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Suspect arrested after foot chase From Staff Reports A shooting Saturday in Burgaw resulted in three hospitalized and one arrest. Burgaw Police responded to a report of shots fired at the Seven Oaks Apartments on Progress Drive Aug. 13 at approximately 8:15 p.m. Officers observed a black vehicle leaving at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was later found to be transporting the shooting victims to Pender Memorial Hospital. The alleged gunman, Thomas Frederick Green Jr., 31, of 216 Newkirk Road Burgaw, was located a short distance from the scene of the shooting after fleeing on foot. The firearm used in the incident was recovered in the wooded area where Green was arrested. Green was charged with three counts of assault with
Thomas F. Green Jr. a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, one count of discharge of a weapon into an occupied dwelling or vehicle, and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. Green was placed in the Pender County Jail under a $750,000 bond with a court date of Aug. 16.
Actors needed for Ghost Walk By Tammy Proctor Pender Tourism Director Special to the Post & Voice Audition for a haunting role as a ghost from Pender’s past. Rochelle Whiteside and Gaylene Branton will conduct auditions for 15 to 20 roles at the Arts Council building, 108 E. Wilmington St., Burgaw Sept. 12 from 6-8 p.m. Males and females are needed for several roles, including a Civil War re-enactor. Actors
age 16 and older are needed. Actors will need to be available for the Ghost Walk on Oct. 22 and one dress rehearsal. The Ghost Walk is set for Oct. 22, 6-9 p.m. The familyfriendly event will tour ghosts with local lore and legend – from pirates to World War II soldiers. Tour guides are also needed. Storytellers welcomed. For more details contact the Pender County Tourism office at 910-259-1536.
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Penderlea School band director David Farrior leads his band in a program of songs at the Penderlea Farm Festival Saturday. Inside the Rotary Club building, vendors offered their wares, including face painting. See more photos of the event on page 4B and on Facebook.
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Traffic on US 421 South would still be allowed to make a left turn onto NC 210. While there was no formal presentation by the DOT the public meeting was called by Commissioner David Piepmeyer. “I didn’t want this to become a done deal and the citizens of the area not be informed or able to comment on what was happening. We had a great turn out for such a short notice, and we have had 40-50 public comments already submitted. I wanted to make sure that money wasn’t being spent if the outcome may not be effective,” Piepmeyer said. The DOT was not in favor of putting a four way stop light at the intersection, and the citizens of the area questioned whether closing off the intersection will make it
From Staff Reports Pender County Sheriff ’s Office Vice and Narcotics agents arrested Louis Charles Webb, Jr. of Hampstead Aug. 12 at his residence following a month long investigation
related to the sale and delivery of heroin. Webb is charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell and/or delivery
strips, and there was discussion about a blinking light versus a stop light. There is a pretty significant bend in the road right before the intersection so people will need to be aware of any changes,” said Piepmeyer. Commissioner Fred McCoy emphasized that safety would have to be the main focus, not necessarily public opinion. “Not everyone is going to agree, we have to look at the whole situation over there and make sure the roads are safe,” McCoy said. When asked what the outcome of the meeting was Commissioner Piepmeyer said that it appeared that the DOT would be “going back to the drawing board” before making any determination on the design of the intersection.
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Ramesha Sharmene Armstead, 34, 802 N. 2nd Street, Wilmington. Communicating threats, soliciting a child by computer, sexual exploitation of a minor. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $55,000 secured bond. Amanda Hunsberger Bales, 36, 524 Moore Road, Burgaw. Probation violation. Arrest by Department of Adult Corrections. Released, no bond. Stephen Parker Brown, 43, 348 Stockinghead Road, Rose Hill. DWI, driving while license revoked while impaired, impeding traffic. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $2,000 secured bond. Travon Cornelius Carr, 37, 1616 Shaw Highway, Rocky Point. Parole violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated, no bond. Joshua Dennis Carter, 27, 317 West Clement Street, Wallace. Driving while license revoked, possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana paraphernalia, fictitious/altered title, registration card or tag. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $2,100 secured bond. Omar Juarez Casco, 18, 183 Bellhammon Forest Drive, Rocky Point. Speeding, driving while license revoked, reckless driving to endanger. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond. Denise Fossett Cavileer, 44, 5983 Herrings Chapel Road, Rocky Point. Driving while impaired, hit and run, driving while license revoked, improper passing, open container of alcohol in passenger area, reckless driving to endanger. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $6,000 secured bond. Michael Antonion Chasten, 33, 118 Cool Springs Road, Magnolia. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond. Travis John Connelly, 24, 200 Gateway Condos Drive 225, Surf City. Driving while license revoked. Arrest by Surf City Police Department. Released under $1,000 secured bond. Bradley Brown Daniels, 47, 3401 Victor Place, Raleigh. Assault on a female, possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana paraphernalia. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $500 secured bond. Terry Darnell Days, 58, 110 Gore Road, Willard. Communicating threats, expired registration, possession of altered, fictitious or revoked driver’s license, driving while impaired, driving while license revoked, possession of open container of alcohol in passenger area, fictitious/altered title, registration card or tag. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $3,500 secured bond. Norman Jamar Dixon, 24, 269 Red Tip Lane, Willard. Flee/ elude arrest with a motor vehicle, failure to yield, failure to heed light or siren, no operator’s license, reckless driving to endanger, fictitious/altered title, registration card or tag, no liability insurance, resisting an officer, possession of marijuana paraphernalia. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $4,500 secured bond. Ryan Joseph Engel, 23, 5191 Point Caswell Road, Atkinson. Probation violation. Arrest by Bladen County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $60,000 secured bond. Lonnel Evans Henderson, Jr., 22, 8020 Slocum Trail Lot 2, Atkinson. Assault inflicting serious injury, probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $10,000 secured bond. Michelle Monique Jackson, 24, 700 South Walker Street, Burgaw. Disorderly conduct. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $500 secured bond. Jazmine Danielle Lewis, 21, 5822 Horse Branch Road, Willard. Operating a vehicle with no financial responsibility, fictitious/ altered title, registration or tag, driving while license revoked, rear lamps violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $2,000 secured bond. Anthony Gordon Major, 44, 200 S. Johnson Street 16, Burgaw. Common law robbery, assault on a female. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated, no bond. Gordon Tyron McAllister, 57, 218 Crooked Creek Drive, Burgaw. Driving while impaired, possession of an open container of alcohol in passenger area, driving while license revoked. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $1,200 secured bond. Daniel Eugene McCullough, 32, 4760 Horse Branch Road, Watha. DWI. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $500 secured bond. William Mowery, 22, 25 Lilac Lane, Hampstead. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released,
Jail drug smuggling leads to arrest From Staff Reports Working with the N.C. Department of Public Safety Adult Corrections, officers with the Burgaw Police Department acted on information that an individual was going to attempt to bring illegal narcotics into the Burgaw Prison for an inmate. Officers intercepted Joni Marie Morton Thomas, 35, of Greenville, Aug. 6 prior to her being able to distribute the narcotics to the inmate. Morton was arrested and charged with felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and deliver a schedule II controlled substance, felony possession of a controlled substance at a prison/jail premises, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor possession of a schedule III
no bond. William Oliver Perez Ortiz, 25, 85 Autry Road, Burgaw. Speeding, no operator’s license. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond. Elizabeth Virginia Pate, 34, 603 W. Satchwell Street, Burgaw. Simple assault. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $2,500 unsecured bond. Kenia Magaly Rivera-Cruz, 20, 5411 Otters Run Court 101, Raleigh. Consuming alcohol underage, no operator’s license, failure to stop for stopped bus. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $1,000 secured bond. Jonathan Gary Smith, 35, 231 Frank Millis Road, Hampstead. Driving while license revoked, speeding, communicating threats, worthless check, failure to secure passenger under 16. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $10,660 secured bond. John Joseph Stella, Jr., 25, 301 Sand Dollar Lane, Hampstead. Speeding, driving while impaired, driving while license revoked while impaired, possession of altered, fictitious or revoked driver’s license. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,500 secured bond. Michael Jay Swepson, 31, 1701 Palmer Street Apartment C, Durham. Speeding, driving while impaired, driving while license revoked. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $4,800 secured bond. Shaniqua Danielle Sykes, 23, 1060 Highway 117, Burgaw. Probation violation. Arrest by Probation Officer. Released under $25,000 unsecured bond. Yosajadri Tapia-Palacios, 19, 7536 Stuart Drive, Raleigh. Speeding, reckless driving to endanger. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $1,200 secured bond. Adam Christopher Tedder, 27. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $10,000 secured bond. Joni Mari Thomas, 35, 3354 Frontgate Drive 3, Greenville. Possession of a controlled substance, possession of cocaine, possession with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance on prison/jail premises, possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Incarcerated under $41,000 secured bond. J’Meriquan D’Andre Tilghman, 17, 62 Pamela’s Place, Rocky Point. Surrender of surety. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,500 secured bond. Jeffrey J. Walker, 56, 785 Wards Corner Loop Road, Burgaw. Probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $5,000 secured bond. Tera Jo Wood, 31, 3034 Penderlea Highway, Burgaw. Texting while driving, possession of a controlled substance, driving left of center, possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $2,500 secured bond.
Information taken from reports from county municipal police department, Highway Patrol, and the Pender County Sheriff’s Office. Arrest reports are public record. Not all arrests result in a determination of guilt.
New Pender tourism video features county By Barbara Hazle Post & Voice Staff Writer
welcome centers, on the North Carolina Tourism website and is available for any affiliates in Pender County Board of the county.” Commissioners were preNCA Productions is located sented with a new video high- in Wilmington and provides lighting the special tourist promotional videos, photogfeatures of Pender County raphy and digital advertising. at the recent board meeting. The crew filmed at Lewis Tourism Director Tammy Farms, Moores Creek BattleProctor explained that she field, and the Holly Shelter had attended the Wilmington Game Lands along with the Business Expo and dropped Surf City Pier, Missiles and a business card in the NCA More Museum, Karen Beasley Productions booth resulting Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehain winning the grand prize: a bilitation Center and Poplar free promotional video. Grove Plantation. “The staf f at NCA met “We were pleased with the with us and asked us what finished product, it came at our message was, then they just the right time, and we went out and filmed it all in knew we were going to need high definition and scripted a new promotional video in a the voice over,” said Proctor. few months. This prize saved “It is a top quality production. the county thousands of dolThe video really highlights lars, we really loved the price.” the best of our county from Proctor said. Penderlea to the beaches. This Chairman George Brown is already running at the area commented that the board liked the price as well, and this production video complimented the recent initiatives of the tourism department Continued from page 1A including a new logo and new billboard located near Wallace of heroin. In addition, he is on I-40. To view or send the video charged with selling and delivering heroin, manufacturing link, it is available on VisitNC. a schedule 1 controlled sub- com, visitpender.com and at stance, maintaining a dwelling the Pender County Tourism for controlled substances as page on Facebook. well as possession of heroin and possession of paraphernalia. Webb was booked into the Pender County Jail under a $250,000 bond.
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Joni Marie Morton Thomas controlled substance, felony possession of cocaine, and felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and deliver a schedule III controlled substance. Thomas was incarcerated in the Pender County Jail under a $41,000 secured bond.
There will be no Pender EMS & Fire report this week due to a death in the family. Our condolences to Stacey Wright on the death of her father, Ray Wilson.
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By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The Pender County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers Association is now offering grants to local nonprofit organizations, schools and libraries. The association strives to continue its mission of promoting good gardening practices, landscaping, land conservation and community education. Grant applicants with projects within Pender County that involve any of these topics will be considered for a $1,000 grant. Applications must be submitted by Sept. 30. Scholarships are also being awarded to local students for participation in summer horticulture programs. The scholarships are being offered for high school students who plan to attend either N.C. State University or Cape Fear Community College with the intention of majoring in horticulture. Participants at the Horticulture Summer Science Institute can expect to visit unique and innovative North Carolina farms, markets, greenhouses and gardens. They will also explore college-making decisions and leadership development. Evening entertainment and teambuilding activities are provided, as the students reside in a college atmosphere with campus dining. The camp provides a cohesive environment for students across the state and beyond to gather and expand their interest and knowledge about horticulture. Scholarships have been
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Pictured above are Tim Mathews, Extension Agent, scholarship winner Vance Barnhill and Margaret Gannon, president of the Master Gardener Volunteers Association. awarded this year, as well. Vance Barnhill, a junior at Heide Trask High School, received a full scholarship to attend the summer institute at N.C. State for a week last month. At the Institute, Barnhill and other participants participated in hands-on experiences designed to engage them in a variety of career opportunities within horticulture. They learned about breeding better fruits and vegetables, propagating a diverse selection of woody ornamental plants, lengthening the life of cut flowers, and sustainable production and design practices. They were also able to utilize practical tools to enhance their understanding of plant processes. Funding for a local 4H camp was also given to four elementary students, for a total of $1,680. “This is a new program for us, and we are excited to be
able to offer grants and scholarships. We’re trying to foster interest in horticulture from a young age on,” said Master Gardener Layne Caudle. “We have been having our plant sales twice a year for the past several years, and we have also had other fundraisers. We had amassed some money that we wanted to share with the community to give back in some way; to help with gardening projects, beautification projects and community garden start-ups. Projects for the grants must be accessible and within Pender County, and the grants are for new projects only. In order to apply, you need to send a description of the proposed project, and basically how it would benefit people in Pender County. “Grant applications can be submitted throughout the year, but there is a deadline of Sept. 30 and the grants will be awarded in January; in time for spring planting or any
projects you might want to do. We request that the project be completed within a year, and we would like pictures and an exit report when the project is completed. “We also decided that we wanted to help some young Pender County students who are interested in horticulture.” Grant guidelines can be picked up at the main desk at the Public Library in Burgaw or Hampstead; or at the Pender County Cooperative Extension Office, located at 801 S. Walker St. in Burgaw. For more infor mation, please call Tim Mathews, Pender County Horticultural Agent, at (910) 259-1235. Scholarship information is available through the counselors at all three of the Pender County High Schools. Caudle said that the Master Gardeners would like to send one student from each high school next year.
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ship. This foundation must be awarded in a rural county in North Carolina that is economically distressed and/or tobacco dependent. This was her third year receiving this wonderful internship. She was a perfect match for the needs at the museum. She completed 240 hours for the
museum this summer. Allayna reorganized two of the rooms upstairs, digitized obit files, helped with special computer needs, organized a fundraiser which was held Aug. 14 with McNally’s Petting Farm come to the grounds at the Pender County Museum for the children. The museum,
barn and blacksmith shop were all open and manned by all volunteers. Refreshments were served and all seemed to have a great time. Allayna is majoring in History, with a concentration in Living in a Diverse Society.
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Welcome back to the Gridiron Gang There was a point in time when Pender, like most places in the South, was Baseball Country. Although the hurlers still have a big place in our community – the DYB and high school teams all field champions in our hearts every year, even when they don’t bring home titles--the diamond has given way to the gridiron in much of today’s society. It seems difficult to think of football when it’s 100 degrees plus outside and the corn hasn’t By the time the gates even been picked in many aropen for the first official eas, but the Friday Night Lights game, old rivalries have are back, and we’re glad to see them. Football gives our young been resurrected, and men an opportunity to excel, the faithful are drawn to as well as producing more than the stadiums across the a little bit of community pride county like moths to the and spirit across the area. lights over the fields. By the time the gates open for the first official game, old rivalries have been resurrected, and the faithful are drawn to the stadiums across the county like moths to the lights over the fields. We look forward to seeing the pride in school and community that comes each fall with football. Sports are no longer just an avenue for students with less than stellar academics; student-athletes today must be students as well as athletes, or risk being benched or booted. Successful high school careers require studying as well as scrimmaging, as they do for all sports, and that type of work ethic carries a long way when the cheers are faded and the jerseys retired. Football is also something of a revenue generator for schools, helping finance athletic programs and sports that might otherwise not be on the schedule – thus preventing students whose skills lie elsewhere from being able to follow their love as well as their courses of study. We’re sure there will be plenty of healthy competition this year, as always, and we hope there will be nothing even remotely unsportsmanlike. After all, even if football is a way of life, it’s still a game, and one which is meant to be enjoyed by those in the stands as well as those on the field. Welcome back, Gridiron Gang. Whatever your colors, know that we’re cheering you on to victory.
