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First lady Melania Trump poses with the 2019 White House Christmas tree as it is delivered to the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. The Douglas fir is approximately 23 feet tall and was grown by Larry and Joanne Snyder at Mahantongo Valley Farms in Pennsylvania. Since 1966, the National Christmas Tree Association has held a contest that awards its winner with the honor of presenting their tree to the first family which will serve as a centerpiece for Christmas decorations in the Blue Room of the White House.

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Ocracoke to reopen to visitors Dec. 2 Hurricane-ravaged Ocracoke Island will reopen to visitors on Dec. 2. The island was supposed to open to visitors last week, but a more recent storm delayed the reopening of the main highway. The Atlantic Ocean had breached dunes and washed over the recently repaired N.C. 12. An evacuation order has been in effect for the island since Sept. 4, when Hurricane Dorian approached. It struck the island two days later. Debris removal and reconstruction will continue, and visitors are warned to be wary of obstacles during their visit. Officials also note that food service, gas availability and lodging are limited on the island.

Homeland Security chief, ICE director visit NC The Trump administration’s leaders on immigration enforcement say several N.C. sheriffs care more about politics than public safety by refusing to cooperate with federal agents looking for defendants believed to be in the country unlawfully. Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Matt Albence visited Raleigh on Monday for a meeting with state and local officials and lawmakers to talk about the dangers of refusing ICE detainers. They also heard from individuals who say their family members were killed by people who were not supposed to be in the country. State legislation approved by Republicans this summer but vetoed by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper would have required sheriffs to recognize immigration detainers. Several Democratic sheriffs don’t comply with those requests.

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Corey Lewandowski stumps for Trump in North Carolina May put U.S. Senate bid on hold to focus on president’s reelection By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign team is getting an early start to the general election, sending 2016 campaign manager and 2020 senior campaign adviser Corey Lewandowski to key battleground states, including North Carolina. According to N.C. GOP Chairman Michael Whatley, Lewandowski made stops across N.C. last week, including an event in Chapel Hill for college Republicans. Lewandowski made himself available to media at the N.C. GOP headquarters on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh and told NSJ that, despite rumors, he was not committing to run for a U.S. Senate for his home state of New Hampshire unless it would be helpful to the president’s overall mission. “I have to ask myself if that’s the highest and best use of my time, which is going to Washington, D.C., to deal with some of the beauties down there,” Lewandowski said. “And I haven’t made my decision, and it’s partially based on family responsibilities and it’s also partially based on the fact that I’m a senior adviser to both the vice president and to the president’s reelection campaign. So I want to make sure my priority is on ensuring that the Trump-Pence ticket is reelected.” Lewandowski said he believes the GOP in New Hampshire lost both the presidential race and the U.S. Senate race in 2020 because Kelly Ayotte, the incumbent Republican senator at the time, refused to endorse Trump. “The reason Donald Trump lost that race was See LEWANDOWSKI page A2

“In the last three months, I’ve probably been in 30 states. And as I travel the country a lot, I see only strength and the Trump phenomenon stronger today than it was in 2016.” Corey Lewandowski, Trump 2020 senior campaign adviser

Investigators say Cooper improperly used his office to get pipeline money Report says criminal violations may have occurred By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — A report on the Cooper administration’s handling of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, released on Nov. 20 by Eagle Intel Services, concluded that the governor “improperly used the authority and influence of his Office with regard to a $57.8 million ‘mitigation fund.’” The report also says that “criminal violations may have occurred.” Eagle Intel Services is the independent investigative firm hired by the General Assembly through a bipartisan vote by the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations. The governor’s office denies Cooper leveraged the mitigation fund or permit process and maintains that the fund was established independently of DEQ’s permit process. The report’s findings, however, underscore lawmaker concerns that Cooper was more involved than he claimed to be with regard to both the permitting process and the mitigation fund. During a press event on the day the report was released, Cooper said that this is “a partisan General Assembly that is distorting facts. I know this, that the facts are on our side.” The summary and report state that while the governor did not personally benefit from the deal, that Cooper “while acting in his official capacity, affected the outcome and process of matters concerning Duke Energy a North Carolina based company.” “The report is wrong, and it is full of inaccuracies and contradictions that clearly ignore inconvenient facts,” said a press release from the governor’s office, which also characterizes the report as “conspiracy theories.” Although the report’s conclusion did not name what potential criminal charges might be filed,

the report says that an “investigative agency with the authority to compel cooperation and the production of documents” would be able to identify any criminal violations. The day following the report’s release, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest called for the FBI’s Public Corruption Unit to investigate. “Governor Cooper’s top aide left an email and text trail that shows the Cooper administration lied. The CEO of Duke Energy says she met face-to-face, alone, with the Governor; the Governor denies such a meeting took place. Someone is lying,” said Forest. Investigators found that Cooper and Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good had a private meeting in NoSee PIPELINE, page A2

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State Farmers Market serves holiday needs, from turkeys to trees By A.P. Dillon North State Journal

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RALEIGH — The State Farmers Market is known for delicious eateries, seafood and fresh produce, but holiday shoppers will be happy to know it also has Thanksgiving turkeys and a fresh selection of Christmas trees. “The State Farmers Market is open year-round, and the holidays are one of the best times to visit,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “I think consumers will be pleased, and a little surprised at the volume and variety of local products available this

time of year in North Carolina.” North Carolina is second in the nation for production of live Christmas trees, and many local tree growers will have offerings in place at the market by Nov. 22. In addition to trees, homemade wreaths, garlands and holiday table decorations will also be available for purchase. In 2018, more than $2 billion was spent purchasing around 32.8 million live trees, according to the National Christmas Tree Association, a 5 million trees increase over 2017. The association expects prices to rise roughly 4% this year to an average price of $81. The rise

in price is in part due to a smaller supply from tree farms impacted by bad weather conditions and from disease issues. For those wanting to support local businesses and farmers, the Raleigh Farmers Market is the original “shop local” spot. Whether you are looking for plants, sweets, wines, baked goods or handmade crafts, the Market Shoppes have you covered. WPTF’s Weekend Gardener radio show will be broadcasting live from the market on Dec. 7 during the Market Shoppes annual holiday shopping kick off. All of December has been des-

ignated as the Month of Giving at the market and patrons can help out with donations to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. On Dec. 13, the market will celebrate locally grown pecans with Pecan Day, featuring free pecan dessert samples and recipes to try at home. The Raleigh Farmers Market, considered to be one the country’s most modern farmer’s markets, covers 75 acres, and admission is free. A wide variety of specialty shops, restaurants and garden center are found on the campus, along with produce, meats, and other agricultural products from around the state. The State Farmers Market is open year-round, seven days a week from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. For more information about the market, directions and events, visit statefarmersmarket.org.

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Cody Robinson, of Wake Forest, carries a Fraser fir Christmas tree to be wrapped up for a customer at Boyce Farms on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Raleigh.

PIPELINE from page A1 vember 2017 that included discussions of the ACP permit approval and the finalization of the mitigation fund. Discussions also included Duke reaching a deal on a disputed section of HB 589 with the solar industry. The disputed section of HB 589 became known as the nameplate dispute, and in November 2017, Duke and the solar industry could not come to an agreement, because the N.C. Utilities Commission Public staff wouldn’t approve a deal where settlement costs could be passed to ratepayers. The report says that the governor “caused a settlement agreement to be rendered, between Duke and the Solar Industry that ultimately could reduce the proposed savings within HB589 by $100 million.” The findings go on to say that

LEWANDOWSKI from page A1 because, at the top of the ticket, Kelly Ayotte and Donald Trump weren’t on the same page. There was a fracture in the Republican Party,” Lewandowski said. “That is over. Donald Trump has completely taken over the Republican Party. And if I run for the U.S. Senate with Donald Trump at the top of the ticket, I will be the next U.S. senator from New Hampshire. Lewandowski is also doing some speaking engagements for his recently released book, “Let Trump Be Trump,” although Whatley said in North Carolina Lewandowski’s events were campaign-related and he waved all speaking fees. The book chronicles his time working with Trump as a candidate and as the president. Lewandowski has worked with Trump since January 2015 and admires Trump’s track record. “I’ll never have that kind of economic success that he’s been able to achieve,” he said. “So he’s done something right. He’s got great instincts. I said it’s a little bit like being a jockey on American Pharoah, a great racehorse that won the Triple Crown. You get on the horse, you put the blinders on, you turn him into the corners a little bit, and you let him run.”

text messages between Cooper’s top adviser, Ken Eudy, and his chief counsel, William McKinney, show the governor held up signing the mitigation fund’s MOU until the nameplate dispute settlement was complete. “The Governor controlled the 401 Water Quality Certification, process and timing of issuance at the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, being sought by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline partnership, in which Duke was a partner,” says the report. That water quality permit was announced a day after the ACP memorandum of understanding for the mitigation funds was signed. Just four days after the permit was approved, Cooper announced the hiring of Lee Lilley to be his new legislative director. Lilley was a lobbyist for Dominion, Duke’s partner in the pipeline. The investigation uncovered

that on Feb. 8, 2018, Cooper adviser Ken Eudy asked Duke Energy to create a letter saying Duke had voluntarily created the mitigation fund. That same day, Lilley had given testimony to a legislative committee that Duke Energy’s mitigation fund was “voluntary.” According to the ACP report, Eudy called Duke lobbyist Kathy Hawkins after the Feb. 8, 2018 hearing to request that Duke prepare a letter stating that the $57.8 million fund was voluntarily provided on behalf of the ACP. Hawkins told him that they “were not doing that.” On Nov. 8, 2019, Eudy testified before the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operation Subcommittee on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and said he did not ask Duke for a statement declaring the fund was voluntarily. Sen. Harry Brown (R-Onslow) asked Eudy: “Did you ask Duke to provide a statement regarding the

voluntary status of the MOU and fund?” Eudy responded, “No, Sir.” A press release from Brown after the report’s release highlighted new information countering the governor’s claims he did not improperly interfere. Included in the new findings are communications between Eudy and Hawkins on Dec. 19, 2017 indicating that the governor would make the final decision on the permit Duke needed for the pipeline and not DEQ. Hawkins then relayed that information to Duke CEO Lynn Good writing that “Ken Eudy said [the] Governor will make this decision versus Regan.” Cooper’s influence on the mitigation fund was also found in a Jan. 17, 2018 phone conversation released by the governor’s office between Cooper and Good during which Cooper asked for an increase in the amount of the fund. Three days before that call, Coo-

per’s staff rescinded state approval of a tri-state agreement permitting tree felling for pipeline construction to begin in Virginia. The day after the call with Good, the approval for the tri-state agreement was granted, and approval for the ACP permit was also scheduled. The report notes that the date of the Jan. 17 call was mislabeled as taking place 10 days earlier than it actually occurred. Further investigations are possible based on conclusions in the report that “additional information potentially exists with government agencies, private companies” regarding “individuals that have not fully cooperated.” The reference about cooperation could be referring to Cooper’s chief legal counsel, William McKinney. He was listed on the agenda for testimony at the Nov. 8 meeting of the ACP subcommittee along with Eudy and deputy chief of staff Julia White but did not appear.

The book then details how certain leaders of Trump’s teams, whether on the campaign or at the White House, allowed Trump to follow his instincts and saw success, while others tried to control him and were shown the door. “And that’s what ‘Let Trump Be Trump’ is about — helping the president or the candidate get his objectives achieved. It’s not my job to stop him from achieving those objectives or telling him no,” Lewandowski said. “My job was, and continues to be as a senior adviser to the 2020 presidential campaign, to get him to yes. Does that mean that every single tweet he puts out I say, ‘Boy, that’s the greatest tweet ever, sir?’ Of course not.” This difference in approach is partly what he attributes his well-publicized exit from the Trump campaign in June 2016, along with his eventual return to the president’s team. “He is the hardest working individual I’ve ever met in my life,” Lewandowski said of the president. “And because of his tenacity and intensity and because he’s so good at what he does, he expects and, moreover, he deserves, perfection. And when it’s not perfect, there are consequences for that.” Lewandowski said he was able to help Trump win 38 primaries and caucuses and secure the Re-

publican nomination against all odds, but when Paul Manafort arrived on the scene, it all changed. “Paul and I are not friends, and the decision to bring Paul in was against my judgment,” he said. But others were able to lead Trump teams without inhibiting the president, according to Lewandowski. He cited Reince Priebus and Mick Mulvaney as good leaders, and John Kelly as a staffer who attempted to overly control Trump. “John Kelly tried to manage Trump, not let Trump be Trump, tried to keep Trump from being himself and prevent him from communicating. And you can’t do that; that’s not the job of the chief of staff,” Lewandowski said. “And in full disclosure, Mick Mulvaney, who is a personal friend of mine, I think has been a phenomenal chief of staff over the last year for the president.” Regarding the president’s 2020 reelection chances, Lewandowski sees many reasons to be optimistic as he travels the country. “I’m in Florida tonight. I’m in North Carolina today,” Lewandowski said. “I was in Nevada two weeks ago. I was in New York in the Buffalo area for an open congressional seat. I have been in Chicago. I have been in Minnesota. In the last three months, I’ve probably been in 30 states. And as

I travel the country a lot, I see only strength and the Trump phenomenon stronger today than it was in 2016.” He said they are looking at states like Minnesota and New Mexico, which generally lean Democrat, because he believes the president’s record resonates with a wider swath of voters and because the “Democrats are going to nominate a socialist.” He cited internal polling showing that Trump’s support among African Americans has doubled as evidence that they are remaking the map. “Look across the country, to the states that Hillary Clinton lost in the 2016 election. I don’t see one opportunity that if the Democrats nominate a socialist, one state that they can pick up that they lost in 2016,” Lewandowski said. “Those ideas don’t play, especially when you get to middle America and working-class voters.” He said the Democrats have overplayed their hand in Congress by failing to pass an infrastructure bill, new trade deals like the USMCA, the ability to buy health insurance across state lines and other legislation that working Americans need. “The Democrats are going to have to go in front of the American people and say they’ve issued more congressional subpoe-

nas than bills they’ve passed in the first year of their leadership in Washington,” Lewandowski said. Asked if the constant negative media coverage and impeachment hearings could negatively affect Trump’s chances at another term, Lewandowski said the American people will recognize the whole process as a sham and instead vote on how the economy is improving their life and how Trump has fulfilled promises other candidates only gave lip service to, like forcing China to stop cheating on trade and putting the embassy in Jerusalem. Voters won’t be distracted by all circus on television, he said. “It’s all bullsh*t, is what it comes down to,” Lewandowski said. “They hate this president more than they love their country. The American people see through it and they say, ‘We’re going to impeach a guy for a telephone call?’” Lewandowski called the impeachment inquiry a “Pandora’s box” and questioned where the process might end. He said Republicans could ask for transcripts of calls from Democrats, including former President Barack Obama’s conversations with Iran on the nuclear deal. Obama’s negotiations with Iran ended with $400 million of cash being flown to Iran. “Was that a quid pro quo? What was that for?”

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Sarah Sanders eyes possible run for governor of Arkansas By Andrew DeMillo The Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — With paid speeches, a book coming out and appearances on cable news, Sarah Sanders is following the traditional route for former press secretaries, after leaving the White House as President Donald Trump’s chief spokeswoman. But she’s also getting reacquainted with her home state of Arkansas and laying the groundwork for a potential governor’s race in three years. Sanders has begun headlining Republican Party dinners around Arkansas, allowing her to reconnect with the state she called home before joining the Trump White House and offer GOP insiders a preview of what she’d look like as a candidate for the job her dad, Mike Huckabee, held for more than a decade. Speaking to a ballroom packed with more than 500 people in Hot Springs last week, the former press secretary known for her televised sparring with reporters joked about being greeted by applause when she comes to the podium. “It’s very different than what I’m

used to,” she said. Sanders and her husband, a political consultant, moved to Little Rock in late July with their three children. Since leaving the White House, she’s joined Fox News as a contributor and announced that she has a book coming out next year about her time as press secretary. She’s also delivered paid speeches and is working as a consultant for several corporations. She waived her speaking fees for local GOP speeches. Trump has encouraged her to run for governor in 2022, when Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson is barred by term limits from seeking reelection. Sanders says she’s seriously looking at running for governor and is taking steps needed in case she decides to do so, but that her GOP appearances are about helping the party next year and aren’t about 2022. “I think there are two types of people that run for office: people that are called and people that just want to be somebody, that want a title. I feel like in some ways, I’ve already hit a pretty good political title,” Sanders told The Associated Press in an interview.

“If I do (run), it will because I feel called to do it and because I feel I can offer something to the state and I can do something to help move the state further ahead and grow it in a positive way and I fit what the state needs at that time,” she said. Sanders’ speeches so far are drawing sold-out crowds, with more than 600 attending an event she headlined in northwest Arkansas earlier this month. At the Hot Springs event, Sanders talked about her time in the White House, while also a mother. She told a crowd that included several people in red “Make America Great Again” hats about her toddler getting ahold of her phone and sending an emoji-laden tweet from her official White House account, and choked up when she talked about visiting troops overseas with the president on Christmas last year. “Probably the biggest thing she has is 100 percent name ID and that’s so difficult to obtain,” said Sen. John Boozman, whose 2010 campaign Sanders managed. “I think almost every Arkansan knows who Sarah Huckabee Sanders is.” Sanders is looking at a race that was already drawing some of the

state’s top GOP figures. Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin in August said he’s running and has appeared in TV ads paid for by a nonprofit promoting lower taxes and STEM education. Another potential candidate, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, is frequently on TV in public service announcements on vaping and other issues. Another potential candidate is state Senate President Jim Hendren, who is Hutchinson’s nephew. No Democrats have announced or said they’re taking a look at the race. Sanders remains a blank slate on many state issues that would likely come up in a heated primary. They include the state’s Medicaid expansion, which has sharply divided Republicans since it was approved six years ago. Sanders steered clear of state policy in her Hot Springs speech and said she wants to avoid distracting from Hutchinson’s agenda. “It’s time to let the governor do his job and I don’t think it’s helpful for me to try to play a game from the side. That doesn’t help him. That doesn’t help the state,” she said. Such reticence may not be enough for some Republicans if Sanders moves closer toward a gubernatorial bid. “If she wants the role of governor, she needs to start speaking on the issues that confront our state and let us see what it is she would do and why she should be the candidate we would support,” Republican state Rep. Les Warren said.

