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NEWS BRIEFING

Bishop backs Budd in US Senate primary Raleigh Charlotte-area U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop (R-09) endorsed U.S. Rep. Ted Budd in the state’s Republican U.S. Senate primary. Bishop previously served as a Mecklenburg County commissioner and in both chambers of the General Assembly.

“There is no room for error in 2022; North Carolina’s next U.S. Senator must be a fighter for ordinary people and the values the Left is systematically destroying in Washington,” said Bishop. “I have gotten to know Ted Budd well. There’s nothing slick or artificial about him — Ted Budd is a true conservative and unafraid to stand up for working families.”

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Publix pharmacies offer walk-in COVID vaccines in 7 states Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Publix pharmacies are now accepting walk-ins for the COVID-19 vaccine at all of their locations across seven states.

The supermarket chain said customers have the choice of the two-dose Moderna vaccine or the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, subject to availability.

Publix had already been offering walk-in availability at stores in Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee.

The walk-in notice at stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia comes a week after President Joe Biden issued a federal mandate that requires federal retail pharmacy program participants to offer walk-in vaccinations.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Moore County school board won’t adopt Critical Race Theory ban Carthage The Moore County Board of Education kept the adoption of Critical Race Theory curriculum on the table.

The Pilot reported that a total of 47 speakers addressed the board, most of them supporting a ban on the controversial teaching of race and historical issues.

Board member David Hensley criticized the new social studies standards, saying they were a “Trojan horse used by political activists with the ultimate goal of propounding socialism within the schools.”

The proposed ban failed by a 4-3 vote.

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Marine Fisheries Artificial Reef Program sinks vessel off Oregon Inlet Morehead City The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Artificial Reef Program, in partnership with the Oregon Inlet Artificial Reef Committee, sank a 108-foot tugboat on May 7 off Oregon Inlet.

The site was established as part of a Coastal Recreational Fishing License grant awarded to the Oregon Inlet Artificial Reef Committee.

The division plans to sink large reef balls and concrete pipe at the site later this year.

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Bishop, Budd, Rouzer earn “Taxpayers’ Friend Award” Washington, D.C. The conservative National Taxpayers Union (NTU) released their 2020 congressional ratings scorecard of almost 200 roll call votes in Congress.

U.S. Reps. Dan Bishop (95%), Ted Budd (93%), and David Rouzer (91%) received the awards, the only three members of the state’s delegation to receive an award from the influential organization.

To receive a Taxpayers’ Friend Award, a member of Congress must have not only achieved a grade of an A, but also voted on a minimum of 90% of weighted total votes.

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State crowns high school football champions Vance running back Dylan Smothers is tackled by Rolesville linebacker Jacorrey Bible during the Cougars’ 35-14 win in the North Carolina Athletic Association 4AA football title game Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. Vance won the state championship for the second straight season.

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U.S. Senate hopeful Walker headlines pro-life event

By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker moderated a pro-life forum Monday at Raleigh’s Beacon Baptist Church that featured prominent anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson. Walker, himself a Baptist preacher, spoke with Johnson and two other women — Annette Lancaster and Sarah Eubanks — about their experiences as former abortion clinic workers.

Lancaster worked for Planned Parenthood in Chapel Hill in 2015 and 2016 for nine months.

She said that she was hired to be the health center manager but was soon given much more than she expected at the clinic, like holding the ultrasound wand during procedures and working in the “products of conception room,” where the parts of an aborted fetus are examined and inventoried.

“I was told, ‘There’s no quota, Annette. But your numbers are dropping,’” Lancaster said. “So when they brought me into the office and said, ‘You don’t belong here anymore,” I said, ‘You’re right. I don’t,” and I slid [over] my letter of resignation. And they were like, ‘No, you’re ter-

minated.’ And I was like, ‘No, I quit.’ So, semantics. I quit. I was fired. I always say with our ladies that I was quit-fired. But either way, I don’t work in the industry anymore.”

Lancaster talked about some of her hardest moments about her time at the Chapel Hill center, including when girls as young as 12 years old would come in with no parent and a boyfriend in their 40s, and they would find a legal workaround so the parents wouldn’t have to be informed, or when women would come in for their 11th or 12th abortion and the staff would mock them and call them terms like “cows.”

Eubanks, from Mobile, Alabama, described growing up in a religious family but turning to drugs and promiscuity at 12 years old. She said she became pregnant at 19 years old and decided to get an abortion. Later, when she was a nursing student in 1990, she started working at the same clinic. She worked there for three years with doctors in the procedure room, identifying fetal remains and counseling women.

Johnson, who helps women like Lancaster and Eubanks See WALKER, page A2

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Former Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., is featured at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Opportunity Scholarship expansion passes state Senate

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — A bill passed by the N.C. Senate seeks to expand the number of low-income students that can participate in the state’s popular Opportunity Scholarship Program.

The Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) grants funds to eligible families for private school tuition. Funds are disbursed by the N.C. State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA).

Senate Bill 671, titled Changes to the K-12 Scholarship Programs, would increase the OSP’s annual amount from the current $4,200 per school year to 90% of the average state per-pupil allocation for

average daily membership in the prior fiscal year. Additionally, the OSP’s income threshold would be raised from 150% to 175% of the federal reduced-price-lunch level.

The Special Education Scholarships for Students with Disabilities and Personal Education Savings Accounts are combined in the bill to create a Personal Education Student Accounts for Children with Disabilities.

The bill’s primary sponsors are Sens. Michael Lee (R-New Hanover) and Deanna Ballard (R-Watauga), who are the co-chairs of the Senate Education Committee, as well as Sen. Amy Galey (R-Alamance).

See SCHOLARSHIPS, page A2

State Treasurer highlights fiscally struggling towns, state health and pension plans Pension plan has topped $118B; ‘highest level in history’

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — During his monthly “Ask me anything” call, State Treasurer Dale Folwell discussed the state pension plan, the state health plan and touched on municipalities and counties having financial issues.

Folwell also noted that the most recent Council of State meeting was held in-person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

“The pension plan just topped $118 billion, and that’s been holding at that level for the last few weeks,” Folwell said during the call. “It’s the highest level in history.”

The treasurer said, “there are less people paying into the pension plan than are not,” and went on to explain that not everyone paying into the plan is currently drawing a retirement check.

“There are over 100,000 people who are vested in the [pension] plan and, for one reason or another, are not drawing a retirement check — yet,” Folwell said. He warned that North Carolina was entering into a life expectancy issue now with no minimum retirement age in the plan and females drawing more retirement checks than paychecks.

In terms of the state’s health plan, Folwell said his office is continuing to work on the Clear Pricing Project to get rid of “secret contracts in healthcare.” As for activity at the state legislature, get-

ting the state health plan and pension plan fully funded and reimbursed for expenses related to See PENSIONS, page A3

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THE WORD: THE FINAL ASCENT

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“Liberty's story”

ACTS 1:6-11 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

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Visit us online nsjonline.com This Thursday marks the day of Ascension, referencing the ascent of Jesus Christ into heaven 40 days after his resurrection. The followers of Jesus were subjected to a roller coaster of events that began with Christ’s betrayal, the crucifixion, the days of uncertainty and then the resurrection. After forty days, these early Christians then lost their leader again when he ascended to heaven.

The account of the Ascension in the Book of Acts reads as the opening stanza to the final act of the story of mankind. With the departure of Jesus and the imminent arrival of the Holy Ghost, the only remaining event is the return of Christ.

The New Testament says Jesus will return just as he left — physically through the clouds — but is currently in Heaven at the right hand of God where he can intercede on our behalf. The story that began in Genesis is now in its final chapter with an ending that is guaranteed for those who believe in Christ.

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“Ascension” by John Singleton Copley (1775) is a painting held by The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.

SCHOLARSHIPS from page A1 The bill passed on May 4 with all 28 Republicans voting in favor and a lone Democrat, Kirk deViere (DCumberland), also supporting the measure.

During debate on the Senate floor, Sen. Natasha Marcus (D-Mecklenburg) spoke against the scholarships, claiming that, “public funds should be used for public schools and not for private schools that are completely unaccountable.” She also questioned private school teacher qualifications.

Marcus, who has sent one of her children to a private school and two other children to public charter schools, also claimed private schools “don’t have to demonstrate what their students are learning.”

“Whenever someone says you should give money to the schools, I think the money should follow the child,” Lee said during debate.

“Parents should be the ones to decide what is in the best interests of their children.”

Another change the bill makes is lifting the cap on the number of awards the NCSEAA can give to eligible students each school year.

The NCSEAA is also granted the ability to contract with a nonprofit corporation in order to conduct marketing, outreach services and

GERRY BROOME | AP PHOTO

Members of the Senate are sworn in during the opening session of the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. provide scholarship application assistance for parents and students.

Mike Long, the president of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, applauded lawmakers for their efforts as did par-

WALKER from page A1

“I know the former governor has a lot of name ID, but the good thing for us is that we have a year before the primary, and we’re going to be able to show, I think, a very stark contrast about who would be the best candidate to beat Chuck Schumer’s pick for the Democratic candidate.”

Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, 2022 U.S. Senate candidate

leave the abortion industry, also worked at Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas, for eight years. She said they have helped many hundreds of clinic workers leave and find new lives. She also became famous with a book and movie about her experience, called “Unplanned.”

Walker told a story about how when Johnson’s movie was screened on Capitol Hill, it had such a big impact that he knew of one Democrat who sneaked in the back to watch it and was moved on the issue.

“At Planned Parenthood, we understand that people have different thoughts and feelings about abortion, and we know that people’s beliefs can change over time,” Molly Rivera, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic told NSJ when asked to comment on the event. “Abby Johnson’s change of view on the issues of abortion and birth control, however, do not justify false claims about Planned Parenthood’s services and mission.”

Johnson talked about her group who have left the industry, who they call their “tribe,” comparing it to rescuing members of a cult. She said the kind of brainwashing and desensitization that goes into being brought into a cult is done by the abortion industry.

After the event, Walker told NSJ that he “proudly stands for life at all stages and all ages,” saying, “I wanted to associate myself

ents who spoke during a press conference in support of the bill.

“Now more than ever, families, parents and students in our state should be empowered through more choices in education, not

with somebody who is one of the stronger voices” on the pro-life issue.

Walker said the two main points they wanted to get across with the event were, “God’s grace is sufficient no matter what you’ve gone through; and at the same time, calling out some of the fraudulent behavior of Planned Parenthood” and others in the abortion industry.

“I would hope not,” Walker said when asked if there was any daylight between him and other Republican candidates for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race in 2022. “I know my record is where it needs to be. There is lots of contrast in other areas, but in this one, from what I’ve understood, they’re both pro-life as well.”

Walker said what makes him the best candidate is that he can be “a conservative champion but that bridge builder as well.” He cited his work in inner cities as a pastor, the fact that he won the United Negro College Fund’s President’s Award and that he is “the only elected Republican that I’m aware of that has given the commencement at one of our Historical Black Colleges or Universities.”

“I know the former governor has a lot of name ID, but the good thing for us is that we have a year before the primary, and we’re going to be able to show, I think, a very stark contrast about who would be the best candidate to beat Chuck Schumer’s pick for the Democratic candidate,” Walker said.

less,” said Long.

PEFNC is a non-profit organization that “advocates for quality educational options through parental school choice.”

“It was life changing. You could

see the difference in my children within months of being at the school,” Melanie Osborne, a mother of five, said at a press conference in support of the bill.

Osborne’s oldest daughter has been accepted to Harvard for the upcoming fall term.

“All parents should be able to choose what is best for their child,” Osborne said.

Gov. Roy Cooper’s 2021-22 budget recommendation proposes significant cuts funding to the OSP, which currently serves around 16,000 students. His budget recommendations include an $804 million increase to education spending as well as 10% raises for teachers over the biennium. Cooper’s previous budget proposals also attempted to remove funding to the OSP. Last year, the N.C. Association of Educators (NCAE) filed a lawsuit to end the OSP; however, in March, N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein submitted a motion to have the case dropped based on lack of standing and failing to cite claims where relief could be granted. The dismissal motion was granted, marking a second failed lawsuit attempt by the NCAE. In 2015, the N.C. Supreme Court ruled that the NCAE had failed to prove the program was unconstitutional.

NCDOT PROJECT UPDATE REGARDING PROPOSED ROUNDABOUT AT JOHN MCMILLAN ROAD AND CHICKENFOOT ROAD IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY

TIP Project No. W-5706O Hope Mills - The public is invited to view the preliminary design map from the N.C. Department of Transportation this month regarding the proposal to improve the intersection of John McMillan Road and Chickenfoot Road in Cumberland County. This project proposes to improve safety and mobility.

Due to COVID-19, NCDOT will not host an in-person public meeting for this intersection improvement project in Hope Mills. The Department has developed a public input website to provide you with the following: • • • •

An overview of the project The proposed project map How to read a public meeting map video How to navigate roundabouts video https://publicinput.com/Chickenfoot-HopeMills

The public can view the project materials and leave comments by accessing the public input webpage shown above. There will not be a formal presentation.

People may also submit comments by phone (512-580-8850 enter project code 5854), email (Chickenfoot-HopeMills@PublicInput.com), or mail to the project manager by May 25th.

NCDOT Highway Division 6 Project Engineer Jason Hatfield

PO Box 1150 Fayetteville, NC 28302 910-364-0603

Contact NCDOT as soon as possible if you require any accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Anyone requiring special services should contact Tony Gallagher, Environmental Analysis Unit, at 1598 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 276991598, 919-707-6069 or magallagher@ncdot.gov as early as possible so arrangements can be made.

Those who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior by calling 1-800-481-6494.

Aquellas personas no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan llamando al 1-800-481-6494.

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Bill adopts recommendations to fast-track replication of highquality charter schools Annual charter school report shows increased enrollment, high demand

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal

ADRIAN KRAUS | AP PHOTO

In this Jan. 17, 2021, file photo Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks to Army 10th Mountain Division soldiers in Fort Drum, N.Y.

Stefanik poised to become highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress

By Steve Peoples The Associated Press NEW YORK — There was a time when Elise Stefanik would not say Donald Trump’s name.

He was simply “my party’s presidential nominee,” she would say. The pragmatic New York congresswoman was far more focused on welcoming a new generation of voters to what she hoped would be a more inclusive Republican Party.

Today, Stefanik is one of Trump’s fiercest defenders in the House of Representatives, where her loyalty to the former president — and the support he returned — has carried the 36-year-old to the brink of becoming one of the most powerful women in Congress.

Stefanik’s rise is linked to her commitment to bringing more Republican women to Congress, an effort that helped make the House GOP’s 2021 first-term class one of the most diverse in history. But those close to Stefanik suggest there is one moment above all that solidified her political transformation and rise in Republican politics — and that moment had little to do with diversity.

It was a Thursday night in November 2019, and Trump’s first impeachment inquiry was raging on Capitol Hill. Stefanik had emerged as a leading Trump defender in committee hearings, but on that night, she brought her message to Fox News’ Sean Hannity for the first time.

After attacking the Democrats’ case for impeachment, she asked Fox viewers to send money to a website designed to protect her from a growing wave of political attacks.

Within 15 minutes, she had raised $250,000, aides later tweeted. Several hundred thousand more flowed into her campaign by the next morning. Her team had never seen anything

PENSIONS from page A1 COVID activity is also a priority for Folwell’s office.

Folwell also talked about the financial strain on local governments, municipalities and utilities. He said that he was part of a “very intense six-and-half-hour local government commission meeting” that dealt with towns the state has had to takeover due to fiscal issues, as well as towns that will be in trouble going forward.

Earlier this month, the N.C. Local Government Commission (NCLGC) and the State Treasurer’s Office filed a resolution with the legislature that asked for the charter for the town of East Laurinburg to be revoked. The town has around 300 residents and is located in Scotland County. East Laurinburg has had records issues dating back to at least 2016 that include failing to file annual audits.

Legislation has not yet been introduced to de-incorporate East Laurinburg and may hit a roadblock with the bill-filing deadline, or “crossover,” at the General As-

like it, according to people with direct knowledge of her operation who spoke on condition of anonymity.

In total, Stefanik raised more than $13 million over that cycle, almost twice as much as the combined fundraising totals from her previous three elections. She raised an additional $2 million for Republican candidates and assembled what her office now describes as one of the five strongest donor email lists among 212 House Republicans.

She never wavered in supporting Trump again.

Those who have worked closely with Stefanik describe her as a hardworking, smart and disciplined messenger, tenacious in her pursuit of energizing Republican voters and framing the terms of the debate.

She became a policy aide in the Bush White House after graduating from Harvard University in 2006. By the time the 2012 presidential election arrived, she was a well-regarded political operative with strong ties to the Republican establishment. She joined former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s short-lived presidential campaign before going to work for Mitt Romney.

After the election, Stefanik moved from Washington to her parents’ home in upstate New York with an eye on the U.S. House seat left open by Democrat Bill Owens’ retirement. In what was considered a swing district, the 30-year-old Stefanik won the race and became the youngest woman, at that time, ever elected to Congress.

Jeff Graham, the former mayor of Watertown, New York, remembers meeting Stefanik a year before the election. He quickly became a supporter.

“At first I said, ‘Who the hell is she?’ I went on Google, couldn’t find a lot about her,” he said. “Even though she was young, she had a

rich background — being in the Bush White House and being pals with Paul Ryan.”

“She put politics aside,” said Carl Zeilman, chairman of the Saratoga County Republican Committee. “She knows how to roll up her sleeves and get things done.”

Facing her first reelection test in 2016, she was reluctant to embrace Trump. She initially backed Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s presidential bid.

Stefanik became a vocal Trump supporter as the election approached, but she regularly reminded voters that she disagreed with him at times. She warmed to Trump further after he took office. She also started a political action committee, Elevate PAC, designed to bring more Republican women to Congress. She was widely praised for the effort last fall, when 18 of the 30 women she endorsed won.

One was Rep. Ashley Hinson, an Iowa Republican who says she was in constant communication with Stefanik throughout her election. Beyond offering strategic guidance and moral support, Stefanik helped connect Hinson with her network of donors and political contacts in Washington.

“It was an important and very pivotal year for the GOP in terms of telling the story that we were a party of women, minorities and veterans,” Hinson said. “And Elise had a great hand in that.”

Trump was impressed, too.

“Elise Stefanik has my COMPLETE and TOTAL Endorsement for GOP Conference Chair,” Trump said in a written statement. “Elise is a tough and smart communicator!”

Back in upstate New York, longtime supporters have noticed Stefanik’s evolution.

“Our members of Congress up here have not had much time on the national stage,” Graham said.

“We’re proud of most of it.”

sembly approaching. Crossover is the deadline for bills without an appropriations or finance note on them to be passed through at least one chamber and to cross over to the other chamber.

A press release by the NCLGC said the resolution “marks the first time the LGC has taken such action against a local government unit, and follows nearly 10 years of efforts to work with the Scotland County town of 281 residents to correct the problems.”

Additionally, the NCLGC has voted to take over the finances of Pikeville, located in Wayne County. A press statement from Folwell’s office noted Pikeville’s audited financial statements for 2019 showed just 4.8% of unrestricted available funds to meet its $765,000 budget. The town also has over $158,000 across five debt payments which will be due in the next few weeks.

The NCGLC has also discussed situations involving the towns of Bethel, Cliffside, Eureka, Kingstown, and Robersonville. On the county side, the commission discussed Alleghany, Anson, Ber-

RALEIGH — Following recommendations from the N.C. Office of Charter Schools and the state’s Charter Schools Advisory Board, a bill has been filed that would fast-track applications that replicate existing high-quality charter schools.

House Bill 616, titled Replication Charter Act, was filed by state Rep. John Torbett (R-Gaston).

In order to qualify for fast-tracking, charter-school-operator applicants would have to provide three years of academic outcomes equal or greater to traditional-district-school counterparts in their current location.

“This legislation aims for high-quality charters to locate in poor, underserved areas and not have their ability to replicate their high-quality schools revoked, because they have taken on a school in one of these areas,” Torbett told North State Journal in an email.

Additionally, applicants for fast-tracking will have to supply three years of audits for each school they already operate. Applicants may also contract with an education management organization to demonstrate their outcomes and financial viability.

The bill instructs the State Board of Education to create the process for fast-tracking a charter school’s application so that it may be “completed in less than 120 days from the application submission date.”

At the May 13 meeting of the N.C. State Board of Education, the annual charter school report presented to the board showed continued high demand and increased enrollment levels.

“The demand for charter schools continues to grow as evidenced by the continued increase in enrollment despite the pandemic. National media reported extensively this past year on the effects of the pandemic on student enrollment, including here in North Carolina,” the summary of the report reads.

The report, which will be given to state lawmakers, states that for the 2019-2020 school year, over 117,000 North Carolina students were enrolled in one of the state’s 200 charter schools. That’s 7.5% of the state’s total average daily membership.

The report also says that as of October 2020, there were over 126,000 students enrolled in a charter school, which is 8.4% of North Carolina’s total public-school population. Earlier in April, officials with the Department of Public Instruction reported that 78% of charter schools across the state had a waitlist, totaling around 76,000 students.

Charter schools appear to have weathered the pandemic better than district schools, according to survey results showing charters reported just over 9% of their students are at-risk for academic failure this year compared to just under 23% of traditional district students.

According to the report, 193 out of 195 charter schools, or 98.97%, met or exceeded operational goals. Underscored was the fact that charter schools receive less funding on average than their traditional district counterparts. In 2019-20, charter schools received just 7.5% of the state’s $10.37 billion in education funding.

Seven new charter schools opened during the 2020-21 school year and 10 more are scheduled to open in the fall of 2021.

Critics have regularly complained that charter schools lack diversity and are majority white; however, the report shows white student enrollment has been steadily declining from 58.6% in 2014 to 51.16% in 2020. In 2010, white students made up 62% of charter school students, but as of fall 2020, that figure dropped to just over 51%.

The American Indian or Alaskan Native charter enrollment has also declined over the last decade from just over one percent to 0.60%.

Asian, Hispanic and black student enrollment has risen. Asian enrollment is now close to four percent.

The black or African American student enrollment is over 26%, and the Hispanic student population has increased over 6% since 2010.

A presentation summarizing the annual charter school report noted that there was some collaboration between district schools and charter schools during the pandemic: 61% of charters collaborated with other charter schools and/or district schools; 98% distributed devices for remote learning; 77% provided internet access/assistance; 89.5% provided a combination of asynchronous and synchronous learning; 97% provided regular academic and personal check-ins with students; and 70% provided tutoring/interventions.

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Freshmen at Raleigh Charter School in Raleigh conduct science experiments.

tie, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Hyde, Johnston, Lenoir, Madison, Northampton, Orange, Pender, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland and Tyrell.

Folwell said the list is “evolving” and there are a number of reasons for looking at these different towns and counties, including a lack of audits. He also said utilities in certain areas were still experiencing financial issues. One particular town that was brought up recently is Benson in Johnston County, which Folwell said has a “negative cash flow.” Folwell also used Eureka as an example.

“The utility problem still exists,” said Folwell. “What we found, for example, is that people take showers in Eureka, and when that happens, the sewage is shipped to Fremont. Fremont processes it.

The amount of sewage Eureka is charging their customers is a lot less than they are paying to have it processed.”

Folwell added that Eureka is charging about half of what it is costing to have their sewage processed. He also said that in every one of these utility situations,

“someone owes somebody something.”

According to the Unit Assistance List (UAL) provided by Folwell’s office, a number of municipalities are facing varying degrees of serious financial issues. The UAL list has assessments for municipalities, counties and utilities along three criteria: internal-control issues, financial issues in their general funds, and financial issues with their water and sewer funds.

The UAL list cites 34 out of 95 of the state’s municipalities as deemed to have high or moderate financial risk. There are 75 municipalities which have high or moderate risk in their internal controls, and 68 have issues with their water and sewer funds.

Spring Lake in Cumberland County received a high-risk rating in all three areas, as did Edgecombe County.

The UAL report also keeps track of missing financial audits.

There are 20 municipalities that have not yet submitted an audit for 2019, and many of those 20 have not submitted audits for 2018 or 2017.

“There are over 100,000 people who are vested in the [pension] plan and, for one reason or another, are not drawing a retirement check — yet” State Treasurer Dale Folwell

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Murphy to Manteo LEGEND Evacuation Zones Zone A Zone B Zone C Zone D Zone E County Boundary Roads — Major

Know your zone during Hurricane Preparedness Week Gov. Roy Cooper declared May 9-15 as Hurricane Preparedness Week, joining the national effort to make people more aware of the dangers of hurricanes and encouraging all North Carolinians to prepare for tropical weather. Hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.

“All North Carolinians should take this time to prepare for the possible impacts of a hurricane or other severe weather by updating their family emergency plans and supply kits,” said Cooper.

Twenty coastal counties have established pre-determined evacuation zones based on the threats of storm surge and river flooding. N.C. Emergency Management encourages residents to learn their zone and watch or listen for it if evacuations are ordered before or after a storm.

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At funeral, fallen Watauga deputies remembered as ‘heroes’

Atrium Health Cleveland named to list of top maternity hospitals

Man sentenced to 30 years for sex trafficking

Watauga County Sgt. Chris Ward and K-9 Deputy Logan Fox were killed in the line of duty while performing a routine welfare check. They were met with gunfire and killed after entering the home. The gunman also killed his mother, stepfather and is suspected of taking his own life during a 13-hour standoff with police.

On Thursday, members of the Boone community and beyond attended the funeral memorializing Ward and Fox. Dozens of family members, law enforcement officials and complete strangers gathered at Appalachian State University’s Holmes Convocation Center to mourn the deputies, with hundreds more watching a livestream.

Cleveland County Atrium Health is proud to announce that five hospitals have been named to Newsweek’s 2021 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. Atrium Health Cabarrus, Atrium Health Cleveland, Atrium Health Pineville, Atrium Health Stanly and Atrium Health Union were among the 217 hospitals across 36 states recognized for providing high-quality care to mothers and newborns. Atrium Health accounted for 20 percent of North Carolina hospitals on the list. Facilities recognized by Newsweek have low rates of early elective delivery, cesarean delivery and episiotomy, and follow important protocols to protect the health of moms and babies.

Onslow County Jesse Gabriel Marks, 38, of Jacksonville, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sex trafficking of hundreds of women. Marks must also pay $249,700 in restitution to victims. Prosecutors said Marks prostituted hundreds of women, including at least one minor, over nearly two decades. Marks used drugs, including heroin and methamphetamine, to keep the women dependent on and prostituting for him. Marks physically and emotionally abused many of the victims and would sexually assault them after giving them drug cocktails without their full knowledge. He recorded many of those sexual assaults on video.

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Zoo ready for expansion if lawmakers OK funding Man accused of defacing MLK image gets intimidation charge Henderson County A white man accused of defacing a memorial honoring Martin Luther King Jr. has been charged with ethnic intimidation, according to authorities.

Heath Justus, 31, was arrested at a park in Hendersonville after witnesses spotted him drawing on the image of the civil rights leader. The graffiti was removed by the city’s public works department.

Randolph County The North Carolina Zoo expects to move forward with work on a new Asia exhibit this fall, if lawmakers pass a budget with the necessary funding. The zoo has plans ready and a contractor prepared to begin as soon as fall. The addition would be the zoo’s first new continent since North America opened in 1994.

Gov. Roy Cooper recommended appropriating the $46 million needed to build Asia, which would feature tigers, Komodo dragons and red pandas and would also have a 300-seat restaurant. Voters previously approved $25 million in bonds to fund the development of Asia.

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Amazon announces delivery station Cumberland County Amazon plans to launch a delivery station on Dunn Road in Fayetteville. The facility is expected to launch sometime next year and will create hundreds of new jobs, paying a starting wage of $15 per hour and offering a variety of benefits on the first day of employment. The facility will power Amazon’s last-mile delivery capabilities to speed up deliveries for customers in the region. Packages are transported to delivery stations from Amazon fulfillment and sortation centers, and then loaded into vehicles for delivery to customers.

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Vaccine clinic for teens to open Haywood County Haywood County Emergency Management plans to open a vaccination clinic for 16-to-18-year olds.

The clinic, which will be at Haywood Community College, opens on May 19. Family members of teens can also get vaccine shots at the clinic. Children under age 18 will need consent of a parent or guardian to get a shot. The clinic will be drive up, with no appointment necessary.

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Lawsuit seeks removal of Iredell County Confederate monument Iredell County A coalition has filed a lawsuit seeking the removal of a Confederate monument that stands in front of Iredell County’s government center. The lawsuit calls for the Board of County Commissioners to move the statue from the grounds of the government center, the former county courthouse. The plaintiffs are a coalition of county residents, state and local NAACP chapters and a local clergy group. In early March, the board passed a resolution favoring the removal, but reversed course weeks later saying the monument owners rejected any movement.

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Petition calls for expulsion of teens mocking George Floyd death

Pastors rally, seek transparency in Elizabeth City shooting Pasquotank County Pastors and denominational leaders rallied in Elizabeth City Saturday to call for greater transparency in the investigation into the death of Andrew Brown Jr., fatally shot in his car by sheriff’s deputies. More than 100 people marched to the Pasquotank County Courthouse, where they posted on its doors a series of demands. Brown was shot five times, including in the back of the head. The demands of rally participants include the public release of the full videos from the officers’ body cameras and the appointment of a special prosecutor.

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Caldwell County A petition calling for the expulsion of two South Caldwell High School students is being circulated.

The two white students were photographed with one kneeling on the neck of the other, reenacting the police killing of George Floyd that sparked nationwide outrage last summer. The school said that both students were “disciplined accordingly,” but many community members are looking for a harsher punishment.

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Officials search for stolen radioactive tool Durham County Officials are looking for a tool with radioactive materials that was stolen in Durham. The Department of Health and Human Services warned if the gauge is mishandled or broken open, it poses a potential health and safety risk. The tool used to test conditions of materials during construction was clearly marked as containing radioactive materials. The theft was reported by the department’s Radiation Protection Section and local law enforcement, but officials did not say where the tool was stolen from. If the gauge is found, it shouldn’t be touched or moved and people should stay at least 10 feet away.

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Ex-police chief indicted on 88 counts in evidence theft case Columbus County A former police chief who resigned last month amid an investigation into missing evidence has been indicted on 88 felony counts. William Anthony Spivey was indicted by a grand jury on charges including embezzlement, destruction of evidence, obstruction of justice, opium trafficking and illegally obtaining controlled substances.

The indictment shows that several firearms were stolen

by Spivey from the evidence locker at the Chadbourn Police Department. The State Bureau of Investigation has recovered some of the stolen firearms. Several were sold by Spivey to friends, family members and acquaintances.

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Jones & Blount Swiss billionaire’s millions may have come to North Carolina “The same Republican state legislators who are pushing forward on hundreds of anti-voter bills at the state level have been very clear that they intend to manipulate the redistricting process to lock in their power.” former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — A report detailing millions of dollars being channeled into a Democrat redistricting group led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has implications for North Carolina.

The Washington Free Beacon recently reported that the “Berger Action Fund, the advocacy arm of Swiss megadonor Hansjörg Wyss’s Wyss Foundation, passed $3 million to the National Redistricting Action Fund (NRAF) between 2018 and 2020.”

