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“It was a strange weekend,� said Tom Collins of Pender County Emergency Management. Saturday night’s fire in Burgaw, which caused major damage to a condominium building at 1201 Wilmington Street, was caused by smoldering fireworks, Collins said. A resident of one of the units apparently had several pyrotechnics in a bin on an ATV, and parked the vehicle near the building. Shark bites Marine in Surf City Camp Lejeune officials confirm a Marine will bitten by a shark while swimming in the ocean in Surf City July 4. Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital spokesman Raymond Applewhite said the 32-year-old Ma- rine suffered lacerations to his right hand and forearm. Base spokesman Nat Fahy said Monday the patient was taken to the Camp Lejeune hospital late Saturday night and was released Sunday. This is the eighth confirmed shark attack along the North Carolina coast in the past three weeks, and the second along Pender County beaches. July 16 BOE, BOC continue in mediation talks The Pender County Board of Education and County Commissioners continue to meet in mediation sessions working to come to an agreement on the county’s portion of the school budget. Representatives of each board met with the mediator July 9 and again July 15. During the mediation, each group is in a separate room and the mediator goes back and forth for discussions. Pender County Commission Chairman David Wil- liams couldn’t say much about the ongoing closed mediation sessions. “We discussed a lot of topics and heard their needs and we have gone back with our discussions,� said Williams. Bone to challenge Braxton for Topsail Beach mayor Topsail Beach councilman Julian Bone has thrown his hat into the ring in the mayor’s race. Bone will challenge incumbent Howard Braxton Jr. Three candidates have also filed for seats on the Topsail Beach Board of Commissioners. Steve Smith, William Jordan, and Herb Netherton will be on the fall ballot. July 23 Commissioners may advance money to BOE for school bond projects The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider a resolution at the July 27 meeting authorizing the advance of $2.95 million to pay for design services and land acquisition for school bond projects. The breakdown would be $2 million for architect and design services and $950,000 to acquire land and access easements. “This action will free up the funds so that multiple projects can move forward. Just as we did when we advanced the $135,000 to the schools this spring so they could perform due diligence on a proposed new school site, the Commissioners want this process to move forward,� said Pender County Board of Commissioners Chairman David Williams. Barge damages Surf City bridge A wayward barge did considerable damage to the fenders under the Surf City swing bridge Sunday afternoon. A barge pulled by the tug Royal Engineer sustained damage on its right side in the collision, which damaged the wood structures under the bridge which guide boats into the channel. The bridge itself was undamaged and remains open to vehicular traffic, and boats along the Intracoastal Waterway. July 30 Citizens rally in support of DSS director Shiver For the past few Pender County Commissioner meetings, residents have packed the meeting room waiting for something to be said about the situation with county Depart- ment of Social Services Director Dr. Reta Shiver. Shiver was placed on investagory leave June 25 for 30 days, with an additional 10 days added to the leave. With nothing being said

during those meetings, residents took it upon themselves to bring up the subject during the public comment section of Monday’s meeting. And commissioners got an earful. Speaker after speaker praised Dr. Shiver and her work at DSS and demanded her reinstatement to her job. BOC fronts money for bond projects; strings attached Pender County Commissioners approved $2.95 million to help move school bond projects along at the board’s Monday meeting. But the money has conditions – commissioners must approve all contracts related to the use of the money. Commissioner George Brown made the motion to approve the funds with the contract approval stipulation. Brown is upset with the Board of Education regarding the current mediation over funding and the threat of a lawsuit by the BOE. Aug. 6 No agreement between School Board, Commissioners Mediation over the school budget ended Saturday with no agreement between the Pender County Board of Education and County Commissioners. The School Board indicated a willingness to continue mediation – but County Commissioners were not. With no further mediation possible, the Board of Education met Monday night and voted 4-1 not to file a lawsuit over their claim of inadequate funding for current expense and capital needs for county schools. Katherine Herring cast the lone vote in favor of persuing a lawsuit against the commissioners. BOC, School Board hope to move ahead after dispute Pender County Commission Chairman David Williams hopes the commissioners and School Board can move beyond the budget mediation dispute and work toward a new school funding formula. “I will push for our board and their board to seriously look at funding for mulas. We are looking at what other counties are doing,� Williams said. “I don’t think we have to reinvent the wheel. Hopefully both boards will continue the spirit of eliminating controversy in the budget process.� School Board member Tom Roper says he hopes the Board of Commissioners will still consider funding the two percent increase in the teacher supplement. Aug. 13 Commissioners approve school bond contracts Pender County Commissioners approved $1.98 million in contracts for school bond projects Monday night. The contracts will begin to fund architectural work on the projects, along with hiring construction managers. The projects are placed in three groups including the Penderlea School project, the new K-8 school in Surf City, and third group which includes the smaller projects at Cape Fear schools, Pender High School, West Pender Middle School, and Burgaw Middle School. SBI investigates fatal Atkinson house fire Point Caswell Road woman died early Friday after her home was destroyed by fire. To m my B at s o n of the Pender County Emergency Management Office said the fire is still under investigation. “There are a lot of questions right now,� Batson said. “The cause of the fire is still undetermined.� The home, located at 5271 Point Caswell Road, was completely destroyed. Stephanie Renae Sharp, who would have turned 25 next month, lived in the home with her boyfriend, whose name has not been released, and their daughter, Armani. Armani and the boyfriend were not at home at the time of the fire, according to emergency officials. A storm knocked out power in many areas Western Pender Thursday night, and Sharp apparently stayed home while her companion stayed with friends and the child spent the night with her grandparents. Aug. 20 Incubator Kitchen sees growing interest One new tenant has signed

up to use the Burgaw Incubator Kitchen and another is in the process, according to Burgaw Planning Director Rebekah Costin. “We have a start up business that will not be in the kitchen full-time. The tenant that we have is intending to use the kitchen once a week and the other that is working on the process would be in several times a week,� Costin said. “Our last tenant left last fall, so it has been a few months with no one using the kitchen.� Costin says those interested in using the Incubator Kitchen can check the town’s website, www.townofburgaw. com for information on the Incubator Kitchen. Highway 11 Cape Fear bridge could open by Labor Day The new Blackrock Bridge over the Cape Fear River could be open by Labor Day. “The contractor has said Aug. 27,� said Rusty Marsh of the N.C. Dept. of Transportation. “At this point in a project this size, you can have weather delays or any number of other problems, but it could very well happen. We expect to have traffic on the new bridge just before or after Labor Day.� The bridge, located near the extreme southwester n Bladen-Pender county border, is a primary route for commuters and tourists. HRI Bridge Construction, a national firm, has handled the multimillion dollar project. Work began last week on paving the new stretch of roadway on the east side of the bridge. Aug. 27 Commissioners speak out on cost of mediation Pender County Commissioners took the opportunity Monday at the end of their board meeting to fire a few volleys at the School Board over the cost of the mediation over the budget. Figures released last week showed the mediation cost county taxpayers a total of about $118,000. The mediation process was initiated by the School Board in July when school officials were unsatisfied with current expense and capital outlay funding from the county. “This was not anything this board of commissioners asked to happen or wanted to participate in, and are frustrated this amount of money has been incurred on the taxpayers,� said Commissioner George Brown. Syringes show up in Burgaw sewers Burgaw officials say a number of syringes have shown up at town waste water lift stations, giving rise to safety concerns. The syringes, town manager Chad McEwen says, appear to be of the type used by diabetics for insulin injection. They are a hazard both to town workers who have to remove them from the pump stations, as well as causing mainte-

nance issues and damage to the pumps. “We have been able to isolate where they are coming from and we think they are coming from household use, not an institution,� McEwen said. Sept. 3 School Board moves ahead with bond projects The Pender County School Board met with architects contracted for the school bond projects at a lengthy meeting Tuesday night. Board members heard project plans from representatives from the firms and ideas on timetables for the projects. “The timelines on these projects are starting to shape up,� said School Board member Tom Roper. “Once the drawings are ready, then the bidding on the projects can take place. Once the construction contracts are awarded, the actual construction can begin. Right now, we are getting the drawings together and an inventory of what we want with the buildings – all the things we expect for the buildings to be. The renovations are fairly straight forward.� Hot Spot list targets Burgaw problem areas B u r g aw re s i d e n t s c a n now make police aware of problems through the department’s Hot Spot list. Burgaw Police Chief Jim Hock says the list is an opportunity for residents to tell the police about problems they observe and the information will be passed along to the patrol officers. “Many times I hear from people who are at the gas station, grocery store, or near their home and there is say, a four-way stop sign and people are running through that sign. I wanted one central location where citizens with safety concerns can let us know,� Hock said. “This way we can document it and let all the officers know. It’s basically where citizens have concerns for safety and traffic issues. I have the list posted on the door where the officers leave the office and as they work these areas I can show this is an area of concern and this is what we are doing to try to address their concerns.� Sept. 10 Surf City gives nod to annex property The Surf City town council agreed to annex the property where the new Surf City school will be built. The board instructed town manager Larry Bergman to contact Rudolph Moore Properties LLC and convey the town’s informal intent to annex the property after the sale to the Pender County Board of Education. “There’s a lot of discussion if the town would accept voluntary annexation when that day comes,� said Bergman. “I tried to let them know that

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vices Director Carolyn Moser said the recent DSS assessment contained a number of concerns regarding safety at the DSS office. Neighboring counties use security officers at DSS offices, but Moser was concerned with the supervision of an officer. “I contacted the Sherrif and asked if he would be willing to let the officer be housed through the Sheriff ’s Department so he can maintain the certifications and qualifications,� Moser said. “The DSS budget will pay for this.� Brown calls for school flu shots Pender County Commissioner George Brown called for county school officials to allow flu shots to be administered in schools.

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Auto inspections available behind Hampstead license plate agency By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer There is a new convenient service in Hampstead for those visiting the local NCDMV Tag Agency. The area on the rear side of the building that was once an empty, sheltered space has been converted into a NC Inspection station. Jeff Bradshaw, who works as a clerk in the tag office, started pondering the idea after he had been working there for several years. “I’ve been in business since June 4,” said Bradshaw. “I do NC inspections on vehicles and motorcycles. You know, everybody has to have one every year, and I thought that behind the DMV would be a good place to open a shop. I have worked in the DMV for five years as a clerk at the tag agency. The shop is separate from the DMV, of course. After about four years, I started thinking about it. It took me a while to decide if it was going to be a good idea, but once I did it, it’s been great. I’ve had a lot of good response.” Bradshaw said that a lot of people don’t even realize they need an inspection, and it is convenient for them to go there because it is so close.

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Continued from page 2A “I talked to a school board members today and they were in agreement with me. I would like to send a letter requesting one more time to allow the Health Department to go into the schools and provide flu shots. I’m amazed how this got stopped the first time,” Brown said. “I have approached the superintendent several times and the same answer is always there – the liability issue. We allow the Red Cross into the schools for blood drives but we can’t get a flu shot in the schools.” Brown said absenteeism is very high among students and staff during flu season and the availability of flu vaccine would help this problem. Sept. 24 Burgaw wrestles with free speech Burgaw Commissioners are looking to the possibility of restricting certain types of activities at public gatherings in the town. The ordinance under consideration grew out of complaints and an altercation at the 2015 N.C. Blueberry Festival involving a street preacher. The individual was preaching in the middle of Wright Street in front of Burgaw Antique place. Several vendors complained that the man was driving away their customers. The preacher was asked to leave by Burgaw Police after an altercation with a festival

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and helping out. The other charity is Share the Table in Surf City. They do a community pantry and meals on Sunday nights, and they have a big community pantry where you can shop. I was surprised to lear n how many people there are in Pender County who don’t have enough to eat, and there are a lot of elderly who need help. I am so excited to be able to give to both charities,” said Moxy. It all started as a dare with some friends. After talking about the idea at a New Year’s Eve party, Moxy went door to door the next morning. He told people he was serious, they were going swimming. About 20 people hesitantly participated and the following year, Moxy decided to promote it a little more. He put a few flyers up in Surf City, and about 100 people showed up for the event. After two years on the South end of Topsail Beach, they moved to Roland Ave. the third year. The event has grown steadily each year, and last year an estimated 7,500 attended. “It’s an event for people now,“ be gan Moxy. “They bring the whole family, and it’s

News of the business has begun to spread by word of mouth, and customers keep coming in. A Hampstead native, Bradshaw is hoping that more people will find out what he does and where he is, and business will continue to grow. He has been able to continue to work as a clerk at the Tag Agency while he gets the business up and running. “They are being very patient with me right now. I promised them that when it got busy enough, I would have somebody back here full time. I work for some good people, and they are helping me get started by working with me, letting me get this thing started. Right now I’m doing double duty. As this grows, then the demand will be back here. It’s growing, so hopefully that will happen in another year,” said Bradshaw. After he had pondered the idea for several months, Bradshaw star ted asking questions. He contacted the state office, seeking their approval to open the shop. After waiting to hear from them, he received a positive response. It was approved, with a reminder that it was a separate business and not connected with the state. Bradshaw

leased the space and had a contractor come in to finish the garage. “It’s just a simple garage, and it meets the requirements of the state. There wasn’t that much needed. To be an inspector, I went down to Cape Fear Community College and took courses for safety and emissions. It’s two different classes. I have to renew those every second year. Most of our customers actually come from Jacksonville and Wilmington, to avoid the busyness there. I see people from all over the state come through to get their inspections. They might be on vacation and remember that their tags are out, and they need an inspection. I’m able to do it for any county, so it’s great,” said Bradshaw. Bradshaw only does inspections, not auto repair. If the problem is as simple as changing a light bulb or windshield wipers, he can take care of that. However, if service work is needed, customers can go to a local shop and return to complete the inspection. “I just hope it continues. I really appreciate everybody that comes in. It’s the only shop I know of that’s this close to a DMV. I think it’s a great thing. I get a great reaction

attendee who took issue with the man. Pender schools consider flu shots Flu vaccinations may be offered again at Pender County high schools, according to Superintendent Dr. Terri Cobb. Cobb responded last week to a call from Pender County Commissioner George Brown for flu vaccinations to be made available in local schools. In a release last week, Cobb said “Pender County Schools recognizes the benefits of the flu shot and has worked with the local health department last year to offer it at each of our high schools and extended the invitation to feeder schools, as well as other interested staff and community members. The district hopes to do so again this flu season.” Oct. 1 Erosion forces closure of Surf City beach accesses High astronomical tides due to the lunar cycle coupled with stormy weather over the weekend caused Surf City to close 13 of the town’s beach accesses due to erosion. High tides associated with the supermoon event along with a low pressure system that brought rain and wind to easter n Pender County caused the erosion. “We have some damage and we are still assessing the situation. We have about 13 beach accesses that we have closed due to the damage,” said Surf City Mayor Zander Guy. “We are still getting debris off the beach.”