Defense Secretary says Trump ordered him to stop SEAL review board Washington, D.C. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that President Donald Trump ordered him to stop a disciplinary review of a Navy SEAL accused of battlefield misconduct. Esper, who initially favored allowing the Navy to proceed with a peer-review board for Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, which could have resulted in him losing his SEAL status, said he was obliged to follow Trump’s order. Gallagher was acquitted of murder in the stabbing death of an Islamic State militant captive but convicted by a military jury of posing with the corpse while in Iraq in 2017. In yet another twist to the Gallagher saga, Esper also made an extraordinary accusation against Richard V. Spencer, whom he fired on Sunday as the civilian leader of the Navy. Esper said Spencer last week had gone behind his back to propose a secret deal with the White House in which Spencer would fix the outcome of the Gallagher review. Esper said this was a violation of the military chain of command and that Spencer acknowledged his misstep. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tiffany is latest jewel for French luxury group LVMH’s crown

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Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders speaks to reporters at the Arkansas Republican Party headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, as Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, left, and state Republican Party Chairman Doyle Webb, right, look on.

Forest talks governor’s race with McCrory By A.P. Dillon North State Journal CHARLOTTE — Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory welcomed current Lt. Gov. Dan Forest to his morning radio show on Charlotte’s WBT Monday. Forest told McCrory he is running to unseat Gov. Roy Cooper because “leadership matters.” “You know that we have a leadership crisis in North Carolina at the top in the executive branch,” Forest told McCrory. “It becomes more apparent just about every single day obviously. I think you know leadership really does matter, and you see the difference between your administration and what’s going on now.” Forest added, “I think a lot of people are wondering, you know, what state Gov. Cooper’s running for governor in, because it doesn’t look a lot like North Carolina.” As the son of Sue Myrick, a former Charlotte mayor and U.S. congresswoman, Forest said that he initially wanted to stay as far away from politics as possible, but eventually felt called to serve. “I’m an architect. That’s what I did for 21 years, and I love my job as an architect,” said Forest. “Then I really felt called to step in and serve the people in North Carolina.” Over the last eight years since his first campaign, Forest said he has traveled “over 300,000 miles and went to all 100 counties,” getting to know the people and what’s going on in those counties. McCrory asked Forest if there were any situations or “strong disagreements” he has had with Cooper and his administration. Forest said almost immediately that there were “vast differences on education” between he and Cooper. “I’m very much in favor of school choice and letting the parents choose and putting students first over the system,” Forest said.

Paris French luxury group LVMH has agreed to buy New York jeweler Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 billion, adding a famed star to its portfolio that already boasts Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Bulgari. LVMH said in a statement Monday it will take over the 182-year old Tiffany and its 300 boutiques worldwide at $135 a share. The price tag is higher than the $14.5 billion cash offer LVMH made last month. Tiffany, known for its delicate jewelry, distinctive blue boxes and an Audrey Hepburn movie, says the deal will ensure its longterm sustainability. The company is trying to transform its brand to appeal to younger and more digital shoppers, and could use an owner with deep pockets to help expand its business. Tiffany’s stock closed Monday up more than 6% in New York, while LVMH rose 2% in Paris. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Lt. Gov. Dan Forest addresses the crowd as his official gubernatorial kick off rally. “And so, real simple things like opportunity scholarships, this is a no-brainer. You signed those bills as well, saying that students that live in failing school districts should have an opportunity for an excellent education, and our governor stands firmly against that.” Forest then turned to the issue of illegal immigration, noting that the Mecklenburg sheriff refuses to honor ICE detainers and has released violent offenders back into society. “Obviously, if I were governor, as I know you would have too, Pat, that if that bill came across your

desk, you’d say protecting the citizens is the most important thing that you can do as a governor,” said Forest. Forest also said Cooper is “coming out against our farmers,” likely referring to the governor’s veto of the Farm Act, which protected N.C. farmers from costly nuisance lawsuits. McCrory’s co-host, Bo Thompson, asked Forest what he can draw from having served two terms as lieutenant governor in moving to the role of governor. Forest said that having the relationships he has cultivated over

time on both sides of the aisle is important and that it has been interesting to serve under “very different governors.” “I have seen how that turned out under a conservative Republican governor and now a liberal Democrat governor and have seen the differences about how things go,” said Forest. “And, like I said, I think leadership matters.” Forest has one announced challenger in the GOP primary for governor, Rep. Holly Grange from Wilmington. The filing period for state seats opens at noon on Dec. 2, 2019.

Washington, D.C. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says his committee is preparing an impeachment report to submit to the House Judiciary Committee “soon after Congress returns from the Thanksgiving recess.” In a letter to his colleagues, Schiff laid out evidence that his committee collected through 17 closeddoor depositions and five open hearings in Democrats’ investigation of President Donald Trump’s dealings in Ukraine. Schiff says the evidence “conclusively shows” that Trump conditioned a White House meeting and U.S. military aid on “Ukraine announcing sham, politically-motivated investigations that would help President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign.” Schiff says the probe will soon move to the House Judiciary Committee, where lawmakers will decide whether to write articles of impeachment. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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RALEIGH — State Rep. Debra Conrad (R-Forsyth) announced Monday that she will not be a candidate for the N.C. House in 2020. Conrad, a WinstonSalem businesswoman, served 18 years as a Forsyth County Commissioner and seven years as a member of the General Assembly. “I look forward with great anticipation to continuing to make a positive contribution in the worlds of business and

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Macon County A chiropractor in Franklin has been accused of committing sex crimes against his patients. Erik Madsen, 59, has been charged with at least four counts of sexual battery and assault on a female. Franklin Police Chief David Adams says female patients reported being touched inappropriately during treatments for lower back pain. Adams says Madsen has also practiced in Florida and Virginia. He says his department has been in contact with agencies in those states as well as the North Carolina board for chiropractors.

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Haywood County Motorists may again travel westbound on Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge after repairs were completed to a bridge. The state Department of Transportation says barricades were removed, opening the westbound lanes between mile markers 15 and 20 on Thursday. The repairs involved a bridge over Jonathan Creek and White Oak Road, and have been finished in time for Thanksgiving holiday travel. There were worries that the work could take up to five days, but the contractor finished the repairs in three days. Work was also performed on the eastbound lanes.

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Murder suspect arrested in traffic stop

Animal advocates concerned about conditions at shelter Franklin County A group of animal advocates voiced concerns over the local animal shelter at last week’s Franklin County commissioners meeting. The group showed the commissioners photos of the animals that they claimed proved the staff was neglecting them. Workers were seen spraying water to clean the dog runs while the dogs were still in them, soaking the animals. The group also wants the shelter to expand its hours to care for the dogs longer and offer more opportunities for adoption.

Yadkin County Pierson Worth Colbert, 23, was arrested after being stopped for a traffic violation in Yadkin County last week. Colbert was charged with Murder and Felony Larceny of a Motor Vehicle stemming from a death in Iredell County, after he allegedly had a confrontation with 44-year-old Robert John Quinn, who was found dead in a driveway with head trauma. He was also charged with Felony Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Misdemeanor Attempted Breaking and Entering to a Residence, Misdemeanor Larceny, and Misdemeanor Assault on a Government Official.

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RALEIGH — Sen. Rock Gunn (R-Alamance), a five-term North Carolina state legislator won’t seek reelection next year. Gunn made the announcement last week, with the candidate filing for 2020 legislative elections less than two weeks away. Gunn says he’s stepping down because he wants to fulfill a longtime goal

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Interstate 40 reopens in Pigeon River Gorge

Chiropractor accused of sexual battery on female patients

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Nothing captures the spirit of the holidays quite like going to see a beautiful array of sparkling lights and ornaments. Experience the magic of seasonal light displays during boat parades, in gardens, across golf courses, at resorts, in small towns and in downtowns across North Carolina. For a complete list of holiday light displays throughout the state, visit the events calendar at visitnc.com

Carteret County A trio of castaway wild cows have returned home after being found on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where they apparently washed up after swimming for miles to escape Hurricane Dorian’s storm surge. The cows were returned to their native stomping grounds on Friday after a twoday operation. Officials think the stranded cows swam up to 5 miles during the storm before being found near Cape Lookout this month. They belong to a herd that roams freely across the sound, on Cedar Island. Dorian generated an 8-foot “mini tsunami,” washing them away and killing 28 wild horses.

Beaufort County The Coast Guard is searching for a 72-year-old man who went missing while boating alone from New York to Florida. The Coast Guard said Saturday that Michael Bye failed to make contact with a family member at an agreed upon time and did not meet with a friend in Belhaven, as planned. The Coast Guard says the most recent coordinates from Bye’s cellphone were near Kill Devil Hills. Bye was sailing aboard a 35-foot recreational vessel called “H.M.S. Me II.”

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Mocksville high schoolers’ souped-up car wins auto show

5 horses stabbed or shot in past month in the Carolinas

Group seeks law prohibiting opossum drop

Polk County Five horses have been stabbed or shot in parts of South Carolina and North Carolina over the past month, leaving some owners working with their neighbors to sleep in shifts to make sure their animals are protected. The attacks have happened in Spartanburg and Greenville counties in South Carolina and Polk County, North Carolina. In four cases, the horses were stabbed or slashed, with wounds so deep intestines or bones are exposed. A fifth horse was shot. Three of the horses were killed or had to be euthanized, authorities said.

Clay County Brasstown ended a 24-year tradition when it rang in 2019, ending the annual “opossum drop” where a transparent box containing a live opossum was lowered to the ground at midnight, much like other cities lower a ball or other object. Even though the town no longer does it, a group called Animal Help Now wants state law changed to make sure no one else does it. The current law allows people to do anything they want to possums for five days a year.

Davie County A group of 30 students at Davie County High School’s Career and Technical department built a vehicle, which they named the War Rat, that combined skills in art, fashion, carpentry, drafting, engineering and automotive classes. The War Rat took home the Most Creative trophy at this year’s Charlotte AutoFair at the speedway, beating out 1,500 other cars from around the country. AUTO BODY NEWS

Improv student investigated by Secret Service after remarks about Trump Surry County A member of the North Surry High School Improv Club was investigated by the Secret Service and cleared after comments he made about President Trump during a performance were considered a threat. The performance was stopped after the student made his comments. Several staff members and students were interviewed, and it was determined that no credible threat against the president had been made. WFMY

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Deputies arrest man they say jumped fence at airport

K-9 finds missing Alzheimer’s patient Pamlico County Goose, a K-9 officer from Pamlico County’s Fire Department and Law Enforcement Task Force, made a location and rescue last month when a 77-year-old woman went missing near Grantsboro. The woman suffered from Alzheimer’s and was believed to be in a remote wooded area. Goose led rescuers to the woman, who was in good health and later reunited wither her husband. WNCT

of working with his two sons in a joint business venture. The 61-year-old Gunn joined the Senate in 2011 and is now a chairman of the Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee. He’s worked to ease alcoholic beverage control laws to help the state’s distilleries grow. Gunn may be best known for helping pass a 2017 measure that lets counties allow alcohol sales at 10 a.m., instead of noon, known as the “brunch bill.”

Congress filing in North Carolina delayed during map fight

Coast Guard says 72-year-old boater missing

Wild cows returned home after hurricane

politics,” Conrad said. “Representing the people of Forsyth County is a tremendous honor, and I will continue to stand up for their conservative values as long as I serve them.” Conrad endorsed Lewisville Town Councilman Jeff Zenger to replace her in the 2020 election for the District 74 seat in the North Carolina House. “I am pleased to announce that Councilman Jeff Zenger will be running for the General Assembly, and he is a solid conservative. Councilman Zenger has my full support.”

North Carolina Sen. Rick Gunn won’t seek reelection in 2020

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Craven County The Craven County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrested a man who allegedly jumped a fence at an airport and assaulted a worker. The sheriff’s office said the man jumped the fence at Coastal Carolina Regional Airport early Friday and assaulted an airline employee after the worker detained him. The man provided deputies with a fake name when they encountered him. Authorities filed multiple charges against 27-year-old Stephen Nicholas of Havelock, including trespassing on airport property and resisting a public officer. Investigators don’t know why Nicholas was at the airport.

RALEIGH — North Carolina judges have officially delayed candidate filing for the state’s congressional seats while they sort out whether replacement districts approved by Republicans who lost another political gerrymandering case should be used for next year’s elections. The three-judge panel’s order, filed late last week, means election officials can’t accept congressional candidate paperwork when the three-week filing period begins for other 2020 races on Dec. 2. On the same day, the judges will hold a hearing that will address whether a lawsuit filed by voters challenging the previous district lines should end because the General Assembly enacted a new map last week. State election officials have said the congressional primary could still be held March 3 as previously scheduled if a final map is set by Dec. 15. The state judges last month blocked the 2016 map from being used, saying evidence showed it was likely the lines were drawn with extreme partisan bias favoring the GOP. They suggested a delayed primary could be avoided if lawmakers redraw the map quickly. Ten of the 13 current U.S. House members are Republicans in a state

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considered a presidential battleground and where Democrats remain the state’s largest bloc of registered voters. The new map would appear to give Republicans an 8-5 seat advantage, threatening the reelections of GOP Reps. George Holding of Raleigh and Mark Walker of Greensboro. In a court filing, lawyers for the Democratic and unaffiliated voters who sued contend the new districts are just “another extreme and obvious partisan gerrymander that violates the constitutional rights of North Carolina voters.” They want the court to officially declare the 2016 map unlawful and redraw the map. They say 10 of the districts remain extreme partisan outliers compared to “nonpartisan” maps created by a redistricting expert, packing Democrats into five districts so that the others are noncompetitive. The lawsuit has been bankrolled by a national Democratic group led by former Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder. Republican lawmakers who were sued over the 2016 map say the replacement map is fair and responded to input from Democrats and the public. They had asked the state judges last week to dismiss the lawsuit soon so candidate filing could begin as scheduled.

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VISUAL VOICES

EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL

Meditations on the Divine Will

What if both sides pray to the same God asking for deliverance and victory in their political fight against the other side … and neither side is deemed ‘righteous’ to be granted victory?

“WASHINGTON, D.C. “SEPTEMBER 1862 “The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. “God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war, it is quite possible that God’s purpose is something different from the purpose of either party — and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose. “I am almost ready to say that this is probably true — that God wills this contest, and wills that it shall not end yet. By his mere great power, on the minds of the now contestants, He could have either saved or destroyed the Union without a human contest. “Yet the contest began. And, having begun He could give the final victory to either side any day. Yet the contest proceeds.” President Abraham Lincoln wrote this private note to himself after 17 months of a brutal civil war amongst his fellow countrymen. He slipped it into the front drawer of what is now known as “Lincoln’s desk” and periodically would pull it out to read and meditate on its meaning and his role as a public servant elected leader of this country. Three years later, on March 4, 1865, Lincoln delivered his sublime Second Inaugural Address to the nation which many experts consider to be the greatest speech ever given. At roughly 700 words, it was almost three times the length of his Gettysburg Address which the same experts consider to be one of the top five speeches of all time. Lincoln amplifies on his same thoughts as in his private Meditations on the Divine Will note to himself. “Four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. … Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the

nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came. … “Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. … The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. … Yet, if God wills that (this war) continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, ‘The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.’” What if the same could be said of today’s political polarization in America? What if both sides pray to the same God asking for deliverance and victory in their political fight against the other side … and neither side is deemed “righteous” to be granted victory? What if God continues to “allow the contest to proceed”? Can we, as a country, survive as a free democratic republic much longer as a “house divided,” which is from yet another great Lincoln speech? How would Abraham Lincoln navigate today’s treacherous polluted political waters if he were leading our country today? “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” We all need personal meditations. Try Lincoln’s Meditation on the Divine Will for this Thanksgiving season. We could use some malice toward none and charity to all right now.

EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS

Most Americans tuned out the impeachment inquiry hearings for a very good reason

Over the course of the hearings, support for impeachment dropped dramatically, specifically among independents. Two different polls from two separate polling outfits each showed a 10-point swing among independents against impeaching Trump.

AFTER SEVERAL DAYS of high drama, theatrics and witness testimony sprinkled in between, the televised public impeachment inquiry hearings conducted by the House Intelligence Committee are mercifully over. Although partisans on both sides of the aisle gobbled up the goingson much in the same way passersby can’t help but stare at train wrecks, much of the rest of America tuned out the proceedings. You wouldn’t know that if you watched the cable news networks for any length of time during the two weeks they broadcast coverage of all the action. As they breathlessly reported on the various testimonies and gave play-by-plays, anchors and reporters painted everything as a “bombshell” indictment of President Trump and pretended Americans were glued to their TVs and smartphones in record numbers. The reality was much different, however. An average of 12 million people a day watched the five days of testimony, with the highest day being 13.8 million on the first day of coverage when acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor and State Department official George Kent appeared before the committee. Those numbers are much lower than the over 19 million who tuned in to watch former FBI Director James Comey testify in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee in June 2017, which was the first year of Trump’s presidency. Sixteen million people also watched Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in February 2019. That said, 13.8 million might still sound like a lot. But around 330 million people live in America, so when viewed from that perspective, it’s clear most people weren’t interested. So why did so few people watch the impeachment inquiry hearings? We can only speculate, but one highly plausible answer is a very simple one: Impeachment fatigue. The mainstream media, liberal commentators and “Never Trump” types have said for three years now, without evidence, that we were at “tipping points” with Trump. The “walls” have been “closing in” and “the beginning of the end” has been eagerly reported, predicted and/or

hyped by these same people ever since he was inaugurated. They have continuously stirred the pot and whipped viewers into a frenzy over and over again over “bombshells” that ultimately ended up amounting to nothing. As a result, most people simply don’t believe them anymore. As evidence of this, before the start of the public hearings earlier this month Democrats touted polling numbers that showed a plurality (but not a majority) of the American people at the very least supported an impeachment inquiry if not outright impeachment itself. But over the course of the hearings, support for impeachment dropped dramatically, specifically among independents. Two different polls from two separate polling outfits each showed a 10-point swing among independents against impeaching Trump. Though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) have both said it’s worth risking losing their House majority to impeach Trump, there is a real concern among Democratic leaders — including both Pelosi and Schiff — about how this will play out among vulnerable House Democrats in the months to come. Independents are a key voting bloc for both Republicans and Democrats, and they can often swing elections in competitive races that are super-close. Have Democrats bitten off more than they can chew in their rush to impeach the president? Polls will give us some more clues in the weeks ahead as the House Judiciary Committee’s role in the impeachment inquiry process kicks into high gear. But with impeachment unlikely to happen in the Republicancontrolled Senate, Trump’s fate will ultimately be up to voters all across America a year from now — which is how elections should be decided. Stacey Matthews is a veteran blogger who has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah and is a regular contributor to Red State and Legal Insurrection.