The NRAF is the 501(c)(4) attached to the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC). The NDRC was formed

by Holder and former President Barack Obama and officially launched in 2017 with $11 million in start-up funds from various Democratic donor. The purpose of the NDRC is to be a “strategic hub for a comprehensive redistricting strategy” in order to secure “fair maps” for Democrats.

Holder, the only U.S. attorney general ever to be held in contempt of Congress, is the chairman for the NDRC. Under Holder, the group made two $250,000 donations to the N.C. Democratic Party during the 2018 elec-

tion cycle. One donation came in June and a second in September of that year.

The NDRC made only one donation directly to a North Carolina candidate during the 2018 cycle, giving $5,200 to then-N.C. Supreme Court candidate Anita Earls.

Holder had campaigned with Earls during 2018, and she won her race. The year prior, in 2017, Holder and Gov. Roy Cooper co-headlined the annual NCDP Unity Dinner held in Raleigh.

North Carolina continued to be a target for the NDRC in 2020, and the organization likely has its eye on the state’s new congressional seat apportioned after the U.S. Census published its data.

“With the release of apportionment data, each state now needs to prepare for a fair and transparent redistricting process that includes input from the public. Make no mistake — the same Republican state legislators who are pushing forward on hundreds of anti-voter bills at the state level have been very clear that they intend to manipulate the redistricting process to lock in their power,” Holder said in a statement about the census results.

Represented by the top partisan Democratic lawyer Marc Elias of the D.C.-based Perkins

Coie law firm, the NDRC’s political action fund has recent launched three lawsuits in Louisiana, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

The three lawsuits take aim at potential new legislative maps related to new congressional seats. All three filings ask the state’s courts to find the current congressional map unconstitutional, bar any state officials from making changes to it and for the court to implement a new map.

Elias, on behalf of his plaintiffs, asks the courts in Pennsylvania to take over the process and “establish a schedule that will enable the Court to adopt and implement a new congressional district plan by a date certain should the political branches fail to enact such plan by that time.”

The lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania, Carter v. Degraffenreid, has ties to North Carolina in naming Veronica Degfaffenreid, acting secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as a defendant.

Degraffenreid is from North Carolina and served as the director of elections operations for the N.C. State Board of Elections from 2008 to 2020. She was also an employee of the N.C. Department of Justice, from 2000 to 2008, serving under then-Attorney General Roy Cooper.

Chief justice begins 100-county courthouse tour “Our judges and courthouse personnel ... came to work, day-in and day-out, facing real and often undefined dangers to fulfill the ‘open courts’ mandate of the North Carolina Constitution” Chief Justice Paul Newby

By Matt Mercer North State Journal RALEIGH — Chief Justice Paul Newby launched a courthouse tour this week with the ambitious goal of visiting courthouses in all 100 counties.

The tour began in the westernmost part of the state, with visits to Cherokee, Graham, Clay, Macon and Swain counties.

“Our judges and courthouse personnel are the battle-tested heroes of the past year. They came to work, day-in and dayout, facing real and often undefined dangers to fulfill the ‘open courts’ mandate of the North Carolina Constitution,” Chief Justice Newby said in a press release.

The tour is expected to continue with visits scheduled in Jackson, Haywood, Transylvania, Henderson, Polk and Rutherford counties, as well as the Cherokee tribal court. At each courthouse, Chief Justice New-

by will greet judges and courthouse personnel to express his appreciation for their commitment and dedication during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism is presenting professional programs during some of the tours’ phases.

“Our courthouse stakeholders are doing their best to ensure that justice is administered without favor, denial, or delay.

Our state needs these dedicated public servants now more than ever to help address the large backlog of cases left in the wake of this pandemic,” Newby added.

Chief Justice Newby also extended COVID-19-related emergency directives, with new orders taking effect until June 6.

The new orders note that, in response to Chief Justice Newby’s request to Gov. Roy Cooper, courthouse personnel were designated as “frontline essential workers” and received early access to the COVID-19 vaccine

beginning on March 3, 2021.

In light of improving conditions, but in recognition of the ongoing serious risks posed by COVID-19, the order extends only those emergency directives that are necessary to allow the courts to function with due regard for the safety of the public and judicial branch personnel.

It also urges senior resident superior court judges to “do whatever they can to resume jury trials without delay” and to “weigh local conditions against the exceedingly negative impacts of further delaying justice.”

Among the directives that remain unchanged are orders relating to remote proceedings and submission of filings to the clerk of court.

Directives relating to performance of marriage ceremonies, required COVID-19 prevention measures, and statewide social distancing requirements were allowed to expire, allowing area judicial officials to make those decisions locally.

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PPP loans bill meets resistance in NC Senate NSJ Staff RALEIGH — A bill that would see N.C. conform Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) rules to federal tax law received a cool reception following controversy around the bill’s movement and participation among legislators.

Following a pair of critical stories from the Raleigh News & Observer and television station WRAL, which included profiles of legislators’ businesses, the N.C. House-approved measure has not had a date set in the Senate Rules Committee.

A legislative fiscal note estimates the provision would reduce state revenue by $400 million.

Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) told reporters last week that his chamber was looking at using coronavirus stimulus funds to make taxpayers whole. The state’s share of the American Rescue Plan’s funds, signed by President Joe Biden, is $5.3 billion.

Stein, state AGs tell Facebook no ‘Instagram for children’ NSJ Staff RALEIGH — Attorney General Josh Stein joined a bipartisan coalition of 44 state attorneys general to urge Facebook to abandon its plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under 13, citing serious concerns about the harm that social media poses for young people.

“Launching a version of Instagram for young children is a terrible idea,” said Stein. “Facebook’s inability to stop the spread of disinformation, protect people’s personal information, and stop abuse provides no confidence that the company would be able to protect our young people online. Keeping our kids safe is job one for all of us. That’s why I oppose Facebook’s ill-considered and dangerous move to allow young children on Instagram.”

In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the state AGs contend that social media is detrimental for children and that Facebook has historically failed to protect children on its platforms.

The Associated Press reported Monday that children under 13 are technically not allowed to use the Instagram app in its current form due to federal privacy regulations. But Facebook confirmed it is “exploring a parent-controlled experience” on Instagram in March.

Facebook responded that the new app would give parents more control over what children who are already online are exposed to, will make every effort to protect children, and will not show advertising on the platform.

“We are developing these experiences in consultation with experts in child development, child safety and mental health, and privacy advocates,” the company said. “We also look forward to working with legislators and regulators, including the nation’s attorneys general.”

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

Pay North Carolina state legislators $100,000

We are electing people to do the public’s work, not enter a monastery and chant medieval hymns in Latin in a sackcloth.

RAISE THE PAY of all N.C. state senators and representatives to $100,000 annually, and leave it at that.

Make the pay raise effective January 2025.

There would be two intervening elections in 2022 and 2024 where voters can decide if their state senator or representative is worth sending back to Raleigh and paying them $100,000 per year from then on.

The last pay raise for NCGA elected members was 26 years ago. That is simply ridiculous. We are asking fellow North Carolinians to manage a massive annual consolidated state budget while paying them less than half of what a parking lot attendant makes in the public garage across the street.

Would you run for the NCGA if you thought you would only be paid $13,951 and endure all the insults you would get from news media and on Twitter?

No, you wouldn’t. Very few very successful people in any other walk of life ever run for public office, because it is such a tough environment to begin with. Getting paid $13,951 doesn’t make the decision to run any easier.

Leaders of both parties are going to have to agree to step out together 100% on this proposal, or else it will never happen. If one side sees political advantage in attacking the other side that proposed it unilaterally, they will win the public-relations fight, because it is far too easy to tag incumbents as enriching themselves at public expense.

With today’s salary of $13,951 and a $104 per diem payment which is supposed to cover travel, lodging and food costs but probably doesn’t, most people simply cannot afford the financial sacrifice to run for the North Carolina General Assembly.

Wealthy businessmen and women or retirees on pensions have the means to support themselves without a measly $13,951 salary, but we need representatives from all walks of life and all ages to debate issues that affect us all.

State Auditor Beth Wood found $11.4 million was made to unverified providers in the state Medicaid program last year. Those annual savings alone would more than pay for the additional $10,325,880 it would take to raise 120 legislator salaries to $100,000.

In 1816, Congressman Richard Johnson of Kentucky casually told his fellow Kentuckian, Henry Clay, who was speaker of

the House, that paying members of Congress $6 per diem encouraged them to stay in session longer than they would do otherwise in order to collect extra pay. $6 per day was less than what many government clerks earned at the time, remarkably similar to the pay schedule of the NCGA today where some staff members make over 10 times the salary of elected members.

Johnson’s committee came back with a recommendation, which became law, that replaced the $6 per diem with a flat $1,500 annual salary. Speaker Clay would see his previous $12 per diem replaced with a $3000 annual salary.

The 14th Congress under Mr. Clay committed two grievous errors. They were oblivious to the fact that $1,500 exceeded the annual income of virtually every voter in the 19 states at the time. $3,000 put Henry Clay in the top .001% of his day.

The second mistake they made with the “Salary Grab,” as it was called, was making it effective in the next Congress, not after one or two intervening elections down the road. The American people may have trouble understanding complex foreign policy or budget issues, but they sure as heck can be convinced that some “sneaky, sniveling, corrupt politician” had voted to get rich at the taxpayer trough.

75% of the members of Congress who voted for the pay raise in 1816 did not return to Congress in 1817. However, the new members got to keep the pay raise, so they should have at least sent a thank you note and bottle of whiskey to every incumbent they defeated.

Serving in the public trust is a great honor, one of the highest honors a person can receive. But we are electing people to do the public’s work, not enter a monastery and chant medieval hymns in Latin in a sackcloth. Call your legislator and tell them you support raising legislator’s pay to $100,000 to manage the state’s $52 billion annual consolidated budget in 2025.

Unless you want to run, of course, and work 60-hour weeks while in session for $13,951.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR RUSS BARRINGER III

AMERICA IS AT WAR with China, and we don’t even know it. Not a ground or air war, which I pray never happens, but an economic war; and they are kicking our rear ends.

President Trump’s tariffs did not hurt China, as he used to say. It hurt American importers such as my business and the American consumer. My company has been paying a 25% tariff for two years. This has not stopped the consumer from buying Chinese products.

The reason why? There is not enough domestic manufacturing here to accommodate the demand. The only place for most Americans to buy many consumer products today is China.

President Trump was on the right track to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States. President Biden and the Democrats should offer every American manufacturer with plants in China better tax incentives, training programs and rebates — anything to bring those jobs back to America and away from China.

If they continue to manufacture and invest in China, they should be penalized heavily for their decisions.

Every Chinese dynasty was scared of only one thing, and this current dictatorship is no different. Chinese dictators and autocrats are terrified behind all their bluster and saberrattling that millions of Chinese peasants will go find their old pitchforks and head for the streets.

China has to create 15 million new jobs each year just to absorb their growing workforce. By contrast, in a great year, the US might create 2 million new jobs.

Where does China create those jobs from?

American businesses who locate there to take advantage of their cheaper labor, some of it slave labor, and relaxed-to-non-existent regulatory regimes concerning labor rights and environmental protection.

The National Association of Manufacturers published a report long ago that pointed out companies doing business in China enjoy a 20% cost advantage solely from the regulatory burden imposed by our government.

If America would erase this cost-differential, we would see millions of Chinese jobs return to the US. When massive unemployment goes up in China, and the peasants who used to toil in the fields but now manufacture products begin to cause unrest among a billion citizens, then we might see China become a responsible player in world trade.

That is the only way to turn the tide in this war. Manufacture in the United States.

Russ Barringer III is one of the owners of Dealers Supply Company in Durham

EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS

The rush to make America ‘gender neutral’ is not going so well

Referring to black mothers collectively as ‘black birthing people’ undermines their inherent dignity and humanity.

AT THE START OF THE 117TH CONGRESS, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) implemented a new rules package that in part revolved around making the House feel like a more welcoming, “genderneutral” place for new LGBTQ members.

Pelosi bragged about the changes in a statement at the time, claiming it was House leadership’s wish to “honor all gender identities by changing pronouns and familial relationships in the House rules to be genderneutral.”

Translation: Gendered terms will no longer be used in the House rule book for this session, and presumably going forward assuming Democrats maintain control of the House after 2022. Words like “mother” and “father,” though not banned, will now be frowned upon if used in House chambers.

Gender-neutral terms have been used often in the House since that time. For example, Democrats have purposely taken “man” and “woman” out of such words as “chairman” and “chairwoman.” While that may seem like a rather benign instance of using genderneutral language, a different term was used last week during a House Oversight Committee hearing that again renewed the debate as to the wisdom of various attempts at gender-neutralizing America.

Freshman Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) testified during a hearing on “Birthing While Black.”

During her testimony, Bush described her pregnancy experiences and how her doctors didn’t take her health concerns seriously, which she believes happened because she’s

black.

Bush’s remarks were compelling, but it was how she referred to mothers at one point that got the most attention.

“I sit before you today as a single mom, as a nurse, as an activist, congresswoman, and I am committed to doing the absolute most to protect black mothers, to protect black babies, to protect black birthing people, and to save lives,” Bush stated.

In a tweet that went up during her testimony, Bush said “every day, black birthing people and our babies die because our doctors don’t believe our pain. My children almost became a statistic. I almost became a statistic.”

The pushback was swift.

“Referring to black mothers collectively as ‘black birthing people’ undermines their inherent dignity and humanity, which is the opposite of the congresswoman’s stated goal,” conservative commentator Becket Adams tweeted.

Actress Rose McGowan was outraged. “‘Birthing people’? I’m empathetic to your painful and unfairly traumatic experience, Cori Bush, but why are you smearing biowomen to virtue signal to trans women?

Why can’t we rise together? Your language is creepy. You are gaslighting. What you are doing is dangerous.”

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who is another first-term member of Congress, took issue with Bush’s comments as well. “The left is so woke they’re stripping from women the one thing that only we can do.”

Instead of understanding how she had undercut her argument with her genderneutral phrasing while discussing an important issue that is intrinsically womencentric, like pregnancy and childbirth, Bush responded to critics by of course accusing them of “transphobia and racism.”

“Republicans got more upset about me using gender-inclusive language in my testimony than my babies nearly dying,” she tweeted. “Racism and transphobia in America.”

In reality, none of what she said in her response was true. Republicans were upset because she undercut what was actually an important pro-life argument on respecting pregnant women’s voices by erasing women from the conversation altogether with the use of the term “birthing people” to describe something that only a woman, a mother, can do.

Sadly, the push to water down gendered terminology to the point it has no meaning anymore is not just taking place in Congress.

It’s happening all over America, in public schools, on college campuses, in newsrooms and in the workplace.

People who oppose erasing gendered language from the public lexicon need to speak up now before it becomes too late to turn back on this insanity.

Media analyst Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection.

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COLUMN | ELLIOT WANG

Taiwan needs North Carolinian support Taiwan has created over 4,000 jobs in North Carolina and is the 7th largest market for North Carolina in Asia.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN North Carolina and Taiwan has been mutually beneficial, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through its massive donations of 100,000 surgical masks to North Carolina, which greatly assisted frontline healthcare workers, and its commitment to humanitarian efforts in support of the United States, Taiwan has demonstrated its dedication to the welfare of the people of North Carolina.

This partnership has remained strong because of the shared values of democracy, freedom and human rights North Carolinians share with the people of Taiwan.

These tenets differentiate Taiwan from China, who has been steadily eroding the rights and liberties of its people and others in the region.

The reality of China’s aggressive actions is that it currently poses a large threat to Taiwan, the model of democracy in the Asia-Pacific. Such an impact will damage the ability of Taiwan and North Carolina to remain friendly allies to one another, specifically in the economic sector.

The threat of the increase of China’s influence in the world is an issue that has negatively impacted Taiwan’s ability to operate as a sovereign state and has reduced the effectiveness of its international partnerships. The economic relations between North Carolina and Taiwan have flourished as Taiwan has created over 4,000 jobs in North Carolina and is the 7th largest market for North Carolina in Asia. However, investments and trade between the two entities are also threatened by China’s aggression, and it is in the best interest of North Carolina and its people to oppose the military exercises designed to intimidate Taiwan and harm its partnerships.

Taiwan has received an increasing number of threats from China recently, including flying in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone at a disturbing rate. In addition, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has systematically blocked Taiwan from international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), delegitimizing its existence.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reinforced the United States’ support of Taiwan by expressing his support for Taiwan’s autonomy and democratic practices, following the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific

Affairs statement of “rock-solid” commitment to the threatened country. These efforts take into account that American jobs, like the ones in Everlight Chemical, a Taiwanese company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, are under attack. Without the ensured safety of Taiwan, the investments and companies in North Carolina will suffer, further harming the positive relations between the two sides.

This support is also necessary to protect Hong Kong citizens and western journalists, as well as those who are pro-democracy, who have fled China after continued harassment from the Chinese government. In such instances, Taiwan has protected those who have sought refuge from the authoritarian state of China because of Taiwanese fierce support for the freedom of media and speech.

Taiwan needs the support of elected officials and the people of North Carolina to remain a reliable source of information on China’s actions and endeavors.

Despite growing trade between North Carolina and China, North Carolinians need to remember Taiwan is a key component in the global supply chain. Taiwanese businesses invest over $175 million into North Carolina every year while on the lookout for more opportunities to participate in this state’s economy and growth.

In light of the human rights violations that are evident in China’s business practices, which has been shown with Huawei, TikTok and Xinjiang cotton, it is clear that China does not believe in the same values of peace and justice as do North Carolinians. Fortunately, Taiwan has proven itself to be a trustworthy alternative, as it champions intellectual property rights and human rights in all of its economic collaborations. It is important for all Americans to support efforts to protect Taiwan from China’s advances.

The increasing Chinese assertions are alarming, and without advocacy efforts from its allies, the people of Taiwan and those who value civil liberties and human rights will be under the very same threat now evident in Hong Kong. Now is the time to support a longstanding American ally in the face of an authoritative obstacle that seeks to destabilize democratic nations such as the U.S. and Taiwan.

Elliot Wang is Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta.

COLUMN | STEPHEN MOORE

98% of the way there: Trump’s super V-shaped recovery

The enduring lesson of America’s supersized comeback is that it pays to keep your economy functional and open for business so that livelihoods aren’t destroyed in the first place.

THE U.S. ECONOMY peaked in late 2019 at $21 trillion. We are now remarkably 98% back to where we were before the terrible COVID-19 pandemic slammed these shores 14 months ago. This rebound is one of the outstanding U.S. achievements in history. Since June of last year, the economy has rocketed by 34% in the third quarter of 2020, 4.2% in 4Q of 2020 and now 6.4% in the first three months of 2021. So far in this current quarter, growth is more than 10%.

Almost no one expected this. The Federal Reserve Board, the Congressional Budget Office and private Blue Chip forecasters declared this time last year that it wouldn’t be until at least 2022 until the economy was at full force. The economy has spurted at twice the pace the professional forecasters expected. What a shock: Former President Donald Trump proved the “experts” wrong again.

The recovery from COVID-19 is all the more impressive given the economic malaise in Europe and Canada, which foolishly keep closing down their businesses, schools and stores.

A New York Times headline said it well: “Europe’s Recession Contrasts Economic Fortunes of U.S. Expansion.”

Since June, our economy has grown by more than one-third, while Euroland has recorded two straight negative quarters and is in a dreaded double-dip recession. Meanwhile, as Laffer Associates points out, Europe’s unemployment rate is 8.2% compared with 6.2% here. Our northern neighbors in Canada are at 8.4% joblessness.

So, what did America do right under Trump, and why are we doing so much better than everyone else in the world?

First, America is a can-do country with the most resilient business owners in the world. They managed to soldier through this crisis even as their revenue flows tanked. Add to that the dedicated workers who kept our economy trudging forward during the depths of the pandemic. They are heroes, too, in contrast to the folks who huddled on their

couches watching Netflix inside their homes. So many of the men and women who have kept our hospitals, stores, delivery trucks, factories, nursing homes and airports open have been immigrants.

Thank you.

Second, thanks to great governors such as Ron DeSantis of Florida and Kristi Noem of South Dakota, red-state America minimally closed down, and only for a short period. Red states stayed open, cut their unemployment rates to less than 5% and carried the U.S. economy on their backs, while New York, Illinois and California locked down and flatlined. These blue states responded more like France.

Again, Trump made a brilliant decision to let the states take the lead. Is there any doubt that if President Joe Biden had been in charge this time last year, he would have ordered a catastrophic national lockdown of our economy, and right now, we would look more like Europe?

Third, Europe has bungled vaccinations. Trump’s policies developed the vaccine one year ahead of schedule, and Biden has done a fine job getting the vaccines distributed. Europe is way behind and now wants to violate the patent protections of the U.S. drug companies to give the vaccines away at discounted prices. This will only delay the introductions of future vaccines.

Alas, The New York Times, while acknowledging America’s economic supremacy and the success of Trump’s Operation Warp Speed, says the “lesson” of the rapid comeback is that “it pays to unleash enormous amounts of public money in the face of a livelihood-destroying health crisis.”

Wrong. The enduring lesson of America’s supersized comeback is that it pays to keep your economy functional and open for business so that livelihoods aren’t destroyed in the first place.

Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation and an economic consultant with FreedomWorks.

COLUMN ROY COOPER

The road to a brighter future runs through North Carolina NORTH CAROLINA is emerging from a worldwide pandemic strong and growing, with new jobs and new neighbors arriving daily.

We welcome this growth, but in order for our communities to thrive, our infrastructure must catch up and keep up. In recent weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff visited North Carolina with a plan to help transform our state and nation’s infrastructure.

That means resilient roads and bridges. Rail and commuter transportation. Job training and trade skills through community colleges.

Affordable housing opportunities, particularly in our historically underserved areas. Access to highspeed internet. These are I know North all building blocks for strong communities where Carolina will businesses can flourish and come out families can thrive. on the other I know North Carolina will side of this come out on the other side of this pandemic stronger pandemic than ever. But it’s critical stronger than that everybody has the ever. But it’s opportunity to share in our critical that state’s successes — not just those at the top — and the everybody American Jobs Plan will help has the us get that done. opportunity This historic plan includes to share in transformational investments for infrastructure in our our state’s communities that are right on successes time.

— not just The American Jobs Plan those at the will do exactly what it says — support good-paying jobs top — and for people with all types the American of skill sets and education Jobs Plan will backgrounds. By employing help us get their talent to strengthen our that done. roads, rebuild our bridges and improve the structures that deliver drinking water, these investments will return dividends for decades to come.

This plan invests in North Carolina’s talented and growing workforce by investing in education from cradle to career. When I talk to CEOs, they tell me that education, including early childhood education and access to skills training for highdemand jobs, is key to creating a top-notch workforce. The American Jobs Plan will help us build the foundation for our next generation of leaders by funding hundreds of millions of dollars for our state’s community colleges, providing people the training and skills needed to be ready for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

If there’s one word to describe North Carolinians, it’s resilient. Our strength during this pandemic and past natural disasters like hurricanes shows that. But true resiliency doesn’t start and end when the rain and wind from big storms is over. The $50 billion resiliency funding included in President Biden’s infrastructure plan will support recovery efforts and help us rebuild houses and businesses, so we are truly prepared for future natural disasters.

North Carolina is becoming a leader in the fight against climate change, and we are working to slow greenhouse-gas emissions that have made storms more frequent and more intense.

I recently joined Vice President Harris to tour Thomas Built Buses, an electric school bus manufacturer in High Point. Investing in more jobs to build things like electric vehicles has a double payoff by supporting workers here in our state while combatting climate change.

One of the many lessons of this pandemic is that access to high-speed internet is a necessity, not a luxury. In North Carolina, we already have a plan, and funding from the American Jobs Plan will help us get fast internet service to every household in North Carolina, linking people to new skills, global markets, education and health care.

The path to rebuilding from this pandemic and getting our country on track runs through North Carolina. And this jobs plan delivers.

The American Jobs Plan will keep us rolling and create opportunities for North Carolinians in all 100 counties. Let’s get it done.

Roy Cooper is the 75th governor of North Carolina.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2021

SPORTS

NCHSAA football champions crowned, B3

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Andrei Svechnikov and the Hurricanes won six of eight regular-season games against first-round playoff opponent Nashville.

the Wednesday SIDELINE REPORT

Hurricanes ready for first-round series with Predators

NHL

Hurricanes’ Staal nominated for Masterton a 2nd time Raleigh For the second time in his career, Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal has been selected by the Carolina chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association as the team’s nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.

One player from each of the NHL’s 31 teams is nominated for the award, which is given annually to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.

Staal was one of three finalists for the award in 2018. The 32-year-old has captained the Hurricanes to the top of the Central Division and is having arguably his best season, contributing to the team’s power play and penalty kill, both of which rank top three of the league, while finishing the regular season with 16 goals and 22 assists for 38 points in 53 games.

NFL

Brother of NFL’s Cohen found dead Raleigh The twin brother of a Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen was found dead at a Raleigh electrical substation on Sunday, authorities said.

Tyrell Antar Cohen, 25, is believed to have died by electrocution while trying to climb power equipment, according to Wake County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Eric Curry. Curry said Tyrell Cohen fled the scene of a car accident in Raleigh early Saturday morning. Police tried to locate Cohen but couldn’t, so they called off the search.

Cohen’s family filed a missingperson report Saturday night and officers started looking for him again Sunday morning.

Tarik Cohen grew up in Bunn and starred at North Carolina A&T.

The two teams from neighboring states normally play in different conferences, but this year’s season and playoff format has them meeting in Round 1 JACOB KUPFERMAN | AP PHOTO

Rory McIlroy won the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte on Sunday for the third time.

McIlroy wins for 3rd time at Quail Hollow The one-time world’s No. 1 golfer claimed the Wells Fargo Championship by one shot

By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Rory McIlroy finally won when he least expected it, and it was as sweet as he could have imagined.

Only after he hung on for a one-shot victory in the Wells Fargo Championship, his first title in 18 months, did he reveal his neck locked up during his final practice session and if not for a late tee time Thursday, he would have had to withdraw.

And when he seized control Sunday afternoon with backto-back birdies from the bunker down the stretch, he started to get ahead of himself thinking how cool it would be to see his wife and 8-month-old daughter waiting to celebrate with him on their first Mother’s Day. The finishing stretch at Quail Hollow snapped him back to reality. He hit a 7-iron safely over the water on the 17th, and caddie Harry Diamond wisely talked him into taking a penalty drop from a dangerous lie in a hazard on the closing hole. He two-putted from 45 feet for bogey, a 3-under 68 and a oneshot victory.

The moment with Erica and little Poppy was what he imag-

ined. So was that trophy.

“It’s tough to get over the line, especially if you haven’t done it in a while,” McIlroy said, a winner at Quail Hollow for the third time. “It’s such a funny week, knowing my game was pretty good and then having my neck lock up on the range and sitting here Sunday night with the trophy.

“Just glad I got through it.”

Abraham Ancer finished runner-up for the fourth time in his career as he seeks his first title. Ancer wasn’t part of the picture until he ran off three straight birdies late that briefly gave him a share of the lead and nearly closed with a fourth birdie when his 35-foot putt on No. 18 grazed the lip. He shot 66.

But this was about McIlroy and the second-longest winless drought of his career. Until this week, he had not played on the weekend in two months.

It was like he never was gone.

McIlroy was bogey-free until the final hole, and even when he brought more pressure on himself with a poor tee shot, he delivered an 8-iron from just inside 200 yards to the fat of the green for his two-putt bogey to finish with a 10-under 274.

“I’m excited going forward now,” McIlroy said. His game is not perfect — he hit only three of 14 fairways in the final round See MCILROY, page B4

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes won’t need a crash film session to remind them about the systems and tendencies of their opponent in the first round of the NHL Playoffs.

After ending their season with two games in Nashville, the Central Division champion Hurricanes will host the fourth-place Predators in Games 1 and 2 of their seven-game series (dates and times to be determined).

The Hurricanes finished the truncated 56-game regular season with a 36-12-8 record, good for 80 points, first place in Central and home-ice advantage in at least the first two rounds of the postseason.

The Predators (31-23-2, 64 points) were 13-171 after a shutout loss in Florida on March 20 and looked like they were on their way to being a deadline seller and rebuilding. Then they reeled off six straight wins as part of an 18-6-1 record over the final 25 games of the season to hold off 2019-20 Stanley Cup finalist Dallas and earn a date with Carolina in the first round.

The winner of the series will face the team that advances from the Battle of Florida matchup between the Central Division’s other two qualifiers, the Panthers and the defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning.

Nashville was winless in its first six games against Carolina this season, but the Predators clinched their playoff berth with a 3-1 win over the Hurricanes on Saturday and followed that with a 5-0 win Monday in a game in which both teams rested many of their regulars.

Here is a breakdown ahead of the first playoff matchup between the usual cross-conference foes.

Forwards The Predators get most of their front-line scoring from players 26 and older, but it’s youngsters Eeli Tolvanen (11 goals), Luke Kunin (six goals in his last nine games) and Tanner Jeannot (five goals in 15 games) that will need to produce if Nashville is to have a chance.

On the whole, the Preds have a balanced attack — no forward has more than 13 goals and Filip Forsberg’s 32 points leads the way — that includes hulking Ryan Johansen, opportunistic Calle Jarnkrok, shifty Mickael Granlund, streaky Viktor Arvidsson and familiar Erik Haula.

Carolina counters with six forwards who have more points than Forsberg, led by Sebastian Aho’s 57. The Hurricanes also have back Teuvo TeravainSee HURRICANES, page B4

7-16-0 Nashville’s combined record against the Central Division’s three other playoff teams, including a 2-60 mark against the Hurricanes

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5.12.21

TRENDING

Stephanie Watt: The former Tar Heels guard and 10th overall pick in last month’s WNBA Draft was traded Sunday by the Chicago Sky, along with German guard Leonie Fiebich, to the Los Angeles Sparks for Gabby Williams.

Williams, the No. 4 pick in the 2018 draft, averaged 7.7 points and four rebounds last season for Chicago.

She helped UConn win two NCAA titles when she was in college. The 21-year-old Fiebich was drafted 22nd last year.

John Tortorella: The NHL coach will not be with the Blue Jackets next season, ending a six-year run in which he led the team to its first playoff series win, a first-round upset over Stanley Cup favorite Tampa Bay in 2019.

Columbus GM Jarmo Kekalainen said in a statement Sunday that parting ways with the winningest coach in franchise history, whose contract expires this summer, was a mutual decision. Tortorella, 62, ranks first among U.S.‑born coaches in career wins with a 673‑541‑169 record. He coached Tampa Bay to a Stanley Cup title in 2004, and he also coached the Rangers and Canucks.

Canelo Alvarez: The Mexican boxer added another super middleweight title belt with an eighth-round TKO of the previously undefeated Billy Joe Saunders. An Alvarez right hand in the middle of the eighth round led to Saunders’ corner calling the fight before the ninth round. The title fight was held in front of 73,126 fans at Dallas’ AT&T Stadium, home of the Cowboys. Alvarez improved to 56‑1-2 with 38 knockouts and added the WBO title to go along with his WBA and WBC belts.

Beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

NASCAR

Martin Truex Jr. had been the only driver to win multiple NASCAR Cup Series races through 11 races this season. He added another in the 12th. Truex held off Kyle Larson to win at Darlington and earn his third victory of the season. He also made up for last year’s race when he led nearly 200 laps before a late-race incident with Chase Elliott left him 22nd at the track known to be “Too Tough To Tame.”

