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Thursday, November 24, 2016
Volume 47, No.8
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Commissioners approve funding for Penderlea, Surf City school projects
‘Tis the season
BOC to look at Surf City project expansion at January meeting
By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher The Pender County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution giving the Board of Education notice to proceed on the Penderlea School and Surf City projects. The Commissioners approved funding for a new Penderlea School building that will include a new gym and cafeteria. Commissioners also approved funding for the new Surf City K-8 school for 1,213 students. “This has been a time crunch from the very beginning, but I think we are going to have a better product in the long run,� said Commissioner David Williams. The board will revisit the Surf City project in January and consider additional funding to expand the school’s capacity to 1,568. “I’m hoping we can afford the larger building. We have gotten very favorable rates on
Staff photos by Andy Pettigrew,
An excited young admirer talks with Santa at the Surf City Christmas Tree Lighting Nov. 18 in Soundside Park. The Gospel Lites (right) provided a program of Christmas favorites. See more photos of the event on Facebook.
the bonds. We feel compelled to step up. We are going to need a bigger building in Surf City in the future. We can’t over build,� Williams said. “It is going to fill up. And when you build these middle schools, that means the high school is going to fill up. It won’t be long before we have to address high school needs. That is reality.� The Commissioners approved the additional funding from advance of sales tax refunds for school bond projects and from funds available from favorable interest rates on bond sales or otherwise in a total amount of $3,945,364, together with funds remaining from the bond total of $75 million. “I’d like to thank the Pender County Board of Education and the Board of Commisioners for making this happen,� said Pender County Schools Superintendent Dr. Terri Cobb. “These projects are going to greatly benefit our students.�
Learning together State ruling delays final Pender vote canvass Pender schools, UNCW partner at Rocky Point Elementary A federal court ruling affecting state voters casting provisional ballots has delayed the Pender County Board of Elections from certifying the vote on Nov. 18. The county election canvass was scheduled for that day, but a rule dealing with the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles and address changes has caused a delay in counting provisional ballots. The court ruling delayed the vote canvass in most counties across the state. The Pender Board of Elections was able to meet Nov. 22 and make the vote official. “We are late because of the DMV. We have a court
order that says if people say they registered at the DMV, the ballots have to count,� said Pender County Elections Director Dennis Boyles. “The investigation wasn’t complete by Friday (Nov. 18). The DMV was investigating to see if these people actually tried to register through them.� In the final days of early voting, a federal court required election officials and the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to create a new review process for certain voters who claim they registered or changed their address at the DMV, even if no record of registration could be found. The State Board acted immediately to create necessary procedures and to print special materials for North Carolina’s 2,700 precincts in the week before Election Day. The order requires counties to approve a provisional ballot if the voter affirms she either registered or changed her address at the DMV, unless DMV can locate a signed form declining voter registration services during a certain period of time. “The votes that should count will be counted, and those that don’t will not,� Boyles said.
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By Miranda Roberts Special to the Post & Voice After the final bell rings, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program begins. At Rocky Point Elementary, teacher interns from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington can be found practicing reading skills with students huddled around tables in classrooms and working with groups of students to solve mathematic equations in hallways. Fifteen teacher interns from the university are participating in a pilot program at Rocky Point Elementary that gives them the opportunity to spend three semesters at the school, working alongside staff as they hone their skills as educators. As part of their training, teacher interns serve as volunteers for the 21st CCLC program, meeting with 48 Rocky Point Elementary students on a twice-weekly basis. The 21st CCLC program provides expanded learning opportunities to eligible students in all of the district’s Title 1 elementary schools.
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It is made possible thanks to a federally-funded grant administered by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Liz Barber, UNCW adjunct professor who coordinates the pilot program at Rocky Point Elementary with Dr. Heidi Higgins, UNCW Elementary Education Undergraduate Program Coordinator, said through 21st Century interns are able to conduct hyperfocused, engaging lessons and activities with students to promote academic growth. “We try to bring to these children the absolute finest tutoring they could possibly have,â€? Barber said. D r. D aw n M c Ke r n a n , Rocky Point Elementary principal, said Mowers the partnership student teaching, relaPush • Lawninto Tractors • Zero Turn has greatly benefited students tionships continue to grow Trimmers & Chainsaws through building powerful and become very meaningful learning relationships. for both Rocky Point students “We know that relation- and UNCW students.â€? ships are a key to student Teacher interns play an development,â€? Dr. McKernan important role in supporting said. “By hosting courses on initiatives in place at Rocky site at our school, and en- Point Elementary to continue abling tutors to work directly high student growth during with our students, these re- their three semesters at the lationships are cultivated. school, McKer nan added. As this coursework transfers They are familiar with stuinto the field block, and later dents’ academic needs, the
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they understand the school’s mission. In turn, the partnership allows inter ns to receive invaluable experience in a welcoming environment during their induction to the teaching profession. “They all wanted an experience with children in a rural setting,� Barber said.