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Bill Messer The first time I saw myself in a movie was when I was in the Navy. I was in electronics school at the Treasure Island Navy Base near San Francisco. Some of my fellow students and I were enjoying a trip to the beach at Half Moon Bay, and my big moment came, starring me, walking across the screen, sweeping the sand off the bottom of my shorts. It wasn’t much, but it was the beginning. I had shot 16mm motion pictures professionally before I enlisted in the U.S. Navy, raw footage of a fertilizer plant. When I returned from active duty, I shot a lot more, recording clinical studies and patient activities at a state hospital. Several years after college I got my own Super 8 movie camera, The home movies aren’t much, but I had them all digitized and it is positively magical to screen through them now. The old Super 8 film is scratched and spliced, with chemical residue clumping up the silver grains (the result of cheap processing with insufficient washing
after processing), faded and ‘twitchy’ like worn film can be, going across the projector sprockets. Nevertheless, the images on the screen show my friends and family and me, and the dog, running, laughing, playing, working in the garden, touring Savannah, the mountains of North Georgia, and the beach and lake, springtime in Augusta during Masters week, with the dogwoods, wisteria and azaleas at peak beauty. Certainly the film quality isn’t the best, far from it, and there is no sound. But, ask anyone standing around shortly after a catastrophe; flood, fire, tornado, “What are you looking for?” The answer will surely be, “The pictures, the photo albums.” Why? Because they represent the connection with the life which has gone before, a connection with family members and friends, often the only thing left afterward. How much better with movies, and how much even better with digital movies, whose digits never fade, and surely in the future what we might think of as today’s super phenomenal hi-def video will seem old-fashioned compared to whatever the future has to offer, maybe 3D, maybe laser images 3D hologram models that move! Imagine having a table-top recreation of the grandkids and their first train set. What makes those old
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In the way of the wiener Consider, if you will, the lowly hot dog. Born in the late 1800s, called by a number of names (frankfurter, wiener, wienie, etc.), and universally recognized, if not beloved, the lowly hot dog is in its most basic form, a model of American ingenuity and simplicity. The average hot dog is supposed to weigh 1.6 ounces, thus providing 10 in an easily managed one-pound package. The Victorian-era marketing concept was for each package to provide two for Dad, and one each for Mom and the kids, in a handy, enjoyable and inexpensive lunch. Naturally those packaging ideas have changed with the times – anyone who has ever volunteered to provide the hot dogs for a Vacation Bible school or scout wienie roast can testify that providing each child with just one hot dog is a recipe for rebellion. Easily prepared (you boil them, shove a stick through them, roll them on a grill, split them and put them under a broiler, or eat them raw) hot dogs originally were hawked by street vendors up North, where they were referred to as “Dachshunds.” That’s right – wiener dogs got their nickname from wieners, which were in turn named after the wiener dog. Kind of like art imitating life imitating art, in a steamed bun with mustard and chili. And with that final sentence, I am sure some of you are sharpening your pitchforks and lighting your
Jefferson Weaver torches. I would submit that I am in some eyes no purist, but I happen to prefer my hot dogs with mustard and chili, possibly a touch of Texas Pete, and nothing more. Others swear by onions, ketchup, relish and a number of other methods of gilding the lily, but I like mine simple. That’s the beauty of a hot dog – while the Yankee creators were piling more and more things onto the lowly dog, I think most Southerners realize that a good hot dog is a means of self-expression. One’s hot dog can be understated with just a touch of the dramatic, like mine, or over the top, a veritable buffet of different aromas and tastes. To each his own dog, I say. Invariably, people try to do things to hot dogs to make them more marketable, tastier, or different. Take for example those repugnant things that are a mockery of a true cheese
hot dog. These imposters with chunks of processed cheese inserted in the meat are nothing more than inedible sausages hiding in a hot dog skin, in my opinion. Then there are the socalled “vegetarian” dogs. A young lady we call our daughter-niece is a strict vegetarian, so when she came to one of our gettogethers the other year, we made sure we had some non-meat dogs available. Izzy appreciated the gesture, but not the execution. The things were, in a word, nasty. They even made our (real) dogs sick. These are animals who celebrate trapping season, and have been known to rejoice over a forgotten beaver carcass – but yes, even the dogs couldn’t eat the vegetarian hot dogs. Even possums know hot dogs must be made with meat. I’m not talking about turkey or chicken, either – I mean beef, pork or a combination thereof. A worker from that mecca of hot dog manufactory, Carolina Packers, used to joke that he’d ask school teachers to place their ill-behaved kids at the back of the line, where they wouldn’t be missed in case there was a rush order for more Bright Leaf Wienies. I have never been able to confirm whether or not the school groups that once toured the place always came out with the same number of children they took in. Every package of hot dogs, oddly enough, invokes
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Tracking down misplaced items Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend any products or devices to help seniors track down lost or misplaced items, like car keys, wallet, cell phone, etc. My husband has become forgetful in his old age, so we spend a lot of wasted time looking for things. Frustrated Spouse Dear Frustrated, There are actually a wide variety of tracking devices that can help you and your husband find items that are commonly misplaced or lost. Here are some top options to consider depending on how tech savvy you are. Smartphone or tablet users If you or your husband uses a smartphone or tablet, you can easily track down lost or misplaced items like keys, a purse, wallet, remote control, smartphone, tablet or laptop with a Bluetooth tracker like TrackR (thetrackr.com, $25 or $30 per tag) or Tile (thetileapp.com, $25 per tag). Both of these products pair with an Apple or Android smartphone or tablet app, which will help you locate the missing item. All you do is attach a small TrackerR or Tile tag to the items you want to keep track of with an adhesive sticker, a key ring or you can just slip it inside the item.
Then, when a tagged item goes missing, you simply access the app on your smartphone or tablet to see how far away you are from the item or last known location on the map. If you’re within 100 feet, you can make the tracking device ring so you can follow the sound. Or, if you or your husband loses your phone or tablet, both TrackR and Tile work in reverse, allowing you to press a button on the device to make your phone or tablet ring (even if it’s on silent) as long as it’s nearby. And to help you avoid leaving items behind, TrackR can be set to sound an alarm when there’s too much distance between your phone and device. Low-tech finders If, however, you or your husband don’t have a smartphone or tablet, there are radio frequency devices like Click ‘N Dig (clickndig.com) that can help you find lost/ misplaced items. This device comes with one finder fob/ remote and four or six tags for $26 or $39 respectively. Attach a tag to the items you want to keep track of with adhesive or a key ring. Each tag is color-coded and corresponds to a colored but-
ton on the finder. When an item goes missing, you simply press the colored button on the finder fob and the tag will flash and beep. The signal will go through walls and cushions, but you’ll need to be within at least 60 feet of your lost item. Make sure you keep the finder fob in a safe spot, because if you misplace it, you won’t be able to find the tagged items. Another good option, and one that doesn’t require a finder fob, is Find One Find All or FOFA (findonefindall. com). This device can manage up to six items. It comes in a key-fob finder and/or a flat, credit card sized finder for your wallet, remote, phone, tablet, etc. These finders can be attached to items you wish to keep track of, and because each finder is also a transmitter, as long as you can find one FOFA tagged item, you can locate the rest. FOFA finders sound an alarm when signaled so you can follow the sound to locate the missing item, but the range for this device is only 30 feet. Cost: $25 for two finders. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.
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Outdoor orientation adventure August is orientation month for me, as I have the distinct privilege and pleasure of facilitating several outdoor adventure programs as part of college orientations. The students are entering a Master’s program in business or accounting at top nationally and internationally ranked business schools. They literally come from all over the world to learn with and from each other. Our quest is to offer them an experiential opportunity to jump start their educational experience, preparing them to collaborate as learning teams over the course of their studies. They learn about each other, their values, goals, expectations, and group dynamics, maximizing the potential for success working together through their upcoming programs. We have been offering these opportunities for more than a decade and it never gets old. I have to remind myself each year the students have no idea what expect. And honestly, I like it that way. Most of their days involve classroom lectures and information about their upcoming curriculum. We take them out of their element; offering them outdoor experiential problem solving initiatives where they have the opportunity to work together and see firsthand how they mix and meld as a team. As a facilitator, I use the old what, so what, and now what process to help them assimilate their current experience with their future application of lessons learned. While most of the students have at least some professional experience, many of them move directly from undergraduate studies to the master’s program, sometimes at the same school. They are leaders among leaders, which can translate to ‘too many cooks in the kitchen’ when it comes to accomplishing their immediate goals. This is where the fun comes in: Challenging them to challenge themselves to take on new roles and get out of their comfort zones. I always enjoy being outdoors but realize not everyone shares my enthusiasm for this, especially in August. My fellow facilitators have become friends and family over the years, and while we don’t always work directly together since we each have our own groups to facilitate, we enjoy and excel at our creative, collaborative capacity to host an excellent adventure. Connected as a team through Learning Technologies Inc., based in Raleigh, we also come from all over the country. What if we all used the what, so what, now what approach to evaluate daily experiences? What if we actually assimilated new information on an ongoing basis in order to improve our approach to everything? It’s too easy to cruise through life on autopilot and miss the little lessons along the way. Take the time to notice and turn your knowledge into wisdom. Here’s to outdoors, orientation and adventure.
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Whoa! Visit Desperado Horse Farm By Tammy Proctor Pender County Tourism Director Special to the Post & Voice Chris Letterloah, owner of Desperado Horse Farm, has been in business since 1990. But he said he was five years old when “got the germ” of horse loving. “It was 1964 and my dad won a pony named Stormy,” Letterloah said. “I remember that day. Stormy was my pony. Since then, I ‘eat, breathe and live’ horses.” Since then, Letterloah developed a business that gallops and trots. Located at 7214 N.C. Hwy. 210 in Rocky Point, Desperado Horse Farm offers more than 500 acres of trails. “We are opened sun-up to sundown,” he said. His customers come from all over the county and from all walks of life. “Children ages 5 years old and up can have their own horse to ride,” he said. In the summer, tourists book horseback rides. The remainder of the year the trails and horses are rented by locals and military. Letterloah takes the lead horse and gives prospective riders a few quick instructions. “Toes up. Heels down,” he said are the most important instructions. “I control the tempo. If the riders are comfortable going a little faster, then we can speed up. We’re not racing here. We’re enjoying the ride and nature along the forest trails.”
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Continued from page 4A gritty movies so special? I have only a few seconds of my parents on film. My mother was shy in front of a camera, and uncomfortable. Every time I pointed a camera her way she would pick up a newspaper or magazine, and one time a tablecloth, to hide behind. But, those few seconds I do have are precious. Why? Because for those few seconds, she’s alive. I can see her move, and smile, and laugh. She is being herself, watering some plants on the back deck. My father is there, too, doing what lots of
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Continued from page 4A memories. Baseball games or a quick lunch around the courthouse with my dad; sitting in the store in Kelly with Mr. Elliot Henry; Brother Mike and I roasting hot dogs and marshmallows over a stove when a hurricane interrupted a camping trip. There are the aforementioned fellowships in the forest, of course, where a handful of pine straw encouraged a fistful of bark to tempt a few splits of oak to create enough flame to blister, blacken and broil a handful of dogs. Times when the
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Chris Letterloah, owner of the Desperado Horse Farm Letterloah has purposely selected and trained his horses. He currently has 10 horses available for trail riding. The majority of his horses were born and raised on his farm. He trained them and he knows how to pair up horses with prospective riders. Letterloah said Desperado Horse Farm offers natural trails and well-trained horses for safe ride that is still exciting and fun. “We are a unique business,” he said. “We let people walk, trot and gallop – if they are comfortable. Anyone can ride a horse here, even those without experi-
ence.” Letterloah said it is extremely important to him that riders at Desperado Horse Farm have an exceptional time. “When I hear a child say, ‘This is the best day of my life’ that’s success to me,” he said. For more information about Desperado Horse Farm, call Chris Letterloah at 910-617-3563. He urges prospective riders to call ahead so the horses are readied for their arrival. His email address is desperadofarm@ aol.com, but he prefers telephone calls for an immediate response.
fathers do in an obligatory family social setting with the in-laws, smoking a cigarette and waiting for it all to be over. The occasion was my birthday. I started my career in IBM as a field service technician, maintaining office products like typewriters and copiers. The surprise birthday cake had been made to look like a typewriter, with a paper roller and buttons for keys. Precious, and an indication of the extra effort and thoughtfulness that went into it. Unlike looking at a still image, when looking at movies it’s as if you are taking in the whole scene and are part of it once again. With a still image you can recall an instant of time, with movies you can almost re-live an
event, not only capturing the significant moment but also the time before and after it. Most home movies capture special events and moments, a vacation outing, a birthday, wedding, parades, baseball and football games, happy moments, and there they are, old memories laughing and smiling and enjoying good times. “Oh, my God! Is that you?!” the grandkids will exclaim, thinking that thirty years earlier the young person standing along the side of the shiny new car, now an antique, might be you and the young girl who walks into the frame might be their grandma. Nostalgia can be fun, but only if you do your homework earlier, recording the special moments, and
expenses far outdistanced the budget of a pair of newlyweds, and we were thankful for a package of hot dogs bought on skinny credit from the neighborhood grocery. Camping and catfishing trips, when much of the night was spent roasting hot dogs under a blue-black sky sprinkled with diamonds, and one dog of every ten was used for bait. Hot dogs were part of the hum and buzz of a tobacco warehouse, the summer sun beating down on the rafter infused with the sweet smell of bright leaf, the auctioneer providing background music that would determine a family’s failure or fortune for the year. The traditional
election-year breakfast of ham biscuits would gave way to the mid-morning snack of boiled and roasted peanuts barked by hustling kids, with a lunch of lovingly boiled hot dogs in white rolls stained with the trademark red of a Carolina Packers Bright Leaf hot dog. A couple years back, I had stopped by to visit my friend Dial Gray at his family’s tobacco warehouse in Whiteville; although the auctions are as forgotten as the time when smoking was socially acceptable, the warehouse still smells like September on the Border Belt. I admit – I like going by there sometimes just to smell the air and remember.
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Newsings & Musings Museum gathering On Sunday afternoon, the Pender Museum was opened from 2-5 p.m. as a celebration of new displays and a fund-raiser for repairs needed to the lovely museum building. My friend, Kathy D’Ambrosia took me to the museum. She had never been there and I wanted her to learn more about our town. We were there on a Friday each month until I had to drop out because of health. But they’d better save my place with him-because I’ll be back. If you have never been to the museum you should go and learn some of our Pender County history. It is open Thursday and Friday from 1-4 p.m. and on Saturday from 10-2 p.m. On Sunday there were some changes in the exhibits, like a child’s bedroom with an old iron crib. The slats were close together so that a child could not get its head stuck between the slats. It is also interesting to see pictures of educators in the county through the years. (My aunt, Winnie Mae Byrd Sidbury, taught for many years at Topsail High School and played piano for lots of assemblies and other functions. She was married to my uncle, Roberick Sidbury.) She died suddenly in 1952. Mr. T.T. Murphy, school superintendent, called me to see if I wanted to take her place as teacher. I was flattered, because I loved her dearly, but I was working as a social worker in our one room office in the Courthouse, behind the upstairs courtroom. Also, I did not have a teacher’s certificate. I still miss her. There are interesting military uniforms on display, historic tables, family histories and many other interesting treasures.
