 11 minutes West 102.38 feet to a point in the line of Eula Bell; thence along Bell’s line North 87 degrees 12 minutes East 204.76 feet to the point of beginning. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior

conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5631 Tom Hill Road, Trinity, NC 27370. 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 James Rogers Terry and wife, Barbara W. Terry. 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

Randolph Mills, Inc. line south 82 degrees East 217 feet to a tall stone corner in said line, Clifford Longs corner; thence with said Longs line N. 5 degrees 50 minutes east 532 feet to an iron post, Dorothy Mae Spinks corner in said Longs line; thence with said Spinks line the following courses and distances: N. 79 degrees 15 minutes west 107.5 feet; S. 36 degrees west 120 feet; N. 64 degrees 10 minutes west 86 feet; N. 89 degrees 45 minutes west 128 feet to an iron post in the eastern R.O.W. line of the aforesaid N.C. Road No. 2499, said Spinks corner; thence with the eastern R.O.W. line of said road S. 2 degrees west 266 feet to the point and place of beginning, containing 3.43 acres more or less. The above description is made from a plat or map of said land prepared by Roger and L. Clarence Cagle, Surveyors, December, 1964. Less and except all that property conveyed to Dorothy Mae Spinks and Julia Irene Spinks, as joint tenants with right of survivorship from John L. Currie and wife, Lucille Currie, by deed dated 04/09/1990 and recorded 04/10/1990, in Book 1256, Page 157. All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of, Franklinville Township, Randolph County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a new iron pipe in the eastern right of way line of North Carolina secondary road number 2499 (Butler Chapel Road), said point being south 04 degrees 32 minutes 35 seconds west 488.40 feet from the centerline of North Carolina secondary road number 2500, and being a common corner with Dorothy Mae Spinks; thence, south 89 degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds east 128.00 feet, along Dorothy Mae Spinks line, to a new iron pipe; thence, south 02 degrees 41

minutes 28 seconds east 144.35 feet, along John L. Curries line, to an existing iron pipe; thence, north 74 degrees 57 minutes 35 seconds west 148.30 feet, along John L. Curries line, to an existing iron pipe in the eastern right of way line of North Carolina secondary road number 2499 (Butler Chapel Road); thence, along the eastern margin of said road, north 04 degrees 32 minutes 35 seconds east 106.60 feet to the point and place of beginning, and being 0.390 acre, more or less. The above property description was drawn from a survey entitled, survey for Dorothy Mae Spinks, dated April 05, 1990, by Philip M. Henley, Registered Land Surveyor, Henley Surveying and Mapping Company, Incorporated, Asheboro, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1320 Butlers Chapel Road, Franklinville, North Carolina. Being the same fee simple property conveyed by Quit Claim Deed from Lucille D. Currie to John J. Currie, dated 10/26/2007 recorded on 10/29/2007 in Book RE 2049, Page 138 in Randolph County records, State of NC. Pauline P. Robbins widowed, to John Lewis Currie and wife, Thelma Brooks Currie, dated 10/16/1969 recorded on 10/16/1969 in Book 994, Page 172. And the said Thelma Brooks Currie having departed this life, thereby vesting fee simple title in John Lewis Currie. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars

($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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. 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: 1228245 (FC.FAY)

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will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on February 12, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL of Lot No. 3 (containing 10.031 acres) of Reed Creek Farms subdivision, Map No. 1 as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 68, Page 99, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 942 Wright Country Road, Ramseur, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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 fore-

closure 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: 1228750 (FC.FAY)

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der for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated near the City of Staley, Randolph County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as:

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. 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: 1256345 (FC.FAY)

Being all of Lot No. 1, Jesse Lee Wilson property, according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 36, Page 3, in the Office of the Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4612 Jordan Valley Road, Trinity, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-