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Burgaw Chamber launches Shop Local program By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer
days. The program begins age shopping small and local. and participants will not have Nov. 25 and runs through It is also a way for area busi- to be present to win. Other upcoming holiday Dec. 10. Shoppers can also nesses to give back to the comThe Burgaw Area Cham- register at each participating munity that supports them. events in the area will include ber of Commerce (BACC) is BACC merchant member for a “Often we get so wrapped the Burgaw Christmas Tree sponsoring Hometown Christ- chance to win door prizes. up in the hustle and bustle Lighting Nov. 25, as well as mas, a program designed to The following Chamber of our Christmas shopping the Holiday Home Tour Dec. encourage residents to shop members will be participat- that we forget about the gems 3, from 3-7 p.m. The Burgaw locally throughout the holiday ing in this year’s Hometown in our own backyard,” said Christmas Parade will be Dec. season. Businesses participat- Christmas program: Ban- Emily Baker, Executive Di- 10 at 6:30 p.m., as well. Like eving in the program will offer dana’s Restaurant, Brown Dog rector of the Burgaw Area ery year, shoppers will be able discounts and specials for 16 Coffee Co., Burgaw Antique Chamber of Commerce. “We to enjoy the holiday magic of Place, Carolina Sisters Mono- have a large selection of retail- the Christmas decorations in gram, Fremont Antiques, ers offering everything from each of the shops from Nov. 20 Harrell’s Department Store, author-autographed books to through Dec. 24. Pender Memorial Hospital, antiques, clothing and gifts The Burgaw Area Chamber The Old Farm Shed, The Other for all ages. Take a break and of Commerce is located at 115 Place, The Parlor, This Little have a cup of coffee, or enjoy S Dickerson St. in Burgaw. In Pig, Curves, Hart’s Florist, lunch or dinner at the BACC addition to the Burgaw area, the BACC serves the business Lanier Hardware, Utopia Day merchant members.” Spa, WalMart and PenderShoppers can enter to win communities in and around High caliber indoor soc- Topsail Post & Voice. prizes donated by merchants Rocky Point, Maple Hill, Atcer instruction is returning BACC Executive Director participating in the shop lo- kinson and Watha. For more to Surf City with a series of Emily Baker sees the Home- cal Hometown Christmas information about the Burgaw special holiday futsal clinics town Christmas program as program. Participants will be Area Chamber of Commerce, presented by TetraBrazil Soc- a great opportunity for local eligible to register with each call the office at 910-259-9817, cer Academy on December 28 Chamber member businesses member merchant by pur- or visit online at www.info@ and 29 at Surf City Community to drive holiday shoppers to chases made in their stores. burgawchamber.com and on Center. their locations, and to encour- Drawings will be held Dec. 10, Facebook. Morning clinics will take place from 9 a.m. until noon for participants from ages six through 13 while evening sessions for players from 12 to 17 are 5:30-8:30 p.m. both nights. The cost is $60 for one threehour session or a total of $85 for two. All participants will receive a TetraBrazil clinic shirt and receive hours of valuable training from professional coaches in a structured environment. TetraBrazil, a division of Challenger Sports, has already run successful futsal clinics and camps for Surf City Parks and Recreation and are leaders in teaching indoor soccer techniques to youth players of all ages. Please register for the upcoming futsal clinics at www. surfcityparksandrec.com. Futsal is a five-a-side indoor soccer game played with a special ball on marked court Photo contributed (usually a gymnasium) without The Burgaw Lions Club announced the winners of the Peace Poster contest. Pictured left using any walls coming into
Futsal soccer clinics in Surf City
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to right on the front row are Sarah Lefler (third place), Emma Buchanan (first place), and Kayla McMillian (second place). All are seventh-grade students at Penderlea School. Also pictured left to right in the back row are art teacher Doug Lloyd, Bill Wooddell, Lions Club member in charge of the project, and Penderlea Assistant Principal Tiffany Smith.
Pender EMS & Fire Report Nov. 13-19 Pender EMS and Fire Report Total number of Patient Contacts: Calls per Station Burgaw Station 1 Sloop Point Station 14 Hampstead Station 16 Surf City Station 23 Topsail Beach Station 4 Union Station 5 Rocky Point Station 7 Maple Hill Station 8 Atkinson Station 9 Scott Hill Station 18 Hwy 421 South Station 29 Type of Calls Cancelled: 23 Refusals: 43 Stand by: 2 Transported: 197 Treated/Released: 8 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 40 Calls per Station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw Fire Station 14 Sloop Point Fire Station 16 Hampstead Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill Fire Station 21 Long Creek Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 South Fire Call Type Summary Fire 7 Motor Vehicle Crash 4 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 26 Cancelled 3 Ocean Rescue 0
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Continued from page 1A “They wanted to work with diverse learners. They wanted to learn how to work successfully with children whose home language might not be English. They wanted to work with groups. They wanted to work with a partner, and they wanted to work where their work was making a difference. They wanted to go somewhere they were needed, and we all feel like we belong
here.” Several teacher interns at the school have been hired as teachers and/or teacher assistants at Rocky Point Elementary, and others have been hired at other schools in Pender County. “By having UNCW students on our school campus for three semesters, they become partners who are deeply committed to our students’ success,” McKer nan said. “They become vested, and in turn, want to serve our school. It is definitely a great recruiting tool.”
Arrest report No arrest report was available from the Pender County Sheriff’s Department for this week
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Penderlea School library receives grant from best-selling author By Miranda Roberts Special to the Post & Voice Penderlea School received a $6,000 grant from bestselling author James Patterson to support its school library. Penderlea was selected among thousands of applications for funding grants. Penderlea Media Specialist Linda Smith, who applied for the grant, said the funds will be used to replace lost library books and also to bring an author to visit. “I am really excited about getting the grant,” Smith said, adding that it will allow her to complete an extensive book order. “I’ll get student and teacher input. Then, there are some books that I really feel need to be here in the library. I have a lot of ideas.” James Patterson and Scholastic Reading Club announced in March 2016 that Patterson would donate $1.75 million to save school libraries nationwide in the second installment of his School Library Campaign. As part of an ongoing effort to keep books and reading a number one priority in the United States, selected school libraries will be receiving grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. Since the grant program’s launch in 2015, Patterson has donated $3.5
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Penderlea School Media Specialist Linda Smith million to school libraries nationwide, with all funds are being personally donated by Patterson. “Last year’s ‘Patterson Pledge’ showed communities nationwide how important school libraries are, but also how gravely desperate they are for books to fill their shelves in the midst of steep budget cuts,” said Judy Newman, President of Scholastic Reading Club. “The amazing outpouring from schools combined with the continued generosity of James Patterson helped us solidify a second year of grants to help more
children have access to highquality books and, ultimately, revive school libraries. We are proud to announce this year’s new grant recipients and thank James Patterson for his continued personal commitment to save school libraries.” In the first-ever partnership of its kind, Patterson joined forces with Scholastic Reading Club to administer funding applications to their network of 62,000 schools and 800,000 teachers. Patterson personally read and selected the winning recipients of the grants.
