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NEWS BRIEFING

Trump to campaign in Fayetteville on Saturday Fayetteville President Donald Trump will make a campaign appearance at the Fayetteville Regional Airport on Saturday. The stop is part of what the Trump campaign calls the “Great American Comeback Tour” and will be the President’s fourth appearance in the past four weeks.

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Thousands in North Carolina incorrectly told they have COVID Charlotte Mecklenburg County incorrectly told nearly 7,000 residents they had tested positive for the coronavirus due to what officials say was a technical glitch.

The county told residents that the messages were a “scam” and that their health department does not notify people of their COVID-19 test results through text message.

A few hours later, the county said the messages had actually gone out due to a glitch “in the software system that has been addressed by the software provider.”

County manager Dena Diorio told county commissioners that the messages were sent through HealthSpace Data System, a company based in Canada.

The county has been using the company’s software since May to help with contact tracing efforts.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NC House Speaker accuses Democrats on police funding issue Raleigh House Speaker Tim Moore and Republican sheriffs accused Democratic legislative candidates of pushing to reduce police funding if elected this November, citing a liberal group’s policy platform.

Moore cited a pledge promoted by the group Future Now. The group’s political arm gave $50,000 to the state Democratic Party in June and contributions in March to nearly a dozen House Democrats.

“Our nation is in a time of crisis,” Moore said. “The last thing we need to be talking about is reallocating assets from law enforcement and defunding the police.”

Future Now Executive Director Daniel Squadron said Moore was lying about the group’s policy goals.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mexico has a quieter independence celebration amid pandemic Mexico City Mexicans will celebrate their Independence Day without big public ceremonies for the first time in 153 years due to restrictions on public gatherings caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Each year, the president rings the bell that marked the call to arms during the 1810-1821 struggle to win independence from Spain, and shouts “Viva Mexico!”

The event has not been cancelled since 1847, during the Mexican-American War, when U.S. troops occupied Mexico City.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Company withdraws application for seismic testing permit Raleigh WesternGeco withdrew its application for seismic testing in coastal N.C. last week, drawing “victory” comments from Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan.

The news of the company’s withdrawal comes days after the Trump administration’s assertion that Florida, Georgia and South Carolina will be protected from offshore drilling.

“DEQ stands firmly with the coastal communities in the determination that seismic testing followed by offshore drilling is not consistent with our responsibility to protect our coastal resources and economy,” said Regan.

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Panthers lose home opener in empty stadium The Carolina Panthers mascot sits in the empty stands during the second half of an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C.

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Tillis, Cunningham engage in first televised debate

JOURNaL

Tillis says Cunningham ‘irresponsible’ for vaccine comments

STATE ELEVATE THE CONVERSATION

Welcoming a baby during a pandemic An NSJ reporter’s experience becoming a parent during COVID

we woke up to start our day, the time had come to make use of all these details. Corey had been up much of the night counting her contraction intervals, and when they reached the magic numBy David Larson bers, we called for the go-ahead, North State Journal grabbed our pre-packed bags DURHAM — Since it was the and headed to the hospital.

Upon arriving at Duke Rebirth of our first child, my wife, Corey, and I didn’t necessari- gional’s main entrance, we joined ly have a “normal” to compare an airport-style security line the birth of daughter Lucille with a nurse at the front taking with, but obviously we knew this people’s temperatures and asking them questions about wasn’t it. Every protravel and symptoms. cess had clearly gone We made it through through recent dramatthis line, Corey’s conic shifts. Despite all of After several tractions getting closer that, my wife and child and more painful, and passed safely through attempts, went up the elevator the life-changing (and and being to labor and delivery, creating) process, aidwhich they call “The ed by the capable staff told it was Birth Place.” at Duke Regional Hos- the last After a quick check in pital in north Durham. contraction an examination room, The COVID-19 panthey confirmed that, demic has changed vir- before yes, Corey was definitetually every area of life, moving to ly ready to be admitted. partly by making every Due to COVID, the hosarea of life virtual. This surgery, our pital only allowed each is true now for working 8-pound woman giving birth remotely, Zoom social one “support person,” gatherings, stream- little Lucille and thankfully, Coing church services, Elizabeth rey picked me. A nurse and also, apparentwas pulled came in wearing a full ly, for birth preparahead-to-toe protective tion. The usual in-per- into the suit and told us she was son birth classes were world there to give Corey the canceled and the hospidreaded “up-the-nose” tal instead sent us links against her COVID test. She did to multiple PowerPoint will at 7:38 not give me a test, but presentations. These said if Corey tested poswere informative, and p.m. itive, I would be prewe watched them all sumed positive and not from the comfort of our couch, but it certainly didn’t re- allowed to return if I left for any place a live back-and-forth with reason.

Corey quickly passed into the a health provider or the chance to interact with other local soon- last stages of labor and took an epidural to deal with the pain. to-be parents.

The hospital tour was also vir- But after 3 ½ hours of pushing, tual. Thankfully, my wife was Lucille was not joining us. Our born in that same hospital 31 doctor came in and broke the years earlier, also in late August. news that we had limited options This and the virtual tour gave us now, and they each came with a bit more comfort about how it risks. We could move to a surgery would all go down — like who to room for a C-section, or we could call, when to come in, and what use a vacuum device to assist Cowould happen when we got there.

See BABY, page A2 And one morning, soon after

By Matt Mercer North State Journal RALEIGH — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis and former state Sen. Cal Cunningham took to the debate stage on Monday night in the first debate of statewide candidates during the general election campaign.

The hour-long debate, held in Raleigh, featured heavy discussion on the coronavirus pandemic. Tillis accused Cunningham’s company of applying for Paycheck Protection Program money while attacking the same program on the campaign trail.

But it was Cunningham’s response on whether he would take a vaccine for COVID-19 that raised many eyebrows during — and after — the debate.

“As the senator from North Carolina, I would have a lot of questions of the FDA. I think the American people have questions,” Cunningham said.

When pressed by the moderator if he would be hesitant to take a vaccine approved by the end of the year, Cunningham said he would be.

“Yes, I would be hesitant. But I would ask a lot questions,” Cunningham said. He then criticized campaign donations to Tillis and said Washington needed reform.

Tillis immediately respondSee NC SENATE, page A2

Parents in CharlotteMecklenburg district file suit over remote instruction Complaint says children are being denied their constitutionally guaranteed right to a sound, basic education

not done very transparently.

Redding says he’s had a lot of parents contact him since the complaint was filed who want to hold the school board accountSee SCHOOLS, page A2

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal CHARLOTTE — Five parents have filed a complaint against Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools over the use of remote instruction only for the district’s 147,000 students.

A preliminary injunction and declarative relief are being sought in order to restore in-person instruction.

The plaintiffs, all parents, are Nicholas and Natalie Foy, Bryan Crutcher, Sandy Blakely White and Stephen Lonnen. The plaintiffs are being represented by David Redding of the Redding and Jones law firm in Charlotte.

The complaint’s overarching allegation is that CMS did not “sufficiently prepare for active instruction for the 2020-21 school year.”

They claim this lack of preparation speaks to a violation of the sound, basic education guaranteed by the North Carolina state constitution.

“The main thrust of the complaint is really that the board of education did not fulfill its duties in making a determination as to whether or not they should provide for active instruction at all,” said Redding. He added later that the district’s decision making was

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City’s actions has arisen in Dare and Currituck counties, resulting in the filing of a federal lawsuit by six property owners whose permanent residences are in states.

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April able. 13 and runs for 30 days.

According to executive order Student health, safety and lack 131, only five people per 1,000 of engagement, or dropping out, square of retail space are alsofeet issues listed in or the20% suit. of fire marshalthe posted occupanAdditionally, complaint adcy limits can in a of store at one dresses the be lack in-person time.

Markings be placed learning having amust negative impact 6 apart in areas where peoonfeet minority and low-income stuple gather, dents due tolike lackcheckout of devices,lines, comand stores mustorobserve cleanputers and poor no access to the ing measures. Additional recominternet. mendations in the named order include The defendants are the plastic shieldsboard, at registers and CMS school the board’s contact-free checkouts.

Chair Elyse Dashew, CMS SuperThe order overrides any lointendent Earnest Winston and cal that set a differthe prohibitions Charlotte-Mecklenburg Asent occupancy rate in aorder to sociation of Educators, regional maintain across theof affiliate of“uniformity” the N.C. Association state.”

As (NCAE). with Cooper’s previEducators ousIncluded executiveinorders, municipalithe complaint are ties and individual stores cantoenreferences to NCAE emails the act even stricter than board and claimsmeasures that the NCAE described in the new directives. pushed teachers to reject in-perThe Carolina-based son North instruction and thatFresh CMS Market chain,of failed to grocery “place thestore well-being starting require studentsApril over 14, thewill agenda of all the guests face-covering of NCAE.”toItwear also asays that “members some of thesort.

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THE WORD: THE FRUIT OFDOUBTING THE SPIRITTHOMAS THE WORD: PEACE ENABLES OTHER VIRTUES

The Second Sunday of Easter approaches, and Christians of the Peace, the third are Fruitreminded of the Spirit, can first Sunday following Christ’s resurrection. have many meanings. For some, peace meansJesus had met with most ofwars His disciples after Mary the absence of quarrels, or commotion.

Peace can also exist inthem times of — an Magdalene alerted ofunrest His presence. inward peace unaffected outward Thomas wasthat notiswith themby when they met circumstances. The peace offered through Jesus, and he said he would not believe in the believing in Jesus enables us to practice the resurrection until he had theofwounds of other listed characteristics ofseen the Fruit the the crucifixion for himself.

Spirit.

The dove appears Christianity as a symbol Eight days after in the resurrection, Thomas of the Holy Spirit and is a nearly universal had his doubts removed when he saw symbol of peace. The Holy Spirit was described Jesus and examined His wounds. While in the form of a dove in all of the Gospels.

Jesus blessed those who believed in His After Jesus was baptized, the Spirit of God resurrection based on faith, He nonetheless descended like a dove. After the flood, the was prove Himselfthe to Thomas. dovewilling came toto Noah symbolizing end of the tumult of the flood.

Thomas had proven a devoted and loyal disciple and Jesus did not condemn him for his skepticism.

Philippians 4:6-7

27 Then“Baptism saith he toof Thomas, Reach hither Christ” (cir. thy finger,1475) and behold is a my hands; andpainting reach hither from thy hand, and thrust it the studio into my side: and be not of Italian faithless, but believing.

Renaissance 28 And Thomas painter answered Andrea and said unto del him, My Lord and my Verrocchio God. 29 Jesus unto withsaith credit him, Thomas, because for the work thou hast seen me, thou generally hast believed: blessed given to are they that have not seen, Verrocchio and yet have believed. and and his pupil Leonardo da “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” by Caravaggio (c. 1601–1602, currently housed Vinci. Uffizi in Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam, Germany).

Gallery, Florence, Italy.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving TRAFFIC from page A1 known unto let your requests be made God. transportation sales tax revenue, 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all also is down. which understanding, keep your hearts and “We were hoping to bid it out failed to produceshall results. minds through Christ some Jesus. road for construction very soon, but In the meantime, and bridge projects already have then COVID-19 and all that, so that timeline is kind of in the air,” been put on hold.

The North Carolina Depart- said West Plains administrator ment of Transportation has Tom Stehn, a former state highslashed its expected construction way engineer. “It was a high priprojects from 131 down to 38 for ority for us.”

Though the upcoming budget BABY from page A1 year, a $2 against herambulances will at 7:38 are p.m.runThe ning as her usual and billion reduction. back of head wasdetours swelledare up “obOhio has delayed projects from hours of for laborvisitors, and the force rey’s pushing by pulling theuntil ba- well-marked that direct interchange next year towards on interstate highways viously of the vacuum’s suction, but they by’s head the exit. beus nice,” said soon Daniel Mar-a in Columbus be- would assured it would adopt They gave and us aCincinnati few anxious chief clinical cause of the expected decline in shall, more normal shape,officer and itfor has.the moments to talk over the options County Ambulance fuel revenue.

ThisHowell of course wasn’t the end andtax risks, and we decided to go South Faced with a budget of the story. We slept in a hospital with the vacuum device.shortfall, The doc- District.

The for citytwo of Bend, Oregon,have the Missouri has us postponed mil- room more nights, tor then told that if the$46 vacuum seventh-fastest growlion forwork 18 road bridge proj- nation’s been awake at all hours of the didn’t afterand a few attempts, metropolitan area over the ects that had been priorities for ing night in the weeks since, and have we would need to move quickly decade, pulled a $190 millocal governments.

As likely manythat as past had to become accustomed to a to surgery.

It was also transportation off the 299 additional valued piercing cry breakingbond through the baby would projects be pulled fur- lion ballot. hadBut conat $785 million could be atmakrisk May former peaceSupporters of our home. as ther down by the vacuum, aboutknows, pushing a are property without federal help, any parent these small ing the C-section moreMcKenna difficult. cerns hike said. prices tofor pay.roads, sidewalks and But we put our faith in the vacu- tax lanes did while local businessAmong immediate de- bike COVID make this process um device, the and said a little famaremore suffering financially ferments: new highway intera bit impersonal, as alland inily prayer,aputting some faith in es residents without work. change teractions were are done from behind God too.to provide direct access many “They’re going upand on to the Medical either a mask or toa show screen; Andexpanded they bothOzarks came through. daythat andwe’re just home, glancevirus and Center in Westattempts, Plains. The even now After several andcenbe- voters’ `I’m not my taxes ter’s hospital, physician spe- think, precautions onlyraising allow one of us ing told it was the last and contracnopediatrician way!’” said Mike Ricialty clinics are among area’s right to gonow, to the appointtion before moving tothe surgery, co-chairman of all thethese Go Bend largest employers, ments.

But, despite barour 8-pound littleserving Lucilleabout Eliz- ley, Coalition that itsupport40,000 patients eight rural 2020 riers and regulations, couldn’t abeth was pulled in into the world counties of southern Missouri ed the measure. “We’re going to come back to voters, but now just and northern Arkansas.

The state had allotted more felt like the wrong time.”

Most states have classified road than $1.2 million to cover half the road construction costs. The construction as essential work other half was to come from local that can continue despite orders 6

John 20:27-29 (KJV)

shutting down certain business- causing major traffic backups.

Florida announced that it is aces. But some states have not.

Washington, site of the first celerating work schedules by sevcoronavirus outbreak in the U.S., eral weeks on about $2 billion PUBLIC of DOMAIN bridge and road projects. suspended work on 92 of its 100 worth In Maryland, a westbound active highway projects as a result of a stay-at-home order for lane of the Chesapeake Bay most workers. The halted proj- Bridge near Annapolis recentects include major ones in Seattle ly re-opened to vehicles followand Spokane, as well as improve- ing repairs. The $27 million projments to an Interstate 90 pass ect was completed well ahead of through an avalanche-prone area schedule, partly because of light traffic amid the coronavirus panof the Cascade Mountains.

Vermont’s entire $200 million demic.

The declining traffic volumes road construction plan for 2020 is on hold, save for a $6 million have been especially large in some emergency repair where a storm of the nation’s most famously conwashed out part of the foundation gested metropolitan areas, such as the San Francisco Bay area. on Interstate 89.

Business leaders in the region The longer the delay, the greater the likelihood that some proj- had hoped to put a 1 cent sales tax ects might not get finished this on the November ballot that could raise $100 billion over 40 years year.

“Every project is sort of at risk for public transit and transporof running out of quality weather tation projects in a nine-county days to complete the work,” said region. But the coronavirus outJeremy Reed, construction engi- break interrupted work on state neer for the state’s transportation legislation needed to place the measure on the ballot. agency.

It now could be Pennsylvania originally The Larson family at thehalted Duke Regional Hospital on2022, Aug. or 17,even 2024, before supporters can make all roaddirectly construction work. But 2020, after Lucille’s birth. it has since allowed work to pro- another push for a public vote on ceed on 61 critical projects. About the measure, said John Grubb, of and the Bay 800 roadthe and bridge projects, at chief remove very personal reality from operating our family,officer friends coCouncil, a business-backed $7 billion, remain of parenthood andon ofhold. the support Area workers throughout.

By contrast, some states have policy advocacy group.

“If we’re in a poor economy, taken advantage of a lull in traffic to speed up transportation which it looks like we’re going to projects. Construction crews have be in, that would have been an been able to shut down highway awful lot of stimulus and an awful lothe of stood job creation,” he enforcesaid. lanes during prime hours without while with law ment and common-sense reforms like the bill proposed by South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. Senate Democrats blocked the bill proposed by Scott, a black RepubliWORSHIP from page A1 can, from being debated on the Senate floor.

Benham and others showed up Cunningham tweeted followto the Charlotte clinic after receiving Aug. 29’s protests in Raleigh ing calls that the police were there that, “Those who’ve taken to the demanding that the group’s memstreets to peacefully exercise your bers leave the area. When they refundamental rights: I see you, fused to leave, eight were given cihear you & join you in the fight to tations of “violation of emergency bring systemic change. Those who prohibitions and restrictions” — a instead destroy property cross Class 2 misdemeanor. a line, do wrong & are distract“They’re saying there were 50 ing from our effort to bring real, people there,” Benham said on much-needed reform.” the discrepancy between his acNorth Carolina Republican count and the “official” account.

Party chairman Michael Whatley “Just look at the video. The video congratulated Tillis on his debate shows clear evidence. It is a lie. It performance, saying, “Cal Cunis wrong. The police department, ningham confirmed that he is a WRAL-TV VIA AP Charlotte Observer, the mayor’s offull-fledged member of the radificeSen. — they’re wrong.” cal left wing mob, while Senator U.S. Thomall Tillis, R-N.C., left, and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham participate in a Sen. debate, Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a 2020, at the WRAL-TV studios in Raleigh, N.C. Tillis was able to highlight his soltelevised Monday, Sept. 14, friend of Benham’s, tweeted out in id record of cutting taxes, serving support of him later the same day, NC soldiers and military families, calling the unconstitutional with President Trump ningham) is aarrest political fear mon- be driven by health and science.’ debate were just the latest exam- working ROBERT CLARK | NORTH STATE JOURNAL and saying, “Because elected Dems ‘Yes, I would be hesitant.’” ples of how he will say anything and defending the police.” gerer.” are pro-abortion, they are abusing Attendees of Northwood Church in Fayeteville’s 2020with Easter drive-in listen in shown on Polls inservice the race have get elected and will side “Cal Cunningham made Temple clear to Washington, D.C.-based retheir also power—in one-sided way— last their radios inside their cars as Pastor Johnover Hedgepeth delivers his sermon.with a slight lead, Cunningham Chuck Schumer the interests night that from he has no serious porters notedathe exchange, to silence pregnancy counselors.” with The Washington Post’s solutions to the COVID-19 cri- of North Carolinians every time.” with the RealClearPolitics averCruzMin also Kim put a saying, petition “Wow on his site In the latter half of the debate, age showing Cunningham at 47% Seung - sis and is only interested in atnionTillis sets, with sealed and ‘drive-in’ crimination againstit religious in- the which asksindicates signatories “Tell tempting at 43%.

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“Where a state has not acted houses of worship to continue with said. “We’re law-abiding. I want to liam Barr has received a flood of complaints from religious people evenhandedly, it must have a com- virtual services, including for Eas- do things the way they said and let them know we’re cooperating with pelling reason restric- ly.ter.” around the country who, likeand Ben- nize2020, Parents who did not want to also to ranimpose letter-writpaign to improperly influence them.”

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The six candidates for N.C. Supreme Court and host Donna Martinez participate in a virtual forum hosted by the Federalist Society.

Virtual forum held for NC Supreme Court candidates Wins by Republicans could balance the court tilted left by Gov. Cooper’s appointments

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — The Federalist Society’s Triangle and Cape Fear Lawyers Chapters hosted a virtual forum for the North Carolina Supreme Court candidates on Sept.

10. The forum was moderated by Donna Martinez, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at the John Locke Foundation.

The Federalist Society is a non-partisan organization of conservative and libertarian lawyers, jurists, law students and professors.

There are three state Supreme Court seats that will be decided in the November 2020 election.

Seat One is the chief justice seat.

Current Chief Justice Cheri Beasley is running to keep the seat with Sr. Associate Justice Paul Newby as her challenger. Both Beasley and Newby’s seats expire this year. Currently, Beasley has almost twice the amount of cash on hand as Newby.

The chief justice candidates went last during the forum. Beasley touted that she was the first chief justice in the nation to implement COVID-related emergency directives and the use of virtual hearings. She did not get into the delays in jury trials, which are still paused until at least Oct. 1. Beasley said that district courts were “being allowed to create their own plans” for how to resume jury trials.

“One size doesn’t fit all,” said Newby in response to Beasley’s blanket COVID orders. He added that district courts have had pandemic plans in place since 2011.

“The federal courts have continued with jury trials. Some of our neighboring states have continued with jury trials. Why is that?” asked Newby.

Beasley pivoted to the Supreme Court’s existing case backlog and said, “we just don’t have the funding” to clear it.

Martinez brought up Beasley’s comments that she made in June about civil unrest and protest after the death of George Floyd and

Newby’s remarks at a past event about justice and trust in the judicial branch. She then asked them both if there were two kinds of justice in the N.C. court system.

Beasley boasted that she was the “first chief justice in the nation” to speak out. She seemingly sided with the protesters who believe there are two kinds of justice and said that she believes the “majority of North Carolinians have no confidence in our courts.”

“It’s important that the leader of the judicial system support the public trust and confidence in our system and not undermine it,” Newby said.

“We need to let go of some strongly held thoughts about people who don’t look like us,” Beasley said. “We need to all work on our biases and perceptions of people who don’t look like us.”

Running for Seat Two are two N.C. Court of Appeals Judges Lucy Inman (D) and Judge Phil Berger, Jr. (R). Justice Mark Davis (D) and former state Sen. Tamara Barringer are running for Seat Four.

Candidates were given time for an opening statement, and then candidates were portioned by their seat races for more specific questions and debate.

The first panel match up was for Seat Two featuring Judges Inman and Berger. Inman has been on the N.C. Court of Appeals since January 2015 and Berger since November 2016. They were both asked what voters should take away from their political party affiliations.

“I’m a conservative judge, first and foremost,” said Berger. “I believe in limited government and judicial restraint.” He went on to say that voters likely see Republican judges to be more “textualist” and that they won’t “legislate from the bench.”

Berger was previously the district attorney for Rockingham County. He was first elected in 2006 and was re-elected in 2010.

During his opening remarks, Berger said if he were elected, he would be the only former district attorney to serve on the state Supreme Court.

Inman said that she’s a judge and that she is “independent and impartial.” She said that “following precedent” is a “fundamental prin-

Terry Branstad, US ambassador to China, to leave next month

By Ken Moritsugu The Associated Press BEIJING — The U.S. ambassador to China will step down early next month, ending a threeyear tenure marked by a trade war and increasingly bitter relations between the world’s two largest economies.

Terry Branstad, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2017, confirmed his decision in a phone call with Trump last week, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement Monday. It did not give a reason for his departure.

“I am proudest of our work in getting the phase one trade deal and delivering tangible results for our communities back home,” he was quoted as saying at an embassy staff meeting on Monday.

Word of his departure leaked out earlier in the day when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

thanked Branstad on Twitter for his service.

“Ambassador Branstad has contributed to rebalancing U.S.-China relations so that it is results-oriented, reciprocal, and fair,” Pompeo wrote in a follow-up tweet.

China’s foreign ministry said before the embassy announcement that it was aware of Pompeo’s tweet but had not received any notification that Branstad was leaving.

Branstad became embroiled in a recent controversy when China’s official People’s Daily newspaper rejected an opinion column that he had written.

Pompeo tweeted last week that China’s ruling Communist Party refused to run Branstad’s op-ed while the Chinese ambassador to the United States “is free to publish in any U.S. media outlet.”

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ciple” she believes in.

Inman is the daughter of author Lucy Daniels, the granddaughter of former White House Press Secretary Jonathan W. Daniels. Inman is also the great-granddaughter of Josephus Daniels, a prominent segregationist and publisher of The News & Observer, who printed racist articles and cartoons later dubbed the “white supremacy” campaign of 1898.

During discussion by Seat Four candidates about whether or not judges should be fixing societal injustices from the bench, Davis said that “fairness” was already a part of the statute or constitutional provision.

“As judges our role is very limited. Our job is to apply the law,” said Davis, who served as a judge on the state’s court of appeals from 2013 to 2019 when he was elevated to the Supreme Court.

“I am a textualist,” said Barringer, a former state senator who served District 17 in Wake County from 2013 through 2018. “I believe the law should be applied as written.”

Barringer said that after spending nearly seven years in the General Assembly representing the people and interests of the state, that legislation is “to be respected.”

She said the law should be applied “equally and fairly to all people.”

