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Officials say school grades do not show student progress

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By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Pender County school received one A, four B’s five C’s and six D’s on the North Carolina school report card report released last week.

Pender County Schools Superintendent Dr. Terri Cobb says the grades do not reflect an accurate picture of what is happening in the county’s school system.

Cobb says the grades are largely based on where a child is academically at the beginning of the school year and does not take into account the progress students make during the school year. “We have children moving into our system from other districts that are behind and parents know we can help.

We have kindergarten students coming in that don’t know their alphabet, colors or numbers. All this affects our schools’ report card,� Cobb said. “We are held accountable for where that child is when they come in.�

Cobb says the focus of the Pender School system is growth. “You cannot help where the children are when they enter the classroom. You can im-

pact the growth the child has during the school year,� Cobb said. “We want a year’s worth of growth for a year’s worth of seat time.�

In Pender County, 75 percent of schools either met or exceeded growth expectations.

Cobb feels the school report card grades are reflective of the socioeconomics of the students of the students – many schools serving students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds earned lower grades.

According to a report released by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, schools with 50 percent or more students in poverty reported more C’s, D’s and F’s than schools with less poverty. “We are going to continue to focus on growth,� said Cobb.

School board member Kenneth Lanier is concerned with the impact the grades have on the schools. “I don’t think the grade is a true and accurate reflection of what the school really does.

It labels a school and is a real disservice to teaching,� Lanier said. “It doesn’t look at the whole picture of what a school is doing. This grade comes from a small part. That’s not fair.�

Hampstead sign ordinance meeting Feb. 20 at library Businesses along the US Hwy. 17 corridor have signed a petition requesting Pender County to review the temporary sign ordinance. Business owners will meet at the Hampstead Library on Feb.

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Ordinance temporary sign verbiage. /RGANIZER 2ACHEL 'AINES urges business owners to attend the meeting. Attendees should bring suggestions and signage needs. The UDO gets reviewed every five years and is scheduled for review this year.

Staff photos by Andy Pettigrew

Louise Shrum and Jane Teachey work Saturday morning at the annual Swamp Stomp search and rescue exercise preparing food for the searchers. Tom Gergar cracks a few eggs in the early morning chill to help prepare breakfast for the participants in the training. The Swamp Stomp is held each year in the Holly Shelter Gamelands, and attracts search and rescue teams from across the state who seek to polish their searching skills.

Rocky Point woman arrested on drug charges Receptionist in Hampstead doctor’s office called in unauthorized prescriptions for narcotics From Staff Reports Six people are awaiting court proceedings on arrests for operating a prescription drug ring in Eastern North Carolina that yielded more than 6,000 illegally obtained pills valued at $50,000, according to the State Bureau of Investigation.

Four local law enforcement agencies and the SBI combined efforts to investigate Amy Wynne Blankenship,

36, of Rocky Point, her two brothers and three of their friends who police believe were selling a large number of the illegally obtained drugs, mainly Lorcet.

Blankenship was a receptionist in a Hampstead doctor’s office from where she allegedly called in unauthorized prescriptions to local pharmacies in the names of her brothers and friends who then picked up the drugs. “This excellent example of teamwork between the N.C. SBI and local law enforcement agencies allowed officers to dismantle this drug ring and reduce the amount of potentially deadly narcotics being sold on the streets,� said Special Agent in Charge Donnie

Amy Wynne Blankenship Varnell of the SBI Diversion and Environmental Crimes Unit.

Blankenship was arrested on 35 drug charges including fraud/forgery, trafficking,

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Appointments, expenses round out last commissioner’s meeting

By Tammy Proctor Post & Voice Staff Writer

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Members of the U.S. Air Force Rythym in Blue jazz band talk with the crowd following the concert Feb. 6 at the Pender County Government Annex in Hampstead. See photos of the event on Facebook.

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The Pender County commissioners discussed changing their standard meeting dates in order to attend the Pender County Board of Education meetings. “We need to be in tune with the school board over the next few years,� said David Piepmeyer.

The board noted they will meet only once in March. The next commissioners’ meeting is bumped to Tuesday, Feb. 17 because Monday,

Feb. 16, is Presidents’ Day, a Federal holiday.

Commissioners discussed changing their meetings to the second and fourth Monday of each month.

In other business, commissioners appointed Bob Holm and Kevin Piacenza to serve on the Council of Community Affairs. Holm will serve in an At-Large position for one year. Piacenza, who lives in District Two, will serve on the board in an open seat for District One. Norwood Blanchard was appointed to serve

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Arrest report Lucino Castanon Arteaga, 32, 121 Everette Road 15, Rocky Point. No operators license. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $500 secured bond.

Michael Robert Askew, 38, 310 Headwaters Drive, Hampstead. Possession of marijuana paraphernalia. Arrest by N.C. State Highway Patrol. Released under $500 secured bond.

Irvinn Gutierrez Bautista, 21, 205 Raccoon Road, Willard.

Driving while impaired. Released with no bond listed.

Dakota James Bell,16, 45 Frank Millis Road, Hampstead.

Felony larceny, felony possession of stolen goods, break or enter a motor vehicle. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $25,000 secured bond.

Michael Sidney Best, Jr., 33, 213 Pandy Ann Lane, Hampstead. Injury to real property, injury to personal property, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,700 secured bond.

Edward Mac Brown, 50, 88 Belt Road. Hampstead. Assault on a female. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Robert Evans Caison, II, 41, 3763 Bell Williams Rd., Burgaw.

Communicating threats. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,200 secured bond.

James Lewis Cotten, 30, 74 Tasha Lane, Burgaw. Drive while license revoked not impaired rev, second degree trespassing. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,100 secured bond.

James Edward Dowd, 32, 38 Maple Road, Burgaw. Felony probation violation out of county. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $10,000 secured bond.

James Paul Gelbhaar, 29, 63 George Washington, Currie.

Felony breaking and/ or entering (6 counts), larceny after breaking and or entering (4 counts), felony possession of stolen goods (4 counts). Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $225,000 secured bond.

Johnny Lee Herring, III, 34, 2554 Rooks Road, Atkinson.

Assault on a female, possession with intent to manufacture, or sell or deliver schedule 2C, felony possession of schedule 2, manufacture schedule 2 controlled substance, misdemeanor maint place for controlled substance, sell schedule 2 controlled substance, deliver schedule 2 controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacture marijuana, conspire to sell marijuana, deliver marijuana, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession with intent to sell, manufacture, deliver marijuana. Arrest

by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $50,500 secured bond.

James Nathaniel Horrell, 28, 3435 Point Caswell Rd., 4 A, Atkinson. Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated with no bond

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Frankie Lynn Howard, 49, 306 Howards Landing Road, Hampstead. Misdemeanor probation violation. Incarcerated with no bond listed.

John Henrey Jenness, III, 30, 237 Kelash Ext, Rocky Point.

Assault on a female, driving while license revoked not impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $1,000 secured bond and no bond.

Michael Keith Johnson, 26, 1015 Angola Bay Road, Wallace.

Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released with no bond listed.

David Davon Kearse, 28, 121 Hiwatha Drive, Burgaw. Driving while license revoked. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $500 secured bond.

Avil Rene Lopez, 47, 938 Old Wilmington Road, Wallace.

Driving while impaired, speeding, drive while license revoked impaired rev, use foreign license while driving while license revoked. Arrest by N.C. State Highway Patrol. Released under $2,000 secured bond.

Warren Gable Matthews, 31, 620 Balcombe Road, Rocky Point. Driving while impaired. Released with no bond listed.

Jamie Robert McCann, 27, 1379 Penderlea Hwy, Burgaw.

Misdemeanor larceny. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department.

Released under $500 secured bond.

Brandon Michael McDevitt, 21, 761 Moore Town Rd., Rocky Point. Unauthorized use of motor vehicle. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $500 secured bond.

Alberto Velasquez Morales, 30, 25 Satchwell Street, Burgaw. No insurance, no operators license, drive/allow vehicle not registered and or titled, expired/ no inspection.

Arrest by N.C. State Highway Patrol. Released under $1,500 secured bond.

Sylvester Murray, III, 35, 650 US Hwy 117 Hwy S, Burgaw.

Misuse of 911 system. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Leonard Anthony Pisano, 50, 433 Hughes Road, Hampstead.

Drive while license revoked. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Nashid Porter, 36, 6392 S NC 41, Wallace. Possession of firearm by felon. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released with no bond listed.

Keith De-Andre Stephens, 18, 10353 US 117N Hwy, Willard.

Communicating threats, injury to personal property, second degree trespassing. Incarcerated under $1,500 secured bond.

Christopher Evans Thomas, 35, 105 Bay Tree Circle, Hampstead. Driving while impaired, carrying concealed weapon, no operators license, window tinting violation. Arrest by N.C. State Highway Patrol. Released under $1,200 secured bond.

Lacy Wheeler, 51, 3303 US 117 N, Burgaw. Assault and battery. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $500 secured bond.

Information taken from reports from county municipal police departments, Highway Patrol, and the Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Arrest reports are public record.

Not all arrests result in a determination of guilt.

State begins parking addition at Hampstead boat ramp

EMS Report Total Patient Contacts: 166

By Andy Pettigrew there,” said Pender County Calls per station Post & Voice Publisher Commission Chairman David Williams. The Wildlife Burgaw Station 1 36 The North Carolina WildResources Commission has Sloop Point Station 14 20 life Resources Commission listened to us. They didn’t Hampstead Station 16 24 has begun construction of develop all the available land additional parking at the at the ramp. This should help Surf City Station 23 18 Hampstead public boating with the parking problems.”

Topsail Beach Station 4 5 access area.

Williams says the county Union Station 5 15 The new gravel lot will is looking at expanding the add 30 additional parking ramp area and providing adRocky Point Station 7 22 spaces for trailered vehicles. ditional services at the site.

Maple Hill Station 8 2 Construction began in late “We are pursuing a couple Atkinson Station 9 19 January. of angles right now, but it’s “The public boat ramp has too early to say. We are tryScott Hill Station 18 4 been an overwhelming suc- ing to expand the footprint Hwy 421 South Station 29 1 cess. The need is definitely there.”

Type of Calls Cancelled: 19 Cancelled en-route: 1 No patient found/treatment: 0 Refusals: 45 Living space out of old barns, ect. for TV show Stand by: 0 Transported: 92

By Ashley Jacobs something re-purprosed or alTreated/released: 6 Post & Voice Staff Writer ready existing that’s out of the ordinary. Does anything come Fire Department Report The small screen is calling to your mind? Maybe it’s an Total number of Fire Calls: 14 your name! A New York based old barn in Pender County or a EMS First Response: 28 production company, Loud shed that could be turned into Television, is casting North a new retreat or guest cottage Motor Vehicle Crash: 3 Carolinians for an upcom- for friends and family.

Cancelled Response: 0 ing major cable network TV “We started our search in Calls per station show. the New England and New They’re searching for ru- York Tri-State area and are Rescue Station 1 Burgaw ral towns across the country now expanding our search EMS 0 for people planning to build Motor Vehicle Crash: 1 a unique living space out of Continued on page 3A Cancelled: 0 of Rocky Point Fire DepartFire Station 14 Sloop Point ment was appointed to the Fire Fire: 3 Commission Board for the first Continued from page 1A time. He will replace Chief Motor Vehicle Crash: 2 Josh Moss.

EMS Assist: 8 Commissioners approved as a civilian representative on Fire Station 16 Hampstead the Lower Cape Fear Water and $15,255 for the design, printSewer Board. He has served on ing, and shipping of the 2015 Fire: 2 Pe n d e r C o u n t y Vi s i t o r s ’ this board in the past.

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Pender Memorial employee named NHRMC Employee of Excellence

By Ashley Jacobs Post & Voice Staff Writer Many would argue a great organization is only as strong as its weakest employee. In other words, it takes a team of hard working individuals to create an excellent business, or in this case to provide excellent care for others.

Located in Burgaw, Pender Memorial Hospital employs just a portion of the more than 6,000 people working for New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Though they’re small in size compared to NHRMC in Wilmington, the Pender County hospital can now boast that they’re home to a Leader of Excellence and an Employee of Excellence.

About a year and a half ago, Sharon Becker was named Leader of Excellence. It is a title just three people are awarded each year.

And in January 2015 fellow employee Lynn Woodcock was named the first Employee of Excellence at the hospital. The works in Radiology and was shocked to learn she now holds such a prestigious title. “I was very shocked, but will be honored to represent PMH for the very first staff member to be recognized,� she said. “At the awards meeting I immediately thought of so many employees who deserve this award.�

NHRMC started the Employee of Excellence award more than ten years ago, naming one employee each month. In all, about 120 people have had the honor with Woodcock being the first to receive it from PMH. “Front line employees are the backbone of this organization. They interact with patients and families on a daily basis. They give 110 percent always. Without them, where would we be?� asked Ruth Glaser, President of PMH. Glaser explained that the Employee of Excellence award honors employees who fully embrace and display the Standards of Performance at the hospital and consistently have happy disposition and routinely go above and beyond expected job duties.

Woodcock’s manager, Deborah Horney, and her peers nominated Woodcock. “She did a great job coordinating the nomi-

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The rural renovation projects potential cast members should be able to answer the following questions: Have you always wanted to repurpose a cool vintage structure on your property? Do you have a unique structure that you’ve been waiting to convert into a dream living space? Does your structure have a rich history and American backstory?

Do you live in a rural area, where materials can easily be sourced? “Whether it’s an old railroad car, shed, silo, bus, boat, etc. we’re looking for all types of projects like this for the series,� the casting representative said. Potential participants do not need to have a specific plan in mind for their structures. “We’re specifically casting folks with these types of buildings, structures or vehicles that are ready to be converted and transformed, with a bud-

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NHRMC Employee of Excellence Lynn Woodcock, who works in radiology. nation,� Glaser said.

As an Employee of Excellence, Woodcock will now be in the running for the Annual Employee of the Year and won $500. She’ll sport a purple name badge and have a preferred parking spot among other perks, but it is clear the material prizes are less significant to her than the intangible elements of being named an Employee of Excellence. “I hope my award will help everyone realize they can acknowledge their coworkers for a strong work ethic and dedication that solidifies PMH to be a great place to work,�

Woodcock said. “That continuing their nominations, because one never knows when their chosen employee will be selected. I, personally, was so surprised and am still overwhelmed.

I would never have imagined that the great staff surrounding me would ever consider bestowing upon me such a high and respectful nomination. I am truly touched by this award and what it stands for.�

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Golden Anniversary Willie and Margaree Calmes celebrated their 50th Golden Anniversary Jan. 15, 2015. The couple renewed their vows Jan. 17 at the River Landing Country Club in Wallace.

The celebration was given by t h e i r d a u g h t e r s, A n Jeanette and Marie Calmes of Atlanta, Ga. and officiated by the family’s spiritual mentor and friend, Rev. Dr. Orea JonesWells of Lexington, Ky. Mrs. Calmes wore a designer gold gown, carrying a gold dusted rose bouquet, and was surprised to see and be escorted by her grandsons; Mr. Kenneth C. Johnson, Statesboro, Ga. and Mr. Christian D. Johnson, Tallahassee, Fla. Mr. Willie Calmes wore a tailored black suit with gold bowtie, and was overjoyed seeing his three generations of nieces, Ms. Darlene Calmes, Crawford, MS, Mrs. Carmen Mosley, Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. Kimberly Calmes Crowder (soloist), Chesapeake, Va..

Among other guests were Mrs. Calmes’ sister, Mrs. Carolyn W. Northern (Willie) of Atkinson, and two brothers, Mr. Clifton E. Wright (Vickie) and Mr. Robert A. Wright, Sr. (Mamie) of Alexandria, Va. Mr. Gregory Wright (nephew and soloist) of Alexandria, Va. rendered the music, and the event planner was Mr. Lawrence Wright (nephew) of Bowie, Md.