Master Gardeners hold award luncheon By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The N.C. State Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Pender County held its annual Recognition and Appreciation Luncheon Nov. 8. About 50 volunteers attended the event, which was held at Poplar Grove Plantation. Pender County Horticulture Agent Tim Mathews recognized members and presented a variety of awards, including four special awards. Pender County Manager Randell Woodruff was one of the speakers during the ceremony. “It’s a pleasure to support the Master Gardener program,” began Woodruff. “Over the years, I’ve worked in a number of counties, and one of the things I’ve enjoyed the most has been working with the Cooperative Extension. In every county, they all look different. They have their strengths in different types of programs, but I think here we are very blessed with the Extension programs we have, especially the Master Gardener part of it. It’s impres-
sive that we have such a high caliber of folks. They do a lot in the community and are very visible. It’s just amazing to see the contributions that they make.” Extension Agent Tim Mathews was also there to celebrate another successful year for the Master Gardener organization and to present the awards. He announced that so far this year, the volunteers have devoted a total of 7,908 hours to the cause. “To me, that’s a big number, and what makes it more impressive is that no one makes them do it. They do it because they want to do it, as volunteers. Volunteering is about giving, contributing and helping other individuals in the community. It means working with others to make a meaningful contribution to better the community,” said Matthews. “We can’t put a dollar value on what they do because the work they do is priceless. Master Gardeners are a special group of volunteers. I’ve worked with volunteers from several organizations, from scouting to church groups to working in
a soup kitchen, and I’ve often said that Master Gardeners are some of the best people that I’ve had the pleasure of working with.”
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Continued from page 2A play. It is very popular worldwide and gaining an increasing number of adherents in this country. “Futsal immensely improves ball control skills, said Steve Unger, Athletics Supervisor for Parks and Recreation. “It is an excellent game for hearty competition or simply training.” Surf City Parks and Recreation has run both youth and adult futsal leagues for the past four years, pioneering this variety of indoor soccer in the area. Practices begin in December for the Winter 2017 league with games starting in January. For more information, call 910-328-4887 or e-mail athletics@townofsurfcity.com.
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Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children under 12. You can purchase your tickets at the Pender County Museum, Pender County Tourism Center, Harrell’s Department Store, Harts Florist, Brown Dog Coffee Company, Burgaw Antique Place, Bandana’s, and Realty World.
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Even more reasons to shop at home first this year We sing the same song every year, but this year there are some different lyrics. People are suffering throughout our county and towns, thanks to Hurricane Matthew. When people suffer, businesses suffer, and as the Christmas holiday season looms, we want to especially encourage you to keep your dollars at home this year. It isn’t just because the businesses you support here also support our schools, local Our local businesses governments and community— but because these are our neigh- are the backbone of our bors, and in times like we have communities; perhaps just come through, neighbors not in the way they look to each other for help. were in the days before Some businesses are still big boxes clouded the struggling to reopen and relandscape, but small cover from flooding and storm business is still the damage; others are struggling right business for most because they were affected by needs. the aftermath of the storm, namely a lack of readily spendable cash in customers’ wallets. We have heard of a few cases of businesses that were relatively undamaged, yet lost thousands in sales because their workers were stranded, out of place due to having no home, or too busy cleaning up. Our local businesses are the backbone of our communities; perhaps not in the way they were in the days before big boxes clouded the landscape, but small business is still the right business for most needs. True, you can’t always find everything in one place, but you can find a much larger variety than most folks realize. And at the same time, you’re helping your community – local dollars spent with local businesses turn over several times in a community, while local dollars spent with out-of-town stores are never seen again. We aren’t asking anyone to completely avoid shopping in the big cities and the even bigger box stores—we’re asking that you make a concerted effort to shop at home first. Spend some of your time and heard-earned money here at home, and you’ll reap the benefits long after the last wrapping paper has been carried to the curb.
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Low performing schools When Representative Rob Bryan first proposed the idea of Achievement School Districts it seemed, at first, a pretty radical concept, but after a year of discussion we’ve not heard many alternatives put forward. While we have some excellent schools, no one disputes there are far too many schools in which students fail to perform at acceptable levels. In most all instances these students come from lower socioeconomic families. The guidance, encouragement and support of the parents is essential to the performance of the student but many of these low-performers come from single-parent homes where that parent doesn’t possess a high level of education, good parenting skills and works at low-income jobs to pay the bills. While we can offer meals, special instruction, after-school and other enrichment programs to assist we cannot provide sufficient economic assistance to raise the standard of living in these homes. Further, just having more money doesn’t assure someone will be a better parent or that a child will become a better student. For years we have tried reassigning students from low-performing schools into higher performing schools, hoping an environment among higher achieving students might positively impact students. These efforts have proved only moderately successful and frequently resulted in many parents opting to enroll their children in private or charter schools in an effort to ensure their child gets the best possible educa-
tion. This is all old news. We’ve hashed and rehashed these narratives for years. It is disappointing that the education establishment (administrators, principals, teachers and boards of education) hasn’t come forward with bold, innovative and replicable solutions that yield significant improvements. If the establishment has found solutions they aren’t evident, highly touted or else are not scalable. The Achievement District proposal now being considered would identify lowperforming schools and offer them three options. First, and most drastic, would be closure of the school, begging the question where you would house the displaced students and teachers and how would that closure automatically improve results? The second option would require firing the current principal, replacing him or her with someone who has a proven track record turning around low-performing schools. While we believe that effective principals are vital to well run, highachievement schools this is also problematic. Where is this database of those principals with established turnaround track records? Might this not result in a bidding competition, similar to what we see in professional sports or the corporate world? How would this ultimately improve education, especially in poorer school districts? The third option would assign low-performing schools to an Achievement District, turning over administration and instruction to charter schools that allow more regulatory flexibility. Tennessee has undertaken the Achievement District concept with mixed results to date, and our own track record with charter schools demonstrate some inconsistencies in education outcomes. Achievement Districts might not be the panacea. We would hope other alternatives could also be put forward. On thing is sure: something has to change or else we will sentence too many students to futures where their lack of education will force them into lowpaying jobs and the cycle will
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Jefferson Weaver
Friends, fields, family, bridges and blessings I’ll admit, I was a little grumpy at first, approaching Thanksgiving. After all, I slipped into the bait several years back of enjoying the holiday on my own; my bride has always been understanding, since I need time away from people to better be able to deal with people. Plus work often gets in the way of important things in life, like spending time with the horses, playing with the dogs, trapping and hunting. I also justified my solitude with the real-life reason that Thanksgiving was a popular day for trespassers on the farm I used to hunt, and I took my promise of stewardship seriously. But we don’t live on that side of the river any more, and my equines and canines get attention every day. The new place I hunt is securely gated, thus foiling the attempts of most poachers, and besides, it just wouldn’t be the same enjoying a boxed lunch on my own anywhere but on the bridge at Henry’s Pass. Then again, I truly do love my extended family, and I don’t see them enough. So I wrote off my plans for a day by myself, albeit with some reluctance. I’ll just have to be civilized for a while, and resist the urge to aim the Suburban at the rude drivers who invariably occupy the highway on the last Thursday in November.