Gov. Roy Cooper’s appointments have created a hard-left tilt to the court, standing at six Democrats and one Republican. In 2019, Cooper altered the political make-up of the state’s top court upon the departure of Chief Justice Mark Martin, a Republican. Martin departed to become the dean of a law school in Virginia. Cooper selected Beasley, a Democrat, as Martin’s replacement. In doing so, the governor passed over two sitting justices with more experience than Beasley had, Newby and Associate Justice Robin Hudson.

After moving Beasley into the chief spot, Cooper then appointed Mark Davis, another Democrat, to fill her seat. This is the second time Davis has filled a seat once held by Beasley. The first time was in 2012 at the hand of Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue after she elevated Beasley from the N.C. Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court.

spokesperson Zhao Lijian responded that Branstad’s article was “full of loopholes, seriously inconsistent with facts and wantonly attacks and smears China.”

The U.S. Embassy had contacted the People’s Daily on Aug. 26 about the piece, asking that it be printed in full without any edits before Sept. 4, the People’s Daily said in a statement posted online.

Branstad, 73, is a native of Iowa and was governor of the major farming state for 22 years over two spans, from 1983 to 1999 and 2011 to 2017.

Early in his first term, he met Xi Jinping, now China’s leader, when the then county-level Communist Party official visited Iowa on a 1985 trade trip.

Trump appointed him ambassador after a vacancy of several months, during which the embassy’s No. 2 official, David Rank, resigned after criticizing the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.

Soon after arriving in Beijing in June 2017, Branstad welcomed American beef back to the Chinese market after a 14-year ban, saying “I know it is a key priority of the president to reduce the trade deficit, and this is one of the ways we can do it.”

But trade relations quickly soured, as the U.S. imposed tar-

RALEIGH — On Sept. 10, daughter and advisor to the president Ivanka Trump and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue visited the State Farmer’s Market in Raleigh as part of the Trump administration’s Farmers to Families Food Box distribution program.

The program, in which Perdue and Trump visited the Henderson County town of Mills River to promote three weeks ago, has delivered over 100 million meals across the country.

In a statement, Ms. Trump said, “With over 100 million meals delivered to date, the Farmers to Families Food Box Program continues to serve and innovate in remarkable ways to feed our nation’s most vulnerable. By making this technology available through USDA, we are enabling those most in need access to fresh, locally-sourced meat, dairy and produce for their families. The secretary and I are thrilled to be able to highlight these efforts in the great state of North Carolina!”

Joining Perdue and Trump on the tour were N.C. Dept. of Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and Republican Congressman David Rouzer.

Before remarks to a small crowd of invited guests, Perdue, Trump, Troxler and Rouzer walked through the market and made several stops to talk to the vendors and families who sell produce at the market.

The foursome spent nearly 30 minutes talking and taking pictures — including a long conversation about tomatoes at Lee’s Produce of Meadow in Johnston County. Ronnie Lee, the owner of the family-run farm, even received a shout-out from Ms. Trump during her remarks to the crowd later.

Ronnie Lee, who owns Lee’s Produce, said he has been at State Farmer’s Market since 1990 and farms 250 acres.

“I’m not used to speeches; I’m used to being on a tractor,” said Lee. He told those gathered that for years, restaurants would come pick vegetables and fruits at his farm. After the pandemic began, this slowed, so the Farmers to Families Food Box program had been invaluable to his business.

Commissioner Troxler kicked off the official proceedings, saying that the Farmer’s Market is a dynamic hub and a valuable resource for fruits, vegetables, meats, seafood, and flowers. In introducing Secretary Perdue, Troxler said he needed “no introduction” given how often he has been to the state in his tenure.

“This farmer’s market is a jewel,” said Perdue.

The secretary highlighted what he called the Farmers to Families Food Box program’s “win-winwin” aspects, because it helped farmers, distributors and families who were hurting.

The event was Perdue’s third of the day in North Carolina. Earlier, he participated in a broadband connectivity announcement in Moore County and joined Farm Bureau members for a roundtable discussion in Harnett County.

Perdue then welcomed Ivanka Trump to the stage, saying, “It’s been a joy for me to work with her on this program and seeing her enthusiasm.”

Trump said the ability to bring the country’s produce to those in need was important.

“There were people struggling at every end of the spectrum, from farmers to distributors to families who had never been to a food bank before. A program of this scale to be mobilized so quickly is incredible,” said Ms. Trump.

Thursday’s event also highlighted a new aspect of the program — the ability for SNAP recipients to shop at over 3,000 local markets to buy local produce. Perdue said a pilot program will also be launched, which will include online ordering and the ability to have produce delivered.

Trump also highlighted the efforts of the faith community in helping the distribution networks to get food boxes to those in need.

Commissioner Troxler closed the formal remarks, saying he had “seen first-hand how successful this program has been to the farmers and families in the state.”

Trump said, “Hopefully I’ll be back many times in the weeks and years ahead.”

Perdue and Trump then joined workers from the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina to help pack boxes on a truck parked by the stage. The truck was set to go to a local food bank for delivery.

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Advisor and daughter to the president Ivanka Trump speaks at a Farmers to Families Food Box distribution event at the State Farmer’s Market in Raleigh on Sept. 10, 2020.

iffs on Chinese products and China retaliated in kind. Other disputes followed over technology, human rights and the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Branstad joined U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at trade talks with Chinese counterparts in Beijing in May 2019.

The phase one deal reached the following January represented a truce but did not address the more fundamental complaints of the American side.

The U.S. Embassy statement also noted Branstad’s role in the effort to reduce the flow of fentanyl from China to the United States, including a 2018 pact in which China agreed to list the opioid as a controlled substance.

Branstad also made a rare visit to Tibet in May 2019, where he expressed concerns about what the U.S. called Chinese government interference in the freedom of Tibetan Buddhists to organize and practice their religion.

“He encouraged the Chinese government to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives, without preconditions, to seek a settlement that resolves differences,” an embassy statement at the time said.

“Ambassador Branstad has contributed to rebalancing U.S.-China relations so that it is results-oriented, reciprocal, and fair.”

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NC Public Power: The Power of Community, Neighbors Serving Neighbors As February 4, 1889 drew to a close in Statesville, a local resident flipped the switch for the state’s original municipally owned utility.

Public power’s first light in North Carolina illuminated the night skies for a momentous two hours.

Today, public power brightens the homes and workplaces of 1.2 million people in 70 communities across our state — that’s more than the populations of Raleigh and Charlotte combined. At the end of the day, one out of every eight people in North Carolina gets their energy from a public power utility.

In honor of Public Power Week, October 4-10, we recognize the value of public power and celebrate all the people dedicated to keeping the lights on. It’s a big commitment with tremendous value.

A statewide survey of more than 3,000 customers conducted this year found that more than 81 percent of North Carolina’s public power customers are satisfied with their public power utility. That’s because they benefit from public power’s affordable rates, faster restoration, local customer service, and local job creation. Public power also provides emergency assistance in the aftermath of storms and hurricanes. And the reliability is hard to beat — NC Public Power customers reported an outstanding 93 percent satisfaction rating for reliable service.

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

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

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electric utilities, providing its members assistance with communications, economic development, government relations, marketing, safety and training, and other services that maximize the lifespan and efficiency of members’ electric distribution systems.

Many of North Carolina’s public power cities and towns have been electric providers for more than 100 years, assisting their communities through boom times as well as pandemics and economic downturns. Below is just a snapshot of our state’s vibrant public power community — each is a unique example of neighbors serving neighbors to keep the lights on.

Ayden At the halfway point between Raleigh and the Crystal Coast, this town is well on its way to developing into a major industrial and economic center for eastern North Carolina. Whether you’re digging into a plate of some of the best barbecue in the entire state or visiting the annual Collard Festival, you’ll feel an energy, drive, and friendliness when you walk anywhere around town. It’s just a nice place to be.

Discover more at www.electricities.com and by following @ElectriCitiesNC on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Concord The county seat of Cabarrus County means “harmony,” settled as a compromise location between settlers more than 200 years ago.

Today, true to its pioneering spirit, you won’t have much trouble finding something fun and interesting to do here that everyone will agree on. Concord is home to the wildly popular Charlotte Motor Speedway and the nearby shopping at Concord Mills. For a weekend on the quieter side, check out Frank Liske Park, a recreation area with picnic pavilions, a fishing and boating lake, athletic fields, and mini golf.

Louisburg

Local lore has it that Abraham Lincoln was born on Puzzle Creek near this picturesque Rutherford County town. Experts point to historians and Lincoln biographers who put Lincoln’s birth five years earlier than is commonly accepted — born near Bostic to his mother Nancy Hanks, and only taking his now-famous last name after Nancy moved to Kentucky and married Tom Lincoln.

No matter whether the lore is true, this town nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains is bursting with charm, friendliness, and culture.

In the county seat of Catawba County, the city has gone out of its way to make the quality of life the best it can be. There’s the beloved Foothills Folks Art Festival. There’s the roar and excitement of the Hickory Motor Speedway. There’s the Farmer’s Market at Catawba Falls on weekends and Get Your NewtOn Music Festival after the market. And no matter what your tastes are, you’re bound to find something fun to do in downtown, whether it’s antique shopping, digging into some home cooking at a local restaurant, or taking in art — or buying a piece for yourself.

With 16 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the nation’s oldest private two-year college, Louisburg College, this town is like a living history museum. It’s also convenient to all the larger cities in the area, 45 minutes from RaleighDurham International Airport, a couple of hours from the beach, and three hours from the mountains. What makes Louisburg truly special, though, is its family-centered community feel. It’s the kind of place where you wave at familiar faces on the sidewalk.

Visiting this town is like stepping back in time to an era of log cabins, rustic barns, and rich farmland. Explore the historic downtown and sample delicious fried chicken on a main street complete with painted Coca Cola and Pepsi signs on exposed brick walls, ice cream parlors, shops, and restaurants, where young and old mix and mingle and create a magical place to live. There are also excellent town parks and libraries, green spaces, shopping, dining — and of course, simply enjoying friends and family.

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Rich in history, this city’s heritage can be seen everywhere, from downtown to its residential historic districts. Today, that heritage fuels a major renaissance, with local merchants selling antiques, boutique clothing, jewelry, and crafts in the flourishing downtown business district. You’ll also find new music stores, a recording studio, great restaurants, and craft breweries leading the charge to redevelop and repurpose historic buildings. Just down the road from Charlotte and a short, scenic drive up to the Blue Ridge section of the Appalachian Mountains, it’s no wonder the motto for this picturesque city is, “Near the city. Near the mountains. Near perfect.”

Home to Lake Norman, most people think of this town and immediately imagine paddleboarding on the water or relaxing dockside. And there’s plenty of that — boasting 54 miles of Lake Norman shoreline, there are boat, jet ski, and paddleboard rentals, several marinas, great waterfront dining, antique shopping, and at least five craft breweries close by. But there’s so much more to this special place. Cornelius is a highly diverse community with 10 public parks, a wide variety of housing opportunities, vibrant retail and office space, and a championship golf course. Choose your own adventure here!

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While many cities in our state were founded around mills or train depots, Monroe is different. It originated as an actual planned settlement in 1843 and quickly grew to become a major trading center for the Piedmont, where tobacco, cotton, and other cash crops flourished. Present-day Monroe offers a wealth of fun things to do, from the Air Show and Music on Main Street to car Cruise-Ins and Halloween Happenings.

Combine all that with the numerous outdoor parks, community centers, historic sites, dining, and entertainment and cultural venues, and you’ll discover that there’s never a dull moment in Monroe.

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If you’re from eastern North Carolina and you hear the name “Smithfield,” you probably think of mouthwatering barbecue and fried chicken. Then you might think of actress Ava Gardner, who was born here. These days, visitors by the thousands flock to the great outlet shopping, as well as the beautiful Mountains-to-Sea trail along the Neuse River. Don’t miss a visit to the Ava Gardner Museum, where you can retrace the local “country girl’s” journey to becoming one of Hollywood’s most famous starlets — a true Cinderella story.

Fremont

Located at the southeastern tip of Halifax County just 90 minutes from Raleigh, this town was incorporated in 1891 and named after a Mr. Hobgood, who lived in the area and operated a saloon/store that served people traveling between Halifax and Tarboro. Today, in the heart of this small town, you’ll find a big-time revitalization that started more than 15 years ago with the restoration of the train depot, which is now a community center and home to the annual Hobgood Cotton Festival. As they say here, “Working together works.” And that philosophy seems to be working very well.

Washington If there’s a place in eastern North Carolina synonymous with character, it’s Washington.

This city is home to one of the largest commercial and residential historic districts in North Carolina, featuring Victorian era homes and buildings. It’s also a center of commercial seafood in the region. And for fun, there’s the walkable waterfront, a vibrant arts and music scene, world-class restaurants, intriguing antique stores, galleries, performance centers, and more.

For exploring the outdoors, there’s great sailing and power boating, hunting, fishing, golf, tennis, and year-round swimming. Your hardest decision will be choosing!

RALEIGH — Congressman Dan Bishop (NC-09) introduced a bill to help parents find and access education options when local schools refuse to open for safe, in-person instruction.

H.R. 8182, the Creating Hope and Opportunity through Increased Choice in Education (CHOICE) Act, directs the U.S. Secretary of Education to establish a grant program that will help families pay for alternative educational options.

The bill does so by amending the CARES Act to require that “10 percent of all Education Stabilization appropriations be used to fund Opportunity Grants.”

“I was troubled by forced school closures continuing into the fall. Data shows what parents know — virtual learning is subpar and affects students of various income backgrounds differently,” Bishop told North State Journal. “I wanted to introduce a bill that provides options for families faced with school closures, because my constituents were angry that their children were denied the option of in-person education.”

Nearly 70% of all school districts in North Carolina are currently operating under “Plan C,” which is full remote instruction. Those districts operating under “Plan C” represent nearly 1 million of the state’s 1.5 million K-12 students.

According to a press release from Bishop’s office, the grants would be available to any student whose school is not providing in-person instruction “at a level consistent with the 2019-2020 school year.” The grants can also be used for a number of alternative education options.

Bishop’s legislation is similar in intent to that of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in terms of offering parents more flexibility to meet the education needs of their children.

Last month, Paul introduced S. 4432, the Support Children Having Open Opportunities for Learning (SCHOOL) Act, which amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The funds are to be used for education needs like technology, tutoring, private school tuition, curriculum materials and supports for Special Education needs.

Paul’s bill allows families to directly receive the federal portion of per-pupil spending (roughly $1,800 per student); whereas, Bishop’s bill would the bulk of all funds (local, state and federal) to the families. This total for those in Charlotte Mecklenburg, for example, would be around $11,000.

“With my bill, your education is not dependent on your ability to pay or zip code,” said Bishop. “It would give anywhere from 80 to 100% of the total per pupil spending from all levels of government as determined by the secretary of Education. That would mean thousands of dollars for families who need it.”

Edenton The state’s second-oldest town was the first capital of the Colony of North Carolina and has the stories to prove it. Edenton is home to three National Historic Landmarks, one of which is the state’s oldest courthouse, built in 1767 and still in use. It was also the site of the Edenton Tea Party — one of the earliest women’s political actions in U.S. history. Today’s Edenton boasts a threeblock-long business district lined with shops and businesses that cater to residents and the many visitors that wander the streets, taking in the beauty and history. There’s plenty of both.

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Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., speaks during a House Small Business Committee hearing on oversight of the Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury pandemic programs on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 17, 2020.

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EDITORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS me a EDITORIAL once again enjoy God.” we can defeat the coronavirus and keep amount of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases Leaders at the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they hing? sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge you to also whole. are reliable. can be with those answers — and again, not vague answers, but answer COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO s what reflect and be comforted, that we may live out Until then, the Lenten and Easter se concerts, family To date, I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and thenon this message with details that give theirso statements believability.

EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy spor itizens mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We should all continue to doRICHARD what we can to keep our families, gatherings, COLUMN | REP. HUDSON EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL this difficult time.

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The excitement was Secondly, what are wp health care workers out of his own home. through this together.

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The Big Four’s descent into Wokedom The following is the first of four installments that mark the low points in the Big Four universities tacking left

Bassett’s bestknown legacy concerns the willful erosion of a classical education, but he also empowered scholars who encourage students to wage war against “cultural authority.”

CAR CRASHES often involve drivers who run off the right side of the road, overcorrect, cross the center line, and slam into a tree on the left side of the highway. I use that scene as an analogue for the direction American universities are headed, but my focus here is upon the course North Carolina’s Big Four universities plotted in the 1980s.

If you follow trends in higher education, you know that academe’s leftward lurch originated in university English departments, that promoting “social justice” has become the ruling ethos in all the humanities and that dissenting faculty have been silenced — and in some cases “cancelled” by leftist professors, by student proselytes or by skittish administrators.

What you might not know is that the leftists’ takeover of North Carolina universities had as much to do with promoting themselves as it did with promoting social justice. Take a crop of upstart PhDs who land jobs in Research I institutions. Add the rule “publish or perish” — actually, make that, “publish something cutting edge or perish.”

Now imagine a crop of upstarts competing to invent a new angle on Hamlet or Huck — then spotting the opening. If, prior to 1980, scholars had revered Western writers as a source of insight and inspiration, the Young Turks would recast them as the enemy in their war on “injustice” and “inequality” — and cast themselves as liberators of “marginalized voices.”

NC State’s English department was the first of the Big Four to make headlines when its Young Turks opened fire on senior faculty for maintaining strict standards for student writing and for teaching great works. Lucky for me, the guardians of strict standards were still in charge when I was a grad student at State, and their commitment to teaching, to scholarship and to student success I still say is unmatched.

Enter department head John Bassett, who, in August, 1984, announced plans to take the department “in a radically different” direction that would transform English 101, “demystify” literature and showcase faculty who impose “genderdeconstructionist,” “Marxo-constructivist,” or “poststructuralist” interpretations on classical literature.

Under Bassett’s direction, the department would no longer concern itself with “what a work means” because how poems and novels “signify in various

contexts” was all the rage — in this case — literally.

What ensued was a battle so fierce it attracted the attention of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Skube. For a 1988 News and Observer feature, Skube examined the conflict and found himself caught in the crossfire between faculty who saw writing as an arduous process done mostly in isolation and a new crop of “experts” who had revamped composition as a group activity for budding activists.

Just as heated was the clash between scholars who observed that students “become good writers by reading great writing” and State’s new director of composition who claimed, “Research shows that we learn to use discourse by reading voluntarily when we are young, but not much as we grow older.” Backed by a department head who was besotted with “cutting edge research” and who aimed to reinvent English studies as a “social science,” the Young Turks won the battle Skube had likened to “an academic Beirut.”

In 1993, having earned his badge as a “reformer,” Bassett left State to upgrade his status at Case Western Reserve, but not before the new guard was firmly entrenched, and the old guard was consigned to a frustrated silence. Bassett’s best-known legacy concerns the willful erosion of a classical education, but he also empowered scholars who encourage students to wage war against “cultural authority.” It was Bassett who urged faculty to “make up for our students’ deficiencies in world culture and pluralism,” but it is university administrators who wield absolute power when they follow that trend.

Like the other three leaders of North Carolina’s Big Four, State’s Chancellor Randy Woodson issued a June statement condemning “white supremacy” and “racial injustice” and requiring “every student, faculty and staff member to complete diversity and inclusion learning modules” during the academic year. The notion that every student, faculty, and staff needed some form of rehab did not sit well with certain students who’ve posted their misgivings online.

Comments vary, but the one I wish I’d thought of comes from the student who asks, “When will it end?” and includes a picture of preschool’s favorite rabbit, with the caption “Goodnight moon, Goodnight Zoom, Goodnight sense of impending doom!”

When the great lexicographer Samuel Johnson said that “Nothing odd will do long,” he never dreamed that social justice warriors would one day take over our universities, then rule the humanities for the next 40 years. They can spot the abuse of power everywhere — except in their own little fief.

GUEST OPINION | GARLAND S. TUCKER III

The missing link

“Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist.”

John Adams

IN THE ONGOING wake of violent rioting, America has much to be concerned about. Ben Franklin’s long forgotten quip that we have a republic “if you can keep it” suddenly seems relevant.

Much in the national reaction to the series of riots reveals a disturbing abandonment of America’s founding principles. In city after city, elected public officials have enabled — and even encouraged — rioting while instructing law enforcement to “stand down” and allow destruction of private property.

Portland’s mayor actually joined the demonstrations as they spiraled into riots. Seattle’s mayor applauded the establishment of “an autonomous zone” of anarchy in the center of the city.

In surveying the destruction of private property in his state’s major cities, North Carolina’s governor sought to offer consolation in declaring, “Let me be clear. People are more important than property.”

Activist Cat Brooks was quoted in the New York Times, “I don’t consider property destruction violence.

Violence is when you attack a person…” An article in The Nation, entitled “In Defense of Destroying Property,” laid out a defense of lawless rioting.

Looting has been justified as “economic reparations” for the underprivileged. These views typify the widespread belief that somehow rampant destruction of “just” property can be totally divorced from violence against people.

The creation of a fault-line between human rights and property rights is totally contrary to the founding principles of America. As historian Paul Johnson has written, “The Founders derived from John Locke the notion that security of one’s property was intimately linked to one’s freedom.”

John Adams wrote, “Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist.” Hamilton concurred: “Adieu to the security of property, adieu to the security of liberty.”

In this new nation forged out of the wilderness by the initiative of pioneers, the concept of private property was fundamental. There was no concept of economic equality — neither as a reality nor as a goal.

Madison denounced any “equal division of property” as “improper and wicked.”

In observing American democracy in the 1830’s, Alexis de Tocqueville cautioned that “democratic institutions strongly tend to promote the feeling of

envy and awaken and foster a passion for equality which can never entirely satisfy…. There exists in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level, and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.” The American concept was always that any individual should be free to strive, invest, and achieve without fear that his rewards will be seized or destroyed — and without envy of his neighbor’s success.

Sadly, today the link between human rights and property rights has become a partisan issue. This was not always so. Look back at the 1924 presidential election. Republican President Calvin Coolidge wrote, “Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing. The one cannot be preserved if the other be violated.” Similarly, Coolidge’s Democratic opponent, John W. Davis, affirmed, “Human rights and rights of property are not different or antagonistic but parts of one and the same thing going to make up the bundle of rights which constitute American liberty.” This was the traditional bipartisan consensus.

This consensus is under attack. The philosophy of today’s extreme left is strongly influenced by Marxism. At its core, Marxism rejects private property rights in favor of communal ownership.

This thinking is clearly behind the effort to decouple human rights from property rights. America is on a slippery slope. Marxism has always begun with an attack on private property and always ended with tyranny, oppression and misery.

Our political leaders — Republicans as well as Democrats — seem far too hesitant to reaffirm this essential link between property rights and human rights. These words from Democrat John W. Davis are just as true today as when he wrote them almost 100 years ago: “History furnishes no instance where the right of man to acquire and hold property has been taken away without the complete destruction of liberty in all its forms.” America, beware.

Garland S. Tucker III, retired Chairman/CEO of Triangle Capital Corporation and author of The High Tide of American Conservatism: Davis, Coolidge and the 1924 Election and Conservative Heroes: Fourteen Leaders Who Shaped America— Jefferson to Reagan.

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The Devil and Karl Marx PAUL KENGOR is a professor of political science at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He has just published “The Devil and Karl Marx,” a careful look at the diabolical side of Karl Marx. The book has come out during an important time in our history since so many Americans, particularly our youth, have fallen for the seductive siren song of socialism taught to them by the academic elite.

“The Black Book of Communism,” edited by Stephane Courtois, details the Marxist-Leninist death toll in the 20th century. Here is the breakdown: USSR, 20 million deaths; China, 65 million; Vietnam, 1 million; North Korea and Cambodia, 2 million each; Eastern Europe, 1 million; and about 3.5 million in Latin America, Africa and Afghanistan. These figures understate those detailed by Professor R.J. Rummel in “Death by Government.” He finds that from 1917 until its collapse, the Soviet Union murdered or caused the death of 61 million people, mostly its own citizens. From 1949 to 1976, Communist China’s Mao Zedong regime was responsible for the death of as many as 78 million of its own citizens.

The world’s intellectual elite readily focus on Adolph Hitler’s murderous atrocities but ignore those of the world’s socialists. Mao Zedong has been long admired by academics and leftists across our country. They often marched around singing his praises and waving his little red book, “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung.” President Barack Obama’s communications director, Anita Dunn, in her June 2009 commencement address to St. Andrews Episcopal High School at Washington National Cathedral, said Mao was one of her heroes.

Whether it’s the academic community, the media elite, stalwarts of the Democratic Party or organizations such as the NAACP, the National Council of La Raza, Green for All, the Sierra Club and the Children’s Defense Fund, there is a great tolerance for the ideas of socialism — a system that has caused more deaths and human misery than all other systems combined. Today’s leftists, socialists and progressives would bristle at the suggestion that their agenda differs little from those of Nazi, Soviet and Maoist mass murderers. Keep in mind that one does not have to be in favor of death camps or wars of conquest to be a tyrant. The only requirement is that one must believe in the primacy of the state over individual rights.

