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Honoring all veterans who served Franklin Graham undergoes heart surgery at Mayo Clinic Boone Evangelist Franklin Graham successfully underwent a specialized heart surgery on Monday to treat a condition which had developed in recent months, a spokesman said. Mark Barber, a spokesman for North Carolina-based Samaritan’s Purse, said in a news release that Graham underwent the procedure at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Graham’s doctors expect a full recovery and assured him that he should be able to return to his normal activity and ministry schedule. ALEX BRANDON | AP PHOTO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dobson: Emergency motion blocking mandate a positive step

Biden sinks to 34% approval in NC poll A High Point University poll released Tuesday shows President Joe Biden’s approval rating in the state falling to 34%, down from 38% a month earlier.

Raleigh N.C. Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson (R) said Saturday’s action by the 5th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals temporarily blocking President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers was a positive step to ending overreach from the federal government. “According to the court, it granted the stay because the plaintiffs ‘give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues’ with the mandate. I commend the court for issuing the stay and believe that this ruling is a positive first step in ending this government overreach once and for all,” said Dobson. NSJ STAFF

Lawsuit: NRA illegally funded Trump, other GOP candidates O’Fallon, Mo. A federal lawsuit accuses the National Rifle Association of violating campaign finance laws by using shell companies to illegally funnel up to $35 million to Republican candidates, including former President Donald Trump. The Campaign Legal Center filed the lawsuit on behalf of Giffords, a gun-control nonprofit founded by former Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords. It accuses the NRA of practices dating to 2014 “to evade campaign finance regulations by using a series of shell corporations to illegally but surreptitiously coordinate advertising with at least seven candidates for federal office.” The NRA called the lawsuit “another premeditated abuse of the public by our adversaries — who will stop at nothing in their pursuit of their anti-freedom agenda.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Vaccine refusals in intelligence agencies raise GOP concerns Washington, D.C. Thousands of intelligence officers could soon face dismissal for failing to comply with the U.S. government’s vaccine mandate, leading Republican lawmakers to raise concerns about removing employees from agencies critical to national security. Information provided to the House Intelligence Committee but not released publicly indicate several intelligence agencies had at least 20% of their workforce unvaccinated and in some agencies, as many as 40% are unvaccinated. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines declined at a hearing last week to disclose what percentage of the workforce had been vaccinated, but said, “we are not anticipating that it is going to be an issue for mission.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Republicans hopeful about NC midterms after VA results By David Larson North State Journal

New Soros-backed activist group to combat ‘disinformation’ By A.P. Dillon North State Journal

campaign manager David Plouffe serves on the board of directors of ACRONYM. Soros’ involvement is unsurprising, as he is well-known for sinking billions into Democratic and progressive campaigns, as well as being a long-time funder of left-wing non-profits on a global scale. He dropped over $28.3 million into Democratic campaigns in 2020 and has given tens of millions over the years to Hillary Clinton’s main PAC, Priorities USA. Through his various organizations and network of Open Societies philanthropy groups, Soros has bankrolled campaigns in the past that include electing Democrats into state attorney general roles as well as movements like Black Lives Matter and “defund the police” groups. A common denominator between Soros and McGowan’s ACRONYM is the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC). According to a May 2021 report by election spending watchdog OpenSecrets.org, “Billionaire Democratic donor George Soros was the single largest contributor to the committee in 2018, giving $2.6 million in 2018.” ACRONYM has also been a supplier of digital campaign services for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee run by Eric Holder, former U.S. attorney general under Obama. Hoffman has provided funding to ACRONYM as well as other progressive non-profits and dark money groups. He’s also been a major donor Democratic campaigns and PACs. His involvement with tackling “disinformation” is raising eyebrows, considering he funded a group that ran a disinformation campaign against Alabama Republican Roy Moore during the 2017 special U.S. Senate election. American Engagement Technologies (AET), run by a former Obama appointee named Mikey Dickerson, received $750,000 from Hoffman. AET used around $100,000 to run a program that falsely claimed Moore had been backed by the Russian govern-

RALEIGH — Courier Newsroom, the political activism group masquerading as a news outlet, has become the first acquisition of a new organization backed by liberal billionaire George Soros and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. The group, “Good Information Inc.,” will seek to combat “disinformation” and will be headed up by former Democratic strategist Tara McGowan. McGowan is the founder and head of the progressive group ACRONYM, which has a dark money campaign finance arm called PACRONYM. ACROYNM provided the funding behind Courier Newsroom and for Shadow, the company responsible for the voting-by-phone app that had disastrous technical failures during the 2022 Iowa Democratic caucus meetings. Good Information Inc.’s website states it “will invest in and partner with media companies and platforms that center the communities they serve, their interests, and their media consumption habits in their reporting and their content distribution strategies.” A target of the group would appear to be social media. “We believe there is an urgent need for regulation of social media platforms, as well as increased investment in new models that place a higher value on serving communities truth over clickbait and protecting democracy over profits,” reads the Good Information Inc. website. Axios reported that Good Information Inc. will “fund and scale businesses that cut through echo chambers with fact-based information. As part of its mission, it plans to invest in local news companies.” Additionally, it was reported that Good Information Inc. will acquire ACRONYM’s newsletter on digital political ad spending. Among advisory board members for Good Information Inc. is Dan Pfeiffer, one of Barack Obama’s former senior advisors. He’s not the only Obama alum in the picture, former Obama See DISINFORMATION, page A2

RALEIGH — Alex Nolley, the North Carolina communications director for the Republican National Committee (RNC), said in a press release that the RNC believes the results in Virginia, where Republicans dominated Democrats up and down the ticket, were “foreshadowing what the 2022 midterms will look like for Democrats in North Carolina.” The Virginia results saw Republican candidate for governor Glenn Younkin defeat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe. The vote was a major shift from the double-digit victory

Democrats had in the presidential race a year ago. Nolley also quotes RNC Chairman Ronna McDaniel in saying that the “red wave has begun.” The press release then links to multiple articles from all sides of the aisle, in and out of North Carolina, predicting major headwinds for Democrats in North Carolina and nationally based on the Virginia results. One article written before the Virginia elections, by Ned Barnett, associate editor of the left-leaning opinion pages of the Raleigh News & Observer, predicted, “The See GOP, page A2

UNC Board of Trustees votes down antidiscrimination resolution Resolution sought to eliminate discrimination in hiring and admissions By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — A resolution that would eliminate discrimination in hiring and admissions was voted down by UNC Board of Trustee members at its Nov. 4 meeting. The resolution is just a single line that reads, «The University shall not discriminate against or grant preferential treatment to an individual, group or company on the basis of race, sex, color or ethnicity.» UNC Board of Trustees (BOT) member Marty Kotis made the resolution. “The goal of this motion is to make sure that people are treated fairly and equally. When we start talking about quotas, or underrepresented, or overrepresented, or labeling people,” said Kotis at the meeting. “I think that’s not treating everybody fairly. It’s treating them based on a category, and that, in of itself, does not sit well with me.” Kotis was appointed to the BOT by the General Assembly this past summer. He had previously been a member of the UNC System Board of Governors. “I think this resolution is honestly disrespectful. That’s the only way I can sum it up,” UNC student body president and BOT member Lamar Richards said at the meeting. “The idea that somehow by creating a more diverse campus you have to lower our standards is just false. It’s not true. And the language of this motion is not going to fly with me.” Kotis pointed to a 2020 memo from UNC-CH journalism school dean Susan King to

UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz detailing a diversity plan to address structural racism in hirings, admissions, and campus offerings and culture. King admitted in the memo to removing the minimum GPA reSee UNC, page A2

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THE WORD: FINDING REASONS TO WORSHIP

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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

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GOP from page A1 Republican Party has become the Party of Trump. How he affects the Virginia race will say a lot about which of North Carolina’s polarized forces will prevail in 2022.” Another article from the same paper written after results came in, though, noted that former President Trump did not define Youngkin’s campaign as Democrats had hoped it would, saying, “For Youngkin, a victory in Virginia meant keeping Trump at a safe distance. Trump endorsed Youngkin, giving the candidate the ability to win over some of the former president’s supporters. But Youngkin turned his focus away from Trump as his campaign wore on.” Many analysts have called this a potentially winning strategy for Republicans in 2022 — harness the energy of Trump’s base by accepting endorsements and not repudiating Trump, but recover moderate and suburban voters, which Republicans lost in 2020, by not making Trump a major part of their campaigns. “Newsflash for Democrats: swampy socialist policies that raise

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“Among the Sierra Nevada, California” by Albert Bierstadt (1868) is a painting in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C.

taxes, kill jobs, increase prices, defund our police, open our borders, weaken parents, and force indoctrination into our schools are NOT POPULAR,” Nolley continued in the statement. “Commentators and reporters across the spectrum got the message. Will North Carolina Democrats?” Republicans in the state didn’t wait for Virginia’s results to start working on their 2022 plans. At the end of October, activists in the party held a “National Weekend of Action” that included over 30 events that educate volunteers on voter contact best practices. “Every time a volunteer has a conversation with an undecided voter, that voter becomes more likely to get out the vote. The events that took place during National Weekend of Action this weekend are emblematic of the RNC’s extensive grassroots efforts to mobilize voters and ensure a Republican victory,” Nolley said to NSJ. The RNC held training sessions in Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Lumberton, Greenville and Raleigh engaging over 500 volunteers in training sessions, door knocking, and phone banking.

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Volunteers make phone calls to voters during the Republican National Committee’s National Weekend of Action on Oct. 23.

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ment. Reporting on internal documents shows AET “orchestrated an elaborate ‘false flag’ operation that planted the idea that the Moore campaign was amplified on social media by a Russian botnet.” Hoffman subsequently was forced to distance himself from AET and made an apology in late 2018. In 2020, OpenSecrets.org also issued an in-depth report on dark money networks pumping out hyper-partisan news through what look like “free-standing local news outlets” that are part of a “coordinated effort with deep ties to Democratic political operatives.” “Courier has faced scrutiny for exploiting the collapse of local

Courier has faced scrutiny for exploiting the collapse of local journalism to spread ‘hyperlocal partisan propaganda.’” OpenSecrets.org journalism to spread “hyperlocal partisan propaganda,” OpenSecrets.org reported. One of the examples in the OpenSecrets.org report was Cardinal & Pine along with its funding source, ACRONYM. As previously reported by North State Journal, Cardinal & Pine is run by Billy Ball, a former reporter for the left-leaning N.C.

UNC from page A1 quirement of a 3.1 for incoming “When we start talking students to recruit more minori- about quotas, or ty students. She wrote that students could write a “short essay” underrepresented, or as a replacement for the GPA overrepresented, or labeling requirement, a practice that she also admitted had only led to 1% people, I think that’s not increases in both minority and treating everybody fairly. minority male admissions. It’s treating them based on Richards, who is black, also issued an op-ed on the UNC a category, and that, in of Chapel Hill undergraduate gov- itself, does not sit well ernment website titled “Brace for Reckoning.” The op-ed crit- with me.” icizes the school as “rooted in racism” and tells black students UNC Board of Trustee Marty Kotis to “look elsewhere” for a college. “You cannot reform a system rooted in oppression, racism, retta Biggs, an Obama appointee and hatred. Tragically, the term whose decision on Voter ID was ‘reform’ at this university contin- overturned by the Fourth Circuit, ues to be used as a subtle tactic delivered the ruling. SFFA’s attorney Ed Blum told to oppress students, faculty, and staff—past, present, and future North State Journal they will appeal the decision. alike,” wrote Richards. “The plaintiff is claiming that The reaction from board member Ralph Meeks was a concern Asians were viewed as over-repthe resolution would have “a neg- resented because they make up ative effect on our ability to have a maybe 11% of the student body,” said Kotis. “But there’s only more diverse campus.” “I’m not anti-diversity at all. I roughly one-fifth of that amount.” He went on to say that some just think it’s a lazy approach to start setting quotas, and it’s not people talk about how women fair,” Kotis said in an interview were overrepresented because, at with North State Journal. “In- Carolina, it’s significantly more stead, you should allow personal than a majority of women. The choice and personal freedoms question then arises of whether or and what people want to do, and not they would want to give prefyou should allow the best and the erential treatment to men. “Well, that’s discrimination brightest to apply.” “It’s fine to go out and recruit too, and I just don’t think we need and try and find more of the best to start playing God here,” Kotis and the brightest and a diverse said. “We need to let the best and best and brightest,” Kotis said. brightest apply and not judge “But when we start saying, ‘we them based on their race, sex, nahave overrepresented or under- tional origin, or ethnicity. It’s just represented communities,’ we’re not our business, and we don’t need to label them that way.” really talking about quotas.” During his BOT meeting reKotis mentioned the 2014 lawsuit brought by Students For marks, Kotis noted that his resFair Admissions (SFFA) which olution is similar to California’s claimed UNC-CH was discrim- Proposition 209, which esseninating against Asian and white tially banned affirmative action students in its admission policies. practices such as using race, colA U.S. District for the Middle or, sex, ethnicity, or national oriDistrict of North Carolina judge gin in public education settings. ruled in favor of UNC-CH in the Last year 57% of California voters SFFA case on Oct. 26. Judge Lo- upheld that law via Proposition

Justice Center’s NC Policy Watch blog. Ball told North State Journal in 2020 that “Cardinal & Pine is transparently progressive, but facts guide everything that we report.” “The page’s ads give the appearance of news but are mostly focused on the coronavirus pandemic or on criticizing President Donald Trump,” OpenSecrets. org wrote of Cardinal & Pine’s Facebook ad buys. Between May 2018 and July 12, 2020, Cardinal & Pine spent $87,078 on Facebook ads, four of which promoted Cardinal & Pine articles targeting U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC). During roughly the same time period, Courier Newsroom spent almost $1.48 million on political and election-related Facebook ads.

We are instructed to “worship and bow down” and “kneel before the Lord our maker” in Psalm 95. Throughout the Bible we are reminded that we should be thankful for the blessings from God. Our own North Carolina Constitution begins by saying we are “grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for the preservation of the American Union and the existence of our civil, political and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity.” We also praise God for forgiveness of sins and healing of sickness. We have reasons to worship even when we are not afflicted and to praise God for smaller blessings than the entire American existence. The Grammywinning song “10,000 Reasons,” which is likely better known as “Bless the Lord,” reminds us that we can find an almost unlimited number of reasons to worship Almighty God. The song lists the loving characteristics of God as father — slow to anger, kind heart — that we can constantly appreciate. The song, just like Psalm 103 on which its lyrics are based, wants us to remember all of the benefits we are given. Without God there would be no “new day dawning” and there would be no “10,000 years and then forevermore.” Just like an older hymn reminds us, you should “count your blessings.”

16. Kotis said that his motion is about more than just education; it applies to hiring practices too. “People have tried to narrow down and say I was only focused on race in admissions, but that’s not what my motion was,” Kotis told North State Journal. “That’s not what we discussed. It has ramifications outside of just education.” We’re treating people based on their category, and that, by its very definition, is discrimination,” said Kotis. “And people say, ‘well, we’re not discriminating.’ Okay, well, then why the resistance to my motion?” BOT members Rob Bryan and Gene Davis gave similar remarks as Meeks. In his interview with North State Journal, Kotis said he hopes his resolution opens up further discussion on the matter. “We had a very civil and polite discussion. And they’re about what I think is an important topic,” Kotis said. “It had the desired result of getting that discussion in the public eye so that we can have a broader conversation about it, and we’ll see where it goes from there.” Kotis also outlined three ways the resolution might be addressed in the future. “The Board of Trustees could choose to pick it back up again if they were convinced to do so,” said Kotis. “The Board of Governors could pick it up and make it a system-wide policy, or the legislature could pick it up and either enact it with Gov. Cooper’s approval or, if there is a legislative super-majority change or change in the governor, they [legislature] could pass is at a later date.” Kotis said there is also the possibility that some of these cases could head to the Supreme Court and the law may change to require more blind standards or non-discrimination rules. He also said he does not plan to make the same motion next month or in the January BOT meeting.

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George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, looks before the Joseph A. Schumpeter award ceremony in Vienna, Austria, Friday, June 21, 2019.

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Return America’s ‘Stand up for America’ rally sees 5,000 in Raleigh Group expanding, will build chapter in VA By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — In a Nov. 8 interview, Ron Baity, president of Return America, told NSJ that the group’s recent rally at the state Legislative Building in Raleigh had 5,000 people according to police estimates, and that they are now taking their message outside North Carolina, starting a chapter in neighboring Virginia. “Our purpose was to stand up for the truths that many are standing down on,” Baity said of the Oct. 29 rally. “For instance, and we spoke on each one of these issues: we stand up for the flag, we stand up for law enforcement, we stand up for the First Amendment, we stand up for the Second Amendment, we stand up for true American history, we stand up for the traditional Biblical family, and we stand up for the unborn.”

Baity said these are critical issues of this hour, and that it’s become fashionable for people to disrespect the flag or call for defunding the police. “I’ve been in law enforcement as a chaplain since 1992, and I’m watching these municipalities cut funding, and it’s having an adverse effect on law enforcement, which is needed now more than ever,” he said. He also said that efforts to teach things like Critical Race Theory or the 1619 Project in schools “is all about changing our history.” While these all may seem like unrelated issues and cultural battles, Baity said they are about maintaining stable societal structures. “I think history tells us that when your basic fundamental structures crumble, you lose your nation,” he said. “And that’s the last thing we want to see happen. We love America. It’s been the greatest country for freedom in the history of the world.” He said the rally was about bringing people together that

“I think history tells us that when your basic fundamental structures crumble, you lose your nation.” Ron Baity, president of Return America wanted to push back on those who were contributing to this crumbling. “All of those issues are prevalent issues that have come under attack, so we just wanted to bring attention to it… to let our state know and our nation know that we’re not going anywhere and that there are a lot of us that are not changing.” The family, he said, was the most important issue, and he believes, “There’s a decay in the family structure in our country. And

if the family disintegrates, surely our nation cannot stand.” Baity believes that Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who was a featured speaker at the rally, has brought energy to the movement and “is a breath of fresh air.” “One of the wonderful things about Mark is he’s willing to stand, and he will stand, and he is standing. And for someone to come along in the political world and say, ‘Wait a minute; we’re moving in the wrong direction; we need to get back to basics,’ is a breath of fresh air.” While Robinson has seen protests in recent weeks over comments he made about teaching homosexuality and transgenderism to students, calling it “filth,” Baity said they did not have any significant counterprotests or negative feedback on their rally. “The comments following the rally have been phenomenal in the positive,” he said. “I received one or two negative emails, or something, but not even enough to be concerned about. Overall, the peo-

ple are grateful that we have an organization, Return America, that stands up. Very few are doing it.” Baity said they were also instrumental in organizing to pass the marriage amendment, which was ultimately nullified by the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision. His organization also was able to successfully sue Gov. Roy Cooper over the closing churches during COVID-19. Attorney David Gibbs, president of the Christian Law Association, who spoke at the rally as well, led the legal effort in the case against Cooper’s restrictions on churches. “We are now beginning to expand into other states,” Baity said on the group’s growth. “As a matter of fact, I’m going to be in Virginia Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. We’re starting a chapter of it in Virginia.” Baity said he has been pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem for the past 41 years, adding that Robinson will be a visiting speaker to the church this Sunday.

After Virginia, GOP looks to continue push in education By Aaron Morrison The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans plan to forcefully oppose race and diversity curricula — tapping into a surge of parental frustration about public schools — as a core piece of their strategy in the 2022 midterm elections, a coordinated effort to supercharge a message that mobilized right-leaning voters in Virginia this week and which Democrats dismiss as race-baiting. Coming out of last Tuesday’s elections, in which Republican Glenn Youngkin won the governor’s office, the GOP signaled that it saw the fight over teaching about racism as a political winner. Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, chairman of the conservative House Study Committee, issued a memo suggesting “Republicans can and must become the party of parents.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced support for a “Parents’ Bill of Rights” opposing the teaching of Critical Race Theory. “Parents are angry at what they view as inappropriate social engineering in schools and an unresponsive bureaucracy,” said Phil Cox, a former executive director of the Republican Governors Association. Democrats were wrestling with how to counter that message. Some dismissed it, saying it won’t have much appeal beyond the GOP’s most conservative base. Others argued the party ignores the power of cultural and racially divisive debates at its peril. They pointed to Republicans’ use of the “defund the police” slogan to hammer Democrats and try to alarm white, suburban voters after the demonstrations against law enforcement that began in Minneapolis after the killing of

George Floyd. Some Democrats blame the phrase for contributing to losses in House races last year. If the party can’t find an effective response, it could lose its narrow majorities in both congressional chambers next November. The debate comes as the socalled “racial justice” movement that surged in 2020 was reckoning with losses — a defeated ballot question on remaking policing in Minneapolis, and a series of local elections where voters turned away from candidates who were most vocal in support of the issue. “This happened because of a backlash against what happened last year,” said Bernice King, the daughter of the late civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who runs Atlanta’s King Center. King warned attempts to roll back social justice advances are “not something that we should sleep on.” “We have to be constantly vigilant, constantly aware,” she said, “and collectively apply the necessary pressure where it needs to be applied to ensure that this nation continues to progress.” Banks’ memo included a series of recommendations on how Republicans aim to mobilize parents next year, and many touch openly on race. He proposed banning federal funding supporting Critical Race Theory and emphasizing legislation ensuring schools are spending money on gifted and talented and advanced placement programs “instead of exploding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion administrators.” The coming fight in Congress over the issue was previewed last month, when Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before two committees to defend a Justice Department directive aimed at protecting school officials who

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Then-Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin addresses supporters at a campaign rally in Leesburg, Va., on Nov. 1, 2021. allegedly faced threats amid the heated debate over teaching about race. Republicans accused Garland of targeting parents. Democrats plan to combat such efforts by saying many top Republicans’ underlying goal is removing government funding from public schools and giving it to private and religious alternatives. “I think Republicans can, will continue to try to divide us and don’t have an answer for real questions about education,” said Marshall Cohen, the Democratic Governors Association’s political director. “Like their plan to cut public school funding and give it to private schools.” White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre accused Republicans of “cynically trying to use our kids as a political football.” The issue had weight in Virgin-

Schwarzenegger Institute dropped almost $190K into NC 2020 elections Two counties rejected funds that had a combined total of $72,390 By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t the only entity dropping cash into state elections during 2020. Through the USC Schwarzenegger Institute, former Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to over 30 counties in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. North Carolina was also on the list. Over $189,014 in grant funds were offered to 10 N.C. counties, but the total could be higher. Hertford County’s total grant allocation is unknown because the

county’s board of elections did not respond to multiple requests for information. Two counties, Jackson and Surry, rejected Schwarzenegger’s offer. The combined worth of the funds to those two counties totaled around $72,390. Considering the Jackson and Surry rejections and Hertford’s unknown total, the amount accepted by counties in the state comes to $116,624. There were 33 total grants made nationwide, including to the 10 counties in North Carolina. The details of each grant, including the dollar amount, for each county in North Carolina are as follows: Graham County, North Carolina $10,000 Funding to support additional poll workers

Greene County, North Carolina $25,058 Funding for one new physical polling place, to support poll workers, and to hire 35 new election day and one-stop workers Haywood County, North Carolina $8,680 Funding to support 11 new parttime poll workers to help at polls and with absentee ballot processing Hertford County, North Carolina UKNOWN Funding to support polling sites and PPE at polling sites Jackson County, North Carolina $9,360 (Rejected) Funding to support one-stop and election day poll workers and six new absentee by-mail return centers

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school safety and school choice. “It was about parental knowledge,” he said. McAuliffe went on the attack last week, portraying Republicans as wanting to ban books. He accused Youngkin of trying to “silence” black authors during a flareup over whether the themes in Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel “Beloved” were too explicit. McAuliffe still lost a governor’s race in a state President Joe Biden carried easily just last year. Republican Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer bristled at equating a movement to defend school “parental rights” and race. “The way this was handled in Virginia was frankly about parents, mothers and fathers, saying we want a say in our child’s education,” said Emmer, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

McDowell County, North Carolina $10,000 Funding to support additional poll workers

Schwarzenegger’s group announced the grants to “reopen polling centers” in various states on Sept. 23, 2020, on Twitter and also on the institute’s website. The polling locations targeted were those that the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 were unconstitutional under a section of the Voting Rights Act. Over the course of 2021, at least seven states have passed and enacted laws banning money from private groups related to elections. In total to date, around 18 statehouses filed election reform bills, some of which included restrictions on outside money used for the administration of elections. North Carolina’s version of such a bill is Senate Bill 725, Prohibit Private Money in Elections Admin. The bill prohibits the State Board of Elections, county boards of elections, and county commissioners from accepting private monetary donations to conduct elections or to employ individuals for election purposes on a temporary basis. Senate Bill 725 has not seen activity since June 21 and currently sits in the House Rules, Calendar and Operations Committee.

A majority of voters there — 7 in 10 — said racism is a serious problem in U.S. society, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of Tuesday’s electorate. But 44% of voters said public schools focus “too much” on racism in the U.S., while 30% said they focus on racism “too little.” The divide along party lines was stark: 78% of Youngkin voters considered the focus on racism in schools to be too much, while 55% of voters for his opponent, Democrat Terry McAuliffe, said it was too little. Youngkin strategist Jeff Roe described the campaign’s message on education as a broad, umbrella issue that allowed the candidate to speak to different groups of voters — some worried about Critical Race Theory, others about eliminating accelerated math classes,

Onslow County, North Carolina $40,000 Funding for new poll workers, to support the opening of one new polling place, and PPE for poll workers Swain County, North Carolina $5,061 Funding to support hiring more poll workers to increase polling access Surry County, North Carolina $63,030 (Rejected) Funding to support the hiring of one-stop and Election Day poll workers in order to operate polling sites Warren County, North Carolina $17,824 Funding to support hiring one-stop and Election Day poll workers in order to operate polling sites

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Redistricting is over — see the new maps On Nov. 4, the General Assembly completed weeks of work and finalized the new congressional and legislative maps following the 2020 census. Much attention during the process was focused on the state’s new congressional map (bottom right), which includes the addition of a 14th seat — adding a new U.S. representative to

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the state for the first time since the 2000 census. In the N.C. House (bottom) and Senate (top right), the state’s Stephenson groupings made many of the districts follow a formulaic approach. As has been the case since the 1990s, these maps will face litigation before the expected March 2022 primaries.

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I-40 bridge replacement to include wildlife underpass Haywood County Plans to replace the I-40 bridge over Harmon Den Road in Haywood County include paths on each side of Cold Springs Creek to help wildlife migrate from one side of the interstate to the other without dealing with traffic. NCDOT is evaluating the use of wildlife guards to prevent deer and elk from walking up the ramps. The traffic plan for the project includes a six-month detour. Starting Nov. 9, traffic will be funneled into one lane and use the ramps as a detour around it until May, while crews remove and replace the deteriorating bridge. AP

Snow forecast prompts closure of parts of Blue Ridge Parkway Buncombe County Portions of the Blue Ridge Parkway were closed last Wednesday in advance of a forecast of winter weather. The closure came after Mount Mitchell State Park, which is on the parkway, closed due to snow and ice. Road closures remained in place until crews assessed road conditions on Thursday morning. The parkway was blocked between mile marker 411 and mile marker 469, south of Asheville.

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Brunswick County Dakota Reiswig of Brunswick County will spend up to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to hitting two people with his vehicle as they stood in a driveway. He pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and was sentenced to at least 21 years in prison. Reiswig drove across the center line on Highway 904 and hit and killed Robert Winslow of Cary and Mint Greene of Ocean Isle Beach, who were standing in Greene’s driveway. Reiswig had a blood-alcohol level of 0.16 and THC in his blood. Reiswig was also driving without a license.

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Orange County A presumed wolf-dog hybrid that escaped has been found dead near Hillsborough and was believed to be the last of the free-roaming wolfdogs in the area. It appears she was hit by a car. The wolf-dog was one of 12 that escaped from Cedar Grove in July. Nine were found and are being held at a county facility. The two unaccounted for haven’t been seen and have likely left the area or died. The hybrid animals aren’t allowed to be kept as pets in the county and officials are looking for a rescue or sanctuary for them.

Hertford County Police were investigating a weekend shooting melee at a night club that left one person dead and five others wounded. The shootings originated from the Alaysia Bar & Grill in Ahoskie. There they found over 100 people outside the parking lot. Officers found the dead body of Jairen Lyles, 22, of Aulander, shot and lying on the ground. Six others were taken to the hospital. One of those was hurt trying to flee the establishment. Fights broke out in the parking lot while officers from several agencies tried to contain the crowd and provide help.

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Deputy resigns following assault charge

Lincoln County The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office charged Gary Edward Pyne, formerly of Lincoln County and currently of Beverly Hills, Florida, with three counts of indecent liberties with a child. Pyne was arrested at a Denver, N.C. bed and breakfast, while visiting. The charges come from an incident with a nine or 10-year-old girl in June in Iron Station. Pyne had already been charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a child and one count of secret peeping. The new charges were in addition to those.

Bladen County A deputy accused of assaulting a man with a flashlight has resigned from his job. Michael Hal Shaw II, 39, of Elizabethtown, was indicted by a Bladen County grand jury on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Shaw is accused of assaulting a man with a large aluminum flashlight on Oct. 8. It wasn’t clear whether he was on duty at the time of the assault. Shaw submitted his resignation. Because Shaw was a deputy in Bladen County, the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office investigated the assault allegations. AP

Laptops given to students found at pawn shop

Indictment charges 24 with money laundering, tax fraud

Warren County An investigation found a pair of Warren County School District laptop computers at a pawn shop in Raleigh. Laptops were given to Warren County students last year to help with remote schooling during the pandemic. The $300 Chromebooks were being sold for $40 each. The school said they were issued to a student no longer enrolled in the district. Warren County said only 11 of the 1710 laptops issued are missing. Another 8% were broken.

Wilson County A federal grand jury returned a sealed, 12-count indictment charging 24 people in a scheme to defraud the federal government and four states of millions of dollars in tax revenues from cigarette sales. Members of the conspiracy repeatedly purchased large quantities of cigarettes from wholesale cigarette outlets in Rocky Mount and Wilson, then shipped them to storage locations for future shipment to Virginia, New Jersey and New York. After buying the cigarettes from wholesalers, the conspirators prepared to ship the cigarettes to the Northeast by using large vehicles and crossing into Virginia. AP

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JONES & BLOUNT

Local Government Commission assumes control of East Laurinburg finances

Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019.

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NC congressional delegation to have different look in 2023 By Matt Mercer North State Journal RALEIGH — The ink is dry on the state’s new congressional maps. Yet while the new political lines will be reviewed by courts following litigation, political aspirants across the state are lining up to toss their hats into the ring. There will be at least three new members of Congress that come from N.C. under the maps passed by the General Assembly on Nov. 4. The new Fourth District, which takes in a four-county region of Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston and Sampson counties; the new Seventh

District, which begins in eastern Davidson County and takes in Republican strongholds of Randolph and Alamance counties, and portions of eastern Guilford County and southern Wake County; and the new 13th District, which takes in northern Mecklenburg County and stretches along the South Carolina border to just east of Buncombe County. Those new districts are expected to elect Republicans, based on early analysis. Leaving the state’s delegation will be Republican Ted Budd, who in April launched a U.S. Senate campaign; and Democrat David Price, who announced his retirement from his long-

time Triangle-based district. Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning, who was elected in 2020, has thus far not announced her plans after her Guilford County-centric district was redrawn. The remaining Democratic members — U.S. Reps. Alma Adams, G.K. Butterfield and Deborah Ross — are all expected to run for re-election. Of those three, Butterfield’s district is expected to be the most competitive given the political shifts in rural areas of the district. Each of the remaining Republicans currently in the U.S. House: Dan Bishop, Madison Cawthorn, Virginia Foxx, Richard Hudson, Patrick McHenry, Greg Murphy and David Rouzer, are expected to seek re-election. Hudson released a statement Monday indicating he would run for the new 10th District, which includes his home of Cabarrus County and now runs up to the city of High Point in the Triad.

RALEIGH — The N.C. Local Government Commission (LGC) voted to impound finances in the town of East Laurinburg following multiple attempts to correct major bookkeeping, banking and auditing deficiencies in the town. “This is not a measure we ever want to take, but it is a necessary, last-resort action when a government unit fails repeatedly to comply with state regulations and statutes,” said State Treasurer Dale Folwell, who chairs the LGC. “Town residents must have full faith and confidence that their government is acting in accordance with the law, money is properly accounted for, tax funds are not being misused and essential services are being provided.” The LGC unanimously approved the resolution in the wake of a recent investigative report by the State Auditor Beth Wood. North State Journal reported that the audit found East Laurinburg’s finance officer spent $8,542 on 42 transactions in funds that came from the town’s bank account that were questionable during the time period spanning February 2017 through February 2018. The finance officer’s mother, a sitting Town Council member, countersigned the checks. The report concluded that the Town Council failed to provide oversight recommended legal action be taken. The audit also says that because the finance officer used town funds to make “personal utility payments and other questionable expenses,” it caused the town to lack money to pay for its other bills. East Laurinburg becomes the eighth government unit under LGC financial control.

North State Journal for Wednesday, November 10, 2021

north STATEment Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor

VISUAL VOICES

EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

The majority party of Lincoln/Grant Republicans and RFK Democrats

Eighty percent of the American voting population have never been on the extremes on either end of the political spectrum dating back to the Federalist vs Democratic Republican divide in 1800.