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“It’s kind of flushed for me.”

Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour on his team’s 5-0 loss to Nashville — Carolina’s first-round playoff opponent — in the teams’ regular-season finale.

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HORSE RACING

NBA

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“The greatest commodity I have is my time.”

Former MLB player and manager Bobby Valentine on his decision to run for mayor in his hometown of Stanford, Connecticut PRIME NUMBER

1,870 Miles traveled by Bryson DeChambeau, by air from Charlotte to Dallas and back, after the golfer went home after Friday’s second round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club thinking he would not make the cut, only to have to come back Saturday morning to continue playing.

DeChambeau arrived an hour before his Saturday tee time and shot a 68. He finished tied for ninth for the tournament.

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Medina Spirit’s victory in the Kentucky Derby is in serious jeopardy because of a failed postrace drug test, one that led Churchill Downs to suspend Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert on Sunday in the latest scandal to plague the sport.

Baffert denied all wrongdoing and promised to be fully transparent during its investigation.

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Russell Westbrook broke Oscar Robertson’s 47-year-old record for triple-doubles on Monday night, completing his 182nd triple-double when he pulled down a rebound with 8:29 remaining. The Wizards guard finished with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 21 assists in Washington’s 125-124 loss in Atlanta.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

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North Carolina Central right-hander Austin Vernon tossed the first no-hitter since the baseball program was reinstated in 2007, shutting down Delaware State 10-0 on Friday night. Vernon, a junior and native of Raleigh, struck out eight and walked one in his second shutout in his last three starts.

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Tarboro takes trilogy over East Surry Grimsley, Mount Tabor and Reidsville won state titles in Chapel Hill

By Shawn Krest North State Journal

PHOTOS BY BRETT FRIEDLANDER | NORTH STATE JOURNAL

Rolesville quarterback Byrum Brown is pressured by Vance linebacker Jyilek Harrington during the the Cougars’ 35-14 win in the North Carolina Athletic Association 4AA football title game Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh.

Vance won the state championship for the second straight season.

Charlotte Catholic wins 4th straight state title Murphy, Salisbury and Vance all claimed NCHSAA championships in games played at Carter-Finley Stadium

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal RALEIGH — The time of year doesn’t seem to matter. Whenever a high school football season has been played in North Carolina since 2017, it has always ended with Charlotte Catholic being crowned a state champion.

That annual fall tradition became a rite of spring Friday night at Carter-Finley Stadium.

The Cougars continued their dominance by holding off Havelock 14-7, combining an uncharacteristic trick play with their usual stout defense to win their fourth consecutive 3A title.

It was a similar result to an earlier state final victory against the Rams, one that started the championship run and provided a fitting bookend for a group of seniors that began and ended their careers the same way.

As champions.

“It’s a great legacy,” said senior running back Paul Neel, who along with fellow co-captain Liam Barbee played in all four state finals. “That’s what we wanted to leave here when we came in as freshmen and that’s what we did.

“We’re going out on top. I don’t know of many people that can say they went fourfor-four in their high school years.”

Neel, Barbee and their fellow upperclassmen join a select group of players that make such a claim.

Catholic (8-1) is only the fourth school to win as many as four straight titles since the North Carolina High School Athletic Association established its current system of four classifications in 1959. Independence (seven straight in 4A/AA from 2000-06), Robbinsville (five straight in 1A from 1979-83) and Shelby (four straight in 2A/AA from 2013-16) are the others.

While the foundation for the Cougars’ success has been built on their toughness and an ability to play sound fundamental

football, coach Mike Brodowicz and his staff came out with a little flash to begin their rematch with Havelock.

After driving to the Rams’ 36 on the game’s opening drive, quarterback Sean Boyle handed the ball to Neel around right end. But as the Havelock defense converged on him, Neel threw a strike to Adam Franek in the end zone for a quick 7-0 lead.

“They’re a very aggressive defense and fast, and what they see they react very quickly,” Brodowicz said. “That’s why we called (the halfback pass) early in the first quarter because we had to slow them down.”

Havelock (10-1) answered with some explosiveness of its own, producing gains of 46 yards through the air and 22 yards on the ground before Kamarro Edmonds tied the game with a 2-yard touchdown run.

But that was the last time the Rams, who came into the championship matchup averaging better than 50 points per game, were able to get near the end zone.

Some of the credit for Havelock’s offensive woes can be attributed to Charlotte Catholic and a defense led by seniors Barbee and Connor Dougherty.

It also didn’t help that star running back Edmonds was playing at less than 100% after suffering an ankle injury late in the first half.

“We just couldn’t get any footing defensively,” Havelock coach Allen Wooten said. “I told people controlling the tempo would be huge. They limited our possessions, and we just couldn’t put it in the end zone. Hats off to them defensively.”

The Cougars got what turned out to be the winning touchdown on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Boyle to tight end Jack Larsen.

1A: Murphy 14, Northside-Pinetown 7 The Bulldogs won their 10th state championship overall and the ninth for David Gentry, the winningest coach in NCHSAA history, by limiting Northside-Pinetown to only six first downs and 198 total yards.

Murphy (10-1) got all the offense it needed on a 2-yard run by Ty Laney at the

end of an 11-play, 88-yard drive that used up most of the first quarter and a 55-yard touchdown pass from Kellen Rumfelt to Isra Smith just before halftime. Rumfelt finished the game with 254 passing yards.

The Rams (8-3) got their only points on a 73-yard run by James Gorham, the state’s leading rusher, midway through the third quarter.

2A: Salisbury 42, St. Pauls 14 Quarterback Vance Honeycutt threw for four touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Hornets (9-2) to their fourth state title.

Salisbury started fast, jumping out to a 14-0 lead on Honeycutt’s first two scoring runs, before St. Pauls (8-1) answered back with two touchdowns of its own — on a 14-yard pass from Waltay Jackson to Mikail Breeden and a fumble recovery in the end zone by Daekwon Payne.

The Bulldogs’ hopes for their first state championship unraveled late in the first half after JyMikaah Wells and Honeycutt ran for touchdowns just under three minutes apart. Salisbury kept the momentum going into the second half by outscoring St. Pauls 14-0 over the final two periods.

4AA: Vance 35, Rolesville 14 Like Charlotte Catholic, Vance is a repeat champion. But unlike those other Cougars, this group won’t be able to defend its title next season — at least under the same name. The school will be rebranded under the name of Julius L. Chambers in the fall.

Quarterback Austin Grier was the star of the show for Vance (9-1) by throwing for 200 yards and three touchdowns.

The Rams, playing in their first state final, stayed close through the first half, trailing only 20-14 behind a pair of scoring passes from quarterback Byrum Brown. But a 27-yard pass from Grier to Asuani Allen followed by a 43-yard Allen run blew the game open.

Vance ran up 531 total yards, including 331 on the ground, while holding Rolesville (6-1) to just 67 yards and sacking Brown four times.

CHAPEL HILL — The Tarboro Vikings and East Surry Cardinals have had a monopoly on the state 1AA title game over the last few years.

East Surry has been in the game every year since 2018, while Tarboro started its streak a year earlier with a state title win over Mount Airy.

This year’s game, Saturday at UNC’s Kenan Stadium, was the rubber match. The Vikings won the first meeting, 50-10, in 2018, but East Surry evened the score the following year with a 56-28 decision. This season, Tarboro took a low-scoring battle, winning a 25-7 decision.

“It feels great,” Tarboro coach Jeff Craddock, who won his sixth state crown and Tarboro’s seventh in school history, said on the field after the win. “We came up short last year against the same team. They have a classy group over there. We have so much respect for East Surry, over the last three years, getting to know them.

Losing last year was a bitter pill for us to swallow, but it’s hard to win them all. Coming back to win was special.”

East Surry opened the game with a 40-yard kick return, but the drive stalled and the Cardinals missed a field goal. Tarboro then scored touchdowns on three straight possessions, including drives of nearly 5½ minutes and more than 10 minutes, eating up most of the firsthalf clock and taking an 18-0 lead into the break.

“We gave up some yards rushing, but I was fine with that,” Craddock said, “because the clock became our friend in the second half.”

Tarboro attempted only five passes and completed two, just one for positive yardage.

The Vikings gained 312 yards on the ground, however, rushing for nearly 6 yards per carry.

Tobias Joyner led the way with 179 yards on the ground and two touchdowns — one for 56 yards and the other for 31.

The two schools put a bow on their trilogy for the near future. East Surry moves up to 2A next season. It marks just the second time in state history that the same two schools have met for the title three straight years and the first time since 1931 to 1933.

Tarboro finished 9-0. East Surry fell to 9-2.

2A: Reidsville 35, Mountain Heritage 6 Reidsville added to its crowded trophy case, rolling past Mountain Heritage for its third straight state title and 19th overall, a North Carolina record. Entering the game with a dominant offense featuring nine all-conference performers among the 11 starters, Reidsville hadn’t scored fewer than six touchdowns in a game this year, averaging 51.1 points per game.

Mountain Heritage attempted to control the clock with long possessions, a strategy that succeeded. The Cougars had a commanding 32:24 to 15:36 edge in time of possession and held the Rams to a season-low 35 points, 16 points below their average.

The problem was that Reidsville didn’t need long to score, producing touchdown catches of 69 and 53 yards, as well as a 61-yard run.

Kyle Pinnix completed 12 of 14 passes for three scores and ran for 91 yards and another touchdown. Reidsville had its highest-scoring state title game since 2016, while Mountain Heritage lost in its second trip to the game and first since 2009. Reidsville finished 10-0, while Mountain Heritage ended the year at 7-2.

3AA: Mount Tabor 24, Cleveland 16 Lance Patterson scored three times in three different ways to outscore Cleveland on his own and lead Mount Tabor to its first state title and cap off an undefeated season for the Spartans.

The junior pulled in a 70-yard pass from Tyress McIntyre for the game’s first touchdown, then he broke a tie in the second quarter with a 7-yard touchdown run. The receiver also lined up as defensive back on the other side of the ball and returned a fumble 31 yards in the third quarter for Mount Tabor’s final touchdown. Patterson had 102 receiving yards, 71 on the ground and 36 kick return yards, not to mention the fumble return.

Mount Tabor finished 11-0 while Cleveland lost its first game to fall to 10-1. The top-seeded Rams were playing in the state title game for the first time, after storming past Southern Durham, Lee County and Clayton by a combined 136-37 score. No. 2 Mount Tabor earned its third berth and first since 2007.

4A: Grimsley 28, Cardinal Gibbons 8

Left, Havelock’s Kamron Hoover intercepts a Charlotte Catholic pass intended for Ryan Henley during the NCHSAA 3A title game at Carter-Finley Stadium on Friday. The Cougars were able to top the Rams 14-7, giving Charlotte Catholic its fourth straight state championship. Top right, The Vance High School football team poses after winning the NCHSAA 4AA state title Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. Bottom right, Charlotte Catholic quarterback Sean Boyle throws a pass during his team’s NCHSAA 3A title game win over Havelock at Carter-Finley Stadium on Friday.

Caleb Curtain had two of Grimsley’s four interceptions, including a fourth-quarter picksix, as the Whirlies earned their first state title since 1960, two years before the school changed its name from Greensboro High.

Three of Grimsley’s interceptions set up touchdowns. Nate Crawford took a pick to the Gibbons 24 with 27 seconds remaining in the half, giving the Whirlies a 14-2 lead at the break. Curtain’s first interception stopped a Gibbons drive at the 8 late in the third quarter, and Grimsley went 92 yards for the score on the ensuing drive to go up 21-2. Curtain then took a fourth-quarter interception 38 yards to the house to cap the scoring.

Grimsley finished off a 10-0 season and returned to the title game for the first time since 2005. Gibbons finished 9-1 and lost in the state championship for the second straight time.

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Heels claim 3rd straight NCAA field hockey crown Erin Matson’s goal in sudden-death overtime gave Carolina its ninth national title

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal WINNING NATIONAL championships has become a common occurrence for the North Carolina field hockey team.

Sunday’s 4-3 overtime victory against Michigan was the Tar Heels’ third in a row and ninth overall, tying them with Old Dominion for the most in NCAA history.

This one, however, was different from the others.

The fact that it was earned in Chapel Hill, in front of a supportive home crowd in a new stadium named in honor of coach Karen Shelton, made this title just a little more special than the others.

“We did it on the big stage and on our home field,” Shelton said after the dramatic win. “We knew it would be a bit of an advantage to have the chance to play at home.

We didn’t have to travel, we’re comfortable on this field, we had a home crowd.

“There was a lot going for us, and Michigan almost overcame all those things. I’m just proud of our kids for hanging on, performing well and getting the goal when we needed to in overtime.”

Erin Matson, the nation’s leading scorer, got the title-clinching goal

just under six minutes into the extra period.

The junior forward took a pass from teammate Eva Smolenaars off a penalty corner, started to her right then reversed field to the right before firing a backhand shot past Wolverines goalie Anna Spieker and being mobbed by her Tar Heels teammates.

It was her second goal of the game and 29th of the season, and it gave UNC its first on-campus national title since Mia Hamm led the school’s women’s soccer team to a 6-0 win against George Mason in 1993.

“We never practice going on my reverse, but I did it,” Matson said of her game-winning shot selection.

“I knew to keep it flat, and it just worked.

“It was a full team effort. It was great and we were able to celebrate after, although I did not like being at the bottom of the dogpile. Me and (freshman back Ciana) Riccardo were screaming, ‘Get off! Get off!’

Now we look back and laugh.”

UNC (19-1) also got goals from Bryn Boylan and Mia Leonhardt but couldn’t hold onto a 3-1 lead after giving up a pair of late third-quarter goals.

Despite having lost all five previous championship appearances decided in overtime, Shelton and her Tar Heels remained confident heading into the 7-on-7 sudden-death extra period.

“We’ve been in a lot of pressure situations in 7v7, we know what

HURRICANES from page B1

Special Teams

en, who played just 21 games this season due to a concussion.

Edge: Hurricanes

Entering Tuesday night’s games, the Hurricanes ranked second in the NHL on the power play (25.6%) and third on the penalty kill (85.2%). Comparatively, Nashville’s power play has converted at a 17.6& rate (24th) and the penalty kill is third-worst in the league at 75.4%. Enough said.

Edge: Hurricanes, by a lot

Defense It will be a matchup of two of the best defenses in hockey.

Roman Josi, the captain and last year’s Norris Trophy winner, leads the team in every which way, but he’s not alone on the Preds’ blue line. Mattias Ekholm and Ryan Ellis round out a top three as good as any, and Nashville has some physical options in Ben Harpur and Erik Gudbranson.

If healthy, Carolina’s defense is even better. Dougie Hamilton is among the league leaders in scoring from the back end, while Brett Pesce and Brady Skjei have made a formidable shutdown pair. The question mark is Jaccob Slavin, who left Saturday’s game against the Predators and did not play Monday. If he’s unable to play, it will drastically change the outlook of the series.

Edge: Even Goaltending In name recognition, the Predators have an edge with Juuse Saros — a potential Vezina Trophy finalist with a 2.28 goals-against average and .927 save percentage — and the aging but legendary Pekka Rinne.

On paper, however, it’s Carolina’s two top goalies who have been elite.

Alex Nedeljkovic leads the league in goals-against average (1.90) and save percentage (.932), while Petr Mrazek’s numbers are nearly as good (2.06, .923) despite him being limited to 12 games this season due to injury.

Edge: Even

MCILROY from page B1 — but he was quick to say a victory brought validation.

Locked in a tight race among Keith Mitchell, Gary Woodland and then Ancer, McIlroy delivered the goods on the back nine.

He holed a 10-foot par putt on the par-3 13th. He got up and down for birdie with splendid bunker shots on the reachable par-4 14th and the par-5 15th.

He won for the 19th time on the PGA Tour, and 27th time worldwide.

“This is one of my favorite places in the world,” said McIlroy, who picked up his first PGA Tour title at Charlotte’s Quail Hollow in 2010. “To break the drought and win here, it’s awesome.”

It was a tough finish for Mitch-

Intangibles The Predators have a lot of players who like to get under their opponents’ skin, and that can make a difference in a long playoff series. But the Hurricanes have added more sandpaper this season with the additions of Cedric Paquette and Jani Hakanpaa, and Jordan Martinook had seven hits Monday in his first game back from injury.

Carolina also has a frontrunner for coach of the year in Rod Brind’Amour, while Nashville’s John Hynes has made the playoffs just twice in seven seasons behind an NHL bench, compiling a 2-7 postseason record.

Edge: Hurricanes The series Nashville has had a good second half of the season, but let’s not overlook the obvious: The Predators won just a combined seven games this year against the Central Division’s three other playoff teams, and a pair of them were against Carolina in the last two games when the Hurricanes were already in rest-and-prepare mode.

The Hurricanes are just too good for the Predators, and this one should mercifully be over quickly.

Prediction: Hurricanes in 5

ell, who started the final round with a two-shot lead and quickly stretched it to three shots with a 6-iron out of a fairway bunker into a stiffening breeze to 12 feet for birdie.

But his short game let him down all day, leading to bogeys on the fifth and sixth holes that cost him the lead, and on the 14th hole and 15th holes when he had to settle for pars after being in position for birdies.

Mitchell needed to finish alone in second to qualify for the PGA Championship through the money list. But he dropped a shot on the 17th and closed with a 72 to tie for third with Viktor Hovland, who had a 67.

“Shows you how awesome he is as a player because he didn’t have his best today and he still

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UNC field hockey’s Erin Matson, the nation’s leading scorer, had the game-winning goal in sudden-death overtime to give the Tar Heels a 4-3 victory over Michigan for the school’s third straight NCAA title. we’re looking for and we try to wait for those opportunities to open up,” said the UNC coach, whose team was undefeated in seven overtime games during the split 2020-21 season.

“It could have gone either way. It was a tough, tough battle, probably the toughest we’ve played in a long time.”

Although Sunday’s victory was earned in 2021, the prize for winning is officially considered the 2020 national title.

It put a happy exclamation point on a difficult season disrupted by COVID-19.

The Tar Heels got started last September when the ACC decided

to play a conference-only schedule in the fall despite the NCAA’s decision to move its field hockey and soccer championships to the spring.

They played 11 games in 2020, finishing with a 4-2 win against Louisville in the ACC Tournament final. Then, after taking four months off, the Tar Heels picked back up in March without missing a beat.

“It was a challenge for every team,” Matson said. “Everyone involved put in a lot of hard work and a lot of dedication to make sure that we could keep each other’s backs and know that we had 100% trust and support throughout the team.

“Even though in the third quarter

we had a little dip, we just stuck together, played Carolina hockey and came out on top. That just goes to show that the whole season, fall and spring, we stuck together working towards a common goal.”

It’s an accomplishment senior goalkeeper Amanda Hendry called “surreal.”

“I want to hope for the best, but I’m a pessimist at heart, so every single time I come out I’m like, ‘There’s no way.’ And then it happens again,” said Hendry, one of several UNC players to have been on all three championship teams since 2018. “I still can’t believe it. I still can’t believe we won the first one, let alone this one.”

ACC right at home in Cary College Cups The men’s and women’s soccer final fours feature five league teams

By Shawn Krest North State Journal THE NCAA College Cups for men’s and women’s soccer will be both be decided this weekend in Cary.

Cary is certainly no stranger to the NCAA championships in the sport. This is the ninth time in the last 18 years the women have settled their tournament in Cary and the sixth time in 16 years the men’s College Cup has been held there.

This year, however, due to the pandemic, Cary has been the host for the entire tournament, reducing travel and giving the NCAA a central location for testing. While there have been games played in the surrounding area in North Carolina, Wake Med Soccer Park has been the men’s and women’s college soccer capital for this season.

Playing on familiar territory has certainly helped the teams the ACC. The league will be heavily represented in both championships. More than half of the eight teams— two of the four men and three of the four women — hail from the ACC. The women will get things started with their final four teams playing in the national semifinals on Thursday. It will be tough to miss the ACC, which makes up 75% of the remaining field and has a spot in the championship game guaranteed.

The league’s success can’t just be attributed to home cooking, however. The league’s teams have combined for 54 Cup appearances, more than double any other conference. It’s the third time in the

won and that’s why he’s got majors and a bunch of wins,” Mitchell said.

McIlroy could have done without the drama on the 18th. With a two-shot lead, his drive went left of the winding stream into a deep hole of shaggy grass near the water. He started to try to gouge it out toward the fairway when Diamond stepped in to offer a few alternatives.

They picked the right one — a penalty drop that limited any chaos, and McIlroy delivered a winner. His 2-foot par putt brought out one of the loudest cheers of a day filled with them.

The Wells Fargo Championship had more energy than any tournament since golf returned from the pandemic.

Just what McIlroy needed.

history of the event that a trio of teams from the ACC has crashed the College Cup. The league also had three of the four semifinalists in 2011 and 2013.

It’s interesting to note that in both of those previous seasons the fourth, non-ACC team emerged with the title.

Florida State and Virginia will play in an all-ACC semifinal on Thursday.

The top seed in their region, the Seminoles shut out Milwaukee and beat Penn State 3-1 to advance to the regional championship, where they beat fellow ACC member Duke on penalty kicks.

That earned FSU a spot in its 11th College Cup, tied for third-most in history, and first since 2018. Florida State is one of six teams in history with multiple women’s soccer titles, winning in 2014 and 2018.

Virginia is a surprise team in the semifinals. The Cavaliers beat Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in the opening round, then upset No. 12 seed BYU, shut out Rice and upset No. 4 seed TCU to advance to their fourth Cup and first since 2014.

In the other national semifinal, the North Carolina Tar Heels will face Santa Clara. The Heels have won more than half (21 of 38) of all women’s soccer titles, although they haven’t taken home a title since 2012.

Carolina has been plagued by near misses in recent years. This is the fourth Cup appearance in five years for the Heels, and UNC advanced to the title game the last two seasons only to watch someone else celebrate. The second-seeded Heels are on a mission, shutting out Denver, Washington and Texas A&M to reach the final weekend of the season.

Santa Clara is the lone hope for the rest of the nation. The Broncos

are making their 11th trip to the College Cup and first since 2004.

They won the 2001 title. A No. 11 seed, Santa Clara beat Ohio State, upset No. 6 Arkansas and prevented a clean sweep by the ACC by taking out Clemson in the regional championship.

A pair of ACC teams are in the men’s College Cup, marking the second straight year the ACC has accomplished that feat. The league has sent at least one team to 19 of the last 20 Cups and has won 17 titles, including seven of the last 15.

The Tar Heels will be trying for a men’s/women’s sweep of the soccer championships, a feat last accomplished by Stanford in 2017.

UNC escaped a penalty kick shootout with Charlotte to open its run, then upset No. 4 seed Stanford and No. 5 Wake Forest to reach its ninth Cup and first since 2017. The Heels won titles in 2001 and 2011.

Carolina will face Marshall in Friday’s national semifinal. The Thundering Herd upset No. 1 seed Clemson and defending champion Georgetown to reach its first College Cup. The other ACC representative, Pitt, is also making its first Cup appearance. The Panthers are the 11th league team to reach the Cup and hope to be the seventh to win a title. Pittsburgh, the No. 2 seed, outscored its three opponents 13-1 to reach this point.

They’ll play No. 3 Indiana on Friday. The Hoosiers are making their 21st Cup appearance and first since 2018. They’ve won eight titles, most recently in 2012, which is the second most in men’s soccer history. Indiana had a scare to open the tourney, getting taken to penalty kicks by St. Francis of Brooklyn. They’ve cruised past Marquette and Seton Hall since.

Both championship games will be held on May 17.

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The PGA Tour returned to Charlotte’s Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte for the Wells Fargo Championship last week after taking a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions through economic and financial means. Diplomacy has obviously not worked to bring China into the civilized world of 21st century health, hygiene and fair trade. Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame or express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what totalitarian governments do. They take advantage of every weakness they find in adversaries and keep pushing until they win or the adversaries push back.

That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986. Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1989.

Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl.

Senators in Washington are already talking about the possibility of China forgiving $1.2 trillion in debt we owe them as one way to get China to “pay” for the damage they have caused the US. Don’t hold your breath waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen but ask your elected representatives to hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for this disaster.

It is about time they are expected to operate as responsible citizens of the world like any other modern nation.

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ncdot CASH REPORT For the week ending 5/7 Total Cash & Bond Proceeds:

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Tyson raising pay to keep up as US chicken demand soars Springdale, Ark. Tyson Foods says it’s raising wages to combat absenteeism and worker turnover at its plants as U.S. demand for chicken soars. The Springdale, Arkansas-based company, which processes 20% of U.S. beef, chicken and pork, said Monday that absentee rates are around 50% higher than they were before the pandemic.

Government stimulus payments and enhanced unemployment benefits have made it harder to keep some workers, the company said. Health concerns and child-care issues have also been a factor. The staffing issues hurt production just as restaurants are reopening and demand for chicken is soaring.

KFC, McDonald’s and Wendy’s all introduced crispy chicken sandwiches in January and February. Smashburger followed with a hot chicken sandwich last month. Tyson said annual servings per capita of chicken sandwiches at U.S. restaurants are up 14%, and the company’s overall sales rose nearly 4% to $11.3 billion in the second quarter. That was ahead of Wall Street’s forecasts, according to analysts polled by FactSet. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Medicare requires nursing homes to report COVID vaccinations Washington, D.C. Medicare will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates for residents and staff, the government said Tuesday, in what officials hope will be an incentive for facilities to keep giving shots even as the worst ravages of the pandemic ease. The agency expects to start receiving vaccination numbers from nursing homes in the coming weeks and plans to post the information on the internet so residents and families can easily access the details. Nursing homes are now required to report COVID-19 cases and deaths but not vaccinations. A relatively small number of facilities provide the data voluntarily to the government. People living in long-term care facilities have borne a heavy toll from the pandemic. They represent about 1% of the U.S. population but accounted for 1 in 3 deaths, according to estimates from the COVID Tracking Project. Cases and deaths have plummeted after the government launched a concerted effort to vaccinate residents and staff, and facilities have begun reopening to family visits after a year of lockdowns.

Nursing homes are already required to report rates of flu vaccination, but until the new requirements were issued Tuesday, there was no similar requirement for COVID-19 vaccines.

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Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to US children as young as 12 The Associated Press U.S. regulators on Monday expanded the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12, offering a way to protect the nation’s adolescents before they head back to school in the fall and paving the way for them to return to more normal activities.

Shots could begin as soon as Thursday, after a federal vaccine advisory committee issues recommendations for using the twodose vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds.

An announcement is expected Wednesday.

Most COVID-19 vaccines worldwide have been authorized for adults. Pfizer’s vaccine is being used in multiple countries for teens as young as 16, and Canada recently became the first to expand use to 12 and up. Parents, school administrators and public health officials elsewhere have eagerly awaited approval for the shot to be made available to more kids.

“This is a watershed moment in our ability to fight back the COVID-19 pandemic,” Dr. Bill Gruber, a Pfizer senior vice president who’s also a pediatrician, told The Associated Press.

The Food and Drug Administration declared that the Pfizer vaccine is safe and offers strong protection for younger teens based on testing of more than 2,000 U.S. volunteers ages 12 to 15. The agency noted there were no cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated adolescents compared with 16 among kids given dummy shots. More intriguing, researchers found the kids developed higher levels of virus-fighting antibodies than earlier studies measured in young adults.

The younger teens received the same vaccine dosage as adults and had the same side effects, mostly sore arms and flu-like fever, chills or aches that signal a revved-up

TED S. WARREN | AP PHOTO

This Jan. 24, 2021, file photo shows a vial of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 in Seattle. immune system, especially after the second dose.

Pfizer’s testing in adolescents “met our rigorous standards,” FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said. “Having a vaccine authorized for a younger population is a critical step in continuing to lessen the immense public health burden caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech recently requested similar authorization in the European Union, with other countries to follow.

The latest news is welcome for U.S. families struggling to decide what activities are safe to resume when the youngest family members remain unvaccinated.

“I can’t feel totally comfortable because my boys aren’t vaccinated,” said Carrie Vittitoe, a substitute teacher and freelance writer in Louisville, Kentucky, who is fully vaccinated, as are her husband and 17-year-old daughter.

The FDA decision means her 13-year-old son soon could be eligible, leaving only her 11-year-old son unvaccinated. The family has not yet resumed going to church, and summer vacation will be a road trip so they do not have to get on a plane.

“We can’t really go back to normal because two-fifths of our family don’t have protection,” Vittitoe said.

President Joe Biden said Monday’s decision marked another important step in the nation’s march back to regular life.

“The light at the end of the tunnel is growing, and today it got a little brighter,” Biden said in a statement.

Pfizer is not the only company seeking to lower the age limit for its vaccine. Moderna recently said preliminary results from its study in 12- to 17-year-olds show strong protection and no serious side effects. Another U.S. company, Novavax, has a COVID-19 vac-

Weak jobs report spurs new arguments over big fed spending

By Josh Boak The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden insists an unexpected slowdown in companies’ hiring is clear new proof the U.S. needs the multitrillion-dollar federal boost he’s pushing. But his sales effort is challenged by critics who say Friday’s jobless figures show his earlier aid legislation — successfully rushed through Congress — is actually doing more harm than good.

Biden’s promised economic comeback hardly stalled on Friday. But it seemed to sputter a bit with a report that found merely modest April job gains of 266,000 and complicated his new $4 trillion push for infrastructure, education and children.

The employment report failed to show that the U.S. economy was accelerating so much as stutter-stepping along as the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.1%.

Economists had projected roughly one million added jobs last month, and the modest hiring indicated that the earlier $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package has provided an uneven boost so far.

The figures present Biden with a fresh challenge at a critical moment in his presidency. He is betting that an open embrace of massive government spending will help resolve the nation’s public health and financial turmoil — and lift the political prospects for Democrats heading into next year’s elections. But the disappointing jobs numbers could also embolden his critics and stiffen the Republican resistance to the infrastructure package Biden is trying to push through Congress.

Addressing the report, Biden sought to ease concerns.

“We knew this wouldn’t be a sprint—it’d be a marathon,” he said. The pandemic relief package “was designed to help us over the course of a year, not 60 days.

A year. We never thought that after the first 50 or 60 days everything would be fine. Today, there’s more evidence our economy is moving in the right direction. But it’s clear we have a long way to go.”

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Hiring signs are posted outside a gas station in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pa., Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

Biden’s opponents say the legislation actually worsened problems in at least one way, with expanded unemployment benefits that gave the jobless a reason to stay at home instead of seeking work.

The president said the jobs data don’t show that. And advocates for his plans argue that the report shows more spending is needed to sustain the economy.

There are also issues of supply shortages — for computer chips, lumber and more — that are holding back growth, a reminder that the world’s largest economy seldom bends perfectly to the wishes of lawmakers.

The fate of the president’s agenda may depend on how the public processes and understands the April jobs report in the coming weeks, said Jon Lieber, a managing director at the Eurasia Group, a political risk advisory and consulting firm.

“Are the Republicans able to seize on this as, ‘This is what happens when the government gets involved in the economy and screws things up?’ Or, does the

public see this as the need for more government support?” Lieber said. “That’s the argument for the next month.”

