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Sheriff asks for upgrades in courthouse security

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Pender County Sherif f Carson Smith told Commissioners at the board’s Feb. 15 meeting it was time to do something about the security situation at the Pender County Courthouse.

“I think because of the lack of problems we have had it doesn’t seem to be a huge issue, but I think it is time to take care of this,” Smith said.

“The fact that we have two courtrooms makes it more of a challenge.”

With four full-time deputies assigned to the courthouse, Smith said he didn’t have the personnel to secure the courthouse. Smith is asking

Commissioners for seven new deputies to work at the courthouse to provide screening and security. The cost would be $326,000 each year.

Start-up costs including four additional vehicles and equipment for the deputies would total $163,000. Another $15,000 would be needed for metal detectors and door alarms on the courthouses.

“With four deputies at the main courthouse, I’m confident we could lock it down, and screen everyone that comes in,” said Smith.

Three deputies would be assigned to the courthouse annex.

Smith said there has been a 30 percent increase in the number of courts held over

the past two years. With the population growing 28 percent in the county during that period, the courts can expect the number of cases to increase as well.

“As the population grows, we have more prisoners, more charges, and more courts,” Smith said. “With the growth, we have to do more just to maintain the level of service we have. I’ve tried to be a frugal as possible with this, but I wanted to give you what I think will work.”

Pender County Clerk of Court Robert Kilroy outlined the busy court schedule for County Commissioners.

“We have a lot of regulars – folks that are always having problems with law

enforcement,” Kilroy said.

“We had a fellow show up last month with a big briefcase.

Of course, the bailiffs checked it out and it was just full of papers. But you never know what is inside something like that. We all know what is going to happen. It’s just a matter of when. There is an acute need to improve the security – to protect the folks that work in the courthouse, and the public in general. It all comes down to money. We need to find the money to secure the courthouse.”

Commissioner David Williams said the board has known this was needed, but Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew with other needs in the budget Pender County Sheriff Carson Smith says increased se-

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curity is needed in the county courthouse to protect both workers and citizens.

Topsail Board looks at longrange inlet maintenance

A careful cook

By Barbara Hazle Contributing Writer Mr. Jerry Patton, the new chairperson of the Topsail Beach BIS (Beach Inlet Sound) Committee discussed the direction of the BIS at the recent January Topsail Beach Board of Commissioners meeting.

The BIS, in conjunction with TI Coastal Services, are looking at course of action that would continually update survey information for the town to use in case of any emergency.

“We really feel that it is time to take the next step,” said Mr. Patton. “We need to determine what the next project will look

like in a proactive fashion. We have options; a repeat of what we just did opening up the inlet, or a 50-year approach where we target areas where we could take the sand from and determine the permitting that is going to be required. It will be much more involved than what we just did, we would be cutting an inlet that is 350-400 feet wide. We are advocating preplanning, because we never know when we will need to do a project. We might have a storm, we might get more FEMA money or the town may have more money.

Doing research upfront

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Fugitive sought by county

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Charlie Krynicki keeps a close watch on the pancakes cooking on the griddle Saturday morning at the annual N.C. Blueberry Festival pancake breakfast. See more photos of the event on page 4B and on Facebook.

Work continues on Holly Shelter shooting range From Staff Reports The shooting and archery range in the Holly Shelter Gamelands is under construction, according to N.C. Wildlife officials. The range includes an access road, rifle range,

pistol range and the associated shelters.

Wildlife officials are in the process of submitting a plan for a 20-station third archery range at the site. State officials are looking for a partnership with Pender County to help operate the range. Commissioners have discussed the possibility of a partnership at

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Candidates forum Mar. 3 From Staff Reports The Pender Topsail Post & Voice along with the Burgaw Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a candidates forum Mar. 3 at the Depot in Burgaw The forum will be for local candidates on the ballot for the state primary election Mar. 15.

The forum will feature candidates for the Pender County Board of Commissioners and the Pender County Board of Education. Other candidates on the Mar. 15 primary ballot are welcome to attend and will be given time to speak.

The forum will be held at the Burgaw Depot at 7 p.m.

From Staff Reports The Pender County Sheriff ’s Office is looking for Jorge Garcia-Cardena, a 32-yearold self-employed sheetrock installer who was a resident of Pender County. GarciaCardena’s whereabouts are currently unknown.

Arrest warrants for GarciaCardena are on file and he has been charged with two counts of rape of a child-adult offender, two counts of sex offense with a child-adult offender and two counts of indecent liberties with a child.

An investigation be gan Feb, 10 when the victim, who is now 13 years old, filed a report with Pender County Department of Social Services and the Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Other charges may be pending and the investigation is still open.

Garcia-Cardena has been

Jorge Garcia-Cardena working as a sheetrock installer in the Pender, New Hanover, and Brunswick County prior to the start of the investigation. He was known to have been driving a dark blue Ford Explorer with an unknown North Carolina registration tag. It is possible that he is attempting a return to Mexico.

Anyone with information on Garcia-Cardena is asked requested to notify the Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

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Arrest report Wendy Lea Applewhite, 39, 63 George Washington Hales Drive, Atkinson. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated, no bond.

Bradley Scott Bailey, 45, 19641 Baker Road, Umatilla, FL. DWI. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated, no bond.

Frances Banaskiewicz, 40, 2142 Highway 172, Sneads Ferry.

Forgery/fraud. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Renee Gabriella Blanton, 31, 5258 Heading Bluff Road, Currie. Larceny. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $2,000 secured bond.

Sandy Eugene Brooks, 43, 3625 Highway 211 BX 31W, Lumberton. Driving while license revoked. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Kenneth Peter Buffkin, 20, 306 Howards Landing, Holly Ridge. Breaking and entering a motor vehicle, larceny. Arrest

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

Antonio Edward Campellone, 17, 239 Crystal Court, Hampstead. Possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,500 secured bond.

John Anthony Crews, 44, 21690 NC Highway 210, Rocky Point.

Driving while impaired, driving while license revoked. Arrest

by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $1,500 secured bond.

Kyle Nicholas Denny, 31, 212 Red Cross Street, Wilmington.

Soliciting false pretense, false report to police station. Arrest

by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released.

Brian Richard Fink, 21, 875 John Henry Store Road, Atkinson. Assault by pointing a gun, assault with a deadly weapon.

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

Christopher Flood, 16, 1027 Ballybunion Lane, Burgaw. Resisting an officer, communicating threats, disorderly conduct.

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

Jeffrey Atlas Furr, 34, 6818 Ashley Drive, Concord. Child support. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated.

Ginger Michelle Fussell, 39, 45 Petunia Lane, Hampstead.

Unsafe movement, hit and run. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $100 secured bond.

William Anthony Gurany, 30, 112 S. Highland Court, Sneads Ferry. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released.

Timothy Earl Kenon, Jr., 26, 196 Bubble Gum Lane, Salemburg. Possession of a firearm by a felon. Arrest by Department of Adult Corrections. Released, no bond.

Eunissa Emily Lisane, 38, 809 West Satchwell Street, Burgaw.

Defrauding an innkeeper. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $100 secured bond.

James Adolph London, 76, 24 Stag Park Road, Burgaw. Driving while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released under $2,000 secured bond.

James Christopher Lowe, 30, 614 Lanier Road, Rocky Point.

Child support. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated.

Derrick Paul Manley, 52, 367 Willows Bay Drive, Rocky Point.

Intoxicated and disruptive. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Incarcerated under $500 secured bond.

Cornelius Martin, 41, 2248 Bell Williams Road, Burgaw. Fictitious info to officer, driving while license revoked. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $500 secured bond.

Kenneth Ray Nixon, 62, 8924 Market Street, Wilmington.

Improper use of traffic lane, driving while impaired, driving while license revoked, expired registration, expired operator’s license, obtaining property under false pretense, breaking and entering, larceny, no inspection. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $7,600 secured bond.

Rhonda Jennifer Ostrander, 62, 183 Double Eagle Road, Burgaw. Simple assault. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department.

Released under $500 unsecure bond.

Andrew Paquette, 19, 102 Eagle Lane, Hampstead. Possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana paraphernalia, resisting an officer. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,500 secured bond.

Beaman James Parker, 18, 349 Knollwood Drive, Hampstead.

Possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana paraphernalia, resisting an officer. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,500 secured bond.

Charles Brandon Parsons, 33, 584 Lanier Avenue, Rocky Point. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Cheyenne Snow Peters, 27, 321 Long Leaf Drive, Hampstead.

Possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released under $1,500 secured bond.

Brian Joseph Sandy, 26, 115 Marley Drive, Currie. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $50,000 secured bond.

Pender Democrats to meet Feb. 27 Pender County Democrats will hold their 2016 precinct organizational meetings Feb. 27 at various locations around the county in both the afternoon and evening. Elections will take place for precinct chair and other officers.

Goals for precinct meetings include creating a list of volunteers for the 2016 elections, promote canvassing, explaining information about voter ID laws, increase the donor database and organize future community meetings for the party and for Democratic candidates.

For a list of precinct meeting including locations and time, please go to the Pender County Democratic Party website at wwww.pendercountydemocrats.com. If your precinct meeting is not listed please contact Party Secretary Debi Fintak at (910) 328-3996

or Party Chair Steve Unger (910) 228-8679 for more information.

If you need to know your precinct or polling location go to http://vt.ncsbe.gov/pollingplace_search/ on the NC State Board of Elections site.

You may also call the Pender County Board of Elections at (910) 259-1220.

In other news, the Lower Topsail Precinct voting location for Mar. 15 and beyond has been shifted from the Hampstead Women’s Club (Hampstead Community Building) to the Pender County Governmental Annex (old Topsail School), one half mile to the north at 15060 U.S. Highway 17 N. The next Pender County Democratic Party meeting will be held, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 17, also at the Pender Annex.

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it costs money.” Çhairman George Brown said this is an issue that can’t be “kicked down the road.”

Brown hoped to be able to fund some of the security upgrade costs through savings in the Sheriff ’s budget in housing prisoners in out of county facilities. But both Brown and Smith agreed the savings could not be counted on.

“That figure is a moving target,” Brown said.

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“You have been to a sporting event or a concert where people were screened more than at our courthouse. I have a problem with that,” Williams said. “I don’t think anyone sitting at this table thinks we are where we need to be. But

Michael Savage, 47, 979 Cheshire Road, Rocky Point. Assault on a female. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released, no bond.

Morning Mariah Sawyer, 21, 155 Cornell Lane, Hampstead.

Simple assault, possession of marijuana paraphernalia. Arrest

by Surf City Police Department. Released, no bond.

Travon Anthony Shiver, 28, 274 Calico Bay Road, Burgaw.

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

Released under $4,000 secured bond.

Abigail Simmons, 21, 1161 Hoover Road, Hampstead. Possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,500 secured bond.

Justus William Simmons, 32, 120 N. Alderman Street, Atkinson. Probation violation, breaking and entering, larceny, possession of stolen goods. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $35,000 secured bond.

Rothwell Jacob Simmons, 18, 1161 Hoover Road, Hampstead.

Possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released under $1,500 secured bond.

James Simpson, 24, 2803 Union Chapel Road, Currie. DWI. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Matthew Small, 24, 109 Portside Drive, New Bern. Possession of a controlled substance on prison/jail premises. Arrest by Department of Adult Corrections. Released, no bond.

Kirkland McCary Smith, 19, 10569 NC Highway 242 N., Elizabethtown. Fleeing/eluding arrest, speeding, unsafe passing, reckless driving to endanger, failure to stop, driving while license revoked. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $10,000 secured bond.

Nathan Smith, 21, Loxahatchee, FL. Fleeing/eluding arrest, speeding, reckless driving to endanger. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $500 secured bond.

Ginina Zalencia Starling, 26, 2570 James Dail Road, Eastover. Driving while impaired, speeding, driving while license revoked, failure to secure passenger, fictitious title/registration/tag, child abuse. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department.

Released under $1,500 secured bond.

Kenneth Hill Todd, 29, 1801 Joel Johnson Road, Lillington.

Larceny of a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm, larceny, larceny of a firearm. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated under $10,000 secured bond.

Ezra Daniel Trimble, 18, 114 Blossom Circle, Hampstead.

Possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated under $1,500 secured bond.

Jarrel Lavarne Tyson, 31, 5126 Hunters Trail, Wilmington.

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

Harley Ray Vann, 29, 4138 NC Highway 53 East Lot 4, Burgaw.

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

Incarcerated, no bond.

William Daniel Watkins, 27, 71 Scott Road, Rocky Point.

Larceny. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Offcie. Released, no bond.

Lanny Edward Weaver, 42, 57 Kellie Street, Currie. Breaking and entering, larceny, possession of stolen goods. Arrest by Department of Adult Corrections. Released, no bond.

Johnny Ray Williams, 17, 701 Anderson Road, Watha. Assault with a deadly weapon. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated under $5,000 secured bond.

Brandon Jay Winesett, 27, 330 Scottsdale Road, Wilmington.

Conspiring to sell/deliver a controlled substance, maintaining a place for controlled substance, simple possession, manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia.

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

Fuquan Alijr Wright, 21, 8693 Little Hickory Circle, Leland.

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

David Curtis Zinna, 36, 329 Electric Lane, Hampstead. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated, no bond.

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

Arrest reports are public record. Not all arrests result in a determination of guilt.