I was talking with a prominent older African-American Democrat the other day and told him I thought I might be a “Lincoln/Grant Republican and a RFK Democrat” based on what they believed back in the day. He thought for a moment and said, “You know, I just might be one of them too!” If enough responsible adults in America band together under similar bedrock political principles and philosophy that underpinned Lincoln/ Grant Republicans and RFK Democrats in days gone by, they might be the ruling majority for the next 100 years. Eighty percent of the American voting population have never been on the extremes on either end of the political spectrum dating back to the Federalist vs Democratic Republican divide in 1800. Perhaps only 5% on each end of the political spectrum can reasonably be tagged as being — and voting — “super-liberal” or “super-conservative” to begin with. Most people are too busy working and raising a family to get too involved with politics until right before an election anyway. Abraham Lincoln gets credit for ending slavery because Union troops won the Civil War. It was Union General U.S. Grant who really “freed the slaves” when he became president in 1868 as a Republican. He sent U.S. troops into Southern states to make sure newly-freed slaves could vote and participate freely in the democratic process. Republicans since the formation of the Grand Old Party (GOP) have traditionally also been supporters of free markets and individual freedom with minimal government interference. Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy who served as his attorney general. He was the civil rights Democratic presidential candidate in 1968 before he was assassinated by Sirhan B. Sirhan. RFK and JFK were considered the more “liberal” candidates in the 1960s because of their civil rights advocacy, but they were fervent anticommunist believers in a strong national defense (both stared down Khrushchev during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis), and supported free enterprise and capitalism (JFK slashed taxes in 1961). JFK once famously said he cut taxes because he wanted the private sector to be as healthy as possible. After all, he reasoned, business owners, corporations and workers had to be prosperous in order to pay

the taxes liberals needed for their idealistic social programs. RFK was a law-and-order AG as he ruthlessly prosecuted the Mafia across the nation. The Democratic Party may have been considered “liberal” in the 1960s, but compared to the modern Progressive Socialist Democratic Party of 2021, the party of JFK and RFK were 10 standard deviations to the right along the political spectrum scale. Equality under the law. No special treatment for anyone based on race, gender, creed or religion — either favorably or to their detriment. Freedom. Capitalism. Personal privacy. Low Taxes. Restrained federal spending and regulation. Anti-communism. Balanced budgets. Those are the fundamental principles that 80% or 150 million American registered voters could embrace in a new majority political party. American politics has been bitterly divided over the issue of abortion since 1973, much as the issue of slavery made the U.S. “a house divided,” as Lincoln memorably stated. There may not be room for a new national centrist center/right party to emerge until the issue of abortion is either resolved by medical science or the Supreme Court returns it back to the states thereby removing it from the national scene. Once it does get resolved one way or another, is there any doubt that the vast majority of thoughtful reasonable American voters would support a political party that espoused the principles of Lincoln/ Grant Republicans and RFK Democrats? The Nov. 2 elections in Virginia, New Jersey and in a city attorney election in Seattle showed that Americans across the country are tiring of the relentless effort by socialist lefties to destroy long-standing American principles of law and order; respect for the law such as border enforcement; parental control of public education and responsible financial management of their tax dollars. Memo to all politicians on both sides: Instead of always trying to divide Americans along racial, gender and religious belief lines, why not try to unite us all behind the common-sense principles of the Lincoln/ Grant Republicans and RFK Democrats of yesteryear? It is all right there in the history books to copy and follow.

EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS

Welcome back home to the red state family, Virginia

McAuliffe admitted that “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”

A part of me chuckles when I hear “political experts” opine, as they have over the last few years, that for Republicans the state of Virginia has been “lost,” that there is no turning back as NOVA Democrats expand their footprint into the state. “Horse poop!” I usually respond, in those exact words, knowing that while Virginia has indeed trended blue over the last decade or so that all hope was not lost. All hope is never lost, even in entrenched blue states like California, where the uphill climb is even steeper, as long as you believe “the impossible” could happen, as long as you set your mind to doing your part to make it happen. It’s made even more possible when you have an army of people who believe as you do, that it can be done, that it will be done, that it must be done. In Virginia, such an army existed in the form of angry, determined parents and similarly concerned citizens across the state — joined together in opposition to the “woke” agendas of the progressive left. They were radical agendas that manifested themselves in Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe, a man who was once the governor of the state, from 2014 to 2018, and who wanted it again, thinking no matter who the Republicans put up in opposition that it would be a cakewalk back into the Governor’s Mansion.

It wasn’t. Especially not after that now-infamously fateful moment during a late September gubernatorial debate when McAuliffe admitted on live TV, as he sparred with Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin on education, that “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” Remarkably, McAuliffe then doubled down — repeatedly doubled down — on the declaration in the weeks that followed, while also insinuating that parents who were concerned about the implementation of Critical Race Theory in public school classrooms in Virginia were “racists.” Who wins elections by insulting and calling half the electorate in their state “racists” simply because they’ve expressed reservations about the controversial curriculums that their children are being subjected to? No one does, as McAuliffe found out the hard way last Tuesday when Glenn Youngkin did “the impossible” and defeated him. And that was only part of the lovely red wave that swept the state, with Republican lieutenant governor nominee Winsome Sears also winning, Republican AG nominee Jason Miyares being victorious, and the House of Delegates flipping back to red. It was a fabulous night all the way around for Republicans in the state, with Democrats immediately pointing fingers and playing the blame game. Some angrily blamed “white

women” for McAuliffe’s loss while others suggested that a lack of movement on the infrastructure and reconciliation bills in Congress hurt them at the ballot box. In reality, it was those dreaded culture wars that cost them the state, wars that outraged parents mightily in what independent writer Andrew Sullivan correctly dubbed as the moment “the woke met their match: parents.” Yes, those “dumb culture war” issues that social conservatives are sometimes told don’t matter and that supposedly “cost us elections” do indeed matter in the scheme of things. Conservatives of all backgrounds should stop bickering amongst each other as to whether these battles should even be fought and instead join together in fighting them. Virginia just confirmed we can win them with hard work and a determination to see them through. Now let’s get to doing it in other states, as well. There’s no better time than the present to start laying the groundwork to follow in Virginia’s footsteps. Media analyst Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection.

North State Journal for Wednesday, November 10, 2021

A7 COLUMN | SOPHIE ROSS

COLUMN | FRANK DOWD, IV

What is the end game for leftist democrats? Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has injected a mindboggling $5.8 trillion into the U.S. economy, which has driven inflation to its highest rate in 40 years.

THE OUTLOOK in America right now is grim. Coming out of a nearly two-year global pandemic, many had looked forward to a return to the strong economic performance of the last two years of the Trump administration. But as we approach the end of Joe Biden’s first year in office, Americans are not optimistic. More than 70% of respondents in a recent NBC poll — including 48% of Democrats — believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. According to Gallup, Biden’s 42% approval rating is the lowest for any president not named Trump in their first year, going back to Dwight Eisenhower in 1953. Joe Biden inherited a healthy economy, growing employment, energy independence, a secure border and a strong military. Everything Biden has done has damaged the economy, our security, our social fabric and the very idea of our nation. With so many polls consistently showing Americans in a downbeat mood about their government and their president, why would Biden and the Democrats double-down on vastly unpopular and unnecessary government policies and social spending? Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has injected a mindboggling $5.8 trillion into the U.S. economy, which has buoyed growth somewhat, but also driven inflation to its highest rate in 40 years, along with supply chain disruptions and chronic shortages of key commodities. Massive wealth redistribution and overly generous government benefits have been a disincentive to work, reducing the labor force by 5 million people. And yet, Democrats are desperate to cram another jaw-dropping $3.5 trillion social-welfare bill down our throats that is nothing more than a roadmap to socialism and government dependency. Why pursue these policies when we are already well on our way to Venezuela-style ruin? What is the end game? The answer is simple; keep people despondent, disillusioned and dependent in order to maintain political power and control. Why was it that rioters and looters were allowed to wreak unchecked havoc in cities throughout America in the summer of 2020, destroying federal property and burning America’s once-glimmering cities into the ground? Calls from leftists to defund the police predictably led to skyrocketing crime and

dysfunction. In Democrat-run urban dystopias, homelessness and lawlessness go hand-in-hand while the law-abiding cower in fear and stay home. Why did the Biden administration open the southern border in defiance of longstanding federal immigration laws and allow an estimated 2 million illegal aliens to flood into our country in 2021? It’s hard not to conclude this is an effort to import more Democratic voters, but consider the costs to our education, health care, social services and law enforcement efforts from this invasion — not to mention the drugs, thugs and real terrorists entering our country. These policies are engineered to divide us along socio-economic and racial lines. Leftists are targeting our schools with anti-American doctrines and demonizing understandably concerned parents as “domestic terrorists.” They mandate unending, economy-crushing lockdowns and screech about “climate” and other existential “crises” in an attempt to convince voters that we have big problems that can only be addressed by ceding more power to our political “elites.” A government program for every problem — yet our problems are never solved and only get worse. Why would we think new programs on top of old, failed programs — with even more profligate spending on top of previous wasteful outlays — would make things better? As columnist Dennis Prager astutely observed, the more Americans depend on the government — whether for a job or economic assistance — the more likely they are to vote Democratic. In other words, “in almost every area of life, the better things are, the worse it is for the Democratic Party. Democrats have placed themselves in the role of benefiting from social and moral dysfunction.” The goal of the leftists running Biden and his woeful White House has been to upend every American institution, every American value, and America itself. We need to wake up before it’s too late and our freedom and prosperity are gone for good. Frank Dowd IV, chairman of Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company, is a registered independent. Charlotte Pipe and Foundry is a 120-yearold U.S. manufacturer of cast iron and plastic pipe and fittings, with seven plants around the nation.

COLUMN | STEPHEN MOORE

There they go again with the ‘tax the rich’ ruse The scheme we should all be on to by now is that higher tax rates on the rich are always unfailingly gateways to taxing everyone else.

BE HONEST. Does anyone really believe that any of these new schemes that President Joe Biden conjures up every few days to “tax the rich” will cause Bill Gates, Elon Musk or Warren Buffett to pay more taxes? It’s clear why the super-rich are a tempting target to, as Biden puts it, “pay their fair share.” We have billionaires with almost unfathomable riches. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, calls their wealth “obscene.” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has attained a wealth that exceeds some countries. Amazon’s stock is now worth close to $1 trillion. He owns perhaps 15% of the stock, which would mean his net worth is somewhere near $150 billion. But as he has correctly pointed out, it also means that he has collectively created some $850 billion of wealth for all of the millions of people who own Amazon stock — which is probably close to one-third of all Americans. That’s not all. Amazon has added, conservatively speaking, $1 trillion of consumer surplus for all of the tens of millions of people in the United States and around the world who go online and click to buy products on Amazon. A “consumer surplus” is the value of a product that people buy beyond the price they pay for it. If I can buy a can of tennis balls for $3 but I derive $10 of pleasure from playing with those balls, that $7 difference is my net benefit. Multiply that by the billions of purchases people make from Amazon every day. Or consider Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google. He is a billionaire many times over, but he provides an intricate search engine that finds for you nearly any information you want in about five seconds. And the miracle here is that he charged you ZERO for it. So maybe there is an elusive free lunch after all. Progressives like Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez argue that people like Musk and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg became multibillionaires thanks to government programs, such as schools and roads. Maybe. But it is arguably more accurate to say that they could reach their empire of riches because the government didn’t stand in their way. There’s a good reason eight of the 10 most valuable companies in the world were sprouted here in the land of the free, the U.S., and not in China, Japan, Germany or France. The Democrats argue that raising income, capital gains or wealth taxes on these rich people

to as much as 55%, or half their annual earnings, is good for the economy because it will help pay for social programs to help the poor, such as free child care. But if you had to choose someone to invest your money in a way that will reward you with a high payoff, who would you choose? An entrepreneur with a proven golden touch like Musk or a politician like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi? Higher tax rates on the rich are almost sure to make our society poorer, not richer. The government can’t even run a railroad, stop $75 billion of unemployment fraud or build a health care website. Then there is the question I asked above: Will the rich really pay more if the top tax rate goes to 55% on millionaires? Doubtful. Billionaires like Buffett and Gates hire squadrons of lawyers, lobbyists and tax accountants who find or invent new loopholes in the tax system to shield them from the IRS tax collectors. This is why over the last 50 years, higher tax rates have generally corresponded with lower tax collections from the rich. The scheme we should all be on to by now is that higher tax rates on the rich are always unfailingly gateways to taxing everyone else. The original 1913 income tax was 1% for people with incomes above $3,000 (about $83,000 today) and $4,000 in income for married couples (about $111,000 today). The top rate was 7% on $500,000 or more ($13.8 million). About 3% of the population was taxed. Congress promised the public two things: Tax rates would never go above 10%, and the middle class would never pay the tax. A few short years later, the highest rate was 70%, and almost everyone got socked with this new income tax to be paid by the rich. The Alternative Minimum Tax in the late 1960s was aimed at a handful of multimillionaires. However, it wasn’t long before this tax gadget was squeezing millions of people. Biden promises he will never tax anyone making less than $400,000. Really? Then why does he want to audit the transaction of every person with $10,000 or more in their bank accounts? It turns out that you may not think of yourself as rich. But Washington does. Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at FreedomWorks. He is also a co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity and a Washington Examiner columnist.

Time to bring Texas’ pro-life law to NC THE U.S. SUPREME COURT’S recent decision not to prevent Texas’s law outlawing abortion after six weeks of pregnancy is a win for the unborn and the pro-life cause. North Carolina’s legislature should follow suit to protect innocent lives in our state. Since the court’s disastrous decision of Roe v. Wade almost 50 years ago, states haven’t been able to pass common-sense laws to protect babies’ inherent right to life. Pro-life laws in North Carolina, passed by the people’s representatives in the legislature and signed into law by the duly elected governor, have in turn been struck down by unelected judges who hide behind Roe’s misguided precedent. The status quo is simply against the people’s will, while millions of innocent lives continue to be snuffed out. People forget that the United States is one of only six countries in the People forget world that allows that the United for abortions after three months, or States is one 20 weeks. We are of only six the outlier, not the countries in the norm. world that allows Opponents of the Texas law, for abortions and the Supreme after three Court’s decision on months, or 20 it, say it is a way to weeks. We are overturn the Roe decision. To that the outlier, not I say: good! Roe the norm. was an extreme decision for the time — decided by seven men, as people often forget — because it completely took away from state governments the ability to legislate any restrictions on abortion. These commonsense measures include limiting abortions before 20 weeks or children being aborted based on their race or gender. Because of Roe’s bad precedent, it has taken almost half a century for lower courts to uphold a state law that prevents people from aborting a baby simply because it has Down Syndrome. This bad precedent is long overdue to be reexamined by the Supreme Court. The smart money doesn’t believe the Supreme Court will completely swing the pendulum the other way and outlaw all forms of abortion after conception. Rather, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is likely to return to the days before Roe, where the duly elected state legislatures could enact laws limiting abortion practices. This would give state legislators in Raleigh, who believe in the simple truth that life is sacred and must be protected, the opportunity to pass the pro-life laws that the people of this state desperately want. Should the Supreme Court undertake a re-do on Roe, the opinion likely will be written by female Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who has a far different perspective than that of the seven men who made Roe the law of the land half a century ago. When the decision does come, the people of North Carolina and their legislators should be ready to act quickly to protect the lives of the unborn. Sophie Ross is president of the UNC-Asheville College Republicans. This column was also signed by Carson Foster, vice president; and Stephanie Giang, secretary/treasurer.

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NATION & WORLD Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021., as Jonathan Moore, left, and retired ambassador Margaret Uyehara listen.

EU, UK divide widens on new N Ireland, French fishing deal

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State Dept. names new coordinator on ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department named a new coordinator for its investigation into cases of so-called Havana Syndrome, responding to increased pressure from lawmakers to investigate and respond to hundreds of brain injuries reported by diplomats and intelligence officers. Secretary of State Antony Blinken appointed a high-ranking deputy, Jonathan Moore, to coordinate the department’s task force on the cases. He replaces Pamela Spratlen, a retired diplomat temporarily called back into service by Blinken before leaving in September. She had faced criticism from some victims. Blinken also appointed retired ambassador Margaret Uyehara to lead efforts to directly support care for State Department employees. Investigators have been studying a growing number of reported cases by U.S. personnel around the world and whether they are caused by exposure to microwaves or other forms of directed energy. People affected have reported headaches, dizziness, nausea and other symptoms consistent with traumatic brain injuries. Possibilities under consideration

include the usage of a surveillance tool or a device intended to harm. The cases are known as “Havana Syndrome” dating to a series of reported brain injuries in 2016 at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba. After years of investigation, the U.S. government has still not publicly identified what or who might be behind the incidents or whether they are, in fact, attacks. But leaders in the State and Defense departments and at the CIA have pushed employees to report possible brain injuries and, in some cases, removed leaders who were seen as unsympathetic to the cases. “This is about the health and security of our people, and there’s nothing we take more seriously,” Blinken said. Several hundred cases are under investigation. There have been multiple reports in recent weeks of potential incidents linked to visits by high-profile U.S. officials, including a case involving a member of CIA Director William Burns’ traveling party in India and incidents at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, prior to a visit by Blinken. The State Department said Friday that Deputy Secretary Brian McKeon had met with diplomats in Vienna to discuss possible cases reported this year in Austria. The

department said it had taken a “number of important steps, none of which we can detail publicly, to protect our personnel.” Both Democrats and Republicans have pressed President Joe Biden’s administration to determine who and what might be responsible for the cases and improve treatment for victims, many of whom have long said government officials aren’t taking their cases seriously. Biden earlier this month signed a bill intended to improve medical care for victims. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said at a recent hearing that after speaking to victims, there was still “clearly a disconnect as to what is happening at the top levels of the State Department and how victims are being treated in some cases.” Shaheen has introduced new legislation to fix what she described as differences in how various agencies are investigating and treating cases. “There’s still not enough information that’s being shared, not enough coordination that’s being done,” she said in an interview. “There’s not a unanimity of response on how to deal with it.” CIA Director Burns, pressed on Havana Syndrome cases at a separate hearing last week, noted that

Satellite images show China built mock-ups of US warships The Associated Press BEIJING — Satellite images show China has built mock-ups of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and destroyer in its northwestern desert, possibly for practice for a future naval clash as tensions rise between the nations. China has massively upgraded its military in recent years, and its capability and intentions are increasingly concerning to the United States as tensions rise over the South China Sea, Taiwan and military supremacy in the Indo-Pacific. The images captured by Colorado-based satellite imagery company Maxar Technologies dated Sunday show the outlines of a U.S. aircraft carrier and at least one destroyer sitting on a railway track. Maxar identified the location as Ruoqiang, a Taklamakan Desert county in the northwestern Xinjiang region. The independent U.S. Naval Institute said on its website that the mock-ups of U.S. ships were part of a new target range developed by the People’s Liberation Army. It wasn’t clear from the images how many details had been included in the apparent targets, although USNI said it had identified features on the destroyer including its funnels and weapons systems. Chinese Foreign Ministry

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This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows rail terminal and target storage building in Ruoqiang county, China, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily briefing Monday that he had no information about the images, saying, “I’m not aware of the situation you mentioned.” China’s massive military upgrade has emphasized countering the U.S. and other countries’ naval forces. That includes the development of land, sea and air-launched missiles to repel and possibly sink opposing vessels, expressed most emphatically by the land-based DF-21D ballistic missile known as the “carrier killer.” Recent months have also seen a substantial increase in Chinese

military flights just southwest of Taiwan, the self-governing island republic claimed by Beijing, which it threatens to annex by force. Washington provides Taiwan with much of its weaponry, and U.S. law requires that it ensures the island can defend itself and treats threats to it as matters of “grave concern.” The images released by Maxar come amid growing concerns over the possibility of military conflict between the world’s two biggest economies, who are at odds over a litany of political and economic issues. The Pentagon this month is-

the agency’s investigation into the cases is led by a key leader responsible for the operation to find Osama Bin Laden. He did not refer to the cases as “attacks” after being asked by Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., whether he would use that word. “We’ve worked very hard to improve care, the care that our officers and sometimes their family members deserve,” Burns said. “And we have mounted an extraordinarily vigorous effort to get to the bottom of the questions of who and what may be causing these as well.” Dr. James Giordano, a scientist working on investigations into the cases, said the incidents were being viewed as “an intentional engagement” by a U.S. adversary or proxies, though he declined to specify suspected countries. “Speaking about attribution at this point in time is a very delicate matter because of the intelligence, military, and political ramifications,” said Giordano, executive director of the Institute for Biodefense Research in Washington. Writing for the Cipher Brief, a publication focused on intelligence, a group of former CIA officers said they had “few doubts” that Russia was responsible and expected the U.S. to eventually blame Moscow. The officers called for the U.S. to bolster its military presence in Eastern Europe, limit Russian business and tourist travel, and seek collective defense through NATO. “For at least a decade, Russia has conducted itself as in a state of conflict with the West in general and the United States in particular,” the group said.

sued a report saying China is expanding its nuclear force much faster than U.S. officials predicted just a year ago. That appears designed to enable Beijing to match or surpass U.S. global power by midcentury, the report said. U.S. defense officials have said they are increasingly wary of China’s intentions, largely with regard to the status of Taiwan. “The PLA’s evolving capabilities and concepts continue to strengthen [China’s] ability to ‘fight and win wars’ against a ‘strong enemy’ — a likely euphemism for the United States,” the report said. China’s navy and coast guard are also adding new vessels at a record pace, concentrating them in the South China Sea, the strategic waterway that China claims virtually in its entirety. While the U.S. Navy remains predominant, its resources are divided between the Indo-Pacific, the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean and other regions where American interests lie. China’s test of a hypersonic weapon capable of partially orbiting Earth before reentering the atmosphere and gliding on a maneuverable path to its target also surprised top U.S. military leaders. Beijing insisted it was testing a reusable space vehicle, not a missile, but the weapon system’s design is meant to evade U.S. missile defenses. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the test was “very close” to being a “Sputnik moment,” akin to the 1957 launching by the Soviet Union of the world’s first space satellite, which fed fears the United States had fallen behind technologically.

Brussels The United Kingdom on Friday rejected European Union proposals to streamline the trade of goods in Northern Ireland as insufficient, further aggravating a standoff between both sides and bringing the prospect of a post-Brexit trade war closer. The U.K. government said after unsuccessful talks between its negotiator David Frost and his counterpart Maros Sefcovic that the EU offers to revamp the Northern Ireland deal, which the 27-nation bloc saw as far-reaching and unprecedented, “did not currently deal effectively with the fundamental difficulties.” On top of the dispute over how to smooth the trade in goods in the U.K.’s Northern Ireland, where the complicated Brexit deal has left the region also in the EU’s single trading zone, both sides also made no progress in negotiations over symbolically important U.K. fishing licenses off France. Frost also continued to wield the threat of suspending the Northern Ireland deal under the socalled Article 16 procedure, a protocol allowing either side to suspend that part of the deal in exceptional circumstances. Northern Ireland, part of the U.K., shares a land border with EU member Ireland. The Brexit agreement gives it a special trade status that ensures there is an open border on the island of Ireland. It is a key pillar of Northern Ireland’s peace process since the 1998 Good Friday accord that ended years of violence. The current deal that Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed has been controversial from the start since it means a new customs border in the Irish Sea for goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the U.K., even though they are part of the same country. Issues over fish licenses have further complicated relations. Although fishing is a tiny industry economically for both Britain and France, the issue of boats’ access to waters that divide the two maritime powers has flared into a major irritant on top of the Northern Ireland issue. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Florida governor calls for election police force Tallahassee, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged to create a law enforcement agency to investigate election crimes as part of a new package of voting laws last week. Speaking at an event in West Palm Beach, the Republican governor announced a series of election law proposals for lawmakers to take up during next year’s legislative session, including new restrictions on ballot drop boxes and strengthened penalties for ballot harvesting. DeSantis spoke broadly about the proposed election police force, but a news release from his office said the Office of Election Crimes and Security would be formed “within the Department of State to investigate election crimes and fraud.” Earlier this year, DeSantis signed a bill that restricted the use of ballot drop boxes, strengthened voter ID laws and prohibited the practice of ballot harvesting. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Game, set, match! The Cedar Ridge girls’ volleyball team celebrates after winning the NCHSAA 3A state championship in four sets against North Iredell on Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh. In the other state championship matches, Union Academy topped Neuse Charter in the 1A final, Southwestern Randolph defeated Camden for the 2A title, and Green Level beat Ardrey Kell for the 4A crown.

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Darnold’s struggles put Panthers back to square one

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Wake slides to 13th, NC State returns at 21st in latest AP poll Indianapolis The Wake Forest Demon Deacons suffered their first defeat of the season, a 5855 loss Saturday at UNC, but fell only three spots to No. 13 in The Associated Press college football poll released Sunday. Because its game with the Tar Heels was a rare nonconference game between ACC foes, Wake Forest remains unbeaten in conference play heading into Saturday’s showdown with NC State in Winston-Salem. The Wolfpack won 28-14 at Florida State on Saturday and moved back into the rankings at No. 21. Appalachian State was one of nine teams to appear on ballots outside the top 25, receiving 20 votes for the 32nd-most in this week’s poll. Georgia, Cincinnati, Alabama and Oklahoma remained the top four, and Oregon moved up two spots to No. 5.

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Speedway Motorsports buys Nashville, Dover tracks Dover, Del. Concord-based Speedway Motorsports has reached an agreement to acquire Dover Motorsports, ending the NASCAR track in Delaware’s run as one of the last independent operators in the sport. Dover Motorsports owned both Dover International Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. Dover ran its first Cup race in 1969 and was the site of two NASCAR weekends each season starting in 1971. One of the dates was shifted to Nashville before the start of the 2021 season. SMI struck an agreement for $3.61 per share in cash for an approximate total equity value of $131.5 million. The deal was announced Monday night. SMI already owns eight Cup tracks: Charlotte, Atlanta, Bristol, Kentucky, Las Vegas, New Hampshire, Sonoma and Texas.

To put that into perspective, Doeren was 8 years old at the time. Although a win Saturday would technically only tie State with Wake at the top of the division standings, the Wolfpack (7-2, 4-1) would be in the driver’s seat with two regular season games remaining because of the head-to-head tiebreaker. The 13th-ranked Deacons, meanwhile, would essentially have a two-game lead on the field if they were to win in pursuit of their third conference championship. The previous two came in 1970 and 2006, when they defeated Coastal winner Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship Game. Saturday’s matchup lost most of its luster nationally because of Wake’s 58-55 loss to North Carolina, a scheduled nonconference game that didn’t factor into the league standings. But it’s still every bit as meaningful to the teams involved “We’re still 5-0 in the ACC, and in my mind, we have a championship game Saturday,” said Deacons coach Dave Clawson, whose team fell to 8-1 overall after the loss in Chapel Hill. While Clawson said he won’t have to convince his players about the importance of the upcoming showdown, there are other issues he and his staff will have to address — especially after the way the UNC game played out.

WITH A generational class of quarterbacks in this year’s draft, nearly half of the teams in the NFL made a change at that position in the offseason, either to clear space for a highly rated rookie or take advantage of the dominoes falling as “The Panthers other teams did. weren’t cheap, Matt Stafford, Carson Wentz and Jared Goff just wrong. were among the big-name They thought veterans to change teams in they were the the offseason frenzy. The Panthers jumped smartest ones into the mix and emerged in the room.” with Sam Darnold. A former No. 3 overall pick, Darnold had struggled with the Jets in three years. The Panthers were confident that a new spot would provide a new beginning for the beleaguered Darnold. In essence, they uttered the phrase that has ended as many coaching careers as “send out the field goal unit”: “We can fix him.” Nine games later, it’s clear that nothing has been fixed. Darnold has 11 interceptions against just seven touchdowns, the highest interception rate and lowest touchdown rate of his career. He’s also posting his worst-ever quarterback rating. Even worse than his stat line has been the eye test. The consensus on Darnold was that a shaky Jets line had damaged his confidence. Putting him behind an equally shaky Panthers line wasn’t the key to turning that around, however. Darnold has been sacked 22 times, but the worst moments of his Panthers tenure haven’t been when he’s been tackled — they’re when he thinks he’s about to be. Darnold has been unsettled in the pocket, looking for the first available opportunity to cut and run. It has led to impressive gains on the ground at times — he briefly led the NFL in rushing touchdowns. More often, however, it’s led to bad decisions. Sunday against New England — and one of those rookie quarterbacks from the draft class, Mac Jones — Darnold picked up an intentional grounding penalty in the shadow of his goalpost when he felt the rush and just … threw. There was no one in sight, which was probably the best result the Panthers could have hoped for. It could easily have gone directly into the arms of a Patriots defender. Darnold has regressed on the field, as well as during games. The Panthers’ offense has been dreadful in the third quarter, when coaches have had the opportunity to regroup at halftime

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Running back Ricky Person Jr. and NC State will try and take advantage of a Wake Forest defense that has allowed an average of 38.4 points in its last five games when the two teams meet Saturday in Winston-Salem for the top spot in the ACC’s Atlantic Division.

Unexpected showdown: Wake, NC State meet in pivotal ACC matchup “We’re still 5-0 in the ACC, and in my mind, we have a championship game Saturday.” Dave Clawson, Wake Forest coach

The winner of Saturday’s game will be in the driver’s seat in the Atlantic Division By Brett Friedlander North State Journal NC STATE AND Wake Forest first met on the football field 126 years ago and have played one another every year since 1910, making it the longest-running continuous rivalry in the ACC and the second oldest nationally. It’s doubtful any of the previous 114 games between the Deacons and Wolfpack has been as meaningful as the one that will take place on Saturday at Truist Field. Although the outcome won’t officially decide the ACC’s Atlantic Division title, the winner will have the inside track for a trip to Charlotte next month and the opportunity at playing for a conference championship. “There’s a lot of people that feel a certain way about playing this game,” State coach Dave Doeren said on Monday. “So it’s great to be a part of it at this point in the season where both teams are relevant and are playing for a lot.” Doeren’s 21st-ranked Wolfpack have never won an Atlantic title, the product of being in the same division as perennial national powers Clemson and Florida State, and haven’t won an outright ACC championship since 1979.

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Christian McCaffrey: The Panthers running back is Carolina’s nominee for the NFL’s Salute to Service Award. The award, presented by USAA and the league, recognizes players, coaches, staff and alumni who demonstrate a strong commitment to honoring and supporting military and veteran communities. Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera was also nominated. Walt Bell: The former UNC assistant was fired as head coach at UMass on Sunday after going 2-23 during three years with the Minutemen. UMass also let defensive coordinator Tommy Restivo go and named Alex Miller, the school’s offensive line coach, run game coordinator and a former four-year starter at the school, interim coach for the final three games of the season. Bell, 37, had been offensive coordinator at Florida State before landing the UMass job. He was tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator at UNC under Larry Fedora from 2012-13.

Beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

President Joe Biden welcomed the NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks to the White House on Monday, praising team members not just for their achievements on the court, but also for their efforts to promote coronavirus vaccinations and for speaking out after the 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake sparked protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Bucks were the first NBA champions to visit the White House in nearly five years, ending a Donald Trump-era hiatus.

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“I’m focusing on success not failure.” Blue Devils coach David Cutcliffe on his mindset ahead of 3-6 Duke’s upcoming game at Virginia Tech.

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Oscar Pistorius: The world-famous double-amputee athlete who competed at the 2012 Olympics is up for parole, but first he must meet with the parents of the girlfriend he shot and killed. Pistorius has been eligible for parole since July after he was convicted of murder for shooting model Reva Steenkamp multiple times through a door in his home on Valentine’s Day 2013. Pistorius was convicted of murder in 2015 and sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison. The date for his parole hearing has not yet been set.

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“I feel like I’ve got to be in there longer for the fourth quarter.” Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball after the Clippers had a 22-0 run in the final quarter of Sunday’s loss to Charlotte.

Albert Korir and Peres Jepchirchir made it a Kenyan sweep at Sunday’s New York City Marathon. Korir won the men’s race two years after finishing second, and Jepchirchir became the only woman to take a marathon major in the fall after earning an Olympic gold medal. The 2020 race was canceled due to COVID-19.

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Texas Tech announced Monday it had hired Baylor assistant and longtime Texas high school coach Joey McGuire as its next head coach. McGuire was hired by former Bears coach Matt Rhule in 2017 and retained as associate head coach when Dave Aranda took over in 2020 after Rhule left to coach the Carolina Panthers.

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6 Games in which the Carolina Hurricanes allowed the first goal in their 9-1-0 start to the season.

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Former New York Mets reliever Pedro Feliciano has died. He was 45. Friends and former teammates told the Mets that Feliciano was found dead in his sleep Monday at home in Puerto Rico. The lefthander led the majors in appearances for three straight years, pitching 86 games in 2008, 88 in 2009 and a whopping 92 times in 2010.