One clear takeaway across partisan lines was a need for caution in interpretation. A single monthly report can be volatile. The three-month average of job gains is still a healthy 524,000.

Michael Strain, an economist at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, noted that many businesses have said they cannot find workers to hire despite increases in hourly pay.

Strain said he plans to monitor upcoming reports to see if that pattern holds in what could be a troubling sign for Biden’s vision of how to generate growth through government spending.

“If we continue to hear a growing chorus of businesses complaining about worker shortages and if wages continue to rise, then it will be tempting to conclude that a lot of the 8 million jobs we are currently missing aren’t coming back,” Strain said.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which represents busi-

cine in late-stage development and just began a study in 12- to 17-year-olds.

Next up is testing whether the vaccine works for even younger children. Both Pfizer and Moderna have begun U.S. studies in children ages 6 months to 11 years.

Those studies explore whether babies, preschoolers and elementary-age kids will need different doses than teens and adults. Gruber said Pfizer expects its first results in the fall.

Outside of the U.S., AstraZeneca is studying its vaccine among 6- to 17-year-olds in Britain. And in China, Sinovac recently announced that it has submitted preliminary data to Chinese regulators showing its vaccine is safe in children as young as 3.

Children are far less likely than adults to get seriously ill from COVID-19, yet they represent nearly 14% of the nation’s coronavirus cases. At least 296 have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. alone, and more than 15,000 have been hospitalized, according to a tally by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

That’s not counting the toll of family members becoming ill or dying -- or the disruption to school, sports and other activities so crucial to children’s overall well-being.

The AAP welcomed the FDA’s decision.

“Our youngest generations have shouldered heavy burdens over the past year, and the vaccine is a hopeful sign that they will be able to begin to experience all the activities that are so important for their health and development,” said AAP President Dr. Lee Savio Beers in a statement.

Experts say children must get the shots if the country is to vaccinate the 70% to 85% of the population necessary to reach what’s called herd immunity.

In the meantime, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says unvaccinated people — including children — should continue taking precautions such as wearing masks indoors and keeping their distance from other unvaccinated people outside of their households.

nesses, put the blame squarely on the relatively generous unemployment benefits that Biden extended as part of his relief package. The group said the checks prevent people from accepting jobs.

“One step policymakers should take now is ending the $300 weekly supplemental unemployment benefit,” said Neil Bradley, chief policy officer at the Chamber. “Based on the Chamber’s analysis, the $300 benefit results in approximately one in four recipients taking home more in unemployment than they earned working.”

Jared Bernstein, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said he has heard companies say they’re struggling to find workers, but he didn’t see those concerns reflected in the jobs report. For example, restaurants and bars added 187,000 jobs last month even though workers in that relatively low-wage sector would, in theory, have an incentive to just collect unemployment.

The jobs report hinted at other factors that could strengthen Biden’s agenda. It showed losses for women, who were forced into caregiver roles for children and relatives because of the pandemic. The family demands stopped them from holding outside jobs.

There was a drop of 165,000 for women over the age of 20 last month who were holding or seeking jobs. By contrast, men saw gains of 355,000 in labor force participation.

One way to bring women back could be Biden’s plans to fund child care, create a national family leave program and expand the child tax credit through 2025 — the idea being that government action is needed to unlock the job market.

“When you start squinting at this data to figure out what is going on, it looks like you need more government to get past a labor shortage,” said Michael Madowitz, an economist at the liberal Center for American Progress.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi cited the “disappointing” jobs report as proof that Biden’s $4 trillion agenda must be approved quickly.

“The evidence is clear that the economy demands urgent action, and Congress will not be deterred or delayed from delivering transformational investments for the people,” the Democratic congressional leader said.

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2021 GMC Sierra HD Denali

PHOTOS COURTESY OF GMC

A monster truck for towing in style You don’t really care about fuel economy, right?

mous, which is probably a point in its favor if you’re the target market for this truck.

The exterior of the Denali HD is where things really shine. The masBy Jordan Golson sive, enormous, gigantic, stupenNorth State Journal dous, monumental chrome grille SAN DIEGO — I’ve driv- is jaw-droppingly imposing. GMC en a lot of large vehicles, but it’s says on its marketing website that hard to overstate how enormous it’s “engineered to be large and in a heavy-duty truck is these days. charge” and was “built big so you These are the 2500/3500 variants can tow big.”

Subtle this ain’t, and the best way of the big pickups from Ford, RAM, to illustrate that is to Chevrolet and GMC. park it next to the GMC I heard from one of Yukon Denali, which the big three that while somehow looks diminsomething like 25 per- The massive, utive next to its bigger cent of half-ton, medibrother. When someum-duty truck owners enormous, thing can make a Yukon (AKA the 1500-vari- gigantic, look small, you know it’s ants) tow once per stupendous, monstrously large. month, a whopping 75 Take a jog around percent of heavy-du- monumental ty 3/4- and 1-ton truck chrome grille is the back of the Sierra HD, and you’ll find owners do.

GMC’s terrific six-funcThat’s an awful lot jaw-droppingly tion MultiPro tailgate, of towing, and it’s the imposing. which makes the bed big dividing point beeasier to load and untween the 1500 and load. While you’re there, 2500/3500 truck buyers. Whether it’s horse trailers, take a look at all the different camcampers, toy haulers, construction eras looking every which way to equipment, a whole bunch of cows, make your life easier when towing or agriculture products, big Amer- or just trying to fit into a parking ican pickup trucks can get the job spot at Costco.

The Denali HD comes standard done.

That’s why the big truckmakers with a slew of helpful safety and use such sturdy language for their convenience features, including slogans: Guts. Glory. Ram.; Built park assist, blind-spot monitoring, Ford Tough; Professional Grade. lane departure warning and autoYou can almost feel the testoster- matic emergency braking. Notably missing is adaptive cruise control, one surging.

But it’s more than just heavy which is a painful miss that will trailers and rugged capabilities that hopefully be rectified in the next people want from a truck. While update.

But where the exterior is excelsome might opt for a luxurious auto like a Mercedes-Benz or a BMW, lent, the interior falls a bit flat. If there are plenty of well-to-do truck you never looked at a competitor buyers too. Truckmakers have been truck’s interior, the GMC Sierra HD only too willing to sell lux trucks to is fine — but it’s just not up to snuff anyone who will buy them, and the compared to what else is out there.

The 8-inch screen is tiny compared sky’s the limit.

This brings us to my test vehi- to what you can get from RAM, but cle this week: the 2021 GMC Sier- that’s not to say it’s a bad setup.

I’ll just say that it’ll be a good day ra HD Denali, weighing in at a really-quite-reasonable $69,305. for GMC truck buyers when the SiThat’s a whopping 14 grand less erra HD gets updated with the inthan the GMC Yukon Denali I test- terior from the new Yukon.

That said, the dated interior ed a few months back and for a hasn’t seemed to slow sales. These whole lot more capability.

But what do you get for your 70 trucks are flying off of dealer lots, large? In my case, a 6.6-liter V8 en- and with good reason. The Sierra gine making 401 horsepower and HD is gorgeous and incredibly ca464 lb-ft of torque. That’s nothing pable, and the hood scoop that’s alto sneeze at, but the $10,000 die- most at eye-level with me when I sel option ups the torque figure to a stand in front of it is actually funcdeeply impressive 910 lb-ft if you’re tional. That’s not really relevant to the sales numbers, but I thought it towing particularly hefty stuff.

But if you don’t need to tow five worth mentioning because it’s so figures of weight with regulari- cool.

The GMC Sierra HD is enorty, the gas engine is excellent, and you save a boatload of money. Sure, mous, slathered in chrome, seats your fuel economy will be a bit low- four in serious comfort, and is, for er with the gasoline option, but what you get, a relatively reasonanyone buying this truck honest- ably priced truck. Perhaps that’s ly doesn’t care about fuel economy. why GMC dealers are selling them The EPA doesn’t even measure the as fast as they can get them from fuel economy because it’s so enor- the factory.

JORDAN GOLSON | NORTH STATE JOURNAL

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Couple behind Raleigh jewelry shop announce their second act

By Elizabeth Lincicome North State Journal

WARNER BROS. PICTURES VIA AP, LEFT, AND NETFLIX VIA AP

This combination photo shows promotional art for the films “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” premiering Friday on HBO Max, left, and “The Woman in the Window,” premiering Friday on Netflix.

New this week: Angelina Jolie thrills and Black Keys rock The Associated Press HERE’S A COLLECTION curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.

Movies — After a bit of a hiatus from action films, Angelina Jolie is back in the thriller “Those Who Wish Me Dead” as a Montana smoke jumper who comes across a 12-year-old boy (Finn Little) on the run and in need of help. Director Taylor Sheridan, the Oscar-nominated writer of “Hell or High Water” and co-creator of the TV series “Yellowstone,” told the AP that the film was “very on-brand” for him and his proclivity for stories about vengeance and the American West. Available Friday on HBO Max for 31 days, “Those Who Wish Me Dead” costars Nicholas Hoult, Jon Bernthal and Tyler Perry.

— This week also sees the long-awaited release of director Joe Wright’s “The Woman in the Window” adaptation, starring Amy Adams as an agoraphobic psychologist who becomes obsessed with solving a crime she sees from her window. It’s a film that has everything going for it in terms of pedigree. Tracy Letts wrote the adaptation of A.J. Finn’s bestseller and it costars Gary Oldman, Brian Tyree Henry, Julianne Moore, Anthony Mackie and Jennifer Jason Leigh. But it’s also seen several setbacks, with delays due to bad test screenings, re-editing and the pandemic before the studio eventually sold it to Netflix, where it debuts Friday. Has it been salvaged? Will it be a disaster? Wright has had more triumphs than missteps over the years, so regardless it’s worth a shot and it won’t even cost the price of a movie ticket to try.

— Or over on Amazon Prime and Hulu starting Wednesday, you can catch up with “Saint Maud,” Rose Glass’s haunting debut about a pious nurse (Morfydd Clark) who has decided she must save the soul of one of her patients (Jennifer Ehle). I may have been a little less zealous about the film than many of my peers, but even so it’s an accomplished first film and there are some chilling images and visionary sequences that’ll stick with you long after.

Music — The Black Keys are honoring the Mississippi hill country blues standards they loved as teens before becoming a band.

Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney are releasing the 11-track covers album, “Delta Kream,” on Friday. It was recorded at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville and includes their versions of “Crawling Kingsnake” and “Poor Boy a Long Way from Home,” among others.

— St. Vincent is returning Friday with her new album, which was produced by Jack Antonoff. The pair worked together on 2017’s “MassEducation,” winning the best rock

song Grammy for the title track.

They reunite on the 70s-influenced “Daddy’s Home,” which was inspired by St. Vincent’s father’s release from prison in 2019. The album includes the singles “Pay Your Way in Pain” and “The Melting of the Sun.” — Get ready for Alan Jackson’s new album, packed with 21 songs. The country icon will release “Where Have You Gone” on Friday. The album includes the tracks “Way Down in My Whiskey,” “Things That Matter,” “Where Have You Gone” and “You’ll Always Be My Baby (Written for Daughters’ Weddings),” a song Jackson wrote for his daughter’s 2017 wedding but admitted “it was so hard to do.” The tune is dedicated to his three daughters – Mattie, Ali and Dani.

Television — Now’s your chance to catch up with FX’s dramedy “Breeders,” before the season wraps with episodes airing on Monday and May 17 (10 p.m. EST). Paul and Ally (Martin Freeman, Daisy Haggard), first introduced as the exhausted parents of pintsize kids in season one, have become the overwhelmed parents of a tween and teen, with a turning point in store for Paul and 13-year-old Luke (Alex Eastwood). As creator Simon Blackwell explains, the season’s story arc was built around a father-son scene in the closing minutes of the penultimate episode — what Blackwell describes as “a shocking moment that redefines their entire relationship in a second.”

— Vanessa Williams hosts PBS’ “Great Performances: The Arts Interrupted,” part of the #PBSForTheArts initiative honoring the “resiliency of the arts in America” during the pandemic and amid the country’s gradual reopening. The special includes survival stories from arts organizations across America, examples of innovative performances, and an exploration of how COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement have affected emerging artists. Performances by Renee Fleming; YoYo Ma; Ballet X in Philadelphia, and Broadway’s “Moulin Rouge” are featured on the program debuting Friday on public TV stations (check local listings for time) and at the PBS site and on the PBS Video app.

— Mitzi Gaynor’s verve brightened “South Pacific” and other 1950s movies that came at the tail end of Hollywood’s golden age of musicals. Gaynor then transferred her song-and-dance talent and charisma to the small screen, in a series of Emmy-winning specials in the 1960s and ‘70s. Eight remastered programs and a 2008 documentary about the shows will make their streaming debut Friday on services including Amazon, Pluto, Tubi and Crackle. The star, costumed to the hilt by designer Bob Mackie, welcomed guests including Carl Reiner, Suzanne Pleshette and Bob Hope. Gaynor, who turns 90 on Sept. 4, will mark the occasion with a new CD and digital release of music from the specials.

RALEIGH — Just as Americans begin to head out on the town again in a post-COVID lockdown world, the husband and wife owners of Booth Custom jewelry studio in Raleigh’s Five Points neighborhood has launched a new and exciting collection all their own.

“I am inspired by the idea that fine jewelry is personal,” says Lily Booth, who along with her husband Brian recently launched The Lily Booth Collection, an online venture. “I want the wearer to imbue it with their own essence and meaning.”

Unlike their flagship Booth Custom jewelry studio, which specializes in heirloom quality fine collectables, Lily says she has designed these latest pieces to wear more like heritage jewelry with a modern touch. “Think timeless rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets featuring gold, platinum, diamonds and other gemstones.” The new collection consists of luxurious, modern classics, born out of a passion for alluring patterns and rich textures.

The Lily Booth atelier exclusively employs only the most sustainable, and environmentally responsible materials available, including gold that has been recycled and diamonds that are conflict-free. Lily Booth says she is supported by a team of talented artisans and passionate craftspeople, who all play a huge role in bringing her designs to life.

The North State Journal recently spoke one-on-one with Lily and Brian, about what the past year has been like for them, and what they hope to see happen over the course of the next year as more and more restrictions are lifted and people look forward to dressing up again!

Q: Tell me about the history of this business? When did you first start it, and why did you choose Raleigh as your “home base?”

How many employees do you have?

We are a small family-owned atelier — typically less than 10 employees. My husband, Brian, was born in Raleigh and we decided to move here in 2008 to explore and be a part of the trend in small business growth we noticed in Raleigh and Durham at the time. My online collection showcases “heritage jewelry with a modern touch”. We also offer heirloom quality one-of-a-kind custom pieces and a small selection of estate jewelry by appointment.

NSJ: Where can readers find the new Lily Booth’s Collection?

The Lily Booth: The Lily Booth Collection is available on our website and Instagram. Many pieces may also be viewed at our Historic Five Points studio by appointment.

What is your target customer/audience/ demographic? Among what groups are you finding your company is most popular/ successful?

We have found a broad range of ages to be drawn to the collection. We find clients wanting to step out of the norm with more art focused and high-quality pieces. With a distinctly texture driven focus, many clients share how they are able to work pieces into their more classic jewelry box I’m thrilled to know how a few of my pieces can breathe new life into the cherished jewelry they already love. I want the pieces to stand the test of time and become treasured heirlooms to share with future generations.

In starting this company, what are your particular sources of inspiration and who have been some of your mentors along the way? Have you always been a jeweler/ artist of this sort?

Brian and I have both had mentors early in our jewelry careers who shared incredible knowledge and experience. This type of mentoring advanced our prog-

PHOTOS COURTESY OF LILY BOOTH

Bespoke heritage jewelry items designed by Lily Booth.

ress in this industry by decades. I have always been drawn to jewelry, whether collecting at antique shops or creating beaded pieces, and working with my hands.

I always wanted to garden, bake, cook or explore my environment and approached all of these pursuits with a desire to create beauty. After studying art history and fine art in college, I began exploring classes at a traditional German style jewelry school in San Francisco in the early 2000s. This is when my passion for art and the desire to create something I visualized really fused. I knew I had found my path.

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted your business? Did you have to put things on hold? Was there revenue loss? Employee layoffs?

tle more challenging. Our supply chain has also seemed to suffer, but our longer lead times make material sourcing less problematic. Overnight service has never been a focus of ours, and we feel that quality and much of the art making process take time. Most of our clients aren’t looking for a quick and fast “deal” and know what to expect before commissioning us.

Looking ahead...the Governor just announced he foresees lifting restrictions and maybe even mask mandates by June 1. In light of this news, what do you anticipate the next year being like for your business? What is our new normal?

We will continue to be by appointment until we meet or exceed our current goals, and see a future of Luckily, 6-9 months prior to the strong online sales. These busipandemic, we had already set ness practices helped us stabigoals to modernize our business. lize and focus independent of the Our commitment to launch and mandates and restrictions. Less grow my online store was very restrictions may allow for trunk much in line with what has been shows postponed last year, but necessary in these times. We have we are not in a rush to force anybeen grateful for the quiet mo- thing new. We are pleased with ments the pandemic has afford- our progress and have a great deal ed us to rethink our team, busi- of demand and independent work ness plan, and personal goals. I still left to do. If anything, the think everyone has had their own pandemic taught many of us to set of personal challenges, and we appreciate what we have and who were not immune. We have main- we are with more deeply. We have tained the size of our team, but no doubt this will continue to rehave exchanged skills that better mind clients to contact us when suit our current and future needs. they want something of qualiThe thing we miss most is the ty that is both unique and timedeficit in seeing our client’s faces less. The new normal was already more. We find email communi- in motion before the pandemic. cation and the pandemic life to be A strong online presence is im“clunky” and more sporadic than portant for all businesses, and we in the past. This can make the de- see it as a great way for my art to sign and production process a lit- reach collectors all over the world.

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Amid outcry, NBC says it will not air Golden Globes in 2022

By Jake Coyle The Associated Press NEW YORK — Amid growing pressure on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association from studios, stars and large swaths of the film industry, NBC said Monday that will not air the Golden Globes in 2022, putting in doubt the viability of one of Hollywood’s oldest and most-watched award shows.

Criticism of the HFPA, which puts on the Globes and has been denounced for a lack of diversity and for ethical impropriates, reached such a pitch Monday that Tom Cruise returned his three Globes to the press association’s headquarters, according to a person who was granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about the decision.

In a statement, NBC said it believes the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — which is facing possible boycotts over the inclusiveness of its membership from Netflix, Warner Bros. and many Hollywood actors — is committed to reform. But change can’t come quickly enough for next year’s Globes.

“However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right,” the network said. “As such, NBC will not air the 2022 Golden Globes. Assuming the organization executes on its plan, we are hopeful we will be in a position to air the show in January 2023.”

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, long a subject of ridicule from even its own telecast hosts, has come under fire following an investigative report in February by The Los Angeles Times that recounted the organization’s questionable record on diversity — including, presently, no Black members among its roughly 90 voting members.

The press association has pledged to thoroughly reform, and last week approved a plan to, among other things, diversity its membership. But that hasn’t stopped several studios from threatening to pull out of the Globes.

Signage promoting the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards and NBC appears in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Jan. 5, 2020.

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Last week, Netflix and Amazon Studios both said they would cut ties with the HFPA if it didn’t swiftly enact more drastic changes.

“We don’t believe these proposed new policies — particularly around the size and speed of membership growth — will tackle the HFPA’s systemic diversity and inclusion challenges, or the lack of clear standards for how your members should operate,” Netflix co-chief executive Ted Sarandos wrote in a letter to the group.

In a letter sent Sunday and shared with reporters Monday, WarnerMedia said it would cease holding screenings and other events for the HFPA until it made more substantial changes.

“For far too long, demands for perks, special favors and unprofessional requests have been made to our teams and to others across the industry,” WarnerMedia executives said in a letter. “We regret

that as an industry, we have complained, but largely tolerated this behavior until now.”

The outcry against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has gathered force over the last six weeks, as a film industry where racial and gender inequity long went unchecked has grown newly intolerant of the ways of the group, made up of mostly little-known journalists who profit considerably from the annual telecast.

Increasingly, Hollywood has abandoned the HFPA. A group of 100 entertainment publicity firms has said they would urge their clients to skip HFPA functions. Mark Ruffalo, a winner this year, recently said he “cannot feel proud or happy about being a recipient of this award” any longer. Scarlett Johansson said HFPA press conferences for her “meant facing sexist questions and remarks by certain HFPA members that bordered on sexual harassment.”

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association didn’t address the 2022 telecast in responding to NBC’s decision, but board members of the group laid out its schedule of reforms — ultimately leading to a revamped membership and board by early August, as well as numerous other policy changes.

“Regardless of the next air date of the Golden Globes, implementing transformational changes as quickly – and as thoughtfully – as possible remains the top priority for our organization,” the group said in a statement. “We invite our partners in the industry to the table to work with us on the systemic reform that is long overdue, both in our organization as well as within the industry at large.”

Last week, the press association ratified plans to add at least 20 new members this year “with a specific focus on recruiting Black members” and with a goal of increasing membership 50% over the next 18

months.

For some, that timeline wasn’t aggressive enough. In the next few months, several potential awards contending films are set to premiere at film festivals and elsewhere. Tina Tchen, president and chief executive of Time’s Up, called the HFPA’s pledges “window-dressing platitudes.”

“These measures ensure that the current membership of the HFPA will remain in the majority and that the next Golden Globe Awards will be decided with the same fundamental problems that have existed for years,” said Tchen.

The Globes, produced by dick clark productions, have suffered ratings drops in recent years but still rank among the most-watched award shows — usually third to the Oscars and the Grammys. The 78th Golden Globes, held Feb. 28, attracted 6.9 million viewers, a 63% drop from the 2020 telecast, watched by 18.4 million.

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.

rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

TAKE NOTICE

CABARRUS IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CABARRUS COUNTY 21SP112 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MAZILYAH LYDE AND DAVID LYDE DATED APRIL 30, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7504 AT PAGE 272 IN THE CABARRUS 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

CUMBERLAND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 21 SP 144

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Frank Edward Siler, Jr. and Hadley E. Dullnig (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Frank Edward Siler, Jr.) to Allan B. Polunsky, Trustee(s), dated March 19, 2013, and recorded in Book No. 9142, at Page 527 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 the courthouse door in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 17, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 21SP9 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY KEVIN W. HEATH AND ANNE J. HEATH DATED MAY 26, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7260 AT PAGE 350 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE

and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 11:00AM on May 26, 2021 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 Mazilyah Lyde and David Lyde, dated April 30, 2007 to secure the original principal amount of $117,390.00, and recorded in Book 7504 at Page 272 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.

Address of property: 3237 Jacob Ave, Kannapolis, NC 28083 Tax Parcel ID: 56334450920000 Present Record Owners: David and Mazilyah Lyde

Elliot

Lyde

the following real estate situated in Fayetteville in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a stake in the eastern property line of Greenland Drive which beginning point is North 7 degrees 36 minutes East 198 feet from the intersection of the northern property line of Ashford Avenue with the eastern property line of Greenland Drive runs thence with and along the eastern property line of Greenland Drive, North 7 degrees 36 minutes East 66 feet to a stake, cornering; thence South 82 degrees 24 minutes East 134 feet 3 inches to a stake, cornering; thence South 7 degrees 38 minutes West 66 feet to a stake, cornering; thence North 82 degrees 24 minutes West 134 feet to the place of beginning; and BEING all of Lots 227 and 226 and a part of Lots Nos 225 and 228 of Greenland, a subdivision plat of which is recorded in Book of Plats No. 9 page 6, Cumberland County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 816 Greenland Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Parcel Identification No. 0428-80-1610 Property Address: 816 Greenland Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28305 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.

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 May 24, 2021 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 Kevin W. Heath and Anne J. Heath, dated May 26, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $53,460.00, and recorded in Book 7260 at Page 350 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for

Address of property: 6315 Rustic Rdg, Hope Mills, NC 28348 Tax Parcel ID: 0404-33-7990 Present Record Owners: Kevin Heath and Anna Heath

19 SP 1321 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

2021 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Eric J. Christiansen and Lori Christiansen to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated December 20, 2010 and recorded on February 1, 2011 in Book 08578 at Page 0551, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 26,

BEING ALL OF LOT 195, IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS COLLEGE LAKES, SECTION 3, THE SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 25, PAGE 6, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 5221 Cooper Road, Fayetteville, NC 28311.

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

And Being more commonly known as: 3237 Elliot Jacob Ave, Kannapolis, NC 28083 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are David Lyde and Mazilyah Lyde.

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

The date of this Notice is May 5, 2021.

LLG Trustee LLC Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-110870

Parkway,

Suite

400

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

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.

And Being more commonly known as: 6315 Rustic Rdg, Hope Mills, NC 28348

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 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 record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Kevin Heath and Anna Heath.

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

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 Eric J. Christiansen.

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

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: 2688 - 6277

The date of this Notice is May 3, 2021.

LLG Trustee LLC Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 18-098959

Parkway,

Suite

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,

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.: 19-14134-FC01

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CUMBERLAND 21 SP 129 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

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 May 26, 2021 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

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.

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Manuel Magana and Susana S. Jain to Kelly B. Baumgardner and Jerry B. Flowers, Trustee(s), which was dated October 2, 2018 and recorded on October 2, 2018 in Book 10384 at Page 0716, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

BEING all of Lot 6, Block “D”, in a subdivision known as Edenroc, and the same being duly recorded in Plat Book 25, Page 3, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 830 Edenwood Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28303.

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 Manuel Magana and wife, Susana S. Jain.

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of

21 SP 119 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

the sale on May 26, 2021 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kevin A. Jones, Sr. and Janice Jones to Donald Steven Bunce, Trustee(s), which was dated December 6, 2005 and recorded on December 13, 2005 in Book 7092 at Page 0476, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

20 SP 152 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lloyd J. Almond a/k/a Lloyd J. Almond, III to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated May 16, 2014 and recorded on May 29, 2014 in Book 09438 at Page 0561, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 6847 Shawcross Ln, Fayetteville, NC 28314.

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 Kevin A. Jones, Sr. and wife, Janice Jones.

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

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

the sale on May 19, 2021 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

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.

BEING ALL OF LOT 246, IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS GLEN REILLY, SECTION FIVE, AND THE SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 60, PAGE 111, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW lS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, STATE OF North Carolina, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

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

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

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.

Said property is commonly known as 382 Terrace Court, Fayetteville, NC 28314.

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 Lloyd J. Almond.

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

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

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

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at the courthouse door in Cumberland County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on May 18, 2021, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit:

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lenuel Collazo and Melissa Collazo, in the original amount of $120,537.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Advantage Loans, Inc., dated August 31, 2009 and recorded on September 1, 2009 in Book 8237, Page 560, Cumberland County Registry.

Being all of Lot Number 41, in a subdivision known as Pebble Creek, and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 84, Page 166, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute Trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to

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

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of 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

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BEING ALL OF LOT 5 OF LAKE VIEW TERRACE TOWNHOUSES, SECTION I, AS SHOWN ON PLAT DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 48, PAGE 3, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 2547 Silverbell Loop, Fayetteville, NC 28304. Tax ID: 0405-66-4690 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof with a maximum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars

will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Lexington in the County of Davidson, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Midway Township, Davidson County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Bobbie G. Chaudoin, Jr. and Phyllis K. Chaudoin (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Phyllis K. Chaudoin) to Fidelity National Title Insurance Co., Trustee(s), dated May 12, 2016, and recorded in Book No. 2222, at Page 281 in Davidson 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 Davidson 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 Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:30 AM on May 19, 2021 and

Being Lot Number Twenty-One (21) of Brandon Acres, Section Two, as shown on map of same recorded in Plat Book 18, Page 49, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Davidson County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 107 Brandon Court, Lexington, North Carolina.

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION DAVIDSON COUNTY 21SP101

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 May 17, 2021 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 Ray Anthony Pressley and Barbara Jean Pressley, dated June 29, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $42,275.00, and recorded in Book 1711 at Page 104 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.

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY RAY ANTHONY PRESSLEY AND BARBARA JEAN PRESSLEY DATED JUNE 29, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1711 AT PAGE 104 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 expose for

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made

by Eugene Lawrence and Gwendolyn Lawrence (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Sherley Bohonnon) to , Trustee(s), dated October 31, 2006, and recorded in Book No. RE 2708, at Page 548 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

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joseph Daniel Fritts, Jr. (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Joseph Daniel Fritts, Jr.) to David L. Brunk, Trustee(s), dated August 24, 2007, and recorded in Book No. RE 2779, at Page 2253 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 May 26, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Winston Salem in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more

Being the same premises conveyed unto Bobbie G. Chaudoin, Jr. and wife, Phyllis K. Chaudoin, by virtue of deed from Christopher C. Wilkes and wife, Vickie C. Wilkes dated June 27, 1997, recorded July 9, 1997 in Book 1039, Page 1776, Davidson County, NC. Parcel ID: 13031D0000021 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §4521.23.

Address of property: 705 Tussey St, Lexington, NC 27292 Tax Parcel ID: 6735-01-28-8127 Present Record Owners: Barbara Jean Pressley

Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:15 PM on May 26, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Winston Salem in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being known and designated as Lot 2, Block D, as shown on the map of Carver Crest, which map is recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 171, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Forsyth County, North Carolina, reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 846 W 11th Street, Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Tax ID 6826-90-4723 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to

particularly described as follows: All that certain property situated in the Township of Winston in the County of Forsyth and State of North Carolina, being described as follows: Lot 34, Ardmore Addition, Plat Book 3, Page 13-A. Being more fully described in a deed dated 04/11/1996 and recorded 05/02/1996, among the land records of the County and State set forth above, in Deed Volume, 1899 and Page 1294. Tax Map or Parcel ID No.: 1095034. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1046 Melrose Street, Winston Salem, 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. §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by 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/

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

And Being more commonly known as: 705 Tussey St, Lexington, NC 27292 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Barbara Jean Pressley.

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

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

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.

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.: 20-00754-FC02

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.: 20-13056-FC01

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.: 20-01077-FC01

be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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: 2515 - 5736

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 April 26, 2021.

LLG Trustee LLC Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 21-111288

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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

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.

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: 3319 - 14601

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: 2936 - 7095

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JOHNSTON IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION JOHNSTON COUNTY 20sp364 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY DWIGHT HERMAN PEEDIN AND CAROLYN NORRIS PEEDIN DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 1998 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1743 AT PAGE 224 IN THE JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority

19 SP 137 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Debora S. Stout and Steven Strothman to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated June 28, 2007 and recorded on July 2, 2007 in Book 3374 at Page 502 and rerecorded/ modified/corrected on March 13, 2019 in Book 5308, Page 328 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on June 8, 2020 in Book 5611, Page 16, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina.