Health Department schedules flu clinics across the county The Pender County Department of Health has released its flu clinic dates for the remainder of the year. Flu vaccinations will be available at the Health Department, 803 S. Walker St. in Burgaw every day Monday through Friday beginning Oct. 5 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-4:30 p.m. Vaccinations will also be available at the Pender County Government annex in Hampstead every Wednesday beginning Oct. 7. Vaccinations will be given from noon until 4 p.m. Oct. 8 Coastal storm brings heavy rain, beach damage It wasn’t a hurricane – but it might as well have been. A coastal low pressure system that stalled across the eastern United States brought heavy rain to Pender County and the region last weekend. The system brought devastating rain to South Carolina, causing flooding that many are comparing to Hurricane Floyd’s 1999 hit in eastern North Carolina. The low pressure system combined with Hurricane Joaquin, which was hundreds of miles off the coast, to pump in Atlantic moisture and feed the continuous heavy rain over South Carolina. Report on Penderlea expected Oct. 20 School officials expect a report on Penderlea School renovations at the next board

an hour blast of fun. It starts at 11, you go swimming at noon, and everybody’s gone by 12:05. We have acrobats. They set up a trapeze rig on the beach. There are belly dancers, drummers, bagpipe players and we have a costume contests for both kids and adults. An animatronic life-size dinosaur came last year and is coming back this year. It was a big hit. It’s just a real festive, fun, fast atmosphere - and it’s all free. That’s as important for me as making the donation,” said Moxy. Each year, a contest is held at Topsail High School to design the t-shirt for the Dolphin Dip Extravaganza. Design media teacher Brandon Adams facilitated this year, and the end result was some great designs. After arduous deliberation, judges selected the design submitted by Jacob Longbine. Jacob was awarded $150 from the Dolphin Dip Foundation for his design. “It’s a lot of work up front, but it is fun in that hour of absolute chaos. I love controlled chaos, and that‘s what it is, barely controlled chaos. The idea behind it is really that I love where we live. I love the ocean, and sharing that as much as possible. Part of me loves to introduce the beach to people and help them understand you can appreciate

it all year round. I’ve had lots of people come up to me and say it’s the only time of year they go swimming,” said Moxy. Moxy participates in triathlons, and his goal-oriented thinking is that New Year’s Day is a great time to do something you didn’t think you could. “People start off saying, ‘I can’t do that.’ So you show up, and there will be an 80-year-old woman down there, and a fouryear-old kid, and every shape and size and age group doing it. You find out you can do it, and you feel great. Most people go in a second time. I equate it with doing a triathlon. You get the endorphins and adrenaline, and it’s like crossing the finish line. You just don’t’ have the hard work at the front end of it. I think the symbolic part of it being on New Year’s Day makes some of your other resolutions seem more attainable. You’ve accomplished something right away on New Year’s Day that you didn’t think possible. Then you can start and take a look and say ok, I can do something else, too - and if you happen to buy a t-shirt and you’re making donations to a couple of great causes, it’s even more powerful,” said Moxy. For more information about the event, visit dolphindip.net or find it on Facebook.

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With many drivers needing state inspections for their cars when they arrive at the Hampstead license plate agency, Jeff Bradshaw has opened an inspection station EHKLQG WKH WDJ RI¿FH from so many people, because they were wondering where they were going to go when they heard they needed an inspection. It saves everybody time, and in this world of one stop shopping it’s perfect. For being open five months, I’m

really pleased. I’m not going anywhere,” said Bradshaw. In response to a customer’s comment that the Hampstead NCDMV Tag Agency is the friendliest office to visit, Bradshaw responded, “There’s no better location than to be

behind the friendliest DMV. It’s a good thing.” The garage is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., the same hours as the Tag Agency . The NC Inspection Station is located at 14687 US Hwy 17 N, Suite A.

meeting, scheduled for Oct. 20. Project architects have been reviewing plans for the project and inspecting the existing school build- ing to determine the direction of the project. “At our October meeting we s h o u l d s t a r t g e t t i n g some feedback as far as the recommendations from the archi- tects on the Penderlea project,” said School Board member Tom Roper. “They had a 60-day window to get back to us and we are getting close to that. We should be hearing from them this month.” Roper says the Penderlea renovation is the one project among the school bond projects that the board is expecting to hear from architects. Oct. 15 Surf City board stands by decision on police chief Emotions ran high at the Oct. 6 Surf City Town Council meeting. In a standing room only meeting, the agenda included general business but supporters of former Police Chief Mike Halstead anticipated having their say during the public forum. Chief Halstead was retired Sept. 15 during a closed emergency session with the town council after a he posted an “Open letter from a Police Chief ” on his personal Facebook page Sept 3. His comments about the organization Black Lives Matter and the use of the term “thug” as well as comments on how he instructed his department in Surf City to act, went viral globally and evoked comment

and attention from multiple media outlets as well as the North Carolina Chapter of the NAACP. Surf City hears report on storm damage The Surf City Town Council expressed their appreciation for all the hard work of Dean Wise and the public works department during the recent heavy rains and stor ms in the area at the board’s Oct. 6 meeting. “I know the utility department has worked day and night the last five days,” Councilman Doug Medlin said to loud applause. “Seems like every time I went by I saw all of them. I don’t know when they slept, maybe on a cot leaned up next to the plant. I thank the town employees for that, if not we would have had our town water cut off and gone without sewer. Mayor Zander Guy said the town was seeking funds to repair some of the damage. “It’s going to be quite expensive. I do want to mention council has been diligent contacting various agencies on behalf of the town. Our beaches are in bad shape, we’ve closed many of the beach accesses, and it’s not that we don’t want you on the beach, it’s for everyone’s safety,” said Guy. Oct. 22 Chlorine leak damages Topsail Beach vehicles A leak at a chlorine station resulted in the loss of two Topsail Beach town vehicles and also prompted a discussion on safety equip- ment and procedures at the Oct.14 town board meeting meeting. A leak occur red at the

chlorine station near the town hall and chlorine gas seeped into the garage where public works trucks were housed. The chlorine damaged the electronics on the trucks rendering them a total loss. With homes and new construction being built around the stations, the town commissioners want to in- sure that this will not happen again. Burgaw rules on deer butchering T h e B u r g aw B o a rd o f Com- missioners decided not to enact a proposed town ordinance amendment that would restrict hunter’s ability to skin and butcher game inside town limits. T he proposed chang es came from a request in August by a West Bridgers Street couple whose neighbor they say skinned and dressed deer next to their home. “They heard the concerns and the opposition to any changes in the existing ordinance and decided there was no need to change anything,” said Burgaw Town Manager Chad McEwen. “The board realized there was no issue yet, just the anticipation of an issue and there was no need to make an ordinance based on anticipation.” Oct. 29 Four-county robbery spree hits Burgaw A crime spree that spanned four counties and lasted several days ended with a holdup in Burgaw and an arrest in Duplin County. Duplin County law enforcement officials arrested a Stacey Allen Rodgers, 56,

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The years that were

Bill Messer No matter how hard I might wish it were not so, the year that was gives way to the year that will be. Why would I not want to go into the future? One thing’s for sure, and that’s the comfort of the past. The future is filled with uncertainty. I’ll leave it up to the historians to interpret the meaning of it all. I am content in the knowledge that there is a past and it is full of lessons learned. I often think of this, how ‘regular’ my life is, and how much I like to talk with people whose lives reflect actions taken during a time of conflict or great uncertainty, and a split second maybe in which an event could have in a microsecond changed a life forever. Sometimes the change is dramatic, like one second you’re here, and in another second you aren’t. Like when a ship sinks from under you, blown out of the water by an enemy’s bombs or shells, or in an airplane, in flight one second and then in a parachute among shredded aluminum bits fluttering to earth in the next. Things like this make you pause and think. Many of my stories are about people who lived through harrowing military experiences, and many more stories are about families who lived through ‘hard times’, the old days of the Great Depression. Still others are about the facts and events of everyday life in this coastal community. One thing I learned, that I knew before: if everybody’s poor, and no one had much of anything, often the want of things seems not so bad because, as one person said, “nobody had nuthin’.” Want is amplified when a few people have much more than the others. Families often stayed together, inescapably bound together by seeming poverty. Families depended on one another; one family with a mule, another with skills and implements handy at hog killing time, and another with a fishing boat. Children, the lucky ones, got to take in a few hours of school before returning to do the chores of daily living. And yet, in retelling the stories of hardship, memories of the bad old days blend and change into the good old days, when life was simpler. Less was known, for sure, about world events, but even so, the continent of America with protecting oceans on both sides, and friendly nations north and south, people thought themselves safe enough. Hard times got better, and

even the poorest households had the new thing, radio, and some households even had telephones. Suddenly, isolated communities weren’t so isolated any more. News of the outside world came in over the airwaves, and news of what was happening next door came in over the wires leading from the pole outside, and we became connected to everything going on in the outer world. Now, it is simply mind boggling to imagine the connectivity we have at our fingertips, the ability to connect with anyone anywhere in the world with just a few taps on a virtual keyboard on a mobile device, or a tablet, pad or laptop computer. I showed some home videos to a friend recently, showed them on a hand-held tablet, and he sat there unable to stop saying, “Well, I’ll be, look at that! Where’s the film? What kind of camera?” and I tried to explain that it was all from a very small sports type action camera, my phone, or simple consumer type video camera, and that, in fact, there was no film at all, just a very small microchip about the size of my little finger nail. Even though I know what’s behind the technology, the fact is I retired from my technology based occupation twenty years ago. When I’m around the new generation and try to understand the social media in common use, I’m as lost as my grandfather was when I tried to explain to him how the technology of the 60s and 70s worked. “You can’t live in the past,” I had told him then. And yet, I do. I revel in the past. My own life has been a crazy mixed-up kind of life, at various times living with two sets of grandparents, one set converted (from Episcopalian) Roman Catholics, and in the 50s, probably the least popular time to be Roman Catholic in the deep, deep South, and my other grandparents, ‘hardshell’ Southern Baptists who had some serious misgivings about my baptized faith. My knees still ‘remember’ the cold marble of the Catholic church as I knelt begging God to forgive me from attending Vacation Bible School with the Baptists, and the non-marble of my grandmother’s insistence that I beg God for deliverance of all the ‘Papist’ teachings from my parochial school. One family was uppermiddle class banker family, who drove Buicks because anything grander might cause bank depositors to wonder if their hard earned interest might be more if not for the opulent lifestyle of the bank’s officers. The other family was a red-dirt subsistence farming family, my grandfather delivering the mail and clerking in a grocery store to be able to afford to farm, and the hired family who lived in a small house just through the woods, essential to my grandmother

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The Sunday night blues The possum was less than pleased. The yellow on his neck, readily visible in the headlights, showed he was a rangy, randy old male, and obviously higher on the genetic ladder than some of his relatives, since he skittered away from whatever slower, more unfortunate beast comprised his moonlit supper. I had slowed slightly and pulled to the left to avoid the grinner, but he still offered me a gaping mouth of teeth before making good his escape, unaware that I was least likely to cause him intentional harm. The Moon of Flowers blooming was working its way above the trees, and I still had nearly two hours of a drive before I could greet the bacchanalian bedlam of our lonesome dogs and disgusted cats. A family emergency meant I had to tote Miss Rhonda to her parents, then make the long trip home alone, since as we always say, somebody’s got to feed the critters. The journey seemed infinitely longer, since the call to arms had come in the midst of a fun afternoon we’d planned to spend with friends – and it was a Sunday night. The late columnist Lewis Grizzard and I shared one trait – neither of us care (in his case, cared) for Sunday nights. In his case, it was because he came from a broken home. In my case, it’s because Sunday nights are always anticlimactic. I’ve never been one who works toward the weekend; I have too much to do on the weekends to greet it with unbridled celebration. My line of work, Rhonda’s job and other responsibilities make Saturdays more like taking a day off of work, rather than a dedicated day of recreation and roistering. Saturday is generally the only day I don’t wear a coat and tie, although that isn’t even a hard and fast rule. That changes but a little during hunting and trapping seasons. Sundays, however – I truly look forward to worship on Sunday morning, and Bible study and helping with the kids on Sunday evening. Sunday afternoons are the time we spend plundering in the woods, playing with the horses, visiting with friends, fishing and in my case, napping like an old dog in the sunshine, often with an old dog in the sunshine. All told, Sunday may be my favorite day.