Pender EMS & Fire Report Feb14-20 EMS Report

Total number of Patient Contacts: 173 Calls per station Burgaw Station 1 32 Sloop Point Station 14 29 Hampstead Station 16 28 Surf City Station 23 20 Topsail Beach Station 4 1 Union Station 5 7 Rocky Point Station 7 29 Maple Hill Station 8 7 Atkinson Station 9 16 Scott Hill Station 18 1 Hwy 421 South Station 29 3 Type of Calls Cancelled: 20 Cancelled en-route: 1 No treatment required: 0 Refusals: 38 Transported: 103 Treated and released: 4 Fire Department Reports Broke down in districts per station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw 3 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 8 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 7 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 6 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 7 Fire Station 29 Hwy. 421 South 6 Fire Call Type Totals FIRE 7 Motor Vehicle Crash 8 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 16 Cancelled 6

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Backyard Adventures in Pender County

The Jolly Roger Pier in Topsail Beach

By Tammy Proctor, Pender County Tourism Special to the Post & Voice Topsail Island was, and remains today, a fishing destination. Before there were multistory beachfront houses, there were fishing cottages.

Once upon a time, Topsail Island was home to Salty’s Pier, Ocean City Pier, Scotch Bonnet Pier, Barnacle Bill’s Pier, the Surf City Pier and the Jolly Roger Pier.

Doug Medlin, Surf City mayor pro-tem, remembers when a handful of business owners and fishing pier owners gathered at Breezeway Restaurant in Topsail Beach.

He said fishing was the magnet that brought tourists to the island. They met to discuss ways they could get the North Carolina legislature to recognize tourism as an industry.

Those founding fathers of tourism would be proud of the fishing that continues to lure folks to the area.

In Topsail Beach, the Jolly Roger Pier remains an Orr family business.

“We’re open 24/7 in season,” said Robin Orr, the owner of the Jolly Roger Pier.

Orr’s father, Lewis, built

the Jolly Roger Pier in 1954.

“We’ve had rebuilds, but the pier has always been owned by our family,” said Orr. The Jolly Roger Pier offers the convenience of selling tackle and bait as well as cleaning stations with running water and benches. Inside is a grill that serves hot coffee and a variety of food.

The pier has “blanket fishing licenses.” Visitors to the pier are not required to have their own fishing license, but are covered by the Jolly Roger Pier. The cost to fish, in season, is $14 per person for a day. The cost to walk out onto the pier is just $1 per person. If the timing is right, visitors might spy dolphin playing nearby.

Fishing is a pastime for all ages – for the young and the young at heart. It’s also a sport that is not regulated by a scoreboard time clock. Folks can fish well into the night and early morning hours. The pier offers lighting for night fishing.

On the wall in the Jolly Roger Pier are photos of smiling men, women, and children with their prize catches.

Photos also appear online at thejollyroger.com along with a fishing report of what fish

are running.

Fishermen land red drum, flounder, kings, and more from the pier. When the spots run, fishing is good.

The Jolly Roger Pier participates in two fishing tournaments each season. The tournaments are sponsored and organized by the Fisherman’s Post.

“We’re a point to fish and we’re also a weigh station for the tournaments,” said Orr. The Jolly Roger Pier, 803 Ocean Blvd., is located next door to the family owned and operated Jolly Roger Inn and Motel.

“We have 65 units,” said Orr. “One half of the units have full kitchens. We have oceanfront rooms. We’re a destination in itself.”

The history of the Jolly Roger Inn is directly linked to Operation Bumblebee, the secret rocket and missile project that was developed and tested on Topsail Island in the late 1940s. The concrete launch platform was one-foot deep, and 75’ by 100’ in diameter.

The launch pad is now part of the Jolly Roger Inn’s patio.

During the rocket launches, a bombproof room was built.

The 14-inch reinforced con-

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The Jolly Roger Pier in Topsail Beach is perfect for fishing, picture-taking, and dolphin watching.

crete walls are now part of the Inn are centrally located in Playground, the Topsail IsTopsail Beach. They are just land Skating Rink, and Quarinn’s basement foundation.

The Jolly Roger Pier and blocks from the Intracoastal ter Moon Books and Gifts and Waterway and the Missiles Wine Bar. and More Museum, and a Fo r m o re i n fo r m at i o n block from fine dining at about the Jolly Roger Pier Beach Shop and Grill, Breeze- and Inn call 910-328-4616 or ven. Several area food banks way Restaurant, and Cora’s toll free at 1-800-633-3196. Find were given donations, as well Isle-End Deli, as well as family them online at www.thejollyas the Topsail Senior Center, entertainment from the Patio roger.com or on Facebook.

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“We sell bags of clothes for Now I am doing great with my feline friends here at $12, and you can get a lot of the shelter! I just needed some time to warm up to the clothes in one bag. For someidea of having other kitties around. one who just got a new job and I love people, attention and play but would rather needs a pair of pants, they can snuggle. I am a 3 ½ year old spayed female. Stop by get six pairs of pants, eight the shelter today to see just how sweet I am! shirts and socks and it really helps get them started,” NaFind an adoption application and our deau said. “Clothing is so expictures at PenderHumane.org. pensive if you go buy it brandCall us at 910-259-7022 or new. The quality of clothing come in to visit me or we get is close to brand-new a any of my friends at the shelter! lot of times. We get a lot of the LIKE us on Facebook! same people coming through who just need it and can’t afford it otherwise.”

In December, the club had a successful Breakfast with Santa and a big Christmas Bazaar. They save all of their Christmas items throughout the year to prepare for the

Hampstead Women’s Club serves the community

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The Hampstead Women’s Club, established in 1959, is working diligently to steward donations from the community through its Thrift Store.

The club is currently seeking volunteers to help organize and reorganize the store as new items come in. They are always in need of quality donations as well. Membership is open to both men and women ages 18 and up.

“We always need quality donations, and everyone’s donations turn into really good stuff for the community. We also need more volunteers, if anyone’s looking for something to do and a good cause,” began Vice President Glenda Nadeau. “People usually spend about three hours a week, for one shift from 10-1 or 1-4. They hang up clothes, we bring things in here and price them and then put them out, and help clean things up. We have to keep things nice and clean and neat so that when people come in, they can find what they’re looking for.”

Store manager Rose Gates say they need helping hands.

It’s like a big wheel, and it has to keep going. If it doesn’t keep going and you don’t have the volunteers, you can’t run the store. We also need cashiers. We only have three women on the cash register now. We have a lot of fun back here. We go to meetings once every second Wednesday of the month,” Gates said. “We picked up where the women that started it left off, because a lot of them are in nursing homes now, or they’re elderly and they can’t come in anymore. So I feel like it’s in our hands now, and we’ve just got to keep it going for the next generation and the next generation. It helps so many people.”

Thanks to generous donations and support from the community, and to the club’s hardworking volunteers, the Hampstead Women’s Club was able to donate a total of $22,108.37 back into the local

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Rose Gates and Glenda Nadeau with Thrifty, the thrift shop cat. community last year. In addition to giving four scholarships of $2,000 to students at Topsail High, the club gave to music, art, athletic and sci-

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A sign of the times It’s a sad sign of the times, but the landmark Dees Drug Store will soon be closing its doors downtown.

Since 1916, the drug store and its iconic sandwich counter have served residents, travellers, tourists and visitors. The menu was never pricey, nor was it fancy, but it wasn’t supposed to be – it was honest food for honest folks making an honest living.

Few such businesses remain anywhere, and Dees longevity and novelty helped make it as much of a destination for many out-of-towners as its reliability was always important to local diners. Unfortunately, changes in tastes as well as regulations and shopping made We are confident our the lunch counter obsolete, friends at Dees didn’t while changes in the medical come to this decision industry made the pharmacy nearly so. lightly, and we can’t blame We’re glad to know the drug them. We’re pleased that store itself will still be servat least the pharmacy ing its customers, and likely will still be in business, maintain the same hometown but a soft drink and a attitude that has kept people hamburger encased in coming back for generations.

The new location will be more Styrofoam and handed through a sliding window convenient in many ways as are nowhere near as good well.

We do not decry progress, as a made-to-order sandsuch as it is, on a wholesale wich and a custom-mixed basis. Burgaw and every other fountain drink, eaten while downtown has had to adapt sitting on a chrome stool in order to thrive in the new and watching the world economic world. Gone are the go by. days when most businesses closed on Wednesday afternoon, since Saturday would be the going-to-town day for farm families and townsfolk alike. We live in a new, faster paced world, and both our eating habits and shopping trends have also sped up.

It’s always a concern when one of the very type of businesses that make downtown special has to move from downtown. At a certain point, one has to look down alleys and under new signs to find out why a place was special enough to rate such love and loyalty. Change on that level homogenizes a community, and makes it no different than any other small town with a pretty business district.

We are confident our friends at Dees didn’t come to this decision lightly, and we can’t blame them. We’re pleased that at least the pharmacy will still be in business, but a soft drink and a hamburger encased in Styrofoam and handed through a sliding window are nowhere near as good as a made-to-order sandwich and a custom-mixed fountain drink, eaten while sitting on a chrome stool and watching the world go by.

While there can never be another Dees, we do hope that local leaders take note of the extirpation of our anchor businesses, and try to find some middle ground between the promoting of the new, and the protection of the old. A formula like that will guarantee that downtown Burgaw will be thriving generations from now, as it has for the last one hundred years since a new pharmacy and eatery opened on the corner across from the courthouse.

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Pender Stories Part 2

Meet Michael Mack

Bill Messer In Part 1, Michael Mack introduced the problem of finding a suitable aquifer for commercial quantities of drinking water in and under Pender County, and the alliances formed with other utilities to meet the requirements.

“You can’t have wastewater if you don’t have water first, nothing going out, nothing coming back. We are members of the Lower Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority, and we purchase raw water from the Cape Fear River. They have an intake behind Old Lock & Dam #1

over in Bladen Countys. They pull the raw from water there and supply all the water to New Hanover, Brunswick, and Pender County. We take river water, treat it and make drinking water and distribute it. It costs us 26 cents a thousand gallons delivered to our site. That’s why we bought the land out there on Hwy. 421, the water main comes right through there headed for Wilmington. So, the raw water source is right there.”

Michael looked through the mountain of papers stacked on his desk and nearby tables, and found the diagram of the water supply, and we went through the distribution system.

“This is King’s Bluff, where the water comes out of the Cape Fear River,” he showed me, “The intake is where the fresh water is separate from the brackish water, it’s the boundary. There are

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Make it rain

If deerhounds could talk It seemed all the hounds were watching me as I walked into a grill favored by hunters in my neck of the woods. I had no idea why I was the object of so much attention, unless it was the scent of the latest semi-lost deer dog to turn up on our doorstep.

I spoke to several of them, as I always do when I walk past a dogbox, and I’m pretty sure that if they could talk, the following conversation might have been overheard...

“Pssst, hey Seven,” whispered a ragged-eared black and tan. “Is that him?”

A liver-spotted Walker with the number “7” painted on his side perked up his own torn ears and peered through an air vent.

“Yup.” “I don’t buy it.”

“I’m telling you it’s true.

I talked to a coonhound who stayed there for a week.”

“A week? In the house?”

“Yup.” “It’s true,” moaned a redbone in the next truck. “I spent a night there once.”

The other hounds jostled for space around air holes and tailgates, baying questions.

“Did you sleep on a bed?

I heard they feed you table scraps and regular feed? The she-human, did she really let you lay on the couch?”

“I heard they allow cats in the house,” sniffed a dissenter named Clyde. “They must be liberals or something.”

“Settle down, settle down,” the old redbone said.

“It’s not as easy as all that.

They have a bunch of other dogs, you know – porch dogs.”

“Charity cases,” the dissenter sniffed again. “Don’t do a lick of work. Make the rest of us look bad, taking food out of the mouths of honest hunting dogs.”

“If you get down there,” a tri-colored beagle mix advised, “hang out in the woods near the mailbox.

Then when you see him coming, step out in the road and act lost.”

Jefferson Weaver The others laughed.

“Surely he ain’t stupid enough to fall for that old trick.”

“He’ll fuss at you to get out of the road, then the shehuman will come out and feed you and make over you.

I got a pork chop out of it,” the tri-color asserted.

“Raw?’ “Nope. Coated in batter and fried, it was. And warm.

My cousin had barbecue chicken.”

“I still say they’re liberals,” the dissenter said. “It’s like a welfare state down there. They must be communists or hippies or something.”

“Hush, Clyde. The porkchop. It was warm? Like from the oven?”

“Yup. The she-human, she’s the real softie. I once saw her make sure every dog in the house got a bite of cake, then they all got to lick the plate. Even gave some to the cats.”

“Folks that keep cats ain’t no better than the government,” Clyde grumbled.

“And they give dogs names, too.”

“We have names.” Red huffed.

“Yeah, sure, we have names. Look at old Seven there. And what’re the names of his pack?”

“Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Eight.”

“Real original. And look

at me – Red. What kinda name is that?”

“But you are red,” the tricolor said. “and at least you got a name. I’m just, ‘You, hup, dog.’”

“Glad I ain’t ‘Purple.’ And never mind what they call my cousin what swam in a hog lagoon.”

“Clyde is an honorable name for a dog,” Clyde growled.

“For you an’ every other flop-eared deer-chaser,” Six shot back. “Ain’t no better’n ‘Rover’ or ‘Sparky.’ Call out ‘Clyde,’ and half the county will come running.”

“Those people, they give the dogs names even if they ain’t there but a day or two.

Fancy names, names that they thought about. Names like Persephone, Cleopatra, Rufus. They clean their ears out, feed’em – even bathe’em sometimes, get rid of the fleas and ticks.”

“Do that to total strangers?”

“Yep. All you have to do is stay away from the chickens and act hungry.”

“What the heck’s a Persiefunny?’

“Old retired Walker female with a gnarled ear.

Her human dumped her in the woods when she couldn’t run, and they took her to the vet and everything.”

“But what’s her name mean?”

“Some kind of goddess.

From Greek mythology.”

“From who?”

“Never mind.”

“Ain’t fittin’,” Clyde grumbled. “Dog oughta work for a living.”

Their late lunch finished, the hunters returned to their trucks and pulled out.

As the vehicles turned onto the highway, Clyde called out to Seven.

“I’m telling you, those people must be communists.