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

ONSLOW NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 21 SP 82

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Alexus Nicole Chanthadara (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Alexus Nicole Chanthadara) to Donald G. Walton, Jr., Trustee(s), dated May 31, 2019, and recorded in Book No. 4956, at Page 46 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

RANDOLPH IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RANDOLPH COUNTY 21SP15 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ROBERT LEE LAMBETH, JR. AND MELINDA LAMBETH DATED AUGUST 21, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK RE1990 AT PAGE 1655 IN THE RANDOLPH 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

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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Virginia M. Wells and Johnny Wells (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Virginia M. Wells) to Gavin, Cox, Pugh & Wilhott, Trustee(s), dated July 16, 2007, and recorded in Book No. RE2034, at Page 552 in Randolph 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 Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on May 25, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in

UNION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY 19 SP 664 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Clayton A. Haile and Melanie Haile, in the original amount of $110,736.00, payable to American Financial Group, Inc., dated November 10, 1994 and recorded on November 14, 1994 in Book 748, Page 244, modified by Loan Modification recorded on September 26, 2018 in Book 7240, Page 861, Union County Registry.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina, and the holder

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 388

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Janice H. Faulkner (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Janice H. Faulkner, Heirs of Janice H. Faulkner: Erika Peterson, Jack Lee Faulkner) to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated December 15, 2006, and recorded in Book No. 04422, at Page 0489 in Union 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 Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on May 27, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the

WAKE AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 1879

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James L. Weeks, Jr. and Iris Staton Weeks (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): James L. Weeks, Jr. and Iris Staton Weeks) to Fidelity National Title Company of New York, a New York Corporation, Trustee(s), dated April 20, 2007, and recorded in Book No. 012521, at Page 01390 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

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 11:00AM on May 25, 2021 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 Dwight Herman Peedin and Carolyn Norris Peedin, dated September 8, 1998 to secure the original principal amount of $42,792.00, and recorded in Book 1743 at Page 224 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:

271 Bunn Rd,

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 May 18, 2021 at 12:00 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit:

Kenly, NC 27542 Tax Parcel ID: 03Q02012W Present Record Owners: Dwight Peedin and Carolyn N. Peedin

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And Being more commonly known as: 271 Bunn Rd, Kenly, NC 27542 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Dwight H. Peedin and Carolyn N. Peedin.

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

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.

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.

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.

Said property is commonly known as 147 Canyon Road, Clayton, NC 27520.

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

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

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

door in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on May 20, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Jacksonville in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 8 as shown on recombination survey showing new Lots 7 & 8 East Jacksonville Property of Howard & Sons Rental prepared by John L. Pierce & Associates, P.A. on January 31, 2008 and recorded in Map Book 55, Page 223, Slide M-577, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1604 Hargett Street, Jacksonville, North Carolina.

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

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

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

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 10:00AM on May 18, 2021 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Randolph County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Robert Lee Lambeth, Jr. and Melinda Lambeth, dated August 21, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $79,392.00, and recorded in Book RE1990 at Page 1655 of the Randolph 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.

3582 Address of property: Hwy 134, Asheboro, NC 27205 Tax Parcel ID:

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Asheboro in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Back Creek Township, Randolph County, North Carolina BEING all of Lot No. 1, (containing 1.257 acres) as shown on plat entitled “Minor Subdivision for CGI Construction, Inc.”, by Jerry King Surveying, Inc. and designated as Job #3942 and duly recorded in Plat Book 90, Page 63, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 773 West Balfour Avenue, Asheboro, North Carolina.

The Deed of Trust was modified by the following:

A Loan Modification recorded on December 4, 2008, in Book No. RE2106, at Page 756.

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

of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Union County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on May 27, 2021, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Lot(s) 4, Poplar Glen as shown on plat recorded in Plat Cabinet D, File 516, Union County Registry.

Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 5029 Poplar Glen Drive, Matthews, NC 28105. Tax ID: 07132381 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof with a maximum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever

following real estate situated in Marshville in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that real property situated in the County of Union, State of North Carolina: Being the same property conveyed to the Grantor by deed recorded in Book 961, Page 272 Union County Registry, to which deed reference is hereby made for a more particular description of this property. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1020 Hamiltons Crossroads Road, Marshville, North Carolina.

Property Address: 1020 Hamiltons Crossroads Road Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S.

ALL PERSONS, firms and corporations having claims against JB YOUNG, deceased, of Wake County, N.C., are notified to exhibit

7657239488 Present Record Owners: Robert Lee Lambeth, Jr.

And Being more commonly known as: 3582 NC Hwy 134, Asheboro, NC 27205 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate of Robert Lee Lambeth, Jr. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance «AS IS, WHERE IS.» Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid

Being all of Lot 85, Section I, Summit Ridge Subdivision as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1976, Page 12, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3748 Dusty Lane, Raleigh, 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. §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to

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.

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

is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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

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

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

notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §4521.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination.

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

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

§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,

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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.: 19-02901-FC01

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: 4180 - 15037

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 April 27, 2021.

LLG Trustee LLC Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 21-111103

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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: 1180314 - 15413

John P. Fetner, Bar #41811 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) jfetner@mtglaw.com

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee

are asked to make immediate payment.

This 28th day of April 2021.

Charlene F. Young, Executor, c/o Lisa

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

LLG TRUSTEE LLC Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-110501

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

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),

the same to the undersigned on or before August 2, 2021, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent

for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on May 17, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Raleigh in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Wake County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

The Estate of

The date of this Notice is May 4, 2021.

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

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 Steven Strothman and Debora S. Stout.

BEING all of Lot 27, Hidden Hills Subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 20, Page 195, Johnston County Registry.

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.

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: 3719 - 11959

M. Schreiner, Stam Law Firm, PLLC, 510 W. Williams St., Apex, NC 27502 North State Journal: April 28, May 5, 12

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

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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: 1156 - 13044

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NATION & WORLD

With civil rights charges, Justice Dept. signals priorities

By Michael Balsamo The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department is sending a strong message about its priorities these days.

In just over the past two weeks, it has opened investigations of police in Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis. Federal prosecutors have charged four former Minneapolis police officers with civil rights violations in George Floyd’s death, and accused three men of hate crimes in the death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. In both criminal cases, authorities moved forward with federal charges before most of the defendants have gone to state trial.

Attorney General Merrick Garland is making good on his confirmation promise to refocus the department around civil rights.

“What we couldn’t get them to do in the case of Eric Garner, Michael Brown in Ferguson, and countless others, we are finally seeing them do,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said after the charges were announced in Floyd’s death.

Former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin has already been convicted of murder and manslaughter charges in state court and is scheduled to be sentenced June 25. The federal case could be insurance against a successful state appeal or a lenient sentence.

Separately, federal officials accused Chauvin in a 2017 case involving Chauvin’s arrest of a

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In this April 26, 2021, file photo Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. 14-year-old boy. Chauvin hit the boy with a flashlight and pinned him to the ground, putting his knee on the boy’s neck and back.

Chauvin’s lawyer, Eric Nelson, has filed a request for a new trial in Floyd’s death, citing a host of reasons, including publicity that was “so pervasive and so prejudicial ... that it amounted to a structural defect in the proceedings.”

He also argued that the trial judge, Peter Cahill, abused his discretion when he denied earlier requests to move the trial. Cahill has not said when he would rule on Nelson’s request for a new trial.

Nelson had no comment on the federal charges.

The three other officers brought

up on civil rights charges, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao, haven’t been tried yet in state court on charges of aiding and abetting both second-degree murder and manslaughter in the Floyd case.

Usually, federal prosecutors hold off on any charges until local investigations are completed.

In the 1960s, federal authorities successfully prosecuted eight men involved in the 1964 disappearances and murders of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner in Neshoba County, Mississippi, after local authorities said they did not have enough evidence to prosecute anyone.

One of the most high-profile

uses of the federal statutes came in the 1992 Rodney King case in Los Angeles. Federal authorities charged four law enforcement officers with violating King’s constitutional rights in his videotaped beating. That decision came after a jury in Simi Valley acquitted the officers in the state case, prompting several days of riots in Los Angeles.

It’s not clear whether Garland was stepping in to aid local prosecutors in Minneapolis with the three officers, but it’s likely they are communicating about the cases. And the same in Georgia, where federal hate-crime charges were announced against Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory, and a third man, William “Roddie” Bryan, in the death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. The three are jailed on state murder charges and are due in court next week. Jury selection is scheduled to start Oct. 18.

Federal officials have also revived pattern or practice investigations. President Donald Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, suggested they may have been previously overused.

Federal officials have initiated broad reviews that will investigate Louisville police tactics following the death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville last year. A similar investigation into Minneapolis policing was announced the day after Chauvin was found guilty.

Those public announcements led to hope that the Garland Justice Department will take a fresh look at some closed investigations.

The family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot to death by a Cleveland police officer in 2014 while the boy was playing with a toy gun, wrote a letter to Garland asking the investigation be reopened into the officer.

2 Catholic bishops at odds over Biden receiving Communion The Associated Press They share Roman Catholicism as a faith and California as their home base. Yet there’s a deep gulf between Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego in the high-stakes debate over whether politicians who support abortion rights should be denied Communion.

Cordileone, who has long established himself as a forceful anti-abortion campaigner, recently has made clear his view that such political figures — whose ranks include President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — should not receive Communion because of their stance on the issue. The archbishop issued a pastoral letter on the topic May 1 and reinforced the message in an hourlong interview Friday with the Catholic television network EWTN. “To those who are advocating for abortion, I would say, ‘This is killing. Please stop the killing.

You’re in position to do something about it,’” he told the interviewer.

In neither the letter nor the interview did Cordileone mention Pelosi, who represents San Francisco, by name. But he has criticized her in the past for stances on abortion that directly contradict Catholic teaching.

McElroy, in a statement published Wednesday by the Jesuit magazine America, assailed the campaign to exclude Biden and other like-minded Catholic officials from Communion.

“It will bring tremendously destructive consequences,” McElroy wrote. “The Eucharist is being weaponized and deployed as a tool in political warfare. This must not happen.”

The polarized viewpoints of the two prelates illustrate how divisive this issue could be if, as expected, it comes before the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at its national assembly starting June 16. There are plans for the bishops to vote on whether the USCCB’s Committee on Doctrine should draft a document saying Biden and other Catholic public figures with similar views on abortion should refrain from Communion.

In accordance with existing USCCB policy, any such document is likely to leave decisions on withholding Communion up to individual bishops.

Biden, the second Catholic U.S. president, attends Mass regularly, worshipping at his home in Wilm-

China defends handling of rocket that fell to Earth Beijing China’s government defended its handling of a rocket booster that burned up over the Indian Ocean and said Monday it was unfairly being held to different standards than the U.S. and other space programs.

The administrator of the American space agency and others accused Beijing of acting recklessly by allowing its rocket to fall to Earth seemingly uncontrolled Sunday after carrying a space station into orbit.

The Chinese space agency said most of the 100-footlong main stage of the Long March 5B rocket burned up above the Maldives.

“China has been closely tracking its trajectory and issued statements on the re-entry situation in advance,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said. “There has been no report of harm on the ground.”

The rocket carried the main section of the Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony, space station into orbit on April 29. China plans 10 more launches to complete construction of the station.

Booster rockets usually fall back to Earth soon after takeoff. China’s space agency hasn’t said why the Long March was sent temporarily into orbit.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson accused China in a statement of “failing to meet responsible standards” in handling space debris.

Hua, the Chinese spokesperson, complained that Beijing was being treated unfairly.

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In this Sunday, April 12, 2020, photo, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone celebrates Easter Mass, which was live streamed, at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco. ington, Delaware, and in Washington.

The archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, has made it clear that Biden is welcome to receive Communion at churches he oversees. Bishop William Koenig, appointed April 30 to head the Wilmington diocese, said he would gladly speak with Biden about his views on abortion but did not say whether he would allow him to continue receiving Communion, as Koenig’s predecessor had done.

It’s considered unlikely that Biden would heed any call to forgo Communion, but a USCCB document urging him to do so would be a remarkable rebuke nonetheless.

Cordileone, in his pastoral letter, wrote that it’s the responsibility of Catholic clergy “to correct Catholics who erroneously, and sometimes stubbornly, promote abortion.”

Initially, this rebuke should come in private conversations between “the erring Catholic” and his or her priest or bishop, wrote Cordileone, who then noted that

such conversations are often fruitless.

“Because we are dealing with public figures and public examples of cooperation in moral evil, this correction can also take the public form of exclusion from the reception of Holy Communion,” he wrote. “This is a bitter medicine, but the gravity of the evil of abortion can sometimes warrant it.”

In the 2020 presidential election, Catholic voters split their votes almost evenly between Biden and Republican Donald Trump. National polls have consistently shown that a majority of U.S. Catholics believe abortion should be legal in at least some cases.

Were Biden to be excluded from Communion, McElroy wrote, “fully half the Catholics in the United States will see this action as partisan in nature, and it will bring the terrible partisan divisions that have plagued our nation into the very act of worship that is intended by God to cause and signify our oneness.”

McElroy also questioned why

abortion was the overarching focus of some bishops, while the sin of racism has not been prominent in their comments.

“It will be impossible to convince large numbers of Catholics in our nation that this omission does not spring from a desire to limit the impact of exclusion to Democratic public leaders,” McElroy wrote.

Toward the close of his statement, McElroy quoted Pope Francis as saying Communion is “not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.”

Cordileone, in an addendum to his pastoral letter, sought to explain its timing.

“I have been working on this Pastoral Letter for a long time, but did not want to publish it during the election year, precisely to avoid further confusion among those who would misperceive this as ‘politicizing’ the issue,” he wrote. “Regardless of which political party is in power at a given moment, we all need to review some basic truths and moral principles.”

Ankara, Turkey Turkey’s top envoy is traveling to Saudi Arabia as Turkey seeks to mend ties with the kingdom that hit an all-time low over the 2018 killing in Istanbul of Jamal Khashoggi.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will meet with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues during his two-day visit, according to a Turkish Foreign Ministry statement.

The visit is the first by a high-level Turkish official since the killing of Khashoggi by Saudi agents inside the kingdom’s consulate increased tensions between the two regional powers. The killing added to tensions over Turkey’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood, which is viewed by Riyadh as a terrorist group. The two countries have also been at odds over Turkey’s support for Qatar in a dispute among Gulf countries as well as over the conflict in Libya.

Cavusoglu’s visit is also part of a wider effort by Turkey to normalize ties with Arab nations as it finds itself isolated internationally at a time when its economy is faltering.

Last week, a high-level Turkish delegation traveled to Cairo to improve relations with Egypt, which have been strained since the Egyptian military’s 2013 ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, an Islamist who hailed from the Muslim Brotherhood.

Turkish officials allege Khashoggi, who had written critically about Saudi Arabia’s crown prince for The Washington Post, was killed by a team of Saudi agents and then dismembered with a bone saw.

The Saudi government admitted to the murder under intense international pressure.

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Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte Will Zalatoris watches his tee shot on the fourth hole during the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Charlotte. The former Wake Forest golfer was a special invite to the tournament.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Atrium Health Stanly named to list of top maternity hospitals Stanly County Atrium Health announced that five of their hospitals, including Atrium Health Stanly in Albemarle, were named to Newsweek’s 2021 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. These hospitals joined 217 hospitals across 36 states in the honor.

Atrium Health Stanly was recognized by Newsweek for having low rates of early elective delivery, cesarean delivery and episiotomy, and following important protocols to protect the health of moms and babies.

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Stanly nominees receive state PBL honors Stanly County Two Stanly County community leaders received special recognition at the 2021 North Carolina Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference awards program. Tamara McSwain Singletary was named the state PBL Business Person of the Year, and Martha Sue Harris Hall was presented with the PBL Alumni/Professional DivisionFoundation’s Distinguished Service Award. Both were nominated by the chapter at Stanly Community College. Phi Beta Lambda is the collegiate level of Future Business Leaders of America, both emphasizing business development, career planning and leadership training.

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Stanly’s CTE program expanding to offer students skilled-trade apprenticeships Paid automotive apprenticeships already in place

By David Larson Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — The Career and Technical Education director for Stanly County Schools presented to the district’s board of education recently, telling them about the expanding number of career paths in which students can receive training, experience and certifications. One area they are putting a special focus on is skilled-trade apprenticeships, including on-thejob training in fields like automotive, HVAC or masonry.

Mandy Mills said the department has “built a very strong advisory council,” which involves teachers going out into the internship sites, like car mechanics shops, “to see what our local employers actually need.” The council also allows business members in the community to go into classrooms and see how they might work with the schools.

The chair of the advisory council, Chad Whitley, also spoke about the two first students in the program, who are doing automotive apprenticeships, and the council’s goals to expand it to include other skilled trades. Whitley owns Whitley Automotive, which has shops in Locust and Marshville.

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“The goal is now to expand that program, to not just include automotive, but to include masonry, include electronics, include cabinet making, include HVAC, include some other programs as well.”

Chad Whitley, owner of Whitley Automotive and chair of CTE Advisory Council “Thank you very much for your effort, for putting forward your businesses as a place for our students to learn and gain more knowledge, and certainly come out with a degree and a job,” board Chair Jeff Chance said. “And, obviously, we appreciate very much your willingness to expand the program as well.”

Whitley responded by saying, “These programs need to expand because this is our future. Skilled trades, and that’s what this is, automotive is not just about using your hands anymore. It’s about your mind, and it’s about critical thinking and deductive reasoning and being sure that you’re growing and expanding yourself, not just using your back the whole time. And the

Albemarle brothers given 45 additional felonies each for car-part theft scheme

By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal

Mecklenburg County Officials say work on a $346 million toll-lanes project on an interstate loop road around Charlotte is running well behind schedule. State highway officials said during a recent public meeting of a North Carolina Turnpike Authority committee that the opening of those lanes on I-485, originally planned for fall of 2022, now faces a delay of up to two years. The project will add an express toll lane in each direction for a stretch of the road and a general-purpose free lane along an often-bottlenecked stretch.

“These young men that are the guinea pigs, so to say, of this program, are extraordinary young men,” Whitley said. “With the apprenticeship program that these boys are going to roll into, they’re going to get a free two-year degree.

It costs them nothing.”

He said the state would pay for a tuition waiver for the students during the two-year program.

“The goal is now to expand that program to not just include automotive, but to include masonry, include electronics, include cabinet making, include HVAC, include some other programs as well,” Whitley said. “I have some partners in those fields who are willing to come on.”

Whitley said society has for a long time looked down on the skilled trades and pushed fouryear degrees, but he said for 75% of Stanly County students, this kind of program would be a better fit for their future.

“They make $25,000 or $30,000 a year and owe $150,000,” Whitley said of many college graduates.

“That’s not this. This they come out debt-free. This they come out and in 3-5 years, they can be making $75,000 or $80,000 and be debt-free. That’s good money. This is where we need to be pushing in Stanly County Schools.”

The commenting board members were very appreciative of Mills, Whitley and the progress made with the program.

ALBEMARLE — Following an ongoing investigation by the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office, two Albemarle residents that were arrested on March 3 in a catalytic converter theft case have each been charged with 45 more felonies.

Investigators conducted a search warrant at South Third Street on April 28 and found evidence that further incriminated Fuchee Matt Moua, 35, and his brother, Fucha Timothy Moua, 34, on charges from Stanly, Orange and Chatham counties.

“Converter thefts are definitely something that we’ve seen an increase in, but I think the volume with this case is unique,”

Capt. Chris Huneycutt of the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office told SCJ, adding that he hasn’t typically seen cases covering such a large distance. “A lot of these charges are from other counties and did not originate here. We executed a search warrant at a house and some evidence was recovered that I believe helped a number of other jurisdictions that had also been working cases on these people.”

While they have been in jail since March, the Moua brothers were additionally given 15 counts of felony larceny of motor vehicle parts, 15 counts of felony injuring property to obtain nonferrous metals, and 15 counts of felony conspiracy.

Back in March, the two were each charged with seven counts

of felony larceny of motor vehicle parts, seven counts of felony injuring property to obtain nonferrous metals, and seven counts of felony conspiracy.

Each face a total of 66 felony charges pertaining to their catalytic converter theft scheme.

Huneycutt said that catalytic converter theft has been “a nationwide issue within the past year,” attributing the drastic rise in theft cases to the rising prices in the precious-metals market. He recalled an internal study indicating that the city of Charlotte has seen a 280% increase in converter thefts during the first 90 days of 2021 compared to the first 90 days of 2020.

“People who are good at it can do it in under a minute — you’re

same thing goes for an electrician or a plumber. I mean, you should see the math that these guys use.

This isn’t just back-breaking, digging-ditches work. This is skilled work.”

The two students were both enrolled in the program through West Stanly High School, although one of the students attends North Stanly High School. West Stanly High School is currently the only school in the county with the automotive internships, Whitley said, but the goal is to expand the program to the other schools while they are expanding the other trade options.

Mills also discussed other CTE initiatives, like programs involving computer science, drones and internships for students “in whatever area they are interested in.”

Mills said CTE enrollment generally stays steady at around 4,000 students, but due to COVID, it had dipped slightly and the “credentials earned” statistics dropped from 2,500 credentials earned by students the year before the pandemic to less than 1,500 during the past year.

“But what the state is allowing us to do that I’m really excited about is that when we get students back in the classroom, we can go back and do a review and let them take those credential exams,” Mills said. “They’ll still count for us and, of course, they’ll still count for the students.”

talking about a couple bolts and a few cuts with some type of sawing device and you’ve removed it,” Huneycutt said. “It’s a very costly thing for the vehicle owner.”

Another contributing factor to converter theft is that the parts contain no vehicle identification numbers. Police can often figure out what type of vehicle it came off of, but afterwards have no way of tracing the specific vehicle.

As far as theft prevention, law enforcement officials indicate that leaving a vehicle in a well-lit area, a garage, or a location with a security system are all factors in helping to deter these types of crimes.

On Aug. 4, 2020, Fuchee Moua was also one of three Albemarle residents who was arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance with the intent to manufacture, sell or deliver; the charge was the result of a Stanly County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division search warrant where 21.3 grams of methamphetamine was confiscated at a St. Martin Road residence.

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WEEKLY CRIME LOG ♦ Riley, Cody Dylan (W /M/22) Arrest on chrg of 1) Fta - Criminal Summons Or Citation (M) and 2) Fta - Criminal Summons Or Citation (M), at 32153 Bethlehem Church Rd, Norwood, NC, on 5/10/2021 ♦ Townsend, Gary Wayne (W /M/51) Arrest on chrg of Driving While Impaired (M), at W Gold St/ Hwy 52, Albemarle, NC, on 5/10/2021 ♦ Smith, Hannah Lynn (W /F/30) Arrest on chrg of 1) Possess Methamphetamine (F), 2) Simple Possess Sch Vi Cs (m) (M), and 3) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 9622 Party Ln, Locust, NC, on 5/5/2021 ♦ Rosario, Jazmin Marie (W /F/29) Arrest on chrg of Indecent Exposure (M), at 13106 Austin Rd, Locust, NC, on 5/10/2021 ♦ Tucker, James Reece (W /M/52) Arrest on chrg of 1) Misdemeanor Larceny (M) and 2) Larceny Of Motor Vehicle (f) (F), at Scj, Albemarle, NC, on 5/9/2021 ♦ Tarpey, Amy Brooke (W /F/37) Arrest on chrg of 1) Misdemeanor Larceny (M) and 2) Larceny Of Motor Vehicle (f) (F), at Scj, Albemarle, NC, on 5/9/2021 ♦ Gallagher, Jason Travis (W /M/31) Arrest on chrg of 1) Driving While Impaired (M), 2) Other - Free Text (M), and 3) Reckless Driving To Endanger (M), at Nc 740, New London, NC, on 5/8/2021 ♦ Aldridge, Marvin Edward (W /M/54) Arrest on chrg of Detainer (M), at Island Creek Road, Albemarle, NC, on 5/7/2021 ♦ Richardson, Gary Nmn (B /M/26) Arrest on chrg of 1) Simple Assault (M), 2) Resisting Public Officer (M), 3) Disorderly Conduct (M), and 4) Intoxicated And Disruptive (M), at 100 Clearview Ct, Norwood, NC, on 5/7/2021 ♦ Huneycutt, Jennifer Johnson (W /F/50) Arrest on chrg of 1) Driving While Impaired (M) and 2) Drive Left Of Center (i) (M), at Hwy 731 / Fork Rd, Norwood, NC, on 5/7/2021 ♦ Tucker, Gregory David (W /M/37)

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DEATH NOTICES Arrest on chrg of 1) Pwisd Marijuana (F), 2) Maintain Veh/dwell/place Cs (m) (M), 3) Pwimsd Sch Ii Cs (F), 4) Possess Marij Paraphernalia (M), and 5) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 800 Blk Jefries, Albemarle, NC, on 5/7/2021 ♦ Sullivan, Ann Marie (W /F/26) Arrest on chrg of 1) Possess Methamphetamine (F) and 2) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 12673 Us 52 S, Albemarle, NC, on 5/7/2021 ♦ Williams, Jonathan Luis (W /M/27) Arrest on chrg of 1) Resisting Public Officer (M) and 2) Possess Marijuana Up To 1/2 Ounce (M), at 1400 Inger St/leonard Av, Albemarle, NC, on 5/7/2021 ♦ Russell, William Jason (W /M/48) Arrest on chrg of Habitual Misdemeanor Assault (f) (F), at 126 South Third Street, Albemarle, NC, on 5/6/2021 ♦ Abbott, Charlotta Ann (B /F/53) Arrest on chrg of Fugitive From Justice (F), at 126 South 3rd Street, Albemarle, NC, on 5/6/2021 ♦ Page, Gerald Woodson (W /M/48) Arrest on chrg of 1) Simple Possess Sch Iii Cs (m) (M), 2) Fta - Release Order (M), 3) Fta - Release Order (F), and 4) Fta - Release Order (F), at 112 S Main St, New London, NC, on 5/6/2021 ♦ Miller, Nerissa Shanta (B /F/30) Arrest on chrg of 1) Uttering Forged Instrument (F) and 2) Obtain Property False Pretense (F), at 126 South 3rd Street, Albemarle, NC, on 5/6/2021 ♦ Alston, Jackie (B /M/31) Arrest on chrg of 1) Possess Marijuana Up To 1/2 Ounce (M), 2) Possess Methamphetamine (F), 3) Trafficking,opium Or Heroin (F), and 4) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 500 Fork Rd/price St, Norwood, NC, on 5/5/2021 ♦ Thomas, Jazmyne Luria (B /F/27) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault On Govt Official/emply (M), 2) Communicate Threats (M), 3) Fta - Release Order (M), 4) Fta - Release Order (M), and 5) Misuse Of 911 System (M), at 123 South 3rd Street, Albemarle, NC, on 5/4/2021

♦ Crump, Abria Nicole (B F, 29) Arrest on chrg of Assault And Battery, M (M), at 155W South St, Albemarle, on 05/04/2021 ♦ Crump, Martinus Screll (B M, 27) Arrest on chrg of Simple Possess Sch Vi Cs (m), M(M), at 100 N Depot St/s Depot St, Albemarle, on 05/04/2021 ♦ Lindsey, Jerell Lamar (B M, 35) Arrest on chrg of Simple Assault (M), at 1439Amhurst St/s Bell Av, Albemarle, on 05/07/2021 ♦ Scott, Anthony Todd J (B M, 26) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female, M (M), at 200Henson St, Albemarle, on 05/07/2021 ♦ Johnston, Shameka Kay (B F, 27) Arrested on Citation of Poss Opn Cnt/ cons Alc PsgArea (i) (21-01860), at 1329 E Main St/leonard Av, Albemarle, on 05/07/202 ♦ Davis, Jeremy Scott (B M, 20) Arrest on chrg of Possess Marijuana Up To 1/2 Ounce,M (M), at 613 W Main St/n Broome St, Albemarle, on 05/08/2021 ♦ Burgess, Dylan Cole (B M, 26) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 702Summit Ave, Albemarle, on 05/10/2021 ♦ Foreman, Joshua Shane (W M, 37) Arrest on chrg of Driving While Impaired (M), at1125 Carolina Av/ austin St, Albemarle, on 05/10/2021 ♦ Sweet, Jeremy Ryan (W M, 40) Arrest on chrg of Larc Merchant Prod Code Fraud (F),at 781 Leonard Av, Albemarle, on 05/10/202 ♦ Deruelle, Heather Renee (W F, 30) Arrest on chrg of Larc Merchant Prod Code Fraud(F), at 781 Leonard Av, Albemarle, on 05/10/202 ♦ Crump, Martinus Screll (B M, 27) Arrest on chrg of Discharge Firearm In City (M), at903 E Main St, Albemarle, on 05/10/2021

♦ Raleigh Quentin Huneycutt, 89, of Stanfield, passed away May 4. ♦ Jerry Leon Dunn, 72, of Albemarle, passed away May 4. ♦ Patsy Jane Honeycutt, 79, of Locust, passed away May 4. ♦ Albert Lawson Woody Jr., 58, of Stanfield, passed away May 4. ♦ Sheila Diane Smith Ingram, 74, of Albemarle, passed away May 5. ♦ Carolyn R. Boring, 81, of Richfield, passed away May 5. ♦ Melanie Dowling Edwards, 69, of Oakboro, passed away May 7. ♦ Gwendolyn Mabry Swaringen, 68, of Albemarle, passed away May 8. ♦ Margie Boyer Beachum, 71, of Cottonville, passed away May 8.

♦ Hartsell, Debra Jean (W F, 29) Arrest on chrg of Felony Possession Sch Ii Cs, F (F), at842 S Second St, Albemarle, on 05/10/2021

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String of satellites baffles residents, bugs astronomers

By Claudia Lauer The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A string of lights that lobbed across the night sky in parts of the U.S. last week had some people wondering if a fleet of UFOs was coming, but it had others— mostly amateur stargazers and professional astronomers — lamenting the industrialization of space.

The train of lights was actually a series of relatively low-flying satellites launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX as part of its Starlink internet service earlier this week.

Callers swamped TV stations from Texas to Wisconsin reporting the lights and musing about UFOs. An email to a spokesman for SpaceX was not returned Saturday, but astronomy experts said the number of lights in quick succession and their distance from Earth made them easily identifiable as Starlink satellites for those who are used to seeing them.

“The way you can tell they are Starlink satellites is they are like a string of pearls, these lights travelling in the same basic orbit, one right after the other,” said Dr. Richard Fienberg, press officer for the American Astronomical Society.

Fienberg said the satellites, which are being launched in large groups called constellations, string together when they orbit, especially right after launching. The strings get smaller as time goes on.

This month, SpaceX has already launched dozens of satellites. It is all part of a plan to bridge the digital divide and bring internet access to underserved areas of the world, with SpaceX tentatively scheduled to launch another 120 satellites later in the month. Overall, the company has sent about 1,500 satellites into orbit and has asked for permission to launch thousands more.

But prior to recent years, there were maybe a few hundred satellites total orbiting Earth, mostly visible as individual lights moving across the sky, Fienberg said. The other handful of companies that

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In this photo taken May 6, 2021, with a long exposure, a string of SpaceX StarLink satellites passes over an old stone house near Florence, Kan. are planning to or have launched the satellite constellations have not launched recently and largely pushed them into orbit at a farther distance from Earth, he said.

Fienberg’s group as well as others that represent both professional and amateur stargazers don’t love the proliferation of satellites that can obscure scientific data and ruin a clear night of watching the universe. The International Astronomical Union issued a statement in July 2019 noting concern about the multiple satellite launches.

“The organization, in general, embraces the principle of a dark and radio-quiet sky as not only essential to advancing our understanding of the Universe of which we are a part, but also as a resource for all humanity and for the protection of nocturnal wildlife,” the union’s representatives wrote.