By Edith Batson Post & Voice Staff Writer Your family’s history may be there. Check it out. There are also interviews of World War II veterans who were interviewed and recorded. So go by Bridger Street and check out the museum. After delicious refreshments, Kathy and I continued our trip to Kirkwood Camp and Conference Center at Watha to attend Vesper Service down by the lake at 6 p.m. No one was under the pavilion when we arrived, we decided they had moved to the air-conditioned dining hall. Oh, how cool if felt in there. We had missed two Vespers because of the heat. It was still very hot on Sunday. Someone came to our table and said we had to make a choice. Should we go down to the dell by the lake for worship or stay in the dining room? Our table members decided to stay in the cool dining hall, although it is beautiful down by the lake. St. Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church hosted the Vespers that afternoon. We saw Tom and Carolyn Pappendick, who used to live in Pender County and attended Burgaw Presbyterian Church. We also visited with my cousin, Jane Eden Cherry and her daughter, Penny Cracker and their friends,
Sonny Jerginson and his wife. The meditation elaborated on The Lord’s Prayer. It was good to be able to get back to the Kirkwood Vespers. I love to go to that oasis between two busy highways. School bells ringing Is it wishful thinking or are all the schools air conditioned today? I certainly hope so or the students and teachers will not make it through the day. Many churches collect school supplies to give to those students who need them. Our church is having a covered dish luncheon after worship on Sunday. Everyone is asked to bring school supplies to be distributed. I think the lower grades need crayons, glue, notebook paper, notebooks, colored paper, school scissors or anything else you can think of. The Bible says if we give to others, we will be blessed too. Just being able to give is blessing enough. See you in church Sunday. We were sorry to hear that Pat Durham fell and broke two bones in her leg. Hurry and get well, Pat. Rest a lot! That reminds me, I left my “help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up necklace” in another room. I’ll go get it right now. Saturday night shootings Surely not in Burgaw? But we are not immune either, are we? Someone said the hospital was in lock down mode because of the shootings. No one was seriously hurt. Olympics Sounds like the USA teams are doing very well at the Olympics, especially in swimming and gymnastics. I enjoy volleyball, but they toss that ball so fast, I can’t see where it goes. The women’s and men’s teams have played their hearts out. Shalom!
rejoicing that life has favored you and your family with the blessings of ‘the good life’ even if you barely have two nickels to rub together. Somehow, even the poorest families seem to have cameras and photo collections, and if fortunate, someone in the family has a movie camera. When times were tight, and money was dear, movie
Continued on page 7A We talked a few minutes, then Dial heard my stomach growl. “You hungry too?” he said. “Come on – let’s walk across the street and get a hot dog.” I doubt sincerely that when Charles Feltman came up with the idea to put an inexpensive sausage on a milk roll, that the German butcher realized he would earn such a place in American culture. However, I personally consider the man a hero – so much so, that I’d like to buy that man a hot dog. Jefferson Weaver is a columnist and contributing writer at the Post & Voice. Contact him at jeffweaver@ whiteville.com
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Sea Turtle Hospital News By Karen Sota Sea Turtle Hospital Special to the Post & Voice Our summer interns have scattered back to various parts of the country after winding up their three month p ro g r a m w i t h a n a c t i o n packed week. Our turtle vet, Dr. Craig Harms came down from CMAST (Morehead City) on Tuesday with a long to do list – turtles to examine, treatments to update, blood to draw and radiographs to shoot and review. Our regular hospital volunteers were all back on deck as of last week so we let the interns spend the day with the good doctor while we handled the tours. Things were going smoothly, with visitors making their way through the education stations, past the sick bay windows and into the big house – Sea Turtle Bay. Interns were hustling the little turtles back and forth from the therapy pool and radiograph area and stopping a bit to let the visitors get a photo or two. About halfway through the tours Dr. Harms ran out of the little critters and set his sights on two of our big loggerhead girls: Daisy and Trillium. Daisy was admitted in late spring with a fishing line wrapped around her front flipper near her shoulder. It had cut deeply into the flipper, almost to the bone, and the flipper was swollen to about three times its normal size. We were concerned that she might actually lose that flipper – it was that terrifying to look at. She was a model patient, generally swimming calmly around her tank, and a perfect lady when she came down for her extensive daily treatment. She was also a quick healer and after her mandatory quarantine period was moved into a large tank in Sea Turtle Bay that became available after our last release. By then she was feeling really good. Room service delivered her breakfast (about five pounds of fish and squid) every morning, and then her tank was all spiffed up and she had a nice exfoliating treatment – a back scrub with a stiff bush. Daisy is a perpetual motion turtle; she’s up with the first light and she even eats on the fly. She’s already got her route back home planned out and is just waiting for the day Dr. Harms gives her the thumbs up. You can’t examine an almost 300-pound loggerhead in three feet of water; she had to come out of her tank. While our visitors wandered through the interns started pumping out Daisy’s water, but for some reason they decided that the last six inches or so wouldn’t present an issue in wrangling the turtle. Hah! Sea turtles are incredibly powerful, and Daisy was still in her element so she ruled the process. Seven interns tried
catching her – flippers flailed, water flew five feet into the air and the interns dropped like flies. Lesson learned the hard (and wet) way – take all of the water out of the tank when dealing with a big turtle. Daisy knew exactly what was up. Not only was her water quickly draining but she could see her doctor standing there with his headlamp. You could almost hear her thinking no way! As you might imagine by now Daisy had pretty much stopped the show. Our visitors were rooted to their spots along the railing, waiting with baited breath to see who would win the battle. The odds kept changing but most of them had their money on Daisy. Now that the tank was finally pumped dry the interns regrouped and went back in with Plan B. This time they were successful in corralling her and lifting her out and onto the gurney so Dr. Harms could get a good look. She was not happy, and she directed her resentment at our interns who were holding on to every part of her that they could to keep her from launching herself into space during her exam. Finally turtle, interns and Dr. Harms came to an understanding and Daisy cooperated after being promised that she would be back in her tank with her water if she would just hold still for a bit. And Trillium? She was an angel during her exam. Maybe she was embarrassed by Miss Daisy’s behavior, or maybe since her tank was so close to the observation ramp she was posing for pictures. At any rate the interns were certainly happy not to have to deal with a repeat performance by another big loggerhead. Daisy left a lasting impression on not only them but also the visitors who happened to be on the ramp at the time. They left saying that they had a much greater appreciation for the work that we do at the hospital. And if you were in line Tuesday wondering why it was moving so slowly – now
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you know. Daisy hopes that you will accept her apology. Hospital tour schedule changing soon We are open for tours through Labor Day week, the last week of our five-day schedule. Hours are noon until 4 p.m. daily, except Wednesdays and Sundays. We will not be open for tours on Sept. 3 or 5. Our tour schedule changes beginning the week of Sept. 11. We will be open only on Thursdays and Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. through the end of the year. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for active military and seniors 65 and older and $3 for children 13 and younger. Our weather remains extremely hot, with heat indices more than 100 degrees. Bring an umbrella to make your own shade and make sure you, and especially your children are well hydrated. We do our best to get you inside as quickly as possible but we also want to allow enough time for everybody to enjoy their visit. The hospital is located at 302 Tortuga Lane in Surf City. From N.C. 50/210 turn onto Charlie Medlin Dr. (your landmark is Shipwreck Point Mini Golf) and follow it through the roundabout onto Tortuga. Our gift shop is open during tours and we have a lot of exclusive hospital clothing and plush animal merchandise, as well as other sea turtle stuff. Come in and meet our turtles, our staff and our interns. We all speak fluent sea turtle. Mamas and babies keep our beach walkers busy The end of the nesting season is quickly approaching, with nesting mamas still coming but not as often. They’ve certainly put in a valiant effort this year as we approach a record year with nearly 160 nests at this writing. Our Turtle Project volunteers are not only on the beach in the morning but also working the night shift, ramping and sitting nests, waiting for those hatchings to pop their tiny heads through the sand and head into the world. If you
are lucky enough to be present at a hatch just remember that they are the boss when it comes to hatching protocol. These are endangered species, federally regulated. Interfering or harassing sea turtles in any way makes you subject to steep fines and possible imprisonment. You can keep track of nesting activity on our website: www.seaturtlehospital.org. Even with all the coverage by our Topsail Turtle Project volunteers it’s possible to miss nesting signs for a variety of reasons. That’s why we ask you to be our extra eyes and to report any tracks to our Director of Beach Operations Terry Meyer at 910-470-2880. And we are still admitting victims of last winter’s cold weather who are only now becoming too debilitated from that trauma to survive without intervention. Please be on the lookout for any turtle in distress, injured (or dead) and call Meyer or Hospital Director Jean Beasley at 910-470-2800 or the state hotline for stranded, sick and injured turtles at 252-241-7367. The state number picks up 24/7. Questions, comments, suggestions Please direct any questions, comments or suggestions regarding this column to me at flippers@att.net.
HOPE Squad to start at Pender High
By Miranda Roberts Special to the Post & Voice “It takes an entire village to raise a child. It takes an entire community to save one.� These words were met with nods of agreement as Dr. Gregory Hudnall spoke to parents, students, church leaders, law enforcement officials, emergency responders, mental health and healthcare professionals, school administrators, and other community members Aug. 8 at Pender High School. “We are so pleased to see the community support of this school-wide initiative,� said Dr. Terri Cobb, Superintendent of Pender County Schools. “We look forward to supporting Pender High as they develop a model program that can be shared with the entire district.� Hudnall, a for mer high school principal, student service director and associate superintendent in Utah, has more than 20 years of experience in suicide prevention. He shared his experiences as a first responder and consultant to dozens of suicides, reminding community members that while suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth ages 15-14, it is also preventable.
Enter the HOPE Squad, a group of students identified by their fellow classmates and trained to identify warning signs and provide friendship to at-risk peers, as well as report signs to an adult. “We are often scared to start the conversation about suicide because we are worried that by talking about it, we may give someone the idea to self-harm,� said Pender High Principal Chris Madden. “But our students are already talking about it. By starting a community dialogue and developing an understanding of the warning signs, we can save lives.� Pender High School will pilot the Hope Squad curriculum this year and plans to also hold suicide prevention trainings for the community. Fo r m o re i n fo r m at i o n about HOPE Squad, visit www. hopesquad.com.
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Scholarships were awarded to area high school seniors during the North Carolina Blueberry Festival in June.
Blueberry Festival scholarships awarded By Olivia Dawson Festival Coordinator Special to the Post & Voice Established in 2004,The North Carolina Blueberry Festival’s mission remains as it continues to celebrate the historic, economic, and cultural significance of blueberries grown in the Southeast region of our state. Scholarships and other edu-
cational activities continue as top priorities of the festival. The advanced education of our young people is vitally important to their future as well as the future of our state and nation. As in previous years, $20,000 in scholarships were awarded to students residing in the blueberry producing counties of Pender, Bladen, Duplin, New Hanover, and Sampson.
These students were selected based on their submitted Scholarship Applications and Essays by our 2016 Scholarship Committee from Mount Olive University. The 2016 Scholarship Recipients are Rylee Elizabeth Berry from James Kenan High School, Anna Louise Moore from Union High School, Syd-
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Catherine Rogers Brown BURGAW -- Catherine Rogers Brown, 79, of Burgaw Passed gently from her earthly life Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center. She was born April 22, 1937 in Mullins, S.C., the daughter of the late Stafford and Edna Harper Rogers. Catherine is survived by her husband of 60 years, F. Dean Brown, Sr.; sons, Franklin “Frankie” Dean Brown, Jr. and his wife, Kim, and Kirk Rogers Brown; grandchildren, Tripp Brown and his wife, Nicole, and Ashley Brown; great grandson, Gavin Brown; sisters, Sylvia Carmichael and Pauline Hardwick; and many extended family and friends. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw. Funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday Aug. 16 at Burgaw Baptist Church with Rev. Nathan Morton officiating. Burial followed in Riverview Memorial Park. Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the
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She has an associate degree in General Arts from Pamlico County Community College and transferred to UNCW to obtain a four year degree. Allayna has an outstanding work experience which includes an internship at the Bellamy Mansion and she still works every Saturday. She is secretary at Carolina Drilling in Wilmington part-time. She has inter ned at the Tryon Palace in New Bern, has tutored a young girl in reading and comprehension in Wilmington, and was a counselor/tutor in Bayboro, N. C. for approximately one year.
longer run times through the projector. How times have changed! Now it seems like almost everything has a built in camera for stills and video, but what they’re used for is probably much the same, capturing a special moment to share later. Nostalgic? Maybe, but slides and prints and rolls of film may have a longer life, in fact, because they can be stuck away in a ‘shoebox’ and handed down to the kids and grandkids. I sent all my old rolls of Super 8 movies off to a transfer company, and they cleaned the film, repaired the splices and digitized the movies, put the files on a DVD and sent them
back. I took three or four thousand photos from the shoebox and albums, and a large Tupperware box of photographs inherited from my parents and grandparents, and put them all together in a movie that runs a little over 20 minutes. The individual pictures flash across the screen at six-second intervals - way too fast to even tempt a running narration or questions from the viewers. Whenever I show it, the viewer seems mesmerized, like watching a train wreck as the images whiz by. That’s it, that’s my legacy. What might happen with the digital images? Only time will tell. As quickly as technolo g y is changing, even 10 years from
now it may not be easy to find a card reader that can retrieve the images. In fact, the SD card may not exist. Think it can’t happen? Got any floppy disks? And my latest laptop ditched the CD/DVD player. I wrote a story a while back in which teenagers are longer bound up with earbuds and attached technology. Instead, a very small capsule, a micro iPod-like device, is buried under the scalp behind an ear and the slender electrode wires go directly into the auditory receptors in the brain, and another set of wires goes into the visual receptor circuitry for movies. Sound farfetched? I’m waiting to find it on sale at Walmart any day now.
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UNCW student Allayna Dail worked with the Pender County Museum during the summer.
PHS Class of 1988 plans reunion The Pender High of 1988 is in the process of planning a reunion. The goal is to make sure all clasmates receive
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Nolen Dale Hurt Jr. WILLARD -- Nolen Dale Hurt Jr. age 65 of Willard died Saturday Aug. 6, 2016 at Pender Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 23, 1951 in Onslow County son of the late Nolen and Virginia Gurganious Hurt Sr. He is survived by a brother Glen Hurt and wife Judy of Burgaw; sister Linda Eakins and husband Phil of Willard; nephews Jeffrey Hurt and wife Bobbie Sue and Gardner Eakins and wife Laura; nieces Eva Leitch and husband Scott and Phillis Galloway; two great nephews and four great nieces. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday Aug. 9, 2016 at the Gurganious Family Cemetery. Reverend Gardner Eakins officiated. The family will receive friends at Shiloh Baptist Church after the service. Memorial contributions can be sent to Shiloh Baptist Church 19685 U.S. Hwy. 421 Willard, NC 28478 Shared memories and condolences can be sent to the family at www.harrellsfh. com. The family was served by Harrell’s Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Tina Marie Mousmoules Young ROCKY POINT -- Tina Marie Mousmoules Young, age 56
of Rocky Point went to be with her savior on the morning of Aug. 8, 2016. She was born Mar. 5, 1960 in Maryland daughter of the late John A. and Hazel Clark Mousmoules. She was also predeceased by a brother Jeff Thomas Mousmoules of Watha. She is survived by her husband Kenneth Young of the home; daughter Lisa Feith; granddaughter, Zoi Marie Feith; sisters Joann Baranowski (Ray), Sharon Cross, Susan Whaley (Greg), Amy Busch (Frank); and many nieces and nephews; a very special friend Betty Jarman and life long friends Janice Gelbhaar and Faye Harrelson. A special thanks to the doctors and staff at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice. The care and support shown to her and her family will forever be endeared by them. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday Aug. 12, 2016 at Harrell’s Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Susan Brown and Reverend Dr. Jamie Simmons officiated. Burial followed in the Crews Cemetery. The family received friends from 6-7:30 p.m. Aug.11 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Lower Cape Fear Hospice 1406 Physicians Dr. Wilmington, NC 28401. Shared memories and condolences can be sent to the family at www.harrellsfh. com. The family was served by Harrell’s Funeral Home and Cremation Service.
