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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Volume 45, No. 17

After two years of audit problems, the 2014-15 audit goes smoothly

BOC approves county audit

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Pender County Commissioners approved the audit for the 2014-15 fiscal year during last week’s board meeting.

Commissioners were happy to get the audit back from the North Carolina Local Government Commission with only a few minor changes, after the two previous county audits were not so well received.

“The findings from the LGC were very minimal. Last year we had a three or four page letter with all the things that were wrong with the audit,” said County Manager Randall Woodruff. “This year it was a one page letter with a few minor, housekeeping things that needed to be cleaned up.”

According to Woodruff, he and county finance director Kathy Brafford met with the LGC on Jan. 8 and they were very complimentary of the

Working together can be a good thing, especially when four towns join together. That is the purpose of the fourtown meeting, a joint venture between Surf City, Topsail Beach, North Topsail Beach, and Holly Ridge.

The recent meeting, held last week in Surf City, fea-

Search exercise in Pender County

audit.

“They said we did a good job of getting everything back in order and were pleased we were able to get to this point,” Woodruff said.

LGC approves school bond sale Woodruff says the school bond sale is moving ahead and he anticipates the first sale in June, pending approval by the Board of Commissioners. The Board will also be considering a proposal in the near future to refinance the remaining 2005 and 2007 school bonds to save the county interest payments.

“The refinance of the existing school bonds will save us about $1.5 million. There are 12 years remaining on those bonds. That works out to about $158,000 per year in savings,” Woodruff said. “The bond council and our financial advisors are looking at that now.”

Surf City hosts Four Town meeting

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tured a visit from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodman.

Surf City Mayor Zander Guy says the meetings give the towns the opportunity to talk about issues that are common to each municipality and ways to work together.

“We have an exchange of ideas of ways we can help each

Continued on page 3A

Staff photos by Andy Pettigrew

Searchers gather around the fire early on a cold Saturday morning on a tract of land off U.S. 421 south at the annual Pender Search and Rescue exercise. Joe Niegocki (right) shows the drone he pilots to help in search efforts. Read more below.

PENSAR searchers prepare for the real thing

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Searchers from five counties along with teams from Pender County and Surf City braved the cold weather and mid-Carolina snow to participate in the annual Pender County Search and

Rescue (PENSAR) exercise. For the past several years, the exercise was held in the Holly Shelter Gamelands. This year, the exercise was held on about 9,000 acres of Corbett Timber Company land off U.S. 421 south near the Pender-New Hanover County line.

Searchers from Brunswick, Gates,

Hoke, Gaston, and Beaufort counties, along with Pender and Surf City participants, fought the wind and cold to learn search techniques and practice skills to help locate individuals lost in remote areas.

Continued on page 3A

County budget retreat Feb. 18-19 Retreat to be held in Burgaw in commissioner’s meeting room

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher County commissioners will get together Feb. 18-19 to begin the budget process for the upcoming fiscal year.

Prior to meeting with county department heads, commissioners spend time discussing long-terms needs and strategic plans that will effect the Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew budget.

The retreat will be held in Workers install porous asphalt at the entrance to Soundside Park in Surf City last week. The new product will allow water to pass through while maintaining a hard the BOC meeting room at the surface. Mayor Zander Guy says the town is trying out the process and will use it in county offices on S. Walker St. and will run all day Thursday other places if it works well.

and a half-day on Friday.

After last year’s huge tax increase, county manager Randall Woodruff expects this upcoming budget process to be much smoother than the last.

“Last year was very stressful. Hopefully it will be more of a routine year where we able to move quickly through the process,” said Woodruff.

“I never dreamed I would be working anywhere that would require a tax increase that we had to implement.”

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“As we get further along in the budget process, each department head will meet with the board during a budget work session and highlight any changes in their budgets for the year,” said Woodruff.

“During the retreat, the commissioners will talk more about strate gic planning, priorities and the future.”

The budget retreat meetings are open to the public.

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Arrest report Brandon Christopher Adams, 23, 48 Dayton Street, Durham.

Shoplifting. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $500 secured bond.

Eric James Burton Allen, 40, 1516 Solunar Court, Wake Forest. DWI, speeding. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released under $1,800 secured bond.

Vaquanna Nasha Anderson, 29, 125 Windward Drive, Rocky Point. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Bryan Ross Benton, 30, 400 Amanda Lane, Hampstead. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated, no bond.

Manuel Heronic Bordeaux, 56, 301 S. Wright Street, Burgaw.

Shoplifting. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,500 secured bond.

Ronald Cedrick Bordeaux, 23, 4808 Bell Williams Road, Burgaw. Robbery with a dangerous weapon, larceny. Arrest

by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $75,000 secured bond.

Kenneth Peter Buffkin, 20, 306 Howards Landing, Holly Ridge.

Second degree trespassing, no operator’s license. Arrest by Surf City Police Department. Released under $800 secured bond.

Harry Edsel Byrd, Jr., 260 Amanda Lane, Hampstead. DWI, simple worthless check, failure to appear. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $500 secured bond.

Steven Monroe Carlton, 48, 235 Training School Road, Rocky Point. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated, no bond.

Clyde Stanley Carr, 33, 3861 US Highway 117 South, Burgaw.

Driving while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $500 secured bond.

Nathan Alexander Casteen, 35, 910 Lake Road, Willard.

Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released under $15,000 secured bond.

Craven Corey Chavis, 30, 115 Kellie Street, Currie. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $6,000 secured bond.

Heath Coffield, 28, 49 North Ridge, Surf City. Parole violation, preliminary hearing. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated, no bond.

Eugene Addison Collins, III, 28, 2221 Split Brook Court, Wilmington. Larceny, possession of stolen goods. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Phillip Donate Cottman, 23, 2551 Anderson Road, Willard.

Possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver heroin, selling heroin, delivering heroin, manufacture a controlled substance, maintaining place for controlled substance, possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department.

Incarcerated under $500,000 secured bond.

Jamie Nakia Everette, 36, 40 Stone Road, Castle Hayne.

Driving while license revoked while impaired. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Zachary Michael Fleer, 29, Forsyth County Jail. Felony Larceny. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released,

Pender EMS & Fire Report Jan. 17-23 EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: Calls per station Burgaw Station 1 Hampstead Station 16 Surf City Station 23 Topsail Beach Station 4 Union Station 5 Rocky Point Station 7 Maple Hill Station 8 Atkinson Station 9 Scott Hill Station 18 Hwy 421 South Station 29 Type of Calls Cancelled: 21 Cancelled en-route: 1 No patient found: 1 No treatment required: 1 Refusals: 37 Stand by: 5 Transported: 104 Treated and released: 9 Fire Department reports Total number of Fire Calls: 6 EMS First Response: 21 Motor Vehicle Crash (MVC): 9 Cancelled Response: 0 Calls per station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw EMS 2 Motor Vehicle Crash 3 Cancelled 0 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point Fire 3 Motor Vehicle Crash 2 EMS Assist 5 Fire Station 16 Hampstead Fire 0 Motor Vehicle Crash 2 EMS Assist 3 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill Fire 1 Motor Vehicle Crash 1 EMS Assist 5 Fire Station 21 Long Creek Fire 2 Motor Vehicle Crash 0 EMS Assist 2 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 South Fire 1 Motor Vehicle Crash 1 EMS Assist 4

179 46 19 14 3 21 24 6 24 2 0

no bond.

Jose Luis Flore, 42, 236 Harris Creek Loop Lot 25, Jacksonville. Driving while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Marry Ann Fowler, 31, 2040 Watts Landing Road, Hampstead.

Trespassing. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $2,000 secured bond.

Shanita Amelia Gaines, 27, 1006 Union Chapel Road, Burgaw.

Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated, no bond.

Jonathan Granville Gehris, 34, 212 Gold Leaf Drive, Hampstead. Assault by strangulation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Jeffrey Joel Gibbs, Jr., 25, 355 Perkins Drive, Hampstead.

Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated under $5,000 secured bond.

Evan Tyler Gordon, 25, 5004 Wrighstville Avenue, Wilmington.

Breaking and entering a motor vehicle, larceny, possession of stolen goods. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Roy Edward Grymes, 65, 113 Old Farm Road, Hampstead.

Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released under $3,000 secured bond.

David Marl Harrell, II, 23, 8714 Mary Slocum Road SW, Watha.

Selling and delivering heroin. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $50,000 secured bond.

Alicia Gail Hudzik, 20, 207 N. Dudley Street Apartment 106, Burgaw. Simple assault. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Johnnie Montaz Jackson, 24, 98 Tasha Lane, Burgaw. Possession with intent to sell/manufacture/deliver marijuana, maintaining a place for controlled substance, manufacturing marijuana, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Ricky Leroy Jacobs, 51, 201 Shaw Highway, Rocky Point.

DWI. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated, no bond Israel Jones, 69, 132 Lewis Road, Hampstead. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $5,500 secured bond.

David Ugene Lee, 35, 101 Hayduke Lane, Rocky Point. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated, no bond.

Michael Allan Lembke, 31, 1719 Patsy Lane, Wilmington.

Possession of a controlled substance. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Woodrow Lloyd, Jr., 70, 230 Keith Road, Currie. Possession of a firearm by a felon. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated, no bond.

Pamela Blair Martin, 46, 127 Tralee Drive, Smithfield. Driving while impaired, speeding. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol.

Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Brandon Taylor Maultsby, 21, 1486 Kings Landing Road, Hampstead. Possession of stolen goods, larceny. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Artez Alexander Miller, 18, 861424 Worthington Drive, Yulee, FL. Injury to personal property, breaking and entering. Arrest

by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $30,000 secured bond.

Ethan Montrel Murphy, 26, 200 South Johnson Street, Apt. 13, Burgaw. Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, probation violation. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $500 secured bond.

Sylvester Murray III, 36, 4226 US Highway 117, Burgaw. Communicating threats. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Carlos Pernell Nixon, 31, 20495 US Highway 117, Hampstead.

Possession of heroin, selling heroin, delivering heroin, possession with intent to sell/manufacture/deliver heroin, manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $100,000 secured bond.

Shane Andrew Osborne, 32, 103 Rice Court, Rocky Point. Assault on a female, child abuse, hearing notice domestic dispute, probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated under $5,000 bond.

Gary Parsely, 39, 314 Electric Lane, Hampstead. Driving while impaired, speeding. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $1,500 secured bond.

Claude Jeffrey Porter, 41, 708 N. Wright Street, Burgaw.

Communicating threats. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department.

Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Jamaris Pridgen, 18, 57 Isaac Murphy Road, Harrells. Cyberstalking, threatening phone call. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,500 secured bond.

Wanda Richmond, 49, 1411 Wooster Street, Wilmington. Shoplifting, simple assault. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $805 secured bond.

Quintera Dontay Robinson, 21, 365 Halfway Branch School Road, Atkinson. Speeding, no operator’s license. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Rebecca Jane Shockey, 24, 14564 Ashton Road, Rocky Point.

Possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $400 secured bond.

Herbert Anthony Sloan, 29, 81 C Morning Glory Road, Rocky Point. Selling cocaine. Arrest by Department of Adult Corrections. Released, no bond.

Tyler James Strauss, 29, 168 Bellhammon Forest Drive, Rocky Point. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Kelly Leanne Thomas, 37, 96 Pamelas Place Lot 10, Rocky Point. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated, no bond.

Primitivo Martinez Vasquez, 34, 276 Golden Eagle Way, Rocky Point. Communicating threats, imjury to real property. Arrest

by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Secorey Montel Waddell, 23, 109 Rufus Lewis Road, Rocky Point. Assault on a female. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Stevie Danielle Wallace, 29, 80 Coleman Circle, Hampstead.

Forgery/fraud, probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $40,000 secured bond.

Shannon Nicole Watkins, 37, 850 Sloop Point Road, Hampstead. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $10,000 secured bond.

Talis Watkins, 26, 8995 NC Highway 50, Maple Hill. Trafficking in cocaine. Arrest by Department of Adult Corrections.

Released, no bond.

Carolyn Cohen Willetts, 38, 141 James E. Moore Road, Currie. Identity theft. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released, no bond.

Miguel Angel Zelaya, 20, 114 Circle Drive, Rose Hill. No operator’s license, reckless driving to endanger, fictitious info to officer, speeding, possession of malt beverage/wine by 20 year old. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Release under $850 secured bond.

Information taken from reports from county municipal police department, Highway Patrol, and the Pender County Sheriff’s Office. Arrest reports are public record. Not all arrests result in a determination of guilt.

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Surf City names new town finance director Ashley T. Loftis, of Surf City, has been named Finance Director for the Town of Surf City. Loftis recently began work as the Town’s Finance Director, according to Town Mana g er Laurence Bergman.

According to Bergman, “The Finance Director oversees and directs the operations and activities of the financial affairs of the town, and supervises staff by assigning work, ensuring staff is trained, and making hiring, termination and disciplinary recommendations. The Finance Director also provides assistance and support to the Town Manager in making decisions and recommendations regarding the Town’s finances.”

Loftis was educated in the Roxboro Public Schools, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Forensic Accounting from Guilford College. She is credentialed as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and is working toward her certification as a North Carolina Local Government Finance Officer

(NCCLGFO.) Professional experiences include private sector accounting, serving with Gunn and Page in Eden, before moving on to the public sector. She has worked in the finance department for Guilford County Schools and finance department for Rockingham County.

The past four years have been spent as Finance Officer for the Town of Burgaw.

Loftis currently resides in the Dogwood Lakes area of Surf City with her husband, Travis, and two children. According to Loftis, “it’s all about family – they’re my hobby, also my passion.”

About her new role, Loftis says, “I’m enthused about the adventure that lies ahead.

Surf City, both the town and the Town administration, are currently in a significant growth mode. I’m enjoying my new challenges and my new colleagues. It’s a very exciting time to be in Surf City.”

Loftis’s office is located at Surf City Town Hall, 214 North New River Drive.

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PENSAR’s Joe Niegocki uses a quad drone to help search efforts. The drone and all of the necessary equipment is easily carried into the woods in a backpack.

“We can take this with us, stop, and put the drone up to get a look around. It can stay up for about 23 minutes at a time,” Niegocki said.

The drone transmits realtime video back to Niegocki for a bird’s eye view of the landscape and has GPS to help searchers on the ground locate a target spotted by the drone.

The exercise began Friday and contined through Sunday, with Pender EMS and Fire providing support services.

Continued from page 1A “We had teams from the piedmont scheduled to come, but they cancelled because of the snow,” said PENSAR’s Dugan Fraiser.

This year’s search senario involved two hunters who were new to a hunt club. The men had become lost and searchers went out to locate them after being given descriptions of the men and the ATV they were driving. Search teams of four to five people, each team with a radio and cell phone, went out to hone their search skills to prepare for the real

Four town

Continued from page 1A other and possibly save the taxpayers some money.” Guy said. “Think the meetings are very important.”

Guy said Goodman’s visit was especially important.

“Living on the coast as we do, insurance is a topic that arises on many occasions. It is a serious topic. This time he spoke about homeowners insurance, explaining the rate process and his office’s work to oversee the insurance companies,” Guy said.

“Flood insurance is another issue, which is handled by the federal government.”

Surf City begins budget meetings

Surf City officials began work on the upcoming budget Jan. 22 with new town finance director and former Burgaw finance director Ashley Loftis.

“Ashley gave us some input on things she would like to see implemented such as purchase orders and processes.

Some of those will be brought before the board at our February meeting. We talked about ways to be more efficient and save money,” said Guy. “We also looked at the future. We had a rezoning request for a 240-acre tract for residential development. That will require us to look at our infrastructure. We are fine now, but if you do the math on that, that’s about 7,000 people.”

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Representatives from Surf City, Topsail Beach, North Topsail Beach, and Holly Ridge hear a presentation by N.C. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodman at the Four Town meeting in Surf City last week.