Kengor highlights another feature of Marx ignored by his followers. This feature of Marxism should be disturbing to Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, who said that she and her fellow organizers are “trained Marxists.” I wonder whether she shares Marx’s views on race. Marx’s son-inlaw, Paul Lafargue, was viewed as having Negro blood in his veins. Marx denigrated him as “Negillo” and “The Gorilla.”

Marx had similar hate for Jews. He referred to his fellow socialist labor organizer Ferdinand Lasalle as a “greasy Jew,” “the little kike,” “water polack jew” and “Jewish n----r.” In 1844, Marx wrote an essay titled “The Jewish Question” in which he asks, “What is the worldly cult of the Jew?” His answer: “Haggling. What is his worldly god?

Money.”

Down through the years, leftists made a moral equivalency between communist/socialist totalitarianism and democracy. W. E. B. Du Bois, writing in the National Guardian (1953) said, “Joseph Stalin was a great man; few other men of the 20th century approach his stature.” Walter Duranty called Stalin “the greatest living statesman ... a quiet, unobtrusive man.” George Bernard Shaw expressed admiration for Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin. Economist John Kenneth Galbraith visited Mao’s China and praised Mao Zedong and the Chinese economic system. Michel Oksenberg, President Jimmy Carter’s China expert, complained that “America is doomed to decay until radical, even revolutionary, change fundamentally alters the institutions and values,” and urged us to “borrow ideas and solutions” from China.

Kengor does a yeoman’s job of highlighting the evils of Marxism.

The question is whether Americans will heed his lesson or fall prey to the false promises and live the horrors of socialism. By the way, while Sweden and Denmark have a large welfare system, they have market economies — not socialist economies, as some leftists claim.

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

North State Journal for Wednesday, September 16, 2020

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NATION & WORLD Suga wins party vote, all but assuring election as Japan PM The Associated Press TOKYO — Yoshihide Suga was elected as the new head of Japan’s ruling party on Monday, all but assuring that he will become the country’s new prime minister when a parliamentary election is held later in the week.

Despite his low-key image, Suga, 71, has been an important figure in outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration, serving as the government’s top spokesperson in his role as chief cabinet secretary. Abe announced last month that he would resign due to health problems.

Suga’s victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party vote virtually guarantees his election in a parliamentary vote Wednesday because of the majority held by the LDP’s ruling coalition.

Suga, the son of a strawberry grower in northern Japan’s Akita prefecture, said he had come a long way. “I will devote all of myself to work for the nation and the people,” he said in his victory speech.

He has said that his top priorities will be fighting the coronavirus and turning around a Japanese economy battered by the pandemic. He gained the support of party heavyweights and their wing members early in the campaign on expectations that he would continue Abe’s policies.

“Now I’m handing the baton

to new LDP President Suga,” Abe said after the vote. “We can count on him.”

Suga has been a loyal supporter of Abe since Abe’s first stint as prime minister from 2006 to 2007. Abe’s tenure ended abruptly because of chronic illness, and Suga helped him return as prime minister in 2012.

Suga repeatedly has praised Abe’s diplomacy and economic policies when asked about what he would like to accomplish as prime minister.

Behind the scenes, he’s known for his iron-fist approach to getting jobs done as a policy coordinator and influencing bureaucrats by using the centralized power of the prime minister’s office, leading political watchers to call him the “shadow prime minister.”

Some bureaucrats who have opposed his policies have reportedly been removed from projects or transferred elsewhere.

Suga, whose portfolio also included a ministerial role as head of Okinawa issues in the Abe-led government, has offended local leaders with his high-handed approach to a disputed relocation of a U.S. Marine air station on the southern island. He also sparked criticism last year over his hostile responses to a female reporter asking tough questions about Abe’s policies and scandals.

As his parents’ eldest son, Suga defied tradition by deciding not

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Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga celebrates his victory as he is elected as new head of Japan's ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, in Tokyo.

“I will devote all of myself to work for the nation and the people.”

Yoshihide Suga to take over the family farm. Instead, he headed to Tokyo, where he became a self-made politician, a rarity in Japan’s largely hereditary business of politics — and a change from Abe, the scion of a political dynasty.

“Where there is a will, there is a way,” is Suga’s motto. He also says he seeks to build a nation of “self-support, mutual support then public support,” raising concerns of having a vision of a government that is cold to the weak and the needy.

Suga says that he is a reformist

and that he has worked to achieve policies by breaking territorial barriers of bureaucracy. He has credited himself for those efforts in achieving a booming foreign tourism industry in Japan, lowering cellphone bills and bolstering agricultural exports. He pledged to crack into vested interests and rules hampering reforms.

Despite speculation that Suga may be a caretaker for the remainder of Abe’s scheduled term, which was to end in September 2021, he may actually last longer, according to analysts.

Suga, who grew up in rural Japan and does not belong to a faction within the ruling party, may be a political realist with a broad national perspective, more so than Abe, said Tobias Harris, a political analyst. “I think he has a more holistic view of politics and the government than maybe a lot of people who have occupied the

post of prime minister,” Harris said.

Compared to his political prowess at home, Suga has hardly traveled overseas, and his diplomatic skills are unknown, though he is largely expected to pursue Abe’s priorities.

In addition to the coronavirus and the economic fallout, Suga stands to inherit several other challenges, including China, which continues its assertive actions in the East China Sea. He also will have to decide what to do with the Tokyo Olympics, which were pushed back to next summer due to the coronavirus. And he will have to establish a good relationship with whoever wins the U.S. presidential race.

Suga has said he wants to maintain communication and develop strategic ties with China and South Korea despite rocky relations with them.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin congratulated Suga and expressed willingness “to deepen cooperation in the fight against the epidemic and economic and social development, and continuously promote improvement and development of China-Japan relations.”

Suga is known to have helped smooth out differences by keeping close ties with a centrist coalition partner, Komeito. His ties to the more dovish partner could make his administration less hawkish on national security issues, analysts say.

A man of self-discipline, his daily routine includes sit-ups and walking — in his business suits in the neighborhood of the parliament so he can immediately head to work in an emergency.

But he says he has a weakness: He loves sweets, namely pancakes and Japanese mochi with sweet bean paste inside.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

SPORTS

College GameDay visits Winston-Salem, B3

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ACC

Coach Mack Brown and the Tar Heels will host the Charlotte 49ers — led by second-year coach Will Healy — on Saturday at Kenan Stadium.

the Wednesday SIDELINE REPORT

Mutual admiration: Close friends Brown, Healy ready to match up

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNC 12th, App State 23rd in new AP poll Indianapolis Nine total teams from the Big Ten and Pac-12 that are not playing this season dropped from this week’s Associated Press college football poll, meaning several new teams made the Top 25 or climbed in the weekly rankings. UNC jumped six spots to No. 12 and Appalachian State, not ranked before its season-opening 35‑20 win over Charlotte, is now ranked No. 23. Clemson, which opened the season Saturday with a 37-13 win at Wake Forest, received 60 of 61 first place-votes and remained No. 1. Defending champion LSU, ranked No. 6, received the other first-place vote.

NHL

Laviolette, Cup-winning coach with Hurricanes, hired by rival Capitals Washington, D.C. Peter Laviolette, who led the Carolina Hurricanes to their only Stanley Cup in 2006, has been named the next coach of the Washington Capitals.

Laviolette replaces Todd Reirden, who was fired after two seasons in which the Capitals were knocked out in the first round of the NHL playoffs. It’s the fourth stop in the 55-year-old Laviolette’s coaching career. He was fired by the Nashville Predators on Jan. 6 in the middle of his sixth season with the franchise. Prior to that, he led the Philadelphia Flyers from 2009-13. On top of winning a championship with Carolina, where he coached from the middle of the 2003‑04 season until December 2008, he led both the Flyers and Predators to the Stanley Cup Final. His first head coaching job was with the New York Islanders from 2001-03. The Franklin, Massachusetts, native has 637 career regular-season wins and joins a team that has finished first in the Metropolitan Division each of the past five seasons and won the Stanley Cup in 2018.

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The USGA announced last week that it will build a headquarters in Pinehurst — backed by $18 million in incentives from the state — and bring the U.S. Open to the famed No. 2 course in 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047 on top of the already scheduled 2024 tournament.

By Shawn Krest North State Journal NORTH CAROLINA will soon be a second home to the USGA. The United States Golf Association and political officials from all levels of state and local government announced last week that the USGA will be locating its second headquarters in Pinehurst, the Moore County town that’s home to the historic golf course and resort. The announcement made official what sources close to the PGA told the North State Journal earlier in the week.

“This is one of the great days in USGA history,” Mike Davis, the USGA’s executive director and CEO, said during a streamed press conference Wednesday morning.

“This is the start of something wonderful that’s going to happen for many, many decades to come.”

The USGA will build a state-ofthe-art research and test center on the grounds at Pinehurst resort, as well as a second building housing a visitor’s center and satellite museum.

“It’s a great fit, for the USGA to be located in the home of American golf,” Davis said, calling the organization’s Pinehurst location “Golf House South.”

“The USGA has come home

By Shawn Krest North State Journal

to Pinehurst,” Rep. Jamie Boles (R-Moore) said.

As part of the deal, North Carolina would be included in the regular rotation of USGA events, which include the U.S. Open.

“Pinehurst will be hosting five U.S. Opens from 2024 to 2047 and will become an anchor U.S. Open site,” Davis announced. In addition to the previously announced Open it will host in 2024, Pinehurst was awarded the tournament for 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047.

Gov. Roy Cooper, who appeared via video, said that Pinehurst would also be in the rotation for “other high-profile tournaments” such as the Women’s Open. The governor welcomed the USGA and proclaimed that “golf is North Carolina’s game.”

“I’m excited that the USGA has chosen to expand its research and development here in our state,” the

WHEN CHARLOTTE travels to Chapel Hill on Saturday to face UNC, 49ers coach Will Healy will be facing a mentor and friend in Mack Brown.

Despite all the “student is now the master” clichés, however, Healy knows the score heading into the game.

“So, he’s won 252 and I’ve won 20,” Healy said.

“I mean, it’s a pretty good matchup of head coaches — very similar experiences.”

Healy is similarly open about his admiration for the Tar Heels and Brown.

“They’re, in my opinion, the hottest team in the country over the last 12 months,” he said. As for his thoughts on Brown, “he’s an unbelievable football coach. I’ve leaned on him more in the last six months than anybody else, including asking for advice yesterday.”

It might seem odd to call the coach whose team you’re playing later in the week to ask for advice, but Healy respects Brown’s opinion that much.

“I asked a lot of culture questions,” Healy said.

“How did you handle this situation? Preparation questions, game week questions, a lot of COVID questions. How are you handling this communication with parents?”

For his part, it sounds like Brown was just as open and honest with Healy.

“It was great insight,” Healy said. “It’s like, when he speaks, you’re like, ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ He said, ‘Will, I’ve been doing this a little bit longer than you have.’ He’s so wise.”

On the other side of the field, Brown is just as big a fan of Healy, in his second year at Charlotte after leading the program to its first bowl game last year. Their relationship helped bring this game about as both teams scrambled to fill their schedules following the pandemic-related changes.

“We were supposed to play at Central Florida, then Auburn in Atlanta, then UConn here,” Brown said. “All those got canceled. We wanted an in-state game to keep that money in the state as best we could, to help the universities here.

Obviously, athletic departments are struggling financially across the country.”

Healy was at the top of Brown’s list of candidates for a financial favor.

“Will Healy is a good friend of mine,” he said.

“He’s one of the best young coaches in the country. He’s smart, high-energy, very innovative. I love watching him. He’s a superstar. He’s got it all.

And his guys play with the same energy he has on the sideline.”

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See MUTUAL, page B4

USGA headquarters, major tournaments coming to Pinehurst The resort will host five U.S. Opens over the next 27 years

UNC and Charlotte have close relationships and are preparing for the first game between the schools

“This is going to pay dividends for decades to come.”

Speaker Tim Moore

“I’ve leaned on him more than anyone else, including asking for advice yesterday.”

Charlotte coach Will Healy on UNC’s Mack Brown

North State Journal for Wednesday, September 16, 2020

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TRENDING

Brian Kelly: The Notre Dame coach agreed to a contract extension that runs through the 2024 season. The deal was announced between the first and second quarters of the Fighting Irish’s home game against Duke. Kelly is entering his 11th season as Notre Dame coach and 30th season as a head coach in college football. The Irish are 92-37 under Kelly, including a 33-6 record with a playoff appearance in the last three seasons. He has already matched former Irish coach Lou Holtz with five doubledigit victory seasons at Notre Dame.

Mike D’Antoni: The Houston Rockets coach has told the team that he will not be back as coach with them next season, essentially choosing free agency over a return to the club with whom he has spent the last four seasons.

D’Antoni told the Rockets on Sunday — not even a full day after the team’s season ended with a playoff loss to the Los Angeles Lakers — that he would seek coaching options elsewhere for next season and not return to Houston.

Scottie Scheffler: The PGA Tour rookie of the year favorite became the second player forced to withdraw from a major championship because of the coronavirus with a positive test result that knocks him out of the U.S. Open this week at Winged Foot. The USGA said Scheffler was asymptomatic and at home in Dallas.

A second player, 23-year‑old Sam Horsfield, was forced to pull out Monday when he tested positive for the virus when he arrived in New York.

beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

NASCAR

Brad Keselowski got the win and Denny Hamlin joined him in advancing to the Round of 12 at Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond. It was the fourth win of the season for Keselowski, who has been lurking behind Hamlin and Kevin Harvick — the winner last week at Darlington — all season at the top the series standings. The 16-car playoff pack will be trimmed by four following this Saturday’s race at Bristol.

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“It’s a great question.”

Panthers coach Matt Rhule when asked why Christian McCaffrey didn’t carry the ball on fourthand-1 with 1:22 remaining in Carolina’s 34-30 loss Sunday to the Raiders.

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HOCKEY

MLB

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“It’s your time now. Go get it.”

Hall of Famer Willie Mays in a text to Albert Pujols, who tied Mays for fifth all‑time in home runs with his 660th on Sunday.

PRIME NUMBER

$166,500 The amount 18-year‑old Wake Forest golfer Akshay Bhatia won with his tie for ninth place at last week’s Safeway Open in Napa, California. Bhatia made his first PGA Tour cut in eight career events and finished 16-under for the tournament, five shots behind the winner, 47-year-old Stewart Cink. Bhatia shot 6-under 66 in both the first and third round and closed with a 68 on Sunday.

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The Carolina Hurricanes traded the negotiating rights to defenseman Joel Edmundson to Montreal on Saturday for a fifth-round pick. The 27-year-old Edmundson, a pending unrestricted free agent, had seven goals and 13 assists in 68 games with the Hurricanes. Edmundson made $3.1 million this season with Carolina.

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Cubs pitcher Alec Mills had the second no-hitter of the MLB season in just the 15th start of his career, completing the gem in a 12-0 romp Sunday over the Milwaukee Brewers. The 28-year‑old Mills threw 114 pitches and hardly had any close calls in Chicago’s 16th no‑hitter, striking out five and walking three.

TENNIS

AP PHOTOS

Dominic Thiem and Naomi Osaka won the men’s and women’s U.S. Open titles, with Thiem becoming the first man in 71 years to win the title after dropping the first two sets of the final.

The Austrian defeated German Alexander Zverev to capture his first Grand Slam. Osaka’s win over Victoria Azarenka gave her a second U.S. Open title and third Grand Slam win.

North State Journal for Wednesday, September 16, 2020

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Wake Forest gets the College GameDay treatment — even without fans Winston-Salem hosted the show’s first broadcast of the season — along with Clemson, the top-ranked team in the country

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal WINSTON-SALEM — As they say in Hollywood, the show must go on.

And it did just that Saturday.

Even without the energy of its trademark crowd filled with students and fans dressed in team colors, holding up all sorts of outrageous signs — eliminated because of the coronavirus pandemic — ESPN’s College GameDay aired as scheduled from Truist Field.

Spaced safely on a set erected at the 50-yard line of the Deacons’ home field, hosts Rece Davis, Desmond Howard, David Pollack and Kirk Herbstreit spent three hours talking about college football in general and the upcoming matchup between the Deacons and topranked Clemson in particular.

It was different, to say the least.

And not just because it was the popular show’s first visit to Winston-Salem.

But with Wake Forest’s band and dance team performing in the background, periodic cutins to fans stationed in their cars at a drive-in function at the fairgrounds nearby, and appearances

by the likes of Lee Corso and Chris Paul via Zoom, the crew did everything it could to make the broadcast seem as normal as possible.

“I’ve stolen a quote from Mike Krzyzewski that he uses with his team and modified it,” Davis said during a teleconference with the media on Friday. “He tells his team that the game’s important because we’re playing in it.

“I tell our guys and remind myself all the time that every show is important because we’re putting it on TV. We approach it with the same type of sensibility, the same insights, the same commitment to storytelling, entertaining — all of those things that we always do.”

In addition to the usual features, including a round table with coaches from Big Ten and Pac-12 schools whose fall seasons are currently postponed, a heavy emphasis was placed on subjects related to the host school.

Co-host Howard described Saturday’s show as “a three-hour infomercial for Wake Forest.”

There were interviews with football coach Dave Clawson and athletic director John Currie, along with references to the tradition of rolling of the quad after big Deacons victories and eating Stamey’s Barbecue and Krispy Kreme doughnuts, two of Davis’ admitted vices.

Although the crew wasn’t able to get the full Wake Forest experience by being able to walk around

PHOTO COURTESY OF WAKE FOREST

Wake Forest fans gathered to watch the College GameDay broadcast on the big screen at the drive-in theatre in the WinstonSalem fairgrounds last Saturday.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ESPN

ESPN’s College GameDay made its first visit to Winston-Salem last weekend, broadcasting from Truist Field before Wake Forest hosted Clemson last Saturday. campus, it was still able to get a feel for the smallest school in the Football Bowl Subdivision safe from COVID-19 by driving around the grounds in a car.

“We love going to new places,” Howard, the 1991 Heisman Trophy winner from Michigan, said while noting that Wake’s campus was particularly hilly. “We always talk about that, just because the reception is so grand.

“We’re football junkies. We love football, and part of that is going on these campuses around the country. It’s always a unique experience going to a new campus, seeing how they do things, the restaurants. We get a big thrill out of that. We look forward to going to new campuses.”

On this particular occasion, though, the excitement of that first visit was dampened by the pandemic that has adversely affected virtually every aspect of our society.

“I don’t want to term it as disappointing,” Davis said. “We have to deal with the circumstances as they are. We can’t change them. Obvi-

“It’s always a unique experience going to a new campus, seeing how they do things, the restaurants. We get a big thrill out of that. We look forward to going to new campuses.”

College GameDay’s Desmond Howard ously, we would prefer to have a full stadium and have a huge crowd on campus.

“But I wouldn’t term it as being disappointed because from our standpoint, we try to remember that there are millions of people out there that are eager for this season to start and are looking forward to the first show on campus. And we want to deliver for them. We don’t want to come into that with an attitude that this is somehow less because it’s not.”

The highlight of the show came during the final segment when former Deacon and current NBA star Paul was introduced as the College GameDay’s guest picker. He pre-

dicted several upsets, including — as expected — his alma mater knocking off the defending national runner-up Tigers.

But it was his back-and-forth with Corso, flashing a replica of Paul’s No. 3 Wake Forest jersey and jokingly panning most of his selections, that stole the show.

“You love having him there because he plays off the crowd so well, (even though) obviously at this point of the season not having crowds,” Davis said of Corso, who at 85 years old didn’t make the trip as a precaution. “But he brings such an energy, excitement and a genuine enthusiasm to our show every week.”

NC State-Wake pits game experience against prescouting The Demon Deacons have the benefit of already seeing live action, but that means the Wolfpack also has film on its first opponent

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal LIKE MANY OTHERS around the country, NC State coach Dave Doeren and his players spent last Saturday watching college football on television.

Their level of interest, however, was far different from that of the casual fan.

Because the Wolfpack’s scheduled opener against Virginia Tech was delayed by a week because of a COVID-19 outbreak on campus last month, the team was able to scout its new first opponent Wake Forest by tuning in to the Deacons’ game against top-ranked Clemson.

“The scouting aspect obviously gives us an advantage on who they are replacing their lost starters with and how they’re using them,” Doeren said Monday during his first regular media conference of the season.

“For them not to have film on how (new offensive coordinator Tim Beck) is going to call it or how (new defensive coordinator Tony Gibson) is going to call it obviously helps us. I think it’s the personnel piece, maybe, that’s the biggest advantage for the team that hasn’t played because you can see their guys and they can’t see ours.”

How much of an advantage that element of the unknown might provide depends on which side of the equation your team is on.

“I think it’s the personnel piece, maybe, that’s the biggest advantage for the team that hasn’t played because you can see their guys and they can’t see ours.”

NC State coach Dave Doeren on the Wolfpack being able to break down Wake Forest’s game against Clemson

The way Deacons coach Dave Clawson sees it, having already played a game — especially one against an elite opponent — is far more important than the opportunity to scout an opponent.

Not only does it allow him and his staff the ability to identify areas in need of improvement under game conditions, something they can work on during the following week at practice, it also helps young players seeing their first action get a feel for what game speed is all about.

“We have a lot of good young players play a lot of football for the first time,” Clawson said of the silver lining to his team’s 37-13 loss to the defending national runner-up Tigers. “We’ve replaced our entire starters at the offensive skill positions.”

The Deacons did move the ball effectively at times against Clemson, with junior quarterback Sam

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Dave Doeren and the Wolfpack are hoping to get off to a good start to the 2020 season when they host in-state rival Wake Forest on Saturday.

Hartman completed 8 of 18 passes for 182 yards when he wasn’t on his back or running for his life.

Redshirt freshmen receivers Donovan Greene and Taylor Morin both stepped in to help make up for the loss of All-American candidate Sage Surratt, who opted out of the season over coronavirus concerns.

Wake also showed some grit by continuing to battle after falling behind 37-3 after three quarters, outscoring Clemson’s reserves 10-0 over the final 15 minutes while getting some valuable experience for several young players.

“If we can get those guys reps and plays against an opponent the caliber of Clemson, that’s only going to help us down the line,”

Clawson said.

While State also has some holes to fill, especially after it was announced that starting linebacker Louis Acceus will be lost for the season, the Wolfpack will feature more of a veteran lineup bolstered by several players that missed all or most of last season because of injuries.

It’s the reason State has been established as a four-point favorite even though Wake has dominated the series recently with three straight victories.

It was part of a clean sweep of the Wolfpack and fellow in-state ACC foes North Carolina and Duke last season that allowed the Deacons to claim a mythical “state championship.” It’s a title Clawson

is already talking about defending.

Saturday’s game will be the 115th between State and Wake dating back to 1895. The teams have met every year since 1910, making it the longest continuous rivalry between current ACC opponents.

Bragging rights, however, are the least of the Wolfpack’s worries as it looks to get the new season off to a winning start and put the sixgame losing streak with which it finished 2019 far into the rearview mirror.

“It’s just another game to me,” junior running back Ricky Person Jr. said. “Coach has been saying it’s rivalry week, rivalry week. People try to put a label on games, but for me, it’s just go out there and play.”

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Ranked App State heads to Marshall looking to build on opening win The Mountaineers’ revamped schedule has them traveling to Huntington to face the Thundering Herd

“They play the game the way it should be played.”

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal

Appalachian State coach Shawn Clark on Marshall

HOMECOMING celebrations have been one of the many football-related casualties of the coronavirus crisis because of the inability of fans to attend games in person.

First-year Appalachian State coach Shawn Clark, on the other hand, will get to experience an unexpected homecoming because of COVID-19.

His Mountaineers weren’t originally scheduled to play at Marshall on Saturday. But because of cancellations caused by the worldwide pandemic, the game was added as a last-minute replacement.

So instead of traveling to Madison for a showdown with Wisconsin, Clark will take his team to Huntington, West Virginia, to play the team he rooted for as a youngster growing up in nearby Charleston.

“Outside of Appalachian State, the only schools I look at are Marshall and West Virginia, so I have a lot of respect for those guys,” Clark said during his weekly media conference Monday. “A lot of great memories, a lot of good people down there. They’ve got some great fans in Huntington. I’m very excited about this game.”

Since a limited number of fans will be allowed in the stands, Clark said he’s already gotten plenty of phone calls from family members and friends looking to him for tickets.

The social aspect of the game, however, is the furthest thing from his mind as he prepares his team for a challenging early-season test.

Marshall, which was originally set to play at East Carolina on Saturday, looked impressive in a season-opening 59-0 rout against Eastern Kentucky last week.