North State Journal for Wednesday, November 27, 2019 NUMBER OF THE DAY | SCOTT RASMUSSEN

$728B number of holiday sales estimated for 2019

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With Thanksgiving just a few days away, retailers are gearing up for a big holiday shopping season. The National Retail Foundation (NRF) estimates that this will lead to the hiring of at least 530,000 temporary workers. That number may grow as high as 590,000. Overall, the NRF estimates holiday sales will reach at least $728 billion, up roughly 4% from a year ago. Nearly a quarter of that total will be spent in online outlets.

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In this Nov. 23, 2018 photo, shoppers fill Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Ill..

COLUMN | L. BRENT BOZELL III AND TIM GRAHAM

When actors play scientist on Capitol Hill (Mark) Ruffalo doesn’t have a college degree in chemistry. He doesn’t have a college degree in anything.

CELEBRITY TESTIMONY is an age-old political stunt on Capitol Hill. If you want the press at your hearing, you lunge at the chance to have a star athlete, or a famous singer or actor, bring some zing to your issue. Democrats do this better because they have a lot more friends in Hollywood and they’re always more willing to push the envelope with silliness. When you want to push your agenda on agriculture to the left and you need attention, you get Jane Fonda, Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek to testify. Their credentials? They all starred in movies about agriculture. Another example of this happened on Nov. 19 when the House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on environment, chaired by Rep. Harley Rouda (D-Calif.) called upon the Bernie Sanders-backing actor Mark Ruffalo to testify on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, or “PFAS.” These chemicals are used for many everyday uses. “(T)hey keep food from sticking to cookware, make clothes and carpets resistant to stains, and create firefighting foam,” the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences reports. But these chemicals have leached into soil and water and air, and they show up in the bloodstream. So there’s a real policy debate there. But Ruffalo doesn’t have a college degree in chemistry. He doesn’t have a college degree in anything. He has only played scientist Dr. Bruce Banner (The Hulk) in the Avengers movies. At least those actresses were honored in the ’80s as experts for movies that had already come and gone in theatres. Ruffalo is starring in a movie about evil chemical companies called “Dark Waters,” which opens in limited release three days after his star appearance on the Hill. Distributed by NBCUniversal’s Focus Features brand, it’s based on the real-life lawsuits against DuPont by an activist lawyer named Rob Bilott. Rep. Fred Keller of Pennsylvania underlined this stunt. “The majority has called as their star witness an actor. That’s right, an actor,” he said. “An actor with no medical, no scientific or research expertise except for a few scenes as Dr. Bruce Banner. An actor that has a record of anti-business activism. More

importantly to Mr. Ruffalo ... an actor with a movie premiering this week that attacks private-sector job creators with loose facts and hyped-up emotional rhetoric.” Loose facts? Emotional rhetoric? Consider this: In 2016, Virginia Tech professor Dr. Marc Edwards ripped Ruffalo as an “A-List actor but F-List scientist” for the “fear and misinformation” created by Ruffalo’s activist group, Water Defense. The subject was the water quality in Flint, Michigan. Edwards is credited with helping to expose the lead contamination problem in Flint. Then-President Obama reassured Flint residents that the water was safe to drink after they switched back to Detroitsourced water, but Ruffalo and his leftist group shamelessly continued to claim that the water was unsafe for showering or bathing. Ruffalo’s real credential for the House Democrats is his socialist ideology. He has publicly endorsed Jeremy Corbyn, the nut who called Karl Marx a “great economist,” for British prime minister. Radical Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib were gushing over Ruffalo in this committee hearing. Tlaib told the movie star: “I think what you said is exactly what we need to do in Congress. ... Corporate greed is tainting our democracy.” This actor has an estimated net worth of $30 million. Corporate greed has been very good to him. Another supporter of Ruffalo in the hearing was Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former head of the Democratic National Committee. But on Nov. 14, in a different hearing, Schultz decried pro-life activist Allie Beth Stuckey’s being allowed to testify on the brutality of abortion. “I just want to clarify that Ms. Stuckey is expressing her own opinion exclusively and has no scientific or particular expertise in this subject matter whatsoever,” she said. Stuckey didn’t cling to leftist orthodoxy. So she was unqualified to testify. L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center. Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org.

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Who are the racists? FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Beto O’Rourke said that racism in America is “foundational” and that people of color were under “mortal threat” from the “white supremacist in the White House.” Pete Buttigieg chimed in to explain that “systemic racism” will “be with us” no matter who is in the White House. Senator Cory Booker called for “attacking systemic racism” in the “racially biased” criminal justice system. Let’s follow up by examining Booker’s concern about a “racially biased” criminal justice system. To do that, we can turn to a recent article by Heather Mac Donald, who is a senior fellow at the New York-based Manhattan Institute. She is a contributing editor of City Journal, and a New York Times bestselling author. Her most recent article, “A Platform of Urban Decline,” which appeared in Manhattan Institute’s publication Eye On The News, addresses race and crime. She reveals government statistics you’ve never read before. According to leftist rhetoric, whites pose a severe, if not mortal, threat to blacks. Mac Donald says that may have once been true, but it is no longer so today. To make her case, she uses the latest Bureau of Justice Statistics 2018 survey of criminal victimization. Mac Donald writes: “According to the study, there were 593,598 interracial violent victimizations (excluding homicide) between blacks and whites last year, including white-on-black and black-on-white attacks. Blacks committed 537,204 of those interracial felonies, or 90 percent, and whites committed 56,394 of them, or less than 10 percent. That ratio is becoming more skewed, despite the Democratic claim of Trump-inspired white violence. In 2012-13, blacks committed 85 percent of all interracial victimizations between blacks and whites; whites committed 15 percent. From 2015 to 2018, the total number of white victims and the incidence of white victimization have grown as well.” There are other stark figures not talked about often. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting for 2018, of the homicide victims for whom race was known, 53.3% were black, 43.8% were white and 2.8% were of other races. In cases where the race of the offender was known, 54.9% were black, 42.4% were white, and 2.7% were of other races. White and black liberals, who claim that blacks face a “mortal threat” from the “white supremacist in the White House” are perpetuating a cruel hoax. The primary victims of that hoax are black people. We face the difficult, and sometimes embarrassing, task of confronting reality. Mac Donald says that Barack Obama’s 2008 Father’s Day speech in Chicago would be seen today as an “unforgivable outburst of white supremacy.” Here’s what Obama told his predominantly black audience in a South Side church: “If we are honest with ourselves,” too many fathers are “missing — missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men.” Then-Senator Obama went on to say, “Children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and 20 times more likely to end up in prison.” White liberals deem that any speaker’s references to personal responsibility brands the speaker as bigoted. Black people cannot afford to buy into the white liberal agenda. White liberals don’t pay the same price. They don’t live in neighborhoods where their children can get shot simply sitting on their porches. White liberals don’t go to bed with the sounds of gunshots. White liberals don’t live in neighborhoods that have become economic wastelands. Their children don’t attend violent schools where they have to enter through metal detectors. White liberals help the Democratic Party maintain political control over cities, where many black residents live in despair, such as Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit, Chicago. Black people cannot afford to remain fodder for the liberal agenda. With that in mind, we should not be a one-party people in a two-party system. Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

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NATION & WORLD UK Conservatives defending policy-light election platform By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON — Britain’s governing Conservative Party was striving on Monday to defend an election platform that is light on policy proposals, as it tries to maintain its poll lead before the nation votes in less than three weeks. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s party is campaigning on a promise to “get Brexit done” by taking

Britain out of the European Union on the currently scheduled date of Jan. 31, if it wins the Dec. 12 election. “When we get Brexit done, believe me we will unleash a tide of investment into this country,” Johnson told supporters as he campaigned Monday in north Wales. All 650 seats in the House of Commons are up for grabs in the election, which is taking place

more than two years early. Johnson sought the early vote in hopes of winning a majority and breaking Britain’s political impasse over Brexit. The Conservatives lead the main opposition Labour Party in opinion polls, and the governing party is taking a cautious approach in the remaining 17 days of the campaign. On Sunday, the Conservatives published an election manifes-

to — the bedrock of British parties’ election campaigns — that is light on plans for the country beyond Brexit. It includes voter-friendly promises to fill potholes and scrap some hospital parking charges, and commits to a modest increase in public spending, though far less than that proposed by Labour. Labour, under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn, has set out plans for a radical expansion of public spending and state ownership if it wins the election. The Conservatives also promised to increase the number of nurses working in the state-funded health service by 50,000 within six years — though part of that increase is set to be achieved by reducing attrition rather than train-

ing and hiring new medics. On Sunday, Johnson promised that he would begin the process of getting his Brexit deal through Parliament before Christmas, so that British families could “enjoy their festive-season free from the seemingly unending Brexit boxset drama.” The government said Monday that lawmakers will return to Parliament on Dec. 17. If Johnson is reelected, the government will introduce its legislative agenda two days later in a speech delivered by Queen Elizabeth II. If Labour wins or there is an uncertain outcome, the queen’s speech is unlikely to be held until January, when Britain will — once again — be facing a looming Brexit deadline.

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SPORTS

Appalachian State eyes New Year’s Six bowl, B3

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Brock Miller and the Wolfpack will host Dazz Newsome and the Tar Heels at Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday as NC State tries to deny UNC a shot at playing in a bowl.

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Charlotte celebrates first bowl berth after sixth win Charlotte Charlotte is bowl eligible for the first time. The 49ers secured that prize with a 24-13 win over Marshall on Saturday, the team’s fourth straight win and sixth on the season. Charlotte began play in 2013 and went 12-36 in its first four seasons under Brad Lambert. Will Healy replaced Lambert in the offseason, and the first-year coach celebrated the school’s first bowl berth with a locker room party that included Healy dancing shirtless while wearing the 49ers’ mascot head.

Belk Bowl losing its title sponsor Charlotte This year’s New Year’s Eve bowl game at Bank of America Stadium will be called the Belk Bowl one last time. The Charlotte Sports Foundation announced last week that Belk would no longer be the bowl game’s sponsor after this year’s game, the North Carolinabased department store’s ninth year with naming rights. This year’s game, played Dec. 31 at noon on ESPN, will feature an ACC and SEC team to be named on Dec. 8.

UFC

Two N.C. women featured on Raleigh’s UFC Fight Night card Raleigh Former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will fight Curtis Blaydes on UFC Fight Night on Jan. 25 at PNC Arena. It will be the first time the mixed martial art promotion has come to Raleigh — the UFC was last in North Carolina in January 2018 in Charlotte. The undercard includes a bantamweight fight between Cory Sandhagen and Frankie Edgar, and two women’s fights involving North Carolinians. Oxford native Hannah Cifers will fight Brianna Van Buren in a women’s strawweight fight, while Olympic wrestling silver medalist Sara McMann — who wrestled at McDowell High School in Marion — will face Sweden’s Lina Länsberg in a women’s bantamweight match.

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In this photo taken on June 12, 2014, the Burlington Athletic Stadium stands ready for the start of the Burlington Royals minor league baseball season. Burlington is one of 42 teams poised to be contracted in Major League Baseball’s effort to cut costs.

MLB’s plan to eliminate minor league teams hits North Carolina Four million fans attended games for teams on chopping block, including the Burlington Royals

By Shawn Krest North State Journal At the end of “Bull Durham,” the movie that encapsulated life in the minor leagues, Crash Davis is summoned into the manager’s office. Still shirtless and dripping wet from the shower, Crash learns that he’s being released so the team can make room for “some kid hitting .300 in Bluefield.” Perhaps one reason that screenwriter Ron Shelton chose that particular team to provide the player that made Crash expendable is that he was once a kid in Bluefield, West Virginia, although he only hit .250 during his 1967 season with the team. Eleven years later, another kid — future Hall of Famer Cal Ripken — would fail to hit .300 in Bluefield in his first season of pro ball. Earlier this month, Bluefield was the one who received the bad news about being cut. The Rookie League team in the Appalachian League was one of 42 teams around the country that is on the list to be eliminated by Major League Baseball. With public outcry to pay minor league players more reaching a fever pitch, MLB is taking steps to

The Tar Heels need one more win to become bowl eligible and the rival Wolfpack stand in their way By Brett Friedlander North State Journal

improve the wages of its up-andcoming players. Like many businesses, however, it appears to be responding to a rise in the minimum wage by eliminating jobs. This move would contract nearly a fifth of all minor league franchises. The list of teams to be eliminated includes the Chattanooga Lookouts, who have been a Double-A team since 1885. The often-told legend of a young girl taking the mound and striking out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back? That took place at a Lookouts game in 1931. It includes the Hagerstown Suns, home to Bryce Harper in 2011 and Hall of Famer Jim Palmer nearly five decades earlier; the Frederick Keys, Manny Machado’s team in 2011; the Ogden Raptors, the former team of Hall of Famer Frank Robinson; and the Bristol Pirates, who count among their

RALEIGH — It’s said that misery loves company. And when it comes to heated rivalries, there’s nothing more satisfying than causing a little misery for the opposition. So it is for NC State, which can take some of the sting off being eliminated from bowl contention by helping to keep rival North Carolina home for the holidays as well. The Tar Heels, on the other hand, can return to the postseason for the first time in three years by beating the Wolfpack when they meet on Saturday night. It’s a storyline that has helped add just a little more juice to an already emotional regular season-ending matchup at Carter-Finley Stadium. “(It’s great) to have a rivalry this close together,” State coach Dave Doeren said. “Every one of these games that I’ve been a part of has been very heated. I know how much we want to win. I know how much they want to win. I know what the fans are like, the whole deal.” Doeren’s Wolfpack has won the past three meetings, including an overtime victory in Chapel Hill a year ago. But the roles in this year’s game have been reversed from those of recent vintage. State (4-7, 1-6 ACC) is no longer riding high after two straight nine-win seasons, the result of massive personnel losses to graduation, then injury, while UNC has experienced a resurgence in its first season under new/old coach Mack Brown. Although the Tar Heels are only 5-6 overall (3-4 ACC), every one of their losses thus far has come down to the final possession or beyond. That includes two overtime defeats and one tantalizingly close near-upset against defending national champion Clemson back in September. As satisfying as the season has been after winning a combined five games over the final two seasons of former coach Larry Fedora’s tenure, UNC still has some work left to do to reach the six-win plateau necessary for bowl eligibility. “It’s funny, it’s been such an up and down year (that) it’s a great feeling that we’re in this position to go to a bowl, it’s also a bit disappointing that we’ve had so many opportunities against a Virginia Tech, who will play for the Coastal (Division title) against Virginia this week,” Brown said. “Against Virginia, against Pittsburgh, we’ve had those opportunities.

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“I am concerned this decision sets a dangerous precedent that no Minor League team is safe.” U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.)

“It’s one of those games you’ve got to show up and play. Nobody cares what happened in the previous 11 weeks.” Dave Doeren, NC State coach

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Former NC Central defensive back Mike Jones and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers won their first Canadian Football League Grey Cup with a 33-12 win Sunday over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Jones had an interception, five tackles and a big hit on Hamilton’s Brandon Banks — who went to Garner High School — that knocked out the CFL’s top receiver to help Winnipeg end its 28-year championship drought.

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Greg Schiano: The former Rutgers football coach will stay just that. The New Jersey native, who went 68-67 at Rutgers from 20012011 before leaving to be head coach of the NFL’s Buccaneers, was reportedly offered a $32 million contract with $25 million in guarantees to return to the school, but talks between the two sides broke down. Rutgers fired Chris Ash during the season. Travis d’Arnaud: The Braves agreed to a $16 million, twoyear contract with the catcher. The 30-yearold spent most of last season in Tampa Bay, where he rekindled his career by hitting .263 with 16 homers in 92 games. He will get $8 million in each of the next two seasons and agreed to donate $80,000 annually to charity. Mason Rudolph: The Steelers quarterback says he “couldn’t believe” a claim that he used a racial slur against Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett before their altercation in Cleveland. ESPN reported that during his suspension hearing, Garrett told NFL officials that Rudolph had used a racial slur. After Pittsburgh’s win Sunday, Rudolph repeated that he didn’t make any such comment.

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“You keep going to the well, and he keeps getting it done.” Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson on kicker Nick Sciba, who set an NCAA record Saturday with his 32nd straight made field goal.

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Panthers defenseman Keith Yandle kept his streak of 821 consecutive game played going Sunday despite having nine teeth knocked out by a puck to the mouth the previous night in Raleigh in a game against the Hurricanes. Yandle returned in the third period of Carolina’s 4-2 win at PNC Arena.

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Rating for Christian McCaffrey in EA Sports’ video game Madden 20, the youngest player ever to achieve the top rating in the game. The 23-yearold is just the sixth running back to earn a 99, joining Marshall Faulk, Chris Johnson, Adrian Peterson, Barry Sanders and LaDainian Tomlinson.

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Former Carolina Panthers quarterback Taylor Heinicke has finally found a new home — in the XFL. Heinicke, who played six games with the Panthers last season, signed with the XFL’s St. Louis BattleHawks last week as the rebooted league prepares to start play in February. Heinicke was released by the Panthers in late August.