They’re probably dangerous….But tell me again, where’d you say those people live?”

–Weaver is a columnist for the Post & Voice. Contact him at jeffweaver@whiteville.com.

Public Opinion Solar Farms I read your Jan. 21 editorial on solar farms with interest I am very thankful for the use of the sun’s energy to make electricity. I do, however, have one large concern, visual pollution.

I hope that the County

Commissioners will consider certain requirements for the placement of solar farms before it is too late: i.e., set backs from the roads or screening by shrubs or similar plantings. Too many of these farms are being placed close to roads and destroying

the beauty of, especially, the rural nature of our county.

Please, County Commissioners, put some rules in place for these solar farms before it is too late!

Judy Haverkamp Hampstead

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I was in a wonderful mood last Friday afternoon. The sun was shining, the temperature was warm and I was looking forward to a slow, relaxing weekend free of obligation. With a spring in my step and a song in my heart, I left the parking lot at school with a goofy grin adorning my face. Nothing, short of an imminent zombie apocalypse, could damper my mood.

Giddy with the anticipation of arriving home and doing absolutely nothing, I turned onto Highway 17 and made a beeline to Surf City. In the midst of my revelry and the application of another layer of lipgloss, something caught my eye. A blue glint was flashing in my rear view mirror and, suddenly, I realized that the song in my heart must have been Sammy Hagar’s tune I Can’t Drive 55.

Immediately, I glanced at my speedometer as she was approaching the 70 mph. mark. As cold beads of sweat formed on my brow, I nonchalantly decelerated in the hopes that this black, unmarked vehicle was pursuing a band of marauders who were eluding capture ahead of me. Unfortunately, I was the marauder and quickly pulled to the side of the road to meet my fate.

I will openly admit that I have been pulled over on numerous occasions, although I was framed twice. In these situations, I attempt to look as innocent as possible while creating the illusion of immediate duress.

This usually invokes a modicum of pity and the officer either feels sorry for me or is so confused by my conversation that he finds it easier to simply cut me loose.

Normally, the deputy quickly approaches the car, takes note of my kids and the general chaos that accompanies them, provides a speedy lecture and then sends me on my way.

This time was different as the officer sat in his vehicle before approaching me. This was the first sign that I was in trouble.

As the deputy approached my car, he informed me that the look on my face was not going to help and asked if I’d been drinking-yet another bad sign. The next question was one that I’ve been asked before but still unsure how to answer.

When asked if I knew why he was stopping me, I sat dumbfounded. Should I admit to everything I think I had been doing wrong, thus implicating myself for things he had not witnessed me doing? Or would it be better to admit guilt for something minor, like playing my radio too loud or driving too slow in the fast lane?

My response did not endear me in the least as I mumbled unintelligibly about my stressful day as a teacher.

It seemed that the hard glare and strict demeanor of this deputy permeated my soul and left me unable to communicate-a skill that has never eluded me.

Apparently, the officer was happy to share my many al-

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Continued from page 4A two pipes, one for the Lower Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority, and the other, for the City of Wilmington, a ten million gallons a day intake. It’s pumped up to a storage tank. Not only do they take water from their pipe, they also buy water from the Lower Cape Fear Authority.�

-ICHAEL MOVED TO ANOTHER desk and turned on a monitor. “This is SCADA, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition,� and he pointed to the various icons and symbols on the graphic display of the system map. SCADA lets the operator control the valves and pumps along the system, by remote control, and the water tanks in each district. “The Topsail tank is the one up by Surf City, the Hampstead tank is the one by the school, the tank on Hwy. 210 is a reservoir, it holds 200,000 gallons. The water is coming from the Rocky Point tank, by Pender %-3 AND (EIDI 4RASK 3CHOOL . . .,� and he went on to show me the distribution of water throughout the whole system, much like a proud parent talks about his wonderful child’s latest accomplishment. It is evident through the entire presentation that he is immensely involved WITH THE PROJECT HOW IT CAME about, and the support for it from the community and local government. “The height of the water tank sets the hydrostatic water pressure. Water won’t run uphill by itself. The tank

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at an elevation to push the water out and over to this ground storage tank, and we have to repump it because we’ve lost pressure from gravity, to get it on over to Hampstead, and pump it tp to a height where our customers get about 60 psi to their homes. To get it over to Topsail, we have to repump it again,� and his finger moves along the SCADA schematic, “this is a BPS, a Booster Pump Station.� ) ASKED -ICHAEL ABOUT THE potential for loss of service, like electricity. “We have generators that kick in in an emergency.

4HIS IS A JOB WE ALWAYS workin’.� “Have you ever been in a position where you might not be able to supply water?�

I asked.

-ICHAEL THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND ANSWERED h9ES -OSTLY what happens is if somebody hits one of our water mains, and if you rupture that, and IT S A BIG ONE 9OU RE JUST bleeding, like a carotid artery. Telephone companies, cable companies, all those other competing utilities out there. Even after we locate ‘em, they still tend to find ‘em. They’ll bore into ‘em, cut through ‘em, trench ‘em.

We locate them, say ‘here it is’ and we may as well have painted the target on them,� he laughs. “By the same token, they hit us, and we hit them, too.

We’re all sharing the same 5 foot space.� “So if you tried to lay a sewer line, it would be very difficult,� I nodded. “It would be a nightmare.

And you’d get into a lot of hand digging, to not disrupt service, and it would be a logistical nightmare. It’s what happens when you cram five

utilities into the same narrow space.�

-ICHAEL NEXT MOVED TO A large chart, “This is next to (WY )N WE STARTED designing the water treatment plant. In 2010 we started construction of the water treatment plant, and in 2012 we completed construction of the water treatment plant.

When I got here, the county said they needed a 2 million gallons a day water treatment plant. When I saw how they were growing, I said, ‘Well, guys, I can see by the way you’re growing you’re going to need 6 million gallons a day, why don’t we build a 6 million gallon a day water treatment plant now?’ “There was no plant before now. We bought all our water from Wallace and were able to serve all of our customers, but they knew Wallace had only so much to offer, and growth would come in Pender and we would need more. And how do we do that? We have to get in the water business.�

Now that Pender County has a water system, the time has come to expand the utility with treatment capacity for dealing with the water after use by business and industry, water that for any number of reasons can’t be returned to the river or to the ground after use. h/+ v -ICHAEL CONTINued, “So, that’s what’s goin’ on with water. I’m getting ready for a board meeting, to give them an update on the WWTP, everything we got going on.�

He pulls out a stack of papers, the presentation printout. “The haven’t seen THIS ) JUST STARTED WORKING on it this morning.� .EXT 0ENDER #OMMERCE Park

Newsings & Musings

By Edith Batson Post & Voice Staff Writer Celebrations of Life Stephen and I traveled to Fayetteville for the funeral of Kathryn “Kathy� Bryan #ARTER &EB 3HE WAS THE wife of David Carter. Our granddaughter, Susan Batson Carter is married to their son, Sam, and lives in Charlotte. The funeral was held IN -AC0HERSON 0RESBYTERIAN Church. Visitation was held one hour prior to the 2 p.m. service.

The service was filled with beautiful music, sung by the congregation and choir.

Following the burial in the church cemetery, a reception was held in the fellowship hall, where friends and family could visit with each other and reminisce about happy times and celebrate her life.

Others who attended from the area were Susan’s mother and stepfather, Brenda and Wendell Carney of Wilmington.

Mary McQueen MacPherson The name would not come to me when we were in Fayetteville, but I looked IN MY 0EACE #OLLEGE Yearbook and found her. That made me wonder if she was still living or if she still lived in Fayetteville. I wondered if the church was named for any of her relatives. If anybody has information about her, I would appreciate knowing

about it.

Blueberry Pancake Breakfast Were you one of the many who attended the breakfast last Saturday at the Burgaw Fire Department Bay? There was a very good turnout. It is the first one I think I ever MISSED -Y TRANSPORTATION is limited now so I don’t get around much anymore. I hope everyone had a good time visiting with friends and NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS ENJOYING the pancakes. David said he was busy cooking pancakes all morning.

Lost Have you ever lost something that you knew exactly where it was supposed to beand it wasn’t there? The title to my car eluded me when I looked where it was supposed to be. I have looked since Jan. 15, when I got home from the hospital again. $AVID CAME BY -ONDAY

and I suggested he look where I had looked but not found IT (IS EAGLE EYE FOUND IT JUST where I had gotten tired and stopped looking. Young eyes are handy to have around when one’s eyesight is failing.

Tax time Have you remembered to put all of your tax information in a file where you can find it? I decided to put it in the kitchen where it seems I spend most of my time.

Voting day almost here 4UESDAY -AR IS %LECTION $AY 0OLLS OPEN AT A M AND CLOSE AT P M $ID you save the pamphlet you received in the mail? It has good information in it. Be sure you have a photo ID. You can call Pender County Board OF %LECTIONS AT IF YOU need help.

Easter Do you realize that there ARE JUST lVE MORE WEEKS UNTIL Easter Sunday? Jesus was TORTURED AND BEATEN WITH lashes with metal edges that could tear your flesh with evERY LASH LASHES WAS ALL THE LAW ALLOWED BECAUSE LASHES could kill you.

Reflect on the suffering that Jesus took on Himself to save you and me- if only we believed that He was the only Son of God and we accepted Him as our Lord and Savior.

Imagine Him taking all of our sins with Him to the cross and tossing them in the deepest sea never to be remembered again.

Final thoughts Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when they nailed Him to a tree?

Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?

Were you there when He rose up from the dead?

To God be the Glory. Great things He hath done. Shalom!

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Congratulations to the Topsail Elementary Science fair winners, Jackson Pavkov and Lauren Pagans who participated in the Regional Science Fair at UNCW Feb. 13. Their projects were Arch Rivalry by Jackson Pavkov, and Salt Water Battery by Lauren Pagans. They each enjoyed the competition, displaying their project, interviewing with the judges, and having the learning experience to compete at the Regional Science Fair.

Topsail Elementary School K-Kids recently brought soups and canned goods they collected to Share the Table Food Pantry in Surf City. Students unpacked the boxes and placed the items on the shelves and learned about the program and how they have helped to feed so many families in need. The students were encouraged to continue their community service projects by giving back to those less fortunate. Share the Table is a faith based community Food Ministry supported by nine churches within Pender and Onslow counties. Through their free community meal service, food pantry and school backpack programs, they are feeding more than 500 Onslow and Pender Country residents per week.

Topsail Middle School Honor Roll

Sixth grade Dane Adams, Finn Adams, Ivone Alexander, Jack Alfandre, Amara Bailey, Alexander Balusek, William Bigham, Cheyenne Brown, Lily Burnash, Kylie Chafin, Alexandria Citarelli, Dakota Cottle, Abigail Coursey, Nicole Coursey, Jacob Dibartolomeo, Ava Dickerson, Ethan Dinkins, Landon Edwards, Madison Elam, Audrey Everett, Harrison Fibkins, Katherine Filer, Brody Fisher, William Ford, Caleb Funk, Chandler Futch, David Gardner, Madison Gregory, Aaron Griffin, Aidan Gulliksen, Joseph Hall, Abrielle Herbert, Jacob Holland, Zachary Holt, Forrest Hoover, Wade Hughes, Kyra Hulst, Samuel Johnson, Tori Johnson, Adriana Kandabarow, Killian Kelly, William Keziah, Michael Kincart, Tyler Kroma, Savannah Lambert, Nathan Lau, Skylar Loher, Brendan Lyons, Skyla Madison, Sophia Manning, Fisher Marshall, Liam McBride, Marissa Memoli, Javier Mendoza, Cassandra Myers, Mazie Nifong, Sadie Orinko, Evan Parrish, Evan Perry, Jordyn Reuter, Bella

Robertson, Jordan Rochford, Dylan Roggeman, Nicholas Rosinbaum, Tyler Ross, Carlos Schein, Caitlin Shepard, William Sholar, Dana Solomon, De’shawn Stanley, Andon Stowe, Julie Sydes, Abigail Talbot, Luke Tarter, Harley Taylor, Stella Thigpen, Jessica Townsend, Caroline Turner, John Utt, Olivia Visconti, Myla West, Samina Wilson, Bradlee Wolf.

Seventh grade Riley Alden, Mia Allen, Harry Anderson, Katie Arce, Spencer Armstrong, Lauren Ball, Samuel Beasley, Elizabeth Betts, Skylar Bickel, Anna Bloodworth, Lydia Bradshaw, Carrie Brown, Robert Brunson, Isabella Bufalini, Daniel Canfield, Alexis Carnelley, Sarah Chandler, Ruth Colby, Lauren Cole, Samantha Connolly, Lauren Coursey, Raylynn Davidson, Julia Davis, Kathryn Denning, Megan Dolan, Addison Dostie, Kylee Edwards, Aubrey Engle, Megan Ennis, Isabel Eppenbach, Michael Erickson, Elizabeth Fonvielle, Grayson Frazee, Shayna Frey, Madison Fussell, Colin Gallagher, Allison

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Four County EMC offers basketball camp scholarships for rising sixth through eighth grade students. Boys may apply for the Roy Williams camp at UNC-Chapel Hill and girls may apply for the Wes Moore Wolfpack Women’s Basketball Camp at N.C. State University.

Two local students will be awarded scholarships, one for each camp.

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Not only does the program allow North Carolina middle school students to spend time on a college campus, it also gives them the opportunity to receive individual and group instruction from two successful collegiate coaches to enhance their basketball skills.

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That hearing proved that redistricting is an issue that stirs the passions and interests of more than just the insidethe-beltline politicos and left legislators wishing they had not staged it.

Comments were heated enough to melt the snow and ice that blanketed our state and should have been a wakeup call that lawmakers are the villains in this redistricting saga.

Voters are weary of redistricting efforts that effectually allow legislators to choose their voters instead of drawing competitive districts in which voters select their representatives.