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

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North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on February 12, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a stake on East side of Cheek Street, W.D. Coward’s corner; running thence along said street in a Northern direction 114 feet to a stake; thence in an Eastern direction 200 feet to a stake in W.H. Steele’s line; thence along said line in a Southern direction 104 feet to a stake in W. D. Cowards’ North West corner; thence in a Western direction along W.D. Coward’s line 200 feet to the BEGINNING. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 351 East Ridge Street, Ramseur, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars

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dolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on February 12, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING Lot #1 of the James M. Newell Property as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 132, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2106 Newell Street, Ramseur, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-

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 fore-

RANDOLPH 18 SP 436 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Richard A. Lucas, III to Jeannie Blackwelder, Trustee(s), which was dated December 21, 2006 and recorded on April 7, 2008 in Book 2072 at Page 126, Randolph 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

16 SP 125 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Barbara W. Terry and James Rogers Terry to Amy Mandart, Trustee(s), which was dated November 21, 2001 and recorded on December 4, 2001 in Book 1741 at Page 0843 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on November 18, 2013 in Book 2364, Page 72 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on February 27, 2015 in Book 2430, Page 1105, Randolph 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 fore-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 251 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by John L. Currie, unmarried to Jim Jones, Trustee(s), dated the 15th day of May, 2008, and recorded in Book RE2077, Page 1976, in Randolph 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 Randolph 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 Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on February 12, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The following described real estate and improvements City of Franklinville, State of NC: Beginning at an iron stake, Bill Matthews N.W. corner in the eastern R.O.W. line of N.C. Road No. 2499, running thence with Matthews line S. 89 degrees 40 minutes E. 116.5 feet to an iron post said Matthews corner; thence S. 5 degrees E. 196 feet to an iron post, Matthew corner in Randolph Mills, Inc. line; thence with

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Tammy Loriene Miller and Calvin Coolidge Cox III (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Calvin C. Cox III and Tammy L. Miller) to John C. MacNeill, Jr., Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of October, 2007, and recorded in Book RE2048, Page 1185, and Modification in Book RE2350, Page 1694, and Modification in Book 2523, Page 1643, in Randolph 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 Randolph 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

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Brian Thomas Miller aka Brian T. Miller and Alexis T. Miller (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Brian Thomas Miller) to Juan Echartea, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of October, 2007, and recorded in Book RE2049, Page 2281, in Randolph 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 Randolph 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 Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on February 12, 2019 and will sell to the highest bid-

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Rodney A. Chappell and Lisa M. Chappell to Shapiro & Kreisman, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of January, 2005, and recorded in Book RE1906, Page 961, in Randolph 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 Randolph 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 Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael Polianchik, Jr. (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Colleen M. Hildebrandt and Michael Polianchik, Jr.) to The law offices of Daniel A. Fulco, PLLC, Trustee(s), dated the 9th day of December, 2005, and recorded in Book RE1950, Page 2003, in Randolph 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 Randolph 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 Asheboro, Randolph County,

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kimesha T. Kelly and Edward J. Spinks (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Kimesha T. Kelly) to John C. MacNeill, Jr., Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of March, 2001, and recorded in Book 1706, Page 2035, in Randolph 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 Randolph 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 Asheboro, Ran-

Being all of Lot 2, containing 2.39 acres, more or less, as shown on map by Joseph D. Moore, RLS, entitled “A boundary survey for Russell S. Lineberry,” dated May 19, 2004, JOB #3207, and recorded in Plat Book 90, Page 66, Randolph County Registry, including also that manufactured home permanently attached to said land, which manufactured home is identified in that declaration of intent to affix the manufactured home to real property, recorded in Book 1899, Page 946, Randolph County Registry, State of North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2922 Bumpas Road, Staley, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third

PM on February 12, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tax ID # 7713-78-5603

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TAKE NOTICE RANDOLPH 17 SP 85 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Laura Jean C. Carter to Henry V. Cunningham, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated February 28, 2013 and recorded on February 28, 2013 in Book RE 2326 at Page 1600, Randolph 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

18 SP 335 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Stephen F. Saunders, Sr. and Sally A. Saunders to Secured Title LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated January 9, 2007 and recorded on January 16, 2007 in Book RE2008 at Page 452, Randolph 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 February 12, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at a nail located in the centerline of S.R.