Jefferson Weaver But Sunday nights always seem longer, darker and bleaker, even when a full moon is rising and Saturn, Venus and Jupiter are burning holes in the night sky, with Mars struggling to keep up, due to the vagaries of our respective paths around the sun. When I was first out on my own, Sunday evenings and much of Sunday nights were spent working; our paper had a Tuesday deadline, so Sunday was a workday. We usually finished by about 9 p.m., which is a lonely time for a country boy living in a city that still secretly sometimes intimidated him. Sunday nights were a time of insomnia, worry and – call it what it was – homesickness. Then there was the anticipatory dread of what the next day might bring, not to mention the fact that Monday nights ended somewhere around sunrise on Tuesdays. Those days have long passed, of course; I now view Sundays more with pleasant anticipation than trepidation. Sunday nights have become the one time Missus and I are fairly confident of having some time to wind down and catch up. The night still has its share of demons, although they are not as worrisome as they once seemed. Something was different on this particular Sunday night, however, as the chewed-ear old possum made his way to the relative safety of the shoulder of the highway. Maybe it was because I’d left my backup with her parents, and in turn had to entrust their care to a corps of doctors and medical people I didn’t know. I like having a doctor whose dog I know by name, and with whom I can discuss hunting, fishing, and old cars. I have no idea if the medical folks caring for my father-in-law even knew how to fish, much less the differ-

ence between a ’55 Chevy and a ’57 Ford. As much to keep me company as to stay awake, I had the windows down and the stereo turned shamefully up. I figured if nothing else, the cacophony of a worrisome strut on the car and the music would frighten any potential roadkill off the highway, thus eliminating yet another delay in my passage home. I have always liked listening to blues music on Sunday nights, likely from a semblance of a wasted youth spent in places that offered such. Country music is the music of pain and sorrow (or it used to be), and can offer the solace of knowing someone has it worse than you. A well-loved blues guitar, however, can reassure the listener that someone knows exactly how you feel, and isn’t trying to one-up your misery. In this case, Clapton was acoustically bemoaning a series of false accusations, any and all of which the songwriter was patently incapable of responsibility. I had to smile as in a moment of hubris and self-pity I said aloud that I knew just how he felt—after all, it was a dark Sunday night, I was lonesome, and a long way from home. Knowing the need for something resembling sustenance, I swung in at a particular store we frequent. Their hours are long, their coffee pots sparkling, and their supply of animal feeds are well-priced, so we support the folks whenever we can. Plus they are kind, Christian people who ain’t unwilling to open the warehouse at 10 p.m. if someone needs a bag of beet pulp, or fifty pounds of dog food. The store is across the road from a ratty, seedy looking convenience store best known for its supply of adult magazines at toddler’s eye level; I was relieved to see that other refugees of the weekend ending were also drawn to the higher quality store, although they too were looking a bit dazed, if generally more sunburned than me. Fortified, I rolled on down the road, past fields of somnolent cows, another, less aggressive possum, and sleepy crossroads that became sleepy towns. The three larger-sized towns I passed through were ablaze in neon to varying degrees, but each seemed more like

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Preparing for the Prince of Peace Advent is a season of preparation launched in love by giving thanks for the bounty of blessings bestowed upon us. Then the race begins; a full moth of preparation in anticipation of Christmas, the celebration of the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. But what are we really preparing for? And how do we do that? Is it rushing from store to store, fighting traffic, and sometimes other shoppers for the best deal on a menagerie of merchandise? Is it the search for just the right gift, symbolic of the love we share with someone special? How about the tree, the wreaths, the wrapping and the wondering HOW we will ever get it all done? I still recall that Christmas Eve, decades ago when my mom was a maniac over getting the relish tray just right. I think she was stressed by the shape of the carrots or something. I remember, even as a child, suggesting she relax and invest energy in what really mattered, like being together and enjoying each other’s company. I hold that vision in my heart when I start feeling frantic the week before Christmas. I heed my own advice, and seek solace in nature where I immediately experience evidence of the real reason for the season. We sing about it, pray for it, talk about it, we even physically pass the peace every Sunday in church. But what is peace, and how do we get a piece of it?? Peace is defined as the reconciliation of pieces previously disjointed. Have you ever offered someone a piece of your mind? Or have you been search of peace? Peace and quiet were always at the top of my mother’s wish list, and now I finally get it; literally and figuratively. That ’peace of Christ that surpasses all understanding’ sounds so enticing, yet sometimes elusive as well. Where can we find that gift, and how do we share it? I consistently encounter evidence that there are no shortcuts. It takes time and effort investing IN relationship to experience the peace we all pursue. We have to want it, to seek it, and to share it with those around us. I still remember singing in a Christmas Concert as a child: ‘Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.’ Somehow, singing that same song in church last week felt similar, yet very different from that distant memory. Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward men remains a universal wish. Peace lives in our hearts, the challenge is our tendency to get so busy attending to other things; we risk losing a piece of ourselves in the process. May the peace of Christ be with you and yours this holiday season, and may you give up a piece of the action in exchange for preparing your heart and home for the true Prince of Peace. Try focusing on presence rather than the presents this year.

My Spin

Tom Campbell

And that’s the way it is In recollecting 2015, I remember legendary CBS Newsman Walter Cronkite, who closed each evening’s newscast by saying, “And that’s the way it is..,�. Two weeks into the year the UNC Board of Governors shocked us, and many of their own board, by ineptly firing President Tom Ross. Dissension within the 32-member board resulted in controversy and a mutiny against chair John Fennebresque immediately after naming new president Margaret Spellings, who takes the reigns amidst distrust and unrest. The academic scandal at UNC Chapel Hill continues, with no ending in sight. The legislature convened Jan. 28, naming Tim Moore the new House Speaker, perhaps the most harmonious day of a session that didn’t adjourn until Sept. 30. The animus between the House, Senate and Governor was palpable at times. Their most notable action didn’t receive

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Continued from page 4A after my grandfather died so young. The hired man plowed with the mule and milked the two cows, grew corn, sweet potatoes, and watermelons. My grandmother tended the ‘truck’ garden, clabbered the milk and churned the butter, gathered the eggs and had ‘butter and egg money’ as primary household income. She and the hired family shared resources. Grand memories from both families, and grand memories from those times when I lived with my parents, too. To echo the movie title, it has been ‘A Wonderful Life’ and when I’m not looking for the path through the present to the future, I have a solid foundation of life experiences for my plinth, and ‘lessons learned’ that make up the columns, from everyone I interview for the newspaper stories. The future is uncertain; I can’t wait to see how it

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Continued from page 4A an ashamed little girl caught playing dress-up, since no one in their right mind was out this late on a Sunday night, unless their intentions or family members were ill. Mr. Clapton and I rolled along, not even gaining the attention of a single police officer parked semidiscretely beside a store, his face bathed in the green of his computer screen. I was slightly slower than legal, so I knew I’d never interrupt his reverie of all the paperwork created by serving and protecting the public. I did have to wonder if he was like a friend of mine, who volunteered for the Sunday night shift out of courtesy to his comrades, or if the officer in question just wished he worked with a brother cop like my old friend. Cornfields in their earliest stages are beautiful and inspiring in daylight, but in the silver of the moon, there is something almost embarrassing about the tiny stalks barely breaking through the dirt. Of course, it won’t take long, with rising temperatures and the proper rain, for those shoots to become thick, solid stalks, but row upon row of barely visible plants just seem sad and helpless as the road rolls on toward home.

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much press, the further cut of personal and corporate income tax rates and the intentional shift of our tax policy from a system dependent on income taxes to sales taxes. Legislators stockpiled almost one billion in savings and reserves. Grudgingly, the Assembly restored some of the historic preservation and film tax credits they had cut and gave economic developers more incentive dollars to lure industry into our state. Wanting North Carolina to be a player in the presidential beauty pageant and, in an attempt to save the costs of multiple primaries, lawmakers chose Mar. 15 of 2016 for all primary elections. This frantic and abbreviated filing season that began Dec. 1 and just ended this week was essentially an incumbent re-election plan, since challengers had little time to put together campaigns and raise money. More than 20 veteran legislators chose not to run for re-election. Almost one-third will run unopposed, demonstrating our broken system for redistricting that takes choices away from voters. Governor McCrory strongarmed lawmakers into putting a public infrastructure bond campaign on the ballot in March, even as legislators refused to include a transportation bond referendum. Supporters are struggling to get organized, raise money and stage an effective education message by the Ides of March. A compromise Medicaid Reform bill passed but the final result satisfied few. DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos

resigned; as usual the department received incoming salvos (some deserved) from most all directions. The courts once again demonstrated an increased voice in public policy and we end the year awaiting verdicts on voter ID, separation of powers and other substantive cases. We saw ethics charges over prison contracts, employment contracts and improper expenditures by elected officials. The state’s economy continued its slow recovery. We had a strange weather year, the result of El Nino, but were blessed to avoid hurricanes. In education, test scores, textbooks, vouchers and teacher pay were widely discussed, even as starting teacher pay was increased. The commission formed to revamp Common Core punted on trying to recommend changes on math curriculum. Individual student and school grades were disappointing; those scoring the worst had the highest concentration of low-income students. We witnessed more of the intent to move children from public to charter or private schools. 2015 was a year of disagreement, disillusionment and distrust. We were not a happy people and come to year’s end wanting peace and rest. To paraphrase Walter Conkite, that’s the way it is in 2015. Tom Campbell is former assistant state treasurer and is creator/host of NC SPIN, a weekly statewide television discussion of state issues. NC Spin airs Sunday at 8 a.m. on WILM-TV.

plays out. My grandparents shared the same outlook I have heard so often, that the world is ‘going to hell in a hand-basket’, and yet, somehow, even though my grandparents grew up in a time of young Bing Crosby, my parents grew up with Guy Lombardo, I witnessed the music explosion of Elvis and The Beatles, and I fell out of love with Rock & Roll when Greg Allman married Cher and disco took over, I sort of tuned out and did what my parents did, tuned in to the ‘oldies’ stations. I hated Lawrence Welk then, but now I watch it, and worse, often know the words to most of the songs. I never understood tapdancing, don’t want to understand metal, punk, funk, electro-anything, rap, hip hop, ska, emo. I thought Tiny Tim wasn’t totally awful, but the Bee Gees were. Rejecting Izod and Madras shirts, chinos and skinny belts, I went to bell bottoms and tie-dyed shirts, read Kerouac and poetry, drank tea and burned incense (one of the perks of being an altar

boy). Then the small town Georgia boy joined the Navy and got orders to San Francisco, and during the early mid-’60s, I realized just how far my comfort level went with experimentation in the ‘New Age’. Not very far. I held on to my ‘flower child’ wannabe imaginary image through college, but couldn’t find an income path as a professional flower child, so I went to K-Mart and bought a shirt and tie, and dug out the want -ads which eventually led to a suit, a career, and ultimately, retirement. All things come full circle, they say, but I have no plans to pierce anything, tattoo anything, or put a red streak through my hair. Whenever I get nostalgic, I turn to the shoebox full of pictures accumulated before the digital era, and a big Tupperware box of inherited family photos. The past is always part of the present, and all that went before sets the guideposts for the future. Happy New Year!

The corn and the pines and the spooky cypress and the sad little dark towns gave way to my turn toward home. The road was remarkably empty, of both traffic and wildlife. Perhaps everyone else was sad on a Sunday night, but only a few of us left our homes or holes. I dealt with but one suspicious driver as I made my way toward the farm; this seemed odd, since everyone knows Saturday night revelers have nothing on Sunday night martyrs when it comes to impaired driving. There’s a sadness in drinking on Sunday nights that seems to encourage consumption of even more; I shamefully remembered some of my own times like that as the Cutlass in front of me tried to use the bike path for a turn lane. I was reaching for the phone to call the Highway Patrol when a local officer appeared from nowhere and started following my somewhat off-center fellow traveler. The final stretch of woods was blue-silver clear in the moonlight as I gave the Hun a little more gas, turned on the high beams and made my anxious way home. I was ready for a shower, my Bible and my bed – after the insanity of our canine welcome home celebration, of course. Old Cleopatra kept looking toward the door when I came in, then looking back at me, as if to say, “Where’s Mom?� While I cannot tes-

tify to their fluency in the Southern English language, outside of words like “Good dog!� and “Stop that!�, I explained to the critters that Rhonda would be gone for a few days, but she’d be back. The cats weren’t amused or impressed, since I never feed them with the servile attitude they expect from mere humans. The dogs were overjoyed to get outside and tell the evening good night, although Cleo kept looking toward the door, trotting to the fence and looking to the front yard, then accusingly looking at me, wondering if I’d done something with Rhonda. Cleo climbed up beside me later, when the bacchanal was complete and everyone was ready for bed. The Plott hound has been with us since she was five weeks old, and sleeps at Rhonda’s feet every night. When her mom is gone, Cleo supplants the interloper from my shoulder, and stares at me with huge, sad golden eyes, as only a hound can. I ruffled her ears and turned out the light, reassuring her that I don’t like Sunday nights, either – but her female human would be home in a few days, Saturday was coming, and sometimes even dogs get the Sunday Night Blues. –Weaver is a columnist for the Post & Voice. Contact him at jeffweaver@whiteville.com.