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Welcome to my world

Autism isn’t contagious Autism isn’t contagious.

Measles, however, certainly is.

Vaccinating against measles (using the measles/mumps/ rubella vaccine, known as MMR) was once non-controversial.

All three diseases wrought havoc on American children for decades, before finally being brought under control through vaccinations.

As pediatric medicine improved, so did the diagnostic criteria for conditions and There is a distinct posdiseases that had either been sibility that the MMR vacmissed or misdiagnosed in cine could be responsible years before. for some cases of autism.

There’s nothing new about More research, from unbiautism, nor should it be ased laboratories, is needed discounted. Autism (properly before there is a wholesale called autism spectrum discondemnation of the MMR order) is a general terms for vaccine that has worked for several types of brain develso many Americans for so opment disorders that often long. Jumping on the antioccur together. vaccine bandwagon doesn’t Autism is a heartbreaking help anyone. condition – there is no set standard of severity, nor even enough data to consistently figure out why some children are mildly autistic and eventually able to fully function in society, and others are never able to get past the most basic communication skills. Motor function, intellectual development, learning ability, and digestive issues are just a few of the challenges faced by autistic children.

Not enough is done to diagnose, treat and research a potential “cure” for autism – if there even can be such – but the rise in cases of autism is not necessarily caused by the rise in vaccinations. Improvements in medical diagnostics also coincided with the “rise” in autism; did incidents of arthritis increase because ibuprofen became more common for treating joint pain?

Measles was just a bad memory in America until the current outbreak, thought to have come from third world countries which flock to our porous borders in search of the American dream. Forty-plus year old cars are considered standard in some underdeveloped nations; medical care, especially for children, is similarly behind the times in those places.

There is a distinct possibility that the MMR vaccine could be responsible for some cases of autism. More research, from unbiased laboratories, is needed before there is a wholesale condemnation of the MMR vaccine that has worked for so many Americans for so long. Jumping on the anti-vaccine bandwagon doesn’t help anyone.

Our country needs a better way of dealing with illegal immigration, especially with the number of other infectious germs lurking in countries unlike our own. Even if the federal government is determined to allow illegals by the thousands to make their homes here just by breaking the law, there should be some provision for vaccinating migrants from countries where virulent diseases are rampant. Such vaccinations will have a two-fold effect – protecting the individual and his or her family, and the population of our country. Who will pay for such a program, and how it would be implemented, is a completely different conundrum.

Simply put – the measles vaccine doesn’t cause autism, but illegal immigration has likely caused the return of measles.

Sadly only two of those conditions can be successfully treated – and making baseless claims is no way to cure the third.

Vaccinate your children. Support autism research. And demand an end to illegal immigration, before something far worse infects our children.

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Product branding is fascinating to me. I could sit for hours watching television commercials while pondering the source of product brands.

The idea of popularizing products through visual “I don’t think the grade is a true and accurate reflection of what appeal and slogans actually the school really does. It labels a school and is a real disservice to originated thousands of years teaching.” ago and the concept was, Pender County School Board member Kenneth Lanier on the state report card in the beginning, a way to grades for Pender County schools. promote integrity, honesty and quality assurance for a “We are pursuing a couple of angles right now, but it’s too early product or company. to say. We are trying to expand the footprint there.”

I never realized, for examPender County Commission Chairman David Williams on the possibility of addple, that CVS originally stood ing additional facilities at the Hampstead public boat ramp. for Consumer Value Stores or that Google was almost called Backrub. I do, however, wonder about the integrity of marketing techniques and sometimes question the validI was surprised the world her doctors, who were legion ity of consumer claims.

I’d love to know, for indidn’t stop turning.

– but she was also tumbling stance, who named the acid In reality I wasn’t, of into the rabbit hole of Alcourse. It just seemed to me zheimer’s. We speculated that reflux medication Aciphex.

I imagine that taking this that it should have as we caring for my father, who medicine after a buffalo wing stood at the hospital bed on died in 2001, ignited some fest might result in a sharp, that cold, bitter, rainy Februinner strength that helped invigorating crackle in the ary day and told my mother Mother hide her own probhindquarters with each step goodbye. lems. Mommas are like that.

I take.

Thankfully, we had said When the Old Man passed Marketing was obviously our ”real” goodbyes months away so quietly on that warm taste-testing the newest wine before, when she still had May morning, Mother could cooler when that brand came most of her mind. We can finally let her guard down, up for labeling review. But dress up Alzheimer’s and and the enemy could no lonwait, there’s more. The Prell dementia and all those other ger be stopped. commercial is also a bit of a conditions with euphemisms The harder I have stared like ”cognitive disorders” at the half-century mark, the head-scratcher. I understand and the like, but when more of my friends have lost the revival of a product from 1975, but it’s just so cheesy. someone’s neurons begin to their parents to one form of If a shampoo needs to be misfire and a loved one slips dementia or another. Indeed, Jefferson Weaver resurrected from the 1970’s, away—they lose their mind.

I have several people I conwhy not bring back Beer on 2002 with rapidly advancing It doesn’t mean they are sider family who are now in Tap? I used to feel naughty, Parkinson’s Disease; slowly mean or crazy or dangerousdifferent stages of different yet so alive, when using it as but surely, she lost the ability cognitive disorders. None ly psychotic (like my great a seven-year-old. What would to do so many of the things aunt). It just means they of them have gone down the happen if I accidentally she enjoyed, from cooking to can’t function like “normal” same way; the only similardrank it or licked my sudsy writing to crochet to growing ity is the pain felt by those people anymore. bee” school could never fly, lips? Would I get in trouble if flowers. We didn’t realize it Lois Clara Belle Covert but today, in the middle of Continued on page 5A mom or dad found out?

Weaver was diagnosed in late at the time – and neither did nowhere, Campbell boasts I remember sitting in the schools of law, business, tub for hours with Beer on pharmacy, divinity and now Tap shampoo foaming atop a medical school among the my head, smoking candy cigabest in the nation. rettes and drinking Sanka.

As an itinerant young Oh the shame. Before wiping preacher Jim Arch traveled away the suds and sliding the North Carolina countryFat-shaming is ing an alternative solution. I into my patchwork bellbotside and what he encounthe wrong way recommend that the schools toms and crocheted vest, I did tered was appalling. In those As a Topsail High School educate students on how to squeeze the Charmin. And, I Reconstruction times there Alumni of the graduating make better choices at the liked it. was both a poverty of spirit class of 2010, I often keep Mocha Cove, in the cafeteria, The prize, however, for and financial poverty, the in touch with students and and when they go home at the adverlying goes to credit card people’s health even poorer teachers at the high school end of the day. companies and their attempts and illiteracy was commonregarding events within the Teach them that low-fat at subliminal messages and place. academic community. This milk is a better alternative under the radar disclaimers Jim Arch was convicted to week I found myself appalled to full-fat; provide them with which are delivered so surrepbegin Buies Creek Academy by a poor decision regarding low-sugar options; encourtitiously that they are beyond because he believed educastudent well-being, particularage them to get their drinks human comprehension. To tion was not only essential ly adolescent mental health. without whip-cream. All of illustrate, a marriage proto making a better living but On Feb. 6, educators at these allow students to make posal in similar form might also a better life. That first Topsail High school made the At my time at the high better choices without equatgo something like this: semester 21 showed up - five decision to cover the walls school, I never received edu- ing health to weight.

Guy: Will you marry me? helped build the new schoolof the campus with posters cation about healthy behavParents, I urge you to talk Girl: Of course I will and house. They paid tuition in stating “We’ve taken charge iors and eating choices. If with your children about I can’t wait for you to see my hogs, cabbages or whatever so you won’t get large” after we really want to make a body acceptance. The greatwide hip expanse after birthproduce their families could re-opening the Mocha Cove change in the health of teens, est protective factor against ing five kids and that means spare. The hardships were coffee shop where they re- send a positive message. En- eating disorders is a family no cuddling for you, sweetie, unimaginable, including a vamped the drink options in courage them to take care of environment that supports unless you want to work on fire that devastated the buildline with Michelle Obama’s themselves and make healthy and accepts children and does number six but no hugging ing and books that housed Healthy Schools Initiative. choices available, but do not not draw attention to their and by the way any extracurthe school. But James ArchiI want to make clear the scare them out of consuming weight. Schools, I urge you riculars that you even think bald Campbell had a dream. issue is not with implement- calories. to implement activities for of maintaining after the I He preached, cajoled, begged, ing healthier choices in our As a doctoral candidate eating disorder awareness do’s will be permanently shut worked tirelessly and taught, schools to comply with these in a clinical psychology pro- and to reconsider the current down and if you dare to plan by example as well as words, new standards. The issue gram, I am aware that the tactics of fat shaming that an outing with the boys you the value of hard work and is with the fat-shaming and worst thing we can do for the you are proliferating among had better clear it with me at education. bullying that is conveyed by mental health of our students your campus. least one month in advance James Archibald Campthese posters.

If educators think it’s is make them ashamed of but plan on taking the kids bell was my great-grandI recognize that childhood themselves, lowering their okay to draw attention to because I will probably have father. He died nine years obesity is an epidemic within self-esteem, and ultimately students weight in this way, a raging headache and I could before I was born but I knew our country, but is fat-sham- leading to a wide-variety of what is stopping students really care less that you want his wife, Miss Neely (Corneing our students really the mental health issues. Feb- from bullying each other? me to have dinner ready by lia Pearson) and his three best way to target this health ruary is National Eating Think about the message that 6 p.m. each evening because children, Bessie, Carlyle issue? Rather than hang Disorder Awareness Month, you are spreading. that isn’t happening and if and my grandfather, Leslie. posters which make students making it all the more appallFor students who are strugyou don’t want me using your Jim Arch and his two sons hyper-aware of their weight, ing that these posters were gling, contact the National razor then you’d better darn graduated on the same day would it not be better to chan- spread this week.

Eating Disorder hotline at well hide it next time. I do. from Wake Forest College. All nel the energy and resources I am not here to criticize 1-800-931-2237 into nutritional education? these signs without providAndrea Kaniuka

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The founder and his dream Jim Arch always stood out in a crowd. His red hair, blue eyes and bushy mustache attracted attention, but his engaging, charismatic personality drew people to him.

With little formal education and practically no money he started, in 1887, what is now Campbell University. There is no reason what author Winston Pearce described as the “Big Miracle at little Buies Creek” should have happened, but the story is worth remembering and retelling.

Many private academies and colleges opened and closed since Campbell’s founding. There is no major center of commerce or natural resources to make the region appealing. No major benefactors like the Dukes or Reynolds endowed the school; in fact the elite often sent their children to more prestigious colleges. Naysayers predicted this “bumble-

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Newsings & Musings

By Edith Batson Post & Voice Staff Writer Toe-tapping rhythm Band music has been a favorite of mine since World War II days when I worked as a cashier at the USO in Wilmington on weekends.

With army, air force and marine bases in the area, service men flocked to the USO for food and entertainment.

On Sunday afternoons there was a worship service at 4:00. Sometimes I would play hymns when there was not a service man around who would play the piano.

Hannah Block was a wonderful musician and volunteered her time at the USO. She could play jazz, big band music, and anything else the men like to hear.

On Saturday nights there was usually a live band in the big auditorium and dancing kept the men and community girls who volunteered very happy.

Anyway, the bands always were fun, interesting, talented, and willing to play. It’s a good thing the floor was very sturdy or the dancers might have fallen through.

The Rhythm in Blue Jazz Ensemble which featured part of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band kept the audience tapping hands, tapping toes, and moving heads and shoulders to the fast music.

The band is headquartered in Hampton, Virginia and plays from Maine to South Carolina.

In the brass section there

were two trumpets, two trombones, and three saxophones.

Added to that were drums, bass, keyboard, and xylophone. It definitely is hard to sit still with that combination belting it out for an hour and a half.

The concert, sponsored by the Pender-Topsail Post & Voice was the first event held in the renovated old Topsail High School, which is now the Pender County Government Annex, at Hampstead.

Thank you, Pender County Commissioners, for having the foresight to use the building for county offices, as well as a wonderful place for concerts, meetings, and other events.

The auditorium was beautiful to my eyes. The architectural framing around the large stage was particularly spectacular. Both sides of the auditorium had long windows, filling the room with lots of light. There were two spots with low ramps for wheel chairs, and spacious aisles.

The concert was well- attended, and everyone there thoroughly enjoyed the music. Unfortunately I did not recognize anything they played until they played service songs and asked veterans to stand when their song was played. Much clapping showed how much the audience appreciated the veterans. It was good to have them finish with AmericaMy Country tis of Thee.

After the concert, band members mingled with people in the audience and enjoyed having questions and conversation.

Telling one young man how much I enjoyed the unusual Bass solo, he insisted on finding the Bass player so I could tell him personally.

All of the members were quite talented and had an opportunity to show off their particular skills.

My son, Stephen took me to the concert, along with Bobby Ives, who had stopped by the house on her way to see a friend, who was in the hospital after hip surgery. So she stopped on the way back and went with us.

People lingered after the concert and we met one worker whose office was the first one inside the front door.

She was from Russia and had come to America to visit a friend. She loved it so much that she stayed and later married an American.

Bobby saw someone else who knew her daughter.

Stephen was very patient with us, and we appreciated his taking us to Hampstead.

To me it was special because of my Aunt who taught there many years. She would have loved the renovated building, which now will be useful for many more years.

Wilmington Symphony It is directed by Steven Errante, and we enjoyed a completely different type of concert on Saturday night at

Kenan Auditorium at UNCW. The first section consisted of “Concerto for Trumpet� by Joseph Haydn.

Trumpet soloist was Jake Yates, co- winner of the Richard R. Deas Student Concerto Competition, UNCW Division.

Following the intermission, the program featured “Bachfest: The music of J.S. Bach� with choirs and soloists for parts of the program.

One of the trumpeters was Robby Anderson, teacher at Penderlea school and choir director at Burgaw Presbyterian Church.

It was a great opportunity to attend a program of classical music. Wilmington is full of very talented musicians.

Patricia Slomanski, Louise Uzzell, and I thoroughly enjoyed the concert on Saturday.

Saw Jennings Trawick and a cousin, Darla Nettles, who was a volunteer usher.

Mission trip: Nicaragua This has been the second trip to this country for Edith.

She and four others, including her daughter, Rachel, left Monroe, LA, for Atlanta where they flew to the capital, Managua. The official language is Spanish, according to my 1969 edition of World book Encyclopedia, although Edith said that most people spoke English. Their ancestry is Indian and white. Their lifestyle is somewhat like the Spanish-Americans in other parts of Central American countries.

In size it is a little larger than N.C. and reaches from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea. They then had to fly across the country to Great Corn Island, and then drive two hours to their mission destination. Their goal was purification of a water source to a Church and School.

Can’t wait to learn more about the trip. Edith’s birthday is today, Monday, February 9, and I want to tell her that she is my favorite (and only daughter) and I love her “a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck—and a whole lot more!� Wonder how she will be celebrating it in Nicaragua?

Grandson, David and wife, Colleen have just returned from a trip to Peru to visit with Colleen’s brother. Can’t wait to hear about that trip too.

Has anybody found my hearing aid?

A bad habit- putting things down and not remembering where I put them. I thought I took it to church in my pocketbook because it needed a new battery, and I did not have time to put it in the hearing aid before leaving home. Also took the batteries with me (I thought). Didn’t get it in my ear and haven’t seen it since then. Of course it could be anywhere, accidentally gotten thrown in the trash, in a coat pocket I have failed to search (although I thought I had checked them

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the founder and my grandfather Leslie as presidents, as well as Norman Wiggins and Jerry Wallace. They have managed to convince superior faculty to teach in what admittedly is less than the ideal setting. Dedication to the mission has encouraged alumni and supporters to work tirelessly in support and more than a few who rose to achieve prominence and wealth have been willing to invest in this dream.

