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NEWS BRIEFING

Antibody study shows 12-14% of population exposed to virus Winston-Salem An antibody study funded in part by the General Assembly now has over 18,000 participants. Wake Forest Baptist Health and Atrium Health’s Community Research Partnership has a goal to enroll more than 500,000 with interest in enrolling a representative demographic, including the elderly (age 65 and older), youth (age 17 and younger) and racial/ ethnic minority groups. The data updated at the end of June shows positive antibody tests, as a percentage, is 12-14% among the two different types of antibodies.

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Judge grants preliminary injunction, allowing bowling alleys to operate Raleigh An N.C. Business Court judge ruled in favor of state bowling alleys who sued Gov. Roy Cooper over his executive order that kept them closed while other businesses were allowed to open.

Judge James L. Gale issued the preliminary injunction, which allows the bowling alleys and members of the North Carolina Bowling Proprietors Association to resume operations so long as certain guidelines and restrictions are followed.

Cooper asked that the court grant a stay until a higher court could hear an appeal.

A.P. DILLON

Mountain State Fair canceled due to COVID-19 Fletcher North Carolina’s agriculture commissioner announced Tuesday that the 2020 Mountain State Fair has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The fair was scheduled to take place from Sept. 11-20 at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletcher.

Commissioner Steve Troxler cited the health and safety of visitors and staff and said social distancing would be difficult to enforce, news outlets reported.

The event has drawn more than 60,000 people during past opening weekends and drew 171,000 total visitors last year.

This is the first year since the fair was founded that the event has been completely canceled, Troxler added.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Australia warns of ‘arbitrary detention’ risk in China Canberra, Australia Australia warned its citizens that they may be at risk of “arbitrary detention” if they visit China, in a move that will further test strained bilateral relations.

The warning comes after Australian media reported that Beijing law professor Xu Zhangrun, a Chinese Communist Party critic who completed his doctorate at Australia’s Melbourne University, was detained in China on Monday.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government was considering a safe haven offer to Hong Kong residents threatened by Beijing’s new national security law.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Richmond continues Confederate statue removal Richmond, Va. Work crews on Tuesday took down a monument to Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, the third major statue to be cleared away in less than a week in the city that served as the Confederacy’s capital.

Mayor Levar Stoney, citing his emergency powers on July 1, ordered the removal of all cityowned Confederate statues.

Stuart’s has been the last major statue left standing, other than a massive monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee which sits on state land.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Trump Boat Parades show support for president Over the 4th of July weekend, organized 'boat parades' took to the state's waters in Lake Norman, Wrightsville Beach, and more.

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JOURNaL ELEVATE THE CONVERSATION

Council of State meeting gets heated over utilitycutoff executive orders Between April and May, 878,941 residential customer accounts were eligible to be disconnected due to nonpayment

Attorney General Josh Stein grant the city a waiver from the order.

Weeks later, with no response, the city manager issued a warning in a press release.

“The Attorney General has still not granted our justifiable waiver. The Elizabeth City Council can

By A.P. Dillon no longer wait on Governor CooNorth State Journal per or AG Stein to grant the waivRALEIGH — Unless collec- er,” said City Manager Rich Olson tions of utility payments are al- on June 30. Olson warned that the lowed to resume soon, a num- city “will start sending out bills ber of utility providers in the state and expect our residential customers to begin paycould be facing bankrupting them under the cy due to one of Gov. Roy following terms and Cooper’s COVID-19-relatconditions.” ed executive orders.

Quickly after that Cooper initially ad- “We need release, Stein granted dressed utility services in to push the Elizabeth City a condiExecutive Order 124 on tional waiver.

March 31, which banned power from Part of the orders utility companies from Raleigh pertaining to utilicharging late fees, interback into ties required certain est, or terminating acmonthly reporting by counts due to non-pay- these local ment. It also allowed communities the NC Utilities Commission. That data is residential customers at collected in order to least six months to ar- who know assess the impact of range to pay any of their these cities the governor’s execuoutstanding bills. The first tive orders on operaorder was to last 60 days and citizens tions. and also suspended evic- better than sent a lettions. The order also apanyone else." terNCUC to the governor plied statewide regardon June 19 which reless of income loss due to COVID-19.

State Treasurer ported figures spanning May 1 to May 31.

Cooper later issued EO Dale Folwell In that letter, NCUC 142, which extended the stated that 453,487 prohibitions in EO 124 on additional residential disconnecting customers and continued to bar utilities from customers were eligible for discollecting fees, penalties or inter- connection due to non-payment est for late payments. The result of but were not disconnected. That these orders has been an increas- was an increase of 28,033 from ing number of customers not pay- the first report in May. According to the NCUC report, ing their bills at all, which is causing a financial meltdown for many between April and May, there were 878,941 residential customer utility operations.

EO 142 is set to expire on July accounts eligible to be disconnect29, 2020, which may be too late ed, with late fees and penalties tofor some citizen-owned utilities, as taling $10,039,546. During that was the case with Elizabeth City’s, same time period, 55,985 non-reslocated in Pasquotank County. idential customers were eligible The city was one of the first re- for disconnection, with late fees ported to have reached a break- and penalties of $1,287,231.

“As of May 31, Utility Service ing point. Facing over 2,200 delinquent utility accounts, and with Providers report an aggregate of the electric fund set to be depleted $253,372,377 in residential and

by August, the city was reportedly non-residential customer arrearlooking at electric rate increases of ages,” the NCUC letter reads. “Of this reported amount, approxiup to 46% to compensate.

Elizabeth City officials voted on June 8 to request that Cooper and See UTILITY page A2

Parents, districts take lead on school plans as state delays guidance It is unclear whether Gov. Roy Cooper will direct classes to meet remotely, in-person or a mixture of both

By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — For North Carolina teachers and parents with school-aged children, lack of official guidance from the state on how districts should proceed for the 202021 school year, now only weeks away, is leading some to begin making decisions irrespective of word from above.

In early June, Gov. Roy Cooper had directed school districts to come up with three plans: one if learning were to take place solely on campus, one if learning were going to be done remotely, and another if schools were allowed to welcome students back to campus, but at reduced capacity and with greater social distancing.

Cooper said that after schools organized these plans, he would make an announcement July 1 to recommend which of these three options the state would direct schools to use. But on July 1, Cooper instead announced there would be no announcement on the subject, saying simply, “We’re not issuing a statewide directive today on how schools should open in the fall, but we will soon.”

An Elon University Poll, released on July 1 as well, showed N.C. residents fairly evenly split between the three options, with the smallest segment being in favor of a purely online plan. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many see remote learning as the safest option, but the poll showed only 29% wanted this completely remote return, while 34% wanted a full-time onsite return, and 38% called for a mix of the two.

Cooper’s office indicated it needed more time to review data and to consult on the matter. The governor’s comments during the press conference suggest he agrees with the majority in the poll, who want some level of in-person learning.

“Let me be clear: We want our schools open for in-person instruction in August,” Cooper said at last Wednesday’s press conference. “The classroom is the best place for children to learn — recent reports recommend it, and I know many parents and children agree.”

Senate Bill 704, a bipartisan omnibus bill to deal with many areas of government response to the pandemic, requires schools to open Aug. 17, a week earlier than is typical. This earlier start puts additional pressure on schools to prepare, and many are beginning to move ahead with plans separate from the governor’s timeline.

The Wake County School Board voted unanimously on July 2 to move forward with the mixed plan.

According to Wake County Public School System Superintendent Cathy Moore, the plan will be more difficult to implement than the fully on-campus or fully remote learning plans, and it requires students to rotate in and out of in-person classes

“Families are uncertain if the public schools will be able to serve their needs for school this fall. The pandemic schooling at home gave them the opportunity to see that they could home-school, and now they are choosing to do it intentionally.”

Robert Bortins, Classical Conversations Inc. CEO over a three-week period, with twothirds of students always at home.

Two Wake County teachers, speaking to NSJ on the condition of anonymity, approved of the school system’s decisiveness.

One teacher told NSJ that the fact that the county had at least picked one of the three plans helped to bring teachers some clarity, “although we know things might change when the governor makes a decision.”

A second said the plan that’s being put in place this year for the county, which includes some faceto-face time, will allow for more accountability than what was in place at the end of last school year, saying it “inspires more confidence than the prospect of strictly remote learning for the foreseeable future.”

Some parents aren’t waiting to see which of the options will be selected and are instead taking matters into their own hands. On July 1, the same day that the governor See SCHOOLS page A2

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SCHOOLS from page A1 RESTRICTIONS from page A1 announced his decision would be staying their properties ifwebsite they delayed,onthe government are notparents year-round where give residents. notice of their A similar situationcrashed to Surf intent to home-school due City’s actions has arisen in Dare to volume. and counties, AtCurrituck 9:20 p.m. that night,resultthe site ing in the filing of asystem federal is lawsimply read, “The not suit by available six property currently due to owners an overwhose permanent residences areof whelming submission of Notices in neighboring Intent (NOI). Itstates. will be back online as Law-enforcement soon as possible. checkpoints We apologize have been set up on roads for any inconvenience as weleadwork ing into various and counto process NOIstowns as quickly as posties. sible.”

The town of BeaufortInc. hasCEO a Classical Conversations chokepoint near whose I-70 toSouthern repel Robert Bortins, non-residents.

One needs valPines-based company is onea of the id form ofhome-school government-issued ID largest curriculum with a Carteret County address, providers in the world, was not suraprised COVID-19 Entry are Passinterested issued more parents by the town or documents provin home-schooling. ing “Families you are an worker areessential uncertain if the or are schools performing essential public will beanable to serve service. their needs for school this fall,” said Ocracoke is pandemic also requiring Bortins said “The schooldocumentation order gain ing at home gavein them the to opportuentry thethat town. nity totosee they could homesTheand public’s use of Atlan-to chool, now they arethe choosing tic has been banned by do itOcean intentionally.”

Atlantic Beach, Salter Path, In-of NSJ asked N.C.’s Department dian Beach andfor Emerald In Administration details Isle. on what aoccurred joint press towns withrelease, the sitethe crash and said “swimming, how many notices ofsurfing, intent tokithoing,” and “non-motorized recremeschool they received that day. ational all proDespitewater the access” messageareindicating hibited. an “overwhelming submission” of Wrightsville Beach officials NOIs, spokesperson Aldesha Gore already closed beaches tosaying, the blamed site maintenance, public but will now also be fining “Site users are experiencing reviolators up to $500.

If need one inal-time maintenance that [sic] cludes court costs, the fine jumps to occur.” to $650.

In a sign that Cooper’s political Officialsare in moving Wilkesboro and opponents to make the North announced on delay aWilkesboro campaign issue in his reelecApril 8 that only one person per tion, N.C. Republican Party Chairfamily will be allowed into a man Michael Whatleyentry released any stores.saying, Children can only acstatement “North Carolina company them no other suitfamilies need to ifknow if their kids able can watch them. Unwill person be in school next month.

Last week, Cooper a fortunately, despite beingissued Gov. Coonew order containing per’s executive self-proclaimed top priority, multiple layersdeliver of new restriche still cannot a plan for retions on our the schools.” few retail stores still opening allowed or able to remain open.

This new order begins at 5 p.m.

April 13 and runs for 30 days.

According to executive order 131, only five people per 1,000 square feet of retail space or 20% of fire marshal posted occupancy limits can be in a store at one time. Markings must be placed 6 feet apart in areas where people gather, like checkout lines, and stores must observe cleaning measures. Additional recommendations in the order include plastic shields at registers and contact-free checkouts.

The order overrides any local prohibitions that set a different occupancy rate in order to maintain “uniformity” across the state.” As with Cooper’s previous executive orders, municipalities and individual stores can enact even stricter measures than described in the new directives.

The North Carolina-based Fresh Market grocery store chain, starting April 14, will require all guests to wear a face-covering of some sort.

THE WORD: DOUBTING THOMAS SOWING SEEDS TO BEAR FRUIT

19 When any one heareth

John 20:27-29 (KJV) The Second Sunday of Easter approaches, the word of the kingdom, The 13th Chapter of Matthew begins with Jesus teaching beside the Sea of Galilee and includes eight parables. The and understandeth first Christians parable taught Jesus was the Parable and arebyreminded of the firstof the Sower. In the story, we hear of the different ways seeds can hit the Then he to it 27 not, thensaith cometh ground. Seeds dropped by theresurrection. sower on the way side are eaten by birds. Those dropped on stony places sprout but Sunday following Christ’s Jesus Thomas, Reach the wicked one,hither and wither because they have no roots. Seeds dropped among thorns are choked out by the weeds. But seeds planted in had met with most of His disciples after Mary thy finger, away and behold catcheth that my good soil will bear fruit. Jesus explains the meaning of the parable: Magdalene alerted them of His presence. hands; which and was reach sown hither in his thy hand, and it heart.

This is thrust he which Thomas was not with them when they met into my side: received seedand by be thenot Jesus, and he said he would not believe in the faithless, believing. way side.but 20 But he that resurrection until he had seen the wounds of 28 And Thomas received the seed into the crucifixion for himself. answered and the saidsame unto stony places, him, Lord and my is heMy that heareth the Eight days after the resurrection, Thomas God. 29and Jesus saith unto word, anon with joy had his doubts removed when he saw him, Thomas, because receiveth it; 21 Yet hath Jesus and examined His wounds. While thou hast seen thou he not root in me, himself, Jesus blessed those who believed in His hast are but believed: dureth forblessed a while: they that have not seen, for when tribulation resurrection based on faith, He nonetheless and yet have believed. or persecution ariseth was willing to prove Himself to Thomas. because of the word, by Thomas had proven a devoted and loyal and by he is offended. disciple and Jesus did not condemn him for “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” by Caravaggio (c. 1601–1602, housed 22 Hecurrently also that received in Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam, Germany). seed among the thorns his skepticism.

is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, TRAFFIC from page A1 backups. transportation sales tax revenue, shutting down certain business- causing major choketraffic the word, and he Floridabecometh announced that it is aces. But some states have not. which also is down. unfruitful. work he schedules by sevWashington, site of the first celerating23 But “We were hoping to bid it out failed to produce results. that received about $2 billion In the meantime, some road for construction very soon, but coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., eral weeks seedoninto the good and bridge projects already have then COVID-19 and all that, so suspended work on 92 of its 100 worth of bridge groundand is heroad thatprojects.

In Maryland, westbound that timeline is kind of in the air,” active highway projects as a rebeen put on hold. heareth thea word, and the Chesapeake Bay The North Carolina Depart- said West Plains administrator sult of a stay-at-home order for lane of understandeth it; which Annapolis most workers. The halted proj- Bridge near ment of Transportation has Tom Stehn, a former state highalso beareth fruit,recentand (PUBLIC DOMAIN | CC0 1.0 | GNU FREE DOCUMENTATION LICENSE) to vehicles followslashed its expected construction way engineer. “It was a high pri- ects include major ones in Seattle ly re-opened bringeth forth, some an ing repairs.

The $27 million projand(1552).

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by Pieter Bruegel the Elder Theaspainting is part of the the upcoming budget year,Museum a $2 of Though some thirty.well ahead of collection of the Timken Art, Sanambulances Diego, Calif.are run- ments to an Interstate 90 pass ect was completed ning as usual and detours are through an avalanche-prone area schedule, partly because of light billion reduction. traffic amid the coronavirus panOhio has delayed projects until well-marked for visitors, “ob- of 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 beenbills, especially large in some on hold, save for a $6 million have chiefproviders clinical officer the is cause of thefrom expected decline in shall, ing their and Wood agreed able.” television while for requirUTILITY page A1 nation’s most famously conemergency repair a storm South Howell fuel tax revenue.

Labor Commissioner Cherie Wood also said where she wanted to of the ing power and County water toAmbulance comply. metropolitan areas, such part of theeveryone foundation Faced60% withisaattributable budget shortfall, Berry asked if there was a possibilremind out Folwell and on gested “Executive orders 124 and 142 washed mately to the District.

Sanfederal Francisco Bay area.

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by Joseph P. Brannan, EVP to “They’re before supporters can make construction work.

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The cen- voters’ city and counties. cityroad council said they were “never passion.day Agriculture & CEO of Electric Cooperatives push for a public on has since allowed work to pro- another `I’m not raising ter’s hospital, physician spe- think, “We are working hard vote to find aware.” er Steve Troxler agreed my withtaxes Fol- it and Roy L. Jones, CEO of and ElectricisaidCooper, John Grubb, on 61reiterated critical projects.

About the way!’” said Mike Ri- ceed cialty are among the area’s right moremeasure, money,” said adding Wood that “Execuwell, now, then no questioned what would ties ofclinics North Carolina. operating of the Bay road and projects, at chief co-chairman of the Bend 800 largest employers, about ley, that he hopes theofficer General Assemtive Order 142 bridge is not sustainable” happen if he revoked hisGo concurElectricities is aserving not-for-profit Council, a business-backed remain hold.

Coalition 40,000 patients in eight reprerural 2020 bly will “step up.”

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The state had allotted more felt “Mr.itGovernor, I ask thatgoing as your either.”

She cited cities in the which vokelike concurrence Carolina and Virginia. in, people that would have been an crews have be Most states have throughout classified road than million to cover policy are considering these state thatConstruction are on a “financial watchCooper asserted the projects.

The$1.2 letter referenced the half over lotthey of stimulus and an awable to they shutare down highway as only essential work been the road construction costs.

The construction matters, dutifully consider the list” because allegedly not awful meeting that the thing waived $253 million in arrearages reportlot of job creation,” he said. prime hours without ful continue despite orders other wasand to come from local unintended consequences of the being during run well. in hiscan order were late fees and in- lanes ed by half NCUC highlighted that that “Thank you, madam auditor. I orders,” said Folwell. “When somethe “average percentage of cus- terest and that the public should be do not plan to rescind this order,” thing goes through Congress, it has tomers with past due accounts for paying their bills.

Attorney General Josh Stein replied Cooper when Wood con- a scoring on it. When something the 256 Utility Service Providers that reported this information was and Folwell sparred a bit over the cluded her remarks. “It does end goes through the General Assempotential lawsuits that might be July 31 and there is no provision bly, it has a fiscal note on it. I think 13.7%.

WORSHIP from page A1 “These aggregate arrearag- filed by other municipalities and under the law to revoke concur- executive orders should have to have a fiscal note on them.” es, which accumulated during the utilities. Folwell also said that ev- rence.”

Benhamlow-usage and othersspring showedseaup ery member of the COS was covFolwell went on to say, “I am opAccording to Order 142, it does relatively to thewill Charlotte receiv- ered under executive order 142 and not end on July 31. The cited du- posed to the federal government son, quicklyclinic growafter unmanageing thatthe theupcoming police were there that there is “absolutely no means ration is for “one hundred twenty providing subsidies for people like ablecalls during summer demanding thatconsumers the group’suse mem(120) days, until 11:59 pm on July the people on this call, whose inmonths when sig- testing” in the executive orders. bers leave more the area.

Whento they recome has not gone down, for them “There’s nobody on the Coun- 29, 2020.” nificantly electricity power fused to conditioners,” leave, eight were given ci- cil of State who has to pay these Troxler spoke up, saying a no- to get a deferral that may put their their air wrote Brantations “violation emergency bills either. They can also be de- tice needed to go out to consumers municipal utility in a bind.” nan andofJones in theofElectricities’ prohibitions and restrictions” — a ferred,” said Folwell. He went on to very soon, making sure that they “This needs to be means testletter.

Class 2 misdemeanor.

Brannan and Jones wrote that, ask if Order 142 was meant to ap- are made aware they need to start ed and Executive Order 142 is not “They’re there weremor50 ply to “me, the governor, and the planning to pay their bills and back means tested nor did it apply to ca“Ending thesaying disconnection people Benham on other members of this Council of payments. ble companies,” Folwell said. He atoriumthere,” on July 29 andsaid restorthe discrepancy his acHe encouraged the governor said he knows some are paying ing the flexibility between of our utilities to State,” as well as others who have count and the “official” and account. and attorney general to work with their cable bills but not for the elecmanage disconnections pay- the means to pay.

“Just thea video.

The video The discussion soon moved municipalities because “agricul- tricity that turns their TV on. ment look plansaton case-by-case bashows evidence. is a lie.

It from the financial ramifications ture runs on power.” Troxler also The governor replied, restatsis willclear provide betterIt and more is wrong.responses The police department, efficient to each circum- of the order to returning local con- said he worried the situation util- ing that everyone owes the amount Charlotte ities were now in could get much of their utility bills, and his orders stance.” Observer, the mayor’s of- trol. ficeCooper — they’re “We need to push the power worse and that these bills will hit were only to keep services from behasall notwrong.” yet responded to Ted Cruz ing shut off. theSen. Electricities’ letter.(R-Texas), a from Raleigh back into these local already cash-strapped farmers. friend Benham’s, tweeted in communities who know these cit“Mr. Treasurer, this executive Cooper repeated that “none of N.C.ofState Treasurer Daleout Folsupport himwatching later the same day, ies and citizens better than anyone the payments were waived” in his order did not remove debt that well hasofbeen the utility calling the situation arrest unconstitutional anybody owes,” said Cooper. “Evexecutive order. providers’ closely. In late else,” said Folwell.

ROBERT CLARK | NORTH STATE JOURNAL and saying, “Because elected Dems “What is going on now is that erybody owes the full amount of State Auditor Beth Wood then June, Folwell asked the governor to are pro-abortion, they are abusing Attendees Northwood Temple in these Fayeteville’s 2020 Easter drive-in service listen onwas utility bills. All thisindid many of municipalities are their weighed in, of stating she agreed with Church issue waivers to all citizen-owned their power—in one-sided radios inside their cars telling as Pastor Hedgepeth delivers his sermon. utilities from being cut off theirJohn customers that as of prevent Troxler on thefrom length of the order utilities in the astate, notingway— that their to silencewaivers pregnancy without somecounselors.” of the citi- and with Folwell that Cooper’s or- August 1, they will have the au- for a period of time. That’s all it Cruz also put a petition onpossibly his site der on utilities, “was not sustain- thority to disconnect utilities, so did.” zen-owned utilities could sets, asked with sealed and services.” against religious in- ‘drive-in’ which asks signatories “Tell crimination Cooper for anywafers more com‘you better enter into a payment nion able.” go bankrupt.

In that presstorelease, of juice, had Johnson to call offhad the The very day, Wilming- cups religiouswith believers,” Democratic Roy Cooper ments.

Supt.but Mark with us’,”next said Cooper.

“I am inand agreement Com- plan Folwell said Governor he would bring the is- stitutions to distribute them after word that drive-in ser- plan Barr in a statement.

“Thus,I tonItpolice that if abortion is ‘essential’ then said one but said he would follow up was posted made clear the majorimissioner Troxler.

I too, when sue up again at the July 7 Council “will notofbestate considered a viimpose pregnancy services essential, government with the thecity. governor later. An unty of the COS would not be from signed off onmay this, not thought thisspewas vices of State Meeting, andare he did.

“They said don’t doasked communion, so to norenew legal action would restrictions on religious activitoo.During Stop discriminating speaker if they concurring Order 142, at identified a temporary thing,” said Wood.

“I olation,” the Council ofagainst State cial I’m good around man. I the try horn,” to do taken against the asked churches, but and that doJuly not also apply would to similar people of faith!” would bea“going which point, Troxler the govthought 1 things re- be meeting, Folwell laid out the ten- ty the mayor says,”was Hedgepeth urged “all to churches and what activity.”

U.S.situation Attorney but Cooper said there “no time ernor still for his office put someturn to normal, but we are not, and police uous that General dozens of Wilutil- nonreligious “We’re law-abiding.

I wantthe to of worship to continue with said.

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A tweet from Barr’s commu- its compelling interest,” said Barr. ness Church had an Easter service lotte’s demands for his group to nications director, Kerri Kupec, “Religious institutions must not be at 10 a.m. Pastor John Hedgepeth stop counseling women outside told NSJ the church promoted the the abortion clinic, even after the said, “During this sacred week for singled out for special burdens.”

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U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Montana law blocking religious schools from scholarships U.S. Dept. of Education issues rule directing CARES Act funds to include private schools

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court changed the face of scholarships in Montana when it held that the state could not ban religious schools from participating in the state’s scholarship program.

The SCOTUS decision in Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue holds that “The application of the no-aid provision discriminated against religious schools and the families whose children attend or hope to attend them in violation of the Free Exercise Clause of the Federal Constitution.”

This decision by the SCOTUS overrules a Montana Supreme Court decision which dismantled a school choice program that used tax credits for students attending both secular and religious private schools. The case heard by the Montana Supreme Court involved the Montana Department of Revenue’s “Rule 1,” which was enacted not long after the scholarship program began and which prohibited families from using the scholarships at religious schools.

Three mothers sued the Department in Montana state court for blocking scholarship funds for their children’s tuition at Stillwater Christian School. The trio alleged that Rule 1 discriminated on the basis of their own religious views and because their chosen school was religious.

The SCOTUS ruling came down in a 5-4 split along ideological lines; the majority was held by five conservative justices, with the four progressives dissenting.

The dissenting justices said that, in some cases, state governments need to be free to discriminate against religious institutions so as to avoid programs that may run afoul of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress.

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Kendra Espinoza of Kalispell, Montana, center, stands with her daughters Naomi and Sarah outside the U.S. Supreme Court. Espinoza is the lead plaintiff in the case that struck down a Montana law barring use public money to pay for religious schooling in many states.

Espinoza's daughters attend the Stillwater Christian School in Kalispell, near Glacier National Park.

“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 in the majority opinion.

At the heart of the SCOTUS decision is what is known as a Blaine Amendment, which are state constitutional provisions that hail back to anti-Catholic bigotry in the 1880s. The original intent and purpose of a Blaine Amendment was to stop government funding of Catholic schools. In modern times, this has been expanded to include any religious school, with Blaine Amendments still found in 37 states.

Montana’s “no-aid” provision is an example of a Blaine Amendment, as it forbids the use of state aid or funds to “any church,

school, academy, seminary, college, university, or other literary or scientific institution, controlled in whole or in part by any church, sect, or denomination.”

Justice Alito notes in the majority opinion that Montana’s original Blaine Amendment was enacted in 1889 and was modeled after the “failed Blaine Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.” Alito also noted that the failed federal amendment, which was named after House Speaker James Blaine, who introduced it in 1875, “was prompted by virulent prejudice against immigrants, particularly Catholic immigrants.”

The ruling arguably opens the door for future suits nationwide involving Blaine Amendments.

North Carolina has a variety of school choice options available to

Environmental rules commission will consider ban on payments for permits Former DEQ secretary’s motions have been referred to a committee for review North State Journal staff RALEIGH — The former secretary of the N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality, who now serves on the state’s environmental rulemaking commission, has proposed rulemaking that would make money exchanged for permits illegal. Emails obtained by the North State Journal through public records requests show that Donald van der Vaart has proposed two motions before the N.C. Environmental Management Commission arising from his “concerns regarding the agreement between the Governor’s office and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) partners that described payments by the ACP partners to an escrow account controlled by the Governor.”

Emails between van der Vaart and Stanly Meiburg, the chairman of the EMC who was appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper, show that van der Vaart strongly opposes payments in exchange for permits. However, van der Vaart offered an alternative if the commission does not agree.

If the commission decided to allow officials to require payment for permits, van der Vaart said they should be regulated. A rule allowing additional payments for permits “must include strict criteria, procedures, and limitations for consideration of any payment by a permit applicant,” said van der Vaart.

The context for van der Vaart’s motions was provided to all of the commission’s members in a Feb. 10 email where he said, “I have a concern regarding the possible exchange of environmental permits for money.” Van der Vaart then quoted the executed memorandum of understanding between the ACP and Cooper’s office where the government agreed to refund any payments made by

“No state official should be allowed to extract more value than a permit requires.”

Sen. Paul Newton (R-Cabarrus) the pipeline if the project was not approved by the state or did receive the necessary permits.

In a May 22 email to Meiburg, van der Vaart said, “I am strongly opposed to any mechanism that exchanges money for permits. Such an arrangement is rife with the potential to corrupt the permitting processes.” The former McCrory cabinet secretary then said that once monetary payments to regulators is introduced, the agency would be motivated to maximize the payments it received from permit requestors. “To preserve proper processing of permits requires that consideration of a monetary payment by the applicant be precluded by rule,” said van der Vaart.

