North State Journal Vol. 3, Issue 33

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Second Lady Karen Pence greets supporters in Charlotte as she embarks on a district-wide bus tour organized by Women for Mark Harris. As parties compete for womens’ votes in particular, the race has national attention as one that could determine the majority in November elections. A recent New York Times poll shows Harris and Democrat Dan McCready in a statistical in a dead heat. Read more in Jones and Blount, A5.

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NC goes to the frogs as flooding, breeding align Manteo In the wake of Hurricane Florence, the N.C. coast has been plagued with a tide of frogs and toads. State biologist Jeff Hall says a boom of “explosively breeding” toads are searching for drier ground in flooded areas. Hall says coastal residents are likely to find frogs and toads in odd places until floodwaters recede.

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Virginia school honoring Confederate general to be renamed Richmond, Va. Staunton School Board in Virginia voted 4-2 Monday to change the name of Robert E. Lee High School. The board plans an online survey this week for community input on what to rename the school.

Comments will be accepted through next month. The vote follows Richmond Public Schools voting to rename J.E.B. Stuart Elementary to Barack Obama Elementary School. The school boards in Falls Church and Petersburg also are renaming several Confederate-named schools.

Man charged with threatening kids Wake Forest A Wake Forest man appeared in court on Tuesday, accused of both threatening to shoot students at an elementary school near his home and possessing child porn. Arthur Vladimir Kochetkov, 33, was charged Monday with sexual exploitation of a minor. He has been held at the Wake County jail since he was charged last month for posting a threat to Facebook that said, “he’s done amassed an army big enough to slaughter all your Wake Forest kids in their local playground.”

Kochetkov’s family says he is mentally ill.

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Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo, left, and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper walk down Market St. during a tour of downtown Wilmington, N.C., Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Cooper was asking business owners how Hurricane Florence impacted them both personally and professionally.

NC braces for Michael rain as Florence recovery efforts mount

By Donna King For the North State Journal RALEIGH — As Hurricane Michael nears the Florida Panhandle with speculation that it could bring as much as 6 inches of rain to North Carolina late Thursday, eastern N.C. residents are tired of it. With roofs still under tarps and giant industrial dehumidifiers drying out small businesses, state officials are still tallying damage, even as they watch Michael’s path carefully.

“It absolutely is a concern for me, as my house is still tarped,” said Shane Fernando, 38, who lives near downtown Wilmington where trees toppled by Florence blocked roads and fell into houses — including his. “Of course that makes me anxious.”

While the state hasn’t provided a detailed damage estimate, it’s clear Florence affected

thousands of homes. More than 24,000 homeowners and renters have received FEMA housing assistance.

“We also have repairs beginning in many homes. A number of homes have rooftop tarps that could be damaged or blown away with this wind,” Cooper said Tuesday.

Forecasters don’t expect widespread Carolinas flooding, but warn Michael’s winds could be stronger than Florence’s. This news comes a day after N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler appeared before the agriculture oversight committee at the N.C. General Assembly requesting $310 million for cleanup and recovery, with $250 million of that going toward direct payments to farmers who lost crops and livestock to help them stay in See FLORENCE, page A3

Kavanaugh hears his 1st arguments as Supreme Court justice Kavanaugh has also hired four clerks, all women, the first time that has happened

By Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Brett Kavanaugh took the bench with his new Supreme Court colleagues for the first time Tuesday in a jovial atmosphere that was strikingly at odds with the tension and rancor surrounding his high court confirmation.

The new justice dived into his new job, asking a handful of questions in the first arguments of the day following a traditional welcome from Chief Justice John Roberts, who wishing Kavanaugh “a long and happy career in our common calling.”

Kavanaugh took his seat at the end of bench to Roberts’ far left just after 10 a.m., a visible manifestation of a moment that Republicans have dreamed of for decades, with five solidly conservative justices on the court, and Democrats have dreaded.

His path to confirmation was turbulent — opposition to him intensified after Christine Blasey Ford accused him of sexually assaulting her, allegations Kavanaugh denied.

In court, Kavanaugh asked questions of both sides in arguments over increased prison sentences for repeat offenders. He jumped in with his first question after most of the other justices had spoken.

Questions from Kavanaugh and Justice Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s two high court picks, suggested they could vote against the Trump administration and side with a criminal defendant from Florida who is fighting an increase in his sentence from just over six years to possibly more than 15 years.

“The Senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional.

That process is over. My focus now is to be the best justice I can be.”

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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With a month until midterms, NC races enter home stretch Kavanaugh’s confirmation battle continues to motivate both sides

By David Larson For the North State Journal RALEIGH — Despite being a “blue moon election” with no statewide campaigns, like presidential, gubernatorial or U.S. Senate races, this November’s midterms have a lot at stake for the governance of the state and the nation. Heavily contested races for the state supreme court, North Carolina seats in the U.S. Congress and the state General Assembly all put key levers of power in the balance.

Justice Barbara Jackson is one of three Republicans on the state Supreme Court, which is currently a 4-3 Democratic majority. With her seat up this fall, a loss for her re-election campaign would tilt the court to a 5-2 Democratic stronghold. The Republicans called foul when another candidate filed as a

Republican despite public connections to high-profile Democrats.

Chris Anglin claims he is a genuine Republican, but the GOP went to court to have the “R” next to his name removed. With the party eventually losing the case, Jackson’s Republican backing may be diluted, giving an advantage to Democrat Anita Earls.

North Carolina Republican Party Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse told North State Journal this is just another sign that Democrats are willing to play dirty to win.

“They’ve created a structural advantage for themselves in this race,” Woodhouse said. “We’ll have to see if it works for them, but it’s a window into their souls.”

Woodhouse believes the elections will be thoroughly colored by what he calls “the ugliest smear campaign” he’s ever seen, referring to the allegations against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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How to fund college if you didn’t save enough Early decision college applications are due between Oct. 15 and Nov. 15 for UNC system universities. As millions of students gather their grades, financial records are an important part of that process.

IF COLLEGE TUITION BILLS are looming and you don’t have nearly enough saved, you have plenty of company. But you also have options for making it more affordable.

Four out of 10 families who hope to send kids to college aren’t saving for that goal, according to student loan company Sallie Mae. Among Liz Weston those who NerdWallet are, parents of children aged 13 to 17 have saved an average of $22,985.

That’s not enough to pay for the typical college education out of pocket. The net average cost for a year of college, after scholarships and grants were deducted, was $15,367 in 2017, according to Sallie Mae. That means a fouryear degree is likely to cost over $60,000. The expense can, of course, be much higher since many elite schools now charge $70,000 a year or more.

Here are some steps to take

now to secure an affordable education — and avoid crushing debt.

Consider Alternatives Not every career requires a four-year degree. For those that do, a year or two of community college can significantly cut costs but also may increase a student’s risk of dropping out.

Community college may be best for self-motivated types who are determined to get a degree and who can do the legwork in advance to ensure their credits will transfer to the desired fouryear institution.

For kids who aren’t that motivated or are unsure what they want to study, a gap year may be a good option. They’ll have another year to grow up and get focused, without racking up college expenses. They could even get a job to pay some of those costs.

Speaking of motivation: Encourage Focus It’s a lot to ask 17- and 18-yearolds to decide what they want to do for the rest of their lives.

Dithering is expensive, though.

Most colleges have career counselors who can help students sort through their options, and internships can offer real-world glimpses of future career paths.

Set Borrowing Limits The federal PLUS loan program allows parents to borrow the full price of virtually any

college education. That’s rarely a good idea. It’s much smarter to decide before applying for schools how much parents can and want to contribute. In general, parents should limit borrowing to what they can afford to pay off before retirement, while still being able to save for that retirement.

It’s also reasonable to ask the student to first exhaust federal student loan options before parents consider borrowing.

Students typically can borrow up to $5,500 in federal student loans for their first year of college and a total of $31,000 for an undergraduate education.

Apply To Financial ‘Safety,’ ‘Target’ And ‘Reach’ Schools College counselors typically recommend applying for three types of schools, based on the student’s academic credentials: “safety” schools virtually certain to say yes, “target” colleges likely to accept them, and “reach” options where acceptance is a long shot.

Families also should also include at least one financial “safety” school — a college with costs they know they can handle — as well as “target” schools that could be affordable and a “reach” school that may surprise them with generous financial aid. The net price calculators available on every college’s site can help identify likely candidates.

Trim Expenses And Tap Assets Cutting discretionary expenses

can free up more money for college bills. The usual suspects: eating out less, buying used instead of new, vacationing cheaply, combing your bills for “leaks” such as memberships or subscriptions you’re not using. If your student is attending college more than 100 miles away and won’t have a car, your auto insurer may give you an away-from-home discount.

Tax breaks, such as the American Opportunity or Lifetime Learning credits, also may help make ends meet.

Withdrawals from 529 college savings plans typically are taxfree when used for qualified education expenses.

Selling nonretirement investments and other assets can help pay for college while possibly increasing financial aid in future years. (While federal financial aid formulas typically ignore retirement funds, money in savings and brokerage accounts reduces need-based aid.) Consult a tax pro first, since asset sales can have tax consequences.

Don’t pause retirement contributions, however. You can’t get back the tax breaks and company matches you’ll lose, or the future tax-deferred earnings that money could have earned. Retirement is even more expensive than a college education, and few of us can afford to stop saving for that goal.

Liz Weston is a columnist at NerdWallet, a certified financial planner and author of “Your Credit Score.” Twitter: @lizweston.

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KAVANAUGH from page A1 There were no disruptions in the courtroom and the justices laughed at each other’s jokes.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor even appeared to playfully pinch Gorsuch’s arm as she asked a question about the kind of physical force necessary to have a crime be treated as violent under a federal enhanced sentencing law.

The newest justice’s wife and two daughters were in seats reserved for justices’ guests, along with retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh replaced Kennedy on the bench.

There was a long line of people hoping to see Kavanaugh’s first appearance. Police put up barricades in front of the court, but there were few protesters in the early morning.

Those who were there held signs saying, “We will not forget” and “We do not consent,” following the acrimonious fight that culminated in Kavanaugh’s 5048 Senate confirmation Saturday.

Kennedy’s presence in the courtroom underscored the changing of the guard on the bench. Kennedy was a more moderate conservative who sometimes sided with the court’s four liberal justices. Kavanaugh, in contrast, is expected to be a more decidedly conservative vote, tilt-

Recovering addicts sue rehab boss for unpaid labor

By Emery P. Dalesio The Associated Press RALEIGH — A federal lawsuit contends the operators of a North Carolina drug rehab program farmed out recovering addicts to work in adult care homes and restaurants and pocketed the wages for the labor they performed.

The lawsuit filed by Andrew Presson of Olney, Maryland, and Kimberly Myris of Pinehurst, North Carolina, contends they enrolled in a residential substance abuse recovery program run by Recovery Connections Community. The plaintiffs say they and others in recovery then worked up to 16 hours a day bathing patients, changing diapers and serving meals at businesses that contracted with Recovery Connections for labor.

“These businesses pay Recovery Connections a negotiated rate for the labor pool’s work, knowing that Recovery Connections residents receive no compensation for their labor,” the lawsuit filed last month in Raleigh said.

The litigation seeks to recoup compensation for all rehab residents put to work by Recovery Connections and collect triple damages because the operation was unfair and deceptive by billing itself as a treatment provider.

ing the court right for decades and leaving Roberts as the justice closest to the ideological middle.

Republicans had hoped to confirm Kavanaugh in time for him to join the court on Oct. 1, the start of the new term. Instead, the former D.C. Circuit judge missed the first week of arguments as the Senate considered an allegation that he had sexually assaulted a woman in high school, an allegation he adamantly denied.

And on Monday evening he was the guest of honor at a ceremonial swearing-in at the White House. While Trump apologized on behalf of the nation for “the terrible pain and suffering” Kavanaugh and his family had suffered and declared him “proven innocent,” the new justice assured Americans that he would be fair and was taking the job with “no bitterness.”

The other eight justices also were at the White House Monday.

Kavanaugh has also begun moving in to his new office at the Supreme Court, taking over space previously used by Justice Samuel Alito, who moved into offices vacated by Kennedy. Kavanaugh has also hired four clerks, all women, the first time that has happened.

On Wednesday, the only other day of arguments this week,

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In this July 5, 2018 photo, Megan Mahoney, left, director of the anti-trafficking program for the Chicago-based nonprofit Heartland Alliance, and Darci Flynn, the program’s associate director, meet at their office in Chicago.

Recovery Connections President Jennifer Warren didn’t return a phone message Monday left at the business operating from the same address as the home she shares with Phillip Warren, who was also named in the lawsuit.

Nearly a dozen other phone numbers listed for the two were either disconnected or rang unanswered.

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the court will hear another two hours of arguments. One of the two cases the court is hearing then involves the detention of immigrants, an issue on which Kavanaugh’s vote could be key.

Though he missed the court’s first week, none of the six cases argued dealt with blockbuster issues. They included a case about a potential habitat for an endangered frog and another about an Alabama death row inmate whose lawyers argue he shouldn’t be executed because dementia has left him unable to remember his crime. Kavanaugh won’t vote in those cases, but if the court is split 4-4 it could decide to have those cases re-argued so Kavanaugh can break the tie.

As the newest member of the court Kavanaugh will take on a few special jobs. He will take notes for the justices when they meet for private conferences.

He’ll also be the one to answer the door at those meetings if someone knocks to deliver something such as a justice’s coffee or forgotten glasses.

He’ll also sit on the committee that oversees the court’s cafeteria, which is open to the public.

Roberts has previously said that assignment is a way of bringing a new justice “back down to Earth after the excitement of confirmation and appointment.”

gative Reporting reported in May that Recovery Connections sent people with addictions to work for free as caregivers for elderly and disabled patients.

Recovery Connections was started in 2011 by Jennifer Warren, a former addiction counselor who was stripped of her license for fraud and other ethical breaches. She took on poor and desperate addicts who paid for their stay by working full-time jobs and sur-

ELECTION from page A1 Carolina Republican Party said it best at their recent press conference,” Woodhouse told NSJ. “The confirmation battle reframes the context of all races. This is no longer about politics. It’s an American responsibility to send a message to the Democrats that this can’t continue. This kind of thing can never be allowed to happen again. We need an absolute repudiation of Democrats up and down the ballot or they won’t get the message.”

U.S. Congressional races in North Carolina are gaining national attention, with Democratic candidates in North Carolina’s 2nd, 9th and 13th districts pushing for possible upsets. Former President Barack Obama’s move to endorse Linda Coleman earlier this month, in a District 2 race once seen as a long shot, is further evidence Democrats are seeing some pickup opportunities in the Tarheel state.

The North Carolina General Assembly’s Republican supermajority also hangs in the balance, with Democrats only needing to flip four House seats or six Senate seats to successfully break the GOP’s legislative dominance. A loss of the Republican supermajority would give Cooper’s veto pen a more-than-symbolic effect, because Democrats would

rendering their wages, the Reveal investigation found.

Rather than receiving addiction treatment, “Recovery Connections requires residents to perform arduous labor for long hours without pay. Recovery Connections claims that this practice benefits residents and trains them in ‘vocational skills,’ but Recovery Connections provides no bona fide training, and the manual labor that residents are required to perform has no therapeutic value,” the lawsuit said.

North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services received complaints beginning in 2011 that Warren was illegally operating an unlicensed program, the Reveal investigation found.

But rather than crack down, an investigator with the state agency that oversees rehab programs told Warren how to avoid oversight altogether.

For years, people sent to Recovery Connections by the courts have complained to the state Department of Public Safety. Probation officials called it “toxic” and “run by dangerous people” in internal emails, the Reveal investigation found. But they continued to allow probationers to attend.

Probation officials barred probationers from attending the program after Reveal journalists inquired earlier this year.

be needed, but unlikely to help, in overriding his vetoes. Eric Holder, attorney general under President Obama, made an appearance Tuesday to rally crowds in Greensboro for this “Break the Majority” push.

The Democrats are also using the fresh emotion from the Kavanaugh hearing to their advantage.

In suburban Wake and Mecklenburg counties, they believe connecting vulnerable Republicans to Kavanaugh will help their candidates.

In a press release on their website, the North Carolina Democratic Party said, “This week, the NCDP ran digital ads against Reps. Dollar, Bradford, Stone, and Dulin, and Sens. Tarte and Bishop for believing Kavanaugh, not women.” One of the ads, targeting powerful House member Nelson Dollar, said, “Despite everything, Representative Dollar stands with Brett Kavanaugh. Tell Dollar that if he doesn’t believe women, he doesn’t have your vote.”

Also on the blue moon ballots will be six amendments to the North Carolina Constitution, some of which also had to pass through legal challenges to make it to the final printing.

Early voting starts Oct. 17, and general election day is Tuesday, Nov. 6.

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nation & world Boston breathing easier after major raid on MS-13 In this Sept. 20, 2018 photo, Boston Police Officer Dan Long greets East Boston residents during a Walk for Peace and Unity.

60 members of gang were rounded up by the FBI and state and local police in January 2016

By Philip Marcelo The Associated Press BOSTON — The streets are quieter these days in East Boston, but the marchers still gather in front of the police precinct house, as they have nearly every Thursday evening for the past four summers, after a rash of brutal killings and attempted murders by the violent street gang MS-13 struck fear into residents of this majority Latin American neighborhood.

A dozen or so residents, police officers and church pastors set out across the neighborhood, handing out purple wristbands calling for peace and holding handwritten signs bearing messages in Spanish like “Los Jovenes Son El Futuro” (Youth are the Future) and “Juntos Por La Paz” (Together for Peace).

The weekly marches, which wrapped up for the season recently, serve as a reminder of darker times, as well as a continued call for trust between residents and police in East Boston and the communities around it, says Sandra Aleman-Nijjar, a native of El Salvador who organizes the marches.

“We want to let families that have been directly impacted by this violence know that we’re with them,” she said before the start of a recent march. “We still worry about them.”

Police and community leaders in East Boston and other nearby cities where MS-13 has long been active credit a case winding down in Boston federal court for the current break in gang violence.

Some 60 members of MS-13 were rounded up by the FBI and state and local police in January 2016 in what authorities have touted as the nation’s largest single takedown of the notorious Salvadoran gang. Most of those still awaiting sentencing are scheduled to have their day in court this month.

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At the time of the raid, officials said they took down about a third of the MS-13 presence in Massachusetts, as well as leaders of the gang’s East Coast Program, which also oversaw factions in Houston; Columbus, Ohio; New Jersey; Virginia; Maryland; and North Carolina.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, on recent visits to New England, lauded the raid, which happened under former President Barack Obama, as an example of why stepped-up enforcement of illegal immigration is necessary. All but three of the defendants convicted face deportation after their sentences, according to prosecutors.

President Donald Trump has consistently singled out MS-13 as a threat to national security, even though its U.S. presence remains relatively small compared with street gangs like the Bloods and Crips.

