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Snow, ice closes schools, offices across region

Late winter storm dusts Pender County

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher With just a few weeks remaining in winter, snow and ice fell across Pender County early Tuesday morning, causing schools to close and numerous traffic accidents.

As typical with many winter storms, the amount of snow varied across the county, from a light dusting along the coastal areas to as much as three inches in western and northern areas of the county.

Burgaw saw about two inches of snow fall before the precipitation

turned to sleet and then freezing rain as Tuesday progressed.

Pender County Emergency Management Director Tom Collins said a number of traffic accidents occurred on Interstate 40 early Tuesday.

“The biggest thing is people just don’t know how to slow down,”

Collins said. “There were multiple wrecks on I-40 this morning. The guardrails were catching a lot of cars.”

Collins said overall there were “fewer than normal wrecks” for this type of winter weather.

Collins says officials are eyeing

another weather system that is due in the area Thursday that could bring another round of winter weather to Pender County.

“We could see this again Thursday.

It just depends on where the freeze line is,” Collins said.

Wintertime in Pender County Tourism director fired by county Monique Baker says she was “blindsided” by the dismissal

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Pender County tourism director Monique Baker was released from her job with the county Friday, according to Pender County Commission Chairman David Williams.

Williams says the announcement would normally come through the county manager’s office, but since Randell Woodruff is new on the job, he was making the announcement.

Baker’s dismissal was discussed by commissioners in closed session at last week’s board meeting.

“I have had conversations with the members of the board and based on my findings and discussions with the members individually. The manager was instructed to handle the situation along with county human

From rural western Pender County along the Black River, to Hampstead and the beach communities in the east, winter weather visited Pender County Tuesday. A light dusting of snow fell in the east, with up to three inches falling in western areas of the county.

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School board approves construction schedule Officials say they can handle multiple projects The Pender County Board of Education approved the initial project plan and schedule for the bond construction at a special meeting last week.

The plan includes estimates of the schedule of funds that will be drawn down for the projects. The figures are estimates since the final bids are not in on all the projects.

“Typically we put every project on a time line and all the funds associated with the projects on the same time line and stretch it out for the time we think it will take to run these projects, trying to run most of them parallel,” said

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resources and the attorney,” Williams said. “The manager is new, and I generally stay away from personnel issues, but this is one that we as a board instructed him to carry out. The commissioners felt it was time to make a change.”

Baker was hired as tourism director in February, 2009 after working with the U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Memorial in Wilmington.

In an interview with the Post & Voice, Baker said her dismissal was a complete surprise. After meeting with the county manager and human resources director Tuesday and Wednesday, “I knew by Friday that it didn’t really matter what I said or did. They had already decided,” she said.

School Board Member Tom Roper. “It’s really starting to come together as far as what will happen with the time lines and what will be the county’s approximate draws for substantial completion on these projects.”

Roper says this process is not a reaction from the commissioner’s meeting. It is something the board would normally do with construction projects.

“Timing wise, we didn’t have this information ready for the commissioners during the last meeting,” Roper said. “We didn’t have all the information from the architects because we were not completely under contract

with them at the time. It’s a work in progress.”

As the projects are bid, the information is worked into the

time line.

“At any given time we

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Freshman 7th district Representative David Rouzer met with Pender County Commissioners and representatives from Topsail Beach Feb. 19 in Hampstead. The 90-minute meeting was held at the Hampstead Pender County Government Annex.

Rouzer answered questions from Topsail Beach officials regarding the town’s beach renourishment projects.

Topsail Beach mayor Howard Braxton asked for help with the U.S. Corps of Engi-

neers in obtaining permission to use sand taken from the Intracoastal Waterway instead of off shore. Braxton said the use of ICWW sand would save the town about 40 percent in costs.

Commission Chair man David Williams talked with Rouzer about the U.S. Hwy. 17 bypass project. Although the bypass is a state project, Rouzer pledged to do what he could to move the project along by working with N.C. Secretary of Transportation Tony Tata, and State Senator

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Rep. David Rouzer (above left) met with county residents and officials last week, including Topsail Beach Mayor Howard Braxton, Topsail Beach councilman Jullian Bone, county Republican Party Chairman Bob Muller, and county commissioners George Brown and Fred McCoy.

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Arrest report David Blanton, 22, 3058 Herrings Chapel Rd, Burgaw. Misdemeanor probation violation. Released under $25,000 secured bond.

Robert Arthur Boney, 37, 140 Dogwood Lane, Rocky Point.

Driving while impaired, no operators license. Arrest by N.C. State Highway Patrol. Incarcerated under $1,000 secured bond.

Jeffery Ray Boyd, 40, 211 Wood Bine, Burgaw. Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated with no bond listed.

Benjamin Buentello, 24, 151 Morin Road, Burgaw. Misdemeanor probation violation, first degree burglary, larceny after breaking and or entering, felony possession of stolen goods, break or enter a motor vehicle, misdemeanor larceny, possession of marijuana (simple). Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $150,000 secured bond.

Nathan Alexander Casteen, 34, 84 Rouse Drive, Willard.

Assault on a female, assault with a deadly weapon, aslt inf serious injury minor present, second degree kidnapping, assault by strangulation, interfere emergency communication, unauthorized use of motor vehicle, misdemeanor larceny.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $150,000 secured bond.

William David Cherry Jr., 34, 108 North Brig Drive, Hampstead. Driving while impaired, reckless driving to endanger.

Arrest by N.C. State Highway Patrol. Released under $1,200 secured bond.

David McKinley Childers, 37, 9065 Shiloh Rd., Ivanhoe. Driving while impaired, fail to report accident, civil revocation dr lic. Released with no bond.

Robert Heriot Clarkson, Jr., 24, 370 Whitebridge Road, Hampstead. Communicating threats (domestic), communicating threats, simple assault. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $8,500 secured bond.

Estban Cruz, 30, 274 Sweet Gum Circle, Rocky Point. No operators license, permit operation vehicle no insurance.

Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $500 secured bond.

James Ernest Davis, 54, 186 Boyce Road, Rocky Point. AT/ Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $2,000 secured bond.

Anthony Jerome Fennell, 57, 304 Mott Town Road, Atkinson.

Assault on a female, interfere emergency communication, possession of heroin, misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $9,500 secured bond.

Franchesca Dominique Fennell, 17, 3435 Willard Road, Willard. Communicating threats, simple assault, injury to personal property. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released under $2,500 secured bond.

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Gregory Allen Ford, 28, 42 Coleman Circle, Hampstead. Driving while impaired. Arrest by N.C. State Highway Patrol.

Released under $800 secured bond.

William Edward Goff, Jr., 47, 200 Woodbine Terrace, Burgaw.

Disorderly conduct, simple assault, carrying concealed weapon, resisting, obstruct, and delay of officer. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Derrick Lee Hansley, 39, 170 Hansley Simpson Rd, B-1, Currie. Assault on a female (2 counts), Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $5,000 unsecured bond.

Casey Lynn Henderson, 19, 217 Dandelion Lane, Hampstead.

Drive after consuming under 21 years, reckless driving to endanger, fail to stop-steady light, operate vehicle with no financial responsibility, drive/allow vehicle not registered and or titles, hit/ run fail to stop property damage, no inspection.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,600 secured bond.

Marquell Antonio Hines, 25, 10550 NC 210 Hwy, Rocky Point.

No operators license, speeding, unsealed wince/liquor in passenger area. Arrest by N.C. State Highway Patrol. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Perdita Elaine James, 57, 56 Henry Pridgen Road, Burgaw.

Driving while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated with no bond listed.

Teasha Niree Leuterio, 26, 601 N. Timberly Ln 13, Burgaw.

School attendance law violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $500 secured bond.

Jamie Robert McCann, 27, 1379 Penderlea Hwy, Burgaw. Second degree trespassing, criminal contempt. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Incarcerated under $500 secured bond.

Justin Errol Methvin, 25, 164 A Twin Oaks Drive, Hampstead.

Assault on female (fta), misdemeanor probation violation, driving while impaired (fta), possession marijuana (simple assault), resisting, obstruct, and delay of officer (2 counts).

Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Incarcerated under $22,000 secured bond.

Sylvester Murray, III, 35, 650 US 117 S, Burgaw. Misdemeanor breaking and/ or entering, domestic criminal trespassing.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $5,000 secured bond.

Joseph Sandlin, 31, 775 Mooretown Road, Rocky Point. Assault by pointing a gun. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released under $1,500 secured bond.

Rebecca Lea Schoolcraft, 20, possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $20,000 secured bond.

Christopher Dean Sellers, 22, 104 Dolphin Drive, Hampstead.

Uttering of forged instrument. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $10,000 secured bond.

Jared Joseph Simpson, 21, 19611 NC 210 Hwy, Rocky Point.

First degree sexual offense child, indecent liberties with child.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $100,000 secured bond.

Turner Austin Drake, 31, 301 Sand Piper Lane, Hampstead.

Uttering of forged instrument. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $10,000 secured bond.

Domencio Williams, 16, 80 Jim Lane, Burgaw. Misdemeanor larceny. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $600 secured bond.

Nicholas James Young, 21, 849 Croombridge Road, Burgaw.

Resisting, obstruct, and delay of officer. 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.

Embezzlement charged From Staff Reports Representatives from the Pender Youth Soccer Association reported to the Burgaw Police Department possible embezzlement on the organizations financial account on Jan. 29. An investigation pursued and the current treasurer at the time of the incidents, Patriscia Morgan, was named as a possible suspect.

According to Major Lisa Fields of the Burgaw Police Department, the investigation revealed that Morgan had been allegedly embezzling money from December 2013 until December 2014. Morgan was arrested Feb. 20. Morgan was arrested on 13 counts of embezzlement and 13 counts

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Board to consider expanded hours for county convenience sites Tate askes for more sites open on Sundays

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Pender County Commissioner Jimmy Tate asked the board to consider increased operating hours for county convenience sites, specifically hours on Sunday afternoon.

Currently the Hampstead and Surf City convenience sites are the only locations open on Sundays. “I have heard from folks who would like to have a convenience site open on Sunday afternoon,� Tate said. “Many of our population are working people and it is hard to get there before they close.

I think we should give some consideration to opening stations on Sunday afternoon.

Sunday afternoons would be good for the Rocky Point site

Commissioner Jimmy Tate and if we could have one of the stations up in our area open it would be good.�

Utilities Director Michael Mack said the Sunday hours worked well at the Hampstead site. “It would be a budget is-

sue,� Mack said. “We would have to work with Waste Industries to staff the additional hours. �

Tate asked for some figures on the cost of opening several sites on the western side of the county on Sundays.

Board plans 2015 budget retreat

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Looking forward to the 2015-16 county budget, commissioners are planning a retreat to begin budget work in March. The board will gather at the Surf City Welcome Center March 5-6 to begin the task of bringing together a budget proposal for the next fiscal year. “We will have a wide discussion related to goals the board has for the upcoming budget,� said County Manager Randall Woodruff. “We will have Bill Rivenbark from the School of Government in Chapel Hill to talk about a lot of budget matters. He will do an analysis

Tourism

Continued from page 1A Baker said there are several members on the tourism board that seem to have a problem with her, but she does not know why. “I didn’t do anything wrong with the finances, anything to deserve this,� Baker said. “If they want to go in a different direction, that is their prerogative, and I hope it benefits

School bond

Continued from page 1A should be able to see where we are, what the major milestones should be, what the next substantial financial payout is, how many days ahead or behind schedule we are and to have a running picture of the projects,� said Roper. “There is no way we could run these kind of projects by the seat of our pants.�

Project managers on staff In a meeting earlier this month, county commissioners questioned school official’s ability to manage the projects without an independent project manager. Roper said the school system has qualified individuals with project management experience to handle the jobs. “Rick Dutka was a contract construction manager for years and ran the Trask High School project for the general contractor. We knew we would have more projects coming, so we hired Rick. We feel we are

on how we do things with our enterprise fund, water rates and such.�

Commissioner Jimmy Tate said he wanted the board to have time during the retreat for strategic planning. “I don’t want to micromanage the planning of the retreat, but I don’t think the retreat should be only presentations. We need to do some visionary planning – what our goals are long-term as a board,� Tate said. “Are we going to have some time for brainstorming?�

Woodruff said long-term planning would be limited at this retreat. “This won’t be a true retreat where we go and talk strategi-

cally for a day and a half. We need that in the future. We need to cover some of these budget things now, and come back and do some of those other things in the summer or early fall,� Woodruff said. “I think it will help you (Woodruff) early on to know what this board’s vision is for the next five years,� Tate said.

Commissioner George Brown agreed with Tate, saying it is good to have everybody on the same page regarding issues facing the county. “We are always so busy at meetings, it would be good to have everyone together to talk about some of these issues,�

Brown said.

Pender County. I’ve had my heart and soul in this for a long time and I would hate for it not to continue to be a strong department.�

Commissioner Jimmy Tate was commission chairman when Baker was hired, along with county manager Rick Benton. Tate was not in favor of immediately terminating Baker. “I always like to give employees an opportunity to improve.

I appreciate the time Ms. Baker gave to Pender County. As one

board member, I respect the manager and the rest of the board’s decision, even if it differs from my own,� Tate said.

Williams would not comment on specific reasons for Baker’s firing. He said the commissioners would be examining the situation regarding the future of the tourism department. “I think the board will be open to considering all options,� Williams said. “We just want to do what is best for the county.�

sound in house,� said Roper.

School Officials receive the bids and the architect does a review. Then the project goes to the state Department of Public Instruction for a review and then the project is scheduled.

The construction company has a project manager who school officials meet with and hold status meetings. “We are on that site every single day, the architect stays involved, Rick is involved every day and David Smith is involved every day. Rick has dozens of years of large project oversight experience and does a phenomenal job,�

Roper said.

When not working with school construction, Dutka does indoor air quality, building safety, and manages repair work on the buildings. “This is a resource we have and he is full-time with the school system,� Roper said.

Roper said many of the bond projects are small and will be completed quickly, and should be finished by the time the major building projects get underway.

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Rouzer

Continued from page 1A Bill Rabon.

Both beach renourishment and the 17 bypass comes under Rouzers oversight in Washington, as he serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Rouzer spent time during the meeting reminding officials that America’s roads and bridges – many of them Eisenhower-era construction projects – are facing replace-

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ment and repair bills that are now coming due. Rouzer said many of those bills are long past due.

County Commission Chairman David Williams called the meeting refreshing. “I know Rouzer is hitting the ground running. He’s not your typical rookie congressman,� Williams said. “He arrived knowing a lot of people and knowing the process. I think that gave him an advantage going into the first session.�

Williams said he thinks Rouzer will do all he can to

help with the 17 bypass project. “I know we are dealing with our congressman on things that are typically state issues.

We want to take advantage of our time to meet with him about things he can directly impact – funding issues and things on the federal level.

The state is tasked with building the bypass, but we want to emphasize this is larger than just a state project.�

Williams says he hopes officials will be able to meet with Rouzer on a regular basis.

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Opinion Thursday, February 26, 2015, Page 4A

When is a tax hike not a tax hike?

When is a tax hike not a tax hike?

When it’s a decrease, and not a decrease.

That circular lack of logic is driving the move toward Senate Bill 20, now under consideration by the General Assembly.

The bill would decrease the state’s fuel tax temporarily, then raise it more in coming years.

The bill is co-sponsored

by Columbus native and With no better options State Senator Bill Rabon available, perhaps the (R-Brunswick) along with felGeneral Assembly should low senators Bob Rucho and keep our current fuel tax Jerry Tillman. It is called an attempt to stabilize the state’s formula in place, until someone with a sense of fuel tax, which is a primary funding source for the Depart- respect for the voters and ment of Transportation. an understanding of the If approved, on March 1, working class driver – as the bill would drop the state well as some simple math gas tax from 37.5 cents per skills – comes up with a gallon to a minimum 35 cents. better plan.

This looks good, until you realize that current law requires the levy to be set at seven percent of the average wholesale price for gasoline, and the new plan would up that to 9.9 cents. The problem however, is in the current trends – under the state’s current system, the tax levy would have dropped to 30 cents in July, if the current downward trend continues, but consumers would see little benefit under the new plan, while the state would rake in even more money.

Basically, the state would take advantage of falling prices to hide the projected tax increase, ensuring that our neighbors across the border in South Carolina will continue to have plenty of lines at gas stations.

No one questions that a gas tax is the most efficient and fair way to pay for road construction – if you don’t drive a vehicle, you don’t use gasoline or diesel, so you don’t have to pay for roads you don’t seriously impact.

The specter of toll roads as an alternative has been raised many times, especially for massive metropolitan projects, and toll roads almost seem attractive – again, it’s a user fee, only paid by those who use a particular stretch of highway. In theory, the toll booths would come down when the roads are paid for, but our state capital has some kind of strange effect on many bureaucrats and politicians when it comes to “temporary taxes” tat are designated for specific projects. That pile of money is always awfully attractive, and somehow always ends up being shunted away for urgent needs. If you need further proof of this bad habit, you need look no further than the “one-time” special uses of lottery money.

It’s ironic that North Carolina was once called “the Good Roads State,” referring largely to the efforts of governors and legislators who fought for improved farm-to-market roads, as well as major highways that funneled industry and revenue into our state. Sadly, some of the bridges and highways we use daily are among those created during that building boom, which was enjoyed by the grandparents of many of today’s drivers.