The motions proposed by van der Vaart present two opposing policy stances. His preferred language would “instruct the Department [DEQ] to draft a rule that would prohibit any agreement between third parties, including permit applications, and executive branch government officials that exchanges funds or anything of value for permits granted and/or maintained by the Department under the authority of the EMC.” His alternative motion would require regulations defining the conditions under which a permittee could be required to enter into an agreement to pay for a permit.

In a June 23 email to van der Vaart, Meiburg said the motions would be referenced in the agenda for the July meeting of the commission, but the motions

would first be considered by the Steering Committee according to “normal procedure” for rulemaking. Meiburg said that the motions could be considered at the September meeting of the committee before they could be considered by the full commission.

Questions surrounding a $57.8 million agreement between Cooper and the ACP have lingered since the deal was announced in January of 2018. The N.C. Republican Party called for a federal investigation of the agreement saying it appeared to be the “worst example of pay to play politics.”

The Republican-majority General Assembly launched an investigation in 2019 that culminated in a report from an investigative firm that found Cooper “improperly used the authority and influence of his office with regard to a $57.8 million ‘mitigation fund’” but did not personally benefit from the deal. Cooper’s administration said the report was “wrong, and it is full of inaccuracies and contradictions that clearly ignore inconvenient facts.”

The ACP project was recently canceled by Dominion Energy and Duke Energy. In a joint statement, the companies blamed “increasing legal uncertainty that overhangs large-scale energy and industrial infrastructure development in the United States.”

“The public deserves a permitting process that is fair,” said N.C. Sen. Paul Newton (R-Cabarrus).

“An applicant is in a horrible negotiating position with the government if they can be required to pay.”

Newton, who was an executive at Duke Energy before joining the state Senate, said, “no state official should be allowed to extract more value than a permit requires. If an applicant meets the legal standard, the permit should be granted without the requirement of additional compensation.”

The Environmental Management Commission next meets July 8 in Raleigh.

“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."

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts families, which were not impacted by the Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue ruling. North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarships, which provide up to $4,200 a year to low-income and minority students towards tuition at the school of their choice, are simi-

lar in that they allow state money to pay tuition at religious schools.

Those scholarships were met with a legal challenge five years ago and ruled constitutional.

“We have successfully defended that right in our own NC Supreme Court ruling in 2015, upholding the Opportunity Scholarship Program that currently provides over 12,000 NC students from low-income working-class families economic access to a private school of their choice,” said Mike Long, president of Parents for Education Freedom in North Carolina. “I applaud the US Supreme Court’s ruling that has now further solidified that right.”

Critics of the Opportunity Scholarship program include left-leaning organizations as well as Gov. Roy Cooper, who has twice tried to defund the program.

What the N.C. Farm Act does and does not do in regard to hog farms

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — The N.C. Farm Act of 2019-20 was signed into law

by Gov. Roy Cooper in June, but provisions regarding hog farms in the bill were fielding criticism before it was signed.

Angie Maier, director of government affairs and sustainability for the N.C. Pork Council, spoke with North State Journal about some of the misinformation about the legislation’s handling of swine farms and waste lagoons.

The N.C. Farm Act of 2019-20 arose from Senate Bill 315, a bill that some critics claim renders swine farmers’ public records exempt from public inspection.

“Contrary to what some advocates have claimed, the intent of this provision is NOT to shield information about the swine industry,” said Maier in an email to North State Journal.

There is no such language in the law nor is there a special confidentiality protection for the hog industry. What the law does do is apply the same confidentiality at the state and federal level to that of the water conservation district level.

Another claim made by critics is that the N.C. Farm Act of 201920 creates a loophole for new hog farm expansion, but the language of the law shows no such loophole, and no regulations are loosened or removed.

Per the language of the law, “The Commission shall not issue or modify a permit to authorize the construction, operation, or expansion of an animal waste management system that serves a swine farm that employs an anaerobic lagoon as the primary method of treatment and land application of waste by means of a sprayfield as the primary method of waste.”

It was 23 years ago in 1997 when the General Assembly first imposed a moratorium on the ex-

pansion of hog and swine farms, which became permanent in 2007.

Under these moratoriums, any new swine farm seeking to open or existing farm wanting to expand had to meet five environmental standards which are extremely strict and expensive. Due to the strict nature of the moratoriums, no new hog farms have opened in North Carolina, and only a single expansion permit has been issued since 1997.

Under the act, hog farms can cover existing swine manure treatment lagoons or opt to replace lagoons with methane digesters.

Such digesters are used to create a source of renewable energy via the capture of biogases.

The use of digesters is also in line with Senate Bill 3, enacted the same year as the permanent moratorium in 2007. That bill included a requirement that utilities include the use of electricity produced from swine waste. Maier says that the “vast majority” of the electricity produced from swine waste is from biogas, which is produced by methane digesters.

“This provision makes clear that an existing swine farm can be issued a modified permit to make changes to the manure management system,” Maier told North State Journal. And it “continue to not be subject to the economically prohibitive standards required of a new farm — so long as it does not result in an increase to the existing permitted capacity on that farm.”

Maier said that since 2011, the N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality has issued more than 20 permits to swine farms either to cover an existing swine lagoon or replace the lagoon with a methane digester. She also noted that these permits were issued for the purpose of harvesting biogas interest and that interest among farmers for this type of technology advancement and farm improvement is growing.

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The construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would have run from Northampton County down to Robeson County, was expected to generate more than 17,000 new jobs and $2.7 billion in economic activity across the region.

Since the surprise announcement of its cancellation, the eight counties affected — Northampton, Halifax, Nash, Wilson, Johnston, Sampson, Cumberland, and Robeson — are now left without the expected economic-development bump they’ve anticipated since 2014.

In October 2019, a pipeline office opened in Northampton County to handle pipeline operations. At the time, Democratic state Rep. Michael Wray said the project would eventually bring upwards of $1 million annually to the county.

The pipeline project now defunct, it is unclear what will happen to the easements and other steps counties took to get their communities ready for the development.

WEST Burke County A group called the Sons of Confederate Veterans has raised a 20-foot-by-30-foot Confederate flag on an 80foot pole near Interstate 40 in Burke County. The flag replaces a smaller version that had been there. The large Confederate flag is on private property. The flag cost nearly $800. Wendell Hildebran, the mayor of the nearby town of Hidebran, said he’s against the flag and that numerous others are as well.

Graham County Joseph Jones resigned as Graham County Sheriff due to personal reasons, the county manager announced on June 29. Chief Deputy Chuck Stewart will perform the duties of sheriff on an interim basis until a permanent replacement is hired. County Republican Party officials hope to have a new sheriff hired by early July.

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National Guard, food bank team up to feed hungry Blue Cross Blue Shield helping to fund firehouses Graham County North Carolina insurance commissioner Mike Causey and insurance company Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina are partnering to provide $500,000 in grants to rural firehouses in the state. The Graham County Volunteer Fire Department received a $5,000 check last month.

Volunteer fire departments depend heavily on fundraising, which has dried up during the shutdown resulting from the pandemic. Madison, Avery, and Rowan county fire departments have also received grants.

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Woman killed by Fourth of July ‘celebratory gunfire’

2 dead after shooting near North Carolina college campus Guilford County Two people have died after a shooting near North Carolina A&T. Authorities identified the victims as Rodney Letroy Stout and Bakeea Abdulla Douglas, both 34. They were found around 8:10 a.m., according to police, who had no information immediately on a suspect or a motive for the shooting. North Carolina A&T sent an alert to staff and students advising people to stay inside and lock their doors.

Traffic was blocked in the vicinity of the shooting as the investigation got underway.

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Hyde County A preservation group plans to add trails at Springer’s Point, a tract of land in Ocracoke where Blackbeard partied with other pirates on rum and roasted pig. The 124-acre property lies along the Pamlico Sound on the highest part of the island, where gnarled live oaks more than 200 years old grow. It was once slated for development. The group bought two acres in May along the waterfront between two larger sections, allowing for a new trail to less-accessible areas, including where the tidal red cedar grows.

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Emerald ash borer detected in county trees

Boater who fled storm is killed by falling tree Gaston County A boater who sought shelter from a storm in North Carolina has been killed after being struck by a fallen tree. The incident occurred Sunday on Mountain Island Lake near Charlotte. Gaston County Police said that two people had fled the lake to avoid getting struck by lightning and took shelter on an uninhabited island. A large tree uprooted and landed on one of the two people, police said. Several people were on the island at the time, and some tried to provide lifesaving care. The victim died at the scene.

Alexander County The emerald ash borer, an insect responsible for killing millions of trees, has been seen for the first time in Alexander County. The beetle bores into ash trees and destroys the tissue underneath as it feeds. While the trees look healthy on the outside, they die within three to five years. The actual insect hasn’t been spotted in the county, but signs of its presence have been noticed in trees near Taylorsville. Alexander is the 57th county in the state to be invaded by the ash borer.

Martin County A worker at a Williamston Hampton Inn has been fired after she called police on a black woman and her child who were guests there and swimming in the pool. Missy WilliamsWright said she was using the pool with her family last week when an employee approached asking for proof they were guests. The officers and the employee ask for proof she has a room at the hotel. Wright showed them a hotel key card. The worker who called the police was “no longer employed” and the company apologized directly to the guest and her family.

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Hackers disrupt town council meeting Perquimans County Hackers interrupted a Hertford Town Council meeting in June. The group was meeting via Zoom, due to the pandemic, and hackers were able to intrude, bombarding the group with pornographic images. The hackers were also able to block the other attendees, preventing anyone from gaining control of the images being displayed. The hackers also used racial slurs. The council had to suspend the meeting and create a new Zoom chat in order to continue.

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Durham County A 74-year-old North Carolina woman was fatally shot by “celebratory gunfire” on the Fourth of July, police said.

Durham Police Chief C.J. Davis said in a statement that “reckless behavior” led to the shooting death of Paulette Thorpe late Saturday. Davis said some people “carelessly” fired guns into the air during the holiday celebration. “Ms. Thorpe’s death reminds us that we as a community must work together to prevent these senseless acts, so that no family suffers such a tragedy ever again,” the chief said.

Thorpe died at a hospital, police said.

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Swain County The MANNA FoodBank and the North Carolina National Guard have teamed up for Operation Mountain Top, which will look to help distribute food to hungry residents in the area. The food bank is continuing its drive through center, which provides food for up to 200 families, but the National Guard is now also assisting in distribution, since the number of needy families has increased during the pandemic.

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Wilson County A black family has filed a federal lawsuit against the parent company of Hampton Inn after a clerk called the police on them over a billing dispute two years ago. Delores Corbett was seeking clarification on a billing error for her prepaid room in November 2018 when an employee loudly told her that her credit card had been declined. The family left the hotel so quickly that it left some items behind. When police arrived, they acknowledged that the rooms were paid. Officers escorted the family from the hotel and suggested that they call the corporate office.

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Hospital visitation issues remain after altered bill voted down in Senate

Dan Forest lands Trump’s endorsement, accepts debate invites

By Matt Mercer North State Journal RALEIGH — Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, who is running against Gov. Roy Cooper to become the state’s chief executive in November, landed an official endorsement from President Donald Trump last week.

President Trump tweeted: “The Governor of North Carolina, @ RoyCooperNC, made it absolutely IMPOSSIBLE for the Republican Party to have its Convention there - and we all love the State. Millions of Dollars, & JOBS, lost

by State. VOTE FOR @DanForestNC!” Forest immediately touted the endorsement, sending emails to supporters and fundraising off of the announcement. He also tweeted: “This

shutdown is clearly targeted at keeping @ realDonaldTrump YUGE rallies out of our great state.”

Lt. Gov. Forest also announced he has accepted two invitations from N.C. media outlets to debate Cooper ahead of November’s election, from Spectrum News and CBS 17.

“North Carolinians deserve to hear their candidates for Governor debate the important issues of our state,” campaign spokesman Andrew Dunn said. “Voters have a clear choice in November, and we look forward to outlining our vision for North Carolina and how we will get our state back on track.”

The Forest campaign also started running a new TV ad this week highlighting Forest’s business career.

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Image of Dan Forest’s first TV ad of the 2020 general election. The ad focuses on Forest’s business career.

RALEIGH — Near the end of the current legislative session, a bill was voted down that would have guaranteed visitation rights to families being blocked from visiting their loved ones due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Sen. Warren Daniel (R-Burke) was the primary sponsor of Senate Bill 710, The No Patient Left Alone Act, which was written to “ensure visitation rights for hospital patients during a disaster declaration or public health emergency.”

The bill would have allowed hospitalized patients to designate one visitor to visit that patient’s room during time periods in line with hospital visitation rules.

The No Patient Left Alone

Act moved quickly through both chambers of the General Assembly, but as it passed through the House, the bill was watered down via a proposed committee substitute (PCS) which also added “collaboratory funds.”

The PCS submitted and passed by the House changed the language to make the visitation rights section align with the existing policies the bill had sought to overcome. In that version, $10 million was inserted from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory to carry out a “statewide testing, tracking,

and tracing initiative.”

The day after the PCS was filed, an amendment was filed that had nothing to do with visitation rights, but instead ordered the State Comptroller to transfer $100 million from the reserve for COVID-19 relief for grants to businesses.

The updated bill, along with the spending amendment, was passed by the House and sent to the Senate for concurrence, where it failed by a vote of 6 to 40.

Daniel at the time indicated it would be better for the bill to come to an end rather than put into statute the current hospital policy that led to the outcry about visitation restrictions in the first place.

According to sources in the House, the new spending additions were added by Rep. Ross (R-Alamance) and Rep. Perrin Jones (R- Pitt). Jones, who is also a medical doctor, questioned N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy

Cohen during a committee meeting earlier in June. He specifically asked Cohen about the policies separating families from a hospitalized or dying loved one.

According to Cohen’s testimony, Senate Bill 730 was not aligned with federal rules, but did not elaborate further. The rules referred to by Cohen came from the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services that allow hospitals to adopt visitation polices that “restrict or limit visitors when clinically necessary and reasonable.” These policies are part of the “conditions of participation,” which includes controlling of infectious diseases.

According to the NCDHHS website’s hospital guidance page, a hospital or care facility should “Limit visitors to the facility to only those essential for the patient’s physical or emotional well-being and care, for example, care partners.” The CDC guidance also calls for limiting visitors to only “those essential for the patient’s physical or emotional well-being and care,” but there is no mention of a strict ban.

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COLUMN | REP. RICHARD EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy spor itizens 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, gatherings, 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, ONE when THING certain types ofand questions getthis asked, there is virus to ask questions about the data, because reasonable IS CERTAIN; COVID-19 dissipates The cavalier mannerwhile in which China stay-at-home lied about thesacrifices origin offor thethe greate manyafter more ty were In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired by stories of humanity are over. sometimes a disturbing tendency among some people to treat thosewill paymeasures understandable, they should alsoand havetried an expiration around the globe and in the United China for Stanly this are virus, covered up its spread to tell thedate. world there were only after our own States,neighbors County Journal forand Wednesday, April 15, 2020 osed helping neighbors.

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EVERY ELECTION YEAR, and their supporters being shot,I understand businesses are being looted, innocent WITH MOST STATES underpoliticians either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home “People fallenare into place. the seriousness of the virus and the need NE THING IS CERTAIN; after this COVID-19 virus dissipates The cavalier manner in which China lied about the origin of the claim, “This election could not be more important,” and make an Americans are being attacked and threatened,” Lee stated.

“Lives 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 in Con “THIS IS THE DAY the lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad Hydromer Inc. WITH MOST STATES under either shelter-in-place stay-at-home fallen into place.

I made, understand the seriousness of the and the is need THIS WEEK, according toormembers ofTHE theand federal government, That would mean that thevirus fatality rate actually far “THIS IS DAY the lord has let us rejoice and be glad Hydromer Inc. nd the globe and in the United States, China will pay for this virus, covered up its spread tried to tell the world there were only extra effort to point out that, “The future of this country rests with being ruined, communities are burning, literally burning.

So whose are having to adjust to what is being called the “new normal.” questions about the data, and when things can start getting back to in Cot in it” (Psalm 118:24).

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Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what the government tells us about when it’s safe to begin the and su to stay at home; they’ve practiced social distancing; in many places, most important problem because experts maintain and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me of just how much we hope, inspiration and st Though there’s no doubt America has faced brutal challenges over “Admittedly, there’s a risk in any course we follow other than tly traced to China: 1957 flu,” 1968 “Hongpress Kongbriefing flu,” markets financial outlets.

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While crashes, economic collapses, and vast civil unrest — for many, it feels the greater risk lies in appeasement, and this is the specter our For me, my faith is an important part of daily life and decision I am glad initiatives we h ive 1918 questioning “Spanish flu” pandemic also had its origins in China. measures without immediate fear of rampant inflation and currency Easter seasons If he does decide to extend it, questions should be vague asked as to the stay-at-home orders in place all over the throug justification for it. And the answers should not be ones like “we questions. country,And andthe thelonger stricter some of them get are in states, such as Michigan, questioning that the greater transparency According to the University of Washington Institute for Health lockdowns for large swaths of the population, with w as though we are in unprecedented times thanks to the confluence of well-meaning liberal friends refuse to face — that their policy of For me, my faith is an important part of my daily life and decision I am glad initiatives we Easter seasons government making.

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

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Reagan was talking about the Cold War during his 1964 speech, this difficult time.

Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church servi , but answer First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate?

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And the longer stay-at-home orders are in place all over the courage to say and do what he believes without regard presidential candidate in our history. Where Biden in good or bad educational outcomes. was ioning andestablishment, should be replaced justification for it. And thesaid answers should be vague ones like “wecritics. It’s country, stricterneeds. some of them get exclusionary inThe states, such as Michigan, to his exactlyand whatthe American a recent tweet he did not wantnot to rebuild America education having with “fat bodybuilding, as a fat-inclusive nment the nation’s mostanxious powerfulabout labor union, must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or politicized One They reviewer has the earsperformance.” of will political leaders. see 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, demand in place. Elderly persons with underlying conditions thoroughly this AS A FORMER state senator, I have been asked asaid, huge“Iloss potentialenjoyed if more reading parents are 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 andout believe it has an important times what jobless I wouldand do regarding able to opt of poorly achieving public amount of timeorder whyinmodels predicting hundreds of thousands of casestelemedicine Leaders atvirtual the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they leveraging and hospitals. contribution to make to the field home North Carolina.

The current SAH schools.

For example, in New York and City this hing? GUEST OPINION | MIKE LONG are reliable. can be withsystem thoseleaders answers vague answers, but answer Led by our major health and— and again, not journal.” order expires on April 29. there are more than 50,000 students on s what waiting for admission to charter North Carolina I would “Ourlists Struggle Is My Struggle: Solidarity Onegone state along senatorwith recently are has going to and the To date, I’ve whatsaid thewe state asked then withHospital details Association, that give their statements believability. schools.

Theas per-pupil expenditure topsto haveabout a master planWe with primary a what we can Feminism anfamilies, Intersectional Reply need know whoway is sick, not,questions itizens mandated thattowe do,four but things: along the I’vewho alsoishad should all suppliers continueand to do to keep our $20,000 a year.

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I agree.

Public the data. State Republican leaders have, too. ourselves, and our communities safe. But we should also able still to continue in a free waiting listfor were beby admitted facilities to produce ventilators and PPE necessary accepted publication Affilia, ato health experts are coalescing around benchmarks to Unfortunately, when certain types of questions get asked, there is to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home charter into to take care of our own demands. An ongoing needs feministschools, journalthat for would social translate workers. The follow before 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 apaper billion-dollar theoftraditional assessment would evaluate the re-purposing of consistedloss in by part adate. rewritten cases and deaths, widespread testing, ample hospital osed public schools.

A substantial simply questioning and we can and start getting This is all to Americans, normal.

Not in any way,decline hotels,back empty warehouses andnew university dorms and it is not passage from Mein Kampf.

Two other capacity andthe thedata ability to asking monitorwhen new patients business could in traditional public school attendance 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 as emergency field hospitals in conjunction with papers were published, including their contacts. demonstrate would mean fewer teachers employed. deployment strategies for health care professionals.

“Rape Culture and Queer Performativity These are reasonable data points that should serve otherwise don’t care if they get themselves or others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new ed.

PEFNC was proud sign-on to an Amicus Brief TUESDAY, 30, was a to great day for school That would mean declining Virtual andto direct primary care options at Urban Dog Parks.”

This union paper’sdues, subject as a foundation to JUNE makegovernment decisions keep everyone the ability toSince when did questioning at all levels asubmitted badhospitals normal.” by the Center for Education Reform.

The choice across America, reverberating right here become in since most charter school teachers are would be made available through every health was dog-on-dog rape.

But the dog rape safe.

We are not going back to full normal any time thing? That isNorth whatCarolina. free citizens living in the a free were supposed Not one little bit.Court justice, follow sound brief was cited twice by a Supreme In a 5-4 ruling, U.S.society Supreme not union members. Charter schools’ paper eventually forced Boghossian, soon. We are not reopening everything tomorrow. We system. Ongoing testing would be implemented. clearly making a strong impact.

Court upheld a Montana tax-credit scholarship rate of growth since the 1990s has to do, last I checked.

Covid-19 Rigorous statewide antibody testing would be Pluckrose and Lindsay to prematurely out mustprogram take care of our most vulnerable citizens, and Although our stateMatthews does not have a tax-credit helps students and their families been significant. Sister From 2001 to 2016, My first concern asthat we go along inbusinesses, all this, ofnow. course,gain is my implemented family.

I’m once Stacey has also written under the pseudonym Toldjah available. themselves.

Wall Street Journal writer we must begin to reopen our hygiene, they program comparable toregular Montana’s, our Opportunity equal access to the the private school ofI’m theirworried choice. I will. After enrollment atAtraditional public schools worried about them catching virus, and and is a contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection.

In conjunction with other regional governors had figured out what they were doing.

I amThe following a couple of data models — Fuller, Scholarship Program is designed to meet much the case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of rose 1% while enrollment in public charter would be sufferingHolmes from the H1N1 virus (swine flu)project during thecases 2009 pandemic, andsame cooperation the White House,Opportunity I would Somerose papers accepted for publication and the CDC. The models N.C. goals. Wewith successfully defended Revenue, is the most important and far-reaching schools 571%.

N.C. a fair allocation items such inSowell academic journals advocated training peak between April 20 and May 5.because trying to take precautions, allinof this ensure brings up receives allowed toI’ve beento Scholarships in 2015 before the N.C.ofSupreme Court school choiceextra decision by the Supreme Court points out that not all charter It is anway too many as ventilators from national stores to ensure we men like dogs and punishing white I would do the following: I would not extend the program currently provides economic access to decades. memories of a painful experience I’d prefer not to—repeat. schools are successful. Failing chartermale re-enter the can address any peak scenario.

There would be a college can students for historical slavery by the SAH order past April 29 without compelling a private school of their choice for over 12,000 N.C. Here is a brief history of the case.

In 2015, the schools have their charters revoked, enormous But what also makes me lose sleep is how easily most everyone has standing directive for rapid response to enable the asking off them to sittoin silence on the floor in dataMontana showing legislature its necessity.

It is imperative to keep economy. students from low-income, working-class families. established the tax-credit cutting access public funds.

That victory for FDA-approved drugsstrong that are experimental in chains during classtoand to be expected Covid-19 hygieneallowing measures in place: as social program remains despite efforts from scholarship, taxpayers tosuch receive a dollar-for- use ofThe is in stark contrast failing and corrupt to students to a pandemic virus. learn frompublic the discomfort.

Other papers distancing, gathering masks, hand washing, politicians like Gov. Roy Cooper, who has called dollar tax credit uplimits, to $150 for donations to a Student relation traditional schools that continue As long as a business could demonstrate the ability celebrated morbid obesity as a healthy life etc. the Opportunity Scholarship Program “an expense Scholarship Organization.

These SSOs then in turn to dine at the public trough.

Successful and families, we should stop in our state.”

He’sthey gonewould as far as funded for families to attend private to follow sound Covid-19 hygiene, be choice and advocated privately charter schools are the treating real threat to The datesscholarships to lift and reduce or continue on-going particularly restrictions defunding Opportunity Scholarships through his schools.need to be determined using scientific traditional public No allowed to re-enter the economy.

I would lean into conducted unionized masturbation asschools. a form of budget proposals.

Based on an existing law onconcerning, the books, the charter school inagainst Sowell’swomen. study has been exercising a little common sense on what works and sexual violence Typically, Suspending and, more those of less evidence. this victory Restrictions does not mean we can on our Montana state government decided that scholarships more successful than Success Academy what But is appropriate. could be rest lessened as academic journal editors send submitted of individual constitutional rights are means who violation laurels.

Even this legislative session, lawmakers in the could not be used for students to attend faith-based charter schools in Harlem, Bedfordthe four benchmarks indicate it is safe to do so. papers out to referees for review. In dangerous exercises regardless of reason.

General Assembly haveto mounted to dismantle schools.

That led lawsuit that culminated in the Stuyvesant and the South Bronx — and cannot afford Our North Carolina needs get backefforts to work. recommending acceptance for publication, businesses aretoona life support.

It is imperative Opportunity Scholarships, in attempts to make Montana Supreme Court striking down the entire none has been more viciously attacked For the next 18 months, I would monitor data many reviewers gave these papers glowing to get them opened.

500,000 North Carolinians to escape their program. This week’s ruling recognizes that the good on Gov. Cooper’s toto end the program. in words and in deeds. New York City while reserving the rightpromise to return stronger praise. have signed up for unemployment in the past three locally zoned weeks.

History and legal precedent areput on our side, aand we Montana scholarship not the Mayor Bill de Blasio explicitly campaigned restrictions if necessary.

I would in place Political scientist Zach Goldberg ran Data indicate N.C.program will havedoes 50% ofviolate its small are committed to continuing the fight and to protect these U.S. Constitution and has oncequalifying again affirmed against schools saying: “I amthrough public school, businesses special team of medical, data analytics business certaincharter grievance studies concepts (revenue under $10M) for the programs and the students and families constitutionality of school programs. angry about the privatizers.

I am leaders to provide insights and advice.

Theimpacted. standard the Lexis/Nexis database, to seesick howand often if they stay closedchoice through May 15. I to attend a bankruptcy, This is an enormous loss for education’s elite The people involved with the case show why the tired of these efforts to privatize a precious channels with DHHS and County Public Health they appeared in our press over the years. would begin opening businesses in less impacted decision-making class, teachers’ unions and cause of school choice is so important. The plaintiff, thing we need — public education. private school counties Officials would continue. I would conduct briefings He found huge increases in the usages today. supporters of the educational status quo. It is Kendra Espinoza, is a single mother in Montana In another venue, Sowell said: “We with stakeholder groups of government, medical of “white privilege,” “unconscious bias,” categorize N.C. citizens into four groups: that is a better I would an enormous victory for students and families, working three jobs. She had used the scholarship to keep hearing that “black lives matter,” and business leaders from across the state, including “critical race theory” and “whiteness.” tested positive for Covid-19, hospitalized and in particularly those of less means who cannot afford to send her daughters to a faith-based private school but they seem to matter only when that fit. state, municipal folksto(elected All ofpoliticians this is being taught to or college critical condition, immunocompromised and escape theircounty locally and zoned public school attend a of her own choice, specifically to escape thehave negative federal, helps to get votes, when andprivate non-elected).

I would sharefit. the collective and students, whom become primary not tested positive, andatfinally, healthy individuals school that is a better social atmosphere their local public school. that sloganmany helpsof demagogues demonize varying opinions from these groups with the public. and secondary school teachers who then who have not tested positive.

These groups need It is this simple: The constitution of the United This is a huge victory for educational access across the police. The other 99% of black lives WeStates need hyper transparency in this matter. indoctrinate our young tailored plansincluding on who and how weinwill careCarolina. for them. sides with school choice.

And so do we.

America, right here North destroyed by people who people. are not police Politicians get ridiculed all the time, except when I doubt thenearly coronavirusWe need parameters and rules to protect the do not seemwhether to attract as much we need them to make monumental decisions. So I caused financial crunch will give college vulnerable. The highest at-risk residents, those in attention in the media.” and administrators, who are a nursing homes and prisons, would see tight rules stay ask each of you reading along — What would you do?

Atuniversity a 2016 meeting, the NAACP’s crossbreed between a parrot and jellyfish, board of directors ratified a resolution the guts and to restore academic that called forbackbone a moratorium on charter schools.