Redshirt freshman Grant Wells completed his first eight passes on the way to setting a school record for passing yards by a quarterback in his Thundering Herd debut, going 16 of 23 for 307 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions.

Defensively, Marshall limited its opponent to just seven first downs and 166 total yards in recording the shutout.

Although the level of competition was a step below that of the FBS, the performance was enough to catch Clark’s attention.

“I think coach (Doc) Holliday has done a great job recruiting team speed,” Clark said. “They have an outstanding quarterback and it always starts with a quarterback. Grant Wells, a kid from my hometown that I know a lot about, really shined versus Eastern Ken-

tucky. And then their offensive line, it’s five seniors.

“They play the game the way it should be played, and again, if you can stop the run, they have a vertical passing game. And with their receivers, they can straight out fly.

They’re long, they have length. And we have to be very good to stop them.”

While Clark’s veteran Mountaineers weren’t perfect in their opener against Charlotte last week, they were still good enough to pull away in the second half for a 35-20 win against an opponent that won seven games and went to a bowl a season ago.

Two running backs — Marcus Williams with 117 and Camerun Peoples with 102 — rushed for more than 100 yards in the game while the defense picked off a pair of passes.

As opening games go, Clark said Saturday’s win was a good place to start, but he added that there’s still a lot of work left to do.

“The positives were that we had 29 first downs and we rushed for 308 yards,” Clark said. “That’s something we had to do because of the elements. I was very happy with that. I wasn’t satisfied with turnovers. It’s something we work on on a daily basis, and we had two fumbles and went for it on fourthand-3.

“On defense, I thought we were excellent. … We were 11 for 14 on third down, and that’s just our attention to detail.”

The Mountaineers will have to be even more focused this week, and not just because they’re playing on the road against a quality opponent.

Their win against Charlotte, combined with the elimination of all the teams whose seasons have been postponed, helped them jump to No. 23 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll. ABC has also bumped the game up to its featured 3:30 p.m. time slot so it can be broadcast to a national audience.

They’re factors that have Clark and his staff working hard to avoid distraction.

“Our goal is to be 1-0, and I told them (Monday) in our team meeting that the Charlotte game is gone, and we reached our goal about being 1-0,” he said. “And we’ll go week by week. Again, playing Marshall, our goal is to be 1-0. We’ll keep it here in the present and let the future hold what it holds.”

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Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater had a solid Panthers debut, but he and the team will need better production from its top receivers to have success going forward.

What worked, who needs to step up for Panthers Carolina will need improvement before facing Tom Brady on Sunday

By Shawn Krest North State Journal THE CAROLINA Panthers dropped a winnable opening game at home against the Las Vegas Raiders.

Things only get tougher for the Panthers, with a week two game at Tampa Bay against legendary starting quarterback Tom Brady coming off of a tough loss in his Bucs debut.

As if Brady needed any more motivation to have a bounce-back game, the Panthers are one of just two teams with a winning regular-season record against him in his career — Seattle is the other.

Brady is 2-3 all-time against the Panthers (not counting his win with the Patriots in Super Bowl 38). By comparison, the Buffalo Bills have also beaten Brady three times … in 35 games.

Overall, the Panthers performed at the levels expected of the various units in the opening game. The offense was able to move the ball fairly consistently. Carolina outgained the Raiders and converted more than half (7 of 13) of its third downs.

Pleasant surprise on offense: The line did better than expected, allowing Teddy Bridgewater to be sacked just once.

Needs to step up: While Bridgewater had a solid game, his frontline receivers, other than Robbie Anderson, didn’t star.

Eight of Bridgewater’s 12 incompletions were targeted for either DJ Moore or Curtis Samuel, who

combined for just nine successful catches. Backup Seth Roberts played just five snaps, three fewer than Brandon Zylstra or infamous fullback Alex Armah. Running back Mike Davis also only had three snaps. The Panthers say it every year, but at some point, they’ll need to reduce the workload on Christian McCaffrey.

Also as expected, the defense was shaky. The secondary allowed Derek Carr to complete 22 of 30 passes. Things will only get worse for the defensive backfield if Donte Jackson’s injury is serious. The team’s most reliable cornerback went down with an ankle injury against the Raiders and didn’t return to the game. Rookie Troy Pride Jr. struggled, and Rasul Douglas — cut by the Eagles a week ago — had to fill in at the other corner spot. Douglas stepped up admirably with a solid game, but it’s unlikely that he’ll be part of the long-term answer at that position.

The defensive line was expected to be the one bright spot on that side of the ball, but Carolina wasn’t able to sack Carr during the game and gave up 133 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. Firstround tackle Derrick Brown appears to be ready for prime time, but the rest of the line needs to step up. Brian Burns had a quiet four tackles, and rookie end Yetur Gross-Matos was on the field for just 16 snaps out of the defense’s 63 plays.

Matt Rhule, who presumably has some input into playing time, said afterward that Gross-Matos, “probably should play more as we move forward.”

Pleasant surprise on defense: Brown, Butler and linebacker Jeremy Chinn, who had

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While UNC has played in the city of Charlotte 19 times in its football history, the Tar Heels and 49ers have never met on the field. Obviously, however, the Brown and Healy regimes are closely intertwined.

“I played for (UNC defensive coordinator) Jay Bateman in college,” Healy said. “That was in 2003, at Air Force, where Healy started his college career. “I’ve become really close to Mack Brown and (receivers coach Lonnie) Galloway. (Secondary coach) Dre Bly’s son is on our team.”

That would be redshirt freshman defensive back Tre Bly. While the coaching staffs are close, all indications are that the score might not be.

Carolina moved to 12th in the stripped-down AP poll after the Tar Heels opening win over Syracuse and the jettisoning of all Pac-12 and Big Ten teams from the top 25.

Brown shrugs off the lofty ranking, of course, telling his players, “‘You don’t play well Saturday, you won’t be rated.’ That’s the world they live in.”

Still, Healy knows his 49ers have a tall task in front of them.

“The way their team plays, their confidence, their swag —

governor, who was unable to attend due to other commitments, said, “bringing 50 great jobs to Moore County and that Pinehurst will be in the rotation for the U.S. Open.”

Davis said that the arrangement is projected to bring more than a $2 billion economic impact to the area.

“That’s not even noting the international and domestic exposure some of these big championships give,” he said.

Secretary of Commerce Tony Copeland pointed out that the last U.S. Open played at Pinehurst produced an economic benefit of $140 million.

“COVID-19 has affected the hospitality industry more than any other,” Copeland said. “This could not be more timely.”

The deal is backed by $18 million in incentives over the next five years, voted on by the state earlier this month, as well as contributions from Moore County, the village of Pinehurst, the resort and private contributions. The land on which the buildings will be constructed was donated.

Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) said that the USGA has been discussing a move to Pinehurst for more than a year, but the COVID-19 pandemic made it a challenge to find revenue to expedite it.

“We were able to find resources to

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Charlotte coach Will Healy has looked to UNC’s Mack Brown for advice, including leading into this week’s game between the 49ers and Tar Heels. it’s amazing what he’s done in 14, 16 months there,” Healy said.

“I think they have back 10 starters on offense, two 1,000-yard receivers, two backs who gained almost 1,000 yards and a quarterback who was second in the country in touchdowns. They’re a great football team. We have our work cut out for us.”

Making matters worse, Charlotte’s starting quarterback, Chris Reynolds — who Brown called, “a real leader, a tough guy” — is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury.

“If he could, he’d play with-

out an upper body,” Healy said.

“He’s a competitor.” He is, however, out for Saturday’s game.

Backup Dom Shoffner will start.

Defensive end Markees Watts is also questionable with an injury.

Despite the close relationship with Brown, Healy isn’t under any illusions that UNC will call off the dogs against the wounded 49ers.

“I know a lot of those guys,” he said. “They ain’t taking it easy on anybody. They’ll dress out everyone. They’ll be ready to play.

It’s not like we’re going to get any gifts.”

eight tackles in his debut, played well. End Stephen Weatherly also did, helping to keep Gross-Matos on the bench.

Needs to step up: The pass rush. The secondary. The run defense. If you’re missing those three components, your defense is likely doomed.

With wholesale changes on special teams, the only piece consistent with last year was kicker Joey Slye — who then proceeded to miss an extra point, which could have been significant if Carolina had gotten into position for a late field goal.

Pleasant surprise on special teams: Punter Joseph Charlton, who beat out incumbent Michael Palardy, averaged 60 yards on two punts. Pharoh Cooper showed some spark on returns, bringing back two punts for 29 yards and four kicks for 109.

Needs to step up: Slye was successful on all three field goal attempts, but the missed PAT will cause a young coaching staff who doesn’t need one more source of stress to think twice going forward.

The coaching staff will be (rightly) crucified for the critical play call on fourth-and-inches late when seldom-used Armah got the ball instead of McCaffrey. Up until then, Rhule and his staff seemed to be having a solid NFL debut.

There were no glaring problems with clock management. The runpass breakdown on offense was reasonable. He relied a little heavily on his starters, which makes sense in an opening game and will likely change going forward. Still, until Rhule does something to win over fans, he’ll be remembered for the Armah play.

make this happen because we know how important this is,” he said.

“This is going to pay dividends for decades to come.”

The USGA will invest $5 million in the project, which will include new construction and up to 50 new jobs.

The USGA currently has a headquarters in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, just outside of Newark, about 40 miles from New York City.

Pinehurst was founded in 1895, the same year that the USGA was formed. The resort has hosted 10 major events dating back to 1936, when the PGA Championship was held there. It also hosted the 1951 Ryder Cup, the U.S. Amateur in 1962, 2008 and 2019, the Senior Open in 1994 and the Women’s Open in 2014.

The U.S. Open has been held at Pinehurst three times — 1999, 2005 and 2014.

The biggest names in golf history have competed in majors at Pinehurst, from Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen in 1935, to Sam Snead and Ben Hogan in 1951 to Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler at the various Opens.

This year’s U.S. Open begins on Thursday at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York.

Construction is expected to begin in Spring 2022 and be completed in 2023.

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ncdot EPA sides with farmers on CASH REPORT ethanol, rejects refinery waivers For the week ending 9/11 Total Cash & Bond Proceeds:

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Members of Congress from farm states have heavily lobbied President Donald Trump to reject the waiver requests for months.

Those representing oil-producing states supported the waivers, which were originally designed to help small refineries that struggled financially to meet federally mandated ethanol targets. In recent years, however, larger refineries also have received exemptions from the Trump administration.

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US tariffs on China ruled to be illegal by world trade body Geneva, Switz.

The World Trade Organization said Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on Chinese goods totaling more than $200 billion are illegal under the rules of the global trade body. The decision marks the first time the Genevabased trade body has ruled against a series of tariffs that President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed on a number of countries, allies and rivals alike. Trump has repeatedly criticized the WTO for allegedly treating the U.S. unfairly.

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bidder Monday, didn’t refer to the deal as a sale or acquisition, instead saying it was chosen as TikTok’s “trusted technology provider.”

It’s unclear at this point what assets, if any, Oracle would actually acquire.

TikTok has found popularity around the world thanks in part to its content-recommendation algorithm, which suggests videos to users based on their viewing history. But the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post reported Sunday, citing an unnamed person, that ByteDance will not sell the algorithm. China has tightened its controls and requires companies to get permission to export such technologies.

What Is Oracle’s relationship to TikTok likely to be?

Oracle is known for providing enterprise software includ-

The petroleum refiners had sought 54 exemptions retroactively, some as far back as 2011, that would have allowed the petroleum industry to remove hundreds of millions of gallons of corn-based ethanol from the market.

Significant exemptions from the congressional requirement of blending at least 15 billion gallons of ethanol a year into the nations fuel supply began after Trump took office and appointed Andrew Wheeler as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

By agreeing to reject the waivers the Trump administration is essentially fixing a problem it created.

Congressional Republicans including Iowa Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley nevertheless lauded Trump for the decision.

“I applaud President Trump for

ing cloud computing services. So it could provide cloud services such as storing TikTok’s data in the U.S., or computing services for the app.

Will the Trump administration go for the arrangement?

A: A TikTok-Oracle deal must be approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which vets deals that may have national security implications. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Monday that the group will review the proposal this week and later make a recommendation to President Donald Trump.

TikTok said in a Monday statement that its proposal aims to “resolve the Administration’s security concerns” and emphasized the importance of its app to the 100 million users it claims in the U.S. A Chinese Foreign Ministry official said Monday that it had no comment on Oracle, but de-

keeping his word and supporting our farmers and biofuel producers,” Grassley said in a statement.

Democratic Rep. Abby Finkenauer agreed the EPA decision will help Iowa farmers but called out the Trump administration for approving previous waivers that removed 4 billion gallons of ethanol from production and waiting “until 50 days before an election to finally take even this modest action.”

A petroleum industry group response was critical of EPA and Trump.

“The notion that this administration is ‘following the rule of law’ through its latest betrayal of U.S. refinery workers is laughable,” said Chet Thompson, CEO of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, a trade group for producers of fuel and petrochemicals used in many products.

While maintaining the ethanol production levels, the EPA decision also is likely to bring an end to the small refinery exemptions that have plagued the ethanol industry. If the decision isn’t appealed or if it is upheld on appeal, only a few small refineries would remain eligible for waivers, said Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, a trade group.

About 40% of the nation’s corn crop is used for ethanol, making such decisions critical for the economy of Iowa, the nation’s leading corn and ethanol producer. Many farmers who grow corn were early investors in the ethanol industry and have significant stakes in the industry.

scribed the situation as a “typical government-coerced transaction.”

Microsoft and Oracle,” but noted that ByteDance has chosen Oracle.

How much does Oracle’s closeness to the administration matter?

What might this deal mean for users?

“I applaud President Trump for keeping his word and supporting our farmers and biofuel producers.”

Sen. Grassley, R-Iowa

A: Trump hasn’t said if he preferred Oracle or Microsoft but in August described Oracle as “a great company” that could handle the sale.

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is unusual among tech executives for his public support of President Donald Trump.

“Oracle’s connections with the Trump administration are interesting. It’s possible they may be able to negotiate an outcome that allows TikTok to continue operating in the U.S. without a full sale, with ByteDance still retaining something,” said Tiffany Li, visiting professor at Boston University School of Law. Mnuchin said Monday that “we have a lot of confidence in both

A: If it is finalized and approved by CFIUS, TikTok would be allowed to continue operating in the U.S. “Trump’s executive order that effectively banned TikTok’s U.S. business would likely no longer apply, as TikTok would no longer be owned by Bytedance,” said Li. “Executive orders can be revoked or modified at any time,” she said.

Paul Haswell, partner at law firm Pinsent Masons, expects Oracle to strive to keep TikTok’s users.

“If the app changes or the user experience changes then the users might abandon the platform which completely undermines the value of TikTok and Oracle’s acquisition,” he said.

New York ViacomCBS will rebrand its CBS All Access streaming service as Paramount Plus, set to debut early next year with new, original shows. The expanded streaming service has been in the works since February, when CEO Bob Bakish said ViacomCBS planned to add “substantial content” to CBS All Access by drawing from a number of its media platforms. The new service will add shows from BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, other Paramount Pictures and ViacomCBS brands, in addition to what CBS All Access already offers.

CBS and Viacom joined forces last August, saying they could better compete as one in the increasingly competitive streaming environment.

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Lego to ditch plastic bags for paper ones in its boxed sets New York Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones. The Danish toymaker said it will start making the switch next year and expects plastic bags to be completely phased out in the next five years. The bags are used to hold loose bricks in boxed sets. Lego, as well as other big brands, have been looking for ways to cut plastic use in order to please customers increasingly worried about how their purchases impact the environment.

Monopoly maker Hasbro, for example, has also announced plans to eliminate plastics in its packaging. Lego said kids wrote the company asking it to drop the plastic bags.

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In this July 17, 2020, file photo, a man wearing a shirt promoting TikTok is seen at an Apple store in Beijing, China.

INTERNET from page B5 farmers in our region about their needs. I am committed to supporting our farmers, as well as all workers and small businesses that are the backbone of our community and country,” continued Rep. Hudson.

At Byrd Family Farms in Bunnlevel, Rep. Hudson and Secretary Perdue discussed relief efforts for farmers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Rep. Hudson recently supported $23.5 billion in tempo-

rary emergency relief to help farmers weather the fall-out caused by the pandemic through the CARES Act. This included $9.5 billion in disaster relief for USDA to directly support farmers and ranchers, and $14 billion to replenish the Commodity Credit Corporation which funds programs like Price Loss Coverage, Dairy Margin Coverage, and the Market Facilitation Program.

In March 2018, Congress provided $600 million to USDA to expand broadband infrastructure

and services in rural America. On Dec. 13, 2018, Secretary Perdue announced the rules of the ReConnect program, including how the loans and grants will be awarded to help build broadband infrastructure in rural America.

On April 20, 2020, USDA announced the Department has received 172 applications for $1.57 billion in Round Two of the ReConnect Program. The second round will enable USDA to implement innovative new solutions to rural connectivity by leveraging

financial options with our partners and continuing the success of the first round of funding. The application window for round two closed on April 15.

In Round One of the ReConnect Program, USDA invested $698 million to bring high-speed broadband e-Connectivity to approximately 167,000 households, 17,000 rural small businesses and farms, and more than 500 health care centers, educational facilities and critical community facilities located in 33 states.

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 Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 11:00 AM on September 30, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the City of Stanfield, in the County of Stanly, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Tract # 1 on a map recorded in Map Book 21, Page 88 Stanly County Public Registry.

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.

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 12497 6230 Fairview Road, Suite 315 Charlotte, North Carolina 28210 Phone No: (704) 362-9255 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1304359 (CFC.CH)

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STANLY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 84 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by JRS Asset Mangements, Inc. (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): JRS Asset Management, Inc.) to Sean Dillenbeck, Trustee(s), dated the 31st day of July, 2019, and recorded in Book 1677, Page 189, in Stanly 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 Stanly County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness

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OBITUARIES

Robin Rose

May 24, 1967 — Sept. 8, 2020 ROBIN ELAINE CRUISE ROSE, beloved mother, sister, partner, aunt, friend and so much more, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 10 in Nashville, Tenn. at the age of 51. She wanted nothing more than to be a loved mother by her children, something she easily succeeded at doing. Robin had her challenges, as we all do, but we choose to see her as at peace

now.

Robin leaves behind three children whose love for her has only grown stronger in her absence. Lauren Rose, of Raleigh, N.C., Samantha Rose, of Raleigh, N.C. and Christopher Jack Rose, of Longs, S.C. will never forget the love and faith their mother possessed, as her biggest goal in life was to take care of her babies.

Robin also leaves behind her sister Shannon Chappelear of Gulfport, Miss.; brothers Timothy Cruise, of Gulfport, Miss., and David Cruise of Mobile, Ala.; nieces Isabella Johnson, of Gulfport, Miss., Ashley Cruise and Lindsey Moschella (Cruise), of Mobile, Ala.; nephew Nicholas Cruise of Ponchatoula, La.; father Alvin Cruise of Russellville, Ark; stepmother Margaret Cruise of Russellville, Ark; and partner Bill Flatt.

Robin is predeceased by her mother, Jane Chappelear. The death of her mother impacted Robin more than words can describe, and her family chooses to believe she is at peace with her mother again.

Wanda Rich Robbins

November 6, 1952 — Sept. 9, 2020 ASHEBORO — Wanda Rich Robbins, age 67, of Asheboro, died Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.

Although she worked outside of the home on several occasions, she considered her most important roles to be wife, mother and grandmother. A lifelong citizen

of Randolph County, she was born in Asheboro on November 6, 1952. She graduated from Asheboro High School and later received an associate’s degree from Randolph Community College. She was an active member of High Pine Wesleyan Church and served on the Board of Directors.

Known for never meeting a stranger, she enjoyed serving as a volunteer throughout the community, including local homemakers groups, 4-H, and the county schools. She was also skilled at weaving and was commissioned by many to create baskets and decorative chair bottoms. To friends and family, she will be remembered as a cook who never saw a crowd she could not feed. For several years in the 1990s she cooked the pregame meal for the Southwestern Randolph High School football team. She was a mainstay at the Asheboro Fall Festival making cotton candy and candied apples.

Later in life she spent significant time in Wilmington and loved to sit on the shore at

Carolina Beach. That is where she fellowshipped with her close friends and family and enjoyed watching her two grandsons surf, fish and play.

Wanda was preceded in death by her father, Roy Herman Rich, mother, Grace Strickland Vestal, and stepfather Jack Barnes Vestal.

She is survived by her beloved husband of 49 years, Lynn McKinley Robbins; only son Neal Robbins and wife Beth, of Asheboro; grandsons Everett Neal Robbins and James McKinley Robbins; brothers, Jack B. Vestal, Jr. and wife Kathy, of Siler City and Jeff Vestal, of Asheboro; and many nieces, nephews and cousins who were near and dear to her.

A graveside service was held on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at 11 am in the High Pine Wesleyan Church graveyard, 4492 High Pine Church Road in Asheboro with Pastor Justin LaBarre officiating.

Memorials may be made to the High Pine Wesleyan Church Building Fund, 4492 High Pine Church Road, Asheboro, N.C. 27205.

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include,

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-21088-FC02

TAKE NOTICE

CABARRUS 19 SP 277 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 Sharon Hurley Steele and William James Steele, Jr. to Thomas F. Vetters, Trustee(s), which was dated August 30, 2007 and recorded on August 30, 2007 in Book 7767 at Page 220, 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

CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20 SP 563 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY RALPH A. MAROWITZ AND ALICE C. MAROWITZ DATED DECEMBER 20, 2002 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5946 AT PAGE 379 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 1482

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Casey E. Sweatt a/k/a Casey sweatt, Darrell Lee Sweatt a/k/a Darrell L. Sweatt, a/k/a Darrell Sweatt, Heirs of Darrell Lee Sweatt a/k/a Darrell L. Sweatt, a/k/a Darrell Sweatt: Richard Sweatt, Harlye Sweatt, Rylie Sweatt, Emily Sweatt, Miley Sweatt (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Darrell Lee Sweatt) to National Title Network, Trustee(s), dated April 15, 2011, and recorded in Book No. 08631, at Page 0526 in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 492

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James Pearson (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): James Pearson) to Fidelity National Title Insurance Company of New York, Trustee(s), dated October 21, 2003, and recorded in Book No. 6317, at Page 633 in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or

DAVIDSON IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION DAVIDSON COUNTY 19sp589 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY GARY REECE JOHNSON, JR. AND SARAH ANN JOHNSON DATED MARCH 28, 2008 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1854 AT PAGE 935 IN THE DAVIDSON COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained

ONSLOW NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 321

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Nicholas F. Clark a/k/a Nicholas Forrest Clark, Anastasia Gabrielle Clark (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Nicholas F. Clark and Anastasia Gabrielle Clark) to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated July 3, 2014, and recorded in Book No. 4171, at Page 758 in Onslow County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Onslow County,

RANDOLPH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 55

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Konstantinis Tournas, Amy Willis Tournas (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Konstantinis Tournas and Amy Willis Tournas) to Robert W. Garrison, Trustee(s), dated December 9, 2005, and recorded in Book No. RE1952, at Page 653 in Randolph County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Randolph County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be

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 September 30, 2020 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 77, of Willow Bend as same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 23 at Page 24, Cabarrus County Public Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 390 Schad Court 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 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 Sharon Hurley Steele and husband, William James Steele, Jr.

in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:30AM on September 21, 2020 the followingdescribedrealestateandanyotherimprovements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more par-ticularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Ralph A. Marowitz and Alice C. Marowitz, dated December 20, 2002 to secure the original principal amount of $153,000.00, and recorded in Book 5946 at Page 379 of the Cumberland County Public Reg-istry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identify-ing information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: 1701 Purdue Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28304

Tax Parcel ID: 0 4 2 6 -3 79566 Present Record Owners: Ralph A Marowitz and Alice C Marowtz And Being more commonly known as: 1701 Purdue Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28304 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Ralph A Marowitz and Alice C Marowtz.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Nei-ther the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employ-ees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to

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

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Pos-session of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or

after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the no-tice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is August 17, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-110240

Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on September 21, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Parkton in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Cumberland, State of North Carolina, and is described as follows:Being all of Lot 335 in a subdivision known as Steeplechase, Section Three Property of NPS Associates, as shown on a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 120, Page 30, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1451 Seabiscuit Drive, Parkton, North Carolina.Parcel ID: 0403-58-1103-Commonly known as 1451 Seabiscuit Drive, Parkton, NC 28371However, by showing this address no additional coverage is provided Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. 45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third

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

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

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater,

is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

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

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

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

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

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the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on September 28, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Fayetteville in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lots 34, 35, 36 and 33, Block E of the William Wright Property according to a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 9, Page 50, Cumberland County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1912 Blake Street, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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

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

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

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

Parcel ID Number: 0438653680 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. 45-21.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to

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

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

in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on September 28, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Davidson County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Gary Reece Johnson, Jr. and Sarah Ann Johnson, dated March 28, 2008 to se-cure the original principal amount of $159,742.00, and recorded in Book 1854 at Page 935 of the Davidson County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty

is intended.

