North State Journal Vol. 5, Issue 19

VOLUME 5 ISSUE 19

|

WWW.NSJONLINE.COM |

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020

the Wednesday

NEWS BRIEFING

45,538 COVID-19 patients presumed to be recovered Raleigh The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said that over 45,000 COVID-19 patients are presumed to have recovered from the virus as of June 29.

NCDHHS estimates a median time to recovery of 14 days for non-fatal COVID-19 cases who were not hospitalized and 28 days for hospitalized cases. Estimates are used since patient-specific data on the actual recovery time to resolution of symptoms are not available for all COVID-19 cases.

NSJ STAFF

Supreme Court lifts ban on state aid to religious schooling Washington, D.C. States can’t cut religious schools out of programs that send public money to private education, a divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

By a 5-4 vote, the justices upheld a Montana scholarship program that allows state tax credits for private schooling in which almost all the recipients attend religious schools.

The Montana Supreme Court had ruled that the tax credit violated the Montana constitution’s ban on state aid to religious schools.

“A state need not subsidize private education. But once a state decides to do so, it cannot disqualify some private schools solely because they are religious,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.

Attorney General William Barr praised the ruling as “an important victory for religious liberty and religious equality in the United States.” The Trump administration supported the parents’ Supreme Court appeal.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NCGOP forced to cancel in-person convention Raleigh The North Carolina Republican Party has canceled the physical portions of the annual state convention due to COVID-19 and opposition from state health officials.

“Given the events of this year related to the spread of COVID-19, we have worked extremely hard to find a way to host a stellar convention in Greenville while complying with federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines for hosting major events.

Unfortunately, we were very disappointed to receive a letter from Dr. Betsy Tilson, Gov. Cooper’s state health director, stating her opposition to the NCGOP moving forward with a physical convention,” NCGOP Chairman Michael Whatley said on Tuesday.

The NCGOP said their convention would have complied with CDC guidelines, state regulations and suggestions from health experts to reduce health risks, but Tilson stated the convention “could result in a large number of cases and severely ill people requiring hospitalizations and could jeopardize our ability to move forward in easing restrictions.”

NSJ STAFF

Hong Kong security law criticized abroad, defended by China Hong Kong China’s enactment of a national security law for Hong Kong on Tuesday drew statements of deep concern and regret from abroad and a firm defense at home.

“China has chosen to break their promises to the people of Hong Kong and go against their obligations to the international community. The U.K. will not turn our backs on the commitments we have made to the people of Hong Kong,” foreign secretary Dominic Raab wrote on Twitter.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GERRY BROOME | AP PHOTO

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest speaks to members of the media during a news conference in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, June 29, 2020.

NORTH

STATE

JOURNaL ELEVATE THE CONVERSATION

Gov. Cooper signs teacher pay bonus bill, step increases Cooper vetoed two attempts in 2019 by Republican lawmakers to give teachers raises

allotted $95,638,869. Cooper indicated he does not believe the relief money can be used that way; however, the letter sent to governors that accompanied the funding seems to indicate the governor can spend it as he sees fit.

By A.P. Dillon “This extraordinarily flexible North State Journal emergency block grant empowers RALEIGH — After twice ve- you to decide how best to meet the toing teacher pay raises in 2019, current needs of students, schools Gov. Roy Cooper has signed a bill (including charter schools and non-public schools), that will give a one-time postsecondary instibonus to teachers and tutions, and other edincludes an increase in ucation-related orstep pay. ganizations in your Senate Bill 818 gives Between State so that faculall teachers and instruc- the 2014-15 ty continue to teach tional support personand students continnel one-time, $350 bo- and 2018-19 ue to learn,” reads the nuses to be paid out by legislative letter from U.S. SecOct. 31. Teachers will years, the retary of Education also see step-increases, Betsy DeVos. which are pay scale lev- combined The correspondels based on experience teacher-pay ing FAQ for the Govand longevity. For most ernor’s Education teachers, that step-in- increases Emergency Relief crease will be $1,000. passed by Fund does mention The assignment of continued payment bonuses is usually de- the General of employees but does termined by student Assembly not specifically menperformance; however, come to tion raises in comthat data is incomplete pensation or the probecause the schools just over hibition of them. The closed in March due to 25%. Those application for the COVID-19. As a result, funds provided by the the bill awards each increases Cooper Administrateacher the same size include 7.0% tion to the U.S. Dept. bonus. of Education does not “I signed this bill be- in 2014-15, mention raises in emcause it funds step in- 3.8% in 2015ployee compensation. creases for teachers 16, 4.7% in Despite a budthat have already been get shortfall estimatpromised, but it falls 2016-17, 3.3% ed at $5 billion due outrageously short on in 2017-18 and to COVID-19, Demraises we need to give ocrats pushed for teachers and all school 6.5% in 2018amendments that inpersonnel like bus driv- 19. cluded a one-time ers and cafeteria workbonus of $1,250 ers,” Cooper said in a for teachers and a press release.

The bill also “encourages the $1,000 bonus to non-instructiongovernor to allocate funds from al employees.

North Carolina’s average teachthe Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund to provide a er pay increase ranking jumped one-time, lump sum bonus of six from 47th in the country to 29th hundred dollars ($600.00)” for since Republicans took over the additional raises for teachers and majority at the General Assembly.

The average teacher pay in 2013other school personnel.

These additional funds would 14 was $44,990. By 2019-20, that draw from COVID-19 relief funds, of which North Carolina has been See EDUCATION page A2

Forest announces lawsuit against Cooper over executive orders

By Matt Mercer North State Journal RALEIGH — Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, a Republican who will face off against Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper this fall, held a press conference on Monday morning at the General Assembly to give more details on the purpose of his recently announced lawsuit.

“This week, in my capacity as lieutenant governor and a member of the Council of State, I am filing a lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper challenging the executive orders related to COVID-19 and the process by which they were implemented. This is the only option left

on the table as all others have been exhausted,” said Forest during his opening remarks.

Forest stated multiple times during his remarks that the lawsuit was not challenging the substance of the orders, only the process used to implement them.

“This lawsuit is not interested in the substance of Gov. Cooper’s orders,” Forest said. “It specifically addresses his lack of authority under the Emergency Management Act to shut down North Carolina without the concurrence of the Council of State.”

In March, Forest raised a simiSee FOREST page A2

A closer look at Madison Cawthorn Western NC's 24-year-old congressional frontrunner

By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — While many in Gen Z are in the streets protesting for change, or just posting about it on social media, one conservative member of the generation is taking his vision for the country to the U.S. Congress. In November, this western North Carolina native is poised to become the youngest member of Congress, meeting the 25-year age requirement set out in the Constitution by mere months, despite many hurdles along the way.

When the Republican primary to replace President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, began, Madison Cawthorn’s name appeared next to 11 others, and was not immediately considered among the top.

After he squeaked into a runoff with Trump and Meadows’ handpicked candidate, the nation asked collectively, “Who?” and began typing Cawthorn’s name in their search engines.

Now that Cawthorn has won the runoff, and by a very comfortable 2-to-1 margin, there’s an even greater demand for information, especially since, in the heavily Republican district, the primary win makes him the overwhelming favorite to be the area’s next congressman. People want to know how old he is, how he came to be in a wheelchair and how he was able to pull off a political victory when the president and most other top leaders of his own party were rooting against him.

Starting with his background, Cawthorn told NSJ in a phone interview that he had always been interested in politics, and his family raised him to discuss the big issues at their dinner table.

“Growing up and going over to people’s houses, I was really surprised at the dinner table conver-

sations I would get. They never had anything to do with current events or politics,” Cawthorn said.

“And growing up, I just thought that that was a mainstay of the American people, and that’s something that everyone focused on.”

His family has been in western North Carolina for eight generations and has deep ties in Hendersonville. Cawthorn was homeschooled and was very active in Biltmore Church in nearby Asheville.

A family friend, Taylor Bell, remembers when Madison was in high school and would come to her and her husband’s apartment for church small group.

See CAWTHORN page A2

North 2020 NorthState StateJournal Journalfor forWednesday, Wednesday,April July 15, 1, 2020

A2 WEDNESDAY

4.15.20 7.1.20 #228 #239

“Esse quam videri” “Esse quam videri” Visit North State Visit North State Journal online!

Journal online! nsjonline.com nsjonline.com North State Journal North Journal (USPSState 20451) (USPS 20451) (ISSN 2471-1365) (ISSN 2471-1365)

Neal Robbins Publisher Neal Publisher MattRobbins Mercer Editor in Chief Matt Mercer Editor in Chief Cory Lavalette Managing/Sports Editor

Cory Managing/Sports FrankLavalette Hill Senior Opinion Editor Editor Frank Hill Senior Opinion Editor Emily Roberson Business/Features Editor Emily Business/Features Editor David Roberson Larson Associate Editor David Larson Associate Editor Lauren Rose Design Editor Lauren Rose Design Editor

Published each Wednesday Published eachMedia, Wednesday

by North State LLC by North State Media, LLC 3101 Industrial Dr., Suite 105 3101 Industrial Dr., Suite 105 Raleigh, N.C. 27609 Raleigh, N.C. 27609 TO SUBSCRIBE: 704-269-8461 TO SUBSCRIBE: 704-269-8461 or online at nsjonline.com or online at nsjonline.com

Annual Subscription Price: $25.00 Annual Subscription Price: $25.00 Periodicals Postage Paid at Raleigh, N.C. and at additional mailing Periodicals Postage Paid offices. at Raleigh, N.C. and at additional mailing offices.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes POSTMASTER: to: North Statechanges Journal Send address 3101 Industrial Suite 105 to: North State Dr., Journal Raleigh, N.C. 27609 3101 Industrial Dr., Suite 105 Raleigh, N.C. 27609

EDUCATION from page A1 RESTRICTIONS from page A1 pay average had jumped to $55,600 staying on their properties if they according to House Speaker Tim are not(R-Kings year-round residents.

Moore Mountain).

A similarthesituation to Surf Between 2014-15 and 2018City’s actions years, has arisen in Dare 19 legislative the combined and Currituck counties, result-by teacher-pay increases passed ing the filing of a federal law-to the in General Assembly comes suit by 25%. six property owners just over Those increases inwhose permanent residences arein clude 7.0% in 2014-15, 3.8% in neighboring states.

2015-16, 4.7% in 2016-17, 3.3% in Law-enforcement checkpoints 2017-18 and 6.5% in 2018-19.

Each have up opposed on roadsby leadyear’sbeen raisesset were Sening into various towns and counate Democrats. ties.

Under Republican control, eduThe spending town of by Beaufort a cation the statehas has inchokepoint near I-70 to repel$9 creased cumulatively by around non-residents.

OneTeacher needs apay val-in billion since 2013. id formCarolina of government-issued North is currently theID secwith a Carteret County address, ond highest in the southeast and aper-pupil COVID-19 Entry has Pass risen issuedby spending by the town or documents prov14%. ingTeachers you are were an essential the only worker segment or are performing an2019 essential of state employees in to not service. receive a raise after the governor Ocracoke is budget also requiring vetoed both the bill and a documentation in order bill. to gain stand-alone pay-increase entry the9, town.

On to July Cooper dropped his The public’s the from Atlanoriginal teacheruse payofoffer 9% tic Ocean beentwo banned by to 8.5% overhas the next years conAtlantic Beach, SalterofPath, Intingent on the passage Medicaid dian Beach and Emerald In expansion, which SenateIsle.

Leader aPhil joint press(R-Eden) release, said the towns Berger did not said “swimming, surfing, kithave the votes to pass. ing,” “non-motorized recreTheandstandoff continued into ational are allAssemprothe fall,water whenaccess” the General hibited. bly countered the governor’s offer Wrightsville Beach officials with Senate Bill 354, which allotted already closed to withthe teacher pay raisesbeaches that came public nowof also be fining in half but of awill percent Cooper’s July violators up to $500.

If one incompromise offer.

Senate Democludes court costs, fine the jumps crats refused, votingthe down Sento ate$650.

Bill 354 along party lines. The Officials in Wilkesboro governor vetoed the bill one and week North Wilkesboro announced later, calling the raises “paltry.” on April 8 that only one person Berger said during a press per confamily allowed entry into ferencewill thatbe Senate Democrats had any stores.him Children canall only ac-to informed that they plan company them if noofother suitsustain Cooper’s veto the budget. able person Berger said,can “It’swatch clear them. that unless Last gives week,them Cooper issuedlight, a Cooper the green new executive order containing they will not agree to an override.” multiple layers of new restrictions on the few retail stores still allowed or able to remain open.

This new order begins at 5 p.m.

April 13 and runs for A1 30 days.

FOREST from page According to executive order 131, onlywhen, five people perto1,000 lar issue according emails square feetlieutenant of retail space or 20%offrom the governor’s of marshal occupanficefireand officesposted of other Council cy be in aCooper’s store at one of limits State can members, legal time.

Markings must be placedafcounsel asked for concurrence 6ter feet apartannounced in areas where peoCooper that the clople like checkout suregather, of restaurants and barslines, would and must observe cleantake stores place within a few hours.

Foring Additional recomest measures. said the Council of State was mendations in theasorder include voting via emails Cooper made plastic shields at registers the announcement in front ofand mecontact-free checkouts. dia.

The order ofoverrides anyrule lo-of “In times crisis, the cal that set than a differlawprohibitions is more important ever. ent occupancy orderin to We must do therate rightinthing the maintain acrossorthe right way.“uniformity” No one, governor citstate.” with previizen, isAs above theCooper’s rule of law,” Forous executive orders, municipaliest said. tiesSince and individual stores can en-of the implementation act even stricter Cooper’s initial measures restaurantthan ban, described the new directives.

Forest saidinboth Cooper and N.C. The North Carolina-based Fresh Dept. of Health and Human SerMarket groceryMandy storeCohen chain, vices Secretary asstarting April 14,have willstatutory require all serted that they auguests wear aconcurrence face-covering thorityto without ofof the some sort.

Council of State for executive or-

THE WORD: DOUBTING THOMAS FREEDOM IF ENDOWED BY GOD As America and theofworld — celebrates the John 20:27-29 (KJV) The Second— Sunday Easter approaches, founding of America this week,of wethe reflect and Christians are reminded firston the divine 27 Then saith he to underpinnings of freedom the dichotomy between Sunday following Christ’sand resurrection.

Jesus Thomas, Reach hither freedom and government. to ourMary founders had met with most of His According disciples after thy finger, and behold my — who mutually pledged “to each other our Lives, our Magdalene alerted them of His presence. hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it Fortuneswas and not our sacred Honor” — life, liberty Thomas with them when they met and the into my side: and be not pursuitand of happiness were endowed to all people Jesus, he said he would not believe in theby their faithless, but believing.

Creator, and governments derivethe their powersof from the resurrection until he had seen wounds 28 And Thomas consent of the people. the crucifixion for himself. answered and said unto In Congress, Julythe 4, 1776 him, My Lord and my Eight days after resurrection, Thomas God. 29 Jesus saith unto Declaration ofhe thesaw thirteen united hadThe hisunanimous doubts removed when him, Thomas, because Statesand of America, When the Course of human events, Jesus examined Hisinwounds.

While thou hast seen me, thou it becomes necessary for one peopleintoHis dissolve the Jesus blessed those who believed hast believed: blessed are political bands whichon have connected them with another, they that have not seen, resurrection based faith, He nonetheless and yet have believed. and willing to assume among the powers of the earth, the was to prove Himself to Thomas. separatehad and proven equal station to which Laws of Nature Thomas a devoted andthe loyal and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent to the disciple and Jesus did not condemn himrespect for “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” by Caravaggio (c. 1601–1602, currently housed opinions of mankind requires that they should declare in Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam, Germany). his skepticism. the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among TRAFFIC from page A1 transportation sales tax revenue, which is down. these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of also Happiness.

“We were hoping to bid it out failed to secure producethese results.

That to rights, Governments are instituted In the meantime, some road for construction very soon, but among Men, deriving their just powers from the and bridge projects already have then COVID-19 and all that, so consent of the any Form of of in the air,” that timeline is kind been put on hold.governed, That whenever Westends, Plains The North becomes Carolina destructive Depart- said Government of these it isadministrator Tom Stehn, a former ment of ofTransportation hasor to the Right the People to alter abolish it, and to state highslashed its expected construction way engineer. “It was a high priinstitute new Government, laying its foundation on such projects from 131 down to 38 for ority for us.” principles andbudget organizing in such form, as to are runThough ambulances the upcoming year,its a powers $2 them shall seem most likely to effect their ning as Safety usual and detours are billion reduction.

Ohio has delayed projects until well-marked for visitors, “obHappiness.

shutting down certain business- causing major traffic backups.

Florida announced that it is aces. But some states have not.

Washington, site of the first celerating work schedules by sevcoronavirus outbreak in the U.S., eral weeks on about $2 billion suspended work on 92 of its 100 worth of bridge and road projects.

In Maryland, a westbound active highway projects as a result of a stay-at-home order for lane of the Chesapeake Bay most workers. The halted proj- Bridge near Annapolis recentects include major ones in Seattle ly re-opened to vehicles followand Spokane, as well as improve- ing repairs. The $27 million projments to an Interstate 90 pass ect was completed well ahead of through an avalanche-prone area schedule, partly because of light traffic amid the coronavirus panof the Cascade Mountains.

Vermont’s entire $200 million demic. next year on interstate highways viously that direct interchange The declining traffic volumes in Columbus and Cincinnati be- would be nice,” said Daniel Mar- road construction plan for 2020 PUBLIC DOMAIN | CC0 1.0 cause of the expected decline in shall, chief clinical officer for the is on hold, save for a $6 million have been especially large in some the nation’s repairof where a storm of South Howell County Ambulance fuel tax revenue.

Galatians 5: 13 “Writingemergency the Declaration Independence, 1776”

by Jeanmost Leonfamously Geromeconmetropolitan areas, such washed outThe partpainting of the foundation Faced with a budget shortfall, District.

Ferris (circa 1921). is part of a gested series of 78 scenes from as the San Francisco area.

Interstate 89.“The Pageant of a Nation” Theliberty; city of only Bend, the onhistory Missouri has postponed American titled — the largestBay series of 13 For, brethren, ye have$46 beenmilcalled unto useOregon, Business leaders is inpart the of region The longerpaintings the delay,by thea greatnation’s seventh-fastest growlion for 18 road bridgetoprojAmerican historical single artist.

The painting the not liberty for anand occasion the flesh, but by love serve hoped to put that some projthe erofthe ects that had been priorities for ing metropolitan area over collection thelikelihood Virginia Historical Society,had Richmond, Va.a 1 cent sales tax one another. local governments. As many as past decade, pulled a $190 mil- ects might not get finished this on the November ballot that could raise $100 billion over 40 years 299 additional projects valued lion transportation bond off the year.

“Every project is sort of at risk for public transit and transporat $785 million could be at risk May ballot. Supporters had conwithout federal help, McKenna cerns about pushing a property of running out of quality weather tation projects in a nine-county tax hike for roads, sidewalks and days to complete the work,” said region. But the coronavirus outsaid. interrupted work onhealth state Reed, lanesabout whilethe local Among the from immediate a positive agenda around thorn was ableconstruction to create aenginew break CAWTHORN page A1 de- bike Bell said car businessaccident. Jeremy needed to place the thethe state’s financially ferments: a new highway inter- es care. plan for with cardstransportation he was dealt. legislation ”At are firstsuffering nobody thought he and was neer on love the ballot. areaccident withoutwas work. change direct access many “I would to be the face of He started a real estate business, measure going residents to live, the so agency.

“One toof provide the most memoraIt now could be for 2022, even originally halted “They’re going to show up on gotPennsylvania to expanded care reform the or Repubengaged to his girlfriend and health blethe things about Ozarks MadisonMedical is how bad.” before supporters can make roadaconstruction work. But day the andcommunity just glance and all Center Plains. lican Party.

For too long, we’ve became motivational speaker on 2024, She said circled much ofina West people personThe he cenwas. voters’ push a public vote on has since allowed not raising mythough taxes it ter’s hospital, and spejust been thefor party of ‘no’ with overcoming adversity.work to pro- another around`I’m the family closely He was just sophysician extraverted,” Bell think, measure, Johnit,”Grubb, on 61thinking critical projects. now, no said Mike Ri- ceed cialty clinics“Iare among the area’s no real plan tosaid change Caw“I was 29 [yearsAbout old], the and helped inway!’” any way they could. told NSJ. think anyone who right officerthe of the Bay road andlike bridge at chief co-chairman of the GoaBend largest employers, serving about ley,“Madison, thornoperating said. “I think answer 31, something that,”projects, Cawthorn I know he has real- 800 knew Madison then and knows a business-backed remain on hold.

Coalition 40,000 in all eight rural 2020 to thisCouncil, entire thing is to unleash saidbillion, on when he had planned to Area ly strong faith, andthat he hadsupporta really $7 him now,patients is not at surprised advocacy Byfor contrast, the community, measure. “We’re to run counties of for southern Missouri ed the beast of freegroup. market capitaloffice. “Isome had states startedhave my policy strong and ofgoing course, he’s running Congress.”

“Ifand we’re in the a poor economy, advantage of aa lull traf- ism back voters, just taken andShe northern Arkansas. lower cost for everybusiness a year and halfinbefore I think thetoworld ofbut hisnow parents also recalls that, in addi- come it looks like we’re going to up transportation the said wrongontime.”

The state had allotted day Americans.” that,tosospeed that’s where my whole fo- which too,”like Bell what pulled fic tion to his “life of the party”more side, felt in, thatTrump would have been his an have be While Most states have classified road than $1.2 million cover half Cawthorn endorsed cus was. Construction But once thiscrews happened through that time.

“I projects.

Cawthorn was veryto determined lot ofinstimulus and an awable to shut downhis highway as essential the construction costs. The construction opponent the runoff prima[Meadows announcing retire- awful don’t think anybody was work very been androad a hard worker. of job creation,” he said.but prime hours can continue despite orders other come from local that ry, lot Cawthorn has nothing ment],during I had just that weekwithout gotten ful surprised at how determined he lanes “Hehalf waswas justto your all-American was to continue with life and still engaged. So now with my fiance, kind words for the president, sayguy,” Bell said.

From a military family, he had chase after his dreams and what we’re talking about having a fam- ing, “the best thing that Donald ily and moving forward with our Trump has done is he’s taken the laid out a detailed plan of his fu- was important to him.”

He was still “very limited” be- future, and I just really thought, collar off of so many young conture that included joining the U.S. servatives, and said hey, it’s not cause of his injuries and “was just this is the time to act.”

Marines.

WORSHIP from A1 been to trying to survive,” but a trip to a His reasoning for jumping in time for gentle politics anymore.

“My dream hadpage always serve my country,” Cawthorn told Meadows victory party helped at that moment was that he had It’s time to fight like hell, because Benham and others up him turn the corner on this dark lost faith in many of the current we’re about to lose our country.”

NSJ. “My family has showed been Mato the for Charlotte clinic after receiv- time.

When Trump recently tweetRepublican leadership. He said rines the last six generations. ing calls that the were there “He had been my mentor grow- in 2016, they had both houses of ed that he had an 82-1 record in They fought in police the Revolutiondemanding that thecan group’s ary War, and you tracememit all ing up; he had been my speech Congress and the presidency but his recent congressional elecbers leave the area.

When theyMare- and debate coach; he had nomi- still weren’t taking the bold steps tions, Cawthorn responded, the way back, then they were fused to leave, eightgeneration. were given So, ci- nated me to the Naval Academy; he said they had promised.

“Even though I represent that ‘1’, rines every single tations “violation emergency “They always made excuses I promise you, there will be no my planofhad always of been to go to so I had a great relationship with prohibitions and restrictions” —go a him,” Cawthorn said of Meadows. of why they had to pass certain stronger advocate of the Presithe Naval Academy and then to Class 2 misdemeanor. into the Marine Corps. After that “He walked up to me, I remember, stimulus packages or weren’t able dent than me. Can’t wait to en“They’retosaying I wanted come there home,were start50a and he knelt down on one knee, to do certain things. They would sure you finally get tired of winpeople Benham said on and he said, ‘Madison, how about say, ‘Oh, it’s because of the Dem- ning, sir.” businessthere,” and raise my family.” theBut discrepancy between his acCawthorn also told NSJ, “I hold once these first stages of you come work for me?’ So, that ocrats.’ But then when the Demcount andwere the achieved, “official” account. ocrats were a non-factor, they no ill-will to Congressman Meadhis plan he said, just really blew me away.”

“Just lookalways at themy video.

The to video So, then Cawthorn began still didn’t do anything. So I just ows,” despite butting heads in the “It was dream go shows clear evidence. is a lie.

It working for Meadow’s district of- felt like the American people had primary. into politics, because It I truly care is wrong. policeand department, He said he expects to be able to about myThe country I didn’t fice, and “really got to figure out been lied to and deserved more.”

Charlotte Observer, Cawthorn said it was a form a cordial relationship with want to see it lost.” the mayor’s of- what a congressman does day-in ficeHe — was they’re all wrong.”

“Dunkirk moment,” referencing the Meadows-run White House. nominated to the U.S. day-out.”

Sen. Academy Ted Cruz by(R-Texas), a “This is a man who has really And at that point, Cawthorn the British civilians who grew Naval then-Confriend of Benham’s, tweetedaout in said he realized, “Wow, I can still restless and took matters in their done a lot for my life and I truly gressman Mark Meadows, close support him laterThis the same personalofmentor. plan day, was do this. My mind is still there own hands during WWII with respect him and I’m thankful for calling arrest unconstitutional everything he’s done for me. And derailedthethough in 2014 when a and you don’t actually have to be their private boats.

ROBERT CLARK | NORTH STATE JOURNAL and saying, car “Because elected “So this was just my way of put- so I’m more than happy to put near-fatal accident in Dems Flori- in that good physical shape to be are pro-abortion, they areuse abusing Northwood Temple in Fayeteville’s 2020 Easterwhatever drive-in service listen inbehind on has transpired ting a boat in the water.

Because in political of office, I found out.

So Church da left him with limited of his Attendees their radios from inside their cars Iasdon’t Pastor John Hedgepeth hissosermon.

I can work to make western want to have a child indelivers five me that rekindled that dream that legs. power—in a one-sided way— their to “It’s silence justpregnancy ridiculouscounselors.” that they had always been an underlying years and then already have failed North Carolina a better place.”

Cruz putbea able petition on to hisfight site goal of mine.”

Cawthorn does have a Demit because I let our country fall want also you to to run sets,opponent with sealed and services.” against religious in- ‘drive-in’ which asks signatories to Caw“Tell crimination ocratic in wafers November, apart, and I didn’t do anything nion The goal, he said, was not necin a war.

I can’t believe it,” juice, but to call offforthe Theit.” very next day, Wilming- cups religious believers,” Democratic Roy ICooper Moe ofDavis, a had 61-year-old essarily toand serve in Congress, but about thorn joked.Governor “But once came stitutions to distribute them from after word police Barr “It’s in aa duty statement.

“Thus, that abortion is ‘essential’ then said mer Air Force colonel Sheltoldposted NSJ that thatdrive-in there serare plan just that, to serve your tonHe back ifhome, I really felt pretty theeven city. with the addition of be considered vi- from spepregnancy essential, by, but three “will mainnot issues he wants toa focountry,” andmay thisnot wasimpose a way to do vices worthless. Iservices got in aare pretty dark government “They saidvoters don’t do communion, so no legalthe action oncouldn’t religiousserve activitoo. liberal from Asheville cus on: combating rise would of so- more thatrestrictions now that he in olation,” spot.”Stop discriminating against cial I’m a good man. district, I try to the do taken against the churches, but and do not also apply to similar be people of faith!” it vividly. I think ty in the newly redrawn cialism, building and repairthethat military.

“I remember the mayor says,” Hedgepeth still urged “all and churches and what activity.”

U.S. Attorney Wil- nonreligious race heavily favors Republicans. ing infrastructure, creating With renewed purpose, Caw- police it rocked the wholeGeneral community,” “Where a state has not acted houses of worship to continue with said. “We’re law-abiding. I want to liam Barr has received a flood of complaints from religious people evenhandedly, it must have a com- virtual services, including for Eas- do things the way they said and let them know we’re cooperating with around the country who, like Ben- pelling reason to impose restric- ter.”

In Fayetteville, drive-in ser- them.” ham, believe their rights are being tions on places of worship and said he will vices allowed, and Northviolated by local govern- must ensure that those restrictions the requeststhough, for data remained needwere for additional testing and cificBenham, ders regarding the and statestate response not be cooperating with CharwoodonTemple Pentecostal Holi- unfulfilled are narrowly tailored to advance focus ments. following that meeting. the Hispanic communito the pandemic. lotte’s demands for his group to ness Church had an Easter service itstimes compelling interest,” said Barr.

A tweet from that Barr’s Forest also said the Council of ty in the state, which Forest said is Forest contended onecommuper- “In of crisis, the rule of stop counseling outside at 10hit a.m.

Pastor John Hedgepeth State Kerri Kupec, “Religious institutions must not be being was waitingwomen on legislation hard. sonnications or health director, official is not allowed is more important than the abortion clinic, Assembly, even after but the told NSJ the the from singled out for special burdens.” said, down “During sacred week for law the General “I have 30 church points promoted of data that to shut anthis entire economy, arrest, since hedid believes the city’s andable was to expecting po- that church services many Americans, AGrestaurant Barr is mon- ever.Drive-in We must do the right have wecelebration legislation not happen unhaven’t been find or reciting how little time requests violate theSenate letter and tentially cars. The ser- til been another touchpoint in North ceive govt regulation of religious this past week.

Billspir105, alonghundreds the way.ofNorth Carolianditoring bar owners had to prepare for thing in the right way. No it of the law. late in the final day could be state heardinonthe 92.7 FM to which Carolina, especially during the navice services.

While social passed is the only country their businesses to be shut distancing down. governor citizen, is gov- that “Heck yeah the we previous are, of course,” allow attendees sing along the of the Easter season. or Wake County policies are he appropriate during one, session week, doesn’t havetotheir deathtocerForest said has repeatedBenham said when asked whethhymns available,” played inside the sanctuary would ernment this emergency, they must be ap- above require the concurrence of said Forest. ly asked for the science and data the made rule ofclear law."that drive- tificates his group still presentofatState that listen to the Hedgepeth’s sermon plied evenhandedly & not single in services would not be permit- and of isthe Council Forest said state should be aermajority being used by the Cooper adminclinic. “We haven’t declared stopped. emerEvery from a away raisedfrom platform outside, all during out religious orgs.not Expect action ted. Some churches, like Plymouth shifting a statewide a focus on fear istration and has received Gov. DanChurch Forest in Raleigh, had towhile day they’re we’resits there.” congregants remained in- gency.

DOJ next week!”

Thatopen, bill now on Cooa campaign of hope and notanyfrom response or additional infor- Lt.Baptist Benham said demand their vehicles. planned to have a drive-in service edside OnThis Tuesday, Barr announced desk awaiting action.for aborthat North Carolina’s hospital- per’s mation. includes data North hasn’t nothing slowed down, and his “Other arethe notdeath open. tion that his office filedNCDHHS a statement but were forced to cancel, as re- izations “There’s politically exarechurches stable and State Journal hashad asked group offers socialthe service that They are going toHe have by vid- pedient portedhome,

by Carolina support of a churchand in Missisabouta suing governor is decreasing. saiditprovidwhichJournal. is what the rate for,insuch as COVID-19 non- nursing is but federally protected to because the eo,more or by online streaming, but I — Roy Cooper made clear sippi after the city fined congre- vice Gov. it is important do things complete, comprehensive president suggested over sixin ing COVID-19 breakdowns of hospimothers offered assiswanted do it some live,” Hedgepeth his executive order 121 that reli- data $500 per person for attend- weeks right are way,” said housing Forest. “I am couldtorelieve of the fear the ago.” tal gants bed use. tance, the child-care told NSJ. wanted to do it in a asking were about subjectfocusto the people ing parking lot claiming services. that Barr’s gious court toassistance, invalidatemenGov. have“I about the virus.

Forestentities also talked “When you are torship and much more. way they’asked d never done Drive-in. limitation.where they statement also the noted that citizens unlawful executive orWhen why heit. was filing Cooper’s on the problems you’re following science and ing10-person I was arrested, while Drive-up. still beofprivate The Wilmington Depart- this were near- are located, thatday continue to shut down lawsuitYou nowcan instead back ders“The instead ofPolice a one-sizedata, thepermitted more data to youattend have repI wasofbeing cuffed, two mothers your car.” ment approach put out a similar directive by drive-in restaurants, with fits-all our economy until he reForest said he felt there parts currently beingto ininMarch, resented in different wayseven is betchose the to go onto the mobile ultrasaid theafter mayor sent ceives localForest churches onthat Aprilhe 7 on Face- was Hedgepeth concurrence of a majorno other option trying said wants ter,”their saidwindows Forest open. of the adminis- used. sound unitCouncil and bothofofState themas chose rules forchannels. them to Forest abide and by when book, to saying theywhether “prohibitICU any multiple “Butdata even transparency. in times of emergenof the refive ity report tration’s “We Cooper life forbytheir they members did their of service, including event convening that brings to- other cy, when tempo- beds, law.” kids and are now the Council of quired fororinstance, are being used know whomreasonable this virusand impacts our mentor howsent many feet apart to have the plugged more patients than tenorindividuals placed Forestinto confirmed thatnetwork,” the lawa letter to Cooper asking COVID-19 for oth- State therary mostrestrictions and focus onare those com-on forgether Benham said.

“Two mothers — so vehicles.

Temple had suit one place rights, like the First Amendment and er in will be filed in Wake County him to Northwood call a Council of State surgeries or (indoor uses. or outdoor) at for munities nursing homes, but was it worth it for Absolutely.” purchased hundreds commutime. point This prohibition includes statutory law prohibit dis- one Court thisme? week. previously, butoftheir spe- Superior Another Forest made was meeting stillfederal don’t have full testing in every

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Bills passed to implement educationrelated COVID-19 recommendations U.S. Dept. of Education issues rule directing CARES Act funds to include private schools

“There is nothing in the law Congress passed that would allow districts to discriminate against children and teachers based on private school attendance and employment.”

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — The General Assembly passed several education bills related to helping schools and districts cope with the COVID-19 outbreak. At the same time, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has expanded CARES Act funds to private schools.

House Bill 1023 and Senate Bill 113 (Education Omnibus) include recommendations made by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction for supporting schools, students and staff.

“We appreciate the General Assembly’s actions to ensure that our state’s educators and students have support to meet our schools’ critical needs during this pandemic,” State Superintendent Mark Johnson said in a statement. “This is a challenging time for our students, educators and parents, and these funds will help us focus our efforts to meet their needs.”

House Bill 1023 directs over $100 million in CARES Act relief funds towards multiple NCDPI programs, including school nutrition programs. The $75 million appropriated for those programs has been revised to include the Summer Food Service Program.

If needed, the bill allows NCDPI to withhold up to $12 million from the transportation allotment for emergency school nutrition trans-

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos

MORRY GASH | AP PHOTO

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos participates in a roundtable event at Waukesha STEM Academy Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Waukesha, Wis. portation services.

The bill also includes: $4 million for reduced-priced lunch copays for eligible students in the 2020-21 school year, $5 million grant program for DPI to provide access to services for exceptional children, $7 million to purchase personal protective equipment for public schools, and $18 million for the School Business Modernization project.

Senate Bill 113 is an omnibus bill that does provides exemption of certain school psychologists from North Carolina’s Psychology Board Licensure, while also setting up a School Psychologist Recruitment and Retention Pilot Program. In addition, the bill

provides for a “reinvestment plan” whereby managed-care organizations partner with schools or districts to provide additional student mental health support.

The bill also modifies the 20202021 school calendar requirements, which grants more calendar flexibility. This will permit local boards to be able to alter any year-round calendars as needed.

The bill also clarifies the use of school nutrition federal relief funds and extends their period of use, changes the charter school report dates, designates the superintendent of public instruction as an approver of private activity bonds, revises the calculation of the school administrator intern sti-

pend, and extends the grant term for the North Carolina Transforming Principal Preparation Program.

On the same day the two bills passed, DeVos announced issuance of a rule to make CARES Act funding available to support students “no matter where they attend school.”

“The CARES Act is a special, pandemic-related appropriation to benefit all American students, teachers, and families impacted by coronavirus,” said DeVos. “There is nothing in the law Congress passed that would allow districts to discriminate against children and teachers based on private school attendance and employment.

According to the press release, this rule gives districts options for determining the amount of CARES Act funding for equitable services to private school students.

Once the rule is officially published

A3 in the Federal Register, it will be effective immediately and open for public comment for 30 days.

“In this new rule, we recognized that CARES Act programs are not Title I programs,” DeVos said.

“There is no reasonable explanation for debating the use of federal funding to serve both public and private K-12 students when federal funding, including CARES Act funding, flows to both public and private higher education institutions.

The COVID-19 outbreak has created significant strain on private schools that serve students from low- and middle-income communities in part due to dependence on fees or tuition from families, as well as donations from business and their surrounding communities. According to DeVos’s statement, more than 100 private schools have said they won’t be able to reopen due to the pandemic, and that “hundreds more are facing a similar fate.” These closures are leading to the reality that public schools may have to “absorb thousands of students transferring from private schools.”

Under the new rule, if a local education agency (LEA) chooses to use CARES Act funding for students in all its public schools, it still must calculate the funds for equitable services based on students enrolled in private schools in the district.

If an LEA chooses to use CARES Act funding only for students in its Title I schools, it can either calculate the funds for equitable services based on the total number of low-income students in Title I and participating private schools or calculate the funds using the LEA’s Title I, Part A share from the 20192020 school year. LEAs cannot divert state or local funds from its Title I schools because they receive CARES Act funds.

Roberts a pivotal vote in the Supreme Court’s big opinions

By Jessica Gresko The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The biggest cases of the Supreme Court term so far have a surprising common thread.

On a court with five Republican appointees, the liberal justices have been in the majority in rulings that make workplace discrimination against gay and transgender people illegal, protect young immigrants from deportation and, as of Monday, struck down a Louisiana law that restricted abortion providers.

As surprising, Chief Justice John Roberts, nominated by President George W. Bush who has led the court for nearly 15 years, has joined his liberal colleagues in all three.

Since the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy in 2018, Roberts has played a pivotal role in determining how far the court will go in cases where the court’s four liberals and four conservatives are closely divided.

Here’s a look at where Roberts stood in the abortion, immigration and LGBT cases; his history on the court; and what’s at stake in coming decisions in which Roberts could play a key role: Abortion On Monday, Roberts joined liberal justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan in striking down Louisiana’s Act 620. The justices ruled that the law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals violates the abortion rights the court first announced in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

But Roberts’ reason for siding with the liberals had less to do with his feelings on abortion than with his feelings on whether the court should do an abrupt about-face.

Four years ago, the court’s four liberal members and Justice Kennedy struck down a Texas law nearly identical to Louisiana’s. At the time, Roberts was a vote in dissent.

But with Kennedy’s retirement and replacement by conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, many conservatives had hoped the result in the Louisiana case would be different. Not so, Roberts wrote: “The result in this case is controlled by our decision four years ago.”

Immigration On June 18, the court ruled 5-4 against the Trump administration,

FLASHBACK: “An overruling of a prior precedent is a jolt to the legal system. It is inconsistent with principles of stability and yet … the principles of stare decisis recognize that there are situations when that’s a price that has to be paid. Obviously, Brown v. Board of Education is a leading example, overruling Plessy v. Ferguson, the West Coast Hotel case overruling the Lochner era decisions. Those were to a certain extent jolts to the legal system, and the arguments against them had a lot to do with stability and predictability. But the other arguments — that intervening precedents had eroded the authority of those cases, that those precedents that were overruled had proved unworkable — carried the day in those cases.” — Judge John Roberts, September 13, 2005, during the second day of his U.S. Senate Confirmation Hearing, under questioning from Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.)

such — ruled against the Trump administration and in favor of the LGBT plaintiffs in the cases.

Roberts in the Trump era

MATT ROURKE | AP PHOTO

In this Jan. 16, 2020, file photo Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts walks to the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. saying it did not take the proper steps to end the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects some 650,000 young immigrants from deportation. Roberts wrote the court’s opinion, joined by the four liberal justices.

Everyone agreed that the administration can end DACA, but the dispute was whether it had been done properly. Roberts said no, writing that the administration had, among other things, failed to consider “what if anything to do about the hardship to DACA recipients.”

Trump has already said he will renew his effort to end DACA. LGBT Rights The court’s immigration ruling followed just days after its June 15 ruling that a landmark civil rights law protects LGBT people from discrimination in employment.

The ruling didn’t divide the court like the abortion and immigration rulings, however. Six of the justices — Roberts, the court’s four liberals and Trump appointee Neil Gor-

If liberals have this month been cheering Roberts’ decisions while conservatives have bemoaned them, Roberts is used to taking heat from both sides and defying easy political labels. He has sided with the court’s other conservatives in 5-4 decisions allowing the Trump administration to tap Pentagon funds to build more fencing at the U.S.-Mexico border and upholding the administration’s travel ban. At this time last year, he handed Republicans a huge victory protecting even the most extreme partisan electoral districts from federal court challenge. But, on the same day, he served the Trump administration a defeat, writing an opinion that kept a citizenship question off the 2020 census.

Even on Monday, Roberts and the conservatives united in two other cases, ruling that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional and to uphold a provision of federal law that requires foreign affiliates of U.S.-based health organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition of receiving taxpayer money to fight AIDS around the world.

The future The justices still have 10 decisions remaining to release before they go on their traditional summer break. Most of the outstanding cases were argued in May when the court heard arguments by telephone because of the coronavirus pandemic. The remaining cases include fights over the president’s tax returns and important cases involving religion in public life. If those cases divide the court, Roberts’ vote will again be key.

Catherine Truitt, Chancellor of Western Governor's University and Republican candidate for NC State Superintendent in 2020.

NSJ PHOTO | FILE

DPI candidate Truitt calls for local control of the reopening of NC schools NSJ staff RALEIGH — Catherine Truitt, the Republican nominee for N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction, outlined her approach to reopening North Carolina’s schools on Tuesday. Truitt currently serves as chancellor of nonprofit Western Governors University North Carolina and has three children in Wake County Public Schools.

“Gov. Roy Cooper and state officials will roll out a ‘one-sizefits-all’ plan that will tell all 115 of North Carolina’s public school systems and hundreds of public charter schools how they can reopen this fall,” said Truitt. “Unfortunately, it will turn out to be a ‘one-size-fits-none’ dictate that just won’t work for our schools and our students. There is a better way.”

Truitt says her approach would be start with three things: giving local leaders control, giving parents a voice and giving students hope.

“More than anything our children deserve hope,” Truitt concluded, “hope that they will receive a quality education, hope that they will have an equal opportunity for success, and hope that they will be treated fairly regardless of their socioeconomic status, race or gender. Sadly, the closing of schools due to COVID-19 has widened the gap between the have and the have-nots.”

Truitt echoed guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics which states that “Policies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 must be balanced with the known harms to children, teenagers, families and the community by

“More than anything our children deserve hope.

Sadly, the closing of schools due to COVID-19 has widened the gap between the have and the have-nots” Catherine Truitt, candidate for N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction keeping children at home” and its recommendation that “no child or adolescent should be excluded from school unless there is a local public mandate or unique medical need.”

N.C. Sens. Deanna Ballard (R-Watauga) and Joyce Krawiec (R-Forsyth) called on Cooper to reopen schools, saying in a joint statement, “We urge Gov. Cooper to follow the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and reopen schools on August 17 for in-classroom instruction.”

“I’ve heard it said that ‘if you’ve been to one county, you’ve been to one county,’” Truitt continued.

“North Carolina is a large, diverse state, and one size simply does not fit all. Local school board members and superintendents know the needs and challenges facing their communities far better than someone sitting inside the Raleigh beltway. The state should respect whatever decision each school system makes and provide the support and guidance the system needs.”

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

A4

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

A5

Murphy to Manteo

As American as baseball, hot dogs and apple pie

J.S. Pulliam Barbecue Winston-Salem

Yum Yum Better Ice Cream and Hot Dogs

Capt’n Franks Hot Dogs

Greensboro

Kitty Hawk

The Roast Grill Raleigh

Kermit’s Hot Dog House Winston-Salem

Dick’s Hot Dog Stand #1 Wilson

Zack’s Hotdogs Burlington

Green’s Lunch

Bill’s Hot Dog Stand

Jones Cafe

Charlotte

Ashworth Drugs

Washington

Clayton

Cary

Paul’s Place Rocky Point

The classic 1974 Chevrolet ad institutionalized the love of baseball, hot dogs and apple pie and their tradition as summer staples.

Hot dogs originated in Germany, and by 1893, they became the standard fare at baseball parks across the country.

According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, the tradition was started by a St. Louis bar owner who owned the local minor league baseball team.

The Carolina style hot dog, as every North Carolinian should know, comes with chili, onions, slaw, and just as importantly, no ketchup.

Over 150 million hot dogs will be consumed on the 4th of July alone, according to the NHDSC.

WEST

PIEDMONT

Man charged with fatally shooting 7-year-old

Park rangers: Man drowns after trying to save young relative Cherokee County A man died after jumping into a river in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to help a young relative, according to park rangers. Just before 5:30 p.m. June 27, rangers responded to the scene of a drowning in progress on the Oconaluftee River in Cherokee. Witnesses said 32-year-old Bulmaro Morales, of Dudley, had jumped into the river in order to save a juvenile family member who was in distress. When rangers arrived, the juvenile was safe on shore, but Morales had not resurfaced. He was later found under water, and life-saving efforts were not successful.

AP

Dollar General comes to agreement with county Transylvania County A developer hoping to build a Dollar General store in Mill Cove has reached a compromise with a group of concerned citizens worried that the construction would harm the habitat of the Appalachian elktoe mussel. The builders made changes to the store’s design and storm-drain plan and promised to plant native plants in the area to help protect the species.

Rutherford County A man fatally shot a 7-year-old girl three hours after he had been released from jail on separate gun charges. Shaquille Francis, 26, was initially charged with assault with a deadly weapon after the shooting of Aaliyah Norris as she rode in a car in Forest City. Authorities upgraded the charge to murder after Aaliyah died. Three hours before the shooting, Francis had been released from jail on a charge of assault by pointing a gun.

AP

Speedway owner loses staff, ‘all but 2’ sponsors after post Stokes County The owner of a North Carolina racetrack said he has faced death threats, lost employees and seen “all but two” of his sponsors evaporate amid the backlash over his social media post invoking the noose found in the garage stall of black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace. Mike Fulp, who owns the halfmile, dirt track 311 Speedway advertised “Bubba Rope” for sale on Facebook Marketplace. Fulp said he’s been getting death threats and received messages threatening his family. “My employees got harassed,” he said. “I had seven employees quit.”

Prison set for implosion

Wrightsville Beach

WBTV

EAST

Triad man killed in industrial accident at Colorado cheese plant

Robeson County Two women were found fatally shot at a cemetery, and the property owner was also found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Robeson County Sheriff’s Office deputies were attempting to apprehend the cemetery owner, 77-year-old Robert “Sonny” Moore of Orrum. Deputies arrived and found Laura Speights, 63, of Orrum and Anna Faulk, 46, of Fairmont dead. Deputies then searched Moore’s property and found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The 48-year-old man who was shot was taken to a hospital and expected to survive.

Man dies after tree falls on mobile home

Durham County Authorities cited three women after their protest over George Floyd’s death brought traffic to a crawl on Interstate 40. While no group organized the I-40 slowdown, a publicity effort asked protesters to drive 10 mph on the interstate from 8:46 to 9:30 a.m. The start time was a reference to the 8 minutes and 46 seconds that a white police officer pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck. A group of cars came to a standstill and several people got out of their cars to speak with patrol troopers before being cited for reckless driving and impeding traffic.

Police say suspect stole car, dragged officer then fled

Orange County A man was killed after a storm pushed a tree onto his mobile home and split it in half. Authorities found Grijalva Revolorio Abel, 47, dead inside the Chapel Hill home on Sunday evening after a storm brought strong winds and rain through the area, news outlets reported. Leslie Ventura, one of Abel’s neighbors, said she heard “something breaking” before she came outside and saw rescue crews trying to save the man. No other injuries were reported.

AP

Beaufort County Wildlife officials are investigating the shooting of a black bear that had been seen sleeping in the community of Washington.

Wildlife officers were notified of the shooting around 5 p.m.

They found the bear dead when they arrived at the scene.

The station reported that six 9mm bullet casings were recovered from the scene. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Officer Ryan Biggerstaff said people in the community have not cooperated with the investigation. The state agency has offered a $1,000 reward for information that leads to arrest. The person responsible could face misdemeanor charges and fines.

Cumberland County A male suspect is facing numerous charges after Fayetteville police say he stole a police vehicle, dragging an officer behind it, struck an EMS worker and then fled the scene. Police responded to a medical call and encountered the suspect, who was “agitated” and uncooperative. The suspect got into the driver’s seat of a police car and put the car into drive, dragging an officer. He then hit an EMS worker and a pursuit ensued, in which the suspect collided with several other vehicles. The chase ended when the suspect crashed into a ditch 15 miles away.

Legislators still trying to get gyms and fitness centers open with second bill leaves out requiring the governor to obtain a concurrence from the Council of State to close gyms or related fitness centers should the need arise. This change was something that Democrats in both chambers gave as a reason for opposing previous reopening bills.

“I would like to support a bill that had outdoor seating for restaurants ... and to help our bars and our gyms, but where the governor whom we elected is in charge,” said Sen. Wiley Nickel (D-Wake) on the Senate floor on June 9. Nickel also said that, “If you had a safety switch, which is Gov. Cooper, this is a bill I could support.”

“I’m sick of Democrats hiding behind technical disagreements about the separation of powers,” said Sen. Rick Gunn (R-Alamance) in a statement. “Thousands of people’s

livelihoods hinge on whether they can reopen their businesses, and that consideration is more important that squabbles about power.”

“These new bills strip the governor and the Democrats of the objection they’ve lodged to the reopening bills. Enough is enough — let’s get these businesses open,” said Gunn.

Under the new bill, health clubs and gyms would be allowed to operate at 40% capacity, whereas other businesses that have been allowed to reopen are at 50% capacity. The bill would also require club owners to perform daily temperature checks of employees, who would also have to wear masks or face coverings of some type.

In addition, House Bill 806 says the clubs have to provide

NSJ staff

“These new bills strip the governor and the Democrats of the objection they’ve lodged to the reopening bills.

Enough is enough — let’s get these businesses open.”

Sen. Rick Gunn (R-Alamance)

contactless check-in ability, frequent cleaning of areas and equipment with high traffic or use, and disinfectant spray and hand sanitizers for the customers and employees throughout the facility.

The first attempt by the legislature to open gyms back up was House Bill 594, which Cooper vetoed. In his veto statement, he claimed that, “Tying the hands of public health officials in times of pandemic is dangerous, especially when case counts and hospitalizations are rising.”

Cooper also said in his veto that House Bill 594 “could restrict leaders who need to respond quickly to outbreaks and protect public health and safety.”

AP

AP

Art Pope chosen to serve on UNC Board of Governors

JONES & BLOUNT

RALEIGH — A second bill attempting to open gyms and fitness centers was passed by the General Assembly and has been sent to Gov. Roy Cooper, this one with what GOP leaders believe is a significant concession.

House Bill 806, titled Open Exercise & Fitness Facilities, passed both chambers and was presented to the governor late last week.

North Carolina is one of only four states in the country which has not yet reopened gyms on some level.

A group of health and fitness club owners in the state, called “Fitness Operators for Responsible Reopening,” were said to be involved in helping draft the bill.

Unlike the first attempt, the new bill

AP

AP

Wildlife officials investigate shooting of bear

Protesters arrested for slowing traffic on Interstate 40

Dare County A teenage boy received 40 puncture wounds to a leg after being bitten by a shark off Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

Nick Arthur, 16, of Oak Ridge was bitten on the left leg, just yards off the beach on the Outer Banks. Arthur was jumping over waves on a sandbar when he was bitten. The shark let go of Arthur after his father hit it on the snout. Arthur was taken to a hospital and received several stitches, but had no serious injuries.

AP

AP

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal

Shark bite leaves teen with 40 puncture wounds

3 dead, 1 hurt in Robeson County shootings

Guilford County Two men were killed while working on a pipe extension project at a cheese plant in northern Colorado. County coroner Carl Blesch says 25-year-old Odaniz Javier Ortiz Quinones, of Greeley, and 47-year-old Joseph Jarvis Jr., of Greensboro, were working on the roof of the Leprino Foods plant in Greeley on Monday when the accident happened. Investigators say a high-pressure pipe suddenly discharged, killing the men and injuring a third worker, who is expected to survive. No noxious gases or hazardous materials were involved. The men were working on behalf of a welding subcontractor based in another state.

AP

Burke County The 16-story prison building that used to house the Western Youth Institution in Morganton is scheduled to be imploded on July 11. It’s said to be the tallest building between Asheville and Charlotte and has been closed for several years. Officials originally thought the building could be renovated but determined it would be too expensive. The National Guard will still use the property after the implosion.

WLOS

The Trolly Stop

RALEIGH — Art Pope, a businessman who formerly served as a state lawmaker and a budget director, was selected on Thursday to join the UNC Board of Governors by the state Senate.

The 32-15 vote electing Pope to the 24-member body, tasked with overseeing the 17-campus University of North Carolina system, comes as lawmakers neared the end of their legislative session.

“He has been a dedicated public servant to North Carolina,” said Sen. Brent Jackson (R-Sampson). “He will be a valuable asset to our UNC Board of Governors.”