AmongFar the too NAACP’s respectability. often, reasons they getfor much this werepolitical that it wanted charter schools of their support from campus to refrain from “expelling that grievance people who arestudents members of the public have a duty educate” and facultyschools and diversity and to multicultural “cease to perpetuate de facto segregation administrative offices. of the performing from Thehighest best hope lies withchildren boards of those whose aspirations may be high but trustees, though many serve as yes-men whose are not yet as obvious.” for thetalents university president.

I think that a That a vision suggesting that no black goodisstart would be to find 1950s or 1960s children receive decent educations Letters addressed to the editor may be sent to letters@nsjonline.com or 3101 Industrial Dr. catalogs. Look at the course offerings at until all black children receive decent a time when college graduates knew how Suite 105.

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Letters must the writer’s phone number, city Letters addressed to the editor maybe besigned; sent toinclude letters@nsjonline.com or 3101 educations. Black people cannot afford to to read, write and compute, and make Industrial Dr. Suite 105.

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Letters must be signed; include the and state; and be no longer than 300 words. Letters may be edited for style, length or clarity when entertain such a vision and other attacks them today’s curricula. Another helpful on educational success. writer’s phone number, city and state; and no longer than 300 words. Letters necessary.

Ideas for op-eds should bebesent to opinion@nsjonline.com. tool would be to give careful consideration may be edited for style, length or clarity when necessary. Ideas for op-eds should to eliminating all classes/majors/minors Walter E. Williams is a professor of containingatthe wordMason “studies,” such as be sent to opinion@nsjonline.com. economics George University. women, Asian, black or queer studies.

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 speech certain number of years.

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

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France-Turkey spat over Libya arms exposes NATO’s limits

By Lorne Cook The Associated Press BRUSSELS — The festering dispute between France and Turkey over a naval standoff in the Mediterranean Sea has shone a glaring searchlight on NATO’s struggle to keep order among its ranks and exposed weaknesses in a military alliance that can only take action by consensus.

The dispute has also revealed NATO’s limits when its allies are or are perceived to be on different sides of a conflict — in this case in Libya — especially when a major nuclear ally like France has lamented the “brain death” at the world’s biggest security organization due to a lack of American leadership.

According to French accounts of the June 10 incident in the Mediterranean, the French frigate Courbet was illuminated by the targeting radar of a Turkish warship that was escorting a Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship when the French vessel approached.

France said it was acting on intelligence from NATO that the civilian ship could be involved in trafficking arms to Libya. The Courbet was part of the alliance’s operation Sea Guardian, which helps provide maritime security in the Mediterranean.

In a power-point presentation to French senators on Wednesday, which angered the French officials, Turkey’s ambassador to Paris, Ismail Hakki Musa, denied that the Courbet had been “lit up” by targeting radar and accused the French navy of harassing the Turkish convoy.

He also suggested that a NATO probe into the incident was “incon-

“I think that it’s a historic and criminal responsibility for a country that claims to be a member of NATO. We have the right to expect more from Turkey than from Russia, given that it is a member of NATO.” French President Emmanuel Macron

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In this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, front right, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron, front center, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a group photo at a conference on Libya at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. clusive” and that France had pulled out of Sea Guardian. The French defense ministry rushed to release its version of events and underline that it would not take part in the operation until the allies had recommitted to the arms embargo on Libya, among other demands.

NATO headquarters refused to provide details saying the report is “classified,” and it’s unlikely that its findings will be made public. A French diplomat said the investigators probably did the best they could, given that they were provided with two very different versions of what happened.

On Thursday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused France of lying.

“We have proven this with reports and documents and gave them to NATO. NATO saw the truth,” Cavusoglu said. “Our expectation from France at the moment is for it to apologize in a clear fashion, without ifs or buts, for not providing the correct information.”

On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron had accused Turkey of flouting its commitments by ramping up its military presence in Libya and bringing in jihadi fighters from Syria.

“I think that it’s a historic and criminal responsibility for a country that claims to be a member of NATO,” Macron said. “We have the right to expect more from Turkey than from Russia, given that it is a member of NATO.” It’s not the first time Turkey has been at the center of controversy at NATO. Ankara’s invasion of northern Syria last year angered its allies, while its purchase of Russian-made missiles, which NATO says would compromise allied defense systems, got Turkey kicked out of the F-35 stealth fighter program.

Despite concerns about its di-

rection and close ties with Russia — NATO’s historic rival — Turkey can’t be ejected from the military organization. Legally, there is no mechanism, and decisions require the unanimous agreement of all 30 member nations. In any case, NATO insists that Turkey is too strategically important to lose.

At the heart of the France-Turkey quarrel is the question of whether NATO allies should respect the U.N. arms embargo for Libya. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said last month that the alliance “of course supports the implementation of U.N. decisions, including U.N. arms embargoes.”

But in an interview on Tuesday, former U.N. Libya envoy Ghassan Salame said just after a Berlin conference in January where countries again backed the Libyan arms embargo, he saw pictures of weapons shipments showing that even Security Council members were sending “ships, planes and mercenaries” there.

Germany is first major economy to phase out coal and nuclear

By Frank Jordans The Associated Press BERLIN — German lawmakers have finalized the country’s long-awaited phase-out of coal as an energy source, backing a plan that environmental groups say isn’t ambitious enough and free marketeers criticize as a waste of taxpayers’ money.

Bills approved by both houses of parliament last week envision shutting down the last coal-fired power plant by 2038 and spending some $45 billion to help affected regions cope with the transition.

The plan is part of Germany’s “energy transition” — an effort to wean Europe’s biggest economy off planet-warming fossil fuels and generate all of the country’s considerable energy needs from renewable sources. Achieving that goal is made harder than in comparable countries such as France and Britain because of Germany’s existing commitment to also phase out nuclear power by the end of 2022.

“The days of coal are numbered in Germany,” Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said. “Germany is the first industrialized country that leaves behind both nuclear energy and coal.”

Greenpeace and other environmental groups have staged vocal

protests against the plan, including by dropping a banner down the front of the Reichstag building Friday. They argue that the government’s road map won’t reduce Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet the targets set out in the Paris climate accord.

“Germany, the country that burns the greatest amount of lignite coal worldwide, will burden the next generation with 18 more years of carbon dioxide,” Greenpeace Germany’s executive director Martin Kaiser told The Associated Press.

Kaiser, who was part of a government-appointed expert commission, accused Chancellor Angela Merkel of making a “historic mistake,” saying an end date for coal of 2030 would have sent a strong signal for European and global climate policy. Merkel has said she wants Europe to be the first continent to end its greenhouse gas emissions, by 2050.

Germany closed its last black coal mine in 2018, but it continues to import the fuel and extract its own reserves of lignite, a brownish coal that is abundant in the west and east of the country. Officials warn that the loss of mining jobs could hurt those economically fragile regions, though efforts are already under way to turn the vast lignite mines into nature re-

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The controversial Uniper Datteln 4 coal-powered plant steams behind a corn field one month after the operational start in Datteln, Germany, Friday, July 3, 2020. serves and lakeside resorts.

Schulze, the environment minister, said there would be regular government reviews to examine whether the end date for coal can be brought forward. She noted that by the end of 2022, eight of the country’s most polluting coalfired plants will have already been closed.

Environmentalists have also criticized the large sums being offered to coal companies to shut down their plants, a complaint shared by libertarians such as Germany’s opposition Free Democratic Party.

Katja Suding, a leading FDP

lawmaker, said the government should have opted to expand existing emissions trading systems that put a price on carbon, thereby encouraging operators to shut down unprofitable coal plants.

“You just have to make it so expensive that it’s not profitable anymore to turn coal into electricity,” she said.

This week, utility companies in Spain shut down seven of the country’s 15 coal-fired power plants, saying they couldn’t be operated at profit without government subsidies.

But the head of Germany’s main miners’ union, Michael Vas-

siliadis, welcomed the decision, calling it a “historic milestone.”

He urged the government to focus next on expanding renewable energy generation and the use of hydrogen, which is being touted as a long-term replacement for natural gas.

According to Germany’s state-funded Fraunhofer Institute, some 55.7% of net electricity generated so far this year for the public power supply came from renewable sources including wind, solar, biomass and hydro. Coal accounted for almost 20%, followed by nuclear and natural gas with about 12% each.

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NC State hires former ECU coach McNeill as special assistant Raleigh Former East Carolina coach Ruffin McNeill is joining the NC State football staff as a special assistant to Dave Doeren, the school announced Tuesday. The 61-year‑old McNeill, an ECU alumnus and native of Lumberton, has been a college assistant since the mid‑1980s and was 43-34 as head coach of the Pirates from 2010‑15 until his surprising dismissal by then-AD Jeff Compher. He has had several stops as an assistant, including two stints at Appalachian State and most recently at Oklahoma, where he was assistant head coach under Lincoln Riley, his former ECU offensive coordinator, the past three seasons.

NHL

NHL-NHLPA agreement would start play Aug. 1, extend CBA into 2026 New York The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association on Monday announced a tentative deal on a return to play format which is coupled with the two sides agreeing to a memorandum of understanding on a fouryear extension of the collective bargaining agreement that would bring labor peace until 2026. Should both agreements be ratified, the NHL would resume play Aug. 1 with 24 teams. The agreements need two-thirds approval by owners. On the union side, the agreements must first be approved by a majority of the NHLPA’s 31-member executive committee before going to a vote to the full membership.

The new CBA would give both sides some cost certainty given the revenue lost to the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. It would also bring NHL players back to the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics pending agreements with the International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation.

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Rather than entering an expensive fight with the NCAA, Chowan University changed its athletic teams’ nickname from Braves to Hawks.

NC colleges familiar with the Redskins name-change issue Several schools faced similar backlash 15 years ago

By Shawn Krest North State Journal COMPANIES AND organizations around the nation are taking a long look at their histories and branding in an attempt to be more sensitive to all cultures.

That’s nothing new to sports teams, where the debate over team names has raged for decades. It appears that two longtime holdouts, the NFL’s Washington Redskins and MLB’s Cleveland Indians, are taking steps toward finding new nicknames for their teams, while baseball’s Atlanta Braves are digging in.

While pro teams are still sorting out what names are appropriate and which need to be rebranded, it’s a fight that has been long since resolved at the college level.

The NCAA passed a rule in 2005 banning “displaying hostile and abusive racial/ethnic/national origin mascots, nicknames or imagery at any of the NCAA championships.” Schools were given a year to comply, and in North Carolina, there were three colleges impacted by the ruling.

One went the route of Washington and Cleveland and made a change, while the other two took the path Atlanta is trying to tread and have the same nicknames they always did.

“The general feeling of the community is that people would be upset if we did change.”

Allen Meadors, former UNC Pembroke chancellor

Here’s a look back at the history of the cultural sensitivity battle at North Carolina colleges.

Chowan University: From Braves to Hawks Chowan, like the county and river of the same name, was named after the Chowanoc Tribe, and the school’s initial choice of Braves as the nickname for its athletic teams paid tribute to those origins.

“Chowan College is in a real quandary because the name is derived from the Algonquin Indian tribe, meaning ‘they of the south,’” then-athletic director Jim Tribbett said. “The native term Chowan has been the name of our college for over 150 years. Chowan is located on the banks of the Chowan River and has always honored its heritage and geography.”

There’s a good chance the school See REDSKINS, page B4

Several players with North Carolina ties are practicing with major league teams in preparation for baseball’s return

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal THE CANCELLATION of this year’s minor league baseball season was a disappointing blow to many young prospects whose advance up the ranks toward a possible major league career has been put on hold for an entire year.

But that’s not the case for several players with North Carolina ties included in their teams’ 60‑man player pool for the abbreviated season beginning later this month.

It’s a list that includes recent draft picks Patrick Bailey and Nick Swiney of NC State, Jared Shuster of Wake Forest and Duke’s Bryce Jarvis.

“Everyone wants to play baseball right now,” Shuster said shortly after his selection in the first round by the Atlanta Braves last month. “Throughout the country, we all miss baseball, so hopefully that can happen sooner rather than later.”

In addition to catcher Bailey and left-handed pitcher Swiney, the first- and second-round picks of the San Francisco Giants, another former Wolfpack player, shortstop Will Wilson, is also included in the Giants’ player pool.

Besides Shuster, a left-hand pitcher, other former Wake players making the list are first baseman Will Craig (Pittsburgh Pirates), right-handed pitcher Parker Dunshee (Oakland Athletics), outfielder Stuart Fairchild (Cincinnati Reds) and first baseman Gavin Sheets (White Sox).

The Duke contingent consists of right-handed pitcher Jarvis, the first-round selection of the Tampa Rays, and current major league pitcher Marcus Stroman of the New York Mets.

Although North Carolina first baseman Aaron Sabato did not make the Minnesota Twins’ list after his selection in the first

“The 60-man player pool, I think part of the design was to give teams a few spots for developmental purposes.”

Farhan Zaidi, San Francisco Giants general manager

round of last month’s draft, the Tar Heels are well represented among the 60-man pools.

The list includes catcher Chris Iannetta (New York Yankees), right-handed pitcher Trent Thornton (Toronto Blue Jays), infielder Kyle Seager (Seattle Mariners), catcher Tim Federowicz (Texas Rangers), right-handed pitcher Mike Morin (Milwaukee Brewers), infielder Colin Moran (Pirates), catcher Jacob Stallings (Pirates), right-handed pitcher Zac Gallen and left-handed pitcher Andrew Miller (St. Louis Cardinals), along with prospects such as outfielder Skye Bolt (Athletics), right-handed pitcher Trevor Kelley (Philadelphia Phillies) and right-handed pitcher J.B. Bukauskas (Arizona Diamondbacks).

East Carolina is represented by right-handed pitcher Shawn Armstrong (Baltimore Orioles), right-handed pitcher Jharel Cotton (Chicago Cubs), right-handed pitcher Jeff Hoffman (Colorado Rockies) and infielder Jack Reinheimer (Twins).

Two prominent North Carolina natives that signed right out of high school are also included in their teams’ player pools. Whiteville’s MacKenzie Gore, the third overall pick in the 2017 draft, is in camp with the San Diego Padres, while Cary’s Jordyn Adams — a former UNC football commit and a first-round pick in 2018 — is working out with the Los Angeles Angels.

Players must be included in the 60-man pool to participate in See MLB, page B4

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SCOTLAND COUNTY STOKES COUNTY

SAMPSON COUNTY

RUTHERFORD COUNTY WEEK 17

STANLY COUNTY

From Rutherford to Stokes 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 Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly and Stokes counties.

Rutherford County

FORREST “SMOKY” BURGESS IF EVER A BASEBALL PLAYER WAS born to be a designated hitter, it was Smoky Burgess. The problem for Burgess is that the DH wasn’t created until six years after he retired at the age of 40 in 1967.

As it is, the native of Caroleen in the Smoky Mountains still managed to carve out a niche that helped him become one of the best in the history of the game at coming off the bench — usually late in a game — and getting a big hit.

A short, pudgy catcher Smoky with modest defensive Burgess skills and a throwing arm weakened by a Jeep accident while serving in the military, Burgess produced 145 pinch hits during his 18-year career with five teams, more than any player in baseball history at the time.

“You could wake him up at 3 a.m. on Christmas morning, with two inches of snow on the ground, throw him a curveball, and he’d hit a line drive,” former baseball announcer and fellow catcher Joe Garagiola once said of Burgess.

He was a good enough hitter that he was selected to the All-Star team nine times while batting .295 for his career.

His .368 average in 108 games with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1954 would have led the National League by a wide margin had he recorded enough at-bats to qualify.

Four years later, he helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series, hitting .333 (6 of 18) while playing in five of the seven games against the New York Yankees.

His team won four of those five games, including a dramatic 10-9 Game 7 victory.

A fan of the Yankees growing up, Burgess became a catcher because that was the position his favorite player, Bill Dickey, played. His aggressive approach at the plate was instilled in him by Forrest Hunt, his coach at Henrietta-Caroleen-Avondale High School (also known as Tri-High), who told him “You’ll never be a hitter unless you swing the bat.”

He signed his first pro contract with the Chicago Cubs at the age of 17 in 1944.

After his career was put on hold due to a two-year stretch in the Army, he made his major league debut in 1949, appropriately enough, as a pinch hitter. Nearly 1,700 games, 1,318 hits, 126 homers and 673 RBIs later, he became the last player to formally retire who had played in the major leagues in the 1940s.

Burgess returned home after baseball to run his car dealership and serve as a scout for the Atlanta Braves until his death in 1991. He is a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

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Clinton’s Willie Parker never found a leading role at UNC, but injuries in the Steelers backfield gave him the opportunity he needed to rush for more than 5,000 yards and win two Super Bowl rings over six seasons in Pittsburgh.

Peach Bowl as a sophomore in 2001, his college career was a major disappointment.

On his Senior Day in 2003, he spent the entire game watching from the sideline.

Had it not been for Dan Rooney Jr., son of the Pittsburgh Steelers owner, that would have been the end of Parker’s athletic story. An area scout based in North Carolina, Rooney remembered Parker from his dominant days at Clinton High and convinced the team to sign him as an undrafted free agent for the league minimum of $230,000.

That proved to be a bargain when, after spending his rookie season as a seldomused backup, Parker was thrust into the starting role when both Jerome Bettis and Duce Staley were injured. He took advantage of the opportunity by rushing for 161 yards on 22 carries in the 2005 opener against the Tennessee Titans and started 15 of 16 games. He finished the year with 1,202 yards — the second-most in NFL history for an undrafted back.

Parker capped his triumphant season by setting a Super Bowl record with a 75yard touchdown run to help the Steelers to a 14-3 win against the Seattle Seahawks. It was a performance that earned him a fouryear, $13.6 million contract. He rushed for better than 1,300 yards in each of the next two seasons, setting a single-game team record 223 yards against the New Orleans Saints in 2006.

Although injuries eventually cut short his career, Parker earned a second Super Bowl ring in 2009 before retiring.

Sampson County

Scotland County

WILLIE PARKER

LEONARD THOMPSON

TO MOST AROUND HIS HOMETOWN of Clinton, Willie Parker was known as “Fast Willie” because of his blazing 4.28 speed in the 40-yard dash. John Bunting, his coach at North Carolina, had a different nickname for him.

And it wasn’t as complimentary.

Bunting referred to Parker as “The Clinton Bypass” because of his propensity for bouncing runs outside in search of big plays instead of gaining tougher yards between the tackles. It was a style that didn’t mesh well with the hard-nosed former NFL linebacker and nearly derailed the 5-foot-10, 212-pound running back’s career.

Parker was a sought-after recruit out of high school, where he led the Dark Horses to the 2A state championship as a junior and rushed for 1,800 yards while averaging more than 12 yards per carry as a senior.

But other than a memorable 131-yard performance against Auburn in the 2001

AS AN ALL-STATE SELECTION in basketball and the Southeastern 3A Conference Athlete of the Year during his

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Laurinburg’s Leonard Thompson helped Wake Forest to three ACC golf titles and won three times each on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.

senior season at Laurinburg High School in 1965, Leonard Thompson had his choice of sports and schools to pursue in college.

He picked golf in general and Wake Forest in particular because he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his idol Arnold Palmer. And he did his part to add to the legacy of coach Jesse Haddock’s storied Deacons program.

Thompson helped Wake add ACC championships to its trophy case in 1967, ’68 and ’69, finishing as the conference runner-up in the individual competition as a senior in 1969. The Deacons finished among the top five in the country at the NCAA Tournament in each of those years as well.

“The team my senior year was arguably one of the best in college history,” said the two-time All-American, whose contributions earned him induction into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame alongside Palmer and other golf luminaries such as Curtis Strange and Lanny Wadkins.

Although his professional career wasn’t as notable as those other former Deacons, Thompson did achieve his share of success on the PGA Tour. He scored his first victory in 1974 at the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic in Florida, beating Hale Irwin by a stroke and Jack Nicklaus by two. His winner’s share of $52,000 might not sound like much today, but at the time it was the second-largest purse on the tour — $10,000 of which he donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

Thompson won again at the Pensacola Open in 1977 and, while he remained consistent with more than 70 career top-10 finishes, he didn’t score his third and final victory until 12 years later at the Buick Open in 1989. He added three more wins to his resume after turning 50 in 1997 and joining the Champions Tour.

A noted workhorse who teed it up as much as he could during his career, Thompson became only the 10th player in history to play in at least 1,000 PGA Tour-sanctioned events before eventually scaling back his schedule and retiring from competition in 2016.

Stanly County

T.A. MCLENDON T.A. MCLENDON WAS ONE OF the most prolific prep running backs in state history, gaining 9,004 yards and scoring 178 touchdowns during his career at Albemarle High School. He made an immediate impression at NC State by rushing for more than 1,000 yards in earning ACC Rookie of the Year honors.

But for all the yards he gained and touchdowns he scored, the 5-foot-10, 235-pound battering ram is probably best known for the one yard he didn’t gain and the touchdown he didn’t score.

Or did he?

On Oct. 9, 2004, McLendon appeared to get into the end zone for what would have been the go-ahead score with six seconds remaining in an especially hard-fought rivalry game against North Carolina.

One official raised his arms to signal touchdown, but after a lengthy discussion, it was ruled that McLendon’s knee hit the ground before the ball broke the plane of the goal line.

The call became even more controversial when McLendon was stopped at the line and fumbled on the next play, dooming the Wolfpack to a 30-24 loss. It’s a sequence of events that continues to be debated by fans of both teams to this day. It has also helped to overshadow the achievements of a career that was both successful and unfulfilled.

McLendon led the nation with those 178 high school touchdowns. Seven of those scores came in his final game at Albemarle, a Class 1A state championship game victory against Wallace-Rose Hill that saw him rush for 289 yards.

After playing in the 2002 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, McLendon made an immediate impact at State. He rushed for 1,101 yards on 245 carries while

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Albemarle’s T.A. McLendon was the workhorse running back that teamed up with quarterback Philip Rivers to lead the Wolfpack to an 11-3 record in 2002. setting a freshman school record with 18 touchdowns. He also caught 42 passes for 354 yards while helping the Wolfpack to the best season in school history at 11-3.

McLendon led the team in rushing again in each of the next two years, even though he wasn’t able to play a full season in either 2003 or ’04 because of a series of injuries.

He then passed up his senior season to enter the NFL Draft a year early, but that turned out to be a career-ending mistake when he went unselected and couldn’t catch on despite tryouts with several teams.

Stokes County

LES BURGE HAD LES BURGE COME ALONG at virtually any other time, he would have gotten a shot at playing in the major leagues. He might even have become a star. But because his opportunity arrived in 1942, just after America was thrust into World War II, he ended up in the military during the prime of his baseball career instead of at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Stokes County native began his rise up the baseball ranks in 1938 when he hit .348 with 22 homers for the Class D New Bern Bears of the Coastal Plain League.

Three seasons later, he caught the attention of Dodgers general manager Les Burge Branch Rickey after leading the Southern Association in homers, RBIs and slugging percentage as a member of the Atlanta Crackers and being named the league’s MVP. Burge signed with the Dodgers in 1942 and was groomed as a replacement for aging first baseman Dolph Camilli when he spent that season playing for the Montreal Royals of the Triple-A International League. He never got to play a game in Brooklyn, though. He was called to active duty before the start of the 1943 season and spent the next three years in the service.

Although Rickey continued to tout him as “a great hitter” upon his return and he hit .285 with 15 homers and 101 RBIs in 1946 for Montreal — where he was the teammate of a rookie named Jackie Robinson — Burge quickly realized that his opportunity had passed him by.

Instead of being promoted to the majors, he took a step down in the Dodgers’ organization by taking the job as playermanager of the Brooklyn’s Double-A affiliate in Fort Worth, Texas.

He spent two more seasons playing in the minors before retiring with a career .288 batting average in 1,181 games and four seasons of 20 or more homers, making him one of the best players never to have made it to the major leagues.

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TRENDING

Zachary Price: The Taylorsville native and rear tire changer on Ryan Blaney’s NASCAR Cup Series crew, who was injured in Sunday’s Brickyard 400 during a six-car pileup near the entrance of pit road, has returned to North Carolina after being treated and released from an Indianapolis hospital, Team Penske said Monday. Price was pinned between Blaney’s No. 12 Ford and another car, then transported by ambulance to Methodist Hospital.

Price is a graduate of the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville.

Pablo Sandoval: San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler said he expects the slugger nicknamed “Kung Fu Panda” to be ready and in game shape by opening day later this month even though he is noticeably heavier than during spring training nearly five months ago. The 33-year‑old Sandoval, listed at 5-foot-11 and 268 pounds, has long fluctuated in his weight but continued to move well around the bases and contribute as a switch-hitting slugger.

Colin Kaepernick: The quarterbackturned-activist will be featured in a documentary series produced by ESPN Films as part of a deal with The Walt Disney Co. The partnership will focus on telling scripted and unscripted stories that explore race, social injustice and the quest for equity. It also will provide a platform to showcase the work of directors and producers of color. Kaepernick, who last played during the 2016 NFL season, says he is in excellent shape and ready to resume his playing career but hasn’t received any calls.

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beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

NASCAR

President Donald Trump took aim at NASCAR and Bubba Wallace in a Monday tweet, criticizing the decision to ban the Confederate flag and calling the noose incident at Talladega a hoax. “Has @BubbaWallace apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers & officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, & were willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX? That & Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!”

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“It’s as clear as mud.”

Bill Laimbeer, coach of the Las Vegas Aces, on the WNBA’s plans for practicing, game scheduling and other basketball related items.

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NFL

GOLF

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“I think it’s time to move forward.”

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona on the team’s announcement it was in discussions regarding the nickname.

PRIME NUMBER

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs agreed to a 10-year contract extension that could be worth more than $500 million and will keep the 2018 MVP with the defending Super Bowl champions through 2031.

Mahomes, 24, has thrown for 9,412 yards and 76 touchdowns in 31 career regular season games.

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Bryson DeChambeau, sporting 40 new pounds of muscle and a playing style that is focused on power, shot a 7-under 65 in Sunday’s final round to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic by three shots at Detroit Golf Club. The 26-year‑old now has seven straight top-eight finishes on the PGA Tour dating back to mid-February.

MLB

4 Wins on the Cup Series season for both Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick after Harvick won Sunday’s Brickyard 400. The two drivers have combined to win half of the 16 races this season and five of the last seven.

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Former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tyson Brummett and three others died in a plane crash Friday in rural Utah. The 35-year-old Brummett was flying the small plane, which a witness went into a downward corkscrew motion as it crashed. The three passengers were identified as Elaine W. Blackhurst, 60, her husband Douglas Robinson Blackhurst, 62; and their nephew Alex Blackhurst Ruegner, 35.

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 8, 2020

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NC Courage, off to 3-0 start, adjust to Challenge Cup bubble The NWSL tournament, being played in Utah, is the first team sports event in the United States since the COVID-19 pandemic began

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal PEOPLE FROM ALL walks of life in all areas of the country are getting used to a “new normal” as America negotiates its way through a coronavirus pandemic that has disrupted virtually every aspect of life.

For the members of the North Carolina Courage, there’s at least one that hasn’t changed. It’s the time they get to spend together practicing and playing soccer.

And they’re doing it as well as ever.

The Courage are off to a 3-0 start in the preliminary round of the eight-team National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup, the first team sports event to be played in the U.S. since play was halted by the COVID-19 outbreak in mid-March.

“It’s like very normal,” veteran forward Jessica McDonald said in a Zoom interview with the North State Journal. “It’s as if we were at the beginning of a normal season.

The first few games are a little shaky and then we improve game-bygame. That’s sort of what we’ve been doing here. There was a little rust at first, but we keep upping it a notch.”

Even though the defending NWSL champions are still unbeaten in the tournament, which is being held in a suburb of Salt Lake City, there’s still plenty of room for improvement.

Two of the first three games have been decided either late in regulation play or in extra time — including the opening game on June 27.

The winning goal by Lynn Williams didn’t come until the 94th minute.

After a 2-0 victory against the Washington Spirit on July 1, the Courage went down to the wire again before coming away with a 1-0 triumph against Red Stars. The only goal scored in that game came in the 81st minute by Abby Erceg.

“We’re getting to know each other again on the field,” McDonald said.

“We’re getting to know each other’s strengths all over again,” McDonald and her teammates have plenty of time to get reacquainted, both on and off the field.

Because of precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the players taking part in the tournament, they’re all being quarantined in a virtual “bubble” for the duration of the event — which runs through July 26.

McDonald said that she and her teammates keep themselves busy when they’re not on the field by playing cards and board games, watching television and scouting their upcoming opponents.

As the only mother on the team, the former UNC star and current U.S. National Team member is also playing the role of home-school teacher for her 8-year-old son who accompanied her to Utah.

