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Budd continues to lead US Senate race Raleigh Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd (NC-13) continues to lead former Democratic N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley in the state’s closely watched 2022 U.S. Senate race.

A recent poll in the race conducted from June 29 through July 1 by the Trafalgar Group shows Budd with a 48% to 45% lead over Beasley.

The poll, the latest publicly available in the race, surveyed 1,068 likely voters.

Budd also leads the RealClearPolitics polling average, with 45.6% to Beasley’s 41.8%. The RCP average covers five separate polls in the race since May. NSJ STAFF

Early voting for July 26 elections begins Thursday Raleigh In-person early voting begins Thursday, July 7 for voters in 15 counties in a mix of municipal general elections, runoff elections and, in Graham and Wake counties, primary runoffs for sheriff.

The date of the election is Tuesday, July 26.

Six municipalities – Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Hickory, Mooresville, and Sanford – will hold local general elections for mayor and/or city or town council. In addition, Cary, New Bern, Rocky Mount, Statesville, and the Franklin and Jackson County Boards of Education will hold runoff elections.

Second primaries will be held for the Republican nomination for sheriff in Graham County and the Democratic nomination for sheriff in Wake County.

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WWII Medal of Honor recipient to lie in honor at US Capitol Washington, D.C. Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday.

Williams, who died at 98, was a legend for his heroics under fire over several crucial hours at the battle for Iwo Jima. As a young Marine corporal, Williams went ahead of his unit in February 1945 and eliminated a series of Japanese machine gun positions. Facing small-arms fire, Williams fought for four hours, repeatedly returning to prepare demolition charges and obtain flamethrowers.

Later that year, the 22-yearold Williams received the Medal of Honor from President Harry Truman. The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest award for military valor.

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House Speaker Tim Moore looks over the calendar for the afternoon session of the North Carolina House on June 29, 2022, in Raleigh.

State budget passed with heavy bipartisan support sent to Cooper $27.9B budget includes $1B for new Stabilization and Inflation Reserve

NC State Board of Elections votes down party lines rejecting Guilford bond complaint

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — On June 30, the N.C. State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted 3 to 2 along party lines against remanding a case involving a Guilford County bond referendum vote back to the Guilford County Board of Elections for further consideration.

The complaint, brought in April by former Guilford County Commissioner Alan Branson, asked the Guilford County Board of Elections to investigate issues surrounding alleged illegal promotion of a proposed $1.7 billion school bond that was to appear on the May ballot and eventually was approved by voters.

The Guilford County Board of Elections had voted 3 to 2 down party lines to dismiss, prompting an appeal by Branson to the NCSBE.

A copy of the letter was also sent to N.C. State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell, Guilford County Attorney Matthew Mason and two Council of State members; State Treasurer Dale Folwell and State Auditor Beth Wood.

NCSBE Board Chair Damon Circosta (D), along with Stella Anderson (D) and Jeff Carmon (D) voted no while members Stacy Eggers (R) and Tommy Tucker (R) voted yes.

There was considerable debate about accepting and reviewing additional supplemental materials in the case.

Phillip Thomas, one of the attorneys representing Branson, presented the case at the meeting and highlighted the voting margins by which the bond passed as well as See ELECTIONS, page A2

Bank of England: Crypto crashes show need for tougher rules London The Bank of England warned Tuesday that recent cryptocurrency meltdowns that wiped out more than $2 trillion in value highlight the need for tougher financial regulations The U.K.’s central bank said that the crashes exposed vulnerabilities in the crypto markets reminiscent of previous bouts of financial turmoil.

“Technology doesn’t change the laws of economics and finance and risks,” Jon Cunliffe, the deputy governor for financial stability, said at a press conference. “We need now to bring in the regulatory system that will manage those risks in the crypto world in the same way that we manage them in the conventional world.”

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Act was sent to Gov. Roy Cooper the same day. It is not clear as of press time Tuesday evening if he intends to sign it or add to the record 71 vetoes he has issued during his tenure to date.

House Bill 103, the 2022 Appropriations Act, is a revision of the previous two-year budget passed in 2021. The revisions bring net appropriations from the previous fiscal year up by 7.2%.

“This is a good budget that keeps North Carolina on the same path of conservative spending that has put us on good foot-

RALEIGH — The proposed $27.9 billion budget was passed with heavy bipartisan support in both legislative chambers.

After a series of conference reports between the House and Senate, on July 1 the measure passed the House by a vote of 82-25 and a vote of 36-8 in the Senate. The 2022 Appropriations See BUDGET, page A2

North Carolina State library launches ‘racial Equity in libraries toolkit’

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — “Woke” activism has found its way into colleges, K-12 schools, churches, as well as companies both private and public through “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” (DEI) policies.

One only has to Google to find that libraries around the country have also been embedding DEI statements and policies into their organizations.

Similarly, some librarians seem to be engaging in racial justice activism, such as Reanna Esmail, an outreach and engagement librarian at Cornell University, who posited that the Dewey Decimal System, the system used world-wide for cataloging and organizing books, is ‘racist’, according to a report by the Cornell Daily Sun. “Libraries are predominantly white fields, and Cornell is no exception in this regard. Libraries themselves also have a fraught history of being complicit in racism, and in some cases, upholding and disseminating racist ideas,” Esmail said during a virtual “Teach-in” on “Confronting Anti-Asian Racism” held in May 2021.

Included in her “Teach-in” comments claiming librarians are “predominantly” white, Esmail also referenced the American Library Association, the “oldest and largest library association in the world.” The organization, which

is supposed to provide leadership, promotion and development of libraries, was founded Oct. 6, 1876, See NC STATE, page A2

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BUDGET from page A1 ing ahead of a possible recession,” House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) said in a press statement following passage of the budget.

“I’m encouraged that many of our colleagues across the aisle support this spending plan. I believe we have prioritized what North Carolinians need the most – more money in their pockets, investments where they are most needed, and savings for a secure future in these uncertain economic times,” said Moore.

“Heading into this short session, North Carolinians told us the strain inflation was having on their family’s finances was one of their top concerns,” Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) said in a press statement.

“Inflation is still wildly out of control, which is why it is imperative the state remains prudent in its spending decisions. These budget adjustments better prepare North Carolina for the economic turmoil that many expect to come.”

Key items in the proposal include: • $1 billion for a new Stabilization and Inflation Reserve • $80 million for a labor market salary reserve to address state government staff shortages and help recruit and retain employees • Rainy Day Fund balance increased to a record $4.75 billion at the end of the biennium • $950 million transferred to the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Reserve; $215.8 million of the transfer is for disaster recovery efforts from previous events and to prepare for future natural disasters • $250 million for a reserve to defray cost overruns for state capital projects due to inflation • $2.5 billion over the biennium for water and wastewater infrastructure projects • $16.5 billion in education funding; an additional $1 billion over fiscal year 2021-22 • $70 million to the state-funded teacher salary supplement • Starting salary for entry-level teachers increased to $37,000 • Increases pay raises for teachers to an average of 4.2%; 6.7% total over the biennium • $56 million in recurring funds to the Opportunity Scholarship Grant reserve and expands the income

ELECTIONS from page A1 the materials supplied showing potential bias in the advertising and promotional materials disseminated by the county and school system.

“It is our belief, our position and our argument that these mass communications are going out to thousands of people,” said Thomas, who then directed the board to look at an analysis in the supplemental documents provided showing a possibly

THE WORD: NO VICTORY WITHOUT A BATTLE

The goal of noble living, is to gather new virtue and grace — from all life’s struggles, cares and sorrows.

A mark of a noble character — is a desire to do hard things!

The man who seeks only easy things — will never make much of his life.

One who is afraid of hard work — will never achieve anything worthwhile.

In an art gallery, before a lovely masterpiece, a young artist said to Ruskin, “Ah! If only I could put such a dream on canvas.” “Dream on canvas!” growled the old master. “It will take ten thousand touches of the brush on the canvas — to put your dream there.” No doubt, many beautiful dreams die in the brains and hearts of people — for lack of effort to make them realities.

In all departments of life — this indolent, easy-going way of getting on in life — is working its mischief. People do only what is easy — and never grapple with anything that is hard.

Indolence is the bane of countless lives!

They do not rise — because they have not the courage and persistence to climb!

There are too many people who try to shirk the hard things. They want to get along as easily as possible. They have ambition of a certain sort — but it is ambition to have the victory without the battle; to get the gold without digging for it. They would like to be learned and wise — but they do not care to toil in study, and burn the midnight oil, as they must do — if they would realize their desire. They may have a certain longing to be noble and Christlike, with a character that will command respect and confidence — but they have not the spirit of self-denial and of earnest moral purpose, which alone can produce such a character.

They may want to be godly and to grow into worthy manhood — but lack that passionate earnestness which alone will yield vigorous piety, and manly virtue, and the heroic qualities of true Christlikeness. Mere “holy dreaming”

eligibility for the Opportunity Scholarship Program to 200% of the amount required for the student to qualify for the federal free or reducedprice lunch program • 3.5% pay raise for most state employees; a total 6% raise over the biennium

will yield nothing better than spiritual effeminacy! No religion is worthy — which does not seek to attain the best things; and the best can be won only by the bravest struggle and the most persistent striving!

We should not forget, that no one ever did anything of great value in this world — without cost. A quaint old proverb says, “One cannot have an omelet — without breaking eggs!” If we would do anything really worth while, that will be a blessing in the world — we must put into it, not merely . . . easy efforts, languid sympathies, conventional good wishes, and courtesies that cost nothing.

We must put into it . . . thought, time, patience, self-denial, sleepless nights, and exhausting toil.

There is a legend of an artist who had found

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• Redirects 2% of sales tax revenue, an estimated $193.1 million, to the Highway Fund; increasing to 6% in 2024-25 and thereafter • $100 million from the federal Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act for broadband plus additional $5 million for the GREAT Grants to expand broadband access in underserved areas

Large appropriations were also made to address school safety such as $15 million in recurring funds for the School Resource Officer Grant program, specifically aimed at elementary and middle schools. Additionally, the state match for the School Resource Officer Grant program for low-wealth school districts is increased to $4 per every $1 in non-state funds.

The proposal also adds an additional $32 million for School Safety Grants to support students in crisis, school safety training, and safety equipment in schools.

A statement issued by the State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) was critical of the reserves built into the budget revisions.

“Employers in North Carolina and all around the country are responding to their staff shortages by increasing pay and benefits in order to be competitive in the market. The State of North Carolina has record staff vacancy rates but the legislature is choosing to hoard money rather than give state employees reason to stay,” SEANC Executive Director Ardis Watkins said in the statement.

The North Carolina Association of Educators President Tamika Walker Kelly attacked the budget over the long-running education funding case, Leandro, stating that “The General Assembly’s actions are an outright rejection of multiple judgments and court orders to adequately fund public education.”

Despite the budget giving the average teacher a 6.7% raise over the biennium, Kelly also went on to say the budget “continues to be reflective of legislators’ priorities and not the priorities of educators and the voters of this state that believe we should increase funding for public education and give teachers a decent raise.”

paid operative within the county’s school system had a “detailed game plan on how to go about getting their school bond passed.”

Thomas said the number of communications that went out was “easily over the margin” and that probable cause existed to move forward which would allow for more discovery.

Kevin Kline, co-counsel on the case, cited relevant case law (Guilford v. Keller) and precedent while

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“Our Banner in the Sky” by Frederic Ewin Church (1861).

during the Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia.

The American Library Association itself has even published a DEI-style position statement, titled “Equity, Diversity, Inclusion: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights,” that uses “equity” to mute the nonpartisan mission and neutrality policies of libraries contained in the Library Bill of Rights.

The State Library of North Carolina (SLNC) has joined the DEI trend, announcing the launch of its “Racial Equity in Libraries Toolkit” on Mar. 31, 2022.

“The State Library of North Carolina recognizes that deeper learning about bias, structural racism, and racism in libraries is essential for moving the profession forward to create truly diverse and inclusive institutions,” the State Library’s press statement reads. “Available for all statewide library staff through the SLNC Niche Academy, the Racial Equity in Libraries Toolkit has been created to increase awareness and knowledge around structural racism in the United States, North Carolina, and within the library profession.”

The SLNC statement says that the “interactive nature” of the toolkit makes it “one of a kind within the public library world.”

“We are delighted that the Racial Equity Toolkit has come to fruition,” Cotina Jones, director of Library Development said in the release. “The Toolkit will be helpful to all North Carolina libraries as they address diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility within their organizations.”

When asked about the scope of the Racial Equity Toolkit, SLNC Public Information Officer Michelle Walker said the “goal of this grant is to increase accessibility to early literacy resources for young patrons of all abilities (and their caregivers) at the Liberty Public Library, a municipal library within the Randolph County Public Library System.”

“The library will create child accessible books and materials, creating a comfortable environment for caretakers and families to engage with one another and spend time in the library, and providing manipulatives and interactives for different age ranges as well as sensory needs,” Walker said in an email to North State Journal.

arguing their appeal does meet statutory requirements. Kline argued the burden of proof should shift to Guilford County officials to “prove there was a lack of authority for attorneys to act on behalf of Mr. Branson.”

Additionally, attorney Stephen Walker, citing the NCSBE’s own rules, also presented state statutes related to the authority and jurisdiction of the NCSBE in the case.

Caroline Mackey, an attorney

the secret of a wonderful “red” which no other artist could imitate. The secret of his “color” died with him. But after his death an old wound was discovered over his heart. This revealed the source of the matchless hue in his pictures.

The lesson of the legend is . . . no great achievement can be made, no lofty attainment can be reached, nothing of much value to the world can be done — except at the cost of heart’s blood.

“I labor — struggling with all His energy, which so powerfully works in me!” Colossians 1:29 J.R. Miller was a pastor and former editorial superintendent of the Presbyterian Board of Publication from 1880 to 1911. His works are now in the public domain.

The SLNC’s Toolkit says it should be used for discussions among staff but also serve as a “framework for evaluating library’s current services and procedures.”

“In the wake of social and political division, it is critical to develop and encourage use of a Racial Equity and Social Justice toolkit to increase library staff’s awareness and knowledge around structural racism in the United States, North Carolina, and within the library profession,” the SLNC Niche Academy module for the Toolkit reads.

The module’s description goes on to say that, “Libraries have a history of segregation, particularly in the south, and despite the end of segregation, certain policies have perpetuated inequities in libraries.”

According to the learning module, the “inequities are evident” in the make-up of collections and materials which predominately reflect white history and culture; use policies that create barriers to access; behavior policies that target specific populations; and staffing that does not reflect the community served.

Throughout the toolkit, various “equity” buzzwords and “key terms” related to equity are used and a link to a glossary provided redirects the user to the website called “Racial Equity Tools.”

Suggested vocabulary words to explore before continuing on with the “learning modules” include Ally, Cultural Competence, Implicit Bias, Intersectionality, Inclusion, Microaggression, Racial Equity, Racial and Ethnic Identity, Structural Racism, and White Privilege.

The learning modules within the Toolkit appear to mimic aspects of Critical Race Theorist Glenn Singleton’s “Courageous Conversations” series such as “Understanding and Recognizing Implicit Bias,” “Structural Racism,” and “Racism in the Library” where one will “Explore the evolution of library services and the impact of structural racism and implicit bias.”

Additional tool suggestions include a Staffing Diversity Audit, the University of Maine’s 5 day Racial Justice Challenge and the USC Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power and Privilege.

Federal Dollars for DEI in libraries The Racial Equity Toolkit was

representing Guilford County’s interests, pointed out that the Branson complaint only asked for a new election in the bond issue and not the sale tax issued that appeared on the May ballot. She also said they had “received no explanation” as to what caused voters to vote yes on the bond but no on the sales tax and but then went on to say that their data showed historically “schools bonds have always passed in Guilford County in the last 25 years.” An

created using funding from the “federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA),” according to the SLNC’s press release.

The grant referred to in the press release was made to the North Carolina Department of Cultural Services in 2020 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The total amount of the grant is $4,788,098.

The grant was first announced by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) on June 12, 2020, right around the time riots were spreading across North Carolina as well as across the country following the death of George Floyd.

According to the grant documentation, SLNC will used the funds to “support the goals of their Five-Year Plan for FY 20182022.” Specific goals mentioned include strengthening capacity, expanding access, and community engagement.

SLNC’s “Five Year Plan” has a number of mini-grants with unknown dollar amounts that will be made from the $4.7 million main grant. The link to the grant breakdown contained in NCDCR’s June press release is broken, however, the Internet Wayback Machine has a copy that includes the mini-grants to be made for specific local DEI projects.

The projects include Elon University - Reparative Archives: Acquisition, Advocacy, Utilization, Transformation; Johnston Community College Library Creating Adaptive Space to Support All Patrons; Orange County Public Library - The Orange County Oral History Project; and Randolph County Public Library - Liberty Public Library Early Literacy Accessibility In the same DEI vein, included on the State Library’s website is a Statement on Racial Equity and Social Justice, which says in part that the State Library “advocates for freedom of inquiry and expression, racial equity, and social justice. We support communities of color and we reject racism and discrimination in all forms.”

Additionally, the statement says the State Library is committed to “removing barriers created by systemic racism and implicit bias and fostering equitable access to trustworthy information, relevant library services and educational opportunities.

example of the 2020 bond and sales tax on the Guilford ballot was given.

Thomas rebutted that argument, noting that in 2020 the bond was passed but the sales tax also failed.

A second lawyer representing Guilford County, Jill Wilson, argued the communications about the bond were proper.

Following the arguments made by both sides, the vote was taken deciding not to remand the case back to the county board of elections.

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NC’s wealthiest hospitals record profits after receiving COVID relief funds

By Griffin Daughtry North State Journal RALEIGH — According to a report released by the state treasurer’s office in late June, seven of North Carolina’s largest hospital systems made billions of dollars in profit during the COVID-19 pandemic, while also claiming another $1.5 billion in taxpayer-funded relief.

The analysis, which was carried out by the State Health Plan and the National Academy for State Health Policy, examined the audited financial reports of Atrium, Novant, UNC, Duke, Vidant, Cone and WakeMed Health. The study was also peer reviewed by Dr. Ge Bai, professor of health policy and management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and professor of accounting at the Carey Business School.

Based on the report, these seven hospital systems documented a record $7.1 billion in growth in cash and financial investments from 2019 to 2021, after amassing a collective $5.2 billion in net

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State Treasurer Dale Folwell is pictured in this undated file photo. profits in 2021, taking the aforementioned COVID-19 relief aid, and collecting an additional $1.6 billion in Medicare and Accelerated and Advance Payments from 2020 to 2021.

In addition to noting how these

McConnell warns Dems of fallout for reviving Biden bill The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell threatened to derail a bill designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the United States if Democrats revive their stalled package of energy and economic initiatives.

The rejuvenation of the Democratic reconciliation package, central to President Joe Biden’s agenda is far from certain. But with some signs of progress in the negotiations, McConnell is moving to complicate Democratic plans.

He’s warning that Republicans would react by stopping separate semiconductor legislation from moving over the finish line in the coming weeks, despite its bipartisan support.

“Let me be perfectly clear: there will be no bipartisan USICA as long as Democrats are pursuing a partisan reconciliation bill,” McConnell tweeted, referring to the shorthand name for the computer chips bill that passed the Senate last year.

Both chambers of Congress have passed their versions of the legislation, which would include $52 billion in incentives for companies to locate chip manufacturing plants in the U.S. Lawmakers are now trying to reconcile the considerable differences between the two bills, but at a pace that has many supporters worried the job won’t get done before lawmakers break for their August recess.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said McConnell was “holding hostage” a bipartisan package that would lower the cost of countless products that rely on semiconductors and would yield hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs.

“Senate Republicans are literally choosing to help China out compete the U.S. in order to protect big drug companies,” Jean-Pierre said.

“This takes loyalty to special interests over working Americans to a

“Let me be perfectly clear: there will be no bipartisan USICA as long as Democrats are pursuing a partisan reconciliation bill.”

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell new and shocking height. We are not going to back down in the face of this outrageous threat.”

Democrats have eyed using reconciliation — a special budget process — to pass parts of their agenda through the 50-50 Senate because it allows them to circumvent the filibuster and pass legislation with a simple majority. It was anticipated that any new reconciliation package Democrats pursue would include provisions designed to lower drug prices for many consumers.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have been talking intermittently for months in an effort to craft a whittled-down version of the massive environment and social program measure that Manchin killed in December.

As part of that drive, Democrats are expected to submit language reducing prescription drug costs to the chamber’s parliamentarian in coming days, according to an official familiar with the process.

The parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, must affirm that the provisions adhere to Senate rules. That would allow Democrats to use special procedures that would let them approve the legislation in the 50-50 chamber over unanimous Republican opposition.

The prescription drug provisions would be crucial to the bill because they could produce hundreds of billions of dollars in sav-

hospitals received relief funds set aside for struggling hospitals, it also details how they “failed to dedicate more than a fraction of their windfall to increasing charity care for their suffering patients.”

ings by reducing federal costs.

Those savings would be used to pay for other initiatives dealing with climate, energy and possibly health care subsidies for low earners. Schumer and Manchin have yet to reach agreement on other potential parts of the bill, which Schumer is hoping the Senate would consider as early as late July.

The prescription drug provisions would let Medicare begin negotiating prices for the drugs it buys from manufacturers next year and increase federal subsidies for premiums and co-pays for some low-income people, according to a summary obtained by The Associated Press.

It would also cap Medicare recipients’ out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 annually, payable in monthly installments; make it harder for pharmaceutical companies to raise prices by requiring them to provide rebates if the cost exceeds inflation and make vaccines free for Medicare beneficiaries, the outline said.

The now defunct version of the legislation would have cost over $2 trillion and had cleared the House.

But Manchin, who had negotiated with party leaders for months and whose vote Democrats needed for passage, abruptly said he was opposing it, arguing it would have fueled inflation.

Some Democrats have expressed optimism that the effort can be revived. Others have expressed pessimism that a fresh, election-year agreement with the West Virginian can be reached as the Senate calendar dwindles.

“To his credit, Senator Schumer is much more optimistic than myself,” No. 2 Senate Democratic leader Richard Durbin of Illinois told reporters Thursday in Madrid, where Biden and lawmakers were attending a NATO summit.

“So perhaps before the end of the year, they’ll deliver this miraculous bill, but I’m going to continue to work in the 60-vote environment.”

That was a reference to the 60 votes, including support from at least 10 Republicans, that major legislation usually needs to pass the Senate.

The semiconductor legislation will need support from at least 10 Republicans in the Senate, and possibly more, to get a bill to Biden’s desk to be signed into law.

If McConnell withholds his support, it makes the task much harder, if not impossible, as other GOP lawmakers follow his lead.

After claiming the bulk of the COVID-19 relief funds, the wealthy hospitals recorded such a massive growth in cash and investments that it surpassed the state’s allotment for K-12 education. Duke Health alone exceeded the average net profit margins for tobacco and investment banking in 2021.

Out of the seven, Atrium Health took the most taxpayer relief dollars, collecting $589 million in COVID relief and another $438 million in Medicare advance payments. Atrium Health then made a $1.7 billion net profit after its merger with Wake Forest Baptist Health in 2021.

“Some things are worth getting mad about. The hospital cartel is using taxpayer dollars to help crush the middle class and rob lower-income families of upward mobility,” said State Treasurer Dale Folwell. “Wealthy hospitals took billions of taxpayer dollars meant to protect struggling hospitals — and then some billed poor families or even sued patients.”

Folwell is not the only one troubled by the details of the report,

as several other experts have also weighed in with concerns that a disproportionate distribution of relief funds could lead to hospital price inflation and further consolidation. Folwell is personally calling on each of these hospital systems to return the money, or at least use their profits to lower costs for their patients and increase charity spending.

Despite the substantial figures recorded by each of the hospital systems, the report reveals that charity care spending fell across a third of hospitals in 2020. Meanwhile, local communities struggled with economic lockdowns, job losses, and the spread of the coronavirus.

“Hospital executives made record profits off of the backs of sick people during the pandemic and decades before,” said Folwell.

“We have a duty to make health care affordable for North Carolina families. We have a duty to hold hospital executives accountable for wrecking the financial health of thousands of patients and transferring wealth from citizens to them.”

Machado leaving NC Office of Charter Schools for Charter Schools USA job

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — David Machado will be departing his role as the Director of the N.C. Office of Charter Schools to take a job with Charter Schools USA (CSUSA).

Machado announced the news in a June 21 letter to charter leaders in the state.

“After much prayer and thought, I have decided to leave my position as Director of the Office of Charter Schools to become the NC State Director for Charter Schools USA,” Machado wrote. “During my discussions with CSUSA, it became apparent that this is an excellent opportunity for me to use my experience closer to the school level.”

Machado also wrote, “I have enjoyed my relationship with you and admire and respect the great work you are doing at your schools to promote quality school choice to all students in North Carolina.”

He also noted that Superintendent Catherine Truitt named Ashley Baquero to serve as the Interim Director.

Colleen Reynolds, APR Edge Communications of Southwest Florida public relations and marketing counselor, told North State Journal in an emailed statement “We are delighted that David Machado has decided to join the team at Charter Schools USA. His expertise will help us bring the schools managed by CSUSA in North Carolina to a new level of excellence.”

Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, CSUSA was founded by Jon Hage in 1997 and he serves as the organization’s president and CEO. “CSUSA provides world-class educational solutions with an unwavering dedication to student success and an unyielding commitment to ethical and sound business practices,” the organization’s website states. CSUSA’s mission is based in “putting students first.”

According to CSUSA’s website, Hage was a researcher for The Heritage Foundation before becoming the director of research at the Foundation for Florida’s Fu-

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Former director of the NC Office of Charter Schools David Machado.

“During my discussions with CSUSA, it became apparent that this is an excellent opportunity for me to use my experience closer to the school level.”

David Machado ture, a public policy organization founded by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

CSUSA boasts being the “one of the largest high performing education management companies” and has over 90 schools serving some 75,000 students in five states: Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina.

In a related move, House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) appointed Machado to the North Carolina Charter Schools Advisory Board to fill the unexpired term of Lynn Kroeger per House Bill 1175 filed on June 30, which has been signed by the governor.

The appointment will last three years, expiring on June 30, 2025.

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NC peaches are ripe for the summer While Georgia and South Carolina both claim to have the best peaches in the nation, North Carolinians have known for decades that you don’t have to go out of state for this delicious fruit.

Montgomery County is the center of the state’s “peach belt,” with the town of Candor laying claim to being the Peach Capital of North Carolina. The town hosts a peach festival every July, and this year it will be held on July 14 – 16.

Historical documents put the date of the first fields of peaches in North Carolina at 1904. Roadside stands still sell fresh peaches, peach ice cream and other sweet treats. North Carolina harvests around 1,200 acres of peaches, contributing nearly $7 million in annual sales and an average of 3.6 million pounds for the market each year.

WEST Humane Society gets grant to help needy with vet costs Yancey County The nonprofit group Petco Love presented the Yancey County Humane Society with a $12,000 grant in late June. The money will be used to help cover veterinary costs for animals belonging to county residents living on low incomes. The money is available to any pet owners on government assistance.

For people who are not, the Humane Society will consider other requests based on financial need.

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Bill requiring public notice when statewide emergency orders are terminated goes to Cooper The governor has vetoed all previous bills regarding state of emergency powers

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — A bill centered on public notice of the termination of statewide emergency orders headed to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk on July 1.

Senate Bill 435, titled terminations of statewide emergency orders, received a favorable report by the House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations on June 30. The bill then went to the House floor, where it passed unanimously 112 to 0.

The bill, which was filed at the end of March of this year, was heard by the committee and voted on by the House on day 842 of Cooper’s statewide COVID state of emergency order.

The bill would amend general statute 116A-19.21 by directing counties and municipalities to provide a publicly posted notice for the expiration and termination of local restrictions and states of emergency on its website.

Those entities must also submit notice of the termination of restrictions to the

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U.S. Capitol Christmas tree to come from national forest Transylvania County The National Christmas Tree will hail from North Carolina this year. The government announced that Pisgah National Forest will supply the evergreen that will stand on the U.S. Capitol Grounds this holiday season. It’s the first time since 1998 that the national tree has come from North Carolina.

Pisgah was also the source of the tree that year. North Carolina-based Hardy Brothers Trucking was also chosen to transport the tree to D.C. in November.

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EEOC: 2 fired for not joining company Christian prayer Guilford County A lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims two employees with a Greensboro company say they were fired after refusing to participate in the firm’s daily Christian devotionals. The plaintiffs, one an atheist and the other an agnostic, say the daily prayer meetings went against their respective religious beliefs. The lawsuit says daily prayer meetings are part of the business model of Aurora Pro Services in Greensboro. Attendance at the prayer meetings was mandatory for employees and was a condition of employment regardless of a worker’s religious beliefs or affiliation.

Durham County Authorities say a person who was being detained in a jail has died. The Durham County Sheriff’s Office said the unidentified person died after being taken to a local hospital on Thursday. The sheriff’s office says the person’s identity will be released after the family is notified. The death is under investigation and more information will be released later. It’s the 13th death involving the Durham County jail since 2011, and the third over the past 18 months.

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Rutherford County At least four animals were poisoned in Rutherford County late last month after someone trespassed on a family farm. The co-owner of Sprinkle’s Mobile Petting Zoo said three miniature horses died and a donkey is still fighting for life. The mini horses—Dreamsicle, Mary and Sprinkle— died after someone likely fed them a toxic substance. A fourth horse in the pen who is timid around strangers apparently did not ingest any of the poison. The donkey, also named Mary, is fighting liver failure and is given a 50/50 chance of surviving.

Transylvania County The city of Brevard was one of four communities in North Carolina to receive a grant from the AARP in its Community Challenge program. Over 260 grants were given out nationwide, totaling more than $3.4 million. Brevard will receive $12,000 to create raised-bed gardens in the city’s new community garden. Benches will be added there and in the nearby skate park and along the adjoining Estatoe Trail.

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Police: 2 kids among 6 wounded in drive-by shooting

Man drowns at beach, officials urge caution post-storm Brunswick County Authorities say a man drowned in the water off Oak Island and a handful of other swimmers in the area needed assistance. The town of Oak Island said responders arrived to find the 52-year-old from Hickory had been pulled to shore and bystanders were administering CPR. Emergency medical personnel performed resuscitation efforts for 30 minutes before pronouncing the man dead. The deadly incident was among more than a half dozen calls for “rescue” in the Oak Island and Caswell Beach areas. Officials say the water was unsettled due to Tropical Storm Colin, which dissipated overnight.

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Catawba County Police say two small children were among five people hurt when a truck crashed into a flea market in Newton. Police said an 83-year-old man lost control of his truck on Thursday and hit an appliance display in the open-air flea market at the American Legion Fairgrounds in Newton. According to police, several appliances struck pedestrians in the area. Three adults and a 3-year-old child were taken to local hospitals, while a 5-yearold was treated by emergency personnel at the scene. Police said all the injuries appeared to be non-life threatening.

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Sampson County Two children were among six people wounded in an apparent drive-by shooting.

That’s according to police in Clinton, who say officers responded to a home for a report of shots fired and found six people suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Police say a preliminary investigation suggests suspects arrived in a vehicle and opened fire toward the home, striking the victims in what appeared to be a targeted attack.

Injured were four adults, a 12-year-old boy and a 17-month-old boy. They were taken to a hospital and all listed in stable condition.

Alamance County Police say a 1-year-old infant has died after being left inside a hot car by the father after he went to work. Police in the community of Mebane said officers got a call shortly after midday Friday about a child in a car at a manufacturing plant. Police say that when the officers arrived, CPR was being administered, but the child couldn’t be revived. Police say the child’s father worked at the plant and had left the baby in the vehicle. Investigators have not determined how long the child was in the car.

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Business owner accused of elder exploitation Halifax County Police say a businesswoman was arrested in separate instances on charges stemming from complaints by elderly customers about her car repair shop. News outlets report Roanoke Rapids police said Vivian Pompliano is facing three new counts of exploitation of elder/disabled person, a month after she was arrested following a complaint from an elderly woman that her late husband’s car was being held at the shop for minor repairs. The victim told police that the shop wouldn’t tell her what work was performed on the car, and that a storage charged was attached.

Pasquotank County Gov. Roy Cooper’s most recent Cabinet replacements have been confirmed unanimously by the state Senate. The chamber confirmed Department Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley and Eddie Buffaloe, the Department of Public Safety secretary. Kinsley, of Wilmington, is the first openly gay Cabinet member in state government history. He succeeded Dr. Mandy Cohen. Buffaloe is the former Elizabeth City police chief and succeeded Secretary Erik Hooks.

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In the last year, state of emergency powers has been a topic for increasing debate as the governor’s statewide COVID state of emergency has continued with Cooper giving no clear end date.

In October of 2021, House Bill 264, The Emergency Powers Act, was passed by the General Assembly as Cooper’s state of emergency turned 600 days old. The bill went to the governor on Oct. 22 and, as expected, was vetoed

by Cooper on Nov. 1. That legislation would have required the governor to obtain concurrence from the Council of State 48 hours prior to the issuance of a statewide emergency or imminent hazard declaration.

In June, leaders on both sides of the political aisle expressed that Cooper’s statewide order should end.

That month, House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) and Senate Majority Whip Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) discussed the need to end Cooper’s statewide emergency while appearing on Marc Rotterman’s show “Front Row.” Joining Moore and Perry were Rep. Robert Reives (D-Chatham) and Sen. Dan Blue (D-Wake), who both agreed it was time to lift the state of emergency.

Bill requiring sheriffs to assist ICE goes to governor The Associated Press RALEIGH — North Carolina Republicans have approved legislation directing the state’s elected local sheriffs to learn the immigration status of jail inmates and assist federal agents who want to detain them.

But as with a similar measure approved by GOP lawmakers in 2019, the bill given final Senate approval Friday on a 25-19 party-line vote is likely to get vetoed by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

The bill would require sheriffs and other jail administrators to check whether someone charged with felony drug or violent crimes has detainers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeking the person’s custody.

If a detainer is listed, deputies must take the inmate to a local magistrate or judge, who will decide whether to issue an order holding them.

The additional hold would give ICE agents 48 hours to pick up the inmate.

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The bill is a response to Democratic sheriffs in several urban counties who have stopped working closely with ICE to hold defendants. Republican sponsors, including Sen. Chuck Edwards — a congressional candidate this fall — say the measure is needed to protect the public from violent crime.

Groups representing immigrants and the poor that fought the 2019 bill and this year’s bill argued the change would make it less likely for immigrants to report crimes, leading to more dangerous communities.

With both Senate and House Democrats voting unanimously against the measure this week, prospects of a veto override by Republicans would appear difficult. Cooper’s 2019 veto also was upheld.

Cooper “has previously expressed concern about politically motivated laws that allow Washington, D.C., to supersede local law enforcement’s ability to keep our communities safe and this appears to be one of those,” Cooper spokeswoman Mary Scott Winstead said Friday in a news release.

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Budget dinosaurs

Finding the dinosaurs in the state budget could pay for any new program of such a magnitude without raising taxes or “slashing essential services to the bone” as detractors would say.

RONALD REAGAN used to say “governments’ programs, once launched, never disappear.” The agencies running those programs are “the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth” he would add which always generated laughs from the audience ― because they know it is true.

The worst part about government spending is that a ton of it at every level is wasteful and unnecessary. Elected representatives and senators in Washington or Raleigh historically have not done a great job of overseeing existing programs since many only serve for a short period of time or don’t serve on the budget committee. Long-time staff know where the money is in budgets, not short-term members in the General Assembly in what is considered a “part-time job” in North Carolina.

Eternal life for government programs leads the left and their cronies in the mainstream media to endlessly, and mindlessly, carp about “raising more taxes!” to pay for more spending. No new taxes are needed to pay for any expansion in government services at any level of government because of budget dinosaurs which live on and on and on from days gone by.

Case in point from the state budget of North Carolina circa 1973.

During the OPEC oil embargo back in the seventies, state prisons were heated primarily by fuel oil. The cost for fuel oil at skyrocketed. State budget writers at the legislature started to put money aside to deal with the fluctuating price of oil assuming it would always go up.

It became a recurring appropriation and was automatically included in successive biennial budgets.

Fortunately for the country, the oil crisis didn’t last forever as it seemed it would. But the prison heating oil adjustment fund did. Each year more money went into the account and every year the price of oil came down.

Flash forward 20 years to the landmark 1994 elections when Republicans finally gained a majority in the state house for the first time since Reconstruction. With a new majority comes new chairmen of committees with a new set of eyeballs and mindset.

