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Researchers: Cheap drug improves COVID-19 survival London Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival: A cheap, widely available steroid reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized patients. The results were announced Tuesday, and the British government immediately authorized the drug’s use for coronavirus patients like those who did well in the study. Researchers said they would publish results soon, and several independent experts said it’s important to see details to know how much of a difference the drug, dexamethasone, might make and for whom. “Bottom line is, good news,” said the United States’ top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci.

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Zoom caught in China censorship crossfire Hong Kong Video app company Zoom says that it blocked several meetings and suspended the accounts of three activists at the request of the Chinese government. The company released details saying that the Chinese government notified it about several online meetings planned to commemorate the massacre of protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Zoom said the government told it such activities were illegal and demanded that the company terminate the meetings and the host accounts of the organizers, even though they did not live in China. Zoom then suspended the accounts of two U.S.-based activists. It has since reinstated all of their accounts. “Going forward Zoom will not allow requests from the Chinese government to impact anyone outside of mainland China,” Zoom said in a blog post dated June 11. It did not give details on how it would determine which meetings would fit that description. ASSOCIATED PRESS

N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries seeks comment on CARES Act spending plan Morehead City The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is seeking input from the public on a draft spending plan for $5.4 million in federal CARES Act fisheries assistance. The CARES Act authorized the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to provide $300 million for economic assistance to affected fishery participants due to COVID-19. The draft spending plan proposes funding disbursement through direct payments to eligible commercial fishermen, charter businesses, seafood dealers and processors, and qualified aquaculture operations who can document a greater than 35% revenue loss compared to the previous fiveyear average due to COVID-19. The draft spending plan can be found online at portal. ncdenr.org. Comments must be posted online or postmarked by 5 p.m. June 19. NSJ STAFF

U.S. Judge strikes law aimed to protect agriculture Raleigh A federal judge has struck down the Property Protection Act, more commonly known as the “ag-gag” law. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder wrote in his opinion that the law, which gave businesses the right to sue employees who get hired only to expose trade secrets or take pictures inside their workplace, was unconstitutional. Plaintiffs in the case argued the restrictions violated the First Amendment. NSJ STAFF

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Chinese money and influence in North Carolina education NC has one Confucius Institute operating in higher ed

ranking Republican members on the committee, which requested information about the Chinese Communist Party’s investment in American higher education institutions to further its strateBy A.P. Dillon gic and propaganda goals. North State Journal One way the Chinese governRALEIGH — Uncovering the ment has been able to infiltrate depths to which the Chinese gov- and influence higher education in the United States ernment has spread its is through Confucius roots into American colInstitutes, which beleges, universities and gan in 2004. These research centers has “UNC institutes opened been an ongoing proCharlotte has doors at colleges and cess for the last several universities around years. Over the course of not received the world by offering the past year, numerous more than Chinese language scholars and research$150,000 of courses and relaters have been charged. ed culture offerings One of the more support from which whitewash high-profile cases was the human rights of Dr. Charles Lieb- Hanban in any abuses and history er, chair of the Depart- given year. of the Chinese govment of Chemistry Consistent ernment. and Chemical BioloAn institute pedgy at Harvard Univer- with Section dling Chinese lansity, who was charged 117 of the guage and culture and recently indicted on lessons sounds inJune 9 for making false Higher nocuous; however, statements to feder- Education Act, C.I.’s are operated by al authorities regarding the Hanban, an enhis participation in Chi- UNC Charlotte tity funded and run na’s Thousand Talents reports to by the Chinese govProgram. the federal ernment’s Ministry In early June, an onof Education. The going investigation by government Hanban also pays the National Institute all gifts from and screens who of Health yielded 54 firteaches the instiings and resignations. or contracts tute’s courses. The investigation, which with a foreign A 2017 report probegan in 2018, said that duced by the Nain 93% of those cases, source valued tional Association of the undisclosed funding at $250,000 Scholars charactersource was Chinese in or more in a ized C.I.’s as weaporigin, according to Mions of soft power chael Lauer, NIH’s head year.” which adhere to Chiof extramural research. nese law, avoid menThese type of inves- Buffie Stephens, tion of Chinese potigations into Chinese litical history and influence have been go- director of issues ing on for some time; management and human rights abuses, enact China’s however, the recent external media censorious speech COVID-19 outbreak has preferences, and given them a new sense relations at UNC “portray Taiwan and of urgency. The House Charlotte Tibet as undisputed Oversight and Reform territories of China.” Committee is already As of May, there are around investigating coronavirus propaganda efforts by China, but 81 C.I.’s operating in the United stepped up efforts in early May. States and one still operating in A letter to U.S. Education SecreSee CONFUCIUS page A2 tary Betsy DeVos was issued by

Gov. Cooper press conferences shut out some news outlets North State Journal has been denied opportunity to ask Gov. Cooper questions for months By Matt Mercer North State Journal RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper has been a frequent image on screens across North Carolina since the COVID-19 outbreak. The briefings include his chief lieutenants and prepared remarks from the state’s chief executive. Many of Cooper’s virtual press conferences have allowed for questions from the

media to the governor and his staff. North State Journal reporters have diligently attended press conferences and online briefings. However, those same reporters have had little opportunity to ask questions of Cooper during his media availability briefings throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, or in obtaining public records from his office. Since the March 27 briefing, North State Journal has not been called on during any of the governor’s question-and-answer sessions. Cooper has typically given two, and sometimes three, briefSee NC PRESS page A2

Durham approves police budget increase despite ‘defund’ movement pressure Retired lieutenant believes more, not less, police contact with public is answer David Larson North State Journal DURHAM — An increase in the city’s police budget was approved at the June 15 Durham City Council meeting, allocating a total of $70 million to the DPD, about 14% of the city’s $503 million budget. The vote was under heavy scrutiny in the aftermath of the George Floyd protests, with many activists calling for a reduction or even elimination of police budgets. Call after call during the Monday night meeting, which was streamed online, demanded — in often harsh language — that the city’s police force be abolished, defunded or otherwise reimagined. Mayor Steve Schewel gave each commenter one minute but only allowed those who had signed up beforehand to speak due to the volume of calls. After the comments, Schewel countered some points that were repeated in public comments, like that the police budget is a third of the total budget. “Seventy million dollars is a lot. But it’s actually closer to about 14% of our budget,” he said. “Still a lot of money, but I want to make that clear. The thing I want to say about our police budget this year is this: We are increasing our police budget a total of about $1.2 million. We’re not adding any positions. We’re not adding any programs. Our police officers are not getting a pay increase, just like everybody else in the city.” To be responsive to the demands of those wanting radical change to policing in Durham, the city council added in $1 million for a Community Health and Safety Task Force that would po-

tentially take on some of the responsibilities of policing the city over time. Durham Beyond Policing, a local nonprofit group, organized a lot of the opposition to the budget and proposed the task force as an eventual replacement for armed police. The group’s supporters sent more than 4,000 emails to councilmembers over the previous 10 days, according to a statement by the mayor. Many of the public commenters during the meeting also identified with the group. The group’s main demand is that the $70 million police budSee DPD, page A8

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A similar situation to Surf 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 CONFUCIUS from page A1 are in neighboring states. Law-enforcement checkpoints North Carolina — The University have beenCarolina set up on roads leadof North at Charlotte. ingUNC into various towns and counCharlotte began operatties. ing its C.I. in 2017. This particutown of has a larThe institute hadBeaufort been operating chokepoint near I-70 but to repel at Pfeiffer University, closed non-residents. One needs a Charvalin 2016 and moved to UNC id form of government-issued ID lotte. with a Carteret County address, Buffie Stephens, director of isasues COVID-19 Entry Pass issued management and external by the town or documents provmedia relations at UNC Charlotte ing are State an essential tellsyou North Journalworker that the or performing essential C.I.are is “governed by an a board of diservice. rectors that is chaired by the Dean is ofalso requiring of Ocracoke the College Liberal Arts & documentation in order gain Sciences.” He also said to that the entry to thehas town. institute a campus advisopublic’s use AtlanryThe council made upofofthe UNC Chartic Ocean has lotte faculty andbeen staff.banned by Atlantic Saltercontrols Path, In-all “UNCBeach, Charlotte dian Beach and Emerald Isle. In a joint press release, the towns said “swimming, surfing, kiting,” and “non-motorized recreational water access” are all prohibited. NC PRESS from page A1 Wrightsville Beach officials already closedsince beaches to the ings per week that time. For public butmonths will now fining the entire ofalso Aprilbeand May, violators to shut $500. oneasking inNSJ has up been outIf of cludes court costs, the fine jumps questions to Cooper. to $650. That was not the case earlier in Officials in Wilkesboro and March. North Wilkesboro announced onof At the onset of the activation April 8 that onlyOperations one personCenter per the Emergency family will be allowed entry into and in-person briefings, NSJ beany Children can only gan stores. attending them along withacrecompany themRaleigh-area if no other suitporters from televiable can watch them.At the sion person and newspaper outlets. Last 17week, Cooper issued March briefing, NSJ was ableato new executive order(one containing ask three questions and then multiple layers ofregarding new restrictwo follow-ups) applitions fewgathering retail stores stillat cationonofthe mass limits allowed churches.or able to remain open. This new order begins 5 p.m. The next week, as theatpandemic April 13became and runs for serious, 30 days.Cooquickly very to executive perAccording announced in-person order brief131, only five people per 1,000 ings would be canceled to help resquare feet of retail space or 20% duce the spread of COVID-19, and of fire marshal occupaninstead, a dial-inposted number was procy limits be inquestions. a store atTwice one vided forcan media time. duringMarkings the lattermust half be of placed March, 6 feetwas apart in areas where peoNSJ called on to ask questions ple gather, like checkout lines, of the governor. and stores27must March was aobserve Friday, cleanand the ing Additional last measures. time the governor and recomhis press mendations in the order include team would call on NSJ. plastic shieldsonatMarch registers Beginning 31, and Coocontact-free checkouts. per’s administration began using a The order to overrides anymedia lonew platform conduct the cal prohibitions a differavailability. This that newset platform reent occupancy rate ineach order quired users to register dayto for maintain “uniformity” across the the briefings. Transitioning to techstate.” As with Cooper’s previnology platforms is a familiar rouous orders, municipalitineexecutive in the current state of affairs, ties andnew individual can enbut the digital stores queuing system act measures than has even givenstricter the administration the described in the directives. ability to pick andnew choose who can The North Carolina-based Fresh ask questions. Market store chain, It is no grocery surprise that certain outstarting willon require lets seemApril to get14, called duringall evguests to wear a face-covering of ery briefing. Even Charlotte Agensome da, a sort. website primarily covering

THE WORD: DOUBTING THOMAS FATHER'S DAY

TheSecond story ofSunday the prodigal sonapproaches, tells of a father who gives his youngest son an early John 20:27-29 (KJV) The of Easter Luke 15:31-32 inheritance. The wastes of histhe birthright, and his destitution forces him to return to and Christians areson reminded first 27 Then to 31 And he said untosaith him,he Son, his father for help. The son is ashamed,Jesus but the father shows love for the wayward son Sunday following Christ’s resurrection. Thomas, hither thou art ever withReach me, and all andmet welcomes himof back openafter arms. The prodigal son’s older brother, who stands had with most His with disciples Mary thyisfinger, behold that I have thine.and 32 It was my to inherit the primary estate of presence. his father, refuses to celebrate his brother’s return. The Magdalene alerted them of His and reach meet thathands; we should makehither thybe hand, merry, and glad:and forthrust this it parable,was told not in Luke is one of three stories of redemption in that chapter following the Thomas with15, them when they met intowas mydead, side: and thy brother andbe is not parable of the lost he sheep and the parable of the lost coin. The lessons show the lengths Jesus, and he said would not believe in the faithless, butlost, believing. alive again; and was and God goes to until re-establish a relationship with resurrection he had seen the wounds ofhumanity and the value of that relationship is found. 28 And Thomas for crucifixion those who for possess it. the himself. answered and said unto him, My Lord and my Eight days after the resurrection, Thomas God. 29 Jesus saith unto had his doubts removed when he saw him, Thomas, because Jesus and examined His wounds. While thou hast seen me, thou Jesus blessed those who believed in His hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, resurrection based on faith, He nonetheless and yet have believed. was willing to prove Himself to Thomas. Thomas had proven a devoted and loyal disciple and Jesus did not condemn him for “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” by Caravaggio (c. 1601–1602, currently housed in Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam, Germany). his skepticism.

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transportation sales tax revenue, shutting down certain business- causing major traffic backups. Florida announced that it is aces. But some states have not. which also is down. Washington, site of the first celerating work schedules by sev“We were hoping to bid it out failed to produce results. In the meantime, some road for construction very soon, but coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., eral weeks on about $2 billion and bridge projects already have then COVID-19 and all that, so suspended work on 92 of its 100 worth of bridge and road projects. In Maryland, a westbound that timeline is kind of in the air,” active highway projects as a rebeen put on hold. The North Carolina Depart- said West Plains administrator sult of a stay-at-home order for lane of the Chesapeake Bay ment of Transportation has Tom Stehn, a former state high- most workers. The halted proj- Bridge near Annapolis recentslashed its expected construction way engineer. “It was a high pri- ects include major ones in Seattle ly re-opened to vehicles followand Spokane, as well as improve- ing repairs. The $27 million projprojects from 131 down to 38 for ority for us.” Though ambulances are run- ments to an Interstate 90 pass ect was completed well ahead of the upcoming budget year, a $2 ning as usual and detours are through an avalanche-prone area schedule, partly because of light billion reduction. traffic amid the coronavirus panOhio has delayed projects until well-marked for visitors, “ob- of the Cascade Mountains. Vermont’s entire $200 million demic. next year on interstate highways viously that direct interchange The declining traffic volumes in Columbus and Cincinnati be- would be nice,” said Daniel Mar- road construction plan for 2020 cause of the expected decline in shall, chief clinical officer for the is on hold, save for a $6 million have been especially large in some South Howell County Ambulance emergency repair where a storm of the nation’s most famously confuel tax revenue. washed out part of the foundation gested metropolitan areas, such Faced with a budget shortfall, District. as the San Francisco Bay area. The city of Bend, Oregon, the on Interstate 89. Missouri has postponed $46 milBusiness leaders in the region The longer the delay, the greatlion for 18 road and bridge proj- nation’s seventh-fastest growects that had been priorities for ing metropolitan area over the er the likelihood that some proj- had hoped to put a 1 cent sales tax local governments. As many as past decade, pulled a $190 mil- ects might not get finished this on the November ballot that could raise $100 billion over 40 years 299 additional projects valued lion transportation bond off the year. “Every project is sort of at risk for public transit and transporat $785 million could be at risk May ballot. Supporters had conwithout federal help, McKenna cerns about pushing a property of running out of quality weather tation projects in a nine-county tax hike for roads, sidewalks and days to complete the work,” said region. But the coronavirus outsaid. Among the immediate de- bike lanes while local business- Jeremy Reed, construction engi- break interrupted work on state ferments: a new highway inter- es are suffering financially and neer for the state’s transportation legislation needed to place the measure on the ballot. change to provide direct access many residents are without work. agency. It now could be 2022, or even Pennsylvania originally halted “They’re going to show up on to the expanded Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains. The cen- voters’ day and just glance and all road construction work. But 2024, before supporters can make a public vote on ter’s hospital, physician and spe- think, `I’m not raising my taxes it has since allowed work to pro- another push for PUBLIC DOMAIN | CC0 1.0 cialty clinics are among the area’s right now, no way!’” said Mike Ri- ceed on 61 critical projects. About the measure, said John Grubb, chief operating officer of the is Bay 800asroad and bridge atin Luke ley, co-chairman of the Bend son largest employers, serving about “The Prodigal Son” by Peter Paul Rubens (1618) shows theGo prodigal a swineherd as projects, described 15:15-16. The painting Area Council, a business-backed Coalition that support- $7 billion, remain on hold. 40,000 patients in eight rural in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts,2020 Antwerp. By contrast, some states have policy advocacy group. counties of southern Missouri ed the measure. “We’re going to “If we’re in a poor economy, come back to voters, but now just taken advantage of a lull in trafand northern Arkansas. fic to speed up transportation which it looks like we’re going to The state had allotted more felt like the wrong time.” Most states have classified road projects. Construction crews have be in, that would have been an than $1.2 million to cover half awfulannouncing lot of stimulus awbeenmany able Chinese to shut down highway construction as essential work how the road construction costs. The year the and moveanaway nationals are 2018 Hanban provided another curriculum and other academic ful lotthe of job creation,” he said. lanes during prime hours without from that can other at half was to come from local $70,000 institute, which said in at UNC Charlotte in continue operatingdespite supportorders and working both matters the university, and the C.I. does not offer any for-cred- an “additional $30,000 to support and within the C.I. program itself. part that the closure was “part of “While we are not permitted to NC State’s efforts to create a more it classes,” Stephens told North K-12 schools directly.” According to Stephens, the C.I. share the national origin of partic- comprehensive Asia strategy.” State Journal in an email. Hanban had been provid“Teaching assistants in the C.I. received another $107,150 in op- ular employees, we can share that are not instructors of record at the erating support and an additional UNC Charlotte has 62 faculty and ing NCSU’s institute with up WORSHIP from page A1“They $40,000 to support K-12 schools visiting scholars from China,” Ste- to $200,000 a year. As cited by university,” Stephens wrote. NAS, C.I. host schools have seen phens replied. work under the direction of UNC directly in 2019. Benham and others While other universities in pressure from Hanban to folCharlotte faculty in ourshowed class-up “UNC Charlotte has not reto the after such receiv- ceived more than $150,000 of North Carolina may not operate low political preferences of Chirooms —Charlotte providingclinic services ing calls that the police were there as being conversation partners — support from Hanban in any giv- a C.I., it may be a reference for na. One example of such deference thatthe theoversight group’s memanddemanding work under of en year. Consistent with Section Asian studies programs. One such was arguably seen in 2009 when bers leave the schools, area. When they re- 117 of the Higher Education Act, case is Duke University’s Asian NCSU revoked the Dalai Lama’s teachers in K-12 governed leave, eight by fused thosetoschools. Theywere alsogiven helpci- UNC Charlotte reports to the fed- and Middle East Studies program, invitation to speak on campus. tations of “violation The C.I.’s on university campuswith cultural events.” of emergency eral government all gifts from or which still lists the C.I. and Hanprohibitions restrictions” — a contracts with a foreign source ban as approved resources on its es also spawned “Confucius ClassWhen askedandabout Hanban Class 2received misdemeanor. rooms” at satellite schools, comfunding by UNC Char- valued at $250,000 or more in a website. there Another case is North Caro- munity colleges and even K-12 lotte, “They’re Stephenssaying said that thewere Han-50 year,” Stephens said. Benham banpeople fundedthere,” creation of the said insti-on To get an idea of how large lina State University, which had schools. Look for part two of this discrepancy hisofac- or small the C.I. presence is at been operating a C.I. until June of series next week and online at NStutethewith “start-upbetween expenses count and the “official” account. UNCC, North State Journal asked 2019. NCSU issued a statement in Jonline.com. $150,000” in 2017. The following “Just look at the video. The video shows clear evidence. It is a lie. It is wrong. The police department, Charlotte Observer, the mayor’s office — they’re all wrong.” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a tions from media. Our reportfriend of Benham’s, tweeted out in er learned the primary purpose of support of him later the same day, MaestroConference’s platform was calling the arrest unconstitutional to organize teams in “breakout” ROBERT CLARK | NORTH STATE JOURNAL and saying, “Because elected Dems sessions during calls, such as field are pro-abortion, they are abusing Attendees of Northwood Temple Church in Fayeteville’s 2020 Easter drive-in servicecampaign. listen in on work on a political their power—in a one-sided way— their radios from inside their cars as Pastor John Hedgepeth delivers his sermon. After the June 8 briefing, Sento silence pregnancy counselors.” ate Leader Phil Berger’s press office Cruz also put a petition on his site tweeted, “At what point will #ncpol nion sets, start with sealed wafersmore and which asks signatories to “Tell crimination against religious in- ‘drive-in’ services.” reporters demanding cups of juice, but had to call off the The very next day, Wilming- than Democratic Governor Roy Cooper stitutions and religious believers,” pre-screened press briefings plan to distribute themwho afterhasn’t word that if abortion is ‘essential’ then said Barr in a statement. “Thus, ton police posted that drive-in ser- from @NC_Governor, froman the city. pregnancy services are essential, government may not impose spe- vices “will not be considered a vi- held in-person press conference “They said don’t do emergency?” communion, too. Stop discriminating against cial restrictions on religious activi- olation,” so no legal action would for the entirety of this I’mworth a good man.that I tryBerger, to do ty that do not also apply to similar be taken against the churches, but and people of faith!” It is noting what the mayor says,” police still urged “all churches and Speaker U.S. Attorney General Wil- nonreligious activity.” Tim Moore andHedgepeth other Gensaid.Assembly “We’re law-abiding. I want to “Where a state has not acted houses of worship to continue with eral liam Barr has received a flood of leaders have held do things briefings the way they said let complaints from religious people evenhandedly, it must have a com- virtual services, including for Eas- in-person since theand short them know we’re cooperating with around the country who, like Ben- pelling reason to impose restric- ter.” session began. In Fayetteville, drive-in ser- them.” ham, believe their rights are being tions on places of worship and Left out of this story are the nuBenham, though, said requests he will violated by local and state govern- must ensure that those restrictions vices were allowed, and North- merous public records not emailed be cooperating are narrowly tailored to advance wood Temple Pentecostal Holi- and ments. questionswith thatCharhave lotte’sunacknowledged demands for hisand group to A tweet from Barr’s commu- its compelling interest,” said Barr. ness Church had an Easter service gone unanstop counseling womenAfter outside nications director, Kerri Kupec, “Religious institutions must not be at 10 a.m. Pastor John Hedgepeth swered since early April. taktheoffice, abortion clinic, even after the told NSJ the church promoted the ing said, “During this sacred week for singled out for special burdens.” Cooper promised to have PHOTO VIA NC DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY arrest, since he believes the city’s Drive-in church services have celebration and was expecting po- the many Americans, AG Barr is mon“most transparent administrarequests letter spirtentiallyon hundreds cars. The ser- tion been another touchpoint Center in North itoring govt regulation of religious ever,”violate and onthe May 28,and prior to Gov. Roy Cooper briefs media at the Emergency Operations in Raleigh June 15,of2020. of the law. of news outlets filing services. While social distancing Carolina, especially during the vice could be heard on 92.7 FM to aitconsortium yeahtheir we are, course,” policies are appropriate during Easter season. Wake County gov- allow attendees to sing along to the suit“Heck regarding ownofpublic reBenham said when asked hymns played inside the sanctuary clear that drive- 2012 this emergency, they mustCharbe ap- ersernment requests, Cooper saidwhethat his presidential campaign, Move- cords dialed inmade from across the state. entertainment in uptown er hisbriefing, group is “We still present that and listen Hedgepeth’s sermon press services would notabout be permitplied notthree single Weinusually want toatmake and to Eric Holder’s Nationhave time for 8-10 On.org, lotte, has evenhandedly been called at & least clinic. “We a raised Redistricting platform outside, all sure ted. Some churches, like Plymouth alfrom out during religiousCooper’s orgs. 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The teleconference In email onlotApril 16 sentBarr’s to torship and much waycompany they’d never done it.that Drive-in. 10-person limitation. statement also noted that citizens more andmore. more every sinindicated rep- available is using is called The Keith Acree, the public relations of- administration Drive-up. You stillEmergency be private gle “The The WilmingtonMany Police Departpermitted to Operations attend near- MaestroConference. day.” day I was arrested, while fromcan N.C. North resentatives ficerwere at the Emergency I It was beingforcuffed, two mothers in your car.” reached out to them ment put out a similar by drive-in restaurants, evennot with Carolinians is time the free press to be have quicklydirective becometo Management Center, NSJ asked why we were chosethe to access go ontoneeded the mobile ultraHedgepeth said the mayor local churches on April 7 on Facetheir windows to keep the and negotiated use of sent the given with Zoom, Skype and for demos being called on foropen. questions. That experts sound informed unit and both them chose rules for them to abide by when public book, saying “prohibit any platform. even in times of emergen- Microsoft on of their governTeamsthey in the past two email “But was ignored. life for kids and are now their including ment event orNSJ convening brings to- they when reasonable and tempoandtheir hold officials accountable The did COO did service, seem surprised, lookedthat into MaeAcy,follow-up email to Acree was months. plugged into our mentor network,” how many to have the to gether more than individuals restrictions placed the over 10 million citizens of our thatfeet theapart briefings were and ten noticed sev- however, sentrary on May 21, and heare replied withon stroConference Benham “Twoadministration mothers — so vehicles. Northwood Templepurhad state. in one place (indoor or outdoor) the “For Firstmost Amendment and eral Thesaid. 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State Board of Education unveils operational guidebook for reopening K-12 schools Guidebook is not final, but a ‘living document’ By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — Last week, the North Carolina State Board of Education released an additional document with more details on how the state’s schools will open this fall. The State Board of Education’s guidebook builds on the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Strong Schools NC Public Health Toolkit rolled out by Gov. Roy Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen. The working title for the board’s document is “Lighting Our Way Forward: North Carolina’s Guidebook for Reopening Public Schools,” which lays out the “operational” framework and strategies for K-12 schools. The Department of Public Instruction also has offered a summary document as the complete guidebook is well

over 100 pages. While lengthy, the guidebook is apparently not final and appears to be a work in progress. “This is a living document,” Superintendent Mark Johnson said. “It’s not set in stone. Our goal is to provide a roadmap that supports reopening schools to make this enormous task less difficult for our districts, schools and communities. The guidebook is identical to the governor’s toolkit in offering three possible opening scenarios: Plan A: Minimal social distancing with all students on campus at the same time. Plan B: Moderate social distancing with 50% attendance capacity and “blended learning.” Plan C: Schools are closed. Remote learning for all students. Of the three plans, Plan B has multiple sub-options for school operations. These options include alternating days or weeks for students to be on campus, half the days split between school and remote learning, or full school days where teachers live stream their

classes, which enables the school to decide which students come in and which ones learn from home. A final option, is a “hybrid” model, allowing for a combination of options to fit local needs. Which plan is enacted will depend on the status of the state’s COVID-19 metrics. Per Cohen and Cooper, the metrics to be used will be those from July 1. Neither Cooper nor Cohen explained why that date was chosen. July 1 falls five days after the scheduled end to the governor’s “Phase Two” order and is also both the beginning of the state’s fiscal calendar and the date filing a notice of intent to homeschool begins. According to NCDHHS deputy chief Susan Perry, the plan option chosen will be made for the entire state. She also said that once schools open, the plan can change at any time, and which plan is used will be dictated by the governor’s office and NCDHHS. State Board Chairman Eric Davis applauded the DPI’s work on the guide, saying, “You have captured

the can-do spirit of North Carolina.” He also said that what was delivered was “high quality content” that is in a “user-friendly structure and format.” “This will never be a final product,” said Davis, adding that he feels confident that the guide responds to the changing conditions and needs. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest thanked those involved but was less impressed than Davis and said that the guide “unfortunately does not set a clear path forward.” During the meeting Forest asked what specific metrics were going to be used to decide what plan is instituted. “What are the metrics determining if we move from Plan A to B to C?” asked Forest. Perry responded that it was the “same metrics” being used to determine restriction levels across the state and specifically mentioned the total number of cases, the percentage of positive cases and hospitalizations. Forest pressed Perry for specific numbers for each plan level, ask-

“What are the metrics determining if we move from Plan A to B to C?” Lt. Gov. Dan Forest to NCDHHS deputy chief Susan Perry ing if it was a specific percentage of hospital beds or cases. Forest also noted that these plans would force counties with no active cases to be treated like those who do. In response, Perry said she would “defer that question to Secretary Cohen,” and that there was “no one metric and no one set number” at which the levels were being determined. Forest remarked that this was a very basic but important question that needed an answer. He later issued a press statement echoing his questions at the meeting and saying North Carolina “schools should be full of students, not fear.” Perry was also asked about face-covering recommendations. She said, DHHS “strongly, strongly recommends them,” but that the department is continuing to review use of them. She also said that school districts can still require students to wear them.

Blame game over COVID-19 toll in nursing homes NSJ staff WASHINGTON, D.C. — A grim blame game with partisan overtones is breaking out over COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents, a tiny slice of the population that represents a shockingly high proportion of Americans who have perished in the pandemic. The Trump administration has been pointing to a segment of the industry — facilities with low federal ratings for infection control — and to some Democratic governors who required nursing homes to take recovering coronavirus patients. Homes that followed federal infection control guidelines were largely able to contain the virus, asserts Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, which sets standards and pays the bills. “Trying to finger-point and blame the federal government is absolutely ridiculous,” she says. Verma says data collected by her agency suggest a connection between low ratings on safety inspections and COVID-19 outbreaks. But some academic researchers say their own work has found no such link. Advocates say the federal government hasn’t provided needed virus testing and sufficient protective gear to allow nursing homes to operate safely. A White House directive to test all residents and staff has been met with an uneven response. Nationwide, more than 45,500 residents and staff have died from coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, according to a running count by The Associated Press. That’s about 40% of more than 115,000 total deaths. Nursing home residents are less than 1% of the U.S. population. As with the rest of the country, nursing homes and congregate living settings in North Carolina have made up the majority of deaths in the state. Of the 1,118 deaths in the state as of June 15, 682 (61%) were

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In this April 17, 2020, file photo, a patient is wheeled into Cobble Hill Health Center by emergency medical workers in the Brooklyn borough of New York. in nursing home and assisted living facilities. While North Carolina’s positive case numbers seem to be trending upwards, so is testing, which is still narrowly targeted to those who have symptoms or have had a greater chance of exposure. “We are targeting our testing to people who are more likely to be positive,” North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen said at a recent COVID-19 briefing. That rise in hospitalizations and congregate living deaths has caught the attention of White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx. In a call earlier this month with Cohen, Birx said it was “some kind of systemic flaw” that had led the state to have a “defined slope in the number of cases” that goes back to the start of the pandemic. Referring to Birx’s conversation with Cohen, Congressman Dr. Greg Murphy (R-NC03) said Birx was “very emphatic” that the rise in metrics “did not have to do with reopening the state.” Nearly three months into the

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outbreak and after increased scrutiny from the White House, NCDHHS has decided to begin fullscale testing of nursing homes and similar facilities. According to a report by Travis Fain, of the Raleigh television station WRAL, “Decisions we made on testing, to not testing people coming in to nursing homes in March and much of April, unless they showed symptoms, may have let the virus into homes it otherwise wouldn’t have affected.” Lack of testing is one part of the North Carolina nursing home problem. The other part is data transparency involving both hospitalizations and congregate living case tracking. The most recent congregate living setting report tracks upwards of 67 outbreaks in nursing facilities, yet the NCDHHS data dashboard claimed there are over 160 outbreaks. Over the weekend, the number rose by at least one as another outbreak was reported at the Windsor Point long-term care facility in Fuquay-Varina located in Wake County. The NCDHHS dashboard does

not give any details on hospitalizations beyond the total number, rendering the statistic unusable for tracking counties or the how many are attributed to congregate living outbreaks. During a recent congressional briefing, Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the No. 2 House Republican, blamed New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the high numbers of deaths in his state. A since-rescinded state directive that nursing homes must accept recovering coronavirus patients “ended up being a death sentence” in New York and several states with similar policies, Scalise said. Scalise echoed earlier comments from CMS head Verma, who has said such state orders were “not appropriate” and “may have contributed to this issue as well.” But Harvard researcher David Grabowski, who serves on a nonpartisan commission advising Congress about Medicare, says neither state policies, nor “bad apples” among nursing homes, have driven the outbreak. Grabowski says because the vi-

rus can be spread by people who show no symptoms, that means if it’s already in a community, the staff can unwittingly bring it into the nursing home. Once inside it easily spreads among frail residents living in close quarters. “The secret weapon behind COVID is that is spreads in the absence of any symptoms,” Grabowski told lawmakers at a recent briefing. “If COVID is in a community where staff lives, it is soon to be in the facility where they work.” CMS head Verma said her agency has been on top of things from the beginning, issuing numerous safety guidelines for nursing homes, setting new coronavirus reporting requirements, and providing Medicare payment for testing residents. She says states have money from the federal government that they can use to support testing of nursing home staff. The nursing home industry says just one-time testing for every resident and staffer would cost $440 million, and facilities struggling financially would not be able to bear the expense of regular staff testing. Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, the third-ranking House Democrat and chairman of a special panel on the pandemic, says the crisis in nursing homes should not be a partisan issue. “Nursing home residents have died from the coronavirus in states governed by Republicans and Democrats, in big cities and in small towns, in rural and urban communities,” Clyburn said. Appearing before Clyburn’s committee last week, Alison Lolley of Monroe, Louisiana, told of losing her 81-year-old mother, Cheryl, to COVID-19 in a nursing home outbreak this spring. The family was not allowed to be with her. “My family was robbed,” Lolley said. “Mama was trapped in a petri dish, and we were shut out. Mama died alone and our family will forever be scarred by this tragedy.” The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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North Carolina’s state parks stretch from the mountains to the coast and take in breathtaking views of the natural beauty of our state. Established in 1916 by a group of citizens at Mount Mitchell, state parks are free to visit (some parking is charged at recreation areas) and many people do — around 19 million each year, according to the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The state parks system manages natural areas, conducts environmental education, and helps with research and natural resource protection. Whether it’s hiking, camping, boating, rock climbing, or any of the other adventures available, North Carolina’s state parks provide endless opportunities to enjoy the outdoors.