The Courage has plenty of time

“There was a little rust at first, but we keep upping it a notch.”

Jessica McDonald, NC Courage forward

to kill right now with their final preliminary round game, against Sky Blue FC, not scheduled until Monday.

Fighting boredom and staying sharp on the field, however, isn’t the team’s only concern.

Despite the safety precautions being taken by the NWSL, McDonald said that the threat of COVID-19 is a concern that is never far from the players’ minds.

“It’s all the time,” she said. “We could simply go to the grocery store (and be exposed). We’re wearing masks, but we’re kind of stepping on eggshells everywhere we go. We’re being very careful day in and day out, but it’s very intimidating. We didn’t really know what this thing is.

“But I think everyone here in this bubble is doing their part, being as safe as possible and staying out of the public as much as we can.

There’s not a lot to do here, anyway.”

While the players might be as isolated as possible from the coronavirus, they’re not immune to the impact of other major events taking place in the outside world.

That includes support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

“We all spoke about it before our first game, because every team wanted to do the same thing,” McDonald said. “They were very good discussions. It was nice to see my teammates ask questions and get on board with everything.”

According to Courage coach Paul Riley, the events going on around the world, especially in this country, make the Challenge Cup a much more important event than it might otherwise have been.

“At the end of the day for us, it’s great to be on the big stage with the team again, on TV and all the rest of it,” he said in an interview before the start of the tournament. “I think it’s hugely important for the sport and really for the country, in general, to get sports going.”

As unified as the Courage is when it comes to both soccer and social issues, it’s anybody’s guess how long they’ll be able to stay together. The NWSL schedule beyond the Challenge Cup has yet to be determined and there is a real possibility that the season will be either canceled or delayed because of issues such as travel.

Due to that uncertainty, McDonald said that she and her teammates are savoring every moment they have while they still have games to play.

“It’s nice to go out and work because we love what we do,” she said.

“We love to compete. Not much has really changed. We’re just in a different state. We still go out to the field and play.”

REDSKINS from page B1 could have gotten a waiver from the NCAA, as many other schools did — most notably the Florida State Seminoles and Utah Utes. Instead, Chowan decided to make a change, although not because it agreed with the decision.

“The college has agreed not to fight the NCAA ruling for several reasons: money, time, the college’s transition to Division II, and a battle that could not be won,” then-president M. Christopher White said.

“To the best of our knowledge, (the nickname) has never caused any problem,” White said. “The opposite is true. It has been viewed as a term of respect. However, times have a way of changing things — at least in the eyes of the NCAA.” The school added that it would be “step(ping) away from its heritage and native culture” After accepting suggestions from students, staff and the community, White unveiled the new name — the Hawks, which borrowed heavily from the old brand.

“It is a beautiful, brave — did you get that? — brave bird,” he said. The school’s new logo also borrowed heavily from the old, incorporating feathers that now signified Hawks instead of indigenous cultures.

UNC Pembroke: Sticking to its mission UNC Pembroke was originally founded

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Jennie Baranczyk, who interviewed for the UNC job last year, has turned Drake into a mid‑major power and could be on Duke’s list of possible replacements for women’s basketball coach Joanne McCallie.

Who’s next for Duke women?

The Blue Devils are looking for just their third head coach in 28 years

By Shawn Krest North State Journal DUKE WOMEN’S basketball found itself with an unexpected vacancy when longtime head coach Joanne McCallie resigned.

McCallie and the school were unable to agree on a contract extension, which left her heading into the final year of her deal — a situation that makes it next to impossible to recruit.

“As a coach in the final year of my contract, uncertainty is natural, and it takes away from competence and fun,” she said. “I hope my action allows the team to play free without the burden and uncertainty of their coach’s future.”

That leaves Duke with the uncertainty of who will take over the program.

One of the first candidates to emerge was the coach McCallie replaced in 2007 — Gail Goestenkors. “Coach G” led the Blue Devils to four Final Fours before leaving for Texas. She hasn’t coached at the college level since 2012, but she had the support of a large number of former players, fans and alumni. A letter of support signed by four decades of former Blue Devils was being prepared when the athletic department declared they weren’t going the Mack Brown route and bringing back a legend decades later.

A source close to the search told ESPN they didn’t want to “look to the past” for the next coach.

Looking forward, then, who are the best options for the Duke women?

Inside the Sisterhood There are plenty of candidates with strong roots to Duke.

Katie Meier, Miami: A former Duke player, Meier has coached the Hurricanes for 15 years.

— and named the Croatan Normal School — as a way to provide higher education opportunities for Native Americans in the region. The school chose Braves as a nickname to pay tribute to the Lumbee tribe.

“The university was founded in 1887 by the Lumbee for the Lumbee,” Lawrence Locklear of the Lumbee Tribal Council said at the time. “What better way to depict our culture than with the logo that’s representing of us?”

With the clear support of the tribe — something that also benefited Florida State and Utah — Pembroke was exempted from the NCAA ruling and allowed to keep its nickname.

“The general feeling of the community is that people would be upset if we did change,” then-Chancellor Allen Meadors said.

“About half of our senior administration is Native American. The overwhelming majority of our alumni is Native American. Twenty percent of our student body is Native American,” then-athletic director Dan Kenney said.

Still, the school had already been forced to make one change. Back in 1992, the NCAA took aim at UNC Pembroke’s mascot, which at the time was a Native American “Indian.” The school agreed to change it to a red-tailed hawk, who goes by the name BraveHawk.

Catawba: Wins its appeal Like Chowan, Catawba College was named after a tribe in the area and shared

While she’d be a natural fit at her alma mater, it might be tough to get a long-tenured coach to jump schools in the same conference.

Lindsey Harding, Sacramento Kings assistant: Another former Duke player, Harding’s coaching career has taken her to the NBA, where she’s the player development coach. She hasn’t had much experience recruiting at the college level, but with an experienced staff, she could make an immediate impact.

Joy Smith, Clemson assistant: A former Blue Devil player and assistant, she has plenty of experience as an assistant at Duke, Ohio State, Vanderbilt and Clemson. Just 32 years old, she’s an up-and-coming coaching star and should come at a lower price than Meier or Harding — something that may be a concern to the administration given McCallie’s reason for departing.

Alana Beard, retired WNBA player: Perhaps Duke’s best women’s player ever, Beard doesn’t have coaching experience, but, like Harding, with an experienced staff, she could make an immediate impact with recruits who know her from her college and pro career. She told the Duke Chronicle over the weekend that she hadn’t heard from the search committee, however.

Shannon Perry-LeBeauf, UCLA assistant: A Duke assistant for five years under both McCallie and Goestenkors, she’s a master recruiter and has been on power conference staffs for two decades. Head coach Cori Close has been mentioned as a possibility, but the Blue Devils may be better served giving Perry-LeBeauf the chance she earned long ago.

Jim Corrigan, Duke assistant: Of Duke’s three assistants, Corrigan has the most experience, including almost two decades as an assistant and interim head coach of the Old Dominion men’s team. That would give him an edge over fellow assistants Wanisha Smith and Sam Miller.

it with a county and town. The school chose Indians as a nickname to pay tribute to the Catawba Nation.

It was originally placed on the NCAA’s list of schools in violation of the 2005 rule, however, and Catawba administration was forced to appeal the decision.

“We disagree strongly with the categorization of Catawba College’s use of ‘Indians’ as ‘hostile and abusive,’” then-president Robert E. Knott argued. “Over the past several years, upon advice and counsel given us by our own alumni who are Native Americans, we have taken steps to assure the appropriate use of the College’s symbols and logos. We discontinued the College mascot and removed all renderings of Native Americans. These were not representations of Catawba Indians and culture.”

The school also had Chief Gilbert Blue of the Catawba Indian Nation meet with NCAA officials to show support for the name.

The appeal succeeded, as the NCAA agreed to exempt the school from the ruling.

“Although the NCAA executive committee continues to believe the stereotyping of Native Americans is wrong, it ... respects the authority of the tribe to permit universities and colleges to use its name and imagery,” NCAA official Bernard Franklin said.

As we’re currently seeing with pro teams, there’s a fine line between paying tribute and mocking, and there doesn’t appear to be a one-size-fits-all solution.

“As a coach in the final year of my contract, uncertainty is natural, and it takes away from competence and fun.”

Joanne McCallie on her decision to resign as Duke women’s basketball coach

Outsiders If Duke chooses to go outside of its former players and staff members, there are plenty of candidates at all price levels.

Adia Barnes, Arizona: The former WNBA player is at her alma mater and is more comfortable out west, but for the right price, Duke could get her to listen to a pitch. Still, that seems unlikely given the fact that staff members in all sports are taking pay cuts due to the pandemic.

Jennie Baranczyk, Drake: She interviewed for UNC’s vacancy last year and has built Drake into a mid-major powerhouse.

Duke would be a natural step up in her career.

Tina Langley, Rice: She has experience in the ACC, as a Maryland assistant, and she also would be familiar with the difficulty of recruiting with Duke’s academic requirements, having spent time at Rice.

Lindsay Gottlieb, Cleveland Cavaliers assistant: The former Cal head coach has moved on to coach men in the NBA. It would likely be a tough sell to convince her to give up being a pioneer for women’s coaches at that level and head back to college, but her Ivy League experience would help her with the Blue Devils.

Other names to keep in mind: A&M assistant Kelly BondWhite, Oregon assistant Mark Campbell, Cincinnati coach Michelle Clark-Heard.

MLB from page B1 either the three-week “summer training” period currently underway or to play in an exhibition or regular season game.

Although being added to the list makes all those players eligible for competition, it’s doubtful most of the minor leaguers will see action once the 60-game season begins, even with a significant number of established major leaguers — such as David Price and Nick Markakis — opting out over COVID-19 concerns.

The benefit of their inclusion in the 60-man pool is the opportunity to train and practice as a member of their teams’ “taxi squad” under the supervision of the club’s coaching and player development staff.

“There’s a question about what kind of developmental reps these guys are going to have,” San Francisco Giants general manager Farhan Zaidi said last month. “Is there going to be a minor league season? Is there going to be an instructional league? Is there going to be a fall league?

“The 60-man player pool, I think part of the design was to give teams a few spots for developmental purposes. That’s important because it gives these guys competitive reps and it also gives them a chance to be around major league players and the major league coaching staff.”

The long-awaited 2020 season, which is still contingent on the status of the coronavirus pandemic, is scheduled to begin on July 23 and will run through Sept. 27 with no fans in the stands, utilizing a number of experimental rules such as the universal DH and placing runners at second base to start extra innings.

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-$83,184,058 NC vodka sees national expansion with restaurant contract Durham The South’s most awardwinning vodka, Bedlam, has continued its national expansion, entering 14 additional states as it is now featured on Firebirds Wood Fired Grill’s menu in the restaurant’s “Summer Breeze” cocktail in all US locations. Bedlam is distilled from long grain white rice which stems from a family recipe dating back to 19th century Ireland. The US-sourced rice base gives Bedlam a unique flavor profile, lending itself to use in a variety of cocktails. In addition to Bedlam’s current distribution in five states across the South and Midwest, Firebirds will use the product in its 51 locations in 19 states. The restaurant’s popular “Summer Breeze” cocktail utilizes Bedlam vodka infused with fresh cucumber, mint, and jalapeno, shaken with triple sec and fresh lime juice. Bedlam is crafted at Graybeard Distillery in Durham.

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Retailers to governors: Please mandate face mask wearing New York Retailers have a message for state governors: Please make everyone wear a face mask. The Retail Industry Leaders Association, which represents Target, Home Depot and other major chains, says different rules around the country have made it confusing for shoppers and often lead to conflict between customers and workers trying to enforce store rules. Videos on social media have shown shoppers getting angry when employees ask them to wear a mask.

“Retailers are alarmed with the instances of hostility and violence front-line employees are experiencing by a vocal minority of customers,” said RILA President Brian Dodge.

In a letter sent Monday to the National Governors Association, the RILA asks governors to require face mask wearing nationwide.

Fewer than half of U.S. states require face mask wearing in public, according to the RILA. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people cover their mouth and nose when shopping to help reduce the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.

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HONG KONG — In what has become a social media exodus, TikTok said Tuesday it will stop operations in Hong Kong, joining other major companies in warily eyeing ramifications of a sweeping national security law that took effect last week.

The short-form video app’s planned departure from Hong Kong comes as various social media platforms and messaging apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google and Twitter balk at the possibility of providing user data to Hong Kong authorities.

The social media companies say they are assessing implications of the security law, which prohibits what Beijing views as secessionist, subversive or terrorist activities or as foreign intervention in the city’s internal affairs. In the communist-ruled mainland, the foreign social media platforms are blocked by China’s “Great Firewall.”

Critics see the law as Beijing’s boldest step yet to erase the legal divide between the former British colony and the mainland’s authoritarian Communist Party system.

TikTok said in a statement that it had decided to halt operations “in light of recent events.” The company would not comment on the size of its operations in Hong Kong or any other matters.

Operated by Chinese internet giant Bytedance, TikTok has sought to distance itself from its Chinese roots while striving for global appeal. It recently hired former Walt Disney executive Kevin Mayer to be its CEO. The company has said all its data is stored in servers in the U.S. and insisted it would not remove con-

“Like many public interest organisations, civil society leaders and entities, and industry peers, we have grave concerns regarding both the developing process and the full intention of this law.”

Twitter corporate statement tent even if asked to do so by the Chinese government. Even so, TikTok has still been regarded as a national security risk, with U.S. secretary of state Michael Pompeo saying Monday that it was looking at banning certain social media apps, including TikTok. Facebook and its messaging app WhatsApp said in separate statements Monday that they would freeze the review of government requests for user data in Hong Kong, “pending further assessment of the National Security Law, including formal human rights due diligence and consultations with international human rights experts.”

Hong Kong was convulsed with massive, sometimes violent anti-government protests for much of last year as the former British colony’s residents reacted to proposed extradition legislation, since withdrawn, that might have led to some suspects facing trial in mainland Chinese courts.

The new law criminalizes some pro-democracy slogans like the widely used “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time,” which the

Hong Kong government says has separatist connotations.

The fear is that it erodes the special freedoms of the semi-autonomous city, which has operated under a “one country, two systems” framework since China took control in 1997. That arrangement has allowed Hong Kong’s people freedoms not permitted in mainland China, such as public dissent and unrestricted internet access.

Telegram’s platform has been used widely to spread pro-democracy messages and information about the protests. It understands “the importance of protecting the right to privacy of our Hong Kong users,” said Mike Ravdonikas, a spokesperson for the company.

“Telegram has never shared any data with the Hong Kong authorities in the past and does not intend to process any data requests related to its Hong Kong users until an international consensus is reached in relation to the ongoing political changes in the city,” he said.

Twitter also paused all data and information requests from Hong Kong authorities after the security law went into effect last week, the company said, emphasizing that it was “committed to protecting the people using our service and their freedom of expression.”

“Like many public interest organisations, civil society leaders and entities, and industry peers, we have grave concerns regarding both the developing process and the full intention of this law,” the company said in a statement.

Google likewise said it had “paused production on any new data requests from Hong Kong authorities.”

Though social platforms have yet to be blocked in Hong Kong, us-

ers have begun scrubbing their accounts and deleting pro-democracy posts out of fear of retribution. That retreat has extended to the streets: Many shops and stores that publicly stood in solidarity with protesters have removed the pro-democracy sticky notes and artwork that had adorned their walls.

Under implementation rules of Article 43 of the national security law, which give the city’s police force sweeping powers in enforcing the legislation, platforms, publishers and internet service providers may be ordered to take down any electronic message published that is “likely to constitute an offence endangering national security or is likely to cause the occurrence of an offence endangering national security.”

Service providers who do not comply with such requests could face fines of up to 100,000 Hong Kong dollars ($12,903) and receive jail terms of up to six months.

Individuals who post such messages may also be asked to remove the message, or face similar fines and a jail term of one year.

Hong Kong authorities moved quickly to implement the law after it took effect on June 30, with police arresting about 370 people.

The rules allow Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam to authorize police to intercept communications and conduct surveillance to “prevent and detect offences endangering national security.”

Police can conduct searches for evidence without a warrant in “exceptional circumstances” and seek warrants requiring people suspected of violating the national security law to surrender their travel documents, preventing them from leaving Hong Kong.

Written notices or restraining orders also may be issued to freeze or confiscate property if there are “reasonable grounds” to suspect that the property is related to an offense endangering national security.

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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters’ questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 7, 2020.

ECONOMY from page B5 while North Carolina traditionally recovers from recessions faster than most states, the remainder of this year will be a challenging one, because as Walden puts it, “everything has fallen off the cliff.”

Walden pointed to factors that will work against the state’s recovery, such as a higher share of workers with lower educational attainment in industries such as hospitality, personal services, and retailing that have all been hit hard by the pandemic. “If the percentage of occupations requiring person-to-person interactions contracts in the post-Covid-19 economy, then the state’s economy may suffer relatively more than the national economy.”

One the bright side, there are factors that could hasten North Carolina’s rebound relative to the rest of the nation. One is an increase in de-urbanization, a demographic and social process whereby people move from urban areas to rural areas. Walden says the virus increased levels of in-migration

ACP from page B5 the project was killed by the “well-funded, obstructionist environmental lobby.”

“The Trump Administration wants to bring the benefits of reliable and affordable energy of all kinds to all Americans,” Brouillette said. “Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the activists who killed this project.”

Separately, Dominion, which is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and serves more than 7 million customers in 20 states, an-

of households from other states to ours. “This movement could expand in the post-virus world, especially from highly dense northeast metro areas – like New York City and Philadelphia – that were particularly hard hit by the virus.

The local economy could also improve in the short term from a strong rebound in the state’s tourism sector if vacationers prefer shorter trips by road versus by plane.

All regions of North Carolina were hurt by the virus and the associated mandated recession. However, the least harmed were rural regions, where the reduction in employment during the height of the virus was 60% lower than for the state. Walden said the post-virus economic world may create new opportunities for these rural enclaves.

Increased opportunities for remote working, expanded use of cyber-generated delivery of both products and services, and an awareness that highly contagious viruses can be most problematic for denser environments may

create a renewed interest in living and working in small towns and rural areas. But as Walden is quick to point out, the key to this shift is the development of highspeed, reliable internet service in those regions.

When asked how this year’s third quarter forecast compares to last year’s, Walden says there is no comparison. “This virus came out of the blue, no one was predicting a recession, and as a result we’ve had to greatly restrict our economy,” he said.

Compared to 2019, the state economy is expected to be 20% smaller at the end of this year.

“After a huge reduction in aggregate economic production in the second quarter of the year, a rapid snapback is forecasted for the third quarter, followed by strong – but slower – growth in the fourth quarter,” Walden said, and added that while economic growth will continue next year, it will be at an even slower rate than this year.

In many ways, the coronavirus has forever changed the way everyone lives, and perhaps more

importantly, how and where they work. Prior to the pandemic roughly 8% of Americans worked remotely whereas now it is at least double or triple that amount. “If 20% of people work from home indefinitely, that is going to change our national economy in huge ways,” Walden said. “Furthermore, if you are a business owner and you realize you can automate half the jobs you used to pay people to do and don’t have to pay robots, that is going to also change the workforce moving forward.”

Professor Walden concluded that although there is substantial uncertainty related to the economy following Covid-19, North Carolina seems to be as well positioned as any of its neighbors to deal with whatever lies ahead.

“The state has a good mix of urban and rural, big and small, modern and traditional, plus a lower cost-of-living and both air and road access to major national markets,” he said. “Although the future may be hazy, North Carolina can be a bright light of opportunity.”

nounced it had agreed to sell “substantially all” of its gas transmission and storage segment assets to an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway. The transaction was valued at $9.7 billion, the company said.

The assets involved in the sale include more than 7,700 miles of natural gas storage and transmission pipelines and about 900 billion cubic feet of gas storage that Dominion currently operates, the company said.

Duke, which is headquartered in Charlotte, is one of the coun-

try’s largest energy holding companies.

Duke has previously pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions from its electric generation by 2050, and Dominion has committed to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the same year.

A third partner in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Southern Company, sold its small stake in the project earlier this year to Dominion, the lead developer. Dominion had asserted its commitment to seeing the project through as recently as mid-June, when it asked fed-

eral regulators for an extension of time to get the project into service.

“We regret that we will be unable to complete the Atlantic Coast Pipeline,” Dominion CEO Tom Farrell and Duke CEO Lynn Good said in a joint statement. “For almost six years we have worked diligently and invested billions of dollars to complete the project and deliver the much-needed infrastructure to our customers and communities.”

NSJ staff contributed to this report.

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mitsubishi eclipse cross ‘Fast and the Furious’ it isn’t The Eclipse Cross doesn‘t live up to its namesake

By Jordan Golson North State Journal BOSTON — I wasn‘t a big car guy growing up. Some kids can tell you the horsepower and engine and endless stats about every car on the road. Or they‘ll notice the difference in taillights between individual model years, or any of a million other nips and tucks that carmakers do to differentiate their cars.

These days, it‘s my job to know that stuff, but when I was in high school, I didn‘t know much — but I knew what a Mitsubishi Eclipse was. As I got ready to write this review, I went back and watched perhaps the most famous 90‘s-era Mitsubishi Eclipse you could find: Paul Walker‘s bright green ride in Fast and the Furious.

The second-generation Eclipse, built from 1995 to 1999, was the best-known (and best-looking) of all the cars, and became a vehicular icon for my generation in no small part to the role it played in Fast and the Furious. Though I remember the car, I‘d forgotten how terrible this movie is. The dialogue is cringeworthy, the cars are absurd (how many gears does that thing have?), and the story is out-

landish. But it‘s still a hoot, and I may end up rewatching the whole series.

But then in 2011, Mitsubishi ended the Eclipse line for good.

Or so we thought. Now we have a new one, only the sporty looks and movie-star glamour is long gone.

It‘s called the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross and it‘s... a compact crossover SUV of no particular importance.

That might be a little harsh. It‘s actually quite an interesting looking vehicle, which is more than can be said for most crossovers.

Though the front isn‘t particularly exciting, the rear has more going for it. There‘s a dual-window design on the rear tailgate, with a light bar running across the middle. It‘s very much a love-it-orhate-it design, but at least it‘s not boring.

There‘s a crease running up the doors to the back as well, which looks particularly sharp on the Red Diamond review unit that Mitsubishi sent me for a week. It stickered for $32,720 on the SEL trim, though you can likely negotiate a nice chunk of change off of that at your local Mitsubishi dealer.

Feature-wise, the Eclipse Cross is well-equipped, with a tiny 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that makes 148 horsepower.

That‘s not a ton of power, but for

a family crossover it‘s plentiful and turns in a combined 25 miles per gallon.

Mine had the $2,100 Touring Package, which kicks in a lovely panoramic sunroof, the ever-important adaptive cruise control and pedestrian detection and auto-braking, a heated steering wheel and heated rear seats, and some other minor additions.

If you look at the feature list, the Eclipse Cross is a solid vehicle. The interior design is a little rougher, with hard plastic everywhere and not-so-luxurious touch points. The trackpad to control the screen is terrible, as are the up/down but-

tons to control the dual-zone climate control (though the heated seats work excellently.

The infotainment screen could be bigger, and the dash screen needs some polish. The engine gets the job done, but it‘s not exactly quiet. It‘s a middle-of-theroad crossover. It does what it‘s supposed to do. You can get it for a good price and it‘s well-equipped.

But it‘s not inspiring. It‘s not going to be the star of a movie — but it‘s not clear that this isn‘t exactly what Mitsubishi should be doing: build a solid car and then put it on sale. It doesn‘t look bad. It seems solid. It‘s a compact crossover SUV.

The problem for Mitsubishi is that there is a ton of competition in this segment, and that competition is really solid. There‘s the Honda CR-V, Mazda CX-5, Toyota RAV4 and Hyundai Tucson and Nissan Rogue and a boatload more. And all those cars are better than the Mitsubishi and not much more expensive. It‘s a crowded market.

It‘s not 1999 and the Mitsubishi Eclipse isn‘t the hot car anymore.

It‘s 2020, and, like the original Fast and the Furious movie, the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross just isn‘t as good as it needs to be to compete.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF MITSUBISHI

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 8, 2020

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entertainment Wilmington native, Country fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at age 83

By Kristin M. Hall The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Charlie Daniels, who went from being an in-demand session musician to a staple of Southern rock with his hit “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at 83.

A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer died Monday at a hospital in Hermitage, Tennessee, after doctors said he had a stroke.

He had suffered what was described as a mild stroke in January 2010 and had a heart pacemaker implanted in 2013 but continued to perform.

Daniels, a singer, guitarist and fiddler, started out as a session musician, even playing on Bob Dylan’s “Nashville Skyline” sessions. Beginning in the early 1970s, his five-piece band toured endlessly, sometimes doing 250 shows a year.

“I can ask people where they are from, and if they say `Waukegan,’ I can say I’ve played there. If they say `Baton Rouge,’ I can say I’ve played there. There’s not a city we haven’t played in,” Daniels said in 1998.

Daniels performed at White House, at the Super Bowl, throughout Europe and often for

troops in the Middle East.

He played himself in the 1980 John Travolta movie “Urban Cowboy” and was closely identified with the rise of country music generated by that film. Some of his other hits were “Drinkin’ My Baby Goodbye,” “Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues” and “Uneasy Rider.”

Daniels, a native of Wilmington, N.C., played on several Dylan albums as a Nashville recording session guitarist in the late 1960s, including “New Morning” and “Self-Portrait.” He also played on albums by Marty Robbins, Claude King, Flatt & Scruggs, Pete Seeger, Leonard Cohen, Al Kooper and Ringo Starr.

“I’ve kept people employed for over 20 years and never missed a payroll,” Daniels said in 1998.

That same year, he received the Pioneer Award from the Academy of Country Music.

He is survived by his wife, Hazel, and his son, Charlie Daniels Jr. “There are few artists that touched so many different generations in our business than Charlie Daniels did,” said Sarah Trahern, CEO of the Country Music Association, in a statement. “Today, our community has lost an innovator and advocate of Country Music. Both Charlie and Hazel had

LENNOX MCLENDON | AP PHOTO

Charlie Daniels, center, joins members of the Charlie Daniels Band with their Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 1980, as best country vocal performance by a group for their hit “The Devil Went Down To Georgia.” become dear friends of mine over the last several years, and I was privileged to be able to celebrate Charlie’s induction into the Opry as well as tell him that he was going to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.”

“Well, the devil went down to Georgia, but Charlie went straight to heaven,” said Dolly Parton in a tweet. “My heart, like many millions of others, is broken today to find out that we’ve lost our dear friend Charlie Daniels.”

Contemporary country artists like Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean also paid tribute to Daniels on social media. “What a hero. A true patriot, Christian, and country music icon. Prayers to his family,” said Bryan in a tweet.

In the 1990s Daniels softened some of his lyrics from his earlier days when he often was embroiled in controversy.

In “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” a 1979 song about a fiddling duel between the devil and a whippersnapper named Johnny, Daniels originally called the devil a “son of a bitch,” but changed it to “son of a gun.”

In his hit “Long Haired Country Boy,” he used to sing about being “stoned in the morning” and “drunk in the afternoon.” Daniels changed it to “I get up in the morning. I get down in the afternoon.”

“I guess I’ve mellowed in my old age,” Daniels said in 1998.

Otherwise, though, he rarely

backed down from in-your-face lyrics.

His “Simple Man” in 1990 suggested lynching drug dealers and using child abusers as alligator bait.

His “In America” in 1980 told the country’s enemies to “go straight to hell.”

Such tough talk earned him guest spots on “Politically Incorrect,” the G. Gordon Liddy radio show and on C-Span taking comments from viewers. Later in life, he wrote frequently about his conservative political views on his website and on Twitter, issuing daily tweets aimed at Hillary Clinton about the 2012 attack on an American diplomatic compound in Libya, but also bringing attention to veteran suicides.

He hosted regular Volunteer Jam concerts in Nashville in which the performers usually were not announced in advance. Entertainers at these shows included Don Henley, Amy Grant, James Brown, Pat Boone, Bill Monroe, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alabama, Billy Joel, Little Richard, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eugene Fodor and Woody Herman.

He also performed gospel music, which earned him Dove Awards as well. He co-founded a veterans charity called The Journey Home Project.

Eventually, at the age of 71, he was invited to join the epitome of Nashville’s music establishment, the Grand Ole Opry. He was inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016.