During the initial budget negotiations, there was a miscalculation which resulted in a million-dollar gap in funding. One staff member casually remarked they had a way around the million-dollar hole since

they knew about the reserve fund. It may have amounted to as much as $20 million which staff had kept going in case they needed it to plug any gap in the budget under previous Democrat leadership.

The new Republican chairman insisted on knowing where the money was going to come from to cover the shortage. The staff reluctantly revealed the existence of the prison heating oil fund which had outlived its usefulness by over a decade. The chairman made sure the money was returned to the general fund immediately and that no future appropriations would be made into the prison fuel oil fund.

Another example of a budget dinosaur was the domestic workers rehabilitation fund. When North Carolina became a no-fault divorce state in 1965, several legislators became concerned about the employment prospects of recently divorced women. They set up a fund to supplement various training programs for divorced women such as secretarial skills given the paucity of opportunities for women in professional life at the time. They funded the program by attaching a fee that was paid as a result of divorce cases which again built a multimillion-dollar fund over time. Several old school lawyers would complain about this fee well into the 21st century before it was finally repealed but not after the “domestic workers rehabilitation fund” had paid for a lot of government beyond secretarial training for divorced women.

North Carolina’s annual consolidated budget is well over $52 billion in state and federal funds expended each year. Typical budget cutters aim for 1% savings across the board which, in North Carolina’s case, would amount to about $500 million per year.

Finding the dinosaurs in the state budget could pay for any new program of such a magnitude without raising taxes or “slashing essential services to the bone” as detractors would say.

Some dinosaurs indeed have eternal life in government budgets everywhere.

EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS

Joe Biden disgraces himself on a world stage during NATO Summit

Biden is also a bitterly divisive man who talks out of both sides of his mouth about “democratic norms” when politically convenient.

THE WORDS “Joe Biden” and “embarrassment” fit together like white on rice.

During a recent overseas trip where the President took part in the G7 and NATO summits, the word “disgraceful” was more apropos for reasons I’ll get to in just a moment.

One behavior that is considered especially egregious and unbecoming of any United States elected official is when one travels to Europe, South America, or elsewhere outside the country and proceeds to disrespect America and its institutions.

And yet that is exactly what Biden, who has lectured us for the past 18 months since the Capitol riot on the need to (paraphrasing) “not undermine our sacred institutions” and “respect our democracy” here on our own soil, did when he was in Spain last week during the global summits.

In the midst of a press conference, Biden was asked by a reporter about recent events in the U.S. including the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and the mass shootings that took place in Buffalo and Uvalde, and what he would say to Americans who believe that contrary to his NATO motto last year of “America is back” that America is headed in the wrong direction.

Biden, whose approval ratings are still in the tank just months away from the midterm elections, bristled under the criticism and responded by proclaiming that “America is better positioned to lead the world than we ever have been [not true]. We have the strongest economy in the world [not true]. Our inflation rates are lower than other nations in the world [not true].”

But where he really got out over his skis was when referenced the Supreme Court ruling.

“The one thing that has been destabilizing is the outrageous behavior of the Supreme Court of the United States on overruling not only Roe v. Wade, but essentially challenging the right to privacy,” he stated.

“We’ve been a leader in the world in terms of personal rights and privacy rights, and it is a mistake, in my view, for the Supreme Court to do what it did … And the Supreme Court — we have to change that decision by

codifying Roe v. Wade.”

U.S. presidents can say a lot of things while rubbing elbows and clinking champagne glasses with world leaders, but the supposed leader of the free world trashing our nation’s highest court on foreign soil over a political disagreement is beyond the pale and tells us more about who Joe Biden really is, with none of it being good.

He’s not just the feckless leader beholden to “woke” special interest groups we’ve always known him to be. Biden is also a bitterly divisive man who talks who out of both sides of his mouth about “democratic norms” when politically convenient, painting his opposition as traitors to their country when they supposedly do it but portraying himself as a “defender” of Constitutional rights when he actually does it.

Further, as far as “destabilization” goes, perhaps he should look into a mirror next time he speaks on the subject, because what’s been especially destabilizing internationally over the last year and half is his badly botched handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, his bungled response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and our country’s refusal to take meaningful steps to get China to be more open and transparent about the origins of a deadly disease that turned the world upside down, one that we’re still trying to recover from physically, socially, and economically.

In the midst of all the emotion surrounding the Supreme Court’s decision, one would hope Biden would work to try and turn down the temperature. But that’s not who he is, and it’s just one more reason he should be booted out of office in 2024.

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

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 6, 2022 COLUMN | NAN MILLER

The dogma days of summer BEFORE 2004, it was unheard of for a college president to admit that the mission of higher education is to give students a leftist makeover. But that is precisely what George Washington University president Stephen Trachtenberg did in June 2004, when he included a fervent wish in his commencement address: “If anybody has a mortarboard, you can move your tassels from right to left, which is what I hope happened to your politics in the last four years!”

My fervent wish is that the parents of soon-to-be college freshmen will spend the summer preparing them to face a crush of Trachtenberg clones who’ll coax them to join the troop that marches in one direction — left.

Conscription for the leftward march used to begin in freshman English because English 101 guarantees access to about 90 % of new enrollees. In the late 90s, however, faculty committees decided they needn’t settle for 90 % of new enrollees or wait for the fall round-up to start branding the newbies; hence, the summer reading program was born.

Posing as a way to “build community,” the program insures that new students will arrive in the fall already imbued with what University of Chicago Professor Edward Shils once called “a nihilistic skepticism” about their Western heritage.

One glance at a list of favored selections proves Dr. Shills’ point, but parents who practice early detection can provide antidotes for the toxins that are baked into the summer reading requirements.

Teenagers won’t be interested in the origins of the plot to ensnare them, but a bit of background will be helpful for parents who’d rather not underwrite professors who aim to “discard all the norms to which we have been falsely enslaved.” When celebrated Professor Stanley Fish included that line in his 1990 manifesto, he prompted subsequent generations of college professors to assign works that will make even new enrollees rethink their allegiance to a failed nation.

This year’s freshmen might read an anthology titled Tales of Two Americas, which presents America as a “broken” nation whose “systems of oppression have entrenched themselves in the United States.” These systems were “formed by decades of injustice and structural inequality in America, produced by the nation’s growth on the back of stolen labor, the failure of Reconstruction, the entrenchment of racial bias in the culture, and restrictions on immigration.”

Another gloomy favorite is Stanford University Professor Jennifer Eberhardt’s Biased, which posits that “unconscious” bias can be just as noxious as “conscious” bias because “When people focus on not seeing color, they may also fail to see discrimination.” The New York Times hailed Eberhardt’s damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don’t approach to racism as “groundbreaking,” “poignant,” and “illuminating,” but I suspect parents will agree with the student reader who dubbed Eberhardt “predictable” because “she can only view life through her race-colored lenses.”

Both works use isolated incidents of injustice to typecast white Americans as racists and to divide all Americans into opposing camps: the oppressors and the oppressed, but young adults who’ve watched live coverage of the crisis at our southern border need no reminding that hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking their lives to become residents of this “broken” and “biased” nation.

Neither work can match the venom Ibram Kendi spews in

How To Be An Antiracist, which, thanks to teachers who assign it, has been off and on the best seller list since its publication in 2019. Kendi would have students know that racism is “causing arms races” and “threatening the life of human society with nuclear war and climate change,” but the link between racism and cataclysm is never made clear.

Kendi does, however, prescribe a treatment for racial discrimination: “The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination” — against the entire white race. The success Kendi has had inciting students to seek revenge against “White supremacists” who promote “racial inequities” can be measured by the protests that continue to erupt on campuses nationwide.

Despite his success enlisting students to even the score with white people,” Kendi concludes, “There is nothing I see in our world today, in our history, giving me hope that one day antiracists will win the fight.” And despite Kendi’s claim that “To love capitalism is to end up loving racism,” he banks up to 20K an hour to tell students that “Civilization itself is often a polite euphemism for cultural racism.”

When humorist Art Buchwald joked, “You can’t learn history unless you rewrite it,” he anticipated authors like Kendi who reframe our past “as a parade of horrors, to which the most appropriate response is not pride but lacerating shame.” So said prize winning historian Wilfred McClay, whose textbook Land of Hope presents an unsanitized, balanced review of American history that will leave students feeling, dare I say, patriotic.

But if their summer reading breeds contempt for America and our free market economy, students should read Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s memoir about growing up with a mother who doubled as an activist in the Socialist Workers Party. When Skateboards Will Be Free was his mother’s reason for denying Said’s plea to buy him a skateboard because skateboards will be free for everyone when the Socialist Workers have dismantled capitalism’s “morally bankrupt” system. Sayrafiezadeh escaped his “world of doom and gloom, pessimism and bitterness” by becoming a memoirist, playwright and fiction writer.

African-American students who would escape the plan to fix them as victims of “systemic racism” should read Self Portrait in Black and White, Thomas Chatterton Williams’ assault on the left’s obsession with identity politics. Williams is only one among many African-Americans who have prospered by refusing to be defined by Nikole Hannah-Jones’ claim that “anti-black racism runs in the very DNA of this country.” The real African-American victims are those who’ve been force-fed excerpts from Hannah-Jones’ “egregious” 1619 Project, which makes escape from racism seem highly unlikely.

Students who adopt the left’s contempt for their homeland will echo the Oberlin College senior who, during a 2016 interview with the New Yorker, said that her goal was to “get the eff out of America. It’s a sinking ship.” Oberlin’s would-be expat fits Conor Barnes’ description of “Sad Radicals,” who kowtow to “the norms of radicalism,” which “produce toxic, paranoid, depressed subjects.”

Watchful parents will offer correctives for summer reading that preaches a nihilistic skepticism about our Western heritage.

Nan Miller is Professor Emerita, Meredith College, who taught English.

COLUMN | STEPHEN MOORE

Biden’s Green New Deal is increasing greenhouse gases HERE’S AN AMAZING BUT TRUE STATISTIC. After more than a decade of declining carbon emissions here in the United States, in 2021, President Joe Biden’s first year in office, emissions rose.

In other words, not only have Biden’s energy policies been a disaster for our economy and national security as we have become more dependent on Russia and Iran, but they haven’t worked as a global warming solution.

To understand the utter futility of Biden’s “renewable energy” crusade, we must go back about 15 years in time to when the amazing shale revolution, thanks to energy pioneers such as Harold Hamm of Oklahoma, the man who drilled the Bakken Shale in North Dakota, began. These new drilling techniques have vastly expanded America’s natural gas production over the past decade and turned America into the world’s leading oil and gas superpower.

Because clean natural gas production soared and replaced coal as the No. 1 source of power generation, not only did America get rich off these bountiful resources but we also reduced our greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, over the six years covering 2014 through 2020, we led the world in our reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. Our emissions fell by 22%. That was more than former President Barack Obama’s cap-and-tax plan would have reduced these emissions.

Ironically, the 10-year trend of declining carbon dioxide emissions actually ended when Biden took office. The conventional explanation for this is that as the economy opened up after COVID-19, emissions rose. People were flying less and driving their cars a lot more.

But that is only part of the story. Iconoclastic environmentalist Michael Shellenberger explains the bigger story: “In 2021, emissions in the U.S. increased mostly because of increased coal use, *not* because of higher econ growth.

Why? Because nat gas became more expensive. Why? Because of inadequate supply. Why? Chronic ‘under-investment in production & pipelines, thanks to ESG & climate activists,’” he wrote recently.

We need to add Biden’s war on fossil fuels to that mix. The Energy Department data confirms that in 2021, coal use rose in the U.S. and natural gas consumption fell. That was because

Biden’s Green New Deal agenda made coal a more attractive alternative in terms of costs.

So Biden’s agenda has backfired. More evidence rolls in from the rest of the world. Germany has acknowledged that it will burn more coal in the years ahead to get cheap power. But they aren’t going to get much of it from the U.S. Rather, they’ll get it from China, which has tripled its coal output and doesn’t care at all about whether its increased production will negatively affect the environment. China has among the laxest environmental laws in the world. So none of this is stopping climate change.

China has been one of the biggest winners from the Biden war on energy. The second winner is Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, who is waltzing to the bank. Russia has made $100 billion selling oil and gas to the U.S. and others at inflated prices.

Meanwhile, Biden’s war on coal production at home has led to a more than doubling of the world price of coal, and in some cases, the price increases in Europe have risen tenfold because of mining restrictions.

I don’t oppose coal production, and I believe the environmentalist movement’s crusade against coal as part of our energy mix makes no economic sense. We are simply displacing West Virginia and Pennsylvania coal miners with Chinese mining. We need coal in our energy mix, as even the Germans now admit.

Then there is the collateral damage of $100 billion of lost annual output in the U.S. because of the anti-energy climate change agenda. Again, none of this makes any sense. Why are we sacrificing our own economic opportunities and handing them to China on a silver platter?

Biden, however, could not be bothered to care. At the NATO conference this past week, he chattered about the virtues of windmills and solar panels, as if the U.S. is not experiencing an energy crisis of his own making.

What all this means is that if we want to save our economy from raging inflation and at the same time save the planet, we should be producing all of the U.S. energy we can.

Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at FreedomWorks. He is also author of the new book: “Govzilla: How The Relentless Growth of Government Is Devouring Our Economy.”

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40th Anniversary of D-Day at Pointe du Hoc “WE’RE HERE TO MARK THAT DAY in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For four long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen, Jews cried out in the camps, millions cried out for liberation. Europe was enslaved, and the world prayed for its rescue. Here in Normandy the rescue began. Here the Allies stood and fought against tyranny in a giant undertaking unparalleled in human history.

We stand on a lonely, windswept point on the northern shore of France. The air is soft, but 40 years ago at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and the cries of men, and the air was filled with the crack of rifle fire and the roar of cannon.

Forty summers have passed since the battle that you fought here. You risked everything here. Why? Why did you do it? What impelled you to put aside the instinct for self-preservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs? What inspired all the men of the armies that met here?

It was faith and belief; it was loyalty and love.

The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or on the next.

It was the deep knowledge — and pray God we have not lost it — that there is a profound, moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest. You were here to liberate, not to conquer, and so you and those others did not doubt your cause.

And you were right not to doubt.

You all knew that some things are worth dying for. One’s country is worth dying for, and democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. All of you loved liberty. All of you were willing to fight tyranny, and you knew the people of your countries were behind you.

The Americans who fought here that morning knew word of the invasion was spreading through the darkness back home. They fought — or felt in their hearts, though they couldn’t know in fact, that in Georgia they were filling the churches at 4 a.m., in Kansas they were kneeling on their porches and praying, and in Philadelphia they were ringing the Liberty Bell.

Something else helped the men of D-Day: their rock hard belief that Providence would have a great hand in the events that would unfold here; that God was an ally in this great cause. And so, the night before the invasion, when Colonel Wolverton asked his parachute troops to kneel with him in prayer he told them: Do not bow your heads, but look up so you can see God and ask His blessing in what we’re about to do. Also that night, General Matthew Ridgway on his cot, listening in the darkness for the promise God made to Joshua: ``I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.’’

These are the things that impelled them; these are the things that shaped the unity of the Allies.

When the war was over, there were lives to be rebuilt and governments to be returned to the people. There were nations to be reborn. Above all, there was a new peace to be assured. These were huge and daunting tasks. But the Allies summoned strength from the faith, belief, loyalty, and love of those who fell here. They rebuilt a new Europe together.

We in America have learned bitter lessons from two World Wars: It is better to be here ready to protect the peace, than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost. We’ve learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent.

We try always to be prepared for peace; prepared to deter aggression; prepared to negotiate the reduction of arms; and, yes, prepared to reach out again in the spirit of reconciliation.

We are bound today by what bound us 40 years ago, the same loyalties, traditions, and beliefs. We’re bound by reality. The strength of America’s allies is vital to the United States, and the American security guarantee is essential to the continued freedom of Europe’s democracies. We were with you then; we are with you now. Your hopes are our hopes, and your destiny is our destiny.

Here, in this place where the West held together, let us make a vow to our dead. Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for.

Let our actions say to them the words for which Matthew Ridgway listened: ``I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.’’

Strengthened by their courage, heartened by their valor, and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died.

Thank you very much, and God bless you all.”

Adapted and abridged version of President Reagan’s speech at 40th anniversary of D-Day in 1984

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NATION & WORLD Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st black woman on Supreme Court The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 30, shattering a glass ceiling as the first black woman on the nation’s highest court.

The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice, and she took the place of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement was effective at noon.

Moments later, joined by her family, Jackson recited the two oaths required of Supreme Court justices, one administered by Breyer and the other by Chief Justice John Roberts.

“With a full heart, I accept the solemn responsibility of supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States and administering justice without fear or favor, so help me God,” Jackson said in a statement issued by the court. “I am truly grateful to be part of the promise of our great Nation. I extend my sincerest thanks to all of my new colleagues for their warm and gracious welcome.”

Roberts welcomed Jackson “to the court and our common calling.” The ceremony was streamed live on the court’s website. All the justices except for Neil Gorsuch attended the swearing-in, the court said.

Jackson, a federal judge since 2013, is joining three other women — Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett.

It’s the first time four women will serve together on the nine-member court.

“Her historic swearing in today represents a profound step forward for our nation, for all the young, black girls who now see themselves reflected on our highest court, and for all of us as Amer-

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In this image from video provided by the Supreme Court, retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer administers the Judicial Oath to Ketanji Brown Jackson as her husband Patrick Jackson holds the Bible at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Thursday, June 30, 2022. icans,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. He also thanked Breyer “for his many years of exemplary service.”

Biden nominated Jackson in February, a month after Breyer, 83, announced he would retire at the end of the court’s term, assuming his successor had been confirmed. Breyer’s earlier-than-usual announcement and the condition he attached was a recognition of the Democrats’ tenuous hold on the Senate in an era of hyper-partisanship, especially surrounding federal judgeships.

The Senate confirmed Jackson’s nomination in early April, by a 53-47 mostly party-line vote that included support from three Republicans.

Jackson had been in a sort of judicial limbo since, remaining a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., but not hear-

ing any cases. Biden elevated her to that court from the district judgeship to which she was appointed

by President Barack Obama.

Glynda Carr, president of Higher Heights for America, an organization that advocates for the growth of black women’s political power, said the timing of Jackson’s swearing-in was bittersweet.

“Although we celebrate her today, one black woman or a cohort of black women can’t save this democracy alone. We are a piece of it and we are doing our work, our part. She’s going to forever reshape and shape that court. But she’s just a piece of the work that needs to happen moving forward,” Carr said.

Because of Jackson’s appointment, Judith Browne Dianis, a black lawyer in Washington, said she intends to end her protest against joining the Supreme Court

Bar. She started it when Justice Clarence Thomas was confirmed in 1991. She said that even the series of conservative rulings from the court over the past week cannot take away from the significance of Thursday’s ceremony.

“This is a momentous occasion and it’s still a beautiful moment,” said Dianis, executive director of the civil rights group Advancement Project.

But, Dianis added, “she’s joining the court at a time when conservatives are holding the line and trying to actually take us back, because they see the progress that’s being made in our country. It’s like the Civil War that never ended.

That’s the court that she’s joining.”

Jackson will be able to begin work immediately, but the court will have just finished the bulk of its work until the fall, apart from emergency appeals that occasionally arise. That will give her time to settle in and familiarize herself with the roughly two dozen cases the court already has agreed to hear starting in October as well as hundreds of appeals that will pile up over the summer.

She helps form the most diverse court in its 232-year history and is the first former public defender to be a justice. The court that Jackson is joining is the most conservative that it has been since the 1930s.

She is likely to be on the losing end of important cases, which could include examinations of the role of race in college admissions, congressional redistricting and voting rights that the court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, will take up next term.

Today’s court now is surrounded by fencing, and justices and their families have 24-hour protection by the U.S. Marshals, the result of a law passed days after a man carrying a gun, knife and zip ties was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland house after threatening to kill the justice. The bill was introduced in May shortly after the leak of a draft court opinion that would overrule Roe v.

Wade and sharply curtail abortion rights in roughly half the states.

To avoid blackouts, California may tap fossil fuel plants The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Looking to avoid power blackouts, California may turn to the one energy source it’s otherwise desperate to get rid of: fossil fuels.

A sweeping energy proposal signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom puts the state in the business of buying power to ensure there’s enough to go around during heat waves that strain the grid. But some critics say the method of getting there is at odds with the state’s broader climate goals, because it paves the way for the state to tap aging gas-fired power plants and add backup generators fueled by diesel.

The debate highlights the challenge some states are facing as they scramble to address heat waves fueled by climate change without compromising on their pledges to transition to non-fossil fuel energy sources like solar and wind.

California gets most of its energy from renewable sources during the day, but doesn’t yet have the storage to dispatch enough solar power after the sun goes down.

The bill aims to speed up the building of more renewable energy and storage facilities by removing local governments from permitting decisions. Supply chain issues are also slowing down building.

Democratic state Sen. Dave Min noted the tricky position the state is in by potentially needing to rely on fossil fuels and their planet-warming emissions to deal with the heat waves driven by climate change.

“That’s the obvious conundrum that we’re in,” said Min, who represents Huntington Beach, a coastal community home to a gasfired power plant.

The problem isn’t unique to California. In New Mexico, a coalfired power plant was slated to close its last two units Thursday.

But a major utility asked the state to keep one unit open through September to meet demands during hot summer months since solar and battery storage projects that were meant to replace the lost capacity have been delayed.

State energy officials warned

Spain boosts military spending to close gap with NATO goal Barcelona, Spain Spain is increasing military spending as it works toward meeting a NATO commitment by dedicating 2% of gross domestic product to defense, the Spanish government said Tuesday.

Cabinet members approved a one-off expenditure of almost $1 billion for Spain’s Defense Ministry that the government said was needed to cover unexpected expenses produced by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Spain has sent military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and deployed more troops and aircraft to NATO missions in Eastern Europe.

NATO leaders agreed at a summit held in Madrid last week to expand their efforts to get all alliance members up to the 2% of GDP mark.

Currently, only nine of the Western military alliance’s 30 members meet or surpass that goal.

Spain pledged at a NATO summit held in Madrid last week that it would reach the 2% of GDP goal by 2029.

That would mean doubling its budget for military spending from the current $13.4 billion to $27 billion in seven years.

Spain currently spends 1% of its GDP on defense.

Only Luxembourg spends a lower percentage of GDP on defense than Spain in the North Atlantic alliance, according to NATO. The decision designed to show NATO that Spain is serious about spending more on its armed forces risks causing friction within its left-wing governing coalition, which does not hold a majority in parliament.

Government spokeswoman Isabel Rodríguez said after the Cabinet meeting that the military funding approved Tuesday was adopted “as part of our commitment to a clear and firm response to (the) invasion of Ukraine and to meet the extraordinary costs for our armed forces created by the war.”

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The sun sets on a power generating plant in Huntington Beach, Calif. earlier this year that the state risks an energy shortfall equivalent to what it takes to power 1.3 million homes on the summer’s hottest days. Newsom and lawmakers are desperate to avoid a scenario like August 2020, when hundreds of thousands of people temporarily lost power because there wasn’t enough supply to go around.

Newsom’s solution centers on creating a “strategic reliability reserve” run by the Department of Water Resources. The water agency has been given that role because it is a major producer and user of power through its dams and operation of the state’s water pumping system. This summer, the department could reimburse utilities if they have to buy extra power and add temporary power generators, including those powered by fossil fuels. Any diesel-powered generators couldn’t be used past 2023.

Beyond that, the water depart-

ment would be able to build new energy storage and zero-emission generating stations. It could also spend state money buying power from coastal gas-fired plants that are set to close in 2023. The plants were first set to close in 2020. Likewise the department could keep buying power from the state’s last remaining nuclear plant if it stays open beyond its 2025 closure.

Newsom said in a signing statement that he would direct state agencies to “ensure clean energy resources are prioritized over fossil fuels.”

Sen. Henry Stern, a Democrat from Los Angeles County, said while the bill doesn’t allow for the extension of fossil fuel plants, its a question lawmakers will have to address.

“What this bill is doing is buying time,” he said.

Republican state Sen. Shannon Grove, who represents fossil fu-

el-rich Bakersfield, said the legislation proves California needs oil and gas.

“If we don’t have these gas-powered plants to fire up when we need them you will not be able to flip the switch and get electricity,” she said.

Environmental groups, meanwhile, said the state wouldn’t need to rely on fossil fuels as a backup if it had moved faster to build up renewable resources and expressed concern that the bill doesn’t put enough guardrails on the water department’s power. The department would not have to comply with California’s landmark environmental law to move forward with new projects.

“The state is saying we need to rely on fossil power and they’re not fully admitting that it’s because of this lack of ambition,” said Alexis Sutterman, energy equity manager for the California Environmental Justice Alliance.

Beijing Chinese authorities refused to let Canadian diplomats attend the trial of a Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong five years ago, Canada’s government said Tuesday.

Xiao Jianhua was last seen at a Hong Kong hotel in January 2017 and was believed to have been taken to the mainland by Chinese authorities. He was placed under investigation by antigraft authorities that year, according to news reports, though the government has released no details.

The government has never confirmed whether Xiao, the founder of Tomorrow Group, which has been linked to a series of anti-corruption prosecutions and seizures of financial companies by regulators, was detained or what charges he might face.

The Canadian government said earlier Xiao was due to stand trial Monday but gave no indication whether a trial took place or where. It gave no details of possible charges.

“Canada made several requests to attend the trial proceedings. Our attendance was denied by Chinese authorities,” a Canadian government statement said.

A foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said he had no information about Xiao.

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Shinyashiki’s goal lifts Charlotte FC to win Houston Andre Shinyashiki’s goal in the 74th minute proved to be the game-winner in Charlotte FC’s 2-1 win Sunday over the Houston Dynamo.

Charlotte (7-10-2) outshot the Dynamo 9-6 in earning the first road win in club history.

Kristijan Kahlina saved two of the three shots he faced for Charlotte, and Brandt Bronico assisted on Shinyashiki’s goal.

Fafa Picault scored the only goal for the Dynamo (6-93). Charlotte FC, whose other goal came on an own goal by Dynamo, hosts Nashville on Saturday.

BASKETBALL

Former NC State guard Brown to play for Spanish national team Madrid Former NC State guard and NBA player Lorenzo Brown is eligible to play for Spain’s national team after being granted Spanish citizenship.

The Spanish basketball federation welcomed the American-born player on Tuesday, saying his arrival is “part of its strategy to expand the base of players and talent available to play for the national team.” The federation said Brown’s arrival will help make up for the absence of some key players because of injuries and retirement.

Spain is missing Ricky Rubio because of an injury, while Sergio Rodríguez, Pau Gasol and Marc Gasol retired recently. The decision to give Brown citizenship sparked some criticism locally, with some saying Spain already had enough talent to keep the national team competitive. The 31-yearold Brown was a secondround NBA draft pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2013. He also played for the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Toronto Raptors. In three years with the Wolfpack, from 2010 to 2013, Brown averaged 11.6 points, 5.8 assists and 4.2 rebounds in 101 games. He was the NBA G League MVP in 2018 with Raptors 905, but he played just 26 NBA games the next season before being waived and heading overseas.

ACC in danger of being left out of latest realignment

While the ACC was paying close attention to its roots, the Big Ten was sharpening its ax.

IN WHAT NOW seems like a million years ago, the ACC unveiled its new football scheduling model early last week.

The league is getting rid of the Atlantic and Coastal divisions and assigning each team three primary opponents, which they will play each year.

The model assures that UNC-Duke, UNCState, Wake-Duke and State-Duke will be played every year. Columnists across North Carolina immediately fired up their venom machines to complain about how we’ll only see Wake-Carolina and Wake-State every two years (which, in the case of UNC and Wake, is over three times more frequently than we’ve been seeing it).

The league has also apparently been negotiating with the state to keep its headquarters in North Carolina, if the $15 million inducement to the ACC in the proposed state budget is any indication. Because it’s important, of course, to stay loyal to the ACC’s roots.

And, while the ACC was paying close attention to its roots, the Big Ten was sharpening its ax.

In the type of ninja strike that the ACC used to be known for, the Big Ten signed UCLA and USC away from the Pac-12, taking the two premiere West Coast programs and putting a dagger into what used to be one of the Big Four conferences. This comes on the heels (relatively speaking) of the SEC firing a similar salvo into the heart of the Big 12, taking the creamy middle of that conference by nabbing Texas and Oklahoma.

The moves have thrust the Big Ten and SEC as the clear frontrunners in the latest realignment free-for-all, with both going full superconference and making it clear that geographical regions are no longer relevant as television money creates a sort of manifest destiny for forward-looking commissioners.

USC is closer to Honduras than the Big Ten’s easternmost members, and, unless something happens quickly, the Central American nation could have as much chance of competing for the College Football Playoff as the top teams in the ACC. While the ACC hasn’t yet been raided, its future is far from secure. There are already rumors that many of the top programs, including FSU, Miami, UNC and Clemson, have been approached by the Big Two, meaning that commissioner Jim Phillips is playing defense instead of plotting a way to keep up with the lofty goals of the SEC and Big Ten. The ACC has long considered itself immune to a raid from outside because of its grant of rights agreement, which puts steep financial penalties on any team trying to defect.

Maryland, the last ACC team to depart, nearly 10 years ago, faced a $52 million exit fee.

The grant of rights worked in the old days when $52 million was a lot of money. At the time, it was nearly triple Maryland’s operating budget. Consider the green grass on the other side of the fence, however. The SEC was already the country’s undisputed top football conference and now adds two top programs in Texas and See ACC, page B4

Knights provide minor league fun in major league city Charlotte’s Triple-A baseball team has found its downtown niche among the city’s NFL and NBA teams

season ticket holders on the lower level directly behind home plate.

There is also a children’s play area beyond the outfield wall and two full-service picnic areas that are used for group outings Rajkowski described as the “No. 1

By Brett Friedlander part of our business.”

North State Journal On this particular occasion, a CHARLOTTE — Nestled recent date against the Durham into a tight city block in uptown Bulls scheduled for 11 a.m on a Charlotte and surrounded by a Tuesday because of a Def Leppicturesque urban skyline, Truist pard/Motley Crue/Joan Jett conField affords fans of the Charlotte cert at Bank of America Stadium Knights some of the most spec- later in the evening, the place tacular sightlines in all of base- to be was the right field section known as Corona Rooftop Beach. ball.

The party atmoBut as pleasing to sphere among the corthe eye as the idyllic porate groups in atsurroundings might tendance made it clear be, the location also “There’s a that, unlike a Panthers presents a challenge great energy or Hornets game in for management of the which the final reTriple-A affiliate of the because of the sult would have left Chicago White Sox. cross section fans disappointed, the Flanked within home team’s 6-2 loss walking distance by of people you to its in-state rival was Bank of America Sta- get here.” secondary to the expedium on one side and rience of spending an Spectrum Center on unseasonably pleasthe other, the Knights Drake Tunson, ant day at the ballpark are literally surround- Charlotte with co-workers and ed by major league Knights fan friends. franchises.

“There’s a great enSo how does a minor league team compete with ergy because of the cross section the likes of the NFL’s Carolina of people you get here, especially Panthers, Major League Soccer’s with so many young professionals FC Charlotte and the NBA’s Char- in the area,” said Drake Tunson, lotte Hornets, not to mention watching the game from the Roofconcerts featuring high-profile top Beach with Bank of America acts such as Billy Joel and Elton colleague Brad Murdock.

“This is a beautiful ballpark, it John?

The simple answer is that it draws a great crowd and it’s really brought some life back to the city doesn’t even try.

“This city has great sports en- to have something to do on nights tertainment, but we fit a differ- and weekends when the Panthers ent niche during the summer in aren’t playing,” Murdock added.

That’s exactly the vibe Rajkowthat central district of sports entertainment,” said Knights chief ski and team management had in operating officer Dan Rajkowski, mind when they decided to move adding that NASCAR and the up- the team uptown from its precoming Presidents Cup golf event vious location in suburban Fort Mill, South Carolina also fit into the equation.

The Knights have been among “If you go to an NFL game with a family of four, it’s going to cost the International League leaders you a few bucks. You can come in attendance every year since here and it’s a lot more affordable. Truist Field opened in 2014.

In 2019, the most recent preAnd it’s a very social atmosphere.

I think it all fits in and it works for COVID full season, the team us. We’ve been successful, which drew more than 581,000 fans for its 69 home dates. This season is is a credit to this great city.”

A big reason why the Knights on pace to be even better.

And those numbers only reflect have been able to thrive as a minor league entity in a major the ones that pay to get in.

Because of the stadium’s design league city is that they aren’t run and the tight space in which it was like a minor league team.

Their stadium, though small built, it’s possible to see the acwith a capacity of 10,200, fea- tion from outside the gates along tures wide concourses, plenty of South Mint Street. Those who live concession options and two in- in the adjacent apartment builddoor climate-controlled club ar- ing have an even better view. eas — one in the upper deck along the first base line and another for See MiLB, page B4

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TRENDING

Branden Grace: The South African won LIV Golf’s first stop on American soil, closing with a 7-under 65 on Saturday to finish at 13 under in the 54hole tournament at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Oregon. The 34-year-old won $4 million. Grace beat Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz by two strokes. Dustin Johnson and Patrick Reed — two of the upstart tour’s biggest names — finished four shots back. The tour’s next event is July 29-31 at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey.

Ryan Lochte: The Olympic swimmer’s silver and bronze medals, six in all, are up for auction. The proceeds will go to a charity benefiting children. The 37‑year‑old swimmer earned 12 medals over four Olympics. Lochte says his medals are in his closet collecting dust and the memories he made while earning them are what mean the most. A Boston auction house is handling the sale that ends July 31. The proceeds will go to a charity that funds trips for children with terminal illnesses. For now, Lochte says he’s keeping his six golds.

Rick Bowness: The new Winnipeg Jets’ coach was introduced Monday, a little more than a week after the team’s first choice, Barry Trotz, declined an offer because he wanted to spend more time with his family.

Bowness stepped down as head coach of the Stars after the season, explaining he felt the club needed a “new voice.” The 67-year-old guided the Stars to an 89-62-25 record in 176 regular season games over nearly three seasons in Dallas.

Beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

NASCAR

Tyler Reddick became the fifth first-time Cup Series winner this season on Sunday, passing road course expert Chase Elliott to get his first victory in his 92nd start in NASCAR’s top series. He also denied Elliott his third win of the season — through 18 races this season, no driver has won more than twice. The victory was Richard Childress Racing’s first in the Cup Series since 2020.

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“I didn’t do a very good job there.”

Chase Elliott after he was passed on lap 47 to finish in second to Tyler Reddick at Road America on Sunday.

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SOCCER

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“Please don’t forget about me.”

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PRIME NUMBER

The San Jose Sharks hired former player Mike Grier to be their next general manager, making him the first black GM in NHL history. Grier — who played 14 NHL seasons, including three in San Jose — is the son of longtime NFL coach and executive Bobby Grier, and his brother Chris is the general manager of the Miami Dolphins.

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WNBA star Brittney Griner in a letter to President Joe Biden regarding her ongoing imprisonment in Russia.

Career aces for Greensboro’s John Isner, the most in ATP Tour history after he passed the record previously held by Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in his third round loss to Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon.

The 37-year-old hit ace No. 13,729 in his second service game and finished the match with 24 aces.

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Alex Morgan scored a pair of first‑half goals and the U.S. women’s national team defeated Haiti 3-0 on Monday in the opening match of the CONCACAF W Championship.

The tournament determines the region’s four direct berths in the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Midge Purce also scored for the United States.

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Zhou Guanyu walked away from a frightening first-lap crash at the British Grand Prix on Sunday. Zhou’s Alfa Romeo flew upside down in the multicar incident at the first corner and was wedged between a fence and a tire barrier. Zhou was taken to the track’s medical center for observation and credited the head‑protecting “halo” device on the cars for protecting him.

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2022 NHL DRAFT PREVIEW

No 1st-rounder but plenty of intrigue for Hurricanes at this week’s draft Carolina isn’t set to pick until 60th overall, but the team could still use the two days in Montreal to reshape its roster

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal THE HURRICANES didn’t select a player in the first round at last year’s draft, the first time since 2012 Carolina had to wait until the second day to make a pick.

Unless something changes before Thursday night in Montreal, the Hurricanes again won’t make a draft pick until Day 2 on Friday.

That is because of last summer’s offer sheet to Jesperi Kotkaniemi, which the Canadiens chose not to match and thus received Carolina’s first- and third-round selections in exchange for the former third overall pick.

But the Hurricanes still come into the weekend armed with some draft capital.

Their first pick is scheduled for 60th overall in Round 2 followed by their second choice 11 picks later, the 71st overall pick acquired when they send the 90th pick to Chicago at last year’s draft.