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Jefferson Weaver But then again, I had to chide myself – after all, it’s a day to be thankful, and I can’t begin to count the number of reasons Missus and I are blessed beyond measure. It was almost exactly a month after water swept through our home that I was able to swing my warm, dry feet over the side of my own bed, onto a new, dry, warm floor, and start another day. On the last prior Sunday I awoke in that bed, my rest was exhausted and fitful, and my feet landed in eight inches of water after a brief nap. You don’t treasure such things until they are taken away. It wasn’t long ago I saw a woman beside the road with a hand-lettered sign that read, “Hungry and have nothing.� I hit a nearby store and went back with a
little something for her, but she had disappeared. There have, thankfully, only been one or two times I could truly qualify as being hungry, and those were due to my own stubbornness and bad choices. Just to have a meal or two in the cabinet, a pot of coffee on demand and the ability to obtain more if we so desire is a blessing most of us take for granted. I have a dear friend, a solid brother in Christ, whom I have never met. Simon Saha is a missionary in Bangladesh, and we talk nearly every day, and pray together often, via the wonders of social media. Listening to the things he and his family commonly go through make me grateful to live in a country where I don’t have to be worried
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Thyroid disorders in seniors Dear Savvy Senior, Can you write a column on the overlooked problem of thyroid disease? After struggling with chronic fatigue, joint pain and memory problems, I was finally diagnosed hypothyroidism. Now, at age 70, I’m on thyroid medication and am doing great. Five years of feeling lousy. I wish I’d have known. Frustrated Patient Dear Frustrated, I’m glad to hear that you’re finally feeling better. Unfortunately, thyroid problems are quite common in older adults but can be tricky to detect because the symptoms often resemble other age related health problems. In fact, as many as 30 million Americans have some form of thyroid disorder, but more than half of them aren’t aware of it. Here’s a basic overview: The thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of your neck that has a huge job. It produces hormones (called T3 and T4) that help regulate the rate of many of your body’s activities, from how quickly you burn calories to how fast your heart beats. It also influences the function of the brain, liver, kidneys and skin. If the gland is underactive and doesn’t produce enough thyroid hormones, it causes body systems to slow down. If it’s overactive, and churns out too much thyroid, it has the opposite effect, speeding up the body’s processes. T he symptoms for an underactive thyroid (also known as hypothyroidism)
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– the most common thyroid disorder in older adults – will vary but may include fatigue, unexplained weight gain, increased sensitivity to cold, constipation, joint pain, muscle stiffness, dry skin and depression. Some patients may even develop an enlarged thyroid (goiter) at the base of the neck. However, in older adults, it can cause other symptoms like memory impairment, loss of appetite, weight loss, falls or even incontinence. And the symptoms of an overactive thyroid (or hyperthyroidism), which is more common in people under age 50, may include a rapid heart rate, anxiety, insomnia, increased appetite, weight loss, diarrhea, excessive perspiration, as well as an enlarged thyroid gland. Too much thyroid can also cause atrial fibrillation, affect blood pressure and decrease bone density, which increases the risk of osteoporosis. Those with the greatest risk of developing thyroid disorders are women who have a family history of the disease. Other factors that can trigger thyroid problems include: autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto’s or Graves disease; thyroid surgery; radiation treatments to the neck or upper chest; and certain medications including interferon alpha and interleukin-2 cancer medi-
cations, amiodarone heart medication and lithium for bipolar disorder. Get tested If you have any of the aforementioned symptoms, or if you’ve had previous thyroid problems or notice a lump in the base of your neck, ask your doctor to check your thyroid levels. The TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) blood test is used to diagnosis thyroid disorders. Thyroid disease is easily treated once you’ve been diagnosed. Standard treatment for hypothyroidism involves daily use of the synthetic thyroid hormone levothyroxine (Levothroid, Synthroid and others), which is an oral medication that restores adequate hormone levels. And treatments for hyperthyroidism may include an anti-thyroid medication such as methimazole (Tapazole), which blocks the production of thyroid hormones. Another option is radioactive iodine, which is taken orally and destroys the overactive thyroid cells and causes the gland to shrink. But this can leave the thyroid unable to produce any hormone and it’s likely that you’ll eventually become hypothyroid and need to start taking thyroid medication. For more information on thyroid disorders, visit the American Thyroid Association at Thyroid.org. 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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Peace on earth Let there be Peace on Earth and let it begin with me! I still feel the joy streaming from my heart as we sang this song with pride at an elementary school assembly. I don’t think I knew what I was singing at the time, but realize now perhaps I did. I used to think of peace on earth as something overwhelmingly global, requiring governmental intervention. I thought it was too big for me to impact alone, and didn’t understand its complexity and connection to humor. I know now that it is much more personal and powerful, rooted in what we allow to live in our hearts, and that one person can promote peace through actions as simple as smiling. In fact, it is the only way to world peace; one person at a time. Humor is an ability and desire to see the brighter side of situations. I never really considered myself funny, until I saw it in writing consistently on conference evaluations, and even in my high school yearbook. I realize it is not something I do, it is who I am. I love nothing more than helping people help themselves lighten up and laugh. As a counselor, facilitator, speaker, author and coach, I find the funny in my own personal challenges and current conditions, demonstrating the process of peace that comes with adopting an amusing mindset. I teach practical universal principals, with humor and heart in an effort to help people help themselves live happy healthy lives. s0EACE IS AN INNER CALM It is freedom from anxiety, a confident collaboration of our mind, body and spirit, preparing our hearts to see and be our best inside and out, in every situation. s(UMOR AND PEACE ARE KISSING COUSINS When we learn to see the silliness and seek the silver lining in situations, it cultivates peace and soothes our souls. When we experience peace, we see the positive productive aspects of life circumstances and easily laugh at ourselves and help others learn to do the same. I recently realized that this has been my calling all along. I help people find peace in their hearts by tapping into their own intuition and internal wisdom. It wasn’t until Jill Knox’s luncheon keynote at the AATH conference that I realized I am cultivating peace on earth, every day in simple ways that encourage others to do the same. I find it funny how many people are eager to give you a piece of their minds, and how few actually experience peace of mind. Peace is an inside job. Realizing that we can all contribute to peace on earth with simple daily behaviors was an epiphany of sorts that has changed my perspective on peace and humor, and their undeniable connection. Peace is the foundation and the fuel for pursuing our purpose with passion. Humor is the grease that keeps us nimble. Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me!