Daniels said his favorite place to play was “anywhere with a good crowd and a good paycheck.”

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NETFLIX VIA AP

Clockwise, Lobsang Sangay, the president of the Central Tibetan Administration cuts a cake to mark his spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s 85th birthday in Dharmsala, India, Monday, July 6, 2020. This image released by ABC shows, from left, Viola Davis, Tiffany Haddish and Andre Braugher in a scene from “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘Good Times’” which will be rebroadcast on Tuesday on ABC. This image released by Netflix shows Syd Brisbane, from left, Yvonne Strahovski and Ewen McMorrine in a scene from “Stateless.”

New this week: ‘Stateless,’ ‘Palm Springs,’ The Dalai Lama The Associated Press HERE’S A COLLECTION of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.

Movies “The Old Guard”: The summer movie season may be non-existent this year, but Netflix had a pinch-hitter ready to stream: “The Old Guard.” Available Friday, this comic book adaptation stars Charlize Theron as the leader of a group of ancient immortals who have found another teammate in a soldier played by KiKi Layne (“If Beale Street Could Talk”). It’s directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who also helmed “Love & Basketball” and the criminally underseen “Beyond the Lights” (currently available on Kanopy).

And it’s a step above your average summer blockbuster.

“Palm Springs”: If a rom-com is more your speed, there’s also “Palm Springs,” on Hulu Friday, starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti as wedding guests who

find themselves caught in a timeloop. The sunny pic caused a stir earlier this year when it broke the Sundance Film Festival acquisition record by $0.69.

“Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets”: Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, filmmaker brothers Bill and Turner Ross (“Western”) turn their camera on a group of people in a Las Vegas dive bar the day after Donald Trump’s election. The filmmakers rented the space, recruited the patrons and told them all to pretend that the bar was closing at the end of the night. But the alcohol is real, the conversations unexpected and the result, available to rent Friday, is pure filmmaking magic.

— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr Music The Dalai Lama: To commemorate his 85th birthday on Monday, the Dalai Lama is releasing his first-ever album. The 11-track “Inner World” features teachings and mantras by the Tibetan spiritual leader set to music. On the

project the religious leader recites the mantras of seven Buddhas, discussing topics like wisdom, courage, healing, compassion and children. Grammy-nominated sitar player Anoushka Shankar makes a guest appearance on the album, playing on “Ama La,” a track honoring mothers.

Shaggy: In 2000 reggae artist Shaggy dominated pop radio with his ubiquitous No. 1 hits, “It Wasn’t Me” and “Angel.” Twenty years later, he’s celebrating the album that featured those songs, “Hot Shot,” by re-releasing the project and including updated versions of his hits. “Hot Shot 2020” will be available Friday and will also include classic songs from Shaggy’s catalog, including the 1995 smash “Boombastic.” Sting, who collaborated with Shaggy on the Grammy-winning 2018 album “44/876,” is featured on new versions of “Angel” and “Primavera.”

— AP Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu Television The Bunker and Evans families

are taking another turn on stage.

ABC is rebroadcasting last December’s “ Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in the Family’ and ‘Good Times’” from 8-9:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday. Episodes from the hit 20th-century sitcoms were performed anew by an impressive cast: Woody Harrelson and Marisa Tomei play Archie and Edith Bunker in “All in the Family,” stepping into the shoes of Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton, while Viola David and Andre Braugher play Florida and James Evans, roles that were originated

by Esther Rolle and John Amos.

Others joining in the re-creations include Ellie Kemper, Kevin Bacon, Asante Blackk and Tiffany Haddish.

Viewers seeking to stir their hearts and minds should consider Netflix’s “Stateless,” set in an immigration detention center in the Australian desert. Co-created and produced by Cate Blanchett, the six-part drama out Wednesday brings together an unlikely group of strangers, including an airline steward running away from a cult, a family of Afghan refu-

gees and a bureaucrat attempting to contain a national scandal. The cast includes Yvonne Strahovski (“Handmaid’s Tale”) and Fayssal Bazzi (“Top of the Lake”). The story’s goal, as Blanchett described it, is to illustrate the global displacement crisis and “how we’re being separated from our humanity.”

Muscles and grit developed at work, not with a personal trainer, are put to the test in CBS’ “Tough as Nails,” a competition series debuting 9 p.m. EDT Wednesday.

A farmer, roofer and iron worker among those testing their mental and physical prowess in jobsite challenges. The series, hosted and produced by Phil Keoghan (“The Amazing Race”) will pick a champ and give those who fail to go the distance solo a shot at prizes in ongoing team contests. The action heroes include welder Linnett Key from Lecanto, Florida; Marine Corps vet Kelly “Murph” Murphy of Paragon, Indiana; and firefighter Young An of Alexandria, Virginia.

— AP Television Writer Lynn Elber

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 8, 2020

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TAKE NOTICE

CABARRUS 19 SP 467 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 Ricky W. Gaskey to Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. of New York, Trustee(s), which was dated October 27, 2003 and recorded on November 4, 2003 in Book 4964 at Page 147, 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

0 SP 121 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 Ruby Love and Ella R. Rogers to Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, Trustee(s), which was dated October 1, 1996 and recorded on October 3, 1996 in Book 1727 at Page 324, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina.

Defaulthavingbeenmadeofthenotetherebysecuredbythe 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

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: ALL THAT REAL PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE COUNTY

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, 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CABARRUS COUNTY 19sp718

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 20, 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: Situated in Cabarrus County, State of North Carolina, and being further described as: LYING AND BEING IN WARD NO. 2 OF THE CITY OF CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CAROLINA AVENUE AND BEING LOT NOS. 26 AND 27 AND PART OF LOT NO. 28 IN BLOCK “3” OF SECTION “A” OF BROOKWOOD, A MAP OF WHICH IS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, IN MAP BOOK 2, PAGE 48, AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

Being the same property conveyed to RICKY W. GASKEY and herein by deed from JESSIE G. SLOOP AND WIFE JENNIE NEWTON SLOOP dated FEBRUARY 4, 1975, and recorded FEBRUARY 21, 1975, in Book 450 Page 138, Registers Office for Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 40 Carolina Avenue Northeast, Concord, NC 28025.

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

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

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.: 19-07000-FC01

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

Said property is commonly known as 84 White St NW, Concord, NC 28027.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time 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 Ella R. Rogers.

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.: 20-00936-FC01

OF CABARRUS, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA:

Cabarrus County Public Registry at Book 173 at Page 150.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

BEGINNING AT AN IRON STAKE IN THE SOUTH EDGE OF CAROLINA AVENUE, CORNER OF LOT NO. 25, AND RUNNING THENCE WITH THE LINE OF LOT NO. 25, S. 29-06 E. 213.03 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE; THENCE N. 61-04 E. 60.02 FEET TO A STONE, CORNER OF W. B. GREENE; THENCE WITH HIS LINE N. 29-06 W. 214.76 FEET TO A STONE IN THE SOUTH EDGE OF CAROLINA

20, 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: All that piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in CABARRUS County, NC and known and designated as Lot No. 2 TOWNSHIP, CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, IN CONCORD ON NORTH WHITE STREET, HOUSE AND LOT NO. 84 SHOWN ON MAP OF CANNON HOLDING CORPORATION, MAP 2 OF 4, A COPY OF SAID MAPBEINGONFILE,recordedinMapBook19,atPage48of theCABARRUSCounty,NCPublicLandRecords,reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

Being that parcel of land conveyed to WILLIAM M. COVE AND WIFE, RUBY R. LOVE, from CANNON HOLDING CORPORATION by that deed dated 10/27/83 and recorded 11/03/83 in Deed Book 566, at Page 132 of the CABARRUS County, NC Public Registry.

NOTE: WILLIAM M. LOVE, DECEASED, DATE OF DEATH 08/20/85.

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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. 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

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 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.

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 2:00PM on July 20, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Janet Denise McMillon aka Janet Earle and Charles J. McMillon, dated March 7, 2000 to secure the original principal amount of $60,769.03, and recorded in Book 2878 at Page 139 of the Cabarrus 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: St SW, Concord, NC 28025 Tax Parcel ID: 56207309840000 Present Record Owners:

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JANET DENISE MCMILLON AKA JANET EARLE AND CHARLES J. MCMILLON DATED MARCH 7, 2000 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 2878 AT PAGE 139 IN THE CABARRUS COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA

CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20sp391 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ANGELO SNEAD AND EARSHIRLA SHONTRICE SNEAD DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2013 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 9324 AT PAGE 885 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 19SP969 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY SHERILYN FALUTA DATED JULY 20, 2016 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 9904 AT PAGE 234 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

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

AVENUE; THENCE WITH CAROLINA AVENUE S. 60-54 W. 60 FEET TO THE BEGINNING, AND IS THE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY JULIUS NEWTON AND WIFE FLOSSIE NEWTON TO JESSIE G. SLOOP AND WIFE JENNIE NEWTON SLOOP BY DEED DATED MARCH 17, 1953.

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

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.

Janet Denise Earle And Being more commonly known as: 144 Robbins St SW, Concord, NC 28025 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate of Janet Denise Earle.

File No.: 18-11968-FC01

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)

The date of this Notice is June 1, 2020.

The Estate of

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

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 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 20, 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 Angelo Snead and Earshirla Shontrice Snead, dated November 1, 2013 to secure the original principal amount of $138,681.00, and recorded in Book 9324 at Page 885 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: 414 Raynor Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28311 Tax Parcel ID: 0439-860152 Present Record Owners: Smesh, LLC And Being more commonly known as: 414 Raynor Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28311 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Smesh, LLC. 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 29, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-109187

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 20, 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 Sherilyn Faluta, dated July 20, 2016 to secure the original principal amount of $77,233.00, and recorded in Book 9904 at Page 234 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: 3 1 0 1 Westgate Cv, Hope Mills, NC 28348 Tax Parcel ID: 0414-05-

6239 Present Record Owners: Sherilyn Faluta And Being more commonly known as: 3101 Westgate Cv, Hope Mills, NC 28348 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Sherilyn Faluta.

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 20, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 19-105322

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.

BEGINNING at an iron stake in the eastern margin of Grogg Street, said stake being South 24 degrees 15 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.

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)

Parcel

ID

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144 Robbins

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.

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ID

Number:

0511-19-4860 TRACT:

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.

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ID

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0512-10-3018

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 19-107934

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

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 8, 2020

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CUMBERLAND 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

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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 742

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Victor Clark and Evelyn Clark to Daughtry, Woodward, Lawrence, ET AL, Trustee(s), dated the 28th day of February, 2006, and recorded in Book 7163, Page 819, in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 1716

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by David Porter (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): David Porter) to National Title Network, Trustee(s), dated December 23, 2010, and recorded in Book No. 8558, at Page 0100 in Cumberland 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 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 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on July 20, 2020 and will sell to the highest

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

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 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 142 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 Marjorie Marie Cox Poole and Wilson O. Weldon, Jr. Trustee to William Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated June 24, 2009 and recorded on June 30, 2009 in Book 1929 at Page 923, 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 and customary location at the county courthouse for

12 SP 1051 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 Timothy R. Price a/k/a Timothy Ray Price and May H. Price to J. LaRoss Ketner, Attorney, Trustee(s), which was dated February 17, 1997 and recorded on February 20, 1997 in Book 1022 at Page 1732, 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

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 secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will

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: 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.

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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.

Present Record Owners: Smith

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.

Address of property: Pleasant Oak Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28314 Tax Parcel ID: 4096

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designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on July 20, 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: BEING all of Lot 62 in a subdivision known as Cedar Falls, Section One, Phase One, according to a plat of same duly recorded in Plat Book 114, Page 131, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1504 Royal Springs Street, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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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

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

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

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be

effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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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

bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Hope Mills in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Cumberland, State of North Carolina, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 28, in a subdivision known as Creekbend, as duly recorded in Book of Plats 44, Page 26, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located 4143 Patriot Place, Hope Mils, North Carolina.

Parcel ID: 0414-70-9325 Commonly known as 4143 Patriot Place, Hope Mills, NC 28348 However, by showing this address no additional coverage is provided Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in 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.

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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 THEOFFICEOFTHEREGISTEROFDEEDSFORDAVIDSON 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

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

conducting the sale on July 20, 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: BEINGLOTSNOS.3AND4,BLOCK“G”,OFTHECULBRETH PROPERTY, IN THE CITY OF THOMASVILLE, N.C.

A MAP OF SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK NO. 2, AT PAGE 99, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 401 Reid Street, 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 All Lawful Heirs of Grace Colleen Cody.

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.: 19-16241-FC01

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 20, 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 Lot No. 20, Block C, Section Two, DEARR PARK as more specifically set out in Plat Book 14, Page 76, as recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Davidson County, North Carolina, to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 105 Converse Drive, 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 Timothy R. Price.

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.: 16-20127-FC01

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

BEGINNING AT A STAKE ON THE EAST SIDE OF REID STREET IN THE CITY OF THOMASVILLE, N.C., AT THE CORNER OF LOT #5, IN BLOCK “G”, OWNED BY J.R. CROTTS OF THE CULBRETH PROPERTY AND RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 84 DEGS. 20 MINUTES EAST 134 FEET WITH THE LINE OF LOT #5 TO A STAKE, CORNER OF LOT #5; THENCE SOUTH 4 DEGREES 15 MINUTES WEST 50 FEET TO A STAKE CORNER TO LOT #2; THENCE NORTH 84 DEGREES 20 MINUTES WEST 134 FEET WITH THE LINE OF LOT #2, OWNED

BY D.J. LOHR TO A STAKE ON THE EAST SIDE OF REID STREET, CORNER OF LOT #2; THENCE NORTH 4 DEGREES 15 MINUTES EAST 50 FEET WITH THE EAST SIDE OF REID STREET TO THE BEGINNING.

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: 1204185 (FC.FAY)

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FORSYTH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 372

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Rocky L. Schuyler, Heirs of Rocky L. Schuyler: Jacquie S. Doby, Skokie Roberts, Richard Schuyler a/k/a Dickie Schuyler, Joe Schuyler; Heirs of Joe Schuyler: Ethan Schuyler; Heirs of Richard Schuyler a/k/a Dickie Schuyler: Janice C. Schulyer (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Rocky L. Schuyler) to Daniel D. Hornfeck, Trustee(s), dated July 16, 2010, and recorded in Book No. RE 2955, at Page 1394 in Forsyth 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 Forsyth 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 Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:15 PM on July 22, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Clemmons in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as

JOHNSTON 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

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 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION JOHNSTON COUNTY 19SP369 NOTICE OF SALE 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 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

ONSLOW 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

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

WAKE 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

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

follows: Parcel ID# 5891-78-9974.00 BEGINNING at an iron located in the west line of the property described in Deed Book 1353, Page 1766, Forsyth County Registry, said iron also being located South 08 degrees 40’ 42” West 558.13 feet from the northwest corner of the property described in Deed Book 1353, Page 1766; running thence from said beginning point South 09 degrees 21’ 08” West 103.28 feet to a stone; running thence South 07 degrees 28’ 46” East 39.55 feet to a stone; running thence South 87 degrees 44’ 39” West 140.00 feet to an iron; running thence North 09 degrees 22’ 19” West 396.22 feet to an iron; running thence on a curve to the left a chord course and distance of North 40 degrees 30’ East 51.63 feet to an iron; running thence South 32 degrees 46’ 04” East 337.22 feet to an iron, the point and place of Beginning. Containing 1.248 acres, more or less, and being a lot carved from that tract described in Deed recorded in Book 1137, Page 1179. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5409 Elliott Crest Court, Clemmons, North Carolina.

TOGETHER with a perpetual non-exclusive easement for the purpose of ingress and egress described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron located in the southern right-of-way line of Frye Bridge Road, said iron also being located North 86 degrees 00’ West 262.62 feet from an iron located in the northwest corner of the property described in Deed Book 1352 at Page 1766 in the Register of Deeds of Forsyth County, North Carolina; running thence from said

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 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.

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.

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 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;

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 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

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 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

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, 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

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 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

beginning point South 07 degrees 18’ 35” West crossing an iron at 237.73 feet, a total distance of 245.87 feet to a point; running thence on a curve to the right the following five chord courses and distance: South 21 degrees 38’ 11” East 51.58 feet to an iron, South 40 degrees 30’ West 51.63 feet to an iron, North 83 degrees 40’ West 41.86 feet to an iron, North 29degrees 52’ 30” West 48.54 feet to an iron and North 33 degrees 14’ 19” East 56.03 feet to a point; running thence North 07 degrees 18’ 35” East crossing an iron at 5.25 feet, a total distance of 242.98 feet to an iron in the southern right-of-way line of Frye Bridge Road; running thence South 86 degrees 00’ East 50.08 feet to an iron, the point and place of Beginning.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

In addition to the above-described easement, Grantor also conveys a perpetual non-exclusive five foot wide widening easement. Said easement is parallel to and five feet from the outside boundaries at all points of the above-describe easement.

DEED BOOK: 2231, Page 161, Tax Block 4202 Lot 003X-Forsyth County 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

DEED NOTE: Madgaline Cole had retained interest in the above property from Deed recorded 11/15/1945.

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08I13032E; 08I13032F; 08I13032G Present Record Owners: Moore and Debroah A. Moore

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Darius Allen

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

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

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 Larry G. Chandler.

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: 1274 - 2054

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)

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

The date of this Notice is June 16, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 11-017714

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SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order

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

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.

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

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.: 19-09560-FC02

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.

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.

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: 1261046 (FC.FAY)

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: 1283401 (FC.FAY)

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WAKE 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 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 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: 1474 - 2578

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Crowds gather in downtown Oakboro to celebrate Independence Day with a convoy and concert on July 4, 2020, despite the town canceling official festivities due to COVID-19 concerns.

Oakboro celebrates Independence Day with convoy and concert

WHAT’S HAPPENING Insurer Centene plans 3,200 jobs at new Charlotte regional hub

By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal

Mecklenburg County Government health insurance provider Centene Corp. said it will build an East Coast campus in Charlotte, developing a $1 billion construction project that’s expected to create more than 3,200 new jobs by 2032. Gov. Roy Cooper described the expansion as the state’s largest single jobs announcement by number in nearly two decades. State and local incentives could provide Centene with $465 million over time.

Average pay for the new jobs will be $100,000, $32,000 above the local average. Centene will break ground as soon as August on a sixbuilding campus with 1 million square feet of office space.

AP

Pandemic prompts layoffs at Belk department store chain Mecklenburg County The coronavirus pandemic has prompted layoffs at the Belk department store chain, including at its corporate headquarters. The Charlotte-based company declined to disclose the total number of job losses. The company has about 1,300 employees at its corporate office and about 20,000 employees total. The company said it is providing severance packages to those affected. The layoffs follow temporary furloughs and senior staff pay cuts announced in March.

The company had closed 291 stores in 16 Southern states because of COVID-19. Stores began to reopen in May. AP

County agricultural fair cancelled Davidson County The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of another event. The Davidson County Agricultural Fair, scheduled for mid-September, has been called off. The Kiwanis Club made the decision after getting input from vendors, exhibitors and the health department. Holding the fair would have required a large effort to sanitize public areas regularly in order to protect the public, which organizers judged to be too difficult and costly.

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OAKBORO — Despite the cancelation of the 62nd annual Oakboro 4th of July Celebration, the town had no shortage of patriotic spirit on Saturday.

The “Oakboro Freedom Convoy” and “Oakboro Freedom Concert” each brought locals and visitors to downtown Oakboro to celebrate Independence Day, providing a sense of continuity with traditional holiday events.

Organized by Zach Helms of Locust and advertised through a Facebook page, the Saturday morning convoy had an estimated participant count of 162 vehicles.

Helms told SCJ that when he came up with a plan for the convoy, he was expecting a low-key affair and a small gathering of around 20 vehicles. Though he received some pushback from local officials regarding safety concerns, Helms said he had no intentions of backing down from

his idea.

“It was really great — I didn’t expect that kind of turnout. We never really knew what we were going to have as far as the type of vehicles and crowd,” Helms said.

“It was really cool to see all the antique cars, trucks and horses.

It was really heartwarming to see that many people come together for a good cause. We tried to make it as normal as possible and a thing where we said, ‘We’re just here to celebrate our day’.”

Many of the vehicles driving through Oakboro’s Main Street advertised political attire and flags for President Donald Trump’s re-election and Lt. Gov. Dan Forest’s gubernatorial bid.

Side streets were lined with parked cars, and sidewalks were filled with chairs in a gathering that strongly resembled the usual July 4 parade crowd.

“It really blew up, and it was amazing,” Helms said. “It gives me a good feeling and some hope that our country is still united despite everything going on and

“It was really cool to see all the antique cars, trucks and horses. It was really heartwarming to see that many people come together for a good cause. We tried to make it as normal as possible and a thing where we said ‘We’re just here to celebrate our day’.”

Zach Helms, organizer of Oakboro Freedom Convoy that we can we come together for one cause.”

Over at Main Street Cup and Cone, Oakboro’s ice cream and coffee shop, live music and food trucks brought people together from 2 p.m. until the fireworks show began at 10 p.m.

Stanly’s Meals on Wheels program keeps rolling during shutdown

By David Larson Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — During the July 6 meeting of the Stanly County Commission, Becky Weemhoff, director of Stanly County Senior Services, told the board that the Meals on Wheels program has had to make adjustments but has still been able to deliver meals to needy area seniors.

“What has been nice is then when COVID hit, the meal program continued on,” Weemhoff said. “We had to do things differently.”

She said that since they couldn’t bring their usual “congregate” meal recipients to a community site to eat together, they had to create a grab-and-go system. The program did grab-and-go meals three times a week, but then had to eventually move to frozen meals.

Commissioner Bill Lawhon asked about Golden Corral and how they were performing their contract in the Meals on Wheels program. Weemhoff said it was going well, and, “Actually, we’re starting a two-year bid with them.”

Golden Corral has been able to produce the large volume of frozen meals needed and has been doing the same for surrounding counties’ programs as well.

“So they put out a lot of meals.

In fact their restaurant in Lexington, half of it they converted into a staging area for all these meals they were doing. So it’s worked out well,” Weemhoff said. “We would have struggled if we had had a caterer that couldn’t accommodate so many meals. And we had like 130 or 140 home delivery meal clients every day. And if you multiply that by seven, it’s almost 1,000 meals. But that’s a lot of meals to be prepared and to be brought here on Monday morning and to be issued.”

Lawhon then asked about the frozen meals and how seniors were to prepare those.

“They are in microwave containers, yes. There are seven meals, or in one case it was five for a while,” Weemhoff said. “We put the meals in their freezer and they get out one meal a day. They could eat three meals a day if they wanted to.”

Weemhoff said a major difficulty for their operation during the

“At times, we sort of struggled getting volunteers who wanted to come out and deliver [for Meals on Wheels], but people stepped up.”

Becky Weemhoff, director of Senior Services pandemic has been getting people who are willing and able to deliver with the risks involved.

“At times, we sort of struggled getting volunteers who wanted to come out and deliver, but people stepped up,” she said. “Under normal times, they deliver once a month or maybe twice a month, but during the COVID part, and whenever we kept running when things shut down, some of them delivered every week if not a couple times a week.”

“And I guess anybody that is interested in volunteering to deliver meals, they need to see you?” Law-

The “Oakboro Freedom Concert” featured a collection of local artists, including Evan Marker, Dustin Curlee, Scott and Mason Gardner, and Jody and Joanna.

The musicians were set up under a canopy tent in the parking lot between Main Street Cup and Cone and NAPA Auto Parts.

Hilltop Seafood Co., A Pinch of Soul and Hot Mess Express were among the various food trucks available for customers, who were able to set up chairs and enjoy the food and live music throughout the afternoon.

“Just wanted to say thank you for everyone that came out and celebrated the 4th with The Cup and Cone!” the business posted on its Facebook page Sunday.

“It was a safe event and the music was incredible! Thank you to all the bands, the food trucks, and all of you that decided to join us!”

Yesterday, Main Street Cup and Cone officially opened up its Locust store, located at 243 Market St. across from street from the Medical Pharmacy of Locust.

hon asked.

“Yes, that would be great. Thank you,” Weemhoff responded.

Weemhoff was speaking about the Meals on Wheels program as part of her presentation on the Aging Funding Plan. This is part of the overall Stanly County budget plan and deals with the Home and Community Care Block Grant funds that go to the seven aging programs she oversees at the Stanly County Senior Services Department.

These seven programs are: In-home Aid Level 1, In-home Aid Level 2, Congregate Meals, Home-delivered Meals, General Transportation, Medical Transportation, and Senior Center Operations. For Fiscal Year 2020-21, she requested $448,582 be approved.

This is also the exact amount of grant funds they were anticipating receiving, so the funds would not be in competition with any other Stanly County budget priorities.

“I respectfully request that the FY 2020-21 Aging Funding Plan for Stanly County for $448,582 be approved and that these funds be adopted into the FY 2020-21 county budget,” Weemhoff said at the end of her presentation.

A motion from Commissioner Mike Barbee was offered to approve the Aging Funding Plan as presented, which was seconded by Commissioner Lawhon. The motion carried 6-0.

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“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 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 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 is what COLUMN reflect on this message and be comforted, 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 theirso statements believability.

COLUMN || BEN BEN SHAPIRO SHAPIRO God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy spo itizens 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, gatherings, this difficult time.

Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many 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 beofinspired by stories humanity are over.

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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 toDAY takelied precautions, but important I’mofuneasy INDEPENDENCE is one ofworld the most moments.

One, pandemic that has taken the Brewing world by Co. in THIS WEEK, virus, according to members ofTHE theand federal government, That would mean that the fatality rate aisglobal actually far lower than “THIS IS DAY the lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad Hydromer in Concord and New Sarum or this covered up its spread tried to tell the there were only hat is being called the “new normal.” questions about the data, and when things canstorm startand getting backInc. to way holidays in our country, as we commemorate the founding of changed the we live our everyday lives; other, nd state and local governments, Americans have begun to flatten suggested, even if the transmission rate is high. in it” (Psalm 118:24).

Salisbury are switching their operations to makethe hand sanitizer.

3,341 related deaths has led to worldwide panic, economic collapse and tend at least through the endour of this month. normal are treated in some circles with contempt. nation and all those who have sacrificed for our freedoms. a renewed awakening of the human spirit to address injustices he curve in the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The excitement was Secondly, what are we expecting in terms of a second wave?

I know that during this challenging time of social distancing, In Fayetteville, minister began a program 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 awith society simply mustplagued accept without Like many ofU.S. you, this weekend I spent time celebrating that have ourAugust. society for far too long as we reaffirm our muted — after all, trends canhas easily reverse — taxpayer but real.

Americans The institute’s model simply cuts off in early 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 cost the at least $2.4 trillion in added , Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what the to government tells us when it’s safe to begin the that “all men are created equal.” my family and reflecting on we have be thankful asabout commitment the belief abided by recommendations and orders.

They’ve left their jobs predict howfor many people will die in atostories second wave.throughout This is the our region continue to provide be glad” as the Bible tells usall to do.

However, asto a Christian, husband 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.

Americans.

While most things feel different this year due to As we navigate this time in our the country, however, I fear o stay at home; they’ve practiced social distancing; in many places, most important problem because experts maintain that virus is in need and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me of just how much we hope, and supplies to people anda our health care gsflu,” markets financial outlets. If theNo. U.S.The dollar were not works the reserve will 1977 extend into May. andCOVID-19, government for us, and we have the rightinspiration to ask those this year’s celebration also felt different due to the rising movement to disregard our founding and our history. 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 onover the the front lines of the coronavirus response. ce that the currency, would be able toquestions. fund any of these end it, questions should bewe asked as not to the And theemergency longer stay-at-home ordersThis are in place all challenging time our country faces.

With soand negativity on movement paints democracy and capitalism as evil, whileto step up, The result: a reduction inwithout expected hospitalization and death. inmuch the fall.

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

While throughout our communities continue China. measures immediate fear of rampant inflation currency We must educate e answers should not be vague ones like “we country, and the stricter it some of them get in states, such as Michigan, the news and in our communities, sometimes is easy to take saying socialism is a positive path forward for our 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 amanxious glad initiatives have passed in Congress, like the Paycheck Easter seasons -19 depreciation. undance of thebeen more people, sitting at home feeling and/or about we andcaution.” remind all modelformost granted all we blessed with intesting our country thatonisolated Make no mistake, socialism hassupporting destroyed countries and would Metrics and Evaluation oftAs cited byhave members ofand the and contact tracing, or with the realization that we will have making.