It was one of six trades Carolina made during last year’s draft, taking a cue from the New England Patriots and trading down several times while accumulating more picks to select 13 players — the most in franchise history since the Whalers drafted 14 players in 1983 back when the draft was 12 rounds long. Carolina has eight picks heading into the draft, with extra selections in the sixth and seventh rounds.

Don’t be surprised if the Hurricanes wheel and deal again — and it could involve more than draft picks.

Carolina has three key restricted free agents with whom they’ve yet to sign new deals.

The two defensemen, Tony DeAngelo and Ethan Bear, have been allowed to talk to other teams to try and find a better contract offer, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. That doesn’t mean the Hurricanes aren’t interested in bringing either back, but the team is also exercising all its leverage on two players with arbitration rights.

DeAngelo had a 51-point season on his $1 million prove-it deal last season, but his past could still hold sway with an arbitrator. Bear had 14 points in 58 games in his first season in Carolina but was a healthy scratch for the entire postseason, making his case for a

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Slovakia’s Juraj Slafkovsky, No. 3 in NSJ’s 2022 NHL Draft Rankings, could be the first name called on Thursday night at the NHL Draft in Montreal. raise on the $2.5 million he made last season ready look like locks to be longtime NHL players. Even seventh-rounder Ronan Seenearly impossible.

And then there’s right wing Martin Ne- ley, a defenseman from Everett of the Westcas, who doesn’t have arbitration rights but ern Hockey League, could be looked upon as could be in for a rocky negotiation with the the steal of the 2020 draft down the road.

Another thing the Hurricanes have done Hurricanes after a disappointing third NHL since Waddell took over as general managseason. er is take players from all over Contract offers have been the globe. Last year alone, Carmade to all three, but their fuolina selected players from the ture in Raleigh could be in jeopUnited States, Canada, Finland, ardy if GM Don Waddell aims Czechia, Germany, Russia and to shake up his roster. The CarSweden. The Hurricanes draftolina front office could also ated players from five different natempt to trade the negotiating tions with their eight picks in rights to pending unrestrictCountries 2020, and five countries were ed free agents like Vincent Trorepresented in the represented the year before as check and Nino Niederreiter.

And since the Hurricanes Hurricanes’ 13-player well.

As far as needs, Carolina has don’t have their first-round2021 draft class shown it will hunt for talent er, making a trade (or trades) above all else — and that often would be the biggest way for means jumping on players who have slid in them to make noise in Montreal.

That doesn’t mean there isn’t value to be the draft or targeting boom-or-bust types.

One area the Hurricanes may avoid is found in the second round and beyond.

While this year’s draft isn’t considered to goaltender. After not selecting any goalies in have a wealth of high-end talent, there are 2020 — the first time that happened since 2013 when the team had just four picks — always diamonds to be found in the rough.

Carolina wasn’t particularly adept at lo- Carolina drafted three a year ago. And with cating late-round talent in the 2000s, but Kochetkov looking like a potential goalie of the team drafted NHL players after Round the future, the Hurricanes wouldn’t be crit1 in every draft from 2010 (Justin Faulk and icized for not making goaltending a priority Victor Rask) to 2017 (Eetu Luostarinen and in Montreal.

While it will be two days of dreamMorgan Geekie). That includes cornerstone players Sebastian Aho (35th overall, 2015), come-true moments for the 225 players who Brett Pesce (66th, 2013) and Jaccob Slavin will be drafted by NHL teams, the biggest news might be which NHL players end up (120th, 2012).

It’s too early to know for sure, but more re- in new cities.

And don’t be surprised if Carolina is the cent second-day picks like Jack Drury (42nd, 2018) and Pyotr Kochetkov (36th, 2019) al- team making noise.

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DRAFT PROSPECT SPOTLIGHT

Paul Ludwinski, C 5’11, 184 pounds • Kingston (OHL) One of the best skaters in the draft, Ludwinski is also a high-motor player. He had just 43 points in his first major junior season but had a better postseason.

NSJ Rank: 62 What they’re saying Scott Wheeler, The Athletic: “Ludwinski’s one of those players whose engine is always running so hot that he looks like he’s doing a lot out there when in many cases he isn’t.”

McKeen’s Hockey: “He has a great combination of competitiveness, defensive awareness and high hockey sense.”

The Hockey News: “Ludwinski has great skating ability and competitiveness.”

Nick Moldenhauer, C/RW 5’10, 170 pounds • Chicago (USHL) Skilled with a good shot, Moldenhauer overcame both mono and a scary skate cut to the face to finish with 1.02 points per game in his first full USHL season.

NSJ Rank: 67 What they’re saying Scott Wheeler, The Athletic: “He’s a high-energy worker ... who [is] a Swiss Army knife.”

EilteProspects.com: “His combination of off-puck offense, shooting, passing and physical skill could make him an effective third-liner.”

The Hockey News: “Smart, skilled kid who has a good shot and is on the NCAA path.”

Vladimir Grudinin, D 5’10, 158 pounds • CSKA Moskow (KHL) The left-handed defenseman faces some hurdles, including being undersized and Russian — a concern given the Ukranian conflict. He’s not a game-breaker but is a skilled skater who has been able to compete against older competition.

NSJ Rank: 93 What they’re saying Corey Pronman, The Athletic: “He has strong poise and skill with the puck.”

Dobber Hockey: “Grudinin’s strengths outweigh his weaknesses and make him an intriguing prospect.”

EliteProspects.com: “Grudinin’s footwork and agility make up for his size disadvantage.”

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NBA free agency lucrative so far for NC players North Carolina products have already signed for a combined $375 million

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J.T. Poston kisses the trophy after winning the John Deere Classic on Sunday in Silvis, Illinois.

Poston is from Hickory and played collegiately at Western Carolina.

Poston goes wire-to-wire to win 2nd PGA title, spot in British Open The Hickory-born Western Carolina graduate dominated at the John Deere Classic The Associated Press SILVIS, Ill. — J.T. Poston completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the John Deere Classic for his second PGA Tour title and a spot in the British Open.

Three strokes ahead entering the day at TPC Deere Run, Poston closed with a 2-under 69 for a three-stroke margin over fellow British Open qualifiers Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Emiliano Grillo.

Poston is the third wire-towire winner in tournament history, following Scott Hoch in 1980 and David Frost in 1992. The 29-year-old player from Hickory finished at 21-under 263. He opened 62-65-67.

“It’s just tough to play with the lead,” said Poston, who played collegiately at Western Carolina.

“There is just a little bit of added pressure. Wire-to-wire, pretty much having the lead from Thursday on, I told all the media after every round that I was just trying to stick to my game plan and I wasn’t going to think about

“They don’t come easy out here, and I really wanted to get that second win to sort of validate Wyndham.”

J.T. Poston on getting his second career PGA Tour win it.

“The truth is it’s hard not to think about the finish line and what comes with it, all that comes with getting win out here.

As much as you try and put that aside and not think about it, it’s tough not to.”

Poston birdied the first three holes Sunday, bogeyed Nos. 5 and 6 and parred the next 10. He made a 4-footer for birdie on the par-5 17th and parred the 18th.

“I was just trying to breathe,” Poston said. “I was really. I think there were a lot of nerves, a lot more than the first few days. I was just battling through them. I think after today, after this week, I feel like knowing I can play with those nerves and I can still win, still shoot a solid score considering the pressure and trying to win out here.”

Poston won a week after tying

for second in Connecticut in the Travelers Championship. He also won the 2019 Wyndham Championship.

“They don’t come easy out here, and I really wanted to get that second win to sort of validate Wyndham,” Poston said. “So, it feels good to get it out of the way.”

The British Open is July 14-17 at the Old Course at St. Andrews.

“I can’t wait,” Poston said. “I’ve always wanted to play in one of those at any venue, but first one to be in St. Andrews and the 150th, I can’t wait to get there and see what it’s like.”

Bezuidenhout shot a 66, and Grillo had a 69.

“I just knew I needed a solid week,” Grillo said. “I just needed to play well and go up the rankings and have a job for next year.

That was more important for me than going to the Open. Now I get both, so that’s pretty special.”

Christopher Gotterup, the former Rutgers player in the field on a sponsor exemption, had a 66 to tie for fourth at 17 under with Scott Stallings (70).

“Just more validation that I do belong out here,” Gotterup said. “And honestly, I didn’t have my greatest stuff this week. Hit it amazing but just putted pretty poorly until coming down the stretch.”

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Charlotte left-hander John Parker pitches during the Knights game against Durham Bulls at Truist Field in Charlotte on June 28.

MiLB from page B1

“I shared (season) tickets with someone, and when he had them I’d sit on my balcony and watch the games,” said Doug Robichaud, who used to live on the 18th floor overlooking the field.

“So many people come to the games that when the Knights had a rally, you could hear them cheering.”

The crowds aren’t the only thing the Knights’ arrival helped bring uptown. Among the other additions to the neighborhood are Romare Bearden Park — a favorite pregame gathering spot for Panthers fans in the fall — a federal courthouse annex and a 29-story, glass tower.

“I’ve watched this place grow up, step by step,” Robichaud said as he sat comfortably on one of

several rocking chairs located on the aptly named “Home Run Porch” just 315 feet from the plate in right field.

The small dimensions were a necessity because of the size and shape of the lot on which the ballpark was built. Because of that, there wouldn’t be enough room to expand the facility to major league specifications should, as is often rumored, a team might consider relocating to Charlotte.

And that’s fine with team COO Rajkowski.

“If you were to add MLB to Charlotte, we’d probably be the smallest market with three major league franchises, and we’d have more than three,” he said.

“There becomes the competition for sponsor dollars, suite dollars and the ability to draw in a market on weekdays when peo-

ple have to work and kids are in school.

“We’re not that city right now.

Down the road I think Charlotte would be a great market. But that would be several years from now.”

For that to happen, Rajokowski said that a new stadium would have to be built. Not only would such a project be a costly one for local taxpayers, but it would also be nearly impossible to find a better location than the one the Knights already call home.

“The view is probably the best in minor league baseball,” said season ticket holder Dustin Vinke. “The backdrop is just incredible and the atmosphere on weekends and for night games is really electric. They do a great job of making it a fun experience.”

opt in. See you in the fall.”

Of course, the drama isn’t completely dead. There’s still the possibility a trade with the Lakers could be worked out, just not as a sign-and-trade. DependBy Shawn Krest ing on the breathless source you North State Journal use, at press time, a Kyrie to L.A. A WEEK AFTER the NBA deal is “being actively pursued,” Draft, the league’s veterans step a “done deal” or something the Lakers aren’t “aggressively purinto the spotlight.

The NBA’s silly season con- suing.”

Two other former Duke onetinues with the official opening of the free agent period. As and-dones have also re-upped usual, players with ties to North with their current teams. MarCarolina — either as natives or vin Bagley III chose to remain alumni of the various college in Detroit, where he was traded programs around the state — in February. The second overare among the veterans on the all pick in 2018, Bagley agreed move in the early days of the to three years, $37 million with the Pistons. Bagley just finished signing period.

While no one from the state his four-year, $35 million rookie had landed one of the head- deal, originally signed with Sacline-grabbing deals that leaps off ramento. The Pistons made him the ESPN crawl, North Carolina a $7.8 million qualifying offer products have still had a pretty to keep him off the unrestricted good week. In the early days of free agent market.

Point guard Tyus Jones, a the offseason frenzy, a total of nine players had agreed to deals first-round pick in 2015, opted to re-sign with Memphis, that cover a combined where he has played 22 years and will pay at the last three seasons. least $375 million.

Jones signed a twoThat’s without all the “Normal year, $30 million conterms being released. tract to remain a GrizThe two biggest people keep zlies playmaker. Jones names have accounted the world is getting a raise after for more than half of completing a threethat total by staying put. going, but year, $26.4 million Zion Williamson, the those who deal with Memphis.

2019 first overall pick Raleigh’s John Wall out of Duke, had the dare to be expects to return to biggest payday. Despite different the floor for an 11th battling injuries in his NBA season. Wall, who three years in New Orle- lead us into has missed two of the ans, Williamson signed tomorrow. last three seasons and a five-year extension to I’ve made hasn’t played an NBA his rookie contract at game since April 2021, the maximum of $193 my decision signed a two-year, million. to opt in.” $13.2 million contract Williamson missed to join the Los Angeles all of last season with Clippers. After playing injury and has played in Kyrie Irving his first nine seasons just 85 of New Orleans’ with Washington, Wall 225 games during his missed 2019-20 with NBA career so far but could increase the value of his an Achilles injury then played 40 deal to $231 million if he makes games with Houston in 2020-21.

All-NBA or wins MVP or Defen- He worked out with the team but sive Player of the Year next sea- didn’t play in any games this past season. Now Wall, who will turn son.

The extension covers the 32 before the start of next sea2023-24 through 2027-28 sea- son, attempts to revive his career sons, kicking in after his four- in Los Angeles.

Another Raleigh native, P.J. year, $44 million rookie deal Tucker, is on the move, agreeing reaches completion.

Despite Williamson’s health to a three-year, $33.2 million issues, the Pelicans were more contract to join the 76ers. The than willing to extend him. VP 37-year-old has played for five David Griffin said last month it teams in his 11 NBA seasons, most recently last year for Miwould be an “easy decision.”

There was more drama — as ami, where he started 70 of his there always seems to be — sur- 71 games.

Former Tar Heel Theo Pinson rounding another former Duke one-and-done who eventually will remain in Dallas, agreeing decided to stay put. Kyrie Irving with the Mavericks on a one-year initially gave the Brooklyn Nets a deal. The dollar amount was not list of teams he would have been immediately released. Another willing to be traded to, including UNC product, Danny Green, was traded on draft night, going from the Lakers.

While the prospect of a sign- Philadelphia to Memphis.

NC State had two former playand-trade sending Irving to join LeBron James enthralled ers inked to deals. T.J. Warren NBA observers, a deal couldn’t signed a one-year contract — be worked out and Irving an- terms were not disclosed — to nounced he would exercise his join the Nets. Warren last played one-year option to remain in for the Pacers in 2021 before Brooklyn, paying him $36.5 mil- missing all of last season due to injury. lion.

Cody Martin, who began his In typical Irving fashion, he announced the decision with a flour- college career at State before ish, saying, “Normal people keep transferring, will remain with the world going, but those who the Charlotte Hornets, agreeing dare to be different lead us into to- to re-sign for four years and $32 morrow. I’ve made my decision to million.

ACC from page B1

Oklahoma. The Big Ten had a strong claim to No. 2 (and both conferences also have a claim at the top spot in basketball in any given year) and now adds the two biggest schools in the Los Angeles market.

Experts estimate that the next TV deal for each conference could pay out at more than $100 million per team. And with the prospect that the SEC and Big Ten could be the only two conferences not considered mid-major anymore, those numbers only promise to go higher. Suddenly, paying off the exit fee — or hiring an even bigger army of lawyers to fight the grant of rights — seems feasible, and the ACC’s golden handcuffs seem more than a little tarnished.

Experts (and granted, these are the same experts that never saw USC and UCLA coming) say the ACC’s future viability rests with Notre Dame. If the conference can hold onto the Irish and lure them into becoming a full-fledged

member in football, it can still stake a claim as a major player in the sport and potentially add some of the Pac-12 and Big 12 leftovers to expand. Stanford, Oregon and Cal would give the league an Atlantic and Pacific Coast presence and give the Irish some West Coast opponents.

Of course, the Irish have history with many teams in the Big Ten, including Michigan and Michigan State, and the league’s California move added two other longtime Notre Dame rivals. It’s tough to come up with a compelling reason why the Irish would pick the ACC over the Big Ten’s overtures.

What’s left in the Pac-12 doesn’t compare to what’s been taken already. The same is true for the remnants of the Big 12.

ACC leadership has long said that any expansion plans would focus on the league’s footprint.

And, while the ACC seemed to focus on that for the last month or so, the only footprint that might matter could end up on the back of the conference’s neck.

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VIRTUAL from page B5 There’s things that a doctor might pick up on that they can’t see online,” said Stewart of Perris, California.

The pandemic created an opportunity to balance in-person and virtual services to support the physical and mental health of older adults, said Alycia Bayne, a principal research scientist at NORC. That “could be particularly beneficial to older adults with different health issues, mobility limitations, people who lack transportation options, people who do not have or live near a robust social networks like family and friends to lean on,” she said.

Still, there remain limitations with technology access, broadband access and digital literacy, which Bayne said may help explain why the poll finds older adults less likely to use digital services after the pandemic.

Despite the age gap on use of services, similar percentages of adults across ages say it’s a good thing for virtual options for health care, for community events and meetings and for activities to continue after the pandemic.

“They recognize the benefits of virtual services, but they’re also ready to start getting back to their pre-pandemic routines,” she said. “The silver lining, of course, is that these services are now available.”

Biden offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 sales The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed up to 10 oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the Alaska coast over the next five years — going against the Democrat’s climate promises but scaling back a Trump-era plan that called for dozens of offshore drilling opportunities including in undeveloped areas.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said fewer than 11 lease sales — or even no lease sales at all — could occur, with a final decision not due for months. New drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts would be blocked, after being considered under Trump.

“President Biden and I have made clear our commitment to transition to a clean energy economy. Today, we put forward an opportunity for the American people to ... provide input on the future of offshore oil and gas leasing,” said Haaland, whose agency oversees drilling on federal lands and waters.

The proposal brought immediate backlash from both environ-

mentalists — who accused Biden of betraying the climate cause — and oil industry officials and allies, who said it would do little to help counter high energy prices.

Gasoline prices averaged $4.84 a gallon on Friday, a strain on commuters and a political albatross for Biden’s fellow Democrats going into the midterm elections.

That has left the White House scrambling for solutions, including Biden’s call last week for suspension of the 18.4 cents a gallon federal gas tax.

The Interior Department had suspended lease sales in late January because of climate concerns but was forced to resume them by a U.S. district judge in Louisiana.

The Biden administration cited conflicting court rulings about that decision when it canceled the last scheduled lease sales in the Gulf and Alaska during the previous offshore leasing cycle. That prior five-year cycle, a program adopted under former President Barack Obama, expired on Thursday.

There will be a months-long gap before a new plan can be put in place. The oil industry and its allies say the delay could cause

problems in planning new drilling and potentially lead to decreased oil production.

Biden in recent weeks has criticized oil producers and refiners for maximizing profits and making “more money than God,” rather than increasing production in response to higher prices as the economy recovers from the pandemic and feels the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The proposal comes a day after the administration held its first onshore lease sales, drawing $22 million in an auction that gives energy companies drilling rights on about 110 square miles in seven western states.

Moderate Democrat Joe Manchin, who chairs the Senate energy committee, welcomed the proposal as a chance “to get our leasing program back on track.”

“While Americans everywhere are suffering from record high gas prices and disruptions in the global oil market caused by (Russian leader Vladimir) Putin’s senseless war in Ukraine, the Department of the Interior hasn’t held any successful offshore lease sales since November 2020,” the West Virginia lawmaker said.

Under the Trump administration, Interior officials had proposed 47 sales, including 12 in the Gulf of Mexico, 19 in Alaska and nine off the Atlantic coast that were later withdrawn.

Trump lost the 2020 election before the proposal was finalized.

The current format of holding Gulf-wide sales was put in place under Obama because of dwindling interest in offshore leases.

Prior to that there had been decades of regional sales.

Friday’s announcement opens a 90-day public comment period, then a final plan must be submitted 60 days before it goes into effect.

The government held an offshore lease auction in the Gulf of Mexico in November that brought $192 million in bids. A court canceled that sale before the leases were issued.

Haaland has said previously that the industry is “set” with the amount of drilling permits stockpiled and at its disposal. She testified during a House hearing in April that the industry has about 9,000 permits that have been approved but are not being used.

Oil production has increased as the economy recovers from the coronavirus slowdown, but it’s still below pre-pandemic levels. Energy companies have been reluctant to ramp up production further, citing a shortage of workers and restraints from investors wary that today’s high prices won’t last.

Companies could face hurdles covering abortion travel costs The Associated Press AFTER THE U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies.

But the companies gave scant or no details on how they will do this and it’s not clear if they will be able to — legally — while protecting employees’ privacy and keeping them safe from prosecution.

“Most employers were not prepared for Roe to be overturned, and even those that were didn’t realize the law would literally be changed the next minute,” said Brian Kropp, a vice president at the consulting firm Gartner. “They’re trying to play catch-up.”

Kropp said many companies announced plans to offer travel benefits without the infrastructure in place to make them work. Some, he added, are creating supplementary policies that employees can buy to cover abortion travel, while others are contacting insurers to see if travel can be added to their current plans. Others are trying to figure out how to offer a benefit without breaching employees’ privacy.

“Are employees going to have to tell their manager they are going to have to travel from Texas to California to have an abortion?” Kropp said.

The answer is no — but they would likely have to tell human resources or a similar department that they are pregnant and want

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The company or its health insurer would then provide money upfront or a reimbursement after the fact.

Hoffman called the travel cost pledges a “generous benefit” from companies, and said she would not be surprised “if this becomes a practice that more companies undertake — just without trumpeting it,” for fear of the backlash that can come with public statements on a divisive issue such as abortion.

“It’s not necessarily altruistic,” she said. “It also makes some sense for companies to not have a bunch

of employees that are highly distressed because they have unwanted pregnancies and have to carry the child to term.”

For now, most big companies offering an abortion travel benefit will likely add it to existing health care plans, said Jonathan Zimmerman, a partner with the law firm Morgan Lewis who helps companies develop and maintain their benefits.

Big companies are generally self-insured, which means they pay for all claims and have more flexibility to decide what the plans will cover. A third party then processes the claims on their behalf.

That’s the case at outdoor clothing company Patagonia, which updated its health coverage last fall to add travel costs for employees after Texas’s law banning most abortions went into effect. Patagonia said abortion and travel costs are administered in the same manner as other medical services, ensuring confidentiality for employees.

Restaurant review company Yelp said its abortion travel benefit is also administered by its health insurance provider. Yelp has told its employees that if they do use the travel benefit, Yelp will not have access to the details of the service.

Microsoft, meanwhile, noted

that it already covers abortion, as well as gender-affirming care, for its employees and has now extended the coverage to include travel expenses for “these and other lawful medical services” if they are not available in an employee’s home state.

Smaller companies may have fewer options. They typically buy health insurance for their employees from insurers that are subject to state regulations. Those companies have less flexibility to design benefits, and they may operate in states that ban abortion.

Dr. Ami Parekh, chief health officer at Included Health, which offers health care navigation services and virtual care for employers, said it is “quite a scramble” right now for large employers to navigate this fast-moving landscape.

“They’re moving as fast as they can,” Parekh said. “And I bet you they’re going to be nimble and change as needed as things come up.”

Beyond the legal questions, abortion travel benefits also present some thorny workplace issues, Kropp said. Employees who don’t support abortion may be angry that their company is paying for other employees’ travel, for example. Even those who do support abortion may question why the company isn’t paying them to travel for fertility treatments or transgender health care, he said.

“My sense is most employers are trying to very quickly figure out what’s best for their employees and dependents,” Parekh said. “And not all employers want to spend the energy to be very public about that at this moment in time.”

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2022 Rivian R1S The best electric SUV you can buy 800 horsepower and seating for 7

By Jordan Golson North State Journal WINDHAM, N.Y. — The Rivian R1T electric pickup truck was a revolution when I drove it last year. Even aside from the electric powertrain (which gave it a 0-60 mph time of just 3 seconds thanks to more than 800 horsepower), it was a top-to-bottom reimagining of what a pickup truck could be.

This is perhaps best summed up in the Camp Kitchen, a fully-equipped slide-out galley complete with cutlery, plates, pots, pans, a coffee maker, a dual-burner induction cooktop, and even a sink with a few gallons of water on board. The $5,000 kitchen is as useful as it is over-the-top, and there’s nothing like it in any other vehicle.

It also best encapsulates my disappointment with Rivian’s second vehicle, the R1S electric SUV. As revolutionary as the R1T was, perhaps it was inevitable that the still-excellent R1S was destined to be a less-exciting evolution of the Rivian formula.

Still, the R1S is the first electric large SUV around that isn’t made

by Tesla, and that alone makes it interesting. It’s slightly smaller than a Mercedes-Benz GLS and a touch bigger than an Audi Q7, with seating for seven and decent cargo storage behind the third row’s reclining seats.

From the B-pillar forward, it’s identical to the R1T except for a single change: the control for the rear wiper on the turn signal stalk. Everything is the same, including the frunk, the windshield, the infotainment and dash cluster screens, the front seats, and everything else.

That means it has the ingenious Camp Speaker, a removable Bluetooth speaker hidden in the center console that includes a built-in lantern and USB-C port (it recharges when docked in the vehicle), and a 1,000-lumen flashlight stored in the driver’s door that also recharges automatically.

A 16-inch horizontal touchscreen in the center of the dash controls most features in the car, and the lag that I noticed in my drive of the R1T last year has been eliminated. There’s no physical volume knob, which is still annoying, as is the lack of support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

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the preferred pick for Rivian engineers. The R1S’s four-corner air suspension lifts to a maximum of 14.9 inches of ground clearance and three feet of water fording. It can tow up to 7,700 pounds and can drop to 8.8 inches to make it easier to load the aforementioned people and stuff.

The R1T was an impressive off-roader, and the R1S boasts even better specs in approach (35.6 degrees), departure (34.3 degrees), and a breakover angle of 29.6 degrees. In my brief time on an off-road handling course, the R1S performed admirably at rock crawling, river fording, and clambering up and down alarmingly steep grades.

The on-road experience is a touch less wonderful in the R1S than in the R1T. I can’t quite figure whether it was the large cabin or the shorter wheelbase — likely a bit of both — but the SUV feels a bit less planted than the pickup.

It still has ridiculous acceleration and generally excellent handling (the low center of gravity and four motors help a lot), and it’s doubtful that most Rivian buyers would notice or even care.

Only the quad-motor, large pack version is available at launch, good for 316 miles on the EPA range test. A cheaper, dual-motor version will eventually be available later with a slightly better range (320+ miles expected), while a more affordable, smaller battery option will come later with a worse range (260+ miles expected).

The sold-out Launch Edition that I drove priced out to around $98,000. That’s a lot of money, but when you consider the fact that it has more horsepower, faster acceleration, and better off-road prowess than a Mercedes-Benz AMG G 63 (which starts at well over $150,000) and that it’s not hard to get a GLS into that price range, it starts to seem a bit more reasonable. Plus, you don’t have to pay for gas. The dual-motor, standard battery pack R1S starts at around $72,500, though you’ll be waiting a while to get it.

On-road then, the R1S is a monster performer that’s ready to pound the pavement and explore the world. Off-road, it’s capable of far more than it’ll likely ever face. And, when it comes to hauling people or stuff, it’s better than anything else with a plug.

The R1T’s Camp Kitchen was a feature that would blow away anyone you showed it to. If you had a friend who was skeptical about electric vehicles, you could pull that out and say, “I bet your truck can’t make dinner.” The R1S doesn’t have that trump card.

Don’t get me wrong, the Rivian R1S is the best electric SUV you can buy, and I’d be thrilled to have one in my driveway. I just wish it had its Camp Kitchen moment.

stations from Electrify America, EVGo, ChargePoint, and its own Rivian Adventure Network, which is a must-have feature these days.

The rear liftgate is a split setup like a Range Rover, and there’s room for a week’s worth of groceries and then some, thanks to 17.6 cubic feet of storage. There are sliding tie-down loops and a relatively spacious hidden storage compartment beneath the floor that houses a first-aid kit and hookups for the standard onboard air compressor. Folding down the third row is a manual affair, somewhat annoyingly, but that bumps your rear storage to 46.7 cubic feet, which should satisfy just about everyone’s travel hauling needs.

If that isn’t enough, there’s a voluminous power frunk that’s 22.7” x 25.4” x 54.8” with the cargo shelf removed. The second-row power folds with a 40/20/40 split configuration, giving an enormous 104.7 cubic feet of total interior

storage volume. If you still need more space, roof rack mounts allow for a six-person pop-up tent to be affixed.

The second-row seats are comfortable, with plenty of leg-room and a generous recline. They also slide forward to give extra space to the passengers in the third row. Adults probably won’t want to spend a four-hour road trip in the way back, but if you slide the second-row seats forward a bit, there’s plenty of room. There are also cupholders and small storage cubbies with USB-C power ports to keep the kids and their devices fueled up. There’s no rear-seat entertainment, aside from the enormous panoramic sunroof that extends to the second row, plus an extra sunroof over the third row, so the R1S feels spacious and airy regardless of your seat.

Big SUVs like the R1S are, after all, about moving people and stuff from place to place and the big Rivian excels at this. But there’s nothing I’ve talked about here

(aside from the frunk, I suppose) that’s different from any other big SUV. They all have room for lots of people and stuff; the Rivian just does it without consuming any fuel or spewing CO2 everywhere.

Where the R1T design blew me away, the R1S is... a big electric SUV. Still, it’s a big SUV with four electric motors making 835 horsepower and 908 ft-lb of torque and a 0-60 mph time of close to 3 seconds. That means you get four-wheel torque vectoring and impressive wheel control on-road and off, thanks to Rivian’s in-house dynamics and handling work.

It seems likely that most R1S vehicles — like the R1T pickup — won’t wander too far from the pavement, but if you go off the beaten path, the Rivian will take great care of you. There are three wheel options, all with Pirelli rubber, including 20-inch all-terrain off-road tires that seem to be

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 July 11, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Huntersville in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 87 of Fullerton Place Subdivision, Phase 3, Map 3, as same is shown on map thereof recorded in Plat Book 68, Pages 82 & 83, Cabarrus county, North Carolina Public Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 10335 Rutledge Ridge Drive, Huntersville, North Carolina.

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.

for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. 45-21.23.

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

TAKE NOTICE

CABARRUS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 144 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Gregory Garner and Laura Garner (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Gregory Garner and Laura Garner) to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated November 20, 2015, and recorded in Book No. 11683, at Page 0229 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

CUMBERLAND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 412 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jasper H. Hinson (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Jasper H. Hinson) to John B. Third, Trustee(s), dated March 21, 2016, and recorded in Book No. 9825, at Page 0343 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 390 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jack K. Crites, Jr. and Maria M. Crites (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Jack K. Crites, Jr. and Maria M. Crites) to Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), dated August 25, 2016, and recorded in Book No. 9933, at Page 0486 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 July 11, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the

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

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 July 11, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Hope Mills in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 7 in a subdivision known as WINDRIDGE, SECTION ONE, according to a plat of the same duly recordedinBookofPlats83,Page138,CumberlandCounty Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7025 Kalmia Lane, Hope Mills, 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

following real estate situated in Fayetteville in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in or near the City of Fayetteville, Cross Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 71, in a subdivision known as addition to subdivision No. 2 of Roxanna Williams property, and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 13, Page 37, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; 607 Faison Avenue, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Parcel: 0416-78-0448 Being the same property conveyed to Jack K. Crites. Jr. and Wife, Terica D. Crites by deed from Lance Gray and Wife, Beth Bishop Gray recorded 08/05/2005 in Deed Book 6966 Page 206, in the Register of Deeds Office of Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale

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.

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

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CUMBERLAND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 393 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael Staten (Deceased) and Pamela Staten (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Pamela Staten and Michael Staten, Heirs of Pamela Staten: Mikayla D. Staten, Jasper S. McLaurin) to Single Source Real Estate Services, Trustee(s), dated September 3, 2004, and recorded in Book No. 6646, at Page 458 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 22 SP 389 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lorenzo Howard, Jr. and Fadime Howard (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Lorenzo Howard, Jr. and Fadime Howard) to F. Stuart Clarke, Trustee(s), dated June 27, 2006, and recorded in Book No. 7290, at Page 599 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 July 11, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 337 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Amine Hassoune and Gaysha N. Lewis (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Amine Hassoune and Gaysha N. Lewis) to Lewis, Deese, Nance & Briggs L.L.P. Attorneys at Law, Trustee(s), dated May 15, 2019, and recorded in Book No. 10501, at Page 0379 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 July 11, 2022 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:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 419 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Patrick J. Trombley (Deceased) and Amy Lou Trombley (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Patrick J. Trombley, Heirs of Patrick J. Trombley: Ailee Trombley) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated September 28, 2012, and recorded in Book No. 9009, at Page 744 in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. The Deed of Trust was modified by the following: A Loan Modification recorded on November 20, 2019, in Book No. 10633, at Page 571, 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 July 18, 2022 and will

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 115 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael D. Privett and Christy H. Privett aka Christy H. Pruett (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Michael D. Privett and Christy H. Privett) to Kenneth C. Praschan, Trustee(s), dated March 26, 2008, and recorded in Book No. 7844, at Page 0533 in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. The Deed of Trust was modified by the following: A Loan Modification recorded on July 29, 2014, in Book No. 09478, at Page 0429A Loan Modification recorded on May 30, 2019, in Book No. 10510, at Page 0045, 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

22 SP 199 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

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 July 11, 2022 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 15, in a subdivision known as Pinewinds Section Three, and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 111, Page 88, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 829 Black Creek Court, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Property Address: 829 Black Creek Court, Fayetteville, NC 28311 Parcel Identification No.: 0429-56-3047 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

in Fayetteville in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 49 in a subdivision known as Kensington Village Revised, Section one and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 97, Page 69, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3534 Harrisburg Drive, 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 ($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

BEING all of Lot 15 of Block G of that subdivision known as HERMITAGE PLACE, SECTION II, as per the plat thereof duly recorded in Plat Book 26 at Page 19, Cumberland County Registry, State of North Carolina; to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of same; and being the one and the same real property described in that deed recorded in Book 8824 at Page 372, aforesaid Registry and State. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 362 Lynhurst Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Address: 362 Lynhurst Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28314 PIN: 0407-78-1333Trustee 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

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 131 in a subdivision known as Birch Creek, Section Three and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 96, at Page 57, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2825 Bolla Drive, 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 ($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

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 July 11, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Stedman in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot No. SIX (6), in a subdivision known as “ALLENDALE, SECTION TWO”, according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Plat Book 119, Page 176, Cumberland County, North Carolina Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 705 Mill Bay Drive, 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

conducting the sale on July 20, 2022 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

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

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, 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.

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

EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

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.

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

Said property is commonly known as 5713 Waters Edge Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28314.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are ALL LAWFUL HEIRS OF MICHAEL W. CONLIN.

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

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,

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property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael W. Conlin and Janelle E. Conlin to Thomas G. Jacobs, Trustee(s), which was dated September 29, 2005 and recorded on September 30, 2005 in Book 7024 at Page 748, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Being all of Lot 144, as described on that certain plat of Water’s Edge, Section 1, dated April 1976, recorded in Book of Plats 43, Page 57, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

The following described real estate located Cumberland County, North Carolina:

NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

in

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Cynthia H. Davis and Daron L. Davis to Donald P. Eggleston, Trustee(s), which was dated August 16, 2013 and recorded on August 21, 2013 in Book 09274 at Page 0040, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Situated in or near the City of Fayetteville, Cross Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 20, 2022 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described

22 SP 65 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joseph R. Crevier and Britteny N. Crevier to West Title Agency, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated October 2, 2015 and recorded on October 6, 2015 in Book 09734 at Page 0700, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Being all of Lot Number 279 in a subdivision known as College Lakes, Section III and the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 25 at Page 6, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 5405 Maryland Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28311.

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

and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 20, 2022 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 71 in that subdivision known as DEERFIELD, SECTION 6, as per the plat thereof duly recorded in Plat Book 73, at Page 51, Cumberland County Registry, State of North Carolina; to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of same.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1214 Wilderness Drive, Spring Lake, NC 28390.

A Certified Check ONLY (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars

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 Cynthia H. Davis and husband, Daron L. Davis.

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

($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Joseph R. Crevier II.