We need reminding that dreaming big can achieve great results. Focused hard work does not go unrewarded.

Many hands, united in a common effort, make success more likely. And Churchill frequently reminded us to never, ever give up.

James Archibald Campbell and all who have been involved in Campbell would

burst with pride at what this great university has become.

Those founders most certainly look down on us and cheer us to greater dreams.

Campbell is former assistant state treasurer and is creator/ host of NC SPIN, a weekly

statewide television discussion of state issues airing Saturdays at 5 a.m. on WILM-TV and Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on Time Warner Cable Channel 20, Channel 25, and Channel 52. Contact him at www. ncspin.com.

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signed up for a class and, if my calculations are correct, the local Food Mart’s going to owe me $9.95 just for loading up on 50 boxes of lemon Jell-O. Plus, I’ll have enough croutons for a lifetime of salads. But, there’s always hope that these advertise-

ments will demonstrate a flicker of truth at some point in my life.

After 30 years, I still walk down the street hoping that someone will stop me and say, “Gee your hair smells terrific.� It could totally happen.

be lifesavers for us, as well as excellent caregivers for Mother, even though they didn’t have her very long.

Miss Lois wasn’t smiling as she lay on the hospital bed overlooking a gray, freezing day where the wind whipped branches on embarrassed, naked trees. She hissed and huffed and clenched her fists. Her eyes snapped and stared in a way that made me cringe when I was little.

She squirmed and fought until the moment the world stopped turning one last time, and she went home.

I fear that I risk blasphemy each time I write these words, but I doubt Heaven is reached through pearly gates, surrounded by walls of jasper and threaded with streets of gold. Heaven, to

me, would be reached via a dirt lane that pleasantly bounces the truck as you turn off the paved road.

Happy dogs bark, chickens scatter, and horses race along the fence, reveling in a perfectly sunshiny day.

At the end of the lane is a comfortable old farmhouse with a welcoming porch, where cats loll in the sunshine and flowers always bloom and people visit.

It’s a place where your mother, once again young and beautiful and unconfused, waits with the rest of your family – a place where it’s okay when the world stops turning. –Weaver is a columnist with the Post & Voice. Contact him at jeffweaver@ whiteville.com.

Continued from page 4A Three were college presidents and his daughter taught music at Campbell after graduating from Meredith.

As Campbell unveils a statue on Founder’s Day to honor Jim Arch there are lessons we can learn from this success story. Paramount is that dedicated, committed leadership that refuses to give up almost always trumps other mitigating circumstances.

Campbell has been blessed by

Weaver

Continued from page 4A who love them.

It’s a crippling, visceral pain, one which is difficult to understand until you have been there and done that.

We pray for them by name, nightly, and desperately want to do something to help, but there is little or nothing one can do but wait.

My mother’s descent into dementia was not gradual.

She would be okay for a while, then plummet downhill like we did on the old sled her father made, which Mother taught us how to use during a rare winter snow.

Unlike our pell-mell sledding expeditions, however, she never managed to trudge all the way back up the slope, but stalled along the way. Mother went from philosophical to frustrated to frightened to‌ happy.

Science tells us that with many who suffer cognitive disorders, there comes a time when some patients seem to flip a “happy switch.� One study shows this happens most often in people with a strong faith in God. I personally think God basically decides a person has had enough, and allows the mind to go to a happier place while the body finishes wearing out.

It’s as if the world stops for the person who can’t remember his or her name, doesn’t recognize their children or pets or home or bed. For some, the fear and anger go away.

My grandmother became a flirtatious young girl again, embarrassing me horribly in front of my buddies from high school.

For the last two months of her life, my mother couldn’t readily speak, at least not so

as anyone could understand what she was saying. We no longer had the 2 a.m. phone calls wondering where “Little Jeff � had run away to this time, even though Brother Mike was just a few feet from Mother, and trying to reassure her I was grown and safe.

No longer did she call my brother Mike and me by our older brother JJ’s name. No more did Mother call Rhonda to complain about “that mean, bossy girl� who made her do things.

That mean, bossy girl, by the way, was my beloved Rhonda, who put her heart and soul into being Mother’s caregiver, even when Mother was mean as a snake.

One day, at least in my mother’s tortured mind, the world just stopped turning.

A switch flipped, a fuse blew, a circuit disconnected—and she was happy again.

Miss Lois was always known for her love of music, and when she went away to the happy place in her clouded mind, she would sometimes burst into song for no reason. We couldn’t understand the words or the tune, but she sang, and sang happily. Even when she could no longer vocalize, you could tell she was singing, and could almost read her lips.

Sometimes I even tried to sing along. Once we were visiting her and she began swinging one arm and making happy rhyming noises.

It was much later I realized she was singing “A tisket, a tasket,� and her fingers weren’t crooked just from arthritis, but because she was likely skipping across a field with her sisters Audrey and Leola, gathering flowers. Her world had stopped turning at a very happy place.

Miss Lois was always a �baby whisperer,� able to

Continued from page 4A But, guess what Mr. Disclaimer Clad Manipulator of Visual Input? I plan to start extreme couponing soon. I’ve calm the most despondent and hysterical child, regardless of race, creed, color or age. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren –indeed, all small children – were treasures. I have no idea how many times I watched her comfort stuffed animals and dolls borrowed from her similarly afflicted roommate at the nursing home.

My earliest memories are of my mother reading to me, either on the porch of the old house in Keener, or in her rocking chair, at a kitchen table near a big Warm Morning heater, or as I fought sleep as only a little kid can fight.

When her world stopped turning, I found myself reading to her instead. The newspaper, the Bible, magazines a mystery novel, a book of medieval lyrics and poetry that turned up from somewhere -it didn’t seem to matter. Reading to her made my mother smile more than just talking, and if my mother was happy, the words didn’t really matter much anyway.

It was Valentine’s Day when my mother quit smiling; she had been back in the hospital for several days, after just a few weeks in a nursing home. The decision to put her in a constant-care facility was gut-wrenching, considering I had promised my parents they never would be in such a place as long as they knew what was going on. The home where my grandmother finally died left an indelible scar on the nursing home industry, at least where our family was concerned, but the folks who cared for Mother changed much of that.

We were exhausted, both physically and emotionally.

Mother’s doctor flat-out told us we couldn’t do it any more. The staff at Mary Gran in Clinton proved to

all). Anyway, it has a small brown thing that hooks over my ear and holds the battery.

Also there is a pinkish flesh colored plastic mold of my ear, with a small longish tube with a hole in it that goes into my ear canal. Help, Help, Help. If anyone has seen such a strange thing, please don’t throw it away. I need it so I can stop saying “what�, “huh� or “say that again� or “I can’t understand your words although I can hear them. They all run together�.

It was most frustrating to pretend to listen to the band and orchestra directors and just understand nothing they said. Finally I just tune them out.

I don’t know whether it is lost or thrown away, accidentally or if it is just hiding from me. My looking eyes are growing weary, and I do hate to spend so much time looking for things.

Scout Sunday Flag Colors were posted

by Scout The Congregation and Scouts said the Litany of the Scout Law. After the congregation read a phrase, citing a Biblical reference to verify it, the scouts spoke these phrases: 1. A Scout is trustworthy 2. A Scout is loyal 3. A Scout is helpful 4.

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Exploring careers at Topsail Middle School

By David Manns Special to the Post & Voice Exploring Careers is a class for eighth graders at Topsail Middle School (TMS) taught

by Mrs. Gina Oaks, in which I recently had the pleasure of being the guest speaker at the conclusion of the course and spoke to two classrooms including students of Mrs. Wanda Williams.

Williams and Oaks teach a course titled Exploring Career Decisions to eighth graders, which provides an orientation to the work world after finishing school.

Mrs. Oaks joined Topsail Middle this year after teaching high school students, and is an Encore teacher for grades sixth, seventh, and eighth for elective classes. “It is exciting to share my work experience from the commercial world, as well as my high school teaching experience with Topsail Middle students,� Oakes said.

She is full of gratitude for this new experience of teaching middle school, and has taught a wide range of courses in Business and Technology.

At TMS, she teaches Exploring Career Decisions and Exploring Business Technologies (eighth grade), Computer Skills and Applications - Word, PowerPoint and Excel (seventh grade), and Keyboarding (sixth grade).

Students are given a lot of information that is covered during 45 days of her Exploring Careers course. It places an emphasis on self-awareness, understanding the world of work, and the career planning process. Lesson plans are based on the National Career

Development guidelines. Students learn skills in the course including such things as communication, personal management and teamwork.

Specific topics covered in the class include: s)NTEREST SURVEYS AND DIScussion of how students interests match certain careers s5NDERSTANDING PERSONALIties and learning styles s7ORKPLACE ESSENTIAL SKILLS and values, and what employers are looking for s7HAT TO WEAR ON AN INterview and interviewing techniques s(OW TO PREPARE FOR AN INterview and what to bring to an interview s#AREER CLUSTERS s$EVELOPING A RESUME TYPES of resumes, and the purpose of a resume s#OVER LETTERS AND 4HANK You notes s7ORKING WITH THE GUIDANCE counselor using the College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) website to assist in course selection for high school Mrs. Oaks just finished teaching my son in her sixth grade Keyboarding class, which is how I met her initially. With my expertise in professional resume writing and recruiting employees the past 20 years for companies, it worked out well to speak to the classes. I discussed the need for a resume, interviewing strategies, and career development on two different days to reach all the course’s students. My presentations were to two classes of about 50 students each day and provided applicable resume writing advice even at their young age.

Several students partici-

pated in answering questions.

Only a handful offered their interests as to what they want to do in a career after finishing school, which shows the need for connecting career paths to learning even through middle school. The few students that did mention a career interest were in areas such as engineering, computers, mechanics, and psychology.

Oaks started teaching in 2000 in her home state of Connecticut. She has been married to her husband Greg for nearly nine years, and they have a crazy, fun-loving black lab named Dakota. Her career moves have been affected quite a bit due to her husband’s job, and she is glad to have ended up in North Carolina.

Their moves involved going from Connecticut to North Dakota to New York, so she admitted “knowing obviously all about cold weather.� They plan to retire here. “It is nice to have finally ended up in a warm climate near the ocean,� she said.

Oaks undergraduate degree is in Marketing and Communications from Central ConNECTICUT 3TATE 5NIVERSITY )N 2001, she received a Master’s Degree in Education from the 5NIVERSITY OF .EW (AVEN The majority of her experience has been teaching high school, having also taught at THE 5NIVERSITY OF #ONNECTIcut. Prior to teaching, Oaks worked at Bayer Pharmaceutical in their IT department, she has also worked in the hotel industry, and as a technical recruiter. “I am so happy to have found a career that combines my love of kids, business, and technology in one,� said Oakes.

Photo by David Manns

Mrs. Gina Oakes and Mrs. Wanda Williams teach eighth grade elective clasess on exploring careers at Topsail Middle School.

Burgaw Middle School honor rolls Burgaw Middle School has released the Principal’s List and A/B Honor Roll for the past nine-week grading period.

Sixth grade Principal’s List: Erin Harvey, Jayleigh Leonard, Erica Monroe, Patricia Polinski, Stefanie Saliano A/B Honor Roll: Adam Blanton, Grant Buttery, Madison Evans, Caroline Hering, Paige Hering, Jordan Jacobs, Tyanna Holmes, Abrianna Martin, Erick Mendoza, Nick McGowen, Brayden Oathout, Yessinia Mendez, Damien

Oblander, Dylan Potter, Zaniyah Simpson, Makai Walker, Stacie Thompson Seventh grade Principal’s List: Kyla Reed, Tichina Hankins, Jakayla Bryant, LaDarius Costin, A’Va Farrior, Hannah Edmonds, Mayrani Romero-Gallardo A/B Honor Roll: Alexandra Alberti, Ashante Farrior, Laura Garcia, Iyana Watkins, Tilden Rousey, Brandon May, Samantha Lockamy, Keegan Lane, Zachary Jordan, Franklin Humphrey, Benjamin Hounshel, Jaliyah Herring, Joshua Barnhill, John Burkee,

Richard Dees, Taylor Blake, Khamari Gorham, Diamond Williams, Alejandra CalderonRubio Eighth grade Principal’s List: Mashay Hagans, Ashley Dupalevich, Jenna Harrell, Michael Walker A/B Honor Roll: Jocelyn Fernandez, Seferino Bautista, Halle Berry, Cody Bollinger, Lakeria Dixon, Noah Hounshel, Ameia McKoy, Dorey O’Conner, Nicholas PinnerBaker, Yaer Lopez, Tyler Sawyer, Raymond Still, Tyler Still, Desray Swinson

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Pender County Board of Education chairman Karen Rouse (above left) was honored during School Board Member Appreciation Month at Cape Fear Elementary School. Also honored was retiring teacher Julia Hieronymus. Pictured with Rouse and Hieronymus is CFES principal Charles Chestnut. Joseph Brock (right), a ďŹ fth-grader at Cape Fear Elementary School, was recognized at a recent Pender County Board of Education meeting for his achievement on the Noetic Math Challenge.

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Pender Stories

The swing bridge

Bill Messer At one time, you could have just walked across, through the shallow water, to the sandspit along the oceanfront. After the Corps of Engineers dug the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, the ‘ditch’, boats and ferries took visitors across, and the sandspit became Topsail Island.

Eventually, in the mid ‘50s, a new swing bridge provided the connection. It was a marvelous achievement, and has served reliably for all these years, though today it has become a charming, if sometimes aggravating, anachronism.

These days, people are in a hurry, and have little patience to wait and watch a little sailboat with a tall mast work its way down the water to bring traffic to a halt while it inches along to and through the bridge opening/closing cycle.

If you’ve ever been curious about how the bridge works, this is the time to watch it in operation. It’s a unique experience you won’t get with a fixed highrise bridge. There’s a popular spot to fish, under the mainland side of the bridge, and I watched the opening from there. Access to the fishing area is by a dirt road leading from the parking lot on the right just as you approach the bridge from the north.

I’ve written about a swing bridge before, the one used to be in Sneads Ferry, across the New River from the former town of Marines, before the US Marine Corps established their base there, in the interview with Norman and Josephine Hobbs.

Josephine told me about the old bridge, as she remembered it, as a young teen-ager who helped operate it.

“This bridge they built had no electricity, you had to do everything by hand, everything.”

“How would you open it?”

I asked.

“With a crank. In the center of the swing part. Me and him, I lived with ‘em, on the bridge.

They had a four room house on that bridge, that we lived in. It was ‘on demand’ and we didn’t get many, but you had to keep a log. And they (boats) had to toot their horn three times if they wanted to go through the bridge. Anyway, we had, uh, in the center of that drawbridge there was a great big nut, and we had a big old heavy crank thing, that fitted over the top of that, and they had ‘stays’ that kept that part of the bridge attached to the other (land) part, we had to throw them, put the doors (gates) down first, to block the bridge to keep people from

goin’ across, and they had to be put down by hand. Opening the draw didn’t take but three or four minutes. You had to push that crank around, walk it around.”

Norman explains, “You see, that bridge was built around a great big gear, prob’ly fourteen foot.”

“You had to light the lights by hand, that was my job,” Josephine continued.

“When she was fourteen, fifteen years old, she had to climb that railin’, you know how a framed-up bridge is, she had to climb up there to light that main light, on top, and had to put kerosene in it.”

“I carried a two gallon kerosene can with kerosene in it, matches in my pocket . . .”

“And the fenders out there, you know how the fenders stick out, she had to crawl out there and light those,” Norman added.

These days, the Surf City bridge has electricity, and it opens with the push of a button.

You know it’s about to go into operation when the traffic lights at each end change from green to red. Traffic comes to a stop, and the barrier arms come down to block the road on each side.

A siren sounds and, with a great clanking and groaning, things start to happen, but nothing you can see, at first.

What’s going on?