Burgaw Chamber annual meeting set for Feb. 26

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The Burgaw Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) will hold its annual general membership meeting Feb. 26 from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m.. The Chamber’s Business of the Year and Volunteer of the Year will be announced at the meeting, and a special farm to table dinner will be prepared and served by Topsail High School Culinary Arts students, led by teacher Kelly Painter. New Chamber officers will be installed at this meeting as well.

BACC President Emily Baker said that the Chamber is working with Feast Down East for the event.

“Farm to Table is the theme.

I wanted to be able to incorporate all of our local farmers, and we also have members on our board who have farms.

We will be getting meats from Piney Woods Farms. Feast Down East works with the local farmers to get vegetables that will be in season, and we’ll be able to lock down the menu a little bit closer to the first of February. I have spoken with Kyle and Katelyn Stenersen from Humble Roots Farm in Scotts Hill, and they will supply us with some chicken and other types of meats.

“Redbeard Farms is going to make sure we have carrots to go with our salad. We’re just really excited to be able to promote the local farmers and what they have to offer. Feast Down East does a great job or promoting our local farmers and what they have, and I’m excited to have Dr. Cauley and his teachers working with us.

I’m really looking forward to it,” said Baker.

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“Every time, it’s a very good networking experience for the membership and the folks in the area. It’s also a good opportunity to showcase what our kids can do in the district.

It’s all part of the curriculum, and this will be a real-world example. We are very fortunate to have two dedicated instructors now at Topsail High, and we have a foods program at Trask High School as well. We’ll get all the ingredients to the students, they’ll prepare it, and then we’ll use one of our child nutrition vehicles with food storage to transport it. When Topsail High School was built and opened, the commercial kitchen was part of it, so it’s been there from the get-go. We send kids to culinary competitions at the state level.

“Last year we sent kids from Trask and Topsail to the National Family Consumer Sciences competition, and received awards at the national competition. State competitions are coming up again in those areas, as in a lot of CTE areas,” said Cauley.

In the classroom, culinary students prepare faculty meals about every other week; and this is not the only project featuring Pender County students’ work in CTE. Some of the brickwork and tile installed at the Chamber office is the work of Pender High School’s Masonry class, and the doors are the result of efforts of Pender High School’s Construction classes.

Construction classes are building projects, agriculture classes are growing tomato plants and Health Sciences

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Emily Baker is the director of the Burgaw Area Chamber of Commerce. classes are working in nursing homes. All CTE programs are teacher-led, with the work completed by the students.

Dr. Cauley related the upcoming event to something he had just read in the Post & Voice.

“Bobby Norris wrote in his column about being our hometown newspaper - a newspaper born and developed in this county. What you’ll see here is a Chamber of Commerce, a meal and music with everything born, raised and developed in this county,” said Cauley.

The BACC has additional plans coming up in the next few months.

“Those who are graduating this year will have a chance to apply for our scholarship.

Students can see their high

school counselors to apply, and the deadline will be around the end of April. I am also working on a woman’s support group, and that will begin around the first week in March. It’s just where women come together, network and help one another.

I am also working with Jim Hock, the Police Chief of the Town of Burgaw, on some shooter training information and possibly a class. I do enjoy being here at the Chamber. I have a lot of good support and a lot of good people behind me,” said Baker.

The BACC is located at 115 S. Dickerson St. The cost to attend the annual meeting and dinner is $25 for BACC members and $35 for nonmembers. For those interested in attending the event, contact Emily Baker at (910) 259-9817.

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice

Opinion Thursday, January 28, 2016, Page 4A

Access adds value for all owners The case seems to be a nuisance at first, until one remembers how litigious our society has become, and how often government has trod on private property rights.

An Emerald Isle couple filed suit against Carteret County over the reevaluation of their beach property. The couple – and several of their neighbors – claim that their property values dropped because they were forced to allow beach renourishment equipment and town vehicles such as police and rescue on their property.

Without renourishThe construction vehicles ment projects, beaches were held to a rigid schedule, and town vehicles were rewill continue their natural stricted to a 20-foot travelway. migration south (a proThe town won the case in cess commonly called 2014, but the homeowners beach erosion, although it appealed the case. The state technically isn’t erosion, Supreme Court has agreed to just relocation). hear the complaint. A lawyer Without beaches, who specializes in beachfront beach communities suffer, property rights has promised and property values really to carry the case to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. do devalue.

It’s a convoluted case, with a lot of moving parts, but in the end, one of the reasons people move to oceanfront property is to have beachfront – not to have the ocean destroying their homes. The good of the many, in this case, outweighs the good of the few.

Our beaches—and they are “ours,” owned by the people of the state of North Carolina—are a recreational and revenueproducing resource. The benefits of wide, welcoming beaches pay off for everyone in a beach community, including property owners. Without renourishment projects, beaches will continue their natural migration south (a process commonly called beach erosion, although it technically isn’t erosion, just relocation).

Without beaches, beach communities suffer, and property values really do devalue.

At the same time, there’s a question over who should pay for renourishment projects. It’s not fair to expect inland residents who will never see the surf to see their tax money going to protect someone else’s investment. Yet it’s not fair to expect the entire burden to be carried by people who can afford a house or business on the beach. There’s no good answer to the question.

The need for public safety to have reasonable, safe and unfettered access to beachfronts is obvious. The sea can be a dangerous place, and fire, police and rescue need to be able to get to a call as quickly as possible to save a life.

Yet homeowners shouldn’t have to worry about public works vehicles or bulldozers in their front yards anymore than anyone living in a suburb should have to worry about their lawn being blocked by a town vehicle Government has used a heavy hand in years past to gain access to beaches, either for public accesses or for projects like beach renourishment. A shift in the General Assembly meant a change in many of the laws that formerly allowed such unfettered power. At the same time, the cost of living in a community is sometimes paid in access for public vehicles, if not the general public.

This case should be an interesting one when it goes before the state’s highest court. Perhaps the supremes will indirectly deal with renourishment as well, and finally lay down a ruling to determine who is responsible.

There’s no easy answer, from where we stand, since everyone wants safe beaches, everyone wants wide healthy beaches, and everyone wants their own place at the beach, but nobody wants to pay for someone else’s beaches.

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Regina Hill Post & Voice Columnist

Disconnected

If I were to give one piece of advice to my children, it would be this: live in the moment. My hope is that they breathe in every mundane, exciting, uncertain day of their precious lives and avoid The day was nearly worthcall home during more temengaging in the perilous acts less, in terms of productivity. perate weather. of unfounded worry and I was stuck waiting on a felNo snakes swam the swamp wasted time. Honestly, I need low to fix something at the this day, however; a thrush new house. The horses were followed me at a distance, but to heed these words myself too fractious for anything he was almost the only other and, thanks to my recent paradigm shift, I fully intend positive; the dogs even less life I saw in the woods, save to. enthusiastic. Setting some for splash and a circle that When dining out, I can’t traps was out of the question might have been a mink. The help but notice the disengageas well, since the ground was thrush seemed puzzled at ment among families, mine either frozen or wet at every what kind of an idiot would included. Fingers dance step, and sometimes both. No be wandering through the across phones as small talk self-respecting game animal freezing, soaking wet woods dominates conversations. was out, so an afternoon’s on such a day as this.

Eye contact seems a rare comhunt was just silly.

I crossed to the railroad modity amongst the ones who We dodged the worst of the tracks via a handy log that weather, thankfully. Only a proved appearances are often should be sharing it the most.

While work and afterschool few snowflakes had fallen, deceiving (it was mossy activities steal many of our unwanted, embarrassed and creaky and ancient, but waking hours, a lack of true poor relatives of the massive solid, as evidenced by the Jefferson Weaver presence when we do find snow crippling everywhere tracks of previous critters time to gather exacerbates else. The flakes hid between that polished its surface flat might find a hand-wrought the disconnect. roots on trees, awaiting a few and smooth.) I stopped for nail or better still, a pile of Perhaps the planets degree change in the tema minute on the railbed to amber-like pine rosin, all perature so they could either smoke a cigarette and eyeball aligned or sorcery was in that remains of log in which hide under a layer of ice, or the sky. The clouds were flee- the works, but Daniel and I even the most desperate or were recently afforded a rare melt away like a disgraced ing shamelessly before the industrious borer-beetle politician. growing wind, so I had no im- evening alone. Lindsay was could find no more interest.

But I was cabin-fevered to mediate fear of precipitation. enjoying the spoils of her Of course, these woods had the extreme. Miss Rhonda Even if a rain or snow squall Nana’s house while Jacob and been visited fairly recently, his friends attended a college and the house-critters were had come along, my beloved considering the rusted basketball game. My vision content with a coverlet, the Coon-Proof Coat also resists barbed wire and hog fence at of our date night and the celcouch and cable. But I was moderate moisture as well least had a chance of deterebratory relationship buildthe proverbial caged animal. as angry members of the ring someone’s wandering ing it would provide, however, When the sun finally, apoloprocyon lotor family. livestock in the past ten was incongruent with reality. getically shone again, I years, assuming the livestock The thrush bounced around Basically, Daniel did what switched boots and headed wasn’t too interested in going me again, still trying to figfor a new set of woods. ure out who this idiot was in he normally does with the on walkabout. There were free time he amasses and was I first scouted the place last his woods, and what he was marks from a chainsaw, too, but a blur when he left me summer, only to be driven up to. I assured him I myself old enough to have molded alone with surf board in tow. out by mosquitoes that sometimes have the same and scabbed over as a stalAnticipating a solitary evescoffed at my .357. Work and problem. wart swamp-dweller healed ning, I did what I usually do worry and the world kept me The woods across the tracks itself with air, age and sap. when able to eke out a morsel from revisiting it through were the same as those I’d I yanked down a widowof alone time as I grabbed Mr. the fall, but without enough just come through, except maker here and there, not Clean (the bottle not the man) time left in the day to make they were less travelled, and wanting one of the dangling and a roll of paper towels. a moving run worthwhile, I there was more water. I’m treelimbs to fall like a sword Instead of a quiet, uninterdecided to go see what was fairly sure the pines on the of Damocles on one of the rupted dinner date marked behind the next cypress tree. ridge, along with the oaks dozens of deer that ranged by intense eye contact and reI reckon there really isn’t any through the woods. Usually I and cypress in the edges of connection with my husband, truly undiscovered counlong-flooded stumpholes, departed peacefully, while try to leave a forest path as I I filled my tummy with try anymore; thankfully, so others may have resisted the found it, but one never knows were the type of trees that spoonfuls of Apple Jacks much has been forgotten that when a tree might take a discaused men to settle here urge to depart on their final while my countertops enjoyed even when there are signs journey. liking to you, and drop a limb nearly three centuries back. a new streak-free shine. Danof previous wanderers, one That type of wood makes a Spend some time on one’s head. still has a sense of wonder man’s breath grow short, and iel arrived a few hours later reading about halloween, The heavy rain of the fall as the remnants of our fading at the hidden, forgotten joys his eyes widen; one doesn’t for instance, All Hallows and winter had left the game alone time was spent gulpof a set of deep woods. The find forests anymore where Evening, and the church trails largely drowned, but halved tree trunk, likely a the trees are big enough that ing fast food in front of the celebrations of All Souls the whitetails who survived television. victim of a lightning strike man only needs three or Day and All Saints Day, and the fall had unerringly The funny thing about back when I was a newlywed, picked out which tufts of four to build a small but nice the spiritual and prayerful this scenario is the fact that is as fascinating as the tree home.

Bill Messer connection between the grass held solid soil, and The bottomland was more it stands in absolute contrast Church Militant, the Church with a six-foot base that likewhich hid a tree stump waitwith my persona. I’m a talker ly amazed another wanderer swamp than forest this day, Triumphant, the Church ing to impale the unwary The Cape Fear region decades before I was born. although the lines on the tree and rare are the moments Penitent and the Church traveller. I made mental note is steeped in history, and when I revel in quiet contemRemains of a turpentine still showed where that dispute Expectant. of several of the stumps, the history includes strife had been fought and refought plation-even when all alone.

It is accepted that tortured just look like scrap-metal and since they looked like the and turmoil, hardship In these moments, I’m fully old bricks to many people, and anguished souls may types of places an unfriendly and catastrophe, natural able to converse with myself. but scratch around, and you indeed have been reluctant cottonmouth would happily and manmade, and of Continued on page 5A Daniel, in fact, has already to leave behind unfinished fog shrouded, Spanish determined my Native Ameribusiness, the desire to ‘settle moss festooned oaks and can name should I choose to up’ with someone who may magnolias, hanging over the embrace my Cherokee heriresting places of departed tage – Little Big Mouth. souls. Some of the souls Continued on page 5A The same could be said about Daniel, although I Thank you tions, Marine Corps League, ing families to sponsors. would defeat him with eyes On behalf of Hampstead Knights of Columbus and Also thanks to Mike and closed in a word battle. Every American Legion Post #167, many individuals.

Cindy Braswell for obtaining evening, with little exception, thank you to the citizens of Food boxes were provided and distribution of toys and Daniel walks through the Topsail Township for sup- to 260 families, 434 children food. We salute everyone that front door with ear glued to porting our Holiday Assis- received toys and clothing worked or donated to the suca cellphone as conversations tance Program that assisted for a total of 917 individuals cess of this effort. Thank you about tides, bait fish, wave the less fortunate in our served. This could not have for caring and sharing for the height or wind conditions roll community. been accomplished without less fortunate in our area. effortlessly off of his tongue.

Contributors to the suc- the generosity of our comFor God and Country As these conversations concess of this program were: munity.

Al Sidbury tinue through the evening, I area schools, churches, Thanks to Kristie Grubb Hampstead offer up simple, non-confronbusinesses, civic organiza- for organizing and assigntational questions to expand his vernacular, most of which are met with a grunt or negative nonverbal.

Public opinion is welcome. Send your Letters to the Editor to P.O. Box 955, Burgaw, 28425 or to posteditor@ Staff photo by Bill Messer post-voice.com. Please include your address and phone number with your letter. We reserve the right to edit Maybe he’s engaged in The UNCW Paranormal Research group leaders Holly

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Newsings & Musings

By Edith Batson Post & Voice Staff Writer Ice, snow, and sleet Haven’t we had a weird Thanksgiving, Christmas, and January so far? We are pretty lucky in our area.

My water did not freeze, my heater has run and run, but has kept the house warm, and I’ve had enough to eat. How lucky can one get?

But I have been glued to the TV, the Weather Channel and CNN keeping up with the horrible problems that North Carolain, Virginia, and on up the east coast have had with so much snow, ice, sleet, flooding and more snow. Several deaths have been caused from heart attacks from shoveling the heavy snow.

About 83 million people have been affected by the severe weather. Just this morning I heard that a mother and small child died in the car which was stuck.

New York City shut down all traffic on Saturday so that snow plows and emergency traffic cars could be moved through streets and exits that were blocked by snow. Many people may be out of electrical power for days.

Washington D.C. and New York City were completely shut down so recovery equipment could get through the streets. Schools are closed on Monday and maybe later. Airlines in Washington, Philadelphia, and New York had many cancelled flights. Great numbers of people will not be able to get to their destinations for several more days. What an overwhelming job it will be to reschedule flights.

At least some people who live near Central Park in New York had an opportunity to take sleds and other equipment to the park and enjoy

Weaver

Continued from page 4A through the years. I knew I’d have to do a little judicious jumping between the tussocks of grass marking what passed for a trail through the section. I began walking up and down the railbed, seeking a crossing log or even a shallow spot, but there were none to be found.

Oak and hickory, gum and cypress, conspired to shade everything more than a few feet from the edge. I could see in the gloom, of course, and knew that once inside the woods, I could find my way, but my wanderlust was at odds with the knowledge that I was still a mile or so from home, although wet socks in freezing weather would make that more like five miles.

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extramarital relations with a hundred pound red snapper or his friends have successfully unearthed Daniel’s gift for gab, but I have yet to reignite his passion for the spoken word.

This conversational vacuum was a non-issue before kids, as Daniel effortlessly heaped sweet nothings upon me as I sat for hours giddily watching him surf. Aside from work schedules, our free time was consumed with one another and there was never an end to the words shared between us. In the interim, we became grown-ups and then parents.