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Haywood County It’s currently illegal to keep a capuchin monkey as a pet in Haywood County, but that may be changing soon. Current county animal control ordinances make it illegal to own a non-human primate in a home. After a pet monkey was seized and taken to a licensed facility, citizens filed a petition to change the ordinance. Commissioners will consider the petition at the next meeting. WLOS

Asheville passes resolution to remove Confederate monuments Buncombe County The Asheville City Council unanimously passed a resolution to begin a removal process for its Confederate monuments. A task force will recommend steps to remove or repurpose the monuments at the county courthouse and in Pack Square Park, including a 50-foot monument of Confederate officer and former Gov. Zebulon Baird Vance, granite markers memorializing Robert E. Lee and Confederate Col. John Connally and an obelisk honoring the 60th Regiment of North Carolina Confederate soldiers. The spaces will be used to honor local African-American history. The resolution now goes to the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners for final approval.

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Madison County A state trooper, whose name was not immediately released, was hit by an oncoming vehicle while conducting a traffic stop. The trooper was in his car, conducting a stop on I-26 in Madison County when his vehicle was hit by a box truck. The truck hit the median and caught fire, but the driver was able to exit. The trooper and the driver were both treated at a local hospital. WLOS

Feds charge man they say threatened to burn black church

Police looking for hit and run driver Cleveland County State troopers are looking for a driver who was involved in an accident that killed a Cleveland County woman. Stacey Ball, 28, of Kings Mountain, was forced off the road and into a tree when another driver attempted to pass her. She was killed in the crash and resulting fire. Her infant child was treated and released, and her 15-year-old niece was hospitalized in critical condition. Police are looking for a silver Honda Civic and two male passengers, based on security video.

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Catawba County Federal authorities arrested a man who threatened to burn down a black church in Virginia. John Malcolm Bareswill, 63, was arrested Friday on a charged related to his alleged threat to burn down a Baptist church in Virginia Beach. Bareswill, who lives in Catawba, North Carolina, called the church earlier this week and made racist remarks and threatened to set the church on fire after one of the church leaders took part in a public vigil for George Floyd. AP

Buncombe County As unemployment across the country reaches highs not seen since the Great Depression, including a record-high 17.5% in Buncombe County, one group is taking a cue from the Civilian Conservation Corps, which put many people back to work during the 1930s with a mass movement of recreational infrastructure building. The Carolina Climbers Coalition, a nonprofit now in its 25th year of protecting, preserving and enhancing rock climbing opportunities in the Carolinas, has launched C4 — the Carolina Climbing Conservation Corp — a hired crew of people who lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 crisis, to build and maintain trails. AP

Sheriff searching for 3 who fired at deputies from woods

Man charged in Appalachian Trail attacks competent for trial

Wake County Authorities are searching for three men who fired at officers from a wooded area Sunday night. Wake County deputies were responding to reports of shots fired near Zebulon around 7:30 p.m. before the men started firing at them from inside a wooded area. The three men were armed with assault weapons and continued firing at deputies after receiving orders to stop. No deputies were wounded. Deputies called for backup and partially surrounded the men, but did not fire back out of concern for the safety of residents in the area, and the men managed to flee.

Granville County James Jordan, 31, of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, accused of attacking Appalachian Trail hikers with a machete last year, has been declared competent to stand trial. Jordan was arrested in May 2019 and charged with murder and assault after killing Ronald Sanchez Jr., 43, of Oklahoma, and injuring a Canadian woman hiking in southwestern Virginia. Last July, Jordan was ordered to receive mental health treatment to determine whether he could be restored to competency. He was admitted to the mental health unit of the Bureau of Prisons’ Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, in October.

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Man charged with arson related to protests

‘One Tree Hill’ stars ask fans to help fire N.C. professor New Hanover County Celebrities from the former hit TV show “One Tree Hill,” are calling on UNC Wilmington to remove Mike Adams, a sociology and criminology professor, after he called Gov. Roy Cooper “Massa Cooper” on Twitter. An online petition calling for Adams’ firing has more than 57,000 signatures, and support from “Sleepy Hollow” actor and Wilmington resident, Orlando Jones, “One Tree Hill” star Sophia Bush and co-star, Hilarie Burton Morgan. The university released a statement calling the comments “vile” but supporting free speech and the First Amendment.

Cumberland County Authorities have charged a second man with trying to burn down the historic Market House in Fayetteville during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. Federal prosecutors said Friday that Andrew Garcia-Smith set himself on fire while throwing a bottle of burning liquid into the Market House. He was arrested after being released from the hospital. Prosecutors charged another man last week with also trying to burn the Market House. The historic structure was set ablaze on May 30, authorities said. AP

Outer Banks rental company sued over virusrelated refunds

Dare County A class-action lawsuit was filed against Surf or Sound Realty, a real estate company on the Outer Banks, after it allegedly refused to issue refunds for people who couldn’t visit because of coronavirus-related travel restrictions. The company initially promised refunds to people who couldn’t reach beach homes because Dare County closed its borders. But the Avon-based company then changed course, refusing to offer refunds but giving customers the chance to change vacation dates. The North Carolina Real Estate Commission had ruled that renters who could not reach their beach houses because of county restrictions were due a refund.

East Carolina University announces furloughs for 110 workers Pitt County East Carolina University plans to place 110 workers on emergency temporary furloughs due to reduced revenues stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Interim chancellor Ron Mitchelson said the workers have been identified and approved for furloughs as of Thursday. The school said it is taking the action because several sources of revenue have been either completely or partially reduced during the coronavirus pandemic. Departments impacted by the proposed furloughs include athletics, administration and finance, Academic Affairs and Student Affairs. Initial temporary furlough plans submitted by UNC institutions are being approved for a maximum of 90 days at a time. AP

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RALEIGH — Last week, Gov. Roy Cooper signed five bills, including the Bipartisan Elections Act of 2020. That bill, HB 1169, provides money to help run the state’s 2020 elections safely and securely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill’s primary objective is to make it easier for voters to cast absentee by-mail ballots this fall. The House and Senate gave final legislative approval on Thursday to the bipartisan measure and sent it to Cooper’s desk. The measure is designed to prepare for a spike in demand for absentee ballots from people at higher risk of developing complications from the coronavirus. Voters would need only one witness signature on the envelope holding a completed ballot, not two. The law also distributes $27 million toward things like equipment and security upgrades as well as personal protective equipment at in-person voting sites. “Making sure elections are safe and secure is more important than ever during this pandemic, and this funding is crucial to that effort,” Cooper said in a news release. “This legislation makes some other positive changes, but much more work is needed to ensure everyone’s right to vote is protected.” As of June 16, 15 bills were yet to be signed, were vetoed, or were allowed to become law without the governor’s signature. Among those are the bill to temporarily open gyms, health clubs, and fitness centers. Cooper has hinted he would veto that legislation, which would add to his total of 43 vetoes in his term as

governor. Earlier in June, Cooper vetoed HB 536, which would have permitted outdoor dining and beverage service options for restaurants and bars. Cooper also announced two new judicial appointments to serve Orange, Chatham and Guilford counties. “These appointees are valued leaders of their communities and bring a wide range of expertise to the bench,” Cooper said. “I am confident that they will serve their districts with fairness and a commitment to justice.” Hathaway S. Pendergrass will serve as a district court judge in Judicial District 15B (Orange and Chatham counties) and Kelvin D. Smith will serve as a district court judge in Judicial District 18 (Guilford County). The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Statue of Josephus Daniels removed from downtown Raleigh NSJ staff RALEIGH — The statue of Josephus Daniels, a former newspaper publisher and Secretary of the Navy, was removed from Nash square in downtown Raleigh on Tuesday. Daniels purchased the Raleigh News & Observer in 1894 and the family controlled the paper until 1995. For decades under Daniels’ leadership, the newspaper was used to support Democrats and white supremacy, and the

newspaper was linked to the Wilmington insurrection of 1898. The News & Observer formally apologized for its role over 100 years later. According to news reports, the family agreed to remove the statue and said it would be placed into storage. While the family has long been out of the newspaper business, Daniels’ great granddaughter, N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Lucy Inman, a registered Democrat, has served on the Court of Appeals since winning election in 2014. She is running for the N.C. Supreme Court this November against fellow Court of Appeals Judge Phil Berger, Jr. Inman did not immediately respond when asked for comment regarding the statue being removed.

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There isalong evidence that the currency, we would not bemessage able fund any of these emergency three of those minutes, Floyd was unresponsive. “I think what you do by standing and showing respect the flag events, conc If date, he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the questions. And the longer orders are in place all over the We need God’s example andWe comfort allall those in need around us we once again enjoy sporting to begin the free The result: a reduction inwithout expected hospitalization and death. inwhat the fall. Andtothat wethat will bewill faced with either renewed mandated thatits weorigins do, but in along the way I’ve also had questions about should continue to do weduring can keepmeans ourhope families, Lenten and gatherings, say citizens any flu” time pandemic. 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Corinthians 1:4, which reminds usobviously our Lordnot “comforts helping small businesses keep people on the pay gulated and unsanitary wet markets. believe it came out of a home economic and financialhelping means. Diplomacy has workedus in all our I wish fromSome our to after our own are being told remain jobless and at for undetermined answers. message of supposed neighbors. everyone celebrating Easter, as well as Passove become a and against what they see asasking systemic racism in allneighbors parts of so our society. For this opinion, Brees was mocked and ridiculed to the point heand simply questioning the data and when we canan start getting back This is all new to Americans, and itwho israises notare normal. Notquestion: in any way, sarfare Michigan, peak outbreak was revised down by over 120,000, the number of Which the third What exactly can we do? Areworkers. 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Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary safety guidelines and remain confident that w are reliable. can be with those answers — and again, not vague answers, but answer sacrifices are it, — wedon’t need tothe otherwise care if they getsince themselves or others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new again enjoy checked. demand development in weeks Floyd’s death hassincere been the resurgence of enough for the cancel mobs, who will now boo himtests every time hesince takes the people a August byonce nearly 12,000. months — and compelling people to defeat take God.” we can the regularly, coronavirus andthe keep That is what food safety and health protocols, American business has nowhat other or express regret andnormal.” remorse, because thatgive is not what health care workers out of his own home. through this together. To know date, I’ve gone along with the state has asked and then with details that their statements believability. Since when did questioning government at all levels become a bad over. what they ‘Hey I’m done manufacturing Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers toadvantage the keyfor virus isyou transmittable while carriers are asymptomatic? Can we sporting events, cancel culture. field game. If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge to also ce than tofree build redundant plants purely totalitarian governments do. They take ofa every weakness citizens mandated that wefree do,elsewhere but along thein way I’ve also had questions We should to do what we can to keepwhole. our families, thing? That is what citizens living a free society were supposedabout Not one little bit. all continue ming as they know, what they questions that will allow the economy to reopen. create a contact tracing system for 330 million Americans — and reflect on this message and be comforted, so that we may live out Until Lenten and Easter concerts, family Basically, cancel culture is when a mob of people, usually on the left, try Former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy hadthe a great response to seasons pro ational security and safety reasons as well as supply and delivery they find in adversaries and keep pushing until they win or the with that and the data. State Republican leaders have, too. ourselves, and our communities safe. But we should also stillthen, continue to do, last I checked. living in a free s, but concerns. answer First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate? This question is are we willing to submit ourselves to one? 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Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many more cele he most direct waywere to make China “pay” for this disaster is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl they hope to worried about them catching the virus, and I’m worried I will. After and is a regular contributor to RedState and Insurrection. he or she says something that is allegedly offensive or not politically “[Brees] can’t be afraid to say that and we can’t be afraid to say, ‘Okay sometimes a disturbing tendency among people to treat those measures are understandable, they should also have an expiration date. church some services milies, be open orflu) closed, whether we oughtSome to we pursue — Sweden style — pandemic a not Americans are notever. going to stay home for months on end, and confident willrush emerge outis of this stronger than own temporary sacrifices fordown the greater good of this person.’ who supposed tax credits to companies willknow source at half ofsomething their meltdown in 1986. experts believe that event, the Star Wars suffering from theleast H1N1 virus (swine during the 2009 pandemic, what they simply questioning the data and asking when we can start getting back This all new to Americans, and it is not normal. Not in any way, correct. The person says the mob doesn’t like, and the is Drew, I don’t agree with you, but let’s talk about this and let’s sit and many more that presumes ill continue more liberalized society wide spread, or whether certainly will do so on the basisare of over. ever-evolving models, In thisled same spirit, Ithe continue towe be inspired by stories of not humanity I’ve been to take they extra precautions, because all of brings up uction back in the States. There is though approximately program ofthis Reagan, directly toshape, of thethey Soviet Unionremain to do, lastUnited I to to normal as are conspiracy theorists or are people who orand form. So while we vigilant and stay safe, atany time something That doesn’t on gettrying the person fired or$120 “canceled” for daring to keep an open mind ordissolution talk about it,’”should Dungy advised. can’t just saythe don’t. after our own stay-at-home ought to lock down further. especially as statistics roll“We in that look like lower-end model neighbors helping neighbors. I wish everyone celebrating Easter, as well as too many memories of a painful experience I’ d prefer not to repeat. on worth checked. of American directway investment in plants and equipment in 1989. otherwise don’t caredifferently if they get themselves or others sick. the same happens time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new to otherwise think from the herd. andestimates we don’t agree with it, ‘Hey I’m done with that and I’m done to keep make sense. piration date. 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At least four in the 20th century alone can be to adjustdebt plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the about the data, and w Some these orders extend least through the of this month. are treated in some circ directly traced to China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” of 1977 markets andatfinancial outlets. If end the U.S. dollar were notnormal the reserve Virginia’s stay-at-home orders go into June. They’re treated as though we “Russian flu” and the 2002 SARS outbreak. There is evidence that the currency, we would not be able to fund any of these emergency ps WALTER E. WILLIAMS Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what massive 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic also had its origins in China. measures without immediate fear of rampant inflation and currency the government D-19 a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to no There is 100% agreement, outside of China, that COVID-19 depreciation. na’s state’s stay-at-home will into May. No. The government works fo originated in WuhanWHEN Province from thedid completely China has extend to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions through Our team orders was in constant communication with WE probably AT THE REPUBLICAN National Since when obyl. If he does to extend it, questions be asked as to the questions. And the longer staytheofdecide governor’s office, working to find ashould way to safely Committee were considering possible cities to host unregulated and unsanitary wet markets. Some believe it came out a economic and financial means. Diplomacy has obviously not worked I explained in two past articles that student debt is graduates but is only able to find low-paying work. questioning hostfor convention-related activities in Charlotte. our party’s 2020 convention, Charlotte immediately justification it. And the answers should not be vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some o biowarfare lab run by the communist Chinese army. to bring China into the civilized world of 21st century health, hygiene Under an ISA agreement, he would owe an agreeda real problem and that universities have encouraged Unfortunately, Gov. Cooper continued to drag his stood out in our minds. government must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at hom Until China adopts rigorous verifiable policing and regulation of and fair trade. Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame percentage of his income — the actual dollar it through their own irresponsible behavior. 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Cooper’s enthusiasm to cheer on mass ofsafety North Carolina, convinced us that amount George Floyd’s mistreatment, orthe the local and state for national well as supply and delivery they find in adversaries and pushing until they win or the thing? loan, he would likely make interest-only payments as Some radical proposals, likebad completely demonstrations in his state’s capital compared to Charlotte would make an ideal location to remistreatment of anyone else, at the can be with those answers — an reliabilityprivatizing concerns.student loans and making them subject are reliable. adversaries push back. the principal continuedtotowelcome mount. a pro-Trump crowd AMERICA’S COLLEGES rife with This isn’t a decision his unwillingness That is what nominate President Trump and Vice President hands of police officers with theare sworn To date, I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and then with details that give their state The most direct way to make China “pay” for this disaster is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl Purdue University is already experimenting with to bankruptcy protection, would certainly work. corruption. 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own ends. These are the white liberals social grievances. Grievance scholars and leftist groups like Antifa who could bully students, administrators and other care less about the major problems that departments into adhering toare their exist in black communities and worldview. worldview they promote is made worse The by the rioting and looting. neither scientific nor rigorous. Grievance “Black Entrepreneurs 2020 Trends: of disciplines such as Astudies look atconsist African-American-owned sociology, in anthropology, gender studies, businesses 2020” is a survey of blackqueer studies, sexuality and critical owned businesses. 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There are other scenes of black Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what the government tells us about Several when it’s safefake to begin the of the research papers a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to normalcy. were accepted for publication. The Fat No. The government works for us, and we have the right topeople ask those Studies journal published a hoax paper That means black must when did state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. that argued the term bodybuilding If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the questions. And the longer stay-at-home orders are in place all over the become intolerant of criminals was ioning and should be replaced justification for it. And the answers should not be vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some of them get exclusionary in states, such Michigan, who make theiraslives living hell, with “fat bodybuilding, as a fat-inclusive nment must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about politicized performance.” One reviewer even if it means taking the levels It will need to be explained in detail to the people of this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand law in place. Elderly persons with underlying conditions said, “I thoroughly enjoyed reading this AS A FORMER state senator, I have been asked into their own hands. are beingmany told to remain at home the for stay-atan undetermined answers. me a would be monitored by health teams for some time, article and believe it has an important times what jobless I wouldand do regarding amount of timeorder whyinmodels predicting hundreds of thousands of casestelemedicine Leaders the local and state levels should be as forthcoming leveraging andatvirtual hospitals. contribution to make to as thethey field and this home North Carolina. The current SAH hing? are reliable. can be withsystem thoseleaders answers vague answers, but answer Led by our major health and— and again, not journal.” order expires on April 29. s what North Carolina I would “Our Struggle Is My Struggle: Solidarity Onegone state along senatorwith recently are has going to and the To date, I’ve whatsaid thewe state asked then withHospital details Association, that give their statements believability. small-business owners in tears over the to haveabout a master planWe with primary a what we can Feminism an Intersectional Reply need know whoway is sick, not,questions itizens mandated thattowe do,four but things: along the I’vewho alsoishad should all suppliers continueand to do to keep as our families, destruction of businesses that they’ve was backup plan for manufacturers in N.C. to re-purpose Neoliberal and Choice Feminism,” who has been sick and who has not. I agree. Public the data. State Republican leaders have, too. ourselves, and our communities safe. But we should also still continue in a free put their life’s savings into.by MyAffilia, question facilities to produce ventilators and PPE necessary accepted for publication a health experts are coalescing around benchmarks to Unfortunately, when certain types of questions get asked, there is to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home to the white Antifa anarchists, and their to take care of our own demands. An ongoing needs feminist journal for social workers. 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ROURKE | AP PHOTOremainhoax demonstrate George Floyd? deployment strategies for health care professionals. “Rape and Queer Performativity Thesecare are reasonable points that should sick. serve otherwise don’t if they get data themselves or others the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable withCulture this so-called “new ed. recent and property In this July 21, 2016, file photo, confetti and balloons fall during celebrations after Republican presidential Virtual hospitals and direct primary candidate care options atThe Urban Doglooting Parks.” This paper’s subject as a foundation to makegovernment decisions to keep everyone the ability toSince when did questioning at all levels become a bad normal.” destruction, as well as the high crime Donald Trump’ssafe. acceptance speech onback the final day of the any Republican National Convention in Cleveland. would be made available through every health was dog-on-dog rape. But the dog rape We are not going to full normal time thing? That is what free citizens living in a free society were supposed Not one little bit. follow sound rates in many black neighborhoods, paper eventually forced Boghossian, soon. We are not reopening everything tomorrow. We system. Ongoing testing would be implemented. have the effect of a law that outlaws I checked. Covid-19 to do, lastmust Rigorous statewide antibody testing would be Pluckrose and Lindsay to prematurely out take care of our most vulnerable citizens, and economic growthSister and opportunities. My first concern as we go along in all this, of course, is my family. I’m Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Toldjah implemented once available. themselves. A Wall Street Journal we must begin to reopen our businesses, now. hygiene, they During theInsurrection. recent mayhem in black writer worried about them catching the virus, and I’m worried I will. After and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal In conjunction with other regional governors had figured out what they were doing. I am following a couple of data models — Fuller, communities, stores of many types were would be suffering from the H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, and cooperation with the White House, I would Some papers accepted for publication Holmes and the CDC. The models project N.C. cases GUEST OPINION | MILES ATKINS looted and destroyed. CVS pharmacy in academic training peak to between April precautions, 20 and May 5.because all of this ensure trying take extra brings N.C. up receives a fair allocation of items such allowed toI’ve beento has closed 60 journals stores in advocated 21 states amid as ventilators from national stores to ensure we men like dogs and punishing white I would do the following: I would not extend way too many memories of a painful experience I’d prefer not to repeat. looting and protests. Large stores likemale re-enter the can address any peak scenario. There would be a college students for historical slavery by the SAH order past April 29 without compelling Walmart were looted and burned. But what also makes me lose sleep is how easily most everyone has standing directive for rapid response to enable the askingsmaller them to sit inand silence on the floor in data showing its necessity. It is imperative to keep economy. Many stores businesses use of FDA-approved drugs that are experimental in chains during andWho to bewill expected to Covid-19 hygiene measures in place: such as social were looted andclass burned. relation to a pandemic virus. learnthe from the discomfort. Other papers distancing, gathering limits, masks, hand washing, bear ultimate cost of the rioting? As long as a business could demonstrate the ability celebrated morbid obesity healthy life etc. If you said black people, youas area right. to follow sound Covid-19 hygiene, they would be choicepeople and advocated privately Black must beartreating the expense The dates to lift and reduce or continue on-going and inconvenience to go toas suburban allowed to re-enter the economy. I would lean into conducted masturbation a form of restrictions need to be determined using scientific shopping malls ifagainst they arewomen. to avoidTypically, exercising a little common sense on what works and sexual violence evidence. Suspending and, more concerning, instance, the Town of Mooresville currentlyas MOSTconstitutional STATES across the country, Northwhat isFor the higher prices charged smaller appropriate. Restrictions could be lessened academic journal editorsby send submitted violation ofLIKE individual rights are faces a $2.8 million budget shortfall. The leaders Carolina is just beginning to open back up after neighborhood stores that have survived the four benchmarks indicate it is safe to do so. papers out to referees for review. In dangerous exercises regardless of reason. of these communities shouldn’t have to choose many weeks ofon quarantine. However, COVID-19 the rioting and looting. North Carolina needs to get back to work. recommending acceptance for publication, Our businesses are life support. It is imperative between eliminating “essential” — the continues to remain a threat North Carolinians’ For Evenreviewers when there is not thepapers kind glowing the next 18 months, I would jobs monitor data many gave these to get them opened. 500,000 North to Carolinians jobs that have been the most important during health and our state and local economies, and of social disorder of recent weeks, while reserving the right to return to stronger praise. have signed up for unemployment in the past three COVID-19 — and balancing likelyindicate will for weeks andhave months lawlessness the hallmark of many ran restrictions if necessary. I wouldtheir put budgets. in place aThis Political is scientist Zach Goldberg weeks. Data N.C. will 50%toofcome. its small pandemic was not created us, which why we in theunder Town$10M) of Mooresville, I have black communities. Ultimately, the through team of medical, data by analytics andisbusiness certain grievance studies concepts businessesHere (revenue qualifying for seen ourspecial all need as much assistance as we can get to help heroes on the front lines — health care workers, solution to this lawlessness rests leaders to provide insights and advice. The standard the Lexis/Nexis database, to seewith how often bankruptcy, if they stay closed through May 15. I us transition and ensure that all of our essential police officers, emergency responders and other black people. Given the current political channels with DHHS and County Public Health they appeared in our press over the years. would begin opening businesses in less impacted I have seen ourcountiespublic and much-needed services do not suffer further. service workers — risk their lives for their environment, it does not benefit a black Officials would continue. I would conduct briefings He found huge increases in the usages today. As Congress considers the next round of federal fellow citizens amidst the pandemic. Their work is or white politician to take those steps heroes on the front with stakeholder groups of government, medical of “white to privilege,” “unconscious bias,” I would categorize N.C. citizens into four groups: funding, I urge you to work with those across the simply too essential to be put on pause, and they necessary crack down on lawlessness and business leaders from across the state, including “critical race theory” and “whiteness.” tested positive for Covid-19, hospitalized and in lines – health care continue to show up to work each day at great aisle to consider the far-reaching consequences in black communities. That means county and municipal All ofpeople this ismust beingbecome taughtintolerant to collegeof critical condition, immunocompromised andoften havewith federal, that state, no federal help would have onfolks state(elected and local risk to themselves and their families, black workers, policenot tested non-elected). I would the collective students,who many of whom become primary positive, and less finally, individuals While your share colleagues on Capitoland Hill more hours and pay.healthy Unfortunately, without andeconomies. criminals make their lives living officers, emergency varying opinions from these groups with the public. and secondary school teachers who then who have not tested positive. These groups need will inevitably be at odds no matter what the final additional federal funding for state and local hell, even if it means taking the law into We need hyper transparency in this matter. indoctrinate our young people. tailored plans on who and how we will care for them. legislation looks like, make no mistake — funding governments, these front-line workers’ jobs may their own hands. responders and Politicians getlocal ridiculed all the time, when I doubt whether We need and rules to protect the for state and governments is notexcept a partisan soonparameters be eliminated. That brings me to the one coronavirusof the most other public service to make monumental So I caused financial will give vulnerable.North The highest residents, those ina good we need issue.them It is essential, much like thedecisions. workers that Carolinaat-risk communities have done disturbing aspectscrunch of the rioting andcollege each ofCarolinians you reading along — What would you do? and university administrators, who are a homes and prisons, see and tightwe rules stay ask North workers – risk nursing their job rely on each day. As North at managing theirwould finances, were looting. That is the seeming impotence crossbreed between a parrot and jellyfish, Carolina, and our country as a whole, embarks on fortunate to have a strong economy here locally of people whom we elect and pay to lives for their fellow the gutsthe and backbone to restore academic this long road to recovery, I urge you to remember and throughout the state prior to the pandemic. enforce law. That includes governors, citizens amidst the However, as we all have had to stop the economy the resilience of front-line workers during this mayors and police who refuse to much respectability. Farchiefs too often, they get time. Don’t let them down. to ensure our health care systems do not get use their law enforcement powers to of their political support from campus pandemic. overwhelmed, the devastation to our local economy protect citizens andwho their property from grievance people are members of the Miles Atkins is the mayor of Mooresville, N.C. has been staggering. criminals. Unfortunately, faculty and diversity andpoliticians multicultural who call for law and order are often administrative offices. viewed But with that makes The negatively. best hope lies boardslittle of sense. Poor people are more dependent trustees, though many serve as yes-men on order than anyone Ielse. In that a forlaw theand university president. think the face of high crime or find social1950s disorder, good start would be to or 1960s wealthier can to purchase catalogs. people Look at theafford course offerings at alarm systems, buy guard dogs, hire a time when college graduates knew how Letters addressed to the editor may be sent to letters@nsjonline.com or 3101 guards and, if things get too bad, move to read, write and compute, and make Industrial Dr. Suite 105. Raleigh, N.C. 27609. Letters must be signed; include the to a gated community. These options are them today’s curricula. Another helpful Letters addressed to the editor may be sent to letters@nsjonline.com or 3101 Industrial Dr. Suite 105. Raleigh, N.C. 27609. not available to poor people. Their only writer’s phone number, city and state; and be no longer than 300 words. Letters tool wouldisbe give careful Letters must be signed; include the writer’s phone number, city and state; and be no longer than 300 words. Letters may be protection anto orderly society.consideration mayfor bestyle, edited fororstyle, or clarity when necessary. Ideas op-eds should to eliminating all classes/majors/minors edited length claritylength when necessary. Ideas for op-eds should be sent for to opinion@nsjonline.com. Walter E. Williams is a professor of containingatthe wordMason “studies,” such as be sent to opinion@nsjonline.com. economics George University. women, Asian, black or queer studies. I’d bet that by restoring the traditional academic mission to colleges, they would put a serious dent into the COVID-19 budget shortfall.

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Top US diplomat finds virtual path into Venezuela amid rift By Scott Smith The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela — A year after shutting down the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Washington’s top diplomat in Venezuela has found a way to slip back inside the South American nation — at least virtually. Each Thursday afternoon, James Story hits the “Go Live” button on Facebook from his office in the U.S. Embassy in Bogota or his home in the Colombian capital hundreds of miles from Caracas. In a freewheeling approach, he answers questions in fluent Spanish from Venezuelans and the few U.S. citizens still in the country, addressing the latest intrigue and turmoil bubbling over in Venezuela and the United States. He occasionally breaks into English with a South Carolina accent. For 30 minutes, Story talks about everything from Venezuela’s purchases of gasoline from Iran, despite its vast oil reserves, to recent unrest in the U.S. over George Floyd’s death in police custody to accusations that President Nicolás Maduro is undermining Venezuela’s constitution. “Look, this is not a true democracy,” Story said in a recent session, later railing against high-ranking Venezuelan officials whose families live lavishly in Spain and Panama while most Venezuelans are in poverty. “Yes, they’re cheating all of you.” Story’s low-budget, weekly question-and-answer session on the popular social media platform is an

“He’s saying things out loud that they cannot say." Former U.S. Ambassador William Brownfield unusual approach to outreach for explaining U.S. policy on Venezuela, which has so far failed to oust Maduro. The cyber-diplomacy is a way for Story to get his message out since he’s deprived of traditional tools such as visiting hospitals and schools, talking to local reporters and hosting cocktail parties for power brokers. Story’s live chat sessions are part of duties that include leading a team of diplomats for the highly unusual “virtual embassy” working out of the mission in neighboring Colombia. William Brownfield, who waged his own battles as a U.S. ambassador against the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, said using the video chat to bridge the divide between Venezuela and Colombia is an “exceptionally clever” solution. “If there’s one thing the regime of Nicolás Maduro has been trying to do, it’s cut off any direct communication with his base by the U.S. government, or anybody who doesn’t agree with him,” Brownfield said in an interview from Washington. Brownfield, who is now retired, served as ambassador to Venezuela for three years starting in 2004.