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Year 1, Take 2: Forbes reboots with Deacons The Wake Forest coach is looking for a fresh start after a tumultuous first year in Winston-Salem By Brett Friedlander North State Journal OFFICIALLY, Steve Forbes is entering his second season as Wake Forest’s basketball coach. But if you ask him, he’ll tell you that he’s still an ACC rookie. Given the obstacles he and his Deacons were forced to overcome because of COVID-19, its related protocols and a nearly complete roster turnover, the 2020-21 campaign was something Forbes would “just like to forget.” “This is really my first year, the way I look at it,” he said. “I don’t mean that in any disrespectful way to any players that we had, but we needed a change.” Forbes got the Wake job on April 30, only a week after previous coach Danny Manning was fired. Because he inherited a program with only four returning lettermen, he was forced to scramble to assemble a team. The process was made even more difficult by the NCAA’s pandemic-mandated prohibition on in-person recruiting. Even after putting together a patchwork squad filled with transfers and freshmen, Forbes wasn’t able to meet with his players until late July. Then just two games into the season, both wins, COVID hit. It took a month for the Deacons to get back onto the court, a setback from which they never recovered. They finished the season with a 6-16 record, winning only three games against ACC opponents. “Because of the situation with COVID, we couldn’t become a

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Coach Steve Forbes’ first season at Wake Forest was derailed by COVID-19, but the Demon Deacons’ coach has reshaped his roster and focused on team-building heading into Wednesday’s season‑opening game. team,” Forbes said. “Obviously Gonzaga, Baylor and those guys, they had great players. But they had a lot of guys back. Chemistry wasn’t a big issue for them. It was a huge issue for us because we had a new coach, we had new players. “We couldn’t do anything. We couldn’t eat together, couldn’t be together, couldn’t even be in the locker room together. So it was very disjointed. There was no manual for that.” Forbes said he doesn’t spend a lot of time looking back at last season or feeling regret for how it unfolded. He’s been much too busy going

through a similar process putting together this year’s team, which opens its season Wednesday at home against William & Mary. Thanks to transfers and other forms of attrition, the former East Tennessee State coach once again started out with just four returning veterans. The difference this year is he and his Deacons had a full offseason to get to know each other, build relationships and install Forbes’ system the way he wants to play it. “We have a lot of hard-nosed guys on the team that have really bought in, and we’re really connected as a unit,” said Daivien Wil-

“Culture is a great buzzword for everybody to use, I get it. But you have to have identity before you can have culture.” Steve Forbes, Wake Forest coach liamson, a junior guard who came over to Wake from ETSU with Forbes last season. “We’ve been together since June,

Knocking on the door: UNC, ECU, Charlotte all just one win from bowl eligibility Three teams in N.C. are on college football’s version of the Bubble By Shawn Krest North State Journal THE FINAL MONTH of the college basketball regular season is devoted to the Bubble. Teams look to add impressive wins and avoid upsets to impress the selection committee and earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. There is no bubble in college football. Football is a game of advancement, and, true to its nature, there is a line that needs to be crossed. The goal line, the first down marker and six wins. If a team wins six games, it qualify for a bowl — and with the sheer number of bowl games out there, a spot in one is virtually guaranteed. If it doesn’t reach the six-win line, it’s home for the holidays. In North Carolina, three teams have already crossed the line — Wake Forest, NC State and Appalachian State. All three are playing to improve the prestige, and payoff amount, of the bowl they get selected to attend. One team, Duke, is still mathematically alive in its quest to reach the line, but prospects seem sufficiently dim to set the Blue Devils aside for the year. If Duke knocks off Virginia Tech and Louisville, we can revisit its chances heading into the season finale against Miami. That leaves three teams in the state looking to reach the line. All three helped themselves last weekend with big wins to reach five victories on the season. Here’s a look at the cut-and-dried situations that make up college football’s version of the Bubble. Consolation prize North Carolina certainly never thought it would be anywhere near the Bubble as November wore on. The Tar Heels opened the season in the top 10 and had hopes of a College Football Playoff berth. Instead, the Heels have been inconsistent, losing the opener to Virginia Tech and suffering upset losses to FSU and Georgia Tech along the way. The bowl won’t be what Carolina was hoping for, but missing a bowl would be a crushing blow in an already disappointing year. UNC got a big boost last week with its upset of then-No. 10

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It’s been a disappointing football season in Chapel Hill, but running back Ty Chandler and the Tar Heels can qualify for a bowl with a win in any of their final three games. Wake Forest. That victory got the Tar Heels to five wins on the season. With a home game against FCS team Wofford still on the schedule, Carolina should be able to avoid going into the regular season finale needing to beat rival NC State to become bowl eligible. The Wolfpack would love nothing more than being the team that sends the Tar Heels home. Before Wofford and the Pack, however, UNC can take care of business on Thursday night at Pitt. Bowl outlook: Near lock for the season, toss-up to get there this week Ending the drought East Carolina hasn’t been to a bowl game since the 2014 season. The Pirates have only reached the five-win mark once since then, the following year, before winning their fifth last Saturday with a 45-3 blowout of Temple. ECU has now won two straight

games to move to 5-4 on the season. Like UNC, the last thing East Carolina wants to do is go into the final week of the season still needing its sixth win. That’s because the Pirates close with Cincinnati, currently ranked No. 2 in the nation. That means that ECU needs a win in one of the next two games, which are both on the road. This week, the Pirates get Memphis, who is 5-4 on the year. The Tigers are 4-1 at home, while ECU has lost both AAC road games so far this year. If ECU can’t get past Memphis, it will head to Annapolis next week to face a 2-7 Navy team in what amounts to a must-win. The Middies have lost four straight games and are just 1-4 at home. Bowl outlook: You have to like their chances to get there, but it’s a toss-up for this week Making it a habit Charlotte made its first bowl

appearance in program history in 2019. COVID blew up last season’s chances as the 49ers struggled to even play games, let alone win them. If the 49ers can return to a bowl this year, it would be two in the last three years. Charlotte snapped a two-game losing streak last week, beating Rice to move to 5-4 on the year. The season-opening upset of Duke is going a long way toward helping the 49ers’ stretch run for bowl eligibility. Now they need just one win in their final three games. Two of the three foes have losing records. This week’s opponent, Louisiana Tech, is 2-7. If Charlotte goes into the final week of the season needing a sixth win, it closes with 3-6 Old Dominion. In between, the 49ers have C-USA East-leading Marshall, the only home game for Charlotte in the last three. Bowl outlook: Best bet of the three to get there this week. It would be a monumental shock if they don’t get to six this year.

and not only have we been going hard on the court, we’ve also been really big on developing chemistry off the court. We’re finally going to see Forbes’ real system in the ACC at a high level.” While Williamson is part of a veteran nucleus that also includes wing Isaiah Mucius, point guard Carter Whitt — who joined the team at midseason after graduating from high school last December — and big man Tariq Ingraham — who has played only three games in two seasons because of injuries and COVID — the bulk of the Deacons’ roster consists of nine newcomers. In fact, three of their top four scorers in last week’s exhibition win against Winston-Salem State were transfers. Indiana State forward Jake LaRavia (16 points), Oklahoma guard Alondes Williams (16 points) and Ole Miss big man Khadim Sy (12 points) were recent transfers. Their performance in that 8856 win was a good start to Forbes’ second first season. But as the charismatic coach warns, the process of changing the culture of Wake’s program is still a work in progress. “Culture is a great buzzword for everybody to use, I get it. But you have to have identity before you can have culture. You have to know who you are,” Forbes said. “The one thing that we definitely learned from last year was what our identity is. For me it’s more about knowing who you are every day, and we know that. And then it was recruiting. “Go out and get an ACC roster. It was a very busy spring and summer. We only brought four guys back. We have nine new players. But (now) we have a great balance of older guys and younger guys. This is the way I did it at East Tennessee State. You’ve got to stay old, and you’ve got to stay athletic. We were neither last year, and I believe that we are this year.”

DARNOLD from page B1 and make adjustments. Against New England, Darnold threw interceptions on three straight possessions in the third and fourth quarter. After the game, coach Matt Rhule very pointedly refused to give Darnold a vote of confidence. When asked directly, “Does Sam Darnold still give you the best opportunity to win?” he responded with, “I’ll watch the tape before I make some big statement.” There are some questions that require an immediate, unqualified answer — even if it’s a lie. “Did your client commit the murder?” is one. “Do you still love me?” is another. “Does your quarterback still give you the best chance to win?” is in that category. If you can’t answer that question without reviewing film, you already have your answer. The Panthers’ coaching staff haven’t been able to fix Darnold, in the big picture or during the game. And the fact they thought they could should cast doubt on their ability to fix the mess they’ve created. Teddy Bridgewater, the veteran that Rhule soured on after several fourth quarter drives came up short last year, is now starting for Denver. He has a winning record, something he’s posted for every team he’s played for — except Carolina. He also has the best completion percentage, touchdown rate and passer rating of his career. The Panthers weren’t trying to save money with the Darnold move. They weren’t cheap, just wrong. They thought they were the smartest ones in the room, but, as P.T. Barnum once said, there’s someone like them born every minute. It’s possible the Panthers will be going with a soft benching. Darnold went down at the end of the Atlanta game two Sundays ago, and he’s listed this week as day-today with a shoulder injury resulting from that hit. The cupboard behind him may not be bare, but it’s filled with stuff that will eventually get donated to the church food drive. One of Rhule’s “Temple guys,” P.J. Walker, is the only backup currently on the roster. The team cut third-round draft pick Wil Grier to keep him. Grier was drafted by the previous regime, and, as we’ve established, the current Panthers brain trust is fairly certain they’re the smartest in the room. Perhaps this was all some master plan to bide time until they could draft Sam Howell. Perhaps the guys making the adjustments that led to Sunday’s interception trifecta will find a way out. Perhaps the worst thing David Tepper could do is look at the mistake-prone brain trust and think, “I can fix them.”

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Wolfpack women have ‘unfinished business’ NC State eyes a national title, UNC and Wake Forest look to build on NCAA appearances, and Duke returns after opting out of last season By Brett Friedlander North State Journal MOST OF THE TIME, coaches tell their players what to do. Last spring, members of the NC State women’s basketball team turned the tables on their coach, Wes Moore. It happened when Moore made a suggestion as he and his Wolfpack were designing the rings commemorating their second straight ACC Tournament championship. “We talked about putting ‘Three straight Sweet 16s’ on the rings,” Moore said, “and the players said, ‘No, we don’t want to be reminded of that. That’s not a good memory.’” The exhilaration of State’s dramatic victory against Louisville in the conference final, secured on a buzzer-beating jumper by point guard Raina Perez, quickly faded after an NCAA Tournament run that ended earlier than expected. Moore and his top-seeded Wolfpack were left with plenty of whatifs after an upset loss to Indiana, a game team leader Kayla Jones missed due to injury. But thanks to an NCAA ruling awarding all players an extra year of eligibility because of hardships caused by COVID-19, they’ve been given the rare opportunity at a do-over. With all five starters back, including three “super seniors” and All-American center Elissa Cun-

ane, State is once again among the teams to beat both in the ACC and nationally as the new season gets underway. “I really feel like we have unfinished business,” said Jones, back in the lineup after undergoing offseason knee surgery. “Our goal is, yes, we want to win another ACC Tournament, but it’s bigger. It has to be bigger. We’re tired of just the Sweet 16. We want more. That’s what we’re preparing for every day.” Part of that preparation is a challenging schedule that began with an opening night showdown against No. 1 South Carolina at a sold-out Reynolds Coliseum on Tuesday. The fifth-ranked Wolfpack will also face regular season tests against Florida, Kansas State and Maryland while also getting a shot at redemption against Indiana before heading into an equally difficult ACC schedule. The conference sent eight teams into the NCAA Tournament last season, more than any other league in the country. With the return of Duke, which opted out in 2020-21, and the continued improvement of fellow in-state teams North Carolina and Wake Forest, the competition figures to be even more intense. In anticipation of that, Moore took steps to add more depth and even more talent to an already loaded roster that also includes guard Kai Crutchfield, wing Jakia Brown-Turner and top reserve Jada Boyd, who is expected to miss the first few games while recovering from a wrist injury. In addition to a pair of five-star freshmen — Aziaha James and

“We’re tired of just the Sweet 16. We want more.” Kayla Jones, NC State forward

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Elissa Cunane is one of five returning starters for NC State, which hopes to advance past the Sweet 16 this season and has its eyes set on a national championship. Jessica Timmons — the Wolfpack also landed veteran transfers Diamond Johnson from Rutgers and Madison Hayes from Mississippi State. Johnson, a multitalented point guard who averaged 17.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists while shooting 45.5% from 3-point range as a freshman last season, gave a glimpse of her potential last week by leading the team in scoring in its exhibition win against UNC Pembroke. “We’ve added a few good players, so it’s going to be fun trying to mesh it all together and keep everybody happy,” Moore said. “That’s going to be the next challenge.” While the challenge for State is to stay on top, the task for coach Kara Lawson and Duke is remembering what it’s like to get back on

the court after a year away. The Blue Devils played only four games before shutting things down last December in Lawson’s interrupted first season in Durham. Since then, Lawson coached the U.S. women’s 3-on-3 team to an Olympic gold medal while completely overhauling Duke’s roster with the addition of seven Division I transfers to a core of five returners. The group, led by Elizabeth Balogun and Nyah Green from Louisville, Celeste Taylor from Texas, and Lexi Gordon from Texas Tech, has combined for 4,223 points, 2,273 rebounds and 519 assists in a combined 477 career games before joining the Blue Devils. “We want to be one of the best programs in the country, that’s the vision,” Lawson said. “Now we have to do the work to try and get

there. We’ve made a lot of progress in terms of getting to that point. We’re not there yet, so we’ll just keep on working.” Neighboring rival UNC is in a similar situation, though much further along in the process in its third season under coach Courtney Banghart. For the first time in her tenure with the Tar Heels, every player on the team — including dynamic sophomore point guard Deja Kelly and four incoming freshmen — was recruited by Banghart. “This is her program,” said junior center Malu Tshitenge. “If you look at our roster, it clearly shows her style of play. We have guards who can post up, posts who can handle the ball and shoot. That versatility and fast pace is coach’s style.” Like UNC, Wake Forest is coming off a season in which it sneaked into the NCAA Tournament field before losing its opening round game. And like the Tar Heels, the Deacons of coach Jen Hoover are looking to build on the momentum to accomplish bigger and better things in 2021-22. “That was great to see our name pop up on the board,” said second-year freshman sharpshooter Jewel Spear, who tied an ACC Tournament record by making seven 3-pointers in an opening round win against UNC that sealed Wake’s NCAA berth. “But now that we lost in the first round, we know we can go further. We have that experience, we know how to handle adversity. So I’m excited about that.” In addition to State, UNC and Wake, two other state teams made it to the NCAA Tournament last season, MEAC champion NC A&T and High Point, which earned its automatic bid by winning the Big South Conference.

Larson caps dominant season, wins NASCAR Cup Series title The Hendrick Motorsports driver won his first championship with a victory at Phoenix

been impossible to stop all season, and he drove to his 10th Cup victory of the year. He beat Truex to the finish line by an easy .398 seconds. “There were so many points in this race where I did not think we were going to win,” Larson said. “Without my pit crew on that last stop, we would not be standing

right here. They are the true winners of this race. They are true champions. “I’m just blessed to be a part of this group. Every single man or person, man and woman at Hendrick Motorsports, this win is for all of us, and every one of you. This is unbelievable. I’m speechless.” Truex, the 2017 champion, finished second and was followed by Hamlin, his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate. Hamlin is 0 for 5 in championship finales and was the only driver among the final four contenders who did not lead a lap Sunday. Truex has finished second in the championship standings three times in the four seasons since his 2017 title.

“Ultimately, we needed to beat him off pit road. It’s unfortunate, but we win and lose as a team,” Truex said. “That’s three times we’ve been second, and that sucks. Second hurts, I’m not going to lie, especially with the car we had and the job the guys did.” Hamlin, who raced Larson all season for the regular season title that ultimately went to Larson, has firmly maintained that Larson should be the champion. But it didn’t soften the blow of another title defeat for the three-time Daytona 500 winner. “Any time you can win 10 races in a year, you’re absolutely a deserving champion,” Hamlin said. “They did a great job on the last pit stop and got him out there, and he just set sail after that. Proud of my team ... just a really good year. A really, really good year, and things just didn’t pan out.” Chase Elliott, the reigning champion and NASCAR’s most popular driver, led 94 laps but finished fourth. “I was really proud of our group. I thought we brought a really good car ... just didn’t work out,” Elliott said. “But look, proud of our team, a lot to build on and also, congrats to Kyle ... very, very deserving champions, and glad to see Kyle have success. “When you’re a good driver and a good person and you surround yourself with good people, success is warranted. It’s good to see that.” Larson won five of the 10 playoff races and tied Tony Stewart in 2011 for most wins in a single playoff season. He also broke Jeff Gordon’s 20-year record of most laps led in a single season. The 29-year-old from Elk Grove, California, joins Gordon, Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson as champions from the Golden State.

and A.T. Perry ranks second in the ACC with an average of 44.7 points per outing, the Wolfpack leads the league in scoring defense at just 16 points allowed per game. State also has the capability of putting a big number on the scoreboard thanks to the passing of Devin Leary — who is quietly having a standout season with 25 touchdowns and only three interceptions — and the rushing duo of Zonovan Knight and Ricky Person Jr. that could be particularly effective against a Wake defense yield-

ing an average of 216 yards on the ground. The Deacons, however, have won eight of the last nine meetings in Winston-Salem. All stats aside, Doeren said that the most important key to victory will be his team’s ability to stay focused on the task at hand rather than on the elusive goal that is now well within its reach. “We need to focus on just getting better and staying in the moment as a team, and about not allowing what we want at the end of the

season to happen get in the way of how we get to that place,” the State coach said. “That was a player-delivered message to me that I really loved. It’s been me and our staff holding them accountable to that goal that they set to stay in the moment and really be a 1-0 team each week. Stay there and not let people talk us out of it. “I know everyone says the next game is the most important game and that’s true. But not everybody embraces that. I think this team has.”

By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kyle Larson closed his comeback season in the NASCAR Cup Series with his first championship Sunday. He capped his return from a nearly yearlong suspension with a title-winning victory at Phoenix Raceway. Larson was in tears during his cool-down laps as he reflected on his rebuild from out-of-work NASCAR driver to Cup champion. “I was just thinking about the journey and how tough of a road it’s been to get to this point for so long, but especially the last year-and-ahalf,” Larson said. “I haven’t felt an atmosphere like this maybe ever. With the pressure of this race and everything that was on the line, to win this championship, every one of these fans made me feel it. “I was trying to tell myself to just chill out, stop tearing up. I make fun of my dad all the time for crying, and I’m worse than he is. I can’t believe it. I didn’t even think I’d be a racing a car a yearand-a-half ago.” Larson led seven times for a race-high 108 laps but was running fourth, last among the title contenders, as Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin controlled the championship late in a pair of Toyotas. Then a caution reset everything. Because he won the pole Saturday in the qualifying, Larson had the first stall on pit road and the shortest sprint back onto the track of the four title contenders. He silently prayed for a flawless stop

SHOWDOWN from page B1 Wake squandered an 18-point second half lead by allowing the Tar Heels to score 24 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. “Bouncing back from a loss and the adversity and not playing well on defense, those are the real problems we’ve got to fix,” he said, adding that his team must overcome a series of injuries that has left its secondary seriously depleted. Despite the loss, Wake quarterback Sam Hartman said his team’s

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Kyle Larson celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday at Phoenix. from his Hendrick Motorsports crew to get the No. 5 Chevrolet back on track ahead of his three title rivals. The No. 5 team delivered. Larson’s crew performed its second-fastest stop of the season — a span that stretches 38 races — and Larson went from last among the final four to first. “I knew the only way we were going to pull it off is if our pit crew got us off as a leader, and damn, they did. That was just crazy,” Larson said. “Those guys nailed the pit stop.” Larson controlled the restart with 25 laps remaining, quickly cleared Truex, then held off several of Truex’s challenges. There was no stopping Larson, just as he’s

confidence is anything but shaken. “We learn from it and move on,” Hartman said. “I think we’re a mature team, and that needs to be the mission and the idea. Because if not, it won’t help us at all. We’ve got bigger games to play now.” Adding to the intrigue of the matchup is the contrast in the way each team has fashioned its success this season. While a Deacons’ offense fueled by fourth-year sophomore Hartman and a receiving corps led by big-play threats Jaquarii Roberson

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Are they skeptical that growth late this summer and the shopping season. of North Carolinians through celebrated obesity as life “Inflation is outpacing wage at the White House that government spending can perma- rush of money from the governtheir lastingmorbid achievements in a healthyFriday choice and advocated the latest numbers show a rugged- nently improve the economy for ment caused consumer and busi- gains and that’s a big problem,” the arts, sciences andtreating public privately conducted the better? Can Democrats expect ness demand to surge in ways not said Michael Strain, director of service.” masturbation as a form of ly energetic economy. sexual against women. Typically,“We still have to tackle the costs to be rewarded for their results seen in recent recoveries. economic policy studies at the The violence 2020-2021 awards academic journal editors send submitted center-right American Enterprise As a result, some reliable inor are voters indifferent to policy that American families are facing, event is sponsored by the papers out to referees for review. In but this recovery is faster, stron- achievements? dicators of the economy have be- Institute. “It feels like the econoA.J. Fletcher Foundation, recommending acceptance for publication, These questions also posed an come less reliable. Yes, there has my has gotten worse.” ger and fairer and wider than alCBC/WRAL Community many reviewers gave these papers glowing Average gasoline prices have obstacle as House Democrats on been a solid recovery in hiring most anyone could have predictFund of the Triangle praise. jumped more than 60% from a yet so many people have stopped Friday finally approved Biden’s bied,” Biden said. “That’s what the Community Foundation, Political scientist Zachand Goldberg ran partisan $1 trillion infrastructure working or seeking jobs that the year ago to $3.42 a gallon, accordnumbers say.” the Burroughs Wellcome certain grievance studies concepts through The president also acknowl- deal, which had already cleared adjusted unemployment rate is Fund. the Lexis/Nexis database, to see how often edged that voters can’t just rely on the Senate. The House was pre- closer to 7.3%, instead of 4.6%, See ECONOMY, page B6 they appeared in our press over the years. He found huge increases in the usages of “white privilege,” “unconscious bias,” “critical race theory” and “whiteness.” All of this is being taught to college from compensation in Duplin and students, many of whom become primary surrounding counties. and secondary school teachers who then Regarding the RMA assessindoctrinate our young people. ment methodology, Flowers said I doubt whether the coronavirusthat the language within federal caused financial crunch will give college crop insurance policies has been and university administrators, who are a updated and clarified to specify crossbreed between a parrot and jellyfish, the use of the interpolation formuthe guts and backbone to restore academic la as a result of this lawsuit. This respectability. Far too often, they get much aggregates data points to cre- is a significant clarification with Service had issued tropical storm By Emily Roberson of theirState political support from campuswarnings extending over 1,000 ate storm surge inundation maps both local and nationwide impliNorth Journal grievance people who are members of miles, the from Florida to Maine. to assist in damage assessments, cations, as around 90% of all crop faculty and diversity and multicultural failed to include Duplin County acreage in the U.S. is insured unThe hurricane, which had alWARSAW — A Fayetteville atadministrative offices. der a federal crop policy. within its qualifying parameters. torney has secured $32 million in ready killed two people in the CaThe best hope lies with of ribbean, wobbled past Florida, N.C. Agriculture Commissioner As Flowers delved into the federal compensation forboards Duplin trustees, though many servethe as resyes-men event, this was found to be the Steve Troxler applauded the deciweakening into a tropical storm County farmers following for the university president. I think a definitive tool used by authori- sion and the ultimate response to before being upgraded again into olution of a lawsuit involving crop that good start would findwake 1950sof or 1960s ties to justify the denial of his cli- farmers’ losses. a Category 1 just before makinsurance claimsbeinto the catalogs. Look at the course offerings at “With the court ruling in faents’ crop insurance claims, even ing landfall at Ocean Isle Beach, 2020’s Hurricane Isaias. a time when college knew how though their insurance policies vor of farmers, I am pleased to North Carolina with maximum J. Scott Flowersgraduates of Hutchens to read, writechallenged and compute, makesustained winds of 85 mph. Isaias had no language specifying this see the insurance program will be Law Firm the and meththem today’s curricula. helpful formula, not to mention the con- used as intended. It’s a good outwas again downgraded into a tropodology employed by Another the federal tool be to giveAgency careful(RMA) consideration tradiction of NOAA’s own data come for our farmers who have reical storm after it crossed into DuRiskwould Management to eliminating all classes/majors/minors points published in real time ally bought into this program and during the August 2020 hurri- plin County, which, according to containing the word such as Flowers and his team, turned out were counting on it to help mitiduring the event. cane, arguing that“studies,” the formula women, blackdamage or queerbased studies. to be the $32 million data point. These discrepancies were ul- gate their hurricane losses from used toAsian, estimate I’d that bystrength restoring inaccuratethe traditional Flowers explained that the Natimately acknowledged by the wind damage. We will continue to onbetstorm academic mission to colleges, USDA, which oversees the crop in- work with USDA to ensure farmtional Oceanic and Atmospheric ly excluded Duplin County they fromwould put serious dentclassification into the COVID-19 surance program, and the govern- ers concerns are heard and protheaappropriate that Administration (NOAA) publishbudget ATTORNEY J. SCOTT FLOWERS, ment agreed to cover losses within grams meet their needs,” Troxler would shortfall. have triggered damage cov- es a data point for hurricanes evHUTCHENS LAW FIRM said. the disputed areas. erage under the federal crop insur- ery three hours. During the time Walter E. Williams is a professor of in question in the early morning Flowers said that the farming Flowers represented two clients ance policies. economics at George Mason University. hours of August 4, 2020, NOAA’s this classification should have in the matter, his brother-in-law community’s support and gratiAs Hurricane Isaias approached the southeast U.S. in August 2020, first published data point down- compelled the government to cov- Bradley Frederick and his father, tude has been tremendous, and residents along the entire Eastern grading Isais into a tropical storm er farmers’ losses to storm damage Leroy Frederick, both farmers in that his family, along with other the Duplin County town of War- area farmers look forward to celSeaboard were told to prepare for occurred once the storm was locat- in Duplin and adjacent counties. However, the NOAA/RMA saw, but Flowers said that many ebrating this month at the Mad a significant storm surge, intense ed within Duplin County. Flowers flash flooding and tornadoes. At argued that according to the farm- methodology used during Isa- more farmers — possibly hun- Boar restaurant in Wallace, just one point the National Weather ers’ crop insurance endorsements, ias called “interpolation,” which dreds — are expected to benefit inside the Duplin County line.

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

Biden’s bet that economy would boost Democrats falls flat

Duplin Co. farmers awarded $32 million in federal crop insurance case

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Roads, transit, internet: What’s in the infrastructure bill The Associated Press

For the week ending 11/5

Total Cash & Bond Proceeds

$2,714,827,386 Add Receipts

$186,327,937 Less Disbursements

$156,079,624 Reserved Cash

$685,987,878 Unreserved Cash Balance Total

$5,651,283,686 Loan Balance

$480.3M Disaster reimbursements

$1,888,421 ECONOMY from page B5 ing to the American Automobile Association. The jump has been so swift that Biden last week called on OPEC nations to pump more oil even as he simultaneously called for moving away from fossil fuels to have a zero-emissions economy by 2050. Voters so far seem to believe that the economy would fare better under Republicans. In Tuesday’s election in Virginia, more than a third of voters said the economy was their top priority, according to AP VoteCast. Of that key group, 63% broke for Youngkin on the belief that a Republican could do more for growth. More importantly, 54% of Virginia voters said they disapproved of how Biden was handling the economy. That nearly matches a recent AP-NORC survey in which 58% nationwide disliked the president’s economic stewardship, a sharp reversal from March when 60% backed Biden on the economy. Republican lawmakers have been effective at hammering Biden and Democrats on the inflation issue. The Biden administration initially tried to minimize inflation as a problem by calling it transitory, but the consensus by many economists is that it will keep running above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target until the second half of next year. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell interpreted the results of Tuesday’s elections as a rejection of Biden’s economic policies. “Washington Democrats have super-charged inflation, re-created welfare without work requirements, and made America significantly less energy independent,” the Kentucky senator said in a Wednesday floor speech. “The American people will not stand for this. That’s what voters told Democrats last night.” There is also the possibility that Biden misread what voters were saying in last year’s elections. Much of the president’s ability to create a broader coalition came from opposition to Donald Trump, rather than a full embrace of his ideas. Paul Winfree, director of economic policy studies at the conservative Heritage Foundation, interprets the disapproval of Biden as a sign that voters see his expansion of government spending as going too far to the left. “The 2020 election was a referendum on Trump as an individual more than anything else,” Winfree said. “Now we see voters saying that the Democrats have misidentified their mandate.” Stuart Stevens, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, a conservative group that staunchly opposes Trump, said that Biden has struggled to communicate its successes with the economy. He noted that many Americans believe the country is on the wrong track even though vaccinations are up, the stock market is climbing and the unemployment rate is falling. Stevens concluded Friday on Twitter: “The Democratic Party has a huge messaging problem.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more. The House passed the bipartisan plan Friday night and Biden said Saturday he will hold a signing ceremony when lawmakers return from a week’s recess. The new law promises to reach almost every corner of the country. It’s a historic investment that the president has compared to the building of the transcontinental railroad and Interstate Highway System. The White House is projecting that the investments will add, on average, about 2 million jobs per year over the coming decade. The bill cleared the House on a 228-206 vote, ending weeks of intraparty negotiations in which liberal Democrats insisted the legislation be tied to a larger, $1.75 trillion social spending bill — an effort to press more moderate Democrats to support both. The Senate passed the legislation on a 69-30 vote in August after rare bipartisan negotiations, and the House kept that compromise intact. Thirteen House Republicans voted for the bill, giving Democrats more than enough votes to overcome a handful of defections from progressives. Here’s a breakdown of the bill: ROADS AND BRIDGES The bill would provide $110 billion to repair the nation’s aging highways, bridges and roads. According to the White House, 173,000 total miles or nearly 280,000 kilometers of America’s highways and major roads and 45,000 bridges are in poor condition. And the almost $40 billion for bridges is the single largest dedicated bridge investment since the construction of the national highway system, according to the Biden administration. PUBLIC TRANSIT The $39 billion for public transit in the legislation would expand transportation systems,

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, joined from left by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., walks to update reporters, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. improve accessibility for people with disabilities and provide dollars to state and local governments to buy zero-emission and low-emission buses. The Transportation Department estimates that the current repair backlog is more than 24,000 buses, 5,000 rail cars, 200 stations and thousands of miles of track and power systems. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RAIL To reduce Amtrak’s maintenance backlog, which has worsened since Superstorm Sandy nine years ago, the bill would provide $66 billion to improve the rail service’s Northeast Corridor (457 miles, 735 km), as well as other routes. It’s less than the $80 billion Biden — who famously rode Amtrak from Delaware to Washington during his time in the Senate — originally asked for, but it would be the largest federal investment in passenger rail service since Amtrak was founded 50 years ago. ELECTRIC VEHICLES The bill would spend $7.5 bil-

lion for electric vehicle charging stations, which the administration says are critical to accelerating the use of electric vehicles to curb climate change. It would also provide $5 billion for the purchase of electric school buses and hybrids, reducing reliance on school buses that run on diesel fuel. INTERNET ACCESS The legislation’s $65 billion for broadband access would aim to improve internet services for rural areas, low-income families and tribal communities. Most of the money would be made available through grants to states. MODERNIZING THE ELECTRIC GRID To protect against the power outages that have become more frequent in recent years, the bill would spend $65 billion to improve the reliability and resiliency of the power grid. It would also boost carbon capture technologies and more environmentally friendly electricity sources like clean hydrogen.

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WHY ARE THESE CHANGES HAPPENING? The goal is to restore more normal travel while limiting the spread of COVID-19, the government says. The travel industry and European allies have pushed for an end to country-specific bans. Americans have been allowed to fly to Europe for months, and Europeans have been pushing the U.S. to change its policies. In 2019, before the pandemic, about one-fifth of the roughly 79 million visitors to the U.S. came from Europe. WHAT ARE THE MAIN REQUIREMENTS? All adult foreign nationals traveling to the U.S. must be fully vaccinated before boarding their flight. Like before, travelers will still have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of departure to the U.S. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE VACCINATED? Yes, with some exceptions.

The bill would spend $25 billion to improve runways, gates and taxiways at airports and to improve terminals. It would also improve aging air traffic control towers. WATER AND WASTEWATER The legislation would spend $55 billion on water and wastewater infrastructure. It has $15 billion to replace lead pipes and $10 billion to address water contamination from polyfluoroalkyl substances — chemicals that were used in the production of Teflon and have also been used in firefighting foam, water-repellent clothing and many other items. PAYING FOR IT

EXPLAINER: How US rules on international travel are changing MORE THAN a year and a half after COVID-19 concerns prompted the U.S. to close its borders to international travelers from countries including Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom and much of Europe, restrictions are shifting to focus on vaccine status. Beginning Monday, bans on travel from specific countries are over. The U.S. will allow in international travelers, but they must be vaccinated — with a few exceptions. The U.S. is also reopening the land borders with Canada and Mexico for vaccinated people. Most trips from Canada and Mexico to the U.S. are by land rather than air. Here are some questions and answers about the changes:

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The five-year spending package would be paid for by tapping $210 billion in unspent COVID-19 relief aid and $53 billion in unemployment insurance aid some states have halted, along with an array of smaller pots of money, like petroleum reserve sales and spectrum auctions for 5G services.

the U.S. WHICH VACCINES WILL LET YOU IN? Most but not all of them. Any COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization, which include the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines used in the U.S. as well as most used overseas, such as AstraZeneca and China’s Sinovac. Not currently allowed is Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, which is authorized in 70 countries. The WHO is reviewing Sputnik but hasn’t approved it. WHAT IF YOU DRIVE IN FROM MEXICO OR CANADA, OR TAKE A FERRY?