These roles have forced the realization that my beautiful children are, indeed, master thieves. Both are responsible for the theft of my cute waistline and knack for idle chat.

It’s not enough that I feed and house them, but is a smidgen of reciprocal conversation

the snow. One reporter interviewed a runner in Central Park. He wondered why the man chose to be out running instead of staying warm in his home. He said that he wanted to take advantage of the beauty and quietness of the park and just savor the tranquility that the snow made him feel.

Children were happy that parents would take them to the park to play with them.

Also they were glad to not be in school. Unfortunately, many policemen, firemen, and EMT folks have been working 24 hours shifts and are worn out. Reporters were on the scene showing us all aspects of the storm. They were urging high school and college people to volunteer to help shovel snow for their neighbors who were handicapped or too old to shovel snow anymore.

We were wondering how many people who are stranded would get enough food and water to sustain them. We did learn that finally some agencies were able to get to the cars and provide food and water.

We understand that some emergency vehicles could not get to their destinations because of blockages on the roads, another reason for putting a ban on all traffic except for plow equipment and emergency vehicles. Good Samaritans and neighbors were found helping where they could.

With all the snow piled officials were wondering where they could take all of the snow to dump it. Problem after problem cropped up but there seemed to be a feeling that everyone wanted to do what they could to help and cooperate with the officials.

Please pray for all those people who lost so much but are willing to get up and try again.

We thank God that we did not have such a calamity here.

How lucky we are. Thank you Lord that we missed the storm. Help us to be grateful and thankful for the blessings we do have.

Rain, rain, rain Now that we have talked about the deep freeze along the eastern coast, my friend

and trashman came to get my trash as he does every Saturday. This time he said “I wish it would stop raining.�

Another friend has been trying to get a new driver to her house.

Every time she gets a load of concrete or pebbles, the rain comes down and destroys her progress. So she starts over again. We have to take what He sends us and work with it as best we can.

With a home and yard there will always be upkeep. Our roof is so steep that it takes only 10 minutes to fill it to the top when it rains. What to do?

I have seen some barrels at the museum, which seem to work. Maybe I can find out who fixed them and get some help. I feel like all of the water is going under the house and making it wetter and wetter. I am very grateful to have such a nice house, but I am at a loss to know what to do about the rain. Do any of you have such problems?

Birthday Stephen’s birthday was last Thursday, so two of my grandchildren invited me to go with them to the Texas Roadhouse for dinner. I have spent so much time in hospitals lately that I felt like I had been let out of prison. It was just wonderful to see lights at night and to get to go to a nice restaurant with David and Colleen, Tommy and his friend, Sunnie and Stephen.

I was one happy mother and grandmother.

There’s really no place like home is there-or having a birthday dinner with your family. He doesn’t like sweets much, so usually I make him a giant cinnamon bun, which is not so sweet. This is the first time I did not make him a cinnamon bun-maybe later!

His birthday having come and gone means that Edith’s is not fare behind-Feb. 9. Wish I could fix her a cake, but she is too far away. Happy Birthday to Stephen and Edith.

Final thoughts Every day is a new adventure, new opportunity, and a new challenge. Make every day a happy day. Remember what God’s word says, “be still and know that I am God.�

Shalom!

I resolved to come again another day, when the water was lower and maybe even the temperature – or at least my socks – a bit warmer.

Another deer trail granted me direction back to civilization, but I stopped for a minute and looked one more time at the woods across the railbed. There was something siren-like in its call; nothing that one would actually hear with one’s ears, but a voice that just called to something inside. The woods had volumes of mysteries that would just have to wait until my next visit.

I am sure someone else— shoot, dozens of someone elses—have traipsed the same woods I wandered the other day, looking for coon and bobcat tracks, measuring the scars of scrapes on trees where bucks rubbed their antlers, nervously or anx-

iously looking for the bear whose passage was marked as only bears can. I am sure others have walked those woods, feeling the brown water seep into their boots, marveling at the timber, and wondering how one could wrest it from the ground and out of the swamp, where it could be beaten and humiliated into so many board feet of lumber or worse—fluff for baby diapers.

I will head back out there sometime in the next few weeks; maybe even sooner. I hope my friend the thrush is hanging about, because I’d love to have a companion as I finally enter the Undiscovered Country, ready to find what lies behind the next treeline. –Weaver is a columnist for the Post & Voice. Contact him at jeffweaver@whiteville.com.

pushing too far? My kids were once a captive audience before the developmental milestones of walking were met and, now that they are mired in egocentricity, I’m lucky to net an eye roll.

Although some may claim

it a curse, I’m beginning to wonder if the hearing of voices would be a welcome addition to my already crowded psyche. In the meantime, at least I have my poodles and they have no means of escape.

Paranormal Research,� she introduced herself. “I’m from Mt. Airy.� “How long has your group been active?� I asked. “Six years,� she answered.

I got right to the point, “Have you found any paranormal specters?� “Um, since I’ve been in the organization, I have not met any full body apparitions, but we’ve definitely heard things, and gotten things on EVP (electronic voice phenomenon). “We use EMFs (electromagnetic field meters) to measure electromagnetic fields. If an entity is near, that will cause a spike in the reading.

We use IR cameras (infrared sensitive) to see in different spectrums that we can’t see.� “Have you found anything with these?� I asked. “Um, we found some things, on video, on the battleship. We’re going to Bellamy Mansion this weekend,� she continued. “How did you get started,�

I asked. “The president before me, the founder of the club, was doing a speech before a movie showing on campus, and I happened to be there, heard about the club and joined.�

I turned to the other person from the club, and asked her to tell me about herself and her activities. “I’m Jessica Jackson.

I’m the Vice-president of the club, Wilmington Paranormal Research. I’m from Creedmoor.� “What got you interested?� “I’m a little afraid of supernatural things, and I thought this would be a way to kinda’ face my fears.� “Have you had any (supernatural) experiences?�

I asked. “I’ve heard things. I haven’t really seen much. I do the sound stuff mostly. I have an H4N sound recorder, and a microphone that we acquired last semester. I’ve had things hiss at me, for names.� “Well, what hissed at

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Continued from page 4A have wronged the person in life.

Occasionally, an interactive encounter with an ‘apparitional experience’ can leave the extant human with a glimpse into another world, the spectral dimension.

Literature abounds with examples of speculations, true life experiences, and suppositions.

The Internet is awash with listings of organizations that further the search for evidence, as well as listings of businesses to help you with the equipment you might need to help in the investigation, things such as lights and cameras sensitive to infrared and ultraviolet, the unseen to humans opposite ends of the visible light spectrum, special microphones, vibration detectors and detectors that respond to variations in electromagnetic field strength.

The lower Cape Fear region has several groups of spectral investigators who seek out locations reported to have special or otherworldly reputations, and try to find out what’s behind the apparitional experience.

The Wilmington Paranormal Research team at UNCW applies the scholarly and scientific method to the investigation, and collects evidence of the phenomena.

I met with two of the members recently, at Starbuck’s, appropriate, I think, when you consider the original Starbuck, the first mate of the doomed whaling ship Pequod, and the souls lost in the maniacal pursuit of a whale, Moby Dick. “Call me Ishmael,� the narrator begins, and so I asked the members to start at the beginning and tell me about their activities. “I’m Holly Wood, the President of Wilmington

you?� I asked her.� “I’m not sure. It was in a residence near Camp Lejeune.�

I continued, “Is it fun?

What was the most fun experience?� “Yes,� Jessica answered, “Just going . . . we do the ghost walk downtown. And we’re involved on campus, we do a lot of stuff through other organizations. On the ghost walk? We just kinda’ hang back, we’ve gone to some of the places they talk about. Some of the places are pretty interesting. We’ve been to the Price-Gause House. They’re pretty good at going to places we don’t get a chance to go.� “From what I’ve read,� I told Jessica and Holly, “You are likely to encounter the souls of the disturbed, people who maybe killed themselves who don’t want to depart the premises just now, in anguish over unfinished business.

Am I right?�

Holly answered, “Yes, it depends on how dramatic the event is. The entity may be stuck there, in an endless loop, and can’t get out.� “Are they stuck there forever? Or can they eventually leave?�� I asked.

Holly continued, “It depends. In some cases, the hauntings just stop or decrease throughout time.

Sometimes, even after hundreds of years, there may still be sightings.�

I wondered about the backgrounds and future plans of the two paranormal investigators, and asked Holly, “What’s your major in college?� “I’m majoring in anthropology, with a minor in forensic science.�

I turned to Jessica, “I’m a film major, with a minor in leadership.�

I asked an open question, “Are you going to be able to go forward with your interest in the paranormal?

Holly answered, “Yes, I definitely want to do it for the rest of my life, go on

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By Gay Johnson Special to the Post & Voice Four County EMC is proud to announce that local teacher Dr. Chris Wirszyla of Cape Fear Elementary School is being honored on a statewide level as a Bright Ideas Tar Heel Teacher of the Week.

Four County EMC nominated Wirszyla in recognition of his dedication to students and for winning Bright Ideas education grant funding for the project “Sustainability of the School Garden Center.”

Wirszyla is one of only 26 teachers statewide to earn the Tar Heel Teacher of the Week designation this school year. He, along with other Tar Heel Teacher of the Week honorees, were recognized at the UNC-N.C. State game in Chapel Hill Jan. 16 and was awarded a plaque commemorating his achievement.

He will also be recognized on air during the radio broadcast of the University of North Carolina basketball game against Duke Mar. 5, and also on the Bright Ideas Facebook page and website at www.NCBrightIdeas.com.

“We are privileged to work with many outstanding teachers through our Bright Ideas education grant program, and Dr. Wirszyla consistently goes above and beyond to make a difference for students,” said Gay Johnson, Director of Corporate Communications, of Four County EMC. “It is an honor to recognize Dr. Wirszyla for his hard work and to be able to thank him for the positive contribution he makes in our community.

Dr. Wirszyla is an outstanding Physical Education teach-

er because he makes learning exciting for his class, teachers, school and community.

Many people have never been taught the concepts related to wellness, including nutritional habits, but Dr. Wirszyla strives to make a difference and hopes all involved develop a foundation for a healthy and nutritious life for years to come.”

The Tar Heel Teacher of the Week and Bright Ideas education grant programs are examples of Four County EMC and North Carolina’s electric cooperatives’ commitment to community.

The Bright Ideas education grant program, sponsored

by Four County EMC and North Carolina’s electric cooperatives, strives to improve education in North Carolina classrooms by awarding grants to Tar Heel teachers in grades K-12 for innovative, classroom-based projects that would not otherwise be funded.

Since the program began in 1994, about $9.6 million has been given to educators for more than 9,200 projects benefitting well over 1.8 million students.

Locally, Four County EMC has contributed more than $377,660 to teachers since the program began 21 years ago.

Four County EMC accepts Bright Ideas education grant applications annually from local teachers beginning April 1 at www.NCBrightIdeas.com or www.fourcty.org.

Four County EMC is a member-owned electric cooperative serving more than 32,500 members in Bladen, Columbus, Duplin, Onslow, Pender, and Sampson counties.

Pender County high school students are hard at work designing and building a robot to compete in world-wide robotics competition 1st Inspire Robotics.

“I like the idea of being able to work with real-world engineering concepts and not just sitting behind a computer or textbook,” team captain Miguel Cruz said while manipulating electrical wiring with his hands. “Now that I actually get to practice what I learn — it’s fulfilling.”

Pender High School Chemistry teacher Jared Pinkston, who is serving as the team’s advisor, said that the team is making strides with its robot, which can move right, left, front and back.

“We have been designing on notebooks, but we will be designing on CAD soon,” Pinkston said. “So they are actually able to put together a model of the robot inside CAD and see what it would do and they will be able to play with ideas before cutting.”

While the team is building its robot at Pender High School, students from across the county are invited to participate. Students do not need

to have any experience with robotics to join the team.

Community mentors who are skilled in engineering, business, art, marketing and design also are needed to provide guidance.

“We are high school students diving into a sport, you could say, with no coach,” Cruz said. “Let’s see, I play soccer, and it’s like we don’t have a fitness coach, we don’t have a strategic coach, we don’t have a training coach. It’s just like, ‘Let’s go and do it.’ They would lead us and guide us.”

Pinkston said mentors are needed in all areas.

“When people hear ‘robotics,’ they think ‘science’ and ‘engineering’ and they just block themselves out,” Pinkston said. “What they don’t realize is the skills they have exactly apply to what we are doing.”

This year’s competition game, “First Stronghold,” requires teams to build a robot that can retrieve and launch boulders into their opponent’s castle tower. In order to reach the tower, the robot must maneuver through various de-

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Virginia Rossell BURGAW -- Virginia Rossell, age 78, of Burgaw passed away Friday, January 22, 2016 at her home.

It is with the saddest heart to announce the passing of Firefighter Virginia Porter Carr Rossell. Virginia Rossell served as an Auxillary member of Beach Haven Fire Company No. 1 in Ocean County N.J., where she first began her dedication to protecting and serving the public as a volunteer. Virginia Rossell served for 11 years in Tuckerton Fire Company No. 1 in Ocean County N.J. where she also served as an Auxillary member. Virginia Rossell served for 30 years with Shiloh Columbia Volunteer Fire Department where she served as Secretary for 11 years.

Virginia Rossell dedicated 58 years to the fire service and loved every part of it.

Virginia Rossell was a loving wife and a kind caring mother and adopted mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She gave unselfishly of her time and talents to her family, friends and community, always placing others before herself. Fond memories of Firefighter Rossell will always remain in our heart.

Virginia Rossell was born April 23, 1937 in Woodlynn, N.J. the daughter of the late Herbert M. Carr and Emma Mary Porter Carr.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, LeRoy R. Rossell Sr., son, LeRoy R. Rossell Jr, brothers, Herbert Carr, Clayton Carr sister Elaine Paul, and her grandson Herbert M. Rossell Jr. and Diane Zitto Virginia Rossell leaves behind her Children Herbert M. Rossell Sr, Sally A. Atkinson, Debbie V. Bamber, Sharon A. Rossell, William H. Rossell and Timothy C. Rossell Sr; grandchildren, Virginia Rossell, Rebbecca Hibble, LeRoy Rossell III, Larry Rossell, Lance Rossell, Joey Batanga, Frank Batanga, Irene Lees, Sean Batanga, Anthony Devlin, Lola Devlin, JC Atkinson Jr., Jason Atkinson, Virginia Bamber, Teddie Bamber, Teressa Bamber, Charles Rossell, Micheal Good, Timothy Rossell Jr., Amanda Rossell; many great grandchildren, Sister Estelle Leavy,sisters-in-law Aetna Johnson and Emma Woods;

brother-in-law’ Frank Woods and many extended family and friends.

Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 at Shiloh Columbia Volunteer Fire Department, 19170 U.S. Hwy. 421, Watha.

Pastor Paul Lathum will officiate. The family will receive friends at the fire department immediately following the service.

Any de par tments that would like to send units, the line up at Malpass Corner will begin at 2:45 p.m. for a 3:30 p.m. departure. The procession will leave Malpass Corner school and proceed down U.S. Hwy. 421 to Shiloh Columbia VFD. Please share condolences with the family at www.wilmingtoncares.com. The family was served by Wilmington Funeral and Cremation, 1535 S. 41st Street, Wilmington.

Henry Vanston “Van” Reid WILMINGTON -- Henry Vanston “Van” Reid, 98, of Wilmington, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at home.

Van was born July 13, 1917 in Chatham, N.Y., son of the late Frank Vanston Reid and Florence Lundin Reid, and one of four siblings (John, Theodore “Teddy”, and Eric) all of whom preceded him in death. His late and beloved wife of sixty two years, Dorothy Robertson Reid passed away in 2002.

Van spent his childhood in Kenmore, N.Y., attended Cornell University, majoring in Agricultural Economics. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in January 1941 and proudly served his country in the Philippines, Pacific Theatre, during World War II. He returned with his family to what became his true home and served for 16 years under the North Carolina’s Adjutant General rebuilding and training National Guard units in eastern North Carolina. During this period he attended and graduated from the Army’s Command and General Staff College. He retired with the rank of Lt. Colonel after 30 years of service.