Address of property: 305 Shelly Leonard St, Lexington, NC 27295 Tax Parcel ID: 1131300000051 Present Record Owners: Sarah Ann Johnson and Gary Reece Johnson, Jr. And Being more commonly known as: 305 Shelly Leonard St, Lexington, NC 27295 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Sarah Ann Johnson and Gary Reece Johnson, Jr. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Nei-ther the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employ-ees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety

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

of the foregoing.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Pos-session of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the no-tice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is August 27, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 14-061291

North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on September 24, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Richlands in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 60 of Buckhaven, Section I described on the map recorded in Map Book 62, 229-229B Slide 0-22, Onslow County Registry, reference to said map being hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 105 Buckhaven Drive, Richlands, North Carolina.

Subject to Restrictive and Protective Covenants recorded in Book 3655, Page 237, Onslow County Registry, and amended in Book 3748, Page 254.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party,

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

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

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

of the sale.

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

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

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

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

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foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on September 22, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Trinity in the County of Randolph, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being Lot B of the Willis Hills Subdivision (a re-subdivision of a portion of Riverside Acres), according to a map or plat of the same which is duly recorded in Plat Book 40; Page 3 in the Register of Deeds for Randolph County, North Carolina; andAlong with and subject to the 20-foot-wide non-exclusive driveway and utility easement for ingress and egress and regress over and across Lot B and Lot C, as shown on said plat of Willis Hills Subdivision for the mutual benefit of all lots in “Willis Hills Subdivision.” Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 5678 Riverside Acres Court, Trinity, North Carolina.A map showing the above described property is recorded in Plat Book 40, Page 3.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Any person who occupies the property

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

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

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ONSLOW NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 265

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Britania C. Weaver (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Britania C. Weaver) to Stuart Clarke at Thorpe & Clark, Trustee(s), dated March 11, 2013, and recorded in Book No. 3948, at Page 267 in Onslow County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Onslow County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 136

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mark L. Bradley, Heirs of Mark L. Bradley: Kelly Lucille Bradley, Matthew Bradley, Grant Bradley, Patrick Bradley, Joshua Bradley, Adam Bradley, Jonathan Brian Bradley, Alicia Britt, Wanda Lemmons, Aaron Thad Bradley, Reese Gale Bradley, Jr., Sabrina Latham; Heirs of Reese Gale Bradley, Jr.: Robin Hinson Bradley, Jonathan Bradley (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Mark L. Bradley) to Alexis Alan, Trustee(s), dated April 2, 2018, and recorded in Book No. RB 6130, at Page 2904 in New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned

UNION 19 SP 486 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, UNION COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joseph Zachary Gilchrist and Julia Ross Gilchrist to Constance R. Stienstra, Trustee(s), which was dated May 1, 2008 and recorded on May 6, 2008 in Book 4886 at Page 812, 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

WAKE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 2683

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Louis M. Tingen, Heirs of Louis M. Tingen a/k/a Louis Tingen: Michelle Tingen Gaines a/k/a Michelle T Gaines, a/k/a Michelle Gaines, a/k/a Michelle Tingen, Emily Tingen, Sean Tingen, Zachary Whitley (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Louis M. Tingen) to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated May 3, 2017, and recorded in Book No. 016773, at Page 01065 in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office

that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on September 24, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Jacksonville in the County of Onslow, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 50, Block D, Brynn Marr, Part C, Section V, according to the plat thereof recorded in Map Book 15, Page 24, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Onslow County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 101 Meadowview Court, Jacksonville, North Carolina.Subject to Restrictive Covenants recorded in Book 445, Page 223, Onslow County Registry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

recorded in Book 2862 at Page 39 and Phase 3 recorded in Book 2875 at Page 900 and Phase 4 recorded in Book 2902 at Page 408 of said Registry.

Together with and subject to all rights, privileges, duties and obligations appurtenant to said condominium units as set forth in the Declaration of Condominium for Phase 1, Cobblestone Condominium and Bylaws pertaining thereto as recorded in Book 2817, at Page(s) 169 et seq of said New Hanover County Registry, and as amended by those Supplemental Declarations of Condominium, for Phase 2,

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

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

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

all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser

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

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

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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 September 22, 2020 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Union County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 16 of MAGNOLIA RIDGE, as shown on map thereof recorded in Plat Cabinet E, File Nos 777, 778 and 779, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, which recorded map is incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this description. Parcel I. D. No. 05-114262 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 4704 Magnolia Ridge

Dr, Waxhaw, NC 28173.

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 Julia Ross Ashcroft and Joseph Zachary Gilchrist.

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.

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of the Register of Deeds Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on September 28, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Raleigh in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tax Id Number(s): 0221876Land Situated in the City of Raleigh in the County of Wake in the State of NCBEING all of Lot 6, Phase One, Forest Glen Subdivision, as depicted in Map Book 1996, beginning at or including Page 215 and 216. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1129 Forest Glen Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina.The property address and tax parcel identification number listed are provided solely for informational purposes.

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

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

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

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the

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

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed

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

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

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

Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on September 22, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Wilmington in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Unit 2716C, Phase 4, Cobblestone Condominium according to the plat and plans thereof recorded in Condominium Plat Book 12, at Pages 168, 169 and 170, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina, reference to which plats is hereby made for a more particular description. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 2716 South 17th Street, Apt C, Wilmington, North Carolina.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Cyberattack against international firm impacts health system Mecklenburg County A cyberattack against an international software company includes a database breach which may have compromised personal information, Atrium Health said. Some information, possibly including a person’s name, birth date and doctor’s name, was accessed when cybercriminals targeted Blackbaud, which is one of Atrium’s vendors. No medical records, information about medications or test results were compromised, and no credit card or bank information was stolen.

Blackbaud, which provides donor management software to many institutions around the world, notified Atrium on July 16 of the attack on its systems. It’s unclear how many people in Atrium’s system were impacted.

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Charlotte’s SouthPark Turkey Trot will now be virtual only Mecklenburg County What is said to be the largest road running event in North Carolina has been cancelled because of the pandemic.

Charlotte’s annual SouthPark Turkey Trot will now be virtual only. The event, in its 32nd year, has become a family tradition and draws about 9,000 participants on Thanksgiving. “Without question, COVID-19 continues to challenge our community and nation,” SouthPark Turkey Trot organizers said. “With an abundance of caution, we have decided not to gather at SouthPark mall this Thanksgiving.” Organizers said that participants can still register for this year’s event and walk or run at home.

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By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — Following a petition by concerned citizens asking for the installment of speed bumps in the south Albemarle area, the Albemarle Police Department concluded in its latest traffic study that speed bumps aren’t recommended at this point in time.

Albemarle Police Chief David Dulin presented the results of his department’s study at the Sept. 8 Albemarle City Council Meeting in response to a group of citizens from the Amhurst and Kingville communities.

Back in July, this group of 10 residents came to the city council with a petition containing 100 signatures of those concerned over the number of speed-caused accidents in their neighborhoods.

The APD didn’t hesitate in investigating the issue.

Between July 20 and Aug. 26, the department set out its traffic trailer on 14 different streets in south Albemarle (including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive,

Leonard Avenue, and Coggins Avenue) for 24 hours each to collect data such as vehicle counts, speed, and correlating accident reports.

The APD study concluded that while there are sporadic issues with speeding in this area, the collected data does not indicate that the installation of speed bumps would be justified; the study documented that the average speed for each location stayed under 28 mph despite the posted 35 mph limits.

“We don’t really see a pattern of any aggressive driving or anything of that nature that would require speed bumps, but I know that we’re going to ask for a recommendation of what we should do from here,” Dulin told the council members.

Only 9% of the 185 city-wide vehicle accidents during the study’s time period occurred on the 14 streets in question — the majority of that 9% happened within the Walmart parking lot. As far as the number of cars on an average weekday, only Leonard Avenue reached the benchmark of ex-

21-lot subdivision approved in northern Albemarle

By David Larson Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — The preliminary plat for a planned subdivision along Knollwood Lane in Albemarle, to be called Knollwood Park, was approved by the city council at its Sept. 8 meeting.

The subdivision will be built is in north Albemarle between Highway 52 and Little Long Creek.

The council was presented with a checklist of things that had to be completed before it could proceed. Most have been completed, while a few, like providing a name for the new street, are still being achieved.

“Staff believes this subdivision plat will meet the requirements for approval with minor chang-

es the developer is in agreement on,” city management said in the agenda packet.

The lot is 14 acres with 21 lots that do not need rezoning because they are already in an R-10 single-family residential zoning district. All the lots conform to minimum lot size and setbacks as well.

The development will be built on two roads; one is an existing road, Knollwood Lane, and the other will be built by the developer to provide access to about half the plots. Knollwood Lane is currently a gravel road managed by the city, but it will be paved during the project.

City zoning regulations require 10% of any development of this kind to have “open space” in order “to enhance the quality of life in

“We want to be out there and more visible to the public to let them know that we’re there, but we don’t want to set the example of writing up a bunch of speeding tickets and ruining everything that we’ve built up to this point.

We need to find that happy medium.”

Albemarle Police Chief David Dulin ceeding 1,000 cars.

The APD also referenced problems that speed bumps could potentially create: acceleration noise at the locations and reduced response times for emergency vehicles, to name a few.

Instead of speed bumps, the APD said it is looking at other

the development by providing for picnicking, walking, team sports and similar recreational opportunities.”

The city made the developer aware of this, and the plan was adjusted to include 1.4 acres of open space along the creek.

The development does not have an HOA planned to take care of any open space, so the land will be handed over to the city as an easement.

Traffic analysis of the property was not required because there are only 21 lots. The city requires traffic assessments when there are more than 55 plots. This lot is not expected to have a traffic impact for northern Albemarle where it is located.

Water and sewer services will have to be extended to reach the development.

After the presentation and discussion, the city council voted unanimously to approve the preliminary plan for Knollwood Park.

methods for handling speeders in south Albemarle. Those options include a heavier speed enforcement presence on those streets, enforcing a reduced speed limit (which would be posted by the City of Albemarle) and adding pavement markings to the roads.

The theorized markings — painted striping of center lines, shoulder lines and parking spaces — could potentially cause motorists to drive more slowly due to the narrowed travel lane available.

“We definitely want to educate the public of the awareness of what community members are seeing in their neighborhood,” Dulin said. “We want to be out there and more visible to the public to let them know that we’re there, but we don’t want to set the example of writing up a bunch of speeding tickets and ruining everything that we’ve built up to this point. We need to find that happy medium.”

Earlier in the meeting, Dulin addressed the council with news that the APD was awarded its ninth CALEA Law Enforcement Accreditation Award with Excellence on July 31. The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) awards departments throughout the country with accreditation based on their application of law enforcement standards.

“Staff believes this subdivision plat will meet the requirements for approval with minor changes the developer is in agreement on.”

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WEEKLY CRIME LOG ♦ Taylor, Alton Demetrice (B M, 52) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 1235 Lennox St, Albemarle, on 09/14/2020 ♦ Reed, Michael Dale (W M, 29) Arrest on chrg of Injury To Personal Property, M at 1123 E Cannon Av, Albemarle, on 09/14/2020 ♦ Davis, Jeremy Dion (B /M/29) Arrest on chrg of Reckless Driving To Endanger (M), at 126 South Third Street, Albemarle, NC, on 9/14/2020 ♦ Bowman, Eli Robert (W M, 33) Arrest on chrg of Simple Assault, M (M), at 321 S Third St, Albemarle, on 09/11/2020 ♦ Burleson, Joshua Brandon (W /M/29) Arrest on chrg of 1) Driving While Impaired (M), 2) Felony Death

By Vehicle (F), and 3) Open Cont After Cons Alc 1st (M), at Sr-1650, Albemarle, NC, on 9/13/2020 ♦ Pergee, Kernisha Ann (B F, 34) Arrest on chrg of Misdemeanor Stalking, M (M), at 511 Hill St, Albemarle, on 09/11/2020 ♦ Fincher, Matthew Lewis (W M, 30) Arrest on chrg of Driving While Impaired (M), at 138 Nc 740 Bypass, Albemarle, on 09/13/2020 ♦ Morton, Alexander Payton (W M, 30) Arrest on chrg of Carrying Concealed Gun (M), at 138 Nc 740 Bypass, Albemarle, on 09/13/2020 ♦ Kimray, Dan Ketenr (W /M/52) Arrest on chrg of Driving While Impaired (M), at Hwy 52/ Albemarle, Albemarle, NC, on 9/13/2020 ♦ Bass, Jamey Wade (W /M/33) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 604 Willow Street, Albemarle, NC, on 9/11/2020 ♦ Eudy, Felicia Gail (W /F/28) Arrest on chrg of Felony Possession Sch Ii Cs (F), at 208 W Whitley St, Norwood, NC, on 9/13/2020 ♦ Leggett, Jamie Nicole (W /F/31) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking Or Entering (m) (M), 2) Injury To

Personal Property (M), 3) Felony Possession Sch Ii Cs (F), and 4) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 151 Central Ave, Norwood, NC, on 9/12/2020 ♦ Moore, Brandon Wilson (W /M/36) Arrest on chrg of Resisting Public Officer (M), at 4569 Pothole Lane, Albemrle, NC, on 9/11/2020 ♦ Faulkner, Jordan Mark (W /M/24) Arrest on chrg of 1) Possession Of Controlled Sub Prison/jail (F), 2) Simple Possess Sch Vi Cs (m) (M), and 3) Possess Marij Paraphernalia (M), at East Main / Charter St, Albemarle, NC, on 9/12/2020 ♦ Braley, Justin Lee (W M, 24) Arrest on chrg of Driving While Impaired (M), at 103 Us 52 South/old Charlotte Rd, Albemarle, on 09/09/2020 ♦ Boatman, Jessica Layne (W F, 22) Arrest on chrg of Discharge Firearm In City (M), at 126 S Third St, Albemarle, on 09/09/2020 ♦ Treece, Brandon Dwayne (W M, 20) Arrest on chrg of Breaking And Or Entering (F), at 155 W South St, Albemarle, on 09/09/2020 ♦ Treece, Brandon Dwayne (W M, 20) Arrest on chrg of Att Obtain Prop False Pretense (F), at 155 W South St, Albemarle, on 09/09/2020 ♦ Braley, Justin Lee (W M, 24) Arrested on Citation of Hit/run Fail Stop Prop Damage (20-03823), at 1299 Us 52 North/n Second St, Albemarle, on 09/09/2020 ♦ Rushing, Tory Lee (B /M/43) Arrest on chrg of Domestic Criminal Trespass, M (M), at 102 Clearwater Ct, Norwood, NC, on 9/12/2020 ♦ Thompson, Paul Samuel (W /M/42) Arrest on chrg of Driving While Impaired (M), at 542 Fork Rd, Norwood, NC, on 9/12/2020 ♦ Turner, Hayley Cheyanne (W F, 23) Arrest on chrg of Assault With Deadly Weapon (M), at 37938 Us 52 Hwy N, New London, on 09/08/2020

♦ Gibson, Brooklyn Rabon (W /F/38) Arrest on chrg of Driving While Impaired (M), at 126 S Third St, Albemarle, NC, on 9/12/2020

♦ Mcrae, Jack Artemas (W /M/69) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 30240 Keystone Dr, Albemarle, NC, on 9/10/2020

♦ Thompson, Paul Samuel (W /M/42) Cited on Charge of Open Cont After Cons Alc 1st (202000762), at 542 Fork Rd, Norwood, on 9/12/2020

♦ Clark, Michael Lee (B /M/32) Arrest on chrg of 1) Resisting Public Officer (M), 2) Assault On Govt Official/emply (M), 3) Simple Possess Sch Vi Cs (m) (M), 4) Possess Marij Paraphernalia (M), 5) Driving While Impaired (M), 6) Dwlr Not Impaired Rev (M), and 7) Aggressive Driving (M), at Us 52 S, Norwood, NC, on 9/10/2020

♦ Little, Luther Benson (W M, 59) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female, M (M), at 781 Leonard Av, Albemarle, on 09/08/2020 ♦ Hill, Zabaian Cordarius (B M, 29) Arrest on chrg of Driving While Impaired (M), at 1906 Us 52 North, Albemarle, on 09/08/2020 ♦ Christian, Pamela Watson (B F, 52) Arrest on chrg of Assault With Deadly Weapon (M), at 429 S Bell Av, Albemarle, on 09/04/2020 ♦ Pressley, Markus Scott (W M, 24) Arrest on chrg of Driving While Impaired (M), at 1607 Nc 24-27 Bypass W, Albemarle, on 09/04/2020 ♦ Galvan, Omar (W M, 25) Arrest on chrg of Communicate Threats, M (M), at 625 Nc 24-27 Bypass E, Albemarle, on 09/04/2020 ♦ Key, Seth Miles (W M, 30) Arrest on chrg of Felony Possession Sch I Cs (F), at 623 Summit Av/flake St, Albemarle, on 09/06/2020 ♦ Varner, Cameron Nicholas (W M, 21) Arrest on chrg of Larceny Of Motor Vehicle (F), at 320 Ridge St, Albemarle, on 09/06/2020

♦ Lowder, Joseph Thomas (W /M/41) Arrest on chrg of 1) Misdemeanor Larceny (M), 2) Possess Methamphetamine (F), and 3) Possess Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 126 S Third St, Albemarle, NC, on 9/9/2020 ♦ Scott, Hunter Ray (W /M/29) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking And Or Entering (f) (F), 2) Att Breaking Or Enter Bldg (m) (M), and 3) Larceny After Break/enter (F), at Stanly County Jail, on 9/8/2020 ♦ Motley, Timothy Daniel (W /M/32) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking And Or Entering (f) (F), 2) Att Breaking Or Enter Bldg (m) (M), and 3) Larceny After Break/enter (F), at Stanly County Jail, on 9/8/2020 ♦ Gainey, Franklyn Antonio (B /M/35) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 126 South Third St, Albemarle, NC, on 9/8/2020

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DEATH NOTICES ♦ Richard Archie Gordon, 72, of Albemarle, passed away September 5. ♦ Terry Wayne Almond, 71, of Richfield, passed away September 8. ♦ Alden Matson, 64, of Locust, passed away September 8. ♦ Laura Mae Farmer Burris, 93, of Albemarle, passed away September 9. ♦ Robert Lee Little, 87, of Stanfield, passed away September 9. ♦ Barbara Lee Roseboro, 72, of Norwood, passed away September 10. ♦ Rev. Robert Lynden Cauble, 74, of Norwood, passed away September 8. ♦ Carolyn M. Kelly, 85, of Albemarle, passed away September 12.

♦ Burris, Ricky Dwight (W /M/58) Arrest on chrg of Driving While Impaired (M), at 338 Lake Shore Dr, Norwood, NC, on 9/8/2020

♦ Bailey, Alyaha Marie (B /F/33) Arrest on chrg of Driving While Impaired (M), at 1004 N Main, Norwood, NC, on 9/8/2020 ♦ Coleman, Kevin Michael (W /M/37) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking And Or Entering (f) (F), 2) Larceny After Break/enter (F), 3) Obtain Property False Pretense (F), and 4) Other Free Text (F), at Wood St., Albemarle, NC, on 9/10/2020

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Payne joined the Army after the events 3,341 related led to worldwide panic, economic collapse tend at least through the end deaths of this has month. normal are treated in some circlesand with contempt. he curve in the novel coronavirus outbreak.

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They’ve left their jobs predict how many people will die in a second wave.

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As I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are supporting self-employed people and struck by a plane.

Ironically, I was on a trip to Washington, D.C. and so many others like him in our community.

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Are affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any relief will soon reach families and workers.

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After seeing the second plane hit and moving reminder of those we lost on 9/11 and those who have served one of those to bring China into the of 21statcentury health, hygiene els predicting hundreds thousands of civilized cases world Leaders the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they hope that we willof entilators by nearly 13,000 and the number of overall deaths by we capable of rolling out tens of millions of tests over the next few affliction, with the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by continue working on common sense and targeted solutions so that realizing we were under attack, I immediately stopped and prayed our country since. ation of heroesand fair trade. Totalitarian communist never take the at enjoy the can beregimes with those answers — blame and again, not vague answers, but answer once again ugust by nearly 12,000. months — and compelling people to take tests regularly, since the God.” we can defeat the coronavirus and keep people and businesses for the safety and well-being of those trapped in the towers and our That commitment to service united our country in the days, weeks has nowhat other or express sincere becausethat thatgive is not what with the state has asked andregret then and remorse, with details their statements believability.

White House, Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers to the key virus is transmittable while carriers are asymptomatic?

Can we sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge you to also whole. first responders. and months following 9/11.

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God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy sporting events, concerts, family families and loved ones of those flying at the time or working in the for military service, gave blood or helped in any way they could.

Donald Trump get push adversaries back. gatherings, rtain types of questions asked, there is to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home mportant because That it determines whether certain areas ought to One thing is certain: Things cannot as theyfaced have been. this difficult time.

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While we don’t agree on nt in China over. of China forgiving $1.2 trillion in debt we owe them as one way to get eople have actually died of coronavirus.

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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Louisville’s Satterfield to auction off visor for charity Louisville, Ky. Louisville football coach Scott Satterfield is participating in an auction that will benefit local charities. Satterfield, his wife, Beth, and a local charity will team up for the “Visor for the Ville” program, the uschool said in a news release. After each Louisville victory this season, the visor that Satterfield wore during the game will be auctioned off. Fans also can bid on a commemorative football depicting the date of the game and the score.

Satterfield will match the winning bid for those items.

Proceeds from each auction will benefit a charity that will be designated at a later date, the statement said.

Djokovic says he learned a ‘big lesson’ from US Open default The world’s No. 1 player was disqualified after accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat with a ball

By Andrew Dampf The Associated Press ROME — Novak Djokovic learned “a big lesson” after being disqualified from the U.S. Open for unintentionally hitting a line judge in the throat with a ball.

The incident marked a stunning end to Djokovic’s 29-match winning streak and his bid for an 18th

Grand Slam title.

“I’m working mentally and emotionally as hard as I am working physically,” Djokovic said Monday at the Italian Open. “I’m trying to be the best version of myself on the court and off the court and I understand that I have outbursts and this is kind of the personality and the player that I have always been.

“I’m going to take this in as profound as possible for me as a big lesson. I’ve been thinking about it. I’ve been comprehending. I’ve been talking to my team. It’s just one of these things that is just unfortunate and happens. You have to move on.”

The disqualification came

during Djokovic’s fourth-round match against Pablo Carreño Busta.

As he walked to the Arthur Ashe Stadium sideline for a changeover, trailing Carreño Busta 6-5 in the first set, Djokovic — who was seeded and ranked No. 1 and an overwhelming favorite for the championship — angrily smacked a ball behind him. The ball flew right at the line judge, who dropped to her knees at the back of the court and reached for her neck.

“It was totally unexpected and very unintended as well,” Djokovic said. “When you hit a ball like that you have a chance to hit somebody that is on the court. The rules are clear. So I accepted it. I had to move on and that’s what I did.

“Of course I did not forget about it,” Djokovic added. “I don’t think I’ll ever forget about it, because it’s one of those things that stays in your memory for the rest of your life. But I don’t think I’ll have any major issues coming back to the tour and being able to perform well and hit the tennis ball.”

Djokovic said he checked with the lineswoman after the incident and was told she was not seriously injured.

“I felt really sorry to cause the shock and drama to her, because

“I don’t think I’ll ever forget about it, because it’s one of those things that stays in your memory for the rest of your life.”

Novak Djokovic she didn’t deserve that in any way,” Djokovic said. “She obviously is volunteering and doing her work.

She loves tennis, and she’s been there, as I understood, for quite a few years.”

Djokovic had won five of the past seven Grand Slam tournaments to raise his total to 17, closing in on rivals Roger Federer, who has a men’s record 20, and Rafael Nadal, who has 19.

Federer (injury) and Nadal (concerns about travel amid the coronavirus pandemic) both did not play at the U.S. Open.

“Sorry for him. He had an opportunity there,” Nadal said. “But in some way you should not be doing this. ... It is important to have the right self-control on the court.”

NFL

NFL warns teams about not wearing face coverings New York The NFL reminded team personnel on the sidelines about the COVID-19 requirements for wearing face coverings. There were several games Sunday in which team members other than players did not use them. The league has mandated that individuals with bench area access, including coaches and members of the club medical staff, wear face coverings at all times.

During the Sunday night game between Dallas and Los Angeles, Rams coach Sean McVay often was shown on camera without a face covering, one of several coaches throughout the league who did not follow the regulations.