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Former Duke star Shane Battier was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Battier, who was National Player of the Year on the Blue Devils’ championship team in 2001, was part of a nineman class that included Indiana’s Calbert Chaney, UNLV’s Larry Johnson, and coaches Lute Olson and Rick Majerus.

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Safe travels: Cutcliffe’s security shadow preparing for final game State Trooper Brian Moseley has been assigned to the Duke coach for eight years By Shawn Krest North State Journal DURHAM — Every time David Cutcliffe has taken the field for Duke, he’s had a shadow. As Coach Cut makes his way through the smoke, with pyrotechnics exploding on either side of him, he’s surrounded by dozens of much larger athletes, wearing pads and running much faster, filled with game-time energy, and one other person. A step behind him, off to one side, eyes shaded by a widebrimmed hat and trained on the stands, is a member of the North Carolina Highway Patrol. For the last eight years, Cutcliffe’s shadow has been Trooper Brian Moseley. Saturday’s home game against Miami will be his last game in the job, as he informed Cutcliffe last week that he would be stepping down to spend more time with his family. “He’s a great husband,” Cutcliffe said. “He’s a great dad. He’s got three children, pretty small, all 11 and under.” The kids are decidedly not on board with the decision. “I told Coach Cut, they told me, ‘Don’t give up football, Daddy. Don’t give it up!’” Moseley said. “I told them sometimes in life, you know when it’s time for a change, hopefully to benefit yourself. I think it’s time for me to step down and let somebody else take my place and have the opportunity I’ve had and some of the great moments that Duke University and Coach Cutcliffe have provided me with.” Cutcliffe is not unique. Just about every college football coach gets a police escort — a trooper who is assigned to him for game day — for security. He’ll clear a

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Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall, left, talks with Duke coach David Cutcliffe while State Trooper Brian Moseley — Cutcliffe’s game-day escort — looks on. path through the sometimes-chaotic post-game scene on the field and make sure that the trips down the tunnel in both directions are uneventful. “Basically, just make sure that Coach has safe travels,” he said. “On and off the field, to the stadium, around Duke (for home games), doing the Duke Walk, make sure there’s no threats to his safety and the players’ also.” Moseley also accompanies Duke on the road. That’s obviously a bit more difficult with a crowd that’s less friendly to having Cutcliffe and the Blue Devils there, as well as the unfamiliar environment. “You’re not used to it,” he said of the road venues. “Some of the ACC

“We don’t want anything that’s going to turn out bad. We’re here to try to read and prevent stuff from happening.” State Trooper Brian Moseley teams, we go to those places every other year, but the teams that we don’t play often, you have to learn their facilities — different stuff, like where the coach is going to for his press conferences. I’ll ask when we get there, ‘Hey, where’s the

press room?’ I’ll locate different exits, safety measures like that.” So far, Moseley hasn’t had any situations get out of hand — no overly aggressive fans or projectiles from the stands. “We’ve had some little minor situations, but nothing to that degree,” he said. “That’s what we want. We don’t want anything that’s going to turn out bad. We’re here to try to read and prevent stuff like that from happening.” Strangely, for much of the day, Moseley is off the clock and can enjoy an up-close view of the game. “We stay on the sideline,” he said, “and, of course, a few minutes before the game or half ends, we’ll find Coach and help escort him off the field.”

Appalachian State still holding out hope for spot in New Year’s Six bowl

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The Mountaineers need to win out and get some help to earn the Sun Belt its first bid in a major bowl By Brett Friedlander North State Journal Appalachian State beat Texas State 35-13 on Saturday to clinch its spot atop the Sun Belt East Division standings and a trip to the conference championship game in two weeks. But those aren’t the only standings and postseason opportunities the Mountaineers are keeping their eyes on these days. Coach Eliah Drinkwitz and his players might not have been glued to their television or computer screens when the weekly College Football Playoff rankings were announced on Tuesday. But you can rest assured that they were keenly aware of where their team landed. It’s not that the Mountaineers hold out any hope of making it into the College Football Playoff. Their focus is more toward the middle and bottom of the poll, where they are in competition with several other so-called Group of Five teams for the most coveted prize available to a program affiliated with either the Sun Belt, American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mid-American or Mountain West. A bid to a New Year’s Six bowl game. It’s the compromise made by the CFP for unofficially shutting non-Power 5 schools — including an undefeated Central Florida two seasons ago — out of the fourteam national championship playoff process. The Group of Five conference champion that’s ranked highest in the final CFP rankings earns an automatic bid to one of college football’s prestige bowls. This year, it happens to be the Cotton Bowl in suburban Dallas. Given App State’s current resume, combined with its success over the previous four seasons since its move up to the FBS, it would seem to be a no-brainer for Drinkwitz’s 10-1 team to earn that spot if it runs the table and wins another Sun Belt title rather than making a return trip to the New

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Appalachian State has a chance to be the first Sun Belt team to earn a bid to a New Year’s Six bowl. Orleans Bowl. The Mountaineers deserve better than that, but, apparently, they still haven’t earned enough of the national name recognition required for such rewards. Just as Alabama — and anyone else in the SEC — Ohio State and, to a lesser extent, Clemson are given most favored program status when it comes to the top of the CFP rankings, there is also a similar pecking order among the usual suspects of the second tier of schools. That’s why Cincinnati, Memphis and Boise State are all ranked higher than the Mountaineers despite similar records with one week remaining in the regular season. The knock against App State is that it plays in a weaker conference than the Bearcats and Tigers of the AAC, and that Boise State has proven itself time and again against big boy competition. It is a fact that the AAC is strong this season and that both Cincinnati (against UCLA) and Memphis (against Ole Miss) boast wins against P5 opponents. And Boise is a perennial contender that is playing well again. But is the Sun Belt really that

.773 Appalachian State’s winning percentage since moving up to FBS in 2015, including 21-3 (.875) the last two seasons.

much less competitive than, say, the Mountain West? Or is it simply better known because of Boise’s sustained run of success? The latter scenario is why many of the Mountaineers’ rivals are pulling for them to get the New Year’s Six Bowl. “I’d like to see (them) make a run at it because it’s putting a name for the Sun Belt,” Texas State coach Jake Spavital said after Saturday’s game. “I do think this is a really good league.” For everything it has going against it, App State does have one accomplishment none of the other challengers for the Cotton Bowl bid can match. That is its two vic-

Between the entrance and exit, however? “I’m watching the game,” he said. “Once we get down (to the field), because we have event staff. My main thing is getting on and off the field, watching what’s going on around him.” Moseley will have a say in choosing his successor, just like the previous trooper assigned to Duke got to recommend him. “I told him, if he ever gave it up, to let me know,” Moseley said. “So he was getting ready to be promoted and called me to say, ‘If you’re still interested…’ It went from there. I talked it over with my wife and ended up taking it.” Cutcliffe could have obviously vetoed the decision and picked his own security detail, but, as is often the case with the Duke coach, he trusted the people around him. “Of course, ultimately, Coach has got to approve whoever comes in,” Moseley said, “but he kind of went along with what the other trooper said. He knew he would lead him in the right direction.” Now, eight years later, leading Cutcliffe in the right direction will be the responsibility of another trooper, as Moseley leaves with memories. “I’m a big Duke fan, so it worked out great,” he said. “There have been so many memories. I was talking with Coach about it earlier. I got to visit New Mexico, when we were in El Paso for the (Sun) Bowl. I’ve been to California — got to see the Golden Gate Bridge. “Something that meant a lot to me, personally. I lost my dad when I was 8 years old, and he was a Yankees fan. We went to the Pinstripe Bowl, and we were the home team, so we used the Yankees locker room. That was probably the most meaningful moment to me.” Late Saturday afternoon, when David Cutcliffe is safely in the Duke locker room, his office in the football building or in his car headed home, his shadow will head off in a separate direction. “I just want to recognize how much we appreciate him as a man and as a public servant,” Cutcliffe said. “You are the kind of person we want to serve the state of North Carolina. So Brian, thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.”

tories against P5 competition, both on the road against schools from the ACC and SEC. It should be noted that the Mountaineers could have avoided their current predicament by beating Georgia Southern at home on Halloween Night. But even with that unexpected hiccup, there’s still a scenario that will get them to Dallas on Dec. 28. They just need a little help. The good news is Cincinnati and Memphis play each other this week, so one of them will lose. In a perfect world, the Tigers will beat the Bearcats then reverse the result the following week when they meet again in the conference championship game. They also need Boise to lose either its regular season finale against Colorado State or the Mountain West title game against Hawaii. All the above will only matter, of course, if the Mountaineers take care of the one element they can actually control by winning out. If they can, it will be up to the CFP committee to decide where they fall in the final rankings. You can bet that’s a show Drinkwitz and his players will be tuning in to watch.

“The next step of our program, I thought, was to play to a standard last weekend (against Mercer), and we did that. Now the next step is that we have to win these games that are close. We’ve won some, but we’ve lost more than we’ve won and that’s disappointing. But we really need to finish well, and I think the guys (are) ready for this challenge.” The one thing that is certain about Saturday’s matchup is that there doesn’t seem to be as much contentiousness among the opposing coaches as there was when Fedora was the man in charge of the Tar Heels. Doeren insisted Monday that he and the former UNC coach had a good relationship. But it was clear from the rhetoric of their byplay that there was never any love lost between them. Whether it’s the respect Doeren has for Brown or the fact his team is now the underdog, the Wolfpack coach was much more reserved than in past years in his comments about the Tar Heels and the rivalry. “It doesn’t matter what your record is. It doesn’t matter what your injuries are. None of that matters,” he said. “I mean, last year they were a team that hadn’t won a lot of games and took us to overtime, with nine wins. We went up there a few years ago and they had 10 wins and we were fighting to get into a bowl game, and we killed them. “It’s one of those games you’ve got to show up and play. Nobody cares what happened in the previous 11 weeks. It’s about what happens on that Saturday.” While Brown agreed with the premise that records don’t really matter when it comes to rivalries, adding that games like this “are fun games,” he couldn’t help but throw just a little bit of shade by invoking the words of basketball counterpart Roy Williams. “I think what you do is show your rivals respect,” Brown said. “You can have cute things to say, (such as) the school over there – you know Roy calls them ‘State College’ because he’s beaten them so much. We haven’t beaten them, (so) it’s hard for me to do any of that but have respect because they’ve beaten us.”

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Johnson ready to end NASCAR grind The seven-time Cup Series champion will step away from full-time racing after the 2020 season By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press

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The Hurricanes’ Dougie Hamilton leads all NHL defensemen in goals (10) and is tied for second with 25 points.

Canes’ defense won’t rest Carolina’s blue line leads the NHL in goals scored By Cory Lavalette North State Journal RALEIGH — “It’s a cornerstone for our group, for sure. It’s defense first. Defend, but when they get a chance, they’ve got the green light.” That was Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour after his team won its second game of the season, a 4-3 overtime victory at home over Tampa Bay that included three goals from the coach’s “cornerstone” stable of defensemen. While getting three goals a night from the back end is setting a bar a bit high, the Hurricanes’ defense hasn’t slowed much through Sunday’s 2-0 road win over the Red Wings. Carolina’s 20 goals by defensemen in the first 24 games are the most of any team in the NHL, with only the Rangers — 17 goals in their first 21 games — within shouting distance of the Hurricanes. “Roddy just encourages us to just step in — obviously, in a smart way, but he encourages us to get into the play and keep pucks in and shoot whenever we can,” defenseman Brett Pesce said Saturday after he scored his third goal of the season to trigger a comeback win over the Panthers. “And I think we’ve done a pretty good job of that all year.” The Hurricanes have gotten a goal from their blue line in 13 of the team’s games this season, including five games with more than one goal from the D. And many of them have been from early-season Norris Trophy candidate Dougie Hamilton. Hamilton’s 10 goals lead the NHL, and the 26-year-old has done it with a goal in 10 different games, giving Carolina a consistent attack from the defense. Washington defenseman John Carlson had otherworldly 36 points through the weekend, but

MINORS from page B1 alumni Hall of Famer Alan Trammell and current head of the MLB Players Association Tony Clark, who will be presumably involved in the negotiations to implement this plan. These aren’t failing teams who were struggling to keep a head above water. Frederick drew 263,568 fans last year, just 1,300 behind Carolina League attendance leader Winston-Salem. The Daytona Tortugas finished second in the Florida State League in attendance and drew more than twice as many fans as five other teams in the league. Overall, the 42 death row teams drew 3.99 million fans last year, more than any team in MLB. These also aren’t teams whose communities won’t support a new stadium. Nearly a quarter of the teams — 10 of the 42 — have built new stadiums since 2000. Twenty-two — more than half — play in parks that are younger than 25 years old. There are also teams that play in historic buildings. Vermont plays in a stadium built in 1922. Williamsport’s was built in 1926. Hagerstown’s stadium was constructed in 1930, as was Jackie Robinson Ballpark, home to Daytona Beach.

Hamilton was tied with Colorado rookie phenom Cale Makar for the second-most points by a defenseman with 25. To give some perspective on just how many points that is at this point in the season, 13 NHL teams didn’t have two defensemen totaling 25 points through Sunday’s games, and three more were tied with Hamilton’s total. The top four scoring defensemen on the Blackhawks — Erik Gustafsson (7), Olli Maatta (7), Duncan Keith (6) and your choice of Brent Seabrook or Calvin de Haan (both 4) — only have 24 total points among them. So, yes, Hamilton has been really, really good. “It starts with Dougie,” Pesce said. “He’s been unbelievable. It’s impressed me how well he’s playing defensively, too.” And that’s the other part: Hamilton’s responsible defensive play has allowed Brind’Amour to play his most dangerous defender more often because he hasn’t had to worry about as many careless mistakes ending up in the Carolina net.

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Hurricanes defenseman Joel Edmundson (6) gets congratulated on his goal by teammate Martin Necas during a Nov. 11 win over the Senators in Ottawa.

Overall, 22 states will lose minor league teams. That includes Utah, which loses two of the three that played in the state, and Montana, which loses all three of the teams it had. Vermont loses its only team. Tennessee loses six of its nine, West Virginia three of its four. Twenty-eight of the 30 MLB teams drop at least one affiliate. Cincinnati loses four and Kansas City three. The lower minor leagues suffered the brunt of the cuts. Seventeen of the teams slated for elimination are from the Rookie League. Another 11 are short-season Class A teams. There are 10 full-season A League teams and four Double-A franchises. The New York-Penn League will lose nine of its 14 teams. The Pioneer League will lose all eight of its teams. The Appalachian League loses nine of its 10 teams, including North Carolina’s Burlington Royals — a team with 60 years of history that was home to Luis Tiant, Manny Ramirez, CC Sabathia and Jim Thome. North Carolina U.S. Rep. Mark Walker (R-6), whose district includes Burlington, was one of 100 members of Congress to sign a letter to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred last week expressing “firm opposition” to the decision to

“I feel like Roddy and our staff kind of want us to err on the side of aggressiveness, and that’s huge for us. Brett Pesce, Hurricanes defenseman Hamilton is playing 43 more seconds a night at even strength (17:33 last season to 18:10 now) through 24 games, along with 64 seconds more power play time per game (up to 2:56 from 1:52) and a prominent role on the penalty kill, where he is playing 2:04 this season after logging just 20:41 in all of the 2018-19 campaign. But it’s more than just Hamilton. Pesce is on pace for his first double-digit goal year, while Joel Edmundson and Haydn Fleury — who had two and zero goals, respectively, last season — each have already scored twice. Jaccob Slavin has proved a reliable foil to Hamilton, making it easier for his partner to jump into the play, plus Slavin is usually good for about eight goals a year and is right around that pace again. But, as Pesce said, the Hurricanes’ offense from the bank end is triggered by Hamilton — and more than 120 games into his time in Raleigh, No. 19 has let his instincts take over. “Just reading and reacting,” Hamilton said of his game-winning goal Saturday against the Panthers, where he came off the bench and immediately cruised into the slot to make himself available for a pass from Teuvo Teravainen. “I think just kind of hoping that the puck would somehow find me … and I just tried to shoot it.” The end result? Goals. Lots of them.