“It gave us a restart,” Chelsea Police Capt. Keith Houghton said of the raid. “We now have a chance to work with new kids coming to our community to show them things are different. You can come here and have a chance to be a normal kid and not get mixed up in gangs.”

To date, 49 gang members have been convicted, with many facing 15 years to life in prison for racketeering crimes like attempted murder, drug distribution, robbery and extortion, according to U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling’s office.

Sixteen defendants were charged in six killings from 2014 to 2016. Three other MS-13-related deaths from that period are also being tried in local courts.

In court last week, the sister of one of the murder victims tearfully told the judge about how lost she’s felt since her younger brother, Javier Ortiz, was gunned down in an apartment in December 2014 after a gang-related dispute with 39-year-old Hector Enamorado, a ranking MS-13 member.

“He was the only family I had here,” Guillermina Ortiz said in Spanish shortly before Enamorado was handed a life sentence. “I promised my parents that I’d take care of him. I don’t know what to tell them.”

The three-year investigation, dubbed Operation Mean Streets, hinged in large part on the work of an informant who recorded MS13 members bragging about their crimes as he served as their driver and was eventually initiated as a

full-fledged “homeboy.”

The recent surge in MS-13 violence in Boston and other cities was prompted by MS-13 leaders in El Salvador seeking to strengthen the gang’s U.S. presence, said Peter Levitt, a former assistant U.S. attorney who was the lead prosecutor on the Boston cases.

Veteran gang members were sent to Boston from El Salvador and elsewhere to organize local factions, ramp up high school recruitment, step up drug dealing and undertake the savage attacks — often with machetes and knives — that have become MS-13’s hallmark, he said.

On New York’s Long Island, the gang has been blamed for at least 25 killings since 2016, and authorities have conducted similar large sweeps. And in Fresno County, Calif., MS-13 has been linked to more than 12 deaths in the past two years. More than two dozen gang members and affiliates were rounded up in August.

Since the Boston raid, violent crime in the communities where MS-13 is most active has dropped, though police note that less-heralded crackdowns on other violent gangs, including MS-13’s rival 18th Street, have also been a factor.

US student detained in Israel for alleged boycott support Lara Alqasem, a 22-yearold American citizen with Palestinian grandparents who attended the University of Florida

By Isavel Debre The Associated Press JERUSALEM — In a first-of-itskind case, Israel has held an American graduate student at its international airport for a whole week, accusing her of supporting a Palestinian-led boycott movement against the Jewish state.

Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American citizen with Palestinian grandparents, landed at Ben-Gurion Airport last Tuesday with a valid student visa.

But she was barred from entering the country and ordered deported based on suspicions that she supports a campaign that calls for boycotts, divestments, and sanc-

FLORENCE from page A1 business, called a Farmer Recovery Reinvestment Program. He estimated that preliminary crop and livestock damage is at least $1.1 billion, with the economic impact at $2.8 billion.

“This is an unprecedented crisis for North Carolina agriculture,” Troxler told lawmakers.

“We’re at a crossroads... and it’s going to be your leadership that determines whether we lose a whole generation of farmers or whether we help this foundational industry move forward and out of this crisis,” he added.

Lawmakers set aside $50 million to match federal disaster relief funds during a special session last week. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to have his own list of monetary and policy needs for next week.

The Republican-led General Assembly has made concerted efforts to beef up the state rainy day fund, building it to $2 billion since 2011.

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by Alqasem’s family shows Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student with Palestinian grandparents who landed at Ben-Gurion Airport Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. tions against Israel.

An Israeli court has ordered that she remain in custody while she appeals. The weeklong detention is the longest anyone has been held in a boycott-related case, and it was not immediately clear on Tuesday when a decision would be made.

In response to Troxler’s request, some legislators want details on how to ensure the money will be spent judiciously.

“Fundamentally, I’m not opposed to it. I just don’t know if I have enough substance right now to just buy into it,” said Rep. Chuck McGrady, a Henderson County Republican and one of the House’s chief budget-writers. He said the program could set a precedent for small businesses and tourism-related activities that may seek similar help.

In Wilmington, small businesses are drying out and seeking help as well, not just in emergency aid, but in tourism dollars. According to Karen Hufham, president and CEO of the Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Battleship North Carolina is back open along with other attractions in Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Wrightsville Beach.

“The biggest way people can help is to come back and see us because we want to get our economy back

Alqasem is a former president of the University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, a group that supports the boycott movement.

The grassroots boycott campaign, known as BDS, has targeted Israeli businesses, cultural institutions and universities in what it says is nonviolent resistance to unjust and racist Israeli policies. But Israel says its true goal is to delegitimize and even destroy the country.

Israel enacted a law last year banning any foreigner who “knowingly issues a public call for boycotting Israel” from entering the country.

“Lara served as president of a chapter of one of the most extreme and hate-filled anti-Israel BDS groups in the U.S.,” said Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, who is charge of the Israeli government’s efforts against the boycott group. “Israel will not allow entry to those who work to harm the country, whatever their excuse.”

Mark your Calendar!

Encore Fall Restaurant Week, Oct. 17-24 Pleasure Island Surf Fishing Challenge, Oct. 19-21 Oysterberfest, Oct. 20 Lighthouse Wine & Beer Festival, Oct. 27 Riverfest, Nov. 17-18 up and running,” said Hufham in an interview.

Approximately 6,300 people are employed in the tourism industry in New Hanover County and the industry contributes $587 million in economic impact to the state.

“Whenever that type of impact is crippled, it’s very important for us to get up and going just as fast as possible,” said Hufham.

Wilmington officials are continuing to assess the full impact to the area from Hurricane Flor-

On Tuesday, Erdan floated a possible compromise, saying in a radio interview that he would drop his efforts to expel her if she apologizes and renounces her BDS support.

The ministry says that during Alqasem’s involvement with Students for Justice in Palestine, the club advocated a boycott against Sabra hummus, an Israeli-owned brand of chickpea dip.

In her appeal, Alqasem has argued that she never actively participated in boycott campaigns, and promised the court that she would not promote them in the future.

“We’re talking about someone who simply wants to study in Israel, who is not boycotting anything,” said her lawyer, Yotam Ben-Hillel.

“She’s not even part of the student organization anymore.”

Alqasem is registered to study human rights at Israel’s Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The university has thrown its support behind her, announcing Monday that it would join her appeal.

ence. According to Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo, a preliminary private property damage assessment shows $219 million worth of damage countywide — a number that is likely to rise as more people assess their damage. Debris collection is well underway, and officials are hoping recovery efforts will focus on long-term solutions that can better withstand future storms.

“Our coastal community has a long history of persevering,” Saffo said in a press release. “We have already seen much progress with respect to recovery. On behalf of the entire Wilmington and Island Beaches area, we are ready for visitors to start making plans to experience our charming Southern hospitality once again.”

According to Hufham, the area’s signature attractions experienced minimal damage from the storm, including the Carolina Beach Boardwalk, North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, Kure Beach Fishing Pier and Johnnie Mercer’s Pier at Wrightsville Beach.

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UN Ambassador Haley resigning Washington, D.C. U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is leaving the administration at the end of the year, she and President Donald Trump announced Tuesday. She gave no reason for her departure after two years, though there has been speculation she will return to government or politics at some point. “No, I’m not running in 2020” for president, she joked. Haley said she and Trump together had “solved a lot of problems.”

They spoke in the Oval Office, shortly after word came of her plans to resign. She spoke of her pride in working for the administration and said she would be supporting Trump in 2020. Before she was named by Trump to her U.N. post, Haley was elected the first female governor of South Carolina.

She was re-elected in 2014.

Trump said he was considering many candidates for Haley’s job and that a successor would be named in two to three weeks.

Fast-strengthening hurricane closes in on Florida Panhandle Tallahassee, Fla. An estimated 120,000 people along the Florida Panhandle were ordered to clear out on Tuesday as Hurricane Michael rapidly picked up steam in the Gulf of Mexico and closed in with winds of 110 mph and a potential storm surge of 12 feet.

Beach dwellers rushed to board up their homes and sandbag their properties against the fast-moving hurricane, which was expected to blow ashore around midday Wednesday, potentially as a category 3 storm. The speed of the storm — Michael was moving north 12 mph — gave many people a dwindling number of hours to prepare or flee before being caught up in damaging wind and rain.

Wife of ex-Interpol boss describes threats Lyon, France The wife of the former Interpol president who disappeared in China says she received a threatening phone call warning of agents coming for her.

Meng Hongwei — who is also China’s vice minister of public security — vanished while on a trip home to China late last month. A long-time Communist Party insider with decades of experience in China’s sprawling security apparatus, the 64-year-old is the latest highranking official to fall victim to a sweeping purge against allegedly corrupt or disloyal officials under President Xi Jinping’s authoritarian administration. Speaking to the AP late Monday at a hotel in Lyon, France, where Interpol is based, Grace Meng said her husband had been gone for more than a week on a trip to China when she got a threatening call from a man speaking in Chinese. She and their children are now under police protection.

Police seek judge candidate accused of punching husband York, S.C. Police in South Carolina are searching for a probate court judge candidate accused of punching her husband in the eye. The Herald of Rock Hill reported Monday that Diondra Chianta Love is charged with second-degree domestic violence in an August attack on Steven Love. York Police Chief Andy Robinson says he learned last week that a warrant had been issued for the Democratic candidate. Robinson says officers haven’t found her to serve the warrant. Love’s campaign didn’t respond to an email message Tuesday from The Associated Press.

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By NSJ Staff RALEIGH — A North Carolina judge is shutting down a tree-removal company temporarily after the state’s attorney general accused it of price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

Multiple media organizations reported that the state attorney general’s office secured a preliminary injunction Monday against A1 Tree & Storm Relief of Lexington. That means that business

Flags to be lowered in fallen NC soldier’s honor

NC Public Power: Public Power for the Public Good On Feb. 4, 1889, a group of civic leaders assembled in front of a small building just off North Center Street in Statesville, North Carolina. As night fell, a switch was pulled, and the city’s first electric streetlights blinked on, illuminating the tiny downtown for a momentous two hours. Public power in North Carolina was born.

Today, public power illuminates the homes and workplaces of 1.2 million people in 70 communities across our state – more than the populations of Raleigh and Charlotte combined. All told, one out of every eight people in North Carolina gets their energy from a public power utility.

As we celebrate Public Power Week, Oct, 7-13, we recognize the value of public power and all the people dedicated to keeping the lights on.

A recent survey found that seven out of 10 public power customers throughout North Carolina would choose public power if given a choice.

Affordable rates, superior reliability, and local customer service are among the many reasons why. Public power also supports economic development initiatives that create new jobs and provides emergency assistance in the aftermath of storms like Hurricane Florence.

By NSJ Staff MOREHEAD CITY — North Carolina’s governor has ordered flags lowered to half-staff in honor of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Gov. Roy Cooper ordered United States and North Carolina flags to be lowered Tuesday in honor of 23-yearold Sgt. James Allen Slape of Morehead City. Slape died Thursday from wounds caused by an improvised explosive device.

These benefits attract businesses and improve the quality of life in public power communities across North Carolina.

ElectriCities, a not-for-profit member services organization, was formed in 1965 to protect the interests of public power communities throughout North Carolina and to provide a unified voice on issues affecting public power.

ElectriCities, the energy behind public power, consolidates many of the services needed by municipally owned electric utilities, providing its members assistance with communications, economic development, government relations, marketing, safety and training, and services that maximize the lifespan and efficiency of member’s electric distribution systems.

Take a tour of some of North Carolina’s public power communities featured below.

Shelby This scenic town at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains holds an important place in the history of bluegrass music. It’s home to Earl Scruggs, the icon who defined the voice of the banjo and brought newfound respect to the instrument. To honor this homegrown hero, Shelby transformed its historic 1907 Courthouse into The Earl Scruggs Center: Music and Stories from the American South. This vibrant, interactive tribute gives fans the opportunity to see, hear, and experience the impact of Earl Scruggs. You can even try your hand at playing the banjo like the legend himself.

Albemarle Little known fact: The Uwharrie mountains near Albemarle was once the site of a short-lived gold rush.

While you aren’t likely to find any gold in the nearby hills, there’s an entirely different type of treasure that’s yours for the taking: The Uwharrie National Forest, Morrow Mountain State Park, Badin Lake, Lake Tillery are just a few of the natural wonders where you can spend the day fishing, boating, hiking, camping and exploring the great outdoors.

Cherryville Located thirty miles west of Charlotte, this quaint town is home to one of the state’s most unique New Year’s traditions. A group known as the New Year’s Shooters comes together every year on January 1 to celebrate their German heritage. They travel across town for

18 hours, reciting a chant that is part sermon, part song and shooting muskets. Another way the people of Cherryville like to relive the past – by visiting Houser Drug Co., a throwback pharmacy and lunch counter that has been serving up pimento cheese sandwiches, orangeades and other tasty delights since 1955.

Kings Mountain One of the most important battles of the American Revolution – called a turning point in the war by Thomas Jefferson – was fought in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains just south of here. A national park preserves the history of that important battle and outdoor enthusiasts can soon take advantage of a new gateway trail that will connect the town to the Kings Mountain National Military Park and two state parks.

Morganton If you’re searching for scenic landscapes and outdoor adventure, make your way to Morganton. Take a drive down the Blue Ridge Parkway, then hop out of the car and explore the Pisgah National Forest, one of the first national forests in the eastern United States. This is where you’ll find Linville Gorge, a scenic and rugged expanse that features 39 miles of hiking trails and some of the most amazing views this side of the Grand Canyon. Once you’re done, head over to Lake James State Park or South Mountains State Park to enjoy more of this special place they call nature’s playground.

Granite Falls One of the great things about traveling through small

towns like Granite Falls is stumbling across local institutions. Those hidden treasures that you never knew existed, but will certainly never forget. Places like Sims Country Bar-B-Que, where they serve up mouthwatering BBQ and sweet-sounding bluegrass every Friday and Saturday night. Look around at the crowd of hundreds and wonder why no one told you about this gem before.

High Point Furniture has always been an integral part of High Point’s history. And it still is today. The city will soon welcome more than 75,000 industry professionals from around the globe to High Point Market, the largest home furnishings show in the world. This is where designers discover new industry trends that will soon make their way into stores – and homes – everywhere.

That’s not the only learning that goes on here. US News & World Report ranked High Point University as the Best Regional College in the South.

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Apex One of the many reasons Apex consistently finds itself near the top of “best places to live” rankings is a commitment to the arts. The Halle Cultural Arts Center, built more than a century ago, served many purposes at the time: hosting a farmer’s market and housing jail cells on the first floor, with an opera theatre upstairs. Today, it hosts a variety of concerts, plays, musical productions and special events. The center will be one of the featured stages at the Apex Music Festival

In a statement released Monday, Slape’s family says there are no words to express how much they already miss him. Slape’s wife, Shawn, says they always playfully argued about who loved the other more, but he loved her more “as he literally put his life on the line for myself and the rest of our country.”

The explosive ordinance specialist joined up in 2013. He’s the 26th North Carolina Army National Guard soldier killed in action since 2001.

Karen Pence stumps for NC Republican

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owner Alva Wilson Lewis and his crew cannot remove trees or clear storm damage until the state’s lawsuit against them is settled.

State attorneys said the business had overcharged desperate customers in the Wilmington area after the storm, including tripling an initial quote of $4,000 to remove three trees for one homeowner. A tree expert estimated the value of the work at $6,400 or less.

Lewis denied he was taking advantage of the emergency to hike his prices.

on October 27, where you can enjoy live music, street vendors, food trucks and craft beer in downtown Apex.

Belhaven Belhaven, which aptly translates into “beautiful harbor,” proudly proclaims itself as the Birthplace of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. When officials cut a 22-mile stretch between the Pungo River and the Alligator River in 1928, the final stretch of the waterway was complete and boaters could travel 1,300 miles from Maine to Florida. Today, an endless parade of boaters continues to pass through Belhaven during their travels.

Stop and stroll through town, where you’ll discover some of the finest old homes in the state.

Rocky Mount This former mill town is buzzing with activity. Rocky Mount Mills, a 150-acre development along the Tar River, transformed a historic cotton mill into a thriving destination where residents live, work and play. There’s even a beer incubator that gives aspiring brew masters everything they need to launch their own business. You’ll find seven breweries on-site, with more on the way. Head downtown and check out the new Rocky Mount Event Center, a massive indoor sports complex perfect for hosting basketball and volleyball tournaments. It opens later this month.

Benson If you’re a regular traveler on I-95 or I-40, you’ve been through Benson many times. Situated at the intersection of these two popular interstates, Benson

calls itself the “center of attention.” And that’s certainly the case when it hosts the Mule Days Festival each fall. The annual festival, scheduled for October 25-28, attracts more than 20,000 people who enjoy everything from rodeos and bluegrass concerts to a mule pulling contest. It’s one of the largest — and most unique — festivals in the state.

Scotland Neck If you’re a fan of the great outdoors, put Scotland Neck on your bucket list. A land of unspoiled beauty, Scotland Neck is a fishing and hunting paradise tucked away near the quiet, scenic Roanoke River. Venture into the woods in search of white-tail deer, wild turkeys and other wild game, or visit the Sylvan Heights Bird Park to view one of the world’s largest collection of waterfowl.

Sylvan Heights houses more than half of the world’s known species of ducks, geese and swans, along with rare species of parrots, toucans, flamingos and other exotic birds from around the world.

Elizabeth City When you pull your boat into the docks at Mariners’ Wharf in this picturesque small town, you are likely to find yourself greeted by the “Rose Buddies,” the worldrenowned waterfront ambassadors who have a tradition of welcoming visiting boaters with a rose, wine and cheese. It’s no wonder Elizabeth City is known as the “Harbor of Hospitality.” While you’re there, visit the numerous downtown restaurants and watering holes, or stop in the Museum of the Albemarle to see a new exhibition honoring 35 years of the Rose Buddies and their impromptu waterfront receptions.

CHARLOTTE — Vice President Mike Pence’s wife, Karen, was in North Carolina this week campaigning for ninth congressional district candidate Republican Mark Harris. The conservative-leaning district, won by both Trump and Romney, runs through the southern part of Charlotte to Fayetteville.

Second Lady Karen Pence headlined Monday’s rally in Charlotte, organized by the Mom’s March Movement, telling the crowd “all issues are women’s issues.”

“This race is important. The race could be one that it comes down to keeping the majority in the house,” she said in an interview with WFAE news. “The reason that’s so important to Republicans is that [it’s] what keeps the president’s momentum going. That’s what keeps his agenda moving.”

Harris faces Democrat Dan McCready. Earlier this year, excerpts from one of Harris’ sermons quoted him calling for women to “submit” to their husbands and questioning whether mothers pursuing full-time careers were the “healthiest pursuit” for the family. The comments drew criticism from the Charlotte Observer and local Democrats.