North Carolina has more vehicles on the road today; times and lifestyles have changed drastically. It’s reasonable to expect drivers to pay for the privilege of using a good highway.

Lower gas prices have and will continue to boost the economy. After several years of skyrocketing prices, it’s quite a relief not to need a mortgage to fill up. The falling prices have lifted some of the burden from folks still suffering from a slow-to-recover economy.

It’s not right, fair or smart to change the rules because you don’t like the way the game is going for your team, and that’s basically what’s happening in Raleigh – and on top of that, they’re trying to say the rules are changing for the benefit of the underdog. That just makes it even worse.

With no better options available, perhaps the General Assembly should keep our current fuel tax formula in place, until someone with a sense of respect for the voters and an understanding of the working class driver – as well as some simple math skills – comes up with a better plan. True, our neighbors to the south have a lower gas tax, but they also have disproportionately worse road in many cases. We need maintained roads if we want the economy moving in North Carolina; we just need a little common sense to go into figuring out how to fund those roads.

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It’s not your father’s GOP Can you remember those car ads that tried to lure us into purchasing the new model proclaiming, “this is not your father’s Oldsmobile?” The brand disappeared, now little more than a memory.

The same can be said about the traditional old-line GOP in North Carolina. The current version bears little

resemblance to many of the ideals Republicans once espoused.

For years Republicans railed against the Democrats running our state, claiming government had grown too bloated, too expensive and far too ineffective. Democrats, they said, were giving away too much taxpayer money, had become too timid and weren’t listening, mostly interested in getting reelected. North Carolina agreed, giving the GOP team a chance, with veto-proof majorities in both houses of the legislature and also by electing a Republican governor.

It is too early to judge all the final results but not too early to judge their values and way they conduct business.

Republicans have always distrusted big government, believing that government works best that governs closest to the people. They cried out against a federal government that imposed itself in North Carolina affairs but, in an amusing paradox, are

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The Post & Voice’s quotes of the week “I always like to give employees an opportunity to improve. I appreciate the time Ms. Baker gave to Pender County..”

Pender County Commissioner Jimmy Tate on the termination of county tourism director Monique Baker.

“At any given time we should be able to see where we are...what the next substantial financial payout is, how many days ahead or behind schedule we are...There is no way we could run these kind of projects by the seat of our pants.”

Pender County Board of Education Member Tom Roper on the school bond construction projects.

Ending and beginning They fall by wind, lightning, disease or old age.

Too often they have to fall, because man wants to do something else with that little piece of earth, and a chainsaw and bulldozer can accomplish in minutes what nature has failed to do for a century or more.

We take trees for granted, often commenting on the qualities of their beauty or shade while we plan their reduction into so much toilet paper, newsprint, lumber or charcoal.

This particular tree was not as old as some, but much older than most. It lay gnarled and twisted across a path I was exploring near an abandoned homestead, a homesite that turned out to be far less interesting than the tree.

It was a blackjack oak, one of our most common hardwoods, and the kind cursed by so many people until they see how cleanly and efficiently it burns. Even more important is what it does to a barbecued pig.

While the long leaf pines get all the press, the commercial need for charcoal nearly wiped out the oft-hated blackjacks before anyone really made a dent in the pine forests.

This one had likely seen the transition from horse and mule to car and truck.

It’s unlikely it was intentionally planted here, but like its brethren that still loomed beside the overgrown ghost of that old country lane, it was allowed to stay because it wasn’t in the way, or helped define the path to the old house.

Its roots weakened by the summer’s heavy rains, a limb snapped and burned from some forgotten lightning strike, the tree just finally gave up. It lay tiredly across the path, as if making one last effort to protect the old lane it had flanked for so many years.

It could no longer look

Jefferson Weaver down in disapproval, but at least it could deny easy access to hunters, lovebirds, and seekers of truth like myself.

The tree would soon be dead, its core rotten, its branches splintered, but all across its bark one found traces of the life.

A squirrel’s nest lay in the first crotch, its woven twigs still holding wisps of fur from the spring’s kits. Farther away, in limbs that once stood forty feet in the air, I looked down into the dried nests of songbirds which had long since learned to fly and would likely soon be building their own nests.

Even the very bark still held signs of life, with the empty husks of cicadas outside and the secret squirming of salamanders underneath the cambrium.

Where it once could have shaded a farmer, held a tire swing, or perhaps hosted a family on a picnic, the tree now served best as an awkward bench.

If it stays intact through hunting season, the tangle of limbs and twigs and branches will make an admirable hide for a rifleman waiting for a rut-dumb buck to blunder down the path, looking for love in all the wrong places.

But this tree will likely

be dismembered by the local hunting club. Using chainsaws and all-terrain-vehicles, they will clear a path through the woods, where hounds will merrily chase their prey in the days before the first frost of autumn.

Comfortable boxes have long since replaced the hunter’s simple, natural hide, and the old tree will just be in the way.

The wood will either be thrown to one side and discarded, or stacked at the club to feed the old pot belly stove while the hunters regale each other with stories of hunts that may or may not have happened. The wood may be hauled to the home of a family who enjoys a fire in the fireplace, and can afford to pay someone else to cut it for them. The old oak may end up being dropped off at the home of a family whose winter would be cold and hungry without it, since they enjoy no other heat.

If the stumphole isn’t filled in, the loam and leaves will form a sealant like that of a swimming pool, allowing insects and tiny bugs a nursery for the eggs and larvae.

The salamanders that examined the bark will move in as well, feeding with the tadpoles born of toads and peepers who also found the hole convenient. Opportunistic coons and other predators will reap a bounty of amphibian foodstuffs.

But some of those tadpoles will survive, and become frogs. As they sing their way through the spring and summer of next year, they will snack on the generations-removed descendants of those first bugs to find the stumphole.

Sharp-eyed birds and raccoons will return to hunt the toads, frogs, and salamanders, and they too, will help rebuild the soil around the hole, allowing the sprouting of an acorn forgotten by

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What is it about Air Supply ballads that so passionately reignites the spent flame of pre-teen love? Hearing Lionel Ritchie croon the chorus of Truly elicits an automated response of why doesn’t anyone understand me?

To this day, I hold firm to the belief that my acidwashed Esprit denim miniskirt was not too short and looked amazing with high-top Reeboks and a neon net shirt.

Why couldn’t my parents just trust my judgment? Decked in white high-heeled pumps that made me look much older than my 15 years, I stealthily walked into the eighties with an attitude and hair that could impale eagles. In fact, I was armed with enough Alberto VO5 treatments to defrizz an army of Sun-In users a mile wide. I reeked with a confidence that I had not felt before I knew it all. Unfortunately, my parents did not share my understanding that high fashion involved white lip gloss, geometric neon earrings and a tan that would do George Hamilton proud.

In fact, a major dilemma I constantly experienced was deciding if I should go to the tanning bed before or after a six-hour UV bath at the beach. I was never without a full can of spray to completely restrict hair movement. Further, I never faltered in my dream of marrying Rick Springfield or Simon Le Bon. With my perfectly coiffed Ogilvie home perm and jelly shoes in every imaginable color, who could resist me? My two-sided, magnified make-up mirror with lights that could blind a camel reassured me that I was, indeed, like totally hot.

Symbolic of this transition was the packing away of my Shawn Cassidy tee. I was, after all, practically a woman in 1985 and that meant making a more mature fashion statement. I embraced my Members Only jacket with fervor unmatched by the bell-bottoms and silk jackets of yore. My parachute pants, Izod polos rolled up at the collar and my rhinestoneclad Gloria Vanderbilts spoke volumes about my destiny.

After all, Seventeen magazine assured me that a future as a Barbizon model was well within my grasp. But, those years were not without their lows. The question of hair color on my newly earned driver’s license proved difficult, thanks to the tone difference from root to tip.

My height varied daily based upon hairspray availability and relative humidity. Another thorn in the proverbial side of my eighties ego were the girls from a much larger high school who preyed on our surfer boys like wolves in heat. Sporting convertibles, updos, and gold chains the width of copperheads, they pranced into the hearts of the boys who legitimately belonged to my group of local girlfriends. The spouting of empty claims of true love always forced me to up my game and invest in additional hair products.

Calvin Klein soon replaced

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Newsings & Musings

By Edith Batson Post & Voice Staff Writer Big bands/ Peter, Paul & Mary My friend, Jean Ferguson, called to say that PBS was playing two hours of big band music the first day of their festival- fund raiser for the year. The idea is that if that is what you like best to hear, you will call in and pledge to support the station.

Well, the dial was turned to channel 6, and wow – the toe-tapping began. When Tuxedo Junction was playing, I could not help myself – I had to get up and jitterbug all by myself. A couple more slow jitterbug numbers came on – and I got my exercise for the day – especially my heart –because it started pitterpattering faster than usual.

Oh, boy, it was fun.

After the concert, Peter, Paul, and Mary were on for a couple of hours. So, you know I did not get any housework done. I just could not miss the opportunity to heart that kind of music again.

Some of the songs that were memorable to me included Chattanooga Choo, Won’t you Choo-Choo me home, Boogy Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B (from World War II) As time Goes By, I’ll Never Smile Again, Star Dust, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Tennessee Walt� and many, many more.

When Peter, Paul and Mary came on, I remembered A Hundred Miles500 miles, Puff the Magic Dragon, and How Many

Roads Must a Man Walk down before you can call him a man?

Either Peter or Paul said that they realized that the people mostly heard just Mary’s voice, and the two men blended into the accompaniment. Their harmony was really beautiful and they all were needed to make the music just right. After Mary’s death, the men decided they could best honor her by continuing to sing – so they did.

Pender Historical Society The society held its regular meeting on Saturday morning at 10:30 p.m. in the meeting room of Pender County Library on Cowan St. Guest speaker was Judge Gilbert Burnett, a native of Burgaw, who grew up here and graduated from Pender High School in 1943.

Joining the U.S. Army Air Force. He was taught to fly a B-52 plane. After the service he went back to school at UNC-Chapel Hill.

I recall hearing Arthur talk about Gilbert’s Sock Factory. He seemed to think he had a pretty good business with the socks – until one day a policeman came to his door to tell him that the Sock Factory in Raleigh had been struck by lightning and had burned to the ground.

As a youngster, he worked at various jobs at Carolina Beach, where his father had bought a beach cottage.

His parents Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Burnett lived

in Burgaw, and he had his office in the house. He was a lawyer and worked for the U.S. Government. Gilbert said he never had an adding machine but was a whiz at numbers.

I had made some notes about his talk, but their location escapes me at the moment. Anyway, Gilbert learned as a child if he needed money to spend, he would have to earn it. One enterprise was a snow cone business at Carolina Beach.

He worked for someone else and then borrowed enough money from his lawyer (his father) to get the machine to go into business for himself.

His former employer would put up a snow cone machine just as close to his as he could. Gilbert started giving snow cones to the neighborhood children. They would walk around the area eating their snow cones and saying “Gilbert’s are the bes.� I can’t remember all the enterprises he was involved in, but he always had something going.

At one point he asked members of the audience if they had heard of a certain kind of donut. I was not familiar with that one, but last year I heard about Britt’s doughnuts at Carolina Beach. My friend said there was always a line. I kept saying I was going all the way to the beach just to find those doughnuts but the summer passed before I made that journey. Maybe next year.

I forgot to ask Gilbert if he was familiar with that popular brand. I understand it has been in business for many years. Has anyone had those doughnuts?

Anyways, Gilbert kept us interested in hearing all of his stories. He said to stop him when time was up, because he loved to talk and would go on too long. His wife Barbara, finally called time on him.

CSWP One thing, I do want to mention that he is particularly interested in is a Community Service Work Program that he helped to initiate several years ago. Defendants convicted of certain “appropriate� crimes would go to work at charitable organizations, but church related non-profits could not be used. The program kept the defendant from going to jail. If he had a job, he could continue working to support his family- He would get no pay for his work, which would be scheduled around his work hours. The defendant had to pay a fee to the program of $250. Keeping the person out of jail would save the courts or counties several on average of $27,000 each year. He commented that two people worked for the cemeteries in Wilmington, mowing the grass regularly. Hopefully skills of the defendant were used in as many cases as possible.

More places able to ac-

commodate this type of volunteer work are needed in Pender and New Hanover Counties. Such “appropriate defendants� who could be included in the program are a simple marijuana charge, drunk driving, or simple non-violent charge.

It has grown rapidly and now needs more staff to accommodate the need.

The best thing about the program is that it saves the taxpayers a lot of money, while keeping non-violent defendants at home to support their families.

Sounds like a winner to me. If you would like to know more about this program, please contact Vanessa King, Supervisor with Community Service Work Program in 5th Judicial District at (910)7727101.

Ash Wednesday service Our church held an Ash Wednesday Service at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 18. The cold weather did not deter those who wanted to attend the service on the first day of Lent.

Lent is composed of 40 days, excluding Sundays.

I noticed that just as Christmas comes and we celebrate the miraculous virgin birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, then the visit of the wise men, we hear of the flight to Egypt after the angel told Mary and Joseph to flee to Egypt to hide from Herod,

who wanted to kill Jesus, and instead killed all the little children under two years of age.

Mary, Joseph, and Jesus moved quietly back to Nazareth, where Joseph resumed his carpentry work. We hear little about Jesus except being circumcised and then at 12 years old staying in Jerusalem to talk to Rabbis and teachers who were astonished at his remarkable knowledge of the scriptures.

After three days they found him in the temple. He obediently returned to Nazareth and we hear nothing about Him until John the Baptist tells about him. Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist, and then goes into the wilderness to fast 40 days and be tempted by Satan three times. Jesus always answered him by quoting the Word of God saying “it is written.�

Then He begins his three-year ministry of storytelling, healing, and serving the people – all the while He knew that He was heading toward the cross.

We certainly can take the journey to the cross with Him, suffering with Him, dying with Him, and rising with Him to become, through salvation, His followers for the rest of our lives.

Just think: we serve a risen Savior. Hallelujah.

Shalom!

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triumphant.

Although my life was like totally over on several occasions as I was lulled to sleep with reassurances quietly whispered by Peter Cetera, the ending is a happy one. I got the guy. Or actually, he got me. Lucky man. But, I do have a pair of Jordache jeans hidden in the back of my closet just in case.

Continued from page 4A Gloria Vanderbilt and Love’s Baby Soft perfume took an immediate backseat to Obsession. This was war and I realized that I’d need every banana clip and add-a-bead charm in my arsenal to reign

Weaver

Continued from page 4A a squirrel long since gone into a stewpot (or the happy acorn hunting grounds, if you prefer).

That acorn will produce a sapling, if it survives the cold and heat, the dry and the fires and the floods, and

Campbell

Continued from page 4A now exercising that same overreach with local cities and counties. Traditionally, lawmakers entrusted locally elected officials to run local government and propose needed legislation, believing local citizens would correct any errant policies by voting out of office those who exceeded or abused their authority.

Now state lawmakers are playing “Government Knows Best.� Their overreach includes trying to hijack a water system from Asheville, an airport from Charlotte, removing privilege taxes and restricting how locals how can use sales taxes, even arbitrarily reconstituting local governments and boards of education, like the current strong-arm attempt to reconfigure districts and elections for the city of Greensboro. These actions are necessary, they say, because local governments are out of control and local

any number of other threats.

That sapling will become yet another blackjack oak, not too different from the one that lay defiantly across the path. Squirrels and birds will make it into a home, and in the fall, a rut-dumb buck will polish his antlers against it, or browse for acorns.

Coons and possums will hide in its branches as hounds bay the night away.

Once, a bear will stretch claws high and rake downward, enjoying his own strength as he scars the trunk.

Some day it too will fall victim to lightning, or poor soil, or a forest fire, or the howl of a hurricane. It will crash to the ground as its sire did, hard enough to drive stubs of broken limbs deep into the loam.

And someday, someone wondering if there was ever an old homeplace back here in the woods will come across this tree, may wonder why it fell, and how long it stood, and look for the story in the fallen oak. –Weaver is a columnist with the Post & Voice. Contact him at jeffweaver@ whiteville.com.

officials can’t be trusted, especially in such matters as extraterritorial jurisdiction of town limits and the use of eminent domain.

But their micromanaging doesn’t stop with the locals.

They want to expand their power by extending control over boards and commissions, further diluting what is an already weak Executive Branch in North Carolina.

Republicans once deplored high taxes but we’ve got a Senate that has, according to their own staff, passed legislation that will raise $1 billion in new gas taxes.

For decades state Republicans vehemently protested closed door meetings where decisions were made without their input and where Democrats were unwilling to compromise. They screamed about programs that gave away tax dollars to individuals and groups. They despised the redistricting Democrats devised to keep their own in power.

What we have today is clearly not the Republican Party of Jim Holshouser, Jim Martin and Jim Broy-

hill. Instead of showing us how government could work more efficiently, be more transparent and more inclusive this bunch often seems mean-spirited, power hungry, arbitrary, promoting their own partisan social agenda. They make decisions behind closed doors without explanation or discussion.

They have taken redistricting gerrymandering to an art form and it is pretty evident that their opposition to giveaway programs was mostly about who was receiving the money. Democrats favored the poor and disadvantaged; Republicans give to corporations and the wealthy.

After watching the current performance we find ourselves missing both the Oldsmobile and the traditional Republicans.

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

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Topsail Elementary Honor Rolls Topsail Elementary School has released the school honor rolls for the second nine-week grading period.