Pope will serve on the board for one year starting July 1, replacing former Republican state Sen. Bob Rucho of Mecklenburg, who resigned from the board.

Sen. Harry Brown (R-Onslow) echoed Jackson’s comments.

“His experience as state budget director will be very helpful in understanding the UNC budget and leadership on the Board of Governors,” said Brown during a committee hearing on the nomination.

Pope, a well-known businessman and philanthropist, comes to the board having previously worked as former Gov. Pat McCrory’s state budget director.

People remove belongings on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

Voting members named to Community College presidential search committee NSJ staff RALEIGH — Voting members of a presidential search committee were appointed last week by the chair of the State Board of Community Colleges.

The voting members of the search committee are: Bob Stephens of Raleigh, chair William Holder of Raleigh, vice chair Breeden Blackwell of Fayetteville Bill McBrayer of Hickory Catherine Edmonds of Elizabeth City Lisa Estep of Wilmington Sam Powell of Burlington Jerry Vaughan of Charlotte

GERRY BROOME | AP PHOTO

The committee will begin the process of searching for a successor to NC Community College System President Peter Hans. Hans was recently elected to serve as the next president of the University of North Carolina System and assumes that role in August.

The most direct way to make China “pay”hope for this is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens as the Chernobyl they to disaster sometimes a disturbing tendency among people to treat those measures aresuch understandable, they should also have an expira church some services can to keep our families, be open or closed,meltdown whether we oughtSome to we pursue — Sweden style — pandemic a not Americans are notever. going to stay home f confident will emerge out of this stronger supposed U.S. tax credits to companies whosimply willknow source at least half of their in 1986. experts believe that event, the Star Wars what theythe data and asking questioning when we can start getting back This is all new to Americans, andthan it is not normal.own Nottemp in an and many more still continue more liberalized society that presumes wide spread, or whether we they certainly will not do so on the basi dt we by should also In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired by stories of humanity production back in the States.

There is though approximately programor of are Reagan, led directly toshape, the dissolution ofwhile the Soviet Unionremain vigilant and stay sa to do, lastUnited I to normal they are$120 conspiracy theorists people who or form. So we should don’t.as afterdown our own while reasonable stay-at-home ought to lock further. neighbors helping neighbors. especially as statistics roll in that look el I wish billion worth checked. of American direct investment in plants and equipment in 1989. otherwise don’t care if they get themselves or others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called ld also have an expiration date.

We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths divided by estimates in terms of death and the upp temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration in China. Chinese direct investmentSince in thewhen U.S. did is about $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 China’s Chernobyl. questioning government at all levels become aisbad normal.”

North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 not normal. Not in any way, the number of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage.

We need transpar North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020 money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary sacrifices are society comparison.

Senators inwere Washington are already about thing? That is what free citizens living in a free supposed Nottalking one little bit. the possibility ain vigilant and stay safe, at and in theChina denominator are likely wrong.

We don’tin know how many scientific — we need to know w health care workers out of his own home. through th An investment tax credit of 30% on half of U.S. investment of China forgiving $1.2 trillion debt we owe them as one way toexperts get over. to do, last I checked. able with this so-called “new people have actually died of coronavirus.

Some sources suggest the don’t and when they hope to know wha today, or $60 billion, applied to repatriated China to “pay”isfor damage have Matthews caused thehas US.also Don’t hold your My first American concern asmanufacturing we go along in all this, of course, mythe family.

I’m they Stacey written under the pseudonym Siste number has beenbreath overestimated, given that classification for cause We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing to investment to the U.S. would costworried the U.S.about Treasury $18 billion in waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen but ask your elected them catching the virus, and I’m worried I will. After and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrecti of death, particularly among elderly patients, be variable.

Some financial they need to start | FRANK HILL tax revenue spread overEDITORIAL a few years. $18 billion lost revenue hold Chinacan accountable in tangible ways for answering serious qu suffering fromin the H1N1 virusis(swine flu) representatives during the 2009topandemic, sources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith to decimal dust compared to the $6 I’ve trillion+ Plan extra we areprecautions, now this disaster. been Marshall trying to take because all of this brings up the pseudonym Sister Toldjah many people are dying at home. institutions seem COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO undertaking to save our own economy, notmany of defeated enemies as in the It is about timenot they expected to operate as responsible citizens of deeply prone. way too memories of a painful experience I’d prefer to are repeat. and Legal Insurrection.

Even more importantly, we have no clue how Americans past. theeasily worldmost like any other has modernmany nation.

But what also makes me lose sleep is how everyone actually have coronavirus.

Some scientists suggest that the number Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA China has been cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging American of identified cases could be an order of magnitude lower than the host oflied “The Ben Show” and edi ONE made THINGno ISsecret CERTAIN; The cavalier manner in which China about theShapiro origin of the business now for the past 30 years. They have thatafter theythis COVID-19 virus dissipates editor Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor number of people who have had coronavirus and not been tested. com. around the globe and in the United States, China will pay for this virus, covered up its spread and tried to tell the world there were only intend to replace the U.S. as the premier superpower in the world and Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 catastrophe one way or another.

3,341 related deaths has led to worldwide panic, economic collapse and with their renminbi.

THIS WEEK, according to members of the federal government, would mean that the fa A6 replace the dollar as the reserve currency In order to put the crisis caused by China in perspective, zero millions of Americans needlessly being thrown out That of work.

A6

A north ST TEment How China will pay for this COVID-19 catastrophe

The 3 big questions nobody is answering

atastrophe

n which China lied about the origin of the ead and tried to tell the world there were only led to worldwide panic, economic collapse and eedlessly being thrown out of work. e U.S. taxpayer|atSTACEY least $2.4 trillion in addedPerhaps TORIAL MATTHEWS in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the COVID-19 utlets. If the U.S. dollar were not the reserveis China’s be able to fund any of these emergency Chernobyl. ediate fear of rampant inflation and currency

and state and local governments, Americans have begun to flatten even if the transm worldwide pandemics can trace their source to the United States over The crisis has cost the U.S. taxpayer at least $2.4suggested, trillion in added curve coronavirus outbreak. The excitement was Secondly, what are we exp our 231-year history. At least four in the 20th centurythe alone canin bethe noveldebt plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the muted — after all, trends can easily reverse — but real.

Americans The institute’s model simply directly traced to China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” 1977 markets and financial outlets. If the U.S. dollar were not the reserve Jason have abided and orders. They’ve left their jobs how many people wi “Russian flu” and the 2002 SARS outbreak. There is evidence thatby therecommendations currency, we would not be able to fund any of thesepredict emergency to stay at home; they’ve practiced social distancing; in many places, mostand important massive 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic also had its origins in China. measures without immediate fear of rampant inflation currencyproblem bec they’ve donned masks. seasonal, which means we ar There is 100% agreement, outside of China, that COVID-19 depreciation.

We need The result: a reduction in expected hospitalization and death. in the through fall. And that means w originated in Wuhan Province probably from the completely China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions transparency According to the of Washington Institute for opinion Health editor lockdowns for large swaths o COLUMN REP. RICHARD HUDSON Neal out Robbins, publisher | financial Frank Hill, senior unregulated and|unsanitary wet markets. Some believe it came of aUniversity economic and means.

Diplomacy has obviously not worked Metricseditor and Evaluation model most oft cited by members of the testing andhygiene contact tracing, o and Chinese honesty Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior biowarfare lab run by the communist army.opinion to bring China into the civilized world of 21st century health, Trump administration, the expected need for hospital beds at to isolate those who are mos from our Until China adopts rigorous verifiable policing and regulation of and fair trade. Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame heir aberrant ways and decisions through peak outbreak was revised down by over 120,000, the number of Which raises the third que their food safety and health protocols, American business has no other or express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what scientific experts means. Diplomacy has obviously not worked ventilators by nearly 13,000 and the number of overall deaths by we capable of rolling out ten choice than to build redundant manufacturing elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do. They take advantage of every weakness — we need to plantsAugust civilized world of 21st century health, hygiene by nearly 12,000. months — and compelling pe for national security and safety reasons as well as supply and delivery they find in adversaries and keep pushing until they win or the know what they ian communist regimes never take the blame Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers to the key virus is transmittable while c North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 reliability concerns. adversaries push back. t and remorse, because that is not what know, what they questions will allow the economy to reopen. a contact tracing syste The most direct way to make China “pay” for this disaster is tothat offer That is,for unless an exogenous event happens such create as the Chernobyl Stanly County Journal Wednesday, April 15, 2020 s do. They take advantage of every weakness First, what is thelet trueuscoronavirus fatality rate? This question is are we willing to and submit ours don’t and when “THIS THE DAY thehalf lord made, rejoice and be glad Hydromer Inc. Concord New U.S. tax credits to companies whoIS will source at least ofhas their meltdown in 1986.

Some experts believe notin the Star Wars WITH STATES under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home fallen into place.

I understand the seriousness of the virus andthat theevent, need and keep pushing until theyMOST win or the important because it determines whether certain areas ought to OneSoviet thingUnion is certain: Thin they118:24). hope to production back in the United States.

There is approximately $120 program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the in it” (Psalm Salisbury are switching their operation orders thanks to local or state governments, a majority of Americans to take precautions, but I’m uneasy people who simply be open or closed, whether we with ought how to pursue — Sweden style —ask a Americans are not going to s billion worth of AmericanI direct in plants and equipment in 1989. know they knowinvestment that what during this more challenging time of social distancing, Inback Fayetteville, minister began pr genous event happens such asto theadjust Chernobyl are having to what is being called the “new normal.” questions about the data, and when things can start getting to theyacertainly liberalized society that presumes wide spread, or whether we will not doaso in China. Chinese direct investment in the U.S. is about $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. don’t. working from home or losing a job, it may be difficult to “rejoice and seniors throughout Cumberland Count e experts believe that event,ofnot the Star Wars ought to lock as statistics roll in Some these orders extend at least through the end of this month. normal are treated indown somefurther. circles with contempt. are already talking aboutespecially comparison.

Senators in Washington the possibility directly to the dissolution the Soviet Unionorders go into June.

We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number ofmust deathsaccept divided by into terms be glad” as on thehalf Bible tells us to do.in However, asChina aas Christian, husband These stories from our rea Virginia’sofstay-at-home treated as though aforgiving society simply without An investment tax credit of 30% ofThey’re U.S. investment China ofwe $1.2 trillion in debt we owe themestimates as one throughout way get of death the number of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage.

We nee and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me of just how much we hope, inspiration and supplies to peopl today, or $60 billion, applied to repatriated Americanwhat manufacturing China to “pay” for thewhen damage causedthe the US. Don’t hold your question the government tells us about it’sthey safehave to begin China’s Chernobyl.Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during andbillion the denominator are likely wrong. We don’t know how many scientific experts — we need investment to the U.S. would cost the U.S. Treasury $18 in breath waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen but ask your elected have to be thankful and hopeful for, even in the midst of this global workers on the front lines of the corona a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process ofpeople returning back to normalcy. on are already talking about the possibility have of coronavirus. Some sources suggest the don’t and when they hope to Neal Robbins, publisher Frank senior editor tax revenue over a few |years. $18Hill, billion in lostopinion revenue is actually died representatives to hold China accountable inpeople tangible financial ways for commu Lenten and spread pandemic.

While throughout our state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. No. The government works for us,| and wethat have the right to ask those trillion in debt we owe them as one way to get number has been overestimated, given classification for cause We’re grown-ups, and we’r Neal Robbins, publisher Frank Hill, senior opinion editor when did decimal dust compared toFor theme, $6 trillion+ Marshall Plan we are now this disaster. my faith is an important part ofstay-at-home my dailyelderly life and decision I am glad initiatives weto have in Easter seasons amage they have caused US.decide Don’t hold your death, patients, can variable.

Some they need startpassed answering If hethe does to extend it, questions should be to the theparticularly orders inbeplace over the undertaking to asked save ourasown economy, notquestions. of defeatedofAnd enemies aslonger in the among It is about time they are are expected toall operate as responsible citizens of ioning nese “Jubilee” to justification happen but askfor your elected sources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutio making.

As I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are supporting sel it. And the answers should country, and the stricter some them states, such as Michigan, provide past.notabe vague ones like “we the of world likeget anyin other modern nation.

China accountable in tangible financial ways for many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeply pron nment Corinthians 1:4, which reminds us our Lord “comforts us in all our helping small businesses keep people o China has pillaging American must do this out of an abundance of caution.” theand more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about message of been cheating, stealing, pirating Even more importantly, we have no clue how many Americans affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any relief will soon reach families and work business now for past 30 years. made nocan secret that theyto providing for their families, will demand evels It will need to be explained in detailhope to the people ofthe this state who They have when they get back re expected to operate as responsible citizens of actually have coronavirus. Some scientists suggest that the number Ben Shapiro, 36, is a gradua that we will intend to replace the U.S. as the premier superpower in the world affliction, with the comfort which weand ourselves are comforted by continue working common senseSho an are being told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined answers. modern nation. of identified cases could be an order of magnitude lower than the hoston of “The Ben Shapiro me a replace the enjoy dollar as the reserve currency with their renminbi. once again God.” we can defeat the coronavirus and keep people havelevels had coronavirus not been tested. amount of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases Leadersnumber at the of local andwho state should be and as forthcoming as theycom.

OPINION north STATEment

VISUAL VOICES

s okay to ask questions about when The and hope of Easter VISUAL VOICES e begin to VOICES get back to comfort normal VISUAL A6

north STATEment OPINION

VISUAL VOICES

VISUAL VOICES

hing? sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I—urge to also whole. are reliable. can be with those answers andyou again, not vague answers, but answer s what reflect on this message and be comforted, so that we may live out Until then, the Lenten and Easter se concerts, family To date, I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and then with details that give their statements believability. | FRANK HILL God’sabout example andWe comfort in need around that we will once again enjoy spor itizens EDITORIAL mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions shouldallallthose continue to do what us weduring can to keep ourhope families, EDITORIAL |gatherings, STACEY MATTHEWS this difficult time.

Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many m the data. State Republican leaders have, too. services ourselves, and our communities safe. But we should also still continue church in a free confident we will emerge out of this pandemic stronger than ever. own temporary Unfortunately, when certain types ofand questions get asked, there is to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home sacrifices for the greate many more ty were In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired they by stories humanity are over. sometimes a disturbing tendency among some people to treat those measures are understandable, shouldofalso have an expiration date. after our own osed neighbors helping neighbors.

I wish everyone celebrating Easter, a COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON simply questioning data and asking when we can start getting back This is all new to Americans, and it is not normal. Not in any way, EDITORIAL | FRANKthe HILL COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray we can all continu last I to normal as though they are conspiracy theorists or are people who shape, or form. So while we should remain vigilant and stay safe, at money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary safety guidelines and remain sacrifices are sick. otherwise don’t care if they get themselves or others the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new ed.

PresidentIt’s Calvin on the 150th okay toCoolidge ask questions about whenAnniversary we toof get back to normal of the Declaration Independence, July 1926 The comfort and hope of Easter How China willbegin payThe for this COVID-19 3 big questionscatastrophe nobody is 5, answering

health care workers out of his own home. through this together.

Since when did questioning government a bad normal.” over. at all levels become thing? That is what free citizens living in aWITH free society were supposed Not one little bit.

MOST STATES under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home fallen into place. I understand the seriousness of the virus and the need ONE THING IS CERTAIN; after this COVID-19 virus dissipates The cavalier manner in Revolutionary which China about the origin the with how people who simply ask to do, last I checked. orders thanks to local or state governments, a majority of Americans to takelied precautions, but I’mofuneasy governments. have been a textbook of liberty for our WE MEET TO CELEBRATE the birthday of THIS WEEK, virus, according to members theand federal government, That would mean that the fatality rate is actually far lowe “THIS ISofTHE DAY the hasworld made, let us rejoice and be glad Hydromer Inc. around the and in thein United States, China will pay for this covered up its spread tried tolord tell the there were only having to adjust what is being calledStacey the “new normal.” questions about the data, and when things can start getting back to in Concord My first concern asglobe we go along all are this, of course, isto my family.

I’m Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah If all men are created equal, that is final. fathers.

America. and state and local governments, Americans have begun topanic, flatten suggested, even if the transmission rateare isIfhigh. indeaths it”this (Psalm 118:24).

Salisbury switching thei catastrophe one way or another.

3,341 related has led to worldwide economic collapse and Some of these orders extend at least through the end of month. normal are treated inLegal some circles with contempt. they are endowed with inalienable rights, thatof a second w His words were onI know with athat missionary Amid allcatching the clashthe of conflicting interests, amid all worried about them virus, and I’m worried I will.

After andcarried is a regular contributor tospirit RedState and Insurrection. rstand the seriousness of the virus and the need the curve in the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The excitement was what are we expecting in terms during this challenging time ofSecondly, social distancing, In accept Fayetteville, minister In order to put the crisis caused by China in perspective, zero millions of Americans needlessly being thrown out of work.

Virginia’s stay-at-home orders go into June.

They’re treated as though we as a society simply must without is itfinal.

If governments derive their just powers which did to reach the Scotch-Irish of or North the simply welter of partisan politics, flu) everyduring American can the H1N1 virus can (swine the 2009 pandemic, I’m uneasy withsuffering how peoplefrom who ask muted — afternot all,fail trends canhas easily — taxpayer but real.

Americans The institute’s model simply cuts off in early August.

It do working from home losing awhat job, be difficult to us “rejoice and seniors throughout Cumberl worldwide pandemics trace their source to the United States over The crisis costreverse the U.S. at least $2.4 trillion in added Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question themay government tells about when it’s safe to begin from thepredict consent of the governed, that isstories final.the Carolina as well as the neighborhood of Thomas turn for solace and consolation to the Declaration a, and when things can starttrying getting back to have abided by recommendations and orders.

They’ve left their jobs how many people will die in a second wave.

This i I’ve been to take extra precautions, because all of this brings up be glad” as the Bible tells us to do.

However, as a Christian, husband These from throug our 231-year history. At least fourainrecent the 20th century alone can be that “we debt plus trillions more Federalprocess Reserve liquidity tonormalcy. the briefing just don’t knowthat yet”his ifin the ofbackup returning back to No advance, nohow progress can be made Jefferson, whothey’ve acknowledged “best ideas ofmany of Independence and the Constitution ofcoronavirus the United press me circles with contempt. toto stay at home; practiced social distancing; in places, most important problem because experts maintain that t and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me of just much we hope, inspiration and suppli way too many memories of a painful experience I’ d prefer not repeat. directly traced to China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” 1977 markets and financial outlets.

If the U.S. dollar were not the reserve state’s stay-at-home will extend into May. No. The government workspropositions. for us, and we have the rightwishes to ask those Since when did beyond these If democracy” had been secured at church meetings.

States with the assurance and confidence that thoseorders ugh we as a society simply must accept without they’ve donned masks. seasonal, which means weanyone areworkers likely toonsee have tonot bethe thankful hopeful for, even in thestay-at-home midst of this global themore frontserious lines ofs flu” and 2002 SARS outbreak.

There is evidence the currency, would be able toand fund any of these emergency Perhaps But what“Russian also makes methe lose sleep isand how easily most everyone has If he does decide to extendthat it, questions should bewe asked as to questions.

And the longer orders are in place the all over the We need to deny their truth or their soundness, only George Mason prepared the Virginia Declaration two great charters of freedom justice remain firm questioning nment tells us about when it’s safe to begin the The result: a reduction in expected hospitalization and death. in the fall.

And that means we will be faced with either reo Lenten and pandemic.

While people throughout If anyone massive 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic also had its origins in China. measures without immediate fear of rampant inflation and currency justification for it. And the answers should not27, be1776, vaguewhich ones like “we popular country, and direction the stricterin some of them get in states, such as Michigan, COVID-19 which he can proceed historically of Rights asserted and unshaken. ck to normalcy.

According toon theMay University of Washington Institute Health part oflockdowns for large swaths ofI the population, with wide-s For me, my faith isthe anfor important my life and decision am glad initiatives seasons government There is 100% agreement, outside oftransparency China, thatofCOVID-19 depreciation. must do this out an abundance Easter of caution.” more people, sitting at daily home feeling isolatedtoward and/or anxious about we have wishes is China’s is not forward, but backward the sovereignty and inherent natural rights but confined EDITORIAL FRANK HILL We are obliged to conclude that the Declaration of works for us, and weto have the| right to ask those Metrics and Evaluation model most oftAs cited by members ofand the testing and contact tracing, or with thetime realization thatsup w making.

I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are and honesty originated in at Wuhan Province probably from the completely China has to pay for their aberrant ways decisions through provide a all levels It will need to be explained in detail to the people of this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand when there was nous equality, rights ofsmall theand theout doctrine ofeconomic equality to the assertion that “All reminds men er stay-at-home all over and therepresented Independence the movement of a people.

Trump administration, theand expected need for hospital beds has atus tonot isolate those who most vulnerable let everyone Corinthians 1:4, which our Lord “comforts in allare ourno helping businesses kee denyorders theirare in place Chernobyl. unregulated unsanitary wet markets.

Some believe it came of a financial means.

Diplomacy obviously worked from our are being told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined answers. message of become a from the top. some of them get in states, such as Michigan, individual, nohygiene rule of people. areoutbreak created equally free and independent.” peak was revised down by over 120,000, the number of comfort Which raises the third question: What exactly we d It was not alab movement Revolutions affliction, that weworld may be able to those who arethe in any relief will soon reachcan familie COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO biowarfare run by the communist Chinese army. to we bring China into the civilized of 21st health, scientific experts amount of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands ofso cases Leaders atcentury the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they truthisolated or their hope that will“Every thing? at home feeling and/or about ventilators

by Wise nearly 13,000 and the number of overall deaths bywe we capable ofproceed rollingbyout tenscontinue of millions of testsonover the Those who wish to in that direction cannot Inof1710, said man must be doanxious not come from that direction.

The American affliction, with the comfort whichthose ourselves are comforted working commo Until Chinabad adopts rigorous verifiable policing and regulation and fair trade.

Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame are reliable. can be with answers — and again, not vague answers, but answer —and we mature need to again enjoyto every to providing for their families,their will demand August byonce nearly 12,000. months — and compelling people toTheir take tests regularly, s lay claim to progress.

They are reactionary. ideas acknowledged equal man.”

Again, “The end Revolution represented theprotocols, informed God.” we can defeat the coronaviru soundness, That is what food safety and health American business has no other or express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what To know date, what I’ve gone what the state has asked and then with details that give their statements believability. they along with Here’s the problem: We still know the answers toadvantage the key virus isyou transmittable while carriers are asymptomatic?

C sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge to also are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of whole. of allpurely good government is governments todon’t cultivate humanity and convictions of a great mass of independent, libertychoice than to build redundant manufacturing plants elsewhere totalitarian do.

They take of every weakness free citizens mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We should all continue to do what we can to keep our families, theshould only be as forthcoming ONE THING after this COVID-19 virus dissipates The cavalier manner inmessage which China lied about the origin ofcontact the nd state levels assecurity theyIS CERTAIN; know, what they questions that allow economy tothis reopen. create tracing system Until for 330 million American reflect on and be comforted, may But live out the Lenten and the Revolutionary fathers. promote thewill happiness ofadversaries all and the good of every loving, God-fearing people whoreasons knew their rights, and concerts, family for national safety as well asRepublican supply and delivery they findthe in and keep pushing until they winso orthat theawe theStates, data.

State leaders have, too. ourselves, and our communities safe. we should also stillthen, continue livingand inand ainfree around the globe the United China will pay for this virus, covered up its spread and tried to tell the world there were ers — and again, not vague answers, but answer First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate?

This question is are we willing toofsubmit ourselves to one? direction God’s example and comfort all those in need around usonly during hope that we will once again don’t and when Ours isthe a government the people.

It represents man ingatherings, all his rights, his life, estate, honor, and Stanly County Journal for liberty, Wednesday, April 15, 2020 possessedconcerns. the courage to dare to maintain them. reliability adversaries push back.

Unfortunately, when certain types of questions get asked, there is to ask questions about data, because while reasonable stay-at-home North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, of 2020 one way or another.

3,341 related hastime. led toevent worldwide panic, economic collapse society were eir statements believability. catastrophe important because it determines whether certain areas ought to One thing isand certain: Things cannot continue as they haa this difficult Through faith by helping one another, I also am services their will. officers may sometimes go but soto forth.”

And again, “For asdeaths they have power every There is something beyond establishment a THIS 3church most direct way to makethe China “pay”hope for this is offer That is, unless an exogenous happens such as theIts Chernobyl they to disaster g WEEK, according to members of theafederal government, That would mean that the fatality rate is actually lower sometimes aindisturbing tendency among some people to treat those measures areand understandable, they should havegatherings, anastray, expiration date.far church services in we which hekeep our The In order to put the crisis caused by China perspective, zero millions of Americans needlessly being thrown out of work. eintoofdo what can to families, be open or closed, whether we ought to pursue — Sweden style — a Americans are notever. going to stay home for months on end, confident we will emerge out of this pandemic stronger than own temporary sacrifices for that is not a reason for criticizing the principles of man in his natural state, so upon combination they new tax nation insupposed the Declaration ofsimply Independence which U.S. credits to companies who willknow source at least half of their meltdown in 1986.

Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars the and state and local governments, Americans have begun to flatten suggested, even if the transmission rate is high. what they questioning the data and asking when we can start getting back This is all new to Americans, and it is not normal.

Not in any way, and many more worldwide pandemics their There source the United States over The that crisis has cost the U.S. taxpayer at least $2.4 trillion instories added munities safe. we still continue more liberalized society presumes wide spread, or whether we they certainly will not do the basisare of over. ever-evolving Sponsored by should also canBut proceed In this same spirit, Ithe continue to be inspired by ofare humanity at production back in the United States. istothough approximately $120 program of are Reagan, directly toshape, dissolution of the Soviet Union our institutions.

The real heart of so theon American can and donovel bequeath this power toled others and settle itor has ever since caused itcan to trace be regarded as one of the re were only to do, last I to normal as they are conspiracy theorists or people who form.

So while we should remain vigilant and stay safe, at the curve in the coronavirus outbreak.

The excitement was Secondly, what we expecting in terms of a second wa don’t. afterdown ourindebt own our 231-year history.

At least fourinvestment the 20th alone cantobelock plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the he data, because while reasonable stay-at-home ought further. especially as statistics roll in that look like the neighbors neighbors.

Ioff wish everyone celebratin billion worth checked. ofthat American direct incentury plants and equipment Government depends upon simply thewith heart the It lower-end according astrends their united discretion shall determine.” great charters not only was toinliberate America c collapse and otherwise don’t care if they get themselves or1989. others sick. theAmericans same time we shouldn’t get comfortable thisofso-called “new muted — after all, can easily reversehelping — but real.

The institute’s model cuts inpeople. early August.

It doe directly traced to China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” 1977 markets and financial outlets.

If the U.S. dollar were not the reserve dable, theyhistorically should also have an expiration date.

We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths divided by estimates in terms of death and the upper-end estimates temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray we can in Chinese direct investment in thewhen U.S. did is about $65abided billion by again, Perhaps COVID-19 isbad China’s Chernobyl. is frompredict that source that we mustwill lookdie forinall genuinewave.

And still “Democracy is Christ’s government in jobs butChina. ennobled humanity everywhere. k.

Since questioning government at all levels become a normal.” have by recommendations and orders.

They’ve left their how many people a second This is North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 “Russian flu” and the 2002 SARS outbreak.

There is evidence that the currency, we would not be able to fund any of these emergency ericans, and itnot is not normal. Not in any way, the number of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage.

We need transparency and honesty is Perhaps to buy aare 3-D printer and plastic make face shields for because necessary safety guidelines a sacrifices are comparison.

Senators inmoney Washington already about the possibility reform. church andthey’ve state.”

It was not because it was proposed establish n in added thing?toThat is whata free citizens living in a free society were supposed Nottalking one little bit.to to stay at home; practiced social distancing; in many places, most important problem experts maintain that the s we A6andnew massive 1918 flu” pandemic also had its origins in China. without immediate fear ofofhow rampant inflation and currency should remain vigilant stay safe, at “Spanish and theChina denominator are likely wrong.

We don’tin many scientific — we need to know what they know, wh care workers out hisowe ownthem home. through this together.

Annation, investment tax credit of 30% of U.S. investment in ofmeasures China forgiving $1.2 trillion debt we as one way toexperts getpopular over. ty to the COVID-19 Under a system of government there will Placing every man on ahealth plane where he know toon do,half lastto I establish checked. but because it was proposed a forward, but they’ve donned masks. seasonal, which means we are likely to see more serious spr dn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new There is 100% agreement, outside of China, that COVID-19 depreciation. people have actually died of coronavirus.

Some they sources suggest the don’t and when they hope to know what they don’t. today, or billion, applied to repatriated China toexpected “pay” the damage have caused thehas US. Don’t hold your We t reserveis China’s My first American concern asmanufacturing we goacknowledged along in all this, course, isfor myhospitalization family.

I’mpossessed he Stacey Matthews also written under the for pseudonym Sister always be those who will political preferment noofsuperiors, where no one nation on$60 new principles, that July 4,need 1776, has come to The result: a reduction in and death. in the fall.

And thatseek means we will be facedToldjah with either ren originated in Wuhan Province probably from the completely China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions through backward number has been overestimated, given that classification for cause We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing to follow their advic investment the U.S. would costworried the U.S. Treasury billion inright breath waiting a Chinese “Jubilee” to ahappen ask yourfor elected them$18 catching the and I’m worried Ifor will.

After and is regular contributor toreform.

RedState and Legal Insurrection. gency transparency bybut clamoring is far more danger any to rule over him, he must inevitably choose According tovirus, the University of Washington Institute for opinion Health be regardedtoas one of the greatest days inabout history. lockdowns for largeThere swaths of the population, with wide-sc Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior editor Chernobyl. unregulated and unsanitary wet markets.

Some believe it came out of a of death, particularly among elderly patients, can be variable.

Some economic and financial means.

Diplomacy has obviously not worked they need to start answering serious questions, or they wi tax revenue spread over a few years. $18 billion in lost revenue is representatives to hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for

7

How China will pay for this COVID-19 catastrophe The 3 big questions nobody is answering

OPINION north STATEment north STA

suffering from the virus (swine flu) during theamost 2009 pandemic, d currencytoward the Metrics and Evaluation model oft cited byunderestimated, members of thesince testing and contact the to realization weA harm than islack hope of goodor inwith anyfaith radical his own rulers through system self-government.

Three very definite propositions were set out in H1N1 and honesty Neal Robbins, publisher | $6Frank Hill, senior opinion editor sources suggest the number is dramatically to thethere same oftracing, institutional which allthat other biowarfare lab run by the communist Chinese army. to bring China intoofthe civilized world of 21stofcentury health, hygiene decimal dust compared to the trillion+ Marshall Plan we are now this disaster.

I’ve been tryingand to take extra precautions, because alldemocracy. of thisneed brings up Trump administration, the expected for hospital beds at to isolate those who are most vulnerable and let everyone e changes.

This was their theory of itsUntil preamble regarding the nature of mankind from our so written time under when the pseudonym Sister Toldjah many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeply prone.

China rigorous verifiable and regulation and trade.

Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame undertaking toadopts save our ownthe economy, notpolicing of defeated enemies asof in the It isfair about time they are expected to operate asThe responsible citizens of third question: way too many memories ofoutbreak a painful experience I’down d prefer not to120,000, repeat. through peak was revised by over the number of Which raises the What exactly can we do Declaration of Independence is the product of In those days such doctrines would scarcely have of government.

These were doctrine that all utor to RedState and Legal Insurrection.

Even more we have no clue how many Americans their food safety and health protocols, American business nosleep otherisimportantly, oreasily express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what scientific past. the like any other modern nation.

But whatexperts also makes mehas lose how most everyone has not workedthere was no ventilators by nearly 13,000 and the number of overall deaths by the spiritual weevery capable of of rolling out tens of live millions tests over theLaw n insight theispeople.

We in anof age ofHarvard been permitted toworld flourish and spread in any other men are created equal; that they are endowed with actually have coronavirus.

Some scientists suggest that theadvantage number Ben Shapiro, 36, a graduate of UCLA and choice than to build redundant manufacturing plants elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do.

They take of weakness — we need to China has been cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging American lth, hygiene August by nearly 12,000. months andBen compelling people to tests regularly, sin science and ofof— abounding accumulation of take material country.

These great truths were of in magnitude theand air keep thatlower our certain inalienable rights; and that the as source of the equality, no of identified cases could be an order than the host “The Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of Dai for national security and safety reasons well as supply and delivery they find in adversaries pushing until they win or the business now for the past 30 years.know Theywhat have they made no secret that they e the blame Here’s the still don’t know the answers tobeen the tested. key things.virus is transmittable while carriers are asymptomatic? Ca people breathed. just powers of government must be derived from theRobbins, Neal publisher |WeFrank Hill, senior editor number ofproblem: people adversaries who have had coronavirus and not com. reliability concerns. push back. opinion to replace the U.S. as the premier superpower inquestions the worldthat and rights of the intend what know, what they will allow the economy to the reopen. create a contact system forOur 330 million Americans These did not createtracing our Declaration.

Whatever else we may say of it, Declaration of consent of the governed.

The most direct way to make China “pay” for this disaster is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl replace the dollar as the reserve currency with their renminbi. y weakness First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate?

This question is are we willing to submit ourselves to one? don’t and when Declaration created them.

Independence was profoundly American.

If no one is to be accounted as born into a superior individual, U.S. tax credits to companies who will source at least half of their meltdown in 1986. Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars or the important determines whether certain ought to OneSoviet thing isspirit certain: Things cannot Theofthings of the come first. If we arecontinue as they hav Inbecause its mainitfeatures, the Declaration of areas station, if there isintothe beUnited no ruling class, and to ifisall they hope production back States.

There approximately $120 program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution the Union no rule of be open or closed, whether we ought to pursue — Sweden a maintain Americans are not goingwhich to stayhas home for months on end, a the great heritage been Independence is great spiritual document.

It is a style —to possess rightsofwhich can neither be bartered away nor billion worth American direct investment plants and equipment in a1989. know what in they sChernobylthe people.

Jason more liberalized society that presumes wide spread, or whether we they certainly will not do so on the basis of ever-evolving m bequeathed to us, we must be like-minded as the declaration not of material but of spiritual conceptions. taken from them by any earthly power, it follows that in China. Chinese direct investment in the U.S. is about $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. don’t. he Star Wars EDITORIAL | the STACEY MATTHEWS ought to lock down further. especially as statistics roll in that look like the lower-end m fathers created it. We must follow the spiritual Equality, liberty, Senators popular sovereignty, theare rights of man practical authority of the Government has to rest comparison. in Washington already talking aboutwho the possibility Soviet Union We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths divided by estimates in terms of death and the upper-end estimates in and moral leadership which they showed.

We must — these are not elements which we can see and touch. onAn theinvestment consent of tax the credit governed. of 30% on half of U.S. investment in China of China forgiving $1.2 trillion in debt we owe them as one way to get number of are identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage. and keep our ideals thatneed theytransparency may glow with a honesty fr They ideals.

In 1638, Rev. Thomas Hooker of Connecticut said| the in COLUMN REP. RICHARD HUDSON today, or $60 billion, applied to repatriated American manufacturing China to “pay” for the damage they have caused the US. Don’treplenished, hold your We and the denominator are likely wrong.

We don’t know how many scientific experts — we need to know what they know, what more compelling flame. roots in religious convictions.

They ainvestment sermon: to the U.S. would cost the U.S. Treasury $18 billionThey in have their breath waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen but ask your elected possibility have died ofworld. coronavirus.

Some sources suggest the don’t and when belong to the unseen Unless theChina faith of the foundation of authority is laid the free tax“The revenue spread over a few years. $18inbillion in lostpeople revenue is actually representatives to hold accountable in tangible financial waysthey for hope to know what they don’t. e way to get number has beenpeople overestimated, given that classification We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing speech. to follow their advice (abridged, modernized version of Coolidge’s these religious convictions is tofor cause decimal of dust weAmerican are now consent thecompared people. to the $6 trillion+ Marshall Plan thisindisaster.

Don’t hold your ofenemies death, particularly among elderly patients, can be variable. Some they need to start answering serious questions, undertaking to save our own economy, not of defeated as in the It is about they are expected to operate as responsible citizens of Coolidge is the only US president to have been born onor they will endure, the principles of ourtime Declaration will perish.

“The choice of public magistrates belongs unto the our elected sources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith to which all other Am past. by God’s own allowance.” the world like any nation. the Fourth of July. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson We cannot continue to enjoy the other resultmodern if we neglect people ncial ways for many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeply prone.

China has been stealing, pirating and pillaging American both died within hours of each other on the Fourth of and abandon the cause.

Rev. John Wisecheating, of Massachusetts published Even more importantly, we have no clue how many Americans “THIS IS THEfallen DAY the lord has made, letideals usthe rejoice glad Hydromer Inc. in Concord and1926 Newspeech) Sarum Brewing C business the past 30that years.

They have made no secret that they WITH now MOST STATES under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home place.

I understand seriousness of theinvirus and the need 1826, 100 years before Coolidge’s Governments do into not make ideals, but makeand be July treatises in theforearly 1700s have been declared toactually ible citizens of have coronavirus.

Some scientists suggest that the number Ben Shapiro, 36,switching is a graduate UCLA and Law in it” (Psalm 118:24).

Salisbury are theirof operations toHarvard make hand sa orders to local or state governments, a majorityinofthe Americans intend thanks to replace the U.S. as the premier superpower world and to take precautions, but I’m uneasy with how people who simply ask r of identified could be anchallenging orderthe of magnitude lowerthings than the host of Ben Show”began and editor-in-chief of Daily I knowcases that during this time of social distancing, In“The Fayetteville, a minister a program to deliver g are having to adjust to what is being calledwith the “new normal.” questions about data, and when can start getting back to Shapiro replace the dollar as the reserve currency their renminbi. n of people who have hadtreated coronavirus and not been working from home or losing a job, it becircles difficult totested. “rejoice and com. seniors throughout Cumberland County.

Some of these orders extend at least through the endnumber of this month. normal are inmay some with contempt. be glad” as the Bible tells us to do. as However, as aasChristian, husband Thesewithout stories from throughout our region continue to p Virginia’s stay-at-home orders go into June.

They’re treated though we a society simply must accept and dad, the Easter holiday hasthe reminded me oftells justus how much we it’s safe hope, inspiration EDITORIAL |Here STACEY MATTHEWS in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what government about when to begin the and supplies to people in need and our h and of hopeful for, even midst of this global workers on the front lines of the coronavirus response. a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t knowhave yet”to if be thethankful process returning back in to the normalcy.

EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS Lenten and pandemic.

No. The government works for us, and we have the rightWhile to askpeople those throughout our communities continue to Since when did state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. me, my faith is an important part ofstay-at-home my daily life and decision I am we have passed in Congress, like the Easter seasons If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked asFor to the questions.

And the longer orders are in place allglad overinitiatives the questioning making.

As I celebrated my family, reflected onstates, 2 Program, are supporting self-employed people justification for it. And the answers should notabe vague ones like “we country,Easter and thewith stricter some ofI them get in suchProtection as Michigan, provide government Corinthians 1:4, the which reminds our Lord “comforts in all our must do this out of an abundance of caution.” more people,us sitting at home feelingusisolated and/or helping anxious small aboutbusinesses keep people on the payroll, whil message of affliction, so that we may becan able toback comfort those who are in any relief will soon reach families and workers. Please know t COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON at all levels It will need to be explained in detail to the people of this state who when they get to providing for their families, will demand RANK HILL hope that we will COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO affliction, with the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by continue working on common sense and targeted solution are being told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined answers. become a once again enjoy God.”of cases we can defeat the coronavirus and keep people and busin amount of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands Leaders at the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they bad thing? sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge you to also whole. are reliable. can be with those answers — and again, not vague answers, but answer y That is what reflect and be comforted, that we may live out Until then, the Lenten and Easter seasons provide a me concerts, family To date, I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and thenon this message with details that give theirso statements believability. example are and comfort all those in need around us hope that weneed will once again enjoycommunity sporting events, conce free citizens mandated thatSCOTT weSTATES do, but along the way I’ve in also had questions about We should all continue to do what we can tostates keep our families, gatherings, where the issues between the black community hurting very they claim toduring WITH MOST under either shelter-in-place orGod’s stay-at-home SEN. TIM (R-SC) took the lead crafting fallen intothe place.

Ivoters understand the seriousness of the virus and the this difficult time.

Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many the data.

State Republican leaders have, too. ourselves, and our communities safe.

But we should also still continue ONE THING IS CERTAIN; after this COVID-19 virus dissipates The cavalier manner in which China lied about the origin of the church orders thanks to local or state majority of Americans people who simply police have beenask most prominent, and thatmore thosecelebrations a living in a free want to help. to take precautions, but I’m uneasy with howand the Senate’s police reform bill,governments, because, as heaservices told THIS WEEK, according to members the federal government, That would mean that the fatality rate is actually far lower than confident weand will emerge outthe of this pandemic stronger than ever. own temporary sacrifices for theNew greater good of the coun “THIS ISof THE DAY the lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad Hydromer Inc. in Concord and Sarum Unfortunately, when certain types of questions get asked, there is to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home und the globe and in the United States, China will pay for this virus, covered up its spread tried to tell world there were only are having to adjust to what is being called the “new normal.” questions about the data, and when things can start getting back to leaders could have acted time and time again at the Brewing Co. Scott said, “[their] stereotyping of Republicans Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), many more society were and stateamong andand local governments, Americans have begun topanic, flatten suggested, even ifofthe transmission rateare isare high.

Inthose thisled same spirit, I continue to be inspired by stories humanity over. their operations to make hand san in it” (Psalm 118:24).

Salisbury switching a disturbing tendency some people to treat measures are understandable, they should also have an expiration date. astrophe one way or another. sometimes 3,341 related deaths has to worldwide economic collapse and of thesein orders at least through the end of this month. normal are treated inoutcomes some circles with contempt. local level on various policecelebrating reforms butEaster, did not, is just ashelping toxic and poisonous to the of the heSome understands a wayextend no curve other Senate Republican after our own supposed snand thetoneed neighbors.

IFayetteville, wish everyone as wellto asdeliver Passover, the in the novel outbreak.

The excitement was what arenormal. we expecting in of a second wave?

I neighbors know that during this challenging time ofSecondly, social distancing, Inin minister began a program gr questioning the data andgoasking when wecoronavirus can getting back This is alltreated newout to Americans, is not Not anyterms way, order put the crisis causedsimply by what China infeels perspective, zero millions of start Americans needlessly being thrown of work.

Virginia’s stay-at-home orders into June.

They’re as though weand as aitsociety simply must accept without leaving it to Congress to lead where they have failed: most vulnerable communities in this nation” as the can it like to be stopped by law enforcement temporary simply Inreverse Concord, a shape, high school senior named Tanner used his vigilant own celebration and pray we can all continue to keep faith, pr muted — after all, trends can easily — taxpayer but real.

Americans The institute’s model simply cuts offsafe, in early August.

It does not working from home or losing a job, it may be difficult to “rejoice and seniors throughout Cumberland County. to do, last I trace their to normal as though they are conspiracy theorists or are people who or form.

So while we should remain and stay at ldwide ask pandemics can source to the United States over The crisis has cost the U.S. at least $2.4 trillion in added Herebecause in NorthofCarolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during he’s question whathis thewhole government tells us about when it’s safe to begin thethis conversation five years telling Isafety had stereotyping dealt with life as how aface black simply the color of his skin. ng back tohistory. At least fourotherwise money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make shields for “I’m necessary guidelines remain confident that have by recommendations and orders.

They’ve left their jobs predict many people willso-called die in ayou; second wave.

This is and the our sacrifices are be glad” the Bible tells us to do.

However, as a Christian, husband These stories from throughout region continue to we pr don’t ifalone they getabided themselves orjust others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this “new 231-year the in 20th century can be that debt plus trillions more Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the checked. ainrecent coronavirus press briefing “we don’t know yet”asifin the process of returning back to normalcy. ago.

I’m having this conversation right now.isWe American.

But spite ofcare all of Scott’s efforts, all of the health care workers out of his own home. through this together. to stay at home; they’ve practiced social distancing; in many places, most important problem because experts maintain that the virus and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me of just how much we hope, inspiration and supplies to people in need and our he Since when did questioning government at all levels become a bad normal.” over. ectly traced to China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” 1977 markets and financial outlets.

If the U.S. dollar were not the reserve state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. No. The government works for us, and we have the right to ask those could do something right now.

You know, here’s the Scott marveled at how Democrats could completely concessions he was prepared todonned make, and the Since when did thing?

“The ccept without they’ve masks. seasonal, which means we areworkers likely toonsee more serious spreading have to be thankful and hopeful for, even in the midst of this global the front lines of the coronavirus response.

That is what free citizens living in a free society were supposed Not one little bit. ssian flu” and theactual 2002 SARSamendments outbreak.

There is evidence that the currency, we would not be able to fund any of these emergency If he does decide towilling extend to it, accept questions should asked as to the questions.

And thewanted, longer stay-at-home orders are in all over the Minneapolis, Los Angeles, truth.

Inplace Detroit, Atlanta, reject getting “80%” of death. what they noting thatthat he was order tobe get We questioning essive the The result: ainreduction inwithout expected hospitalization in the fall. And means we will be people faced with either renewed Lenten and pandemic.

While throughout our communities continue to s to do, lastneed I checked.

1918 problem “Spanish flu” also had its origins in China. measures immediate fear of and rampant inflation and currency t to begin is pandemic justification for it. And the answers should not rejected be vague ones like “we of country, and the stricter some of them get inPhiladelphia, states, such asall Michigan, these cities could have banned choke like the P the reality it was that Democrats did not want sensible legislation passed, Senate Democrats transparency According to the University ofisWashington Institute for Health part lockdowns forand large swaths ofI the population, withwe wide-scale For me, my faith is an important of my daily life decision am glad initiatives have passed in Congress, My first concern as we go along in all this, of course, my family.

I’m Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah Easter seasons government here is 100% agreement, outside of China, that COVID-19 depreciation. must do this of an abundance offloor caution.” the moreas people, sitting at homeout feeling isolated and/or anxiousThey about holds themselves. could have increased the police people a Republicans to be is seen a party that reaches toon all advancing hisout JUSTICE Act the to the forI’m debate not what tinated to askin those Metrics and Evaluation model most oft cited by members of the testing and contact tracing, or with the realization that we will have making.

As I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected 2 Protection Program, are supporting self-employed worried about them catching virus, and worried I will.

After and a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection. and honesty Wuhan Province probably from the China has pay for their ways provide a effectively at all levels It consideration. will need tocompletely be Their explained in detail to the people ofto this state who aberrant when theyand can get back through to providing for theirreporting families, will demandThey could have more data themselves. communities, especially in andecisions election year. and actions last week eegulated all over and the administration, theand expected need for hospital beds has atus tonot isolate those who vulnerable and let everyone else work.on the payroll, while Corinthians 1:4, which reminds our Lord “comforts us in allare ourmosthelping small businesses keep people suffering from the H1N1 virus (swine during the 2009 pandemic, unsanitary wet markets. believe it Trump came out of at aflu) is being economic financial means.

Diplomacy obviously worked fromSome our to are being told remain jobless and home for an undetermined answers. message of become a information themselves.

They could de-escalation “They cannot allow [Republicans] tothose be seen stalled getting atomeaningful, bipartisanwas police reform as Michigan, peakprecautions, outbreak revised down bybrings over 120,000, the number of comfort Which raises third question: What exactly can we do?have Areworkers.

I’ve been trying take extra because all ofaffliction, this up so that weworld may be able to who arethe in any relief will soon reach families and Please know th warfare lab run by the communist Chinese army. to bring China into the civilized of 21st century health, hygiene scientific experts amount of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases Leaders at the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they hope that we13,000 will offered.

It training themselves.

They could have duty-to-intervene asto arepeat. party that reaches out to allourselves communities inof rollingbyout bill passed before the November elections. bad thing? nxious about ventilators by nearly and the number of overall deaths by we capable tens of millions of tests over the next few way too many memories of a painful experience I’ d prefer not affliction, with the comfort which we are comforted continue working on common sense and targeted solutions Until China adopts rigorous verifiable policing and regulation of and fair trade. Totalitarian communist never take the blame areIn reliable. beregimes with those answers and of again, not themselves, vague answers, but answeras well.

— weaftermath need to Minneapolis this nation, andcan unfortunately without the—kind the of their rejection ofhow his bill, Scott again enjoy l demandis August byonce nearly 12,000. months — and compelling people to take tests regularly, since the But what also makes me lose sleep is easily most everyone has God.” we can defeat the coronavirus and keep people and busines That is what who is protocols, and health American business has no other or express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what nr food safety To know I’vefor gone what the state has asked andobjectivity then with details thatnecessary give their to statements believability. what they “Allcarriers these communities have been in the media that share gave adate, speech thealong ages.with He noted in no uncertain Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers toadvantage the keyis virus isyou transmittable while are asymptomatic?

Canrun we by Democrats sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge to the also whole. ice than tooffering build redundant manufacturing plants elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do.

They take of every weakness free citizens mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We should all continue to do what we can to keep our families, it.” forsystem decades.

What is the [return ofkeep what’s actually happening, no one will termsknow, that theasreal reason why Senate oming assecurity they what they questions that Democrats will allow economy reopen. create awe contact tracing for Decades.

330 million Americans — andon reflectmessage ontothis message and beuntil comforted, that mayever live out Until then, the Lenten and Easter seasons provide a mes concerts, family national safety reasons as well supply and delivery they findthe in adversaries and pushing winso or the the data.

State Republican leaders have, too. ourselves, andthey our communities safe.

But weinvestment] should also still continue living inand aTim free for the poorest people in this sporting nation? And know.” rejected the bill is becauseFirst, they don’t want to give off eability rs, but concerns. answer what is the true coronavirus fatality rate?

This question is are we willing to submit ourselves to one?

God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy events, concert don’t and when — Sen. adversaries back. gatherings, Unfortunately, when certain types of questions get push asked, there is to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home I Things don’t gatherings, blame them.

I blame an elite political class with Scotttime. reminded those listening to hisOne speech that the appearance of disaster givingimportant Republicans and President society were because it determines whether certain areas ought to thing is certain: cannot continue as they have been. this difficult Through faith and by helping one another, I am church services and many more celebrations af he most direct way to make China “pay” for this is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl they hope to a disturbing tendency among some people to treat those measures are understandable, they should also have an expiration date. church Scott (R-SC) sometimes billions of home dollars dosacrifices whatever they to do, andof the countr Republicans had passed sweeping criminal justice any sort of legislative victory at a services time whenwe amilies, be open or closed, whether ought to we pursue Sweden style — pandemic a not Americans are notever. going to stay fortomonths on end, and confident will — emerge outis of this stronger than own temporary for thewant greater good supposed . tax credits to companies whoTrump willknow source at least halfdata of their meltdown in 1986.

Some experts believe that event, the Star Wars what theythe simply questioning and asking when we can start getting back This all new to Americans, and it is not normal.

Not in any way, many more that presumes till continue look the results for the poorest, most vulnerable reform legislation when they controlled the House, Democrats trying tomore scoreliberalized all and the racially-charged society wide spread, or whether certainly will do soaton the basisare of over. ever-evolving models, In this same spirit, Ithe continue towe be inspired stories of not humanity duction back in the States.

There isare approximately program of are Reagan, led directly toshape, dissolution of thethey Soviet Unionremain to do, lastUnited I to normal as though they are$120 conspiracy theorists or people who or form.

So while webyshould vigilant and stay safe, at don’t. after our own stay-at-home inIour nation.

Senate, and White House, but now that Democrats ought to lock down further. especially as statistics people roll in that look like the lower-end model political points they can in a critical election year. neighbors helping neighbors. wish everyone on worth checked. of American direct investment in plants and equipment otherwise don’t care if they get themselvesinor1989. others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new celebrating Easter, as well as Passover, a date. direct investment“The We’ve seen case fatality rates — Concord, the number of Chernobyl. deaths by estimates in terms of death and the upper-end estimates terms “I’m willing to compete for vote.

Are you?” temporary controlled House, they weren’t going to allow the is not what offered.

It is In a the high schooldivided senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray wetheir can in all continue to keep faith, prac n,piration China.

Chinese in theactual U.S. did isproblem about $65 billion byis being Perhaps COVID-19 China’s Since when questioning government at all levels become aisbad normal.”

North State Journal Wednesday, April 15, 2020 the number offor identified COVID-19 cases —aare but both the numerator ofpossibility economic damage.

We need transparency and honestyand from our confident that we w gn any way, other side to be seen as working to help communities who is offering it,” Scott stated. money to buy 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary safety guidelines remain sacrifices are mparison.

Senators in Washington already talking about the thing? That is what free citizens living in a free society were supposed Not one little bit. ay safe, at the denominator are likely wrong.

We don’tin know many scientific — weStacey need to know what they what theythe Matthews has alsoknow, written under of color.

Scott went on investment to pointand outin that Democrats who health care workers out hisowe ownthem home. through this together. n investment tax credit of 30% half of U.S. China of China forgiving $1.2 trillion debtofhow we as one way toexperts get over. toon do, last I checked. alled “new people have actually died of coronavirus.

Some sources suggest the don’t and when they hope to know Sister what they don’t.and is a regular pseudonym Toldjah, Sen. Scott concluded by pointing out that don’t want Republicans to get any credit when it ay, or $60 billion, applied to repatriated American manufacturing China to “pay” for the damage they have caused the US. Don’t hold your My first concern as we go along in all this, of course, is my family. I’m Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah h number been overestimated, given that classification forfor cause We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing to followand theirLegal advice.