Repeated Republican soliloquies that Democrats did this for decades only confirm that two wrongs don’t make a right.

Events changed dramatically on the way to the stay by the Supreme Court. Justice Antonin Scalia’s untimely death threw the conservative plurality of the court into a partisan stalemate.

The remaining justices are split evenly along party lines, so a tie vote kicks the issue back to the three-judge panel that has already ruled the

two districts are unconstitutional and must be redrawn.

This speaks to the state of our highly partisan appellate courts on both the state and national level.

The next act, as daring as walking the high wire without a net, challenged those who had opposed the current districts by declaring “you can’t have it both ways.” Legislators said they would comply with the three-judge panel and therefore would not use race as any factor in redrawing the two districts.

As might be suspected, those who opposed the original districts were forced to back up, explaining, that their opposition was to the stacking and packing of the 1st and 12th districts, then quickly adding that race must have some consideration in accordance with the Voting Rights Act. While this is all fascinating fodder for those watch every nuance under the political big top it demonstrates the absurdity in moving our primary elections from the traditional second Tuesday in May to Mar. 15. Lawmakers had justified their decision by proclaiming the move would produce two benefits: the March date would allow our state to be a player

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The political circus in Raleigh The circus came to Raleigh this week – not the farewell tour of thick-skinned pachyderms - but one in which other elephants were in the center ring.

Faced with the mandate from a three-judge federal panel to redraw Congressional Districts 1 and 12 within ten days, the state appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to stay that order.

Legislative leaders were virtually assured their appeal would be successful, therefore allowing the March 15th Primary Elections for Congressional seats to go on as scheduled.

As part of this great circus lawmakers held a statewide public hearing on redistricting Monday but it was little more than a show, minus the calliope, peanuts, Crackerjacks and clowns - though some likened lawmakers to those with the white painted faces and big

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Bobby Tate Bowden BURGAW -- Bobby Tate Bowden, 83, of Burgaw passed from his earthly life Monday, Feb. 22, 2016 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

He was born June 10, 1932 in Pender County, the son of the late Thomas and Olga Mizerak Bowden.

Bobby is survived by his wife of 50 years, Diane Cunningham Bowden; daughters, Jeanine Bowden Futrell (Norwood) and Jennifer Bowden Raynor (Andy); son, Bobby Thomas “Tommy” Bowden (Mindy); grandchildren, Alex Avant, Addison Futrell, Leann Raynor, Harley Futrell, Dylan Avant, Ava Bowden, Brooklyn Raynor and Brett Bowden; sister, Catherine Bass; brother, Joe Bowden (Mary); and many extended family and friends.

For more than 30 years Bobby served his country honorably in the U.S. Air Force as a helicopter mechanic, retiring as a Senior Master Sergeant. He retired a second

time as an equipment supervisor with N.C. Department of Transportation. Also Bobby was owner and operator of Bowden’s Garage.

Bobby was a wonderful husband, daddy, granddaddy, brother and friend who took the best of care of his beloved family. Bobby’s passion in life in addition to working was his love of net spot fishing and oystering. Having a heart of gold, Bobby, in his own quiet way did much for many.

His mechanical skills will be missed by many. Bobby’s passing leaves an empty place in our family circle and in our hearts.

The family received friends 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel.

Graveside funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 at Riverview Memorial Park with The Rev. Lenier Furr 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.

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29 other states will have held presidential contests before North Carolina and it increas-

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It doesn’t appear we will enjoy either of the promised

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Titan cagers lose in semi-finals of conference tourney

Trask third seed in East Regional state playoffs

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan men’s basketball team has taken on all comers this year and has dispatched of most of the teams that have taken the court with them. However, beating a team three times in one season has proven to be a tough chore for the talented Titans in the past. That was again the case last week when they fell to West Bladen in the semi-finals of the Four County Conference tournament.

In the first round of the tourney the Titans hosted the Union Spartans. The Spartans were the last place team in the FCC and it showed from the opening tip. The home team Titans jumped on them early and rode away with a 7246 win.

This game was over after one quarter of play with the Titans jumping out to a 7-0 lead behind the play of Jonathan Jordan and Kobe Owsley. Coach Rodney Orr’s crew took a 22-8 lead into the second period and never let up despite Orr going to his bench early and often.

Trask continued to go inside in the second period. A 8-0 run to open the second quarter sent Orr even deeper into his bench, playing junior varsity players that he had pulled up for the post season.

The second half stayed true to form with Orr playing his bench. The Titans ran away with the game and began looking at the task ahead of them.

Kansas Bannerman led the Titans with 14 points while Jordan added 13. Jaquan London pitched in 10.

The tournament moved to Union high school for the final two rounds of competition.

The Titans drew West Bladen.

The Knights had given the Titans fits at their place and had

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Johnathan Jordan takes it to the hoop for two at a game in Rocky Point. played the Rocky Point team tough in both regular season games. This time was no different as the Titans blew a nine point lead in falling to the Knights 73-68.

West came out of the gate hard and opened the game with a 6-0 run before the Titans found their groove. A 6-0

Trask run to end the quarter gave the top seeded Titans an 18-16 advantage.

The Rocky Point crew continued to play well in the second period and increased their lead to nine points going into the halftime break.

With the score 34-25 Trask it seemed as if the conference

champion Titans were headed for the finals of the Four County Conference tournament.

The third frame found both teams battling hard.

Trask continued to control the pace of the game while West battled to keep pace. The teams fought to a 15-15 third frame and the Titans went into the fourth period with a 49-40 lead.

The Knights found their rhythm in the fourth frame.

West Bladen tied the contest with just under five minutes to play and the Titans found themselves in a game.

With sophomore forward Tiywan Ballard saddled with four fouls for the bulk of the final eight minutes the Titans began to struggle. West hit several big three point shots while the Titans attempted to slow them down.

Free throw shooting in the last couple of game has been an Achilles heel for the Titans. With the Knights clinging to a 69-68 lead with less than a minute to go the Titans failed to convert their free throws in falling to the Knights. The Titans were 9-17 from the charity stripe in the fourth period while West was 12-14.

Tynaffitt Davis led the Titans with 28 points while Jordan was held to seven points and six rebounds.

The Titans (22-4) earned the top spot out of the conference and third seed in the Eastern region of the state 1A playoffs.

They hosted Northside –Pinetown on Tuesday. The Panthers are the fifth place team out of the Coastal Plains. The Titans finished the regular season as the ninth ranked team in the 1A ranks according to Max preps. They were 11-0 at home and 12-2 in conference play. They will have at least two games at home if they win.

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In My Opinion

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

When the Carolina Panthers lost the Super Bowl their quarterback was much maligned for his attitude at the mandatory press conference following the game. Cam Newton was very short and distant in answering the media’s questions concerning the game and his performance.

He was very distraught and cut the conference short.

In the days after that interview he caught a lot of negative publicity for that interview. He was called a sore loser and other things.

He retaliated by saying show me a good loser and I will show you a loser. He admitted that he does not lose well. This does not surprise me. This is a win at all cost world that we live in.

Back in the day we as kids were taught that you had to learn how to lose just as well as learning how to win. We were taught to be a good sport. I remember losing while a little league baseball player and being told to shake it off and get ready for the next game. We were taught that as long as you played hard and played fair that it was good enough.

That’s the way society was back then. We were taught that athletics taught you something in winning and losing. What does losing

teach a person?

I believe that losing teaches a young person the value of hard work. If you lose to a better team then you have to work hard to get better. If you lose to a team that is considered inferior to you in talent then you work hard and prepare yourself better.

I believe that losing also teaches humility. It teaches you that life is not always a bed of roses and that you will face tough times in life.

It teaches you how to handle adversity.

That being said we as Americans have grown accustomed to winning at all costs. It has been instilled in our DNA that we are a country full of winners.

Cam Newton has proven to be a good guy. He has always been a winner.

The media was all over him when he was giving the footballs away to children and spending time with underprivileged children and such. About 30 minutes after the biggest loss in his career, he was thrown in front of millions of people and he did not react in a positive manner. Maybe he is just a product of our society? Maybe he was right when he said that a good loser is a loser.

I have always been told that second place is the first loser. I have heard that many times. I am not condoning Cam Newton’s actions nor am I crucifying him for them. I am saying what do we expect a 20-something year-old man to say when he just lost the biggest game of his life?

Let’s not be so quick to judge Newton for that one press conference. Besides, he is a product of our society.

Pirates down Cougars in playoff pay-in game, miss state cut

By Lee Wagner Contributing Sports Writer To some it seemed like the Topsail High School boys’ basketball team was playing a totally insignificant game last Wednesday when they took on the Cougars of South Brunswick at Brunswick Community College prior to the semifinals of the MidEastern 3A/4A Conference tournament.

Based on a formula created by the NCHSAA which says a team must win 34.1 percent of its regular season games (Topsail finished 5-17 or 22.7 percent) the Pirates’ chances of getting into the playoffs bordered between slim and none, so why play the game?

As of 3 p.m. Saturday –when the NCHSAA posted the boys’ preliminary brackets – neither Topsail or South Brunswick made the list of 32 teams participating in the Eastern bracket.

Pirate Coach Jamie Rochelle answered that before the game by saying he wasn’t ready to give up on this team – and the five senior members – that they wanted a chance to earn what would amount to the No. 2 seed for 3A teams out of the conference, that he felt his team was definitely better than South Brunswick, and –of course – there was the matter of pride.

It turned out to be a good decision in Pirate Town!

Freshman D. J. Montano scored 13 points and junior Johnny Tartaglione came off the bench to contribute 10 points as Topsail raced to a 5750 win over South Brunswick in what could potentially be the final game of the 2015-16 campaign.

“It was good, a good win for the seniors,” Rochelle said.

“Our chances of getting into the playoffs are slim, really slim, and it was good for them to end with a win. Most high

school teams don’t end their season with a win, they’re losing somewhere in the playoffs, so it was good also for the juniors and underclassmen to have something to build on for next year.

“Rebounds and turnovers keep you in a lot of games, and win you a lot of games.

I thought we rebounded very well tonight (39-21 edge) and well we had a few turnovers (19) it wasn’t that bad. We were patient on offense for the most part.”

Topsail (6-18) and South Brunswick (8-17) battled to an 11-11 deadlock after the first period. The Pirates took the lead at 14-12 on a basket by Tartaglione 53 seconds into the second quarter and never trailed again – opening a 2621 lead entering the halftime break. Tartaglione and Gilgo combined for nine of Topsail’s 15 points in the quarter.

The Pirate defense turned up the intensity and held the

Cougars to eight points in the third period while Gilgo was leading Topsail to 12 points, thus creating a 38-29 lead heading into the final eight minutes. Seven points was the closest the Cougars could get the rest of the way.

“This game actually meant a lot to us,” Bagwell said. “I knew that if we lost the season would be over completely but if we won we might have a slim chance to get into the playoffs. I wanted to play another game in my high-school career, I’ve been starting at point guard since my sophomore year, and it actually meant a lot to win this game.

“We haven’t really been playing well as a team at times this season and we seniors (Bagwell, Jay Long, Michael Dillion, Chris Byrd, and Nathan Gilgo) in the locker room came together and decided we needed to play hard-

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Lady Patriots, Titans fall in FCC tournament

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Lady Patriots and Trask Lady Titans had less than stellar regular seasons. The Titans were winless for the first time in school history while the Lady Patriots managed to win three conference games.

By virtue of their last place finish the Lady Titans drew the top 2A team in the state and Four County Conference champions in the undefeated East Bladen Lady Eagles while the Lady Pats drew the second place team in the Four County Conference and twice

beaten Clinton Dark Horses.

When the dust settled and the final horn sounded both the Titans and the Patriots were sent home with their seasons finished.

Pender had shown signs of becoming a decent team in the final weeks and had hoped to beat Union at least once to make the playoffs. The team failed to do so and knew their hopes of a playoff berth hinged on winning the conference tournament.

Standing in their way was a powerful Clinton Dark Horse team that had swept them by a combined total of 126-46.

The Dark Horses were biding

their time in waiting for their impending matchup with East Bladen in the finals. The Lady Patriots played hard but were no match for the Sampson County team in falling 70-17.

The Lady Titans were fighting a winless resume before entering the conference tournament. Laying in wait was Patty Evers and her potent Lady Eagle team.

The Eagles were ranked atop the 2A standings according to Max Preps and were not to be denied by the winless Lady Titans. The final score of 57-22 was not indicative of how lopsided the game was.

The Eagles held the Titans

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Topsail’s Drew Bagwell looking for an opening to the to one free throw in the first hoop. period and continued their rampage into the second quarter. The scoreboard read 37-1 before the Titans made a three point basket. The Eagles took a 45-6 lead into the halftime break.

Coach Evers began to substitute freely in the third frame and played all subs in the final quarter in taking the win.

The Lady Titans ended their season at 0-25 while Pender finished 3-21. Both teams failed to earn a bid to play in the 1A playoffs while East Bladen earned the top seed.

Top Performers

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The winter sports season is winding down with just the Trask boys basketball team and the Topsail girls team the only teams left standing.

The Topsail boys won what appears to be a play in game with no reason. Freshman D. J. Montano scored 13 points while junior Johnny

Tartaglione came off the bench to chip in 10 points as Topsail earned a 57-50 win over South Brunswick in what was the final game of the 2015-16 campaign.

The Topsail girls fell to Ashley in the Mid-Eastern Conference tournament.

Junior Dominique Bryant scored seven points while

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On the Mat

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

The regular season of high school wrestling is a grueling adventure full of highs and lows. When a grappler gets to the individual regionals it is a big step up in competition. The pressure to win or go home is there.

However, if you are fortunate enough to finish in the top four in your weight class the you advance to the state individual tournament.

At this tournament the competition is fierce and the difference between winning and losing is minute. Three grapplers from Pender County found the going tough at last weekend’s state tournament. However, all three represented their school and county well despite not bring a state championship home.