In 1963, beginning a new career as chief executive officer of the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, he had the opportunity to become most active and involved in the growth of his home town. Finally, after a most satisfactory 16 years, he retired. He and

his late wife, Dorothy immediately departed for West Africa under the auspices of the International Executive Service Corps, devoting his time and experience helping develop infrastructure programs in ravaged Liberia.

Throughout his life in Wilmington he has always been an active and supportive member of many organizations for the area’s good. His commitment to the community include: president of the Historic Wilmington Foundation, president of the Wilmington-New Hanover Port Waterway and Beach Commission, commodore of the Carolina Yacht Club, and president of the Friends for Masonboro Island, among others.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia P. Casaw and her daughters, Lynn Marie Pearson (Robert Hestikind) and Kimberly Ann Pearson (Andy Schlesinger) and a very special granddaughter, Laura S. Zygmunt (Brian) and great-grandchildren. Also his daughter, Mona Small and her children, Keith Smalley (Pamela), Laura S. Zygmunt (Brian) and their two children, Andrew and Anna, and Elizabeth Smalley.

A Memorial Service was held at 11 am, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, at St. Mary’s Church, Episcopal-Lutheran Community, 506 McNeil Street, Burgaw, with Rev. Ron Abrams officiating.

Donations may be made in his memory to the H. Van Reid Endowed Scholarship, Cape Fear Community College Foundation, 411 N. Front St, Wilmington, NC 28401 or the charity of your choice.

Condolences to the family at www.andrewsmortuary.com.

The family was served by Andrews Market Street Chapel.

Thelma Brinkley Flynn WILMINGTON -- Thelma Brinkley Flynn, 99, of Wilmington passed gently from her earthly life in Wednesday, Jan/ 20, 2016 at her home.

She was born April 26, 1916 in Ahoskie, the daughter of the late William D. and Elfreda Wilkins Brinkley. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 60 years, Richard “Dick” O. Flynn; son, James “Jimmy” W. Flynn; and daughter, Freda Flynn.

Thelma is survived by her son, Douglas R. Flynn (Pat); daughters, Gloria F. Hood (Ray)

Atkinson public meeting Feb. 4 Messer The town of Atkinson will hold a public meeting after the regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday Feb 4 at 7 p.m.

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pay for town commissioners from $20 to $50, and amending the 2015-16 budget to reflect the change. The public is invited to attend.

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and Patricia F. Allen; grandchildren, Mitchell Allen, Donna Williams (Jeff), Jennifer Nolan (Aaron), Angela Allen and Kevin Flynn; five great grandchildren; and many extended family and friends.

She was a member of Pine Valley United Methodist Church where everyone made Thelma feel loved and special as she almost reached 100 years.

Thelma was a kind, gentle, soft spoken lady who loved her family dearly. Being a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Thelma blessed the lives of many with her words of encouragement and her strong Christian faith. Her sweet, sweet spirit was loved and will be missed.

The family received friends at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 at Pine Valley United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 3788 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington with service beginning at 12 noon in the church sanctuary.

The Rev. Tim Reaves conducted the service. Burial followed in Atkinson Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be given to Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation, 1414 Physicians Dr., Wilmington, NC 28401.

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

by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home of Wilmington.

Betty Lou Kennedy Brock WILMINGTON -- Betty Lou Kennedy Brock, 79, of Wilmington, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, at home.

Betty was born Feb. 5, 1936 in Wilmington, NC, daughter of the late Philip Truelove Kennedy and Mary Elizabeth Smith Kennedy. Her husband, Bobby G. Brock, a son, Tony Tedder, and four sisters, preceded her in death.

She is survived by four children, daughters, Cindy Tedder, Yvonne Tedder Comer (Edward), and Patricia Tedder, and son, James Tedder (Rosie); numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; halfbrother, Melvin Williams; and her special caregiver, Brenda Woodruff.

The family received friends from 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at Andrews Market Street Chapel.

A funeral service was held at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, at Andrews Market Street Chapel with Major Richard Watts officiating. Interment will follow in Riverview Memorial Park, Wallace.

Condolences to the family at www.andrewsmortuary.com.

The famly was served by Andrews Market Street Chapel.

Virgtinia McNair Cutchins ROCKY POINT -- Virginia McNair Cutchins age 69 of Rocky Point passed away Tuesday Jan. 19, 2016 at home.She Spirituality, ghosts and the paranormal are pretty integral, with intricate designs, in other cultures.”

Jessica added, “I’ve looked at a lot of (film) programs in LA (Los Angeles). I’d like to pursue paranormal but just not sure right now.” Next: Pursuing Paranormal.

was born May 11, 1946 in Richmond VA daughter of the late John and Marguerite Powell McNair.

She is survived by a son Robert Cutchins Jr. and wife Marie of Asheville; a daughter Leigh Coldberg and husband Jeffrey of Pa.; five grandchildren, Jeffrey, Ryan, Jared, Abby and Shayna; and special friend Kathleen Lawson of Rocky Point.

Virginia enjoyed knitting, and motorcycle riding.

A celebration of Virginia’s life will be scheduled soon.

Shared memories and condolences can be sent to the family at www.harrellsfh. com.

The family was served by Harrell’s Funeral Home and Cremation Service.

Barbara “Bobbie Jo” Webb Ruddell BURGAW -- Barbara “Bobbie Jo” Webb Ruddell, 82, of Burgaw passed peacefully into the arms of our Savior on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016.

Bobbie Jo was a devoted wife, mother, g randmother, sister, aunt and friend.

She was born Feb. 1, 1933 in Wilmington, the daughter of the late Crawford and Myrtle Webb. Also remembered are her sons, Charlie and Wayne Ruddell; and granddaughter, Sarah Faye Ruddell, all who preceded Bobbie Jo in death.

Bobbie Jo is survived by her beloved husband of 64 years, Johnnie O. Ruddell; d a u g h t e r s, Te r r y Jo i n e r (Jim) of Richlands and Pam Barbee (Randy) of Eastover; daughters-in law, Debbie Ruddell and Donna Ruddell; and brother, Richard “Dick” Webb (Diana) of Cicero, NY. Bobbie Jo’s heart belonged to a host of grandchildren, Marybeth Krynicki (Ray), Becky Joiner, Heather Ruddell, Jeff Ruddell, Greg Joiner (BJ), Lisa Benincasa (Will), Angie Benincasa, Mindy Benincasa, and Alexis Hughes (Ben); 13 great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren. Bobbie Jo’s love extended to many special nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Bobbie Jo will be remembered for her delicious cooking, undeniable presence, sparkling personality, and her glorious smile.

She was a faithful member of Rocky Point United Methodist Church where a memorial service was held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 with a time of Celebration and Fellowship following in the church fellowship hall. Rev. Mark Murphy conducted the service.

Memorial gifts may be given to Rocky Point UMC, PO Box 6, Rocky Point, NC 28457.

Condolences may be sent to www.quinnmcgowen.com.

The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home of Burgaw.

Claire Mae Futch Ramsey ROCKY POINT -- Claire Mae Futch Ramsey, 72, of Rocky Point passed gently from her earthly life on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 at her home surrounded with love by family.

She was born Dec. 6, 1943 in Wilmington, the daughter of the late Archie Clarence and Cora Lee Morgan Futch.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Betty Goldston and brothers, Porter Futch and William Allan Futch.

Claire is survived by her husband of 53 years, Louis A. Ramsey; daughter, Jane Davis (Greg); son, Archie Ramsey (Wanda); grandchildren, Brittany DeVane, Ashley Davis, Justin Ramsey and Jason Ramsey; great grandchildren, Ayden DeVane and Claire DeVane sisters, Jeanette McLean and Wanda Futch (Leigh); brother, C. D. Futch; and many nieces, nephews and extended family.

The family received friends at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016 at Quinn-McGowen Bradley Creek Chapel, 315 Willow Woods Dr. in Wilmington with service beginning at noon. The Rev. Jeff Sutton conducted the service. Burial followed in Greenlawn Memorial Park.

The family suggests that you consider in loving memory of Claire a memorial gift to Lower Cape Fear hospice Foundation, 1414 Physicians Dr., Wilmington, NC 28401.

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Pirates beat South Brunswick, earn first conference victory

By Lee Wagner Contributing Sports Writer For much of the a season that included 11 losses in 15 games, Topsail High School men’s basketball Coach Jamie Rochelle has lauded the efforts of his players and preached patience for the group learning a new way of doing things under a firstyear coach while working on changing an attitude that seemed to accept losing.

Last Friday, on a cold, rainy January evening in Hampstead, the effort and the patience came together in a solid effort against a Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference foe that had NCHSAA playoff ramifications. The Pirates still have a tough road ahead in the highlycompetitive conference, but on this night there was definitely a forward step taken.

Junior Alec Baker scored 24 points, grabbed five rebounds and had three steals, and seven other Pirates hit the scoring column as Top-

sail held off South Brunswick 51-46 on Friday for their first conference victory.

The Pirates (5-11, 1-5) trailed just twice – at 17-16 and 19-18 – midway through the second quarter, and they allowed the Cougars (9-8, 0-6) to tie the game just once thereafter (31-31 with 5:39 remaining in the third quarter) in a game that was close throughout.

It seemed that every time the visitors made a run of any kind, the Pirates maintained their composure and held them off. The lead was just one point four times in the final quarter alone – the last at 47-46 with 2:15 left in regulation – but a pair of Baker free throws put the home team up three (49-46)

and South Brunswick could not score again. Free throws by junior Kodiak Nestor Dowling (6 points) and Baker accounted for the final tally.

“We had a good week of practice,” Rochelle said. “We had three days where I took it easy on them but yesterday we went at it pretty hard. I’ve been really challenging them in practice to play hard, practice hard. We’ve been playing hard but we’d fall into a hole in games and struggle to catch up.

“Tonight they took the challenge of yesterday’s practice and put it to work.

They (Cougars) made a charge but the kids didn’t panic, they kept their heads up and they stayed in the game. There has not been a game where they’ve given up.

Tonight we fought back and did the things we needed to do to win the game. They listen, they’re smart kids, and they work hard. The effort has been there the last few games and it put us in a good position in the 3A battle. We

definitely needed a win and hopefully it can help us going forward.”

The game stayed close throughout most of the game. Behind 12 points from Baker and three from senior Michael Dillion, the Pirates led 15-12 after the opening quarter. At one point it was Baker 10, Cougars 8.

South Brunswick took a 17-16 lead with 5:45 left in the first half on a bucket by sophomore Kareem Randolph (9 points), and a 19-18 led on another Randolph basket with 5:03 in the half, but the Pirates regained the lead at 21-19 on a Dillion threepointer, and led 29-27 entering the intermission.

It was 40-37 heading into the game’s final eight minutes. There was a lot of upand-down in the final period but few points with Topsail scoring 11 and the Cougars managing just nine. Baker had eight of the 11 fourthquarter points, including a

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Trask rolls over WRH Titans beat Bulldogs by 12 points

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The athleticism of the Heide Trask Titan men’s basketball team cannot be denied. On most nights their opponents are not as fast or skilled and it shows on the scoreboard. However, over the last two weeks the team has played what can be considered the toughest part of their schedule. The team has come out unscathed. On Friday night the Titans hosted a Wallace-Rose Hill team that was filled with members of their state championship football squad. The Bulldogs found the going tough as the Titans jumped out to an early lead and trailed only once at 3-2 in taking an 80-68 win.

It was obvious from the beginning that the Duplin County crews plan was to press and trap the Titans in hopes of getting some easy baskets.

However, this year’s crop of Titans never seems to get rattled and handled the pressure well. “Once you break their press you get some easy looks on the back end of it, “said Trask head Coach Rodney Orr. “We did a good job of that tonight.”

The Bulldogs held a 3-2 lead in the early stages of the game. A Kobe Owsley putback gave the home team a 4-3 lead and the Titans began to find their rhythm.

The Bulldog press did not work out well for Coach Steve

Robinson as the Titans broke it with ease. That resulted in several easy baskets inside. A 6-0 run midway through the first period gave the Trask crew a 14-6 lead. Five points in a row by super sophomore Tiyuan Ballard fueled a 9-2 Titan run and the lead ballooned to 11 at 25-14. The home team Titans rolled into the second period with a 27-18 advantage.

14 of the Titans first 16 points came from inside the paint.

The Bulldogs came into this game with a 3-1 conference record with hopes of knocking off the Titans and staying near the top of the conference standings. They found some rhythm in the second period and began to trim the Trask lead. A 12-3 Bulldog advantage cut the lead to 3530 before two free throws by Jaquan London slowed the run. The Titans scored the final bucket of the half and went into the break with a 3930 lead.

Senior guard Tynaffitt Davis was held to just one bucket in the first half. While his teammates took up the slack, Coach Orr would need him to get going in the final 16 minutes of play.

Jaquan London took over early in the third frame. The long and slender senior Titan scored seven in a row to stake his team out to a 46-32 lead.

The Titan lead was 13 at 54-41 midway through the stanza

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Top Performers

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The threat of winter weather accompanied by exam week in Pender County slowed the high school action down to a crawl. However, there was some hoops action along with a little ‘rasslin’.

The Trask grapplers participated in the Cougar Den duels at South Brunswick on Friday night.

Several Trask wrestlers went undefeated while two had just one loss. Bradley Johnson, Jesus Dominguez and Joseph Chung were 4-0 in the abbreviated duel matches. Pender’s Alpha Barrow also had a good night.

The Trask girls’ basketball

team fell to Wallace-Rose Hill despite 13 points from Markayla Ballard.

The Topsail ladies won their Mid-Eastern Conference matchup with South Brunswick. Junior Dominique Bryant scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while senior Brandy Williams added 10 points and five steals.

The Topsail boys earned their first win in MidEastern Conference play last week. In the win over South Brunswick, Junior Alec Baker scored 24 points, grabbed five rebounds and had three steals.

The Trask Titan men’s basketball team continued

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In My Opinion

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

With the Trask men’s basketball team enjoying unprecedented success this year, people are starting to ask questions. They wonder what Head Coach Rodney Orr is doing differently.

One of the things that Coach Orr has done since he has been at Trask is to take advantage of the off season leagues and tournaments.

The Trask basketball team was busy this summer. They played around 35 games against all types of competition. The team learned how to play together as a team and for those young men that had not played under Orr, they learned what to expect from him and he learned their strengths and weaknesses.

That time together was invaluable to both coach and team.

Team chemistry is one of those intangibles that cannot be measured in numbers. There is not a statistic that directly measures chemistry among the players on a team. However, a closer look at a success-

ful team will show many things that in fact will show in the scorebook as well as the stat sheet.

In basketball, a team’s defensive ability is a direct result of team chemistry.

Show me a team that forces turnovers and I will show you a team that plays good team defense. The Titans seem to know where each other is going to be on both ends of the floor.

Former softball coach Ron Watson was a big proponent of developing team chemistry. His teams always participated in offseason leagues. In some cases he ran the league himself. I was a part of the Rotten Apples program that played for many years. This team was a feeder program for Trask. In fact there were several years where there were players from as far away as Whiteville. The current Whiteville coach played a couple of years on the Rotten Apples.

Pender volleyball coach Matt Davis fields a team every year during the summer as does Topsail coach Hill Pearsall. In fact Coach Pearsall coaches the middle school. I believe that this helps his teams’ chemistry.

So the question was what has the Trask team done to become a program on the rise under Coach Orr? There are a lot of things that Orr has instituted. One of those things is a strong off-season program that includes playing through the summer. It makes a difference.

Strong third quarter lifts Lady Pirates over South Burnswick

By Lee Wagner Contributing Sports Writer

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Titan Tynaffit Davis drives the basket

Trask’s Flora signs with St. Andrews

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Senior baseball player Jordan Flora has made the most of his time at Heide Trask. He has played varsity baseball for the tenure of his time at the Rocky Point school. All of his hard work has paid dividends as he recently signed to play baseball at St. Andrews.