Kimberly Fletcher, who traveled in the bus tour with

Pence, is head of the Mom’s March Movement. She said she believes that the recent confirmation proceedings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh may energize conservative women to get to the voting booth.

“What happened in Washington, that was a very fringe group of women in America. Most women in America care about God, freedom and family and were completely appalled by that,” she said in an interview on Tuesday.

According to a recent poll, Harris could be closing the gap with McCready, who has led in polls over the summer and out-fundraised the Republican.

In a New York Times phone poll taken after the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, Harris had a five-point lead on McCready and a Civitas poll showed McCready with a four-point lead, both within the margin of error.

“I’ve been literally blown away by the sheer number of God-fearing conservative women who not only don’t vote but aren’t even registered to vote.

They say things like I don’t do politics, politics don’t affect me, or — and this one drives me crazy — my husband votes,” said Fletcher. “Our greatest impact of our values is in our home and in our vote… If we don’t, then the counter message is what’s being given, which is exactly what we saw in Washington, D.C.”

This year’s Our State Public House festivities will give you the rare opportunity to learn about all that’s brewing in North Carolina public power communities.

And an even more rare opportunity to take a selfie with our official mascot.

Trust us, if you happen to see a giant squirrel during this year’s Our State Public House festivities, it won’t be because you’ve been overserved.

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EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

‘Kavanaughed’

“When a justice was nominated whose judicial philosophy threatened the fragile majority on the court as it pertains to abortion rights, these nomination fights got nasty very quickly.”

WHY DOES OUR POLITICAL discourse get so nasty from time to time?

Human emotions get hyper-inflamed over hot-button issues. In the 19th century, it was slavery. In the mid-20th century, it was communism and then civil rights.

Since 1973, it has been abortion rights postRoe v. Wade.

Minnesota Sen. Joe McCarthy gained nationwide notoriety in the early 1950s by mercilessly accusing 205 public servants in the State Department of being ‘card-carrying communists’ often without offering any evidence to back up his claims.

On June 1, 1950, freshman Maine Sen. Margaret Chase Smith gave a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate as the first senator to take McCarthy to task for his reckless ways which was the beginning of the end for him politically.

On June 9, 1954, Joseph Welch, attorney for the Army during the Army-McCarthy hearings, destroyed McCarthy with this statement: “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”

Sixty-eight years later, another brave Maine senator, Susan Collins, stepped up to reverse the collapse of decency which hopefully hit its denouement in the Kavanaugh hearings.

Nowhere has vitriol been more on display than during U.S. Supreme Court nominations since 1987: • Robert Bork was ‘borked’ where Senate Democrats opposed to his view of constitutional originalism used every possible negative tactic to defeat him which worked when he lost 42-58; • Anthony Kennedy was subsequently

unanimously confirmed; • David Souter passed 90-9; • Clarence Thomas was ‘thomased’ after allegations from Anita Hill but narrowly confirmed 52-48; • Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and John Roberts were confirmed easily; • Bush 43 nominee Harriet Myers withdrew when her legal knowledge and ability to be on the high court were questioned; • Samuel Alito was confirmed 58-42; • Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed 68-31 with 59 Democrat votes and nine Republican senators voting aye; • Elena Kagan was confirmed 63-37 along similar lines; • Obama nominee Merrick Garland was ignored by the Republican Senate because it was a presidential election year; • Trump nominee Neil Gorsuch was confirmed 54-45; and • Brett Kavanaugh was ‘kavanaughed’ but confirmed Saturday to the Supreme Court 5048.

Students of history will notice that the nominees who were most viciously attacked were conservative Republican jurists. Bork, Thomas and Kavanaugh were ruthlessly savaged by Democratic senators in public.

The truth of the matter is that these bloody nomination battles had little to do with personal character issues or even judicial philosophy and temperament.

When a justice was nominated whose judicial philosophy threatened the fragile majority on the court as it pertains to abortion rights, these nomination fights got nasty very quickly.

The only Democratic nominee who was “not

treated fairly” in the eyes of Democrats was Merrick Garland in 2016. Former Democratic Sen. Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had this to say about nominations during a presidential campaign year in 1992: “(President George H. W. Bush should) not name a nominee until after the November election is completed” (and, if he did), “the Senate Judiciary Committee should seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over.”

Republicans followed Biden’s dictum with regards to Garland.

Former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid invoked the “nuclear option” when he allowed votes on judicial nominations during the Obama Administration without requiring a 60-vote hurdle to close debate and proceed to the vote on the nomination.

Republicans followed Democratic precedent again with the Gorsuch and Kavanaugh confirmations.

Short of a political truce or a medical technological breakthrough to allow a transfer of a human zygote to another host to take it to term, such nasty political attacks will continue.

The only way to prevent them is to elect new senators who won’t stoop to such base level tactics to win at any cost.

It does not do the American Republic any good when they do.

easy. When human wants exceed the means to satisfy those wants, we say that there’s scarcity.

The bounds to human wants do not frequently reveal themselves; however, the means to satisfy those wants are indeed limited. Thus, scarcity creates conflict issues — namely, what things will be produced, how will they be produced, when will they be produced and who will get them? Analyzing those issues represents the heart of microeconomics.

Alchian and Allen want your study of economics to be “interesting and enjoyable.”

They caution: “You’ll be brainwashed — in the ‘desirable’ sense of removing erroneous beliefs.

You will begin to suspect that a vast majority of what people popularly believe about economic events is at least misleading and often wrong.” The authors give a long list of erroneous beliefs that people hold. Here’s a tiny sample: Employers pay for employer-provided insurance; larger incomes for some people require smaller incomes for others; minimum wage legislation helps the unskilled and minorities; foreign imports reduce the number of domestic jobs; “equal pay for equal work” laws aid women, minorities and the young; labor unions protect the natural brotherhood and collective well-being of workers against their natural enemies, employers; and we cannot compete in a world in which most foreign wages are lower than wages paid to domestic workers.

One of Alchian’s major contributions to

economic science is in the area of property rights and its effect on the outcomes observed.

The essence of private property rights contains three components: the owner’s right to make decisions about the uses of what’s deemed his property; his right to acquire, keep and dispose of his property; and his right to enjoy the income, as well as bear losses, resulting from his decisions. If one or more of those three elements is missing, private property rights are not present. Private property rights also restrain one from interfering with other people’s rights. Private property rights have long been seen as vital to personal liberty.

James Madison, in an 1829 speech at the Virginia Constitutional Convention, said: “It is sufficiently obvious that persons and property are the two great subjects on which governments are to act and that the rights of persons and the rights of property are the objects for the protection of which government was instituted. These rights cannot well be separated.”

At the end of many of “Universal Economics’” 42 chapters, there’s a section named “Questions and Meditations.” Here’s my guarantee: If you know and can understand those questions and answers, you will be better trained than the average economist teaching or working in Washington, D.C.

COLUMN | WALTER E. WILLIAMS

Real economics

Private property rights have long been seen as vital to personal liberty.

A WIDELY ANTICIPATED textbook, “Universal Economics,” has just been published by Liberty Fund. Its authors are two noted UCLA economists, the late Armen A. Alchian and William R. Allen. Editor Jerry L. Jordan was their student and later became a member of President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers, as well as the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Alchian was probably the greatest microeconomic theorist of the 20th century, while Allen’s genius was in the area of international trade and the history of economic thought. Both were tenacious mentors of mine during my student days at UCLA in the mid-1960s and early ’70s.

“Universal Economics’” 680 pages, not including its glossary and index, reflect a friendly chat I had with Alchian during one of the UCLA economics department’s weekly faculty/graduate student coffee hour, in which he said, “Williams, the true test of whether someone understands his subject is whether he can explain it to someone who doesn’t know a darn thing about it.” That’s precisely what “Universal Economics” does — explain economics in a way that anyone can understand. There’s no economic jargon, just a tiny bit of simple mathematics and a few graphs.

Chapter 1 introduces the fundamental issue that faces all of mankind — scarcity. How does one know whether things are scarce? That’s

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

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No corroboration?

That’s what the presumption of innocence requires: proof for the deprivation of liberty, not a yes vote on confirmation.

IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO that Judge J. Skelly Wright wrote a decision for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit — Judge Kavanagh’s Court — overruling the corroboration requirement in sexual assault cases.

“This one’s for you,” he said, after reading the only bench memo I ever wrote for him. Three judges joined the opinion, but all nine on the court signed on. It’s my heart, and his compassion, you’ll find in that opinion. I had been raped three years earlier, and by the time we were done, every judge on the court knew it. And respected that.

The gist of my argument to the judges 40 years ago was very simple: I was raped; I told the truth; but nobody saw it. No one ever does. People don’t commit sexual assault in front of others who are sober enough and/or independent enough to get involved. If the man had been caught, a jury should have had the chance to hear me.

The corroboration rule was one of the common law’s answers to the male rape fantasy — the fantasy that he will be wrongly accused and unable to defend himself, because rape is a charge “easily to be made and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, though never so innocent.” That was the English Lord Chief Justice Sir Matthew Hale. In the 17th century. One hundred years later, a much-cited Yale Law Journal article argued that women enjoy the struggle (the pseudo-Freudian view), and the Columbia Law Review was defending the corroboration requirement, saying, “Since stories of rape are frequently lies or fantasies, it is reasonable to provide that such a story, in itself, should not be enough to convict a man of a crime.”

That is what we set out to change by getting rid of a requirement that was applied only to the victims of rape.

Cut to today, when Republicans are reportedly convinced by the fact that the FBI could not find any witness to corroborate Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s account of her sexual attack.

Dr. Ford had a chance she did not seek. She testified truthfully. She has been attacked viciously.

What more do you want from her?

What more could an honest woman be expected to say about what a drunk boy did to her when she was 15 years old? What kind of a message is the Senate sending to victims?

She says his friend saw. His friend, who did not want to testify and face the Senate, no doubt told the FBI that

The Social Spin is a new element of the North State Journal opinion page that recognizes the impact of social media channels on our collective conversation. If you have a favorite tweet or post, let us know using #SocialSpin and we may include it in a future issue.

Jerry Saltz, senior art critic at New York Magazine @jerrysaltz Oct. 4, 2018

DANA VERKOUTEREN VIA AP

This courtroom sketch depicts Attorney Brenda G. Bryn, far right standing, speaking in front of from L-R, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Elena Kagan and Associated Justice Brett Kavanaugh, at the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. he did not witness any such incident.

I’m sorry to say, but I hear that a lot from frat boys. Of course they didn’t witness anything. They couldn’t see straight. Mr. Kavanaugh’s friend actually wrote a book about being blind drunk as a teenager, which I am sure he was hoping not to have to admit to the senators on television.

Lucky for him, the Republicans don’t want to have to ask.

And the presumption of innocence?

The presumption of innocence is a pure fiction, because a defendant can’t be arrested, much less stand trial, without probable cause. And an anonymous tip may give rise to probable cause; you can be stopped and searched, your property seized, so long as there are enough indicators that it is reliable.

We extend the presumption of innocence to criminal defendants not because we think they are innocent (very few of them are) but because those facing the loss of life and liberty are entitled to force the state to make its case.

That’s what the presumption of innocence requires: proof for the

deprivation of liberty, not a yes vote on confirmation.

The question for Judge Kavanaugh is not whether he should be punished but whether he should become the most powerful judge in the world, the fifth vote on a divided court in a country founded on the principle of respect for the rule of law.

The man who entered that hearing room last week blamed everyone for everything, anger and defiance radiating from his every pore. He will never live down that picture, and neither will those who are forced to vote for him.

All he had to do was say he did not remember and was sorry for her suffering; that he drank too much and played too hard; that he’s a father now and these charges have torn him apart; that what he thought was cool was stupid and reckless; that when he was young and stupid, he was very stupid; that he is not that young man anymore.

A different kind of man would have said that, with sadness and regret, not anger and defiance. That’s the kind of man who belongs on the Supreme Court.

Postmodernism the root cause of SCOTUS circus In many ways, it now appears Trump genuinely understood the populist left and the vulnerability of the center to its tactics, before anyone else, and that is why he is president.

Donald J. Trump, president of the United States @realDonaldTrump Oct. 6, 2018

“I applaud and congratulate the U.S. Senate for confirming our GREAT NOMINEE, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to the United States Supreme Court. Later today, I will sign his Commission of Appointment, and he will be officially sworn in. Very exciting!”

Ariel Dumas, writer on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert @ArielDumas Oct. 6, 2018

GUEST COLUMN | MARK STRAND

The progressive left accomplished something I thought might never happen again — they have united all of the factions within the Republican Party a month before an important election, without doing anything to unite their own factions.

White progressives are hopping mad and ready to vote. But they were hopping mad and ready to vote in Spring 2017. The Democrats did nothing during the Kavanaugh hearings to recover their blue-collar base, noncollege educated voters, Latinos or African-American voters.

Meanwhile, Ryan/Romney center-right voters, Trump populists, Freedom Caucus voters, and Libertarians are all united and anxious to vote.

The left has its narrative of the Kavanaugh chapter in American history. It misses completely the fundamental motivation of the right.

Even my friend Dan Balz, who I think usually gets things right (even if I don’t always like it), failed to understand in his column this week that the thing that angered the right the most was the idea that for the left, the ends justify the means — that they would say anything, do anything and make up anything in the pursuit of power.

Lindsey Graham’s explosive speech in the Senate Judiciary Committee really did capture what the right felt.

And then, while less explosive, Sen. Susan Collins’ speech on the floor of the Senate was a lawyerly masterpiece of laying out the case for Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Graham captured the emotions and Collins captured the logic.

The left is willfully blind if they think conservative women, bluecollar women and other women in the Republican coalition don’t understand sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Almost every woman I talk to does — and far too many have personal experiences with harassment and assault. They just did not think there was sufficient evidence in what Dr. Ford said to sacrifice Brett Kavanaugh on the progressive altar of postmodern religion.

Postmodernism is a disease infecting American politics that was born on

“Time to get ruthless. ALL Republicans must go; every one; none should be allowed to appear in polite society again; must be shunned; relegated to the dustbin of history. Whitenationalism dying a hard, mean, mean-hearted death of resentment & rage, trying to kill the country.”

the left. Anyone who understands philosophy knows this. It essentially says that there is no such thing as truth, and that the only purpose of language is to advance the “will to power.” In other words, if you can get away with it, you can say anything you want, make up any narrative you desire, if it advances your drive for power. It is the opposite of traditional conservatism and traditional liberalism which are anchored in the Constitution and the objective truths it protects. Populists on the right have learned to play the postmodernist game, which is part of the cause of conservative angst with Trump. As Jonah Goldberg points out in his book “Suicide of the West,” liberal constitutional democracy is not the natural state of being — civilization is not the natural state of being for humankind. Civilization and liberal (“small L”) democracy stand against the natural state of humanity which is raw power. Postmodernism, in overthrowing the moral boundaries imposed by religion, objective truth and inalienable rights, seeks to return us to the state of pure power — where whoever amasses the most power wins.

Of course, this makes President Trump appear to the political right as the person who will play the brass knuckles power game against the progressive left. The Bush family, Romney, Ryan and the core of the establishment Republican Party — my wing of the party — believe in liberal democracy and adhere to the rules of civility. But if truth is no longer the common reference point, no longer the referee of what is and is not allowed, then the centrists of both parties will get run over by postmodernists on both sides. This will be a bad thing in the long run — it’s a bad thing now. But from today’s political point of view, it leaves Donald Trump, Twitter account and stump speeches included, as the person defending the right against the postmodernist left through political power generated by the intensity of his followers. In many ways, it now appears Trump genuinely understood the populist left and the vulnerability of the center to its tactics, before anyone else, and that is why he is president.

Dr. Ford was clearly used by Sen. Chuck Schumer and friends who had run out of legitimate arrows in their quiver. The “normal” hearings produced nothing that would defeat Kavanaugh on the Senate floor. So, the Democratic leaders in the Senate — I am surmising — asked Sen. Dianne Feinstein if there was anything else that could be used.

She produced the letter. But these Democratic leaders decided to put Ford on parade to serve their own purposes, not hers. The fact that Ford was not aware of the offer for her testimony to be taken in private is inconceivable unless her lawyers and the Democrats’ Judiciary Committee staff hid this from her. What’s more, by lumping her in with the two other women who had no reasonable evidence or even remembrance of the events they accused Kavanaugh of, they further undermined Ford’s personal story.

The Jacobin-like acceptance of all three accusations as truth, without the need for evidence, was the same enthusiasm for blood that AfricanAmericans in the South so often experienced when accused of looking at a white girl or dating a white girl. Just the accusation against a black man that he raped a white woman was enough to justify murder by lynching in the minds of segregationists and racists for decades in our history. How did the United States stop that? By enforcing the rule of law and by applying equal justice under the law. It was a victory of objective truth and Constitutionalism that ended lynchings and Jim Crow laws. The strength of our Constitution is seen when it protects the unpopular against the mob — when it enforces the rule of law for any person, no matter their popularity with the majority.

This is the essence of our American legal system that is nurtured and defended by the Supreme Court. It has often protected Americans who were unprotected by civil society by extending the understanding of Constitutional truth. This is what the Kavanaugh hearings should have been about. God help us if these postmodern Jacobins ever get unchecked power.

Mark Strand lives in Washington, D.C.

“Whatever happens, I’m just glad we ruined Brett Kavanaugh’s life.”

Ariel Dumas, writer on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert @ArielDumas Oct. 7, 2018

“The last couple of weeks have been hard for the country and for me personally. The complexity of frustration, anger and sadness can’t be accurately conveyed on twitter, and I regret my tone-deaf attempt at sarcasm in the wake of it.”

Sen. Phil Berger, president pro tem of the N.C. Senate @SenatorBerger Oct. 8., 2018

“Democrats spent like drunken sailors and left NC unprepared before the recession. #NCGA Republicans have spent the last 8 years cleaning up the mess. The budget is balanced, ed. spending is up, rainy day fund is strong, and taxes are lower. #NCSuccessStory #NCpol”

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018

SPORTS

UNC looking for answers at quarterback. B3

Panthers receiver Curtis Samuel celebrates his touchdown in Carolina’s win Sunday over the Giants in Charlotte.

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Reinforcements arrive for the Panthers

the Wednesday SIDELINE REPORT COLLEGE FOOTBALL

NC State climbs to 20th in AP poll New York NC State moved up three spots in this week’s Associated Press college football rankings to No. 20 after improving to 5-0 with a win over Boston College.

The Wolfpack are one of 11 unbeaten teams ranked in FBS. Alabama remains No. 1 with all but two of 61 first-place votes. Georgia, Ohio State and Clemson are second through fourth, and Notre Dame moved up a spot to No. 5. Last week’s fifth-ranked team, Oklahoma, fell to 11th after losing to Texas. The Longhorns were the biggest climber in this week’s poll, moving up 10 spots from 19th to No. 9.

