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Bishop introduces resolution on ‘divisive threat’ of Critical Race Theory Raleigh Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-09) introduced a resolution outlining the Marxist roots of the Critical Race Theory and threat it poses to the United States.

“I introduced a resolution that details the Marxist roots of CRT and the threat it poses to the American Republic,” Bishop tweeted.

“CRT proponents cannot be allowed to conceal the foundations of their racist ideology.”

Bishop has been involved in several previous bills aimed at ending all federal funding for teaching, training or promoting the controversial theory.

US House Speaker Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, defying Beijing U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan late Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China, which quickly announced that it would conduct military maneuvers in retaliation for her presence.

Soon after Pelosi’s arrival, China announced a series of military operations and drills, which followed promises of “resolute and strong measures” if Pelosi went through with her visit. Back in the United States, 26 Republican lawmakers issued a statement of rare bipartisan support for the Democratic speaker. The statement called trips by members of Congress to Taiwan routine.

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Parent discovers unpublished 4-H policy bunking by gender identity at overnight camps

BY A.P. DILLON

Democrats delay primary order decision until after 2022 vote Washington, D.C. The Democratic Party delayed a decision on potentially reordering its primary calendar for the 2024 presidential election until after November’s midterm elections.

The Democratic National Committee’s rules committee had planned to decide during meetings in Washington beginning next week whether to recommend that presidential voting should continue to begin with Iowa and New Hampshire.

That’s amid calls by some party leaders and activists that more diverse states, including the current No. 3 and No. 4, Nevada and South Carolina, should move up.

The party is considering factors like states’ racial and ethnic makeup, union membership rates and how big they are in terms of population and geography.

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Wall Street Journal: Families of Haley, Clyburn got casino shares Kings Mountain The husband of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and brother of U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn were given shares of a company that leased slot machines to a North Carolina tribal casino that needed political help to open last year, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Clyburn’s brother and a spokesperson for Haley both said the men provided services for the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation’s casino in Kings Mountain.

The newspaper said it reviewed documents from Kings Mountain Equipment Supply LLC, which gets 20 cents for every $1 in profits the new Catawba Two Kings Casino generates from its hundreds of slot machines.

The casino has about 1,000 slot machines in temporary buildings. The Catawbas plan a permanent facility with a 29-story hotel that could triple the number of slot machines.

Budd and Tillis lead call for NC Attorney General to protect crisis pregnancy centers Stein has refused to remove injunction on state’s 20-week ban

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — North Carolina U.S. Rep. Ted Budd (NC-13) and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) are leading an effort calling on North Carolina Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein to protect crisis pregnancy centers in the state and investigate vandalism that occurred at an Asheville clinic.

In a July 29 letter, the lawmakers urge Stein to use the Freedom of Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act of 1994 to protect Crisis Pregnancy Centers in North Carolina.

The lawmakers cite the attack on the Mountain Area Pregnancy Services in Asheville following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision returning abortion de-

cisions to the states where red graffiti left by the attackers read “if abortions aren’t safe neither are you!”

“These despicable acts violate both North Carolina law and federal law. Specifically, the Freedom of Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act of 19943 protects clinics that support pregnant women and decline to perform abortions,” the letter to Stein reads. “This law empowers state Attorneys General such as yourself with the authority to seek civil relief for conduct that violates the FACE Act.” The letter goes on to say that “An anti-life group known as ‘Jane’s Revenge’ has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks against Crisis Pregnancy Centers, including the attack against Mountain Area Pregnancy Services. We urge you to use every resource at your disposal— both civil and criminal—to proSee STEIN, page A2

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Policy is given to camp agents and discussed verbally if parents ask

this policy,” Brinson said. “Furthermore, he said, they were not allowed to publish this policy due to the federal funds that they received.”

In an interview with North

By A.P. Dillon State Journal, Yoder said that North State Journal the policies are “consistent with RALEIGH — A parent that the federal government and was considering sending their with N.C. State University” and child to an overnight 4-H camp that “every land grant Universirun by the N.C. State 4-H Co- ty across the country that runs a operative Extension discovered 4-H program is operating under that campers can be assigned the same policies and every for to sleeping accommodations by every youth camp, or youth organization that accepts federal their preferred gender identity.

The policy was not given to money.”

Yoder said the polparents prior to enicy “has been in place rolling their children for several years.” He at 4-H camps. Paralso said they are not ent Van Brinson tells “If this is going opposed to sharing North State Journal the policy document he had signed his to be their with parents and had 11-year-old daughter policy, then not shared it earlier up for a weeklong as there was nothing “Fur, Fish and Game” parents need to in writing in place 4-H overnight camp be informed.” earlier this year. this summer. The “We were instructcamp was held in the ed that this is someRichmond County Van Brinson thing we talk about town of Ellerbe. with people, but we “I find this exceptionally deceptive,” Brinson don’t share it with people,” Yodsaid. “If this is going to be their er said when asked if the policy policy, then parents need to be had been shared with parents in informed. I am not anti-trans, the past.

As of the publication of this or anything else. I am, however, article, the policy document still staunchly pro-information.”

Brinson said he only found does not appear on the NCSU’s out about it after a phone call to 4-H website, 4-H camps portion make sure he had all of his pa- of the website nor is it under perwork in order at which time the parent resources. The only he inquired about cabin assignments and was told they were set See CAMPS, page A2 up by age and gender.

“As an afterthought, and because I was aware of similar situation that occurred in another state, I asked how the camp decided who was a boy and who was a girl,” Brinson said.

“When I asked, the lady on the phone got very quiet. Then, after a pause, she told me that the children would be assigned to cabins based on their perceived gender, or the gender that their parents tell the camp the child prefers.”

“So, I asked, my daughter could be in a cabin with a male for sleepover camp and the answer was, yes, that could happen,” said Brinson.

Brinson was also told if any counselors identified as transgender, the camp would allow them to bunk under the gender they identify as. Additionally, when Brinson asked if parents were going to be informed of the policy, the camp’s director Sarah Moss told him she would pass his concerns “up the chain.”

After several follow-up emails to Moss, Brinson finally was contacted by Mike Yoder, the Associate Director & State Program Leader attached to 4-H at N.C. State University.

“Mr. Yoder informed me that there was no plan to announce

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THE WORD: BOLD AS A LION

8.3.22

“The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.”

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Proverbs 28:1

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The wicked are so desperately hardened that they have no fear of the most horrible dangers — at least they have not such an apprehension of them, as to flee to that sure and only refuge which Divine grace has presided.

At the same time they are so wretched that that they are never in security, and are liable to the most distressing terrors, when there is no reason for them.

The Syrians that besieged Samaria heard the noise of chariots and horsemen, which threw them into such a panic that they fled away, and left their bread and clothes behind them. Similarly, the wicked are liable to terrors which sometimes encompass them like waters, when no reason can be given for them. For the objects which ought to alarm transgressors, and have a tremendous reality in them, are not the things that take hold of their minds. They are like madmen who fear not a drawn sword — but tremble at the shaking of a leaf, as if it were a devil ready to hurry them away to the bottomless pit.

No passion is more tormenting than fear, and a sense of guilt producing it. It was a punishment threatened against the people of Israel, if they revolted from God, that they should flee before their pursuing enemies — but it is a sign of the utmost wretchedness, when men flee away through terror when there are no enemies — but

such as are conjured up by a timorous imagination.

Sinners have great reason after all to fear, even when the objects of their fear are mere fantasies. God is angry with them every day, and their anxious alarms are a part of the punishment of their sins. They cannot expect tranquility and happiness of mind, but in Christ, by whom we are delivered from the guilt of sin, and enjoy that peace which passes all understanding.

Believers are as bold as a lion, the most courageous of creatures upon earth. For they are delivered from all danger of condemnation, and they are at peace with God. They may have many enemies — but God is their friend, and no weapon formed against them shall prosper. They may meet with adversities and deaths — but they shall meet with nothing to separate them from the love of God. The righteous are sometimes timorous like doves — but they have reason to be bold as lions. They are partakers of those graces which have a native tendency to expel tormenting fears, and to produce quietness and assurance forever. Their natural constitution, their remaining corruptions, their unhappy falls, their numerous enemies — may counteract their principles of holy courage — but they are commanded to be always strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. The day is coming when every fear shall vanish away, and be followed by eternal triumphs.

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STEIN from page A1 tect Crisis Pregnancy Centers, bring the perpetrators of these attacks to justice, and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.”

The letter was also signed by U.S. Reps. Dan Bishop (R-09), Richard Hudson (R-08), and Greg Murphy (R-03).

The congressional members want Stein to provide an update

by Aug. 15.

The request to Stein comes after 20 members of the U.S. House sent a letter in June to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland reminding him of his responsibility to defend Crisis Pregnancy Centers.

On June 24, state legislative leaders House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) and Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) called on Stein to take the necessary actions to reinstate North Carolina’s 20week abortion ban. Stein would later refuse the request but not before taking to Twitter to defend abortion rights in the state while at the same time fundraising off the issue.

On July 21, Stein issued a formal statement that “The Department of Justice will not take action that would restrict women’s ability to make their own reproductive health care decisions.”

Moore and Berger have since sought outside counsel with the Alliance For Defending Freedom (ADF) and on July 27 filed an amicus brief with U.S. District Judge William Osteen asking that he vacate his 2019 ruling based on Roe v. Wade that blocked the state’s 20-week ban.

The brief takes aim at Stein’s public remarks, stating that “Within moments of the Dobbs decision being issued, the attorney general decried the ruling and posted on Twitter asking people to donate to his political campaign so that he could fight against pro-life laws,” and that “(Stein) publicly opposes the statutes he is tasked with defending and is engaged in fundraising efforts based on his opposition.”

“North Carolina’s abortion statutes are undeniably lawful under Dobbs, and there is no longer any basis for an injunction to shackle the state from pursuing its legitimate interest,” reads the brief.

“It’s time to allow North Carolina to better protect unborn lives and the health and safety of mothers,” ADF Senior Counsel Denise Harle, director of the ADF Center for Life, said in a statement. “The state’s attorney general is refusing to do his job, which is to uphold the law and protect life, which is what the citizens of North Carolina have chosen to do through their elected lawmakers. We are urging the court to swiftly restore justice to North Carolina and allow the enforcement of its law.”

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“The Lion and the Snake” by Eugène Delacroix (1856) is a painting in the collection of the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.

CAMPS from page A1 mention on the entire NCSU 4-H Extension website of the Inclusion document Yoder provided is a November 2020 reference to a “Resource Review: Practices for Inclusion of All Genders & Sexual Orientations.” The document, however, is not linked there either.

Yoder said the policies were developed by the national 4-H council’s Access Equity and Belonging committee and that it was reviewed by their legal counsel.

The document has been shared with all 100 of their agents across the state. He later said they have not encountered a case at their camps where these policies have actually had to be utilized.

The policy document created by the committee called “Practices for Inclusion of Individuals of All Genders and Sexual Orientations” was shared with North State Journal. Gender identity is defined in the document as a “person’s internal sense of their own gender” and states a “person’s gender identity may or may not match their sex assigned at birth.” The document also includes definitions for “non-binary” and “transgender.”

“There are some things in here that a lot of people will find offensive and we understand that, but we are not about to keep any individual from participating in 4-H based on gender,” Yoder said and pointed to section numbers four and five areas some might object to.

Section four states, “a youth

member has shared their transgender identity with 4-H; however, the member’s parents are not supportive of their child’s gender identity. What is the most inclusive response?”

“4-H will treat all participants according to their gender identity, even if a youth member’s own guardian raises objections.

While the guardians may choose not to allow their child to participate in 4-H, 4-H will not discriminate against the member to accommodate the guardians’ objection,” reads the response.

Under “facility considerations,” item number five states when there are “gender segregated facilities and/or activities, 4-H is supportive of individuals who identify as transgender or intersex being allowed to sleep, use the restroom, shower and participate in alignment with their gender identity where possible.”

When asked what would happen if male and female campers who object to someone of the other sex sleeping in their cabin or using their shower facilities, Yoder said they have two options; they could move into another cabin or they could go home.

In other words, the choice of a biologically male or female camper identifying as the other sex trumps that of all other campers.

“Even if a youth member’s own guardian raises objections, the guardians may choose not to allow their child to participate,” Yoder said. “And 4-H will not discriminate against the member to accommodate the guard-

ian’s objection.”

Yoder indicated that federal guidelines drove the policy change. When asked if the money was in the million or even billions, he said “absolutely” and noted “we are the second largest extension in in the nation behind Texas” and “receive a substantial amount of funding from the federal government.”

“It’s [federal money] not tied specifically to this policy, I want to be clear here,” said Yoder. “Cooperative Extension - really, our parent organization and Cooperative Extension - is part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at N.C. State University and it all of the land grant universities across the country Cooperative Extension, receives money through the United States Department of Agriculture, through what’s called the National Institute of food and Agriculture.”

“And so, it wouldn’t matter whether it came through USDA or it came through the Department of Education or it came from any other Federal organization,” Yoder explained. “These are the policies that basically are in line with what the federal government is thinking at this time.”

Yoder explained there are three arms of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; an academic arm for teaching, a research arm, and the Extension.

“Back in the early 1900s, funding was approved through the federal government for Cooperative Extension in a way to get research-based information to the people,” Yoder said. “And one of

the programs that has been part of Cooperative Extension - part of the federal government - is 4-H; the youth development program.”

He added that “it’s not just 4-H that receives funding from the federal government. It’s the larger organization in general operative extension N.C. State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.”

According to Yoder, the outreach arm and Cooperative Extension have offices in all 100 counties and employ around 1,000 people in the organization overall.

Yoder also added they are watching state-level legislative activities to see if it will change their policies.

When asked what happens if a camper decides to change their gender identity while at camp, Yoder said they “are not allowed by law to inform the parent. We absolutely cannot do that.”

“We fully understand that and I can fully understand why people are upset with this. I’m a parent myself,” said Yoder when pressed about the right of parents or guardians to know what is happening with their child at camp.

“Basically anything we do with 4-H is affected by this policy,” Yoder said.

“I will tell you what I told and I probably had this conversation seven times in the last three weeks. I will tell you what I have told everyone else,” said Yoder.

“If people are unhappy with this policy, they need to vote. It’s the only way we can change policy.”

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Incumbents prevail in most UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees pass free July 26 local elections speech and student fees resolutions

North State Journal staff RALEIGH — Incumbents won the majority of last Tuesday’s local elections in 15 of North Carolina counties. The summer elections, which were delayed due to the 2020 Census and legal wrangling over redistricting, saw light turnout, around 10-12% in each county. For many of the races, they will see the seats contested next year as well, following a state provision that extended the terms recently completed. Following the canvass of results by the State Board of Elections on Friday, Aug. 6, the certified winners will be sworn in to office.

Charlotte Democratic Mayor Vi Lyles cruised to another term as mayor of North Carolina’s largest city, defeating Republican Stephanie de Sarachaga-Bilbao with 68% of the vote.

The four Democrats running for City Council at-large seats prevailed with Dimple Ajmera, Braxton Winston, LaWana Mayfield, and James “Smuggie” Mitchell winning over a slate of first-time candidates backed by Charlotte Republicans.

In the city’s closest race, the contest for the 6th District seat held by Republican Tariq Bokhari, he held off Democratic nominee Stephanie Hand by 377 votes. Hand was backed by many of Bokhari’s colleagues on the city council including Mayor Lyles.

The remainder of the City Council’s district races saw lopsided results, keeping a 9-2 Democratic advantage in representation in the Queen City.

Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin cruised to another term, winning 63% of the vote in last Tuesday’s election.

The City Council will see some new faces as three incumbents were defeated, one seat was open, and one race remains too close to call.

In District 3, Mario Benevente

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Early voters wait to cast their ballots at the South Regional Library polling location in Durham, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. led incumbent Antonio Jones by just 6 votes and told local media outlets he would request a recount.

Jones has only been on the city council since December of 2021 following the resignation of Tisha Waddell who had been accused of unethical misconduct by other council members.

In District 6, Derrick Thompson was elected after also finishing first in the May primary.

In Districts 7 and 9, newcomers Brenda McNair and Deno Hondros defeated incumbents Larry Wright and Yvonne Kinston.

Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan prevailed for another term over councilman Justin Outling, who opted to challenge the two-term incumbent.

Vaughan defeated Outling by just over 400 votes. A write-in campaign led by Greensboro Republicans for Chris Meadows could have swayed some voters in the race.

In the race for the Gate City’s City Council, incumbents Yvonne Johnson, Marikay Abuzuaiter, and Hugh Holston secured another term. Challenger Katie Rossabi came the closest to scoring a win, trailing Holston by less than 600 votes.

In the city’s city council district races, the results were the same as

the May primary. Of note in those races is the return of Zack Matheny to the city council, where he previously served from 2007 through 2015.

Wake County In Wake County, Cary held runoff races for the town council’s atlarge seat and District C seat.

Carissa Johnson received 7,211 votes, edging out Ken George’s total of 6,485 votes. Jack Smith won the District C spot with 3,101 votes to the 2,540 cast for Renee Miller.

While the town council races remained close, there was a huge difference in the runoff race for Wake Sheriff as challenger Willie Rowe took in a whopping 75.35% of the vote, ousting current Sheriff Gerald Baker as the Democratic candidate. Lowe will face former Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison in November. Harrison won the Republican primary in May with 50,606 votes or nearly 80% of ballots cast.

Graham County The second runoff the office of sheriff was in Graham County, where Republicans chose Russell Moody over incumbent sheriff Jerry Crisp. Moody took 467 votes over 403 for Crisp.

Almost two dozen states sue Biden admin over Title IX gender identity guidance

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — Led by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, 22 states have filed suit in federal court in Tennessee over the Biden administration’s interpretation of Title IX “to include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”

North Carolina is not among the 22 states that are part of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit seeks to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) recent May 5 guidance that would withhold student-lunch funds to states failing to adopt Biden administration’s Title IX gender identity policies.

The lawsuit’s main contention is the Biden administration violated the Administrative Procedures Act by failing to go through the appropriate rulemaking procedures. The Biden administration agencies involved have claimed they did not have to follow the procedures because the guidance is nonbinding.

However, the USDA’s statement on the new guidance said that any entity receiving Food Nutrition Service (FNS) funds would “must investigate allegations of discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.”

An estimated 30 million students a day rely on school meals.

According to the most recent statistics from the 2019-2020 school year, 57% of North Carolina students were enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program.

Specifically, the lawsuit wants to stop the USDA from holding back school meal funding in states “that continue to separate students by biological sex in appropriate circumstances.” Such circumstances could apply to areas like locker rooms, showers, and restrooms and even to participation on sports teams.

“We all know the Biden administration is dead-set on imposing an extreme left-wing agenda on Americans nationwide,” said Rokita in a press release.

Rokita is joined in filing the lawsuit by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery.

ident Jenna Robinson documented some less than neutral statements made by official RALEIGH — The Universi- UNC-CH accounts following ty of North Carolina at Chapel the U.S. Supreme Court’s reHill Board of Trustees (BOT) cent ruling on returning aborunanimously passed two reso- tion rights to the states in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Womlutions at its July 27 meeting.

The Freedom of Speech res- en’s Health Organization.

Robinson’s article also notes olution was introduced and read by BOT member Dr. Per- an order issued by the UNCCH Student Body President rin Jones.

“The Board of Trustees reaf- placing conditions on spending firms its commitment to aca- by the undergraduate student demic freedom as embodied in government’s executive branch.

Specifically, the order “rethe Chicago principles and the Kalven Committee Report on quires” the executive branch the University’s Role in Politi- of the student government to cal and Social Action, which is use “sellers and contractors attached hereto as Attachment who support and uphold reproductive freedom” A,” the Resolution while prohibiton the Affirmation ing “contract[ing] of Academic Freeor expend[ing] dom and Freedom “The reason funds to any indiof Speech reads in we passed the vidual, business, part. or organization The University resolution is which actively adof Chicago Kalven we felt it was vocates to further Committee Report limit by law acon the University’s important cess to reproducRole in Political for the board tive healthcare, and Social Action including, though outlines how col- to show that not limited to, leges and univer- the principles contraception sities should stay and induced aborneutral and abstain of academic tions.” from political or so- freedom are Robinson notes cial commentary in of paramount that the order “in their official capacimportance to addition to vioities. lating the princiIn an interview us and to the ple of institutionwith North State al neutrality, is Journal, Jones said university.” probably illegal. the Kalven Report Student governwas added because Dr. Perrin Jones ment, which is “we felt like instifunded by mandatutional neutrality tory student fees, was of paramount importance for academic free- must distribute those fees in a viewpoint-neutral way.” dom to exist on campus.”

Prior to the votes on the “The reason we passed the resolution is we felt it was im- resolutions, the results from portant for the board to show a faculty-led project on “Free that the principles of academic Expression and Constructive freedom are of paramount im- Dialogue at the University of portance to us and to the uni- North Carolina” were presented. It was noted that first-year versity,” Jones told NSJ. During the meeting, Jones students and females were remarked that the people who overrepresented in the survey entrusted them to lead the uni- and a link was included to the versity feel that “Carolina has accompanying report.

The work was based on a lost her way” and that “It is no longer centered on the pursuit survey examining undergradof knowledge and exposure to uate experiences with free exthe greatest ideas and discov- pression at eight UNC System eries of the human mind and schools that included Appalaan environment that nurtures chian State University UNC Charlotte, NC Central Univeropen debate and inquiry.”

“They are concerned our sity UNC Greensboro, UNC students are learning what Asheville, UNC Pembroke, to think rather than how to UNC Chapel Hill, and UNC Wilmington. think,” Jones said.

“A theme that runs throughAfter brief remarks, the resout our results is that students olution passed unanimously.

The student fees resolution worry that their comments was brought forward and read about politics will be misunby BOT member Teresa Artis derstood, and perhaps used against them,” the report’s Neal.

The resolution on “View- summary states. There is also point-Neutral Access to Man- evidence that constructive endatory Student Fees” states gagement is harder when the that “the Chancellor shall di- stakes are higher when the forrect appropriate University mat is more formal, when there personnel to develop and is- is an audience, and when stusue policy requiring that the dents do not know their interSenates of the Undergraduate locutors very well.”

Key findings from the preStudent Government and the Graduate and Professional sentation showed faculty “genStudents Government must erally do not push political appropriate all student fees in agendas,” however a percentage a viewpoint-neutral manner, of students disagreed with the including any necessary proce- statement “The course instrucdures required to ensure com- tor encouraged participation pliance with this requirement.” from liberals and conservatives Neal said her resolution was alike.” Respondents identifyalso aligned with promoting ing as conservative had higher academic freedom and expres- rates of disagreeing with the statement than those identision.

“The intent here is to ele- fying as moderates and libervate actions that are currently als with one exception; 21% of reflected in the student code,” moderates at UNC Pembroke disagreed versus ten percent of said Neal.

“My reasoning for this is be- conservatives.

The presentation also recause I did not want the policy that currently exists just to vealed that respondents felt sit in the student code,” Neal campuses “do not consistentsaid. “Because as I was seeing ly achieve an atmosphere that it, the student body over that promotes free expression.” code, being the student senate, That finding was further would have authority then if broken down by concern for there were no votes to change peers, instructors and repeated self-censorship. Across the it. And that cannot happen.”

Neal explained that they schools included in the survey, were not changing the distri- between 17 and 22% of stubution of funds by the student dents say they self-censored senate but any changes to man- more than once.

When it comes to speakers datory fees policies needed to be elevated to the university invited to campuses, 32% of level and that action would liberals, 56% of moderates and strengthen the alignment with 86% of conservatives said there were too few opportunities to current law requirements.

Both resolutions appear to hear conservative speakers. be timely additions given re- Those numbers reversed and cent activity at UNC Chapel dropped for opportunities to hear liberal speakers to 21% of Hill.

The James G. Martin Center liberals 14% of moderates and for Academic Renewal’s Pres- 8% of conservatives.

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In June, Rokita and Slatery led 25 other state attorneys general in sending a letter to President Joe Biden on the issue. The letter was supported by Ohio and joined by Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

In June 2021, Biden’s Department of Education (DOE) revived the Obama administration’s Title IX sexual and gender identity policies by issuing a Notice of Interpretation declaring their intention to enforce Title IX’s prohibition on sex-based discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

Both the Biden administration has consistently cited the case of Bostock v. Clayton County in order to justify adding gender identity and sexual orientation to Title IX, including Biden’s related January 2021 Executive Order.

The Bostock citation has become problematic as the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Bostock case did not apply to Title IX but instead held that gay or transgender employees were protected against discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII is the federal law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in employment.

Writing for the majority in Bostock, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neal Gorsuch was specific in the limitations being applied to employment and hiring practices.

“The employers worry that our decision will sweep beyond Title VII to other federal or state laws that prohibit sex discrimination.

And, under Title VII itself, they say sex-segregated bathrooms, locker rooms, and dress codes will prove unsustainable after our decision today. But none of these other laws are before us; we have not had the benefit of adversarial testing about the meaning of their terms, and we do not prejudge any such question today,” Gorsuch wrote.

Gorsuch continued, “Under Title

VII, too, we do not purport to address bathrooms, locker rooms, or anything else of the kind. The only question before us is whether an employer who fires someone simply for being homosexual or transgender has discharged or otherwise discriminated against that individual ‘because of such individual’s sex.’”

In late July, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee temporarily blocked both the DOE and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from implementing the gender identity-tied guidance.

U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley, a Trump appointee, ruled in favor of a coalition of 20 Republican state attorney generals led by Tennessee’s Slatery that filed suit in August of 2021.

“As demonstrated above, the harm alleged by Plaintiff states is already occurring — their sovereign power to enforce their own legal code is hampered by the issuance of Defendants’ guidance and they face substantial pressure to change their state laws as a result,” wrote Atchley in his ruling.

Atchley also said that the Biden administration inappropriately invoked the Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County.

The misapplication of Bostock by the Biden administration is also one of the assertions included in the July lawsuit filed by Rokita.

Biden has also faced calls from 15 Republican governors led by South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem to stop deployment of his reinterpretation of Title IX. “By expanding Title IX to include gender identity and sexual orientation, your administration puts girls and women of all ages at risk,” the governors wrote in their July 27 letter to Biden. “The DOE rule would force any institution that receives federal financial aid to allow biological males to access women’s and girls’ locker rooms, bathrooms, and dorms, depriving them of privacy and safety at school. The rule ensures that a far-left ideology on gender will be taught in schools nationwide.”

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Florida electric-boat maker building North Carolina plant McDowell County A Florida-based company planning the production of electric-powered boats has decided to build a plant in western North Carolina. Officials announced Forza X1 Inc. will make a $10.5 million investment in Marion. The company is developing recreational boats that are powered by electric outboard motors and lithium battery packs.

Gov. Roy Cooper’s office says the average wage for the expected jobs will be just over $51,000.

A state panel approved an incentives package of nearly $1.4 million that will be paid if the project meets job-creation and investment goals.

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Asheville sues HCA Healthcare Buncombe County The city of Asheville and Buncombe County have filed a class action lawsuit against HCA Healthcare and Mission Hospital. The suit was filed in federal court last week and charges the healthcare organizations with anticompetitive practices. The complaint says that HCA took actions to monopolize the healthcare market in the western part of the state, which resulted in higher prices and a lower standard of care.

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Jones & Blount Murphy lone NC Rep in Congressional Baseball Game

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Asheville Tourists North Carolina is home to McCormick Field arguably the most famous team in Minor League Baseball, the Durham Bulls. And while the Bulls continue to succeed on the diamond, at the box office and in the team storm, nine cities in the Old North State are also home to teams that are affiliated with major league parent clubs. They span from the Asheville Tourists in the mountains to the Wood Ducks in Kinston — with Crawdads, Mudcats, Woodpeckers and more in between.

As we wind down our MiLB Across NC series this week, here’s a visual checklist so you can hit up all the baseball North Carolina has to offer.

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RALEIGH — Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy (NC-03) was the lone member of North Carolina’s congressional delegation to participate in the 2022 Congressional Baseball Game last Thursday – but he was on the winning side as the Republicans defeated the Democrats for the second year in a row.

The Congressional Baseball Game first began in 1909, and the bipartisan event benefits charities in the Washington, D.C. area such as The Washington Literacy Center, The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, and Washington Nationals Philanthropies.

This year’s game raised more than $1.5 million with about 17,000 tickets sold, organizers told Roll Call.

Republicans won last Thursday’s game by a score of 10-0, one year after a 13-12 win for their first victory in four years.

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The game Thursday comes a little more than five years after Republican Minority Whip Steve Scalise (LA-01) sustained near-fatal injuries,undergoing multiple lifesaving surgeries and blood transfusions following the attack, in which he, a member of his security detail, Crystal Griner, congressional aide Zack Barth, and lobbyist Matt Mika were shot at by a gunman, who fired nearly 70 rounds at GOP lawmakers during practice on a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, in 2017.

Ahead of the game, Scalise told the Washington Examiner, “I’ve fully healed and am very lucky to be alive, so I don’t take anything for granted. I still love going out to practice, and I’ll be the lead-off batter tonight, so that’s going to be a lot of fun.”

The last member of the state’s congressional delegation to participate in the event was former Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Walker.

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Charlotte Knights Truist Field

Suspect using fake $100 bills Cherokee County Police have released a photo of a suspect believed to be using fake $100 bills to make purchases in the Cherokee County area. The bills look like legitimate $100 bills, but they are stamped on the front and back with text that says they are movie props “For motion picture use only”. Police said that the bills have been used at “various merchants” in the area and that the person passing them will be charged with fraud when caught.

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Co-pilot dies after fall from plane

Woman pleads guilty to selling unapproved COVID-19 remedy Mecklenburg County A woman has pleaded guilty to charges that she sold unapproved drugs on her website that claimed to be remedies and treatments for COVID-19. Diana Daffin of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to selling unapproved drugs with the intent to defraud or mislead the Food and Drug Administration. Court documents and statements made in court showed that in March 2020, the FDA learned that she was selling unapproved drugs on her website.

Prosecutors also said she sold unapproved drugs to an undercover agent.

Bridge replacement could take two years

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Wake County The co-pilot of a small cargo plane died after falling from the aircraft before it made an emergency landing. The body of the co-pilot, 23-year-old Charles Hew Crooks, was found in a backyard in the town of Fuquay-Varina. The pilot made an emergency landing at the airport after reporting that one of the wheels had come off the landing gear. He was treated and released from a hospital with minor injuries.

The pilot was the only person on board the turboprop aircraft when it landed. Local, state and federal authorities are investigating.

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Ashe County An 83-year-old bridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway is being replaced, although it will take awhile. The historic bridge, built in 1939, is 546 feet long and 28 feet wide. Crews are removing all the original stone work and plan to apply it to the new bridge in the same locations, so that the replacement bridge looks identical to the old one. The project is expected to cost more than $29 million and could take two years to be completed. In the meantime, drivers are sent to a detour around the bridge.

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NC sheriff: Virginia dad shot, killed man who dated daughter Onslow County A Virginia man drove more than 300 miles to confront a 27-year-old man who he said dated his daughter, then fatally shot him in a fight. The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office says emergency responders found Jared Musgrove shot at a Hubert mobile home park. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Investigators learned James McAlee drove from Alexandria, Virginia, to confront Musgrove about an alleged relationship with McAlee’s adult daughter and they fought. The sheriff’s office says McAlee got a gun from his truck and shot Musgrove. Officials say McAlee was arrested this week and charged with murder.

Dare County The N.C. Department of Transportation officially opened a bridge on the Outer Banks which will allow residents and tourists to avoid a constantly washed-out route which is the sole link between the barrier islands and the mainland. The Rodanthe “Jug Handle” Bridge opened to southbound traffic shortly before noon, Thursday, and northbound lanes were opened at 12:20 p.m. Officials delayed the opening in June because pavement markings which had been installed did not meet department specifications for quality or reflectivity. The new bridge bypasses a section of N.C. 12 that is extremely vulnerable to ocean overwash.

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Lt. Gov. Robinson pays delinquent vehicle tax bills

Woman intent on revenge set fire to wrong house Rowan County The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office says a woman apparently seeking revenge on her exboyfriend tried to set fire to a house owned by someone else. A homeowner in Gold Hill was awakened by a neighbor who saw a woman trying to set fire to the house. There were bundles of wood and a fire on the front porch and deputies found a jug of oil that they say was used to start the fire. Deputies arrested the woman and charged her with felony firstdegree arson, assault with a deadly weapon and larceny of an animal.

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Guilford County Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says several unpaid vehicle tax bills were a surprise to him. Records showed he was delinquent on four Guilford County tax bills, their due dates ranging from 2006 to 2018. The Guilford tax office confirmed that five bills totaling $1,271 — a fifth in his wife’s name — were paid Thursday. Robinson says they paid immediately as soon as they became aware of the bills. Robinson is a likely candidate for governor in 2024. He says past challenges with personal finances have taught him lessons that would help him run state government.

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Bridge designed to avoid flooded road opens on coast

Watermelon festival set to return

Boy, 2, found in unlocked car dies

Hertford County The 37th annual North Carolina Watermelon Festival is set to take place in Murfreesboro.

The four-day event goes from Aug. 3 to 6 and features live entertainment, food, crafts, dances and fireworks. The festival was cancelled due to COVID in 2020 but made its return last summer. Admission is free on Wednesday and Thursday and during the day on Friday and Saturday. Adults must pay $5 after 4:00 PM for weekend entry.

Scotland County A 2-year-old boy died a week after he went missing and was found in an unlocked car.

Scotland County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on Graham Road, July 21, to look for a boy who got out of his house. The child was found in a car on the front lawn on his family’s property. Deputies aren’t sure how long the child was in the car. The boy was breathing on his own when he left with paramedics, but he died on Thursday. No charges have been filed at this time.

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

Doing business with bad people

Capitalism in the absence of ethics and religious faith becomes a form of economic cannibalism.

A LOT IS BEING made of top PGA golfers jumping to the LIV Tour for monumental amounts of money.

It brings to mind conflicting thoughts: 1) Shouldn’t any American be free to make as money as possible? 2) are these golfers any worse than American businesses, including the NBA, making billions of dollars in profits from products made in China and 3) are they worse than any U.S. consumer buying cheap products made in China?

A billion and a half Chinese citizens are probably wonderful, peaceloving folks. The relative few who run the communist government of China have produced the worst human rights record in modern history.

Tens of millions, perhaps hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens and dissidents have been summarily executed by the communist Chinese regime since 1948. God only knows how many Chinese died as a result of COVID where the government sealed infected citizens in their apartment with no access to food or supplies. Muslim Uighurs are sent to concentration camps daily.

Chinese businesses, with the complicit approval of the communist government, have stolen U.S. patents and copyrights, undersold American companies and taken American jobs to China for decades with impunity.

The Chinese government laughs at any American government attempt to stop their pirating behavior.

Check your own wardrobe. If most of your underwear, dresses, suits and shirts has not been manufactured in China, they may be homemade like the sackcloth made of camel hair John The Baptist wore in the wilderness while eating locusts and honey.

Isn’t buying products made in China “selling out” to a blood-thirsty, unethical and disrespectable government run by thugs and thieves? How is that any different than professional golfers getting paid millions to play golf by Saudi sheiks who were behind the 9/11 attacks and the murder of Saudi journalist Jamaal Khashoggi?

English consumers loved getting low-cost cotton from the antebellum American South so they could turn it into fine clothing and lace. They didn’t care if cotton came from the labor of slaves or from their own backyard as long as it was cheap, of high quality and easy to get. Most of them never even thought about it.

Milton Friedman said anything a nation did to cheat in international commerce such as subsidies and currency manipulation would ultimately

mean lower prices ― which was good for the American consumer ― and a lower standard of living for the home country ― which ultimately leads to their competitive detriment. The problem with such a strict, steely-eyed objective cost/benefit monetary equation is it allows the human brain to rationalize almost anything into being morally acceptable.

During the early growth stages of IBM, Thomas Watson secured a contract with Der Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler in 1933 to perform census data collection. IBM technological expertise combined with precision German mechanical engineering made IBM the world leader in identifying individuals by gender, race, age and religion.

By 1940, when the world to its horror slowly began to understand the extent of Hitler’s madness, Hitler tried to nationalize IBM and end their then-enormous multimillion-dollar contract. According to Edwin Black in his meticulously researched book, “IBM and the Holocaust”, despite the fact that IBM could have pulled out of all operations in Germany and effectively ruined the Third Reich simply by not selling billions of data punch cards to the Nazis that were used to round up Jews for extermination and mobilize blitzkriegs, Watson ferociously held onto the business simply because it was so lucrative for him and IBM shareholders.

Was it worth it for IBM to have made a fortune during World War II when they could have suspended all business with the Nazis and wrecked their devilish goals in 1940 when their heinous plans started to come to light?

Capitalism in the absence of ethics and religious faith becomes a form of economic cannibalism. Who cares what happens to anyone else as long as I get the best product for the lowest possible price?

Each person has the right to make as much money as they can from whatever pursuit they choose to pursue ― but each has to live with the consequences of their decision later. They can’t unwind the immense moral and ethical complexities after they have cashed the $100 million check or bought the 12-pack of underwear for $10 from China at WalMart.

The LIV golfers are no different than the rest of us. Their decisions are just so much more public and have maybe six more zeroes attached to them.

EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS

Legacy media frets as GOP politicos look elsewhere for coverage

Every reporter, and every outlet, is just chasing resistance rageclicks.

MOST EVERYONE HAS BEEN in situations where they repeatedly sought approval and/or wanted the respect of someone else, whether it be a family member, friend, neighbor, work colleague, etc.

In some cases, it worked. In others, no matter what they did to win over the other person, they were met with contempt, mocking, scorn, and were treated as though they were the lowest person on earth.

Eventually, the people on the receiving end of such treatment usually end up waking up and walking away from it with the understanding that there are greener pastures out there where friendly faces exist and where you don’t have to walk in with your back already against the wall dreading what’s to come.

This is where a growing number of Republican political figures are today.

We saw it with former President Donald Trump, who, while he enjoyed sparring with an extremely hostile mainstream press, also gave attention to alternative media outlets, the kind at which the Washington, D.C. establishment press corps typically thumb their noses.

We’re also seeing that with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running for reelection this year but who is also being floated as a possible 2024 presidential contender.

For instance, DeSantis triggered some traditional media outlets last month when it was discovered which reporters were granted press passes to cover his state’s Republican convention. Notably absent from the list were reporters from the New York Times, the Miami Herald, and other legacy national and Florida-based news outlets, in favor of “new media” outlets such as Florida Voices, Business Insider, and the Washington Free Beacon.

In response to that and similar stories, journalist David Freedlander from New York Mag’s Intelligencer wrote a lengthy piece in which he chided Republicans for shunning the press.

Freedlander pondered why Republicans are more likely to sit down with a non-traditional media outfit than they are a “major” media outlet. He quoted one unnamed Republican adviser who told him “I just don’t even see what the point is anymore. We know reporters always disagreed with

the Republican Party, but it used to be you thought you could get a fair shake. Now every reporter, and every outlet, is just chasing resistance rageclicks.”

In the next sentence, however, Freedlander unknowingly answered his own question.

“A competing theory of the case is that there is really not much Republicans can say,” Freedlander wrote. “The past six years have seen them rally behind a person almost all of them once denounced as dangerously unfit for public office — even as their most dire 2015-era warnings proved true.”