STANLY 18-SP-181 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, STANLY COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Daniel C. Howe and Edith H. Howe, in the original amount of $170,000.00, payable to Bank of America N.A., dated November 5, 2007 and recorded on November 5, 2007 in Book 1206 at Page 912, Stanly 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 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 Stanly County, North Carolina, on February 7, 2019 at 3:00 pm , and will sell to the high-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 164 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Thomas F. Tredway to David A. Beaver, Trustee(s), dated the 18th day of June, 2013, and recorded in Book 1455, Page 599, and Additional Deed of Trust in Book 1459, Page 364, 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 11:00 AM on February 13, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real

UNION 18 SP 487 AMENDED 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 Buddy E. Turner and Jana W. Turner to E. Ned Stafford, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated September 8, 2004 and recorded on September 14, 2004 in Book 3557 at Page 103, Union 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 613 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Robert Dugan and Shirley Dugan aka Shirley A. Dugan, (Robert Dugan and Shirley Ann Dugan aka Shirley Dugan aka Shirley A. Dugan, both deceased)(Heirs of Shirley Ann Dugan aka Shirley Dugan aka Shirley A. Dugan: Justin Clay Rorie, Brian Santos, Jonathan Santos, Robert Santos, Ian Dugan, Shaun Dugan, Lisa Stevens, and Unknown Heirs of Shirley Ann Dugan aka Shirley Dugan aka Shirley A. Dugan) to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of November, 2002, and recorded in Book 1995, Page 345, 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 Mon-

CUMBERLAND AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 916 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Russell Watson and Gillian R. Watson to Single Source Real Estate Services, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 19th day of June, 2006, and recorded in Book 7281, Page 180, in Cumberland 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 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

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 February 12, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at an iron pipe located South 87 degrees 15 minutes 22 seconds East 39 feet from the centerline of North Carolina State Road 2144, said point in the center of North Carolina State Road 2144 being located 264 feet North as measured along said centerline from the intersection of the centerlines of North Carolina State Road 2233 and North Carolina State Road 2144; thence from the beginning corner North 6 degrees 18 minutes 24 seconds West 99.75 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 59 seconds East 213.28 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 1 degree 55 minutes 35 seconds West 111.46 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 87 degrees 15 minutes 22 seconds West 198.78 feet to the Beginning and containing .497

acres, more or less. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2034 Wicker Lovell Road, Randleman, NC 27317. 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 Laura Jean C. 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

2853 (Ridge Road), said nail marking the Northwest corner of the Roy Chriscoe Property as described in a deed recorded in Book 1044, Page 376, Randolph County Registry; thence from said beginning point with the centerline of S.R. 2853 (Ridge Road) North 41 degrees 17 minutes 00 seconds East 100.00 feet to a point; thence continuing along the centerline of S.R. 2853 (Ridge Road) North 41 degrees 34 minutes 55 seconds East 99.95 feet to a nail located in the centerline; thence leaving the centerline South 51 degrees 16 minutes 31 seconds East 29.90 feet to an existing iron rod located in the Eastern right of way line of S.R. 2853 (Ridge Road), said iron rod marking the Westernmost point of Merlene Southern’s property; thence along Merlene Southern’s Southern line South 51 degrees 16 minutes 31 seconds East 214.83 feet to an existing iron rod; thence continuing along Merlene Southern’s Southern line South 84 degrees 28 minutes 20 seconds East 819.46 feet to an existing iron rod located in Lucy Maness’ Western line; thence along Lucy Maness’ Western line South 28 degrees 19 minutes 42 seconds West 99.89 feet to an axle, Ruby Luck’s corner; thence along Ruby Luck’s Northern line South 89 degrees 09 minutes 14 seconds West 194.01 feet to an existing iron rod; thence continuing along Ruby Luck’s Northern line South 65 degrees 41 minutes 03 seconds West 360.45 feet to a gum tree marking