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Pender, Trask use jamborees to improve By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When last week began both the Pender and Trask football teams were in practice mode. Although the teams were working hard they longed to hit someone other than their teammates. They got their wish not one day but twice last week as the Pats hosted Trask and seven other squads for the annual Pender County Jamboree before both schools traveled to Jacksonville on Saturday to participate in the Marine Federal Jamboree. The Patriots were rusty in their opening set of downs in the Pender County event. However, as the scrimmage progressed the young squad began to find their footing. By the time the Pats faced East Columbus the team was working like an almost welloiled machine. Justin Hooper showed flashes of last year when he scored for the Pats while the
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The Titans and Patriot’s trips to two jamborees gave coaches a good look at the teams in the preseason. team showed times of being able to move the ball under the direction of Chase Norris. Norris also found former Q.B. Jake Rawls on a nice pass play down the right sideline. When the Pats traveled to Jacksonville the Pender County brethren had worked some of the kinks out in a
Friday practice. Coach Via’s crew scored several times and was very efficient. The defense also played well in the scrimmage that was abbreviated due to a heat advisory. “We looked pretty good in both of them,” said Via. “We watched some film and corrected a few things Friday
before going to Jacksonville. We scored several times and the defense played well also.” The Titans got off to a fast start Thursday against North Duplin. The Titans scored several times and seemed to be much better up front than the Duplin County crew. Steven Jordan made the Rebels look bad as did his battery mate Tony Holmes. The Titan defense stifled the Rebel running game for the most part as well. Trask followed their good showing at Pender with another good outing at Jacksonville. The Titans continued to move the football at will and have found that the new offense brought in by assistant Coach Randy Pugh seems to fit the personnel well. “I’m pleased with where we’re at this early in the year,” said head Coach Johnathan Taylor. “I would say we’re better than I thought we would be at this juncture and not as good as we need to be later on in the year.”
Pirate JVs see action at county Jamboree By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The Topsail High School football team was involved in a four-team scrimmage on Wednesday night on another hot and humid August evening so, as the team approached the tenth annual Touchstone Energy/ Four County Electric Pender County Football Jamboree, Pirate Coach Wayne Inman made a decision – his varsity players would see limited action and his junior-varsity players would get the bulk of the action. Since wins and losses in scrimmages don’t have any relevant meaning – and because the Pirates open up
next Friday at home against an improved and speedy Trask Titan team – it was a prudent decision. The results, while positive at times, also showed there is a lot of work left to do – especially at the junior-varsity level. “We played all junior-varsity players against Harrells (Christian Academy), we didn’t put a varsity player on the field, and not because they weren’t worthy,” Inman said. “We went a lot of snaps last night and came out here in this heat to go against Swansboro and just felt it would benefit our (varsity) kids more to keep them off the field. “The bad thing is our JVs don’t know what to do, and that
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Topsail coaches work the field during the Pender County football jamboree Aug. 11. was obvious. We have to give them a little more attention.
Pirate cagers end positive summer season By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The summer season for high-school sports has come to an end and the preparation began in earnest for the fall sports – football, volleyball, boys’ soccer, girls’ tennis, girls’ golf, and cross-country – as the calendar turned to August last Monday. It was a bit of a mixed bag for the Topsail girls’ and boys’ basketball teams during the last week. The girls had a proposed camp at Methodist University cancelled by the university, and Coach Andrew Ellington’s attempts to schedule some games for the end of last week were unsuccessful – leaving a void in the program until they can resume activities around Sept. 15. But the boys ended on a busy week, playing two games each on Monday and Wednesday at the Wilmington Boys’ and Girls Club, and a pair of contests for both the varsity and junior-varsity teams on both Tuesday and Thursday on the home court in Hampstead, and the results of those eight games bore the fruit of the hard work put in by the coaching staff and the players throughout the summer. The Pirates split their games on both Monday and Wednesday. Playing with eight players as they did most of the summer due to vacations, work requirements, and preparations for other sports, the Topsail boys defeated Trask 68-58 before falling 6149 to Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference foe Hoggard. Freshman Jamison Long led the way with 17 points in the win over the Titans, with seniors Alec baker and Owen Ellis each scoring 12 points, and junior Brandon Lofton adding nine points. The Pi-
rates trailed the Vikings 4743 early in the fourth quarter before Baker left the game with a cut lip. From there, the Vikings went on a 14-6 run to close out the game. Junior Jacob Floyd led the way with 12 points, Baker hade 10, Ellis had nine, and Caleb Bloodworth added seven. On Wednesday Topsail got a rematch with Hoggard, falling 60-57. Baker led a balanced-scoring effort with14 points, with Ellis and Floyd getting eight each, and Jamison Long scoring seven. The second game was against another conference foe in Laney and the Pirates ran away from the Buccaneers 67-45. Baker led the way with 23 points, Floyd had 11, and Jamison Long and Darden Velthoven put up six. Topsail and Trask battled again on Tuesday in Hampstead with the Pirates again coming out on top as 58-53. Baker scored 14, Ellis had 11, and Floyd and Lofton each had nine. The Pirates then dropped a tough 65-57 to East Columbus thanks to a 17-11 advantage forged by the Gators over the span of the final quarter. The final day (Thursday) saw Topsail dispose of Swansboro 61-56 before routing Richlands 70-45. The Pirates enjoyed balanced scoring in both contest with Baker (15), Ellis and Bloodworth (10 each), Floyd (9), Jarris Long (8), and Clay Parker (4) all hitting the scoring column. Every Pirate player scored in the win over Richlands, led by Floyd with 20 points. He was joined in the scoring column by Baker, Ellis, Bloodworth, Jarris Long, and Velthoven (each with eight), Lofton with six, and Parker with four. The entire summer effort left Coach Jamie Rochelle in
a positive frame of mind, and optimistic for the upcoming season, especially considering rising senior Kodiak Nestor-Dowling (potential starter) missed the last eight games with an injury, rising senior – and valuable contributor – Johnny Tartaglione missed several games while on a family vacation, and rising sophomore D. J. Montano did not play due to work and football commitments “There’s always going to be weaknesses but I thought we had a very successful summer,” Rochelle said. “There are things we needed to work on and a lot of it was not even basketball stuff. We needed to work on becoming better teammates, jelling more as a unit, becoming a better team on the floor, and playing better team basketball, and I think we made huge steps summer. “In a basketball sense there are still a lot of things we have to get better at but the non-basketball stuff, that was my big goal this summer, and I think we accomplished that. We’ll be pretty deep, I had a feeling we would be from watching the juniorvarsity team last year. You always wonder how they will transition against better competition but they are also playing with seasoned varsity players. “Kodiak had been on varsity for four years, it’s the third year Alec has been around, and Owen and some of the guys who have been on the varsity for a couple of years have taken them in and they played well. We’ll be deep and I think we will surprise a few teams. I think we can stay fresh the whole game, something we weren’t able to do that last year with guys plying a whole lot of minutes.”
I felt like, offensively, our first group just has to polish things off and do the little things right. I’m very pleased at where (junior QB Floyd) Jacob is, he is throwing the ball extremely well and making the reads, and I think (rising sophomore Montano) D. J. is running well and so is (rising senior FB) Joshua Smith. He runs downhill, he don’t have great speed but he has great vision.”
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Pirates gun for top 3A spot in MEC By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Since moving up to the 3A level and participating in the tough Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference over the last three years, the Topsail High School football team has experienced more downs than ups as their three-year conference mark of 4-14 will attest. The 4A portion of the schedule has been especially difficult with their only 4A win coming on Oct. 3, 2014 when they defeated Ashley 13-0. Their only 2013 win was a 13-7 win over South Brunswick (Oct. 25). But this year could shape up a little differently. The Pirates made a substantial breakthrough last year with wins over West Brunswick (14-13) and South Brunswick (52-25), giving them the top 3A seed in the NCHJSAA state playoffs. Add in the fact the 4A teams, outside of defending champion New Hanover, appear to be in various stages of either reloading or rebuilding and optimism is pretty high in Hampstead.
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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer
Pender County lost one of its own early Monday morning. Coach Ray Wilson succumbed to the extended illness that had slowed him down in recent years. I say slowed him down because Ray Wilson never quit. As recently as a few months ago he was at almost every Heide Trask softball game trying his best to coach the girls up despite his failing health. I first met Ray at the Burgaw Dixie Youth softball fields. I was umpiring and could not help but notice this little fella with the big smile on the outside of the fence. I don’t believe he was a coach at that time but he was a busy man. I recall thinking that I only wished that I had his energy. Shortly after, I met Ray and we became friends. Little did I know that he would become much more than just an acquaintance. I was an assistant on the Trask softball coaching staff when I decided that I did not have enough time to continue. Coach Ron Watson asked if I could recommend someone and that little fella with the big smile came to mind. The rest is history as he became the face of Trask softball. Ray Wilson worked harder than any coach that I had ever been in contact with. He would cut the grass, line the field and work the concession stand. He would hit to the infield or outfield de-
spite being in constant pain. He was Coach Watsons’ right hand man and was often mistaken as the head coach by many. I can go on and on about what Ray did on the field. However, his greatest contribution was outside the lines. Ray forged a bond with every girl that he ever coached. I never once have heard one girl say anything negative about Ray Wilson. I have often said that I have known more knowledgeable coaches but have never once found a coach that worked harder or was more loved than the man. The last time I saw Ray was about three weeks ago. I joked that I had a bat and ball in the car if he felt up to hitting me some grounders. He smiled and said that he wished he could but that he was probably done. I left Ray’s house and as I drove down the road began to think about what he had just said. I knew then that we would soon lose our beloved Coach. I wiped the tears away and continued to drive. I got the text on Monday Morning that Ray had passed. I cried at first but then began to smile. You see, people like Ray Wilson don’t die. They live on in our hearts. Most of you know I lost my daughter about a year ago. She loved her some Ray Wilson. I am smiling through the tears as I think about Coach Ray hitting her some grounders right now. I am a better person because of Ray Wilson. The Post & Voice family would like to offer our prayers to the family of Ray. I can close my eyes and see that mischievous grin on his face with his Titan cap tilted back on his head. I am sad because we lost a great friend, however I feel privileged to have known the man.
Patriot nation on the mend in 2016 By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer A year ago Pender Patriot head football coach Bob Via found himself scrambling to put together a game plan in his first year at the school. He had been there for just a few weeks and was way behind. The Patriots struggled through the season and found themselves sitting home when the playoffs came. During the offseason Coach Via made a commitment to better the program from the ground up. He started by bringing in former Pender and Trask standout Desmond Jordan as an assistant coach. Jordan headed up the weight room and the team has become much stronger. Via was not finished and with the help of Principal Chris Madden revamped his coaching staff. Entering the 2016 season Coach Via sees the teams coaching staff as a step in the right direction. “This is a good coaching staff. They are working hard to rebuild the program and are coaching the kids up. The kids worked hard in the weight room and the mindset is just much better.” The Patriots will run a multiple set type of I formation this year that is geared to get their playmakers out in space. The team boasts a dynamic duo in Latrell Brown and Justin Hooper. Via will move Hooper around and play him everywhere but the concession stand in an effort to get
him the football. “We want the defense to have to account for Justin. We will also move split Latrell out some too. We want to find the mismatch on every play.” The Patriots return the bulk of their offensive line this year and have moved former fullback Chris Devane to guard as well. This will give the Pats another big and strong body to open up holes for the backs. Former quarterback Jake Rawls has moved to end while Chase Norris has taken over at the quarterback slot. Norris can make the short throws and has the ability to run as well. Defensively, the Patriots strength lies in their linebacking crew. Linzie McAllister and Devane will keep defenses honest with their big hits while the defensive secondary will be led by Hooper. Hooper may be a better defensive player than an offensive player. He has the ability to jump a rout and take it to the house. “We’ve tweaked some of our defensive schemes this year. I think we’re better.” Via sees a lot of improvement in the team from his coaches on down. Depth may be a problem but the veteran coach was determined to have a junior varsity and does not regret making that decision. “If you come watch us play you will be able to tell we’re a better football team. Depth is a concern but I do think we’re much better.” The Pats are off this week and will host Topsail next week.
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Regular season week one preview
Trask travels to Topsail for season opener By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The 2016 football season officially opens this Friday. Much like the last few seasons have opened, the Topsail Pirates and the Trask Titans will resume their county rivalry. This year the proverbial tides may have changed with the Rocky Point team poised to be much improved while the Pirates look to replace 18 members from last year’s 5-7 team. The Pirates cupboard is hardly bare. They return what is now a seasoned signal caller in Jacob Floyd along with a dynamic back in D.J. Montano along with
three returning starting linemen. Topsail will try and establish Montano and the running game early against a Titan team that has had trouble stopping the run in recent years. Veteran coach Wayne Inman will lull the Titans to sleep and then unleash Floyd and the passing game. It would not be surprising if the Pirates throw the ball 15 to 20 times in this contest.
The Titans have a new scheme on the offensive side of the ball with assistant coach Randy Pugh running the offense. They will run his version of the triple option. He has two great backs in Steven Jordan and Tony Holmes along with the best quarterback in the county in Tyrease Armstrong.
Look for the Titans to try and run that option to perfection and get to the edge on the Pirates. The Titans have more team speed than Topsail and will attempt to exploit that fact. If Armstrong makes the right reads the Titans will find success. Defensively, the Titans have looked good in the weeks leading up to this game as have the Pirates. Trask will have to contain Montano and put pressure on Floyd if they are to have a chance while Topsail will simply have to contain the Titans speed. This game will be close throughout with special teams playing a major part in the outcome. The final score; 26-23.
Trask football looks to improve in 2016 By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Trask football team has found little success in recent years. Last year the Titans endured a two win season and have won four games in the last two seasons. This year’s version of the Titans has a different attitude along with a renewed hope. Add former Pender and James Kenan assistant Randy Pugh and things seem to be looking up in Titan Town. “This team has a much better attitude,” said head Coach Johnathan Taylor. We’re fighting to the whistle on every play. The intensity is off the chart.” The Titans return a solid nucleus of skill players from a year ago. Leading that group is senior running back Steven Jordan and junior signal caller Tyrease Armstrong. Jordan fits the Titans new triple option offense well. He is dynamic when he gets out in space and the new offense will help him find the room to roam. Armstrong will run the option for the Titans. The ju-
nior can throw the ball and is capable of finding a seam and getting the tough yards. He is a quiet leader with an abundance of confidence. Tony Holmes is the starting fullback while senior strong man Kansas Bannerman will rotate between the offensive line and fullback. Holmes runs hard between the tackles and has speed to take it to the house. B.J. Jordan is another back with the ability to break one at any time. The Titans do not lack talent at the skill positions. The triple option is a ball control type of offense. The Titans hope to keep their offense on the field as much as possible. Three or four yards at a time suits Taylor and company fine. This group should do that and more. The offensive line is solid this year. It is led by Kyle Hancock along with Bannerman and Brandon Anderson. Taylor also singled out his receiving corps and said that they are blocking well. “This group will have to be good for us to be good,” said Taylor. “They are coming off
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Tyrease Armstrong and the Trask Titans will travel to Topsail in both teams season opener. of the ball well so far. I am pleased with their progress, but we still need to work on cleaning a few things up.” The Titan defense will run a 4-4 scheme with several playmakers in the secondary. Jordan and Holmes will make plays for the Titans while the defensive front will be led by Bannerman at the defensive end spot. Through the early scrimmages this unit looks
much improved. This is the Titans final year in the tough Four County Conference. They hope to be competitive with the big three of Clinton, East Bladen and Wallace-Rose Hill. If they win the games they should win they should be well within reach of a .500 record or better along with a playoff berth. They open at Topsail on Friday night.