Joe Gabriel Simonson, who writes for the Free Beacon, helpfully summed up Freedlander’s argument accordingly: “Enjoying this piece on why Republicans don’t talk to the press as much anymore. First guy says ‘Reporters are mostly Democrats who hate us’ and then the author responds with ‘well, what could Republicans even tell us anyway? They’re awful,’” Simonson tweeted.

Simply put, Republicans are tired of the biased, one-sided treatment, and of the frequent hit pieces that usually turn out to be big nothing burgers.

Historically, the relationship with the media and politicians has been adversarial, which is the way it’s supposed to be. But over time more and more of those outlets have acted as little more than DNC operatives masquerading as “journalists.”

Not a single legacy media outlet should be shocked to find that Republicans are no longer interested in playing these games anymore.

They’ve decided that if they have to face a partisan press corps, it might as well be one that’s more receptive to what they have to say.

Honestly at this point, who could blame them?

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, August 3, 2022 COLUMN CHARLES BLAHOUS

COLUMN | TOM MORRIS

The everyday patriot AN OLD FRIEND, the television creator Norman Lear, called about twenty years ago to tell me he’d just bought a copy of the Declaration of Independence for $8 million.

I told him he overpaid. I got mine for $4.95. He laughed as a friend would. He had purchased one of the originals printed on July 4, 1776 to be read throughout the colonies. He asked me to write something about its ideals for our time.

So I authored a small book that was privately printed in 2002 to accompany Norman’s Dunlap Broadside on a national road trip. One man bought 3,000 copies of my little book then, and several months ago asked whether I’d consider rewriting it for the challenges we face now. I did, and on this July 4, the new version of “The Everyday Patriot: How to be a Great American Now” went public.

The immediate reaction has been deeply gratifying — with early readers insisting that every American ought to read the book, and urging that it should be taught in our schools.

The premise is simple. By following the trail of ideas presented in our nation’s birth certificate, we can reclaim a new and needed sense of citizenship and patriotism for our day. I draw on Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and many other great thinkers to explain citizenship as a moral status rather than just a legal fact, and patriotism as a moral calling connecting us all with a concern for the common good.

There are several main ideas in the book. First of all, patriotism isn’t essentially adversarial in any way. There’s nothing inherently militaristic, xenophobic, or jingoistic about it. And it’s not a smug, self-celebratory or self-focused narcissistic nationalism. By contrast, the core of any healthy and proper understanding of patriotism can be captured by commonplace images: Gardens: I like to think of us all as gardeners tending our own little metaphorical plots of land. Patriotism is about loving our country enough to seek to make our personal gardens as good, beautiful, and productive as they can be, for the sake of others as well as ourselves.

The implication is then straightforward: Don’t be a weed! And not even a prize petunia. Be the best horticulturalist you can.

Good gardeners don’t fight each other, but tend to be mutually helpful instead. The ancient philosophers saw all our governance as beginning at home. In fact, in his massively influential “Republic,”

Plato gave hints of how inner governance in our souls should be the foundation for outer politics. He represents Socrates as thinking we all have positive roles to play in a good society. And that starts within.

Partnerships: A few years ago, I was sitting in a private dining room at New York’s Battery Park Ritz Carlton, with the Statue of Liberty gleaming in the morning sun just outside, having breakfast with a group of C-Suite leaders from Fortune 50 companies and talking philosophy. The topic of politics arose and I said that Aristotle viewed politics as an immensely noble enterprise about how best we can live well together. The whole group erupted in such raucous laughter I thought they were going to choke on their rolls and coffee. One guy said, “How did we fall so far?” And that led to a great conversation. Aristotle, it turned out, saw the best human good as coming from a simple formula: People in Partnership for a shared Purpose. And a later philosopher had a vivid image for how that can work.

Circles: The ancient Roman philosopher Hierocles imagined our lives as described by a number of concentric circles of concern.

First there is self-care; then the next circle is one of family, then neighborhood, friends and work, the overall community, and then the state and the nation, and the world. Patriotism is about starting where we are and together making each circle the best it can be, offering that excellence up to the next circle out, and so on. Good people make for good families, which make good neighborhoods, good countries, and a good world.

Votes: This inner circle principle can help us with our garden metaphor. Patriotism is “voting every day” with our time, attention, and energy to make our gardens great within each circle, in support of what’s broader, and the larger circles are to support their inner circles as well. In the book, I draw on my own life stories and give practical examples of how we can live out our citizenship with a renewed practical patriotism in our time, in each of our circles, as partners cultivating our gardens well.

Tom Morris was a Morehead-Cain Scholar at UNC and holds a double PhD from Yale University. He is a public philosopher and author of over 30 books, including his new book “The Everyday Patriot: How to be a Great American Now” available on Amazon and through all bookstores.

COLUMN | GRIFFIN DAUGHTRY

Why are we still harassing athletes over vaccination statuses?

ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, countries are lifting mask requirements, vaccination mandates, and capacity limitations, leaving many individuals with the impression that the COVID-19 pandemic has finally come to an end.

Despite this significant thawing in COVID restrictions, one massive international industry is still being forced to navigate the remnants of the lockdowns: sports.

After witnessing sporting events with empty stadiums or, at best, cardboard cutout fans for the better part of two years, many fans are excited to finally get back in the stands. However, due to the persistence of international travel bans for unvaccinated noncitizens (specifically to the United States, Canada, and Australia) and COVID passport requirements in places like New York City, not all the big-name athletes are in attendance.

Kyrie Irving, the point guard for the Brooklyn Nets, was ineligible to play any games in his home stadium during the 202122 season due to the city’s vaccine mandate, drastically affecting the team’s playoff run in April.

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic had his visa canceled and was deported hours before defending his title at the Australian Open this past January, even though he had initially received a medical exemption from Tennis Australia and the Department of Health in Victoria.

Most recently, player vaccination statuses have started creating problems for Major League Baseball franchises. Because of Canada’s travel restrictions, ten Kansas City Royals players could not travel with the team to play against the Toronto Blue Jays. Also affected were the St. Louis Cardinals, who announced that their All-Star corner infielders, Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt, would be unable to make a trip with the team to Canada for their recent series.

These COVID-related difficulties have led to a public outcry about vaccines from disappointed fans and especially the media, with most of the heat being directed at the players. Some sports writers have gone as far as to attack the ethical convictions of these unvaccinated players and even question their commitment to their teams, stirring up conflict between fans on social media and in the stands.

Of course, it’s unfortunate that these athletes are being sidelined, but based on evidence regarding the effectiveness of these vaccines and some shocking side effects, are a couple of sporting events really more important than the long-term health of these athletes?

Since the speedy development of the mRNA vaccines and their subsequent release to the public in January 2021, we’ve seen little positive development in their ability to stop the spread of the disease. By September, Pfizer and Moderna offered “boosters” to supplement their initial shots, even requesting recipients return for a second booster four months after the first.

In a CNN Townhall last year, President Joe Biden told listeners, “You’re not going to get COVID if you have the vaccinations.”

Two weeks ago, he tested positive for COVID for the second time, despite being up to date with his boosters. And he is just one of many individuals to contract COVID after taking all the recommended precautions.

Just two weeks ago, Dr. Debroah Birx, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator under former President Trump, told Fox News, “I knew these vaccines were not going to protect against infection. And I think we overplayed the vaccines.”

The ineffectiveness of these vaccines aside, lists of athletes who have reportedly suffered cardiac arrest and, in some cases, died during games after receiving a vaccination continue to circulate across the web, leaving many people questioning the safety of these vaccines. If stories of healthy athletes collapsing on the fields aren’t unnerving enough, the FDA requesting 75 years to disclose safety data for the Pfizer vaccine certainly doesn’t instill any additional confidence.

All of this begs the question, how many double-boosted individuals must get COVID, or healthy athletes must die on the field before the media and fans stop vilifying athletes for opting out of taking the vaccine?

Given the uncertain and ever-changing circumstances surrounding these vaccines, it’s not hard to imagine why these professional athletes would be hesitant to get the jab.

Griffin Daughtry is the local news editor of the North State Journal.

COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO

The Chinese know we’re in Cold War II. it’s time for us to understand the same LAST WEEK, the Chinese government announced its fierce opposition to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., visiting Taiwan. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that China was “fully prepared... If the U.S. is bent on going its own way, China will take firm and strong measures to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.” In response, the Biden administration announced its discomfort with Pelosi’s visit: Biden told journalists that military officials thought the trip was “not a good idea.”

Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Chinese government had accelerated its push to re-shore the manufacture of semiconductors. According to the Journal, “China is leading the world in building new chip factories, a step toward achieving more self-sufficiency in semiconductors that could eventually make some buyers reliant on China for many of the basic chips now in short supply.” That news ought to be disquieting for those who understand the flow of semiconductors, the single most important commodity on the planet, a component of nearly every major technology used today. Taiwan manufactures approximately 92% of advanced semiconductors; South Korea manufactures nearly all of the rest.

China’s dependence on foreign semiconductors is one of the world’s best hedges against Chinese attacks on Taiwan: should China attack Taiwan, Taiwan could destroy its semiconductors and infrastructure. But if China can ramp up its own domestic manufacture while everyone else is behind, China is in a solid position to blackmail the world economy in the same way Russia has using its energy supply.

China isn’t unaware of their growing advantage. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Chinese have become far more aggressive in recent years; international relations expert Shi Yinhong, who works at Beijing’s Renmin University, told the Associated Press that China “will take unprecedented tough measures and the U.S. must make military preparations” if

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So, what ought the West to do?

First, the United States must stop acting as though China will change its tack any time soon. Xi Jinping has upped the ante over recent months in advance of his next party congress; he is likely to continue upping the ante as his economic and demographic model turns upside down. The long-term future for China is dismal: China’s economy is a paper tiger rooted in debt, and China simply doesn’t have the population growth necessary to support its massive spending. This means that China sees its window for action closing.

Second, the United States must realize it is already in a Cold War II with the Chinese government. This means ramping up our own domestic economic capacity — unleashing the economy through deregulation, energy production and tax reduction; refunding the military at the levels necessary to sustain a twofront war, and rebuilding the navy, which has shrunk to ship numbers lower than the United States had preceding World War II; diversifying supply chains for goods and services necessary to the United States, reshoring those supply chains away from China; and cutting off China’s access to cutting-edge technologies.

This also means that the United States must refocus its energy and ire externally rather than internally. Americans have expended an enormous amount of time, money and energy on attacking one another, on turning inward; the result has been a cancerous politics that results in the continuing dissolution of our social capital. During the Cold War, most Americans understood that the enemy wasn’t at home, it was the communist tyranny threatening the U.S. and her allies; during Cold War II, Americans must learn the same lesson again.

Ben Shapiro, 38, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and Editor-in-Chief of DailyWire.com.

Fixing the federal budget requires changing how entitlement programs spend THOUGH AMERICAN POLITICIANS rarely acknowledge it, federal finances are relentlessly deteriorating almost entirely because of automatic growth in entitlement programs. We often lose sight of this reality whenever other events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, a tax cut or an appropriated spending binge, cause a onetime worsening of the federal budget deficit.

But such events have very little to do with why federal finances keep worsening year after year. This problem cannot be corrected unless lawmakers reform mandatory spending programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

I recently participated in a timely research project directed by Barry Poulson, John Merrifield and Steve Hanke examining international experience with methods of ensuring sustainable government fiscal policies. My contribution to the volume found that U.S. federal finances can be stabilized only if lawmakers make fundamental design changes to the largest entitlement programs.

Research uncovers a clear historical pattern.

Efforts to stabilize the federal budget typically fail because of tendencies to exempt the very programs whose growth drives the problem: namely, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

The budget needs to be fixed from the ground up, meaning changes to individual entitlement programs to make them separately sustainable, thereby rendering broader federal finances more manageable.

The history of why our largest mandatory spending programs lack effective financial controls is instructive. Social Security’s untenable cost growth hasn’t been dealt with because of widespread, erroneous assumptions that legislators can and will enact corrective measures when its trust funds near depletion, as was done in 1983. But that 1983 fix was an anomaly, reflecting conditions that haven’t existed for decades since.

Long ago, Social Security’s finances were kept in check largely through conservative accounting methods employed by the program’s chief actuary until the early 1970s. The end of those practices opened the door to legislation creating automatic benefit growth soon thereafter, which lawmakers still haven’t determined how to finance.

The 1983 Social Security fix was possible only because of a previous tradition of funding the program on a pay-as-you-go basis, meaning its trust funds were kept relatively small. Thus, when the system got in trouble, the lack a significant funding reserve compelled legislators to act before the problem got too large.

That’s no longer true; today the Social Security shortfall is already becoming intractably large well before its trust funds approach depletion. The 1983 fix is not the behavioral norm; rather, the norm is the several recent decades of lawmakers evading responsibility, and Social Security’s lack of effective financing controls.

The situation with Medicare and Medicaid is even worse. Medicare is financed through two trust funds, but only the smaller of them (hospital insurance) contains mechanisms to force occasional financing corrections. Consequently, cost growth is faster on the other side of Medicare (supplementary medical insurance), whose growth translates directly into larger budget deficits. Meanwhile, Medicaid has the fewest financial controls of all. It’s no coincidence that in recent years, lawmakers have expanded Medicaid most aggressively of the three programs, despite mounting evidence that expansion is precipitating more improper payments and other problems.

Perhaps the most fascinating finding of my research pertained to which reform approaches work and which don’t. There have been multiple efforts to stabilize the budget through mechanisms that would automatically cut appropriated spending unless lawmakers enact other correctives. These ultimately fail because, first, exempting large entitlements requires far deeper cuts in appropriations than lawmakers will accept, and second because even when they are implemented, they don’t fix the underlying problem.

The most conspicuous failures have been process-based solutions, such as special committees, commissions, fast-track legislative procedures and ostensibly independent costcutting boards. Lawmakers have tried repeatedly to outsource the difficult politics to specially empowered decisional councils, and it doesn’t work. As is often said: The problem is not the process, the problem is the problem.

So, what does work? Rare successes include gradual adjustment provisions written directly into law — for example, automatic indexing of Medicare Part B and Part D premiums, or (so far) gradual provider payment adjustments in the Affordable Care Act. The onetime creation of a gradual, automatic correction mechanism is much more powerful and reliable than counting on legislators to assemble fragile coalitions, year after year, to cast difficult votes to cut spending.

Many nations employ such automatic adjustment mechanisms to manage their public benefit systems, and several U.S. experts have devised promising methods to automatically keep Social Security and Medicare finances in balance.

But one thing is certain: There is no solution to our worsening budget woes unless we enact an effective means of moderating the exploding cost growth of federal mandatory spending programs.

Without such fundamental reforms to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, an eventual fiscal crisis is guaranteed.

Charles Blahous is the J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Chair and senior research strategist at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. (first published by The Hill, 4/11/22)

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NATION & WORLD US to fill border wall gaps at open area near Yuma, Arizona The Associated Press PHOENIX — The Biden administration on Thursday authorized completion of the Trump-funded U.S.-Mexico border wall in an open area of southern Arizona near Yuma that has become one of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings.

Biden had pledged during his campaign to cease all future wall construction, but the administration later agreed to some barriers, citing safety. The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday the work to close four wide gaps in the wall near Yuma will better protect migrants who can slip down a slope or drown walking through a low section of the Colorado River.

The agency said in a statement that Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas authorized completion of the project near the Morelos Dam, reflecting the administration’s “priority to deploy modern, effective border measures and also improving safety and security along the Southwest Border.” It was initially to be funded by the Defense Department but will now be paid for out of Homeland Security’s 2021 budget.

The Border Patrol Yuma sector has quickly emerged as the third busiest of nine sectors along the border, with much of the traffic funneling through the Morelos Dam. Migrants arrive in the small town of Algodones and walk unencumbered across a concrete ledge on the dam to U.S. soil, where they wait for Border Patrol agents to take them into custody.

Completion of the wall was at the top of former President Donald Trump’s agenda, and border security remains a potent issue for candidates of both parties going into this year’s primary elections.

President Joe Biden halted new wall construction after he took office, but he has since made closing

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In this Thursday, June 10, 2021, file photo, a pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., to seek asylum. the gaps just south of Yuma a priority.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, who is seeking his party nomination’s next week to defend the seat in November, has pressed the Biden administration to close the gaps, calling them a challenge for officials trying to secure the border.

Agents stopped migrants more than 160,000 times from January through June in the Yuma sector, nearly quadruple from the same period last year. The only other sectors with more traffic were Del Rio and Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.

The area has been especially attractive to Colombians, Venezuelans and others who have flown to Mexicali, Mexico, and taken a short bus or taxi ride to Algodones to walk across the border before being released into the United States.

But Arizona environmentalist Myles Traphagen, who has been

mapping ecological damage left by border wall construction under the Trump administration, said that closing the gaps won’t be much of a deterrent.

Traphagen said the Yuma area has “become the new Ellis Island for Arizona, with people arriving there from countries as disparate as Ethiopia, Cuba, Russia, Ukraine, India, Colombia and Nicaragua.

“People have traveled half way around the globe on planes, trains and automobiles,” he said, “so to expect that closing four small gaps is going to make them turn around and book a return flight on Air Ethiopia is sheer fallacy.”

A 5-year-old migrant girl crossing the water in a group drowned near the dam June 6 when she became separated from her mother.

The child’s body was later found in the river.

U.S. officials didn’t release the girl’s identity or nationality. But Jamaican newspapers have said

she was believed to be from that country.

It was unclear when construction would begin. The statement said officials will move “as expeditiously as possible, while still maintaining environmental stewardship” by consulting affected parties.

Advocates in San Diego say the Border Patrol there has told them of plans to erect two 30-foot-high bollard-style barriers through the border’s iconic Friendship Park.

Like the Yuma project, the additional construction was funded during Trump’s administration but not completed before his presidency ended.

The new barriers will replace shorter walls and severely impede cross-border views, including to San Diego’s skyline from Tijuana, said the Rev. John Fanestil of Friends of Friendship Park, a group that advocates for public access to the binational park inaugurated in 1971 by-then first lady Pat Nixon.

Environmentalists like Traphagen, meanwhile, have called for removal of other sections of barrier they say hurt local wildlife like bobcats, mountain lions, javelinas and mule deer.

The Tucson-based Wildlands Network this week released a new report on sites along the U.S.-Mexico border that it considers in the greatest need of environmental restoration.

Traphagen, the group’s borderlands program coordinator, traveled the international boundary across New Mexico, Arizona and California this and last year to identify damaged wildlife corridors and other environmental harm.

The group calls for native foliage to be replanted in areas that were stripped bare during wall construction, and widening spaces between steel borders, now just 4 inches apart, to allow more wildlife to pass through.

It also calls for the removal of 180 miles of razor wire that were installed along pedestrian bollard fencing in all border states in 2019 and 2020 both as an eyesore and a danger to the public and wild animals.

As candidates drop, Wisconsin voters can re-cast a ballot Madison, Wis. More than 140,000 people had already cast their ballots by mail or early inperson voting in Wisconsin’s Aug. 9 primary before Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry, a top candidate for U.S. Senate, dropped out and endorsed Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.

Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson and state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, who polls showed trailing Lasry and Barnes by double digits, also dropped out of the Senate race this week, both throwing their support to Barnes.

People who voted early for someone who has since dropped out can re-cast their ballot.

The first step is spoiling the old ballot. Voters can contact their clerk and provide the name and address they used when registering to vote. Clerks will locate the voter’s ballot, write “spoiled” on the envelope and make a small tear to indicate it is no longer valid.

Voters can then vote again. They can ask their clerk to issue a new ballot by mail, or they can vote absentee in person or at their polling place on Aug. 9.

Requests to spoil a ballot and vote early in person are allowed on Sunday, Aug. 7.

However, in-person absentee voting deadlines vary by municipality.

For an absentee ballot to be counted, a clerk must receive it by 8 p.m. on the day of an election.

No reason is required and a clerk should not ask a voter to justify their request.

However, Wisconsin law limits voters to three ballots per election, so people can spoil their ballot only twice.

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Burgum calls for security review of Chinese firm’s project Russian space chief: no date yet for space station pullout

The Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. — Gov. Doug Burgum is pressing federal officials to expedite a review of a Chinese company’s purchase of land in North Dakota for a wet corn milling plant to ensure it is not detrimental to national security.

Fufeng Group’s planned $700 million project in Grand Forks has stirred some opponents to raise fears of espionage due to its proximity to a U.S. Air Force base.

“Our top priority is, and always will be, the safety and security of our citizens and our nation,” Burgum, a Republican, said in a letter Monday to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, calling for an expedited review of the project by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

“We ask that this review process be completed with the utmost urgency to aid Grand Forks officials in their decision-making process and provide clarity on whether this land purchase has national security implications,” Burgum’s letter said.

The agency told The Associated Press that it does not publicly comment on its reviews.

City Administrator Todd Feland said the company, which is privately owned, voluntarily submitted a formal request Monday to have federal officials review the project.

‘They weren’t required to, but they did,” Feland said.

The city and the company continue to be 100% behind the project, even with growing opposition and suspicion toward it, he said.

“I think we’re caught into this nationwide rhetoric about concerns about the Chinese and what they may be doing, and we’ve become a symbol of that,” Feland said.

City Council meetings have turned ugly in recent weeks, with people becoming “angry, loud and vile,” he said.

The issue has drawn people to the meetings from far outside the city and police officers now are in attendance because of threats to city officials, he said.

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A farmer empties a load of corn into a truck from his combine while harvesting.

The governor’s letter was sent in support of a formal request made last week by North Dakota U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, and Sen. Marco Rubio, of Florida, all Republicans, for a federal review of the land purchase.

The Grand Forks City Council in February gave initial approval to the Chinese agribusiness for its proposed corn-milling facility that officials said could be the largest private sector investment in the community’s history.

Fufeng makes products for the animal nutrition, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, health and wellness, oil and gas, and other industries. It’s a leading producer of xanthan gum. The Grand Forks site would be its first U.S.-based manufacturing facility.

Burgum at the time endorsed the project and hailed it as a “huge opportunity for producers and

workers in the Grand Forks area and our entire state.” He did not raise security concerns then.

Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki would not say if the governor still supports the project.

“The letter speaks for itself,” Nowatzki said Tuesday. “The governor still believes it’s a huge opportunity for North Dakota to have value-added agriculture. If there are security concerns that are brought to light, then that would change the project.”

The Chinese agribusiness picked an approximately 370-acre site in Grand Forks’ agri-business park last year. The facility is about 14 miles from the Air Force base, which primarily has an unmanned aircraft mission.

Feland said it was “curious” that the anti-Chinese sentiment has appeared and only recently. For decades, the University of North

Dakota’s flight school based in Grand Forks has trained scores of Chinese pilots, including from Air China, which is based in Beijing.

The site also is farther away than an aircraft manufacturing facility in Grand Forks controlled by the Chinese government.

China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co. Ltd. purchased Duluth, Minnesota-based Cirrus Aircraft in 2011. Cirrus employs several hundred people in Duluth and at its plant in Grand Forks.

Duluth is home to a Minnesota Air National Guard fighter wing.

The sale was slowed to allow for federal authorities to determine if the deal involved any sensitive technology that could be detrimental to national security.

Former Minnesota Congressman Chip Cravaack, who requested the review, said he was satisfied the sale received proper scrutiny.

Moscow The head of Russia’s space agency said that the country has not set a date for pulling out of the International Space Station program, noting that it would only do that after it puts its own space station in orbit.

Yuri Borisov, who leads the Roscosmos state space corporation, told President Vladimir Putin that a decision was made for Russia to leave the station after 2024 and to focus on building its own orbiting station.

NASA and its partners hope to continue operating the 24-year-old International Space Station until 2030, and the Russian announcement threw that plan into doubt.

Borisov said Russia will start the process of leaving the station after 2024 but the exact timing would “depend on the International Space Station’s condition.”

He said Russia won’t pull out of the International Space Station until it puts its own space outpost into operation.

The International Space Station, which has served as a symbol of post-Cold War international cooperation, is one of the last remaining areas of cooperation between Russia and the West amid the tensions over Moscow’s military action in Ukraine.

The announcement fueled speculation it was part of Moscow’s maneuvering to win relief from sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine.

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While Baker Mayfield, right, and Sam Darnold, center, battle to be the Panthers’ starting quarterback, rookie Matt Corral, left, has already turned heads at the start of training camp.

Hornets’ erratic offseason leaves looming questions COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Charge dropped against Banchero in Savarino’s DWI stop Hillsborough Prosecutors have dismissed a misdemeanor charge against former Duke player and NBA first overall pick Paolo Banchero tied to an impaired‑driving incident involving a teammate and grandson of now‑retired Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski. Michael Savarino, Krzyzewski’s grandson and a Duke reserve last season, pleaded guilty to driving while impaired Wednesday in a plea agreement that included community service and probation, The News & Observer reported.

Authorities said Savarino was driving a Jeep registered to Banchero while Banchero was riding in the back seat.

Banchero — drafted last month by the Orlando Magic — was cited for aiding and abetting impaired driving.

Savarino has transferred to New York University.

NASCAR

Stewart‑Haas Racing president named lacrosse commissioner Kannapolis Stewart‑Haas Racing has restructured its leadership department of the NASCAR team after its team president, Brett Frood, announced he is leaving after 14 years to become commissioner of the National Lacrosse League.

Brian McKinley moves from vice president of sales to chief commercial officer for SHR. Greg Zipadelli has been named chief competition officer. Frood led Brown to Ivy League lacrosse titles in 1994 and 1995 as captain of the team that also advanced to the 1994 NCAA Final Four. McKinley joined the organization in 2020 and has secured several commercial partnerships for SHR. Zipadelli was Stewart’s crew chief for 10 years, beginning with Stewart’s rookie 1999 season. The duo won the 2002 and 2005 championships for Joe Gibbs Racing before Stewart left for an ownership stake in Haas’ team ahead of the 2009 season.

The last few months have been anything but predictable for the franchise

ing search for Borrego’s successor, Kupchak and Jordan found their man in Golden State assistant Kenny Atkinson, a decision that received praise in league circles.

But after Atkinson’s Warriors won the 2022 NBA title days afBy Jesse Deal ter word of his pending hiring North State Journal emerged, he reneged on his decision CHARLOTTE — A Charlotte and decided to stay in San FrancisHornets’ offseason that began with co instead of joining the Hornets.

Two months after firing Borrego the abrupt firing of coach James Borrego has only spiraled further and two weeks after the Atkinson into murky territory as the team hiring backfired, the reeling front now finds itself searching for an office opted to bring back the coach identity while the future of top Borrego had replaced, introducing Steve Clifford as the scorer Miles Bridges renext coach. mains uncertain.

Then, with the first of Much has changed its two first-round picks, in Buzz City over the Charlotte addressed its past months following center depth by drafting a 43-win season. CharMemphis big man Jalen lotte went over the 40Duren at No. 13. But the win mark for the first Value of the Hornets flipped Duren time since 2016 — back four-year to Detroit in a package when All-Star Kemba extension signed that will give them a Walker was the team’s

by Cody Martin late first-rounder and a franchise player — and the LaMelo Ball-led with the Hornets few more second-round picks in the coming Hornets entered the years. offseason with at least Duke center Mark Williams some sense of promise despite suffering a blowout loss in the play-in was then selected at No. 15, with tournament for the second straight Kupchak later saying the Hornets had Williams above Duren on the year.

Hornets general manager Mitch team’s overall draft board. WilKupchak and owner Michael Jor- liams’ Summer League play, pardan made a surprising change in ticularly on the defensive side of the late April when they dismissed Bor- ball, has provided hope for a franrego despite four years of slow but chise in desperate need of a boost at that end of the floor. steady progress.

Appearing to conclude what had become an elaborate coach- See HORNETS, page B4

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After Golden State assistant Kenny Atkinson backed out of being the Hornets’ next coach, Charlotte pivoted and brought back Steve Clifford (pictured) for a second tour of duty with the team.

Little QB drama at start of Panthers camp The Sam Darnold-Baker Mayfield battle has been overshadowed by a rookie

While the top two quarterbacks have avoided making headlines, rookie passer Matt Corral has captured everyone’s eye.

Corral has made a point of

By Shawn Krest being the first player onto the North State Journal practice field each day, and he’s MAYBE WE WERE ALL made the most of it once his oflooking at the wrong quarter- fensive teammates get around to joining him, making several backs.

Just over one week into Car- highlight film plays during the olina Panthers training camp, first week of practices. He’s had the epic battle between Sam a quick release and shown probDarnold and Baker Mayfield ably the best accuracy of any of has been relatively quiet. Dar- the quarterbacks so far in camp.

While the bigger names are nold, last season’s starter, and Mayfield, acquired in a major battling to see who will get the offseason trade with Cleveland, job this year, Corral’s early rehave alternated days as QB1, turns are showing that he might with each getting equal time be ready to take the reins as the team’s quarterback of the fuwith the first team.

The idea behind alternating ture.

Corral has been finding redays is that each quarterback will have an extended period to ceiver Shi Smith, who has build a rapport with his receiv- impressed after a lackluster ers if he’s with the same group rookie season. Another Smith, Panthers’ legendary pass catchall day.

So far, neither quarterback er Steve, has noticed, appearing has seized the job. Coach Matt on a Charlotte area station and Rhule pointed out that Mayfield raving about the rookie quarterback. is operating from a “Matt Corral imdisadvantage since pressin’ me,” Steve he’s still learning Smith said. “At the the system.

“Matt Corral end of the day, I know “Obviously, Bakball. And I know a er got the install last impressin’ me. good player when I night, this morning I know a good see him, just like I he’s out here tryknow a bad player ing to execute it,” player when I when I see him. Matt Rhule said early in see him.”

Corral is about a year camp. “I couldn’t be or two away from bemore pleased with ing the starting quarBaker — how much Steve Smith, terback for this Carhe’s learned of what former Panthers olina Panthers team. we’ve done. But receiver The boy has it. He can there’s way more to play. But he needs to put in to kinda get learn.” through that phase.”

Some other storylines emergBoth quarterbacks have said and done the right things, root- ing from the start of Panthers ing for each other and avoiding camp have focused more on any speculation on who will what’s not happening on the field. Running back Christian have the ball on opening day.

“Our evaluation will be in McCaffrey has battled injury totality over a period of time,” throughout his career, and the Rhule said. “Sometimes you’re team is playing it safe with its playing with players that are a top offensive weapon by limitlittle more experienced when ing his snaps. He may not see you’re with the 1’s. You’re also the field much, if at all, in the playing against players that preseason.

Last year’s first-round pick are a little more experienced. I think you take all that into ac- Jaycee Horn, who saw his rookcount. But we’re not looking at ie season cut short by injury, has any one day for this. It’s really also been slow to see time. He opened camp on the physically over time.”

Mayfield has been building unable to perform (PUP) list, good chemistry with DJ Moore, spending more time on the stafinding the star receiver in the tionary bike than on the field.

The team took him off PUP at end zone for multiple touchdowns. That’s a good start to- the start of this week, although ward eventually securing the starting job.

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8.3.22

TRENDING

Luke Donald: The English golfer was named Europe’s new captain for the Ryder Cup in Italy next year.

The job had belonged to Henrik Stenson, but the Swede was stripped of the honor after signing on with Saudi-funded LIV Golf.

Donald, a former No. 1 player in the world, is a four-time Ryder Cup player who never played on a losing team. The matches are in September 2023 at Marco Simone in Italy. Donald is keeping Thomas Bjorn and Edoardo Molinari as vice captains.

Tim Anderson: Major League Baseball suspended White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson for three games and fined the All-Star an undisclosed amount for making contact with plate umpire Nick Mahrley during an argument Friday against the Athletics. Anderson was in the White Sox lineup hitting leadoff Saturday against Oakland after he appealed the suspension, and he’ll remain active until his appeal is heard. It’s the third time he’s been disciplined by MLB in the past year, including a one-game ban overturned on appeal earlier this season.

Art McNally: The former NFL referee will on Saturday night become the first on‑field official to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

McNally, who started his decades-long career as an on-field official and continued as the head of officiating for the league, was instrumental in modernizing and standardizing officiating, using film to evaluate and grade officials to improve the way games are called.

Beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

NASCAR

Tyler Reddick closed the best month of his NASCAR career with a victory in overtime on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He earned his first career victory on July 3 with a win at Road America in Wisconsin and announced nine days later he was leaving Richard Childress Racing in 2024 to drive for the Michael Jordan/Denny Hamlin-owned 23XI Racing. Austin Cindric was second followed by fellow rookies Harrison Burton and Todd Gilliland.

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“The world has lost a legend ... may he rest in peace.”

Hornets owner and NBA legend Michael Jordan on the death of fellow Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Russell.

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“I just want to finish this season healthy.”

Former NC State star and Broncos pass rusher Bradley Chubb on trying to shake his injury troubles.

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was suspended for six games after being accused by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct during massage treatments. The punishment was handed out by the game’s disciplinary officer, former federal judge Sue L. Robinson, for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.

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LIV Golf offered Tiger Woods between $700 million and $800 million to join the upstart tour, LIV CEO Greg Norman said in an interview on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Woods has been outspoken about professional golf’s schism, saying the players who jumped to LIV Golf “turned their back” on the PGA Tour.

NHL

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25 Contracts for major league players worth more than $200 million after Braves third baseman Austin Riley signed a 10-year, $212 million extension with the club on Monday.

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The Hurricanes and defenseman Ethan Bear avoided an arbitration hearing, agreeing to a one‑year, $2.2 million contract last week. Bear, 25, had five goals and nine assists in 58 games last season and struggled to find much of a rhythm after a bout with COVID-19 in late November. He was a healthy scratch for all 14 of Carolina’s playoff games.

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Russell was a champion of activism before winning NBA titles

MiLB ACROSS NC

The basketball great died Sunday at age 88

By Kyle Hightower The Associated Press

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Boomer, the mascot of the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, cools down fans during a game at Atrium Health Ballpark.

Best of the best: What makes NC’s 10 MiLB teams special From best stadium and logo to top mascot and fans, the Old North State’s minor league baseball teams offer something for everyone

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal NORTH CAROLINA’S 10 affiliated minor league baseball franchises are like a family with a lot of children. While the teams all have their share of similarities, each has a personality and style all their own.

The range of those differences is as wide as the distance between them, as diverse as their locations and the age of their stadiums.

From the urban skyline of Charlotte’s Truist Field, the lush natural splendor of Asheville’s McCormick Field and the modern conveniences of Fayetteville’s Segra Stadium and Kannapolis’ Atrium Health Ballpark to the rustic old-school charm of Kinston’s Grainger Stadium, there’s something for just about everyone.

Over the past two months, I’ve had the opportunity to visit all 10 venues to get a feel for their unique gameday atmospheres.

Along the way I’ve seen some entertaining baseball, some creative promotions, a few future major leaguers, taken selfies with nine mascots and sampled some great ballpark food.

Most of all, though, I met some amazing people — including a 79-year-old usher who makes it his point to know everyone in his stadium, a passionate super fan who uses a megaphone to rile up his crowd, a rock ’n’ roll stadium organist, and a general manager who has turned his love for baseball and dogs into a Greensboro tradition.

Here’s the best of the best of what each team has to offer: Best ballpark Grainger Stadium Down East Wood Ducks This was a tough one, but this old baseball fan was drawn to the post-World War II vintage feel of Kinston’s beautifully restored and maintained park. Built in 1949, it’s a classic old stadium with a covered grandstand, 4,100 green seats, an outfield wall plastered from foul pole to foul pole with local advertising, and a vibe that mirrors the blue-collar personality of its town and brings fans back to a bygone era of minor league baseball.

Best sightlines Truist Field Charlotte Knights There isn’t a bad seat in the house, especially around the right field party deck known as Corona Rooftop Beach. But the true draw to the Charlotte Knights’ home field is the spectacular view of the city’s uptown district beyond the outfield wall.

Best vantage point Truist Stadium’s grassy hill Winston-Salem Dash

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The Carolina Mudcats’ alternate identity as the Micro Brews pays tribute to the region’s bustling brewery industry while also playing off the name of the team’s parent club, the Milwaukee Brewers.

The bull that lights up and snorts smoke every time the home team hits one out, the high level of play and the quality of the team, the lively in-game presentation, the popular bar that overlooks left field and the large festive crowds that annually rank the Bulls among the minor league attendance leaders combine to create an electricity that is unmatched among state teams.

Best fans Hickory Crawdads Hickory might not have the biggest area from which to draw, but no other area around the state has embraced its local team the way these folks have the Crawdads. They come equipped with cowbells and other noisemakers and are led by a super fan called Mega Man (aka Christopher Pack). They cheer, chant and heckle opposing players until the bitter end, even when their team falls behind 18-1 after five innings — as it did on the night I was there.

Best picnic area/beer garden Fayetteville Woodpeckers Healy’s is the place to be for Woodpeckers games at Segra Stadium. Located beyond the right field wall with its neon signage and full selection of craft beers, the popular bar features traditional stadium seats, high-top tables and a couple of comfy couches for those who prefer a more relaxed in-game experience. “How can you beat this?” asked Cash Gaines as he watched from a couch with two of his Fort Bragg buddies. “It’s pretty awesome.

It’s a great atmosphere.”

Best entertainment Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

Virtually every stadium in the state, including the Winston-Salem Dash’s home, features a luxurious indoor club where fans can, watch, eat and socialize in air-conditioned comfort. But if you really want to get the most out of your gameday experience, there’s no place better to do it than on a blanket spread out on the grassy berm in left field with a cold beverage and a group of your friends.

Most minor league stadiums feature organ music played between innings, during rallies and other lulls in the game.

The difference at Atrium Health Ballpark is that instead of a recording, there’s actually a live human playing the tunes. His name is Jason Atkins, better known by his stage persona of Greazy Keyz. Sitting at a used Hammond organ located on the concourse behind home plate, he entertains fans with an eclectic playlist that ranges from “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” to “Push It” by Salt-N-Pepa.

Best atmosphere Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham Bulls

Best mascot Boomer Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

It’s fitting that Kannapolis’ mascot is a human cannonball because Boomer can usually be seen moving around the stadium like he was actually shot out of a cannon. He seems to be everywhere, interacting with fans in the stands and taking part in on-field promotions. In between, he can usually be seen sprinting around the concourse trailed by the Cannon Ballers’ equally energetic game host, Trevor Wilt.

Best in-game promotion Greensboro’s bat dog Greensboro Grasshoppers Her name is Willie Mae Mays and according to the team she represents, she “leads the South Atlantic League in retrieved bats.” The black lab is the fifth dog to carry on the Greensboro Grasshoppers’ bat dog tradition. For two innings per game Willie sits patiently by the dugout beside her owner — Grasshoppers GM Donald Moore — until she’s called upon to get the bats of home team hitters after they’re done using them. She also runs the bases after the seventh inning.

Best alter ego Carolina Micro Brews Carolina Mudcats Every minor league team has an alternate identity, usually reflecting an interesting aspect of their community, to help spice things up for a handful of home games per season. While there are plenty of creative alter egos among the state teams, including Kannapolis’ Couch Potatoes and Kinston’s Collard Greens, the best of the bunch is in Zebulon, where the Carolina Mudcats take on the identity of the Micro Brews — a double meaning that plays on the area’s many craft breweries and the Mudcats’ major league affiliate, the Milwaukee Brewers.

BOSTON — Bill Russell never had to find his voice as an activist. He didn’t know any other way but to speak his mind.

It’s what made the winningest athlete in team sports one of the greatest champions of activism. His belief in equality and the stances he took helped create a pathway that athletes today continue to walk in.