the Easternmost point of Roy Chriscoe’s property; thence along Roy Chriscoe’s Northern line North 60 degrees 04 minutes 53 seconds West 329.33 feet to an existing iron rod; thence continuing along Roy Chriscoe’s Northern line North 61 degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds West 324.17 feet to the point and place of Beginning. Containing 4.594 acres, more or less, according to a survey dated May 19, 1997 by Ronald D. Ward, RLS, of Surveying Services, entitled “Survey for Stephen F. Saunders, Sr. and Sally A. Saunders”. This is being the same property conveyed on 05/23/1997 in Book 1503 Page 1476. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5817 Ridge Road, Seagrove, NC 27341. 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 Stephen F. Saunders, Sr. and wife, Sally A. Saunders. 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

est bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of NC Highway 200, and said point being in the easterly line of the Bigford Enterprises, Inc. (now or formerly) property as described by deed recorded in Book 757, at Page 363, Stanly County Public Registry, and also being in the northwesterly comer of the Paladin Partners of Stanly County, LLC (now or formerly) property as described by deed recorded in Book 1179, at Page 50, Stanly County Public Registry, and running thence from said BEGINNING with the centerline of NC Highway 200 in three (3) calls as follows: (1) N.05-14-32 E. 36.56 feet to a point;(2) N. 04-36-56 E. 247.96 feet to a point; and (3) N. 05-04-47 E. 42.86 feet to a point in a comer of the Louise B.Love (now or formerly) property as described by deed recorded in Book 202, at Page 563, Stanly County Public Registry; thence with line of the Love property in two (2) calls as follows: (1) S. 85-14-07 E. 167.15 feet (crossing an existing iron pipe in the easterly right-of-way margin of NC Highway 200 at 30.33 feet) to an existing iron pipe; and (2) S. 36-2846 E. 440.80 feet to an existing iron rod in the northeasterly comer of the Paladin Partners of Stanly County, LLC (now or formerly) property as hereinbefore described ; thence with the northerly line of the Paladin Partners of Stanly County, LLC property, N. 84-45-28 W. 488.00 feet (crossing an existing iron rod at 447.39 feet) to the point and place of BEGINNING, the same containing 2.58 acres as shown on survey

by Rogell E. Hunsucker,NCPLS, dated October 17, 2007, reference to said survey being hereby made for a more particular description. BEING a portion of the property conveyed to Scott M. Whitley and wife, Tammy Page Whitley by deed recorded in Book 90l, at Page 168, Stanly County Public Registry. Tax ID: 1514120 Said Property is commonly known as 346 NC 200 Hwy N, Stanfield, NC 28163Third 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 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 FHLMC VPC 179164 and Daniel C. Howe and Edith H. Howe. 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.

estate situated in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Parcel # 657202856983 All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, lying, situate and being in Center Township, Stanly County, North Carolina being shown and designated as a 4.49 acre, more or less tract of land on survey entitled “Survey of 4.49 acre tract for Aaron T. Blake, and wife, Linda S. Blake” dated September 12, 2005 prepared by William G. Martin, NC/SCPLS and having the metes and bounds, courses and distances as upon said plat appear. Said plat was recorded in Book 0019 at Page 0211 on May 10, 2005 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County, North Carolina, and is incorporated herein by reference thereto. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5589 Old Thompson Road, Norwood, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars

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.