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: 7695 - 29420

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: 7457 - 28432

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: 7284 - 27734

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC.

https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 6658 - 25283

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

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: 6434 - 24597

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Aaron B. Anderson Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5710 Oleander Drive, Ste. 204 Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: (910) 202-2940 Fax: (910) 202 2941 File No.: 22-03114-FC01

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.

agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 22-01243-FC01

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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.: 18-01443-FC02

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CUMBERLAND 20 SP 262 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Tyler L. Jones and Alicia D. Jones to Jeanne B. White, Trustee(s), which was dated May 11, 2007 and recorded on July 2, 2007 in Book 7633 at Page 846, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

20 SP 39 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Sarah F. Wall to Investors Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated May 1, 2015 and recorded on May 4, 2015 in Book 09641 at Page 0311, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

DAVIDSON NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE HEARING OF A DEED OF TRUST STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DAVIDSON IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. In the matter of the Foreclosure of that certain Deed of Trust executed by MAYRA PATRICIA MARTINEZ payable to QUICKEN LOANS, INC., lender, to HEATHER LOVIER, Trustee, dated September 12, 2019, and recorded in Book 2373, Page 1867 of the Davidson County Public Registry by Goddard & Peterson, PLLC, Substitute Trustee Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by MAYRA PATRICIA MARTINEZ to QUICKEN LOANS, INC., lender, to HEATHER

22 SP 88 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by James M. Mizell to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated October 5, 2015 and recorded on October 5, 2015 in Book 2197 at Page 2191 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on January 30, 2017 in Book 2255, Page 92, 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 July 11, 2022 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: BEGINNING at a point marked by an existing iron pin in the Southwest corner of the tract herein described, and also being the Northeast corner of a tract of land owned by

22 SP 142 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Brandy Michelle Bowman to William T. Morrison and Philip M. Rudisill, Trustee(s), which was dated July 19, 2018 and recorded on July 19, 2018 in Book 2323 at Page 56, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 160 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lisa R. James (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Lisa R. James) to Laurel A. Meyer, Trustee(s), dated November 29, 2017, and recorded in Book No. 2294, at Page 2059 in Davidson County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Davidson County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:30 AM on July 13, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Winston Salem

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evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 20, 2022 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 5, SHENANDOAH, BLOCK N, SECTION 8, as shown on map thereof recorded in Book of Plats 41, page 54, Cumberland County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 5537 Lawnwood Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304.

A Certified Check ONLY (no personal checks) of five percent

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 Tyler L. Jones.

conducting the sale on July 20, 2022 at 01:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

BEING all of Lot 75 in a Subdivision known as REVISION OF WOODLAND VILLAGE, SECTION TWO, PART B, according to a plat of same recorded in Plat Book 114, Page 84, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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

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

Said property is commonly known as 2117 Broadman Avenue, Fayetteville, NC 28304.

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.

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.

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

File No.: 11-01539-FC02

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.

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the

LOVIER, Trustee, dated September 12, 2019, and recorded in Book 2373, at Page 1867, in the Official Records of Davidson County, North Carolina, default having been made in the terms of agreement set forth by the loan agreement secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Goddard & Peterson, PLLC, having been substituted as Successor Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Official Records of Davidson County, North Carolina, in Book DE 2541, at Pages 326-327, 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 11:00 AM on July 14, 2022, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Davidson, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: TAX ID: 0300510000055 ADDRESS: 6203 Radds Street, Lexington, North Carolina 27295-7392 ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 55, AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF NORTHRIDGE, SECTION TWO, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 18, PAGE 41, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY AS CONVEYED FROM

MIRIAM EILEEN KESLAR, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN O’TOOLE (DECEASED) TO MAYRA PATRICIA MARTINEZ AS SET FORTH IN DEED BOOK 2373 PAGE 1865 DATED 09/05/2019, RECORDED 09/12/2019, DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): MAYRA PATRICIA MARTINEZ 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.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT 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.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANK-RUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

John D. Clodfelter, the Northwest corner of a tract of land owned by C.D. and Treva Spainhour, and the Southeast corner of a tract of land owned by Terry R. and Louella B. Lambeth, said BEGINNING point being located North 02 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East, a distance of 496.43 feet from a railroad spike in the pavement of Johnson Road, an from said BEGINNING point running thence North 02 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East, with the Eastern line of Terry R. and Louella B. Lambeth, a distance of 224.40 feet to a point in Lambeth’s line marked by a new iron pin, and also being the common comer with Charlie J. and Laura W. Clinard; thence with Clinard’s line North 68 degrees 27 minutes 04 seconds East, 401.94 feet to a point marked by a new iron pin; thence South 00 degrees 37 minute 48 seconds West 217.80 feet to a point marked by a new iron pin; thence South 68 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 411.18 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, and containing 1.89 acres, more or less, as shown on a survey for the Estate of Elva Glascoe Jarrett dated January 9, 1992, by Mark Terry and Associates, and designated Job Number 2537-33-77.

feet to an existing iron pin, Clinard’s corner; thence with Clinard’s line South 68 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 70.00 feet to a new iron pin; thence a new line through the Grantor’s remaining property North 00 degrees 34 minutes 29 seconds East 196.65 feet to a new iron pin set on the Grantors’ northern line; thence with their northern line North 68 degrees 27 minutes 04 seconds East 70.00 feet to the point of beginning and containing 14,114 square feet, more or less, and comprising the easternmost 70.00 feet of the Grantor’s 1.89 acres tract. This property was surveyed by Larry Mark Terry, North Carolina Registered Land Surveyor L-3096 on February 13, 1992.

and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

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

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

LESS AND EXCEPT that portion of land deeded to Gilbert D. Blair in deed dated March 4, 1992, and recorded in Book 803 Page 311, which is more particularly described as follows:

TOGETHER WITH AND INCLUDING all right, title and interest of Grantor in and to Right of Way Agreement recorded in Book 803, Page 305 which described an access easement appurtenant to the property hereinabove described between the property hereinabove described and Johnson Road.

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

Said property is commonly known as 204 Nubbin Ridge Rd, High Point, NC 27265.

Beginning at an existing iron pin, the northeast corner of the Grantor’s 1.89 acres tract as conveyed to them by deed dated February 12, 1992 from Ethel G. Williams, el als; thence from said beginning iron with Charlie J. Clinard’s line South 00 degrees 37 minutes 48 seconds West 217.80

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

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 11, 2022 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:

of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.

Being all of Lot 16, Block C, Section 2, of Rolling Acres as recorded in Plat Book 11 Page 21 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Davidson County, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 124 Arthur Drive, 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

in the County of Davidson, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being situate in Davidson County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being known and designated as Lot 333, as shown on the Plat of Cypress Forest at Hidden Creek, Phase IV, Section 2, as recorded in Plat Book 67 at Page 78, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Davidson County, North Carolina to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 142 Bald Cypress Drive, Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Parcel ID Number: 03004D0000333 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

offer for sale at the courthouse door in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:15 PM on July 13, 2022 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: Tax Id Number(s): 6805-05-1079.00

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Richard D. Barnes (Deceased) and Cathryn Barnes (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Cathryn Barnes and Richard D. Barnes) to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated September 3, 2015, and recorded in Book No. RE 3249, at Page 992 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

Land Situated in the City of Winston-Salem in the County of Forsyth in the State of NC

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 384

offer for sale at the courthouse door in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:15 PM on July 13, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Kernersville in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Unit 65, Section Two (A), The Arboretum Subdivision, recorded in Plat Book 43, Page 46, Forsyth County Registry. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 101 Caswell Kern Road, Kernersville, North Carolina.

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Sheila J. Walsh (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Sheila J. Walsh, Heirs of Sheila J. Walsh a/k/a Sheila Walsh: Gaither J. Walsh a/k/a Gaither Joe Walsh, Thomas E. Walsh a/k/a Thomas Edwin Walsh, Pamela W. Trivette a/k/a Pamela Trivette) to Cynthia Porterfield, Trustee(s), dated August 8, 2018, and recorded in Book No. RE 3419, at Page 962 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

(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.

Being known and designated as Lot No. 25 as shown on the plat of Greenbrier Estates, Section 5, as recorded in Plat Book 31, Page 118, 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 416 Wind Haven Lane, Winston Salem, North Carolina.

The property address and Tax Parcel identification Number listed are provided solely for informational purposes

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).

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 Brandy Michelle Bowman.

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

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

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.

File No.: 19-21317-FC01

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 20-03355-FC01

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued

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

($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

Commonly known as: 416 Wind Haven Lane, Winston Salem, NC 27104

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.

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.

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.

File No.: 22-01001-FC01

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: 7182 - 27292

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: 7465 - 28440

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: 6944 - 26344

North State Journal for Wednesday, July 6, 2022

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FORSYTH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 287 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Brandon Sprouse and Bryan McMenamin (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Brandon Sprouse and Bryan McMenamin) to Hutchens, Senter and Britton, Trustee(s), dated April 29, 2015, and recorded in Book No. RE 3228, at Page 1913 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,

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 99 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Vanessa Couch Granger (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Vanessa Couch Granger, Heirs of Vanessa Couch Granger: Johnny Couch, Sr., Cornelia Stuart Couch) to Cynthia Porterfield, Trustee(s), dated September 30, 2019, and recorded in Book No. RE 3484, at Page 3265 in Forsyth County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Forsyth County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:15 PM on July 20, 2022

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 98 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Roberta Smalls (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Roberta Smalls) to Angela M. Burton, Trustee(s), dated November 8, 2018, and recorded in Book No. RE 3433, at Page 3375 in Forsyth County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Forsyth County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:15 PM on July 20, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated

AMENDED 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): House of Martin Religious Assembly) 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 PM on July 20, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Winston Salem in the County of Forsyth,

JOHNSTON 22 SP 23 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Alessa Jose to James W. Narron, Trustee(s), which was dated October 17, 2008 and recorded on October 20, 2008 in Book 3613 at Page 919, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina.

Forsyth County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:15 PM on July 20, 2022 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 3, as shown on the map entitled RIDGECLIFF, SECTION TWO & REVISION LOT 3, REVISED SECTION ONE”, as recorded in Plat Book 32, Page 10, 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 6010 Stanleyville Drive, Rural Hall, North Carolina.

Property Address: 6010 Stanleyville Drive, Rural Hall, NC 27045 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

and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Kernersville in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being known and designated as Lot 24, Royal Village Estates, Section 2, Plat Book 69, Page 138, 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 1410 Regal View Drive, Kernersville, 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

in Winston Salem in the County of Forsyth, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 175, Building L, Griffith Park Townhomes, Per plat and survey thereof recorded in Plat Book 56, Pages 121 and 122, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Forsyth County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 2349 Hartfield 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 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,

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 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,

Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 19, 2022 at 12:00 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 110, Tralee Subdivision, as shown on that Plat Book 61, pages 423-425, Johnston County Registry, to which reference is hereby made for a full and complete description of said lot.

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

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

Said property is commonly known as 287 TRALEE DR, Smithfield, NC 27577.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 221

for cash the following real estate situated in Willow Spring in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 1, Riders’ Ridge Subdivision, as shown in Plat Book 37, Page 27, Johnston County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon said; property being located at 520 Honeycutt Road, Willow Spring, North Carolina.

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Shannon P. D’Augereau and V. Lynette Whittington D’Augereau (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Shannon P. D’Augereau and V. Lynette Whittington D’Augereau) to Steven Todd Adams, Trustee(s), dated November 21, 2006, and recorded in Book No. 3242, at Page 110 in Johnston County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Johnston County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on July 19, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder

ONSLOW NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 200 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Allen Ralph Blake and Jeanne Marie Blake (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Allen Ralph Blake and Jeanne Marie Blake) to Gordon E. Robinson, Jr., Trustee(s), dated October 10, 2007, and recorded in Book No. 2959, at Page 562 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 202 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Alexander M. Luttin (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Alexander M. Luttin) to John w. Gaffney and Joan C. Cox, Trustee(s), dated August 13, 2012, and recorded in Book No. 3832, at Page 67 in Onslow County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on July 14, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate

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

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

foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on July 14, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Maple Hill in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a stake in the western side of a hard-surface road leading from the English Store southward to NC Highway 53, said lands being approximately 1 mile from said NC Highway 53, and said stake being situated North 41.5 degrees East along said road right of way 420 feet from a stake, the common corner of Nathan Lee Humphrey and Charles Edward Maples’ lands; running thence North 69 degrees West 420 feet to a stake; thence South 41.5 degrees West 105 feet to a stake; thence South 69 degrees East 420 feet to the westerly right of way line of said hard surface road; thence along and with the said road North 41.5 degrees East 105 feet to the point of beginning and containing 1 acre, more or less, and being the northerly or northeast portion of that certain tract of land conveyed to Charles Edward Maples by deed dated January 20, 1966, and recorded in Book 350, Page 86, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 351 Nine Mile Road, Maple Hill, 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.

situated in Jacksonville in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The following described property, located in the City of Jacksonville, County of Onslow, State of North Carolina, more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 5, Block D, Section V, Part B, Brynn Marr, as shown on Map recorded in Map Book 16, Page 3, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1002 Brynn Marr Road, Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security

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.

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.

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.

directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole

discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

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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.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Said property 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 Concorde I, LLC. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

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

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.

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.

agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of

the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

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TAKE NOTICE

ONSLOW NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 225 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jacob M. Taylor and Alexis A. Taylor (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Jacob M. Taylor and Alexis A. Taylor) to H. Terry Hutchens, Trustee(s), dated July 28, 2017, and recorded in Book No. 4653, at Page 550 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,

RANDOLPH IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RANDOLPH COUNTY 19sp339 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JAMES I. WENTZ AKA JAMES WENTZ DATED AUGUST 3, 2004 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1880 AT PAGE 1623 IN THE RANDOLPH COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE

at 10:00 AM on July 14, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Hubert in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The land hereinabove referred to is situated in the Township of Swansboro, County of Onslow, State of NC, and is described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Swansboro Township, Onslow County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 15, Foxden Subdivision, as will appear of record in Map Book 40, Page 131, Slide K-837, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 210 Gray Fox Run, Hubert, North Carolina.

Being the same property conveyed from Justin C. Feenstra and wife, Kyona S. Feenstra, the Grantor(s), to Jacob M. Taylor and wife, Alex A. Taylor, the Grantee(s), by deed dated 01/05/2016, and recorded 01/05/2016 as; Instrument No. 012531800003.

APN: 1315C-25/Tax ID #: 061989

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in payment of the secured debt and failure to perform the agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the secured debt, the undersigned will expose for sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Randolph County courthouse at 10:00AM on July 13, 2022, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Randolph County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed James I. Wentz aka James Wentz, dated August 3, 2004 to secure the original principal amount of $136,000.00, and recorded in Book 1880 at Page 1623 of the Randolph County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 32 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Harold F. Price (Deceased) and Debrah L. Price (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Harold F. Price and Debrah L. Price, Heirs of Harold F. Price: Travis Price; Heirs of Debrah L. Price: Tonya Hylton, Kiesha Cole, Gary Cole) to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated June 25, 2015, and recorded in Book No. 2448, at Page 279 in Randolph County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on July 12, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Ramseur in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tax Id Number(s): 8702800667 Land Situated in the City of Ramseur in the County of

STANLY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION STANLY COUNTY 22sp56 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY LESLIE MORSE DATED APRIL 24, 2019 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1668 AT PAGE 809 IN THE STANLY 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 payment of the secured debt and failure to perform the

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION STANLY COUNTY 22sp23 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY GENA B BASS AND KASEY D. HELMS DATED OCTOBER 31, 2014 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1505 AT PAGE 999 IN THE STANLY 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 payment of the secured debt and failure to perform the agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the secured debt, the undersigned will expose

WAKE AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 771 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christine Davis (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Christine Davis) to First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), dated March 22, 2019, and recorded in Book No. 017394, at Page 00359 in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recordedintheOfficeoftheRegisterofDeedsWakeCounty, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 58 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Nakia D. Hill (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Nakia D. Hill) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated March 31, 2010, and recorded in Book No. 013895, at Page 02498 in Wake County Registry, North Carolina. The Deed of Trust was modified by the following: A Loan Modification recorded on August 21, 2017, in Book No. 16882, at Page 2107 , default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location

22 SP 648 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 Edward A Ogunjobi and Bonny R Ogunjobi to Richard Franz, Trustee(s), which was dated November 9, 2005 and recorded on November 15, 2005 in Book 11684 at Page 1312, 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

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Randolph in the State of NC Land Situated in the Township of Columbia in the County of Randolph in the State of NC Beginning at a new iron rod in the western right of way line of Coleridge Road NC Highway 22), said new iron rod being the southeast corner of J.C. Cox (Deed Book 239, Page 268); thence from said beginning point along the western right of way line of Coleridge Road NC Highway 22 South 14 degrees 22 minutes 11 seconds fact 245.75 feet to a point; thence along the western right of way line of Chisholm Road South 06 degrees 05 minutes 08 seconds West 196.62 feet to a new iron rod, the northeast corner of James Parrish, Jr. (Deed Book 1386, Page 812); thence along the northern line of Parrish North 83 degrees 32 minutes 24 seconds West 143.36 feet to an existing iron pipe, a common corner with Parrish and Neadowwoods Subdivision Lot #2; thence along the line of Lot 2 of Neadowwoods Subdivision North 46 degrees 06 minutes 04 seconds West 74.61 feet to an existing iron pipe, the common corner of Lots 2 and 3 of Neadowwoods Subdivision; thence along the line of Lot 3 of Neadowwoods Subdivision North 46 degrees 01 minutes 58 seconds West 119.75 feet to a point; thence North 41 degrees 39 minutes 26 seconds fast 30.33 feet to a new iron rod; thence North 46 degrees 35 minutes 44 seconds West 130.00 feet to an axle in the line of G. C. Patterson (Deed Book 1113, Page 679); thence along the Patterson line North 44 degrees 25 minutes 49 seconds East 140.14 feet to an axle in the western line of J.C. Cox

agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the secured debt, the undersigned will expose for sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Stanly County courthouse at 10:00AM on July 12, 2022, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Stanly County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Leslie Morse, dated April 24, 2019 to secure the original principal amount of $185,270.00, and recorded in Book 1668 at Page 809 of the Stanly 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: Rd, Stanfield, NC 28163 Tax Parcel ID: 558403337352 Present Record Owners:

136 Pless Mill

Leslie Morse

for sale at public auction at the usual place of sale at the Stanly County courthouse at 10:00AM on July 21, 2022, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Stanly County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Gena B Bass and Kasey D. Helms, dated October 31, 2014 to secure the original principal amount of $73,260.00, and recorded in Book 1505 at Page 999 of the Stanly 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: St, Stanfield, NC 28163 Tax Parcel ID: Present Record Owners: Gena B. Bass and Kasey D. Helms

756 W Stanly 137974 The Estate of

The record owner(s) of the property, according to the

Street entrance in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on July 11, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Willow Spring in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The following described property: Situated in the City of Willow Spring, Middle Creek Township, Wake County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 72 of Westmoor Subdivision, Phase 2, as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 2007, Page 20812083, Wake county registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 8228 Burgwyn Lane, Willow Spring, North Carolina.

Assessor’s Parcel No: 0367141 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

designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on July 11, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Raleigh in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The land referred to in this report is situated in the STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WAKE, and described as follows: Being all of Lot 524 in Block J, Section 1, Rollingwood Subdivision as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1960, Page 150, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2426 Kennington Road, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Also known as: 2426 Kennington Rd, Raleigh, North Carolina 27610 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

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),

Randleman Rd, Randleman, NC 27317 Tax Parcel ID: Present Record Owners: Wentz

7758946778 I. James

The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are James I. Wentz.

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 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 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 subject to all prior liens and encumbrances and unpaid taxes and assessments

(Deed Book 239, Page 268); thence along the line of Cox the following courses and distances: South 46 degrees 35 minutes 44 seconds East 130.00 feet to a new iron rod and North 44 degrees 25 minutes 49 seconds East 156.97 feet to the beginning, containing 1.956 acres, more or less, all according to a survey for Ada Y. Ward and Marie Phillips by Surveying Services dated 8/17/01. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 682 Coleridge Road, Ramseur, North Carolina.

Note: The company is prohibited from insuring the area or quantity of the land. The Company does not represent that any acreage or footage calculations are correct. References to quantity are for identification purposes only.

Commonly known as: 682 Coleridge Road, Ramseur, NC 27316-9746 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,

The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Leslie Morse.

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 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 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 subject to all prior liens and encumbrances and unpaid taxes and assessments including 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 from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. Cash will not be accepted. This sale will be held open ten days

records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate of Gena B. Bass and Kasey D. Helms.

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 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 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 subject to all prior liens and encumbrances and unpaid taxes and assessments including 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 from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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

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

1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is May 25, 2022.

Attorney for the Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 Posted: By:

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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.

for upset bids as required by law. After the expiration of the 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.

Attorney for the Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 Posted: By:

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: 6076 - 23411

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SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS residing at 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 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is June 22, 2022.

Cash will not be accepted. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. After the expiration of the upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

The date of this Notice is July 1, 2022.

Attorney for the Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 Posted: By:

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SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS residing at 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 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

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 Edward A. Ogunjobi.

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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

($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

BEING ALL OF LOT 864, PHASE 4, FIRESTONE AT HEDINGHAM ON THE NEUSE, AS SHOWN ON RECOMBINATION AND SUBDIVISION MAP RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 2000, PAGE 2235, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY.

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.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS residing at 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

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

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 is commonly known as 2317 Laurel Valley Way, Raleigh, NC 27604.

including 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 from the highest bidder and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. Cash will not be accepted. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. After the expiration of the 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.

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

and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 20, 2022 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:

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

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

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

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in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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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.

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.

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

File No.: 22-00554-FC01

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

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Fourth on the field Top, Asheboro ZooKeepers pitcher John Owen delivers to the plate against the Holly Spring Salamanders on the Fourth of July at McCrary Park in Asheboro. Bottom, ZooKeepers player Alex Pendergast eats potato chips on the field while watching the fireworks. Read more local sports on page 5.

COUNTY NEWS

SWAT team member conquers test

Wife charged with the murder of local firefighter A Randolph County firefighter’s wife has been charged with his death after allegedly telling authorities that he killed himself.

Local sheriff’s deputies arrived at the home of Mishael James “MJ” Auman on June 25 after receiving a report of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. On-site officers found Auman alive and unconscious, but he shortly succumbed to his injury.

An investigation into the 37-yearold firefighter’s death has prompted the arrest of his wife, Heather Hicks Auman. She has been charged with first-degree murder and was initially denied bond. The alleged murder is still under investigation.

Homes For Our Troops to build local veteran a new home Army Specialist Joshua Craven, a Randolph County veteran, who was injured in the line of duty in Iraq, will soon receive a brand-new home.

The nonprofit organization Homes For Our Troops will build a specially adapted home for Craven. The Army Specialist lost his left leg and sustained severe damage to his right leg with paralysis below the knee while driving the lead vehicle in a convoy when an explosive detonated on the driver’s side door. The home being built for him will feature more than 40 special adaptations. A public event for Craven will be held at Pinewood Country Club on July 9, located at 247 Pinewood Road in Asheboro. Check-in is at 9:30 AM, and the event will begin at 10 AM.

Possible overdose call turns into a 22-mile police chase Emergency crews and police officers responded to a possible overdose in the parking lot of the Randolph Mall last week after a 911 call reported two subjects slumped over in a vehicle parked in front of the Belks.

While attempting to wake up the two occupants, local authorities discovered and confiscated a firearm in possession of the individuals.

Reports from the police say that the driver suddenly woke up, noticed the officers, and suddenly sped off.

Officers pursued the vehicle on a 22mile chase before it finally ended near the Chatham County line. After running the car’s tags, 911 reported that the vehicle had been stolen.

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By Bob Sutton Randolph Record ASHEBORO — When Luke Wible saw the list of physical tests from the National Tactical Officers Association, he noted the value for a SWAT team member.

That might have been just part of what led the Randolph County Sheriff’s deputy to achieve a rare score on the test.

“I’m a newer guy, but I could see how those things you do in the test could translate when you’re on duty in a real situation,” he said.

Wible, a patrol deputy, basically aced the Physical Fitness Qualification Challenge.

“He’s such a motivator,” Lt. Eric Wilson of the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department said. “He has a way about him to motivate others.”

The challenge test is offered to SWAT officers. A perfect score is considered 50, but Wible compiled 13 additional points for a 63.

“I’m just really into fitness,” he

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Luke Wible, a Randolph County Sheriff’s deputy, completed the National Tactical Officers Association’s Physical Fitness Qualification Challenge with a perfect score of 50 points and 13 Additional points for a total score of 63 last week. said. “It’s kind of therapeutic for me.”

He runs several times a week with other officers. He also takes part in a Jiu-Jitsu class along with other workouts.

Wible, 26, is 5-foot-9 and 170, shedding about 20 pounds from when he was a teenager before he became entrenched in workouts. His background includes

Archdale mayor wants to remain busy

By Bob Sutton Randolph Record ARCHDALE — One year into serving as mayor of Archdale, Lewis Dorsett has a new appreciation for how much time the job consumes.

He wants to stay busy doing that.

Dorsett has filed to run for the office of one of Randolph County’s rapidly growing cities.

“My role changed from being a councilman,” Dorsett said. “A lot more meetings. This takes more time, a lot of meetings. There’s a lot of development going on and a lot of potential going on.”

Dorsett said the city’s growth was the biggest issue during the past year. He said the council approved the construction of up to 1,000 townhouses or single-family sites.

“It has just really taken off,” Dorsett said. “The city is just growing, and a lot of folks don’t like that. Archdale is booming and is growing. We’re trying to manage that.”

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time in the Marines.

Now he’s going to be the source of positive attention for the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department. His name and the agency’s name will be recognized in “The Tactical Edge” magazine, a publication of the NTOA. That will be a first for Randolph County.

“He knew that he wanted to max out on it,” Wilson said. “We

cil appointed him to fill the remainder of the mayor’s term beginning July 1, 2021, upon the retirement of Bert Stone, who had been the city’s mayor for more than 20 years and either in that seat or on the city council for nearly 30 years.

“Bert was such a mentor for me,” Dorsett said.

Glass held the at-large spot until Dorsett moved to mayor, with Glass shifting to the Ward 4 spot. Lorie McCroskey was appointed to fill the at-large spot.

All incumbents are expected to be on the ballot. Dorsett, Warlick, and McCroskey filed Friday when the filing period opened. Kelly Grooms also filed for the at-large spot on the first day.

Dorsett said the Randolph-Guilford megasite has greatly influenced the city, even as much of the impact might be in its infancy. Archdale is about a 25-minute drive from the megasite.

“The megasite has changed Randolph County, and it’s changing Archdale,” Dorsett said.

Other work that city officials are addressing includes re-writing planning and zoning ordinances, the mayor said.

Archdale has openings for mayor, city council at large, City Council Ward 1, and City Council Ward 4. The Ward 1 incumbent is Larry Warlick, and Ward 4 incumbent is mayor pro tem John Glass.

Dorsett, 66, had been the mayor pro tem. The city coun- See DORSETT, page 2

suspected that he was going to probably get a perfect score. …

This was taking it a step further.

It’s a very rigorous test.”

Wible said the intent wasn’t to gain notoriety but to push himself and hopefully elevate others along the way.

“It’s really cool to be a part of that,” Wible said. “Everyone on the SWAT team has been very encouraging. Not just the SWAT team, but the sheriff’s department as a whole.”

Wible is on the department’s 15-member SWAT team, which joins forces with agencies in Archdale and Liberty.

The NTOA is the standard for SWAT teams, Wilson said.

“That’s where we get our guidelines on how we operate,” he said. “We use that when we’re drafting our training.”

The test, conducted in uniform and boots, includes an 800-meter run; a 400-meter run while carrying two 25-pound weights, wearing a weighted vest and a gas mask (no filter); three minutes of burpees (ups and downs or a combination of squat thrust and squat jump); two minutes of air squats in weighted vest and gas mask; and one minute of See WIBLE, page 2

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ASHEBORO — The Randolph Liberty July “It’s basically another avenue County Board of Education met employees, recruit for current vaJune 29, where they approved pay cant positions, and remain com- for lobbying,” said SuperintenFestival increases for school nutrition de- petitive with surrounding school dent Stephen Gainey. “They try to 2pm help school boards with local bills partment staff to fill vacancies systems,” Brinkley said.

The board then approved the and different bills they work with. and retain staff.

The town of Liberty’s “The school nutrition depart- submission to the State Board, I think we get a lot of good serBy Bob Sutton sion, the there’s those classesAIG start. schoolenrollment boards as- of 915.

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Candidates must file by noon 7pm July 15. It’s a two-year term for “The megasite has changed the mayor and a four-year term Randolph County, and it’s The homestanding for council members. ♦ Whitehead, George Alan (M, 52), 176 E.Archdale.”

Salisbury St, Asheboro, onAsheboro Arrest onextends charge of Resisting ♦ Boggs, Matthew (M, 39), Archdale into a sliv- changing from Trinity High Harrison School, where ZooKeepers Arrest on charge of Misdemeanor 07/13/2021.

Officer, 321 Kings Ridge Rd, Guilford County, with about on charge Misdemeanor he Arrest spent more thanof20 years. He er ofPublic will host the Forest City eligible the adjacent Lewis Dorsett continues part-time as aRd, 220 voters Possession of Schedule IV CS, Randleman, onin 07/14/2021.

Larceny,inata2587 Waynerole White ♦ Millikan, Bobby Wayne (M, 33), Owls. Possession of Stolen motor driver’s education for the county.

Pleasant Garden,teacher on 07/14/2021.

Arrest on charge of Assault on a ♦ Hazelwood, Elizabeth (F, 44), vehicle, imporoper use of a dealer Female, at 8300 Curtis Power Rd, Arrest on chage of Misdemeanor ♦ Bolton McKee, James Henry tag, failure to deliver title, failure to Bennett, NC, on 07/14/2021.

Larceny, at Hoover Hill Rd/Slick (M, 47), Arrest on charge of appear on felony, at I-85 Exit 111, Rodk Mtn, on 07/14/2021.

Possession of Stolen Goods, at on 07/13/2021.

WIBLE from page 1 ♦ Passmore, Casey Lynn, Arrest on 6469 Clyde King Rd, Seagrove, on charge of possession of marijuana ♦ Lynch, Detrick Lamont (M, 40), Gary Lowder ♦ Cheek, Helenia Spinks (F, 64), 07/15/2021. pull-ups. There are three-minup to 1/2 oz., at Randolph Arrest on charge of Misdemeanor Arrest on Hot charge of Assault by & Smokin’ ute recovery times (M, between Courthouse, on 7/13/2021.

Possession of Schedule VI CS, ♦ Pugh, Robert Daniel 39), pointing a gun, Discharging a events.

Possessiong of Stolen Motor Arrest on charge of Simple 7pm firearm to cause fear, Reckless “To wear all that equipment ♦ Roark, Justin Steven (M, 30), Vehicle, at I-85 Exit 111, on Assault (M), at 139 Drum St, driving to endanger, Seagrove, on and go do something so intense, Arrest on charge of Possession This free Asheboro 07/13/2021. on 07/14/2021.

07/12/2021. it Asheboro, looked challenging,” Wible of Meth, Possession with intent Sunday Concert said. “I had to train specifically to manufacture, sell or distributeevent ♦ McQueen, James Allen Jr (M, 35), ♦ Richardson, Erwin Quint Jr (M, ♦ Helms, will beChad heldLee at (M, 37), Arrest for (wearing the gas mask). The heroin, Simple possession of Arrest on charge of Possession 31), Arrest on charges of Felony on charge of Felony Sexual first time I went through the Bicentennial Park. Food Schedule II, III, IV CS, Maintaining of Marijuana up to 1/2 oz., Possession of Stolen Exploitation of a minor in the testLarceny duringand training, I threw up trucks will be onsite, Place, Possession of Drug Possession of drug paraphernalia, Goods, at 5471 Needhams Trail, after working out.” second degree (10 counts), 727 but you must bring Paraphernalia, at 1029 High Point Failure to appeal on felony, failure Seagrove, on 07/14/2021.

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Elizabeth (F, 32), ty♦ Seibert, College’sSarah emergency services training center. Wilson said PJ WARD-BROWN | NORTH STATE JOURNAL NTOA members administered the test with extra scrutiny be- Luke Wible of the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department cause of the potential for a re- demonstrates a squat that he completed during a National cord score.

Tactical Officers Association fitness challenge last week.

Board of Wible is from New Jersey Commissioners and then met his future wife, who was from Greensboro, at Department before joining the made an impact as the recipient Meeting Fort Lee in Virginia. The cou- county’s department in Novem- of the 2021 Eagle Award based on strength, honor, and integple wanted to live in North Car- ber 2020.

6pm ple cheering over him, or booing He’s in his first year on the rity, with a presentation from olina but in a more rural setting him or going into different than Greensboro and ended up SWAT team, which involves a Wilson.

The over County directions overmeet him,” have benefit“There’s no assignment that part-time commitment within Asheboro.

Commissioners ed, Levesque said. “But that’s the Wible spent more than 2 ½ in the department. With the I’ve given him that’s too big,” on the firstofMonday of to go be enyears with the Asheboro Police sheriff’s department, he already Wilson said. beauty what we do, the month forhowever regular you want to tertained, business meetingsAs a performer, be entertained. that’s difficult.” and sometimes zoning hearings.

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Well done is better than well said

Unfortunately, the Left’s missteps are not limited to the economy.

“WELL DONE is better than well said.”

This quote by Benjamin Franklin reminds us of the importance of action over words. Unfortunately, when it comes to addressing the most pressing issues of our time, many Washington Democrats continue to choose speeches over solutions.

Our country continues to face crisis after crisis ranging from inflation to border security - often because of failed policies or complete inaction on part of President Joe Biden and Washington Democrats.

Yet instead of acknowledging this and changing course, they constantly seek to shift blame away from themselves and onto others. They think they can fool you, but you know better.

Inflation has increased 8.6% over the last 12 months in part because of too much spending in Washington. This is the largest 12-month increase since December 1981 and has affected nearly every product you buy: butter is up 20.2%, eggs 32.2% and chicken 19.3% to name a few. In response, the Fed announced last week the largest interest rate hike since 1994, but more must be done.

The Biden Price Hike is most apparent in the cost of fuel, as gas prices have more than DOUBLED since he took office. Last week, and for the first time in history, the average price of a gallon of gas topped $5.01 nationally, with estimates showing the average national price could surpass $6 by the end of the summer.

Democrats have tried to blame the war in Ukraine for these hikes.

However, the price of fuel has risen every month Biden has been in office, and price hikes are a direct result of his efforts to cut American energy production. In fact, the U.S. is producing nearly 1 million barrels of oil less per day than back in 2019, before the pandemic began.

Last week, I heard from Charles in Hope Mills, who must now spend $160 a week on gas. Michael from Fayetteville is retired and on a fixed income and said, “there is nothing in the US economy that has not gone up!”

Deborah in Cumberland County said she is paying double to fill up her car while her grocery bill is up an average of $25 each week. These stories are a snapshot of the economic challenges being faced by every family across our state and nation – and it doesn’t have to be this way.

Unfortunately, the Left’s missteps are not limited to the economy.

Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) announced last week that 239,416 people crossed the border in May, the highest monthly total ever recorded. Since Biden took office, more than 2.6 million illegal immigrants have been apprehended at our southern border.

Also troubling – the violent crime rate continues to rise across the country, with some places seeing almost 40% increases compared to last year. This includes politically motivated violence by pro-abortion groups, most notably increased attacks on crisis pregnancy centers in North Carolina and around the country, and an attempted assassination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The increase in violence in our cities and these politically motivated attacks are completely unacceptable. While Democrats like President Biden have paid lip service to this crisis, these have largely been empty words not followed up by action to support law enforcement or end soft-on-crime policies.

The crises facing this nation are real, and we need real solutions – not empty words – to address them. We must secure our border by finishing construction of the border wall, maintaining Title 42 protections, enforcing the “Remain in Mexico” policy, and giving our CBP agents the funds and resources they need to do their jobs.

To end inflation, we need to get people back to work and curtail reckless government spending. Last week, I joined other House Republicans to release a proposal to do just that through common-sense reforms to balance the budget in 7 years and cut taxes.

Our budget proposal also encourages American energy independence.

We can and must lower energy prices for you and your family by unleashing American energy to its fullest capacity. This starts by passing legislation like my American Energy Independence from Russia Act, a bill that will boost our domestic energy production and drive down costs across the board.

Our nation is facing many crises today, but we have the solutions to address them. I will continue to promote these solutions that will help to end record-setting inflation, lower gas prices, and make our communities safe and secure – and I promise to do this both in word and in action.

COLUMN | DAVID HARSANYI

Democrats are fooling themselves on the popularity of abortion Then again, Dobbs finally allows us to find out what people really think.

ONE OF THE CENTRAL justifications for the Left’s proposed court-packing scheme is to claim that the reversal of Roe v. Wade is so radically out of step with the American public that it is an undemocratic, minoritarian power grab. Not only is the argument based on the unconstitutional notion that justices should weigh the vagaries of public opinion before ruling, but it also relies on the irreconcilable claim that empowering the public to vote on an issue unmentioned in the Constitution is an attack on “democracy.”