His signature approach to diplomacy — admitting he had the advantage of working inside its borders — was handing out baseball bats and gloves to youth teams in Caracas’ poorest neighborhood. Brownfield said it helped put a human face on U.S. officials. “It was fun to push back on the Chavista message that we were nothing but evil,” Brownfield said. While Story’s tactic lacks the same direct human touch, Brownfield said it has the advantage of being online, offering access to 5 million people who make up Venezuela’s diaspora. Story can also communicate his message to other foreign diplomats, many cautious about what they can say while still inside Venezuela, he said. “He’s saying things out loud that they cannot say,” Brownfield said. Story and his team of fellow diplomats lowered the flag at the U.S. Embassy in March 2019, just a couple months after President Donald Trump recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s legitimate leader. The U.S. is among more than 50 nations that accuse Maduro of clinging to power following an undemocratic election in 2018 that banned the most popular opposition politicians. The U.S. has since heavily sanctioned Maduro, his inner circle and the state-run oil firm, attempting to isolate them. The Trump administration recently offered a $15 million bounty for Maduro’s arrest after a U.S. court indicted him as a narcoterrorist.

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In this Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, the U.S flag flies outside the U.S. embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. Story, whose career has taken him to Mexico, Brazil, Mozambique and Afghanistan, serves as the embassy’s charge d’affairs, a diplomat who heads a mission in the absence of the ambassador. The U.S. and Venezuela haven’t exchanged ambassadors in a decade. Trump nominated Story in May to serve as the ambassador to Venezuela, days after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told his staff to start planning to reopen the embassy in Caracas as part of a “maximum pressure” campaign anticipating what they hope will be Maduro’s imminent departure. Story, who declined to comment for this article, launched the Facebook Live chat in April, later adding a sign-language interpreter. Each week it draws a few hundred live viewers, while the archived videos continue to attract clicks, one garnering 315,000 views. The majority of Story’s viewers post questions that scroll up the page as he talks. Some plead for help to obtain asylum or visas so they can reunite with relatives in the U.S. Others invite the U.S. to

invade and put an end to Maduro’s rule. Few are critical of the U.S. role, despite Story often urging tough questions from those who disagree with him. At least one of Story’s Facebook Live comments appears to have reached Maduro’s ears. Following a failed attack in early May that landed two ex-U.S. special forces soldiers in a Venezuelan prison, Story said that the U.S. government had no role, rather backing a peaceful solution through dialogue. He noted that U.S. forces had tracked down al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and if Washington wanted Maduro taken out by force, he would no longer be in power. Maduro fired back an hour later in an interview aired on state TV, citing Story’s “dispatches” from Bogota. He said the U.S. diplomat’s role sending the “mercenaries” was undeniable. “James Story is responsible for this failed armed raid,” Maduro said. “James Story has his feet, his hands and his whole body in this armed raid.”

India says 20 soldiers killed in clash with Chinese troops

The Indian army said in a statement earlier Tuesday that a “violent faceoff” took place in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on Monday night, “with casualties on both sides.” Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian gave no details of any casualties on the Chinese side, but said that China had strongly protested the incident while still being committed to maintaining “peace and tranquility” along the disputed and heavily militarized border. “But what is shocking is that on June 15, the Indian troops seriously violated the consensus of the two sides, crossed the border illegally twice and carried out provocative attacks on Chinese personnel, resulting in serious physical conflicts between the two border forces,” Zhao said. India’s Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that the in-

cident happened “as a result of an attempt by the Chinese side to unilaterally change the status quo” in the Galwan Valley. Thousands of soldiers from the two countries, backed by armored trucks and artillery, have been facing off just a few hundred yards apart for more than a month in the Ladakh region near Tibet. Army officers and diplomats have held a series of meetings to try to end the impasse, with no breakthrough. Indian authorities have officially maintained near-total silence on the issues related to the confrontation, and it was not immediately clear how the three Indian soldiers died. But two Indian security officials familiar with latest developments told The Associated Press that soldiers from the two sides engaged in fistfights and stone-throwing,

which led to the casualties. Both said that no shots were fired by either side. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with government regulations. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not comment on the clash in a televised meeting Tuesday with state officials. The tense standoff started in early May, when Indian officials said that Chinese soldiers crossed the boundary in Ladakh at three different points, erecting tents and guard posts and ignoring verbal warnings to leave. That triggered shouting matches, stone-throwing and fistfights, much of it replayed on television news channels and social media. China has sought to downplay the confrontation while saying the two sides were communicating through both their front-line mili-

tary units and their respective embassies to resolve issues. Though skirmishes aren’t new along the frontier, the standoff at Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, where India is building a strategic road connecting the region to an airstrip close to China, has escalated in recent weeks. The two countries have been trying to settle their border dispute since the early 1990s without success. Since then, soldiers from the two sides have frequently faced off along the frontier, which stretches from Ladakh in the north to the Indian state of Sikkim in the northeast. Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda, a former head of the Indian military’s Northern Command, under which Kashmir and Ladakh fall, said the incident was the “most serious confrontation” between India and China since 1975, when Chinese troops killed four Indian soldiers in an ambush in the Twang region of northeastern India’s Arunachal Pradesh state. “It’s a very complicated and serious situation, and it will take real, hard negotiating skills to resolve this,” Hooda said. Indian officials say Chinese soldiers commit more than 500 border transgressions annually. China claims about 35,000 square miles of territory in India’s northeast, while India says China occupies 15,000 square miles of its territory in the Aksai Chin Plateau in the Himalayas, a contiguous part of the Ladakh region. India unilaterally declared Ladakh a federal territory while separating it from disputed Kashmir in August 2019. China was among the handful of countries to strongly condemn the move, raising it at international forums including the U.N. Security Council.

any partnership with the Durham County Sheriff’s Department.” Durham Public Schools responded with a statement, saying, “In light of recent nationwide events of racism and overreach in law enforcement, we understand the concerns that have been expressed by some of our students and community. We are aware of the Youth Justice Project’s call to conduct a thorough Impact Assessment of our SRO program by the end of the 2020-21 school year and we are open to that. We would also be happy to participate in a community forum to learn from our stakeholders and develop solutions to ensure the safety and security of our students. Transparency is essential to building trust in our community.” Maurice Hayes, a retired Durham police lieutenant of 28 years, told NSJ he thinks building trust in the community is the

missing key and was how policing was done during his career. Hayes, who is African American, said removing SROs from schools though would be a “big mistake” because it represents exactly the kind of personal trust-building that is required for a successful police relationship with the citizens. “When I came through, it was more community-oriented,” said Hayes, crediting former Durham Police Chief Steven Chalmers for this focus. “His thing was a holistic approach to policing, where we got involved in a lot of things as far as helping people.” Hayes said they would go to youth sports games, hold cookouts for neighborhoods, go door-todoor to meet the residents in their beat and go to HOA meetings. He said on three occasions, he had homicide suspects find him when he was off-duty and turn themselves in to him because of the trust he

had built with them. “Boarding up houses, cleaning up vacant lots, getting graffiti off of houses, that’s the stuff we used to do. And the city was all-in. And I just don’t see that now,” said Hayes, who ran the first gang unit in the city and also worked in narcotics and as a homicide detective. “But one incident, of course, will turn everyone against you.” He said a lot of officers are still doing things like buying bicycles, cleaning up vacant lots and other things in their beats, but that many other officers just stay in their cars. “What I’ve seen is there’s not trust from the community for the police,” he said. “And this is what happens when the police remove themselves from the community.” Groups like Durham Beyond Policing see racial disparities and high-profile incidents like the George Floyd case as ev-

idence that racism in policing is widespread and that communities would be safer without police. “That’s not true,” Hayes said, adding he doesn’t think social workers or psychiatrists could simply walk in and handle many of these situations without police being there as well. “We’re not going to be able to let someone respond, like a psychiatrist or a social worker, and put themselves in harm’s way. Like if you respond to a call, and you see a social worker is needed, police should spearhead that.” Hayes agreed that police could institute a lot of community-focused changes without increasing their budgets, but he did say Durham’s police would be hard hit by any further cuts. “Durham is overworked now, at 65% staffing level, with the amount of calls they get. I can tell you that,” Hayes said.

By Aijaz Hussain The Associated Press SRINAGAR, India — Indian and Chinese troops fought each other with fists and rocks along the high-altitude terrain of a disputed Himalayan border in a clash that left 20 Indian soldiers dead, Indian authorities said Tuesday. China accused Indian forces of carrying out “provocative attacks” on its troops and has not said if any of its soldiers have died. The Indian army said in its statement that the two sides had “disengaged” from the disputed Galwan area where they clashed overnight on Monday. The army originally reported that three Indian soldiers had died, but later said 17 additional soldiers succumbed to injuries they suffered in the sub-zero temperatures where the clash occurred in the Himalayan region of Ladakh. Thousands of soldiers on both sides have been facing off for over a month along a remote stretch of the 2,100-mile Line of Actual Control, the border established following a war between India and China in 1962 that resulted in an uneasy truce. The clash Monday — during which neither side fired any shots, according to Indian officials — is the first deadly confrontation between the two Asian giants since 1975. Vivek Katju, a retired Indian diplomat, said the deadly violence represented a dramatic departure from the four-decades-old status quo of troops from the two countries facing off without any fatalities. “The political class and the security class as a whole will have to do very serious thinking about the road ahead,” he said.

DPD from page A1 get be reallocated to “community needs,” and these would be determined by the Community Health and Safety Task Force. Another push to pull police back from their current roles is taking place in Durham’s schools. A group of students, led by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s “Youth Justice Project,” is calling for the removal of all resource officers in Durham’s public schools, to be replaced by counselors and social workers. On June 13, the group held a “March for Black Students” at the Durham Public Schools headquarters. They’ve collected more than 3,000 signatures as of June 16 from students who agree with their petition demanding that “the Board of Education must immediately terminate its Memorandum of Understanding and discontinue

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An Indian man burns a photograph of Chinese president Xi Jinping during a protest against China in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, June 16, 2020.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020

SPORTS

Group trying to save ECU swimming and diving, B4

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The 62nd annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament was won by Pelagic Hunter II. The Snead’s Ferry 35-foot boat caught the winning 495.2-pound blue marlin Friday.

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Pelagic Hunter II wins Big Rock marlin tournament

AUTO RACING

CMS loses All-Star Race, NASCAR wants 30K fans at event in Bristol Charlotte NASCAR has moved next month’s All-Star race from Concord to Tennessee, and officials are hoping up to 30,000 fans will be at the new venue at Bristol Motor Speedway. If the expected attendance count holds, NASCAR would open to the largest gathering of sports fans in the United States in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Bristol holds about 146,000 fans. The recent spike of COVID-19 cases in North Carolina sparked the move, and the race will remain on the July 15 date with a 7 p.m. start time. It will mark just the second time in the history of the race that it has not been held at Charlotte Motor Speedway. NASCAR allowed 1,000 fans of mostly military personal this past weekend at HomesteadMiami Speedway and is expected to have no more than 4,000 fans for the Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway.

HOCKEY

Checkers’ Black named to AHL’s return‑to-play committee Springfield, Mass. The American Hockey League, which was forced to cancel the balance of the 2019-20 season and the Calder Cup Playoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic, is starting to make plans for its return next season — and the Charlotte Checkers will have a big say in how the league moves forward. Tera Black, the team’s chief operating officer, was one of the 13 people — and the only woman — named to the AHL’s “Return to Play” task force. The committee will be chaired David Andrews, the league’s outgoing president, and also includes five NHL general managers, an NHL team chairman and five other AHL team executives. The task force’s goal is to provide both the AHL, NHL and their teams guidance on how the league can best prepare to resume play in the coming season.

The 35-foot boat out of Snead’s Ferry won more than $220,000 by landing the biggest catch and winning the Outboard Division By Cory Lavalette North State Journal

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North Carolina’s Aaron Sabato was selected 27th overall by the Minnesota Twins in last week’s Major League Baseball draft.

Big Four flood first round of MLB Draft For the first time, Duke, NC State, UNC and Wake Forest all had players selected in the first round By Brett Friedlander North State Journal COMMENTING ON the competition his team had to beat to win its NCAA regional last spring, a tournament that also included NC State and Campbell, East Carolina coach Cliff Godwin assessed the quality of college baseball in the Old North State by saying “I don’t know if there’s another state in the country that has the amount of talent” as North Carolina. It’s an assertion that was affirmed again by last week’s Major League Baseball draft. Although Godwin’s Pirates had to wait for the second round for their Alec Burleson to come off the board on Thursday, NC State, Duke, Wake Forest and North Carolina all had players selected Wednesday in the first round of this year’s abbreviated lottery of

“You have to set goals along the way. It’s definitely awesome to have reached this one.” Bryce Jarvis, Duke pitcher and 18th overall pick by the Diamondbacks

baseball talent. It’s the first time since the draft was instituted in 1965 that all four of the state’s ACC programs had a player taken in the opening round in the same year. The Wolfpack’s Patrick Bailey was the 13th player taken overall, going to the San Francisco Giants. The Blue Devils’ pitching ace Bryce Jarvis went at No. 18 to the Arizona Diamondbacks, followed by Deacons pitcher Jared Shuster to See MLB DRAFT, page B4

MICHAEL JORDAN’S 80‑foot Catch 23 made waves at the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament and in the national media last Tuesday, boating a 442.3-pound blue marlin that ended up being the ninth-biggest catch of the Morehead City fishing tournament. But it was a boat less than half the size of Jordan’s 80-foot Viking — the second biggest of the 205 registered entries — that took home the big prize. The 35-foot Pelagic Hunter II of Snead’s Ferry weighed in the week’s biggest catch, a 495.2-pound blue marlin, on Friday to win the 62nd annual tournament. The top catch earned Pelagic Hunter II $206,688 in Level I winnings along with $16,575 for first place in the Outboard Division. The four-man Pelagic Hunter II is owned and captained by John Cruise III and included anglers Riley Adkins, Norman Bowen and Kyle Kirkpatrick. Two-time Big Rock winner Sea Striker fell just two-tenths of a pound shy of a third win with its 495-pound marlin on Saturday’s final day but ended up with the biggest payday, winning more than $1.05 million. The 61-foot boat is owned by Adrian Holler. No boats reached the 500-pound level to win the Fabulous Fisherman’s prize, so Lo Que Sea, which totaled 2,250 points for the week, earned $552,500 prize for having the highest score among Level 5 entries. Lo Que Sea took home just under $200,000 in other weekly winnings, giving the crew more than $750,000 in total prize money. The nine-day tournament had a record purse of more than $3.35 million this year. The tournament also awards cash prizes for heaviest wahoo, tuna, dolphin, billfish, and the KWLA Tournament last Saturday handed out nearly $150,000 in prizes to the top female anglers of the day.

$3.35M Record prize money handed out at this year’s Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, nearly $500,000 more than 2019’s $2,869,626 purse.

495.2 Weight, in pounds of the winning blue marlin, caught by Pelagic Hunter II last Friday.

4.8 Total pounds shy Pelagic Hunter II was from winning the tournament’s biggest payout, the Fabulous Fisherman’s prize that is given to the first boat to catch a 500-pound blue marlin. Lo Que Sea, which had the week’s highest score among Level V entries, was instead awarded the $552,500 prize

$1.05M Total prize money won by two-time Big Rock winner Sea Striker during this year’s tournament, the most of any boat.

442.3 Weight, in pounds, of the blue marlin caught last Tuesday by Michael Jordan’s Catch 23. It was the first year the basketball legend entered the tournament.

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TRENDING

Bret Bielema: The former Arkansas football coach and current New York Giants assistant has filed a $7 million lawsuit against the Arkansas Razorback Foundation. The lawsuit, filed Friday, says the foundation that supports Arkansas athletics breached a contractual obligation to pay him about $12 million — the amount of the buyout agreement Bielema signed in January 2018 after he was fired. Bielema went 29-34 with the Razorbacks and was fired in November 2017. Claudell Washington: The two-time All‑Star outfielder who played 17 seasons in the majors after being called up as a teenager by the Oakland Athletics died last Wednesday. He was 65. Washington had been battling prostate cancer. Washington played with seven teams in his career, finishing with 1,884 hits, 164 home runs and 312 stolen bases. He made the All-Star Game in 1975 with the A’s and in 1984 with the Atlanta Braves during his long career. Chris Doyle: The Iowa football team strength coach reached a separation agreement with the school that will pay him more than $1.1 million after former Hawkeyes accused him of mistreating and belittling African American players. The university said it will conduct an independent review of allegations relating to racial disparities within the football program. Doyle, who earned $800,000 per year and was the highest paid strength and conditioning coach in college football, has denied any “unethical behavior or bias” based on race.

beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

NASCAR

Denny Hamlin got his third win of the season and the 40th of his Cup Series career Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He is now tied with Mark Martin for 19th in all-time wins in NASCAR’s top series and has the fourth-most among active drivers. Richard Petty is first with 200 career wins, and Jimmie Johnson’s 83 victories are tops among current drivers.

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“I was rusty, all the way through.” Dale Earnhardt Jr. after his fifth-place finish in the Xfinity Series’ Hooters 250 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday.

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NFL

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“It’s time to get back to work. Tell us when and where.” MLBPA head Tony Clark after talks between the league and players broke down. Commissioner Rob Manfred has the right to start the season thanks to a previous return-to‑play agreement. PRIME NUMBER

8 Cup Series races that have been held since NASCAR restarted its season on May 17. In the month since it has resumed, the Cup Series has held two races at both Darlington and Charlotte followed by a race at each of Bristol, Atlanta, Martinsville and Homestead. Currently, NASCAR has multiple Cup Series races scheduled in one week just once more — consecutive races on June 27-28 at Pocono.

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The PGA Tour, with no fans in the galleries, returned to play for the first time in more than three months, and Daniel Berger earned his third career victory with a playoff win over Collin Morikawa in the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Berger has top-10 finishes in each of the last four events.

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Former UNC quarterback and 2017 second overall pick Mitch Trubisky isn’t ready to concede the Chicago Bears starting job. Despite the team’s signing of former Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles and its decision to not pick up Trubisky’s 2021 fifth-year option, the 25-year-old said last week he’s excited for the competition.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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Former Appalachian State football coach and NC State offensive coordinator Eliah Drinkwitz joined his new players at Missouri last week in a march from the campus to downtown Columbia in protest of racial injustice. “It’s not us versus them. It’s all of us versus racism,” said Drinkwitz, who was with the Mountaineers one year after three as an assistant with the Wolfpack.

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WEEK 14

From Northampton to Pasquotank

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North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series, led by Brett Friedlander, will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some will be obvious choices, others controversial, but all of our choices are worthy of being recognized for their accomplishments — from basketball courts and pool halls to boxing rings and in front of the Olympics rings. This week’s five profiles come from Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico and Pasquotank counties.

Northampton County

FRED VINSON FRED VINSON IS A TESTAMENT TO the widely held basketball belief that great shooters are made, not born. It’s a skill Vinson first learned as a youngster growing up in rural Northampton County when he rescued an empty can of lard from his grandmother’s trash can, cut out the bottom, attached it above a door frame and began shooting whatever he could find into it. The circumference of a No. 10 can is just over Fred Vinson six inches. So when his grandmother Margaret Hicks finally bought him an actual basketball and a standard 18-inch rim that was attached to a plywood backboard in the yard, it must have felt as though he was shooting into the Grand Canyon. “Fred always loved basketball and what he now knows, he learned the hard way,” Hicks told the Ahoskie News-Herald in 1994. “I used to have to fuss at him because he would knock the plaster off my walls when he played inside with that old lard can.” Once he moved outside, Vinson would often stay there shooting well after it got dark. “I’d have to fuss at him some more to get him to come in and get some sleep,” his grandmother said. Vinson became such a good shooter that he averaged 21 points per game during his career at Northampton High School. But even though he earned all-conference and All-East honors in 1989, his only college opportunity came at Chowan. The 6-foot-4 guard took a year to adjust, but after averaging just three points and one rebound per game as a freshman, his production increased to 15 points and 4.5 rebounds — while shooting 47% from 3-point range — to become the Carolinas Junior College Conference Player of the Year. That performance caught the attention of Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins, who offered Vinson a scholarship to the ACC school. There, his career followed a familiar pattern. He started slow, averaging just 2.6 points in his first season with the Yellow Jackets, before leading the team with 70 3-pointers and blossoming into Tech’s MVP as a senior. Although he went undrafted by the NBA, Vinson’s shooting ability helped him make the roster of the Atlanta Hawks during the 1994-95 season. He also saw action with the Seattle SuperSonics in between stints with teams in Mexico and France. He is currently an assistant coach with the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans. Onslow County

MARIO WILLIAMS WHEN HOUSTON TEXANS general manager Charley Casserly told people that his team was thinking seriously about taking Mario Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, most thought it was simply a smokescreen to deflect attention from the player they really intended to pick: running back Reggie Bush. But Casserly wasn’t blowing smoke. When it came time to make their selection, the Texans did take NC State’s star defensive end rather than the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, a move that was met with skepticism and surprise. “I think if people had just listened to what we had said, they would have seen that we were serious about Mario Williams,” Casserly said after making Williams the first Wolfpack player ever to go No. 1 overall. “Once we brought him in here our statements never changed that we were seriously considering him for the first pick in the draft. I understand that people

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Richlands’ Mario Williams became the first player from NC State to be selected first overall when the Texans selected him with the top pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. didn’t believe it, but we always said it and we believed it.” Williams rewarded Casserly’s belief by playing six productive seasons for the Texans, setting team records with 53 sacks and 11 forced fumbles that stood until recently passed by J.J. Watt. He later signed as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills before finishing out his career with the Miami Dolphins, finishing with four Pro Bowl selections, 399 tackles, 97.5 sacks and 16 forced fumbles. Setting team records was nothing new for the 6-foot-6, 300-pound native of Richlands. He was also the all-time sacks leader at State with 25.5 in his three college seasons, a mark that stood until another Wolfpack defensive player wearing jersey No. 9, Bradley Chubb, broke it in 2017. Williams began his football career at Richlands High School, where he recorded 87 tackles, 13 sacks, 22 tackles for loss, five forced fumbles and five blocked kicks as a senior to earn All-State recognition from The Associated Press and a spot on the 2002 North Carolina Shrine Bowl team. As a testament to his athleticism, he also rushed for 590 yards on three touchdowns after being pressed into service because of injuries and was a state qualifier in the shot put with a top throw of 52 feet, 9 inches.

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5-foot‑9 and barely 170 pounds. His size kept many college baseball coaches from taking a chance on him and offering him a scholarship despite a standout career at Chapel Hill High School. The only offer he got was from his father, who happened to be the coach at North Carolina at the time. As it turned out, Mike Roberts’ faith in his son was more than just fatherly love. As a freshman for the Tar Heels, Brian broke school records with 102 hits and 47 stolen bases while hitting .427 with eight home runs and 44 RBI. He was named national Freshman of the Year by the Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. A year later, he earned ACC Player of the Year and firstteam All-American honors by hitting .353 with 13 homers, 49 RBIs, 21 doubles and 63 steals. When his father was fired by UNC after his sophomore year, Roberts transferred to South Carolina where he put together another All-American season while setting an SEC record with 67 steals. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the first round of the June 1999 draft, made his major league debut two years later against the New York Mets, and by 2005, he was an All-Star for the first time. The switch-hitting Roberts played 13 seasons with the Orioles, leading the American League in stolen bases and earning a second All-Star selection in 2007, setting a franchise record with 51 doubles in 2008 and being named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 2009. He was later inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame. After playing one final season with the New York Yankees, he rejoined the Orioles as a member of their broadcast team. As a way of helping others overcome the kind of obstacles he did, Roberts and his wife, Diana, have also raised more than $750,000 for the University of Maryland Hospital for Children.

Orange County

BRIAN ROBERTS WHEN AN ATHLETE PLAYS WITH passion and shows resilience in the face of adversity, especially when it comes to overcoming obstacles such as a lack of size, he or she is said to “play with heart.” Brian Roberts is one of those athletes, in more ways than one. When he was 2 years old, Roberts was diagnosed with an atrial septal defect, a hole in his heart. He had open-heart surgery to repair the problem when he was 5. Roberts needed all the heart he could muster as an athlete. Not only did he have to overcome those early health issues, but he was also small in stature at

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Bayboro’s Doug Smith initially signed a big contract with the USFL’s Birmingham Stallions, but the league folded after his first season and he went on to play eight years for the Houston Oilers. Pamlico County

DOUG SMITH

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Chapel Hill’s Brian Roberts played 14 MLB seasons — 13 with the Orioles — after playing for both UNC and South Carolina in college.

WHEN FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF today get into a contract dispute with their teams, their only recourse is to hold out. Back in 1984, they had another option. And Doug Smith took advantage of it. Unable to agree with the Houston Oilers, who made him the first pick of the second round in that year’s draft (29th overall), the native of Bayboro instead signed with the Birmingham Stallions of the upstart USFL. “It’s an honor to be involved with such a great program,” Smith said after signing a four-year deal worth an estimated $1.2 million with a signing bonus of $350,000. “I’m looking forward to the next four or five years” with the team that won the USFL’s

Southern Division the previous season. As it turned out, Smith’s time with the Stallions lasted only a single season. After recording five sacks and being named to the All-USFL team as a rookie in 1985, the league folded and the 6-foot-4, 294-pound nose tackle ended up with the Oilers. Since the USFL played in the spring and the NFL in the fall, he played two seasons that year. He spent the rest of his career in Houston, an eight-year stretch that was threatened in 1990 when he suffered a gunshot to the knee during a gathering of family and friends near his childhood home. Smith was a local legend in Bayboro, a town with a population of less than 2,000 on the Bay River. After starring at Pamlico High School, where he earned a spot on the New Bern Sun Journal’s All-Time team in 2016, he accepted a scholarship to Auburn. There, he hit the big-time by earning All-SEC honors in both 1982 and ’83. Smith was a Playboy All-American as a junior and played in the Senior Bowl the year after, earning the all-star game’s Defensive MVP award for helping the South team to a 23-7 victory. Pasquotank County

MIKE MCGEE MIKE MCGEE PLAYED FOOTBALL during an era in which linemen frequently heard their names called out for doing things other than getting called for holding. Playing on both sides of the ball for Duke between 1957-59, the Elizabeth City native twice earned first-team All-ACC honors. He was an honorable mention All-American as a junior and a first-team selection the following year, a season he became the ACC’s first winner of the Outland Trophy — the award given annually to the nation’s best interior lineman. He also won the McKelvin Award as the Mike McGee league’s Athlete of the Year in 1960. McGee’s legacy was so unforgettable that nearly a half-century after he played his final game for the Blue Devils, he was selected to the ACC 50th Anniversary Football Team. After graduation, he played in both the Hula Bowl and East-West Shrine Game as well as the annual game that was played between a team of college all-stars and the reigning NFL champions. McGee was elected captain of the College All-Stars for that game. The hard-nosed guard was drafted in the second round of the 1960 NFL Draft by the Chicago Cardinals. He played three seasons, starting 36 games, before an injury forced him to retire. The end of his playing career, however, only served to be the starting point for an equally successful run as a college football coach and administrator. He started by serving apprenticeships as an assistant coach at his alma mater under mentor Bill Murray at Duke from 1963-65 before moving on to Wisconsin and Minnesota. His first head coaching job came at East Carolina. After one season with the Pirates, he returned to Duke to lead the Blue Devils from 1971-78. He later served tenures as the athletic director at Cincinnati, Southern Cal and South Carolina. McGee was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991, adding to a list of honors that also include induction into the Duke and North Carolina Sports halls of fame. “Coach McGee was a man we could all admire,” current Duke coach David Cutcliffe said. “Obviously, he played the game at the highest level and had success as both a coach and administrator, but his integrity, kindness and leadership qualities commanded respect from everyone who knew him.”