Writing your own obituary Dear Savvy Senior, Can you provide any tips on how to write your own obituary? At age 80, I am in the process of preplanning my funeral and would also like to take a crack at writing my own newspaper obit too. Still Alive Dear Alive, For many people, writing their own obituary can be a nice way to sum up their life, not to mention avoid any possible mistakes that sometimes occur when obituaries are hurriedly written at the time of death. Here’s what you should know, along with some tips and tools to help you write one. Obit tips Before you start writing your obit, your first step is to check with the newspaper you want it to run in. Some newspapers have specific style guidelines or restrictions on length, some only accept obituaries directly from funeral homes, and some only publish obituaries written by newspaper staff members. If your newspaper accepts self-written obits, find out if they have a template to guide you, or check with your funeral provider. Most funeral homes provide forms for basic information, and will write the full obituary for you as part of the services they provide. You also need to be aware that most newspapers charge by the word, line or column inch to publish an obituary, so your cost will vary depending on your newspaper’s rate and length of your obit – most range between 200 and 500 words.

What to include Depending on how detailed you want to be, the most basic information in an obituary usually includes your full name (and nickname if relevant), age, date of birth, date of death, where you were living when you died, significant other (alive or dead), and details of the funeral service (public or private). If public, include the date, time, and location of service. Other relevant information you may also want to include is: cause of death; place of birth and parents names; your other survivors including your children, other relatives, friends and pets and where they live; family members who preceded your death; high school and colleges you attended and degrees earned; your work history and military service; your hobbies, accomplishments and any awards you received; your church or religious affiliations; any clubs, civic and fraternal organizations you were members of; and any charities you feel strongly about that you would like people to donate to either in addition to or in lieu of flowers or other gifts. You’ll also need to include a photo, and be sure to leave copies with your funeral director and/or immediate family members. Need help? If you need some help writing your obituary there

are free online resources you can turn to like legacy. com, obituaryguide.com or caring.com/obituary, which offer tips, templates and sample obits. Or, if you want your obit to be more memorable, purchase the ObitKit (obitkit. com). This is a $20 workbook that helps you gather the details of your life so you can write an obituary that will reflect your personality and story. Ethical will If you’re interested in writing your own obituary, you may also be interested in writing a legacy letter or ethical will. A legacy letter is a heartfelt letter that you write to your loved ones sharing with them your feelings, wishes, regrets, gratitude and advice. And an ethical will (which is not a legal document), is like an extension of a legacy letter that many people use to express their feelings as well as explain the elements in their legal will, give information about the money and possessions they’re passing on, and anything else they want to communicate. For help in creating these, there are lots of resources available like celebrationsoflife.net and personallegacyadvisors. com, which offers practical information, examples and materials you can purchase to help you put it together. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior. org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior� book.

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Eugene “Bucky” Wells WATHA -- Eugene “Bucky” Wells, 76, of Watha passed from his earthly life on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 at Carolina Care Center in Cherryville. He was born June 15, 1939 in Pender County, the son of the late Freeman and Lily Wells. Eugene is survived by his; sons, Darren Wells (Elaine) and Mark Wells; daughter, Paige Wells; former spouse and friend, Kay Marshall Wells; ten grandchildren; two great grandchildren; brother, Robert Wells (Ann); and many extended family and friends. He retired after working for 38 years with Worsley Oil Company and Pender Gas and Oil Company. Eugene served his country honorably in the U.S. Army. Eugene was a soft-spoken man who loved nothing better than to sit with a cup of coffee and chat with friends at the Scotchman Store in Burgaw. He loved his family and his grandchildren were the apple of his eye. Eugene’s passing leaves an empty place in our family circle and in our hearts. The family received friends 6-8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home. Funeral service was at

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Continued from page 3A Wilmington Oct. 23. Rodgers is charged with felony robbery with a dangerous weapon in the Oct. 22 robbery of the Fam- ily Dollar Store on U.S. Hwy. 117 in Burgaw. Rodgers is also implicated in a string of robberies that began Oct. 19 with holdups in Sampson, Duplin, New Hanover, and Pender counties. Robberies in Clinton, Rose Hill, Wallace, Wilmington, and Burgaw were all part of the investigation. Axe wielding intruder arrested in break-in A man who allegedly broke into the home of an elderly Burgaw resident and used an axe to chop through her bedroom door was arrested by Pender County Sheriff ís deputies Oct. 20. The Pender County Sheriff ís Office received a report of a burglary in progress at 1940 Hwy. 53 east Burgaw Oct. 20 at 2:56 a.m. Deputies responded and arrested Tyler Nathaniel Turner, 18, of 1704 Talon Trail, Snow Camp. Turner had kicked in the front door on the house and taken an axe and broken through the victimís bedroom door. Nov. 5 School Board to recommend

11 a.m. Tuesday Dec. 29 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel with Rev. W. E. Smith and Rev. Barry Wells officiating. Burial followed in Wells Family Cemetery. Casketbearers were Keith Wells, Shaun Wells, James Carter, Landon Wells, Matthew Wells and Bill James. Honorary bearers were Jason McClain, Braxton Wells, Caleb Wells, Andrew Wells and Bryson Wells. Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Burgaw.

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Joseph “Buddy” Johnson WILLARD -- Mr. Joseph McGowen “Buddy” Johnson, age 78 of Willard died on Dec. 22, 2015. Funeral services were held Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Willard Baptist Church in Willard, conducted by Mrs. Faye Milis. Burial followed at Riverview Memorial Park in Watha, conducted by David Knowles. The family received family and friends one hour prior to the service. Buddy is survived by two sons, Jason Wade Johnson of Willard, and Johnny Ritterbusch and wife Jane of Simpsonville, S.C.; two daughters, Lorie Norris and husband

Zebbie of Tucker, Ga.; and Barbie Jackson and husband Allen of Teachey; his motherin-law, Peachie Rivenbark of Willard; three special nieces, Debra Johnson Lanier of Raleigh, Melanie Murphy Emory and husband Jeff of Lincolnton, and Suzanne Johnson Graves and husband Loyd of Raleigh, a sister-inlaw, Julia Johnson Wells and husband Johnny of Willard, eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Buddy was born on Feb. 16, 1937 in Pender County to the late James Christopher and Minnie McGowen Johnson. He was predeceased by his wife, Madeline Jarman Johnson, his brother, James Dixon Johnson, his sister, Elizabeth Johnson Murphy, his son, Ronnie Ritterbusch and his brother-in-law, Jim Murphy. Buddy was a Deacon of Willard Baptist Church. He owned JM Johnson Far m Supply. He loved farming, running his store, his friends and his church and most importantly, loved spending time with his family. Casket Bearers will be Allen Jackson, Camron Jackson, Matthew Merritt, Erik Buitrago, Loyd Graves and Jeff Emory. Honorary Bearers will be former deacons of Willard Baptist Church, widows of deceased deacons, Diane Albertson, Faye Millis, Gloria Andrews, Robert McGowen, Lloyd McGowen, Dewitt McGowen, Mack Lee Avent and Jackie Brinson. In lieu of flowers, please make memorials in Buddy’s memory to WMU Toy Store Ministry at Wallace First Baptist Church 408 West Main Street Wallace, NC 28466. To sign the guest book, go

new building at Penderlea The Pender County School Board will recommend a new building for the Penderlea School at a meeting with county commissioners Nov. 9 The School Board heard three options last week from architects working on the Penderlea school bond project ñ two of which involved extensive renovation of the existing building. The third option, which was favored by the board, features a new facility for the school, while saving the old auditorium and gymnasium for use by the community. Man convicted on sex charges Joshua Adam Stroessenreuther, age 22 of Atkinson, has been convicted of multiple sex offenses involving children. He was sentenced to 300-420 months in the Department of Adult Correction by

Judge John Nobles, followed by lifetime registration as a sex offender and satellitebased monitoring. He plead guilty to first degree sex offense with a child and indecent liberties with a child in the Pender County case and first degree sex offense with a child and indecent liberties with a child in the New Hanover County case. Nov. 12 BOC hears plans for school bond projects Pender County school officials made presentations before the Pender Board of Commissioners Monday outlining the school bond projects. At the top of the list was the Penderlea School project. Architects brought plans and artist renderings of a new 87,000 square feet K-8 school, which will be built on property behind the existing

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in Craven County. His father, David Neil Ammons preceded Robbie in death. Robbie is survived by his son, Jayden David Ammons and Jayden’s mother, Lindsay Erin Miller; his mother, Ada M. Ammons and her husband, Paul Harold Key; sisters, Christi Ammons, Angela Schmidt and husband Robert and Jennifer Pearce and her husband Jay; maternal grandmother, Nola Pate; and many extended family and friends. Funeral service was at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel with Rev. Merrell McKoy officiating. Following the service the family received friends. Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Burgaw.

Panda “Pam” Joyce Moore BURGAW -- Panda “Pam” Joyce Moore, 73, of Burgaw passed from her earthly life on Friday, Dec. 25, 2015 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. She was born Dec. 26, 1941 in Greensboro, the daughter of the late Woodrow and Iola Smith Kennett. Also remembered is her husband, Oliverson “Junior” Moore, Jr., who preceded Pam in death in 2012. Pam is survived by her children, Billy D. Howard (Darlene), Ricky D. Howard (Betty Jo), Lonnie G. Howard (Johnna) and Tina M. Bain (Johnny); 12 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews including a special niece, Connie Keel. A private family service will be at a later date. Memorial gifts may be given to Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation, 1414 Physicians Drive, 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 and Cremation Center of Burgaw.

Ronald Eugene Larson ROCKY POINT -- Ronald Eugene Larson, 59, of Rocky Point left this earth unexpectedly and way too soon on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. He was born Aug. 20, 1956 in Wilmington, the son of the late Oscar Eugene Larson and Joyce Larson Newell. Ronald is survived by his

Robert “Robbie” David Ammons WILMINGTON -- Robert “Robbie” David Ammons, 34, of Wilmington left this earth too soon on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. He was born Dec. 8, 1981

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wife of 40 years, Sandra Sauls Larson; daughters, Jennifer Larson and Tonya L. Woods (Michael); grandson, Gabriel Larson; sisters, Dorothy Martin (David), Jackie Riley (Steve), Wilma Larson and Linda Newell; brother, Willie Larson (Ginny); many nieces, nephews and extended family. Ronald was a member of Calvary Chapel Community Church where he served not only as a deacon, but as Pastor Tony’s right hand man. By career Ronald was a custom cabinet builder, a profession he loved and excelled in. Bowling was important in Ronald’s life. He was a member of USBC Bowling Association and was a coach for youth bowling leagues. Ronald was a loving husband and devoted daddy, g randdaddy, brother and friend. He loved his church and served his Lord, Jesus Christ on a daily basis. He always had a smile on his face, a helping hand stretched out, and a heart ready to show the love of Christ within him. Ronald’s departure from this earth leaves a huge void in our lives and empty place in our hearts. Family received friends 5:30-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel with service beginning at 7 p.m. with Pastor Tony Fontana officiating. Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Burgaw.

Hampstead Baptist Church hosted a meeting Nov. 5 with members of the church, residents of Majestic Oaks and residents from neighborhoods along Factory Road, gathered to meet with Representative Chris Millis, Pender County Sheriff Carson Smith and NCDOT representative Chad Kimes. Nov. 19 BOC to have new chairman Pender County Commissioners will choose a new chairman at the boardís first meeting in December.Current

Chair man David Williams says he has spent enough time as chairman and itís time for someone new. Williams says with the increasing responsibility of the chairman position, coupled with changes in his personal situation, he does not want to continue as board chairman. “There are a lot of meetings and memberships that go with that role, and with things personally and major changes at my job, I can’t afford to

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1730 US US Hwy. Hwy. 117 117 N. N. • • Burgaw, Burgaw, NC NC 28425 28425 910-259-3046 910-259-3046 1730 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m. :\UKH` :JOVVS ! H T :\UKH` >VYZOPW H T W T www.fcbcb.org ^^^ MJIJI VYN

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

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

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

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

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160 Camp Camp Kirkwood Kirkwood Road, Road, Watha, Watha, NC NC 160

910-470-4436 910-470-4436

Pastor John John Fedoronko Fedoronko Pastor

ROCKY OCKY POINT OINT UNITED NITED METHODIST ETHODIST CHURCH HURCH

located at at the the intersection intersection of of Hyw. Hyw. 117 117 & & 210 210 located

Pastor Mark Mark Murphyw Murphyw Pastor

5610 Hwy. Hwy. 53 53 W W• • Burgaw, Burgaw, NC NC 28425 28425 (Across (Across from from Pender Pender High) High) 5610 ISSION BAPTIST APTIST CHURCH HURCH MISSION

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

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14201 Hwy. Hwy. 50/210 50/210 • • Surf Surf City, City, NC NC 28445 28445 • • 910-328-4422 910-328-4422 14201

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

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607 S. S. Walker Walker Street Street • • Burgaw, Burgaw, NC NC 28425 28425 607

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

BURGAW URGAW BAPTIST APTIST CHURCH HURCH 910.259.2136 910.259.2136

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11:00 a.m. :\UKH` :JOVVS! ! H T >VYZOPW! ! H T Sunday Evening Discipleship Training: 6:00 p.m. Pastor Lamont Hemminger :\UKH` ,]LUPUN +PZJPWSLZOPW ;YHPUPUN! ! W T 7HZ[VY 3HTVU[ /LTTPUNLY

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200 E. E. Fremont Fremont St. St. • • Burgaw, Burgaw, NC NC 28425 28425 200

Our Family Serving Your Family Since 1913

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212 S. S. Dickerson Dickerson St. St. Pender’s212 Original Burgaw, NCFuneral 28425 Service Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.2136 Affordable Prices 910.259.2136 www.harrellsfh.com www.harrellsfh.com Dignified Funeral Services

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

Services: 8 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. :LY]PJLZ! H T HUK ! H T :\UKH` :JOVVS! ! H T http://faithharborumc.org http://faithharborumc.org

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

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TRI-COUNTY PEST CONTROL, INC.