Out and About with Pender Tourism
Gearing up for the holidays
Tammy Proctor Pender County Tourism Director The song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” and at the tourism office we are working like elves in Santa’s workshop. If you have met Stephanie, the tourism assistant, you know she is smiling from ear to ear. She loves decorating for Christmas. And if I know her, we will have lights all over the office. Last year we donned our office Christmas tree with blueberries. This year, we’re making a snowman out of our white Christmas tree. Once the decorating is complete, we focus on the
Weaver Continued from page 4A about being attacked for my faith (at least not yet). If nothing else, I’m thankful that we have are a nation of laws, and we have law enforcement professionals who lay their lives on the line every single day making sure we can have a free, safe and open society. Even those who despise law enforcement need to be thankful for the men and women behind the badge; if anyone doubts that, I’ll introduce you to Simon something and let him curl your ears with horror stories. For all our problems with health care, simple illnesses we can handle with a trip to the drug store or a visit to a doctor (even if we have no money) are a death sentence in his land. A walk down the street can endanger his entire family; yet it’s inconceivable to him to miss church on Sunday. I’m thankful we have the freedom to choose whether or not we will worship; although I get grumbly at the number of folks who don’t, it is their decision. I’m thankful for a wife and family who love me, irritating as I can be, as well as readers who make it possible for me to have what’s still the greatest job in the world. I’m also thankful for my parents, who taught me my trade – and that they made sure. if everything ever went sideways, I’d have most of the skills I need to keep my home and family fed. I can’t emphasize enough how thankful I am for my friends, and again, please forgive me, but that shone during the aftermath of the storm. I had to learn to temper my remarks, since a casual mention of something lost or damaged could instantly turn into a delivery
Christmas events. Pender Tourism can’t attend every event, but we can promote every community event on our Facebook pages. We started a Pender Community Calendar Facebook page too. We are hosting a coloring contest at the office on Nov. 25 during the Burgaw Tree Lighting. So many local businesses will be open. The choirs will sing. Children will decorate cookies. And Ol’ Saint Nick will take lots of requests from little girls and boys. We’re honored to be a part of this holiday event. There’s nothing prettier than Burgaw lit up for the holidays. It reminds me of Bedford Falls, George Bailey’s wonderful hometown in It’s a Wonderful Life. There’s the Jingle Bell Ball, the Pender Historical Society Holiday House Tour, the Topsail Beach Christmas Parade, and the Burgaw Christmas Parade. We are going to flip flapjacks at Breakfast with Santa in Hampstead on Dec. 17 at the Hampstead Women’s Club. This is a holiday favorite. And yes, I will be dressed as an elf. Be sure to watch for of its replacement. A man with friends is never poor, but a man with friends such as mine is truly wealthy. As much as I love those close to me, I love my solitude as well. A forest of steepling pines, a cypress swamp whose water smells of age-old rot and beaver castor and fish, a golden corn field on a cooling afternoon, with a good dog and an old shotgun, the sun breaking across the ocean a hundred miles away on a silver morning, the middle of a soft
Stephanie in the Burgaw Christmas Parade. We are excited that Burgaw Area Chamber of Commerce is starting a Hometown Christmas, similar to the Hometown Christmas by the Greater Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce. One year I challenged myself to shop local. I shopped in Pender County and was thrilled with the unique gifts that were available. We boosted the local economy (don’t tell my husband, but we really boosted the economy) and we gave gifts and gift cards that could only be found in Pender County. However, if shopping online is a must, check out AmazonSmiles to see which local charities receive donations. The Historical Society of Topsail Island participates in the AmazonSmiles program. And, I would be remiss not the mention, give the gift of community news all year long with a gift subscription to the Post-Voice! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, from the Pender County Tourism staff !