SOCCER

Former UNC star Heinrichs to step down from U.S. soccer post Chicago Former national team coach and player April Heinrichs will step down as director of the women’s youth national teams for U.S. Soccer at the end of this year. Heinrichs was a forward on the national team that won the first Women’s World Cup in 1991. She served as head coach of the team from 2000-04, leading the team to a gold medal at the Athens Olympics. She was the first female national team coach.

She is a graduate of UNC, where she was twice named National Player of the Year and was a three-time first team All-American. Her career also included college head coaching stints at Princeton, Maryland and Virginia.

NBA

Suns fire GM McDonough Phoenix The Phoenix Suns fired general manager Ryan McDonough on Monday, nine days before their season begins. James Jones and Trevor Bukstein will share the GM duties on an interim basis for the Suns. The Suns hired McDonough — a UNC grad and son of late Boston Globe columnist Will McDonough — after he worked three seasons as assistant general manager of the Boston Celtics.

Carolina bolstered by return of Thomas Davis, possibly Greg Olsen for game at Washington

By Shawn Krest North State Journal

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Campbell quarterback Daniel Smith gains yardage on the ground during the Camels’ 30-7 win against North Alabama on Sept. 29.

Camels ready for Big South play turners and a handful of FBS transfers to help the Camels get off to the best start in school history.

Campbell is 5-1 heading into Saturday’s long-awaited Big South debut at Monmouth.

By Brett Friedlander “Coaches, man, you’re only good North State Journal when you’ve got great players,” CHRISTMAS is still more than Minter said. “It’s definitely been two months away. Unless, that is, fun to see these guys on the football field and because the matuyou’re Mike Minter.

As far as the Campbell foot- ration they’ve shown over the year ball coach is concerned, Christ- they’ve been here. It’s also created mas arrives every time he sends a competition within our football team that’s really making his team out onto the everyone else better.” field now that the entire The Camels have class of talented players had four of the first six he was forced to redshirt Big South Freshmen of last season is eligible and “Coaches, the Week this season, available to contribute. man, you’re with wide receiver Ca“On Christmas, you leb Snead winning the get to open up all your only good award twice. Snead is gifts, but on Christmas when you’ve averaging 20.6 yards on Eve you kind of anticigot great his 17 catches and has alpate the deal,” said Mintready scored four toucher, whose program was in players.” downs. the process of transitionLinebacker Justice ing to scholarship status Mike Minter, Galloway-Velazquez has in 2017. “Really. Christalso been honored by the mas Eve was all last sea- Campbell conference while safeson for us. I knew what coach ty Dorian Jones became we had on the sidelines the latest award winner and I couldn’t wait to after returning an interception open the presents.”

The former Carolina Panthers for a touchdown to go along with safety brought in 22 scholarship four tackles in last Saturday’s win players last season in anticipa- against Wagner.

While the Camels have upgradtion of Campbell’s move to the Big South Conference. But because ed their talent on both sides of the it was still a member of the non- ball, the improvements have been scholarship Pioneer League, none most evident on offense, where in of them were allowed to play in any addition to Snead, fellow freshman games while their teammates fin- Antonio Whitehead ranks third on the team with 15 catches while ished with a 6-5 record.

Their wait finally over, those players have joined a core of re- See CAMPBELL, page B4

In its first scholarship season, Campbell is 5-1 under coach Mike Minter

CHARLOTTE — For the ninth time in team history, the Carolina Panthers didn’t make it through the season’s first quarter without a timeout.

Carolina’s Week 4 bye was the first time the team’s off week has come that early since 2013.

Early byes used to be far more common. The Panthers had byes in Week 3 or 4 three times in the franchise’s first four years. This will be just the second time since Cam Newton and Ron Rivera arrived in 2011 that the team has taken a break in the first four games of the year.

While the idea of playing 13 straight weeks, thanks to the early bye, may seem grueling, the team’s history shows that it hasn’t been a major factor. In the eight previous seasons that the team had a Week 3 or 4 bye, the Panthers’ record before the bye was 7-13 (.350). Afterward, it jumped to 61-46 (.570).

The team got a good start on its post-bye marathon with a literal last-second win over the Giants on Sunday. Road games at Washington and Philadelphia loom, as the team looks to go undefeated in the NFC East — the Panthers also beat Dallas in Week 1.

The team is getting a boost at the start of this stretch of games to close out the regular season — reinforcements are arriving to help provide depth and fresh legs for the Panthers.

Carolina got a key player on each side of the ball last Sunday, with safety Eric Reid and receiver Curtis Samuel each making their 2018 debuts.

Samuel made an immediate impact, breaking tackles and weaving through the defense for a 25yard touchdown on his first catch of the year — he missed the opening three games rehabbing after a medical procedure to fix an irregular heartbeat.

“Cupid (the team’s nickname for Samuel) has come along and helped us,” quarterback Cam Newton said. “He’s always been a key asset for us.

Ever since day one, I don’t understand or he may not understand his threshold of greatness. Today you saw it. … Like I told him after the game, you just have to build on it. He’s such a young, fun, exuberant player. We have to get the ball in his hands as much as possible.”

Reid, signed as a free agent, continued his protest against police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem, but his new teammates wanted to focus on his on-field impact, which was substantial.

Reid had three tackles and, more importantly, filled a void in the secondary that has persisted since offseason attempts to add a safety failed. It’s perhaps no coincidence that with the veteran Reid manning the strong safety spot for the first time in a Panthers uniform, free safety Michael Adams had a pair of interceptions.

“We are very excited and thrilled to have Eric on the team,” Julius Peppers said. “Obviously, he is a great player and he adds that to our team.”

Reid’s impact will only increase as he works his way back into game shape after missing training See PANTHERS, page B3

“Thomas is always good for about three or four explosive plays in a game, minimum.”

Ron Rivera on linebacker Thomas Davis

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TRENDING

Eric Reid: The new Panthers safety called his return to the NFL on Sunday “bittersweet,” saying it still hurts that his friend Colin Kaepernick has been “robbed” of his dream to play again in the NFL. Kaepernick remains a free agent.

Kaepernick filed a grievance against the league in October 2017 alleging teams have conspired to keep him out of the league because of his decision to protest racial and social injustice by kneeling during the national anthem. Reid continued his tradition of kneeling during the anthem before Sunday’s game.

beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

MMA

Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted Conor McGregor with a rear naked choke hold in their lightweight title bout at UFC 229 in Las Vegas on Saturday. The fourthround victory, however, was marred when Nurmagomedov climbed the cage and leaped at the men in McGregor’s corner, setting off a prolonged brawl inside and outside the octagon. Disappointed UFC president Dana White said the melee overshadowed the company’s “biggest night ever.”

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“Piece of cake.”

Panthers coach Ron Rivera on kicker Graham Gano’s game-winning 63‑yard field goal Sunday.

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Dwight Howard: The new Wizards forward has yet to play in a preseason game for his new team, citing back pain. Washington coach Scott Brooks said the 32-year-old Howard, an eight-time All-Star who played for Charlotte last season, hopes of being back on the court by early next week. If it takes that long, that means Howard won’t appear in any of Washington’s preseason games and would cast doubt on his availability for the season opener on Oct. 18. He missed only one game with the Hornets last year, and that was due to suspension.

Brock Holt: The Red Sox’s parttime utilityman put the finishing touch on Boston’s 16-1 blowout win over the rival Yankees in Game 3 of the ALDS, becoming the first player to hit for the cycle in a postseason game. Holt had singled and tripled in the Sox’s seven-run fourth inning, then had a double in the eighth inning before homering to right off New York’s Austin Romine in the ninth.

NFL

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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“I waited for this for my whole life. It’s my dream, and my dream came true.”

Hurricanes rookie forward Andrei Svechnikov after he scored his first NHL goal Sunday.

PRIME NUMBER

62 Yard touchdown pass

by Drew Brees to Tre’Quan Smith, giving the Saints quarterback the all-time mark for the most passing yards in NFL history. Brees, 39, passed both Brett Favre (71,838 yards) and Peyton Manning (71,940) during New Orleans’ 43-19 home win over the Redskins on Monday Night Football.

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Elon climbed to No. 6 in the FCS coaches poll after its 27-24 upset of No. 2 James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va. The loss, the Dukes’ first in Colonial Athletic Conference play since Oct. 31, 2015, snapped JMU’s 20-game winning streak in conference play.

The Eagles path to repeat as Super Bowl champions got harder when the team placed running back Jay Ajayi on injured reserve Monday with a torn ACL. Ajayi, who struggled with knee injuries throughout his collegiate career, had 57 yards rushing in the Eagles’ win in Super Bowl LII.

MLB

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The Astros, looking to repeat, swept the Indians and await the winner of the Red Sox-Yankees ALDS matchup. In the National League, the Brewers and Dodgers will face off for a spot in the World Series.

Milwaukee swept Colorado in three games and are the hottest team in baseball with an 11-game winning streak.

Los Angeles took four games to dispatch Atlanta.

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Tar Heels looking for stability at QB Junior Nathan Elliott and sophomore Chazz Surratt struggled in UNC’s loss to Miami

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal CHAPEL HILL — The only thing worse than a quarterback controversy is a quarterback problem.

Based on its most recent performance, a 47-10 beatdown at the hands of Miami two weeks ago, North Carolina has a big one on its hands.

Junior Nathan Elliott, who has been inconsistent at best as the Tar Heels’ starter for the first four games, threw for just 110 yards against the Hurricanes with the only touchdown he produced being scored for the wrong team on a fumble.

His replacement, Chazz Surratt, was even worse in his first game back from a season-opening Shoegate suspension. The sophomore completed four passes to his own receivers and three to Miami defenders, two of which went for touchdowns, in a lopsided loss that left coach Larry Fedora with an unenviable decision moving forward.

Does he start Elliott or Surratt for Saturday’s game against Virginia Tech? And either way, how long does he go before making a change if things start to go awry again early?

“We’ll have somebody ready to go out there on Saturday,” Fedora said earlier this week when asked about his quarterback situation. “There’s a chance anything can happen.”

Fedora said that Elliott and Surratt have taken equal reps during UNC’s week off following the Miami game, with true freshman Cade Fortin also in the mix.

He said that the competition between them has been “real-

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Miami’s defense pressures UNC quarterback Chazz Surratt in the Tar Heels’ loss at Miami on Sept. 27. ly good” and that all the quarterbacks are “anxious to prove that we can play better at the position.”

That won’t take much.

Although Elliott has decent numbers, completing 58.1 percent of his passes for 773 yards and three touchdowns, most of his success came in one game — a 38-35 victory against Pittsburgh on Sept. 22.

His stats are also somewhat deceiving in that in that 40 of his 75 completed passes this season have been thrown behind the line of scrimmage. He is 40 of 41 on those passes, meaning that his completion percentage is a dismal 39.8 percent (35 of 88) on balls thrown downfield.

As the more athletic of the top

“We’ll have somebody ready to go out there on Saturday.

There’s a chance anything can happen.”

Larry Fedora, UNC coach two quarterbacks, it was hoped that Surratt would provide the spark that would kickstart their offense once he returned from suspension.

The former national prep Player of the Year at East Lincoln High threw for 1,342 yards and eight touchdowns while rushing

for 210 yards and five more scores during a freshman season cut short by a concussion in 2017. But outside of one early drive in which his running ability led to UNC’s only touchdown, Surratt looked overmatched and underprepared off the bench at Miami in his first action of 2018.

Although some of his trouble could be attributed to his inactivity over the first quarter of the season, in which he was one of 13 players sidelined by the NCAA for selling his school-issued sneakers, Fedora wasn’t willing to use that as an excuse.

“If you’re the No. 2 quarterback, you have to prepare yourself like you’re going to be the starter,” Fedora said. “You’re an ankle

The mystery mat on college football sidelines The Launch Pad helps teams organize their deployment for special teams

By Shawn Krest North State Journal It’s likely one of the first things fans at a college football game will notice. Then, as the action on the field begins, it’s forgotten just as quickly.

On the sideline, right at the 50yard line, each team has a colorful mat, adorned with numbered dots.

They’re not seen in the NFL, but just about every college team — Clemson is a notable exception — has one at midfield.

Obviously, giving the prime real estate it occupies, the mat must have an important role in gameday operations. Yet the vast majority of time that play is going on, it sits, empty and unused.

“It’s called the Launch Pad,” said Duke special teams coach Kirk Bendict. “And it’s a sacred spot on the sideline.”

While playcalling and signaling has gotten more and more complex over the years, complete with decoy signal callers and large posterboard signs to flash at the players on the field, the Launch Pad’s purpose is simple and basic — first day of Pop Warner practice basic.

There are 11 dots. Each player on special teams stands on a dot — to make sure that the correct number of players go onto the field for kicks and punts.

“You want to make sure you have 11 guys before you send them out,” said North Carolina special teams coach Luke Paschall.

That’s it.

Each team has its own variation on the mat. Duke doesn’t use one for home games. Instead, the Blue Devils have the dots and numbers painted right on the turf at Wallace Wade in permanent paint. So it doesn’t have to be redone each game, like the field.

“With a mat, you typically have to hold it down with stakes,” Benedict said. “Or it will get kicked around or blown around. Since we have turf on our sidelines, we don’t want to be sticking stakes into it.”

Duke does have a mat that it brings to road games.

They also only use 10 dots, instead of 11. The players line up

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Like most college football teams, Wake Forest uses a mat, called the Launch Pad, to make sure players are ready to go on the field for special teams plays. in two rows of five, and, depending on which play is upcoming, the kicker, punter or return man stands in front, dotless.

“Each player has an assigned number to report to, based on their role on special teams,” Benedict explained. “That makes it easy for us to take roll and see who’s missing.”

At North Carolina, there are three rows of dots — the back row has just three, instead of four.

The Tar Heels also only use it for kickoffs and kick returns.

“It’s harder to do it for punts and punt returns,” said Paschall, “because you have to travel with the ball. If you’re punting from the 10, you can’t run to the 50 to get lined up and then go onto the field.”

While offenses and defenses have several downs to talk to coaches in the press box, look at photos of play formations and get coaching, everything on special teams is accelerated. So the Launch Pad is also used as the bench area for special teams. It’s not just a place where they line up to take attendance.

“We have the ones line up on the dots and have their backups surrounding them,” said Paschall.

“It’s called the Launch Pad. And it’s a sacred spot on the sideline.”

Kirk Bendict, Duke special teams coach

“That way if there are any corrections or changes, we don’t have to coach two groups separately.

Then, if there’s an injury later in the game and someone has to go in, they’ll know what’s going on.”

Duke does something similar.

“Jacob Morgenstern always comes to the pad,” said Benedict, “even if he’s not on that particular special team. So does Mason Williams. That way, if something happens, we can throw them in at a position they’ve never practiced before.”

There is one area where the Launch Pad’s power to organize breaks down: Many of the players who will participate in a punt or kick may already be on the field, playing on offense or defense,

when the rest of the team gathers at the mat.

Not surprisingly, that’s usually where the problems occur.

“It’s player awareness on their part,” said Benedict. “The problems usually are not in coming from the sideline. They’re usually coming from people who forget to stay on the field.”

“Kick returns are where you see it most, with defensive people coming off,” Paschall agreed.

“They’ve been out there for what might be a long drive. They’re probably gassed and just want to catch their breath, and they’ve given up a score.”

Regardless of how the dots are arranged — Virginia has them in a C-shaped ring facing the field — and which special team plays a team uses them for, one thing seems to be consistent across the board.

No one who isn’t on the special team that will be next to go onto the field should be anywhere near the Launch Pad. “The strength coach does a good job of keeping people away,” said Paschall.

“As long as everyone respects it,” Benedict said, “it makes for a smooth operation going forward.”

away from being out on the field.

When that happens, I think, you find out a lot of times if a guy has prepared himself.

“I’m not saying that Chazz hasn’t. I’m saying that he didn’t handle the situation that night very well. He just didn’t process things well.”

With the Tar Heels struggling to score points and already at a crossroads at 1-3 overall (1-1 ACC), it’s almost a certainty that Surratt will get another shot sooner rather than later.

Whether it happens against Virginia Tech will depend on how things went over the past week of practice.

And at least for now, Fedora is keeping his decision close to the vest.

“We evaluate each and every thing — how they carry themselves on and off the field, what they do leadership-wise, and obviously taking care of the football is the most important thing they can do,” Fedora said. “And then just the decision-making process, understanding situational football. You need to understand when do I need to pick this first down up and when is it OK to punt? All those things need to be understood.”

The good news for the Tar Heels is that they’ve had extra time off to learn those lessons.

The last time they had a week off before playing, thanks to the cancellation of their game against Central Florida because of Hurricane Florence, they produced their best effort of the season in beating Pittsburgh.

Coincidentally, that lone win was also UNC’s only home game at Kenan Stadium prior to Saturday against the Hokies.

“We are coming off a very productive bye week where we did a lot of fundamental work with our football team,” Fedora said. “We hope that’s going to pay off for us as we go through the rest of the season.”

PANTHERS from page B1 camp and the start of the season.

“I think he went out and played the kind of football game we were expecting him to,” Rivera said. “There were some things he has to shore up.

He moved around early very well. You could see him a little heavy-legged at times, and we have to be willing to pull him out at that point. We did it in the first half … but the guy came out and gave us all he had, and that’s what it’s all about.

The reinforcements will continue this week, at Washington.

Linebacker Thomas Davis will return to the starting lineup, after sitting out the first four games due to NFL suspension for performance enhancing drugs.

Like Reid, Davis will have to work himself back into game shape — Panthers coaches said he’d be on a “pitch count” on Sunday.

“Thomas is always good for about three or four explosive plays in a game, minimum,” Rivera said. “They bring energy to us, and I think that’s one of the beneficial things about having a guy like that.”

The Panthers could also get back tight end Greg Olsen, who broke a bone in his foot in the season opener. Olsen will likely need postseason surgery, but he’ll play through the pain.

Olsen returned to practice in a limited role last week, and the team hopes to have him at 100 percent this week.

“Hopefully he’ll be ready to roll on Wednesday,” Rivera said.

Just in time to give the team a boost, as the 13-game marathon continues.

“Like I told him after the game, you just have to build on it. He’s such a young, fun, exuberant player. We have to get the ball in his hands as much as possible.”

Panthers quarterback Cam Newton on receiver Chris Samuel

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NASCAR plans to implement gambling regulations in 2019

Lucas Wallmark scored his second career goal in Sunday’s 8-5 win over the Hurricanes.

Carolina rookies combined for four goals in the win over the Rangers.

With sports betting legal in Delaware, Sunday’s race at Dover included gambling kiosks

By Dan Gelston The Associated Press

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Hurricanes look different to start 2018-19 An infusion of youth — and the patience of a former captain-turned-coach — has Carolina off to a fast start

By Cory Lavalette North State Journal RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes — notoriously slow starters in recent seasons — started the 2018-19 campaign with a 2-0-1 record ahead of Tuesday’s night’s home game against the Vancouver Canucks.