sale on February 5, 2019 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at a point located in the centerline of Smith Town Road, S. 21-57-06 E. 47.5 feet from the common corner between the Southwestern most corner of that property belonging to Edwin B. Rowell as recorded In Deed Book 301, page 679, Union County Registry and a common corner with the Carroll Smith property as recorded in Deed Book 372, Page 376, Union County Registry; thence from this beginning point as follows: continuing along the centerline of Smith Town Road S. 17-42-34 E. 74.07 feet to a point in the centerline of Smith Town Road thence a new line N. 65-39-25 E. 121.46 feet to a set iron; thence a new line S. 22-45-2 E 113.33 feet to a set iron; thence a new line S. 75-58-42 W, 147.18 feet to a point in the centerline of Smith Town Road designated by a set nail and a cap; thence continuing along the centerline of Smith Town Road, S. 06-34-34 W. 69.35 feet to a set nail and cap in the centerline of Smith Town Road; thence continuing along said centerline S. 18-44-40 W. 71.19 feet to a set nail and cap also in the centerline of Smith Town Road; thence a new line S. 89-40-10 W. 259.01 feet, passing an iron

set on line at approximately 28.8 feet, and continuing to a set iron; thence a new line N. 19-23-10 W. 121.33 feet to a set iron; thence a new line N. 54-07-11 E. 348.41 to the point and place of beginning, containing approximately 1.803 acres, more or less. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5912 Smith Town Road, Marshville, NC 28103. 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 Jana W. Turner. 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

roe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on February 14, 2019 and will sell to the highest 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 17 of Twin Brook Subdivision, as shown on that plat recorded in Plat Cabinet B, File 116A, Union County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular metes and bounds description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 705 Winding Brook Road, Monroe, North Carolina.

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.

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

will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on February 11, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot No. 30, Waters Edge Subdivision, Section Four as shown on a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 57, page 21, Cumberland County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6848 Candlewood Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the

holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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

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.

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 5970 Fairview Road Suite 126 Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 879-2777 (803) 929-0830

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1433

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Ralph W. Ruffin, Sr., (Ralph W. Ruffin, Sr., deceased) (Heirs of Ralph W. Ruffin, Sr.: Monica Ruffin, Ralph Ruffin, Jr., Tomeka Williams aka Tomeka Ruffin, Isaiah Ruffin, Micah Ruffin, Timothy Ruffin and Unknown Heirs of Ralph W. Ruffin, Sr.) to Stewart Title Guaranty Company, Trustee(s), dated the 18th day of August, 2014, and recorded in Book 15758, Page 2337, 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

16 SP 3367 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 Charles D. Hughes to Donald R. Posey, Trustee(s), which was dated April 25, 2007 and recorded on May 3, 2007 in Book 012532 at Page 00974, 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 February 4, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash

17 SP 908 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 Jeffrey Cooper, Sr. a/k/a Jeffrey Cooper to Investors., Trustee(s), which was dated August 31, 2015 and recorded on September 1, 2015 in Book 016138 at Page 02101, 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,

18 SP 2746 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 Bethany Layne Brown to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated April 7, 2011 and recorded on April 8, 2011 in Book 14319 at Page 2068, 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 February 6, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit:

16 SP 371 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 Dennis Stephenson and Thomas Hicks to First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated December 9, 2004 and recorded on December 13, 2004 in Book 011140 at Page 02166, 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

18 SP 2287 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 Timothy Mark Goodin to Denise McLaurin, Trustee(s), which was dated February 24, 2012 and recorded on February 24, 2012 in Book 014660 at Page 00345, 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

18 SP 2829 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 Robert S. Lee Jr. and Tammie H. Lee to Frances Jones, Trustee(s), which was dated October 27, 2008 and recorded on October 27, 2008 in Book 13284 at Page 602, 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

18 SP 1537 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 Valerie A. Jenkins-Duncan a/k/a Valerie A. Jenkins Duncan a/k/a Valerie A. Jenkins a/k/a Valerie A. Duncan to Walter F. Jones, Trustee(s), which was dated October 26, 2015 and recorded on October 27, 2015 in Book 016193 at Page 01040, 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

16 SP 2209 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 Tamika Nicole Johnson, an unmarried woman to John L. Matthews or Timothy M. Bartosh, Trustee(s), which was dated March 30, 2004 and recorded on March 31, 2004 in Book 010739 at Page 01659, 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

the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the 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 February 4, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The land referred to in this Commitment is described as follows

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

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 Charles D. Hughes. 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.