But contributor to RedState Insurrection.

Democratic leaders have decades the and and toabout passing legislation that would help theworried black Ifor estment to the U.S. would costcomes the U.S. Treasury $18 billion in has breath waiting a Chinese to but askrun your elected n worried them catching the virus, and I’m will.

After “Jubilee” and is ahappen regular contributor tocities RedState Legal Insurrection. of death, particularly among elderly patients, can be variable.

Some financial they need to start answering serious questions, or they will fall prey revenue spread over a few years. $18 billion in lost revenue is representatives to hold China accountable in tangible ways for suffering from the H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, sources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith to which all other American imal dust compared to the $6 I’ve trillion+ Plan extra we areprecautions, now this disaster. been Marshall trying to take because all of this brings up Sister Toldjah manyas people are dying at home. institutions seem ertaking to save our own economy, not of defeated enemies in the It is about time they are expected to operate as responsible citizens of deeply prone. way too many memories of a painful experience I’d prefer not to repeat. rection.

Even more importantly, we no clue how many Americans t. theeasily worldmost likehave any other modern nation.

But what also makes me lose sleep is how everyone has actually have coronavirus. Some scientists suggest that the number Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, hina has been cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging American

L VOICES

VISUAL VOICES

VISUAL VOICES

It’s okay to ask questions about when The we begin to get back to comfort normal and hope of Easter

Sen. Tim Scott exposes why Democrats It’s okay to ask questions about when are playing Politics with police reform we begin to get back to normal The comfort and hope of Easter hina will payThe for this 3 bigCOVID-19 questionscatastrophe nobody is answering

north STA

TORIAL | FRANK HILL

EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS

ask questions about when A7A7 ow China will payIt’s forokay this to COVID-19 catastrophe we begin to get back to normal Can democracy survive Innovative solutions incompetent news media? toanthe student debt dilemma North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020 North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020

GUEST OPINION JERRY CLIMER ONE THING IS |CERTAIN; after this COVID-19 virus dissipates The cavalier manner in which China lied about the origin of the COLUMN | JENNA around the globeROBINSON and in the United States, China will pay for this virus, covered up its spread and tried to tell the world there were only catastrophe one way or another.

3,341 related deaths has led to worldwide panic, economic collapse and either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home fallen into place. I understand t In order to put the crisis caused by China in perspective,WITH zero MOST STATES millionsunder of Americans needlessly being thrown out of work. orders thanks or state a majority of at Americans to take precautions, but I’m une worldwide pandemics can trace their source to the United States over to localThe crisisgovernments, has cost the U.S. taxpayer least $2.4 trillion in added are having to what is being called the “new normal.” questions our 231-year history. At least four in the 20th century alone can be to adjustdebt plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the about the data, and w Some these orders extend least through the of this month. are treated in some circ directly traced to China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” of 1977 markets andatfinancial outlets.

If end the U.S. dollar were notnormal the reserve Virginia’s stay-at-home orders go into June.

They’re treated as though we “Russian flu” and the 2002 SARS outbreak. There is evidence that the currency, we would not be able to fund any of these emergency ps WALTER E. WILLIAMS Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what massive 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic also had its origins in China. measures without immediate fear of rampant inflation and currency the government D-19 a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to no There is 100% agreement, outside of China, that COVID-19 depreciation. na’s state’s orders will extend into May. No. The government works fo originated in Wuhan Province probably from the completely China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions through The single daily death number meets the needs of THE EXISTENCE of a Since democracy is dependent on stay-at-home when did obyl.

If he does decide to extend it, should be asked as to the questions.

And the longer staythe news media.

It is scary, itquestions fits the storyline with an informed citizenry. unregulated and unsanitary wet markets.

Some believe it came out of a economic and financial means.

Diplomacy has obviously not worked I explained in two past articles that student debt is graduates but is only able to find low-paying work. questioning emotional impact and, like the into daily weather forecast, Modern democracies haveChinese become even more justification for it.

And the answers should not be vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some o biowarfare lab run by the communist army. to bring China the civilized world of 21st century health, hygiene Under an ISA agreement, he would owe an agreeda real problem and that universities have encouraged it this has customers coming back for the latest updates. reflective of public thinking due to advances government must do out of an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at hom Until China adopts rigorous verifiable policing and regulation of and fair trade.

Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame upon How percentage of his income —tothe dollar it through theirpolling, own irresponsible behavior. With would public reactions theactual Covid-19 virus in opinion nearly instantaneous at all levels It will need to be explained in detail to the people of this state who when they can get back to prov amount would be very low.

With a traditional loan, new college graduates facing an uncertain financial their food safety and health protocols, Americanpublic. business has no otherif citizens or express sincere and remorse, because that is not what change knew a few otherregret data points?

For communications and a better-educated he would owe the same amount regardless of his future, so it’s particularly important to find solutions are being told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined answers. choice than to build redundant manufacturing plants elsewhereexample, purely the 1957-8 totalitarian governments do.H2N2 They take advantage of every weakness Asian flu (also known as But, being better educated does not being become a equal Even with income-based repayment onkeep his thatsecurity work. what’s tothe bereasons done? of time why models predicting hundreds ofand thousands of cases at the local and state virus) claimed the lives of 116,000 U.S. residents, better So, informed.

If public isas only getting part amount ofandincome. for national and safety well as supply delivery they find in adversaries and pushing until they win orLeaders the bad thing? loan, he would likely make interest-only payments as Some radical proposals, likeable completely did so out of a smaller population of 180,000,000. the story, they may not be to process the options DR. THOMAS SOWELL has been both are reliable. can be with those answers — an reliabilityprivatizing adversaries push back. the principal continued tostark mount. studentthat loans and making them subject AMERICA’S COLLEGES are rife with The single daily concerns.

Or, to put it in really and relevant terms, what That is what and tradeoffs all public-policy decisions demand. a friend and a colleague of mine for over To date, I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and then with details that give their state The most direct way to make China “pay” for this disaster is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl Purdue University is already experimenting with to bankruptcy protection, would certainly work. corruption.

The financial squeeze resulting if they knew that while COVID-19 claimed 127,000 While TV news and newspapers once traded in a half-century. On June 30, he will have Income Share death number free citizens mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We should all continue U.S. tax credits to companies who will source at least half of their meltdown in 1986.

Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars ISAs under itsin“Back Boiler”our plan.

The program is Private lenders who put their own and money onthey the now line from COVID-19 opportunities for a to do lives so far 2020,aamong current population facts (who, what, when, where why), completed his 90thoffers year of life, and I want Sponsored

by Union meetsproduction the Agreements the data.

State Republican leaders have, too. ourselves, and our communities back in the United States.

There is approximately $120 program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the Soviet being funded by the Purdue Research Foundation, would do due diligence before lending to 18-yearbit of remediation.

Let’s first examine living in a free of around 331 million, normal causes of death for a have condensed their role to emotional appeals and to highlight some important features of what Unfortunately, when certain types of questions get asked, there isbe the root to of ask questions about the data part of the university’s endowment.

It’s a small old customers.

And the fear of students filing for might academic corruption, normal 5-month period in 2017 claimed 1,172,293 keeping customers entertained, not necessarily that life. billion worth of American direct investment in plants and equipment in 1989. needs of the are contractual society were program now but is already showing positive results. bankruptcy would ensure that loans are small and suggested by the title of a recent study, lives?

According to the CDC, the nation experienced informed.

Sowell was born in Gastonia, North sometimes a disturbing tendency among some people to treat those measures are understandable, t in in China.

Chinese direct investment in the U.S. is about $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. news media.

Itprudent. agreements supposed 2,813,503 deaths, or roughly 234,459 a month, in This current year has illustrated the lack of Carolina, in 1930.

As part of the great Purdue’s website explains a few of the benefits of “Academic Grievance Studies and the simply questioning the data and asking when we can start getting back This is all new to Americans, comparison.

Senators in Washington are already talking about the possibility is students scary, it fits But 2017. competence of theismedia, with the Covid-19 pandemicISAs: black migration northward during such a solution politically unpopular.

Corruption of Scholarship.”

The the study was we sho which to do, last I to normal as though they areforgiving conspiracy theorists or debt are people who shape, or form.

So while An investment tax credit of 30% on half of U.S. investment in China of China $1.2 trillion in we 1930s owe them as one way to get analysis By not sharing relevant facts, the news media has being a perfect example.

During this crisis, the news and ‘ 4 0s, he and his family moved The standard payment period for the Back It would considerably reduce the number of done by Areo, an opinion and the storyline receive otherwise don’t care ifisthey themselves or itothers sick. the same time we shouldn’t get today, orstudents $60media billion, applied repatriated manufacturing China to get “pay” for the damage they have caused the US. York.

Don’t hold your checked. shortchanged the public, who have a democratic have left theto public uninformed on essential to Harlem, New attended a Boiler-ISA Fund about 10 years, making able to borrow for college andAmerican would digital magazine.

BySowell the way, Areo is short with emotional Since when did questioning government at all levels become a bad normal.” investment to the U.S. would cost the U.S. Treasury $18 billion in breath waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen but ask your elected obligation to advise their elected followers on policy. questions that impact public policy and the health of the prestigious Stuyvesant High School education competitive with most Federal Plus and private loan disproportionately affect low-income students. It for Areopagitica, a speech delivered by Elected officials are followers, even ifin they call society those listeners. but In 1951,one he drafted thing?

That whatrepresentatives free free were supposed Not little bit. revenue spread over aand few years.majoring $18 billion in lost is to hold China accountable in dropped tangible financial ways for impact and, terms.

Inisaddition, all citizens studentsliving receive aa six-month would alsoreaders disfavor students in soft but revenue John Miltonout. in defense of was free speech. funding intax themselves leaders.

Throughout the pandemic, the media has focused intoAuthors the military andPluckrose, assigned toJames the A. to do, last I checked. grace period post-graduation before payments begin. trendy disciplines.

Helen decimal dust compared to the $6 trillion+ Marshall Plan we are now this disaster. like the daily COVID-19 death rates illustrate one aspect of the is my U.S. onthere heart-wrenching stories.

They satisfied the Marine where he became exchange for a Once recipient makes successful for But are solutions that can be have implemented — My Lindsay andCorps Peter Boghossian sayahas that also writt first concern as along inpayments all this, course, family.

Stacey Matthews undertaking to save our own economy, not of defeated enemies asain theOther Itwe is go about time they areof expected to operate as I’m responsible citizens of problem. facts of the pandemic, such as 62% half of the population inclined to view issues through photographer.

Photography remains his weather the prescribed term of the contract, no additional even in this acrimonious political climate. something has gone drastically wrong predetermined worried about them catching the virus, and I’m worried I will.

After and is a regular contributor to past. the like any other modern of thoseare deaths inworld NCeven were among folkspaid over 75, or nation. hobby anfirst emotive lens.has Yet,been muchreferred of the media ignored today. especially within certain payments required if(swine they have less The solution to as has “skin in suffering in academia, forecast, it from the H1N1 virus flu) during the 2009 pandemic, China the hasgame.” been cheating, stealing, pirating and factual pillaging American that 20% were folks between 65 and 75 with the other half the population seeks After his military tour of duty,They call percent than theanother amount of funding they received.

Such a of policy would call that for institutions fields within the humanities. has customers a majority living inextra communal settings, are typically information.

Sowell took night classes at Howard I’ve been trying to take precautions, because all of this brings up business now for the past 30 years.

They have made no secret that they Both ISAs and skin in the game policies would to have a share in the credit risk of every student these fields “grievance studies,” where of postin the news.

Would the policy preferences Daily, the pandemic stories have illustrated in thethe where he was encouraged to wayworld tooglossed many memories of abenefits. painful experience I’d prefer notUniversity to repeat. intend replace the U.S. astothe premier superpower and over coming backtowho have many down-stream Both would put takes out a loan attend the institution.

In scholarship is not so muchHe based upon of the public change if they were given the whole human and emotional impact of death and disease. If apply to Harvard earned graduationreplace the But what also makes metolose sleep is how easily most everyone hastruth butUniversity. dollarthis as the reserve currency with their renminbi. pressure on universities keep tuition low and means that universities would be on finding upon attending to for the latest practice,

An underappreciated Fixing college American corruptionscholar

Approved Logos

picture instead of half of it? such stories are accompanied by a fact, it is designed a bachelor’s degree in economics and somenight of the pressure demand the hook for some part of strongly student the loanemotional debt when social grievances.

Grievance TVartificial shows have a lot ofonfun asking for “manto communicate how impact offsetLate graduated magna cum laude in scholars 1958. The higher education.

They would also align universities’ students default.

Such a policy would require action bully students, administrators and other on-the-street” questions about current events and should be felt. next year, he earned a master’s degree interests with how thosepoorly of students.

Universities would

by Congress student loans are disbursed the departments adhering theirlater, illustrating informed we are. They never One ofsince the most prevalent daily statistics by is the from Columbiainto University.

Tento years be invested intheir student success, not just federal government. worldview.

The worldview they promote notice that game is actually a testincreased of the news number of deaths attributable to Covid-19. As of Sowell earned a Ph.D. in economics, from is TORIAL | STACEYBut MATTHEWS enrollment.

Some universities would probably begin another solution can be implemented locally. neither scientific nor rigorous.

Grievance media, not the poor sap who unwittingly agreed to the end of June, that number was around 127,000 the prestigious economics department guidance to students when they choose A number of institutions already it sound a studies consist of disciplines as their better quiz game. nationwide.

That one are number cangiving make it like to offer at the University of Chicago.

As such Sowell majors, choosenews classes and take out loans. try: Income Agreements (ISAs). ISAs are sociology, anthropology, gender studies, Limiting to emotional stories reflects an death is Share everywhere. explains in his autobiography, “A Personal These innovative solutions do what “Free less contractual in which students receive queer studies, sexuality andincritical incompetence by the media.will However, it requires Basedagreements on that statistic, without context or Odyssey,” for most of his time college,race cannot: make students and universities education fundingmembers in exchange fordemocracy a predetermined studies. knowledge among reporters and editors.

Grabbing a comparisons, of our are expectedCollege” he considered himself a Marxist. After soundbite, a photoand or TV of towards visible emotions to form and express opinions about behave more wisely actfootage together the studying theand effects of aauthors variety of percent of post-graduation income overstay-at-home a certain In 2017 2018, Pluckrose, is easy; communicating orders, opening differentoftypes of businesses, the same government such as the goal.interpreting That goal isand to create educated, complex wise number of years.

Theofpercent income and number Lindsay andregulations, Boghossian started andgraduates. contributing facts is hard work.

But it is wisdom of seeking medical about symptoms minimum wage law,academic Sowell concluded productive Only with smart policies of years can change based uponcare a student’s major and andstatistics submitting bogus papers to if a functioning democracy to survive. thatpotential. do not constitute an emergency, and issues that free markets arein thecultural, best alternative, thatessential incentivize student success can weisensure that income academic journals queer, dealing buying, traveling, etc. particularly forfat disadvantaged people. colleges truly provide value for students, parents, ISAs are awith goodjobs, dealhome for students because they race, gender, and sexuality studies Jerry Climer was founding president of the not-forTherisky inadequately-informed public is influencing taught several taxpayers and society. are less than loans. Imagine a student who toSowell determine if economics they wouldatpass peer profit Congressional Institute, Inc. in Washington, governmental that have cost millions universities, Howard University, WITH MOST STATESpolicy underdecisions either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home fallen into place.

I understand the seriousness of and the including virus and the review be accepted for need publication.

D.C., and a long-time member, jobs, thousands businesses to fail and peopleoftoAmericans Rutgers, Cornell, Brandeis University, Acceptance of dubious orders thanksofto local or stateofgovernments, a majority to take congressional precautions, staff but I’m uneasy with how people who simplyresearch ask that before retiring to Edenton. die, not to mention expanding the national debt.

Amherst College and UCLA. Since 1980, journal editors found sympathetic to their are having to adjust to what is being called the “new normal.” questions about the data, and when thingshe can start getting back has been a senior fellow oftotheleftist Hoovervision intersectional or postmodern Some of these orders extend at least through the end of this month. normal are treated in some circles with contempt.

Institution at Stanford University, where of of the world would prove the problem stay-at-home go into June. must without hesimply holds the Roseaccept and Milton Friedman GUESTVirginia’s OPINION | JEFForders TARTE, FORMER NC STATE SENATOR They’re treated as though we as a society low academic standards. fellowship.

By the laureates Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what the government tells us about when it’s safeway, to Nobel begin thepapers Several of the fake research Milton Friedman and George Stigler were a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to normalcy. were accepted for publication.

GUEST OPINION | NAN MILLER two of Sowell’s tenacious mentorsThe as a Fat state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. No. The government works for us, and we have the right to ask those Studies journal published a hoax when did student at the University of Chicago. paper that argued thefamiliar term If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the questions. And the longer stay-at-home orders are place all bodybuilding over Most of in those withthe Sowell’s was ioning exclusionary and should beabout replaced justification for it. And the answers should not be vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some of them getwritings in states, such as Michigan, do not have any idea his withresearch “fat bodybuilding, ahistory fat-inclusive nment early interests in as the must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about politicized performance.”

One reviewer of economic thought.

His dissertation, levels It will need to be explained in detail to the people of this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand in place. Elderly persons with underlying conditions said, “Say’s “I thoroughly reading AS A FORMER state senator, I have been asked titled Law and enjoyed the General Glut this are beingmany told to remain at home the for stay-atan undetermined answers. me a would be monitored by health teams for some time, article and believe it has an important times what jobless I wouldand do regarding Controversy,” analyzed the work of French amount of timeorder whyinmodels predicting hundreds of thousands of casestelemedicine Leaders the local and state levels should be as Jean-Baptiste forthcoming as they leveraging andatvirtual hospitals. contribution to make toSay. theHis field and this home North Carolina.

The current SAH economist early hing? are reliable. can be withsystem thoseleaders answers vagueinanswers, answer Led by our major health and— and again, not journal.” order expires on April 29. research the historybut of economic s what In one fell with swoop, Obama hadgive overruled university IN ALL THEwith YEARS Isaid taught college English, thought appeared in refereed North Carolina Hospital Association, I would “Ourthat Struggle Is My Struggle: Solidarity Onegone state senator recently are going to and the To date, I’ve along what thewe state has asked then details that their statements believability. professors two decades had beenand telling Ito had only one things: experience that unnerved me. It academic journals included writings on to have a masterwho planfor with primary a what we can Feminism as anfamilies, Intersectional Reply need know whoway is sick, not,questions itizens mandated that we do,four but along the I’vewho alsoishad about We should all suppliers continue to do to keep our students their destiny was in the hands of a “Ku happened Aug.and 27, who 2003, thenot. firstI agree. day of class for my backup Sir Thomas Malthus, Thorstein Veblen, plan for manufacturers in N.C. to re-purpose Neoliberal and Choice Feminism,” was who has been sick has Public the data. State Republican leaders have, too. an introduction Klux Kulture”ourselves, and ouron communities safe. But we should also still continue in a free thatventilators was hell-bent blocking their American which included Karl Marx,for Samuel Bailey and Jean a facilities to produce and PPE necessary accepted publication

by Affilia, health experts Lit are survey, coalescing around benchmarks to Unfortunately, when certain types of questions asked, there iscare of to ask questions about the because while reasonable stay-at-home progress.

Now had a president whodata, was to before colonial literature and a poster display get of Charles Leonard Sismondi.

These and to take ourthat ownwedemands.

An ongoing needs feminist journaldefor social workers.

The follow rules ease: sustained reductions in new ty were sometimes a disturbing tendency among some people to treat those measures are understandable, they should also have an expiration As long as a himself awould living,evaluate breathing rebuttal to that claim Mayflower II under full sail. Class response later writings make hisof 19adate. scholarly assessment the re-purposing of paper consisted inup part rewritten casesthe and deaths, widespread testing, ample hospital osed andback whose inspire hardscrabble indicated that weand were off to awhen good start — or so I getting publications. simply questioning data we can start Thiscould is all new toallAmericans, normal.

Not in any way,Two other hotels, empty message warehouses and university dorms and it is not passage from Mein Kampf. capacity andthe the ability to asking monitor new patients and business could youths, I hoped that leftists would stop telling them thought.

Most academics do not publish that last I to normaltrace as though they are conspiracy theorists or are people who shape, or form.

So while we should remainhoax vigilant and stay safe, at including as emergency field hospitals in conjunction with papers were published, their contacts. demonstrate their shot at success would come only with the I discovered my error that afternoon when a many scholarly articles in a lifetime. deployment strategies for health care professionals.

“Rape and Queer Performativity Thesecare are reasonable points that should sick. serve otherwise if they get data themselves or others the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable withCulture this so-called “new I learned that don’t ed. dismantling of and our Western culture.care options student emailed to say she hadto found my class And, in addition, SowellThis has written Virtual hospitals direct primary at Urban Dog Parks.” paper’s subject as a foundation to make decisions keep everyone the ability to Since when did questioning government at all levels become a bad normal.” they were died available when Al Sharpton gained a revolving“offensive” because “to the average African American wouldHope 56 books, among them “Say’s Law: Anrape be made through every health was dog-on-dog rape.

But the dog safe.

We are not going back to full normal any time thing? isthe what free citizens living in slavery” a free society were supposed Notthe one littleHouse, bit. when Obama follow sound door entrance into White Mayflower ship symbolizes and because Historical Analysis,” “Knowledge and involved in That paper eventually forced Boghossian, soon. We are not reopening everything tomorrow. We system. Ongoing testing would be implemented. the pilgrims are “associated with the history of white decided that “you didn’t build that,” and when he Decisions,” “A Conflict of Visions,” “Lateto do, lastmust I checked.

Covid-19 Rigorous statewide antibody testing would be Pluckrose and Lindsay to prematurely out take care of our most vulnerable citizens, and a movement seemed to reclaim theMatthews position he’d his 1995 Americans.”

Before I could craft a gentle reminder Talking Children,”Sister “Basic Toldjah Economics,” My first concern as we go along inbusinesses, all this, ofnow. course, is my implemented family.

I’m Stacey hastaken also in written under the pseudonym once available. themselves.

A Wall Street Journal we must begin to reopen our hygiene, they memoir — that white people “would always remain that the catching Mayflowerthe wasvirus, not a slave shipworried and noteIthat “Discrimination and Disparities,” andwriter whose worried about them and I’m will.

After and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection.

In conjunction with other regional governors had figured out what they were I am following a couple of data models — Fuller, menacing, alien, and apart.” But it was Biden who our syllabus included works by prominent Africanmost recently, “Charter Schools anddoing.

Their would be sufferingHolmes followers from the H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, and cooperation with the White House, I would Some papers accepted for publication and the CDC. The models project N.C. cases told African-Americans that electing a white guy in Americans from Frederick Douglass through Tony Enemies.”

A full list of his publications can receives a fair allocation of items such in found academic journals peak between April precautions, 20 and popped May 5.because trying to takea extra allone of this ensure brings up allowed toI’ve beento 2012N.C. would “put y’all back in chains!”

Morrison, second email up — this be on his website.advocated training “monitor” from national stores to ensure we men like dogs anddo punishing white male I would do the I would extend When race-baiting became a winning strategy way too many memories of painful experience I’d prefer notastoventilators repeat. charging thatfollowing: mya “inability to benot open-minded” had Sowell’s writings not end with re-enter the classroom can address any peak scenario.

There would be a college students for historical slavery the SAH order past April 29 without compelling during the Obama years, the plot was extended fostered “an uncomfortable learning environment” scholarly publications and books.

He has by But what also makes me lose sleep is how easily most everyone has standing directive for rapid enable the asking them to sitininperiodicals silence onand the floor in showing its necessity.

It ismy imperative to keep economy. instruction anddatawhich to include all white peopleresponse — excepttothose who made her question fitness to teach authored 72 essays use of FDA-approved drugs that are experimental in chains during class and to be expected Covid-19 hygiene measures in place: such as social self-identify as penitent oppressors and publicly “impressionable young women.” books, written 32 book reviews and was a to “challenge” relation to a their pandemic learn from the discomfort. papers distancing, gathering hand washing, renounce racistvirus. heritage — think Drew Brees.

Immobilized bylimits, shock,masks, I sat there weighing my regular columnist for CreatorsOther Syndicate professors As long aswith a business demonstrate theraceability celebrated obesity asfora eight healthy life etc. options. I could mount a defense — and cite the In short, anothercould election looming, the for 25 years, morbid Forbes magazine baiterssound are having theirhygiene, best yearthey yet.would be to follow Covid-19 choiceScripps and advocated treating privately connection between student student years, Howard News Service from The dates to lift and reduce orattitude continueand on-going suspected of Youtomay not know that an MIT librarian performance — be or determined I could do what every other 1984 to 1990,masturbation and the Los Angeles Heraldallowed re-enter the economy.

I would leanwants into conducted as a form of restrictions need to using scientific racism. to purgealibraries of books thaton “promote and and prominent person and, accused ofconcerning, being racist has done exercising Examiner from 1978 to 1980.

Sowell little common sense what works sexual violence against women.

Typically, evidence.

Suspending more proliferate whiteness,” that a Carolina professor latelyof—individual apologize constitutional — and assure my accusers has had occasional in The Wall is appropriate.

Restrictions could be lessened as academic journalcolumns editors send submitted violation rights are they’d what thinks that “freedom of speech is already implicated soon find that I’m flexible, empathic, and fair.

And in Street Journal, The New York Times, The the four benchmarks indicate it is safe to do so. papers out to referees for review. In dangerous exercises regardless of reason. in racism,” or that NPRtowants youto to work. “decolonize fairness to theare students signed for English Washington Post,acceptance Los Angelesfor Times, North Carolina needs get back recommending publication, Our businesses on lifewho’d support.

It isup imperative yourthe bookshelves” and unload themonitor “white voices” 206 — not Conflict 2.0 — North I apologized and managed For Washington Star, Newsweek, The Times next 18 months, I would data many reviewers gave these papers glowing to get them opened.

500,000 Carolinians you’ve allowed “to influence your worldview.” an uneasy peace with those comrades in arms.

(London), Newsday and The Stanford while reserving the right to return to stronger praise. have signed up for unemployment in the past three But no if doubt you know that put the New Yorka Timeslater, I learned that they50% were Daily.

My colleague notZach only Goldberg writes when necessary.

I would in place Political scientist ran weeks. Much Data indicate N.C. will have ofinvolved its smallin restrictions sponsored curriculum titledanalytics the “1619and Project” will a movement whose followers you and Igrievance are asleepstudies or enjoying ourselves, special team of medical, data business certain concepts through businesses (revenue under $10M)“monitor” qualifyingclassroom for teachtoour children that America was The founded as a instruction andstay “challenge” professors suspected but might writedatabase, with two hands. leaders provide insights and advice. standard thehe Lexis/Nexis to see how often bankruptcy, if they closed through May 15. I “slavocracy” and that “anti-black racism runs in the of racism. Being a target of such a movement was Sowell cares about people. He believes channels with DHHS and County Public Health they appeared in our press over the years. would begin opening businesses in less impacted very DNA of this country.” Remembering my own especially troubling, because I’d taken great pride that compassionate policy requires Officials would continue. I would conduct briefings He found huge increases in the usages counties today. experience, I suspect that Nikole Hannah-Jones’ in the rate Meredith College graduated minority dispassionate analysis. He takes seriously with stakeholder groups of government, medical of “white privilege,” “unconscious I would categorize N.C. citizens into four groups: Pulitzer Prize winning “falsification” of history will women who’d stayed in touch to relay news of their the admonition given to physicians, bias,” and business leaders from across the state, including “critical race theory” and “whiteness.” tested positive for Covid-19, hospitalized and in only embolden students who’re on the lookout for successes. But I’d always wondered what becomes “primum non nocere” (first, do no harm). federal, state, county and municipal folks (elected All of this is being taught to Austrian college critical condition, immunocompromised and have someone to brand with the scarlet R. of the type that would hold teachers hostage to a In many respects, Sowell is an and non-elected).

I would share collective and students, like many whom become primary not tested positive, and finally, healthy individuals It’s been 33 years since Jessethe Jackson led Stanford jaundiced worldview. economist theofgreat Nobel laureate varying opinions from these groups with the public. and secondary school teachers who then who have not tested positive.

These groups need students in a protest chanting “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Exactly six years later, newly elected President Friedrich Hayek, who often talked about WeWestern need hyper transparency matter. indoctrinate youngof people. tailored plans on who and how we will careout forloud them.

Civ has got to go!”in Inthis 1987, no one could Obama would address the type, saying elites and theirour “pretense knowledge.”

Politicians get ridiculed all the time, except when I doubt whether coronavirusWe need andtorules to protectInthe have predicted that a catchy chant, intended only to what I’dparameters wanted to say my accusers. his first These are people whothe believe that they wereform need them to make monumental decisions.

Soone I caused will to give college vulnerable.

The highest at-risk residents, thosenoted in Stanford’s humanities program, would speech to the NAACP convention, Obama have the financial ability andcrunch knowledge organize askday each you reading along Whatleft. would you do? and university administrators, are a nursing and prisons,progress would see tightrequire rules stay beof taken literally by the — radical Hannahthathomes African-American would “a society in a way better than peoplewho left to crossbreed between a parrot jellyfish, Jones claims that, “Destroying property, which new mind set, a new set of attitudes — because their own devices — what Hayekand called can be replaced, is not violence,” but unless reason thefatal gutsconceit. and backbone to restore academic one of the most durable and destructive legacies of the Their vision requires the prevails, the Hannah-Jones screed is on track to discrimination is the way we’ve internalized a sense use of the coercive powers of government. respectability.

Far too often, they get much replace our Western heritage. of limitations….Your destiny is in your hands.” my political book, Thomas Sowell is one of ofIn their support from campus the greatestpeople economist-philosophers of of ourthe grievance who are members age, and and I amdiversity proud to say he is one faculty andthat multicultural of my best friends.

Sowell demonstrates administrative offices. something that is uniquely The best hope lies withAmerican; boards of namely, just because you know trustees, though many serve where as yes-men afor person ended up in life, you cannot the university president.

I think that a be surestart about wherebe heto started.

Unlike good would find 1950s or 1960s many other societies, an American need at catalogs. Look at the course offerings not start at the top to get to the top. a time when college graduates knew how Letters addressed to the editor may be sent to letters@nsjonline.com or 3101 That is something all Americans should Letters addressed to the editor may be sent letters@nsjonline.com 3101 Industrial Dr. Suite 105. to read, write and compute, and make Industrial Dr. Suite 105. Raleigh, N.C.to27609.

Letters must beor signed; include the be proud of and jealously guard — the them today’s curricula. Another helpful Raleigh, N.C. 27609. Letters must be signed; include the writer’s phone number, city and state; and be no socioeconomic mobility that comes from a writer’s phone number, city and state; and be no longer than 300 words. Letters tool would to give careful consideration longer than 300 words. Letters may be edited for style, length or clarity when necessary. Ideas for op-eds relatively freebesociety. may be edited for style, length or clarity when necessary. Ideas for op-eds should to eliminating all classes/majors/minors should be sent to opinion@nsjonline.com. containing the word such as be sent to opinion@nsjonline.com.

Walter E. Williams is a“studies,” professor of women, Asian, black or queer studies. economics at George Mason University.

I’d bet that by restoring the traditional academic mission to colleges, they would put a serious dent into the COVID-19 budget shortfall.

income over a updates. certain number of years.

’s okay to ask questions about when e begin to get back to normal What would youho, do?

Hey, hey, ho, Western Civ is about to go!

BE BEIN IN TOUCH TOUCH

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

A8

Drive-up US citizenship eases backlog, but new threat looms The Associated Press DETROIT — A 60-year-old U.K. citizen drove into a Detroit parking garage on a recent afternoon, lowered the window of her SUV to swear an oath, and left as a newly minted American.

It took less than 30 minutes.

Anita Rosenberger is among thousands of people around the country who have taken the final step to citizenship this month under COVID-19 social-distancing rules that have turned what has long been a patriotic rite of passage into something more like a visit to a fast-food restaurant.

“It was a nice experience in spite of the fact that I was in the car by myself with a mask on,” said Rosenberger, a sales manager for an electronics component company from suburban Detroit. “And I will say that I will remember this.”

Similar drive-thru ceremonies are being held around the country, but perhaps for not much longer.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says a budget crisis could force the agency to furlough nearly three-quarters of its workforce, severely curtailing operations as tens of thousands of people wait to become citizens.

That could have potential political consequences, especially in states such as Michigan and Florida where the number of newly naturalized Americans already exceeds the narrow margin of victory for President Donald Trump in 2016.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if you have several hundred thousand people who are not in a position to vote in this election but would have been if business had been progressing normally at USCIS,” said Randy Capps of the Migration Policy Institute. “That’s been everyone’s concern.”

The citizenship agency has not detailed publicly how it will oper-

USCIS typically swears in 15,000 new citizens per week. The agency said there were about 110,000 people waiting to take the oath when they shut down inperson operations in March because of the virus.

The intelligence assessments came amid Trump’s push to withdraw the U.S. from Afghanistan.

They suggested Russia was making overtures to militants as the U.S. and the Taliban held talks to end the long-running war. The assessment was first reported by The New York Times, then confirmed to The Associated Press by American intelligence officials and two others with knowledge of the matter.

Republican Sen. John Cornyn told reporters Monday, “I don’t think it’s should be a surprise to anybody that the Taliban’s been trying to kill Americans and that the Russians have been encouraging that, if not providing means to make that happen.”

He added: “Intelligence committees have been briefed on that for months, so has Nancy Pelosi, so has (Democratic Senate leader) Chuck Schumer. So, this is, this is more leaks and partisanship.”

While Russian meddling in Afghanistan isn’t new, officials said Russian operatives became more aggressive in their desire to contract with the Taliban and members of the Haqqani Network, a militant group aligned with the Taliban in Afghanistan and designated a foreign terrorist organization in 2012.

The intelligence community has been investigating an April 2019 attack on an American convoy that killed three U.S. Marines after a car rigged with explosives detonated near their armored vehicles as they traveled back to Bagram Airfield, the largest U.S.

military installation in Afghanistan, officials told the AP. Three other U.S. service members were wounded in the attack, along with an Afghan contractor.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on Twitter. The officials the AP spoke to also said they were looking closely at insider attacks — sometimes called “green-on-blue” attacks — from 2019 to determine if they are also linked to Russian bounties.

One official said the administration discussed several potential responses, but the White House has yet to authorize any step.

Intelligence officials told the AP that the White House first became aware of alleged Russian bounties in early 2019 — a year earlier than had been previously reported. The assessments were included in one of Trump’s written daily briefings at the time, and then-national security adviser John Bolton told colleagues he had briefed Trump on the matter. Bolton declined to comment, and the White House did not respond to questions on the matter.

The intelligence officials and others with knowledge of the matter insisted on anonymity to discuss the highly sensitive matter.

The White House National Security Council wouldn’t confirm the assessments but said the U.S. receives thousands of intelligence reports daily that are subject to strict scrutiny.

Asked about the reports on the alleged bounties, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday, “These claims are lies.”

CARLOS OSORIO | AP PHOTO

In this Friday, June 26, 2020 photo, U.S. District Judge Laurie Michelson, center, administers the Oath of Citizenship during a drive-thru naturalization service in a parking structure at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services headquarters on Detroit's east side. ate if it doesn’t get $1.2 billion in emergency funding from Congress before Aug. 3. It said in a written response to questions that “all USCIS operations will be impacted by a furlough” that covers more than 13,000 workers.

USCIS derives nearly all its $4.8 billion budget from fees it charges to people who apply to live or work in the country. “The effects of the coronavirus pandemic are long reaching and pervasive, leaving few unscathed in its wake,” Acting Director Joseph Edlow said.

In written responses to questions, the agency says it would pay back the money it receives from Congress with a 10% surcharge on fees.

While the agency cites the pandemic for its budget woes, immigration experts and a USCIS em-

ployee union say other factors include administration policies of devoting more resources to vetting applications and searching for fraud.

The administration has also halted a number of programs — including a recent freeze on H-1B visas for skilled workers — that provide an important source of revenue for USCIS. USCIS typically swears in 15,000 new citizens per week.

The agency said there were about 110,000 people waiting to take the oath when they shut down in-person operations in March because of the virus. It said it expects to work through the backlog by the end of July, thanks in part to ceremonies like the one held at the federal building in Detroit or similar ones outside a minor league base-

GOP lawmakers urge action after Russia-Afghanistan briefing

By Zeke Miller The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eight Republican lawmakers attended a White House briefing about explosive allegations that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan — intelligence the White House insisted the president himself had not been fully read-in on.

Members of Congress in both parties called for additional information and consequences for Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, and eight Democrats were to be briefed on the matter Tuesday morning, a day after the Republicans’ briefing. Still, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany insisted Trump had not been briefed on the findings because they hadn’t been verified.

Republicans who were in the briefing Monday expressed alarm about Russia’s activities in Afghanistan.

Rep. Michael McCaul, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Adam Kinzinger were in the briefing led by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and national security advis-

ball stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, and a community recreation center near San Diego.

Some in Congress have pushed to allow virtual swearing-in ceremonies, but the agency has refused.

Acting Deputy Department of Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli presided over a naturalization ceremony Monday in Washington for 20 people, including an Afghan interpreter credited with saving five U.S. soldiers.

“Welcome to you and your country from a grateful nation,” he said later on Twitter.

Others who are sworn in are as varied as the country. Rosenberger, whose father brought her to the U.S. in 1968 so he could work for an electronics manufacturer, put off applying for citizenship

for years in part because she liked having a U.K. passport. Then, when she did attempt it, her paperwork was lost. She re-applied in November. “I thought, the way this country is going I better get my citizenship now.”

Others are more recent arrivals.

Mulugeta Turuneh came to the United States as a refugee from Eritrea in 2011 and settled in Iowa City, where he works as a truck driver. He took the oath Friday in Des Moines after a delay of several months because of the outbreak.

“God bless America,” Turuneh said afterward. “I’m so happy here.

Everything is nice. Everything is cool.”

Iris Lapipan, who came to the U.S. from the Philippines as a child in the 1990s, was among those naturalizing at a recreation center in El Cajon, California. She said she is looking forward to being able to travel outside the United States and participate in the election. She said she was leaning toward former Vice President Joe Biden. “I’m excited that I can vote, especially with what is going on now,” she said.

Rosenberger is leaning the other way, saying she is generally conservative and would most likely support Trump. “Now that I’m a citizen I’m very excited about voting,” she said. “You have the right now, so use it.”

EVAN VUCCI | AP PHOTO

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, June 29, 2020, in Washington, D.C. er Robert O’Brien. McCaul and Kinzinger said in a statement that lawmakers were told “there is an ongoing review to determine the accuracy of these reports.”

“If the intelligence review process verifies the reports, we strongly encourage the Administration to take swift and serious action to hold the Putin regime accountable,” they said.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Texas Rep. Mac Thornberry, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said,

in Sports Essays - Amazon

“After today’s briefing with senior White House officials, we remain concerned about Russian activity in Afghanistan, including reports that they have targeted U.S. forces.”

Senators reviewed classified documents related to the allegations Monday evening. The information they received was not previously known, according to one aide who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

N OW AVA I L A B L E I N PA P E R B AC K

The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team that Helped Win World War II For lovers of North Carolina sports and military history AVA I L A B L E AT T H E S E R E TA I L E R S

www.TheCloudbusterNine.com

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020

SPORTS

Hurricanes back on ice, prepare for return, B4

CHUCK BURTON | AP PHOTO

John Swofford, who guided the Atlantic Coast Conference as commissioner for more than two decades, will retire following the 2020-21 academic year.

Swofford left indelible mark on ACC sports

the Wednesday SIDELINE REPORT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Watts transfers back to UNC after a year at USC Chapel Hill Stephanie Watts is returning to UNC for a final season after transferring to Southern California for a year. The Tar Heels announced Monday that the former ACC freshman of the year and high school All‑American at Weddington High School would return after receiving an additional year of eligibility from the NCAA. She played four games for USC last year as a graduate transfer before having knee surgery.

Watts was one of multiple Tar Heels players to transfer in 2019 in the aftermath of an outside program review that highlighted concerns over player treatment and led to the resignation of Hall of Fame coach Sylvia Hatchell and the hiring of Courtney Banghart from Princeton. Watts averaged averaged 15.5 points and 6.9 rebounds through her first three years with the Tar Heels, missing the 2017-18 season due to injury.

NBA

Wizards’ Wall won’t return this season Washington, D.C. John Wall will not join the Washington Wizards for the resumption of the NBA season this summer, ending the chances of the five-time All-Star guard playing his first game since 2018. General manager Tommy Sheppard effectively ruled out Wall returning this season when he said Monday the 29-yearold wouldn’t be part of the Wizards’ traveling party to Central Florida. Wall, a Raleigh native, hasn’t played an NBA game since December 2018. Surgery for bone spurs in his left heel ended that season; while he was working his way back from that, he tore his left Achilles tendon and needed another operation in 2019. Sheppard said Wall will continue to work out under team supervision in for the 2020-21 season.

The longtime conference commissioner, who plans to retire following the 2020-21 academic year, deftly navigated the league through expansion

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal

working in the community with a number of causes while leading the team to success on the field. The relationship between Newton and the Panthers seemed to sour in the past year, however.

First, since-fired head coach Ron Rivera appeared to question whether Newton was injured af‑ ter he struggled through the first two games of the season. When it was later revealed that he was suf‑ fering from a Lisfranc injury, iron‑

JOHN SWOFFORD has been the face of the ACC through an unprecedented two-decade stretch of transformative change.

He guided the league through an expansion that grew it from a compact nine-school unit into a 15team megaconference with members spread out along the entire length of the Eastern Seaboard and as far west as Indiana.

He brokered a media rights deal that ensures the league’s stability well into the future and has seen his dream of a dedicated ACC Network become a reality.

But even as Swofford takes the first steps toward retirement from the job he’s held since 1997, the lon‑ gest-tenured commissioner in ACC history still has several important challenges left to face before step‑ ping down at the end of the 2020-21 athletic year.

Regardless of how he and the conference negoti‑ ate their way through the global pandemic that has already wiped out an NCAA basketball tournament and an entire spring season, along with the conten‑ tious “name, image and likeness” debate, Swofford’s legacy is already secure.

Love him or hate him — as many at NC State and Clemson, in particular, do because of his ties to rival North Carolina and the sanctions he once orches‑ trated against the Tigers’ football program — there is no denying that the ACC wouldn’t exist today, at least not in its current form, if not for Swofford’s de‑ cisive leadership.

“His foresight related to expansion, not once but twice, kept the ACC not only ahead of the other con‑ ferences,” said Gary Stokan, CEO of the Peach Bowl and an NC State graduate, “but allowed the league to build a strong and long-lasting foundation that has allowed them to thrive both on and off the field.”

As stable as the ACC has become today as one of the NCAA’s Power Five conferences, its future was anything but certain when the wheels of conference realignment began turning in the mid-2000s.

The league had a target squarely on its back as the SEC and Big 12, in particular, began making overtures toward several member schools, especial‑ ly football powers Clemson and Florida State.

But instead of sitting back and waiting to fend off potential poachers in what would eventually be‑ come a Darwinian battle of the fittest, Swofford en‑ sured the ACC’s survival by convincing conference administrators to fire a preemptive strike — raiding the Big East for new additions Virginia Tech, Mi‑ ami, Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Boston College and, eventually, Notre Dame in all sports but football.

See NEWTON, page B4

See SWOFFORD, page B3

MIKE MCCARN | AP PHOTO

After a long wait, former Panthers quarterback Cam Newton found a new landing spot — as the replacement to the legendary Tom Brady in New England.

‘I’m at your neck’: Newton signs with New England The longtime Panthers quarterback will try to replace Tom Brady

By Shawn Krest North State Journal DON’T LOOK NOW, but the Carolina Panthers’ first road game of the preseason schedule is sched‑ uled to be at the New England Pa‑ triots.

Pandemic permitting, it will be the first chance for quarterback Cam Newton to reintroduce him‑ self to his old team.

Newton, a former MVP for the Panthers and the franchise’s leader in just about every quarterbacking category, was released in the off‑ season after injury wiped out his 2019 season.

Since being drafted first over‑ all in 2011, Newton had become the face of the Panthers franchise,

“I’m gonna keep this [stuff] brief: I’m at your neck.”

Cam Newton

“John Swofford is the best commissioner I ever worked with in 32 years as a head coach,” Roy Williams, UNC basketball coach

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

B2

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ROWAN COUNTY

WEEK 16

RANDOLPH COUNTY

ROBESON COUNTY

RICHMOND COUNTY

From Randolph to Rowan North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series, led by Brett Friedlander, will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some will be obvious choices, others controversial, but all of our choices are worthy of being recognized for their accomplishments — from basketball courts and pool halls to boxing rings and in front of the Olympics rings. This week’s five profiles come from Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham and Rowan counties.

After injuries halted a career that ended in 1990 and earned him a spot in both the Eagles and North Carolina Sports halls of fame, Quick moved into the broadcast booth where he has become the respected color analyst on his former team’s radio broadcasts. He has also dabbled in acting, appearing on the ABC show “The Goldbergs” in honor of the Eagles’ Super Bowl win against the New England Patriots in 2018.

Robeson County

DONNELL THOMPSON JOHN RAOUX | AP PHOTO

Level Cross’ Richard Petty has 200 career Cup Series wins, seven series championships and was a charter member in the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Randolph County

RICHARD PETTY DEBATING THE GOAT OF A particular sport is an entirely subjective pursuit with any number of right answers.

But when it comes to NASCAR, there is only one King.

Richard Petty earned the title by dominating the track like no one either before or since while becoming his sport’s first transcendent national superstar. A testament to his popularity as a driver and significance as a cultural icon came on July 4, 1984, at Daytona when, with President Ronald Reagan in attendance and later celebrating with him in Victory Lane, Petty earned his 200th career victory in the Firecracker 400.

Those 200 wins are 95 more than any other driver, earning him election as a charter member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. His seven Daytona 500 wins are also a record, while his seven season championships are tied with Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Jimmie Johnson as the most ever.

A second-generation driver from Level Cross whose father Lee was one of stock car racing’s pioneers, Richard was NASCAR’s Rookie of the Year in 1959.

He won his first race a year later at the Charlotte Fairgrounds, and by 1967, he and his trademark Petty Blue STP-sponsored No. 43 became nearly unbeatable. Petty won 27 of the 48 races he entered that year, including a record 10 straight on the way to his second series title. It was a performance that earned him his royal nickname.

That 200th victory at Daytona in 1984 proved to be his last. He retired eight years later with a festive farewell tour that ended with the Hooters 500 in Atlanta, which was also the first career race of another future Hall of Famer, Jeff Gordon.

Although no longer active as a driver, Petty has stayed in the sport as an owner and ambassador. He and his son Kyle, who also raced at the sports highest level, established Victory Junction — a summer camp for seriously ill and physically challenged children. His Richard Petty Driving Experience allows fans to drive a race car around the track in Charlotte.

Petty also made a brief foray into politics, running unsuccessfully for North Carolina secretary of state in 1996. While Petty’s popularity didn’t translate to the ballot box, it has paid off at the box office.

Not only was he the voice of a character based on his car in Disney’s “Cars” franchise, but he also appeared as himself in the movie “Swing Vote.”

class sprinter and part of his school’s state championship 4-x-400 relay team in 1977 and for leading his basketball team and conference in scoring as a senior.

The well-rounded athlete was so good on the basketball court that he planned to play the sport in college until his high school football coach Ron Krall convinced him otherwise. “Son, you don’t even know how good you are,” Krall said in steering him to Fork Union Military Academy to spend a year honing his gridiron skills.

Quick ended up setting a Fork Union record for receptions in a season and was rewarded with a football scholarship to NC State.

Although he continued to excel on the track, posting a best of 13.6 in the 100-meter hurdles, he was even better on the football field, setting a then-school record with 116 catches for 1,934 yards and 10 touchdowns. Already a top pro prospect, he elevated his draft stock even more following his senior season of 1981 when he was named the Offensive MVP of the BlueGray All-Star Game.

Even so, his selection by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 20th overall pick of the first round was judged as something of a reach at the time. It didn’t take long for him to change the minds of his doubters.

Quick earned five Pro Bowl selections from 1983-87, leading the NFL in receiving yards with 1,409 in ’83 and ranking second with 1,247 two years later. He was among the top three in the NFC in each of those five Pro Bowl seasons while becoming the first player in team history to surpass 1,000 receiving yards for three straight years.

Rockingham County

SCOTT BANKHEAD

Richmond County

MIKE QUICK FOOTBALL WAS SOMETHING OF an afterthought for Quick as a youngster coming up through the Hamlet Recreation program and later at Richmond Senior High School. He was better known for his talent on the track where he was a world-

DONNELL THOMPSON WAS ONE OF the best players on one of the best defenses in ACC football history. He’s also among the most underappreciated stars ever to wear Carolina Blue because he played on the same unit as future Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor.

While Taylor justifiably got most of the attention during a record-setting career in which he terrorized opposing quarterbacks from his outside linebacker position, Thompson was just as important a member of a Tar Heels team that won what is still Donnell their school’s most recent Thompson ACC championship.

“There’s no question we had some talent you don’t normally see on one team,” Thompson said in a 2013 interview. “It was one of those teams we could have played anybody on a given Sunday, and as a defense we probably could have held up.”

A three-year starter, Thompson was a 6-foot-4, 270-pound defensive tackle who did most of the dirty work inside on a defense that held eight of its 12 opponents to 10 points or fewer during a 1980 season in which UNC went 6-0 in the ACC and 11-1 overall on the way to a top-10 ranking in the final national polls.

Thompson earned first-team All-ACC and third-team All-America honors that season before being selected in the first round of the NFL Draft (18th overall) by the Baltimore Colts. He ended up playing his entire 11-year professional career with the team, moving with it from Baltimore to Indianapolis.

He started 143 of the 147 games in which he played, recording 40 sacks and eight fumble recoveries, one of which went for a touchdown.

A graduate of Lumberton High School, Thompson began his career as a twoway star whose exploits as a fullback and defensive lineman helped earn him a spot on North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team in 1976. It was there, at the practices leading up to the all-star game, that he met future UNC teammate Ron Wooten.

The two went into business together after retirement from football and currently own numerous Zaxby’s, Denny’s and Checkers franchises.

AP PHOTO

Richmond’s Mike Quick was a first‑round pick out of NC State and went to five straight Pro Bowls with the Philadelphia Eagles.

SCOTT BANKHEAD WAS A mainstay in the Cincinnati Reds bullpen during the 1992 season.

When asked why he went to the right-hander from Reidsville so often, manager Lou Pinella answered simply, “It’s because Scott Bankhead gets people out.”

That’s something Bankhead was able to do almost from the time he Scott first picked up a baseball.

Bankhead He gave a glimpse of his potential by striking out 176 hitters in just 76 innings during

his senior year at Reidsville High School in 1981, a season in which he posted a 0.37 earned run average and was named National High School Player of the Year.

Despite being drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Bankhead instead decided to play college ball at North Carolina, where he went 24-3 overall and a perfect 20-0 in his final two seasons while helping the Tar Heels win three straight ACC championships. He was twice named an All-American in addition to being selected as a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award as the NCAA’s top player.

After spending the summer of 1984 playing on a U.S. team that won an Olympic silver medal, Bankhead was selected by the Kansas City Royals with the 16th overall pick of the draft. It took just 31 minor league games for him to make his major league debut on May 25, 1986. He ended up playing 10 seasons for five teams, with his best performances coming in 1989 when he went 14-6 as a starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners and that 1992 season in Cincinnati, when he went 10-4 as a reliever for the Reds.

Bankhead’s resume includes mention as one of the NCHSAA’s 100 to Remember along with induction into both the North Carolina Sports and American Legion baseball halls of fame. He continues to have an impact on baseball in his home state through his North Carolina Baseball Academy in Greensboro — a training ground for up-and-coming players whose alumni list includes NC State star and recent first-round draft pick Patrick Bailey.

Rowan County

BILLY RAY BARNES BEFORE THERE WAS A BO JACKSON or a Deion Sanders, there was Billy Ray Barnes, the quintessential twosport star. A native of rural Landis, Barnes arrived at Wake Forest in 1953 and over the next four years left a legacy that is still unmatched in school history.

On the football field, he became the first player in ACC history to gain 1,000 yards on the ground in a season while leading the conference in rushing, kickoff returns, total yardage and touchdowns.

He also intercepted Billy Ray two passes and was the Barnes nation’s second-leading rusher as a senior in 1956.

His 1,607 yards still ranks among the top 15 in Wake history.

On the baseball diamond, “Bullet” Barnes was a three-time All-ACC third baseman who led the conference in stolen bases and played a major role in the Deacons winning the national championship in 1955.

After driving in three runs with a basesloaded triple, he stole home for what turned out to be the winning run in the title game against Western Michigan. He then made a diving stop of a ground ball to record the final out in the 7-6 victory that gave Wake its first NCAA championship in any sport.

Upon the completion of his college career, Barnes was taken by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 1957 NFL Draft. He played nine professional seasons, amassing 3,421 rushing yards, 1,786 receiving yards, 39 touchdowns and Pro Bowl selections in 1957, ’58 and ’59. He became an indelible part of Eagles’ lore by providing a key run, catch and block on the winning drive that gave Philadelphia a 17-13 win against the Green Bay Packers in the 1960 NFL Championship Game.

Barnes also played for the Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings before becoming an assistant coach with the Atlanta Falcons. His No. 33 has been retired by Wake Forest, and in 1979, he was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020 WEDNESDAY

7.1.20

TRENDING

Ryan Zimmerman: The longtime Washington infielder will not help the Nationals defend their title this season. The team said Zimmerman, a Washington, North Carolina native, is one of two players opting out of the 60game season for the safety of themselves and their families.