Pender Patriot grappler Alpha Barrow won the eastern regionals at 106 pounds and went into the state tournament as one of two top seeds. He boasted a 224 record and was looking for a state title. He beat the number four seeded Cody Morgan from North Stanly before falling in the next round to Timothy Decatur-Luker of Rosewood in the next round.

Falling to the consolations bracket, Barrow was pinned by Jackson Beatty of Lejuene.

Senior Bradley Johnson was hoping to find lightning in a bottle for his final weekend of wrestling at the high school level. Johnson finished third in the east regional and hoped to make a run in the state tournament. He drew the second seed out of the west in Britt Weaver.

Johnson lost to Weaver and fell to the

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Joseph Chung of Trask won the east region at 195 pounds and looked to continue his win streak at the state meet.

Chung won his first match of the day over Scott Jones of North Stokes before falling to Allen Morrill of West Montgomery. Chung was ousted in the next round of the consolations.

All three grapplers have the distinction of being one of the top eight wrestlers in the state in their respective weight classes.

Lady Pirates in state playoffs

By Lee Wagner Contributing Sports Writer Back on Feb. 9, the Topsail High School girls’ basketball team ended a long-standing drought with a 56-50 overtime win over Ashley – the Lady Pirates’ first-ever win over a 4A school. It helped provide the impetus – and a confidence builder – for a run at the 3A title in the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference.

Last Tuesday the two teams met again in the conference tournament at Brunswick Community College and the Lady Screaming Eagles were in no mood to let lightning strike twice.

Sophomore Lola Lovitt rattled the twine for 27 points and 6-foot-1 junior Dana Craig added 13 points and 13 rebounds as Ashley convincingly avenged that earlier defeat with as 57-35 win in the opening round of the Midastern 3A/4A Conference tournament at Brunswick

Community College.

The Lady Pirates (13-10) kept thing close early, trailing 12-6 after the opening stanza and 24-17 at the halftime break before the Lady Screaming Eagles (11-11) began to pull away with a 12-6 differential in the third period and a 21-12 advantage in the final quarter – outscoring Topsail 33-18 over the final 16 minutes of the game.

“I told them we have to take care of the ball, regardless of the opponent,” Topsail Coach Andrew Ellington said. “It doesn’t matter what they do if we’re going to just hand them possessions, they’re going to get enough. I mentioned that at halftime, too. I thought a lot of our passes were lazy and I thought we were very lazy at times on defense.

“I don’t know how to take heart and give it to a kid.

Some nights we don’t seem to have that. It’s tough to watch sometimes, it really is. Give them (Ashley) credit, they

played hard all game and we didn’t. It was as simple as that.”

The Pirates turned the ball over 24 times, 14 in the first half and 12 in the second half, and those miscues led to several easy layups and short jump shots for the taller Lady Screaming Eagles. Lovitt had six of Ashley’s 12 first-period points and 13 of their 24 points at the intermission.

Freshman Lauren Caveness – back in the starting lineup because sophomore point guard Carmen Pyrtle broke her thumb (lost for the season) – hit a pair of threepoint shots in the second quarter or the halftime deficit could have been much worse.

The Lady Pirates were 5-for-23 (21.8 percent) from the field over the 16 minutes and 11-for-48 (22.9 percent) for the entire game – further compounding the effect the turnovers had on the game. The Topsail girls were outrebounded 29 with

junior Dominique (7 points) pulling down 10 and senior Keri White (team-leading 12 points) grabbing eight.

The Lady Pirates got one field goal (from White) in the third, quarter to go along with four free throws – accounting for their six points. Lovitt (7) and Craig (5) combined for all 12 of Ashley’s points in the quarter.

Ashley sophomore Angel Smith scored six of her nine points in the final period to go along with seven more from Lovitt and four more from Craig to pace the Lady Screaming Eagles’ 21-pont final period. White, Bryant, Caveness, and freshman Payton Little (five points, four rebounds, a blocked shot, and a steal) accounted for 30 of Topsail’s 35 points.

Topsail opened play in the NCHSAA 3A state playoffs on Tuesday at home against Eastern Guilford (10-12). The Pirates are the No.7 seed and East Guilford is No. 26. A win

The Pender Patriot men’s basketball season can be described as being close but no cigar. The young Patriot team lost eight games by seven points or less and went through a stretch where they dropped three conference affairs by five points or less.

When the dust settled and the Patriots season was on the line the Clinton Dark Horses took another close game, this time by a 72-65

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Rochelle said, while the overall record was a disappointment, the effort and the privilege of coaching this group was not.

“Coming in as a first-year coach I learned a lot and I made

Johnson ends wrestling as a Titan success

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When Trask Titan senior wrestler Bradley Johnson entered the Rocky Point school he was a young man small in stature but big in heart.

He took to the wrestling mat and began his journey to be one of the best grapplers to ever wear a singlet at Trask.

Among his goals was to vie for a state championship.

Over four years of hard work and tough competition the slender strong man accomplished many goals. – a conference title and a trip to the regional meet. His ultimate goal was to earn a trip to the state individual meet. He succeeded this year.

Johnson finished with a conference championship, a third place finish in the regionals along with a trip to the state individual tournament.

Along the way he led the Titans to the fourth round of the team playoffs. Bradley Johnson ended his career as a Titan grappler a success.

small minnows along with crickets will work for both the crappy and bream.

Check with Danny Brinkley at backyard baits. The panfish anglers are pretty excited as they prepare for the 2016 season.

This week’s fishing tip Ok guys and girls, it is that time of year. Start cleaning up your gear and checking that tackle box.

Get rid of the old rusty stuff and replace it with the latest version of can’tmiss lures. It would be a good idea to replace the line on your reels as well as oiling up everything.

Make sure that you have everything you need. Bug spray is a must as well as a good sharp knife. I like to make up a small tool box that will help you when something is not working just right.

Whether you are fishing off of the bank of a river or pond or off of the beach, it pays to be prepared. Don’t get caught working on your stuff while your buddy is catching fish.

in that game pushes them into the second round tonight (Thursday) against the winner of Tuesday’s game between No. 10 Northwood (20-2) and No. 23 Asheboro (14-8) also in Hampstead.

“I told them, using the old Jimmy V (Valvano) quote, ‘Survive and advance.” We

have to think about that mentality. There’s not a person in the world that’s picking us to win a state championship so we have to go out and prove who we are, basically, and that we are one of the best of these 64 or so teams and we deserve to be one of them. We have to go and prove that.”

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score to end the Patriots season.

Clinton was the number three seed out of the Four County Conference and hosted the Patriots in the first round of the Four County Conference tournament.

The last time the two teams met the Sampson County crew had beaten the Patriots by 18 points. This was a win or go home scenario for the Patriots and they brought their best game with them to Clinton High School.

Clinton used their inside

game to make an early run.

The Pats held their own and the scoreboard read Clinton 20 Pender 14 after eight minutes of play.

The Pats stayed close in the second period behind the play of their potent starting five. Clinton won the second quarter by a single point and took a 34-27 lead into the break.

The Patriots cut the Dark Horses to four at 38-34 with 5:38 remaining in the third period. After a Clinton timeout the home team revved

the offense up and ran out to a 10-point advantage.

Pender cut the Dark Horse lead to six points in the fourth frame before a technical foul derailed the Patriot comeback.

Clinton eased out to a nine-point lead late before a three-point bucket by Rodney Hansley at the horn ended the game. Hansley led the Patriots with 22 points.

Pender finished the season 6-15 overall and 4-10 in conference play. They failed to make the playoffs.

pulling down 10 boards with senior Keri White scoring12 points and grabbing eight rebounds.

The Pender boys basketball team ended their season with a loss to Clinton in the Four County Conference tournament. Rodney Hansley scored 22 points.

The Trask men lost in the semifinals of the FCC tournament despite 28 points from senior Tynaffitt Davis. The Titans have earned a three seed in the 1A state playoffs

and will host at least two home games providing that they win their opener.

Pender’s Alpha Barrow lost in the second round of the N C individual wrestling tournament. He was wrestling at 106 pounds and was the top seed out of the east.

Trask grapplers Bradley Johnson and Joseph Chung also participated in the tournament. Johnson went 0-2 while Chung went 1-2.

This week’s top performer is Titan grappler Joseph Chung. The 195 pound grappler came out of nowhere to win the regional in his weight class and earn a bid to the state tournament.

a lot of mistakes,” Rochelle said. “I told them I had a little pad next to my bed and when I’d wake up at night I make notes to myself so I could get back to sleep.

“But I couldn’t have had a better group of guys to be around in my first go-around.

They hung in there, they were positive, not negative, and they played hard for me, I felt, in every game. Record-wise it was a little disappointing. I feel like we should have gotten four

more wins, easily, and we let them get away from us. But I am proud of the effort these guys gave me all year long.”

Monday, in the opening round of the conference tournament, the Pirates simply could not find answers for the Vikings’ inside-and-outside senor duo of A. J. Frye and Jack Bagley. Frye dominated inside with 22 points and 10 rebounds – several of the rebounds of the offensive variety that led to some easy put-back baskets.

Frye was also 8-for-10 from the charity stripe.

Bagley does what he does best – throws up long-range bombs from the outside. On this afternoon he lit up the scoreboard with five threepointers and 19 points. Senior Xavier Johnson added nine points and seven boards as Hoggard held a 38-27 advantage in rebounding.

Turnovers (13 in the first half) and missed shots (9-for28 in the half) gave the Vikings

all the impetus they needed to build a lead. It was 22-13 after the opening stanza and 46-25 at the intermission. Junior Alec Baker had six points and junior Johnny Tartglione added seven off the bench to pace the Pirates over those first 16 minutes.

Topsail cut down on the turnovers (3) in the second half and picked up the scoring. Freshman D. J. Montasno got into the act with 10 of his 16 points in the third period,

Baker add eight, Tartaglione hit as trey, And junior Clay Parker added a field goal as the Pirates outgunned the Vikings 25-16 6op close the deficit to 6250 with a quarter to go.

A 5-0 run to start the fourth period put the Pirates in a 17point hole with 6:29 to go in the game, and they could get from there was 13 (72-59) with 3:08 remaining. Baker (4 steals) and Montano (6 assists) led the Pirates with 16 points each and Tartaglione added 15.

Pender season ends at Clinton

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

The ground hog says that there is six more weeks of winter. I say bologna. As I type this column it is 72 degrees and I am biting at the bit to go fishing.

The warm weather is right around the corner.

I saw quite a few anglers pulling the cover off of their boats. The boaters are biting at the bit to get up in the creeks of the river and sound and try their luck.

The fresh water guys are particularly excited.

They say that they are ready to switch gears and move from the winter crappy season to the bream and catfish season.

The bream will begin to get more active in the coming weeks and with a little luck the rain will slow down enough for the waters to recede. Although the water temperatures have a way to go, I am seeing a few guys on the water.

I have heard that they are catching a few. Remember to adjust the depth in which you are fishing as the water warms up.

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Grizzle brings options for the Lady Pirates

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When the Topsail Lady Pirate softball team takes the field this year there will be many familiar faces on the team that made it to the eastern regional finals a year ago.

Among those faces will be junior Hayley Grizzle.

Grizzle came to Topsail with plenty of swagger as she has been a regular on the travel ball circuit for some time. She is a very talented player who can fill many needs for the team including being an accomplished pitcher and fielder.

One of her many talents is her ability at the plate. She can hit with power as well as for average. One of her better attributes is her ability to bunt the ball for base hits as well as to sacrifice the runner over.

She is a complete player.

When Coach Jay Abston looks down his bench and spots Hayley, he knows he has many options in his standout junior.

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Lewis gives her all for the Lady Patriots

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As the Pender Lady Patriots navigated their way through the 2015-16 basketball season there were those who thought that the younger players on the Patriots were carrying the team.

However, there were a few upper classmen that did more than what met the eye.

One of the seniors on the Patriots was veteran guard Daje Lewis. When the Patriots needed some leadership on the court Lewis was there to give her young teammates a word of encouragement. When the Patriots needed a defensive stop, more often than not she would be the player that would step up for Coach Gardner Eakins.

With the Patriots season over and Daje riding off in the sunset, the Patriots should be grateful for the things that the senior standout gave them.

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist I have already tackled proposals that were coming down the pipe in North Carolina for both alligator and elk hunting seasons in previous columns. On February 11, 2016, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) held votes for rule changes to the regulations, and two of those that came up in the vote were the alligator and elk management.

Public meetings were held in each district throughout the state to gain input from the hunters and non-hunters alike on topics such as these two. In all there were 37 different rule changes brought to the forefront.

Of the rule changes, 34 were approved as taken to public hearings. This means you and I had an active voice in how to approach the potential rule changes. One gameland rule was amended and approved, bringing the total approvals to 35 of 37 proposals.

One rule was disapproved, that being the regulation and approval of alligator hunting in North Carolina. This

Topsail Beach

Continued from page 1A will allow better forecasting of how much a project will cost and would give more information to the state when applying for funds. If the cost exceeds the state budget fund for the shallow drafting of the inlet, the town can request more funds be set aside. The BIS

Shooting

Continued from page 1A the range in the past.

“The Board of Commissioners will have to listen to any proposals during the budget process,” said Commissioner David Williams. “I would think it would have to be a revenue generator for us to consider, but I have not polled the individual board members.”

Wildlife officials are expecting the range to be complete sometime near the end of March or early April, depending on the weather.

in essence now states more input from biologists would be needed prior to opening a season for alligators. The commission did open the possibility of a nuisance and depredation clause that could be handed down via proclamation from Gordon Myers, the executive director of the NCWRC. In other words, it may be possible for a property owner to take an alligator through a special permit in which the alligator causes or can cause harm to land and/ or property.