The new coaching staff, led by Rod Brind’Amour, and an overhauled roster that features five rookie forwards, new defensemen Dougie Hamilton and Calvin de Haan, and two additions to the goaltending mix have given the Hurricanes a new look. But what has been the difference in Carolina’s start this year and years past?

Aho scored Much has been made of Sebastian Aho’s struggles at the start of his first two seasons — it took Aho 14 games to get his first NHL goal in 2016-17, and last season he didn’t score until Game 16. Aho, who started the season at center, got his first goal in Columbus on Friday in Carolina’s second game and has points in all three games so far.

The Hurricanes couldn’t afford another slow start from Aho, especially with him playing center on the top line, and the 21-year-old responded with four points in the first three games.

Depth creates competition Depth breeds competition for roster spots, and the team has already shuffled Valentin Zykov — who played the first two games — out of the lineup for Phil Di Giuseppe. Haydn Fleury, a healthy scratch in the first three games despite having a strong camp and preseason, was set to play in his first game Tuesday in place of Trevor van Riemsdyk.

Even beyond the Hurricanes’ NHL roster, Carolina boasts a wealth of talent in the American Hockey League. Checkers center Nicolas Roy made an early case for a look in Raleigh after he opened the season with back-to-back twogoal, one-assist efforts and was named AHL Player of the Week on Tuesday. Hurricanes rookie Lucas Wallmark, currently centering a line with Jordan Martinook and fellow rookie Andrei Svechnikov, had his best game in Sunday’s 8-5 win over the Rangers — a performance that may have been needed to keep Roy in Charlotte for the time being.

Learn from your mistakes Brind’Amour has preached patience, and the biggest part of that has been allowing his young player to make mistakes without fear of repercussions.

“We play with a confidence out there,” Wallmark said. “Sometimes we’re going to do a mistake, but they always support us, the coaches, and give us feedback and still allow us to try out there. It’s really fun to play.”

Brind’Amour has also made it a point to pair veterans forwards with the young players to help provide stability on each line.

“It’s a huge part of our group that we have veteran leaders that get it, and they’re quality people,” Brind’Amour said. “So they reach out to the young guys and they help them along.

“I just go back to my experiences when I came in the league.

It’s the same thing,” Brind’Amour added, recalling his start with the St. Louis Blues. “They stuck me with Adam Oates and Paul MacLean, and it was an easy transition for me.”

Options in goal Scott Darling’s injury in the preseason finale threw a wrench in the team’s plans: The presumed starter, who is starting to skate, is still week-to-week with a hamstring injury, Brind’Amour said.

But waiver claim Curtis McElhin-

3-11-6 Carolina’s combined record in its first three games over the last seven seasons. The Hurricanes were 2-0-1 to start the 2018-19 campaign. ney performed exceptionally well in his first start, a 35-save effort in Carolina’s 3-1 win in Columbus, and Petr Mrazek is 1-0-1 despite being subjected to the 13-goal affair with the Rangers.

McElhinney could make Carolina’s decision difficult once Darling is ready to return from injury if he replicates his performance from his debut with the team, especially if Mrazek can’t match his play.

Fans first Brind’Amour lamented the opening night overtime loss to Islanders — not because of how his team played, but rather due to the fact the fans went home unhappy.

“At the end of the day, the unfortunate part is people came here and they wanted to see a win, the coach said after last Thursday’s 2-1 loss, “and I hate it that they have to go home and go, ‘We lost the game,’ That’s the frustrating part.”

But the Hurricanes rewarded their fans Sunday with not only a thrilling 8-5 win — one that featured Carolina coming back from a deficit four times — but a post-victory celebration that made waves around the league.

After collectively saluting the fans at the blue line, the team, led by captain Justin Williams, sprinted to the far boards and leaped into the glass.

“It’s not hotdogging or anything,” Williams said. “We wanted something so we can get together with the fans a little bit after the game with them cheering and us playing and just a nice little send-off.”

DOVER, Del. — NASCAR president Steve Phelps said the series is set to implement guidelines in the rulebook on sports betting in 2019.

Dover International Speedway opened its on-site betting kiosk this weekend and became the only track that allowed sports gambling on its property. NASCAR does not prohibit its drivers or team members from betting on the race.

“I think for ’19, we’ll have some rules that we’ll put in place,” Phelps said Sunday at Dover. “For right now, there’ll be betting here.

They have a kiosk here, you can bet inside. We’ll study and see how that goes, but I think we’ll have some rules in place for sponsorship, for what betting looks like, and continue to see what happens in the landscape overall.”

Delaware launched full-scale sports betting in June, barely three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to implement wagering

CAMPBELL from page B1 Wake Forest transfer Rocky Reid has bolstered a running game that has taken considerable pressure off the shoulders of star veteran quarterback Daniel Smith.

“Anytime you have a lot of weapons, it’s easy to distribute the ball, get it to your playmakers and let them go to work,” Smith, who virtually rewrote the school record book as a freshman last season, said. “We’ve know what we’ve had over the past year, we’re just glad that we finally have them ready for action.”

As important as the new additions have been for the Camels, no one has been more responsible for the team’s early season success than Smith.

The 6-foot, 205-pound sophomore has taken advantage of his expanded receiving options to improve his completion percentage from 53 percent a year ago to 60 percent this season. And while he’s carrying the ball an average of six fewer times per game, he still leads the team in rushing while becoming the first Big South quarterback to run for 100 yards or more in three straight games.

“I call him my Magic Johnson, the point guard,” Minter said of Smith. “If Magic needed to score 40, he would. If he needed to play center, he would to win the game.

That’s how Daniel is. Whatever it takes, he does it. That’s been the formula for him all season.

It’s good that he can hand the ball off, throw the ball and not take as

schemes.

Phelps, recently promoted to president, said some of the language in the 2019 rulebook could include rules prohibiting drivers and team members from betting on NASCAR. “I imagine we’ll get there,” he said. “The way the rulebook looks today, I think the teams and the drivers understand what it looks like today, and I think we’ll clarify for ’19 with more specific language in it.”

Fans and bettors lined up at the kiosk hours before the race started to wager on more than just the winner of Sunday’s race. Prop bets were offered on everything from the number of drivers on the lead lap at the finish (12½) to most laps led by any driver (188½) to total cautions (7½) over the 400-mile race.

At Dover Downs and Dover International Speedway, single-game and championship wagering on professional baseball, football, hockey, basketball, soccer, golf and auto racing are now offered, with betting lines supplied by William Hill.

“From a sponsorship standpoint, I think sponsorship will definitely ... gravitate to NASCAR as most sponsors do because of the return on the investment they can get because of the visibility that it has,” Phelps said.

many of those hits, which is good for us.”

As much fun as these first six games have been for Campbell, Minter knows that success will be much harder to come by now that conference play is beginning.

The Big South’s preseason favorite Kennesaw State is currently ranked No. 3 nationally in the STATS FCS poll. And while Monmouth is only 3-2 so far this season, the Camels’ opponent in their inaugural league game was an FCS playoff participant a year ago.

“Anytime you get into conference play, the competition is going to get ratcheted up no matter what conference you’re in,” said Minter, whose team’s only loss this season has come to FBS opponent Coastal Carolina. “I already know it’s going to be tough for us, but the great thing is that we did get to play some big-time FCS programs to get ready for what we’re going to see in conference.”

Smith said he and his teammates are excited about the opportunity to begin a new chapter in the school’s short football history.

“It’s been a long time coming,” the sophomore quarterback said.

“There’s been a lot of excitement around the program for the last couple of years about this whole Big South transition. There’s been a lot of buzz about what we want to do and what we expect to do.

“To have the kind of early season success going into conference play is really exciting, because we feel we can come in and immediately be contenders for the conference.”

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ECU vs. Houston

Duke at Georgia Tech

Charlotte vs. Western Kentucky

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Preview: The Pirates (2-3, 0-1 AAC) were off to a promising start until a 49-6 beatdown at Temple last week. Bouncing back won’t be easy against Houston (4-1, 1-0 AAC), which scored 52 points against them last season.

Preview: The Blue Devils (4-1, 0-1 ACC) had a week off after their first loss of the season while the Yellow Jackets (3-3, 1-2) are coming off their best performance in a 66-31 throttling of Louisville.

Preview: Both teams had last week off after losing the previous week. The 49ers (2-3, 1-1 CUSA) have already surpassed last year’s win total while the Hilltoppers come into the game at 1-4 (0-4 CUSA).

Players to watch: ECU coach Scottie Montgomery has reopened his QB competition between Reid Herring, Holton Ahlers and Kingsley Ifedi. Whichever starts, he’ll have his hands full avoiding Houston DE Ed Oliver, the possible No. 1 pick in next year’s NFL draft. On the other side of the ball, Pirates DE Nate Harvey (7.5 sacks) will face mobile Cougars QB D’Eriq King, who threw for three TDs and ran for two more last week against Tulsa.

Players to watch: QB TaQuon Marshall rushed for 175 yards against Louisville for a Tech offense that amassed 542 yards on the ground. He will challenge a Duke defense led by three of the ACC’s top 10 tacklers — S Dylan Singleton and LBs Joe Giles-Harris and Ben Humphreys. Blue Devils QB Daniel Jones has had another week to get his rhythm back while S Malik Rivera has 84 return yards on his two interceptions.

Players to watch: Charlotte RB Benny LeMay ranks third in Conference USA in rushing with an average of 82.8 yards per game. LB Jeff Gemmell and DB Ben DeLuca are the 49ers’ top tacklers with 37 and 36, respectively. The Hilltoppers have three QBs — Drew Eckels, Davis Shanley and Steven Duncan -- with 37 or more passing attempts this season. LB Ben Holt has made 43 tackles to lead WKU while DB Devon Key is among the CUSA leaders in passes defended.

Fast fact: A year after its own area was devastated by Hurricane Harvey, Houston sent its #HTownTakeover tractor trailer filled with supplies to Eastern NC to help those in need recover from Hurricane Florence.

What to expect: Despite Montgomery’s proclamation that his team is resilient, ECU is going to have a hard time matching up with Houston on both sides of the ball.

Fast fact: Tech’s 66 points against Louisville tied for the third-most on the road in ACC history. It also tied for the second-most points on the road in league play in ACC history.

What to expect: No one in the conference has defended the triple option better than Duke in recent years. The Blue Devils have won three of their last four against their Coastal Division rival.

Fast fact: Freshman kicker Jonathan Cruz’s current streak of six consecutive made field goal attempts is a school record.

What to expect: WKU ranks next-to-last in CUSA in scoring offense while the 49ers lead the league in rushing defense. It’s a combination that gives Charlotte a realistic shot at winning its first road game since Nov. 5, 2016, at Southern Miss.

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This week’s playlist is all about the State Fair. All shows are at Dorton Arena and begin at 7:30 p.m. each night. Lineup for the show begin at 6 p.m. and doors open at 7 p.m. Each show is free with State Fair admission, and seating in the arena is first-come, first-served general admission.

Thursday, Oct. 11 American Aquarium — Reidsville native BJ Barham leads his band as they open the Dorton Arena concert stage for the State Fair. The Raleighbased alt-country band is promoting their tenth album and first with New West Records.

Friday, Oct. 12 Rhett & Link — YouTube sensations and best friends since elementary school, Rhett and Link started their comedy career when YouTube launched in 2006. 2018 has seen them embark on a sold-out comedy tour that is making a stop in their stomping grounds of N.C.

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Saturday, Oct. 13 Faith Baptist Church — The Youngsville church will host a night of worship at Dorton Arena. Faith Baptist’s music ministry is on Spotify and iTunes.

Sunday, Oct. 14 Mr. Potato Head — Party band Mr. Potato Head has a repertoire that shows off their seven-piece band and includes current hits, Motown and Jazz. The band’s horn players have played with The Four Tops, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett and Kenny Chesney.

Monday, Oct. 15 RaeLynn w. Bucky Covington — RaeLynn, who competed in NBC’s “The Voice,” is joined by Rockingham, N.C. native and American Idol contestant Bucky Covington on the Dorton Arena stage. RaeLynn will join Kane Brown on a nationwide tour in November.

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Wednesday, Oct. 17 Summer Brooke & The Mountain Faith Band — Since the year 2000, The Mountain Faith Band has performed their unique brand of Americana and Roots music to audiences from coast to coast. The band is joined by Britton Buchanan, Season 14 runner-up on The Voice.

at the state fair NSJ Staff RALEIGH — The 2018 N.C. State Fair kicks off Thursday, and the 151st version of the state’s largest fair has new attractions mixed in with the traditional favorites that bring more than 1 million people through the turnstiles each year. The fair stays true to its agrarian roots with competitions in livestock, poultry, crops and produce, and exhibitions on our state’s largest industry. The duel midways will again offer rides, shows and games that add to the spectacle that is the State Fair.

New to the fair For many, the highlight of the fair is the food. From old favorites to new innovations, this year’s fair won’t let you go hungry. New exotic food items include Texas Pete glazed doughnuts, chocolate chip hushpuppies, and Jalapeno Cheetos bacon. On the upscale side of the culinary offerings, State Fair concessionaires will also be serving rolled ice cream, slow smoked bourbon brown sugar pork loin, and shrimp tacos with pineapple

salsa.

On the midway, several new rides will entice parents into the unlimited ride passes. Most of the new rides rotate and are built for speed. But the Dumbo Elephants ride seems to be the family-friendly option, along with the Mini Trooper. The Kraken emulates the mythical creature with tentacles that spin, and “Downdraft” has an imposing spire that adds height to the spin factor.

Concerts The State Fair hosts the Homegrown Music Fest each year, and the 2018 lineup includes more than 100 N.C. artists. The Dorton Arena main stage will feature a live concert each night at 7:30 p.m. The shows are free with State Fair admission and the line for entry starts at 6 p.m. This year’s highlights include: Rhett and Link, a comedy duo that features N.C. State alumni Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal on Friday, Oct. 12; RaeLynn from NBC’s “The Voice” with Rockingham, N.C. native and “American Idol” contestant Bucky Covington on Monday, Oct. 15; and Car-

Tuesday, Oct. 16 Noche Latina — This celebration of Latin American culture is sponsored

by El Pueblo. El Pueblo uses cultural events to foster multicultural understanding and appreciation of the diversity of Latin American culture to a large, diverse audience in the Triangle.

olina Beach Music favorites The Catalinas will perform on Saturday, Oct. 20. A full list of concerts is included in The Playlist on this page.

Parking With more than 1 million visitors expected, parking at the State Fair is not always easy. But this year the fair is offering additional free parking lots and free shuttles. The expanded parking lot at 4501 Reedy Creek Road will be open for the entirety of the fair along with lots at Carter-Finley Stadium and PNC Arena. NC State football has a bye during the opening weekend and visits Clemson for the annual Textile Bowl on Oct. 20. However, the Carolina Hurricanes have a lone home game Saturday, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. against the Colorado Avalanche — the only hockey game slated during the fair.

Returning Several popular acts will return this year, including “Bubble Wonders” in Kiddieland, “ArcyLive,” a mural artist at the Expo

Center, the Chinese Imperial Acrobats and racing pigs. Powers Great American Midways is again the midway provider for the fair.

Ticket packages Fairgoers have several options for purchasing admission and ride tickets. Regular admission to the fair at the gate is $10 for adults, $5 for children 6-12, and $6 for military members. Children 5 and under and seniors 65 and over are free. The “Fair Flyer” package includes two gate admissions and two round-trip rides on the State Fair Flyer — a 40-ft skylift that traverses the fairgrounds — for $26. The “Dizzy Pass” includes unlimited rides and fair admission for $31. The “Kegs and Corks” package includes admission to the fair and admission to the State Fair Public House to sample your choice of two 8-ounce N.C. craft beers and two 3-ounce N.C. wines for $15.

“Casey’s Family Four-Pack” includes four gate admissions, 36 ride tickets and a Casey Cardinal plush doll for $50. Ticket packages are available at ncstatefair.org until 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 11.

Thursday, Oct. 18 The War & Treaty w. New Reveille — Michael and Tanya Trotter make up the group and have received comparisons to Ike and Tina Turner.

They are a rising act in the Americana field and have soulful roots in R&B. Tanya sang duets with Lauryn Hill in “Sister Act 2.”

Friday, Oct. 19 Between the Buried & Me — An American progressive metal band from Raleigh, the band consists of Tommy Giles Rogers Jr. on lead vocals, Paul Waggoner on lead guitar, Dustie Waring on rhythm guitar, Dan Briggs on bass and keyboards and Blake Richardson on drums.

Saturday, Oct. 20 The Catalinas — A Carolina Beach Music favorite, The Catalinas were inducted into the N.C. Music Hall of Fame in 2013 and into the Beach Music Hall of Fame in 1995. 2018 marks the 61st Anniversary of The Catalinas.

Sunday, Oct. 21 Who’s Bad — Known as the Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience, Who’s Bad is the longest running Michael Jackson tribute.

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NeCessities! turn the page The top-selling books in the U.S. according to the Wall Street Journal are: Fiction 1. “Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas” by Dav Pilkey (Graphix) 2. “Red War: A Mitch Rapp Novel” by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills (Atria) 3. “Juror #3” by James Patterson and Nancy Allen (Little, Brown) 4. “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” by Hank Green (Dutton) 5. “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas Balzer and Bray (Harper Collins) 6. “Goodnight Goon” by Michael Rex (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers) 7. “Lethal White” by Robert Galbraith (Mulholland) 8. “Transcription” by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown) 9. “Dog Man and Cat Kid” by Dav Pilkey (Graphix) 10. “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” (signed) by Hank Green (Dutton) Nonfiction 1. “Fear” by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster) 2. “Girl, Wash Your Face” by Rachel Hollis (Thomas Nelson) 3. “Whiskey in a Teacup” by Reese Witherspoon (Touchstone) 4. “Cravings: Hungry for More” by Chrissy Teigen (Clarkson Potter) 5. “In Pieces” by Sally Field (Grand Central Publishing) 6. “The Dichotomy of Leadership” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin (St. Martin’s Press) 7. “Together: Our Community Cookbook”

by The Hubb Community Kitchen (Clarkson Potter)

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Eric Church is a ‘Desperate Man’ on latest album

By Ron Harris The Associated Press GRANITE FALLS, N.C. native Eric Church turned in country music’s album of the year in 2016 and promptly took some time off from releasing new music. Now he’s back with his sixth album “Desperate Man,” displaying the approachable storytelling that his fans expect and Nashville banks on.

Church himself says he initially struggled with the direction of “Desperate Man.” The 11-track offering began with 25 songs and got whittled down to the best that offered “an electric, raw, old soul sound.”