I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected 2 Protection Program, are self-employed people and y China has to pay for their aberrant ways decisions through provide a ned in detail thewould people ofmake this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand thosetowho it the greatest on Earth. turn our freedom into oppression.

Democracy and capitalism, 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 us our Lord “comforts us in all our helping small businesses keep people on the payroll, while direct ame out of a economic and financial means.

Diplomacy has obviously not worked obless and at home answers. message offor an undetermined On 4, 1776,we our courageous founding fathers declared onquestion: therelief otherwill hand, arereach the can greatest agents for peacePlease and know that I’ll seek to destroy eak outbreak was revised down byJuly over 120,000, the number of Which raises the third What exactly we do?

Areworkers. affliction, so that may be able to comfort those who are in any soon families and to bring China into the civilized world of 21st century health, hygiene els predicting hundreds of cases Leaders at These the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they hope that we willof thousands independence Great Britain. men not perfect. throughout the history the world. entilators byhistory nearly and the number of overall deaths bywe wewere capable of rollingbyoutprosperity tenscontinue of millions of tests theof next few affliction, withfrom the comfort whichthose ourselves areblame comforted working onover common sense and targeted solutions so that ation of our and 13,000 fair trade.

Totalitarian communist regimes never take the can be with answers — and again, not vague answers, but answer once again enjoy But they risked their lives and laid the foundation for our Sadly, these American values are under attack. ugust by nearly 12,000. months — and compelling people to take tests regularly, since the God.” we can defeat the coronavirus and keep people and businesses and way of life has no other or express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what with what the state has asked and then witha details that givegoverned their statements believability. republic and established country by to thealso Yetcarriers just as patriots and proud Americans Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers to the keywhich, virus isyou transmittable while are asymptomatic?

Can we have done sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge whole. where purely totalitarian governments do.

They take advantage of every weakness that America along the way I’ve also had questions about Wechallenges should alland continue to more do what we can tothroughout keep our families, people, could rise to meet form “a perfect IAmericans believeand it isEaster time again to stand uestions that will allow economy tothis reopen. create contact tracing system Until for our 330history, million — andonce reflect on message and beuntil comforted, so may live out the Lenten seasons provide a message of concerts, family nd delivery they findthe in adversaries and keep pushing they win orthat theawe n leaders have, too. ourselves, and our communities safe.

But we should alsovalues stillthen, continue has never been union” with each passing generation. up for our and defend our system of self-government First, 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 sporting events, concerts, family adversaries push back. gatherings, rtain types of questions get asked, there is our history, to askwe questions about the data, because reasonable stay-at-home perfect, but Throughout have continued this mission, andwhile and determination.

We must educate and remind all those who after our mportant because it we determines whether certain areas ought to One thing is certain: Things cannot continue as they have been. this difficult time.

Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many more celebrations rndency is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl among some people like to treat those measuresmany are understandable, they should also have seek an expiration date. church services allSome meaningful endeavors, shortcomings would to destroy our history and of lifegood that of America always open orhave closed, whether we ought to we pursue Sweden style —mistakes a not Americans are notever. going to stay home for months on end, and confident will — emerge outis of this pandemic stronger than own temporary sacrifices for theway greater the country and ofetatheir meltdown 1986. experts believe that event, theand Star Wars and asking when we caninstart getting back This all new to Americans, and it is not normal.

Not in any way, and many more have occurred along the way.

However, what makes our country has never been perfect, but we have always worked together to more liberalized society that presumes wide spread, or whether we they certainly will not do so on the basis of ever-evolving models, worked together 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 people is who shape, or to form.

So while we should remain vigilant andMen stay and safe,women at after our own so strong the constant quest fix our mistakes and continue improve. who have contributed to our history, ught to lock down further. especially as statistics roll in that look like the lower-end model neighbors helping neighbors.

I wish everyone celebrating Easter, as well as Passover, a joyous to improve. equipment inor1989. y get themselves others sick. the sameunion. time we shouldn’t get comfortable with so-called “new across to In strive thata more perfect andthis are seen in statues may not havefaith, been practice We’ve seen case fatality rates — Concord, thefor number of Chernobyl. deaths divided by estimates in terms of death and the upper-end estimates in temporary high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray wethe cancountry, allterms continue to keep 5 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s ning government at all levels become a bad normal.”

Our Constitution has been amended 26 times.

We became perfect either, but they contributed to our constant struggle atenumber Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 he of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage.

We need transparency and honesty from our to buy aare 3-D printer andlittle plastic face shields for necessary safety guidelines and remain confident thattowe will get sacrifices are society Senators inmoney Washington already about themake possibility itizens living in a free were supposed Nottalking one bit.to a more perfect union when Republicans passed the 13th achieve aknow morewhat perfect union. nd the denominator are likely wrong.

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And again, when Republicans As we reflect on this Independence Day holiday, let us all eople have actually died of coronavirus.

Some sources suggest the don’t and when they hope to know what they don’t. ufacturing China to “pay”isfor damage they have Matthews caused thehas US.also Don’t hold your go along in all this, of course, mythe family.

I’m Stacey written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah to defend our democracy and protect passed the 15th amendment allowing any citizen the right to renew our determination umber has been overestimated, given that classification for cause We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing to follow their advice.

But lion in virus, and breath waiting Ifor a Chinese to ahappen ask your elected ing the I’m worried will.

After of“Jubilee” and is regularbut contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection. voteto regardless one’s our freedoms.

Let us alsoorhonor who have served in our f death, particularly among elderly patients, can berace. variable.

Some financial they need to start serious questions, they all willthose fall prey nue is representatives hold China accountable in tangible ways for answering irus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, Our union was still in need of reform when it was led by the armed forces and who fight every day to keep our country safe. 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 thiswomen brings up brave and men who fought for the 21st amendment, May we never forget we are able to live in a safe and free country many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeply prone. mies as in the It is about timenot they are expected to operate as responsible citizens of of a painful experience I’d prefer towomen repeat. granting the right to vote. because of their sacrifice and service.

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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT PARAOLYMPICS

Zanardi has 5-hour surgery to rebuild his face after crash Siena, Italy Italian auto racing champion-turnedParalympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi underwent a five-hour surgery Monday to reconstruct his face following a crash on his handbike last month. It was the third major operation that Zanardi has had since he crashed into an oncoming truck near the Tuscan town of Pienza on June 19 during a relay event.

The 53-year-old Zanardi, who lost both of his legs in an auto racing crash nearly 20 years ago, has been on a ventilator since the crash.

Zanardi suffered serious facial and cranial trauma, and doctors have warned of possible brain damage.

Hamlin wrecks, Harvick wins Brickyard Both drivers now have a Cup Series-leading four wins on the season after Hamlin hit the wall while leading due to a flat tire

By Michael Marot The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Harvick turned up the pressure on Denny Hamlin late in the Brickyard 400.

And on a cooling track, Hamlin’s worn tires simply gave out.

As the sun set Sunday over Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Hamlin seven laps from one of the few victories that has eluded him, he went careening into the first turn wall with a flat right frontside tire, and Harvick beat Matt Kenseth off the final restart to win his second straight Brickyard.

“We had great tire wear today, so I was able to really push my car

as hard as I could,” Harvick said after his third 400 title. “I was able to push him a little harder that last run than earlier in the race and when the sun went down the track was cooling and speeds were going up in the turns.”

The strategy worked out perfectly — just like Stewart-Haas Racing’s holiday weekend.

Not only did Harvick race to his 53rd victory to move within one of tying Lee Petty for 11th on NASCAR’s career list, teammates Aric Almirola and Cole Custer finished third and fifth, respectively, Sunday. Fellow Stewart-Haas driver Chase Briscoe won the Xfinity Series race Saturday on the road course.

Harvick tied Hamlin with a season-high fourth victory and has four straight top-10 finishes.

And for the third straight race, it looked as if it would be another one-two finish for Harvick and Hamlin.

But until the late, stunning

“It was just kind of roulette if it (the tire) stays together or not and mine didn’t.”

Denny Hamlin twist, Hamlin looked as though he would take his first Brickyard.

“It’s just, it’s tough. I hate it for the FedEx team,” the frustrated Hamlin said. “It was just kind of roulette if it (the tire) stays together or not and mine didn’t.”

How dominant have Harvick and Hamlin been recently?

After trading victories and runner-up finishes at Pocono last week and Sunday’s result, they’ve combined for seven of 12 victories since the season restarted at Darlington in mid-May and it’s only the second time in seven races Hamlin and his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing entry hasn’t finished in the

top seven.

One person was noticeably absent: Seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson in No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports car. Johnson, who tested positive for COVID-19 last week, watched the race from his Colorado home as the series’ longest active streak of consecutive and fifth-longest in series history ended at 663. Johnson was hoping to become the third driver to win five races on the 2.5-mile oval.

Instead, Justin Allgaier replaced him in the car and he didn’t stick around long.

Allgaier was involved in a sixcar pileup near the entrance to pit road that brought out a red flag on Lap 16 when one of Ryan Blaney’s crew members was pinned between two cars. Track workers put Zachary Price, from Taylorsville, on a stretcher. He was transported to a nearby hospital and later released and returned to North Carolina.

MLB

Yanks’ Tanaka doing well after being hit in the head New York New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka came to the ballpark and seemed well a day after being hit in the head by Giancarlo Stanton’s line drive.

Stanton’s comebacker drilled Tanaka in the right side of his head in the third at-bat of Sunday’s first camp session. Lefthander James Paxton said Sunday that Stanton’s shot was measured at 112 mph. Tanaka was released from the hospital Saturday night after a CT scan came back negative, and he is in concussion protocol. Boone is cautiously optimistic Tanaka could be ready when play resumes.

GOLF

PGA Tour, Memorial scrap plans to have limited spectators Dublin, Ohio The PGA Tour and the Memorial scrapped stateapproved plans to have limited spectators next week because of what it described as rapidly changing dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Memorial, hosted by Jack Nicklaus on his Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, was in line to be the first tournament with spectators since golf resumed its schedule on June 11 in Texas. Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine last month approved a plan that would allow the Memorial to have 20% capacity on property, which would include fans, private hospitality areas and essential staff to run the tournament.

TENNIS

Federer looking ahead to 2021 after surgeries Zurich Roger Federer is already focusing on the 2021 season, including the postponed Tokyo Olympics, as he recovers from two knee surgeries. Federer said Monday he is not yet able to play top-level tennis but he is on the mend. Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, but has never won an Olympic gold medal in singles. The Olympic final is scheduled for Aug. 1, 2021, one week before Federer — who took doubles gold with Swiss teammate Stan Wawrinka at the 2008 Beijing Games — turns 40.

DARRON CUMMINGS | AP PHOTO

Kevin Harvick does a burnout after winning Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Tokyo governor, Abe say they’ll cooperate on virus, Olympics The Summer Olympics, pushed back a year because of COVID-19, are scheduled to begin July 23, 2021

“I will firmly overcome the pandemic with the help of the power of the government, and lead to the Olympics and Paralympics as a proof of our victory”

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO — Tokyo’s newly reelected governor and her political rival, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, agreed Monday to cooperate on handling the coronavirus outbreak to safely hold the Olympics next year.

Gov. Yuriko Koike met with Abe a day after winning her second term in an overwhelming victory buoyed by public support for her handling of the pandemic despite a recent rise in infections in the capital region.

Abe congratulated Koike for her victory and said, “Gov. Koike and I will have to cooperate more closely than ever.”

Koike, who wore her work jacket with a Tokyo government logo on the back, said her most pressing task is to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus and asked for Abe’s support.

“I will firmly overcome the pandemic with the help of the power of the government, and lead to the Olympics and Paralympics as a proof of our victory,” Koike said.

The first woman to head Tokyo prefecture, Koike, 67, is viewed as a potential candidate to succeed Abe when his term ends in September 2021. A conservative from Abe’s ruling party, Koike has also served in key ministerial posts in

Yuriko Koike, Tokyo governor

EUGENE HOSHIKO | AP PHOTO

A man with a face mask walks in front of Miraitowa and Someity, mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, at a park in Tokyo. Tokyo Gov. environment and defense.

For now, she is denying speculation of a return to national politics and says she’s focused on protecting the lives of the 14 million people in Tokyo, a megacity with a $1 trillion economy.

After her meeting with Abe, Koike renewed her campaign pledge to set up a Tokyo version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, by learning from its example and cooperating with the Japanese health ministry and other experts.

She also tried to gain public understanding for a simpler version of the Tokyo Olympics after

the games were postponed to next year because of the virus. Koike only said that officials are still discussing details of the simplified games, cost and coronavirus measures.

Later Monday, she assured Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori that she plans to continue working with him on achieving the games, and she agreed to his proposal to set up a meeting among officials from the government, Tokyo and Olympic organizers to discuss COVID-19 countermeasures.

Public broadcaster NHK said its exit polls showed that 74% of respondents supported Koike,

with 63% saying they approve of her handling of the coronavirus.

Though Koike has not fully delivered on her promises to Tokyo residents to relieve congestion on commuter trains, ensure adequate availability of child and elder care facilities and end overwork, even her critics have generally lauded her handling of the pandemic, in contrast to Abe, who has been criticized for doing too little, too late.

As the pandemic deepened in the spring, Koike often upstaged Abe, whose support ratings have plunged due to his handling of the crisis and its severe impact on the economy, on top of a slew of political scandals.

A former TV newscaster, Koike is stylish and media savvy. She earned the nickname “Migratory Bird” for hopping between parties and forming new alliances -— at least seven times — a rarity among Japanese politicians, who are known for their loyalty to party factions.

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West Stanly NC3 ‘The Last Dance’ seniors 1-3 director fall talkstoproject on Jordan’s Bullsloss after Sunday’s The 10-part documentary With American Legion Baseball will air over five Sundays canceled this year, the new league provides an alternative

By Tim Reynolds TheJesse Associated By Deal Press

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Southern Utah Ghita Nassik is without a team after the school was one of many to eliminate one or both of its tennis programs.

As schools ponder cutting sports, tennis proves vulnerable HBCU NFL hopefuls adjust after canceled pro days, combine 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.

“No prior warning or rumor about the program shutting down.

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App State, East Carolina and Winthrop have eliminated one or both tennis teams

By Steve Megargee The Presspandemic TheAssociated coronavirus

has made it even harder The promise of college tennis for under-the-radar players lured Abhimanyu Vannemredto make an impression on to dy from his home in India the United States, where he setteams

tled in at Winthrop University in South Carolina.

ByNow Kylehe’s Hightower pondering his future The Associated Press thousands of miles away from his family as financial reality crashes DE’MONTREZ Burroughs down on his sport. looked at it as his best shot tolast acWinthrop announced complish his both NFL dream. month that its men’s and The South State women’s tennisCarolina programs will sebe nior receiver had the dates cirdropped because of budget woes cled on his calendar.

First, the resulting from the coronavirus Bulldogs’ annual pro day hit on pandemic. Tennis has been March 19, followed a week lathardest among college programs er by the first-ever NFL combine as athletic departments nationevent held for draft prospects wide ponder cutting sports to frommoney.

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dropped men’s and women’s tennis over the last three months.

In Arkansas, UAPB suspended men’s and women’s tennis for the year. Appalachian State cut men’s tennis, while Akron eliminated women’s tennis. Connecticut won’t have a men’s tennis can’t compete.” team after 2020-21.

But that89% opportunity never Nearly of Division I came. schools had women’s tennis proSouthand Carolina pro grams 71.5% State’s had men’s day and HBCUbut combine teams asthe of 2019, these berecamecuts part of raised a growing listand of cent have concern events canceled because of the pushed officials to seek solutions. coronavirus pandemic.

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evident tennis is pretty clearly the one where you can impact the least amount of students while also saving the most amount of money,” Harrawood said.

An NCAA study found 63% of Division I men’s tennis players and 62% of Division I womCentral defensive Darien’s tennis players lineman in 2018 came us Royster, thethe Mid-Eastern Athfrom outside United States. letic Conference offensive and No other sport had the majority defensive players of the year, reof its players come from outside spectively. the U.S., though men’s soccer had “Does greater extra exposure a slightly number ofhelp? inYes, it does.

But once it’s men’s taken ternational athletes than away it limits certain guys to get tennis. their film outmen’s there,” said John MorWinthrop coach gan Statenoted, coach however, Tyrone WheatCollins that ley, a first-round pick by the New Winthrop’s international players Yorkweren’t Giants in 1995. “Itfull limits the who receiving scholpro scouts fromgenerated actually seeing arships actually more these guys one-on-one, to paylook money for the university by at them and physically place ing out-of-state tuition fees. eyes onWinthrop them. To get some of the quesdidn’t have a single tions answered up close and American player on its men’speror sonal.” rosters this year. The inwomen’s Aside from getting chance to ternational players whoa remained run the 40-yard dash and comin the U.S., like Vannemreddy, pletea series other of strength and agility face decisions. drills in front scouts from the He could giveofup college tennis NFL’s 32 franchises, players were and stay at Winthrop, which is going to get chanceaid to packinterhonoring the the financial view with team executives on the ages it offered its tennis players. first of try thetoHBCU combine Or heday could play elsewhere, event. knowing fewer roster spots are Teams with are still conducting inavailable a surplus of playterviews bynew phone and video coners seeking homes. ferencing, but those are capped He can’t help but wonder about at three per week, said agentthat Authe risk of choosing a school gustine whose clients could cutWiggins, its own program a year include Burroughs. from now.

“It’s harder to garner inter“That’s definitely something est and understand where the inon my mind,” Vannemreddy said. terest is for clients than in years “There’s so much uncertainty at past,” times.

Wiggins “It’s a aslightly these It’ssaid. basically gamdifferent pivot.” ble, if I’m being honest.”

Stanly County Journal JASON HEHIR was a kid in the stands in Boston Garden—onFour April 20, 1986, the inauday that OAKBORO games into the Michael scored a playoff-record gural NC3Jordan American League Baseball sea- 63 points. son, West Stanly’s senior team fell to 1-3 afwas a Christmas gift from County. his father, who terItSunday’s 16-5 loss to Rowan stuck a note promising “Two tickets to centhe Air NC3, the newest baseball league in Jordan Show” in his stocking that holiday tral North Carolina, was formed after theseason. It’scancellation a gift Hehir of will for- Legion official thenever American get, though his current seat for baseball season in April. another Jordan show of sorts is The league is comprised of teams from considerably “I wouldn’t the Americanbetter.

Legion’s Area III and features Hehir isschedule, the director the on June a 22-game whichofbegan call it a ESPN and Netflix production “The 24 and ends on July 30. Stanly Last Dance,” a 10-part documenCounty’s senior and junior teams challenge. I tary series that debuts April 19 and would call it play their home games at The Balltells the storyStanly. of Jordan’s final Chipark at West a privilege.” cago season in 1997-98 that “It feels TheBulls senior baseball team (1-3, culminated in a sixth NBA title.

1-2 league) opened up its season good to be Hehir’s Take hours of Jason Hehir, on Junetask: 29 with an10,000 11-7 home loss out there archived footage, add interviews to Greensboro; it followed that up director of “The with more than 100 people, and with a 19-4 home win over Mount with my turn on it into hours ofWest tele- Last Dance” Airy Julyabout 1. Two8½ days later, friends since vision.

Stanly fell on the road to Greens“I wouldn’t call it a challenge,” all of our boro, 9-5.

Hehir said.

“I would call it athe privilege.”

“We’ve been struggling last seasons The series moved upbut twothe months to procouple gameswas defensively, vide content-starved fans with something were new ruined.” bats are starting to wake up and to watch during the coronavirus pandemic. we have high hopes for the reESPN wasof originally planning to release the mainder the season,” Stanly Riley what documentary in June, coinciding County outfielder Riley Huneycutt with Huneycutt, would have“Itbeen season’s told SCJ. feelsthis good to beNBA out Finals.

It will run over five Sundays ending May 17, outfielder there with my friends since all of NC3 with two one-hour broadcasts each week. our seasons were ruined.”

“I’m happy if we can bring a little Stanly County’s next round of bit of light to people in a dark atime here,” Hehir said.

“Sports games includes home matchup Wednesare such an indelible part of our cultural fabric day with Randolph County, a road game and lacking that ... there’s a significant hole against Davidson County on July 10, a home in enjoyment thatKannapolis people feel,on theJuly escape game against 11, that and peoa ple can feel from everyday life that sports brings road trip to Concord on July 12. us.”The other teams in the new league inThe Randolph accelerated County, launch has only added to a clude Mocksville/Dahectic time for Hehir and his team. vie, Union County, Lexington Davidson and There has been much anticipation about the High Point. documentary, which in Hehir’s mind came Eight players from West Stanly High together much faster than suchStanly a project usually School are members of the County does. senior squad: Cody Kidd (OF/RHP), Brady “Normally, do an hourlong archival Parker (C/IF), to Huneycutt (OF), Colton Aus-documentary fromCody startNaylor to finish, it takes about tin (IF/RHP), (IF/C), Bentley a year from the inception of the idea to the Furr (OF), Connor Tucker (IF) and Carson research to(IF/RHP). doing all the shooting to getting it all Morton together, storyboarding it out, Stanly mapping it out, Nine players from South High editing, getting notes back, it takes about School are on the team: Cam Bowers (IF/ a year,” Hehir said.Smith “We’re (IF/RHP), doing 10 of Garrett those. And RHP), Sawyer we had a little bit over two years to do it so we’re Swink (RHP), Jaxon Buck (OF), Dawson already working at five times our normal rate.”

Thompson (IF/RHP), Trevor Tucker (IF/ The pandemic further complicatesReese matters.

RHP), Chance Hunt (IF/OF/RHP), Hehir and his team are finishing while Crump (C/OF/RHP) and Jaxon things Barbeeup (IF/ separated, connecting through Zoom meetings RHP). butNic largely in isolation at their own laptops Melton (IF/OF/LHP) and Jake An- to get the last pieces of the story ready to air. drews (OF/RHP) are the two North StanThe documentary goes than roster. just 1997ly High School players ondeeper the senior 98, though that season is the overriding theme.

Filling out the team are two players from It also serves as a retrospective of Jordan’s outside the county: Piedmont High School’sbasketballLamm life, from his collegeand daysAnson at North CaroColby (RHP/C/OF) High lina through his rise atop the NBA. School’s Garret Maner (IF/RHP).

Hehir knows therehead is an coach ongoingisbuildup Stanly County’s Jordanand anticipation surrounding documentary, Sells, who also serves as the an assistant base-and still feels nervousness.

He met with Jordan sevball coach at West Stanly. eral times over the of the project, includDue to Gov. Roycourse Cooper’s COVID-19 reing three sit-down interviews that are part strictions, fan participation throughout the of the documentary.

NC3 season will be very limited — a max“I hope that peopleiswill like ittoassit much as we imum of 25 people allowed in the did,” Hehir said. stands.

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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.

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Governors stress Backup coronavirus hospital ‘personal responsibility’ in Memphis worries residents over virus orders

By Adrian Sainz Kimberlee Kruesi The Associated Press The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Faced NASHVILLE, Tenn.

— Earlier with the threat of overburdened this week,states as Tennessee registered hospitals, across the country what then was its highest sinare converting convention centers, gle-day coronavirus increase, sports facilities andcase performance Gov. Bill Lee held atreatment news conferspaces into backup sites ence and issued patients. a stern response. for coronavirus It wasn’t a mandate to wear What some Memphis, Tenmasks in publicdon’t or clamp down nesse, residents get is why in on businesses or socialcenter gatherings. their city, a shopping in the Instead, a plea for residents middle ofit awas predominantly black, to do the right thing. low-income residential neighbor“When we have people dying in hood has been chosen. thisCity state asstate a result of this and officials arevirus, conwe should taking recerned thatbean influxpersonal of patients sponsibility for this,” theas Republifrom Memphis, as well nearby can governor Arkansas said.

Mississippi, and rural It Tennessee, was the will same message west strain hospiLee in late the tals. issued Their fears are March echoed as across COVID-19 was mayors beginthe country:disease Governors, ning to spread.

He has vowed to and health experts in numerous stick the also personal responsibilstatestoare researching and ity mantra, with no plansmedical to reconstructing makeshift instate facilities.stay-at-home restrictions or In impose — New statewide York City, mandates they’re turneven photos unmasked peoing toas the Javitsof Center convention ple bars outdoor site;crowding in Chicago, theand McCormick concerts across Tennessee Place Convention Center; can and be in seen across media. AmerSandy, Utah,social the Mountain Lee signed an execuicaInstead, Expo Center. tiveThe order Friday allows local U.S. Armythat Corps of Engiofficials issuescouting their own mask neers hastobeen locations mandates if theyand want — as Nashin Tennessee, officials here ville Memphis have and compiled a list had of 35already possidone. ble backup sites. They haven’t reElevating a message ofGov. personleased the whole list, but Bill al responsibility over statewide crackdowns on businesses and requirements for people in public spaces has been a consistent approach among certain governors during the coronavirus crisis. That’s especially true in Republican-leaning states that had relatively few cases in the initial months of the outbreak but have

nity volunteer Homer Osborne quickly transported to a hospital said he understands the need to should their conditions worsen.

Memphis officials said the Gatehelp coronavirus patients, but he questions why officials chose way site was put on the list in response to a request from the state’s Gateway.

“There are a lot of poor people coronavirus team to identify large, in this neighborhood that come available buildings where an alterhere and shop,” said Osborne, who nate treatment facility could be lowas buying food at the center for cated.

“The task of finding space to a home delivery service he’s providing during the virus outbreak. shelter hundreds of potential pa“People won’t want to come over tients is not one of choice but nehere. It’s just going to kill this cessity,” the officials said in a statement. area.”

“We cannot keep For Nutbush residents, their He also cited a widespread fear businesses closed forever. of being unnecessarily exposed to fear of contracting the virus is What it boils down to matched with the worry that they the virus.

“All around, people are scared,” could lose stores that are vital to is, we must be careful the neighborhood. Officials hahe said. individually.”

Their fears are not unfounded. ven’t said if stores would close if In this majority-black city along the Gateway facility was opened. the Mississippi River, lawmakers If they did, shopping would beSouth Carolina Gov. Henry and community leaders have been come more difficult for residents, McMaster sounding the alarm over what they especially for those who are old or see as a disturbing trend of the vi- have no means of transportation rus killing African Americans at a to stores located farther away. increased in recent weeks.

“For people who don’t have a higher rate.

Governors in Alabama, ArkantheyLENNIHAN do?” asked HarNutbush resident Patricia Har- car, what do MARK | AP PHOTO sas, Louisiana, Montana, South ris wondered aloud if city officials ris, who spoke to The Associated Carolina, South Dakota and Utah Flags fly in front of the Metropolitanwere Detention Monday, July in thelugging Brooklyn borough Press while a bottle of de“tryingCenter, to contaminate” the6, 2020, also have invoked some form of of New York. tergent, a package of bottled waneighborhood. the “personal responsibility” mesActivist Earle Fisher, an Afri- ter and other items from the Save ADRIAN SAINZ | AP PHOTO sage over issuing strict statewide can American Memphis pastor, A Lot to her car. She noted that a continued to promote personduring the pandemic and“This re- he mask Gateway order even as confirmed mandates. grocery store recently closed near understands the anxiety.

This Friday, April 3, 2020 photo, shows Shopping Center manfused orderand social distancing or al shouldn’t herhabits houseover andany shestatewide already has to is an to honest reasonable conin “You Memphis, Tenn.have to order cases have increased. for President McMaster’s focus on rebooting mask-wearing somebody to do what is just in travel farther to get to Gateway. cern and skepticism,” FisherDonsaid. date.

“Let’s takingwe’ve care Trump’s visitfor to the Mount Rushyour own best interest and that the economy placed South Caro- ald “Whenrecommit we do to things, “I think it’s par course for so people we can in move Friday, an righteously event that of among restaurant the first states re- more of your friends andthe neighgotour to neighbors consider the the black on people to be a Chinese and to other Lee hasfamily, disclosed a few: Mu- lina together have thousands.