Len Elmore, who played 10 seasons in the NBA and is a senior lecturer at Columbia University where he’s taught on athlete activism and social justice in sports, called Russell’s social contributions “immortal.”

“He showed many of us in the game how to be,” Elmore said.

Before Russell, who died Sunday at age 88, developed the skills that would make him an 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics, two-time Hall of Famer and an Olympic gold medalist, he had a front row view of the racial indignities endured by his parents as he grew up in segregated Monroe, Louisiana.

In a time when Jim Crow laws in the South existed to silence the views of black people, he was groomed to be an unapologetic thinker.

“I have never worked to be well-liked or well-loved, but only to be respected,” Russell wrote in his 1966 book “Go Up For Glory.” “I believe I can contribute something far more important than mere basketball.”

That conviction was rooted in what he observed as a child in the late 1930s and early 1940s in Louisiana, where his father, Charles, worked at a paper bag company.

Russell was with him at a gas station one day when the attendant ignored them as he talked to a white man and then proceeded to provide service to other cars that had arrived after them.

Charles was about to drive off when the attendant pulled a gun and said, “Don’t you try that, boy, unless you want to get shot,” Russell recalled in his book.

His father responded by grabbing a tire iron and chasing the man away.

Decades before Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem demonstrations to raise awareness about police brutality, or the collective sports world advocating for justice following the 2020 death of George Floyd and others, Russell used his platform to hasten civil rights.

It’s why when Russell later faced his own forms of discrimination decades later, he didn’t hesitate to challenge the status quo.

One of the first examples was 1961 when the Celtics were in Lexington, Kentucky for an exhibition game.

The team was in their hotel when teammates Sam Jones asked Satch Sanders to go to the lobby to get some food. They were refused service.

Later they were met by Russell and K.C. Jones. After Sam told them what had happened, Russell suggested none of the black players should participate in the game and informed Celtics coach Red Auerbach.

The game would be called off after two more players from the St. Louis Hawks joined the protest.

When former President Barack Obama presented Russell with the Presidential Medial of Freedom in 2011, he called it an example of how he “stood up for rights and dignity of all men.”

Russell didn’t just risk sullying his reputation, he put his life at risk in the wake of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi. Just days after Evers was slain, Russell reached out to the leader’s brother, Charles Evers. He wanted to inquire about what he could do to help.

Charles Evers asked him if he’d be willing to visit the state and stage its first integrated basketball camp. It was a huge ask considering the very real peril Russell would be putting himself in by visiting a city riddled members of the Ku Klux Klan. Still, Russell accepted the invitation.

“I didn’t want to go to Mississippi. I was like anyone else. I was afraid I might get killed,” Russell would later write. “My wife asked me not to go. Some friends said the same thing. A man must do what he thinks is right.

I called Eastern Airlines and ordered my ticket.”

Despite coming off his third MVP award and fifth NBA title, Russell said “without hesitation” he’d have left the Celtics that season if his continued presence in Mississippi or anywhere else could have advanced civil rights push.

“If my popularity depends on a thing like this, I don’t give a damn,” he said at the time.

A star of Russell’s stature to show a willingness to put his convictions ahead of his athletic career put him in a small group during that time like Muhammad Ali, Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Jim Brown.

And it was Russell, Alcindor and Brown sitting beside Ali in Cleveland in 1967 when the boxer announced he was refusing induction into the U.S. military to fight in the Vietnam War. Current Celtics star Jaylen Brown, one of several young NBA players who have used their own platforms to raise awareness and engage in social justice protests, said it was Russell who first taught him “it is OK to be more than just a basketball player.”

It echoed what Russell wrote in 1966 about how he wished to be remembered.

“In the end, I live with the hopes that when I die it will be inscribed for me: Bill Russell. He was a man.”

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PGA Tour comes to Predicting the college football season with preseason watch lists Greensboro to close regular season NC State, Wake Forest, App expected to lead North Carolina bowl contingent

By Shawn Krest North State Journal LAST YEAR, Wake Forest shocked the college football world by storming to an 11-3 record. At 7-1 in ACC play, the Demon Deacons dethroned Clemson and took the ACC Atlantic Division crown.

It was a miracle season no one saw coming — unless, of course, they read our watch list preview for the 2021 season last August.

For several years, the North State Journal has followed a simple, if counterintuitive, rule for predicting college football: If you want to know which team is going to win a given game, check the preseason award watch lists.

Each July, the organizations that vote on college football’s end-of-season awards — honoring everything from top defensive player to best punter — release lists of several dozen players to watch. Taken as a whole, the 16 lists of more than 300 total players represent a fairly accurate preseason picture of which schools have the most talent on their rosters.

For a given game, looking at how many watch-listers each team can boast should give a good read on which team is expected to have more talent — and is thus more likely to win.

Based on comparing the number of watch-listers with their opponents, the Demon Deacons were predicted to go 9-3 in the regular season, including 6-2 in ACC play, just one game off of what Wake actually achieved.

That wasn’t the only in-state team that the model pegged. NC State was expected to go 6-1 with one tossup game (meaning the Wolfpack and their opponents had the same number of watch list players) in ACC play.

Sure enough, State went 6-2.

App State was projected to go 10-0 with two toss-ups in the regular season. The toss-ups didn’t go the Mountaineers’ way as they finished 10-2 in the regular season.

Charlotte outperformed its expectations by a bit. The model said the 49ers would go 2-8 with two toss-ups.

Charlotte won both toss-ups and stole a win from a game it was expected to lose, going 5-7.

Of course, the model wasn’t perfect, and when it missed, it missed big last season.

Team North Carolina Duke East Carolina

Projected record

Actual record

9-3 5-5 (2 toss-ups) 3-8 (1 toss-up)

6-6 3-9 7-5

Let’s just say that, despite what Mack Brown thinks, the media weren’t the only ones overrating his team.

Across the ACC, the model liked Clemson and Miami a bit too much and shortchanged Pitt and Virginia Tech.

So what’s in store for 2022? We pored through the watch lists and came up with four teams in North Carolina that should make bowl plans and another team (or two) on the cusp.

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In

App State NC State Wake Forest Charlotte

10 10 10 4

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UNC Duke

8 4

5-6 (1 toss-up) 5-7

Not looking good

ECU

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3-8 (1 toss-up)

Watch-listers Projected record

Looking across the league, in the last year of divisional play, it once again looks like the Atlantic will be a meat grinder, while the Coastal will be wide open.

ATLANTIC DIVISION

Team Watch-listers

Clemson

NC State

Wake Forest

Boston College

Florida State

Louisville

Syracuse

19 10 10 7 7 6 6

COASTAL DIVISION

Team Watch-listers

Miami Pittsburgh Virginia

UNC

Duke

Georgia Tech

Virginia Tech

PANTHERS from page B1

he wasn’t in full pads in his first few practices. Rhule said the team will “ramp him up” as camp wears on.

“Let him do individual (work) and it’ll be a day-by-day process

HORNETS from page B1

The 7-foot-1 Williams might not immediately supplant Mason Plumlee in the starting lineup, but he has the makeup to be Charlotte’s best post threat in years if his offense can catch up to his defense.

The Hornets’ best-laid plans were further blown up June 29 when starting forward, team lead-

11 9 8 8 4 2 1

The model expects Clemson to return to the top of the Atlantic, but State and Wake will be pushing the Tigers. The rest of the division’s teams will be clumped in a second tier.

The Coastal likes Miami, with Carolina and Duke in the middle of the pack. Meanwhile, the cupboard appears to be bare at once-proud Virginia Tech.

In addition to returning a large number of starters, NC State got a break on its schedule this season. By looking at the total number of watch-listers a team will face, the model can give an estimate of strength of schedule. With Clemson, Wake, UNC and Wake on the schedule, State usually has one of the tougher ones in the league. While the Pack plays those same teams this year, the rest of the slate appears to be lighter.

Duke also caught a break on the schedule. The Blue Devils face fewer watch-listed players than any other ACC team.

ATLANTIC DIVISION

Strength of schedule

Team

(opponents’ watch-listers)

NC State Wake Forest Boston College Clemson Florida State Louisville Syracuse

75 79 84 89 92 98 101

COASTAL DIVISION Strength of schedule

Team (opponents’ watch-listers) Virginia Duke Pittsburgh Miami Virginia Tech UNC Georgia Tech

62 65 69 72 73 87 104

Pity Georgia Tech, which boasts two watch-listers and must face a schedule that includes the Coastal as well as defending national champion Georgia and Atlantic favorite Clemson.

For the non-ACC programs in the state, strength of schedule explains why App and Charlotte have rosier outlooks than ECU.

Strength of schedule

Team (opponents’ watch-listers) Charlotte App State ECU

48 49 80

The Pirates face NC State, BYU, Cincinnati and Houston, which gives them a tougher schedule than seven of the 14 ACC teams.

So, using a comparison of each team’s watch-listed players to determine who will win each matchup, here’s how the ACC season shakes out.

PROJECTED ACC STANDINGS ATLANTIC DIVISION

Team

Record

ACC record

Clemson NC State Wake Forest Boston College Florida State Syracuse Louisville

12-0 10-1 (1 toss-up) 10-1 (1 toss-up) 7-4 (1 toss-up) 5-6 (1 toss-up) 2-8 (2 toss-ups) 2-9 (1 toss-up)

8-0 6-1 (1 toss-up) 6-1 (1 toss-up) 4-3 (1 toss-up) 3-4 (1 toss-up) 0-7 (1 toss-up) 0-7 (1 toss-up)

COASTAL DIVISION

Team Miami Pittsburgh Virginia UNC Duke Georgia Tech Virginia Tech

Record

ACC record

11-1 7-1 10-1 (1 toss-up) 7-1 9-2 (1 toss-up) 5-2 (1 toss-up) 5-6 (1 toss-up) 3-4 (1 toss-up) 5-7 2-6 2-10 1-7 1-11 0-8

The only thing separating State and Wake will be the game between the two teams, which, fittingly, is rated as a toss-up by the model. Louisville appears to be bottoming out, with Syracuse not far ahead.

Over in the Coastal, Miami and Pitt appear to be the class of the division, followed by Virginia. It will be another up-and-down year for Mack Brown and the Tar Heels, while Duke makes a small step in new coach Mike Elko’s debut season.

That’s what the preseason talent pool says will happen. We’ll see over the next few months what injuries and surprises have to say about that.

The Wyndham Championship will feature the top names in golf

Sungjae Im, who is 14th in FedExCup points.

Harold Varner III should also be on any list of favorites.

The Gastonia-raised Varner played at East Carolina before moving onto the PGA. He has

By Shawn Krest been as high as No. 35 in the North State Journal world rankings this year.

Rickie Fowler, a fan favorite THE WORLD’S TOP golfers get one more chance to and always a threat to win, will improve their position as the be in this year’s field in GreensPGA’s regular season wraps up boro as well. Fowler hasn’t won this season but has five victothis week in Greensboro.

The Wyndham Champi- ries on the tour.

“Rickie is a fan favorite no onship serves as the regular season finale after which the matter where he plays,” tourpoints standings for the Fe- nament executive director dExCup Championship will be Mark Brazil said. “He’s been one of the five most popular set.

Greensboro has been a stop players in the world the past 10 on the tour since 1938, and years or more. And to top that, Sedgefield, where this year’s he’s genuinely one of the nictournament will be held, has est guys on tour. We are really hosted the Wyndham since excited about Rickie playing 2008. Some of the biggest (this) week!”

Six golfers were given sponnames in golf history have won sor’s exemptions to the event, including join the field this Sam Snead, Byron week. Joohyung Nelson and Gary (Tom) Kim, who is Player. just 20 but already North Carolina is ranked No. 39 in known as a golf hotthe World Golf bed, and the state’s Rankings, will get elite courses and Length, in yards, the chance to show college programs of Sedgefield he’s a future star. have produced some Country Club He’s joined by felof the top players for this week’s low exemptions in the sport. UNC’s Wyndham Chris Gotterup, a Raymond Floyd and rookie who will be Davis Love III have Championship. making his sixth won in Greensboro, PGA start, and as have Wake Forrookie Cole Hamest’s Craig Stadler mer. and Webb Simpson.

Another exemption, rookie Western Carolina’s J.T. Poston Trent Phillips, has already won won three years ago.

Love, Simpson and Poston at Sedgefield, taking the Junior are all back this year to try to Wyndham Invitational title in add another Wyndham cham- 2017.

Two veterans round out the pionship to their resumes. The 58-year-old Love is a three- exemptions list — Rafa Cabretime winner, most recently in ra-Bello, who has stood out on 2015. Simpson, 36, won in 2011 the European tour and Jason and was a runner-up in 2018 Dufner, winner of the 2013 PGA Championship. and 2019.

The other golfers with North The three local winners are among eight former champi- Carolina ties in the field inons returning to the field in clude Kevin Streelman and this year’s Wyndham Champi- Alex Smalley, who played at onship. Defending champion Duke 18 years apart. StreelKevin Kisner will try to re- man went pro in 2001, while peat. Si Woo Kim (2016), Ryan Smalley, a current Greensboro Moore (2009), Jim Herman resident, was a Blue Devil until (2020) and Camilo Villegas 2019. Adam Long, a Blue Dev(2014) are also back to try to il from 2006 to 2010, rounds out the Duke contingent in become multiple champions.

The field is also packed with Greensboro.

In addition to Zalatoris former major winners. In addition to Love, who won the PGA and Simpson, Bill Haas will Championship in 1997, and be representing Wake Forest Simpson, who took the 2012 at the Wyndham. The CharUS Open, the field includes lotte-born Haas joined his Adam Scott (2013 Masters), father, Jay, and uncle Jerry as Justin Rose (2013 U.S. Open), Demon Deacons golfers, winJason Day (2015 PGA), Shane ning ACC Player of the Year Lowry (2019 British Open), twice during his college career.

Lumberton-born William Francesco Molinari (2018 British Open), Stewart Cink (2009 McGirt and Mount Airy’s British) and Zach Johnson Tommy Gibson are also in the (2007 Masters and 2015 Brit- field, as are three golfers with Raleigh connections. Chesson ish).

One of the favorites entering Hadley was born in the state play has just missed joining the capital and went to North Ralist of major winners multiple leigh Christian Academy. Doc times in recent months. For- Redman was across town at mer Wake Forest Demon Dea- Leesville Road High School. cons golfer Will Zalatoris is the Andrew Novak was born in highest-ranked golfer in the Raleigh and says his earliest Wyndham field this year at No. golf memory was being given a 2 in the DP World Tour stand- ball with an NC State logo on ings, No. 9 in FedExCup points it at age 3 by former Wolfpack and No. 13 in the Official golfer Carl Pettersson.

Cameron Percy was born World Golf rankings. Zalatoris has eight top-10 finishes this and raised in Australia but season, including runner-up at now calls Raleigh home.

Whether following local both the PGA Championship and U.S. Open. He also had products or the top golfers in a second-place finish at last the game today, the Wyndham should have something to year’s Masters.

Other golfers to watch this spark everyone’s interest as the week include Billy Horchel, regular season wraps up with a who is No. 14 in the world, and bang.

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until he’s full go,” Rhule said.

The offensive line was rebuilt over the offseason, and the newcomers appear to be locking up starting jobs over the incumbents, at least based on early performance. Bradley Bozeman, signed after four years with the Ravens,

has been getting the bulk of the first-team snaps at center, while Pat Elflein, who ended last season as the center, has been on the second unit. Elflein is versatile and can also fill in at guard, so his roster spot is likely secure.

The same can’t be said for Cam

Erving. With first-rounder Ikem Ekwonu expected to start at left tackle, the veteran Erving, who disappointed last season, is seeing his odds of making the team getting longer and longer. He was spotted working out with the third and fourth teams during

week one.

Of course, once the preseason games start, opportunities for everyone to impress or disappoint will be multiplied. As the top two quarterbacks seem to realize, the training camp race is just getting started.

er and leading scorer Miles Bridges was arrested on a felony domestic violence warrant in Los Angeles.

Bridges, 24, now faces one felony count of injuring a child’s parent and two felony counts of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office said in a statement on July 20.

As Bridges’ NBA career now hangs in the balance of court rulings and likely league suspensions, Charlotte has decided to keep him on the roster, at least for now, as a restricted free agent.

His arrest coincidentally landed on the eve of the league’s free agency period when some speculated he might receive a maximum contract from the Hornets. Instead, Bridges’

situation remains up in the air.

Aside from re-signing key role player Cody Martin to a four-year, $32 million deal and picking up the team option on Jalen McDaniels’ contract, Charlotte has not made any notable moves in free agency to improve the lineup. It has been rumored that Walker could return to Charlotte or that Isaiah Thomas might re-sign with the Hornets to

bolster the backcourt.

But the biggest rumored move is the possible acquisition of All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell, who has reportedly been shopped around by the Utah Jazz. The potential move would give the Hornets another star to play alongside Ball, but the price to land Mitchell would likely include starting-caliber players and future draft picks.

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Its prospects also diminished after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated it would cost about $23 billion. The budget office said the bill would reduce insulin costs for many consumers, but also drive up government costs and premiums charged

by Medicare and private insurers.

It’s unclear what insulin language Democrats will propose for their new economic package. Prior language that required private insurers to set a $35 monthly insulin cap may violate the chamber’s rules, which only allow provisions primarily affecting the federal budget.

In addition, under the process Democrats are using to move the measure through the chamber by a simple majority, with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote, it would face multiple amendments in a voting session that can run through the night, and there is no telling whether some will pass.

Every Republican seems poised to vote “no.”

Democrats will need all 50 of their own votes in the Senate, where unpredictable Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., has yet to state her view.

Democrats can lose no more than four House votes to succeed there. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday that when the Senate approves the package, “We’ll pass it.”

Schumer wants Senate passage next week. He acknowledged that timeline is “going to be hard” because it will take time for the chamber’s parliamentarian to make sure the bill conforms to Senate rules.

This will also take luck. All 50 Democrats, including both independents who support them, will have to be healthy enough to show up and vote.

That’s not guaranteed. The latest, extremely contagious COVID-19 variant is spreading around the country. And the chamber has 33 senators who are 70 years old or more, including 19 Democrats.

Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., 77, was the latest senator to announce he’d contracted the disease. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., 82, has been out after hip surgery. Both are expected back next week.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Inflation surged in June and workers’ average wages accelerated in the spring — signs that Americans won’t likely feel any relief from rising prices anytime soon and that the Federal Reserve will feel compelled to further raise borrowing costs.

An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Fed jumped 6.8% in June from a year ago, the government said Friday, the biggest such jump in four decades. Much of the increase was driven by energy and food.

On a month-to-month basis, too, prices surged 1% in June, the biggest such rise since 2005. Even excluding the volatile food and energy categories, prices climbed 0.6% from May to June.

Employees’ wages, excluding government workers, jumped 1.6% in the April-June quarter, matching a record high reached last fall.

Higher wages tend to fuel inflation if companies pass their higher labor costs on to their customers, as they often do.

Friday’s figures underscored the persistence of the inflation that is eroding Americans’ purchasing power, dimming their confidence in the economy and threatening Democrats in Congress in the run-up to the November midterm elections.

Some signs indicate that certain categories of inflation may moderate in the coming months, though not by very much: Gas prices have fallen since mid-June from an average national peak of $5 to $4.26, according to AAA. Likewise, other commodity prices, for items such as wheat and

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A man shops at a supermarket on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in New York.

“This is a (report) that’s going to keep Fed officials up at night.”

Omair Sharif, president of Inflation Insights copper, have plunged.

But more persistent drivers of inflation show little, if any, evidence of slowing. The wage data released Friday — a measure known as the employment cost index — indicated that paychecks were still growing at a robust pace. That’s good for workers, but it could raise concerns at the Fed about its effect on prices. Chair Jerome Powell specifically cited this measure during a news conference Wednesday as a source of concern for the the central bank’s policymakers.

“This is a (report) that’s going to keep Fed officials up at night,” said Omair Sharif, president of Inflation Insights.

The government also reported Friday that consumer spending managed to just outpace inflation last month, rising 0.1% from May to June. Spending actually jumped, but most of the gain was wiped out by higher prices.

Rising consumer demand for services, such as airline tickets, hotel rooms and restaurant meals, is still helping fuel inflation. Many retail and consumer goods chains, though, say inflation is squeezing shoppers and limiting how far their money goes — a sign that consumer spending could further weaken.

This week, Walmart said its profits would fall because its customers are spending more on pricier food and gas, leaving them less able to buy clothes and other dis-

cretionary items. Likewise, Best Buy downgraded its sales and profit forecasts because surging inflation has forced consumers to reduce their purchases of electronics appliances.

Inflation has been rising so fast that despite the pay raises many workers have received, most consumers are falling behind the rising cost-of-living.

High inflation and interest rates are also hampering the U.S. economy, which shrank in the AprilJune quarter for a second straight quarter, intensifying fears that a recession is looming. Two quarters of declining growth meet an informal rule of thumb for when a recession begins, although robust hiring suggests that the economy still maintains pockets of strength and isn’t yet in a downturn.

Last week, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point for a second straight time in its most aggressive drive in more than three decades to tame high inflation.

Powell signaled that the Fed’ could raise rates by smaller increments in the coming months.

Still, he also stressed that the Fed’s policymakers regard the fight against inflation to be their top priority. He gave no hint that a weakening economy would cause the Fed to slow or reverse its rate hikes this year or early next year if inflation remained high.

By raising borrowing rates, the Fed makes it costlier to take out a mortgage or an auto or business loan. The goal is for consumers and businesses to borrow, spend and hire less, thereby cooling the economy and slowing inflation.

Globally, inflation is weighing heavily on other economies, too.

This month, prices jumped 8.9% in the 19 European countries that use the euro currency from a year earlier. Europe’s economy has been hit particularly hard by higher natural gas and oil prices stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, though it managed to grow slightly in the second quarter.

USDA getting tougher on salmonella in chicken products The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — The federal government on Monday announced proposed new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria found in some raw chicken products or risk being shut down.

The proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture rules would declare salmonella an adulterant — a contaminant that can cause food-borne illness — in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products. That includes many frozen foods found in grocery stores, including chicken cordon bleu and AP PHOTO chicken Kyiv products that appear to be cooked through but are only Workers process chickens at a poultry plant in Fremont, Neb., heat-treated to set the batter or Dec. 12, 2019. breading.

The agency notified producers of the proposed changes on Friday. breaks and approximately 200 ill- ject to regulatory action, includUSDA Deputy Under Secretary nesses, the USDA said in a state- ing shuttering plants that fail to for Food Safety Sandra Eskin said ment. An outbreak last year tied to reduce salmonella bacteria levels it marks the beginning of a broad- frozen breaded raw chicken prod- in their products, Eskin said.

“This action and our overall er agency effort to curtail illnesses ucts caused 36 illnesses in 11 states salmonella initiative underscore caused by the salmonella bacteria, and sent 12 people to hospitals.

The USDA currently has per- our view that our job is to enwhich sickens 1.3 million Americans each year. It sends more than formance standards that poul- sure that consumers don’t get sick 26,000 of them to hospitals and try processing plants have to meet from meat and poultry products,” causes 420 deaths, according to to reduce contamination, but the she said. “They shouldn’t be sold Centers for Disease Control and agency cannot stop products from if they’re contaminated to the debeing sold. There is also no ade- gree that people get sick.”

Prevention data.

In 1994, the USDA’s Food SafeFood is the source for most of quate testing system to determine levels of salmonella in meat, Eskin ty and Inspection Service took those illnesses. a similar step by declaring some The CDC says approximately said.

The proposed new rules require strains of E. coli a contaminant in one in every 25 packages of chicken sold at grocery stores contains routine testing at chicken process- ground beef and launched a testing plants. Products would be con- ing program for the pathogen. salmonella bacteria.

Eskin said the agency met with Since 1998, breaded and stuffed sidered adulterated when they exraw chicken products have been ceed a very low level of salmonella food safety experts and poultry associated with 14 salmonella out- contamination and would be sub- processors for ideas on how to re-

duce contamination in processing.

The National Chicken Council, the trade association for chicken producers and processors, said it is concerned about the precedent set by the abrupt shift in federal policy.

“It has the potential to shutter processing plants, cost jobs, and take safe food and convenient products off shelves. We’re equally concerned that this announcement was not science-based or data-driven,” said spokeswoman Ashley Peterson.

She said the government already has the regulatory and public health tools to work with the industry to ensure product safety, adding that companies producing chicken meat have invested millions of dollars and have worked for more than a decade to reduce salmonella in raw chicken.

A representative of Tyson Foods said the company would withhold comment until it received details of the new USDA rule.

Diana Souder, a spokeswoman for Maryland-based Perdue Farms, also declined to comment but pointed out that the company belongs to the Coalition for Poultry Safety Reform, a group formed last year to work with USDA and others to reduce foodborne illnesses from salmonella contamination.

The new rules will be published in the Federal Register this fall and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will seek public comment before finalizing the rules and setting a date for implementation.

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features ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ takes No. 1 with $23 million The Associated Press THE SUMMER BOX OFFICE showed signs of slowing down this weekend as the animated “DC League of Super-Pets” opened in theaters across North America.

The superhero spinoff about Superman’s dog earned $23 million from 4,314 locations, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Though slightly less than expected, it was still enough to capture the first-place spot and knock Jordan Peele’s “Nope” into second place in its second weekend.

Analysts had pegged “DC League of Super-Pets” for a $25 million launch, which was on the lower end for animated openings this summer. In June, the $50.6 million for “Lightyear” was considered underwhelming for the $200 million Disney/Pixar movie. Then in early July, Universal’s “Minions: The Rise of Gru” captured $107 million in its first three days.

But “Super-Pets” is more comparable to Universal’s “The Bad Guys,” which netted out with around $97 million domestic after a $23 million opening, and it’s much, much stronger than Paramount’s “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank’s” $6.3 million debut several weeks ago.

“This opening is a huge win for DC fans, the box office, WB and our filmmakers,” said Jeff Goldstein, the studio’s president of domestic distribution.

“DC League of Super-Pets” was not intended to be a midsummer release. Originally, “Super-Pets” had been slated for May, while this weekend was reserved for “Black Adam,” Warner Bros.’ other Dwayne Johnson superhero pic. But postproduction delays due to a backup at VFX houses forced “Black Adam” to move

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This image released by Warner Bros Pictures shows Krypto, voiced by Dwayne Johnson, in a scene from “DC League of Super Pets.” back to October. Instead of giving up the prime date, the studio filled the open spot with a family-friendly title with an all-star voice cast, including Kevin Hart, John Krasinski, Keanu Reeves and Kate McKinnon as an evil guinea pig.

“Super-Pets” has several summer vacation weeks left with little significant competition, and the hope is that it will continue to grow steadily thanks to positive feedback from audiences this weekend. And with $18.4 million from international showings, it has already grossed $41.4 million globally.

“The interest is red hot,” Gold-

stein said. “Young family movies play for a long time. Given our CinemaScore of A- and word of mouth, we’re going to be around for a while.”

Second place went to Universal’s “Nope,” which fell 57% from its debut last weekend and earned an additional $18.6 million. The North American grosses for “Nope” are now sitting at $80.6 million before it begins its international expansion in August.

“Thor: Love and Thunder” took third place with $13.1 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its domestic total to $301.5 million.

Its global total is now sitting at $662 million, without a release in

China.

“Minions: The Rise of Gru” stuck its heels in fourth place in its fifth weekend with $10.9 million. Worldwide, it has now earned $710.4 million.

And rounding out the top five was “Top Gun: Maverick,” which made an additional $8.2 million in its 10th weekend, bringing its domestic total to $650.1 million.

Major new theatrical releases were limited this weekend, but gave audiences a variety of options. Focus Features debuted the film “Vengeance” in 998 locations this weekend, where it earned an estimated $1.8 million. B.J. Novak’s directorial debut follows a

podcaster (Novak) who travels from New York to west Texas to investigate the death of his girlfriend. The well-reviewed thriller features Issa Rae and Ashton Kutcher. And Bleecker Street opened the Sundance charmer “A Love Song,” starring Wes Studi and Dale Dickey, in four theaters, where it earned an estimated $18,702.

Things are slowing down at the domestic box office heading into August, which is not uncommon. And there are still big films to come, like Sony’s “Bullet Train” with Brad Pitt, which speeds into theaters next weekend.

“July generated over $1 billion, and that’s impressive. It’s the first billion-dollar month since December 2019,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “That gives us a tailwind going into August, but don’t expect any $100 million debuts for a while.”

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. “DC League of Super-Pets,” $23 million.

2. “Nope,” $18.6 million.

3. “Thor: Love and Thunder,” $13.1 million.

4. “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” $10.9 million.

5. “Top Gun: Maverick,” $8.2 million.

6. “Where the Crawdads Sing,” $7.5 million.

7. “Elvis,” $5.8 million.

8. “The Black Phone,” $2.5 million.

9. “Jurassic World: Dominion,” $2.1 million.

10. “Vengeance,” $1.8 million.

From the college dorm trenches: What to bring, leave at home The Associated Press NEW YORK — For the uninitiated, outfitting a college dorm room can be a dizzying experience.

Doing it at a time of high inflation can make it even more daunting.

The first step: Meticulously go over what the school allows and provides. If you want a microwave and minifridge, are the energy-saving combo models required?

Do you need foam pool noodles to avoid hitting your head under an upper bunk, and if so, might the school provide them? Exactly how thick can a mattress topper be?

“You can see the look of terror on parents’ faces,” said Marianne Szymanski, an independent product researcher who has sent two kids to college. “You know, did I get the right mattress pad? It’s crazy.”

Etsy’s trend expert, Dayna Isom Johnson, said self-expression is top of mind for dorm-bound kids in such things as faux headboards and unique dresser knobs.

“Two of my favorite dorm trends right now are mood-boosting hues that incorporate bright and energetic colors like neon tones, and heritage styles, a nostalgic trend that embodies the traditional collegiate look with items like plaid linens, wood-toned furniture and monograms,” she said.

Some suggestions: Lighting & charging Dorm rooms have notoriously bad light, and notoriously few electrical outlets in convenient spots. Many schools don’t allow extension cords. For power strips, which are almost always permitted, consider going vertical with a tower that offers surge protection, USB ports and outlets that can accommodate a range of differently shaped plugs.

It may be time to get a threeway charger. Storage carts, headboards and stands with charging capability are plentiful.

Use double-sided tape or hookand-loop strips to fasten a power strip to the frame of an elevated bed for easy access.

For students so inclined, putting on makeup can be a problem that a lighted makeup mirror can solve. A desk or clip-on lamp is a must for studying. Consider a shared floor lamp. Neon signs are also popular as decorative lighting.

SHELVING & HOOKS

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It’s dorm shopping season for parents sending their kids off to college.

Extending storage with shelving is a dorm-size jigsaw puzzle.

Is there room for over-the-bed shelving? Does the school permit hutches on top of desks, or provide them?

Pro tip: Not a great idea to swap sturdy shelving for an over-the-toilet bathroom version that might not be able to handle something heavy, like a microwave. Also, if a bed will be elevated but not all the way up, a tall bedside stand with extra shelves or drawers might be useful.

Ask the school: Can shelving or stands of any kind be placed in front of windows?

And remember those locker shelves from high school? Use them to extend space in a nightstand or desk.

Those Command stick-on hooks? Bring oh so many, along with the removable poster strips

made not to damage walls. Also pick up a couple of over-the-door hangers for bags, coats, robes and hoodies.

Closets & other storage For the closet, consider sturdy vertical hanger extenders and hanging shoe and clothing storage. Yes, such storage takes up space and adds weight. Can an extra rod be installed?

Storage cubes can triple as seating and step stool, as opposed to a decorative pouf that is simply pretty and comfy.

Under-bed or in-closet storage drawers are essential, along with extra baskets, or at least a bowl for random, easily lost smaller items. Medium plastic baskets for scarves, socks and the like can be used on the top closet shelf.

Bathroom & miscellaneous Consider getting some scented Steripod toothbrush protectors.

Dorms are dusty. Bathrooms get gross. Toothbrushes might have to be toted around. It should be changed every three months.

Bathrooms are often shared, and stuff gets mixed up. An organizer is essential. Pro tip from the trenches: Use an over-the-door organizer for bathroom stuff. Dormify sells one with a small face mirror built in.

Kirkham suggests a rolling bathroom caddy with just the essentials for quick trips in and out.

Minifridge tip: If allowed leeway on what kind to use, pick one with a separate freezer compartment. It might just guard against freezing food below. Some kids forgo the freezer completely to get more fridge space.

Kirkham, whose show premieres July 24, suggests a minifridge stand that elevates the unit and includes additional storage.

“Everything in a dorm room has to have multiple functions,” she said.

A small, portable, battery-operated blender could be useful. It doesn’t take up a lot of space and it helps students eat healthy options stored in room fridges. Szymanski likes the Blendi.

A tool kit comes in handy, as does a first aid kit. To help elevate a bed, Szymanski said, bring along a rubber mallet.

And rather than a bedside canvas caddy, try an attachable bunk bed tray table. It can hold a drink, a phone and more.

Last but not least: a permanent marker good for labeling fabric as well as plastic.

North State Journal for Wednesday, August 3, 2022

B8 2022 INFINITI QX55

Another Sporty Crossover

an entirely different vehicle. My tester was a Dynamic Sunstone Red that popped in the bright Colorado sun.

There are sharp power domes on the hood, 20-inch wheels, lovely tucks and creases along the beltline, and a severely angled rear hatch that somehow pulls it all together at the rear. The bodywork looks like someone pulled a sheet taut over a flowing sculp-

ture, and I’m all about it.

It’s not quite as glorious on the inside. The Infiniti design team has done its best, but it remains a reworking of an older design.

The center stack houses a pair of screens, with the top acting as a de facto wireless Apple CarPlay display (or wired Android Auto) and the bottom showcasing an old user interface for the audio and climate controls.

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 Cabarrus County courthouse at 10:00AM on August 10, 2022, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Shirley McKnight Stiles, dated June 7, 2017 to secure the original principal amount of $145,299.00, and recorded in Book 12691 at Page 31 of the Cabarrus County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

4 0 6 9 Address of property: Amsbury Rd, Concord, NC 28025 Tax Parcel ID: 56500610770000 S h i r l ey Present Record Owners: McKnight Stiles aka Shirley M. Stiles The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Shirley McKnight Stiles aka Shirley M. Stiles.

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 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.

sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Kannapolis in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and Being in the City of Kannapolis, Number Four (4) Township of Cabarrus County, North Carolina in the Northeastern corner of the intersection of Central Drive and Carolyn Drive and Being all of Lot Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in Block 2E as shown on the Plat of Jackson Park, Owned

by A.L. Brown and B.W. Durham, as surveyed and platted, a copy of which is filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County in Map Book 3, Page 23, to which map book and page reference is hereby made for a complete description thereof by metes and bounds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 702 Carolyn Avenue, Kannapolis, North Carolina.

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

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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 August 8, 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 No. eleven (11), in a subdivision known as “Hawthorne, Section Four” according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 115, Page 131, Cumberland County, North Carolina Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1120 Arailia Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Parcel Number: 9487-32-4980 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

undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door or other usual place of sale in Cumberland County, North Carolina, at 2:00 P.M. on August 9, 2022, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Spring Lake, Spring Lake Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 67 in a Subdivision known as Manchester Forest, Section One, according to a Plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 44, Page 80, Cumberland County Registry.

Assessors Parcel No 0501-57-6571 Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 114 Dundee Lane, Spring Lake, North Carolina 28390. Tax ID: 0501-57-6571 Third party purchasers must pay the recording costs of the trustee’s deed, any land transfer taxes, the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred

Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof with a maximum amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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

current owners of the property is Jonathan Marsee.

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the

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

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

customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on August 15, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, Notih Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being known and designated as Unit No. TWO (2), Building No. FIVE (5), Phase III, as shown on a plat or plats entitled Karen Lake Condominiums, recorded in Condominium and Unit Ownership File Book 4, at Page(s) 187-190, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more paiiicular description.

Property Address: 1837 2 Sardonyx Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303 Parcel Identification No.: 0418-58-8791-003 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the prope1iy be purchased by a third paiiy, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of F01iyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required byNCGS §7A-308(a)(l).

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 CORA, Inc. make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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 payoff of the lien without the knowledge of the Trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any paiiy, the Trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 Rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the paiiy 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 Respondent 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 HA VE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY 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. TRUSTEE J. Haydon Ellis Attorney at Law Hutchens Law Firm

foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on August 15, 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 45, in a Subdivision known as Revision of Lots 6, 7 and 8 of Bethany South Section Two and Bethany South, Section Three, and the same being duly recorded in Plat Book 90, Page 56, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6700 Tennis 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 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.

Fantastic design and compelling features

By Jordan Golson North State Journal DENVER — When I think of great-looking, fun-to-drive luxury vehicles, my brain seldom considers Infiniti.

The upscale sister brand to Nissan has been in a bit of a slump for the past few years, which is a bummer because they make some excellent cars, including the Q50 Red Sport I reviewed a year ago.

As I said in the Q50 review, there is no light without the dark, and Infiniti can’t have a turnaround without first having a rough go of things.

This brings us to the 2022 Infiniti QX55, a four-door fastback-styled crossover that looks fantastic and gets a compelling feature set, even as it competes against juggernauts like the BMW X4 and Mercedes-Benz GLC coupe. That’s the downside — this segment is a niche to begin with, and it’s something like David facing Goliath and Goliath.

While it’s a reworked QX50, the more traditional luxury crossover offering from Infiniti, the exterior redesign makes it feel like

er determines how the wheels should turn. This sounds scary, except jumbo jets have been flying this way for decades, and it’s nearly imperceptible in the Infiniti. I was driving it for several days before it occurred to me to check the spec sheet, and I would never have noticed if I didn’t see it mentioned there. Infiniti USA’s press release on the QX55 doesn’t mention the feature at all. There is a mechanical backup that takes over in the event of an electrical failure, by the way, so no worries there.

The Infiniti QX55 harkens back to the Infiniti FX, one of the first “sports crossover” vehicles, first launched in 2003. It’s chockfull of luxury features like active noise cancellation through the Bose stereo, laminated acoustic glass, just about every safety and luxury feature you could want, and a spacious cargo area.

But my tester, the top-of-theline Sensory trim, landed at $60,350. Even in today’s out-ofcontrol vehicle market, that’s a lot of money though it’s certainly competitive with the BMW and Mercedes-Benz units it’s going up against. And it’s relatively popular, with sales doubling from 2021 to 2022 — though still selling half the number of BMW X4’s so far in 2022.

Still, there’s a lot to like in the Infiniti QX55, and I suspect more than a few buyers will bring it home just on the exterior looks alone. There are worse reasons to buy a car.

I don’t love the dual screens, but a nice bonus is that I can have my Apple Maps displayed on the upper touchscreen while the currently-playing music is displayed on the bottom screen. Surrounding the bottom screen is a mishmash of physical controls for the climate control, heated and ventilated seats, and more. The dash cluster has analog gauges when most of the competition has switched to digital. The steering wheel is a steering wheel, and the seats could use a touch more padding. Old but serviceable is the name of the game here.

Infiniti makes much of its 2.0-liter four-cylinder with a variable-compression turbo that alters its ratio between 14:1 and 8:1 to optimize for high-efficiency or high-performance. The engine is terrific, making 268 hp and 280 lb-ft of torque. Unfortunately, it’s connected to a CVT that lets it down considerably. The QX55 is very sporty until it isn’t. There’s considerable turbo lag from 0–10 mph away from a stop light, and then it rockets away. You get the same thing if you’re cruising and put your foot down. Once it goes, it goes — but you might have to wait a second.