A shaft running the length of the bridge rotates, and, through a differential, drives linkage and cranks that turn and withdraw wedges from under the four corners. Once they are withdrawn, the bridge goes into motion and slowly, ponderously rotates away from the land until it is parallel with the bulkheads along the waterway passage. Boats too tall to pass underneath can now pass through the opening, and once the last one has gone through, the sirens sound again, the bridge glides back to its former home, quickly at first, and slowing to a crawl for the last few feet, and even slower for the last few inches.

Sensors on the bridge base truss and roadway bulkhead acknowledge position and the bridge’s motion pauses, the cross shaft starts up again and drives the wedges into place.

When all is secure, the traffic arms come up again and the traffic lights change from red to green.

NCDOT has proposed a new bridge to replace the swing bridge, and once completed, the new highrise bridge will be like the one on the north

end of the island. The old swing bridge may be nostalgic, but pretty much everyone I know will be glad to see it go.

Like most boaters who use the Intracoastal Waterway, I have a well-remembered incident involving a swing bridge, the one at Figure Eight Island. My sailing buddy Jim and I were coming down the ditch from Beaufort, ahead of forecast storms, and decided to do the normally two day trip in one, having left early in the morning and making good time.

The wind was favorable so we hauled up the sails, and moved along at a pretty good clip. The weather was unsettled, steamy hot and muggy and we monitored the weather channel as the darkening sky turned into a ominous sky, ‘full of foreboding’ as they say, with forecast cautions of lightning and wind gusts over 58 mph, and then we saw and heard it, a large black mushroom shaped cloud mass with pink and purple jagged gashes of electricity flashing inside.

We were nearing home, with the bridge in sight, and I called for an opening. At that instant a wind gust nearly laid us on our side, and Jim and I rushed to get the sails down as we luffed up and motored around in a circle away from the bridge.

We desperately wanted to get through before the bottom fell out of the storm cloud.

“Captain, I’d like to help you but the winds are over 35 mph and I can’t open the bridge,” the voice crackled over the radio.

Jim and I got the boat under control once the canvas came down, and managed to cope with the gusty winds well enough, and then I heard, “Captain, the winds off a little.

I’m going to crack the bridge open and you scoot through.”

“Hallelujah,” I thought, in answer to my very, very sincere prayers, and as soon as I could see the emerging opening passageway getting wide enough for the boat’s rigging to pass through, I shoved the throttle forward and we made the passage safely to the other side.

We watched, humbled, and the mass of the angry storm cloud passed along but remained just offshore, and were amazed that in only a few more minutes, the hot muggy evening returned and we resumed the last leg back to Bradley Creek, tying up a little after midnight.

–Bill Messer is a columnist with the Post & Voice. Contact him at billmesser@charter.net

Topsail Basketball Association report

By Bob Willard Special to the Post & Voice With 21 games played at TBA this past Saturday, six of the games were old fashioned bar n bur ners with games being decided, in most cases, within the final 30 seconds of play, keeping the hundreds of fans in the bleachers on the edges of their seats.

In the co-ed division consisting of first and second graders, the U S Cellular team eeked out a last second victory 13-12 over a well coached Ronel Austin-Remax squad. In the boy’s third and fourth grade division, Cape Fear Seafood captured an exciting win over the boys representing R J MIller Construction 31-28 in

a contest that could have gone either way, and Blown-Rite Insulation handled the guys from Prism Custom Painting 22-21 in a heart stopper. An excellent display of young talent was displayed by both TBA entries.

In the high school boys division, the Hilton Garden Inn Mayfaire team posted a hard fought 40-37 win over a very scrappy Lisa MathewsReMax Essential squad, with the game going down to the wire.

Three of the four boys fifth and sixth grade contests kept local fans in their seats to witness the talents of local youth hit the boards for for a combined total point barrage of 155 in the three games. A

couple of two-point games and a single one-point game were pulled off during the early afternoon session. Right Coast Construction Inc. was able to master a 20-19 victory over Davis Fence, The Bagel Bakery upped their season record to 6-1 by outlasting Ogden Tap Room 24-22, and Cherubini Orthodontics captured a narrow win over the 84 Lumber entry to the Topsail Basketball Association league, 36-34.

Just two Saturday’s remain in the TBA regular season, with year-end tour nament play beginning Feb. 22. Tournament schedules can be fund by logging on to www.topsailbasketball.com and click on the tournament schedule icon.

Lower Cape Fear Hospice seeks Pender volunteers Lower Cape Fear Hospice is in need of volunteers to help families in Pender County.

Volunteers provide respite for care givers and muchneeded emotional support for families and patients with advanced illnesses.

Volunteers serve as caring friends to people in need. They

offer companionship, visit or read to patients, listen, hold a hand, run errands, allow caregivers to rest and help patients tell their life stories.

Hospice volunteers help patients where they live – in their homes, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Volunteers can also give ad-

ministrative support, assist with special events and provide community outreach by sharing Hospice’s message.

For more information on how to become a volunteer, contact Kayla Coleman, community outreach coordinator, at 910-796-8046 or email kayla. coleman@lcfh.org.

What about long-term care insurance ?

Dear Savvy Senior, Is there a good rule of thumb on who should buy a long-term care insurance policy? My wife and I have a few assets we’d like to protect but we hate the idea of paying expensive monthly premiums for a policy we may never use.

Planning Ahead Dear Planning, There are two key factors – your financial situation and health history – you need to mull over that can help you decide if buying a long-term care (LTC) insurance policy is a wise decision for you and/or your wife. Currently, only around 8 million Americans own a policy. Here’s what you should know.

LTC insurance?

As the cost of LTC (which includes nursing home, assisted living and in-home care) continues to skyrocket, it’s important to know that most people pay for LTC either from personal savings or Medicaid when their savings is depleted, or through a LTC insurance policy.

National median average costs for nursing home care today is over $87,000 per year, while assisted living averages $42,000/year.

While national statistics show that about 70 percent of Americans 65 and older will need some kind of LTC, most people do not need to purchase a LTC insurance policy.

In fact, according to a recent study at the Boston College Center for Retirement Research only 19 percent of men and 31 percent of women should actually

get one.

The reasons stem from a range of factors, including the fact that relatively few people have enough wealth to protect to make purchasing a policy worthwhile. Seniors with limited financial resources who need LTC turn to Medicaid to pick up the tab after they run out of money.

Another important factor is that most seniors who need LTC only need it for a short period of time – for example, when they’re recovering from surgery.

For those people, Medicare covers in-home health care and nursing home stays of 100 days or less following a hospital stay of more than 3 consecutive days.

So who should consider buying a policy?

LTC insurance policies make the most sense for people who can afford the monthly premiums, and who have assets of at least $150,000 or more that they want to protect – not counting their home and vehicles.

Another factor to weigh is your personal health and family health history. The two most common reasons seniors need extended longter m care is because of dementia and/or disability.

And, almost half of all people who live in nursing homes are 85 years or older. So, what’s your family history fo r A l z h e i m e r ’s, s t ro ke or some other disabling

health condition, and do you have a family history of longevity? The U.S. Surgeon General offers a free tool at familyhistory.hhs.gov to help you collect, organize and evaluate your genetic risks.

You also need to factor in gender too. Because women live and average of 5 years longer than men, they are at greater risk of needing extended LTC. LTC policy shopping After evaluating your situation, if you’re leaning towards buying a LTC policy, be sure to do your homework. The cost of premiums can vary greatly (ranging anywhere between $1,200 and $8,000 per year for a couple) depending on your age, the insurer, and the policy’s provisions.

To help you find a policy, get a long-term care insurance specialist who works with a variety of companies. See aaltci.org to locate one. Also shop insurers like Northwestern Mutual and New York Life, who work only with their own agents.

If you want to save money, find out if your state offers a LTC partnership program (see aaltci.org/partnership).

Under these programs, if you buy a long-term care policy approved by your state Medicaid agency, you can protect an amount of assets from Medicaid equal to the benefits that your policy pays out.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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ArtBeat Happenings

New classes, events at Community Arts Center

By Alison Gayle Special to the Post & Voice ArtBeat, Burgaw’s Community Center for the Arts, has many exciting new classes and events coming up in the next few months.

Classes are already underway with Rochelle Whiteside’s Drawing class on Monday nights, and Jim Shapley’s sixweek Stained Glass class on Thursday nights.

This Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14, from 7-8:30 p.m., the drama department at Pender High School is hosting a Valentine’s Day Dessert Show. A fundraiser for the Drama Department, it will be a night of theater, song, poetry, and jokes all about love, with desserts being served for $1 each.

Bring a special someone and enjoy a love-filled entertaining evening. For advance tickets, call Rochelle Whiteside at 910.617.2368, or buy them at Brown Dog Coffee Company.

Let your imagination run wild in a Mask Building workshop lead by Noah Harrell.

Noah will take you step-by-step through the process of designing and creating a fantastic mask that will fit your face perfectly. Each participant will mold a reusable plaster cast of their face, sculpt features out of clay, and construct a durable and form-fitting mask of paper mache. For kids and adults ages 10 and up, classes will begin Feb. 28, and run every Saturday from 1-4 p.m., through the end of March.

Jim Shapley will be offering a Stained Glass Workshop for beginners on the first Saturday

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Hannah Brewer, Kyshanna Newkirk, and Brandy Britt prepare for the Valentines Day Dessert Show. Reserve tickets by calling 910-617-2368. of each month, beginning Mar, 7. This workshop will cover techniques of glass selection, cutting, foiling, and soldering.

Participants will leave with a beautiful stained glass panel they created themselves. The workshop will be from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Your child will unleash their inner artist at KIDZ KLUB with Roxanne Moore and Jesse Gales Thursdays from 4-6 p.m.

Creative movement and expression, this group is for kids ages three to third grade. Let your child come sing, dance, and play.

Learn to paint with Trapper Cramer beginning Mar. 25 Wednesdays from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. An all-levels ongoing class using watercolours, acrylics, and oil, suitable for ages 15 and up, this class is designed for the beginner to the experienced. Come paint with a group of folks while getting tips from a professional painter.

Are you a teen poet or want to try your hand at poetry?

Teen Poetry Night will be held the last Friday of every month, beginning Friday, Feb. 27. More details to be announced on our website and Facebook page.

Stay tuned for more details about our upcoming classes beginning in March: Jewelry-making and French Embroidery taught by Josiane DuFresne-Richards, Visual Art Journal Making with Rebekah Owens, an afternoon of Book Binding with Alison Gayle, and much more!

We are still looking for artists and art teachers who want to facilitate a class or workshop at ArtBeat.

Keep your finger on the pulse of Burgaw by checking ArtBeat’s website, www. artbeatofburgaw.com, and our Facebook page, ArtBeat, or by contacting Alison Gayle at (910)547-9743 or artbeatofburgaw@gmail.com.

Gilbert Burnett to speak at Pender County Historical Society Gilbert H. Bur nett was born in Burgaw and he has always had a warm spot in his heart for Pender County.

Graduating from Burgaw High School in 1943 he joined The Army Air Corps and graduated from flight school, trained to fly the B-25. World War II was over by this time, so he returned to civilian life and the University of North Carolina.

Before graduating, he bought a sock mill in Raleigh which was struck by lightning and burned to the ground.

It was time to come up with a new plan. Even though he had not completed his degree at Carolina, he was able to talk his way into Wake Forest Law School. He graduated from Wake Forest Law School in 1956. He practiced law until 1968 when he was elected as a Fifth District Court Trial Judge. In 1972 he was appointed Chief Judge and served in that capacity until he retired in 1991 From operating a snow cone stand at Carolina Beach

as a young teen to serving on the board of directors of Thalian Hall and the board of trustees of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges has been quite a life. Come and hear Judge Burnett talk about his life and his family in Pender County Feb. 21 at 10:30 a.m. We will be in the meeting room of the Pender County Library, 103 Cowan Street, Burgaw.

You do not have to be a member of the Historical Society to attend.

Obituaries

Daisy Rush Merritt WATHA -- Daisy Rush Merritt, age 92, of Watha, left this earthly life for her eternal rest on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 from Pender Memorial Hospital.

She was born Aug. 26, 1922 in Jones County and was the daughter of the late Marion and Daisy Jane Parker Rush. She was predeceased by her husband, Herman Merritt and brothers, Jerry, Graham and Marion.

Daisy was a dedicated member of Watha Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church.

She is survived by her devoted children, Marian Ellison, Jerry Merritt and Glenn Merritt and wife, Cynthia, all of Watha, Gail Galbreath and husband, Gary of Mooresville and Betty Marshburn of Jacksonville; grandchildren, Brandon, Jonathan, Stephen, Michael, Phillip, Christopher, Jennifer and Kevin; her sister, Eloise and numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends.

A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 at Watha Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church with Pastor Ronnie Cox and the Reverend Byron Murray officiating. Burial will follow at Riverview Memorial Park in Watha.

The family received friends from 1-2 p.m. one hour prior to the service at the church.

In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be sent to Watha Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, 185 Watha Road, Watha, NC 28478. You may send condolences to the family at quinnmcgowen.com.

The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Wallace Chapel.

Nell Scott Sandifer Barnhill WILMINGTON -- Nell Scott Sandifer Barnhill, 87, of Wilmington passed away on Feb. 5, 2015 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center of Wilmington. Nell was born in Pender County on Sept. 15, 1927, the daughter of the late Walter Lee and Hattie Lea Peay Scott. Nell was preceded in death by husband, James H. (Pete) Sandifer and husband, Robert T. Barnhill.

Surviving is a daughter, Leanne Sandifer Braswell (Keith) of Wilkesboro, NC and an aunt, Frances Peay Lewis of Charlotte. She is also survived by numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

The family would like to express its thanks and deep appreciation to the staff of Lower Cape Fear Hospice & Life Care Center.

A funeral service was held on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Riley’s Creek Baptist Church with visitation at the church one hour prior to the service. Pastor Jim Herchenhahn officiated the service.

Interment followed in Riley’s Creek Memorial Cemetery.

Casketbearers were E. B. Dixon, Ronnie Horton, Wilbur Reaves, James Davis, Junior Lewis and Ronnie Huggins.

Memorial gifts may be made to Riley’s Creek Baptist Church, 19845 NC Hwy 210, Rocky Point NC 28457 or Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation, 1414 Physicians Dr., Wilmington, NC 28401.

On-line condolences may be sent to www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Service Burgaw.

Louise Daniel Futreal CURRIE -- Louise Daniel Futreal, 80, of Currie and formerly of Hampton, Virginia passed gently from her earthly life Feb. 4, 2015 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

She was born Dec. 26, 1934 in Bladen County, the daughter of the late Jim Daniel and Blanche Daniel Lanier.

Louise was also preceded in death by her husband, John Irvin Futreal and siblings, Ruth Wise and Jimmy Daniel. Louise is survived by her children, Glenda F. Ormond, Jerry E. Futreal (June) and Kathy F. Richards; grandchildren, Ben Ormond (Bobbi), Larissa Ormond, Wade McDaniel, Carol Collier (Al), Dean Richards, Heather Probst (Derek) and Luke Futreal; eight great grandchildren; several step-great grandchildren; brothers, Johnny “Donnie� Daniel (Elma) and Jackie Daniel (Cathy); and many extended family and friends.

The family received friends at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 at Haw Bluff Baptist Church Fellowship Hall with funeral service beginning at 2 p.m. in the church sanctuary with the Rev. Steve Gasque officiating.

Burial followed in Daniel Cemetery. Casketbearers were Keith Daniel, David Daniel, Al Collier, Derek Probst, John Pickins and Chris Anderson.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home of Burgaw.

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist One saying goes, ‘competition brings out the best in us.’

That may not always be true, but competition does magnify who we are. If someone is innately unethical, competition forces that trait to show itself.

Likewise, if someone is hardwired within their conscience and soul to be fair, good sportsmanship usually prevails.