Now, that’s all bad enough, but the thing is, even the underlying claim isn’t true. Take, for instance, this new poll by Monmouth University, headlined, “Majority Disapprove of Reversing Roe.” Yes, a majority of 60% disapprove of overturning Roe. And after 50 years of cultural and political indoctrination about abortion “rights,” it’s almost surely the case that a large part of that 60% of voters barely have any idea what Roe entailed, or any legal arguments for why it shouldn’t be overturned, or much understanding of what its demise means.

A deeper look at the poll shows that 46% say Congress should pass a national law “allowing abortion” — what a ridiculously vague phrase — but “44% prefer to leave abortion law up to the states.” And “just 7% want a national ban.” So, even with the purposely opaque wording of the poll, Monmouth could have headlined the findings, “54% of Americans Oppose a National Law Codifying Roe.” How could that be? Does anyone believe that among the same 60% who support upholding abortion by judicial decree are those opposed to codifying the same exact rights through the democratic process? Or is the public confused about what Roe meant?

Pollsters have been highlighting these irrelevant questions about abortion, a practice that most Americans probably have complicated feelings about, for decades. And it probably isn’t going to get any better.

A recent Public Policy Polling survey posed this false choice: “Which of the following statements best describes your view on abortion: ‘I believe a woman should have the right to choose and Roe v Wade should not be overturned’ or ‘I believe abortion should be criminalized and Roe v Wade should be overturned in its entirety.’”

Not long ago, Politico asked voters about the prospect of prison for women who obtain abortions, which Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has nothing to do with and the anti-abortion movement has always opposed. Abortion laws in place punish those who perform abortions, not pregnant women. The Texas law everyone was freaking out about specifically exempts women from homicide charges for abortions.

Then there is NPR, which reports, “Poll: Majorities oppose Supreme Court’s abortion ruling and worry about other rights.” The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist, a transparent push poll, doesn’t even bother asking about policy. It offers no context for why anyone should believe their “rights” would be imperiled — and abortion, of course, isn’t a right. (Even with all this, a majority in the NPR poll oppose packing the court.)

When Monmouth asks if voters support Democrats’ plan “allowing abortion,” they too are misleading the public. We already know what the Democrats’ national bill would do. So a more honest question would be: “Do you support the Democratic Party’s efforts to legalize abortion through all nine months of pregnancy for any reason, paid for by taxpayers, in all 50 states?”

For that matter, why don’t pollsters ask voters if they agree with the Biden administration that abortions are vital in keeping down the poor population, increasing labor-force participation, and helping the economy? Why don’t they ask voters if they support the Democrats’ efforts to force states to allow abortions after viability and sex-selective abortions and strip parental or guardian notification for minors? These are real-life policy proposals that Democrats want to pass.

The only national bill Republicans in Congress have forwarded in recent years has been a “heartbeat” bill. And guess what? It polls very well.

Then again, Dobbs finally allows us to find out what people really think.

David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist. Harsanyi is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of five books — the most recent, “Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent.”

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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT MLB

Daughter of Blue Jays 1B coach killed in tubing accident Richmond, Va. Authorities in Virginia say the 17-year-old daughter of Toronto Blue Jays first base coach Mark Budzinski died in a tubing accident in Richmond over the weekend. A spokesperson for the Department of Wildlife Resources says Julia Budzinski was one of two girls who fell off a tube being pulled behind a boat on the James River on Saturday. As the boat operator returned to get the girls out of the water, the boat hit a wave. That caused it to be pushed on top of Budzinski and striking her with the propeller.

BASKETBALL

USA Basketball tops Cuba in Havana Havana Xavier Munford scored 24 points and the U.S. defeated Cuba 87-64 on Monday night to close the first round of qualifying for next year’s Basketball World Cup. The U.S. is now 31-1 all-time against the island nation. Munford was 10 for 12 from the floor for the Americans, who got 13 points from Justin Jackson, 12 from John Jenkins — all from 3-point range — and 10 apiece from Will Davis and Langston Galloway.

They’ll start the second round of World Cup qualifying in late August.

TENNIS

Activists with Peng Shuai T-shirts searched at Wimbledon Wimbledon, England Four activists wearing “Where is Peng Shuai?”

T-shirts were stopped by security at Wimbledon and had their bags searched. Peng is a retired professional tennis player from China who last year accused a former high-ranking member of the country’s ruling Communist Party of sexual assault.

She has made very few public appearances since then. A similar episode happened at this year’s Australian Open. Jason Leith of the Free Tibet organization says he and his three colleagues put on the white T-shirts after entering the grounds of the All England Club.

NHL

Lightning trade McDonagh to Preds, clear cap space The Lightning traded veteran defenseman Ryan McDonagh to Nashville, receiving defenseman Philippe Myers and forward prospect Grant Mismash in the deal. The move clears significant salary cap space for Tampa Bay to make other moves this offseason.

They are hoping to re-sign top left winger Ondrej Palat and could now also bring back defenseman Jan Rutta. The 33-yearold McDonagh, who won back-to-back Stanley Cups with Tampa Bay in 2020 and ’21, is under contract for four more seasons at an annual cap hit of $6.75 million.

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Tyler Reddick celebrates after winning the Kwik Trip 250 at Road America in Wisconsin for his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory.

Reddick wins at Road America for 1st Cup victory Richard Childress Racing’s last trip to Victory Lane was in 2020

The Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Tyler Reddick needed a little longer than expected to win in the NASCAR Cup Series.

The circumstances of his triumph made it worth the wait.

Reddick won Sunday at Road America by outdueling Chase Elliott, the defending champion on the course and the current points leader. The victory came in the 92nd start of his Cup career, which has included five second-place finishes.

“It was just a huge sense of relief,” Reddick said.

The Richard Childress Racing driver won by 3.304 seconds over Elliott, who had the pole position

and led for 36 of the 62 laps. Elliott was seeking his eighth career Cup road-course win to tie Tony Stewart for second place — one behind Jeff Gordon’s record.

“He’s been the guy that’s won more road courses the last couple of years than anybody,” Reddick said.

Kyle Larson was third, followed by Ross Chastain and Daniel Suárez.

Elliott and Reddick were both well ahead of the field before making pit stops with about 20 laps remaining. Elliott had a narrow lead over Reddick as they came out of the pits, but Reddick eventually pulled ahead of him as they headed back toward the front of the pack.

Reddick took over the lead for good on the 47th lap once all the cars that had been ahead of him made their pit stops.

“I just let him stay close enough to pressure me there while we

had decent tires and never could get enough of a gap,” Elliott said.

“Made a couple mistakes. I was gaining a gap there a couple times and made a couple mistakes and let him get back close enough to get me out of sync, and then after that just started struggling.”

Elliott had the pole position and led for much of the day as he attempted to follow his victory last week at Nashville with another.

He was chasing his third win of the season.

Nobody has won more than two races through the first 18 events, the first time there hasn’t been at least a three-time winner this late in the season.

Instead, Reddick became the fifth first-time winner this year.

Each of the first three roadcourse races this year has had a first-time winner, with Reddick breaking through at Road America after Chastain won at the Circuit of the Americas and Suárez at

Griner goes on trial in Russian court The WNBA star has been held since her arrest in Moscow in February The Associated Press MOSCOW — American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial last Friday, 4½ months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for a Russian team, a case that has unfolded amid tense relations between Moscow and Washington.

The initial session of the trial, which was adjourned until July 7, offered the most extensive public interaction between Griner and reporters since the Phoenix Mercury center and two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport.

Griner, 31, was escorted into the courtroom in the capital’s suburb of Khimki while handcuffed, carrying a water bottle and what appeared to be a magazine, and wearing a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt.

Police have said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil when detained at the airport.

She could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of large-scale

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WNBA star Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing last Friday just outside of Moscow. transportation of drugs.

The state-owned Tass news agency quoted Griner as saying in court that she understood the charges against her. Asked by the judge if she wanted to enter a plea, Griner responded, “At this moment, no, your honor. At a later date,” according to Mediazona, an independent news site known for its extensive coverage of high-profile court cases.

Fewer than 1% of defendants in Russian criminal cases are acquitted and, unlike in U.S. courts, acquittals can be overturned.

Two witnesses were questioned by the prosecution: an airport customs official, who spoke in open court, and an unidentified witness in a closed session, according to the state news agency RIA-Novosti. The trial was then adjourned, it said, when two oth-

Sonoma.

The other first-time winners were Austin Cindric at Daytona and Chase Briscoe at Phoenix.

Reddick, who won the Xfinity Series in 2018 and 2019, seemed on the verge of getting his elusive first victory a number of times before Sunday.

Perhaps the most notable example came at Bristol in April. Reddick and Chase Briscoe were dueling for the lead that night when the two cars spun out of control, enabling Kyle Busch to slip past them for the victory. Reddick also led for 90 laps at Fontana earlier this year but ended up 24th after William Byron ran him into wall.

“This year’s been one mistake away from greatness all year long,” Reddick said. “We finally did it today.”

Team owner Richard Childress sensed the breakthrough was coming and made that clear during a Sunday morning pep talk with the driver.

“I told him this morning, ‘You’re going to win this race. We just can’t beat ourselves and (have to) be solid,’” Childress said.

Reddick made sure his boss’ prediction came true.

The Cup Series heads to the Atlanta Motor Speedway next Sunday.

er witnesses did not show up.

Alexander Boykov, an attorney for Griner, said outside court that he did not want to comment “on the specifics of the case and on the charges” because it was too early to do so.

Boykov also told RIA-Novosti that Griner has been exercising and taking walks in the detention area. The Russian website Business FM said that Griner, who smiled at times at reporters, said she wishes she could work out more and that she was struggling because she doesn’t understand Russian. Besides the WNBA’s Mercury, she played in Russia for UMMC Ekaterinburg.

Elizabeth Rood, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was in court and said she spoke with Griner, who “is doing as well as can be expected in these difficult circumstances.”

“The Russian Federation has wrongfully detained Brittney Griner,” Rood said. “The practice of wrongful detention is unacceptable wherever it occurs and is a threat to the safety of everyone traveling, working and living abroad.”

She said the U.S. government, from its highest levels, “is working hard to bring Brittney and all wrongfully detained U.S. nationals home safely.”

At a closed-door preliminary hearing Monday, Griner’s detention was extended for another six months, to Dec. 20.

Randolph Record for Wednesday, July 6, 2022

5 BEST OVERALL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Lane Dalke Lane Dalke had multiple roles with Southwestern Randolph’s baseball team this season.

PJ WARD-BROWN | NORTH STATE JOURNAL

Asheboro’s Arhman Tyson makes a stop last season on Providence Grove’s Zane Cheek.

Painful lessons help growth of Asheboro lineman Tyson set to play in North Carolina East-West game

By Bob Sutton Randolph Record ASHEBORO – While college football isn’t in Arhman Tyson’s immediate future, he’s not done on the football field.

The Asheboro standout will give it at least one more go-around in a showcase event.

“Since I was 7, I’ve been doing it,” Tyson said of playing football. “I kept getting better at it and wanted to see how far that could take me. It was something I was really good at.

I learned football pretty quickly.”

Tyson said he also learned plenty during the past year when there were personal challenges after his father’s death during the football season.

Tyson is Randolph County’s lone representative in the North Carolina East-West All-Star Game for football. He’ll play for the West team at 8 p.m. July 13 at Jamieson Stadium on the Grimsley High School campus in Greensboro.

His version of playing through pain was different from many other players last year.

Lewis Tyson Jr. died at age 49 on Sept. 23. Arhman Tyson had just left football practice and was

with his father in a Ramseur store, where he collapsed from a heart attack.

Yet the next night, the senior played in a home game against Southwestern Randolph. That was part of what he referred to as becoming “a man of my business.”

He found outlets to work through the grief.

“It hurt a lot,” he said. “Even then, I realized that can’t get me all the way down. I still had things I had to get done.”

Asheboro coach Blake Brewer praised Tyson’s maturity on and off the field. He said he’s glad the lineman has a chance to run onto a football field again next week.

“No matter if you’re going to college to play or this is your last hurrah, it’s a chance to perform for yourself and your family,” Brewer said. “To show you’re one of the best of the best.”

Tyson will be Asheboro’s first North Carolina East-West Game participant in any sport since 2016.

He’s a 285-pound defensive lineman who was able to carve out significant credentials last fall despite playing on a struggling team.

He was named the Lineman of the Year in the Mid-Piedmont Conference, overcoming Asheboro’s 1-9 record and winless mark – without a result closer than a 20-point margin – in league play.

Tyson said he realized there were times the Blue Comets needed an impact play, and he was glad to provide those.

“I just stepped up,” he said.

“When something needed to happen, you got to step up.”

Brewer said he received inquiries from colleges about Tyson’s availability. Instead, he’s heading to North Carolina A&T, where he’ll major in biology. He isn’t going to pursue football right away.

“I was thinking about not playing college football my freshman year of college,” he said. “I want to learn college and get all that down.”

Going into high school, Tyson said he was also interested in playing basketball, but through peer pressure, he ended up on the wrestling team. He carved out a solid portfolio on the mats, becoming the county’s top heavyweight.

His time with wrestling was cut short by an injury in February’s Class 3-A regionals, but there were lessons learned in that sport.

“The bonding aspect (was the best),” he said, also noting the grind of a season. “Everything else was dreadful.”

Yet he liked how he could showcase certain abilities.

“People think he’s big and slow, and you show that you can do whatever anybody else can do,” he said.

PJ WARD-BROWN | NORTH STATE JOURNAL

Southwestern Randolph, baseball,football Dalke, a senior, wrapped up his high school career by leading the Cougars with 20 runs batted in. He homered twice to lead the team in that category while playing in all 25 games.

On the field, Dalke was a third baseman and catcher. He played primarily behind the plate when an injury on the team necessitated that versatility.

Dalke was a linebacker for the school’s eight-win football team. He received All-Piedmont Athletic Conference honors for his role as one of the key contributors to the defense.

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Josh Waldron and team members celebrate a weekend victory in the Challenger series at Caraway Speedway.

Sanders shows stuff in Caraway return

PJ WARD-BROWN | NORTH STATE JOURNAL

Trent Youngblood has given the Asheboro ZooKeepers a boost in several ways so far this season.

Asheboro duo picked for CPL All-Star Game Randolph Record staff ASHEBORO — Infielder Trent Youngblood and outfielder Kennedy Jones will represent the Asheboro ZooKeepers in Sunday’s Coastal Plain League AllStar Game in Holly Springs.

Youngblood, who plays in college for Transylvania, leads the ZooKeepers with 23 runs batted

in and co-leads the team with ten extra-base hits across his first 29 games. He entered this week as the only player to appear in every CPL game for Asheboro.

Kennedy is a standout for UNC Greensboro. Because the Spartans were in the NCAA Tournament, he missed the early part of the season with the ZooKeepers, but he has made an impact since

joining the lineup.

Jones hit at a .420 clip in his first 13 games with the ZooKeepers.

The ZooKeepers were the worst team in the CPL’s first half. But they began the second half with five consecutive victories before Monday night’s 9-5 home loss to the Holly Springs Salamanders.

Asheboro has one home game remaining this week at McCrary Park with Saturday’s matchup with the Wilson Tobs.

Next week, the ZooKeepers have CPL home games July 12 vs.

Martinsville and July 15 vs. Peninsula before a non-league assignment July 17 with Catawba Valley.

Randolph Record staff

Rusty Harpe Memorial

SOPHIA — A.J. Sanders, past standout as a Caraway Speedway regular, was the winner in Saturday night’s Mini Stocks race at the track.

Sanders topped points leader Jimmy Crigger, who was second in the 40-lap event. Tommy Raino placed third.

Josh Waldron, a fill-in driver, claimed the race in the Challenger series.

Waldron was a substitute for Archie Adams Sr. as part of the “Caraway Strong” program.

Toby Lane placed second, followed by Raino.

Crigger and Raino had busy nights because they were first and second, respectively, in the Enduro/Any Car competition.

In the UCAR race, Alan Vance prevailed across the 20 laps. Steven Collins was second, and Josh Phillips claimed third.

Caleb Allred and Jamie Vance posted victories in UCAR heat races.

The Bandolero race went to Phoenyx Kimball, who edged Bryson Brinkley.

In Legends, Charles Parker captured the victory. Kevin Yonker was the winner in the 10-lap Bootleggers race.

Last week, the speedway’s busy stretch of action began with the Rusty Harpe Memorial, a rare midweek racing card.

Joey Coulter won the 99-lap by passing Bobby Labonte in the SMART Modifieds feature.

Coulter’s time of 1 hour, 53 minutes, 38.9 seconds was tops in a field that had 29 entries. Labonte, a former NASCAR Cup series champion, was in the 12th spot by the end.

Second place went to Caleb Heady, followed by Dennis Holdren, Kevin Orlando, Jeremy Gerstner, and Troy Young.

Winston-Salem standouts Burt Myers (20th) and Jason Myers (24th) didn’t impact the standings.

The pole award for the Modifieds went to Brian Loftin with a fast time of 16.189 seconds.

The Late Models race, which included 16 cars, was captured by defending champion Dylan Ward.

Heath Causey was second, with Coy Beard next, followed by fast qualifier Trevor Ward, Justin Hicks, Boo Boo Dalton, and Gary Causey.

The 602 Modifieds was won by Paul Hartwig III. Carson Loftin was second.

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Randolph Record for Wednesday, July 6, 2022

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Good group

Here’s a photo of the attendees from this spring’s Randolph County Sports Council’s banquet to honor high school athletes for sportsmanship. Each recipient received a $500 scholarship. Front row, left to right: Southwestern Randolph’s Madison Farlow, Randleman’s Kylie Vaughan, Trinity’s David Makupson, Southwestern Randolph’s Molly Strider, Eastern Randolph’s Haley Langley, Wheatmore’s Haley Hedrick. Back row: Randleman’s Gus Shelton, Eastern Randolph’s Brody Gardner, Providence Grove’s Luke Thomas, Trinity’s Gracie Ballard, Providence Grove’s Edi Austin and Wheatmore’s Spencer Hall. Recipients not in the photo were Asheboro’s Madison Arroyo and Tramir Martin. The event was held at Snyder Farms Restaurant in Sophia.

NCDA&CS finds spotted lanternfly in Forsyth County First established presence of the pest in the state Twin City Herald staff RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has confirmed the first established presence of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in the state. Initial surveys indicate the known distribution of the pest is within a 5-mile radius in Forsyth County near Interstate 40 in Kernersville extending to the Guilford County line.

Survey efforts are ongoing.

“We have been actively looking for this pest for years and had ramped up surveillance when it was detected last year near the North Carolina-Virginia line,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “Members of our Plant Industry Division and the N.C. Forest Service are moving quickly to eradicate this brightly colored pest, and we ask members of the public to be on the lookout for more spotted lanternfly and report any finds.”

Spotted lanternfly poses a serious threat to the state’s wine and grape industries and can feed and cause damage on over 70 species of plants including apples, roses and other landscape plants, said Dr. Bill Foote, director of the NCDA&CS Plant Industry Division.

When spotted lanternfly populations jumped from the northern end of Virginia to an area just over the North Carolina state line, NCDA&CS increased its outreach and surveying, particularly to the state’s most vulnerable wine producing regions. This pest has been rapidly spread-

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In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, photo, spotted lanternfly gather on a tree ing since it was first identified in Pennsylvania in 2014.

Concentrated spotted lanternfly surveys are continuing in the initial Forsyth County discovery area to determine if the pest is in additional locations. Treatments are planned this week before mated females begin laying eggs.

Early detection and rapid response are critical in the control of spotted lanternfly and the Plant Industry Division has been preparing to provide the most effective response to slow the spread of this invasive pest in our state, Foote said.

The spotted lanternfly is native to China and was first seen in

the U.S. in Pennsylvania in 2014.

The U.S. forestry industry estimates that damage from the fly amounts to $236 million annually and could more than double if its spread isn’t controlled.

If you see a suspect spotted lanternfly in North Carolina submit a picture through the online reporting tool at ncagr.gov/slf.

The County and City are considering incentive payments in an amount not to exceed a total of $120,700.00, to be paid over a fiveyear period. The maximum amount to be provided by the City will be $41,700.00, and the maximum amount to be provided by the County will be $79,000.00. In addition, as a part of the economic incentive, the City will also consider allowing the Owner to pay a fee to the City in lieu of building a portion of any required sidewalk running along Archdale Road.

These payments will be conditioned upon the Company satisfying certain performance requirements.

In order to receive the proposed economic incentive payments, the Company must make an investment commitment of $5,026,000.00 in the City and County over a five-year period, said amount to include a minimum investment of $4,295,000.00 in real property and site improvement costs, and a minimum investment of $731,000.00 in business personal property. In addition, the Company must retain twenty-five (25) current full-time jobs, and create twenty-seven (27) new full-time jobs in the City and County, said new jobs having an average annual wage of $46,000.00. The

Company will also dedicate any additional right of way upon request by the City for the purpose of constructing any required sidewalk. The County will fund these payments with available revenues in its General Fund. The governing board for the County believes this Project will stimulate and stabilize the local economy and result in the creation of a significant number of new, permanent jobs in Archdale and Randolph County.

Historic Landmark Preservation Commission will conduct a public hearing in the Meeting Room of the Historic 1909 Randolph County Courthouse, 145 Worth Street, Asheboro, N.C., to consider Local Historic Landmark designation for the following property:

CEDAR FALLS MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Historical data may be obtained by contacting the Randolph County Public Library, 201 Worth Street, Asheboro, N.C. Recommendations from the Historic Landmark Preservation Commission will be forwarded at a later date to the Town of Franklinville Board of Commissioners. Interested citizens are invited to

“We are moving quickly to eradicate this brightly colored pest, and we ask members of the public to be on the lookout.”

Steve Troxler

TAKE NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The County of Randolph (“County”) proposes to appropriate and expend County funds for the following economic development project pursuant to Section 158-7.1 of the North Carolina General Statutes. The County intends to consider entering into an economic development incentives contract for an economic development project (the “Project”) with Lancaster Customworks, Inc. (the “Company”) and the City of Archdale (the “City”).

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION COUNTY OF RANDOLPH, N.C. The public is advised that on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 6 p.m., the Randolph County

1120 Wicker-Lovell Road; 1265 Wicker Lovell Road; and two unaddressed parcels Randleman, N.C. (Franklinville, NC, jurisdiction)

The County will hold a public hearing on the proposal to appropriate and ex-

pend funds for this Project. Any incentive approved by the County after this public hearing shall be expressly contingent upon participation by the City of Archdale as provided herein.

The County’s public hearing will be held at a meeting to begin at 6:00 p.m. on July 11, 2022 in the 1909 Randolph County Historic Courthouse Meeting Room, 145-C Worth Street, Asheboro, North Carolina. All interested persons are invited to attend and present their views.

attend this public hearing and will be given the opportunity to provide comment.

L. McKay Whatley Jr., Chairman Randolph County Historic Landmark Preservation Commission

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obituaries

Lacy Reece Scott, Sr. March 23, 1929 — July 2, 2022

Lacy Reece Scott, Sr. age 93, of Asheboro, went to his heavenly home on Saturday, July 2, 2022, at the Hospice House of Randolph.

He was born on March 23, 1929, to John and Reba Richardson Scott.

He was raised in Randolph County and graduated Seagrove High School in 1948. He served in the US Army during the Korean War and was a Bronze Star recipient.

He loved his Lord and people, and always had a smile on his face. He retired from Eveready Battery Co. after 39 years. He and his wife Lula Mae enjoyed Western Square Dance and danced for many years with the Smiling Squares. He enjoyed many days at the Hardee's in Seagrove and called his time there the "Hardee's Party." He is preceded in death by his wife: Lula Mae Scott and greatgrandson: Matthew Scott Lanier.

Lacy is survived by daughter: Trudy (William) Lanier of Asheboro, NC; son: Lacy (Emily) Scott, Jr.; two grandsons: Bradley (Kristen) Lanier, Jeremy (Sarah) Lanier; granddaughter: Brooke (Chip) Richey; great-grandchildren: William, Weston, and Alex Lanier.

Memorials are suggested to the Randolph Hospice House.

Mable Lynn Hamm Calhoun January 22, 1964 — June 29, 2022

Mable Lynn Hamm Calhoun, age 58 of Asheboro, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at her home.

Mable was born January 22, 1964 in Florence, Alabama to William and Sarah Hamm. Mable was a sweet lady that had a huge heart and was truly selfless. She constantly opened up her home to others in need. She enjoyed listening and dancing to music, but most of all, she loved and adored her grandchildren and her great grandchild. In addition to her parents, Mable is preceded in death by her son, William Calhoun; grandchildren, Devin and Davis Calhoun; and her sisters, Anna Johnson and Brenda Hoist.

Mable is survived by her husband, Sergio Vazquez; daughter, Melissa Hamm; son, Kevin Hamm; grandchildren, DeShawn, Hunter, Parker, Zaxton, and Luna; and her great grandson, Zayn.

Matthew "Junior" Lucas

October 10, 1995 — June 27, 2022 Matthew "Junior" Lucas, age 26 of Asheboro lost his battle with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy on Monday, June 27, 2022. He died peacefully at UNC Medical Center with Mom and Dad by his side.

Junior had a soft heart and a heart of Gold, he loved giving just as much as receiving. He touched everyone he met, with his great personality and his big smile. Junior loved going to Disney World, playing video games, movies, stuffed animals, and his pets.

He is survived by his parents, Bobby and Patricia Hussey Lucas; grandparents, Darrell and Clara Lucas; uncle, Brian Lucas; uncle, Darren Lucas, his wife Amy, and their children, Zachary, Alex, and Oliva all of Asheboro; special cousins, Meg, Tucker, and Isabelle Moore; and his furry friends, Joker, Minnie, and Roxy.

Junior was preceded in death by his grandparents, Raymond and Irene Hussey of Randleman, great grandparents, Myrtle and James Noah of Bennett, and Bertha Lucas of Asheboro.

Due to the overwhelming heartbreak, the family asks for privacy.

Tammy Dawkins

November 7, 1976 – June 27, 2022

Dall Hammell

August 28, 1948 - July 1, 2022

Tammy Lynn Dawkins, age 45, passed at her home on June 27, 2022.

Tammy was born on November 7, 1976 to Ronald Joe Mize, and Shirley Allen Hunt.

Tammy enjoyed to color, doing crafts, and scrapbooking. She loved Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.

She also loved her little chihuahua “Precious.” She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Rev. HW, and Lillie Mae Allen. She is survived by her husband, Johnny Dawkins, her daughters, Taylor and Lindsey, and her stepsons, Johnny Dawkins III, and Tyler Dawkins, her mother Shirley Hunt (Andy), her father Ronald Mize., and her mother-in-law Janice McNeill (Tim). She also had five grandchildren.

Dall Thomas Hammell, 73, of Asheboro, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2022, at Randolph Health in Asheboro.

Born in Burlington Co., NJ, on August 28, 1948, Dall was the son of the late Paul Lorenzo Hammell and Evelyn Edge Hammell. He served in the US Army during Vietnam.

He was a great family man and his children and grandchildren loved him to no end. Dall never met a stranger and always found a way to make anyone laugh. He was a die hard Eagle's fan and his favorite pastime was watching Monday night RAW. In addition to his parents, Dall was preceded in death by his wife, Debra Ann Gallagher Hammell; brother, Edward Hammell and fur baby, Girly Girl.

Surviving are his children, Monica Boyd, Nicole Hammell (Henry Coble), Guy Gallagher, Dall Hammell Jr. (Charlotte); grandchildren, Malayna Boyd, Kiah Coleman-Boyd, Justice Boyd, Alexandria Coble, Zackary Coble, WEDNESDAY Zane Nance, Melony Hammell and one granddaughter on the way.

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Robert "Robbie" Henry Bowman

July 8, 1974 ~ July 1, 2022

January 1, 1932 — June 29, 2022 Serita “Rita” Lamb Steed, 90, was called home to her Lord and Savior, the morning of Wednesday, June 29, 2022, where she was reunited with her husband, James Steed, of 70 years. She was born on January 1st, 1932 to Charles Gray Lamb and Beatrice Allred Lamb.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, July 2, 2022, at 11:00 AM at the First United Methodist Church, 301 S. Main Street, Randleman, NC. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 10:00-10:45 at the church. A private burial will be held at a later date.

Rita was born Serita, a name given to her by her father, that she wasn’t very fond of; but the family loved.

She was known as Rita to all those that knew and loved her, but to the family, she was our Mamaw. She graduated from Randleman High School, Class of 1950. She married James A. Steed in June of ‘51. Rita was a native of Randleman, and lived her whole life there. Rita was a faithful lifelong member of First United Methodist Church in Randleman, and loved her Sunday school class.

Rita is survived by her Son; Jim Steed (Pam); Daughter, Kathryn Simpson (Gene); Daughter in Law, Jackie Steed; Sister, Kay Holder; Brother-in-law, Bill Steed, Sister- in-law, Annette Hicks; Grandchildren: Paige Elliott (Brad), Jared Steed, Andrew Simpson, Abigail Stubelt (Jared), and Angel Simpson.

Great Grandchildren: Lanie, Blakeley and Ainsley Elliott, and Jace Steed.

Rita was small in stature but big in heart. She had the best laugh, and always found away to bring joy into everyday simple conversations. Warmth and kindness were with her always. A family woman, always proud of her children and obsessed with her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She lit up any time that one of her loved ones or friends walked into the room. She didn’t just love the people in her life, but the animals too. She and Papaw created cards from their computer for every life occasion, and made sure that birthdays, and every holiday that her family knew she was thinking about them. She always had a camera on her and documented her loved ones' lives faithfully.

Robert "Robbie" Henry Bowman, 47, of West End, passed away Friday, July 1, 2022. Born July 8, 1974 in Moore County, he was the son of Byron Bowman and Dot Freeman Cockman.

In his youth, Robbie attended Union High School in Cameron, NC. He was saved at Summer Hill Baptist Church at a young age. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, and riding his motorcycle. Robbie never met a stranger, loved to help others and had a passion for animals.

Robbie is survived by his father Byron Bowman (Gloria); mother, Dot Cockman (Gary); brothers, Brian Bowman, Barry Short (Lori), Alex Cockman; sisters, Pam Ring (William), Gayle Martin (Wayne); step-brother, Johnny Tew; stepsisters, Kim Williamson (Robert), Cathy Graf (Jeff) and Lynn Hurley; as well as many neices, nephews, aunts and uncles who he loved dearly. He was preceeded in death by his grandparents, Rob and Dora Bowman and Henry and Pearl Freeman.

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December 12, 1940 — June 30, 2022 Elsie Ann Sanders Williams, age 81, of Eagle Springs, passed away on June 30, 2022.

Elsie was born in Moore County on December 12, 1940 to Elzie Van and Lula Brewer Sanders.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Gilbert Williams, brothers Clarence Sanders, DR Sanders, Jerry Sanders, Bobby Sanders and sister Dorothy Allen.

She is survived by her daughters Janice Davis (Stephen) of Seagrove; Lisa Williams (Tommy) of Eagle Springs; grandson Derek Davis ( girlfriend Cerea and daughter Bristol) of Seagrove and sister Edna Sheffield of Valdese, NC. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Brown's Chapel Christian Church Cemetery Fund at 619 Brown's Chapel Church Road, Robbins, NC 27325 or to Liberty Home Care & Hospice Services at 300 W. Pennsylvania Ave. Southern Pines, NC 28387.

Stephen Douglas Miller

August 2, 1962 ~ June 25, 2022 Stephen Douglas Miller, 59, passed away Saturday, June 25,2022.

Born August 2, 1962 in Randolph County, he is the son of Thomas Miller and Carolyn Coble Miller.

In his youth, Stephen attended Asheboro High School in Asheboro.

He enjoyed fishing and was a retired brick mason. He was preceded in death by his children, Sam Miller and Natalie Miller.

Stephen is survived by his parents; daughter, Ashely Moody; 2 grandchildren; siblings, Ginger Maness and Keith Vestal;3 nieces, and 1 great niece.

The family wishes to acknowledge, and thank those who have called, sent flowers and thank you cards.

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In addition to her parents, Pam was preceded in death by her brother, Terry Lee Thomas.

Surviving are her daughter, Terri Jochem (Marty) of Burlington, NC; grandchildren, Olivia Jochem, and Thomas Jochem III.

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STATE & NATION Biden backs filibuster exception to protect abortion access The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden said he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect abortion access, a shift that comes as Democrats coalesce around an election-year message intended to rally voters who are outraged or deflated by the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Although Democrats already control the Senate by the narrowest of margins, there isn’t enough support within their caucus to change the filibuster rule, which allows any member to block legislation unless it receives 60 votes.

But Biden’s statement was the latest indication that, if the party picks up a few more seats in the midterm elections in November, Democrats could seize the opportunity to pass legislation creating a nationwide right to abortion.

“If the filibuster gets in the way, it’s like voting rights,” Biden said, referencing the rare other issue where he supports sidestepping the rule. Speaking during a news conference in Madrid, where he was attending a NATO summit, the Democratic president said there should be an “exception to the filibuster for this action to deal with the Supreme Court decision.”

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President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference on the final day of the NATO summit in Madrid, Thursday, June 30, 2022.

Democrats hold 50 seats in the 100-person Senate, with Vice President Kamala Harris able to break ties when she presides over the Senate. It would take 51 votes to change the filibuster rule.

But at least two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, don’t support changing the filibuster rule. They also blocked an effort to protect voting rights earlier this

year, dealing a defeat to Biden and Democrats who said the legislation was vital to protecting democracy.

Harris said earlier this week that “the votes don’t exist” for changing the filibuster now.

“Why are we talking about hypotheticals?” she told NPR. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said that it’s not practical to expect “massive institutional change” because of opposition to filibuster

changes within the caucus.

“This is not the political environment to be looking for that,” he said.

With Biden unpopular and inflation continuing to rise, Republicans are poised to make gains in the November elections and perhaps retake control of Congress.

Democrats have been grasping for a message that would change the course of the election, and they’ve increasingly emphasized to voters that they need at least two more seats in the Senate to make progress on key issues.

During a Los Angeles fundraiser last month, Biden said “we need two more senators” because some members of the caucus are “slowing up what we’re able to do.”

Now the Supreme Court ruling on abortion has increased that pressure. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a leading progressive voice in the party, recently pointed to races in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as the best options for Democrats to flip Republican-held seats.

“We get two more senators on the Democratic side, two senators who are willing to protect access to abortion and get rid of the filibuster so that we can pass it,” she told ABC News this weekend. “And, yes, John Fetterman, I’m looking at you

in Pennsylvania. Mandela Barnes, I’m looking at you in Wisconsin.

We bring them in, then we’ve got the votes, and we can protect every woman, no matter where she lives.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., endorsed a similar step in a letter to her House colleagues.

“It is essential that we protect and expand our pro-choice majorities in the House and Senate in November so that we can eliminate the filibuster so that we can restore women’s fundamental rights — and freedom for every American,” she wrote.

The president has been under pressure to take as much executive action as possible to protect abortion rights, although his options are limited. Biden harshly criticized the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion and reiterated his warnings that other constitutional protections could be at risk.

“One thing that has been destabilizing is the outrageous behavior of the Supreme Court of the United States in overruling not only Roe v. Wade but essentially challenging the right to privacy,” he said.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Biden’s comments were “below the dignity of the president,” and that the “attacks on the court are unmerited and dangerous.”

“He’s upset that the court said the people, through their elected representatives, will have a say on abortion policy,” McConnell said in a statement. “That does not destabilize democracy — it affirms it. By contrast, it is behavior like the president’s that undermines equal justice and the rule of law.”

Supreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court’s sweeping rulings on guns and abortion sent an unmistakable message. Conservative justices hold the power and they are not afraid to use it to make transformative changes in the law.

No more half measures, they declared in overturning Roe v.

Wade and allowing states to decide their own abortion policies.

And the day before, in ruling for the first time that Americans the right to carry handguns in public for self-defense, they said the Constitution is clear.

“A restless and newly constituted Court,” is how Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of three liberals on the nine-member court, described her colleagues earlier in June.

The abortion case in particular was a repudiation of the more incremental approach favored by Chief Justice John Roberts.

The decisions in the blockbuster cases on consecutive days were the latest and perhaps clearest manifestation of how the court has evolved over the past six years — a product of historical accident and Republican political force — from an institution that leaned right, but produced some notable liberal victories, to one with an aggressive, 6-3 conservative majority.

They also showcased the enormous influence wielded by two stalwarts of the right, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. Thomas wrote the court’s opinion on guns, while Alito

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Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2021. wrote for the abortion majority.

Alito’s opinion was unequivocal.

“Roe and Casey must be overruled,” he wrote in referring to the court’s landmark abortion precedents from 1973 and 1992, “and the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives.”

Alone among the court’s six conservatives, only Roberts said he would take a more “measured course,” simply upholding a Mississippi ban on abortions after 15 weeks. He said overturning Roe was an unnecessary and “serious jolt” to the legal system.