One rule was withdrawn from consideration regarding the Eastern cougar being removed from a federally listed species, as state law requires the species to match the federal listing. It was up for approval because it is expected to be removed from the federal list, however it has not happened as of yet.

As far as the elk hunting proposal, the commission opened the door for elk hunting in North Carolina, although there will be no permits issued for the coming 2016-17 season. Much is speculation at this point, and I have been vocal on this matter myself. Our herd has not been managed to this point in a way to allow any abundance of hunting, as the herd has been very slow to grow. We did not take the same approach Kentucky did for instance.

It does look like the commission is taking the challenge seriously though. It has

been speculated the permit for hunting elk in North Carolina may be one of the hardest tags to get in the country; perhaps as few as five will be available each year.

Some have noted they expect a commissioner’s or governor’s tag that can be issued or auctioned off to anyone.

There is also some thought that a tag will be reserved for a youth hunter as well. Others have stated that the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation may receive one, and then the

remainder either dispersed through a lottery draw or some type of auction.

Myers also stated he plans on working with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians as well as other partners in establishing the proper metrics to guide a permit only hunt in the near future.

Based on how I have seen other states handle hard to hunt and limited hunts for specific species, I will share my beliefs in what should happen. I invite any and all read-

will take the current state of the beach and the inlet using surveys that are only a few months old, and add the annual monitoring of the sand, constantly updating the condition of the beach and inlet either once a year or after a storm.

“It took 18 months to get all the permits for this last project,” said Chris Gibson of TI Coastal Services. “If we are looking ahead we can get a jump on it all. This is one of the most proactive towns, with regard to preparation, funds and permitting. You have always done the right things and this process will just give the most accurate information.”

The board approved the expenditure of $22,125 from the BIS fund to move forward with research for future BIS projects.

The Army Corps of Engineers also responded to the BIS committee regarding alternative sand sources and indicated they were looking outside the CBRA (Coastal Barrier Resource System) zone only and may not looking be looking sand sources within the CBRA zone.

“The channel has good clean sand, it could be widened and the depth is only seven feet – it’s outside the CBRA zone and runs the same length of the beach. The federal chan-

nel hasn’t been dredged in 30 years, but it is a one shot deal.” said Gibson. “You can’t cut the inlet out of the system.”

“I think the town manager, the BIS and TI Coastal Services need to go back to the Corps and get clarification on this.” said Commissioner Steve Smith, and former BIS chairperson. “We provided geotechnical information and spent $5,000 on this study, so we may need to run it up past the local Army Corp of Engineers to get more definitive answers. We only have two more years on the authorization to get appropriations so we need answers.”

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ers to share their thoughts as well either by letter to the editor of this newspaper or to me personally at billhowardoutdoors@gmail.com.

Especially in the early going, I would like to see a resident-only lottery permit system put in place. For instance, Georgians have been vocal about their disapproval for non-residents pulling alligator permits in their state and Georgia issues more permits for alligators in a single zone than we have total elk population in North Carolina.

I am fine with both a governor’s tag and a youth tag.

I do think the governor’s tag should be an auction style bid in which the most money proposed gets the tag. This money should go directly towards the conservation of the herd.

Monies from the lottery for the remaining tags should go with the auctioned tag and used in possibly expanding the herd by bringing in more animals. The one question here, which I am back and forth on, is the possibility of introducing a disease detrimental to the herd, so care will need to be taken.

Obviously there is much more to be looked at here, but I am growing more confident each day that we may do this correctly.

Town of Surf City Government News February 25, 2016 MEETING TIMES Surf City Town Council Planning Board

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

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 pm, or as soon thereafter as possible, on the 1st of March 2016, at Surf City Town Hall on:  Satellite Annexation request for 24880 Hwy 17. Being all of 3.500+/- Acres. Pender County Pin # 4226-527825-0000  Satellite Annexation request for 24514 Hwy 17. Being all of 3.75 +/- Acres. Pender County Pin # 4226-528879-0000

Surf City Women’s Expo March 12, 2016 The Women’s Expo is sure to be a great way to spend your day!

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: March 1, 2016 TIME OF HEARINGS: 7:00 p.m.

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

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Master Development Plan Revision Signature Top Sail NC, LTD, applicant, on behalf of Capstone Ventures LLC., Ruth C. Kalmar Lewis et al, J L Morris Enterprises of Hampstead Inc., Morris Jeffrey Let al, and Signature Top Sail NC, LTD, owners, are requesting a revision to the previously approved Master Development Plan for the mixed use proposal known as Wyndwater. Specifically this request is to; increase the overall project area from ± 150.78 acres to ± 204.07 acres, increase the total units from ± 350 units to ± 500 units, increase project density from 3.1 units to 3.13 units per acre and to amend the side yard setback from twenty to fifteen feet. The subject property is zoned PD, Planned Development zoning district. The properties are located to the north of Doral Drive (SR 1693), northwest of Sloop Point Loop Road (SR 1563), south and east of the Cardinal Acres Lane (private) in the Topsail Township. The property may be further identified by Pender County PINs; 4214-04-6027-0000, 4214-222361-0000, 4214-31-1640-0000, 4213-59-0181-0000, 4214-12-3906-0000, 4214-22-75670000, 4214-04-9162-0000, 4214-23-2200-0000 and portion of the property located at 421450-8387-0000.

Collector Street Plan Adoption The Pender County Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the draft Pender County Collector Street Plan. Copies of the plan are available for review and comment at: www.pendercollector.com or in the Planning and Community Development Offices.

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

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Housing will be provided to those workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of each working day. Transportation and subsistence will be provided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, to workers who are recruited outside the area of intended employment. Applicants must provide documentation that they are eligible legally to work in the United States. Applicants should report or send resumes to Division of Workforce Solutions, 904-A Walker St. Burgaw, NC 28425, (910) 259-0240, or the nearest local office of their State Workforce Agency and reference job order #NC10466668. EOE. H-300-16032-865809.

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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 Executor of the estate of Roland Thomas Horrell, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Roland Thomas Horrell to present them to the undersigned on or before May 12, 2016 at 1309 Bostic Road, Atkinson, NC 28421 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day February 4, 2016.

William R. Horrell 1309 Bostic Road Atkinson, NC 28421 #7176 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25/2016 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 Roselle J. Wooten, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Rosella J. Wooten to present them to the undersigned on or before May 12, 2016 at 17251 Hwy. 53 East, Maple Hill, NC or be barred from recovery.

All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the day of February 4, 2016.

Christine W. Watkins 101 Maple Hill Sch Road Maple Hill, NC 28454 #7178 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the Estate of BOYCE C. KAY, Deceased of Pender County, N.C., are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before May 4, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment. This 4th day of February, 2016.

JAMES H. KAY Executor c/o John R. Sloan Ward and Smith, P.A. Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 7068 Wilmington, NC 28406-7068 #7179 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the Estate of JOAN J. CARPENTER, Deceased of Pender County, N.C., are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before May 4, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment. This 4th day of February, 2016.

CAROL A. BARBER, Executor c/o JOHN R. SLOAN Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 7068 Wilmington, NC 28406-7068 #7180 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25/2016 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 Jimmy Johnson deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Jimmy Johnson to present them to the undersigned on or before May 12, 2016 at 16050 Highway 53 West Atkinson, NC 28421 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of February 4, 2016.

Nathaniel Johnson 16050 Highway 53 West Atkinson, NC 28421 #7181 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25/2016 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 Carolen Cavenaugh, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Carolen Cavenaugh to present them to the undersigned on or before May 19, 2016 at 680 Cypress Creek Road, Richlands, NC 28574 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of February 11th, 2016.

Travis A. Rich 680 Cypress Creek Road Richlands, NC 28574 #7186 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/3/2016

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE COUNTY PENDER DISTRICT COURT DIVISION SESSION JUVENILLE SESSION FILE NO.: 14 JT 24 In the Matter of: A.J.C., a minor child To: Respondent: Patrick Longthon and/or Unknown Father, of a male child born to Tonya Champion on June 10, 2013, in Wilmington, North Carolina.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS OF PUBLICATION. Take notice that a PLEADING seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS filed by the Pender County Department of Social Services.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than the 28th day of March, 2016, Said date being forty days from the first publication of this Notice; and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

You are entitled to attend the hearing affecting your parental rights.

You are entitled to have an attorney appointed by the Court if you cannot afford one, provided that you request an attorney at or before the time of the hearing. You may contact the Clerk of Juvenile Court for Burgaw, North Carolina to request counsel. This is notice to the above named respondent that FAILURE TO APPEAR may result in a decision adverse to your parental rights and adverse to any custodial or visitation rights.

This the 17th day of February, 2016.

Tonya Lacewell Turner Attorney for Petitioner, PCDSS P.O. Box 1386 Burgaw, N.C. 28425 (910) 259-3180 #7209 2/18, 2/25, 3/3/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of ROBERT HARVEY WEINSTEIN, Deceased, of Pender County, N.C., are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before May 10, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment. This 10th day of February, 2016.

SAMANTHA JAYE TOLBERT Executor c/o MATTHEW W. THOMPSON Ward and Smith, P.A. Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 7068 Wilmington, NC 28406-7068 #7188 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/3/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF CATHARINE LUCIUS NOBLE (FORMERLY CATHARINE L. HARRIS) 16 E 52 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Catharine Lucius Noble, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to James Michael Harris, Executor of the decedent’s estate, on or before May 12, 2016 at 608 N Anderson Blvd, Topsail Beach, NC 28445, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Executor.

James Michael Harris, Executor Estate of Catharine Lucius Noble c/o Mark I. Nunalee BIBERSTEIN & NUNALEE LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #7189 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/3/2016 NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF PENDER The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Henry V. Reid, deceased, of Pender County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 18th day of May, 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This 18th day of February, 2016 Patricia P. Casaw, Executrix of the Estate of Henry V. Reid 1674 Scotts Hill Loop Road Wilmington, NC 28411 MURCHISON, TAYLOR & GIBSON, PLLC 16 North Fifth Avenue Wilmington, NC 28401 #7212 2/18, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016 Pender County GOP Convention to be held March 5 Hampstead NC- The Pender County Republican Party will hold its 2016 Precinct/County Convention on Saturday, March 5, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 12 noon at the Topsail Elementary School. 17385 Hwy 17, Hampstead. The Convention will be held in the Auditorium. Registration and sign-in will begin at 9:00 AM. Any Republican registered by January 31, 2016 residing in Pender County is welcome to attend the convention.

The convention will be called to order at 10:00 AM. This will be a combined Precinct and County meeting. For details contact the Pender County Republican Party Chairman Bob Muller at 910-270-3840 or email to pender.GOP@gmail.com #7215 2/18/2016

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 Susan Jones McLamb, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Susan Jones McLamb to present them to the undersigned on or before May 19, 2016 at 14150 Ashton Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of 5th day of February 2016.

Milton L. McLamb, II 14150 Ashton Road Rocky Point, NC 28457 #7204 2/11, 2/18, 2/25/, 3/3/2016 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 William Newkirk Jr. , deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, William Newkirk Jr. to present them to the undersigned on or before May 19, 2016 at 2277 New Road Burgaw, NC 28425 or be barred from recovery.

All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the day of February 18, 2016.

Joyce Campbell 2277 New Road Burgaw, NC 28425 #7207 2/18, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified on the 9th day of December, 2015, as Executor of the Estate of MARIE L. GORDON, Deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the Executor, Ray C. Gordon, III, at 11732 Sky Valley Way, Albuquerque, NM 87111, on or before the 11th day of May, 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment.

This 9th day of December, 2015.

RAY C. GORDON, III, EXECUTOR Attorney for the Estate: J. Wesley Casteen, Esq., CPA Saffo Law Firm, P.C. 5900-B Oleander Drive Wilmington, North Carolina 28403 Telephone (910) 256-3364 #7208 2/18, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016

Thompson Surveying Co. P.A. of Burgaw, N.C. in March 1985. As reference to the above described tract see Book 381, Page 400 of the Pender County Registry. Together with improvements thereon, said property located at 2465 Blueberry Road, Currie, NC 28435, Parcel ID 2274 85 4326 0000.

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

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” 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: 1116506 (FC.FAY)

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 13 SP 271 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Matthew M. Wall and Fonda P. Wall to Alley, Register & McEachern, Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of October, 2005, and recorded in Book 2799, Page 185, 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 March 8, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the #7210 2/25, 3/3/2016 County of Pender, North Carolina, and NOTICE TO CREDITORS being more particularly described Having qualified as Executor of as follows: the Estate of Nathan Louis Teachey, Located in Grady Township, late of 3319 Penderlea Hwy, Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina adjaN.C., Pender County, North Carolina, cent to and west of the paved centerthe undersigned does hereby notify line of Secondary Road No. 1114, and all persons, firms and corporations being more fully described as follows, having claims against the estate of to-wit: Beginning at a nail and cap in said decedent to exhibit them to the the paved centerline of Secondary undersigned at Post Office Box 625, Road No. 1114, said nail and cap be107 East Fremont Street, Burgaw, ing located along said road centerline N.C. 28425 on or before the 16th at a point that is the following courses day of May, 2016 or this notice will and distances from an old nail in said be pleaded in bar of their recovery. road centerline that is directly above All persons, firms and corporations a large culvert that accommodates indebted to the said estate will please the waters of Bear Branch beneath make immediate payment to the the roadway: South 15 degrees 48 undersigned. minutes 10 seconds East 1825.24 feet This the 16th day of February, and South 25 degrees 57 minutes 15 2016. seconds East 417.16 feet to the BeAmy Teachey Norris, ginning; and running thence, from the Executor of the Beginning, so located, with the paved Estate of Nathan Louis Teachey centerline of Secondary Road No. R. Kent Harrell, Attorney at Law 1114 South 25 degrees 57 minutes 15 PO Box 625, Burgaw, N.C. 28425 seconds East 214.42 feet to a nail and cap in said centerline and at a point #7216 2/25, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17/2016 that is South 85 degrees 25 minutes 13 SP 435 West 2.24 feet from Orr’s old Corner AMENDED NOTICE OF in the old dirt roadway; thence, with FORECLOSURE SALE A W. Moore’s line South 85 degrees NORTH CAROLINA, 25 minutes West 427.67 feet (passing PENDER COUNTY over an inline iron pipe at 32.76 feet) Under and by virtue of a Power of to an iron pipe in inline; thence, North Sale contained in that certain Deed of 15Thedegrees 09 minutes 45 seconds Media of Record for the People of Pender County.