The QX55 also has Infiniti’s Direct Adaptive Steering — also known as steer-by-wire — which has been controversial in the past. In simple terms, the steering wheel isn’t directly connected to the wheels. You make steering inputs, and the comput-

PHOTO COURTESY INFINITI

TAKE NOTICE

CABARRUS IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CABARRUS COUNTY 22SP58 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY SHIRLEY MCKNIGHT STILES DATED JUNE 7, 2017 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 12691 AT PAGE 31 IN THE CABARRUS COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 304 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Virginia R. Caskey (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Virginia R. Caskey) to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated October 24, 2005, and recorded in Book No. 6321, at Page 288 in Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on August 17, 2022 and will

CUMBERLAND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 539 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by William T. Rowell, Jr. and Kristin L. Rowell (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): William T. Rowell, Jr. and Kristin L. Rowell) to Donald P. Eggleston, Trustee(s), dated May 31, 2013, and recorded in Book No. 09208, at Page 0110 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY 22 SP 381 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jonathan Marsee, in the original amount of $92,450.00, payable to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated June 5, 2012 and recorded on June 13, 2012 in Book 08922, Page 0548, Cumberland County Registry.

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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Publication Dates: August 3, 2022 and August 10, 2022 21 SP 630 Under and by virtue of power of sale granted to Petitioner pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-3-116 under a Claim of Lien filed on October 8, 2019 in Cumberland County File Number 19 M 841 (the “Lien”) against Carlton Clark, Jr. (“Respondent”), by Karen Lake Condominium Owners Association, Inc. (“Karen Lake”). As the beneficiary of the Claim of Lien and pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47C-3-l 16, Karen Lake seeks to foreclose the Lien, which evidences a valid debt. Respondent defaulted on the payment of the debt represented by the Claim of Lien and the undersigned, J. Haydon Ellis, Trustee, having been substituted as Trustee in said Claim of Lien by an instrument filed with the Cumberland County Clerk of Superior Court on September 21, 2021. The undersigned Trustee will offer for sale at the comihouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 560 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Donnie Ratley (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Donnie Ratley) to Jennifer Fincher, Trustee(s), dated February 16, 2021, and recorded in Book No. 11027, at Page 0162 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

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 July 21, 2022.

Attorney for the Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 Posted: By: 21-112414

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 2610 - 6055

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 6481 - 24726

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: 7444 - 28389

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CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 19sp1614 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY LYNDA COLLINS DATED JUNE 24, 2010 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 8422 AT PAGE 528 AND MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED JULY 1, 2019 IN BOOK 10533, PAGE 800 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 19SP985 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY HEATHER L. CARTER DATED OCTOBER 2, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7380 AT PAGE 507 RERECORDED ON DECEMBER 15, 2006 IN BOOK 7448, PAGE 713 AND MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED JUNE 17, 2016 IN BOOK 9882 PAGE 656 AND FURTHER MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED JULY 25, 2018 IN BOOK 10348 PAGE 631 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE

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NOTICE OF SALE

is intended.

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 Cumberland County courthouse at 11:00AM on August 10, 2022, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Lynda Collins, dated June 24, 2010 to secure the original principal amount of $115,025.00, and recorded in Book 8422 at Page 528 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty

Address of property: Nursery Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28306 Tax Parcel ID: 3922 Present Record Owners:

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 Cumberland County courthouse at 11:00AM on August 10, 2022, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Heather L. Carter, dated October 2, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $91,956.00, and recorded in Book 7380 at Page 507 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: Southmill Dr, Hope Mills, NC 28348 Tax Parcel ID: 8572Present Record Owners: Carter

CAROLINA; AND BOUNDED, NOW OR FORMERLY BY LANDS OWNED BY AND-OR IN THE POSSESSION OF PERSONS AS FOLLOWS: ON THE SOUTH BY PAVED SR 2234, ON THE WEST BY EDDIE M. MCKOY, JR., AND P.E. SHAW ET UX, AND ON THE NORTH AND EAST BY LANDS OF P.E. SHAW, ET UX; SAID TRACT OF LAND LYING APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF N.C. HIGHWAY NO. 87 AND PAVED SR 2234; AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY COURSES AND DISTANCES ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY ROACH & NOBLES, REGISTERED SURVEYORS, IN MARCH, 1971, AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE (30 FEET FROM CENTER) OF PAVED SR 2234 AND THE EASTERN LINE OF THAT LOT CONVEYED BY DEED TO EDDIE M. MCKOY, JR., AS RECORDED IN BOOK 2006 AT PAGE 681, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, SAID BEGINNING IRON PIPE BEING SOUTH 34 DEGREES 54 MINUTES WEST 111.92 FEET, N. 89 DEGREES 59 MINUTES W. 553.25 FEET SOUTH 02 DEGREES 17 MINUTES W. 200.0 FEET AND N. 89 DEGREES 59 MINUTES W. 182.0 FEET FROM THE BEGINNING CORNER OF THAT TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 584, PAGE 141, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, AND RUNS THENCE WITH AND BEYOND THE MCKOY LINE N. 02 DEGREES 17 MINUTES EAST 164.0 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE S. 89 DEGREES 59 MINUTES EAST 122.0 FEET TO AN IRON

PIPE IN THE WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE (30 FEET FROM CENTER) OF STEELE LANE; THENCE WITH SAID WESTERN RIGHT WAY LINE (30 FEET FROM CENTER) OF STEELE LANE S. 02 DEGREES 17 MINUTES W. 164.0 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE IN THE NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE (30 FEET FROM CENTER) OF PAVED SR 2234; THENCE WITH THE NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE (30 FEET FROM CENTER) OF PAVED SR 2234 N. 89 DEGREES 59 MINUTES W. 122.0 FEET TO THE BEGINNING IRON PIPE.

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

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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 24, 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.

The date of this Notice is June 24, 2022.

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

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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 Daniel Butler and wife Hollie H. Butler.

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

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

(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-20122-FC02

BEGINNING AT A STAKE IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF CARLOS AVENUE WITH THE WESTERN MARGIN OF ACORN STREET AND RUNNING THENCE WITH THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF CARLOS AVENUE NORTH 76 DEGREES 25 MINUTES WEST 94.2 FEET TO A STAKE IN SAID MARGIN; THENCE WITH THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN LOTS 194 AND 195 NORTH 13 DEGREES 35 MINUTES EAST 150 FEET TO A STAKE THENCE SPLIT 76 DEGREES 25 MINUTES EAST 94.2 FEET TO A STAKE IN THE WESTERN MARGIN OF ACORN STREET; THENCE WITH SAID MARGIN SOUTH 13 DEGREES 35 MINUTES WEST 150 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AND BEING ALL OF LOTS 195, 196, 197 AND THE WESTERN 192, FEET OF LOT 198, SECTION III OF PINE ACRES, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF THE SAME DULY RECORDED IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY IN BOOK OF PLATS 14, PAGE 38,

BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM JOYCE JEAN BROWN, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN AS SET FORTH IN BOOK 7985, PAGE 95 DATED 09/15/2008 AND RECORDED 09/16/2008, CUMBERLAND COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 3622 Carlos Ave, Fayetteville, NC 28306.

A Certified Check ONLY (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health

or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Wynne McAllister.

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-10679-FC01

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christian E. Lilley and Sarita Lilley (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Christian E. Lilley and Sarita Lilley) to H. Terry Hutchens, Esquire, Trustee(s), dated February 24, 2015, and recorded in Book No. 09607, at Page 0716 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 August 8, 2022 and will

sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Parkton in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The following described property: Situated in the City of Fayetteville, Township of Cross Creek, County of Cumberland and State of North Carolina: Being all of Lot 84, in a Subdivision known as Steeplechase, Section Three, as per the plat thereof duly recorded in Plat Book 120, Page 30, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of same. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1523 Rough Rider Lane, Parkton, North Carolina.

Assessor’s Parcel No: 0403-48-4467 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.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 293

All that certain lot or parcel of land situate in the County of Cumberland, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

Al Chi Houston.

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Shawn P. Colon and Jessica Colon (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Shawn P. Colon and Jessica Colon) to Donald P. Eggleston, Trustee(s), dated August 18, 2020, and recorded in Book No. 10857, at Page 0528 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 August 15, 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 123, in a subdivision known as College Lakes, Section XII, Part I, According to a Plat of the same duly recorded in Plat Book 38, Page 23, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

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.

Registry.

State laws.

NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Hollie Butler and Daniel Butler to Holly C. Stevens, Trustee(s), which was dated August 5, 1999 and recorded on August 11, 1999 in Book 5144 at Page 0777, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 10, 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: THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 0.46 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED IN GRAY’S CREEK TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH

22 SP 119 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 Wynne McAllister and Paul Anthony Church, Jr. to Karen Mawyer, Trustee(s), which was dated May 31, 2013 and recorded on June 7, 2013 in Book 9210 at Page 482, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 17, 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: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 243

DAVIDSON NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 57 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Deborah Baker (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Deborah Baker, Heirs of Deborah Baker: Stephanie Walker; Heirs of Stephanie Walker: Nickoli Hand, Jillian Walker) to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated July 23, 2015, and recorded in Book No. 2189, at Page 1012 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

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 John Willie Cade (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): John Willie Cade, Heirs of John Willie Cade: Tamara Cade) to Kirk Smith, Trustee(s), dated June 30, 2004, and recorded in Book No. 1536, at Page 1938 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 August 17, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Lexington in the County of Davidson, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 7985, PAGE 95, ID# 0426-11-7629, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS:

BEING the same property which, General Warranty Deed dated March 8, 2019, and recorded on March 13, 2019 among the Land Records of the County of Cumberland, State of North Carolina, in General Warranty Book 10462, Page 615, was granted and conveyed by Mark Frank Houston, Jr. and Al Chi Houston unto Shawn P. Colon and Jessica Colon. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 455 Bayshore Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

BEING the same property which, General Warranty Deed dated December 20, 2010, and recorded on December 21, 2010 among the Land Records of the County of Cumberland, State of North Carolina, in General Warranty Book 8550, Page 39, was granted and conveyed by Scott R. Fry and Susanne C. Frey unto Mark Frank Houston, Jr. and

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 August 17, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Thomasville in the County of Davidson, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tax Id Number(s): 16107000E0017 Land Situated in the Township of Thomasville in the County of Davidson in the State of NC Being: Lots Numbered Seventeen (17), Eighteen (18), Nineteen (19), in block “E” as shown on map of L. W. Elliott subdivision, which said map is duly recorded in the Office of the register of Deeds for Davidson County, North Carolina in Plat book No. 3 at page 1. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 415 Spring Street, Thomasville, North Carolina. the property address and Tax Parcel Identification Number listed are provided solely for informational purposes.

Commonly Known as: 415 Spring Street, Thomasville, NC

BEGINNING at an iron stake, corner of Lots 10 and 11, Block F, on the west right of way of Hoover Street, said beginning corner being North 04 deg. 00’ East 150.00 feet from the intersection of Oak Avenue and Hoover Street as shown by Revised Map of Skyland, recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 43; thence with the line of Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Block 7 North 85 deg. 50’ 30” West 142.00 feet to an iron pipe (found), corner of Lots 16 and 10 of Skyland, in the rear line of Lot 83, Map of Oakmont Addition, recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 102; thence with the rear line of Lots 83, 84, 85 and 86 of said Oakmont Addition, North 04 deg. 00’ East 64.00 feet to an iron pipe in the rear line of Lot 85, Oakmont Addition and the rear line of Lot 8, Revised Map of Skyland; thence with a line crossing Lot 8, South 85 deg. 50’ 30” East 142.00 feet to a point in concrete drive in the front line of Lot 8 on the west right of way of Hoover Street; thence with the west right of way of Hoover Street South 04 deg. 00’ West 64.00 feet to the point of beginning and containing 9,088 square feet more or less. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located 506 Hoover Drive, Lexington, North Carolina.

The above described is a more accurate description of Lots 9 and 10 and part of Lot 8, Block F, Revised Map of Skyland, recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 43, Davidson County

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO KENNETH H. TART AND WIFE, FRANCES H. TART BY TRUSTEE’S DEED, DATED OCTOBER 27, 1988 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3434, AT PAGE 410 OF THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO DANIEL BUTLER AND HOLLIE H. BUTLER BY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 2265, AT PAGE 99 OF THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 2763 Blossom Road, Hope Mills, NC 28348.

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 BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO WALTER L. HODGES, SR. AND WIFE, RUTH HODGES, BY DEED DATED JUNE 8, 1964, AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1057, PAGE 259, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY.

**For informational purposes only** THE improvements thereon being known as 455 Bayshore Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28311 Tax ID No. 0520-96-1328 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

27360 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.

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

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

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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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North State Journal for Wednesday, August 3, 2022

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DAVIDSON IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION DAVIDSON COUNTY 19sp508 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY GARY N SINK AND CAROL JANE SINK DATED NOVEMBER 7, 2003 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1480 AT PAGE 1933 IN THE DAVIDSON COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE

22 SP 127 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 Calvin Franck to Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated October 30, 2015 and recorded on October 30, 2015 in Book 2200 at Page 1637, 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 August 8, 2022 at 11:00 AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described

22 SP 191 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 Renee R. Fortner to Brinkley, Walser, Stoner PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated September 27, 2016 and recorded on September 27, 2016 in Book 2239 at Page 916, 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

22 SP 200 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 Amber N Goins to PBRE, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated October 31, 2018 and recorded on October 31, 2018 in Book 2336 at Page 770, 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION DAVIDSON COUNTY 22SP260 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MARY H. TEMPLETON DATED MAY 10, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1698 AT PAGE 548 AND MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 IN BOOK 1990, PAGE 120 AND FURTHER MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED OCTOBER 7, 2010 IN BOOK 1992, PAGE 51 AND MODIFIED FURTHER BY AGREEMENT RECORDED JANUARY 22, 2013 IN BOOK 2087, PAGE 1526 IN THE DAVIDSON COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default

JOHNSTON NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 126 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Shirley A. Allen and Annie P. McKoy (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Shirley A. Allen and Annie P. McKoy, Heirs of Annie P. McKoy: Shirley A. Allen a/k/a Shirley Annette Allen, Larry Lee Allen a/k/a Larry Lee Allen, Sr.; Heirs of Larry Lee Allen a/k/a Larry Lee Allen, Sr.: Alice Allen, Shykila Allen, Makaiyah Allen, Kalaiyshia Alexander, Larry Allen, Jr., Antione Allen, Dontae Allen) to Charles R. Cunningam, Trustee(s), dated March 21, 2000, and recorded in Book No. 1918, at Page 693 in Johnston County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION JOHNSTON COUNTY 22SP166 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY CHARLES LYNWOOD JOHNSON DATED MARCH 19, 2015 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 4575 AT PAGE 622 IN THE JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in payment of the secured debt and failure to perform the

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 237 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Algernon Parker (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Algernon Parker) to CTC Real Estate Services, Trustee(s), dated September 20, 2000, and recorded in Book No. 1972, at Page 647 and re-recorded in Book No. 3878, at Page 404 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 August 9, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 241 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lucas C. Watkins (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Honorable Home Solutions, LLC and A Mother’s Love Properties LLC) to GBTC, Inc., Trustee(s), dated September 30, 2015, and recorded in Book No. 4663, at Page 722 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 August 16, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Selma in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a new pk nail set in the centerline of NC Highway 96, corner with Tract 6C, and the line runs along

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 Davidson County courthouse at 2:00PM on August 11, 2022, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Davidson County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Gary N Sink and Carol Jane Sink, dated November 7, 2003 to secure the original principal amount of $230,000.00, and recorded in Book 1480 at Page 1933 of the Davidson County Public Registry.

The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record.

Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: 5599 S Hwy 109, Thomasville, NC 27360 Tax Parcel ID: of Part 0501200000045 Present Record Owners: Gary N. Sink and Carol Jane Sink The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Gary N. Sink and Carol Jane Sink.

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 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.

property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING AT AN EXISTING IRON PIN IN THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF WILLOW OAK DRIVE, A CORNER WITH THE PROPERTY OF CLIFFORD BYRD (DEED BOOK 646, PAGE 649), THE BEGINNING POINT ALSO BEING LOCATED NORTH 57° 52’ 10” WEST 486.36 FEET FROM THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE CENTERLINE OF WILLOW OAK DRIVE AND THE CENTERLINE OF JOE MOORE ROAD (SR 1762); THENCE FROM THE BEGINNING POINT AND ALONG AND WITH PROPERTY LINE OF BYRD SOUTH 37° 11’44” WEST 198.72 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIN, A CORNER WITH THE PROPERTY OF THE J.E. SINK HEIRS (DEED BOOK 113, PAGE 396); THENCE ALONG AND WITH THE PROPERTY LINE OF THE SINK HEIRS NORTH 49° 03’ 00” WEST 200.86 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIN, A CORNER WITH THE PROPERTY OF JEFFREY R. ELDRITH (DEED BOOK 780, PAGE 356); THENCE ALONG AND WITH THE PROPERTY LINE OF ELDRITH NORTH 37° 25’ 51” EAST 201.56 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON STAKE IN THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE RIGHT OF WAY

OF WILLOW OAK DRIVE; THENCE ALONG WITH THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF WILLOW OAK DRIVE SOUTH 48° 11’ 30” EAST 200.24 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 40,037 SQUARE FEET, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN ON SURVEY BY DAVIS-MARTIN-POWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC., DATED 3/22/96, JOB NO. S-37534 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 496 Willow Oak Rd, High Point, NC 27262.

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

relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Calvin Franck.

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.: 22-00108-FC01

will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 8, 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: BEING Lot No. 9 of CEDAR RIDGE, as shown on a map of same recorded in Plat Book 18, Page 38, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Davidson County, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 2148 Burkhart Road, Lexington, NC 27292.

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

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-01857-FC02

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on August 15, 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: BEING ALL OF LOTS 399, 400, 401 AND 402 OF THE CHEROKEE VALLEY SUBDIVISION, A PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA IN PLAT BOOK 13, PAGE 42.

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

Said property is commonly known as 660 Apache Dr, Winston Salem, NC 271070000.

A Certified Check ONLY (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time

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

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.: 22-06541-FC01

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 Davidson County courthouse at 10:00AM on August 15, 2022, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Davidson County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Mary H. Templeton, dated May 10, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $157,500.00, and recorded in Book 1698 at Page 548 of the Davidson County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

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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.

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

Address of property: Brook Dr, Clemmons, NC 27012 Tax Parcel ID: 0301100000022 Present Record Owners:

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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 August 16, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Angier in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 1 of Whit Acres Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 50 Page 293, Johnston County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 100 Debbie Lane, Angier, 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.

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 Johnston County courthouse at 10:00AM on August 9, 2022, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Johnston County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Charles Lynwood Johnson, dated March 19, 2015 to secure the original principal amount of $112,500.00, and recorded in Book 4575 at Page 622 of the Johnston County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: 2 Woodards Dairy Road, Middlesex, NC 27557

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situated in Clayton in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the northern right of way line of Hickory Drive, said point being a common corner between Lot #106 and Lot #107, said beginning point is located 588.87 feet from a point where the northern right of way line of Hickory Drive intersects the western right of way line of N.C.S.R. #1501; thence from the above-described beginning point, the line runs as the northern right of way line of Hickory Drive, North 28 degrees 50’ 46” West 120 feet to a point, a common corner between Lot #106 and Lot #105; thence the line runs as the line between Lot #105 and Lot #106, North 66 degrees 43’ East 200 feet; thence the line runs as the line between Lot #106 and Lot #96, South 25 degrees 29’ East 119.9 feet; thence the line runs as the line between Lot #106 and Lot #107, South 63 degrees 51’ 30” West 192.83 feet to the BEGINNING, and being all of Lot #106 of the Whitley Heights subdivision (not recorded); according to a survey of the property of Algernon Parker by Vernon Wayne Johnson dated September 15, 2000, and containing 0.52 acre, more or less. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 120 Hickory Drive, Clayton, North Carolina.

the centerline of NC Highway 96 the following courses and distances: North 39 degrees 38 minutes 12 seconds West 49.91 feet to a pk nail; North 42 degrees 24 minutes 04 seconds West 64.97 feet to a pk nail; and North 44 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds West 100.71 feet to a pk nail, corner with Tract 6A; thence along the line of Tract 6A North 54 degrees 42 minutes 36 seconds East 180.41 feet to a new iron stake, corner with Tract 6C; thence along the line of Tract 6C South 43 degrees 05 minutes 11 seconds East 226.58 feet to a new iron stake, corner with Tract 6C; thence continuing along the line of Tract 6C, South 58 degrees 03 minutes 24 seconds West 184.07 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 0.904 acres, more or less, including 0.149 acres within the highway right of way, and being Tract 6B of the property division for Vernon Bailey and wife, Letha E. Bailey, according to plat and survey by W. David Hawkins, Registered Surveyor, dated October 23, 1989 and recorded in Plat Book 32, Page 269, Johnston County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3142 NC Highway 96 North, Selma, North Carolina.

There is further conveyed as an appurtenance to the above-described lands easements 1 and 2 as shown on the plat recorded in Plat Book 50 Page 267, Johnston County Registry providing access to and the use of the well and along the water line from the well to the house on the

The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Mary H. Templeton.

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

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 27, 2022.

Attorney for the Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 Posted: By: 19-107681

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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 July 26, 2022.

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

Tax Parcel ID: Present Record Owners: Charles Lynwood Johnson

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 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.

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.

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.

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The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate of Charles Lynwood Johnson.

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

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

borrowers’ property as contained in the Agreement from C.V. Bailey, Jr. and wife Alice Bailey of record in the Johnston County Registry.

There is further conveyed as an appurtenance to the above-described lands easements 3 and 4 as shown on the plat recorded in Plat Book 50, page 267, Johnston County Registry providing access to and the use of the septic tank and sewer lines as contained in the agreement from Sallie Bailey Mozingo and Gregory Eugene Chamblee of record in the Johnston County Registry.

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 6229 - 27242

The date of this Notice is July 20, 2022.

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

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400

22-113158

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: 3417 - 8821

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: 7903 - 30257

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UNION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 276 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joseph F. Cato and Rebecca A. Cato (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Joseph F. Cato and Rebecca A. Cato) to J.S. DuBose and/or J. David Motley, Trustee(s), dated September 23, 2005, and recorded in Book No. 3926, at Page 054 in Union County Registry, North Carolina. The Deed of Trust was modified by the following: A Loan Modification recorded on May 3, 2017, in Book No. 6924, at Page 476, 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

22 SP 67 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Ada Mae S. Clark and Robert Clark, Sr. to Mitchell L. Heffernan, Trustee(s), which was dated May 20, 2004 and recorded on May 28, 2004 in Book 3455 at Page 39, Union County Registry, North Carolina.

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

WAKE Notice to Creditors Notice to Creditors Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Mary Lou Bryant (2022-E-2946), late of Wake County, North

Notice to Creditors Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of John E. Hightower aka John Ellis Hightower (2022-E-2941), late of Wake County, North Carolina, the undersigned does

Notice to Creditors Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Helen D. Merentino (2022-E-2942), late of Wake County, North

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY 22 SP 644 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael J. Finnegan, in the original amount of $31,650.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., dated June 30, 2006 and recorded on July 6, 2006 in Book 12050, Page 1472, Wake County Registry.

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

22 SP 940 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 Robert S. Lofty and Margaret Jane Blount Rose-Lofty to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), which was dated November 21, 2012 and recorded on November 30, 2012 in Book 15038 at Page 1257, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 21 SP 1390 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Gina Smith to Becky C. Medlin, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of August, 2006, and recorded in Book 012121, Page 02731-02738, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on August 15, 2022 and will

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION WAKE COUNTY 22SP1207 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JANICE HODGES AND JOSEPH HODGES DATED JANUARY 19, 2016 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 16271 AT PAGE 2657 IN THE WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in payment of the secured debt and failure to perform the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 669 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christopher D. Smith (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Christopher Smith) to Constance R. Stienstra, Trustee(s), dated August 8, 2007, and recorded in Book No. 12697, at Page 276 in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 22 SP 294 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Arthur Allen Gomez (Deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Arthur Allen Gomez, Heirs of Arthur Allen Gomez a/k/a Arthur A. Gomez: Monica Fletcher, Sarah Wiley, Amber Gomez, Isabela Sabin-Gomez a/k/a Isabela Gomez) to The McCall Law Firm PC, Trustee(s), dated August 25, 2017, and recorded in Book No. 016887, at Page 02237 in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of William George Lewallen, late of Randolph County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of the

decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at 721 South McCrary Street, Asheboro, North Carolina 27203, on or before December 5, 2022, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms or corporations

indebted to said estate should make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 3rd day of August, 2022.

Horace P. Lewallen

Administrator of the Estate of William George Lewallen

of the Register of Deeds Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on August 18, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Waxhaw in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 130 of Harrison Park, Map 5, as shown on plat thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet I, File No. 10, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Union County, North Carolina, reference to which plat is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1913 Dunsmore Lane, Waxhaw, North Carolina.

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

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

($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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

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 August 9, 2022 at 12:30 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: All of Lot #42 of College Grove Subdivision recorded in Plat Book 5, at Page 223, Union County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 905 Clark Street, Wingate, NC 28174.

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

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

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

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Dora Ann Campbell (2022-E-2676), late of Wake County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of October 2022 or this notice will

be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 31st day of October 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and

corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 31st day of October 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate

will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 31st day of October 2022 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and

corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door or other usual place of sale in Wake County, North Carolina, at 2:00 P.M. on August 18, 2022, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Lot 5, Section 1, Brookstone Subdivision, as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 1989, Page 764, Wake County Registry.

Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 6621 Walnut Cove Dr, Raleigh, NC 27603.

Tax ID: 0180134 Third party purchasers must pay the recording costs of the trustee’s deed, any land transfer taxes, the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part

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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.: 20-03611-FC01

Linda C. Turner Executor of the Estate of Dora Ann Campbell c/o Lisa M. Schreiner Attorney at Law P.O. Box 446 114 Raleigh Street

Fuquay Varina, NC 27526

Kristin Bryant Gragg Executor of the Estate of Mary Lou Bryant c/o Lisa M. Schreiner Attorney at Law P.O. Box 446

114 Raleigh Street Fuquay Varina, NC 27526

Executor of the Estate of John E. Hightower, aka John Ellis Hightower c/o Lisa M. Schreiner Attorney at Law P.O. Box 446

114 Raleigh Street Fuquay Varina, NC 27526

Ann McCrimmon Executor of the Estate of Helen D. Merentino c/o Lisa M. Schreiner Attorney at Law P.O. Box 446

114 Raleigh Street Fuquay Varina, NC 27526

thereof with a maximum amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

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

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina

General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to

the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute Trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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 August 10, 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: Being all of Lot 2, Phase One, Hallmark Subdivision, as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1985, Page 1118, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 4612 Woodmill Run, Apex, NC 27539.

A Certified Check ONLY (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due

and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Robert S. Lofty and spouse, Margaret-Jane Blount RoseLoft.

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.: 22-02990-FC01

sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the City of Raleigh, in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH, WAKE COUNTY, STATE OF NC, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN BOOK 9674 PAGE 1684 ID # 70956, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 127, KINGWOOD FOREST, SECTION 4-A FILED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1970 AT PAGE 317.

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM PETER GREIJN AND DIANA GREIJN HUSBAND AND WIFE TO GINA SMITH, DATED 10/10/2002 RECORDED ON 10/21/2002 IN BOOK 9674, PAGE 1684 IN WAKE COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF NC. A.K.A. 1213 ARMSTRONG CIRCLE RALEIGH, NC 27610 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00),

whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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

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

Any person who occupies the property

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 12497 6230 Fairview Road, Suite 315 Charlotte, North Carolina 28210 Phone No: (704) 362-9255 Case No: 1324054 (CFC.CH)

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 Wake County courthouse at 11:00AM on August 19, 2022, the following described real estate and any improvements situated thereon, in Wake County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Janice Hodges and Joseph Hodges, dated January 19, 2016 to secure the original principal amount of $165,600.00, and recorded in Book 16271 at Page 2657 of the Wake County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: 227 Mediate Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603

Tax Parcel ID: 0699978878 Present Record Owners: J a n i c e Hodges The record owner(s) of the property, according to the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Janice Hodges.

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 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.

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 August 1, 2022.

Attorney for the Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 Posted: By: 22-113272

customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on August 15, 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: BEING all of Lot 39, Phase 1, MACADIE PARK, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 2006, Pages 2087-2090, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5344 Cowan Lane, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on August 15, 2022 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Apex in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 13 in Wedgewood Square Subdivision as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1986, Page 72, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3617 Vandam Drive, Apex, North Carolina.

Parcel ID: 0153048 Tax/Map ID: 0770052435 Property Address: 3617 Vandam Drive, Apex, NC 27539 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

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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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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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Season wrap-up

Braxton Ridge runs down the baseline with a giant toothbrush to clean off the bases during an Asheboro ZooKeepers game last month at McCrary Park. For a wrap-up on the team’s season, see Page 5.

COUNTY NEWS The American Red Cross needs blood donors The American Red Cross has faced a concerning drop in blood and platelet donations this summer. The decline in donations has recently caused the Red Cross blood supply to shrink nearly 20%. Type O negative blood donors and platelet donors are especially needed now.

In Randolph County, residents can donate blood on Aug 10 and 11 in Asheboro or Ramseur. On Aug 10, blood can be donated at the North Carolina Zoo (10 am – 2:30 pm), Randolph Senior Adults Association (10 am – 3 pm), or Ramseur Wesleyan Church (2 pm – 5:30 pm). On Aug 11, blood can be donated at Flag Springs United Methodist Church in Asheboro (2 pm – 6 pm). To donate, download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood. org, or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1800-733-2767).

Local man arrested for attempting to set fire to Franklinville home A local man was arrested this past Sunday after he allegedly attempted to set fire to a home in Franklinville. According to the press release from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded with the Franklinville Fire Department to a report of a house fire on W. Main St. Based on the information received regarding the assailant, deputies were able to identify and arrest Evelio Pinales at his home. Pinales has been charged with one count of felony seconddegree arson and issued a $50,000 secured bond. His first court appearance was scheduled for this past Monday.

Randolph County Detention Center inmate found dead According to the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, an inmate in the Randolph County Detention Center was found unresponsive on July 18. Medical staff and officers at the center performed CPR until EMS arrived, but the inmate was eventually pronounced dead at Randolph Health. The body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Raleigh for an autopsy, where it was declared that the inmate had several heartrelated issues. The official cause of death has yet to be established. The investigation is still ongoing.

Area teacher benefits from national academy Providence Grove’s Kidd participates in agricultural education program

By Bob Sutton Randolph Record CLIMAX — Amy Kidd says the most important part of her role as an agricultural teacher at Providence Grove is tending to the welfare of students’ education and development.

After taking part in a national program this summer, Kidd’s influence will extend to assisting teachers as well.

“I’m excited about sharing it with other teachers,” Kidd said.

She was one of 23 teachers from across the country selected to participate in last month’s National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador Academy in Tulsa, Okla. She was the only representative from North Carolina.

“This is something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time,” Kidd said.

She applied for a spot in the academy, which is organized by

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Amy Kidd, a teacher at Providence Gove, took part in last month’s National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador Academy in Tulsa, Okla. She was the lone North Carolina participant. the National Association of Agricultural Educators, in 2020, but that event was nixed before the selection stage because of the pandemic.

The weeklong academy was what Kidd described as inquiry-based and hands-on.

“We learned how to turn every lesson pretty much to be stu-

dent-centered instead of teacher-led,” she said.

Based on the academy, Kidd will make a presentation at the national Future Farmers of America convention in October in Indianapolis. In late November/early December, she goes to Las Vegas for a presentation at the NAAE convention.

At Providence Grove, Kidd works alongside agriculture teacher Morgan Johnson, who’s an alum of the school. Kidd said her summer experience should be a boost to how students are taught here as well.

A native of New York’s Long Island, Kidd received a degree in animal science at North Carolina State. She began her teaching career with two years at Franklinton before beginning a nine-year stretch in 1999 at Eastern Randolph. When Providence Grove opened in 2008, she became a part of the first faculty at the new school.

“It has been an amazing career,” she said. “I can’t tell you how blessed I am.”

Kidd, who lives in Franklinville, holds a 12-month position at Providence Grove, where she started the FFA chapter.

“It just took off,” she said of the interest.

She said she’s particularly proud that 15 of her former students have gone on to teach agriculture.

“My students come first,” Kidd said. “This is why I teach.

I’m always trying to find ways to keep them engaged. The kids make it amazing. I’m very, very grateful.”

This fall, she’ll take a group of Providence Grove students to the FFA convention. Eight students will be involved in two separate competitions.

Archdale hotels fill up with guests

By Bob Sutton Randolph Record ARCHDALE — It didn’t take the Wyndham Championship golf tournament this week at nearby Sedgefield Country Club to perk up business for Archdale hotels.

They’ve already been busy.

“It’s the Junior Olympics,” said Abbey Wilmoth, assistant general manager at Holiday Inn Express in Archdale. “It’s special events time.”

While many of the events are based in Guilford County, the overflow of business is crucial for this Randolph County community.

The Amateur Athletic Union’s Junior Olympics are in their second week in Greensboro, concluding this weekend.

“The majority of rooms are for that event,” Fairfield Inn & Suites assistant general manager Kayla Mounts said, noting that the hotel is one of the host hotels for the Junior Olympics.

At Days Inn, Kay Amin oversees the hotel’s operations in

Archdale. He said this is the busy summer season, enhanced by the Junior Olympics.

Because the hotel properties are generally full, Amin said the Wyndham Championship wouldn’t be able to impact the volume for the Days Inn. That’s interesting because Days Inn is part of the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts family.

By late last week, room availability for most of this week at the Fairfield Inn was limited.

“I have very, very few rooms left to sell,” Mounts said.

Archdale’s Hampton Inn, which is in the same marketing group as the Holiday Inn Express, also has been near or at capacity.

There, some golf-related guests could be present for this weekend.

The location along I-85 is part of the reason for the heavy business for these Archdale properties.

After a couple of years of struggling because of reduced travel by the public and the elimination or reconfiguration of many largescale events, business has finally returned to pre-pandemic levels

for Archdale hotels.

“This is pretty normal for this time of year,” Mounts said. “Our peak season usually starts at the end of March and goes through November.”

Other factors that have boosted occupancy are youth baseball tournaments and High Point University orientation events. It’s about a 10-minute commute to High Point University.

But it’s clear to see what’s driving much of the business this week.

“We have lots of little Junior Olympians running around,” Wilmoth said.

The rates for the Archdale hotels tend to be lower than many Greensboro venues, so overflow business naturally comes this way.

“There’s an influx that’s good for the whole city’s economy,” Wilmoth said.

Officials at the Archdale hotels expect several more weeks of heavy volume. Some of that could reach another peak with the High Point Furniture Market from Oct. 22-26.

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COLUMN | U.S. REP. RICHARD HUDSON

Taking on inflation and Pelosi’s assault weapons ban

Over the last year and a half, all of us have felt the impact of the highest gas prices in history and highest inflation in 41 years

“IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!” Politicians in Washington would be wise to heed these famous words from former Bill Clinton advisor James Carville when it comes to addressing the issue most important to American families. Yet, today’s Washington Democrats have time and time again failed to listen and are only making matters worse.

On Thursday, we learned our economy shrunk for the second quarter in a row. Unfortunately, this signifies that the economy has entered a recession. However, President Joe Biden and other Democrats in Washington have refused to accept this fact or take responsibility, trying instead to redefine the meaning of recession altogether.

The American people are smarter than that.

Over the last year and a half, all of us have felt the impact of the highest gas prices in history and highest inflation in 41 years. I’ve heard from Charles in Hope Mills, who must now spend $160 a week on gas to get to work. And Deborah in Cumberland County said she’s paying double to fill up her car, while her grocery bill is up $25 each week.

Data has shown this too, as consumer confidence dropped once again last week. That’s because inflation is still battering families across the country. The cost of goods and services continues to skyrocket nationwide, costing the average American household nearly $500 extra a month. In North Carolina, families are paying an average of $64 more on food, $306 more on transportation, and $175 more on energy. Similarly, gas prices remain $4.22 nationally, almost $2 more per gallon than when Biden took office. Wages have also not kept up with inflation, down 4.4%.

American families cannot afford these price hikes and pay cuts, nor can they afford excuses from President Biden and Washington Democrats.

The problems facing our nation are daunting, but we do have solutions to address them.

The first is taking concrete steps to combat inflation and get our economy back on track. This starts by cutting unnecessary federal spending, lowering taxes, and implementing rational reforms that will grow our economy and create jobs. We must also make America energy independent by boosting domestic production and unleashing American energy.

Instead of working with us on these solutions on Wednesday, Senate Democrats announced a new proposal that will explode the size of the IRS, leading to fewer new lifesaving medical cures being developed and crippling our economy through tax hikes and climate policies. The $700 billion ‘Build Back Broke’ legislation will only make our inflation crisis worse, as well as further expand big government and give it more control over your life.

This worldview is why House Democrats also revived their plans for an ‘assault weapons’ ban last week. A previous ban did not stop violent crime or tragedies like Columbine. Yet, the left continually pushes these gun control measures because it makes them feel good. Last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor and attempted to exploit your fear and the pain of victims in order to gain support for this ridiculous measure. Pelosi and House Democrats want you to trade your rights for security. But the fact is you will end up with neither.

I am leading the fight against this ban and other unconstitutional gun control because the Second Amendment is clear and is the right that protects all our other rights. That’s why I addressed the House after the Speaker to directly refute Pelosi’s fear-mongering and to make it clear that this ban is neither constitutional nor would it be effective at stopping acts of violent crime. Law-abiding citizens have the right to keep and bear arms and defend themselves, just like 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken did with his concealed carry permit when he recently stopped a mass shooting at an Indiana mall.

Instead of things like bans, mandates, and other measures implemented by those who believe in big government, I believe in giving people more freedom and personal responsibility. Along those lines, I called on President Biden last week to end vaccine mandates for our military servicemembers. I have heard from many at Fort Bragg about how mandates have impacted their families. And thanks to Operation Warp Speed, we have vaccines and therapeutics that no longer make COVID-19 a significant risk to life or the readiness of our military. It is now past time for the Biden administration to respect the rights of our servicemembers at Fort Bragg and around the world.

Instead of forcing needless mandates on Americans, our government should focus on policies to improve public health and safety. Last week, I helped pass legislation to do just that.

The Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2022 will make permanent telehealth flexibilities initially authorized during the pandemic. This bill mirrored legislation I put forward in April, and I’m happy this common-sense policy to improve health care quality, and access will move to the Senate. H.R. 7624, the Spectrum Innovation Act, includes provisions I wrote to modernize our critical 911 infrastructure and improve the ability of first responders to handle emergencies and save lives.

We have many challenges. Yet whether it is growing our economy, protecting your rights, or improving the health and safety of our community, I remain committed to delivering solutions for you and your family.

COLUMN | DAVID HARSANYI

The Dems’ new proposal does nothing to lower inflation The Inflation Reduction Act is to inflation what the Affordable Care Act — which doubled premium costs — was to health care insurance.