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO CHARLES D. HUGHES, UNMARRIED BY DEED FROM BARBARA V.

HILL (FORMERLY BARBARA V. SALISBURY) AND HUSBAND, BRUCE C. HILL RECORDED 11/26/1996 IN DEED BOOK 7240 PAGE 317, IN THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE OF WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1507 Woodcroft Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609. 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

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 February 6, 2019 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 105, SUTHERLAND SUBDIVISION, PHASE V, AS SHOWN ON PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2000, PAGE 43-48 (47), WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1005 Northlake Court, Wake Forest, NC 27587. 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 Jeffrey Cooper, Sr. 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,

Situated in Wake County and being described as follows:

of beginning, containing 0.788 acre as shown on map by Williams, Pearce & Assoc., dated November 4,2003, entitled “House Location for Lee St. Peter & Jacob St. Peter.” This property is located at 407 S Arendell Ave, Zebulon, NC and has tax parcel identification number 0015683 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 407 South Arendell Avenue, Zebulon, NC 27597. 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 Bethany Lane Brown a/k/a Bethany Layne Brown. 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.

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 February 6, 2019 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 116, BRIGHTON SUBDIVISION, PHASE 8, AS SHOWN ON MAP RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2003, PAGE 877-878, AND RE-RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2003, PAGE 1632-1633 IN THE WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 8129 Cohosh 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 Brighton Community Association, Inc. 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,

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 February 6, 2019 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 25, Madison Oaks Subdivision, recorded in Map Book 1991, Page 57, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 933 Madison Avenue, Cary, NC 27513. 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 All Lawful Heirs of Timothy Mark Goodin. 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,

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 February 6, 2019 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 12 in Somerset Spring Subdivision, Phase 1B, as depicted on plat thereof recorded in Book of Maps 1996, Page 674, Wake County Registry Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 4221 Mardela Spring Drive, 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 Robert S. Lee, Jr. and wife, Tammie H. Lee. 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

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.

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 February 6, 2019 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 103, Waterford Landing Subdivision, Phase 2, as shown in Book of Maps 1993, Page 1067, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 909 Penncross 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 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 Valerie A. Jenkins-Duncan. 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.

(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 Tamika Nicole 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 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

All that certain parcel of land situated in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: All of Lot 235 in Village Lakes Subdivision, Phase 10, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Book of Maps 1997, Page 1729, Wake County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 617 Hanska Way, Raleigh, North Carolina. To have and to hold the aforesaid parcel of land and all priv-

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 RALEIGH, TOWNSHIP, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 4, BLOCK 26, PHASE 4, NORTH RIDGE VILLAS SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1981, PAGE 564, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. SUBJECT

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SUBJECT TO ALL RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, DECLARATIONS, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS OF WAYS, IF ANY ON RECORD. SUBJECT

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Beginning at an existing iron pipe in the line of Town of Zebulon property and being the common corner of the St. Peter property and Janice O’Neal property and being located South 13 degrees 17 minutes 18 seconds West: 3052.84 feet from NCGS monument “GILL”, thence along line with Town of Zebulon South 88 degrees 49 minute 51 seconds East 247.87 feet to an existing iron pipe in line of Opal Richardson property; thence along line with Richardson South 00 degrees 16 minutes 48 seconds West 40.04 feet to an existing iron pipe, corner of Rebecca Hinton property; thence along line with Hinton South 69 degrees 37 minutes 55 seconds West 198.13 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence continuing along line with Hinton South 69 degrees 11 minutes 46 seconds West 186.03 feet to an existing iron pipe in the eastern right-of-way line of S. Arendell Avenue; thence along right-ofway of S. Arendell Avenue North 28 degrees 46 minutes 09 seconds West 74.98 feet to an existing iron pipe, corner with Janice O’Neal property; thence along line with O’Neal North 61 degrees 20 minutes 43 seconds East 184.03 feet to an existing iron pipe; thence North 27 degrees 05 minutes 52 seconds West 29.38 feet to the point