Zimmerman said his family situation factored into not playing. His mother is at high risk for complications from the coronavirus and he also has three young children, including a newborn.

Akrum Wadley: The former Iowa running back said in a Monday Facebook post he was so mistreated by some coaches he now regrets playing there.

Wadley named coach Kirk Ferentz, his son, offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz, director of player development Broderick Binns and Chris Doyle, the former strength and conditioning coach for the Hawkeyes. Wadley, a New Jersey native, piled up a combined 3,633 yards rushing and receiving and scored 35 touchdowns for Iowa from 2014-17.

Edgar Santana: The Pittsburgh Pirates reliever will miss all of the abbreviated 2020 season after being suspended 80 games for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program after testing positive for a performanceenhancing substance.

The 28-year-old is in the process of a comeback after missing all of the 2019 season following reconstructive surgery on his right elbow in September 2018.

Santana is 3-4 with a 3.31 ERA in 88 career games, all with the Pirates.

B3

beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

SOCCER

The North Carolina Courage and Portland Thorns knelt during the national anthem and wore Black Lives Matter shirts prior to their NWSL Challenge Cup opening match Saturday in Herriman, Utah. The tournament is the women’s soccer league’s return event. The Cary-based Courage, who won 2-1 on a stoppage time goal by Lynn Williams, next play Wednesday against the Washington Spirits.

TONY DEJAK | AP PHOTO

“Vinsanity, Half Man/Half Amazing! What you did for the game will never be duplicated.”

Part of Dwyane Wade’s tweet about Vince Carter, who retired last week after 22 NBA seasons.

RICK BOWMER | AP PHOTO

NFL

GOLF

BUTCH DILL | AP PHOTO

“So happy for my guy!”

Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey in a tweet on the Patriots’ signing of Cam Newton.

PRIME NUMBER

52/1 Odds, the 15th-best odds among all college football players, that UNC quarterback Sam Howell will win this year’s Heisman Trophy, according to SportsBettingDime.com.

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence is the favorite at 5-to‑1 odds, followed by Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields at 9-to-2. Wake Forest defensive end Carlos Basham Jr. was given the eighth-best odds to be the first defensive player taken in the 2021 NFL Draft at 20-to-1.

LUIS M. ALVAREZ | AP PHOTO

Joe Bugel, the longtime coach who served two stints under Joe Gibbs with the Redskins and was architect of Washington’s offensive line of the 1980s known as “The Hogs,” died Sunday.

He was 80. Bugel worked for four colleges and six pro teams in his career, including serving as head coach of the NFL’s Cardinals and Raiders.

GREGORY PAYAN | AP PHOTO

Dustin Johnson won the Travelers Championship on Sunday, giving him 13 straight seasons with a tournament win, but the weekend was somewhat marred by the sixth positive coronavirus test since the PGA Tour returned three weeks ago. Dylan Frittelli is the fourth golfer, along with two caddies, to test positive.

NASCAR

MATT SLOCUM | AP PHOTO

Kevin Harvick crossed Pocono Raceway off the list of tracks at which he had not yet won while Denny Hamlin earned his sixth career victory at the Pennsylvania track in last weekend’s Cup Series doubleheader. Harvick held off Hamlin on Saturday for his third win of the season, while the No. 11 bested the No. 4 Sunday for its fourth victory.

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

B4

No shortage of viable candidates to replace Swofford The outgoing commissioner excelled at developing talent in the league office

By Shawn Krest North State Journal JOHN SWOFFORD announced that he’ll be retiring next year after nearly a quarter-century as ACC commissioner and instantly created one of the biggest vacancies in the sports world.

The change at the top will come at a time when the ACC, and all of college sports, are in a time of great change. The ACC Network will be entering just its third year when Swofford’s successor takes over. The question of whether it will develop into the revenue-producing machine the conference office hoped will still be open.

Sports will still likely be feeling the aftereffects of the pandemic that threw everything into disarray this year. Questions about how to safely get college athletes in front of capacity houses will still need to be answered.

Then there are the big issues facing the college model, as athletes look to get more freedom to earn off of their name, image and likeness.

It will be a big job. Fortunately, there is no shortage of qualified candidates.

In-house One reason for Swofford’s success in leading change in college athletics was his ability to surround himself with capable people, most of whom have had time to develop in the ACC office in a variety of roles.

They may not be household names, but the long-tenured inhouse candidates who will be considered for the job will include: Ben Tario — A member of Swofford’s team since 2007, he’s risen to the league’s chief financial officer before turning 40.

He was one of the key factors in most of the ACC’s contract negotiations, including media rights, bowl arrangements and the ACC Network.

Paul Brazeau — He’s been the senior associate commissioner for basketball since 2014 and helped take the conference tournament to Brooklyn and D.C. Prior to that, he served in the same role for the Big East and AAC and also had a 10-year stint as the NBA’s vice president of basketball operations.

Michael Strickland — The senior associate commissioner for football operations, he’s been in charge of the conference’s championship game since 2013.

Lee Butler — The conference’s assistant commissioner for basketball, he’s been with the ACC since 2010, also serving as associate director for championships.

In addition to their skills and experience, the internal candidates also have the additional

NEWTON from page B1 ically suffered against the Patriots in the preseason, the team embraced since-traded backup Kyle Allen, who replaced Newton as the starter.

In the offseason, the team released a statement that it was “granting permission” to Newton to seek a trade, implying that the quarterback was looking to leave Charlotte. Newton went to social media to deny the claim.

“Don’t believe the hype,” he said in a video. “I never once wanted to leave Carolina. Don’t let them make you believe anything else. It was their decision. I stuck with it, and I knew that, so I asked for a trade.

“Right now, I feel angry, I feel let down,” he added. “But at the same time, I’m not bitter. You know what I mean? I know since the first day that I came into this league that this day was going to come.” He concluded the March video saying he didn’t know what the future would hold, but, “I know that there will be a next step.”

By the time the team released him, quarterbacks Marcus Mariota, Case Keenum, Chase Daniel, Philip Rivers, Colt McCoy and Tom Brady had all signed with new teams and Nick Foles had been traded, filling most of the avail-

Jordan Staal, right, and Justin Williams are two of the veterans who will lead the Hurricanes into the NHL’s unchartered return.

benefit of representing schools that are (relatively) new to the ACC. Tario went to Florida State, Brazeau has roots in the Big East, and Butler played basketball at Miami. The conference has been careful in the past to make sure that all member schools feel represented by the commissioner’s office, and this will be the first opportunity for the expansion era schools to get a say.

External candidates Michael Kelly — He’s external now, but Kelly spent years as the ACC’s senior associate commissioner for communications and football operations. Since then, he’s gone on to become the first COO of the College Football Playoff and currently serves as athletic director for South Florida. That’s significant since no one has been named ACC commissioner without AD experience since Wallace Wade, who was interim commissioner for the league’s first year of existence.

Bernadette McGlade — The world has changed in the 24 years since the ACC last searched for a new commissioner, and this will likely be the first time that female candidates will get serious consideration. McGlade should be one of the top candidates of either gender. Like Kelly, she spent a long time in the league office, working with women’s sports for 11 years after a successful career playing and coaching at Georgia Tech. She’s spent the last dozen years as commissioner of a major conference, heading the Atlantic 10.

Carla Williams — The ACC didn’t go wrong the last time it looked at an AD from Virginia for its top spot. Gene Corrigan had seven years at Notre Dame in between his time at UVA and his promotion to conference commissioner. Williams, who has presided over UVA during a time of great success for its programs, including a national title in basketball and Coastal title in football, as well as a significant facilities upgrade, will be a strong contender for the commissioner’s spot. She’d also be the first African American woman to be named commissioner of a Power Five conference.

Jack Swarbrick — The Notre Dame to ACC commish pipeline paid off with Corrigan. Now, with Notre Dame a partial member of the conference, it would make even more sense to select the school’s AD for the top job.

The field After the favorites, there are plenty of other candidates to consider. The list would include Clemson AD Dan Radakovich, NC State AD (and son of Gene Corrigan) Boo Corrigan and former senior associate commissioner/men’s basketball operations at the ACC Karl Hicks, who has also worked at FSU and with the NCAA.

able starting and backup jobs in the NFL. That left Newton seemingly without a viable landing spot, and certainly not at the salary level — in the $20 million range — that he was seeking. Plus, with the COVID-19 pandemic limiting travel and closing team offices around the league, Newton didn’t have a chance to pass physicals for teams or prove he was healthy enough to return to play.

Then, over the weekend, Newton found a home. The Patriots, who saw legendary quarterback Tom Brady leave for Tampa Bay, signed Newton to a contract that amounts to a bargain for the team and an opportunity for Newton to show he’s still one of the sport’s best.

Newton will need to win the job.

Jarrett Stidham, who has thrown just four NFL passes, was expected to be the starter after the Pats went through free agency and the draft without bringing in a challenger.

Journeyman Brian Hoyer is also on the roster.

Assuming that Newton is healthy and gets the chance to fill Brady’s shoes, he’ll join one of the league’s most successful teams over the last two decades — and one willing to take a chance on players that have worn out their welcome elsewhere. Also, with one of the league’s top coaches in Bill Be-

KEITH SRAKOCIC | AP PHOTO

Hurricanes finally back on ice; Staal notes ‘different feel’ With safety protocols in place, Carolina begins organized preparation for its play-in series with the Rangers

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal JORDAN STAAL AND some of his Carolina Hurricanes’ teammates returned to the ice for the first team-organized skate in more than three months, the latest step in NHL’s attempt to return and finish the 2019-20 season.

“It could blow up; it could not.

It could be great,” Staal said in a Zoom call with reporters following the team’s Phase 2 workout. “No one really knows, but from what I’ve seen, they’ve done the best they can to make sure that everyone’s safe and hopefully we’ll keep it that way.”

Safety, of course, will be the top priority of the players and the league, who are ironing out agreements on where and how the agreed-upon play-in series and playoffs will be played during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Hurricanes are set to face the New York Rangers in a fivegame play-in series, with the winner advancing to a 16-team bracket that, on the surface, will look a lot like a standard Stanley Cup Playoffs — with a handful of exceptions.

The play-in and playoff games will be played in two “hub” cities — Las Vegas and Toronto are considered the frontrunners, and in that scenario, Carolina would head to Canada — with no fans in the stands. Another change is the playoff teams will be reseeded after each round, with the highest-seeded team facing the lowest.

Teams that had lost players to short-term injuries will get many of those players back for the season’s resumption. That includes

lichick, as well as offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, Newton will have creativity in offensive scheming that has often seemed to be lacking.

Of course, to find such a great opportunity, Newton had to pay a steep price. His contract is filled with incentives and could pay as much as $7.5 million for this year.

By comparison, the 42-year-old Brady signed a two-year, $50 million deal with Tampa. The contract earned harsh criticism from defensive back Richard Sherman of San Francisco, who posted on Twitter, “How many former league MVPs have had to sign for the [minimum]? Asking for a friend. Just ridiculous. A transcendent talent, and less talented QBs are getting [$15-16 million] a year. Disgusting.”

Assuming a healthy Newton produces, he should get the opportunity to sign a more representative contract next year, whether it be with New England or elsewhere.

It appears to be a good gamble for both sides, and it gives Newton the chance to prove that, despite what the Carolina front office might think, he’s not done yet.

“Oh, what a feeling,” Newton said in an update to his March video. “I got so much on my mind right now, but I’m gonna keep this [expletive] brief: I’m at your neck.”

the Hurricanes, who will have top-pairing defenseman Dougie Hamilton available — Staal said he skated Tuesday with the 6-foot‑6 blueliner, who suffered a broken fibula in mid-January — and may finally get to see how trade deadline acquisition Sami Vatanen fits into their defense.

That all started in earnest with the first small group skate, a return that the team captain admitted was a little bizarre.

“I mean, it’s different,” Staal said. “Pretty much my whole life I’ve had the same routine of September starts, you have the season going and you have your summers off. (It’s) definitely a little bit different feel. The lake up north right now is really nice. It’s tough not to be there, but at the same time (I’m) excited to have a chance of winning a Cup.” The restart should provide some interesting opportunities for various players.

Justin Williams, the 38-yearold who re-signed with the team Jan. 7 and played his first game back with Carolina 12 days later, will pursue his fourth Stanley Cup and was riding a five-game goal streak when the league was shut down.

Wingers Nino Niederreiter and Ryan Dzingel had underperformed through the season’s first 68 games and probably welcome a cleaner slate.

And then there’s Morgan Geekie, the 21-year-old center who played his first two games right before the NHL was shut down and had a welcoming party for the ages, totaling three goals and an assist in two wins.

“I feel bad for Geeks. He was on a roll,” Staal said. “It’s obviously too bad, especially for him, but he’s going to be a good player, I think, for a really long time. So he’ll be just fine.”

For now, Staal and his teammates aren’t looking too far ahead.

SWOFFORD from page B1 “John Swofford oversaw and successfully navigated the Atlantic Coast Conference through the most dramatic era of change in its storied history,” Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Since 1997, John worked to represent the best interests of all ACC institutions, now up to 15 after the latest round of expansion, in pursuit of making the league the best version of itself.”

Among his other notable accomplishments are the establishment of a conference football championship game, a financially lucrative affiliation with the Orange Bowl, basketball’s ACC/ Big Ten Challenge and the hiring of the league’s first full-time women’s basketball administrator.

“It has been a privilege to be a part of the ACC for over five decades and my respect and appreciation for those associated with the league throughout its history is immeasurable,” Swofford said in a statement announcing his retirement plans. “Having been an ACC student-athlete, athletics director and commissioner has been an absolute honor.”

A native of North Wilkesboro, the 71-year-old Swofford was a

“It could blow up; it could not. It could be great.”

Jordan Staal

The NHLPA still has to vote on the negotiated proposal — Staal said he thought a vote, which sounds like it will also include an extended collective bargaining agreement, might happen last weekend, but “a lot of guys working on calls every other day or every day for hours trying to figure this out and try to get hockey back for the fans” — and the players still need to knock the rust off in preparation for games.

While the normal bumps, bruises and nagging injuries associated with having played more than three-quarters of the season won’t be there, Staal said fresher bodies don’t necessarily mean better hockey.

“You get training camp with (coach Rod Brind’Amour) and you’re going to be a little sore, but I think there is going to be some freshness and I think there could be more mistakes, too,” Staal said.

“I think you start dialing in your game throughout a season and you roll right in the playoffs and you got everyone humming, where taking two, three months completely off of hockey and mixing a few skates here and there and (being) thrown right into a playoff game, it’s going to be interesting hockey, obviously.

“No one really knows how it’s going to look, but we’re going to have some fresh legs and healthy bodies, and the hockey could be really exciting,” he added. “Who knows?

Because it could be a lot of mistakes and stuff like that, but hopefully that’s not gonna be our team.

But it could make for some entertainment.”

Morehead Scholar who was part of coach Bill Dooley’s first football recruiting class at UNC. He started at quarterback as a sophomore and finished his career as a defensive back on the Tar Heels’ 1971 ACC championship team.

Swofford became the athletic director at his alma mater at the age of 31 in 1980. Under his leadership, UNC won more ACC and NCAA championships than any previous AD in league history.

Under his watch as commissioner, the ACC has won 92 national team titles in 19 of the league’s 27 sponsored sports.

“John Swofford is the best commissioner I ever worked with in 32 years as a head coach,” Tar Heels’ basketball coach Roy Williams said. “He truly has the best interests of student-athletes on his mind at every moment. He cares about people whether they are players, coaches, administrators or student managers.

“I’ve known John since we were in college together and worked with him when he began his administrative career in athletics as the business manager and I was an assistant with Coach (Dean Smith). He is genuinely a great individual and one I am very happy to call a close friend.”

ATEmen Data Summary Report OP nt Telehealth north ST Telehealth Data Summary Report

“Russian flu” and thethrown 2002 SARS There is evidence that the currency, we would not be able to fund any of these emergen ective, zero Perhaps millions25.00% of Americans needlessly being out ofoutbreak. work. have abided “Russian flu” and the 2002 SARS outbreak. There is evidence thatby therecom Perhaps massive 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic also had its origins in China. measures without immediate fear of rampant inflation and c United States over The crisis has cost the U.S. taxpayer at least $2.4 trillion in added Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor to stay at home; they 70.00% COVID-19 20.00% massive 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic also had its origins in China.

30.00% COVID-19 y alone can be debt plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the There is 100% agreement, outside of China, that COVID-19 depreciation. they’ve donned mas 40.00% There is 100% agreement, outside of China, that COVID-19 Percentage We need g Kong flu,” 1977 is China’s markets15.00% and financial outlets.inIfWuhan the U.S.Province dollarof were not the from reserve The decisions result: a redu originated probably the completely China has to pay for their aberrant ways and thr 60.00% is China’s 20.00% originated in Wuhan Province probably from the completely 35.00% evidence that the Chernobyl. currency, we would not be able to fund any of these emergency transparency According to the Un unregulated and unsanitary wet markets. SomeChernobyl. believe it came out of a economic and financial means.Some Diplomacy obviously respondents Neal Robbins, ofwet markets. unregulated and unsanitary believe has it came out of anot North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Percentage gins in China. measures withoutbiowarfare immediatelab fearrun of rampant inflation and currency 50.00% 10.00% Metrics and Evaluat by the communist Chinese army. and honesty tolab bring China civilized ofopinion 21st century Neal Robbins, publisher | the Frank Hill, world senior editorhealth 10.00% biowarfare run by the into communist Chinese army.

30.00% COVID-19 depreciation.

Trump administrati Until China adopts rigorous verifiable policing and regulation of Until China andrespondents fair trade.

Totalitarian communist regimes never from our adopts rigorous verifiable policing and regulation of take th 5.00% 40.00% mpletely China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions through peak outbreak was r 25.00% their food safety and health protocols, American business has no other or express sincere regret and remorse, because that not wh 0.00% their food safety and health protocols, American business has nois other scientific experts eve it came out of a economic and financial means.

Diplomacy has obviously not worked ventilators by nearly plants elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do.need They advantage every w choice than to build redundant manufacturing plants elsewhereofpurely 0.00% choice than to build redundant manufacturing — we totake 30.00% 20.00% to bring China into the civilized world of 21st century health, hygiene August by nearly 12,t for national security and safety reasons as well as supply and delivery they find inand adversaries and what keep pushing until win or for national security safety reasons as well as supply andthey delivery know they d regulation of and fair trade. Totalitarian communist regimesThis neverquestions take the blame Here’s the problem �������Doctors only, we do not have APP is referencing patient reliabilityadversaries concerns. push24% 30%reliability �������Underconcerns.

10% back. siness15.00% has no other or express sincere regret and remorse, because that is notpre-COVID what 20.00% know, what they questions will a volume and what The most That directis, way to make China “pay”event for this disaster is tothat offer The most direct way to makeof China “pay” for this disaster is to offer unless an����������Doctors exogenous happens such as the Ch 9% only 36% �������11% to 25% ts elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do.

They take advantage every weakness First, what is the t don’t and when 10.00% U.S. tax credits to companies will source at least half event, of theirnot the percentage of the patient volume otal number of survey Number of North Number oftheir healthcare Percentage of the U.S. tax credits to companies whowin will source at least half of meltdown in 1986. who Some experts believe that 10.00% pply and delivery they find in adversaries and keep pushing until they or the important because iS Total number of 20% survey Number ofcomprised North Number of healthcare Percentage of$120 the 3%States. ����������Apps only �������26% to back 50%in the they hope to production back in the United There is approximately was of each of the production United States.

There is approximately $120 program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the Sov espondents for week 7. push specialties represented. practices surveyed that are adversaries back. Carolina counties be open or closed, w 5.00% billionrepresented. worth of American direct investment plants and equipment know what in they respondents for week 7. worth Carolina counties specialties practices surveyed that are 7% ����������51% to 75% 64% �������Doctors and APPs billion of American direct investment in0.00% plants and equipment in 1989. different types of clinical services disaster is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl more liberalized represented. independently owned. in China.

Chinese direct investment in the U.S. is about $65 billion by soc don’t.

0.00% inSome China.

Chinese direct investment in the is about $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. offered by the practice. represented. independently owned. t half of their meltdown in7% 1986. experts believe that event, not the StarU.S. Wars ought to lock down ����������Greater than 75% comparison.Senators in Washington are already talking about the posf comparison. oximately $120 program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the Soviet Union We’ve in seen case fa 24%An�������Doctors we doof not APPs This questions is referencing patient investmentonly, tax credit 30%have on half of U.S. investment China 30%�������Under An investment tax credit of 30% on half of U.S. investment in China of China forgiving $1.2 trillion in debt wethe owe them as one ts and equipment in 10% 1989. number of identw today, or $60 billion, applied to repatriated American manufacturing volume pre-COVID and what TELEHEALTH DATA SUMMARY REPORT 9% ����������Doctors only out $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is or China’s Chernobyl. today, $60 billion, applied to repatriated American manufacturing China to “pay” for the damage they have caused the US. Don and the denominato 36% �������11% to 25% investment to the U.S. would cost the U.S. Treasury $18 billion in percentage of the patient volume Senators in Washington are already talking about the possibility people have actually to the U.S. would cost the U.S. Treasury $18 billion in3% breath for ayears.

Chinese “Jubilee” to happen onlywaiting 20% �������26% oftoChina 50% forgivinginvestment tax����������Apps revenue spread over a few $18 billion in lost revenuebut is ask you was comprised of ofyears. the vestment in China $1.2 trillion in debtover weeach owe them as one way to get number has been ov tax revenue spread a few $18 billion inof lost istreated representatives to hold China accountable in tangible financ If all payers were to offer telehealth parity, would What percentage therevenue patients What percentage of your patient visits decimal dust compared to the $6 trillion+ Marshall Plan we are now 7% ����������51% to 75% 64% �������Doctors and APPs different types of clinical services n manufacturing China to “pay” for the damage they have caused the US. Don’t hold your of death, particularl you more to pursue telehealthvisits as aas in the your practice today were via were via telehealth before the COVID-19 decimal dust compared to the $6by trillion+ Marshall Plan wetreated are now thistodisaster. undertaking savebe our ownlikely economy, not of defeated enemies $18 billion breath waiting a offered Chinese by “Jubilee” toour happen but ask your the practice. sources the regular your practice? telehealth? pandemic?

7%in����������Greater than 75% forundertaking to save own economy, notelected of defeated enemies aspast. in the It is about time theypart areofexpected to operate assuggest responsibl st revenue is representatives topast. hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for many people are thebeen world like anystealing, other modern China has cheating, piratingnation. and pillaging American dyi Plan we are now this disaster.

Even more import China has been cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging American business now for the past 30 years. They have made no secret that they ed enemies as in the It is about time they are expected to operate as responsible citizens of actually have corona business now for the past 30 years. They have made no secret thatintend they to replace the U.S. as the premier superpower in the world and the world like any other modern nation. of identified cases co intend to replace the U.S. as the premier superpower in the world replace and the dollar as the reserve currency with their renminbi. llaging American number of people w 100.00% replace the dollar as the reserve currency with their renminbi. no secret that they r in the world and 84% renminbi.

80.00% EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS NUMBER ONE ONE NUMBER

20%

36%

64%

24%

Week 7Week (May711, 2020) surveysurvey summary for thefor telehealth components (May 11, 2020) summary the telehealth components

202 202 53 53& 38 38 86 86 BUSINESS economy

CES

30%

7%

20%

9%

B5 3% VISUAL

7%

%%

24% VISUAL VOICES VISUAL VOICES *

7%

9%

7%

3%

*

* hat percentage of yourof patient What percentage of the patientsall payers were to offer telehealt What percentage your patient What Is your practice experiencing anypercentage concerns of the Ifpatients its were via telehealth before before treatedtreated by yourbypractice today were visits were via telehealth your would you be more likely to pursue related to payers? e.g. Have payers beenpractice today were the COVID-19 pandemic? treated via telehealth? the COVID-19 pandemic? treated via telehealth? visits as a regular part of your pr expressing concern about the volume or types telehealth platforms telehealth platforms 4% 1% 4% 1% of your telehealth visits?

10% 10%13% 13% beingbeing used by used by If all payers were to offer telehealth parity, Is your 9% practice 9% experiencing any concerns practices. practices. pursue telehealth 7% related to payers? e.g. Have payers been 7% would you be more likely to17% visits as a regular part of your practice? xpressing concern about the volume or types ofEDITORIAL your telehealth visits? | STACEY MATTHEWS Percentage of 60.00% 13% EDITORIAL | FRA 16% respondents 16% 100.00% Doxy.me Free Free Doxy.me 17% COLUMN | REP. RICHARD H EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL 40.00% 30% COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO 84% 30% North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 80.00% A7 16% 70%TWO70% �������Ye NUMBER TWO 20.00% NUMBER Percentage of A7 CERTAIN; The cavalier manner in which China lied about the origin of the 13% ��������N ONE 60.00% after this COVID-19 virus dissipates 13% OBINSON WITH MOST STATES nd in the United States,respondents China will pay for this virus, covered up its spread and tried to tell the world there were only under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home

TOP FIVE TOP FIVE

It’s okay to ask questions about It’s okay to ask questions about when will pay for this COVID-19 catastrophe How Chi we begin to get back to normal s about when strophe The comfort How Chinatowill payThe for this cata 3 bigCOVID-19 questions nob we begin to get back normal 0.00% 17% ��������U normal Doxy.me Pro Pro Doxy.me 86% 86% 40.00% 24% 16% ...Yes 84% ..No 24%

around China lied about the origin of the ONE IS CERTAIN; after thisthanks COVID-19 virus cavalierofmanner in which orders to local ordissipates state governments,The a majority Americans ay or another.

3,341 related deaths hasTHING led to worldwide panic, economic collapse and catast THIS WEEK, according to members of theand fed ried to tell the world there were only “THIS IS virus THE D around the globe and in United States, China will to pay for Ithis virus, covered up its spread are having to adjust what isunderstand being called theseriousness “new normal.”

WITH either shelter-in-place orthe stay-at-home fallen into place. the of the an he crisispanic, causedeconomic

by Chinacollapse in perspective, zero MOST STATES millionsunder of Americans needlessly being thrown out of work.

In o and state and local governments, Americans hav orldwide and in it” (Psalm 118:24) catastrophe one way or another.

3,341 related deaths has led to w Some oftothese orders extend at least through the end of this month. orders thanks to local or state governments, a majority of Americans take precautions, but I’m uneasy with how people who sim mics can trace their source to the United States over The crisis has cost the U.S. taxpayer at least $2.4 trillion in added worldw ace or stay-at-home fallen into place. I understand the seriousness of the virus and the need the curve in the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The being thrown out of work.

I know that durin In orderthe to “new put the crisis causedVirginia’s Chinaquestions in perspective, zero millions of Americans needlessly 16% stay-at-home orders into June. are25% having to tohow what is��������0% being called normal.” the go data, and things can start getting ry.

At least four intrillion theto 20th century alone canI’m beuneasy debt plus trillions more inask Federal16% Reserve backup liquidity to the about 86% �������0% 4% ����������11% toadjust 25% 13% ��������0% 16%toby��������26% tothe 50% % 4%added ����������11% to 13% ��������26% 50% 70% �������Yes ity�������0% of at Americans take precautions, but with people who simply 20.00% muted — after all,when trends canhas easily reverse — 23 bu our payer least $2.4 in working from home worldwide pandemics can trace their source to United States over The crisis cost the U.S. Herenot innormal North Carolina, Democratic Gov.NUMBER Roy Cooper stated during tax THREE THREE Some of these orders extend atfinancial least through the end of this month. are treated inNUMBER some circles with contempt.

China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” 1977 markets and outlets.

If the U.S. dollar were the reserve normal.” questions about the data, and when things can start getting back to have abided by recommendations and orders.

Th l Reserve backup liquidity to the directl be glad” the Bible 30% �������Less than 10% ����������Less 10% 1% to 50% orders 7%ato ����������51% toThey’re 75% treated %����������Less9% than 10% than 1% �����������26% to�����������26% 50% stay-at-home 30%�������Less than 10%history.

7% ����������51% 75% our 231-year At least four in the 20th century alone be 13% debt plus trillions more Feder recent coronavirus press can briefing that��������No “we just don’t know yet”asmust ifin the Virginia’s into June. as at though as a society simply acce he 2002 SARS outbreak. evidence thatcircles the with currency, wego would not traced be abletotoChina: fund 1957 any of these emergency nd of this month. are is treated in some contempt. to flu,” stay home;we they’ve practiced socialthe distancin he U.S. dollar were notnormal the There reserve and dad, Easter “Russi Perhaps directly “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong 1977 markets and financial outlets. state’s stay-at-home orders will extend intotells May.us about when it’s safe If 24% �������11% to 25% 10% ��������Greater thanwhat 75%they’ve 0.00% 24% �������11% toGov. 25% 10% ��������Greater than 75%WILLIAMS Since when did WALTER E. 17% ��������Unsure in North Democratic Roy Cooper stated during question the government They’re treated as though we as aCarolina, society simply must accept without nish also had its origins inHere China. measures without immediate fear of rampant inflation and currency donned masks. fundflu” anypandemic of these emergency have tonot bethe thankful “Russian flu” and the 2002 SARS outbreak.

There is evidence the currency, we would bemassiv ableto t Perhaps If he does decide to extendthat it, questions should beHealthcare asked as to COVID-19 We need Zoom WALTER E. WILLIAMS Zoom Healthcare a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to normalcy. questioning oper stated during question what the government tells us about when it’s safe to begin the The result: a reduction in expected hospitaliza Lenten and outside of and China, that COVID-19 depreciation. rgreement, of rampant inflation currency 16% ...Yes pandemic.

84% ..No The massive 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic also had its origins in China. measures without immediate fea justification for it. And the answers should not be vague ones like “we COVID-19 is China’s t know yet” ifprobably the Since process ofdid returning back to normalcy. state’s stay-at-home orders into No. government for us, andof weWashington have the to Accordingworks to theseasons University Instit For me, myright faith an Province from the completely Chinawill has extend to pay for their aberrant ways outside andmust decisions through government when There isMay. 100% agreement, oftransparency China, thatThe depreciation. origin do this out ofCOVID-19 an abundance Easter of caution.” is China’s No. The government works for us, and we have the right to ask those Metrics and Evaluation model most oft cited by If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the questions.

And the longer stay-at-home orders are in place am rant ways and decisions through Iunregu celebr and honesty nsanitary wetarticles markets.

Some believe it came out of but a iseconomic means.

Diplomacy has obviously not worked Chernobyl. originated in Wuhan Province probably from the completely has to pay forAs their aber provide a China at all levels It will need to be explained in detail to the people ofmaking. this state who graduates only able toand findfinancial low-paying work. ned in two past that student debt is questioning asked as to the questions.

And the longer stay-at-home orders are in place all over the Trump administration, the expected need for hos iplomacy has obviously not worked Corinthians 1:4, whD justification it.agreement, And the answers should not be vague ones wet likecentury “we country, anditthe stricter ofofthem infinancial states, such as M Chernobyl. by the Chinese army. to bring China into theancivilized world health, hygiene unregulated and unsanitary markets.

Some believe came out ofsome a home economic and means. from our to Under anfor ISA he would owe agreedlem and communist that universities have encouraged are being told remain jobless and at forFOUR an get undetermined biowar message NUMBER FOUR become a of 21st NUMBER guerigorous ones like “we government country, and the stricter of them gethis inincome states, asactual Michigan, 60.00% peak outbreak was revised down by over 120,000 world of 21st century health, hygiene affliction, so that we mustupon dosome this out ofand an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxi biowarfare lab run by theregimes communist Chinese army. to bring China into the civilized pts verifiable policing and regulation of fair trade.such communist never take the blame percentage of —Totalitarian the dollar their own irresponsible behavior.

With scientific amount of timeexperts why models predicting hundreds of casesUnt hope that we willof thousands bad thing? thelevels more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about byproviding nearly and the number of odc munist regimes never the blame affliction, withwill the attake all It amount will need to be in detail to the people of this stateverifiable who when theyregulation canventilators get back their families, would be very low. With a traditional loan, Until China adopts rigorous policing and of to and 13,000 fairfor trade.

Totalitarian comm e graduates facing an uncertain financial nd health protocols, American business has no other orexplained express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what 51% are reliable. their f — we need to Percentage of once again enjoy of this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand August by nearly 12,000. orse, because that is not what God.” That istake what he would the samejobless amount regardless his t’s particularlymanufacturing important to find solutions 15% 15% their foodofsafety health protocols, American business has no otherthe state or express sincere regret and rem are being toldowe to remain and at home for anand undetermined answers.

50.00% d redundant plants elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do.

They advantage every weakness Toofknow date, I’ve gone along with what has asked and then become a choice what they FaceTime undetermined answers.

Here’s the problem: Weshould still don’t know the ans sporting events, 35.00% ySo, take advantage of every weakness If be you celebra Evenwhy with income-based repayment on his FaceTime what’s to bereasons done?

0% choice than tofree build redundant plants purely totalitarian governments do. Th respondents amount of time models predicting hundreds ofcitizens thousands ofmanufacturing cases Leaders atbut thealong local and state levels asare forthcom mandated that we do,elsewhere the way I’ve also had questions about ty and safety as well as supply andincome. delivery they findbein adversaries and keep pushing until theyknow, win or the for nat bad thing? thousands of cases Leaders at the local and state levels should as forthcoming as they what they questions that will allow the economy to reopen. pushing until they win or the loan, he would likelyPercentage make interest-only payments dical proposals, like completely reflect on answers, this concerts, family Percentage of as inand forback. security safety reasons as well supply andleaders delivery they find in not adversaries andmess keep are reliable. can as be with those answers —too. and again, vague the data.

State Republican have, ofnational adversaries push ss.

40.00% living a free reliabi can be with those answers — and again, not vague answers, but concerns. answer First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate the principal continued to mount. student 30.00% loans and making them subject AMERICA’S COLLEGES are rife with 0% God’s example and don’t and when That is what reliability adversaries push back. gatherings, Unfortunately, whenthat certain types questions get asked, there is The AMERICA’S COLLEGES rife with Totheir I’veUniversity gone believability. along with what theexogenous state has asked and then with details give theirofstatements believability. wayhappens to make China “pay” for thisare disaster isdate, to statements offer That is, unless an event happens such asThe the Chernobyl respondents Purdue is already experimenting with society were ptcy protection, would certainly work. corruption. financial squeeze resulting ked and then with details that give important because That it determines whether certain respondents ent such asThe the Chernobyl this difficult time.

The most direct way to make China “pay” for this disaster is to offer is, unless an exogenous eT they hope toshould corruption. financial squeeze resulting 60.00% sometimes a disturbing tendency among some people to treat those church services free citizens 25.00% mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We all continue to do what we can toFIVE keep our fam companies who will source at least half of their meltdown in 1986.

Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars NUMBER 0% ISAs under its “Back a Boiler” plan.

The program is ders who put their own money on the line from COVID-19 offers opportunities for a U.S. ta d questions about We should all continue to do what we can to keep our families, be open or closed, whether we ought to pursue — 30.00% believe that event, not the Star Wars NUMBER FIVE confident we will em and patients say supposed from COVID-19 offers opportunities Doctors for a U.S. tax credits to companies who will source at least half of their meltdown in 1986.

Some experts 26% Sponsored by know what they questioning the data asking when we can gettingalso backstil telehealth but would like to be re-bit of simply data.

State Republican leaders have, too. ourselves, and ourand communities safe.

Butstart we and many more Sponsored byInshould noue the United States.

There is approximately $120 of Research Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the Soviet Union Sponsored by being funded byprogram the Purdue Foundation, diligence before lending to remediation.

Let’s first examine what 51% living inLet’s a18-yearfree ourselves, and ourthe communities safe.

But we also still continue more liberalized society that presumes wide spre produc Sponsored by should 23% the dissolution of the Soviet Union thisled same spiri bit of remediation. first examine what Percentage of they hope broader telehealth production back in the United States.

There isask approximately $120 program of are Reagan, directly 31% ��������Significant alteration in workflow� 20.00% imbursed appropriately for the visto do, last I to normal as though they are conspiracy theorists or people who 15% 15% don’t.

31% ��������Significant alteration in workflow� 0% 50.00% Unfortunately, when certain types of questions get asked, there is to questions about the data, because while reasonable part of the university’s endowment.

It’s a small Andthere the fear of students filing forcorruption, might be the root of academic corruption, merican direct investment in plants and equipment in 1989. after our own ters. asked, isbe to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home ought to lock down further. might the root of academic billion “This quickdon’t and neighbors helpingstn options are here to stay society were itsbillion even after theresults. pandemic passes,” worth of American direct investment in plants and equipment inor1989.

20.00% otherwise care if they get themselves others sick. respondents program now but is already showing positive y would ensure that loans are small and suggested by the title of a recent study, 33% �������Moderate alteration in workflow� checked. sometimes disturbing tendency among some people to treat measures are understandable, they should also have an suggested title of aisrecent study, direct investment inthe the U.S. about $65 billion aby Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s e to treat those by measures are understandable, they should also have an expiration date.

We’ve seen fatality rates — Concord, the number of temporary Updox 33% �������Moderate alteration inwholehearted workflow� Chernobyl.

15.00% In aChi hig inexpir said Elaine Ellis, ViceChernobyl.

President of those China.

Chinese direct investment in Grievance thewhen U.S. adoption isStudies about $65 billion by case Perhaps COVID-19 China’s Updox 0% Since did questioning government at all it levels become aisbad Purdue’s website explains aand few ofinthe benefits of can “Academic and the “Academic Grievance and simply theAmericans, questioning data when we start getting back This is all new to Americans, and is not normal.

Not in a North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 neady starttalking getting backsupposed ThisStudies is all new to and it the is not normal.

Not in any way, Senators in asking Washington are already talking about the possibility 40.00% the number of identified COVID-19 cases — but Marketing and Communications 28% �������Minimal alteration in workflow� about the possibility to buycompa aare 3-D sacrifices are society comparison.

Senators inmoney Washington alb 28% �������Minimal alteration inwho workflow� thing?

That istechnology what free citizens living in a free were supposed ISAs: h are a solution iswho politically unpopular.

Corruption of Scholarship.”

The study was of telehealth Corruption of do, Scholarship.”

The study was 10.00% 10.00% to last I for the NCMS. “Physician and PA to normal as though they are conspiracy theorists or are people shape, or form.

So while we should remain vigilant and stay By Elizabeth Lincicome people shape, or form.

So while we should remain vigilant and stay safe, at and the denominator are likely wrong.

We don’t k ax credit of 30% on half of U.S. investment in China of China forgiving $1.2 trillion in debt we owe them as one way to get debt we owe them as one way to get health$1.2 caretrillion workers Drug disposal company 0% Anini investment tax credit of 30% half of U.S. investment in China offor China forgiving over.

8% ����������No alteration in workflow to do, I opinion checked. standard payment periodoffices forAn the Back onsiderably reduce the number of and analysis byon Areo, an and done by Areo, an opinion New Life the New River have nimbly responded bydoneoffers NorthThe State Journal alast path forward toanalysis 8% ����������No alteration in workflow *It’s import to note that sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new otherwise don’t care if they get themselves or others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-call people have actually died of coronavirus.

Some so ey have caused the US. Don’t hold your on, applied to repatriated American manufacturing China to “pay” for the damage they have caused the US. Don’t hold your 70% �������N checked. expands programs to fight 30.00% today, or $60 billion, applied to repatriated American manufacturing China to “pay” for the damage *It’s import to note that today, digital magazine.

By the way, Areo is short a Boiler-ISA Fund is about 10 years, making it ble to borrow for college and would magazine.

By the way, is short My first concern as weAreo go along in all this, of course, is my family. I’m th 26% 5.00% changing workflows andbecome adopt-digital els become a bad normal.” number has been overestimated, given that class 0.00% 0% Since when did questioning government at all levels a bad normal.” ilee” to happen but ask your elected increased access to$18 care Fresh air breath clears the mind — for so U.S. would the U.S.aTreasury $18 billion in 23% waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen butU.S. askabout your elected for cost Areopagitica, speech delivered by competitive outside of the top five, the investment toto the U.S. would cost the Treasury billion in waiting a Chinese “Jub withbreath most Federal and private loan opioid crisis ionately affect low-income students.

It for Areopagitica, a speech delivered by virus, investm worried them catching the and I’mtop worried Iand will.

After ing technology accommodate NEARLY FOUR months into Plus 15% ��������Y outside the five, the ety were supposed Not one little bit.

5 2 2 of death, particularly elderly patients, can doesof freshrepresentatives water.among This summer, a unique ountable in tangible financial ways for thing?

That is what free citizens living in a free society were supposed Not one little bit.

John Milton in defense of free speech. over a few years. $18 billion in lost revenue is representatives to hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for 6 3 1 terms.

In addition, all students receive a six-month disfavor students majoring in soft but John Milton in defense of free speech. tax revenue spread over a few years. $18 billion in lost revenue is to hold China ac once this emergency has 0.00% 70% this need and 68 percent say they the coronavirus% pandemic, the vitax rev suffering from the H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, % % 20.00% respondent practices in ou 0% SANFORD, N.C. — Health plans � partnership will restore a section of .

Authors Helen Pluckrose, James A. � � � sources suggest the number is dramatically unde � ��this � respondent practices in our towe do, last I checked. � � 15% ��������U grace period before payments begin. iplines.

Authors Helen Pluckrose, James A. � � � would like to continue this inpared to are theplaying $6 trillion+ Marshall Plan are now decimal dust compared to the $6 trillion+ Marshall Plan we are now disaster. this disaster. rus appears to be post-graduation picking up steam. � � � �� No Sister Toldjah �� Yethe pseudonym �� Un I’ve been trying to take extra precautions, because allstream of this bringsdecim up passed.” a leadership role in Payne Branch, a popular located Lindsay and Peter say— that se, is my family.

I’m Stacey Matthews has also written many people are dying at home. survey results are using a ed to operate as responsible citizens of Once ain recipient makes successful payments for ee are solutions that can be Boghossian implemented Lindsay and Peter Boghossian say that creased use ofof telehealth after thefamily. s According tothe an under analysis conductMy first concern as we go along in all this, course, is my I’m Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sist s undertaking to save our own economy, not of defeated enemies as in the It is about time they are expec our own economy, not of defeated enemies as It is about time they are expected to operate as responsible citizens of way too many memories of a painful experience I’ d prefer not to repeat. u survey results are using a under combatting the nation’s opioid something has climate. gone drastically wrong alongimportantly, the Middle Fork ofwe thehave New River in how m r 10.00% e ried I will.

After and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection.

Even more no clue pandemic is over.” ed by the Wall Street Journal, total the prescribed term of the contract, no additional nation. s acrimonious political something has gone drastically wrong past. the world like any otherInsurrec modern worried about them catching the any virus, andmodern I’m worried I will. After and is a regular contributor toCounty.

RedState and Legal wide variety of platforms, the world like other nation.

ButSeligson, what also makes me lose sleep is how easily most everyone has crisis due to growing concerns in academia, especially Watauga Public power provider Robert CEO, North area dermatologist agreed. wide variety of platforms, cases over theare lastrequired two weekseven haveif theyOne 2009 pandemic, payments have paid less actually have coronavirus.

Some scientistspast. sugges solution has been referred to aswithin “skin certain in suffering in academia, especially within certain China has been cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging American 70% �������No from the H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, cheating, stealing, pirating andto pillaging American fields within themisuse, humanities.

They call around medication New River Light & Power (NRLP) is Thank you all of our survey participants!

You are helping us make sure Chin including multiple “Telehealth became very importbeen increasing at a faster rate Carolina Medical Society than the amount of funding they received. a policy would call for institutions fields within the humanities.

They call llSuch of this brings up of identified cases could be an order of magnitud 0.00% Thank you to all of our survey participants!

You are us make sure business nowhelping for the past 30 years.

They have made no secret thatincluding they multiple these fields “grievance studies,” where addiction and overdoses.

Tomade help I’ve been trying to take extra precautions, because all of this brings up working with Resource Institute, a he past 30 years.

They have no secret that they ant to my group dermatology practhan normal, leaving many North busine 15% ��������Yes Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill,coronavirus senior opinio Bothis ISAs skinheard in the game policies would hare innot the riskhealthcare’s every student fields “grievance studies,” where prefer tocredit repeat. number ofWinston-Salem-based people who havenonprofit, had and 2Carolinians 2memories platforms for telehealth. voice being in the Carolina legislature! scholarship isof not so5much upon intend to North replace U.S. asthese the premier superpower in the world and health insurance providers in based 6% 3and 1voice to make 70% way too many abenefits. painful experience I’ dthe prefer not to repeat. % tice during theput Covid-19 quarwondering ifofthe we’re he as the premier superpower inis the world and % platforms for telehealth. have many down-stream Both would out aeveryone loan to attend the institution.

In scholarship is not so much based upon healthcare’s being heard in North Carolina legislature! intend ostU.S. has � ������� renminbi. ���what ������� meround finding truth but uponInc., attending to these efforts, DisposeRx, 15% ��������Unsure replace theeasily dollar as theeveryone reserve currency with their renminbi. the cleanup possible. ���� Ntowards erage of audio-only would enantine, because it allowed us tofinding another But also makes lose sleep is how most hastruth as the reserve currency with their pressure on universities to keep tuition low and his means that universities would beYscholars on but uponcare attending to Uns manreplac es headed social grievances.

Grievance o the product leader in at-home Decades ago, the nowcourage Americans to stay home continue to care for our patients of Phase One stay-at-home u offset some of the artificial pressure on demand for or some part of student loan debt when social grievances.

Grievance scholars r bully students, administrators and other e medication disposal solutions, when we could not be in the of- and limit their exposure to other dates. decommissioned Payne Branch dam higher education. They would also align universities’ efault. Such a policy would require action bully students, administrators and other departments into adhering has created a new education andto their The entire medical communi- fice,” said Dr. Kendall Hash, who potentially infected patients. The was a power source for the NRLP service those ofimpactstudents.isUniversities wouldDermatologydepartments s since student loans areworldview disbursedthey by the into adhering worldview.

The promote is been with Jason insurer’s one caveat is thattoalltheir virwith Blue Ridge ty interests has significantly engagement program. area, which includes Appalachian State be invested in student success, not just increased ernment.neither worldview.

The worldview they promote is scientific nor rigorous.

Grievance EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS ed by the coronavirus, and many Associates, P.A. “Most insurance tual visits must be deemed medi“There are dire consequences of University and the Town of Boone. eTHEWS studies consist of in disciplines such as workers enrollment. universities probably begin ther solution can be implemented locally.

Grievance EDITORIAL | STAC callyscientific necessarynor andrigorous. meet certain companies quickly adapted to theneither within Some the field have put would unused medications the home, Since then, upstream development sociology, anthropology, gender studies, to offer better guidance to students when they choose of institutions are already giving it a studies consist of disciplines such as their own lives at risk just to care quarantine, as well, by allowing for qualifying criteria. and now with the pandemic, health and highway expansion have increased | REP. RICHARD HUDSON queer studies, sexuality and critical race classes anddistake coverage out loans. e Share Agreements (ISAs). anthropology, gender studies, “AsCOLUMN COVID-19 spreads, Blue of virtual appointments.sociology, formajors, patients.choose In addition, social insurance providers are ISAs more are stormwater flow and sediment levels studies.

These innovative solutions what “Free l agreements in whichever students receive studies, sexuality critical race downstream, affecting the water quality Cross NC is workingand to remove In do addition to maintaining con-queer tancing warnings have made many will concerned thatauthors these In 2017than and 2018, Pluckrose, College” cannot: make students and universities funding in exchange for a predetermined studies. barriers to care for our members,” tinuity of care for our patients, it older Americans scared to leave medications could be divertedstarted or of the Middle Fork habitat.

Lindsay income and Boghossian said Dr.and Von2018, Nguyen, vice Pluckrose, presienabled us to continue to employ In home and made option of seekbehave morethe wisely and act together towards the post-graduation over a certain 2017 authors abused—leading to emergency The Payne Branch Project, set to start submitting bogus academic papers to dent of clinical operations and instaff during ingsame medical care via telehealth goal.

That goal is to sercreateour educated, wisethis very difficultLindsay years. The percent of income and and Boghossian started room visits, hospitalizations or number in July and wrap up by fall, will remove academic journals in cultural, queer,vices even more attractive. Over time.” novationsbogus at Blue Cross NC.papers “Stay- to n changeeven based upon student’s major and and productive graduates. Only with smart policies submitting academic saida William Simpson, the existing dam and excess sediment, race,death,” gender, fat and sexuality studiesthe past several months doctors ing home will help preventqueer, the Ellis of the NCMA also point-academic that incentivize student success can we ensure that tential. president journals in cultural, of DisposeRx. stabilize stream banks, and allow to determine if they would pass peer have seen an explosion in telemed- ed out that good broadband con- spread of illness and save lives. By colleges truly provide value for students, parents, good deal for students because race, gender, fat and sexuality studies The health plan initiative “THIS IS THEfallen DAY the for lord has made, let usthr e aseriousness ofnew the virus and the need upstream fish passage spawning. review and be accepted forthey publication.

WITH MOST STATES under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home into place.

I understand covering all types of virtual docnections play an essential role in with remote patient consultaxpayers and society. ky than how loans.

Imagine a simply student who that icine, to determine if they would passinpeer includes offering Acceptance of DisposeRx dubious research The project will also establish a riparian it” (Psalm 118:24). sy with people who ask tor weaccepted hope it will encourage allowing doctors tothe be able ef-review tations becoming part of the new orders thanks local ortostate governments, aand majority of Americans to take precautions, but I’m unea TATES under either shelter-in-place ortostay-at-home fallen into place.

I understand seriousness ofvisits, the be virus the need and for publication. to members receiving WIT journal editors found sympathetic their remove invasive plant species I knowbuffer that and during this challenging time of so en thingspackets can start getting back to peoplecalled to getthe the“new care normal.” they need, fectively offertotelehealth.

Thereis being normal. are having adjust to what questions about the data, and wh Acceptance of dubious research that or contempt. state governments, a majority of vision Americans to takeMediprecautions, but I’mseveral uneasy with how people who simply askgood postmodern leftist aintersectional certain class of or drugs, along to reestablish native plants.a job, it mayorders when they need it, for the of are Some currently bills before The North Carolina working from home or losing be diffi scal with of these orders extend at least through the end of this month. normal are treated in some circl editors found sympathetic to their In total, an impressive 1,200 linear of is the worldcalled would prove the problem of Society recentlyquestions with education materials for “new st what being the normal.” the data, and when things can getting back to be glad” allstart North Carolinians.” state’s General Assembly thatjournal cal conducted about a the arewe as the Bible tells us to do. as However, ashaaa s ato society simply must accept without Virginia’s stay-at-home orders go into June.

They’re treated intersectional or postmodern leftist vision low academic standards. safe disposal distributed to care feet of stream will be restored.

What’sthough Som On June 18, Blue Cross NCand an- dad, wouldin work to ensure good broadstatewide survey among its memders extendwhen at least through thethe end of this month. normal are treated some circles with contempt. the Easter holiday has reminded me ls us about it’s safe to begin inisNorth Carolina, Democratic Roy stated what the governmentofte Several of the fake research of the worldGov. prove the problem of more, thequestion providers.

Also, the company will papersber physicians in order revitalized river area is part nounced itwould would beCooper extending this during bandHere access available for medical to gauge home orders go into June.

They’re treated as though we as a society simply must accept without have to be thankful and hopeful for, even Virgin in the malcy.

EFF TARTE, NC The STATE SENATOR were accepted for publication.

Fat a recent coronavirus that “we just don’t know yet” if the process returning academic standards. partner withFORMER health plans to engage of the planned futureof expansion of back to nor reimbursement poliespecially inpress somebriefing oflow expanded how quickly practices that didn’t professionals, arolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what the government tells us about when it’s safe to begin the Lenten and pandemic. us, and we have the right to ask those journal published a hoax paper Her of the fake state’s orders willSeveral extend into May. No. The government works for inStudies community events to promote cy through the endresearch of 2020,papers and the morestay-at-home rural areas. have any telehealth greenway trails between Boone and Since capabilities whenofdid that argued the“we term bodybuilding was us press briefing that don’t yet” if the wereprocess returning back todecide normalcy.

For me,Blowing my faith isbringing an important part ofastay-a my da -home orders are place alljust over the know Easter seasons accepted for publication.

The Fat recen proper and in prompt medication on allshould public and private inOver the last several pre-COVID-19 now seeing If he does to months, extendwere it, called questions be asked as to the questions.

Andairthe Rock, fresh andlonger questioning exclusionary and should be replaced e orders will extend into May. No. The government works for us, and we have the right to ask those making.

As I celebrated Easter with my family, them getdisposal, in states, such as Michigan, Studies journal published a hoax surers to follow suit. and private comtheir patients virtually. Their find- public while collaborating refreshedcountry, waterSince to theand community and some justification forinsurance it. And the answers should not onespaper like “we the stricter ofI state’s provide abe vague when did with “fat bodybuilding, as a fat-inclusive NCMS CEO Robert W. Seligson panies have taken note and are government ings revealed that 86% of doctors that argued the term bodybuilding was Corinthians 1:4, which reminds us our Lord “com eeling isolated and/or anxious about withit, retail pharmaciesshould to provide e to extend questions be asked as to the questions. And the stay-at-home orders are in place all the beyond. the more people, sitting at home mustlonger do this out of an abundance of caution.”

If he message of over politicized performance.”