They noted that light reflection can interfere with astronomical research, but the radio-waves can

also cause problems for specialized research equipment such as those that captured the first images of a black hole.

Fienberg said there is no real regulation of light pollution from satellites, but SpaceX has voluntarily worked to mitigate that by creating visors that dampen the satellites’ reflection of sunlight.

They’ve made significant progress in just two years, he said, but many hope that the satellites will some day be at such a low magnitude that they will not be visible to the naked eye even at dusk or dawn.

Fienberg noted a massive telescope being built in Chile, costing millions of dollars and a decade of planning. The telescope will capture a huge swath of the sky in the Southern hemisphere and take continual pictures to record a sort of movie that will show the universe changing. Because of its size, nearly eight meters across, the massive telescope could also

lead to the discovery of dimmer objects in the night sky, he said.

The plan is for the telescope to start recording in 2023. And with plans for thousands of satellites, Fienberg said it’s hard to imagine that they won’t cause issues with the data, since there’s no way to correct for their lights and know what amount of light should be emitted from any dimmer objects behind the path of the satellites, which could also create ghost images in the data.

“We’re talking with companies now and hoping to continue to make progress, and potentially by the time it goes into operation, have tools and techniques to correct for the lights and perhaps fainter satellites,” Fienberg said. “We can’t say this is wrong and you have to stop because the point is to provide internet access to the whole globe. It’s an admirable goal, that we would support, if it didn’t mean giving up something else... the night sky.”

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OPINION Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor VISUAL VOICES

COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON

Slowly returning to normal

Events like the art competition, a baseball game and the opening of a new factory are all signs that our economy and country are coming back stronger than ever.

AS WE CELEBRATED Mother’s Day on Sunday, I want to first say thank you to all the moms across our community for all you do all year long. I am blessed to have a great mom who is a retired Cabarrus County school teacher and who taught me important values like public service. I’m also thankful every day for my wife, Renee, who is an incredible mom to our son.

Last week, we also marked another important day: National Military Spouse Appreciation Day. Military spouses face unique challenges, especially when it comes to their careers. Too often, they face employers who don’t appreciate the value they can bring or offer the flexibility they need when their loved one is deployed. I am working on solutions to this very real problem. May is recognized as Military Appreciation Month. As Fort Bragg’s congressman, I am thankful for all of our troops, as well as their spouses and families.

On Tuesday, I was in Concord to help open a GM Defense facility that will create good paying jobs and support our troops at Fort Bragg and around the world.

GM Defense will now begin producing Infantry Squad Vehicles for the U.S. Army. These vehicles will help mobilize our troops and keep them safe, and their chassis are designed by my friends at Hendrick Motorsports. I was able to test drive one of the new vehicles that will soon head to Fort Bragg, and I was really impressed.

This is vital for our troops and a great example of the strength of our community. This Concord facility is easily accessible to great transportation infrastructure. The site is close to a pipeline of talent from my alma mater, UNC Charlotte, where over 3,000 students are currently enrolled in the college of engineering. It also provides a great opportunity for collaboration with our motorsports industry. And finally, this draws on our state’s strong military and defense presence.

As the representative from Concord to Fort Bragg, I know first-hand how this facility can impact our entire region. I also couldn’t think of a better way to kick off Military Appreciation Month than to provide our brave men and women with safe and effective resources from right here in North Carolina. We are forever indebted to our service members and their families, and let’s honor them throughout the month.

In addition to the opening of GM Defense’s facility, last week also brought

signs of a return to normalcy.

For the first time in 614 days, Minor League Baseball returned to Kannapolis! I enjoyed being there for the Cannon Ballers’ Opening Day at the new Atrium Health Ballpark. I am hopeful that baseball’s return last week was a great sign for the return of our way of life.

Last Wednesday, I was also able to honor a group of talented students as part of my annual Congressional Art Competition. It’s an honor to host this competition each year to highlight the talent of high school students throughout our region. After holding a virtual competition last year, I was thrilled to once again host students and parents at the Gibson Mill in Concord.

This year, we received 25 total pieces of art from 16 high school students.

Students came from eight different schools across four counties in our region.

On Wednesday, I thanked the students, parents, teachers and judges from the Cabarrus Arts Council who made the competition a success. I also announced the winners who will now have their work on display in the U.S. Capitol, our office in Washington, and our district offices.

Neerali Parika from Concord High School won first place with her work “Michelle Obama.” Knox Barringer from Cabarrus County won second place with his work “Skull in Fabric.” Andrea Jean from Terry Sanford High School won third place with her work “Sleepless.” Additionally, Ava Rackoff from Concord High School won the fan-favorite award with the most likes on my Facebook page for her work “Prince of Grasses.” Congratulations to these talented students!

Events like the art competition, a baseball game and the opening of a new factory are all signs that our economy and country are coming back stronger than ever. As vaccines continue to become more available for those who want them, I am hopeful we can put this pandemic completely behind us.

However, issues still remain. There is too much partisanship in Washington.

I’m concerned that the CDC hasn’t prioritized getting schools fully reopened.

And the Biden administration continues to push for reckless spending as they ignore the crisis on our border. As I head back to serve you in Washington this week, rest assured I will continue to focus on the issues that matter to you like reopening and growing our economy, securing our border and always supporting our military and veterans.

COLUMN | MICHAEL BARONE

Some rotten underpinnings of Biden’s positive rating

The BidenHarris claim that nothing is amiss at the border bespeaks an inability to understand what is absurd — which can be fatal in politics.

ON THE SURFACE, Joe Biden seems to be doing pretty well. But underneath, there are signs of problems, areas where partisan overstretch threatens the underpinnings of what some are hailing as the new order of things.

Joe Biden enjoys a 54% average job approval rating, a good mark for a president midterm or facing reelection but below the 100-day numbers of every post-World War II president except Donald Trump. Biden’s 42% disapproval is higher than theirs and about equal to Trump’s. That may understate things if, as The Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter suggests, polls are under-sampling Republican voters.

The deepening partisan divisions of the last quarter century are not over and done with.

Biden’s appeal to white non-college voters apparently remains limited. Thus the retirement of downstate Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos, head of House Democrats’ campaign committee for the (disappointing) 2020 cycle. Her district voted 58% for Barack Obama in 2012 and voted 50% to 48% for Trump last year; she won by a margin of only 52% to 48%.

Similarly, Rep. Tim Ryan is leaving his Youngstown-Akron district for an iffy U.S. Senate run in Ohio, and suburban Pittsburgh’s Conor Lamb may do so in Pennsylvania. He hasn’t been helped by local Democratic environmental regulators whose decisions caused U.S. Steel to cancel a $1.5 billion investment.

Nor are Biden Democrats doing all that well among the upscale voters repelled by Trump. The May 1 special election in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex resulted in the nomination of two Republicans in a district that Trump carried by only a margin of 51% to 47% last year. Republican candidates won 62% of the votes and Democrats only 37%.

This may reflect liberal apathy. The audience for Joe Biden’s April 28 speech was about 30% smaller than Trump’s audience for his 2020 State of the Union. Viewership of pro-Biden MSNBC and CNN is down by even larger percentages. And the neverTrump constituency seems to be fading as well.

Now that Trump is out of office and off Twitter, Trump haters are no longer watching to savor his latest outrage and schmooze over it with likeminded friends.

EVAN VUCCI | AP PHOTO

President Joe Biden speaks about the economy, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, May 10, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, upscale voters don’t seem enchanted with the woke Biden agenda when they see it up close. Across the metroplex, turnout was high as voters in affluent Southlake, Texas, voted 70% to 30% to oust school-board members who mandated critical race theory instruction, which the Biden Education Department wants to encourage.

Their reactions were apparently similar to those of New York elite school parents, as reported by the Manhattan Institute’s Kay Hymowitz. So much for “systemic racism.”

Even in hyper-liberal Austin, 57% of voters reinstated a law banning camping in public spaces.

The desire to “keep Austin weird” evidently doesn’t go so far as endorsing California-style tent cities under every overpass.

Biden’s connection with homeless policy may

be tenuous; not so with what’s happening on our southern border. Despite administration insistence that there’s no problem, even Biden himself has described it as a “crisis.”

His insistence in his televised April 29 speech that it was under control didn’t impress Democrats with border constituencies. “What I didn’t hear tonight was a plan to address the immediate crisis at the border,” said Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly.

Though Biden might “say that we have everything under control,” said Laredo-based Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, “we’re not paying attention to the border’s communities. And it’s not under control. I can tell you that.” He’s right: 170,000 people were apprehended at the southern border in March, the highest monthly total since 2006.

Perhaps that’s the reason for the retirements of border Democratic Reps. Filemon Vela of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Ann Kirkpatrick, who represents Tucson and Cochise County, Arizona.

There’s no question that most voters — other than hardcore Democrats — reject the administration spin, like Kamala Harris’ pathetic claim that “lack of climate adaptation and climate resilience” are causes of the surge of migrants at the border. A CNN poll shows 78% agreeing that the border is in “crisis,” while an NBC poll shows 59% disapproval to 35% approval of Biden’s performance on border security and immigration.

The Biden-Harris claim that nothing is amiss at the border bespeaks an inability to understand what is absurd — which can be fatal in politics. It’s also apparent in the claim of there being “systemic racism” among police, which reached absurd lengths when Democratic partisans criticized police for shooting one black girl who was about to stab another.

As homicides increase in city after city at the highest rates ever measured, and as tens of thousands keep crossing the border illegally, a lukewarm overall-positive rating and a deenergized core constituency may not be enough for Democrats to hold on to their current tenuous majorities.

Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.

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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT NBA

Pelicans executive fined $50K for Zion comments New York The NBA fined New Orleans Pelicans executive David Griffin $50,000 on Sunday for publicly criticizing officiating over how star Zion Williamson is handled and making comments the league considered detrimental.

The decision came two days after Griffin, the Pelicans’ executive vice president of basketball operations, spoke out strongly about his concerns on the amount of contact NBA referees allow Williamson to endure.

Williamson is currently out indefinitely with a broken left index finger, an injury that occurred on a play where he did not appear to be fouled.

TERRY RENNA | AP PHOTO

MLB

Martin Truex Jr. celebrates in Victory Lane after winning Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway.

Angels designate Pujols for assignment, slugger seeks new team

Truex Jr. dominates at Darlington for 3rd win of year

Anaheim, Calif.

Albert Pujols, the 41-yearold slugger whose 667 home runs ranks fifth on baseball’s all-time list, was designated for assignment by the Angels on Thursday.

A late-night meeting between the team’s top brass and Pujols led to the decision after Pujols, disappointed about the prospect of not playing every day, said he wanted to join a team that would allow him to do so. He is batting .198 with five home runs in 24 games this season.

The 21-year veteran had 445 home runs with the Cardinals before signing a 10-year, $240 million contract with the Angels.

He has 222 home runs with Los Angeles.

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver is the only person to win multiple races this season

By Pete Iacobelli The Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Martin Truex Jr. got nervous in a hurry near the end of his dominating drive at Darlington Raceway.

Barely pushed much of the race, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver suddenly saw Kyle Larson catching up in the closing laps.

Truex, though, called on his steady demeanor and track focus to pull away for his third NASCAR Cup Series victory this season.

Not that it was easy.

When Truex noticed Larson right behind him inside of 30 laps left, he thought, “Oh, man, he’s right behind me.

“You’re heart rate goes up,” he continued, “You’re anxiety goes up.”

Very quickly, Truex was back to his steady, powerhouse driving at the track “Too Tough To Tame.”

“Hopefully, we can keep this rolling,” Truex said.

Truex’s owner, Joe Gibbs, told him after that Larson gave the three-time Super Bowl winning coach a scare. “Yeah, he scared me, too,” Truex told him.

The victory gave Truex some payback at Darlington from the last time here last September, when he led 196 laps, yet finished 22nd after tangling for the lead

late with Chase Elliott.

This time, Truex made sure he had no issues by running out front — often holding a 10-second lead on the field — to win for the second time at the track “Too Tough To Tame.”

Truex led 248 of the 293 laps for his 30th career victory in NASCAR’s top series. He’s the only driver with multiple wins over the year’s first 12 races.

“It’s fun when you’re out front,” Truex said. “You’re always just mindful on staying focused on what you’re doing.”

No one was more focused at Darlington than Truex.

He took control midway through the first of three stages, moving in front on a restart and settling in for a long ride up front.

Truex led the final 21 laps to take the first stage, then the last 36 as he collected the second stage win by some 14 seconds over his JGR teammate Kyle Busch.

Truex broke out when racing resumed for the final stage and easily managed a couple of rounds of green-flag pits stops to stay ahead.

Larson was second with Truex’s teammate, Kyle Busch, third. William Byron was fourth and Denny Hamlin, who came in as the NASCAR points’ leader, was fifth.

Larson charged hard to catch up, even using a dramatic sliding pass between Ryan Newman and Tyler Reddick to keep chasing the lead.

“Glad I didn’t wreck there,” Larson said with a smile.

NASCAR heads to Dover International Speedway for another triple-header weekend where the Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series will take place before the Cup Series race at the Monster Mile. Kevin Harvick won the Cup Series event there in 2020, part of his season best nine victories.

OLYMPICS

IOC’s Bach cancels Japan trip because of virus surge Tokyo IOC President Thomas Bach has canceled a trip to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Monday in a statement. Bach was to visit Hiroshima next Monday and meet the torch relay and then probably travel to Tokyo. Organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto said last week that the trip would be “tough” for Bach to make, which was interpreted in Japan as meaning it was canceled. The trip was made impossible because of a state of emergency in Tokyo and other parts of the country that has been extended until May 31.

GOLF

US wins Walker Cup in Florida Juno Beach, Fla. Austin Eckroat and Pierceson Coody got the United States off to a fast start, and Cole Hammer and Stewart Hagestad finished off Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup. Ricky Castillo won again, too, and the Americans took five of the 10 afternoon singles matches and tied another Sunday at Seminole Golf Club for a 14-12 victory.

The Americans won for the third straight time to take a 38-9-1 lead in the biennial event first played in 1922.

DeChambeau’s 1,870-mile detour results in top-10 at Quail Hollow The 2020 U.S Open champion returned to Dallas thinking he had missed the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship

By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Bryson DeChambeau went through an ordinary routine between the second and third rounds of the Wells Fargo Championship. He went out to dinner. He got in a workout. He slept about seven hours.

There’s just one minor detail: He flew home to Dallas because he thought he had missed the cut.

His 1,870-mile journey behind him, DeChambeau made it back to Quail Hollow on Saturday morning with about an hour to spare. Then he shot a 68.

All in a day’s work.

“For whatever reason, I just feel like the more weird things happen to me, the greater my resolve sometimes can be,” DeChambeau said.

“And today was a case of that.”

It all started on the seventh hole Friday, his 16th of the round, when DeChambeau hit two balls into the water and took a triple-bogey 8. He chipped in for birdie on the next hole, but figured he would need a birdie on his last hole to have any chance. He missed, shot 74 and walked off the course just outside the top 90.

The top 65 and ties make the cut.

DeChambeau packed his bags.

And then the wind began raging at Quail Hollow, scores came down and his position kept going up. He was in the air when his agent texted close friend Conner Olson, flying with him, that DeChambeau was tied for 68th.

“I was like: ‘What? No way,’” DeChambeau said.

JACOB KUPFERMAN | AP PHOTO

Bryson DeChambeau tees off on the 15th hole during Saturday's third round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte.

He still thought it wouldn’t be enough as the wind died late in the afternoon. But it was. When the round was over, DeChambeau was tied for 64th to make the cut.

He also was in Dallas.

DeChambeau said he looked over at Olson and said: “Well, whoops. That was a mistake.”

The fun was just starting. DeChambeau has a deal with a private jet company, but with time required to refuel and book a flight back to Charlotte, he figured he might as well stay at home for a bit.

He worked out for an hour. He went out to eat.

DeChambeau did well to arrange a flight for 2:45 a.m. in Dal-

las, allowing him five hours’ sleep before heading to the airport. He picked up two more hours of sleep on the plane, landed at 6:20 a.m., drove a half-hour to Quail Hollow, changed clothes and off he went.

It was an expensive mistake, though DeChambeau figured he could compensate for it with a good weekend. To finish 20th, for example, would pay roughly $100,000.

With another 68 on Sunday, he finished tied for ninth and pocketed $228,825.

It was reminiscent of Geoff Ogilvy leaving what is now the Valspar Championship in 2010, getting word in the airport that he had gone from a tie for 83rd to a

tie for 72nd. He couldn’t get his golf clubs off the commercial flight and wound up flying home to Phoenix, getting a private flight back to Florida and shooting 65.

DeChambeau played the third round with British Open champion Shane Lowry, who also thought he was going to miss the cut when he finished at 2-over 144 on Friday.

Lowry has friends in Charlotte and hung around. He shot a 75 on Saturday followed by a 71 on Sunday to finish tied for 65th.

Lowry walked off the 17th green, able to smile at the day’s misfortunes and said, “It’s days like this you wish the wind didn’t blow yesterday afternoon.”

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Pfeiffer men’s lacrosse claims first USA South title, NCAA bid The Falcons will play Lynchburg in the first round on Saturday

By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal DARREN CUMMINGS | AP PHOTO

Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane suggested it could be beneficial to release players who are not vaccinated so a team could have fewer COVID-19 restrictions, but the league will reportedly not allow its teams to cut players for that reason alone.

Report: NFL teams won’t be able to cut unvaccinated players Bills GM and Stanly County native Brandon Beane had floated the idea of releasing players who haven’t been vaccinated

By Barry Wilner The Associated Press AN NFL TEAM can’t release a player simply because he is not vaccinated for COVID-19, a person with direct knowledge of the league’s directive told The Associated Press on Friday.

Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane hypothetically suggested this week that he’d do so if it would provide more freedom within the team facilities for meetings and offseason programs.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league did not make the directive public. The NFL currently is formulating further plans and protocols for the offseason programs and training camp.

“A team may not release a player solely due to vaccination status,” the person said.

The league also is allowing vaccinated players to gather and interact with other such players away from club facilities.

The same is true for staff members. But players and staff, including coaches, may not do so at this

time, according to an NFL memo obtained by the AP. Also being considered is allowing teams to stage training camp away from their home facility. Those clubs must submit a fill medical and protocol plan “demonstrate how the club will comply with the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols at the proposed alternative location (including any hotels and transportation involved).”

A team’s plan will be subject to review and approval by the NFL-NFLPA Joint COVID Medical Committee.

On Wednesday, Beane’s response was to a question about potentially cutting an unvaccinated player at the lower end of Buffalo’s 53-man roster. It came when the NFL is loosening its restrictions for teams whose staff and players have been fully vaccinated.

“You guys saw it in the fieldhouse, we had three and four meetings going on, and sometimes you’re talking over each other. But it was the only way to pull it off and be social distant,” he said of NFL protocols limiting the number of players who could meet at one time. “So it would be an advantage to cut a player and fall under that umbrella” of less restrictive protocols.

Last year, teams were limited to hosting most meetings via Zoom, with restrictions placed on how many players and coaches could

“I think there’s going to be some incentives. If you have ‘X’ number of percent of your players and staff vaccinated, you can live normal, let’s call it — back to the old days.”

Brandon Beane, Bills general manager gather at one time. Team officials and players were also required to undergo daily COVID-19 testing and wear masks.

Beane expects those restrictions to be loosened, while noting the rules have yet to be determined.

“I think there’s going to be some incentives. If you have ‘X’ number of percent of your players and staff vaccinated, you can live normal, let’s call it — back to the old days,” he said.

“If you don’t, it’s going to look more like last year,” Beane added.

“But I hope, if those are the rules, that we’ll be able to get enough people to be vaccinated and not have to deal with all the headaches.”

The NFL and NFL Players Association are encouraging, but not mandating players to get vaccinated.

MISENHEIMER —The Pfeiffer men’s lacrosse team made history Saturday afternoon when it won its first USA South Athletic Conference championship to earn its first trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

The Falcons (12-1, 8-0) have now won 11 straight games after their 17-13 home win over the Piedmont Lions (6-5, 5-0 USA South).

On Sunday, the NCAA announced that Pfeiffer’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament will result in a trip to Lynchburg College to play the Hornets (16-2, 8-1 Old Dominion Athletic Conference) in the first round of action; that matchup is set for Saturday at 1 p.m.

“I think the biggest thing for our success has been our guys’ focus,” Pfeiffer coach Tucker Nelson told SCJ. “They are focused every day in practice and in their individual development.

That is a reason why we’ve been able to stretch our win streak. Our defensive play has also stepped up this year.”

For the year, the Falcons have outscored their opponents by a margin of 261-123 while averaging just over 20 goals per game.

“Our offense is tough to cover. Tucker Hill has been winning a lot of faceoffs for us, while Jared Nelson, Quinn Becraft and John Allen have been on the attack for us,” Nelson said. “That gives us a lot of opportunities to make runs on teams.”

Unlike the majority of Pfeiffer’s wins this season, Saturday’s game with Piedmont was a competitive battle. At the 10:16 mark in the second quarter, the Lions took a 6-5 lead over the Falcons, but it didn’t take long for Pfeiffer to climb back to a 9-6 edge.

The second half of the contest was a low-scoring affair; both offenses were held to only a pair of goals each during the third quarter, but the Falcons tacked on four more goals in the fourth while holding the Lions to three.

Pfeiffer’s Corey Choberka was awarded USA South Tournament MVP honors thanks in part to his four-goal performance. Three Falcons — Allen, Becraft and Trevin King — scored three goals each, and goalkeeper Matt Stocks recorded the win with nine saves.

The Falcons’ next opponent, fourth-ranked Lynchburg, is currently riding a 10-game winning streak and is no stranger to the postseason — Saturday will mark the Hornets’ 14th NCAA Tournament appearance. Lynchburg advanced to the third round two years ago and came within one game of winning the entire tournament six years ago.

“I think the biggest thing for our success has been our guys’ focus.”

Tucker Nelson, Pfeiffer lacrosse coach

No US men in Top 30 for 1st time in computer tennis rankings Greensboro’s John Isner is the second-highest ranked American at No. 34

By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press THERE ARE NO American men in the ATP’s Top 30 for the first time in the nearly half-century of computerized tennis rankings.

The highest-ranked man from the U.S., Taylor Fritz, slid one place to No. 31 on Monday after a firstround loss at last week’s Madrid Masters.

Next is Greensboro’s John Isner, who made it to the quarterfinals on the red clay in Spain and rose five spots to No. 34.

There always has been at least one man from the United States ranked in the Top 30 each week since the inception of the computer-calculated standings on Aug. 23, 1973. That includes No. 1s such as Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier and, most recently, Andy Roddick, who held the top spot for 13 weeks from Nov. 30, 2003, to Feb. 1, 2004.

That was shortly after Roddick won the 2003 U.S. Open, the last time an American man won a Grand Slam singles title.

There are currently 10 players from the country in the Top 100, the same number that Italy has, although there are three Italians in the Top 30: No. 9 Matteo Berrettini, No. 18 Jannik Sinner and No. 28 Fabio Fognini.

Novak Djokovic remained at No. 1 on Monday, extending his record for most weeks leading the ATP to 320, 10 more than the previous mark set by Roger Federer.

There’s a new No. 2, however: Daniil Medvedev overtook that slot from Rafael Nadal, who lost in the quarterfinals in Madrid.

The biggest rise in the Top 50 came from Casper Ruud, a 22-year-old from Norway who

MARTA LAVANDIER | AP PHOTO

Greensboro’s John Isner is ranked No. 34 in the world, behind only 31st-ranked Taylor Fritz among American tennis players. moved up six spots to a career-best No. 16 after reaching the Madrid semifinals.

The most significant change in the WTA rankings was Aryna Sabalenka’s jump to a career-high No. 4 from No. 7 after winning the title in Madrid.

Ash Barty, who lost to Sabalenka 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 in the final, held

her No. 1 ranking.

The 2019 French Open champion is followed by No. 2 Naomi Osaka and No. 3 Simona Halep.

Serena Williams, whose first tournament since February is this week’s Italian Open, remained at No. 8.

“Everyone gears up for Top 10 players, and so if I’m in the Top

10, I will be ready. Am I?” 23-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1 Williams said Monday at her pre-tournament news conference in Rome. “I don’t even know where I am.”

The next Grand Slam tournament is the French Open, which begins main-draw play in Paris on May 30.

17 Years since an American male was ranked No. 1 in the world, when Andy Roddick held the top spot Feb. 1, 2004

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“For people who don’t higher rate. ty and state officials are conNutbush resident Patricia Har- car, what do they do?” ask ed that an influx of patients ris wondered aloud if city officials ris, who spoke to The Ass m Memphis, as well as nearby were “trying to contaminate” the Press while lugging a bott sissippi, Arkansas and rural tergent, a package of bott neighborhood.

Tennessee, will strain hospiActivist Earle Fisher, an Afri- ter and other items from t Their fears are echoed across ADRIAN SAINZ | AP PHOTO can American Memphis pastor, A Lot to her car. She note country: Governors, mayors understands the anxiety. “This grocery store recently clos health By experts in numerous This Friday, April 3,Gaines, 2020 photo, Rep. Houston an Ath- shows Gateway Shopping Center Jeff Amy ens Republican who sponsored the The Associated Press is an honest and reasonable con- her house and she already es are also researching and in Memphis, Tenn. bill, said lawmakers “won’t allow cern and skepticism,” Fisher said. travel farther to get to Gat tructing makeshift medical — Georgia Gov. Bri- the defund the police movement “When we do things “I think it’s par for the course for ities. anATLANTA Kemp has signed a law aimed to take a foothold in Georgia,” saygot to consider the people black people to be righteously a Chinese restaurant and other Lee has disclosed a few: the Mun New York City, they’re turnat blocking “defund the police” ef- ing instead that local governments skeptical of governmental inter- neighborhood,” she said. “W Center in Nashville, o the Javits convention should be hiring more officersthe and businesses. fortsCenter in larger Georgia citiessic andCity paying them more to fight a spike counties, it’s unfair to “conLocating a treatment center for vention that did not consult with need to make the neighb Chattanooga Convention Center, in Chicago, thesaying McCormick in crime. Expo Center — all coronavirus patients there pos- people on the ground first.” demn and demonize” offi- Knoxville worse than it already is.” e Convention Center; and police in the “Listen, I support local con- es two problems, residents say: U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, Doug McGowen, the city’s chief from residential neighdy, Utah,cers. the Mountain Amer- sites away “This far-left movement will trol, but when you have local govphis Democrat, said the d operating officer, said the GateIt could potentially expose them borhoods.

Expo Center. endanger our communities and ernments that are out of control, I doesn’t make sense. way site was being considered beto the virus amid concerns that The Gateway Shopping Cenhe U.S. our Army Corps of Engilaw enforcement officers and knew we had to act,” Gaines said “I’m sure there are othe cause it could potentially accomter in of theAthens-Clarke Nutbush neighborhood s has been locations at risk,” and Atlanta. blacks are contracting COVID-19 leavescouting our most vulnerable BRYNN ANDERSON | AP PHOTO “While we’re fortunate these prothe Republican Kemp said FriTennessee, and officials here of Memphis is different. The cen- at higher rates; and it could force modate hundreds of beds. He said that would work, and they posals adidn’t the grocery first time some day while at the Barrow Protesters “Black Lives Matter” a Wendy’s 17, rather t have usedJune those if itstreet werenear converted to arestaurant treatmenton Wednesday, of theyells stores they rely on to in the ter features Savepass A Lot compiled a listspeaking of 35 possiaround, we can’t let it happen.”

County Sheriff’s Office gun range 2020 in Atlanta. site, it would hold only mildly ill into a residential neighbo backup sites. They haven’t re- store, a Rent-A-Center, a Fami- close.

Most Democrats opposed rein Bethlehem, flanked by a numcoronavirus patients who could be Cohen said.

Nutbush resident and commuly Dollar, a beauty supply shop, ed the whole list, but Gov. Bill stricting local control and said Reber of sheriffs and police chiefs.

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Kemp signs bill aimed at banning ‘defund the police’ efforts

The law would limit govern- publicans were grandstanding to ments’ ability to cut police fund- score political points.

A similar measure has become ing by more than 5% a year after Atlanta and Athens-Clarke Coun- law in Florida, while other states ty officials debated but rejected are considering them.

Defunding the police was deplans to cut or redirect spending following racial-injustice protests bated extensively across the counlast year. The death of George try, including during the presiFloyd, a black man killed in police dential race, but not much action custody in Minneapolis last year, followed. An Associated Press relaunched demonstrations that view found that while some local were also fueled by the death of governments trimmed police budgets, cuts were mostly modest.

Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta.

The measure is a rejection of ar- In Minneapolis, despite efforts guments by protesters nationwide to transform policing, the city is planning to spend $6.4Salman, million to thatPress minority communitiesbin areSalman, a son of King Associated to fill suffering from over policing.assented The try to thevacancies. deal. the Georgia measure, that governments “I go Under with the consent, so I UBAI, critics Unitedargue Arab Emirshould spend less on law enforce- cities and counties can cut more agree,” the prince said, chuckling, — OPEC, and decline mentRussia and more on other social services than 5% if local revenues round applause from roducing nationsproblems. on Sunday drawing by amore thanofthat, and cities and to address

PEC, oil nations agree o nearly 10M barrel cut

counties with fewer than 25 officers are exempt.

There’s also a provision to allow governments to make larger capital expenditures for a year and not get locked in to higher levels of spending. Cities also could abolish their police forces and contract with counties for law enforcement if they guarantee equivalent levels of protection.

It’s unclear what the penalty would be for a government that defies the law. Gaines has said decreases of more than 5% could be challenged in court.

A court also ruled that Kemp legally appointed a former state senator as a superior court judge, rejecting a lawsuit by an attorney who said there should have been

an election and that Kemp waited too long.

Senior Judge Michael Karpf ruled Thursday that Jesse Stone can remain a judge in the Augusta Judicial Circuit.

Former judge Michael Annis retired in February 2020, but the Republican governor didn’t name Stone to the bench until Feb. 21 of this year.

Lawyer Maureen Floyd filed suit in Burke County claiming that Kemp had waited too long because Annis’ term expired at the end of 2020.

Karpf ruled that Kemp had not violated the state constitution’s requirement that Kemp fill the vacancy “promptly” and wrote that it didn’t matter that Annis’ term had

run out because previous caselaw stated that judicial terms of office are eliminated when judges resign.

The judge also rejected Floyd’s claims that Kemp manipulated the appointment process to give Stone a longer period in office before he had to face voters.

Karpf noted that Stone will face voters in a nonpartisan election next year, the same time he would have gone before voters even if Kemp had appointed him in February 2020, because state law requires at least a six-month delay before an appointed judge faces voters. Judicial elections generally take place in May, not on the November ballot that includes partisan elected officials.

ized an unprecedented pro- those on the video call.

But it had not been smiles and ion cut of nearly 10 million els, or a 10th of global supply, laughs for weeks after the soopes of boosting crashing pric- called OPEC+ group of OPEC mid the coronavirus pandemic members and other nations failed in March to reach an agreement a price war, officials said.

This could be the largest re- on production cuts, sending pricion in production from OPEC es tumbling. Saudi Arabia sharply perhaps a decade, maybe lon- criticized Russia days earlier over mostly retirees, who packed into

By Mike Schneider what it described as comments said U.S. Energy Secretary a hotel ballroom to listen them.