He has since said he won’t drew bors,” Alabama Kay Ivey,the a open. neighborhood,” she and said. not “We don’t skeptical of governmental inter- forward businesses. sic City Center Gov. in Nashville, taketoany steps he She has invoked down athe state again while Republican, earlier this week close need make thebackwards,” neighborhood that consistently did not consult with to Locating treatment center for vention Chattanoogasaid Convention Center, as a key said. the need for posthe personal as urged people wear masks worse than it already is.” people on responsibility the ground first.” coronavirus patients there theshe Knoxville ExpotoCenter — all emphasizing In Utah, Gov. Gary combating virus. to follow hygiene and precautions but state’s U.S. Rep.Republican Steve Cohen, a MemDoug in McGowen, thethe city’s chief es tworesidents problems, residents say: strategy sites take away other from residential neighhas repeatedly urged vol“Every one of them op- Herbert socialpotentially distancingexpose recommendownplayed phis Democrat, said the decision officer, saidhas thethe GateIt could them operating borhoods. the effectiveness of and but has encounto make decision that statewide orders. Shopping Cen- dations. doesn’t mask make use sense. way site was being aconsidered be- untary to the virus amid concerns that portunity The Gateway when with,”accomNoem tered “We are cannot keep businesses Greg Abbott, a Re- blacks “I’mwithering sure there criticism are other places cause itcomfortable could potentially contracting COVID-19 they’re terTexas in theGov. Nutbush neighborhood to impose even Fox hundreds News. forever,” said in told publican, hasis frequently invoked that would work, and theylimited should modate of beds. He said trying at higher rates; McMaster and it could force of Memphis different. The cen- closed more liberal-leanLouisiana, an to early hot spot mandates. decision.

“What it if itInwere personal responsibility took defending have used The those rather than go converted a treatment some of thehis stores they rely on to ter features a Save A Lotbut grocery areas of neighborhood,” the state have more action this aweek in boils intourban a residential site, it cases wouldand holdhospitalizations only mildly ill ing close.down to is, we must be care- where store, decisive a Rent-A-Center, Famiagain onpatients the rise, Democratindividually.” ordering to wear masks in fulNutbush Cohen said. mask measures, but coronavirus who could be implemented resident and commu- are ly Dollar,Texans a beauty supply shop, West Virginia Gov. Jim Jus- ic Gov. John Bel Edwards has re- in the more rural areas, restaupublic in most cases. That came after another Republican gov- tice, a Republican, has appealed fused to implement a statewide rants and other indoor spaces are ernor, Doug Ducey of Arizona, to residents’ sense of duty to help mask requirement. Instead, he full of people not wearing them.

Herbert’s office recently issued changed direction and allowed prevent the disease from getting regularly calls on people to be a statement on behalf of interfaith mayors to make mask-wearing worse, but recently warned that he “good neighbors.”

Another Democrat, Montana leaders throughout Utah. It enmight impose a mask mandate as mandatory in their cities.

Those actions contrast with cases in the state continue to rise. Gov. Steve Bullock, said resi- couraged residents to wear masks In South Dakota, Republi- dents should wear masks when in- because “one cannot claim to love governors such as Republican Henry McMaster of South Caro- can Gov. Kristi Noem has large- doors and in crowds. But as the one’s neighbor while deliberately lina, who has refused a statewide ly avoided ordering restrictions state passed 1,000 known cases, putting them at risk.”

OPEC, oil nations agree to nearly 10M barrel cut The Associated Press

bin Salman, a son of King Salman, assented to the deal.

“I go with the consent, so I agree,” the prince said, chuckling, drawing a round of applause from those on the video call.

The jail’s former warden, Cameron But it had not been smiles and Lindsay, has said it is “one of the laughs for weeks after the somost troubled” facilities in the fedcalled OPEC+ group of OPEC eral prison system. members and other nations failed A message seeking comment on in March to reach an agreement problems at the Brooklyn jail was on production cuts, sending pricleft Thursday with the Bureau of es tumbling. Saudi Arabia sharply Prisons. criticized Russia days earlier over A week-long power failure at what it described as comments the Brooklyn jail in January 2019 critical of the kingdom, which sparked unrest among shivering finds itself trying to appease inmates and drew concerns from Trump, a longtime OPEC critic. a federal watchdog about the govEven U.S. senators had warned ernment’s bungled response. In Saudi Arabia to find a way to March, the jail had the federal boost prices as American shale prison system’s first inmate to test firms face far-higher production positive for coronavirus. costs. American troops had been SAUDI ENERGY MINISTRY Last month, an inmate died afdeployed to the kingdom for the ter correctional officers sprayed first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, In this photo released by Saudi Energy Ministry, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minister of him ofwith pepperministers spray. In at May, attacks over concerns of Irani- Energy of Saudi Arabia, third right, chairs a virtual summit of the Group 20 energy another inmatetoatplummeting the facility died. an retaliation amid regional ten- his office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, April 10, 2020, to coordinate a response oil The due Bureau of Prisons has been sions. prices due to an oversupply in the market and aJOHN downturn in global demand to the pandemic.

MINCHILLO | AP PHOTO the subject of intense scrutiny since “They’ve spent over the last Epstein took his own life while in Audrey Strauss,war Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, center, speaks month waging on American alongside William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of thethe New York of the Federal praise. in August, which Attorney deal butOffice its president, Andrés custody that Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and oil producers while we are defendWilliam said the Bureau of This Investigation, NewArab YorkEmirates City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, right, “The pure sizeBarr of the cutwas is unManuel López Obrador, had said General theand United would ing theirs. is not howcenter friendsright, stormbut, of screw during a news conference announce Ghislaine forthat her alleged in the precedented, thenups.” again, so he had role agreed with “perfect cut charges another against 2 million barrels Maxwell of Friday treat friends,” said Sen. to Kevin plagued for sexual and abuse of multiple minor girls them

by Jeffrey Thursday, July 2,will 2020, in is The the agency impacthas thebeen coronavirus is that the U.S. compenoil a day between atop Epstein, the Trump Cramer,exploitation a Republican from North misconduct, vioNew York. havingbyonserious demand,” said MohamOPEC+ deal. The three countries sate what Mexico cannot add to years Dakota, before the OPEC+ deal. lence and staffing shortages so semed Ghulam, an energy analyst at U.S. producers have already did not immediately acknowledge the proposed cuts. that guards Raymond James.often work over“The big Oil Deal with OPEC vere been reducing output. The Amer- the cut themselves, though Zanafter day are forced to Donson, who advises was housed,’” said Jack Plus Maxwell has three passports, is Epstein Butday Ghulam andor others worried is done.

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Maxwell moved to NY for Epstein-related sex abuse charges DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — OPEC, Russia and other oil-producing nations on Sunday finalized an unprecedented proBy Michael duction cutBalsamo of nearly 10 million The Associated Press barrels, or a 10th of global supply, in hopes of boosting crashing pricYORK — Jeffreypandemic Epstein’s es NEW amid the coronavirus longtime and a priceconfidante war, officialsGhislaine said.

Maxwell was transferred Monday “This could be the largest reto New York to face charges that duction in production from OPEC she and girls, lonone for recruited perhaps awomen decade, maybe as young 14, for him toSecretary sexually ger,” saidasU.S. Energy abuse, the Bureau ofwho Prisons conDan Brouillette, credited firmed.

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Theof nations together agreed described his chief to cut 9.7Maxwell million asbarrels a enday abler, recruiting andJune. grooming throughout May and young forreached abuse. the Shedeal has just deThegirls group nied wrongdoing and called claims hours before Asian markets reagainst “absolute opened her Monday andrubbish.” as internaIn a benchmark letter to a judge tional BrentSunday, crude prosecutors saidover they$31 have comtraded at just a barrel municated with Maxwell’s defense and American shale producers lawyer, struggle.Christian Everdell, who would like a Friday bail hearing Video aired by the Saudi-owned where she will be arraigned. satellite channel Al-Arabiya Prosecutors have said Maxwell showed the moment that Saudi “poses extreme risk Abdulaziz of flight.”

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obituaries

Jason Efird

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ASON EUGENE “GENE” EFIRD, 94, went home to be with his Lord Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at his home in Stanfield.

OUISE SMITH PIERCE, 94, Gene was bornpassed October 9, 1925, in of Albemarle, away Cabarrus the late Simeon on SundayCounty July 5,to 2020 in her Jason and theservice late Sarah home.Efird Her funeral will Ella Burris Efird.

In addition to his at be 11am Thursday July 9,2020 parents, heGrove was preceded in death by Anderson Baptist Church his wife, Little Efird; sisters, with Rev.Jewell Wayne Eudy and Rev. Mary Lambert, Fannie Almond, Ron Honeycutt officiating.

Burial Minnie Furr, Wilma Burleson and will follow in the church cemetery.

Aileen Huskey; and brothers, The family will receive friendsHomer from Efird, Getus and Wayne 9:30am untilEfird 10:30am prior toEfird, the Sr. funeral service.

A private funeral service will be9, Mrs. Pierce was born February held Apriland 11, 2020 1926on in Saturday, Stanly County was the at Love’s Grove Methodist daughter of theUnited late Daniel Smith Church Cemetery in Stanfield and Essie Mae Phillips Smith. Louise officiated

by Rev. Jim White.

Burial retired from E.J. Snyder Company will at the Love’ s Grove United andfollow was a member of Anderson Methodist Church Cemetery, 4360 Grove Baptist Church.

She was a Polk FordofRoad, Stanfield. Lions member the Harrisburg Survivors include son Gerald Club.

Wayne (Gail) of Albemarle; Louise wasEfird preceded in death by daughter LisaHenry Efird (Mark) Hartsell her husband Pierce and first of Stanfield; husband Neilgranddaughters, Preston Greer. Mrs. Kelly Barbee and Lauren PierceEfird was also preceded in death Hartsell (Justin) Crump; greatby two sons, Danny Berryand Greer and grandsons, Ian Patrick Otis Preston Greer andSimmons daughter and Elliot SandyJacob GreerSimmons.

Eudy. She is survived may be made to Love’s

by Memorials her step daughters, grandchildren Grove United Methodist Church, PO and great grandchildren.

BoxMemorials 276, Stanfield, NCmade 28163-0276. can be to Hospice of Stanly and the Uwharrie, 960 N. 1st Street, Albemarle, NC 28001 or to Gathered Fragments Missions, P.O. Box 622, Albemarle, NC 28002.

Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Albemarle is serving the Pierce family.

Pauline Tucker

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AULINE ELIZABETH ALMOND TUCKER, 98, passed away peacefully at Trinity Place, Albemarle, NC on April 11, 2020.

Pauline was born on March 22, 1922 in Cabarrus County, NC to the late John Richard Almond and Alice Ada Ann Lambert Almond.

She is survived by her three daughters, Gay Michel (Jack), Oak Island, NC; Pamela Rushing ARY ROSS BURGESS, 90, (Foreman), Oakboro, NC; of Albemarle, passedKathy away Hunt (Marc), NC; Manor her Friday, July 3,Albemarle, 2020 at Stanly son, Chris Tucker (Chris Lear), in Albemarle.

Washington, will be greatly Mary was DC. bornShe September 29, missed her five grandchildren, 1929 inby North Carolina to the late Heather Rushing Chaney (Shannon), Walter Lee Ross and the late Verna Michael Ross. SheRushing, was alsoElizabeth precededMichel in Hartzog Jack Michel, Jr. death by(Craig), her husband, Heath Wilson (Jenn), and Woody Hunt as well as Burgess. seven great-grandchildren.

SheLynn also Survivors include daughter, leaves behind cherished nieces and (Bill) Matherly; grandsons, Kenny nephews.

(Erin) Matherly and Kevin (Athena) The family expresses its sincere Matherly; great-grandsons, Evan gratitude to the staffMatherly, and caregivers Matherly, Cameron and at Trinity Place forShe theiscare Jaiden Matherly. alsothey survived provided Pauline. by her brothers, Tommy (Anita) A private will be Ross and Billgraveside (Bobbie)service Ross; sister, held onFrick; Monday, 13, 2020.Hazel A Trudy andApril sister-in-law, celebration of Pauline’ s life and legacy Taylor. willHartsell be held Funeral this summer.

Home of In lieu ofisflowers, Albemarle servingthe thefamily Burgess requests donations be mademay to the family. Online condolences be BrightFocus Foundation at www. made at www.hartsellfh.com brightfocus.org.

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Tony Smith

Merle Helms

ONY MONROE SMITH, 72, of Rockwell, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ATTY SUE POPLIN, 62, at on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 Albemarle, passed his of home surrounded by away family. A Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Atrium private family service willatbe held.

Health in Concord.

Online Cabarrus condolences can be made at Patty was born December 1, 1957 stanlyfuneralhome.com in Stanly County the late Tony was bornto August 11,Martin 1947 Christmas “Dick”to Poplin, Jr.Pearlie and in Stanly County the late Mary Ann Adams addition Asbury Smith and Poplin.

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He and Becky Gary “Doggie” Poplin,Anchor Sr. andHouse wife owned and operated Beverly of Albemarle; sister,inLori for 25 years before retiring 2009.

Ann Hatleywas of Norwood; nephews, Mr. Smith a charter member Edward Hatley, TylerDoor Howard, Gary and deacon at Open Baptist Poplin, and niece,He April Plowman.

ChurchJr.; in Richfield. loved the Patty lovingabundantly. person whoTony Lord andwas hisafamily never a stranger.

If youfather, ever met was a met wonderful husband, and her, you wereand special tofix her.anything She loved grandfather could her animals and doing he put his hands on. puzzles.

Hartsell Funeral Home Mr. Smith is survived byofhis wife Albemarle is Smith servingofthe Becky Cagle thePoplin home, family. sons Walter Smith and Robbie Online condolences be made Smith; daughter Kaylamay Henderson at www.hartsellfh.com (Brandon); grandchildren Danielle, Dustin, and Steele Smith, Keaton and Ella Henderson; brother David Smith; sisters Kay Kriechbaum, Karen Stevenson, Ruby Eudy, and Dorothy Smith (Nick).

He is preceded in death by brothers Joe Smith, Wayne Smith, Claude Smith, Wade Smith, Robert Smith, and sister Mary Morris.

Memorial 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.

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Patty Poplin

ERLE LORRAINE AUSTIN HELMS, 72, of Marshville, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at McWhorter House OBERT BRIAN Hospice PUCKETT, in Monroe.

48, of Albemarle, passed away Lorraine was 28, 1947 Thursday, July 2,born 2020April at Atrium in Monroe to the late Homer David Health Stanly in Albemarle.

Austin Delphia-Jane Brianand wasJewell born November 20, Austin.

She was also preceded in 1971 in Houston, Texas to Margie death bySpeer brothers, A.D.late and Teddy Puckett and the Robert Austin; and sister, Joy Austin.

Puckett.

The family receivedearly friends Brian loved will his family from 6:00his pmthree - 8:00 pm, Friday, especially children, April 10,Alan 2020and at Hartsell Maggie, Robert, Funeral Jr., all of Home of Albemarle.

Theanfuneral Albemarle.

Robert was avid race service car fan. will be at 11:00 am on Saturday PleasantbyHill Brian isatsurvived hisBaptist three Church inMaggie Marshville, children, (Sam)officiated Caldwell,

by Rev. John Miller andPuckett, Rev. Leon Alan Stout and Robert Jr. Whitley.

She will lie in state for 30 all of Albemarle; mother, Margie minutes(Ray) priorSpeer to theof service.

She will Puckett Albemarle; be laid to rest in the church cemetery. two brothers, David (Rhonda) Jones SheGilead, is survived by(Annette) her beloved of Mt. Colon Jones husband of sister, 47 years, Paul Helmsof of Star; one Anita Brower of theEnd; home; son, Alex nieces (Deanna) West and several and Helms of Pageland; daughter, Paula nephews.

(Cristin Brandt) offriends Mint Hill; The family willHelms receive grandchildren, Mason, Grant, from 6 pm to 8 pm on Monday,and July Raegan Helms; brothers, Boyce, 6, 2020 at Hartsell Funeral Home of Royce, TimThe Austin; andtosisters, Albemarle. service celebrate Patricia Mullis, Angel Tarleton. his life will be atand 3 pm on Tuesday, be made to the JulyMemorials 7, 2020 inmay Hartsell Funeral Alzheimer’ s Association, 4600 Park Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel, Rd., Suiteby 250, Charlotte, NC 28209. officiated Rev. James Arthur Lamb.

Memorials may be made to Hartsell Funeral Home c/o Robert Brian Puckett, PO Box 7, Albemarle, NC 28002, or by credit or debit card call 704-983-1188.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Puckett family.

To stream the service and online condolences, www.hartsellfh.com

Jody Luther

ODY DANIEL LUTHER, 43, of Oakboro, passed away unexpectedly Monday, June 29, 2020 at his home.

Mr. Luther was born August 13, 1976 in Cabarrus County to Kathy Howard and the late Danny Paul Luther.

Jody is survived by his mother, Kathy Howard of Polkton; brother, Jeremy (Carin) Luther of Albemarle; stepmother, Denise Luther; stepbrothers, Bryan Whitley MAEWhitley; HAIRE,step73, andHIRLEY Gregg (Anita) of Albemarle passed away on children, Michael (Christen) Carter, April 11, 2020and at Atrium Health Tyler Carter, Samantha Helms; Stanly.

The family willand holdRoy a private grandparents, Shirley graveside servicenephew, for Mrs.Daniel Haire.

Burris; a special Shirley bornaunts, December Luther;was several uncles,12, cousins 1946 in Washington, DC to the and too many friends to name. lateJody Charles Richard Bateman and recently celebrated 25 years Elizabeth Mae Mulligan Bateman. at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry. He Shirley is survived by her husband leaves behind many beloved coof 30 years of also workers andVaughn friendsSmith who are Albemarle; sister Sandra Painter family. of Gainesville, VA; half-brother Away from work Jody enjoyed Robert Bateman of Stevensville, music, spending time at the lake, MD; step-children Heather hanging out with his friends,Smith and of Jacksonville, FL and Davidand spoiling his inherited nieces Smith of New NC; 4 nephews.

JodyLondon, was an amazing step-grandchildren; nieces friend, family man and son.Cyndi Go Hentschel of Leesburg, VA and Heels!

Cheryl Hardy of of Aylett, VA;be 16 grandA celebration life will nieces and nephews; and Gus the announced at a later date. dog. and Cremation InStanly lieu ofFuneral flowers memorials Care of Albemarle is serving the may be made to Levine Childrens Haire family.

Hospital, P. O. Box 32861, Charlotte, NC 28232.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Midland is serving the Luther family.

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Danny Luther

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ANNY PAUL LUTHER, 65, of Norwood, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 9, 2020ONALD at Atrium Stanly inSR. C. Health TREADAWAY, Albemarle.

83, of Albemarle, passed away Mr. Luther was1,born 27, Wednesday, July 2020March at Atrium 1955 to Stanly the lateinRobert Fulton and Health Albemarle.

Helen Luther.

Mr.Tucker Treadaway was born July 31, Danny was survived hislate wife, 1936 in Stanly County tobythe Denise Burleson Luther of Norwood; Coleman Jefferson Treadaway and sons, Jeremy (Karen) Luther and the late Julia SteinTreadaway.

He Jodyalso Luther; step-sons, Bryan was preceded in death by a son, WhitleyC. and Gregg (Anita) Donald Treadaway, Jr. Whitley; Grandchildren, Luther andof Donald was aDaniel US army veteran Hunter Zado, as well as hishis brother, the Korean War. He loved family Bob Luther Jr (Lorena), uncle Jack dearly and was an avid fisherman.

Luther and other loved Donald wasseveral married to Jean fornieces, nephews andwas cousins.

63 years and a very successful Danny recently retired from entrepreneur.

He was the founder Charlotte Pipe and after of D & J Carpet andFoundry Floor Cleaning. a dedicated years and Donald was37 a member ofworked Highland there with his sons and London. several other Baptist Church of New friends andare family members.

Friends invited to pay their Dannyfrom loved spending timePM, at respects 6:00 PM - 8:00 his lake house hisatfamily and Sunday, July 5,with 2020, Hartsell friends as well as with his Funeral Home of vacationing Albemarle. Due family.

Danny and Denise to COVID restrictions, theenjoyed family listening topresent. beach music and loved to will not be However, friends shagbe dance every chance they could will permitted to convey their get. He was an amazing father, loving condolences. grandfather great friend to Survivorsand include wife, Jean many. He will never be forgotten.

Treadaway of Albemarle; son, Frank A celebration of life will beof Treadaway and wife Wendy announced grandchildren; once the currentKarrie Albemarle; COVID-19 restrictions areJena lifted.

Hobbs, Devin Treadaway, Hartsell Misty Funeral Home of Buchanon, Fontana, and Albemarle is serving the Luther Chad Treadaway; fourteen greatfamily. grandchildren; and beloved pet, Ginger.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Treadaway family.

Online condolences may be made at www.hartsellfh.com

ERRY FINCHER passed from this life on April 3, 2020 at 8:05 pm. He was surrounded by his family KENDALL and UBYE holdingCORNELIA the hand of the love of MORRIS, of Albemarle, his life.

Jerry is 87, preceded in death passed Tuesday, June 30, Billy 2020 by threeaway siblings, two brothers, at Atrium Health Stanly.

Gilbert Fincher, and Larry Richard Rubyeand wasone born November Fincher, sister, Barbra 5, Joyce 1932 in Stanly County to the late Moore.

Hugh Devroe Kendall Maggie He is survived by hisand wife, Eleanor Cornelia Taylor was Kate Fincher of Kendall. the home,She daughter, also preceded in death by her halfCindy Fincher Jacobs of Wingate brothers, Keith, Jude, and Tommy NC., son and daughter in law, Tommy Kendall. Fincher of New London (Tiffany) The family will receive NC., Step Children, Jimmyfriends (Lisa) from 6:00 pm - 8:00 Thursday, Lanier of Locust NC, pm, Wanda (Bob) July 2, 2020 at Funeral Krimminger ofHartsell Locust NC., Eric Home of Lanier Albemarle.

The funeral (Sharon) of Charlotte NC., service will be at 11:00 am on Friday, Grandchildren-Trey (Gera) Whitson July 3, 2020 at Prospect Baptist of Midland, Step-grandchildren, Church in Albemarle, officiated by Zach (Brittney) Washington, Aaron Rev. Ray Johnson.

The burial will (Kinsey) Washington, Caleb (Nayeli) follow in the church cemetery.

She Washington, Beth (Robbie) Setzer, will lie in state for) Wallace, 30 minutes prior Matthew ( April Step to the service. great-grandchildren, Britlyn-Eve She is survived

by Setzer, her beloved Washington, Robert George husband of 70Tracy years,(Rob) Roy Donald (Sara) Setzer, Setzer Morris; son, Steven and Bumgardener, KatieMorris Underwood, wife Daphne; two grandchildren, Andrew Underwood, Step great Matthew Morris and wifeGeorge Joanna, great grandchild, Waylon and Hannah Morris; three greatSetzer and brother Donald Lewis grandchildren, SophiaNC. Grace Morris, Fincher of Albemarle, Selah Gwen Morris,and Samuel Jerry Fincher will be laid to rest on Gareth Morris.

Wednesday April 8,2020 at 11:00 am Memorials mayChurch. be made to at Canton Baptist Anyone Prospect Baptist Church building interested in attending, please RSVP fund, 502 Prospect Rd., at 704-796-2412.

Dr.Church Phil McCray Albemarle, NC 28001. and Pastor Tommy Fincher will Hartsell Funeral Home of officiate.

Albemarle is serving the Morris family.

Online condolences may be made at www.hartsellfh.com

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Linda Hatley

INDA TUCKER HATLEY, 69, of Albemarle, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020.

Linda was born September 18, 1950 in Concord to the late Jacob and Claris Tucker. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Terry Lee Tucker, and her twin sister, Brenda Tucker Strickland. We know Brenda and Linda are in Heaven watching over us and laughing.

Linda was a loving mother, sister, and “Nana.” She was a very giving and loving person. Linda would always do anything she could for others, especially her family. She enjoyed working at FastShop #5, Locust. Linda will be forever loved and greatly missed.

Survivors include her son, Alan Hatley and wife, Angela, of Albemarle; brother, Ronnie Tucker Celebrate the life of your loved ones. and wife, Linda, of Midland; granddaughter, Leslie Hatley; 1 Submit obituaries and death notices niece; and 2 nephews. to be published in SCJ The family will receive friends from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Thursday, at obits@stanlyjournal.com April 16, 2020 at Hartsell Funeral Home in Albemarle. Linda will 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.

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STATE & NATION

Trump Cabinet members look to reassure battleground voters

By Bobby Caina Calvan The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tromped through a strawberry festival in central Florida, detailing the government’s new trade pact. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talked about foreign policy at a roundtable in south Florida.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler toured parts of Michigan and Wisconsin, where he boasted of the Trump administration’s efforts to clean up the Great Lakes.

And just this past week, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt was listed as a headliner along with White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top fundraiser for the president, at an event in Rapid City, South Dakota.

As President Donald Trump campaigns for reelection against Democrat Joe Biden, members of his Cabinet are busy making time in pivotal states. They are carrying a message to voters about what the Trump administration is doing

for them. At the same time, there are questions about whether these agency heads are running afoul of a law meant to bar overt campaigning by federal officials on the taxpayer tab.

These are states in renewed focus after Trump’s narrow 2016 victory.

Recent polls in states such as Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania show Biden leading. The lesson of four years ago is crucial, though.

Nearly every poll in the three states showed Democrat Hillary Clinton ahead of Republican Trump, before Trump’s base came together in the final weeks of the campaign.

Cabinet-level leaders have come to Florida alone more than 30 times this year. Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona have also seen visits from agency and administration chiefs discussing federal funding and initiatives for local interests — and talking up Trump.

It can be hard to spot any local impact that a housing or a health secretary may have on a presidential race when they are in town. But there can be an effect, said Aubrey Jewett, a political science professor at the University of Central Florida,

Cabinet secretaries usually “aren’t generating the same kind of buzz. But it doesn’t mean that what they do is not important both for policy and also politics for their president.”

Aubrey Jewett, political science professor at the University of Central Florida who has been studying presidential politics in the battleground state.

Cabinet secretaries usually “aren’t generating the same kind of buzz. But it doesn’t mean that what they do is not important both for policy and also politics for their president,” Jewett said.

A Washington bigwig showing up with assurances on federal policies most vital to Orlando, Florida, or Milwaukee is usually enough to earn an administration a wave of

favorable comments, columns and tweets from local leaders.

In March, for example, when Perdue went to the strawberry festival in Plant City, in central Florida’s Interstate 4 corridor, he talked about the new U.S. trade pact with Mexico and Canada, and spoke of the importance of the farming community.

Afterward, the president of the Florida Strawberry Growers Association, Kenneth Parker, said he was appreciative of “the administration’s commitment ... to move forward in helping us in ways to compete.”

When the EPA’s Wheeler was in Michigan and Wisconsin last month, he described the administration as a friend of an initiative to clean up the Great Lakes.

Wheeler drew praise during the visits from Republican members of Congress and leaders of business groups. Notably absent were environmentalists, who accused Trump and Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, of taking credit for actions by previous administrations and ignoring Trump’s gutting of environmental and public health protections.

Cabinet secretaries hitting the road to talk up a president’s record in an election year is a political norm. Donald K. Sherman, deputy director of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington watchdog group, said it can be tough to track the officials close-

ly enough to know whether they are sticking to the Hatch Act, which is meant to bar obvious campaigning by federal officials with taxpayer money.

Interior Department spokesmen did not respond to questions this past week about the Rapid City event, which took place the evening before Bernhardt helped open for Trump at a fireworks show at Mount Rushmore, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said. It was unclear whether the Trump campaign or the federal government paid for Bernhardt’s costs on the trip.

Asked about Hatch Act compliance overall before the latest event, department spokesman Nicholas Goodwin said, “No campaign related activities have taken place on any official travel.”

Spokespeople for two Cabinet-level agencies, the Interior Department and the EPA, did not specifically answer questions about whether they were coordinating such trips and funding announcements with Trump’s advisers or with his campaign staff. They said administration officials are doing their job by traveling and are not favoring any areas.

Wheeler’s recent visits “have coincided with important agency announcements that positively impact their respective region,” EPA spokesman James Hewitt said in an email.

Chicago’s July Fourth weekend ends with 17 dead, 70 wounded

By Don Babwin The Associated Press CHICAGO — One of Chicago’s bloodiest holiday weekends in memory ended with 17 people fatally shot, including a 7-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, and 70 more wounded, despite a concerted effort to quell the violence with an additional 1,200 police officers on the streets.

The violence was far worse than last year, when the long July Fourth weekend ended with six people dead and 66 wounded in gunfire. And the holiday weekend of violence follows Chicago’s deadliest Memorial Day weekend since 2015.

After a relatively peaceful Friday, gunfire erupted around 7 p.m. Saturday. Seven-year-old Natalia Wallace was standing on the sidewalk outside her grandmother’s house on the city’s West Side during a Fourth of July party when, according to police, suspects climbed from a car and opened fire. The child was shot in the head.