140 Industrial Drive Burgaw, NC 28425

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

311 S. Campbell St. Burgaw, NC 910.259.6007

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Riverview Memorial Memorial Park Park Riverview Watha, NC NC 910-285-3395 910-285-3395 Watha,

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4670 Stag Stag Park Park Rd. Rd. • • Burgaw, Burgaw, NC NC 28425 28425 • • 910-259-5735 910-259-5735 4670 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. :\UKH` :JOVVS! ! H T :\UKH` >VYZOPW! H T W T Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m. >LKULZKH` )PISL :[\K`! W T

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

10509 US US Hwy. Hwy. 117 117 S., S., Rocky Rocky Point Point Business Business Park Park 10509 Rocky Point, Point, NC NC • • 910-232-7759 910-232-7759 Rocky LL SAINTS AINTS CATHOLIC ATHOLIC CHURCH HURCH ALL

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

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216 Michigan Michigan Avenue Avenue • • Holly Holly Ridge, Ridge, N.C. N.C. 28445 28445 216 910-328-6252 910-328-6252 Pastor: Don Don Myers Myers Associate Associate Pastor: Pastor: Nathan Nathan Swartz Swartz Pastor:

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New Year’s recipes

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, December 31, 2015, Page 9A

Hope’s Cooking Corner

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I[W Jkhjb[ >eif_jWb D[mi By Karen Sota Sea Turtle Hosptal Special to the Post & Voice %VEN BEFORE THE DELUGE OF COLD STUNS ARRIVED THINGS WERE not that quiet at the hospital. 7E RECENTLY ADMITTED TWO VERY CRITICAL ,OGGERHEADS THAT HAVE required a real team effort to treat and rehabilitate. 7RANGLER ARRIVED .OV AFTER A LONG TRIP FROM THE OPEN OCEAN 3HE WAS ORIGINALLY PICKED UP BY LUCK OR ACCIDENT by the South Carolina Depart MENT OF .ATURAL 2ESOURCES RESEARCH TRAWL SURVEY VESSEL Lady Lisa THAT WAS WORKING OFF THE WEST END OF 3HACKL eford in Carteret County. It was apparent that the TURTLE HAD WHAT LOOKED TO BE MULTIPLE SHARK BITES AS WELL as other injuries. The South Carolina Department of Natu RAL 2ESOURCES STAFF CONTACTED THE .ORTH #AROLINA $IVISION OF -ARINE &ISHERIES AS WELL AS OUR VET $R #RAIG (ARMS AT #-!34 IN -OREHEAD #ITY #-!34 IS THE #ENTER FOR -A RINE 3CIENCE AND 4ECHNOLOGY A COASTAL ARM OF . # 3TATE 5NIVERSITY $R (ARMS RECOMMENDED THAT THEY ADMINISTER A DRUG TO THE TURTLE TO COUNTERACT THE EFFECTS OF SHOCK 4HE .#$-& met the boat and the turtle was TRANSFERRED TO THEIR CARE TAKEN TO THE -OREHEAD #ITY DOCK AND TRANSPORTED TO #-!34 4HE TURTLE WEIGHED KG APPX POUNDS WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD SIZE ,OGGERHEAD Earlier that day, around A M TWO OF OUR HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS *UDY &ERRIER AND Heidi Zynda had left the hospi TAL TO TAKE A SMALL +EMP S 2ID LEY THAT HAD BEEN ACCIDENTLY HOOKED BY SOMEONE FISHING FROM THE BEACH IN 3URF #ITY TO $R (ARMS TO HAVE THE HOOK REMOVED 7HILE THERE THE CALL ABOUT THE BIG TURTLE CAME IN AND as they were short staffed at THE MOMENT *UDY AND (EIDI AGREED TO STAY TO ASSIST WITH THE NEW PATIENT !FTER ALMOST TWO HOURS OF TRIAGING SUTUR ING AND TREATING ALL OF HER INJURIES *UDY AND (EIDI WHO had left our hospital hours earlier with one turtle headed BACK WITH TWO TURTLES ONE BIG

one small. !T THE HOSPITAL *EAN AND THE STAFF GOT HER SETTLED IN A LARGE TANK STEMMED THE BLEEDING TREATED HER TOPICALLY AND WITH ADDITIONAL MEDICATION AND LEFT FOR THE NIGHT PRAYING SHE would still be with us in the MORNING .OW OFlCIALLY NAMED 7RAN GLER AFTER HER TRANSPORT VEHICLE SHE SURVIVED THE NIGHT AND WAS GREETED THE NEXT DAY BY AN ENTIRE CREW DEDICATED TO MAK ING HER STAY AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE WHILE SPENDING HOURS METICULOUSLY TREATING HER BATTERED BODY ! GENTLE BATH WITH SOFT SOAPY CLOTHS mUSH ING mUSHING mUSHING OF ALL wounds with saline and beta DINE REQUIRING A TEAM DEVOTED ONLY TO FILLING AND REFILLING ABOUT FORTY SYRINGES CAREFULLY PATTING ALL THE AREAS DRY BEFORE GENTLY APPLYING 33$ TO THE ALL OF HER WOUNDS TOO NUMEROUS TO ACTUALLY COUNT )NITIALLY HER RIGHT mIPPER WAS CAREFULLY WRAPPED IN GAUZE AND COVERED WITH A STRETCH SLEEVE !PPARENTLY THAT ACCESSORY DID NOT MEET WITH her sense of fashion and after a day or two she refused to WEAR IT !LTHOUGH AN HOUR PLUS OF DAILY TREATMENT CANNOT BE pleasant for her she remains STOIC THROUGHOUT NEVER GET TING AGITATED OR TRYING TO BITE EVEN WHEN WE HAVE OUR HANDS literally inside of her throat. !S SHE BEGAN RESPONDING TO HER CARE WE RAISED HER WATER LEVEL AND OFFERED HER FOOD WHICH SHE EAGERLY ATE AND still eats, about three pounds A DAY 7E RECENTLY ADDED HONEY TO HER TREATMENT PROTOCOL AND HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE BEN EFICIAL EFFECTS IT HAS HAD ON HER HEALING 3HE HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE PATIENT NOT ONLY IN THE SPEED OF HER RECOVERY BUT IN HER WILLINGNESS TO TOL ERATE MANY FACES AND HANDS HUNCHED OVER HER CARAPACE EVERY DAY Sometimes she spends her treatment time with her eyes CLOSED NO DOUBT DREAMING OF GETTING BACK HOME !ND THAT RIGHT mIPPER THAT WE WERE ALL SO WORRIED ABOUT !LTHOUGH the jury is still out as to the lNAL VIABILITY OF THAT mIPPER AT THE MOMENT SHE S VERY happy to show us all how well IT WORKS BY WAVING IT AROUND

WHEN HER TANK IS RElLLED !ND THAT LITTLE +EMPS THAT RODE SHOTGUN ON THE TRIP RECOV ered fully after a few days. She WAS NAMED 6ICKIE 2OSE AFTER TWO OF OUR LONG TERM HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS 6ICKIE AND 2OSE AND TAKEN BY THEM TO THE BEACH to be released. Tours end until spring 2016 7E HAVE OFlCIALLY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL SPRING OF NEXT YEAR /F COURSE WE NEVER CLOSE OUR DOORS TO SICK AND INJURED sea turtles. 4HANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TO VISIT US AND TO those who supported us fi NANCIALLY IN 9OU CAN STILL KEEP UP WITH HOSPITAL HAPPEN INGS ON OUR &ACEBOOK PAGE OR website www.seaturtlehos PITAL ORG 3HOP ON LINE AT OUR WEBSITE AND WE LL GLADLY SHIP YOUR MERCHANDISE TO YOU Another honor !ND THIS TIME IT S FOR OUR OWN LONG TERM HOSPITAL VOL unteer Beth Howard. Beth, a VISUAL ARTS TEACHER AT $IXON Elementary for 30 years is now a member of The Order OF THE ,ONG ,EAF 0INE )T S THE HIGHEST AWARD PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR GIVEN hTO HONOR PERSONS WHO HAVE A PROVEN RE CORD OF SERVICE TO THE 3TATE OF North Carolina or some other SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AND TO OTHERS AS A GESTURE OF FRIEND SHIP AND GOOD WILL v "ETH HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A friend to and ambassador for OUR TURTLES OVER MANY YEARS and if you want to see how sur PRISED SHE WAS TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD GO TO HTTPS YOUTU BE B%B KC6)2) #ONGRATS AND FLIPPER HUGS FROM ALL AT THE hospital The cold-stuns are in Coats one day and shorts AND 4 SHIRTS THE NEXT n NO WON DER SEA TURTLES GET CONFUSED AND END UP COLD STUNNED %SPECIALLY IF YOU RE ONE OF THE LITTLE GUYS HANGING OUT around Cape Cod and the lSHIN IS STILL EASY IN $ECEM BER ! LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AGO OF THE CRITTERS WERE flown in from their temporary HOME AT THE .EW %NGLAND !QUARIUM !FTER BEING TRIAGED BY Dr. Harms and his staff at #-!34 THEY ARRIVED AT OUR HOSPITAL WITH THEIR TRAVEL

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Thursday, December 31 The Kiwanis Club of Hampstead will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT THE Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 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 Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are AVAILABLE AT OTHER TIMES BY CONTACTING THE -USEUM AT BY EMAIL AT PENDERHIST HOTMAIL COM Friday, January 1 Happy New Year! Wednesday, January 6 s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM P M AT THE Surf City Community Center, 201 Community Center Dr. Call 328.4887 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, January 7 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT THE Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT THE Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 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 Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are AVAILABLE AT OTHER TIMES BY CONTACTING THE -USEUM AT BY EMAIL AT PENDERHIST HOTMAIL COM Tuesday, January 12 s4HE +NIGHTS OF #OLUMBUS #OUNCIL MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH 4UESDAY EACH MONTH AT P M AT THE !MERICAN ,EGION "UILDING 5 3 (WY IN (AMPSTEAD Wednesday, January 13 s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM P M AT THE Surf City Community Center, 201 Community Center Dr. Call 328.4887 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, January 14 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT THE Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT THE Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 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 Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are AVAILABLE AT OTHER TIMES BY CONTACTING THE -USEUM AT BY EMAIL AT PENDERHIST HOTMAIL COM

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Judy and Heidi comfort Wrangler as Dr. Harms tends to her many wounds 4HESE CRAZY WARM DAYS ARE bound to end sometime and THAT S A REAL PROBLEM FOR SEA TURTLES STILL HANGING AROUND in the shallow waters near the COAST AND WATERWAYS /NCE WE GET A FEW DAYS OF COLD WEATHER THOSE WATER temps plummet. Turtles are COLD BLOODED REPTILES AND HAVE NO WAY TO WARM UP )F THEY DON T GET THEIR CARAPACES IN GEAR FAST AND HEAD OUT TO warmer waters they end up

COLD STUNNED /FTEN COLD STUNS WILL WASH ONTO THE BEACH OR INTO MARSHY AREAS BECAUSE THEY ARE AT THE MERCY OF THE TIDES !LTHOUGH THEY MAY AP PEAR TO BE DEAD THAT S NOT NEC ESSARILY THE CASE n THEY MAY LITERALLY BE TOO COLD TO MOVE 7E CONTINUE TO RELY ON OUR LOCALS AND VISITORS TO REPORT ANY SIGHTINGS OR STRANDINGS OF SEA TURTLES OF ANY SIZE )F you see any turtle in distress, INJURED OR DEAD PLEASE CALL OUR

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Top sports stories from 2015 By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer 2015 was full of surprises for the three area high schools as well as the youth sports leagues. The Post-Voice would like to touch on the top eight stories of the year. 8) The Topsail High school athletic department was in transition over the spring and summer months. The school found itself looking for an athletic director, Girls and boys basketball coach along with a wrestling coach. Basketball coach Jim Clanahan resigned his post during the late spring. Former assistant coach Andrew Ellington was named to take his place and has the Lady Pirates off to a very good start. Men’s basketball coach Jeff Gainey resigned abruptly, leaving the program without a head coach. The Pirates hired Jamie Rochelle to lead the program. Topsail finally settled on its athletic director, hiring Chris Haney. 7) Pender football coach Tony Hudson resigned his post in May. Hudson took over the football program in 2011 after Tom Eanes had resigned to take over the Wilmington Ashley program. His second year on the job the team went 6-6 including a three game winning streak that included a 40-20 thumping of Wallace – Rose Hill. His last two years the program struggled, going a combined 2-20. Hudson cited personal reasons for resigning. Pender hired Bob Via late in

the summer. 6) The Trask soccer team was under the direction of first year coach Jason Hall. Coach Hall worked on the teams conditioning and stamina. It apparently worked as the Titans went 9-11-2 after going 3-17-1 the year before. The Titans fell to Manteo 2-1 in overtime. 5) Joe Sculthorpe has put the Topsail Pirate wrestling program on the map. He finished second in the state as a freshman, and won the state title as a heavyweight as a sophomore. There was high hopes for the Pirate strongman in his junior year. He did not disappoint as he rolled though the competition. Sculthorpe was 47-1 going into the regionals. He won the regionals and earned a bid to the state championship. Sculthorpe lost a tough semi-finals match in overtime to Nicholas Coe of Asheboro. The score was 4-3. Sculthorpe bounced back to defeat Alex Liles by the score of 6-2 to earn 3rd place. 4) Pender wrestler Alpha Barrow had a good winter and headed into the regionals with high hopes. the 106 pounder took second in the regionals and headed to the state tournament. Barrow lost a 12-11 decision in the semi-finals of the state tournament. He then won the third place match with a pin over Cody Daniels. 3) The Topsail Pirate baseball team was coming off of a state championship and had high hopes. They were led by senior standout Clark Cota. the young star

had looked at signing at Carolina but decided on signing at UNCW. He hurt his arm and was unable to pitch the last part of the year. that derailed the Pirates hopes of repeating. The Topsail nine finished the year with a sterling 25-3 record and a Mideastern Conference championship. They were ranked number one in the 3A ranks for most of the year and was ranked among the top 10 teams in the nation. They simply ran out of pitching. 2) The Trask softball team has made a name for itself under the direction of Corrina Reece. The Lady Titans again was the class of the Four County Conference. Reece’s crew went undefeated in conference play and went into the playoffs where they defeated a very good East Columbus team in the second round before falling to Whiteville in the third round of the playoffs. 1) The Topsail Lady Pirates were under the direction of first year coach Jay Abston. The veteran travel ball coach inherited a team that many thought underachieved the year before. That didn’t happen under Abston and assistant Steven White. The Lady Pirates went 11-1 in Mideastern Conference play and went into the playoffs on fire. Topsail made it to the regional finals where they lost a best of three series to Northern Guilford. The Pirates will be loaded for another run to the state title this spring.