The Associated Press Brouillette, who credited critical of the kingdom, which A long line trailed outside the hotel with people who couldn’t get in ident Donald Trump’s perTHE VILLAGES, Fla. — finds U.S. itself trying to appease once the ballroom reached capacReps. Matt Gaetz dueland Marjorie Trump, a longtime OPEC critic. l involvement in getting ity. The Villages, which was the Taylor Greene, two of the RepubliEven U.S. senators had warned parties to the table and helpfastest-growing U.S. metro area can Party’s most controversial figto end ures, a price war between Saudi Arabia to find a way to last year, has been a Republican kicked off their “America First boost di ArabiaRally” and roadshow Russia. last Friday with bastion for decades and is often a a prices as American shale firms il pricesTrump-centric have collapsed as the must-stop destination for Republirevival of sorts for face far-higher production can presidential candidates.

MAGA at a Florida re- American troops had been costs. navirus the and thefaithful COVID-19 SAUDI ENERGY Inside the ballroom, the suptirement community. ss it causes have largely halt- deployed to the kingdom for the porters danced and clapped to Minist The gathering appeared to be an lobal travel and slowed down first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, In this photo released by Saudi Energy Ministry, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Laura Branigan’s “Gloria” and attempt to position the two conserattacks over concerns of Irani- Energy of Saudi Arabia, third right, chairs a virtual summitother r energy-chugging sectors of the Group 20waved energy 1980s hits of and theirminister vatives as successors to the former as manufacturing.

It has an retaliation amid regional ten- his office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, April 10, 2020, toarms, coordinate a response to plummet loudly chanting the lyrics president’s populism. sions. stated the in presiprices due to an oversupply in the market and a downturn inofglobal demand the pandem Queen’s “We Aredue the to Champi“Telloilme,industry who is your ons,” before the politicians took the dent?””

Greene shouted after walk“They’ve spent over the last U.S., which now pumps more stage. ing other out onto a ballroom stage in month waging war on American e than any country.

At least a half dozen muscled front of hundreds of supportpraise.

Andrés ut someers producers have been oil producers while we are defend- that Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the deal but its president, security guards in identical olive wearing “Trump” T-shirts and “Thethepure size of the cu Manuel López Obrador, had said the United Arab Emirates would ing theirs.

This is not how friends ctant to “Make ease supply.

The carshirts stood around room.

America Great Again” red precedented, but, Friday that he had agreed with cut another 2 million barrels of treat friends,” said Sen. Kevin nd other nations on Sunday John Peil was in the crowd.

He then ag ballcaps. described theisrally asimpact a great way to corona the the that the U.S. will compenof Cramer, a Republican from North oil a day between them atop the Trump ed to allow“Trump!”

Mexicothe to maskless cut onlycrowd PHELAN M. EBENHACK | AP PHOTO a day having of golfing. retirees wearing MAGA red yelled on demand,” said M addoffto OPEC+ deal. The three countries sate what Mexico cannot cap Dakota, before the OPEC+ deal.

000 barrels a month, a stickOf Greene, Peil Ghulam, said, she was back.

Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., address a rally, med an “a energy an the attendees proposedofcuts. did not immediately acknowledge U.S.Rep. producers have already point for an accord initially great woman” who wasn’t afraid to Joking that he was a “marked Friday, May 7, 2021, in The Villages, Fla. Raymond James.

“The big Oil Deal with OPEC been reducing output. The Amer- the cut themselves, though Zanhed Friday a marathon take on Democratic lawmakers in man after in Congress ... but a Florida and others hun- ThereBut ican Petroleum Institute laud- ganeh attended the video confer- Plus is done. This will save o conference 23former na- PresCongress. wasGhulam a double stanman,” between Gaetz called it may notDemocrats be enough. of thousands energy ed Sunday’s pact,them,” saying it ence. s. The nations together agreed dardjobs between when a Maydreds 15 deadline to strike aof plea though for different reasons. tell the global truth about Gaetz ident Donald Trump “the undisrun said into controversies whena tempo deal with prosecutors.

If he does, What began an inquiry into cuts saidget of the establishment. puted leader of the Republican “This isand at least in the United States,” Trump Officials saidasother planned will help other nations’ stateut 9.7 million barrels a day do, he may be “I pressed co- toRepublicans sex trafficking and Greenberg indoor rallyto took placethe with would Party.”and June. forsaid. the energy industry in a tweet. wouldto like thank lief stand in allegations the deal, meaning owned oilThe production follow ughout May a doubleeconomy. standard This i operate withcongratulate federal investigators whether Gaetz paid women and an cut week until that Gaetz-associate “Today, we strong mesthe global and President“They’re Pu- using 8-million-barrel-per-day lead ofjust U.S.a producers are try- an he group reached thesend deala just sage to the weak establishment in Joel Greenberg faces a deadline to underage girl in exchange for sex and deliver damaging information on the two of them too,” Peil said, big to bememlet to fail and tinGaetz. of Russia and King Salman of to is July into through thereview end of to plunging demand. s before Asian markets referring thetoo two House against has grown a larger of the enter a plea deal that could lead to from both parties: AmericareFirst ing isn’tto adjust liance showed responsibil Saudi Arabia.” year and a 6-million-barrel cut for Brouillette said the U.S. did not ned Monday and as internaGreene, a congresswoman from bers. “It’s always the conservatives going away. We are going on tour,” damaging information against the public corruption. Federal investithisand agreement,” said Per M Kremlin said months beginning in 2021. commitments of Gaetz its own that get the dirt, it’s always the al benchmark was stripped of her con- President gators are looking at whether Gae- Georgia,The congressman. allud- 16 Gaetz said.Brent “It’s no crude longer themake red Florida liberals speed away free.” gressional assignments tz “This and hiswill associates tried to secure investigation referencteamover against theablue team. It’s the ed to the the head of ana Vladimir Putin last heldFeba joint callthat Nysveen, enable the rebalancproduction cuts, but wasbyable to ed at just $31 barrel and Energy.

Josh Labasruary with for incendiary social me- KingZach government jobs for some of the ing obvious what he said de- ing establishment against the rest of the Rystad “Even tho Trump and Saudi Sal-Hussein of the oil markets and the exshow — were that distorted plunging American shale producers scriptions of himself as someone women. They are also scrutinizing dia posts expressing racist views, bas held up a black banner that us.” demand because of the pandem- pected rebound of prices by $15 man to express support of the production cuts are small ggle.

Gaetz held up himself and who has wild parties with beauti- Gaetz’s connections to the medical pushing absurd conspiracy theo- said “Antifacist Action” in front of what market needed a deal.

It also threats said Putin barrelsector. in the short term,” said ic is expected to slash U.S. oil pro- per ideo aired by the the sephotel where thethe rally was held ries and endorsing of vio-spoke marijuana ful women.

Greene as Saudi-owned challengers to the estabthe asked stock buildi aratelyelected with officials.

Trump aboutuntil the aoil duction. Both Republican members of a statement lite channel policepostpone officer politely lence against Greenberg, a from formerNigeria’s local tax oil lishment and Al-Arabiya successors to Trump’s at the request of thethe wor Themarket controversies made issues. no dif- them to leave collector, has been accused of trafthe House of Representatives have ministry. straints problem, and other Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanwed the populism. moment that Saudi property owner. ference Analysts to the 300 supporters, a minor sex and faces in recent months, ficking “They lie about us becauseganeh we come now avoided.” offered cautious Mexico hadforinitially blocked alsounder told fire state television rgy Minister Prince Abdulaziz

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obituaries Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Larry Long

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Patsy Honeycutt

George Blalock

Shelia Ingram

Jerry Dunn

LARRY GEORGE LONG, 71, PATSY JANE HONEYCUTT, GEORGE LOYD BLALOCK, JERRY LEON DUNN, 72, of SHELIA DIANE SMITH passed away on Sunday, May 2, 79, of Locust, passed away Tuesday, JR., 74, of Gold Hill, NC passed Albemarle, passed away Tuesday INGRAM, 74, of Albemarle passed 2021 at the Tucker Hospice House, May 4, 2021 at Trinity Place in away Monday, May 3, 2021 in his May, 4, 2021 at the Tucker Hospice away Wednesday May 5, 2021 in Kannapolis, NC. His funeral Albemarle. home. His funeral service will be House, Kannapolis, NC. His Atrium Health Stanly. Her funeral service will be held at Howell’s Patsy was born June 7, 1941 in 2pm Friday, May 7, 2021 at Antioch graveside service will be 11am service will be 2 PM on Monday, Baptist Church, 3800 Baptist Lane, North Carolina to the late John Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Friday, May7, 2021 at Salem United May 10, 2021 in the Stanly Funeral Concord, NC on Wednesday, May Filmore Lambert and the late Lambert and Rev. Randy Jetton Methodist Church Cemetery with Home Chapel with Pastor Bob 5, 2021 at 2:30 pm with his greatSarah Rosetta Hinson Lambert. officiating. Burial will follow in Rev. David Talbert officiating. The Gruver officiating. Burial will follow nephew Stacey Pearson officiating.

She was preceded in death by the church cemetery with military family will receive friends after the in Stanly Gardens of Memory. The Burial will follow in the church brother, Lonnie Lambert, sister, honors. There will be no formal graveside at their home. family will receive friends from cemetery. The visitation will be held Bettie Richie, brother, Stancil visitation. Mr. Blalock will lie in Mr. Dunn was born July 24, 1 until 2 at Stanly Funeral and prior to the service from 1:30pm Lambert, brother, RJ Lambert, state from 1pm until 2pm prior to 1948 in Hamlet, NC to the late Jim Cremation Care prior to the hour of until 2:30pm. brother, Horace Lambert, brother, the service.

Dunn and Katherine Parnell Dunn. the service.

Mr. Long was born February 15, Archie Lambert, sister, Annie He was born December 5, 1946 He wasDanny a member of Salem United Born May 4, 1947 in Stanly Jason Tony Merle Jerry 1950 in Concord, NC, to the late Fisher, sister, Katie Furr, sister, in Stanly County, NC to the late Methodist Church. Mr. Dunn County, NC she was the daughter Efird Smith Fincher Bonner Franklin Long and Helen Betty Morgan.

George LoydHelms Blalock and Dorothy was anLuther employee of Moss Supply of the late Ivey Ray Smith Sr. and Harrison Long. He worked as a “GENE” Patsy worked alongsideSMITH, her 72, of Treece Blalock.

George retired from for twenty years and a former ERRY FINCHER Doris Morton ASON EUGENE ONY MONROE ERLE LORRAINE AUSTIN ANNY PAUL LUTHER, passedSmith. from She attended went&home to be with Rockwell, NC, went to be with Metal Forge HELMS, of Marshville, 65, ofmanager Norwood, passed away Life this life on AprilAlbemarle 3, 2020 at 8:05 Gun Salesman atEFIRD, Hyatt’s94, Gun husband Gene at Nationwide and72, was a member staff with Liberty South Baptist Church his Lord Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at his hisin Lord and Savior Jesus Christ passed away Wednesday, Aprilwhere 8, unexpectedly Thursday, April Jerry 9, pm. He wasand surrounded by his family Coin Shop in Charlotte, NC. Larry Insurance Locust for more of Antioch Baptist Church, Insurance Company. enjoyed was a retired book keeper home in Stanfield.

Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 2020 at McWhorter Hospice House 2020 at Atrium Health in fishing, and holding the hand of the love of enjoyed hunting, fishing, spending than 30 on years.

She was a lifelong he served as a Deacon.

He was a gardening, woodStanly working, with Albemarle Medical Services.

Gene was born October 9, 1925, in his home surrounded by family. A in Monroe.

Albemarle. his life. Jerry is preceded in death time with his family and sharing all Sunday School teacher and was member of the American Legion. hunting and going to auction She loved her grandkids and loved Cabarrus County to the late Simeon private family service will be held.

Lorraine was born April 28, 1947 Mr. Luther was born March 27, by three siblings, two brothers, Billy his vast knowledge theand outdoors. for her condolences beautiful prayers. was a proud of the DunnFulton lovedand his family, traveling to the beach with her Jason of Efird the late Sarah known Ella Online can be made at Hein Monroe to theveteran late Homer David 1955sales. to theMr. late Robert Gilbert Fincher, and Larry Richard Larry is survived by hisInwife, life and lived it to its United Marines. especially his grandchildren. Fincher, and family.

Burris Efird. addition to hisPatsy loved stanlyfuneralhome.com AustinStates and Jewell Delphia-Jane Helen Tucker Luther. one sister, Barbra Joyce he wasHe preceded by andTony was born August 11, 1947 Austin. She was also preceded in by Danny wasis survived by his Marjorie Longparents, of 50 years. is in death fullest, always enjoyed a good George is preceded in death Jerry survived bywife, his wife,Moore.

She was preceded in death histwo wife,daughters, Jewell Little Efird; sisters, in Stanly County the late Pearlie hisdeath brothers, A.D. and Teddy Denise Burleson LutherDunn of Norwood; He is survived his wife, Eleanor also survived by laugh. She dearly lovedtoher family, wife by Pauline Russell Blalock.

Maxine Cauble of the home. by herbyhusband Harold Wayne Lambert, Fannie Asbury adored Smith and Emmer Lee and sister, Joy Austin. sons, Jeremy (Karen) Luther and two sons, Kate Fincher of the home, daughter, Wendy Tucker Mary and husband Greg Almond, and especially her husband HeAustin; is survived by three sons, Other survivors include Ingram.

Survivors include daughter Minnie Furr, Wilma Burleson and Smith. He was the son in law of Pat The family will receive friends Jody Luther; step-sons, Bryan Cindy Fincher Jacobs of Wingate of Oakboro and Candy Russell Gene of nearly 60Cagle years.

Albemarle, Ronnie Dunn(Anita) (Lisa)Whitley; of Albemarle, Lori I. Harper Albemarle, M. Aileen Huskey; and brothers, Homer and Mick where he worked at Ashley from Blalock 6:00 pm -of 8:00 pm, Friday,NC, Whitley and Gregg NC., son and daughter in law,of Tommy of Stanfield; four grandchildren, The family receive friends Blalock and wife Heather NC and Timothy Dunn (Maria) of JasonofIngram and wife Charva of Efird, Getus Efird and Wayne Efird, the fishwill house for many years until Bret April 10, 2020 at Hartsell Funeral of Grandchildren, Daniel Luther and (Tiffany) Fincher New London Allison Teeter,Sr. John Owen Tucker, from 1:00 - 2:15 pm,House Saturday, Gilead, NC and The Brian Blalock Hunter Oakboro, a brother, Jimmy Waco, TX, and Jennifer Crump hepm opened Anchor Seafood Mt.Home of Albemarle. funeral Zado, asNC; well as his brother, NC., Step Children, Jimmy (Lisa) private funeral service willMay be 8, 2021 in Rockwell.

He and his wife Becky andservice be at 11:00 am on BobDunn Luther(Judy) Jr (Lorena), uncle Jack NC; Lanier of Locust NC, Wanda (Bob) of Norwood, Cali Dean RussellA and Laney Ruth at Bethel Baptist wife will Crystal of Polkton, of Albemarle, and husband Jamie held on Saturday,Asher April 11, 2020 andThe operated Anchor House NC; Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Luther and several loved nieces, Krimminger of Locust NC., Eric of Charlotte Tucker; a great-grandchild, Church, owned Locust. funeral service three step-children, Cindy Sydney Dunnother Huneycutt (Dalton) sister Peggy Blalock at Love’s Grove United Methodist for 25 years before retiring in 2009.

Church in Marshville, officiated nephews and cousins.

(Sharon) Lanier of Charlotte NC., Lee Dedmon; brother, Garry Long will follow at 2:30 p.m. officiated Harrel and husband Randy of of Albemarle, NC, Gracey Dunn and brother Ivey Ray Smith Jr. Church Cemetery in Stanfield Mr. Smith was a charter member

by Rev. John Miller and Rev. Leon Danny recently retired from Grandchildren-Trey (Gera) Whitson and wife Elizabeth andbymany

by Rev. Brian Bolding, Rev. Denise London, NC,lieTodd Saville of Albemarle, NC and Marti Kay wife Elaine of Albemarle, four officiated Rev. Jim White. Burial and deacon at Open Door Baptist New Whitley.

She will in state for 30 of Charlotte Pipe and Foundry after of Midland,and Step-grandchildren, nieces, nephews cousins.

Honeycutt, andinRev. Pat Watkins.

New London Bob Saville and a dedicated Dunn of NC. grandchildren, Emma Harper, Ivy willand follow at the Love’s Grove United Church Richfield.

He loved the minutes priorand to the service.

She will 37Oakboro, years and worked Zach (Brittney) Washington, Aaron In lieu of flowers the Church familyCemetery, 4360 Survivors daughters, New London, NC; Memorials may be made Ingram, Cason Ingram, and Claire Methodist Lord include and his family abundantly. Tonywife beBeth laid toof rest in the church cemetery. there with his sons and several other to,(Kinsey) Washington, Caleb (Nayeli) Polk Ford Road, Stanfield. was aWatkins) wonderfulHoneycutt husband, father, andten grandchildren; She is survived byseven her beloved friends and family members.

Beth (Robbie) Setzer, request that donations be made to Denise (Pat greatTucker Hospice House, 5005 Washington, Crump.

She was also preceded in Survivors include son Gerald grandfather could anything grandchildren husband of 47 years, Paulgreat-greatHelms Danny loved spending time at NC 28081.

Matthew ( death April ) Wallace, Step the Tucker Hospice House, 5005 and Jeanne (Jerry)and Eudy of fix Locust; and one Hospice Ln, Kannapolis, by a brother-in-law, Wayne Wayne (Gail) Efird of Albemarle; he put his hands on. of the home; son, Alex (Deanna) his lake house with his family and great-grandchildren, Britlyn-Eve Hospice Ln, Kannapolis, NC 28081. granddaughter, Jenna (Damion) grandchild with one on the way.

Stanly Funeral and Cremation Blalock. daughter Lisa Efird (Mark) Hartsell Mr. Smith is survived by his wife Helms of Pageland; daughter, Paula friends as well as vacationing with his Washington, Robert Setzer, George grandson, Jeremy Care of Albemarle is serving the The family would like to express of Stanfield; granddaughters, Gilfillan;Becky Cagle Smith of the(Katie home, (Cristin Brandt) Helms of Mint Hill; family.

Danny and Denise enjoyed (Sara) Setzer, Tracy (Rob) Setzer Dunn a special thank you to Jan Goetz Kelly Efird Barbee and Lauren) Eudy; great-granddaughter, sons Walter Smith and Robbie grandchildren, Mason, Grant, and listening to family. beach music and loved to Bumgardener, Katie Underwood, Hartsell (Justin) Crump; and greatSmith; daughter Kayla Raegan Helms; brothers, Boyce, shag dance every chance they could Andrew Underwood, Step greatthe staff at Atrium Allie, great-grandson, Jake,Henderson and Dr. Induru, grandsons, Ian Patrick Simmons and (Brandon);Cameron, grandchildren Danielle, Royce, Tim Austin; and sisters, get. He was an amazing father, loving great grandchild, Waylon George great-grandson, greatHealth Stanly and Levine Cancer Elliot Jacob Simmons.

Dustin, and Steele Smith, Keaton Patricia Mullis, and Angel Tarleton. grandfather and great friend to Setzer and Center. brother Donald Lewis granddaughter, Caylee; brother, Memorials may be made to Love’s and Ella Henderson; brother David Memorials may be made to the many. He will never be forgotten.

Fincher of Albemarle, NC. Carl Lambert; and Grove United Methodist Church, PO(Johnnie Smith;Anne) sisters Kay Kriechbaum, Alzheimer’s Association, 4600 Park A celebration of life will be Jerry Fincher will be laid to rest on sister, Mary (Fred) Brault.

Box 276, Stanfield, NC 28163-0276.

Karen Stevenson, Ruby Eudy, and Rd., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209. announced once the current Wednesday April 8,2020 at 11:00 am

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Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Luther family.

at Canton Baptist Church. Anyone interested in attending, please RSVP at 704-796-2412. Dr. Phil McCray and Pastor Tommy Fincher will officiate.

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.

Raleigh Huneycutt

Melanie Edwards

Linda RALEIGHHatley QUENTIN

Pauline MELANIE DOWLING Tucker EDWARDS, 69, of Oakboro, NC,

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HUNEYCUTT, 89, of Stanfield, INDA TUCKER HATLEY, 69, of passed away Friday May 7,ELIZABETH 2021 passedAlbemarle, away Tuesday, MayMonday, 4, 2021 AULINE passed away at Atrium HealthALMOND Stanly. Her at Bethany Woods Nursing & TUCKER, 98, passed April 13, 2020. awaywill peacefully Trinity Linda was born September 18, memorial service be at 2atPM onPlace, Rehabilitation Center in Albemarle.

NCMineral on April 11, 2020.

1950 in Concord to theDecember late Jacob and Saturday, MayAlbemarle, 15, 2021 at Quentin was born Pauline was born on March 22, Clarisin Tucker.

She was alsoto preceded Springs Baptist Church in Oakboro, 2, 1931 Stanly County the 1922 in Cabarrus County, NC to the in death by her brother, Terry Lee NC, with Pastor Kinny Wallace late Lovie Andrew Huneycutt and late John Richard Almond and Alice Tucker, and her twin sister, Brenda officiating. TheAda family will receive Crisco CAROLYN R. BORING, Shirley81, of Belzora Ann Lambert Almond.

TuckerSarah Strickland.

WeHuneycutt. know Brenda friends followingShe theisservice He also preceded in death survivedin bythe her three Richfield, passed away Wednesday, andwas Linda are in Heaven watching Haire over usKatherine and laughing. fellowship hall.daughters, Gay Michel (Jack), May 5, 2021. by wife, Juanita Hartsell Oak Island, NC; Linda was a loving sister, HIRLEY Born September 1, 1951 inPamela DadeRushing Mrs. Boring and sister,mother, Georgia Lee wasMAE bornHAIRE, August73,17, Huneycutt; (Foreman), Oakboro, NC; Kathy and “Nana.” She was a very giving oflate Albemarle passed away on City, FL, Melanie was the daughter Jenkins.

1939 to the Adam Allen and Hunt (Marc), Albemarle, NC; her and loving person. Linda would April 11, 2020 at Atrium Health of the late Ralph Dowling The family will receive friends Morris. son,Edward Chris Tucker (Chris Lear),Letha Ridenhour always do anything she could for Stanly. The family will hold a private and Marion Leigh DeWitt.

She from 1:00 PM 1:45 PM , Friday, The family will receive friends Washington, DC. She will be greatly others, especially her family.

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NTSB: Tesla owner got into driver’s seat before deadly crash

By Tom Krisher The Associated Press DETROIT — Home security camera footage shows that the owner of a Tesla got into the driver’s seat of the car shortly before a deadly crash in suburban Houston, according to a government report Monday.

But the preliminary report on the crash that killed two men doesn’t explain the mystery of why authorities found no one behind the wheel of the car, which burst into flames after crashing about 550 feet from the owner’s home.

Nor does it conclusively say whether Tesla’s “Autopilot” partially automated driver-assist system was operating at the time of the crash, although it appears unlikely.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it’s still investigating all aspects of the crash.

An onboard data storage device in the console, however, was destroyed by fire. A computer that records air bag and seat belt status as well as speed and acceleration was damaged and is being examined at an NTSB lab.

The NTSB said it tested a different Tesla vehicle on the same road, and the Autopilot driver-assist system could not be fully used.

DAVID ZALUBOWSKI | AP PHOTO

This Sunday, May 9, 2021, file photo shows vehicles at a Tesla location in Littleton, Colo.

Investigators could not get the system’s automated steering system to work, but were able to use Traffic Aware Cruise Control.

Autopilot needs both the cruise control and the automatic steering to function. Traffic Aware Cruise Control can keep the car a safe distance from vehicles in front of it,

while autosteer keeps it in its own lane.

“The NTSB continues to collect data to analyze the crash dynamics, postmortem toxicology test results, seat belt use, occupant egress and electric vehicle fires,” the agency said in its report. “All aspects of the crash remain under

investigation as the NTSB determines the probable cause.”

The agency says it intends to issue safety recommendations to prevent similar crashes.

The April 17 crash happened at 9:07 p.m. on a two-lane residential road in Spring, Texas. Both the 59-year-old owner and the 69-year-old passenger were killed.

The NTSB report said the car went off the road on a curve, drove over a curb, hit a drainage culvert, a raised manhole and a tree.

The crash damaged the high-voltage lithium-ion battery, where the fire began.

Local authorities said one man was found in the front passenger seat, while another was in the back.

The report didn’t say how fast the car was going, but Harris County Precinct Four Constable Mark Herman said it was a high speed. He would not say if there was evidence anyone tampered with Tesla’s system to monitor the driver, which detects force from hands on the steering wheel.

The system will issue warnings and eventually shut the car down if it doesn’t detect hands. But critics say Tesla’s system is easy to fool and can take as long as a minute to shut down.

Consumer Reports said in April that it was able to easily trick a Tesla into driving in Autopilot mode with no one at the wheel.

The NTSB, which has no regulatory authority and can only make recommendations, said it’s working with the National High-

way Traffic Safety Administration on the probe. NHTSA has the power to make vehicle safety regulations. The federal probe is running at the same time as a parallel investigation by local authorities, the NTSB said.

The Texas crash raised questions of whether Autopilot was working at the time, and whether Tesla does enough to make sure drivers are engaged. The company says in owner’s manuals and on its website that Autopilot is a driver-assist system and drivers must be ready to take action at any time.

Last month on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote that data logs “recovered so far” in the crashed show Autopilot wasn’t turned on, and “Full Self-Driving” was not purchased for the vehicle in the Texas crash. He didn’t answer reporters’ questions posed on Twitter.

In the past, NHTSA, has taken a hands-off approach to regulating partial and fully automated systems for fear of hindering development of promising new features.

But since March, the agency has stepped up inquiries into Teslas, dispatching teams to three crashes. It has investigated 28 Tesla crashes in the past few years, but thus far has relied on voluntary safety compliance from auto and tech companies. At least three people have been killed in U.S. crashes in which Autopilot was operating but neither the system nor the driver took action to avoid obstacles.

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A couple visiting the Flight 93 National Memorial walk the path to the “Tower of Voices,” Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Shanksville, Pa.

Flight 93 families hope heroism award helps keep story alive The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — Serene, stark and seemingly in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania, the National Park Service memorial to the people who died on United Airlines Flight 93 is hard to find on a map — as the Sept, 11, 2001, terrorist attack itself slips deeper into the nation’s collective memory.

And even schools that do teach about the day may only bring it up only on the anniversary, rather than as a point in a long arc of history and a turning point that left the U.S. irrevocably changed, 20 years later.

Families of Flight 93’s 40 passengers and crew members are trying something new to change that: an annual award for heroism. Nominations opened Monday through the nonprofit group, Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial.

The award aims to reward selfless acts of heroism, but also to educate the public on what happened when those aboard the hijacked plane, bound for San Francis-

co, discovered that jets had been flown into the World Trade Center towers in New York and the Pentagon outside Washington.

The passengers and crew of Flight 93 then tried to wrest control of the aircraft, which crashed into a field, leaving no survivors — a sacrifice then-President George W. Bush called one of the most courageous acts in U.S. history, believed to have stopped a catastrophic crash into the White House or the Capitol.

The hope is to use the award to connect teachers to the Friends’ organization’s considerable teaching materials and historical records from the day, and bring it to classrooms, said Donna Gibson, a banking executive who, as president of the Friends organization, has given countless tours of the site tucked amid the wildflowers in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

By the time the 20th anniversary rolls around in four months, 75 million Americans will have been born in those two decades, the organization estimates.

That’s nearly a quarter of the

country, and it shows.

“One of the questions I get when people visit is, ‘Was this a national park when the plane crashed here?’” Gibson said.

A Boy Scout troop touring the site were puzzled when they heard about the messages that passengers left on answering machines from the plane’s air phones.

“What’s an answering machine?” they asked.

Flight 93 inspired a major motion picture, a Neil Young song and stack of books. But the worrisome thought for family members is the story of Flight 93 — and, along with it, the wider story of 9/11 — is being forgotten, including the decades of geopolitics that came before the attack and the dramatic change it created in American life.

It’s not taught thoroughly in schools.

Jeremy Stoddard, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, has studied since 2003 how 9/11 and its aftermath are taught in middle and high schools around the country.

“There hasn’t been a lot of good

data, it’s very anecdotal,” Stoddard said.

There was an initial burst of materials for teachers that Stoddard and his colleagues found to be inconsistent and lacking detail in how 9/11 was explained. Little of the material addressed controversies or gave students assignments to help them explore the subjects, or mat they found.

In 2017, Stoddard and two colleagues found that 16 states had education standards that included no mention of the attacks, or any content related to terrorism or the war on terror. That could be because those states give broad guidance to teachers that do not include specifics dates, events or people.

In a 2019 survey of teachers and how they teach the subject, he heard many say they were seeing an increase in students repeating conspiracy theories about Sept. 11 in class.

The subject often gets tacked onto the end of U.S. history courses that go in chronological order.

Stoddard encourages teachers to use primary sources: letters,

documents, photographs, television news recordings and audio recordings of first-person accounts.

The families of Flight 93 victims also worry that the Flight 93 story is overshadowed by the stories of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Those memorials in New York and Washington — major urban centers, as opposed to a rural field —pull in millions of visitors a year.

The Flight 93 memorial attracted 411,000 visitors in 2019, according to National Park Service figures. But it is also a click away online, with resources for teaching about Flight 93 and Sept. 11.

“The award is for things that were done in 2020, but how that ties back to 9/11 and Flight 93 and the resources that we have,” said Emily Schenkel, a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, resident whose godmother was an attendant on Flight 93. “So this is keeping that awareness and making these connections for younger people who either weren’t alive or don’t have a recollection of 9/11.”

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Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte Will Zalatoris watches his tee shot on the fourth hole during the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Charlotte. The former Wake Forest golfer was a special invite to the tournament.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Lane closures upcoming on I-40

Police: Man killed in shootout with North Carolina officers The Associated Press

Forsyth County Lanes of Interstate 40 are scheduled to close this week so the N.C. Department of Transportation Structures Management Unit can safely assess a bridge. Crews will be using a lift to assess one of the U.S. 52 bridges over I-40. Doing so will require the following lane closures near the interchange from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Tuesday, right lane of I-40 West; Wednesday, left lane of both I-40 East and I-40 West; Thursday, right lane of I-40 East. ​TCH STAFF

Mocksville to dissolve police department Davie County Officials in Mocksville are dissolving the town’s police department and entering a contract with the county sheriff’s office. The town board voted to dissolve the department and approved a $1.3 million, 3-year contract with the Davie County Sheriff’s Office starting July 1. The board cites a $1 million savings for the town over several years. Currently, the police department schedules two officers to patrol on average, but the contract would provide three to four deputies to be on patrol around the clock. Officers can apply for positions with the sheriff’s office. About 20 people will lose their jobs.

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Man arrested for shooting, killing girlfriend Forsyth County Willie Junior Snuggs was arrested and charged with murder after police responded to a shooting on Peden Street on Saturday. Snugg’s girlfriend, Kristen Nicole Mendez, 33, was found in the side yard with a gun shot wound. She was later pronounced dead on the scene.