“Bullets just came from nowhere,” Natalia’s grandmother, Linda Rogers, told the Chicago Tribune on Sunday. “I came out here and my grandbaby (was) lying on the ground.”

Natalia’s death came amid a spate of shootings around the United States that left several children dead, including a 6-year-old boy in San Francisco, a 6-year-old boy in Philadelphia, an 8-year-old girl in Atlanta, an 11-year-old girl in Columbia, Missouri, and 8-yearold boy in Hoover, Alabama.

Chicago Police said detectives used technology to find the gun-

ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE VIA AP

An officer investigates the scene of a shooting in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2020. man’s vehicle, and they arrested the one man who was sitting inside. The man had not been charged in Natalia’s death as of Monday morning and his name was not released. The department did not immediately know how many, if any, arrests have been made in the other weekend homicides.

About three hours after Natalia was shot, a group of young men police believe are members of a gang jumped from a vehicle in the Englewood neighborhood on the city’s South Side and opened fire on a rival gang member.

“They shot and killed him and

they stand over him and keep shooting” before jumping back in the car and fleeing the scene, Deputy Chief Brendan Deenihan told reporters Monday morning.

But a child, 14-year-old Vernado Jones Jr., was nearby and one of the bullets fired at the man who was killed struck Vernado in the armpit.

“He had nothing to do with gang-on-gang violence. He was not the intended target,” Deenihan said.

A visibly upset and angry Police Superintendent David Brown lamented the growing roster of children who fall victims to gun vi-

olence.

“We cannot allow this to be normalized in this city,” he said. “We cannot get used to hearing about children being gunned down in Chicago every weekend.”

This year, the department counted the July Fourth weekend shootings from 6 p.m. Thursday through the end of Sunday. In all, 13 children under the age of 18 were shot, including the two that died.

The weekend violence highlighted what has been a particularly dangerous year for children in the city. Police statistics show there have been 32 homicide victims under the age of 18 so far in

2020 compared to 20 during the same period in 2019.

A week earlier, Chicago’s shooting victims included a 1-year-old boy riding in a car with his mother and a 10-year-old girl who was shot by a bullet fired a block away that pierced a window and struck her in the head as she sat on a couch at home.

Chicago has counted a total of 1,782 shooting victims this year, 550 more than during the same period last year. And the weekend brought the number of homicides for the year to 353, which is 99 more than were recorded for the same period last year.

As he did after the Memorial Day weekend, Brown put much of the blame for the spasms of gunfire on a criminal justice system that fails to keep violent offenders behind bars and a program in which many of those arrested — including those arrested on gun charges — are released from custody after being fitted with electronic bracelets that are designed to monitor their whereabouts.

“It’s clearly not working,” he said.

Brown also pointed to a drastic reduction in the number of inmates at the county jail, which he said has left Chicago and other communities at greater risk of becoming victims of crimes. Even before the pandemic prompted the release of more than 1,600 detainees between May and June of this year, an order to judges to set bail only in amounts that defendants could afford, resulted in a reduction in the jail’s population by 1,500 in 2017 alone.

“We must keep violent offenders in jail longer,” he said.

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President Trump backs Forest for governor

In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump participates in a briefing about Hurricane Dorian with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, left, aboard Air Force One at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, N.C. President Trump endorsed Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest on Thursday night, July 2, 2020, in a move to unseat Democratic Gov. Cooper. Meanwhile, Cooper expressed support for Trump’s competitor, former Vice President Joe Biden. See additional coverage in Jones & Blount on page A4 in North State Journal.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Police probe wounding of man at gathering Forsyth County Authorities are investigating after a man was brought to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg after an apparent social gathering. The WinstonSalem Police Department said officers were called to a hospital after the man arrived with the wound around 2 a.m. Police say that they discovered the victim had been at a social gathering at a residence north of downtown when a car with four men inside pulled up and someone opened fire. The vehicle then fled. No suspects had been identified

by Friday morning. Police say the man’s wound is not lifethreatening.

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Former Landis town officials accused of embezzlement Rowan County Three former town officials have been arrested on a number of embezzlement charges following their indictment this week, the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation said. An investigation determined that for six to nine years, former town manager Douglas Reed Linn, 61; former director of finance Ginger Cline Gibson, 55; and former director of parks and recreation Andrew Evans Morgan, 35, embezzled more than a million dollars from the town of Landis for unauthorized payroll increases and unauthorized personal expenses. All three are charged with embezzlement by a local or charitable officer or employee and conspiracy to commit embezzlement.

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Not so random acts: Science finds that being kind pays off

By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press Acts of kindness may not be that random after all. Science says being kind pays off.

Research shows that acts of kindness make us feel better and healthier. Kindness is also key to how we evolved and survived as a species, scientists say. We are hard-wired to be kind.

Kindness “is as bred in our bones as our anger or our lust or our grief or as our desire for revenge,” said University of California San Diego psychologist Michael McCullough, author of the forthcoming book “Kindness of Strangers.” It’s also, he said, “the main feature we take for granted.”

Scientific research is booming into human kindness and what scientists have found so far speaks

well of us.

“Kindness is much older than religion. It does seem to be universal,” said University of Oxford anthropologist Oliver Curry, research director at Kindlab. “The basic reason why people are kind is that we are social animals.”

We prize kindness over any other value.

When it comes to a species’ survival “kindness pays, friendliness pays,” said Duke University evolutionary anthropologist Brian Hare, author of the new book “Survival of the Friendliest.”

Kindness and cooperation work for many species, whether it’s bacteria, flowers or our fellow primate bonobos. The more friends you have, the more individuals you help, the more successful you are, Hare said.

For example, Hare, who studies

bonobos and other primates, compares aggressive chimpanzees, which attack outsiders, to bonobos where the animals don’t kill but help out strangers. Male bonobos are far more successful at mating than their male chimp counterparts, Hare said.

McCullough sees bonobos as more the exceptions. Most animals aren’t kind or helpful to strangers, just close relatives so in that way it is one of the traits that separate us from other species, he said. And that, he said, is because of the human ability to reason.

Duke’s Hare also points to mama bears to understand the evolution and biology of kindness and its aggressive nasty flip side.

He said studies point to certain areas of the brain, the medial prefrontal cortex, temporal parietal junction and other spots as either

activated or dampened by emotional activity. The same places give us the ability to nurture and love, but also dehumanize and exclude, he said.

When mother bears are feeding and nurturing their cubs, these areas in the brain are activated and it allows them to be generous and loving, Hare said. But if someone comes near the mother bear at that time, it sets of the brain’s threat mechanisms in the same places.

The same bear becomes its most aggressive and dangerous.

Hare said he sees this in humans. Some of the same people who are generous to family and close friends, when they feel threatened by outsiders become angrier. He points to the current polarization of the world.

“More isolated groups are more likely to be feel threatened by others and they are more likely to morally exclude, dehumanize,” Hare said. “And that opens the door to cruelty.”

But overall our bodies aren’t just programmed to be nice, they reward us for being kind, scientists said.

Christian Garrison, author, filmmaker, dies in NC at age 78 The Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM — Christian Garrison, an author and filmmaker who displayed an unfiltered slice of 1960s Mississippi hill country life in a short film about influential blues guitarist Fred McDowell, has died. He was 78.

Garrison’s sister, Gail McNeill, said her brother died Thursday at his home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Garrison had been fighting cancer for several months.

Garrison was working as a filmmaker for the University of Mississippi when he made “Blues Maker,” a black-and-white film released in 1969. Featuring just a small amount of dialogue, the short film used McDowell and his mesmerizing slide guitar as a

backdrop for the gritty existence of residents near Como, Mississippi. McDowell was an inspiration for artists like Bonnie Raitt and The Rolling Stones.

Garrison’s documentary about McDowell was awarded the Cine Golden Eagle in Washington D.C. and was chosen for the Venice, Italy film festival.

Garrison also penned three children’s books, “The Dream Eater,” “Flim and Flam and the Big Cheese,” and “Little Pieces of the West Wind.” The books were illustrated by Diane Goode, who later became a Caldecott Honor Book winner.

“Christian’s children’s stories had a deceptive simplicity, they had charm and humor and his voice was true,” Goode said in an email.

Garrison wrote two crime nov-

els, “Snake Doctor” and “Paragon Man.” Garrison also co-founded the Panola Playhouse in Sardis, Mississippi, directing and acting in many of the early plays that were performed there. The decades-old playhouse remains in operation.

Garrison was born in Monroe, Louisiana and went to school at Ole Miss. He later worked with Jackson, Mississippi’s Public Television station and served as a film maker at both his alma mater and, later, at the University of Georgia.

Garrison was the head of the Mississippi Film Commission and also directed an art gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving to North Carolina later in life.

TCH staff contributed to this report.

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by Robert Hayes McNeill shows Christian Garrison, a filmmaker and author of children’s books and crime novels who died Thursday, July 2, 2020, at the age of 78.

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OPINION | BEN SHAPIRO

The problem of ‘anti-racism’ TODAY, THE NOSTRUM GOES, it is not enough for Americans to be not racist. They must be “anti-racist.” This woke terminology has infused our lexicon. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., recently declared from the well of the Senate: “Being race-conscious is not enough. It never was. We must be anti-racists.”

What, pray tell, is the difference between being against racism and being anti-racist? Ibram X. Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist,” provides an answer: Racism is no longer to be defined as the belief that someone is inferior based on race. Instead, racism is to be defined as the belief that any group differences can be attributed to anything other than racism. Thus, any system that ends with different outcomes must be racist. Indeed, Kendi contends, “Racism itself is institutional, structural, and systemic.”

To be anti-racist means to tear down these systems. Any obstacle in the pursuit of equality of outcome must be torn down, assumed to be a product of discrimination. Basic decency, then, means that we must oppose even institutions that have been considered hallmarks of freedom. Those institutions, after all, have exacerbated inequalities, or at least failed to rectify those inequalities.

This means that America’s culture of rights — a culture that suggests an obligation on the part of individuals to respect the rights of others, even if they disagree — must come under fire.

That culture reinforces hierarchies and inequalities, after all.

The classical liberal says that rights fall equally on the just and the unjust alike; the anti-racist suggests that rights are merely tools of power. Anti-racism, in its essence, is merely reworked neo-Marxism from the 1960s: Herbert Marcuse would have been ecstatic to see his concept of “repressive tolerance” — “intolerance against movements from the Right and toleration of movements from the Left” — revived under the banner of race rather than class.

The self-proclaimed “anti-racist” left — a left that sees all of human relations reduced to a rudimentary correlation of skin color and inequality, an analysis we used to call racist — has decided that the culture must be cleansed of all of those who will not be drafted

into its woke army. Its march through the institutions began with college campuses, where cowardly administrators quickly caved to the bizarre notion that campuses were unsafe, cruel bastions of bigotry requiring speech codes and training in microaggressions.

Next, the woke army moved on to the halls of institutional media, where editors were forced to announce their own white privileges along with their resignations, turning over the instruments of informational dissemination to radical racialists.

Now the woke army has targeted corporations. Corporations are, by nature, risk-averse; they seek merely profit and lack of controversy. The hard left has targeted them as the weakest link in the chain of free speech: If corporations can be bullied into pulling their money from social media networks, those social media networks can be bullied into restricting their free-speech cultures. Remove advertising bucks from Instagram and watch as Instagram censors those the woke want censored.

Indeed, such a campaign is now front and center in the culture wars: Major corporations from Coca-Cola to Target have stopped advertising on social media networks, citing the need for more “hate speech” regulation on those platforms. Obviously, those who target corporations will not be satisfied until all non-woke speech is limited or banned; corporations will be unpleasantly surprised when those they have been seeking to appease turn on them as remnants of the evil system. But corporations have neither the principle nor the will to deny the demands of the loudest and the most militant.

The product of the woke crusade will not be a less racist America but a more polarized one. That’s because the woke crusade is not truly about reducing racism; it is about attacking fundamental institutions, American history and our very culture of rights. All the things we share must be eviscerated. So we will share nothing.

And then the true ugliness begins.

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.

♦ Alma Ross Estes, 96, died July 1, 2020. ♦ Jimmie W. Evans, 72, of Forsyth County, died July 3, 2020. ♦ Dr. Willis Jackson “Jack” Grant, 91, of Winston-Salem, died July 2, 2020. ♦ Ethel Linda Hanna, 84, of Winston-Salem, died July 2, 2020. ♦ Hazel Lee James Jackson, 82, of Winston-Salem, died July 3, 2020. ♦ Shirley Ann Welborn Johnson, 83, of North Carolina, died July 5, 2020. ♦ Beatrice Hoffman King, 79, of Greensboro, died July 5, 2020. ♦ William Elzie Lefler, 92, of Rowan County, died July 1, 2020. ♦ Angela Powers Mayberry, 52, of Kernersville, died July 1, 2020. ♦ Hector “El Tio” Armando Morales Ovando, 60, of Forsyth County, died July 5, 2020. ♦ Brenda Brooks Pruitt, 77, of Germanton, died July 4, 2020. ♦ Susanne Wall Smith, 73, of Winston-Salem, died July 3, 2020. ♦ Kathryn Ward Stout, 96, of Winston-Salem, died July 2, 2020. ♦ Geraldine Wright Tucker, 82, of Stokes County, died Thursday, July 2, 2020. ♦ Imogene “Jean” Dunigan Whitaker, 91, of Alleghany County, died July 4, 2020.

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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT PARAOLYMPICS

Zanardi has 5-hour surgery to rebuild his face after crash Siena, Italy Italian auto racing champion-turnedParalympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi underwent a five-hour surgery Monday to reconstruct his face following a crash on his handbike last month. It was the third major operation that Zanardi has had since he crashed into an oncoming truck near the Tuscan town of Pienza on June 19 during a relay event.

The 53-year-old Zanardi, who lost both of his legs in an auto racing crash nearly 20 years ago, has been on a ventilator since the crash.

Zanardi suffered serious facial and cranial trauma, and doctors have warned of possible brain damage.

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Hamlin wrecks, Harvick wins Brickyard Both drivers now have a Cup Series-leading four wins on the season after Hamlin hit the wall while leading due to a flat tire

By Michael Marot The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Harvick turned up the pressure on Denny Hamlin late in the Brickyard 400.

And on a cooling track, Hamlin’s worn tires simply gave out.

As the sun set Sunday over Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Hamlin seven laps from one of the few victories that has eluded him, he went careening into the first turn wall with a flat right frontside tire, and Harvick beat Matt Kenseth off the final restart to win his second straight Brickyard.

“We had great tire wear today, so I was able to really push my car

as hard as I could,” Harvick said after his third 400 title. “I was able to push him a little harder that last run than earlier in the race and when the sun went down the track was cooling and speeds were going up in the turns.”

The strategy worked out perfectly — just like Stewart-Haas Racing’s holiday weekend.

Not only did Harvick race to his 53rd victory to move within one of tying Lee Petty for 11th on NASCAR’s career list, teammates Aric Almirola and Cole Custer finished third and fifth, respectively, Sunday. Fellow Stewart-Haas driver Chase Briscoe won the Xfinity Series race Saturday on the road course.

Harvick tied Hamlin with a season-high fourth victory and has four straight top-10 finishes.

And for the third straight race, it looked as if it would be another one-two finish for Harvick and Hamlin.

But until the late, stunning

“It was just kind of roulette if it (the tire) stays together or not and mine didn’t.”

Denny Hamlin twist, Hamlin looked as though he would take his first Brickyard.

“It’s just, it’s tough. I hate it for the FedEx team,” the frustrated Hamlin said. “It was just kind of roulette if it (the tire) stays together or not and mine didn’t.”

How dominant have Harvick and Hamlin been recently?

After trading victories and runner-up finishes at Pocono last week and Sunday’s result, they’ve combined for seven of 12 victories since the season restarted at Darlington in mid-May and it’s only the second time in seven races Hamlin and his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing entry hasn’t finished in the

top seven.

One person was noticeably absent: Seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson in No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports car. Johnson, who tested positive for COVID-19 last week, watched the race from his Colorado home as the series’ longest active streak of consecutive and fifth-longest in series history ended at 663. Johnson was hoping to become the third driver to win five races on the 2.5-mile oval.

Instead, Justin Allgaier replaced him in the car and he didn’t stick around long.

Allgaier was involved in a sixcar pileup near the entrance to pit road that brought out a red flag on Lap 16 when one of Ryan Blaney’s crew members was pinned between two cars. Track workers put Zachary Price, from Taylorsville, on a stretcher. He was transported to a nearby hospital and later released and returned to North Carolina.

MLB

Yanks’ Tanaka doing well after being hit in the head New York New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka came to the ballpark and seemed well a day after being hit in the head by Giancarlo Stanton’s line drive.

Stanton’s comebacker drilled Tanaka in the right side of his head in the third at-bat of Sunday’s first camp session. Lefthander James Paxton said Sunday that Stanton’s shot was measured at 112 mph. Tanaka was released from the hospital Saturday night after a CT scan came back negative, and he is in concussion protocol. Boone is cautiously optimistic Tanaka could be ready when play resumes.

GOLF

PGA Tour, Memorial scrap plans to have limited spectators Dublin, Ohio The PGA Tour and the Memorial scrapped stateapproved plans to have limited spectators next week because of what it described as rapidly changing dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Memorial, hosted by Jack Nicklaus on his Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, was in line to be the first tournament with spectators since golf resumed its schedule on June 11 in Texas. Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine last month approved a plan that would allow the Memorial to have 20% capacity on property, which would include fans, private hospitality areas and essential staff to run the tournament.

TENNIS

Federer looking ahead to 2021 after surgeries Zurich Roger Federer is already focusing on the 2021 season, including the postponed Tokyo Olympics, as he recovers from two knee surgeries. Federer said Monday he is not yet able to play top-level tennis but he is on the mend. Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, but has never won an Olympic gold medal in singles. The Olympic final is scheduled for Aug. 1, 2021, one week before Federer — who took doubles gold with Swiss teammate Stan Wawrinka at the 2008 Beijing Games — turns 40.

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Kevin Harvick does a burnout after winning Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Tokyo governor, Abe say they’ll cooperate on virus, Olympics The Summer Olympics, pushed back a year because of COVID-19, are scheduled to begin July 23, 2021

“I will firmly overcome the pandemic with the help of the power of the government, and lead to the Olympics and Paralympics as a proof of our victory”

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO — Tokyo’s newly reelected governor and her political rival, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, agreed Monday to cooperate on handling the coronavirus outbreak to safely hold the Olympics next year.

Gov. Yuriko Koike met with Abe a day after winning her second term in an overwhelming victory buoyed by public support for her handling of the pandemic despite a recent rise in infections in the capital region.

Abe congratulated Koike for her victory and said, “Gov. Koike and I will have to cooperate more closely than ever.”

Koike, who wore her work jacket with a Tokyo government logo on the back, said her most pressing task is to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus and asked for Abe’s support.

“I will firmly overcome the pandemic with the help of the power of the government, and lead to the Olympics and Paralympics as a proof of our victory,” Koike said.

The first woman to head Tokyo prefecture, Koike, 67, is viewed as a potential candidate to succeed Abe when his term ends in September 2021. A conservative from Abe’s ruling party, Koike has also served in key ministerial posts in

Yuriko Koike, Tokyo governor

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A man with a face mask walks in front of Miraitowa and Someity, mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, at a park in Tokyo. Tokyo Gov. environment and defense.

For now, she is denying speculation of a return to national politics and says she’s focused on protecting the lives of the 14 million people in Tokyo, a megacity with a $1 trillion economy.

After her meeting with Abe, Koike renewed her campaign pledge to set up a Tokyo version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, by learning from its example and cooperating with the Japanese health ministry and other experts.

She also tried to gain public understanding for a simpler version of the Tokyo Olympics after

the games were postponed to next year because of the virus. Koike only said that officials are still discussing details of the simplified games, cost and coronavirus measures.

Later Monday, she assured Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori that she plans to continue working with him on achieving the games, and she agreed to his proposal to set up a meeting among officials from the government, Tokyo and Olympic organizers to discuss COVID-19 countermeasures.

Public broadcaster NHK said its exit polls showed that 74% of respondents supported Koike,

with 63% saying they approve of her handling of the coronavirus.

Though Koike has not fully delivered on her promises to Tokyo residents to relieve congestion on commuter trains, ensure adequate availability of child and elder care facilities and end overwork, even her critics have generally lauded her handling of the pandemic, in contrast to Abe, who has been criticized for doing too little, too late.

As the pandemic deepened in the spring, Koike often upstaged Abe, whose support ratings have plunged due to his handling of the crisis and its severe impact on the economy, on top of a slew of political scandals.

A former TV newscaster, Koike is stylish and media savvy. She earned the nickname “Migratory Bird” for hopping between parties and forming new alliances -— at least seven times — a rarity among Japanese politicians, who are known for their loyalty to party factions.

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STATE & NATION

Trump Cabinet members look to reassure battleground voters

By Bobby Caina Calvan The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tromped through a strawberry festival in central Florida, detailing the government’s new trade pact. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talked about foreign policy at a roundtable in south Florida.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler toured parts of Michigan and Wisconsin, where he boasted of the Trump administration’s efforts to clean up the Great Lakes.

And just this past week, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt was listed as a headliner along with White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top fundraiser for the president, at an event in Rapid City, South Dakota.

As President Donald Trump campaigns for reelection against Democrat Joe Biden, members of his Cabinet are busy making time in pivotal states. They are carrying a message to voters about what the Trump administration is doing

for them. At the same time, there are questions about whether these agency heads are running afoul of a law meant to bar overt campaigning by federal officials on the taxpayer tab.

These are states in renewed focus after Trump’s narrow 2016 victory.

Recent polls in states such as Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania show Biden leading. The lesson of four years ago is crucial, though.

Nearly every poll in the three states showed Democrat Hillary Clinton ahead of Republican Trump, before Trump’s base came together in the final weeks of the campaign.

Cabinet-level leaders have come to Florida alone more than 30 times this year. Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona have also seen visits from agency and administration chiefs discussing federal funding and initiatives for local interests — and talking up Trump.

It can be hard to spot any local impact that a housing or a health secretary may have on a presidential race when they are in town. But there can be an effect, said Aubrey Jewett, a political science professor at the University of Central Florida,

Cabinet secretaries usually “aren’t generating the same kind of buzz. But it doesn’t mean that what they do is not important both for policy and also politics for their president.”

Aubrey Jewett, political science professor at the University of Central Florida who has been studying presidential politics in the battleground state.

Cabinet secretaries usually “aren’t generating the same kind of buzz. But it doesn’t mean that what they do is not important both for policy and also politics for their president,” Jewett said.

A Washington bigwig showing up with assurances on federal policies most vital to Orlando, Florida, or Milwaukee is usually enough to earn an administration a wave of

favorable comments, columns and tweets from local leaders.

In March, for example, when Perdue went to the strawberry festival in Plant City, in central Florida’s Interstate 4 corridor, he talked about the new U.S. trade pact with Mexico and Canada, and spoke of the importance of the farming community.

Afterward, the president of the Florida Strawberry Growers Association, Kenneth Parker, said he was appreciative of “the administration’s commitment ... to move forward in helping us in ways to compete.”

When the EPA’s Wheeler was in Michigan and Wisconsin last month, he described the administration as a friend of an initiative to clean up the Great Lakes.

Wheeler drew praise during the visits from Republican members of Congress and leaders of business groups. Notably absent were environmentalists, who accused Trump and Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, of taking credit for actions by previous administrations and ignoring Trump’s gutting of environmental and public health protections.

Cabinet secretaries hitting the road to talk up a president’s record in an election year is a political norm. Donald K. Sherman, deputy director of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington watchdog group, said it can be tough to track the officials close-

ly enough to know whether they are sticking to the Hatch Act, which is meant to bar obvious campaigning by federal officials with taxpayer money.

Interior Department spokesmen did not respond to questions this past week about the Rapid City event, which took place the evening before Bernhardt helped open for Trump at a fireworks show at Mount Rushmore, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility said. It was unclear whether the Trump campaign or the federal government paid for Bernhardt’s costs on the trip.

Asked about Hatch Act compliance overall before the latest event, department spokesman Nicholas Goodwin said, “No campaign related activities have taken place on any official travel.”

Spokespeople for two Cabinet-level agencies, the Interior Department and the EPA, did not specifically answer questions about whether they were coordinating such trips and funding announcements with Trump’s advisers or with his campaign staff. They said administration officials are doing their job by traveling and are not favoring any areas.

Wheeler’s recent visits “have coincided with important agency announcements that positively impact their respective region,” EPA spokesman James Hewitt said in an email.

Chicago’s July Fourth weekend ends with 17 dead, 70 wounded

By Don Babwin The Associated Press CHICAGO — One of Chicago’s bloodiest holiday weekends in memory ended with 17 people fatally shot, including a 7-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, and 70 more wounded, despite a concerted effort to quell the violence with an additional 1,200 police officers on the streets.

The violence was far worse than last year, when the long July Fourth weekend ended with six people dead and 66 wounded in gunfire. And the holiday weekend of violence follows Chicago’s deadliest Memorial Day weekend since 2015.

After a relatively peaceful Friday, gunfire erupted around 7 p.m. Saturday. Seven-year-old Natalia Wallace was standing on the sidewalk outside her grandmother’s house on the city’s West Side during a Fourth of July party when, according to police, suspects climbed from a car and opened fire. The child was shot in the head.

“Bullets just came from nowhere,” Natalia’s grandmother, Linda Rogers, told the Chicago Tribune on Sunday. “I came out here and my grandbaby (was) lying on the ground.”

Natalia’s death came amid a spate of shootings around the United States that left several children dead, including a 6-year-old boy in San Francisco, a 6-year-old boy in Philadelphia, an 8-year-old girl in Atlanta, an 11-year-old girl in Columbia, Missouri, and 8-yearold boy in Hoover, Alabama.

Chicago Police said detectives used technology to find the gun-

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An officer investigates the scene of a shooting in Chicago on Sunday, July 5, 2020. man’s vehicle, and they arrested the one man who was sitting inside. The man had not been charged in Natalia’s death as of Monday morning and his name was not released. The department did not immediately know how many, if any, arrests have been made in the other weekend homicides.

About three hours after Natalia was shot, a group of young men police believe are members of a gang jumped from a vehicle in the Englewood neighborhood on the city’s South Side and opened fire on a rival gang member.

“They shot and killed him and

they stand over him and keep shooting” before jumping back in the car and fleeing the scene, Deputy Chief Brendan Deenihan told reporters Monday morning.

But a child, 14-year-old Vernado Jones Jr., was nearby and one of the bullets fired at the man who was killed struck Vernado in the armpit.

“He had nothing to do with gang-on-gang violence. He was not the intended target,” Deenihan said.

A visibly upset and angry Police Superintendent David Brown lamented the growing roster of children who fall victims to gun vi-

olence.

“We cannot allow this to be normalized in this city,” he said. “We cannot get used to hearing about children being gunned down in Chicago every weekend.”

This year, the department counted the July Fourth weekend shootings from 6 p.m. Thursday through the end of Sunday. In all, 13 children under the age of 18 were shot, including the two that died.

The weekend violence highlighted what has been a particularly dangerous year for children in the city. Police statistics show there have been 32 homicide victims under the age of 18 so far in

2020 compared to 20 during the same period in 2019.

A week earlier, Chicago’s shooting victims included a 1-year-old boy riding in a car with his mother and a 10-year-old girl who was shot by a bullet fired a block away that pierced a window and struck her in the head as she sat on a couch at home.

Chicago has counted a total of 1,782 shooting victims this year, 550 more than during the same period last year. And the weekend brought the number of homicides for the year to 353, which is 99 more than were recorded for the same period last year.

As he did after the Memorial Day weekend, Brown put much of the blame for the spasms of gunfire on a criminal justice system that fails to keep violent offenders behind bars and a program in which many of those arrested — including those arrested on gun charges — are released from custody after being fitted with electronic bracelets that are designed to monitor their whereabouts.

“It’s clearly not working,” he said.

Brown also pointed to a drastic reduction in the number of inmates at the county jail, which he said has left Chicago and other communities at greater risk of becoming victims of crimes. Even before the pandemic prompted the release of more than 1,600 detainees between May and June of this year, an order to judges to set bail only in amounts that defendants could afford, resulted in a reduction in the jail’s population by 1,500 in 2017 alone.

“We must keep violent offenders in jail longer,” he said.