Topsail Pirate fall sports preview By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Often referred to as the “minor sports,” as they labor in the shadows of football and volleyball, in the fall, the soccer, cross-country, tennis, and golf teams at Topsail High School are preparing just as hard as the others as the 2016 fall season comes into focus. The Pirate boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams are ready to go and are anticipating strong seasons in the tough Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference, while the tennis and golf squads are each seeking identities as new players filter in to replace those that have moved on through graduation. The boys’ team begins the year with a new coach. The girls’ golf and girls’ tennis coaches were still working on filling their
Lee brings spirit to the Trask Titans By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Allison Lee has made the grade once again for the Heide Trask Titan cheerleading squad. She moved up from the junior varsity as a junior and has become a very outgoing and exuberant young lady. However, this year she will have yet another job on her plate. Miss Lee has a younger sister watching her every move this year from the junior varsity cheerleading squad. Freshman Katy Lee has made the jump from middle school to high school and has found a spot on the JV squad. She will cheer for the junior varsity on Thursday nights while watching her older sister do her best on Friday night. Allison will try her best to ignite the crowds on Friday nights while setting a good example for her younger sister as well as the other underclassman both on the sidelines and in the hallways. She is a virtual spirit stick for the Titans.
teams so they were unable to respond to our request for more definitive information. The tennis teams opens up on Monday (Aug. 15) at Coastal Christian Academy, while the golf teams takes to the links for the first time Aug. 30 at South Brunswick (Members’ Club). Men’s Soccer Stan Allen takes over as the head coach of the boys’ team. As a newcomer to highschool coaching (first year), and to the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference, Allen did not offer an opinion on who might win the conference or, realistically where his Pirates would finish. The Pirates were 4-14-22 overall and 3-9-0 in the conference a year ago. Allen did single out a trio of returnees – Josh Madole, Danie “Ross” Tate, and Nick
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Sargent – who have grabbed his attention, as well as two newcomers – the goal-keeping tandem of Jorge Lopez and Cheney Teague. “Josh is a strong defensive back and a steady leader,” Allen said. “Daniel is also a defensive back and another strong leader, as is Nick.” The Pirates open the season Aug. 24 at home against Pender County foe Trask. Cross Country Veteran Coach Wayne Rogers begins his fifth season in Hampstead, and is hoping both the boys and girls can run their way into the top four in the conference. Chad Campbell, Noah Dansby, and Eddie Wolford are back in the fold, and Rogers will need big efforts from all three. “We are returning some
Radley to lead Topsail Pirate offensive line By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Topsail Pirate varsity football team lost a bevy of veteran players to graduation a year ago. This year’s team will have to reload quickly in preparation for what will surely be a tough Mid-Eastern Conference slate. Despite losing some good lineman, the team has a trio coming back. Among those is senior Jarrett Radley. Radley has progressed in the Pirate program and has become a very reliable starter for Coach Wayne Inman. The Pirates will run the ball this year and Jarrett and company will have to step up and become the barrier between the backs and the defense. Mr. Radley has turned into a very good lineman. He will most likely see duty on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball. There is no doubt that senior Jarrett Radley is ready to lead the Topsail Pirate offensive line to a successful season.
quality runners so our experience should help us out, and we also have picked up a couple of freshmen who just might step up and become varsity runners” Roger said. “But we lost four of our top five runners and to have a shot at qualifying for (3A) finals we need six runners under 18:00. I feel we have at least six runners that can step up and run in the 17’s and qualify for states again. “Conference-wise, Hoggard will again be the team to beat and New Hanover, despite losing a lot of seniors, will be very competitive. The conference will be tough but finishing in the top four is not out of the question.” Rogers will depend heavily on rising senior Chad Campbell as well as a few other returnees – Noah Dansby, Blake Schieffer, Eddie Wofford, and
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Hot, hot, hot By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Fishing Fanatic Despite the extremely hot temperatures in the area the area anglers have been hitting the water, The red fish bite is pretty good right now as several over slot fish have been caught recently in the creeks and marshes as well as area docks and other structures. The reds will bite live and cut baits or artificial lures. Top water plugs will also work. Flounder are biting in many of the same spots as the reds. Anglers can hook the flatfish mud minnows and finger mullet as well as your favorite gulp baits. The spots have not made their presence on the piers as of yet. There have been some mullet and an occasional drum along with a few croaker. For those fishing for sheepshead, remember to find a dock and fish down beside the pylons. A sand flea will work here. Work your bait straight up and down and be sure and be patient. The freshwater bite is sporadic with the panfish biting red worms and crick-
ets while the cats are hitting cut up eel and chicken livers. Remember, fish early and late. This week’s fishing tip I run this tip every year just before the spots start running. I felt obliged to run it again this year. Ok guys and girls, the spots will be running soon and the piers will be packed. Let’s go over some pier fishing etiquette. First, please be aware of your neighbor. That means be careful when you cast your bait. Nothing spoils a day of fishing more than getting a hook in the eye or forehead or ear or toupee. I use the underneath casting method when it is crowded. Remember that there are children out there. Watch the four letter words. A dagnabit will suffice verses some other word that I can’t write. If you are a smoker, be aware of your neighbors. Please be considerate of the non-smoker. Finally, if someone is fishing in a spot and leaves their rod and reel on the rail while they use the rest room or goes to get a snack, please don’t take their spot. A little manners will go a long way.
Sports news and notes By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Topsail spring sports scene continues to change for the 2016-17 school year. Coach Granville Gehris resigned early last week after spending the whole year on administrative leave following some legal issues. Gehris was recently found not guilty of domestic charges and was awaiting word on his return. Gehris led the Pirates to the 2A state championship two years ago. His record in two years was 63-19 in his tenure at the Hampstead school. The team played under the direction of assistant coach Chris Blake last year. The Pirate softball team will be looking to replace their coach as Jay Abston resigned last week following the team’s second trip to the Eastern regional finals. Abston coached the team for two years and amassed a 46-13 record that included a 22-2 conference mark. The Pirates also lost coveted assistant coach Steven White. He Parker Surratt. “Chad was All-Conference last year and projects as one of the top five runners in the
Sargeant enters senior year with promise By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When the Pender Patriot football team steps onto the field this year there will be many underclassmen. The junior varsity is full while the varsity is 25 to 26 strong. Among those varsity players is a handful of returning standouts. One of those standouts is senior Isaiah Sargeant. Isaiah is a two sport standout with ties to the baseball program as well as the football team. He is efficient at either but seems to gravitate toward the gridiron. The Patriots will be thin in numbers this year. Senior Isaiah Sargeant and his fellow classmates will have to step up. The hard-nosed Sargeant will be one of the Patriots strongholds as he maneuvers his way on the defensive side of the ball. As Isaiah navigates his way through his senior year he will have an eye toward the future. For now he enters the year with hopes of being successful.
resigned earlier in the summer. Pender High baseball coach Robbie Futch resigned his position effective immediately. Futch led the Patriots to a 7-32 record in two years. These resignations followed the resignation of Trask softball coach Corrina Reece. This leaves the Pirates down two coaches while the Patriots and Titans are down one. All of these positions will be posted on the county website. The Pender Hurricane Football and Cheer association was pleased to announce that they will field two teams after failing to field a team last year. The Pop Warner affiliated league will field Tiny Mite and Mitey Mite teams. The 2016 fall sports season opened up Monday with Trask soccer playing at home while the Pender volleyball team played at Laney. There will be a full schedule this week with the Titan football team traveling across the county to engage the Topsail Pirates. conference this year,” Rogers said.” Noah has come into the
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Bill Howard Outdoors
By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist Once upon a time I was a hunter education instructor. Each year I would volunteer so many hours educating young and old, new and experienced in the heritage, techniques, and reasons for hunting. It was a very rewarding experience. Duncan, my partner in the courses, and I would meet with our wildlife officer Daniel after the last class and discuss how we felt the class went. Did we fail in any scenario? What were our strong points that the class really latched on to? What will we continue to do the same for future classes and what would we alter so as to help certain things sink in? Yes, we took it seriously. Not seriously enough where we couldn’t get a smile and a laugh out of the class. We had to keep it fun and interesting rather than just a monotone lecture. We wanted our stu-
dents to enjoy the class as well as learn from it. However, once hunting season started, we could just about count on something happening after the first night of class where we could really bring something that hit home with the students. It is not the way we wanted to teach it; we preferred for these incidents not to occur. The incidents were not with students in our class, but rather incidents that occurred during hunting season that we could report. For instance, one year an uncle and nephew were hunting dove. They sat beside each other in the field. When a bird crossed in front of then, one of the hunters stood up to shoot while the other remained sitting. The one sitting accidently shot the one standing up as he swept the muzzle of the shotgun along the dove’s flight path. These stories were sobering. But Duncan and I felt we could turn a positive lesson from an unfortunate occurrence. One question appears on the test several times in different forms. It regards the number one rule in firearm safety. If you do not know, please heed the following advice. Never point the muzzle of a firearm in an unsafe directon. We would repeat it nightly over the three evening course. We would repeat it four, five
and six times during a single night. It is that important. You see, if the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction, the odds quickly diminish to an injury or death. An accidental discharge will cause no harm other than a jump of the heart and maybe some slight property damage. When Duncan and I would go in depth on the rules of safety, our demeanor would change. Duncan would usually stand to the side of the room. I would sit on top of the desk in front of the class. My head would bow as I began my story. I am in my upper 40s and have had very few in my high school class die. Our first one to do so was one of my best friends in high school. He went into law enforcement with the state. I explained that he had received his dream job as that is what he wanted to do. He was also a newlywed. He respected people and he respected firearms. I had never seen him handle one in a way to prove something. No testosterone moments where that machismo had to show. Then one night, after work, he sat down in his recliner. and pulled his sidearm from the harness. He dropped the magazine. He wiped down the firearm to clean it from the oils and moisture that can attach to the metal. And somehow, in an instant, the trigger
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and the Quality Deer Management Association are offering deer hunting seminars across the state in September. The free seminars, which will be held from 6-8:30 p.m., are designed for new and experienced hunters. Topics will include deer biology, hunting methods and equipment, as well as field care of deer, processing and easy-to-follow recipes. Pre-registration is required and participants must register online. A question-and-answer session, along with a brief overview of hunter R3 (recruitment, retention and reactivation) initiatives, will conclude each seminar. The seminar in this area will be held Sept. 29 at the Brunswick County Extension Center, Bldg. N Brunswick County 25 Referendum Dr., Bolivia. “The expanding, statewide seminar series is an effort to
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was pressed just enough to activate the firing pin. In turn, the pin struck the one bullet that was accidently left in the chamber which set off the chain reaction that ultimately left him dead. Even as I type this tears come to my eyes. Just as they did each time I told that story to the different classes over the years. It was and is my one way to make something positive from that one moment of lapsed thinking that caused an officer, a man, a husband, and a friend his life. In a few weeks we will have young and old and new and experienced hunters sharing the fields across the state in what has become a tradition amongst hunters. Do not let there be a moment that can be used as a lesson in a class on safety. We have plenty of those stories to tell already. Never point the muzzle of a firearm in an unsafe direction. Never. –Bill Howard is a lifelong North Carolina resident and hunter. He is a lifetime member of the North Carolina Bowhunters Association, an associate member of Pope and Young, and an official measurer of both. He is a certified hunter education (IHEA) instructor and bowhunter education (IBEP) instructor. Please share your stories with Bill at BillHowardOutdoors@ gmail.com.
Hill High School, and Richard Link Baker from Topsail High School. The festival congratulates these recipients once again while also wishing them the best of luck on their upcoming educational programs.
increase awareness of wildlife-associated recreational op- ney Rae Simmons from Clinportunities, help the NCWRC ton High School, Nolan Wood better understand barriers to Likens from Wallace-Rose participation and continually improve the seminar series through attendee feedback,” said Walter “Deet” James, the Commission’s hunting heriThe annual public meeting of Black River Health tage biologist. This is the second year in a Services, Inc. will be held on Monday, August row the Commission has part22, 2016 at 6:00 pm at Black River Health Cennered with QDMA on the deer hunting seminars — and is one ter, located at 109 West Church Street, Atkinof many ways the non-profit son, NC, 28421. The purpose of this meeting conservation organization works to ensure the future of is to: Re-appoint three (3) board members. white-tailed deer, wildlife habitat and hunting heritage. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Di“Part of QDMA’s mission rectors will immediately follow at 7:00 pm. Inquiis to ensure the future of hunting,” said Rick Counts, ries regarding this notice should be forwarded to QDMA regional director. “To reach the hunting public, we BRHS, Inc., Attn: Executive Administrator, P.O. participate in educational Box 1488, Burgaw, NC 28425. seminars, conduct field days and hold fundraisers throughA Non-Profit Corporation – Serving the Counties of out the year.” Pender, Duplin, Bladen, Sampson and Onslow. To learn more about QDMA 8/11, 8/18/2016
PUBLIC NOTICE
August 18, 2016
SEEKING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS Burgaw Fire Department is seeking community members to become volunteer firefighters. We offer excellent training and benefits. Please come by the fire station for more information. (910) 259-7494 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CITIZEN COMMITTEE The Town of Burgaw is accepting applications for the “Parks and Recreation Committee”. Applicants must be residents of the corporate limits of Burgaw. Application may be downloaded from our website at www.townofburgaw.com >Government>Advisory Boards>Applications for Boards, Commissions and Committees. Completed applications must be submitted to the Town Clerk at 109 N Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425. For further information, you may contact Sylvia Raynor, Town Clerk at 910-663-3441 between the hours of 8AM and 5PM Monday – Friday or via email at town.clerk@townofburgaw.com. MEETINGS INFORMATION The Town of Burgaw Board of Commissioners regular monthly meeting is held on the second Tuesday of each month at 4:00 PM in the meeting room of the Burgaw Municipal Building. The agenda deadline for the regular board meeting is 1:00 PM two Wednesdays prior to the second Tuesday of each month. If you have an item you wish to bring before the Board you must make contact with the Town Clerk prior to the above deadline in order to receive instruction on submitting items for the agenda. CALENDAR August 18, 2016 Sept. 5, 2016
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Town of Surf City Government News August 18, 2016 MEETING TIMES Surf City Town Council Planning Board
1st Tuesday of every month 2nd Thursday of every month
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 6th of September 2016, at Surf City Town Hall on: No Wake Zone Placement: Deep Creek Area Start of No Wake Zone
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PENDER COUNTY GOVERNMENT NEWS
8/18/2016
WANTED! A FEW GOOD MEN & WOMEN! VOLUNTEER! The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments to the following boards/commissions/committees: # of Name of Board Vacancies Positions/Categories Advisory Board of Health 3 Dentist***, Engineer***, Public Member Animal Shelter Advisory Committee 1 Veterinarian Board of Adjustment 1 District 5 Board of Equalization & Review 1 Public Member Housing Initiative Board 1 Low-Income Representative Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth. 7 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Library Board 1 District 3 Nursing/Adult Care Homes Adv. Board 1 Public Members Pender Memorial Hospital Board 1 District 5 Tourism Development Authority 1 Collector District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek District 5 = Burgaw; Holly *** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently licensed. Applications can be completed on-line at www.pendercountync.gov or write or call Melissa Long, Clerk to the Board, PO Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and complete an application.
POLL WORKERS NEEDED
The Pender County Board of Elections is looking for people willing to work at voting precincts on Election Day, November 8, 2016. Any interested person must understand this will be a very long day and they will be required to be at the precinct by 6:00 am and cannot leave until after the polls close at 7:30 pm. All poll workers are required to attend a three hour training class. All interested people should contact the Board of Elections @ 910-259-1220 for details.