In a few weeks, I will be continuing my trek in competitive archery. I am not the best, but after shooting the national pro/am tour last year, I learned a lot about my skills and how to handle pressure. After setting a goal to learn how to shoot competitively last year, this year my goal has to deal with being consistent and calm

Newsings

Continued from page 5A A Scout is friendly 5. A Scout is courteous 6. A Scout is kind 7. A Scout is obedient 8.

A Scout is cheerful 9. A Scout is thrifty 10. A Scout is brave 11. A Scout is clean.

Thou shalt love the Lord your God with all your heart,

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when sitting near the top of the leaderboard.

Just as last year was my first year shooting a bow competitively, there is another outdoors sport that I have participated in for most of my life yet never thought of it as a competition. This year I am changing that.

You see, as we grow older, we do not necessarily lose that competitive fire. I realize that my body will not forgive me as easily if I were to play a game of tackle football. I know if I were to hit a fastball down the third base line that not only would I be a few steps slower in trying to stretch it into a double, but I would be a little slower getting up from the slide to miss the tag from the second baseman. I cannot possibly cut as quickly on the hardwood trying to get to the basket.

It is what age does to us.

But the adrenaline rush of the desire to test oneself against others’ capabilities remains.

The North Carolina Kayak Fishing Association (NCKFA) holds an online fishing tournament each year from March through November.

Each month, a different species is targeted allowing people from all over the state a chance to compete.

At the end of the tourna-

ment, the NCKFA selects the North Carolina Kayak Angler of the Year based off a point system. You see, not only can you win the monthly tournament, but you can gain points for several other species that are not the prime targets, fishing in select special tournaments, and catching the largest fish of each of the targeted species even if they are caught during another month.

The Angler of the Year not only gets bragging rights, but they are awarded a Hobie Mirage Pro Angler kayak.

After signing up for the tournament (after all, I have to write about something throughout the year for this column), Mark Patterson with the NCKFA contacted me. We decided to add an extra bonus to this year’s tournament.

I made a few calls, thought about the proposal, and decided to hit this thing head on.

That is where you can possibly fit in. If you ever fish from a kayak, canoe, or stand-up paddleboard (SUP), this tournament is perfect for igniting your competitive fire. If you have ever thought of trying fishing from a kayak, here is your reason to jump in head first.

Not only is the NCKFA running the tournament this

year with monthly and yearly prizes, but we will be running a tournament within a tournament.

“Can you beat Bill?”

That’s all you have to do.

Just catch a fish bigger than my largest, and you will be thrown into a random drawing for some small monthly prize, as well as an Extrasport PFD, Carlisle Predator Angler Paddle, and a year subscription to North Carolina Sportsman magazine.

The fish are measured in CPR format; that is Catch, Photo, Release. You take a photo of your fish’s length and submit it to the NCKFA and if you catch one larger later, send that one in to upgrade your catch.

There is a small registration fee for each month’s tournament, or you can pay for the entire year’s worth at a discount. But the fee is cheaper than a round of golf and it gives you an excuse to do something you love all year.

The tour nament begins Mar. 1 with crappie being the targeted species. Head over to www.NCKFA.com to read the rules and register. And if you think you have what it takes to beat me, bring it. I look forward to seeing you on the water.

with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength (Mark 12:30).

Scouts: A scout is reverent.

He is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties and respects the convictions of others in matters of custom an religion. When we were reading and listening to the scouts, I thought they sounded a lot like the fruits of

the Spirit found in Galatians 5:22 and 23. Look them up and see for yourself.

The first fruit listed in Galatians 5:22 is love. The Bible speaks of many things but the most important one is love.

Saturday is Valentine’s Day, when we are supposed to think of the ones we love and tell them and show them.

The greatest love is Agape

Love. The love that God gave us in sending His only Son, Jesus Christ, to be a human as well as divine, and have Him as the sacrificial Lamb to take on Him our sins and forgive us of our sins, so that God could give us the gift of righteousness and also eternal life with Him. Happy Valentine’s Day. Shalom!

PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 – 4:00 p.m.

PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC ASSEMBLY ROOM, 805 S. WALKER ST., BURGAW, NC CALL TO ORDER, INVOCATION, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ADOPTION OF AGENDA PUBLIC INFORMATION 1.

ABC Board Chairman Don Hall: Quarterly Report on the Pender ABC System Involving Financial Information and Other Progress.

PUBLIC COMMENT CONSENT AGENDA 2.

Approval of Minutes: Special Meeting January 26, 2015 as well as Regular & Closed Session February 2, 2015.

3.

Resolution to Approve a Public Use of County Facilities Policy for the Hampstead Annex Building.

4.

Resolution authorizing a budget amendment for Fund 60 – Capital Improvements Budget.

5.

Adoption of Budget Calendar. ***END OF CONSENT AGENDA*** RESOLUTIONS 6.

Resolution to Award a Construction Contract for the Construction of the Pender County Rocky Point Fuel Depot Located at 14436 NC Hwy 210 Near the EMS Fire and Rescue Facility Located in Rocky Point.

7.

Resolution to Amend Fire District Lines for the Penderlea, Shiloh, and Burgaw Fire Departments.

8.

Resolution to Authorize Changing the Commissioner Meeting Schedule from the First and Third Monday Monthly to a Second and Fourth Monday Meeting Schedule.

9.

Resolution Approving Funding in the Amount of $1500 to Pender High School to Attend HOSA State Competition.

ITEMS FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNTY MANAGER, & COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLOSED SESSION (if applicable). *** 7:00 P.M. *** PUBLIC HEARINGS: SPECIAL USE PERMITS/ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS/RESOLUTIONS 10.

Public Hearing to Name and Address Rileys Way and Becks Lane.

11.

Resolution to Approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) for the Construction and Operation of a Telecommunication Facility.

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Town of Surf City Government News February 12, 2015

MEETING TIMES Surf City Town Council 1st Tuesday of the month Planning Board 2nd Thursday of the month

Surf City eGov services now availabe on our website. Two applications currently availabe: • Tax Parcels • Land Use Documents www.townofsurfcity.com Look for the eGov Logo picutred above

TOWN OF SURF CITY 214 N. NEW RIVER DRIVE PO BOX 2475, SURF CITY, NC 28445 Phone 910-328-4131 Fax 910-328-4132/1746 www.townofsurfcity.com

Town of Burgaw Government News February 12, 2015

CHANGE OF MEETING LOCATION FOR TOWN MEETINGS Due to construction at the Burgaw Municipal Building, beginning in January, 2015 the Town of Burgaw Board of Commissioners and Planning Board will meet in the banquet room of the Historic Burgaw Depot located at 115 S Dickerson Street.

Meetings will be held at this location until further notice.

SPECIAL BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING SCHEDULED The Town of Burgaw Board of Commissioners will meet in special session on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 9:00AM for the purpose of updating the Capital Improvement Plan and to begin discussion regarding the upcoming budget year. The meeting will be held at the Historic Burgaw Depot located at 115 S. Dickerson Street in Burgaw. All interested parties are invited to attend.

MEETINGS INFORMATION The Town of Burgaw Board of Commissioners regular monthly meeting is held on the second Tuesday of each month at 4:00 PM in the meeting room of the Burgaw Municipal Building. The agenda deadline for the regular board meeting is 9:00 AM the first Tuesday of each month. If you have an item you wish to bring before the Board you must make contact with the Town Clerk prior to the above deadline in order to receive instruction on submitting items for the agenda.

The Town of Burgaw Planning Board meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM in the meeting room of the Burgaw Municipal Building. All applications, fees and other required items must be submitted to the Town of Burgaw Planning Administrator on the last Friday of the month prior to the meeting month in order to appear on the Planning Board agenda.

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Section B

Sports

Topsail cagers slam South Brunswick Pirates take out Cougars 63-27

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Topsail Pirate men’s basketball coach Jeff Gainey has a saying that he uses quite often in describing the rigors of coaching high school basketball. ‘it’s not the Xs and Os, it’s the Jimmy’s and Joe’s that make the team.� The Pirates Jimmy’s and Joe’s stepped it up last week when they took out their frustrations on South Brunswick by a 63-27 margin.

The Pirates jumped out to an 11-3 after the first quarter behind the play of Jake Sullivan and Alec Baker. The two combined for seven of the team’s 11 points in the eight-minute stretch.

Topsail continued its torrid pace in the second period. They stretched the lead to 17 points before a Cougar rally cut the deficit to 12 points at 27-15 at the break.

Coach Gainey preaches defense and his team took him at his word in this contest.

A 23-6 third frame was buoyed by a ferocious effort on the defensive end by the upstart Pirates. The score was 50-21 going into the final quarter of play.

The Swashbuckling Pender County Pirates continued to play good help defense in the fourth frame, holding the Cougars to just six points in the final eight minutes.

Baker led the Pirates with 12 points while Sullivan pitched in 10. A total of 11 Pirates scored in the contest while all of Bakers points were scored from beyond the arc.

Earlier in the week the Pirates hosted the top team in the Mideastern Conference in the undefeated West Brunswick Trojans. The Trojans are ranked number one in the state in the 3A ranks for a reason. However, the Pirates did not seem impressed in the early going before the Trojans wore them down and took a 52-29 win.

Topsail was determined to defend their home court. Two baskets from beyond the arc kept the Pirates close as the first quarter ended with West Brunswick up by two points.

The Trojans began to pull away

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Topsail senior Jake Sullivan dropped in 10 points in the win over South Brunswick. from the Pirates in the second period and took a 10 point lead into the break.

The lead stretched to 14 after the third frame and a 17-2 fourth gave the Trojans the win. Kodiak Dowling led

the Pirates with 10 points.

The Pirates clinched the second 3A seed out of the Mideastern Conference with their win over South Brunswick.

They will host New Hanover on Thursday.

Patriots sweep Union in two games

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender men’s basketball team is known for their run and gun style of play. They get up and down the court with the best of them. However, the thing that separates them from the other teams is their penchant for defense.

Last week the Patriots used a pressure defense to sweep the Union Spartans late in the week.

Early in the week the Patriots traveled to West Bladen to take on a very

“We needed a game like this to build our conďŹ dence.â€?

Pender Coach Gary Battle

good Knight team. When the dust settled the Pats loaded onto the bus with a 67-56 defeat.

The Knights came into the Four County contest on a three-game winning streak. Pender looked to stop the streak and gain a game on the conference leaders.

West opened the game with five

straight but the Patriots answered with seven points to take a two- point lead.

The Pats ended the first quarter with a 13-11 lead.

The Knights outscored the Pender County squad 24-14 in the second period and went into the break with a 35-27 lead.

Pender scored the first four points of the third frame but West scored the next 11 points to take control of the game.

The Knights led by 11 points late in the third and took a nine-point advantage into the final frame.

The Patriots cut the lead to seven in the final quarter of the game but could get no closer.

Next up for the Patriots was the Union Spartans. The Patriots

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Lady Patriots beat Union

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

Friday night and again a close basketball game ensued. Coach Gardner Eakins ladies again played their hearts out and took home a 52-48 win.

With the win the Lady Patriots have avoided the cellar in the Four County Conference standings.

For Coach Eakins, the win means much more to him as well as the team. “We have 10 seniors on this team. I think they all realized that it was now or never. I think we played as a team. I think our team chemistry is coming back.

The seniors want to win and the other girls want to win for them. Hey, we’re on a two game winning streak. That’s nice to be able to say.�

Pender is now 2-16 overall and 2-10 in conference play.

They will play at Wallace-Rose Hill early in the week before finishing the regular season at Trask.

It had been a long season for the Pender High school Lady Patriots until last week when the schedule read Union High School. The Lady Patriots used an improved shooting touch along with a steady defense to upend the Lady Spartans twice last week.

Early in the week the Lady patriots traveled to West Bladen to take on the Lady Knights.

The pats played the Bladen County girls tough before falling 42-31.

Pender struggled out of the gate and trailed 16-3 after the first quarter.

The Patriot offense awoke in the second period and outscored the Lady Knights 17-6.

The score was 22-20 West Bladen at the break.

Pender struggled in the third frame, scoring only four points they trailed the Knights by eight going into the final eight minutes. A 12-7 fourth frame gave West an 11 point win.

Daje Lewis led the Patriots with 16 points while Kourtney Messick added eight.

Next up was the first of two g ame s with Union. The Patriots were primed for the win and took the Spartans to task with a tough defense along with an opportunistic offense. The result was a 55-53 win.

Pender took a twopoint lead at the break and held serve in the second half to ear n their first win of the year.

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew The Patriots hosted Daje Lewis scored 14 points in last the Lady Spartans on Friday’s win over Union.

Trask downs East Bladen

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

The Trask men’s varsity team has found the going rough in their second pass through the Four County Conference schedule. Last week they mauled the East Bladen Eagles by 26 points before dropping an away contest at Midway by the score of 75-69.

The East Bladen Eagles rolled into Rocky Point unaware of the beating they were about to face.

The Titans were primed and ready to rumble and laid an 80-54 thrashing on one of the top teams in the Four County Conference.

The Titans played one of their best eight minutes of the year to open the game. A 17-3 first frame was highlighted by ferocious dunks by both Tynaffit and Tyquan Davis. The score was 17-0 before a three at the end of the quarter found its mark for the Eagles.

The onslaught continued into the second frame. Johnathan Jordan made his presence known inside and out as he nailed a three and used an array of moves inside to score. The score was 42-18 at the break.

The Eagles regrouped at the half and outscored the Titans by

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Lady Pirates clinch top 3A seed in Mideastern

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Topsail lady Pirates have had an up and down season. Injuries and defensive lapses have been a problem for veteran Coach Jim Clanahan. However, the dust is beginning to clear and the Lady Pirates are left standing with the top 3A spot out of the Mideastern Conference on their shoulders.

The Topsail ladies held court at their place last week with a 36-28 win over West Brunswick before traveling to South Brunswick later in the week. Coach Clanahan got a subpar performance from his ladies in falling to the Lady Cougars 43-31.

The West Brunswick game had a lot on the line. A win by the Pirates would give the ladies the top 3A seed out of the split MEC. A loss would cloud the standings with the game at South Brunswick later in the week.

Keri White brought her A game to the gym on Tuesday night. She outscored the Trojans by herself in the early going. The score was tied at eight apiece after the first period.

The second period was where the Lady Pirates began to show their defensive prowess. A 15-9 second quarter gave the Pirates a six-point cushion with two quarters left to play.

The lead reached 11 points in the third frame. The score read 30-19 Topsail with eight minutes left to play.

The final quarter was slow to unfold but the Pirates held on for the win.

White led all scorers with 19 points while Brandy Williams added eight.

The final game of the week was one that Coach Clanahan would rather forget.

The Lady Pirates played uninspired basketball and fell to the Cougars 43-31.

A four-point first period did not seem to give the Pirates a sense of urgency even though the Cougars scored only five.

South picked up the pace in the second period and stretched their lead to four at 16-12 at the break.

Topsail had every opportunity to close the small gap in the third frame but with the exception of Dominique Bryant could not find the range. The Cougars took a 26-20 lead into the final quarter.

South Brunswick outscored the Pirates by seven points in the final period of play to take the win.

Bryant led the Pirates with 14 points while Williams added eight.

Lady Titans drop two conference contests

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Trask Lady Titans dropped two Four County Contests last week including a 60-39 loss to the undefeated East Bladen Lady Eagles.

The Lady Titans played the Eagles tough in the opening frame. The score was 14-10

East Bladen after the first period.

Trask continued to hold their own in the second stanza. East opened up an eight point lead at the break.

The third frame was where the Eagles did their damage, outscoring the Titans by a 24-8 margin. With East Bladen up by 20 at 54-30, the Titans buck-

led down, outscoring the visitors by three. However, that was not enough to erase the large deficit.

Shawntia Green led the Titans with 13 points while Saniyyah McAllister chipped in 11.