Flora anchored the Titans pitching staff last year. Although his record was only 3-6, he did not allow an earned run in four of his starts.

Flora split time at first and third base and also played behind the plate for the 2015 version of the Titans.

The Knights plan to use Flora on the mound as well as at first base.

“I will split time in both places from what they have told me,” said Flora.

St. Andrews is located in Laurinburg and plays in the Appalachian Athletic Conference. The Knights finished last season at 26-27 overall and 14-13 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference. Among

the players on the roster is former Trask standout Tyler Radcliff.

Flora hopes to major in Sports Management and become an athletic director down the road.

“I would love to come back to Trask and become the athletic director someday.”

Jordan is the son of Kelly and Chad Flora.

Trask hurler Jordan Flora

There is something to be said for maintaining a consistent routine.

Last Friday, the students at Topsail High School had a day off as a teacher’s work day took precedence, leaving the students – including the girls on the Lady Pirates’ basketball team – to find their own way in preparation for that evening’s key Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference game against 3A rival South Brunswick.

Meanwhile, the South Brunswick students stayed in their usual routine, attending school spending a minimum, of time between school and the trip to Hampstead hanging out with teammates or working on homework – a normal game-day routine.

For the first 16 minutes of the game it appeared the normal routine would prevail as the winless (0-14, 0-6) Lady Cougars controlled the play on their way to taking a one-point (17-16) lead into the halftime break over the more talented home team.

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

The Lady Patriots will face Hoggard, New Hanover, and Ashley this week.

Then halftime happened

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Topsail Sports Roundup

By Lee Wagner Contributing Sports Writer Due to the Martin Luther King holiday and mid-term exams the Topsail High School sports’ teams were limited this past week but the swim team did manage to get a late-week Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference meet against Hoggard, Ashley, and Laney.

Freshman Delaney Popella won the 50-yard freestyle (26.61) and finished third in the 100 freestyle (58.72), and sophomore Drew Marshall won the 100 freestyle (57.82) and was second in 100 backstroke (1:05.64) to lead the Topsail girls to 85 points and

a second-place finish behind Hoggard (90). Ashley was third (58) and Laney was fourth (57).

Popella and Marshall were active in the relay events, also. Both swam legs – along with junior Kelsey Eaves and junior Ally Pagan – to finish third in the 200 medley relay (2:07.21). Popella was also the anchor leg – joining forces with Pagans, junior Danielle Swiss, and freshman Liza Martin – to finish second (1:54.46) in the 200 freestyle relay.

Marshall, Swiss, senior Scout Pennington (2nd in 200 freestyle-2:21.42, 3rd in 500

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On the Mat

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

The Trask Titan grapplers were at South Brunswick for the Cougar Duels.

Due to the inclimate weather the event was cut a day short. It was supposed to be nine matches over two days. The Titans ended up wrestling four matches on Friday night.

Although the squad went 1-3 on the night with their only win coming over Pender, Coach Chris Johnson saw some positive things. “We wrestled as well as we could Friday night. We just got a kid back from injury and lost two more to injury and that made a big difference in those matches we lost, but it is what it is and injuries are a part of it. Everyone else just has to step up and give a little more.�

Jesus Dominguez 4-0 (126), Bradley Johnson 4-0 (138), Matthew Cather 3-1 (170), Nathan Brown 3-1(182) note: Na-

than has been out injured since before Christmas and did a great job in his return, Joseph Chung 4-0 (195) Kyle Hancock 2-2 (220) and Dakota Fredendall 3-1 (285) all had good evenings.

The Pirates’ struggles continued as they forfeited at three weights (two were double forfeits) in a 54-18 conference loss to South Brunswick, 170-pounder Tyler Dempsey was the only Pirate winner on the mat with a win by pin over Cougar Daniel Owens.

Nathan Bray (106) and Ethan Rivenbark (113) were awarded wins by foirfeit.

The Pirates were at the South Brunswick Tournament last Saturday (results in next week’s paper). They were at undefeated Laney yesterday (Wednesday) and will participate in the conference championships on Saturday (Jan. 30) at Ashley.

The Pender Patriot grapplers were winless at South Brunswick in team competition. They fell to Trask 48-24. Alpha

Pender reschedules games with Clinton

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Barrow (106), and Andrew Ocampo (113) earned wins while Andrew Velasquez and Eli Blanton earned wins by forfeit.

Next week will be the final week of regular season matches before the playoffs start Feb. 2. The Topsail grapplers will participate in the conference championships Saturday at Ashley High School.

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Lady Titans fall to Wallace-Rose Hill

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask lady Titan basketball team seems to be improving as the season progresses. However, it seems as if the other teams in the conference have done the same thing. On Friday night the lady Titans hosted the Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs in

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Junior Dominique Bryant scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and senior Brandy Williams added 10 points and five steals as Topsail outscored South Brunswick 20-2 in the third period on its way to a 48-34 win over the Lady Cougars. “They took the day off in all definitions of the word

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Wallace scored the final seven points of the third period and cut the Titan lead to six at 54-48. It seemed that the visiting team had found their groove going into the fourth frame.

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Flora set for big senior year at Trask High

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan baseball team went through some tough times last year.

With the field under water the team had to play most of their home games away from the school. Through it all senior Jordan Flora played hard and took the ball at every opportunity.

Flora gained the respect of the conference with his hardnosed approach to the game.

Although his record was not what he wanted, he started four games in which he did not give up an earned run. He also played first and third base in addition to playing behind the plate on occasion.

This season the Titans should be able to play at home.

Flora hopes to be among the leaders in the Four County conference in every category.

However, his biggest aspiration is to lead the Titans in the dugout. “I want the team to pick each other up when things are not going good.�

The Pender Patriot men’s basketball team’s season has been one of wins and losses and disappointments and rewards. Over the last three weeks the team has begun to find its rhythm with two conference wins under their belt.

Last week the Patriots were scheduled to host the Four County Conference powerhouse Clinton Dark Horses. With the threat of wintery weather in the forecast the Dark Horses were unable to make the trip. That left the Patriots without a game since their loss to Trask on January 12 .

The Patriots game scheduled at Wallace Jan. 15 was postponed due to problems with the lighting in the gym.

Patriot coach Gary Battle has used the time off to practice and prepare his team for what will be an important run for the Patriots. “We have three games this week and we need all three of

those games. We’re going to take them one game at a time.

I think we’ll be fine. With the extra practice time we have had I think we are jelling.�

The Patriot men are 4-8 overall and 2-4 in Four County Conference play.

They have won two of their last three including a big win over a 15-2 West Bladen team.

Their only loss in that three game stretch was to Trask.

The Pats were at Midway on Tuesday before hosting Clinton on Wednesday.

The Lady Patriots are coming off of their first win of the season, an 18-point win over Trask. The lady Patriots have shown progress in recent weeks and were on the cusp of putting together a winning streak before dropping a triple overtime loss to West Bladen. That loss led to a disappointing loss to a Union team that the Pats should have beaten.

This week the Patriots will follow the men’s team in playing at Midway before hosting Clinton on Wednesday.

hopes of obtaining their first win of the season along with their first conference victory.

The Lady Titans played the Bulldogs tough before faltering in the second half. The Lady Titans fell 47-29.

The Bulldogs are much improved under the direction of Coach William Jeffers while the Lady Titans have struggled out of the gate.

The Titans took it to the Lady Bulldogs early. Angel Boykin hit the boards while Markayla Ballard scored the basketball. The result was a 15-12 lead after one quarter of play.

Wallace came back in the second period as the titans lack of depth began to show.

Wallace took a small lead into the break.

The Lady Bulldogs began to make their move in the third frame and took a sizable lead into the fourth period.

The Trask ladies were slow getting to the ball as the Bulldog depth began to pay dividends.

Wallace began to pull away in the fourth frame. Trask

points but were a distant second to Hoggard (131 points).

Ashley had 55 points and Laney finished with 45.

There were no first or second place finishes for the Topsail boys but sophomore Kevin Zhang was third (2:12.71) in the 200 freestyle, and senior Brandon Croom was third

(2:17.71) in the 200 individual medley and fifth (1:04.24) in the 100 butterfly.

Croom, junior Gavin Finley, senior Masson Sessions, and senior Payton Rice were third (1:42.18) in the 200 freestyle relay, and Rice, Zhang, Sessions, and junior Sam Miller combined to finish

third (4:06.79) in the 400 freestyle relay.

The Pirate teams competED IN THE -ID %ASTERN ! !

Conference championships yesterday (Wednesday) at the UNC-Wilmington Natatorium. The NCHSAA 3A regional swim meet is Friday and Saturday, Feb. 5 and 6.

there,� Topsail Coach Andrew Ellington said. “It was about as ugly a first half as I’ve seen.

I told them at halftime they look like a J. V. team right now, they weren’t doing anything right. I couldn’t find one positive thing we did in that first half. “I actually didn’t yell at halftime. I told them they had to make a choice right now, we can go out here and settle for this mediocre effort we’re putting out, or you can go out and play Topsail basketball, and we came out and decided to play Topsail basketball

holding them to two points in the in the third quarter. We flipped it on and figured it out, finally.�

Topsail shot 4-for-16 (25 percent) in the first period with Bryant hitting a pair of twopointers and a trey to account for seven of the Lady Pirates nine points (Williams had the other two) as they trailed 13-9.

Seven second-quarter points led to 16 at the break against 11 turnovers. But the Topsail defense limited the Lady Cougars to four points – all from junior Denecia Thomas-Price, who finished with a team-high

16 points. South had 13 turnovers at the intermission.

A 14-0 run – with Bryant getting seven and Williams scoring four – stretched the lead to 30-17 to open the second half and led to a 36-19 advantage heading into the final eight minutes of the game.

It helped that Thomas-Price picked up her third and fourth fouls early in the third quarter, limiting the Lady Cougars offense. Thomas-Price had 11 at halftime and five in the fourth quarter. “It took us a little bit to warm up, we’ve been laying

around all day, and it took us a while to get into our groove,�

Bryant said. “I think maybe their record affected us a little bit, we came out figuring we had this. But Coach continuously tells us anybody can beat anybody on the floor, it just comes down to who plays the hardest.�

The Lady Cougars tried to get back into the game in the fourth period, outscoring Topsail (11-5, 2-4) 15-12. Junior Abi Spivey heated up in ThomasPrice’s absence with 10 of her 14 points but the closest the visitors could get was 14.

Topsail girls were 6-for-7 from the free-throwline down the stretch. “I thought we did a few things outside of the offense, kids creating their own plays, writing their own playbooks, and that’s always a slippery slope. I’ll take any win, for sure, but we have to do a lot better heading into next week.�

The week started last Monday with a road trip to Hoggard and continued Wednesday with a home game against New Hanover. The Lady Pirates travel Ashley Friday.

However, Coach Orr knew his team had weathered bigger storms in the past. “It seems like when things go bad we just play through it.

This team keeps their composure and just keeps playing.

I have confidence in them in those types of situations.�

Wallace cut the lead to three points early in the fourth frame and eventually cut the deficit to a single bas-

ket at 60-58 with 5:37 to play.

Davis had an answer for the Bulldogs.

A trey by Davis was followed by two free throws and the senior had come alive.

Four points in a row by fellow senior Jaquan London and the Titan lead was again in double digits with four minutes to play.

Wallace continued to press the Titans to no avail as the

first place Titans beat that press with ease. Back to back layups by the senior tandem of London and Davis sealed the deal with the Titans finishing the first half of their conference season unscathed and on top.

London led the Titans with 18 points while Tiyuan Ballard added 15 on the night including 12 in the first half. Davis added 11 points in the game

while Kobe Owsley chipped in 10. Senior post player Johnathan Jordan had seven points and 15 rebounds.

With the win the Titans record stands at 15-1 overall and 7-0 in conference play. Although the Titans have a two game lead over second place West Bladen, Coach Orr is taking nothing for granted. “We’ve had some tough games. If they get any tough-

er I don’t know what we’ll do. I tell you what, we’ll just worry about the next game. We want to go 1-0 in the next game and go from there.�

The Titans played three games this week. They hosted Wilmington Christian Academy on Monday before traveling to Union on Tuesday. They finish up the week at home verse the 15-2 West Bladen Knights.

Senior Johnny Tartaglione finished with seven points, Nestor-Dowling had six, and freshman D. J. Montano had five points and four assists. No Cougar hit double digits. “It all started this past

week in practice, we worked harder and we played more physical, and I think that led us into the game,� Baker said. “I think the week off (Topsail last played a game the previous Friday) gave us more energy heading into

this game. “Some of us didn’t stay home all day with the day off (teacher work day), we came to the gym and shot around, got loose, went home and rested a little, and came back ready to go. This game should

help with our confidence. We have a tough week (three tough 4A teams) coming up but I think we can hang with those teams. If we play like we did today we have a good shot nest week.�

The Pirates were on the

road at Hoggard last Monday, home against powerful New Hanover yesterday (Wednesday), and they are back in Wilmington (Friday) for a game against the Screaming Eagles at Ashley.

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Marshall comes on strong for Topsail Pirates

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Topsail High school swim team has found success in recent years. The team has had both successful male and female swimmers that have won conference titles and accolades state wide.

This year one of the Pirates top swimmers is Drew Marshall. She was a member of the state team last season, competing in the 200 free and the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, and the 400 free relays. The 200 medley and 200 free relays set new team records at the state competition.

This season Drew has already achieved automatic qualifying times for regionals in four events.

In the last meet, Drew won both of her individual events – the 100 free and 100 backstroke in leading her Pirates to victory.

Drew Marshall is coming on strong for the Topsail swim team.

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Athlete Spotlight

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Performers

Continued from page 8A to roll with an impressive win over a very good Wallace – Rose Hill team. Jaquan London led the Titans with 18 points while Tiyuan Ballard added 15 on the night including 12 in the first half. Tynaffitt Davis added 11 points in the game while

Guertin comes into his own at Pender High

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When Cameron Guertin took the mound over at Pender or made his way to the plate there was no doubt that the Patriots had high hopes with their main man at the plate or on the rubber.

Cameron finished his career at Pender and is on his way to college. However, that does not mean that the Patriot roster is void of a Guertin.

Next up to bat for the Pats is junior Bryce Guertin.

One of the most difficult things to do is to follow an older sibling on a roster. Especially one that is so successful.

The younger Guertin has worked hard in the weight room and has also worked with the team on some very important fund raisers. He is stepping up and quietly becoming a leader.

Bryce Guertin may be following in his brothers footsteps, but he is his own man on the Patriot baseball team.

Kobe Owsley chipped in 10.

Senior post player Johnathan Jordan had seven points and 15 rebounds.

This week’s top performer of the week is Topsail Pirate guard Alec Baker.

The Pirate boys’ hoops team has struggled in MidEastern Conference play.

Baker led the Pirates to their first conference win of the year with his 24 point performance.

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist I have renounced my ways.

I believe I will become a vegan and member of PETA. Yes, you have read that correctly. Bill Howard, the hunter/gatherer and sometimes hunter/didn’t gather anything’er is going the opposite direction.

Why you ask? Well I am glad you asked actually. That is of course if you actually read the opening to this outdoors column and thought to yourself, “why is Bill doing that?”.

Yes, you may not have asked, and yet I am carrying you down this road anyway, but that is perhaps the advantage of being a writer. I get to lead you where I wish.

There is an old joke, and it varies at times as far as who the actual people are that are involved in it, but I am going to tell you one of the variations I like. You see, three people walked into a bar. They were a vegan, a politician, and a photographer. We all know, because they told everyone in the bar. Twice.

Yes, typically if you meet one of the three, or several other people types, they generally let you know as soon

Robotics

Continued from page 6A fenses, including rough terrain and a gate. Once the opponent’s defenses are weakened, the robots must scale the tower for additional points.

Pender County Schools received $6,000 in grants to cover the entry fee for the competition and basic parts to build the robot, but more funds are needed to purchase additional materials and cover competition travel expenses.