But the chief justice was unable to attract any support from his colleagues on the right, including the three justices nominated by former President Donald Trump.

Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett helped form the majority to overrule Roe, and fulfill a prophecy from then-candidate Trump that his high court picks would vote just that way.

They were selected after careful screening by the Trump White House and conservative interest groups that was designed to avoid the disappointment produced by earlier GOP nominees such as Justices David Souter and Antho-

ny Kennedy, whose votes helped preserve Roe 30 years ago.

But how did Trump even come to have three vacancies to fill? After Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky vowed to prevent President Barack Obama from filling the seat during the election year.

Obama nominated Merrick Garland, then a federal appeals court judge and now President Joe Biden’s attorney general, but Republicans would not even give Garland a hearing.

When Trump won the presidency, he nominated Gorsuch, who was confirmed after McConnell scrapped what was left of the Senate filibuster for high court nominees. Just a few years earlier, McConnell warned Democrats that eliminating the filibuster for judicial nominees would be something they’d come to regret.

Justice Anthony Kennedy retired the following year and Kavanaugh narrowly won confirmation after facing Democratic allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman when they were teenagers decades ago.

The death of the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020 led to Republicans’ quick confirmation of Barrett. She took her seat just days before the 2020 election and solidified the conservative hold on the court.

Without the votes, the court’s three-justice liberal minority could only look on in dismay, confined to writing dissents that were alternately scathing and sad.

In his guns case dissent, Justice Stephen Breyer accused his

colleagues in the majority of acting “without considering the potentially deadly consequences” of their decision, which came on the heels of a recent series of mass shootings and as Congress was working to pass gun control legislation signed by Biden on Saturday.

In the abortion decision, Breyer, Sotomayor and Justice Elena Kagan issued an unusual joint dissent, speaking as one.

“With sorrow — for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection — we dissent,” they wrote.

The dissent included a warning that “no one should be confident that this majority is done with its work.” Next term promises more of the same: Affirmative action and voting rights already are on the agenda and an important elections case could be added to the mix.

Roberts has been the leading voice in urging the public not to view the court as not just another political branch of government, once tangling with Trump over judicial independence.

Years ago, Scalia would sometimes rail against the smaller steps that Roberts often prefers.

But at that point, there was no conservative majority without the chief justice.

Justice William Brennan, a liberal who served over parts of five decades, used to tell his law clerks that with five votes, anything is possible on the Supreme Court.

The conservatives have a vote to spare.

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Fireworks explode into the night sky in this July 4, 2022 photo.

WHAT’S HAPPENING NCDOT contract crews to replace Stanly Co. Bridge Starting as soon as mid-July, the N.C. Department of Transportation contract crews will replace the bridge on Old Cottonville Road over Hardy Creek in Stanly County. The bridge has been closed since midMay when crews discovered a hole in the bridge deck during a routine inspection. Until the bridge reopens in March 2023, a signed detour will take drivers around the construction using Old Cottonville Road, Hinson Road, and Cottonville Road. The $872,201 contract was awarded to NJR Group, Inc., which is based in Albemarle.

Local businessman appointed to the Rural Infrastructure Authority Joseph L. Burleson of the Endy community in Stanly County was appointed by Speaker of the House Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) to the Rural Infrastructure Authority.

Burleson’s appointment to serve on this board received overwhelming bipartisan support in the NC House of Representatives and unanimous support in the State Senate.

Previously, he served on the Stanly County Economic Development Commission and the county Board of Commissioners. He currently serves on the Stanly County Community College Board of Trustees. The Rural Infrastructure Authority awards Rural, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Utility Account grant funds. The authority is comprised of 17 members appointed by the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of the House.

Badin community discusses changing street names Town leaders in Badin met this past Wednesday to hear requests to change street names honoring late historical figures with ties to slavery.

Names of the streets include those such as Jackson, Washington, Lee, and Grant. Concerns about changing the street names include potential costs, the possible impact on delivery services, and response calls from emergency dispatch. The Town Council will meet again to discuss this request on July 12.

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Oakboro celebrates Fourth of July festivities for 64th year

By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal OAKBORO — Now a few years removed from a brief hiatus, the 64th annual Oakboro Fourth of July Celebration returned over the past week for its second-consecutive set of festivities that was as attended and elaborate as it’s ever been.

The full slate of parade, rides, pageants, a talent show, live bands, and fireworks ran from June 29 to the end of July 4.

“This celebration puts us on

the map — we have people who come from multiple counties away,” said Shea Morton, the assistant fire chief and chairman of the Fourth of July Celebration Committee for the Oakboro Fire Department. “There’s even a lady from Florida who came across us about 12 years ago, and now she makes the drive every year.”

Morton told SCJ that the fire department is always expecting — and hoping — for a big turnout to come celebrate the holiday in a welcoming, small-town

environment. He has estimated that on certain occasions in the past, anywhere from 30,000 to 40,000 people have traveled to Oakboro to partake in the Independence Day events.

The week’s lineup of events officially kicked off on June 29 with the Little Miss 4th of July Pageant and the opening of the rides provided by the B&K Carnival Company; the events concluded on the evening of July 4 with a fireworks show.

Each night featured free live music acts performing on the

Supreme Court to hear case on state authority over elections The Associated Press THE U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could dramatically change the way elections for Congress and the presidency are conducted by handing more power to state legislatures and blocking state courts from reviewing challenges to the procedures and results.

The justices will consider whether state courts, when finding violations of their state constitutions, can order changes to federal elections and the once-adecade redrawing of congressional districts. The case probably will be argued in the fall.

“This case could profoundly alter the balance of power in states,” said Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine. “There’s a wide range of ways the court could rule on this.

Taken to its extreme, it would be a radical reworking of our system of running elections.”

In the most extreme example, lawyers said, if the Supreme Court were to rule that no entity besides state legislatures can set rules regarding federal elections, that could stop a governor from vetoing election bills or a state court from blocking rules that set up different voting hours in urban and rural precincts.

Jason Torchinsky, a Republi-

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Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2021. can lawyer who wrote a legal brief urging the high court to take the case, said it is absurd to think the Supreme Court would ultimately allow that. He noted that as recently as 2015, the court agreed that legislatures do not have absolute power in elections, ruling that Arizona’s voter-approved redistricting commission could legally take the authority away from lawmakers to draw district lines.

“I don’t think you can take the theory as far as ‘the legisla-

tures alone can do whatever they want,’” Torchinsky said. “The problem is we have these rogue state courts.”

The case, an appeal from North Carolina Republicans, challenges a state court ruling throwing out the congressional districts drawn by the General Assembly that seemingly would have made GOP candidates likely victors in 10 of the state’s 14 congressional districts.

The Supreme Court has never invoked what is known as the in-

Union Power Stage, including Jim Quick & Coastline, The Embers, The Entertainers, The Tams, and festival headliner The Tonez.

The annual Oakboro Fourth of July parade was followed by patriotic ceremonies, a speech

by Oakboro Mayor Joyce Little, and the Miss Stanly County Fire Queen Pageant. Kindal Helms, representing the Richfield-Misenheimer Fire Department, was crowned in this year’s pageant.

At the parade, Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle BJ Hill — an Oakboro native as well as a former West Stanly Colt — served as the Grand Marshall of the celebration.

The Oakboro festivities will return again next summer for their 65th incarnation as July 4 lands on a Tuesday.

dependent state legislature doctrine, but four of the court’s conservative justices have expressed interest in taking on the subject.

One of them, Justice Clarence Thomas, was among three justices who advanced it in the Bush v. Gore case that settled the 2000 presidential election.

It only takes four of the nine justices to agree to hear a case. A majority of five is needed for an eventual decision.

The issue has arisen repeatedly in cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, where Democratic majorities on the states’ highest courts have invoked voting protections in their state constitutions to frustrate the plans of Republican-dominated legislatures.

The case comes as state courts have become increasingly involved in redistricting, the consequence of a 2019 decision in which the Supreme Court said federal courts could no longer handle claims of illegal partisan gerrymandering.

Initially, in cases in states such as North Carolina and Pennsylvania, that hurt Republicans and helped Democrats. But courts in Democratic-dominated states including Maryland and New York then threw out maps as Democratic gerrymanders, leaving Republicans with a slight edge at the end of the once-a-decade congressional redistricting process.

The high court already has another significant redistricting case on its to-do list for the fall, a reconsideration of how the Voting Rights Act requires majority-minority districts to be drawn to enSee ELECTIONS, page 2

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In this aerial photo, a General Motors assembly plant is seen Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Wentzville, Mo.

Chip shortage leaves 95K GM vehicles unfinished in storage The Associated Press DETROIT — The global shortage of computer chips and other parts forced General Motors to build 95,000 vehicles without certain components during the second quarter.

The Detroit automaker said in a regulatory filing Friday that most of the incomplete vehicles were built in June, and that it expects most of them to be finished and

sold to dealers before the end of the year.

The unsold vehicles amounted to 16% of GM’s total sales from April through June. The company said Friday that it sold more than 582,000 vehicles during the quarter, down more than 15% from a year ago.

The company reaffirmed its full-year net income guidance of $9.6 billion to $11.2 billion with pretax earnings of $13 billion to

$15 billion. For the first time the company predicted that it would make $2.3 billion to $2.6 billion before taxes in the second quarter. That fell short of analyst estimates of $3.97 billion, according to FactSet. The chip shortage has vexed automakers across the globe since 2020, forcing many automakers to temporarily close factories and trim production. The shortage has limited the supply of new vehicles

on dealer lots in the U.S. to around 1 million, when in normal years it’s about 4 million at any given time.

That has pushed prices to record levels and limited vehicle selection, but it’s also led to strong profits for most automakers.

In a prepared statement, GM said its North American production has been relatively stable since the third quarter of last year, but short-term parts disruptions are continuing. “We are actively working with our suppliers to resolve issues as they arise to meet pent-up customer demand for our vehicles,” the statement said.

Most automakers have predicted minor improvement in the chip shortage during the first half of the year, with far better supplies from July through December.

NCDA&CS finds spotted lanternfly in Forsyth County First established presence of the pest in the state Twin City Herald staff RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has confirmed the first established presence of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in the state. Initial surveys indicate the known distribution of the pest is within a 5-mile radius in Forsyth County near Interstate 40 in Kernersville extending to the Guilford County line. Survey efforts are ongoing.

“We have been actively looking for this pest for years and had ramped up surveillance when it was detected last year near the North Carolina-Virginia line,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “Members of our Plant Industry Division and the N.C. Forest Service are moving quickly to eradicate this brightly colored pest, and we ask members of the public to be on the lookout for more spotted lanternfly and report any finds.”

Spotted lanternfly poses a serious threat to the state’s wine and grape industries and can feed and cause damage on over 70 species of plants including apples, roses and other landscape plants, said Dr. Bill Foote, director of the NCDA&CS Plant Industry Division.

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But the North Carolina case has implications far beyond redistricting, The independent state legislative doctrine could also hold that state courts cannot stop legisla-

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In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, photo, spotted lanternfly gather on a tree ern end of Virginia to an area just over the North Carolina state line, NCDA&CS increased its outreach and surveying, particularly to the state’s most vulnerable wine producing regions. This pest has been rapidly spreading since it was first identified in Pennsylvania in 2014.

Concentrated spotted lanternfly surveys are continuing in the initial Forsyth County discovery

area to determine if the pest is in additional locations. Treatments are planned this week before mated females begin laying eggs.

Early detection and rapid response are critical in the control of spotted lanternfly and the Plant Industry Division has been preparing to provide the most effective response to slow the spread of this invasive pest in our state, Foote said.

The spotted lanternfly is native to China and was first seen in the U.S. in Pennsylvania in 2014.

The U.S. forestry industry estimates that damage from the fly amounts to $236 million annually and could more than double if its spread isn’t controlled.

If you see a suspect spotted lanternfly in North Carolina submit a picture through the online reporting tool at ncagr.gov/slf.

tures from imposing any restrictions they want on congressional voting or even the selection of electors who choose the president of the United States.

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, who filed the appeal to the high court, cheered the news that the case will be heard. “This case is not only critical to election

integrity in North Carolina, but has implications for the security of elections nationwide,” Moore, a Republican, said in a statement.

Voting rights groups were furious.

“In a radical power grab, self-serving politicians want to defy our state’s highest court and impose illegal voting districts upon

the people of North Carolina,” said Bob Phillips of Common Cause, North Carolina, which brought the lawsuit that overturned the GOPdrawn maps. “We will continue to stand up for the people of our state and nation as this case goes to the U.S. Supreme Court. We must stop this dangerous attack on our freedom to vote.”

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

COLUMN | U.S. REP. RICHARD HUDSON

Well done is better than well said

Unfortunately, the Left’s missteps are not limited to the economy.

“WELL DONE is better than well said.”

This quote by Benjamin Franklin reminds us of the importance of action over words. Unfortunately, when it comes to addressing the most pressing issues of our time, many Washington Democrats continue to choose speeches over solutions.

Our country continues to face crisis after crisis ranging from inflation to border security - often because of failed policies or complete inaction on part of President Joe Biden and Washington Democrats.

Yet instead of acknowledging this and changing course, they constantly seek to shift blame away from themselves and onto others. They think they can fool you, but you know better.

Inflation has increased 8.6% over the last 12 months in part because of too much spending in Washington. This is the largest 12-month increase since December 1981 and has affected nearly every product you buy: butter is up 20.2%, eggs 32.2% and chicken 19.3% to name a few. In response, the Fed announced last week the largest interest rate hike since 1994, but more must be done.

The Biden Price Hike is most apparent in the cost of fuel, as gas prices have more than DOUBLED since he took office. Last week, and for the first time in history, the average price of a gallon of gas topped $5.01 nationally, with estimates showing the average national price could surpass $6 by the end of the summer.

Democrats have tried to blame the war in Ukraine for these hikes.

However, the price of fuel has risen every month Biden has been in office, and price hikes are a direct result of his efforts to cut American energy production. In fact, the U.S. is producing nearly 1 million barrels of oil less per day than back in 2019, before the pandemic began.

Last week, I heard from Charles in Hope Mills, who must now spend $160 a week on gas. Michael from Fayetteville is retired and on a fixed income and said, “there is nothing in the US economy that has not gone up!”

Deborah in Cumberland County said she is paying double to fill up her car while her grocery bill is up an average of $25 each week. These stories are a snapshot of the economic challenges being faced by every family across our state and nation – and it doesn’t have to be this way.

Unfortunately, the Left’s missteps are not limited to the economy.

Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) announced last week that 239,416 people crossed the border in May, the highest monthly total ever recorded. Since Biden took office, more than 2.6 million illegal immigrants have been apprehended at our southern border.

Also troubling – the violent crime rate continues to rise across the country, with some places seeing almost 40% increases compared to last year. This includes politically motivated violence by pro-abortion groups, most notably increased attacks on crisis pregnancy centers in North Carolina and around the country, and an attempted assassination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The increase in violence in our cities and these politically motivated attacks are completely unacceptable. While Democrats like President Biden have paid lip service to this crisis, these have largely been empty words not followed up by action to support law enforcement or end soft-on-crime policies.

The crises facing this nation are real, and we need real solutions – not empty words – to address them. We must secure our border by finishing construction of the border wall, maintaining Title 42 protections, enforcing the “Remain in Mexico” policy, and giving our CBP agents the funds and resources they need to do their jobs.

To end inflation, we need to get people back to work and curtail reckless government spending. Last week, I joined other House Republicans to release a proposal to do just that through common-sense reforms to balance the budget in 7 years and cut taxes.

Our budget proposal also encourages American energy independence.

We can and must lower energy prices for you and your family by unleashing American energy to its fullest capacity. This starts by passing legislation like my American Energy Independence from Russia Act, a bill that will boost our domestic energy production and drive down costs across the board.

Our nation is facing many crises today, but we have the solutions to address them. I will continue to promote these solutions that will help to end record-setting inflation, lower gas prices, and make our communities safe and secure – and I promise to do this both in word and in action.

COLUMN | DAVID HARSANYI

Democrats are fooling themselves on the popularity of abortion Then again, Dobbs finally allows us to find out what people really think.

ONE OF THE CENTRAL justifications for the Left’s proposed court-packing scheme is to claim that the reversal of Roe v. Wade is so radically out of step with the American public that it is an undemocratic, minoritarian power grab. Not only is the argument based on the unconstitutional notion that justices should weigh the vagaries of public opinion before ruling, but it also relies on the irreconcilable claim that empowering the public to vote on an issue unmentioned in the Constitution is an attack on “democracy.”

Now, that’s all bad enough, but the thing is, even the underlying claim isn’t true. Take, for instance, this new poll by Monmouth University, headlined, “Majority Disapprove of Reversing Roe.” Yes, a majority of 60% disapprove of overturning Roe. And after 50 years of cultural and political indoctrination about abortion “rights,” it’s almost surely the case that a large part of that 60% of voters barely have any idea what Roe entailed, or any legal arguments for why it shouldn’t be overturned, or much understanding of what its demise means.

A deeper look at the poll shows that 46% say Congress should pass a national law “allowing abortion” — what a ridiculously vague phrase — but “44% prefer to leave abortion law up to the states.” And “just 7% want a national ban.” So, even with the purposely opaque wording of the poll, Monmouth could have headlined the findings, “54% of Americans Oppose a National Law Codifying Roe.” How could that be? Does anyone believe that among the same 60% who support upholding abortion by judicial decree are those opposed to codifying the same exact rights through the democratic process? Or is the public confused about what Roe meant?

Pollsters have been highlighting these irrelevant questions about abortion, a practice that most Americans probably have complicated feelings about, for decades. And it probably isn’t going to get any better.

A recent Public Policy Polling survey posed this false choice: “Which of the following statements best describes your view on abortion: ‘I believe a woman should have the right to choose and Roe v Wade should not be overturned’ or ‘I believe abortion should be criminalized and Roe v Wade should be overturned in its entirety.’”

Not long ago, Politico asked voters about the prospect of prison for women who obtain abortions, which Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has nothing to do with and the anti-abortion movement has always opposed. Abortion laws in place punish those who perform abortions, not pregnant women. The Texas law everyone was freaking out about specifically exempts women from homicide charges for abortions.

Then there is NPR, which reports, “Poll: Majorities oppose Supreme Court’s abortion ruling and worry about other rights.” The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist, a transparent push poll, doesn’t even bother asking about policy. It offers no context for why anyone should believe their “rights” would be imperiled — and abortion, of course, isn’t a right. (Even with all this, a majority in the NPR poll oppose packing the court.)

When Monmouth asks if voters support Democrats’ plan “allowing abortion,” they too are misleading the public. We already know what the Democrats’ national bill would do. So a more honest question would be: “Do you support the Democratic Party’s efforts to legalize abortion through all nine months of pregnancy for any reason, paid for by taxpayers, in all 50 states?”

For that matter, why don’t pollsters ask voters if they agree with the Biden administration that abortions are vital in keeping down the poor population, increasing labor-force participation, and helping the economy? Why don’t they ask voters if they support the Democrats’ efforts to force states to allow abortions after viability and sex-selective abortions and strip parental or guardian notification for minors? These are real-life policy proposals that Democrats want to pass.

The only national bill Republicans in Congress have forwarded in recent years has been a “heartbeat” bill. And guess what? It polls very well.

Then again, Dobbs finally allows us to find out what people really think.

David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist. Harsanyi is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of five books — the most recent, “Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent.”

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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT MLB

Daughter of Blue Jays 1B coach killed in tubing accident Richmond, Va. Authorities in Virginia say the 17-year-old daughter of Toronto Blue Jays first base coach Mark Budzinski died in a tubing accident in Richmond over the weekend. A spokesperson for the Department of Wildlife Resources says Julia Budzinski was one of two girls who fell off a tube being pulled behind a boat on the James River on Saturday. As the boat operator returned to get the girls out of the water, the boat hit a wave. That caused it to be pushed on top of Budzinski and striking her with the propeller.

BASKETBALL

USA Basketball tops Cuba in Havana Havana Xavier Munford scored 24 points and the U.S. defeated Cuba 87-64 on Monday night to close the first round of qualifying for next year’s Basketball World Cup. The U.S. is now 31-1 all-time against the island nation. Munford was 10 for 12 from the floor for the Americans, who got 13 points from Justin Jackson, 12 from John Jenkins — all from 3-point range — and 10 apiece from Will Davis and Langston Galloway.

They’ll start the second round of World Cup qualifying in late August.

TENNIS

Activists with Peng Shuai T-shirts searched at Wimbledon Wimbledon, England Four activists wearing “Where is Peng Shuai?”

T-shirts were stopped by security at Wimbledon and had their bags searched. Peng is a retired professional tennis player from China who last year accused a former high-ranking member of the country’s ruling Communist Party of sexual assault.

She has made very few public appearances since then. A similar episode happened at this year’s Australian Open. Jason Leith of the Free Tibet organization says he and his three colleagues put on the white T-shirts after entering the grounds of the All England Club.

NHL

Lightning trade McDonagh to Preds, clear cap space The Lightning traded veteran defenseman Ryan McDonagh to Nashville, receiving defenseman Philippe Myers and forward prospect Grant Mismash in the deal. The move clears significant salary cap space for Tampa Bay to make other moves this offseason.

They are hoping to re-sign top left winger Ondrej Palat and could now also bring back defenseman Jan Rutta. The 33-yearold McDonagh, who won back-to-back Stanley Cups with Tampa Bay in 2020 and ’21, is under contract for four more seasons at an annual cap hit of $6.75 million.

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Tyler Reddick celebrates after winning the Kwik Trip 250 at Road America in Wisconsin for his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory.

Reddick wins at Road America for 1st Cup victory Richard Childress Racing’s last trip to Victory Lane was in 2020

The Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Tyler Reddick needed a little longer than expected to win in the NASCAR Cup Series.

The circumstances of his triumph made it worth the wait.

Reddick won Sunday at Road America by outdueling Chase Elliott, the defending champion on the course and the current points leader. The victory came in the 92nd start of his Cup career, which has included five second-place finishes.

“It was just a huge sense of relief,” Reddick said.

The Richard Childress Racing driver won by 3.304 seconds over Elliott, who had the pole position

and led for 36 of the 62 laps. Elliott was seeking his eighth career Cup road-course win to tie Tony Stewart for second place — one behind Jeff Gordon’s record.

“He’s been the guy that’s won more road courses the last couple of years than anybody,” Reddick said.

Kyle Larson was third, followed by Ross Chastain and Daniel Suárez.

Elliott and Reddick were both well ahead of the field before making pit stops with about 20 laps remaining. Elliott had a narrow lead over Reddick as they came out of the pits, but Reddick eventually pulled ahead of him as they headed back toward the front of the pack.

Reddick took over the lead for good on the 47th lap once all the cars that had been ahead of him made their pit stops.

“I just let him stay close enough to pressure me there while we

had decent tires and never could get enough of a gap,” Elliott said.

“Made a couple mistakes. I was gaining a gap there a couple times and made a couple mistakes and let him get back close enough to get me out of sync, and then after that just started struggling.”

Elliott had the pole position and led for much of the day as he attempted to follow his victory last week at Nashville with another.

He was chasing his third win of the season.

Nobody has won more than two races through the first 18 events, the first time there hasn’t been at least a three-time winner this late in the season.

Instead, Reddick became the fifth first-time winner this year.

Each of the first three roadcourse races this year has had a first-time winner, with Reddick breaking through at Road America after Chastain won at the Circuit of the Americas and Suárez at

Griner goes on trial in Russian court The WNBA star has been held since her arrest in Moscow in February The Associated Press MOSCOW — American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial last Friday, 4½ months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for a Russian team, a case that has unfolded amid tense relations between Moscow and Washington.

The initial session of the trial, which was adjourned until July 7, offered the most extensive public interaction between Griner and reporters since the Phoenix Mercury center and two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport.

Griner, 31, was escorted into the courtroom in the capital’s suburb of Khimki while handcuffed, carrying a water bottle and what appeared to be a magazine, and wearing a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt.

Police have said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil when detained at the airport.

She could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of large-scale

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WNBA star Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing last Friday just outside of Moscow. transportation of drugs.

The state-owned Tass news agency quoted Griner as saying in court that she understood the charges against her. Asked by the judge if she wanted to enter a plea, Griner responded, “At this moment, no, your honor. At a later date,” according to Mediazona, an independent news site known for its extensive coverage of high-profile court cases.

Fewer than 1% of defendants in Russian criminal cases are acquitted and, unlike in U.S. courts, acquittals can be overturned.

Two witnesses were questioned by the prosecution: an airport customs official, who spoke in open court, and an unidentified witness in a closed session, according to the state news agency RIA-Novosti. The trial was then adjourned, it said, when two oth-

Sonoma.

The other first-time winners were Austin Cindric at Daytona and Chase Briscoe at Phoenix.

Reddick, who won the Xfinity Series in 2018 and 2019, seemed on the verge of getting his elusive first victory a number of times before Sunday.

Perhaps the most notable example came at Bristol in April. Reddick and Chase Briscoe were dueling for the lead that night when the two cars spun out of control, enabling Kyle Busch to slip past them for the victory. Reddick also led for 90 laps at Fontana earlier this year but ended up 24th after William Byron ran him into wall.

“This year’s been one mistake away from greatness all year long,” Reddick said. “We finally did it today.”

Team owner Richard Childress sensed the breakthrough was coming and made that clear during a Sunday morning pep talk with the driver.

“I told him this morning, ‘You’re going to win this race. We just can’t beat ourselves and (have to) be solid,’” Childress said.

Reddick made sure his boss’ prediction came true.

The Cup Series heads to the Atlanta Motor Speedway next Sunday.

er witnesses did not show up.

Alexander Boykov, an attorney for Griner, said outside court that he did not want to comment “on the specifics of the case and on the charges” because it was too early to do so.

Boykov also told RIA-Novosti that Griner has been exercising and taking walks in the detention area. The Russian website Business FM said that Griner, who smiled at times at reporters, said she wishes she could work out more and that she was struggling because she doesn’t understand Russian. Besides the WNBA’s Mercury, she played in Russia for UMMC Ekaterinburg.

Elizabeth Rood, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was in court and said she spoke with Griner, who “is doing as well as can be expected in these difficult circumstances.”

“The Russian Federation has wrongfully detained Brittney Griner,” Rood said. “The practice of wrongful detention is unacceptable wherever it occurs and is a threat to the safety of everyone traveling, working and living abroad.”

She said the U.S. government, from its highest levels, “is working hard to bring Brittney and all wrongfully detained U.S. nationals home safely.”

At a closed-door preliminary hearing Monday, Griner’s detention was extended for another six months, to Dec. 20.

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Stanly County Post 76 gears up for playoffs

Sheletta Brundidg, left, her son Brandon, center, and NASCAR driver Brandon Brown show off Sheletta’s children’s book inspired by her son.

The American Legion baseball team starts its postseason later this month

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Boy helps Brown put new spin on ‘Let’s go, Brandon’ chant Eight-year-old Brandon Brundidge has embraced the phrase to encourage him The Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Brandon Brown wanted a way to change the narrative behind the “Let’s go, Brandon” message after his first career NASCAR victory inadvertently fostered a chant that has been used to insult President Joe Biden.

Brown found that new message thanks to the family of an 8-yearold boy with autism.

Brandon Brundidge of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, was on a springbreak trip to Houston in March and saw signs with the “Let’s go, Brandon” phrase. He believed the signs were meant to encourage him. He consequently started trying activities he’d never attempted before, such as learning to swim and removing the training wheels from his bicycle.

His mother, Sheletta Brundidge, used that story to write a children’s book titled, “Brandon Spots His Sign.” Brown had the cover of Brundidge’s book on the hood of his Camaro for his Xfinity Series race Saturday at Road America.

“To have this come through was like that breakthrough moment for us,” Brown said. “This can be positive. This can be good. It doesn’t

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have to be hateful or divisive.”

This divisiveness had started after Brown earned his first career NASCAR victory last October.

The crowd at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama chanted “F-- Joe Biden” during the winner’s postrace interview. NBC Sports reporter Kelli Stavast incorrectly told Brown the fans were chanting, “Let’s go, Brandon.”

From that point, “Let’s go, Brandon,” became a rallying cry for Biden critics, with signs bearing that message popping up all over.

Brown unintentionally found himself in the middle of the firestorm that surrounded these chants.

“I’ve just been hopeful that I could make it a positive, I could have my name back and not have it be so divisive and scary, where it wouldn’t be a political statement for my friends and family to cheer me on during a race,” Brown said.

That’s where the Brundidge family stepped in.

Sheletta Brundidge is the mother of four children, and three of them have autism. She has written children’s books focusing on each of them. She said Brandon often dealt with social anxiety.

That changed after she saw all the “Let’s go, Brandon” signs and assumed people were cheering him on. He suddenly had a whole new attitude and wasn’t nearly as shy about trying new things.

“He literally wanted us to put flags in front of the house (saying), ‘Let’s Go Brandon,” Sheletta Brundidge recalled. “I’m like: ‘That’s not going to happen. We’re not putting these flags in front of the house.’”

Brown learned about this book from his mother and invited the Brundidge family to Road America.

They met in person for the first time last weekend, and the two Brandons became fast friends.

“It feels like I have a twin brother but who’s older than me,” Brandon Brundidge said.

The Brundidges were giving out copies of “Brandon Spots His Sign” at Road America. The book’s cover design decorated Brown’s car, though he was knocked out of Saturday’s race after getting caught up in a multicar wreck that caused him to get examined and released from the infield care center.

Finally, someone found a way for the “Let’s go, Brandon” chant to unite rather than divide.

“I’m sorry for what you went through all of this past year,” Sheletta Brundidge told Brown on Saturday. “I know it’s been horrible. But I’m so glad it happened because this child would not have this breakthrough (otherwise). He still would be afraid to ride his bike without training wheels. He’s literally walking up to kids and passing out this book. He would have never done that (before).”

By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — The 2022 North Carolina American Legion Area III baseball playoffs begin this weekend between the league’s Northern and Southern divisions, and the Stanly County Post 76 team (9-10, 5-5 South) will try and make a postseason run.

The results from this event will impact the upcoming North Carolina State Tournament (July 26-30), Southeast Regional Tournament (Aug. 3-7) and American Legion World Series (Aug. 11-16).

Stanly concluded its regular season schedule Tuesday with a road trip to face league-heavyweight Rowan County (28-7, 11-0 South). The results from that matchup will impact the seeding for the Area III playoffs that run through July 8-10.

Stanly’s final score at Rowan could determine if it will ultimately be a third, fourth or fifth seed in the tournament. As it stands, Stanly sits at third in its division standings behind a pair of teams — Rowan and Kannapolis (15-6, 6-4 South) — and just ahead of a pair of teams, Davidson County (8-13, 5-5 South) and Mooresville (6-16, 4-5 South).

The North is currently led by Eastern Randolph (13-8, 7-2) and Randolph County (19-8, 5-2).

In this weekend’s Area III playoffs, South’s seventh seed will play North’s second seed while South’s sixth seed will play North’s third seed. Additionally, South’s fifth seed will play North’s fourth seed while South’s third seed will play North’s sixth seed. South’s fourth seed will play North’s fifth seed.

This has been the first season for Stanly coach Craig Bolton, who is also entering his second year as Pfeiffer University’s coach. The team did not play last season but got back on track this spring with a full slate of games, including its usual home games at West Stanly High School.

The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization, and the Stanly’s junior team won the league’s World Series Championship in 1940.

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Oscar Pistorius, pictured in 2016, has met with the father of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman he shot to death in 2013, as part of his parole process, the Steenkamp’s family lawyer said.

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Seeking parole, Pistorius meets with girlfriend’s father The Olympic track star was convicted in the 2013 killing Reeva Steenkamp

By Gerald Jimmy The Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa— South African former track star Oscar Pistorius has met with the father of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman he shot to death in 2013, as part of his parole process, the Steenkamp’s family lawyer told The Associated Press on Friday.

Lawyer Tania Koen said in a text message that Pistorius and Barry Steenkamp met face-toface on June 22 as part of what’s

known in South Africa as a victim-offender dialogue. It gives victims of crimes or their relatives a chance to meet with the offenders, if they choose to, before the offender can be eligible for parole.

Koen confirmed the meeting but declined to give any more details. She wrote in her message: “The dialogue is a private and confidential matter, hence we ask that our clients’ privacy be respected.”

Pistorius, once a double-amputee track star who made history by running at the Olympics, became eligible for parole last year, eight years after killing his girlfriend in his home in the South African capital, Pretoria. Pistori-

us, who is now 35, was ultimately convicted of murder in 2015 after a long and dramatic trial and numerous appeals. He was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison.

He has served most of his sentence at a prison in Pretoria but was moved to a facility in the southern city of Gqeberha, the Steenkamps’ hometown, ahead of the meeting with Barry Steenkamp.

A parole hearing for Pistorius was scheduled for last year but it was canceled because he hadn’t yet met with Steenkamp’s parents.

In South Africa, those convicted of a serious crime must serve

at least half their sentence before they are eligible for parole. Pistorius had already served time in jail after being initially convicted of culpable homicide — a charge similar to manslaughter — before an appeal by prosecutors resulted in that being overturned and him being convicted of murder.

Pistorius must still attend a parole hearing, where department of corrections officials will decide if he should be released early. Pistorius’ lawyer, Julian Knight, said last year that he had been “a model prisoner” and met the requirements for parole.

Pistorius was born with a congenital condition that led to both his legs being amputated below

the knee when he was a baby.

He became a multiple Paralympic sprinting champion running on carbon-fiber blades, and even qualified to compete against the world’s best able-bodied athletes at the 2012 London Olympics.

But his image as one of the most inspiring figures in sports was shattered when he shot the 29-year-old Steenkamp multiple times through a toilet door in his house in the early hours of Valentine’s Day 2013. He claimed he mistook her for a dangerous intruder but was convicted of a charge comparable to second-degree murder because he acted so recklessly by firing through the toilet door with his 9mm pistol.

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NC board, citing fraud probe, rejects Green Party for ballot The Associated Press RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Board of Elections rejected the Green Party’s petition for their candidates to appear on November ballots last Thursday, citing its ongoing fraud investigation that questions the validity of more than 2,000 signatures that party officials turned in to qualify.

The board denied the North Carolina Green Party bid in a 3-2 party-line vote, with three Democrats voting against certification and two Republicans voting in favor.

The decision will lead the left-leaning Green Party to miss Friday’s deadline to nominate candidates, meaning the Democratic, Republican and Libertarian parties will be the only ones with candidates for races like U.S. Senate, House and the state legislature.

Michael Bitzer, a politics professor at Catawba College in Salisbury, said if the Green Party had received certification, it might have divided progressive voters and paved the way for GOP victories in tight races, including the hotly contested Senate race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd.

“The Green Party is the more progressive, more liberal side of North Carolina politics,” Bitzer said this week. “Democrats could see a real concern about the Green Party spoiling efforts for Beasley and perhaps other candidates.”

Green Party representatives earlier this year submitted more

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Early voters wait to cast their ballots at the South Regional Library polling location in Durham, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. than 22,000 signatures to the board. County boards of election validated just under 16,000 of those signatures — seemingly catapulting them over the 13,865-signature threshold set in state law.

But several county boards in May alerted the state board of irregularities, elections board Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell said, and the number of questioned signatures was enough to

cast doubt on the outcome. She cited examples on submitted petition lists of similar handwriting, incomplete personal information including partial dates of birth, and duplicate voters.

“We feel like there is a cloud over how many signatures are valid,” Bell said at Thursday’s board meeting. “There’s just a lot of concern around what we’re finding, and the amount of irregularities and possible fraud that have

been identified already within the signature pages that we have received.”

The board said the investigation also identified 145 signatories who sought to revoke their signatures, three individuals who claim they did not sign the petition, and several signatures from deceased voters.

“What this seems to indicate to us is a submission of signature sheets from when the Green Par-

ty had a petition effort prior to 2018,” Bell said.

Katelyn Love, legal counsel to the board, said the investigation could warrant criminal action for those found guilty of signing the name of another individual.

Republican board members Tommy Tucker and Stacy “Four” Eggers pushed the board to vote Thursday, despite Chair Damon Circosta’s recommendation to delay the review and allow more time for the investigation.

Prior to Thursday’s meeting, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee acknowledged contacting signatories on the Green Party’s petition to request they retract their signatures. The DSCC is working to get Beasley and the party’s other Democratic Senate candidates nationwide elected in November.

“We’re reaching out to voters to ensure they have not been deceived,” DSCC spokesperson Amanda Sherman Baity said.