A Honor Roll Third grade Kelly Byrd, Nick Chludzinski, Katie Dale, Zachary DiConstanzo, Ashley Espinoza, Isabel Flores, Jackson Hoepner, Grace Keck, Nelly-Grace Keziah, Ben Lockwood, Ella Maloney, Catherine McBride, Joshua Morkan, Jackson Pavkov, Kennedy Sloan, Jax Smith, Lily Sorg Fourth grade Taylor Borders, Lily Davis, Lily Eubanks, Eliza Fogleman, Tatum Hayden, Carter Henderson, Eli Hicks, Anderson Holland, Jenna Holt, Tanner Kelly, Hunter Korff, Amelia Marshbur n, John Meyers, Lauren Pagans, Sky Riley, Blake Seigler, Brewer Smith, Preston Walker Fifth grade A b b y C o u r s e y, N i c k y Coursey, Joseph Hall, Zachary

Holt, Wade Hughes, Cannon Keziah, Nathan Lau, Skylar Loher, Liam McBride, Evan Perry, Andon Stowe, Julie Sydes, Harley Taylor, Olivia Visconti, Connor Wright A-B Honor Roll Third grade Erik Acker mann, Allie Benson, Sean Benson, Emma Burnash, Matthew Burns, Gianna Butrico, Hannah Crawley, Caden Fain, Griffin Frazee, Hope Gaither, Zachary Gaither, Landon Gwinn, Darrnel Holsey, Rachel Horne, Jackson Lafave, Lucas Partion, Cooper Pierce, Jenna Rochelle, Aiden Sansoucie, Isaiah Virgil, Noah Warren, Sophia Wilson Fourth grade Madison Alexander, Abrianna Bates, Avery Benton, Libby Brewer, Julianna Broadway, Steven Burns, Aiden Camlin, Cannon Cunningham, Logan Dalton, Christian Davis, Sophie DeVries, Xavier Fuller, Miles Gibson, Isabella Hartinger, Kaley Henderson,

Michael Holloman, Blaine Joye, Garrett Lewis, Jurnee London, Natalie Luchansky, Gracie Mabrey, Elvis Malinowski, Ronan McGuire, Haedyn Mills, Brendan Mitchell, Kamden Paluck, Noah Perry, Allison Rooks, Helen Rooks, Shaina Skipper, Spencer Smades, Zoe Smith, Quaid Teachey, Grace Vara, Ethan Vaughn, Slater Wiggins Fifth grade Brock Bronski, Sarah Cox, Landon Edwards, JT Ellis, Kylee Emerich, Harry Fibkins, Hayden Green, Jarred Harper, Ethan Humphries, Adriana Kandabarow, Emily Kittlaus, Sara Lieske, Jake Mackleer, Daniel Major, Grace Martin, Marissa Memoli, Paige Mintz, Thomas Mowrey, Hailey Muraca, Mazie Nifong, Bella Robertson, Caleb Rousseau, Quentin Smith, Ava Sorg, Photo contributed Luke Tartar, Kelsey Thomas, Pender county students cast in School House Rock Live Jr. (pictured left to right) are Taryn Ugliono, Kaigan WarCate Shepard, Logan Manns, Sara Lucas (top), Abby Talbot (bottom), Madeline Wilkinson, ren, Kiley Wells, Darius WoodDavid Flores. Not pictured Aria Clark. ward, Aidan Wynant

Pender students in School House Rocks Live Jr.

By David Manns Special to the Post & Voice The Thalian Association Children’s Theater has both an educational and entertaining show currently showing, School House Rock Live, Jr. based on the Emmy Awardwinning Saturday morning educational cartoon series.

Pender County is well represented with students from area schools having been cast in the musical. Topsail High School includes two seniors, Sara Lucas and David Flores.

Topsail Middle School has sixth grader Logan Manns.

Madeline Wilkinson is a seventh g rader who is home schooled.

South Topsail Elementary includes two fifth graders, Cate Shepard and Abby Talbot, and Malpass Cor ner Elementary second grader Photo contributed Aria Clark. These kids work The Week of Jan. 26-30 was dubbed No Name Calling Week at Topsail Elementary School. magic in delivering a show Students and staff throughout the school discussed the value of treating each other that is one of the most fun respectfully and refusing to let people call each other mean names. A poster contest and fast-paced musicals ever titled Stomp Out Name Calling was held for all grade levels, and the students shown in the to hit the stage.

This Thalian Association photo are the grade level winners. Winning students pictured (right to left are) Tye Courey (kindergarten), Cara Rooke (first grade), Gavin King, (second grade), Josh Morkan (third Children’s Theater production features 45 of the Wilmington grade), Logan Dalton (fourth grade), and Skylar Loher (fifth grade). area’s brightest young stars with a creative team consisting of Judy Greenhut (Director/Choreographer), Michelle Reiff (Music Director), Kegan Dubar (Stage Manager), and Courtney Harding (Costume Designer).

This production surely

By Allan Libby not a requirement for the ap- The Topsail Area Kiwanis Special to the Post & Voice Club and the Topsail Island rocks in more ways than plicant.

These scholarship awards Kiwanis Foundation collabo- one and is playing at the The Kiwanis Club of Top- recognize academic achieve- rate jointly to award these Historic USO / Community Arts Center located at 120 sail Island Area, continuing ment, service and the possibil- scholarships. its long standing commitment ity of financial need. Funding Information and applica- S. 2nd Street in downtown to the young people of Onslow for these scholarships comes tions for the Dixon and Topsail Wilmington. Performances and Pender counties, has avail- from fundraising activities High School scholarships can continue through Mar. 1; able four scholarships in the conducted throughout the be obtained by contacting the Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and a Sunday matinee at 3 amount of $3,000 each for year by Topsail Area Kiwanis. school guidance counselors. p.m. Tickets and more inforgraduating seniors at Dixon mation are available at www. and Topsail High Schools. thalian.org or by calling (910) Two of the four scholarships 341-7860. have the requirement that The time flies as you watch the applicant be a member in this energetic musical, which good standing of the school’s follows Tom who is played Key Club.

by Dalton Crocker, a young Additionally, the Topsail Kischoolteacher who is nervous wanis Club has available a fifth about his first day of teaching. scholarship in the amount of He tries to relax by watching $3,000 for a graduating senior TV when various characters who is the child or grandchild representing facets of his perof a current member of the sonality emerge from the set Topsail Area Kiwanis Club. and show Christopher him how to win his North Carolina residency is & students over with imagina-

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tion and music. Memorable songs as Just A Bill, by Logan Manns, Conjunction Junction,

by Sara Lucas, Interplanet Janet, by Jessie Hoadley, Great American Meltingpot sang

by Elissa Hall, A Noun is a Person Place or Thing by Lily Hawkins, Do the Circulation

by David Flores and Three is a Magic Number by Carson Holmes bring the teacher’s lesson plans vividly to life, T h u rsday, Fe b. 19 w as teacher’s night with free admission for all teachers, and several administrators and teachers made their way out to the show to check out their students in action.

The cast will perform two additional private shows, one this week for the Snipes Academy School of Art through a generous grant by PPD, and the show goes on the road to the Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington next week for a final performance.

There is no doubt everyone works hard to pull a great show together that they become close and are like theatre family, and this production got off to a fast start going one step farther through an effort of one cast member for a family friend Maddie McPherson who has been battling brain cancer for several years, whose story can be read about in detail by visiting

www.caringbridge.org/visit/ madelinemcpherson.

The entire cast of School House Rock Live Jr., including any siblings were treated to a birthday party of the cast member at the new indoor bounce phenomenon Defy Gravity in Wilmington. One interesting twist, many of the kids had just met in this production, and instead of gifts for their daughter, the family asked for donations to help the McPherson’s family for eight-year-old Maddie.

The turnout was huge and raised $2,027. Even though that day was a leaping success, you can also make a donation if inclined at www. gofundme.com/Miles-andMeds-for-Maddie.

The family of the cast member Katie Fox who hosted the party said it touched their hearts that even though most may not know Maddie and her family, it shows great character in all who gave to those who are in real need.

They expressed a big thank you from the bottom of their hearts, which was echoed by the McPherson’s.

The Thalian Association Children’s Theater (TACT) is a youth production company that offers training and performance opportunities for children age seven through high school.

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Fundraiser for South Topsail Elementary School

Stingray Shuffle is Saturday

By David Manns Special to the Post & Voice Race on over to South Topsail Elementary for some healthy exercise and a great way to benefit South Topsail Elementary. The school’s Stingray Shuffle will be Feb. 28 beginning at 8 a.m. The school is located on Hoover Road in Hampstead. The event is rain or shine.

This is the second annual run, led by the school’s PTO. Last year this event had nearly 200 participants, and welcomes kids from all over who want to take part in a halfmile run, including adults or kids looking for a 5K. All the work that goes into it is worth it “seeing the faces on the kids as the cross the finish line,” said Kim Chamblee, the Race Director and parent of a South Topsail Elementary student. “A lot of time consuming work goes into planning the race including permits, shirts, sponsors, awards, and fundraising for prizes.”

Kim also is the PTO’s secretary this year, and jumped in as a volunteer last year in being new to the school and taking on heading the race at the first meeting that year and has been involved since.

She says funds raised from the race go back to South Topsail Elementary for donations that benefit the students. Last year the event helped raise nearly $2,500.

“The focus for proceeds this year is to build two covered shelter pavilions on the

playgrounds that are something like at Kiwanis Park which are covered shelters or gazebos, and also to give back to the school for technology,” Chamblee said.

Every par ticipant will receive a shirt and swag bag.

They will announce a new shirt design on the day of event. They are available in Youth XS-L and Adult S-XXL. Race shirts are available for $10 if not participating.

All participants 12 and under will receive a participant medal. Kim said, “it is more about the kids”, and recalled from last year event leaders “were in tears watching them come cross the finish line” as they proudly watched their accomplishments.

So this is an event for the first time runner and also experienced runners since it is a timed event, but it is surely something for kids to have as an accomplishment and build upon. Some kids will even run the 5K and do great, but then in the end all are walking away a bit more proud of themselves.

Race details Participants may choose to run or walk a timed 5K (3.1 mile out and back). Children 12 and under may register for the timed 1/2 mile run.

Adults may register to run the 1/2 mile with their chil-

dren.

Early registration on Feb. 27 from 3-6 p.m. at the PTO Hut at the school. Registration on race day Feb. 28 is 7-7:45 a.m. at the PTO Hut. The half-mile race begins at 8:20 a.m., and the 5K will follow the end of the first race. Awards are scheduled for 10 a.m.

Preregistered participants may pick up their race numbers and shirts at the times listed above. Register online at www.its-go-time.com The half-mile mile course is entirely on school property. The 5K course is an out and back open road course taking participants out the school’s front parking lot, down Hoover Road and into Castle Bay and back.

The half-mile course is $15 per runner, $25 per runner for the 5K. Both are timed

by Jaguar Bib Chip Timing.

There is a Bib raffle for 5K participants.

Awards All 5K and half-mile participants 12 years-old and under will receive a participant medal. Also receiving awards will be the top three female and male 5K overall, the top female and male 5K master, and the top three female and male in 5K age groups: 7 and under, 8-10, 11-13, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, and 50 and over.

Do you need to file taxes for 2014?

Dear Savvy Senior, What are the IRS income tax filing requirements for retirees this tax season? I didn’t have to file last year, but I picked up a little income from a part-time job in 2014, and I’m wondering I need to file this year.

Part-Time Retiree Dear Retiree, Whether or not you are required to file a federal income tax return this year will depend on how much you earned (gross income) – and the source of that income – as well as your filing status and your age.

Your g ross income includes all the income you receive that is not exempt from tax, not counting your Social Security benefits, unless you are married and filing separately.

Here’s a rundown of the IRS filing requirements for this tax season. If your 2014 gross income was below the threshold for your age and filing status, you probably won’t have to file. But if it’s over, you will.

• Single: $10,150 ($11,700 if you’re 65 or older by Jan. 1, 2015).

• Married filing jointly: $20,300 ($21,500 if you or your spouse is 65 or older; or $22,700 if you’re both over 65).

• Married filing separately: $3,950 at any age.

• Head of household: $13,050 ($14,600 if age 65 or older).

• Q u a l i f y i n g

widow(er) with dependent child: $16,350 ($17,550 if age 65 or older).

To get a detailed breakdown on federal filing requirements, along with infor mation on taxable and nontaxable income, call the IRS at 800-829-3676 and ask them to mail you a free copy of the “Tax Guide for Seniors” (publication 554), or see irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/ p554.pdf.

Special requirements There are, however, some other financial situations that will require you to file a tax return, even if your gross income falls below the IRS filing requirement. For example, if you had earnings from self-employment in 2014 of $400 or more, or if you owe any special taxes to the IRS such as alternative minimum tax or IRA tax penalties, you’ll probably need to file.

To figure this out, the IRS offers a tool on their website that asks a series of questions that will help you determine if you’re required to file, or if you should file because you’re due a refund.

You can access this page at irs.gov/filing – click on “Do you need to file a return?” Or, you can get assistance over the phone by calling the IRS helpline at 800-829-1040. You can also get face-to-face help

at a Taxpayer Assistance Center. See irs.gov/localcontacts or call 800-829-1040 to locate a center near you.

Check your state Even if you’re not required to file a federal tax return this year, don’t assume that you’re also excused from filing state income taxes. The rules for your state might be very different. Check with your state tax agency before concluding that you’re entirely in the clear. For links to state and local tax agencies see taxadmin.org – click on “State Agencies/Links” on the menu bar.

Tax prep assistance If you find that you do need to file a tax retur n this year, you can get help through the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (or TCE) program. Sponsored by the IRS, TEC provides free tax preparation and counseling to middle and low-income taxpayers, age 60 and older.

Call 800-906-9887 or visit irs. treasury.gov/freetaxprep to locate a service near you.

Also check with AARP, a participant in the TCE program that provides free tax preparation at more than 5,000 sites nationwide. To locate an AARP Tax-Aide site call 888-227-7669 or visit aarp. org/findtaxhelp. You don’t have to be an AARP member to use this service.

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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By Karen Sota Special to the Post & Voice One of the frequently asked questions from our visitors is, “do you put any kind of tracking device on your turtles?”

The answer is a qualified yes. We rarely use what most people think of as a tracking device, a satellite tracker. The equipment and satellite time are very expensive with a high failure rate of the device itself.

Although several of our patients exited our beaches with satellite trackers we have not used one in many years.

But when our critters do leave they’re always sporting at least one and more often two types of tags. We recently admitted a young loggerhead, Kit who arrived with a set of tags acquired in her previous travels. In fact, a visual and electronic check for any tags is at the top of our to do list for every new admit.

But first a little background on the why’s and how’s of tagging sea turtles. Tagging is the most useful tool we have towards advancing our understanding of sea turtles and their conservation requirements.

The unique characteristics of a tag provide valuable information on turtle movements, strandings, growth rates, residency and nesting/ reproductive data. Although all agree that tagging is important there are obvious issues with tag retention, especially for externally applied tags.

The most common type of tag is one attached to the front or rear flippers and made of a metal, normally titanium or an alloy that resists salt water, although sometimes plastic tags are used.

Self-piercing metal tags are applied by a special tool that presses a sharp point through the flipper where it passes through the tag hole on the other side, bends over and locks into place. It’s sort of like getting your ears pierced, but with a permanent set of earrings.

All tags are pre-stamped with an identifying number on one side and often other information on the opposite side. Since tags can be ordered from different manufacturers the exact tag composition and information may vary depending on the origination of the tag and the tagging entity.

Every one of our turtles leaves with flipper bling, and Kit has this type of tag on her front flippers.

Right after their flipper tags are applied our turtles receive an additional, more permanent tag.

Called a PIT (passive integrated transponder) tag it’s a small microprocessor sealed in glass that transmits a unique identification number to a hand-held reader.

The tag is injected into the shoulder muscle, an area that provides long-term protection from abrasion, breakage and corrosion. Both of these tags are supplied to us and applied by one of the biologists from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Another type of internal tag, a magnetized wire tag inserted into the flipper can also be used, and identified with a magnetometer or X-Ray. There is some speculation that these magnetized tags might have some detrimental effect on the turtle’s navigational ability, but research is not clear on that possibility. We do not use or plan on using wire tags.

Finally, a less common type of tagging has been used mainly by researchers in sea turtle conservation. Called a living tag, it involves surgically excising a small piece of plastron (belly tissue) and grafting it onto a specific scute of the carapace (top shell.)

These tags will forever remain on the carapace in the same area they were placed and will continue to grow with the turtle. This is normally done for an entire class (year) of hatchlings or young turtles and used in later years mainly to identify the age of the turtle. Many years ago we had a young loggerhead patient at our hospital with a living tag, a small pale yellow patch on her dark scutes.

Notching of a marginal scute is also sometimes done for an entire class but is less successful for identification as it can easily be interpreted as a natural injury so common to turtles, especially the larger ones.

With all this tagging going on somebody has to take on the enormous job of keeping the data base. The Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (ACCSTR at the University of Florida in Gainesville) is maintaining the Sea Turtle Tag Inventory which includes the tag series, manufacturer and style of tag, ocean basin in which the tags were used and the organization to contact.

The intent is to avoid future duplication of tag numbers purchased by various organi-

zations and to assist in the reporting of recapture data for turtles with recorded tags.