Tax-deductible donations can be made by visiting www. ncfirstrobotics.org/donate/ and selecting “team sponsorship” in the fund designation field and entering 6214 in the “if team, which team” box.

The team will compete in its first competition March 11-13 at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School.

as you meet them. They are proud of it. And now I have told you that I am becoming a vegan and member of PETA. I am proud of it.

It was hard for me to make this choice. One problem is I am not a big vegetable eater.

Once, at a corporate meeting in a past career, I had a boss sitting down the table from me when we all received our meal for the day. He asked what I was eating, knowing I do not eat vegetables. I told him I had chicken and two pieces of corn on the cob.

“Two?” he asked, one eyebrow raised as if he were a classic cartoon of Batman.

“Yes. I didn’t really want fries today.” “ D o yo u e at a ny t h i n g green?” he asked.

“Yes, of course. Some M&Ms are green.” Needless to say, that became the running joke whenever we had our meetings, including a candy dish of M&Ms at one of the meetings.

So what is one to do who does not like vegetables yet has vowed to become a vegan?

That’s an easy answer. You

can learn a lot in elementary school. For instance, I learned that sticks and stones can break my bones. However, words on the other hand, will never hurt me physically. I also learned that rain, yes rain, will go away, but it usually does come on another day.

But the one I am referring to in this column is this lesson; I am what I eat. You are what you eat too. And since I like eating such things as cows and deer, I can extrapolate and determine that since cows and deer eat vegetation, that they are in fact, vegetation also.

Hence, when I have a big ole sirloin, I am eating what could be loosely determined as a protein filled salad.

As far as becoming a card car rying, shout-from-thehighest-mountain member of PETA, well, this is simple as well. Why would I be against treating animals ethically? I love animals. I have four dogs, two cats and a frog. Well, the family has all that. I am just living under the same roof. I have my dog, and my dog has three doggie roommates, and

two kitty roommates, and a frog that kind of just waits for his weekly feeding of 25 unsuspecting crickets. But I love them all.

I also love the deer, the ducks, the geese and even the fish I spend countless hours pursuing. Although those big balls of feathers called turkey never play nice with me during April and May, I love them too.

Would it be ethical for me to allow an overpopulation of deer, which would destroy and devour cover vegetation that protects quail and other wild fowl and beasts? No. That is how wildlife and resource conservation came about.

There is a balance the world needs, and nature sometimes cannot completely control that balance.

There are those that argue nature can balance things out, but if that were the case, we would never have had extinctions before humans.

Dinosaurs could be found in places other than museums and the big screen.

Yes, I believe in treating animals ethically. However, I

may have to reconsider becoming a member of PETA. PETA stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. If I consider cows and deer veg-

TOWN OF BURGAW PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED The Town of Burgaw Board of Commissioners will hold the following public hearings on Tuesday, February 09, 2016 at 5:30PM (or thereabout) in the meeting room of the Burgaw Municipal Building located at 109 N Walker Street in Burgaw, NC. Public Hearing 1. Consideration of a Capital Project Ordinance related to the Town of Burgaw Water System Rehabilitation Project Public Hearing 2. Consideration of a conditional use permit application for a “Restaurant, Full Service” use to be located at 200 Hwy 117 South, filed by applicant Myra Hudson Public Hearing 3. Consideration of a conditional use permit application for an expansion to the “School; Elementary, Junior High, and High School” use for Burgaw Middle School, located at 500 S. Wright St., filed by applicant Phil Norris January 28, February 4, 2016

PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016 – 4:00 p.m.

PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC ASSEMBLY ROOM, 805 S. WALKER ST., BURGAW, NC I. II. III. IV.

Town of Surf City Government News January 28, 2016

CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ADOPTION OF AGENDA

MEETING TIMES

PUBLIC INFORMATION 1.

Update on Henderson Field Airport.

PUBLIC COMMENT CONSENT AGENDA 2.

Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting: January 19.

3.

Resolution Accepting Petition to add Williams Road in Maple Hill, to the State Maintained System, and Authorizing the Clerk to Submit the Petition to N.C. Department of Transportation.

4.

Resolution Accepting Petition to add Resin Way in the Landing Subdivision, Hampstead, to the State Maintained System, and Authorizing the Clerk to Submit the Petition to N.C. Department of Transportation.

5.

Approval of Tax Releases and Refunds for January 2016.

6.

Approval of a Purchase Order to Andrennia Harris for Contract Outreach Work for the Migrant Farm workers’ Grant Program in the amount of $17,252.

7.

Approval of a Budget Amendment to Approve an Increase in Health Department Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2015-2016: Health Promotion $4,160.

8.

Approval of a Budget Amendment to Approve Increase in Department of Social Services Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2015-2016: Crisis Intervention: $1,785.

9.

Approval of a Budget Amendment to Approve Increase in Department of Social Services Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2015-2016: Low Income Energy Assistance: $4,879. ***END OF CONSENT AGENDA*** APPROVALS AND RESOLUTIONS 10.

Resolution Approving a Bond Order Authorizing the Issuance of General Obligation Refunding Bonds in the Maximum Amount of $15,000,000.

11.

Approval of a Budget Amendment to Approve Increase in Department of Social Services Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2015-2016: Day Care: $84,919.

PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH 12.

Discussion on Community Health Outreach 2015.

13.

Discussion of Health Department Re-Accreditation.

SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD ITEMS FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNTY MANAGER, FINANCE DIRECTOR, & COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: 30 Min. CLOSED SESSION (if applicable).

ADJOURNMENT REMINDER: THE NEXT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE HAMPSTEAD ANNEX ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16.

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: # of Name of Board Vacancies Positions/Categories Advisory Board of Health 3 Veterinarian***, Dentist***, Engineer*** Animal Shelter Advisory Committee 1 Veterinarian Board of Adjustment 2 District 3, District 5 Council on Community Affairs 2 District 1, District 5 Housing Initiative Board 1 Low-Income Representative Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Author.

7 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Library Board 1 District 3 Nursing/Adult Care Homes Adv. Board 2 Public Members Parks & Rec Board 1 District 4 Planning Board 1 At-Large Southeastern Economic Development Commission 1 Citizen Representative Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization 1 Citizen Committee Member District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek 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, Clerk to the Board, PO Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and complete an application.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: February 2, 2016 TIME OF HEARINGS: 7:00 p.m.

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/ Preliminary Plat Revision Radiant Investment Inc., applicant and owner, is requesting the approval of a Master Development Plan and Preliminary Plat Revision for the existing planned development known as Crown Pointe. Specifically, the revision includes the rearrangement and location of four (4) single family residential lots and the addition of ±1.51 acres of open space, while maintaining the previously approved one hundred seventy (170) single family residential lots. The total project area is ±134.46 acres. The project is located to the south of Pelican Reef, northeast of Sloop Point Road (SR 1561), north of Bay Harbor residential subdivision, and east of US HWY 17 in Hampstead. The properties may be further identified by Pender County PINs; 4214-89-1147-0000, 4215-60-32200000, 4215-60-4139-0000, 4214-59-9801-0000, and 4215-50-5693-0000.

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

etables, and I eat them, I may be considered a vegetable now. I guess I will join VETA instead.

Surf City Town Council Planning Board

1st Tuesday of every month 2nd Thursday of every month

Yard Debris Pick Up

February 8th-12th Vegetation must be less than 6" in diameter & no longer than 4' in length Please stack all debris neatly along the Rightof-Way NO Construction Debris or Bulky Items will be picked up at this time! __________________________________________

Free Christmas Tree Disposal

The Town of Surf City is offering free Christmas Tree Disposal on Sea Oaks Drive off of Hwy 50.

Please place all trees in the dumpster.

The dumpster is GREEN and located BEHIND the brick office building 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

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NOTICE OF POLLING PLACE CHANGE Lower Topsail Voting Precinct

On December 1, 2015, the Pender County Board of Elections met at the board office located at 807 S Walker St. Burgaw, NC and adopted the following resolution: WHEREAS, the Pender County Board of Elections Members have determined the current Lower Topsail voting precinct (LT18) located at the Hampstead Community Building 14435 US Highway 17 Hampstead, NC 28443 has become an extreme traffic hazardous to the general public when entering and/or exiting the voting precinct.

WHEREAS, Members of the Pender County Board of Elections have decided it would be a safer alternative to relocate the Lower Topsail voting precinct (LT18) into the Pender County Annex Building located at 15060 US Highway 17 N. Hampstead, NC 28443 where a traffic light is located. BE IT RESOLVED, we the members of the Pender County Board of Elections, by unanimous vote, hereby move the Lower Topsail voting precinct (LT18) to the Pender County Annex Building located at 15060 US Highway 17 N. Hampstead, NC 28443, for all future elections starting with the March 2015 Primaries.

I, Bettie C. Fennell, Chairperson of the Pender County Board of Elections, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct st copy of a resolution adopted by unanimous vote of the Pender County Board of Elections on the 1 day of December, 2015.

Bettie C. Fennell, Chairperson Pender County Board of Elections

Notice of Primary Elections for Pender County, North Carolina

The Democratic, Republican and Libertarian Primary Elections will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2015 to elect the party nominees to be placed on the November 8, 2016 ballot for the following offices: Presidential Preference; Democrat, Republican & Libertarian – US Senate; Democrat & Republican - U.S. House of Representatives Districts 3 & 7; Republican - NC Governor; Democrat & Republican - NC Lieutenant Governor; Democrat NC Attorney General; Democrat & Republican - NC Commissioner of Agriculture; Republican - NC Commissioner of Insurance; Republican – NC Commissioner of Labor; Democrat – NC Secretary of State; Republican - NC Superintendent of Public Instruction; Democrat & Republican - NC Treasurer; Democrat – County Commissioner District 4; Democrat – NonPartisan Elections - Board of Education Districts 3 & 5 – Any State/Federal Bond Issues Polling places will be located at: Canetuck – Canetuck Community Building: 6098 Canetuck Rd., Currie Cape Fear – Cape Fear Elementary School: 1886 NC Hwy 133, Rocky Point Caswell – Atkinson School Cafeteria: 200 N Town Hall Ave., Atkinson Columbia – Shiloh Volunteer Fire Dept.: 19170 US Hwy 421, Willard Grady – Moores Creek Missionary Baptist Church: 60 Minuteman Rd., Currie Long Creek – Long Creek Volunteer Fire Dept.: 227 Scott Rd., Rocky Point Lower Topsail – Pender County Annex Building: 15060 US Hwy 17, Hampstead Lower Union – Watha Town Hall: 425 Watha Rd., Watha Middle Holly – Duplin/Pender Forestry Service Building: 5655 NC Hwy 53 E, Burgaw Middle Topsail – Topsail Elementary School: 17385 US Hwy 17, Hampstead North Burgaw – Burgaw Town Hall: 109 N Walker St., Burgaw Penderlea – Penderlea Volunteer Fire Dept.: 4005 NC Hwy 11, Willard Rocky Point – Rocky Point Volunteer Fire Dept.: 1425 Porter Lane Road, Rocky Point Scotts Hill – Wesleyan Chapel Fellowship Hall: 10255 US Hwy 17, Wilmington Sloop Point - Topsail Senior Center: 20959 US Hwy 17, Hampstead South Burgaw – Cooperative Extension Auditorium: 801 S Walker St., Burgaw Surf City – Surf City Fire Dept.: 200 Wilmington St., Surf City Upper Holly – Maple Hill Volunteer Fire Dept.: 115 N Old Maple Hill Rd., Maple Hill Upper Topsail – North Topsail Elementary School: 1310 Sloop Point Loop Rd., Hampstead Upper Union – Union Rescue Squad Building: 8590 NC Hwy 11, Willard The polls will be open for voting on Election Day from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm. All county residents are eligible to vote in the Primary.

Voters who are already registered need not re-register. Residents in the county who are not registered must register by 5:00 pm on Friday, February 19, 2016 in order to vote in this election. Registration forms may be obtained from the Pender County Board of Elections office at 807 S. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC, any branch of the Pender County Library, Atkinson Town Hall, Burgaw Town Hall, Surf City Town Hall, Topsail Beach Town Hall or the Hampstead Annex Building.

Absentee ballots are allowed. Requests for an absentee ballot must be made using a state approved form and must be received rd in the Pender County Board of Elections office by 5:00 pm on March 8, 2016. The Board of Elections will meet on February 23 , st th March 1 and March 8 at 10:00 am and again on March 14, 2016 at 5:00 pm for the purpose of approving absentee ballot applications. One-stop voting will be held in the Board of Elections office located at 807 S Walker St., Burgaw, the Topsail Senior Center located at 20959 US Hwy 17 Hampstead and the Pender County Annex Building located at 15060 US Hwy 17 Hampstead beginning March 3, 2016 and ending March 12, 2016. Hours of operation: Hampstead; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 am until 6:00 pm. Thursday 9:00 am until 7:00 pm.

Burgaw; Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 8:00 am until 6:00 pm. Thursday and Friday 8:00 am until 8:00 pm. th ALL LOCATIONS will be open Saturday March 5 from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm and again on Saturday March 12, 2016, 8:00 am until 1:00 pm. Canvass will be held at 11:00 am in the Pender County Board of Elections office in Burgaw on March 22, 2016.

Bettie C. Fennell, Chairperson Pender County Board of Elections

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices 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 Annette P. Cox, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Annette P. Cox to present them to the undersigned on or before April 14, 2016 at 407 S. Bennett Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of December 28, 2015.

Kathryn C. Greer 111 Hyacinth Street Castle Hayne, NC 28429 #7156 1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF ELISE DECANIO File 15 E 436 The undersigned, having been qualiďŹ ed as the Administrator of the Estate of Elise DeCanio, deceased, of Pender County, North Carolina, hereby gives notice to all persons, ďŹ rms or corporations having claims against the Estate to present them to the undersigned at 8147 Omaha Circle, Spring Hill, FL 34606, on or before the 15th day of April, 2016, or this Notice shall be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons endebted to said Estate will please make immediate paymentto the undersigned.

This day of Jauary 1, 2016.

April Holloway 8147 Omaha Circle Spring Hill, FL 34606 #7158 1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualiďŹ ed as Executor of the estate of Albert Curtis Strickland, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Albert Curtis Strickland to present them to the undersigned on or before April 21, 2016 at 630 James Road, Wallace, NC 28466 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of January 5, 2016.

Albert Curtis Strickland II 630 James Road Wallace, NC 28466 #7162 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4/2016 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 232 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Meta E. Isaksen and husband, Wayne J. Isaksen (Wayne J. Isaksen, deceased) to Lawyers Title Realty Service, Trustee(s), dated the 16th day of July, 2007, and recorded in Book 3290, Page 233, and ReafďŹ rmation of Deed of Trust in Book 4361, Page 336, 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 February 2, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Topsail, in the County of Pender, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: The below described tract or parcel of land located in Topsail Township, Pender County, North Carolina and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 65, Section 6, revised, Olde Point as the same is shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 24 at Page 63 of the Pender County Registry; reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2004 Cordgrass Road, Hampstead, North Carolina.

Tax ID #: 4203-40-3255-0000 By fee simple deed from Edwin H. Katthews as set forth in Deed Book 2746, Page 238 and recorded on 8/15/2005, Pender County Records.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.â€? 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 holder of the note make any representation or warranty

relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of ďŹ ve percent (5%) of the purchase price, 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.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the ďŹ ling of a bankruptcy petition prior to the conďŹ rmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawďŹ rm.com Case No: 1033036 (FC.FAY) #7134 1/21, 1/28/2016 12 SP 353 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 Pamela S. Leo to Andrew N. Lock and William T. Morrison, Trustee(s), which was dated December 28, 2009 and recorded on December 29, 2009 in Book 3723 at Page 0062, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February 2, 2016 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Lot 58 as depicted on plat entitled “HAMPSTEAD PINES PHASE I� by Michael Underwood & Associates, Surveyors, dated December, 2003 and recorded in Map Book 36 at Page 137, to which reference is made for a complete description, being the property conveyed to Barbara Solomito by deed recorded in Book 2731 at Page 40, Pender County.