THE FIRST THING TO REMEMBER about the reconciliation bill Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer agreed to Wednesday is that, despite its utterly preposterous name, it has absolutely zero to do with inflation. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is crammed with the very same spending, corporate welfare, price-fixing, and tax hikes that were part of Build Back Better — long-desired progressive wish-list agenda items.

Pumping hundreds of billions into the economy will do nothing to alleviate inflation. The opposite is true.

Let’s also remember the Democrats’ deflection on inflation last year — claiming it was “transitory” and “no serious economist” is “suggesting there’s unchecked inflation on the way,” and so on — was all part of a concerted political effort to ignore the problem long enough to cram through a $5.5 trillion iteration of their agenda. And when inflation suddenly became non-transitory and politically problematic, the Biden administration argued that more spending would relieve inflation. They don’t care about the economy as long as dependency is being expanded.

The bill is far more likely to spike consumer prices than not. You can hate corporations with the heat of a thousand suns and grouse about the lack of fairness in the world, but it won’t change the fact that businesses don’t pay taxes; they collect them. The Dems’ bill claims it raises $313 billion with a minimum 15% corporate tax rate. Democrats seem to be under the impression that corporations that pay less than 15% are evading taxes rather than using completely legal tools such as accelerated depreciation or taking advantage of tax credits. Whatever the case, raising corporate taxes means fewer jobs or higher prices. Maybe both.

What it won’t do is lower inflation.

The same establishment media that is suddenly unsure how to define a recession is going to falsely claim that the bill has a “deficit reduction package,” even though anyone who’s spent five minutes in D.C. knows that the bill features a bunch of accounting gimmicks that will allow Manchin to go back to West Virginia and claim his concerns about spending are allayed. The deficit reduction number — which relies not only upon raising taxes on consumers but creating a more powerful IRS (and IRS public-sector union) — is plucked from the ether. We have no clue how much new taxes and audits will raise. What we do know is that any new spending program instituted today will exist in perpetuity.

The bill also dumps another $369 billion into green boondoggles,

which also acts as a slush fund for Democrats. Now, even if you’ve convinced yourself that slight variations in temperature are an existential threat to humanity, there has never been an instance of energy becoming more affordable due to pumping money into green economies. A bill with “investments” that will “encourage” a “transition,” as political journalists would say, is really just force-feeding inefficient and expensive alternatives that elbow out reliable, affordable gas and oil, and push prices higher. Manchin claims that the bill specifically brings down energy prices. Yet, unless West Virginians are clamoring to buy already heavily subsidized electric cars, the bill gives them nothing. It takes.

The only aspect of the bill that even feigns at being about prices allows Medicare to “negotiate” (some) prescription drug prices. This is called price-fixing, as the government is big enough and powerful enough to demand any arbitrary price it wants from rent-seeking companies.

What it will do, as price-fixing always does, is undercut innovation and investments, and create supply shortages and higher prices for ordinary consumers.

The Inflation Reduction Act features new taxes on natural gas and coal production. How could a senator from West Virginia ever support a proposal that promises a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030? Achieving it would mean the economic destruction of his state.

Though, to be fair, those policies would mean the economic destruction of the entire economy.

Manchin — who once said, “I don’t think during a time of recession you mess with any of the taxes or increase any taxes” — always plays this game, making it difficult for Dems to create the impression of moderation at home, and then basically giving in. And, in the end, nearly every reporter is going to allow Democrats to pretend that $430 billion is a pared-down bill, a mighty political sacrifice because what they really wanted was a $3.5 trillion bill. They’re going to allow Democrats to pretend that bill lives up to its name, when it does nothing of the sort.

The Inflation Reduction Act is to inflation what the Affordable Care Act — which doubled premium costs — was to health care insurance.

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 SOCCER

EA Sports to become title sponsor of Spanish league in ’23 Madrid EA Sports will become the title sponsor of the Spanish league beginning in 2023-24. A source close to the agreement told The Associated Press that the videogaming company will replace Spain-based bank Santander. The league has yet to announce the deal.

Santander is entering its final season as the main sponsor of the secondrichest European domestic league. The league and EA Sports signed a multiyear contract. Other details on the agreement are not immediately available. The Spanish sports daily Marca says EA Sports will pay 30 million euros a season to the Spanish league.

MLB

Only 2 of top 300 MLB draft picks fail to sign by deadline New York Only two of the top 300 picks in baseball’s amateur draft failed to reach agreements by the deadline.

The highest selection not to sign was Oklahoma State third baseman Nolan McLean, selected 81st by Baltimore with the first pick of the third round, which had a slot value of $794,000.

Florida pitcher Brandon Sproat also failed to sign after the New York Mets selected him 90th, which had a slot value of $691,300.

The Orioles and Mets each will receive an extra pick following the third round of next year’s draft.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Gophers’ Ihnen has 2nd straight seasonending knee injury Minneapolis Minnesota junior forward Isaiah Ihnen will miss the upcoming season after reinjuring the surgically repaired left knee that sidelined him last year.

Ihnen was hurt in practice last week. The 6-foot-10 native of Germany played in 50 games over his first two seasons. He averaged 3.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 13.1 minutes. Ihnen and fellow junior Parker Fox would have been two of the most experienced frontcourt players for the Gophers this season. Fox is also out for a second straight year following knee surgery.

TENNIS

Venus Williams loses in return to singles play Washington, D.C. Venus Williams lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino in her return to singles play after more than a year away.

Williams lost 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. It was her first singles match since Aug. 23, 2021. Before the hard-court tune-up for the U.S. Open, Williams last played singles in Chicago on Aug. 23, 2021, when she lost to Su-Wei Hseih. Williams played mixed doubles with Jamie Murray at Wimbledon.

Williams practiced with sister and former doubles partner Serena leading up to the tournament which is not routine for them.

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Tyler Reddick celebrates after winning Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course.

Reddick wins at Indy to stay in spotlight The Richard Childress Racing driver won for the second time this month The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Reddick this month already grabbed his first Cup career victory, qualified for NASCAR’s playoffs and signed a big contract with a new team.

Now he’s got a victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Reddick closed the best month of his career with an overtime win Sunday on the road course at Indy to give him two victories in the last five Cup races.

“So, I’m not going to lie, I watched a lot of racing at this venue when I was a kid growing up,” Reddick said. “A lot of incredible drivers have won at this racetrack, and it’s really cool to be part of the drivers who have won here and I’m really happy about it.”

Reddick broke through for his

first career victory on July 3 at Road America in Wisconsin, then announced nine days later he was leaving Richard Childress Racing in 2024 to drive for 23XI, the team owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan.

Win No. 2 seemed to be easily within reach as Reddick was comfortably out front for 15 late laps when debris from Christopher Bell’s car brought out the fourth caution of the race with only six to go.

It set up a restart with three laps remaining and Reddick lined up alongside road course ace Chase Elliott, who briefly got past Reddick for the lead until he was spun for another caution that sent the race into overtime.

Reddick on the next restart had to hold off defending race winner AJ Allmendinger, who also won Saturday in the Xfinity Series. But Allmendinger was physically exhausted and struggling because his cooling device had not worked the entire race,

“It’s really cool to be part of the drivers who have won here and I’m really happy about it.”

Tyler Reddick and he hardly challenged Reddick at all.

Allmendinger collapsed when he climbed from his car. His wife and team personnel were seen draping his head in wet towels and dumping water over him before Allmendinger was taken to the care center.

So it was Ross Chastain who made Reddick claw his way to the Yard of Bricks.

Chastain missed the first turn completely and used the access road to return to the racing course ahead of Reddick and the apparent new leader. Reddick chased

him for an entire lap around the 2.439-mile course and finally reclaimed the lead in time to lead the entire final lap.

“I couldn’t believe he got ahead of me,” Reddick said. “I was kind of waiting to see if he was going to have a penalty because I didn’t want to move him out of the way and make his race worse than what it was. But hey, we made it work. Hats off to Ross for trying to do that but really glad it didn’t end up working out because I’d have been pretty (angry).”

NASCAR after the race penalized Chastain for using the access road, which dropped him to 27th.

“I thought we were four-wide and couldn’t go any farther right,” said Chastain, “and decided to take the NASCAR access lane out there.”

Reddick’s win made him the first RCR driver since Kevin Harvick in 2013 to win multiple races in a season, and multiple victories for RCR in a season for the first time since 2017.

Bill Russell, NBA great and Celtics legend, dies at 88 The legendary player and coach was at the forefront of civil rights throughout his life The Associated Press BOSTON — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday. He was 88.

His family posted the news on social media, saying Russell died with his wife, Jeannine, by his side.

The statement did not give the cause of death.

“Bill’s wife, Jeannine, and his many friends and family thank you for keeping Bill in your prayers.

Perhaps you’ll relive one or two of the golden moments he gave us, or recall his trademark laugh as he delighted in explaining the real story behind how those moments unfolded,” the family statement said. “And we hope each of us can find a new way to act or speak up with Bill’s uncompromising, dignified and always constructive commitment to principle. That would be one last, and lasting, win for our beloved #6.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement that Russell was “the greatest champion in all of team sports.”

“Bill stood for something much bigger than sports: the values of

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Celtics center Bill Russell, left, celebrates with Boston coach Red Auerbach after defeating the Lakers to win their eighth-straight NBA Championship in 1966. Russell died Sunday at age 88. equality, respect and inclusion that he stamped into the DNA of our league. At the height of his athletic career, Bill advocated vigorously for civil rights and social justice, a legacy he passed down to generations of NBA players who followed in his footsteps,” Silver said.

“Through the taunts, threats and unthinkable adversity, Bill rose above it all and remained true to his belief that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity.

A Hall of Famer, five-time MVP and 12-time All-Star, Russell in 1980 was voted the greatest player in the NBA history by basketball writers. He remains the sport’s most prolific winner and an archetype of selflessness who won with

“Bill stood for something much bigger than sports: the values of equality, respect and inclusion that he stamped into the DNA of our league.”

Adam Silver, NBA commissioner defense and rebounding while leaving the scoring to others. Often that meant Wilt Chamberlain, the only player of the era who was a worthy rival for Russell.

But Russell dominated in the

only stat he cared about: 11 championships to two.

The native of Louisiana also left a lasting mark as a black athlete in a city — and country — where race is often a flashpoint. He was at the March on Washington in 1963 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, and he backed Muhammad Ali when the boxer was pilloried for refusing induction into the military draft.

William Felton Russell was born on Feb. 12, 1934, in Monroe, Louisiana. He was a child when his family moved to the West Coast, and he went to high school in Oakland, California, and then the University of San Francisco. He led the Dons to NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956 and won a gold medal in 1956 at the Melbourne Olympics in Australia.

Celtics coach and general manager Red Auerbach so coveted Russell that he worked out a trade with the St. Louis Hawks for the second pick in the draft.

The Celtics won the NBA championship — their first of 17 — in his rookie season, and Russell won his first MVP award the next season.

A 6-foot-10 center, Russell never averaged more than 18.9 points during his 13 seasons, each year averaging more rebounds per game than points. For 10 seasons he averaged more than 20 rebounds.

Auerbach retired after winning the 1966 title, and Russell became the player-coach — the first black head coach in NBA history, leading the Celtics back to titles in 1968 and ’69.

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Thomas Vickers

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Putting in practice Top, Eddie Soto of the Asheboro football team goes through a tackling drill on the first day of practice Monday. Bottom left, members of the Randleman boys’ soccer team move the goal at the first practice of the season. Bottom right, football coach Seth Baxter addresses his Southwestern Randolph team on the first day of practice Monday.

ZooKeepers cap strange, twisting season Marsh’s CPL-best homer count among team’s highlights

By Bob Sutton Randolph Record ASHEBORO — Things became better for the Asheboro ZooKeepers during the latter part of the Coastal Plain League season.

But not good enough to qualify for the postseason.

A somewhat awkward season came to a close with Saturday night’s 12-8 loss to the visiting Martinsville Mustangs at McCrary Park.

Asheboro’s 14-34 record in CPL games was a league-worst mark in the 14-team circuit. The ZooKeepers were also 2-2 on non-league games.

“It has been hard to get everything working,” said second-year head coach Jeremy Knight, who’s also the team’s co-general manager. “We’ve had so many roster changes. The schedule got so packed for a while. We stay in games, and then we don’t have enough to finish.”

At least there were improvements as this season went on. After the ZooKeepers posted a 3-20 record in the CPL’s first half, they improved to 11-14 in the second half. Still, Asheboro shared last place with Martinsville in the second half in the West Division by ending the season on a three-

game losing streak.

It was the first collegiate summer league experience in this type of setting for many of the players.

“It’s a nice experience,” said ZooKeepers infielder Michael Zarrillo, a Lafayette College player who’s from Atlanta. “You get to see a lot of different players from different places. Most of them you’re never going to see again.”

There were a few notable accomplishments among ZooKeepers players.

Southwestern Randolph alum Bryce Marsh turned out to be one of the CPL’s top power hitters. The first baseman blasted 13 home runs across 45 CPL games, ranking first in the league in that category. Marsh, who also homered once in three non-league games, smashed a long ball in each of the ZooKeepers’ final three games.

“We look for him to hit the ball hard,” Knight said.

Marsh was the team RBI leader with 35 in CPL play, moving past shortstop Trent Youngblood, who had 33 but only one in the final week. Marsh rated third in the CPL in runs batted in, and Youngblood tied for fifth.

Marsh is a May graduate from Division III Pfeiffer with a degree in health and exercise science, though he has another season of eligibility remaining based on the NCAA’s approach because of the pandemic. Marsh homered seven times in 30 games for Pfeiffer this year, stretching his

career college total to 21 in 101 games.

Youngblood, who also was used as a relief pitcher, batted a teambest .344, capped by a 3-for-5 effort in the finale. He ranked third in the league in batting. On the Asheboro team, he was the leader in doubles (10), triples (3), and runs (36) to go with his second-best four home runs.

Youngblood was also second on the team in stolen bases with 15 behind Ron Evans’ 18 (tied for fourth in the league).

No Asheboro pitcher had more than two victories. Connor Smith, a college pitcher for High Point, went 2-1 and logged four of the team’s five saves.

The 2021 season produced a 23-21 overall record in CPL play for Asheboro, which was then nicknamed the Copperheads.

This year turned out more difficult.

The season had a strange component right from the beginning for the ZooKeepers because of renovations at McCrary Park that weren’t complete in time for the first few scheduled home games.

That caused schedule juggling and a busy slate once the cityowned ballpark was available.

The upgrades largely revolved around the field, dugouts, and bullpens, leaving limited seating for spectators. Next year, another phase in the renovation project is supposed to be complete in time for the CPL season, and those will be focused on new seating areas and fan amenities.

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Thomas Vickers competed in several events for Trinity’s boys’ track and field team.

Trinity, boys’ track and field Vickers was productive in his senior season for the Bulldogs, who he helped to the Piedmont Athletic Conference title.

In the PAC championships, he was part of three point-producing events for Trinity.

He placed second in the 400 meters in 58.63 seconds and took third in the triple jump at 35 feet, 1½ inches. While he didn’t place in the long jump, he posted a mark of 16-5 for 10th place.

Vickers was part of the winning 1,600 relay, which had a time of 4:00.97. He was joined by teammates Ayden Harlow, Mason Lewis, and Jonathan Hill.

AREA GOLF NOTES

Long playoff ensues at Asheboro course Randolph Record staff THERE WAS DRAMA last month at Asheboro Municipal Golf Course for the North Carolina Junior Boys’ 14-and-under championship.

That’s because it took John John Santospago of Charlotte seven playoff holes in order to secure the championship. Hank Johnson of Newland settled for second place. They played Nos. 1 and 9 repeatedly during the playoff for five holes until moving to No. 2, with both golfers making par. Then at par-4 No. 3, Santospago used a par to claim the title.

Santospago and Johnson shot two-round totals of 4-over 144, while Jackson Bryce of Cary was third at 145 in the 46-golfer field.

Caedmon Albertyn of Monroe was fourth with 147.

Santospago, 13, was the 2021 runner-up. This year’s result gave him his first Carolinas Golf Association victory.

Archdale holds big tourney

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Southwestern Randolph alum Bryce Marsh had a strong season in power numbers for the Asheboro ZooKeepers, boosted by home runs late in the season.

At Archdale, Connor Warren of Spruce Pin won the 18th annual Dogwood State Junior Boys Championship, which was a three-round event contested last month at Holly Ridge Golf Links.

Warren shot 12-under 204 and ended up with a two-shot victory on Waxhaw’s Matthew McDou-

gall in the 163-golfer field.

Among the entrants was Eastern Randolph standout Connor Carter. He shot 80 in the first round, followed by 72, so he missed the cut by six shots.

Area entrants contend At Holly Springs, the team of Peyton Wyatt of Kernersville and Brock Elder of Randleman placed in a fifth-place tie last week in the Carolinas Pro-Junior Championship at Club at 12 Oaks.

The Wyatt/Elder team had a 3-under-par score of 69.

The winning tandem was Cameron Harvey of Kernersville and Chris Haarlow of Greensboro with 64.

U.S. Am qualifier held At Thomasville, three out-ofstate entrants gained spots among the four slots available in the U.S. Amateur based on the two-round qualifying at Colonial Country Club. Those spots went to Cade Russell (136) of Knoxville, Tenn.; Jet Tickle (136) of Bristol, Tenn.; Walker Isley (137) of Oak Island; and Jacob Tarkany (138) of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Trinity’s Jake Clodfelter, a Wheatmore graduate, shot 146.

Sam Davidson of Asheboro shot 148.

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Randolph County Post 45 pitcher Robert Garner is bound to be called upon for a critical role during the Southeast Regional for American Legion baseball.

Post 45 aims to make it to weekend Southeast Regional provides array of challenges for Randolph County

By Bob Sutton Randolph Record ASHEBORO — In order for Randolph County Post 45 to be playing this weekend when the remaining teams have dwindled in the Southeast Regional of American Legion baseball, there are bound to be several key factors.

Post 45 manager Ronnie Pugh has tried to develop pitching depth, something that became a challenge at times when the team’s schedule was either spread out or -- during a stretch late in the regular season and early in the Area 3 playoffs -- when games were forfeited or reduced to five innings by the mercy rule.

“A lot of times, we do matchups,” Pugh said. “We have a lot of position players who pitch.”

Post 45 has counted on several pitchers for clutch duty on the mound. One of them is Robert Garner, who has been strictly a pitcher.

Post 45 is bound to need more stellar pitching from Garner, who delivered with 6 1/3 shutout innings in a game in last week’s state tournament.

“I’ve been throwing good up here (with Post 45),” Garner said.

“It’s the exact same stuff I did in high school.”

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Left fielder Adam Cole of Randolph County Post 45 will be busy this week during the Southeast Regional. He also plays football for Southwestern Randolph, with practice beginning this week.

He graduated from North Moore in the spring and is heading to play baseball for Wake Tech. For North Moore, he gained Class 1-A Pitcher of the Year accolades from the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association, so he has credentials that could

boost Post 45 if the team is able to extend its stay in the regional.

Garner is a second-year player with Post 45, though Pugh said with Garner coming through the group’s junior program, he had been on the radar.

“He loves to play,” Pugh said.

So does left fielder Adam Cole, who’s a second-year player for Post 45.

Cole has an interesting workload in terms of athletics. He’s a record-setting football player for Southwestern Randolph, with official practices having started

Monday across the state.

Cole said he wouldn’t be a regular participant in football practices if Post 45 is playing on the same day. That’s the case for Wednesday and Thursday, and it’s possible at times during the week that Randolph County could be playing at the same time as the Cougars are holding football practices.

“I won’t do both on the same day, but I can go out to the practice,” Cole said.

He said he has put in time regarding football in recent weeks.

“I’ve been going out to the field on my own and working out,” Cole said. “After the last couple of years, I’ve pretty much memorized the playbook.”

State champion Wilmington Post 10 is also in the Southeast Regional field. Randolph County and Wilmington didn’t meet in the state tournament.

When games began Wednesday, the other teams included South Carolina champion Rock Hill Post 34, South Carolina runner-up Camden Post 17, Georgia champion Evans Post 192, Kentucky champion Owensboro Post 9, Florida champion Belleview Post 284, and Tennessee champion Columbia Post 19.

The double-elimination regional is set to wrap up Sunday.

There’s a potential title game at 1:30 p.m., with an “if necessary” game at 4:30 p.m. After four games slated for Wednesday and Thursday, there are three game slots on Friday’s schedule and two more Saturday.

The regional winner advances to the American Legion World Series, which takes place next week in Shelby.

Post 45 fades away in state tournament Randolph Record staff BUIES CREEK — It started swell and ended with a thud for Randolph County Post 45 in the American Legion baseball state tournament this week.

Post 45 was the lone undefeated team in the eight-team tournament through the first two days. By the time the first semifinal ended Friday, Randolph County had been eliminated.

Queen City topped Post 45 by 6-1 at Campbell University.

But unlike other teams that fail to win the tournament, Post 45 has more games to play.

Randolph County (29-11), as the host team, will play in the eightteam Southeast Regional that begins Wednesday at McCrary Park in Asheboro. Post 45 has a 6:30 p.m. game against the South Carolina state champion on the opening night of that five-day event.

Wilmington Post 10, which drubbed Fuquay-Varina 14-4 in the second semifinal in the North Caro-

lina tournament, is slated to take on Queen City (24-8) in Saturday afternoon’s title game with a berth in the multi-state Southeast Regional at stake.

Following a 12-game winning streak, Randolph County lost three of five games during an eight-day stretch.

In the state tournament, Post 45 was tied with Fuquay-Varina and Cherryville after the pool play, all with 2-1 records. Only two could advance to the semifinal round, with Randolph County dubbed the No. 1 seed from the pool based on the fewest runs allowed in the first three games. Fuquay-Varina also advanced.

It turned out to be back-to-back losses for Post 45, which fell 7-3 to Cherryville on Thursday. Starting pitcher Trey Way took the loss. He also provided a run-scoring double, while Alex Martinez had an RBI single for Post 45.

Randolph County began the tournament with Tuesday’s late-night triumph against host Fuquay-Va-

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Third baseman Tyler Parks of Randolph County Post 45 makes a catch on a popup during the first day of the American Legion state tournament last week. Shortstop Tanner Marsh, right, and left fielder Adam Cole, back, also pursue the play during the team’s victory. rina. The 6-0 result came behind Robert Garner’s 6 1/3 innings of pitching combined with Tanner Marsh’s two RBI, Josh Meadows’

triple, and Adam Cole’s two hits.

Post 45 kept the momentum going Wednesday afternoon by defeating Hope Mills 6-1 behind solid

pitching from Blake Marsh, Parks, and Connor Adams. Parks and Cole both drove in two runs during a five-run third inning.

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obituaries

Rev. Calvin Mitchell Walker

Kenneth Eugene Daniel

David Ray Williamson

Joseph "Joe" Ivan Cox October 6, 1949 — July 28, 2022

July 6, 1946 — July 30, 2022

August 20, 1976 — July 28, 2022

October 19, 1977 — July 27, 2022

Reverend Calvin “Mitchell” Walker passed away Saturday, July 30th 2022 at his home in Asheboro.

Before retiring Reverend Walker had been a minister for over 50 years serving various churches. He was a faithful follower of Christ. He was known as a devoted husband, a loving father-grandfather and a “forever” friend.

Reverend Walker is survived by one daughter, Teresa Chaney of Greensboro, 4 sons, Dennis ( Kim) Walker of Asheboro, Andy (Jennifer) Walker of Asheboro, Scott (Sherry) Walker of Seagrove, and Matt Walker of San Diego, CA,11 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Cecelia Story Walker.

Mr. Kenneth Eugene Daniel , age 45 of Asheboro passed away suddenly Thursday , July 28th 2022 at his home. Kenneth had worked in the construction industry his entire career enjoying to drywall and paint.

Kenneth loved fishing , watching Sifi shows , cartoons and the enjoyment of drinking coffee.

Mr. Daniel is survived by his wife, Lori of the home, 2 daughters Katie Daniel of Asheboro and Nicole Martinez (Kane) of Asheboro.

One son Jeremiah of the home, 2 grandchildren Bailey and Bentley.

5 sisters, Bobbie Garner (Harold) of Ramseur, Von (David) Whitley of Asheboro, Sandra (Chris) Fisher of Asheboro, Melissa Burgess of Asheboro and Marie Tupper of Danville, Virginia. 3 brothers, Scottie (Teresa) Daniel of Asheboro, Michael Haga of Tennessee and Junior Daniel of Crewe , Virginia.

He was preceeded in death by his parents, Walter and Margaret Daniel and 1 sister, Carolyn Compton.

David Ray Williamson, age 44, of Asheboro passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at Moses Cone Hospital.

Mr. Williamson was born in Randolph County on October 19, 1977. David was employed by Ultracraft. He was preceded in death by his wife, Tracey Hunt and grandmother, Hilda Miller. David had a great sense of humor and was funny, sweet, and sarcastic. He loved to fish and eat, and loved his dog, Rudy Ray. He is survived by his sons, Dylan Odum (Haley Harless), and twins, Kody Williamson (Haley Allen) and Kory Williamson (Jaylan); granddaughter, Delilah Williamson; mother, Janet Williamson (Marvin Gash); father, David Ray Glasgow; sisters, Jennifer Glasgow (Deon Finger) and Lorry Poole (Tony); nephew, Jared Hodges; niece Kay Hodges; girlfriend, Susan Burris; and great aunt, Mary Ellen Thompson.

Joseph “Joe” Ivan Cox, age 72 of Pleasant Garden, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at his home.

Joe was a native of Randolph County and was born on October 6, 1949 to Edgar and Louise Crawford Cox. Joe was a very strong willed, dependable, hardworking provider who never met a stranger. He was a graduate of Randleman High School and proudly served our country in the United States Army during Vietnam. Joe worked and retired from FedEx as a fleet mechanic.

Joe attended Vandalia Presbyterian Church in Greensboro and will always be remembered by his great sense of humor. Joe was preceded in death by his parents.

Joe is survived by his wife of 51 years, Nancy Keplinger Cox; sons, Christopher Cox of Castle Hayne, Carlton (Naomi) Cox of Stoneville; and his sister, Annette Cox of High Point.

Memorials may be made in Joe’s honor to the Ronald McDonald House.

Thomas "Tommy" Troy Nance, Jr.

March 19, 1954 — July 26, 2022 Thomas “Tommy” Troy Nance, Jr., age 68 of Randleman, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at Select Specialty Hospital in Greensboro.

Tommy was born in Randolph County on March 19, 1954. Tommy was always smiling, picking, and cutting up. He had a huge heart and was always helping others. Tommy was a 1974 graduate of Eastern Randolph High School. He worked for 45 years and retired as a truck driver from Klaussner Furniture.

Tommy enjoyed hunting, fishing, going to watch races at Piedmont Dragway, and selling lawn mowers and four wheelers. Most of all, the apple of Tommy’s eye was his granddaughter, Bailee. Tommy is preceded in death by his father, Thomas Troy Nance, Sr.; and his brother, Stacey Nance.

Tommy is survived by his wife of 40 years, Karen Marsh Nance of the home; sons, Steven (Amanda) Nance of Randleman, Kelly (Megan) Nance of Reidsville; granddaughter, Bailee Nance; step-mother, Betty Nance; brother’s, Troy and Chris Nance; and his sister, Wanda Stanford.

Memorials may be made in Tommy’s honor to the American Cancer Society.

Brenda Suggs Powers April 22, 1943 — July 28, 2022

Brenda Ruth Suggs Powers entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

She was born April 22, 1943 at Barnes & Griffin Clinic, Asheboro to the late Price Adam and Hattie Owenby Suggs. She was the granddaughter of the late Bessie Suggs Richard.

Brenda was also preceded in death by the love of her life, Joel Monroe Powers after 59 years of married life.

She is survived by her son, Cary Monroe Powers of Hubert, NC and Annette Greene Walton of Asheboro and daughter, Camey Powers McMaster and husband Tom of Durham, NC, three wonderful grandchildren who loved their "Mamaw" dearly, Henry Wolfe Powers and wife Pamela Molina of Huntersville, NC, Emma Monroe Powers Parker and husband Jake of Clayton, NC, and Cristian Guevara of Garner, NC, and four great grandchildren, Raylon, Levi and Reese Parker of Clayton, NC and Liam Guevara of Garner, NC. She loved her family and delighted in telling her grandchildren stories of growing up as an only child who loved to entertain herself with art.

Upon graduation she married Joel and they began their adventurous life together.

Upon returning to Asheboro later she became a Media Assistant at Balfour School in the Asheboro City Schools until leaving to attend UNC-G where she graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She began her teaching career upon graduation in Art Education in the Asheboro City Schools.

Brenda was selected Asheboro City Schools Teacher of the Year 92-93. In 1995 she went to John Lawrence Elementary in Archdale and Farmer Elementary in Farmer, retiring after 32 years in Education.

She was an active member of Oakhurst Baptist Church having taught Sunday School, was a Youth Sponsor with her husband, was Youth Director, taught G.A.'s and served on several committees and was a member of WMU. She loved her Lord and tried to service others.

She will greatly missed by her wonderful family and friends but we rejoice that she is in the presence of her Lord and we hope to be reunited someday.

Jimmy Yow ,Jr

February 11, 1952 — July 29, 2022 Mr. Benford Jimmy Yow , Jr of Asheboro passed away Friday , July 29th. 2022 at Randolph Health surrounded by his family.

Jimmy loved spending time in West Virginia, at his cabin in "God's Country" as he so loved to call it. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Throughout his life he never met a stranger and was loved by many near and far. His presence was always felt, even in a room full of people.

Jimmy was the owner of the NAPA Store in Asheboro for 36 years. He continued his journey as a paint specialist for 10 years after leaving the store. Jimmy built friendships that he treasured dearly.

He kept his faith strong in God and his grandchildren were his whole world. We are all blessed to have known him.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Barnes Yow of the home, 1 daughter Kasey (Jeremy) Shelton of Asheboro, 2 sons, Shane (Seretha) of Asheboro and Brandon (Victoria) of Asheboro.

Grandchildren-Brayden-BrooklynAdley and Lola. 1 brother, Larry (Kimberly) Cook of Monroe and 1 sister, LuAnn (Steve) Gardner of 7 Lakes. A special honorary family member, Geraldine Brubaker of Asheboro. Jimmy was preceeded in death by his parents, Benford Yow and mother Peggy Cranford and 1 grandson, Parker Shelton.

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William "Willie" Lee Hankins January 27, 1962 — July 30, 2022

William “Willie” Lee Hankins, age 60 of Sophia, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at his home.

Willie was born in Guilford County on January 27, 1962 to Robert Lee and Betty Janny Hankins. Willie worked for 35 years at RCR Custom Frames as a machine shop supervisor. He enjoyed gardening vegetables, watching westerns and listening to music.

Willie was an old fashioned kind of man and wasn’t afraid to speak his mind. He loved his family, his dogs, and especially his grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, Willie is preceded in death by his wife, Viola Hankins; and brothers, Larry and Gary Hankins.

Willie is survived by his sons, Robert Lee Hankins, Sr. of Sophia, Allen Marcus (Holly) Hankins of Sophia; grandchildren, Robert Hankins, Jr., Chasity Hankins, Brayden Hankins; sisters, Teresa (Steve) Taylor of Trinity, Wanda (Angel) Lanier of High Point, Tina (Timmy) Hankins of High Point; and his faithful canine companions, Boo Boo and Taz. Memorials may be made in Willie’s honor to the American Heart Association.

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John "Tom" Thomas Richardson February 7, 1932 — July 26, 2022

John Thomas “Tom” Richardson, age 90 of Sophia, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro.

Tom was born in Randolph County on February 7, 1932 to Grady and Annabelle McCain Richardson.

Tom was a laid back, quiet gentleman who loved to mow grass.

He worked for Guilford Dairy and later PET Dairy for 41 years before retiring. Tom is a member at South Plainfield Friends Meeting, where he served on multiple committees such as, Cemetery and House and Grounds. In addition to his parents, Tom is preceded in death by his son, Mike Richardson; sisters, Doris Hill, Maxine White, Annalee Staley; and brothers, David and Bud Richardson.

Tom is survived by his wife of 70 years, Claudia Hollingsworth Richardson; son, Marty Richardson (Beth) of Lynn Haven, FL; granddaughters, Lindsey DeWolf (Pieter), and Kathryn Richardson.

Memorials may be made in Tom’s memory to South Plainfield Friends Meeting, 4033 Plainfield Road, Sophia, NC 27350.

Matthew Craven

April 22, 1932 — July 24, 2022 Mr. Matthew Craven, age 90, of Sophia, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022.

A Veteran of the Army, Mr. Craven worked as a carpenter for 50 years.

Matthew loved carpentry. He had the mind of an innovative craftsman when it came to projects he would work on. He was always staying busy working with his hands, seeing what he could come up with next.

Mr. Craven is survived by his sister, Mary Craven Swaney (Winfred); brother -in-law, Vernon Whitaker (Judy); and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Doris Whitaker Craven.

In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to be sent to Red Cross Baptist Church, 2957 Monda Rd., Climax, NC 27233.

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Overturning Roe v. Wade isn’t the end for pro-life activists

By Amy Forliti The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Now that Roe v. Wade has been toppled, pro-life activists are taking a multifaceted approach in their quest to end abortions nationwide, targeting their strategies to the dynamics of each state as they attempt to create new laws and defend bans in courts.

One anti-abortion group has proposed model legislation that would ban all abortions except to prevent the death of a pregnant woman. New legal frontiers could include prosecuting doctors who defy bans, and skirmishes over access to medication abortions already are underway. Others hope to get more conservatives elected in November to advance an anti-abortion agenda.

“For Republicans, the post-Roe world will be significantly different, from a legal perspective,” said Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School. “For the last 50 years, Republicans have been on the offense by chipping away on the edges of Roe. Now they are going to be playing defense in all 50 states.”

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade said abortion is not a right under the Constitution, creating an opening

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Anti-abortion supporters react as Angela Minter, president of Sisters for Life, speaks at a rally at the Statehouse, in Indianapolis, on July 26, 2022. for states pushing to get more restrictions on the books. Most recently, lawmakers in West Virginia and Indiana have pushed ahead with new restrictions, with varying success.

James Bopp Jr., general counsel for National Right to Life, has worked on model legislation for states, but said with few legislatures in session “the process of adopting new laws is really just be-

ginning.”

It recommends banning all abortions except to prevent the death of a pregnant woman, though it provides language for states that want to make exceptions in cases of rape or incest. It also recommends criminal penalties for any person, including a doctor, who knowingly or intentionally causes or aids an “unlawful abortion.”

The model law would not criminalize a woman who gets an abortion.

Conservatives also see new courtroom battles on the horizon.

Jonathan Mitchell, the former Texas solicitor general who is now a private practice attorney, came up with some of the key components of a Texas law that bans abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected. His innovation was to make violations enforceable through lawsuits filed by citizens, rather than the government.

Mitchell, who represents Texas and South Dakota in abortion lawsuits and has helped lawmakers in multiple states develop abortion bans and restrictions, said future legal fights could center around those who pay for abortions for people living in states with bans that are not being enforced due to court injunctions.

“Abortion is still a criminal offense in every state with a trigger law or pre-Roe ban, regardless of whether a state-court injunction is in effect,” Mitchell said in an email to The Associated Press.

He said an injunction doesn’t actually block a law as many believe, but temporarily keeps it from being enforced.

He said employers or those who help fund abortions in states such as Utah, Kentucky, Louisiana, or West Virginia are violating the law and could be prosecuted. He said if bans exist but are on hold, abortion providers could be prosecuted retroactively.

“And the mere risk of potential lawsuits may be enough to deter abortion providers from offering abortions to out-of-state residents,

especially when these lawsuits can be brought,” he wrote, “not only against the physician but everyone else involved.”

Erin Hawley, a lawyer at the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom and the wife of Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, expects continuing litigation over medication abortions.

She pointed to a court battle underway in Mississippi, where drugmaker GenBioPro is suing the state over its provisions that make it harder to get a prescription for mifepristone, a drug that can induce abortion. The state’s policies are at odds with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, which courts have generally found take precedence over state law.

But Hawley said that might not apply here.

“It’s always a big deal for a federal agency or law to trump state law,” Hawley said.

Some states are taking different approaches.

Texas sued the federal government in mid-July after the Biden administration issued guidance that stated hospitals are required to provide abortions if necessary to save a mother’s life.

Bopp said while court battles and midterm elections are the current focus, abortion opponents would eventually like to see federal and state constitutional amendments that would explicitly protect the unborn, though he acknowledged that would be a challenge.

“A constitutional amendment has been one of our goals. But this requires a hell of a consensus,” he said.

Democrats bareknuckle Green Party off North Carolina ballot The Associated Press RALEIGH — A day after Connor Harney received anonymous text messages asking him to retract his signature from a petition to qualify Green Party candidates for the November ballot in North Carolina, he said unidentified canvassers brought their “attempts to interfere with democracy” to his doorstep.

A woman claiming to represent the state Board of Elections appeared at his home in Fuquay-Varina in late June, a checklist of street addresses in hand, and repeated the request, he said.

When Harney — a 31-year-old historian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro — refused and questioned the woman’s affiliation, she left with a warning: If Green Party candidates gain ballot access, they could take away votes from Democrats and hand the GOP victories in tight races, namely the Senate race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Trumpbacked Republican Rep. Ted Budd.

“I told her, ‘What you’re doing now makes Democrats look very desperate,’” said Harney, a registered independent. “But, more importantly, it goes against the democratic process because you’re actively trying to ensure another party doesn’t make it onto the ballot.”

A dispute over the Green Party’s stalled effort to field a Senate candidate has exposed the Democratic Party’s bareknuckle efforts to prevent the progressive group from siphoning away crucial votes come November.

The state Board of Elections’

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Connor Harney, a supporter of the North Carolina Green Party's petition to place candidates on the November ballot, poses for a photo at Yates Mill County Park, in Raleigh.

Democratic majority rejected the Green Party petition in a 3-2 vote on June 30, citing petition sheets with nearly identical handwriting, incomplete personal information, duplicate names and deceased signatories.

The Green Party then sued as the board investigates the validity of its signatures, alleging Democratic interference in the petitioning process and asking the court to reverse the board’s decision.

The State Board of Elections unanimously voted Monday to recognize the Green Party as a new political party, reversing its previous decision to reject the party’s

petition while the board investigated the signature sheets for fraud.

But Green Party candidates still face an ongoing legal battle to appear on the November ballot after the state board’s initial rejection of the petition led the party to miss the July 1 deadline to submit its nominees.

Harney is one of more than a dozen signers mentioned in the lawsuit who reported receiving intimidating messages, calls or home visits.

These signers said some canvassers declined to identify themselves or falsely claimed to represent the Green Party or the

elections board. Others said they were sent by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – the driving force working to elect Beasley and other Democratic Senate candidates nationwide.

With the Senate in a 50-50 deadlock, North Carolina is one of the few states where Democrats have strong potential to pick up a seat, said Western Carolina University political science professor Chris Cooper. Despite the stakes, he found the Democrats’ tactics “jaw dropping.”

“This is not politics as usual,” Cooper said. “We expect political parties to want to win – that’s

not the problem. It crosses the line when they appear to be resorting to intimidation and, in a few cases, lies.”

The Democrats acknowledge asking signers to remove their names, but claim they were merely trying to make sure potential supporters weren’t being tricked.