Other outside organizations, including Elias Law Group, an influential Democrat-aligned law firm that serves as the DSCC’s general counsel, submitted letters alerting the board of some discrepancies included in the investigation.

Oliver Hall, a lawyer for the Green Party, accused the board of kowtowing to the Green Party’s political opponents, calling the decision an anti-democratic effort to suppress voter choice.

“The board is selectively relying on evidence submitted by partisan operatives acting for their own political advantage and disregarding the facts in the record as they recognize them,” Hall said in an interview after the meeting.

The campaign of Matthew Hoh, who was considered the Green Party’s U.S. Senate candidate, wrote in an email that it “will continue and explore all options for its rightful place on the ballot.”

US judge finds for 3 drug distributors in WVa opioid lawsuit The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit that accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.

The verdict came nearly a year after closing arguments in a bench trial in the lawsuit filed by Cabell County and the city of Huntington against AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Corp.

“The opioid crisis has taken a considerable toll on the citizens of Cabell County and the City of Huntington. And while there is a natural tendency to assign blame in such cases, they must be decided not based on sympathy, but on the facts and the law,” U.S. District Judge David Faber wrote in the 184-page ruling. “In view of the court’s findings and conclusions, the court finds that judgment should be entered in defendants’ favor.”

Cabell County attorney Paul Farrell had argued the distributors should be held responsible for sending a “tsunami” of prescription pain pills into the community and that the defendants’ conduct was unreasonable, reckless, and disregarded the public’s health and safety in an area ravaged by opioid addiction.

The companies blamed an increase in prescriptions written by doctors along with poor communi-

cation and pill quotas set by federal agents.

While the lawsuit alleged the distributors created a public nuisance, Faber said West Virginia’s Supreme Court has only applied public nuisance law in the context of conduct that interferes with public property or resources. He said to extend the law to cover the marketing and sale of opioids “is inconsistent with the history and traditional notions of nuisance.”

Faber noted that the plaintiffs offered no evidence that the defendants distributed controlled substances to any entity that didn’t hold a proper registration from the Drug Enforcement Agency or the state Board of Pharmacy. The defendants also had suspicious monitoring systems in place as required by the Controlled Substances Act, he said.

“Plaintiffs failed to show that the volume of prescription opioids distributed in Cabell/Huntington was because of unreasonable conduct on the part of defendants,” Faber wrote.

In a statement, Cardinal Health said the judge’s ruling “recognizes what we demonstrated in court, which is that we do not manufacture, market, or prescribe prescription medications but instead only provide a secure channel to deliver medications of all kinds from manufacturers to our thousands of hospital and pharmacy customers that dispense them to their patients based on doctor-ordered prescriptions.

“As we continue to fulfill our limited role in the pharmaceu-

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Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, left, and lawyer Rusty Webb enter the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston, W.Va., on May 3, 2021, for the start of a trial in an opioid lawsuit filed by Cabell County and the city of Huntington against major drug distributors. tical supply chain, we operate a constantly adaptive and rigorous system to combat controlled substance diversion and remain committed to being part of the solution to the opioid crisis.”

Attorneys for the plaintiffs said they were “deeply disappointed” in the ruling.

“We felt the evidence that emerged from witness statements, company documents, and extensive datasets showed these defendants were responsible for creating and overseeing the infrastructure that flooded West Virginia with opioids. Outcome aside, our appreciation goes out to the first responders, public officials, treatment professionals, researchers,

and many others who gave their testimony to bring the truth to light.”

The plaintiffs had sought more than $2.5 billion that would have gone toward abatement efforts.

The goal of the 15-year abatement plan would have been to reduce overdoses, overdose deaths, and the number of people with opioid use disorder.

Last year in Cabell County, an Ohio River county of 93,000 residents, there were 1,067 emergency responses to suspected overdoses — significantly higher than each of the previous three years — with at least 158 deaths. So far this year, suspected overdoses have prompted at least 358 responses and 465

emergency room visits, according to preliminary data from the state Department of Health and Human Resources’ Office of Drug Control Policy.

The U.S. addiction crisis was inflamed by the COVID-19 pandemic with drug overdose deaths surpassing 100,000 in the 12-month period ending in April 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a year.

The Cabell-Huntington lawsuit was the first time allegations involving opioid distribution ended up at federal trial. The result could have huge effects on similar lawsuits. Some have resulted in multimillion-dollar settlements, including a tentative $161.5 million settlement reached in May by the state of West Virginia with Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc., AbbVie’s Allergan and their family of companies.

More than 3,000 lawsuits have been filed by state and local governments, Native American tribes, unions, hospitals, and other entities in state and federal courts over the toll of opioids. Most allege that either drug makers, distribution companies, or pharmacies created a public nuisance in a crisis that’s been linked to the deaths of 500,000 Americans over the past two decades.

In separate, similar lawsuits, the state of West Virginia reached a $37 million settlement with McKesson in 2019, $20 million with Cardinal Health, and $16 million with AmerisourceBergen in 2017.

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obituaries

Zane Hilliard Evans

Lillian (Barbee) Huneycutt

Clonnie Wilson Thomas Jr.

March 13, 1939 - July 2, 2022

November 27, 1942 ~ July 1, 2022

October 27, 1943 - June 30, 2022

Zane Hilliard Evans, 83, of Albemarle passed away on Saturday, July , 2022 in Atrium Health Stanly.

Born March 13, 1939 in Randolph County, NC she was the daughter of the late Emmit Hilliard and Martha Billings Hilliard. She was owner and operator of Sleep Dimensions Mattress Outlet in Concord. She enjoyed painting and knitting.

She was preceded in death by her husband James Lilly, daughter Cindy Auman, and grandson Lucas Auman. Survivors include sons Eddie Auman (Christine) of Claremont, NC and Kevin Auman (Amanda) of Albemarle, 2 brothers Buster Hilliard (Ruby) of Greensboro, Keith Hilliard (Carol) of Asheboro and Billy Hilliard (Rhonda), TX and sister Candy Cummings (Sammy) of Thomasville, Hannah Auman and Morgan Auman.

Lillian Barbee Huneycutt, 79, of Richfield, passed away Friday, July 1, 2022 at her home.

Lillian was born November 27, 1942 in North Carolina to the late Vernon Barbee and the late Dora Lee Crisco Barbee.

She was also preceded in death by son, Carl Jeffrey Huneycutt; and brother, Roy Lee Barbee.

Survivors include husband, Carl Huneycutt of the home; daughter, Karen Myers (Scotty); son, Kenneth Huneycutt; grandchildren, Joshua Myers and Brandon Myers; sister, Maryleen Shankle (V.L.); and nephew, David Shankle.

Lillian loved to go camping at the beach with her family and also enjoyed taking trips on Christian bus tours.

Clonnie Wilson Thomas, Jr., 78, of Locust, passed away Thursday June 30, 2022 in his home surrounded by his family.

He was born October 27, 1943 in Marshville, NC to the late Clonnie Wilson Thomas, Sr. and Reba Preslar Thomas. Clonnie worked as a residential painter for 50 years.

He was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church. He loved working in his yard, attending car shows and cruise-ins and eating ice cream and pie with his cat, Butterball. He also enjoyed NASCAR and driving his 2019 Corvette.

Mr. Thomas is survived by his wife, Lanna Morgan Thomas of the home; a brother, Donald Thomas (Duck) of Whiteville, NC; three sisters, Janet Freeman of Charlotte, NC, Terri Burleson of Mint Hill, NC and Pamela Thomas of Charlotte, NC. Clonnie was also preceded in death by a sister, Patricia Caudle of Albemarle.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to, Hospice of Stanly and the Uwharrie, 960 N 1st St, Albemarle, NC 28001 or to Philadelphia Baptist Church, PO Box 280, Stanfield, NC 28163.

Jerry Louis Ray Strickland

June 28, 1934 - June 28, 2022 Jerry Louis Ray Strickland, 88, of Locust, NC, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in his home.

Mr. Strickland was born June 28, 1934 in Liberty Co., GA to the late Jessie and Jeanette Stickland.

Jerry retired as a CPA with George G. Scott and Company. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Locust.

Jerry was predeceased by his wife of sixty-four years, Betty Joyce Higgs Strickland and a daughter Judy Renee Strickland of Lewisville, NC. He is survived by two daughters, Donna Carter of Murfreesboro, TN and Lisa Underwood (Blair) of Locust, NC and nephew, Jason Mangrum (MJ) of Murfreesboro, TN. Jerry loved spending time watching college sports, especially football and basketball. He was a huge ABC fan; Anybody But Carolina. He enjoyed visiting neighbors and friends on his golf cart and playing canasta at the Senior Center. He loved his family, and was especially proud of his grandson, Jason.

Memorials may be made to, Hospice of Stanly & the Uwharrie, 960 North First Street Albemarle, NC 28001 or to West Stanly Senior Center, 213 Town Center Drive, Locust, NC 28097.

Jewell Lambert Burleson

Robin Pridgen Howell

May 19, 1954 - June 30, 2022

February 5, 1961 - June 29, 2022

Charlene Barbee Rabon, 68, of Locust passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2022 in her home.

Born May 19, 1954 in Cabarrus County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Ward Barbee and Katherine Eudy Barbee. She was a member of Pine Bluff United Methodist Church and was retired.

She loved taking care of her family, cooking and baking, and serving the Lord and others.

Charlene is survived by her husband Mike Rabon of Locust, daughter Jana McPhaul (Eric) of Charlotte, son Jared Huneycutt (Jessica) of Locust, sister Marlene Lowder (Ken) of Midland, grandchildren Taylor Adams, Madison Kiser, Telan Huneycutt, and Tate Huneycutt, and greatgrandchildren Ivy Fletcher and Ace Adams.

Robin Pridgen Howell, 61, of Albemarle, passed away peacefully at her home on June 29, 2022.

Robin was born in Pender County, NC to the late Albert Hill Pridgen and Mary Frances Pridgen. She was a graduate of Campbell University.

Robin enjoyed the outdoors, the beach, traveling, sewing and other crafts. She was a loving grandmother, mother and wife.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Sue Futrell. Robin is survived by her husband of 37 years, John Howell of the home; her son, John Howell, II (Lauren) of Rockwell and their children, Aubrey and Jack; two sisters, Pam Ford (Phil) of Raleigh and Lynne Slaughter (John) of Topsail Island, and many nieces and nephews.

Stanly Funeral Home will be serving the family, memorials can be made to Hospice of Stanly and the Uwharrie at 960 N. 1st St., Albemarle, NC 28001.

Bonnie Honeycutt

June 6, 1925 - June 29, 2022 Jewell Myrtle Lambert Burleson went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday June 28th. Born in Oakboro, NC on June 6th, 1925, she is the daughter of the late Dewey & Mattie Lambert. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Edward Burleson, son Ronnie Joseph Burleson, son in law, David Mitchell Martin, granddaughter Sandra Maureen Martin, grandson Paul James Burleson, great grandson Aiden Brandon Davis, great grandson Paul Jacob Burleson.

She is survived by daughter Edna Martin, son JD Burleson & wife Joyce, daughter Imogene Page & husband Loyd, daughter Patsy Herlocker & husband Tommy, son Gary Burleson & wife Judy, and daughter Elaine. She is also survived by 18 grandkids, 33 great-grandkids, 27 great-great-grandkids.

Jewell was a hardworking, kind, loving and caring person who always put others first. She always found a positive in every negative and saw the best in everyone. She loved spending time with her family and taking trips to the mountains. She loved to garden, her and Joe always had a huge garden to share with neighbors & family as well as farming. Both resulted in lots of canning and freezing. She read her Bible from beginning to end every year and enjoyed her word searches. She also had several types of bird feeders & bird houses and loved to watch her various types of birds. She also loved her indoor plants and outside flowers.

In her younger years she loved to sew and quilt with her neighbors and friends. She was an amazing cook and had so many favorites she made for her kids and grandkids.

Charlene Barbee Rabon

September 3, 1932 ~ June 27, 2022

Tommie (Hudson) Burleson

October 24, 1950 ~ June 27, 2022 Tommie Hudson Burleson, 71, of Albemarle, passed away Monday, June 27, 2022 at her home.

A lifelong resident of Stanly County, she was born on October 24, 1950, the only child of the late Tom Alexander Hudson and Viola Marie Thompson Hudson. A graduate of South Stanly High School, she went on to earn degrees from Pfeiffer and Wingate.

Tommie taught seventh and eighth-grade language arts at Millingport Elementary School for 35 years and loved being a teacher.

Tommie enjoyed attending antique tractor shows with her husband, Vann. She was a member of Stanly Stitchers and enjoyed knitting socks and baby blankets, but her greatest joy was taking care of her beloved grandsons who referred to her as "Gammaw".

She is survived by her husband, Vann Burleson, of the home; two daughters, Laura (Charles) Curcio and Amy (Roger) Whitley; and grandsons Tate Hudson Whitley and Laine Alexander Whitley.

Bonnie Walden Honeycutt, 89, of Albemarle, passed away Monday, June 27, 2022 at Trinity Place in Albemarle.

Mrs. Honeycutt was born on September 3, 1932 in Union County to the late Ira and Minnie Mattox Walden. She owned her own craft store in Norwood for many years called Calico Corner and retired from Walmart as a greeter. She was a member at Norwood First Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Robert ‘Bob’ Honeycutt, and her brother, Ira Walden Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Melody Richardson Savage (Jerry) of Cary; Step-daughter, Sue Smith (Bob) of Myrtle Beach, SC; five grandchildren: Carly Russ (Jordan), Stuart Savage, Ashley Wilson (Richard), Michelle Finley (Donald), and Ruth Anne Smith; six greatgrandchildren: Luka, Harrison, Jordan, Camryn, Taylor, and Addie; and three sisters: Thelma Epps of FL, Louise Tarlton of Monroe, and Doris Tarlton of Marshville.

The family would like to give a special thanks to Sue Howell and Trinity Place for their love and care.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to be made to Trinity Place in Albemarle, 24724 US-52, Albemarle, NC 28001.

Celebrate the life of your loved ones.

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STATE & NATION

Biden backs filibuster exception to protect abortion access The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden said he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect abortion access, a shift that comes as Democrats coalesce around an election-year message intended to rally voters who are outraged or deflated by the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Although Democrats already control the Senate by the narrowest of margins, there isn’t enough support within their caucus to change the filibuster rule, which allows any member to block legislation unless it receives 60 votes. But Biden’s statement was the latest indication that, if the party picks up a few more seats in the midterm elections in November, Democrats could seize the opportunity to pass legislation creating a nationwide right to abortion.

“If the filibuster gets in the way, it’s like voting rights,” Biden said, referencing the rare other issue where he supports sidestepping the rule. Speaking during a news conference in Madrid, where he was attending a NATO summit, the Democratic president said there should be an “exception to the filibuster for this action to deal with the Supreme Court decision.”

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President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference on the final day of the NATO summit in Madrid, Thursday, June 30, 2022.

Democrats hold 50 seats in the 100-person Senate, with Vice President Kamala Harris able to break ties when she presides over the Senate. It would take 51 votes to change the filibuster rule.

But at least two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, don’t support changing the filibuster rule. They also blocked an effort to protect voting rights earlier this

year, dealing a defeat to Biden and Democrats who said the legislation was vital to protecting democracy.

Harris said earlier this week that “the votes don’t exist” for changing the filibuster now.

“Why are we talking about hypotheticals?” she told NPR. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said that it’s not practical to expect “massive institutional change” because of opposition to filibuster

changes within the caucus.

“This is not the political environment to be looking for that,” he said.

With Biden unpopular and inflation continuing to rise, Republicans are poised to make gains in the November elections and perhaps retake control of Congress.

Democrats have been grasping for a message that would change the course of the election, and they’ve increasingly emphasized to voters that they need at least two more seats in the Senate to make progress on key issues.

During a Los Angeles fundraiser last month, Biden said “we need two more senators” because some members of the caucus are “slowing up what we’re able to do.”

Now the Supreme Court ruling on abortion has increased that pressure. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a leading progressive voice in the party, recently pointed to races in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as the best options for Democrats to flip Republican-held seats.

“We get two more senators on the Democratic side, two senators who are willing to protect access to abortion and get rid of the filibuster so that we can pass it,” she told ABC News this weekend. “And, yes, John Fetterman, I’m looking at you

in Pennsylvania. Mandela Barnes, I’m looking at you in Wisconsin.

We bring them in, then we’ve got the votes, and we can protect every woman, no matter where she lives.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., endorsed a similar step in a letter to her House colleagues.

“It is essential that we protect and expand our pro-choice majorities in the House and Senate in November so that we can eliminate the filibuster so that we can restore women’s fundamental rights — and freedom for every American,” she wrote.

The president has been under pressure to take as much executive action as possible to protect abortion rights, although his options are limited. Biden harshly criticized the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion and reiterated his warnings that other constitutional protections could be at risk.

“One thing that has been destabilizing is the outrageous behavior of the Supreme Court of the United States in overruling not only Roe v.

Wade but essentially challenging the right to privacy,” he said.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Biden’s comments were “below the dignity of the president,” and that the “attacks on the court are unmerited and dangerous.”

“He’s upset that the court said the people, through their elected representatives, will have a say on abortion policy,” McConnell said in a statement. “That does not destabilize democracy — it affirms it.

By contrast, it is behavior like the president’s that undermines equal justice and the rule of law.”

Supreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court’s sweeping rulings on guns and abortion sent an unmistakable message. Conservative justices hold the power and they are not afraid to use it to make transformative changes in the law.

No more half measures, they declared in overturning Roe v.

Wade and allowing states to decide their own abortion policies.

And the day before, in ruling for the first time that Americans the right to carry handguns in public for self-defense, they said the Constitution is clear.

“A restless and newly constituted Court,” is how Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of three liberals on the nine-member court, described her colleagues earlier in June.

The abortion case in particular was a repudiation of the more incremental approach favored by Chief Justice John Roberts.

The decisions in the blockbuster cases on consecutive days were the latest and perhaps clearest manifestation of how the court has evolved over the past six years — a product of historical accident and Republican political force — from an institution that leaned right, but produced some notable liberal victories, to one with an aggressive, 6-3 conservative majority.

They also showcased the enormous influence wielded by two stalwarts of the right, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. Thomas wrote the court’s opinion on guns, while Alito

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Police barriers are visible in front of the Supreme Court as a girl runs down the street in Washington, D.C., Friday, July 1, 2022. wrote for the abortion majority.

Alito’s opinion was unequivocal.

“Roe and Casey must be overruled,” he wrote in referring to the court’s landmark abortion precedents from 1973 and 1992, “and the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives.”

Alone among the court’s six conservatives, only Roberts said he would take a more “measured course,” simply upholding a Mississippi ban on abortions after 15 weeks. He said overturning Roe was an unnecessary and “serious jolt” to the legal system.

But the chief justice was unable to attract any support from his colleagues on the right, including the three justices nominated by former President Donald Trump.

Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett helped form the majority to overrule Roe, and fulfill a prophecy from then-candidate Trump that his high court picks would vote just that way.

They were selected after careful screening by the Trump White House and conservative interest groups that was designed to avoid the disappointment produced by earlier GOP nominees such as Justices David Souter and Antho-

ny Kennedy, whose votes helped preserve Roe 30 years ago.

But how did Trump even come to have three vacancies to fill? After Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky vowed to prevent President Barack Obama from filling the seat during the election year.

Obama nominated Merrick Garland, then a federal appeals court judge and now President Joe Biden’s attorney general, but Republicans would not even give Garland a hearing.

When Trump won the presidency, he nominated Gorsuch, who was confirmed after McConnell scrapped what was left of the Senate filibuster for high court nominees. Just a few years earlier, McConnell warned Democrats that eliminating the filibuster for judicial nominees would be something they’d come to regret.

Justice Anthony Kennedy retired the following year and Kavanaugh narrowly won confirmation after facing Democratic allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman when they were teenagers decades ago.

The death of the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020 led to Republicans’ quick confirmation of Barrett. She took her seat just days before the 2020 election and solidified the conservative hold on the court.

Without the votes, the court’s three-justice liberal minority could only look on in dismay, confined to writing dissents that were alternately scathing and sad.

In his guns case dissent, Justice Stephen Breyer accused his

colleagues in the majority of acting “without considering the potentially deadly consequences” of their decision, which came on the heels of a recent series of mass shootings and as Congress was working to pass gun control legislation signed by Biden on Saturday.

In the abortion decision, Breyer, Sotomayor and Justice Elena Kagan issued an unusual joint dissent, speaking as one.

“With sorrow — for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection — we dissent,” they wrote.

The dissent included a warning that “no one should be confident that this majority is done with its work.” Next term promises more of the same: Affirmative action and voting rights already are on the agenda and an important elections case could be added to the mix.

Roberts has been the leading voice in urging the public not to view the court as not just another political branch of government, once tangling with Trump over judicial independence.

Years ago, Scalia would sometimes rail against the smaller steps that Roberts often prefers.

But at that point, there was no conservative majority without the chief justice.

Justice William Brennan, a liberal who served over parts of five decades, used to tell his law clerks that with five votes, anything is possible on the Supreme Court.

The conservatives have a vote to spare.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Library offers African tie dye, ballroom dancing workshops The Forsyth County Public Library in Winston-Salem offers special programs all summer long, and July 12 will see a pair of interesting activities for library-goers. At 2:00 PM, the library will present a workshop in African tie dye. Tina Smith, from the Lam Museum of Anthropology, discusses the significance of Yoruba tie dyed adire cloth, and gives participants ages 12 to 17 a chance to make their own. At 6:00 that evening, adults can get their dance on. Mary Ann Molloy of Real World Ballroom Dance School will discuss the benefits of dance and the science behind it. Molloy has broad experience as a personal trainer, life coach, and ballroom instructor to share with her audience. There will also be a dance demonstration with optional audience participation. The program is open to adults 18 and over.

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Multiple bus passengers stranded overnight The Fourth of July weekend was supposed to be a rough one for air travelers, with overcrowded, cancelled and delayed flights causing havoc. But several people found that staying on the ground wasn’t a guarantee of a smooth trip either. Multiple Greyhound passengers were stranded overnight in Winston-Salem on Friday. The driver reportedly left them outside the station on West Fifth Street at 8:30 PM. He told them he was off duty and another bus would be by shortly to get them. At about 4:00 AM, the 17 passengers were given hotel rooms. They were expected to continue their trip at about noon on Saturday.

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NCDA&CS finds spotted lanternfly in Forsyth County First established presence of the pest in the state Twin City Herald staff RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has confirmed the first established presence of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in the state. Initial surveys indicate the known distribution of the pest is within a 5-mile radius in Forsyth County near Interstate 40 in Kernersville extending to the Guilford County line.

Survey efforts are ongoing.

“We have been actively looking for this pest for years and had

ramped up surveillance when it was detected last year near the North Carolina-Virginia line,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “Members of our Plant Industry Division and the N.C. Forest Service are moving quickly to eradicate this brightly colored pest, and we ask members of the public to be on the lookout for more spotted lanternfly and report any finds.”

Spotted lanternfly poses a serious threat to the state’s wine and grape industries and can feed and cause damage on over 70 species of plants including apples, roses and other landscape plants, said Dr. Bill Foote, director of the NCDA&CS Plant Industry Division.

“We are moving quickly to eradicate this brightly colored pest, and we ask members of the public to be on the lookout.”

Steve Troxler When spotted lanternfly populations jumped from the northern end of Virginia to an area just over the North Carolina state line, NCDA&CS increased its outreach and surveying, particularly to the state’s most vulnerable wine producing regions. This

pest has been rapidly spreading since it was first identified in Pennsylvania in 2014.

Concentrated spotted lanternfly surveys are continuing in the initial Forsyth County discovery area to determine if the pest is in additional locations. Treatments are planned this week before mated females begin laying eggs.

Early detection and rapid response are critical in the control of spotted lanternfly and the Plant Industry Division has been preparing to provide the most effective response to slow the spread of this invasive pest in our state, Foote said.

The spotted lanternfly is native to China and was first seen in the U.S. in Pennsylvania in 2014.

The U.S. forestry industry estimates that damage from the fly amounts to $236 million annually and could more than double if its spread isn’t controlled.

If you see a suspect spotted lanternfly in North Carolina submit a picture through the online reporting tool at ncagr.gov/slf.

Dads Against Predators attack man near mall, gunfire results

Amazon bars off-duty warehouse workers from its buildings

Vigilante group lured suspected predator into ambush

The Associated Press

Twin City Herald staff WINSTON-SALEM — The Target on Hanes Mall Boulevard was evacuated last week when a group attacked a man they suspected of wrongdoing, resulting in a gun shot wound.

Three men from a group that calls itself Dads Against Predators used the Meet Up social media app to lure a 25-year-old to the store, presumably for nefarious purposes. The men then confronted the victim about why he was there.

Winston-Salem police chief Catrina Thompson explained the group’s methodology.

“The groups create posts on various social media apps impersonating a juvenile and engages potential suspects in conversation. If the conversation becomes sexually explicit, the members then arrange to meet the suspect,” she said.

One of the members of Dads Against Predators attempted to record the confrontation with his phone, but the victim slapped it away, causing the incident to become physical. The man went to a Forsyth County hospital to be treated for injuries.

During the attack, the victim produced a handgun and fired a shot, hitting one of the Dads group members in the leg.

The men took the man’s gun from him. The man who was hit sought treatment at a hospital in Ohio later in the day.

Target released a statement saying, “On Tuesday evening, there was an altercation between three people inside our Hanes Mall store, during which a weapon was fired, though no one was struck. Our team immediately evacuated the store and the Winston-Salem Police Department quickly responded.

The store has since reopened and we’re assisting law enforcement with their investigation.

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icy, dated Thursday, says the off-duty rule “will not be enforced discriminatorily” against employees seeking to unionize. But organizers say the policy itself will hinder their efforts to garner support from co-workers during campaigns.

“On our days off, we come to work and we engage our co-workers in the break rooms,” said Rev. Ryan Brown, an Amazon warehouse worker in Garner, North Carolina, who’s aiming to organize his workplace following the labor win on Staten Island, New York, where workers at an Amazon warehouse voted in April to unionize.

“This was a direct response to that, to try to stop organizing by any means necessary,” Brown said.

Seattle-based Amazon had previously barred employee access to non-working areas beyond 15 minutes before or after their shifts. The company

AMAZON is barring off-duty warehouse workers from the company’s facilities, a move organizers say can hamper union drives.

Under the policy shared with workers on Amazon’s internal app, employees are barred from accessing buildings or other working areas on their scheduled days off, and before or after their shifts.

An Amazon spokesperson said the policy does not prohibit off-duty employees from engaging their co-workers in “non-working areas” outside the company’s buildings.

“There’s nothing more important than the safety of our employees and the physical security of our buildings,” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said. “This policy regarding building access applies to building interiors and working areas. It does not limit employee access to non-working areas outside of our facilities.”

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“Join the conversation” COLUMN | DAVID HARSANYI Twin City Herald Publisher Neal Robbins

Editor Shawn Krest

Democrats are fooling themselves on the popularity of abortion

Sports Editor Cory Lavalette

Senior Opinion Editor Frank Hill

Design Editor Lauren Rose Published each Wednesday as part of the North State Journal.

Then again, Dobbs finally allows us to find out what people really think.

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DEATH NOTICES ♦ Dennis Wilson Alexander, 78, of Iredell County, died July 1, 2022. ♦ Sharon Kay Tucker Bates, 69, of Colfax, died June 29, 2022. ♦ Larry James Crater, 83, of Forsyth County, died June 29, 2022. ♦ Ellen Anna Daugman, 70, of Winston-Salem, died June 30, 2022. ♦ James “Jim” Francis Day, 64, of Winston-Salem, died July 1, 2022. ♦ Lynda Dunn Gilley, 92, of Kernersville, died June 29, 2022. ♦ Larry Russell Gregory, 71, of Mocksville, died July 1, 2022. ♦ James Donald “Don” Hall, 91, of Clemmons, died June 29, 2022. ♦ Joe Montello, 82, died June 29, 2022. ♦ Dr. William Gardner Montgomery, 96, of Winston-Salem, died July 1, 2022. ♦ Clyde Alexander Mosley, Jr., 95, of King, died July 2, 2022.

ONE OF THE CENTRAL justifications for the Left’s proposed court-packing scheme is to claim that the reversal of Roe v. Wade is so radically out of step with the American public that it is an undemocratic, minoritarian power grab. Not only is the argument based on the unconstitutional notion that justices should weigh the vagaries of public opinion before ruling but it also relies on the irreconcilable claim that empowering the public to vote on an issue unmentioned in the Constitution is an attack on “democracy.”

Now, that’s all bad enough, but the thing is, even the underlying claim isn’t true. Take, for instance, this new poll by Monmouth University, headlined, “Majority Disapprove of Reversing Roe.” Yes, a majority of 60% disapprove of overturning Roe. And after 50 years of cultural and political indoctrination about abortion “rights,” it’s almost surely the case that a large part of that 60% of voters barely have any idea what Roe entailed, or any legal arguments for why it shouldn’t be overturned, or much understanding of what its demise means.

A deeper look at the poll shows that 46% say Congress should pass a national law “allowing abortion” — what a ridiculously vague phrase — but “44% prefer to leave abortion law up to the states.”

And “just 7% want a national ban.” So, even with the purposely opaque wording of the poll, Monmouth could have headlined the findings, “54% of Americans Oppose a National Law Codifying Roe.” How could that be? Does anyone believe that among the same 60% who support upholding abortion by judicial decree are those opposed to codifying the same exact rights through the democratic process? Or is the public confused about what Roe meant?

Pollsters have been highlighting these irrelevant questions about abortion, a practice that most Americans probably have complicated feelings about, for decades. And it probably isn’t going to get any better.

A recent Public Policy Polling survey posed this false choice: “Which of the following statements best describes your view on abortion: ‘I believe a woman should have the right to choose and Roe v Wade should not be overturned’ or ‘I believe abortion should be criminalized and Roe v Wade should be

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rescinded that policy in December, when it entered a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board to allow workers to

overturned in its entirety.’”

Not long ago, Politico asked voters about the prospect of prison for women who obtain abortions, which Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has nothing to do with and the antiabortion movement has always opposed. Abortion laws in place punish those who perform abortions, not pregnant women. The Texas law everyone was freaking out about specifically exempts women from homicide charges for abortions.

Then there is NPR, which reports, “Poll: Majorities oppose Supreme Court’s abortion ruling and worry about other rights.” The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist, a transparent push poll, doesn’t even bother asking about policy. It offers no context for why anyone should believe their “rights” would be imperiled — and abortion, of course, isn’t a right. (Even with all this, a majority in the NPR poll oppose packing the court.)

When Monmouth asks if voters support Democrats’ plan “allowing abortion,” they too are misleading the public. We already know what the Democrats’ national bill would do. So a more honest question would be: “Do you support the Democratic Party’s efforts to legalize abortion through all nine months of pregnancy for any reason, paid for by taxpayers, in all 50 states?”

For that matter, why don’t pollsters ask voters if they agree with the Biden administration that abortions are vital in keeping down the poor population, increasing labor-force participation and helping the economy? Why don’t they ask voters if they support the Democrats’ efforts to force states to allow abortions after viability and sexselective abortions, and strip parental or guardian notification for minors? These are real-life policy proposals that Democrats want to pass.

The only national bill Republicans in Congress have forwarded in recent years has been a “heartbeat” bill. And guess what? It polls very well.

Then again, Dobbs finally allows us to find out what people really think.

David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist.

Harsanyi is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of five books — the most recent, “Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent.”

organize more freely. Amazon also agreed to give workers a heads up in the event it chose to “reinstate a lawful rule regarding off-duty employee access” to its facilities. A spokesperson

with the NLRB declined to comment on the company’s new policy.

In the notice sent to employees, Amazon said it strived to create a safe environment for

employees. “One part of this is knowing who is in our buildings at any given time, so we can quickly find and account for everyone in the event of an emergency,” the notice said.

training and experience of a law enforcement officer,” she said, “typically their methods of investigation and evidence do not meet the requirement for successful prosecution of these cases. In fact, sometimes their actions in initial investigations may harm a case more than it helps it.

Thompson also said that the

groups often plan a public meeting that leads to a confrontation like the one at Target. “These confrontations are likely to create disturbances and certainly have the potential for violence,” she said.

Police recovered the handgun the next day. The investigation is still ongoing. Police identified the

members of Dads Against Predators involved in the incident as Jay Cameron Carnicom, 28, of Freemont, Ohio; Joshua Alvin Michael Mundy, 29, of Freemont, Ohio and Jason Doane Chipps 37, of Marion. Carnicom was the one who suffered the gunshot wound to the leg. The shooter was identified as Dontaye Kentrell Wade.

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At this time, we’ll refer additional questions to police.”

Chief Thompson cautioned against what she called “vigilante” groups using these types of methods during a news briefing after the incident.

“Not only do they not have the

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BASKETBALL

USA Basketball tops Cuba in Havana Havana Xavier Munford scored 24 points and the U.S. defeated Cuba 87-64 on Monday night to close the first round of qualifying for next year’s Basketball World Cup. The U.S. is now 31-1 all-time against the island nation. Munford was 10 for 12 from the floor for the Americans, who got 13 points from Justin Jackson, 12 from John Jenkins — all from 3-point range — and 10 apiece from Will Davis and Langston Galloway.

They’ll start the second round of World Cup qualifying in late August.

TENNIS

Activists with Peng Shuai T-shirts searched at Wimbledon Wimbledon, England Four activists wearing “Where is Peng Shuai?”

T-shirts were stopped by security at Wimbledon and had their bags searched. Peng is a retired professional tennis player from China who last year accused a former high-ranking member of the country’s ruling Communist Party of sexual assault.

She has made very few public appearances since then. A similar episode happened at this year’s Australian Open. Jason Leith of the Free Tibet organization says he and his three colleagues put on the white T-shirts after entering the grounds of the All England Club.

NHL

Lightning trade McDonagh to Preds, clear cap space The Lightning traded veteran defenseman Ryan McDonagh to Nashville, receiving defenseman Philippe Myers and forward prospect Grant Mismash in the deal. The move clears significant salary cap space for Tampa Bay to make other moves this offseason.

They are hoping to re-sign top left winger Ondrej Palat and could now also bring back defenseman Jan Rutta. The 33-yearold McDonagh, who won back-to-back Stanley Cups with Tampa Bay in 2020 and ’21, is under contract for four more seasons at an annual cap hit of $6.75 million.

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Tyler Reddick celebrates after winning the Kwik Trip 250 at Road America in Wisconsin for his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory.

Reddick wins at Road America for 1st Cup victory Richard Childress Racing’s last trip to Victory Lane was in 2020

The Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Tyler Reddick needed a little longer than expected to win in the NASCAR Cup Series.

The circumstances of his triumph made it worth the wait.

Reddick won Sunday at Road America by outdueling Chase Elliott, the defending champion on the course and the current points leader. The victory came in the 92nd start of his Cup career, which has included five second-place finishes.

“It was just a huge sense of relief,” Reddick said.

The Richard Childress Racing driver won by 3.304 seconds over Elliott, who had the pole position

and led for 36 of the 62 laps. Elliott was seeking his eighth career Cup road-course win to tie Tony Stewart for second place — one behind Jeff Gordon’s record.

“He’s been the guy that’s won more road courses the last couple of years than anybody,” Reddick said.

Kyle Larson was third, followed by Ross Chastain and Daniel Suárez.

Elliott and Reddick were both well ahead of the field before making pit stops with about 20 laps remaining. Elliott had a narrow lead over Reddick as they came out of the pits, but Reddick eventually pulled ahead of him as they headed back toward the front of the pack.

Reddick took over the lead for good on the 47th lap once all the cars that had been ahead of him made their pit stops.

“I just let him stay close enough to pressure me there while we

had decent tires and never could get enough of a gap,” Elliott said.

“Made a couple mistakes. I was gaining a gap there a couple times and made a couple mistakes and let him get back close enough to get me out of sync, and then after that just started struggling.”

Elliott had the pole position and led for much of the day as he attempted to follow his victory last week at Nashville with another.

He was chasing his third win of the season.

Nobody has won more than two races through the first 18 events, the first time there hasn’t been at least a three-time winner this late in the season.

Instead, Reddick became the fifth first-time winner this year.

Each of the first three roadcourse races this year has had a first-time winner, with Reddick breaking through at Road America after Chastain won at the Circuit of the Americas and Suárez at

Griner goes on trial in Russian court The WNBA star has been held since her arrest in Moscow in February The Associated Press MOSCOW — American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial last Friday, 4½ months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for a Russian team, a case that has unfolded amid tense relations between Moscow and Washington.