Trust executed by Ronald G. Plumley West 141.23 feet to an iron pipe to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which 201-A West Fremont Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 inline; thence, North 76 degrees 12 was dated October 4, 2002 and re910.259.9111 • posteditor@post-voice.com • www.post-voice.com minutes 45 seconds East 380.37 feet corded on October 10, 2002 in Book (passing over an incline iron pipe at 1964 at Page 133, Pender County 346.29 feet) to the Beginning, containRegistry, North Carolina. ing 1.59 gross acres, more or less, Default having been made of the or 1.45 acres more or less after the note thereby secured by the said exclusion of that portion of Secondary Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Road No. 1114 (60 foot right of way) Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, contained within the above described having been substituted as Trustee boundaries and is as surveyed by in said Deed of Trust, and the holder

of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on March 8, 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 139, Willows Bay, Section 3, as shown on a map of same being duly recorded in Map Book 34, Page 147, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Said property is commonly known as 63 Cheuffa Court, Rocky Point, NC 28457.

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

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

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.: 13-26317-FC01 #7211 2/25, 3/3/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-428 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

CHRISTINA MARIA ALLEN, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: Christina Maria Allen Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 1.00 Acre on Hwy 50, Parcel ID Number 3384-40-7538-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 12, 2016.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com This date: February 25, 2016. #7217 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-428 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

CHRISTINA MARIA ALLEN, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: Unknown Spouse and/or Successor in interest to Christina Maria Allen Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 1.00 Acre on Hwy 50, Parcel ID Number 3384-40-7538-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 12, 2016.

This date: February 25, 2016.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7218 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-670 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

MEGAN SUTTLES, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: MEGAN SUTTLES Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 5.12 Acres, Lot 3B Cordts Family Division, Parcel ID Number 4235-89-9004-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 12, 2016.

This date: February 25, 2016.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7219 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-670 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

MEGAN SUTTLES, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: Unknown Spouse and/ or Successor in Interest to Megan Suttles Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 5.12 Acres, Lot 3B Cordts Family Division, Parcel ID Number 4235-89-9004-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 12, 2016.

This date: February 25, 2016.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7220 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016

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Topsail Basketball Association report

By Bob Willard Special to the Post & Voice The year end tournament is in full swing this week as we go to press, with most championship games to be staged Feb. 28 in the Topsail Middle School gym.

Regular season play ended in front of packed gymnasiums at the middle school this past Saturday with season winners crowned with championship trophies and top seedings in the week long tournament being staged all of this week.

Season winners in the junior division of TBA were: Co-ed division comprised of first and second graders, Sponsor AllKindsOfStuf f. biz, boys third and fourth grade division, sponsor Ronel Austin-Remax, and rounding out the junior division of TBA are the girls of the third through fifth grade division taking the season crown for sponsor Hwy. 55.

Some of the final standings in the senior division of TBA were not decided until all games were finished on Saturday, but in the high school

boys sector, Realo Discount Drugs took regular season championship honors with a perfect 9-0 record. Cape Fear Kitchen and Baths took the first place honors in the boys seventh and eighth grade division, also sporting an unblemished season record of 9-0.

Prism Custom Painting led the pack in the boys fifth and sixth grade division, and accepting the championship trophies in the girls sixth through ninth grade division was the entry sponsored by the Thomas Construction Group.

All teams participate in

the yearend tournament that started this past Sunday.

Games are being played every night during this week and Saturday, with senior division championship finals being staged on Sunday, starting at 1 p.m. in the middle school gym.

TBA urges all Hampstead and surrounding community residents who like basketball, to come out during the week, Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free. Nothing is better than to support the youth of our communities, and support our future generation.

Moores Creek Battlefield event Feb. 27-28 Moores Creek National Battlefield in Currie will host the 240th Anniversary Celebration of the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge Feb. 27-28.

The battle was the first Patriot victory of the American Revolution, which helped to stall the British invasion of the south for most of the Revolutionary War and ended Royal authority in North Carolina forever.

2016 also marks the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service. Activities will take place from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. both days and the event is free.

The weekend will kick off with a wreath laying ceremony to honor the lone Patriot soldier that lost his life during this battle, as well as the other Patriots who made a stand to secure freedom here in North Carolina.

Other activities include militia encampments, which will display both Patriot and Loyalist militias, their weapons, and what life was like within the confines of an encampment; musket and cannon demonstrations, as well as the use of the Scottish Broadsword; artisan and trades demonstrations, such as blacksmithing, chair caning, powder horn making, spinning, bread baking,

gardening, colonial medicine, surveying, historical sun dials and navigation, toys and games, quill pen writing, and much more.

The Duplin Dulcimers will be playing Feb. 27 several times throughout the afternoon, and John Golden will be here performing colonial era-music.

On Sunday, the Tryon Palace Fife and Drum Corps will perform at 2 p.m. at Patriots Hall and is sure to be a great interpretive program; the N.C. 440th Army National Guard Band will close out the weekend’s festivities with a performance at 3 p.m.

Visitors will be free to tour the battlefield, history trails, and Visitor Center, which includes exhibits, a 10-minute orientation film, and a great book store and gift shop. Food such as hot dogs, hamburgers, and barbecue sandwiches will be available for purchase from the Atkinson Fire Department, or families can pack a lunch and have a picnic in the park.

For more infor mation about this event, please visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/moorescreeknps or email Matthew Woods at matthew_ woods@nps.gov.

Legal Notices Legal Notices

Second Wind Fitness now Coastal Fitness

By Barbara Hazle Contributing Writer A new team of owner-managers are hard at work transitioning the former Second Wind Fitness Center to the new improved Coastal Fitness focusing on personal training and wellness.

Brad Szem, a former high school and college Hall of Fame basketball planner moved to Hampstead, North Carolina three years ago after selling several businesses in Charleston, South Carolina.

Mr. Szem was a member of a local gym and had worked with a personal trainer whose professionalism and skills he admired. That was Bowie Caison, who prior to being a local personal trainer, had been working for a consulting company that would send him around the country revitalizing personal training programs at fitness centers.

Eventually the two came together with Rian Caison, Bowie’s wife, and in January 2016 purchased the 17,000 square foot facility located on Highway 17 between Hamp-

Women's club Continued from page 3A

big event the first weekend of December. The building’s bathrooms have recently been remodeled, making the place nicer for those who may be planning an event and wish to rent the space. The group

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Continued from page 4A leged infractions, including exceeding a safe speed, swerving off the road, failure to change lanes quickly for another vehicle that had been pulled over, maintaining an expired tag as well as an expired registration. Before moving back to his vehicle, the officer asked if I had an umbrella.

Confused, I replied that I had a small, completely legal one which had not been used for either murder or burglary.

With a slight grin, he replied, “Good, because I’m about to make it rain.”

Was I in a Clint Eastwood movie? I waited in anticipation for him to ask if I was feeling lucky, but instead my accuser walked stealthily to his still flashing vehicle and started to write. Now, at this point I could tell that my days

Photo by Barbara Hazle

Rian Caison, Brad Szem, and Bowie Caison of Coastal Fitness stead and Topsail. Both Bowie and Rian are certified trainers and have been in the fitness industry for over 10 years.

“Our focus is on customer service,” said Szem. “We welcome people of all fitness levels who want to improved their conditioning and health, and are adding new classes and equipment to satisfy the most

avid work out enthusiast.”

The first order of business was to replace the showers in both locker rooms and to double the capacity of the childcare area from eight to eighteen children.

The longer term plans include a non-slip surface on the indoor pool decking, improved parking facilities and even an

is planning a Souper Supper with the Kiwanis Club in March, but the date has not been set.

Gates said that nothing goes to waste at the thrift store.

“We give what we don’t use to the Salvation Army. They come every Monday and pick up what we don’t use. Everything is getting used and recy-

cled, and one organization is helping another organization.

We all just work together.

It’s like one big wheel going around and around. I just like to do this, especially when I see people come in with little kids. I know how hard it can be going to school without the right clothes and the right shoes, so I understand all that. God put it on my heart

of eluding tickets were over as the deputy remained in his car for well more than 10 minutes.

My fellow drivers, this is another sure sign of doom.

Lindsay, in the interim, was cackling wildly, chanting, “You’re gonna be in trouble,” over and over. I slumped further in my seat and reflected on my actions. Maybe I had been inattentive or, perhaps, maybe I was the victim of profiling. Middle-aged moms who drive Acuras would make perfect drug mules as they would not fit the disheveled mold of your average crime lord.

Could that explain my feelings of utter shame and guilt?

At this point, I avowed to be a model citizen, regardless of the outcome.

If I was to be carted off to jail for doing so many terrible things in such a short span of time, who would I call? My parents would be livid and would likely make me stay in

the poky to teach me a lesson.

Daniel was probably surfing and avoids answering my calls anyway.

I would probably have to reserve my one phone call for Garland Yopp, a good friend who is also in law enforcement. Hopefully, he would be able to smooth things over while catching up with his circle of brothers.

My heart was beating wildly as I tried to come up with a tough jail nickname so that my fellow jailhouse perps would not accost me. Capone, Deadeye, Mad Dog and Body Bag sounded brutish, but I’d have to adopt a confident swagger to accompany my new persona.

Maybe I should brandish the bandana that Lindsay had used on pirate day, although it was adorned with pink hearts and might send the wrong message. My jailhouse daydream was abruptly interrupted by a knock on the window as I absentmind-

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 Lillian H. Russ, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Lillian H. Russ, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 2, 2016 at 3160 Murray Town Road, Burgaw, NC 28425 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of February 19, 2016.

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER addition to expand the cardio IN THE GENERAL COURT and strength training areas.

OF JUSTICE “We also are planning to SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION start a recreational swim team COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-751 PENDER COUNTY for kids from age 4 to 17 called Plaintiff(s), The Hampstead Hammerv. heads. This is a team that will UNKNOWN HEIRS OF RICHARD compete against other local EDWARD HEATH, executory interest teams such as Marsh Oaks, et. al.

Cape Fear Country Club and Defendant(s). the Wilmington YMCA,” said NOTICE OF SERVICE OF Szem.

PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE AND/ “This is a dream come true for me,” said Bowie Caison. “I OR SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO had fixed so many other fitness ZENA BONITA HEATH Take notice that a pleading seekcenters that I wanted the oping relief against you has been filed in portunity to run my own. We the above-titled action. have four professional personal The nature of the relief sought is trainers on staff. They have to as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy be educated on rehabilitation, unpaid property taxes on your interfitness, nutrition and really est in the property sometimes briefly love to help people gain their described as 2.4 Acres, Lot 6, Parcel fitness goal whether it is just ID Number 3216-77-2960-0000 more to lose weight, feel stronger or fully described in the complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and for sports conditioning.” all claim or interest that you may have Coastal Fitness has updated in the property. its membership options and You are required to make defense class calendar. The fitness to such pleading no later than April center will continue to offer 12, 2016.

This date: February 25, 2016. services such as teeth whitenPENDER COUNTY, ing and tanning, opened a new By and through its Attorney fresh fruit/protein smoothie Scott G. Sherman bar, and will remain the loState Bar #: 17596 cation of Seacoast Physical ProTax, A Division of Therapy.

Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 to do this. My heart is in it,” Burgaw, NC 28425 said Gates.

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edly greeted the deputy with a mindless, “What’s up, my homey?” while flashing a gang sign that oddly resembled Little Bunny Foo Foo hopping through the forest.

Snapping back into my middle-class, Acura-driving mom persona, I held out my wrists to accept the handcuffs, as viewing reruns of Cops has consistently demonstrated that it’s easier not to resist.

In response, I was handed a warning citation. Yet again, I had constructed a voluminous mountain out of molehill material, but swore to this angel of a man standing before me that I would, from this moment on, be the most competent driver in eastern North Carolina.

Driving home at a snail’s pace, I fir mly gripped my steering wheel at 10 and 2 and cheerfully rapped, Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha’ gonna do?

Whatcha’ gonna do when they come for you?

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-794 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

EZRA C. MURPHY, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: EZRA C. MURPHY Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 0.97 Acres Halfway Branch School Rd., Parcel ID Number 2350-15-2730-0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 12, 2016.

This date: February 25, 2016.

PENDER COUNTY, By and Through its Attorney Scott G. Sherman State Bar #: 17596 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel) scott@shermanandrodgers.com #7223 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-794 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

EZRA C. MURPHY, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE AND/ OR SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO EZRA C. MURPHY Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 0.97 Acres Halfway Branch School Rd., Parcel ID Number 2350-15-2730-0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 12, 2016.

This date: February 25, 2016.

PENDER COUNTY, By and Through its Attorney Scott G. Sherman State Bar #: 17596 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel) scott@shermanandrodgers.com #7224 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-751 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF RICHARD EDWARD HEATH, executory interest et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: ZENA BONITA HEATH Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 2.4 Acres, Lot 6, Parcel ID Number 3216-77-2960-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April 12, 2016.

This date: February 25, 2016.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Scott G. Sherman State Bar #: 17596 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel) scott@shermanandrodgers.com #7227 2/25, 3/3, 3/10/2016

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Section B

Living

Keeping history, community alive in Canetuck

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer

The Canetuck Community Center , Inc. (CCC), originally built as a Rosenwald School in Pender County during the segregation era, has undergone some restoration over the last few years. During the early 1900s, African American families raised funds to receive matching grants from the Rosenwald fund for construction of schools. Former students and other community members have worked to restore the outside of the building and are continuing to raise funds to complete the inside of the nearly 100-year-old structure.