“We reached out to voters to ensure they had not been deceived,” DSCC spokesperson Amanda Sherman said.

Sherman said the DSCC is funneling $30 million into North Carolina and eight other Senate battleground states through its “Defend the Majority” campaign, the largest investment in field organizing the committee has ever made this early in the campaign cycle.

Though Democrats had little success dissuading progressive voters from backing the Green Party ballot bid, their lawyers, including Elias Law Group, general counsel for the DSCC, lobbied the board to scrutinize irregularities among the signatures.

Hoh’s campaign manager Rose Ruby said their uphill battle to reach the ballot illuminates the many barriers third-party candidates face nationwide. But she embraces Hoh’s role as a disruptor of the status quo and says Democrats have only themselves to blame if the Greens “spoil” their election.

“The spoiler label is an antidemocratic characterization of what it means to have a healthy democracy,” Ruby said. “If Democrats don’t want to fear that there’s a split in their vote, then it’s their job to earn those votes and to put out the kind of policies that the Green Party is getting out.”

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A new solar project is coming to Misenheimer

A new solar project is coming to Stanly County, according to EDP Renewables, a Houston-based company. The Misenheimer Solar Park, which will be constructed on 500 acres of private land just west of Pfeiffer University, is expected to feature around 200,000 panels, making Stanly County a major location for the renewable energy industry. At this time, EDP is still in the process of completing paperwork and establishing the necessary agreements to break ground on the project. In total, the company is expecting to make a capital investment of at $70 million.

WHAT’S HAPPENING SCS needs volunteers for Pen Pal Program Stanly County Schools is looking for volunteers to assist with their Pen Pal Buddy Program. According to the program, students in mentoring relationships are less likely to miss school, engage in school violence, or try alcohol or illegal drugs.

Mentored students are also more likely to have higher GPAs, go to college, and have positive relationships with their friends and family members. For more information, please contact Melissa Smith, the Director of Community Engagement and Dropout Prevention at (704) 961-3819.

Food Truck First Friday takes place in Albemarle The City of Albemarle will host its monthly Food Truck Friday’s event at City Lake Park on August 5.

This event, which occurs on the first Friday of every month through October, will include a variety of food trucks and live music from 5:30 pm until 9 pm.

Too Much Sylvia is the musical performance, and hungry visitors can get food from Cafe Smith’s, Dogs on the Run, Higgins & Son BBQ, Hilltop Seafood, and many more. The event will be located at 815 Concord Rd., Albemarle, NC 28001, regardless of the weather forecast.

Oakboro Police Department wins national police cruiser photo contest

By Jesse Deal North State Journal ALBEMARLE — It was officially announced on Aug. 1 that the Oakboro Police Department had been awarded a $1,000 cash prize from Blue Line Unlimited, a national nonprofit that supports first responders and officers.

Throughout the past month, law enforcement agencies across the country submitted vehicle photos to the Blue Line Unlimited Police Cruiser Photo Contest to claim a prize for the highest-voted agency. Nearly 60 different agencies across America were entered into the contest where users could send in one vote per 24 hours during the month of June.

With a grand total of 17,454 votes — easily surpassing the runner-up, Ohio-based Mentor Police Department (4,153 votes) and the third-placed, Virginia-based Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office (2,436 votes) — the Oakboro Police Department came out on top.

“The final results are in for the police cruiser photo contest, and we have a winner. Congratulations to the Oakboro Police Department on taking home the grand prize of $1000.00 for your department,” Blue Line Unlimited posted on social media. “We’d like to thank all of the agencies who took part in this contest and look forward to another one in the coming months.”

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responded online to the news of his department’s online victory and confirmed that $250 of the award earnings would be donated to Toys for Tots Stanly County, a charity run by the U.S. Marine Corps that provides Christmas

gifts for low-income children.

“Be proud, everyone, because without you, we couldn’t have done this.” Escher wrote. “Thank you to Blue Line Unlimited; we appreciate everything your organization does to help law en-

forcement. Thank you to all the other agencies that took part in the contest from around the US. You all have some good-looking rides, and as always, stay safe and See CONTEST, page 2

NC Supreme Court OKs speeding up redistricting arguments

By Gary D. Roberton The Associated Press

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RALEIGH — In another remapping decision along partisan leanings, the North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to speed up arguments on further challenges to the boundaries for the state’s legislative seats and congressional districts.

By a 4-3 ruling with registered Democrats in the majority, the justices granted a request by Common Cause to accelerate the redistricting proceedings before

them. The group is fighting the state House and Senate maps approved by the General Assembly in February. Oral arguments will be held in early or mid-October, read last Thursday’s order signed

by Senior Associate Justice Robin Hudson.

The order said specifically that the court didn’t address a recent request by Republican legislators to end its appeal of the congressional district boundaries, which a state trial court drew and adopted for use this year only.

But the order said expedit-

ing all redistricting appeals was based on “the great public interest in the subject matter of this case, the importance of the issues to the constitutional jurisprudence of this state, and the need to reach a final resolution on the merits at the earliest possible opportunity.”

It’s too late for any decision after those oral arguments to alter the district lines for this year’s elections, which are already happening under the challenged maps. Any ruling could clarify further how partisan bias is

avoided in mapmaking and force the legislature to redraw new General Assembly maps that would be used for the remainder of this decade. A new congressional map for the 2024 elections already will be needed.

Associate Justice Tamara Barringer, opposing the order for the court’s three Republican justices, wrote that it made no sense to speed up the process. Any required map redraws for the 2024 elections wouldn’t need to be in See REDISTRICTING, page 2

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Barbara Mandrell poses in the Grand Ole Opry House July 30, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn.

Barbara Mandrell returns to the Opry for 50th anniversary The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country Music Hall of Famer and Grammy winner Barbara Mandrell retired from music more than two decades ago, but the Grand Ole Opry still feels like home to her.

Mandrell, 73, made a rare public appearance on Saturday night at the Opry to celebrate her 50th anniversary of being an Opry member.

“Here we are at home again,” Mandrell told The Associated Press in an interview backstage at the Opry House before the long-running radio and TV program. “50 years. Not everybody gets that blessing.”

Born in Texas and raised in California, Mandrell was just 23 when she became a member in July of 1972. But she was already a seasoned entertainer by the time she came to Nashville, after her teenage years were spent playing steel guitar and appearing regularly on the California-based country TV

CONTEST from page 1 watch your 6. Thank you, Oakboro, Stanly County, and everyone else that joined in to support us.”

The latest police cruiser contest wasn’t the first Blue Line Unlimited contest that Oakboro has been successful in.

Last November, the department’s K9 Joker — an Oakboro K9 police officer — helped raise over $6,000 in grassroots donations for Toys for Tots after a close head-to-head national K9 photo

REDISTRICTING from page 1 place until candidate filing begins in December 2023, she said.

“Common Cause fails to explain how an expedited decision from this court will make any meaningful difference on the legislature’s ability to comply with a deadline that is more than 16 months away,” Barringer wrote.

With Hudson retiring from the court at the end of the year, and Democratic Associate Justice Sam Ervin IV up for reelection, it’s possible a GOP majority would have heard the case if arguments had waited until early 2023.

The contested lines replaced other sets of boundaries that the GOP-controlled House and Senate drew last fall based on 2020 census population changes. The

show “Town Hall Party.”

Over her decades-long career, the actor, multi-instrumentalist and singer turned millions of fans onto country music in the ‘70s and ‘80s, not only through her popular TV show “Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,” but also through hits like “Sleeping Single in a Double Bed,” “If Loving You is Wrong (I Don’t Want to be Right)” and “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool.”

She became the first country artist to earn back-to-back entertainer of the year awards from the Country Music Association, crossing over with R&B covers and bringing glamour and showmanship to the genre. Her performances were a showcase of her musicality, whether she was singing to the top of the rafters, playing pedal steel, the banjo or the saxophone.

“It’s called show business. You need to show them something,” Mandrell said. “Otherwise, they could sit at home and listen to

your recordings or listen to you on the radio. You’ve got to give them something that entertains them.”

With her sisters Louise and Irlene, Mandrell used the power of television to bring new ears to country music, as well as gospel music. Her musical guests were a mixture of R&B, pop and country artists.

“So many would say things like, ‘I never listened to country music, but now, boy, I’m watching every Saturday night and I love it,’” Mandrell said.

This Saturday night, Mandrell was still a champion of country music. Before the show began, Mandrell watched Carrie Underwood from side stage as Underwood did her soundcheck of “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool,” stopping to give her a hug and greeting Underwood’s band members.

Underwood said growing up, Mandrell’s voice was always around.

“She has been such an inspira-

contest. While a dog from Ohio’s Brimfield Police Department ended up narrowly edging out Joker in the contest, the Oakboro Police Department was still awarded a $250 second-place prize in addition to further donations from the community.

Officer Eschert recently posted about the emergence and popularity of the Oakboro Police K9 unit that consists of Joker & Bane, both of which are dual-purpose dogs from Poland.

“The Oakboro Police K9 Unit started in Feb. 2021 when several

of us went to Scotland Neck, NC, to pick K9 Joker and K9 Bane.

We wanted the two best K9s we could find, and we believe we did just that,” Eschert said. “As part of doing this, we wanted the K9s to be a social part of our community. K9 Joker has become such a symbol for Oakboro and his following across social media. I have always strived to make him available for public events and interactions. We have built upon many great things for our community and department during the last nine months.”

Supreme Court, in an identical 4-3 ruling, struck down those first batch of maps. The court called the lines illegal partisan gerrymanders that failed to treat voters who back Democrats fairly and told legislators to try again.

A panel of three trial judges upheld the replacement maps for the 170 legislative districts drawn by lawmakers, but retooled the second congressional map. The state Supreme Court refused to delay their use with this year’s elections.

The appeals didn’t end, as Common Cause and the other plaintiffs in redistricting lawsuits said the Senate map, or the district boundaries for both chambers, still harm Black votes and fail to fully give Democrats the chance at governing majorities. GOP legislative leaders ap-

pealed the interim congressional plan.

House Speaker Tim Moore, Senate leader Phil Berger and other GOP lawmakers asked July 13 to withdraw their congressional map appeal. Phil Strach, a lawyer for the Republicans, wrote there’s no need to spend time and taxpayer dollars on boundaries that will be used in 2022 only.

But Narendra Ghosh, a lawyer representing some voters who are backed by a national Democratic redistricting group, argue the Republicans’ dismissal request is “pure gamesmanship” designed to strengthen their position in upcoming U.S. Supreme Court arguments over the power of state courts to scrutinize congressional maps.

Last month, the nation’s highest court agreed to hear the

tion to me and so many others that stand on the shoulders of great female artists like her,” Underwood told the Opry crowd.

During the Opry show, Mandrell enthusiastically applauded the all-female artist lineup, including CeCe Winans, Linda Davis and Suzy Bogguss, as they performed her hits.

“I already feel on top of the world. I feel the deepest of gratitude and excitement because I am such a huge fan of these ladies,” said Mandrell.

From her seat in the middle of the crowd, Mandrell waved and blew kisses at her fans, who snapped photos of the country star.

Mandrell hasn’t played music or sung — other than in church — since she retired in 1997. Her last concert ever was held at the Opry House and made into TV special called, “Barbara Mandrell and the Do-Rites: The Last Dance.”

Dressed smartly in a hot pink pantsuit and surrounded on stage by 50 dozen lavender-colored roses bought by her fans, Mandrell gave another goodbye from the same Opry stage 25 years later.

“I chose my home to do my final performance on and it was this one,” Mandrell said. “God bless you!” she told fans before she walked off stage into the shadows.

“Congratulations to the Oakboro Police Department on taking home the grand prize of $1000.00 for your department.”

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North Carolina Republicans’ separate appeal of the map for the state’s 14 U.S. House seats. The U.S. justices could decide by next year whether state courts have authority to change the rules for federal elections and congressional redistricting plans.

Barringer criticized the refusal of her Democratic colleagues to grant the legislators’ dismissal motion, adding that “the majority’s decision on both of these motions ... reeks of judicial activism and should deeply trouble every citizen of this state.”

In contrast to the legislature’s original congressional map, which likely would have resulted in Republicans winning 10 of the 14 seats, the interim plan would give Democrats a reasonable opportunity to win seven of the seats.

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Taking on inflation and Pelosi’s assault weapons ban

Over the last year and a half, all of us have felt the impact of the highest gas prices in history and highest inflation in 41 years

“IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!” Politicians in Washington would be wise to heed these famous words from former Bill Clinton advisor James Carville when it comes to addressing the issue most important to American families. Yet, today’s Washington Democrats have time and time again failed to listen and are only making matters worse.

On Thursday, we learned our economy shrunk for the second quarter in a row. Unfortunately, this signifies that the economy has entered a recession. However, President Joe Biden and other Democrats in Washington have refused to accept this fact or take responsibility, trying instead to redefine the meaning of recession altogether.

The American people are smarter than that.

Over the last year and a half, all of us have felt the impact of the highest gas prices in history and highest inflation in 41 years. I’ve heard from Charles in Hope Mills, who must now spend $160 a week on gas to get to work. And Deborah in Cumberland County said she’s paying double to fill up her car, while her grocery bill is up $25 each week.

Data has shown this too, as consumer confidence dropped once again last week. That’s because inflation is still battering families across the country. The cost of goods and services continues to skyrocket nationwide, costing the average American household nearly $500 extra a month. In North Carolina, families are paying an average of $64 more on food, $306 more on transportation, and $175 more on energy. Similarly, gas prices remain $4.22 nationally, almost $2 more per gallon than when Biden took office. Wages have also not kept up with inflation, down 4.4%.

American families cannot afford these price hikes and pay cuts, nor can they afford excuses from President Biden and Washington Democrats.

The problems facing our nation are daunting, but we do have solutions to address them.

The first is taking concrete steps to combat inflation and get our economy back on track. This starts by cutting unnecessary federal spending, lowering taxes, and implementing rational reforms that will grow our economy and create jobs. We must also make America energy independent by boosting domestic production and unleashing American energy.

Instead of working with us on these solutions on Wednesday, Senate Democrats announced a new proposal that will explode the size of the IRS, leading to fewer new lifesaving medical cures being developed and crippling our economy through tax hikes and climate policies. The $700 billion ‘Build Back Broke’ legislation will only make our inflation crisis worse, as well as further expand big government and give it more control over your life.

This worldview is why House Democrats also revived their plans for an ‘assault weapons’ ban last week. A previous ban did not stop violent crime or tragedies like Columbine. Yet, the left continually pushes these gun control measures because it makes them feel good. Last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor and attempted to exploit your fear and the pain of victims in order to gain support for this ridiculous measure. Pelosi and House Democrats want you to trade your rights for security. But the fact is you will end up with neither.

I am leading the fight against this ban and other unconstitutional gun control because the Second Amendment is clear and is the right that protects all our other rights. That’s why I addressed the House after the Speaker to directly refute Pelosi’s fear-mongering and to make it clear that this ban is neither constitutional nor would it be effective at stopping acts of violent crime. Law-abiding citizens have the right to keep and bear arms and defend themselves, just like 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken did with his concealed carry permit when he recently stopped a mass shooting at an Indiana mall.

Instead of things like bans, mandates, and other measures implemented by those who believe in big government, I believe in giving people more freedom and personal responsibility. Along those lines, I called on President Biden last week to end vaccine mandates for our military servicemembers. I have heard from many at Fort Bragg about how mandates have impacted their families. And thanks to Operation Warp Speed, we have vaccines and therapeutics that no longer make COVID-19 a significant risk to life or the readiness of our military. It is now past time for the Biden administration to respect the rights of our servicemembers at Fort Bragg and around the world.

Instead of forcing needless mandates on Americans, our government should focus on policies to improve public health and safety. Last week, I helped pass legislation to do just that.

The Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2022 will make permanent telehealth flexibilities initially authorized during the pandemic. This bill mirrored legislation I put forward in April, and I’m happy this common-sense policy to improve health care quality, and access will move to the Senate. H.R. 7624, the Spectrum Innovation Act, includes provisions I wrote to modernize our critical 911 infrastructure and improve the ability of first responders to handle emergencies and save lives.

We have many challenges. Yet whether it is growing our economy, protecting your rights, or improving the health and safety of our community, I remain committed to delivering solutions for you and your family.

COLUMN | DAVID HARSANYI

The Dems’ new proposal does nothing to lower inflation The Inflation Reduction Act is to inflation what the Affordable Care Act — which doubled premium costs — was to health care insurance.

THE FIRST THING TO REMEMBER about the reconciliation bill Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer agreed to Wednesday is that, despite its utterly preposterous name, it has absolutely zero to do with inflation. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is crammed with the very same spending, corporate welfare, price-fixing, and tax hikes that were part of Build Back Better — long-desired progressive wish-list agenda items.

Pumping hundreds of billions into the economy will do nothing to alleviate inflation. The opposite is true.

Let’s also remember the Democrats’ deflection on inflation last year — claiming it was “transitory” and “no serious economist” is “suggesting there’s unchecked inflation on the way,” and so on — was all part of a concerted political effort to ignore the problem long enough to cram through a $5.5 trillion iteration of their agenda. And when inflation suddenly became non-transitory and politically problematic, the Biden administration argued that more spending would relieve inflation. They don’t care about the economy as long as dependency is being expanded.

The bill is far more likely to spike consumer prices than not. You can hate corporations with the heat of a thousand suns and grouse about the lack of fairness in the world, but it won’t change the fact that businesses don’t pay taxes; they collect them. The Dems’ bill claims it raises $313 billion with a minimum 15% corporate tax rate. Democrats seem to be under the impression that corporations that pay less than 15% are evading taxes rather than using completely legal tools such as accelerated depreciation or taking advantage of tax credits. Whatever the case, raising corporate taxes means fewer jobs or higher prices. Maybe both.

What it won’t do is lower inflation.

The same establishment media that is suddenly unsure how to define a recession is going to falsely claim that the bill has a “deficit reduction package,” even though anyone who’s spent five minutes in D.C. knows that the bill features a bunch of accounting gimmicks that will allow Manchin to go back to West Virginia and claim his concerns about spending are allayed. The deficit reduction number — which relies not only upon raising taxes on consumers but creating a more powerful IRS (and IRS public-sector union) — is plucked from the ether. We have no clue how much new taxes and audits will raise. What we do know is that any new spending program instituted today will exist in perpetuity.

The bill also dumps another $369 billion into green boondoggles,

which also acts as a slush fund for Democrats. Now, even if you’ve convinced yourself that slight variations in temperature are an existential threat to humanity, there has never been an instance of energy becoming more affordable due to pumping money into green economies. A bill with “investments” that will “encourage” a “transition,” as political journalists would say, is really just force-feeding inefficient and expensive alternatives that elbow out reliable, affordable gas and oil, and push prices higher. Manchin claims that the bill specifically brings down energy prices. Yet, unless West Virginians are clamoring to buy already heavily subsidized electric cars, the bill gives them nothing. It takes.

The only aspect of the bill that even feigns at being about prices allows Medicare to “negotiate” (some) prescription drug prices. This is called price-fixing, as the government is big enough and powerful enough to demand any arbitrary price it wants from rent-seeking companies.

What it will do, as price-fixing always does, is undercut innovation and investments, and create supply shortages and higher prices for ordinary consumers.

The Inflation Reduction Act features new taxes on natural gas and coal production. How could a senator from West Virginia ever support a proposal that promises a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030? Achieving it would mean the economic destruction of his state.

Though, to be fair, those policies would mean the economic destruction of the entire economy.

Manchin — who once said, “I don’t think during a time of recession you mess with any of the taxes or increase any taxes” — always plays this game, making it difficult for Dems to create the impression of moderation at home, and then basically giving in. And, in the end, nearly every reporter is going to allow Democrats to pretend that $430 billion is a pared-down bill, a mighty political sacrifice because what they really wanted was a $3.5 trillion bill. They’re going to allow Democrats to pretend that bill lives up to its name, when it does nothing of the sort.

The Inflation Reduction Act is to inflation what the Affordable Care Act — which doubled premium costs — was to health care insurance.

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 SOCCER

EA Sports to become title sponsor of Spanish league in ’23 Madrid EA Sports will become the title sponsor of the Spanish league beginning in 2023-24. A source close to the agreement told The Associated Press that the videogaming company will replace Spain-based bank Santander. The league has yet to announce the deal.

Santander is entering its final season as the main sponsor of the secondrichest European domestic league. The league and EA Sports signed a multiyear contract. Other details on the agreement are not immediately available. The Spanish sports daily Marca says EA Sports will pay 30 million euros a season to the Spanish league.

MLB

Only 2 of top 300 MLB draft picks fail to sign by deadline New York Only two of the top 300 picks in baseball’s amateur draft failed to reach agreements by the deadline.

The highest selection not to sign was Oklahoma State third baseman Nolan McLean, selected 81st by Baltimore with the first pick of the third round, which had a slot value of $794,000.

Florida pitcher Brandon Sproat also failed to sign after the New York Mets selected him 90th, which had a slot value of $691,300.

The Orioles and Mets each will receive an extra pick following the third round of next year’s draft.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Gophers’ Ihnen has 2nd straight seasonending knee injury Minneapolis Minnesota junior forward Isaiah Ihnen will miss the upcoming season after reinjuring the surgically repaired left knee that sidelined him last year.

Ihnen was hurt in practice last week. The 6-foot-10 native of Germany played in 50 games over his first two seasons. He averaged 3.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 13.1 minutes. Ihnen and fellow junior Parker Fox would have been two of the most experienced frontcourt players for the Gophers this season. Fox is also out for a second straight year following knee surgery.

TENNIS

Venus Williams loses in return to singles play Washington, D.C. Venus Williams lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino in her return to singles play after more than a year away.

Williams lost 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. It was her first singles match since Aug. 23, 2021. Before the hard-court tune-up for the U.S. Open, Williams last played singles in Chicago on Aug. 23, 2021, when she lost to Su-Wei Hseih. Williams played mixed doubles with Jamie Murray at Wimbledon.

Williams practiced with sister and former doubles partner Serena leading up to the tournament which is not routine for them.

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Tyler Reddick celebrates after winning Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course.

Reddick wins at Indy to stay in spotlight The Richard Childress Racing driver won for the second time this month The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Reddick this month already grabbed his first Cup career victory, qualified for NASCAR’s playoffs and signed a big contract with a new team.

Now he’s got a victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Reddick closed the best month of his career with an overtime win Sunday on the road course at Indy to give him two victories in the last five Cup races.

“So, I’m not going to lie, I watched a lot of racing at this venue when I was a kid growing up,” Reddick said. “A lot of incredible drivers have won at this racetrack, and it’s really cool to be part of the drivers who have won here and I’m really happy about it.”

Reddick broke through for his

first career victory on July 3 at Road America in Wisconsin, then announced nine days later he was leaving Richard Childress Racing in 2024 to drive for 23XI, the team owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan.

Win No. 2 seemed to be easily within reach as Reddick was comfortably out front for 15 late laps when debris from Christopher Bell’s car brought out the fourth caution of the race with only six to go.

It set up a restart with three laps remaining and Reddick lined up alongside road course ace Chase Elliott, who briefly got past Reddick for the lead until he was spun for another caution that sent the race into overtime.

Reddick on the next restart had to hold off defending race winner AJ Allmendinger, who also won Saturday in the Xfinity Series. But Allmendinger was physically exhausted and struggling because his cooling device had not worked the entire race,

“It’s really cool to be part of the drivers who have won here and I’m really happy about it.”

Tyler Reddick and he hardly challenged Reddick at all.

Allmendinger collapsed when he climbed from his car. His wife and team personnel were seen draping his head in wet towels and dumping water over him before Allmendinger was taken to the care center.

So it was Ross Chastain who made Reddick claw his way to the Yard of Bricks.

Chastain missed the first turn completely and used the access road to return to the racing course ahead of Reddick and the apparent new leader. Reddick chased

him for an entire lap around the 2.439-mile course and finally reclaimed the lead in time to lead the entire final lap.

“I couldn’t believe he got ahead of me,” Reddick said. “I was kind of waiting to see if he was going to have a penalty because I didn’t want to move him out of the way and make his race worse than what it was. But hey, we made it work. Hats off to Ross for trying to do that but really glad it didn’t end up working out because I’d have been pretty (angry).”

NASCAR after the race penalized Chastain for using the access road, which dropped him to 27th.

“I thought we were four-wide and couldn’t go any farther right,” said Chastain, “and decided to take the NASCAR access lane out there.”

Reddick’s win made him the first RCR driver since Kevin Harvick in 2013 to win multiple races in a season, and multiple victories for RCR in a season for the first time since 2017.

Bill Russell, NBA great and Celtics legend, dies at 88 The legendary player and coach was at the forefront of civil rights throughout his life The Associated Press BOSTON — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday. He was 88.

His family posted the news on social media, saying Russell died with his wife, Jeannine, by his side.

The statement did not give the cause of death.

“Bill’s wife, Jeannine, and his many friends and family thank you for keeping Bill in your prayers.

Perhaps you’ll relive one or two of the golden moments he gave us, or recall his trademark laugh as he delighted in explaining the real story behind how those moments unfolded,” the family statement said. “And we hope each of us can find a new way to act or speak up with Bill’s uncompromising, dignified and always constructive commitment to principle. That would be one last, and lasting, win for our beloved #6.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement that Russell was “the greatest champion in all of team sports.”

“Bill stood for something much bigger than sports: the values of

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Celtics center Bill Russell, left, celebrates with Boston coach Red Auerbach after defeating the Lakers to win their eighth-straight NBA Championship in 1966. Russell died Sunday at age 88. equality, respect and inclusion that he stamped into the DNA of our league. At the height of his athletic career, Bill advocated vigorously for civil rights and social justice, a legacy he passed down to generations of NBA players who followed in his footsteps,” Silver said.

“Through the taunts, threats and unthinkable adversity, Bill rose above it all and remained true to his belief that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity.

A Hall of Famer, five-time MVP and 12-time All-Star, Russell in 1980 was voted the greatest player in the NBA history by basketball writers. He remains the sport’s most prolific winner and an archetype of selflessness who won with

“Bill stood for something much bigger than sports: the values of equality, respect and inclusion that he stamped into the DNA of our league.”

Adam Silver, NBA commissioner defense and rebounding while leaving the scoring to others. Often that meant Wilt Chamberlain, the only player of the era who was a worthy rival for Russell.

But Russell dominated in the

only stat he cared about: 11 championships to two.

The native of Louisiana also left a lasting mark as a black athlete in a city — and country — where race is often a flashpoint. He was at the March on Washington in 1963 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, and he backed Muhammad Ali when the boxer was pilloried for refusing induction into the military draft.

William Felton Russell was born on Feb. 12, 1934, in Monroe, Louisiana. He was a child when his family moved to the West Coast, and he went to high school in Oakland, California, and then the University of San Francisco. He led the Dons to NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956 and won a gold medal in 1956 at the Melbourne Olympics in Australia.

Celtics coach and general manager Red Auerbach so coveted Russell that he worked out a trade with the St. Louis Hawks for the second pick in the draft.

The Celtics won the NBA championship — their first of 17 — in his rookie season, and Russell won his first MVP award the next season.

A 6-foot-10 center, Russell never averaged more than 18.9 points during his 13 seasons, each year averaging more rebounds per game than points. For 10 seasons he averaged more than 20 rebounds.

Auerbach retired after winning the 1966 title, and Russell became the player-coach — the first black head coach in NBA history, leading the Celtics back to titles in 1968 and ’69.

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Pfeiffer cross-country Pitt’s Narduzzi: NIL rules ‘probably’ violated by others and track coach resigns Andrew Howardled the two Pfeiffer programs since 2016

The Panthers lost star receiver Jordan Addison to Southern Cal in the offseason

By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal

By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi thinks name, image and likeness rules were “probably” violated over the spring, not so subtly hinting those violations led to star wide receiver Jordan Addison’s decision to transfer to USC. Without naming the Trojans and Addison specifically, Narduzzi said Monday he doesn’t think “there’s any question” his players were “tempted with (NIL inducements) one way or the other.”

Addison, who won the Biletnikoff Award last December given annually to the nation’s best receiver, entered the transfer portal just before the May 1 deadline and officially transferred to USC later in the month.

Narduzzi said he’d like to see some sort of guardrails on NIL rules and called the current set-up essentially a pathway for backroom deals that are difficult for schools to regulate.

“I want our kids to make as much money as they can, but I want them to work for it and do it the right way and not just black market it,” he said.

Narduzzi, who is entering his eighth season at Pitt and led the Panthers to their first ACC championship last fall, suggested the NCAA “remove the boosters from the game.”

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Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi answers a question during the ACC Football Kickoff last month in Charlotte.

“I want our kids to make as much money as they can, but I want them to work for it and do it the right way and not just black market it.”

Pat Narduzzi, Pitt football coach When it was pointed out that the head coaching position at Pitt’s official title is “Chris Bickell ’97 Head Football Coach” after Bickell — a Panthers alumnus — donated $20 million to the program for a series of capital improvements last fall, Narduzzi clarified he’d like to see the banning of the kind of third-party “collectives” that have popped up in

the last few years as NIL rules have been relaxed.

“What you’ll see throughout the country now is a booster, OK, saying, ‘Do I give my money to the athletic department or do I give it to the collective?’“ he said. “I’m saying we should be giving our money to the athletic department and kind of eliminating that.”

Narduzzi added he would like to see some control over what boosters can do.

“It has to be pretty equal throughout the country,” he said. “(There) can’t be wide gaps or we are going to ruin college football.”

The Panthers open the season on Sept. 1 against West Virginia in the renewal of the “Backyard Brawl.”

The series, which dates to 1895, hasn’t been played since 2011 after the longtime rivals left the Big East.

MISENHEIMER — Pfeiffer University cross-country/track and field coach Andrew Howard has resigned after six seasons and accepted the head position at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise’s inaugural cross country/track and field teams in the NCAA Division II. “I am excited and honored for the opportunity to lead the track and field and cross-country programs,” Howard said in a UVA Wise press release. “I am looking forward to the challenge of building a track and field program that will be able to be competitive in the nationally strong South Atlantic Conference.”

Since Howard’s coaching tenure in Misenheimer began in 2016, Pfeiffer student-athletes established 30 new school records and various all-conference designations. Fifteen players were named to the USA South All-Academic team during the 2021-22 season.

Last season under Howard’s watch, Pfeiffer athletes finished 1-2 in the individual hammer throw in the USA South Atlantic Conference, with senior Tonishea Ford winning and senior teammate Aaliyah Thomas placing second. Sophomore Alex Stancell placed third in the javelin.

Pfeiffer has participated in the NCAA Division III since the 2020-2021 athletics season after previously competing in the Division II. Before joining the Falcons, Howard — a former Gardner-Webb University track star — was the 2011 Northwest 2A/1A Conference Coach of the Year at his hometown’s Mount Airy High School and also led the school to the 2009 and 2010 boys’ and girls’ individual cross-country programs to multiple NCHSAA 1A state championships.

Howard worked as an assistant for one season at Pfeiffer before becoming the head coach of the Falcons.

“I am looking forward to the challenge of building a track and field program that will be able to be competitive in the nationally strong South Atlantic Conference.”

Andrew Howard

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Former Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry throws out the ceremonial first pitch during the Old-Timers’ Day ceremony on July 30 in New York.

Yankees resume annual Old-Timers’ Day after pandemic pause The traditional game was not played because there weren’t enough healthy available players

By Charles O’Brien The Associated Press NEW YORK — Nostalgia again took over in the Bronx as Old-Timers’ Day returned to Yankee Stadium on Saturday for the first time since 2019.

This time it looked a little different. The New York Yankees called off the annual playful reunion game because too many of the retired players in attendance are recovering from various operations. Instead, emcees Michael Kay and John Sterling read ex-

tended biographies of each honoree while a brief video played on the scoreboard.

“Unless they got an influx of younger players, I don’t know if the older guys can play anymore,” Ron Guidry joked. “But, if they have (the game), I’m sure the crowd would love it, so we’ll have to see what happens over the next couple of years.”

The 33-minute pregame ceremony featured many familiar faces — Guidry, Bernie Williams and David Cone, along with Yankees spouses Joan Ford (wife of Whitey), Jill Martin (wife of Billy), Diana Munson (wife of Thurman) and Kay Murcer (wife of Bobby). Arlene Henley (Elston Howard’s spouse) also relayed a video message.

Perhaps as notable as the Yankee greats that were in attendance was the list of names that were not. Fan favorites Wade Boggs, Rickey Henderson, Mariano Rivera and Reggie Jackson were all scheduled to appear at an autograph signing at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Loud cheers and chants greeted Williams, and the always popular Mickey Rivers sprinted in from center field to loud applause. In years’ past, players jogged to the infield from the home dugout, but this year, they made the long walk from the centerfield tunnel adjacent to Monument Park.

Aroldis Chapman came out of the New York bullpen to hug Luis

Sojo during the pre-event media session. A handful of players from both the Yankees and the Royals leaned on the dugout towards the latter half of the ceremony.

“I remember coming here as a player and having the opportunity to see all these guys at Old-Timers’ Day,” Williams said.

“I met Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford. We had an opportunity to meet them behind closed doors in the clubhouse. Now things have changed a little bit, but I think the sentiment remains the same.”

The game was the first without Dr. Bobby Brown. Brown, who watched the very first Old-Timers’ Day in 1947 from the dugout, died on March 25, 2021.

“I’m sure the crowd would love it, so we’ll have to see what happens over the next couple of years.”

Former Yankees ace Ron Guidry on the Old-Timers’ Game being played in the future.

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GOP AGs ask Google not to limit crisis pregnancy center results The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — A month after some members of Congress urged Google to limit the appearance of crisis pregnancy centers in certain abortion-related search results, 17 Republican attorneys general are warning the company that doing so could invite investigations and possible legal action.

“Suppressing pro-life and pro-mother voices at the urging of government officials would violate the most fundamental tenet of the American marketplace of ideas,” the attorneys general wrote in a letter Thursday to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company.

The effort was led by Republican Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.

The Republicans took issue with a June 17 letter to the company from U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, and Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, which was co-signed by 19 other members of Congress.

That letter cited research by the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate, which found that Google searches for “abortion clinic near me” and “abortion pill” turned up results for centers that counsel clients against having an abortion.

“Directing women towards fake

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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares speaks to the crowd during an inaugural celebration, Jan. 15, 2022, in Richmond, Va. clinics that traffic in misinformation and don’t provide comprehensive health services is dangerous to women’s health and undermines the integrity of Google’s search results,” said the June letter, which was authored after the leak of a draft opinion indicating the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The court took that step June 24.

The Democrat-led group asked Google to address what steps it would take to limit the appearance of “crisis pregnancy centers” in its search results, ads and maps results for users who search for “abortion clinic,” “abortion pill” or other similar terms.

The group also asked the company if it would add disclaimers to address whether or not a clinic provides abortions. New York Attorney General Letitia James’ of-

fice also raised similar concerns in a separate June letter to Google.

The letter from the Republican AGs defends the work of crisis pregnancy centers. It notes that such centers often provide services such as free ultrasounds, pregnancy tests, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, and parenting and prenatal education classes. It also argues that “at least some” Google users who search for information about abortion expect to find information about alternatives.

They wrote that if the company complies with “this inappropriate demand” to “bias” its search results, their offices would respond by investigating whether there had been any violation of antitrust or religious discrimination laws. They also pledged to consider whether new legislation would help “protect consumers and markets.”

“We trust that you will treat this letter with the seriousness these issues require, and hope you will decide that Google’s search results must not be subject to leftwing political pressure, which would actively harm women seeking essential assistance. If you do not, we must avail ourselves of all lawful and appropriate means of protecting the rights of our constituents, of upholding viewpoint diversity, free expression, and the

freedom of religion for all Americans, and of making sure that our markets are free in fact, not merely in theory,” the letter said.

It asked the California-based company to respond within 14 days and explain whether it has or will take any steps to treat crisis pregnancy centers any differently than before the leak of the draft Supreme Court decision.

A spokeswoman for Warner said the senator had not received a response to the June letter. But Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, said his organization believes Google recently made a small change in response to its research.

In cases of searches for “abortion clinic near me,” the company appears to have changed a maps results headline to say “Places” instead of “Abortion clinic,” according to the center, which monitors online disinformation and provided its research and screenshots of examples to AP. Miyares, who defeated incumbent Democrat Mark Herring in November, recently traveled to a Lynchburg crisis pregnancy center that was vandalized after the Supreme Court’s ruling, condemning what he called an act of “political violence.”

Google and other Big Tech companies also have faced recent calls for more stringent privacy controls to address concerns that information about location, texts, searches and emails could be used against people seeking to end unwanted pregnancies.

Google announced in July that it would automatically purge information about users who visit abortion clinics or other places that could trigger legal problems in light of the high court’s ruling.

High court’s Sotomayor, Barrett try to persuade each other

By Jessica Gresko The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two of the Supreme Court justices who disagree most often on the outcomes of cases say they both still try hard to persuade each other, and sometimes succeed. Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Amy Coney Barrett made the comments in a pretaped conversation made public for the first time last week.

Barrett, a conservative, and Sotomayor, a liberal, were on opposite sides of a decision last month in which the court stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion. They also disagreed on decisions where the court expanded gun rights and lowered barriers to religion in public life. But, noted Barrett at one point: “We like each other. We do.”

“I think one of the wonders of being on the Supreme Court is my knowing that every single one of my colleagues is equally passionate about the Constitution, our system of government and getting it right as I am. We may disagree on how to get there, and we often do, but that doesn’t mean that I look at them and say, ‘You’re bad people.’ I accept that it is a difference of opinion,” Sotomayor said.

“I’m going to work very hard to try to convince them to look at it my way, and to correct their wrong.”

“Ditto,” Barrett said, and both laughed.

As for persuading each other, Barrett said: “I just want the audience to know sometimes we do.

Justice Sotomayor has persuaded me. We do try to work together behind the scenes and we don’t go in and have our minds made up and locked in. We work together a lot

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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., April 4, 2022. and we talk and, you know, we do change our minds.”

The event is the first time the justices have made a joint appearance. Barrett, an appointee of President Donald Trump, joined the court in 2020. Sotomayor, an appointee of President Barack Obama, has been on the court since 2009. Sotomayor is the court’s first Hispanic justice. They

are the court’s third and fifth female justices.

The two also talked about ways the court, currently divided 6-3 between conservatives and liberals, works to foster collegiality. They celebrate birthdays with a toast and round of “Happy Birthday,” shake every other justice’s hand when they get together and eat lunch together, where a rule

is that they can’t talk about work.

Sotomayor noted she’s been absent from those lunches because of concerns about the coronavirus.

Sotomayor and Barrett answered questions from Yale law professor Akhil Reed Amar for about an hour as part of an education summit hosted by The Ronald Reagan Institute Center for Civics, Education, and Opportuni-

ty. The two didn’t talk specifically about any case and most of the conversation focused on education and civic engagement, with the justices answering questions from how they try to model citizenship to whether they’ve ever served on a jury. The answer to that question was no, for both.

Sotomayor, a former trial judge, talked about the importance of jury service, however, calling it “one of the few responsibilities we are asked to undertake as citizens.” “I get a lot of people and friends call me and say: ‘I just got a jury notice. Can you get me of it?’

And my answer is no I can’t, but I don’t want to.”