CONCORD — Jimmie Johnson handed out mini bottles of Patron at his retirement announcement — so perfectly on-brand for the cool Californian who stormed to a record-tying seven NASCAR championships yet somehow bored fans who found him too vanilla for their liking. Nothing about Johnson was ever boring, though. Certainly not as the unknown Xfinity Series driver in 2000 who slammed headfirst into a foam wall at Watkins Glen, climbed from the wreckage and raised his arms in triumph from the roof of his car. Or the time he tried to prove he could surf on top of a moving golf cart, only to fall and break his wrist weeks after winning his first championship. Horseplay at The Palms Casino with crew chief Chad Knaus after title No. 4 left both scrambling on the floor searching for a misplaced championship ring. Now 44, Johnson has made friends with celebrities from practically every industry — musicians, actors, athletes, artists — and is legendary for a work hard, play hard mantra. His love of tequila is well-known, and the bottles celebrating him Thursday were a nod to the seven Patron toasts he did with his team during every championship celebration. His work ethic made him the best NASCAR driver of much of the last two decades, and his desire to play a bit more certainly led to his decision to retire after the 2020 season. He said Thursday he made the decision earlier this fall and was at peace with it. He said he is committed to chasing a record eighth championship next year — but ready to take a break and spend more time with his family. “This is not a retirement from driving race cars, this is slowing down from 38 races,” Johnson said, noting the length of the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. “A little more balance is really where that sits. This is not retirement from racing, this is stepping down for the 38 races and the commitment it takes to being competitive. I look forward to what might develop. I feel like I need to take a deep breath and see what comes from there, put my family first instead of racing first and see where that takes us.” Making his 19th season the last one as a full-time racer was a decision Johnson has pondered for much of the year. He’s a planner, a processor, and wanted to figure out his plans by the end of this season. He visited team owner Rick Hendrick in late October — “every time one of these drivers calls me and wants to come to my house, I know that’s not a good situation,” Hendrick quipped — and discussed his decision with Jeff Gordon, the four-time champion who

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Hagerstown Suns first baseman Ryan Ripken, the son of Hall-ofFamer Cal Ripken Jr., left, tosses the ball back to the infield on April 7, 2016, in Hagerstown, Md. The Suns are among the teams that could be folded under Major League Baseball’s plan to reduce the number of minor league teams by nearly one-fifth. eliminate teams. “These professional baseball clubs are vital components of our communities because they provide affordable, family-friendly entertainment to members of our communities, support scores of allied businesses, employ thousands of individuals, donate millions of

dollars in charitable funds, and connect our communities to Major League Baseball,” the letter stated. Reps. David Price (D-4), Dan Bishop (R-9), Alma Adams (D-12) and Ted Budd (R-13) also signed it. So did Rep. Richard Hudson (R-8), who said in a separate statement, “Minor League Baseball plays a

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believed enough in Johnson to convince Hendrick to build a team around the unknown driver all those years ago. He made his decision public Wednesday, the same day he told his two daughters over breakfast and tried to show them a video detailing his decision. Six-year-old Lydia was more interested in her pancakes. “She could not be bothered by the video and wanted me to pass the butter,” Johnson said. He said 9-year-old Evie is still “processing” the retirement, and the girls helped introduce Johnson at his news conference at Hendrick Motorsports. Flanked by a childhood dirt bike, a dune buggy, his famed No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet from his first championship and his current car sponsored by Ally, he was surrounded by those instrumental in his career. The audience included wife Chandra, former crew chief Knaus, current crew chief Cliff Daniels, NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton and Gordon. Johnson sat alongside Hendrick on a stage backdropped with photos from his championship seasons. Johnson’s seven titles are tied with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr. for the most in NASCAR Cup Series history, and his five straight championships from 2006 through 2010 are unprecedented. His 83 career victories are tied with Cale Yarborough for sixth all-time, and two more wins would move him into fourth behind Gordon’s 93 victories. But he’s mired in a 95-race winless streak spanning more than two years, had two crew chief changes this season and has been slow in the new car Chevrolet rolled out in 2018. Chevy has yet another new model set for competition next season, and Johnson is the grizzled veteran on a Hendrick lineup of Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman and William Byron. Johnson said his decision is not based on performance. “It’s had very little to do on making the decision,” Johnson said. “There’s a feeling I’ve been waiting for, I didn’t know when or why, but it did. In my heart of hearts, it is not because of how we ran the last two years.” Hendrick is hopeful a time will come in which fans will embrace the excellence they saw for so many years from Johnson. He could never understand why the driver wasn’t more popular. “Sometimes people didn’t respect him because he was too perfect,” Hendrick said. “He could do it and be a gentleman, and race people clean. This guy was an unbelievable athlete, father ... the stats speak for themselves, but people are going to remember the man, Jimmie Johnson.”

tremendous role in our local communities — generating economic growth, boosting tourism and supporting jobs. While preliminary reports point to only one North Carolina team on the chopping block. I am concerned this decision sets a dangerous precedent that no Minor League team is safe. I am proud to help lead this effort to protect the communities in our state — like Fayetteville and Kannapolis in my district — that enjoy Minor League Baseball and have invested in facilities and infrastructure.” In his own letter to the commissioner, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a Democratic candidate for president, was less measured in his opposition. “Shutting down 25 percent of Minor League Baseball teams, as you have proposed, would be an absolute disaster for baseball fans, workers and communities throughout the country,” Sanders wrote. “Not only would your extreme proposal destroy thousands of jobs and devastate local economies, it would be terrible for baseball.” The current agreement between MLB and the minor leagues doesn’t expire until after next season, so there still may be some changes to the plan during the upcoming months of negotiations.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Testifying to Congress this month, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sent a message seldom heard from his predecessors: That the Fed should consider the struggles of the lowest-income Americans in setting its interest-rate policies. “We want to remind ourselves,” Powell said, “that prosperity isn’t experienced in all communities. Low- and moderate-income communities in many cases are just starting to feel the benefits of this expansion.” It wasn’t the first time Powell had sounded that theme of late. At a news conference in July, he noted that pay had begun rising fastest for lower-skilled workers, a shift from earlier in the economic expansion. “This underscores for us the importance of sustaining the expansion so that the strong job market reaches more of those left behind,” he said. The notion that the Fed should try to sustain the expansion to help the most disadvantaged people might seem self-evident. But throughout its history, the Fed, whose mandate is to stabilize prices and maximize employment, has rarely expressed the need to suit its policies to benefit the least fortunate. With the economy expanding for an 11th year and unemployment near a 50-year low, most of Powell’s predecessors would have focused on the threat of high inflation and the possibility of raising rates to forestall it. The prevailing belief has been that addressing economic inequality or poverty is the purview of Congress, not the Fed. Powell still says the Fed’s main focus is the health of the job market and the stability of prices. But as he nears the end of his second year as chairman, he has increasingly opened the door to the idea that the Fed can also lift up those

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who still struggle years after an economic expansion has boosted the fortunes of most Americans. One driver of that change is an outreach effort the Fed launched a year ago as part of a review of its financial tools and strategy. The outreach has included 14 meetings between Fed officials and representatives from labor unions, educators and community development groups. Many participants have told Fed officials that despite entrenched poverty in some areas of the country, more disadvantaged Americans are finally finding jobs and making economic progress. On Monday, in a working-class neighborhood in East Hartford, Connecticut, Powell and Eric Rosengren, president of Boston Federal Reserve Bank, will visit a career development program and meet with residents to get a closer look at their challenges. Back in August, at an annual gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Powell began his speech by observing how the U.S. economic expansion — the longest on record — was finally benefiting working people, through higher pay and more plentiful job opportunities. His speech took some economists by surprise. “It is almost inconceivable that Powell’s predecessors would have begun an important talk on monetary policy this way,” Dean Baker, an economist at the progressive Center for Economic and Policy Research, later wrote in a column that called Powell a “Labor Day hero.” “Powell has explicitly made the plight of the poor and working class part of the Fed’s agenda,” Baker wrote. Janet Yellen, Powell’s immediate predecessor, had begun to raise these issues during her tenure. At the 2016 Jackson Hole conference, some of Yellen’s deputies met with members of “Fed Up,” an organization that advocates for low rates to support economic

growth and hiring. But Stephanie Aaronson, director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution and a former Fed economist, said Powell has linked Fed policy more explicitly to issues like inequality. Ben Bernanke, who preceded Yellen as Fed chair, spoke about economic inequality, but his stated remedies were in areas outside the Fed’s reach, like education and job training. And in the past when Fed officials would meet with community groups, they tended to discuss issues that only indirectly help the economically disadvantaged — fairness in bank lending, for example. The Fed’s current outreach “is actually about monetary policy — and that does make it really different from the usual types of interactions that the Fed has with community groups,” Aaronson said. Aaronson co-authored research this spring that found that a persistently-low unemployment rate can significantly narrow employment gaps between whites and African-Americans and Latinos. Her research also found that the narrowing of that gap accelerated as unemployment fell further. J.W. Mason, an assistant professor at John Jay College, said that Fed officials haven’t often acknowledged that their policies have varying consequences for different socioeconomic groups. Many economists have long argued, for example, that when the Fed raises rates to try to stop prices from accelerating, it risks hindering the kind of robust job market that disproportionately helps disadvantaged workers. “It’s not just about the whole economy,” Mason said. “It’s about who’s benefiting. It’s always been true, but people didn’t want to acknowledge it.” In some ways, Powell has more flexibility than most of his predeSee FED, page C2

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Forest City’s Magical Holiday Lights If you find yourself in western North Carolina for Thanksgiving, you’re in for a treat after the feast. That night, things get merry in downtown Forest City — favorite winter tunes sung by a local quartet lead into the town’s annual tree lighting at 7 p.m. And this isn’t just a single Christmas tree. This is an astoundingly festive display of lights strung ’round live oak trees and hanging overhead throughout downtown. No matter what you celebrate, you’re sure to light up with joy. The Hometown Holidays celebration dates back to 1930, when the Rutherford County public power community hung its first set of lights on a mere two trees. Today, the magical display takes over the town to create spellbinding, twinkly holiday cheer straight from a Hallmark movie. It all begins Thanksgiving night for the lighting ceremony from 6-9 p.m. But you can bundle up and enjoy the lights any night free of charge, or enjoy other events all December long. Fridays beginning December 6, there will be hayrides, ice skating, and live music; Saturdays beginning December 7, there will be carriage rides! That’s only some of the fun to be had. See the full festive lineup at www.townofforestcity.com/ forest-city-christmas.

North State Journal for Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Average US price of gas drops 3 cents per gallon to $2.66 Camarillo, Calif. The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline has dipped 3 cents per gallon to $2.66 over the past two weeks. North Carolina motorists continue to see below-average prices for regular unleaded at $2.41, according to AAA Carolinas. North Carolina’s average is down 17 cents from this time last year. South Carolina’s average is down 12 cents on the year. According to Tiffany Wright, AAA Carolinas spokesperson, “Motorists are likely to see continued fluctuation at the pump, but not major increases in the weeks to follow.” Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday retail gas prices may continue to drop a few more pennies in late November as gasoline demand decreases when the work commute is interrupted by the holiday season, combined with seasonally inclement weather. The average U.S. price of mid-grade gasoline is $2.96 per gallon, and premium is $3.20. The highest average price in the nation for regulargrade gas is $3.89 per gallon in San Francisco. The lowest average is $2.10 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The average price of diesel is $3.07, down a fraction of a penny. North Carolina’s average of $2.41 is up one cent on the week, and three cents on the month, but down 17 cents from this time last year. South Carolina’s $2.28 average is up two cents on the week and three cents on the month, but down 12 cents on the year.

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GM building new plant in Ohio to make engine components Brookville, Ohio General Motors is building a $175 million plant in Ohio to produce truck engine components that will employ about 100 people. Plant construction is underway and is expected to be completed by the end of next year in the Dayton suburb of Brookville. The GM-DMAX plant will make components for Duramax diesel truck engines, supplying a nearby DMAX engine plant in Moraine. The Ohio-built diesel engines will go into the new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra heavy duty trucks, the Dayton Daily News reported. GM’s executive vice president of global manufacturing, Gerald Johnson, said Thursday that the Moraine DMAX plant has been operating at high capacity to meet growing demand for the Duramax engine. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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FED from page C1 cessors to keep rates low. Low inflation makes it easier to hold down borrowing costs. And the political environment has changed. Bernanke and Yellen were frequently criticized by Republicans in Congress for their low-rate policies. But with President Donald Trump regularly attacking Powell for not cutting rates faster, the chairman faces little pressure from Capitol Hill to reverse course. David Wilcox, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a former top Fed staffer, noted that as Fed chairman, Alan Greenspan took a famous risk in the late 1990s: His belief was that an acceleration in worker productivity would allow him to keep rates low and let unemployment fall steeply. Most economists believe the risk paid off, as unemployment fell below 4% without spurring inflation. But Greenspan “never articulated any particular concern about reaching into communities that had been previously hard hit,” Wilcox said. “That was not a part of Greenspan’s rhetoric.”

BOSTON — We’re nearing the end of 2019 and thus everyone has a smartphone. It’s a given. We use them for everything: buying stuff, making plans, taking pictures, playing games, listening to music, getting directions, sharing pictures, arguing about politics with people you barely remember from high school. For most people, the smartphone is the first thing we look at when we wake up and the last thing we look at when we fall asleep. Let’s leave the social implications of that for another day and just all agree that iPhones and Androids are ubiquitous and that if we don’t have them within arm’s reach at all times, we get a little antsy. That’s why the first thing I look for in every car I test drive is whether there’s a good place to put my phone. Car development cycles are very long, perhaps a half-decade these days, and it’s easy to tell when an older vehicle wasn’t designed with today’s smartphones in mind. It might be because it has a nicely designed space for the iPhone 4 that is wildly inadequate for today’s monster iPhone Pro SuperMax. It might be because there is a single USB port when there should be five times that number — note to car designers, one per seat at least, please. And then sometimes I slide behind the wheel of a car that isn’t old, yet still leaves me wondering

“where the heck does my phone go?” This brings us to the 2019 Lexus NX, which is a terrific crossover in nearly every way except for one. You can think of the NX as the Lexus RAV4. It’s the same size as the venerable Toyota crossover, but luxuriously Lexusified. The engine is better, it’s quieter, more comfortable, better equipped, more refined and more expensive. It’s less trucky and boxy. And, on the F Sport version that I tested, it has a switch that adds extra engine noise to the cabin via a dedicated speaker. It’s called Active Sound Control and I like it and if you hate it, you can turn it off via a simple switch on the dash, which is something that all carmakers should do. Other things I like that you might hate include the body-hugging sporty seats, an inexplicable removable mirror that hides a little cubby in the center console, and the clock on the center dash. Then there’s the enormous screen at the top of the button-filled center stack (thanks for still giving us buttons, Lexus), which looks great when you have it plugged into CarPlay (it supports Alexa too!) and terrible when you don’t. There’s a useless storage cubby above the equally useless CD player. There’s also a vestigial analog clock in the middle of the dash. And then there are two cupholders which end up being a smartphone holder because there is literally no other good place to put your phone. Believe me, I checked.

The exterior looks great, though the hourglass front grille is too big in the same way that driving to Florida on I-95 takes too long. The headlights and taillights look sharp and give the NX a nice bit of personality. The 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine is fantastic, as are all Lexus engines, producing 235 horses and 258 lb-ft of torque. Lexus tells me that the engine has fancy valve timing that allows it to start in the Otto cycle and then run in the Atkinson cycle at cruising speeds. I don’t know what any of that means, but they’re pretty smart and they say it makes the car more fuel efficient. EPA estimates put the F Sport NX at 22/27/24 city/highway/combined which isn’t great, but there

is a hybrid version of the NX that gets fuel economy in the 30’s if you’re concerned about such things, though it’s not nearly as F Sporty. My fully-loaded tester landed at $49,348, which is about $10,000 more than the fully-loaded Toyota RAV4 that I drove recently and... it’s worth the extra money. The RAV4 drives like a truck and looks like a truck and feels like a truck. The Lexus NX F Sport feels like a refined sports sedan that happens to be a comfortable luxury crossover. It includes all the good safety and tech stuff I like. It looks good. It’s comfortable and performs well. It’s very competitive with others in its segment. But there’s nowhere to put my phone.

North State Journal for Wednesday, November 27, 2019

entertainment Swift moonwalks past Michael Jackson’s record at American Music Awards The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift has moonwalked past Michael Jackson’s record at the 2019 American Music Awards, taking home six honors including artist of the year and artist of the decade. The pop star, who walked into Sunday night’s show with 23 AMAs, surpassed the King of Pop’s 24 wins at the fan-voted show. She rambled onstage as she won the final award of the night — artist of the year — and repeatedly thanked her fans for always showing up — during both the good and bad times. “This year has been a lot of good, a lot of really complicated, so on behalf of my family and me, thank

you so much for being there and caring,” said Swift, who now has 29 AMAs. It was a family affair at the AMAs: Swift’s father and tearyeyed mom sang along as the singer performed a medley of her hit songs — a performance Swift said in a Nov. 15 social media post was put in jeopardy by Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun, the owners of her master recordings. She didn’t mention the men during her acceptance speeches at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, but did thank her new label for allowing her to freely express herself as an artist. “This album really felt like a new beginning, and I also really love my record label, Univer-

sal and Republic. Monte Lipman, Lucian Grainge, thank you for being so generous to me and allowing me to make whatever music I want to make,” Swift said after winning favorite pop/rock album for “Lover,” her first album not released on Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group. “As a songwriter it’s so thrilling to me that I get to keep doing that.” Swift’s other wins include favorite female pop/rock artist, favorite adult contemporary artist and favorite music video for “You Need to Calm Down.” Other big winners at the AMAs included Khalid and BTS — neither act attended the show but won three prizes. Billie Eilish picked up two

awards — new artist of the year and favorite alternative artist. She also took the stage — surrounded by fire — to perform her song, “All the Good Girls Go to Hell.” Lizzo, who was nominated for three honors but walked away empty handed, screamed at the top of her lungs while performing the ballad “Jerome,” one of several songs from her album that earned her a leading eight Grammy nominations. Christina Aguilera was a vocal powerhouse when she took the stage alongside A Great Big World, and rock icon Ozzy Osbourne — who has been recovering from a bad fall that took place earlier this year — was a highlight as he performed with Post Malone and Tra-

vis Scott. Shania Twain closed the night with a memorable performance. Other nostalgic performances included Toni Braxton and Green Day. Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello heated up the stage as they stood close together while singing “Senorita,” staring in each other’s eyes as they sang from one microphone at times. They even rubbed noses at the end. The pair won collaboration of the year for their No. 1 hit song. Other winners included Dan + Shay, Halsey and Lil Nas X. Top nominee Post Malone took home favorite rap/hip-hip album for “Hollywood’s Bleeding” and Carrie Underwood was appropriately teary-eyed as she won favorite country album for “Cry Pretty.” “It’s been a wonderful year,” Underwood said. Selena Gomez kicked off the AMAs as Swift and Halsey got out of their seats to cheer their pal on. R&B singer Ciara hosted the show, which aired live on ABC.