MLB

Rays make history with all-lefty lineup St. Petersburg The Tampa Bay Rays became the first major league team since at least 1901 to start a batting order with all left-handed batters. Rays manager Kevin Cash stacked his lineup with lefties on Friday night against Boston Red Sox right-hander Andrew Triggs. While some teams have started a lineup in which all batters hit from the left side the first time up, all previous occasions since 1901 included at least one switch-hitter.

NHL

Flames announce they’re bringing back interim coach Ward Calgary, Alberta The Calgary Flames have removed the “interim” tag from Geoff Ward’s job and made him the NHL club’s head coach. Ward was promoted from associate coach Nov. 29. Bill Peters resigned amid allegations of racism and player abuse from previous stops in his coaching career, including during his time with the Carolina Hurricanes from 2014-18. A .500 team when Peters resigned, the Flames rallied from the controversy to go 25-15-3 under Ward.

Calgary was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in six games by the Dallas Stars.

SETH WENIG | AP PHOTO

Novak Djokovic pleads with the umpire after inadvertently hitting a line judge with a ball during the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Sept. 6. Djokovic defaulted the match.

Keselowski dominates in playoff win at Richmond Denny Hamlin also locked up a spot in the Round of 12 heading into an elimination race at Bristol The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Brad Keselowski entered NASCAR’s playoffs certain he has as good a chance at the Cup championship as favorites Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin.

He even predicted he’d win at Richmond Raceway.

His confidence was justified as Keselowski dominated Saturday night at Richmond Raceway, leading 192 laps in the second playoff race and advancing into the next round.

On a night when the only caution flags were scheduled by NASCAR, leading to plenty of greenflag pit stops that jumbled the leaderboard, Keselowski kept rising to the top.

“I tell you, it’s a chess game and I got blinders on,” Keselowski said.

“I don’t know what everybody is doing and who is where and who is on what strategy, but (crew chief) Jeremy Bullins, the whole 2 team, excellent performance.”

Harvick, the title favorite, won last week’s opener to earn the automatic berth into the second round.

Hamlin, derailed at his home track of Richmond by a speeding penalty, finished 12th but still advanced into the next round based on points.

Keselowski was the only driver able to run with Harvick and Hamlin when racing resumed in May following a pause for the pandemic. He won three earlier races, earned a contract extension

STEVE HELBER | AP PHOTO

Brad Keselowski celebrates in Victory Lane after winning Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond. at Team Penske and steadfastly maintained he should not be discounted in the title race.

He didn’t do a celebratory burnout after making good on his Richmond prediction because that specific No. 2 Ford has won twice in as many races this year and Keselowski wants it intact for the championship-deciding finale at Phoenix.

That doesn’t mean he thinks he’s already locked up a berth in the title race.

“We’ve got to get there,” he said.

“The last two years I haven’t made it all the way, so we’ve got to get all the way there, but if we can get to Phoenix, we’re gonna be really good. ... I don’t want to look too far ahead, the next round is going to be really difficult, but still I am really

pumped about this performance.”

Harvick, Hamlin and Keselowski are the only drivers locked into the next round of the playoffs.

Hamlin has six wins, but just one in the last nine races, leading to frustration.

“It just seemed like once the track rubbered up, we just weren’t any good,” he said.

Headed into next Saturday night’s elimination race at Bristol Motor Speedway, William Byron, Cole Custer, Matt DiBenedetto and Ryan Blaney are below the cutoff line.

Martin Truex Jr. finished second at Richmond, followed by Keselowski teammate Joey Logano and Austin Dillon, who has opened the playoffs with back-to-back top-five finishes for the first time in his ca-

reer. Harvick finished seventh.

“I wanted to win and going for three in a row here would have been pretty cool,” Truex, who swept both races on the 0.75-mile oval last season, said. There still was satisfaction, though. “When your car is off and you can run second, it says a lot about yout team.”

Logano called it a “pick your poison” night when adjustments never got his car quite right, but he was happy to get his second consecutive third place finish in the postseason.

“We’re doing what we have to do.

We scored stage points and a top five and puts us in a pretty good spot for next weekend,” Logano said. “... You can top-three, top-five all the way to Phoenix if you keep doing this.”

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‘The Last Dance’ director talks project NCHSAA on Jordan’s Bulls announces

playoff dates for high school sports

The 10-part documentary will air over five Sundays

By Tim Reynolds The Associated Press

KEVIN L. DORSEY | NC A&T ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PHOTO WAYNE PARRY | AP PHOTO

North A&T receiver Elijahbetting Bell, pictured inthe 2017 against North Central, is 2019. among the HBCU draft A clerkCarolina counts money at the sports lounge at Tropicana casinoCarolina in Atlantic City in hopefuls who was affected by the canceled events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

NJ setsNFL sports betting adjust after HBCU hopefuls monthly record at $668M canceled pro days, combine

the casinos and tracks reported $39.5 million in revenue on sports bets in August. It was the first full month of baseball this year, and gamblers also had hockey and basketball playoffs to bet on.

Internet gambling brought in $87.7 million, more than twice The return of MLB, NHL That figure was heartening to what it had a year earlier.

The coronavirus pandemic defensive lineman Dari-Recan’t compete.”

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First, the was to $15.2 chairman of the New Jersey surgent basketball and De’Montrez Casino Control Bulldogs’ annual pro day on boost answered up close perdraft stock. million; Borgata was and down 19% Control Commission. “At- tions hockey seasons that had been in- sinotheir “WhenCity’s you’recasino comingwin out of anal- sonal.”

March 19, followed a week latBurroughs, Commission to $64.7 million; and Hard Rock was terrupted by the coronavirus out- lantic from3.5% getting a chance to know that the teams by the first-ever NFL combine South Carolina er break, was down to $39.4 million. most you 70 percent of last August’s Aside figures released Monday HBCU, chairman run the 40-yard dash and comare going to be looking at Divievent held for draft prospects Two internet-only entities did strong performance, although the showed.

State receiver strengthResorts and agility I talent said Kansas fromThat Historically Collegesre- sion wellother in August.

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“With ceive invitations to the national capacity, amenities, and enter- and Caesars Interactive NJ was da in November 2019. to get the interHBCU combine, that’s dif- going combine Indianapolis. up almost 87%chance to $9.2tomillion. tainment.”

The in extra money helped cush- this view with team executives on the ferent.

I wish we had that when He left for spring break the Among racetracks, the MeadThe biggest news was a reion the blow of months of lossfirst day of the HBCU combine I was coming out.

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The 51 players invited to the include Football of from Famer Deion in in million compared to $2 million a November 2019. $326.3 Hall million gamblers “It’s harder HBCU combine were trying to Sanders, who would be there.

After paying off winning bets, year earlier. to garner interAugust.

“It was a chance to be able to position themselves to do the est and understand where the inshowcase our talent,” Burroughs same. The list also included Flor- terest is for clients than in years said. “Just because we are from ida A&M University quarterback past,” Wiggins said. “It’s a slightly smaller schools doesn’t mean we Ryan Stanley and North Carolina different pivot.”

JASON HEHIR was a kid in the stands in Boston Garden on April 20, 1986, the day that Michael Jordan scored a playoff-record 63 points.

It was a Christmas gift from his father, who The number of teams participate stuck a note promising “Two that tickets to the Air in Jordan Show” in his stocking that in holiday the postseason will be cut half season. It’s a gift Hehir will never forget, though his current seat for another Jordan

By Jesse Dealshow of sorts is considerably better.

“I wouldn’t Stanly County Journal Hehir is the director of the call it a ESPNALBEMARLE and Netflix production — While“The high school athletes challenge.ofI Last Dance,” a 10-part documenacross the state eagerly await the resumption tary series that debuts April 19 and their sports seasons, they can now rest acall little would it tells the story Jordan’s final Chieasier withofthe knowledge of when (and how) cago Bulls season in will 1997-98 that a privilege.” their postseasons operate. culminated in a sixth NBA title.

On Sept. 8, the North Carolina High School Hehir’s task:Association Take 10,000released hours ofthe Jason Athletic playoffHehir, dates archived footage, add interviews and formats for all sports. director of “The with With more athan people,in and 50% 100 reduction the number of postturn it into about 8½ hours of teleLast Dance” season-qualifying teams, the majority of sports vision. will see their playoff formats decrease by one “I wouldn’t it a challenge,” round.

For call example, football playoffs will conHehir said.

“I would call it a privilege.” sist of two 16-team tournaments — the winners The series was moved two off months to proof those brackets will up square in a state chamvide content-starved with something new pionship matchup fans set for May 8. to watch during rankings the coronavirus pandemic.

The playoff system for schools will ESPN was originally planning to release be amended from what it has previously the been. documentary in June, coinciding with whatwith Teams will be matched in correlation would have beenin this season’s NBA Finals. their placing their respective conferences. In It will run over five Sundays ending May 17, the past, the seeding structure for teams in the with two one-hour broadcasts each week. playoffs has been configured by computerized “I’m happyand if wewinning can bring a little bit of light to rankings percentage. peopleWith in a the darknew timeformat, here,” Hehir said. “Sports some matchups might arebe such an indelible part of our cultural fabric — formed that wouldn’t normally transpire andfor lacking thattwo ... there’s significant hole example, of the abest teams in theinstate enjoyment thatin people feel,round the escape peocould meet the first of thethat playoffs. ple can feel from everyday life that sports brings The NCHSAA also announced new guideus.”lines for the number of people allowed at games The launch has only added to a the and accelerated practices, both of which are in line with hectic time for Hehir and his team. state’s official protocols. For indoor gatherings, There has been much anticipation about the a maximum of 25 people will be allowed to condocumentary, which in Hehir’s mind to-outgregate; 50 people will be able tocame attend gether much faster than such a project usually door gatherings. Both updated measures are an does. increase from the previously stated limits of 10 “Normally, to do an hourlong archival docand 25 people, respectively. umentary from start finish, it “We are lookingtoforward to takes fully about resuming a year from the inception of the idea to the resports in November,” NCHSAA commissioner search doing said all the to getting all Queto Tucker in shooting a press release.

“Asitalways, together, it out, mapping it out, we willstoryboarding continue to monitor health and safety editing, getting notes back, it takes a guidelines to mitigate the spread of about COVID-19. year,”“Administrators Hehir said. “We’reand doing 10 of those.

And coaches must emphawe size had athe little bit over twocoaches years toand do itparticipants so we’re need for all already working at five times our normal rate.” who have signs or symptoms of illness to stay The pandemic further matters. as home to decrease risk complicates of viral transmission, Hehir histransmit team arethe finishing up whileinditheyand may virus things to vulnerable separated, connecting through Zoom meetings viduals.” but largely in isolation at their the own state laptops to In chronological order, champigetonship the lastdates piecesfor of the story ready to air. high school sports are as folThe documentary goesand deeper than just(Jan. 1997- 23), lows: cross-country volleyball 98,swimming though thatand season is the overriding diving (Feb. 10-13), theme. basketball It also serves a retrospective of (March Jordan’s27), bas-foot(March 6),as soccer and lacrosse ketball from his college days atand North Caroball life, (May 8), golf (May 10-11), men’s tennis linaand through his(May rise atop the NBA. softball 14-15).

Hehir there is an ongoing and Theknows state championship datesbuildup for the remainanticipation thebaseball, documentary, andtening sportssurrounding are as follows: women’s stillnis, feels nervousness.

He met with Jordan sevand track and field (June 25-26), and wreseraltling times over26). the course of the project, includ(June ing three sit-down interviews that are part of the documentary.

“I hope that people will like it as much as we did,” Hehir said.

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For Nutbush residents He also cited a widespread fear the threat of overburdened of being unnecessarily exposed to fear of contracting the v tals, states across the country matched with the worry th the virus. onverting convention centers, “All around, people are scared,” could lose stores that are v s facilities and performance the neighborhood. Officia said. s into backup treatment sites Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, September 16,he2020 Their fears are not unfounded. ven’t said if stores would oronavirus6patients.

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He said at higher rates; and it could force of Memphis is different.

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10,000 North Carolinians vote absentee in first week

US election spotlight mostly bypasses mainline Protestants

PEC, oil nations agree o nearly 10M barrel cut

By David Crary The Associated Press

NEW YORK — The images were vivid: President Donald Trump brandishing a Bible outside an Episcopal church in Washington, D.C. that had been boarded up after an arson by racial injustice protesters. Episcopal leaders Salman, a son of King Salman, Associated Presswith outrage at whatbin reacted they deemed a cynical photo-op. assented to the deal.

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American troops had been navirus tention and the COVID-19 are the mainline Protes- This Friday, June 12, 2020 file photo shows St. John’s Episcopal Church next to a large “Black Lives Matter” banner on the AFL-CIO SAUDI ENERGY deployed to thenear kingdom forHouse the in Washington, D.C. s it causes largely halttant have denominations that domibuilding the White obal travel and slowedpolitical down andfirst nated America’s civictime since the Sept. 11, 2001, In this photo released by Saudi Energy Ministry, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Ministe leadership for much of its history, attacks over concerns of Irani- Energy of Saudi Arabia, third right, chairs a virtual summit of the Group of 20 energy minister energy-chugging sectors tions have seen membershiptodrop Sept.Friday, 2 in response the2020, wound-to coordinate “When aamid pastorregional crosses the line, his office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, beginning in colonial times. an retaliation tenas manufacturing.

It has Aprilto10, a response plummeti sharply in recent decades.

The ing of Jacob Blake by an officer. you risk saying to a member of a These denominations, includstated the oil industry in sions. prices due to an oversupply in the market and a downturn in global demand due to the pandemi Among the relatively small number of Presbyterians, for exing the Episcopal, United Meth- church, ‘Your own beliefs are not “We don’t endorse or oppose “They’ve spent over the last U.S., which now pumps more number of mainline clergy with ample, has fallen from about 2.5 odist and Presbyterian (U.S.A.) valued here.’” a particular candidate, but month waging war mainline on American e than any other are country. national prominence is a Disciples million in 2000 to some 1.3 milIn general, denomichurches, now deeply engaged we do try to uphold the deal itsNorth president, Kuwait, Saudi moral Arabia andof Christ producers we aretheir defendt some in producers been lion today. praise. pastorbut from Car- Andrés nationswhile discourage pastors that campaignshave against racismoil and Some havesize come olina, the Rev. William Barber, a from making political endorsevoter suppression.

Yet they haven’t “The pure of the cut Manuel López Obrador, had said defections the United Arab Emirates would tant to ease supply. The car- ing theirs. This is not how friends principles and values that as several of the denominations long-time black civil rights activments from the pulpit, or from isgenerated controversies this year that he had agreed with precedented, but, then ag another 2 million nd other nations on Sunday treat friends,” said Sen. Kevin cut key to our faith.” barrels of Friday LGBT clerleader of the Poor People’s moved to isordain as headline-grabbing as those in- suing voter guides the way some oilare the impact the coronav Trump that the U.S. will compena day between them atop theist and Cramer, a Republican from North d to allow Mexico to cut only Campaign who has been outspo- gy and recognize same-sex marvolving evangelicals and Catho- churches do. having on demand,” sate what Mexico cannot add to OPEC+ deal.

The three countries Dakota, before the OPEC+ deal.

000 barrels a month, a stickriages, and the United Methodist said M ken against Republicans.

“We don’t endorse or oppose a Episcopal Bishop Michael Curry lics. med energy an the proposed cuts.

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The nations together agreed line churches is one confronting Through the mid-20th centu- widespread protests against law communities to diversity. the United Methodists’ Council of “This is at least a tempor in the United States,” Trump said Officials said other planned cuts Curry get other nations’ stateut 9.7 million barrels a day will help became the Episcopa- many other faiths: Persuading ry, most Protestants in the U.S. enforcement.

Bishops. lief the energy industry in a tweet.

“I would like to thank would stand in the deal, meaning owned oil production to follow the ughout May and June. participate.

The Presbyterian Church lians’ first black presiding bishop young people tofor “In every mainline church, belonged to mainline churches, the global and congratulate President Puan 8-million-barrel-per-day cut lead of U.S. producers that are trye groupyou’ll reached the deal just “Young people want economy. to be en- This in find members who are Re- but now they are outnumbered by (U.S.A.) launched a Rally for Jus- in 2015; the Presbyterian Church gaged with people who are doing (U.S.A.) elected the Rev. Dr. J. tice march Aug. 28 from its headevangelicals.

Polls in recent years publican and Democrat,” said is too big to be let to fail and tin of Russia and King Salman of s before Asian markets re- ing to adjust to plunging demand. from July through the end of the stuff,” Owens said.

“It’s not just Herbert Nelson II in 2016 as the quarters in Louisville, Kentucky, indicate that about one-quarter the Rev. John Dorhauer, presiliance showed responsibilit Brouillette said the U.S. did not year and a 6-million-barrel cut for Saudi Arabia.” ed Monday and as internawhat kind this of music you play. It’s in its more thanPresident city where Breonna Taylor was first black of U.S. adults identify as evangelident and Brent general crude minister of the commitments agreement,” said Per M Theleader Kremlin said months beginning in 2021. make of its own 16the l benchmark 800,000-member United Church cal, and less than 15% as mainline fatally shot by police during a raid 300-year history; and the Rev. what are you doing to change and Nysveen, the head of anal Vladimir Putin held a joint call “This will enable the rebalancproduction cuts, but was able to d at just over $31 a barrel on her home in March. The Evan- Terri Hord Owens became the shape society.”

Protestant. of Christ.

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Jason Efird

ASON EUGENE “GENE” EFIRD, 94, went home to be with his Lord Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at his home in Stanfield.

CAROLYN M. KELLY, 85, of Gene was passed born October 9, 1925, in Albemarle, away Saturday, Cabarrus County to theatlate Simeon September 12, 2020 Spring Jason and the late Sarah Ella ArborEfird of Albemarle.

Burris addition his Mrs.Efird.

KellyIn was born to October parents, in death by 10, 1934he towas thepreceded late Dewey Gaston his JewellKendall Little Efird; sisters, andwife, Cynthia Morgan.

In Mary Lambert, Almond, addition to herFannie parents, she was Minnie Furr, Wilma Burleson and also preceded in death by her Aileen Huskey; and brothers, Homer husband in 2008, Robert Preston Efird, GetusSr. Efird and Wayne Efird, Bob Kelly, Sr.Carolyn retired from Stanly A private funeral service County School System as will an be held on Saturday, April 11,She 2020 Attendance Counselor. was at s Grove Methodist anLove’ Endy First United Responder for 20 Church Cemetery Stanfield for years and a CPR in Instructor officiated Rev. Jim White. Burial AmericanbyHeart Association for will follow at the Love’ s Grove United 10 years.

Methodist Church 4360 The family willCemetery, receive friends Polk Ford Road, Stanfield.15, 2020, on Tuesday, September Survivors son Gerald from 11:00 -include 11:45 pm, at Hartsell Wayne Efird of Albemarle; Funeral(Gail) Home of Albemarle. daughter Lisaservice Efird (Mark) Hartsell The funeral will follow of at Stanfield; 12:00 pm,granddaughters, in Hartsell Funeral Kelly Barbee and Lauren HomeEfird Lefler Memorial Chapel, Hartsell (Justin) Crump; and greatofficiated by Rev. Delane Burris. grandsons, Patrickat Simmons Burial willIan conclude Cantonand Elliot Jacob Simmons.

Baptist Church Cemetery, 24615 Memorials may be made to Love’s Endy Rd, Albemarle.

Grove United Church, Carolyn is Methodist survived by son, PO Box 276,Kelly, Stanfield, NC 28163-0276.

Bobby and wife Sherry of Catawba; daughter, Beth Speights, and husband Dudley of Albemarle; grandchildren, Travis Speights, and wife Brittney, MacKenzie Speights, Morgan Kelly; future great-grandson, Jennings Michael Speights; brother, Michael B. Morgan Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P. O. Box 1000, Dept.

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Tony Smith

Merle Helms

ONY MONROE SMITH, 72, of Rockwell, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ LEE LITTLE, onROBERT Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 87, of Stanfield, passed away A his home surrounded by family.

Wednesday, 9, 2020 private familySeptember service will be held. at Atrium Health Cabarrus in at Online condolences can be made Concord. stanlyfuneralhome.com Mr. wasAugust born April 21, TonyLittle was born 11, 1947 1933 in Stanly North in Stanly CountyCounty, to the late Pearlie Carolina to the late William Asbury Smith and Emmer Lee Lester Little the in late Ona Smith. He wasand the son law of Pat Mae Little. and Mick Cagle where he worked at also in until death theHe fishwas house forpreceded many years by brother,Anchor William Keith Little. he opened House Seafood The family in Rockwell.

Hewill andreceive his wife Becky friends from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, owned and operated Anchor House Sunday, September 13, 2020 at for 25 years before retiring in 2009.

Philadelphia Church.

Mr. Smith wasBaptist a charter member The funeralatservice will Baptist follow and deacon Open Door in the sanctuary at He 3:00 pmthe Church in Richfield. loved and officiated Dr. Carey Tony C. Lordbe and his familybyabundantly.

Snellings.

Burial will follow at and was a wonderful husband, father, the Philadelphia Baptist Church grandfather and could fix anything Cemetery at 12568 he put his hands on. Philadelphia Church Rd., is Stanfield.

Mr. Smith survived by his wife Survivors include wife, Alma Becky Cagle Smith of the home, Green LittleSmith of Stanfield, NC; sons Walter and Robbie son, Barry AlanKayla LittleHenderson and Smith; daughter spouse, Debra BuchananDanielle, Little of (Brandon); grandchildren Charlotte, grandson, William Dustin, andNC; Steele Smith, Keaton Wyatt of Weaverville, NC. and EllaLittle Henderson; brother David Also surviving is Kriechbaum, a brother, Hoyle Smith; sisters Kay Eugene Little of Stanfield, Karen Stevenson, Ruby Eudy,NC. and Memorials be made to Dorothy Smithmay (Nick).

Philadelphia Baptist Church, He is preceded in death

by P.O. Box 280Joe Stanfield, NC 28163 or brothers Smith, Wayne Smith, Masonic Home for Children, 600 Claude Smith, Wade Smith, Robert College Street, NC 27565.

Smith, and sisterOxford, Mary Morris.

Memorial contributions can be made to Open Door Baptist Church at 44563 Hwy 52, Richfield, NC 28137 or to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County at 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Robert Little

Pauline Tucker

AULINE ELIZABETH ALMOND TUCKER, 98, passed away peacefully at Trinity Place, Albemarle, NC on April 11, 2020.

Pauline was born on March 22, 1922 in Cabarrus County, NC to the late John Richard Almond and Alice Ada Ann Lambert Almond.

She is survived by her three daughters, Gay Michel (Jack), Oak Island, NC; Pamela Rushing (Foreman), Oakboro, NC; Kathy Hunt (Marc), Albemarle, NC; her son, Chris Tucker (ChrisEUDY, Lear), LARRY ARNOLD Washington, DC. She will be greatly 75, of Mount Pleasant, passed missed by her five grandchildren, away Friday, September 11, 2020 Heather Rushing Chaney (Shannon), at Bethany Woods Nursing Michael Rushing, Elizabeth & Rehabilitation Center inMichel Hartzog (Craig), Jack Michel, Jr. Albemarle.

(Jenn), and Woody HuntNovember as well as Mr. Eudy was born seven great-grandchildren.

6, 1944 to the late LawsonShe also leaves behind and Leander and cherished Cora Bellenieces Herrin nephews.

Eudy. In addition to his parents, The family expressesin itsdeath sincereby he was also preceded gratitude to the staff and caregivers his brothers, Worth Eudy, Jerry at Trinity forJanelle the careWiley they Eudy andPlace sister, provided Pauline.

A private graveside service will A private graveside service be be held in Arnold’s honor atwill Bear held on Monday, April 13, 2020.

A Creek Primitive Baptist Church in celebration of Pauline’sby lifeRev. andJesse legacy Albemarle officiated will be held this summer.

Herring and Rev. Garry Baker.

In lieu of flowers, thebrothers, family Survivors include, requests donations be made the Doyle Eudy, Hal Eudy andto wife BrightFocus Foundation at www.

Kathryn; brother-in-law, Dennis brightfocus.org.

Wiley; sister-in-law, Margie

Larry Eudy

MLaura Burris

ERLE LORRAINE AUSTIN HELMS, 72, of Marshville, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at McWhorter Hospice House LAURA MAE FARMER in Monroe.93, of Albemarle, BURRIS, Lorraine April 28, 1947 entered intowas theborn gates of Heaven in Monroe to theSeptember late Homer David on Wednesday, 9, Austin and Jewell Delphia-Jane 2020.

Austin.