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Group raises funds to NC native wants to trade save ECU swimming her crown for spurs and diving teams The school announced May 27 it was eliminating men’s and women’s programs in both tennis and swimming and diving By Brett Friedlander North State Journal LINDSAY TAKKUNEN’S first reaction to the news that East Carolina was eliminating its swimming and diving teams was sadness. Then her competitive nature set in and she decided to take action. Upset over the decision and determined not to let the program that meant so much to her during her college career go under in a sea of red ink, the former Pirates swimmer has become the driving force behind a campaign to keep the team afloat. It’s an effort that has raised more than a half-million dollars in just the three weeks since ECU announced its intention to cut both its swimming and tennis programs for men and women as a cost-cutting measure. “We heard the announcement and I kind of said, ‘No, this can’t be it,’” said Takkunen, who swam freestyle sprint events under her maiden name Gardiner from 1998-2001. “I swam with the current head coach Matt Jabs, we were on the team at the same time, so I gave him a call to say ‘I’m so sorry,’ and from that, I just got in touch with a few alumni and we started talking on a Facebook Messenger group. Before you knew it, we had 150-200 people on the thread. That’s how we came up with our leadership committee and from there we just started rocking and rolling.” Soliciting donations from alumni, friends and anyone else willing to contribute to the cause, the group that became known as “Save ECU Swimming and Diving” began raising the money their school’s athletic administration says it can’t afford. It’s the same kind of private funding effort that helped bring back the previously eliminated baseball program at Bowling Green and the hockey program at Alabama-Huntsville. To date, the group has accumulated almost 19,000 signatures on a petition urging ECU’s administration to reverse its decision to end the swimming and diving program. More importantly, it has gained more than $550,000 in pledges — or only about $100,000 away from the total amount ECU budgeted for both the men’s and women’s programs in 2020. The goal is to raise $1.5 million over the course of five years. But even if that number is reached or exceeded, there’s no guarantee ECU will reinstate the programs. In announcing the swimming team’s demise on May 27, interim chancellor Ron Mitchelson and athletic director Jon Gilbert said that the decision to pull the plug won’t be reconsidered. Neither has responded to requests by the “Save ECU Swimming and Diving” committee for a meeting to discuss their fundraising effort, and an interview request by the North State Journal was met with a response that “Chancellor Mitchelson addressed the ‘future’ (i.e. long-term) of the program during the press conference.” “The chancellor and AD refuse to

MLB DRAFT from page B1 the Atlanta Braves at No. 25 and Tar Heels first baseman Aaron Sabato to the Minnesota Twins two picks later. That Bailey was the first of the local players — and the first catcher — to hear his name called was no surprise. His ability to handle a pitching staff from behind the plate and hit with power from both sides at the plate have been on the scouts’ radar for his entire career with the Wolfpack. The surprise in his selection came from the team that took him. Not only do the Giants already have one of the best catchers in the game in Buster Posey, but just two years ago they used the second overall pick to take the player assumed to be Posey’s heir apparent in Georgia Tech’s Joey Bart. “I think this sort of embodies two old baseball adages that you don’t draft for need and you can never have too much catching,” Giants general manager Farhan Zaidi said in a Zoom call with the media shortly after the selection. “Bailey may have been the guy that just had the broadest consensus in our

“We’re hoping that money does talk.” Lindsay Takkunen, head of Save ECU Swimming and Diving acknowledge what we’re doing, to give us a chance or to let us know a way we can save this program,” Takkunen said. “They’ve shown zero willingness to even try to save it.” The decision to eliminate the swimming and tennis programs was made in response to a $10 million athletic budget shortfall at ECU that has been exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis that led to the cancellation of several winter sports championships and the entire spring season. But according to Takkunen, the swimming programs’ budgets were among the smallest of the 20 sports ECU sponsored before the cuts, and a large portion of the expense is offset by the fact that more team members are paying their own way through school than are on scholarship. Takkunen also disputes the administration’s claim that the aquatic center inside Minges Coliseum is — in Mitchelson’s words — “an inadequate facility that’s not a priority for investment.” “The idea about the facility upkeep is a little bit of rubbish,” Takkunen said, “because the facility just received renovations back in 201314. The pool itself is 100% up to standards. It’s a fast pool. So we aren’t quite sure what the administration was looking at when it said the pool was the problem.” With Mitchelson and Gilbert seemingly unwilling to discuss the situation, Takkunen said that her group plans to take its case to ECU’s Board of Trustees. There’s an effort to get the subject of reinstatement onto the agenda for the board’s upcoming July meeting. If it’s able to be heard, Takkunen said the Save ECU Swimming and Diving committee has the ability to make an offer the school can’t refuse. “Who turns down $1.5 million when you’re in a financial crisis?” she said. “If they do, you have to question whether these are the right people to take a school through a financial crisis. We’re hoping that money does talk.” It’s a conversation that has to take place soon given that the 2020-21 school year is set to begin two weeks early in mid-August and several current team members have already transferred to other schools. The fact that the men’s team won the American Athletic Conference championship last season and its coach, Jabs, was named the league’s Coach of the Year only exaggerates the emotions stirred by the program’s elimination. “Cutting this program leaves me unsure about the future,” said sophomore swimmer Randi Palandro. “My teammates are my family and the ECU swim program is my home.” Learn more about the campaign to save these programs by visiting SaveECUSwimDive.org.

scouting group, to our analytics department which loved the power and patience and defensive skills.” It also didn’t hurt that the team already had a detailed scouting report, thanks to the relationship Bailey developed with Giants scouting director and former Wake Forest pitcher Michael Holmes while the young prospect was in high school and training at Greensboro’s North Carolina Baseball Academy. “Holmes used to come talk to us,” Bailey recalled. “We had a little bit of a relationship, so it’s cool. It was a nice conversation after we got picked. It was fun to see everything come to be.” The Giants’ pick of Bailey reunited him with his former Wolfpack teammate Will Wilson, a 2019 first-round pick who was traded to the organization from the Los Angeles Angels over the winter. The team then made it a trio of State alumni by drafting left-handed pitcher Nick Swiney in the second round. Familiarity, although to a lesser extent, may also have played a role in Jarvis’ selection by the Diamondbacks. The hard-throwing

Marissa Garrison, 2017’s Miss N.C. Outstanding Teen, will get to try for a spot on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on “Making the Team” By Shawn Krest North State Journal

MARISSA GARRISON isn’t sure what the next few months have in store for her, but one thing is certain. She’s come a long way from Little Miss Liver Mush. In 2017, as the winner of Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen — the junior pageant associated with Miss America — Garrison traveled the state speaking to groups of kids, large and small. “I connected with a lot of younger audiences,” she said. “I just kind of spread the message throughout my year, showcasing to teens that they can get involved in their communities. You have the power to make a difference.” Her duties as the state’s Miss Outstanding Teen included giving an inspirational message to the aspiring beauty queens vying for the title of Miss Liver Mush. “It was at the Liver Mush Festival (near Asheville),” she recalled. “They had $1 liver mush sandwiches and they also had a pageant, and those girls really wanted to be Little Miss Liver Mush.” That’s not to downplay the work that Garrison did as Miss Outstanding Teen. She traveled the state, often making threeplus hour trips four days a week to speak at events, all while juggling the responsibilities of a normal high school junior. She used her platform to raise awareness and money for causes related to organ donation, including the Children’s Miracle Network. She also got the chance to make holiday care packages for troops overseas. “I did that alongside Richard Petty,” she said. “It was probably one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.” Now graduated from high school, Garrison is setting out on a quest that will likely top working with King Richard on the coolness rankings. At the end of July, she will set off for Texas to try to accomplish her lifelong dream of joining the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. “I applied starting in January. So this has been six months in the making,” she said. “But really I’ve wanted this since I was 6 or 7 years old.” Garrison will join 19 other hopefuls at the cheerleaders’ annual training camp, looking to land one of the coveted spots performing on the sidelines alongside the veterans. The quest is depicted on the reality show “Making the Team,” and Garrison expects to be featured on this year’s season of the show, assuming filming isn’t derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. She’s already beaten the odds just to get a ticket to Dallas. Normally, the Cowboys cheerleaders conduct all rounds of auditioning at AT&T Stadium in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but the pandemic scuttled those plans.

right-hander’s father Kevin once pitched for the team and worked briefly in its scouting department. The younger Jarvis was already a prospect before the shortened 2020 college season began, having being selected by the New York Yankees in the 37th round as a draft-eligible sophomore last season. But he catapulted up the rankings after allowing only two earned runs while striking out 40 batters and walking only two in his four starts for Duke this season. It was a performance punctuated by the first perfect game in school history, a 5-0 shutout against Cornell in which he struck out 15. While Jarvis said getting picked in the first round was “super validating” for the hard work he put in last offseason, he added that being the highest-drafted Blue Devils player ever “isn’t the end, it’s a new beginning. “You have to set goals along the way,” he said. “It’s definitely awesome to have reached this one.” While Jarvis opened eyes this spring, it was Jared Shuster’s performance in the Cape Cod League last summer that helped catapult him into the first round.

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Marissa Garrison, 2017’s Miss North Carolina Outstanding Teen, was one of just 20 finalists chosen from more than 1,500 applicants to vie for a spot on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

“I definitely wanted to give it a shot, because you never know when it’s going to be your time.” Marissa Garrison

“They had to do it all virtually,” Garrison said, “which they’d never done before, and I’d never done either.” After applying, she received a call from a greeter for the squad, who explained what the process would be like. They also wanted to double-check that Garrison was aware that the job would be in Texas since she was applying from so far away. Garrison got in touch with several current and former members of the team to do more research on what would be expected of her. “You never know the first time you audition for something how it’s going to go,” she said. “You don’t know what’s in the judges’ heads, what they want. Especially with me being only 18. You don’t know if they’re going to want to take someone who’s only 18 to training camp.” The first step required her to do a 60-second freestyle dance video and a 20-second spoken introduction. She also had to fill out a long application that included essay questions. “It really felt like a college application when I was filling out all the information,” she said. That put her in a very large pool of hopefuls. “They told us they got 1,545 applications for that step,” she said. “That’s more than usual because they were doing it virtually.” Her video went out on May 2 — “The day that it opened,” she points out — and she got word on

The Wake Forest left-hander parlayed a strong performance in New England and a changeup that is considered the best among this year’s draft-eligible pitchers into selection by the Atlanta Braves with the 25th pick. “I thought coming in I worked really hard to get a lot better,” Shuster, who was 2-1 with a 3.76 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 68 innings this season, said in a postdraft conference call. “I think I have a really high ceiling, and I’m going to keep working hard to reach that ceiling.” While Shuster figures to fit in well with an organization known for developing young pitching talent, the power-hitting Sabato should be even more of a natural with the Twins, a team that set a major league record with 307 home runs in 2019. Sabato, a sophomore eligible for the draft because he’s already reached his 21st birthday, hit 25 home runs in his abbreviated career at UNC. “We really value his offensive upside and ceiling, the power threat, all those things are really hard to procure in the draft and

May 18 that she’d made the first cut. Not many girls did. She was one of 69 applicants to advance to round two. The team sent her a complex set of choreography to learn and perform on video. “I think I counted and there were 25 different eight counts,” she said, “which is a lot for choreography.” She also had to show off the famous Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader kick line. And she had to do it all back-to-back. “We had to do the choreography, do the kicking, and we had one full video to showcase everything, to show we had endurance and could maintain power and performance during the entire routine,” she said. More than half of the remaining pool of applicants were cut during that round, and Garrison was one of 30 girls to advance to the interview portion. “We had a four-minute video call where they asked about my accomplishments, things I was proud of, my community service background, stuff about leadership positions,” she said. “They’d never met us in person, so they needed to know who we are and make sure we were committed enough to see this through and go all the way to Texas.” On June 12, she got word that she was Dallas-bound, one of 20 girls chosen to continue on the quest to become part of football’s most prestigious dance team. She still may not ever get to put on the boots and pick up the silver and blue pom poms, but she’s made it farther than 1,525 other hopefuls, all by following the advice she gave the Little Miss Liver Mush girls three years ago. After spending a year telling kids around the state that they could make a difference, Garrison followed her own advice. “I definitely wanted to give it a shot,” she said, “because you never know when it’s going to be your time.”

to pick in the back end of the first round,” said Twins’ scouting director Sean Johnson. “We feel lucky to have him there.” In addition to the four firstround picks, Burleson and Swiney, four other players with state ties were taken in the shortened fiveround draft — including three high school prospects. Left-handed pitcher Liam Norris of Green Hope High School in Cary went in the third round to the Diamondbacks. Fellow UNC recruit Jagger Haynes, a left-handed pitcher from West Columbus High, was taken by the San Diego Padres in the fifth round, and ECU signee Keon Moreno, a right-handed pitcher from Cary’s Panther Creek High was the fifth-round pick of the Chicago Cubs. Appalachian State right-hander Jack Hartman rounded out the state contingent by going in the fourth round to the Pittsburgh Pirates. It is not known when or if any of the new draft picks will be able to begin their professional careers because of the virus-related shutdown that threatens to wipe out the entire minor league season.

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Ingovernment competitive with most Federal Plus and private loan COVID 1but 9the drug ionately affect low-income students. It for a speech delivered by has infor downtown Raleigh and worried them catching the virus, and I’m worried will. Afterinvestm ety were supposed Not little bit. of death, particularly among elderly patients, ountable in tangible financial ways for thing? That what free citizens ina asix-month free society were supposed Not one little bit. John Milton in defense of speech. David and Dani Duvall believe Footaction athletic retailer in North Carolina, where hundreds over a few years. $18 billion infree lost revenue is representatives to hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for terms. Inisaddition, all studentsliving receive disfavor students majoring in one soft but John Milton in defense of free speech. tax revenue spread over a few years. $18 billion in lost revenue is representatives to hold China ac taxcan rev suffering from the H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, elsewhere throughout our .iplines. Helen Pluckrose, sources suggest the unde N.C. — Grifols, a globalJames Raleigh’s Crabtree Valley Mall gathered Raeford on June before the heart of number the homeis is dramatically the table. do, last I in checked. grace period post-graduation payments begin. Authors Helen Pluckrose, James A. pared to CLAYTON, theAuthors $6 trillion+ Marshall PlantoA. we are now decimal dust compared to the $6 trillion+ Marshall Plan we are now this disaster. this disaster. I’ve been trying to take extra precautions, because all of this bringsdecim up leader inthat the development of community.” Lindsay and Peter say— that closed their entire storeenemies during 6th to attend Floyd’s second mese, is my family. I’m Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah many people are dying at home. Daily meals and homework; college ed to operate as responsible citizens of Once ain recipient makes successful payments for ee are solutions can be Boghossian implemented Lindsay and Peter Boghossian say that My first concern as we go along in all this, of course, is my family. I’m Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sist undertaking to save our own economy, not of defeated as in the It is about time they are expec our own economy, not of defeated enemies as the It is about time they are expected to operate as responsible citizens of way too many memories of a painful experience I’ d prefer not to repeat. under therapies withhas plasma-derived something gone drastically wrong the Floyd memorial services wrong and morial service, local businesses or job applications; cherished ried I will. After and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection. Even more importantly, we have no clue how m the prescribed term of the contract, no additional nation. s acrimonious political climate. something has gone drastically past. the world like any other modern worried about them catching the virus, and I’m worried I will. After and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrec thetheir world like any other modern nation. Butawhat alsoread: makes lose sleep is howwith easily most everyone has proteins, announced last week in academia, especially within certain past. posted sign that “Inme order across the state closed doors moments extended family. 2009 pandemic, payments are required even if they have paid less actually have coronavirus. Some scientists sugges solution has been referred to as “skin in in academia, especially within certain Richard French, CEO of French/ China has been cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging American the start of production of its fromfor theone H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging fields within the humanities. Theysuffering call towithin give ourthe team members time tocall “Life happens at the table,” David toAmerican customers two rea-they Chin than the amount ofoffunding received. now for the past 30fields a policy would call for institutions humanities. They llSuch of this brings up “grievance of identified cases could be an order of magnitud anti-SARS-CoV-2 hyperimmune West/Vaughan business years. They no secret that they these fieldsThey studies,” where reflect on have recentmade tragedies, mourn I’ve been to take extra precautions, because all of this brings up sons. Fortrying some, it was a symbolic he past 30 years. have made no secret that they Duvall says. It’s why he built Dani busine Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinio Both ISAs and skin in the game policies would hare innot the credit risk of every student these fields “grievance studies,” where prefer to repeat. of people who have had coronavirus and immunoglobulin specific scholarship is with notsuperpower so much based upon intend to replace U.S.not as the premier in the world and black livessuperpower lost and begin tonumber heal, gesture out respect for of Floyd’s way too many abenefits. painful experience I’dthe prefer to repeat. he as premier the world andofmemories have many down-stream Both would put out aeveryone loan tothe attend the institution. scholarship is will not so much based upon her dream farmhouse table years antibodies using the plasma of In into intend ostU.S. has finding truth but upon attending our store be closed on Satfamily and to support the Black replace the dollar as the reserve currency with their renminbi. ago, and then founded Duvall & But what also makes metolose sleep is how easily most everyone hastruth but upon attending to people have overcome thebe scholars as the reserve currency with their renminbi. pressure on universities keep tuition low and his means that who universities would on finding replac social grievances. 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The promote is Jason ble graffiti painted on the side of these days, we will pay our redestructive looters and riots. of this potential anti-COVID-19 be invested student restausuccess, not just increased ernment.passive worldview. neitherimmune scientific nor rigorous. Grievance spects toThe hisworldview memory.” they promote is The telltale mark of a Duvall & building, which my team has Many in in Raleigh’s EDITORIAL |the STACEY MATTHEWS therapy as part Co. piece is a pop of surprise: a eTHEWS studies of disciplines such as rant enrollment. universities ther solution canconsist be implemented locally. neitherYet scientific rigorous. Grievance just 20 nor miles down I-40 in been probably scrubbingbegin away. My story industry, Some still reeling from would EDITORIAL | STAC of a collaboration agreement with bright red underside. It’s in tribute sociology, anthropology, gender studies, nearby Durham and Chapel Hill, to offer better guidance to students when they choose is the story of so many of us who of institutions are already giving it a studies consist of disciplines such as the economic fallout of having U.S. government entities, including to Duvall’s great-grandfather, a COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON queer sexuality and protests against police brutaliinvested our hearts, our ento majors, shut down operations due take to have choose classes and out loans. e Share Agreements (ISAs). ISAs arecritical race sociology, anthropology, gender studies, the Foodstudies, and Drug Administration furniture-builder who made a red, studies. ty studies, on the black community were race ergy, our talents COVID-19, are now facing costs will (FDA),in thewhich National Institutesreceive of These innovative solutions do what “Freeand our resourcl agreements students queer sexuality and critical child-sized table and chairs for In 2017 and 2018, authors Pluckrose, peaceful from the very start. In es to make downtown Raleigh a associated with the unrest and Health (NIH) and Biomedical College” cannot: make students and universities funding in exchange forthe a predetermined studies. Duvall’s mother 70 years ago, when Lindsay and Boghossian started Durham, police cars provided better place for our community. curfews that were put into place Advanced Research Development behave more wisely and act together towards the post-graduation income over a certain In 2017 and 2018, authors Pluckrose, she was a toddler. The set is still at submitting academic papers toforsame Authority (BARDA), among an escort for the procession my heart breaks today for all the week following the goal. That goal is to viocreateAnd educated, wise years. The percent ofbogus income and number Lindsay and Boghossian startedand academic journals in cultural, queer,lent demonstrations that turned of our businesses who are dealing helped shut down streets to althe home of Duvall’s parents, and other healthcare agencies. The n changeagreement based upon aencompasses student’s major and and productive graduates. Only with smart policies submitting bogus academic papers to also fat the studiesthe city’s downtown upside down. race, gender, and sexuality remains his constant inspiration. with the aftermath of this week- low the demonstrations to take that incentivize student success can we ensure that tential. development academic journals in cultural, queer, of preclinical and pass peer Over to determine if they would the course of one weekend, end’s senseless riots and looting place. And in Chapel Hill, some From their workshop in the colleges truly provide value for students, parents, good deal for students because race,local gender, fat and sexuality studies clinical required to determine “THIS public IS THE DAY the lord has made, let usthr e aseriousness oftrials the virus and the need review and be accepted forthey publication. business owners even took Raleigh and elsethere was looting at Reliable Jew- in downtown power community of WITH MOST STATES under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home fallen into place. IWake understand taxpayers and ky than how loans. Imagine a simply student who that elry, to determine if they411 would treatment efficacy. 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ncdot CASH REPORT For the week ending June 12, 2020

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US industrial production bounces back 1.4% in May Washington, D.C. American industry rebounded last month as factories began to reopen for the first time since being shut down by the coronavirus in Aprll. The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that industrial production — including output at factories, mines and utilities — rose 1.4% in May after plummeting a record 12.4% in April and 4.6% in March. Manufacturing output rose 3.8% last month as auto plants began to ramp back up; but production of cars and auto parts remained 62.8% below its May 2019 level. Output at mines fell 6.8% last month, pulled down by a 37% drop in oil and gas drilling. Utility production fell 2.3%. The lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed to combat COVID-19 brought economic activity to a nearstandstill in March and April. Now there are signs of life as states ease restrictions on business.

McDonald’s worldwide sales improve as stores reopen globally Chicago McDonald’s sales are gradually improving as more of its restaurants reopen worldwide. The Chicago-based fast food giant said Tuesday that its global same-store sales — or sales at locations open at least a year — were down 21% in May from the same month last year. That was an improvement from a 39% decline in April. Ninety percent of its restaurants worldwide were open at the end of May and 95% were open as of Monday, up from 75% at the end of April. Some markets, however, are reopening more quickly than others. The United Kingdom didn’t start reopening McDonald’s locations until this month, for example, and 30% remain closed. Thirty percent of locations in Russia also remain closed, but are expected to reopen by the end of July. In the U.S., where most stores remained open for drivethru and delivery throughout the pandemic, same-store sales were down 5% in May, an improvement from a 19% decline in April. U.S. customers are spending more per order when they visit, but traffic remains down, particularly at breakfast. Dining rooms have reopened at around 1,000 U.S. McDonald’s restaurants, the company said. Around 100 U.S. restaurants remain closed, mostly those in malls.

US retail sales up a record 17.7% in largest monthly jump ever By Josh Boak The Associated Press BALTIMORE — U.S. retail sales surged by a record 17.7% from April to May, with spending partially rebounding after the coronavirus had shut down businesses, flattened the economy and paralyzed consumers during the previous two months. The government’s report Tuesday showed that retail sales have retraced some of the record-setting month-to-month plunges of March (8.3%) and April (14.7%) as businesses have increasingly reopened. Still, the pandemic’s damage to retail sales remains severe, with purchases still down 6.1% from a year ago. Last month’s bounce-back comes against the backdrop of an economy that may have begun what could be a slow and prolonged recovery. In May, employers added 2.5 million jobs, an unexpected increase that suggested that the job market has bottomed out. Still, a big unknown is whether early gains in job growth, retail sales and other areas can be sustained over the coming months or whether they may plateau at a low level. “This may very well be the shortest, but still deepest, recession ever,” said Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets. But she added that it’s “not likely that we’ll see a repeat in June as this is pent-up demand unleashed in one month.” May’s rebound was likely aided by the $3 trillion in rescue money that the federal government has provided to companies and households. Retail sales would need to surge by an additional 9% to return to their level before the pandemic. Any sustained recovery, though, will hinge on an array of factors: The path of the coronavirus, how willing consumers are to shop, travel and congregate in groups, how many businesses manage to stay open and rehire many workers and whether the government provides additional support. “While the big increase in retail sales in May is encouraging, there is still a huge amount of uncertainty about the strength of the rebound,” said Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial Services. “It depends on a lot of factors outside of the economics.” The virus-induced recession not only diminished spending in most sectors of the economy. It has also accelerated shifts in where people shop and what they buy. The changes forced by the coronavirus have aided online retailers and building materials stores and other outlets that stayed open during the outbreak. Other businesses are facing persistent financial strains. Sales at non-store retailers, which include internet companies like Amazon and eBay, rose

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In this May 7, 2020 file photo a woman sitting on a stoop reading a book in the sun is seen reflected by a closed clothing store’s window on West Broadway in the SoHo neighborhood of the Manhattan borough in New York.

“This may very well be the shortest, but still deepest, recession ever.” Jennifer Lee, BMO Capital Markets 9% in May after posting growth of 9.5% in April. They are up a sizable 30.8% from a year ago. Building materials stores enjoyed a monthly gain of 10.9% last month and annualized growth of 16.4%. Grocers have posed a 14.4% annual sales increase, reflecting fewer people eating out at restaurants because of the pandemic. Other sectors in retail posted spectacular growth in May yet still face an uncertain future given the blows they absorbed in March and April. Clothiers achieved a stunning 188% monthly gain but still remain down 63% over the past 12 months. Furniture store sales surged 90% last month, but they’re still down more than 21% on the year. This same pattern holds for restaurants, electronics stores, department stores and auto dealers. Retail sales account for roughly half of all consumer spending, which fuels about 70% of total economic activity. The rest of consumer spending includes services, from cellphone and internet contracts to gym memberships and child care. Nearly 80% of small retailers and restaurants tracked by the scheduling tool Homebase that

were closed in mid-April have since reopened. Yet these smaller businesses remain under pressure. Their stresses in part reflect changes emerging as social distancing has become essential and shopping habits evolve. One such retailer, CPW, a women’s clothing store, has been in business for 30 years on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. A threemonth shutdown resulting from the virus meant the store retained only 20% to 30% of its sales as the owner, Linda Wolff, packed and delivered orders to customer homes. Though CPW reopened for curbside pickup a week ago, Wolff said she hasn’t rung up a single such sale. “This is my heart and soul,” she said. “I am exhausted from all the worrying.” Some national chains, by contrast, say they have so far avoided their worst fears. Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette has said that his company’s reopened stores are regaining 50% of their typical business. Teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters is faring even better, averaging roughly 95% of its normal sales levels. But analysts caution that some of the gains thus far probably reflect the impact of temporary government aid and expanded unemployment benefits in the face of a deep recession. The jobless rate is a historically high 13.3% by the government’s standard measure and an even worse 21.2% by the broadest gauge of unemployment. For now, Americans are spending disproportionately more on essentials

and less on luxuries. The lockdowns sent many mallbased chains further into peril. These retailers furloughed workers, slashed costs to preserve dwindling cash reserves and, in the cases of Neiman Marcus, J.Crew and JC Penney, filed for bankruptcy protection. These troubles have contrasted with renewed strength for Walmart, Target and Home Depot, which were deemed essential businesses from the start and were allowed to remain open. For a group of 35 non-essential retailers, including department stores and jewelry chains, combined losses reached $2.5 billion for the three-month period that ended in May, according to GlobalData Retail. That compares with their combined profit of $8.9 billion in the year-ago period. Far better off were essential retailers, including dollar chains, discounters and food stores. For that group, profits reached $8.9 billion for the quarter, down only slightly from $9.1 billion from the year-ago period. Coresight Research, a retail research firm, expects between 20,000 and 25,000 stores in the United States to close this year, about 60% of them in malls. That’s up from the firm’s previous estimate in mid-March of 15,000 closings, and it would surpass the record 9,000 stores closures last year. In the past week, Zara, Children’s Place and Signet Jewelers all announced hundreds of store closures and stressed the rising importance of their online presence.

Stocks rally on Wall Street with hope for economy By Stan Choe The Associated Press NEW YORK — As stocks rallied early in the week, Wall Street headed for its third straight gain after U.S. retail sales rebounded last month by much more than economists were expecting. The S&P 500 was up 2% as of Tuesday, after earlier being up as much as 2.8%. It followed up on even stronger gains in European and Asian stock markets. In another sign of improving optimism, Treasury yields moved solidly higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 566 points, or 2.2%, and the Nasdaq composite was up 1.7%. Retail sales jumped 17.7% from April to May, more than double economists’ expectations, to retrace some of their record-setting plunges in March and April as businesses reopen across the country. The report gives more credence to investor expectations that the economy can pull out of its recession relatively quickly and that the worst may have already passed. “It really shows that the reopening of the US economy is happening, and the numbers support it,” said Kevin Giddis, chief fixed income strategist at Raymond James. Economists at IHS Markit said

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A sign for a Wall Street building is shown, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. this could be the shortest recession on record for the United States, perhaps just a couple months. Among other encouraging signs spurring markets worldwide: Researchers in England said they have the first evidence that a drug can improve survival from COVID-19, one that is already widely available and cheap. Analysts also cited a report from Bloomberg News that the White House is preparing a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure plan, but any such proposal is likely to face huge challenges about how to pay for the improvements.

Underpinning all of it is continued aid coming from central banks, which have repeatedly come to the economy’s rescue. The Federal Reserve helped turn markets around on Monday after it said it will buy individual corporate bonds as part of a previously announced program to support lending markets for big employers. The announcement was another reminder for investors about all the Fed is doing to support the economy, and it helped the S&P 500 flip from a loss of as much as 2.5% to a modest gain. Still, caution continues to run through markets after the re-

markable run for stocks in recent months. A record number of fund managers in Bank of America’s monthly survey say the stock market is overvalued. Such skepticism has been prevalent for much of the stock market’s huge comeback after it plunged nearly 34% from February into March on worries about the severe, sudden recession created by the coronavirus outbreak. Immense, unprecedented aid from the Fed and Capitol Hill helped halt the declines. More recently, investors have been pushing up shares of companies that would benefit from a reopening economy on expectations that activity can rebound as governments relax shutdown restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the virus. Such stocks were again leading the market on Tuesday. Industrial stocks were generally strong, as were producers of raw materials. Smaller stocks also rose more than the rest of the market, which often happens when investors are getting more optimistic about the economy. The Russell 2000 index of small-cap stocks rose 1.9%. Nordstrom jumped 14.1% for one of the biggest gains in the S&P 500, leading a group of retailers that stand to benefit if shoppers return to stores. That’s helped the S&P 500 trim its loss since its record to just 7.5%

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toyota corolla hybrid

Maybe the best small car you can buy. Really. An effortless 52 miles per gallon and it’s a Corolla By Jordan Golson North State Journal BOSTON – Earlier this year, I reviewed the Toyota Prius. I said that when it first came out twenty years ago, it was for environmentalist wackos and early-adopter do-gooders who didn’t mind driving a weird looking car. In fact, that was the point—to show everyone how green you were. That new Prius gets terrific fuel economy and still looks a bit weird, but that remains the point if you want to show off how green you are. But what if you don’t want to show off? What if you just want a car to get you from point A to point B? A car that is normal and doesn’t stand out in a crowd? In that case, my friend, you want to get yourself a Toyota Corolla. It’s the least show-offey car around and, if you buy the Toyota Corolla Hybrid, it’s just as fuel efficient as the polarizing Prius. In fact, it’s so good that I think it might be the best small car that you can buy today. The Corolla has always been a top choice for small car buyers. Between it’s terrific reliability and reasonable price, it’s a car that’s easy to recommend (if a little boring). While the Corolla Hybrid won’t get any hearts racing, it checks every box and then

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some. The powertrain has been transplanted from the Prius, a 1.8-liter four-cylinder unit along with the requisite battery pack. There’s no plug (that is kept for the Prius Prime and the new RAV4 Prime), so you drive it just like a regular car and the only hint to the outside world that there’s anything different going on is the litany of “Hybrid” badges all over the thing. The front end is also a bit more aerodynamic than the standard Corolla, but not so much that you’d notice unless you had them side by side. Easy-rolling low-resistance tires are fitted to 15-inch wheels to

complete the look — no rolling on dubs here. In other words, it looks basically like every other Corolla you’ve ever seen. It’s inoffensive and vaguely pleasing to look at. Inside, it’s a little more exciting. The floating dash leads to a surprising feeling of spaciousness for the front passengers, with reasonable amounts of storage in the doors and a big pocket for a phone sitting fore of the shifter. That shifter, it’s worth noting, is a standard P-R-N-D unit (with an added “B” mode that adds additional engine braking for going down a hill) so it’s familiar and easy to use. The steering wheel allows easy

access to volume and media controls, as well as the buttons to control the adaptive cruise control. A big digital display for the driver keeps you apprised of what the hybrid system is doing, including a tachometer which is lets you know what the internal-combustion engine is up to — not that you’ll really care. The center infotainment stack leaves a bit to be desired. Sure, it has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, so you’re good to go there, but the buttons surrounding the screen are completely unnecessary and use up valuable real estate that could be a larger screen. It’s a nitpick, but

I wish Toyota would just give us a bigger touch screen and forget all the hard plastic buttons. There’s single-zone climate control which works perfectly well, and gone is the trademark (and weird) center-stack Prius dash cluster. But the most important part of the Corolla Hybrid is actually made up of two numbers. First is the fuel economy. The EPA estimates it can make 53 miles per gallon city and 52 highway, with 52 combined. And... that’s exactly what I got, too. Without particularly trying, and by that I mean I was cruising down the highway in the left lane, quickly pulling away from stop lights in a manner unbecoming a hybrid, etc — basically doing everything I could to not be an economical driver — I still managed 52 mpg. It was astounding. Then there’s the price. There are basically no options to be found on the Corolla Hybrid, aside from some paint protection film ($395) and carpeted floor mats ($249), and it still lands at $24,524. You get out under $25,000 with 52 miles per gallon and a normal looking, easy to drive, friendly car that will probably run forever without any major problems. After my week with the Corolla Hybrid, I honestly found myself asking “why would anyone buy anything else?” I haven’t come up with a good answer, yet.

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entertainment Academy delays 2021 Oscars ceremony because of coronavirus By Lindsey Bahr The Associated Press HOLLYWOOD — For the fourth time in its history, the Oscars are being postponed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network said Monday that the 93rd Academy Awards will now be held April 25, 2021, eight weeks later than originally planned because of the pandemic’s effects on the movie industry. The Academy’s Board of Governors also decided to extend the eligibility window beyond the calendar year to Feb. 28, 2021, for feature films, and delay the opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures from December until April 30, 2021. “Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our Awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalized for something beyond anyone’s control,” said Academy President David Rubin

and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson in a joint statement. Karey Burke, the president of ABC Entertainment, added: “We find ourselves in uncharted territory this year and will continue to work with our partners at the Academy to ensure next year’s show is a safe and celebratory event.” The 12th annual Governors Awards has also been canceled. The event, in which honorary Oscars are bestowed to previously announced recipients, is generally held in Los Angeles during the second week of November. The untelevised event is a major gathering for many of the year’s awards hopefuls. The film academy has been grappling with how to handle the pandemic’s near shutdown of the theatrical exhibition and film production and festival business since midMarch. With theaters shuttered, release dates pushed and major festivals like Cannes canceled, the academy in April made the unprecedented decision to allow films that did not have a theatrical run to be

eligible for the awards — but only for one year. The Oscars ceremony date was the big lingering unknown, however. The organization’s leadership has acknowledged all along that the situation was fluid and that everything was on the table. Now, Oscars nominations will be announced on March 15 and the nominees luncheon will be on April 15. Still, many decisions need to be made. Academy leadership has not yet addressed the format of the show and whether it will be virtual or in-person. Further, the future eligibility of films for the 94th Oscars and that show date will be announced later. The Oscars have been postponed before, but never this far in advance. The ceremony was pushed back a week because of disastrous flooding in Los Angeles in 1938. In 1968, it was delayed two days following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. And in 1981, it was put off for 24 hours after President Ronald Reagan was shot in Washington

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In this Feb. 21, 2015 file photo, an Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. D.C. The 1981 decision was made four hours before the broadcast was scheduled to begin. The eligibility window was extended beyond 12 months once before — in advance of the 6th Academy Awards in 1934. Other entertainment industry awards shows are also in flux. The 74th Tony Awards, originally set for June 7, has been postponed indefinitely. But the 72nd Emmy Awards is still holding onto Sept. 20. The

BAFTAs announced Monday that its annual film awards were being pushed from Feb. 14, 2021 to April 11. And the 78th Golden Globes does not yet have a date. Even as the country begins to “open up,” studios are still making decisions to delay releases. Just Friday, Warner Bros. announced that it was pushing back what was supposed to be the first major movie in theaters, Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” by two weeks.