So what did Kit’s tag tell us? She likes to travel, but gets sick – a lot. She first stranded in January 2013 in the northern part of North Carolina (Avon) at a place called Kit’s Point, south of the Canadian Hole. She was cold-stunned, emaciated and about 75 percent of her body was covered with bar nacles, algae and other opportunistic sea life.

She spent a short time at the N.C. Aquarium at Manteo before being transferred to the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston. (We were not able to admit her at our old facility as we were wall-to-wall with patients at the time.)

When her rehabilitation in South Carolina was completed she was tagged and transported to Florida where she was released on April 7, 2013 from the beach at Little Talbot Island State Park.

The Canadian Hole must be a special place for this lady because she stranded (cold-stunned, emaciated and covered with stuff) in January of this year in that same area.

She was named Breezy by the staff at the North Carolina Aquarium at Manteo because the day she was rescued was very windy.

After checking for PIT and flipper tags they were able to trace her history back to the first strand where she was named Kit. After two days Kit was transported to our hospital Jan. 16 to begin her treatment and rehab. She’s recovering nicely and in a few more weeks will complete her mandatory quarantine in sick bay before graduating to a tank in the big house. It’s all about the tags.

Hospital tours end We are officially closed to the public for tours from now through March. There is a possibility of opening for a day or two during spring break, so watch our Facebook page (The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center) for general updates on what’s going on as well as possible tour dates. You can still shop in our gift shop and adopt our patients on-line by visiting our website: seaturtlehospital.org.

Cold-stun season continues over the winter Clearly winter is not over here on our coast with nighttime temps dropping in the low teens and daytime highs sometimes struggling to reach 30 degrees.

In fact we just got word that the Pamlico Sound, a favorite place for turtles is freezing over. Hopefully all the critters will have moved on from that area but you just never know. Cold-stuns drift with the tides and can float for days before eventually stranding.

We’ll keep reminding you of the importance our locals and visitors play in quickly reporting any turtle that may be beached on the shore, in the marshes or even floating in the water that is unable to move.

It may even appear to be dead. If you see a turtle in this condition please don’t assume there’s no hope – there is. But we need to move quickly to get them to a safe place and begin the very slow rewarming process.

If the turtle is small enough to manage safely move it to an unheated space like your garage. Do not try to warm it up. Any rapid change in temperature can send them

into shock. Immediately call us at one of the following numbers: Director of Beach Operations Terry Meyer at 910-470-2880; Hospital Director Jean Beasley at 910-470-2800 or the state hotline for stranded, sick and injured turtles at 252-241-7367. The state number

picks up 24/7.

Questions, comments, suggestions Please direct any questions, comments or suggestions re: this column to me at: flippers@att.net. To be added to the newsletter list e-mail me at the same address.

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Donnie Harold Ezzell SURF CITY -- Donnie Harold Ezzell, age 72, died Sunday Feb. 22 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

Born in Magnolia, he was the son of the late Harold and Ethel Ezzell. He was preceded in death by his sister, Delma Ezzell Johnson and nephew, Kyle Herring. Before retiring to Surf City he resided in Warsaw where he was the IT director for Quinn Wholesale Company for 37 years and was active in the Warsaw Jaycees. He was a member of the Warsaw Baptist Church and participated in the Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir.

A service to celebrate his life was held Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. at Surf City Baptist Church with Pastors Bobby Owens and Danny Mclamb officiating.

A graveside service followed in Wayne Memorial Park in Dudley.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Smith Ezzell; a sister, Linda Herring and husband, Tommy of Wallace; broth-

ers in law, Graham Johnson of Cary, Thomas Smith and wife, Terri of Mt. Olive; sister in law, Carolyn Rhodes and husband, Wayne of Mt. Olive; and four nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be directed to the Surf City Baptist Church, P.O Box 2607, Surf City, NC 28445.

Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family and online condolences may be directed to www.shumate-faulk.com.

David Wayne â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bubbaâ&#x20AC;? Jordan CASTLE HAYNE -- David Wayne â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bubbaâ&#x20AC;? Jordan, age 63, of Castle Hayne died Sunday Feb. 22, 2015 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

He was bor n in New Hanover County son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Jordan.

Surviving are a brother, Perry Jordan and wife Susan of Wilmington; two nephews Kevin Jordan and Stephen

Obituaries

Jordan; several great nieces and nephews; sister in law Marie Jordan and niece Kristy Jordan.

Bubba loved music and was a very good guitarist. He taught himself to play at the age of 10.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday Feb. 26, 2015 at Harrellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral Home Chapel.

The family received friends Wednesday 7-8:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Online tributes and condolences may be made to the family at www.harrellsfh. com. The family was served

by Harrellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral Home a n d C re m at i o n S e r v i c e, Burgaw.

Katie Estelle Corbett Kelly BURGAW -- Katie Estelle Corbett Kelly, 82, of Burgaw gently passed from her earthly life on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 at Pender Memorial Hospital.

She was born Jan. 20, 1933 in Bladen County, one of 14 children born to Willie Daniel

and Ivy Daniel Corbett. Katie was predeceased by her husband, James â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doodleâ&#x20AC;? Kelly; sisters, Lillie Mae Sidbury, Lucille Woodcock, Lois Horrell, Doris Johnson, Eunice Mathis and Jane woodcock; and brothers, Floyd, Willis, Clarence, Colon, Thurman and Herman Corbett.

She is survived by her daughter, Debra S. Kelly; sons, Larry Kelly (Cheryl) and Alan Kelly; grandchildren, Matthew Kelly, Eric Kelly, Kayla Lindsay, and Allison Kelly Bloom (Keith); brother, Johnny Milton Corbett, Sr.; and many nieces, nephews and extended family.

The family received friends from 10-11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel with service beginning at 11 a.m.. Pastor Wayne Bateman officiated. Burial followed in Moores Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was

served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel.

Mary Sue Williams Autry BURGAW -- Mary Sue Williams Autry, 67, of Burgaw passed gently from her earthly life on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

She was born Feb. 3, 1948 in Duplin County, the daughter of the late Leslie David and Russell Mae Burbage Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Douglas Ray Kennedy, Sr.; one brother and two sisters.

Sue is survived by her beloved husband of 39 years, Jerry A. Autry; sons, Douglas Ray Kennedy, Jr. (Jackie) and James Leslie Autry; grandchildren, Ronnie Kennedy (Shaina), Amber Boyce (Jerry), and Taylor Kennedy: great grandchildren, Ayden, Avery, Jeremiah and Annaleigh; sisters, Adelaide Byrd (Bud), Janice Beasley, and Jewell Register (Donnie); and many nieces, nephews and

extended family.

Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, 2015 at Faith Independent Baptist Church, 1309 NC Hwy. 903 S, Magnolia, North Carolina with The Rev. Ray Kennedy, The Rev. Carl Gibbs and The Rev. Scott Kennedy officiating. Burial followed in Riverview Memorial Park.

T h e f a m i l y r e c e iv e d friends on Monday at 1 p.m. at the church until hour of the service.

The family would like to thank ICU staff, 2nd floor staff, John Kor negay, MD and Chad Kornegay, MD of Vidant Duplin Hospital and the staf f of CCU at New Hanover Regional Medical Center for the excellent and compassionate care given to Sue during her illness.

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

CFCC offers free water analysis for Pender County residents Cape Fear Community Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chemical Technology Program is inviting the public to participate with their water study again this year. Since the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inception, CFCC students have analyzed more than 750 water samples from the area.

Samples should be in a container around two liters in size, which has been completely

rinsed without soap. Water samples will be accepted the week of February 23 through 27.

All samples may be dropped of f at CFCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown Wilmington campus, in building N (corner of Front and Red Cross; diagonally across from Union Station), room 302, where someone in the program will assist with paperwork.

Chemical Technology students will then analyze the samples for more than 60 different contaminants and produce results within 4-6 weeks. This service is free to everyone.

CFCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead instructor for the Chemical Technology program, Tracy Holbrook, is proud of this program and what it is doing for its students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cape Fear Community Col-

lege offers the only Chemical Technology Program within the family of 58 community colleges in North Carolina.

The state-of-the-art Chemical Technology Instrumentation Lab provides students training on analytical-grade equipment found in a typical laboratory setting so that we can integrate real-world experiences throughout the

two-year program,â&#x20AC;? Holbrook said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our water study is a wonderful example of how our students gain practical experience while providing a service to our community.â&#x20AC;?

Graduates from CFCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chemical Technology program work in numerous fields including environmental sciences, forensics, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, cosmetics,

and chemical processing and some continue on to four-year colleges and universities to pursue a BS in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related fields.

Any questions concerning the water study or CFCCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chemical Technology program can be directed to Tracy Holbrook at tholbrook@cfcc. edu or 910-362-7168.

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Revolutionary War renactors ďŹ re a volley (left) to honor the patriots and loyalists who died at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge. The 239th anniversary of the battle was celebrated last weeked at the battleďŹ eld in Currie. See more photos on page 4C and on Facebook.

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist It is hard to say winter has come in late when it is still February. But with the winter being mostly mild, and the snow and below freezing temperatures setting in now, it seems that way. Still, there is plenty to see if bundled and brave.

Snow always was a highlight of our youth. We did not see the white stuff enough to get used to it. When it came through though, we knew exactly what to do. Our mothers would pile on layer over layer of clothing to keep us warm.

With all that extra padding, the first order of business was a neighborhood game of tackle football.

We were not fast as we resembled sumo wrestlers wobbling across the fresh fallen snow. We had fun though. After an hour or so of more ‘kill the man with the ball’ and less anything resembling football, it was time to get dried out and warmed up for the next phase of snow fun.

Behind the house and beside the lake was a patch of woods totaling a couple of acres of space at best. It was the perfect spot to build snow fortresses and have snow ball fights without tearing up the yard or being too far from home in order to warm back up.

It was also a really neat place to learn about nature and her inhabitants.

Without a doubt, we would spot all kinds of animal tracks in the snow in the brush of those woods. It was how we first learned how the front foot prints of a rabbit would show up behind the long hind foot print by the way the feet

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land when the rabbit is running. For a bunch of kids, that was a huge revelation.

Occasionally we would have the pure life startled out of us by way of a flurry of quail launching from their protective covey circle. Once we got our heart beats back to normal we would search the brush pile as diligently as any crime scene investigator.

We could see how the birds would nestle and swap places by the way the snow was embedded. Their three pronged footprints (four if you count the part in the back) may show a single file march if the snow had stopped falling.

We imagined the footprints of some wolf, coyote, or even dingo leading here and there.

Yes, I know dingos are in Australia and not the United States and North Carolina, but we were kids after all. In fact, the only canine prints were more likely the result of a wandering pet rather than a snarling predator searching for small animals and little boys to eat. Of course, decades later, a wolf or coyote is not a fairy tale any longer and depending on the place you find tracks may be the most likely candidate.

It was not uncommon to scare up a red fox as well.

It seems we did not have as many grey foxes back then, at least near home. The beautiful amber fur would show up nicely against the white background of snow covered thickets and fields. And the tracks were about the same as a house cat.

So, as we continue to get a few blasts of winter coming through, seize the moment.

Go look and see what has been left behind from the creatures around us. It is an open world that we do not always notice.

–Bill Howard is a lifelong North Carolina resident and hunter. He is a lifetime member of the North Carolina Bowhunters Association, an associate member of Pope and Young, and an official measurer of both. He is a certified hunter education (IHEA) instructor and bowhunter education (IBEP) instructor.

Please share your stories with Bill at BillHowardOutdoors@ gmail.com.

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Town of Burgaw Government News

The Town of Burgaw (Town) will conduct a Public Hearing on March 10, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Town of Burgaw Municipal Building, 109 N. Walker Street, Burgaw, North Carolina. The purpose of this Hearing is to notify the public and obtain citizen input on the State of North Carolina’s Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and the Town’s intent to submit a CDBG application. Within the past five years the Town has not had an active CDBG grant.

State of North Carolina CDBG Program. The State of North Carolina’s current CDBG program amount is $43,757,560. One hundred percent (100%) of the CDBG funds will be used to benefit low-to-moderate income people. Approximately $17 million of this amount will be allocated to the Rural Development Division, North Carolina Department of Commerce CDBG-Economic Development Program (CDBG-ED) and approximately $26 million allocated to the Division of Water Infrastructure, North Carolina Department Environment Natural Resources CDBG-Infrastructure Program (CDBG-I). CDBG-ED applications are accepted on a continuous basis. CDBG-I applications are being accepted in two rounds with approximately $13 million being offered in the first March round. Non-entitlement municipal and county governments may apply for CDBG program funds The CDBG-ED Program permits grant funds to be used toward infrastructure or vacant building restoration projects that directly support Economic Development, specifically local government projects that result in the creation or retention of fulltime jobs with minimum sixty percent (60%) benefit to low-tomoderate income people. The CDBG-I Program permits grants for water and sewer infrastructure with project mitigating problems causing regulatory actions, and projects addressing environmental and public health threats as most important. CDBG-I projects must have project area with a population that is at least fifty-one percent (51%) low-to-moderate income.

Town of Burgaw’s Proposed CDBG-Infrastructure Southwest Target Area Application. The Town of Burgaw proposes to submit a Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)-Infrastructure Application to the Division of Water Infrastructure, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources for 2015 grant consideration. The CDBG-I application will request an approximate $380,000 grant to make improvements to the Town’s existing water system located in the southwest portion of the Town. Proposed improvements within the Target Area consist of the installation of approximately 3,170 linear feet of new 6” water distribution mains to replace existing 1” mains and create hydraulic “loops” within the system. The purpose of the CDBG-I grant is to reduce the concentration of total trihalomethanes (THMs) within the Target Area. The Target Area has been selected as it meets CDBG-I Program low-tomoderate benefit requirements and it contains the Town’s highest concentration of low-to-moderate income residents.

In the development of CDBG programs the Town will make every effort to design project activities to minimize displacement and relocation. The Town has adopted a “Residential Anti-displacement and Relocation Assistance Policy” that provides for the use of grant funds to cover the costs of housing in the event a CDBG project results in relocations.

Citizen Participation: CDBG files may be reviewed at the Town Manager’s office. In addition to comments received at the Public Hearing, written comments received prior to the opening of the Public Hearing will be considered. Written comments may be sent to Chad McEwen, Town Manager,109 N. Walker Street, Burgaw, North Carolina 28425.

This information is available in Spanish or any other language upon request. Please contact Chad McEwen, Town Manager, at (910) 259-2151 or at City Manager’s Office, Town of Burgaw Administration Building, 109 N. Walker Street, Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 for accommodations for this request.

Esta información está disponible en español o en cualquier otro idioma bajo petición. Por favor, Chad McEwen, Town Manager, at (910) 259-2151 or at Town Manager’s Office, Town of Burgaw Administration Building, 109 N. Walker Street, Burgaw, North Carolina 28425 póngase en contacto con de alojamiento para esta solicitud.

Eugene Mulligan, Mayor Town of Burgaw

SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Call 910.259.9111 for more information.

February 26, 2015

PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED The Town of Burgaw Board of Commissioners will hold the following public hearings on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 5:30 PM (or thereabout) in the meeting room of the Burgaw Municipal Building located at 109 N Walker Street in Burgaw, NC. All interested parties are invited to attend.

Public Hearing 1. Combined State of North Carolina CDBG Program and The Town of Burgaw’s Proposed CDBG-Infrastructure Program Application Public Hearing 2. Consideration of an amendment to the official Town of Burgaw Official Zoning Map rezoning a 49.2 acre tract located behind White Tractor Co. off Hwy 117 Bypass from R-20 to CZ-R7 for a single-family residential subdivision.

Public Hearing 3. Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit application for a “Restaurant, Limited Service” use to be located at 831 NC Hwy 53 East.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Patrol Officer – The Burgaw Police Department is currently seeking applicants for the position of Patrol Officer. All applicants must be BLET certified and possess good public relation skills. Salary DOQ. Position open until filled. Send resumes/applications to Attn: Kristin Wells, 109 N Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425. Applications are available at www.townofburgaw.com. EOE

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Town of Surf City Government News February 26, 2015

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

Notice of Public Hearing Regarding Condition of 4020 4th Street Surf City, NC. th

The structure on the property at 4020 4 St., Surf City NC, PIN 424511762504, is in a dilapidated state of disrepair. The condition it is in is a fire and safety hazard as well as a threat to the public health. These conditions make it necessary to condemn the property.

A hearing will be held before the Surf City Code Enforcement Officer at 11:00 am on March 11, 2015 at the Surf City Town Hall located at 214 North New River Dr., Surf City, NC. At that time the owner shall be entitled to be heard in person or by counsel upon all legal and factual questions relating to the matter and shall be able to offer such evidence as he or she may desire which is relevant or material to remedy the problems related to the structure.

After the hearing the Code Enforcement Officer will make a determination on what steps must be taken to resolve the issues regarding the structure.

I can be contacted at 910-328-4131 or 214 North New River Dr., Surf City, NC 28445.

Steve Padgett, Building Inspector Town of Surf City

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

PENDER COUNTY GOVERNMENT NEWS WANTED! A FEW GOOD MEN & WOMEN! VOLUNTEER! The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments to the following boards/commissions/committees: Name of Board Advisory Board of Health Animal Shelter Advisory Committee Board of Equalization & Review Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Author.

Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Nursing/Adult Care Homes Adv. Board District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek

# of Vacancies 3 1 6 7 2 3

Positions/Categories Optometrist***, Veterinarian***, Dentist*** Veterinarian Public Members Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Business, Faith Community Member Public Members

District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck District 5 = Burgaw; Holly

*** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently licensed.

Applications can be completed on-line at www.pendercountync.gov (click on “How Do I” on the home page); or write or call Ms. Melissa Pedersen, Deputy Clerk to the Board, PO Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and complete an application.

www.pendercountync.gov

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF March 3, 2015 HEARINGS: TIME OF 7:00 p.m.

HEARINGS:

LOCATION OF HEARINGS: THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 145, 805 SOUTH WALKER STREET, BURGAW, N.C. 28425

TOPIC OF HEARING: Master Development Plan

Stroud Engineering, applicant, on behalf of Tioga LLC, owner, is requesting Master Development Plan approval for Phase II of the residential subdivision known as, The Knolls at Turkey Creek. Phase II includes sixteen (16) single family homes on approximately ± 11.01 acres. The proposed development is located north of Carver Drive (SR 1437), northeast of the residential subdivision known as Bellhammon Plantation, and west of the previously approved Phase I for The Knolls at Turkey Creek in Rocky Point. The subject property is zoned RP, Residential Performance Zoning District and may be further identified by Pender County PIN 3223-46-7092-0000.

For Additional Information: Contact Pender County -Planning & Community Development 805 S Walker St Burgaw, NC 28425 Phone 910-259-1202

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This Advertisement Sponsored by Members of the Kiwanis Club of Hampstead the Pender-Topsail Post & Voice and Heide Trask Key Club

February 26, 2015

Section B

Sports

Spring brings new coaches across Pender County

Topsail softball, Trask and Pender baseball have new leadership

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

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In My Opinion a fair assessment. They then ranked Pender as the 25 seed in the east.

I question that based on the Patriots schedule. They played a very tough non-conference schedule and also played in a very tough split conference. However, that is not my biggest complaint.

Pender and Trask have played twice this year. They are in the same conference and represent a county with just three high schools in it.

Why not drop Trask one seed or move Pender up a seed or two and let them play somebody that they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen this year? Even if you match them up with someone they have played once.

I understand their reasoning to a point. They are trying to cut down on the travel.

However, I believe that they could have found a better resolution. Three times in one year for two teams separated by a few miles is a bit much.

If you look at it strictly from a basketball point this will be a great game. If I had to guess, Rodney Orr is feeling a bit on edge. He has to beat a very athletic Pender team a third time.

It is hard to beat a good team twice. A third time will be very hard.

Last year Trask lost to Wallace in the regionals.

They had beaten the Bulldogs twice in the regular season. Need I say more?

Futch to head up Pender baseball program When The Topthe Pender sail lady Patriot

By Bobby Norris Pirate softbaseball Post & Voice Sports Writer ball team team takes recently the field By the time the Post hired its this year & Voice goes to print this third softthey will week the first round of the ball coach be under in as many the direction of Robbie Futch. Although North Carolina state basketyears.

Coach Futch has a youthful appearance ball playoffs will have been The school announced the hiring of his team had better prepare themselves played. That means that Jay Abston. He assumed the duties imfor an old school approach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am kind either the Pender or Trask mediately and has hit the ground runof blunt at times and I expect a lot out menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball teams will ning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have had some individual of my players. I think the game should be eliminated from the playworkouts during the off season and be played a certain way and I expect our offs.

How do I know that? since the opening day of spring practice guys to play it that way.â&#x20AC;? we have been working, â&#x20AC;&#x153;said Abston.

Coach Futch has coached at several Well, the NCHSAA in all its Abston has coached at the recreation schools in different capacities. His stops infinite wisdom decided to level and was the assistant coach on Topinclude North Duplin, Wallace and match Pender at Trask in the sail Middle School for the last two years.

Union along with James Kenan where first round of the playoffs.

Congratulations once The team went 10-0 two years in a row. he got his start as a volunteer assistant.

He has also helped on a volunteer basis Coach Futch is big on being funda- again folks. You have manat the travel ball level. mentally sound. He believes that every- aged to take two of the three Coach Abstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goals are simple. He body should be able to play any role that teams in our county, both wants to keep the program headed in the is asked of them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am big on small ball. in the same conference, and right direction.

If I ask you to bunt then you need to be match them up in the first â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that the program is headed able to bunt. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a problem ask- round.

There are 32 seeds in in the right direction and I want to keep ing my cleanup hitter to bunt. If thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it on course. My goals are to make a difwhat it takes to score runs then weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do both the east and the west.

That means that there are 16 ference both on the field and off. If I can it.â&#x20AC;? help one kid both in softball and life in Under the tutelage of Futch the Patri- games being played Tuesday general then I am successful.â&#x20AC;? ots should be a more disciplined team. evening in the east. The powThe theme for the team under Abston He believes in being accountable for ers that be ranked the teams and decided that Trask was will be aggressive. your actions on and off of the field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am definitely aggressive. We want â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe that your attitude or behav- the eighth seed out of the to be aggressive at the plate and on the ior should never draw attention to you east. I believe that this was bases.â&#x20AC;? as an individual. I want to be looked at Veteran coach to skipper as a team.â&#x20AC;?

Trask baseball Robbie Futch is a coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son. His W h e n father, the late Sherman Futch spent 25 an athletic years at James Kenan. The elder coach director bewas laid back. Although Robbie Futch gins their should be considered his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, search for a he admits that he is a different breed of new coach coach.

By Bobby Norris frame. Laney outscored the they hope â&#x20AC;&#x153;My father was laid back. He was Post & Voice Sports Writer Hampstead crew 12-2 in the that they probably considered a playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coach. final eight minutes of play. get several I am a bit more energetic. You might The second year of the Laney earned their third win qualified say Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a little eccentric, maybe a little applicants for the job. As a 1A athletic strange, but I want things done the right Topsail Pirates experience in of the year over the Lady Pithe mighty Mideastern Con- rates. director you hope that you have at least way the first time.â&#x20AC;? ference came to an end last Keri White led the Pirates week when the Pirate menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s with six points while Dominteam fell to New Hanover 76- ique Bryant and Brandy Wil40 while the Lady Pirates fell liams each chipped in four to Laney 43-19. points.

By Bobby Norris in the heavyweight ranks at where he competed at 126 quan and Tynaffit were In the girls game the The Wildcats had beaten Post & Voice Sports Writer the 3A level. He was on the pounds. voted as all-conference bas- Laney defense was the differ- the Pirates twice during the wrong end of a 4-3 overtime Penderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alpha Barrow ketball players as well. ence in the contest from the regular season including an This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sports sched- decision. finished third in the state at Desire Brown was all con- opening tip. The Lady pirates 85-54 thrashing in the last ule slowed down. The counKeri White scored six 106 pounds to finish a great ference in three events in the only scored two points in the regular season game of the ties top grapplers wrestled at points to lead the Lady Pirates season. winter track and field arena. opening stanza and went into year. In that game a 20 point the state individual champi- as they fell in the first round Shajuan Best earned all- She was voted the player of the second quarter trailing deficit in third frame contribonships. of the Mideastern Conference conference honors in basket- the year in the conference. 14-2. uted to the lopsided score.

Joe Sculthorpe came up championship tournament. ball in the Four County Con- She is also the Post & Voice top Coach Jim Clanahanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Pirates again played just short of another state tiTrask sent Juan Santiago ference as did Daje Lewis. performer of the week. group found their game in the Wildcats tough in the first tle, finishing third in the state to the state championships The Davis brothers, Tythe second period and began half and trailed by 14 at the to score the basketball. A 9-6 break. Again the Wilmington Topsail advantage sent both based Wildcats used a 20 adsquads into the locker room vantage in the third frame to with Laney up 20-11. pull away from the 3A Pirates An 11-6 Buccaneer advanand take a 76-40 win.

Lady Titans take top honors in also won the long jump.

Tanazsa Simpson won the shot put as tage in the third period sent The Pirate men traveled winter track Samantha Saunders won the 1,600 well. the two teams into the final to Cleveland High school in The Heide Trask lady Titan winter while Rebecca Alvis won the 3,200-meter All-Conference basketball eight minutes of the contest Clayton on Tuesday in the track and field team had high hopes runs. Nizae Phillip won the triple jump. selections made going into the winter months. Veteran The Lady Titans were the conference The Four County all-conference se- with Laney holding a 31-17 first round of the state playoffs while the ladies will host Coach Bill Mercier had said early on that champions. lections were made last week. Tynaffit advantage.

The Lady Pirates again J.F. Webb High School out of this may be his best group of girls yet.

The Titan men finished second in the Davis along with brother Tyquan Davis They proved Mercier right as they won conference championships. Aaron Hicks was named all-conference from the hit a dry spell in the fourth Oxford. the conference meet and dominated the won the 55-meter hurdles while Ray Trask menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team while Shajuan Best All Conference selections as well.

Barnett won the triple jump. Armand was named all-conference from Pender.

The Four County basketball tournament was cancelled Leading the way for the Lady Titans Holmes won the high jump.

The Lady Titans all-conference seleclast week due to weather. Teams were seeded in the was player of the year Desire Brown.

The Pender ladies were represented tions were Shawntia Green and SaniShe took all-conference honors in the 55 by Abigail Lewis in the 1,000-meter run yyah McAllister. Daje Lewis was named state playoffs according to regular season standing. meter sprint as well as the 300-meter. She and Lakira Forney in the high jump. all-conference from Pender. one coach that is qualified to take on the job.

Trask athletic director Ed Gilroy must have been very happy when he read the resume of new baseball coach Daniel Ward. His record along with his experience is just what a young Titan baseball program needs.

Coach Ward started coaching baseball in 1990 at Wilkes Central High School. He moved up in the ranks and eventually ended up as the head coach at Beaver Creek High School from 199497. His team won conference titles in 1995 and 1996. He was named the conference coach of the year in both seasons.

His teams went to the third round of the playoffs two years and to the second round another year. His record at the school was 62-37.

After a stop at South Brunswick, Ward ended up at West Wilkes. His overall record there was 102-50. His teams went to the playoffs three years and he was named the regional coach of the year in 2003.

After a few years as an administrator, Ward ended up as an assistant coach at Brunswick Community College in 2013.

The veteran coach applied for a teaching position at Trask and the baseball vacancy just happened to come to fruition at the same time. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It all kind of came together, â&#x20AC;&#x153;said Ward. I wanted to get back to the coast and the baseball thing fell at the right time. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited to see how things work.â&#x20AC;?

Ward has high hopes for the Trask baseball team as well as the young men that make up the squad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to bring some things that have been successful for me in the past and try and make it work here. We have some talent here. How much I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the kids yet but I got some guys that want to work hard and want to learn and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good start.â&#x20AC;?

As for the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history and its future, Ward said he really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know a lot about the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But as far as the future goes, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to set the bar a little higher.â&#x20AC;?

Topsail falls in first state playoff round

Post & Voice Top Performers

Pender County sports notes

On The Mat With Bobby Norris

Several Pender County wrestlers participated in the North Carolina state individual tournament held last weekend.

Defending state champion Joe Sculthorpe lost a tough semi-finals match in overtime to Nicholas Coe of Asheboro. The score was 4-3.

Sculthorpe bounced

back to defeat Alex Liles by the score of 6-2 to earn third place.

Penderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aplha Barrow lost a 12-11 decision in the semi-finals of the 106 pound weight class.

He then won the third place match with a pin over Cody Daniels.

Trask senior Juan Santiago lost his first two matches of the com-

petition at 126 pounds.

The final top five of the county 1. Joe Sculthorpe (Topsail) 2. Alpha Barrow (Pender) 3. Juan Santiago (Trask) 4. Alec Russell (Topsail) 5. Bradley Johnson (Trask)

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Topsail Basketball Association finishes regular season, moves in to tournament play

By Bob Willard Special to the Post & Voice All 42 teams in the Topsail Basketball Associatioin saw action on Saturday, each scrambling for seed positioning for the year end tournament that started Sunday in front of two crowd-packed gymnasiums at the Topsail Middle School.

In the first day of tournament play, 11 teams faced elimination from future play when several super basketball games were staged throughout the day.

In the first round of co-ed group action, Ronel AustinRemax advanced to the next round of tournament play by outscoring Discovery Place 17-12 with Joey Domino leading the say with six points.

US Cellular stopped Pender Pines Garden Center from advancing with a 13-10 victory margin, thus advancing to the next round of play. Co-ed tournament play continued on Tuesday night.

In the boys third and fourth grade division, Halley White Pediatric Dentistry toppled Cape Fear Seafood Company 37-30. Blake Fisher pumped in 12 points for the pediatric contingent, while miles Gibson hit the threads for 12 points in a losing cause for the Seafood guys.

Blown-Rite Insulation survived and kept their championship hopes alive posting a 14-10 winning score over a determined and well-coached RJ Miller Construction Company entry.

In the nightcap staged in the TMS Auxiliary gym, the third through fifth grade girls took to the floor and fans witnessed the gals representing Honeycutt Construction entry put on a convincing show by topping Ship On Site 41-18.

Morgan Adam led the Honeycutt attack by tickling the nets for 13 counters, followed by teammate Avery Fair who tossed up 10 markers for the Honeycutt team.

In the Topsail Middle school gym, tournament play started at 1 p.m. Sunday with

the boys seventh and eighth grade teams taking center stage. In the opener, regular season champions SPI put away the House of Raeford 4618, automatically advancing them to the next round.

Chris Meadows Farm Bureau insurance got their game going in the second quarter and topped Carolina Coast Construction 39-26. Simms Balkcum led the Chris Meadows scoring parade by flipping in 14 points followed by Hayden Walsh with 10. Derek Gardner was high gun for Carolina Coast Contracting.

In a down-to-the-wire barnburner, Empire Distribution of NC narrowly eeked out a well played 28-27 victory over a stubborn Second Wind Fitness Center squad.

Empire Distributors, who advanced to the second round of the year-end tournament, was led by the sharp shooting of Brooks Byers tossing in 12 counters in a contest determined at the buzzer.

Cape Fear Kitchen and Bath stayed alive in the tournament championship run by upending J T’s Brick Oven Pizza 35-27. Caleb Hodges led the Kitchen and Bath guys with 16 points.

The high school grade boys took over the final two games of play in the first day of tournament games, and fans got to see Dick’s Sporting Goods master a win over the Courtyard by Marriott, Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach 45-34. Ethan Borkowski led his team by tossing 16 points through the hoops, followed by Drew Gaither’s 13 point contribution..

The final game of the yearend tournament opening day was probably the most exciting of the day as tournament fifth-seed Lisa MathewsRemax Essential was able to escape a last second shot attempt by the Sport Shots squad to hold onto a 36-35 victory and advance to the next round of play.

Area sports fans don’t know what they are missing if you haven’t been out to see the youth of our area display

Surf City soccer registration still open There is still time to sign up for spring youth soccer in Surf City. The regular registration period for the area’s largest recreation league ends Mar. 1 with the season to start with a field day Mar. 7. Opening day is Mar. 14.

“We are so pleased to be doing our fourth spring season in 2015,” said Athletics Supervisor Steve Unger. “Last year we had more than 400 players and we utilize small-sided games for our younger divisions.”

Surf City Youth Soccer is for participants from age 3 to 17 with seven different age divisions: U-5, U-6 ($30), U-8, U-10 ($40), U-12, U-14, and U-17 ($50). Signup age is determined by a player’s age as of July 31, 2014. All players get a high quality unifor m shirt and play eight games with possible

Armstrong comes through for the Trask Titans

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As a freshman, Tyrease Armstrong ran the junior varsity football teams offense and also spent some time on the defensive side of the ball. The varsity coaching staff admitted that he is the future of the Titan football team.

As a basketball player he started on the junior varsity at the beginning of the year.

However, shortly after the season started he was moved up to give the Titans more options in the backcourt. The move proved to be more than just an experiment as the young man has fit in well for Head Coach Rodney Orr. Tyrease is more than a freshman. He handles pressure with ease and has become a very good distributor and ball handler. The surprising thing about his game is that he can score the basketball as well.

The future is bright for Tyrease Armstrong and the rest of the basketball and football teams.

their competitive basketball talents in the ever popular Topsail Basketball Association league.

Tournament play continues every night this week except Wednesday. Thursday evening at 6 p.m., the two remaining co-ed teams will square off for the championship of their division.

Friday evening, the girls third-fifth grade championship will be staged at 6 p.m., immediately followed by the boys third-fourth grade divisional championship at 7 p.m.

Many semi-final games will take place Feb. 28, in the TMS gymnasium, starting at

10 a.m. and running through 5 p.m. that evening. Play will conclude Mar. 1 for the TBA 2014-2015 season with four divisional championship games taking place. Girls sixth-ninth grades championship game at 1 p.m., fifth-sixth grade boys championship at 2 p.m., seventh-eighth grade boys championship at 3 p.m., and high school grade boys championship game at 4 p.m.

TBA cordially invites all Hampstead and surrounding residents to come out and witness our area youth in action, and to support these boys and girls in their athletic endeavors. Admission is free and concessions are available.

The Paint Store, first place in the boys third and fourthgrade division during the regular season.

The Thomas Construction team was undefeated during the regular season in the girls sixth through ninth-grade division.

The SPI team was first in the regular season in the boys seventh and eighth-grade division.