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Newsings & Musings
By Edith Batson Post & Voice Staff Writer
Thanksgiving Can you believe that it is time to celebrate Thanksgiving again? Of course I try to count my blessings every day and I know God has blessed me all my life. Actually I thank the Lord for every day He allows me to live in His wonderful world. I am very grateful that I can still walk and live in my own home. He has given me enough eyesight to cook for myself and occasionally for others. I am grateful that some of my Crowley family will be here for Thanksgiving. I’ve always enjoyed using green pasture in the dead my pretty dishes but last of night – God’s glory and majesty is best demonstrated year I gave in to using paper plates. But I think I can still in these places, in my opinwhip up a string bean corn ion, and I’m thankful that I casserole, a few biscuits and can sometimes run from the maybe sweet potato casseconfines of my comfortable office and enjoy them as they role. Tables will be uncluttered so we will have plenty were meant to be. I simply cannot coherently of inside seating. If it count the reasons I have to be doesn’t rain some will enjoy eating on the deck. thankful, although first and One family cannot come foremost I’m thankful for my because their son is on a salvation, and thankful for the fact that I know God
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traveling soccer team and they will be playing a tournament in Florida. We will miss them but we understand. Edith and Joe’s two daughters were on traveling soccer teams for two or three years and they had to worry about one of them who had to stay overnight in a strange place. But it is important to support your children’s interests. We will be happy to have those who can get here and will be thankful. Kathy D’Ambrosia and her husband who live on our road are moving to Brunswick County and I will miss her great help for a couple of hours on Saturdays and also I will miss her because we have become great friends as well. We wish them well in their new home. Funeral gathering Kay Crowley, wife of my nephew, Robert Sidbury Crowley, died Oct. 27. A gathering memorial reception was held on Saturday, Nov. 19 from 2-4 p.m. at Wilmington Funeral and Cremation in Wilmington. It was a place where friends and family could gather and remember the wonderful person who had left this earth too early. She had children and stepchildren who loved her very much as well as her devoted husband, Bob, who mourns his great loss. Thanksgiving will be only three days from now. There are so many people for which I am grateful that I hardly know where to
begin. I will say that when I wake each morning I try to remember my two children, Stephen and Edith, their families, my seven grandchildren, their wives, two great-grandchildren and other family members that I love. I have told you about my two faithful angels, my “trash man” Billy Dawson, and my other angel, Ray Horton, who mows my yard every two weeks. He started, as Billy did, when Arthur got sick and both have continued to do those chores for ten years after Arthur died. I love them and thank them for such faithfulness and love. I am thankful for friends to take me on errands and are generous with their time. When one can longer drive because of macular degeneration, one is very grateful for people who will drive them around. Sometimes I feel helpless and can’t do much anymore, but I can still pray for others and listen to them when a phone call is in order. I am grateful for The Pender Post, the media of record for all of Pender County. I pray for our churches and ministers and Christians who gather to hear the gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Isn’t it wonderful to know that Jesus came to earth and His special mission was to die for all of us who would believe He is God’s only
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Pender teachers receive Four County grants
Seven Pender County teachers won over $5,200 in Bright Ideas grants from Four County EMC. “The Bright Ideas grant winners are making a real difference for students,” said Gay Johnson, Director of Corporate Communications of Four County EMC. “Their creative projects will no doubt help students reach their full potential and spark higher interest in learning for years to come.” The teachers include Chelsea Ashe (Trask High, $397), Richard Kukor (Pender Early College High School, $1,290), Jared Pinkston (Pender High, $1,233), Douglas Lloyd (Penderlea School, $1,500), Jessica
Croson (Trask High, $318), Melissa Jackson (Burgaw Elementary, $463), and Matt Davis (Pender High, $150). In total, Four County EMC awarded $19,860 to 19 teachers in Pender, Bladen, Duplin and Sampson counties this year. Since the program began 22 years ago Four County EMC has contributed more than $397,500 to local teachers through the Bright Ideas program. “North Carolina’s electric cooperatives collectively awarded more than $10 million for 9,800 projects benefitting more than 2 million students in our state since 1994. “Education is key in building and maintaining strong commu-
nities. At Four County EMC, we are proud to support the communities we serve by supporting the educators who shape our future leaders,” said Johnson. Bright Ideas grant applications are collected each year through mid-September, and winning proposals are selected in a competitive evaluation process by a panel of judges. The application process will reopen for interested teachers in April 2017. North Carolina K-12 teachers ay learn more at www.ncbrightideas.com. Four County EMC serves over 32,500 members in Bladen, Duplin, Pender, Sampson, Columbus and Onslow counties.
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Award winners above left top to bottom, Douglas Lloyd and class at Penderlea School with Four County EMC’s Gay Johnson, Jessica Croson, Johnson, and Chelsea Ash at(Trask High), Jared Pinkston, Chris Madden, Johnson, and Matt Davis, (Pender High), Edith Skipper, Richard Kukor, and Johnson (Pender Early College High School), and above, Melissa Jackson and her class at Burgaw Elementary School.
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Nancy Wells Willard HAMPSTEAD -- Nancy Wells Willard, 77, of Hampstead peacefully went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. She fought a courageous battle with sarcoma for three and a half years. Nancy was born Sept. 28, 1939 in Teachey, the daughter of the late William and Ruby Wells. She was a member of the first graduating class of Wallace-Rose Hill High School where she excelled in basketball. She went on to play at Campbell College where she met her husband, Bob on the basketball court. Nancy and Bob lived the first 17 years of their married life in Riverside, N.J., where they raised their children until moving to Knoxville, Tenn., in 1976. Thirteen years and several moves later, Bob and Nancy, moved to the Wilmington area to be closer to Nancy’s family. She was an excellent seamstress and started her own business soon after the birth of their first child. She enjoyed sewing for the public and met many wonderful friends along the way. She also had a great love of music that began when her Aunt Irene taught her to play the piano and organ at a young age. She majored in music, taught piano and continued to play in church throughout her life. As a member of Scotts Hill Baptist Church, she was very involved in the Ketchumites Sunday School class. One of her greatest joys was watching
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Continued from page 5A created all these reasons for me to be thankful. It’s really humbling, when you think about the kind of love he has for all of us. My Thursday off likely will be spent behind the wheel of a vehicle, rather than on a handmade bridge across a blackwater canal in a cathedral of longleaf pines – but you know something? I have so much to be thankful for, I won’t have a choice but to have a good time. Jefferson Weaver is a colum-
her grandchildren participate in their various activities. Nancy was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and friend to all who knew her. Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 57 years, Robert W. Willard; her children: Bryan Willard of Fargo, N.D., Sandra Stevens (John) of New Braunfels, Texas, and Jill Sullivan (Richard) of Hampstead; her eight grandchildren who affectionately called her “Mom Mom�: Brooklyn, Sydney, Shelby, Sara Kathryn, Jarrin, Jake, Jackson and Julia; her brother, Fred Wells (Jean) of Wilmington; her sister, Marjorie Hinson (David) of Kinston, along with several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will he held Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, at 11am at Scotts Hill Baptist Church with Rick Ketchum officiating. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, he praises her, “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.� Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31:28-30. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 1414 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC, 28401.