Trask cagers win Nathan Gay Tournament

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Trask Titan men’s varsity basketball team is off to a fast start this year. Coach Rodney Orr’s hardwood heroes have dispatched all but one of their first seven opponents including their first two Four County Conference foes. Last week they played in the Nathan Gay Holiday Tournament at Union High School. The Titans played two opponents in two days including a return matchup with conference mate Union. When the dust settled the Titans were 2-0 and the champions of the tournament. Trask drew former conference foe Lakewood in the first round of the tournament. The Leopards came in boasting a 4-3 record and full of confidence. When the final buzzer sounded the Titans were on the top end of a 69-46 score. The front running Titans opened up an early lead and coasted into the half with a 36-22 advantage. Lakewood made some ad-

justments at the half and played the Pender County crew closer in the third frame but still trailed the Four County Conference leader by 16 at 50-34 with just eight minutes to play in the contest. The Titans leaned on the duo of Johnathan Jordan and Jaquan London to ease past the Leopards 69-46. Jordan led the Titans with 20 points while London pitched in 16. Tynaffitt Davis added 11 with Tiywan Ballard scoring 10. The Titans drew the Union Spartans in the championship of the tournament. Trask had just beaten the Spartans by 24 points five days prior in Rocky Point. This game was no closer as the Titans overcame the Spartans attempt to slow the pace with a 57-37 win. The Titans held a 10 point lead at the half and outscored the Spartans in every quarter. Trask (6-1/1-0) played Harrells Christian Academy on Tuesday as part of the Cape Fear Christian Academy Holiday Challenge. They will resume conference play Jan. 4 at West Bladen.

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Tyrease Armstrong drives the basket during a recent game in Rocky Point.

Lady Patriots play in Dixon Christmas tourney By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

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Trask will play in the Cape Fear Christian Academy Holiday Challenge before returning to conference play Jan. 4.

The Pender Lady Patriots are playing a tough non-conference slate in an attempt to gain some invaluable experience before they get deep into the Four County Conference schedule. Although their record may not indicate any improvement, the scores show otherwise. Last week the Lady Patriots played three games in four days as part of the Dixon Christmas tournament. The first game of the tourney was against the home team Lady Bulldogs. The Pats were outscored 17-9 in the first quarter but outscored the Lady Bulldogs by two in the second period to go into the break trailing by six points at 26-20.

Dixon held a 43-25 lead after three quarters before the Pats made a run at them. The final was 54-38 Dixon. Next up was Spring Creek. The Lady Gators jumped out to a 14-1 lead after one quarter of play and cruised into the break with a 26-15 lead. Spring Creek outscored the Patriots 30-26 in the second half to take a 56-41 win. The final game of the week was with the South Lenoir Blue Devils. The 2A combatants from the Eastern Carolinas Conference had no trouble in handing the Patriots a 46-21 loss. The Lady Patriots are 0-11 overall and 0-2 in Four County Conference play. They will resume play at East Bladen on Tuesday Jan. 4.

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New Year’s wishes By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Very shortly the ball will drop in Times Square and 2015 will just be another part of history. But with each year comes heightened hopes and expectations, and here are a few New Year’s wishes (alphabetically) for some of our area’s players, coaches, families, officials, and schools. A is for Alec Baker: Here’s hoping the talented junior’s jump shot finds the bottom of the net with more consistency and the Pirates find some more numbers in the win column. B is for Bill Mercier: The outstanding track and cross country coach has brought tremendous consistency to both sports, and this wish is for continued success to prove nice guys do, indeed, finish first. C is for Clark and Bryce Cota: Clark is coming off Tommy John surgery as he embarks on his playing career at UNC-Wilmington in the fall, and Bryce may be facing the same surgery that will possibly and his senior season at Topsail. Here is a wish that both guys have successful healing processes and quickly resume your careers. D is for Jordan Desmond, the former Titan player and coach who is embarking on a new path as a teacher and coach at Pender. Forget the old rivalries, Coach, and here’s a wish for a successful transition. E is for Gardner Eakins, the Pender girls’ basketball coach. It has been a tough start to his career at Pender and here’s a wish for taller and more talented girls in the future. F is for fans, many of whom still don’t realize that these high-school athletes are teenagers who are trying their best and booing, or catcalls, or poor sportsmanship is not an option. Let the kids grow up., and maybe it’s time some of you adults do, too. G is for Granville Gehris, Topsail’s outstanding baseball coach. After two seasons that produced a state and conference championship many talented players left to play in college. Here’s a wish the cupboard is far from bare. H is for Rodney Hansley, the super-talented Pender basketball player. Here’s hoping the wins come, the points pile up, the grades stay high, and some college coaches take notice of your talents. I is for Wayne Inman, the Topsail football coach. MidEastern Conference wins have been hard to come by so the wish here is for a contending2016 season. J is for Jonathan Davis, Trask’s football coach. Another program that has not enjoyed much success in the win column, and the wish here is for no less than a .500 season in 2016. K is for Rachel Kapiko, the hard-working Lady Pirate volleyball and basketball player. Here’s a wish that all your hard work and effort pays off in solid junior and senior seasons. Get those legs under those jump shots and kills. L is for Topsail’s outstanding senior volleyball Libero Marlee Marrotta. An outstanding senior year led to many well-deserved individual awards, and the wish here is that all your dreams come true. M is for Matt Davis, Pender’s volleyball coach. After a string of successful years this past season was a bit of a downer. Here us a wish that 2016 gets the program back on track. N is for a Happy New Year for all. We at the Pender Post and Voice offer our wishes for a healthy, prosperous, and happy New Year. We appreciate you patronage and hope we can continue to serve you for years to come. O is for Rodney Orr, Trask’s boys’ basketball coach. May the early part of 2016 bring you much success and some of those big wins necessary to give your Titans the confidence they need for the playoffs. P is for Pender, and a hope that the athletic programs find their way back to the top of their respective sports. Q is for the quick-pace offense all three Pender County boys’ teams are attempting to run, and that they do not forget about playing hard on the other end of the court. R is for Corinna Reece, Trask’s softball coach. Here’s a wish for a successful season with your senior-laden team that includes a deep run in the playoffs. S is for Glenn Sellers and the hope that the former Pender and Trask football coach gets back into the game because quality coaches – and men – like him are sometimes hard to find. T is for Tynaffit Davis, the multi-talented Titan athlete. Hope the points and wins continue to mount and that a college coach take a run at your talents in the future. U is for understanding the games. So many times I have sat and listened to “experts” in the stands rail at the coaches and officials about what they are doing wrong when they really don’t understand what is happening in front of them. If you were all that knowledgeable you would be on the sidelines. V is for Bob Via, the Pender football coach who suffered through a horrific season. Here is a wish that the players get into the weight room and make the commitment necessary to make your program successful. W is for Keri White, the talented Topsail senior. May the rest of your high-school career bring you much success, and may your talents blossom at Appalachian State. X is for the X-tra (journalistic liberty here) effort the student-athletes put in to be successful on their respective playing surface and in the classroom. We should all cheer them on and not find fault with their efforts. Y is for your own individual children. Be proud of them and cheer them on. Athletics are an important of the learning process and winning or losing can provide valuable lessons for their adult lives. Z is for Zatha Loewen, the former Topsail track and cross-country runner who is now well on her way to a fantastic career in the U. S. Marine Corp after her graduation from the U. S. Naval Academy. We salute you Ms. Zatha.

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Smith has athletic ability, big smile By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When Haley Smith came to Heide Trask as a freshman, she was a small girl with braces and a huge smile. She also brought with her quite a resume. She was a member of a state championship Dixie Youth softball team and also played on a very successful middle school team. However, nobody bothered to mention her indomitable spirit both on the athletic stage as well as in the classroom. Miss Smith has grown into a beautiful young lady with an infectious smile and a huge heart to go with it. She has also became a very good volleyball player as well, earning all-conference status. With almost half of her senior year in the books, Haley will try and win a state title on the softball field. No matter how things turn out on the field, Haley Smith will graduate Trask as a winner.

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Wolf plays the post for the Lady Pirates By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer After two years of duty on the Topsail Pirates varsity basketball team Amberly Wolf should have plenty of experience when it comes to playing the post for the Lady Pirates. Miss Wolf has played under Coach Jim Clanahan for two seasons before entering this season under the direction of new coach Andrew Ellington. Although Coach Ellington has asked the Lady Pirates to play at a quicker pace, Amber does not seem to have missed a beat. She runs the floor well and plays tough in the lane for the Pirates. Amberly has trimmed down and in turn has gained some speed and agility. That has helped her become a better basketball player. With a tough Mid-Eastern Conference slate straight ahead, The Pirates will need for Miss Wolf to play tough in the lane. There is little doubt that she will come up big for her teammates.

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Simpson looks for big things in winter track By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer With the winter track and field season under way the Pender Patriots ladies team has a few big time performers on their squad. One of those big time performers is Tanasza Simpson. Simpson came to Pender with a ton of strength and the ability to throw both the shot and the discus. It turns out that the shot put is her best event. She qualified for the regionals and finished a very respectable fourth place in the state. Tanasza is off to another fast start for the Patriot winter track team. She recently won the shot put throw thus qualifying for the state meet. With the winter track season approaching its final weeks of competition, the Patriot strong lady will begin preparing for the spring season. There is no doubt that Tanasza Simpson is looking for big things this year.

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist Dams are created for a variety of reasons. Beavers build dams in waters too shallow to protect them from predators. By backing up the water flow, the depth increases which provides the protection they need. It also allows for habitat for a number of other creatures such as waterfowl, fish, rodents, and a variety of mammals. People build dams for several reasons. Dams create reservoirs for people to clean and use the water. The dams also provide a means to create electricity. They allow people to harness the power of the water to use for processing food, watering fields, and protecting lands downstream. But what happens if a dam is breached or broken? T he United States has avoided major catastrophies involving dams since the Buffalo Creek Dam in 1970 and the Teton Dam in 1976 which destroyed large amounts of land and caused dozens of deaths. Near my home area, roughly within a 20 mile radius, there are three instances in which a dam was compromised resulting in the draining of the water upstream.