Pender County Housing Authority Will Open the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Waiting List for a Limited Time Only The Pender County Housing Authority will open its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Waiting List for a limited period of time. The program provides rental assistance to eligible families in accordance with program guidelines. The Waiting List will open to pre-applications received between September 12th through the close of business on September 23rd. Pre-applications received before September 12th or after September 23rd will not be accepted. Pre-application will be available August 29th - September 11th at: http://www.pendercountync.gov/Government/Departments/HousingAuthority.aspx. The pre-application will not be available after September 11th. Pre-applications must be complete & signed by all adults (18 yrs or older) who will be living in the assisted household. Requested documentation must be attached. Incomplete pre-applications will not be accepted. Pre-applications may be sent by U S Mail or dropped off to the drop box provided at the County Administration Building. No faxes or e-mails. Only one pre-application per family. The Waiting List will be closed at 5 pm on Friday, September 23rd. Pre-applications will be selected by lottery. No more than 300 applications will be selected. Completed pre-applications will be assigned a ticket with a number. Numbers will be drawn at random. Families will be placed on the list in the order the numbers are drawn. The drawing will be held in the Board of County Commissioner’s chambers at 805 South Walker Street, Burgaw, on Wednesday, September 28th beginning at 9 am. Successful applicants will be notified by mail.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: TIME OF HEARINGS:
September 7, 2016 7:00 p.m. LOCATION OF HEARINGS: THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 145, 805 SOUTH WALKER STREET, BURGAW, N.C. 28425 TOPIC OF HEARING:
Conditional Zoning Map Amendment DRC Hampstead, LLC., applicant, on behalf of Jesse F. Lea SR et al, owner, is requesting approval of a Conditional Zoning Map Amendment for three (3) tracts totaling approximately 78.39 acres from RP, Residential Performance zoning district to RM- CD 2, Residential Mixed Conditional zoning district 2. The request is to allow only the following NAICS uses: Single Family Detached Homes (NAICS 236117) and Multi-Family Housing (NAICS 236116) in a proposed residential mixed subdivision project to be called Sparrows Bend. The project proposal consists of 264 apartment units and 135 single family homes with associated neighborhood amenities. The subject property is located on the north side of US HWY 17 and may also be accessed off of the east side of Hoover Road (SR 1569). The subject property is in the Topsail Township and may be further identified by Pender County PINs: 3293-01-5693-0000, 3293-11-0659-0000 and 3293-01-9640-0000. 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., and Morris Jeffrey et al, owners, are requesting a revision to the previously approved Master Development Plan for the mixed use development known as Wyndwater. Specifically this request is to; increase the overall project area from ± 204.07 acres to ± 221.42 acres and increase the total units from 500 units to 529 units. The subject properties are zoned PD, Planned Development zoning district. The properties are located to the east of US HWY 17 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 properties may be further identified by Pender County PINs; 4213-59-0181-0000, 4214-04-6027-0000, 4214-12-3906-0000, 4214-22-7567-0000, and a portion of 4214-50-8387-0000. Comprehensive Land Use Plan Amendment Creative Commercial Properties, applicant, on behalf of P.H. LANCO, Inc., owner, is requesting approval of an amendment to the 2010 Pender County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map for one (1) tract totaling approximately 8.42 acres from Rural Growth to Mixed Use future land use designation. The subject property is located along the west side of US HWY 17 and to the south of Pinnacle Parkway (private), directly northwest of the US HWY 17 intersection with Champion Drive (private) in the Topsail Township and may be further identified by Pender County PIN: 4204-65-5211-0000. Zoning Map Amendment Creative Commercial Properties, applicant, on behalf of P.H. LANCO Inc., owner, is requesting approval of zoning map amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance for one (1) tract totaling approximately 8.42 acres from the PD, Planned Development zoning district to the GB, General Business zoning district. The subject property is located along the west side of US HWY 17 and to the south of Pinnacle Parkway (private), directly northwest of the US HWY 17 intersection with Champion Drive (private) in the Topsail Township and may be further identified by Pender County PIN: 4204-65-5211-0000. Zoning Text Amendment Marsh Creek Investments, LLC, applicant, is requesting a Zoning Text Amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance, Section 5.2.3 Table of Permitted Uses. Specifically, the proposal is to amend the Miscellaneous Use section to allow dry stacks and boat storage in the GB, General Business zoning district and to add these definitions to Appendix A. A detailed description of the proposed changes is available in the Pender County Planning Department offices. Zoning Text Amendment Pender County, applicant, is requesting a Zoning Text Amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance, Section 7.5 Street Design. Specifically, the proposal is to amend requirements for permanent and temporary dead end streets. A detailed description of the proposed changes is available in the Pender County Planning Department offices. Zoning Text Amendment Pender County, applicant, is requesting a Zoning Text Amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance, Section 7.5.1 Street Design. Specifically, the proposal is to add objective criteria for administrative flexibility for the roadway design requirements. A detailed description of the proposed changes is available in the Pender County Planning Department 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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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Jeffrey Vail Broadbridge, deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify that all persons having claims against the said estate to present such claims to the undersigned on or before the 29th day of October, 2016, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment. This 28th day of July, 2016. Adaliz C. Broadbridge 103 W. High Bluff Drive Hampstead, NC 28443 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-9800 #7411 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/18/2016
TO:DENITA KING, REGINALD PEARSALL, SHONNA PEARSALL, VAUGHN PEARSALL, DONNA LOFTON, SHELIA LEWIS, SYLVIA PEARSALL, TAMARA PEARSALL, MICHAEL LEWIS, TONY PEARSALL, and UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO RACHEL S. PEARSALL Take Notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled special proceeding. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Petition to sell real property owned by Rachel S. Pearsall described in Deed Book 2033, Page 323 of the Pender County Registry said proceeding being brought to pay debts and administrative costs of said estate. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than September 14, 2016 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This the 4th day of August, 2016. LAWRENCE S. BOEHLING Administrator of the Estate of Rachel Smith Pearsall P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 #7426 8/4, 8/11, 8/18/2016
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Avery Ashley Wiles , deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Avery Ashley Wiles, to present them to the undersigned on or before NovemNOTICE ber 3, 2016 at 643 Moore’s Landing TO CREDITORS Road Hampstead, NC 28443, or be AND DEBTORS barred from recovery. All persons STATE OF indebted to said estate, please make NORTH CAROLINA, immediate payment. This the day of PENDER COUNTY July 28th 2016. IN THE GENERAL COURT Karen D. Wiles OF JUSTICE 643 Moore’s Landing Road SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Hampstead, NC 28443 Having qualified as Executrix of #7412 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/18/2016 the estate of William Roy Edwards Jr., deceased, of Pender County. This NOTICE TO is to notify all persons having claims CREDITORS AND DEBTORS against the estate of said decedent, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, William Roy Edwards Jr. to present PENDER COUNTY them to the undersigned on or before IN THE November 10, 2016 at 124 Shannon GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE Court Rocky Mount, NC 27804 or be SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executrix of barred from recovery. All persons the estate of Henry Watson Thomp- indebted to said estate, please make son, deceased, of Pender County. immediate payment. This the day of This is to notify all persons having August 4, 2016. Deborah E. Haggerty claims against the estate of said de124 Shannon Court cedent, Henry Watson Thompson, to Rocky Mount, NC 27804 present them to the undersigned on #7423 8/4, 8/11, 8/18, 8/25/2016 or before November 3, 2016 at PO Box 332 Atkinson, NC, 28421or be STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA barred from recovery. All persons COUNTY OF PENDER indebted to said estate, please make IN THE GENERAL COURT immediate payment. This the day of OF JUSTICE July 28, 2016. SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Frances Thompson Herring COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-376 PO Box 332 PENDER COUNTY Atkinson, NC 28421 Plaintiff(s), #7416 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/18/2016 v. PUBLIC NOTICE DOCKET NO. SP-8149 SUB 0 APPLICATION OF QUARTER HORSE FARM, LLC FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 18, 2016, Quarter Horse Farm, LLC (Applicant), filed an application seeking a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to G.S. 62-110.1(a) for construction of a 5-MW solar generating facility to be located at the end of Hilltop Farm Road, northwest of the intersection with U.S. Route 17, in the Township of Topsail, Pender County, North Carolina. The Applicant plans to sell the electricity to Duke Energy Progress, LLC. Details of the application may be obtained from the Office of the Chief Clerk of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, 430 N. Salisbury Street, 5th Floor, Dobbs Building, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 or 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300 or on the Commission’s website at www.ncuc.net. If a complaint is received within ten days after the last date of the publication of this notice, the Commission will schedule a public hearing to determine whether a certificate should be awarded, will give reasonable notice of the time and place of the hearing to the Applicant and to each complaining party, and will require the Applicant to publish notice of the hearing in this newspaper. If no complaint is received within the time specified above and if the Commission does not order a hearing upon its own initiative, the Commission will enter an order awarding the certificate sought by the Applicant. Persons desiring to lodge complaints may file statements to that effect with the Commission. Such statements should reference Docket No. SP-8149, Sub 0 and be addressed as follows: Chief Clerk, North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300. Statements may also be directed to Christopher J. Ayers, Executive Director, Public Staff - North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4326 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300 or to The Honorable Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-9001. #7421 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/18/2016 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY IN THE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK 14 SP 275 LAWRENCE S. BOEHLING, Public Administrator of the Estate of Rachel S. Pearsall vs. JOYCE E. PEARSALL MILES, ET ALS
CAROLYN BROWNING, owner et. al. Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF CAROLYN LOUISE BROWNING 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 0.76 acres Grady Township, Parcel ID Number 226783-6597-0000 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 September 30, 2016. This date: August 11, 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 #7442 8/11, 8/18, 8/25/2016
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO: 16E297 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Louis Edward Cuervo, Jr., deceased of Pender, North Carolina, are hereby notified to present them to Diana Cuervo, as Administrator of the Estate of Louis Edward Cuervo, Jr., on or before November 14, 2016, in care of the undersigned attorneys at their address, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to Louis Edward Cuervo, Jr., please make immediate payment to the Estate of Louis Edward Cuervo, Jr. This the 5th day of August, 2016. Diana Cuervo, Administrator c/o James L. Seay, III Seay Law Firm, PLLC 519 Market Street Wilmington, NC 28401 (910) 763-2525 #7448 8/11, 8/18, 8/25, 9/1/2016
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Franklin Raymond Rogers III, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Franklin Raymond Rogers III to present them to the undersigned on or before November 17, 2016 at 360 Washington Creek Drive, Willard NC, 28478 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of August 11, 2016. Melanie Rogers 360 Washington Creek Drive Willard, NC 28478 #7443 8/11, 8/18, 8/25, 9/1/2016 NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY STEPHEN DANIEL GROVES and wife, JOANNA B. GROVES, Recorded in Book 2445, Page 131, Pender County Registry IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. 16-SP-97 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED: The Deed of Trust being foreclosed is that Deed of Trust executed by STEPHEN DANIEL GROVES and wife, JOANNA B. GROVES to Joe Belcher, Trustee, dated July 27, 2004 and recorded in Book 2445, Page 131 in the Pender County Registry of North Carolina. RECORD OWNERS OF THE REAL PROPERTY: The record owners of the subject real property as reflected on the records of the Pender County Register of Deeds not more than 10 days prior to the posting of this Notice are Stephen Daniel Groves and Joanna D. Groves. DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF SALE: The sale will be held on August 23, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at the door of the Pender County Courthouse, Burgaw, North Carolina. PROPERTY TO BE SOLD: The following real property to be sold “sight unseen” together with any improvements is located in Pender County, North Carolina and is believed to have the address of 120 BW Groves Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457 and is otherwise more particularly described as follows: Situated in LONG CREEK TOWNSHIP, PENDER County, NC BEING ALL OF TRACT 1 AS SHOWN ON A MAP ENTITLED “SURVEY FOR WALTER C. GROVES, JR.” PREPARED BY COWAN AND JONES, PA IN JUNE 1995 AND RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 30, PAGE 43 OF THE PENDER COUNTY REGISTRY. Tax Map Reference: 3216-60-5280-0000 Being the same property conveyed from GLENDA GROVES, WIDOW to WALTER CORNELIUS GROVES AND STEPHEN DANIEL GROVES by deed dated 07/06/1995 and recorded 01/26/1996 in book 1106, page 346 of the public records of PENDER county, NC. Included is a 2004 Clayton Oxford manufactured home bearing serial no. OHC014188NC. TERMS OF SALE: Pursuant to the provisions of N.C.G.S. §45-21.10(b) and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Trustee or Clerk of Superior Court immediately upon the conclusion of the sale a cash deposit to be determined by the greater of 5% of the bid or $750.00. Unless the Substitute Trustee agrees otherwise, the successful bidder will be required to tender the “full purchase price” so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Trustee tenders to him a Deed to the property or attempts to tender such Deed, and should the successful bidder fail to pay the full amount, then the successful bidder shall remain liable as provided for in N.C.G.S. §45-21.30. By submitting your bid, you agree that the “full purchase price” shall be defined as the amount of bid plus the Trustee’s commission as defined in the subject Deed of Trust plus the costs of the action, unless the Trustee agrees otherwise. For example, if the amount of bid is $20,000.00 and the trustee’s commission is defined in the subject Deed of Trust as 5% of the gross proceeds of the sale, then the “full purchase price” shall equal $21,000.00 plus the costs of the action. A tender of Deed shall be defined as a letter from the Trustee to the successful bidder offering to record the Deed upon receipt of full purchase price as described herein and listed in said letter. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property The Media of Record for the People of Pender County. for any reason such as a bankruptcy filing, the sole remedy of the success201-A West Fremont Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.9111 • posteditor@post-voice.com • www.post-voice.com ful bidder is the return of the deposit. As to any manufactured home, the following shall apply: Any not considered real property is being foreclosed pursuant to N.C.G.S. §25-9-604, if necessary; there is no warranty that any is actually located on the subject tract; and there is no warranty given by the Substitute Trustee as to
whether said home is real property or personal property. The sale will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, assessments, restrictions and easements of record, if any. ADDITIONAL NOTICE: Take notice that an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Take further notice that any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement 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 dates 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. This notice further states that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. This the 13th day of June, 2016. Deidre D. DeFlorentis, Substitute Trustee 908 E. Edenton Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 Telephone: 919-829-0797 Facsimile: 919-829-0799 #7424 8/11, 8/18/2016
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COUNTY OF PENDER CIVIL ACTION 16-CVS-280 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Plaintiff, v. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ARLENE R. YOW, ET AL, Defendants. TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ARLENE R. YOW NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION Take notice that pleadings seeking relief against you have been filed in the above-entitled civil action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: The condemnation and appropriation, for highway purposes, of a certain interests or estates in that certain parcel of land lying and being in Topsail Township, Pender County, North Carolina and being more particularly described as follows: Being that tract of land described in a Quitclaim Deed dated August 11, 2000 from Lionel L. Yow and wife, Connie S. Yow, and Elizabeth C. Lewis (grantors) to Arlene R. Yow (grantee), and recorded September 12, 2000 in Book 1620, Page 42, Pender County Registry. The property description contained in said deed is hereby incorporated by reference. LESS AND EXCEPTING that out conveyance by deed dated May 14, 2001 from Arlene R. Yow, Widow (grantor) to Town of Surf City (grantee), and recorded May 15, 2001 in Book 1708, Page 033, Pender County Registry. Also being that land identified as Tax Parcel ID No. 4234-79-6459-0000 (Tract 6; 7 acres) as is shown in the Pender County Tax Office. You are hereby required to make defense to such pleadings not later than the 20th day of September, 2017, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This the 26th day of July, 2016. ROY COOPER Attorney General Lisa B. Finkelstein Assistant Attorney General Attorney General’s Office 1505 Mail Service Center Raleigh, N. C. 27699-1505 Telephone: (919) 707-4480 #7425 8/11, 8/18, 8/25/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Leslie Delano Preece, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Leslie Delano Preece, to present them to the undersigned on or before November 17, 2015 at PO Box 2749 Surf City, NC 28445 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of August 11, 2016. Sharon Hale PO Box 2749 Surf City, NC 28445 #7440 8/11, 8/18, 8/25, 9/1/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COUNTY OF PENDER 15 CVS 115 VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC. Plaintiff, vs. JANNETTE E. MURRAY a/k/a JANNETTE MYERS and FRANK MYERS JR. Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE Notice is given that pursuant to a final judgment entered by the presiding Judge on July 18, 2016, in