Ronnie Michael Dupalevich
WILMINGTON -- Ronnie Micheal Dupalevich, age 63, of Wilmington, formerly of Burgaw, passed away peacefully Thursday Nov. 17, 2016 at home. Ronnie was born Sept. 9, 1953 in Guilford County son
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of the late Michael and Mable Rivenbark Dupalevich. He is survived by his children Meredith Rose Dupalevich, Ashley Kaye Dupalevich and their mother Carol Dupalevich and step daughter Leanna Clark all of Burgaw; brother Phillip Dupalevich and wife Joyce of Jacksonville, sister Frances Sawyer Councilman and husband Barry of Burgaw, granddaughter Courtney Lee and son-inlaw David Lee, nephews and niece, Rowe,Michael,Paul and Kristie and several great nieces and nephews, Aunt Betty Rivenbark,many cousins ; and special girlfriend Sharon Welch of Wilmington and his four legged companion Pearl. Ronnie is predeceased by daughters Melissa Cowan and Natasha Lee. Ron enjoyed hunting and fishing, gardening and he was a fabulous cook. He was very involved in youth sports and coached for many years. He was a talented carpenter. Ron raised four beautiful daughters whom he loved dearly. A memorial Service was held Sunday Nov. 20, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Watha United Methodist Church with Reverend John Fedoronko officiating. The family received friends at 1 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Burgaw Dixie Youth Softball program P.O. Box 1787 Burgaw, NC 28425. The family was served by Harrell’s Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Burgaw. Betty Wells Stokes AUGUSTA, GA. -- Betty Wells Stokes, 84, of Augusta, Ga. and formerly of Watha passed from her earthly life on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016 at her home. She was born Nov. 8, 1932 in Wilmington, the daughter of the late John Dickerson and Viola Nelson Wells. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Marion Howard Stokes;
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sister, Doris Dor man; and brothers, John D. Wells, Jr., Roy Wayne Wells and James Earl Wells. Betty is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Kim and Andrew Grimaud and Pam and Rob Shearer; four grandchildren, Amanda Galbraith, Amber Grimaud, Dustin Amison, and Nicole Amison; and eight great grandchildren. Funeral service in Georgia held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 from the chapel of Chance and Hydrick Funeral Directors. A graveside service was at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016 at Greenlawn Memorial Park with The Rev. Andrew Ottaway officiating. Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen. com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Burgaw.
SMSGT Lloyd Stephen Newton WILLARD -- Lloyd Stephen Newton, 79, of Willard passed gently from his earthly life Friday, Nov. 18, 2016 at N.C. State Veterans Home in Fayetteville. He was born Jan. 4, 1937 in Pender County, the son of the late Thomas Bryant Newton and Mildred Costin Newton Bland. Lloyd was preceded in death by his sister, Joyce N. Bland and brother, Bill R. Newton. Lloyd is survived by his wife of 60 years, Pearline Lewis Newton; daughters, Jacqueline Newton and Deborrah
Lynn Newton; son, Lloyd Stephen Newton, Jr. and his wife, Tamala Elizabeth Newton; grandchildren, Jordan Leigh Fieldstein, Walter Lee Christian Cox IV, Brittany Cox Ricks (Ryan), Stephanie L. Fitzgerald and Emily Ann Fitzgerald; great grandchildren, Lillian Register, Zoe Fitzgerald and Zack Fitzgerald; and many extended family and friends. The family received friends 1-2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, 2016 at Wells Chapel Baptist Church, 2070 Wallace Hwy. Wallace. The service followed in the church sanctuary at 2 p.m. The Rev. Timothy Cook and The Rev. Joe Lee conducted the service. Burial followed in the church cemetery with full military honors accorded by US Air Force Honor Guard.. In lieu of flowers memorials in Lloyd’s memory may be given to American Legion Post 10 Honor Guard, 449 Shipyard Blvd., Wilmington, NC 28412. Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen. com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home of Burgaw. Arthur Lee James MAPLE HILL -- Arthur Lee James 65 of of Maple Hill died Nov. 15, 2016. The funeral was held at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, 2016 at Pilgrim Rest Freewill Baptist Church in Maple Hill. Visitation was from 3-5 pm Sunday Nov. 19 at Nixon Lewis Funeral Home in Burgaw. Electronic condolences can be left at nixonlewisfuneralhome. com. Mary Elizabeth Janicki Blanchard CASTLE HAYNE -- Mary Elizabeth Janicki Blanchard age 84 of Castle Hayne passed away Friday Nov. 11, 2016 at North Chase Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born Aug. 2, 1932 in New Hanover County daughter of the late Alexander and
Mary Lewandowski Janicki. She was also predeceased by her husband Charles Worth Blanchard Sr. Left to cherish her memory is her daughter Margaret Yvonne Jones and husband Ricky of Castle Hayne; son Charles W. Blanchard Jr. of Wilmington; two grandchildren Cory Jones and Eric Jones both of Raleigh; and many nieces and nephews. Mary enjoyed volunteering at Bethany Presbyterian Church food bank. She was a life long member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11am Tuesday Nov, 15, 2016 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church. Reverend Father Roger Nyimi conducted the service. Burial followed in the church cemetery. The family received friends 6-7 p.m. Monday Nov. 14 at Harrell’s Funeral Home, Burgaw. 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. Clyde Henry Herring WALLACE -- Clyde Henry Herring, 61, of Wallace died Monday, November 14, 2016. A Memorial Service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 23 at Nixon Lewis Funeral Home in Burgaw. Survivors include his mother, Annie Doris Herring and two brothers, James Herring and Eddie Herring all of Wallace.He was preceded in death by his father James Kimerlee Herring.Electronic condolences may be left at nixonlewisfuneralhome.com. Ellen Caryl Futch Rusnak The family of Ellen Caryl Futch Rusnak will bury her ashes in the Futch family plot in Burgaw Cemetery Saturday Nov. 26 at 11:30 a.m. The family welcomes those who knew Ellen Caryl.