In speaking about civic participation, Barrett noted that her parents’ garage was a polling place when she was young. She also said one of her seven children turned 18 in the fall and was unsure about voting, wondering if she’d have time to learn all that she needed to, among other things. Barrett said one of her younger siblings convinced her she needed to.

“You have the right to vote now.

You better go vote or I’ll be really mad at you,” Barrett recounted her 11-year-old daughter Juliet saying.

“She couldn’t disappoint her sister, so she voted.”

Returning to talk about the court at the end of the conversation, Sotomayor said she challenges audiences to take one Supreme Court decision they disagree or agree with and read it from beginning to end. “There are two sides to every presentation. And it is important that before you choose a side ... that you’ve actually sat down and thought about it completely,” she said.

“Wholeheartedly agree,” Barrett said.

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obituaries

Eva Mae (Eudy) Clark

January 21, 1933 ~ July 28, 2022 Eva Mae Eudy Clark, 89, of Albemarle, passed away on July 28, 2022, at her home surrounded by family with music playing. Eva instilled a love of music in her children. She was a member of the Singing Americans of Stanly County which enabled her to share her love for music with the community. Eva also enjoyed going to the beach with her husband and her lifelong friends, Bob and Gaynell Shires. Eva was known for her stunning red hair and beautiful smile.

Eva is survived by her son, Grady Martin “Marty” Clark and wife, Robin Denise Efird Clark of Albemarle; daughters, Melody C. Brattain and husband, Tom Brattain of Albemarle, and Sharon Kaye Clark Sells and husband, Terry Andrew Sells of Albemarle. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, Levi (Ceyanna) Clark, Jessica (Bobby) Reece, Adam Wensil, Tamara (Matt) Mayes, Hollie (Matthew) Guyette, Dakota Clark, and Dalton (Christina) Sells; and great-grandchildren, Memphis, Ethan, Mason, Kayson, Elloree, Jonathan, and Drew.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 64 years, Grady Guy Clark; father, Martin Eudy; and mother, Irene Eudy.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Stanly & the Uwharrie, 960 N. First St., Albemarle, NC 28001.

Judie Springer

September 28, 1946 - July 28, 2022 Judie Springer, 75, of Oakboro, NC passed away Thursday, July 28, 2022 in her home surrounded by her loving family. Born September 28, 1946 in Rowan County, she was the daughter of the late John and Audrey Thomas.

Judie is survived by her sons, Lloyd Springer of Oakboro, Wayne Springer of Oakboro, Tony Springer (Kristi) of Oakboro, Phillip Springer (Amy) of Oakboro, and Jamie Register of Oakboro and daughters, Joyce Owens (T.J.) of Asheboro, NC, and Jodie Mullis (Brandon) of Locust. Judie is also survived by 14 grandchildren, 17 greatgrandchildren, 3 sisters, Alice Hatley, Marlene Thomas, and Betty Morton and 2 brothers, Jerry and Dale Thomas.

In addition to her parents, Judie is preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, David Springer, and 3 brothers.

Judie enjoyed going to the mountains to Cherokee and always cherished spending time with her family. Judie never knew a stranger and was loved by many.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice of Stanly & the Uwharrie.

Dale Leslie Huneycutt

December 4, 1959 - July 27, 2022 Dale Huneycutt, 62, of Locust passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM on Saturday July 30 at Stanly Funeral & Cremation Care of Locust.

Born December 4, 1959 in Mecklenburg Co, Dale was the son of the late Ken Huneycutt and the late Barbara Jane Huneycutt.

He is survived by his son, Taylor Huneycutt of Charleston, SC, daughters, Leslie Furr (Jason) of Locust and Megan Huneycutt of Locust. Dale is also survived by two brothers, Darrell Huneycutt of Locust and Steve Huneycutt of Locust, sister, Kimberly Purser of Locust, and grandchildren, Creed Austin, and Afton and Layton Furr.

Dale spent most of his life working as a heavy equipment mechanic. He enjoyed watching his grandchildren on the ball field and spending time with his family.

Ronald James "Ronnie" Huneycutt

August 18, 1947 ~ July 26, 2022 Mr. Ronald James “Ronnie” Huneycutt passed away, following a long and tedious battle with Alzheimer’s disease, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 in Albemarle, NC. A native of Stanly County, NC, he was the son of Clyde and Carrie Huneycutt who preceded him in death. Mr. Huneycutt was a 1965 graduate of North Stanly High School and a 1967 graduate of Wingate Junior College. In the Winter of 1968 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, he wed Christina Barbee (also a Stanly County native) with whom he shared his life for 53 years. Mr. Huneycutt retired from the USPS as a Rural Mail Carrier (Mill Hill Office). As a “mailman,” he considered all the people on his route special and tried to provide them with the best possible service. During his free time he was dedicated to community activities and politics. A former member of the Millingport Volunteer Fire Department, Mr. Huneycutt assisted with teaching and hands-on learning for young children and adults regarding fire safety.

Mr. Huneycutt is survived by: wife, Christina B. Huneycutt, of the home; daughter, Amee H. Odom and husband Dr. C. Brian Odom, of Wingate, NC; special fur baby, Dumplin, of the home; brother-in-law, Hilton Barbee, of Oakboro, NC; niece, Kristie B. Nixon, of Summerville, SC; and great-niece, Danielle A. Huber, of Melbourne, FL.

Donald Eugene Curlee

Paul Howard Brown

February 15, 1941 - July 25, 2022

Diane Austin Harris

August 19, 1946 - July 24, 2022 Sylvia Diane Austin Harris, 75, of Albemarle, NC, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2022 at her home.

Diane was born August 19, 1946 in Stanly County, NC to the late James Brantley Austin and Earlene Hatley Austin. She retired from Dunlap Eye Center.

Diane was a member of the First Baptist Church of Rockwell and a former member of the Crystal River Quartet.

Mrs. Harris was preceded in death by her husband, Ronnie Harris of the home. She is survived by her son, Jonathan Harris (Tori) of Rockwell, NC; two grandchildren, James Jonathan Harris and Logan Aries Harris.

Memorials may be made to, Life Church NC, 708 Jake Alexander Blvd. West, Salisbury, NC 28147.

Paul Howard Brown, 81, of Albemarle passed away on Monday, July 25, 2022.

Born February 15, 1941 in Cumberland County, NC he was the son of the late William Walter and Laura Howard Brown. He was carpenter and a former member of Fairview Baptist Church.

Mr. Brown is survived by a son Ricky Brown and wife Penny of Albemarle, Janet Brown Hatley of Albemarle, brothers Larry Brown of Shallotte and Tommy Brown and wife Annette of Shallotte, 4 granddaughters, Michelle Hicks, Jacquelyn Barrier, Lauren Cooper and Keely Church and 8 greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by brothers Albert Brown, Coy Brown, Allen Brown, James Brown, Bobby Brown, Tracy Brown and Gordon Brown and sisters Kathleen Brown Knott, Dorothy Denning and Mary Lou Blackman and a greatgranddaughter Bexley Grace Cooper.

September 18, 1950 - July 24, 2022

Ronald “Ronnie” Spencer Harris, 71, of Albemarle, NC, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2022 at his home.

Ronnie was born September 18, 1950 to the late Spencer Junior Harris and Betty Rose Fisher Harris. He was self employed with Harris Builders.

Mr. Harris was a member of the First Baptist Church of Rockwell and was a former member of the Crystal River Quartet.

Ronnie was preceded in death by his wife, Diane Austin Harris of the home. Ronnie is survived by his son, Jonathan Harris (Tori) of Rockwell, NC; three brothers, Donald Harris (Peggy) of Reidsville, NC, Philip Harris (Amanda Burnette) of New London, NC and Tim Harris (Rhonda Lowman) of Salisbury, NC and two grandchildren, James Jonathan Harris and Logan Aries Harris.

Memorials may be made to, Life Church NC, 708 Jake Alexander Blvd. West, Salisbury, NC 28147.

Chad Norman Treadaway

May 5, 1932 - July 27, 2022 Donald Eugene Curlee, 90, of Albemarle passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in his home.

Born May 5, 1932 in Stanly County, NC he was the son of the late Charlie Cecil Curlee and Lilly Mae Turner Curlee. He was a member of Union Grove Baptist Church and was a retired machinist with Wiscassett Mills.

He was also a veteran of the US Army having served during the Korean Conflict.

Mr. Curlee was preceded in death by his wife Barbara Lowder Curlee, his son Kevin Eugene Curlee and step-son Billy Ray Corriher. Survivors include Glenda Curlee Thomas (Jeff) of Waxhaw and Donna Curlee Sidway (Martin) of Charlotte, brothers Tecil Curlee of Charlotte and Kibbee Curlee of Albemarle, four grandchildren Jeffrey Thomas, Jennifer Waters, Kevin Sidway, and Curtis Sidway, and 4 great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by siblings Mary Rose Sullivan, Alma Jewel Hudson, and Kent Curlee.

Memorials may be made to the Union Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, 24361 South Business 52, Albemarle, NC 28001.

Ronald "Ronnie" Harris

July 19, 1998 ~ July 24, 2022

Cheryl Kimrey Tucker

October 20, 1967 ~ July 28, 2022 Cheryl Annette Kimrey Tucker 54 of Norwood died Thursday Evening, July 28, 2022 at Atrium Cabarrus.

Cheryl was born October 20, 1967 in Stanly County to the late Roy Samuel Kimrey and Patty McIntyre Kimrey of the home.

She was a retired hairdresser.

In addition to her mother she is survived by one brother Randy Kimrey (Jackie) and a sister Sandra Kimrey Wiles (Billy) all of Norwood. Neices and Nephews.

Memorials may be made to Edwards Funeral Home, PO Box 765, Norwood, NC 28128

Chad Norman Treadaway, 24, of Albemarle, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2022, at Atrium Health Cabarrus in Concord.

Chad was born July 19, 1998 in Albemarle, North Carolina to Frankie Lee Treadaway and Wendy Medlin Treadaway.

Survivors include mother, Wendy Treadaway and father, Frankie Lee Treadaway of Albemarle, NC; sister, Misty Treadaway Fontana; brother, Devin Lee Treadaway; sister, Jena Treadaway Buchanon; girlfriend, Hannah Michelle Kimbrell; and grandparents, Evey and Jane Medlin, and Jean Treadaway.

He was preceded in death by grandfather, Donald Treadaway.

Chad loved his family dearly and also truly loved his job working in landscaping and lawn care. He was a great friend who cared for everyone and enjoyed gaming, skateboarding, and music. Chad had a special nickname for everyone and everything - for example, he loved his dog Ginger aka "Henyon". He was always making people laugh with his goofy noises and funny antics. Kids and animals were drawn to Chad and his nieces and nephews always looked up to him.

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Overturning Roe v. Wade isn’t the end for pro-life activists

By Amy Forliti The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Now that Roe v. Wade has been toppled, pro-life activists are taking a multifaceted approach in their quest to end abortions nationwide, targeting their strategies to the dynamics of each state as they attempt to create new laws and defend bans in courts.

One anti-abortion group has proposed model legislation that would ban all abortions except to prevent the death of a pregnant woman. New legal frontiers could include prosecuting doctors who defy bans, and skirmishes over access to medication abortions already are underway. Others hope to get more conservatives elected in November to advance an anti-abortion agenda.

“For Republicans, the post-Roe world will be significantly different, from a legal perspective,” said Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School. “For the last 50 years, Republicans have been on the offense by chipping away on the edges of Roe. Now they are going to be playing defense in all 50 states.”

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade said abortion is not a right under the Constitution, creating an opening

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Anti-abortion supporters react as Angela Minter, president of Sisters for Life, speaks at a rally at the Statehouse, in Indianapolis, on July 26, 2022. for states pushing to get more restrictions on the books. Most recently, lawmakers in West Virginia and Indiana have pushed ahead with new restrictions, with varying success.

James Bopp Jr., general counsel for National Right to Life, has worked on model legislation for states, but said with few legislatures in session “the process of adopting new laws is really just be-

ginning.”

It recommends banning all abortions except to prevent the death of a pregnant woman, though it provides language for states that want to make exceptions in cases of rape or incest. It also recommends criminal penalties for any person, including a doctor, who knowingly or intentionally causes or aids an “unlawful abortion.”

The model law would not criminalize a woman who gets an abortion.

Conservatives also see new courtroom battles on the horizon.

Jonathan Mitchell, the former Texas solicitor general who is now a private practice attorney, came up with some of the key components of a Texas law that bans abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected. His innovation was to make violations enforceable through lawsuits filed by citizens, rather than the government.

Mitchell, who represents Texas and South Dakota in abortion lawsuits and has helped lawmakers in multiple states develop abortion bans and restrictions, said future legal fights could center around those who pay for abortions for people living in states with bans that are not being enforced due to court injunctions.

“Abortion is still a criminal offense in every state with a trigger law or pre-Roe ban, regardless of whether a state-court injunction is in effect,” Mitchell said in an email to The Associated Press.

He said an injunction doesn’t actually block a law as many believe, but temporarily keeps it from being enforced.

He said employers or those who help fund abortions in states such as Utah, Kentucky, Louisiana, or West Virginia are violating the law and could be prosecuted. He said if bans exist but are on hold, abortion providers could be prosecuted retroactively.

“And the mere risk of potential lawsuits may be enough to deter abortion providers from offering abortions to out-of-state residents,

especially when these lawsuits can be brought,” he wrote, “not only against the physician but everyone else involved.”

Erin Hawley, a lawyer at the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom and the wife of Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, expects continuing litigation over medication abortions.

She pointed to a court battle underway in Mississippi, where drugmaker GenBioPro is suing the state over its provisions that make it harder to get a prescription for mifepristone, a drug that can induce abortion. The state’s policies are at odds with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, which courts have generally found take precedence over state law.

But Hawley said that might not apply here.

“It’s always a big deal for a federal agency or law to trump state law,” Hawley said.

Some states are taking different approaches.

Texas sued the federal government in mid-July after the Biden administration issued guidance that stated hospitals are required to provide abortions if necessary to save a mother’s life.

Bopp said while court battles and midterm elections are the current focus, abortion opponents would eventually like to see federal and state constitutional amendments that would explicitly protect the unborn, though he acknowledged that would be a challenge.

“A constitutional amendment has been one of our goals. But this requires a hell of a consensus,” he said.

Democrats bareknuckle Green Party off North Carolina ballot The Associated Press RALEIGH — A day after Connor Harney received anonymous text messages asking him to retract his signature from a petition to qualify Green Party candidates for the November ballot in North Carolina, he said unidentified canvassers brought their “attempts to interfere with democracy” to his doorstep.

A woman claiming to represent the state Board of Elections appeared at his home in Fuquay-Varina in late June, a checklist of street addresses in hand, and repeated the request, he said.

When Harney — a 31-year-old historian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro — refused and questioned the woman’s affiliation, she left with a warning: If Green Party candidates gain ballot access, they could take away votes from Democrats and hand the GOP victories in tight races, namely the Senate race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Trumpbacked Republican Rep. Ted Budd.

“I told her, ‘What you’re doing now makes Democrats look very desperate,’” said Harney, a registered independent. “But, more importantly, it goes against the democratic process because you’re actively trying to ensure another party doesn’t make it onto the ballot.”

A dispute over the Green Party’s stalled effort to field a Senate candidate has exposed the Democratic Party’s bareknuckle efforts to prevent the progressive group from siphoning away crucial votes come November.

The state Board of Elections’

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Connor Harney, a supporter of the North Carolina Green Party's petition to place candidates on the November ballot, poses for a photo at Yates Mill County Park, in Raleigh.

Democratic majority rejected the Green Party petition in a 3-2 vote on June 30, citing petition sheets with nearly identical handwriting, incomplete personal information, duplicate names and deceased signatories.

The Green Party then sued as the board investigates the validity of its signatures, alleging Democratic interference in the petitioning process and asking the court to reverse the board’s decision.

The State Board of Elections unanimously voted Monday to recognize the Green Party as a new political party, reversing its previous decision to reject the party’s

petition while the board investigated the signature sheets for fraud.

But Green Party candidates still face an ongoing legal battle to appear on the November ballot after the state board’s initial rejection of the petition led the party to miss the July 1 deadline to submit its nominees.

Harney is one of more than a dozen signers mentioned in the lawsuit who reported receiving intimidating messages, calls or home visits.

These signers said some canvassers declined to identify themselves or falsely claimed to represent the Green Party or the

elections board. Others said they were sent by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – the driving force working to elect Beasley and other Democratic Senate candidates nationwide.

With the Senate in a 50-50 deadlock, North Carolina is one of the few states where Democrats have strong potential to pick up a seat, said Western Carolina University political science professor Chris Cooper. Despite the stakes, he found the Democrats’ tactics “jaw dropping.”

“This is not politics as usual,” Cooper said. “We expect political parties to want to win – that’s

not the problem. It crosses the line when they appear to be resorting to intimidation and, in a few cases, lies.”

The Democrats acknowledge asking signers to remove their names, but claim they were merely trying to make sure potential supporters weren’t being tricked.

“We reached out to voters to ensure they had not been deceived,” DSCC spokesperson Amanda Sherman said.

Sherman said the DSCC is funneling $30 million into North Carolina and eight other Senate battleground states through its “Defend the Majority” campaign, the largest investment in field organizing the committee has ever made this early in the campaign cycle.

Though Democrats had little success dissuading progressive voters from backing the Green Party ballot bid, their lawyers, including Elias Law Group, general counsel for the DSCC, lobbied the board to scrutinize irregularities among the signatures.

Hoh’s campaign manager Rose Ruby said their uphill battle to reach the ballot illuminates the many barriers third-party candidates face nationwide. But she embraces Hoh’s role as a disruptor of the status quo and says Democrats have only themselves to blame if the Greens “spoil” their election.

“The spoiler label is an antidemocratic characterization of what it means to have a healthy democracy,” Ruby said. “If Democrats don’t want to fear that there’s a split in their vote, then it’s their job to earn those votes and to put out the kind of policies that the Green Party is getting out.”

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Back in business A journalist watches as the bulk carrier Razoni starts its way from the port in Odesa, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. According to Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure, the ship under Sierra Leone's flag is carrying 26 thousand tons of Ukrainian corn to Lebanon. The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set off from the port of Odesa on Monday under an internationally brokered deal and is expected to reach Istanbul on Tuesday, where it will be inspected, before being allowed to proceed.

WHAT’S HAPPENING W-S Open to hold ball person interest session

Twin City Herald staff

The Winston-Salem Open will hold tryouts for ball persons on Friday, August 5 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The tryouts are open to the public and will be held at the Wake Forest University Indoor Tennis Center at 100 West 32nd Street (adjacent to Truist Field). Candidates for ball persons must understand the game of tennis, including how to keep score; be able to move quickly; be willing to endure lengthy tennis matches in the sun; have excellent hand-eye coordination; and work well with others on a team. Ball persons must be 12 years old

by August 1, 2022, to qualify.

Applicants attend a minimum of two of the four two-hour training sessions from 4 to 6 p.m. on August 8, 10, 15 and 17 at the Wake Forest University Indoor Tennis Center.

“You can’t get any closer to the action on the courts than by serving as a ball person, but it’s not an easy job. In addition to our basic requirements, we require ball persons to possess excellent citizenship and be people who are team players,” says Tournament Director Jeff Ryan. “Volunteering as a ball person at the Winston-Salem is the ideal way to get involved in the great sport of tennis. If you’re interested in serving as a ball person volunteer, this will be one of the highlights of your summer,” Ryan added.

Applicants are asked to wear appropriate athletic clothes to the tryouts and cannot wear shoes with black soles. Ball persons serve as volunteers, and there is no fee to apply.

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Cheryl Lindsay to Chair United Way’s 2022 Campaign

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CHERYL LINDSAY, director, human resources – global diversity/inclusion at Hanesbrands Inc., will chair the United Way of Forsyth County’s 2022 campaign.

Cheryl is passionate about helping others in our community and has been a tremendous champion of the United Way for many years.

Through her work at Hanesbrands, Cheryl has chaired, co-chaired and assisted in leading several United Way workplace campaigns. She has also worked with many United Way partners both in her role at Hanesbrands and personally.

The United Way’s campaign began August 1, 2022 and has a goal of raising $8.5 million to help the United Way in its mission to bring the community and its resources together to solve problems that no one organization can address alone. The United Way fights to ensure that the needs of every person in our community are met, working to create thriving neighborhoods and communities by focusing on improving access to opportunities, economic mobility, and childhood and stu-

A dedicated human resource professional with more than 31 years’ experience, Cheryl Lindsay has a global role at Hanesbrands.

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A dedicated human resource professional with more than 31

years’ experience, Lindsay has a global role at Hanesbrands and her global role extends to 59,000

Pepsi Bottling Ventures invests $35 million to expand operating capacity New bottling line set to be installed at WinstonSalem production facility; create new jobs

Twin City Herald staff WINSTON–SALEM — Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC announced a $35 million investment to install a new state-of-the-art bottling line at its production facility in Winston-Salem. The line will improve efficiencies in the company’s manufacturing operations by optimizing production capacity for some of the bottler’s largest growing brands, includ-

ing Aquafina and Lipton Tea, and PBV-owned brand Nature’s Twist.

“This investment is a promise to our customers and consumers that we will continue to meet their beverage needs and demonstrates our long-term commitment to the region and the State of North Carolina,” said Derek Hill, President & CEO of PBV. “We’re excited about the opportunities that this new line will afford us as we focus on innovation and improving efficiencies. This investment allows us to continue operating at our best and ensures stable and well-paying jobs for years to come.”

The new bottling line will pro-

“This investment demonstrates our long-term commitment to the region and the State of North Carolina.”

Derek Hill, President & CEO of Pepsi Bottling duce millions of cases of beverages per year and can manufacture bottles made from 100-percent recycled material. PBV expects to add up to 10 new full-time jobs upon completion of the project.

associates. Her passion to optimize moments and opportunities to ensure everyone is performing at their full potential is something that many sees from her Diversity Equity and inclusion work. It is also seen in her personal passion to serve and assist partnering organizations and her community. She most recently emceed the 2022 WS/FC Reach Women’s Conference and in 2021 served as the moderator for the Winston Salem Foundation Women’s Fund. Her professional and personal pursuit all leads to helping others.

Lindsay is widely known for using her community work as an avenue to bring awareness to the need for inclusion, to eliminate racial divides, promote the participation of all age groups, and increase the visibility of diversity in art and leadership in all sectors of society. Her community work largely parallels the mission of the United Way. “Two words—passion and love— perfectly describe Cheryl. She has a deep passion and love for her work, church, and our local community, always striving to make a difference in the lives of others,” United Way of Forsyth County CEO and President Cindy Gordineer said. “From both a personal and professional perspective, Cheryl is the ideal person to serve as our campaign chair during this crucial year, and we are thrilled to have her leadership.

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“Staying connected to the needs of our customers and consumers is at the forefront of how PBV runs its operations,” said Matthew Bucherati, Senior Vice President of Operations & Supply Chain at PBV. “Running our operations responsibly and sustainably is paramount. This new line incorporates the latest bottling technology, allowing us to keep up with demand while remaining good stewards in communities where we operate. I’m very proud of this investment and what we’re able to deliver to our customers and consumers.”

PBV acquired the 526,000 sq. ft. production facility in Winston-Salem, N.C. in 2012. In 2021, the company leased an additional 316,000 sq. ft. warehouse extension due to increased storage needs.

Construction of the new bottling line is scheduled to start in 2023 and is expected to be operational by the end of 2024.

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The Dems’ new proposal does nothing to lower inflation The first thing to remember about the reconciliation bill Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer agreed to Wednesday is that, despite its utterly preposterous name, it has absolutely zero to do with inflation. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is crammed with the very same spending, corporate welfare, price-fixing, and tax hikes that were part of Build Back Better — long-desired progressive wish-list agenda items.

Pumping hundreds of billions into the economy will do nothing to alleviate inflation.

The opposite is true.

Let’s also remember the Democrats’ deflection on inflation last year — claiming it was “transitory” and “no serious economist” is “suggesting there’s unchecked inflation on the way,” and so on — was all part of a concerted political effort to ignore the problem long enough to cram through a $5.5 trillion iteration of their agenda. And when inflation suddenly became non-transitory and politically problematic, the Biden administration argued that more spending would relieve inflation. They don’t care about the economy as long as dependency is being expanded.

The bill is far more likely to spike consumer prices than not. You can hate corporations with the heat of a thousand suns and grouse about the lack of fairness in the world, but it won’t change the fact that businesses don’t pay taxes; they collect them. The Dems’ bill claims it raises $313 billion with a minimum 15% corporate tax rate.

Democrats seem to be under the impression that corporations that pay less than 15% are evading taxes rather than using completely

campaign this year as we lead up to our 100th anniversary milestone in 2023.”

Lindsay is active on numerous local boards, including the Senior Services Foundation Board, Bethesda Center, ABC NC Child Development, Red HEARRT, the National Humane Society and Creative Center of North Carolina.

legal tools such as accelerated depreciation or taking advantage of tax credits. Whatever the case, raising corporate taxes means fewer jobs or higher prices. Maybe both.

What it won’t do is lower inflation.

The same establishment media that is suddenly unsure how to define a recession is going to falsely claim that the bill has a “deficit reduction package,” even though anyone who’s spent five minutes in D.C. knows that the bill features a bunch of accounting gimmicks that will allow Manchin to go back to West Virginia and claim his concerns about spending are allayed. The deficit reduction number — which relies not only upon raising taxes on consumers but creating a more powerful IRS (and IRS public-sector union) — is plucked from the ether.

We have no clue how much new taxes and audits will raise. What we do know is that any new spending program instituted today will exist in perpetuity.

The bill also dumps another $369 billion into green boondoggles, which also acts as a slush fund for Democrats. Now, even if you’ve convinced yourself that slight variations in temperature are an existential threat to humanity, there has never been an instance of energy becoming more affordable due to pumping money into green economies. A bill with “investments” that will “encourage” a “transition,” as political journalists would say, is really just force-feeding inefficient and expensive alternatives that elbow out reliable, affordable gas and oil, and push prices higher. Manchin claims that the bill specifically brings down

energy prices. Yet, unless West Virginians are clamoring to buy already heavily subsidized electric cars, the bill gives them nothing. It takes.

The only aspect of the bill that even feigns at being about prices allows Medicare to “negotiate” (some) prescription drug prices.

This is called price-fixing, as the government is big enough and powerful enough to demand any arbitrary price it wants from rent-seeking companies. What it will do, as price-fixing always does, is undercut innovation and investments, and create supply shortages and higher prices for ordinary consumers.

The Inflation Reduction Act features new taxes on natural gas and coal production. How could a senator from West Virginia ever support a proposal that promises a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030? Achieving it would mean the economic destruction of his state. Though, to be fair, those policies would mean the economic destruction of the entire economy.

Manchin — who once said, “I don’t think during a time of recession you mess with any of the taxes or increase any taxes” — always plays this game, making it difficult for Dems to create the impression of moderation at home, and then basically giving in. And, in the end, nearly every reporter is going to allow Democrats to pretend that $430 billion is a pared-down bill, a mighty political sacrifice because what they really wanted was a $3.5 trillion bill. They’re going to allow Democrats to pretend that bill lives up to its name, when it does nothing of the sort.

The Inflation Reduction Act is to inflation what the Affordable Care Act — which doubled premium costs — was to health care insurance.

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.”

She also is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Top Ladies of Distinction the Society for Diversity Inc., and the local chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management.

She has received numerous awards in the community, including the 2022 MLK Jr ‘s Rev Dr Eversely Award by the Min-

isters Conference Winston Salem &Vicinity, the 2020 Triad Minority Non-Profit Business of the Year, the Legacy Foundation for Women’s 2020 Legacy Awards and Mayor Allen Joines conferred a proclamation for Cheryl’s Red HEARRT’s Heart Health Efforts in February 2020. In addition to being recognized at the local lev-

♦ Benjamin “Benny” F. King, 85, of Bermuda Run, died July 28, 2022.

♦ Lucille Whitley Royall, 91, of Davidson County, died July 31, 2022.

♦ Margaret Louise Poland Neundorf, 86, died July 28 2022.

♦ Samuel Patrick “Pat” Stacy, 55, of Forsyth County, died July 28, 2022.

el, Lindsay has received the Governor’s Volunteerism Award and President Barack Obama’s Volunteerism Award in 2014 Lindsay holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbus University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a concentration in Human Resources from North Carolina State University.

DEATH NOTICES ♦ Ruby Lee Burnett Abbott, 86, of Winston-Salem, died July 27, 2022.

July, 29, 2022. ♦ Gwyn Clodfelter, 87, of Lewisville, died July 27, 2022.

♦ Shirley Logan Blackmore, 90, of Winston-Salem, died July 27, 2022.

♦ Toby Jack Cranfill, 83, died July 28, 2022.

♦ Helen McGhee Blount, 75, died

♦ William Carroll Davis, 95, of Clemmons, died July 28, 2022.

♦ Shelby Jean Vestal Parham, 82, of Clemmons, died July 29 2022.

♦ Ashly Kiger Stone, 37, of Forsyth

County, died July 29, 2022. ♦ Lois Edwards Vipperman, 89, of King, died July 31, 2022. ♦ William Dwight Wesely, 90, died July 27, 2022. ♦ Ellen Gail Whitlock, 61, died July 27, 2022.

WEEKLY CRIME LOG ♦ ACENAS, SETH ADAM was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 3810 N PATTERSON AV on 7/30/2022 ♦ BULLOCK, REGINALD ROBERT was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 201 N CHURCH ST on 8/1/2022 ♦ CHALK, NAKEVIA NICOLE was arrested on a charge of ADW - INFLICT INJURY at 930 THURMOND ST on 7/30/2022 ♦ Colbert, David Andrew (M/25) Arrest on chrg of 1) Poss Cocaine Fel (F) and 2) Drugs-poss Sched I (F), at 6154 Yadkinville Rd, Pfafftown, NC, on 7/28/2022 17:34. ♦ Costner, Danny Andrew (M/46) Arrest on chrg of 1) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), 2) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), 3) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), 4) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), 5) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), and 6) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), at 6941 Poplar Ridge Rd, Lewisville, NC, on 7/28/2022 14:20. ♦ Cresong, Hershel Vaughn (M/53) Arrest on chrg of Fugitive, F (F), at 620 Almondridge Dr, Rural Hall,

NC, on 7/30/2022 16:08. ♦ Demontigny, Michael Anthony (M/34) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 6101 Hampton Meadows Ln, Clemmons, NC, on 7/28/2022 01:13. ♦ Dixon, Shane Lee (M/34) Arrest on chrg of 1) B&e-vehicle (F) and 2) Larceny/misdemeanor (M), at 6137 Cain Forest Dr, Walkertown, NC, on 8/1/2022 08:22. ♦ Frazier, Corrie Jamel (M/26) Arrest on chrg of 1) Impaired Driving Dwi (M) and 2) Ndl Suspended / Revoked (M), at 200 N Main St, Winston-salem, NC, on 7/29/2022 10:20. ♦ GATES, TESSIE LYNN was arrested on a charge of LARCENYFELONY at 4550 KESTER MILL RD on 7/30/2022 ♦ GLOVER, KWABENA LAVAR was arrested on a charge of ASSLT ON OFF/ST EMP at 105 MLK DR on 7/31/2022 ♦ Goins, Amanda Gale (F/29) Arrest on chrg of 50-b-3 Protective Order (M), at 3345 Williams Rd, Lewisville, NC, on 7/31/2022 13:49. ♦ Grubbs, Jason Alan (M/33) Arrest on chrg of Poss Stolen Goods (F), at 6137 Cain Forest Dr, Walkertown, NC, on 8/1/2022 08:09. ♦ Harris, Christina Sue (F/40)

Arrest on chrg of 1) Assaultsimple (M), 2) Assault-simple (M), and 3) Child Abuse (M), at 5564 Waller Rd, Pfafftown, NC, on 7/29/2022 18:12. ♦ Johnson, Mark Allen (M/34) Arrest on chrg of 1) Larceny/ misdemeanor (M) and 2) Resisting Arrest (M), at 700 Woodbriar Path, Rural Hall, NC, on 7/28/2022 19:45. ♦ Kelley, Deidreion Shamar (M/38) Arrest on chrg of Fugitive (F), at Sb 421/jonestown Rd_sb 421 Ra, Winston-salem, NC, on 7/28/2022 10:34. ♦ KINGSBERRY, ANTHONY WILSON was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 3600 S MAIN ST on 7/30/2022 ♦ Lovell, Tanya Marie (F/42) Arrest on chrg of Assault-simple (M), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 7/28/2022 07:31. ♦ MAJORS, JIMMY LEE was arrested on a charge of ASSLT ON OFF/ST EMP at 1499 N MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR/N TRADE ST on 7/30/2022 ♦ Marshall, Marcus Lee (M/18) Arrest on chrg of 1) B&e-vehicle (F), 2) B&e-vehicle (F), 3) B&evehicle (F), 4) B&e-vehicle (F), 5) B&e-vehicle (F), 6) B&e-vehicle (F), 7) B&e-vehicle (F), 8) B&evehicle (F), 9) B&e-vehicle (F), 10) B&e-vehicle (F), 11) B&e-vehicle (F), 12) B&e-vehicle (F), 13) B&e-

vehicle (F), 14) B&e-vehicle (F), 15) B&e-vehicle (F), 16) Larcenyfelony (F), 17) Larceny-credit Card (F), 18) Fraud-obt Property (F), 19) Fraud-obt Property (F), 20) Fraud-obt Property (F), 21) Poss Stolen Goods (F), 22) P/w/i/s/d Marijuana (F), 23) P/w/i/s/d Sched Vi (F), 24) Ccw (M), 25) Ccw (M), and 26) Resisting Arrest (M), at 100 Akron Dr/ indiana Av, Winston-salem, NC, on 7/31/2022 09:35. ♦ MERRILL, ERIN RAE was arrested on a charge of VIO. PROTECTIVE ORDER BY COURTS ANOTHER STATE/ INDIAN TRIBE at 1105 CHIPPING CT on 7/30/2022 ♦ Miller, Michael Dwayne (M/49) Arrest on chrg of Remove / Tamper With Sex Offender Gps Monitoring (F), at 200 N Main St, Winston-salem, NC, on 7/28/2022 09:52. ♦ Morales, Crussito Francisco (M/23) Arrest on chrg of 1) Weapposs By Felon (F) and 2) Ccw (F), at N Cleveland/ Mlk, Winston Salem, NC, on 7/27/2022 23:10. ♦ Myers, Christopher Wayne (M/20) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugsposs Controlled Substancemethamphetamine>less Than 1 (M) and 2) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 1104 Bethania-rural Hall Rd/sb 52_bethania Rural Hall Rd Ra, Rural Hall, NC, on 7/30/2022 19:11.

♦ PONCE GONZALEZ, BRAYAN OMAR was arrested on a charge of AWIK/SERIOUS INJURY at 3400 PETERS CREEK PW on 7/31/2022 ♦ Porter, Shamarion Ryshea (F/19) Arrest on chrg of 1) B&e-vehicle (F), 2) B&e-vehicle (F), 3) B&evehicle (F), 4) B&e-vehicle (F), 5) B&e-vehicle (F), 6) B&e-vehicle (F), 7) B&e-vehicle (F), 8) B&evehicle (F), 9) B&e-vehicle (F), 10) B&e-vehicle (F), 11) B&e-vehicle (F), 12) B&e-vehicle (F), 13) B&evehicle (F), 14) B&e-vehicle (F), 15) B&e-vehicle (F), 16) Larcenyfelony (F), 17) Fraud-obt Property (F), 18) Fraud-obt Property (F), 19) Fraud-obt Property (F), and 20) Poss Stolen Goods (F), at 100 Akron Dr/indiana Av, Winstonsalem, NC, on 7/31/2022 09:34. ♦ RANDALL, GEORGIEANNA ROSZINA was arrested on a charge of FUGITIVE at 3505 N PATTERSON AV on 7/31/2022 ♦ REYES, MIGUEL ANGEL was arrested on a charge of DISCH FA/OCC DWELL at 3400 PETERS CREEK PW on 7/31/2022 ♦ Shore, Michelle Elizabeth (F/22) Arrest on chrg of Affray, M (M), at 1150 S Peace Haven Rd, Clemmons, NC, on 7/27/2022 17:11.

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MLB

Only 2 of top 300 MLB draft picks fail to sign by deadline New York Only two of the top 300 picks in baseball’s amateur draft failed to reach agreements by the deadline.

The highest selection not to sign was Oklahoma State third baseman Nolan McLean, selected 81st by Baltimore with the first pick of the third round, which had a slot value of $794,000.

Florida pitcher Brandon Sproat also failed to sign after the New York Mets selected him 90th, which had a slot value of $691,300.

The Orioles and Mets each will receive an extra pick following the third round of next year’s draft.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Gophers’ Ihnen has 2nd straight seasonending knee injury Minneapolis Minnesota junior forward Isaiah Ihnen will miss the upcoming season after reinjuring the surgically repaired left knee that sidelined him last year.

Ihnen was hurt in practice last week. The 6-foot-10 native of Germany played in 50 games over his first two seasons. He averaged 3.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 13.1 minutes. Ihnen and fellow junior Parker Fox would have been two of the most experienced frontcourt players for the Gophers this season. Fox is also out for a second straight year following knee surgery.

TENNIS

Venus Williams loses in return to singles play Washington, D.C. Venus Williams lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino in her return to singles play after more than a year away.

Williams lost 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. It was her first singles match since Aug. 23, 2021. Before the hard-court tune-up for the U.S. Open, Williams last played singles in Chicago on Aug. 23, 2021, when she lost to Su-Wei Hseih. Williams played mixed doubles with Jamie Murray at Wimbledon.

Williams practiced with sister and former doubles partner Serena leading up to the tournament which is not routine for them.

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Tyler Reddick celebrates after winning Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course.

Reddick wins at Indy to stay in spotlight The Richard Childress Racing driver won for the second time this month The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Reddick this month already grabbed his first Cup career victory, qualified for NASCAR’s playoffs and signed a big contract with a new team.

Now he’s got a victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Reddick closed the best month of his career with an overtime win Sunday on the road course at Indy to give him two victories in the last five Cup races.

“So, I’m not going to lie, I watched a lot of racing at this venue when I was a kid growing up,” Reddick said. “A lot of incredible drivers have won at this racetrack, and it’s really cool to be part of the drivers who have won here and I’m really happy about it.”

Reddick broke through for his

first career victory on July 3 at Road America in Wisconsin, then announced nine days later he was leaving Richard Childress Racing in 2024 to drive for 23XI, the team owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan.

Win No. 2 seemed to be easily within reach as Reddick was comfortably out front for 15 late laps when debris from Christopher Bell’s car brought out the fourth caution of the race with only six to go.

It set up a restart with three laps remaining and Reddick lined up alongside road course ace Chase Elliott, who briefly got past Reddick for the lead until he was spun for another caution that sent the race into overtime.

Reddick on the next restart had to hold off defending race winner AJ Allmendinger, who also won Saturday in the Xfinity Series. But Allmendinger was physically exhausted and struggling because his cooling device had not worked the entire race,

“It’s really cool to be part of the drivers who have won here and I’m really happy about it.”

Tyler Reddick and he hardly challenged Reddick at all.

Allmendinger collapsed when he climbed from his car. His wife and team personnel were seen draping his head in wet towels and dumping water over him before Allmendinger was taken to the care center.

So it was Ross Chastain who made Reddick claw his way to the Yard of Bricks.