She was alsoJanuary preceded7,in Laura was born deathin byAnson brothers, A.D. and Teddy 1927 County to the late Austin; and sister, Joy Austin.and Samuel Armstead Farmer The family receive friendsShe Fronnie Maewill Presley Farmer. from 6:00 pm 8:00 pm, Friday, was also preceded in death by April 10, 2020 at Hartsell Funeral her beloved husband of 46 years, Home of Albemarle. funeral Bruce Ethan Burris,The who passed serviceinwill be atstep-son, 11:00 amRichard on away 1984; Saturdaybrothers, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Burris; Macon, Horace, Church in Marshville, officiated and Walter Farmer; and sister,

by Rev. John Gladys Frye.Miller and Rev. Leon Whitley.

She will liereceive in state for 30 The family will minutes prior to the service.

Shepm, will friends from 6:00 pm - 8:00 be laid to rest in the church cemetery.

Thursday, September 10, 2020 She is survived by her beloved at Hartsell Funeral Home of husband of 47 years, Paul Albemarle. The funeral Helms service to of the home; celebrate herson, lifeAlex will(Deanna) be at 1:00 Helms Pageland; daughter, pm on of Friday, September 11,Paula 2020 (Cristin Brandt) Helms of MintLefler Hill; at Hartsell Funeral Home’s grandchildren, Mason, and Memorial Chapel.

SheGrant, will be laid Raegan Boyce, to rest atHelms; Parkerbrothers, Memorial Baptist Royce, Tim Austin; in and sisters, Church Cemetery Richfield.

Patricia andby Angel She isMullis, survived her Tarleton. son, Memorials be made to the Bryan (Reba)may Burris of Richfield; Alzheimer’sNorma Association, 4600 Park daughter, Kay Mitchell Rd., Suite 250,step-sons, Charlotte, Aaron NC 28209. of Richfield; Burris of Albemarle, Gary Burris of New London, Nelson Burris of Waxhaw; grandchildren, Mark Butler, Keyoka Blake, Chad Little, and Shelly Patterson; six stepgrandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren.

Laura was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, sister, and friend.

She loved working for American Efird Mill, where she was a spinner for over 42 years. She also enjoyed singing at her church.

Memorials may be made to Freedom Holiness, 20244 Hwy 52 South, Albemarle, NC, 28001.

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Shirley Haire

HIRLEY MAE HAIRE, 73, of Albemarle passed away on April 11, 2020 at Atrium Health Stanly. The family will hold a private graveside service for Mrs. Haire.

Shirley was born December 12, 1946 in Washington, DC to the late Charles Richard Bateman and Elizabeth Mae Mulligan Bateman.

Shirley is survived by her husband of 30 years Vaughn Smith of Albemarle; sister Sandra Painter of Gainesville, VA; half-brother Robert Bateman of Stevensville, MD; step-children Heather Smith of Jacksonville, FL and David Smith of New London, NC; 4 step-grandchildren; nieces Cyndi Hentschel of Leesburg, VA and Cheryl Hardy of Aylett, VA; 16 grandnieces and nephews; and Gus the dog. Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Albemarle is serving the Haire family.

Danny Luther

DAlden Matson

ANNY PAUL LUTHER, 65, of Norwood, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 9, 2020 at Atrium Health Stanly in OUR BELOVED husband, Albemarle. father and grandfather went home Mr.with Luther born 27, to be thewas Lord onMarch Sept. 8th.

1955 to the late Robert Fulton and He Helen Luther. wasTucker 64 years old. He and Chris wasrelocated survived by wife, hadDanny recently tohis Locust, DeniseCarolina Burleson Luther of Norwood; North to retire. sons, (Karen) Lutherwife and HeJeremy lived for his family, Jody Luther; step-sons, Bryan Chris (Dieckman), Megan (Shane) Whitley and Gregg (Anita) Whitley; Kesegich and Andrew (Lindsey) Grandchildren, Danielhe Luther and Matson. As Papa, cherished Hunter Zado, as well asEthan, his brother, his 6 grandchildren, Claire Bob Olivia Luther Kesegich Jr (Lorena), uncle Jack and and Luther and several other loved nieces, Holden, Jacey and Lydia nephews and cousins.

Matson.

Danny retiredfrom from He hadrecently been retired Charlotte Pipe and Foundry after Goodyear. a dedicated years andby worked He is also37survived sisters, there Hudgins with his sons several other Judy andand Janet Barr. friends and family Father-in-law, Billmembers.

Dieckman and Danny loved spending at numerous sisters andtime brotherhis lake house with his family and in-laws.

He was “UB” to numerous friendsand as well as vacationing with his nieces nephews. family.

Danny and Denise enjoyed He was preceded in death by listening to beach music andMatson loved to his parents, Ed and Mona shaghis dance every chance they could and sister, Joyce Talcott. get.

He was an amazing Please remember to father, enjoy loving grandfather and great friend tois the your life each day, everyday many. He willcherish never be forgotten. perfect day, family and A celebration of life will be friends. announced once the current COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Luther family.

Jerry Fincher

J Terry Almond

ERRY FINCHER passed from this life on April 3, 2020 at 8:05 pm. He was surrounded by his family and holdingWAYNE the hand ALMOND, of the love of TERRY his of life.Richfield Jerry is preceded in death 71, passed away on by three siblings, twoat brothers, September 8, 2020 TuckerBilly Gilbert Fincher, Larry Richard Hospice House and in Kannapolis, Fincher, and one sister, Barbra Joyce NC. A private memorial service Moore. will be held by his family due to He is survived by his A wife, Eleanor Covid-19 restrictions. public Kate Fincherofoflife theservice home, daughter, celebration will be CindyatFincher held a later Jacobs date. of Wingate NC., son and daughter in law, Tommy Terry was born in Stanly (Tiffany)toFincher of Pearson New London County the late NC., Step Children, JimmyHatley (Lisa) Ellis Almond and Betty Lanier of Locust NC, Wanda (Bob) Almond. He retired from the Krimminger LocustService NC., Eric United StatesofPostal as a (Sharon) Lanier ofwas Charlotte NC., Mail Carrier.

He passionate Grandchildren-Trey (Gera) Whitson about his kids and grandkids of Midland, Step-grandchildren, and he enjoyed spending time Zachthem (Brittney) Washington, Aaron with whenever possible.

(Kinsey) Washington, Caleb (Nayeli) Mr. Almond was a member at Washington, Beth (Robbie) Mt. Zion Lutheran ChurchSetzer, in Matthew ( Terry April )was Wallace, Step Richfield. a die-hard great-grandchildren, Britlyn-Eve Green Bay Packers fan and he also Washington, Robert Setzer, George enjoyed fishing, especially at the (Sara)banks.

Setzer, Tracy (Rob) Setzer outer He loved Portsmouth Bumgardener, Underwood, Island fishing Katie and called it his Andrew Underwood, Step “little slice of heaven.”

In great his off great grandchild, George time, Terry spentWaylon many hours Setzer and Donald Lewis on working onbrother his farm.

He served Fincher of Albemarle, NC. the Richfield Town Council Board behe laid to rest for Jerry over Fincher 30 yearswill and was the on Wednesday April 8,2020 at 11:00 am park commissioner for Richfield. at Mr. Canton BaptistisChurch.

Anyone Almond survived by his interested in attending, please RSVP wife of 51 years, June Cranford at 704-796-2412.

Dr. Phil McCray Almond; son Kevin Almond and Pastor Tommy Fincher will (Stacy) of Richfield; daughter officiate.

Tara Barajas (Ivan) of Matthews; grandchildren: Zachary Almond, Seth Almond, and Gaby Barajas; sisters: Marilyn Tucker and Paula Almond both of Millingport; and brother: Mark Almond of Concord.

Linda Hatley

INDA TUCKER HATLEY, 69, of Albemarle, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020.

Linda was born September 18, 1950 in Concord to the late Jacob and Claris Tucker. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Terry Lee Tucker, and her twin sister, Brenda Tucker Strickland. We know Brenda and Linda are in Heaven watching over us and laughing.

Linda was a loving mother, sister, and “Nana.” She was a very giving and loving person. Linda would always do anything she could for others, especially her family. She enjoyed working at FastShop #5, Locust. Linda will be forever loved and greatly missed.

Survivors include her son, Alan Hatley and wife, Angela, of Albemarle; brother, Ronnie Tucker and wife, Linda, of Midland; granddaughter, Leslie Hatley; 1 niece; and 2 nephews.

The family will receive friends from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Thursday, life of your loved ones.

April 16,Celebrate 2020 at Hartsellthe Funeral Home in Albemarle. Linda will and death notices be laid toSubmit rest during aobituaries private committal serviceto at Bethel United be published in SCJ at Methodist Church, Midland. obits@stanlyjournal.com In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to Bethel UMC, 12700 Idlebrook Rd, Midland, NC 28107.

Celebrate the life of your loved ones. Submit obituaries and death notices to be published in SCJ at obits@stanlyjournal.com

Eudy and numerous nieces and nephews Memorials may be made to Hospice of Stanly County & the Uwharrie, 960 N. First Street, Albemarle, NC. 28001.

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Biden faces worries that Latino support slipping in Florida

By Steve Peoples The Associated Press MIAMI — Sen. Kamala Harris’ motorcade raced past Colombian neighborhoods and made a quick stop for takeout in Doral — or “Doral-zuela” as it’s known locally because of its large Venezuelan population — before speeding through the Cuban stronghold of Hialeah.

But during her first trip to Florida as Joe Biden’s running mate last week, Harris did little to court this region’s booming — and politically influential — Latino population. She instead focused on African American leaders waiting at a historically black university in Miami Gardens.

“You truly are the future of our country,” Harris said into a megaphone after the motorcade pulled up to Florida Memorial University, where a marching band serenaded her ahead of an hourlong discussion with local black leaders. “You are the ones who are going to inspire us and fight for the ideals of our country.”

In America’s leading presidential battleground, there’s mounting anxiety among Democrats that the Biden campaign’s standing among Latinos is slipping, giving President Donald Trump an opening in his reelection bid. That’s fueling an urgent effort by Biden, Harris and their allies to shore up older voters, suburbanites and African Americans to make up for potential shortcomings elsewhere.

If Biden reclaims the upper Midwest for Democrats, he won’t need Florida to capture the presidency. But Trump has virtually no path to reelection without it, which is why the state remains a top priority for Democrats.

Concerns about Biden’s strength in Florida were driven in part by an NBC-Marist poll released last week, which found Latinos in the

“They understand the situation at the southern border. They want people to come in, and so do I, but they want them to do it legally. While Joe Biden has failed, I have delivered for Latinos.”

President Donald Trump

CAROLYN KASTER | AP PHOTO

In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo supporters watch the program outside the venue where Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is speaking, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. state about evenly divided between Biden and Trump. Hillary Clinton led Trump by a 59% to 36% margin among Latinos in the same poll in 2016.

Trump ultimately beat Clinton in Florida by just over 1 percentage point.

Hispanic voters in Florida tend to be somewhat more Republican-leaning than Hispanic voters nationwide because of the state’s Cuban American population. Nationally, little public polling is available to measure the opinions of Latino voters this year and whether they differ from four years ago.

But allies closest to the Latino community said there are reasons to worry.

“Right now, I think the Biden campaign has work to do,” says Javier Fernandez, a Democrat

running for the state Senate in Miami-Dade County, where 7 in 10 residents identify as Latino or Hispanic. “I don’t know that they’re super excited about Joe Biden.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who led among Latinos during the early stages of the Democratic primary, warned on Sunday that Biden should be “reaching out more aggressively to grassroots Latino voters.”

That would require a targeted — and expensive — effort that acknowledges the complexities of the Latino vote in Florida. A winning campaign likely requires varied outreach to Cuban Americans, Dominicans and Venezuelans in Miami along with first- and second-generation Central American immigrants around the state and displaced Puerto Ricans who settled in central Florida after Hurri-

cane Maria.

The campaign has responded with ads featuring narrators with different accents to appeal to various backgrounds.

Some on Biden’s team privately acknowledge he may not win over Latinos by the same margins as Clinton, although they are not conceding defeat. Senior strategist Cristobal Alex said the campaign has been pounding airwaves with Spanish-language advertising for months in addition to launching “Latino leadership councils” across the country.

“As we get closer to November you’re going to see an even greater amount of activity to turn out Latino voters,” Alex said.

Trump is sensing a potential vulnerability. During a campaign swing through the west, he held a roundtable discussion with Lati-

Philippines deports US Marine in transgender killing

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines — A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman was deported Sunday after a presidential pardon cut short his detention in a case that renewed outrage over a pact governing American military presence in the Philippines.

Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton said in a farewell message that he was “extremely grateful” to President Rodrigo Duterte for pardoning him and expressed his “most sincere sympathy” to the family of Jennifer Laude, who he was convicted of killing in 2014 in a motel northwest of Manila after finding out that she was transgender.

In his nearly six years of confinement, Pemberton said he spent “much time contemplating the many errors” he committed the night Laude died. “He wishes he had the words to express the

depth of his sorrow and regret,” according to Pemberton’s message, which was issued by his lawyer, Rowena Garcia-Flores.

Virginia Suarez, the Laude family’s lawyer, said in a statement that she wishes Pemberton “peace of mind,” and hopes that he has learned “the value of life and dignity regardless of gender and nationality.”

Philippine immigration officers and American personnel escorted the 25-year-old Pemberton, who was in handcuffs and wearing a face mask, from his cell in the main military camp in Manila to the airport, where he boarded a military aircraft. He was put on an immigration blacklist and will be banned from returning to the country, said immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval.

The U.S. Embassy said that “all legal proceedings in the case took place under Philippine jurisdiction and law,” and that “Pemberton fulfilled his sentence as ordered by Philippine courts.”

On Monday, Duterte granted an “absolute and unconditional pardon” to Pemberton in a move that caught many by surprise. The Philippine leader has long been a vocal critic of U.S. security policies while reaching out to China and Russia.

Duterte’s pardon was condemned by left-wing and LGBTQ groups.

Debate has brewed over whether the Marine, whose detention was arranged under the treaty allies’ Visiting Forces Agreement, or VFA, can be covered by a Philippine law that grants shorter jail terms to ordinary prisoners for good conduct.

The Regional Trial Court in Olongapo city, which handled Pemberton’s case, ruled that the law covers Pemberton and ordered authorities on Sept. 1 to release him early for good conduct.

But Laude’s family and the Department of Justice separately appealed, blocking his early release from a maximum prison term of

up to 10 years.

Duterte said he granted the pardon because Pemberton was not treated fairly after his early release, which he said the Marine may have deserved, was blocked.

The court order rekindled perceptions that American military personnel who run afoul of Philippine laws can get special treatment under the VFA, which provides the legal terms for temporary visits by U.S. forces to the country for large-scale combat exercises.

Pemberton, an anti-tank missile operator from New Bedford, Massachusetts, was one of thousands of American and Philippine military personnel who participated in joint exercises in the Philippines in 2014.

He and a few other Marines were on leave after the exercises and met Laude and her friends at a bar in Olongapo, a city known for its nightlife outside Subic Bay, a former U.S. Navy base.

Laude was later found dead,

nos in Las Vegas on Sunday and another Monday in Phoenix.

“They understand the situation at the southern border. They want people to come in, and so do I, but they want them to do it legally,” Trump told supporters in Las Vegas. “While Joe Biden has failed, I have delivered for Latinos.”

Biden allies in the Latino community are candid about his challenges.

Domingo Garcia, the president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, said Latino voters have responded to Trump’s embrace of religious conservative positions, and his warnings of protest-related violence and socialism.

“You need a message that hyper-excites the Latino community such as health care for all or dealing with immigration in first 100 days. Biden has been really lukewarm on those issues,” Garcia said.

Some skepticism of Biden among Latinos stems from the policies of the Obama administration. Under pressure from pro-immigration protesters during the Democratic primary, Biden apologized for the high rate of deportations when President Barack Obama was in the White House.

her head slumped in a toilet bowl in a motel room, where witnesses said she and Pemberton had checked in. A witness told investigators that Pemberton said he choked Laude after discovering she was transgender.

In December 2015, a judge convicted Pemberton of homicide, not the more serious charge of murder that Philippine prosecutors sought. The judge said at the time that factors such as cruelty and treachery had not been proven.

The VFA could have been abrogated last month if Duterte had not delayed an earlier decision to terminate the pact after President Donald Trump expressed readiness to help the Philippines deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Philippine leader has said his country can survive without America.

If the VFA had been scrapped, it would have removed a legal basis for Pemberton’s detention in the military camp and created pressure for him to be moved to one of the country’s notoriously overcrowded and high-risk prisons.

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President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Smith Reynolds Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Winston-Salem, N.C.

WHAT’S HAPPENING K&W Cafeterias file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Trump rally exceeded pandemic limits, but not illegal

By Brian Anderson The Associated Press

Forsyth County K&W Cafeterias, a WinstonSalem-based icon of Southern comfort food for more than 80 years, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Before filing, it closed restaurants in Chapel Hill, Goldsboro, Raleigh and Salisbury and has gone from 35 restaurants to 18 in eight years.

A Paycheck Protection Plan loan to K&W was one of the largest granted to a North Carolina business. The company also was impacted by state-mandated limits on dining. While K&W regained some business during Phase Two, it struggled because its primary customers are the elderly, who were told to stay at home.

RALEIGH, N.C. — A crowed political rally hosted by President Donald Trump put people’s health at risk but was legal under state pandemic rules that exempt certain gatherings where people exercise free speech, a spokeswoman for North Carolina’s governor said Wednesday.

Trump spoke at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem on Tuesday. Thousands of supporters crammed together without the 6 feet (1.8 meters) of social distancing the White House itself has recommended. An executive order issued by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper earlier this month mandated masks in public and limited mass outdoor gatherings to 50 people.

Asked whether the Trump rally violated Cooper’s order, spokeswoman Dory MacMillan cited an exemption in the order that allows for “activities constituting the exercise of First Amendment rights.”

However, MacMillan added, “When elected leaders violate the White House Coronavirus guidelines surrounding masks and social distancing, especially with large maskless crowds that sit and stand closely together for hours, they put people’s health at risk. By using the First Amendment exemption for mass gatherings ... in this way, they’re making it much harder for North Carolina to get our children back in school and people back to work safely.”

MacMillan added that the Trump campaign did not give

state officials a heads-up about the gathering.

Airport director Mark Davidson said somewhere between 7,000 to 9,000 people attended the event, though Trump claimed in his speech to have drawn a crowd of 15,000.

The state’s Department of Health and Human Services did not say whether it would take any actions against the Trump campaign, but urged Trump supporters to get a coronavirus test.

“Holding large events without face coverings and without social distancing can put people’s health at risk,” the department said in a statement. “People who have attended a mass gathering are encouraged to get tested for COVID-19.”

Cooper and DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen met in North Car-

“When elected leaders violate the White House Coronavirus guidelines surrounding masks and social distancing, especially with large maskless crowds that sit and stand closely together for hours, they put people’s health at risk.”

Dory MacMillan olina on Wednesday with Dr. Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator for the White House’s task force, the governor’s office said Wednesday evening.

Cooper and Birx joined each other on a call with the task force, where the governor “spoke about the need for our elected leaders and candidates to lead by example on the campaign trail this fall by holding events with face coverings and social distancing.”

AP

Man killed after crashing motorcycle into building Forsyth County Edenilson Isaias Ponce Garcia was killed when he crashed his motorcycle into a Winston-Salem apartment building. Investigators believe Garcia and a passenger were riding the motorcycle in the parking lot. Neither was wearing a helmet. Garcia died at the scene.

The passenger was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the accident.

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Woman charged after exotic animals seized Davie County Jolynn Samantha Hicks, 44, was charged in late August while she was hospitalized after authorities seized several exotic animals from her home. Fire crews had to ventilate the home before officers could go in, because conditions were so unsafe. After entering, officials seized 15 dogs, seven miniature horses, five horses, six chickens, four pigs, three ducks, two lizards, two cats, a marsupial, an opossum and an African fox that is not allowed in the U.S. MY FOX 8

Trump and Biden run vastly different pandemic campaigns

By Zeke Miller The Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — North Carolina caps outdoor gatherings at 50 people to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, but don’t tell that to President Donald Trump. He basked in a largely maskless crowd of several thousand supporters during a campaign rally in this critical state.

“As far as the eye can see,” Trump said, reveling at the sight of people flouting public health guidelines at Tuesday’s event. “I really believe that these crowds are bigger than they were four years ago.”

A day earlier in Pennsylvania, Trump’s Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, held a socially distanced meeting in a backyard.

“I really miss being able to, you know, grab hands and shake hands,” Biden recently told supporters. “You can’t do that now.”

Trump and Biden are taking di-

ametrically opposite approaches to campaigning during a pandemic — and the differences amount to more than political theater. The candidates are effectively staking out different visions for the country. Biden emphasizes guidelines supported by local health officials while Trump rails against restrictions that he argues, without evidence, are politically motivated.

“By the way, your state should be open,” the president said in North Carolina, where he has feuded with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper over Trump’s abandoned plans to hold the Republican National Convention in Charlotte. “It’s you, it’s Michigan, it’s a couple others,” Trump added, as he sees a potent line of attack in pivotal states run

by Democrats.

Trump aides and allies suggest the president sees his rallies as a manifestation of the reopening he’s preaching and that he believes is vital to the economic recovery

PATRICK SEMANSKY | AP PHOTO

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden departs after voting early in Delaware’s state primary election at the New Castle County Board of Elections office in Wilmington, Del., Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. and what voters want. In a dig at those who warn against reopening too quickly, Trump suggested that these states would suddenly reopen the day after the election, when opponents advocating caution can no longer hurt his reelection.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany dismissed the suggestion that Trump should comply with local guidelines. “We believe if people want to show up and express their political views, that’s their choice to do so,” she told reporters Wednesday.

Outdoor events used to be few and far between for Trump, who prefers the deafening echo and air conditioning of indoor arenas. But his campaign has decided to move to lower-stakes airport hangars and tarmacs.

The one thing that has stayed the same: crowing about his crowd sizes in comparison with Biden’s.

“If he had 200 people, I think it would be a lot,” Trump said Tuesday of his opponent. “Have you ever seen the gyms with the circles? That’s his crowd. If he had 200 people.”

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Individuals are responsible for their crimes; police are necessary to stop those crimes.

On Aug. 23, 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a black man, was shot seven times in the back by a white police officer. The original video, which only included the last moments of the incident, gave no context for the incident. But further video and police reports made clear what happened.

According to the police association, the police were called to the scene by a black woman who had dialed 911 to report that Blake was attempting to steal the keys to her car. There was an open warrant on Blake for third-degree felony sexual assault; the alleged victim is the woman who dialed 911, and she apparently had a restraining order against Blake. Back in May, she alleged that Blake entered a room where she was sleeping near one of her children and sexually assaulted her. The alleged victim also said that Blake sexually assaults her approximately twice per year.

Upon arriving at the scene, the police attempted to effectuate an arrest. Blake resisted. He apparently got one of the officers in a headlock and resisted two separate uses of a stun gun. He then disobeyed officer commands, walked around to the driver’s side of an SUV and reached inside. A knife was found on the driver’s side floorboards.

This is the definition of a justified shoot, by all available evidence. Yet Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris have chosen to side with an alleged rapist and against police officers attempting to do their job.

On Sept. 2, Biden said he thought that the officers in Blake’s shootings should be charged, adding, “Let’s make sure justice is done.” Harris — whose judgment on these matters ought to be doubted, given her conviction that Michael Brown was murdered and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a probable rapist — agreed that the officer “should be charged.”

But Biden and Harris didn’t stop there. Biden

traveled to Kenosha and met with Blake’s family.

Biden got on the phone with Blake — who was handcuffed to his hospital bed, since he is currently under arrest — and quoted the book of Psalms, adding that “nothing is going to defeat” Blake. Harris went further, telling Blake she was “proud” of him and saying that the Blake family is “incredible” — an amazing description of a family wherein the son is an alleged rapist and the father is an open anti-Semite, according to his public social media posts.

The New York Times provided cover for this insulting insanity in a long puff piece about Blake, describing him as a hero who “survived and has begun to tell his own story.” That piece left any description of his crimes to paragraph 17 and never mentioned that he resisted arrest and had a knife in the vehicle.

On a raw level, none of this makes sense. Blake is, by all available evidence, a villain. The police officer was, by all available evidence, acting within the scope of his duty. But in the context of a broader Democratic narrative that police are systemically racist, and that all criminals of minority ethnicity are victims of that system, it all makes perfect sense.

If you think that American racism is responsible for a black man allegedly raping a black woman, this is a story in which there are only victims and there is no perpetrator but the system itself — in this case, a system represented by the white police officer.

If we wish to live together in a society, this perspective cannot win. By lionizing Jacob Blake while decrying the police who tried to arrest him, Democrats justify and incentivize criminality. This must stop. Individuals are responsible for their crimes; police are necessary to stop those crimes.

Those who disagree cannot be allowed to gain power.

Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com.