That approach is clearly evident on the album’s gems, such as “Heart Like a Wheel” which would best be described as a “stroll” in a bygone bobby sox era. “Higher Wire” delivers that aforementioned electricity, heavy with the snarl of reverb guitar work giving way to Church’s familiar voice.

If there is a chink in Church’s armor here, it’s that the title track, “Desperate Man,” sounds a little too much like Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” in both the pace and the hook’s refrain. But all is forgiven when the album’s sweetest song arrives with “Hippie Radio,” a heart-warming, coming-of-age track with the common thread of a fading Pontiac. It’s the kind of thing few do better than Church.

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8. “Chris Beat Cancer” by Chris Wark (Hay House) 9. “This is the Day” by Tim Tebow (Waterbrook Press) 10. “Leadership: In Turbulent Times”

by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster)

awards 6 to receive state’s top award The Associated Press RALEIGH — Six people will receive North Carolina’s highest civilian honor in November.

The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources announced Tuesday Gov. Roy Cooper will present the North Carolina Award at a banquet at the Raleigh Convention Center on Nov. 16. The award was created by the General Assembly in 1961 to recognize significant contributions to the state and nation in fine arts, literature, public service and science.

Among the honorees for 2018 is Bill Leslie, a former reporter and anchor for WRAL-TV In Raleigh whose musical passion led to eight albums celebrating North Carolina’s people, natural beauty and Scotch-Irish heritage.

Also being honored are Carolyn Q. Coleman, Gene Roberts and William L. Roper for public service; Michael A. McFee for literature and Barbara B. Millhouse for fine arts.

Apple season brings fall flavors While many in North Carolina are waiting for fall temperatures to arrive in the Tarheel State, we are already bombarded with pumpkin spice — everything.

When the cool evening temperatures arrive in earnest and you’re searching for the perfect evening cocktail, a warm, spiked cider is the perfect night cap. Here’s a classic mulled cider recipe with a Carolina twist:

Tarheel Toddy 1.5 oz. Fair Game Apple Brandy 4 oz. hot cider or unfiltered apple juice 1 oz. orange juice 4 cloves 1 cinnamon stick

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by Fair Game Beverage Co., a craft distillery and winery based in Chatham County.

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By Jordan Golson For the North State Journal

eventually make its way across the rest of the line. It splits things into “premium luxury” and “sport” Here’s a secret of car journal- trims, with features and styling ism: auto reviewers get to travel unique to each line. The idea is to a lot. Because it’s a lot easier (and create two distinct looks within a cheaper) to ship journalists to a single car model, and to simplify car instead of shipping the car to the ordering process. It’s a refreshthe journalist, we’re always jet- ing change, considering the bewilting off to lovely places with sun- dering number of trim levels that ny weather. Southern California you can find on some vehicles.

The Sport trim has gloss black or Utah or Barcelona or South Afgrille and window trim. The Luxurica.

Part of this is logistical. Car ry models have metal accents and companies spend millions on the aluminum moldings. The effect is launch of a car, and bringing in subtle but nonetheless gives a very a couple hundred journalists to different look to the two versions try it out is just part of the pro- that buyers will have strong feelcess. But they don’t want to hold ings about. You’ll like one or the the press drive somewhere cold or other, I suspect.

I think Cadillac’s design team with bad weather (it makes journalists unhappy and makes for succeeded in building a small Esbad photos), which is why first calade. Looking at the XT4 in the drive events don’t typically hap- rear view mirror, it has the right look. It has presence. It’s especialpen in Michigan in December.

But car companies also like to ly sharp from the rear, with distinctive LED taillights. replicate what it’s like The interior has GM’s to actually own the car updated and excellent being tested (or at least infotainment system, what owners might as- “Cadillac’s including an eight-inch pire to). This means touchscreen with OnStar they’ll put us up in fan- design team and 4G LTE connectivcy hotels that represent succeeded ity through AT&T. It’s “the ownership experiin building responsive and easy-toence.” If you want to stay use, and the navigation in the nicest hotel you’ll a small in particular deserves ever visit, become a car Escalade.” praise. Four USB ports journalist and go on a and three 12-volt cigaJaguar press drive. Michelin starred restaurants aren’t rette lighter-style power ports are uncommon, either. It’s not a bad standard, and high-speed wireless phone charging is available. gig, all told.

The “sport-inspired” seating is So when it came time to test the brand new Cadillac XT4 — very comfortable, with ample supthe new compact luxury cross- port and bolstering. I spent five over that Cadillac says is meant to hours in the car and had very litevoke a shrunken Escalade — the tle fatigue once we got back to the company’s PR folks brought us to Four Seasons.

Pricing starts at $35,790 but Seattle, filled us with oysters and set us loose on gorgeous, rainy rises north of $40,000 once you roads on the hills around Puget start loading it with good stuff.

My test unit priced out above Sound.

Under the hood is a new 237 $50,000, which gets a little tough horsepower, 2-liter turbocharged to swallow given what else you can engine that makes plenty of pow- get in that price range. That’s well er. It won’t win any drag races, but into Volvo XC60 territory, by far why would you want it to? There’s my favorite SUV. Cadillac is a little late to the fuel-economy wizardry like cylinder deactivation that I was never compact crossover party. And it able to notice (which is good) and faces tough — and plentiful — a nine-speed automatic transmis- competition with cars like the sion. All-wheel drive is an option if BMW X3 and the Acura RDX. it gets a little slippery in your neck The XT4 is largely up to the task. of the woods, with a clever twin- Like the evergreen-lined roads clutch system that can disengage of Western Washington, it’s very the rear drivetrain entirely when it nice to look at and extremely enjoyable to drive — but I can’t help isn’t needed to save fuel.

The XT4 debuts a new trim but wonder if there’s somewhere strategy for Cadillac that will I’d rather be.

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entertainment ‘Venom’ sets October record with $80M; ‘Star Is Born’ soars

By Jake Coyle The Associated Press NEW YORK — In a weekend of perfect counterprogramming for Hollywood, the comic-book movie “Venom” shrugged off bad reviews to shatter the October box-office record with an $80 million debut, while Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” soared to $41.3 million.

With $174.5 million in tickets sold at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore, it was easily the best October weekend ever thanks to two very different films that both outperformed expectations.

“Venom” came in a critically panned, much-doubted foray by Sony Pictures to kickstart a Marvel expansion away from “Spider-Man.” Warner Bros.’ “A Star Is Born” remake rode a wave of hype, Oscar buzz and acclaim for Cooper’s directorial debut and Lady Gaga’s first leading performance.

One was a very iffy proposition; the other a sure thing. Both worked big time.

“We knew we had a hit,” said Warner Bros. distribution chief Jeffrey Goldstein of “A Star Is Born.” ‘‘We also knew that every time people saw the movie, they felt it, they cried, they loved it.

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People just like the movie.”

That was more in question for director Ruben Fleischer’s “Venom,” starring Tom Hardy as the antihero who first appeared in 2007’s “Spider-Man 3.” The film earned a dismal 32 percent “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In “Venom,” many expected another studio misfire with “cinematic universe” ambitions.

Yet audiences flocked to “Ven-

om” in record numbers, giving it a B-plus CinemaScore. The previous best October opening was 2013’s “Gravity” with $55.7 million (not adjusted for inflation).

Adrian Smith, president of domestic distribution for Sony, said that even though the studio was confident, “I did not see $80 million coming.”

The most telling number that explained the film’s success, Smith

said, was the 89 percent “fresh” audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

“Venom,” which cost about $100 million to make (relatively modest for a superhero film), grossed a total of $205.2 million globally.

Steven O’Dell, Sony’s president of international distribution, said the studio wanted to carve out a new approach for the comic-book adaptation with the PG-13-rated “Venom.”

Banksy artwork self-destructs just after $1.4 million sale

By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON — Art prankster Banksy has struck again.

A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million).

In an Instagram post Saturday, Banksy claimed the dramatic artistic payoff had been years in the making.

The spray-painted canvas “Girl With Balloon” went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London, fetching more than three times its presale estimate and equaling a record price for the artist.

Then, as an alarm sounded, it ran through a shredder embedded in the frame, leaving half the canvas hanging from the bottom in strips.

A post on Banksy’s official Instagram account showed the moment — and the shocked reaction of those in the room — with the

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A video was later posted on the account, stating: “A few years ago I secretly built a shredder into a painting in case it was ever put up for auction.” The video showed images of a shredder being implanted into a picture frame along with footage of Friday’s auction finale.

Banksy’s spokeswoman, Jo Brooks, confirmed that the post was genuine.

Sotheby’s — which had noted before the sale that the work’s ornate gilded frame was “an integral element of the artwork chosen by Banksy himself” — appeared as shocked as anyone else.

“It appears we just got Banksyed,” said Alex Branczik, head of contemporary European art at the auction house.

The auction house said it was “in discussion about next steps” with the buyer, whose identity was not disclosed. Some art-market watchers say the work could be worth even more in its shredded state.

“We have not experienced this

situation in the past . where a painting spontaneously shredded, upon achieving a record for the artist,” Branczik said. “We are busily figuring out what this means in an auction context.”

Geneva-based artist Pierre Koukjian, who was at the auction, said the buyer was “very lucky” to own a now-historic piece. He called Banksy’s prank “a turning point in the history of contemporary and conceptual art.”

Koukjian, who has met Banksy, said he is sure he caught a glimpse of the artist in the saleroom amid the confusion of the moment.

“What he did is really shocking, in a good way,” Koukjian said. “I think it will be historic and people will talk for a long time about it.”

Brooks would not say whether the artist had been at the auction.

She said Sotheby’s had been “100 percent” unaware of the planned stunt.

Banksy is not the first artist to deconstruct his own work. In the years after World War II, Ger-

“This is not a Marvel style; it’s not DC,” O’Dell said. “Tonally, it’s its own unique direction.”

While “Venom” attracted a younger, majority male audience, crowds for “A Star is Born” were more female, at 66 percent, and older, at 68 percent over 35.

“In our older audience, we had people who hadn’t been to a movie in years,” Goldstein said.

Warner Bros., which premiered “A Star Is Born” last month at the Venice Film Festival, previewed the film in special advance screenings in the days ahead of opening, adding an additional $1.3 million in ticket sales. The fifth version of the oft-remade tale, which cost about $40 million to make, had been in development at Warner Bros. for decades, with earlier versions to potentially star Whitney Houston or Beyonce.

With “A Star Is Born” expected to play a large role in awards season, Goldstein said the film is sure to run through Christmas. The movie’s soundtrack also reached No. 1 on iTunes this week.

The two films dominated the marketplace, though in limited release, Fox 2000’s “The Hate U Give” opened with $500,000 on 36 screens. That gave George Tillman Jr.’s adaptation of Angie Thomas’ best-selling young adult novel, starring Amandla Stenberg, a modest $14,000 per-screen average. The film is set to expand nationwide in the next two weeks.

Aubrey Wells, who wrote “The Hate U Give” adaptation, died Friday at age 58 after a five-year battle with cancer.

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by Sotheby’s the spray-painted canvas ‘Girl with Balloon’ by artist Banksy is pictured. Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auctiongoers on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million). In an Instagram post Saturday, Banksy claimed the dramatic artistic payoff had been years in the making.

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man-born artist Gustav Metzger pioneered “auto-destructive art,” creating paintings using acid that ate away the fabric beneath.

Banksy, who has never disclosed his full identity, began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England, and has become one of the world’s best-known artists.

His mischievous and often satirical images include two policemen kissing, armed riot police with yellow smiley faces and a chimpanzee with a sign bearing the words “Laugh now, but one day I’ll be in charge.”

He also has a penchant for elaborate pranks.

In 2005, he hung an image of a spear-toting ancient human pushing a shopping cart in the British Museum, where it remained for several days before being discovered. The next year he smuggled a life-sized figure of a Guantanamo Bay detainee into Disneyland, and in 2015 he erected a full-scale dystopian theme park — “Dismaland” — by the British seaside.

“Girl With Balloon,” which depicts a small child reaching up toward a heart-shaped red balloon, was originally stenciled on a wall in east London and has been endlessly reproduced, becoming one of Banksy’s best-known images.

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North Carolina Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland announced last week that new applications are being accepted by the One North Carolina Small Business Matching Funds Program, an important source of capital for North Carolina’s technology companies. The program provides money to help small businesses develop and commercialize innovative new technologies.

Applications will be accepted until June 30, 2019, or until funds have been exhausted for the program’s 2018-2019 fiscal year funding cycle.

Under the program, the State of North Carolina awards matching grants of up to $50,000 to businesses that have recently won a highly-competitive Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant. These federal SBIR and STTR grants are the single largest source of early stage technology development and commercialization funding for small businesses—more than $2.5 billion annually nationwide.

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RTRP welcomes Irish ambassador for inaugural NC visit Ambassador Dan Mulhall tours stops at all three points of the Research Triangle during his first visit to North Carolina, affirming growing business relationships and shared economic connections.

By Emily Roberson North State Journal RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK ­— The Research Triangle Regional Partnership (RTRP) hosted Irish investment group Enterprise Ireland and Irish Ambassador Daniel Mulhall recently for an in-depth tour of the area, primarily focused on the growing Ag-Tech cluster in North Carolina — a robust business environment that closely mirrors Ireland’s own evolving 21st-century economy.

As its economy grew by 7.8 percent of GDP last year, and is set to grow by another 4 percent in 2018, Ireland is on track to remain the fastest growing economy in the European Union for the fourth year in a row. Similar to North Carolina, much of Ireland’s recent rapid rise can be attributed to enormous investment and growth in the many facets of the tech sector – pharmaceuticals, bio-medicine, software development. However, much of the current business infrastructure in both countries can be traced to a shared past of economies built on agriculture and innovations surrounding these historic roots.

RTRP Executive Direc-

tor Ryan Combs, in remarks during a tour stop at Durham’s American Tobacco Campus, drew comparisons to agriculture industry statistics regarding workforce numbers and key crop and livestock exports that anchor the respective multi-billion dollar agriculture markets.

Just as North Carolina is the largest sweet potato exporter in the United States, Ireland’s agriculture economy primarily centers around beef and dairy products, and is the largest beef supplier in Europe.

However, Combs also noted the strides being made on both fronts in response to shifting resources and investments that seek to build upon each region’s unique potential to marry an agricultural past with the technological advances of the future. “While we both continue to take tremendous pride in our ag heritage, over the last 20 years we have both transformed ourselves into a tech and life science hub,” said Combs.

And bound by the Triangle’s universities and their worldclass research centers, medical schools and agriculture hubs on all sides, Ambassador Mulhall echoed the sense that North Carolina and Ireland do indeed share a sense of “global-mindedness” in this transformation process, largely based on similar demographics and attitudes.

In an interview with the North State Journal during his visit — his first to the state — Mulhall noted that emerging markets in both places rely on an effort to “equalize development between rural and metro areas.” He stated that in-

“It was there that I truly realized just how similar North Carolina and Ireland truly are.”

RTRP Executive Director, Ryan Combs, speaking of his recent first trip to Ireland vestments in education and consistent pro-business government policies exhibit an emphasis on economic development, and have worked, along with Ireland’s competitive 12.5 percent corporate tax rate, to create sustained growth.

Mulhall’s visit included meetings with North Carolina dignitaries as well as tours of local tech giants IQVIA (formerly Quintiles) and SAS, among others. He said that in the years ahead, he is hopeful for the further development of ties with North Carolina as both economies continue to innovate throughout historically agricultural areas as well as growing urban centers.

Combs will lead an RTRP delegation to Ireland in November, including Bill Bullock, with N.C. Biotech Center, Dean Rich Linton, from N.C. State College of Ag and Life Sciences, and Kaleb Rathbone with N.C. Dept. of Agriculture, to pursue the mission of “building relationships with Irish universities, government organizations, and Irish businesses who are looking at international markets.”

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C2 New mining claims banned on public land near Yellowstone Emigrant, Mont.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke approved a 20-year ban on new mining claims in the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park on Monday, after two proposed gold mines raised concerns the area could be spoiled. The former Montana congressman was joined by local officials, business owners and others who pushed for the ban after companies several years ago began drafting plans for new mines in the area.

“I’m a pro-mining guy. I love hardrock” mining,” Zinke said. “But there are places to mine and places not to mine.”

The rocky peaks and forested stream valleys covered by the ban are popular with hikers and other recreational users.

It’s an area where grizzly bears, wolves and other wildlife roam back and forth across the Yellowstone border. Zinke’s order extends a temporary ban imposed in 2016 under former President Barack Obama on new claims for gold, silver and other minerals on 30,000 acres (12,140 hectares) of public lands in the Paradise Valley and Gardiner Basin.

NC’s SAS co-founders each make Forbes 400 Cary In Forbes Magazine’s annual “Definitive Ranking Of The Wealthiest Americans”, two of North Carolina’s original tech innovators were each in the top half of the elite group.

James Goodnight, ranked 55th wealthiest American with a net worth of $8.9 billion, cofounded the analytics software firm SAS in 1976 with John Sall, ranked 163rd with a net worth of $4.4 billion.

Goodnight has been at the helm since the company’s inception, when its software was developed to analyze agricultural data. When the two partners met at NC State, Sall was studying graduatelevel statistics and Goodnight was pursuing his Ph.D.

Troxler makes $300M-plus request on Florence aid Raleigh North Carolina’s agriculture agency is asking for more than $300 million from the state for the cleanup and recovery from Hurricane Florence, most of which would go as direct payments to farmers who lost crops and livestock. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler made the pitch to a legislative committee Monday, a week before the General Assembly is set to reconvene to consider more Florence aid. Lawmakers set aside $50 million to match federal funds during a special session last week.

Most of Troxler’s request — $250 million — would go into a program to pay farmers with uninsured and underinsured crop, livestock and poultry losses. Committee members wanted more details before fully endorsing the idea, especially on recipient qualifications and ensuring taxpayer funds go to people who really need them.

New tracking system for rape kits, federal grant announced Raleigh North Carolina government’s top lawyer says a new tracking system for pending sexual assault evidence kits and new funds toward completing untested kits sitting in local law enforcement agencies will help bring victims justice.

Attorney General Josh Stein announced the new tracking system Thursday at the State Crime Lab. It will provide realtime updates for authorities, attorneys and victims themselves.

Stein’s office says a $2 million federal grant will help reduce the 15,000 untested kits in existence. The money also will go toward ensuring all kits have barcodes and training sexual assault investigators.

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, photo Gerry Goldsholle poses for a photo in his office in Sausalito, Calif. Goldsholle just celebrated his 78th birthday, and he’s still working. Close to one in five Americans who’s 65 or older is still working, the highest percentage in more than half a century.

Working past 65? It’s easier to do if you graduated college

By Stan Choe and Sarah Skidmore Sell The Associated Press NEW YORK — Close to one in five Americans who’s 65 or older is still working, the highest percentage in more than half a century. And the one who’s still working may be better off.