Chastain missed the first turn completely and used the access road to return to the racing course ahead of Reddick and the apparent new leader. Reddick chased

him for an entire lap around the 2.439-mile course and finally reclaimed the lead in time to lead the entire final lap.

“I couldn’t believe he got ahead of me,” Reddick said. “I was kind of waiting to see if he was going to have a penalty because I didn’t want to move him out of the way and make his race worse than what it was. But hey, we made it work. Hats off to Ross for trying to do that but really glad it didn’t end up working out because I’d have been pretty (angry).”

NASCAR after the race penalized Chastain for using the access road, which dropped him to 27th.

“I thought we were four-wide and couldn’t go any farther right,” said Chastain, “and decided to take the NASCAR access lane out there.”

Reddick’s win made him the first RCR driver since Kevin Harvick in 2013 to win multiple races in a season, and multiple victories for RCR in a season for the first time since 2017.

Bill Russell, NBA great and Celtics legend, dies at 88 The legendary player and coach was at the forefront of civil rights throughout his life The Associated Press BOSTON — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday. He was 88.

His family posted the news on social media, saying Russell died with his wife, Jeannine, by his side.

The statement did not give the cause of death.

“Bill’s wife, Jeannine, and his many friends and family thank you for keeping Bill in your prayers.

Perhaps you’ll relive one or two of the golden moments he gave us, or recall his trademark laugh as he delighted in explaining the real story behind how those moments unfolded,” the family statement said. “And we hope each of us can find a new way to act or speak up with Bill’s uncompromising, dignified and always constructive commitment to principle. That would be one last, and lasting, win for our beloved #6.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement that Russell was “the greatest champion in all of team sports.”

“Bill stood for something much bigger than sports: the values of

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Celtics center Bill Russell, left, celebrates with Boston coach Red Auerbach after defeating the Lakers to win their eighth-straight NBA Championship in 1966. Russell died Sunday at age 88. equality, respect and inclusion that he stamped into the DNA of our league. At the height of his athletic career, Bill advocated vigorously for civil rights and social justice, a legacy he passed down to generations of NBA players who followed in his footsteps,” Silver said.

“Through the taunts, threats and unthinkable adversity, Bill rose above it all and remained true to his belief that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity.

A Hall of Famer, five-time MVP and 12-time All-Star, Russell in 1980 was voted the greatest player in the NBA history by basketball writers. He remains the sport’s most prolific winner and an archetype of selflessness who won with

“Bill stood for something much bigger than sports: the values of equality, respect and inclusion that he stamped into the DNA of our league.”

Adam Silver, NBA commissioner defense and rebounding while leaving the scoring to others. Often that meant Wilt Chamberlain, the only player of the era who was a worthy rival for Russell.

But Russell dominated in the

only stat he cared about: 11 championships to two.

The native of Louisiana also left a lasting mark as a black athlete in a city — and country — where race is often a flashpoint. He was at the March on Washington in 1963 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, and he backed Muhammad Ali when the boxer was pilloried for refusing induction into the military draft.

William Felton Russell was born on Feb. 12, 1934, in Monroe, Louisiana. He was a child when his family moved to the West Coast, and he went to high school in Oakland, California, and then the University of San Francisco. He led the Dons to NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956 and won a gold medal in 1956 at the Melbourne Olympics in Australia.

Celtics coach and general manager Red Auerbach so coveted Russell that he worked out a trade with the St. Louis Hawks for the second pick in the draft.

The Celtics won the NBA championship — their first of 17 — in his rookie season, and Russell won his first MVP award the next season.

A 6-foot-10 center, Russell never averaged more than 18.9 points during his 13 seasons, each year averaging more rebounds per game than points. For 10 seasons he averaged more than 20 rebounds.

Auerbach retired after winning the 1966 title, and Russell became the player-coach — the first black head coach in NBA history, leading the Celtics back to titles in 1968 and ’69.

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STATE & NATION

Overturning Roe v. Wade isn’t the end for pro-life activists

By Amy Forliti The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Now that Roe v. Wade has been toppled, pro-life activists are taking a multifaceted approach in their quest to end abortions nationwide, targeting their strategies to the dynamics of each state as they attempt to create new laws and defend bans in courts.

One anti-abortion group has proposed model legislation that would ban all abortions except to prevent the death of a pregnant woman. New legal frontiers could include prosecuting doctors who defy bans, and skirmishes over access to medication abortions already are underway. Others hope to get more conservatives elected in November to advance an anti-abortion agenda.

“For Republicans, the post-Roe world will be significantly different, from a legal perspective,” said Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School. “For the last 50 years, Republicans have been on the offense by chipping away on the edges of Roe. Now they are going to be playing defense in all 50 states.”

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade said abortion is not a right under the Constitution, creating an opening

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Anti-abortion supporters react as Angela Minter, president of Sisters for Life, speaks at a rally at the Statehouse, in Indianapolis, on July 26, 2022. for states pushing to get more restrictions on the books. Most recently, lawmakers in West Virginia and Indiana have pushed ahead with new restrictions, with varying success.

James Bopp Jr., general counsel for National Right to Life, has worked on model legislation for states, but said with few legislatures in session “the process of adopting new laws is really just be-

ginning.”

It recommends banning all abortions except to prevent the death of a pregnant woman, though it provides language for states that want to make exceptions in cases of rape or incest. It also recommends criminal penalties for any person, including a doctor, who knowingly or intentionally causes or aids an “unlawful abortion.”

The model law would not criminalize a woman who gets an abortion.

Conservatives also see new courtroom battles on the horizon.

Jonathan Mitchell, the former Texas solicitor general who is now a private practice attorney, came up with some of the key components of a Texas law that bans abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected. His innovation was to make violations enforceable through lawsuits filed by citizens, rather than the government.

Mitchell, who represents Texas and South Dakota in abortion lawsuits and has helped lawmakers in multiple states develop abortion bans and restrictions, said future legal fights could center around those who pay for abortions for people living in states with bans that are not being enforced due to court injunctions.

“Abortion is still a criminal offense in every state with a trigger law or pre-Roe ban, regardless of whether a state-court injunction is in effect,” Mitchell said in an email to The Associated Press.

He said an injunction doesn’t actually block a law as many believe, but temporarily keeps it from being enforced.

He said employers or those who help fund abortions in states such as Utah, Kentucky, Louisiana, or West Virginia are violating the law and could be prosecuted. He said if bans exist but are on hold, abortion providers could be prosecuted retroactively.

“And the mere risk of potential lawsuits may be enough to deter abortion providers from offering abortions to out-of-state residents,

especially when these lawsuits can be brought,” he wrote, “not only against the physician but everyone else involved.”

Erin Hawley, a lawyer at the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom and the wife of Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, expects continuing litigation over medication abortions.

She pointed to a court battle underway in Mississippi, where drugmaker GenBioPro is suing the state over its provisions that make it harder to get a prescription for mifepristone, a drug that can induce abortion. The state’s policies are at odds with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, which courts have generally found take precedence over state law.

But Hawley said that might not apply here.

“It’s always a big deal for a federal agency or law to trump state law,” Hawley said.

Some states are taking different approaches.

Texas sued the federal government in mid-July after the Biden administration issued guidance that stated hospitals are required to provide abortions if necessary to save a mother’s life.

Bopp said while court battles and midterm elections are the current focus, abortion opponents would eventually like to see federal and state constitutional amendments that would explicitly protect the unborn, though he acknowledged that would be a challenge.

“A constitutional amendment has been one of our goals. But this requires a hell of a consensus,” he said.

Democrats bareknuckle Green Party off North Carolina ballot The Associated Press RALEIGH — A day after Connor Harney received anonymous text messages asking him to retract his signature from a petition to qualify Green Party candidates for the November ballot in North Carolina, he said unidentified canvassers brought their “attempts to interfere with democracy” to his doorstep.

A woman claiming to represent the state Board of Elections appeared at his home in Fuquay-Varina in late June, a checklist of street addresses in hand, and repeated the request, he said.

When Harney — a 31-year-old historian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro — refused and questioned the woman’s affiliation, she left with a warning: If Green Party candidates gain ballot access, they could take away votes from Democrats and hand the GOP victories in tight races, namely the Senate race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Trumpbacked Republican Rep. Ted Budd.

“I told her, ‘What you’re doing now makes Democrats look very desperate,’” said Harney, a registered independent. “But, more importantly, it goes against the democratic process because you’re actively trying to ensure another party doesn’t make it onto the ballot.”

A dispute over the Green Party’s stalled effort to field a Senate candidate has exposed the Democratic Party’s bareknuckle efforts to prevent the progressive group from siphoning away crucial votes come November.

The state Board of Elections’

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Connor Harney, a supporter of the North Carolina Green Party's petition to place candidates on the November ballot, poses for a photo at Yates Mill County Park, in Raleigh.

Democratic majority rejected the Green Party petition in a 3-2 vote on June 30, citing petition sheets with nearly identical handwriting, incomplete personal information, duplicate names and deceased signatories.

The Green Party then sued as the board investigates the validity of its signatures, alleging Democratic interference in the petitioning process and asking the court to reverse the board’s decision.

The State Board of Elections unanimously voted Monday to recognize the Green Party as a new political party, reversing its previous decision to reject the party’s

petition while the board investigated the signature sheets for fraud.

But Green Party candidates still face an ongoing legal battle to appear on the November ballot after the state board’s initial rejection of the petition led the party to miss the July 1 deadline to submit its nominees.

Harney is one of more than a dozen signers mentioned in the lawsuit who reported receiving intimidating messages, calls or home visits.

These signers said some canvassers declined to identify themselves or falsely claimed to represent the Green Party or the

elections board. Others said they were sent by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – the driving force working to elect Beasley and other Democratic Senate candidates nationwide.

With the Senate in a 50-50 deadlock, North Carolina is one of the few states where Democrats have strong potential to pick up a seat, said Western Carolina University political science professor Chris Cooper. Despite the stakes, he found the Democrats’ tactics “jaw dropping.”

“This is not politics as usual,” Cooper said. “We expect political parties to want to win – that’s

not the problem. It crosses the line when they appear to be resorting to intimidation and, in a few cases, lies.”

The Democrats acknowledge asking signers to remove their names, but claim they were merely trying to make sure potential supporters weren’t being tricked.

“We reached out to voters to ensure they had not been deceived,” DSCC spokesperson Amanda Sherman said.

Sherman said the DSCC is funneling $30 million into North Carolina and eight other Senate battleground states through its “Defend the Majority” campaign, the largest investment in field organizing the committee has ever made this early in the campaign cycle.

Though Democrats had little success dissuading progressive voters from backing the Green Party ballot bid, their lawyers, including Elias Law Group, general counsel for the DSCC, lobbied the board to scrutinize irregularities among the signatures.

Hoh’s campaign manager Rose Ruby said their uphill battle to reach the ballot illuminates the many barriers third-party candidates face nationwide. But she embraces Hoh’s role as a disruptor of the status quo and says Democrats have only themselves to blame if the Greens “spoil” their election.

“The spoiler label is an antidemocratic characterization of what it means to have a healthy democracy,” Ruby said. “If Democrats don’t want to fear that there’s a split in their vote, then it’s their job to earn those votes and to put out the kind of policies that the Green Party is getting out.”

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Military veterans applaud a speaker at the commemoration ceremony of the CPL Johnnie Ralph Holder bridge in Moore County.

COUNTY NEWS Two men arrested in connection to body found in Moore County According to Moore County Sherriff Ronnie Fields, two men were arrested last Thursday following the investigation of a death in the Jackson Springs area.

Deputies are reported to have found a woman’s body on the side of Mill Road last Tuesday. She was later identified as Jolee Diane Mercer, 34, of Eagle Springs. After executing a search warrant and seizing a vehicle in connection with the death investigation, deputies arrest Timothy Rodell McCaskill and Jonathan Santonio Flowers. McCaskill has been charged with multiple drug-related felonies.

Flowers was charged with one count of felony concealment of a death, and one count of felony disturbing human remains.

Mercer’s cause of death is still under investigation.

Carthage boy to appear in national mullet contest finals Emmett Miller, a local Carthage boy, has turned a post-COVID hairdo into a spot in the top 25 finalists in a national mullet contest.

He will officially enter the final round of voting this August, competing against 24 other children ages 12 and under to see which youth has the best mullet of 2022. To vote for Emmett, visit www.mulletchamp. com any time between August 15th and 19th.

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Local Korean War veteran commemorated in Moore County North State Journal staff ON JULY 27, the CPL Johnnie Ralph Holder bridge dedication was finally completed. CPL Holder was Moore County’s first soldier killed in action (KIA) in the Korean War. He died on July 27, 1950, during the prelude to the Battle of Pusan Perimeter. He was 20 years old.

The strive to honor Corporal Holder dates back to 2019, when NC Senator Tom McInnis was instrumental in securing the naming of the bridge over Deep River in Holder’s honor. Unfortunately, the originally scheduled dedication ceremony, which was set for April 2,

2020, was cancelled due to COVID. Recognizing the importance of our many Moore County veterans, American Legion Post 12 Commander Phil Vandercook, the Holder family, and NC Senator Tom McInnis came together to make sure Corporal Holder’s ceremony would indeed be shared with the public, culminating in today’s event at the bridge on South Carbonton Rd. Speakers included NC Senator Tom McInnis and several Holder family members. Former Navy Lieutenant Commander Jesse Holder flew in from Arizona to attend the wreath laying and speak

Moore Rep. McNeill receives inaugural “Order of the Keeper of the Public Purse” RALEIGH — Rep. Allen McNeill (R-Randolph/Moore) has been honored as the first recipient of the “Order of the Keeper of the Public Purse,” according to a press statement from N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell.

Folwell, along with the Boards of Trustees of the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System, passed a resolution honoring McNeill for his work related to the state’s retirement systems.

“It’s hard to say in words the contributions that Rep. McNeill has made to the retirements of those that teach, protect, and otherwise serve the people of North Carolina,” said Folwell in a statement. “But for his leadership as pensions committee chair, our benefit plans wouldn’t be as secure. Not just his constituents in Moore County, but nearly 1 million current and future generations of public service workers are indebted.”

Per Folwell’s statement, the award is “being established by Treasurer Folwell as a way of recognizing achievements that heed the clarion call of former Treasurer Harlan Boyles in his 1994 book, The Keeper of the

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Rep. Allen McNeill (R-Randolph) Public Purse, to guard fiercely the purse of the citizens of North Carolina.”

“Order of the Keeper of the Public Purse” will be the highest recognition or award granted by the State Treasurer of North Carolina, according to the statement.

McNeill, the chairman of the House Pension and Retirement Committee, has served over five and a half terms and will not be seeking re-election again this fall.

at the ceremony. American Legion Post 12 Commander Vandercook emceed, along with hosting a lunch at the legion hall in Carthage.

Guests included Moore County Commissioners Frank Quis and Catherine Graham, Carthage Town Mayor Jimmy Chalflinch, American Legion District 16 Commander Clifton Bell, and Captain Brock Holder (Moore County Sheriff’s Department), American Legion Post 73 (Ellerbe), Marine Corps League (Fayetteville and Sanford), American Legion Post 350 (Pinehurst), and Holder family members. Several of the Holder family members in attendance are themselves veter-

ans, testifying to the Holder family’s continued service.

American Legion Post 12 (Carthage) has 177 members, whereof 18 are Korean War era veterans.

Among those attending today were Elton Turner (87) and Billy Graham (92). During the lunch following the ceremony, attendees remarked on the value of having an active legion post, the need to be able to continue to share experiences, and for our community to keep our veterans engaged.

In 2021, approximately 500,000 Korean War Veterans remained in the US, but an estimated 600 are lost each day.

Gov Cooper appoints Mills to Financial Literacy Council North State Journal staff ON JULY 28, Partners for Children and Families announced that Gov. Roy Cooper had appointed Stuart Mills, its Executive Director, to the statewide Financial Literacy Council.

The Financial Literacy Council was first established by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2009 and is responsible for helping deliver financial literacy education and increase financial literacy among North Carolinians.

In addition to serving as the Executive Director of Partners for Children and Families, Mills is the President of The Given Tufts Foundation, Inc., a director of Pinehurst’s Village Heritage Foundation, and a Trustee of The O’Neal School in Southern Pines. Previously, he served as the Executive Director of the Moore County Literacy Council.

“I am grateful to Governor Cooper for this appointment and for the opportunity to support the important work of the Financial Literacy Council,” said Mills. “Financial literacy is often the key that unlocks opportunities for our Moore County residents. To give just one example, I believe that improved financial literacy and business acumen could help us effectively address the shortage of child care professionals in Moore County.”

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WEEKLY CRIME LOG ♦ COMBS, AHASHA ROSE, 27, W, F, 8/1/2022, Carthage PD, Possess Methamphetamine (x2), Simple Possession Schedule IV CS (x2), Possess Drug Paraphernalia (x2), $30,000 Secured, 8/8/22, Sanford ♦ SHAVER, RICHARD RAY, 43, W, M, 7/31/2022, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Assault on a Female, $2,000 Secured, 8/24/22, Vass ♦ GREEN, JOYCE TAYLOR, 43, W, F, 7/31/2022, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Simple Possession Schedule II CS, Injury to Personal Property, Resisting Public Officer, $5,000 Secured, 8/31/22, Robbins ♦ GARNER, STEVEN HARRIS, 44, W, M, 7/31/2022, Robbins PD, Possess Methamphetamine, Possess Schedule I CS, Possess Drug Paraphernalia (x2), Possess Marijuana Paraphernalia, Carrying Concealed Gun, Possession of Firearm by Felon, $20,000 Secured, 8/17/22, Robbins ♦ BASS, JOHN DEAN, 23, W, M, 7/31/2022, Out of County, Possess Counterfeit Instrument/ Currency/Check, Injury to Personal Property, $3,250 Secured, 8/31/22, West End ♦ BOWLES, ADAM RICHARD, 31, W, M, 7/30/2022, Carthage PD, Interfere Emergency Communication, Felony Possession of Cocaine, Injury to Personal Property, $3,000 Secured, 8/25/22, Carthage ♦ VAMPER, DAQUAN JOSEPH HAKEEM, 31, B, M, 7/29/2022, Southern Pines PD, Resisting Public Officer, Assault on a Female, Assault by Strangulation, Break or Enter a Motor Vehicle, Breaking or Entering, $38,000 Secured, 8/17/22, Southern Pines ♦ LOCKLEAR, BOBBY JOE, 32, I, M, 7/29/2022, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Possess Marijuana up to 1/2oz (x2), $2,000 Secured, 8/5/22, Aberdeen ♦ CARTER, SETH CAMERON, 34, W, M, 7/28/2022, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, Possession of Firearm by Felon, PWIMSD Schedule III CS, Possess Methamphetamine, Maintain Veh/Dwell/Place CS, Simple Possession Schedule IV CS, Possess Marijuana up to 1/2oz, Possess Marijuana Paraphernalia, Go Armed to Terror of People, $150,000 Secured, 8/10/22, Cameron ♦ JACKSON, JASMINE SYMONE, 26, B, F, 7/27/2022, Southern Pines PD, Simple Assault (x2), Communicating Threats, Probation Violation (x4), $33,000 Secured, 8/17/22, Southern Pines

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Subterranean parking structure approved for Pinehurst resort Pinehurst Council makes amendment to facilitate World Golf Hall of Fame relocation

By Ryan Henkel North State Journal PINEHURST — The Village of Pinehurst Council met Tuesday, July 26, where the council held public hearings for a potential parking structure at Pinehurst Resorts and an amendment to the USGA Economic Development Incentive Agreement.

The council held a public hearing for a Zoning Map Amendment request from Resorts of Pinehurst, Inc. for 6.87 acres of land to rezone from Recreation Development District to Hotel Conditional District to allow for the development of a two-level, partially subterranean parking structure. The request also looks to preserve uses associated with the previous RD conditional zoning on the acreage for the Lodge at Pinehurst Resorts.

“We are asking to expand the Hotel Conditional District area from the site to this location specifically because parking structures are not permitted in the Recreational Development zoning classification and district,” said KOONTZ JONES Design Principal Bob Koontz.

According to Koontz, the parking structure design is partially subterranean and will include landscaping and brick parapet walls to shield the view of the structure from the Resort and Highway. The parking structure will also provide a net gain of 123 parking spaces.

“In total, we’ll have invested over $10 million in parking in

“Our current thinking is to reconceive that space as multiple smaller structures that combine to produce several attractive courtyards. We have very preliminary concepts that we’re prepared to share with you. However, we need more time to develop our plans.”

Tom Pashley, president of Pinehurst Resort and Country Club less than two years,” said President of Pinehurst Resort and Country Club Tom Pashley. “We are proud and excited about the progress that’s being made and look forward to the opportunities ahead of us in the future.”

The reason for the second part of the request is that future development has not yet been determined on the placement and footprint of facilities such as locker rooms, bars, or lodging, and the applicants wish to maintain some flexibility with that.

“Our current thinking is to reconceive that space as multiple smaller structures that combine to produce several attractive courtyards,” Pashley said. “We have very preliminary concepts that we’re prepared to share with you. However, we need more time to develop our plans.”

Following the hearing, the council approved the rezoning requests and the request to preserve uses associated with the

previous conditional zoning with conditions on the limit of allowable changes to impervious surfaces.

The council also approved a minor language change to the USGA Economic Development Incentive Agreement to accommodate the desire to house the World Golf Hall of Fame in one of the buildings they intend to construct, following a public hearing.

The USGA plans to relocate portions of its operations, including a golf equipment research and test center, museum, and visitor center, and select offices to “two buildings in a campus-like setting,” located in the Village of Pinehurst.

“From a staff perspective, the language change probably wasn’t required for what they intend to do with the World Golf Hall of Fame,” said Village Manager Jeff Sanborn. “It was very much in compliance with the original agreement, but out of an abundance of caution, we’ve been asked to make this change, and we are more than happy to do that.”

The council then decided to wait and revisit the Pinehurst South Small Area Plan later due to problems found with the plan, such as unclear classifications of what are residential areas and what are non-residential areas, projected traffic impacts, and projected fiscal impacts and sustainability.

“With all these variables, I, for one, am not ready to make any approval of this plan tonight because I see there are many more issues here at work than even we were thinking about,” said Mayor John Strickland.

The Village of Pinehurst Council will next meet August 9.

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happening Here’s a quick look at what’s coming up in Moore County:

August 4 Trivia Thursday at the Brewery 6pm Come out for Trivia at the Southern Pines Brewery!

Enjoy fun and prizes each Thursday. Southern Pines Brewing Company is located at 565 Air Tool Dr., Southern Pines, NC.

August 4-7 US Kids Golf World Championship 7:30am-5pm Golfers between ages 5-12 will play ten championship courses in Pinehurst. The event runs through Aug 7, and the schedule consists of a Parade of Nations, ParentChild Tournament, Trackman Demo Days, three rounds of championship play, and the closing ceremony.

August 5 Summer Meal Program 12:30pm – 5pm

MOORE CITIZENS FOR FREEDOM

MOORE COUNTY Remember that we live in the best country, the best state, and by far the best county.

MOORE COUNTY, WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE!

TUNE INTO The John and Maureen show

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1 - 2PM WEEB 990 AM 104.1 and 97.3 FM

Meals will be provided free of charge for those 18 and under at the Baxter Teen Center, Logan-Blake, and Trinity Units of the Boys & Girls Club of the Sandhills.

August 5-28 Two exciting, entertaining contemporary shows receive their Sandhills area premieres in the intimate McPherson Theatre at BPAC: “Buyer & Cellar” - August 5-14; and “tick, tick...BOOM!” - August 19-28. Individual shows start at $35.

North State Journal for Wednesday, August 3, 2022

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

COLUMN | U.S. REP. RICHARD HUDSON

Taking on inflation and Pelosi’s assault weapons ban

Over the last year and a half, all of us have felt the impact of the highest gas prices in history and highest inflation in 41 years

“IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!” Politicians in Washington would be wise to heed these famous words from former Bill Clinton advisor James Carville when it comes to addressing the issue most important to American families. Yet, today’s Washington Democrats have time and time again failed to listen and are only making matters worse.

On Thursday, we learned our economy shrunk for the second quarter in a row. Unfortunately, this signifies that the economy has entered a recession. However, President Joe Biden and other Democrats in Washington have refused to accept this fact or take responsibility, trying instead to redefine the meaning of recession altogether.

The American people are smarter than that.

Over the last year and a half, all of us have felt the impact of the highest gas prices in history and highest inflation in 41 years. I’ve heard from Charles in Hope Mills, who must now spend $160 a week on gas to get to work. And Deborah in Cumberland County said she’s paying double to fill up her car, while her grocery bill is up $25 each week.

Data has shown this too, as consumer confidence dropped once again last week. That’s because inflation is still battering families across the country. The cost of goods and services continues to skyrocket nationwide, costing the average American household nearly $500 extra a month. In North Carolina, families are paying an average of $64 more on food, $306 more on transportation, and $175 more on energy. Similarly, gas prices remain $4.22 nationally, almost $2 more per gallon than when Biden took office. Wages have also not kept up with inflation, down 4.4%.

American families cannot afford these price hikes and pay cuts, nor can they afford excuses from President Biden and Washington Democrats.

The problems facing our nation are daunting, but we do have solutions to address them.

The first is taking concrete steps to combat inflation and get our economy back on track. This starts by cutting unnecessary federal spending, lowering taxes, and implementing rational reforms that will grow our economy and create jobs. We must also make America energy independent by boosting domestic production and unleashing American energy.

Instead of working with us on these solutions on Wednesday, Senate Democrats announced a new proposal that will explode the size of the IRS, leading to fewer new lifesaving medical cures being developed and crippling our economy through tax hikes and climate policies. The $700 billion ‘Build Back Broke’ legislation will only make our inflation crisis worse, as well as further expand big government and give it more control over your life.

This worldview is why House Democrats also revived their plans for an ‘assault weapons’ ban last week. A previous ban did not stop violent crime or tragedies like Columbine. Yet, the left continually pushes these gun control measures because it makes them feel good. Last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor and attempted to exploit your fear and the pain of victims in order to gain support for this ridiculous measure. Pelosi and House Democrats want you to trade your rights for security. But the fact is you will end up with neither.

I am leading the fight against this ban and other unconstitutional gun control because the Second Amendment is clear and is the right that protects all our other rights. That’s why I addressed the House after the Speaker to directly refute Pelosi’s fear-mongering and to make it clear that this ban is neither constitutional nor would it be effective at stopping acts of violent crime. Law-abiding citizens have the right to keep and bear arms and defend themselves, just like 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken did with his concealed carry permit when he recently stopped a mass shooting at an Indiana mall.

Instead of things like bans, mandates, and other measures implemented by those who believe in big government, I believe in giving people more freedom and personal responsibility. Along those lines, I called on President Biden last week to end vaccine mandates for our military servicemembers. I have heard from many at Fort Bragg about how mandates have impacted their families. And thanks to Operation Warp Speed, we have vaccines and therapeutics that no longer make COVID-19 a significant risk to life or the readiness of our military. It is now past time for the Biden administration to respect the rights of our servicemembers at Fort Bragg and around the world.

Instead of forcing needless mandates on Americans, our government should focus on policies to improve public health and safety. Last week, I helped pass legislation to do just that.

The Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2022 will make permanent telehealth flexibilities initially authorized during the pandemic. This bill mirrored legislation I put forward in April, and I’m happy this common-sense policy to improve health care quality, and access will move to the Senate. H.R. 7624, the Spectrum Innovation Act, includes provisions I wrote to modernize our critical 911 infrastructure and improve the ability of first responders to handle emergencies and save lives.

We have many challenges. Yet whether it is growing our economy, protecting your rights, or improving the health and safety of our community, I remain committed to delivering solutions for you and your family.

COLUMN | DAVID HARSANYI

The Dems’ new proposal does nothing to lower inflation The Inflation Reduction Act is to inflation what the Affordable Care Act — which doubled premium costs — was to health care insurance.

THE FIRST THING TO REMEMBER about the reconciliation bill Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer agreed to Wednesday is that, despite its utterly preposterous name, it has absolutely zero to do with inflation. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is crammed with the very same spending, corporate welfare, price-fixing, and tax hikes that were part of Build Back Better — long-desired progressive wish-list agenda items.

Pumping hundreds of billions into the economy will do nothing to alleviate inflation. The opposite is true.

Let’s also remember the Democrats’ deflection on inflation last year — claiming it was “transitory” and “no serious economist” is “suggesting there’s unchecked inflation on the way,” and so on — was all part of a concerted political effort to ignore the problem long enough to cram through a $5.5 trillion iteration of their agenda. And when inflation suddenly became non-transitory and politically problematic, the Biden administration argued that more spending would relieve inflation. They don’t care about the economy as long as dependency is being expanded.

The bill is far more likely to spike consumer prices than not. You can hate corporations with the heat of a thousand suns and grouse about the lack of fairness in the world, but it won’t change the fact that businesses don’t pay taxes; they collect them. The Dems’ bill claims it raises $313 billion with a minimum 15% corporate tax rate. Democrats seem to be under the impression that corporations that pay less than 15% are evading taxes rather than using completely legal tools such as accelerated depreciation or taking advantage of tax credits. Whatever the case, raising corporate taxes means fewer jobs or higher prices. Maybe both.

What it won’t do is lower inflation.

The same establishment media that is suddenly unsure how to define a recession is going to falsely claim that the bill has a “deficit reduction package,” even though anyone who’s spent five minutes in D.C. knows that the bill features a bunch of accounting gimmicks that will allow Manchin to go back to West Virginia and claim his concerns about spending are allayed. The deficit reduction number — which relies not only upon raising taxes on consumers but creating a more powerful IRS (and IRS publicsector union) — is plucked from the ether. We have no clue how much new taxes and audits will raise. What we do know is that any new spending program instituted today will exist in perpetuity.

The bill also dumps another $369 billion into green boondoggles, which

also acts as a slush fund for Democrats. Now, even if you’ve convinced yourself that slight variations in temperature are an existential threat to humanity, there has never been an instance of energy becoming more affordable due to pumping money into green economies. A bill with “investments” that will “encourage” a “transition,” as political journalists would say, is really just force-feeding inefficient and expensive alternatives that elbow out reliable, affordable gas and oil, and push prices higher.

Manchin claims that the bill specifically brings down energy prices. Yet, unless West Virginians are clamoring to buy already heavily subsidized electric cars, the bill gives them nothing. It takes.

The only aspect of the bill that even feigns at being about prices allows Medicare to “negotiate” (some) prescription drug prices. This is called price-fixing, as the government is big enough and powerful enough to demand any arbitrary price it wants from rent-seeking companies.

What it will do, as price-fixing always does, is undercut innovation and investments, and create supply shortages and higher prices for ordinary consumers.

The Inflation Reduction Act features new taxes on natural gas and coal production. How could a senator from West Virginia ever support a proposal that promises a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030? Achieving it would mean the economic destruction of his state.

Though, to be fair, those policies would mean the economic destruction of the entire economy.

Manchin — who once said, “I don’t think during a time of recession you mess with any of the taxes or increase any taxes” — always plays this game, making it difficult for Dems to create the impression of moderation at home, and then basically giving in. And, in the end, nearly every reporter is going to allow Democrats to pretend that $430 billion is a pared-down bill, a mighty political sacrifice because what they really wanted was a $3.5 trillion bill. They’re going to allow Democrats to pretend that bill lives up to its name, when it does nothing of the sort.

The Inflation Reduction Act is to inflation what the Affordable Care Act — which doubled premium costs — was to health care insurance.

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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obituaries

Dustin Jon McMillan

April 18, 1987 - July 30, 2022 Dustin Jon McMillan, age 35 of Carthage, passed away on July 30, 2022. Dustin was an avid fisherman and could be found out on the water any chance he got. He loved kayaking, golfing and most of all, time with his two children.

Dustin was preceded in death by his brother, Bryan Colby McMillan.

He was loved by parents, Karen Templin Bibey and Tony; Jack McMillan and Brenda; children, Sophie Ann McMillan and Tucker James McMillan; step-sisters, Holly Mantle Owen and Jennifer Lowery; step-brother, Anthony Bibey; grandmother, Dot Templin; aunts, Wendy Downing, Candy Phillips; uncle, Steve Templin; niece, Zoey McMillan; also survived by many cousins and other family and friends.

Dianne Elizabeth Titus

August 24, 1951 - July 30, 2022 Dianne Elizabeth Ream Titus, 70, of Cameron passed away Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Peak Resources - Pinelake Assisted Living in Carthage, NC. Dianne was born August 24, 1951 in Reading, PA one of three children of the late Kenneth and Ellen Epler Ream.

Dianne found her calling in life as a personal caregiver.

She absolutely loved caring for others. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend of many and will be deeply missed.

Dianne leaves to cherish her memory her son Rick W. Lombardo., Jr and his wife Carol and her daughter Jackie Orcutt and her husband Steven; two grandchildren Ricky Lombardo, III and Shelby Lombardo; four great grandchildren, and her brother James Ream.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister Carol Pullano and her life partner William “Bill” D’Onofrio.

Franz Anton Petersen, Jr.

Larry Lee “Sonny” Upole Jr., 67, of Southern Pines went to be with the Lord on July 28, 2022.

He was preceded in death by his father Larry Upole, Sr. He is survived by wife, Ellen, daughter Sarah McElroy (Josh), sons Daniel Higgins (Amy) and Chris Higgins (Taryn), grandchildren Elizabeth and Jonah Higgins, mother Linda Upole, sister Audrey Chacon (Vic), and many beloved aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

Sonny was born March 13, 1955, in Southern Pines, NC. He graduated with the first full class from Pinecrest High School in 1973. He attended NC State, where he studied Civil Engineering, and he remained a devoted fan of the Wolfpack for life. He began his career with the NCDOT in 1976 in Aberdeen as an Engineering Aide. He held multiple positions within multiple divisions, and became a licensed Professional Engineer for North Carolina.

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Margaret Menne

April 6, 1954 - July 28, 2022

Janet Marie Dozois, age 68 of Pinehurst North Carolina, passed Franz Anton Petersen Jr., age away at FirstHeath Hospice 61, born in Red Bank New Jersey. House on July 28, 2022. Janet Franz passed away July 23, 2022 in was born in Jersey City, NJ on Aberdeen North Carolina.

April 6, 1954 to John Busko and He is survived by his parents, Helen (Bailey) Busko. She dated Franz A. Petersen Sr., and Helen her husband, Craig throughout Petersen. Once sister, Deborah high school. They married upon Jackson and two brothers, Carl graduation and worked to put R. and Eric R. Petersen. Several each other through college. Their aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, son, Jonathan was born in 1989. cousins and his favorite dog, Benji. Janet benefited from a successful He was proceeded in death by his career in the pharmaceutical grandparents, Frank and Adele industry and enjoyed sailing and Petersen and Charles and Mary traveling in her spare time. Janet Pickler. is survived by her husband of 50 He is a US Air Force veteran who years, Craig Dozois; their son, served in Germany.

Jonathan of Rochester, NY and Franz was a longtime Disney two siblings; Michael Busko of Employee. He loved music and dogs. Pinehurst and Dennis Busko of He was a 1979 graduate of Englewood, Florida. Janet was Raritan High School and a preceded in death by her parents. volunteer fireman at North Centerville Fire Department in Hazlet New Jersey.

March 13, 1955 - July 28, 2022

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February 19, 1925 - July 28, 2022

Margaret Harris Menne, 97, of Southern Pines, NC passed away on July 28, 2022 at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst, NC. Margaret was born February 19, 1925 in Roanoke Rapids, NC to Paola David Harris and Nora Ivey Harris. After high school, she moved to Washington, D.C. and took a position in a bank and enrolled in evening classes at Abbott Art School, developing a passion for watercolor painting, which she would nurture for many years. There she would meet the love of her life, George Menne, who preceded her in death.

She is survived by her children Karen King, Kirk Menne, Craig Menne, and Pam Irle and her husband Chip; grandchildren Benjamin Eisner (Joy), Anna Beasley (Nathan), Julia Johnstone (Miller), Luke Menne, Jake Menne, Kevin Menne (Katy), Caitlin Chavez (Ever), Chase Irle and Blaine Irle; great-grandchildren, Ivey Grace Johnstone, Hudson Johnstone, Henry Eisner, Hayes Eisner, George Beasley, Catherine Beasley, Brooklyn Menne, Cayden Menne, and Lillian Chavez.

Dennis Robert Hite

May 7, 1953 - July 23, 2022 Scott David Koehler, 69, passed away Saturday, July 23 at his home in Pinehurst NC surrounded by his loved ones after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Scott was preceded in death by his mother, Patricia Murphy Koehler. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Gwen Ensley Koehler; son Jeffrey Scott Koehler and wife Claire; daughter Laura Gwen Martin and fiancé Joseph Rosario; father Lawrence Robert Koehler and stepmother Jean Koehler; brothers Timothy Koehler and wife Sonya, Mark Koehler and wife Sveta; sister Mary Pat Whaley and husband Bob; stepbrother Alan Mierke and wife Linda; grandsons Finn Martin and Luke Koehler as well as nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law and extended family who loved him dearly.

A native of Butler, PA, he was the son of Lawrence Robert Koehler and the late Patricia Murphy Koehler.

The most remarkable thing about Scott Koehler was his family life. He was a dedicated provider, a fierce protector and a constant voice of reason. He was a gentle and loving Opa to his two grandsons. He was irreplaceable; there will never be another father or husband like him.

January 27, 1940 - July 23, 2022 Dennis Robert Hite, 82, of Southern Pines passed Saturday, July 23, 2022 at his home in Belle Meade.

Dennis was born on January 27, 1940 in Norwalk, Ohio, the oldest son of William Robert and Eva (Fleece) Hite. The family moved to Sunbury, Ohio and Dennis graduated from Big Walnut High School. Immediately upon graduation Dennis joined the Navy to begin a 20 plus year career spent mostly in Pacific operations.

He is survived by his wife, Nancy Simonette Hite. Two daughters Jennifer (Jeff) Stone and Valerie Hite, sister Judy (Mike) Eisman and brother Michael (Jenny) all in California.

Kim (John) Pennington of Vass, NC, and Michael (Cindy) Hively of Claxton, GA. Dennis was a proud grandfather and great grandfather.

Karen Ann Martin September 28, 1950 - July 26, 2022

Karen Ann Martin, age 71 of Pinehurst passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at Pinehurst Nursing Center.

Karen was born on September 28, 1950 in Williamsport, PA to the late Nelson Robert Shaffer and Jeanne Elizabeth Deewall Shaffer. She was a graduate of Susquehanna University in 1972.

She and her husband, Henry enjoyed traveling extensively together for many years.

She is survived by her stepdaughter, Vicki (Neal) Dorman of Greensboro, NC and a step-son John Martin of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Martin in 2021.

Sammy Lee Lowe

October 21, 1959 - July 29, 2022 Sammy Lee Lowe, age 62 of West End NC, passed away at home on July 29, 2022. Sammy was born in Richlands, VA on October 21, 1959 to Robert Lowe and Lola Meade Lowe. He worked as an underground coal miner while living in Virginia.

Sammy is survived by his wife, Carol Lowe; son, Kevin (Christy) Lowe and granddaughter Brooklyn Lowe of Honaker, VA; daughter, Kusondra Lowe and wife Ashley of Lubbott, TX; brother, Bobby Lowe and wife Loretta of Richlands, VA.

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