DEATH NOTICES ♦ Mary Robinson Anglin, 77, of Winston-Salem, died September 9, 2020. ♦ Larry Alan Armbruster, 79, of Clemmons, died September 9, 2020. ♦ Arthur T. “Coach Art” Blevins, 62, of Winston-Salem, died September 11, 2020. ♦ Harold Dean Blue, 81, of Kernersville, died September 9, 2020. ♦ JoAnne Meade Booher, 69, of Kernersville, died September 10, 2020. ♦ Lottie Faye “Maw” Jones Bowman, 82, of Forsyth County, died September 12, 2020. ♦ Christopher Kevin Bragg, 56, of Winston-Salem, died September 13, 2020. ♦ Milton “Butch” Brendle, Jr., 73, of Forsyth County, died September 13, 2020. ♦ John Louis Bright, 61, of WinstonSalem, died September 11, 2020. ♦ John Robert Cansler, Sr., 90, of Winston-Salem, died September 10, 2020. ♦ Robert Douglas “Doug” DeLong, 67, of Winston-Salem, died September 10, 2020. ♦ Robert Wiles Farr, 83, of WinstonSalem, died September 10, 2020. ♦ Zeb Vance Gibson, Jr., 95, of Winston-Salem, died September 9, 2020. ♦ Tommy T. Hill, 79, of WinstonSalem, died September 10, 2020. ♦ Richard Boykin Hinnant, 65, of Lewisville, died September 9, 2020. ♦ George Hauser, III, 58, of WinstonSalem, died September 9, 2020. ♦ Michael Ray Ketner, 75, of WinstonSalem, died September 11, 2020. ♦ Sally Bazemore Lewis, 85, died August 12, 2020. ♦ Sandra Wolff Linville, 74, of Clemmons, died September 13, 2020. ♦ Annette Barber Livengood, 87, of Roberson County, died September 14, 2020. ♦ Bessie Yates McBride, 85, died September 12, 2020. ♦ Judy Kegley McDaniel, 70, of Clemmons, died September 13, 2020. ♦ Betty Kay Rockett, 78, of Forsyth County, died September 10, 2020. ♦ Berkley Dale Rogers,79, of Dobson, died September 13, 2020. ♦ James Vaughn Turner, Sr., 88, of Winston-Salem, died September 9, 2020. ♦ Cordelia “Pat” Jane Nifong Wishon, 93, of Lewisville, died September 11, 2020.

WEEKLY CRIME REPORT ♦ Anderson, James Michael (M/47) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 100 Cedar Grove Ln, Kernersville, NC, on 9/13/2020 18:57. ♦ Anthony, Xenia Elizabeth (F/23) Arrest on chrg of 1) Arson - 1st Degree (F) and 2) Arsonpersonal Prop (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/14/2020 16:40. ♦ Bennett, Crystal Renee (F/37) Arrest on chrg of Adw - Inflict Injury (M), at 4500 Oakley Ct, Walkertown, NC, on 9/10/2020 19:20. ♦ Brooks, Iday Montrail (M/21) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault On Female (M) and 2) Communicate Threats (M), at 799 Morris Rd/gallant Ln, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/9/2020 23:40. ♦ BUCHANAN, DEMETRIUS LADON was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 3411 OLD VINEYARD RD on 9/14/2020 ♦ BUNTING, EDWARD LEE was arrested on a charge of COMMUNICATE THREATS at 3719 YARBROUGH AV on 9/14/2020 ♦ BURTON, EDDIE JR was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT - STRANGULATION at 1076 HICKORY GLENN RD on 9/12/2020 ♦ Byrd, Karen Mcbride (F/52) Arrest on chrg of Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/10/2020 12:19.

9/14/2020 ♦ Elledge, Christopher Gene (M/34) Arrest on chrg of Poss Stolen Goods (F), at Laster Rd/ sandhurst Dr, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/14/2020 01:35. ♦ Featherson, Kadeem Jamar (M/29) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking/larc-felony (F), 2) B&e-vehicle (F), 3) Larceny After B&e (F), 4) Larceny-felony (F), and 5) Weap-poss By Felon (F), at 201 N Church St, Winstonsalem, NC, on 9/11/2020 10:00. ♦ FOGLE, AMBER MARIE was arrested on a charge of FELON ADW/SER INJURY at 1985 HAMPTON INN CT on 9/13/2020 ♦ Gibbons, Damon Michael (M/21) Arrest on chrg of 1) Felon Adw/ser Injury (F), 2) Poss Heroin (F), and 3) Drugs-mfg Sched Ii (F), at 1750 Kernersville Medical Pw, Kernersville, NC, on 9/9/2020 06:32. ♦ Gooch, Zachery Ryan (M/32) Arrest on chrg of 1) Impaired Driving Dwi (M), 2) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 3) Fail To Appear/compl (M), and 4) Ndldrive While Lic Revoked After Division Sent Notificatio (M), at N Liberty, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/13/2020 00:12. ♦ HANEY, RONALD BERNARD was arrested on a charge of MV THEFT - AUTOMOBILE at 1520 BILLY DR on 9/13/2020

♦ CRUZ, EDWIN DAVID was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT - INFLICTING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY at 201 N CHURCH ST on 9/14/2020

♦ Hendrix, Bobby Scott (M/35) Arrest on chrg of 1) Poss Stolen Goods (F), 2) Order For Arrest (M), 2) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 3) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 4) Ofa/fta-interfere Elect Monitor Dev (M), 4) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 5) Speeding To Elude Arrest (F), 6) Reckless Driving (M), 7) Vehicle Control Signs And Signals (M), 8) Unlawful To Dwlr, After Notification, Or While Disquailified (M), 9) Vehicle Control Signs And Signals (M), 10) Drive Wrong Side - Highway (M), and 11) Speeding - Posted (M), at 8429 Lasater Rd/s Peace Haven Rd, Clemmons, NC, on 9/14/2020 02:03.

♦ DILLARD, JOSEPH STEPHEN was arrested on a charge of BREAKING/LARC-FELONY at 725 N CHERRY ST on

♦ Hendrix, Bobby Scott (M/35) Arrest on chrg of Poss Stolen Goods, F (M), at 8429 Lasater Rd/s Peace Haven Rd,

♦ Brantley, Darryl Raeshawn (M/30) Arrest on chrg of 1) Poss Stolen Goods (F), 2) P/w/i/s/d Marijuana (F), 3) Poss Marijuana Fel (F), 4) Possession Marijuana (M), 5) Weap-poss By Felon (F), and 6) Ccw (M), at 28th St, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/13/2020 01:10.

Clemmons, NC, on 9/14/2020 02:03.

Robinhood Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/9/2020 21:00.

♦ HILL, MARILYN RACHEL was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-SIMPLE at 574 WATERWORKS RD on 9/12/2020

♦ Vogler, Eric Robert (M/53) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 3840 N Main St, High Point, NC, on 9/12/2020 02:34.

♦ Johnson, Dale Junior (M/37) Arrest on chrg of 2nd Degree Trespass, M (M), at 110 Woodbriar Path, Rural Hall, NC, on 9/11/2020 09:42.

♦ Vogler, Eric Robert (M/53) Arrest on chrg of Awik/no Injury (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/13/2020 18:45.

♦ Johnson, Jyquone Sidney (M/25) Arrest on chrg of 1) Fail To Register - Sex Offender Registration (F) and 2) Sex Offender Residency Violations (F), at 301 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/10/2020 09:45.

♦ WALKER, LINC BERNARD was arrested on a charge of COMMUNICATE THREATS at 700 GRANVILLE DR on 9/14/2020

♦ JONES, CEDRIC HERMAN was arrested on a charge of PROBATION VIOLATION at 1995 HAMPTON INN CT on 9/12/2020 ♦ MARTIN, CARL JASPER was arrested on a charge of COMMUNICATE THREATS at 4104 VILLAGE CLUB DRIVE on 9/14/2020 ♦ MCDOWELL, ANDRE GERODE was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 5998 UNIVERSITY PW on 9/13/2020 ♦ Mitchell, Denzel Tyrone (M/26) Arrest on chrg of Possession Control Substance Jail (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/11/2020 12:30. ♦ SANTOS, RUDY DANIEL was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 201 N CHURCH ST on 9/13/2020 ♦ SESSUM, CARL ANTHONY was arrested on a charge of DEFRAUD INNKEEPER at 100 HANES MALL BV on 9/13/2020 ♦ SESSUMS, JANET DARLING was arrested on a charge of DEFRAUD INNKEEPER at 100 HANES MALL BV on 9/13/2020 ♦ SIMMONSHUNTER, SEGENNIA MARIE was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 105 N MLK JR DR on 9/14/2020 ♦ Smith, Jessica Dawn (F/29) Arrest on chrg of Drugsposs Sched I, F (F), at 5217

♦ WILLIAMS, SHANNON STEFFON was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 574 WATERWORKS RD on 9/12/2020 ♦ Williams, Tamahjea Raekwon (M/22) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugs-maintain (F), 2) Drugsposs Sched Ii (M), 3) P/w/i/s/d Marijuana (F), 4) Drugs-mfg Sched Vi (F), 5) Weap-school Property (F), and 6) Speeding To Elude Arrest (F), at 300 Glendare Ct, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/14/2020 02:49. ♦ Williamson, Brandie Johnson (F/35) Arrest on chrg of Impaired Driving Dwi, M (M), at 6198 Reidsville Rd/goodwill Church Rd, Belews Creek, NC, on 9/12/2020 17:00. ♦ Williamson, Shanda Monique (F/23) Arrest on chrg of 1) Arson - 1st Degree (F) and 2) Arsonpersonal Prop (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 9/14/2020 16:40. ♦ WOLFE, JERROLD LORENZO was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 3980 SILAS CREEK PW on 9/12/2020 ♦ Wooten, Synthia Haydee (F/33) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault-simple (M) and 2) Interfering With Emergency Communication (M), at 4355 Grubbs Rd, Walkertown, NC, on 9/14/2020 07:05.

Twin City Herald for Wednesday, September 16, 2020

SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Louisville’s Satterfield to auction off visor for charity Louisville, Ky. Louisville football coach Scott Satterfield is participating in an auction that will benefit local charities. Satterfield, his wife, Beth, and a local charity will team up for the “Visor for the Ville” program, the uschool said in a news release. After each Louisville victory this season, the visor that Satterfield wore during the game will be auctioned off. Fans also can bid on a commemorative football depicting the date of the game and the score.

Satterfield will match the winning bid for those items.

Proceeds from each auction will benefit a charity that will be designated at a later date, the statement said.

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Djokovic says he learned a ‘big lesson’ from US Open default The world’s No. 1 player was disqualified after accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat with a ball

By Andrew Dampf The Associated Press ROME — Novak Djokovic learned “a big lesson” after being disqualified from the U.S. Open for unintentionally hitting a line judge in the throat with a ball.

The incident marked a stunning end to Djokovic’s 29-match winning streak and his bid for an 18th

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Grand Slam title.

“I’m working mentally and emotionally as hard as I am working physically,” Djokovic said Monday at the Italian Open. “I’m trying to be the best version of myself on the court and off the court and I understand that I have outbursts and this is kind of the personality and the player that I have always been.

“I’m going to take this in as profound as possible for me as a big lesson. I’ve been thinking about it. I’ve been comprehending. I’ve been talking to my team. It’s just one of these things that is just unfortunate and happens. You have to move on.”

The disqualification came

during Djokovic’s fourth-round match against Pablo Carreño Busta.

As he walked to the Arthur Ashe Stadium sideline for a changeover, trailing Carreño Busta 6-5 in the first set, Djokovic — who was seeded and ranked No. 1 and an overwhelming favorite for the championship — angrily smacked a ball behind him. The ball flew right at the line judge, who dropped to her knees at the back of the court and reached for her neck.

“It was totally unexpected and very unintended as well,” Djokovic said. “When you hit a ball like that you have a chance to hit somebody that is on the court. The rules are clear. So I accepted it. I had to move on and that’s what I did.

“Of course I did not forget about it,” Djokovic added. “I don’t think I’ll ever forget about it, because it’s one of those things that stays in your memory for the rest of your life. But I don’t think I’ll have any major issues coming back to the tour and being able to perform well and hit the tennis ball.”

Djokovic said he checked with the lineswoman after the incident and was told she was not seriously injured.

“I felt really sorry to cause the shock and drama to her, because

“I don’t think I’ll ever forget about it, because it’s one of those things that stays in your memory for the rest of your life.”

Novak Djokovic she didn’t deserve that in any way,” Djokovic said. “She obviously is volunteering and doing her work.

She loves tennis, and she’s been there, as I understood, for quite a few years.”

Djokovic had won five of the past seven Grand Slam tournaments to raise his total to 17, closing in on rivals Roger Federer, who has a men’s record 20, and Rafael Nadal, who has 19.

Federer (injury) and Nadal (concerns about travel amid the coronavirus pandemic) both did not play at the U.S. Open.

“Sorry for him. He had an opportunity there,” Nadal said. “But in some way you should not be doing this. ... It is important to have the right self-control on the court.”

NFL

NFL warns teams about not wearing face coverings New York The NFL reminded team personnel on the sidelines about the COVID-19 requirements for wearing face coverings. There were several games Sunday in which team members other than players did not use them. The league has mandated that individuals with bench area access, including coaches and members of the club medical staff, wear face coverings at all times.

During the Sunday night game between Dallas and Los Angeles, Rams coach Sean McVay often was shown on camera without a face covering, one of several coaches throughout the league who did not follow the regulations.

MLB

Rays make history with all-lefty lineup St. Petersburg The Tampa Bay Rays became the first major league team since at least 1901 to start a batting order with all left-handed batters. Rays manager Kevin Cash stacked his lineup with lefties on Friday night against Boston Red Sox right-hander Andrew Triggs. While some teams have started a lineup in which all batters hit from the left side the first time up, all previous occasions since 1901 included at least one switch-hitter.

NHL

Flames announce they’re bringing back interim coach Ward Calgary, Alberta The Calgary Flames have removed the “interim” tag from Geoff Ward’s job and made him the NHL club’s head coach. Ward was promoted from associate coach Nov. 29. Bill Peters resigned amid allegations of racism and player abuse from previous stops in his coaching career, including during his time with the Carolina Hurricanes from 2014-18. A .500 team when Peters resigned, the Flames rallied from the controversy to go 25-15-3 under Ward.

Calgary was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in six games by the Dallas Stars.

SETH WENIG | AP PHOTO

Novak Djokovic pleads with the umpire after inadvertently hitting a line judge with a ball during the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Sept. 6. Djokovic defaulted the match.

Keselowski dominates in playoff win at Richmond Denny Hamlin also locked up a spot in the Round of 12 heading into an elimination race at Bristol The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Brad Keselowski entered NASCAR’s playoffs certain he has as good a chance at the Cup championship as favorites Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin.

He even predicted he’d win at Richmond Raceway.

His confidence was justified as Keselowski dominated Saturday night at Richmond Raceway, leading 192 laps in the second playoff race and advancing into the next round.

On a night when the only caution flags were scheduled by NASCAR, leading to plenty of greenflag pit stops that jumbled the leaderboard, Keselowski kept rising to the top.

“I tell you, it’s a chess game and I got blinders on,” Keselowski said.

“I don’t know what everybody is doing and who is where and who is on what strategy, but (crew chief) Jeremy Bullins, the whole 2 team, excellent performance.”

Harvick, the title favorite, won last week’s opener to earn the automatic berth into the second round.

Hamlin, derailed at his home track of Richmond by a speeding penalty, finished 12th but still advanced into the next round based on points.

Keselowski was the only driver able to run with Harvick and Hamlin when racing resumed in May following a pause for the pandemic. He won three earlier races, earned a contract extension

STEVE HELBER | AP PHOTO

Brad Keselowski celebrates in Victory Lane after winning Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond. at Team Penske and steadfastly maintained he should not be discounted in the title race.

He didn’t do a celebratory burnout after making good on his Richmond prediction because that specific No. 2 Ford has won twice in as many races this year and Keselowski wants it intact for the championship-deciding finale at Phoenix.

That doesn’t mean he thinks he’s already locked up a berth in the title race.

“We’ve got to get there,” he said.

“The last two years I haven’t made it all the way, so we’ve got to get all the way there, but if we can get to Phoenix, we’re gonna be really good. ... I don’t want to look too far ahead, the next round is going to be really difficult, but still I am really

pumped about this performance.”

Harvick, Hamlin and Keselowski are the only drivers locked into the next round of the playoffs.

Hamlin has six wins, but just one in the last nine races, leading to frustration.

“It just seemed like once the track rubbered up, we just weren’t any good,” he said.

Headed into next Saturday night’s elimination race at Bristol Motor Speedway, William Byron, Cole Custer, Matt DiBenedetto and Ryan Blaney are below the cutoff line.

Martin Truex Jr. finished second at Richmond, followed by Keselowski teammate Joey Logano and Austin Dillon, who has opened the playoffs with back-to-back top-five finishes for the first time in his ca-

reer. Harvick finished seventh.

“I wanted to win and going for three in a row here would have been pretty cool,” Truex, who swept both races on the 0.75-mile oval last season, said. There still was satisfaction, though. “When your car is off and you can run second, it says a lot about yout team.”

Logano called it a “pick your poison” night when adjustments never got his car quite right, but he was happy to get his second consecutive third place finish in the postseason.

“We’re doing what we have to do.

We scored stage points and a top five and puts us in a pretty good spot for next weekend,” Logano said. “... You can top-three, top-five all the way to Phoenix if you keep doing this.”

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STATE & NATION

Biden faces worries that Latino support slipping in Florida

By Steve Peoples The Associated Press MIAMI — Sen. Kamala Harris’ motorcade raced past Colombian neighborhoods and made a quick stop for takeout in Doral — or “Doral-zuela” as it’s known locally because of its large Venezuelan population — before speeding through the Cuban stronghold of Hialeah.

But during her first trip to Florida as Joe Biden’s running mate last week, Harris did little to court this region’s booming — and politically influential — Latino population. She instead focused on African American leaders waiting at a historically black university in Miami Gardens.

“You truly are the future of our country,” Harris said into a megaphone after the motorcade pulled up to Florida Memorial University, where a marching band serenaded her ahead of an hourlong discussion with local black leaders. “You are the ones who are going to inspire us and fight for the ideals of our country.”

In America’s leading presidential battleground, there’s mounting anxiety among Democrats that the Biden campaign’s standing among Latinos is slipping, giving President Donald Trump an opening in his reelection bid. That’s fueling an urgent effort by Biden, Harris and their allies to shore up older voters, suburbanites and African Americans to make up for potential shortcomings elsewhere.

If Biden reclaims the upper Midwest for Democrats, he won’t need Florida to capture the presidency. But Trump has virtually no path to reelection without it, which is why the state remains a top priority for Democrats.

Concerns about Biden’s strength in Florida were driven in part by an NBC-Marist poll released last week, which found Latinos in the

“They understand the situation at the southern border. They want people to come in, and so do I, but they want them to do it legally. While Joe Biden has failed, I have delivered for Latinos.”

President Donald Trump

CAROLYN KASTER | AP PHOTO

In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo supporters watch the program outside the venue where Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is speaking, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. state about evenly divided between Biden and Trump. Hillary Clinton led Trump by a 59% to 36% margin among Latinos in the same poll in 2016.

Trump ultimately beat Clinton in Florida by just over 1 percentage point.

Hispanic voters in Florida tend to be somewhat more Republican-leaning than Hispanic voters nationwide because of the state’s Cuban American population. Nationally, little public polling is available to measure the opinions of Latino voters this year and whether they differ from four years ago.

But allies closest to the Latino community said there are reasons to worry.

“Right now, I think the Biden campaign has work to do,” says Javier Fernandez, a Democrat

running for the state Senate in Miami-Dade County, where 7 in 10 residents identify as Latino or Hispanic. “I don’t know that they’re super excited about Joe Biden.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who led among Latinos during the early stages of the Democratic primary, warned on Sunday that Biden should be “reaching out more aggressively to grassroots Latino voters.”

That would require a targeted — and expensive — effort that acknowledges the complexities of the Latino vote in Florida. A winning campaign likely requires varied outreach to Cuban Americans, Dominicans and Venezuelans in Miami along with first- and second-generation Central American immigrants around the state and displaced Puerto Ricans who settled in central Florida after Hurri-

cane Maria.

The campaign has responded with ads featuring narrators with different accents to appeal to various backgrounds.

Some on Biden’s team privately acknowledge he may not win over Latinos by the same margins as Clinton, although they are not conceding defeat. Senior strategist Cristobal Alex said the campaign has been pounding airwaves with Spanish-language advertising for months in addition to launching “Latino leadership councils” across the country.

“As we get closer to November you’re going to see an even greater amount of activity to turn out Latino voters,” Alex said.

Trump is sensing a potential vulnerability. During a campaign swing through the west, he held a roundtable discussion with Lati-

Philippines deports US Marine in transgender killing

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines — A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman was deported Sunday after a presidential pardon cut short his detention in a case that renewed outrage over a pact governing American military presence in the Philippines.

Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton said in a farewell message that he was “extremely grateful” to President Rodrigo Duterte for pardoning him and expressed his “most sincere sympathy” to the family of Jennifer Laude, who he was convicted of killing in 2014 in a motel northwest of Manila after finding out that she was transgender.

In his nearly six years of confinement, Pemberton said he spent “much time contemplating the many errors” he committed the night Laude died. “He wishes he had the words to express the

depth of his sorrow and regret,” according to Pemberton’s message, which was issued by his lawyer, Rowena Garcia-Flores.

Virginia Suarez, the Laude family’s lawyer, said in a statement that she wishes Pemberton “peace of mind,” and hopes that he has learned “the value of life and dignity regardless of gender and nationality.”

Philippine immigration officers and American personnel escorted the 25-year-old Pemberton, who was in handcuffs and wearing a face mask, from his cell in the main military camp in Manila to the airport, where he boarded a military aircraft. He was put on an immigration blacklist and will be banned from returning to the country, said immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval.

The U.S. Embassy said that “all legal proceedings in the case took place under Philippine jurisdiction and law,” and that “Pemberton fulfilled his sentence as ordered by Philippine courts.”

On Monday, Duterte granted an “absolute and unconditional pardon” to Pemberton in a move that caught many by surprise. The Philippine leader has long been a vocal critic of U.S. security policies while reaching out to China and Russia.

Duterte’s pardon was condemned by left-wing and LGBTQ groups.

Debate has brewed over whether the Marine, whose detention was arranged under the treaty allies’ Visiting Forces Agreement, or VFA, can be covered by a Philippine law that grants shorter jail terms to ordinary prisoners for good conduct.

The Regional Trial Court in Olongapo city, which handled Pemberton’s case, ruled that the law covers Pemberton and ordered authorities on Sept. 1 to release him early for good conduct.

But Laude’s family and the Department of Justice separately appealed, blocking his early release from a maximum prison term of

up to 10 years.

Duterte said he granted the pardon because Pemberton was not treated fairly after his early release, which he said the Marine may have deserved, was blocked.

The court order rekindled perceptions that American military personnel who run afoul of Philippine laws can get special treatment under the VFA, which provides the legal terms for temporary visits by U.S. forces to the country for large-scale combat exercises.

Pemberton, an anti-tank missile operator from New Bedford, Massachusetts, was one of thousands of American and Philippine military personnel who participated in joint exercises in the Philippines in 2014.

He and a few other Marines were on leave after the exercises and met Laude and her friends at a bar in Olongapo, a city known for its nightlife outside Subic Bay, a former U.S. Navy base.

Laude was later found dead,

nos in Las Vegas on Sunday and another Monday in Phoenix.

“They understand the situation at the southern border. They want people to come in, and so do I, but they want them to do it legally,” Trump told supporters in Las Vegas. “While Joe Biden has failed, I have delivered for Latinos.”

Biden allies in the Latino community are candid about his challenges.

Domingo Garcia, the president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, said Latino voters have responded to Trump’s embrace of religious conservative positions, and his warnings of protest-related violence and socialism.

“You need a message that hyper-excites the Latino community such as health care for all or dealing with immigration in first 100 days. Biden has been really lukewarm on those issues,” Garcia said.

Some skepticism of Biden among Latinos stems from the policies of the Obama administration. Under pressure from pro-immigration protesters during the Democratic primary, Biden apologized for the high rate of deportations when President Barack Obama was in the White House.

her head slumped in a toilet bowl in a motel room, where witnesses said she and Pemberton had checked in. A witness told investigators that Pemberton said he choked Laude after discovering she was transgender.

In December 2015, a judge convicted Pemberton of homicide, not the more serious charge of murder that Philippine prosecutors sought. The judge said at the time that factors such as cruelty and treachery had not been proven.

The VFA could have been abrogated last month if Duterte had not delayed an earlier decision to terminate the pact after President Donald Trump expressed readiness to help the Philippines deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Philippine leader has said his country can survive without America.

If the VFA had been scrapped, it would have removed a legal basis for Pemberton’s detention in the military camp and created pressure for him to be moved to one of the country’s notoriously overcrowded and high-risk prisons.