As more and more Americans delay retirement, it’s those with a college degree that find it easiest to keep working past 65. Their less-educated peers, meanwhile, are having a more difficult time staying in the workforce.

It’s a crucial distinction because financial experts say both groups would benefit from working an extra year or more to improve their retirement security.

By staying on the job, older Americans can build up their savings, which in too many cases are inadequate. Plus, they can allow bigger Social Security benefits to accrue.

Besides, many older Americans like the idea of staying engaged by working.

Less-educated Americans, though, aren’t always able to follow this path, even though they tend to have less in retirement savings. Instead, many are forced to retire before their mid-60s because of poor health, the inability to do jobs that require a lot of physical activity or other reasons.

“If less-educated people were retiring early and comfortable in their retirement years, good for them, but we know they aren’t,” said Matt Rutledge, research economist at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.

There is a widening gap in retirement ages between college and high-school graduates, Rutledge says, one that is most apparent when looking at the average age of retirement for men. The increasing number of women in the workforce in recent decades can skew the overall figures.

Men with college degrees are retiring at an average age of 65.7, according to Rutledge’s calculations based on government data.

That’s nearly three years later than men with only high-school degrees, who are retiring at an average age of 62.8.

In the late 1970s, though, the two groups were retiring at nearly the same age: 64.6 for college graduates and 64.1 for highschool graduates.

“We see people intending to work a whole lot longer, but the problem is that for the most part, it’s a lot easier for the college graduates to fulfill that plan,” Rutledge said.

This divide between highlyand less-educated Americans begins long before the golden years.

Starting from their 20s, college graduates are more likely to have jobs and to make more money than their less-educated peers.

Last year, for example, the typical college graduate earned nearly two-thirds more than the typical high-school graduate, among all workers aged 25 and above.

That’s driving a split in retirement savings: The typical households run by someone with a college degree has $116,900 in a retirement account, more than triple the $36,000 median for households run by someone with only a high-school diploma.

What’s driving the retirement divide Health is a big factor in deciding when to retire, Rutledge said.

A stroke, heart attack or depression could knock anyone into an earlier-than-expected retirement, but less-educated Americans tend to have worse health as a group than their higher-educated peers.

Less-educated Americans also are more likely to be in physically demanding jobs, which are tougher to keep as age increases.

Among men aged 50 and over, for example, 61 percent of workers without a college degree have to move heavy loads (or people) as a regular part of their job. That’s more than double the 23 percent rate of their college-graduate peers, according to researchers at Harvard University, RAND Corp.

and the University of California, Los Angeles. Lower-educated workers also are much more likely to have jobs that require them to stand all the time, do repetitive hand movements or be in tiring or painful positions.

“It’s much easier to work sitting down at a computer at 65 than in a warehouse,” said Craig Copeland, senior research associate with the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

The federal government said on Friday that 19.2 percent of everyone aged 65 and over was employed, as of September. That’s tied for the highest rate since 1962, and it’s nearly double the level of the mid 1980s.

Why keep working Incentives are aligned for people to keep working, even past their mid-60s.

When clients at wealth adviser Brouwer & Janachowski come to CEO Stephen Janachowski, he shows them how much in spending money they’ll have each year in retirement, if they retire at 62.

But then he shows how much larger that number would be if they wait until 67, as much as 50 percent higher in some cases.

“We’re not even trying to talk them into it,” he said. “It’s more giving them options. Do you want to be able to take more trips, spend more time with your family, and is it worth it to you to work longer and have more of those things?”

Consider someone who turns 66 this year and would get $1,000 monthly as their Social Security benefit. If that person had retired at 62, their monthly benefit would have been only $750. And for each year they delay getting benefits past 66, the size of that benefit will grow by 8 percent, until they reach age 70.

A busy set of golden years Gerry Goldsholle just celebrated his 78th birthday, and he’s still working. He has degrees from William and Mary and Colum-

bia University, and after a roughly two-decade career with MetLife, he took an early-retirement offer when he was 50 years old.

His first wife had recently died, and he was ready for a big change.

But after just three months of retirement, he was bored. “I missed the action and working with smart people,” he said.

He started doing consulting work after people from his days with MetLife reached out to him for help with projects. This gig grew into Advice Co., which runs the legal-advice site FreeAdvice. com. Goldsholle is CEO of the company and also travels extensively with his wife — he remarried in 1996 — who says she would prefer that he “re-retire.”

“But I think she knows that’s not likely as long as I remain healthy and so long as my colleagues and I feel I am making a positive contribution,” he said in an interview conducted over email.

A tougher time Beverly Morris, 58, wants to work but finding a job isn’t easy.

The Austin, Texas, resident used to have a good job filing insurance claims, but she recently began taking care of her six grandchildren after her daughter ran into trouble with drugs. That meant she couldn’t work nights anymore.

Morris said that during job interviews she can tell her age and lack of a college degree are hindering her, based on the questions asked. Ageism is a problem across the economy for people as young as 40, according to AARP, which has started a job board to help connect older workers with jobs in light of this challenge.

In the meantime, she does work for delivery services such as GrubHub and Doordash to make ends meet.

She did start college but didn’t finish it because of the appeal of the working life.

“I could get a decent job without a degree,” Morris said. “It’s not like that now.”

Google expands Pixel phone screens, undercuts Apple on price

By Anick Jesdanun and Micahel Liedkte The Associated Press NEW YORK — Google’s new Pixel phones mirror the industry trend moving the devices toward lusher, bigger screens and add new twists on the camera for taking better selfies and other pictures.

The Pixels have barely made a dent in the market since their debut two years ago, but Google is hoping to change that with the latest models unveiled Tuesday at an event in New York.

Google uses the phones to highlight what it considers to be

best features of its Android operating system, while challenging Apple and Samsung with a device tailored for affluent consumers.

The third generation of Pixel phones comes in two sizes, and both feature high-definition screens that span from one edge to another. It’s the first time Google has embraced the format, which Apple adopted last year with its ballyhooed iPhone X. Google is undercutting Apple on the pricing of its phones. It’s also hiring photographer Annie Leibovitz to take pictures with the new Pixel in an effort to persuade consumers its camera is superior to the iPhone XS that Ap-

ple released last month.

The Pixel 3 will be available Oct. 18 and sell at prices starting at $799. That’s $200 below the least expensive iPhone XS. Google also rolled out a new device called Home Hub that couples a small display screen with an internet-connected speaker.

That’s similar to Amazon’s Echo Show and a new Facebook device called Portal.

But again Google is attacking its rivals on the pricing front. The Home Hub will sell for $149 when it comes to stores Oct. 22. The new version Echo Show starts at $229, while the least expensive Facebook Portal sells for $199.

Google has been somewhat restrained in its distribution and marketing of the Pixel phones, Llamas said, because it doesn’t want to alienate Samsung and hundreds of other device makers that feature Android in their own phones.

Because Android highlights Google services, it’s key to Google’s business of selling ads through its search engine and other mobile apps.

The iPhone also features Google’s search engine, but Google may be paying Apple as much as $9 billion annually for that privilege, based on the estimates of Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall.

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US stock indexes waver as interest rates ease back

By Stan Choe The Associated Press

This Dec. 21, 2016, file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange.

The U.S. stock market opened at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018.

NEW YORK — U.S. stock indexes wavered between small losses and gains Tuesday, with the market nearly even split between winners and losers.

Raw-material producers sank sharply on worries that higher costs and weakening demand are eroding profits. But energy stocks climbed with the price of oil, and technology stocks recovered some of the sharp losses caused by last week’s rapid rise in interest rates.

Treasury yields dipped in this week’s first day of bond trading following a holiday on Monday.

Keeping Score The S&P 500 slipped 3 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,880 as of 1 p.m.

Eastern time. It flipped back and forth between gains and losses earlier in the day. Slightly more stocks fell than rose on the New York Stock Exchange.

The Dow Jones industrial average dipped 43, or 0.2 percent, to 26,442, and the Nasdaq composite edged up 2 points to 7,738.

Interest Rates The yield on the 10-year Treasury dipped to 3.21 percent from 3.22 late Friday.

Bond yields have been at center stage since last week, when their quick rise following several encouraging reports on the economy rattled markets. If rates go high enough, they can slow the economy and drive investors away from stocks and into bonds.

The 10-year yield was just 3.05 percent last Tuesday, and the speed of the recent rise has been more concerning to investors than the level. Rates are still relatively low, and the Federal Reserve’s main interest rate is still less than half of what it was in 2006 before the Great Recession.

Material Concerns PPG, which sells paints and

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coatings, sank 10.1 percent to $98.54, the biggest loss in the S&P 500, after it warned that higher costs for oil and other materials will weigh on its third-quarter results. It also said that demand is weakening in China, as well as in the United States and Europe for automotive refinish products.

The profit warning helped send raw-material producers in the S&P 500 down 2.6 percent for the sharpest loss among the 11 sectors that make up the index.

Burst of Energy Energy stocks in the S&P 500 rose 1.1 percent for the largest gain in the index, aided by a rise in the price of crude oil. National Oilwell Varco gained 4 percent to $46.13, and Pioneer Natural Resources rose 2.8 percent to $186.86.

“We like energy right now,

and we think prices aren’t likely to come down anytime soon,” said Barry James, president and portfolio manager of James Advantage Funds. “The explorers have been left behind a little bit by the refiners, and now’s their time to catch up.”

Tech Recoups Technology stocks have been leading the market, both on the way up for most of the past year and on the way down over the last week. Technology companies are producing some of the biggest profit growth in the market, but their stocks are also trading at relatively high prices relative to those earnings. That makes them susceptible when worries are high that rising interest rates will hurt stocks with high price-earnings ratios.

Tech stocks in the S&P 500 are down 3 percent so far this month, roughly triple the loss for the overall index. But the group rose 0.4 percent Tuesday as interest rates dropped.

Markets Abroad Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.3 percent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.1 percent and the Shanghai Composite index rose 0.2 percent.

In Europe, the CAC 40 in France rose 0.3 percent, and the German DAX gained 0.3 percent.

The FTSE 100 in London edged up 0.1 percent.

IMF Downgrade The International Monetary Fund downgraded its forecast for global economic growth, citing higher interest rates and ongoing trade

battles. The IMF said the global economy will grow 3.7 percent this year, the same as in 2017, but down from its earlier forecast of 3.9 percent. The IMF also cut its forecast for Chinese economic growth in 2019 to 6.2 percent, which would be its slowest since 1990.

Commodities Benchmark U.S. crude rose 40 cents to $74.69 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 71 cents to $84.62.

Gold rose $3.10 to $1,191.70.

Currencies The dollar fell to 129.85 Japanese yen from 112.98 yen late Monday.

The euro slipped to $1.1484 from $1.1488, and the British pound rose to $1.3134 from $1.3090.

TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS 18 SP 93 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CABARRUS COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Mezedo M. Chapman and Larry D. Chapman to Surane and Pross, Trustee(s), which was dated October 27, 2003 and recorded on October 31, 2003 in Book 4957 at Page 311, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substi-

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 232 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Patricia A. McClure to Dawn W. O’Dell, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of June, 1999, and recorded in Book 2584, Page 111, in Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on October 15, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cabarrus, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being 0.244 acres, lying at the southwest corner of the intersection of Reid Street and Crowell Street ad-

CUMBERLAND 18 SP 859 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 William A. Holland and Marla J. Holland to Joan H. Anderson, Trustee(s), which was dated August 18, 2008 and recorded on April 28, 2010 in Book 08381 at Page 0718 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on February 12, 2018 in Book 10250, Page 0182, 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 substi-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 450

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James E. Bailey aka James E. Bailey, II to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of June, 2008, and recorded in Book 3569, Page 948, in Johnston County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Johnston County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on

tuted 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 October 25, 2018 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 166 of Riverwalk Phase I Map 5 Subdivision as shown on Map Book 37 at Page 50 in the Cabarrus County Public Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 2866 Deep Cove Drive Northwest, Concord, NC 28027.

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

lars ($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 Larry D. Chapman and wife, Mezedo M. Chapman.

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.

joining Jeffrey K. McClure, the following description being taken from a physical survey of the subject property dated June 2, 1999, by Rodrick A. Sutton, RLS: BEGINNING at an existing railroad spike in the southwest corner of the intersection of Reid and Crowell Street and runs thence S. 16-48-01 West 105.02 feet with Crowell Street to a point; thence N. 79-13-16 West 95.60 feet (passing over an existing disturbed 1/2” iron pipe on line at 5.31 feet) with the Northern line of Jones to a existing 1/2” Rebar; thence N. 17-06-07 East 120.00 feet (passing over an existing 1/2” Rebar on line at 98.80 feet) with the eastern line of Moore to a point; thence S. 70-11-59 East 94.57 feet with the northern edge of the right of way of Reid Street to the point of BEGINNING. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1530 Crowell Street, Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina. For back reference see Deed Book 2066, page 145, Cabarrus County Registry.

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

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

instatement 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.

tuted 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 October 24, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OF PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, EASTOVER TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are William A. Holland and Marla J. Holland.

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 prop-

erty 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.

BEING ALL OF LOT(S) 3, ON A MAP ENTITLED “PROPERTY OF JAMES T. HUGHES, ET AL”, THE SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 97; PAGE 173, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA AND BEING A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED IN DEED BOOK 4848, PAGE 231 AFORESAID

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

Said property is commonly known as 2131 Sapona Road, Fayetteville, NC 28312.

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

October 23, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 286, Cobblestone Village, as shown on map recorded in Plat Book 69, pages 332-333, Johnston County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 605 Averasboro Drive, Clayton, North Carolina.

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

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

curity 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 P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1242719 (FC.FAY)

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.: 14-24739-FC02

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 Case No: 1239689 (FC.FAY)

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.: 15-23925-FC02

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TAKE NOTICE JOHNSTON 18 SP 291 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Gloria P. Fritts and Brian Fontana to First American Title Company, Trustee(s), which was dated February 14, 2005 and recorded on February 24, 2005 in Book 2848 at Page 804, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substi-

RANDOLPH 16 SP 48 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Timothy G. Harvey and William F. Martin to Angela Greenberg, Trustee(s), which was dated June 17, 2008 and recorded on June 26, 2008 in Book RE2083 at Page 1462 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on June 3, 2013 in Book RE2340, Page 0250 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on March 31, 2015 in Book 2435, Page 0741, Randolph 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

18 SP 234 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Karen S. Snipes and Terrill Snipes to Michael L. Riddle, Trustee(s), which was dated April 4, 2007 and recorded on April 9, 2007 in Book RE2020 at Page 44, Randolph 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 locat-

STANLY 18 SP 75 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, STANLY COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kelly H. Boger to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated July 10, 2003 and recorded on July 17, 2003 in Book 0942 at Page 0508, Stanly County Registry, North Carolina.

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

UNION 18 SP 487 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 Buddy E. Turner and Jana W. Turner to E. Ned Stafford, Jr., Trustee(s), which was dated September 8, 2004 and recorded on September 14, 2004 in Book 3557 at Page 103, 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 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

17 SP 565 AMENDED 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 Charles Faulkner and Brandi Emory to Laurel A. Meyer, Trustee(s), which was dated January 3, 2013 and recorded on January 4, 2013 in Book 05908 at Page 0722, 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 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

16 SP 763 AMENDED 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 Gary B. Rucker and Alicia V. Rucker to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated September 29, 2006 and recorded on October 3, 2006 in Book 4323 at Page 272 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on January 27, 2015 in Book 6372, Page 324, 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

15 SP 173 AMENDED 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 Christie R. Newell, Timothy E. Newell, Nicholas L. Rochester Jr. and Doris C. Rochester to Michael Burns, Attorney At Law, Burns and Bela, LLP, Trustee(s), which was dated September 17, 2012 and recorded on September 19, 2012 in Book 05828 at Page 0390, 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 Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute

tuted 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 October 26, 2018 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 262, WAVERLY POINT SUBDIVISION, AS DEPICTED IN PLAT BOOK 56, PAGES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6, JOHNSTON COUNTY REGISTRY. Being all of that certain property conveyed to GLORIA P. FRITTS from OP BUILDERS, INC., by deed dated FEBRUARY 26, 2001 and recorded FEBRUARY 28, 2001 in Deed Book 2024, Page 017 of official records.

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

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 October 19, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of land situate in the County of Randolph, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being known and designated as all of Lot 12 containing 5.00 acres, more or less, as shown on plat of survey entitled “Nance Place Subdivision” recorded in Plat Book 98, Page 3, Randolph County Registry, to which reference is herein incorporated.

Being the same property conveyed by deed dated April 20, 2007 from Phoenix Housing Group, Inc. to William F. Martin and Timothy G. Harvey and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Randolph County on June 4,

ed, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 23, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL Of Lot No. 48 Of Mill Creek Meadows Subdivision, Phase 2, as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 98, Page 66, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina.

This conveyance is made subject to Restrictive Covenants found recorded in Book 1930, Page 2570, Randolph County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 3966 Meadow Ridge Court, Asheboro, NC 27205.

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

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 19, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Stanly County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lots Numbers 44 and 45 of SUNSET ESTATES, as shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 5 at Page 178, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Stanly County, North Carolina, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description of said lots by metes and bounds.

This conveyance is made subject to the protective covenants relating to Sunset Estates as set forth in instrument dated October 15, 1965 and recorded in Deed Book 215 at Page 440, Stanly County Registry.

Being the identical property conveyed by Deed to KELLY H. BOGER, legally separated, recorded on 08/14/2001 in Book 0809 at Page 0955 in the Stanly County Public Registry North Carolina.

Said property is commonly known as 31 Line Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603.

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

and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Gloria P. Fritts.

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 prop-

erty 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.

2007 at Book 2028, Page 262.

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

Said property is commonly known as 2560 Staleys Farm Road, Asheboro, NC 27205.

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

and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are William F. Martin and Timothy G. Harvey.

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.

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 Terrill Snipes.

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.

LESS AND EXCEPT that certain Permanent Drainage Easement as conveyed from Kelly H. Boger to the Department of Transportation, an agency of the State of North Carolina, by that certain deed in Book 943 at Page 977 of the Stanly County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 118 Eastway Drive, Oakboro, NC 28129.

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

subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Kelly H. Boger.