the above-entitled cause, I, Craig S. Haskell, in and by such judgment appointed to be Commissioner referred to in the judgment, will sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder or bidders, on the steps of the Pender County Courthouse, or usual place of sale, at 10:00 a.m., on August 23, 2016. The property directed by such judgment to be sold is located at 25880 NC Highway 210, Currie, NC, 28435, Pender County, and more particularly described as follows: LOCATED IN GRADY TOWNSHIP, PENDER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, A SHORT DISTANCE NORTHEAST OF NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY NO. 210 AND BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT: BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE THAT MARKS THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE PHYLLIS M. MOORE LANDS, SAID IRON PIPE BEING LOCATED AT A POINT THAT IS THE FOLLOWING COURSES AND DISTANCES FROM AN OLD U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC NAIL AND CAP LOCATED IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE PAVED CENTERLINE OF N.C. HIGHWAY NO. 210 WITH THE OLD GRADED CENTERLINE OF SECONDARY ROAD #1118; NORTH 46 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 15 SECONDS W EST 795.58 FEET NORTH 48 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST 150.00 FEET NORTH 53 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST 150.00 FEET NORTH 57 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST 44.57 FEET NORTH 24 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST 261.72 FEET NORTH 63 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 45 SECONDS EAST 150.00 FEET TO THE BEGINNING; AND RUNNING THENCE FROM THE BEGINNING, SO LOCATED, (1) WITH AND BEYOND THE PHYLLIS M. MOORE LINE NORTH 24 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST 368.00 FEET (PASSING OVER AN IRON PIPE IN A CANAL DITCH AT 265.25 FEET) TO A CORNER MARKED 12 INCH MAPLE TREE; THENCE, (2) NORTH 63 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST 127.97 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE; THENCE, (3) SOUTH 21 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST 368.10 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE; THENCE, (4) SOUTH 63 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST 109.32 FEET TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 1.00 ACRE MORE OR LESS AND IS AS SURVEYED BY THOMPSON SURVEYING CO., P.A. OF BURGAW, NORTH CAROLINA IN AUGUST 1995. THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TRACT IS TOGETHER WITH A 24 FOOT WIDE ROADWAY EASEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF INGRESS, EGRESS AND REGRESS TO AND FROM THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TRACT WITH SAID EASEMENT LYING ADJACENT TO AND EAST OF THE CALL NO. 1 AND ADJACENT TO AND SOUTH OF THE CALL NO. 2 OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LINES: BEGINNING AT AN OLD NAIL IN THE PAVED CENTERLINE OF NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY #210, SAID NAIL BEING LOCATED AT A POINT THAT IS THE FOLLOWING COURSES AND DISTANCES FROM AN OLD U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC NAIL AND CAP LOCATED IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE PAVED CENTERLINE OF NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY #210 WITH THE OLD GRADED CENTERLINE OF SECONDARY ROAD #1118: NORTH 46 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST 795.58 FEET NORTH 48 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST 150.00 FEET NORTH 53 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST 150.00 FEET NORTH 57 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST 44.57 FEET TO THE BEGINNING; AND RUNNING THENCE FROM THE BEGINNING, SO LOCATED, (1) NORTH 24 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST 261.72 FEET; THENCE, (2) NORTH 63 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 45 SECONDS EAST 259.32 FEET (PASSING OVER AN IRON STAKE INLINE AT 150.00 FEET) TO AN IRON STAKE THAT MARKS THE TERMINUS OF THIS 24 FOOT WIDE ROADWAY EASEMENT. Tax Map Reference: F101 055 002 Being that parcel of land conveyed to JANNETTE E. MURRAY from CHANCY MURRAY AND WIFE DORIS MURRAY by that deed dated 10/09/1995 and recorded 01/25/1996 in deed book 1106, at page 174 of the PENDER County, NC Public Registry. This sale is made subject to all unpaid taxes and superior liens or encumbrances of record and assessments, if any, against the said property, and any recorded leases. This sale is also subject to any applicable county land transfer tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for any such county land transfer tax. A cash deposit of 5% of the purchase price will be required at the time of the sale. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time
the Commissioner tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 1-339.30 (e). This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. This the 18th day of July, 2016 Craig S. Haskell Commissioner #7422 8/11, 8/18/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-376 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v. CAROLYN BROWNING, owner et. al. Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: CAROLYN LOUISE BROWNING 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 0.76 acres Grady Township, Parcel ID Number 226783-6597-0000 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 September 30, 2016. This date: August 11, 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 #7441 8/11, 8/18, 8/25/2016 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Mini Storage on the Green 17077 Hwy. 17N. Hampstead, NC 28443 910-270-3455 On Saturday September, 3rd. 10 A.M. Mini Storage on the Green willsell various items of personal and business property, pursuant to the assertion of a lien for back rent at the self-service storage facility. PROPERTY BEING SOLD: Andrews 110/116 Beveridge 615/624 Blum 318/215/704 Butler 235 Capozio 512 Hewitt 609/630 Smith, J.L. 412/801 Volpe 411 Williams 437 #7444 8/18, 8/25/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COUNTY OF PENDER 2016 E 283 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Cindy Ransom Corbett of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said Cindy Ransom Corbett to present them to Lorenzo Marshall, 1200 Harrison Creek Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457 as Executor by November 18, 2016 or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This 5th day of August, 2016. R. V. Biberstein, Jr. Attorney for Lorenzo Marshall, Executor P.O. Box 428 Burgaw, NC 28425 #7445 8/18, 8/25, 9/1, 9/8/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COUNTY OF PENDER 2016 E 319 Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of John Quincy Adams Jeffreys, Jr. of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said John Quincy Adams Jeffreys, Jr. to present them to Julia Ann Jeffreys Simpson, 103 Aviator Lane, Burgaw, NC 28425 as Executrix by November 18, 2016 or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This 5th day of August, 2016. R. V. Biberstein, Jr Attorney for Julia Ann Jeffreys Simpson, Executrix P.O. Box 428 Burgaw, NC 28425 #7446 8/18, 8/25, 9/1, 9/8/2016
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Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION COUNTY OF PENDER 16 CVD 42 NATIONWIDE BANK, Plaintiff, V. SYDNEY HARLAND AND BETTY HARLAND, Defendants. NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION To: Sydney Harland and Betty Harland, the above named defendants: Take notice that a Complaint seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: money owed by you to Plaintiff as a result of your breach of contract. You are required to make defense to the Complaint not later than forty (40) days after 8/18/2016, (exclusive of said date) and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This 8th day of August 2016. Jennifer Ahlers Cone THE McINTOSH LAW FIRM Attorney for the Plaintiff NC Bar No.: 22974 PO Box 2270 Davidson, North Carolina 280362270 Telephone: 704-892-1699 Fax Number: 704-892-8664 #7449 8/18, 8/25, 9/1/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of James Thomas Croom, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, James Thomas Croom, to present them to the undersigned on or before November 25, 2016 at 332 Pine Village Drive Rocky Point, NC 28457 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of August 18, 2016. Kandy C. Jones 332 Pine Village Drive Rocky Point, NC 28457 #7453 8/18, 8/25, 9/1, 9/8/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Verna Magnus Orr, late of Pender County, North Carolina, hereby notifies all parties having claims against said Estate to present them on or before the 21st day of November, 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 18th day of August, 2016. John H. Bain, Executor JOHN G. WOLFE, III & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C. 101 South Main Street Kernersville, NC 27284 (336) 996-3231 #7454 8/18, 8/25, 9/1, 9/8/2016 VARIANCE HEARING On Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. in the Topsail Beach Board Room at 820 South Anderson Boulevard, there will be a hearing on a variance request by Phillip and Laurie Hutchings at 1201 S Anderson Blvd. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchings are requesting a variance to encroach into the side setbacks for an addition to their existing residence. #7450 8/18, 8/25/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF DAVID LEE HOLDEN All persons, firms and corporations having claims against David Lee Holden, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Rayford E. Easter, as Executor of the decedent’s estate on or before January 1, 2017, at the Office of Harold Lee Pollock, PO Drawer 999, Burgaw NC 28425, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the abovenamed Executor. Harold L. Pollock Attorney at Law PO Box 999 Burgaw, NC 28425 #7451 8/18, 8/25, 9/1, 9/8/2016
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Jamboree Continued from page 8A Inman said the offensive line is still a work in progress and the defense is looking good. “The offensive line is coming along,” Inman said. “We still have somethings to work on but I am, pleased with where they are. The defense is playing well. The bad thing
Topsail preview Continued from page 9A season highly motivated and Blake is running well and should have a shot at our top seven. “Eddie is coming off an injury but I feel, come the end of the season, he is going to be contending for a top seven position. Parker is loaded
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Continued from page 8A The Pirates lost 18 members of last year’s 5-7 team but also return 13 lettermen. Coach Wayne Inman, who is beginning his fourth season as head coach, knows graduation left some big shoes to fill but he is positive in his assessment of his team, and in their conference possibilities. “We have a number of players returning on defense and some experienced guys at some key skill positions but we need to replace some key members on the offensive line,” Inman said. “From a conference standpoint, New Hanover and Hoggard project as the top two teams but I like our chances of achieving a third-place spot.” A good place to start in achieving those expectations is at quarterback and running back with rising junior Jacob Floyd under center and rising sophomore D. J. Montano at running back. “Jacob is smart and runs our offense very well, and he is an excellent athlete,” Inman said. “D. J. started six games as a freshman and rushed for more than 800 yards in 2015.” Floyd threw for 726 yards last year and Montano accumulated 976 rushing yards while accounting for nine touchdowns and 54 points – playing in just six of the Pirates’ 12 games due to injuries. Junior Joshua Smith will line up at fullback To give Floyd time and to open holes for Montano, Inman will depend heavily on two returning senior linemen – Jarrett Radley and Hank Jacobs – as well as their classmate, center Jacob Stadsvold.
is we have some linemen going both ways and they get winded so we have some work to do on conditioning.” The Pirates opened up with Swansboro and did fairly well, both on the varsity and junior varsity level. Floyd completed two of the three passes he threw – both to junior tight end Harrison Wright – Montano gained six yards on four carries and
scored a touchdown, and Smith contributed a 32-yard run. The second team, led by quarterback Cody Walles and running back Noah Levelle, put two scores on the board – one on a six-yard run by Levelle and the other on a two-yard run. The offense accounted for 122 yards (33 rushing and 113 passing) on their 30 plays.
Swansboro scored once on the junior-varsity defense. Otherwise, it was a solid effort as Swansboro had just 53 yards on 26 plays. It was a different story against the Crusaders. The Harrells’ offense found the end zone five times, piling up 198 yards of offense. Defensively they limited Topsail to 52 total yards – nine passing and 43 on the
ground. The Pirates welcome Trask to Hampstead for the season opener for both teams. The Titans displayed a quick team that will take it to the outside at every opportunity. Topsail won 32-12 in 2015, 16-7 in 2014, and 40-13 in 2013 – Inman’s first three years as coach. This one appears destined to be much tighter.
with talent and his summer workouts have been outstanding. He should be a top five contender on this team.” Rogers also said senior Ryan Gallagher and sophomore Connor Starrett, “Are looking good and will push the varsity runners,” and freshmen A. J. Edwardo, Oscar Sessions, and Brendan Parrella, “could be a pleasant surprise for our team.” The
Lady Pirates will battle with Laney, Hoggard, and New Hanover for the top spots in the conference. “Laney will be outstanding along with Hoggard and New Hanover and South Brunswick had a good season last year and will be pushing to be a top-four team,” Rogers said. “I am hoping for a top four or five finish. We don’t have the depth the Wilmington schools
have.” Rogers will lean heavily on junior Kersten Parrella, and is hoping for steady improvement from Emma Filer, Aggie Reilly, and sophomore Madison Snyder. “Kersten had a wonderful summer workout and should lead our girls’ team,” Rogers said. “Emma and Aggie a running faster and each should have a g reat season, and
Madison had an outstanding track season and has shown remarkable improvement. She should be a top-seven runner.” Rogers also feels sophomore Amanda Parrish and freshmen Stephanie Simmons and Alexis Walsh should push the varsity runners. The first meet will be Sept. 1 at Poplar Grove.
“Hank is a returning starter at tackle and we are expecting big things from him,” Inman said. “Jacob is big and athletic, starts on offense, and defense, and is the team’s best lineman. “Jacob can play any position on the offensive line and he will also play defense, and Josh blocks well and runs hard.” Those four will go both ways – Stadsvold at outside linebacker, Radley, Jacobs, and Smith on the defensive line – and will hopefully provide Inman and the Pirates with solid play and senior leadership. Senior Chris Nixon will be the nose guard, and senior Trey Ayres will tackle the middle linebacker position. Roaming the secondary will be senior wide-receiver and cornerback Trey Brown and senior widereceiver and safety Aaron Pacheco. “Brown started all 12 games as a junior and played on both sides of the ball,” Inman said. Chris has great size and quickness, and Ayres plays hard and has a good nose for the ball. He is a two-year starter. Pacheco plays on both sides of the ball and is a great team leader.” Inman also mentioned a pair of newcomers as possible impact players – junior tight end and defensive end Andrew Jones and junior wide receiver and safety Harrison Wright. “Andrew has a big body and works hard and will see action on both side of the ball,” Inman said Harrison has great hands and he is an aggressive player, and he will also see action on both sides of the ball.” Topsail opens at home this Friday against county foe Trask before traveling to Burgaw next Friday to face another county opponent in the Pender Patriots.
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thick briars. After about six hours of chasing after the dog in sweltering heat, they decided to call it quits for the day. In a desperate attempt to move Elvis off the property, Gainer approached the next door neighbor and requested permission to use a part of his property for housing and feeding him. The neighbor agreed, but Elvis still had to be convinced. Once his food and water were relocated to the new property, Elvis learned to adapt to his new surroundings. By draping canvas and plastic tarps over two old picnic tables, Gainer constructed a crude shelter for the hound. Eventually, she was able to put a collar on him and he began taking food from her hands. He even began to let Gainer pet him and rub his ears. In the meantime, Elvis had also been seen paying attention to a chained neighborhood female dog. Soon his family had increased by five pups. Seeing the mom straining at the chain to reach her pups, Gainer approached her owner. She asked if she could take the mother dog and pups home with her to make nursing easier for the dog, and the owner allowed her to go ahead and take them all. “She (Gainer) kept the mother and she is doing well after being chained all those years,” said Troutman. “She had decided at that point she was not going to try to get Elvis to come to her house. She had determined that she was going to let him live free, and she would just continue giving him food and water. Last week, we were helping her feed him, and noticed he was limping. This time, Trish was able to get him in her car. He not longer tried not to go with her. When she took him to the vet, they did an x-ray and found out he had a blood clot coming from a tumor. They operated on the tumor, but sadly, Elvis passed away last week. We’re very upset about it. Elvis was a beautiful hound dog,” said Troutman. Elvis has left the building, but he certainly left sur rounded by love.
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The grace of bread
By Dr. Ray W. Mendenhall Contributing Writer Give us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6: 11
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here is that word “manna� does not mean bread. It is a Hebrew word meaning “what is it?� The manna from heaven was, as it were, a mystery and a gift. The only proviso God made about this gift was that the people gather only what they needed for themselves and their families for a day. Any excees gathered and left for later would become worm infested and go bad. The only exception was Friday. On Friday, the day before the Jewish Sabbath, the people could collect a double portion and it would not go bad. This way they did not have to work to gather on the Sabbath according to God’s law. Now the point of all of this is an example of daily care. God provided for His people in the wilderness on a daily basis. They lived by God’s hand from day to day. They received no more than they needed and no less. They received a daily portion. When Jesus tells us to pray for our daily bread, he is teaching us to trust God
for what we need. When we pray for daily bread, we are expressing our trust in God’s providential care. We are learning to live by God’s hand day by day. I don’t think that Jesus only meant bread here. Bread was an essential element of life in Jesus’ day, so I think Jesus meant to trust God for everything we need to live faithfully and fruitfully in His kingdom. God gives us daily what we need to live in His will and purpose. God gives us what we need daily to serve Him, no more and no less. Notice I said need and not the word want or think we need. There is somenting else hidden in this little phrase and it revolves around two little words – us and our. The prayer says, “give US this day our daily bread.� The sense is that we not only pray for our own individual daily bread but we also pray that everyone receives what they need to live, their daily portion, so to speak. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said “I cannot truly be
free until everyone is free.� The same idea I believe applies to this daily “bread� in the prayer. No one can be truly fed, truly filled, truly nourished until everyone is fed, filled, nourished. No one of us can be content with God’s gift of bread and necessities until all people share in them. The catch is that it is often up to us to supply the needs of those less fortunate. Our hands become the holy hands that feed, nurture, nourish and heal the lives of others. Our hands become the way that God provides to others. Our lives become lives that work for the daily needs of other be it food, love, care, education, job training or self-improvement. God’s example of manna may well define our ministry to others. Like the first manna, it’s a mystery how it all works; but there is this, it works best when we realize that we are all in this together.