Honeycutt Construction, regular season first place in the third through fifth-grade girls division.

post-season tournaments for the teen age groups. Referees are utilized in all divisions U-8 and older. The final day of the season is Saturday, May 16.

Games and practices take place at the Surf City Community Center Athletic Fields and teams practice weekly once the season gets underway.

All registration is through a portal at www.townofsurfcity. com and signups are also underway for Teen Basketball and Teen Volleyball, both which start practice in March with competition underway in April.

For those requiring assistance, registration can also be completed at Surf City Community Center, 201 Community Center Drive. For more information call 910-328-4887 or e-mail athletics@townofsurfcity.co The Hampstead Bagel Bakery team was first in the regular

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Sculthorpe a winner for the Topsail Pirates

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As a young athlete becomes a success in his or her sport they become the hunted. Everyone has their sights set on them as they navigate their way to the top.

Junior grappler Joe Sculthorpe found out what it was like to be the hunted this year as he maneuvered his way through the regular season of the 3A wrestling ranks.

As a state champion Joe always got everybody’s best shot.

He went through the regular and regional seasons with only one loss. He invited all comers and never blinked an eye.

Last weekend he finished up another successful season with a third place finish in the state in the 3A ranks in the heavyweight division. He lost a semi-finals match in overtime and then finished the year with a win in the third place match.

Although he came up just short of another state title, he is in fact a winner.

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Powell ready behind the plate for Patriots

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriots are ready to move on to greener pastures. That pasture is a baseball diamond sitting on the back of the school’s property.

The team will be under the new direction of Robbie Futch, but the face behind the plate will be the familiar face of Riley Powell.

Powell was the most effective catcher on the Patriot baseball team last year. He learned how to work the pitchers on the squad while becoming a solid backstop.

Powell has a good bat as well. He has some pop in his aluminum stick and will be counted on to drive in runs this year.

With the team being under the direction of a new skipper, Riley will be counted on to become a leader behind the plate as well as in the dugout.

Riley Powell will be ready to take the next step for the Patriots.

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THE TOWN OF TOPSAIL BEACH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR PART TIME PAID FIRE FIGHTERS Qualified applicants must be able to assess a fire scene, allocate resources as necessary and act as incident commander. Applicants must be able to be a member of an interior fire attack team. Applicants will be capable of maintaining department training and scheduling, assuring that all personnel have the required certification courses.

Applicants will be able to handle administrative duties for the department and be knowledgeable of State and Federal requirements. Applicants will be capable of maintaining the fire station, apparatus and related equipment as well as records of the same. This includes, but is not limited to testing of equipment, weekly maintenance of vehicles, maintain training reports, inventory records, response reports, and fire response preplanning. Up to three part time positions are available. Must be Firefighter II certified hold and a valid class B commercial driver’s license. Applications for Town Employment can be found on line at www.topsailbeach.org or at Town Hall on 820 South Anderson Blvd., Topsail Beach, NC. 28445. Open until filled.

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices 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

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

Public Hearing Town of Watha Re-zoning of Sylvia C. Hall Property The Town of Watha will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at the Watha Town Hall located at 425 Watha Rd., Watha, N.C., regarding the re-zoning of the Sylvia Hall property located on the Camp Kirkwood Rd., Watha N.C. which consists of approximately 64.502 acres as shown on a survey map recorded in Map Book 57 at page 34 of the Pender County Registry Retha Garriss Town Clerk #6784 2/19, 2/26/15 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Barbara Holmes, deceased, are notified to present the same to the personal representative listed below on or before May 19, 2015 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said estate are asked to make immediate payment. This the 19th day of February, 2015.

Andrew Olsen, Attorney Elder Law Firm of Andrew Olsen 6781 Parker Farm Drive, Suite 210 Wilmington, NC 28405 #6776 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12/15

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified on the 11th day of February, 2015, as Administrator of the Estate of Clarence Edward Short, deceased late of Pender County North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned Notice of Service of Process James McEachin, 24871 US Hwy

by Publication 421, Willard, NC 28471 on or before State of North Carolina the June 10, 2015, or this notice will County of Pender be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

In the District Court All persons, firms and corporations In the matter of S. Y. indebted to the estate should make (DOB 3/7/2006) immediate payment.

File No. 14cvd617 This is the February 26, 2015 To the Defendant: Gennane James McEachin, Felder 24871 US Hwy 421, A civil action has been commenced Willard, NC 28471 against you. #6790 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19/15 1. Serve a copy of your written answer to the complaint upon the plaintiff’s attorney within thirty (30) days NOTICE OF after you have been served. You FORECLOSURE SALE may serve your answer by delivering Under and by virtue of the power a copy to the plaintiff or by mailing it to the plaintiff’s last known address, of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Constance B. and 2. File the original of the written Cumbee-Moore and Zackery Moore answer with the Clerk for the relief (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Constance Cumbee-Moore and demanded in the complaint.

You are notified to make defense Zachery Moore) to Andrew Valentine, to such pleading within forty (40) days Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of following the first publication of this August, 2006, and recorded in Book notice which is February 12, 2015. 3041, Page 122, in Pender County Upon your failure to do so, the party Registry, North Carolina, default havseeking service against you will apply ing been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said to the Court for the relief sought.

Daniel Webster Carr III Deed of Trust and the undersigned, 554 Buckhorn Road Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. Willard, NC 28478 having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument #6765 2/12, 2/19, 2/26/15 duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness NOTICE TO CREDITORS having directed that the Deed of Having qualified as Executor of the Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Estate of Joyce Carol Cates White, Substitute Trustee will offer for sale late of Hampstead, Pender County, at the courthouse door in the City of North Carolina, the undersigned does Burgaw, Pender County, North Carohereby notify all persons, firms, and lina, or the customary location desigcorporations having claims against nated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 the estate of said decedent to ex- PM on March 10, 2015 and will sell to hibit them to Kristin Yahnke, P.O. Box the highest bidder for cash the follow2683, Surf City, NC 28445, on or be- ing real estate situated in the County fore the 5th day of May, 2015, or this of Pender, North Carolina, and being notice will be pleaded in bar of their more particularly described as folrecovery. All persons, firms, and cor- lows: porations indebted to the said estate Being all of Lot 107, as shown will please make immediate payment on map entitled Final Map Summit to the undersigned.

Ridge Phase V-B, recorded in Map This the 5th day of February, Book 34 at Page 121 and revised by 2015. plat recorded in Book 39 Page 104 Vernon L. Dickens of the Pender County Registry, said Executor of the Estate of map is hereby referenced for a more Joyce Carol Cates White particular description; together with a 15 E 19 right of way in common with others over, through or upon any and all exKristin Yahnke isting streets providing access to the Attorney at Law lot shown on said map. Together with Kenneth Ording, P.C. improvements located thereon; said P.O. Box 2683, Surf City, property being located at 905 West NC 28445 Belair Court, Rocky Point, North 2071 Highway 210 East, Carolina.

Hampstead, NC 28443 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole #6756 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26/15 discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

Should the property be purchased NOTICE TO CREDITORS by a third party, that party must pay AND DEBTORS OF the excise tax, as well as the court LAWRENCE STEWART costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per JONES, SR. One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) re15 E 32 quired by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

Having qualified as the AdministraThe property to be offered purtor of the Estate of Lawrence Stew- suant to this notice of sale is being art Jones, Sr., deceased ofPender offered for sale, transfer and conveyCounty, North Carolina, the under- ance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither signed does hereby notify all persons, the Trustee nor the holder of the note firms and corporations having claims secured by the deed of trust/security against the estate of said decedent agreement, or both, being foreclosed, to exhibit them to the undersigned on nor the officers, directors, attorneys, or before the 22nd day of May, 2015, employees, agents or authorized or this notice will be pleaded in bar of representative of either the Trustee recovery. All persons, firms and cor- or the holder of the note make any poration indebted to the said estate representation or warranty relating will please make immediate payment to the title or any physical, environto the undersigned. mental, health or safety conditions This the 19th day of February, existing in, on, at or relating to the 2015. property being offered for sale, and Edna J. Ennis any and all responsibilities or liabiliAdministrator of the Estate of ties arising out of or in any way relatLawrence Stewart Jones, Sr. ing to any such condition expressly c/o Lawrence S. Boehling are disclaimed. Also, this property is Attorney at Law being sold subject to all taxes, speP.O. Box 1416 cial assessments, and prior liens or Burgaw, NC 28425 encumbrances of record and any 910-259-3334 recorded releases. Said property is #6779 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12/15 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: 1149123 (FC.FAY) #6789 2/26, 3/5/15

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Patricia B. Masalonis, deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present them, duly verified, to the undersigned Ms. Margaret Barwick c/o The Jackson Law Firm, PLLC 6135 Park South Drive, Suite 510 Charlotte, NC 28210 704-944-3151 on or before the 27th day of May, 2015, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned.

This the 17th day of February, 2015.

Ms. Margaret Barwick, Executrix File # 15E43 #6788 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19/15

PUBLIC HEARING On, Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. there will be a public hearing to consider a text amendment to the Town of Topsail Beach Zoning code Section: 16-244 Accessory Uses regarding hot tubs, pools and spa locations and requirements.

The Public Hearing will be in the Board Chambers at 820 South Anderson, Town of Topsail Beach Town Hall. This Public Hearings is to receive any input or comments on the proposed zoning amendment text change. A complete detail of the current text and the proposed changes are available at Town Hall between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm and you may request a copy by sending an email request to townclerk@ topsailbeach.org. #6787 2/26, 3/5/15

NOTICE OF HEARING PENDER COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STEPHEN DELMER OSBORNE (2012 E. 369) To: The Unknown Heirs of Stephen Delmer Osborne Take Notice that a hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Pender County Clerk of Superior Court’s Office located within the Pender County Courthouse and further at 100 South Wright Street, Burgaw, North Carolina regarding the Administratrix’s Claim For Reimbursement, Petition for Administratrix’s Commission and Administratrix’s Request To Approve Final Accounting. Any unknown heirs of Stephen Delmer Osborne have a right to file objections to the aforereferenced matters filed by the Administratrix of the Estate of Stephen Delmer Osborne with the Pender County Clerk of Superior Court prior to the hearing and to appear at such hearing and present such objections.

This the 26th day of February 2015.

Geraldine C. Blackburn Administratrix of the Estate of Stephen Delmer Osborne PO Box 1652 North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. Attorney for the Estate of Stephen Delmer Osborne Moore & Kenan Attorneys at Law PO Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 #6786 2/26, 3/5/15

14 SP 162 AMENDED 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 James W. Holland and Kristy M. Holland to Andrew W. Collins, Trustee(s), which was dated June 30, 2006 and recorded on July 10, 2006 in Book 2999 at Page 40, 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 March 10, 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: Located in Topsail Township, Pender County, North Carolina adjacent to and west of Deepdale Circle as shown on a map of The Oval at Groves Point Plantation duly recorded in Map Book 30 at Page 52 of the Pender County Registry and being more fully described as follows, to wit: Beginning at an existing iron pipe in the western right of way line of Deepdale Circle as shown on a map of The Oval at Groves Point Plantation, duly recorded in Map Book 30, Page 52 of the Pender County Registry, said iron pipe marking the northeastern corner of Lot No. 109 of The Oval at Groves Point Plantation as shown on a map of same duly recorded in Map Book 32 at page 47 of the Pender County Registry; and running thence, from the Beginning so located, (1) With the northeastern line of Lot No. 109 of The Oval at Groves Plantation North 32 degrees 37 minutes 53 seconds West 110.00 feet to an existing iron pipe inline; thence, (2) with the northwestern line of said lot South 67 degrees 54 minutes 15 seconds West 166.37 feet to an existing iron pipe that marks a corner between Lot 109 and Lot 11 0; thence, (3) North 35 degrees 54 minutes 31 seconds West 199.13 feet to an iron stake inine; thence, (4) South 87 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds East 250.00 feet to an existing iron stake inline; thence, (5) South 32 degrees 37 minutes 53 seconds East 168.12 feet to an iron stake at the northwestern terminus point of Deepdale Circle; thence, (6) With the Western right of way line of said road South 14 degrees 24 minutes 33 seconds West 40.99 feet to the beginning, containing 0.716 acres more or less and is as surveyed by Thompson Surveying Co, P.A. Of Burgaw, North Carolina during December 1999.

As a reference to the above described tract see Deed Book 1027 at Page 111 and 113 of the Pender County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 45 Deepdale Circle, 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 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 James W. Holland wife, Kristy M. Holland.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement 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.: 14-11789-FC01 #6785 2/26, 3/5/15

14 SP 299 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 John C. Wirsen, Jr. and Christine M. Wirsen to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated January 30, 2008 and recorded on February 4, 2008 in Book 3399 at Page 306, 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 March 10, 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 53 in Section 3 of Oakvale Subdivision as the same is shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 10 at Page 27 in the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

For prior reference see Deed Book 2961, Page 64 of said registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 118 Lafitte Street, Wilmington, NC 28411.

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

This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are John C. Wirsen, Jr. and wife Christine M. Wirsen.

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.: 14-28330-FC01 #6783 2/26, 3/5/15

Deadline for News and Advertising is Noon on Friday Call 910.259.9111

14 SP 189 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 Thomas L. Benton, Sr., R.L. Totherow and Juanita Benton to Collins & Collins, Trustee(s), which was dated January 17, 2007 and recorded on January 19, 2007 in Book 3146 at Page 122, 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 March 10, 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: A certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Caswell Township, Pender County, North Carolina and being part of Lot 4, Battleground Estates as recorded in Pender County, North Carolina and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron on the northern right of way of Slocum Trail (100 ft. public right of way), said iron being located S 67-30-43 E 1559.15 ft. from the intersection of the northern right of way of Slocum Trail and the eastern right of way of H.E. Hales Drive (60 ft. private right of way): Proceed from said point of beginning and with the northern right of way of Slocum Trail N 67-30-43 W 240.00 ft to an iron, thence leaving said right of way N 22-29-17 E 300.00 ft. to an iron in the northern line of Lot 4, thence with said northern line S 6730-43 E 240.00 ft. to an iron, thence leaving said northern line S 22-29-17 W 300.00 ft. to the point of beginning and containing 1.653 acres.

Also included in this conveyance a 1998 Horton Homes Doublewide, Manufacturer’s Serial #(s)/VIN #(s) H151976GL+R Subject to those Restrictions as set forth in Deed Book 1274 at Page 035 in the Pender County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 940 Slocum Trail, Atkinson, NC 28421.

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 Thomas Leroy Benton Sr. and wife Juanita Benton and R.L. Totherow.

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.: 14-16776-FC01 #6782 2/26, 3/25/15

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, February 26, 2015, Page 5B

Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 14SP2 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MICHAEL J. FILIGHERA DATED MAY 9, 2008 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3460 AT PAGE 298 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 March 2, 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 32 of Reedy Ranch, revised as shown on a map of same title, prepared by Thompson Surveying Co. of Burgaw, North Carolina. Said map is duly recorded in Map Book 31, Page 64 of the Pender County Registry, Reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.

And Being more commonly known as: 188 Rooster Tail Trail, Burgaw, NC 28425 The record owner(s) of the property, as reďŹ&#x201A;ected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Michael J. Filighera.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS IS, WHERE IS.â&#x20AC;? Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the ofďŹ cers, 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 ďŹ ve percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred ďŹ fty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certiďŹ ed 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 27, 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/ 13-052391 #6755 2/19, 2/26/15

NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY SHAWN LAWRENCE LEDUC and spouse, JANET DARLENE LEDUC, Recorded in Book 4302, Page 320, Pender County Registry IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. 15-SP-5 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED: The Deed of Trust being foreclosed is that Deed of Trust executed

by SHAWN LAWRENCE LEDUC and spouse, JANET DARLENE LEDUC to Jay B. Green, Trustee, dated August 2, 2013 and recorded in Book 4302, Page 320 in the Pender County Registry of North Carolina.

RECORD OWNERS OF THE REAL PROPERTY: The record owner of the subject real property as reďŹ&#x201A;ected on the records of the Pender County Register

of Deeds not more than 10 days prior to the posting of this Notice is Shawn Lawrence Leduc.

DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF SALE: The sale will be held on March 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the door of the Pender County Courthouse, Burgaw, North Carolina.

PROPERTY TO BE SOLD: The following real property to be sold â&#x20AC;&#x153;sight unseenâ&#x20AC;? together with any improvements is located in Pender County, North Carolina and is believed to have the address of 120 Summit Ridge Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457 and is otherwise more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL of Lot 10, Summit Ridge, Phase 1, as shown on map recorded in Map Book 31, Page 79, Pender County Registry, reference to which is made for a more particular description.

Included is a 1999 Redman manufactured home bearing serial 13909084AB .