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

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-05752-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 15-02031-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-06818-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-15960-FC01

usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 19, 2018 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING at a point located in the centerline of Smith Town Road, S. 21-57-06 E. 47.5 feet from the common corner between the Southwestern most corner of that property belonging to Edwin B. Rowell as recorded In Deed Book 301, page 679, Union County Registry and a common corner with the Carroll Smith property as recorded in Deed Book 372, Page 376, Union County Registry; thence from this beginning point as follows: continuing along the centerline of Smith Town Road S. 17-4234 E. 74.07 feet to a point in the centerline of Smith Town Road thence a new line N. 65-39-25 E. 121.46 feet to a set iron; thence a new line S. 22-45-2 E 113.33 feet to a set iron; thence a new line S. 75-58-42 W, 147.18 feet to a point in the centerline of Smith Town Road designated by a set nail and a cap; thence continuing along the centerline of Smith Town Road, S. 06-34-34 W. 69.35 feet to a set nail and cap in the centerline of Smith Town Road; thence continuing along said centerline S. 18-44-40 W. 71.19 feet to a set nail and cap also in the centerline of Smith Town Road; thence a new line S. 89-40-10 W. 259.01 feet,

passing an iron set on line at approximately 28.8 feet, and continuing to a set iron; thence a new line N. 19-23-10 W. 121.33 feet to a set iron; thence a new line N. 54-07-11 E. 348.41 to the point and place of beginning, containing approximately 1.803 acres, more or less.

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

Said property is commonly known as 5912 Smith Town Road, Marshville, NC 28103.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights

of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Jana W. Turner.

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.

usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 19, 2018 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: LYING AND BEING SITUATED IN UNION COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

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 reinstate-

ment 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.

BEING ALL OF LOT 12, TIMBER HILLS SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT CABINET H, FILE 53, UNION COUNTY REGISTRY, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIPTION. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 4411 Allibrook Way, Wingate, NC 28174.

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

lars ($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 Charles Faulkner and Brandi Emory.

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

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 October 26, 2018 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 211, Taylor Glenn, Phase 2, Map 2, as shown on plat duly recorded in Plat Cabinet I, File 211, Union County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular metes and bounds description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1004 Downing Court, Indian Trail, NC 28079.

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

lars ($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 Alicia V. Rucker.

An Order for possession of the property may be is-

sued 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 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 October 26, 2018 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 1 of the Roger T. Helms and Cathy Price Helms property as shown on Plat recorded in Plat Cabinet B, File 204-A, Union County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 4006 Secrest Short Cut Road, Monroe, NC 28110.

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

diately 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 Christie R Newell and spouse, Timothy Earle Newell and Nicholas L. Rochester Jr. and spouse, Doris C. Rochester.

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

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

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

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-05063-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 17-11563-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-16191-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 13-20761-FC03

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TAKE NOTICE UNION 17 SP 124 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 Andrew J. Battoglia And Kelly Jean Battoglia to Philip R. Mahoney, Trustee(s), which was dated June 9, 2006 and recorded on June 14, 2006 in Book 04195 at Page 0046, 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

WAKE 18 SP 461 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 Harris Pickett and Laveta Pickett to Joseph W. Dean, Trustee(s), which was dated August 25, 2003 and recorded on August 29, 2003 in Book 010411 at Page 01006, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 2911 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lisa A. York to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of November, 2014, and recorded in Book 15836, Page 1548, in WakeCounty Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the saidDeed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in saidDeed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolinaand the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, theundersigned 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, at1:30 PM on October 15, 2018 and will sell to the

18 SP 165 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Keano Wade Denton to Investor Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated February 6, 2015 and recorded on February 6, 2015 in Book 015912 at Page 02762 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on June 15, 2017 in Book 016813, Page 02654, 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 Sub-

18 SP 1510 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 Demetrice R. Dickerson and Alfonso Figueroa and Armando Figueroa and Olga M. Figueroa to Timothy J. Colgan, Trustee(s), which was dated October 22, 2002 and recorded on October 29, 2002 in Book 009692 at Page 00669, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18-SP-2117 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 Stacey B. Haywood, and Theodore A. Haywood, in the original amount of $56,799.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for DHI Mortgage Company, dated November 22, 2005 and recorded on November 23, 2005 in Book 011700 at Page 01788, and re-recorded on March 21, 2006 in Book 011867 at Page 2756, Wake County Public Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone 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

18 SP 1496 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 Henry Thomas Tart a/k/a Henry T. Tart and Cassandra G. Tart to Mark Sgromolo, Trustee(s), which was dated July 23, 2004 and recorded on July 26, 2004 in Book 010937 at Page 01083, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

18 SP 771 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by John G. Knapp and Jacqueline L. Knapp to David Dillard, Trustee(s), which was dated August 14, 2003 and recorded on August 26, 2003 in Book 010397 at Page 00284, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

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 October 26, 2018 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 229 of SHANNAMARA SUBDIVISION, Phase II, Map IX, Village of Wicklow, as shown on plat duly recorded in Cabinet F, File 350, Union County, North Carolina Public Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular metes and bounds description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 6048 Abergele Lane, Stallings, NC 28104.

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

lars ($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 Andrew J. Battoglia and Kelly J. Battoglia.

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 trust-

ee, 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.

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 October 17, 2018 at 10:00AM, 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 26, PHASE 1, JONES LANDING SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1999, PAGE 213, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 26 Jones Wood Court, Wendell, NC 27591.

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

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

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.

highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in theCounty of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tax Id Number(s) 1795852182 Land Situated in the Town of Zebulon in the County of Wake in the State of NC Being all of Lot 21 of Wedgwood Annex, as is shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1983, page 1474, WakeCounty Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 513 Yates Place,Zebulon, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the courtcosts 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/securi-

ty agreement,or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative ofeither 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 anyand 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 ofrecord 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 isgreater, 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 thereturn of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bank-

ruptcypetition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If thevalidity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to havemerit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no furtherremedy.

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 thepurchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which theproperty is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or afterOctober 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providingwritten notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days butnot more than 90 days, after the sale date con-

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

stitute 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 October 17, 2018 at 10:00AM, 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 9, Ridge Haven Subdivision, Section IV as recorded in Book of Maps 1971, Page 95, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1200 Damascus Drive, Wendell, NC 27591.

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

CHASERS 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 Keano Wade Denton.

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 prop-

erty 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 § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of 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.: 17-01121-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-00823-FC01

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 Case No: 1228183 (FC.FAY)

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.: 16-18203-FC02

county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 17, 2018 at 10:00AM, 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 104 of Wallridge Subdivision, Phase Three-B, as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1998, Page 1907, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 804 Naxos Drive, Wake Forest, NC 27587.

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

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

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 pursu-

ant 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.

said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Wake County, North Carolina, on October 26, 2018 at 1:30 pm , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Lot 33, Widewaters 2004/857, Wake County Registry Tax ID: 1744628533 Said Property is commonly known as 1010 Delta River Way, Knightdale, NC 27545 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred

Dollars ($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fee will be collected. 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 owner of the property is Stacey B Haywood and Theodore A Haywood.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor

of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §4521.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute Trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 24, 2018 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: SITUATED IN WAKE COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, TO-WIT:

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.

BEING LOT NUMBER 31, BLOCK E, IDLEWOOD VILLAGE SUBDIVISION SECTION TWO, BOOK OF MAPS 1970, PAGE 345, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 3108 Woodbine Court, Raleigh, NC 27610.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE

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

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

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 24, 2018 at 10:00AM, 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 235, Wood Spring, Phase Three, as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1996, Page 608, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 10805 Warren Pond Court, Raleigh, NC 27614.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE

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

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.: 16-04227-FC02

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ______________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, PC Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 462-5006 (803) 929-0830

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.: 15-17767-FC03

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.: 16-12647-FC02

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TAKE NOTICE house 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 October 15, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 17 Britt Estates Subdivision, Section One as per recombination map recorded in Book of Maps 2005, Page 117, Wake County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 320 Hunters Farm Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by 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 P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1243741 (FC.FAY)

thereon, towards satisfaction of the debt due by Roosevelt H. Thomas and Nina Britt Thomas, and secured by the lien against such property in favor of KODI ACQUISITIONS, LLC. The Commissioner, will offer for sale to the highest bidder at a public auction 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 October 25, 2018 at 10:00AM the following described real property (including all improvements thereon) located in Wake County, North Carolina and described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH, RALEIGH TOWNSHIP, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 6, BLOCK A, NORTH TRAIL SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO A MAP OF SAME, RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS 1971, VOLUME 1, PAGE 120, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. THIS CONVEYANCE IS MADE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS RECORDED IN BOOK 2005, PAGE 125, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD AFFECTING SAID PROPERTY, INCLUDING AN EASEMENT TO CAROLINA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY RECORDED IN BOOK 4988, PAGE 449, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. The above described property will be sold, transferred and conveyed “AS IS, WHERE IS” subject to liens or encumbrances of record which are superior to such Deed of Trust, together with all unpaid taxes and assessments and any recorded releases. Neither the Commis-

sioner nor the holder of the debt secured by such Deed of Trust, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Commissioner or the holder of the debt make any representation 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 and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such conditions expressly are disclaimed. The Commissioner shall convey title to the property by non-warranty deed, without any covenants or warranties, express or implied.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 1-339.29 (c) in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the judge or 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 upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current record owner of the property as reflected on the records of the WAKE COUNTY Register of Deeds’ office not more than ten (10) days prior to the date hereof is Roosevelt H. Thomas.

A cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchasing price will be required at the time of the sale. Any suc-

cessful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price of bid in cash or certified check at the time the Commissioner tenders a deed for the Property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price of bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for under North Carolina law.

The sale will be reported to the court and will remain open for advance or upset bids for a period of ten (10) days as required by law. If the Commissioner 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 Commissioner. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Commissioner, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

THIS 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 IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A 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 will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Wake County, North Carolina, on October 26, 2018 at 1:30 pm , and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Lot 36, Section 1, Candlewick Subdivision, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Book of Maps 1974, Page 146, Wake County Registry.

Tax Id: 1765762938 Said Property is commonly known as 152 Gailridge Lane, Wendell, NC 27591 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or major fraction thereof, of the the final sale price. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), a minimum Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee will be collected. If the Clerk of Court’s fee determined by the formula is more than Five Hundred

Dollars ($500.00), a maximum Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fee will be collected. 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 owner of the property is Amy H. Shirley and Jeremy L. Shirley.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor

of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §4521.16A(b)(2)). Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute Trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 24, 2018 at 10:00AM, 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 5, Summit Ridge Subdivision, as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 1976 at Page 12, Wake County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 3812 Sue Ellen Drive, Raleigh, NC 27604.

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

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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1992

for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 29, Robinfield Estates, Section 2, as recorded in Book of Maps 1985, Page 731, Wake County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for greater certainty of description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1025 Robinfield Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

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

cers, 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 P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1243114 (FC.FAY)

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1883

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 October 15, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain parcel of land situate in the City of Raleigh, County or Wake, and State of North Carolina, being known and designated as follows:

5696, Page 787 of the Wake County Registry.

chase 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 P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1244908 (FC.FAY)

Subject to Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Neuse Crossing Subdivision recorded in Book 4718, Page 146 and Book

Tax ID: 0000198708 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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

designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on October 15, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 22 as shown on map entitled “Final Subdivision Plat Glenwood Station Townhomes, Phase Two” as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 2009, Pages 107-109, Wake County Registry. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 8154 Primanti Boulevard, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by 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 P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1250410 (FC.FAY)

WAKE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 1314

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Steven Paul John and Amber L. John (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Steve John and Amber John) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of August, 2007, and recorded in Book 12700, Page 771, 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 Court-

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF WAKE KODI ACQUISITIONS, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

Roosevelt Thomas; Nina Britt-Thomas; Frances White, as Substitute Trustee,Defendants.

GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 15 CVS 16246 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jeremy B. Wilkins (the “Commissioner”), pursuant to the Order Allowing Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend the Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Amended Order entered in the above-captioned case on July 26, 2018 (the “Order”), and by virtue of the appointment, power and authority contained in that Order, has been authorized and ordered to sell the property commonly known as 20 Lynn Road, Raleigh, NC 27609 (“Property”). Said Property is secured by the Deed of Trust executed by Roosevelt H. Thomas and Nina Britt Thomas, dated June 6, 1998 and recorded on June 11, 1998 in Book 8080 at Page 856 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on August 20, 2018 in Book 17218, Page 1596 of the Wake County, North Carolina Registry. The Property shall be sold together with improvements located

17-SP-3056 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 Jeremy L. Shirley and Amy H. Shirley, in the original amount of $21,629.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for FMF Capital LLC, dated February 27, 2006 and recorded on February 27, 2006 in Book 011834 at Page 00773, Wake County Public Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Stone 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 that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute

17 SP 2899 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 William H. Tanner, Jr. to Marcus Becton, Trustee(s), which was dated August 28, 2006 and recorded on August 29, 2006 in Book 012138 at Page 01476, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Nicholas William Ditchko to Getter Law Offices, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of March, 2015, and recorded in Book 015954, Page 01508, 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 October 15, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Myrtice O. Becoat, (Myrtice Becoat aka Myrtice O. Becoat, deceased) (Heirs of Myrtice Becoat aka Myrtice O. Becoat: Constance B. Evans, Patricia Becoat-Williams, Nathan Becoat, Jr., Rufus Becoat, Sr., Phillip Becoat, Sr., Willie Becoat and Unknown Heirs of Myrtice Becoat aka Myrtice O. Becoat) (Nathan Becoat, Jr., deceased) (Heirs of Nathan Becoat, Jr.: Kim Becoat, Joy Becoat, Erica Becoat, Nathan Becoat, III, Warren Becoat and Unknown Heirs of Nathan Becoat, Jr.) (Rufus Becoat, Sr., deceased) (Heirs of Rufus Becoat, Sr.: Lela Becoat, Stephanie Elaine Becoat, Deirdre Walker, Rufus Becoat, Jr. and Unknown Heirs of Rufus Becoat, Sr.) (Phillip Becoat, Sr., deceased) (Heirs of Phillip Becoat, Sr.: Venita Nixon, Brandy Becoat, Phillip Becoat, Jr., Christopher Becoat, Reginald Becoat, Adrian Becoat, Nathan Becoat, Jason Becoat, Brian Becoat and Unknown Heirs of Phillip Becoat, Sr.) (Willie Becoat, deceased) (Heirs of Willie Becoat: Constance Becoat, Cassandra Black and Unknown Heirs of Willie Becoat) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Myrtice Becoat) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of May, 2003, and recorded in Book 10173, Page 1527, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Cynthia G. Foley to Harold Russell, Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of December, 2009, and recorded in Book 13803, Page 875, 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

Being all of Lot 224 of Evian at Neuse Crossing, Phase #9, as shown on plat recorded in Book of Maps 1992, Pages 1388, 1389 and 1390 of the Wake County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3501 Limber Lane, Raleigh, North Carolina.

_COPY___________________________ JEREMY B. WILKINS Commissioner 5431 Oleander Drive, Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 (910) 202-2800 Phone (888) 207-9353 Facsimile

Stone Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ________________ Attorney At Law Stern & Eisenberg Southern, PC Attorneys for Stone Trustee Services, LLC Sarah Elizabeth Banks #44023 David R. DiMatteo #35254 Christopher J. Culp #13466 1709 Devonshire Drive Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 462-5006 (803) 929-0830

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Aaron B. Anderson Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5710 Oleander Drive, Ste. 204 Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: (910) 202-2940 Fax: (910) 202 2941 File No.: 17-08030-FC02

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2024

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Brian J. Buckingham (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Brian Joseph Buckingham) to John B. Third, Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of June, 2017, and recorded in Book 016826, Page 01970, 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 direct-

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 1996 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Angela M. Crowder (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Angela Michelle Crowder) to J. Roger Garrett, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of January, 2009, and recorded in Book 13368, Page 608, and Modification in Book 15342, Page 1669, 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 2726 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Danielle A. Bryant and Eric J. Bryant to Bagwell, Holt, Smith, Jones & Crowson PA, Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of April, 2011, and recorded in Book 14327, Page 513, 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 October 22, 2018 and will sell to the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2041

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Patrick Melton and Rebecca Melton (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Patrick Melton) to Jackson Law, Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of May, 2016, and recorded in Book 16401, Page 2225, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 342

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Margaret Bray to Greg Fisher, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of November, 2007, and recorded in Book 012851, Page 01269, and Modification in Book 013948, Page 01354, and Modification in Book 16727, Page 1032, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 953

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christina Robinson to Becker Law Offices, PLLC, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of April, 2005, and recorded in Book 11295, Page 1343, 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 October 22, 2018 and will sell to the highest

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 417

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Susan K. Oliff, (Susan K. Wimmer aka Susan K. Oliff, deceased) (Heirs of Susan K. Wimmer aka Susan K. Oliff: Jericho T. Wimmer aka Jericho Thomas Wimmer, Courtney A. Wimmer aka Courtney Alisha Ball and Unknown Heirs of Susan K. Wimmer aka Susan K. Oliff) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Susan K. Wimmer) to Timothy M. Bartosh or William B. Naryka, Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of May, 2007, and recorded in Book 3342, Page 304, in Johnston County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Johnston County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 2077

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kathy F. Brannan (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Kathy Fraley Brannan) to Laurel A. Meyer, Trustee(s), dated the 27th day of May, 2016, and recorded in Book 16401, Page 1205, 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 October

ed 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 October 22, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot 38 of Bristol Subdivision, Phase 4 as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 1991, Page 1031, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6016 Walking Stick Trail, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by 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 no-

tice 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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Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on October 22, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 2, Echo Heights Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1995, Page 542, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 528 Poplar Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

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

fective 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.

highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 94, Brookfield Station Subdivision, per plat and survey thereof recorded in Book of Maps 2007, Pages 2248-2250, inclusive, Wake County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of same. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 113 Cinder Street, Knightdale, North Carolina. Less and Excepting from this conveyance any and all subsurface resources as defined and described in that Mineral Deed from D.R. Horton, Inc., to DRH Energy, Inc., recorded in Book 13997, Page 2389, Wake County Registry.

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

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

fective 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.

1:30 PM on October 22, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 55, Amber Ridge Subdivision, Phase 3, as shown in Book of Maps 2015, Pages 276-277, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1301 Chimney Ridge Drive, Fuquay Varina, North Carolina.

curity 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 P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1229867 (FC.FAY)

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 prop-

erty 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 P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1231821 (FC.FAY)

cers, 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 P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1240496 (FC.FAY)

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by 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 P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1249816 (FC.FAY)

22, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 14, Phase VI, Cimarron Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1993, Page 1085, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 109 Carmel Woods Court, Wake Forest, North Carolina.

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

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

cers, 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 P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1250006 (FC.FAY)

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

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

designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on October 22, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Allthatcertainlotorparceloflanddescribedasfollows: Being all of Lot 16 of Heatherbrook Subdivision, as same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 1985 at Page 1420 in the Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3677 Wickersham Way, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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

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

bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 69, Amber Acres, North, Phase 3, Section 2, as shown in Book of Maps 1997, page 248 Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5736 Presentation Street, Knightdale, North Carolina.

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

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

Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on October 23, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 14, Doe Run Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Plat Book 53, Page 8, Johnston County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 112 Deer View Drive, Willow Spring, North Carolina.

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 Case No: 1187763 (FC.FAY)

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1192930 (FC.FAY)

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