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

Said property is commonly known as 103 Bristle Cone Court, Hampstead, NC 28443.

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

This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances

or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Pamela S. Leo. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the ďŹ ling of a bankruptcy petition prior to the conďŹ rmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 12-13697-FC01 #7165 1/21, 1/28/2016 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 46 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mark A. Andrews and wife, Jennifer Andrews to Investors Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), dated the 8th day of April, 2013, and recorded in Book 4237, Page 63, 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 February 2, 2016 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 35, as shown on the map entitled “Marcil VillageSection 3â€? recorded in Map Book 53, at Page 129, Pender County Registry, reference to said map being hereby made for a more particular description.

Together with improvements thereon, said property located at 133 Marcil Lane, Hampstead, North Carolina 28443. APN# : 4235-18-3940-0000 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.â€? 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 holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of ďŹ ve percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred ďŹ fty dollars ($750.00), whichever is The Media of Record for the People of Pender County. greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certiďŹ ed funds at 201-A West Fremont Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.9111 • posteditor@post-voice.com • www.post-voice.com the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the ďŹ ling of a bankruptcy petition prior to the conďŹ rmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawďŹ rm.com Case No: 1152566 (FC.FAY) #7168 1/21, 1/28/2016 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG 15-SP-3291 IN RE: DERRICK SCOTT EVANS TO: THE UNKNOWN FATHER OF DERRICK SCOTT EVANS, A MALE CHILD BORN ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2015, IN CLINTON, SAMPSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TO FARRISH JENNETTE EVANS. TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been ďŹ led in the above entitled proceeding.

The nature of the relief being sought is adoption.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than forty (40) days from the ďŹ rst date of publication (January 21, 2016) and serve it upon the Clerk of Court of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and upon counsel (below). Upon your failure to do so, the parties seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought, which will terminate any parental rights you may have.

This the 15th day of January, 2016.

W. David Thurman Thurman, Wilson, Boutwell & Galvin, P.A. N.C. Bar No. 11117 301 S. McDowell Street, Suite 608 Charlotte, North Carolina 28204 (704) 377-4164 #7169 1/21, 1/28, 2/4/2016 NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE TO CREDITORS GASTON COUNTY The undersigned, having qualiďŹ ed as Administratrix of the Estate of James Arthur Bradley late of Hampstead, Pender County, North Carolina hereby notiďŹ es all persons, ďŹ rms, and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 21st day of April 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons, ďŹ rms, and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 21st day of January 2016.

13 SP 213 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 Ernest David Hewett to Roscoe L. Hanner, Trustee(s), which was dated December 12, 1999 and recorded on December 16, 1999 in Book 1539 at Page 250, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February 9, 2016 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 190 as is recorded in Map Book 21 at Page 47 of the Pender County Registry; Reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 106 Elsie Drive, Hampstead, NC 28443.

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

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

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the ďŹ ling of a bankruptcy petition prior to the conďŹ rmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit,

may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-16812-FC01 #7172 1/28, 2/4/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF JACK JOE WHITSON 16 E 15 All persons, ďŹ rms and corporations having claims against Jack Joe Whitson, deceased, are notiďŹ ed to exhibit them to Peggy Frazier, Administratrix CTA of the decedent’s estate, on or before April 29, 2016 at 103 Doral Drive, Hampstead, NC 28443, or be barred from their recovery.

Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Administratrix CTA. Peggy Frazier, Administratrix CTA Estate of Jack Joe Whitson c/o Mark I. Nunalee BIBERSTEIN & NUNALEE LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #7173 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18/2016 Request for Proposals Notice is hereby given that proposals will be received by Pender County, North Carolina, until 5:00 PM EST on Friday, February 5, 2016, for the following Professional Services to be provided to said jurisdiction for FY 2015-16.

Pender County is seeking proposals from qualiďŹ ed consultants to develop a strategic plan for the Council on Community Affairs (Council). The consultant awarded the contract will have the responsibility of leading the strategic planning process through plan adoption, while working in direct coordination with Pender County staff. Proposals should demonstrate the ability to provide a plan with clear, strategic goals and objectives that are realistic and practical in nature.

A committee selected by Pender County will review RFP submissions and select the most qualiďŹ ed ďŹ rm(s) for an interview. After the most qualiďŹ ed ďŹ rm is determined by the committee, the County will enter into negotiations with the ďŹ rm to better deďŹ ne the scope of work, project schedule, and fee.

For a complete RFP package, please contact the Pender County Planning and Community Development OfďŹ ce at 805 S. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 or call Kyle M. Breuer, Pender County Planning Director at (910) 259-1202. #7174 1/28, 2/4/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S NOTICE TO CREDITORS In Re the Estate of ALTHEA P. OSBORN, Deceased Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of ALTHEA P. OSBORN, Deceased, late of PENDER County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, ďŹ rms, corporations and/or other legal entities having claims against the Estate to present them to the undersigned at the address given below on or before April 12, 2016, or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment.

On this Day: January 14, 2016 Jonathan T. Osborn Personal Representative

by Patricia M. Homa Attorney for the Estate c/o Patricia M. Homa, P.C. P. O. Box 1310 Hampstead, NC 28443 #7167 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4/2016

Nancy Bradley Administratrix of the Estate of James Arthur Bradley P.O. Box 488 Gastonia, NC 28053-0488 Jennifer L. Philbeck Mullen Holland & Cooper, P.A. Attorneys for Estate P.O. Box 488 Gastonia, NC 28053-0488 #7170 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11/2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Lena L. Simpson deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Lena L. Simpson to present them to the undersigned on or before April 21, 2016 at 1853 Brinson Road, Currie, NC 28435 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of January 15, 2016.

Ellis Andre Simpson Sr. 1853 Brinson Road Currie, NC 28435 #7171 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11/2016

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, January 28, 2016, Page 13A

Topsail Basketball Association report

By Bob Willard Special to the Post & Voice Early morning action pitted two undefeated high school boys teams battling for undisputed first place in TBA league play. Realo Discount Drug eked out a 39-37 victory over Sport Shots to remain undefeated and sole possession of first place after five weeks of gameplay. Realo was led by Richie Tarter with 11 points while Caleb Hodges and Josh McFinn both tossed in nine points for the losers.

Darden Insurance Agency bested Second Wind Fitness Center 51-44 behind an outstanding performance by the Agency’s Brandon Warrick who tossed in a game high 27 points. JT’S Brick Oven Pizza bettered their league record by outscoring Team GALE 44-19. Drew Gaither led the Pizza makers by tossing in 20 points.

In the girls sixth through ninth grade sector of TBA, Cherubini Orthodontics outlasted Element Technical Services, LLC 26-16 behind Harley Futrell’s eight point performance, and league leading Thomas Construction Group continued their unbeaten play by posting a 29-8 win over Honeycutt Construction Services, led

by Sydney Hargrove and her 11-pint contribution.

Boy’s fifth, sixth grade division started play at 2 p.m. with The Bagel Bakery outscoring Pender Pines Garden Center 35-26. Demark Howell let all scores in this contest with his 10-point output.Benton Painting, LLC over Ferguson Waterworks 23-18 with David Gardner serving up eight points, while Collin Breland led the Ferguson attack with 11 points.

Dick’s Sporting goods popped in 26 points holding Jenkins Home Improvements to just 13 markers, Prism Custom Painting tallied 41 points winning out over previously unbeaten Palmetto Brick. Carlos Vazquez and Nathan Lau led the scoring parade for Prism while Miles Gibson hit the twines for 11 counters for the brick guys.

In the boys seventh-eighth grade division of TBA, Konrady Development won a closely contested battle against the Ogden Tap Room, 37-32. Chris Konrady poured in 23 points for the developers while Aidan Dillion posted 17 points for the bakery boys. Davis Fence posted their first win of the season outscoring the House of Raeford 36-34. The game came right down to the final shot of the game. Amaari Weathers posted 15 points for Davis Fence wile Hunter Hawking was high for the Raeford squad with 21 points.

Surf City Tire and Auto showed off a very even scoring attack among their roster over shadowing a good Empire Distributors of NC entry, 40-19. Jackson Sullivan let the attack for the tire and auto guys with 12 points, followed closely by Gavin Ellis with 11.

In the nights finale of the senior division of TBA, Cape Fear Kitchen and Baths stayed unbeaten, posting a 47-25 margin over Canady and Son Exterminating, Inc. Derek Gardner

Lady Titans

Continued from page 9A could not buy a basket in the early going and fell behind before succumbing to the relentless pressure of the Bulldogs.

Markayla Ballard led the

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Julia Sullivan of undefeated Thomas Construction Group, drops in two points.. posted a game high 18 points followed by Ryan Morris with 11 points.

In the junior division of TBA, the co-ed’s got started early in the morning with Fuzzy Beach-Hampstead winning over Tri County Pest Control, Inc. via Bodie Taylor tossing up 14 markers, AllKindsOfStuff.biz staying unbeaten winning over Holly Ridge Tire, Frankie Schmidt popped in 10 points for Biz, while Ship On Site outscored Pierpan Family Dentistry 24-12.

The girls third through fifth graders took center stage, and watched Ryan Lambert and Riley Davidson lead the scoring parade against Carolina Outboard. Halley White Pediatric Dentistry posted a stron 22 win over Renovation Church behind an 18-point performance from Lilah Johnson. Finishing out game play in the TBA junior division, the third and fourth grade boys saw Ronel Austin-Remax continue their winning ways with a 25-9 victory The Paint Store, TI Coastal putting on a great performance against Cape Fear Seafood Company winning 33-13 behind the shooting of Halen Willcox, and in the finale of the day, Otero Family Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry came on strong in the final quarter of play winning 35-24 over a stubborn R J MIller Construction aggregation. Caden Wilson provided 14 points for Otero.

TBA regular season has four Saturday’s remaining before year end tournament play, and cordially invite all basketball fans from Hampstead and the surrounding communities to come out each Saturday and watch the youth of the area display their talents in the game of hoops. Admission is free and concessions are available through the entire day. Games are played in the Topsail Middle School and it’s adjacent Auxiliary Gym.

Titans with 13 points while Angel Boykin added 10 points and 18 rebounds.

Although the Titans lost the Four County Conference matchup Coach Corrina Reece thought that the team showed progress.

“We only had 14 turnovers for the game. We have been averaging twice that since Jale-

Project:

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Owner:

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ah Lee went out. We just don’t have any depth. I thought we played hard though,” Reece said.

The Titans hosted Wilmington Christian academy on Monday before traveling to Union on Tuesday.

They hosted West Bladen on Friday.

Highfill Infrastructure Engineering, P.C. 3804 Park Avenue, Suite A Wilmington, NC 28403 (910) 313-1516

Separate sealed bids for the construction of the Malpass Corner Tank and Transmission Main will be received at the office of the Pender County Utilities, 605 E. Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC 28425, until 2:30 pm local time on March 3, 2016, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read in the Law Enforcement Training Room, located at that same address.

The Project consists of constructing the following major items:

x x

Project: Phase 1 Water System Expansion

Owner: Central Pender Water and Sewer District

605 E. Fremont Street

Burgaw, NC 28425

(910) 259Ͳ1570

Engineer: The Wooten Company

120 N. Boylan Avenue

Raleigh, NC 27603

(919) 828Ͳ0531

Separate sealed bids for the construction of the Phase 1 Water System Expansion will be received at the office of the Pender County Utilities, 605 E. Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC, 28425, until 2:00 pm local time on March 3, 2016, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read in the Law Enforcement Training Room, located at the same address.

The Project consists of constructing the following major items:

x

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Approximately 24,000 linear feet of 16-inch diameter water transmission main and appurtenant items.

One (1) 500,000 gallon elevated water storage tank

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a lump sum and unit price basis, with additive alternate bid items as indicated in the Bid Form.

Complete Bidding Documents may be obtained at the Issuing Office of the Engineer upon payment of $150.00 for each set. With request for Bidding Documents supply the following information: Company name, contact person, street address, and phone and fax numbers for Bidding office; N. C. contractor’s license with limitation and classification; indicate if the firm will be a Bidder, Supplier or Sub-Contractor.

The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office and Owner’s office on Mondays through Fridays during normal business hours and at: x Metrolina Minority Contractor’s Resource Center, Charlotte, N. C. x McGraw Hill Dodge Company (online) x Reed Construction Data, offices in Norcross, GA. x Hispanic Contractors Association of the Carolinas, Raleigh, N.C. (internet only) x Construction Journal (online) A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:00 pm local time on February 18, 2016 at the office of Pender County Utilities, 605 E. Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC 28425, in the Law Enforcement Training Room.

Attendance at the pre-bid conference is highly encouraged but is not mandatory.

Bidders be required to show evidence that they are licensed to perform the work inAdvertisement the Bidding PEN 1401 : will 09/29/15 EJCDC® C-111 - Page 1 for Bids © 2013 National Carolina Society of Professional Council Engineering Companies, to Bidders.

Documents asCopyright required

by North GeneralEngineers, Statute,American Chapter 87 of and the Instructions and American Society of Civil Engineers. All rights reserved.

Bid Security in the amount of five percent of the Bid must accompany each Bid and shall be subject to the conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders.

Bidders shall be required to submit with their Bids affidavits of “Good Faith Efforts” in the recruitment of Minority Businesses.

Approximately 213,300 linear feet of 2Ͳinch through 12Ͳinch diameter water lines and appurtenant items.

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a unit price basis, with additive alternate bid items as indicated in the Bid Form.

Complete Bidding Documents may be obtained at the Issuing Office of the Engineer upon payment of a deposit of $200.00 for each set. With request for Bidding Documents supply the following information: Company name, contact person, street address, and phone and fax numbers for Bidding office; N. C. contractor’s license with limitation and classification; indicate if the firm will be a Bidder, Supplier or SubͲContractor.

Bidders who return full sets of the Bidding Documents in good condition (suitable for reͲuse) within ten (10) days after receipt of Bids will receive a full refund and any NonͲBidder upon returning such a set in good condition within ten (10) days will be refunding onͲhalf of the plan deposit. The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office and Owner’s office on Mondays through Fridays during normal business hours and at: x Metrolina Minority Contractor’s Resource Center, Charlotte, N. C. x McGraw Hill Dodge Company (online) x Reed Construction Data, offices in Norcross, GA. x Hispanic Contractors Association of the Carolinas, Raleigh, N.C. (internet only) x Construction Journal (online) A preͲbid conference will be held at 2:00 pm local time on February 18, 2016 at the office of Pender

PEN 1302 : 01/20/16 EJCDC® CͲ111 Ͳ Page 1 County Utilities, 605 E. Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC, 28425, in the Law Enforcement Advertisement for Bids Training Room.

Copyright © 2013 National Society of Professional Engineers, American Council of Engineering Companies, Attendance at the preͲbid conference is highly encouraged but is not mandatory. and American Society of Civil Engineers. All rights reserved.

Bidders will be required to show evidence that they are licensed to perform the work in the Bidding Documents as required by North Carolina General Statute, Chapter 87 and the Instructions to Bidders.

Bid Security in the amount of five percent of the Bid must accompany each Bid and shall be subject to the conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders.

Bidders shall be required to submit with their Bids affidavits of “Good Faith Efforts” in the recruitment of Minority Businesses. + + END OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS + + ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Project: Phase 1 Water System Expansion

Owner: Moore’s Creek Water and Sewer District

605 E. Fremont Street

Burgaw, NC 28425

(910) 259Ͳ1570

Engineer: Highfill Infrastructure Engineering, P.C.

3804 Park Avenue, Suite A

Wilmington, NC 28403

(910) 313Ͳ1516

Separate sealed bids for the construction of the Phase 1 Water System Expansion will be received at the office of the Pender County Utilities, 605 E. Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC 28425, until 3:00 pm local time on March 3, 2016, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read in the Law Enforcement Training Room, located at that same address.

The Project consists of constructing the following major items:

x

Approximately 142,500 linear feet of 2Ͳinch through 12Ͳinch diameter water lines and appurtenant items.