One reviewer questioning praised such theand insurer’s efforts to offer changing the waytothey cover get tele-exclusionary saidlike they “we saw none of their patients should be replaced packets and cost sharing at check affliction, so that we may be able to comfort thos ing their families, will demand Andforthe answers should not be vague ones country, and the stricter some of them in states, as Michigan, at all levels It will need be explained in detail to the people of this state who when they can get back to provid justific said, “I thoroughly enjoyed reading this hopecoverage that weinwill extend and around via telehealth before the pandemic medicine. Back in March, whenwithand “fat bodybuilding, as a fat-inclusive out. affliction, with the comfort which we ourselves government an abundance of believe caution.” the more people, sitting home feeling isolated aboutothers are beingat told to remain andand/or at home for he anhoped undetermined answers. article and it has an important must ad become a saw the state andanxious said the coronavirus first forced thejobless na-politicized with 1% of doctors saying they once again enjoy DisposeRx at-home medication performance.”

One reviewer God.” evels should be as forthcoming as they contribution totomake to the field andup this amount of why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases Leaders at the local and state e explained insenator, detail the people of this state who when they cantion get backhibernation, totime providing for their families, will demand follow suit.

“This quick and this into to half of their patients this way, at all levels It w disposal packets comprised of in place.

Elderly persons with underlying conditions Blue Crosssaid,would “I thoroughly enjoyed bad thing?

ORMER state Iare have been asked sportingadoption events, reading If you are celebrating the Easter season, I—urge again,jobless not vague answers, but answer journal.” are reliable. can be with those answers an wholehearted of teleemain and at home for an undetermined and Blue Shield of North Carolianswers. whereas today up to 13% of docare be materials that are FDA-approved would be monitored by health teams for some time, article and believe it has an important s what I would do regarding the stay-atbecome acomforted, “Our Struggle Is My Struggle: Solidarity That is what reflect on this message and be so tha ments believability. concerts, family health technology offers a path forna (Blue Cross NC), which had altors in the state say they are seeing To date, I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and then with details that give their statem hy models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases Leaders at the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they for oral medications and provide leveraging telemedicine and virtual hospitals. contribution to make to the field and this r in North Carolina.

The current SAH amoun Feminism as anfamilies, Intersectional Replypatients to example andWe comfort allallthose in need arow hat we can to keepsolution our ward to increased access to God’s care about ready been covering some forms of vague with 16% saying bad thing? free citizens mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve alsobut had questions should continue to do gatherings, an effective for theFeminism,” was can be withsystem those answers — and again, not answers, answer Ledvirtually, by our major health leaders and journal.” res April 29. eafe.on Neoliberal and Choice are rel once this emergency has passed. telemedicine for the last two dethey see up to half of their patients this difficult time.

Through faith and by helping But we should also still continue the data.

Republican leaders too. Is ourselves, and our communities disposal of unused or expired church services North Carolina Hospital Association, IState would “Ourhave, Struggle My Struggle: Solidarity te senatorwith recently said we are has going to and living a free Thatout is what e along what the state then with details give their statements accepted for publication by asked Affilia, a viathe To d cades, announced it would believability. cov- We hope all insurers will recogtelehealth. The topinfive plat- that confident we will emerge of this pandemic ecause while reasonable stay-at-home Unfortunately, whenwe certain types ofas questions get asked, theretois to ask questions about the data,st medications.

The active ingredient haveabout a master plan with primary and a what an Intersectional Reply ow four who is sick, not,questions feminist journal for who social workers.

The many more do, but things: along the way I’ve alsoishad We should continue todone do to keep our families, nize theand opportunity this provides ersuppliers virtual visits by phone can theFeminism society were forms being used by practices are all free citizens manda In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired b ey should also have an expiration date. inpaper thewho medication isin chemically sometimes a disturbing tendency some to measures are understandable, th consisted of aPublic rewrittenDoxy.me backup plan forourselves, manufacturers in N.C. to re-purpose Neoliberal and Choice Feminism,” was een sick and has not.

I part agree. foramong improving thepeople health of treat Norththose as face-to-face visits. inFree, Doxy.me Pro, Zoom publican leaders have, too. and same our communities safe.The But we should also still continue after our own the daa supposed neighbors helping neighbors. nd is not normal.

Not in benchmarks any and physically sequestered inway, a Two other living a free passage from Mein Kampf. simply questioning the data and asking when we can start getting back facilitiesFaceTime, to produce ventilators and PPE necessary accepted for publication by Affilia, a This is allinnew to Americans, ertsitare coalescing around to Healthcare, andstay-at-home they will continue surer previously required video while in Carolinians and Updox. when certain types of questions get asked, there is to ask questions about the data, because reasonable temporary Unf In Concord, a high school senior named d remain vigilant and stay safe, at polymer gel when water and the in hoax sustained papers were published, including to takepractices care to of our own ongoing needs journal for social workers. ore rules ease: reductions new do, last I they order toAn normal as virtual thoughcare theyvisits arefeminist conspiracy theorists or are people who shape, or form.

So while weTanne shou and enhance their policies to sup- The to cover “Most told us demands. society were rbing tendency among some people to treat those measures are understandable, they should also have an expiration date.

“Rape Culture and Queer Performativity DisposeRx powder are added to money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make mfortable with this so-called “new somet areofsick. assessment would evaluate the re-purposing of allowing paper consisted part a rewritten deaths, widespread testing, ample hospital would port usesacrifices of telehealth.” but admitted don’t also covlike to maintain this use of otherwise care if for they get themselves orinothers the same time we shouldn’t get cf checked. at Urban Dog Parks.”

This paper’s subject supposed a prescription vial and shaken. gndthe data and asking when we can start getting back This is all new to Americans, and it is not normal.

Not in any way, health care workers out of his own home. hotels, empty warehouses and university passage from Two other the ability to monitor new patients and simply Since dorms when did questioning government at allKampf. levels become a bad normal.” over.Mein wasconspiracy dog-on-dog rape.

But the Patients can use thetheorists patented gh they are or dog arerape people who shape, or form.

So while we should remain vigilant and stay safe, atwere as emergency field hospitals in conjunction with hoax papers were published, including contacts. to do, last I to nor thing?

That is what free citizens living in a free society supposed Not one little bit. paperdata eventually forced Boghossian, withpoints pills, tablets, deployment strategies for health care professionals.

“Rape Culture and Queer Performativity re reasonable that should serve if theyproduct get themselves or others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new otherw to do, last I checked.

Pluckrose and and Lindsay to and prematurely out checked. capsules, liquids powders Virtual hospitals and direct primary care options at Urban Dog Parks.”

This paper’s subjectI’m Stacey ation to the make decisions to keep everyone nquestioning under pseudonym Sister Toldjah government at all levels become a bad normal.”

My first concern as we go along in all this, of course, is my family.

Matthews has also writte Sinc themselves.

A Wall Street Journal writer can then throw away the vial any in thetime would be made available through every health waswrote. dog-on-dog rape. But the dog rape not going back toInsurrection. full normal edState and Legal tefree citizens living in a free society were supposed Not one little bit. had figured out what they were doing. worried about them catching the virus, and I’m worried I will.

After and is a regular contributor to R thing? household everything trash. court’sforced five conservative paper The eventually Boghossian, re not reopening tomorrow.

We system. Ongoing testing would be implemented.

Some papers accepted for publication d. suffering from the H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, DisposeRx, Inc., a North justicesand agreed that to restrictions to do, Rigorous statewide antibody testing would be Pluckrose Lindsay prematurely out care of our most vulnerable citizens, and inalong academic journals advocated CongressAimposed on I’ve been trying to take extra precautions, because allwhen of thisthe brings up as we go inbusinesses, all this, of course,training is my implemented family. I’m once Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah Carolina-based company, isnow.

My available. themselves.

Wall Street Journal writer egin to reopen our men liketodogs and punishing white male president can fireI’they agency’s decreasing the— risks way too many to memories ofand ahad painful experience dthe prefer not to repeat. m catching the of virus, and I’m worried I will. and is other a regular contributor RedState Legal Insurrection.

In conjunction with regional governors figured out what were doing. lowing a dedicated couple data models Fuller, worrie college students for historical slavery

by After director violated Constituof drug diversion, overdoses, But what also makes me loseSome sleep is how easilythe most has H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, Business groups applaud and with the White House, I would papers accepted for everyone publication d the CDC. The models project N.C. cases asking them to sit in silence on the floor in cooperation sufferi it easier for the president to fire tion. But they disagreed on what suicides, accidental poisonings and decision, affirming that by ensure of items such in academic journals advocated training tween April 20 and May 5.because chains during class and to beall expected take extra precautions, of this to brings N.C. up receives a fair allocation I’ve be the head of the Consumer Finan- to do as a result. Roberts and felantibiotic resistance by facilitating restricting the president from stores astoventilators from national ensure we menlow likeconservative dogs and punishing white male learn from the discomfort. papers do the following: I would not extend mories ofmedication a painful experience I’dOther prefer not repeat. justices Samuel cialto Protection Bureau. way to management behavior removing the director, y celebrated morbid compelling obesity as a healthy life can address any peakthe scenario. There a forKavanaugh historical slavery rder April 29 without Alitostudents and Brett said by The would justicesbestruck down re-college akespast mechange lose sleep is how easily most everyone has and eradicating the But choice and treating privately agency’s structure standing directiveviolated for rapid response to enable the had writtenasking to sit incould silence the floor in ng its necessity.

It isadvocated imperative to keep the them restrictions be on strickstrictions Congress misuse of leftover medications. conducted masturbation as a form of theuse Constitution of FDA-approved drugs thatonarewhen experimental in can re-chains during to be expected to ygiene measures in place: such as social en from theclass law. and The court’s four the president DisposeRx’s drug disposal packets Typically, sexual violence against relation to a pandemic virus. move the bureau’s director. learn from the discomfort.

Other papers , gathering limits, masks, handwomen. washing, liberals agreed, though they disand education programs are send submitted s academic journal editors As long as a business could demonstrate the ability morbid obesity were as a healthy life agreed the restrictions im“The agency may ... contin-celebrated currently available at almost papers out to referees for50% review. In ThetoAssociated proper. ue they to operate, but its Director,choice PressCovid-19 hygiene, follow sound would be and advocated treating privately es to lift and reduce or continue on-going of retail pharmaciesacceptance and throughfor publication, The masturbation decision doesn’t inIlight of lean our decision, must beconducted allowed to re-enter the economy. would into as ahave forma of s need to recommending be determined using scientific 90% of reviewers the wholesale pharmacy many gave these papers glowing by the President atsexual violence against women. Typically, WASHINGTON, — The exercising a little D.C. common senseremovable on what works and Suspending and, more concerning, praise. and medical distributors across the See SCOTUS, B6 send submitted Supreme Court on Monday made will,” Chief Justice John Robertsacademic journalpage editors f individual constitutional Political scientistrights Zach are Goldberg ran what is appropriate. Restrictions could be lessened as nation. the four benchmarks indicate it is safe to do so. papers out to referees for review. In exercisescertain regardless of reason. grievance studies concepts through North Carolina needs to get back to work. recommending acceptance for publication, inesses are on life support.

It is imperative the Lexis/Nexis database, to see how often many reviewers gave these papers glowing m opened.they 500,000 North Carolinians appeared in our press over the years. For the next 18 months, I would monitor data praise. d up for unemployment in the past He found huge increases in three the usages while reserving the right to return to stronger

Innovative solutions Does your practice have a Business he studentAssociate debtAgreement dilemma (BAA) with your

70%

Are you concerned about cyber se based on your current telehealth visit provider?

telehealth video visit provider?

Have you needed alter your workflow/staffing tocollege Have you needed to altertoyour workflow/staffing to Fixing Fixing Does yourcollege practice have a Business Are you concerned about cyber security accommodate telehealth accommodate telehealth visits?visits?

COMMUNITY Associate Agreement33% (BAA) with your FAST basedcorruption on your current telehealth video corruption 33% 31% 31% telehealth video visit provider? visit provider? SPOTLIGHT FACTS 28% 28%

n.c.

Insurers expand telemedicine coverage due to pandemic 8%

Approved Logos

8% A6

n.c.

north STA

A6

Approved Logos

VISUAL VOICES

VISU

okay to ask questions about when sk questions aboutIt’s when It’s okay The comfort and hope we begin to get back to normal get back to normal we begin

What would you do?

Court says president can fire Consumer board head ‘at will’

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

B6

ncdot CASH REPORT For the week ending June 29, 2020

Beginning cash balance

$260,725,619 Ending cash balance

$293,473,536 Beginning cash balance change from prior week

$92,060 Ending cash balance change from prior week

$32,747,917

Major airlines announce health acknowledgement requirement Washington, D.C. Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization representing the leading U.S. airlines, announced Monday that its member carriers are voluntarily implementing temporary health acknowledgment policies and procedures for passenger travel as an additional level of mitigation to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The group says that health acknowledgments are another important way passengers can “fly smart” and do their part to help prevent the spread. Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines will require passengers to complete a health acknowledgment during the check-in process. Health acknowledgements typically cover three primary areas: face coverings, current symptoms, and recent exposure. Health acknowledgments encourage passengers to make an evaluation of their own health prior to travel. Passengers who fail or refuse to complete the health acknowledgment may be deemed unfit to travel and each carrier will resolve the matter in accordance with its own policies. This measure is expected to remain in place throughout the COVID-19 public health crisis.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

US pending home sales see record-breaking rebound in May Silver Spring, Md. The number of Americans signing contracts to buy homes rebounded a record 44.3% in May after a record-breaking decline the previous month, as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic sidelined both buyers and sellers. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that its index of pending sales rose to 99.6 in May, the highest month-over-month gain in the index since since its inception in January 2001. The pending home sales index plunged 21.8% from March to April to a level of 69. The contract signings — a barometer of finalized purchases over the next two months — have fallen 5.1% over the past year, but Monday’s better-thanexpected pending home sales data offers some optimism for the housing market, which was severely hampered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Sales of both existing and new homes fell sharply during the traditional spring selling season as communities were locked down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

However, last week the government reported that sales of new homes rose a surprisingly strong 16.6% in May as major parts of the country reopened.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Companies prodded to rely less on China, but few respond

By Joe McDonald The Associated Press BEIJING — The United States, Japan and France are prodding their companies to rely less on China to make the world’s smartphones, drugs and other products.

But even after the coronavirus derailed trade, few want to leave China’s skilled workforce and efficient suppliers of raw materials to move to other countries.

Disruptions from the pandemic, on top of the U.S.-Chinese tariff war, fueled warnings that relying too much on China leaves global companies vulnerable to costly breakdowns in the event of disasters or political conflict.

Drug makers stand out as one industry that is trying to reduce reliance on Chinese suppliers by setting up sources of raw materials in the United States and Europe.

But consumer electronics, medical devices and other industries are sticking with China.

“I don’t know of a single company right now that is moving ahead with any plans to move,” said Harley Seyedin, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China.

China’s explosive rise as the world’s low-cost factory helped to hold down consumer prices and boosted Western corporate profits.

But it has fueled political tension over lost American and European blue collar jobs. Governments and industry consultants fret that dependence on China can be a threat to supply chains and possibly national security.

Chinese factories assemble most of the world’s smartphones and consumer electronics and a growing share of medical equipment, industrial robots and other hightech goods. This country is a dominant supplier of vitamin C and ingredients for antibiotics and other

“I don’t know of a single company right now that is moving ahead with any plans to move.”

Harley Seyedin, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China medicines. The ruling Communist Party has spent two decades building ports, railways, telecom networks and other facilities that are regarded as among the world’s best.

“China still offers an unparalleled supply chain for any industry,” said Jit Lim of Alvarez & Marsal, a management consulting firm.

Philip Richardson, who manufactures loudspeakers in Panyu, near Hong Kong, said he has looked at Vietnam and other countries. But he said while their wages might be as low as 60% of China’s, the savings will be eaten up by the cost of giving up his network of Chinese suppliers.

“We gave it consideration for about a minute, and it doesn’t make sense,” said Richardson, who has worked in China for 22 years.

“When you buy magnets, now you have to pay for transportation and customs duties into other countries, whereas in China we just buy the magnets and they are shipping to us.”

President Donald Trump took office in 2017 promising to “bring back our jobs.” The next year’s tariff hikes on goods from China in a fight over technology and trade prompted some exporters to shift production. But changes were small. Most went to other develop-

ing countries.

The Japanese government, which sees China as a strategic rival, is offering 220 billion yen ($2 billion) to companies that move production to Japan in a virus aid package announced in April. It offers 23.5 billion yen ($220 million) for Japanese companies in China to move to other countries.

The tariff war prompted concern about China’s dominance as a supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients, or APIs, used in antibiotics and vitamins. Some American commentators warned Beijing might retaliate by withholding APIs, though was there no sign that happened.

“There will be an increase in the repatriation of national drug supply chains and the re-establishment of national strategic manufacturing capabilities for key drugs,” Sakshi Sikka, who follows the industry for Fitch Solutions, said in an email.

In May, the U.S. government awarded a contract worth up to $812 million over 10 years to Phlow Corp., a Virginia company set up to insure against drug shortages by producing ingredients and generics.

In Europe, French drugmaker Sanofi SA is setting up an API supplier to reduce reliance on China. Sanofi says the company will be the No. 2 global producer, with annual sales of 1 billion euros by 2022.

India and Indonesia have announced plans to increase their own production of pharmaceutical raw materials.

Those changes are politically driven and will push up costs, while China’s dominance as a global supplier is unlikely to change in the near future, according to Fitch’s Sikka.

Companies including Nike Inc. that used to make shoes, furni-

ture, clothes and other low-margin goods in China have been migrating for a decade to Southeast Asia, Africa and other economies in search of cheaper labor.

For higher-end shoes, however, U.S. import duties would have to rise even further before sites such as Ethiopia or Southeast Asia can compete with experienced Chinese workers and flexible suppliers, said Robert Gwynne, who produces women’s shoes for brands including Steve Madden in Dongguan, near Hong Kong.

“All my clients say, we have to diversify,” said Gwynne. But when shown costs in other countries, “90% take the China scenario.”

Companies also increasingly are tied to China by the appeal of its 1.3 billion consumers at a time when the West’s spending growth is anemic.

Instead of using China to export, “now a lot of people are producing ‘local for local,’” said Lim. Moving factories or finding non-Chinese suppliers to reduce the risk of disruption “means further investment,” Roule said. “Who is going to pay for that?”

Many companies already have pursued a “China plus one” strategy in Asia over the past decade.

They set up factories in Southeast Asia to serve other markets or insure against disruption in China, even if that raised their costs.

But as China lifted anti-disease controls on business in March, other Asian economies shut down, forcing companies to shift work back to Chinese factories, which are working overtime to make up the shortfall, said Seyedin.

Some U.S. and other leaders are talking about possible tax breaks or other incentives to lure companies home. Trump has threatened to raise taxes on American companies that move from China to any other country but the United States.

Even if tax breaks or subsidies go ahead, companies face the costs of setting up a factory in unfamiliar territory, training rookie employees, finding suppliers and possible disruption to customer relations, said Alvarez & Marsal’s Lim. “Shifting is not free,” he said.

PATRICK SEMANSKY | AP PHOTO

President Donald Trump walks past police in Lafayette Park after he visited outside St. John’s Church across from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

SCOTUS from page B5 big impact on the current head of the agency. Kathy Kraninger, who was nominated to her current post by the president in 2018, had said she believed the president could fire her at any time.

Under the Dodd-Frank Act that created the agency in response to the 2008 financial crisis, the CFPB’s director is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate to a five-year term. The law had said the president could only remove a director for “inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.” That structure could leave a new president with a director chosen by the previous president for some or all of the new president’s time in office. The Trump administration had argued that the restrictions improperly limit the power of the president.

“We hold that the CFPB’s leadership by a single individual removable only for inefficiency, neglect, or malfeasance violates the separation of powers,” Roberts wrote.

Defenders of the law’s removal provision had argued the restrictions insulated the agency’s head from presidential pressure.

Justice Elena Kagan, writing for herself and three liberal colleagues, called the majority opinion simplistic.

“What does the Constitution say about the separation of powers— and particularly about the President’s removal authority? (Spoiler alert: about the latter, nothing at

PATRICK SEMANSKY | AP PHOTO

The sun rises behind the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 29, 2020. all.) The majority offers the civics class version of separation of powers—call it the Schoolhouse Rock definition of the phrase,” she said, referencing the educational, animated short films.

“Today’s decision wipes out a feature of that agency its creators thought fundamental to its mission—a measure of independence from political pressure. I respectfully dissent,” Kagan wrote.

The CFPB was the brainchild of Massachusetts senator and former Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren.

After the ruling, Warren wrote in a series of tweets that the Supreme Court had “handed over more power to Wall Street’s army of lawyers and lobbyists to push out a director who fights for the American people.” But, she said that even after the ruling the

CFPB is “still an independent agency.”

“The director of that agency still works for the American people. Not Donald Trump. Not Congress. Not the banking industry.

Nothing in the Supreme Court ruling changes that,” Warren wrote.

The case is Seila Law LLC v.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 19-7.

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

genesis g70

For solitude and sport, the G70 has it all No brand cachet yet, but a terrific car is a great start

By Jordan Golson North State Journal BOSTON — When catching up with friends I haven‘t seen in a while — usually because of COVID-related lockdowns and such — the conversation inevitably comes around to: „What have you been doing to keep busy?“ In my case, it basically sums up to writing, playing Xbox with friends (which is a solid way to keep human interaction going when stuck at home), venturing out to Costco for essential supplies, and making turkey sandwiches.

I also spend quite a lot of time behind the wheel of cars. Taking a solitary drive to nowhere in particular is a fun thing to do in normal times, but I‘ve been driving to nowhere more than usual over the past few months both to review my test cars and for the positive mental health aspects of getting some fresh air.

I have friends who are mildly horrified to find themselves whispering „I even miss my commute.“ I totally get this, particularly since I work from home. A commute is a time for solitude — you get some time away from both the family and your work. It‘s a time for you to just focus on driving, or listening to your podcast, or Taylor Swift or whatever.

Nothing makes you appreciate stop-and-go traffic more than not having to sit in it anymore. And it‘s both those drives-to-nowhere and the stop-and-go traffic that makes me particularly appreciate my test car this week: The Genesis G70.

Genesis is Hyundai‘s new(ish) luxury brand, competing with Lexus and BMW and Mercedes and the like. The G70 is a compact sports sedan, going up against the 3-Series, C-Class, IS, and A4 —

and it does a terrific job of it.

My tester was fully-loaded with the 3.3T Sport Package, which means it sported a 365-horsepower and 376 lb-ft 3.3-liter twin-turbo V6. Which means it‘s fast. And then Genesis loaded it up with a sporty suspension, limited-slip diff, Brembo brakes, all-wheel drive, and a bunch of other stuff to make it go fast and handle well. It worked, too.

Inside was the same story. There were gorgeous quilted leather seats,

a terrific heads-up display, Hyundai‘s phenomenal adaptive cruise system with lane-keeping, a great stereo, and a bunch of other stuff like a suede headliner which is unnecessary but still kind of fun.

Don‘t get me wrong, any car that prices out at $51,275 is going to be nice and chockablock full of features. But the Genesis G70 seems just a little bit better in that department. Perhaps it‘s because it comes with the same terrific warranty

B7

that Hyundai offers on all its cars: a 5-year/60,000-mile bumper-tobumper, plus 10-year/100,000mile powertrain coverage.

Or maybe it‘s the Genesis Concierge service that — even before COVID — let you set up at-home test drives and delivery of your new car to your house (because we all know how much fun dealerships can be).

I do have a couple G70 nitpicks though. If you look on the front grille, which is the centerpiece of a rather excellent front end, there‘s a largeish plastic rectangle in the center. This is where the radar for the adaptive cruise control sits, and it causes a bit of a jarring effect to the overall look of the car. It doesn‘t quite fit right, and I wish there was a better way. As we get cleverer and more complex safety systems, hiding these sensors will be an increasing challenge. I imagine Genesis will get better at this as well.

Finally, there‘s the Genesis badge itself. It just doesn‘t have the presence that this car — which in all other respects is a worthy competitor to the existing lux-mobiles from Germany and Japan — deserves. The blue-and-white BMW logo or the four-rings of Audi or the three-pointed star of Mercedes-Benz... they‘re all instantly recognizable and totally distinctive.

The winged Genesis logo looks to me a bit like a Bentley knock-off, a badge not worthy of the stellar vehicle it‘s attached to. And in this market, brand cachet counts for a lot. But if the worst thing I can say about a car is that I don‘t like the badge? That‘s a pretty big compliment in itself.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF GENESIS

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

B8

Carl Reiner, beloved creator of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show,’ dies

By Mike Stewart The Associated Press NEW YORK — Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and straight man to Mel Brooks’ “2000 Year Old Man,” has died. He was 98.

Reiner’s assistant Judy Nagy said he died Monday night of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

He was one of show business’ best liked men, the tall, bald Reiner was a welcome face on the small and silver screens, in Caesar’s 1950s troupe, as the snarling, toupee-wearing Alan Brady of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and in such films as “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” and “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.”

In recent years, he was part of the roguish gang in the “Ocean’s Eleven” movies starring George Clooney and appeared in documentaries including “Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age” and “If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast.”

Tributes poured in online, including from actor Josh Gadd, who

“His talent will live on for a long time, but the loss of his kindness and decency leaves a hole in our hearts.”

Actor Alan Alda via Twitter called Reiner “one of the greatest comedic minds of all time,” and writer Bill Kristol, who said: “What a life!” Actor Alan Alda tweeted: “His talent will live on for a long time, but the loss of his kindness and decency leaves a hole in our hearts.”

Films he directed included “Oh, God!” starring George Burns and John Denver; “All of Me,” with Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin; and the 1970 comedy “Where’s Poppa?” He was especially proud of his books, including “Enter Laughing,” an autobiographical novel later adapted into a film and Broadway show; and “My Anecdotal Life,” a memoir published in 2003. He recounted his childhood and creative journey in the 2013 book, “I Remember Me.” But many remember Reiner for

AP PHOTO

In this May 26, 1963 file photo, Carl Reiner shows holds two Emmy statuettes presented to him as best comedy writer for the “Dick Van Dyke Show,” during the annual Emmy Awards presentation in Los Angeles.

sound system failed at the start of the ceremonies, Reiner called from the balcony, “Does anybody have four double-A batteries?”

Besides “All of Me,” Reiner directed Martin in “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid,” “The Man With Two Brains” and “The Jerk.”

Carl Reiner was born in 1922, in New York City’s borough of the Bronx, one of two sons of Jewish immigrants: Irving Reiner, a watchmaker, and his wife, Bessie. He grew up in a working-class neighborhood, where he learned to mimic voices and tell jokes. After high school, Reiner attended drama school, then joined a small theater group.

“It was a terrific experience, but I wasn’t getting any money for it,” he told the Akron Beacon Journal in 1963. “I got uppity one day — after all, the audience was paying from 22 to 88 cents for admission — and I demanded to be paid. They settled for $1 a performance and I ... became their highest-priced actor.”

During World War II, Reiner joined the Army and toured South Pacific bases in GI variety shows for a year and a half. Back out of uniform, he landed several stage roles, breaking through on Broadway in “Call Me Mister.”

He married his wife, Estelle, in 1943. Besides son Rob, the couple had another son, Lucas, a film director, and a daughter, Sylvia, a psychoanalyst and author. Estelle Reiner, who died in 2008, had a small but memorable role in Rob Reiner’s “When Harry Met Sally...” — as the woman who overhears Meg Ryan’s ersatz ecstasy in a restaurant and says, “I’ll have what she’s having.”

“The Dick Van Dyke Show,” one of the most popular television series of all time and a model of ensemble playing, physical comedy and timeless, good-natured wit. It starred Van Dyke as a television comedy writer working for a demanding, eccentric boss (Reiner) and living with his wife (Mary Tyler Moore in her first major TV role) and young son in suburban New Rochelle, New York.

“The Van Dyke show is probably the most thrilling of my accomplishments because that was very, very personal,” Reiner once said. “It was about me and my wife, living in New Rochelle and working on the Sid Caesar show.”

Reiner is the father of actor-director Rob Reiner. The younger

Reiner starred as Archie Bunker’s son-in-law on “All in the Family,” and went on to direct such films as “When Harry Met Sally ...” and “The Princess Bride.” Carl Reiner would praise Rob as his favorite director, and Rob would speak with open admiration, and some trepidation, about his famous dad.

“He was the nicest man, a decent man, an intelligent man, and talented, and everybody liked him,” Rob Reiner told The Associated Press in 1992.

Rob Reiner said in a tweet Tuesday that his “heart is hurting. He was my guiding light.”

Carl Reiner won multiple Emmys for his television work. In 2000, he received the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor. When the

352 in Cabarrus County Records, State of NC. Also from Jessie Espinosa and his wife, Kathy Espinosa, Attorney in Fact for Gelando Espinosa and Jessie Espinosa to Robert W Turbyfill, dated 06/05/1986 and recorded 06/13/1986 in Book 608, Page 677, Lot 14 of Gold Mine Estates in Book 18, Page 10.

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 LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1256075 (FC.FAY)

Being the identical real property described in the conveyance from Charles Nesbit and wife, Malinda Nesbit to L.E. Bush and wife, Mary Lee Nesbit Bush by deed dated June 21, 1943 and duly recorded in the Cabarrus County Public Registry at Book 173 at Page 150.

Included herein a small strip of land more particularly described with reference to the conveyance from W.F. Eddleman and wife, Grace T. Eddleman to L.E. Bush and wife, Mary Lee Nesbit Bush by deed dated July 29, 1943 and recorded at Book 173, at Page 271 LESS AND EXCEPTING a small strip of land more particularly described with reference to the conveyance from L.E. Bush and wife, Mary Lee Nesbit Bush to Charles H. Nesbit and wife, Malinda Nesbit by deed dated July 29, 1943 and recorded at Book 173, at Page 282.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1603 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kannapolis, NC 28083.

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

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

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.: 18-11968-FC01

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 July 8, 2020 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 236 IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SOUTHGATE, SECTION FOUR, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SAME DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 41, PAGE 72, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 1305 Kienast Drive, 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 Harold W. Gilchrist and Lance M. Bert.

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.: 19-11612-FC01

customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on July 13, 2020 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: BeingallofLot44,PershingHeights,recordedinBookofPlats 7, at Page 54, Cumberland County Registry. Together with improvementslocatedthereon;saidpropertybeinglocated at 1412 General Lee Avenue, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

APN: 0427-97-0318 1412 General Lee Avenue, Fayetteville, NC 28301 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 LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1286433 (FC.FAY)

East 210 feet from the northwest corner of the original 12 acre tract of which this is a part and running thence North 65 degrees 30 minutes East 418.44 feet to the old line; thence as said old line South 24 degrees 15 minutes East 105 feet to a stake; thence South 65 degrees 30 minutes West 418.44 feet to the eastern margin of Grogg Street; thence with the eastern margin of Grogg Street North 24 degrees 15 minutes West 105 feet to the BEGINNING point, being a lot containing one (1) acre more or less. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1467, 1471, 1479, 1483, 1487 and 1491 Misty Circle, Spring Lake, North Carolina.

Parcel ID Number: 0511-19-4819 SECOND TRACT: BEGINNING at a stake in the eastern margin of Grogg Street, said stake being South 24 degrees 15 minutes East 315 feet from the northwest corner of the original 12 acre tract of which this is a part, and running thence North 65 degrees 30 minutes East 412.44 feet to the old line; thence with the old line South 24 degrees 15 minutes East 105 feet to a stake, thence South 65 degrees 30 minutes West 418.44 feet to the eastern margin of Grogg Street; thence with the eastern margin of Grogg Street North 24 degrees 15 minutes West 105 feet to the BEGINNING point, being a lot containing one (1) acre more or less. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1403, 1407, 1413, 1417, 1421, 1425, 1429, 1433 and 1437 Misty Circle, Spring Lake, North Carolina.

Parcel ID Number: 0511-19-4860

minutes East 105 feet from the northwest corner of the original 12 acre tract of which this is a part, and running thence North 65 degrees 30 minutes East 418.44 feet to the old line; thence as said old line South 24 degrees 15 minutes East 105 feet to a stake; thence South 65 degrees 30 minutes West 418.44 feet to the eastern margin of Grogg Street; thence as said eastern margin of Grogg Street North 21 degrees 15 minutes West 105 feet to the point of the BEGINNING, containing one (1) acre, more or less. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1468, 1490, 1486, 1482, 1478 and 1474 Misty Circle, Spring Lake, North Carolina.

Parcel ID Number: 0511-19-3968 FOURTH TRACT: BEGINNING at an iron stake in the eastern margin of Grogg Street, said stake being North 65 degrees 30 minutes East 42 links from a corner of a 31.2 acre tract conveyed to J.T. West (now owned by Roscoe J. Pope) and running thence as a line of said 31.2 acre tract North 65 degrees 30 minutes East 6.34 chains to an iron stake with oak pointers; thence with a line of said 31.2 acre tract South 24 degrees 15 minutes East 105, feet to a stake; thence a new line South 65 degrees 30 minutes West 6.34 chains to a stake in the eastern margin of Grogg Street; thence with the eastern margin of Grogg Street North 24 degrees 15 minutes West 105 feet to the BEGINNING point. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1401, 1405, 1409, 1413 and 1417 White Eagle Lane, Spring Lake, North Carolina.

THIRD TRACT: BEGINNING at an iron stake in the eastern margin of Grogg Street, said stake being South 24 degrees 15

Parcel ID Number: 0512-10-3018 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 LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1262061 (FC.FAY)

TAKE NOTICE

CABARRUS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 127

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Robert W. Turbyfill and Lillian K. Turbyfill, (Robert W. Turbyfill and Lillian K. Turbyfill, both deceased)(Heirs of Robert W. Turbyfill: Penny McGee aka Penny Lynn McGee, Richard Turbyfill aka Richard Wayne Turbyfill and Unknown Heirs of Robert W. Turbyfill) to Chuck Johnson, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of September, 2007, and recorded in Book 7795, Page 20, 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,

18 SP 628 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 Christopher R. Watts to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated July 24, 2007 and recorded on November 13, 2007 in Book 07906 at Page 0275 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on January 6, 2020 in Book 13935, Page 0029, 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 July 13, 2020 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit:

CUMBERLAND 19 SP 1330 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 Harold W. Gilchrist and Valerie A. Edwards a/k/a Valerie A. Gilchrist to M. Douglas Crisp, Trustee(s), which was dated January 13, 1998 and recorded on January 21, 1998 in Book 4791 at Page 167, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 346

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Nicholas Alan Green Renovations, Co, a North Carolina Corporation to Investors Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of September, 2018, and recorded in Book 10385, Page 0100, 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 substitutedasTrusteeinsaidDeedofTrustbyaninstrument 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 155

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Johnruth Capital, Inc. (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Fort Bragg Carolina Trust) to Richard A. Galt, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of November, 2017, and recorded in Book 10199, Page 0051, 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 substitutedasTrusteeinsaidDeedofTrustbyaninstrument 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 July 13, 2020 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: Rosewood Mobile Home Park, Spring Lake, NC Those tracts of land located in Manchester Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: FIRST TRACT: BEGINNING at a stake in the eastern margin of Grogg Street, said stake being South 24 degrees 15 minutes

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 July 13, 2020 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: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of, Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 147, Golm Mine Estate, as same is shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 18, Page 10. Cabarrus County Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 10225 Nugget Place Road, Midland, North Carolina.

Being the same property conveyed by fee simple deed from Caldwell Brothers, a general partnership consisting of John F Caldwell and Richard C Caldwell and James B Caldwell to Robert W Turbyfill and Lillian K Turbyfill, dated 01/23/1992 recorded on 08/13/1992 in Book 907 Page

ALL THAT REAL PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF CABARRUS, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA: BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THE GRANTOR BY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 3245, PAGE 116 CABARRUS COUNTY REGISTRY, TO WHICH DEED REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROPERTY. Being

more

particularly

described

as:

One lot of land in No. 4 Township of Cabarrus County, N.C., located on the East side of Pennsylvania Drive, adjoining Haywood Richardson, James Ford and C.H. Nesbit, (now or formerly), and bounded as follows: BEGINNING at an iron stake on the East side of Pennsylvania Drive, James Ford’s corner, and runs thence along the East side of said Drive N. 9 degrees W. 60 feet to an iron stake, a new corner; thence a new line S. 89 & 1/4 degrees E. 72 feet to an iron stake, a new corner on Haywood Richardson’s line; thence with his line S. 3/4 degrees W. 60 feet to an iron stake, his and James Ford’s corner; thence with Ford’s line N. 89 & 1/4 degrees W. 61.8 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING.

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

B9

TAKE NOTICE

CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 19sp1628 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MARCO ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ AND ELIZABETH F. RODRIGUEZ DATED AUGUST 25, 2008 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7981 AT PAGE 143 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 19SP1211

the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:30AM on July 6, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Marco Antonio Rodriguez and Elizabeth F. Rodriguez, dated August 25, 2008 to secure the original principal amount of $132,738.00, and recorded in Book 7981 at Page 143 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: Birchcreft Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28304

2

1

0

8

NOTICE OF SALE

secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:30AM on July 6, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Darrell R Bill, dated March 22, 2007 to secure the original principal amount of $678,634.00, and recorded in Book 7539 at Page 421 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the

Address of property: McKinley Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28311 Tax Parcel ID: 4414 Present Record Owners:

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY DARRELL R BILL DATED MARCH 22, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7539 AT PAGE 421 AND MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED APRIL 25,2013 AT BOOK 9171, PAGE 821 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20SP81 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY NATHANIEL SMITH AND MARY A. SMITH DATED AUGUST 12, 1994 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 4202 AT PAGE 649 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the

20 SP 349 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 Juan C. Capote to Kelly B. Baumgardner and Jerry B. Flowers, Trustee(s), which was dated September 27, 2018 and recorded on September 28, 2018 in Book 10382 at Page 0314, 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

20 SP 385 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 Margaret P. Rendish to America’s Reverse Title, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated January 31, 2013 and recorded on February 6, 2013 in Book 09105 at Page 0634, 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

19 SP 1581 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 Charles Brown, II a/k/a Charles A. Brown, II to Joel S. Jenkins, Jr, Trustee(s), which was dated August 30, 2016 and recorded on August 31, 2016 in Book 09934 at Page 0801, 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

16 SP 887 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 Darlene Noble to Amy Mandari, Trustee(s), which was dated May 27, 2005 and recorded on June 1, 2005 in Book 6895 at Page 101, 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

20 SP 413 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 Derrick L. Tolbert to Michael J. Broker, Trustee(s), which was dated September 26, 2008 and recorded on October 6, 2008 in Book 07997 at Page 0681, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 8, 2020 at 1:30PM, and will

DAVIDSON 18 SP 588 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by James R. Gentry and Ruth S. Gentry to Alex Trullinger, Trustee(s), which was dated January 31, 2008 and recorded on February 1, 2008 in Book 1842 at Page 0779, Davidson 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

2

1

3

5

0 4 3 9 -3 7Darrell

Ray

secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:30AM on July 13, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Nathaniel Smith and Mary A. Smith, dated August 12, 1994 to secure the original principal amount of $77,150.00, and recorded in Book 4202 at Page 649 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: Pleasant Oak Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28314 Tax Parcel ID: 4096

1

0

6

7

9 4 87-1 1-

Tax Parcel ID: 3304 Present Record Owners: Antonio Rodriguez

0 4 0 5 -1 9 M a r c o

And Being more commonly known as: 2108 Birchcreft Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28304 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Marco Antonio Rodriguez.

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, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition

Bill And Being more commonly known as: 2135 McKinley Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28311 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Darrell Ray Bill.

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, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax

Present Record Owners: Smith

Mary

A.

And Being more commonly known as: 1067 Pleasant Oak Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28314 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Mary A. Smith.

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, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to

and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 8, 2020 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

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.

BEING ALL OF LOT 14, IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS LAFAYETTE VILLAGE, SECTION 3, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF THE SAME DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 14, PAGE 49, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA.

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 Juan Capote.

expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid 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. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is May 22, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 19-107739

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or

associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid 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.

This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

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 notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is May 21, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 18-100459

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least

all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid 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. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the

purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is June 9, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 19-108614

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.

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.

File No.: 20-03349-FC01

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

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

and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 8, 2020 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 NUMBER 75 IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS VILLAGE GREEN, SECTION ONE, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SAME DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 45, PAGE 37, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 3715 Cherry Blossom Lane, 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 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 Margaret Rendish.

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.: 19-16422-FC01

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 8, 2020 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 174, in a subdivision known as Fairway Forest, Section 8, Phase 1, and the same being duly recorded in Plat Book 97, Page 120, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Property Address: 5328 Old Railroad Way, Hope Mills, NC 28348 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 5328 Old Railroad Way, 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 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 Allen Brown, II. 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.: 19-15981-FC01

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 8, 2020 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 246, IN SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SOUTHVIEW, SECTION VII, PART ONE, AND THE SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 111, PAGE 119, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 2933 Piney Mountain 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 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 Darlene Noble.

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.: 16-07844-FC01

sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED NEAR THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, SEVENTY-FIRST TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 494, IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS PONDEROSA, SECTION IX, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 32, PAGE 75, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO CHARLES S. MYERS AND WIFE, MARILYN J. MYERS BY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 2363, PAGE 63, AFORESAID REGISTRY. CHARLES S. MYERS DIED ON NOVEMBER 5, 1994 AND THE PROPERTY PASSED TO MARILYN J. MYERS AS THE SURVIVING TENANT BY THE ENTIRETY. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO DERRICK L. TOLBERT AND WIFE, TAMARA G. TOLBERT

BY DEED FROM MARILYN J. MYERS, UNMARRIED RECORDED 08/01/1995 IN DEED BOOK 4348 PAGE 268, IN THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE OF CUMBERLAND

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

Said property is commonly known as 303 Longhorn Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28303.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions

of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Derrick L. Tolbert.

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.: 19-12414-FC01

and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 13, 2020 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF DAVIDSON, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, IN LEXINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A STAKE THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT NO. 1 IN BLOCK D, INTERSECTION OF SCHOOL STREET AND WALL STREET; THENCE SOUTH 4 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 122 FEET TO A STAKE IN THE FRONT LINE OF LOT NO. 5; THENCE NORTH 86 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST AND PARALLEL TO THE LINE OF LOTS NOS. 4 AND 5 150 FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE A NEW LINE NORTH 4 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 122 FEET TO A STAKE IN THE NORTH LINE OF LOT NO. 1 AND ON SCHOOL STREET; THENCE ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT NO. 1, 150 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, THIS BEING PARTS OF LOTS NOS. 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 5 IN BLOCK D OF REVISED MAP OF SKYLAND, WHICH IS DULY RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 43, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR

DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. LESS A LOT 61 FEET WIDE SOLD TO R. J. BERRIER BY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 235, PAGE 283, IN THE DAVIDSON COUNTY REGISTRY. BEING THE SAME FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY CONVEYED

BY DEED FROM FRANK R. HOLTON, JR., TRUSTEE TO JAMES R. GENTRY and RUTH S. GENTRY HUSBAND AND WIFE, DATED 01/28/1972 RECORDED ON 01/28/1972 IN BOOK 497, PAGE 9 IN DAVIDSON COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF NC. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 502 Wall Street, Lexington, NC 27292.

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 Ruth S. Gentry.

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.: 19-12921-FC01

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

Said property is commonly known as 5300 Walnut Dr, 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

Parcel

ID:

0414-10-9537

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

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

B10 TAKE NOTICE

DAVIDSON 19 SP 572 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Matthew Corey Wagner to BNC Credit Corp., Trustee(s), which was dated January 30, 2015 and recorded on February 2, 2015 in Book 2169 at Page 904, Davidson 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION DAVIDSON COUNTY 20sp90 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY RUTHE SORAINE FIALKIEWICZ DATED AUGUST 23, 2004 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1554 AT PAGE 1828 IN THE DAVIDSON COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION DAVIDSON COUNTY 19sp589 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY GARY REECE JOHNSON, JR. AND SARAH ANN JOHNSON DATED MARCH 28, 2008 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1854 AT PAGE 935 IN THE DAVIDSON COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the

JOHNSTON NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 145

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Cherrylyn Cabrera, Feliciano Cabrera a/k/a Feliciano Vincente Cabrera, Camile Ella Laure Cabrera a/k/a Camille Cabrera (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Cherrylyn Cabrera and Feliciano Cabrera and Camile Ella Laure Cabrera) to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated July 24, 2007, and recorded in Book No. 3388, at Page 741 in Johnston County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note 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 Johnston County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 113

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Priscilla King McMillan and Tommie W. McMillan (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Priscilla McMillan) to Fiserv Fulfillment Services, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 12th day of December, 2006, and recorded in Book 3261, Page 788, and Modification in Book 5246, Page 705, in Johnston 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 Johnston 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 Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on July 14, 2020 and will sell to the highest

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 453

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Thomas J. Morak and Colette A. Morak, (Colette A. Morak, deceased) to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of May, 2007, and recorded in Book 3346, Page 297, in Johnston 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 Johnston 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 Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on July 7, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION JOHNSTON COUNTY 19SP369 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY DARIUS ALLEN MOORE AND DEBROAH A. MOORE DATED JANUARY 2, 2004 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 2615 AT PAGE 345 RERECORDED ON APRIL 20, 2007 IN BOOK 3327, PAGE 598 IN THE JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the

ONSLOW NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 231

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Aaron E. Pearce, Peggy D. Pearce (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Aaron E. Pearce and Peggy D. Pearce) to Allan B. Polunsky, Trustee(s), dated November 6, 2018, and recorded in Book No. 4858, at Page 261 in Onslow County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note 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 Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 166

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Cameron J. Fielder, Lauren N. Fielder (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Cameron J. Fielder and Lauren N. Fielder) to H. Terry Hutchens, Esquire Hutchens, Senter & Britton, PA, Trustee(s), dated September 26, 2016, and recorded in Book No. 4517, at Page 847 in Onslow County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note 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 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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on July 16, 2020 and will sell to the highest

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 July 13, 2020 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 2 of MEADOW WOOD SUBDIVISION, Section One, a Map of which is duly recorded in Plat Book 20 at Page 4 in the Office of·’the Register of Deeds for Davidson County, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1385 Blair St, Thomasville, NC 27360.

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 Matthew Corey Wagner.

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.: 19-16620-FC01

secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on July 13, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Davidson County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Ruthe Soraine Fialkiewicz, dated August 23, 2004 to secure the original principal amount of $58,000.00, and recorded in Book 1554 at Page 1828 of the Davidson County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: 300 Winding Ridge Ln, Lexington, NC 27292 Tax Parcel ID:

15004C0000005A Present Record Owners: The Estate of Ruthe Soraine Fialkiewicz AKA Ruthe Soraine Filkiewicz And Being more commonly known as: 300 Winding Ridge Ln, Lexington, NC 27292 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate of Ruthe Soraine Fialkiewicz AKA Ruthe Soraine Filkiewicz.

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, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition

expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid 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.

This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order

for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is June 22, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-109154

secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on July 6, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Davidson County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Gary Reece Johnson, Jr. and Sarah Ann Johnson, dated March 28, 2008 to secure the original principal amount of $159,742.00, and recorded in Book 1854 at Page 935 of the Davidson County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: 305 Shelly Leonard St, Lexington, NC 27295 Tax Parcel ID: 1131300000051

Present Record Owners: Sarah Ann Johnson and Gary Reece Johnson, Jr. And Being more commonly known as: 305 Shelly Leonard St, Lexington, NC 27295 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Sarah Ann Johnson and Gary Reece Johnson, Jr. 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, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and

assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid 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. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or

after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is May 29, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 14-061291

Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on July 14, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Kenly in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Beulah Township, Johnston County, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginningatapoint,saidpointbeingtheNorthwesternmost corner of the Raymond Shirley property on PrincetonKenly Road (NCSR 2342) and the line runs from said point of beginning as follows: with the Shirley property South 31 degrees 30 minutes East 300.00 feet to a point in the James Bailey line; runs thence with the Bailey line South 49 degrees 05 minutes 18 seconds West 148.80 feet to a point in the Arby T. Creech line; runs thence with the Creech line North 32 degrees 00 minutes 20 minutes West 300.00 feet to a point; runs thence North 49 degrees 14 minutes 52 seconds East 151.42 feet to a point, the point and place of beginning and containing 1.021 acres according to a survey and map of same by W. Stanton Massengill, RLS, entitled “Property of John L. Morris and wife, Crecia P. Morris,” dated April 27, 1999. For further reference see Deed of

Record in Deed Book 527, page 12, Johnston County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1111 Princeton Kelly Road, Kenly, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §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 N.C.G.S. §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 are expressly 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 its sole discretion, if it believes 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 Firm Case No: 2309 - 5184

bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Wilders, in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: ALL that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the Wilders Township, Johnston County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 32 and 34 of the subdivision of the E.F. Boyette Property in the Town of Four Oaks, N.C. surveyed and plotted by E. P. Lore, C.E. and recorded in Plat Book #1, Page #80, Registry of Johnston County. See Book 74, Page 65, Book 443, Page 172, Book 456, Page 162, and Book 443, Page 297, Registry of Johnston County. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 117 West Allen Street, Four Oaks, North Carolina.

BEING the same property conveyed to Priscilla King McMillan and husband, Tommie W. McMillan by Deed from Priscilla K. McMillan recorded 11/30/2006 in Deed Book 3244, Page 898, in the Register of Deeds Office of Johnston County, North Carolina.

TAX ID #: 08016018 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 LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1267343 (FC.FAY)

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 LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1261833 (FC.FAY)

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),

secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 12:00PM on July 16, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Johnston County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Darius Allen Moore and Debroah A. Moore, dated January 2, 2004 to secure the original principal amount of $112,000.00, and recorded in Book 2615 at Page 345 of the Johnston County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: 1 0 6 7 Thompson Rd, 1105 Thompson Rd, 1123 Thompson Rd, Lot Adjacent to 1123 Thompson Rd, Four Oaks, NC 27524 Tax Parcel ID: 08I13032D; 08I13032E; 08I13032F; 08I13032G

Present Record Owners: Darius Allen Moore and Debroah A. Moore And Being more commonly known as: 1067 Thompson Rd, 1105 Thompson Rd, 1123 Thompson Rd, Lot Adjacent to 1123 Thompson Rd, Four Oaks, NC 27524 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Darius Allen Moore and Debroah A. Moore.

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, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and

assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid 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. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate

the rental agreement upon written notice 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 notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is June 16, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 11-017714

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 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on July 9, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Jacksonville in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 117, as shown plat entitled “Horse Creek Farms, Section III-A” as recorded in Map Book 29, Page 129, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 502 Shetland Place, Jacksonville, North Carolina, Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §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 N.C.G.S. §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 are expressly 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 its sole discretion, if it believes 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 Firm Case No: 2496 - 5714

bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Beulaville in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Real property in the City of BEULAVILLE, Township of Richlands, County of ONSLOW, State of North Carolina, described as follows: Being all of Lot 12 as depicted on a map entitled “Final Plat Showing Eagle Chase Richlands Township, Onslow County, NC” prepared by John L. Pierce & Associates, P.A., and recorded in Map Book 59, Page 133 Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 217 Wingspread Lane, Beulaville, North Carolina.

Being all of that certain property conveyed to Cameron J. Fielder and wife, Lauren N. Fielder from Atlantic Construction Inc., a North Carolina Corporation, by deed dated December 06, 2010 and recorded December 06, 2010 in Book 3516, Page 377 of official records.

Commonly known as: 217 Wingspread Ln, Beulaville, NC 28518 APN # : 150357 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale

for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §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 N.C.G.S. §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 are expressly 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 its sole discretion, if it believes 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 Firm Case No: 2726 - 6415

DEED NOTE: Madgaline Cole had retained interest in the above property from Deed recorded 11/15/1945.

Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a stake in the eastern right of way of NCSR 2137, said point being located North 9 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 304 feet from the northwest corner of Clarence Lane, said stake also being in the line of Jonah Arnold Pittman; thence with said right of way North 9 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 200.00 feet to a stake; thence South 81 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 200 feet to a stake; thence with Pittman line South 9 degrees West 200 feet to a stake, thence with a new line of Pittman, North 81 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 200 feet to the point of beginning, containing 40,000 square feet, according to a survey by Barbour Land Surveying for Justin F. McNeill, Bayetta B. McNeill and Justin F. McNeill, Jr. dated November 5, 1991. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 338 Pittman Road, Selma, North Carolina.