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A passenger looks at a departures board at London Heathrow Airport’s T3 as the US reopens its borders to UK visitors in a significant boost to the travel sector, in London, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Children under 18 don’t need to be vaccinated but they do need to take a COVID test. Kids 2 and younger are exempt from testing requirements. WHAT ABOUT ADULTS WHO AREN’T VACCINATED? Since half the world remains unvaccinated, and vaccine distribution has been so skewed to rich countries, the Biden administration is leaving a loophole for people who live in countries where vaccines are scarce. That list includes about 50 countries where fewer than 10% of people have been vaccinated. Travelers from those countries will need permission from the U.S. government to come, and it can’t be just for tourism or business travel. The U.S. government says it will permit unvaccinated international visitors to enter the country if there is a humanitarian or emergency reason, such as an emergency medical evacuation. Those exceptions will be applied “extremely narrowly” and require approval from the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention. There could also be a medical exception, with documentation from a doctor. WHAT WILL AMERICANS HAVE TO DO? Americans who are unvaccinated have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test within one day of international travel. If you’re vaccinated, you need to take a test within three days of your departure, for both Americans and citizens of other countries. This does not apply to flights within the U.S. WHO IS GOING TO ENFORCE THE VACCINE RULES? That’s up to airlines. They will have to verify vaccine records and match them against ID, and if they don’t, they could face fines of up to nearly $35,000 per violation. Airlines will also collect information about passengers for contact tracing efforts. There will be CDC workers spot-checking travelers for compliance in

The land borders have only been open for “essential” travel. Now, anyone can come, if they’re vaccinated against COVID. Be prepared to show proof of the shot to Customs and Border Protection agents. Children are exempt from the requirement. HOW WILL THIS AFFECT TRAVEL? While the administration is characterizing this as a reopening, some people who were technically allowed to fly to the U.S. earlier in the pandemic are now blocked because of their vaccination status. Other roadblocks to normal travel resuming are big delays in issuing U.S. visas, which people in most countries need to visit the U.S. for business and tourism, and restrictions in other countries that make travel difficult. Even though people coming from China will now be allowed into the U.S., for example, not many are expected to travel because of restrictions at home. Before the pandemic, Chinese tourists were a lucrative market for the U.S. travel industry. Industry experts do expect a big influx in people flying from Europe, and hope that a broader recovery in travel follows as more people globally get vaccinated, U.S. visa processing speeds up, other countries lift their own restrictions and people feel less scared about getting COVID because of travel.

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2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI

The original hot hatch is still hot By Jordan Golson North State Journal ASHEVILLE — The hot hatch, a faster, sportier version of an ordinary hatchback, is more of a European thing than something we long for in America. But there are some devotees, and I became one last week as I ripped up a twisty, leaf-strewn road in the Smoky Mountains. I was behind the wheel of the grandaddy of hot hatches: The Volkswagen Golf GTI. The brand-new 2022 version is the 8th generation, or Mk8 in Golf enthusiast parlance, of the car, and the US is only getting two versions. There’s the Golf GTI, and the even faster, jumped-up Golf R. The regular Golf has been banished from our shores, thanks to Americans only wanting to buy SUVs and crossovers. But for those enthusiast few who want a practical, wildly funto-drive ride that fits the city or the burbs, VW is happy to sell you the new GTI. Starting at $30,540, the GTI makes 241 horsepower and 273 lb-ft of torque from a 2.0L turbocharged inline-four. For a frontwheel-drive car, this is plenty, and the GTI is only too enthusiastic about zipping through traffic or hugging those mountain curves. And the Golf is fun too, with a silly but fantastic golf-ball shape to the shift knob and a superb plaid cloth option for the seats that is a throwback to the original Golf. Volkswagen even gave me a pair of socks with the same pattern to test with the car.

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There’s a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, but you should opt for the six-speed manual, not just because I want to “Save The Manuals.” I want to do that, but the stick is far more fun and avoids the most annoying part of the DSG automatic. If you’re in the automatic and you are driving along at 45 mph and plant your foot — perhaps to pass someone or merge onto the highway — the car hesitates. “Is Sir sure you would like to accelerate? Oh, alright then.” And then it takes off. But that pause, which

also occurs from a dead stop, is at best annoying and at worst alarming when turning left in front of oncoming traffic. It has the added benefit of making life difficult if someone tries to steal your car since apparently many folks these days don’t even know how to drive a manual, which is a shame because it’s such a good stick. The golf-ball shifter slots beautifully into each gear, as if it was getting sucked in with a magnet. The clutch is easy and crisp, and predictable. The whole experience is lovely. VW reps told

me that some 40 percent of GTI owners opt for the manual. Maybe there is hope for the next generation. A torque-sensing limited-slip differential — a bit of fancy hardware upfront that helps keep the drive wheels doing what they’re supposed to — is standard. So is adaptive cruise, a lane-keeping assist, and other safety stuff (on the DSG automatic-only, however). But the essential part of a hot hatch is to be practical, which is why the seats fold down to deliver spacious cargo space and why it

gets an impressive 34 mpg on the highway according to the EPA (28 mpg combined and 24 or 25 city depending on manual or automatic respectively). But suppose you want to throw value-focused practicality out the window and go all out. In that case, there’s also the new 2022 Volkswagen Golf R. This is the hottest hot hatch, with an upgraded engine making 315 hp and 295 lb-ft — only this time it’s going through a torque-vectoring all-wheel-drive system that is astonishingly good on those leaf-strewn roads. It has significantly upgraded front brakes, a sexy quad-exhaust, visual tweaks on the exterior, and an R-specific leather interior. I do wish the checked plaid cloth was an option on the R, but I’m just nitpicking now. The GTI began to see some brake fade under extremely enthusiastic driving; the R took the punishment and asked for more. It also has a Drift drive mode and a “Special” mode inspired by the Nurburgring race track in Germany but can’t be called Nurburging Mode for legal reasons. Changing drive modes also changes all the ambient lighting in the car (of which there is a lot) to different colors. Red for sport, Green for Special, etc. The Golf R comes in one fully-loaded trim at $44,640 for the manual and a bit more for the automatic. But go for the manual. It’s a far better driving experience, and you’ll look and feel much cooler. And really, go buy a Golf. The hot hatch is a rapidly dying breed, and we should all do our part to keep them alive. And make sure to go to the Smoky Mountains during autumn to find some leaf-strewn roads. You won’t regret it.

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This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows chef Julia Child, the subject of the documentary “Julia.”

Review: Julia Child with a side of food in satisfying doc The Associated Press THERE’S A semi-serious joke on Twitter about releasing the “all-Julia cut” of “Julie & Julia.” Nora Ephron’s generation-hopping tale of Julia Child’s rise and the modern young woman trying to follow her lead has its fans, but it’s no secret that the Julia Child section is just more interesting than Julie’s. Who cares about the blogger learning life lessons through beef bourguignon when you could be watching Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci fawn over one another in 1950s Paris? But here’s the thing about the desire for the “all-Julia cut.” It’s

initial success. The filmmakers strain at times to include as much as they can in 95 minutes, which is no small feat for such a documented life, however the experience begins to feel a little rushed and undercooked. I would have liked a tiny bit more inquiry into why American households in the 1950s were favoring convenience over the ways of their old-world parents and grandparents or butting up against health food movements in the 70s and 80s, for instance. It’s still a satisfying and fun tribute to someone whose impacts on modern food culture and celebrity are still being felt. Just don’t go in hungry. “Julia,” a Sony Pictures Classics release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “some thematic elements, sexual reference, brief strong language.” Running time: 95 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.

not just the actors: It’s the fantasy of leading a globe-trotting life full of food and wine and passion and fame, with a supportive husband in the passenger seat. If Julia Child didn’t actually exist, I doubt anyone would think to dream her up. Thankfully “ Julia,” a new documentary from “RBG” directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West in theaters Friday, helps satiate that curiosity and digs a little deeper into the larger-than-life personality who brought French cuisine into American homes and essentially invented the idea of the celebrity television chef. It is a loving and straightforward portrait

of this extraordinary woman’s life and her place in American culture. It’s easy to forget that Julia Child lived an entire life before she became “just Julia.” She was 49 when she published her first book, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and 51 when her television show launched. Our culture tends to fetishize the precocious or gloss over the pre-fame sections of people’s lives, especially when they’re relatively free of drama or tragedy. But “Julia” reminds us that she did not emerge fully formed in any way and even continued evolving into her later years (except when it came to the idea of limiting butter use). Her trajecto-

ry would be impossible to comprehend without glimpses at her privileged childhood in Pasadena, her college education at Smith, her refusal to marry the first banker or doctor who came along and her international travels through a job with the Office of Strategic Services, which is where she met Paul. Cohen and West flesh out their story with talking head interviews from contemporary celebrity chefs like José Andrés, Ina Garten and Marcus Samuelsson, friends of Julia’s, a treasure trove of footage from her many, many hours on television and some mouth-watering food porn. The filmmakers were smart to get some modern shots of her recipes being prepared—Childs’ shows might be classics, but food photography has evolved for the better. While “Julia” is very much a celebration, it doesn’t shy away from complexity, including her questionably cold treatment of her co-author and friend after their

Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 15, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Davidson in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 52 of FRAZIER ACRES, Phase III as the same is shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 39 at Page 6 in the Cabarrus County Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon said property being located 10450 Singletree Lane, Davidson, North Carolina.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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CABARRUS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 21 SP 363 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Sharon H. Snipes (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Sharon H. Snipes) to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated November 30, 2006, and recorded in Book No. 7186, at Page 175 in Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 146 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Vicki I. Conn (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Vicki I. Conn) to Ferguson & Scarbrough, Trustee(s), dated July 23, 2003, and recorded in Book No. 4721, at Page 249 in Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina. The Deed of Trust was modified by the following: A Loan Modification recorded on June 25, 2010, in Book No. 9199, at Page 230, 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 Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Concord, Cabarrus County,

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CABARRUS COUNTY 20SP57

North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 15, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Harrisburg in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in Number One (1) Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and being Lot Number FIFTY (50) of CLARE HAVEN, Phase II, Map 1, a map of which is recorded in Map Book 34, page 104, Cabarrus County Registry, to which reference is hereby made for a complete description thereof as to metes and bounds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 8568 Cabot Court, Harrisburg, North Carolina. Parcel ID Number: 1/16D/50.00 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court

NOTICE OF SALE

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 November 24, 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 Ronnie D. Moore and Judy D. Moore, dated September 17, 2007 to secure the original principal amount of $82,500.00, and recorded in Book 7797 at Page 90 of the Cabarrus County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

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

Address of property: Concord, NC 28025 Tax Parcel ID: 56129426280000 Present Record Owners: Ronnie D. Moore

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY RONNIE D. MOORE AND JUDY D. MOORE DATED SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7797 AT PAGE 90 IN THE CABARRUS COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA

19 SP 766 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert E. Smith and Carolyn K. Smith to Dale Fussell, Trustee(s), which was dated November 15, 2002 and recorded on November 19, 2002 in Book 4146 at Page 167, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 17, 2021 at 01:00 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit:

219 Hahn St,

The Heirs of

LYING AND BEING IN NUMBER SIX (6) TOWNSHIP, CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, ON THE EAST SIDE OF GOLD HILL ROAD BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY MARGARET G. SCHUENEMAN, ON THE EAST BY GEORGE WHITLEY, AND ON THE SOUTH BY MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE CENTERLINE OF GOLD HILL ROAD, THE NORTHWEST FRONT CORNER OF MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH, AND RUNS THENCE WITH THE CENTER LINE OF SAID ROAD N. 33-45-14 E. 159.05 FEET TO A POINT, A CORNER OF SCHUENEMAN; THENCE WITH THE LINE OF MARGARET G. SCHUENEMAN S. 59-22-18 E. (PASSING AN EXISTING IRON AT 30.04 FEET) FOR A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 263.43 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON IN THE LINE OF GEORGE WHITLEY; THENCE WITH THE LINE OF WHITLEY S. 34-15-00 W. 158.99 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON, A REAR CORNER OF MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH; THENCE WITH THE LINE OF MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH N. 59-24-06 W. (PASSING AN IRON AT 232.02 FEET) FOR A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 262.07 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING .958 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS SURVEYED AND PLATTED BY ROBERT D. FAGGART, R.L.S., DATED OCTOBER 13, 1997.

And Being more commonly known as: 219 Hahn St, Concord, NC 28025 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Heirs of Ronnie D. Moore. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax

Being that parcel of land conveyed to ROBERT E. SMITH AND WIFE, CAROLYN K. SMITH, TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY from MICHAEL J. LUCENTI, DIVORCED AND SHEILA M. PURCELL, DIVORCED by that deed dated 10/16/1997 and recorded 10/17/1997 in deed book 1998, at page 282 of the CABARRUS County, NC Public Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 7012 Gold Hill Rd, Concord, NC 28025. A certified check only (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty

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: 5020 - 19080

The date of this Notice is November 4, 2021. LLG Trustee LLC Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-108991

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

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CABARRUS 19 SP 506 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Aphelia D. Trotter to Diedre Rhodes, Trustee(s), which was dated November 25, 2015 and recorded on November 25, 2015 in Book 11689 at Page 0143 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on November 13, 2018 in Book 01, Page 11689, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina.

Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 17, 2021 at 01:00 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 115, as shown on Plat of Southside at Cannon Crossing, Map 1, recorded in Plat Book 66 at Pages 98 - 99, in the Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Public Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 9996 Violet Cannon Drive Northwest, Concord, NC 28027.

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

A certified check only (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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 111

estate situated in Kannapolis in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being Lot Numbers One (1) and Two (2) in Block “D” in subdivision of A.B. PALMER’S ADDITION TO ROYAL OAKS, as surveyed and platted by S. Glenn Hawfield, Jr., County Surveyor, in April 1944, a map of which is filed in the office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County in Map Book 7 at page 40. Together with improvements thereon, said property located at 1102 Oklahoma Street, Kannapolis, North Carolina.This is the same property which was conveyed from Arnold Hardwick and wife, Patricia Hardwick, to Michael L. Plummer and wife, Sherry H. Plummer.

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael L. Plummer and Sherry H. Plummer (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Michael L. Plummer and Sherry H. Plummer) to Dawn W. O’Dell, Trustee(s), dated June 1, 2001, and recorded in Book No. 3268, at Page 207 in Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on November 17, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real

CUMBERLAND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 21 SP 559 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Matilda M. Angell (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Matilda Angell and Dena Wager dba D&S Services) to John Hunter, Trustee(s), dated August 11, 1995, and recorded in Book No. 4355, at Page 0241 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 345 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kimberly Anderson Long (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Kimberly Anderson Long) to Laurel A. Meyer, Trustee(s), dated May 12, 2016, and recorded in Book No. 9859, at Page 150 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 November 22, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Stedman

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 20 CVS 6453 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for GSAMP Trust 2006-FM3, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FM3 Plaintiff, v.

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 21SP14 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY DANIEL T. HAYES, SR. AND SHARON HAYES DATED JUNE 2, 2009 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 8166 AT PAGE 811 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the 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 November 17, 2021 the following

DAVIDSON AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 365 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Edward D. Emmons and Stacey P. Emmons (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Edward D. Emmons and Stacey P. Emmons) to Richard M. Pearman, Jr., Trustee(s), dated July 5, 2005, and recorded in Book No. 1624, at Page 1855 in Davidson County Registry, North Carolina. The Deed of Trust was modified by the following: A Loan Modification recorded on March 25, 2010, in Book No. 1965, at Page 810A Loan Modification recorded on April 24, 2013, in Book No. 2099, at Page 642A Loan Modification recorded on September 30, 2013, in Book No. 2119, at Page 2196, 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

18 SP 490 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael Dale Dudley and Melissa Jeanne Dudley to Union Service Corporation, Trustee(s), which was dated March 31, 2014 and recorded on March 31, 2014 in Book 2137 at Page 2397, Davidson County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 15, 2021 at 11:00 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit: PARCEL ONE TRACT I: BEGINNING at an existing iron pipe, said iron pipe being located at the southwest corner of the James C. Jerman property as described in Deed Book 312 at Page 456 and Deed Book 317 at Page 135 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Davidson County, North Carolina, the

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 November 15, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Fayetteville in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot Number 9, in Block “V” in a subdivision known as ARRAN HILLS, Section VI, as shown on a plat recorded in Book of Plats 32, Page 62, Cumberland County North Carolina Registry. And being a portion of the property described in a deed dated February 13, 1973 from Arran Realty Inc to H.S. Floyd Construction Company Inc., recorded in Book 2371, page 452, Cumberland County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1083 Strickland Bridge Road, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars

in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 19 in a Subdivision known as The Oaks at Windwood, Section Two, according to a plat duly recorded in Plat Book 125, Page 11, Cumberland County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 825 Blawell Street, Stedman, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or

Christopher Blackmon, Heir of Scharleen D. Handon a/k/a Scharleen Dhandon a/k/a Scharleen Denise Handon Blackmon a/k/a Scharleen H. Blackman; Any Spouse of Christopher Blackmon, Heir of Scharleen D. Handon a/k/a Scharleen Dhandon a/k/a Scharleen Denise Handon Blackmon a/k/a Scharleen H. Blackman; Alex Brantley, Heir of Scharleen D. Handon a/k/a Scharleen Dhandon a/k/a Scharleen Denise Handon Blackmon a/k/a Scharleen H. Blackman; Any Spouse of Alex Brantley, Heir of Scharleen D. Handon a/k/a Scharleen Dhandon a/k/a Scharleen Denise Handon Blackmon a/k/a Scharleen H. Blackman Defendant(s). To: Alex Brantley, Heir of Scharleen D. Handon a/k/a Scharleen Dhandon a/k/a Scharleen Denise Handon

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 Daniel T. Hayes, Sr. and Sharon Hayes, dated June 2, 2009 to secure the original principal amount of $176,248.00, and recorded in Book 8166 at Page 811 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: McMillan Rd, Hope Mills, NC 28348 Tax Parcel ID: 5809 Present Record Owners: Hayes, Sr. and Sharon Hayes

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And Being more commonly known as: 2529 John McMillan Rd, Hope Mills, NC 28348 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Daniel T. Hayes, Sr.

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 November 24, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Thomasville in the County of Davidson, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pipe in the Northern right of way line of NC Rural Road No. 2098, a new corner of George W. Kindley and being located North 59 degrees 34’ West 374.97 feet to a concrete monument marking the northern right of way line of NC Rural Road No. 2098; and North 43 degrees 06’ West 2.19 feet as measured along the northern right of way line of NC Rural Road No. 2098 from a stone, George W. Kindley and Carlos Kennedy estates corner; thence with the northern right of way line of NC Rural Road No. 2098 North 43 degrees 06’ West 115.00 feet to a new corner of Charlie R. Kindley; thence North 50 degrees 28’ East 210.00 feet to an iron pipe, a new corner of Charlie R. Kindley in George W. Kindley’s line; thence with two new lines of George W. Kindley South 43 degrees 06 East 115.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 50 degrees 28’ West

same also being on the east line of the Plyler property known as Lot 31 of the Plat of Huntsford Hills as recorded in Plat Book 10 at Page 39 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Davidson County, North Carolina; thence with the east line of Lot 31 of Huntsford Hills South 05 degrees 04’00” West 57.06 feet to an existing iron pipe, the southeast corner of Lot31andnortheastcornerofLot30ofthePlatofHuntsford Hills; thence South 83 degrees 15’09” East 129.64 feet to a new iron pipe on the west right of way of Mendenhall Street, a sixty foot right of way; thence with the west right of way of Mendenhall Street North 06 degrees 18’ 52” East 57.06 feet to the James C. Jerman southeast corner as described in Deed Book 312 at Page 456 and Deed Book 317 at Page 135; thence with the James C. Jerman south line North 83 degrees 15’45” West 130.88 feet to the point and place of Beginning and being designated as Tract “D” of 7431 square feet (or 0.1706 acre) on that property survey for H. Ray Hilliard, Jr. and William B. Mills, by E.M. Teer, Land Surveyor, dated December 12, 1991, Job Number 5667-99. For 1367,

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TRACT TWO: BEGINNING at an iron stake on the west side of Bridge on bank of creek; thence running in a westerly direction 132 feet to an iron stake, John Burton’s corner; thence in a southerly direction 326 feet to Josie B. Bower’s corner; thence in an easterly direction 158 feet to an iron stake on said road; thence in a northerly direction 325 feet to the point of beginning.

bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Alphelia D. Trotter. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-10359-FC02

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.

($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.

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.

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: 2704 - 6302

Blackmon a/k/a Scharleen H. Blackman; Any Spouse of Alex Brantley, Heir of Scharleen D. Handon a/k/a Scharleen Dhandon a/k/a Scharleen Denise Handon Blackmon a/k/a Scharleen H. Blackman; Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: The Court enter an Order declaring that neither Christopher Blackmon, Heir of Scharleen D. Handon a/k/a Scharleen Dhandon a/k/a Scharleen Denise Handon Blackmon a/k/a Scharleen H. Blackman nor Alex Brantley, Heir of Scharleen D. Handon a/k/a Scharleen Dhandon a/k/a Scharleen Denise Handon Blackmon a/k/a Scharleen H. Blackman have any interest in the Subject Property located at 837 Brighton Road, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28314.

and Sharon Hayes. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will

210.00 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing 24,103 square feet more or less. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1080 Kindley Road, Thomasville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior

That the Court enter an Order declaring title to the Subject Property should be quieted in the name of the Plaintiff Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for GSAMP Trust 2006-FM3, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FM3,

TRACT FOUR: BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of U.S. Highway 29-70 Bypass and Mendenhall Street in the City of Thomasville; running thence North 80 degrees 45’ West with the said right of way line 213 feet to a point; running thence South 07 degrees East 169.8 feet, more or less, to a point; running thence South 84 degrees 0’ East 106 feet to a point in the right of way line of Mendenhall Street; running thence North 28 degrees 15’ East 143.5 feet to a point; and running thence North 12 degrees 0’ East 90.4 feet to the point and place of Beginning, containing 0.70 acres, more or less.

Thomas E. McDonald, NC Bar #40498 Attorney for Plaintiff 5431 Oleander Drive Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: 910-392-4988 x 4080

BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC ___________/s/__________________

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.

Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 12-035136

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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 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. For additional information, please see Auction.com. The date of this Notice is October 1, 2021. LLG Trustee LLC

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

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1031 Mendenhall Street, Thomasville, NC 27360. A certified check only (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Michael Dale Dudley and Melissa Jeanne Dudley. 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.

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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: 4048 - 15279

This, the 26th day of October, 2021.

TRACTTHREE:BEGINNINGatanironpostattheedgeofthe creekandonthewestsideofBurtonStreet;thenceSouth26 degrees 55’ West 207.94 feet to an iron post in the Jerman line; thence with the Jerman line North 04 degrees 33’ East 194.65 feet to an iron stake; thence South 83 degrees 45’ East 79.14 feet to an iron post, the beginning corner.

PARCEL

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than December 14, 2021 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

Being those same realties described in Book 609, Page 893 See also Book 887, Page 1367, Davidson County Registry

For back reference see Deed Book 317, Page 135; Book 837, Page 1041 and Book 839, Page 568, Davidson County Registry

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: 1257545 - 20349

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

ForreferenceseeDeedBook312,Page456;Book837,Page 1041 and Book 839, Page 568, Davidson County Registry

Same being a triangular shaped lot between the old road and new Burton Road.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-09191-FC01

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DAVIDSON AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 536 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Brian E. Grubb and Stephanie E. Grubb (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Brian Eugene Grubb and Stephanie Everhart Grubb) to Dennis F. Hardiman, Trustee(s), dated May 20, 2016, and recorded in Book No. 2222, at Page 2439-2459 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

FORSYTH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 21 SP 427 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Caroline C. Leftwich and Cecil Leftwich (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Caroline C. Leftwich and Carlton F. Leftwich) to Donald W. Courtney, Trustee(s), dated March 16, 2012, and recorded in Book No. RE 3050, at Page 587 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 21 SP 599 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Linda E. Dollarhide (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Linda E. Dollarhide) to Laurel A. Meyer, Trustee(s), dated August 28, 2009, and recorded in Book No. RE 2910, at Page 971 in Forsyth County Registry, North Carolina. The Deed of Trust was modified by the following: A Loan Modification recorded on October 1, 2019, in Book No. RE 3485, at Page 304,, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 21 SP 608 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Sherry A. Gunn (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Sherry A. Gunn, Heirs of Sherry A. Gunn: Frances Shultz) to American National Title, Trustee(s), dated September 28, 2006, and recorded in Book No. RE 2700, at Page 510 in Forsyth County Registry, North Carolina. The Deed of Trust was modified by the following: A Loan Modification recorded on September 15, 2004, Document No. 2014033544 00079, in Book No. RE 3196, at Page 3116-3133 , 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 November 24, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Belews Creek in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situate in Forsyth County, North Carolina, Belews Creek Township, more particularly described as follows: Being of that certain 1.639 acre tract of land lying in Belews

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 145 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Ronald Todd Walker (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Ronald Todd Walker) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated October 3, 2011, and recorded in Book No. RE 3022, at Page 4014 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 21 SP 585 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Timothy Pope (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Timothy Pope) to Alexis Alan, Trustee(s), dated December 1, 2017, and recorded in Book No. RE 3380, at Page 3795 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 November 17, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Winston Salem

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 21 SP 265 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mary Schambron (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Mary Schambron) to First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), dated August 27, 2007, and recorded in Book No. RE 2780, at Page 3345 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 November 17, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 21 SP 601 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Terri A. Martin (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Terri A. Martin) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated June 26, 2003, and recorded in Book No. 2369, at Page 3387 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

foreclosure sales, at 11:30 AM on November 17, 2021 and 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 the City of Lexington, Lexington Township, Davidson County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:BEGINNING at an iron pin found at the northwest corner of Lot 4 of Block 5 of Fairview Heights, Plat Book 3, Page 12, Davidson County Registry, the southwest corner of this tract; running thence parallel with the east side of Kildee Drive North 17 deg 25’ 41” East 62.03 feet to an iron pin found at the common corner of Lots 2 and 3; running thence with the south line of Lot 2, South 72 deg 13’ 18” East 151.64 feet to an iron pin found; running thence South 17 deg 30’ 30” West 62.00 feet to an iron pin found at the northeast corner of Lot 4; running thence with the northern line of Lot 4, North 72 deg 13’ 57” West 151.55 feet to the point of BEGINNING, and being a portion of Lot 3 of Block 5 of Fairview Heights Subdivision, as platted and recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 12, Davidson County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 605 Kildee Drive, Lexington, North Carolina.This property is conveyed together with and subject to a joint driveway easement referred to in Deed Book 870, Page 231 and as described in Deed Book

528, Pages 261 and 287, which are incorporated herein by reference.1112600050003Title to the above described property conveyed to Brian Eugene Grubb and Stephanie Everhart Grubb, husband and wife from Brian Eugene Grubb and Stephanie Everhart Grubb (f/k/a Stephanie Rae Evrhart) by General Warranty Deed dated April 5, 2002 and recorded April 11, 2002 in Book 1309, Page 1460 or Instrument No. 0010679.

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 November 24, 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 Number 28 as set out upon the Map of Shattalon Lake Estates, Section 1, as recorded in Plat Book 21, Page 23, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Forsyth County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4130 Sewanee Drive, 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. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars

in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:15 PM on November 17, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Rural Hall in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being known and designated as Lot 53 as shown on the map or Chestnut Trails, Section 1, recorded in Plat Book 25 at Page 11 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Forsyth County, North Carolina, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6500 El Rancho Drive, Rural Hall, North Carolina.

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

disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property

pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

($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.

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.

Creek Township, Forsyth County, North Carolina; and bounded by natural boundaries and/or lands owned by and/or in possession of persons as follows: on the north by now or formerly Oscar E. Hand; on the east by S.R. No. 1977 Pine Hall Road; and on the southwest, south and west by James S. Joyce; said tract being particularly described by courses (according to the North Carolina Grid System as determined by solar observations) and distances according to a survey and plat prepared by H. Stephen Bowers Professional Surveyor No. L-2455 dated January 9, 2003, to which reference is hereby made, as follows: Commencing at the center line intersection of the actual pavement of N.C. Highway No. 65 and S.R. No. 1977 Pine Hall Road; thence S. 23 deg. 39’ 15” West 920.9 feet to a 7/8” outside diameter set new iron pipe, flush, in the westerly statutory right of way line (thirty feet from center line) of S.R. No. 1977 Pine Hall Road, and in the southerly line of now or formerly Oscar E. Hand and wife, Sarah Hand (See Deed Book 511, Page 103 of the Forsyth County Registry), and being the true point of BEGINNING: Thence with said westerly statutory right of way line South 23 deg. 19’ 05” West 228.09 feet to a 7/8” outside diameter found existing iron pipe, 1” subsurface, in the northeasterly line of James S. Joyce and wife, Traci S. Joyce (see Deed Book 1773, Page 1149 of said Registry) thence with the southwesterly, southerly, and easterly line of said James S. Joyce and wife, Traci S. Joyce the following four calls: (1) thence North 49 deg. 49’ 15” West , 96.18 feet to a 7/8” outside diameter found existing iron pipe, 2” subsurface; (2) thence North 41 deg. 34’ 20” West 121.71 feet to a 7/8” outside diameter found existing solid iron, with spread top, 8” high; (3) thence North 87 deg. 11’ 00” West 271.22 feet to a 1” outside diameter found existing iron pipe, flush; (4)

thence North 27 deg. 40’ 30” East 145.74 feet to a 1 1/4” outside diameter found existing iron pipe, 12” subsurface, in the southerly line of said now or formerly Oscar E. Hand and wife, Sarah Hand; thence with said southerly line the following two calls: (1) thence South 83 deg. 18’ 10” East 386.94 feet to a 1” outside diameter found existing iron pipe, 10” subsurface; (2) thence South 57 deg. 10’ 40” East 75.48 feet to the true point of BEGINNING said 7/8” outside diameter set new iron pipe, flush. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7550 Pine Hall Road, Belews Creek, North Carolina. Also conveyed are any reversion rights and/or interest in and to that certain land lying immediately between said 1.639 acre tract and the center line of said S.R. No. 1977 Pine Hall Road. For reference see: that deed recorded in Deed Book 664 at Page 234 of said Forsyth County Registry; see also Deed Book 1684 at Page 969 (“Second Tract”) of said Registry. The above described 1.639 acre tract was formerly known and designated as being all of tax lots 48J and 48W and is now tax lot 202 of tax block 5231 of Forsyth County Tax Maps as presently constituted, with property address of 7550 Pinehall Road, Belews, Creek, NC 27709 Tax ID#: 5231-202 Being the same lot or parcel of land which by, General Warranty Deed dated June 1st, 2005 and recorded June 10th, 2005 in Forsyth County Registry at Book RE 2573, page 1198 was granted and conveyed by Richard A. Clark (Divorced) and Mark E. Angel and wife, Patty C. Angel unto Sherry A. Gunn. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may

request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 2233 - 4976

designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:15 PM on November 24, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Pfafftown in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED as Lot 22 as shown on the Map of GRANDVIEW, SECTION 7, recorded in Plat Book 22, Page 63, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Forsyth County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4171 Wedge Drive, Pfafftown, North Carolina.

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.

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,

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.

in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being known and designated as Lot No. 56, as shown on the Map of Forest Hill, Section 1, as recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 29, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Forsyth County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 229 Forest Hill Avenue, Winston Salem, North Carolina. Property Address: 229 Forest Hill Avenue, Winston-Salem, NC 27105 Pin No. 6837-13-4670.000 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and

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 all of Lot 3, as shown on the map or plat of SILVER CHALICE, SECTION 2, which is duly recorded in Plat Book 35, Page 142, Register of Deeds for Forsyth County, North Carolina, to which plan reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3845 Crusade Drive, Winston Salem, North Carolina.

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

PM on November 17, 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 No. 1 as shown on the map of BROADBAY HEIGHTS, as recorded in Plat Book 25, Page 123, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Forsyth County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3000 Corry Circle, 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. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and

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: 1282149 - 9757

BEING INFORMALLY known as Tax Lot 003, Block 3216D, Forsyth County Tax Records. Parcel ID Number: 6856-06-4188

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JOHNSTON NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 527 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joyce Barbour and James P. Barbour (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Joyce J. Barbour and James Paul Barbour) to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), dated November 22, 2011, and recorded in Book No. 4054, at Page 756 in Johnston County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Johnston County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed

ONSLOW NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 87 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Stephanie A. Learn and Richard R. Learn (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Richard Rollin Learn and Stephanie Ann Learn) to John W. Gaffney and Joan C. Cox, Trustee(s), dated January 15, 2013, and recorded in Book No. 3920, at Page 296 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,NorthCarolinaandtheholderofthenoteevidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Jacksonville, Onslow County,

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 104 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Heather G. Harris and Anthony Kingdom (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Heather Gwendolyn Harris and Anthony L. Kingdom) to Commonwealth Land Title Company, Trustee(s), dated August 4, 2015, and recorded in Book No. 4344, at Page 525 in Onslow County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales,

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UNION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION UNION COUNTY 20SP149 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY NEUGENE ANTON KELLY AND LINDA J. KELLY DATED MARCH 22, 2013 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5970 AT PAGE 599 IN THE UNION COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in

WAKE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 822 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christine M. Thompson (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Christine M. Thompson) to National Corporate Research, Ltd., Trustee(s), dated June 25, 2007, and recorded in Book No. 12632, at Page 1926 in Wake County Registry, North Carolina. The Deed of Trust was modified by the following: A Loan Modification recorded on January 25, 2016, in Book No. 16273, at Page 425, 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, theSalisburyStreetentranceinRaleigh,WakeCounty,

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION WAKE COUNTY 20sp573 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JAMES A. WALL AND JUDITH N. WALL DATED OCTOBER 12, 2011 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 14499 AT PAGE 2271 AND MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED MARCH 5, 2018 IN BOOK 17061, PAGE 517 IN THE WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because 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

19 SP 148 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by John Clifton Wright to Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated December 22, 2017 and recorded on December 28, 2017 in Book 17007 at Page 113, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for

18 SP 211 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Earl Brown and Janet Brown to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated March 18, 2005 and recorded on March 28, 2005 in Book 011281 at Page 02133, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual

that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on November 23, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Clayton in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that real property situated in the County of Johnston, State of North Carolina:Being the same property conveyed to the Grantor by deed recorded 06/12/2007 in Book 3360, Page 588, Johnston 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 2489 Rock Pillar Road, Clayton, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on November 18, 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: Beginning on the Jacksonville and Swansboro Road at the corner of (now or formerly) WF Morton and known as the corner post, and running thence with (now or formerly) WF Morton’s line to a white oak in Sheep Pen Branch at the (now or formerly) Benjamin Farnell line, thence with the (now or formerly) Benjamin Farnell line to the head of Great Pond, thence with the edge of the glade to the low laural skirt, thence with the said skirt to (now or formerly) C Conway’s line, thence with said (now or formerly) C Conway’s line to the aforesaid Jacksonville and Swansboro Road, thence with said road westwardly to the beginning. Being all of Tax parcels 1126-1.4 and 1126-1.5. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1925 Rocky Run Road, Jacksonville, North Carolina.