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One was Bunn Lake in which Hurricane Floyd caused massive flooding which was too much for the dam to handle. In all, there were 20 reported dam failures reported in eastern North Carolina from the torrential rainfall that occurred from Floyd. Another was the lake where I grew up when the dam needed repair. Silver Lake was but a small sliver of a stream during that time although the swamp side of the lake did maintain some water from the several feeder creeks. Fish were transported to a holding pond as much as possible, then returned once the dam was repaired and the water began filling back up. And recently, the Finch’s Mill dam broke. Located not far from I-95, the old mill pond drained quickly. The pond was regularly fished from shore and small boat and during the summer it is an uncommon sight not to see someone there with a rod and reel in hand. Ducks and geese, egrets and herons, they all frequented the water in search of home and food. Beavers were common and prior to the dam break I counted no less than four killed trying to cross the road from

the stream below the dam to the higher still waters above. Every year when the cold air settles in, you could count on finding roadkill beaver there. Of course there are many other species that called Finch’s Mill home. Now they will have to find another. They move further upstream, or maybe even downstream if possible. Fish have the hardest time in relocating as when the water drained quickly it left pockets where fish were trapped. After the draining I looked at some of the features of what was previously hidden underneath the tea stained water. There was what we used to call a ‘boom box’ laying in the mud. Plenty of glass bottles, some soda and some of the alcoholic variety. A serpentine belt was on top of an old rag which gave an eerie voodoo sort of look. Near the dam was the front end of a car, not the whole part of the car, just the bumper fascia. As always you can count on finding an old tire here or there. We never realize it, but our trash became part of the ecosystem there. I am sure various creatures such as fish, snakes, turtles and

even crawfish and freshwater shrimp found solace in those eyesores. Still, it is ashamed that we have impacted the area like that. Several fish lay here and there, dried out corpses at this time as it has been a couple of weeks since the dam break. You do not see many small ones. They usually can find a

PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016 – 4:00 p.m. PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC ASSEMBLY ROOM, 805 S. WALKER ST., BURGAW, NC CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ADOPTION OF AGENDA PUBLIC INFORMATION 1. Presentation of Pender County’s New Combat Wounded Parking Space Signs. PUBLIC COMMENT CONSENT AGENDA 2. Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting: December 14. 3. Resolution Accepting Petition to Shelter Creek Drive in Burgaw, to the State Maintained System, and Authorizing the Clerk to Submit the Petition to N.C. Department of Transportation. 4. Approval of Tax Releases and Refunds for December 2015. 5. Approval of a FY 2015-2016 Budget Ordinance Amendment to Reallocate Revenues and Expenditures Associated with the 1.5% COLA Approved by the Board of Commissioners in the FY 2015/2016 Adopted Budget Ordinance. 6. Approval of a FY 2015-2016 Budget Ordinance Amendment to update the amount of the economic development tax incentive which was budgeted for Acme Smoked Fish. 7. Approval of a FY 2015-2016 Budget Ordinance Amendment to Budget the Revenues and Expenditures Associated with the Rural Economic Development Loan Grant (REDLG), which was Filtered through Four County EMC to the County and Subsequently to Acme Smoked Fish Corporation (Acme) as an Economic Development Incentive for Acme to locate in Pender County. ***END OF CONSENT AGENDA*** APPROVALS AND RESOLUTIONS 8. Discussion and Approval of the Pender County Schools Long Range Plan. 9. Resolution to Approve a Map Combining the Pender EMS & Fire Insurance District Map with the Scotts Hill Insurance Districts into One Map and Renaming the New Combined Districts the Pender EMS & Fire / Insurance District. 10. Resolution Amending the Code of Pender County (Section 3 – Animals). 11. Approval of a Purchase Order to NC Department of Corrections for Food and Provisions for the Jail in the amount of $10,000. 12. Approval of Purchase Order for Foster Care Vendor Payments: $50,000. 13. Resolution Approving Submittal of a Revised Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Loan Application to the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources for additional loan funding based on the lowest bid on the Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrades at the Pender County Solid Waste Transfer Station. 14. Approval of Professional Service Contracts for FY 14 FMA Grant Project. APPOINTMENTS 15. Approval of Appointments to the Pender County Board of Adjustment. 16. Approval of Appointments to the Pender County Fire Commission. ROCKY POINT WATER & SEWER DISTRICT 17. Resolution by the Board of Directors of the Rocky Point/Topsail Water and Sewer District Accepting the Deed of Dedication for the Conveyance of Title to the Water Distribution System Properly Installed to Serve Twisted Oak Subdivision. PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD ITEMS FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNTY MANAGER, FINANCE DIRECTOR, & COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLOSED SESSION (if applicable). ADJOURNMENT

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 Nursing/Adult Care Homes Adv. Board 2 Public Members Parks & Rec Board 1 District 4 Tourism Development Authority 1 District 3 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 HOLIDAY OFFICE CLOSURES Pender County Government Offices will be closed on the following dates in observance of the New Year’s Holiday: Friday, January 1, 2016 DISPOSAL OF CHRISTMAS TREES Convenience site users wishing to dispose of Christmas Trees may do so at the Burgaw, Rocky Point and Hampstead sites. th Receptacles will be available from December 26 through January 31, 2016.

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The broken dam at Finch’s Mill

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AS FOLLOWS: January 5, 2016 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

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Zoning Text Amendment Tracy Lange, applicant, is requesting the approval of a Zoning Text Amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to further clarify requirements for Pet Care Services (NAICS 812910) by delineating Pet Grooming Establishments. The proposal includes adding use standards specific to Pet Grooming Establishments in Section 5.3.11 and including a definition within Appendix A – Definitions. For Additional Information: Contact Pender County -Planning & Community Development 805 S Walker St Burgaw, NC 28425 Phone 910-259-1202

way as the water shallows. The bigger fish are not as lucky. It remains to be seen whether the dam will be rebuilt. But the ecosystem that thrived there will. It won’t be the same necessarily, but it will survive. –Bill Howard is a lifelong North Carolina resident and hunter. He is a lifetime member

of the North Carolina Bowhunters Association, an associate member of Pope and Young, and an official measurer of both. He is a certified hunter education (IHEA) instructor and bowhunter education (IBEP) instructor. Please share your stories with Bill at BillHowardOutdoors@gmail.com.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The public will take notice that the Town Council of the Town of Surf City, North Carolina, has called a public hearing at 7:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, on January 5, 2016 at Surf City Town Hall on:  Subdivision Text Amendment: Amending: Appendix B: Subdivision Regulations, Article VI

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12/31/2015 IMPORTANT NOTICE ALL PENDER COUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS All taxable personal property and all changes made to real estate must be listed for taxation with its status on January 1 of the tax year. Taxable personal property includes mobile homes, manufactured homes, boats, motors, jet skis, aircraft, multi-year tagged trailers, and any unregistered or untagged automobiles, trucks, trailers, campers, motor homes, motorcycles, farm equipment, and business personal property. Pender County is on a permanent listing system for real property, owners of real property who do not own taxable personal property are not required to list unless improvements have been made to the real estate within the last year. Doublewides located on land owned by another person are required to be listed for taxes. Tax listing will begin on Friday January 1, 2016 and end on Monday February 1, 2016 List takers will be available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. in the Howard Holly Building at 300 East Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC. Please Note county offices will be closed on Friday January 1st and Monday January 18, 2016 for holidays. Listing forms will only be mailed to those who listed taxable personal property in 2015. If you did not list in 2015 but now own taxable personal property, you may call the Pender County Tax Office at 910-259-1221 and request a listing form. All listings returned by mail must be postmarked (Not Metered) no later than February 1, 2016. All persons, owning property subject to taxation, must list during the month of January and any person who fails to do so shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by law. NOTICE INFORMATION CONCERNING PROPERTY TAX HOMESTEAD EXCLUSION FOR ELDERLY AND/OR DISABLED, DISBLED VETERANS AND CIRCUIT BREAKER DEFERMENT General Statute 105-277.1 Property Tax Homestead Exclusion For Elderly Or Disabled Persons: North Carolina excludes from property taxes a portion of the appraised value of a permanent residence owned and occupied by North Carolina residents who are at least 65 years of age or are totally and permanently disabled, a deeded owner as of Jan 1 and whose income does not exceed $29,500. The amount of the appraised value of the residence that may be excluded from taxation is the greater of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or fifty percent (50%) of the appraised value of the residence. Income means all moneys received from every source other than gifts or inheritances received from a spouse, lineal ancestor, or lineal descendant. Unless there were changes that would affect your qualifying status or you are due the Octennial audit, you do no need to apply annually. Failure to notify the Tax Assessor that the property no longer qualifies for the exclusion may cause the property to be subject to discovery with penalties and interest pursuant to G.S. 105-312. If you did not receive the exclusion last year, but are now eligible, you may obtain an application from the Pender County Tax Assessors office. It must be filed by June 1st. General Statute 105-277.1C Disabled Veteran: A permanent residence owned and occupied by a disabled veteran is designated a special class of property by the North Carolina Constitution and is taxable in accordance with this section. The first forty -five thousand dollars ($45,000) of appraised value of the residence is excluded from taxation. A qualifying owner who receives exclusion under this section may not receive other property tax relief. A disabled veteran is a veteran of any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States whose character of service at separation was honorable or under honorable conditions and who satisfies one of the following requirements: a. As of January 1 preceding the taxable year for which the exclusion allowed by this section is claimed, the veteran had received benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 2101. b. The veteran has received a certification by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or another federal agency indicating that, as of January 1 preceding the taxable year for which the exclusion allowed by this section is claimed, he or she has a service - connected, permanent, and total disability. c. The veteran is deceased and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or another federal agency has certified that, as of January 1 preceding the taxable year for which the exclusion allowed by this section is claimed, the veteran's death was the result of a service - connected condition If you did not receive the exclusion last year, but are now eligible, you may obtain an application from the Pender County Tax Assessors office. It must be filed by June 1st. General Statute 105-277.1B Property Tax Homestead Circuit Breaker Deferment: North Carolina defers a portion of the property taxes on the appraised value of a permanent residence owned and occupied by a North Carolina resident who has owned and occupied the Property for at least five years is at least 65 years of age or is totally and permanently disabled, and whose income does not exceed $44,250. If the owner's income is $29,500 or less, then the portion of property taxes imposed on the residence that exceeds 4% of the owner's income may be deferred. If the owner's income is more than $29,500 but less than or equal to $44,250, then the portion of the property taxes on the residence that exceeds 5% of the owner's income may be deferred. The deferred taxes become a lien on the residence and the most recent three years of deferred taxes preceding a disqualifying event become due with interest upon one of the following Disqualifying events: 1) the owner transfers the residence; 2) the owner dies; or 3) the owner ceases to use the property as a permanent residence. Multiple owners of a permanent Residence must all qualify for the circuit breaker before a deferment of taxes will be allowed. You must apply for the opportunity to defer property taxes each and every year that you wish to defer taxes. If you did not receive the exclusion last year, but are now eligible, you may obtain an application from the Pender County Tax Assessors office. It must be filed by June 1st.

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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 Elmer F. Miller, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent Elmer F. Miller to present them to the undersigned on or before March 17, 2016 at 111 Circle Drive Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of December 10, 2015. Wendy L. Purser 111 Circle Drive Hampstead, NC 28443 #7141 12/10, 12/17, 12/24, 12/31/2015 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ELIZABETH H. BATSON The undersigned, having duly qualified as the Executrix of the Estate of Elizabeth H. Batson, late of Pender County, North Carolina, hereby gives notice to all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before March 16, 2016 or this Notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, or corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned Executrix. This the 16th day of December, 2015. Nancy B. Mizelle, Executrix 185 Admiralty Way Milledgeville, GA 31061 Please submit claims and payments to: Matthew T. Dill, P.L.L.C. Attorney and Counsellor at Law Post Office Box 1226 Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina 28480 #7144 12/17, 12/24, 12/31/2015, 1/7/2016 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 James Leroy Walston, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, James Leroy Walston to present them to the undersigned on or before March 17, 2016 at 3910 West Durant Court, Wilmington, NC 28412 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of December 10, 2015. Kelly L. Walston 3910 West Durant Court Wilmington, NC 28412 #7143 12/10, 12/17, 12/24, 12/31/2015 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 144 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Ronald D. Greer Jr. and Lisa Renee Hodges Greer (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Ronald Darryl Greer, Jr.) to Webb & Graves, Trustee(s), dated the 4th day of May, 2007, and recorded in Book 3227, Page 36, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on January 5, 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 13 of Sandy Run Subdivision, Section 2 as shown upon a map of same title prepared by Cowan & Jones, PA of Burgaw, N.C. Said map is duly recorded in Mop Book 28 at Page 72 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements thereon, said property located at 305 Woodpecker Parkway, Rocky Point, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and

any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1159053 (FC.FAY) #7118 12/24, 12/31/2015 15 SP 118 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 Monique J. Price and Brian W. Price to First American Title Insurance Company, Trustee(s), which was dated August 5, 2005 and recorded on August 5, 2005 in Book 2739 at Page 136, 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 January 5, 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 5-R, Washington Acres, as shown on map, recorded in Map Book 35, Page 119, Pender County, North Carolina Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 775 Washington Acres Road, Hampstead, NC 28443. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety 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 Monique J. Price. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-