Churchgoers aren’t able to lift every voice and sing during the pandemic – here’s why that matters

meant no in-person choir rehearsals. Virtual choir rehearsals and performances are very problematic. Differences in bandwidth create lags that challenge the essence of choral singing: cohesion and community. Virtual performances demand technological expertise most choral directors are not trained to execute. The resulting experience often falls short of a true choral experience. My own gospel choir, the Ebony Heritage Singers, recorded a song for the University of Dayton’s virtual commencement using this technique. The result was pleasing, but it lacked the true feel of a gospel music performance. In my experience, virtual choral experiences are pale imitations of the real thing. Being connected in a physical way, feeling each others’ inhalations, coordinating exhalations and blending voices gives life to singers and to congregations.

By Donna M. Cox The Associated Press BECAUSE OF COVID-19, churches no longer reverberate with song; hymnals are neatly stacked and projection screens blank. Even as church leaders plan for reopening, scientists warn that it might be too early to resume singing in groups. Though such restrictions are understandable, they rob congregations of an important aspect of their Christian faith. As the Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 5, Believers should be “filled with the spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” As a choral conductor, scholar in African American sacred music and teacher of sacred music and worship, I have studied the relationship between singing and worship for over three decades. Singing is critical to identity and faith. In some traditions, it is as important as the sermon. In African American churches, for instance, there is an equal emphasis on preaching, pray-

Singing has tremendous power, both spiritually and physically. When people sing, sound runs through the body, giving rise to emotion and facilitating transformation. It acts as a natural antidepressant by releasing endorphins, the feel-good chemical. Studies have also linked singing with improved mental alertness, memory and concentration through increased oxygenated blood to the brain. Neuroscientist Andrew Newberg found that changes in the brain during worship make people “nicer, more forgiving, and trustful.” Choral singing creates the kind of community togetherness that is necessary in churches. It brings disparate parts into a cohesive oneness, just as corporate worship – the gathering of the faithful to worship together – brings individuals into oneness in Christ. Bringing people together for song has proven to be dangerous in the coronavirus pandemic. On

March 10, a group of 61 singers met at the Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church in Washington state for rehearsal. One of the members unknowingly infected 52 people with COVID-19; two people died. Stay-at-home orders designed to stem the spread of diseases hit church music programs hard – some more than others. Conversations I have had with church music directors around the country reveal the creativity employed to keep the music going: utilizing solo performers, prerecorded music, reducing the amount of music to the essential in liturgical services and creating virtual choirs. Those with praise teams and bands that lead the congregation in song found it easier to provide music in online services – with fewer people, social distancing was easier to maintain. As a result, they continued to rehearse and perform in livestreamed or prerecorded services. For churches that rely on choirs to carry the music, things have been tougher. National guidelines limiting gatherings to 10 or fewer people

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 June 29, 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 379, ABBINGTON, PHASE 1, MAP 3, AS SAME IS SHOWN ON MAP THEREOF RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 44, AT PAGE 18, CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 4234 French Fields, Harrisburg, NC 28075. 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 Arthur E. Fewell and wife, Kimberly G. Fewell. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and

against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of

the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-17117-FC01

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 July 1, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Edgar Giraldo and Piedad Giraldo, dated September 8, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $152,218.40, and recorded in Book 7011 at Page 4 of the Cabarrus County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 1816 Mary Wynn Ct, Kannapolis, NC 28083 Tax Parcel ID:

56235476340000 Present Record Owners: Edgar Giraldo and Piedad Giraldo And Being more commonly known as: 1816 Mary Wynn Ct, Kannapolis, NC 28083 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Edgar Giraldo and Piedad Giraldo. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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 deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the

purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 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 June 10, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 08-108310

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 12:00PM on June 30, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Earnell Brown, dated February 15, 2007 to secure the original principal amount of $81,600.00, and recorded in Book 7508 at Page 650 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 1 6 1 7 Diplomat Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28304 Tax Parcel ID: 9 49 6 - 4 26857

Present Record Owners: E a r n e ll Brown And Being more commonly known as: 1617 Diplomat Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28304 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Earnell Brown. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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 deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 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 June 1, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-108876

ing and singing. First, verse The importance of song in Christian worship can be traced to its Judaic beginnings. Throughout the biblical canon, the Apocrypha, the collection of books omitted from the Protestant Bible and noncanonical biblical texts, there are hundreds of references to Christians singing. In the Old Testament, singing was used to praise God, provide lessons for the community, confess sins, provide solace in times of lamentation and joy in times of celebration. For instance, Moses and sister Miriam memorialized the miraculous exodus from Egypt through the Red Sea in song. Early Christians even sang their prayers. The Book of Psalms – a collection of 150 songs and proclamations – served as the songbook of the early church. The New Testament is similarly filled with song. In the Book of James, the Apostle Paul and his companion, Silas, sang their way to freedom in a jail. After the Last

Supper, Jesus led the disciples in song. Main chorus

A codetta? Although research on the spread of COVID-19 is rapidly changing, singing in groups might be deemed too risky to enable churches to return to anything approaching “normal” for a long time. So, until further notice, congregations are being advised to consider alternatives to singing. Worship may still be joyful, but it will likely be more quiet.

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CABARRUS 19 SP 559 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 Arthur E. Fewell and Kimberly G. Fewell to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), which was dated March 16, 2005 and recorded on March 16, 2005 in Book 5855 at Page 63, 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CABARRUS COUNTY 20sp178 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY EDGAR GIRALDO AND PIEDAD GIRALDO DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7011 AT PAGE 4 AND MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED MAY 5, 2008 IN BOOK 8221 AT PAGE 344 IN THE CABARRUS COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained

CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20sp194 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY EARNELL BROWN DATED FEBRUARY 15, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7508 AT PAGE 650 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 in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to

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CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20sp191 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY RONALD W. SIMONDS AND DEBRA A. SIMONDS DATED FEBRUARY 9, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7500 AT PAGE 798 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20SP379 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JACOB R. MARTIN III AND LAURA J. MARTIN DATED APRIL 2, 1993 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3935 AT PAGE 560 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 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20SP271 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY LUIS M. MALDONADO AND MIGDALIA H. HERNANDEZ DATED MARCH 10, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7175 AT PAGE 582 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 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20sp307 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY FRANK D. SEARCH DATED DECEMBER 8, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7454 AT PAGE 867 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 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20SP270 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MAAKA K. TUIONETOA AND MALIA TUIONETOA DATED JUNE 30, 2008 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 7933 AT PAGE 391 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 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20sp392 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY EDDIE JUNIOR PRATT AND GERALDINE V. PRATT DATED MAY 15, 1995 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 4314 AT PAGE 722 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 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

18 SP 1217 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Hollie Butler and Daniel Butler to Holly C. Stevens, Trustee(s), which was dated August 5, 1999 and recorded on August 11, 1999 in Book 5144 at Page 0777, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 1, 2020 at 1:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 0.46 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED IN GRAY’S CREEK TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH

19 SP 1693 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Stanley Peters to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), which was dated December 14, 2001 and recorded on December 27, 2001 in Book 5641 at Page 400, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 1, 2020 at 1:30PM, and will sell to

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20SP411 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY BARBARA ANNE HUNTER DATED DECEMBER 21, 2001 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5641 AT PAGE 540 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 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

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 10:30AM on June 22, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Ronald W. Simonds and Debra A. Simonds, dated February 9, 2007 to secure the original principal amount of $130,752.00, and recorded in Book 7500 at Page 798 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 7 1 7 9

Mazarron Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28314 Tax Parcel ID: 9488-505761 Present Record Owners: Ronald W. Simonds and Debra A. Simonds And Being more commonly known as: 7179 Mazarron Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28314 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Ronald W. Simonds and Debra A. Simonds. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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 deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the

purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 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 June 1, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-109156

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 June 22, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Jacob R. Martin III and Laura J. Martin, dated April 2, 1993 to secure the original principal amount of $43,100.00, and recorded in Book 3935 at Page 560 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 6 3 4 1 Kincross Ave, Fayetteville, NC 28304 Tax Parcel ID: 0406-363615 Present Record Owners: Jacob R.

Martin, III and Laura J. Martin And Being more commonly known as: 6341 Kincross Ave, Fayetteville, NC 28304 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Jacob R. Martin, III and Laura J. Martin. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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 deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 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 June 1, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 19-107626

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 June 22, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Luis M. Maldonado and Migdalia H. Hernandez, dated March 10, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $145,300.00, and recorded in Book 7175 at Page 582 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 1 4 1 3 Middlesbrough Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28306 Tax Parcel ID: 0 4 1 5 -74 2956 Present Record Owners: Luis M.

Maldonado and Migdalia H. Hernandez And Being more commonly known as: 1413 Middlesbrough Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28306 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Luis M. Maldonado and Migdalia H. Hernandez. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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 deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 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 June 1, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-109393

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 12:00PM on June 30, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Frank D. Search, dated December 8, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $64,000.00, and recorded in Book 7454 at Page 867 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 2 6 0 1 Dumbarton Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28306 Tax Parcel ID: 0415-682775Present Record Owners: Frank D.

Search And Being more commonly known as: 2601 Dumbarton Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28306 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Frank D. Search. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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

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 June 22, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Maaka K. Tuionetoa and Malia Tuionetoa, dated June 30, 2008 to secure the original principal amount of $115,123.00, and recorded in Book 7933 at Page 391 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 5904 Dalton Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28314 Tax Parcel ID: 0 4 0 7- 0 8 6064

Present Record Owners: Maaka K. Tuionetoa and Malia Tuionetoa And Being more commonly known as: 5904 Dalton Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28314 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Maaka K. Tuionetoa and Malia Tuionetoa. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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 deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or

after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 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 June 1, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-109264

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 June 22, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Eddie Junior Pratt and Geraldine V. Pratt, dated May 15, 1995 to secure the original principal amount of $101,650.00, and recorded in Book 4314 at Page 722 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 662 Glenola St, Fayetteville, NC 28311 Tax Parcel ID: 0439-935112

Present Record Owners: The Heirs of Eddie Junior Pratt And Being more commonly known as: 662 Glenola St, Fayetteville, NC 28311 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Heirs of Eddie Junior Pratt. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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

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

DEGREES 59 MINUTES EAST 122.0 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE IN THE WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE (30 FEET FROM CENTER) OF STEELE LANE; THENCE WITH SAID WESTERN RIGHT WAY LINE (30 FEET FROM CENTER) OF STEELE LANE S. 02 DEGREES 17 MINUTES W. 164.0 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE IN THE NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE (30 FEET FROM CENTER) OF PAVED SR 2234; THENCE WITH THE NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE (30 FEET FROM CENTER) OF PAVED SR 2234 N. 89 DEGREES 59 MINUTES W. 122.0 FEET TO THE BEGINNING IRON PIPE. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO KENNETH H. TART AND WIFE, FRANCES H. TART BY TRUSTEE’S DEED, DATED OCTOBER 27, 1988 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3434, AT PAGE 410 OF THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO DANIEL BUTLER AND HOLLIE H. BUTLER BY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 2265, AT PAGE 99 OF THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGISTRY AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 2763 Blossom Road, Hope Mills, NC 28348. A 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 Daniel Butler and wife Hollie H. Butler. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the

mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-20122-FC02

the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Cumberland County, North Carolina, to wit: Beginning at a stake in the northern margin of D Street at the intersection with M Street, thence S 37 deg. 45 min. W 153 feet with the Southern margin of D Street to a stake, thence S 52 deg. 10 min. E 75 feet to a stake, thence N 43 deg. 52 min. E 153 feet to a stake in the margin of M Street, thence N 52 deg. 45 min. W 92.12 feet with the margin of M Street to a stake the point of beginning. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 505 QUALITY RD, Fayetteville, NC 28306. 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 Stanley Peters. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental

agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may

request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-11340-FC01

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 June 29, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Barbara Anne Hunter, dated December 21, 2001 to secure the original principal amount of $119,200.00, and recorded in Book 5641 at Page 540 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 3 3 1 Eastwood Ave, Fayetteville, NC 28301 Tax Parcel ID: 0438-990441

Present Record Owners: Barbara Anne Hunter And Being more commonly known as: 331 Eastwood Ave, Fayetteville, NC 28301 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Barbara Anne Hunter. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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

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 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 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 June 8, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 07-96905

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CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20sp421 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ROSIE D. GRANT DATED OCTOBER 25, 1999 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5181 AT PAGE 0848 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 20sp303 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MIRIAM M. HARRIS DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 9308 AT PAGE 27 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 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 894 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Harriet L. Cephus to David L. Brunk, Trustee(s), dated the 2nd day of August, 2005, and recorded in Book 6966, Page 830, in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 171 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Dawnsheri S. Arroyo-Reyes and John Reyes aka John H. Reyes to Grady I. Ingle and Elizabeth B. Ells, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of July, 2017, and recorded in Book 10139, Page 0003, in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on June 22, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 19sp1568 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MARY A. AUTRY AND TRAVIS AUTRY DATED NOVEMBER 4, 1999 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5189 AT PAGE 40 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 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

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 989 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael H. Taft and Lucy H. Taft, (Lucy H. Taft, deceased) to David L. Brunk, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of April, 2006, and recorded in Book 7216, Page 294, in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on June 22, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 1648 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joe Allen Gore to Fidelity Title Insurance, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of May, 2016, and recorded in Book 09870, Page 0495, in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on June 29, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Cumberland, State of North Carolina, and is described as follows: All that certain parcel of land lying and being situated in the County of Cumberland State of NC, to-wit: TRACT I:

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 20 SP 336 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by John F. Milliner-Williams, Pamela S. Milliner-Williams (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): John F. Milliner-Williams and Pamela S. Milliner-Williams) to Lawyers Title Realty Service, Trustee(s), dated July 14, 2006, and recorded in Book No. 7316, at Page 747 in Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Cumberland County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, or the

NORTH CAROLINA CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 19 CVS 5268

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, Plaintiff, vs.

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 12:00PM on June 30, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Rosie D. Grant, dated October 25, 1999 to secure the original principal amount of $57,600.00, and recorded in Book 5181 at Page 0848 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: 1332 Essex Pl, Fayetteville, NC 28301 Tax Parcel ID: 0 4 2 8 - 8 24488Present Record Owners: Rosie D. Grant And Being more commonly known as: 1332 Essex Pl, Fayetteville, NC 28301 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Rosie D. Grant. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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 deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are

a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 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 June 8, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-109043

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 June 29, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Miriam M. Harris, dated September 20, 2013 to secure the original principal amount of $133,861.00, and recorded in Book 9308 at Page 27 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Present Record Owners: Mirian M. Harris

Address of property: Pl, Fayetteville, NC 28301 Tax Parcel ID: 5886

328 Peterson 0438-49-

12:00 PM on June 29, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Seventy-First, in the County of Cumberland, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain property situated in the Township of Seventy-First in the County of Cumberland and State of North Carolina, being more fully described in a deed dated 09/15/1989 and recorded 09/15/1989, among the land records of the County and State set forth above, in Deed Volume 3516 an Page 532 Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 7485 Beverly Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

The

Estate

And Being more commonly known as: 328 Peterson Pl, Fayetteville, NC 28301 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate Mirian M. Harris. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the

The date of this Notice is June 8, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-109540

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

this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice

of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1171604 (FC.FAY)

described as follows: The following described property: Situated in the City of Hope Mills, Pearces Mill Township, Cumberland County and State of North Carolina: Being all of Lot 148, in a subdivision known as Legion Hills, Section Five, part Two, according to a plat of the same being duly recorded in Book of Plats 101 Page 188, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3113 Winesap Road, Hope Mills, North Carolina. Assessor’s Parcel No: 0425-25-2023 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. THISISACOMMUNICATIONFROMADEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1263073 (FC.FAY)

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 June 22, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Mary A. Autry and Travis Autry, dated November 4, 1999 to secure the original principal amount of $71,912.50, and recorded in Book 5189 at Page 40 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 7495 Beverly Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28314 Tax Parcel ID: 9486-48-

8662 Present Record Owners: Mary A. Autry and Travis Autry And Being more commonly known as: 7495 Beverly Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28314 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Mary A. Autry and Travis Autry. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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

a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 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 June 1, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 13-040889

All that certain property situated in the Township of Beaver Dam in the County of Cumberland and State of North Carolina, being more fully described in a Deed Dated 04/12/2006 and Recorded 04/12/2006 , Among the land records of the County and State set forth above, in Deed Volume 7204and Page 196. Tax Map or Parcel ID No.: 1412-96-0900 Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 10694 NC 210 South, Roseboro, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS 45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or

any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of 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. THISISACOMMUNICATIONFROMADEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE

BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

BEGINNING at an iron pipe in the southwestern margin of U.S. Highway No. 301, said point of beginning being located South 34 degrees 24 minutes West, 265.0 feet from the southwestern corner of the tract as heretofore conveyed to Juuus A. McCall by deed recorded in Book No. 1173, Page No. 602 Cumberland County Registry, and runs thence from said point of beginning and as said highway margin South 34 degrees, 23 minutes West, 105.0 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 61 degrees, 13 minutes East, 212.1 feet to an iron pipe in tim middle of a ditch and in the southern line of the tract of which this is a part; thence North 34 degrees, 23 minutes East, 99.5 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 59 degrees, 37 minutes West, 211.0 feet to the point of beginning, containing 49/100 acres more or less. TRACT II: Beginning at an iron pipe in the eastern margin of U.S. Highway 301 in Cumberland County, North Carolina the same being the northwest corner of Tract I and running thence with the said eastern margin of said U.S. Highway #301 North 34 degrees 23 minutes East a distance of 105 feet to a second iron pipe located at the intersection of the eastern margin of U.S. Highway #301 with the southern margin of an unnamed sixty foot roadway; thence South 58 degrees East a distance of 210 feet to a third iron pipe in the southern margin said sixty foot roadway; thence South 34 degrees 23 minutes West a distance of 99.5 feet to an iron pipe, the same being the northeast corner of the aforesaid lot conveyed to Johnny Drew; thence North 59 degrees 37 minutes West a distance of 211 feet to the place and point of beginning, and being Lot #2 containing 0.49 acres.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4420 Dunn Road, Eastover, North Carolina. Parcel ID: 0469-74-4302 Commonly known as 4420 Dunn Road, Eastover, NC 28312 However, 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 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. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1286165 (FC.FAY)

customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on June 29, 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: The following described real property situate in the City of Fayetteville, County of Cumberland, and State of North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot No. 1, Block N, in a subdivision known as Shenandoah, Section Five, according to a plat of same duly recorded in Book of Plats 39, Page 52, Cumberland County Registry, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1906 Paisley Avenue, Fayetteville, North Carolina. TAX ID#: 0406.74-6618 By Fee Simple Deed from Larry A. Gatt and wife, Elaine M. Gatt as set forth in Deed Book 5189, Page 0121 and recorded on 11/8/1999, Cumberland County Records. 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. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 1394 - 2380

THOMAS F. WATKINS, JR.; KRISTINA M. WATKINS; RAYMOND M. NAYLOR; CAROLYN T. NAYLOR; AOP, INC. ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS; KORNERSTONE DESIGN, INC. D/B/A CORE 3 FITNESS; SOMALLY JAMES D/B/A SELAH THERAPEUTIC; BRIGHT LIGHT BREWING COMPANY, INC.; and ELITE FACILITIES, LLC; Defendants. TO: AOP, LLC Orthotics and Prosthetics 450 W. Russell Street, Ste. 102 Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301 Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the

relief being sought is as follows: The Plaintiff in the above entitled action has filed with the Clerk of Superior Court’s office of Cumberland County, North Carolina, a civil action concerning real property identified as Cumberland County Parcels Id Nos. 0437-443242 and 0437-44-2254. You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than July 6, 2020 (40 days from date of first publication) and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

J. Scott Flowers N.C. State Bar No.: 31525 Natasha M. Barone N.C. State Bar No.: 41873 Post Office Box 2505 Fayetteville, NC 28302 Telephone: (910) 864-6888 Facsimile: (910) 864-6848 Attorneys for Plaintiff Dates of Publication: 6/3/20, 6/10/20, 6/17/20 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED

WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

This the 27th day of May, 2020. HUTCHENS LAW FIRM LLP

c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1278068 (FC.FAY)

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RANDOLPH IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RANDOLPH COUNTY 20sp24 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY KEVIN R. HEMPHILL AND TINA MARIE HEMPHILL DATED APRIL 19, 2013 AND RECORDED IN BOOK RE2333 AT PAGE 1752 IN THE RANDOLPH COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RANDOLPH COUNTY 19sp384

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained 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 June 30, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Randolph County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Kevin R. Hemphill and Tina Marie Hemphill, dated April 19, 2013 to secure the original principal amount of $118,622.00, and recorded in Book RE2333 at Page 1752 of the Randolph County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

NOTICE OF SALE

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 June 30, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Randolph County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Timothy D. Tollison and Linda M. Tollison, dated January 10, 2000 to secure the original principal amount of $62,800.00, and recorded in Book 1642 at Page 1265 of the Randolph County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.

Address of property: Drive, Archdale, NC 27263 Tax Parcel ID: Present Record Owners: Tollison and Linda M. Tollison

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY TIMOTHY D. TOLLISON AND LINDA M. TOLLISON DATED JANUARY 10, 2000 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1642 AT PAGE 1265 IN THE RANDOLPH COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RANDOLPH COUNTY 19sp120 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY THOMAS W. MCGEE AND MITZI B. MCGEE DATED JANUARY 31, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1909 AT PAGE 1303 IN THE RANDOLPH COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in 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

UNION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION UNION COUNTY 20sp90 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY EDWARD E. CROSBY, A SINGLE MAN DATED MARCH 23, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 4115 AT PAGE 866 IN THE UNION 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

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 18 SP 29

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Camille R. Dixon (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Camille Rashon Dixon) to Frances Jones, Trustee(s), dated the 16th day of June, 2010, and recorded in Book 05348, Page 0040, in Union County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Union County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Judicial Center in the City of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:00 PM on July 2, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Union, North Carolina, and being more

WAKE AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 1641

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Thomas Scott Cooper and Rebecca Jones Cooper (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Thomas Scott Cooper and Rebecca Jones Cooper) to Alie Yates, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of December, 2006, and recorded in Book 12300, Page 1326, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION WAKE COUNTY 20sp309 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY VIRGINIA KEITH SCOTT DATED JULY 2, 2001 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 8994 AT PAGE 941 IN THE WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in 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

20 SP 831 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Obinna J. Achumba and Tabitha K. Mbaka to First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated December 21, 2006 and recorded on December 22, 2006 in Book 12328 at Page 2257, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county

20 SP 832 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Oscar S. Hatley and Betty-Jean Utley-Hatley a/k/a Betty Jean Utley-Hatley to First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated October 26, 2006 and recorded on October 31, 2006 in Book 012244 at Page 01882, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee

113 Meredith 7708783143 Timothy D.

cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on June 30, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Randolph County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Thomas W. McGee and Mitzi B. McGee, dated January 31, 2005 to secure the original principal amount of $207,000.00, and recorded in Book 1909 at Page 1303 of the Randolph County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: Rd, Sophia, NC 27350 Tax Parcel ID: Present Record Owners: McGee

3898 Nelson 7725360449 Thomas W.

And Being more commonly known as: 3898 Nelson Rd, Sophia, NC 27350

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 3:00PM on June 30, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Union County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Edward E. Crosby, a single man, dated March 23, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $114,000.00, and recorded in Book 4115 at Page 866 of the Union 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: Light Dr, Randleman, NC 27317 Tax Parcel ID: Present Record Owners: Hemphill and Tina Marie Hemphill

3416

Lamp

7764486996 Kevin Ray

And Being more commonly known as: 3416 Lamp Light Dr, Randleman, NC 27317 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Kevin Ray Hemphill and Tina Marie Hemphill. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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

And Being more commonly known as: 113 Meredith Drive, Archdale, NC 27263 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Timothy D. Tollison and Linda M. Tollison. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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

The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Thomas W. McGee. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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

Crosby And Being more commonly known as: 6201 Kelly Lynn Ct, Waxhaw, NC 28173 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Edward E. Crosby.

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 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 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 May 7, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-108956

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the

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 June 9, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 02-36439

DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 07-95543

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 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 June 9, 2020.

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 June 3, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 19-104766

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The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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

particularly described as follows: For informational purposes only: 8202 Stourhead Garden Ln., Waxhaw, NC 28173 Being all of Lot 204 of Prescot Subdivision, Phase 2, Map 3 as shown on a plat duly recorded in Plat Cabinet J at File 783, Union County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 8202 Stourhead Gardens Lane, Waxhaw, North Carolina. Being a portion of the property as conveyed to Redus Charlotte Housing, LLC on 10/6/2009, in Book 5223, Page 320 in the Union County Public Registry. Being the identical property as conveyed to Evergreen Homebuilders, LLC on 7/12/2007 in Book 4821, Page 572 in the Union County Public Registry. PIN: 06165305 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by

providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1224862 (FC.FAY)

the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on June 29, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 12, Lochaven Subdivision, as shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1965, Page 240, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 804 Pamlico Drive, Cary, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and

conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include,

but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not

cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1212962 (FC.FAY)

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 11:00AM on June 26, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Wake County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Virginia Keith Scott, dated July 2, 2001 to secure the original principal amount of $96,000.00, and recorded in Book 8994 at Page 941 of the Wake County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 1 2 0 5 Hazelnut Dr, Raleigh, NC 27610 Tax Parcel ID: 0062924 Present Record Owners: The Estate of Virginia Keith Scott And Being more commonly known as: 1205 Hazelnut Dr,

Raleigh, NC 27610 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate of Virginia Keith Scott. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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

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 June 5, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 20-108864

courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 1, 2020 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: LOT 6 GARNER PLACE TOWNHOMES, BM 2005-1780, WAKE COUNTY REGISTRY. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 526 Bradkin Court, Raleigh, NC 27610. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE

EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Obinna J. Achumba. 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.: 15-15309-FC01

will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 1, 2020 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 6, Westview Subdivision as recorded in Book of Maps 1996, Page 453, Wake County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 112 Holly Mountain Road, Holly Springs, NC 27540. 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 Betty Jean Utley and Oscar S. Hatley. 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

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TAKE NOTICE said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 1, 2020 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wake County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL OF LOT(S) 94, SECTION 1, GATEWOOD SUBDIVISION, RECORDED IN MAP BOOK(S) 1970, PAGE(S) 182, WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 206 Gatewood Dr, Raleigh, NC 27629. 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 Beverly Lipscomb. 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.

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for cash the following real estate situated in Wendell in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 29, Weathers Hunt Subdivision, as is shown on map recorded in Book of Maps 1998, Page 1404, Wake County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2205 Pointers Glen Way, Wendell, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical,

environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm

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County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point designated “Control Corner” on map hereinafter referred to, said point being the westernmost corner of Lot 32 of Holland Park Subdivision recorded in Book of Maps 1984, Page 175, Wake County Registry; thence along the rear lines of Lot 32, 33, and 34 of Holland Park Subdivision South 42 deg. 30’ 00” East 228.48 feet to a point in the northern right of way line of Millbrook Road; thence along said northern right of way line three calls as follows: (1) in a westerly direction along a curve to the left having a radius of 863.15 feet, an arc distance of 109.21 feet to a point; (2) North 88 deg. 20’ 39” West 57.30 feet to a point and (3) in a northwesterly direction along a curve to the right having a radius of 30 feet, an arc distance of 22.97 feet to a point in the western right of way line of Pleasant Grove Church Road; thence along the western right of way line of Pleasant Grove Church Road three calls as follows: (1) In a northerly direction along a curve to the right having a radius of 30 feet, a distance of 22.45 feet to a point in said right of way line; (2) North 03 deg. 05’ 58” East 5.15 feet to a point and (3) in a northeasterly direction along a curve to the right having a radius of 256.025 feet, an arc distance of 126.15 feet to the Point and Place of Beginning containing 0.323 acres, according to a map entitled “Survey of Lot 1 Holland Landing House Creek Township, Raleigh, N.C. “

dated November 8, 1993, prepared by Al Prince & Associates, P.A.. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3200 West Millbrook Road, Raleigh, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective

on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1297687 (FC.FAY)

1226299-DRS AMENDED NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

below, together with any improvements and fixtures existing or hereafter placed on or attached to the tracts of real property, and all other appurtenant rights and privileges, situated, lying and being in Wake County, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Parcel 1: BEING all of Lot 2, containing .773 acres, as same is shown on a map entitled “Minor Subdivision Plat for Martha M. Eddins Trust, Town of Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina,” and being recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Page 2038, Wake County Registry. Parcel 2: BEING all of Lot 3, containing .766 acres, as same is shown on a map entitled “Minor Subdivision Plat for Martha M. Eddins Trust, Town of Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina,” and being recorded in Book of Maps 2003, Page 2038, Wake County Registry. LESS AND EXCEPT all of that property descripted in that certain deed recorded in Book 11308 at Page 1351 in the aforesaid county registry. Commonly known as 0 West Judd Street, Zebulon, NC 27597 (Parcel 1); 216 West Judd Street, Zebulon, NC 27597 (Parcel 2) Addresses of property: 0 West Judd Street and 216 West Judd Street, Zebulon, Wake County, NC 27834

Tax Parcel IDs: 0327917 and 0019925 Present Record Owners: Greg Eddins and Jeffrey Eddins The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or a certified check not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00). In the event that the note holder or its intended assignee is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder may also be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and the tax required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. 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 sale and reinstatement of the loan with-

out 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 declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: 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 the 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 ef-

fective date of the termination. Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. Substitute Trustee Goddard & Peterson, PLLC 125-B Williamsboro Street Oxford, NC 27565 Telephone: 919-339-4320 Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc.