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. THISISACOMMUNICATIONFROMADEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. 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: 1277228 - 10309

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

ALL PERSONS, firms and corporations having claims against Deborah Lynn Shope, AKA Deborah Sparks Shope, AKA Deborah Sparks Garner, deceased, of Randolph County, N.C. (2021-E-3715), are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before January 21, 2022, or this

notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment.

Laura Ann Cain 1742 Panther Creek Rd Asheboro, NC 27205

Executor Of the Estate of Deborah Lynn Shope AKA Deborah Sparks Shope AKA Deborah Sparks Garner

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 2:00PM on November 17, 2021 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Union County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Neugene Anton Kelly and Linda J. Kelly, dated March 22, 2013 to secure the original principal amount of $214,900.00, and recorded in Book 5970 at Page 599 of the Union 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.

1 1 8 8 Address of property: Stonedown Ln, Matthews, NC 28104 07144446 Tax Parcel ID: Neugene Present Record Owners: Anton Kelly And Being more commonly known as: 1188 Stonedown Ln, Matthews, NC 28104 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Neugene Anton Kelly. 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

ALL PERSONS, firms and corporations having claims against JIMMY EUGENE WOOD, deceased, of Wake County, N.C. (2021-E-3715), are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before January 21, 2022, or this

notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment.

North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on November 22, 2021 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Garner in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron in the southern right of way of Dubose Street at the corner of Edgebrook Drive; thence running along the right of way of Dubose Street South 47 degrees 20’ East 105.50 feet to an iron; thence continuing South 42 degrees 40’ West 163.89 feet to an iron; thence North 33 degrees 32’ 43” West 108.63 feet to an iron; thence North 42 degrees 40’ East 138.00 feet to an iron, according to a survey by Vernon Wayne Johnson, R.L.S., dated June 9, 2000, and being all of Lot 94 and a portion of Lot 93, Edgebrook Subdivision, as depicted in Map Book 1969, Page 315, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1211 Dubose Street, Garner, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court

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

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 November 19, 2021 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Wake County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed James A. Wall and Judith N. Wall, dated October 12, 2011 to secure the original principal amount of $281,000.00, and recorded in Book 14499 at Page 2271 of the Wake County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. 206 Address of property: Bon Marche Ln, Raleigh, NC 27615 0300412 Tax Parcel ID: James A. Wall Present Record Owners: and Judith N. Wall

And Being more commonly known as: 206 Bon Marche Ln, Raleigh, NC 27615 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are James A. Wall and Judith N. Wall. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars

($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date

contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is November 1, 2021. LLG Trustee LLC Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-109379

conducting the sale on November 17, 2021 at 10:00 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WAKE, STATE OF North Carolina, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are John Clifton Wright. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include,

Commonly known as 1528 Balfour Downs Circle, Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior

conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1528 Balfour Downs Cir, Fuquay Varina, NC 27526. A certified check only (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the

and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 17, 2021 at 10:00 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 32, Hidden Valley II, Part III, as show on map recorded in Book of Maps 1973, Page 189, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 6613 Secret Drive, Raleigh, NC 27612. A certified check only (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale

is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Earl Joseph Brown and wife, Janet Lynne Brown. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice

that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC

Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-19588-FC01

Less and Except the following Deeds recorded in Book 508, Page 294; Book 530, Page 266; Book 548, Page 852; Book 550, Page 630; Book 563, Page 637; Book 574, Page 595; Book 583, Page 7; Book 593, Page 382; Book 598, Page

at 10:00 AM on November 18, 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: The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Onslow, STATE of North Carolina, and is described as follows:Being all of Lot 11, containing 1.47 acres, as shown on a map entitled, “Recombination Map showing Petteway Farms Lot 11 & 12 (Revised), Richlands Township, Onslow County, NC” prepared by John L. Pierce & Associates, P.A., dated February 15, 2002 and recorded in Map Book 42, Page 114, Slide K-1301, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 464 Briarneck Road, Jacksonville, North Carolina.Parcel ID: 061935Commonly known as 464 Brianeck Road, Jacksonville, NC 28540However, by showing this address no additional coverage is provided Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third

BEING ALL OF LOT 49, PHASES 2A & 3A OF SANDY SPRINGS AS PER PLAT AND SURVEY AND SURVEY THEREOF PREPARED BY JOHN Y. PHELPS, JR., DATED 5-13-92 AND NOW ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF WAKE COUNTY IN BOOK OF MAPS 1992 AT PAGE 776, TO WHICH MAP REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF SAME. Parcel

ID:

0194849

500; Book 500, Page 774; Book 604, Page 32; Book 620, Page 107; Book 636, Page 43; Book 657, Page 539; Book 731, Page 482; Book 1344, Page 780; Book 1669, Page 834; Book 1730, Page 252; Book 1745, Page 952; Book 1782, Page 132; Book 1887, Page 34; Book 1956, Page 602 and Book 2030, Page 37, Onslow County Registry.

This 10th day of November 2021.

This 10th day of November, 2021.

arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are

Angela Wood Olive, Executor, c/o Lisa M. Schreiner, Stam Law Firm, PLLC, 510 W. Williams St., Apex, NC 27502

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: 1976 - 4118

a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is October 14, 2021. LLG Trustee LLC Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 17-092573

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Southwestern Randolph Cougars win the 2a State championship against Camden County Bruins during the 2A State Championship volleyball match at Valvano Arena at Historic Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh on Nov. 6, 2021.

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Cougars claim state title SWR volleyball team soars to top spot

Masks to be optional in schools

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The Randolph County Board of Education voted last week to end require mask wearing in schools. The change from mandatory masking while indoors will take effect on Nov. 15. Schools will also no longer do contact tracing for positive COVID-19 tests. The board voted both changes into effect by a 4-2 margin. The mask and contact tracing had been in place since the start of the school year. Prior to the school year starting, the county’s largest school system had made masks optional. However, after pressure from Governor Roy Cooper — who had removed a statewide mask mandate for schools — the board reversed course just before students returned.

RALEIGH — Southwestern Randolph’s volleyball team had the right combinations in the Class 2-A championship match. That helped make the Cougars state champions. Southwestern Randolph defeated previously unbeaten Camden 25-13, 18-25, 25-20, 25-18 on Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum. “It’s huge for our girls, coaches, the whole school and community,” Southwestern Randolph athletics director Chris Chapman said. “They really came out and supported our team this year and I couldn’t be happier.”

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Southwestern Randolph Cougars head coach Darby Kennedy talks to her team during a timeout against Camden County Bruins. This marks the third state championship in volleyball for the Cougars. They won champi-

District attorney concludes investigation after death of unborn child Randolph County District Attorney Andy Gregson announced last week there was no basis for criminal charges following the death of an unborn child whose mother, August Rose Lockhart, was in custody at the Randolph County Jail. In a release, Gregson’s said “there is no evidence that the actions of RCJ personnel caused or contributed to the tragic death of Ms. Lockhart’s baby in any way.”

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Budd visiting Asheboro Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) will join local leaders in Asheboro for a job creation event at PEMMCO Manufacturing. The event is designed to highlight challenges faced by small businesses in Asheboro and across the state. Budd is taking part in a Bring Back Small Business Bus Tour to “voice opposition to debilitating, job-killing taxes and regulations coming out of Washington, D.C.”

onships in 1991 and 1992. Southwestern Randolph coach Darby Kennedy said the title

is big for the entire Randolph County community. “All of us have been chasing state titles for a while,” she said. “Wheatmore made it here not too long ago, Asheboro made it here. These coaches, I’ve looked up to. They really supported me … I really feel supported by our entire community. Everybody is here and it’s a blessing.” Southwestern Randolph’s Coley Shiflet was selected as the Most Valuable Player for the title match. “Usually who get awards are the hitters and not really the defensive players,” Shiflet said. That probably shows what a well-rounded performance it was for the Cougars (28-5). Shiflet’s work keeping the ball off the floor was evident throughout the match. She finished with 31 digs. “When we won that first set, I

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The Bun Hut restaurant is coming to downtown Asheboro. The restaurant will be located at the former location of Hamilton’s Steakhouse on Sunset Avenue.

owner Kermit Raymond Mackey. The new restaurant’s location will be in the former location of Hamilton’s Steakhouse, which has moved to 328 Sunset Ave. Mackey is referred to as “Chef Ray” and he’ll be doing much of the cooking. Mackey said he hopes to have the restaurant open by late November or early December. He initially expects to have five employees.

ASHEBORO — Municipal races in Randolph County are technically non-partisan races. Yet in this year’s race for Asheboro City School Board, the Randolph County Republican Party endorsed four candidates and sent mailers on behalf of their preferred candidates. Those four candidates — incumbents Baxter Hammer and Beth Knott and newcomers Hailey Trollinger Lee and Adam Hurley — won by wide margins in last week’s election. High turnout -– possibly fueled by the GOP ground game – buoyed certain candidates and pushed victory margins. In the Asheboro City Council race, the lone Republican — incumbent Walker Moffitt — won the most votes of any candidate. Moffit and the four school board winners had their names on yellow cards that GOP field operatives were passing out at the polls.

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PJ Ward-Brown before those classes start. said there’s an efMattfortWilliams to bolster enrollment. He cited the RCC Commitment Grant, ASHEBORO — Enrollment Lauren at Randolph Community Col- a program designed as a funding lege isn’t likely to bounce back to mechanism to fill the gap that’s Frank pre-pandemic levels right away not covered by federal or state aid Coryto students. despite a school official pointing “There has never been a betout unprecedented financial inter to attend RCC centives for potential students. Who isopportunity “Editor?” Chad Williams, vice president and not have to worry about how

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6pm sion, there’s enrollment of 915. That’s off slightly from the usual Get into the Christmas “There has neverSpirit been a number that ranges up to 1,000, with local shops in Downtown Williams said. better opportunity to attend Traditional enrollment numRandleman. Free event. bers have flattened, but it’s the RCC and not have to worry number of high school students about how to pay for it.” YMCA Holiday Craft Fair in programs designed for dual enrollment that has dropped, 9am “We’re just not seeing the level RCC president Dr. Robert of engagement that we had seen,” Shackleford Jr. fair This annual holiday for student services at RCC, said a to pay for it,” RCC president Dr. Williams said. features 50 vendors. The RCC held a one-week break decline in high school students in Robert Shackleford Jr. said. “We YMCA will be collecting for dual enrollment has been the big- meet students exactly where they earlier this month amid the sumthe Food Harvest Drive, are and help them go as far as they mer semester, which began May gest reason for a dip. PJ WARD-BROWN | NORTH STATE JOURNAL sponsored by Randolph 24 and concludes July 26. Late “Overall, we’re still seeing a de- can possibly go.” Beginning with the fall semes- registration for the fall semester cline in enrollment comparing to Communications. previous years prior to the pan- ter, qualifying full-time students runs through Aug. 10, with classdemic,” Williams said. “I don’t will be eligible for up to $1,000 es beginning Aug. 16. 5th Annual Run the Jake Hundreds oftoriders Fallwith adjustments Still dealing per during semester.the 20th annual Asheboro know if we’ll get numberscame we’ve out Roundup Horse Asheboro, onRCC November 7, 2021. made because of the coronavirus That makes attending seen in previous fall Parade semesters.in … downtown 8am pandemic, not all 2021 fall semesthe most enticing from a finanWe’re reaching out to every stuSee a gallery of photos of the event online at randolphrecord.com. dent we can in every way we can.” cial standpoint in the 16 years ter classes will be in person. Some Held at Linbrook Heritage a A fall semester at the two-year Williams has been at the school, will use a hybrid model withEstate, all proceeds of the 2021 school in Asheboro would often he said. He previously worked in mixture of face-to-faces sessions RUN the JAKE 5K benefit Patriot and virtual sessions. Many classhave 2,600 to 3,000 students en- RCC’s financial aid office. Military Family Foundation, “There’s never a better time to es provide students with options rolled. 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an X — his signature Degeneration X symbol — with his 7-foot SATURDAY 13 tag-team partner, NOV Joel Embiid, to ring a ceremonial bell last month before a Philadelphia 76ers playoff game. HI 57 His theme music blared through the LOW arena,36and nearly 19,000 fansPRECIP hanging21% from the rafters roared when the wrestler hoisted his bad-guy weapon-ofchoice sledgehammer SUNDAY NOV and 14 struck the bell. Sure, the setting wasn’t WrestleMania — though Triple H lost a HI 51 match in the same building when the event was held there LOW 31 in 1999 — but for the superstar-turned-exPRECIP 2% ecutive, the frenzied atmosphere was a reminder of what WWE lost during the 16 months it ran MONDAY NOV 15raucous without live events and crowds. “It was a fun opportunity to get back into an arena HI 52packed full of fans and have them go nuts,” said LOWthese 34 days as Triple H, known PRECIP 8% WWE executive Paul Levesque. “That adrenaline rush, there’s nothing like it.” WWE hasn’t been the same TUESDAY 16or “This without its “Yes!”NOV chants is Awe-some!” singsongs once the pandemic relegated the company HI 53arena matchto running empty es every weekLOW with32a piped-in soundtrack and virtual fans. PRECIP 9% No more. With most American sports leagues settled in to their old routines, WWE ditched its stopgap home in Florida and resumed touring last Friday night with “Smackdown” from Houston, a

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♦ Owens, Cory Trever (M, 31), Arrrest on charge of Communicating Threats, at 4033 Golden Meadow Rd, on 11/2/21. ♦ Parsons, Travis Lane (M, 33), Arrrest on charge of Injury to real property, Injury to personal property, Interfere Jail/Prison Fire System, at RCJ, on 11/2/21. ♦ Pegram, Karla Blair (F, 50), Arrrest on charge of Obtain Property False Pretense, Identity Theft, Exploit/Disabel

Elder Capacity, at RCJ, on 11/2/21. ♦ Carr, Michelle Ann Faulk (F, 46), Arrrest on charge of Injury to Personal Property, Breaking or Entering, Domestic Criminal Trespass, Injury to Personal Property, at 5058 King View Rd, on 11/1/21. ♦ Chavez, Santiago Salgado (M, 51), Arrrest on charge of Attempted Break or Enter Building, Second Degree Trespass, Simple Assault, at 190 Lambert Dr, on 11/1/21. ♦ Gatlin, Balin Channing (M, 21), Arrrest on charge of Possess Drug Paraphenalia, Possess Heroin, Second Degree Trespass, at 670 McDermit St, on 11/1/21.

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♦ Saunders, John William (M, 27), Arrrest on charge of Assault on Female, Probation Violation (2 counts), Failure to Appear, at 4828 New Hope Church Rd, on 11/1/21. ♦ Bridger, Ashley Marie (F, 36), Arrrest on charge of Communication Threats, Assault Gov Official/ Employee, Misuse of 911 System, at 827 NC Hwy 49N, on 10/30/21. ♦ Crotts, Jeremy Charles (M, 35), Arrrest on charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine (2 counts), Failure to Appear on Felony, Failure to Comply, at 3339 Longview Dr, on 10/29/21.

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COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON

I promise to do less for you

Virginia showed us these issues matter, and politicians better be listening.

DURING MY FIRST RUN FOR CONGRESS, I stopped at a Hardee’s and ran into a group of men who met there regularly to discuss the world’s problems. One asked me a good question: “What are you going to promise to do for me up in Washington if I vote for you?” I thought about it for a second, and I responded with, “I promise to do less for you!” I could tell they were surprised by my answer, so I continued. I said, “I think Washington already has too much power and control over our lives. I want to go to Washington to shrink government and get it out of your way.” Now that I’m in Congress, I still have the same philosophy. Unfortunately, Washington Democrats seem more determined than ever to grow government and put it in control of your life from the cradle to the grave. However, there is hope. Last week, neighboring Virginia sent a sonic boom across the country with the victories of Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin, Lt. Gov-elect Winsome Sears and Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares. Just one year ago, President Joe Biden won Virginia by over 10%. This Republican sweep of the state’s top offices reflect a massive shift. Victories and close calls in Texas and New Jersey reflect the same. I believe these victories show that the American people are starting to wake up. Folks are rejecting government control over what our kids are learning, government control over our health care, government control over what kind of cars we can drive, and government control over what businesses can and cannot stay open. In Virginia, parents rejected the idea of not being able to be involved in their kids’ education. As a dad, nothing is more important to me than making sure the right values and education

are being instilled in my son. I’m sure many of you feel the same. Virginia showed us these issues matter, and politicians better be listening. Only time will tell if Washington Democrats will listen to the American people or double down on a far-left agenda that is out of touch with you and your family. For now, they seem bent on jamming through their massive spending and tax proposal that would allow the IRS to spy on your bank account, raise your utility bills, and raise taxes on family businesses to the highest level in the developed world. At the same time, last week we learned the Biden administration is discussing paying illegal immigrants up to $450,000 each. On Thursday, the White House said President Biden was “perfectly comfortable” with these payments. This would be a slap in the face to American families, especially when many are struggling as inflation has sent prices soaring. To add insult to injury, the reported figure of $450,000 is more than Gold Star families receive in life insurance if a servicemember is killed in action. Last week, I introduced the Illegal Immigrant Payoff Prohibition Act to stop these payments. The crisis on our border is already at record levels. This payment scheme would only make matters worse. From paying illegal immigrants to jamming through massive spending and entitlement bills, Washington Democrats continue to have the wrong priorities. However, perhaps Virginia will be a wake-up call that so many need to hear. In the meantime, rest assured I will always fight for solutions that help you and your family and, as I told that group at Hardee’s, get government out of your way.

COLUMN | MICHAEL BARONE

Biden Democrats lose big — and on cultural issues In an environment where Donald Trump is no longer the central figure, despite Terry McAuliffe’s constant mentions of him, Youngkin managed to improve on Trump’s numbers with noncollegegraduate white voters while making substantial inroads in affluent suburbs.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN returned the morning of Nov. 3 to a nation that no longer supports him or his party. Virginia, which he carried 55% to 44% in 2020, elected Republican Glenn Youngkin as governor, Republicans for lieutenant governor and attorney general, and recaptured a majority in the House of Delegates. Even more startlingly, in New Jersey, which Biden carried 57% to 41%, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy narrowly defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli. Some Democrats did win. Eric Adams was easily elected mayor of New York City (76% Biden), and Democrats captured a state House district (population 8,333) in Maine. But that’s about all the good news for the party that one year ago won the Electoral College by 42,000 popular votes and congressional majorities of 51-50 and 222-213. Geographically, Republican wins ranged from a Supreme Court seat in marginal Pennsylvania to a pickup in a 72%-Hispanic Texas state House district (population 164,436) to a city council seat in immigrant-heavy Brooklyn and Queens. The Democrats’ “progressive” wing fared especially poorly. Voters in Minneapolis (86% Biden), where George Floyd died in May 2020, rejected a ballot proposition to replace the police force with a “public safety” department by 56% to 44%. So much for defunding the police. And in Buffalo (80% Biden), socialist Democratic primary winner India Walton was beaten by write-in votes for the incumbent mayor she had defeated for the nomination, 59% to 41%. So much for socialism. The results in Virginia and elsewhere are, as Cook Political Report’s David Wasserman tweeted, are “consistent w/ a political environment in which Republicans would comfortably take back both the House and the Senate in 2022.” In an environment where Donald Trump is no longer the central figure, despite Terry McAuliffe’s constant mentions of him, Youngkin managed to improve on Trump’s numbers with noncollege-graduate white voters while making substantial inroads in affluent suburbs. Republican victories came despite — actually, because of — two supposedly disabling trends. One is that turnout was up 27% over the last governor race in Virginia, and at least 11% in New Jersey. The rise was 30% to 40% in exurban areas heavy with young families, but only 10% or less in central cities with many minorities and hip singles. The other trend is that the Virginia race was fought out over cultural issues. Youngkin seized on McAuliffe’s Sept. 29 debate statement, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they

should teach.” That’s holy writ among teachers union members and school administrators, who believe they have special expertise in enlightening the children of backward parents. But in the Virginia exit poll, 84% said that parents should have a lot of or some say in what schools teach, and only 13% said little or none. And after teachers unions shut down schools for months (a full year in Fairfax County, the nation’s 11th largest school district), parents have gotten a better view of the sexually explicit materials that supposed experts have put even in the hands of grade schoolers. Similarly, Youngkin was not afraid to criticize public schools’ use of materials championing critical race theory — the idea that whites are irremediably racist. Children should learn the good and the bad about our history, he said, and to judge others by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. That predictably prompted charges of racism. Barack Obama, campaigning for McAuliffe, insisted, “We don’t have time to be wasting on these phony, trumped-up culture wars.” Youngkin, he said, was avoiding “serious problems that actually affect serious people.” But for parents, the education of their children is a serious matter, not a “phony, trumped-up” issue. More generally, cultural issues are more important to Americans, on both sides of the cultural divide, than economics. Although Biden Democrats have argued their economic policies would help the little guy, an ABC/Ipsos poll found that only 25% believe his reconciliation bill would help people like them, while 32% say it would hurt. That leaves nearly half, 43%, not seeing much difference. A similarly pervasive skepticism explains polls showing majorities against passing Obamacare in 2010 and against repealing Obamacare in 2018. In contrast, attitudes on cultural issues are more firmly rooted in personal experience and moral principles. Liberals and progressives are vulnerable on cultural issues because their search for the latest underdog cause to champion, while sometimes producing results widely accepted, sometimes puts them in lasting opposition to large majorities of voters. That’s what happened in Virginia. The advice of Democrats’ MSNBC and CNN cheering squads — to double down on accusing voters of racism — is not helpful. So, for the moment at least, and possibly into 2022 and 2024, the nation Biden returned to in the wee hours of the morning on Nov. 3 no longer supports him or his party. Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT NHL

Ovechkin ties Hull for 4th all-time in goals Washington, D.C. Alex Ovechkin scored his 741st career goal to tie Brett Hull for fourth on the NHL’s all-time list Monday and also recorded two assists to reach 600 for his career in a home win over the Sabres. The goal was the 36-yearold Ovechkin’s leagueleading 11th of the season, and he is on pace to pass third-place Jaromir Jagr’s 766 goals before the end of the season. Wayne Gretzky holds the all-time record with 894 goals, followed by Gordie Howe with 801.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Washington suspends Lake for 1 game without pay Seattle Washington coach Jimmy Lake was suspended Monday for one game without pay following a sideline incident during the Huskies’ game against Oregon. Lake is suspended from all team activities for the week and will return to his coaching responsibilities Sunday. Defensive coordinator Bob Gregory will serve as the interim coach for Saturday’s game against Arizona State. Lake appeared to thrust his right arm toward and then shove Ruperake Fuavai during a brief skirmish on the Washington sideline in Saturday’s 26-16 loss to Oregon. Fuavai appeared to be exchanging words with Oregon’s Jaylon Redd just before the incident with Lake.

GOLF

Mexico Open to be part of PGA Tour schedule for 1st time Mexico City The Mexico Open will be part of the PGA Tour schedule for the first time, offering a $7.3 million purse next spring in Puerto Vallarta. The Mexico Open will be at Vidanta Vallarta near the Pacific coast on April 28 to May 1 with a field of 132 players that guarantees at least four spots for Latin American players. The Mexico Open dates to 1944 and has been part of the Challenge Tour in Europe, what is now the Korn Ferry Tour and most recently the PGA Tour Latinoamerica.

MLB

Cardinals become first team with 5 Gold Gloves St. Louis The St. Louis Cardinals became the first team with five Gold Glove winners when first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, second baseman Tommy Edman, third baseman Nolan Arenado, center fielder Harrison Bader and left fielder Tyler O’Neill earned the NL fielding honor Sunday. Arenado won his ninth Gold Glove, his first since he was traded last winter by Colorado. Goldschmidt won his fourth and first since 2017 with Arizona. O’Neill won his second in a row. Voting is conducted by major league managers and up to six coaches from each team, and they cannot vote for players on their teams.

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Kyle Larson (5) topped Chase Elliott (9), along with Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin, at Phoenix Raceway to give Hendrick Motorsports its second straight NASCAR Cup Series title.

Elliott’s bid for second championship comes up short Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson gave the team its second straight title

By John Marshall The Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Chase Elliott stood on pit row next to his No. 9 car, a vacant look in his eyes as he gazed into the distance. Team owner Rick Hendrick squeezed his way through the crowd, put a hand on Elliott’s shoulder as he offered a few words of encouragement. Fourtime champion Jeff Gordon, now vice chairman at Hendrick Motorsports, was next with a short conversation that spread a slight smile across Elliott’s face. The bid for a second straight championship came up just short. It still wasn’t a bad encore for the

25-year-old NASCAR star. Unable to track down Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson, Elliott finished fourth in the NASCAR Cup Series championship by taking fifth in the finale at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday. “When you’re a good driver and a good person and you surround yourself with good people, success is warranted. It’s good to see that,” said Elliott, who finished behind Larson, Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin in the season championship. “But we’ll be back stronger next year and try to give them a run.” Elliott has been NASCAR’s most popular driver, following the tread marks of his father, Bill, who won the fan vote a record 16 times. He took a bigger star turn by getting hot late last season, winning three of the final five races, including the Phoenix finale for his first championship. The bid for a second straight

“Those tough losses teach you good lessons.” Chase Elliott championship took a bumpier road. Elliott won two times, both on road courses, but wasn’t even the best driver on his own team. That honor went to Larson, the 31-year-old who returned from a nearly yearlong suspension to win 10 races and a championship. Elliott still managed to get into the Cup Series final four by finishing seventh in Kansas, second in Texas and 16th at Martinsville. That earned Elliott a chance to become the first repeat Cup Series champion since Jimmie Johnson from 2009-10. Starting second at Phoenix, Elliott kept himself near the front

throughout a hot afternoon at Phoenix Raceway and led 94 laps. He was fourth out of the pits during a caution with 25 laps to go and appeared to be ready to make a move to the front when he passed Hamlin for third. Instead, Hamlin passed him with 10 laps to go and Elliott lost another spot to Ryan Blaney as his new teammate sped off to the championship. “I felt like we all kind of had our moments really throughout the day,” Elliott said. “You get a caution with 20 laps to go, it’s going to be very difficult to run down and pass the guy that jumps out front in the restart.” So the repeat championship didn’t happen. The trajectory didn’t fall off that much for a driver who struggled early in his career to finish races. Elliott was right there, even if he couldn’t complete a second straight championship. “Some of those really tough days I thought prepared us to be able to come here and have a shot to win last year,” Elliott said. “Those tough losses teach you good lessons. I felt like our team came into the last couple years here with a really good mindset and were mentally strong enough to go and compete for the win. That’s really all you can ask for.”

NCAA rewrites constitution, sets stage for transformation College sports’ three divisions are poised to have more control

“This constitution is not for today and tomorrow. It’s for 10 years from now, 20 years from now.”

The Associated Press THE NCAA is setting the stage for a dramatic restructuring of college sports that will give each of its three divisions the power to govern itself. Approval of a new, streamlined constitution is expected in January with minimal consternation or conflict. The next phase of the NCAA’s transformation figures to be more difficult: A reshaping of Division I that will tackle revenue distribution, how rules are made and enforced, access to the mosthigh profile and lucrative NCAA events —- such as the men’s basketball tournament — and just how big the tent should be at the top of college sports. “So those are the things that we’re really going to have to get to the granular spot, and some of those are going to be very difficult conversations to have,” said West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons, who is the chairman of the Division I Council and a member of the committee that trimmed the bedrock constitution of the 115-year-old organization. The NCAA released on Monday a draft of an 18½-page constitution, cut down from 43 pages over the last three months at the direction of President Mark Emmert. The cutting of NCAA red tape

Shane Lyons, West Virginia athletic director

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The NCAA on Monday set the stage for a dramatic restructuring of college sports that will give each of its three divisions the power to govern itself. comes in a year that has brought a tempest of change to college sports. Athletes have more financial freedom than ever before. Conference realignment has swept through the most powerful leagues while also shuffling lineups deep into Division I. Meanwhile, the expansion of the College Football Playoff promises to bring yet another revenue windfall to those at the top of the NCAA food chain. Changing the constitution is the first step in determining the NCAA’s ultimate role in the changing landscape. “This constitution is not for today and tomorrow,” Lyons said. “It’s for 10 years from now, 20

years from now. What’s, potentially, the association going to look like?” The rewritten constitution focuses more on the NCAA’s broad goals of athlete welfare and athletics as part of an academic experience instead of governing procedures and operations, both of which have come under increasing criticism. The proposal specifically notes that athletes should be allowed to compensated for the use of their name, image and likeness — something in place only since July — but stands fast on barring schools from paying athletes to play. The document still needs to go

to membership for feedback after next week’s constitutional convention, and it could be amended before it is put before the full membership for a vote in January. Emmert called the constitutional convention in August, not long after the Supreme Court hammered the NCAA in a ruling that left the association vulnerable to further legal challenges and in need of deregulation. It quickly became apparent a new constitution was merely the first part of transforming the NCAA in a way that de-emphasizes the Indianapolis-based association and gives more power to schools and conferences. “Once we got into this, we really found out that many of the issues were at the Division I level,” Shane Lyons said. The goal is to have changes in place in less than a year. Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey and Ohio University athletic director Julie Cromer will lead the Division I Transformation Committee, which has already begun exploring ways to restructure.

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BEST OVERALL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Karrie Gaines

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Eastern Randolph quarterback Stratton Barwick looks down field for the open receiver against Randleman during the final regular season game at Randleman on October 29, 2021.

Eastern Randolph primed to begin playoffs By Bob Sutton Randolph Record RAMSEUR — A week off prior to opening the state playoffs might be a good omen for Eastern Randolph’s football team. When that happened during the past spring for the state playoffs, it worked out. “We really played our best game against Clinton,” coach Burton Cates said. “You’ve got to look at the positives.” The situation is different, though, this season. That was an upset victory for the Wildcats

several months ago. Now, Eastern Randolph (90) opens the postseason as the top-seeded Class 1-A team in the West Region. The Wildcats are set for Friday night’s game against No. 16 seed Draughn (65), which also uses Wildcats as its nickname. Eastern Randolph’s bye came because the Class 1-A bracket wasn’t full. Last season, a COVID-related situation allowed the team to advance through the opening round. “We were able to get a jump on (studying) Draughn a little bit,”

Cates said. Draughn sophomore running back Nigel Dula set a Burke County record with 478 rushing yards and six touchdowns in a 56-9 first-round romp past visiting Elkin on Friday. “He has got our attention,” Cates said of Dula. Draughn’s only other postseason victory came 10 years ago. Eastern Randolph’s stiffest test to date probably came in the season opener in August. That came with a home victory against Eastern Alamance, which hasn’t lost since and is the Class 3-A East Region’s top seed. Eastern Randolph went on to win the Piedmont Athletic Conference. “Our kids were focused down the stretch,” Cates said. “They wanted to be undefeated and win the conference outright.”

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Faith Christian, cross country Faith Christian’s Karrie Gaines was the run-away winner in the North Carolina Christian School Association state meet last week. She repeated her title from last season by winning last week’s race at Hagan-Stone Park. Her efforts helped the Faith Christian team to retain its title as state champion.

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Southwestern Randolph quarterback Keaton Reed throws a pass in the Class 2-A state playoff game against Polk County.

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ASHEBORO — The first round of the Class 2-A state playoffs didn’t go well for Randolph County teams. All three of the entries had their seasons end with losses. That included home games for Providence Grove and Southwestern Randolph. At Climax, Providence Grove fell 27-26 in overtime to Forest Hills, when a failed two-point conversion play resulted in the season ending. Providence Grove, which was seeded eighth in the West Region, ended up with an 8-3 record. The Patriots are 0-10 all-time in state-playoff games. Forest Hills moves on with a 7-4

Polk County 29, Southwestern Randolph 14: At Asheboro, the host Cougars had a school-record win total this season but they couldn’t add to that by falling in the opening round in the first-ever meeting with No. 17 seed Polk County. “It’s tough anytime you lose that last one,” Southwestern Randolph coach Seth Baxter said. “It has been one of those magical years that you’ve been a part of it. Tough game, but I don’t want us to lose focus of what kind of season we’ve had.” Southwestern Randolph, the No. 16 seed, finished with an 8-3 record

after dropping the first home football playoff game in school history. Polk County (7-3) scored the game’s final 23 points. “I just thought they controlled the line of scrimmage and they made big plays,” Baxter said “Offensively, we just could not finish drives.” Reidsville 49, Randleman 7: At Reidsville, the state-power Rams scored 21 first-quarter points and led 49-0 at halftime. Only Gus Shelton’s 7-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter prevented a shutout. Randleman (4-7) was charged with three turnovers. Reidsville improved to 10-0.