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

B11

TAKE NOTICE

ONSLOW AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 140

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Marcus L. Raynor and Andronica Raynor (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Marcus Raynor and Andronica Raynor) to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of June, 2007, and recorded in Book 2897, Page 500, 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,

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 147

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Devon A. Weaver and Krista B. Thompson (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Krista Breanne Thompson and Devon A. Weaver) to James R. Seely, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of May, 2018, and recorded in Book 4773, Page 705, 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 July 9, 2020 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: SURVEY TIE DOWN commences at the intersection of NCSR 1219 and NCSR 1218 (60’ R/W); thence with the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 732

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Devin W. Jobe and Krissy S. Jobe (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Devin W. Jobe and Krissy S. Pearson) to Lendscape Title and Escrow, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of October, 2016, and recorded in Book 4534, Page 82, 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 July 9, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more

STANLY 19 SP 172 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 Larry G. Chandler and his wife Helen S. Chandler and John M. Kelley and his wife Renee J. Kelley to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated March 9, 2007 and recorded on March 12, 2007 in Book 1168 at Page 40, Stanly 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

UNION AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 759

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael Sealy and Shelley Sealy, husband and wife (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Michael L. Sealy and Shelley N. Sealy) to Shapiro & Kreisman, Trustee(s), dated the 22nd day of April, 2008, and recorded in Book 04888, Page 0558, in Union County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on July 9, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the

WAKE 20 SP 761 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 Corey T. Short, Rajinder P. Singh a/k/a Rajinder Singh Aulakh, Shanica Short and Pawandeep K. Aulakh to Fidelity National Title Insurance Co., Trustee(s), which was dated February 15, 2013 and recorded on February 26, 2013 in Book 015159 at Page 00346, 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

20 SP 507 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 Linda J. Duthiers to GBTC, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated June 8, 2015 and recorded on June 8, 2015 in Book 016043 at Page 00008, 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

19 SP 2038 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 Ervin D. Britt to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), which was dated November 19, 1998 and recorded on December 4, 1998 in Book 8201 at Page 2675, 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

North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on July 9, 2020 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 35 as shown on that plat entitled “Final Plat, Swansboro Landing, Phase II, prepared by Pate Phillips, dated May 1, 2000, recorded in Map Book 39, Page 131, Slide K-597, Onslow County Registry. Said recorded plat being incorporated herein by reference. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 203 Blue Crab Court, Swansboro, 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,

centerline of NCSR 1218 in a Southerly direction 0.4 mile to an existing PK nail over a 48 inch diameter metal culvert; thence South 70 degrees 39 minutes 57 seconds West 30.16 feet to an existing iron stake in the ditch, THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; thence with the Western R/W of NCSR 1218, South 27-29-26 East 121.95 feet to an existing iron stake; thence leaving said R/W and with the Northern line of TRACT #3 PARCEL #2 of DB 764 PG 17, South 71-1734 West 548.32 feet to an existing iron stake in the line of DB 764 PG 16, North 08-55-41 West 100.13 feet to an existing iron stake at the intersection of two ditches; thence with said ditch and branch, North 39-52-12 East 12.14 feet, and North 73-09-06 East 51.45 feet, and North 74-43-27 East 51.51 feet, and North 67-33-13 East 186.33 feet, and North 67-5228 East 92.13 feet, and North 70-03-24 East 121.62 feet to the Point of Beginning. Containing 1.34 acres and being all of DB 853 PG 202, Onslow County Registry. The courses contained within are referenced to North as per DB 205 PG 611. Surveyed by Dennis Manning Surveying on July 26, 1993. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 441 Cedar Fork Road, Beulaville, 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

particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 72C as shown on that plat entitled “Final plat in The Village at the Glen Section II-B at Carolina Forest” as recorded in Map Book 66, Page 8, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 117 Waterstone Lane, 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 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

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 14, 2020 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Stanly County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lots Nos. 33, 34, 35, and 36 in Block B of “George’s Park Subdivision” as shown on a plat of same in Plat Book 1, Page 172, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County, North Carolina, to which reference is hereby made.

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

Said property is commonly known as 2223 WAVERLY ST, Albemarle, NC 28001.

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

following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situate in the City of Sandy Ridge Township, Union County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

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

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 LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1266251 (FC.FAY)

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

https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1282377 (FC.FAY)

DEED.

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.

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 Larry G. Chandler.

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

4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1234764 (FC.FAY)

c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028

c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068

PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-09560-FC02

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

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 LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1257221 (FC.FAY)

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

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 8, 2020 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: All that certain parcel of land situated in the City of Fuquay Varina, Middle Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 148, Park Grove Subdivision, Phase 2B, Section 1, as shown on a mpa recorded in Book of Maps 2006, Page 1912-1914 Wake County Registry.

Being the same premises conveyed unto Corey T. Short, by virtue of deed from KB Home Raleigh-Durham, Inc., formerly known as KB Home Raleigh-Durham, LLC., dated November 13, 2007, recorded November 28, 2007 in Book 12851 Page 322 in Wake County, NC. Being the same premises conveyed unto Corey T. Short, a married man and Rejinder P. Singh, a Married Man, as Joints with the Common Law Right of Survivorship, by virtue of Deed from Corey T. Short and wife, Shanita Short dated December 28, 2007, recorded December 31, 2007 in Book 12899 Page 136 in Wake County, NC. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 429 Ashdale Dr, Fuquay Varina, NC 27526.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are 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 Corey T. Short, a married man and Rajinder P. Singh, a married man as Joint Tenants with the Common Law Right of Survivorship.

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.: 20-02045-FC01

conducting the sale on July 8, 2020 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 48, Smoketree Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Book 1984, Page 1222, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 4413 Whisperwood 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 Patrick Miller and Linda Duthiers, a married couple.

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.: 17-11537-FC02

conducting the sale on July 7, 2020 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 42, Greeencastle Subdivision, as recorded in the Book of Maps 1983, Page 795, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 4308 Bayliner Dr, Apt A, 4308 Bayliner Dr, Apt B, 4308 Bayliner Dr, Apt C and 4308 Bayliner Dr, Apt D, Raleigh, NC 27604.

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 Ervin D. Britt.

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.: 19-17115-FC01

Being known as all of Lot 19, containing 4.00 acres, more or less, of Providence Farms Subdivision, as same is shown on a map thereof in Plat Cabinet B at File No. 55-A, Union County Public Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2901 Blythe Road, Waxhaw, North Carolina.

Being the same premises as conveyed in Deed from Timothy C. Rogers recorded 06/26/89 in Book 456, Page 330 in said county and state.

Tax Id: 06-141-037

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

B12

pen & paper pursuits sudoku

solutions From June 24, 2020

TAKE NOTICE

WAKE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION WAKE COUNTY 20sp45 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY WILLIE ROY HUKINS, JR. AND DEMORRIS HUKINS DATED JUNE 27, 2002 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 9474 AT PAGE 4 IN THE WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 451

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Eric J. Maynard, Lisa L. Maynard (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Eric J. Maynard and Lisa L. Maynard) to TRSTE, Inc., Trustee(s), dated November 14, 2001, and recorded in Book No. 9165, at Page 2645 in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note 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 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 Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on July 13, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 2893

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Henry P. Agnew, (Henry P. Agnew, deceased)(Heirs of Henry P. Agnew: Unknown Heirs of Henry P. Agnew) to Craig Williamson, Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of August, 2001, and recorded in Book 9053, Page 2262, 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 July 13, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 3571

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joan Atkins and Smith N. Ansah to Gurley & Cookson, PLLC, Trustee(s), dated the 16th day of February, 2007, and recorded in Book 012411, Page 02289, and Modification in Book 014486, Page 02105, 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 July 16,

of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 11:00AM on July 3, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Wake County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Willie Roy Hukins, Jr. and DeMorris Hukins, dated June 27, 2002 to secure the original principal amount of $75,600.00, and recorded in Book 9474 at Page 4 of the Wake County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: 2312 Shoveller Ct, Raleigh, NC 27616 Tax Parcel ID: 0140845

for cash the following real estate situated in Fuquay Varina in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 21, Fern Valley, Phase 2, Book of Maps 1999, page 363, Wake County Register of Deeds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1738 North Lily Meadow Court, Fuquay Varina, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §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 N.C.G.S. §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 rep-

in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 366, according to map entitled Section 5, Kingwood Forest Subdivision, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, dated March 1971, prepared by Ragsdale Engineers, and recorded in Book of Maps 1971, Page 249, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2524 Baney Court, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any rep-

2020 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 184, Bingham Station Subdivision, Phase 4, as recorded in Book of Maps 2006, Page 279, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 332 Cinder Cross Way, Garner, 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

Present Record Owners: Hukins, Jr. and Demorris Hukins

Willie

Roy

And Being more commonly known as: 2312 Shoveller Ct, Raleigh, NC 27616 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Willie Roy Hukins, Jr. and Demorris Hukins.

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, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments

including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid 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. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law.

Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

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 notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is June 5, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 07-89422

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least

resentation 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 are expressly 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 its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the depos-

it. 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

resentation 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 LLP P.O. Box 1028

4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1283401 (FC.FAY)

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.

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 Firm Case No: 1474 - 2578

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1261046 (FC.FAY)

TO SUBSCRIBE: 704-269-8461

VOLUME 3 ISSUE 39 | WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020 | STANLYJOURNAL.COM

Stanly County Journal

GERRY BROOME | AP PHOTO

Mask fatigue

Protesters march near the Legislative Building to protest Gov. Roy Cooper’s statewide mask mandate in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, June 26, 2020.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Charlotte police official named chief in Richmond, VA

Residents organize Oakboro 4th of July events despite official cancelation

By David Larson Stanly County Journal

Mecklenburg County The interim police chief in Richmond, Virginia, has resigned after 11 days on the job, and a new chief has been named to fill his role. Interim Richmond Police Chief William Blackwell announced his resignation, and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s office said the mayor had appointed Deputy Chief Gerald Smith of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in Charlotte, North Carolina, as Richmond’s new police chief. Stoney called Gerald Smith a “reform-minded leader” and announced he will assume the role on July 1.

AP

School board member resigns after social media uproar Union County Travis Kiker, who was elected to the Union County Public School Board in 2018, has resigned following accusations that he made social media posts over the last year that were “insensitive” and “inappropriate.” Board members were made aware of posts on Kiker’s personal Facebook account, including a meme implying that people who work manual labor would be too tired to protest. He also allegedly marked himself safe from “garage door ropes,” a reference to the controversy over a rope in NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace’s garage that had been mistaken for a noose.

OAKBORO — With Independence Day events being canceled across the state, Oakboro’s traditional July 4th Celebration followed suit, but in its place, citizens have now organized impromptu activities downtown to keep the spirit of the holiday alive.

On June 3, the town celebration’s official Facebook page announced they were “deeply saddened” to have to cancel the 62nd annual Oakboro 4th of July Celebration.

The announcement went on to say, “There will not be any rides, no parades, no pageant or live bands,” but they are proceeding with the yearly fireworks, now at 10 p.m. on July 4. They are also still having the Spirit Pageant raffle, a yearly competition to see who can sell the most tickets to support the Oakboro Fire Department, but this year it would be without the pageant event.

Oakboro Fire Department Chief Rodney Eury told SCJ, “Our event is one of the biggest 4th of July events in the state. It was a tough decision to have to do what we’ve done. But the coronavirus is serious.”

Eury said a main reason they didn’t think they could do the fiveday long festival was the rides company would likely not get approved by the state, and then they’d have to immediately pack up and leave again. They also knew that if they were the only major event in the wider region, it would become an even bigger liability, with people traveling from all over to attend.

“We just wanted to add some excitement to the community, because I feel like it’s just such a dark time for everybody.”

Krystal Tucker, the organizer of the Oakboro Freedom Pageant “We were hoping it [state-imposed restrictions] would relax some more, and we could at least do a parade, but no one else around us is doing a parade,” Eury said. “So we were concerned that it would be so big that it would be hard to handle.”

Only one day after the committee’s cancelation announcement, Zach Helms of Locust had created a Facebook page to organize an “Oakboro Freedom Convoy,” an unofficial parade of sorts to take place the morning of the 4th of July. Within a couple weeks, the page had over 2,000 followers, and a plan of action with the blessing of local officials.

“Please join us for the convoy Saturday morning. We will meet at Oakboro Park at 8 sharp and the convoy will start moving at 9,” Helms said in a June 29 post on the group’s page.

In addition, an “Oakboro Freedom Pageant” was streamed live from Stanfield on June 29, where the contestants, but no audience,

was present.

Krystal Tucker, the organizer of the event, said her daughter had won the Spirit Pageant seven years in a row, and they were very disappointed when it was canceled this year. The raffle tickets were still being sold, but without the events, she said, “we’re not participating in that.”

Tucker said Helms called her and said, “A parade isn’t a parade without queens in it. Would you mind doing a little pageant?” She agreed to take it on, organizing the event in just a few weeks.

Unlike other years, the queens will not be as prominently displayed in the parade, or “convoy,” as it’s being called this year.

“The convoy has to follow all the street laws, so we can’t really have queens in beds of trucks or anything like that,” Tucker said.

“They’ll probably just decorate their vehicles and put a poster on the side of their car.”

“We just wanted to add some excitement to the community, because I feel like it’s just such a dark time for everybody.”

To accompany the official 10 p.m. fireworks, as well as the unofficial parade and it’s Freedom Pageant queens, Paul Hinchliffe, owner of Main Street Cup and Cone in downtown Oakboro, announced he was planning his own 4th of July event — a live music and food truck party he calls the “Oakboro Freedom Concert.”

“We have decided to do live music on the 4th on our Property to Traditionally Celebrate,” Hinch-

liffe said on the Oakboro Freedom Convoy page. “We feel it would be great for our community since everything else has been canceled.”

He said he had one band ready to play but was looking for more. After numerous suggestions and volunteers, Hinchliffe now has local acts scheduled from 2 p.m. until the fireworks start at 10 p.m. There will also be food trucks to serve those who show up. While wanting to hold an in-person event, he made clear they “fully intend on social distancing and will encourage people to space out and bring their own lawn chairs.”

“People can do whatever they desire to do,” Eury said about all the events popping up after the official celebration was canceled. “I don’t have anything bad or negative to say about it. If that’s what people want to do, then that’s what they can do.”

The fire chief did say the cancelations and the alternate pageant have hurt their raffle ticket sales — a major yearly fundraiser for their department — but “there’s nothing we can do about it.”

For those coming to the fireworks, Eury asks that they stay by their vehicle and respect social distancing.

“We urge people to sit in your vehicle or stay at your vehicle. We don’t want people out mingling around and going from one vehicle to another,” Eury said. “We’re just looking forward to it [the COVID-19 pandemic] being over with so we can have our normal celebration next year.”

Badin Road Drive-In thrives amid entertainment shortage

WFAE

Health workers treated to meals Cabarrus County Workers at Atrium Health Cabarrus were treated to free hot meals last week, after local insurance agents donated the food to area health care workers. A total of 600 pan pizzas were delivered to hospital staff who have been busy fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The pizzas were delivered at two separate times — in the morning and evening — in an effort to reach as many workers as possible.

WBTV

5

20177 52016 $0.50

8

By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — Over the past months, local entertainment has been in short supply due to COVID-19 related precautions that have forced many businesses to stay closed.

But in a twist of fate, the drive-in movie theater industry has roared back into prominence thanks to its inherent social distancing design.

Albemarle’s Badin Road Drive-In, one of only eight drive-in theaters left in North Carolina, is no exception.

And though it was built 72 years ago, it’s now taking on a bigger role in the community than it’s ever seen before.

“The drive-in has transformed from a regular movie place to a full-blown venue where we can have concerts and training events,”

Tim Robertson, owner of the Badin Road Drive-In, told SCJ. “If you can do it in a convention center, now we’re able to do it at a drive-in. People are actually looking at drive-ins for things like that because we have the built-in social distancing and we can show whatever we need on the big screen.”

Last weekend, the Badin Road Drive-In was one of 300 outdoor theaters in North America that screened “Garth Brooks: A DriveIn Concert Experience,” an exclusive prerecorded performance by the Grammy Award-winning country artist.

While tickets for the first showing of the concert film quickly sold out, a midnight showing was able to accommodate another round of people.

“It was just awesome to see the lot packed out there and hear people singing and cheering,” Robert-

“My mind has been blown by the response we’ve been getting lately. And since Hollywood has shut things down, we’ve been doing some throwback movies.

People have absolutely loved seeing the old classic movies.”

Tim Robertson, owner of the Badin Road Drive-In son said. “My mind has been blown by the response we’ve been getting lately. And since Hollywood has shut things down, we’ve been doing some throwback movies. Peo-

ple have absolutely loved seeing the old classic movies.”

Built in 1948, the Badin Road Drive-In had a capacity for 400 cars by 1955. Fourteen years ago, the capacity increased to 680 cars after a second viewing screen was built.

Robertson explained that because of COVID-19 precautions, the venue currently holds 350 cars, with designated parking spots marked by stakes that are placed six feet apart. While his venue isn’t legally obligated to limit parking spots like it’s doing, the choice to do so has allowed more freedom in other aspects.

“When we do the social distancing with the cars, that allows people to still sit outside their cars as long as they’re in their area, and we don’t have to worry as much See DRIVE-IN, page 2

Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

2 WEDNESDAY

WEEKLY FORECAST

7.1.20 #140

WEDNESDAY HI LO PRECIP

2 WEDNESDAY

“Join the 4.15.20 conversation”

ISSN: 2575-2278

Publisher Neal Robbins

Editor

Cory Lavalette

JULY 4

HI 90° HI 91° HI 88° LO 69° LO 70° LO 68° Stanly 40% County Journal April 15,20% 2020 PRECIP for Wednesday, 10% PRECIP PRECIP

SUNDAY

JULY 5

HI LO PRECIP

88° 69° 20%

MONDAY

TUESDAY

JULY 6

HI LO PRECIP

85° 69° 30%

JULY 7

HI LO PRECIP

86° 69° 20%

WEEKLY FORECAST

“Join the conversation”

WEEKLY CRIME LOG

Senior Opinion Editor Frank Hill

SATURDAY

ing this,” Robertson said. “We just the Spider-Verse” and “Hook” will chase at Eventbrite.com.

Last week, Amazon Studios and want to contribute to the commu- be screened; those films will be about face masks,” Robertson said. Outlier Society (actor Michael B. nity and give people something followed by “Do the Right Thing” and “Get Out” on Aug. 12. The fi“Our main goal is to keep every- Jordan’s production company) an- fun to do.” nal night of double-features, Aug. Curated bySUNDAY Jordan to showcaseMONDAY Night at the Drive-In,” body safe while allowing them to nounced “A FRIDAY SATURDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 26, will show “Coming to America” multicultural voices in cinema, the a film screening series that will come out, have a sense of normalcy APRIL 17 APRIL 18 APRIL 20 APRIL 21 APRIL 15 APRIL 16 APRIL 19 show 10 movies at drive-in the- 10 films are paired by genre. The and “Girls Trip.” and have some fun.”

Those interested in73°viewing first features HI beaters throughout the On HI July 28, the HI 73° country HI this 75° roundHIof double 71° 72° HI 59°venue will HI host 67° any 47° of the “ALO Night at the gins June with 50° “Love & Bassummer,LO completely free of charge. its first-ever live36° concert LO with an 42° 55° LO 50° in lateLO LO 50° DriveLO films at the Badin Road ketball” and “Crazy 50% Rich Asians,” the drive-ins appearance rock 0% One ofPRECIP 0% participatPRECIP 50% PRECIP In” 20% PRECIP 0% DrivePRECIP by the 20%Christian PRECIP PRECIP while the second round is slated In can visit AmazonScreenings. group Casting Crowns, who will ing is the Badin Road Drive-In. “It’s awesome that we’ll be able for July 15 with “Black Panther” com to download a free pass that set up on a stage placed in front reserves a parking spot for the of the projector screen. Tickets for to say that out of the entire coun- and “Creed.”

On July 29, “Spider-Man: Into movie. the show are still available for pur- try, we’re one of 20 locations do-

Stanly County Journal

Sports Editor

JULY 3

JULY 2

DRIVE-IN from page 1

#129

David Larson

85° 68° 50%

FRIDAY

THURSDAY

JULY 1

Stanly County Journal

Design Editor ISSN: 2575-2278 Lauren Rose

Publisher Published each Wednesday by Neal Robbins North State Media LLC Editor 1550 N.C. Hwy 24/27 W, David Larson Albemarle, N.C. 28001 Sports Editor Cory Lavalette

(704) 269-8461 Senior Opinion Editor INFO@STANLYJOURNAL.COM

Frank Hill STANLYJOURNAL.COM Design Editor TO SUBSCRIBE: 704-269-8461 Lauren Rose or online at nsjonline.com

Published each Wednesday by Annual Subscription Price: $25.00 North State Media LLC 1550 N.C. Hwy 24/27 W, Periodicals Postage Paid at Raleigh, N.C. and at additional mailingN.C. offices.

Albemarle, 28001 POSTMASTER: (704) 269-8461 Stanly County Journal 1550 N.C. Hwy 24/27 W, INFO@STANLYJOURNAL.COM Albemarle, N.C. 28001.

STANLYJOURNAL.COM

TO SUBSCRIBE: 704-269-8461 or online at nsjonline.com

DEATH NOTICES

Annual Subscription Price: $25.00 Periodicals Postage Paid at Raleigh, N.C. and at additional mailing offices.

POSTMASTER: Stanly County Journal 1550 N.C. Hwy 24/27 W, ♦ DonnaAlbemarle, Carol Rybicki, N.C. 28001.73,

of Locust, passed away June 22.

DEATH NOTICES

♦ Earl Vance Speight, 87, of Albemarle, passed away June 22.

♦ Stephen RayWayne Crisco, 67, 85, of x Jerry Fincher, Albemarle, died April 3. of Albemarle, passed away June 23. x Sylvester “Corey” Maske, 27, of Albemarle, died April 4.

♦ Max Edward Smith, 91, x John Henry Connell, Jr., 91, of of Albemarle, passed away Stanfield, died April 6.

June 25. x Jason Eugene “Gene” Efird, 94, of Stanfield, died April 7.

♦ Sheila Taylor, 72, of x Tony Monroe Smith, 72, of Oakboro,Rockwell, passeddied away April June 8.

27.

x Joyce Joyner Price, 75, of Badin, died April 8.

♦ Ruth Burleyson Turner, 93, x Danny Paul Luther, 65, of Norwood, of Oakboro, passed away died April 9.

June 28. x Evelyn Lela Stamper, 90, of

Oakboro, died April 10. ♦ Alfred Dwain Waisner, 82, x Jerrypassed Dickson Huneycutt, of Albemarle, away 78, of Locust, died April 11.

June 29.

x Shirley Mae Haire, 73, of Albemarle,

died April 11.Kendall ♦ Rubye Cornelia x Betty Jane Keever Rogers, 87, of Morris, 87, of Albemarle, Albemarle, died April 11. passed away June 30.

x Pauline Elizabeth Almond Tucker, 98, of Albemarle, died April 11.

x Poplin, Derick Lynn (W M, (F) and 2) Assault On Fta - Release Order (M), at WEEKLY CRIME LOG 29) Arrest on chrg of Pwimsd Female (M), at 126 South Stanly, NC, on 4/8/2020 Methamphetamine, F (F), at Third St, Albemarle, NC, on (M), at Tom Thumb ♦ Page, Benji Darrell (W /M/50) ♦ Harris, Marnasia (B /F/20) ♦ Burns, Latonya Michelle (B x Oxendine, MistyEndanger Lee (I 781 Leonard Av, Albemarle, 4/13/2020 Rd/nc 24/27, Albemarle, NC, on Arrest on chrg of/F/34) 1) Fail Reprt Arrest on chrg of 1) Gambling F, 41) Arrest on chrg of Simple Arrest on chrg of Fta on 04/09/2020 6/26/2020 New Address-sex Off (F) and (M), 2) Operate Video Gaming Assault, M (M), at 126 S Third x Hill, James Wilson (W - Release Order (M), at NC 2)chrg Parole (F),24/27, at 1351Albemarle, NC, Machine (M), 3) Manufacture/ St, Albemarle, on 06/26/2020. x Leggett, Timothy James /M/38) Arrest on of Violation 1) Hwy Judy St Lot 2, Albemarle, NC, on ♦ Sowder, Rachael Nicole (W sell Slot Mach (m) (M), 4) (W M, on chrg Surrender By Surety (M), 2) on 4/8/2020 /F/27) Arrest on chrg of 1) ♦ Carpenter, Billie Jean (W32) Arrest 6/26/2020 Operate/possess Slot Machine of Felony Possession Of Surrender By Surety (F), and /F/39) Arrest on chrg of (M), and 5) Poss/sell Alc Bev No x Oxendine, MistyBreaking Lee (I Or Entering (m) (M), Cocaine (F), at 161 W Main 3) Surrender By ♦Surety (F), 2) Injury To Personal Property Parker, Jimmy Jaquavis (B M, Possess Methamphetamine Permit (M), at Norwood, NC, on /F/34) Arrest on chrg of St/s First on at 126 S Third St, Albemarle, (M), and 3) Domestic Criminal 21) Arrest on chrg of Assault (F), at Sweethome Church Rd,St, Albemarle, 6/29/2020 Misd Prob Viol OutTrespass Of County 04/09/2020 NC, on 4/13/2020 (M), at 126 S 3rd St,

By Pointing A Gun (M), at 306 Albemarle, NC, on 6/26/2020 (M), at NC on Albemarle, NC, on 6/29/2020 Freedom Dr, Albemarle, on 24/27, NC, ♦ Hollins, Brian Edwards (W x Tompkins, Christopher Gomez-garcia, Ruben 4/8/2020 ♦ Cheek, Kayla Devon (B F, 06/29/2020. /M/28) Arrest on x chrg of ♦ Taylor, Michael Shane (W 24) Arrest on chrg ofDwayne Simple (W M, 1) 20) Arrest on /M/51) Arrest on chrg Resisting Public(U Officer x Freeman, Michael M,Lee 45) (W Arrest on chrg of Larc ♦ Patterson, James Terry (W Assault, M (M), at 117 N Fifth St, chrg of Possess Marijuana of Detainer (F), at 126 S (M), 2) Carrying Concealed /M/41) Arrest on chrg of 1) Exch Stolen Prop, (F), Merchant /M/31) Arrest on chrg of Fail Albemarle, on 06/26/2020.

Up To 1/2 Ounce (M), at Third St, Albemarle, NC, on Gun (m) (M), and 3) Fugitive Financial (F),Leonard 2) at 781 Av, Albemarle, Reprt New Address-sex OffCard Theft From Justice Canton 825 Mountain Creek Rd/ (F), at 4/13/2020 ♦ Colson, Travis Devon (B M, Financial Card Fraud (f) (F), on 06/27/2020.

(F), at 1022 Lowder Street, Churchon Rd, Albemarle, NC, on talbert Dr, Albemarle, 35) Arrest on chrg of Assault Albemarle, 6/29/2020 x Frick, Adam Houston (W NC, on and 3) Identity Theft (F), at 6/28/2020 04/11/2020 On Female (M), at 641 Nc 24/M/28) Arrest on chrg of Scj, on 4/7/2020 ♦ Teeter, Paula Nix (W /F/48) Arrest on chrg of Worthless Chk ♦ Peil, Michael Paul (W /M/40) 27 Bypass E, Albemarle, on ♦ Lilly, Willie Junior1)(B /M/39) x Tompkins, Christopher Misdemeanor Larceny 4th Sub Offense (M), at 30770 Arrest on chrg ofx1)Pennington, Assault AndLawrence 06/22/2020.

Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault Dwayne (W M, 20) Arrest on (M) and 2) Obtain Property Tom Rd, Albemarle, NC, on Battery (M) and 2) Injury To Glenn J (W /M/60) Arrest Bodily Injury (F),Pretense 2) chrg of AssaultSerious On Female False (F), at 41 Property ♦ Culbreth, Katie Lee (W /F/25) 6/28/2020 Personal (M), at 24298 Assault On Female (M), and 3) on chrg of 1) Breaking And (M) at 825 Mountain Creek Willow Street, Badin, NC, on Rd, Albemarle, Arrest on chrg of Simple Assault Mini Airport Resisting Public Officer (M), at Or EnteringNC, (f) (F) ♦and 2) Hayley Cheyanne (W Turner, (M), at 821 Efird St, Rd/talbert Albemarle, Dr, Albemarle, on 4/10/202 on 6/23/2020 341 Atkins Av, Norwood, NC, on Larceny After Break/enter F, 23) Arrest on chrg of Possess NC, on 6/29/2020 04/11/2020 6/24/2020 x Winley, Jamel Stephen L (F), at PenningtonHeroin Rd, on(F), at 1720 Us 52 North, ♦ Postlewaite, Christopher ♦ Davis, Barry Dale (B M, 36) x Thompson, Shawn LacyLayra Lynn (B /M/30) Arrest on chrg David (W /M/35)4/7/2020 Arrest on chrg Albemarle, on 06/20/2020. ♦ Mclaurin, (W F, 38) Arrest on chrg of Injury To60) RealArrest on chrg (B M, of Misdemeanor Larceny of 1) Breaking And Or Entering Arrest on chrg of Shoplifting x After Huneycutt, ♦ Vue, Christian Ntxhw (A M, Property, M (M), at 126 S Third (F), 2) Larceny Break/Richard of Misdemeanor Larceny Goods, (M),(M), at 44717 Nc(f) 8 Hwy/ Concealment at 28)Arrest Arrest on chrg of Possess Stephen (W /M/65) St, Albemarle, on 06/22/2020. enter (F), and 3) Larceny Of (M), at 781 Leonard Av, kerr Rd, New 781 Leonard Av, Albemarle, on London, NC, on Stolen Motor Vehicle, (F), at on chrg of 1) Conspire B&e Motor Vehicle (f) (F), at 126 Albemarle, 4/10/2020 06/26/2020. ♦ Dockery, Adrius Tenesha (B on 04/12/2020 2415 W Main St, Albemarle, on Bldg-felony/larceny (F) and South Third Street, Albemarle, F, 41) Arrest on chrg of Simple 06/27/2020. x Godwin, Kathryn Strawn x Powell, Thomas Holden (W 2) Conspire To Commit NC, on 6/23/2020 ♦ Medlin-coley, Jessica Laura Assault, M (M), at 300 Freedom (W chrg ofCited 1) on Charge of (W F, 41) Arrest on/F/30) chrg ofArrest on /M/22) Felony Larceny (F), Scj, on ♦ at Walker, Dustin Allen (W M, Dr, Albemarle, on 06/23/2020.

Rose, Nathan James (W M, Possess Felony Possession Sch IiMethamphetamine Speed In Excess♦Of 35 Mph 4/7/2020 29) Arrest on chrg of Indecent 32) Arrest on chrg of Second (F) and 2) Cs(W (F), Av,Possess(i)Drug (202000244), at 605 N ♦ Dunn, John Wesley M,at 781 Leonard Liberties With Degree Kidnapping, (F), at 2312 x Hetland, Michael Shane (W A Child (F), Paraphernalia (M),Main at Newsome 52) Arrest on chrg of Driving Albemarle, on 04/12/2020 St/collins Av, Norwood, at 2110 Snuggs Park Rd, Us 52 North, Albemarle, on /M/42) Arrest on chrg of Dv Rd, Albemarle, NC,NC, on on 4/10/2020 While Impaired (M), at 211 Nc Albemarle, on 06/21/2020.

06/23/2020. x Smith, Wayne (W M, Protection Order Violation 740 Bypass/woodhaven Dr, David 6/26/2020 55) Arrest on chrg of Assault x Dye, James Chase (W April Amelia (M), at (W 141 Turner St, ♦ Wallace, Nikita Rae (W F, Albemarle, on 06/28/2020. ♦ Rushing, Medlin, Alvin Mark (W M, 55) On Female (M),♦at 312 Martin /M/20) Arrest on 33) Arrest on chrg of Simple chrg of Norwood, NC, on 4/7/2020 /F/30) Cited on Charge of Dwlr Arrest on chrg of Assault On ♦ Eaglen, Ryan James (W King Jr Dr, Affray (M), at 312 Dr Martin Luther Albemarle, Assault On Female (M), atRev (202000500), Impaired Female, M (M), at 209 Us 52 /M/26) Arrest on chrg of 1) x Pennington, Lawrence Luther King Jr Dr, Albemarle, on on 04/12/2020 8318 742 Oakboro, Oakboro, at 329 N Main St/w Pine St, North/efird St, Albemarle, on Possess Heroin (F), 2) Pwimsd Glenn J (W /M/60) Cited on 06/23/2020.

NC, on 4/9/2020 Norwood, NC, on 6/27/2020.

06/26/2020.

Sch Iv Cs (F), 3) Pwimsd Sch Iii Debra x Hartsell, Jean (W F, Charge of Dwlr Impaired Rev ♦ Watson, Phillip Blaine (W M, Cs (F), 4) Pwimsd Sch Cs (F),on chrg of Possess x Dye, Jeffery (W♦/M/22) 28)IiArrest Scott, Devonte(2001069), Eugene (B at Pennington ♦ Medlin, Daniel Mark (W M, 31) Arrest and 5) Pwimsd Sch Heroin Iv Cs (F), at /M/22) Arrest on chrg of (F), at 199 24-27 on chrg of Simple Rd/mann Rd, Albemarle, onon chrg of Assault 31)Nc Arrest on chrg Arrest of Assault On Female, M (M), at 610 18608 Pebble StoneBypass Cir, Locust, Larceny Of Motor Vehicle (f) (F), W, Albemarle, on (M), at Assault (M), at 8318 Nc 4/7/2020 On Female 209 Us 52 Heathwood Dr, Albemarle, on NC, on 6/29/2020 at West Main St, Albemarle, NC, 04/08/2020 North/efird St, Albemarle, Hwy 742,onOakboro, NC, on 06/21/2020. on 6/23/2020 06/26/2020.

4/9/2020 ♦ Furr, Dava Marie (W /F/23) x Misenheimer, Laura Arrest on chrg of 1) Possess ♦ Smith, Eric Michael (W Mento, Karyn Jox(W F, 20) Thomas Evelyn (W F, 48)♦ Arrested James, Owen (W Methamphetamine (F) and 2) /M/40) Arrest Arrest on chrg of Identity on Citation of Dwlr Impaired /M/44)Theft Arrest on chrg of Dv on chrg of 1) Possess Drug Paraphernalia Resisting Public Officer (M) and (F), 415 Richardson St, Rev (20-01605), atat 651 Nc Protection Order Violation, (M), at Handi Mart, Albemarle, 2) Identity Theft (F), at Thomas Albemarle, on 06/29/2020.

M (M), at 44145 Catfish NC, on 6/23/2020 24-27 Bypass E/henson St, Rd/ Hwy 205, on 6/25/2020 Albemarle, on 04/08/2020 New NC, on ♦ Morris, MatthewRd, Ryan (WLondon, M, ♦ Gallagher, Kim Marie (W F, 4/9/2020 ♦ Solorio-osorio, Diego 20) Lee Arrest on chrg of Carrying x Simple Brooks, Michael J (W 42) Arrest on chrg of Armando (U /M/25) Arrest Concealed Gun (M), at 707 x Rankin, Karenaon Quincanya Affray (M), at 312 Dr/M/36) Martin Arrest on chrg of chrg of 1) Driving While Leonard Av, Albemarle, on Luther King Jr Dr, Albemarle, 1) Assaulton

By Strangulation (B /F/21) Arrest Impaired on chrg of(M), 2) Speeding (M), 06/29/2020.

06/23/2020.

See OBITUARIES, page 7

and 3) Reckless Driving To

See OBITUARIES, page 7

198 Willow Creek Drive, Stanfield | $272,000 Well maintained home in the very desirable neighborhood of Willow Creek with 3 bedrooms 2.5baths and a bonus room. Master bedroom with a full bath and half bath on the main floor. Nice landscaped yard and fenced back yard.

New deck, sunroom, new roof and new HVAC all in the last 2 years.

MLS#: 3485321

CONTACT Joseph Burleson 704-791-6253

OR

Whitley Realty, Inc. 704-982-8915

rth STATEment OPINION A north ST OPINION ES VISUAL VOICES

3

sometimes a disturbing tendency among people to treat those measures are understandable, they should also have an expira church some services can to keep our families, be open or closed,meltdown whether we oughtSome to we pursue Sweden style — a not Americans are notever. going to stay home f confident will — emerge outis of stronger supposed U.S. tax credits to companies whosimply willknow source at least halfdata of their 1986. experts believe that event, the Star Wars what theythe questioning and asking when we caninstart getting back This allthis newpandemic to Americans, andthan it is not normal.own Nottemp in an and many more ut still continue more liberalized society that presumes wide spread, or whether we they certainly will not do so on the bas ed we by should also In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired by stories of humanity production back in the States.

There is though approximately programor of are Reagan, led directly toshape, the dissolution ofwhile the Soviet Unionremain vigilant and stay s to do, lastUnited I to normal they are$120 conspiracy theorists people who or form. So we should don’t.as afterdown our own e while reasonable stay-at-home ought to lock further. neighbors helping neighbors. especially as statistics roll in that look e I wish billion worth checked. of American direct investment in plants and equipment in 1989. otherwise don’t care if they get themselves or others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-calle uld also have an expiration date.

We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths divided by estimates in terms of death and the up temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebratio in China. Chinese direct investmentSince in thewhen U.S. did is about $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 China’s Chernobyl. questioning government at all levels become aisbad normal.”

North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 not normal. Not in any way, the number of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage.

We need transpa money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary sacrifices areWednesday, comparison.

Senators inwere Washington are already about Countyliving Journal for July 1, 2020 thing? That is whatStanly free citizens in a free society supposed Nottalking one little bit. the possibility ain vigilant and stay safe, at and in theChina denominator are likely wrong.

We don’tin know how many scientific — we need to know w health care workers out of his own home. through t An investment tax credit of 30% on half of U.S. investment of China forgiving $1.2 trillion debt we owe them as one way toexperts get over. to do, last I checked. able with this so-called “new people have actually died of coronavirus.

Some sources suggest the don’t and when they hope to know wha today, or $60 billion, applied to repatriated China to “pay”isfor damage have Matthews caused thehas US.also Don’t hold your My first American concern asmanufacturing we go along in all this, of course, mythe family.

I’m they Stacey written under the pseudonym Siste number has beenbreath overestimated, given that classification for cause We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing t Neal Robbins, publisher Frank Hill, senior opinion editor investment to the U.S.|would cost the U.S. Treasury $18 billion in waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen but ask your elected worried about them catching the virus, and I’m worried I will. After and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrecti of death, particularly amongHill, elderly patients, can be variable.

Some financial they need to start Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank senior opinion editor tax revenue spread over a few years. $18 billion lost revenue hold China accountable in tangible ways for answering serious qu suffering fromin the H1N1 virusis(swine flu) representatives during the 2009topandemic, sources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith to decimal dust compared to the $6 I’ve trillion+ Plan extra we areprecautions, now this disaster. been Marshall trying to take because all of this brings up r the pseudonym Sister Toldjah many people are dying at home. institutions seem undertaking to save our own economy, notmany of defeated enemies as in the It is about timenot they expected to operate as responsible citizens of deeply prone. way too memories of a painful experience I’d prefer to are repeat. e and Legal Insurrection.

Even more importantly, we have no clue how Americans past. theeasily worldmost like any other has modernmany nation.

But what also makes me lose sleep is how everyone actually have coronavirus.

Some scientists suggest that the number Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA China has been cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging American of identified cases could be an order of magnitude lower than the host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and ed business now for the past 30 years. They have made no secret that they Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor number of people who have had coronavirus and not been tested. com. intend to replace the U.S. as the premier superpower in the world and replace the dollar as the reserve currency with their renminbi.

A6

VISUAL VOICES VOICES VISUAL

TORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS

3

Jason

’s okay to ask questions about when The e begin to get back to comfort normal and hope of Easter COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON

“THIS IS THEfallen DAYinto the lord has made, let usthe rejoice and be of glad Inc. in Concord and New WITH MOST STATES under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home place.

I understand seriousness the virus Hydromer and the need in it” (Psalm 118:24).

Salisbury are orders thanks to local or state governments, a majority of Americans to take precautions, but I’m uneasy with how people who simply ask switching their operation I know that during this challenging time of social distancing, Inback Fayetteville, a minister began a p are having to adjust to what is being called the “new normal.” questions about the data, and when things can start getting to working from home or losing a job, it may be difficult to “rejoice and seniors throughout Cumberland Count Some of these orders extend at least through the end of this month. normal are treated in some circles with contempt. be glad” as the Bible tells us to do.

However, as a Christian, husband These stories from throughout our r Virginia’s stay-at-home orders go into June.

They’re treated as though we as a society simply must accept without and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me of just how much we hope, inspiration and supplies to peopl Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what the government tells us about when it’s safe to begin the have to be thankful and hopeful for, even in the midst of this global workers on the front lines of the corona a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to normalcy.

Lenten and pandemic.

While people throughout our commu No. The government works for us, and we have the right to ask those when did state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. For me, my faith is an important part of my daily life and decision I am glad initiatives we have passed in Easter seasons If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the questions. And the longer stay-at-home orders are in place all over the ioning making.

As I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are supporting se justification for it. And the answers should notabe vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some of them get in states, such as Michigan, provide nment Corinthians 1:4, which reminds us our Lord “comforts us in all our helping small businesses keep people o must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about message of affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any relief will soon reach families and work levels COLUMN It will need to be explained in detailhope to the people of this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand | BEN SHAPIRO that we will affliction, with the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by continue working on common sense an are being told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined answers. me a once again enjoy God.” we can defeat the coronavirus and keep amount of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases Leaders at the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they hing? sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge you to also whole. are reliable. can be with those answers — and again, not vague answers, but answer COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO is what reflect onChina this message andthe be comforted, that we may live out Until then, the Lenten and Easter se concerts, family AIN; after this COVID-19 virus dissipates The cavalier manner in then which lied origin the so To date, I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and withabout details that giveoftheir statements believability.

God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy spo he United States, China will this covered up its spread and tried to tell the worldall there were only itizens mandated thatpay wefor do,Stanly but along thevirus, way I’ve also questions about We should continue to do what we can to keep our families, gatherings, County Journal forhad Wednesday, April 15, 2020 this difficult time.

Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many rinWednesday, April 15,State 2020Republican leaders 3,341 nother. related deaths has led to worldwide panic, economic collapse and safe. But we should also still continue the data. have, too. ourselves, and our communities church services a free THIS WEEK, according to members of the federal government, That would mean that the fatality rate is actually far lower than confident we will emerge out of this pandemic stronger than ever. own temporary s caused by China in perspective,when zerocertain types millions of Americans needlessly out of work.

Unfortunately, ofand questions get asked, there is being thrown to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home sacrifices for the greate many more ty were and state and local governments, Americans have begun to flatten suggested, even if the transmission rate is high.

In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired by stories of humanity are over. n trace their source to the United Statestendency over The some crisis people has cost U.S. taxpayer atmeasures least $2.4are trillion in added they should also have an expiration date. sometimes a disturbing among tothe treat those understandable, the curve in novel coronavirus outbreak.neighbors The excitement was Secondly, what are we expecting in terms of Iawish second wave? celebrating Easter, a our own osed helping everyone ast four in the simply 20th century alone candata betheand debtafter plus in Federal Reserveneighbors. backup to the questioning the asking whentrillions we can more start getting back This is allliquidity new to Americans, and it is not normal. Not in any way, muted — after all, trends can easily reverse — but real.

Americans The institute’s model simply cuts off in early August.

It does not we can all continu temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray 1957 flu,” “Hong Kong flu,” markets and financial outlets.who If the U.S.shape, dollar were notSo the reserve last“Asian I to1968 normal as though they1977 areLIVE conspiracy theorists or TIMES. are people or form. while we should remainAll vigilant and stay safe, at TRULY, WE IN AUSPICIOUS old comedy sketches will be censored. those whonecessary came before have abided by recommendations and orders.

They’ve left their jobs predict how many people will die in a second wave.

This is the money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for safety guidelines and remain sacrifices are sick.

2 SARS outbreak.

There don’t is evidence currency, would notthose be able toare fund any these emergency otherwise care ifthat theythe get themselves others the of same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with pay. this so-called “new ked.

Those who have sinned willor bewe cast down; who were complicit in the system, andbecause thus, must to stay at home; they’ve practiced social distancing; in many places, most important problem experts maintain that the virus is health care workers out of his own home. through this together. ” pandemic also had itswhen origins China. measures immediate fear of all, rampant inflation and currency Since didinquestioning government atwithout all levels become a bad normal.” over. sinless will set new social standards for the rest of us.

After So young woke leftists cheerwe as they tear down monuments of spreading they’ve donned masks. seasonal, which means are likely to see more serious nt, outside China, depreciation. thing? that ThatCOVID-19 iswe what free living in a free ever society were supposed Not one little bit.

Weof need now livecitizens inathe only generation to produce trulyand virtuous Thomas collegerenewed The result: reduction in expected hospitalization death. George inWashington the through fall. Andand that meansJefferson; we will beGeneration faced withZeither vince probably to from China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions do, the lastcompletely I checked. human beings. students chide their parents and grandparents — many of transparency According to the of Washington Institute for opinion Health editor lockdowns for large swaths of the population, withwhom, wide-scale Neal Robbins, publisher |course, Frankis Hill, senior ary wet markets. My Some believe it came out of aUniversity economic and financial means.

Diplomacy hasinMatthews obviously not first concern as we go along in all this, of my family.

I’m Stacey hasworked also written under theactual pseudonym Sister Toldjah What else should we make of the graceless religious wokeness minority communities, experienced discrimination Metrics and Evaluation model most oft cited by members of the testing and contact tracing, or with the realization that we will have and Chinese honesty rcommunist | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor army. tobetters, bring into the civilized 21stisand century health, hygiene worried aboutpromoted them catching virus, andChina I’m worried I will.

Afterworld ofand a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection. by ourthe moral such immaculate moral hardship —those as insufficiently committed to the cause of anti- else work.

Trump administration, the expected need for hospital beds at to isolate who are most vulnerable and let everyone from our rous verifiablesuffering policing and andflu) fairduring trade.

Totalitarian communist never take theQuintero, blame 18, told The Washington Post about her fromregulation the H1N1 of virus (swine the pandemic, personages as Robin DiAngelo, author of2009 “White Fragility,” andregimes Hannah-Jones, peak outbreak was revised down by over 120,000, the number of racism. Gisselle Which raises the third question: What exactly can we do? Are th protocols, American has no other or express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what scientific I’veexperts been business trying to take extra precautions, because all of this brings up Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of The grandparents. “(T)hey were prohibited drinking at ‘whitesventilators by nearly 13,000 and the number of overall deaths by we capable of rolling out tens offrom millions of tests over the next few meanwhile, ndant manufacturing elsewhere purely totalitarian take advantage of every weakness way too manyNew memories of a painful experiencegovernments I’d prefer notdo. to They repeat.

— we need to plants York Times’ pseudo-historical 1619 Project?

DiAngelo only’ fountains after long, hot days of working in the fields,” August by nearly 12,000. months — and compelling people to take tests regularly, since the happily takes safety reasons as But well as supply and delivery they find easily in adversaries and keep pushing until they win or the what also makes me lose ispeople how most everyone has know what they informs that allsleep white are sinners inculcated wrote, and “tried to while distinguish themselves by their Here’sus the problem: We still don’t know by thenature, answers to the key The Post virus is transmittable carriers are asymptomatic?

Can we adversaries push back. of repenting such credit for the in the evilsthat of whiteness and utterly incapable hard work and achievement.”

But, clearly because they lacked know, what they questions will allow the economy to reopen. create a contact tracing system for 330 million Americans — and make China “pay” for this disaster is to offer Thatpurchase is, unless an exogenous event happensenthusiasm such as thefor Chernobyl sinFirst, ... unless, ofiscourse, they afatality diversity training course. the current wokeourselves revolution, “They just kind of rioting and what the true coronavirus rate?

This question is are we willing to submit to one? don’t and when nies who will source at least half of their meltdown 1986.

Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars DiAngelo says that ititisn’t enoughinto oppose racism: we must those memories.” grandparents havehave been. important because determines whether certain areas ought to suppressed OneSoviet thing is certain:Quintero’s Things cannot continuemay as they looting that theyThere hope to nited States. is approximately $120 program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the Union “interrupt” the systems in which we live in order to become “antiovercome actual racism, but she posted news of a protest at open or closed, whether we ought to pursue — Sweden style — a Americans are not going to stay home for months ona end, and has n direct investment plantsbe and equipment in 1989. knowwracked what in they racist,” a vaguely defined term apparently meaning nothing so local mall her social media. more that presumes wide spread, or whether we theyon certainly will not do so on the basis of ever-evolving models, nvestment incountry the U.S. is about $65liberalized billion by society Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. don’t. the much as parroting the more purple writings of Ibram X. Kendi.

Perhaps we have truly reached apexlook of humanity.

Or ought to lock down further. especially as statistics roll the in that like the lower-end model Senators in Washington are already talkingperhaps about the possibility Hannah-Jones, meanwhile, happily takes credit for the rioting we are living in a particularly arrogant and self-serving and that she We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths divided by estimates in terms of death and the upper-end estimates in terms it of 30% on half of U.S. investment in China of Chinathe forgiving $1.2 trillion debt we owemoment them aswhen one way to get from America’s history and from andnumber looting that has wracked country and that shein has spent dissociation the of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage.

We need transparency and honesty has spent time ied to repatriated Americantime manufacturing tothanked “pay” fora the damage they have caused theAmericans US. Don’t hold your for actual decency; when canceling from our justifying — she China recently critic online forhow terming other substitutes and the denominator are likely wrong.

We don’t know many scientific experts — we need to know what they know, what they — uld cost justifying the U.S. Treasury $18 billion in“the 1619 riots.” breathFurthermore, waiting for awe Chinese “Jubilee” butisask elected this unrest are informed byto happen others theyour point, notthey a means end; what whenthey joining the woke people have actually died of coronavirus.

Some sources suggest the don’t and when hopetotoanknow don’t. few years. $18 billion in lost this revenue is of the great representatives to hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for she recently arbiter and the good that we must never say mob isn’t about building something better but merely signaling number has been overestimated, given that classification for cause We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing to follow their advice. But o the $6 trillion+ Marshall Plan we are now this that figures like Ulysses S.disaster.

Grant — a man who can wrecked the your own saintliness.

Perhaps in reality, those who pull down thanked a of death, particularly among elderly patients, be variable.

Some they need to start answering questions, or they will fall prey wn economy, not of defeatedConfederacy enemies as in the It is about time they are expected toone operatestatues as responsible citizens of Jeffersonserious and devastated the Ku Klux Klan but also held of Washington and have accomplished little sources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith to which all other American critic online the world like any other modern nation. of his wife’s slaves in bondage before freeing him — were “men of other than feeling special at the expense of the most special many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeply prone. forpirating termingand pillaging g, stealing, American their times.”

After all, “Hitler a man of his time.

Osama bin country in human history, and at the expense of their fellow Even more importantly, wewas have no clue how many Americans 30 years.this They have made no secret thata they unrest Laden was man of his time,” she said in a now-deleted tweet. citizens. actually haveand coronavirus. Some scientists suggest that the number Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, as the premier superpower in the world We, however, live in an age of true heroes — people who live “the 1619 of identified cases could be an order of magnitude lower than the host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire. eserve currency with their renminbi. outside of people sterling quality who need no context, number oftime; people who of have had coronavirus and not been tested. Ben Shapiro, com. 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law riots.” require no nuance and brook no dissent. All who stand before School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of them must bow or be canceled. Old tweets will be resurfaced; DailyWire.com.

l pay for this COVID-19 catastrophe The 3 big questions nobody is answering The only good people in history

3

OPINION TATEment

L VOICES

WS COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON

questions about when Democrats refuse to pass police reform because tbig to normal The comfort and of Easter sback COVID-19 they wantcatastrophe it as anhope election issue questions nobody is answering

COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON N SHAPIRO

under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home fallen into place. I understand the seriousness of the virus and the need issipates cavalierofmanner in which China about the origin the with how people who simply ask tate governments,The a majority Americans to takelied precautions, but I’mofuneasy LAST WEEK IN WASHINGTON was historical for all thebe Republicans, when theyin shut out and of the process andBrewing blocked Co. in THIS WEEK, virus, according to members ofTHE theand federal government, That would mean that the fatality rate is actually farus lower than “THIS IS DAY the lord has made, let us rejoice and glad Hydromer Inc. Concord New Sarum or this covered up its spread tried to tell the world there were only hat is being called the “new normal.” questions about the data, and when things canusstart getting back to debate wrong reasons.

As our nation faces complex challenges from from having an open in the Senate. nd state and local governments, Americans have begun to flatten suggested, even if the transmission rate is high. indeaths (Psalm 118:24).

Salisbury are switching their operations to make hand sanitizer.

3,341 related has led to worldwide panic, economic collapse tend at least through the endCOVID-19 ofit”this month. normalpeople are treated intosome circlestoand with to social Congress see contempt.

Don’t In let Fayetteville, them get away with this con. Americans he curve in the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The unrest, excitement waslooked Secondly, what are we expecting in terms of a second wave?

I know that during this challenging time of social distancing, minister began a programmust to deliver groceries to zero millions of Americans needlessly being thrown out of work. ders go into June.

They’re treated as though we as a society simply must accept without what actions they would take to heal a nation that is obviously demand our elected representatives work together to get the muted — after all, trends can easily reverse — but real.

Americans The institute’s model simply cuts off in early August.

It does not working from home or losing a job, it may be difficult to “rejoice and seniors throughout Cumberland County.

States over The crisis has cost the U.S. taxpayer at least $2.4 trillion in added , Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what the government tells us about when it’sall safe to begin the will demand. We owe it to the memory hurting. reform people of good abided by recommendations and orders.

They’ve left their jobs predict how manyhusband people will die in a stories second wave.throughout This is the our region continue to provide be glad” as the Bible tells us to do.

However, asto a Christian, These from esave can be that debt plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the briefing “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back normalcy.

We had an opportunity before us to make real and lasting of George Floyd and to good police officers who risk their lives o stay at home; they’ve practiced social distancing; in many places, most important problem because experts maintain that the virus is in and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded just how much hope, inspiration and supplies to people need and our health care gsflu,” markets financial outlets.

If the U.S.The dollar were notme theofreserve will 1977 extend into May. andchange No. government works for us, and wewe have the right to askday. those for the betterment of all people.

Instead, we were to protect us every I am committed to continuing to fight hey’ve donned masks. seasonal, which means we are likely to see more serious spreading have to be thankful and hopeful for, even in the midst of this global workers on the front lines of the coronavirus response. ce that the currency, we would not be able to fund any of these emergency end it, questions should be asked as one to the questions.