WAKE 19 SP 3021 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Beverly Lipscomb to Ormond Harriott, Trustee(s), which was dated August 31, 2005 and recorded on August 31, 2005 in Book 11562 at Page 244, Wake County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Bretz S. Brodie, Nikicia Brodie (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Bretz S. Brodie and Nikicia Brodie) to Ben H. Colvard, III, Trustee(s), dated August 31, 2005, and recorded in Book No. 011569, at Page 00965 in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on June 29, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by J1HP, LLC, A76L, LLC and The Legacy at Jordan Lake, LLC (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): J1HP, LLC) to John W. King, Jr., Trustee(s), dated the 18th day of February, 2011, and recorded in Book 14329, Page 2443, in Wake County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Wake County Courthouse door, the Salisbury Street entrance in the City of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on June 29, 2020 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Wake, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Wake

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Greg Eddins and Jeffrey Eddins (hereinafter “Borrowers”) dated July 17, 2017 and recorded on July 20, 2017 in Book 16850 at Page 1746 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina (hereinafter “Deed of Trust”); and because of the default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Wake County Courthouse, 316 Fayetteville St., Raleigh, North Carolina on FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020, AT 1:30 O’CLOCK P.M., all of Borrowers’ right to the real property described herein

discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-11315-FC01

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Dr. John Enamait, Stanly Community College president, and Dr. Myra Furr, SCC dean of students, introduce students at a drive-thru graduation ceremony on June 8, 2020.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Officer burned by explosive thrown during protest Mecklenburg County Police are looking for a “person of interest” regarding an incident in which an explosive device was lobbed at an officer during a recent protest. The officer suffered second-degree burns. CharlotteMecklenburg Police released photos that show what appears to be a man dressed in black and carrying a backpack. The explosive was thrown into a group of officers outside an office building and exploded before they could get out of the way. One officer’s clothing caught fire. He was struck by shrapnel in the face and arm and lost his hearing for two days. The officer was not identified. AP

‘Black Lives Matter’ Charlotte mural repaired after damage Mecklenburg County Artists in Charlotte repaired the “Black Lives Matter” mural in the city after it was damaged by a driver who left tire marks on it. No arrests have been made since police began investigating the vandalism discovered Friday, but 16 artists who created the pavement art came out Sunday to restore their works just six days after they were first painted. The artwork, with each letter spelling out Black Lives Matter in a different theme, has quickly become a focus of political gatherings in the city. AP

Prime Beverage Group adding jobs Cabarrus County The Prime Beverage Group announced that it will be adding 231 new jobs to its facility in Kannapolis. It will be creating a manufacturing operation in an existing building. Kannapolis City Council and Cabarrus County Commissioners provided a total of $2.5 million in grant money over five years to help the company establish the facility. The company plans to invest $68 million in the city. WBTV

Stanly Community College holds drive-thru graduation By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — Back in midMay, Stanly Community College’s Graduation Planning Committee had an unresolved question to answer. What would be the best way to handle its 2020 commencement ceremony in compliance with social distancing standards? According to SCC President Dr. John Enamait, the committee initially reserved the Stanly County Agri-Civic Center for multiple days in August, but then received feedback from students who felt that August was too late in the year for a commencement event. The committee began to ponder the prospect of a virtual graduation ceremony before deciding that its graduates deserved something more official. “For some of our students, this is the last time they’ll walk across the stage, and I didn’t want to

take that experience away from them,” Enamait told SCJ. A final decision was soon established; the committee rented a stage, as well as multiple tents, in order to enact its first-ever drive-thru graduation at its Albemarle campus. Between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on June 8 through June 11, SCC successfully completed its plan, allowing students to walk across a graduation stage set up in the parking lot between the college’s Eddins Building and Whitley Building to receive their diplomas. “It’s unfortunate that we had to go to a ‘Plan C’ or ‘Plan D’ for our graduates, but in reality, given the pandemic, I’m pleased overall with the experience we were able to provide to the students,” Enamait said. “In some ways, it was a better experience for some of our students, because it was a much more intimate experience than when they’re at the Stanly County

“It’s unfortunate that we had to go to a ‘Plan C’ or ‘Plan D’ for our graduates, but in reality, given the pandemic, I’m pleased overall with the experience we were able to provide to the students.” SCC President Dr. John Enamait Agri-Civic Center with 200 other people.” In past years, SCC has used the Agri-Civic Center as its primary location for its annual commencement ceremony, but due to safety concerns regarding COVID-19, SCC chose to go a more cautionary route this time around. “With the drive-thru ceremony, students were able to park, get out of their car with their fami-

lies, and take pictures,” Enamait said. “We had some graduates who had kids, and we let the kids come across the stage with them. It was more informal but allowed for a more personalized experience, and some of the feedback that we’ve gotten from students has been very positive.” The preparation for the outdoor event required teamwork from SCC employees, who assisted in setting up the stage, tents, and directional signs, among other preparatory tasks. “It’s humbling to think about how hard the faculty and staff worked,” Enamait said. “We have a committee that worked tirelessly to put this event on — that’s what makes Stanly so special.” On June 8, graduates from SCC’s health science programs received their diplomas, while June 9 featured Public Services, and College and Career Readiness graduates. Stanly Early College borrowed SCC’s setup that Tuesday night for its own drive-thru graduation ceremony, which promptly wrapped up before a storm arrived in Albemarle. Students graduating from university transfer programs walked across the stage on June 10, while Advanced Manufacturing, Industry, Business, Technology and Trades students received their diplomas on June 11.

5 staff test positive for COVID at Albemarle Correctional Institution No reported cases among inmate population at ACI By David Larson Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) has recorded five positive cases among their staff at the Albemarle Correctional Institution, spurring worry that another prison outbreak, like the one in eastern North Carolina’s Neuse Correctional, which had almost 500 positive cases, could be occurring in Stanly County. John Bull, communications officer for NCDPS on prisons, told SCJ on June 15, “We currently have 31 staff members who have reported or have tested positive and are out of work, including five of them in Albemarle, and this is all recently within the last week or so.” Bull said prisons have taken over four-dozen actions in

line with CDC and state health department guidelines and are hopeful these are working overall. The prisoners are kept in self-contained units and do not interact with prisoners from other units. This helps keep any contamination from spreading throughout the prison. As far as they are able, NCDPS also does not allow staff to move from unit to unit or interact with staff from other units. Staff who have any symptoms are asked to stay home, and temperature checks are done throughout the day and prior to entry. Visitation has been entirely eliminated since March 16. “It’s been a lot of work, but we’re sitting here in the grand scheme of things with 30-some staff [out of 14,000] out with it, and around 55 offenders [out of 31,000] still have this,” said Bull. “And hopefully there isn’t an outbreak in the offender population at Albemarle, but this has happened to other prisons. And we will address this

“And hopefully there isn’t an outbreak in the offender population at Albemarle, but this has happened to other prisons. And we will address this and we will make this work. We will do what is necessary.” John Bull, communications officer for NCDPS on prisons and we will make this work. We will do what is necessary.” The Neuse Correctional outbreak made headlines after the prison in Goldsboro saw more and more positive tests over a short period. “It rose from two offenders, to seven, to eight, to 18, to 19. I think we got up to 39 or so when we de-

cided to test everyone,” Bull said of the Neuse outbreak. “And the data and test results came back, and there were like 460 offenders who had tested positive for COVID-19 and didn’t know it. They had no symptoms, they had no signs, nothing. And they went through the medical quarantine period. They are presumed recovered under the CDC guidelines and 90% of them never had symptoms.” Despite the fact that the vast majority showed no signs, Bull said the danger is that for those with pre-existing conditions, the disease is extremely deadly. Three of the five deaths from COVID-19 in state prisons happened from the Neuse outbreak, and all five of the deaths occurred in those with pre-existing conditions. “They all had underlying health conditions. That’s one of the keys, is the underlying health conditions. This virus definitely impacts those people the most by far.”

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DEATH NOTICES ♦ Claudine Dennis Morris, 92, of ♦ Darrell Evans Honeycutt, 71, of Albemarle, passed away June 9.

Albemarle, passed away June x Jerry Wayne Fincher, 85, of 09. Albemarle, died April 3.

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However, as a Christian, husband These stories from throughout our r Virginia’s stay-at-home orders go into June. They’re treated as though we as a society simply must accept without and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me of just how much we hope, inspiration and supplies to peopl Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what the government tells us about when it’s safe to begin the have to be thankful and hopeful for, even in the midst of this global workers on the front lines of the corona a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to normalcy. Lenten and pandemic. While people throughout our commu No. The government works for us, and we have the right to ask those when did state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. For me, my faith is an important part of my daily life and decision I am glad initiatives we have passed in Easter seasons If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the questions. And the longer stay-at-home orders are in place all over the ioning making. As I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are supporting se justification for it. And the answers should notabe vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some of them get in states, such as Michigan, provide nment Corinthians 1:4, which reminds us our Lord “comforts us in all our helping small businesses keep people o must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about message of affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any relief will soon reach families and work levels It will need to be explained in detailhope to the people of this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand that we will affliction, with the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by continue working on common sense an are being told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined answers. me a 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 is 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. God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy spo itizens COLUMN mandated| that weSHAPIRO do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We should all continue to do what we can to keep our families, gatherings, BEN this difficult time. Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many the data. State Republican leaders have, too. services ourselves, and our communities safe. But we should also still continue church in a free confident we will emerge out of this pandemic stronger than ever. own temporary Unfortunately, when certain types ofand questions get asked, there is to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home sacrifices for the greate many more ty were In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired they by stories humanity are over. sometimes a disturbing tendency among some people to treat those measures are understandable, shouldofalso have an expiration date. after our own osed neighbors helping neighbors. I wish everyone celebrating Easter, a simply questioning the data and asking when we can start getting back This is all new to Americans, and it is not normal. Not in any way, temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray we can all continu BEN SHAPIRO last I COLUMN to normal| as though they are conspiracy theorists or are people who shape, or form. So while we should remain vigilant and stay safe, at money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary safety guidelines and remain sacrifices are WITH THEget DEATH of George Floyd — a heinous atrocitythe same must be considered racist. otherwise don’t care if they themselves or others sick. time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new ked. health care workers out of his own home. through this together. every American decries unitybecome should ahave Since when virtually did questioning government at all—levels bad normal.”Thus, we hear that the police are the greatest threat to black over. hate Americans and that’s why they must be defunded. But we thing? That isprevailed. what free Americans citizens living inpolice a free brutality; society were supposedcare NotAmericans, one little bit. AIN; after this COVID-19 virus dissipates The cavalier which China lied about of the absence, a product of racism, created the about black lives; Americans despisemanner looting in and rioting; also the hearorigin that police to do, last I checked. he United States, China will Americans pay for Stanly this want virus, covered up its spread and tried to tell the world there were only led to higher crime rates in black County Journal Wednesday, April 15, 2020 to protect citizens but preserve the ability ofStaceyconditions My first concern as we go along in all this, offor course, is my family. I’m Matthewsthat has originally also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah r Wednesday, April 15, 2020 nother. 3,341 related deaths has led to worldwide panic, economic collapse police to stop crime. We mean can,and therefore, blame the for crime worried aboutthe them catching the virus, and I’m worried I will. 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While people throughout our communities continue to step up, leaders in our community, I reached out to Democrats and • Improving police training, including de-escalation China. measures without immediate fear of rampant inflation and currency Our country is e answers should not be vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some of them get in states, such as Michigan, ccordingEaster to theseasons University ofRepublicans Washington Institute for Health lockdowns forand large swaths ofI the population, withwe wide-scale For me, my faith is an important part of my daily life decision am glad initiatives have passed in Congress, like the Paycheck in the House and Senate. It quickly became clear tactics -19 depreciation. undance of caution.” the more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about united in outrage Metrics and Evaluation model most oftAs cited by members ofreforms the testing and contact tracing, or with the realization that we will have making. I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are supporting self-employed people there are a number of needed on which we all agree. • Reforming collective bargaining to ensure unions are and y China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions through provide a ned in detail to the people of this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand over the killing of expected rumpout administration, the need for hospital beds atusobviously tothat isolate those who are most vulnerable and let everyone else work.on the payroll, while direct Corinthians 1:4, which reminds our Lord “comforts us in all our helping small businesses keep people It is also clear that it must be done in a way supports not able to protect bad police officers ame of a economic and financial means. Diplomacy has not worked obless and at home an undetermined answers. message offorand George Floyd eak outbreak was revised down bypolice over 120,000, theput number of Which raises third question: What exactly do?and Are affliction, that weworld may be able to comfort those who are intoany relief will soon reachcan families workers. good officers who their lives onhealth, the line every daythe Increasing funding forwe mental health andPlease suicideknow that I’ll to bring China into the civilized of 21st hygiene els predicting hundreds of thousands ofso cases Leaders atcentury the local and state levels should be• as forthcoming as they hope that we will 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 fewand targeted solutions so that a determination affliction, the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by continue working on common sense protect us.withcommunist prevention resources to support police officers ation of and fair trade. Totalitarian regimes never take the blame can be with those answers — and again, not vague answers, but answer again enjoy ugust byonce 12,000. months —we andshould compelling• people to defeat take regularly, since God.” can coronavirus andthe keep people businesses tonearly never allow it asked Iand believe should not be a partisan one — uptests athe national reporting system, so badand cops has nowhat other or express sincere regret andissue remorse, because that is not what with the state has thenthis with details that give their statements believability. weSetting 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. work together to enact change now. Unfortunately, while I can’t bounce from one department to another where purely totalitarian governments do. They take advantage of every weakness to happen again. along the way I’ve also had questions about We should all continue to do what we can to keep our families, uestions that will allow economy reopen. create awe contact tracing system for this 330represents million Americans — for andbipartisan reflectwith ontothis message andreleased beuntil comforted, so may But live out Until the Lenten and Easter seasons provide a message of concerts, family agree parts of the bill thiscommunities week by colleagues I believe a roadmap consensus nd delivery they findthe in adversaries and keep pushing win orthat themy n leaders have, too. ourselves, andthey our safe. we should also stillthen, continue We must seize First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate? This question is are we willing to submit ourselves to one? God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy sporting events, concerts, family across the aisle, it also includes partisan sections that would and meaningful reform. By working off of this draft adversaries push back. gatherings, rtain types ofhistoric questions get asked, there is to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home this mportant because it determines whether certain areas ought to One thing is certain: Things cannot continue as they have been. this difficult time. Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many more celebrations after our weaken legal standards that could discourage police officers legislation, I am confident we can work together to actually rndency is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl among people to treat those measures are understandable, they should also have an expiration date. church some services and open oropportunity closed,meltdown whether we ought to we pursue — Sweden style — pandemic a police Americans are notever. going to stay home for months ontalk end, and confident will emerge out of this stronger than own temporary sacrifices for the greater good of the country and from doing their jobs and nationalizes standards, which enact these reforms, not just about them or pass partisan ofetatheir in 1986. Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars and asking when we can start getting back This is all new to Americans, and it is not normal. Not in any way, and many more more liberalized society that presumes wide spread, or whether certainly will do so that on the basis of over. ever-evolving models, law. The time for make real change In this same spirit, Ithe continue towe be inspired stories of not humanity are should be determined by communities and states. Our country bills don’t have the chance of becoming ly $120 program of are Reagan, led directly toshape, dissolution of thethey Soviet Union are conspiracy theorists or people who or form. So while webyshould remain vigilant and stay safe, at after our own ught to lock down further. especially as statistics roll in that look like the lower-end model neighbors Ishow wish votes everyone celebrating as well as Passover, a joyous — whilein also is united inhelping outrageneighbors. over the killing of George Floyd and a talkthis andso-called is over. Now, weEaster, must act. equipment y get themselves or1989. others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with “new We’ve seen case fatality rates — Concord, the number of deaths divided by estimates in terms of death and theatupper-end estimates in terms temporary In a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray we can all continue to keep practice determination to never allow it to happen again. We must As I said the memorial service last week, we have faith, to 5 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. supporting law ning government at all levels become a bad normal.” atenumber Journal Wednesday, April 15, 2020 he offor identified COVID-19 cases —aare but both the numerator ofpossibility economic damage. We need transparency and honesty from ourweeks, money to buy 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary safety guidelines and remain confident that we will get sacrifices are seize this historic opportunity and make real change — while come together to solve this. In the coming I’ll continue Senators in Washington already talking about the itizens living in a free society were supposed Not one little bit. enforcement. nd theChina denominator are likely wrong. We don’t know many scientific — we to need to know what they know, they to enact real, health care workers out hisowe ownthem home. through this together. also supporting law enforcement. fight for these common sensewhat solutions nt in forgiving $1.2 trillion in debtofhow we as one way toexperts get over. of China eople have actually died coronavirus. Some sources suggest the don’t and when hope to know what they don’t. police reform. I’ll also continue to this inI’m mind, I have have released ahas discussion draft of they meaningful and bipartisan ufacturing China to of “pay” for damage they caused the US.also Don’t hold your go along in all this, of course, isWith mythe family. Stacey Matthews written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah umber has been overestimated, given that classification for cause We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing to follow concerns their advice. common-sense builds onask theyour conversations listen Insurrection. to your feedback, andBut suggestions. We owe it lion in virus, and breath waiting a Chinese “Jubilee” tothat but elected ing the I’m worried Ifor will. After legislation and is ahappen regular contributor to RedState and Legal f death, particularly among elderly patients, can be variable. Some they need to start answering serious questions, or they will fall as prey I have had with Republicans and Democrats. Many of the to the memory of George Floyd, as well good police officers nue is representatives to hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for irus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, ources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith to which all other American ideas come from Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, as well as who have died in the line of duty, to make these changes so etra areprecautions, now this disaster. because all of this brings up many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeplythat prone. the Democrat’s legislation. You can see the entire list of ideas every member of our community feels safe and respected. mies as in the It is about time they are expected to operate as responsible citizens of of a painful experience I’d prefer not to repeat. Even more importantly, we have no clue how many Americans the world like any other modern nation. e lose sleep is how easily most everyone has ctually have coronavirus. Some scientists suggest that the number Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, American fetidentified cases could be an order of magnitude lower than the host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire. that they bins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor umber of people who have had coronavirus and not been tested. com. world and

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UVA changes athletics logo design linked with slavery Charlottesville, Va. The University of Virginia is changing the logos it uses for its athletics teams just two months after they were unveiled after criticism that a design element referred to the school’s history with slavery. Fans raised objections to the serpentine curves put on the handles of the sabres below the V for Virginia and on the Cavalier shield. They were meant to mimic “the design of the serpentine walls” that long stood on the campus, according to a statement from the school’s athletics department on Monday. Historians pointed out that former President Thomas Jefferson designed the original eight-foot-high walls to muffle the sounds of slaves and hide them from public view.

Halls of fame adapt to coronavirus concerns The museums’ interactive exhibits require rethinking with safety at the forefront By Jimmy Golen The Associated Press AS PART of a $22 million, court-to-dome renovation, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame replaced the static plaques honoring inductees with touch screens that display videos and career highlights. Another exhibit allows visitors to put their hands inside an impression of Kevin Durant’s, to compare sizes. That was before a pandemic turned hands-on into “Hands Off!” Now, for the museum’s planned reopening on July 1, visitors will touch the touch screens with a stylus, and the players’ handprints will be covered by plexiglass. “You can look, but you can’t put your hand in it,” hall President John Doleva said. “For obvious

reasons.” As the world attempts to reopen from the coronavirus shutdown, every restaurant, retail shop and other public amenity is looking for ways to return to business while still keeping its staff and customers safe. But for the Springfield, Massachusetts, basketball shrine and other sports museums, there is an added challenge: managing social distancing and other health protocols while preserving the interactive features they have long leaned upon to help bring oncedusty archives to life. “It’s a much more engaging experience, and you can really only do that through touch,” Doleva said. “It’s a different world, but we want to be one of the first places people think about visiting. We’re investing in all the protocols to make sure our museum is safe.” When it reopens, the basketball hall will hand out styluses with a rubber tip to every visitor to diminish the chance of spreading the virus from their hands.

On Center Court, where fans can shoot at hoops resembling James Naismith’s original peach basket or dunk on rims of different heights, a staff member will hand out the basketballs and sanitize them after each use. Museum consultant Jim Richardson said exhibitors are making many of the same changes as other businesses — screening visitors, cleaning more frequently, making masks available, cutting capacity to allow for social distancing and adding plexiglass dividers and hand sanitizing stations. Some interactive displays will need to be closed for now. But halls of fame can’t abandon hands-on exhibits entirely. “Research has shown that museums that include physical interaction as well as information and objects make it easier for people to learn and retain information,” said Richardson, whose company, MuseumNext, works with exhibitors to keep up with the latest museum trends. “These playful interactives also spark creative thinking, especially for children.” Instead, curators may need to make interactives less touchyfeely, like moving audio tours from rented headsets to visitors’ phones; games that might previ-

“It’s a struggle, but that doesn’t stop us. ... We’re going to deliver the punch.” Ed Brophy, executive director of the International Boxing Hall of Fame ously have been hands-on could be simulated with virtual reality, motion-capture cameras. Richardson, who is based in England, said some museums that have come back have seen visits recover quickly. “People are eager to get out and experience all the things that they’ve missed during shelter in place,” he said. “And visiting museums is part of that.” The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, is tentatively scheduled to reopen on June 26. The International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, is also hoping to reopen by the end of June. “We all want to go back in time,” boxing hall executive director Ed Brophy said. “It’s a struggle, but that doesn’t stop us. ... We’re going to deliver the punch.”

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Bailey, Freeney debut on college Hall of Fame ballot Atlanta Georgia cornerback Champ Bailey, Syracuse defensive end Dwight Freeney and Kansas State running back Darren Sproles will appear on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. The National Football Foundation on Tuesday announced the players and coaches from college football who are up for selection to the Atlantabased Hall of Fame. Former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is also up for induction for the first time, and Heisman Trophy winners Carson Palmer from Southern California and Rashaan Salaam from Colorado are among those returning to the ballot.

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49ers give Shanahan new deal through 2025 San Francisco The San Francisco 49ers rewarded coach Kyle Shanahan with a new sixyear contract Monday after he took the team to the Super Bowl in his third season at the helm. The Niners are replacing the three years remaining on Shanahan’s original six-year contract signed in 2017 to keep him under contract through 2025. The 49ers won just 10 games in Shanahan’s first two seasons in San Francisco before a breakthrough in 2019. The Niners went 13-3 in the regular season, with the ninewin improvement the biggest in one season in team history.

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Durant joins ownership group for soccer’s Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant has joined the ownership group of Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union. Durant, a 10-time NBA All-Star, has a 5% ownership stake, with an option for 5% more in the near future, the Union announced Monday. The Union and Durant’s Thirty Five Ventures, a firm he runs with sports executive Rich Kleiman, will partner to grow the team’s profile and community outreach through the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation. Major League Soccer’s season has been on hold since March 12 because of the pandemic. The 26-team league is set to restart next month with a World Cup-style tournament in Florida.

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The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, pictured in 2016, is among the sports halls of fame that are rethinking interactive exhibits during the coronavirus pandemic.

Jordan talks to Hornets about being uncomfortable, winning In his decade as an owner the Hall of Fame player is yet to have success in Charlotte

“A lot of guys on our team haven’t played in the playoffs and don’t understand the attention to detail you have to play with in the playoffs.”

By Steve Reed The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Michael Jordan helped build the Chicago Bulls into a winner as a player. He’s desperate to do the same thing in Charlotte as the owner of the Hornets. Charlotte players say Jordan spoke to them recently via video conference call about what it takes to be a champion, emphasizing the need for accountability — even if it means making teammates comfortable. Those are some of the same qualities that were on display during the 10-part documentary the “Last Dance,” which focused on Jordan’s sixth and final NBA championship run with the Bulls. In the hour-long conference call that came after the conclusion of “The Last Dance,” Charlotte point guard Devonte Graham said Jordan told players they can’t be uncomfortable “calling out teammates” in practice when things aren’t going as planned or mistakes become repetitive. “That’s going to make you guys even better,” Graham said reiterating Jordan’s remarks. “You’ll bond better. Your team is stronger. There is more of a respect level, instead of not saying anything and letting guys mess up over and over and

Hornets forward Cody Zeller on the message from owner Michael Jordan

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Owner Michael Jordan spoke to his Hornets players recently via video conference call about what it takes to be a champion, emphasizing the need for accountability, even if it means making teammates uncomfortable. over again, and you’re losing and losing.” Jordan hasn’t come close to matching his success as a player since taking over majority control of the Hornets 10 years ago. Charlotte has never made it out of the first round of the playoffs and has only won three postseason games in the Jordan era. In an effort to stop that cycle of mediocrity, Jordan hired Mitch Kupchak as the team’s new general manager in 2018, and the Hornets have since embarked on a rebuild-

ing process which included parting ways with three-time All-Star Kemba Walker last offseason in an effort to focus on developing young players. Jordan took questions from players and spoke directly about the difference between what it takes to win in the regular season and the playoffs. Hornets center Cody Zeller said that was an important message for a young team to hear. “A lot of guys on our team haven’t played in the playoffs and don’t

understand the attention to detail you have to play with in the playoffs,” Zeller said. “That was what I enjoyed hearing from MJ, especially as a younger team.” Hornets guard Terry Rozier joked that after watching “The Last Dance” he probably would have got into a few fistfights with Jordan, too. But Rozier is not sure Jordan’s aggressive approach would work with some of this generation’s players. “I feel like you have to pick your poison,” Rozier said. “One thing with being teammates with guys in this league is you have to learn who they are first. Some people don’t like to be confronted in front of others; some people you have to pull aside. So I feel like it is a mixture of learning your teammates and knowing when to call them out.... so that people don’t have a bad taste in their mouth about one another.”

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‘The Last Dance’ MLB commissioner director talks project says baseball on Jordan’s Bulls season in jeopardy The Manfred 10-part documentary Rob cited a breakdown will air in talksover withfive theSundays players’ union By Tim Reynolds By Ronald Blum The Associated The AssociatedPress Press

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Kevyn Adams, center, pictured at a 10-year celebration of the Hurricanes winning the Stanley Cup, has been named the new general manager of the Buffalo Sabres. KEVIN L. DORSEY | NC A&T ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PHOTO North Carolina A&T receiver Elijah Bell, pictured in 2017 against North Carolina Central, is among the HBCU draft hopefuls who was affected by the canceled events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sabres fire GM Botterill, replace HBCU NFL hopefuls adjust him with former Canes playerafter

canceled pro days, combine “We recognized “Just we have because we philosophical are from differences smaller regarding schools how best to doesn’t put ourselves mean in a position wecompete can’t to compete.” for a Stanley Cup.” De’Montrez Burroughs, Terry Pegula South Carolina State receiver

Kevyn Adams was an alternate captain on Carolina’s 2006 pandemic Stanley The coronavirus Cup-winning team has made it even harder

for under-the-radar players to an impression on By make John Wawrow The Associated Press teams BUFFALO, N.Y. — The BuffaBy Kyle Hightower lo Sabres fired general manager The Associated Jason BotterillPress on Tuesday in a

dramatic change-of-course three DE’MONTREZ Burroughs weeks after co-owner Kim Pegulooked at it as his best shot to acla said his job was secure. complish his NFL dream. In announcing the decision, The South Carolinasenior Statevice sethe Sabres promoted nior receiver had the dates cirpresident of business adminiscled onKevyn his calendar. First, the tration Adams as BotterBulldogs’ annual pro day on ill’s successor. March 19, followed a week lat“The decision was made after er by the first-ever NFL combine many candid discussions with event held for draft prospects Jason during a full review of our from Historically Black hockey operations,” KimColleges and her and Universities who didn’t husband, Terry Pegula, said rein ceive invitations to the national a statement. “We recognized we combine in Indianapolis. have philosophical differences He left for spring the regarding how best tobreak put ourweek before his pro day with evselves in a position to compete erything ready to go. He had film for a Stanley Cup.” packages to distribute to scouts. Botterill’s dismissal represents He was also thinking what a major reversal after about Kim Peguhe would say in interviews with la backed the GM in May, telling representatives from NFL teams The Associated Press: “He’s our and to ask like with Pro GM. what Our plan is toidols continue Football Hall of Famer Deion him.” Sanders, would be there. Pegulawho acknowledged at the “It was a chance to be ablenot to time that the decision might showcase our talent,” Burroughs be popular with a win-starved said. “JustShe because from fan base. cited we the are GM’s fasmaller schools doesn’t mean miliarity with the team and we its

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JASON HEHIR was a kid in the stands inManNEW YORK — Baseball Commissioner Rob Boston Garden on April 20, 1986, the day that fred says there might be no major league games this Michael scoredinatalks playoff-record 63 and year afterJordan a breakdown between teams points. the players’ union on how to split up money in a seawas a Christmas gift from pandemic. his father, who sonItdelayed by the coronavirus stuck a note promising “Two tickets the Airon big The league also revealed several to players Jordan Show” in his stocking that holiday sealeague rosters have tested positive for COVID-19. son. It’sdays a giftafter Hehirunion will never Two headforTony Clark declared get, thoughnegotiations his currentfutile, seat Manfred for additional reversed his another Jordan show of sorts is he was “100%” position of last week when he said considerably better. certain the 2020 season would start. “I wouldn’t Hehir is the director Dan of the Deputy Commissioner Halem callsent it a a sevESPN and Netflix production “The chief en-page letter to players’ association negotiator challenge. I Last Dance,” a 10-part Bruce Meyer asking the documenunion whether it will waive tary series that debuts April 19 and the threat of legal action and would call it tellsMLB the story of Jordan’s Chitell to announce a final spring a privilege.” cago Bulls season in and 1997-98 training report date a reg-that culminated in a sixth NBA title. ular-season schedule. Hehir’s 10,000 hours latest Jason Hehir, Thesetask: wereTake just the latest es- of“This archived footage, add interviews calating volleys in a confron- threat is directorjust of “The with more than 100the people, tation over starting seasonand one more turn it into about 8½ hours of teleLast Dance” that is seen as a preliminary vision. ahead of bargaining to indication that battle “I wouldn’t callcontract it a challenge,” replace the labor that Major League Hehir said. “I would call it a privilege.” expires on Dec. 1, 2021. The series movedfor up two to proBaseball “It’s just awas disaster our months vide content-starved with something new game, absolutely nofans question has been to watch during the pandemic. about it,” Manfred saidcoronavirus during ESPN was originally planning to release the in an appearance on ESPN. “It negotiating documentary in June, coinciding with what shouldn’t be happening, and it’s bad faith since would have that beenwe thisfind season’s NBA Finals. important a way the beginning.” run over get fivethe Sundays to It getwill past it and game ending May 17, with two one-hour broadcasts each week. back on the field for the benefit “I’m happy if we can bring a little bit ofClark, light to Tony of our fans.” people in atraining dark time Hehir said. “Sports Spring washere,” stopped MLBPA union are such an part of our because of indelible the pandemic on cultural fabric and lacking that ... there’s a significant March 12, two weeks before head hole in enjoymentday, that people feel,sides the escape that peoopening and the ple can feel from everyday life that sports brings reached an agreement March us.”on how to revise their labor deal to account for 26 accelerated launch has only added to a theThe virus. hectic time for Hehir and his has team. Since then, the hostility escalated to 1990s There anticipation levels as has thebeen sidesmuch exchanged offers.about MLBtheclaims documentary, which in Hehir’s mind came teams can’t afford to play without fans andtopay the gether much faster thanfor such a project prorated salaries called in the Marchusually deal, which does. included a provision for “good-faith” negotiations “Normally, to do of angames hourlong archival doc- or over the possibility in empty ballparks umentary from start to finish, it takes about neutral sites. a year from inception of the idea to the that re- told Clark hadthe issued a statement Saturday search to doing all the shooting to getting it all and MLB: “It’s time to get back to work. Tell us when together,The storyboarding it out, mapping out, where.” union then said it might file it a grievance editing, additional getting notes back, documents it takes about a seeking economic and money year,” Hehir “We’re 10 ofor those. And damages thatsaid. could totaldoing $1 billion more. we“Players had a little over twothat years to do it so we’re unarebit disgusted after Rob Manfred already working at five times our normal rate.” equivocally told players and fans that there would The be pandemic matters. ‘100%’ a 2020 further season, complicates he has decided to go back Hehir and his team are finishing things up while on his word and is now threatening to cancel the enseparated, Zoom meetings tire season,”connecting Clark saidthrough in a statement Monday. but“This largely in isolation at their own laptops to that latest threat is just one more indication get the last pieces of the story ready to air. Major League Baseball has been negotiating in bad The documentary goes deeper just 1997faith since the beginning,” Clark than added. “This has al98, though that season is the overriding theme. ways been about extracting additional pay cuts from It also serves as aisretrospective Jordan’s bas- bad players and this just another of day and another ketball life, in from hisongoing college days at North Carofaith tactic their campaign.” lina throughsaid his rise atopofthe Manfred ahead lastNBA. week’s amateur draft Hehir knows there is an buildup and that the chance of a seasonongoing was “100%.” anticipation surrounding theMonday. documentary, and He reversed his position still feels nervousness. met with Jordan “I’m not confident. He I think there’s real sevrisk; and erallong times theno course of thethat project, as as over there’s dialogue, real includrisk is going ingcontinue,” three sit-down interviews are “The part of to Manfred said onthat ESPN. owners the documentary. are 100% committed to getting baseball back on the “I hope that peopleIwill liketell it as much we100% field. Unfortunately, can’t you thatasI’m did,” Hehir said. certain that’s going to happen.”