PLEASANT GARDEN – Faith Christian School twins Karrie Gaines and Kylie Gaines were the top two runners in the North Carolina Christian School Association’s state cross country meet Thursday at Hagan-Stone Park. The duo led a wave of strong finishes for Faith Christian, which secured the team championship for the second season in a row. Karrie Gaines posted a time of 20 minutes, 27.81 seconds on the 5-kilometer course to repeat as individual champion. Kylie Gaines was next in 21:42.18. Faith Christian’s Ruth McLanahan, the 2020 state champion for middle school, was fourth in 23:15.93, Madison Avelino was sixth in 23:43.06, Kassie Gaines placed 12th in 25:40.32, Ellis Joy Mathison was 17th in 26:08.08 and Abby Hicks was 39th in 32:17.43. “They ran hard and pushed themselves with many of them running their fastest times at this race,” Faith Christian coach Taylor Brunson said. The top four runners from each team were used for scoring, with Faith Christian posting 11 points. That was good for a comfortable advantage on runner-up Wilson Christian, which had 28. In the boys’ race, Noah Lester of Faith Christian placed fifth in 19:09.44 seconds. Teammate Shawn Cox was 11th in 19:59.09. Faith Christian was third in the team standings. Curtis Davis (23rd), Nathan Gardner (43rd). Jonathan Davis (44th), Coy Bertrand (52nd), Luke Brady (53rd) and Cadan Ferguson (54th) rounded out the team’s entries. The individual winner was Conner Ford of team champion Wilson Christian in 17:57.39. In the middle school portion of the meet, the Faith Christian boys were the team runner-up in a 4,000-meter run. The team was led by Isaac Harris (17:59.87) in seventh, Gabe Jones (18:01.64) in eighth, Brandon Avelino (19:18.27) in 12th, Joshua Daniel (19:36.78) in 14th, Collin Frye (19:38.43) in 15th and Levi Brown (20:21.79) in 19th. NCHSAA At Kernersville, Jazmin Palma of Uwharrie Charter Academy had the best finish among Randolph County entrants in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s state meet Saturday at Ivey Redmon Sports Complex. Palma, a freshman, placed 43rd in the Class 1-A race in 23:02.87. In Class 2-A girls, Providence Grove’s Mia Browder was 45th in 22:12.71. In Class 2-A boys, the Providence Grove team finished 10th. The Patriots were led by Robert Burton in 65th place in 18:46.12. Also in Class 2-A boys, Wheatmore’s Zach Hazelwood was 71st in 18:59.03, followed one spot later by Providence Grove’s Logan Stover (19:01.66).

“They ran hard and pushed themselves with many of them running their fastest times at this race.” Faith Christian coach Taylor Brunson

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Top left, Southwestern Randolph Cougars Raegan LeRoy serves the ball against Camden County Bruins during the 2A State Championship volleyball match at Valvano Arena at Historic Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh on Nov. 6, 2021. Bottom left, Southwestern Randolph Cougars Coley Shiflet won the MVP award stands with Randolph County Superintendent Steven Gainey. Right, Southwestern Randolph Cougars (5) Josie Allred hits the ball over the net against Camden County Bruins. VOLLEYBALL from page 1 feel like our team got a little bit too cocky,” Shiflet said. “Then we realized in the second set that we are actually going to have to play.” Southwestern Randolph advanced by winning the West Regional by defeating No. 1 seed East Surry. Then came this task against Camden. “We talked about how that undefeated thing can be good and bad.,” Kennedy said. “We’ve lost to some big teams and we know how to win against big teams. That third and fourth set, we weren’t letting them have it.” Yet Kennedy said winning the first set was critical in setting a tone. Plays at the net from Molly Strider and Josie Allred were critical. Payton Shiflet provided

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Southwestern Randolph Cougars Molly Strider and Camden County Bruins Kenison Parker received the Sportsmanship award with Commissioner Que Tucker. key kills. “We know how to battle back

from a loss and we know how to battle back from one set down

but, do they?” she said. Camden recovered after losing only its second set of the season. That meant adjustments were needed for the Cougars. “I think that confidence was way up there … You’ve got an undefeated team and you just beat them pretty good,” Kennedy said. “We talked about it. In that third set, we got recomposed.” After taking the third set easily – punctuated by freshman Riley Key’s spike -- the Cougars jumped out to a lead in the fourth set. Errors allowed the Bruins to close the gap. “We played full of emotion today so there was a roller coaster of highs and lows,” Kennedy said. “In that fourth set, the leadership from the seniors, they really stepped up.” The Cougars navigated a Pied-

mont Athletic Conference with an undefeated regular season and Kennedy credited that gauntlet, including a loss to Uwharrie Charter Academy in the conference tournament final, with her team’s resilience in the state playoffs. “I would love to see if there is a tougher 2A conference in our state,” she said. “I give credit to (conference opponents) because we wouldn’t be here if they didn’t push us.” Strider was presented a Class 2-A Sportsmanship Award prior to the title match. Camden concluded the season with a 27-1 record. The Bruins were 14-0 in the Northeastern Coastal 2A/3A Conference. Camden advanced to the state championship for the first time in program history.

Hirschman claims extra money by winning North-South Shootout Randolph Record staff SOPHIA – Matt Hirschman of Pennsylvania won for the first time on the North-South Shootout circuit, claiming the 19th annual John Blewett III race Saturday at Caraway Speedway. “This race has always been big in my career,” Hirschman said. “In the early part of my career it was the biggest. It kind of put me on the map.” Hirschman went ahead on a restart on the 64th lap. That was quite a rise for the driver who began the 23-car field in the last spot. “Late in the race it’s tough getting off that corner (on restarts),” Hirschman said. “It’s tough to get grip up off of that corner. He slipped enough where I was just able to keep my foot in it and carry my speed around him by the time we got to turn three. It was good hard racing going there.” He collected $10,500 for the victory, including a bonus. The extra money came because Hirschman accepted a challenge of starting last after winning the pole position through qualifying.

Jimmy Blewett placed second, holding off his Tommy Baldwin Racing teammate Caleb Heady. Kyle Scisco finished fourth and Burt Myers completed the top five. “Obviously, we weren’t the victor here,” Blewett said. “That hurt a little bit. But you know what, congrats to Matt. There’s no better guy in the business. That right there is the man. Getting beat by him isn’t so bad for me.” In the open-wheel division for 602 Modifieds, Lee Jeffreys was the winner of the 50-lap feature. Junior Snow was second, followed by Paul Hartwig Jr., Jonathan Brown and Carson Loftin in the 15-driver field. The winner of the 74-lap Southern States Pro Late Models race was Josh Lowder, who was followed by Michael Pilla and Mike Speeney. In Mini Stocks, pole-sitter A.J. Sanders won the 50-lap feature. Patrick Mullen, Levi Holt, Brandon Brendle and Kenny Dixon completed the top five. This Saturday, the Mischa Sell Memorial races will be contested at Caraway Speedway.

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Uwharrie Charter Eagles Danny Palma scores a goal on a PK in the first half against Mt. Airy during the 3rd round of the NCHSAA 1A West playoffs in Mount Airy

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Matt Hirschman celebrates after securing the biggest prize in the North-South Shootout at Caraway Speedway.

MT. AIRY – Uwharrie Charter Academy’s season ended in boys’ soccer with a 4-2 loss to host Mt. Airy on Monday night in the third round of the Class 1-A state playoffs. “We’ve had an amazing season, the best season our school has ever had,” UCA coach Nathan Russell said. “We gave it our absolute all. It just didn’t fall our way.” Sixth-seeded UCA (12-4-1) allowed a season-high goal total. It gave up three goals in two games for the previous high surrendered, while securing 10

shutouts. Mt. Airy (25-0) led 3-1 at halftime. Last week, Danny Palma scored two goals and Brady Mowers notched an assist when UCA defeated visiting Winston-Salem Carver 2-1 in a second-round game. In Class 2-A, ninth-seeded Trinity dropped a 1-0 decision at eighth-seeded Pine Lake Prep in last week’s second round. Trinity’s season ended with a 12-7-1 record. NCCSA At Walkertown, Faith Chris-

tian suffered a 3-1 loss to host Gospel Light on Oct. 22 in the first round of the state playoffs in the North Carolina Christian School Association. That outcome snapped a twogame winning streak for the Eagles (7-7-1). Faith Christian had completed a NCCSA AA District 2-West Region season with a second-place spot with a 6-4 league mark. After the tournament loss, the Eagles took part in the NCCSA national tournament in Xenia, Ohio. They fell 4-0 to Life Center Academy of Burlington, N.J.

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obituaries

Thomas Howard Crowson 1944 - 2021

Thomas Howard Crowson, 77, passed away surrounded by his family on Sunday, November 7, 2021. He was born in Randolph county, North Carolina on January 1, 1944, to Paul T. and Gladys Staley Crowson. Mr. Crowson loved his family and was very proud of his children and grandchildren. He also loved his work family, Zimmerman - Dynayarn. Thomas enjoyed working in his yard and always had a wonderful garden. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, three sisters and son, Jeremy Scott Crowson. Thomas is survived by wife of 54 years Linda B. Crowson; daughters, Kelly C. Clark (Adrian) and Lisa C. Dorsett (Brian) all of Siler City; granddaughter, Addie Dorsett (Aaron) ; grandsons, Dawson and Davis Clark; brothers, Bill Crowson (Barbara) of Yadkinville, and Floyd Bowers, Jr. (Willie) of Siler City; special nephews, Preston and Randy Bowers and families.

Barbara McDuffie Freeman 1943 - 2021

Barbara Louise McDuffie Freeman, age 78, passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021. Mrs. Freeman was born in Randolph County on September 30, 1943, to Charles Clyde and Myrtie Maie Nichols McDuffie. Barbara was a retired phlebotomist. She was employed by Capel, Inc. of Troy for 32 years. She enjoyed performing gospel music for many years in Montgomery County. In addition to her parents, she is preceded by her husband, Charlie Freeman. She is survived by her daughters, Tina Simmons (Tim) of Seagrove; Gay Huntley (Joe) of Troy; sons Charles Williams Sr. (Tina) of Star and Bucky Williams (Cindy) of Star and sister Kay Dunn of Troy. Grandchildren, Charles Williams, Jr. (Vallie), Joseph Huntley (Denia), Megan Huntley Yarboro (Thomas), Makayla Williams (Diego), Brittany Simmons (Steven), Joshua Adams (Josie), Johnathan Adams (Chelsea) and six great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Hubert McLeod officiating. The Freeman family is being served by Phillips Funeral Home in Star.

Tommy Harris October 3, 1952 November 2, 2021

On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, God sent his angel of mercy to carry his beloved son, Tommy Edward Harris home, to his eternal resting place. Tommy was born on October 3, 1952 in Charlotte to the late Robert Harris and Alberta Cauthen Harris. He was the baby boy of seven siblings. Tommy was educated in the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system where he graduated from Olympic High School. He was the owner/ operator of his own trucking business for many years. He also served in the Navy, earning several awards for his service. He served two terms in the Vietnam War. Tommy was also a Mason until his decline in health limited his participation. Tommy was proceeded in death by two sisters, Martha McClain and Annie Lee Harris; one brother, Joe Joseph Harris; one step daughter, Kym “Bryant” McClain Ledwell. When Tommy transitioned to his heavenly home he left to cherish his memory, his loving and dedicated wife of 32 years, Carolyn Harris; one son, Thomas Kyle Morrison, one daughter, Sharon Grier; six stepsons, Arthur (Dekeshia) Hill, Phil (Yolanda) McClain, Will (JoAnn) Willard, Harvey J. Letterlough, Chris (Ashley) Willard, Jerry “Macky” (Shari) Henderson, and Jeff (Samantha) McClain; one stepdaughter, Arronda (Hughes) McClain; 30 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; one brother, Robert (Linda) Harris; two sisters, Mary (Donald) Reeves, Ola (Kenneth) Mitchell; one brother-in-law, Wilbert (Julia) Ledwell; two sister-in-laws, Linda Hill and Jackie Hill; several close friends, Bill Miller, Jerome Letterlough, Brian Womble, Joe Miles, Vic (Dayqueenna) Hairston, Derek, Marco Cheek, and john; plus a host of other relatives and friends. He had a host of nieces and nephews who adored him.

McArthur “Buddy” Grainger April 22, 1944 November 7, 2021

1924 - 2021

McArthur “Buddy” Grainger, 77, of Asheboro, died Sunday, November 7, 2021 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 11, 2021, at Cedar Grove Baptist Church where he was a member, with Pastor Marty Grainger officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memorial Park. Motorcycles are welcome. Buddy was born in Horry Co., SC, to the late Leamon Grainger and Reba Powell Grainger. He retired from Goodyear and later was a Pilot Car Driver for big trucks. He was one of the best men ever with the biggest heart but he was stern when he needed to be. He knew all walks of life on a first name basis. Buddy liked to “play politics” with state senators down to his neighbor. He started the Toy Run for Baptist Children’s Home in Thomasville and was past president of Concerned Bikers Association, and a member of the Lions Club. Buddy is survived by his wife Sharon Grainger of the home; sons, Marty Grainger and wife Anita, Jamie Cox and wife Janice; daughters, Tamara Grainger, Tosha Franklin and husband Mike; sister, Virginia Davis; grandchildren, Vince and wife Amber, Taylor and husband Drew, Tanner, Chrisany and husband Dan, Donna, Madison; great grandchildren, Wyatt, Abigail, Isabelle, Ava, Karmen, Mya, Daniel, and Kennedy. The family will receive friends at Ridge Funeral Home from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, and other times at the home of Tosha and Mike Franklin, 2034 Heritage, Asheboro, NC, 27203. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, 4-A Oak Branch Dr., Greensboro, NC 27407, or to Baptist Children’s Homes of NC, P.O. Box 338, Thomasville, NC 27361.

James “Greg” Gregory Elmore December 12, 1968 ~ November 8, 2021

James “Greg” Gregory Elmore, 52, passed away Monday, November 8, 2021 at his home. Born December 12, 1968 in South Carolina, he was the son of the late William Jerome Elmore Jr, and Peggy Blackwell Elmore. Greg received his high school education from South East Guilford. He later attended several colleges including UNC Charlotte, GTCC, and A&T University; earning a Bachelor’s Degree. He worked as a Senior Service Engineer for Thomas Built Buses for 20 years. Greg was an Eagle Scout and a prankster who loved to play jokes on people. He enjoyed music, traveling the world and family time. He also enjoyed riding his motorcycle and cruising around in his PT Cruiser. Greg was a strong Christian who loved the Lord. Greg was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Kara Lanier Elmore; sons, Ean Elmore and Grant Elmore; daughter in law, Awna Elmore; grandson, Kona Elmore; brother Chuck Elmore and his wife Ava; and nephew, Carson Elmore. Services are currently pending. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, 20 Duke Medicine Cir Ste CLINIC3-1, Durham, NC 27710.

Louise Humble Poe

Louise Humble Poe, 97, passed away on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. She was born in Randolph County on August 5, 1924, the daughter of Tyson and Lucy Catharine Cox Humble. Louise was a member of Moon’s Chapel Baptist Church since 1956. She was an avid animal lover, especially cats. Louise enjoyed spending time reading and working in her garden. She was a hard worker, spending her working years for Kellwood and Midstate Farms. In addition to her parents, Louise is preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Allen Poe; daughter, Cathy Justice; sisters, Mary Ruth Thorpe and Gladys Humble; and brothers, Jay, and Tyson “Pop” Humble, Jr. Louise is survived by her son, Bruce Allen Poe and wife Lavern of Siler City; daughter, Cynthia Poe Ferguson and husband Murphy of Bear Creek; grandchildren, Brett and Crystal Justice, Kenneth Poe, April Poe Gainey and husband Brian, Baron, Nick and Ethan Ferguson; and 5 great grandchildren. Louise will Lie in Repose on Saturday, November 6, 2021 from 1:00-5:00 PM. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, November 7, 2021 at Moon’s Chapel Baptist Church, 175 Moon’s Chapel Rd., Siler City with Rev. Scott Faw officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family request that you practice social distancing and wear masks during all services. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to West Chatham Senior Center Meals on Wheels, 112 Village Lake Rd., Siler City, NC 27344, or Crisis Dogs of NC PO Box 62, Spring Lake, NC 28390. The family would like to give a special thanks to Dr. Hoffman and the Chatham County Council on Aging. Smith & Buckner Funeral Home is assisting the Poe family.

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Dennis Bisson May 25, 1950 November 7, 2021

Dennis Joseph Bisson, 71, of New London, NC, died Sunday, November 7, 2021. Memorial services will be conducted 6:00 PM, Friday, November 12, 2021, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, Asheboro. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Friday, November 12, 2021, prior to the service at Ridge Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association, MAA Memorials, 4217 Park Place Court, Glen Allen, VA 23060.

Mickey Adams 1940 - 2021

Mickey Adams age 81, passed away November 4, 2021 at Roman Eagle Memorial Home in Danville, VA. Mickey was retired from the Hosiery Mill and a good Christian woman. She is preceded in death by her son, Shane Sparks. Mickey is survived by her daughters: Sherry Thigpen and husband Mark of Danville, and Mickey Jennings of Asheboro; sister: Janice Avery and husband Gene of Randleman; 6 grandchildren; several great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren. The family will receive friends Sunday, November 7, 2021 from 6:00-7:00 PM at Pugh Funeral Home-Randleman, 600 South Main Street, Randleman, NC. A graveside service will be held Monday, November 8, 2021 at Noon with Rev. Jeff Maness officiating at Randolph Memorial Park, Asheboro. Terry Ingold March 19, 1957 - November 2, 2021 Terry Leland Ingold, 64, of Asheboro, passed away Tuesday, November 2, 2021, surrounded by his family at High Point Medical Center in High Point. A graveside service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, WEDNESDAY November 7, 2021, at Oaklawn Cemetery with Dr. Billy Jarrett officiating. Terry was born on March 19, 1957 in Randolph County to the HI 91° late Alvah “Jimmy” Ingold, and Vella Mae Tucker70° Ingold. LO He was a lifelong resident of Randolph county15% and impacted PRECIP a lot of lives and touched a lot of people’s hearts throughout his years with his charming personality and wonderful sense of humor. He retired from Energizer battery after dedicating 40 years of service as a mechanic. His true passion however was farming. Terry co-owned and operated Ingold farms where he showed cattle and sold freezer beef for 30 years. He was an avid member of Riverside gun club where he participated in Rimfire competition shoots. He also enjoyed spending time with his family and teaching his granddaughter academically and agriculturally.

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North Carolina legislators finalize redistricting maps By Gary D. Robertson The Associated Press RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly completed redistricting maps Thursday for the next decade, carving boundaries that would likely give Republicans at least two more U.S. House seats and help the GOP retain its state legislative majorities. The House and Senate voted along party lines for districts drawn on the basis of 2020 census figures. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto stamp can’t block redistricting plans, leaving Democrats and their allies with lawsuits as their remaining tool to fight them. In the 2010s, they successfully challenged GOP maps as illegal partisan and racial gerrymanders — problems they believe exist again now. One lawsuit already has been initiated. “Is it going to come down to litigation being filed? Yes — and what the courts have to say about it,” said state Sen. Jay Chaudhuri of Wake County, the Democrats’ No. 2 leader. If the maps are upheld, they would get first use for the March 8 primary. Candidate filing begins Dec. 6. The congressional boundaries contain a new 14th seat for North Carolina thanks to population growth. Analyses estimate that Republicans likely would win 10 of those seats, instead of eight they currently hold. First-term Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning of Greensboro would face an uphill battle to re-

turn to Congress in 2023. Her current central North Carolina district would be fractured into boundaries for four seats, none of which would be Republican-leaning. And a shifting district for veteran Democratic Rep. G.K. Butterfield of Wilson, who represents northeastern North Carolina, would make the seat highly competitive — giving the GOP an 11-3 seat advantage in the right political environment. Butterfield, a former Congressional Black Caucus chair, has represented many majority-black counties over the years. “What we’re experiencing now is what I would call extreme, extreme gerrymandering,” Butterfield told The Associated Press in an interview this week. “Not only does it give Republicans a partisan advantage, it also disadvantages African American communities all across North Carolina. And so it’s unacceptable.” Other reviews of legislative maps by the Princeton Gerrymander Project estimate Republicans winning roughly 70 of the House’s 120 seats and 30 of the 50 Senate seats. Republicans currently hold a 69-51 seat advantage in the House and 28-22 margin in the Senate. Republicans said the process wasn’t overtly partisan, or that they worked to dilute minority voting. Redistricting committees barred the use in the state’s redistricting software of partisan data like election results and racebased data in evaluating results.

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Rep. Pricey Harrison of Guilford County confers with Rep. Destin Hall of Lenoir during the House session on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 in Raleigh. “I’m not considering political data, electoral data, in the drafting of these maps, so I have no idea what their outcome is going to be,” said Rep. Destin Hall, a Caldwell County Republican and House Redistricting Committee chairman. Mapmakers said they complied with other redistricting criteria such as minimizing the number of counties that are divided between districts and the municipalities that are split. “I feel that we have complied with the law,” said Sen. Ralph Hise, a Mitchell County Republican and a redistricting committee co-chairman. Mapmaking in committee rooms were livestreamed for weeks. But Democrats claim it’s obvious Republicans drew maps to enrich their own partisan advantage,

ignoring pleas from the public for a congressional plan that reflects the state’s 50-50 political environment. Black voters also are losing out in the process, one Democrat said. “It appears that there’s an attack on the African American vote,” said Rep. Kandie Smith, a Pitt County Democrat. “People don’t want gerrymandering — that’s what we have. People don’t want packing — that’s what we’re doing.” The state NAACP and others already sued in state court last week, challenging the Republican refusal to consider race-based data in drawing legislative districts. Other litigation is likely ahead. Eric Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which has an

arm that helped bankroll lawsuits that successfully have consistently challenged North Carolina congressional and legislative districts, criticized the finished maps. Republicans passed maps “heavily manipulated in favor of their party and that will deny real political power to the most populous and diverse areas of the state,” Holder said in a news release. The maps reflect population growth in North Carolina — the nation’s ninth largest state with more than 10.4 million people — over the past decade in counties in and around Raleigh and Charlotte. More lawmakers will represent top urban areas. Meanwhile, many rural areas that saw overall population declines between 2010 and 2020 will have fewer legislators representing them.

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Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., stops to talk with reporters after a House Democratic Caucus meeting with President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., on Capitol Hill, on Oct. 1, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

All eyes on vulnerable House Democrats after election losses By Will Weissert The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — For many House Democrats, 2021 is looking a lot like 2009, a year when a Republican elected governor in Virginia foreshadowed a dreadful blowout in the next year’s midterm elections. Republican Glenn Youngkin’s surge to victory in Virginia delivered the first blow, and then New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was nearly defeated by a little-known Republican, two results that led to one conclusion: Democrats are in grave danger of losing control of Congress. “Is this ‘09 all over again? This is exactly what happened in ‘09 and it did portend a catastrophe in 2010,” said Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly. He represents a safely Democratic northern Virginia district outside Washington, but recalled Republicans winning his state’s governor’s race a year after President Barack Obama captured the White House and a year before a tea

party-led GOP wave took control of the House. House Democrats in swing districts are likely the party’s first line of defense against such an outcome, and they are the most vulnerable incumbents. Mostly moderates, they helped deliver party control of the chamber in 2018 and keep it by a threadbare margin last year. Now, though, they are starting to closely resemble the same former Republican members many defeated four years ago. Their president, Joe Biden, is not popular, and their control of Congress has been seen by voters as divisive and not productive. Keeping their seats also may mean defying historical trends dictating that the party that wins the White House loses ground in Congress during the next election — traditional political headwinds that are now almost certainly intensified for Democrats by Tuesday’s election results. Biden’s approval ratings started falling with the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and have

sunk lower amid an economy still marred by the coronavirus pandemic, inflation and a White House legislative agenda largely bogged down in Congress. Biden traveled to Virginia but was unable to buoy Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe — he previously held the post from 2014 to 2018 — by attempting to tie Youngkin to former President Donald Trump. “What worked when President Trump was on the ballot or in office clearly has a diminishing effect when he is not,” said former Rep. Scott Taylor, a Virginia Republican who represented one of the nation’s most competitive districts. “This is true of anyone. Republicans tying opponents to President Obama didn’t really last beyond his terms.” Youngkin avoided campaigning with Trump or embracing a national GOP increasingly dominated by Trumpism. Jack Ciattarelli, the former Republican state Assembly member who nearly unseated Murphy in New Jersey, largely did the

same. Virginia Democrats, meanwhile, lost ground in the suburbs, where moderate voters who punished the GOP during the Trump administration came back to the party enough to sway the race. Taylor lost his seat — it encompassed the city of Norfolk and the world’s largest naval base — to moderate Virginia Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria in 2018, then was defeated in a rematch last year. He noted that Youngkin’s promises to ensure parents have more say on school COVID-19 safety protocols, and what their children are being taught, resonated with suburban voters. “We lost support from the key demographic of educated women in suburbia,” Taylor said. “They care about education more than most. And they have seen their children, over the past couple years, at home, on the computer, falling behind, even regressing in some cases.” Democratic strategists were nonetheless hopeful that Trump

would help change the political environment by becoming a more active presence in key elections ahead of a potential 2024 presidential run. “The dynamic that happened last night will not be the dynamic that exists next November,” David Bergstein, a spokesman for the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, said of the results. “In each of the Senate races right now, Trump is playing a starring role.” “This is not a moment for blaming,” said moderate Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla. “This is a moment for action. And it is a moment to try and get something done for the American people.” The Democrats now have a year to pass legislation they see as most likely to resonate with voters. Even that is no guarantee it will improve their electoral chances in 2022. “Voters don’t go into the voting polls and say, ‘I’m voting against you because you didn’t get that bill passed,’” Connolly said. “Maybe a voter does. But not voters collectively.”

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School board ‘considering’ bus driver demands In a Nov. 2 Stanly County Board of Education meeting, multiple board members expressed that they were “considering” demands to raise wages by bus drivers and other classified workers, like cafeteria workers and custodians. The comments came at the end of the meeting during the board comment period. Before that, during the public-comment period, almost everyone who stood to speak spoke in favor of the classified workers getting raises. Kimberly Carpenter, an organizer of the bus-driver protests that have shaken the district, spoke first. She said, “The bus drivers of Stanly County are finally uniting. And we just wanted to let y’all know that, yes, we need teachers, but y’all — the teachers, the schools — need us.” One man spoke in opposition, though, saying criminal charges could be filed against the bus drivers for neglecting children and putting them in danger by leaving them at bus stops unattended.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Spike in auto break-ins leads to recommendation from police

Still urges continued caution despite good news

Stanly County Over the past several weeks, the Albemarle Police Department has responded to a significant number of vehicle breaking and enterings. The APD reported that 99% of these break-ins were to vehicles that were left unlocked. Police recommended that vehicle owners make sure to always lock their vehicles and take the keys with them, never leave a car running and unattended, and never leave valuables in a car. If they do leave valuables, they recommend at least hiding them before leaving the vehicle. SCJ

Gray Stone Day student dies after accidentally shooting self Rowan County A student in Granite Quarry was killed last week after suffering an accidental gunshot wound while handling a gun. The middle school student from Gray Stone Day School reportedly thought the gun was unloaded, but it still had at least one round in the chamber. The juvenile’s name was not released. Gray Stone Day offered counseling services to help other students deal with the grief from the loss of a classmate. SCJ

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By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — David Jenkins, director of the Stanly County Health Department, presented the county’s latest COVID-19 data at the Stanly County Board of Commissioners meeting on Nov. 1. Jenkins’ presentation showed that the percent positivity rate for laboratory tests in the county had dropped to 5.6% during the preceding week — the lowest figure in that category since the last week of July. “Close to 5% is considered low transmission. Even with that, our level of transmission throughout all of North Carolina is still high,” Jenkins said. “As long as the case rate is still up there, the recommendation from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is to wear a mask if you’re indoors and can’t socially distance or if you’re in an area that is high

traffic.” As of the latest press release on Nov. 8, the county health de- “Good job Stanly County! partment is now reporting a We are up to 41% of our 6.1% positivity rate with 14 current hospitalizations and 34 new residents fully vaccinated cases; there have been 11,797 re- against COVID-19. Let’s keep ported cases and 197 deaths in total based on figures provided going!” by the state DHHS. Along with revised transmis- Stanly County sion data, the department also Health Department announced that the county’s COVID-19 full vaccination rate has gone up nearly 10% since the health department is now acbeginning of August. “Good job Stanly County! cepting Pfizer vaccine appointWe are up to 41% of our resi- ments for children in the 5 to 11 dents fully vaccinated against age range and will hold a limCOVID-19. Let’s keep going!” ited inventory during the first the department posted on its so- wave of the vaccine’s distribution. This variation of the Pfizcial media page. At the board meeting, Jenkins er shot contains a smaller dose addressed the “diversity” in vac- than the shot designated for the cination numbers throughout 12 and older age range. Following the health directhe state, acknowledging that some counties are sitting at over tor’s slideshow, Commission60% while others are still below er Peter Ascuitto commented 40%. The percentage of Stanly on the 54 deaths that have hapresidents who have received only pened in Stanly County since the the first dose of a vaccination is beginning of July. “After we’ve known about this at 43%. In a recent development, the virus for over a year, one fourth

of the deaths have happened in the last four months which is sad and a shame,” Ascuitto said. “I just wish we could have done more to help stop the spread.” Within Stanly County, there was only one COVID-19 related death in July but those figures increased in August (13), September (20) and October (20). “This is a serious thing and winter is coming. I hope the best for Stanly County because, at this point, we only have 40% of the people who have been fully vaccinated,” Ascuitto continued. “The flu is coming and there’s going to be a lot of people who won’t be able to tell the difference between it and COVID.” Initially, the Centers for Disease and Control recommended waiting 14 days between receiving COVID-19 shots and other immunizations but the national agency has since indicated there is no reported health risk for combining them into a single appointment. The Stanly County Board of Commissioners will meet again at its next regularly-scheduled meeting on Nov. 15 at 6 p.m.

Pawn-shop robbery suspects arrested in Albemarle 3 men shot store owner several times but fled when confronted by armed offduty officer Stanly County Journal staff ALBEMARLE — The Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office announced last Thursday that it had suspects from two robberies in custody, including a robbery of a pawn shop in Mount Pleasant where the owner was shot multiple times. The owner was then transported to Atrium Health-Cabarrus where, according to WBTV, he is in serious but stable condition. The arrests were made after the suspects were spotted at another hospital, Atrium Health Stanly in Albemarle. On the morning of Nov. 4, the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a robbery in progress at the Mt. Pleasant Sporting

Goods & Pawn, located at 7991 W. Franklin Street. The report described three black men in a gray Ford Focus who arrived at the store and then entered with firearms and attempted to rob the store. During the robbery, they shot the owner of the pawn shop “several times” before fleeing in the same vehicle. An off-duty officer happened to be on scene and used his personal weapon to fire at the suspects. Once the suspects were gone, he rendered aid to the injured owner, according to local media reports. The sheriff’s office then created a “be-on-the-lookout” order, known as a BOLO, on the vehicle and its occupants. The vehicle was then spotted in Stanly County at Atrium Health Stanly in Albemarle, where it dropped off Sean Christian Parker, a 21-year-old black male, and left the scene. Stanly County Sheriff’s Office deputies, seeing the BOLO

for the vehicle, “located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop.” The press release also said that “Evidence related to the earlier robbery and shooting were located at the scene of the vehicle stop.” Two black males were found inside the vehicle: Makari Kireef-Shamaud Ridenhour, 20; and Maliq Raekwon Parker, 18. All three were later interviewed by Cabarrus County deputies about the robbery and shooting at the pawn shop. Police determined Ridenhour had not been present at the pawn shop robbery, but he was charged with possession of stolen goods related to a separate armed robbery in late October at a Harrisburg AT&T Store. He was given a $1,000 secured bond. Ridenhour was also arrested by Albemarle police last July for being part of a shooting into a dwelling that left two people off Arey Street in Albemarle shot multiple times. In that incident, he was charged

with “Discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling, Possession of a firearm by felon, Felony conspiracy, Discharging a firearm inside city limits, and Injury to real property.” Sean Christian Parker was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and robbery with a dangerous weapon. He was given a $750,000 secured bond. Maliq Raekwon Parker was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and robbery with a dangerous weapon. He was also charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and discharging a weapon into occupied property for the armed robbery at the Harrisburg AT&T Store. He was given a $1 million secured bond. They are all being held at the Cabarrus County Detention Center.

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COVID shots for NC kids 5 to 11 widely available The Associated Press RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is starting to receive some of the more than 468,000 COVID-19 vaccines it expects to get for children ages 5 to 11. “By the end of today, 218 North Carolina state vaccine providers will have a supply from state allocations,” the state health department said in a statement by email Wednesday. “The program will ramp up over the coming days, and be fully up and running during the week of Nov. 8.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday gave final approval of COVID-19 shots for children ages 5 to 11 hours after a federal advisory panel unanimously said the Pfizer doses should be made available to the 28 million American youngsters in that age group. Health officials in North Carolina say they are expecting more than 468,000 doses of the pediatric vaccine to go to 750 providers in the coming week, which is enough to cover more than 52% of the state’s nearly 893,000 children ages 5 to 11, according to CDC data. The doses will be received in three waves. Nearly all the

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Owen Malloy, 9, receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 years from Lurie Children's hospital registered nurse Jeanne Bailey at Lurie Children's hospital Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Chicago. 124,500 immediately set aside for North Carolina providers have already been delivered or will be delivered Wednesday, while an

additional 158,100 Pfizer vaccines allocated to state providers are currently en route and expected to be delivered in the

coming days. The federal government will also send 185,700 doses directly to retail pharmacy locations.

♦ Charles Hampton Hatley, 80, of Oakboro, died November 3.

♦ Rebecca Fox Haire, 80, of Locust, died November 5.

♦ Cora Lee Whitley Smart Crisco, 89, of Albemarle, died November 3.

♦ Betty Lorene Hinson London, 89, of Albemarle, died November 5.

♦ James Lynn Burris, 79, of New London, died November 4.

♦ Lucy Ann Still Snuggs, 89, of Norwood, died November 7.

♦ William Moody Rogers, 95, of Albemarle, died November 4.

♦ Cora Belle Huneycutt Eudy, 97, of Albemarle, died November 7.

DEATH NOTICES ♦ Cecilia Ann Rinehart, 46, of Albemarle, died October 28. ♦ Robert Dennis, 63, of Stanfield, died October 28. ♦ Anner Williams, 69, of New London, died October 29. ♦ Juanita Marie Farmer Cooper, 77, of Badin, died October 29. ♦ Duane Ray Morton, 81, died

October 29. ♦ Michael Timothy Forrest, 75, of Albemarle, died October 30. ♦ Richard Russell Forte, 68, of Albemarle, died November 2. ♦ Charles David Wilhelm, 69, of Albemarle, died November 3. ♦ Mildred Smith Davis, 97, of Albemarle, died November 3.