The Midway Raiders came to Titan Town on Friday. The Raiders stayed close for three

quarters and used a 17-6 fourth frame to take a 43-35 win.

With the loss the Lady Titans own a 6-6 conference record with two games to play.

Wallace-Rose Hill is one game back at 5-7. The teams both play Clinton and Pender to end the season. The Lady Titans split with Wallace during the regular season.

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The high school basketball regular season is coming to an end with all three high school teams finishing up their regular season schedule.

The Trask ladies dropped two conference games last week.

Shawntia Green led the Titans with 13 points while Saniyyah McAllister chipped in 11 in their loss to East Bladen.

The Titan men split conference tilts last week, beating West Bladen by 26 points. Tyquan Davis led four Titans in double figures with 25 points while Jaquan London added 15. Tynaffit Davis and Johnathan Jordan each chipped in 13 points.

The Topsail men earned a big win over South Brunswick, securing a spot in the 3A playoffs.

Alec Baker led the Pirates with 12 points while Jake Sullivan pitched in 10.

Pender

Continued from page 1B patented pressure defense reaped rewards as they used a 20-2 third frame to take a 67-59 win.

A three-point game at the half turned into a 21 point Patriot lead going into the fourth quarter. The Spartans

Trask

Continued from page 1B two points in the third frame as Titan coach Rodney Orr used his bench extensively.

With the score 60-38 go-

Holmes a two-sport star at Trask High

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Some student-athletes are considered stars in their prospective sport. Some participate in two sports but make their name in one or the other.

Then there are student-athletes that are very good in most anything that they embark on.

Junior Kyra Holmes is one of those special athletes.

Holmes has done most of her damage on the softball field.

She has been a part of state and World Series champions along with being on a middle school team that was almost unbeatable.

Now Kyra is part of a conference winning Trask Titan softball team. She has been one of the most dependable players for Head Coach Corrina Reece.

During the winter she runs for the Titan winter track program. She has been very successful .

Holmes will be successful in whatever she does. Let’s hope she becomes a champion in both track and softball.

The Topsail ladies split contests last week as well but clinched the top 3A spot in the MEC. Keri White led all scorers with 19 points in the win over West Brunswick while Brandy Williams added eight.

The Pender men defeated Union twice and fell to West Bladen. Rodney Hansley led the Patriots with 17 points including five three point baskets.

Jalen Murphy chipped in 12 points in the second game of the week with Union.

The Pender ladies earned their first two wins of the year, beating Union twice. Daje Lewis led the Patriots with 16 points while Kourtney Messick added eight in the team’s loss to West Bladen.

This week’s top performers are the ten seniors on the Pender Lady Patriots squad.

They have never quit and are now out of the cellar in the Four County Conference.

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Lady Titan Shawntia Green led Trask with 13 points against East Bladen.

rallied but ran out of time.

Rodney Hansley led the Patriots with 17 points including five three-point baskets.

Jalen Murphy chipped in 12 points.

Two days later the Spartans boarded a bus and traveled to Pender in search of revenge. What they found was another defensive gem for the Pats as they took a 28-point lead in the third quarter in

route to a 77-52 conference win.

The Patriots used a stingy pressure defense to turn the Spartans over repeatedly in the opening half and into the third frame.

Pender’s fast break worked to perfection as they shared the basketball. Coach Battle went to his bench late in the contest and cruised to the win.

“We needed a game like this to build our confidence,” said Battle. “I’ve been on both sides of games like that. I was glad to be able to play everybody.”

This week will be important as far as the final regular season standings go with the Patriots playing Wallace and Trask, both 1A combatants.

“This will be an important stretch. All the cards will be on the table.”

ing into the final frame, the Titans coasted to the win. Tyquan Davis led four Titans in double figures with 25 points while Jaquan London added 15. Tynaffit Davis and Johnathan Jordan each chipped in 13 points.

Next up was a trip to Mid-

way. The Raiders were playing for position in the conference standings as was the Titans.

The story of this contest was the Titans inability to find the bottom of the net in the second half. An 18 point second half produced a 75-69 loss.

Trask took a comfortable 29-17 lead after one quarter of the contest and eased into the break with a 51-45 lead.

The Titans seemed to be in control going into the second half but a cold spell that lasted 16 minutes earned the Titans the loss.

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As he practiced and worked at the game he became better and better. Pretty soon he was one of the better players in the area and gaining attention from collegiate baseball scouts.

This season Wilson will be a senior on a team that won the 3A state championship a year ago.

He will go about his business as he usually does, with a disregard for his body. He spends more time diving for hard hit baseballs than he does on his feet.

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In My Opinion

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

Back in the day the best athletes always played two or three sports. There was very little talk about concentrating on one sport.

It was more about playing and enjoying your time in high school.

This day and time high school athletics tend to be a breeding ground for the colleges. If you have a great high school career somebody will come around and offer you some type of scholarship. It may not be a full ride but it will be enough to entice you to go to their school. College sports are a big money venture.

If you are a great football player but enjoy playing basketball during the off season, you may have to make a choice. Do I concentrate on off season activities such as weight lifting and agility drills to better myself for football or do I play basketball? Do I run track or do I play softball?

I am a great soccer player but I love to run track?

These are questions that many of our standout athletes have to answer. I have a couple of examples.

Joe Sculthorpe is a state champion wrestler. He is by all accounts, including mine, a Division 1 football prospect. He is also a junior.

He may well be offered a scholarship this summer to play at a Division 1 school.

By then he may well be a two time state champion on the mat.

Just for kicks let’s say Joe signs with a Division 1 school or at least signs a letter of intent. Let’s say he signs with N.C. State. What does he do with regard to his high school wrestling career?

Some colleges will ask their signees to give up that other sport for fear that the prospect will get injured.

Some signees will give up that other sport to concentrate on the sport that they have signed to play. That is a tough decision to make as a 17-year-old. I think that Sculthorpe will soon be looking at this scenario in some form.

Trask junior Desire Brown is in a different situation. However, she will have to make a similar decision regarding which sport she will hang her hat on.

Desire is a very good softball player. She has played on championship teams and has been a great addition to the Trask softball program.

However, Desire is an outstanding sprinter. I would venture to say that she is a state champion caliber sprinter. She is on the cusp of doing something real special. However, I believe that if Desire had to pick, she would choose softball.

One could say that her smart choice would be track. That is where she would likely get a scholarship offered. However, who is to say that she would not be offered something for softball.

I think that the biggest problem is that many sports overlap or are being played at the same time. Softball and track are in the spring.

Desire is in a no win situation. Or is she?

Female athletes seldom get offered full rides based on athletics alone. Many times they get a combination academic and athletic or just plain academic scholarship. A football prospect will get a full athletic ride.

I don’t know Mr. Sculthorpe. I have no idea what his plans are. He may let mom and dad foot the bill for his college education and forgo sports. He may sign with a D-1 school.

Hey, he may find that he likes a D-2 school better and sign to play there. I have no clue. I do know that he is a heck of a wrestler and a very good football player.

He has a future in one if not both.

I do know Desire Brown.

I think that Desire will go with her heart if and when she is put in that situation.

I could not see her giving up softball to concentrate on running. However, if she did I would not blame her one bit. My guess is she plays softball and runs track. Will she ever realize her potential at either sport?

Knowing Desire, I think her primary concern is not potential. I think her primary concern is enjoying her high school days and I see absolutely nothing wrong with that. Let’s watch and enjoy these two great young people and let the chips fall where they may. Either way, they are winners.

Of course, this is just my opinion.

Tyquan Davis led the Titans with 20 points.

With the loss the Titans find themselves fourth in the conference with a 7-5 mark. They are the top 1A school with a one game lead over Wallace with two games remaining in

the regular season. The Bulldogs play Pender on Tuesday and Clinton on Thursday while the Titans play Clinton on Tuesday and Pender on Thursday. Trask split with Wallace this year and took a win over Pender.

Williams a pure scorer for the Pender Patriots

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As a freshman, Jarious Williams was described by many as a young man with a vast amount of talent. The word potential was thrown around ever time his name was mentioned.

With the majority of his sophomore season behind him, the standout shooter has become a very good basketball player. However, the word potential still gets thrown around as many observers feel like he has only scratched the surface of the basketball player that he could be.

Williams is a pure shooter in every sense of the word. He can catch fire and make five baskets in a row at any moment. He is also very capable of putting ball on the floor and blowing by a defender. He has all of the tools.

If the Pender Patriot basketballers are to make a deep run into the playoffs, Jarious will have to play up to his potential.

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF LUCILLE NEWKIRK 11 E 121 Having qualified as the Administrator of the Estate of Lucille Newkirk, deceased of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of April, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery.

All persons, firms and corporation indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 22nd day of January, 2015.

Lawrence S. Boehling Administrator of the Estate of Lucille Newkirk P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3334 #6741 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12/15

State of North Carolina County of Pender In the general Court of Justice Superior Court Division 14 E 380 Notice to Creditors and Debtors Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Joan C. Peluso deceased of Pender County, this notice is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said decedent, Joan C. Peluso to present any such claims to the undersigned on or before May 1, 2015 at 2018 Sloop Point Rd., Hampstead, NC 28443 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 21st day of January, 2015 Teresa Coleman Coston Executrix 2018 Sloop Point Rd. Hampstead, NC 28443 #6744 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12/15

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF WILLIAM HOWARD MCGREGOR 14 E 373 Having qualified as the Executrix of the Estate of William Howard McGregor, deceased of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of April, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporation indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 22nd day of January, 2015.

Elizabeth Ann McGregor Buck Executrix of the Estate of William Howard McGregor c/o Lawrence S. Boehling Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3334 #6739 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12/15

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Ashlea M. Mainville and Joseph R. Mainville to Neal G. Helms, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of August, 2007, and recorded in Book 3306, Page 247, in Pender 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 Pender 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 Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on February 17, 2015 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Long Creek, in the County of Pender, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Located in Long Creek Township, Pender County, North Carolina, adjacent to and North of the centerline of N.C. Highway #210, and being more fully described as follows: Beginning at a spike in the centerline of N.C. Highway #210, said spike is located along said centerline the following chord courses and distances from a point in said centerline at its intersection with the centerline of Pender County Secondary Road #1304, South 81 deg. 03’ 21” West 296.00 feet and South 80 deg. 31’ 21” West 539.05 feet, and running thence from said Beginning spike, so located with said centerline, South 80 deg. 51’ 30” West 181.62 feet to a railroad spike in said centerline; thence with an agreed line, North 08 deg.

19’ East 376.39 feet (passing over an old inline concrete monument at

40.00 feet) to an old concrete monument; thence South 76 deg. 35’ East 97.61 feet to an old iron pipe; thence South 05 deg. 19’ 39” East 322.32 feet (passing over an inline concrete monument at 298.41 feet) to the Beginning containing 0.97 acre, more or less, after the exclusion of that portion of N.C. Highway #210’s 60 foot wide right-of-way that lies within the above described boundaries, and is as surveyed by Dosher Surveying Company, P.A. in November 1974.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 22512 NC Highway 210, Rocky Point, North Carolina.

The above described tract being the same lands as described in a deed recorded in Book 412, Page 265 of the Pender County Registry.

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

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

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

A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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.

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 upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1146483 (FC.FAY) #6760 2/5, 2/12/15

ING COURSES AND DISTANCES FROM THE RAILROAD MILE POST CB-259 OR W-15: 1. NORTH 42 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST 62.5 FEET TO THE FORMER NORTHWEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, AND THENCE 2. NORTH 47 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST 689.51 FEET. RUN FROM THE BEGINNING NORTH 42 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST 204.00 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE NORTH 65 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 51 SECONDS EAST 111.505 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 42 SECONDS WEST 50.876 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE SOUTH 42 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 18 SECONDS EAST 169.60 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE IN THE FORMER NORTHWESTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE RAILROAD; AND THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 42 SECONDS WEST 55.19 FEET TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 0.2568 ACRES. And Being more commonly known as: 13241 US Hwy 17 North, Hampstead, NC 28443 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Gertrude Brown and Sharon H. Stukes and French D. Brown and Scottie A. 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 10 days written notice to the landlord.

You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is January 28, 2015.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 14-065994 #6758 2/5, 2/12/15

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 14SP293 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY GERTRUDE BROWN AND SHARON H. STUKES AND LARRY STUKES AND FRENCH D. BROWN AND SCOTT A. BROWN DATED MAY 20, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 2973 AT PAGE 242 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the abovereferenced 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 February 17, 2015 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE IN THE FORMER NORTHWESTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE SEABOARD COASTLINE RAILROAD WHICH IS LOCATED THE FOLLOW-

NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of LILLIE MAE WILSON BAKER, Deceased, of Pender County, N.C., are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before May 12, 2015, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment.

This 12th day of February, 2015.

TIMOTHY GUY BAKER Executor c/o JOHN R. SLOAN Ward and Smith, P.A. Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 7068 Wilmington, NC 28406-7068 #6773 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5/15

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:14-CVS-578NOTICE OF SALE PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

RIVER LAND PROPERTIES, LLC, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. RIVER LAND PROPERTIES, LLC, owner, et. al., 14-CVS-578, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned

shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/20/2015, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEGINNING at a stake, H.M. Croom’s and W.W. Mozingo’s division corner, and runs thence with the road North 47 West 397 feet to Big Ditch Bridge, now a pipe; thence down Big Ditch and Malpe Cove to Black River; thence down and with said river to a stake, said Croom’s and Mozingo’s division corner; thence with their division line South 31 ½ West about 1200 feet to the beginning, containing 7 ¼ acres, more or less.

Being the same property described in a deed dated August 6, 1963, from T.T. Sellers to Francis P. Fensel and wife, Elizabeth W. Fensel, recorded in Book 383, Page 358 of the Pender County Registry.

Subject also to 2009 taxes, and easements and restrictions of record applicable to the above real estate, if any.

(PID: 2254-95-3801-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 4, 2015 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #6770 2/12, 2/19/15

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF VENUE Christian Community Caring Center (4C’S) 27th Annual Board Meeting Public Notice Please be advised that the Christian Community Caring Center will hold their 27th Annual Board meeting on Monday, February 23, 10:00 AM. The meeting will be held at the Pender County Hampstead Annex Building, Room 214, 15060 US Highway 17 N., Hampstead, NC. The meeting will be held to receive & review the Annual & Financial Reports of 2014, elect Board Members for term 2015 to 2018, and any other business that may come before the Board.

This meeting is open to the public.

Board of 4C’s #6774 2/12, 2/19/15

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 14SP160 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY GREGORY E. AVERITT AND LESLIE MARLENE AVERITT DATED JANUARY 8, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3141 AT PAGE 178 AND MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED AUGUST 23, 2012 IN BOOK 4121 AT PAGE 156 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the abovereferenced 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 February 24, 2015 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 72 as shown on a map entitled “BATTLEGROUND ESTATES, SECTION 2” recorded in Map 37 at page 30 of the Pender County Registry reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

And Being more commonly known as: 1155 Slocum Trl, Atkinson, NC 28421 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Leslie Marlene Averitt.

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 10 days written notice to the landlord.

You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is February 4, 2015.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 12-024577 #6772 2/12, 2/19/15 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:14-CVS-493 NOTICE OF SALE PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

GREGORY DEAN BATSON, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. GREGORY DEAN BATSON, owner, et. al., 14-CVS-493, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/20/2015, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being all of Lot 4, Mill Creek Estates as shown on map recorded in Map Book 25, Page 149, Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

(PID: 3293-61-0288-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 4, 2015.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #6769 2/12, 2/19/15

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:14-CVS-247 NOTICE OF SALE PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

SHARON BROWN FUTRELL, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. SHARON BROWN FUTRELL, owner, et. al., 14-CVS-247, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/20/2015, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEING all of Lot 26, ‘Cherrywood Subdivision” as shown on a map recorded in Map Book 25 at page 143 of the Pender County Registry reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

This conveyance is subject to restrictions of record.