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a unit price basis, with additive alternate bid items as indicated in the Bid Form.

Complete Bidding Documents may be obtained at the Issuing Office of the Engineer upon payment of a deposit of $200.00 for each set. With request for Bidding Documents supply the following information: Company name, contact person, street address, and phone and fax numbers for Bidding office; N. C. contractor’s license with limitation and classification; indicate if the firm will be a Bidder, Supplier or SubͲContractor.

Registered Bidders who return full sets of the Bidding Documents in good condition (suitable for reͲuse) within ten (10) days after receipt of Bids will receive a full refund and any registered NonͲBidder, upon returning such a set in good condition within ten (10) days, will be refunded oneͲhalf of the plan deposit.

The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the PEN 1302 : 01/20/16 EJCDC® CͲ111 Ͳ Page 2 Advertisement for Bids Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents.

Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be Copyright © 2013 National Society of Professional Engineers, American Council of Engineering Companies, available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets and American Society of Civil Engineers. All rights reserved. of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office and Owner’s office on Mondays through Fridays during normal business hours and at: x Metrolina Minority Contractor’s Resource Center, Charlotte, N. C. x McGraw Hill Dodge Company (online) x Reed Construction Data, offices in Norcross, GA. x Hispanic Contractors Association of the Carolinas, Raleigh, N.C. (internet only) x Construction Journal (online)

A preͲbid conference will be held at 2:00 pm local time on February 18, 2016 at the Advertisement for Bids office of Pender PEN 1301 : 04/02/15 EJCDC® CͲ111 Ͳ Page 1 Copyright © 2013 National Society of Professional Engineers, American Council of Engineering Companies, County Utilities, 605 E. Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC 28425, in the Law Enforcement Training Room. and American Society of Civil Engineers. All rights reserved.

Attendance at the preͲbid conference is highly encouraged but is not mandatory.

Bidders will be required to show evidence that they are licensed to perform the work in the Bidding Documents as required by North Carolina General Statute, Chapter 87 and the Instructions to Bidders.

Bid Security in the amount of five percent of the Bid must accompany each Bid and shall be subject to the conditions provided in the Instructions to Bidders.

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Section B

Living

Hampstead teen battles rare cancer

By Lori Kirkpatrick, Post & Voice Staff Writer

Emma Greer DiBiase began complaining of stomach aches after eating in October, 2013. Following a week of being treated for constipation, her family noticed her growing belly and she was admitted to New Hanover Regional Medical Center. A CT scan revealed a softball-sized tumor in the 14-year-olds abdomen, and Emma was transferred to University of North Carolina Children’s Hospital at Chapel Hill. During exploratory surgery, fluid was drained from her abdomen and the tumor was found, along with many smaller ones that covered the inside of her abdomen.

After analysis of tissue samples, baseline scans, blood tests and bone marrow biopsies, Emma‘s family received the crushing diagnosis of Alveolar Rhabd o m yo s a r c o m a ( A R M S ) , s t a g e f o u r.

ARMS is very rare, with only 350 children in the United States diagnosed with it each year. The aggressive cancer was inoperable and called for intensive treatment. The bone and PET scans also showed tumors on her spine and bone marrow biopsies confirmed trace amounts of the cancer cells in her marrow. Emma began receiving intense Chemotherapy every week at UNC Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill.

At the end of the first year of treatment, UNC had only treated 19 patients with this type of cancer. Emma had good scans at the end of that year, but three months later the cancer was back. After trying various treatments, the family recently received devastating news.

Samantha McKenzie, Emma‘s mother, said, “She only had two more chemo treatments of the second protocol left to go when they did a baseline scan that showed two new growths, one on her spine and one near the heart,” said Emma’s mother, Samantha McKenzie.

“What we were told at that point is that she has three options. One was to do nothing.

One was palliative care, which means to manage what’s there and extend her life the best that they can. The third was curative care, which means clinical trials that have not yet been tested on humans. Emma opted to go for the cure. We hope to start it Feb. 1.”

Anyone who knows Emma can see that she is brimming with life, she is a fierce fighter, and her joyful smile is contagious. In spite

of the ensuing battle, she feels good much of the time, and she continues to do the things she loves and to pursue her dreams. After a year of having a homebound teacher, Emma wanted more of a challenge and began an online high school program. She is very involved in social media, and practices with her three-member garage band when she can.

She writes her own lyrics, which she says are a way to express herself. Emma has spent time volunteering at Renovation Church in Hampstead, and she also works at Hullabaloo.

“She’s very upbeat, she rarely gets down, and she is always surrounded by friends. We always take a friend when she goes to UNC. She and her band were invited to this coffee house in Myrtle Beach last weekend, and we are trying to live in every moment,” McKenzie said. “She has remained focused on a cure. We had a big par ty to celebrate her kicking it for two years, and a lot of people sent her notes to say she means to them. She has affected so many people, and she always been the kind of kid you would remember. She has really inspired people with her joy and passion for life. She has also become a little Internet celebrity with her Twitter, Instagram and Vine followers.

We’ve been out of state and kids have recognized her and asked for her autograph.

She’s always been a little firecracker.”

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McKenzie said she hopes Emma’s experience will change people’s perspective.

“This has helped me see what is really important in life. As parents, we wor ry about what college our kids will go to or if they will be good drivers. The things we worry about don’t usually happen, but the things you think are never going to

happen are the things that happen.

We s h o u l d be cherishing and celebrating what is going on in the moment,” said M c Ke n z i e.

Emma, now 16 years old, said it’s the people that she surrounds herself with that make her happy.

“I like to express myself through social media, and talking to people helps. Our band played in our first show in Myrtle Beach, and it was really, really fun. My dream is to go to

UCLA, and when I get older I want to work with kids with autism,” said Emma. “I am definitely grateful for what I have and I don’t take things for granted. Whenever I get anxious or upset, I always tell myself, I am calm. I am at peace. I am free of suffering.”

Several fundraising efforts have been set up for Emma.

To donate, visit one of these: MESTO.band camp.com; Emma’s Wish List at https://www.amazon.com, or Dibiase Cancer Recovery Fund at you caring.com.

You can also send mail to Emma at 100 Plantation Lane, Hampstead, NC 28443.

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4HERE S NOTHING REGARDLESS OF HOW HARD WE TRY THAT WE CAN DO TO REMEDY THE CURSE OURSELVES 7E MUST LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN BREAK THE CURSE SOMEONE WHO IS CAPABLE AND WILLING TO DO THE WORK OF REDEEMING MAN FROM THE CURSE OF SIN SOMEONE WHO CAN MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND PAY THE PENALTY FOR THE CURSE SOMEONE WHO CAN TRULY WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR US ,EBRON CLEARLY TOLD THE WORLD WHO THAT PERSON IS AND HE DID NOT POINT TO HIMSELF !T THAT ONE MOMENT ,EBRON WAS A MODERN DAY *OHN THE "APTIST WHO WHEN SOME WERE CALLING HIM THE -ESSIAH SAID

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BUT POINTED THEM TO THE TRUE -ESSIAH THE ONE THAT COULD GENUINELY SAVE THEM FROM THE CURSE AND POINTED THEM TO *ESUS +UDOS FOR ,EBRON #OULD IT BE THAT THE ENTIRE #LEVELAND CURSE IS INDEED A METAPHOR FOR THE GOSPEL )T CERTAINLY CAN BE )F WE ARE WISE WE WILL USE IT AS SUCH AND TAKE THE TIMELY ADVICE OF ONE OF THE GREATEST BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF ALL TIME ,EBRON h+INGv *AMES

BY GETTING OUR EYES OFF OF TEMPORARY THINGS AND FALLIBLE PEOPLE AND lX OUR EYES ON THE GENUINE -ESSIAH

*ESUS #HRIST BECAUSE NO ONE WILL BE /+ WITHOUT (IM ,OOK UNTO *ESUS

January 31 s4HE 4RAVELING 3HOES -INISTRY PRESENTS 4HE 'LORY 4RAIN A SPECIAL DRAMATIC PLAY *AN AT THE 3T 0AUL !-% #HURCH 2OCKY 0OINT AT P M s9OU ARE INVITED TO CELEBRATE THE SECOND ANNUAL %VANGELISTIC &ELLOWSHIP *AN AT P M AT -ACEDONIA !-% #HURCH . 7ALKER 3TREET IN "URGAW 0ASTOR 'ERALDINE $EREEF INVITES EVERYONE TO ATTEND &OR MORE INFORMATION CALL

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Riverview Memorial Park Watha, NC 910-285-3395 Riverview Crematory 910-259-2364 or 910-285-4005 Duplin Memorial Park Wallace, NC 910-285-3395 Rockfish Memorial Cemetery Wallace, NC 910-285-3395

Burgaw Vape

Located inside SOUTHERN PRINTING 203 S. Dudley St. • Burgaw, NC 910.259.4807

311 S. Campbell St. Burgaw, NC 910.259.6007

TRI-COUNTY PEST CONTROL, INC. Ants • Fleas • Ticks • Spiders • Flies Rodents • Termites Serving New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick, and Onslow County

Real Estate Inspections • All Work Guaranteed Wood Destroying Insect Reports Moisture Control • Termite & Pest Control Financing Available Locally Owned & Operated

910.392.3275 910.270.1190 www.tri-countypestcontrol.net

910.532.4470 Hometown Convenience 45 Wilmington Hwy. Harrells, NC

Roman Trophies & Engraving, Inc.

“Award Achievement, Deed & Affection�

Trophies, Plaques, Medallions Name Tags, Desk Sets, Engraving & More 910-821-5002 • 16643 US Hwy 17 N Hampstead, NC 28443 MON-FRI 9AM-5PM (CLOSED 1-2 FOR LUNCH)

Pender County Christian Services 140 Industrial Drive Burgaw, NC 28425 is open Monday - Friday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Donations of canned food, clothing, household items, etc.

Harrell’s can be left at FUNERAL HOME Cremation Service 210 West Fremont Street, Pender’s212&Original S. Dickerson St. Funeral Service Burgaw, NC 28425 Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.2136 Affordable Prices www.harrellsfh.com

THE FISHING EXPERTS Located in The Fishing Village

Producers of the finest select pork rinds and pork cracklin products in the USA

409 Roland Avenue Surf City, NC 910.328.1887 www.eastcoastsports.com

Intrepid Hardware 910.675.1157, Rocky Point

Office of Rocky Point Mini Storage Climate Control • First Month Half Price •

NEW BEGINNING CHURCH

corner of Fremont & Wright Street (Courthouse Square) Burgaw, N.C. • 910-619-8063

Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

PERSPECTIVE 4HINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY

THE WHOLE ,EBRON ERA IN #LEVELAND HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF HOPE FOR #LEVELAND SPORTS FANS HOPE THAT THE CURSE WOULD lNALLY BE OVER HOPE THAT THIS SPECIAL PLAYER IN THE STORY WOULD BRING LIGHT TO A DARK STATE 3OME EVEN REFERRED TO *AMES AS THE -ESSIAH "UT CONTRARY TO WHAT MANY WANTED HIM TO DO HE DEmECTED THE TITLE AND DUTY OF h-ESSIAHSHIPv AWAY FROM HIMSELF AND ON TO THE ONE WHO TRULY DESERVES THE TITLE OF -ESSIAHSHIP AND THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DO THE WORK OF THE TRUE -ESSIAH )N ONE BRIEF CONCISE STATEMENT POOR GRAMMAR AND ALL

,EBRON *AMES PUT IT ALL IN PERSPECTIVE 3PORTS IS FUN BUT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS IT S NOTHING BUT TEMPORARY AND WE WOULD ALL BENElT IF WE WOULD BACK UP A BIT AND OBSERVE A VIEW OF THE BIG PICTURE OF LIFE 3OMETIMES SPORTS CAN BE A SNAPSHOT OF THE BIGGER PICTURE #LEVELAND SPORTS MOST DElNITELY FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY 4HE #LEVELAND #URSE SURELY SERVES AS A METAPHOR FOR THE SIN CURSE THAT ALL MANKIND IS INFECTED WITH 7E LIVE IN DARKNESS BECAUSE OF THE CURSE OF SIN

All are welcome! Pastor Bill Howell

Church Directory BURGAW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

ST. M ARY’S CHURCH

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

CURRIE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP (CF2)

Adult Bible Study: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Children’s Biblical Studies (ages 3-12) from 10:45-11:30 a.m.

Worship: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

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

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

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

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

Wednesday Night, 6 p.m. Pastor: Dr. Ernie Sanchez

200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425

WESTVIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC

910-470-4436

Pastor John Fedoronko

ROCKY POINT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210

Pastor Mark Murphyw

5610 Hwy. 53 W • Burgaw, NC 28425 (Across from Pender High)

Services: Sunday at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 p.m. www.RPUMC.org

MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH

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

Pastor Judy Jeremias Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

FAITH HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

MOORES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

3107 Union Chapel Rd. • Currie, NC 28435 Pastor Roger Barnes

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH

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

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425

www.BurgawBaptistChurch.org

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

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

BURGAW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

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

100 E. Bridgers Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-4310

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

Wednesday Prayer Service & Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 p.m.

Sunday Worship Service with Holy Eucharist: 11 a.m. www.stmaryschurchburgawnc.org

RILEY’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

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

BURGAW BAPTIST CHURCH 910.259.2136

CENTERVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH

An Episcopal - Lutheran Community 506 S. McNeil Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.5541

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

Dignified Funeral Services Our Family Serving Your Family Since 1913

CALVARY CHAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH

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

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

JORDANS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

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

10509 US Hwy. 117 S., Rocky Point Business Park Rocky Point, NC • 910-232-7759

ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH

18737 Hwy 17 North, Hampstead • 910-270-1477 Rev. John Durbin, Pastor

Weekend Mass Schedule: Hampstead - SAT 5 p.m., SUN 9 a.m.

Surf City - SAT 5 p.m., SUN 9 & 11 a.m. (through Labor Day) Daily Mass - Hampstead: TUES & WED 4p.m., THURS & FRI 9 a.m.

Confessions SAT 4-4:30 p.m. or by appt. www.allsaintsccnc.org

CHAPEL BY THE BAY IN LANIER’S CAMPGROUND 216 Michigan Avenue • Holly Ridge, N.C. 28445 910-328-6252 Pastor: Don Myers Associate Pastor: Nathan Swartz Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Evening Service 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: Bible Study 5:45 p.m.

Children’s Church 6:15 p.m. Choir Practice 7:00 p.m.

Thursday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

Southern sweet potato quick bread

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Hope’s Cooking Corner

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Thursday, January 28 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL ON (WY IN (AMPSTEAD s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT THE 3URF #ITY #OMMUNITY #ENTER #ALL FOR MORE INFOR MATION s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE DONA TIONS ARE WELCOME EVERY 4HURSDAY AND &RIDAY FROM P M AND ON 3ATURDAYS FROM A M UNTIL P M 'ROUP TOURS ARE AVAILABLE AT OTHER TIMES BY CONTACTING THE -USEUM AT

BY EMAIL AT PENDERHIST HOTMAIL COM Friday January 29 s!TKINSON "APTIST #HURCH (WY IN !TKINSON HAS A FREE BREAD GIVEAWAY &RIDAYS FROM P M !LL TYPES OF BREAD FROM WHITE TO MULTIGRAIN TO HAMBURGER BUNS s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM OPEN P M s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS FOR BREAK FAST AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL IN (AMPSTEAD AT A M EACH &RIDAY Wednesday, February 3 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 THE "ELVEDERE #OUNTRY #LUB #OUNTRY #LUB $RIVE IN (AMPSTEAD Thursday, February 4 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL ON (WY IN (AMPSTEAD s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT THE 3URF #ITY #OMMUNITY #ENTER #ALL FOR MORE INFOR MATION s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE DONA TIONS ARE WELCOME EVERY 4HURSDAY AND &RIDAY FROM P M AND ON 3ATURDAYS FROM A M UNTIL P M 'ROUP TOURS ARE AVAILABLE AT OTHER TIMES BY CONTACTING THE -USEUM AT

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