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Betty Lorene Hinson London September 22, 1932 – November 5, 2021

Betty Lorene Hinson London, 89, of Albemarle passed away on Friday, November 5, 2021 at Trinity Place in Albemarle. A graveside service to celebrate Mrs. London will be held at 2PM on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at Stanly Gardens of Memory in Albemarle. Mrs. London is survived by her sons Gary Mitchell London of Birmingham, AL, and Jeff London (Anne) of Richfield, NC; grandchildren: Mitchell London (Allison), Jack London (Sarah), Ivey London, Sarah London Shaw (Justin), Madalyn London Jones (Matt), Grey London (Taylor); great-grandchildren: Amelia London Shaw, Nora London, Milo London, Macie Grey London, James London, Ellie London. She is preceded in death by a granddaughter Caroline Grace London; sisters: Ramelle Hinson Calloway, Marcelle Hinson Page, Clara Mae Hinson Burkes, Ruby Hinson Herring; brothers: Herman Theo Hinson and James Calvin Hinson. Memorial contributions can be made to Hospice of Stanly & the Uwharrie at 960 N. First Street, Albemarle, NC 28001. Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Albemarle is serving the London family.

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♦ Britt, Daniel Lonnie (W /M/28) Arrest on chrg of 1) Larceny Of Firearm (F), 2) Pwimsd Methamphetamine (F), and 3) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 113 Love Street, Albemarle, NC, on 11/8/2021 ♦ Johnston, Stephanie Michelle (W /F/49) Arrest on chrg of Nonsupport Child (M), at 126 S 3rd St, Albemarle, NC, on 11/8/2021 ♦ Norton, Michael Shawn (W /M/46) Arrest on chrg of 1) Possess Methamphetamine (F) and 2) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 113 Love St, Albemarle, NC, on 11/8/2021 ♦ Turner, Trayvon Marquise (B /M/25) Arrest on chrg of 1) Trafficking,opium Or Heroin (F), 2) Maintain Veh/dwell/ place Cs (f) (F), 3) Pwimsd Sch Ii Cs (F), 4) Simple Possess Sch Vi Cs (m) (M), and 5) Carrying Concealed Gun (m) (M), at Holiday Inn, Norwood, NC, on 11/7/2021 ♦ Kimrey, Christopher Lane (W /M/38) Arrest on chrg of Fugitive From Justice (F), at 37100 Carter Rd, New London, NC, on 11/7/2021 ♦ Lee, Hannah Marie (W /F/19) Arrest on chrg of Burning Personal Property (F), at 126 S Third St, Albemarle, NC, on 11/7/2021 ♦ Morton, Elizabeth Lampe (W /F/55) Arrest on chrg of 1) Simple Possess Sch Iv Cs (m) (M), 2) Pwimsd Heroin (F), 3) Trafficking,opium Or Heroin (F), and 4) Possess Drug

Paraphernalia (M), at Us Hwy 52/ Old 52, Albemarle, NC, on 11/7/2021 ♦ Patterson, Aaron Cartea (B /M/65) Arrest on chrg of 1) First Degree Forcible Rape (F), 2) Assault By Strangulation (F), and 3) Awdw Intent To Kill (F), at 9612 Rich Hatchet Rd, Huntersville, NC, on 11/6/2021 ♦ Scott, Devonte Eugene (B /M/23) Arrest on chrg of Awdw Intent To Kill (F), at 409 Coggins Av, Albemarle, NC, on 11/5/2021 ♦ Mcmanus, Timothy Lynn (W /M/60) Arrest on chrg of 1) Possession Of Stolen Firearm (F) and 2) Possession Of Controlled Sub Prison/jail (F), at 126 S Third St, Albemarle, NC, on 11/5/2021 ♦ Bogdan, James Michael (W /M/52) Arrest on chrg of Larc Merchant Prod Code Fraud (F), at Courthouse, Albemarle, NC, on 11/4/2021 ♦ Pinkston, Preston Carl (W /M/38) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault On Female (M), 2) Injury To Personal Property (M), and 3) Dv Protection Order Violation (M), at Us 52 S. Business, Albemarle, NC, on 11/4/2021 ♦ Lowder, Jessica Dawn (W /F/31) Cited on Charge of Failure To Secure Dangerous Dog (2103504), at 213 Eben St, Albemarle, on 11/3/2021. ♦ Lisneros, Luis (B /M/29) Cited on Charge of Reckless Drvg-wanton Disregard

(2103507), at Long Creek Dr/nc 24-27 Bypass W, Albemarle, on 11/3/2021. ♦ Epley, Daniel Lee (W /M/33) Arrest on chrg of Possess Methamphetamine, F (F), at 2145 W.main St, Albemarle, NC, on 11/2/2021 ♦ May, Ashley Ann (W /F/32) Arrest on chrg of 1) Possess Methamphetamine (F) and 2) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at Albemarle, Albemarle, NC, on 11/2/2021 ♦ Lee, Yvette Denise (B F, 55) Arrest on chrg of Assault With Deadly Weapon (m), M(M), at 1073 Lundix St, Albemarle, on 11/01/2021 Smith, Dustin Lee (W M, 29) Arrest on chrg of Obtain Property False Pretense (F), at781 Leonard Av, Albemarle, on 11/01/202 ♦ Lilly, Jaleesha Danee (B F, 31) Arrest on chrg of Assault And Battery, M (M), at 126S Third St, Albemarle, on 11/02/2021” ♦ Foster, Andrew Scott (W M, 24) Arrest on chrg of Flee/ elude Arrest W/mv (f) (F), at814 Nc 24-27 Bypass E, Albemarle, on 11/02/2021 ♦ Clayton, Queena Lashalleshanta (B F, 33) Arrest on chrg of Possess DrugParaphernalia, M (M), at 126 S Third St, Albemarle, on 11/02/202 ♦ Williams, Alexis Jaquasha (B F, 24) Arrest on chrg of Assault And Battery, M (M), at126 S Third St, Albemarle, on 11/02/2021

♦ Stokes, James Alan (B M, 32) Arrest on chrg of Misdemeanor Conspiracy, M (M), at126 S Third St, Albemarle, on 11/02/2021 ♦ Stokes, Michelle Denise (B F, 34) Arrest on chrg of Assault And Battery, M (M), at126 S Third St, Albemarle, on 11/02/2021 ♦ Carter, Michael Bruce (W M, 22) Arrested on Citation of Simple Possess Sch Vi Cs(m) (21-04459), at Wood St/long St, Oakboro, on 11/01/2021. ♦ Thomas, Tierra Lonier (B M, 39) Arrest on chrg of Injury To Personal Property (M), at1910 E Main St, Albemarle, on 11/03/2021 ♦ Sells, Brandon Todd (W M, 36) Arrest on chrg of Communicate Threats (M), at 400Moose St, Albemarle, on 11/03/2021 ♦ Wallace, Aaron Scott (W M, 31) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female, M (M), at 510Old Charlotte Rd/railroad St, Albemarle, on 11/05/2021 ♦ Little, Nhazer Malik (B M, 18) Arrest on chrg of Awdw Intent To Kill (F), at 409Coggins Av, Albemarle, on 11/05/2021 ♦ Rodriguez, Gonzalo (W M, 25) Arrest on chrg of Assault Serious Bodily Injury (F), at720 Nc 24-27 Bypass E, Albemarle, on 11/06/2021 ♦ Asbury, Jeremy Keith (B M, 29) Arrest on chrg of Possession Of Firearm By Felon(F), at 1973 E Main St, Albemarle, on 11/07/2021.

Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, November 10, 2021

OPINION Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor VISUAL VOICES

COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON

I promise to do less for you

Virginia showed us these issues matter, and politicians better be listening.

are being instilled in my son. I’m sure many of you feel the same. Virginia showed us these issues matter, and politicians better be listening. Only time will tell if Washington Democrats will listen to the American people or double down on a far-left agenda that is out of touch with you and your family. For now, they seem bent on jamming through their massive spending and tax proposal that would allow the IRS to spy on your bank account, raise your utility bills, and raise taxes on family businesses to the highest level in the developed world. At the same time, last week we learned the Biden administration is discussing paying illegal immigrants up to $450,000 each. On Thursday, the White House said President Biden was “perfectly comfortable” with these payments. This would be a slap in the face to American families, especially when many are struggling as inflation has sent prices soaring. To add insult to injury, the reported figure of $450,000 is more than Gold Star families receive in life insurance if a servicemember is killed in action. Last week, I introduced the Illegal Immigrant Payoff Prohibition Act to stop these payments. The crisis on our border is already at record levels. This payment scheme would only make matters worse. From paying illegal immigrants to jamming through massive spending and entitlement bills, Washington Democrats continue to have the wrong priorities. However, perhaps Virginia will be a wakeup call that so many need to hear. In the meantime, rest assured I will always fight for solutions that help you and your family and, as I told that group at Hardee’s, get government out of your way.

COLUMN | MICHAEL BARONE

school administrators, who believe they have special expertise in enlightening the children of backward parents. But in the Virginia exit poll, 84% said that parents should have a lot of or some say in what schools teach, and only 13% said little or none. And after teachers unions shut down schools for months (a full year in Fairfax County, the nation’s 11th largest school district), parents have gotten a better view of the sexually explicit materials that supposed experts have put even in the hands of grade schoolers. Similarly, Youngkin was not afraid to criticize public schools’ use of materials championing critical race theory — the idea that whites are irremediably racist. Children should learn the good and the bad about our history, he said, and to judge others by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. That predictably prompted charges of racism. Barack Obama, campaigning for McAuliffe, insisted, “We don’t have time to be wasting on these phony, trumped-up culture wars.” Youngkin, he said, was avoiding “serious problems that actually affect serious people.” But for parents, the education of their children is a serious matter, not a “phony, trumped-up” issue. More generally, cultural issues are more important to Americans, on both sides of the cultural divide, than economics. Although Biden Democrats have argued their economic policies would help the little guy, an ABC/Ipsos poll found that only 25% believe his reconciliation bill would help people like them, while 32% say it would hurt. That leaves nearly half, 43%, not seeing much difference. A similarly pervasive skepticism explains polls showing majorities against passing Obamacare in 2010 and against repealing Obamacare in 2018. In contrast, attitudes on cultural issues are more firmly rooted in personal experience and moral principles. Liberals and progressives are vulnerable on cultural issues because their search for the latest underdog cause to champion, while sometimes producing results widely accepted, sometimes puts them in lasting opposition to large majorities of voters. That’s what happened in Virginia. The advice of Democrats’ MSNBC and CNN cheering squads — to double down on accusing voters of racism — is not helpful. So, for the moment at least, and possibly into 2022 and 2024, the nation Biden returned to in the wee hours of the morning on Nov. 3 no longer supports him or his party. Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

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Kyle Larson (5) topped Chase Elliott (9), along with Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin, at Phoenix Raceway to give Hendrick Motorsports its second straight NASCAR Cup Series title.

Elliott’s bid for second championship comes up short Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson gave the team its second straight title

NCAA rewrites constitution, sets stage for transformation College sports’ three divisions are poised to have more control

“This constitution is not for today and tomorrow. It’s for 10 years from now, 20 years from now.”

Shane Lyons, West Virginia athletic director

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Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Stanly County football teams come up empty in state playoffs Albemarle, South Stanly and West Stanly all lost their first-round NCHSAA games

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Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, who has missed the last three games following surgery on his right middle finger, is expected to return to Seattle’s lineup this Sunday.

Wilson cleared to return to football activities for Seattle The Seahawks quarterback had surgery on his middle finger last month

The Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — One month after undergoing surgery on the middle finger of his throwing hand, Russell Wilson was back on the Seattle Seahawks’ practice field Monday, flinging passes. Barring a setback, Wilson should be back under center for the Seahawks on Sunday when they travel to Green Bay. “This is a remarkable story of recovery,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Monday after the team returned from its bye week. “A guy set an intent that he was going to do this and pull it off. I mean, he’s way ahead of schedule. We just came off the practice field and he threw the ball all over the place.” Wilson was cleared earlier Monday to return to football activities, capping a recovery that

165 Consecutive starts for Russell Wilson without missing a game until Week 6 of this season seemed unlikely when he underwent surgery on Oct. 8 in Los Angeles. Wilson’s surgeon, Dr. Steve Shin, released a statement through the team saying he had cleared Wilson for a “full return to play without reservation.” Wilson also posted a video on social media Monday with the title “It’s Time.” “I have also never encountered a player so committed to his postoperative therapy and with so much conviction to return to the same, if not better, level of performance as he had preinjury,” Shin said. “I am absolutely amazed at

his progress.” Seattle started the season 2-3 with Wilson, who was hurt in the Week 5 loss to the Los Angeles Rams when his hand hit the arm of Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald. Seattle went 1-2 in Wilson’s absence with Geno Smith as the starting quarterback. Carroll said the most optimistic outlook on Wilson’s recovery was a chance of returning this week, but there was no guarantee that would happen. Carroll also said the key is how Wilson — and his finger — recover from the work each day in practice. “He looked great out there today. So that’s an enormous accomplishment,” Carroll said. “That was the kind of the hope that if he could pull off something special that it might happen this week. That’s kind of what we were thinking, and I know he was ready to go yesterday.” It’s the first time in Wilson’s career that he missed any games. Wilson had started 165 consecutive games in the regular season and playoffs combined, and only missed a handful of plays during the stretch. It seems likely a new streak will start against the Packers. “The intention is that if he’s OK, he plays,” Carroll said.

Colts, senior running back Braden Hartsell had 23 carries for 97 yards. West Stanly’s reliance on the running game — 46 rushing attempts from six different ball carriers — generated 151 yards but not enough to make it to the Bearcats’ end zone. By Jesse Deal Hendersonville quarterback Stanly County Journal Gavin Gasnell completed 21 passThe football seasons of the es for 349 yards; West Stanly’s West Stanly Colts, Albemarle only completed pass of the game Bulldogs and South Stanly Bulls was a 25-yard throw from Jett all ended Friday as each school Thomas to Hartsell. The Bearcats moved on and was on the losing end of road matchups in the first round of will host No. 12 Burns (8-3, 5-1 Southern Piedmont). state playoffs. In Burnsville, Albemarle’s Two of the games were shutplayoff hopes were shot outs, while the third down by the Mounwas a 57-point loss. tain Heritage Cougars. No. 28 West Stanly The Bulldogs used 51 (3-6, 1-3 Rocky River) unanswered points to fell to No. 5 Hendersonpost their sixth shutville (9-1, 5-0 Mountain out loss of the year. The Foothills 7) 42-0 in the 2A West Region brack- Rushing yards Cougars will next host No. 9 Murphy (7-4, et. for West 3-2 Smoky Mountain) No. 25 Albemarle Stanly senior for the second round of (2-8, 2-3 Yadkin Valstate playoffs. ley) was handed a 51-0 running There are still posiloss by No. 8 Mountain back Braden tives for Albemarle. The Heritage (8-2, 5-1 WestBulldogs will only lose ern Highlands) in the Hartsell in four seniors from this 1A West Region. Joinhis final high year’s roster, so next ing Albemarle in that bracket was No. 26 school game. season’s team will remain largely intact with South Stanly (2-8, 1-4 more game experience. Yadkin Valley), which South Stanly Bulls lost 65-8 to No. 7 Startraveled to Boonville on Friday mount (7-4, 5-1 Northwest). The most successful team in but were overwhelmed by the the county this season — North Starmount Rams, who used six Stanly — was notably absent in rushing touchdowns to secure a Friday night’s action. The Comets landslide victory. South Stanly’s Taewan Mor(5-4, 4-1 Yadkin Valley) won four out of their last five games only ris provided the Bulls with their to fall short in the playoff met- only points of the night on a late rics dictated by the North Caroli- touchdown run as the team sufna High School Athletic Associa- fered its fifth loss in six games — the Bulls’ eight losses this year tion’s RPI system. As for West Stanly, the team’s were their most in a single season struggles in its recent five-game since 2016. The Rams next host No. 10 losing streak continued in its 42-point loss to the Henderson- Andrews (7-3, 2-3 Smoky Mountain) as their state playoff run ville Bearcats. In his final game with the continues.

Athletes Unlimited signs more WNBA players for new league The winter league would allow players to stay in the U.S. instead of playing overseas in the WNBA’s offseason The Associated Press NEW YORK — The chance to stay home this winter and work on her craft and get paid was appealing to Indiana Fever center Jantel Lavender. The fifth pick in the 2011 draft is one of five WNBA players who are joining the newly formed Athletes Unlimited basketball league that’s starting this winter. Lavender usually goes overseas after her WNBA season ends. “I have played 18 straight seasons with one week in between,” Lavender said in a phone interview. “It was taxing on my body. Being home this winter and working out, I have time to do recovery and do a lot of things that will help for the next WNBA season. In Athletes Unlimited, you can see what you worked on and feel our bodies.” The league also announced on Monday that it signed Courtney Williams, Odyssey Sims and Tianna Hawkins, who played in the WNBA last season. Mikiah Herbert Harrigan missed the 2021 season because she was pregnant. Lavender said she was reached out to by Natasha Cloud, who is on the Athletes Unlimited players’ executive committee to join the league. “We talked about how WNBA players don’t always want to go overseas since we miss everything with our families,” Lavender said. She also said that the Fever front office had encouraged her to join the new league that will feature 44 players, including Cloud and former WNBA players Sydney Colson and Ty Young. The season will be played in Las Vegas running from Jan. 29 through Feb. 28. Players will earn points each week based on their

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Indiana Fever forward Jantel Lavender said the chance to stay home this winter, work on her craft and get paid made the newly formed Athletes Unlimited basketball league appealing. team’s results, as well as some individual stats. At the end of the week, the leading four players will draft the teams for the next week’s games. The rules will be similar to the WNBA. There will be more than $1 million for the 44 players to earn with the winner receiving roughly $50,000. Athletes Unlimited started in 2020 and has softball, volleyball and lacrosse leagues in which there are no team owners and players share directly in league profits. Basketball is the first one that has an already well-estab-

“Part of the experience is games, but also creating a great training environment for players off the court.” Jon Patricof, Athletes Unlimited Co-Founder/CEO lished pro domestic league with the WNBA. Choosing Las Vegas as the city was a no-brainer to Athletes Un-

limited Co-Founder/CEO Jon Patricof. “Having it in Las Vegas is terrific,” he said. “It will create a great athlete experience. It’s a global city that has a rich basketball history and support women’s basketball.” Patricof said that the venue the league will run in is close to the airport and players will stay in apartments nearby. “It’s the same thing we’ve done always for the other leagues,” he said. “I know we have at least three moms playing in the league already. We expect them to be

bringing their kids. We want to be accommodating to players and their families and whoever they bring with them. Part of the experience is games, but also creating a great training environment for players off the court.” Athletes Unlimited already has 13 players signed, including former WNBA player Essence Carson. “I think we’re ahead of where we expected to be in my opinion,” Patricof said. “The fact we’re finding 10 high-caliber players off the bat and announcing Las Vegas. We’re ahead of pace at this time.”

ment. area.” EMPHIS, Tenn. — Faced For Nutbush resident He also cited a widespread fear the threat of overburdened of being unnecessarily exposed to fear of contracting the itals, states across the country matched with the worry th the 10, virus. onverting convention centers, Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, November 2021 “All around, people are scared,” could lose stores that are ts facilities and performance the neighborhood. Offici he said. es into backup treatment sites Their fears are not unfounded. ven’t said if stores would oronavirus patients. violence. His lawyers have argued demonstration. the Gateway facility was Inacted this in majority-black What some Memphis, Ten“If Mr. Rittenhouse is convictthat he self-defense. Hecity along If they did, shopping wo the Mississippi River, lawmakers e, residents don’t get is why in could get life in prison if convicted ed, your chance of getting 10 milleaders lionbeen bucks is come better, more right?” difficult Chiraf- for re of the and mostcommunity serious charges against have r city, a shopping center in the isi said. him. sounding the alarm over what they especially for those who ar dle of a predominantly black, At the defense table, RittenGrosskreutz said he had gone to have no means of transpo see as a disturbing trend of the viincome residential neighborthe protest in Kenosha to serve as house kept his eyes on Grosskreutz to stores located farther aw rus killing African Americans at a d has been chosen. a volunteer medic, wearing a hat as he testified, taking detailed “For people who higher rate. ty and state officials are conthat said “paramedic” and carry- notes when the witness spoke don’t car, what doshot. they do?” ask Nutbush resident Patricia Hared that By anMichael influx Tarm of patients about the moment he was ing medical supplies, in addition One jurorris, nodded headto in The Ass to a loaded pistol. The Associated Press whoher spoke ris wondered aloud if city officials m Memphis, as well as nearby judge in- a bott Grosskreutz said his to agreement Press the while lugging were “trying to permit contaminate” the when sissippi, Arkansas and rural jury toa disregard carry neighborhood. a concealed weapon had ex- structed thetergent, KENOSHA, Wis. — A protestpackage of bott Tennessee, will strain hospipired and he did not have a valid Grosskreutz’s referring to Rittener and volunteer medic wounded ter and other items from t Activist Earle Fisher, an AfriTheir fears are echoed across house’s fatal shooting of another permit that night. on the streets of Kenosha by Kyle ADRIAN SAINZ | AP PHOTO A Lot to her car. She note can American Memphis pastor, country:Rittenhouse Governors, mayors “I believe in the Second Amend- protester as a “murder.” testified Monday that grocery store recently clos understands the anxiety. “This health he experts in numerous Grosskreutz, who was trained ment. I’m for people’s right to carry was pointing his own gun atThis the Friday, April 3, 2020 photo, shows Gateway Shopping Center as a paramedic, testified that he and bear arms,” he said, explaining rifle-toting Rittenhouse when the her house and she already is an honest and reasonable cones are also researching and in Memphis, Tenn. volunteered as a medic at toprowhy he was armed. “And that night man shot him. farther get to Gat cern and skepticism,” Fisher said. travel tructingyoung makeshift medical was no different than any other tests in Milwaukee in the days Gaige Grosskreutz, the third “When we do things “I think it’s par for the course for ities. shot by Rittenhouse during a night after George Floyd died in May day. It’s keys, phone, wallet, gun.” got to consider the black people to be righteously a Chinese restaurant and other Lee has disclosed a few: the Mun New York City, they’re turnHe said he went into action af- 2020. Grosskreutz said he attend- people of turbulent protests against law neighborhood,” skeptical of governmental sicofCity Center in Nashville, the businesses. o the Javits Center convention around 75 protests before she the said. “W ter seeing Rittenhouse kill a man edinterenforcement in the summer night he was shot, offering help to neighb just feet away — the second person need to make the 2020, took the stand at Rittenvention that did not consult with Locating a treatment center for Chattanooga Convention Center, in Chicago, the McCormick PHOTO VIA AP medical Rittenhouse shot that night. house’s murder and worse thanattention. it already is.” peoplefatally on the ground first.”anyone needing the Knoxville Expo Center — all coronavirus patients there pose Convention Center;trial and inrecountthe first U.S. weekRep. of RittenChirafhow he drew his own pistol af- away Kyle from Rittenhouse, center, looks back Kenosha Countyresidents Sheriff’s say: On cross-examination, Steve Cohen, Doug McGowen, the city’sIn chief es as two problems, sites residential neighdy, Utah,edthe Mountain Amerisi sought to portray Grosskreutz house’s trial, witnesses testified ter the bloodshed started. deputies enter the courtroom to escort him out of the room phis Democrat, said the d operating officer, said the GateIt could potentially expose them borhoods. Expo Center. as dishonest in his description of that the first man shot and killed, “I thought the defendant was during a break in the trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in doesn’t make sense. way site was being considered beto the virus amid concerns that The Gateway Shopping Cenhe U.S. an Army Corps of Engithe moments right before he was Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, was “hyactive shooter,” the 27-year-old Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. “I’m“acting sure there cause it could potentially accoms has been scouting locations and bellig-are othe shot, with Chirafisi asserting that peraggressive” Grosskreutz said. Asked whatter wasin the Nutbush neighborhood blacks are contracting COVID-19 erently” that night and threatened Grosskreutz was chasing Rittengoing through his mind as he got Tennessee, 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 to kill Rittenhouse one point. houseifwith his gun out. on charges of stores killing two men andon to “That’s not the kind grocery of person some closer to the have at used those rather t it were converted to a treatment of the they rely ter features a Save A Lot compiled a list of 17-year-old 35 possi- RittenOne witness said Rosenbaum neighbo Grosskreutz denied he was wounding Grosskreutz. The onethat I am. That’s not why I was house, he said, “That I was going site, it would hold only mildly ill into a residential backup sites. They haven’t restore, a Rent-A-Center, a Fami- close. out there,” he said. “It’s not who I time police youth cadet from An- chasing Rittenhouse and said that was gunned down after he chased to die.” said. for the coronavirus patients who could be Cohen Nutbush and commuly Dollar, a beauty shop, I tioch, ed the whole list, but Gov. Rittenhouse and lunged he was concerned about RittenIllinois,resident had gone to Kenosha am. And definitelysupply not somebody Rittenhouse shot Bill Grosskreutz

Shooting victim says he was pointing his gun at Rittenhouse

in the arm, tearing away much of his bicep — or “vaporized” it, as the witness put it. Under questioning from the prosecution, Grosskreutz said he had his hands raised as he closed in on Rittenhouse. Prosecutor Thomas Binger asked Grosskreutz why he didn’t shoot first.

would want to become.” But during cross-examination, Rittenhouse defense attorney Corey Chirafisi asked: “It wasn’t until you pointed your gun at him, advanced on him … that he fired, right?” “Correct,” Grosskreutz replied. Rittenhouse, now 18, is on trial

PEC, oil nations agree o nearly 10M barrel cut

with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle and a medical kit in what he said was an effort to safeguard property from the damaging demonstrations that broke out over the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha police officer. Prosecutors have portrayed Rittenhouse as the instigator of the

house’s safety after seeing others chase him and someone try to kick him. Chirafisi also pointed to Grosskreutz’s lawsuit against the city of Kenosha, in which he alleges police enabled the violence by allowing an armed militia to have the run of the streets during the

young man’s rifle. Rosenbaum’s killing set in motion the bloodshed that followed moments later: Rittenhouse shot and killed Anthony Huber, a 26-year-old protester seen on bystander video hitting Rittenhouse with a skateboard. Rittenhouse then wounded Grosskreutz.

Democrats facing tough slog in 2022 governor’s races

bin Salman, a son of King Salman, assented to the deal. “I go with the consent, so I UBAI, United Arab EmirBy Thomas Beaumont agree,” the prince said, chuckling, — OPEC, Russia and The Associated Pressother roducing nations on Sunday drawing a round of applause from WASHINGTON, proD.C. —those Re- on the video call. ized an unprecedented optiBut it had not been smiles and ion cut publicans of nearlyare 10 increasingly million flipping laughs for weeks after the soels, or a mistic 10th ofabout global supply,governor’s offices in key battleground states called OPEC+ group of OPEC opes of boosting next year,crashing buoyed bypricPresident Joe members and other nations failed mid the coronavirus pandemic Biden’s sagging approval ratings, in March to reach an agreement a price war, officials said. in Congress Democratic infighting andbebetter-than-expected on production cuts, sending pricThis could the largest re- results in electionsfrom in Virginia New tumbling. Saudi Arabia sharply ion in production OPECand es perhaps aJersey. decade, maybe lon- criticized Russia days earlier over Democrats were already steeled said U.S. Energy Secretary for tough races, but the upsetwhat loss it described as comments critical of the kingdom, which Brouillette, whogovernor’s credited in Virginia’s race and a ident Donald per-Newfinds close winTrump’s in deeply blue Jer- itself trying to appease sey’s confirmed thedueldifficult Trump, cona longtime OPEC critic. l involvement in getting ditions ahead. In both places, the Even U.S. senators had warned parties to the table and helpwas largely caught off guard to end aparty price war between Saudi Arabia to find a way to by the potency of debates over di Arabiaschools and Russia. and struggled to stopboost vot- prices as American shale il prices ers have collapsed once turned offas by the former firms Pres- face far-higher production Trump from migratcosts. American troops had been navirus ident and Donald the COVID-19 SAUDI ENERGY ing back Republicans. ss it causes havetolargely halt- deployed to the kingdom for the “Biden’s approval is pulling 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, Minist down Democrats everywhere,” said attacks over concerns of Irani- Energy of Saudi Arabia, third right, chairs a virtual summit of the Group of 20 energy minister r energy-chugging Charles Franklin,sectors the pollster at anreretaliation amid regional ten- his office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, April 10, 2020, to coordinate a response to plummet as manufacturing. It haswhich Marquette Law School, sions. stated the industry in showprices due to an oversupply in the market and a downturn in global demand due to the pandem leasedoil a survey this week ing Wisconsin Gov. more Tony Evers’ ap“They’ve spent over the last U.S., which now pumps proval rating had slid even more. month waging war on American e than any other country. STEVE HELBER | AP PHOTO “There’s no question national forcthe deal but its president, Andrés praise. that Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and oil producers while we are defendut some es producers have been are playing a big role.” Supporters of Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin cheer on their candidate during a rally in Chesterfield, Va., “The pure size of the cu ingbetheirs. This Nov. is not how friends the United Arab Emirates would Manuel López Obrador, had said ctant to ease supply. incumbents The car- will Democratic Monday, 1, 2021. precedented, but, then ag Friday that he had agreed with cut another 2 million barrels of treat friends,” said Sen. 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Jason James Lynn Burris Efird July 24, 1942 –

ASON EUGENE4,“GENE” November 2021 EFIRD, 94, went home to be with his LordLynn Tuesday, April Burris, 7, 2020,79, at his James “Jimmy” in Stanfield. ofhome New London passed away on Gene was 9, 1925, in Thursday, Nov.born 4th,October 2021 in his home. late Simeon ACabarrus memorialCounty serviceto tothe celebrate his Jason and lateSaturday, Sarah Ella life will Efird be held at the 11 am Burris Efird. to his Nov. 13th, 2021In ataddition the Albemarle parents, he was preceded death by Wesleyan Church with Rev.inJames his wife, JewellThe Little Efird;will sisters, Valk officiating. family Mary friends Lambert, Fannie Almond, receive at the church Minnie Furr, Wilma Burleson and following the service. Aileen Huskey; and brothers, Born July 24, 1942 in StanlyHomer Efird, Getus Wayne Efird, County, NC, heEfird was and the son of the late Sr. Thurman “Red” Burris and James private funeral be NellA Cranford Burris.service He waswill a truck held on Saturday, April 11, 2020 driver and car dealer and attended at Albemarle Love’s Grove United Methodist the Wesleyan Church. Church Cemetery in Stanfield Jimmy loved cars and car shows officiated Rev. Jim White. he Burial and enjoyedbytalking to anyone will follow at the Love’ s Grove was around. He loved his familyUnited and Methodist Church Cemetery, 4360 friends and they loved him so much. Polk Ford Road, Stanfield. Mr. Burris is survived by his Survivors include son Gerald wife Susan Marie Lang Burris of Wayne (Gail) Efird of Albemarle; the home. Other survivors include daughter Lisa Efird (Mark) Hartsell son James Robert Burris (Tara) of of Stanfield; granddaughters, Kimberly, WV, daughter Sheri Marie Kelly Efird Barbee and Lauren Burris Dickson (Monte) of and Apex, NC, Hartsell (Justin) Crump; greatsister Gay Nell Burris of Albemarle, grandsons, Ian Patrick Simmons and grandson Robert Dakota Burris of Elliot Jacob Simmons. Holden Beach and Memorials maygranddaughter be made to Love’s Alaina of Myrtle GroveJessica UnitedMinor Methodist Church, PO Beach, great-grandson Box 276, Stanfield, NCWilliam 28163-0276. Burris of Holden Beach, and 2 step grandchildren Zachary Knight and Bobby Lee Knight both of Kimberly, WV. A grandson, Gordon Reade-Hill preceded him in death.