(PID: 2274-49-3854-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 4, 2015 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #6767 2/12, 2/19/15

tered in Pender County v. SHARON FUTRELL, owner, et. al., 14-CVS246, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/20/2015, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEING all of Lot 25, “Cherrywood Subdivision” as shown on a map recorded in Map Book 25 at page 143 of the Pender County Registry reference to which map is hereby made for a more particular description.

This conveyance is subject to restrictions of record.

(PID: 2274-49-2734-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 3, 2015 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #6766 2/12, 2/19/15

Notice of Service of Process

by Publication State of North Carolina County of Pender In the District Court In the matter of S. Y. (DOB 3/7/2006) File No. 14cvd617 To the Defendant: Gennane Felder A civil action has been commenced against you.

1. Serve a copy of your written answer to the complaint upon the plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days after you have been served. You may serve your answer by delivering a copy to the plaintiff or by mailing it to the plaintiff’s last known address, and 2. File the original of the written answer with the Clerk for the relief demanded in the complaint.

You are notified to make defense to such pleading within forty (40) days following the first publication of this notice which is February 12, 2015.

Upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

Daniel Webster Carr III 554 Buckhorn Road Willard, NC 28478 #6765 2/12, 2/19, 2/26/15

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Vivian McRae Roberts, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Vivian McRae Roberts, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 14, 2015 at 5200 Lone Eagle Court, Wilmington NC, 28409 or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 5th day of February, 2015.

Debra M. Cunningham 5200 Lone Eagle Court Wilmington, NC 28409 #6761 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26/15 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Joyce Carol Cates White, late of Hampstead, Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to Kristin Yahnke, P.O. Box 2683, Surf City, NC 28445, on or before the 5th day of May, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 5th day of February, 2015.

Vernon L. Dickens Executor of the Estate of Joyce Carol Cates White 15 E 19 Kristin Yahnke Attorney at Law Kenneth Ording, P.C. P.O. Box 2683, Surf City, NC 28445 2071 Highway 210 East, Hampstead, NC 28443 #6756 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26/15

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of George Washington Rivenbark, deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify that all persons having claims against the said estate to present such claims to the undersigned on or before the 31st day of April 2015, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment.

This 29th day of January, 2015.

Georgia Kaye Rivenbark Patram 1044 New Savannah Road Burgaw, NC 28425 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 910) 259-9800 #6753 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19/15 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Richard E. Bruce, late of Hampstead, Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to Kristin Yahnke, P.O. Box 2683, Surf City, NC 28445, on or before the 29th day of April, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 29th day of January, 2015.

Shari L. Bruce Executor of the Estate of Richard E. Bruce Kristin Yahnke Attorney at Law Kenneth Ording, P.C. P.O. Box 2683, Surf City, NC 28445 2071 Highway 210 East, Hampstead, NC 28443 #6754 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19/15 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Wanda B. James, legally separated to Karen Lamm, Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of September, 2006, and recorded in Book 3048, Page 38, in Pender 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 Pender 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 Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on February 17, 2015 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Pender, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Pender County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 86, Section 3, Creekwalk as shown on a map recorded in Map Book 32, at Page 70, of the Pender County Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more accurate and complete description.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 301 Buttonwood Court, Rocky Point, North Carolina.

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

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

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

A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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.

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 upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1142196 (FC.FAY) #6759 2/5, 2/12/15 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 14SP301 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY PEGGY SCHUPP PROPERTIES, LLC DATED FEBRUARY 13, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 2885 AT PAGE 310 AND REFORMED BY JUDGMENT RECORDED ON DECEMBER 1, 2014 IN BOOK 4500 AT PAGE 189 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the abovereferenced 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 February 17, 2015 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Located in Topsail Township, Pender County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot No. Two (2) in Block No. Eleven (11), Section No. One (1) of “Hampstead on the Sound” Subdivision as shown on map prepared by M.H. Landers, C.E., Dated May 29th, 1959, as recorded in Map Book 7 at Pages 3, 4, and 5, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina. and BEING a tract of land lying and between the northeastern and southwestern lines of Lot 2 in Block 11 in Section 1 of Hampstead on the Sound Subdivision (a map thereof duly recorded in Map Book 7 at Pages 3, 4, 5 and 29 of the Pender County Registry) and as an extension southwestwardly of the aforementioned northeastern and southwestern lines to the highwater mark of Topsail Sound.

And Being more commonly known as: 100 Broadview Ln, Hampstead, NC 28443 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Eclectic Properties, LLC .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 LEASE-

HOLD 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 10 days written notice to the landlord.

You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is January 28, 2015.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 11-021335 #6757 2/5, 2/12/15 14 SP 288 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Brannon Thomas Montgomery and Leah Paige Montgomery to Pamela S. Cox, Trustee(s), which was dated May 20, 2009 and recorded on May 20, 2009 in Book 3628 at Page 003, Pender 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 February 17, 2015 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Lot 1 as depicted on plat entitled “FINAL PLAT OF CAMBER WOODS”, dated February, 2008 and recorded in Map Book 47, Page 035, Slide 633, to which reference is made for complete description, being a portion of the property conveyed to Carolina Granite Construction, Inc. by deed recorded in Book 3454 at page 55, Pender County.

SUBJECT TO restrictions of record in Book 3454 at page 42.

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

Said property is commonly known as 27 Marble Drive, Rocky Point, NC 28457.

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 Brannon Thomas Montgomery and wife, Leah Paige Montgomery.

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 upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord.

The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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.: 12-30544-FC01 #6752 2/5, 2/12/15

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 14SP137 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY EDWARD P. DEBERRI AND EILEEN DEBERRI AKA EILEEN M. DEBERRI DATED APRIL 21, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 2644 AT PAGE 252 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the abovereferenced 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 February 27, 2015 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL OF LOT 137 AS SHOWN ON MAP OF THE OVAL AT GROVES POINT PLANTATION SECTION 2 RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 33 AT PAGE 96 OF THE PENDER COUNTY REGISTRY, REFERENCE TO WHICH SAID MAP IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. And Being more commonly known as: 115 South Burning Tree Dr, Hampstead, NC 28443 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Edward P. Deberri.

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 10 days written notice to the landlord.

You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is December 3, 2014.

CORNISH LAW, PLLC Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 14-059975 #6702 2/12, 2/19/14 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 14SP103 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JEFFREY T. NEWMAN AND NANCY K. NEWMAN DATED OCTOBER 14, 2009 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3695 AT PAGE 192 AND MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED JULY 29, 2013 IN BOOK 4296 AT PAGE 110 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the abovereferenced 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 February 27, 2015 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as

follows: Being all of Lot 67, Section 4 of Morgan Cove Plantation as shown on a map duly recorded in Map Book 29, at Page 133 in the Office of the Pender County Register of Deeds, State of North Carolina.

And Being more commonly known as: 364 Morgan Cove Dr, Burgaw, NC 28425 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Jeffrey T. Newman and Nancy K. Newman.

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 10 days written notice to the landlord.

You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is January 7, 2015.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 14-059886 #6732 2/12, 2/19/15 14 SP 300 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Douglas Bryant Morgan and Ashley Morgan to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated April 8, 2005 and recorded on April 13, 2005 in Book 2633 at Page 262, Pender 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 February 24, 2015 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying and being in Topsail Township, Pender County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 210 of Windgate Subdivision as shown on “ Map of Survey for Kenneth M. Lee and wife, Brenda E. Lee” prepared by Johnie C. Garrason, RLS, dated October 23, 1998 and recorded in Map Book 32 at Page 67, Slide 437, Pender County Registry; to which map reference is made for a more complete description Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.Said property is commonly known as 2790 Sloop Point Loop Road, Hampstead, NC 28443.

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 con-

ditions 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 Douglas Bryant Morgan.

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 upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord.

The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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.: 14-22480-FC01 #6763 2/12, 2/19/15 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Durrell V. Mills, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Durrell V. Mills, to present them to the undersigned on or before April 30, 2015 at PO Box 3333, 403 Bridgers Ave Topsail Beach, NC, 28445 or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 22nd day of January, 2015.

Geraldine D. Mills P.O. Box 3333 403 Bridgers Ave Topsail Beach, NC 28445 #6737 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12/15 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:14-CVS-606 NOTICE OF SALE PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

C&M VENTURES, LLC, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. C&M VENTURES, LLC, owner, et. al., 14-CVS-606, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/20/2015, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Commencing at an existing PK nail at the centerline intersection of N.C.S.R. 1531 (John Pickett Road); thence along a chord of the centerline of N.C.S.R. 1531, north 08 degrees 31 minutes 38 seconds east 743.07 feet to an existing railroad spike; thence continuing along said centerline, north 02 degrees 25 minutes 19 seconds east 210.27 feet to a railroad spike set in said centerline, said spike being THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; thence, from the above described point to beginning and leaving said centerline, a new line, north 88 degrees 02 minutes 40 seconds west 203.26 feet to a ¾ inch iron stake set two inches above ground; thence a new line, north 02 degrees 37 minutes 46 seconds west 98.46 feet to a ¾ inch iron stake set five inches below groung; thence with a new line, north 87 degrees 46 minutes 14 seconds east 211.88 feet to a railroad spike set in the centerline of N.C.S.R. 1531; thence along said centerline, south 02 degrees 02 minutes 52 seconds west 113.61 feet to the point and place of beginning.

Containing 0.50 acres and being a portion of that property recorded in Deed Book 416, at page 063, of the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 4303-18-6482-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 4, 2015 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #6775 2/12, 2/19/15

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Legal Notices 14 SP 287 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Alonzo Hubbard and Sheryl Hubbard to Pamela S. Cox, Trustee(s), which was dated December 30, 2008 and recorded on December 31, 2008 in Book 3560 at Page 332, Pender 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 February 24, 2015 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot 157, Section 1, Phase 4, Castle Bay Subdivision, as the same is shown on a map recorded in Map Book 38 at Page 45, Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for more particular description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 875 Highlands Drive, Hampstead, NC 28443.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of ďŹ ve 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.â€? 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 Alonzo Hubbard and wife, Sheryl Hubbard.

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 upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord.

The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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 ďŹ ling of a bankruptcy petition prior to the conďŹ rmation 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.: 11-12342-FC01 #6764 2/12, 2/19/15

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February 12, 2015

Section C

Living

{The Honorable Judge James H. Faison, III}

This judge does more than sit on the bench

By Lori Kirkpatrick Contributing Writer

James H. Faison, III is well-known to many members of the community as District Court Judge for the Fifth Judicial District. However, some may not be aware of his role as an ordained minister, or of the many ways he serves our youth.

Born in New Hanover County and raised in Rocky Point, he has also been actively involved in numerous other organizations that benefit the public.

Faison’s background paved the way for a wide range of endeavors over the years.

He began to develop his public speaking skills early on.

“Beginning around the age of 16, I was called upon to speak at men’s day, women’s day and youth day programs in our circle of churches,” Faison recalled.

“With me being a young person at the time, I had accomplished a few things and was viewed as a leader. I had good grades and was involved in sports and extracurricular activities, so some people saw that as a good example and good influence for young people.”

Around the same time, Faison became involved in 4-H Club, where he entered public speaking contests and took on the responsibilities of raising poultry.

He became the president of the student body and senior class at Pender High.

He also played football, ran track, and was involved in ROTC. He received a full scholarship to play football at N.C. Central University (NCCU), and later became co-captain of the team.

After graduating from NCCU, he continued there at NCCU School of Law. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1987, and returned to Wilmington to work for an attorney. After passing the bar exam, he worked as a paralegal for what was then Legal Services of the Lower Cape Fear, now called Legal Aid

of North Carolina. There he served as a public benefits specialist, helping people seeking benefits such as Social Security, disability, unemployment compensation, and Medicaid. He was employed there for four years.

On July 21, 2000, Faison’s 38th birthday, he received a call from Governor Jim Hunt. The governor advised Faison that he was looking for a judge who would go into the schools and talk to kids, keep them out of trouble, and out of the court system. He asked if he would be willing to be that kind of judge for him. Faison agreed, and that day he was established as the first African-American male to serve as District Court Judge in the Fifth Judicial District, which includes New Hanover and Pender Counties.

Faison had also became an ordained minister at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Rocky Point in 1992.

He currently serves as Pastor of Byrd’s Chapel Missionary Church in Rose Hill, where he has remained since 1998. He said he has found a way to balance the two perspectives of the pastor and judge roles.

“I have found a marriage of the two,” Faison said. “My way of looking at it is that the laws of man are based on the laws of God. God is the Supreme Being, the authority of all authority. We all should have the moral basis or guide that helps us commit to doing the right thing. My faith walk helps me be even more committed to make sure I do right by the laws of the land – I do also understand that there’s a time to temper justice with mercy, and our law prescribes ways that should be done. The founders of our country were strong men of faith. The provisions in the constitution were guided by their belief in God – this nation was founded on that. And I still believe it’s one nation, under God, indivisible…”

Faison went on to give examples of how man’s law is based on God’s law, from the Ten Commandments to the principles that support our bankruptcy law.

Faison has been recognized for his unique ability to communicate with youthful offenders and for his involvement in a number of organizations that help young people, as well. He serves the youth as a mentor, motivational speaker, and frequent guest speaker at area schools. He is committed to promoting anti-violence and anti-bullying initiatives in schools. Faison was a founding member of the New Hanover County Blue Ribbon Commission on the Prevention of Youth Violence, and he authored the Commission’s Resolution Against Bullying.

The minister and judge serves as the director of the Kenansville Eastern Missionary Baptist Association (KEMBA) youth group, which consists of 49 churches across five counties. He described their KEMBA Youth Activity Day, which took place at James Kenan High School on Jan. 31. The annual event began as a career day 20 years ago and has continued to grow by leaps and bounds each year.

“We have guest speakers and classroom instruction for both kids and adults, to help bridge the connection between the adults and youth,” said Faison. “Each year we have a theme, and this year’s theme is based on Psalm 139:14, which says ‘I will praise Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.’ This is so the kids know, ‘you are special just like you are – so be your best.’ After the morning praise and worship and instruction, we have lunch and then a basketball tournament. We just try to get the kids there, and let the rest be up to God.” Faison is on the board for the Boys and Girls’ Home. The board makes fiscal decisions, oversees programs, and reviews the effectiveness of how resources are

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being used for the programs. He said they are currently working on expanding the youth program in Pender County. He is also on the advisory board for the YMCA and a number of other organizations that serve our youth.

One of the most recent projects Faison has become involved in is a project called FOCUS, that concentrates on six main elements, “the livability principles.”

The elements addressed are the ones that impact every one of us in our daily lives, and are vitally important to the success of our community. The concentration is on a regional plan for sustainable development.

“FOCUS is about regional planning of the multi-county area, including New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender Counties,” said Faison. “It is futuristic planning in terms of job opportunities, transportation and interconnectivity between communities. It’s a huge thing that’s happening, to try to project what we need to do from a multi-county perspective – how to strengthen our own counties and our own resources and infrastructure so that we can connect with other neighboring counties to make the region a productive place for economic opportunities and economic strength. We look at quality of living, quality of environment, crime, and providing opportunities for youth.”

Faison has received many awards for his work in the community. He often tells young people, “Preparation plus opportunity equals success.” His wife, Angela, is a city planner in Wilmington and their daughter, Christa, is an elementary school teacher in New Hanover County.

To learn more about some of the programs Faison is involved in, visit the KEMBA website at www.kembahq.com, and look for the FOCUS link at www.pendercountync.gov.

Religion

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Baptized by fire

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I thought I might entitle it “I heard the fire call my name.�

It would tell of Moses observation of a bush that burned but was not consumed, how he heard the voice of the Lord call his name, not once but twice for emphasis, how God calls him to go to Egypt and sends him with that enigmatic name “I AM.�

Faith as Moses discovered is a tricky business and so is the fire of God. This isn’t the only time God appears in fire. He travels with the Hebrew immigrants for 40 years in the wilderness as a cloud by day and a ball of fire by night. God as a “ball of fire,� now there’s an interesting image.