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Taylor Swift, winner of the artist of the decade award, performs a medley at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

‘Frozen 2’ heats up box office with $127M opening weekend The Associated Press NEW YORK — Six years after “Frozen” kicked up a pop-culture blizzard, the sequel to Elsa, Anna and Olaf’s adventures snowed-in the box office with an estimated $127 million debut domestically and $350.2 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday. The opening for the Walt Disney Co.’s “Frozen 2” buried several records. It’s the highest-grossing debut ever for any animated film globally. It marks a new high in the U.S. and Canada for an animated movie released outside of the summer season. And it’s the largest opening for any Walt Disney Animation Studios release. Disney opted for the week ahead of Thanksgiving to open “Frozen 2,” meaning it will get a significant second week bump from kids out of school. The first “Frozen” opened over Thanksgiving, earning $93 million in five days and $67 million for the threeday weekend. The original, though, quickly grew into a sensation, remaining in the top 10 at the box office for 17 weeks and ultimately grossing $1.27 billion. Propelled in part by the hit song “Let it Go,” “Frozen” begat a flurry of merchandizing, untold numbers of Elsa dresses and a Broadway musical. It won two Academy Awards, for best animated feature and original song. Matching that total gross won’t be easy sledding, but “Frozen 2” has a head start. Cathleen Taff, distribution chief for Disney, granted there’s a “high bar” set by “Frozen,” but she’s confident of the film’s enormous appeal. “We can’t open to a number this big without everybody coming out to see it,” said Taff. “We’re looking forward to a good run through the holidays given kids are going to start getting out of school this

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This image released by Disney shows Elsa, voiced by Idina Menzel, from left, Anna, voiced by Kristen Bell, Kristoff, voiced by Jonathan Groff and Sven in a scene from the animated film, “Frozen 2.” next week.” Reviews and audience reaction have been good for “Frozen 2,” but not as strong as they were for the original. The CinemaScore was Afor “Frozen 2,” whereas “Frozen” yielded an A+. Critics were also a little less taken with the sequel: 75% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, compared to 90% for the original. But scores were still very high, including a 93% Rotten Tomatoes audience rating. Crowds were largely female (59%) but not extremely so. And audiences came out in larger numbers than analysts forecast, especially overseas. The film brings back much of the talent behind the 2013 original, including the voices of Idina Menzel (Elsa), Kristen Bell (Anna)

and Josh Gad (Olaf). Also returning are songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, though the music this time hasn’t been quite as enthusiastically received. And it’s again directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, who’s now the chief creative officer at Disney Animation. “Frozen 2” helped thaw a frigid November box office. The last three weeks have seen a string of films rooted in decades-old intellectual property fizzle, including Warner Bros.’ “Doctor Sleep,” Paramount Pictures’ “Terminator: Dark Fate” and Sony Pictures’ “Charlie’s Angels.” But Elsa could do only so much to move the needle. The weekend was actually down 7% from the

same frame last year, according to data firm Comscore. In 2018, there were simply more big movies in the marketplace, including “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” “Creed II” and “Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald.” Last week’s top film, “Ford v Ferrari” slipped 49% in its second week to a distant second with $16 million. James Mangold’s film, also a Disney release (courtesy of the studio’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox), has grossed $103.8 million worldwide thus far. Starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, the movie has also joined this season’s sped-up Oscar race. (The Academy Awards will be held Feb. 9 this year.) Marielle Heller’s Mister Rog-

ers drama “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” starring Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys, is also in the Oscar mix. It opened in third with $13.5 million. That was roughly on target for the Sony Pictures release, which cost about $25 million to make. It, too, should be positioned to play well through the holidays. Less successful was the crime thriller “21 Bridges,” starring Chadwick Boseman as a police detective who puts Manhattan on lockdown for a manhunt. Up against steep competition for adult audiences, “21 Bridges” raised $9.2 million in tolls for STXfilms, a so-so result for a film that cost $33 million to produce. The film is produced by Anthony and Joseph Russo, whose last movie as directors, “Avengers: Endgame,” did slightly better. Todd Haynes’ legal thriller “Dark Waters” opened in four theaters with a strong per-theater average of $27,467. The Focus Features release, starring Mark Ruffalo, is based on a 2016 New York Times Magazine article about a corporate attorney who sued the Dupont chemical company over the health and environmental effects of a “forever chemical” used by Dupont. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore: 1. “Frozen,” $127 million 2. “Ford v Ferrari,” $16 million 3. “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” $13.5 million. 4. “21 Bridges,” $9.3 million 5. “Midway,” $4.7 million 6. “Playing With Fire,” $4.6 million. 7. “The Good Liar,” $3.8 million. 8. “Charlie’s Angels,” $3.2 million 9. “Last Christmas,” $3 million 10. “Joker,” $2.8 million

North State Journal for Wednesday, November 27, 2019

TAKE NOTICE CABARRUS NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 637 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christopher J. Boltwood to Shapiro & Kreisman, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of November, 2006, and recorded in Book 7190, Page 1, 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

19 SP 556 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 Janice Gladden Perry and Michael Perry to Blaine Weiss, Trustee(s), which was dated March 3, 1999 and recorded on March 11, 1999 in Book 2474 at Page 256, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2019 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus

19 SP 211 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 Marianne W. Geiger and Gerard Geiger a/k/a Gerard R. Geiger to Andrew Valentine, Trustee(s), which was dated October 20, 2006 and recorded on October 23, 2006 in Book 7099 at Page 320, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2019 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus

18 SP 723 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 Sarah E. Hinson to Andrew Valentine, Esq., Trustee(s), which was dated November 15, 2006 and recorded on November 15, 2006 in Book 7152 at Page 317, Cabarrus County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 11, 2019 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying and being in Number Twelve (12) Township of

CUMBERLAND 19 SP 1361 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 Michael Joseph Beach and Brianna E. Beach to First American, Trustee(s), which was dated September 25, 2012 and recorded on September 27, 2012 in Book 09003 at Page 0765, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be fore-

location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on December 2, 2019 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: Lying and being in Number FOUR (4) Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and being Lot Number 97 of STONEWYCK SUBDIVISION, a map of said property being on file in Map Book 25, page 40, Cabarrus County registry, to which reference is hereby made for a complete description thereof as to metes and bounds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1956 Stonewyck Avenue, Kannapolis, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agree-

ment, 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.

County, North Carolina, to wit:

Rockwell, NC 28138.

LYING and BEING in Number Five (5) Township, Cabarrus County, North Carolina on the south side of Sapp Road, and more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the center line of Sapp Road, said point being N. 59-38 E. 61.81 feet from the northern corner of the property of Henry Frank Liske and runs thence N. 59-38 E. 169.12 feet to a point in the center line of Sapp Road, a corner of Madeline Carter Heiligh; thence S. 42-41 E. 247.9 feet with the line of Madeline Carter Heiligh to a stake in the northern corner of the property of the Willow Grove Mission; thence with the northwest boundary of the Willow Grove Mission property, S. 60-43 W. 162.87 feet to a stake in the southeastern corner of the Willow Grove Mission right of way; thence N. 44-16 W. 246.44 feet to the point of BEGINNING. BEING the identical property conveyed by Deed to Janice Gladden Perry recorded on 01/19/1993 in Deed Book 982 at Page 165 in the Cabarrus County Public Registry, North Carolina.

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.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5702 Sapp Rd,

County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 176 of Brandon Ridge subdivision, Phase II, as shown on plat thereof recorded in Map Book 47, Page 51 and 52, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County, North Carolina, reference to which plat 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 3918 Kellybrook Drive Southwest, Concord, NC 28025. 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

Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and West of the Concord-Kannapolis Highway, and East of the Southern Railway, and being Lots Nos. Forty Nine (49) and Fifty (50) and one-half of Lot Number Forty Eight (48) in Block “M”, Section 2 in the Subdivision of Wil-Mar Park, as surveyed and platted by Long and Hawfield, Surveyors, dated July 15, 1939, a map of which is duly filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Cabarrus County, North Carolina, in Map Book 5, Page 45A, and bounded as follows: Beginning at an iron stake in the North edge of Spencer Drive, a new corner in the center of the front line of Lot No. 48, said beginning corner being N. 73-15 E. 212.5 feet from the Northeast corner of the intersection of Gibson Street and Spencer Drive, and runs thence a new line N. 16-45 W. 170 feet to an iron stake, a new corner in the center of the real line of Lots Nos. 31 and 48; thence with the rear line of Lots Nos. 31, 30 and 29 N. 73-15 E. 62.5 feet to an iron stake, rear corner of Lots Nos. 29, 28, 50 and 51; thence with the dividing line of Lots Nos. 50 and 51 S. 16-45 E. 170 feet to an iron stake in the North edge of Spencer Drive front corner of Lots Nos. 50 and 51; thence with the North edge of Spencer Drive S. 73-15 W. 62.5 feet to the beginning

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 Marianne W. Geiger. 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)

Said property is commonly known as 164 Spencer Avenue Northwest, Concord, NC 28025. 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 Sarah E. Hinson.

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

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

closed, 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 December 11, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

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

Being all of Lot 1 in a subdivision known as COTTANADE, SECTION 14, PART 2, according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 56, Page 34, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 6416 Coachmans Way, Fayetteville, NC 28303. 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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1282340 (FC.FAY)

discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-12356-FC01

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

File No.: 17-11651-FC02

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

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.

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.: 13-17282-FC02

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TAKE NOTICE CUMBERLAND 19 SP 1237 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 Margaret L. Backlund to Louise Britt, Trustee(s), which was dated February 12, 2008 and recorded on February 13, 2008 in Book 7808 at Page 0450, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the

19 SP 1354 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 Paul L. Dale, Jr. a/k/a Paul L. Dale to Laurel A. Meyer, Trustee(s), which was dated July 27, 2011 and recorded on July 27, 2011 in Book 08688 at Page 0888, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 11, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for

19 SP 704 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 Leanna M. Flowers to Greg Fisher, Trustee(s), which was dated May 22, 2006 and recorded on May 23, 2006 in Book 7244 at Page 076, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumber-

18 SP 1175 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kelley L. Moore to Michael J. Broker, Trustee(s), which was dated November 9, 2007 and recorded on November 26, 2007 in Book 7752 at Page 0752, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for

19 SP 1305 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 Michael D. Stevens and Jaime M. Stevens to Michael J. Broker, Trustee(s), which was dated May 22, 2009 and recorded on May 26, 2009 in Book 08157 at Page 0761, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on Decem-

19 SP 88 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 Stephanie A. Brown and Bryan D. Brown to Dennis F. Hardiman, Trustee(s), which was dated February 28, 2011 and recorded on March 7, 2011 in Book 08601 at Page 0042 and rerecorded/modified/ corrected on August 19, 2019 in Book 10568, Page 0536, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on Decem-

19 SP 923 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 Donald Lee Johnson to Steve Bunce, Trustee(s), which was dated November 19, 2012 and recorded on November 20, 2012 in Book 09046 at Page 0529, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for

19 SP 1319 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 Duston S. Ridner and wife, Michele L. Ridner to Kathryn Richards & Jerry B. Flowers, III, Trustee(s), which was dated June 26, 2013 and recorded on June 26, 2013 in Book 09228 at Page 0466, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumber-

property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 11, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND IN SEVENTY-FIRST TOWNSHIP, CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, STATE OF NC, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN BOOK 3940 PAGE 0715, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT TWENTY (20), SCOTSDALE SUBDIVISION. FILED IN BOOK OF PLATS 29, PAGE 80. BEING THE SAME FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY NON-WARRANTY DEED FROM YOSHIKO OKANO (FORMERLY YOSHIKO S. BACKLUND) WIFE AND MIDORI OKANO HUSBAND AND ROBERT BACKLUND AND WANDA BACKLUND, ET AL, HUSBAND AND WIFE TO MARGARET L. BACKLUND, DATED 04/14/1993 RECORDED ON 04/15/1993 IN BOOK 3940, PAGE 0715 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF NC. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

Said property is commonly known as 7000 Bronwyn Street, Fayetteville, NC 28304. 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 Margaret L. Backlund.

Said property is commonly known as 3210 Springdale Road, Eastover, NC 28312-8590.

land County, North Carolina, to wit:

Being all of Lots 13 and 14, Block “E” in a Subdivision known as “Meadowview Terrace” according to a plat of the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 29, Page 6, Cumberland County, Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

BEING ALL OF LOT 312 IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOW N AS “SAVOY HEIGHTS, SECTION I” AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF THE SAME DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 20, PAGE 21, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 812 Weiss Avenue, Fayetteville, NC 28301. 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

cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 118, in a subdivision known as Edens Farm, Section 3, according to a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 89, Page 119, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. This conveyance is made subject to restrictive covenants, easements, and rights- of-way of record. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 523 Murray Fork Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28314. 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

ber 4, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit:

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 Kelley L. Moore. 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,

DEED.

Said property is commonly known as 2820 Bolla Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28306.

BEING all of Lot No. 166, in a Subdivision known as BIRCH CREEK, SECTION THREE, according to a plat of same duly recorded in book of Plats 96, Page 57, Cumberland County, North Carolina Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

ber 4, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 49, Block A in a subdivision known as SHENANDOAH-ARRAN LAKE, SECTION SIX and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 35, Page 36, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. PropertyAddress:1903ShilohCourt,Fayetteville,NC28304. For title reference see a deed from Phillip S. Swafford and Stephanie A. Brown, A/K/A Stephanie Swafford to be executed and presented for recording. Also being the same premises conveyed to Phillip S. Swafford and Stephanie Swafford by virtue of a deed from Melinda Swafford recorded 2/17/06 in Book 7150, Page 798 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1903 Shiloh Court, Fayetteville, NC 28304.

cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lots 26 and 27, Block “E”, in a Subdivision known as COLONIAL HEIGHTS, ADDITION NO. 5, according to a plat of same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 18, Page 74, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 629 Sanders Street, Hope Mills, NC 28348. 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.

land County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot Number 226 in a subdivision known as THE LAKES, SECTION FOUR and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 53, at page 59, Cumberland County Registry, Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5811 Tillery Lane, Fayetteville, NC 28314-1396. 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

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 Stephanie A. Brown and Bryan D. Brown.

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 Joyce Matthews. 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

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 Duston Sloan Ridner and wife, Michele Leann Ridner. 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

the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-09977-FC01

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.

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.: 14-27722-FC02

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC

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.

PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-05082-FC01

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

File No.: 18-09944-FC01

File No.: 19-03462-FC01

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.

Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-06870-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee

mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200

Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-14279-FC01

North State Journal for Wednesday, November 27, 2019

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TAKE NOTICE CUMBERLAND 19 SP 1318 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 Rosemary E. Desantis to David W. Allred, Trustee(s), which was dated May 19, 2005 and recorded on May 23, 2005 in Book 6886 at Page 219, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the

19 SP 943 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 Darlene Hyman to Robert M. Couch, Trustee(s), which was dated July 15, 2005 and recorded on July 26, 2005 in Book 6953 at Page 35, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 1454 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jerrod Hurst and Abigal Hurst to Investors Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of August, 2018, and recorded in Book 10369, Page 0511, in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 1378 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Nicholas Capuano and Shannon Capuano (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Nicholas Capuano) to Linear Settlement Services, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 10th day of November, 2017, and recorded in Book 10202, Page 0840, in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on December 9, 2019 and

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 1077 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Tony A. Tew and Wendy S. Tew to M. Patricia Oliver, Trustee(s), dated the 12th day of March, 2007, and recorded in Book 7527, Page 742, and Modification in Book 08742, Page 0131, and Modification in Book 10385, Page 0655, in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on December 9, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Cross Creek Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina. TRACT I: BEGINNING at an iron stake in the northern right of way margin of Norwood Street (formerly Fountain Lane) said iron stake being located North 83 degrees 56 minutes West 50 00 feet and North 85 degrees 10 minutes West 45 00 feet from the intersection of the northern right of way margin of Norwood Street and the western right of

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 1119 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jennifer L. Enfinger (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Jennifer Enfinger) to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of June, 2013, and recorded in Book 09225, Page 0760, and Modification in Book 10351, Page 109, in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 1325 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joeseph Alexander Rodriguez and Alexandra Rodriguez (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Joeseph A. Rodriguez and Alexandra Rodriguez) to Donna Bradford, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of July, 2017, and recorded in Book 10133, Page 0682, in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on December 2, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the follow-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 1381 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kevin L. Baldwin and Tracye R. Baldwin (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Kevin L. Baldwin) to M.D. Parker, Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of November, 1999, and recorded in Book 5197, Page 0110, in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00

property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2019 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT 233, IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SOUTHVIEW, SECTION VII, PART ONE, AND THE SAME BEING DULY RECORDED IN BOOK OF PLATS 111, PAGE 119, CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2916 Piney Mountain Drive, Hope Mills, NC 28348-5718. 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

cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot Twenty-Six (26) of Block “U” in the subdivision Known as Arran Hills, Section 6, as shown on a plat of the same recorded in Book of Plats 32, Page 62, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 1449 Gairloch Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304. 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.

sales, at 12:00 PM on December 9, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot No. 503, in a Subdivision known as THE GARDENS OF LOCH LOMOND, SECTION ONE, per plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 41, Page 59, Cumberland County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7417 Bonaventure Court, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder

will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The land referred to herein below is situated in the City of Fayetteville, County of Cumberland, State of North Carolina, and is described as follows: Being all of Lot 153, in a subdivision known as Waters Edge, Section II-G, Part II, according to a plat of the same duly recorded in Book of Plats 54, Page 24, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 426 Wilder Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina. PARCEL

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This being the same property conveyed to Nicholas Capuano from Nicholas Capuano, separated and Jennifer Capuano, separated in a deed dated April 14, 2015 and recorded April 30, 2015 in Book 09638 Page 0647. Property

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way margin of Myrtle Street, and running thence with the margin of Norwood Street, North 89 degrees 44 minutes West 51 40 feet to an iron stake; thence North 01 degrees 18 minutes East 155 77 feet to an iron stake; thence South 84 degrees 03 minutes East 50 32 feet to an iron stake; thence South 00 degrees 50 minutes West 150.77 feet to the BEGINNING, and being all of Lots 5 and 6 and a portion of Lot 7, Block B BELMONT SUBDIVISION, as recorded in Book of Plats S-7, Page 95, Cumberland County Registry. TRACT II: BEGINNING at an iron stake in the western line of the lot conveyed to O F Breece as recorded in Book 410, Page 273, Cumberland County Registry, said iron stake being located North 00 degrees 50 minutes East 40.90 feet from the southwest corner of said Breece lot, and running thence with said western line for the first call North 00 degrees 50 minutes East 46 50 feet to an iron stake, a new corner; thence with a new line South 89 degrees 10 minutes East 3 00 feet to an iron stake, a new corner; thence with a new line South 03 degrees 17 minutes 46 seconds West 46 54 feet to an iron stake, a new corner; thence with a new line North 89 degrees 10 minutes West 1.0 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 93 0 square feet. TRACT III: To reach the point of beginning commence at the intersection of the western margin (40 foot right of way) of Myrtle Street and the northern margin (40 foot right of way) of Norwood Street (formerly Fountain Land): thence North 83degrees51minutesWest5000feet;thenceNorth85degrees 11 minutes West 45 13 feet; thence North 02 degrees 14 minutes East 40 92 feet to the point of beginning; thence for a first call along the third line of that exception to the tract of which this is a part North 03 degrees 20 minutes East 46 55 feet to an existing 3/4 inch iron pipe; thence North 89 de-

foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on December 9, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot No 244 in a Subdivision known as Briarwood Hills, Section Five, according to a plat of the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 31, Page 78, Cumberland County Register of Deeds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2342 Colgate Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agree-

ing real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 753 in a Subdivision known as DEVONWOOD, SECTION 2, PART 2, according to a plat recorded in Plat Book 40, Page 6, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 227 Waxhaw Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any rep-

PM on December 9, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot Number 82 in a Subdivision known as the “Villas” of Loch Lomond, Section Three, and the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 58, Page 69, Cumberland County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6920 Timberwood Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-

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 Rosemary E. Desantis, unmarried. 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

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 Darlene Hyman. 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

Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-13747-FC01

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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.: 13-12505-FC04

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

Wilder Drive Fayetteville, NC 28314 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1286969 (FC.FAY)

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1106 Norwood Street, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Excepted from the above described property is that certain forty-four (44) square foot parcel conveyed to Camilla Smith Antoniel by deed dated June 27, 1985 and recorded in Book 3097, Page 421, Cumberland County Registry. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the

property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 2, 2019 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT No. 4, King’s Grant, Section 1, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 15, Page 91 Davidson County, North Carolina Registry.