Become a part of Stanly County Schools! Stanly County Schools has an opening for a Speech Language Pathologist serving the K-12 population. Position is a full-time, 10 month position with full benefits. Candidate must hold a current certification from North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists. Interested applicants can apply through the SCS website and email resume to Dr. Laura Beachum, Director of Exceptional Children's Program, at laura.beachum@stanlycountyschools.org.

Stanly County County Journal Journal for for Wednesday, Wednesday, April June 17, Stanly 15, 2020 2020

Blind voters fear loss hospital Backup coronavirus of with shift residents in privacy Memphis worries to mail voting By Adrian Sainz The Associated Press By Christina A. Cassidy TheMEMPHIS, Associated Press Tenn. — Faced with the threat of overburdened ATLANTA —across Not that ago, hospitals, states thelong country Ann Byington had to squeeze into are converting convention centers, asports voting booth and withperformance a Republifacilities can pollinto watcher ontreatment one side and a spaces backup sites Democrat on thepatients. other reading her for coronavirus voting choices loud so her TenbalWhat someoutMemphis, lot could be marked forget herisand nesse, residents don’t whythe in selections their city, verified. a shopping center in the Blindof since birth, Byingtonblack, welmiddle a predominantly comed the rise in recent years low-income residential neighborof voting machines hoodelectronic has been chosen. equipped that City andwith state technology officials are conempowered and others with cerned that her an influx of patients disabilities to castastheir prifrom Memphis, wellballots as nearby vately and independently. Mississippi, Arkansas and rural ButTennessee, now, as will election west strainofficials hospiplan a major vote-by-mail tals. Their fears are echoedexpanacross sion fearsGovernors, of voting in mayors person the amid country: during the coronavirus pandemand health experts in numerous ic, Byington worries she is being states are also researching and left out. When makeshift the presidential priconstructing medical mary in Kansas was held entirefacilities. ly by month, the 72-yearIn mail Newlast York City, they’re turnold resident hadconvention to tell her ing Topeka to the Javits Center husband how she wanted to vote so site; in Chicago, the McCormick he could fill out theCenter; ballot forand her.in Place Convention “I’m Utah, back the to where we AmerstartSandy, Mountain ed,” Byington ica Expo Center.said. “I’ve lost all myThe freedom to be independent, to U.S. Army Corps of Engimake it’s marked how I want neers sure has been scouting locations it be marked.”and officials here intoTennessee, In compiled recent weeks, for have a listadvocates of 35 possithe blind have legal actions ble backup sites.filed They haven’t rein Michigan, Newlist, York and Pennleased the whole but Gov. Bill sylvania seeking access to systems already in place to deliver ballots electronically to military and overseas voters. Blind voters could then use their own computers and assis-

nity volunteer Homer Osborne said he understands the need to help coronavirus patients, but he questions why officials chose Gateway. “There are a lot of poor people in this neighborhood that come here and shop,” said Osborne, who was buying food at the center for a home delivery service he’s providing during the virus outbreak. “People won’t want to come over tive technology to read and comhere. It’s just going to kill this plete their ballots themselves. area.” “This is about equality,” said He also cited a widespread fear Chris Danielsen with the National of being unnecessarily exposed to Federation of the Blind, one of the the virus. ORLIN WAGNER | AP PHOTO groups suing. “If a secret ballot is “All around, people are scared,” important to you, it’s important to In this Wednesday, May 27, 2020, photo, he said.Ann Byington stands a blind person, as well.” next to the mail box at her home in Topeka, Kan. are not unfounded. Their fears Because of these efforts, all In this majority-black city along three states agreed to make electhe Mississippi River, lawmakers to electronic ballot tronic ballots available during the andprovide community leaders havedelivbeen ery, but it wasn’t available. primaries to voters with disabilsounding the alarm over what they did not want to go, ities, and more actions are likely “This is about equality. If a see“Iasdefinitely a disturbing trend of the vifelt like it was Americans my only choice before November. rus Ikilling African at a secret ballot is important to but because I didn’t receive my paper Voting technology experts have higher rate. ballot,” Griffin said. Patricia “I was Harhapraised security concerns about you, it’s important to a blind Nutbush resident py was able to voteifindependentsuch Internet-based voting sys- person, as well.” ris Iwondered aloud city officials ly. But“trying I was angry that I did not tems. They also warn about imwere to contaminate” the get my absentee ballot ahead of plementing a new process so close neighborhood. time even though sent myan request to an election, risking the same Chris Danielsen with the National Activist Earle IFisher, AfriADRIAN SAINZ | AP PHOTO months ago.” sort of problems that derailed this Federation of the Blind can American Memphis pastor, Much of thethe concern surroundyear’s Iowa caucuses a hastiunderstands anxiety. “This This Friday, April 3,when 2020 photo, shows Gateway Shopping Center ing ballots centersconon ly is anelectronic honest and reasonable indeveloped Memphis,mobile Tenn.app failed. are returned. In some “I really don’t have a good solu- might choose to skip voting alto- how cern they and skepticism,” Fisher said. these be printtion to offer. We seem to have bad gether this year rather than risk cases, “I think it’s ballots par for must the course for by the votertoand by therestaurant virus or having their ed and said Douglas Jones, black people be returned righteously a Chinese and other Lee worse,” has disclosed a few:W. the Mu- catching mail or in person to a local election privacy compromised. asicUniversity of Iowa computer sciskeptical of governmental interbusinesses. City Center in Nashville, the ballot elsewhere ballots In Atlanta, Griffin ence professor.Convention “The bad is acceptventionBut that did not these consult with Locating a Dorothy treatment centertypfor office. Chattanooga Center, be on returned by email relies onpatients ride-share to get to can ing to mark— your people the ground first.” or fax coronavirus there posthe someone Knoxvillehelping Expo Center all ically in aMcGowen, small number of cases, polling place. Aresidents diabetic, say: she and, ballot. Andfrom the worse is rushing to her Doug the city’s chief es two problems, sites away residential neighan online web portal eleccatching the coroput in totally untested technolo- worries operating officer, said to theanGateIt could about potentially expose them via borhoods. forbeing printing and countwhile amid waiting in a crowdgy The that IGateway don’t have any reason to navirus way office site was considered beto the virus concerns that tion Shopping Cenpolling trust all.”Nutbush neighborhood ed cause it could potentially accomblacks areplace. contracting COVID-19 ing. ter inatthe In a memo to election requested absentee advocates hundreds of beds.officials, He said higher rates; and itancould force modate of Disability Memphis is different.said The they cen- at Griffin federal agencies, including forthe Georgia’s primary have been calling election of- ballot if it were converted to a treatment some of stores they rely Tueson to four ter features a Saveon A Lot grocery assessed riskmildly of sendficials years to providea secure site,FBI, it would holdthe only ill close.but she gave up waiting for it the store, for a Rent-A-Center, Fami- day, ballots electronically be low decided resident to cast a and ballotcommuin per- ing electronic ballots. shop, But andNutbush coronavirus patients whotocould be ly Dollar, aabsentee beauty supply only a small number of states have son on the last day of early voting but found allowing such ballots to to avoid crowds on Election Day. be returned electronically was a done so. An estimated 7 million adults As president of the Georgia affil- high risk. When Tracy Carcione heard her in the U.S. have a visual disabili- iate of the National Federation of ty, and advocates worry that some the Blind, Griffin asked the state local election in Teaneck, New Jer-

OPEC, oil nations agree to nearly 10M barrel cut

sey, on May 12 wouldtobeaconductquickly transported hospital ed entirely mail, she thought should theirbyconditions worsen. to herself: “Howofficials the heck am I going Memphis said the Gateto dosite that?” way was put on the list in reThentoCarcione, a 59-year-old sponse a request from the state’s computer learned coronavirusprogrammer, team to identify large, her county was offering votavailable buildings whereblind an alterers option facility to receive natethe treatment couldballots be loelectronically under a pilot procated. gram. receiving email “TheAfter task of finding an space to with a link and PIN shelter hundreds of number, potentialCarpacione a website where tients went is nottoone of choice but she nesigned affidavit was cessity,”an the officialsstating said inshe a stateblind ment.and gained access to an electronic For ballot. Nutbush residents, their Sheofused a computer fear contracting the program virus is for reading news and they fillmatched with the stories worry that ing outlose forms to put a mark next to could stores that are vital each candidate she supported. the neighborhood. Officials Afhater emailing completed ballot, ven’t said if her stores would close if her elections office it the local Gateway facility wasprinted opened. out for tallying on election day. beIf they did, shopping would “It was alldifficult very clear easy,” come more for and residents, Carcione “And,who if Iare had especiallysaid. for those oldthe or option, again.” have noI would meansdo ofittransportation thelocated option won’t beaway. available to But stores farther for“For the July 7 statewide people who don’tprimary. have a New Jersey said car, what do election they do?”officials asked Harthey determined system wasn’t ris, who spoke tothe The Associated needed because some in-person Press while lugging a bottle of devoting would be available. tergent, a package of bottled wais not sure whether she terCarcione and other items from the Save will brave a polling not.a A Lot to her car. Sheplace notedorthat She is leery taking aclosed taxi ifnear the grocery storeofrecently polling place is across town and her house and she already has of to waiting in a long line.to Gateway. travel farther to get “It’s not awe greatdochoice,” Carcione “When things, we’ve said. “I consider might take mypeople chances got to the in and the hope that my neighbor thedon’t deneighborhood,” she said.is“We cent I think is.” needperson to make theshe neighborhood Earlier this year in West worse than it already is.” Virginia, U.S. lawmakers expanded Rep. Steve Cohen,electrona Memic ballot deliverysaid to voters with a phis Democrat, the decision physical disability. doesn’t make sense. Secretary of State advocated for “I’mMac sureWarner there are other places the saying it was to thatlaw, would work, andimportant they should ensure no voter is disenfranchised. have used those rather than go “There are security concerns, into a residential neighborhood,” but thesaid. likelihood of that hapCohen pening is rather remote,” he said. “And it gets to a risk-reward benefit. The reward is getting people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to vote.”

Seattle is a young city with a long history of protests The Associated Press By Chris Grygiel TheDUBAI, Associated Press Arab EmirUnited ates — OPEC, Russia and other SEATTLE —nations Large protests in oil-producing on Sunday Seattle overanso-called police brutalfinalized unprecedented proity and racial again duction cut ofinjustice nearly have 10 million caught eye, but big, barrels,the or anation’s 10th of global supply, unruly have been in hopesdemonstrations of boosting crashing pricpart of the since shortly after it es amid thecity coronavirus pandemic was in 1851 by settlers and founded a price war, officials said. in a log cabin on a lonely of land “This could be thestrip largest realong theinPuget Sound. from OPEC duction production this week staked forDemonstrators perhaps a decade, maybe lonout blocks near downtown ger,”several said U.S. Energy Secretary Seattle after officers withdrew from Dan Brouillette, who credited aPresident police station following violent Donald Trump’s perconfrontations. They the sonal involvement in named getting itduel“Capitol HilltoAutonomous ing parties the table andZone,” helpdemanded reforms have ing to endbroad a price war and between faced blowback Saudi Arabia and from Russia.President Donald Trump, called as them Oil prices havewho collapsed the anarchist occupiers. coronavirus and the COVID-19 Similar descriptions of Seatillness it causes have largely halttle protests haveand been useddown for ed global travel slowed more 100 years, stretching other than energy-chugging sectors from labor movements It before such large as manufacturing. has World War Ithe to the 1999 devastated oil massive industry in WTO trade protests. the U.S., which now pumps more “Seattle from country. log cabin to crude thanwent any other theBut Space Needle in a very some producers have short been period of time,” Knute reluctant to easesaid supply. TheBergcarer, local writer and on historian. tel aand other nations Sunday Large agreeddemonstrations to allow Mexico here to cuthave only been national news since thea Wob100,000 barrels a month, stickblies — thefor Industrial Workers of ing point an accord initially the WorldFriday labor union were acreached after a—marathon tive in conference the area around World video between 23War naI,tions. Berger said. The nations together agreed reputation as aa hub to The cut city’s 9.7 million barrels day of protest was sealed by the huge throughout May and June. Seattle workers strike The group reached thein deal1919, just when of thousands of workers hourstens before Asian markets rewalked for daysand to demand betopenedout Monday as internater wages and conditions. detional benchmark BrentFor crude cades, often syntradedSeattle at justhas over $31been a barrel onymous with unrest, especially and American shale producers for critics of social change, Berger struggle. said. Video aired by the Saudi-owned “Back in the ‘30s, weAl-Arabiya were consatellite channel sidered of Seattle.’ After showed‘the theSoviet moment that Saudi WTO, word was used as, well, Energythe Minister Prince Abdulaziz

bin Salman, a son of King Salman, downtown and other tech beheassented to the deal. moths expanding operations. “I go with the consent, so I That growth has led to soaring agree,” the prince said, chuckling, housing costs and an economic didrawing a round of applause from vide that Berger said are underlythose on the video call. ing the current demonstrations. But it had not been smiles and “The issues of social justice and laughs for weeks after the soequity have increased because of called OPEC+ group of OPEC this enormous disparity,” he said. members and other nations failed And being one of America’s in March to reach an agreement youngest cities allows people to on production cuts, sending pricuse it as sort of a blank slate, Berges tumbling. Saudi Arabia sharply er said, and encourages people to criticized Russia days earlier over come who want to make big changwhat it described as comments es — whether in business, innovacritical of the kingdom, which tion or social areas. finds itself trying to appease The city is also notoriously difTrump, a longtime OPEC critic. ficult to govern. It’s rare for mayEven U.S. senators had warned ors to be reelected as they often try Saudi Arabia to find a way to to satisfy the diverse demands of a boost prices as American shale booming business sector, an active firms face far-higher production labor community and a strident socosts. American troops had been SAUDI ENERGY MINISTRY cial justice movement. deployed to the kingdom for the Its latest protest epicenter, of also first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, In this photo released by Saudi Energy Ministry, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minister known as energy the Capitol Hill Occuattacks over concerns of Irani- Energy of Saudi Arabia, third right, chairs a virtual summit of the Group of 20 ministers at pied Protest area, has been peacean retaliation amid regional ten- his office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, April 10, 2020, to coordinate a response to plummeting oil ful so far, Chief Carsions. prices due to an oversupply in the market and a downturn in global demand dueSeattle to the Police pandemic. men Best said on CBS’ “Face the “They’ve spent over the last Nation” on Sunday. She wants offimonth waging war on American to return to the precinct withpraise. oil producers while we are defend- that Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the deal but its president, Andrés cers creating “something that depure size of the cut is uning theirs. This is not how friends the United Arab Emirates would Manuel López Obrador, had said out“The ERIC DRAPER | AP PHOTO into a force precedented, but,situation.” then again, so treat friends,” said Sen. Kevin cut another 2 million barrels of Friday that he had agreed with volves reallythe trying to take is a In this Nov. 30 1999, file photo, use tearthem gas toatop push backTrump Worldthat Trade the impact coronavirus theOrganization U.S. will compen- is “We’re oil apolice day between the Cramer, a Republican from NorthSeattle practicalsaid approach to protesters in downtown having on demand,” MohamOPEC+ deal. The three countries sate what Mexico cannot add to methodical, Dakota, before the OPEC+Seattle. deal. reach a resolution whereanalyst everyone med Ghulam, an energy at U.S. producers have already did not immediately acknowledge the proposed cuts. out of James. here safely,” she said. Raymond “The big Oil Deal with OPEC gets been reducing output. The Amer- the cut themselves, though ZanBest expects the around people. It’s been autonomous ‘We want another Seattle.’” But Ghulam andprotests others worried Plus is done. This will save hunganeh attended the video confer- hub. icandon’t Petroleum Institute laud- for country mark a historical But the city was overwhelmed by the whole life.” Jenny Durkan it may not beto enough. dreds of thousands of energy jobs ence. edMayor Sunday’s global pact,addressed saying it my point. “We are going reto thousands of people In the Vietnam era, the Seatthe with social move“This is at least a temporary in theofUnited States,” Trumpupset said turning Officials said other planned cuts tens willcity’s helphistory get other nations’ statea energy different direction they saw as the Liberation Front was one of the over ments thisproduction week when discusslief forinthe industry andand for in a what tweet. “I would likeinequities to thank move would stand in the deal, meaning owned oil to follow the tle will never beThis the industry same as capitalism and the exploitation high-profile anti-war groups ing autonomous noting the global economy. and congratulate President Pu- policing an 8-million-barrel-per-day cut of leadthe of U.S. producerszone, that are try- most before.” black-clad theJuly nation. Federal that quirky Seattle neighboris was too big to be let to fail and the altin workers. of RussiaSome and King Salmananof it from through theofficials end of acthe of ing tothe adjust to plunging demand. in On Capitol protester Mark broke windows and van- liance some members of trying to archists hood has for decades been for cused showedHill, responsibility with Saudi Arabia.” year and a 6-million-barrel cut for Brouillette said the U.S.a hub did not Jr. of Black Matter dalized hundreds of people Henry riots. beginning in 2021. movements like gay rights this agreement,” saidLives Per Magnus The stores, Kremlin said President 16 months make commitments of and its othown incite the current movement is broad arrested and thea then-mayMore it was the 1999 were er social issues. Nysveen, the head of analysis at Vladimir Putin held joint call said “This recently, will enable the rebalancproduction cuts, but was able to focused on change. But he said declared downtown curfew to and that garnered “I’vethe been going—tothat Capitol Hill WTO Rystad Energy. “Even though the with Trumpa and Saudi King Saling of protests the oil markets and the Seex- or show obvious plunging incorporates many of view. worldwide of- quell for almostbecause 50 years,” Durkan told attle production cuts are points smaller than man the to unrest. express support of the it pected reboundattention. of prices City by $15 demand of the pandem“Seattle is a very diverse In the 20 said yearsPutin sincespoke the WTO had in hoped the meeting of deal. reporters Thursday. “I U.S. just want to ficials the market needed andcomonly It also sep- what per barrel the short term,” said ic is expected to slash oil prowould take me a conlong Seattle hasabout seen the explointernational trade regulation say, I know there has been an acro- the postponeitthe stock building arately with Trump oil munity; a statement from Nigeria’s oil protests, duction. to represent growth, with Amazon would be a coming out par- sive nym that it’s the ‘Capitol Hill group straints problem,our thecommunity,” worst is for market and other issues. adding time ministry. Iranian Oilnow Minister Bijan Zansaid. of thousands of workers near he sorts forhad the fast-growing tech tens Autonomous Zone.’state I’ve television got news ty of now avoided.” Analysts offered cautious Mexico initially blocked ganeh also told

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obituaries

Jason Efird

Tony Smith

Merle Helms

ASON EUGENE “GENE” EFIRD, 94, went home to be with his Lord Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at his home in Stanfield. AROLYN TRULL TALBERT, Gene born October 1925, in 88, ofwas Albemarle passed9,away Cabarrus toJune the late Thursday County morning, 11, Simeon 2020 Jason Efird and the late Sarah at Carolinas Medical Center inElla Burris Efird. In addition to his Charlotte. parents, he was preceded Born October 20, 1930in indeath Unionby his wife,Carolyn Jewell Little Efird; sisters, County, was the daughter Mary Fannie of the Lambert, late Lee Roy TrullAlmond, and Daisy Minnie Furr, Wilma and Helms Burleson. SheBurleson was a graduate Aileen of NewHuskey; London and Highbrothers, and wasHomer a Efird, Getus Efird and Wayne member at Mission Church in Efird, Locust Sr. for 35 years. She loved her family and A private funeral will bea church family dearly.service Carolyn had held on Saturday, April 11, 2020 passion for growing beautiful flowers at Love’ s Grove Methodist and taking careUnited of her cats. Church Cemetery in Stanfield Carolyn is survived by her officiated by Rev.Talbert, Jim White. husband, James Sr ofBurial will follow atand theson, Love’ s Grove United Albemarle, Martin Talbert, Methodist Cemetery, 4360 Jr (Donna)Church of Hendersonville, NC, Polk Ford Road, Stanfield. and sister, Colleen Harris of Black SurvivorsNC, include son Gerald Mountain, two grandchildren, Wayne (Gail) Efird of Albemarle; Sean (Hayley) and Katie (Cally), three daughter Lisa Efird (Mark) great-grandchildren, Coric, Hartsell Grace, of Stanfield; granddaughters, and Ruth, and numerous nieces, Kelly Efirdand Barbee andIn Lauren nephews, cousins. addition to Hartsell (Justin) Crump; and greather parents, Carolyn is preceded in grandsons, Patrick Simmons death by herIan brother, Jim Trull. and Elliot Jacob Simmons. Memorials may be made to Love’s Grove United Methodist Church, PO Box 276, Stanfield, NC 28163-0276.

ONY MONROE SMITH, 72, of Rockwell, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, April 8, MCLAURIN, 2020 at AZEL ALMOND his home by family. A 89, ofsurrounded Cornelius passed away private family service will be held. Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in her OnlineAcondolences can beservice made at home. private graveside will stanlyfuneralhome.com be held in the Bear Creek Primitive TonyChurch was born August 11, Baptist Cemetery in 1947 in Stanly County to the late Pearlie Albemarle with Rev. James Lockleir Asbury Smith andcondolences Emmer Lee may officiating. Online Smith. He the son in law of Pat be made atwas www.stanlyfuneralhome. and Mick Cagle where he worked at com. theBorn fish house for16, many years until October 1930 in Stanly he opened Seafood County, sheAnchor was theHouse daughter of the in Rockwell. He andand his Stella wife Becky late Verdie Almond Russell owned and operated Anchor House Almond. Hazel enjoyed travelling forthe 25 beach years before retiring in 2009. to and the mountains. Mr. loved Smithnature, was a charter member She early walks on the and deacon at Open Door Baptist beach, and cherished the memories Church in Richfield. loved theher made with her family,He especially Lord and his family abundantly. Tony grandchildren. Hazel was a faithful was a wonderful husband, Christian and loved sharingfather, God’sand grandfather and could fix anything love with everyone she met. he Hazel put hisishands on. by her husband, survived Mr. son, Smith is survived by his wife Amos, Alan McLaurin (Glenda) Becky Cagle Smith of the home, of Charleston, SC, daughter, Karen sons Walter Smith and Robbie Biles (Dennis) of Rochester, MN, six Smith; daughterand Kayla Henderson grandchildren, fourteen great(Brandon); grandchildren Danielle, grandchildren and numerous nieces, Dustin, and Steele Smith, Keaton nephews, and cousins. In addition and Ella Henderson; brother David to her parents, Hazel is preceded in Smith;bysisters Kay Kriechbaum, death her ten siblings. Karen Stevenson, Ruby Eudy, and Dorothy Smith (Nick). He is preceded in death by brothers Joe Smith, Wayne Smith, Claude Smith, Wade Smith, Robert Smith, and sister 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.

ERLE LORRAINE AUSTIN HELMS, 72, of Marshville, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at McWhorter Hospice73, House ONNIE JOE SEXTON, of in Monroe. Concord, passed away Sunday, Lorraine born April 1947 June 7, 2020was at The Park on28, Sharon in Monroe toin the late Homer David Amity Road Charlotte. Austin and Jewell Mr. Sexton wasDelphia-Jane born August 16, Austin. was also preceded 1946 in She Montgomery County tointhe death by brothers, A.D. and Teddy late William Kermit Sexton and the Austin; sister, Joy Austin. late Ellaand Parks Sexton. He was also The family will receive friends preceded in death by Sister, Eunice from Davis.6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Friday, April 10,and 2020 at Hartsell Funeral First foremost, Ronnie Home of Albemarle. The funeral loved his Lord and Savior. His wife, service be at 11:00 onfor Maxine,will followed in hisam path Saturday at Pleasant Hilllove Baptist 48 years. He had a deep for Church Marshville, officiated everyoneinthat crossed his path, and by John and Rev. Leon wasRev. a man ofMiller few needs.These needs Whitley. willfamily, lie in state for 30 consistedShe of his his Bible, a minutes priorand to the rod and reel, anyservice. spot toShe use will it. be Survivors laid to restinclude in the church cemetery. wife, Maxine She isofsurvived her Scotty beloved Sexton Concord;bySon, husband of 47 years, Paul Helms Wayne Sexton (Peggy) of Robbins; of the home; son, Alex (Deanna) daughters, Margie Whitley Britt of Helms of Pageland; daughter, Paula Albermarle, Teresa Whitley Stegall (Cristin Brandt) Helms of Mint of Concord, Tracie R. Barbee of Hill; grandchildren, Mason, Grant, Concord. He is also survived byand Raegan Helms; brothers, eight grandchildren, nine Boyce, greatRoyce, Tim Austin; andon sisters, grandchildren and one the way Patricia Mullis,with and Angel Tarleton. that he adored all of his heart. Memorials may be made to the Sisters, Jeanette Sexton Deese (AJ) Alzheimer’ s Association, 4600 Park of Morehead City, and Patsy Tedder Rd., 250, Charlotte, NC 28209. (Bill)Suite of Hampstead and numerous nieces and nephews.

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Pauline Marvin Thompson Tucker ARVIN REECE “JACK”

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THOMPSON, 85, of Locust, AULINE ELIZABETH NC,ALMOND passed away Sunday 14, TUCKER,June 98, passed 2020 at his home. His funeral service away peacefully at Trinity Place, will be 2 pmNC Wednesday June 17, Albemarle, on April 11, 2020. 2020 in thewas Stanly Funeral Home Pauline born on March 22, Chapel Albemarle with Rev. Tab 1922 inof Cabarrus County, NC to the Whitley Burial will late Johnofficiating. Richard Almond andfollow Alice in theAnn Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Ada Lambert Almond. Cemetery. The family willthree receive She is survived by her friends from 1pm until 2pm at the daughters, Gay Michel (Jack), funeral home prior to the service. Oak Island, NC; Pamela Rushing Jack wasOakboro, born December 11, (Foreman), NC; Kathy 1934 StanlyAlbemarle, County, NCNC; to the Huntin (Marc), her late Thompson and Lucy son,Swink Chris Tucker (Chris Lear), Hatley Thompson. Hewill wasbe a retired Washington, DC. She greatly employee North Stanly High missed byof her five grandchildren, School. Thompson attended HeatherMr. Rushing Chaney (Shannon), Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Michael Rushing, Elizabeth Michel Mr. Thompson is survived Hartzog (Craig), Jack Michel,by Jr. his wife Doris Greene Thompson (Jenn), and Woody Hunt as well as of the home. He is also survived by seven great-grandchildren. She also aleaves daughter Angie Eudy (Kelvin) of behind cherished nieces and Locust, NC; two granddaughters nephews. Andrea Eudy (Jamie) and The family expresses its sincere Ashley Lowder (Dustin); gratitude to the staff and greatcaregivers grandchildren Makayla at Trinity PlaceDalton for theEudy, care they Eudy, Cayden Lowder and Grayson provided Pauline. Lowder; twograveside brothers Coy Thompson A private service will be (Martha) of Albemarle, NC2020. and A held on Monday, April 13, Ronnie Thompson (Rovetta) of legacy celebration of Pauline’ s life and Albemarle, NC and a sister Hazel will be held this summer. Smith of Albemarle, NC.family In lieu of flowers, the requests donations be made to the BrightFocus Foundation at www. brightfocus.org.

William Yeskie

ILLIAM RAYMOND YESKIE (BILL), age 74, formerly of Oolitic, IN died suddenly at his home with his wife and son by his side. Mr. Yeskie was born in Bedford, IN, graduated high school in Oolitic and college at Indiana University. He was commissioned into the Army after graduation and served HIRLEY MAE HAIRE, 73, in Vietnam as a decorated soldier. of Albemarle passed away on He completed a 20 year career April 11, 2020 at Atrium Healthand retired The as a major. his military Stanly. family After will hold a private career, Mr.service Yeskiefor taught graveside Mrs.chemistry Haire. at Albemarle High School and Shirley was born December 12,served as Athletic Trainer. He also taught 1946 in Washington, DC to the at Graystone Day School in NC.and He late Charles Richard Bateman was very proud of his students and Elizabeth Mae Mulligan Bateman. followed accomplishments. Shirleytheir is survived by her husband After his second retirement, of 30 years Vaughn Smith of he was devoted to his golfSandra game and was a Albemarle; sister Painter Corvette enthusiast. of Gainesville, VA; half-brother Mr. Yeskie wasofpreceded in death Robert Bateman Stevensville, by his father, Harold Yeskie; mother, MD; step-children Heather Smith June Yeskie; andFL brother, Patrick of Jacksonville, and David Yeskie.of He is survived his4wife, Smith New London,by NC; Rosalie Yeskie; sons, William and step-grandchildren; nieces Cyndi Andrew Yeskie; and brother, Troy Hentschel of Leesburg, VA and Yeskie. Hardy of Aylett, VA; 16 grandCheryl Theand family will receive friends nieces nephews; and Gus the fromStanly 6:00 PM - 6:45and PM, Friday, dog. Funeral Cremation June of 19,Albemarle 2020 at Hartsell Funeral Care is serving the Homefamily. of Albemarle. The funeral Haire service will follow at 7:00 PM in the chapel officiated by Rev. Brandon King. Burial will follow at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.

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Linda Hatley

INDA TUCKER HATLEY, 69, of Albemarle, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020. Linda was born September 18, 1950LICE in Concord to theEUBANKS, late Jacob and CLAUDIA Claris She was alsoaway preceded 56,Tucker. of Oakboro, passed in death by her brother, Terry Lee Sunday, June 14, 2020 at her home. Tucker, and her twin sister,May Brenda Ms. Eubanks was born 19, Tucker Brenda 1964 inStrickland. Charlotte toWe theknow late Richard and Linda are in Heaven watching Gatling Eubanks Jr. and Lou over us and laughing. Eubanks. She was also preceded in Linda wasgrandparents, a loving mother, sister, death by her Richard and Lila “Nana.” was a very and HallShe Eubanks, and giving Claude and Villi loving person. would and Ann LittleLinda Williams. always do anything she could for on The family will receive friends others, especially family. Saturday, June 20,her from 1:00 She PM enjoyed working at FastShop #5, -1:45PM at Hartsell Funeral Home Locust. Linda will be forever of Albemarle. The service willloved follow and greatly missed. at 2:00 PM in the chapel officiated by Survivors include her son, Rev. Jesse Herring. Alan Hatley and wife, Angela, Alice dedicated her life to of Albemarle; brother, Ronnie Tucker serving others. She graduated from and wife, Linda, Midland; UNC Chapel Hillofwith a degree granddaughter, Leslie in journalism and fromHatley; Tulane1 niece; and in 2 nephews. University New Orleans with a The family will receive friends nursing degree. from 4:00 pm - 6:00mother, pm, Thursday, Survivors include Lou April 16, 2020 at Hartsell Funeral Williams Eubanks of Oakboro, NC; Home inRichard Albemarle. Lindaand willwife brother, Eubanks be laidof toKeystone rest during a private Karen Heights, FL; committal service at Bethel United aunts, Anabel Speight and husband Methodist Church,NC, Midland. James of Oakboro, Donna In lieuof ofRock flowers, please consider a Eubanks Hill, SC, and memorial donation to Bethel special friend Antonio Perez. UMC, 12700 Idlebrook Rd, Midland, NC 28107.