It was the fire that led the people, told them when to stop and when to go all through their journey and led them at last to the promised land. To be touched by such a fire would no doubt be an amazing thing.

Annie Dillard in her book, Holy the Firm, recounts an incident when a moth flew into the candle she was reading by. The moth began to burn and crackle – to burn in the heat of the flame. But then something amazing happened. She writes:

Then the moth-essence‌ began to act as a wick. She kept burning. The wax rose up in the moth’s body and widened into flame, a saffronyellow flame robed her to the ground like a monk‌ She burned for two hours without bending or leaning—only glowing within.. like a hollow saint, like a flamed-face virgin gone to God, while I read by her light.

Annie Dillard watched that moth burn. She watched it fill up and flame out with a different kind of fire. She watched it become light for her reading and her way.

She watched it catch fire, flame up, burn, and she knew.

She knew that if she let the fire of God touch her in so intimate a way, she would burn like that with God’s spirit, her

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life would become an earthen vessel of God’s Glory.

She knew that if she let God’s Spirit really touch her, she would burn like that, bright and sudden and full, that she would be transformed by the fire of God’s love.

Will you, will I, will we let Christ touch us in such a way? Will we let Christ’s spirit blows on us like some dormant ember lying in ash awaiting a breath to set it ablaze?

Will we let Christ touch us like that, like he is meant to touch us – spirit and fire and all? Imagine what could be if we caught fire with the love of God. From the book, Flashes from a Bush Aflame by Ray W. Mendenhall

Atkinson Baptist Church will host a special Worship on Wednesday during the month of February. Each Wednesday night at 7 p.m. there will be a guest evangelist that will

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For more information contact Rev. Ken Smith 910-2492344.

The Master’s Table food bank at Blake’s Chapel will be open each Wednesday from 1-4 p.m., and Thursday 1-7 p.m.

Come hear the word of God and play games. There will be music, pool tables, air hockey, foosba l l, da r ts, and pi ngpong. All youth and others are welcome to attend.

Master’s Table food bank open

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The Master’s Table is located at 88 Blake’s Chapel Road, Hampstead. For more information, call 910-617-1454.

Saturday Feb. 14 sPike Creek Baptist Church in Burgaw will hold a Valentine’s Day Dinner Feb. 14 at 6 p.m.

For more information, contact Katrina at 259-2911.

Sunday Feb 15 s"REAK /UT 9OUTH 2EVIVAL AT "URGAW (OLINESS P.F.W.B. Church, 416 W. Bridgers St. in The Gathering Place beginning Feb. 15 at 11 a.m with youth pastor Paul Rivenbark and 6 p.m. with Mike Thornton. Music provided by Afterdeath. Services Feb. 16-17, 7 p.m. with Mike Thornton and music by Global River Church, Wilmington. The Feb. 18 service will be at 7 p.m. with speaker Paul Rivenbark and music by Burgaw Holiness Praise Team.

Call 259-5447 for more information. s-ACEDONIA !-% #HURCH WILL CELEBRATE the Ushers Anniversary Sunday, Feb. 15, at 3 p.m. The church is located at 300 Walker Street, Burgaw, Rev. Dr. Geraldine Dereef, pastor, welcomes everyone to attend.

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FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

1730 US Hwy. 117 N. • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3046 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m. www.fcbcb.org

ST. M ARY’S CHURCH

An Episcopal - Lutheran Community 506 S. McNeil Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.5541 Sunday Worship Service with Holy Eucharist: 11 a.m. www.stmaryschurchburgawnc.org

910.259.2136 Affordable Prices www.harrellsfh.com Dignified Funeral Services Our Family Serving Your Family Since 1913

212 S. Dickerson St. • Burgaw, NC 28425 www.harrellsfh.com

CALVARY C910.259.2136 HAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH

54 Camp Kirkwood Rd. • Watha, NC 28478 • 910-448-0919

MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH

Pastor: Tony Fontana Sunday School: 10 a.m. Sun. Worship: 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Bible Study: Wednesday 7 p.m. Youth Group: Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and classes at 6:45 p.m.

JORDANS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425

FAITH HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

14201 Hwy. 50/210 • Surf City, NC 28445 • 910-328-4422 Services: 8 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. http://faithharborumc.org

4670 Stag Park Rd. • Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-5735 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

MOORES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

3107 Union Chapel Rd. • Currie, NC 28435

110 E. Bridgers Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-2295

BURGAW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday School: 10 a.m. Worship Service: 11 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Service & Children’s Bible Study: 7:00 p.m.

BURGAW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School: Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.

CENTERVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH

18577 NC 53 E, Kelly, NC • 910-669-2488

200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425

RILEY’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Discipleship Training: 6:00 p.m. Pastor Lamont Hemminger

Jim Herchenhahn / Pastor Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. & 10:50 a.m. Youth each Sunday at 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday evenings: Meal at 6:00 p.m. / Study for all ages 7:00 p.m.

28396 Hwy. 210 W. • Currie (1/2 mile from Moores Creek Battlefield)

19845 NC Hwy. 210, Rocky Point, NC 28457 910-675-2127

WESTVIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

5610 Hwy. 53 W • Burgaw, NC 28425 (Across from Pender High) Pastor Judy Jeremias Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

CURRIE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday: 7 p.m.

WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC

910-470-4436

Pastor John Fedoronko

Sunday School: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Worship: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Men’s Breakfast, 2nd Sunday of Each Month, 8-9 a.m.

Ladies’ Circle, 2nd Monday of Each Month, 6:30-8 p.m.

Choir Practice & Bible Study, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m. Youth Group Every Other Wed. 6-7:30 p.m.

1303 Hwy. 117 • Burgaw, NC • 910-259-2601

Rev. Roger Malonda Nyimi, Pastor Sunday: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. Mass Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. Mass Thursday 8:30 a.m. Mass

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www.CF2.us Worship Hours: Sunday Morning, 11 a.m.

Wednesday Night, 6 p.m.

Pastor: Dr. Ernie Sanchez

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Citrus recipes

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Orange-grapefruittangerine salad 2 large Navel oranges, peeled and cut into sections 1 large red or pink grapefruit, peeled and cut into sections 2 tangerines, peeled and cut into sections 1-2 green scallions, chopped 2 tablespoons canola oil 2 tablespoons champagne or white vinegar 1 tablespoon honey 4-6 large lettuce leaves In salad bowl combine orang e, tang erine, and grapefruit sections, toss with chopped scallions. Cover and chill. When ready to serve whisk together honey, oil, and vinegar then toss with fruit MIXTURE $IVIDE FRUIT INTO 4- parts and place on lettuce leaves.

Helpful Hint: For an added treat top with toasted chopped pecans, sunflower seeds, or flaked coconut. Add cut up

dried prunes for a contrasting color.

Fettuccine with scallops and orange cream sauce ½ pound bay scallops 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced ORANGE ZEST AND JUICE ž CUP ORANGE JUICE ½ cup white wine 1 cup heavy cream ½ pound fresh fettuccine Parmesan cheese, grated, if desired Salt and pepper to taste Fresh parsley, chopped Cook fettuccine according to package directions.

Meanwhile in a skillet put enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan. Heat on medium heat. Add scallops in a single layer. Cook for 1-2 minutes, do not shake or move the scallops. A nice golden crust should form on the scallops. Turn scallops over and cook for 1-2 more minutes.

Remove and keep warm.

In the same skillet add garlic and sautÊ for 2-3 minutes. Mash with the back of A SPOON !DD ORANGE JUICE FROM BOTH THE ORANGE AND THE ž CUP JUICE ZEST AND wine. Cook for 5-6 minutes, add cream and simmer on low for another few minutes. Add salt and pepper if desired.

When fettuccine is done pour in orange sauce and toss, add scallops. If desired, sprinkle with freshly grated

Parmesan cheese. Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve immediately.

Swiss chard with orange juice 2 bunches fresh Swiss chard, large stems removed, cut into one inch strips 1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 navel orange Kosher salt Ground black pepper Cut rind of orange lengthwise forming ½ inch wide STRIPS 3ET ASIDE 3QUEEZE ORANGE OBTAINING — CUP JUICE In a large skillet add olive oil and heat over medium heat.

Cut Swiss chard into one inch strips. Stir Swiss chard into skillet, add orange rind strips. Cook until Swiss chard has wilted, about five minutes. Add salt and pepper TO TASTE ADD ORANGE JUICE TOSS to coat, simmer 1-2 minutes and serve hot.

Lemon tart I found this recipe but DON T KNOW WHO PRINTED IT

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3 lemons 2/3 cup almonds toasted 2/3 cup unbleached flour 2/3 cup plus 3- tablespoons granulated sugar Pinch of salt 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided into 6 and 4 tablespoons, cut into small pieces, and chilled 4 large eggs plus 3 large egg

yolks, room temperature Âź teaspoon almond extract #ONFECTIONERS SUGAR FOR GARnish Grate lemon peel to yield one tablespoon.

Vegetable spray a removable bottom of a nine-inch TART PAN 0LACE PAN IN FREEZER Coarsely chop almonds in food processor. Add flour, three tablespoons granulated sugar, and a pinch of salt.

Process until nuts are finely ground. Add four tablespoons butter, one whole egg, and almond extract, pulsing until a soft dough forms.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Transfer dough to chilled tart pan and press dough into botTOM AND UP THE SIDES &REEZE for 20-30 minutes.

In a saucepan whisk together 2/3 cup granulated sugar, three whole eggs, and the egg yolks. Whisk in lemon JUICE LEMON ZEST AND PINCH of salt. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until mixture thickens slightly, about 5-6 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 6 -tablespoons butter until melted.

Place tart shell on a baking sheet and bake until the edges are golden, about 25 minutes.

Pour in lemon filling and BAKE FOR MINUTES MORE ,ET cool, and if desired, dust with CONFECTIONERS SUGAR BEFORE serving.

Free tax preparation for Pender County residents AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will soon begin preparing and electronically filing Federal and North Carolina state income tax returns for 2014 for residents of Hampstead and Pender County. All services are free of charge. Trained and IRS certified volunteers will answer your questions and prepare your personal tax returns then electronically file them.

AARP Tax-Aide is a free nationwide service that provides high quality income tax assistance and free federal and state tax preparation, including electronic filing. The service is free.

Volunteers are certified to prepare most common personal income taxes. They are not permitted to prepare returns for businesses with more than $10,000 in expenses or with losses, complicated investment reporting, rental property with depreciation, and certain other complicated tax matters.

The service will be offered in a new location this year, in the Fellowship Hall at Topsail Presbyterian Church, 16249 S. Hwy. 17 each Monday and Wednesday afternoon from 1:30-5:30 p.m., beginning Feb. 2.

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Friendly Community Baptist skeet shoot and pig picking Feb. 28 Friendly Community BapTIST #HURCH S ANNUAL SKEET SHOOT AND PIG PICKIN &EB AT A M )T S AN ALL DAY FAMILY event. Women and children are welcome. RealWord OutDOORS $AVID 0AIT WILL BE OUR guest speaker and special guest Christian Waterfowlers Association.

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By Bill Messer Contributing Writer 4HERE S A REVOLUTION GOING ON AND IT S AS SIGNIFICANT AS Gutenberg and his printing press. You can now publish your own book easily, quickly and affordably, with a service OFFERED THROUGH !MAZON THE online shopping portal. Create 3PACE IS JUST THAT A WEB PLACE where you can create and publish your own book. $IG OUT THOSE OLD GREAT stories, those old poems from your school days, write some new stuff, go through your

shoebox of old photos.

You can put all these items TOGETHER IN A PERSONALIZED book of memories to share with the family, a novel to share with the world, a book of inspiration, an exploration of the meaning of it all, or a recounting of military experiences.

It works like this: you write your story and add pictures, using a word processor. Create Space supplies a variety of MS Word format templates IN MANY DIFFERENT SIZES 4RANSfer your final work to Create Space, design your cover

and after proofing your work online, submit the files for printing. You will get an email soon advising you if all is OK or if you need to correct something, and if OK you can order printed copies. )F YOU D LIKE TO ATTEND CALL the library and reserve a seat.

4HE WORKSHOPS will be Thursdays in February at the Hampstead branch of the Pender County library from 5:30-7 p.m., with the introduction on the Feb. 12 and follow up workshops on Feb. 19 and 26.

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Thursday, February 12 The Kiwanis Club of Hampstead will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. s4HE #APE &EAR 7OODCARVERS #LUB WILL MEET AT A M AT 0OPLAR Grove Plantation in Scotts Hill. For more information, go to www.capefearcarvers.org. s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT THE 3URF #ITY #OMMUNITY #ENTER #ALL FOR MORE INFORmation. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE DONATIONS ARE WELCOME EVERY 4HURSDAY AND &RIDAY FROM P M and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are AVAILABLE AT OTHER TIMES BY CONTACTING THE -USEUM AT by email at penderhist@hotmail.com. s6ILLAGE OF 3T (ELENA #OUNCIL MEETS *AN P M AT THE town hall.

Friday February 13 s!TKINSON "APTIST #HURCH (WY IN !TKINSON HAS A FREE bread giveaway Fridays from 4-5 p.m. All types of bread from white to multigrain to hamburger buns. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM OPEN P M s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS FOR BREAKFAST AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL IN (AMPSTEAD AT A M EACH &RIDAY Saturday February 14 s0ENDER #OUNTY 4RAINING 3CHOOL 3OUTH 0ENDER (IGH !LUMNI

Inc. second annual Recognition Breakfast Feb. 14 at 9 a.m. at THE -IDDLE $ISTRICT -ISSIONARY "APTIST !SSOCIATION . # Hwy. 53 West, Burgaw. The special guest speaker is Ambassador Mattie Sharpless. A donation $15 is suggested. For more INFORMATION CALL Tuesday February 17 4HE 0ENDER #OUNTY $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY WILL MEET &EB AT P M AT THE "URGAW BRANCH OF THE 0ENDER #OUNTY ,IBRARY Officers will be nominated. For more information, call

Wednesday February 18 s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM P M AT THE 3URF #ITY #OMMUNITY #ENTER #OMMUNITY #ENTER $R #ALL FOR MORE INFORMATION s4HE #OASTAL 0ENDER 2OTARY #LUB MEETS EACH 7EDNESDAY AT P M AT #HRISTOPHER S /LD 0OINT #OUNTRY #LUB #OUNTRY #LUB $RIVE (AMPSTEAD Thursday, February 19 The Kiwanis Club of Hampstead will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. s4HE #APE &EAR 7OODCARVERS #LUB WILL MEET AT A M AT 0OPLAR Grove Plantation in Scotts Hill. For more information, go to www.capefearcarvers.org. s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT THE 3URF #ITY #OMMUNITY #ENTER #ALL FOR MORE INFORmation. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE DONATIONS ARE WELCOME EVERY 4HURSDAY AND &RIDAY FROM P M and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are AVAILABLE AT OTHER TIMES BY CONTACTING THE -USEUM AT by email at penderhist@hotmail.com.

Friday February 20 s!TKINSON "APTIST #HURCH (WY IN !TKINSON HAS A FREE bread giveaway Fridays from 4-5 p.m. All types of bread from white to multigrain to hamburger buns. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM OPEN P M s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS FOR BREAKFAST AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL IN (AMPSTEAD AT A M EACH &RIDAY Saturday February 21 The Pender County Historical Society will meet at the Burgaw library branch at 10:30 a.m. Gil Burnett will be the speaker.

The public is invited to attend.

Tuesday March 10 s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE (AMPSTEAD $ETACHMENT

meets at the Topsail Senior Center, 20959 U.S. Highway 17N, Hampstead the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. The $ETACHMENT IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS TO HELP IN continuing the mission.

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