21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 13-03147-FC01 #7145 12/24, 12/31/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS – File 15 E 433 The undersigned, having been duly qualified as Executrix of the Estate of John N. McKnight, Deceased, of Pender County, North Carolina, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned at A-3 Pleasure Island Plaza, Carolina Beach, North Carolina 28428, on or before the 23nd day of March, 2016, or this Notice shall be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 17th day of December, 2015. Veronika V. McKnight NED M. BARNES, ATTORNEY AT LAW A-3 PLEASURE ISLAND PLAZA CAROLINA BEACH, N. C. 28428 (910) 458-4466 #7155 12/24, 12/31/2015, 1/7, 1/14/2016 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 Mary Ruth Loftin Fennell, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Mary Ruth Loftin Fennell to present them to the undersigned on or before March 24, 2016 at 1295 Mooretown Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of December 24, 2015. Cynthia D. Shaw 1295 Mooretown Road Rocky Point, NC 28457 #7147 12/24, 12/31/2015, 1/7, 1/14/2016 15 SP 83 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 Sally M. Howell to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated June 30, 2005 and recorded on July 6, 2005 in Book 2710 at Page 63, 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 January 5, 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: Located in Pender County, North Carolina and being all of Lot 187 of Topsail Greens, as shown on map recorded in Map Book 22, Page 143, aforesaid County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 210 Champion Drive, Hampstead, NC 28443. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty The Media of Record for the People of Pender County. relating to the title or any physical, environmental, or safety condi201-A West Fremonthealth Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.9111 • posteditor@post-voice.com www.post-voice.com tions 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 All Lawful Heirs of Sally M. Howell. 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 filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 15-06148-FC01 #7146 12/24, 13/31/2015 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15-SP-257 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by MICHAEL S. SAWYER to PHILIP E. GREER Trustee(s), dated the 27TH day of JULY, 2011 and recorded in BOOK 3952, PAGE 241, 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, ANDERSON & STRICKLAND, P.A., having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of PENDER County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door, in the City of BURGAW, PENDER County, North Carolina at 10:00 A.M. ON JANUARY 7TH, 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: Tax ID Number: 3341-88-2231-0000 Legal Description ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN HOLLY TOWNSHIP, PENDER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN IRON STAKE AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO DITCHES THAT IS LOCATED SOUTH 22 DEGREES 35 MINUTES WEST 91.56 FEET, AND SOUTH 19 DEGREES 21 MINUTES EAST 126.92 FEET FROM A METAL SPIKE IN THE CENTER OF THE PAVEMENT OF S.R. NO. 1318 (CROOMS BRIDGE ROAD) THAT IS DIRECTLY OVER THE CENTER OF A LARGE CONCRETE PIPE THAT IS LOCATED 0.8 MILES IN A NORTHWESTWARD DIRECTION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF N.C. HIGHWAY NO. 53 WITH S.R. NO. 1318 (CROOM’S BRIDGE ROAD) AND RUNS THENCE FROM THE BEGINNING CORNER SO LOCATED AS FOLLOWS: 1.WITH THE CENTER OF AN OLD DITCH SOUTH 45 DEGREES 58 MINUTES EAST 274.03 FEET, SOUTH 36 DEGREES 26 MINUTES EAST 237.07 FEET AND SOUTH 56 DEGREES 13 MINUTES EAST 40.00 FEET TO THE WEST EDGE OF AN OLD FARM ROAD; THENCE, 2. WITH THE WEST EDGE OF THE OLD FARM ROAD SOUTH 21 DEGREES 18 MINUTES WEST 398.40 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE; THENCE, 3. WITH AN OLD DITCH, NORTH 88 DEGREES 13 MINUTES WEST 361.85 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE AT THE BEND OF THE DITCH; THENCE, 4.LEAVING THE DITCH NORTH 38 DEGREES 51 MINUTES EAST 217.00 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE BURIED IN THE CENTER OF THE OLD MOORE FIELD ROAD; THENCE, 5.WITH THE CENTER OF THE OLD MOORE FIELD ROAD NORTH 65 DEGREES 05 MINUTES WEST 261.75 FEET TO AN OLD IRON STAKE IN THE CENTER OF THE OLD MOORE FIELD ROAD; THENCE, 6.TO, AND WITH A LARGE DITCH NORTH 26 DEGREES 03 MINUTES EAST 538.75 FEET TO THE BEGINNING. THE ABOVE TRACT OF LAND CONTAINS 6.19 ACRES TO BE THE SAME MORE OR LESS. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE NOTE: In the 5th call above, the correct directional calls are North and West rather than South and East. The Substitute

Trustee has made these corrections to the directional calls. The property described above presently has a situs of 5884 Croomsbridge Road, Burgaw, NC 28425, contains 6.19 acres, more or less, and is currently represented by PIN # 3341-88-2231-0000, Pender County Tax Department. Said property being located at: 5884 CROOMSBRIDGE ROAD, BURGAW, NC 28425 PRESENT RECORD OWNER BEING: MICHAEL S. SAWYER Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. 45-21.23. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the statutory final assessment fee of forty-five cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. 7A-308 (a) (1), and any applicable county and/or state land transfer tax and/or revenue tax. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid, in cash or certified check, at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance of the purchase price so bid, at that time he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in N.C.G.S. 45-21.30(d) and (e). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation 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, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. That 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 sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the Notice of Sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. N.C.G.S. 45-21.16(b)(2). This the 10TH day of December, 2015. Michael W. Strickland, as Attorney for and President of ANDERSON & STRICKLAND, P.A., Substitute Trustee 210 East Russell Street, Suite 104 FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina 28301 (910) 483-3300 #7148 12/24, 12/31/2015 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 14SP9 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JAMES BOWEN AKA JAMES A. BOWEN DATED AUGUST 31, 2001 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1763 AT PAGE 33 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 1:00PM on January 5, 2016 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center of Mount Gallon Road, said point being located North 04 degrees 14 minutes 49 seconds East 645 feet from its intersection with the center of Arvida Road; running thence from said beginning corner, so located, with the center of Mount Gallon Road North 4 degrees 14 minutes 49 seconds East 270.00 feet to a point the Southwest corner of Lot No. 10; thence with the Southern line of Lot No. 10 South 85 degrees 45 minutes 11 second East 773.49 feet to a point, the Southeastern corner of Lot No. 10 in the western line of Lot No. 14; thence with the

western line of Lot No. 14 South 22 degrees 34 minutes 50 seconds West 284.44 feet to a point, the northeast corner of Lot No. 12 in the western line of Lot No. 14; thence with the northern line of Lot No. 12 North 85 degrees 45 minutes 11 seconds West 684.02 feet to the Beginning, containing 4.52 acres more or less and being all of Lot No. 11 as shown on in Book 674, Page 138 which is made a part of this description, and was surveyed during July 1983 by Salmon and Associates, P.A., Surveyors. The above described Lot or Parcel of Land is subject to a 60 foot right-of-way easement for Mount Gallon Road along the western boundary of said Lot. And Being more commonly known as: 160 Mount Gallon Pond, Rocky Point, NC 28457 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Heirs of James A. Bowen. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is December 15, 2015. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway,Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 13-056594 #7151 12/24, 12/31/2015 EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Herbert Hoover Pate, deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify that all persons having claims against the said estate to present such claims to the undersigned on or before the 25th day of March, 2016, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment. This 24th day of December, 2015. Virginia H. James 8756 Wildcat Road Ivanhoe, North Carolina 28447 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-9800 #7149 12/24,12/31/2015, 1/7, 1/14/2016

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Year review IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 15SP255 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY EDWARD O. JONES AND BRENDA C. JONES DATED JUNE 22, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3259 AT PAGE 4 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 1:00PM on January 5, 2016 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in Topsail Township, Pender County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 193, Section I, Belvedere Plantation according to the map of the Revision of Section I, Belvedere Plantation recorded in Map Book 16 at Page 20 in the OfďŹ ce of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina, reference to which said map is hereby made for a more particular description. And Being more commonly known as: 120 Pine Needle Dr, Hampstead, NC 28443 The record owner(s) of the property, as reected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Edward O. Jones and Brenda C. Jones. 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, being foreclosed, nor the ofďŹ cers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of ďŹ ve percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred ďŹ fty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certiďŹ ed funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is December 15, 2015. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 13-048876 #7150 12/24, 12/31/2015 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
 15 SP 263 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Joshua P. Willoughby (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Joshua Paul Willoughby) to CB Services Corp, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of December, 2007, and recorded in Book 3375, Page 328, 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 January 5, 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 No. 1 of Holly Hill Subdivision as shown on a map by the same title, prepared by Cowan & Jones, PA of Burgaw, North Carolina. Said map is duly recorded in Map Book 23, at Page 138 of the Pender County Registry. Reference to same is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 251 Holly Lane, Rocky Point, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.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 fifty 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: 1169675 (FC.FAY) #7152 12/24, 12/31/2015 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
 15 SP 261 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James Owen Claxton and Angelia Claxton (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): James Owen Claxton) to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of September, 2007, and recorded in Book 3317, Page 1, 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 January 5, 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 57, of Bay Harbor, Phase III, as recorded in Map Book 24, Page 114, of the Pender County Registry, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together

with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 805 Wildwood Circle, Hampstead, North Carolina. Being the same property conveyed to James Owen Claxton by Deed from Darrell Beauchaine and Natalie Beauchaine recorded 01/08/2001 in Deed Book 1654 Page 52, in the Register of Deeds OfďŹ ce of Pender County, North Carolina. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.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: 1170225 (FC.FAY) #7153 12/24, 12/31/2015 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 15SP170 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY NANCY L. RICKS AND JODY H. RICKS DATED OCTOBER 31, 2011 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3985 AT PAGE 112 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the abovereferenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 11:30AM on January 8, 2016 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: TRACT ONE (166 Watts Landing Road); That certain lot or parcel of land more particularly described as “Tract Threeâ€? in the Deed dated October 28, 2004 and recorded in Book 2526, at PAge 190, in the ofďŹ ce of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina, the description in said Deed being incorporated herein by reference. Subject to an covenants and restrictions of record. TRACT

THREE: BEGINNING at an existing iron pipe in the Western Right of Way line of Secondary Road No. 1560, said iron pipe being located along said line at a point that is the following courses and distances from an old nail and cap located in the paved centerline of N.C. Highway No. 210 and directly above the center of a 60 inch metal culvert that accommodates the waters of Pole Bridge Branch beneath the roadway: South 47 degrees 10 minutes 30 seconds East 223.59 feet, South 48 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds fast 100.00 feet, South 54 degrees 12 minutes 00 seconds East 100.00 feet, South 56 degrees 27 minutes 00 seconds East 503.07 feet and South 33 degrees 33 minutes 00 seconds West 30.00 feet to the BEGINNING, and running thence, from the BEGINNING, so located, (1) with the Southwestern Right of Way line of Secondary Road No. 1560, South 56 degrees 27 minutes 00 seconds East 100.00 feet to an existing iron pipe inline; thence, (2) South 33 degrees 33 minutes 00 seconds West 211.39 feet to an iron pipe inline, thence, (3) North 55 degrees 22 minutes 02 seconds West 100.02 feet to an iron pipe inline; thence (4) North 33 degrees 33 minutes 00 seconds East 209.50 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 0.483 acres more or less and is as surveyed during June 1995. Being the same as conveyed by deed recorded in Book 1587, Page 288, Pender County Registry. And Being more commonly known as: 166 Watts Landing Rd, Hampstead, NC 28443 The record owner(s) of the property, as reected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Jody H. Ricks and Nancy L. Ricks. 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, being foreclosed, nor the ofďŹ cers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of ďŹ ve percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred ďŹ fty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certiďŹ ed funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is October 27, 2015. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 15-072264 #7114 12/31/, 1/7/2016

Continued from page 7A spend the time that it takes to be a good chairman," Williams said. 0 es a lot more time to be chairman than it does just being a commissioner." Burgaw has rash of car break-ins Burgaw experienced a rash of car break-ins last weekend, according to Police Chief Jim Hock. Approximately 11 cars at six residences were hit. "These were unlocked vehicles. From what was reported, nothing was actually stolen. It was someone rummaging through vehicles – we donít know if they were looking for something in particular," Hock said. Nov. 26 Commissioners give nod to more money, approve Surf City land purchase Pender County Commissioners approved an increase in funds to finalize the purchase of property for the new Surf City school. The Board approved the increase at Mondayís meeting. Commissioners had previously approved $950,000 for the property, one access, and a portion of another. Burgaw attorney Rick Biberstein, who is representing the Pender County Board of Education in the property purchase, told commissioners an additional $135,000 was needed to purchase three access routes into the proposed school site. The new total approved by the commissioners is $1,085,000. Burgaw loses finance director to Surf City Burgaw finance director Ashley Loftis has taken a new position with Surf City, according to Burgaw town manager Chad McEwen. Loftis, who has been with the town of Burgaw for more than three years, will be the new finance director and assistant town manager of Surf City. Loftisí last day with Burgaw will be Dec. 11. "She has done an excellent job for the town and we hate to lose her as an employee. We appreciate her hard work while she was with us," McEwen said. Dec. 3 County audit draft expected next week After all the trouble with late county audits in the past, Pender County officials are anxious to get their hands on this yearís audit draft report. The audit, which was supposed to be submitted to the Local Government Commission Nov. 30, is a little late, due to delays at the auditing fir m, according to County Manager Randall Woodruff. Woodruff says the delay isn't the county's fault – all the materials for the audit were turned over to the audit firm in a timely manner. The firm is just very busy. More improvements at

Miller's Pond Park After making a number of improvements to MllerĂ­s Pond Park, including bathroom facilities, a picnic shelter and playground, Pender County Commissioners approved nearly $16,000 for work to begin on a fishing pier and canoe launch at the park. The board took the action at its Nov. 23 meeting. The money will fund work on pilings for the pier and launch. Work on the 40-foot pier project is expected to begin in January. Dec. 10 Major building project approved in Surf City The Surf City Town Council approved a Planned Unit Development (PUD) rezoning for the former Sullivan property tract off Belt Road in Surf City at the Dec. 1 town council meeting. The Sullivan property encompasses 240.19 acres along Belt Road, and has marshy access to the Intracoastal Waterway. This parcel of land is considered the last remaining large development tract in Surf City. Coterra Companies, a residential development firm based in Wilmington, presented the plan for a large community called Waterside at Surf City, with a maximum density of 3,242 resi- dential units including low, medium and high density parcels or single family, town homes and multi -family residences. Dec. 17 DSS director will retire January 31 Pender County Department of Social Services director Dr. Reta Shiver will retire at the end of January. In a letter dated Dec. 9 to Pender County Commission Chairman David Williams, Shiver, announced her retirement. Shiver said "After having served compassionately, diligently, faithfully and professionally, with excellence and profound dedication, I will retire in good standing from the position of Director of Social Services for Pender County effective Jan. 31, 2016." Brown back as BOC chairman George Brown moved into the chairmanĂ­s chair on the Pender County Board of Commissioners Monday. Commissioners voted to appoint Brown chairman and Fred McCoy as vice chairman. David Williams announced earlier he would not serve another term as board chairman. Williams made the motion to elect Brown as chairman. Brown served previously as board chair man for three years prior to Williams becoming chair. Williams commented on his tenure as chairman as he passed the gavel to Brown. "I'm proud of what we have done and where we are going and I believe we are heading in the right direction. It has been an honor to sit in the chair," Williams said.

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