And the longer stay-at-home ordersfor aremeaningful in place allreform. over the shown of the ugliest most cynical displays of political The result: a reduction inwithout expected hospitalization death. in the fall.

And that means we will be people faced with either renewed Lenten and pandemic.

While throughout our communities continue to step up, measures immediate fearcountry, of and rampant inflation and currency We’ve watched eChina. answers should not be vague ones like “we and the stricter some of them get in states, such as Michigan, gamesmanship I have ever seen.

In the Senate, my friend Sen. As we have this debate, protests continue across the country. ccording to the University of Washington Institute for Health lockdowns for large swaths of the population, with wide-scale For me, my faith is an important part of my daily life and decision I am glad initiatives we have passed in Congress, like the Paycheck Easter seasons -19 depreciation. undance of the more reform people, bill sitting atwas home feeling isolated and/or anxious about forcaution.” weeks as modelTim Scott (R-SC) had a police that largely While many of those who gather are peacefully protesting to Metrics and Evaluation most oft cited by members of the testing and contact tracing, or with the realization that we will have making.

As I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are supporting self-employed y China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions through provide a people of this state who ned in detail totook the when they canInget back to providing for their families, will demand and demand change, there are thosepeople and people composed of bipartisan measures. fact, about 80% of his show their frustration rump administration, the expected need for hospital beds at to isolate those who are most vulnerable and let everyone else work.

Corinthians 1:4, which reminds usobviously our Lordnot “comforts helping small businesses keep people on the payroll, while direct ame out of a home economic and financial means.

Diplomacy has workedus in all our obless and answers. message offor an undetermined bill included provisions that Democrats had advocated for — who have thereach protests and taken away thePlease national to at thewas streets eak outbreak revised down by over 120,000, the number of comfort Which raises the third question: What exactly can we do?

Areworkers. affliction, so that we may be able to those who are in any reliefhijacked will soon families and know that I’ll to bring China into the civilized world of 21st century health, hygiene els predicting hundreds of thousands ofa cases Leaders at the local and stateearlier levels should be as forthcoming as they hope that we will similar to discussion draft of legislation I released spotlight.

These anarchists, aided by un-educated individuals entilators by nearly 13,000 and the number of overall deaths by we capable of rolling out tens of millions of tests over the next few affliction, withcommunist the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by continue working on common sense and targeted solutions so that ation of around the and fair trade.

Totalitarian regimes never take the blame can withchanges those answers — and again, not vague answers, but answer again enjoy sincere this month.

We offered tobe make and allow Democrats whopeople don’t know our history, seek only tothe destroy property and ugust byonce nearly 12,000. months — and compelling to defeat take tests regularly, since God.” we can the coronavirus and keep people and businesses country to has no other or express regret and remorse, because that is not what with what the state has asked and then with details that give their statements believability. make many amendments.

Yet key rather deface monuments, no matter who or what Here’s the problem: We stilltodon’t know the answers toadvantage the virus istogether, transmittable while carriers are asymptomatic?

Can we they stand for. sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, Iwork urge you to also where totalitarian do.

They take ofthan every weakness demand action, alongpurely the way I’ve also had governments questions about We should all continue to do what we can toThese keepwhole. our families, Democrats refused to even allow debate on Sen. Scott’s bill. include a statue in Wisconsin of the Hans a message of uestions that will allow the economy to reopen. create a contact tracing system for 330 million Americans — andabolitionist reflect on this and beuntil comforted, may But live out Until the Lenten and Easter seasons provide concerts, family nd delivery they find in adversaries andmessage keep ourselves, pushing winsoorthat thewe safe. n leaders have, too. andthey our communities we should also stillthen, continue yet Democrats Think about that for a minute.

We’ve watched for weeks as Christian Heg, who disrupted the activities of slave catchers, First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate?

This question is are we willing to submit ourselves to one?

God’sback. example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy sporting events, concerts, family adversaries gatherings, rtain types of questions get push asked, there is the to ask questions about the data, because whileadvocated reasonable inbecause Washington people took to streets around the country to demand action, forstay-at-home the education of prisoners and more formercelebrations slaves, and after our mportant it determines whether certain areas ought to One thing is certain: Things cannot continue as they have this difficult time.

Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church andbeen. many rndency is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl among some people yet to treat those in Washington measuresdecided are understandable, they should also have an expiration date.services church services Democrats those voices did not even died fighting for the Union Army.

In our state, a World II decided those e open or closed, whether we ought to pursue — Sweden style — a Americans are not going to stay home for months on end, and confident weback will emerge outis of this stronger ever.normal.own for the greater good of War the country and oftatheir meltdown 1986.

Some experts believe that event, the Star Wars and asking when we caninstart getting This all newpandemic tonot Americans, andthan it is not Nottemporary in Evergreen any way,sacrifices and many more deserve to be heard through an open debate. monument at Cemetery in Charlotte was defaced more liberalized society that presumes wide spread, or whether we they certainly will not do so on the basis of ever-evolving models, voices did not In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired by stories of humanity are over. ly $120 program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the Soviet Union are conspiracy theorists or are Similarly, people who shape, form. So whilewe wealso should remain vigilant and stay at after our own in the House of or Representatives had a with andsafe, graffiti. monument commemorated 500 ught to lock further. especially as statistics roll inpaint that look like the The lower-end model neighbors helping neighbors.

I wish everyone celebrating Easter, as well as Passover, a joyous evendown deserve to sick. equipment inor1989. y get themselves others the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new chance to enact powerful reforms.

However, Democrats took Mecklenburg County residents who died in WWII. We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths divided by estimates in terms of death and the upper-end estimates in terms temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray we can all continue to keep faith, practice 5 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. be heard through ning government at all levelsthe become a bad normal.” opposite approach and forced aabout vote to onmake apossibility bill that zerofor We need In our nation’ssafety capital, even a statue ofour Abraham Lincoln atenumber Journal Wednesday, April 15, 2020 he offor identified COVID-19 cases —aare but both the numerator of economic damage. transparency and honesty from to buy 3-D printer and plastic face had shields necessary guidelines and remain confident that we will get sacrifices are society Senators inmoney Washington already talking itizens living in adebate. free were supposed Not one little bit. the an open input from Republicans and was jammed through committee honoring the end of slavery has come under attack.

This statue nd the denominator are likely wrong.

We don’t know how many scientific experts — we need to know what they know, what they health care workers out of his own home. through this together. nt in China of China forgiving $1.2 trillion in debt we owe them as one way to get over. without accepting any constructive input ordon’t amendments.

I they hope wastopaid forwhat by former freed slaves and dedicated by Frederick eople have actually died coronavirus.

Some they sources and know they don’t. ufacturing China to of “pay” damage havesuggest causedthe thehas US. Don’t holdwhen your go along in all this, of course, isfor mythe family.

I’m to Stacey Matthews also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah offered a proposal stop police unions from protecting bad Douglas.

Make no mistake, those whoBut seek to destroy these umber has been overestimated, given that classification for cause We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing to follow their advice. lion in virus, and breath waiting Ifor a Chinese “Jubilee” to ahappen but ask your elected ing the I’m worried will.

After and is regular contributor toblocked RedState and Legal Insurrection. cops that would have passed easily, but Democrats my reminders of the progress we’ve made as a nation and heroes f death, particularly among elderly patients, can be variable.

Some they need to start answering serious questions, or they will fall prey nue topandemic, hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for irusis(swine flu) representatives during the 2009 amendment from even being considered because I have an “R” who have fought to defend our freedoms are not advocates for ources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith to which all other American etra areprecautions, now this disaster. because all of this brings up next to my name. a brighter future.

They are only seeking to create conflict and many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeply prone. mies as in the It is about timenot they expected to operate as responsible citizens of of a painful experience I’d prefer to are repeat.

You should be outraged that Democrat leaders in Washington destroy our history.

Even more importantly, we have no clue how many Americans theeasily worldmost like any other has modern nation. e lose sleep is how everyone would rather have an issue to use in an election work36, with We cannot allow these shameful and mob rule to ctually have coronavirus. Some scientists suggest that the number Ben than Shapiro, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Lawacts School, American Republicans to bring our country together and solve a problem. overshadow the greatness of our country, just as House fetidentified cases could be an order of magnitude lower than the host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire. that they bins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor They are counting on you, the American people, not being smart Democrats should not obstruct bipartisan reform in the interest umber of people who have had coronavirus and not been tested. com. world and enough to see through their cynical game.

And they know they of scoring political points.

While this week was a setback, I nbi. can count on the media to help them fool you. They claim the refuse to let this be the end. I remain committed to fighting Republican bill wasn’t strong enough, but refused all offers to for meaningful reform and ask my colleagues on both sides of make the changes they suggested. Washington Democrats want the aisle to stop with the political games, unite, and answer the Jason you to believe the failure to get real reform is the fault of the cries heard across the country.

h STA

about when

P. RICHARD HUDSON

Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

4

SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT AUTO RACING

311 Speedway owner loses staff, sponsors after post Pine Hall The owner of Stokes County’s 311 Speedway said he has faced death threats, lost employees and seen “all but two” of his sponsors evaporate amid the backlash over his social media post invoking the noose found in the garage stall of Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace. Track owner Mike Fulp advertised “Bubba Rope” for sale on Facebook Marketplace the day after an FBI investigation determined the noose found at the Talladega Superspeedway garage had been there since at least October and was a coincidence, not a hate crime.

WNBA

MLB teams shuffle rosters as players opt out Longtime Durham Bulls manager Bill Evers will not start the season with Tampa Bay due to health concerns

By David Brant The Associated Press PHOENIX — A small group of players, including Nationals slugger Ryan Zimmerman and Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Leake, have announced they won’t be playing during Major League Baseball’s upcoming 60-game season. The Minnesota Twins have shuffled their on-field staff to protect the health of some of their older coaches.

As the sport lurches toward a late July start during the coronavirus crises, it’s clear that roster flexibility and organizational depth will be key.

Zimmerman, who told The Associated Press last week he was still deciding whether to play this

year, ultimately said having three young children, including a newborn, and a mother at higher risk because of multiple sclerosis factored into his decision.

“Given the unusual nature of the season, this is the best decision for me and my family,” Zimmerman said.

The 35-year-old, who has been with the Nationals since 2005, said this does not mean he’s retiring. He’s still deciding on his future beyond this season. The twotime All-Star and 2009 Gold Glove winner has 270 career homers.

The Twins confirmed Monday that bullpen coach Bob McClure and major league coach Bill Evers won’t be in the clubhouse at the start of this season because of health concerns. Both coaches are in their 60s and will stay with the organization to help in altered roles. Evers was manager of the Durham Bulls from 1998-2005 and the Greensboro Hornets in 1993.

Twins manager Rocco Baldel-

li, who was sitting in a Target Field dugout during a Zoom call, said he’s known both coaches for a long time — he played for Evers both in Durham and when Evers was bench coach in Tampa Bay — and that the decisions were difficult.

He added that both coaches were disappointed.

“I think we all know that we’re making the right decision, but that doesn’t mean it feels good,” Baldelli said. “It’s very, very challenging to even think about these sorts of things and have these conversations.”

But they’re exactly the conversations that are being had at both the organizational and personal level across the MLB landscape. The defending World Series champion Nationals will begin their title defense without Zimmerman and pitcher Joe Ross, who also declined to play because of health concerns.

“We are one hundred percent supportive of their decision to not play this year,” Nationals GM Mike Rizzo said in a statement. “We will

“I think we all know that we’re making the right decision, but that doesn’t mean it feels good.”

Rocco Baldelli, Twins manager miss their presence in the clubhouse and their contributions on the field.”

Ross, 27, has five seasons of MLB experience. He appeared in 27 games last season.

Zimmerman was due $740,741 and Ross $555,556 as prorated portions of their salaries, originally $2 million for the first baseman and $1.5 million for the pitcher. If they are deemed high risk by team physicians, they would still get paid and receive service time.

There’s little doubt the upcoming season will be unlike any other — if it can be played. Angels manager Joe Maddon, who is 66, said it’s up to individual players and coaches to accept and embrace the safety protocols.

“If you want to come in expecting the norms that we’re normally accustomed to, then you’re going to be frustrated constantly, and you can’t permit that to happen,” Maddon said.

Seattle Storm coach to sit out 2020 season Seattle Dan Hughes will not coach the Seattle Storm during the 2020 WNBA season over concerns about his risk for severe illness if he were to contract COVID-19, the team said Monday. The decision was made following a medical assessment by the league and in consultation with Hughes’ primary care physician. The WNBA is set to begin its season in late July with all teams playing in Florida. Hughes, 65, had surgery last year to remove a cancerous tumor from his digestive tract. He missed nine games while recovering.

Seattle promoted Gary Kloppenburg to head coach for the season.

GOLF

NBC gets U.S. Open as Fox gets out of contract Liberty Corner, N.J. The U.S. Open is returning to NBC starting this year at Winged Foot after Fox Sports asked to end its 12-year contract with the USGA. The U.S. Open, originally scheduled to be played last week, was postponed to Sept. 17-20 at Winged Foot in New York when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down golf for three months. NBC televised the U.S. Open from 1995 through 2014.

That ended when the USGA signed a 12-year deal with Fox Sports worth about $1 billion that began in 2015.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Prep hoops star Bates commits to Michigan State East Lansing, Mich.

Michigan high school basketball standout Emoni Bates has committed to play at Michigan State for the class of 2022. Bates announced his decision Monday on ESPN to play for the Spartans and coach Tom Izzo. In April, the 6-foot-9 guard was named Gatorade’s national player of the year, the first sophomore to win the award. He averaged 32 points this year, but missed his chance to help Ypsilanti Lincoln High School repeat as state champions due to the coronavirus pandemic.

MIKE CARLSON | AP PHOTO

Bill Evers, pictured in 2006 as bench coach of the Tampa Bay Rays, will not join the Twins’ staff to start the season due to health concerns.

Some new college hoop coaches turn to experienced transfers New Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes has brought in five transfers

“We’re not in a perfect science. You don’t really know anybody until you get them on campus.”

By Aaron Beard The Associated Press MARK BYINGTON has spent more than three months as the men’s basketball coach at James Madison without being able to take a recruiting trip or meet personally with the eight players joining his program during the coronavirus pandemic.

But he takes some comfort in that five of the newcomers have Division I experience. He’s hoping the older players provide some stability amid these uncertain times for college athletics – highlighting the enhanced value of transfers for the coaches who changed jobs after last season and are trying to build new programs.

“We wanted to get older,” said Byington, who left Georgia Southern for the Colonial Athletic Association program. “And the best evaluations we could get during a pandemic was watching guys who played against other Division I players.”

Twenty Division I programs have changed coaches since March, when the pandemic shut down college and professional

Steve Forbes, Wake Forest coach

KATHY KMONICEK | AP PHOTO

Steve Forbes, pictured in March when he was still coaching at East Tennessee State, has five Division I transfers joining Wake Forest, with three added since he took over in April. sports as well as in-person recruiting. Wake Forest is the only school from a Power Five conference to do so after firing Danny Manning and hiring Steve Forbes from East Tennessee State.

They’ve bolstered their first recruiting classes with multiple transfers, from Division I graduates to junior-college additions.

Some committed as the NCAA considered changing the waiver process to allow all Division I ath-

letes to transfer once without sitting out a season, though that was delayed as the NCAA looks instead at changing legislation by January.

It remains unclear how many transfers will get a waiver to play right away or must sit out a year.

Rick Pitino at Iona and new Western Illinois coach Rob Jeter went heavy on JUCO players with four each, while Jeter’s class includes two Division I transfers and one from Division III. Both Wake

Forest and James Madison have five Division I transfers.

For the Demon Deacons, Forbes inherited two guards – high-scoring graduate Ian DuBose from Houston Baptist and Virginia Tech’s Isaiah Wilkins – who committed before the late-April coaching change. He added UNLV graduate Jonah Antonio, guard Daivien Williamson after coaching him two years at ETSU and Tennessee graduate Jalen Johnson – who committed to the Buccaneers before following Forbes to Wake Forest.

“If you miss on a high school player, that might be three or four years in your program,” Forbes said. “Where if you miss on a transfer or a grad transfer, it might be one or two. So it’s not perfect.

We’re not in a perfect science. You don’t really know anybody until you get them on campus.”

Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020

55

Multiple ‘The LastAlbemarle Dance’ football standouts director talks project on Jordan’s Bulls sign with colleges The 10-part documentary Four offensive players and will air over five Sundays one defensive end move on from the Bulldogs and to level By the Timnext Reynolds The Associated Press

KEVIN L. DORSEY | NC A&T ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PHOTO

North Carolina A&T receiver Elijah Bell, pictured in 2017 against North Carolina Central, is among the HBCU draft hopefuls who was affected by the canceled events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

YAM G-JUN | AP PHOTO

HBCU NFL hopefuls adjust after PGA’s Watney isolation, canceled probored days,incombine Nick Watney, pictured in 2018, became the first PGA Tour player to test positive for COVID-19. Four other players and two caddies have since tested positive.

nervous about how he got virus “Just because we are from “Very, very smaller boring. schools Being on the doesn’t road and not mean golf playing weacan’t is weird compete.” feeling.”

De’Montrez Nick Watney Burroughs, South Carolina State receiver

The coronavirus pandemic has made it even harder for under-the-radar players Five players and two on to make an impression caddies teams had tested positive through Monday

By Kyle Hightower TheDoug Associated Press By Ferguson

The Associated Press DE’MONTREZ Burroughs looked at it as his best acMonday marked theshot 10thtoday complish his NFL of self-isolation fordream.

Nick Watney, South Carolina setheThe minimum required State for PGA nior receiver had the dates cirTour players who test positive for clednew on coronavirus. his calendar. First, the the Bulldogs’ pro good day exon He said annual he is feeling March 19, followed a week latcept for some minor fatigue, perer by brought the first-ever combine haps on byNFL a major case event held for draft prospects of boredom, and except for the from Historically Black Colleges distinction of becoming the first and Universities who didn’tand reof what now is five players ceive invitations to the national two caddies who have tested poscombine Indianapolis. itive sinceinthe PGA Tour returned He left for spring break the amid the COVID-19 pandemic. week before his pro day ev“I will say, it’s not the with greatest erything ready to go.

He had film feeling being the first to get it,” packagessaid to in distribute to scouts.

Watney his first interview He was what since healso wasthinking notified about June 19 at he would say in interviews with the RBC Heritage of his positive representatives from NFL teams test. and what things to ask are idolssolike Pro “Some vague Football Hall of Famer Deion around this thing,” he said. “The Sanders, who there. get symptoms ... would some bepeople “It was a chance to be able to this, some get that. I haven’t had showcase our talent,” Burroughs a fever or cough the whole time, said.shortness “Just because we are Mayfrom no of breath. smaller schools doesn’t mean we be that’s the reason it’s so scary.

can’t compete.”

But that opportunity never came.

South pro I still don’tCarolina know howState’s or where I dayit.” and the HBCU combine begot came growing of He part lost of his a sense of list smell, events canceled because of the a sensation he described as coronavirus pandemic.

While “gnarly,” but said that is coming small school and borderline draft back. And perhaps the strangest prospects from across the counsensation is being at a golf resort try will be hurt golf. by a lack of simwithout playing ilarHeevents, HBCU players remains in Hilton Headmay Isbe hitSouth hardest withoutasthem and land, Carolina, the PGA the Regional InvitaTour has movedCombine on to Connectitional that HBCU players in recut, and now Detroit this week, centthen yearstwo hadweeks previously used to and in Ohio.

The boost their draft stock. show goes on.

“When very you’reboring,” coming out an “Very, he of said.

HBCU, you know that the teams “Being on the road and not playare golf going be looking ing is atoweird feeling.”at Division I talent Kansas Three more first,” playerssaid tested posCity Chiefs defensive back Alex itive during the Travelers ChamBrown, a SC State alum.

“With pionship — Cameron Champ bethis HBCU combine, that’s diffore the tournament started, ferent.

I wish we had that when Denny McCarthy after his first I was coming out. Frittelli It was gonna round and Dylan after be a chance to have all the teams he missed the cut. Two caddies lookingpositive, at those guys.” tested which caused a Onlyreaction four HBCU players were chain of withdrawals. selected in the 2019 draftpositive with a Harris English tested full predraft process, though 32 Monday at the Rocket Mortgage made Week 1 rosters.

Classic in Detroit.

The 51 players invited the Watney spent part of to MonHBCU combine trying to day arranging for were a rental car for position themselves to do the the 17-hour drive to Austin, Texsame.

Thehe listlives also with included Floras, where his wife, ida A&Mand University quarterback Amber, their four children, Ryan Stanley North Carolina ranging in ageand from 6 years to 6

Central defensive lineman Darius Royster, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference offensive and defensive players of the year, remonths. spectively.

“I don’t want to fly at this “Doeshe extra help? point,” said. “Iexposure just think all Yes, it does.

But once it’s taken this could be a waste of time if it limits guys toelse get Iaway left early andcertain got someone their film out there,” said Morsick. I’d feel terrible.” gan Tyrone WheatHeState said coach his wife was nervous ley, a first-round pick by the when he called her the day ofNew the York She Giants in 1995.to“Itget limits the test. managed herself pro the scouts from actually seeing and children tested the folthese guys look lowing day, one-on-one, and the teststocame at them and physically place eyes back negative. A week later, none on them.

To get some of the queshas any symptoms. tions answered up close and perWatney is known to be polite sonal.” to a fault, and his biggest worry from getting a chance to wasAside spreading the virus.

He texrun the 40-yard dash and comted Rory McIlroy, whom he saw plete strength on theother practice green and (“at agility a disdrills in front of scouts fromgetthe tance,” McIlroy said) before NFL’s 32 franchises, players were ting his result. Sergio Garcia, goingflew to get the him chance to interwho with from Ausview with team executives on the tin to Hilton Head, said Watney first day ofconstantly. the HBCU“He combine texted him must event. have said, ‘Sorry,’ to me 25 times,” Teams are still conducting inGarcia said. terviews by phone and video conThe tour identified 11 people ferencing, but those are capped with whom Watney had contact. at three pertested week,twice, said agent They were withAuall gustinenegative.

Wiggins, whose clients results include “I wasBurroughs. very, very nervous about “It’s itharder garnerWatney intergiving to otherto people,” est and understand where the said. “I don’t know how I got init. forasclients than in reckyears Iterest don’t is feel though I was past,”That Wiggins “It’s aIt’s slightly less. part said. is scary. like different pivot.” this invisible, silent thing.”

3

By Jesse Deal Albemarle players JASON HEHIR was a kid in the stands in Stanly County Journal Boston Garden on April 20, 1986, are the headed day thatto the Michael Jordan scored a playoff-record 63 ALBEMARLE — Five play- Virginia University points. ers from Albemarle High of Lynchburg: twin It wasfootball a Christmas from his father, who School’s teamgift officialJulius stuck a note promising “Two ticketsbrothers to the Air ly signed on to play college footJordan Show” in his stocking that holiday seaand Josh Smith, ball during a signing event on son. It’s a gift Hehir will never forMonday. and quarterback get, though hisAntonio currentBurns, seat for Quarterback another Jordan show ofSmith, sorts is Antonio Burns. running back Julius considerably better.

“I wouldn’t wide receiver Josh Smith, deHehir end is the director of the fensive Johnny Owens ESPN and Netflix production “The call it a and left tackle Unique Carvalchallenge. I Lasteach Dance,” a 10-part documenho agreed with terms to tary series that debuts April 19 and continue playing football at the would call it tells the story of Jordan’s final Chinext level. a privilege.” cago Bullswho season infive 1997-98 Burns, put up touch-that culminated in a sixth NBA title. downs and 892 passing yards Hehir’s task: Take 10,000quarhours of Jason Hehir, as the Bulldogs’ starting archived footage, add interviews terback last season, will attend director of “The with more than 100ofpeople, Virginia University Lynch-and turn it into about 8½ hours of teleLast Dance” burg. The Dragons are a memvision. ber of the National Christian “I wouldn’t it a challenge,” College Athleticcall Association.

Hehir said.

“I would callVirginit a privilege.”

Joining Burns at The series was moved up two ia University of Lynchburg are months to provide content-starved twin brothers Julius fans and with Josh something new to watch theAlbemarcoronavirus pandemic.

Smith, whoduring served as ESPN was originally planning le’s primary rushing and receiv- to release the documentary June, respeccoinciding with what ing threats lastinseason, would have been this season’s NBA Finals. tively.

It will run five Sundays During theover Bulldogs’ 2019 ending May 17, with two one-hour broadcasts campaign, Julius Smith record-each week.

“I’m happy if we can bring a little bit of light to ed 23 touchdowns and 1,539 people inyards. a dark As time Hehir said. “Sports rushing a here,” wideout, are brother, such an indelible partaofpair our cultural fabric his Josh, scored and lacking that ... there’s a significant hole in of touchdowns to go with 492 enjoyment that people feel, the escape that peoreceiving yards. pleOwens’ can feelcollegiate from everyday life that career will sports brings us.” place in Laurinburg at St. take The accelerated launch has only added to a Andrews College. The Knights hectic time for Hehir and his team. play in the Mid-South Football There hasasbeen much anticipation about the Conference a member of the documentary, which in Hehir’s mind came toNational Association of Intergether much faster than collegiate Athletics.

In such 2019,a project usually does.St. Andrews was the runthe “Normally, to do an hourlong ner-up in its conference’s Appa- archival documentary from with startan tooverall finish, it takes about lachian Division a year from the inception ofrethe idea to the rerecord of 5-5 and conference search to doing all the shooting to getting it all cord of 5-1. together, it out, mapping it out, Out ofstoryboarding the five Bulldogs editing, this getting notesCarvalho back, it takes about a signed week, year,”beHehir said.

“We’re doing will making the longest trip10 of those. And we had a little bit over two years across the country — to Los to do it so we’re already working five times our normal rate.”

Angeles.

The leftattackle agreed complicates matters. to The playpandemic at East further Los Angeles Hehir andwhere his teamthe are finishing College, Huskies things up while separated, connecting through participate in the California Zoom meetings but largely in College isolation at their own laptops to Community Athletget the last pieces of the story ready to air. ic Association. Last season, the The documentary goesrecord deeper than just 1997Huskies had an overall 98,4-6 though season isrecord the overriding theme. of and athat conference It also serves as a retrospective of Jordan’s basof 2-3. ketball his college days at North CaroThe life, five from Albemarle football lina through histhe rise atop the NBA. players weren’t only athletes Hehir knows there is an buildup and from the school to make aongoing colanticipation surrounding documentary, and legiate decision.

Adrian the Little still feels met with Jordan sevwill join nervousness. the Division He II wreseral times the course the project, includtling teamover at Mount OliveofColing three sit-down interviews lege. In his junior season, Littlethat are part of the documentary. was a 1A state semifinalist as a “I hopeofthat people willwreslike it as much as we member Albemarle’s did,” Hehir said. tling team.

Become a part of Stanly County Schools!

Stanly County Schools has an opening for a Speech Language Pathologist serving the K-12 population. Position is a full-time, 10 month position with full benefits. Candidate must hold a current certification from North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists.

Interested applicants can apply through the SCS website and email resume to Dr. Laura Beachum, Director of Exceptional Children's Program, at laura.beachum@stanlycountyschools.org.

StanlyCounty CountyJournal Journal for forWednesday, Wednesday,April July 15, 1, 2020 Stanly 2020

6

Black candidates Backup coronavirus hospital push race debate into in Memphis worries residents GOP-held districts

By Adrian Sainz The Associated Press The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Faced COLUMBUS, Ind. — It was with the threat of overburdened ahospitals, scene Jeannine Lee the Lake nevstates across country er have imagined when she arewould converting convention centers, first ranfacilities against and Gregperformance Pence, Vice sports President Mike Pence’s brother,sites for spaces into backup treatment afor rural Indiana patients. congressional seat coronavirus twoWhat years some ago: anMemphis, almost entirely Tenwhite of more 100 peonesse,crowd residents don’tthan get is why in ple marching silently in the Pences’ their city, a shopping center in the hometown month, offering middle of a this predominantly black, prayers for black people neighborkilled by low-income residential police andbeen an end to systemic rachood has chosen. ism.

City and state officials are conLeading was Lake, who is cerned thatthem an influx of patients in a rematch against Pence.

She is from Memphis, as well as nearby the only blackArkansas woman running for Mississippi, and rural federal office in Indiana this hospifall. west Tennessee, will strain The Democrat, lost across badly tals.

Their fears arewho echoed in and again faces long odds the2018 country: Governors, mayors in thehealth deeplyexperts conservative district, and in numerous has spent of the past and few states are much also researching weeks at eventsmakeshift such as themedical one in constructing Columbus facilities. on Juneteenth. In communities a district is In Newacross York City, they’rethat turn93% LakeCenter has talked about ing towhite, the Javits convention seeing childrenthe pulled over by site; inher Chicago, McCormick police and “harassed for no Place Convention Center; andreain son.”

She has the spoken the names of Sandy, Utah, Mountain AmerGeorge Breonna Taylor and ica ExpoFloyd, Center. other Theblack U.S.people Army killed Corpsby ofpolice, Engitelling crowds here to call neers has been“we’re scouting locations for in change.”

Tennessee, and officials here “In compiled no way, ashape is have list ofor35form possi2018 the same the haven’t 2020 race ble backup sites.asThey rein regard the list, grassroots effort leased the to whole but Gov. Bill and the galvanization of the movement that is now Black Lives Matter,” said Lake, 50. “It’s just a total shift.”

The reenergized movement against racial inequality has am-

nity volunteer Homer Osborne said he understands the need to help coronavirus patients, but he questions why officials chose Gateway.

“There are a lot of poor people in this neighborhood that come here and shop,” said Osborne, who was buying food at the center for a home delivery service he’s providing during the virus outbreak.

“People won’t want to come over plified the voices of black candihere. It’s just going to kill this dates, in some cases pushing the area.” political debate over race into ReHe also cited a widespread fear publican-leaning areas. Demoof being unnecessarily exposed to crats say they’ve seen a significant the virus. boost in fundraising and other en“All around, people are scared,” gagement for candidates running he said. on racial justice issues, and believe Their fears are not unfounded. it could help the party flip some In this majority-black city along Republican-held districts in Nothe Mississippi River, lawmakers vember. and community leaders have been MICHAEL CONROYI | AP PHOTO Polls show unusually broad bisounding the alarm over what they partisan support for some change In this Friday, June 19, 2020, photo see Jeannine Lee Lake, Democratic as a disturbing trend of the vito the nation’s criminal justice candidate for Indiana’s 6th congressional district, passes out rus killing African Americans at a system. But lawmakers in Wash- T-shirts during a Juneteenth day event in Columbus, Ind. higher rate. ington are at an impasse after Nutbush resident Patricia Harfar-reaching federal legislation ris wondered aloud if city officials Confederate statpassed the Democrat-led House on Strategies, the digital firm for El- the wereshadow “tryingoftoa contaminate” the where the discussion turned to Thursday over objections from Re- liott’s campaign. Other black can- ue, neighborhood. to have it removed. publicans. Pence voted no, saying didates are seeing a similar trend, trying Activist Earle Fisher, an AfriADRIAN SAINZ | AP PHOTO After a lifetime of feeling like he opposes changes to the quali- she said. can American Memphis pastor, she had to “push, push,” El“The environment is different, fied system that shields understands the push, anxiety.

“This Thisimmunity Friday, April 3, 2020 photo, shows Gateway Shopping Center “now it feels like thisconis a and that environment has created liott officers from liability. is ansaid, honest and reasonable in Memphis, Tenn.

In Arkansas, Democratic state a boon of support,” Ager said. For big cernwarm and embrace.” skepticism,” Fisher said. hasthe been backed Sen. Joyce Elliott says she’s seeing people who are tired of inaction “I Her thinkcampaign it’s par for course for EMILY’s supports want to restaurant see more black new momentum bidthe to Muun- and black peopleList, to which be righteously a Chinese andpeople other by Lee has disclosedinaher few: in politics,interand Congress, “it seems like a clear pro-choice seat GOPCenter Rep. French Hill and beskeptical ofwomen governmental businesses. sic City in Nashville, the in Congressional Caucus to direct money.” center for the come the state’s first blackCenter, wom- place vention that did notBlack consult with Locating a treatment Chattanooga Convention Kamala Harris, Elliott, 69, patients has also been an to Congress.

She began peopleSen. on the ground first.” D-Catheretravelpos- PAC. theelected Knoxville Expo Center — all coronavirus who is in the running to bechief the to Black Lives Matter protests running ads shortlyneighafter ing McGowen, the city’s es two problems, residents say: lif.,Doug sites awaydigital from residential nominee for the vice Gatepresdistrict, which includes Floyd’s death last month. In them, around operating officer, said It couldthe potentially expose them Democratic borhoods. endorsed Elliott’s campaign and its suburbs andthat has ident, sheThe spoke about herShopping experience in- Little way site was being considered beto theRock virus amid concerns Gateway CenSaturday. by a Republican tegrating school neighborhood in the 1960s been cause it could potentially accomblacksrepresented are contracting COVID-19 on ter in the aNutbush “I’m feeling nowof asbeds. if a door has more than a decade.

Because of modate where she andisother black The students hundreds He said at higher rates; and it could force of Memphis different. cen- for said. can COVID-19 pandemic, theon kidweren’t wanted. if it were Elliott converted to “People a treatment some of the stores they rely to opened,” ter features a Save A Lot grocery the someone like memildly and say, donor speaks to crowds from look It was the kind of fundraising site, at it would hold only ill close. store, a Rent-A-Center, a Fami- ney not Joyce Elliott? back of resident a pickupand truck, often ‘Why appeal thata typically would bring coronavirus patients who Isn’t couldshe be commuly Dollar, beauty supply shop, theNutbush in about $1.50 for every $1 a con- to predominantly white audiences. the right person for this moment?’”

In North Carolina, Democrats gressional campaign spent on the She tells her story of overcoming ad buy. This ad cost Elliott’s cam- adversity, mentioning the people in saw Pat Timmons-Goodson as a paign about $2,500 and raised school who didn’t want her or oth- strong candidate for a newly re$24,000 within one week, said er black students there. At one re- drawn congressional district held Julia Ager, president of Sapphire cent event, the crowd gathered in by Republican Rep. Richard Hud-

OPEC, oil nations agree to nearly 10M barrel cut

quickly transported to a hospital should their conditions worsen.

In Memphis North Carolina, officials said the Gateway site was saw put on the list in reDemocrats Pat sponse to a request from the state’s Timmons-Goodson coronavirus team to identify large, available buildings where an alteras a strong candidate nate treatment facility could be lofor a newly redrawn cated. congressional “The task of district finding space to shelter hundreds of potential held by Republican Rep. patients is not one of choice but neRichard Hudson cessity,” the officialseven said in a statement. the discussion before For Nutbush residents, their over policing and the virus is fear of contracting matched with the worry racial inequality was that they could lose stores that are vital to reinvigorated. the neighborhood. Officials haven’t said if stores would close if Sara Burnett and Casey Smith, the Gateway facility was opened.

If they did, shopping would beAssociated Press come more difficult for residents, especially for those who are old or have no means of transportation son even before discussion to stores locatedthe farther away.over policing and racial wasa “For people whoinequality don’t have reinvigorated. car, what do they do?” asked Harwas the ris,Timmons-Goodson who spoke to The Associated first woman a on theof SuPress black while lugging bottle depreme of North Carolina tergent,Court a package of bottled waand served onitems the U.S. ter and other fromCommisthe Save sion Rights, wherethat shea A Loton to Civil her car.

She noted helped on grocerywrite storerecommendations recently closed near policing.

Inand 2016, President her house she alreadyBarack has to Obama nominated to the fedtravel farther to gether to Gateway. eral“When court, though nomination we do the things, we’ve was among thosethe blocked got to consider peoplebyinSenthe ate Majority Leader Mitch McConeighborhood,” she said.

“We don’t nnell, R-Ky., Republineed to makeand theother neighborhood cans. worse than it already is.”

Timmons-Goodson U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, received a Memnational attentionsaid during dephis Democrat, the that decision bate, asmake the seat on the court was doesn’t sense. left“I’m vacant years surefor there are and otherbecame places part of a national fight over the that would work, and they should courts.

But her campaign have used those rather says thansupgo port her candidacy exploded in into for a residential neighborhood,” recent Cohen weeks. said. Timmons-Goodson reported fewer than 1,000 individual contributions for the first quarter of 2020. In the quarter that ends Tuesday, the campaign expects to report some 20,000 contributions.

Abortion foes vent disappointment after SCOTUS ruling The Associated Press

By DUBAI, Elana Schor United Arab EmirThe atesAssociated — OPEC, Press Russia and other oil-producing nations on Sunday NEW YORK — Abortion oppofinalized an unprecedented pronents vented disappointment duction cut their of nearly 10 million and furyor ona Monday after the Subarrels, 10th of global supply, preme Court issued acrashing 5-4 decision in hopes of boosting pricto strikethe down a Louisiana law es amid coronavirus pandemic that abortion and arequired price war, officialsclinic said.doctors“This havecould admitting in be theprivileges largest relocal hospitals. duction in production from OPEC rulingadelivered a defeatlonto forThe perhaps decade, maybe anti-abortion could ger,” said U.S.activists Energy but Secretary intensify interest inwho the credited NovemDan Brouillette, ber electionDonald among religious President Trump’s conperservatives who areina getting key part of sonal involvement duelTrump’s base.

Some topand religious ing parties to the table helpconservative of President ing to end abackers price war between Donald Trump Saudi Arabia andnoted Russia.pointedly that both justices named to Oil prices havehe collapsed as the the high court dissented Moncoronavirus and the from COVID-19 day’s decision, it as an illness it causesportraying have largely haltargument to ensure Trumpdown has ed global travel and slowed another term in office to sectors potenother energy-chugging tially conservativeItnomsuch tap as more manufacturing. has inees. devastated the oil industry in Rev. Frank Pavone, nationtheThe U.S., which now pumps more al director Priests for Life and crude than of any other country. a member of Trump’s Catholic votBut some producers have been er outreach said the presireluctant to effort, ease supply.

The cardent’s appointees voted the tel and“two other nations on Sunday right in Mexico supporting agreedway” to allow to cutLouionly siana’s ability to arequire 100,000 barrels month, doctors a stickwho to have ading perform point forabortions an accord initially mitting at nearby hospireachedprivileges Friday after a marathon tals. video conference between 23 na“Once thistogether ruling undertions.

Theagain nations agreed scores importance of aelecto cut the 9.7 million barrels day tions,” Pavone said in June. a statement. throughout May and “We need a solid pro-life The group reached the majority deal just on the before Supreme Court to uphold hours Asian markets rethe rights of women the unopened Monday andand as internaborn.” tional benchmark Brent crude Johnnie Moore, evangelical traded at just overan$31 a barrel adviser to the Trump and American shaleadministraproducers tion, said the decision could help struggle. motivate pro-life activists to vote Video aired by the Saudi-owned to reelect thechannel president to give him satellite Al-Arabiya ashowed third chance to put a nominee on the moment that Saudi the Supreme Court.

Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz

bin Salman, a son of King Salman, assented to the deal.

“Nonetheless, we will contin“I go with the consent, so I ue to seek an America where vulagree,” the prince said, chuckling, nerable persons, including unborn Chief Justice Roberts is at drawing a round of applause from children and their mothers, are those on the video call. it again with his political seen as precious, not disposable,” But it had not been smiles and gamesmanship. This time said Moore, who leads the Ethics laughs for weeks after the so& Religious Liberty Commission. called OPEC+ group of OPEC he has sided with abortion The chairman of the U.S. Conmembers and other nations failed extremists who care more ference of Catholic Bishops’ Comin March to reach an agreement mittee for Pro-Life Activities, on production cuts, sending pricabout providing abortionArchbishop Joseph Naumann of es tumbling. Saudi Arabia sharply on-demand than protecting Kansas City in Kansas, said in a criticized Russia days earlier over statement that Catholics would women’s health.” what it described as comments “grieve this decision” but would critical of the kingdom, which “continue to pray and fight for jusfinds itself trying to appease Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas tice for mothers and children.”

Trump, a longtime OPEC critic.

“We will not rest until the day Even U.S. senators had warned when the Supreme Court corSaudi Arabia to find a way to rects the grave injustice of Roe ... boost prices as American shale and recognizes the Constitutional firms face far-higher production PATRICK SEMANSKY | AP PHOTO leagues, contextualizing his vote right to life for unborn human becosts. American troops had been said.ENERGY MINISTRY as one to protect the court’s past ings,” Naumann SAUDI Anti-abortion outside the Supreme Court for a deployed to theprotesters kingdom wait for the O. Carter Snead, a professor precedent, left other religious condecision, 2020 inIn Washington on the Louisiana first time Monday, since the June Sept. 29, 11, 2001, this photo released

by Saudi Energy Ministry, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minister of of law at the University of Notre servatives vowingsummit to rededicate case, Russo June Medical Services LLC. of Saudi Arabia, third right, attacks overv.concerns of IraniEnergy chairs a virtual of the Group of 20 energy ministers at said intoaplummeting statement that to 10, their fighttotocoordinate over- Dame, an retaliation amid regional ten- his office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, themselves Friday, April 2020, a response oil Roberts’ in the deciturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade deci- demand sions. prices due to an oversupply in the market and a downturn in global duepositioning to the pandemic.

“Conservatives are Bush. Roberts concurred with the sion that legalized abortion na- sion was “cold comfort” on an oth“They’ve spent know over they the last erwise “sad day.” on thewaging one-yard-line,” Moore court’s four more liberal justices tionally. month war on American Support for rescinding Roe rewas about whether not signing ontoArabia their opintweeted.

“Enthusiasm is defendalready while deal case but its president, Andrés praise. that Kuwait, Saudi and the“This oil producers while we are among stateLópez has the right tohad ensure the case. unprecedented, evangelical turn- ion “Thestrong pure size of theevangelical cut is unManuel Obrador, said mains the in United Arab Emirates would the ing theirs. This is not how friends of abortionists whoagreed take womJustice Roberts is at of it that out willfriends,” be too.” said Sen. Kevin cut“Chief precedented,Sixty-one but, thenpercent again, so Friday that he had with Protestants. another 2 million barrels treat they the wanted to see the money provide for their them with his political gamesThe Trump campaign also in- again is thesaid impact coronavirus is Trump that also the U.S. will compenoil a day between them atop the en’s Cramer, a Republican from North overturn said the Mohamdecision Family Research Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex- safety,” voked the decision to appeal havingfully on demand,” sate what Mexico cannotCouncil add to court OPEC+ deal.

The three countries Dakota, before the OPEC+ deal.to manship,” a Ghulam, survey conducted last year Tony Perkins, a promi- in “This time he has sid- President voters a statementhave from already deputy as, med an energy analyst at the proposed cuts. didtweeted. not immediately acknowledge U.S.in producers the nonpartisan pro-Trump evangelical ally, by abortion extremists who nent communications director Par- ed Raymond James. Pew Research “The big Oil Deal with OPEC thewith cut themselves, though Zanbeen reducing output.

TheAli AmerThat survey found worried support a statement, adding aboutthe providing abor- said do.

But Ghulam and others Plus in is done.

This will save that, hun- Center. ganehmore attended video conferican Petroleum Institute laud- care overturning Roe at 28% among do look forward toofthe day when than protecting “I case global underscores the imit may not be enough. dreds of thousands energy jobs for ence. ed“This Sunday’s pact, saying it tion-on-demand 42%aamong ProtesSupreme willTrump correctsaid the Catholics health.” portance of other re-electing “This isand at least temporary rein the UnitedCourt States,” Officials said other planned cuts the will help get nations’ Presistate- women’s injustice of the like Roeto v. thank Wade tants “What’s Justice gross dent Trump, who hasto a follow recordthe of would lief forgenerally. the energy industry and for in a tweet.

“I would standnext, in the Chief deal, meaning owned oil production court’s abortion ruling that has ledPresident to the killing Our Second Amendment appointing conservative judges, global economy.

This industry and congratulate Pu- theThe an 8-million-barrel-per-day cut decision lead of U.S. producers that are try- Roberts?

Monday follows its and 6-3the deciof millions of unborn Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, rather than Joe Biden, who will rights?” is too big to be let to fail altintens of Russia and King Salmanbaof on from July through the end of the of ing to adjust to plunging demand. sion earlier thisresponsibility month that found appoint radical, judges liance showed with Saudi Arabia.” year and a 6-million-barrel cut for bies.”

Brouillette said activist the U.S. did not tweeted. central provision Civil Russell Moore, president of the athis GOP Sen.inJosh Hawwho willcommitments legislate from of the its courts,” agreement,” said of Perthe Magnus The Kremlin said President months beginning 2021. make own 16 Missouri Actthe of head 1964 shields LGBT policy arm of athe Southa former clerk, tweet- public Pardo said. cuts, but was able to ley,“This Nysveen, of analysis at Vladimir Putin held joint call Rights will Roberts enable the rebalancproduction employment discrimdefended theoil decision was a the “disasSome right-leaning abortion ed Rystadfrom Energy.

“Even though the withBaptist TrumpConvention, and Saudi King Sal- people ingthat of the markets and ex- ern show the obvious — that plunging Religious abortion law as of “placand rebound “a big-time upby call$15 to Louisiana’s foes — including two Re- ter” production cuts are conservatives smaller than man to express support the ination. pected ofwake prices demand because at of least the pandemlamented the minimal whomsaid he ing publican lawmakers respondwhat openly the market neededthat anddecionly deal.

It most also said Putinrestrictions spoke sep- also per barrelconservatives,” in the short term,” ic is expected to slash — U.S. oil pro- religious whilethe noting potential on an abortion industry to “makefrom our voices heard.” ed to the decision by criticizing urged postpone stock that building conarately with Trump about the oil sion, a statement Nigeria’s oil possible duction. exemptions could be insists laissez-faire for it- faith-based But Roberts’ move to stand that Chief Justice John Roberts, ap- ministry. straints problem, the worst is for market and on other issues.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanout. and its profits.” from had his more liberal col- selfAnalysts pointed

by President W. apart now avoided.” offered cautious carved Mexico initially blocked ganeh also told stateGeorge television

& CREMATORY 522 North 2nd St. P.O. Box 7 Albemarle, NC 28002 Phone 704-983-1188

460 Branchview Dr. NE P.O. Box 367 Concord, NC 28026 Phone 704-786-1161

13575 Broadway Ave. P.O. Box 100 Midland, NC 28107 Phone 704-888-5571

www.hartsellfh.com

12115 University City Blvd.

P.O. Box 219 Harrisburg, NC 28075 Phone 704-247-1722

StanlyCounty CountyJournal Journalfor forWednesday, Wednesday,April July 15, 1, 2020 Stanly 2020

7

obituaries

J J

Jason Efird

ASON EUGENE “GENE” EFIRD, 94, went home to be with his Lord Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at his home in Stanfield.

ERRY CLINTON SHAVER, 76, Gene was bornNC October 9, 1925, of Albemarle, passed awayin Cabarrus to 2020 the late Saturday,County June 20, atSimeon his Jason and the late Sarah Ella home Efird of natural causes.

Burris Efird.

In addition to his 5, Jerry was born September parents, he was preceded death 1943 in Guilford County,inNC. Heby is his wife, Jewell sisters, of survived by hisLittle wife,Efird; Lou Shaver, Mary Lambert, Almond, the home; Two Fannie sons: Kelly Shaver Minnie Furr, Wilma and and wife Janie, and Burleson Kent Shaver; Aileen Huskey; and brothers, Homer One step-daughter: Ashley Kayler; Efird, Getus Efird andLaiken Wayne Jordan Efird, Four grandchildren: Sr. and husband Wes, Anna Shaver, A private funeral service will be Brennen Shaver, and Kynlee held on Saturday, April 11, 2020 Shaver; Three great-grandchildren: at Love’Purkey, s Grove United Methodist Brylee Sara Regan and Church Cemetery in Stanfield Lukka Jordan.

Jerry is survived officiated

by Rev.Lois JimRiggins White. Burial

by Two sisters: and will followGerald, at the Love’ Grove United husband Ritas Tucker and Methodist Church Cemetery, 4360 husband Steve.

Jerry was preceded Polk Fordby Road, in death TwoStanfield. sons: Chad Shaver Survivors include and Lee Shaver; andson hisGerald Parents: Wayne of Albemarle; J.V. and(Gail) HildaEfird Shaver. daughter Lisa Efird (Mark) Hartsell of Stanfield; granddaughters, Kelly Efird Barbee and Lauren Hartsell (Justin) Crump; and greatgrandsons, Ian Patrick Simmons and Elliot Jacob Simmons.

Memorials may be made to Love’s Grove United Methodist Church, PO Box 276, Stanfield, NC 28163-0276.

R

Jerry Shaver

Ruth Turner

UTH BURlEYSON TURNER, 93, of 515 E. 1st St., Oakboro, went home to meet her Savior on June 28, 2020, at Atrium Health Cabarrus.

Born on April 28, 1927, in Cabarrus County to Daniel W. ELIZABETH andAULINE Nancy Morris Burleyson, ALMOND TUCKER, passed Ruth retired from Stanly98, Knitting away peacefully Trinity Place, of Mill and was anatactive member Albemarle, NC on AprilChurch 11, 2020.for Oakboro First Baptist Pauline was born on March 22, over fifty years.

1922 in Cabarrus County, NC to the Ruth was a devoted wife, late Johnand Richard Almond and Alice mother, loving Grandmother.

Ada Annawarded Lambert the Almond.

She was title of Gold She is survived her three Star Mother afterby losing her oldest daughters, Gay Michel (Jack), son in Vietnam.

Oak Island, NC; Pamela Rushing She is survived by children, (Foreman), Oakboro,Nancy NC; Kathy David of Oakboro, (Jean) Hunt (Marc), NC; her Nichols (Ron)Albemarle, of High Point, son, Tucker (Chris and Chris Cynthia of York SC;Lear), four Washington, DC.David She will be greatly grandchildren, Honeycutt missed her five grandchildren, (Nina) by of Albemarle, John Owens Heather Rushing Chaney (Shannon), (Susan) of Archdale, Melissa Michael Rushing, Elizabeth Michel Turner of Albemarle, and Kayla Hartzog Jack Michel, Jr. Turner of(Craig), Albemarle; sister, Liddy (Jenn), and Hunt as six wellgreat as Rayfield ofWoody Rockwell; and seven great-grandchildren. also grandchildren; three greatShe great leaves behind cherished nieces and grandchildren. nephews.

Ruth was predeceased by her The family expresses its sincere husband Brady B. Turner and two gratitude to the staff and sons, Larry B. and Garycaregivers L. Turner; at Trinity Place forKathy the care daughter-in-law, B.they Turner. provided Pauline.

The family will receive friends A private graveside service will30, be from 6 - 8 pm on Tuesday, June held 13, 2020.

2020onatMonday, HartsellApril Funeral HomeAof celebration Pauline’ s life and legacy Albemarle.ofThe graveside service will willbe beheld at 10this amsummer. on Wednesday, In1,lieu of flowers, the family July 2020 at Oakboro Cemetery, requests donations be made to the officiated by Rev. Jonathan Waits.

BrightFocus Foundation at minutes www.

She will lie in state for 30 brightfocus.org. prior to the graveside service.

P

Tony Smith

T Sherry Brown S

ONY MONROE SMITH, 72, of Rockwell, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at HERRY HATHCOCK BROWN, his 57, home surrounded bypassed family.away A of New London, private family service will be held.

Monday, June 22, 2020 at her Online condolences can be made at home. stanlyfuneralhome.com Mrs. Brown was born November born August 18,Tony 1962was in Stanly County11,to1947 the in Stanly the late Pearlie late LarryCounty AldinetoHathcock and the Asbury Smith and Emmer Lee late Gwendolyn Joyce Hathcock.

Smith. waspreceded the son ininlaw of Pat She wasHe also death by and MickChuck Cagle Hathcock; where he worked brother, father-at the fishAlfred house for manyand yearsmotheruntil in-law, Brown; he opened Anchor House Seafood in-law, Essie Brown. in Rockwell. and his wife Becky The familyHe will receive friends owned andPM operated from 6:00 - 8:00Anchor PM, House for 25 yearsJune before inHartsell 2009.

Thursday, 25,retiring 2020 at Mr. Smith was aofcharter member Funeral Home Albemarle.

The and deacon at Open Door funeral service will be on Baptist Friday, Church Richfield.

HePM loved June 26,in2020 at 3:00 atthe Lord and his family abundantly.

Hartsell Funeral Home’s LeflerTony was a wonderful husband, father, and Memorial Chapel. grandfather couldhusband, fix anything Survivorsand include he putBrown his hands on. London; Tom of New Mr. Smith isBrown; survived by his wife son, Anthony daughters, Becky Cagle Smith the home, Nekita Brown andof Brandy Brown; sons Walter Smith and Robbie brother, Rick (Tammy) Hathcock; Smith; daughterKenny Kayla Henderson grandchildren, (Destiny) (Brandon); grandchildren Danielle, Poplin, Christian Poplin, Isaiah Dustin, and Steele Smith, Keaton Medley, Roger Brown, Kiera and Ellaand Henderson; Brown, Serenitybrother Brown;David greatSmith; sisters Kay Kriechbaum, grandchildren, RaeLynn Poplin Karen Stevenson, Ruby Eudy, and and Hudson Poplin; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Smith (Nick).

Ethel (Orlando) Washington and He Brown; is preceded in death

by Wilson Betty aunts, Zannie brothers Joe Smith, Waynenieces Smith, and Elizabeth; numerous Claude Smith, Wade Smith, and nephews; bestie friend,Robert Jena Smith, and sisterand Mary Morris.