The initial session of the trial, which was adjourned until July 7, offered the most extensive public interaction between Griner and reporters since the Phoenix Mercury center and two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport.

Griner, 31, was escorted into the courtroom in the capital’s suburb of Khimki while handcuffed, carrying a water bottle and what appeared to be a magazine, and wearing a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt.

Police have said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil when detained at the airport.

She could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of large-scale

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WNBA star Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing last Friday just outside of Moscow. transportation of drugs.

The state-owned Tass news agency quoted Griner as saying in court that she understood the charges against her. Asked by the judge if she wanted to enter a plea, Griner responded, “At this moment, no, your honor. At a later date,” according to Mediazona, an independent news site known for its extensive coverage of high-profile court cases.

Fewer than 1% of defendants in Russian criminal cases are acquitted and, unlike in U.S. courts, acquittals can be overturned.

Two witnesses were questioned by the prosecution: an airport customs official, who spoke in open court, and an unidentified witness in a closed session, according to the state news agency RIA-Novosti. The trial was then adjourned, it said, when two oth-

Sonoma.

The other first-time winners were Austin Cindric at Daytona and Chase Briscoe at Phoenix.

Reddick, who won the Xfinity Series in 2018 and 2019, seemed on the verge of getting his elusive first victory a number of times before Sunday.

Perhaps the most notable example came at Bristol in April. Reddick and Chase Briscoe were dueling for the lead that night when the two cars spun out of control, enabling Kyle Busch to slip past them for the victory. Reddick also led for 90 laps at Fontana earlier this year but ended up 24th after William Byron ran him into wall.

“This year’s been one mistake away from greatness all year long,” Reddick said. “We finally did it today.”

Team owner Richard Childress sensed the breakthrough was coming and made that clear during a Sunday morning pep talk with the driver.

“I told him this morning, ‘You’re going to win this race. We just can’t beat ourselves and (have to) be solid,’” Childress said.

Reddick made sure his boss’ prediction came true.

The Cup Series heads to the Atlanta Motor Speedway next Sunday.

er witnesses did not show up.

Alexander Boykov, an attorney for Griner, said outside court that he did not want to comment “on the specifics of the case and on the charges” because it was too early to do so.

Boykov also told RIA-Novosti that Griner has been exercising and taking walks in the detention area. The Russian website Business FM said that Griner, who smiled at times at reporters, said she wishes she could work out more and that she was struggling because she doesn’t understand Russian. Besides the WNBA’s Mercury, she played in Russia for UMMC Ekaterinburg.

Elizabeth Rood, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was in court and said she spoke with Griner, who “is doing as well as can be expected in these difficult circumstances.”

“The Russian Federation has wrongfully detained Brittney Griner,” Rood said. “The practice of wrongful detention is unacceptable wherever it occurs and is a threat to the safety of everyone traveling, working and living abroad.”

She said the U.S. government, from its highest levels, “is working hard to bring Brittney and all wrongfully detained U.S. nationals home safely.”

At a closed-door preliminary hearing Monday, Griner’s detention was extended for another six months, to Dec. 20.

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Biden backs filibuster exception to protect abortion access The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden said he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect abortion access, a shift that comes as Democrats coalesce around an election-year message intended to rally voters who are outraged or deflated by the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Although Democrats already control the Senate by the narrowest of margins, there isn’t enough support within their caucus to change the filibuster rule, which allows any member to block legislation unless it receives 60 votes. But Biden’s statement was the latest indication that, if the party picks up a few more seats in the midterm elections in November, Democrats could seize the opportunity to pass legislation creating a nationwide right to abortion.

“If the filibuster gets in the way, it’s like voting rights,” Biden said, referencing the rare other issue where he supports sidestepping the rule. Speaking during a news conference in Madrid, where he was attending a NATO summit, the Democratic president said there should be an “exception to the filibuster for this action to deal with the Supreme Court decision.”

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President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference on the final day of the NATO summit in Madrid, Thursday, June 30, 2022.

Democrats hold 50 seats in the 100-person Senate, with Vice President Kamala Harris able to break ties when she presides over the Senate. It would take 51 votes to change the filibuster rule.

But at least two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, don’t support changing the filibuster rule. They also blocked an effort to protect voting rights earlier this

year, dealing a defeat to Biden and Democrats who said the legislation was vital to protecting democracy.

Harris said earlier this week that “the votes don’t exist” for changing the filibuster now.

“Why are we talking about hypotheticals?” she told NPR. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said that it’s not practical to expect “massive institutional change” because of opposition to filibuster

changes within the caucus.

“This is not the political environment to be looking for that,” he said.

With Biden unpopular and inflation continuing to rise, Republicans are poised to make gains in the November elections and perhaps retake control of Congress.

Democrats have been grasping for a message that would change the course of the election, and they’ve increasingly emphasized to voters that they need at least two more seats in the Senate to make progress on key issues.

During a Los Angeles fundraiser last month, Biden said “we need two more senators” because some members of the caucus are “slowing up what we’re able to do.”

Now the Supreme Court ruling on abortion has increased that pressure. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a leading progressive voice in the party, recently pointed to races in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as the best options for Democrats to flip Republican-held seats.

“We get two more senators on the Democratic side, two senators who are willing to protect access to abortion and get rid of the filibuster so that we can pass it,” she told ABC News this weekend. “And, yes, John Fetterman, I’m looking at you

in Pennsylvania. Mandela Barnes, I’m looking at you in Wisconsin.

We bring them in, then we’ve got the votes, and we can protect every woman, no matter where she lives.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., endorsed a similar step in a letter to her House colleagues.

“It is essential that we protect and expand our pro-choice majorities in the House and Senate in November so that we can eliminate the filibuster so that we can restore women’s fundamental rights — and freedom for every American,” she wrote.

The president has been under pressure to take as much executive action as possible to protect abortion rights, although his options are limited. Biden harshly criticized the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion and reiterated his warnings that other constitutional protections could be at risk.

“One thing that has been destabilizing is the outrageous behavior of the Supreme Court of the United States in overruling not only Roe v.

Wade but essentially challenging the right to privacy,” he said.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Biden’s comments were “below the dignity of the president,” and that the “attacks on the court are unmerited and dangerous.”

“He’s upset that the court said the people, through their elected representatives, will have a say on abortion policy,” McConnell said in a statement. “That does not destabilize democracy — it affirms it.

By contrast, it is behavior like the president’s that undermines equal justice and the rule of law.”

Supreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court’s sweeping rulings on guns and abortion sent an unmistakable message. Conservative justices hold the power and they are not afraid to use it to make transformative changes in the law.

No more half measures, they declared in overturning Roe v.

Wade and allowing states to decide their own abortion policies.

And the day before, in ruling for the first time that Americans the right to carry handguns in public for self-defense, they said the Constitution is clear.

“A restless and newly constituted Court,” is how Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of three liberals on the nine-member court, described her colleagues earlier in June.

The abortion case in particular was a repudiation of the more incremental approach favored by Chief Justice John Roberts.

The decisions in the blockbuster cases on consecutive days were the latest and perhaps clearest manifestation of how the court has evolved over the past six years — a product of historical accident and Republican political force — from an institution that leaned right, but produced some notable liberal victories, to one with an aggressive, 6-3 conservative majority.

They also showcased the enormous influence wielded by two stalwarts of the right, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. Thomas wrote the court’s opinion on guns, while Alito

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Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2021. wrote for the abortion majority.

Alito’s opinion was unequivocal.

“Roe and Casey must be overruled,” he wrote in referring to the court’s landmark abortion precedents from 1973 and 1992, “and the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives.”

Alone among the court’s six conservatives, only Roberts said he would take a more “measured course,” simply upholding a Mississippi ban on abortions after 15 weeks. He said overturning Roe was an unnecessary and “serious jolt” to the legal system.

But the chief justice was unable to attract any support from his colleagues on the right, including the three justices nominated by former President Donald Trump.

Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett helped form the majority to overrule Roe, and fulfill a prophecy from then-candidate Trump that his high court picks would vote just that way.

They were selected after careful screening by the Trump White House and conservative interest groups that was designed to avoid the disappointment produced by earlier GOP nominees such as Justices David Souter and Antho-

ny Kennedy, whose votes helped preserve Roe 30 years ago.

But how did Trump even come to have three vacancies to fill? After Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky vowed to prevent President Barack Obama from filling the seat during the election year.

Obama nominated Merrick Garland, then a federal appeals court judge and now President Joe Biden’s attorney general, but Republicans would not even give Garland a hearing.

When Trump won the presidency, he nominated Gorsuch, who was confirmed after McConnell scrapped what was left of the Senate filibuster for high court nominees. Just a few years earlier, McConnell warned Democrats that eliminating the filibuster for judicial nominees would be something they’d come to regret.

Justice Anthony Kennedy retired the following year and Kavanaugh narrowly won confirmation after facing Democratic allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman when they were teenagers decades ago.

The death of the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020 led to Republicans’ quick confirmation of Barrett. She took her seat just days before the 2020 election and solidified the conservative hold on the court.

Without the votes, the court’s three-justice liberal minority could only look on in dismay, confined to writing dissents that were alternately scathing and sad.

In his guns case dissent, Justice Stephen Breyer accused his

colleagues in the majority of acting “without considering the potentially deadly consequences” of their decision, which came on the heels of a recent series of mass shootings and as Congress was working to pass gun control legislation signed by Biden on Saturday.

In the abortion decision, Breyer, Sotomayor and Justice Elena Kagan issued an unusual joint dissent, speaking as one.

“With sorrow — for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection — we dissent,” they wrote.

The dissent included a warning that “no one should be confident that this majority is done with its work.” Next term promises more of the same: Affirmative action and voting rights already are on the agenda and an important elections case could be added to the mix.

Roberts has been the leading voice in urging the public not to view the court as not just another political branch of government, once tangling with Trump over judicial independence.

Years ago, Scalia would sometimes rail against the smaller steps that Roberts often prefers.

But at that point, there was no conservative majority without the chief justice.

Justice William Brennan, a liberal who served over parts of five decades, used to tell his law clerks that with five votes, anything is possible on the Supreme Court.

The conservatives have a vote to spare.

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Supreme Court to hear case on state authority over elections

Peruvian-Italian fusion restaurant comes to Pinebluff

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Leticia Tello and William Eris are opening a new familyrun restaurant, Carolina’s Kitchen & Catering, at the Carolina Pine Inn in Pinebluff. The PeruvianItalian fusion restaurant is the result of a lifetime passion for cooking, as Tello has over 25 years of experience in the restaurant industry.

The restaurant features a dining room, as well as a bar, and is not exclusive to hotel guests. In addition to dining and drinking options, the husband-and-wife duo will also offer catering options for events of all sizes. For additional information, call (910) 969-1034 or visit www. carolinacatering.com to see the restaurant’s menu.

THE U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could dramatically change the way elections for Congress and the presidency are conducted by handing more power to state legislatures and blocking state courts from reviewing challenges to the procedures and results.

The justices will consider whether state courts, when finding violations of their state constitutions, can order changes to federal elections and the once-adecade redrawing of congressional districts. The case probably will be argued in the fall.

“This case could profoundly alter the balance of power in states,” said Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine. “There’s a wide range of ways the court could rule on this. Taken to its extreme, it would be a rad-

Medical Assisting program to launch at SCC this August The Sandhills Community College will officially launch its new Medical Assisting program this August.

According to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical assistants are projected to experience employment growth of 18% from 2020 to 2030. The three-part program, which is offered through the school’s Continuing Education college, will train students to work alongside physicians, mainly in outpatient and ambulatory facilities, to perform administrative and clinical duties. The program will take approximately 11 months to complete and will give students up to 160 hours of unpaid hands-on experience.

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ical reworking of our system of running elections.”

In the most extreme example, lawyers said, if the Supreme Court were to rule that no entity besides state legislatures can set rules regarding federal elections, that could stop a governor from vetoing election bills or a state court from blocking rules that set up different voting hours in urban and rural precincts.

Jason Torchinsky, a Republican lawyer who wrote a legal brief urging the high court to take the case, said it is absurd to think the Supreme Court would ultimately allow that. He noted that as recently as 2015, the court agreed that legislatures do not have absolute power in elections, ruling that Arizona’s voter-approved redistricting commission could legally take the authority away from lawmakers to draw district lines.

“I don’t think you can take the

theory as far as ‘the legislatures alone can do whatever they want,’” Torchinsky said. “The problem is we have these rogue state courts.”

The case, an appeal from North Carolina Republicans, challenges a state court ruling throwing out the congressional districts drawn by the General Assembly that seemingly would have made GOP candidates likely victors in 10 of the state’s 14 congressional districts.

The Supreme Court has never invoked what is known as the independent state legislature doctrine, but four of the court’s conservative justices have expressed interest in taking on the subject.

One of them, Justice Clarence Thomas, was among three justices who advanced it in the Bush v. Gore case that settled the 2000 presidential election.

It only takes four of the nine justices to agree to hear a case. A ma-

jority of five is needed for an eventual decision.

The issue has arisen repeatedly in cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, where Democratic majorities on the states’ highest courts have invoked voting protections in their state constitutions to frustrate the plans of Republican-dominated legislatures.

The case comes as state courts have become increasingly involved in redistricting, the consequence of a 2019 decision in which the Supreme Court said federal courts could no longer handle claims of illegal partisan gerrymandering.

Initially, in cases in states such as North Carolina and Pennsylvania, that hurt Republicans and helped Democrats. But courts in Democratic-dominated states including Maryland and New York then threw out maps as Democratic gerrymanders, leaving Republicans with a slight edge at the end of the once-a-decade congressional redistricting process.

The high court already has another significant redistricting case on its to-do list for the fall, a reconsideration of how the Voting Rights Act requires majority-minority districts to be drawn to enSee ELECTIONS, page 2

Certain Pinehurst staff to see pay increases after external review

By Ryan Henkel North State Journal PINEHURST – The Village of Pinehurst Council met Tuesday, where they approved pay raises for certain employees and initiated the first phase of rental regulations.

The Village of Pinehurst’s human resources department contracted with The MAPS Group Inc. to review the salaries of Pinehurst employees.

“Every year, we undertake an effort to try and keep our pay and position classification plan up to speed with the market,” said Village Manager Jeff Sanborn. “We try to do about one-third every year. We’re in the cleanup process now and had the help of some external contractors. They came and did a detailed interview of the incumbents to understand the true scope of their duties and then did a detailed market study to see how those positions

compare across the market in comparison to the reported salaries that the Village of Pinehurst is giving out.”

The contractor recommended a one-grade pay increase for solid waste equipment operators, a communications specialist, both assistant managers, a human resources technician, an events assistant, a Fair Barn coordinator, administrative and telecommunications coordinators, and every position in the fire department.

In addition, the contractor also recommended changing the titles of the Assistant Library Services and Archives Director to Library Services and Archives Supervisor and the Program Coordinator to the Recreation Programs Coordinator.

“There would also be a 4.7% COLA increase for employees, and pay grades would also move up 4.7%, and we do that every year,” said Human Resources Director

Angela Kantor. “Whatever COLA is, we shift our pay grades by that same percentage.”

The council then approved ordinance 22-08, which is a text Amendment change to the Municipal Code Relative to Neighborhood Quality of Life.

The amendments add more precise and straightforward definitions and restrictions for parking for a fee or commercial purposes, overnight parking on residential streets, the storage of light-duty trucks, public urination and defecation, as well as more uniform and transparent penalties for violations But most notably, the text amendments added an updated section specifically on “Unruly Gatherings,” which is apparent as the first phase in an attempt to regulate and address concerns that had been raised for months on short-term rentals.

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WEEKLY CRIME LOG ♦ PEREZ-PACHECO, HECTOR ANTONIO, 28, H, M, 7/4/2022, Carthage PD, Driving While Impaired, No Operators License, Felony Possession of Cocaine, Misdemeanor Child Abuse, $2,500 Secured, 7/21/22, Cary ♦ MCLEAN, ANTOINETTE DENISE, 26, B, F, 7/4/2022, Out of County Agency, Larceny of Chose in Action, Uttering Forged Endorsement, Obtain Property False Pretense, $20,000 Secured, 7/6/22, Sanford ♦ LILES, TYSHAWN JERMANINE, 28, B, M, 7/4/2022, Southern Pines PD, Misdemeanor Larceny (x2), $3,200 Secured, 7/19/22, Aberdeen ♦ BOWLES, ADAM RICHARD, 31, W, M, 7/4/2022, Carthage PD, Second Degree Arson, $75,000 Secured, 8/28/22, Carthage ♦ MASSEY, WILLIAM DOUGLAS, 49, W, M, 7/3/2022, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Assault on a Female, $5,000 Secured, 7/20/22, West End ♦ SILER, SHALEKA MONEE, 29, B, F, 7/2/2022, Robbins PD, PWIMSD Schedule I CS, Possess Schedule I CS, Felony Possession of Cocaine, PWISMD Schedule II CS, Possess Methamphetamine, Possess Drug Paraphernalia, Maintn Veh/Dwell/ Place CS, Simple Possession Schedule III CS, Simple Possession Schedule IV CS, Possess Marijuana up to 1/2 oz, Possess Marijuana Paraphernalia, Drive While License Revoked Not Impaired Rev Based , $200,000 Secured, 7/20/22, Asheboro ♦ PRATT, LEWIS RONDEZ, 31, B, M, 7/2/2022, Robbins PD, PWIMSD Schedule I CS, Possess Schedule I CS, Felony Possession of Cocaine, PWISMD Schedule II CS, Possess Methamphetamine, Possess Drug Paraphernalia, Maintn Veh/Dwell/ Place CS, Simple Possession Schedule III CS, Simple Possession Schedule IV CS, Possess Marijuana up to 1/2 oz, Possess Marijuana Paraphernalia, Drive While License Revoked Not Impaired Rev Based , $200,000 Secured, 7/20/22, Asheboro ♦ MATTHEWS, CHARLES ANDREW, 51, W, M, 7/1/2022, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, PWIMSD Schedule I CS, Possess Schedule I CS, PWISD Cocaine, Felony Possession of Cocaine, PMSD Methamphetamine, Possess Methamphetamine, Maintn Veh/Dwell/Place CS, Simple Possession Schedule II CS, Possess Drug Paraphernalia, Resisting Public Officer, $75,000 Secured, 7/18/22, West End ♦ LUCAS, TERRY GENE, 61, W, M, 7/1/2022, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Possess Methamphetamine, Possess Drug Paraphernalia, Driving While License Revoked, $2,500 Secured, 7/27/22, Southern Pines

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PINEHURST from page 1 “About a month ago, you as a council gave me the direction to approach this in phases,” Sanborn said. “The first phase would be to deal with municipal code improvements that could be relatively applied across everybody fairly and evenly because that was the easiest and least controversial element of potential regulation to deal with, and that’s what we’re looking at now. The second will be changes we can make to our PDO to specifically get to the issue of regulating short-term rentals. The third phase to be resolved is to what level does the council feel it’s appropriate to restrict or prohibit shortterm rentals in certain districts.”

With the passing of the updated municipal code, the Village is certain to move on to more serious regulation considerations.

The Village also did its biannual review of the Code of Ethics and found no need for change.

“This year, staff reviewed the Code of Ethics policies, and we compared it with other ones that we found throughout the state of North Carolina, and after reviewing it all, we felt like it’s a pretty good document,” said Assistant Village Manager Doug Willardson. “We didn’t find anything that really needed to be changed, and actually there’s a lot of municipalities throughout the state that have a very similar document.”

The council then approved a one-year renewal of two of its solid waste collection contracts with a CPI adjustment of 4.2%, which is based on the CPI index for water, sewer, and trash collection services in the United States.

“The Village currently has two contractors that provide solid waste collection services to CCNC,” said Public Services and Engineering Director Mike Apke, P.E. “One is Lofton Garbage Ser-

ELECTIONS from page 1 sure marginalized groups have a chance at electing their preferred representatives.

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vices, and the other is Becky’s Rubbage. Residents who reside in a neighborhood can choose whichever contractor they want, we don’t stipulate that, and we have identical contracts with both. Currently, Lofton provides service to quite a few more houses in CCNC than Becky’s does, so Becky’s does not cross the threshold to where it requires Village Council approval, but Lofton’s contract does.”

The council then approved two adjustments, one for the budget in response to GASB 87 for the definition of what a lease is in order to correct the manner within debt services and the other to amend a policy in response to GASB 34 to exempt the Tufts Archives from capitalization.

“What [GASB 87] does is it eliminates the existing lease accounting and reporting guidance that’s been in place for decades,” said Financial Services Director Brooke Hunter. “It’s replacing it with the basic premise that a lease contract is a financing transaction of an item. The lease payments that were made throughout the fiscal year will have to be classified as debt service principal and interest. That is why we are now proposing this budget amendment after we have now identified the ones that qualify and calculated the amount. We needed an amendment to record these right-to-use assets and account for them within debt services as required by the standard.”

According to Hunter, the Village compiled and reviewed all potential lease agreements, identified the ones that fit the new criteria, and implemented them in DebtBook, a lease tracking software.

To be compliant at the end of the fiscal year before the audit, the Village also had to meet three criteria in GASB 34 in order for Tufts Archives to be exempt from capi-

president of the United States.

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, who filed the appeal to the high court, cheered the news that the case will be heard. “This case is not only critical to election integrity in North Carolina, but has implications for the security of elections nationwide,” Moore, a Republican, said in a statement.

Voting rights groups were furious.

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talization.

According to Hunter, the first of those is that the collection must be held for public exhibition, education, or research in the service of public interest rather than financial gain. The second is that it is protected and unencumbered, cared for, and preserved. The final one is that it’s subject to an organizational policy that requires the proceeds from the sales of collection items to be used to acquire other items for collections.

“This all stems from the Given Memorial Library and Tuft Archives joining the Village in April,” Hunter said. “The Village’s intent is to retain these assets for public use indefinitely. Because of that fact, the collection meets the criteria in GASB 34 to be exempt from capitalization in our financial statements. The whole point of this criteria is to show that the collection has an indefinite useful life and the value won’t change, and it’s not going to depreciate over time.”

The council’s approval was to amend the last criteria to meet those standards.

The council then approved a new contract for worker’s compensation with BITCO. “We do feel that we’ve done our due diligence related to this particular insurance provider, and we are comfortable coming to you and recommending that we actually change our worker’s compensation insurance,” said Assistant Village Manager Jeff Batton. “Surry Insurance is going to be the broker, BITCO is the actual provider, but we’ll actually pay our premium directly to Surry Insurance. It’s about a 37% reduction in our cost, which amounts to about $48,000, and we feel like that’s just a price we can’t pass up, and we do feel fairly comfortable with these companies.”

The Village of Pinehurst Council will next meet July 12.

self-serving politicians want to defy our state’s highest court and impose illegal voting districts upon the people of North Carolina,” said Bob Phillips of Common Cause, North Carolina, which brought the lawsuit that overturned the GOP-drawn maps.

“We will continue to stand up for the people of our state and nation as this case goes to the U.S. Supreme Court. We must stop this dangerous attack on our freedom to vote.”

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MOORE COUNTY, WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE!

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happening Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up in Moore County:

July 7 Scavenger Hunt in Downtown Pinehurst 12pm Explore downtown Pinehurst and have fun with the whole family!

Scavenger hunt sheets can be picked up at Given Book Shop (95 Cherokee Rd, Pinehurst) or the Given Memorial Library (150 Cherokee Rd, Pinehurst).

July 8 Summer Meal Program 12:30pm – 5pm Meals will be provided free of charge for those 18 and under at the Baxter Teen Center, LoganBlake, and Trinity Units of the Boys & Girls Club of the Sandhills

July 16 Roy Firestone A One Man Show 7:30pm Roy Firestone is a seventime Emmy Awardwinning host of ESPN’s legendary Up Close Primetime or Public Television’s LA Tonight.

He appeared in the film, Jerry Maguire, where he played himself in an unforgettable scene with Academy Awardwinner Cuba Gooding, Jr. He is also a best-selling author and a criticallyacclaimed performer, humorist, musician and impressionist. On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. in SCC’s Owens Auditorium, Roy Firestone and Moore County’s own, Paul Murphy, will appear for one night only in a show that is guaranteed to entertain you. Tickets start at $50.

July 22-August 28

TUNE INTO The John and Maureen show

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Three exciting, entertaining shows receive their Sandhills area premieres in the intimate McPherson Theatre at BPAC: “Gutenberg! The Musical!” - July 22-31; “Buyer & Cellar” - August 5-14; and “tick, tick...

BOOM!” - August 1928. A three-show ticket package is $90 and individual shows start at $35.

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

COLUMN | U.S. REP. RICHARD HUDSON

Well done is better than well said

Unfortunately, the Left’s missteps are not limited to the economy.

“WELL DONE is better than well said.”

This quote by Benjamin Franklin reminds us of the importance of action over words. Unfortunately, when it comes to addressing the most pressing issues of our time, many Washington Democrats continue to choose speeches over solutions.

Our country continues to face crisis after crisis ranging from inflation to border security - often because of failed policies or complete inaction on part of President Joe Biden and Washington Democrats. Yet instead of acknowledging this and changing course, they constantly seek to shift blame away from themselves and onto others. They think they can fool you, but you know better.

Inflation has increased 8.6% over the last 12 months in part because of too much spending in Washington. This is the largest 12-month increase since December 1981 and has affected nearly every product you buy: butter is up 20.2%, eggs 32.2% and chicken 19.3% to name a few. In response, the Fed announced last week the largest interest rate hike since 1994, but more must be done.

The Biden Price Hike is most apparent in the cost of fuel, as gas prices have more than DOUBLED since he took office. Last week, and for the first time in history, the average price of a gallon of gas topped $5.01 nationally, with estimates showing the average national price could surpass $6 by the end of the summer.

Democrats have tried to blame the war in Ukraine for these hikes. However, the price of fuel has risen every month Biden has been in office, and price hikes are a direct result of his efforts to cut American energy production. In fact, the U.S. is producing nearly 1 million barrels of oil less per day than back in 2019, before the pandemic began.

Last week, I heard from Charles in Hope Mills, who must now spend $160 a week on gas. Michael from Fayetteville is retired and on a fixed income and said, “there is nothing in the US economy that has not gone up!”

Deborah in Cumberland County said she is paying double to fill up her car while her grocery bill is up an average of $25 each week.

These stories are a snapshot of the economic challenges being faced by every family across our state and nation – and it doesn’t have to be this way.

Unfortunately, the Left’s missteps are not limited to the economy.

Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) announced last week that 239,416 people crossed the border in May, the highest monthly total ever recorded. Since Biden took office, more than 2.6 million illegal immigrants have been apprehended at our southern border.

Also troubling – the violent crime rate continues to rise across the country, with some places seeing almost 40% increases compared to last year. This includes politically motivated violence by pro-abortion groups, most notably increased attacks on crisis pregnancy centers in North Carolina and around the country, and an attempted assassination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The increase in violence in our cities and these politically motivated attacks are completely unacceptable. While Democrats like President Biden have paid lip service to this crisis, these have largely been empty words not followed up by action to support law enforcement or end soft-on-crime policies.

The crises facing this nation are real, and we need real solutions – not empty words – to address them. We must secure our border by finishing construction of the border wall, maintaining Title 42 protections, enforcing the “Remain in Mexico” policy, and giving our CBP agents the funds and resources they need to do their jobs.

To end inflation, we need to get people back to work and curtail reckless government spending. Last week, I joined other House Republicans to release a proposal to do just that through commonsense reforms to balance the budget in 7 years and cut taxes.

Our budget proposal also encourages American energy independence. We can and must lower energy prices for you and your family by unleashing American energy to its fullest capacity.

This starts by passing legislation like my American Energy Independence from Russia Act, a bill that will boost our domestic energy production and drive down costs across the board.

Our nation is facing many crises today, but we have the solutions to address them. I will continue to promote these solutions that will help to end record-setting inflation, lower gas prices, and make our communities safe and secure – and I promise to do this both in word and in action.

COLUMN | WAYNE BOYLES

Open skies for North Carolina aviation So, the next time you fly internationally, give a word of thanks to him for his vision and for making international travel more available and affordable to more North Carolinians.”

IT HAS BEEN 119 years since those first 12 seconds over Kitty Hawk by the Wright Brothers on December 17, 1903, which ushered in a new way to travel. Since then, the growth and expansion of domestic and international commercial aviation has been breathtaking. You can fly from North Carolina and be in Europe and any other place on our globe within hours.

According to the Flight Connections Website, the Charlotte Douglas International Airport has non-stop service to 179 destinations in 25 countries. In contrast, Raleigh-Durham International Airport has non-stop service to 56 destinations in 6 countries.

We owe a debt of gratitude to President George H. W. Bush and his Administration for the 1992 establishment of “Open Skies Agreements” in international aviation. These agreements instituted a market-based deregulatory system that gave much greater access to international flights and significantly reduced prices for millions of Americans who wished to travel overseas.

According to the United States Department of State Open Skies Agreements are: “a form of air transport agreement that the U.S. government negotiates with foreign government partners to provide rights for airlines to offer international passenger and cargo services. They are pro-consumer, pro-competition, and pro-growth. As such, Open Skies Agreements promote increased travel and trade, spur the creation of high-quality jobs, and facilitate broad economic growth. Their provisions include reciprocal obligations to eliminate government intervention in commercial air carrier decisions about routes, capacity, frequencies, and pricing, thereby freeing airlines to provide more affordable, convenient, and efficient air services to consumers and shippers. Open Skies agreements improve flexibility for airline operations, expand cooperative marketing opportunities between airlines, enable global express delivery cargo networks, liberalize

charter regulations, and commit governments to high standards of aviation safety and security.”

Further, according to the US State Department, “since 1992 we have established agreements with 125 countries.”

For North Carolinians, this means not having to fly to Atlanta Jackson Hartfield Airport, Dulles International Airport, and New York’s JFK. From Charlotte, you can fly directly to Madrid, Munich, Frankfurt, and London, among others. From Raleigh, you can fly to Paris, London, and Reykjavik, among other international destinations.

Our international aviation agreements are negotiated by the Office of Trade Policy and Transportation Affairs, which is an office within the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs within the State Department. They are joined by officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of International Aviation which is in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs.

As Senator Helms’ staff observer to the 1997 U.S. – Japan Bilateral Aviation Negotiations, I saw the good work that these officials did during these talks. While not successful then, we were finally able to sign an agreement with Japan that went into force on November 11, 2010.

All this is due to the free-market vision of our 41st President, George H.W. Bush.

So, the next time you fly internationally, give a word of thanks to him for his vision and for making international travel more available and affordable to more North Carolinians.

Wayne Boyles is a resident of Moore County. He worked on the U.S. Senate Staffs of Senator Mack Mattingly and Senator Jesse Helms. He also worked at the U.S. Department of Energy during the Administration of President George W. Bush.

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obituaries

Gerald "Gerry" Stephen Chupik

August 14, 1933 - June 30, 2022 Gerald Stephen Chupik, 88, of Pinehurst, NC passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at St. Joseph of the Pines. Gerry was born on August 14, 1933, in Trenton, NJ to the late Stephen and Anna Wasko Chupik.

He is survived by his dedicated daughter, Teri Blades (David); two grandchildren he adored Evan and Christa Blades; his brother Roger Chupik (Evelyn) and their children Tom and Andy Chupik; his sister Arlene Flodmand (the late Rich) and their children Rick, Tim and Chris Flodmand.

In addition to his parents, Gerry was preceded in death by his brotherin-law Rich Flodmand and nephew Roger Chupik, Jr. Gerry was born and raised in New Jersey, where he learned to play the trumpet at a young age and enjoyed playing in many concert and marching bands. In the 1960’s, he was a member of the Morristown Colonials Drum and Bugle Corps.

His most exciting and unique band experience was marching with the Washington Redskin’s Marching Band, the oldest NFL marching band, founded in 1937.

Gerry proudly served his country in the US Navy for two years on the USS Iowa, where he had the opportunity to travel Europe extensively. Later he attended night school at Lehigh University while working full time in order to earn his master’s degree in electrical engineering. Gerry went on to dedicate his 30+ career to AT&T (formerly Western Electric) and had such interesting stories about working on early computers in the 1960’s and 70’s.

An avid golfer of 40 years, he joined the Whispering Pines Country Club upon his 2015 arrival to North Carolina when he moved to be closer to his only daughter and grandkids.

When Gerry wasn’t golfing, he was on the dance floor as a very charming and confident lead, earning him the role of well sought-after partner for other ballroom dancers. In the 2000’s, he combined his dance talent with his love of cruising the world by becoming a dance host and ballroom dance instructor for several cruise lines. While living in NC, he was an active member and officer of the Sandhills Chapter of USA Dance, a social ballroom dance organization.

Gerry led a full, rewarding life with his dedication to country, his employer and by living out his passions in retirement, but his daughter, Teri, and her family brought a special joy. She was a dedicated constant in his life and was an unwavering advocate for his care.

Gerry very much enjoyed attending his grandson, Evan’s, band concerts and watching his granddaughter, Christa’s, dance recitals. He was tremendously proud of both of his grandchildren. Their passions for music and dance were unique bonds with their grandfather. He will be missed tremendously.

Jill Fleisher

April 11, 1945 - June 29, 2022 Jill George Fleisher of Pinehurst, North Carolina and Portland, Maine passed away on June 29, 2022. Jill was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Edith and John Charles George, Jr. Jill is survived by her loving husband of 47 years, Les Fleisher.

She is also survived by her brother, John “Jay” Charles George III and his wife, Margaret, and their children, Michael and Kevin (Kristen), and grandchildren, Kevin, Karter and Abigail. Also, survived by brother and sister-in-law Jerry and Nancy Fleisher and daughter, Michelle: sister-in-law, Karen Fleisher: sisterin-law, Wendy, Widow of Bruce Fleisher, and their daughter, Jessica (Jones), and grandson, Jacob.

Although Jill and Les had no children, they were blessed with the addition of Reid, Stephanie and Cooper Ellington as their own. Jill lovingly embraced being Cooper’s “Grammy J.” Sadly, Cooper and Stephanie passed away in 2018; they live forever in her heart: she is survived by Reid Ellington.

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Bobby Gray Culler June 1, 1930 - June 28, 2022

April 4, 1938 ~ June 29, 2022 Lajuana Sue Hammett DeSpain, 84, of Southern Pines, NC, passed away peacefully on June 29, 2022, at FirstHealth Hospice House surrounded by loved ones.

She was born in Dalhart, Texas on April 4th, 1938 to Ural Glen “Toots” and Sara Darnall Hammett. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Donald DeSpain, of 51 years, her parents, Ural and Sara Hammett, three brothers, Bill, Glen “PeeWee”, and Jim Hammett, sister, Bonnie Stroup, and grandson, Levi DeSpain.

Sue is survived by her brother Ronnie Hammett and his wife Norma of Texas, four children: Ben DeSpain and wife Patty of Belpre, Ohio, Vickie Israel, and husband Frank of Southern Pines, Tim DeSpain and wife Lori of Pinebluff, and Craig DeSpain of West End. Her twelve grandchildren: Tony Agic, Justin Foil (Gracie), Jake Foil (Jessica), Jon Foil, Doug Vahlenkamp Jr. (Miranda), Joshua Taylor, Emily DeSpain, Sarah DeSpain (Dillon), Noah DeSpain (Mercy), Hope DeSpain, Titus DeSpain, Gideon DeSpain, and six greatgrandchildren.

She took pride in being a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. In her spare time, she loved sewing, cooking, crafting on Pinterest, going to yard sales, reading, and spending time with her family and friends. She devoted her entire life to the Lord and to taking care of her family.

She will be missed dearly, but her spirit will live on in the wonderful memories of those who loved her.

Her family wishes to thank the Hospice staff for their care, both at home and at the Hospice House.

Bobby Gray Culler, 92, of Southern Pines, NC passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2022 at The Greens of Pinehurst.

Bobby was born June 1, 1930 in Manley, NC to the late Grady Lee Culler Sr. and Minnie Othello Crissman Culler. He graduated from Southern Pines High School in 1949. He married Juanita Causey of Lakeview, NC on October 10, 1953.

He joined the US Air Force in 1949 and retired in 1974 as a Technical Sergeant after 20 years of service.

He was stationed in Goldsboro at Seymour Johnson from 19671973 and did 1 tour in Korea (1951), 3 tours in Vietnam, and 1 tour in Thailand. In addition to his military service he worked for Fields Heating & Plumbing for 20 years. He was a member of Southern Pines First Baptist Church from 1975-2022.

He is survived by his son Wayne Culler and his wife Edna of Burlington, NC; and grandchildren Daniel Monroe Culler of Robbins, NC, Tyler Lynn Dalton, of Burlington, NC and step-grandson Timothy Gregory.

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