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ANNY PAUL LUTHER, 65, of Norwood, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 9, 2020 at Atrium Stanly ANDY JOE Health MORTON, 57,in Albemarle. of Albemarle passed away on Mr. Luther born March 27, Saturday, Junewas 13, 2020 at Atrium 1955 to Main the late Fulton and Health inRobert Charlotte. Helen Tucker Randy wasLuther. born July 24, 1962 in Danny was survived by his wife, Albemarle to Jerry Wayne Morton Denise Burleson Norwood; and Patricia AnnLuther AxsomofWarren. Mr. sons, Jeremy (Karen) Luther andand Morton was an avid deer hunter Jody Luther; step-sons, Bryan fisherman. Randy enjoyed crafting Whitley Gregg and was and known for (Anita) makingWhitley; Tin Men. Grandchildren, Daniel Luther and He enjoyed watching NASCAR and Hunter Zado, as his brother, was a member atwell Mt. as Carmel Baptist Bob Luther Jr (Lorena), uncle Jack Church in Concord. Luther and several other loved nieces, Mr. Morton is survived by his wife nephewsMotley and cousins. Frances Morton; father Jerry Danny recently retiredof from Wayne Morton (Delores) Mount Charlotte PipePatricia and Foundry after Ulla; mother Ann Axsom a dedicated 37 years and worked Warren of Albemarle; brother Todd there with his sons andstep several other Morton of Albemarle; children friends Maske, and family members. Joshua Chris Maske, Alicia Danny loved spending time at Blythe, Kayla Burris, Jonathan his lake(Katie); house with familyTim and Brooks stephis brothers friends as well asJeff vacationing with his Jordan (Susan), Jordan (Teresa), family. Danny Denise enjoyed Robert Jordanand (Mary), Frank listening step to beach and loved to Puckett; sistermusic Sandra Lenny; shagnephew dance every chance they could and Christopher Morton. get. He was an amazing father, loving grandfather and great friend to many. He will never be forgotten. A celebration of life will be announced once the current COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Luther family.

Jerry Fincher

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ERRY FINCHER passed from this life on April 3, 2020 at 8:05 pm. He was surrounded by his family ROSE LOWDER, 80 of andINDA holding the hand of the love of Albemarle, steppedininto the his life. Jerry is preceded death loving arms of Jesus by three siblings, twosurrounded brothers, Billy by her family onand JuneLarry 13, atRichard Atrium Gilbert Fincher, Stanly. and one sister, Barbra Joyce Fincher, She was preceded in death by her Moore. husband ClarencebyEdward Rose, He is survived his wife, Eleanor Sr. inFincher 1975, and B. Lowder in Kate of Lowell the home, daughter, 1994. Fincher Jacobs of Wingate Cindy Born 1, 1940, in Wayne NC., sonFebruary and daughter in law, Tommy County, North Carolina was the (Tiffany) Fincher of Newshe London daughter the late Jimmy Lloyd and Dottie NC., Step of Children, (Lisa) Wiggs.of She was preceded in death Lanier Locust NC, Wanda (Bob)by her brothers Lloyd Wiggs Jr,Eric Rudolph Krimminger of Locust NC., Wiggs, Donald and Wilbert (Sharon) LanierWiggs, of Charlotte NC., Wiggs. Sisters Myrtle(Gera) Winstead, Grandchildren-Trey Whitson Marjorie Braswell, and Joan Smith. of Midland, Step-grandchildren, She(Brittney) will be lovingly remembered Zach Washington, Aaron by her sons Edward Rose (Samantha) (Kinsey) Washington, Caleb (Nayeli) of Rock Hill, SC, Thomas Washington, Bethand (Robbie) Setzer, Rose (Robin) of New London. Four Matthew ( April ) Wallace, Step granddaughters Susan Strawn great-grandchildren, Britlyn-Eve (Adam), Michelle Firmstone Washington, Robert Setzer, George (Brian), Amanda Lukach (Mike), (Sara) Setzer, Tracy (Rob) Setzer Melanie Rose (David). Five greatBumgardener, Katie Underwood, grandchildren, Braxton Strawn, Andrew Underwood, Step great Garrett Strawn, Addison great grandchild, Waylon Lukach, George Landon Rose-Butler, and Lilly Setzer and brother Donald Lewis Lukach.of Brother Rex Wiggs Fincher Albemarle, NC. (Dot) and sister Edith Nader. Jerry Fincher will be laid to rest on Wednesday April 8,2020 at 11:00 am at Canton Baptist Church. Anyone interested in attending, please RSVP at 704-796-2412. Dr. Phil McCray and Pastor Tommy Fincher will officiate.

Carol Smith

AROL LYNNE PRICE SMITH, 82, of Albemarle, NC passed away Monday, June 15, 2020 at her home with her family by her side. Carol was born January 10, 1938 in Albemarle to the late Lloyd Clarence Price and Flossie Mae Eudy Price. She was also preceded in death by her beloved husband of 60 years, Howell Clayton Smith, who passed away September 30, 2017; and sister, Marlene Mauldin. The family will receive friends on Thursday, June 18, 2020 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. The funeral service will be at 2:00 pm on Friday, June 19, 2020 at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Albemarle, officiated by her nephew, Rev. Tom Mauldin and Pastor Derrick Adcock. She will lie in state for 30 minutes prior to the service. The burial will follow at Fairview Memorial Park in Albemarle. She is survived by her devoted daughter, Debra T. Davis of Norwood; and grandson, Bryan J. Thompson of Albemarle. She was a devoted member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, and loved thread crocheting as long as her health would allow. She also loved collecting her nativity scenes.

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games. “I like playing games,” Batchelor told the boy as his parents looked on, before suggesting he spend more time first on his daily schoolwork. “I want to make sure you’re still learning, OK?” Nearly a third of her students at Rawson Elementary School in Hartford, Connecticut, have been unplugged from distance learning. On a Friday afternoon, as she visited some of their homes, she saw many of the reasons why: Internet service is unreliable. Parents are away at work. Some are uncomfortable with the technology. Still others think their children are doing fine when they are actually using the devices for other things.

As the academic year nears an end, districts around the country have been racing to get large numbers of no-show students back on track. It’s one thing not to participate this spring, when expectations are lower because of the crisis. It will be another if distance learning resumes in the fall, when the stakes are raised by the return of formal grading and attendance tracking. Students who were struggling before the pandemic are the ones falling farthest behind. Across the Hartford school system, roughly 80% of students are at least partially active in distance learning. Among students considered most at risk because of issues including past absenteeism, disciplinary problems and poor academic performance, less than half are participating at all. Batchelor made her first stop the home of a student whose mother works late, hoping to catch her. The girl’s older sister, a high school student, often watches her. But there was no answer at the door. Batchelor left a voicemail on the mother’s phone. “How do we get in touch with the kids? This is it. This is like our last effort before the summer. For me it’s trying to figure out, what exactly is it that we’re missing?”

Hartford Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez said. “First of all, are they safe? I just want to know if they are safe.” Many districts report engagement has improved since the scramble of the March transition to distance learning, but it’s nowhere near full participation. Some students still have not been heard from at all. At the 4,800-student Jamestown Public Schools in the southwest corner of New York, superintendent Bret Apthorpe said about 75% are engaged and most of the others participate at least somewhat. Around 1%, he said, have “fallen off the map.” “Of everything through this virus, that probably has worried me the most,” said Apthorpe, whose district has been reaching out to students and their families through school administrators, counselors and, as a last resort, attendance officers. On her visits to families in Hartford’s north end, an area with high poverty and low rates of home internet access, Batchelor brings books to give the children. She is accompanied by a representative from a community agency that helps families with food, clothing and finances.

School administrators decide among themselves who will visit families of low-activity students, based on who has the strongest relationships. The goals of the conversations with parents, Batchelor says, are to stress that school is still in session, to ask what the impediments are, and to gauge parents’ understanding of the process and the learning. Batchelor said the effects of the disruption will not be clear until educators see students’ work in the fall, when she expects many will be dealing with various kinds of trauma from the months at home. Nationally, research has suggested the shutdowns could cost students the equivalent of a full school year’s worth of academic gains. For now, Batchelor said, parents and educators have been doing their best. “It’s important for people to know that people are shouldering up. People are working really hard to make it work. People are hopeful, people are resilient. And because of that, we are able to keep students engaged,” she said. “I have not been told by a parent, ‘Oh, we’re not doing this.’ They may be having a difficult time doing it, but parents want their students to succeed, and they want to work with us.”

Biden’s VP list narrows: Warren, Harris, Susan Rice, others By Bill Barrow The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Biden’s search for a running mate is entering a second round of vetting for a dwindling list of potential vice presidential nominees, with several black women in strong contention. Democrats with knowledge of the process said Biden’s search committee has narrowed the choices to as few as six serious contenders after initial interviews. Among the group still in contention: Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kamala Harris of California, as well as Susan Rice, who served as President Barack Obama’s national security adviser. Those with knowledge declined to name other contenders and said the process remains somewhat fluid. Additional candidates may still be asked to submit to the extensive document review process now underway for some top contenders. Those familiar with Biden’s search spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the process. The campaign dismissed the idea of a shortened list as early speculation. “Those who talk don’t know and those who know don’t talk,” said Andrew Bates, a Biden spokesperson. Biden, who has already said he will pick a woman as his running mate, is facing increased calls from Democrats to put a woman of col-

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In this June 11, 2020, photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a roundtable on economic reopening with community members in Philadelphia. or on the ticket — both because of the outsize role that black voters played in Biden’s road to the nomination and because of the reckoning over racism and inequality roiling the nation following the death of George Floyd. The black Minneapolis man died after a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck for several minutes, an episode that was captured on video. Terry McAuliffe, the former Virginia governor and former Democratic National Committee chairman, said that while Biden’s choice was likely to be “all about personal

chemistry,” it would be “exciting for the party” to have a black woman on a major party presidential ticket for the first time. The campaign’s list includes several black women, including Harris and Rice. Advisers have also looked closely at Florida Rep. Val Demings and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, both of whom are black, and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Latina. Biden’s vetting committee had conversations with a larger group of women earlier this spring; those continuing on in the process have

been asked to turn over financial records, past writings and other documentation. Biden has had various public and private interactions with many of the women his vetting committee has considered thus far, but has not yet had any formal one-on-one interviews expressly to discuss the No. 2 spot on the ticket. Those aren’t expected for several weeks. Rice, who worked closely with Biden during his time as vice president, has emerged as a favorite among some former Obama administration officials and is personally close to the former president. She has never held elected office but has extensive foreign policy experience, including as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She’s also been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration since leaving the White House and considered running for U.S. Senate in Maine. Rice has long been a target of Republicans, including for statements she made after the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya. Republicans have also accused her of spying on Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser. Harris and Warren have been seen as top contenders for the No. 2 spot since ending their own presidential campaigns. Warren and Biden have forged a surprising bond in recent months and talk regularly about the progressive policy ideas the Massachu-

setts senator put at the forefront of her campaign. Biden already has adopted her proposed bankruptcy law overhaul. And now, with the coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic slowdown elevating the nuts-and-bolts of governing, some Democrats see Warren’s policy credentials as an asset to the ticket. A Biden-Warren pairing would mean both Democrats on the ticket are white and in their 70s. Biden is 77, and Warren is 70. Harris is the lone black contender who has won statewide office, notable experience given Biden’s emphasis on wanting a partner “ready to be president.” She and Biden have also demonstrated a comfortable manner with each other in online fundraisers. Harris is an expert voice in discussions of criminal justice, but many black progressives view her background as a prosecutor skeptically. One contender whose standing does appear to have fallen is Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who was a prosecutor years ago in the county that includes Minneapolis. During that period, more than two dozen people — mostly minorities — died during encounters with police. While the people with knowledge of Biden’s vetting process did not rule Klobuchar out, she is widely viewed among Democrats with close ties to the Biden campaign as less likely to be tapped given recent events.

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Principal Vance Fishback presents diplomas to graduates of the class of 2020 from Cabarrus Early College of Technology at the Charlotte Motor Speedway during a graduation event in Concord, N.C., Friday, June 12, 2020.

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Wake Forest plans to reopen campus for fall

Man pleads guilty in fatal 2018 shooting Jakier Austin was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 shooting death of Najee Ali Baker, a WinstonSalem State University football player. Austin also pleaded guilty to possession of a gun on educational property and an unrelated charge of possessing a stolen firearm. Judge David Hall consolidated the charges and sentenced Austin to serve a minimum of five years and four months to a maximum sentence of seven years and five months in prison. Prosecutors were hampered in pursuing a first-degree murder conviction because none of the witnesses would cooperate.

Schedule altered to reduce off-campus travel TCH staff

Child care nonprofit serves essential workers amid pandemic Essential workers can get child care help during the pandemic. Crisis Care, under the Expanded Learning Program that is run by Imprints Cares, a nonprofit organization in Forsyth County, started March 23 as a partnership to provide child care for essential workers during the pandemic. Its last day of operation was set to be June 12, but Imprints Cares hopes to start a summer camp next week. The program has served more than 123 families at six locations at area elementary schools, as well as a site for students with special needs at the Imprints Cares main office. AP

Man charged with 20 counts of child porn Ryan Michael Tyler, 20, was charged with 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and 10 counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor after police received a tip that he was downloading child pornography. Police raided a home on Lewisville’s Dawnlea Drive and arrested Tyler. He’s being held on a $10,000 secured bond and will appear in court on June 25. FOX 8

WAKE FOREST president Nathan Hatch announced the school’s plans for the fall semester. In a message sent out to faculty, staff and students, Hatch said, “it is our intent — and our earnest daily work — to reopen Wake Forest’s campus with confidence this fall.” The current plan has some changes compared to the originally published dates for the Fall

2020 semester. Classes are expected to begin—on campus—on August 26, which is two days later than initially scheduled. The school also cancelled a two-day fall break in October. “Students and faculty will be asked to limit travel outside the local area in accordance with forthcoming guidelines to help preserve the health of our community,” President Hatch wrote. Students will be able to return home for Thanksgiving. Classes will end on Nov. 24 and resume on Nov. 30. The post-Thanksgiving portion of the semester, however, running from Nov. 30

to Dec. 18, will be conducted remotely. That includes final exams. Courses will also be offered with in-person and remote options to help support students not comfortable with returning to campus. Wake will also take other steps to protect members of the university community on campus. Dining services will offer expanded take-out and delivery options. “Self-serve buffet meals will likely not be possible,” Hatch said. Since the number of people allowed in dining halls and food courts will be reduced from normal campus operation, Wake will add additional locations around campus. The school anticipates that the campus Wellbeing Center will be open, with social distancing regulations and that intramural sports and other clubs will be offered to students. “We know that this semester is going to be different, but we be-

If all do their part, we will be able to minimize disruptions and keep the semester on track. President Nathan Hatch lieve that together we can create an engaging and fulfilling living and learning experience,” Hatch wrote. “We will be tracking key metrics for our community that will provide data on COVID-19 activity and use this data to inform the public health response. If all do their part, we will be able to minimize disruptions caused by COVID-19 outbreaks and keep the semester on track.” School officials are still working on a number of fronts, including ways to safely provide residence halls and support off-campus living options. A full plan for the semester is expected to be released on June 30.

Former Demon Deacon named the first black Bachelor Matt James chosen to star in season 25 of longrunning ABC reality show TCH staff FORMER WAKE FOREST wide receiver Matt James has been selected as the first black “Bachelor” on the ABC reality show of the same name. James will star in the 25th season of the competition, where an eligible contestant attempts to pick a mate from approximately 20 female contestants, living together in a mansion. James was cast to be one of nearly two dozen male contestants to compete for the hand of “The Bacherlorette” in ABC’s companion show with a female lead, but, when taping for the show was delayed due to the pandemic, he was elevated to the next Bachelor—a role usually chosen among popular runner-up Bachelorette contestants. A release from ABC describes James as “the total package. He has strong family values, a great career, and over the past few

months, he has used his growing platform for good.” ABC also acknowledged that James would be knocking down a barrier on a show often criticized for its lack of diversity. “We know we have a responsibility to make sure the love stories we’re seeing onscreen are representative of the world we live in, and we are proudly in service to our audience,” ABC said in a statement. “This is just the beginning, and we will continue to take action with regard to diversity issues on this franchise. We feel so privileged to have Matt as our first Black Bachelor and we cannot wait to embark on this journey with him. James played for Wake from 2011 to 2014 and was teammates with Tyler Cameron, who was runner up on the previous season of the Bachelorette and was considered a strong candidate to be the next Bachelor. After batting injury and managing a combined eight catches for 57 yards in his first three seasons at Wake, James had a breakout senior year, catching 40 passes for 401 yards in nine games.

This image released by ABC shows Matt James, who will be the next bachelor on the 25th season of the romance reality series “The Bachelor.”

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He was cut by the Panthers and Saints without ever making the active roster for either team. He went on to take job at PNC

Bank, and his ABC bio describes the 28-year-old as a “real estate broker, entrepreneur and community organization founder.”

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and ought to atone on behalf of their race and their country. And if you refuse, you must be considered racist. Thus, we hear that the police are the greatest threat to black Americans, and that’s why they must be defunded. But we also hear that police absence, a product of racism, created the conditions that originally led to higher crime rates in black communities. We can, therefore, blame the police for crime whether they’re present or absent in minority communities. Thus, we hear that the rioting and looting were exaggerated by the media, or that they were largely the product of white antifa members. But we also hear that rioting and looting are the justified outgrowth of centuries of black rage. You cannot, therefore, oppose rioting and looting too strenuously, lest you be labeled a racist. Thus, we hear that COVID-19 is so extraordinarily dangerous that anti-lockdown protesters were endangering the lives of other Americans; in fact, they were racist, since COVID-19 has disproportionately affected minority communities. But we also hear that protesting racism is so extraordinarily important that we can freely ignore all restrictions surrounding COVID-19 — and, indeed, that we have an obligation to do so. Thus, we hear that journalists ought to be treated with the utmost respect because they are doing a difficult job and pursuing facts and the truth; and that harsh words spoken about journalists reflect underlying unease about freedom of the press. But we also hear that journalists are actually activists and thus have a duty not to be objective; op-ed editors should be fired for the sin of greenlighting pieces opposed by woke staffers. In the end, our republic runs only so long as we’re able to hold some semblance of logical conversation with one another. But the republic isn’t running. Instead, we are battered with logically incoherent nonsense, a variety of messages that carry only one consistent bottom line: Shut up. Believe. Repeat. The chaos of the moment isn’t a bug; it’s a feature. And the more confused we are, the less we can possibly hold together, despite the fact that nearly all Americans agree on the most important issues. 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.

WEEKLY CRIME REPORT ♦ Adams, Michael Leonard (M/32) Arrest on chrg of 1) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), 2) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), and 3) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), at 6351 Shallowford Rd, Lewisville, NC, on 6/11/2020 08:26. ♦ Bailey, Larry Douglas (M/39) Arrest on chrg of 1) Larceny-felony (F) and 2) Probation Violation (F), at W First St/n Poplar St, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/11/2020 02:09. ♦ BATES, WILLIAM GENTRY was arrested on a charge of ALTER, DESTRUCT, REMOVE SERIAL NUMBER FIREARM; POSS FIREARM at ROBINHOOD RD/N PEACE HAVEN RD on 6/15/2020 ♦ Billings, Keely Laken (F/33) Arrest on chrg of Impaired Driving Dwi (M), at 540 Holmes Dr, Rural Hall, NC, on 6/15/2020 17:51. ♦ Brown, Tyler Loranzie (M/27) Arrest on chrg of Trespass Hunting, M (M), at 6600 Village Point Lake Dr, Clemmons, NC, on 6/11/2020 00:54 ♦ Combs, Devin Lynn (M/19) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault On Female (M), 2) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 3) Fail To Appear/compl (M), and 4) Fail To Appear/compl (M), at Us Hwy Sb/e Clemmonsville Rd, Winston Salem, NC, on 6/10/2020 14:08.

♦ French, Bryan Ray (M/37) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking/larc-felony (F), 2) Larceny-felony (F), 3) Larceny After B&e (F), 4) Larceny-firearm (F), 5) Poss Stolen Goods (F), 6) Poss Stolen Goods (F), and 7) Weap-poss By Felon (F), at 6740 Fisher Rd, Tobaccoville, NC, on 6/15/2020 14:18.

♦ William “Tommy” Vanhoy, 83, of Forsyth County, died June 10, 2020.

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WITH THE DEATH of George Floyd — a heinous atrocity virtually every American decries — unity should have prevailed. Americans hate police brutality; Americans care about black lives; Americans despise looting and rioting; Americans want to protect citizens but preserve the ability of the police to stop crime. Instead, the country seems to be falling apart. That’s because of the utterly chaotic political and media response to the Floyd tragedy: a response that demands agreement but, most of all, requires compliance. You must kneel. You must kneel because you cannot understand. You simply cannot. If you have to ask for a definition of systemic privilege, we are told, it’s because your white privilege has blinded you to reality. If you point out that not all inequality is inequity, we are told, it is because your latent racism is leeching into your worldview. If you defend America’s history, philosophy and culture — or, God forbid, her flag — you must apologize. And, if Drew Brees is any indicator, your wife must also apologize, and your second cousin once removed. You may not understand what is being demanded of you. You may see the wave of conflicting messages emanating from the press and wonder just what you’re supposed to do. But the chaos is the point. You are supposed to be confused. Confusion is a political weapon. Clarity is a shield. If our media and political class can prevent clarity, they can prevent unity; if they can obscure, they can demand acquiescence. Thus, we hear messages that are obviously in direct conflict with one another. And, we are told, our inability to square those messages means that we must listen to the woke priesthood that can untangle these Gordian knots. Thus, we hear that silence is violence, that being non-racist simply isn’t enough and you must actively fight racism. But we also hear that speech is violence, that if you oppose policies the political left supports, your words are a form of violence and you must be silenced. The only safe path, therefore, is parroting the messages of those initiated in the religion of wokeness. Thus, we hear that individuals ought not be held responsible for the sins of those in their racial group, and that’s why it’s so wrong for police to engage in profiling. But we also hear that white Americans bear full responsibility for the sins of both modern racists and historic racists,

♦ Jerry Gray Pilcher, 80, of Forsyth County, died June 11, 2020.

♦ Thomas Leslie Tucker, 73, of Winston-Salem, died June 10, 2020.

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Woke chaos and naked power

♦ Dockery, Alleya Uniqua (F/24) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Minor, M (M), at 201 N Church St, Winstonsalem, NC, on 6/11/2020 16:35.

♦ Lovina Fritz Thompson, 93, of Winston Salem, died June 13, 2020.

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OPINION | BEN SHAPIRO

♦ Ruby Hester Newsom, 97, of Winston-Salem, died June 12, 2020.

♦ Howard J. Share, 81, died June 12, 2020.

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♦ Edgar Homer Lynch, Jr., 97, of Winston-Salem, died June 14th, 2020.

♦ Jerry Cole Selph, 75, of Winston-Salem, died June 14, 2020.

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♦ Curl, Darrell Lee (M/61) Cited on Charge of Solicitation Of Prostitution (202004794), at 4288 Thomasville Rd/willard Rd, Winston-salem, on 6/12/2020 10:00:10 PM.

♦ Margaret Lucille Temples Robbins, 102, of Kernersville, died June 13, 2020.

FRIDAY

THURSDAY

♦ Gordon, Akeem Rashad (M/27) Arrest on chrg of 1) Speeding To Elude Arrest (F), 2) Ndl - Suspended / Revoked (M), and 3) Reckless Driving (M), at Bannertown Church Rd, Rural Hall, NC, on 6/12/2020 17:11. ♦ Grainger, Paul David (M/31) Arrest on chrg of 1) Kidnapping (F), 2) Kidnapping (F), 3) Assault-point Gun (M), 4) Assault-point Gun (M), 5) Affray (M), 6) Communicate Threats (M), 7) Communicate Threats (M), and 8) Larceny-felony (F), at 5900 Germanton Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/12/2020 08:00.

♦ Gregory, Laura Dailey (F/42) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault-simple (M) and 2) Contrib Delinq Minor (M), at 7579 Watkins Ford Rd, Kernersville, NC, on 6/11/2020 14:30. ♦ Griffin, Jon Taylor (M/36) Arrest on chrg of 1) Poss Heroin (F), 2) Drugs-poss Sched Ii (F), and 3) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at Abshire Rd/ germanton Rd, Germanton, NC, on 6/10/2020 20:32. ♦ Guerrero, Omar (M/24) Arrest on chrg of 1) Child Abuse (M) and 2) Child Abuse (M), at Sb 311/nc 66 South, Kernersville, NC, on 6/13/2020 05:38. ♦ Harris, Delonte Jamel (M/25) Arrest on chrg of 1) Robbery (F) and 2) Poss Marijuana Fel (F), at 201 N. Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/15/2020 12:00 ♦ Hill, Tristan James (M/24) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault - In Presence Of A Minor (affray, Deadly Weapon, Et (M), 2) Assault On Female (M), and 3) Assault On Minor (M), at 4019 Reynolda Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/12/2020 01:53. ♦ Jenkins, Chester Lee (M/43) Arrest on chrg of 1) P/w/i/s/d Sched Ii (F), 2) P/w/i/s/d Heroin (F), 3) Poss Marijuana Misd (M), and 4) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at Sell Rd/ New Walkertown Rd, Winston Salem, NC, on 6/13/2020 20:54. ♦ Jeter, Kenneth Renard (M/46) Arrest on chrg of 1) False Imprisonment (M), 2) Assault On Female (M), and 3) Communicate Threats (M), at 4575 Yadkinville Rd, Pfafftown, NC, on 6/12/2020 11:30. ♦ Kimbrough, Shannon Delafette (M/42) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 2918 Cole Ridge Cr, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/11/2020 11:00. ♦ LANCASTER, JOSEPH HERBERT was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 2224 GREENWAY AV on 6/15/2020 ♦ Lawson, Derek Mckinley (M/39) Arrest on chrg of 1) P/w/i/s/d Sched Ii (F), 2) Drugs-poss Sched I (F), 3) Misd Poss Controlled Substance (M), 4) Maintain Dwelling (F), and 5) Drugsposs Sched Ii (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston Salem, NC, on 6/13/2020 23:14. ♦ Lawson, Derek Mckinley (M/39) Arrest on chrg of 1) P/w/i/s/d Heroin (F), 2) P/w/i/s/d Sched I (F), 3) Drugs-maintain (F), 4) P/w/i/s/d Sched Ii (F), 5) Misd Poss Controlled Substance (M), 6) Drug Paraphernalia (M), and 7) Ccw - Firearm (M), at Sell Rd/ New Walkertown Rd, Winston Salem, NC, on 6/13/2020 20:54. ♦ Martin, Kayla Shanee (F/26) Arrest on chrg of Drugs-poss Sched Vi,

M (M), at Nb 52/waughtown St, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/11/2020 23:25. ♦ Medley, Michael Dylan (M/18) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugsposs Controlled Substancemethamphetamine>less Than 1 (M) and 2) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 2373 Darrow Rd/walkertownguthrie Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/10/2020 17:19. ♦ Mendoza, Bryan Olmedo (M/24) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drug Trafficking (F), 2) Drug Trafficking (F), 3) P/w/i/ s/d Heroin (F), 4) Drugs-maintain (F), 5) Drug Paraphernalia (M), 6) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 7) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 8) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 9) Resisting Arrest (M), and 10) Fail To Appear/compl (M), at New Walkertown Rd/ Overlook Dr, Winston Salem, NC, on 6/12/2020 18:31. ♦ Norman, Brian Curtis (M/24) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugs-poss Sched Vi (M) and 2) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at Eb 40/eb 40_s Stratford Rd Ra, Winstonsalem, NC, on 6/12/2020 10:11. ♦ Norman, Brian Curtis (M/24) Arrest on chrg of Ccw, M (M), at Eb 40/eb 40_s Stratford Rd Ra, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/12/2020 10:11. ♦ PERRY, ANTUAN LAMONT was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 201 N CHURCH ST on 6/15/2020 ♦ Pinnix, Kimberly Ann (F/34) Arrest on chrg of Fugitive Arrest (magistrate`s Order) (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston Salem, NC, on 6/12/2020 10:30. ♦ Price, Brian Scott (M/39) Arrest on chrg of 1) Kidnapping (F), 2) Kidnapping (F), 3) Communicate Threats (M), and 4) Communicate Threats (M), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 6/12/2020 09:21. ♦ Roach, Joseph Wesley (M/33) Arrest on chrg of 1) Mv Theft (F), 2) Rec/poss Stole Mv (F), 3) Rec/poss Stole Mv (F), 4) Rec Stolen Goods (M), 5) Rec Stolen Goods (M), 6) Trafficking In Methamphetamine Or Amphetamine (F), 7) Trafficking In Methamphetamine Or Amphetamine (F), 8) P/w/i/s/d Sched Ii (F), 9) P/w/i/s/d Sched I (F), 10) Maintain Dwelling (F), 11) P/w/i/s/d Sched Iv (F), 12) Drugs-poss Sched Iv (M), 13) Drug Paraphernalia (M), 14) Ccw (M), and 15) Weap-poss By Felon (F), at 4799 New Walkertown Rd/old Hollow Rd, Walkertown, NC, on 6/12/2020 21:44. ♦ Roten, Michael Wayne (M/25) Arrest on chrg of Probation Violation (M), at 6549 Woodmere Dr, Walkertown, NC, on 6/11/2020 17:34 ♦ SMITH, LADONNA TOMEKA was arrested on a charge of DRUG

TRAFFICKING at 2748 W MOUNTAIN ST on 6/15/2020 ♦ TAYLOR, CORNELL ISAAC was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 201 N CHURCH ST on 6/15/2020 ♦ Teague, Timothy Walter (M/31) Arrest on chrg of Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe, (M), at Eb 40/union Cross Rd_eb 40 Ra, Kernersville, NC, on 6/15/2020 15:42. ♦ Tyler, Ryan Michael (M/20) Arrest on chrg of 1) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 2) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 3) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 4) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 5) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 6) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 7) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 8) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 9) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 10) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 11) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 12) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 13) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 14) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 15) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 16) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 17) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 18) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), 19) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), and 20) Second Degree Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor (F), at 970 Dawnlea Dr, Lewisville, NC, on 6/10/2020 08:43. ♦ WATSON, CHRISHAWN TYQUESE was arrested on a charge of KIDNAPPING at 1410 HATTIE AV on 6/15/2020 ♦ Williams, Travis Gamar (M/31) Arrest on chrg of Drugsposs Controlled Substancemethamphetamine>less Than 1, (M), at 1401 King Charles Dr/marty Ln, Clemmons, NC, on 6/10/2020 00:59. ♦ Williams, Tyshaun Juwan (M/19) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugsposs Controlled Substancemethamphetamine>less Than 1 (M) and 2) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 398 Hastings Hill Rd/sedge Garden Rd, Kernersville, NC, on 6/10/2020 15:51. ♦ Willman, Sharon Lynne (F/23) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking/larcfelony (F), 2) Larceny After B&e (F), 3) Larceny-firearm (F), and 4) Poss Stolen Goods (F), at 6740 Fisher Rd, Tobaccoville, NC, on 6/15/2020 10:52.

Twin City Herald for Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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