Lowder Watts; family friend, Memorial Depp Medley.contributions can be made to Open Door Baptist Church at 44563 Hwy 52, Richfield, NC 28137 or to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County at 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Merle Helms

MStephen Crisco S

ERLE LORRAINE AUSTIN HELMS, 72, of Marshville, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at McWhorter Hospice House TEPHEN RAY CRISCO, 67, in Monroe. former resident of Albemarle, was born April23, 28, 1947 NC,Lorraine passed away on June in Monroe to theMedical late Homer David 2020 at Vidant Center Austin and Jewell in Greenville, NC Delphia-Jane as a result of Austin. She was also preceded in declining health. death by was brothers, and Teddy30, Steve bornA.D. on September Austin; and sister, Austin.

1952 to Ray B. andJoy Ruby F. Crisco. will receive friendsand HeThe wasfamily the oldest of 3 children froma6:00 pmbrother - 8:00 pm, Friday, was loving to his sisters.

April 10,a2020 at Hartsell Funeral He was member of the Boy Scouts Home of Albemarle.

Thethe funeral of America and earned coveted serviceScout will be at 11:00 onSchool.

Eagle Award in am High Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist He graduated from Albemarle ChurchHigh in Marshville, Senior School inofficiated 1970 and

by Rev. John Miller State and Rev. Leon from Appalachian University Whitley.

She will lie in state for 30 in 1975 with a Bachelor Degree minutes prior to the service. in Geology, 2nd a minor in She will be laid to rest in the church cemetery.

Anthropology.

Shewas is survived by her beloved He employed by the State husband 47 years, Helms of North of Carolina asPaul a Geologist, of the home; son, Alex (Deanna) was Manager of Jimmy’s Seafood Helms of Pageland; daughter, Paula in Southern Pines, NC and worked (Cristin Brandt) of Mint Hill; with Lowes andHelms Walmart before grandchildren, Mason,reasons.

Grant, and retiring due to health Raegan Helms; Mr. Crisco is brothers, survived Boyce, by his Royce, Tim Austin; sisters, Mary Anne and Coxsisters, and Patricia Mullis, Angel Tarleton.

Husband, Oley and of Midland, NC, Memorials mayand be made to the Margaret Harris Husband, Alzheimer’ s Association, Park Danny of Bethel, NC and4600 numerous Rd., Suite 250, Charlotte, first and second cousins. NC 28209.

Linda Hatley

Pauline Tucker

Danny Luther

DAlfred Waisner A

ANNY PAUL LUTHER, 65, of Norwood, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 9, 2020LFRED at Atrium HealthWAISNER, Stanly in DWAIN Albemarle.

82, of Albemarle, passed away Mr. Luther born March 27, Monday Junewas 29, 2020 at Atrium 1955 to the late Robert FultonNC. andHis Health Cabarrus, Concord, Helen Tucker Luther. graveside service will be held 11am Danny was survived byat hisLuther’s wife, Wednesday July 1, 2020 Denise Burleson Luther of Norwood; Lutheran Church Cemetery, sons, Jeremy (Karen) LutherHoffner and Richfield, with Rev. Jeffrey Jody Luther; step-sons, Bryan officiating.

Whitley and Gregg Whitley; Dwain was born(Anita) to Alfred Bean Grandchildren, Daniel Luther and Waisner and Nealie Rummage Hunter Zado, as well as his brother, Waisner in Stanly County.

Preceded Bob Luther uncle Jack in death

by Jr his(Lorena), wife of 60 precious Luthertoand several other lovedHe nieces, years Ruby Iris Basinger. is nephews and cousins. survived by his two sons, Charlie Danny(Cindy) recentlyofretired from and Waisner Albemarle Charlotte Pipe(Kris) and Foundry after Jeff Waisner of Wadesboro, a dedicated 37 years and worked and two granddaughters Grasyn there with his sons several other Anne Waisner andand Cierra Lorch friends and family members.

Waisner.

Danny loved at Dwain had aspending fondnesstime for gospel his lakewhich houseled with familylessons and music tohis singing friends as well vacationing with his from Mrs. PeteasAlmond, where family.

Danny andheDenise she decided that had a enjoyed talent listening to beach and loved that needed to bemusic showcased withto shag dance every chance theyDorothy could back-up singers.

They were get. He was anMiriam amazing father, loving Jean Rabon, Wilhoit, grandfather great friend to and Marthaand Burleson.

This group many.atHe will churches never be forgotten. sang many and events.

A celebration of appearances life will be on They made many announced once such the current multiple shows, as the Arthur COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

Smith Show.

He gave thirty five Hartsell Funeral Home of years of service to Russ Helderman Albemarle serving the Luther and ServiceisDistributing Company, family.

Inc. as a district manager. After retiring, Dwain spent most of his time greeting and servicing the community patrons of Charlie’s Grocery. He loved to see the familiar faces and keep in contact with daily ventures of their life. He is a member of Luther’s Lutheran Church. He was known for his selflessness, kind demeanor, and his unwavering faith in all that he did.

Jerry Fincher

J James Phillips J

ERRY FINCHER passed from this life on April 3, 2020 at 8:05 pm. He was surrounded by his family andAMES holding“JIMMY” the hand WILSON of the love of SR., 89, of his PHILLIPS, life. Jerry is preceded inMidland, death passed Sunday, June 28,Billy by threeaway siblings, two brothers, 2020. Fincher, and Larry Richard Gilbert Jimmy was born May 2, 1931 in Fincher, and one sister, Barbra Joyce Mecklenburg County to the late Moore.

Walter Maude Phillips.

He isand survived

by Flowe his wife, Eleanor He was also preceded in death by Kate Fincher of the home, daughter, nine siblings, Ruth, Fred, Edmond, Cindy Fincher Jacobs of Wingate Maryson Etta, Agnes, Frank, NC., andHarry, daughter in law, Tommy Everette, and Ralph.

(Tiffany) Fincher of New London Jimmy loved God, his family NC., Step Children, Jimmy (Lisa) and hisofcountry.

He Wanda was a member Lanier Locust NC, (Bob) of United Love BaptistNC., Church.

Krimminger of Locust Eric He was aLanier proudof veteran of the (Sharon) Charlotte NC., US Marine Corps and a member Grandchildren-Trey (Gera) Whitson of Midland, the American Legion Blackof Step-grandchildren, Phillips Post 433.

He ownedAaron and Zach (Brittney) Washington, operated Jim Phillips Auto Sales.

(Kinsey) Washington, Caleb (Nayeli) Jimmy lovedBeth cars,(Robbie) especially Ford Washington, Setzer, and Lincolns. was a diehard Matthew ( AprilHe ) Wallace, Step NASCAR fan, alwaysBritlyn-Eve pulling great-grandchildren, for Fords.

We’ll miss seeing him Washington, Robert Setzer, George sittingSetzer, outside on the front porch, (Sara) Tracy (Rob) Setzer enjoying a niceKatie cigarUnderwood, and often Bumgardener, reading Underwood, the Bible. Jimmy truly Andrew Step great loved having breakfast with his great grandchild, Waylon George veteran friends, Bobby, Bud and Setzer and brother Donald Lewis Rayford.of Albemarle, NC. Fincher Survivors include beloved Jerry Fincher will be laid towife rest on of 67 years, Jo Ann Helms Phillips; Wednesday April 8,2020 at 11:00 am daughter, Lydia Phillips and at Canton Baptist Church.Buck Anyone husband, David, of Harrisburg; interested in attending, please RSVP son, James “Jamey” Jr. at 704-796-2412.

Dr.Phillips, Phil McCray and wife, Donna, of Harrisburg; and Pastor Tommy Fincher will five grandchildren, Jeremiah (Jill) officiate.

Buck, Isaac (Gretchen) Buck, Rebekah Buck, Jake Phillips, Hunter Phillips; four greatgrandchildren, Wyatt, Lily, Lylah, and Ellis; and numerous nieces and nephews.

L Max Smith M Sheila Taylor Shirley HEILA TAYLOR, 72, of passed away Saturday, SOakboro,Haire

S

June 27, 2020 at her home.

HIRLEY 73,30, Shelia wasMAE bornHAIRE, December of Albemarle passed away 1947 in Stanly County to theon late April 2020 at Atrium Lewis11, Alonzo Efird andHealth the late Stanly. familyEfird. will hold private WilmaThe Rebecca Sheawas also graveside forby Mrs. preceded service in death son,Haire.

Larry Shirley born December 12, Russellwas Taylor.

1946 in Washington, DC tomore the Shelia loved her family late Richard Bateman and thanCharles anything.

She loved to tell Elizabeth Mae Mulligan Bateman. jokes, shop on QVC, go to auctions, Shirley is survived herdays”. husband and enjoyed her “old by lady She of 30be years Vaughn Smith of will greatly missed by everyone Albemarle; sister Sandra Painter who knew her. of Gainesville, VA; half-brother The family will receive friends Robert Bateman of Stevensville, from 6:00 PM -8:00 PM, MD; step-children Heather Smith Thursday, July 2, 2020 at Hartsell of Jacksonville, and David Funeral Home FL in Albemarle.

Smith of Newinclude London, NC; 4 Survivors husband, step-grandchildren; nieces Cyndi Larry Glenn Taylor of Oakboro; Hentschel of Leesburg, and daughter, Kelly (Lewis)VA Cornett Cheryl Hardygranddaughters, of Aylett, VA; 16 grandof Stanfield; nieces nephews; andofGus the Keishaand (Thomas) Locy Stanfield, dog.

Stanly Funeral and Cremation Aleah Cornett of Stanfield, Jennah Care of Albemarle (Robert) Fredrick is ofserving Brokenthe Haire Arrow,family.

OK; and seven greatgrandchildren.

INDA TUCKER HATLEY, 69, of Albemarle, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020.

Linda born September AXwas EDWARD SMITH,18, 91, 1950 in Concord to the late Jacob of Albemarle, passed away and Claris Tucker. alsoatpreceded Thursday, JuneShe 25,was 2020 his in death by her brother, Terry Lee home.

Tucker, and her twin sister, Brenda Mr. Smith was born October 14, Tucker We know 1928 inStrickland.

Stanly County to theBrenda late and Linda areSmith in Heaven watching Walter Scott and the late over us and laughing.

Mary Lue Rummage Smith. He was a loving mother, wasLinda also preceded in death bysister, his and “Nana.”

She was a very giving wife, Minnie Harwood Smith and and loving person.

Linda would by his sisters and brothers. always do anything couldoffor Mr. Smith was a she veteran others, especially her family.

She World War II and Korean War. enjoyed working at smith FastShop #5, Max earned a gun degree Locust.

Linda will be forever loved from Montgomery Community and greatly missed.

College. He also loved to fish.

Survivors include Survivors includeher son,son, Jeffrey Alan Hatley and wife, Angela, of (Tammy) Smith of Norwood.

Albemarle; brother, Ronnie Tucker The family wishes to and wife, Linda, of Midland; acknowledge Ginger Morton Govan granddaughter, Hatley; 1 care and Bo PrivetteLeslie for their loving niece; and 2 nephews. for Max. The family will receive friends In lieu of flowers and food, from 4:00 pm 6:00 pm, memorials may be made Thursday, to April 16, 2020 at Hartsell Funeral Memorial Baptist Church, 873 Pee Home in Albemarle.

Linda Dee Avenue, Norwood, NCwill 28128. be laid to rest during a private committal service at Bethel United Methodist Church, Midland.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to Bethel UMC, 12700 Idlebrook Rd, Midland, NC 28107.

Celebrate the life of your loved ones. Submit obituaries Celebrate the life of your lovedand ones. death notices to be published in Submit obituaries and death notices be published in SCJ SCJ at to obits@stanlyjournal.com at obits@stanlyjournal.com

Simple, Affordable, Convenient Available 24 Hours a Day

Southern Piedmont Cremation Services provides a basic cremation service for families who have experienced the loss of a loved one and do not desire a traditional funeral or farewell ceremony.

When your loved one passes simply call our office and our professional team will come as quickly as possible and bring your loved one into our care.

Phone: 704-985-4851

Fax: 704-550-5508

Email: care@spcremation.com

8

Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

STATE & NATION

Judge warns of possible move of trial in George Floyd death

By Steve Karnowski The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge on Monday warned that he’s likely to move the trials of four police officers charged in George Floyd’s death out of Minneapolis if public officials and attorneys don’t stop talking about the case.

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill stopped short of issuing a gag order on attorneys, but he said one is likely if public statements continue. Cahill added that such a situation would also make him likely to grant a change-of-venue motion if one is filed.

“The court is not going to be happy about hearing about the case in three areas: media, evidence and guilt or innocence,” Cahill said.

It was the second pretrial hearing for the officers, who were fired after Floyd’s May 25 death. Derek Chauvin, 44, is charged with second-degree murder and other counts, while Thomas Lane, 37, J. Kueng, 26, and Tou Thao, 34, are charged with aiding and abetting Chauvin.

Floyd died after Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee against the handcuffed 46-year-old Black man’s neck for nearly eight minutes. The officers were responding to a call about a man trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill at a nearby store.

Floyd’s death was universally condemned in Minnesota, with elected officials including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calling for the officers to be charged. Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said Floyd’s death was “murder.”

Cahill asked Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank to use his influence to keep public officials silent, warning that if they continued to discuss it publicly, he likely would “have to pull (trials) out of Hennepin County and they need to be aware of that.”

Cahill set a March 8 trial date for the former officers if they are tried together, though he said he expects motions to be filed to separate their trials. The next court date is Sept.

11.

The defendants have not en-

tered pleas. Chauvin’s attorney has not commented publicly on the charges, while Lane’s and Kueng’s attorneys have sought to minimize their clients’ roles and deflect blame to the more senior Chauvin in Floyd’s death, which sparked protests around the world against police brutality.

Chauvin remains in custody on $1 million bail and Thao is being held on $750,000 bail. Lane and Kueng are free on bond.

Cahill also rejected a defense request to reconsider his earlier decision to allow cameras in the courtroom during pretrial proceedings.

Defense attorneys asked to allow such coverage, but prosecutors objected. The judge has not ruled on whether to allow cameras for the trial itself, which in Minnesota usually requires the consent of all parties.

Kueng’s attorney, Tom Plunkett, was the attorney asking Cahill to reconsider his ruling on cameras.

He asserted that prosecutors and other officials forfeited their right to object to cameras in the court-

JERRY HOLT | STAR TRIBUNE VIA AP

George Floyd’s aunt Angela Harrelson of Minneapolis, left, and his uncle Selwyn Jones of Gettysburg, South Dakota speak to members of the media outside of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility Monday morning, June 29, 2020 in Minneapolis. room by making public comments that went as far as “saying the defendants are guilty of murder.” He said allowing electronic coverage of pretrial proceedings would actually make it easier to impanel a fair jury by helping to “educate the public that there may be more to the cases than what has been told to them by the state.”

The charges against Chauvin are unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder

Mississippi to lose rebel emblem from flag

By Emily Wagster The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, more than a century after legislators adopted the design following the Civil War. Spectators cheered and applauded after the historic votes in the House and Senate.

Each chamber had broad bipartisan support for the landmark decision. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said he will sign the bill, and the state flag will lose its official status as soon as he acts. That could happen “in coming days,” said his spokeswoman, Renae Eze. Mississippi has a 38% Black population — and the last state flag with the emblem that’s widely seen as racist. The state faced mounting pressure to change its flag as weeks of international protests against racial injustice in the United States have led to the toppling or removal of Confederate statues and monuments.

After an emotional day Sunday, legislators hugged each other — even those on opposing sides.

Democratic Rep. Robert Johnson of Natchez choked back tears as he told reporters that he has seen white colleagues develop more empathy about how the Confederate symbol is painful to him and other African Americans.

“They began to understand and feel the same thing that I’ve been feeling for 61 years of my life,” Johnson said.

A commission will design a new flag that cannot include the Confederate symbol and that must

ROGELIO V. SOLIS | AP PHOTO

This June 27, 2020, file photo shows Don Hartness of Ellisville, Miss., walking around the Capitol carrying the current Mississippi state flag and the American flag in Jackson, Miss. have the words “In God We Trust.”

Voters will be asked to approve the new design in the Nov. 3 election. If they reject it, the commission will set a different design using the same guidelines, and that would be sent to voters later.

Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn has pushed for five years to change the flag, saying the Confederate symbol is offensive.

The House passed the bill 91-23 Sunday afternoon. Within hours, the Senate followed suit, 37-14.

“How sweet it is to celebrate this on the Lord’s day,” Gunn said.

“Many prayed to Him to bring us to this day. He has answered.”

An increasing number of cities and all Mississippi’s public univer-

“They began to understand and feel the same thing that I’ve been feeling for 61 years of my life.”

Democratic Rep. Robert Johnson sities have taken down the state flag in recent years. But until now, efforts to redesign the flag sputtered in the Republican-dominated Legislature.

That dynamic shifted as an extraordinary and diverse coalition of political, business, religious

groups and sports leaders pushed for change.

At a Black Lives Matter protest outside the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion in early June, thousands cheered as an organizer said the state needs to divorce itself from all Confederate symbols.

Religious groups — including the large and influential Mississippi Baptist Convention — said erasing the rebel emblem from the state flag is a moral imperative.

Business groups said the banner hinders economic development in one of the poorest states in the nation.

In a sports-crazy culture, the biggest blow might have happened when college sports leagues said

and second-degree manslaughter. Second-degree murder carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, third-degree murder carries up to 25 years and manslaughter up to 10.

The other three former officers are charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Those charges are legally tantamount to the counts against Chauvin and carry the same penalties.

Mississippi could lose postseason events if it continued flying the Confederate-themed flag. Nearly four dozen of Mississippi’s university athletic directors and coaches came to the Capitol to lobby for change.

Many people who wanted to keep the emblem on the Mississippi flag said they see it as a symbol of heritage.

Legislators put the Confederate emblem on the upper left corner of Mississippi flag in 1894, as whites were squelching political power that African Americans had gained after the Civil War. The battle emblem is a red field topped by a blue X with 13 white stars. The Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups have waved the rebel flag for decades. Georgia put the battle emblem prominently on its state flag in 1956, during a backlash to the civil rights movement.

That state removed the symbol from its banner in 2001.

The Mississippi Supreme Court found in 2000 that when the state updated its laws in 1906, portions dealing with the flag were not included. That meant the banner lacked official status. The Democratic governor in 2000, Ronnie Musgrove, appointed a commission to decide the flag’s future. It held hearings across the state that grew ugly as people shouted at each other about the flag.

Legislators then opted not to set a flag design themselves. They put the issue on a 2001 statewide ballot, and people voted to keep the flag.

Democratic state Sen. Derrick Simmons of Greenville, who is African American, said the state deserves a flag to make all people proud.

“Today is a history-making day in the state of Mississippi,” Simmons told colleagues. “Let’s vote today for the Mississippi of tomorrow.”

98% of ALL Farms are Family Farms

ncfb.org

VOLUME 2 ISSUE 40 | WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020

Twin City Herald

GERRY BROOME | AP PHOTO

Protests continue in Raleigh

Protesters gather near the Legislative Building to protest Gov. Roy Cooper’s statewide mask mandate to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, June 26, 2020. The mandate goes into effect at 5 p.m. Friday.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Mother walks in honor of slain son at drive-thru graduation

N. Carolina sheriff’s office defends arrest of Black man

By Gary D. Robertson The Associated Press

Forsyth County Seventeen years after graduating from Glenn High School, Nakeshia Collins was again decked out in a cap and gown, walking across the stage to collect a diploma. This time around, Collins walked for her son, Jumil Robertson, who was shot to death last October.

Jumil’s son, Jesus Robertson, is 1 years old. At last week’s drive-thru graduation ceremony at Glenn, Collins, in an orange cap and gown, propped little Jesus on her hip as she greeted staff members.

AP

Area businesses receive grants Forsyth County A total of 87 small businesses in the Winston-Salem area were awarded Small Business Relief Grants from the Greater Winston-Salem Inc. and Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership. The program was created with the intent of helping area business owners recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Special consideration was given to women-owned businesses and those owned by people of color.

They received between $2,500 and $5,000, depending on the number of employees.

WFMY

Fire departments need volunteers Forsyth County Fire departments in Lewisville and Rural Hall have been categorized as “at risk” due to a lack of recruitment and retention of volunteer members. Both fire departments are implementing a grant program they hope will help attract new firefighters. Lewisville would like to double its current 40-member department, while Rural Hall hopes to go from 17 firefighters to 30. They’d also like to add younger members, since the average age is currently over 40.

FOX 8

WINSTON-SALEM — A North Carolina sheriff’s office says it investigated the weekend arrest of a Black man who alleges a deputy used excessive force against him and believes the officers acted within reason.

Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough Jr. said the arrest “was not a racial issue” and “was not excessive force,” and lashed back against the “Facebook warriors” who criticized his police officers before the investigation was complete.

The incident Saturday at a flea market was captured on cellphone video and posted online, where it was widely shared.

The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office and the owners of Cook’s Flea Market said Charles Redell

Moody was arrested after he refused to comply with a statewide mandate to wear masks to combat COVID-19 and the owners asked him to leave.

Moody, who has been charged with resisting arrest and trespassing, disputed that in an interview with the paper. He said he had forgotten his mask but never refused to wear one. Instead, he says he offered to buy one after getting cash out of an ATM. The video shows a deputy attempting to take Moody into custody. Moody appears to be slammed against a wall multiple times before additional officers assist.

Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough Jr. said in a statement on his Facebook page, he had spoken with Moody and his family and that together, “we will come to a res-

“What you didn’t see was the venom that he put out” Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough Jr. olution.”

“We are reviewing all video of the incident in its entirety,” Kimbrough said.

Moody said he talked briefly Sunday with Kimbrough and that they plan to meet. Moody also plans to file a complaint with the sheriff’s office.

Monday, at a press conference, Kimbrough had a sterner outlook after viewing the video. He said Moody refused to leave af-

ter being asked at least five times.

He was also offered a free face mask, which he refused to use.

Kimbrough said Moody also used vulgar language and racial slurs, both when speaking to the responding police officers and to the other people at the flea market.

“When we’re wrong, I want to be the first to come here and say, ‘We’re wrong and how can we make it right,’ but when we’re right and you come for us unnecessarily … I was irritated and angry at what the (expletive) stirrers tried to create in our community,” he said.

“The struggle that you saw, that’s what you saw,” he continued. “What you didn’t see was the racial slurs that he hurled. What you didn’t see was the vulgarity that he said to not only the officer but the people. What you didn’t see is what he told them they could do with their mouth to his genital area. What you didn’t see was the venom that he put out.”

TCH Staff contributed to this report

Winston-Salem fireworks show cancelled Annual celebration called off due to COVID-19 pandemic TCH staff THE CITY OF Winston-Salem’s annual July 4 fireworks show was cancelled, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

The announcement was made on Monday that the event, scheduled for Truist Stadium, the recently renamed home park of the Winston-Salem Dash minor league baseball team.

The Dash posted a message on their Facebook page, saying, “We are disappointed to announce that due to COVID-19 we will be unable to host the City of Winston-Salem’s Independence Day Fireworks Show this year. Current state restrictions for sports facilities limit gatherings to 25 guests. We hope that everyone in

“We will be unable to host the City of WinstonSalem’s Independence Day Fireworks Show this year. Current state restrictions for sports facilities limit gatherings to 25 guests” Winston-Salem Dash

Dash City enjoys a safe and enjoyable July 4th!”

Winston-Salem joins Greensboro, which had already cancelled its planned Independence Day fireworks show.

The pandemic, and the ensuing lockdown, have also forced the cancellation of many of the

celebrations in smaller towns around the area. That includes the city of Gibsonville’s annual fireworks show. Burlington cancelled its July 3rd in the Park event but is offering July 4 Celebration Kits that families can pick up at various locations in the area. The pick-ups are drivethrough only and families must have a school-aged child to get a kit, which the city says “include items to wear, wave, craft and snack on to help celebrate the holiday.”

High Point’s Uncle Sam Jam also got scuttled. The city posted a message on its website saying “The uncertainty surrounding social gathering maximums related to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with our Department’s goal of providing a safe, enjoyable environment for the event, played major roles in our decision. Alternative plans were considered and every effort was made to move forward with the

event. However, with crowds traditionally ranging from 12,00014,000 people, the decision was made to cancel in the best interests and safety of our community.

High Point Parks & Recreation appreciates your understanding and we look forward to the Uncle Sam Jam scheduled for Sunday, July 4, 2021.”

The town of Lewisville cancelled its fireworks show before the COVID-19 outbreak even began, due to concerns over fire safety. Lewisville officials announced last fall that, because there wasn’t an adequate “fall out zone” for fireworks debris, the annual show was being discontinued.

Reidsville and Mount Airy appear to still be planning to go forward with their fireworks celebrations. Reidsville’s event is scheduled for Friday, July 3.

Mount Airy will require people to remain in their vehicles to enjoy the fireworks.

Twin City Herald for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

2 WEDNESDAY

7.1.20

WEEKLY FORECAST

#93

WEDNESDAY

JULY 1

HI LO PRECIP

“Join the conversation”

Twin City Herald Publisher Neal Robbins

Editor Shawn Krest

Sports Editor Cory Lavalette

Senior Opinion Editor Frank Hill

Design Editor Lauren Rose Published each Wednesday as part of the North State Journal.

3101 Industrial Dr., Suite 105 Raleigh, N.C. 27609 (704) 269-8461 INFO@TWINCITYHERALD.COM TWINCITYHERALD.COM

TO SUBSCRIBE: 704-269-8461 or online at nsjonline.com Annual Subscription Price: $25.00 Periodicals Postage Paid at Raleigh, N.C. and at additional mailing offices.

POSTMASTER: Stanly County Journal 1550 N.C. Hwy 24/27 W, Albemarle, N.C. 28001.

83° 69° 40%

FRIDAY

THURSDAY

JULY 3

JULY 2

HI LO PRECIP

HI LO PRECIP

88° 69° 20%

TRULY, WE LIVE IN AUSPICIOUS TIMES. Those who have sinned will be cast down; those who are sinless will set new social standards for the rest of us. After all, we now live in the only generation ever to produce truly virtuous human beings.

What else should we make of the graceless religious wokeness promoted by our moral betters, such immaculate moral personages as Robin DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility,” and Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of The New York Times’ pseudo-historical 1619 Project? DiAngelo informs us that all white people are sinners by nature, inculcated in the evils of whiteness and utterly incapable of repenting such sin ... unless, of course, they purchase a diversity training course.

DiAngelo says that it isn’t enough to oppose racism: we must “interrupt” the systems in which we live in order to become “antiracist,” a vaguely defined term apparently meaning nothing so much as parroting the more purple writings of Ibram X. Kendi.

Hannah-Jones, meanwhile, happily takes credit for the rioting and looting that has wracked the country and that she has spent time justifying — she recently thanked a critic online for terming this unrest “the 1619 riots.” Furthermore, we are informed by this arbiter of the great and the good that we must never say that figures like Ulysses S. Grant — a man who wrecked the Confederacy and devastated the Ku Klux Klan but also held one of his wife’s slaves in bondage before freeing him — were “men of their times.” After all, “Hitler was a man of his time. Osama bin Laden was a man of his time,” she said in a now-deleted tweet.

We, however, live in an age of true heroes — people who live outside of time; people of sterling quality who need no context, require no nuance and brook no dissent. All who stand before them must bow or be canceled. Old tweets will be resurfaced;

♦ Pleas Covington, of WinstonSalem, died June 24, 2020.

♦ AIKEN, AUNDRA TISHAY was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-SIMPLE at 500 BROOKFORD PLACE CT on 6/30/2020

♦ Eric Cleveland Graham, 60, of Winston-Salem, died June 24, 2020. ♦ Betty Boone Griffith, 83, of Spruce Pine, died June 24, 2020. ♦ William Francis Haggerty, 68, of Advance, died June 25, 2020. ♦ Iona Williams Hartman, 93, of Winston-Salem, died June 24, 2020. ♦ Frank Herman Hubbard, Jr., 83, of Winston-Salem, died June 26, 2020. ♦ Maria Luisa Irizarry, 66, of WinstonSalem, died June 29, 2020. ♦ Terri Maria Merritt, 65, of Warsaw, died June 25, 2020. ♦ Ann Manning Motsinger, 92, of Winston-Salem, died June 28, 2020. ♦ Mary Green Noel, 67, of WinstonSalem, died June 26, 2020. ♦ Philip Eugene O’Brien, 94, died June 28, 2020. ♦ Clifford Webster Perry, Jr ,76, of Winston-Salem, died June 29, 2020. ♦ Thomas Walter Poindexter, Sr., 85, died June 24, 2020. ♦ Michele Ann Lemons Redmond, 68, of Advance, died June 26, 2020. ♦ Thomasina Reeder Robertson, 87, of Winston-Salem, died June 24, 2020. ♦ Keith Renard Bowman Russell, 63, died June 25, 2020. ♦ Robert J. Ryan, 53, of WinstonSalem, died June 26, 2020. ♦ Sarah Jane Hendrix Smith, 79, of Lexington, died June 28, 2020. ♦ Nancy Ann Cromer Spaugh, 85, of Forsyth County, died June 28, 2020. ♦ John Louis Stemper III, 86, of Forsyth County, died June 28, 2020. ♦ Evelyn Lucille Sink Suttle, 80, of Forsyth County, died June 27, 2020. ♦ Edna Mae Boger Teague, 94, of Davie County, died June 27, 2020. ♦ Nancy Hendrix Tucker, 77, of Forsyth County, died June 24, 2020. ♦ Billy Wesley, 82, died June 24, 2020. ♦ Doris Doub Wilcox, 84, of Forsyth County, died June 26, 2020. ♦ Roxie Marie Chilton Wood, 100, of Surry County, died June 24, 2020.

HI LO PRECIP

90° 70° 20%

SUNDAY

JULY 5

HI LO PRECIP

86° 69° 40%

MONDAY

JULY 6

HI LO PRECIP

84° 69° 30%

TUESDAY

JULY 7

HI LO PRECIP

85° 70° 20%

The only good people in history

WEEKLY CRIME REPORT

♦ Virginia Mae Plemmons French, 97, died June 28, 2020.

JULY 4

OPINION | BEN SHAPIRO

DEATH NOTICES

♦ Bonnie Darnell Felk, 59, of Yadkinville, died June 26, 2020.

89° 70° 10%

SATURDAY

♦ Bailey, Mustafa Phillip (M/35) Arrest on chrg of Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another (M), at 201 N Church St, Winstonsalem, NC, on 6/25/2020 14:10. ♦ Baker, Omar Hushrieff (M/18) Arrest on chrg of 1) B&e-vehicle (F), 2) B&e-vehicle (F), 3) B&evehicle (F), 4) B&e-vehicle (F), 5) B&e-vehicle (F), 6) B&evehicle (F), 7) B&e-vehicle (F), 8) B&e-vehicle (F), 9) Larcenyfelony (F), 10) Larceny-felony (F), 11) Larceny/misdemeanor (M), 12) Larceny-felony (F), and 13) Larceny/misdemeanor (M), at 2918 N Glenn Av, Winstonsalem, NC, on 6/25/2020 11:00. ♦ Baker, Stanly Evan (M/32) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault On Female (M), 2) Vand-personal Prop (M), and 3) Interfering With Emergency Communication (M), at 6625 Reynolda Rd, Pfafftown, NC, on 6/25/2020 00:45. ♦ BROWN, NATHAN BOYD was arrested on a charge of IMPAIRED DRIVING DWI at 2095 PETERS CREEK PW on 6/28/2020 ♦ CAMPBELL, SETH MICHAEL was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at W CLEMMONSVILLE RD/SIDES RD on 6/29/2020 ♦ CHANDLER, KEVIN DWAYNE was arrested on a charge of ASSLT ON OFF/ST EMP at 5170 JONES CT on 6/27/2020 ♦ CLOUD, WALKER DELMOS was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 170 JONES RD on 6/27/2020 ♦ Currier, Thomas Frederick (M/40) Arrest on chrg of 1) Trafficking In Methamphetamine Or Amphetamine (F), 2) Trafficking In Methamphetamine Or Amphetamine (F), 3) P/w/i/s/d Sched Ii (F), 4) Drugsposs Sched I (F), 5) P/w/i/s/d Cocaine (F), 6) Poss Cocaine Fel (F), 7) P/w/i/s/d Sched I (F), 8) Drugs-poss Sched I (F), 9) Drugs-poss Sched I (F), 10) Drugs-poss Sched Ii (M), 11) P/w/i/s/d Sched Ii (F), 12) Drugs-ctft Sched Ii (M), 13) P/w/i/s/d Sched Iv (F), 14) Drugs-poss Sched Iv (M),

15) P/w/i/s/d Sched Iv (F), 16) Drugs-poss Sched Iv (M), 17) Maintain Dwelling (F), 18) Drugs-poss Sched Iv (M), 19) Poss Marijuana Misd (M), 20) Poss Marijuana Misd (M), 21) Poss Marijuana Misd (M), and 22) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at I-40/lewisville-clemmons Rd, on 6/24/2020 15:30. ♦ Doughty, Neal Devon (M/39) Arrest on chrg of Impaired Driving Dwi (M), at 200 N Main St, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/29/2020 10:04. ♦ Espinal, Juan Orlando (M/43) Arrest on chrg of Reckless Driving, M (M), at 1098 S Peace Haven Rd/lewisville-clemmons Rd, Clemmons, NC, on 6/26/2020 12:21. ♦ French, Bryan Ray (M/37) Arrest on chrg of Fraud-obt Property, F (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/26/2020 09:00. ♦ Gomez, Naily (F/26) Arrest on chrg of Cyberstalking, M (M), at 3637 Old Vineyard Rd, Winstonsalem, NC, on 6/25/2020 10:40. ♦ Graves, Robert Eugene (M/33) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugs-poss Sched Ii (F) and 2) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 5699 Springfield Farm Rd/harper Spring Dr, Clemmons, NC, on 6/24/2020 20:26. ♦ HAIRSTON, BRITTINY ANN was arrested on a charge of VAND-PERSONAL PROP at 1710 FRANCISCAN DR on 6/29/2020 ♦ HOUSTON, MICHAEL JAMES was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 1909 MARYLAND AV on 6/28/2020 ♦ HUGHES, MEAGAN ELIZABETH was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at W CLEMMONSVILLE RD/SIDES RD on 6/29/2020 ♦ Johnson, Robert Earl (M/38) Arrest on chrg of Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), at 3726 Leight St, Walkertown, NC, on 6/25/2020 20:45. ♦ Leviner, Lathan Glenn (M/37) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault On Female (M), 2) Assault On Female (M), and 3) Communicate Threats (M), at 421 Lewisville-vienna Rd, Lewisville, NC, on 6/25/2020

old comedy sketches will be censored. All those who came before were complicit in the system, and thus, must pay.

So young woke leftists cheer as they tear down monuments of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson; Generation Z college students chide their parents and grandparents — many of whom, in minority communities, experienced actual discrimination and hardship — as insufficiently committed to the cause of anti-racism. Gisselle Quintero, 18, told The Washington Post about her grandparents. “(T)hey were prohibited from drinking at ‘whites-only’ fountains after long, hot days of working in the fields,” The Post wrote, and “tried to distinguish themselves by their hard work and achievement.” But, clearly because they lacked enthusiasm for the current woke revolution, “They just kind of suppressed those memories.” Quintero’s grandparents may have overcome actual racism, but she posted news of a protest at a local mall on her social media.

Perhaps we have truly reached the apex of humanity. Or perhaps we are living in a particularly arrogant and self-serving moment when dissociation from America’s history and from other Americans substitutes for actual decency; when canceling others is the point, not a means to an end; when joining the woke mob isn’t about building something better but merely signaling your own saintliness. Perhaps in reality, those who pull down statues of Washington and Jefferson have accomplished little other than feeling special at the expense of the most special country in human history, and at the expense of their fellow citizens.

Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com.

18:33. ♦ MAXWELL, JUSTIN DANIEL was arrested on a charge of COMMUNICATE THREATS at 271 VILLAGE CROSSING LN on 6/27/2020 ♦ NICOLASREYES, RAUL RAUL was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-POINT GUN at 990 WINGHAVEN FOREST CT on 6/27/2020 ♦ Parker, Johnathan Lee (M/38) Arrest on chrg of 1) Weap-poss

By Felon (F), 2) Weap-poss By Felon (F), and 3) Weap-poss By Felon (F), at 1041 Phillips Rd, East Bend, NC, on 6/26/2020 11:13. ♦ Parrish, Jonathan Luke (M/30) Arrest on chrg of 1) Felon Adw/ser Injury (F), 2) Drug Paraphernalia (M), 3) Weap-poss By Felon (F), and 4) Resisting Arrest (M), at 301 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/24/2020 09:30. ♦ PEARSON, BRANDON RYAN was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at W CLEMMONSVILLE RD/SIDES RD on 6/29/2020 ♦ QUAYE, DEMETRIUS JAROD was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 201 N CHURCH ST on 6/29/2020 ♦ QUINTANA, MARCELO was arrested on a charge of DEFRAUD INNKEEPER at 150 HANES MALL CR on 6/29/2020 ♦ REYNOLDS, WILLIE LAMONT was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 801 N MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR on 6/28/2020 ♦ ROSEBOROUGH, TYRONE JAMEL was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 500 BROOKFORD PLACE CT on 6/30/2020 ♦ Savannah, Shikila Shanta (F/28) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drug Trafficking (F), 2) Drugs-poss Sched Vi (M), and 3) P/w/i/s/d Sched Ii (F), at 301 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/24/2020 12:15. ♦ SEARCY, QUINTIN MARCUS was arrested on a charge of MURDER at 201 N CHURCH ST on 6/29/2020 ♦ Sewell, Eric William (M/45) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault-

simple (M), 2) 1st Degree Trespass (M), and 3) 2nd Degree Trespass (M), at 241 Vancouver Ct, Kernersville, NC, on 6/28/2020 06:41. ♦ SPEAS, ANTHONY DENARD was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 1030 E FIFTEENTH ST on 6/28/2020 ♦ SYKES, ANOTHA LEE was arrested on a charge of DRUGSMAINTAIN at RICH AV on 6/30/2020 ♦ THOMAS, VICTOR ANTOINE was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 635 ANSON ST on 6/27/2020 ♦ Tyson, Jeffrey Tehon (M/36) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 6399 Idols Rd/ hampton Rd, Clemmons, NC, on 6/24/2020 13:39. ♦ Walker, Talisa Jane (F/28) Arrest on chrg of 1) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 2) Probation Violation (M), 3) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), and 4) Fail To Appear/compl (M), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/25/2020 16:35. ♦ WATKINS, JOHN KELSEY was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 337 E RHYNE AV on 6/28/2020 ♦ Williams, Curtis Anthony (M/32) Arrest on chrg of 2nd Degree Trespass, M (M), at 418 Heatherton Ln/woodbriar Path, Rural Hall, NC, on 6/24/2020 18:58. ♦ Wilson, Phillip Cornelius (M/28) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugs-poss Sched Ii (M), 2) Possession Marijuana (M), 3) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 4) Fail To Appear/compl (M), and 5) Fail To Appear/compl (M), at 5700 University Pw, Winstonsalem, NC, on 6/28/2020 11:15. ♦ Young, Alphonse Dcjackson (M/26) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 1949 Valleydale Ln, Kernersville, NC, on 6/27/2020 13:20.

Twin City Herald for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

3

SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT AUTO RACING

311 Speedway owner loses staff, sponsors after post Pine Hall The owner of Stokes County’s 311 Speedway said he has faced death threats, lost employees and seen “all but two” of his sponsors evaporate amid the backlash over his social media post invoking the noose found in the garage stall of Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace. Track owner Mike Fulp advertised “Bubba Rope” for sale on Facebook Marketplace the day after an FBI investigation determined the noose found at the Talladega Superspeedway garage had been there since at least October and was a coincidence, not a hate crime.

SPONSORED BY

MLB teams shuffle rosters as players opt out Longtime Durham Bulls manager Bill Evers will not start the season with Tampa Bay due to health concerns

By David Brant The Associated Press PHOENIX — A small group of players, including Nationals slugger Ryan Zimmerman and Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Leake, have announced they won’t be playing during Major League Baseball’s upcoming 60-game season. The Minnesota Twins have shuffled their on-field staff to protect the health of some of their older coaches.

As the sport lurches toward a late July start during the coronavirus crises, it’s clear that roster flexibility and organizational depth will be key.

Zimmerman, who told The Associated Press last week he was still deciding whether to play this year, ultimately said having three

young children, including a newborn, and a mother at higher risk because of multiple sclerosis factored into his decision.

“Given the unusual nature of the season, this is the best decision for me and my family,” Zimmerman said.

The 35-year-old, who has been with the Nationals since 2005, said this does not mean he’s retiring. He’s still deciding on his future beyond this season. The two-time All-Star and 2009 Gold Glove winner has 270 career homers.

The Twins confirmed Monday that bullpen coach Bob McClure and major league coach Bill Evers won’t be in the clubhouse at the start of this season because of health concerns. Both coaches are in their 60s and will stay with the organization to help in altered roles. Evers was manager of the Durham Bulls from 19982005 and the Greensboro Hornets in 1993.

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, who was sitting in a Target Field

dugout during a Zoom call, said he’s known both coaches for a long time — he played for Evers both in Durham and when Evers was bench coach in Tampa Bay — and that the decisions were difficult.

He added that both coaches were disappointed.

“I think we all know that we’re making the right decision, but that doesn’t mean it feels good,” Baldelli said. “It’s very, very challenging to even think about these sorts of things and have these conversations.”

But they’re exactly the conversations that are being had at both the organizational and personal level across the MLB landscape.

The defending World Series champion Nationals will begin their title defense without Zimmerman and pitcher Joe Ross, who also declined to play because of health concerns.

“We are one hundred percent supportive of their decision to not play this year,” Nationals GM Mike Rizzo said in a statement.

“We will miss their presence in the

“I think we all know that we’re making the right decision, but that doesn’t mean it feels good.”

Rocco Baldelli, Twins manager clubhouse and their contributions on the field.”

Ross, 27, has five seasons of MLB experience. He appeared in 27 games last season.

Zimmerman was due $740,741 and Ross $555,556 as prorated portions of their salaries, originally $2 million for the first baseman and $1.5 million for the pitcher. If they are deemed high risk by team physicians, they would still get paid and receive service time.

There’s little doubt the upcoming season will be unlike any other — if it can be played. Angels manager Joe Maddon, who is 66, said it’s up to individual players and coaches to accept and embrace the safety protocols.

“If you want to come in expecting the norms that we’re normally accustomed to, then you’re going to be frustrated constantly, and you can’t permit that to happen,” Maddon said.

WNBA

Seattle Storm coach to sit out 2020 season Seattle Dan Hughes will not coach the Seattle Storm during the 2020 WNBA season over concerns about his risk for severe illness if he were to contract COVID-19, the team said Monday. The decision was made following a medical assessment by the league and in consultation with Hughes’ primary care physician. The WNBA is set to begin its season in late July with all teams playing in Florida. Hughes, 65, had surgery last year to remove a cancerous tumor from his digestive tract. He missed nine games while recovering.

Seattle promoted Gary Kloppenburg to head coach for the season.

GOLF

NBC gets U.S. Open as Fox gets out of contract Liberty Corner, N.J. The U.S. Open is returning to NBC starting this year at Winged Foot after Fox Sports asked to end its 12-year contract with the USGA. The U.S. Open, originally scheduled to be played last week, was postponed to Sept. 17-20 at Winged Foot in New York when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down golf for three months. NBC televised the U.S. Open from 1995 through 2014.

That ended when the USGA signed a 12-year deal with Fox Sports worth about $1 billion that began in 2015.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Prep hoops star Bates commits to Michigan State East Lansing, Mich.

Michigan high school basketball standout Emoni Bates has committed to play at Michigan State for the class of 2022. Bates announced his decision Monday on ESPN to play for the Spartans and coach Tom Izzo. In April, the 6-foot-9 guard was named Gatorade’s national player of the year, the first sophomore to win the award. He averaged 32 points this year, but missed his chance to help Ypsilanti Lincoln High School repeat as state champions due to the coronavirus pandemic.

MIKE CARLSON | AP PHOTO

Bill Evers, pictured in 2006 as bench coach of the Tampa Bay Rays, will not join the Twins’ staff to start the season due to health concerns.

Some new college hoop coaches turn to experienced transfers New Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes has brought in five transfers

“We’re not in a perfect science. You don’t really know anybody until you get them on campus.”

By Aaron Beard The Associated Press MARK BYINGTON has spent more than three months as the men’s basketball coach at James Madison without being able to take a recruiting trip or meet personally with the eight players joining his program during the coronavirus pandemic.

But he takes some comfort in that five of the newcomers have Division I experience. He’s hoping the older players provide some stability amid these uncertain times for college athletics – highlighting the enhanced value of transfers for the coaches who changed jobs after last season and are trying to build new programs.

“We wanted to get older,” said Byington, who left Georgia Southern for the Colonial Athletic Association program. “And the best evaluations we could get during a pandemic was watching guys who played against other Division I players.”

Twenty Division I programs have changed coaches since March, when the pandemic shut down college and professional

Steve Forbes, Wake Forest coach

KATHY KMONICEK | AP PHOTO

Steve Forbes, pictured in March when he was still coaching at East Tennessee State, has five Division I transfers joining Wake Forest, with three added since he took over in April. sports as well as in-person recruiting. Wake Forest is the only school from a Power Five conference to do so after firing Danny Manning and hiring Steve Forbes from East Tennessee State.

They’ve bolstered their first recruiting classes with multiple transfers, from Division I graduates to junior-college additions.

Some committed as the NCAA considered changing the waiver process to allow all Division I ath-

letes to transfer once without sitting out a season, though that was delayed as the NCAA looks instead at changing legislation by January.

It remains unclear how many transfers will get a waiver to play right away or must sit out a year.

Rick Pitino at Iona and new Western Illinois coach Rob Jeter went heavy on JUCO players with four each, while Jeter’s class includes two Division I transfers and one from Division III. Both Wake

Forest and James Madison have five Division I transfers.

For the Demon Deacons, Forbes inherited two guards – high-scoring graduate Ian DuBose from Houston Baptist and Virginia Tech’s Isaiah Wilkins – who committed before the late-April coaching change. He added UNLV graduate Jonah Antonio, guard Daivien Williamson after coaching him two years at ETSU and Tennessee graduate Jalen Johnson – who committed to the Buccaneers before following Forbes to Wake Forest.

“If you miss on a high school player, that might be three or four years in your program,” Forbes said. “Where if you miss on a transfer or a grad transfer, it might be one or two. So it’s not perfect.

We’re not in a perfect science. You don’t really know anybody until you get them on campus.”

the bett ing to e stitution don’t kn now.”

The o for mil taking while a about t

Larson’s

Larson’s

op Cup Racing. ist of a

ur races stopped

uring a against es. The SCAR’s

ediately he slur, ng him, eryone,

up wins

. He is of two

4

Twin City Herald for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

STATE & NATION

Judge warns of possible move of trial in George Floyd death

By Steve Karnowski The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge on Monday warned that he’s likely to move the trials of four police officers charged in George Floyd’s death out of Minneapolis if public officials and attorneys don’t stop talking about the case.

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill stopped short of issuing a gag order on attorneys, but he said one is likely if public statements continue. Cahill added that such a situation would also make him likely to grant a change-of-venue motion if one is filed.

“The court is not going to be happy about hearing about the case in three areas: media, evidence and guilt or innocence,” Cahill said.

It was the second pretrial hearing for the officers, who were fired after Floyd’s May 25 death. Derek Chauvin, 44, is charged with second-degree murder and other counts, while Thomas Lane, 37, J. Kueng, 26, and Tou Thao, 34, are charged with aiding and abetting Chauvin.

Floyd died after Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee against the handcuffed 46-year-old Black man’s neck for nearly eight minutes. The officers were responding to a call about a man trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill at a nearby store.

Floyd’s death was universally condemned in Minnesota, with elected officials including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calling for the officers to be charged. Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said Floyd’s death was “murder.”

Cahill asked Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank to use his influence to keep public officials silent, warning that if they continued to discuss it publicly, he likely would “have to pull (trials) out of Hennepin County and they need to be aware of that.”

Cahill set a March 8 trial date for the former officers if they are tried together, though he said he expects motions to be filed to separate their trials. The next court date is Sept.

11.

The defendants have not en-

tered pleas. Chauvin’s attorney has not commented publicly on the charges, while Lane’s and Kueng’s attorneys have sought to minimize their clients’ roles and deflect blame to the more senior Chauvin in Floyd’s death, which sparked protests around the world against police brutality.

Chauvin remains in custody on $1 million bail and Thao is being held on $750,000 bail. Lane and Kueng are free on bond.

Cahill also rejected a defense request to reconsider his earlier decision to allow cameras in the courtroom during pretrial proceedings.

Defense attorneys asked to allow such coverage, but prosecutors objected. The judge has not ruled on whether to allow cameras for the trial itself, which in Minnesota usually requires the consent of all parties.

Kueng’s attorney, Tom Plunkett, was the attorney asking Cahill to reconsider his ruling on cameras.

He asserted that prosecutors and other officials forfeited their right to object to cameras in the court-

JERRY HOLT | STAR TRIBUNE VIA AP

George Floyd’s aunt Angela Harrelson of Minneapolis, left, and his uncle Selwyn Jones of Gettysburg, South Dakota speak to members of the media outside of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility Monday morning, June 29, 2020 in Minneapolis. room by making public comments that went as far as “saying the defendants are guilty of murder.” He said allowing electronic coverage of pretrial proceedings would actually make it easier to impanel a fair jury by helping to “educate the public that there may be more to the cases than what has been told to them by the state.”

The charges against Chauvin are unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder

Mississippi to lose rebel emblem from flag

By Emily Wagster The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, more than a century after legislators adopted the design following the Civil War. Spectators cheered and applauded after the historic votes in the House and Senate.

Each chamber had broad bipartisan support for the landmark decision. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said he will sign the bill, and the state flag will lose its official status as soon as he acts. That could happen “in coming days,” said his spokeswoman, Renae Eze. Mississippi has a 38% Black population — and the last state flag with the emblem that’s widely seen as racist. The state faced mounting pressure to change its flag as weeks of international protests against racial injustice in the United States have led to the toppling or removal of Confederate statues and monuments.

After an emotional day Sunday, legislators hugged each other — even those on opposing sides.

Democratic Rep. Robert Johnson of Natchez choked back tears as he told reporters that he has seen white colleagues develop more empathy about how the Confederate symbol is painful to him and other African Americans.

“They began to understand and feel the same thing that I’ve been feeling for 61 years of my life,” Johnson said.

A commission will design a new flag that cannot include the Confederate symbol and that must

ROGELIO V. SOLIS | AP PHOTO

This June 27, 2020, file photo shows Don Hartness of Ellisville, Miss., walking around the Capitol carrying the current Mississippi state flag and the American flag in Jackson, Miss. have the words “In God We Trust.”

Voters will be asked to approve the new design in the Nov. 3 election. If they reject it, the commission will set a different design using the same guidelines, and that would be sent to voters later.

Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn has pushed for five years to change the flag, saying the Confederate symbol is offensive.

The House passed the bill 91-23 Sunday afternoon. Within hours, the Senate followed suit, 37-14.

“How sweet it is to celebrate this on the Lord’s day,” Gunn said.

“Many prayed to Him to bring us to this day. He has answered.”

An increasing number of cities and all Mississippi’s public univer-

“They began to understand and feel the same thing that I’ve been feeling for 61 years of my life.”

Democratic Rep. Robert Johnson sities have taken down the state flag in recent years. But until now, efforts to redesign the flag sputtered in the Republican-dominated Legislature.

That dynamic shifted as an extraordinary and diverse coalition of political, business, religious

groups and sports leaders pushed for change.

At a Black Lives Matter protest outside the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion in early June, thousands cheered as an organizer said the state needs to divorce itself from all Confederate symbols.

Religious groups — including the large and influential Mississippi Baptist Convention — said erasing the rebel emblem from the state flag is a moral imperative.

Business groups said the banner hinders economic development in one of the poorest states in the nation.

In a sports-crazy culture, the biggest blow might have happened when college sports leagues said

and second-degree manslaughter. Second-degree murder carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, third-degree murder carries up to 25 years and manslaughter up to 10.

The other three former officers are charged with aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Those charges are legally tantamount to the counts against Chauvin and carry the same penalties.

Mississippi could lose postseason events if it continued flying the Confederate-themed flag. Nearly four dozen of Mississippi’s university athletic directors and coaches came to the Capitol to lobby for change.

Many people who wanted to keep the emblem on the Mississippi flag said they see it as a symbol of heritage.

Legislators put the Confederate emblem on the upper left corner of Mississippi flag in 1894, as whites were squelching political power that African Americans had gained after the Civil War. The battle emblem is a red field topped by a blue X with 13 white stars. The Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups have waved the rebel flag for decades. Georgia put the battle emblem prominently on its state flag in 1956, during a backlash to the civil rights movement.

That state removed the symbol from its banner in 2001.

The Mississippi Supreme Court found in 2000 that when the state updated its laws in 1906, portions dealing with the flag were not included. That meant the banner lacked official status. The Democratic governor in 2000, Ronnie Musgrove, appointed a commission to decide the flag’s future. It held hearings across the state that grew ugly as people shouted at each other about the flag.

Legislators then opted not to set a flag design themselves. They put the issue on a 2001 statewide ballot, and people voted to keep the flag.

Democratic state Sen. Derrick Simmons of Greenville, who is African American, said the state deserves a flag to make all people proud.

“Today is a history-making day in the state of Mississippi,” Simmons told colleagues. “Let’s vote today for the Mississippi of tomorrow.”