B e t t y T h o m p s o n , fo r m e r s t u d e n t a n d S e c re t a r y fo r t h e C C C , e x p l a i n e d h ow s h e b e c a m e i nvo l ve d i n t h e p ro j e c t .

“For most of us, there was this great migration to the north after we graduated from high school. I went to Winston Salem State University, which was Winston Salem College at the time. I migrated to the north, worked there for 37 years, then all of us came back to the area – but not at the same time. Claudia Stack was involved in this project of restoring the building on the outside, and she had some other ideas. Claudia and I worked together to get a $40,000 grant to have the outside restored and the windows redone. We had this big Open House after all of that work was done on the outside. Now we’re working on trying to get enough funds to restore the inside. We want it back to the original, and we’ve been working diligently to keep it going,” said Thompson.

Thompson said that they have received a lot of help from the Middle Road Foundation. She and Claudia Stack had attended a conference at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, and were able to meet the Rosenwald descendants. They took an interest in Canetuck and began to donate funds to help cover the cost of insurance and other needs. Fundraising efforts have also helped. Chicken and fish dinners will be sold April 23 at the Atkinson Mini Mart, starting at 11. A gospel concert is being planned at the CCC for June 4 as well.

According to Thompson, the former school’s evolution into a community center started with the actions of community members Robert Corbett, Leo Kea and Fred Beatty. The men had gone in together to negotiate a price with the Pender County Board of Education years ago so that the community could purchase the building. Today the children and grandchildren of these men have taken up where their parents left off.

Betty Thompson, Verta Kea (CCC President) and Dixie Corbett (CCC member) have fond memories of their time as students at the school. It was a two-room school that housed a first through third grade class, and one that was fourth through sixth grade. Thompson remembers learning her first Bible verse there, the Lord’s Prayer. The tree across the street that they climbed on, the school plays that were held there, and former teachers are all cherished memories.

“As I go from place to place and speak to different people, they are pulling these buildings and wishing they had pulled them out of the dust before they got so badly deteriorated and bought them like our families bought this building. Now it’s used as a center for voting, the health department comes here and administers flu shots, and we have community gatherings, family reunions and other events that go on here. It’s very important to the community,” said Thompson.

“Claudia Stack has been the one who spearheaded all of this. I didn’t realize before I came back home from New Jersey that I had attended two Rosenwald Schools. When I did realize, I knew immediately the value of that, and how we should work hard to preserve our history. Claudia has been going throughout Pender County and helping people bring these schools back from total deterioration. I think we should give her kudos,” said Thompson.

Reggie Corbett, an active member of the CCC, hopes the younger generation will become involved with the community center. He said, “It takes time for people to catch on, sometimes later in life. The younger people 30 and 40 might catch on later. They‘ll realize, ‘my ancestors went there.’

They don’t know how it’s still here, but they will learn how one day.”

Thompson ag reed, “They will probably come on board as they get older, just like we did. We matured, we thought about it and realized that this is our history. It’s worth working hard to save.”

The CCC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit located at 6098 Canetuck Road in Currie. A meeting is held the third Saturday of each month, with each one beginning with the Lord’s Prayer. For more information about the center, contact Betty Thompson by email at betty4360@hotmail.com. Donations can be sent to: Canetuck Community Center, PO Box 74, Currie NC 28435.

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Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.� But he said to Him, “Lord, with You I am ready to go both to prison and to death!� And He said, “I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.� (Luke 22:31-34) In the last week of his life on earth, Jesus set his face toward the cross. Yet his disciples, as usual, misunderstood his intentions.

He spoke plainly about his coming arrest, flogging, crucifixion and resurrection, but his followers debated among themselves what he might mean by “rising from the dead.�

Peter, especially, did not accept the idea that Jesus would die on a Roman cross, and in his typical bragging and excessive fashion, he declared, “Lord I’m ready to go with you to prison and to death!�

Clearly, Peter was still thinking about an earthly kingdom. If there were going to be a glorious battle between the forces of evil and good, he felt fully prepared to give his life for Christ. I think he was being both honest and sincere. But in fact, Peter would betray Jesus before that day had ended.

It’s easy for us to look down on Peter for his betrayal. Yet most of us are inclined, like Peter, to say, “I will always be staunchly loyal to my Savior, Jesus Christ.� And then the daily challenges of life and temptations of the world lead us to make poor choices. We abandon a pure and dedicated relationship with Jesus Christ and so we fail, as Peter did.

The good news is that our failure doesn’t have to be fatal. Peter came back to Christ and helped to found the early church. Maybe the reason that Peter was willing to return to follow Christ was because he remembered the

can repair you. God can give anyone a second chance.�

If it’s hard to believe that God would give you a second chance then remember those in the Bible like the prophet Jonah, King David, the Apostle Peter and Noah. The list is continuous and you can put your name on that list if you will trust in the Lord that is willing to forgive and forget our sins.

I challenge you this week to accept the forgiveness and second chance that Jesus is

offering to you daily. Reflect on scriptures such as Psalm 103:2-3, “Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all our sins and heals all our diseases� as a reminder of what the Lord is willing to do. Continue to move forward and grow in your journey with Christ.

Surround yourself with other believers that have also experienced a second chance. My prayer is you will never forget the one who loves you, even when we seem unlovable.

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

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

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

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

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FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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RILEY’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

311 S. Campbell St. Burgaw, NC 910.259.6007

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

1730 US Hwy. 117 N. • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3046

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

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

140 Industrial Drive Burgaw, NC 28425

Herring’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 1697 Herring’s Chapel Rd. Burgaw, has a free bread giveaway every Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon.

Most all types of bread from white to multigrain to hamburger and hotdog buns are available.

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

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Ants • Fleas • Ticks • Spiders • Flies Rodents • Termites

Bread giveaway Herring’s Chapel UMC

NEW BEGINNING CHURCH

Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

word spoken to him in Matthew 18:21-22, “Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?� Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.�

This was the type of second chance that Peter needed. In fact it was this type of Savior that would be willing and able to forgive Peter countless times.

Just as Jesus prayed for Peter that he wouldn’t lose his faith, so he prays for us that our faith will remain steadfast and strong. Yes, we will all fail just as Peter did, but in Jesus Christ we all have a second chance. God does everything possible to draw us to repentance, offering forgiveness and second chances. “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.� (2 Peter 3:9) Perhaps today you feel that you have been given that second chance and have blown it with God. The famous former professional baseball player and manager Pete Rose once declared, “If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won’t need a third.� The problem with this quote is Pete Rose doesn’t understand that we will fail daily and need that third, fourth and possible millionth chance.

Christian author Melody Carlson asserts, “I have become convinced that God thoroughly enjoys fixing and saving things that are broken. That means that no matter how hurt and defeated you feel, no matter how badly you have been damaged, God

CALVARY CHAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH

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

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

JORDANS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

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

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

ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thursday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

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Root vegetable recipes

Hope’s Cooking Corner

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The Burgaw Lions Club named Lion Carol Peay Lion of the Year(above). Mrs. Peay, who joined the Lions Club about two years ago, is the club’s membership chairman.

Since her appointment, she has recruited several new members in the past several months. She has also helped the club with various service projects, such as help with assembling and passing out food for the needy. Pictured with Peay is Burgaw Lions Club president Alan King. Daniel Manzo (below), community outreach coordinator with Lower Cape Fear Hospice, was guest speaker Feb. 16 at the Burgaw Lions Club meeting. Manzo discussed the services offered by Lower Cape Fear Hospice and how volunteers help the non-profit group with families whose loved ones are facing the end of life. Manzo serves Pender and Duplin counties. Pictured with Manzo is Burgaw Lions Club president Alan King.

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Run for you Life Mar. 26 Fitness Fusion is sponsoring a 5K/10K Race and one mile fun walk Mar. 26 in Burgaw. The event is intended to encourage a healthy lifestyle through increasing physical fitness. Just engaging in moderate physical activity three to four times weekly significantly improves your overall health. It may also prevent the onset of heart disease and many other diseases.

The race is called the Fitness Fusion Race for your Life 5K/10K. The event will be held at Fitness Fusion located at 901 South Walker Street in Burgaw.

The g ym has become a local favorite with a variety of classes, great equipment and a wonderful staff. They are sponsoring the race as a culmination of a Couch to 5K program that began in January. The gym has offered coaching sessions 3 times a

week to assist non-runners to begin a running program.

The race course will begin at Fitness Fusion Mar. 26 at 9 a.m. Your help in supporting this event will be much appreciated. Any proceeds will be used to support fitness and wellness services at Fitness Fusion and Pender Adult Services. PAS provides a wide range of wellness services and facilities for all ages.

Sponsorships in the amount of $50 and $100 will include a logo on t-shirts designed for race participants. In addition, $250 sponsors will be recognized at the pre and post-race festivities providing recovery beverages and snacks.

For more race information visit the Fitness Fusion web site at www.fitnessfusiononline.com or register for the race at www.its-go-time.com.

You may also call Fitness Fusion at 259-0422 for information.

Dress in Blue day is Friday, Mar. 4. According to North Carolina’s State Center for Health Statistics, cancer of the colon and rectum was the second leading cause of cancer death in North Carolina from 2008 to 2012.

It is estimated that 4,633 people in North Caroina were diagnosed in 2015 and 1,642 people will have died of the disease. One in 20 people will be diagnosed with colon cancer in their lifetime.

It is a concerning statistic and one of the reasons why the North Carolina Department of Aging and Adult Services will hold a statewide event in

conjunction with the Colon Cancer Alliance’s National Dress in Blue Day. National Dress in Blue Day is held on the first Friday in March in communities and offices throughout the nation.

The Colon Cancer Alliance first launched the Dress in Blue Day program in 2009 to bring nationwide attention to colon cancer and to celebrate the courage of those affected by this disease.

Today, individuals, businesses and community groups across the country participate by wearing blue and urging

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Crafting is fun at Topsail Senior Center. The class made Mardi Gras masks.

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Knitting groups are wonderful support for knitting and life issues. We have groups that knit at both Heritage Place and Topsail. Check the schedule for times.

National Diabetes Alert Day

Could you be at risk for diabetes? Join us Mar. 22 from12:45-2:30 p.m. for FREE screening and to learn about the steps that can be taken to reduce your risk. No RSVP necessary, just drop by!

GET OUT AND VOTE! ONE STOP VOTING AT TOPSAIL

We will make class adjustments Mar. 2-16.

Topsail Senior Center will be one stop voting location this spring. All Classes will meet in the Dining Room (DR). Voting will be using the classroom and foyer. Some classes will meet one out of the two weeks. Please see the full schedule at Topsail.

BASKET WEAVING CLASS

Join us if you are interested in learning this heritage art. You will learn to make several baskets that are decorative, colorful and useful.

Each basket is unique and makes an unusual addition to your home or as a lovingly made gift.

Supplies not included.

Topsail Senior Center, Hampstead Time: Tuesday, 9 a.m. until 1p.m.

Sign up at Topsail Senior Center or call 270-0708.

Heritage Place, Burgaw Time: Wednesday, 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Call Jennifer Mathews at 259-9119, if interested.

Class fee is $18 for 60 and up and $28 for 59 and under.

111 S. Wright Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910.259.2116

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Saturday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

This store gladly accepts Medicaid, Medicare, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, State Teachers Plan and most other third party prescription plans.

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Medicare education workshop Mar. 16

Will you be eligible to receive Medicare this year? Are you confused by information you are receiving about Medicare supplements and other plans available? Do you want more information on Medicare prescription drug plans and how they work? Do you need to know how Medicare works in general?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above, plan to attend the Medicare Education

Workshop will be held at the Topsail Senior Center, 20959 U.S. Hwy. 17 North, Hampstead.

The program will be held Mar. 16 from 5:30-7 p.m. Kay Warner and John Lutz with the SHIIP program will be presenting the workshop.

The class is free, but registration is required. Call the Topsail Senior Center, 2700708, to sign up for the class.

Pender Adult Services March 2016 Calendar March 1 – Perks - 9 a.m. – HP March 2 – Perks – 9 a.m. – TSC March 4 – WEAR BLUE DAY-raise awareness for colorectal cancer

BASKET WEAVING CLASS

March 4 – New Line Dance class for beginners -12:15-TSC March 8 - Art Class with Mitchell – 10 a.m. HP

Join us if you are interested in learning this heritage art. You will learn to make several baskets that are decorative, colorful and useful.

Each basket is unique and makes an unusual addition to your home or as a lovingly made gift.

Supplies not included.

Topsail Senior Center, Hampstead Time: Tuesday, 9 a.m. until 1p.m.

Sign up at Topsail Senior Center or call 270-0708.

Heritage Place, Burgaw Time: Wednesday, 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Call Jennifer Mathews at 259-9119, if interested.

Class fee is $18 for 60 and up and $28 for 59 and under.

March 9 – Blind Support Group 1 p.m. - HP March 10 – Widows Support Luncheon – Noon HP March 16 – Medicare 101 Education Workshop – 5:30 p.m. - TSC March 17 - Blood Pressure Checks & Hep C Education – TSC March 17 – Cancer Support Luncheon – Noon - HP March 22 – Diabetes Alert Day – pre-diabetic screening 12:45-2 p.m.

HP March 24 - Caregivers Support Group – 11:30 a.m. HP March 25 – Blood Pressure Checks & Hep C Education– HP Call Topsail for Caregivers Support date – one Friday each month, dates vary.

TAXES? NHC library (Main)Monday – Friday

No appointment necessary Bring last year’s tax returns and all applicable documents Hampstead‌American Legion Post #167 US16660 US 17, Hampstead NC Behind Midway Inspections, just past UHaul Rental Monday – Wednesday afternoons 1 – 5 p.m.

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