TERMS OF SALE: Pursuant to the provisions of N.C.G.S. §45-21.10(b) and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Trustee or Clerk of Superior Court immediately upon the conclusion of the sale a cash deposit to be determined by the greater of 5% of the bid or $750.00. Unless the Substitute Trustee agrees otherwise, the successful bidder will be required to tender the â&#x20AC;&#x153;full purchase priceâ&#x20AC;? so bid in cash or certiďŹ ed check at the time the Trustee tenders to him a Deed to the property or attempts to tender such Deed, and should the successful bidder fail to pay the full amount, then the successful bidder shall remain liable as provided for in N.C.G.S. §45-21.30. By submitting your bid, you agree that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;full purchase priceâ&#x20AC;? shall be deďŹ ned as the amount of bid plus the Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commission as deďŹ ned in the subject Deed of Trust plus the costs of the action, unless the Trustee agrees otherwise. For example, if the amount of bid is $20,000.00 and the trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commission is deďŹ ned in the subject Deed of Trust as 5% of the gross proceeds of the sale, then the â&#x20AC;&#x153;full purchase priceâ&#x20AC;? shall equal $21,000.00 plus the costs of the action. A tender of Deed shall be deďŹ ned as a letter from the Trustee to the successful bidder offering to record the Deed upon receipt of full purchase price as described herein and listed in said letter. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason such as a bankruptcy ďŹ ling, the sole remedy of the successful bidder is the return of the deposit. As to any manufactured home, the following shall apply: Any not considered real property is being foreclosed pursuant to N.C.G.S. §25-9-604, if necessary; there is no warranty that any is actually located on the subject tract; and there is no warranty given by the Substitute Trustee as to whether said home is real property or personal property. The sale will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, assessments, restrictions and easements of record, if any.

ADDITIONAL NOTICE: Take notice that 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.

Take further notice that 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 daysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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.

This the 21st day of January, 2015.

THE GREEN LAW FIRM, P.C. Jay B. Green Attorneys for Deidre D. DeFlorentis, Substitute Trustee 908 E. Edenton Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 Telephone: 919-829-0797 #6777 2/26, 3/5/15

NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY BETTY MARGARITA FRYE, Recorded in Book 1776, Page 198, Pender County Registry IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. 15-SP-6 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED: The Deed of Trust being foreclosed is that Deed of Trust executed

by BETTY MARGARITA FRYE to Joseph Belcher, Trustee, dated October 1, 2001 and recorded in Book 1776, Page 198 in the Pender County Registry of North Carolina.

RECORD OWNERS OF THE REAL PROPERTY: The record owner of the subject real property as reďŹ&#x201A;ected on the records of the Pender County Register of Deeds not more than 10 days prior to the posting of this Notice is Betty Margarita Frye.

DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF SALE: The sale will be held on March 12,

2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the door of the Pender County Courthouse, Burgaw, North Carolina.

PROPERTY TO BE SOLD: The following real property to be sold â&#x20AC;&#x153;sight unseenâ&#x20AC;? together with any improvements is located in Pender County, North Carolina and is believed to have the address of 9794 Point Caswell Road , Willard, NC 28478 and is otherwise more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL of Lots 5 and 6 of WEST FORK SUBDIVISION, as shown on a map of same title, prepared by Thompson Surveying Co. of Burgaw, NC. Said map is duly recorded in Map Book 27 at Page 28 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.

Included is a 2002 Clayton Henderson Dream manufactured home bearing serial no. HHC014000NCAB. TERMS OF SALE: Pursuant to the provisions of N.C.G.S. §45-21.10(b) and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Trustee or Clerk of Superior Court immediately upon the conclusion of the sale a cash deposit to be determined by the greater of 5% of the bid or $750.00. Unless the Substitute Trustee agrees otherwise, the successful bidder will be required to tender the â&#x20AC;&#x153;full purchase priceâ&#x20AC;? so bid in cash or certiďŹ ed check at the time the Trustee tenders to him a Deed to the property or attempts to tender such Deed, and should the successful bidder fail to pay the full amount, then the successful bidder shall remain liable as provided for in N.C.G.S. §45-21.30. By submitting your bid, you agree that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;full purchase priceâ&#x20AC;? shall be deďŹ ned as the amount of bid plus the Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commission as deďŹ ned in the subject Deed of Trust plus the costs of the action, unless the Trustee agrees otherwise. For example, if the amount of bid is $20,000.00 and the trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commission is deďŹ ned in the subject Deed of Trust as 5% of the gross proceeds of the sale, then the â&#x20AC;&#x153;full purchase priceâ&#x20AC;? shall equal $21,000.00 plus the costs of the action. A tender of Deed shall be deďŹ ned as a letter from the Trustee to the successful bidder offering to record the Deed upon receipt of full purchase price as described herein and listed in said letter. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason such as a bankruptcy ďŹ ling, the sole remedy of the successful bidder is the return of the deposit. As to any manufactured home, the following shall apply: Any not considered real property is being foreclosed pursuant to N.C.G.S. §25-9-604, if necessary; there is no warranty that any is actually located on the subject tract; and there is no warranty given by the Substitute Trustee as to whether said home is real property or personal property. The sale will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, assessments, restrictions and easements of record, if any.

ADDITIONAL NOTICE: Take notice that 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.

Take further notice that 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 daysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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.

This the 21st day of January, 2015.

THE GREEN LAW FIRM, P.C. Jay B. Green Attorneys for Deidre D. DeFlorentis, Substitute Trustee 908 E. Edenton Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 Telephone: 919-829-0797 #6778 2/26, 3/5/15

NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO: 14-SP-207 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY GLENN FRANKLIN NESTOR (a/k/a GLENN FRANKLIN NESTER) and JANET Y. WEAVER Recorded in Book 4045, Page 0057 Pender County Registry AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED: The Deed of Trust being foreclosed is that Deed of Trust executed

by GLENN FRANKLIN NESTOR (a/k/a GLENN FRANKLIN NESTER) and JANET Y. WEAVER to Ray C. Blackburn, Jr., Trustee for Topsail Humane Society, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, dated March 16, 2012, securing the sum of $76,000.00 and recorded in Book 4045, Page 0057, Pender County Registry.

RECORD OWNERS OF THE REAL PROPERTY: The record owners of the subject real property as reďŹ&#x201A;ected on the records of the Pender County Register of Deeds not more than 10 days prior to the posting of this Notice are GLENN FRANKLIN NESTOR (a/k/a GLENN FRANKLIN NESTER) and

JANET Y. WEAVER. DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF SALE: The sale will be held on March 12, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at the door of the Pender County Courthouse, Burgaw, North Carolina.

PROPERTY TO BE SOLD: The following real property to be sold â&#x20AC;&#x153;sight unseenâ&#x20AC;? is located in Pender County, North Carolina and is otherwise more particularly described on Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? attached hereto.

TERMS OF SALE: Pursuant to the provisions of N.C.G.S. §45-21.10(b) and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Trustee or Clerk of Superior Court immediately upon the conclusion of the sale a cash deposit to be determined by the greater of 5% of the bid or $750.00. Unless the Substitute Trustee agrees otherwise, the successful bidder will be required to tender the â&#x20AC;&#x153;full purchase priceâ&#x20AC;? so bid in cash or certiďŹ ed check at the time the Trustee tenders to him a Deed to the property or attempts to tender such Deed, and should the successful bidder fail to pay the full amount, then the successful bidder shall remain liable as provided for in N.C.G.S. §45-21.30. By submitting your bid, you agree that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;full purchase priceâ&#x20AC;? shall be deďŹ ned as the amount of bid plus the Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commission as deďŹ ned in the subject Deed of Trust plus the costs of the action, unless the Trustee agrees otherwise. For example, if the amount of bid is $20,000.00 and the trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commission is deďŹ ned in the subject Deed of Trust as 5% of the gross proceeds of the sale, then the â&#x20AC;&#x153;full purchase priceâ&#x20AC;? shall equal $21,000.00 plus the costs of the action. A tender of Deed shall be deďŹ ned as a letter from the Trustee to the successful bidder offering to record the Deed upon receipt of full purchase price as described herein and listed in said letter. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason such as a bankruptcy ďŹ ling, the sole remedy of the successful bidder is the return of the deposit. As to any manufactured home, the following shall apply: Any not considered real property is being foreclosed pursuant to N.C.G.S. §25-9-604, if necessary; there is no warranty that any is actually located on the subject tract; and there is no warranty given by the Substitute Trustee as to whether said home is real property or personal property. The sale will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, assessments, restrictions and easements of record, if any.

ADDITIONAL NOTICE: Take notice that 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.

Take further notice that 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 daysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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.

This the 11th day of February, 2015.

Kevin McConnell, Substitute Trustee Tisdale, McConnell & Bardill, LLP 400 New Bridge Street Jacksonville, NC 28540 Telephone: 910-346-5000 Facsimile: 910-346-1395 Publication Dates: February 26, 2015, March 5, 2015 EXHIBIT â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;?

Beginning at an iron pipe (control corner) on the western right of way of NC Hwy 210, a common corner with Peter Siebenbrunner (DB 2479, PG 45). Said point being located N61-31-14W 203.68â&#x20AC;&#x2122; from a rebar, the northeast corner of the Peter Siebenbrunner property; thence leaving the right of way of NC Hwy 210 and continuing with the Siebenbrunner property S39-18-26W 877.12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to an iron pipe, a common corner with James Martin Hanc, et al (DB 1823, PG 138); thence continuing with the Hanc property S39-18-26W 234.92â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to an iron pipe (control corner); thence continuing with the Hanc property N53-11-31W 330.37â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to an iron pipe, thence continuing with the Hanc property S39-15-52W 260.79â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to an iron pipe, a point in the property line of Gretel Renee GrifďŹ th (DB 738, PG 452); thence continuing with the GrifďŹ th property N53-14-02W 565.93â&#x20AC;&#x2122; (passing over an iron pipe in line, 65.83â&#x20AC;&#x2122; from the Hanc property) to an iron pipe, a common corner with Richard H. Lewis, et al (DB 2284, PG 124); thence continuing with the Lewis property N44-59-41E 340.66â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to an iron pipe, a common corner with Phillip Lorusso, et al (DB 763, PG 858); thence continuing with the Lorusso property S44-59-10E 484.14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to an iron pipe; thence continuing with the Larusso property N45-02-25E 784.83â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to a rebar a common corner with Reatha Robinson (DB 2402, PG 14); thence continuing with the Robinson property N31-26-14E 278.15â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to an iron pipe in the western right of way of NC Hwy 210; thence continuing with said right of way S61-32-44E 345.60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to the point and place of beginning and containing 12.15 acres +/- according to a map for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Topsail Humane Societyâ&#x20AC;?, dated 12-17-08, prepared by Southwind Surveying and Engineering, Inc. #6780 2/26, 3/5/15

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 14 SP 86 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Kevin D. Robertson (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Kevin D. Robertson) to A. Grant Whitney, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of February, 2006, and recorded in Book 2897, Page 068, 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 OfďŹ ce 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 March 3, 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: BEING all of Lot 51, 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 223 Bellhammon Forest Drive, Rocky Point, North Carolina.

Parcel: 3223-32-6466-0000 See back reference Book 2897, Page 66 in the Pender County Registry.

Trustee may, in the Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS IS, WHERE IS.â&#x20AC;? Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the ofďŹ cers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the

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Section C

Living

{Burgaw building in dire need of repair}

American Legion Post 165 needs your help

By Lori Kirkpatrick Contributing Writer

The American Legion Post 165 building in Burgaw is in dire need of significant repairs, and Commander Lonnie Davenport is seeking help from local residents.

Due to the building’s state of disrepair, the Post is unable to be as active as its members would like to be in the community.

The Post started as a community project after World War II, when local veterans got together and decided to build it. The undertaking was initiated by Dudley Robbins and other veterans in the area.

It is believed that the labor, materials and property were all donated. An integral part of the Burgaw community for more than six decades, it was initially called the Veterans of Pender County, in honor and dignity of those who had served.

No American Legion Post can be named after a living person, but it was renamed for Dudley Robbins following his death.

Davenport said that over time, the 3,800 square foot building was used for school dances, proms, and other activities. It was also used as a shelter, and has remained a symbol of patriotism in Burgaw.

“As with anything else, with time, and without the TLC that it needs, things begin to go down,” said Davenport. “In this particular instance, the membership got older, other things took their interest, and there was a lack of veterans’ involvement as far as making sure it was maintained. I’ve been there about seven years, and during that time there have been some issues with the building settling. I’ve been told that the Indian name for Burgaw is mud hole.”

Back in the 1950s and 60s, the building had survived a fire, and since then the HVAC system has been converted from

propane to natural gas. Some of the fire damage still remains, in addition to the problems with the foundation.

“The building has settled to the point that, when we had mold in the building, the insurance company determined that it was wear and tear and they would not pay for the damages. At that time, they automatically dropped us because we could not afford to pay to have the building raised,” Davenport explained.

TK Movers estimated that an extensive raising and renovation of the foundation would cost approximately $60,000. Letters sent to the members soliciting for donations has raised a little over $4,500.

However, membership has been decreasing due to aging and community involvement has been somewhat stagnant. The bulk of funds have come from members, except for one large donation from the Blueberry Festival.

“Based on membership, age, finances, and not a whole lot of new blood coming in, we are trying to reach out to the community and other entities but have not been successful at this point. Fundraisers have not been productive. We’ve tried to do spaghetti dinners, and they turned out well for a couple of months but then it fizzled out,” said Davenport.

The Legion has done much for the community, including a program for young men and women, Girls’ Sate and Boys’ State. In these programs, students learn about government operations such as the Constitution, government procedures, and the ins and outs of politics. They also have an opportunity to go to Boys’ Nation, for males and females, in which students go to Washington, DC and actually see how Congress works.

“We also have a program open from grades 9-12 in which students do a Constitution Oration, starting out with a personal presentation on the Constitu-

tion,” said Davenport. “That also gives them an opportunity for scholarships.

We offer token funds and if they go to nationals and win, they can win up to a $48,000 scholarship. They can win somewhere between $15,000 - 20,000 here in the state.”

He went on to describe the many things the Post has done for the community in the past, but is currently unable to participate in due to building’s poor condition.

“Since the Post is not viable we have no opportunity to raise funds. We would normally rent it to the community for certain events like weddings, anniversaries, and birthday parties. We have hosted American Legion birthdays, Memorial Day services, and Veterans Day dinners. We’ve done community service awards for the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year and EMT of the Year. We are unable to do these things because the building is in such a state of disrepair.

It’s going to take community involvement,” said Davenport.

Davenport’s heart for the Post was evident as he appealed to the community about the significance of the building in Burgaw.

“There is a history,” said Davenport.

“This is a vital part of the Burgaw community. Do we want this to go away? We restored an old jail. Can the community come together to help restore this vital part of the community‘s history?”

A grant is being submitted to Home Depot for $5,000. Davenport said he could get the materials, but funds are needed to pay the house mover for labor. He is hoping for some young volunteer labor, as well. He said the building needs to be raised at least three feet off the ground, and once that is done, hopefully it will be able to stand another 60, 70, or maybe 100 years.

The American Legion has continued to stay active in a variety of projects.

They’ve donated more than 100,000 pints of blood. They’ve participated in 9/11 ceremonies. They have a program called Operation North State, in which boxes are sent to North Carolina veterans stationed outside of the state. Each box contains 83 items made here in North Carolina, and is sent to individual veterans. American Legion also collects pull tabs from drink cans and donates the funds to the Ronald McDonald house.

Davenport has a vision for what he wants to see American Legion Post 165 doing in the future.

“I want some of my members to start coming back, to forget the past, return and put their voice here. We will be a visible symbol here in the community for veterans who need help. I’d like to do an outreach workshop where veterans can come in and get claims processed.

If a veteran dies, we can be a contact to find out their rank. I want this to be a place where veterans and families can come and seek help and connect them to resources. I want to try and start something where we have some youth activity, and give them adult guidance. We can draw on the community to counsel with the young people. It will help the youth, and it will give the older generation hope.

It’s going to give me a purpose too,” said Davenport.

To get involved, or donate funds or time to American Legion Post 165, contact Lonnie Davenport at P.O. Box 1294, Burgaw, NC 28425.

Attention: Commander.

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A Celtic walk through Lent

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Yet their way of seeing and their way of living, calls us back to a more integrated spirituality.

This guide will walk you through six themes of Celtic spirituality over the six weeks of Lent. There will be scripture to reflect on each day, brief suggestions for reflection, and activities to engage in as we take a Celtic walk through Lent. May God grant you travel mercies as you undertake a journey of the Spirit.

Week 1: Creation is filled with the Presence of God Those of the Celtic tradition had a unique view of creation. It is holy place, holy space. Creation is, as Moses discovered (Exodus 3), holy

ground, the place where God is present to us.

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FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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4670 Stag Park Rd. â&#x20AC;˘ Burgaw, NC 28425 â&#x20AC;˘ 910-259-5735 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

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Here are two of my favorite recipes. The dumpling recipe can be used for any stew or soup.

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Skillet chicken and parsley dumplings 1 pound boneless and skinless chicken breasts cut into 1-2inch pieces 1 tablespoon canola oil 2 cups chicken broth Ÿ cup all-purpose flour ½ cup cream cheese, softened 1 tablespoon chopped dried or fresh chives

½ teaspoon onion powder OUNCE PACKAGE FROZEN PEAS and carrots Dumplings 1 cup Bisquick or all- purpose baking mix Ÿ cup sour cream Ÿ cup milk 1-2 teaspoons granulated sugar 2 tablespoons chopped dried parsley flakes In a large deep skillet with a cover, heat oil on medium high. Add chicken; cook and stir for about 4-5 minutes or until no longer pink. Transfer to a bowl or plate.