Tony Smith William Moody ONY MONROE SMITH, 72, of Rogers

Rockwell, NC, went to be with 18,Jesus 1926Christ – his LordOctober and Savior November on Wednesday, April4,8,2021 2020 at his home surrounded by family. A Mr. William Moodywill “Bill” private family service beRogers, held. 95, passed away on Thursday, Online condolences can be made at November 4, 2021, at his home. stanlyfuneralhome.com ATony memorial service will11, be1947 held was born August on November 11, 2021, at inThursday, Stanly County to the late Pearlie First Baptist Church in Albemarle Asbury Smith and Emmer Lee at 2:00 p.m. Smith. HeVisitors was thewill sonbe inreceived law of Patin the fellowship theat andchurch Mick Cagle wherehall he after worked service. the fish house for many years until on August 1926, in heBorn opened Anchor 18, House Seafood Albemarle, NC, was a son in Rockwell. HeMr. andRogers his wife Becky ofowned the late Martin Luther and House Carrie and operated Anchor Virginia Moody Rogers. for 25 years before retiring in 2009. InSmith addition parents, Mr. Mr. wastoahis charter member and deacon at Open Door Baptist Rogers was preceded in death by Church inthirty-seven Richfield. Heyears, lovedMary the his wife of Lord Carter and hisRogers; family abundantly. Tony Anne brothers Wells, was a wonderful husband, father, Charles Junius, Dwight, and Oron;and grandfather fix anything sisters Bessie and Lee could Fitzgerald, Virginia he put his hands on. Chrisco, Stonestreet, Geraldine Mr.Culp, Smith is survived by hisand wife Jewell and Betty Moser; Becky Cagle Smith of the home, son-in-law, David Wilson. sons Smith Robbie HeWalter is survived byand his wife of Smith; daughter Kayla twenty-eight years, RuthHenderson Ann (Brandon); grandchildren Danielle, Rogers; daughters Carrie Wilson Dustin,(Jesse), and Steele Keaton Currin AnneSmith, Lowder (Steve), andLaurie Ella Henderson; brother David and Hoots (Steve); stepson Smith; sisters Kay Kriechbaum, David Sutton (Finley); grandchildren KarenWilson Stevenson, RubyLogan Eudy, and Bobby (Jordan), Hoots Dorothy Smith (Madeline), Will(Nick). Lowder, Carter He(Jordan), is preceded in death Hoots Matt Hoots,byand brothersLowder Joe Smith, Wayne Smith, Rebecca Satalino (Thomas); Claude Smith, Wade Smith, Robert step-grandsons Ben Sutton (Katie) Smith, and sister(Hailey); Mary Morris. and John Sutton step-greatMemorial contributions can be grandchildren Sam, Finley, Graham, made to Open Door Baptist Church and Sloane; and numerous nieces at 44563 Hwy 52, Richfield, NC and nephews. 28137 or to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County at 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Merle Charles David Helms Wilhelm ERLE LORRAINE AUSTIN

HELMS, Marshville, March72, 31,of1952 – passed away Wednesday, April 8, November 3, 2021 2020 at McWhorter Hospice House in Charles Monroe.David Wilhelm, 69, of Lorraine was born April 28, 1947 Albemarle passed away Wednesday, in Monroe to the late Homer David November 3, 2021 in his home. Austin and Jewell Delphia-Jane Born March 31, 1952 in Austin. She was also preceded in Albemarle, NC, he was the son of the death by brothers, A.D. and Teddy late James Cowan “Poss” Wilhelm, Austin; and sister, Joy Austin. Sr. The and family Hazel Morton Wilhelm. Mr. will receive friends Wilhelm Pfeiffer from 6:00graduated pm - 8:00from pm, Friday, College in 1976 with his bachelor’ April 10, 2020 at Hartsell Funerals degree inAlbemarle. Business Administration. Home of The funeral He waswill a life-long member of Christ service be at 11:00 am on Episcopal Church and was the Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist owner operator ofofficiated Wilhelm’s Churchand in Marshville, Exxon(Wilhelm’ s Auto by Rev. John Miller andCare). Rev. Leon DavidShe is survived bystate a son: Whitley. will lie in forJustin 30 Wilhelm (Sydney) ofservice. Star, NC; minutes prior to the She will granddaughter: Wilhelm; be laid to rest in Emilee the church cemetery. brothers: James C.by Wilhelm, Jr. She is survived her beloved (Bobbie) Douglas husbandof ofAlbemarle, 47 years, Paul Helms Wilhelm (Hilda) Albemarle; of the home; son,of Alex (Deanna) sister: Jones (Kevin) Cary, NC; HelmsKristi of Pageland; daughter, Paula former spouse and mother of his (Cristin Brandt) Helms of Mint Hill; son: Debbie Sheppard; canine grandchildren, Mason, his Grant, and companion “Buddy”. Raegan Helms; brothers, Boyce, Royce, Tim Austin; and sisters, Patricia Mullis, and Angel Tarleton. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 4600 Park Rd., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209.

Cora Belle Huneycutt Eudy

65, of Norwood, away 1924 passed – unexpectedly Thursday, April November 3, 2021 9, 2020 at Atrium Health Stanly in Albemarle. Mildred Smith Davis, 97, died Mr. Luther was born March peacefully at Mercy Hospital on27, Nov. 1955 to the late Robert Fulton and 3, 2021 after a period of declining Helen Tucker Luther. health. “Miss Mildred” was born in Danny was survived by his wife, 1924 in the small rural community of Denise Burleson Luther of Norwood; Pee Dee in Montgomery Co., NC to sons, Jeremy (Karen) Luther and the late Mae Whitley Smith and John Jody Luther; step-sons, Bryan Gaston Smith. She had two sisters Whitley and Gregg (Anita) Whitley; Mary Catherine SmithLuther and Fannie Grandchildren, Daniel and Mae Smith Russell who preceded Hunter Zado, as well as his brother,her in death. Bob Luther Jr (Lorena), uncle Jack During II,loved she moved Luther andWorld severalWar other nieces, to Albemarle to work in Wiscassett nephews and cousins. Hosiery Mill. While in Albemarle, Danny recently retired from she met her husband, John B. Davis. Charlotte Pipe and Foundry after They were married March 8, a dedicated 37 yearson and worked 1947 and were married for 49 there with his sons and severalyears other before inmembers. 1996. They were friendshis anddeath family blessed with twospending daughters, Lorraine Danny loved time at Davis Byrd and Patsy his lake house with hisDavis familyBeeker and both of as Concord, NC. Mildredwith is also friends well as vacationing his survived by four granddaughters, family. Danny and Denise enjoyed Susan Byrd of Concord, listening to beach music Elizabeth and loved to Byrd Basinger of Albemarle, shag dance every chance theyKelly could Beeker (Scott) offather, St. Clair get. He Durkee was an amazing loving Shores, MI, and Beeker grandfather andJennifer great friend to of Ferndale, wellbeasforgotten. four greatmany. He MI, will as never grandchildren (Caitlin) A celebrationNathan of life will be Basinger, and Jonathan, Alison announced once the current and Meredith Durkee along with COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. herHartsell preciousFuneral cat, Cassie. She Home ofwas predeceased a great-grandson, Albemarle is by serving the Luther Jordan family. Keith Basinger.

Juanita Marie Linda Farmer Cooper Hatley

Pauline Tucker

7, 1944 – INDAAugust TUCKER HATLEY, 69, of October 29, 2021 AULINE ELIZABETH Albemarle, passed away Monday, ALMOND TUCKER, 98, passed April 13, 2020. Juanita Marie Farmer Cooper, away peacefully at Trinity Place, Linda was born September 18, 77, of Badin passed onJacob Friday, Albemarle, NC on April 11, 2020. 1950 in Concord toaway the late and October 29, 2021 atwas Atrium Pauline was born on March 22, Claris Tucker. She also Health preceded Stanly. 1922 in Cabarrus County, NC to the in death by her brother, Terry Lee Juanita was 7, late John Richard Almond and Alice Tucker, and herborn twinAugust sister, Brenda 1944, inStrickland. West Virginia the late Ada Ann Lambert Almond. Tucker Weto know Brenda Paul Farmer and Margorie 1923 – SheNovember is survived29, by her three and Lifford Linda are in Heaven watching Elizabeth Duncan-Farmer. She November 7, 2021 daughters, Gay Michel (Jack), over us and laughing. married Robert Hugh Cooper in Oak Island, NC; Pamela Rushing Linda was a loving mother, sister, HIRLEY MAE HAIRE, 73, Folkston, GA on August 8th, 1960, (Foreman), NC; Kathy and “Nana.” She was a very giving Cora Belle Oakboro, Huneycutt Eudy, 97, of Albemarle passed away on the afterperson. her 16th birthday. (Marc),passed Albemarle, NC; her andday loving Linda would ofHunt Albemarle, away Sunday, April 11, 2020 at Atrium Health Mrs. Cooper is survived by her son, Chris7,Tucker Lear), always do anything she could for November 2021 at(Chris Forrest Oaks Stanly.December The family25, will1952 hold a–private husband Robert Hugh Cooper November 2, 2021 Washington, DC.in She will be greatly others, especially her family. She Healthcare Center Albemarle. graveside service for Mrs. Haire. ofenjoyed the home in Badin, Cheryl #5, missed herNovember five grandchildren, working at FastShop Cora wasby born 29, 1923 Shirley was born December 12, Diane Olsen (daughter) of Badin, Richard Russell “Russ” Forte RushingtoChaney Locust. Linda will be forever loved inHeather North Carolina the late(Shannon), David 1946 in Washington, DC to the Bradley Matthew Olsen (Christina) Michael Rushing, Elizabeth and greatly missed. went to be with the Lord and join Aurey Huneycutt and the late Michel Roxie late Charles Richard Bateman and Hartzog (Craig), Jack Michel, Jr. SurvivorsJennifer includeMarie her son, (grandson), Olsen his belovedMae family on Tuesday, Burgess Huneycutt of Stanly County. Elizabeth Mulligan Bateman. (Jenn), andone Woody Hunt children as well as Alan Hatley and wife, Angela, of (granddaughter), Amiaya Leanna November 2, 2021. Cora was of sixteen Shirley is survived by her husband seven great-grandchildren. Albemarle; brother, Ronnie Tucker Marley Jean wasVaughn born onSmith Christmas born to David and Roxie. SheShe is also ofRuss 30 years of Day, (great-granddaughter), leaves behind nieces and and wife, Linda, of Midland; (great-granddaughter), Kinsley December 25, 1952Sandra in Salisbury, survived by onecherished sister, Mary Virginia Albemarle; sister PainterNC nephews. granddaughter, Leslie Hatley; 1 Grace (great-granddaughter), toofRichard T. “Dick” Forte and Doris Hartsell. Siblings that preceded her Gainesville, VA; half-brother Theinclude; family expresses its sincere niece; and 2 nephews. Matthew Scott ( great-grandson) all R. Forte Bateman of Albemarle. in death Jonah Huneycutt, Robert of Stevensville, gratitude to the staff The family friends Rogerwill Leereceive Farmer (brother) He step-children is predeceasedHeather by his wife, Jan of Badin, Sarah Swaringen, Rayand Leecaregivers MD; Smith at Trinity Place forMarie the care they 4:00 pmHurley - 6:00Joe pm,Farmer Thursday, Albemarle, Ballard Forte, hisFL son Amos R. Forte, offrom Huneycutt, Flossie Huneycutt, of Jacksonville, and David provided Pauline.Dora Smith, April 16, of 2020 at Hartsell (brother) Norwood, JuliaFuneral Ann his dad of Richard T. “Dick” Forte, Henry Huneycutt, Smith New London, NC; 4 and A private graveside service will be Rosie Home in Albemarle. will Farmer-Barber (sister)Linda of Rossville, his special canine companion. step-grandchildren; nieces Cyndi Myrtle Hartsell, Roy Huneycutt, held on Monday, April 13, 2020. A be laid to rest during a private GA. Juanita also had numerous Russ is survived by hisVA mother, Hentschel of Leesburg, and Claude Huneycutt, Nathan celebrationand of Pauline’ s life and legacy Doris committal service atlocated Bethel all United and nephews R.Hardy Forte of Albemarle, brotherCheryl Aylett, VA; 16 grand- nieces Huneycutt, Hattie Burnette. will held this Methodist Church, the country. SheMidland. was preceded in-law and Amy over niecesand andsister-in-law, nephews; andEd Gus the Thebe family willsummer. receive friends lieupm of flowers, theThursday, family In lieu flowers, please consider a byofPaul Edward Farmer Brinson of Albemarle, niece, Jennifer in death dog. Stanly Funeral and Cremation fromIn 1:00 - 1:45 pm, requests donations be made to the memorial donation to Bethel UMC, (brother) of VA, John Raymond (Trent) Drye of China Grove, nephew, Care of Albemarle is serving the November 11, 2021 at Pleasant Grove BrightFocus Foundation atservice www. 12700 Idlebrook Rd, Midland, NC Farmer (brother) of FL, Jerry Peyton Haire family.Brinson of Faith, NC, Brett (Kassi) Baptist Church. The funeral brightfocus.org. 28107. Farmer (brother) of LA, Carol Jean and great-nieces and great-nephews, will follow Thursday at 2:00 pm at Johnson (sister) of TN. She loved Larson Drye, TJ Drye, and Bryant Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in her family and prayed for the whole Brinson. Oakboro officiated by Rev. Dr. Shad family everyday. Hicks. Burial will immediately follow at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery at 17236 Frog Pond Road, Oakboro.

Danny Mildred Smith Luther Davis ANNY PAUL LUTHER,

Shirley Haire Richard Russell S Forte

Jerry Patricia FincherAnn Harkey ERRY FINCHER passed from

this lifeAugust on April26, 3, 2020 1946at–8:05 pm. He was surrounded his family November 4, by 2021 and holding the hand of the love of his life. Jerry Ann is preceded in death Patricia Harkey, 75, passed by threeThursday, siblings, two brothers, Billy away November 4, 2021 Gilbert Larry Richard at her Fincher, home inand Midland. Mrs. Fincher, sister, Barbra26, Joyce Harkeyand wasone born August 1946 Moore. in Monroe, North Carolina to the He is survived by his wife, Eleanor late Wilton Otis Preslar and the Kate Fincher of the home, daughter, late Mattie Ruth Preslar. Cindy Fincher Jacobs of Wingate She was also preceded in death NC., son and daughter in law, Tommy by her beloved husband, Ronald (Tiffany) Fincher of New London Andrew Harkey; Jimmy two brothers, NC., Step Children, (Lisa) Carol and Wayne and Lanier of Locust NC,Preslar; Wanda (Bob) sister, Lorain Dassaro. Krimminger of Locust NC., Eric Survivors daughters, (Sharon) Lanierinclude of Charlotte NC., Susan (Jon Michael) Oliverio Grandchildren-Trey (Gera) Whitson Midland, Sharon Harkey ofofMidland, Step-grandchildren, (Richard Hinson) of Midland, Zach (Brittney) Washington, Aaron Sherry (Stan) Drye of Locust; (Kinsey) Washington, Caleb (Nayeli) granddaughters, TiffanySetzer, Ann Washington, Beth (Robbie) Hunsucker of Midland, AnnaMatthew ( April ) Wallace, Step Marie and Lily (Grace) Oliverio of great-grandchildren, Britlyn-Eve Midland; and grandson, Ronnie Washington, Robert Setzer, George Drye of Midland; sister, Rachel (Sara) Setzer, Tracy (Rob) Setzer Ingram, Elizabeth Aldridge, and Bumgardener, Katie Underwood, Mildred Stegall, allStep of Union Andrew Underwood, great County. great grandchild, Waylon George Setzer and brother Donald Lewis Fincher of Albemarle, NC. Jerry Fincher will be laid to rest on Wednesday April 8,2020 at 11:00 am at Canton Baptist Church. Anyone interested in attending, please RSVP at 704-796-2412. Dr. Phil McCray and Pastor Tommy Fincher will officiate.

Rebecca Fox Haire February 1, 1941 – November 5, 2021

Rebecca Fox Haire, 80, of Locust passed away Friday, November 5, 2021 in her home. Her funeral service will be 2 PM on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 in the Stanly Funeral Home Chapel in Albemarle with Rev. July 4, 1941 – Keith Walters officiating. Burial November 3, 2021 will follow in Norview Gardens in Norwood. The family will Charles Hampton Hatley, 80, of receive friends at Stanly Funeral Oakboro, passed away peacefully in and Cremation Care of Albemarle his sleep on Wednesday, November from 1 until 2 PM prior to the 3, 2021. service. Mr. Hatley was born July 4, 1941 Born February 1, 1941 in to the late Edgar Charles and Auta Person County, NC she was the Mae Tarlton Hatley. In addition to daughter of the late Arch B. Fox his parents, he was also preceded and Mary Sue Wade Fox. She was in death by his son, Eddie Charles member of Main Street United Celebrate the lifeaMethodist of yourChurch loved Hatley. where she Charles believed in doing the had been a member ones. Submit obituaries and of the choir right thing and telling it like it is. for many years. Mrs. Haire was His beloveddeath wife, his family and to be thepublished secretary and bookkeeper at notices in his church family were the most Stanly Funeral Home for over 34 important things theobits@stanlyjournal.com world to SCJinat years. She was a talented quilter him. After a short, but courageous and loved quilting and crafting. battle with cancer, heaven has gained She is survived by her husband another angel. Jerry Haire of the home, son Tim Charles is survived by his wife Haire of Locust, granddaughter of 59 years, Nancy Jewell Hatley; Haleigh Haire Hubbard (Wesley) sons, Charles Darin (Crystal) Hatley, and grandson Tanner Haire both Shannon Hatley; grandchildren, of Locust, great-granddaughter Zachary Darin (Chandler) Hatley, Oaklyn Mackenzie Hubbard Callie Hatley (Daniel) Smith, Abigail and nephew Michael Fox of Marie Hatley, Aden Marshall Hatley; Lexington, KY. brothers, J.T. Hatley, David (Jane) Hatley; sisters, Kay Hatley (Cecil) Galloway, Ruth Hatley Troutman.

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turn to Congress in 2023. Her current central North Carolina district would be fractured into boundaries for four seats, all of which would be Republican-leaning. And a shifting district for veteran Democratic Rep. G.K. Butterfield of Wilson, who represents northeastern North Carolina, would make the seat highly competitive — giving the GOP an 11-3 seat advantage in the right political environment. Butterfield, a former Congressional Black Caucus chair, has represented many majority-black counties over the years. “What we’re experiencing now is what I would call extreme, extreme gerrymandering,” Butterfield told The Associated Press in an interview this week. “Not only does it give Republicans a partisan advantage, it also disadvantages African American communities all across North Carolina. And so it’s unacceptable.” Other reviews of legislative maps by the Princeton Gerrymander Project estimate Republicans winning roughly 70 of the House’s 120 seats and 30 of the 50 Senate seats. Republicans currently hold a 69-51 seat advantage in the House and 28-22 margin in the Senate. Republicans said the process wasn’t overtly partisan, or that they worked to dilute minority voting. Redistricting committees barred the use in the state’s redistricting software of partisan data like election results and racebased data in evaluating results.

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Rep. Pricey Harrison of Guilford County confers with Rep. Destin Hall of Lenoir during the House session on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, in Raleigh. “I’m not considering political data, electoral data, in the drafting of these maps, so I have no idea what their outcome is going to be,” said Rep. Destin Hall, a Caldwell County Republican and House Redistricting Committee chairman. Mapmakers said they complied with other redistricting criteria such as minimizing the number of counties that are divided between districts and the municipalities that are split. “I feel that we have complied with the law,” said Sen. Ralph Hise, a Mitchell County Republican and a redistricting committee co-chairman. Mapmaking in committee rooms were livestreamed for weeks. But Democrats claim it’s obvious Republicans drew maps to enrich their own partisan advantage,

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Great White Pelicans wait to feed in the Mishmar HaSharon reservoir in Hefer Valley, Israel, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Thousands of Pelicans stop in the reservoir for food provided by the Israeli nature reserves authority as they make their way to Africa.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Election results Here’s a look at the election day returns for last week’s races on the ballot across the county: Unopposed: Town of Bethania Commissioner (top 2): Tom Beroth, Brent S. Rockett Village of Clemmons Mayor: Mike Rogers Town of Lewisville Mayor: Michael Lee Horn Lewisville Town Council (6): Jeannie Marie Foster, Melissa Hunt, Kenneth M. Sadler, Jane Welch, Fred W. Franklin, David M. Smitherman Village of Tobaccoville Mayor: Myron W. Marion Tobaccoville Village Council (2): Lori Shore-Smith, Boyce E. Shore Walkertown Town Council (2): Peggy Leight, Vernon Brown Contested races Clemmons Village Council (3) Michelle Barson 1,144 | 26.57% Mary L. Cameron 1,065 | 24.74% Bradley Taylor 1,010 | 23.46% Pamela (P.J.) Lofland 979 | 22.74% Town of Kernersville Mayor Dawn Morgan 1,995 | 63.51%

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The Associated Press RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is starting to receive some of the more than 468,000 COVID-19 vaccines it expects to get for children ages 5 to 11. “By the end of today, 218 North Carolina state vaccine providers will have a supply from state allocations,” the state health department said in a statement by email Wednesday. “The program will ramp up over the coming days, and be fully up and running during the week of Nov. 8.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday gave final approval of COVID-19 shots for children ages 5 to 11 hours after a federal advisory panel unanimously said the Pfizer doses should be made available to the

28 million American youngsters in that age group. Health officials in North Carolina say they are expecting more than 468,000 doses of the pediatric vaccine to go to 750 providers in the coming week, which is enough to cover more than 52% of the state’s nearly 893,000 children ages 5 to 11, according to CDC data. The doses will be received in three waves. Nearly all the 124,500 immediately set aside for North Carolina providers have already been delivered or will be delivered Wednesday, while an additional 158,100 Pfizer vaccines allocated to state providers are currently en route and expected to be delivered in the coming days. The federal government will also send 185,700 doses directly to retail pharmacy locations.

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WINSTON-SALEM — A group of students stole car keys and cash from a North Carolina school teacher’s purse before crashing the vehicle they took into a tree, a sheriff’s office said. The reports from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office says a suspect took car keys and a purse with cash from the the tote bag of a teacher at Wiley Middle School. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools confirmed the incident. Winston-Salem police spotted the vehicle at Northwest Boulevard and Oak Street in Winston-Salem around 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Police tried to stop the car at the time, but it drove off at a high rate of speed. Hours later, the sheriff’s office said, a person driving the stolen Jeep Cherokee crashed into a tree near the intersection of North Cherry Street and West 20th Street. A stop sign was also damaged in the collision. The driver fled and three juvenile passengers were taken to the hospital for injuries that were not considered life-threatening, officials said. “Thankfully, through the use of

our security and surveillance cameras we were able to help identify the students responsible and have worked with law enforcement throughout this investigation,” Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Central Schools district spokesman Brent Campbell said. Campbell is the district’s chief marketing and communications officer. “Those students involved will be disciplined according to district policy, but as you know specific student discipline details are protected by federal student privacy laws.” “The Winston-Salem Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in this case. Anyone with any information regarding this incident or similar crimes is asked to call the Winston-Salem Police Department at 336-773-7700, Crime Stoppers at 336-727-2800, or En Espanol 336-728-3904. Text-A-Tip Program at 336-276-1717 allows you to anonymously text tips, photos, and videos to the Winston-Salem Police Department. You can also view Crime Stoppers of Winston-Salem Forsyth County on Facebook,” a news release from the police department said. TCH staff contributed to this report.

By Will Weissert The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — For many House Democrats, 2021 is looking a lot like 2009, a year when a Republican elected governor in Virginia foreshadowed a dreadful blowout in the next year’s midterm elections. Republican Glenn Youngkin’s surge to victory in Virginia delivered the first blow, and then New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was nearly defeated by a little-known Republican, two results that led to one conclusion: Democrats are in grave danger of losing control of Congress. “Is this ‘09 all over again? This is exactly what happened in ‘09 and it did portend a catastrophe in 2010,” said Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly. He represents a safely Democratic northern Virginia district outside Washington, but recalled Republicans winning his state’s governor’s race a year after President Barack Obama captured the White House and a year

before a tea party-led GOP wave took control of the House. House Democrats in swing districts are likely the party’s first line of defense against such an outcome, and they are the most vulnerable incumbents. Mostly moderates, they helped deliver party control of the chamber in 2018 and keep it by a threadbare margin last year. Now, though, they are starting to closely resemble the same former Republican members many defeated four years ago. Their president, Joe Biden, is not popular, and their control of Congress has been seen by voters as divisive and not productive. Keeping their seats also may mean defying historical trends dictating that the party that wins the White House loses ground in Congress during the next election — traditional political headwinds that are now almost certainly intensified for Democrats by Tuesday’s election results. See DEMS, page 4

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Biden Democrats lose big — and on cultural issues

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despite Terry McAuliffe’s constant mentions of him, Youngkin managed to improve on Trump’s numbers with noncollege-graduate white voters while making substantial inroads in affluent suburbs. Republican victories came despite — actually, because of — two supposedly disabling trends. One is that turnout was up 27% over the last governor race in Virginia, and at least 11% in New Jersey. The rise was 30% to 40% in exurban areas heavy with young families, but only 10% or less in central cities with many minorities and hip singles. The other trend is that the Virginia race was fought out over cultural issues. Youngkin seized on McAuliffe’s Sept. 29 debate statement, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” That’s holy writ among teachers union members and school administrators, who believe they have special expertise in enlightening the children of backward parents. But in the Virginia exit poll, 84% said that parents should have a lot of or some say in what schools teach, and only 13% said little or none. And after teachers unions shut down schools for months (a full year in Fairfax County, the nation’s 11th largest school district), parents have gotten a better view of the sexually explicit materials that supposed experts have put even in the hands of grade schoolers. Similarly, Youngkin was not afraid to criticize public schools’ use of materials championing critical race theory — the idea that whites are irremediably racist. Children should learn the good and the bad about our history, he said, and to judge others by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. That predictably prompted charges of racism. Barack Obama, campaigning for McAuliffe, insisted, “We don’t have time to be wasting on these phony, trumped-up culture wars.” Youngkin, he said, was avoiding

“serious problems that actually affect serious people.” But for parents, the education of their children is a serious matter, not a “phony, trumped-up” issue. More generally, cultural issues are more important to Americans, on both sides of the cultural divide, than economics. Although Biden Democrats have argued their economic policies would help the little guy, an ABC/Ipsos poll found that only 25% believe his reconciliation bill would help people like them, while 32% say it would hurt. That leaves nearly half, 43%, not seeing much difference. A similarly pervasive skepticism explains polls showing majorities against passing Obamacare in 2010 and against repealing Obamacare in 2018. In contrast, attitudes on cultural issues are more firmly rooted in personal experience and moral principles. Liberals and progressives are vulnerable on cultural issues because their search for the latest underdog cause to champion, while sometimes producing results widely accepted, sometimes puts them in lasting opposition to large majorities of voters. That’s what happened in Virginia. The advice of Democrats’ MSNBC and CNN cheering squads — to double down on accusing voters of racism — is not helpful. So, for the moment at least, and possibly into 2022 and 2024, the nation Biden returned to in the wee hours of the morning on Nov. 3 no longer supports him or his party. Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics. Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

DEATH NOTICES ♦ William Avery Bell, 81, of Forsyth County, died November 3, 2021. ♦ Jane Ferrell Clay, 95, of WinstonSalem, died November 4, 2021. ♦ Teresa Dalarna Penfield Crotts, 72, of Winston-Salem, died November 3, 2021. ♦ Charles “Chuck” Hughes Cruise, 59, of Ronda, died November 4, 2021. ♦ Sharon Eleanor Terrell Elliott, 75, of Walkertown, died November 4, 2021. ♦ Robert Lee Foster, 67, of WinstonSalem, died November 6, 2021. ♦ Ruth Violet Olson Hetletved, 101, died November 5, 2021. ♦ Peggy Flynt Doub Holyfield, 87, of Forsyth County, died November 3, 2021. ♦ Eddie Gray Kallam, 74, of King, died November 3, 2021. ♦ Jerry Bruce Lunsford, 71, of Forsyth county, died November 4, 2021. ♦ Vera Loretta King Nachand, 86, of Winston-Salem, died November 8, 2021. ♦ Evelyn Ashby Oakley, 88, of Forsyth County, died November 3, 2021. ♦ Rodney “Rod” R. Pulley, 74, of Winston-Salem, died November 4, 2021.

WEEKLY CRIME LOG ♦ ALSTON, JASON DWAYNE was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 2085 HEIDELBURY DR on 11/6/2021 ♦ ANDREWS, BILLY EUGENE was arrested on a charge of AFFRAY at 1915 HAMPTON INN CT on 11/5/2021 ♦ BALDWIN, GREGORY KEITH was arrested on a charge of ASLT EMERGENCY PERSONNEL at 3333 SILAS CREEK PW on 11/6/2021 ♦ BORDEAUX, RAYMOND VICKGERAND was arrested on a charge of POSS COCAINE FEL at 646 MULBERRY ST on 11/5/2021 ♦ CARRASQUILLOALAMO, YANELIS was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT - IN PRESENCE OF A MINOR (AFFRAY, DEADLY WEAPON, ET at 2333 DUNBAR ST on 11/5/2021 ♦ CLARK, JESSICA LEIGH was arrested on a charge of AFFRAY at 1915 HAMPTON INN CT on 11/5/2021 ♦ CONNER, RASHAD DENARD was arrested on a charge of ADW - INFLICT INJURY at 2638 NEW WALKERTOWN RD on 11/8/2021 ♦ Cornett, Wade Ray (M/64) Arrest on chrg of Assaultsimple, M (M), at 2434 Griffith Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 11/3/2021 15:46. ♦ Crews, Jamarus Raynard (M/45) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female, M (M), at 309 Woodbriar Path, Rural Hall, NC, on 11/3/2021 18:24.

♦ Donna Dean Mays Taylor, 68, of Winston-Salem, died November 5, 2021.

♦ EDWARDS, SIDONIQUE ALEXIA was arrested on a charge of FRAUD - INSURANCE at 201 N CHURCH ST on 11/4/2021

♦ Muhammed Afzal Yacoob, 70, died November 7, 2021.

♦ FLORESRIVERA, ARGENIS was arrested on a charge of

VAND-REAL PROPERTY at 3610 BADEN RD on 11/5/2021 ♦ GRAVES, ROBERT EUGENE was arrested on a charge of DRUGS-POSS SCHED I at 5040 AMBERCREST DR on 11/8/2021 ♦ GUILLEN, PEDRO CASTRO was arrested on a charge of TRAFFICKING IN METHAMPHETAMINE OR AMPHETAMINE at 2240 IVY AV on 11/4/2021 ♦ Guzmangarcia, Julio Cesar (M/28) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 4411 Edgar St, Winston-salem, NC, on 11/7/2021 18:45. ♦ HAIRSTON, JAVEY BERNARD was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 625 W SIXTH ST on 11/5/2021 ♦ HAMPTON, JASHON TYRELL was arrested on a charge of 1ST DEGREE TRESPASS at 6428 UNIVERSITY PW on 11/7/2021 ♦ HARDING, RORY CAMERON was arrested on a charge of AFFRAY at 1915 HAMPTON INN CT on 11/5/2021 ♦ HOBSON, LIEA TROI was arrested on a charge of OFA-FTASECOND DEGREE TRESPASS at 2115 PETERS CREEK PW on 11/5/2021 ♦ HOLCOMB, WESLEY LYNDHURST was arrested on a charge of POSS COCAINE FEL at 1445 GRAY AV on 11/8/2021 ♦ HOLLAND, ANTHONY STAFFON was arrested on a charge of COMMUNICATE THREATS at 3631 CASH DR on 11/7/2021 ♦ Jones, Jamie Lee (M/24) Arrest on chrg of 1) Larceny-felony (F), 2) Poss Stolen Goods (F), 3) Poss Stolen Goods (F), 4) Imp Regis - Expired, Suspended, Revoked, Altered Plate (M), and 5) Ndl - Suspended / Revoked (M), at 1050 Bethania-rural Hall

Rd, Rural Hall, NC, on 11/4/2021 22:30. ♦ Koroll, Timothy Mark (M/54) Arrest on chrg of 1) Disorderly Conduct (M) and 2) Violation Of Local Ordinances (M), at 4553 Silo Ridge Ct, Clemmons, NC, on 11/5/2021 17:54. ♦ LILLY, DANTERRISE JABRE was arrested on a charge of IMPAIRED DRIVING DWI at 299 OAK SUMMIT RD on 11/7/2021 ♦ Long, Drew Jordan (M/25) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking/larcfelony (F), 2) Larceny-firearm (F), 3) Larceny After B&e (F), 4) Financial Identity Fraud (F), 5) Fraud-obt Property (F), 6) Ndl Suspended / Revoked (M), 7) Hit & Run - Pd (M), 8) Vio Seat Belt Law (M), 9) Imp Regis - Expired, Suspended, Revoked, Altered Plate (M), 10) Speeding - Posted (M), 11) Reckless Driving (M), 12) Violation Vehicle Inspection (M), and 13) Operate Vehicle Wth No Insurance (M), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 11/5/2021 11:50. ♦ MARTIN, RODNEY JASON was arrested on a charge of LARCSWITCH PRICETAG at 3475 PARKWAY VILLAGE CR on 11/5/2021 ♦ MARTINEZ, JUAN AGUIRRE was arrested on a charge of DRUNK / DISRUPTIVE at 3631 CASH DR on 11/7/2021 ♦ ORTIZ, ELIZABETH GONZALEZ was arrested on a charge of IMPAIRED DRIVING DWI at US 52/ GLENN AV on 11/7/2021 ♦ PEEPLES, SHANE CHRISTIANALLEN was arrested on a charge of DRUGS-POSS SCHED II at 1539 HANES MALL BV on 11/8/2021 ♦ PERRY, ANTUAN LAMONT was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 5719 UNIVERSITY PW on 11/6/2021

♦ SALES, ASIAUN JESSIENACLAUDA was arrested on a charge of VAND-PERSONAL PROP at 201 N CHURCH ST on 11/5/2021 ♦ SIMPSON, TREJON TYMIL was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 930 N PATTERSON AV on 11/7/2021 ♦ SMITH, KRISTINA IRIS was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-SIMPLE at 1944 DACIAN ST on 11/7/2021 ♦ SWANSON, JOHN LEWIS was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 295 AKRON DR on 11/5/2021 ♦ Tomlinson, Marlon Dale (M/66) Arrest on chrg of 2nd Degree Trespass, M (M), at 301 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 11/3/2021 06:31. ♦ TUTTLE, REBECCA LEA was arrested on a charge of AFFRAY at 1915 HAMPTON INN CT on 11/5/2021 ♦ VAZQUEZ, LAZARO AVILA was arrested on a charge of DISCHARGING FIREARMS at 1799 E TWENTY-FIFTH ST/ BOWEN BV on 11/5/2021 ♦ WAGNER, TRAYVON DEQUAN was arrested on a charge of CCW - FIREARM at 4499 INDIANA AV/N CHERRY ST on 11/7/2021 ♦ WALL, KRISTY GATES was arrested on a charge of PROBATION VIOLATION at 5034 RAVEN RD on 11/5/2021 ♦ WELLS, INDIA LOUISE was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 1499 NEW WALKERTOWN RD on 11/6/2021 ♦ WOLFE, CHRISTOPHER LEE was arrested on a charge of DRUGS-POSS SCHED VI at 5218 GERMANTON RD on 11/7/2021

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