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Herring’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 1697 Herring’s Chapel Rd. Burgaw, has a free bread giveaway every Saturday from 10 a.m
4 C’s Food pantry open in Hampstead The Christian Community Caring Center distributed food locally to those in need. The food pantry is generously supported by local churches, businesses and individuals. The 4C’s Food Pantry is open Monday, Wednesday,
and Thursday from 9 a.m. until noon. Additionally, the 4C’s pantry will be open the last Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. until noon. The 4C’s Food Pantry is located in the Jones Plaza, 152 0 0 U.S. Hwy. 17 N. in Hampstead.
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All are welcome! Pastor Bill Howell
Church Directory BURGAW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
1730 US Hwy. 117 N. • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3046
110 E. Bridgers Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-2295
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m. www.fcbcb.org
Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
ST. M ARY’S CHURCH
18577 NC 53 E, Kelly, NC • 910-669-2488
140 Industrial Drive Burgaw, NC 28425 Producers of the finest select pork rinds and pork cracklin products in the USA
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S. Dickerson St. Pender’s212 Original Funeral Service Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.2136 Affordable Prices www.harrellsfh.com Dignified Funeral Services
Our Family Serving Your Family Since 1913 212 S. Dickerson St. • Burgaw, NC 28425 www.harrellsfh.com
BURGAW BAPTIST CHURCH 910.259.2136
100 E. Bridgers Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-4310 www.BurgawBaptistChurch.org
MOORES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
3107 Union Chapel Rd. • Currie, NC 28435 Pastor Roger Barnes
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday: 7 p.m.
WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP (CF2)
Adult Bible Study: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Children’s Biblical Studies (ages 3-12) from 10:45-11:30 a.m. Worship: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Men’s Breakfast, 2nd Sunday of Each Month, 8-9 a.m. Ladies’ Circle, 2nd Monday of Each Month, 6:30-8 p.m. Choir Practice & Bible Study, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m. Youth Group Every Other Wed. 6-7:30 p.m.
www.CF2.us Worship Hours: Sunday Morning, 11 a.m. Wednesday Night, 6 p.m. Pastor: Dr. Ernie Sanchez
160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC
910-470-4436
Pastor John Fedoronko
ROCKY POINT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210
Pastor Mark Murphy
5610 Hwy. 53 W • Burgaw, NC 28425 (Across from Pender High)
MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH
54 Camp Kirkwood Rd. • Watha, NC 28478 • 910-448-0919
Pastor Judy Jeremias Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Services: 8 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. http://faithharborumc.org
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Rev. Roger Malonda Nyimi, Pastor Sunday: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. Mass Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. Mass Thursday 8:30 a.m. Mass
Services: Sunday at 10 a.m. Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 p.m. www.RPUMC.org
14201 Hwy. 50/210 • Surf City, NC 28445 • 910-328-4422
910.532.4470 Hometown Convenience 45 Wilmington Hwy. Harrells, NC
28396 Hwy. 210 W. • Currie (1/2 mile from Moores Creek Battlefield)
WESTVIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
FAITH HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
910.392.3275 910.270.1190 www.tri-countypestcontrol.net
CURRIE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425
Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Evening Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and classes at 6:45 p.m.
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Sunday School: Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.
607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425
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Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Discipleship Training: 6:00 p.m. Pastor Lamont Hemminger
BURGAW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Jim Herchenhahn / Pastor Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. & 10:50 a.m. Youth each Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday evenings: Meal at 6:00 p.m. / Study for all ages 7:00 p.m.
TRI-COUNTY PEST CONTROL, INC.
Sunday School: 10 a.m. Worship Service: 11 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Service & Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday Worship Service with Holy Eucharist: 11 a.m. www.stmaryschurchburgawnc.org
RILEY’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
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An Episcopal - Lutheran Community 506 S. McNeil Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.5541
19845 NC Hwy. 210, Rocky Point, NC 28457 910-675-2127
Located inside SOUTHERN PRINTING 203 S. Dudley St. • Burgaw, NC 910.259.4807
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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.
Summer shrimp recipes
Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 18, 2016, Page 3B
Hope’s Cooking Corner
By Hope Cusick Contributing Writer It is the height of the season for North Carolina shrimp. These shrimp are tasty, sweet, and very fresh. They work well in most recipes especially as shrimp cocktails or ceviche. They can be boiled, grilled, baked, broiled, steamed, sautÊed, and fried. If purchasing shrimp from roadside stalls make sure they smell fresh and are firm to the touch. I buy my shrimp in bulk from roadside stands and freeze it in one-cup portions in zip lock sandwich bags. To add to these shrimp recipes, here is a nice sangria for a summer dinner or party. The longer it sits the better it tastes. Light white wines are a better choice. Enjoy! Peach and mango white sangria ½ cup peach schnapps or Grand Marnier Ÿ cup granulated sugar 1 cup frozen mango chunks, they work as ice cubes 1 cup peach slices, cut in half crosswise 1 cup pineapple juice 1 bottle white wine (chardonnay, pinot grigio, sauvignon blanc, Proseco, or similar)
In a large serving pitcher stir together wine and sugar until dissolved. Stir in peach schnapps. Add mango and peach chunks and stir, pour in pineapple juice and stir. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours until well chilled. Sangria gets better 8-24 hours after making it. Pickled shrimp 1 pound shrimp, peeled and flash cooked 1/3 cup white wine, champagne, or rice vinegar 1/3 cup olive oil 2/3 cup mayonnaise 1 clove garlic, finely minced then smashed ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard Ÿ teaspoon turmeric powder 2 teaspoons lime juice ½ teaspoon lime zest In a large bowl toss together shrimp with oil and vinegar; refrigerate for 30 minutes. In another bowl whisk mayonnaise, garlic, mustard turmeric, lime juice and lime zest. Drain shrimp and serve with dip. Pasta with broccoli, cheddar cheese and shrimp 8 ounces uncooked penne pasta 2 cups steam in-bag broccoli florets 1 cup chicken broth 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons all-pur pose flour 12 ounces shrimp, shelled and deveined Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste 2 cloves garlic, minced then smashed ž cup cheddar cheese Cook pasta according to package directions; drain,
and set aside. Heat broccoli according to package directions; cool slightly. I n a bl e n d e r c o m b i n e broth, milk, and flour; blend; add broccoli and blend until smooth. In a skillet vegetable spray over medium heat. Add shrimp and garlic and cook for about two minutes until shrimp just turn pink. Remove to a bowl and set aside. Add broccoli mixture to pan and bring to a boil, stirring for 4-5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Stir in shrimp and garlic. Stir in pasta, then cheese. Serve hot. Shrimp and crab casserole with sherry Serves 8 to 10. 2 stalks celery, chopped 1 medium Vidalia or sweet onion, chopped 2 cups water 2 pounds shrimp, peeled and flash cooked 1 pound crabmeat, cleaned 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons all-pur pose flour 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup cheddar cheese Ÿ cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste ½ cup sherry 1 cup flavored breadcrumbs 4 tablespoons butter, melted tomato slices, about Ÿ inch thick (optional) 4 bacon strips, cut in half (optional) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large saucepan or pot mix together celery, onion, and two cups of water; cook on medium heat until tender,
about 5-7 minutes. Drain. To this mixture add shrimp and crabmeat. Set aside. In another saucepan melt butter and stir in flour until smooth. Add cream and cook until thick, stir ring constantly. Add cheeses, salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in sherry. Combine sauce with seafood mixture and place in a greased three-quart dish. Stir together melted butter and breadcrumbs and sprinkle over top of casserole. Top with tomato slices and bacon strips, if desired. Bake for 35-45 minutes until golden brown and bubbly. Shrimp and crab with peas in pastry shells Serves 6. 1½ pounds shrimp, cooked and peeled 8 ounces crabmeat, cleaned 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons all-pur pose flour 2 cups half-and-half 4-6 tablespoons sher ry, to taste 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded ½ cup frozen peas, thawed 6-8 pastry shells, cooked according to package directions. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a saucepan melt butter, add flour. Slowly add the half and half, stirring constantly. Cook until thick. Add sherry, to taste. Stir in crab and shrimp, mix evenly, fold in peas. Fill pastry shells with mixture and place on a cookie sheet. Tops with grated cheese. Bake for 30 minutes. Serve immediately.
COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS Horticultural grant awards The Pender County Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Association will award grants to Pender County organizations for the purpose of promoting good gardening practices, landscaping, land conservation, and community education. Grant related projects must take place in Pender County. Applicants must be charitable, non-profit organizations, libraries, or school programs. Grant requests must be submitted by Sept. 30, 2016 for projects starting January 2017. The total grant amount is up to $1,000. Pick up a copy of the guidelines at the main desk at the Pender County Public Library in Burgaw or Hampstead or at the Pender County Cooperative Extension Office, 801 South Walker St. in Burgaw. For more information call Tim Mathews, Pender Co. Horticultural Agent, at 910259-1235. Boating course at CFCC An introductory boating course will be held beginning at 8 a.m. Sept. 17, in Room U3387 at Cape Fear Community College. This course is taught by certified volunteer instructors of the Squadron. Instruction covers boating safety, navigation, communications afloat, state and local regulations, anchoring, piloting, docking and much more. The course is USCG recognized and satisfies North Carolina safe boating requirements for anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1988. For new boaters, or boaters new to the Cape Fear coastal area, our Education Department has expanded the course
to include an “On the Water� segment at no additional charge. Students move on to a halfday of on-the-water work and local knowledge presentations aboard the Wilmington Water Tours’ boat the Wilmington Sept. 25. Visit http://capefearboatingcourse.org for more information. Soil, Water Conservation District meeting The Duplin, Pender and Sampson Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service is inviting public participation in their local work group meeting. This meeting will identify the environmental/conservation concerns in our area. The information gathered from this meeting will be used in the prioritization and planning processes for federal conservation cost-share programs, such as, the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP). The meeting will be held Aug. 31 at 9 a. m., at the Duplin County Agricultural Center, 165 Agriculture Drive in Kenansville. For more information contact your local office Pender NRCS and SWCD at (910) 2599123, ext. 3. HUMC Fall Festival Hampstead United Methodist Church’s annual Fall Festival is set for Saturday, Oct. 1. Hand made arts and crafts are needed. If you are a crafter and would like to display your wares, please contact Sheila at images85@bellsouth.net. Yard sale donations can be dropped off at the carport behind the church through Sept. 15. Hampstead United Methodist Church is located at 15395 Hwy. 17, next to Farm Bureau Ins. Co. Please no Tube TV’s or
computer monitors, exercise equipment, clothing, shoes or purses, stuffed animals, stained, ripped or damaged items, and items that require many people to move For more information, contact Sheila Rodney at 910-3523252. Knights of Columbus Youth Soccer Challenge Knights of Columbus Council sponsor Youth Soccer Challenge All boys and girls ages 9-14 are invited to participate in the local level of competition for the 2016 Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge. The local competition will be held Sept.10 from 2-4 pm at Kiwanis Park in Hampstead. The Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge is sponsored annually, with winners progressing through local, district, and state competitions. International Champions are announced by the K of C International headquarters in New Haven, Conn., based on scores from the state-level competitions. All boys and girls 9-14- years old are eligible to participate and will compete in their respective age divisions. All contestants on the local level are recognized for their participation in the event. Participants are required to furnish proof of age and written parental consent. For entry forms or additional information contact: Harry “Hap� Hansen III Council 12281. Rich Andrascik, 724-272-3354, flemf@ mac.com. The Knights of Columbus is an international Catholic family fraternal service organization with 1.8 million members in more than 15,000 local councils. Last year, Knights donated $70 million to charitable and benevolent causes, sponsoring projects to benefit
their church, communities, councils, Culture of Life, families and youth. Pender Democrats plan Unity Gala Sept. 17 Candidate for U.S. Senate Deborah Ross is the featured speaker for the Pender County Democratic Party’s Unity Gala Sept. 17 at Georges of Olde Point Restaurant, 513 Country Club Dr, Hampstead. This special annual event is the local party’s key fundraising event and will begin with a 6 p.m. social hour followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40 per person and dinner sponsorships are $125 which include two tickets to the event, which will include Proud Democrat Awards and a Gift Basket raffle. This year’s theme is Stronger Together.
Thursday, August 18 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE (donations are welcome) every Thursday and Friday from 1-4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are available at other times by contacting the Museum at 259-8543 by email at penderhist@hotmail.com. s6ILLAGE OF 3T (ELENA #OUNCIL MEETS 4HURSDAY !UG AT 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall. Friday August 19 s!TKINSON "APTIST #HURCH (WY IN !TKINSON HAS A FREE bread giveaway Fridays from 4-5 p.m. All types of bread from white to multigrain to hamburger buns. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM OPEN P M s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS FOR breakfast at the Sawmill Grill in Hampstead at 8 a.m. each Friday. Tuesday August 23 s4HE +NIGHTS OF #OLUMBUS #OUNCIL MEETS THE SECOND and fourth Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Building, 16660 U.S. Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. Wednesday, August 24 s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM P M AT THE Surf City Community Center, 201 Community Center Dr. Call 328.4887 for more information s4HE #OASTAL 0ENDER 2OTARY #LUB MEETS EACH 7EDNESDAY at 12:30 p.m. at the Belvedere Country Club, 2368 Country Club Drive in Hampstead. Thursday, August 25 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE (donations are welcome) every Thursday and Friday from 1-4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are available at other times by contacting the Museum at 259-8543 by email at penderhist@hotmail.com. s"INGO NIGHT AT THE 4OPSAIL "EACH !SSEMBLY "UILDING Channel Blvd. Doors open at 6 p.m with early bird bingo at 6:40 p.m. and regular bingo at 7 p.m. Fun for the whole family. Friday August 26 s!TKINSON "APTIST #HURCH (WY IN !TKINSON HAS a free bread giveaway Fridays from 4-5 p.m. All types of bread from white to multigrain to hamburger buns. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM OPEN P M s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS FOR breakfast at the Sawmill Grill in Hampstead at 8 a.m. each Friday.
Send community news to posteditor@post-voice.com “We are totally thrilled to have Deborah Ross to be our keynote speaker,� said Debbi Fintak Pender County Democrat Chair. Ross was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly who represented the state’s House District 34 and 38, including Wake County. “She believes that North Carolina voices have not been heard in Washington for a
long time. She’s won the endorsement of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare on an issue where there’s a huge gulf between the candidates,� Fintak said. Contributions for tickets should be sent to Pender County Democrats, P.O. Box 4073, Surf City, or call Debbi Fintak, Pender County Chair ( 910-328-3996).
The Burgaw Police Department is sponsoring a CRAM THE CRUISER event to collect school supplies for needy children around the Burgaw area. We are asking you to help us cram a Police Car full of school supplies! We will gladly accept any type of school supplies, such as pencils, crayons, scissors, glue, rulers paper, book bags, etc. We are also accepting hand sanitizers and tissues!
Monetary donations are being accepted at the Burgaw Police Department and Town Hall to help purchase supplies. The CRUISER will be available to cram with supplies between 8 AM and 5 PM Monday through Friday at the Burgaw Police Department parking lot, located at 109 North Walker Street, Burgaw.
Accepting Donations through August 19th! For more information, contact Burgaw Police Department, 910-259-4924.
“CRAM THE CRUISER WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES�
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