BEING ALL OF LOT 78, RIVERSIDE SUBDIVISION, TRACT 9, PHASE 3, AS SHOWN ON PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2003, PAGE 2028, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5034 Brooke Lauren Lane, Raleigh, NC 27616. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent

ileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to the said grantee in fee simple.

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE 18-SP-2115 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 James E. Williams, in the original amount of $122,250.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for The Peoples National Bank, dated September 2, 2003 and recorded on September 3, 2003 in Book 010418 at Page 00325, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2141 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by David W. Evans aka David Wayne Evans, (David W. Evans aka David Wayne Evans, deceased)(Heir of David W. Evans aka David Wayne Evans: Lori Denise Evans) to CTC Foreclosure Services Corporation, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of November, 1998, and recorded in Book 8192, Page 2656, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse

18 SP 1649 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 Sara A. Ciesla and Kevin L. Ciesla to Ronald D. Haley, Trustee(s), which was dated July 26, 2013 and recorded on July 26, 2013 in Book 015378 at Page 02134, 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

16 SP 1257 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 Francisco Hernandez-Medina to Jackie M. Young, Trustee(s), which was dated July 11, 2008 and recorded on July 15, 2008 in Book 013177 at Page 02360 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on September 29, 2015 in Book 016166, Page 01350, 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,

16 SP 1170 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 Marcia M. Hobgood to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated January 31, 2005 and recorded on February 1, 2005 in Book 11206 at Page 1122, 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 prop-

17 SP 178 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 Steven Charles Lewis a/k/a Steven Lewis and Dionisia Lewis to A. Lynn Armes, Trustee(s), which was dated May 15, 2012 and recorded on May 16, 2012 in Book 014766 at Page 00468, 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 February 13, 2019 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Being known and designated as Unit 1232 Waterford Lake Drive, as shown on a plat or plats entitled WATERFORD AT CARY PARK CONDOMINIUM, a Condominium recorded in Condominium File. No 521, in the Office of

18 SP 2983 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 Carl T. Nevius and Shaunna J. Nevius in the original amount of $153,900.00, payable to Transcontinental Lending Group, Inc., dated September 21, 2007 and recorded on September 28, 2007 in Book 12771, Page 112, Wake 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 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 in Wake County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on February 15, 2019, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2834 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Cheryl Broadway to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of July, 2007, and recorded in Book 012670, Page 01676, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the 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 February 11, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more

at the courthouse door in Wake County, North Carolina, on February 15, 2019 at 1:30pm, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: BEGINNING AT AN EXISTING IRON PIN IN THE NORTHERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF EAST CABARRUS STREET, SAID POINT BEING 217.08 FEET WEST OF THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHERN LINE OF E. CABARRUS STREET AND THE WESTERN LINE S. PERSON STREET; RUNS THENCE NORTH 04 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST 102.43 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIN; RUNS THENCE SOUTH 86 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 29 SECONDS EAST 42.35 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIN; RUNS THENCE SOUTH 4 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 6 SECONDS WEST 102.40 FEET TO A POINT IN THE NORTHERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF E. CABARRUS STREET; RUNS THENCE ALONG EAST CABARRUS STREET NORTH 86 DEGREES 53 MINUTES WEST 42.25 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING AND BEING THE PROPERTY SHOWN ON A MAP ENTITLED “PROPERTY OF J.E. WILLIAMS, 215 E. CABARRUS STREET, RALEIGH, NC” BY LARRY I. CHASAK, REGISTERED LAND SURVEYORS, DATED 9/19/96 AND BEING ALSO KNOWN AS PARCEL NO. A-23-28 IN THE TAX MAPS OF THE CITY OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.