Snuggs was inside the house, which he and Mendez shared.

Snuggs was being held without bond while the investigation continued.

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WINSTON-SALEM — A man found dead after a house fire and standoff with police died from a gunshot wound received during a shootout with officers, investigators in North Carolina said.

The North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Officer found that Edwin Castillo, 34, died from a gunshot wound, Winston-Salem police said in a release Thursday. Since there’s no evidence that the wound was self-inflicted, authorities said they believe he was shot during the shootout with police.

An officer called to a home Wednesday afternoon for a report of “unknown trouble” found Castillo unconscious in the doorway and called for a medic, police said. Before EMTs arrived, the officer removed a large knife from a holster on Castillo’s belt and saw an empty handgun holster.

When Castillo regained consciousness and stood up, police

said, the officer noticed a handgun in his pocket and covered the pocket with his hand as Castillo tried to remove the gun. A struggle began, then escalated when a second officer arrived, police said. Castillo broke free and ran to another room and the officers sought cover outside.

An officer’s body camera footage shows Castillo pointing a handgun at the first officer and a witness later told investigators that a clicking sound could be heard as if Castillo was trying to fire, police said.

Three people ran from the house, including one who told police that Castillo hit him on the head with a hammer when officers retreated. The man’s serious injuries were treated and he was released from a hospital.

Officers tried to convince Castillo to disarm and come out, but more than an hour after officers arrived, police said Castillo fired at officers. Minutes later, officers saw smoke coming from the home.

Investigators later learned that Castillo had contacted an associate and said that he had started a fire and didn’t intend to surrender alive, police said.

After exchanging gunfire with police, Castillo fell out of view and the home was engulfed in flames, police said. After city firefighters controlled the blaze, SWAT team members escorted a doctor inside and determined that Castillo was dead, police said.

The four officers who fired their guns have been placed on routine administrative duty.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations is investigating the shooting and Castillo’s death. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will assist with the arson investigation.

A release from police indicates that Castillo was white, but does not include the races of the officers involved. Police did not immediately respond to an emailed request for that information.

An officer’s body camera foot[1]age shows Castillo pointing a handgun at the first officer and a witness later told investigators that a clicking sound could be heard as if Castillo was trying to fire, police said.

As vaccinations drop, NC may offer financial perks The Associated Press RALEIGH — At a time when fewer and fewer North Carolinians are coming in for a COVID-19 vaccine, state health officials are examining ideas from other states to see what incentives might work to boost participation.

Among the proposals being actively discussed are savings account payments to younger adults — a group that has been less willing to get the vaccine, according to Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services.

North Carolina’s top public health official said in an interview on Thursday that her team has looked into a new program in West Virginia, where the state’s Republican governor recently announced that residents between the ages of 16 and 35 would be eligible for a $100 savings bond if they get the vaccine or have already gotten it.

Cohen’s office said in a statement on Friday that it is also examining Detroit’s Good Neighbor program, which launched on

Among the proposals being actively discussed are savings account payments to younger adults — a group that has been less willing to get the vaccine, according to Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services.

Monday to allow people to get $50 for every resident they sign up and bring in for a first vaccine dose.

The development comes as North Carolina turns down tens of thousands of doses from the federal government, considers returning some of its supply to a federal pool for others to draw from and has nearly 1.2 million doses waiting for residents to take.

Last week, North Carolina saw the fewest number of people come in for first doses since December 2020, when supply was low and

not made available to the general public. As of Friday morning, the state reported that fewer than 55,000 residents received an initial dose last week, which represents a 65% drop over the prior two weeks.

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and state health officials have hoped an informational campaign of a return to summer and a commitment to abolishing the indoor mask mandate after two-thirds of adults have gotten at least one COVID-19 shot would resonate with unvaccinated residents, but they are noticing more steps may need to be taken soon.

Initially, Cooper and Cohen signaled the two-thirds threshold could be reached in June or July, though the timetable is ultimately in the hands of residents. If the pace of vaccinations holds steady, it won’t happen until Halloween, state health officials say.

In the meantime, private businesses and other institutions are getting creative.

Square Burger teamed up this week with Eastern Carolina Med-

ical Center Pharmacy and Avance Care Pharmacy to give a free hot meal to people who decided to get their shot at the Raleigh pop-up site.

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro gave out 10 free meal plans, 10 textbook scholarships and one grant to cover housing for the next academic year to vaccinated students.

A Charlotte brewing company last month partnered with Atrium Health to offer vaccines on site and reward folks who showed up with a free beer. New Jersey rolled out a statewide effort this week to allow any state resident who gets their first vaccine dose in May to enjoy a free beer.

“I want to claim that New Jersey did not create that idea,” Cohen quipped. “We’ve seen that here in North Carolina already.”

North Carolina’s health department said 140 organizations, agencies and businesses are signed up for the state’s Bringing Summer Back initiative. If residents want a swifter return to pre-pandemic life, they’ll need to step up for a shot.

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ON THE SURFACE, Joe Biden seems to be doing pretty well. But underneath, there are signs of problems, areas where partisan overstretch threatens the underpinnings of what some are hailing as the new order of things.

Joe Biden enjoys a 54% average job approval rating, a good mark for a president midterm or facing reelection but below the 100-day numbers of every post-World War II president except Donald Trump. Biden’s 42% disapproval is higher than theirs and about equal to Trump’s. That may understate things if, as The Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter suggests, polls are under-sampling Republican voters.

The deepening partisan divisions of the last quarter century are not over and done with.

Biden’s appeal to white non-college voters apparently remains limited. Thus the retirement of downstate Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos, head of House Democrats’ campaign committee for the (disappointing) 2020 cycle. Her district voted 58% for Barack Obama in 2012 and voted 50% to 48% for Trump last year; she won by a margin of only 52% to 48%.

Similarly, Rep. Tim Ryan is leaving his Youngstown-Akron district for an iffy U.S. Senate run in Ohio, and suburban Pittsburgh’s Conor Lamb may do so in Pennsylvania.

He hasn’t been helped by local Democratic environmental regulators whose decisions caused U.S. Steel to cancel a $1.5 billion investment.

Nor are Biden Democrats doing all that well among the upscale voters repelled by Trump.

The May 1 special election in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex resulted in the nomination of two Republicans in a district that Trump carried by only a margin of 51% to 47% last year. Republican candidates won 62% of the votes and Democrats only 37%.

This may reflect liberal apathy. The audience for Joe Biden’s April 28 speech was about 30% smaller than Trump’s audience for his 2020 State of the Union. Viewership of pro-Biden MSNBC and CNN is down by even larger percentages. And the never-Trump constituency seems to be fading as well.

Now that Trump is out of office and off Twitter, Trump haters are no longer watching to savor his latest outrage and schmooze over it with like-minded friends.

Meanwhile, upscale voters don’t seem enchanted with the woke Biden agenda when they see it up close. Across the metroplex, turnout was high as voters in affluent Southlake, Texas, voted 70% to 30% to oust schoolboard members who mandated critical race theory instruction, which the Biden Education Department wants to encourage.

Their reactions were apparently similar to those of New York elite school parents, as reported by the Manhattan Institute’s Kay Hymowitz. So much for “systemic racism.”

Even in hyper-liberal Austin, 57% of voters reinstated a law banning camping in public spaces. The desire to “keep Austin weird” evidently doesn’t go so far as endorsing California-style tent cities under every overpass.

Biden’s connection with homeless policy may be tenuous; not so with what’s happening on our southern border. Despite administration insistence that there’s no problem, even Biden himself has described it as a “crisis.”

His insistence in his televised April 29 speech that it was under control didn’t impress Democrats with border constituencies. “What I didn’t hear tonight was a plan to address the immediate crisis at the border,” said Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly.

Though Biden might “say that we have everything under control,” said Laredo-based

Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, “we’re not paying attention to the border’s communities. And it’s not under control. I can tell you that.” He’s right: 170,000 people were apprehended at the southern border in March, the highest monthly total since 2006.

Perhaps that’s the reason for the retirements of border Democratic Reps. Filemon Vela of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Ann Kirkpatrick, who represents Tucson and Cochise County, Arizona.

There’s no question that most voters — other than hardcore Democrats — reject the administration spin, like Kamala Harris’ pathetic claim that “lack of climate adaptation and climate resilience” are causes of the surge of migrants at the border. A CNN poll shows 78% agreeing that the border is in “crisis,” while an NBC poll shows 59% disapproval to 35% approval of Biden’s performance on border security and immigration.

The Biden-Harris claim that nothing is amiss at the border bespeaks an inability to understand what is absurd — which can be fatal in politics. It’s also apparent in the claim of there being “systemic racism” among police, which reached absurd lengths when Democratic partisans criticized police for shooting one black girl who was about to stab another.

As homicides increase in city after city at the highest rates ever measured, and as tens of thousands keep crossing the border illegally, a lukewarm overall-positive rating and a deenergized core constituency may not be enough for Democrats to hold on to their current tenuous majorities.

Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics.

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♦ BISHOP, DENIESHA CRYSTAL was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-SIMPLE at 201 N CHURCH ST on 5/9/2021 ♦ Blackburn, Don Allen (M/48) Arrest on chrg of 1) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 2) Fail To Appear/compl (F), 3) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), 4) Fail To Appear/compl (M), and 5) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), at 6093 Cain Forest Dr, Walkertown, NC, on 5/5/2021 10:48. ♦ BLYTHER, TONYA LAVETTE was arrested on a charge of IMPAIRED DRIVING DWI at 100 S SUNSET DR on 5/8/2021 ♦ BOLES, MADALYN BROOKE was arrested on a charge of P/W/I/S/D SCHED II at 5719 UNIVERSITY PW on 5/8/2021 ♦ Bonaparte, Marcus Tyrone (M/28) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female, M (M), at 5916 University Pw, Winstonsalem, NC, on 5/6/2021 13:41. ♦ Bonaparte, Marcus Tyrone (M/28) Arrest on chrg of 1) Order For Arrest (M), 2) Battery On An Unborn Child (M), 3) Communicate Threats (M), 4) Larceny/ misdemeanor (M), 5) Unauthorized Use Of Motor - Propelled Co (M), 6) Fail To Appear/compl (M), and 7) Fail To Appear/compl (M), at 5916 University Pw, Winstonsalem, NC, on 5/6/2021 13:41. ♦ BONDURANT, RANDOLPH TRAVIS was arrested on a charge of DRUGSPOSS SCHED II at 5218 GERMANTON RD on 5/6/2021 ♦ BOONE, ALVANIA was arrested on a charge of IMPAIRED DRIVING DWI at 4799 OLD RURAL HALL RD/ BAUX MOUNTAIN RD on 5/9/2021 ♦ BUCHANAN, STEVEN MARK

was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 4261 OLD GREENSBORO RD on 5/7/2021 ♦ Cagle, Adam Garrett (M/31) Arrest on chrg of Rec/poss Stole Mv (F), at 320 E Hanes Mill Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/9/2021 13:30. ♦ CEASAR, LORETTA GREEN was arrested on a charge of VIO. PROTECTIVE ORDER

BY COURTS ANOTHER STATE/ INDIAN TRIBE at 2910 NEW WALKERTOWN RD on 5/7/2021 ♦ CROSBY, AMARJA LABRE was arrested on a charge of AFFRAY at 2599 ROSEMARY DR/TERESA AV on 5/6/2021 ♦ Cruz Ortega, Jose Angel (M/43) Arrest on chrg of Fugitive, F (F), at 612 E Sprague St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/7/2021 17:30. ♦ DANZY, SHAQUANA JASMINE was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 625 W SIXTH ST on 5/7/2021 ♦ Desena, Frank George (M/60) Arrest on chrg of Impaired Driving Dwi (M), at 5160 Reidsville Rd, Walkertown, NC, on 5/5/2021 17:50. ♦ DEVLIN, IDRIS ADAM was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 201 N CHURCH ST on 5/9/2021 ♦ DODD, MYRICK MALONE was arrested on a charge of COMMUNICATE THREATS at 301 MEDICAL CENTER BV on 5/6/2021 ♦ DOMETRIUS, CHRISTOPHER was arrested on a charge of IMPAIRED DRIVING DWI at 100 S HAWTHORNE RD/W FIRST ST on 5/6/2021 ♦ FEEMESTER, TYRONE ANTHONY was arrested on a charge of OFAFTA-SHOPLIFTING CONCEALMENT GOODS at

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♦ FLOW, CLINTON DONTE was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON MINOR at 3915 BURTIS ST on 5/7/2021

♦ SNUGGS, WILLIE JUNIOR was arrested on a charge of MURDER-FIRST DEG at 725 N CHERRY ST on 5/9/2021

♦ GRAY, DQUAN DLAE was arrested on a charge of P/W/I/S/D SCHED II at 7700 BLK OF NORTH POINT on 5/7/2021

♦ SPITTLER, CHARLES DAVID was arrested on a charge of VIO. PROTECTIVE ORDER

BY COURTS ANOTHER STATE/ INDIAN TRIBE at 201 N CHURCH ST on 5/10/2021

♦ HAMMOND, ANGUS BRADLEY was arrested on a charge of AWIK/ SERIOUS INJURY at 100 STAGECOACH RD on 5/8/2021

♦ TAYLOR, BRITTANY RUTH was arrested on a charge of IMPAIRED DRIVING DWI at 1400 KERNERSVILLE MEDICAL PW on 5/6/2021

♦ Holmes, Jasmine Sharnee (F/29) Arrest on chrg of Assault-simple (M), at 4674 Topsail Ln, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/9/2021 11:44.

♦ TAYLOR, JURONE JAMES was arrested on a charge of DRUGS-POSS SCHED II at 201 N CHURCH ST on 5/9/2021

♦ HYMAN, DAVID MAURICE was arrested on a charge of COMMUNICATE THREATS at 5017 HEIDELBURY CT on 5/8/2021

♦ THOMPSON, ELMER JUNIOR was arrested on a charge of MV THEFT - AUTOMOBILE at 4711 BAUX MOUNTAIN RD on 5/10/2021

♦ KEY, MARK LEE was arrested on a charge of DRUGS-POSS SCHED II at 5218 GERMANTON RD on 5/6/2021 ♦ Kincaid, Christopher (M/26) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking/larc-felony (F) and 2) Larceny-felony (F), at 800 Concord Church Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/9/2021 16:12. ♦ LYLES, DARRELL ANDRE was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 402 N CHERRY ST on 5/9/2021 ♦ MITCHELL, FREDRICK DEVINO was arrested on a charge of ASSLT ON OFF/ST EMP at 4971 THALES RD on 5/8/2021 ♦ Morrison, Maurice Lamont (M/36) Arrest on chrg of Communicate Threats (M), at 800 Blk Woodbriar Path, NC, on 5/7/2021 06:31. ♦ MYERS, ALYSA RENEE was arrested on a charge of DRUGS-POSS SCHED II at

♦ THOMPSON, STEVEN BERNARD was arrested on a charge of VIO. PROTECTIVE ORDER BY COURTS ANOTHER STATE/ INDIAN TRIBE at 5309 COX BV on 5/8/2021 ♦ TOTH, TODD MICHAEL was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 2620 PATRIA ST on 5/9/2021 ♦ Vernon, Ashlyn Elizabeth (F/28) Arrest on chrg of Impaired Driving Dwi, M (M), at 4400 High Point Rd, Kernersville, NC, on 5/7/2021 03:14. ♦ Vernon, Ashlyn Elizabeth (F/28) Arrest on chrg of Impaired Driving Dwi, M (M), at 4538 High Point Rd/sb 311_high Point Rd Ra, Kernersville, NC, on 5/7/2021 03:24. ♦ WELCH, JOHN DEANICE was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 1961 BLOOMFIELD DR on 5/6/2021

♦ Paul Sydney Berry, Jr., 81, of Forsyth County, died May 5, 2021. ♦ Glenda Faye Hughes Bowen, 84, of Clemmons, died May 5, 2021. ♦ Ronald Edward English, Sr., 83, of Kernersville, died May 7, 2021. ♦ Lois Styers Hill, 85, of Winston-Salem, died May 7, 2021. ♦ Timothy “Tim” Mark Jackson, 58, of King, died May 6, 2021. ♦ Ruby Jean Neal Warren Matthews, 86, of Kernersville, died May 8, 2021. ♦ Dot Cole Patterson, 78, of Stanleyville, died May 7, 2021. ♦ Dr. William Graham Ware, Jr., 90, of Winston-Salem, died May 7, 2021. ♦ Jennie Lee Wilson, 83, died May 6, 2021. ♦ Richard Miller Yarbrough, Sr., 85, of Winston-Salem, died May 7, 2021.

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Pelicans executive fined $50K for Zion comments New York The NBA fined New Orleans Pelicans executive David Griffin $50,000 on Sunday for publicly criticizing officiating over how star Zion Williamson is handled and making comments the league considered detrimental.

The decision came two days after Griffin, the Pelicans’ executive vice president of basketball operations, spoke out strongly about his concerns on the amount of contact NBA referees allow Williamson to endure.

Williamson is currently out indefinitely with a broken left index finger, an injury that occurred on a play where he did not appear to be fouled.

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MLB

Angels designate Pujols for assignment, slugger seeks new team Anaheim, Calif.

Albert Pujols, the 41-yearold slugger whose 667 home runs ranks fifth on baseball’s all-time list, was designated for assignment by the Angels on Thursday.

A late-night meeting between the team’s top brass and Pujols led to the decision after Pujols, disappointed about the prospect of not playing every day, said he wanted to join a team that would allow him to do so. He is batting .198 with five home runs in 24 games this season.

The 21-year veteran had 445 home runs with the Cardinals before signing a 10-year, $240 million contract with the Angels.

He has 222 home runs with Los Angeles.

Martin Truex Jr. celebrates in Victory Lane after winning Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway.

Truex Jr. dominates at Darlington for 3rd win of year The Joe Gibbs Racing driver is the only person to win multiple races this season

By Pete Iacobelli The Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Martin Truex Jr. got nervous in a hurry near the end of his dominating drive at Darlington Raceway.

Barely pushed much of the race, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver suddenly saw Kyle Larson catching up in the closing laps.

Truex, though, called on his steady demeanor and track focus to pull away for his third NASCAR Cup Series victory this season.

Not that it was easy.

When Truex noticed Larson right behind him inside of 30 laps left, he thought, “Oh, man, he’s right behind me.

“You’re heart rate goes up,” he continued, “You’re anxiety goes up.”

Very quickly, Truex was back to his steady, powerhouse driving at the track “Too Tough To Tame.”

“Hopefully, we can keep this rolling,” Truex said.

Truex’s owner, Joe Gibbs, told him after that Larson gave the three-time Super Bowl winning coach a scare. “Yeah, he scared me, too,” Truex told him.

The victory gave Truex some payback at Darlington from the last time here last September, when he led 196 laps, yet finished 22nd after tangling for the lead

late with Chase Elliott.

This time, Truex made sure he had no issues by running out front — often holding a 10-second lead on the field — to win for the second time at the track “Too Tough To Tame.”

Truex led 248 of the 293 laps for his 30th career victory in NASCAR’s top series. He’s the only driver with multiple wins over the year’s first 12 races.

“It’s fun when you’re out front,” Truex said. “You’re always just mindful on staying focused on what you’re doing.”

No one was more focused at Darlington than Truex.

He took control midway through the first of three stages, moving in front on a restart and settling in for a long ride up front.

Truex led the final 21 laps to take the first stage, then the last 36 as he collected the second stage win by some 14 seconds over his JGR teammate Kyle Busch.

Truex broke out when racing resumed for the final stage and easily managed a couple of rounds of green-flag pits stops to stay ahead.

Larson was second with Truex’s teammate, Kyle Busch, third. William Byron was fourth and Denny Hamlin, who came in as the NASCAR points’ leader, was fifth.

Larson charged hard to catch up, even using a dramatic sliding pass between Ryan Newman and Tyler Reddick to keep chasing the lead.

“Glad I didn’t wreck there,” Larson said with a smile.

NASCAR heads to Dover International Speedway for another triple-header weekend where the Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series will take place before the Cup Series race at the Monster Mile. Kevin Harvick won the Cup Series event there in 2020, part of his season best nine victories.

OLYMPICS

IOC’s Bach cancels Japan trip because of virus surge Tokyo IOC President Thomas Bach has canceled a trip to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Monday in a statement. Bach was to visit Hiroshima next Monday and meet the torch relay and then probably travel to Tokyo. Organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto said last week that the trip would be “tough” for Bach to make, which was interpreted in Japan as meaning it was canceled. The trip was made impossible because of a state of emergency in Tokyo and other parts of the country that has been extended until May 31.

GOLF

US wins Walker Cup in Florida Juno Beach, Fla. Austin Eckroat and Pierceson Coody got the United States off to a fast start, and Cole Hammer and Stewart Hagestad finished off Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup. Ricky Castillo won again, too, and the Americans took five of the 10 afternoon singles matches and tied another Sunday at Seminole Golf Club for a 14-12 victory.

The Americans won for the third straight time to take a 38-9-1 lead in the biennial event first played in 1922.

DeChambeau’s 1,870-mile detour results in top-10 at Quail Hollow The 2020 U.S Open champion returned to Dallas thinking he had missed the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship

By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Bryson DeChambeau went through an ordinary routine between the second and third rounds of the Wells Fargo Championship. He went out to dinner. He got in a workout. He slept about seven hours.

There’s just one minor detail: He flew home to Dallas because he thought he had missed the cut.

His 1,870-mile journey behind him, DeChambeau made it back to Quail Hollow on Saturday morning with about an hour to spare. Then he shot a 68.

All in a day’s work.

“For whatever reason, I just feel like the more weird things happen to me, the greater my resolve sometimes can be,” DeChambeau said.

“And today was a case of that.”

It all started on the seventh hole Friday, his 16th of the round, when DeChambeau hit two balls into the water and took a triple-bogey 8. He chipped in for birdie on the next hole, but figured he would need a birdie on his last hole to have any chance. He missed, shot 74 and walked off the course just outside the top 90.

The top 65 and ties make the cut.

DeChambeau packed his bags.

And then the wind began raging at Quail Hollow, scores came down and his position kept going up. He was in the air when his agent texted close friend Conner Olson, flying with him, that DeChambeau was tied for 68th.

“I was like: ‘What? No way,’” DeChambeau said.

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Bryson DeChambeau tees off on the 15th hole during Saturday's third round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte.

He still thought it wouldn’t be enough as the wind died late in the afternoon. But it was. When the round was over, DeChambeau was tied for 64th to make the cut.

He also was in Dallas.

DeChambeau said he looked over at Olson and said: “Well, whoops.

That was a mistake.”

The fun was just starting. DeChambeau has a deal with a private jet company, but with time required to refuel and book a flight back to Charlotte, he figured he might as well stay at home for a bit.

He worked out for an hour. He went out to eat.

DeChambeau did well to arrange a flight for 2:45 a.m. in Dallas, al-

lowing him five hours’ sleep before heading to the airport. He picked up two more hours of sleep on the plane, landed at 6:20 a.m., drove a half-hour to Quail Hollow, changed clothes and off he went.

It was an expensive mistake, though DeChambeau figured he could compensate for it with a good weekend. To finish 20th, for example, would pay roughly $100,000.

With another 68 on Sunday, he finished tied for ninth and pocketed $228,825.

It was reminiscent of Geoff Ogilvy leaving what is now the Valspar Championship in 2010, getting word in the airport that he had gone from a tie for 83rd to a tie for 72nd.

He couldn’t get his golf clubs off the commercial flight and wound up flying home to Phoenix, getting a private flight back to Florida and shooting 65.

DeChambeau played the third round with British Open champion Shane Lowry, who also thought he was going to miss the cut when he finished at 2-over 144 on Friday.

Lowry has friends in Charlotte and hung around. He shot a 75 on Saturday followed by a 71 on Sunday to finish tied for 65th.

Lowry walked off the 17th green, able to smile at the day’s misfortunes and said, “It’s days like this you wish the wind didn’t blow yesterday afternoon.”

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NTSB: Tesla owner got into driver’s seat before deadly crash

By Tom Krisher The Associated Press DETROIT — Home security camera footage shows that the owner of a Tesla got into the driver’s seat of the car shortly before a deadly crash in suburban Houston, according to a government report Monday.

But the preliminary report on the crash that killed two men doesn’t explain the mystery of why authorities found no one behind the wheel of the car, which burst into flames after crashing about 550 feet from the owner’s home. Nor does it conclusively say whether Tesla’s “Autopilot” partially automated driver-assist system was operating at the time of the crash, although it appears unlikely.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it’s still investigating all aspects of the crash. An onboard data storage device in the console, however, was destroyed by fire. A computer that records air bag and seat belt status as well as speed and acceleration was damaged and is being examined at an NTSB lab.

The NTSB said it tested a differ-

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This Sunday, May 9, 2021 file photo shows vehicles at a Tesla location in Littleton, Colo. ent Tesla vehicle on the same road, and the Autopilot driver-assist system could not be fully used. Investigators could not get the system’s automated steering system to work, but were able to use Traffic Aware Cruise Control.

Autopilot needs both the cruise control and the automatic steering to function. Traffic Aware Cruise Control can keep the car a safe dis-

tance from vehicles in front of it, while autosteer keeps it in its own lane.

“The NTSB continues to collect data to analyze the crash dynamics, postmortem toxicology test results, seat belt use, occupant egress and electric vehicle fires,” the agency said in its report. “All aspects of the crash remain under investigation as the NTSB determines the

probable cause.”

The agency says it intends to issue safety recommendations to prevent similar crashes.

The April 17 crash happened at 9:07 p.m. on a two-lane residential road in Spring, Texas. Both the 59-year-old owner and the 69-yearold passenger were killed.

The NTSB report said the car went off the road on a curve, drove over a curb, hit a drainage culvert, a raised manhole and a tree.

The crash damaged the high-voltage lithium-ion battery, where the fire began.

Local authorities said one man was found in the front passenger seat, while another was in the back.

The report didn’t say how fast the car was going, but Harris County Precinct Four Constable Mark Herman said it was a high speed.

He would not say if there was evidence anyone tampered with Tesla’s system to monitor the driver, which detects force from hands on the steering wheel. The system will issue warnings and eventually shut the car down if it doesn’t detect hands. But critics say Tesla’s system is easy to fool and can take as long as a minute to shut down.

Consumer Reports said in April that it was able to easily trick a Tesla into driving in Autopilot mode with no one at the wheel.

The NTSB, which has no regulatory authority and can only make recommendations, said it’s working with the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration on the probe.

NHTSA has the power to make vehicle safety regulations. The federal probe is running at the same time as a parallel investigation by local authorities, the NTSB said.

The Texas crash raised questions of whether Autopilot was working at the time, and whether Tesla does enough to make sure drivers are engaged. The company says in owner’s manuals and on its website that Autopilot is a driver-assist system and drivers must be ready to take action at any time.

Last month on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote that data logs “recovered so far” in the crashed show Autopilot wasn’t turned on, and “Full Self-Driving” was not purchased for the vehicle in the Texas crash. He didn’t answer reporters’ questions posed on Twitter.

In the past, NHTSA, has taken a hands-off approach to regulating partial and fully automated systems for fear of hindering development of promising new features.

But since March, the agency has stepped up inquiries into Teslas, dispatching teams to three crashes.

It has investigated 28 Tesla crashes in the past few years, but thus far has relied on voluntary safety compliance from auto and tech companies. At least three people have been killed in U.S. crashes in which Autopilot was operating but neither the system nor the driver took action to avoid obstacles.

Flight 93 families hope heroism award helps keep story alive The Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Serene, stark and seemingly in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania, the National Park Service memorial to the people who died on United Airlines Flight 93 is hard to find on a map — as the Sept, 11, 2001, terrorist attack itself slips deeper into the nation’s collective memory.

And even schools that do teach about the day may only bring it up only on the anniversary, rather than as a point in a long arc of history and a turning point that left the U.S. irrevocably changed, 20 years later.

Families of Flight 93’s 40 passengers and crew members are trying something new to change that: an annual award for heroism. Nominations opened Monday through the nonprofit group, Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial.

The award aims to reward selfless acts of heroism, but also to educate the public on what happened when those aboard the hijacked plane, bound for San Francisco, discovered that jets had been flown into the World Trade Center towers in New York and the Pentagon outside Washington.

The passengers and crew of Flight 93 then tried to wrest control of the aircraft, which crashed into a field, leaving no survivors — a sacrifice then-President George W. Bush called one of the most courageous acts in U.S. history, believed to have stopped a catastrophic crash into the White Larson’s

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House or the Capitol.

The hope is to use the award to connect teachers to the Friends’ organization’s considerable teaching materials and historical records from the day, and bring it to classrooms, said Donna Gibson, a banking executive who, as president of the Friends organization, has given countless tours of the site tucked amid the wildflowers in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

By the time the 20th anniversary rolls around in four months, 75 million Americans will have been born in those two decades, the organization estimates.

That’s nearly a quarter of the country, and it shows.

“One of the questions I get when people visit is, ‘Was this a national park when the plane crashed here?’” Gibson said.

A Boy Scout troop touring the site were puzzled when they heard about the messages that passengers left on answering machines from the plane’s air phones.

“What’s an answering machine?” they asked.

Flight 93 inspired a major motion picture, a Neil Young song and stack of books. But the worrisome thought for family members is the story of Flight 93 — and, along with it, the wider story of 9/11 — is being forgotten, including the decades of geopolitics that came before the attack and the dramatic change it created in American life.

It’s not taught thoroughly in schools.

Jeremy Stoddard, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madi-

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A couple visiting the Flight 93 National Memorial walk the path to the "Tower of Voices," Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Shanksville, Pa. son School of Education, has studied since 2003 how 9/11 and its aftermath are taught in middle and high schools around the country.

“There hasn’t been a lot of good data, it’s very anecdotal,” Stoddard said.

There was an initial burst of materials for teachers that Stoddard and his colleagues found to be inconsistent and lacking detail in how 9/11 was explained. Little of the material addressed controversies or gave students assignments to help them explore the subjects, or mat they found.

In 2017, Stoddard and two colleagues found that 16 states had education standards that included no mention of the attacks, or any content related to terrorism or the war on terror. That could be because those states give broad

guidance to teachers that do not include specifics dates, events or people.

In a 2019 survey of teachers and how they teach the subject, he heard many say they were seeing an increase in students repeating conspiracy theories about Sept. 11 in class.

The subject often gets tacked onto the end of U.S. history courses that go in chronological order.

Stoddard encourages teachers to use primary sources: letters, documents, photographs, television news recordings and audio recordings of first-person accounts.

The families of Flight 93 victims also worry that the Flight 93 story is overshadowed by the stories of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center and the

Pentagon.

Those memorials in New York and Washington — major urban centers, as opposed to a rural field —pull in millions of visitors a year.

The Flight 93 memorial attracted 411,000 visitors in 2019, according to National Park Service figures. But it is also a click away online, with resources for teaching about Flight 93 and Sept. 11.

“The award is for things that were done in 2020, but how that ties back to 9/11 and Flight 93 and the resources that we have,” said Emily Schenkel, a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, resident whose godmother was an attendant on Flight 93. “So this is keeping that awareness and making these connections for younger people who either weren’t alive or don’t have a recollection of 9/11.”