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by James Blakely to Clint Bonkowski, Trustee(s), which was dated August 31, 2017 and recorded on August 31, 2017 in Book 2283 at Page 659, Davidson County Registry, North Carolina.

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

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ber 2, 2019 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit:

NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by David M. Wright, II and Shannon L. Gray to Daniel D. Hornfeck, Trustee(s), which was dated December 29, 2016 and recorded on December 29, 2016 in Book 2251 at Page 1263, Davidson County Registry, North Carolina.

Said property is commonly known as 172 Stratford Road, Lexington, NC 27292.

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 James Blakely. 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

Said property is commonly known as 11 Brandywine Court, Thomasville, NC 27360.

ber 9, 2019 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson County, North Carolina, to wit:

DEED.

Being all of Lot 6 of the Final Plat of Charlotte’s Haven as recorded in Plat Book 42 Page 58 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Davidson County, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

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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

TRACT IV: BEGINNING at the fourth and southeast corner of that exception to the tract which this is a part and runs thence South 06 degrees 16 minutes West 10 56 feet to a point in the western line of the tract of which this is a part; thence along said line North 00 degrees 50 minutes East 10 52 feet to the southwest corner of the aforementioned exception; thence South 89 degrees 10 minutes East 1.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing five (5) square feet and being a portion of that lot conveyed to Wayne Morris Sessoms and wife, Monica D. Sessoms by deed recorded in Deed Book 2892, Page 71, Cumberland County Registry.

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

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,

grees 23 minutes West 3 00 feet to an existing 3/4 inch iron pipe; thence along the western line of the tract of which this is a part, North 01 degrees 16 minutes East 62 17 feet to the northwest corner; thence along the northern line South 84 degrees 13 minutes East 9 15 feet to a set 1/2 inch iron pipe; thence a new line South 05 degrees 23 minutes West 108 21 feet to the point of BEGINNING; containing 467 square feet and being a portion of that lot conveyed to Wayne Morris Sessoms and wife, Monica D Sessoms by Deed recorded in Book 2892, Page 71, Cumberland County Registry.

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NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY

sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return

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 termi-

resentation 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.

ance “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,

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19 SP 87 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Olivia Bethea Holmes and Thomas Holmes, Jr. to Earl H. Wright, Trustee(s), which was dated February 24, 1998 and recorded on March 2, 1998 in Book 1068 at Page 1264, Davidson County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on Decem-

18 SP 355 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, DAVIDSON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Daniel B. Crowe and Jamie C. Crowe to Laurel A. Meyer, Trustee(s), which was dated August 29, 2014 and recorded on August 29, 2014 in Book 2153 at Page 2284, Davidson County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 9, 2019 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Davidson

JOHNSTON 19 SP 520 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 Franklin C. Wefald and Vicky F. Wefald to Neuse Incorporated, Trustee(s), which was dated October 19, 2007 and recorded on October 25, 2007 in Book 3441 at Page 705, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina.

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tice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1253745 (FC.FAY)

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

County, North Carolina, to wit: BEGINNING: At the point in the northern boundary of Georgia Avenue, said beginning point being South 84 degrees 30 minutes East 60 feet from the point of intersection of the southern boundary of Duke Street with the northern boundary of Georgia Avenue; thence North 05 degrees 30 minutes East 150 feet to a point; thence South 84 degrees 30 minutes East 60 feet to a point; thence South 05 degrees 30 minutes West 150 feet to a point in the northern boundary of Georgia Avenue; thence North 84 degrees 30 minutes West 60 feet with the said Northern boundary of Georgia Avenue to the point and place of Beginning, the same being the eastern 15 feet of Lot 24, all of Lot 23, and the western 20 feet of Lot 22 in Block “R” in the subdivision known as Sunrise Hills, according to Plat Book 3, Page 40 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Davidson County, North Carolina. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 902 Georgia Avenue, Thomasville, NC 27360.

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 December 3, 2019 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 a 10.166 acre tract as shown on suvery entitled “Property of Pamela Ennis Holding €“ Survey for Dr. Frank Wefald & wife, Vickie Foote Wefald,” prepared by Dennis Ray Blackmon, RLS, dated 03/28/05, recorded in Plat Book 66, Page 111, Johnston County Registry. Also conveyed is a sight easement recorded in Book 2871, Page 486, and shown on above plat. The above tract is subject to a 50’ access easement to Tony Bullock’s lot, as shown on the above referred plat.

Also see plat entitled “Property of Franklin Charles Wefald, survey for Franklin Charles Wefald,” by Dennis Ray Blackmon, RLS, dated 12/13/05, being all of Lots 1 and 2, as depicted in Plat Book 67, Page 326, being the same property as in Plat Book 66, Page 111, Johnston County Registry.

19 SP 536 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY

Said property is commonly known as 222 Montclair Drive, Lexington, NC 27292.

BEING Lot 25 as shown on Map 2 of Montclair Forest, a plat of which is recorded in Plat Book 16, Page 27 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Davidson County, North Carolina.

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Theresa L. Christian to Brock and Scott, Trustee(s), which was dated June 12, 2017 and recorded on June 15, 2017 in Book 4975 at Page 593, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at

Order Number: 63287208 Property Tax ID: 09G15045 Land in the city/township/village of DUNN and the County of Johnston, State of NC, more particularly described as: BEING ALL OF LOT 1, AS SHOWN ON MAP ENTITLED ‘SURVEY FOR: ROSSIE DARRELL BAREEFOOT AND NORMA KAYE BARREFOOT,” RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 79, PAGE 179, JOHNSTON COUNTY REGISTRY Commonly described as: 7128 NC 242 HWY S, DUNN, NC 28334 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 7128 NC 242 Hwy S, Dunn, NC 28334.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 915 Ennis Road and 917 Ennis Road, Angier, NC 27501. 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

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.

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.

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.: 18-08030-FC01

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 SRP 2014-16, LLC. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. 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.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 530

courthouse door in the City of Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on December 3, 2019 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 38 of Crestmont Subdivision, Addition One, as per Survey and Map by Blackmon and Pate, P.A. Engineering and Land Surveying and recorded in Plat Book 45, Page 341. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 124 Peach Rock Road, Princeton, North Carolina. This property is being conveyed subject to restrictive covenants, easements and rights of way of record. (ADDRESS REFERENCE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY) The improvements thereon being known as 124 Peach Rock Road, Princeton, NC 27569. BEING all and the same lot of ground which by General Warranty Deed dated November 10, 1995, and recorded among the Land Records of Johnston County, North Carolina, in Liber 1485, folio 638, was granted and conveyed by N. Graham Holt and wife, Dolores G. Holt, Velma E. Holt, Single and Ruth H. Southern, Widow unto Robert R. Ullery

and wife, Gladys D. Ullery. Tax Account No. 04-Q-06-027-L Title Insurer: First American Title Insurance Company Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being

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

after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1282017 (FC.FAY)

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10 and lot 11 as shown on a plat recorded in Plat Book 47 at Page 102, Johnston County Registry, and entitled Unity Acres Subdivision, said nail being the NE corner for lot 11 A on a map titled W.R. Lambert and Larry B. Wood and recorded in Map Book 68 at Page 17, and runs as the property line between lot 10 and lot 11A, South 7 degrees 06 minutes 41 seconds West 412.44 feet to an iron stake, corner for lot 10 and 11A; thence as the line of Lambert-Wood and Jerry R. Barefoot North 83 degrees 10 minutes 07 seconds West 125 feet to an iron stake; thence a line between lot 11A and lot 11B North 7 degrees 06 minutes 40 seconds East 413.02 feet to a point in the center of the road; thence as the center of the road South 82 degrees 54 minutes 12 seconds East 125 feet to the point of beginning and contains 1.18 acres more or less and is tract 11A as shown on a map titled W.R. Lambert and Larry B. Wood and recorded in Map Book 68 at Page 17. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2162 Eldridge Road, Newton Grove, North Carolina.

degrees 54 minutes 12 seconds East 100 feet to a point; thence North 7 degrees 06 minutes 40 seconds East 100 feet to a point in the center of the road; thence as the center of the road North 82 degrees 54 minutes 12 seconds West 100 feet to the point of beginning and is an easement for purpose of repair septic tank lines for tract 11B.

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

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Robert R. Ulley aka Robert R. Ullery and Gladys D. Ullery, (Robert R. Ulley aka Robert R. Ullery and Gladys D. Ullery, both deceased) (Heirs of Gladys D. Ullery: Arlene Ullery, Eidth Moore, Bobbie McConnell, Diane Holliday, Cynthia Atkinson, and Unknown Heirs of Gladys D. Ullery)(Diane Holliday, deceased) (Heirs of Diane Holliday: Paul D. Holliday, Dave Holliday and Unknown Heirs of Diane Holliday)(Cynthia Atkinson, deceased)(Heirs of Cynthia Atkinson: Unknown Heirs of Cynthia Atkinson) to F. Blair Williams, Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of March, 2012, and recorded in Book 4094, Page 906, and Scrivener’s Affidavit in Book 4908, Page 343, 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

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Teresa Jean Roush (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Teresa Roush) to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated the 18th day of January, 2007, and recorded in Book 3272, Page 607, 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 December 3, 2019 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: Beginning at a nail in the center of the road, SR 1122, Eldridge Road, said nail being the joint corner between lot

Easement Exception Beginning at a point in the center of the road, SR 1122, Eldridge Road, said point being the joint corner between lot 11A and 11B and runs as the property line between tract 11A and tract 11B South 7 degrees 06 minutes 40 seconds West 100 feet to a point; thence parallel with road South 82

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

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North State Journal for Wednesday, November 27, 2019

TAKE NOTICE JOHNSTON 19 SP 409 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY

the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 3, 2019 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 THAT LOT CONTAINING 1.195 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN IN PLAT BOOK 57, PAGE 23, JOHNSTON COUNTY REGISTRY, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION.

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lesley Ann Joyner Richards to Allan B. Polunsky, Trustee(s), which was dated April 13, 2017 and recorded on April 13, 2017 in Book 4941 at Page 492, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina.

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

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County of Johnston, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot(s) 3, South Landing Subdivision, Phase II, as recorded in Plat Book 44, Page 213, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 100 Cherry Court, Clayton, North Carolina.

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Gabriel V. Figueroa and Jayne D. Figueroa to Jerry Halsbrook, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of January, 2007, and recorded in Book 3276, Page 120, and Scrivener’s Affidavit in Book 3779, Page 53, and Corrective Deed of Trust in Book 3985, Page 671, and Modification in Book 4588, Page 410, 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 December 3, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the

ONSLOW NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 861 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joann Curbelo, (Joann Curbelo, deceased)(Heirs of Joann Curbelo: Antonio Curbelo) to CB Services Innovis, Trustee(s), dated the 16th day of June, 2010, and recorded in Book 3424, Page 506, and Correction Affidavit in Book 3689, Page 183, in Onslow 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 Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on December 5, 2019 and

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 821 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Zavier M. Dahl to John B. Third, Trustee(s), dated the 2nd day of February, 2018, and recorded in Book 4735, Page 29, in Onslow 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 Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on December 12, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particu-

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 755 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Dustin P. McCann and Mindi K. McCann to Stuart Clarke at Thorpe and Clark, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of June, 2010, and recorded in Book 3428, Page 275, in Onslow 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 Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on December 5, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow,

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 1284 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mitchell W. Morgan and Stephanie Morgan aka Stephanie L. Morgan (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Mitchell W. Morgan and Stephanie L. Morgan) to Kathryn Richards & Jerry B. Flowers, III, Trustee(s), dated the 2nd day of August, 2012, and recorded in Book 3824, Page 838, in Onslow 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 Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on December 5, 2019 and will sell to the high-

RANDOLPH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 276 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Sharron Y. Thompson, (Sharron Y. Thompson, deceased)(Heirs of Sharron Y. Thompson: Carolyn Yow Collins, Joseph Randall Yow, Teresa Yow Richardson, Mary Ann Yow and Unknown Heirs of Sharron Y. Thompson) to Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, a Nebraska Corporation, Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of August, 2013, and recorded in Book RE 2350, Page 281, in Randolph 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 Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 305 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Reynaldo Bello Rodriguez aka Reynaldo Santiago Bello and Norma Ramos (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Norma Ramos and Reynaldo Bello Rodriguez) to Teresa Nixon, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of October, 2008, and recorded in Book RE 2101, Page 971, and Modification in Book RE2264, Page 1503, in Randolph 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 Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location

Said property is commonly known as 1172 Mudham Road, Wendell, NC 27591.

will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Viking Enterprises, Inc. Western Portion of Lot 64, Block B, Section IV, Cedar Creek Jacksonville Township, Onslow County, North Carolina. BEGINNING at a new iron stake on the Northern rightof-way of Cedar Creek Drive, said iron take being located 885.66 feet as measured in a Westerly direction along the Northern right-of-way of Cedar Creek Drive from the point of intersection of said right-of-way with the Southwestern right-of-way Luann Drive; thence from the above described point of beginning and with the Northern right-of-way of Cedar Creek Drive 32.23 feet in a Westerly direction along the arc of a curve having a radius of 280.67 feet and curving to the left to an existing iron stake, said iron stake being the Southeastern most corner of Lot 63, Block B as shown on a map entitled “Section IV, Cedar Creek” recorded in Map Book 21, Page 113 of the Onslow County Registry; thence leaving said right-of-way and with the Eastern line of Lot 63, North 41 degrees 00 minutes West 167.55 feet to an existing iron stake; thence North 70 degrees 37 minutes East 49.41 feet to a new iron stake; thence with the centerline of a party wall, South 35 degrees 47 minutes 45 seconds East 151.82 feet to the point and place of beginning. Being a Western

larly described as follows: BeingallofLot8asshownonthatmapentitled,“TheCottages at Petersburg” prepared by Gairy Canady Land Surveying, dated March 14, 2011 and recorded in Map Book 62, Page 18, Slide N-52, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 202 Cottage Brook Court, Richlands, North Carolina. Subject to Restrictive Covenants recorded in Book 3592, Page 473, Onslow County, Registry. Subject to Reservation of oil, gas, mineral or other subsurface rights of record if any. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-

North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 17 in Block 4 as shown on a map of Overbrook Subdivision, which map is recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Onslow County, North Carolina, in Map Book 1, Page 167, being the same property described in Deed recorded in Book 395, Page 252, Onslow County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 204 Queens Road, Jacksonville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors,

est bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL of Lot 51 as shown on a plat entitled, “Final Plat, Peyton’s Ridge, Section I, a planned Residential Development”, said plat dated 05/28/2011 and surveyed by Parker & Associates Inc., said plat being duly recorded in Map Book 62, Page 137 of the Onslow County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 404 Wolfe Lane, Hubert, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agree-

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 Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on December 10, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Franklinville, in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tax Id Number(s): 7793993026 Land situated in the Township of Franklinville in the County of Randolph in the State of NC. Being all of Tract No. 2, (containing 5.019 Acres) of Chestnut Oaks Subdivision, revised, recorded in Plat Book 69, Page 7, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1567 Ridgewood Road, Franklinville, North Carolina. Commonly known as: 1567 Ridgewood Rd., Franklinville, NC 27248

designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on December 10, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pipe in the eastern right of way line of Timberlane at a point 530 feet South along said right of way line from the center line of Sequoia Avenue, Councilman’s southwest corner; thence with Councilman’s line South 89 degrees 14 minutes East 156.81 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 1 degree 11 minutes West 100 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 89 degrees 14 minutes West 157.39 feet to an iron pipe in the eastern right of way line of Timberlane; thence with said right of way line North 1 degree 31 minutes East 100 feet to the Beginning. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1511 Timberlane Road, Asheboro, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars

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 Lesley Ann Joyner Richards. 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

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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

Portion of Lot 64, Block B as shown on the aforementioned map .According to a survey by James E. Stewart and Associates, Inc, on April 14, 1983. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 224 Cedar Creek Drive, Jacksonville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of re-

cord 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 fore-

closure 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

or 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 termi-

nation. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1282866 (FC.FAY)

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.