Tax ID: 1703860906 Said Property is commonly known as 215 East Cabarrus Street , Raleigh, NC 27601 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 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 The Estate of James E. Williams. 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.

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 February 11, 2019 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 1 as shown on plat entitled “Gorvie Keith Property” , which plat is on file in the office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County in Plat Book 1996, Page 98, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of same. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3308 Olive Grove Church Road, Creedmoor, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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 fore-

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 February 7, 2019 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 69, Section 2B, Phase Four, Staffordshire Subdivision, as recorded in Book of Maps 1993, Page 221, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 945 Saint Catherines Drive, Wake Forest, NC 27587. 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 Sara A. Ciesla and husband, Kevin L. Ciesla. 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

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 February 11, 2019 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 15, LAUREL RIDGE SUBDIVISION, AS RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1998, PAGES 18611863, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1222 Pampass Trail, Zebulon, NC 27597. 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 Francisco Hernandez-Medina. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and

erty is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February 13, 2019 at 12:00PM, 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 48 OF WIDEWATERS SUBDIVISION AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2003, PAGE 310, OF THE WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 917 Widewaters Parkway, 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 Larse Lucas Trust and Larse Lucas, Jr. and All Lawful Heirs of Marcia Hobgood. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and

the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina, which is incorporated herein by reference and reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

cilities; (4) Obligations and responsibility of Grantee for regular monthly assessments and special assessments and the effect of non-payment thereof as set forth in the Declaration and the By-Laws annexed thereto; (5) Limitations upon use of Common Areas and Facilities; (6) Obligations of Grantee and the Association, mentioned in said By-Laws, for maintenance; (7) Restrictions upon use of the unit ownership in real property conveyed hereby; and (8) Reservation of Declarant rights as specified in the Declaration; and

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 Steven Lewis and wife, Dionisia Lewis. 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

January N. Taylor, Bar #33512 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corner, GA 30092 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) jtaylor@mtglaw.com

Together with all rights and easements appurtenant to said unit as specifically enumerated in the “DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM” and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County in Book 13767 at Page 978 (“Declaration”), and pursuant thereto membership in WATERFORD LAKESIDE @ CARY PARK CONDOMINIUM HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a North Carolina Non-Profit Corporation.

Subject to the said Declaration and the By-Laws annexed thereto, which with all attachments thereto are incorporated herein as if set forth in their entirety, and by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, provide for: (1) the initial percentage of undivided fee simple interest appertaining to the above unit in the Common Areas and Facilities as specified in Exhibit B3 to the Declaration, but this percentage is subject to change pursuant to paragraph 8, 22 and 24 of the Declaration; (2) Use and restriction of use of unit for residential purposes, and other uses reasonably incidental thereto; (3) Property rights of Grantee as a unit owner, and any guests or invitees of Grantee in and to the Common Areas and Fa-

Subject further to that Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Cary Glen recorded in Book 8218, Pages 1742, Wake County Registry and as amended in Book 9494, Page 2382, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1232 Waterford Lake Drive, Cary, NC 27519. 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

described property, to wit: BEING ALL of Lots 5 & 18, Annie Pearl Rainey Property, all according to survey map entitled “Property of Larry Stanford”, St. Matthews Township, Wake County, North Carolina and being more particularly described as in a deed recorded May 7, 1999 in Book 8309, Page 295 in the Wake County Register of Deeds. Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 1927 Old Crews Road, Knightdale, NC 27545. Tax ID: 1755076907 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 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 pe-

riod, 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 owners of the property are Shaunna J. Alston. 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.

particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 41, Phase 1, Griffis Glen Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 2005, Pages 1132-1137, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4042 Alder Grove Lane, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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.

Together with all rights of Grantor in and to the limited common areas and facilities appurtenant to said unit; and

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 5970 Fairview Road Suite 126 Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 879-2777 (803) 929-0830

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: _______________

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