In a bowl blend together evenly cream cheese, chives, and onion powder. Set aside Add broth gradually to flour in another bowl, whisking constantly until well blended. Add this mixture to skillet; and stir on medium heat for 2-3 minutes or until thickened. Add cream cheese mixture, stir into skillet with broth mixture, cook for 3-4 minutes stirring until cheese is melted. Remove from heat and stir in chicken with peas and carrots.

In a cup stir together milk, sour cream, sugar, and parsley flakes, set aside.

In a bowl stir Bisquick, adding sour cream and milk mixture just until baking mix is moistened. Spoon INTO SIX EQUAL SIZED MOUNDS over mixture in skillet; cook on medium high heat for 2-3

minutes. Cover skillet and cook on low for 12-15 minutes or until chicken is done and a toothpick inserted into dumplings comes out clean. Serve immediately.

Slow cooker beef, carrot and sweet potato stew 1½ pounds stew beef, cut into one inch cubes 2 tablespoons all-pur pose flour 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes 3 large carrots, peeled and cut into ½ inch pieces 1 large sweet onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic, peeled, minced, then smashed 1 six-ounce can tomato paste 1 cup dry white wine 1 teaspoon dried thyme powder 3 bay leaves Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste In a large skillet heat oil over medium heat.

In a bowl stir together beef and flour to slightly coat; place in heated skillet and saute until all sides are browned.

Remove and place on a plate.

SautĂŠ onion and garlic for about three minutes, add browned meat and juices stir.

And cook for three minutes.

In a slow cooker add beef mixture, sweet potato, carrots, tomato paste, wine, thyme, bay leaves, salt and pepper, to taste; stir to combine. Place lid on slow cooker and cook

on low for 4-5 hours or until carrots are tender. Remove and discard bay leaves before serving. Stew may be served over cooked rice or noodles, or even sautĂŠed spinach or kale.

Canned peaches custard-style pie 1 deep-dish prepared refrigerated piecrust, chilled 3 15-ounce cans sliced peaches in light syrup, drained and rinsed 1 cup plus three tablespoons granulated sugar 1 tablespoon butter, softened 3 tablespoons all-pur pose flour 2 large eggs, room temperature ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon Whipped cream or topping, if desired Place chilled piecrust into a deep pie dish and refrigerate.

In a bowl toss together peaches with three tablespoons granulated sugar and cinnamon; let stand for about five minutes.

In a blender put in butter, flour, eggs, and one cup granulated sugar, blend until smooth.

Stir egg mixture into peach mixture; pour into piecrust.

Bake in a 375-degree oven for 50-55 minutes or until filling has set and the top is golden. Cool on wire rack.

Chill for 2-3 hours before serving. Top with whipped cream if desired.

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 retur ns 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.

Taxpayers need to bring the following items:

s 0ICTURE )$ ADDRESS AND local phone number. s 3OCIAL 3ECURITY CARDS AND date of birth for self, spouse and all dependents. s 7AGE STATEMENTS 7 S AND S FROM ALL EMPLOYERS for the year. s 2ETIREMENT 3OCIAL 3ECUrity, and/or Railroad Retirement statements. s )NTEREST DIVIDEND AND final brokerage statements. s #HARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

medical expenses and real estate property taxes you paid in &OR THOSE WHO ITEMIZE Bring your 2013 tax return and any other tax documents related to 2014.

To have the Affordable Care Act portion of your return completed, you may need to have some specific documentation on 2014 health care coverage for you, your spouse and dependents.

If you, your spouse and dependents were covered all of 2014 by Medicare, Medicaid, employer provided health insurance or health insurance you purchased from an insurance provider, you will not need any additional documentation.

If you or your spouse or any dependent were not covered by health insurance all year, or purchased health insurance on the Marketplace/Exchange run by the state or federal government, then you will need

additional documentation.

At a minimum, Form 1095-A issued by the Marketplace/ Exchange and the specific months you, your spouse and dependents were not covered by health insurance. If you purchased insurance on the Marketplace/Exchange you should receive Form 1095-A

by Jan. 31.

If you were not covered by health insurance for some or all of 2014 you may be required to make a Shared Responsibility Payment with your tax return.

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.

The ticket price is $10 per PERSON UNDER YEARS OLD FREE !DMISSION INCLUDES A barbecue plate, sides, drink and raffle entry for a RemingTON SHOTGUN DOOR PRIZES AND vendors. There will be lots of activities for everyone including a kids BB shooting range, archery, turkey shoot, fun, fellowship, food and more.

Bring your own ammo and skeet are $1 for 10 skeet. Online

ticket sales available at www. fcbcb.org/2014/skeet-shoot/.

Elevated garden bed class offered Mar. 3 Elevated garden beds are used to grow more vegetables, herbs, and ornamentals in a given area with less effort.

Additionally, they help to overcome difficult situations such as wet soil, limited space or sunlight.

By raising the soil level elevated beds also reduce back strain which is especially helpful to older gardeners or anyone with a bad back.

Methods of creating elevated gardens and their soil requirements will be discussed at an informative seminar Mar. 3 at the Hampstead Branch Library at 11 a.m. Pat $ARENEAU 0ENDER #OUNTY Extension Master Gardener Volunteer, will present this educational seminar; no registration is required.

For more infor mation on this and other upcoming PCEMGV Speakers Bureau presentations, call the Pender County Cooperative Extension Office at 259-1235.

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Civitan club offers scholarships The Wilmington Civitan Club will offer up to ten scholarships of $1,000 each to students who will graduate from a Pender or New Hanover county high school this year and plan to attend a two or four year institution of higher learning.

Special consideration will be given to academic perfor mance, extracurricular activities, character, volunteer activities, and financial need.

Applications may be found at www.nccommunityfoundation.org/scholarships or

obtained from school counselORS $EADLINE FOR SUBMISSION is March 31, 2015 and may be sent to Wilmington Civitan Club Scholarships, P.O. Box

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Thursday, February 26 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 27 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 28 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.

Wednesday March 4 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, March 5 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 March 7 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 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.

Send all community calendar information to posteditor@post-voice.com

Reunion planned for Atkinson, Burgaw, Penderlea 1975 grads A reunion is being planned for 1975 classmates from Atkinson, Burgaw and Penderlea High Schools for the spring of 2015. If you know someone that attended any of these schools please share this info with them. The reunion is in the early planning stages and as many people as possible are needed to help. &OR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT 0ORTIA .EWKIRK

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239th Anniversary of the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge at Moores Creek National Battlefield

Staff photos by Katie H. Pettigrew

Helpful information to enhance senior living The Pender-Topsail provided by Pender Adult Services

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RSVP happenings

By Barbara Mullins RSVP Coordinator Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) sponsored a community event in early February to encourage Advanced Care Planning. The program was held at Pender Adult Services in Burgaw and a second program was at Topsail Senior Center in Hampstead.

Michael Har ris, RSVP Board member did the presentation and explained the importance of Healthcare Power of Attorney, Living Wills, and the newer MOST forms. Harris took the time to answer all questions and gave scenarios as to why these advance directives are so important.

This important paperwork takes the burden off your family, your doctors, and allows you to make your own

decisions, in case there is an emergency and you cannot speak for yourself.

After each presentation Jane Johnson (PAS Aging Case Manger) and Barbara Mullins (RSVP Director) remained to assist those wanting to complete their forms. A total of 80 people attended and 30 people went home with forms completed, notarized, copied, and ready when needed.

RSVP successfully served another need in Pender County by providing a service to those in Pender County.

Watch for upcoming events and as always, RSVP is offering opportunities to volunteer locally in our community. Only two hours a week can impact the life of someone else so positively.

Call 910-259-9119 (ext 329) for more information.

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Art classes meet at both senior centers. Please check the schedule and call for more information.

Topsail Senior Center news

By Kay Stanley Topsail Center Director Our annual Silent Auction will be held April 23 at 6 p.m. This event is a fundraiser for Meals on Wheels. Tickets are on sale at the Topsail Senior Center for the $20.

The event includes auction items, a wonderful meal as well as entertainment.

Area businesses donate items and provide sponsorships to help us keep the program running.

The Art Class (Guild) that is meeting on Mondays seems to be enjoying their various art skills and welcomes newcomers. They meet on Mondays at 9:30 a.m. and will be glad to assist you with your art project.

Cribbage players have moved to Thursday mornings at 9 a.m. and welcome newcomers as well. Our Wednesday Canasta group has grown to eight members.

Contact us if you are interested in joining the group.

Line dancing is on hold until we get a teacher and working on that area. It was catching on so nicely – the big group enjoyed the dancing fun. We are so thankful for our volunteers. We have new volunteers who have joined us as receptionists and kitchen helpers. With vacations, sickness, etc, we are so thankful for all to pitch in and help us get through each day. We are one big family for sure.

We welcome Tom Haley back after a vacation, then unfortunate accident, but he is back on board and never complains,

no matter how much he is called upon. We continue to remember Jim and Marilyn Smith as they are in our prayers and we miss them, but we do keep in constant contact.

Donna Jaeckel’s class from Topsail School has honored our seniors once again at Valentine’s with beautiful and warm cards. They are so appreciated.

Bryan Slater and a small group from his church help us do some singing together on the first Tuesdays of the month, and he has started playing his guitar with us.

We love them sharing with us If you have interests that we do not address, please let us know of your desires and we will form a interest list and try to honor that. We welcome any suggestions that would help us serve you better.

Tax assistance offered for seniors Service offered at Topsail Presbyterian Church

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

Tax-Aide counselors receive hard copy training materials supplemented by comprehensive free classroom type training by local

instructors.

This Tax Aide service is offered on a first come, first serve basis through April 15. It is offered on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30-5 p.m. at the Topsail Presbyterian Church, 16249 Hwy. 17, Hampstead.

This service is available to low and moderate income taxpayers of all ages, including

seniors. No appointments necessary, be prepared to wait. It is not required that taxpayers be members of AARP or even that they be retired to receive this assistance.

This service, including electronic filing, is free.

Counselors will answer questions concer ning income that should be reported, deductions that can be taken,

credits to which individual taxpayers are entitled, as well as other tax related matters.

Electronic filing of the tax return results in receipt of refunds within 8 to 14 days if the refund is direct deposited to the taxpayer’s bank account, and about a week later if IRS issues a check for the refund.

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Michael Harris stands with Charlotte and Esther following the RSVP Advanced Care Planning program.

Turning 65?

Medicare education workshop Will you be eligible to receive Medicare this year? Are you confused by information you are receiving about Medicare supplements and other plans available?

Do you want more information on Medicare prescription drug plans and how they work?

Do you need to know how Medicare works in general?

If you answered yes to any

of the questions above, call the Heritage Place receptionist at 259-9119 ext. 0, and sign up for a Medicare education workshop Mar. 19 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Pender Adult Services, 901 S. Walker Street.

Kay Warner, Seniors Health Insurance Information Program coordinator will lead the program. The class is free, but registration is required.

Questions about Medicare?

We Can Help!!

Changing sleep habits can make for a more restful night Daylight saving time is a great time to reset your sleep habits, as well as your clock. If you have trouble sleeping, try the following sleep tips: s'O TO SLEEP AND WAKE AT the same time every day, and

avoid spending more time in bed than needed. s5SE BRIGHT LIGHT TO HELP manage your “body clock.”

Avoid bright light in the evening and expose yourself to sunlight in the morning. s5SE YOUR BEDROOM ONLY FOR

sleep to strengthen the association between your bed and sleep. It may help to remove work materials, computers and televisions from your bedroom. s3ELECT A RELAXING BEDTIME ritual, like a warm bath or

listening to calming music. s#REATE A SLEEP ENVIRONment that is quiet, dark and cool with a comfortable mattress and pillows. s3AVE YOUR WORRIES FOR THE daytime. If concerns come to mind, write them in a “worry

book” so you can address those issues the next day. s)F YOU CAN T SLEEP GO INTO another room and do something relaxing until you feel tired. s%XERCISE REGULARLY n AT any time of the day that feels

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right for you. If you are experiencing excessive daytime sleepiness, snoring, or “stop breathing” episodes in your sleep, contact your health care professional for a sleep apnea screening.

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Pender Adult Services offers

2015 Tai Chi Classes Tuesdays 11:00 Heritage Place 259-9119 Tuesdays 3:00 pm Topsail Senior Center 270-0708

Pender Adult Services, Inc.

Kathy Yakimovich, certified instructor Arthritis Foundation Class registration is first come, first serve Fee is due at registration

Offers assistance in the home for individuals and their families in Pender and Duplin Counties Services include CAP In-Home aide, Personal Care & Private Pay. CALL NOW FOR MORE INFORMATION! Phone: 910-259-9119 Fax: 910-259-9144 Contact: Rebecca Boggs, RN

Personal Care, Sitter, Light house keeping, Respite

Caregivers Needed...we are hiring!!

Call today to start you new career!

Ask for Anna at 259-9119 x 318

Pender Adult Services March 2015 Calendar

Memorial and Honorary Giving Program Your Gifts to Pender Adult Services, Inc are acknowledged with grateful appreciation

March 3 & 4 – RSVP Perks 9 a.m.

March 9 – Vermont Trip Registration open

In Memory of Veralene Anderson

March 11 - Blind Support Group (HP) 1 p.m.

By Cedriko Bannerman Shelia Bunch Terry Claiborne Terry Congleton Creft & Emma Haggins Connell Herndon Orea Jones-Wells Avery McAllister Joyce Mitchell Douglas & Delores Tyson

March 19 – Cancer Support Group (HP) – 12 noon March 26 – Caregivers Support Group (HP) 11:30 a.m.

Wellness Checks -Provided by PAS Fitness Fusion - 1st Wednesday 9:30 a.m. (March 4) Fitness Fusion – 1st Monday 4:30 p.m. (March 2) Blood Pressure Screenings -Provided by PC Health Dept Topsail Center – 3 rd Thurs. 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.

(March 19th) Heritage Place – 4th Thursday 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

(March 26th) Caregivers Support Topsail –Contact Kay Stanley @ 270-0708

In Memory of Jim Dante

By Topsail Greens Community Association, Inc

In Memory of Betty Futrelle

By Jeanette Futrelle Community Contributors Emma B Anderson Hampstead Women’s Club Westview UMC Willarlea Ruritan Club Thank you for your continued support!

Thursday, April 23, 2015 6:00 pm – Topsail Senior Center Tickets: $20 per person Donated Items are being accepted

Sponsorships Available

Donations to PAS are tax deductible. For more information on the Pender Adult Services Memorial and Honorary Giving Program please contact Wesley Davis at 259-9119

Heritage Place Opportunities Monday 8:00—7:00

Monday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 9:00 Group Art Class 10:00 Modified PILATES 12:00 Meals 12:30 Tree Top Quilters(2nd) 3:30 Hospice Trg (3rd) Taxes offered at Topsail Presbyterian, Hampstead

Pender Adult Services is committed to providing our community a safe, stable, environment in which individuals can maintain their independence, good health practices, and a healthy sense of self-esteem.

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8:00—5:00

8:00—5:00

8:00—5:00

8:00—3:00

9:00 Crocheting 9:00 RSVP Perks (1st) 11:00 Geri-Fit & TAI CHI 12:00 Meals 12:30 Pinochle 1:00 Quilting Group 1:00 Jewelry

9:00 Oil Painting 12:00 Meals 1:00 Bid Whist 1:00 Canasta 3:00 Senior Chorus 6:00 Line Dance

Phone: 910-259-9119

9:00 Basket Class 11:00 Bingo 12:00 Meals 1:00 Bid Whist 1:00 Bridge 1:00 Blind Support (2nd )

7:00 Burgaw Rotary 11:00 Geri-Fit 11:00 BP Checks, PCHD (4th) 11:30 Caregivers Support (4th)

12:00 Cancer Support (3rd)

12:00 Meals

11:00 Bingo 12:00 Meals

Saturday—closed Facility Available

3:00 Quilting/Sewing Club

Topsail Senior Center Opportunities

Phone: 910-270-0708

Wednesday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 9:00 Quilting Bee 9:00 RSVP Perks (1st) 10:00 Knitting Group 12:00 Meals 1:00 Canasta 5:30 Guitar Group

Friday 8:30 am—2:30 pm

Tuesday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 9:00 Baskets Health Checks—3rd Tues 9:00 Geri-Fit 10:30 Feel Good Fun 12:00 Meals 2:00 Gentle YOGA

Thursday 8:30 am—5:00 pm 9:00 Geri-fit/Cribbage 10:00 Vinyasi YOGA 10:00 Bingo 11:00 BP checks, PCHD(3rd)

12:00 Meals 1:00 Quilting Class

Fitness Fusion Group Fitness Classes

Monday Open 5:30—9:00 8:30 BODYPUMP 9:40 YOGA 10:45 FIT OVER 50

Tuesday Open 5:30—9:00 8:30 CARDIO BLAST 9:40 YOGA 10:45 FIT OVER 50

Wednesday Open 5:30—9:00 8:30 BODYPUMP 9:30 Health Checks (1st) 9:50 PILATES

Thursday Open 5:30—9:00 8:30 ZUMBA 9:40 YOGA 10:45 FIT OVER 50

4:00 Health Checks (1st)

5:30 BODYPUMP 6:40 ZUMBA

6:30 ZUMBA

5:30 BODY PUMP

6:30 ZUMBA

12:00 Meals Saturday –closed Facility Available

Phone: 910-259-0422 Friday Open 5:30—9:00 8:30 BODYPUMP 9:50 PILATES 5:30 BODY PUMP Saturday Open 8:00—2:30