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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

($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

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North State Journal for Wednesday, November 27, 2019

TAKE NOTICE RANDOLPH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 196 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mark Fulton Albright to First National Investor Services, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 22nd day of September, 2004, and recorded in Book RE 1887, Page 1616, in Randolph 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 Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the cus-

19 SP 290 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 Mark Burks and Sherry Burks a/k/a Sherry J. Burks to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), which was dated July 16, 2010 and recorded on July 29, 2010 in Book 2192 at Page 978, 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 located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 3, 2019 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit:

19 SP 165 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 Jason Lee Hunter to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), which was dated January 7, 2011 and recorded on January 13, 2011 in Book 2215 at Page 2210, Randolph County Registry, North Carolina.

tomary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on December 10, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot No. 4, (containing 1.27 acres, more or less) of Haystack Estate, Phase 1, as shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 51, Page 16, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3162 Williams Dairy Road, Franklinville, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agree-

THE FOLLOWING REAL PROPERTY SITUATE IN GRANT COUNTY OF RANDOLPH AND STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE IN THE WEST RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF CLEON SWEET (SAID BEGINNING POINT BEING SOUTH 06 DEGREES 16 MINUTES WEST 992.95 FEED ALONG THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF CLEON STREET FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF STATE ROAD NO. 2607); THENCE FROM SAID BEGINNING POINT NORTH 83 DEGREES 41 MINUTES WEST 237.50 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE SOUTH 06 DEGREES 16 MINUTES WEST 100 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE SOUTH 83 DEGREES 41 MINUTES EAST 237.50 FEET LOAN IRON PIPE IN THE WEST RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF CLEON STREET; THENCE NORTH 06 DEGREES 16 MINUTES EAST 100 FEET ALONG THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID STREET TO THE BEGINNING. BEING LOTS 64,65,66, AND 67 OF GOIDMINE ACRES SUBDIVISION (SAID SUBDIVISION PLST BEING UNRECORDED) ACCORDING TO A SURVEY AND PLAT BY CLOTUS CRAVEN, REGISTERED SURVEYOR, DATED OCTOBER 1965.

cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL of Lot No. 82 of Heathwood Acres Subdivision, Phase No. 2, Map No. 1, as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 100, Page 73, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Randolph County, North Carolina. This conveyance is made subject to Restrictive Covenants recorded in Book 1953, Page 1042, and amended in Book 1973, Page 170, Randolph County Registry.

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

19 SP 294 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

ber 3, 2019 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Randolph County, North Carolina, to wit:

NORTH CAROLINA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Douglas Wrightson and Robin Wrightson to Amy Mandart, Trustee(s), which was dated February 5, 2004 and recorded on February 12, 2004 in Book 1855 at Page 1775, 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 located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on Decem-

UNION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 330 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joseph Zumbo, an unmarried man to John B. Third, Trustee(s), dated the 12th day of November, 2015, and recorded in Book 06566, Page 0433, and Modification in Book 7156, Page 14, in Union 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 Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in the City

19 SP 571 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 Heather Marie Becker and husband, Richard Daniel Becker to A. Robert Kucab, Trustee(s), which was dated March 19, 2015 and recorded on March 19, 2015 in Book 06402 at Page 0834, 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 usual and customary location at

18 SP 666 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 Daphne McKenzie Tadlock to Jennifer Grant, Trustee(s), which was dated June 9, 2017 and recorded on June 14, 2017 in Book 06952 at Page 0516, 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 usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 3, 2019 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN MARSHVILLE TOWNSHIP,

18 SP 673 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 Karen Bolton and Robert C. Bolton to Harry Marsh Law, Trustee(s), which was dated October 14, 2016 and recorded on October 14, 2016 in Book 6794 at Page 0596, 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 usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 3, 2019 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 nail found in the center of the right of way of SR 1511 (known as James Hamilton Road), a corner

Said property is commonly known as 630 Old Castle Drive, Randleman, NC 27317. 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

BEING ALL OF LOT 5, OF EARLFIELD ACRES, AS SAME IS SHOWN ON MAP THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 64, PAGE 29, RANDOLPH COUNTY REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 4464 Jerry St, Trinity, NC 27370.

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

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 Mark Burks and wife, Sherry Burks.

Said property is commonly known as 1806 Cleon Street, 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,

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 Jason Lee Hunter. 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

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

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 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

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

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 Richard Daniel Becker and wife, Heather Marie Becker. 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

BEGINNING AT A POINT DESIGNATED BY A NAIL SET IN THE CENTER LINE OF OLD GOLDMINE ROAD, WHICH SAID POINT IS LOCATED NORTH 20-42-44 WEST 192.64 FEET FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE INTERSECTION WITH MARSHVILLE OLIVE BRANCH ROAD (SR NO. 1719), AND THENCE FROM SAID BEGINNING POINT AS FOLLOWS: NORTH 85-09-53 WEST 625.41 FEET TO A NEW IRON SET; THENCE A NEW LINE, NORTH 15-57-49 WEST 319.39 FEET TO A NEW IRON SET ON THE COMMON BOUNDARY LINE WITH THE EARL DELANO STAFFORD PROPERTY, NOW OR FORMERLY, AS RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 447, PAGE 616; THENCE A NEW LINE ALONG THE COMMON BOUNDARY LINE WITH THE SAID STAFFORD PROPERTY, NORTH 82-15-00 EAST 567.43 FEET TO A NAIL SET IN THE CENTER LINE OF OLD GOLDMINE ROAD AND BEING FURTHER LOCATED 8.55 FEET SOUTH OF A CULVERT; THENCE A NEW LINE ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF OLD GOLDMINE ROAD FIVE CALLS AS FOLLOWS : 1ST , SOUTH 22-31-43 EAST 114.98 FEET TO A NAIL SET; 2ND, SOUTH 20-25-08 EAST 109.20 FEET TO A NAIL SET; 3RD, SOUTH 17-44- 01 EAST 64.17 FEET TO A NAIL SET; 4TH, SOUTH 15-28-56 EAST 106.15 FEET TO A

NAIL SET; AND 5TH, SOUTH 16-14-37 EAST 67.02 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 5.15 ACRES MORE OR LESS AS BASED UPON THAT BOUNDARY DIVISION SURVEY FOR MICHAEL SHANE TADLOCK AND WIFE, DAPHNE MCKINZIE TADLOCK DATED AUGUST 11, 2001, AND BEING A PORTION OF THAT LAND BELONGING TO JOHN BUREN LITTLE, NOW OR FORMERLY, AS RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 78, PAGE 266; BOOK 41, PAGE 457; AND BOOK 297, PAGE 336, UNION COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 7014 Old Goldmine 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 Daphane McKenzie Tadlock. 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.

of the Claudette P. Ross (now or formerly) property (Deed Book 442, Page 555, Union county Registry) and runs thence with the center line of said road right of way two (2) calls as follows: (1) North 37 degrees 13 minutes 16 seconds East 89.71 feet; and (2) North 39 degrees 48 minutes 19 seconds East 85.28 feet; thence South 62 degrees 17 minutes 05 seconds East, passing an iron pin located on the southeastern edge of the right of way of James Hamilton Road at 30.00 feet, a total distance of 514.92 feet to an iron pin located in a line of the Billy W. Bost (now or formerly) property (Deed Book 257, Page 537, Union County Registry) a corner of the Claudette P. Ross property (Deed Book 442, Page 555, Union County Registry); thence with the property of Claudette P. Ross as follows: (1) South 59 degrees 21 minutes 50 seconds West 283.76 feet to an iron pin; (2) North 52 degrees 21 minutes 45 seconds West 404.75 feet, passing an iron pin at 30.00 feet located on the southeastern edge of the right of way of James Hamilton Road, to the point and place of BEGINNING, and containing 2.24 acres, more or less, as shown on copy of unrecorded map of survey prepared by Derick L. Miles, NCRLS, dated 13 May 1993, and being the same property conveyed to David P. Moore and wife, Lula P. Moore, by deed recorded in Deed Book 561, Page 799, Union county Registry.

Property Commonly known as 3006 James Hamilton Road, Monroe, NC 28110 Tax Parcel #09-295-104E Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 3006 James Hamilton 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 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 Karen Bolton and spouse, Robert C. Bolton. 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

of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on December 5, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 31 of WOODLEAF Subdivision as shown on plat duly recorded in Plat Cabinet F, File 916 and 917, Union County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular metes and bonds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4627 Waterbell Lane, Waxhaw, North Carolina. PropertyAddress: 4627WaterbellLane,Waxhaw,NC 28173 Parcel ID: 05114331

the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 3, 2019 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 SITUATE IN UNION COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT (S) 28, WIND GATE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOCK 6, PAGE 125, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF UNION COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 308 Todd Circle, Wingate, NC 28174. 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

UNION COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS :

File No.: 19-08657-FC01

c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1272044 (FC.FAY)

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE 19 SP 1740 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 Holly D. Wybel to Peter F. Makowiecki, Trustee(s), which was dated May 18, 2006 and recorded on May 23, 2006 in Book 11968 at Page 832, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY 19 SP 2581 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joy Hermelita A. Macalino, in the original amount of $139,200.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Pulte Mortgage LLC, dated November 22, 2005 and recorded on November 22, 2005 in Book 11698, Page 482, Wake County Registry. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Wake County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on December 12, 2019, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property,

19 SP 1973 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 Curtis J. Rouson, Jr. to McCullers, Whitaker & Hamer, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated June 15, 2015 and recorded on June 15, 2015 in Book 016052 at Page 00376, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 11, 2019 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake

16 SP 2590 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 Cassandra D. Rascoe to Andrew S. Martin, Trustee(s), which was dated October 4, 2006 and recorded on October 5, 2006 in Book 12205 at Page 2372, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at

19 SP 787 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 Joseph P. Bass and Mabel E. Bass to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), which was dated September 9, 2002 and recorded on September 10, 2002 in Book 009591 at Page 01282, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2019 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit:

19 SP 2295 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 Patricia A. Moore to William Walt Pettit, Trustee(s), which was dated July 29, 2005 and recorded on August 3, 2005 in Book 11510 at Page 425, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 11, 2019 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 8, of Lassiter Place subdivision, as depicted in Mp Book 2000, beginning at or including page 941. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 501 Lassiter Summit Court, Raleigh, NC 27609. 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.

to wit: Being all of Lot 717, The Views at Long Lake Subdivision, Tract 7, as shown on plat thereof recorded in Book of Maps 2005, Page 731-733, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 8217 Clasara Circle, Raleigh, NC 27613. Tax ID: 0334982 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof, or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. 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

County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 46, Phase 1, MacAdie Park subdivision, as depicted in Map Book 2006, pages 2087-2090, Wake County Registry. Parcel ID: 0355133 Property Address: 5348 Carnelian Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 5348 Carnelian Drive, 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.

the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 4, 2019 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 214, Weston Ridge Subdivision, Phase 3, as recorded in Book of Maps 2005, Pages 1071-1072, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 127 Havenview Court, Garner, NC 27529. 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

That certain lot or parcel of land lying and being located in the Town of Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina being the northern portion of lots 9, 10, 11 and 12 of block 2 of Wendell Heights as shown on a map of record in Book of Maps 1885, page 100 (sheet 2) of the Wake County Registry, and further described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the intersection of Baron Street (shown as Whitly Avenue on record map), with North Cypress Street, (shown as Moss Street on record map), and running thence along the west line of North Cypress Street S 03°12’ 28”W 79.30 feet, thence N 86°17’ 22”W 150.80 feet, thence N 03°12’ 28”E 11.00 feet thence N 87° 25’ 10”W 48.86 feet, thence N 03°03’ 05”E 75.07 feet to the south line of Baron (or Whitly) Street, thence, with the south line of Baron Street, (Whitly on record map), S 84°37’ 41”E 200.00 feet to the beginning, containing 15,905 sq. feet, and being the same property described in Deed Book 1439, page 90, Deed Book 947, page 420 and Deed Book 947, page 457 of the Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot C of Montague Place Subdivision, as depicted in map Book 1998, Page 990, Wake County Registry; Together with a perpetual right to maintain a portion of the driveway upon Lot B of such subdivision pursuant to the encroachment agreement attached hereto. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 140 Montague Street, Garner, NC 27529.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 370

Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on December 9, 2019 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 50, Brookside Subdivision, Phase 3A, as shown on that plat recorded in Plat Book 2016, Pages 19261927, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 281 Rhonda Lilley Drive, Fuquay Varina, North Carolina.

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jonan K. Johnston aka Jo Kidd Johnston and David Johnston (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): David Johnston and Jonan K. Johnston aka Jo Kidd Johnston) to Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of May, 2018, and recorded in Book 017138, Page 00200, 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 2847 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Shane M. Shissler and Heather D. Shissler (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Shane M. Shissler) to H. Terry Hutchens, Esquire, Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of May, 2016, and recorded in Book 16380, Page 2594, 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 December 2, 2019 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: The land hereinafter referred to is situated in the City of Rolesville, County of Wake, State of NC, and is described as follows: All the certain Lot or parcel of Land situated in the City of Rolesville Township, Wake County, State of North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 21, Pine Glen Subdivision, recorded in Book of Maps 2012, Page 01164, Wake County Register of Deeds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4613 Jersey Pine Drive, Rolesville, North Carolina. And being the same property conveyed from KB Home Raleigh-Durham, Inc., the Grantors, to Shane M. Shissler and spouse, Heather D. Shissler, the Grantees by virtue of Deed dated 08/16/2013, and recorded 08/16/2013, in Book 015408atPage02403,amongtheaforesaidLandRecords. APN: 1758255870 / Tax ID: 0414212

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 Holly D. Wybel. 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.

nation 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.

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 D. Rascoe. 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

Said property is commonly known as 421 North Cypress Street, 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 All Lawful Heirs of

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 Patricia A. Moore. 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

File No.: 18-22066-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC

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 Joy Hermelita A. Macalino. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination (North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.16A(b)(2)). Upon termi-

5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587

404-745-8121 (fax) jtaylor@mtglaw.com

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ________________________________________ January N. Taylor, Bar #33512 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 404-474-7149 (phone)

FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-19093-FC03

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

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

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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 termi-

c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1265719 (FC.FAY)

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TAKE NOTICE WAKE 18 SP 1836 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 Marguerite T. Edmonds to Getter Law Offices, Trustee(s), which was dated April 9, 2012 and recorded on April 13, 2012 in Book 014725 at Page 01315, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

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

19 SP 774 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit:

NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Stephanie D. Sumner and Neal C. Sumner to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated December 29, 2004 and recorded on January 4, 2005 in Book 11172 at Page 702, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 11, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder

18 SP 2004 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 La Verne R. Gadsden and Anthony A. Robinson to John H. Kornegay, Trustee(s), which was dated May 10, 2002 and recorded on May 13, 2002 in Book 009412 at Page 2440, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Said property is commonly known as 112 Ferndale Drive, Garner, NC 27529.

BEING all of Lot 13 of HONEYCUTT RIDGE SUBDIVISION, as shown on plat thereof recorded in Map Book 2001, Page(s) 1260, Wake County Public Registry a revision of Map Book 1997, Pages 204-206. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 11316 Honeycutt Rd, 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.

for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 255, Chastain Subdivision, Phase 4, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 2001, Page 355, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 3205 Marshlane Way, Raleigh, NC 27610.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY 19 SP 1895

sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit:

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Eric N. Moore and Betty Moore, in the original amount of $35,453.00, payable to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Mortgage Lenders Network USA, Inc., dated November 23, 2004 and recorded on November 24, 2004 in Book 11115, Page 965, Wake County Registry.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of

Being all of Lot 606, Chastain Subdivision, Phase 10, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Page 10021006, Wake County Registry

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Wake County, North Carolina, at 2:00PM on December 5, 2019, and will

Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 6122 Ricker Road, Raleigh, NC 27610. Tax ID: 1732726524 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof, or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. 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

19 SP 2167 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

ber 4, 2019 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit:

NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joyce M. Sanders and husband, Keith A. Sanders to Louis A. Trosch, Trustee(s), which was dated November 4, 2003 and recorded on November 5, 2003 in Book 10533 at Page 160 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on January 24, 2019 in Book 17344, Page 318, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

BEING ALL of Lot 74, Phase 8, Berkshire Downs-West Subdivision according to Book of Maps 1985, Page 1856, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 8221 Rocky Court, Raleigh, NC 27616.

17 SP 3034 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit:

NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Amy Elizabeth Pearman and Joshua Steven Turner a/k/a Josh S. Turner to Melissa Shinka, Trustee(s), which was dated September 28, 2009 and recorded on September 29, 2009 in Book 013710 at Page 01513, Wake County Registry, North Carolina.

Lying in the town of Garner, Panther Branch Township, Wake County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 462 in Eagle Ridge Subdivision, Phase 5-B, Section 2, as shown on a map recorded in Book of Maps 2007, Pages 2373-2375 (Page 2374), Wake County Registry, to which map reference is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 893

situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 31, Tyler Farms Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1997, Pages 1649 and 1650, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6425 Cablewood Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Timothy D. Dalporto and Liane A. Dalporto to Getter Law Offices, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of July, 2016, and recorded in Book 016476, Page 01522, 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 December 9, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 1999 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Laura K. Wise to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), dated the 31st day of May, 2005, and recorded in Book 011388, Page 01520, 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 December 2, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake,

Said property is commonly known as 895 Seastone Street, 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

North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 106, Phase One, Midland Townhomes Subdivision, as recorded in Book of Maps 1984, Page 1562, Wake County Registry. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 7703 Sandra Lane, Raleigh, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any rep-

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 Marguerite T. Edmonds. 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

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 Neal C. Sumner and wife, Stephanie D. Sumner. 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 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 Laverne R. Gadsden and Anthony A. Robinson. 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

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.

Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-21120-FC01

File No.: 19-13569-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

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

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.

File No.: 18-09226-FC01

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee

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

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

Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 404-474-7149 (phone) 404-745-8121 (fax) jtaylor@mtglaw.com

Anchor Trustee Services, LLC Substitute Trustee By: ________________________________________ January N. Taylor, Bar #33512 McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC

5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 18-22669-FC01

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.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1271557 (FC.FAY)

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