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Union wins rematch, ends Titan’s historic season By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer One game does not make a season and one loss is not the end of the world. For the history making Heide Trask Titan football team their 4114 loss to Four County Conference mate Union in the first round of the 1A playoffs definitely does not define the progress that the team made throughout the first winning season in the school’s history. “We preached to these guys that we wanted them to do something that they would remember for the rest of their lives, “said head Coach Johnathan Taylor. “This is something that they can hang their hats on. They were undefeated in the county and they won seven games for the first time in school history. I can’t be more proud of this group of guys.” The week started with the NCHSAA releasing the pairings for the first round games. The Titans and Spartans finished with identical conference and overall records. The Titans beat the Spartans at their place. The powers that be
determined that Union was a three seed and Trask was a six seed. The Titans were making the trip to Sampson County for the second time this year. In the first contest the Titans fell behind 21-0 in the first half before a score right before halftime gave the team hope. In the second half the Rocky Point crew outscored Union 20-0 in taking the win. This contest started out similar to the first game. The Titans received the kickoff and moved into Union territory before an attempted field goal bounced off of the cross bar. The Spartans scored two plays later and made the extra point to take a 7-0 lead. Union scored again late in the first quarter and the Titans seemed to be on the verge of being blown out.
Sophomore B.J. Jordan has received the bulk of the carries in the last two contests due to the departure of senior Steven Jordan. He has also been counted on to run kicks and punts back. On the ensuing kickoff he caught the ball at the 15-yard line and raced 85 yards to pay dirt to pull the Titans to within a touchdown.. Union added another score late in the first half and entered the break with a 20-7 lead. With the scoreboard looking eerily similar to the first contest after one half of play the Spartan crowd seemed to be holding their collective breaths. Union opened the second half with a drive that produced a touchdown. With the score 28-7 the Titans received the football. A 55-yard drive ensued with Jordan finishing the drive with a 10-yard run on a fourth and five. The extra point cut the Spartan lead in half. On the next possession the Titans forced the Spartans to punt. The kick was
mishandled and the Spartans recovered the football on the 33-yard line. Two plays later the Sampson County Spartans scored and went up 3514. Union added a late score to end the Titans season. Jordan finished the night with 145 yards of total offense including two touchdowns while junior quarterback Tyrease Armstrong was 5-8 through the air for 65 yards and two interceptions. Senior Kyle Hancock led the Titans defense with two sacks while Foster Williamson led the team with nine tackles. The Titan seniors sent the team off with the most wins in a season along with the schools first winning season. Assistant coach Randy Pugh told the team after the game that those seniors have set the bar high. He addressed the underclassmen with one question. “They won the most games ever at Trask. What are you going to do?” The Titans ended the season at 7-5 overall and 3-4 in their final year in the Four County Conference.
WRH ends Patriot’s season By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender football team made huge strides in the 2016 season. Playing in the tough Four County Conference with the likes of 2A powerhouse Clinton along with the two time defending 1A champion Wallace – Rose Hill Bulldogs is never an easy chore. However, the Patriots came to play every night and ended the season with a much improved record. After beating West Bladen handily in the last week of the regular season the Pats hoped to get a decent seed and first round game in the North Carolina state 1A playoffs. What the Patriots got was a first round game at an angry Wallace – Rose Hill team. The end result of that contest was a 63-7 loss at Wallace and an early exit to what was a good season. The Bulldogs came into
the game as an unlikely two seed after finishing with only one loss, that at the hands of an undefeated Clinton Dark Horse team. Bulldog Coach Joey Price had his team primed and ready to prove to the powers that be that his team deserved a one seed and unloaded on the young Patriots with both barrels. The Bulldogs wasted little time with the Pats and scored at will in the first half. The score reached 35-0 in the first quarter and the teams went into the break with the Patriots trailing 42-7. Wallace continued the onslaught and led 56-7 after three quarters of play. The Patriots never gave up but the Bulldog offense was too much for the Pender County crew. The Patriots ended the season at 4-8. The four wins were more than the team had won in the last four years combined.
It was a big night in the season – and home openers – for the Topsail mens’ and womens’ basketball teams Friday night as the Pirate men opened with a dominating win over visiting Dixon, and the Lady Pirates bounced back from a rather disheartening opening loss on the road at NorthsideJacksonville on Thursday. Mens’ basketball Senior Alec Baker singed the nets for 20 points in just less than three quarters of play, and the Pirates enjoyed a balance-scoring effort from several other players in a 62-23 victory over Dixon in Hampstead. Topsail (1-0) took control from the opening tap, outscoring the Bulldogs (0-2)18-9 in the opening eight minutes, and hustling their way to a 45-13 lead at the intermission. Pirate Coach Jamie Rochelle called off the starters midway through the third period, and the bench players finished out the game. “We came out ready and we played well,” Rochelle said. “We started with a full-court, man-to-man press and we created some turnovers and scored some easy baskets off the turnovers. “We have focused a lot on our man-to-man defense be-
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In My Opinion
By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer
When the Pender Patriot football team beat West Bladen in the last regular season game of the year the Patriot faithful hoped that the convincing win would be enough to give the team a reprieve. The coaching staff knew that their record was not good enough to warrant a home game. However, they hoped to escape the wrath of Wallace or even Tarboro. Meanwhile across the county the Trask Titans were riding high, coming off of their best season in school history. With a 7-4 record they hoped to have earned a respectable draw. When the parings came out on Saturday afternoon the Patriots were thrown to the wolves, or shall I say the Bulldogs while the Titans got a decent draw. However, a closer look at the draw showed that the Titans were a six seed playing at a three seed. That three seed was Four County mate Union. Wait. Is that the same Union that the Titans had beaten at their place? The same team that had an identical record, both overall and in conference play?
Yep. The Titans were playing at Union, a three seed as a six seed. This left many scratching their heads. The state had one team in the Mideast and the other in the east. I don’t care if they had one in the Far East and the other in Mexico. How do you justify Trask playing at Union? How do you justify giving Union a three seed and Trask a six seed? Even the Union faithful just laughed it off. The Patriots were victimized in round one by getting a number two seed – the Bulldogs. East Carteret earned the top seed while Lakewood was given a one seed in the other east bracket. Lakewood? Is that the same Leopards that Wallace beat this year? Yes indeed. I have finally come to the conclusion that either they threw all of the teams in a hat and pulled them out or they took all of the teams and their records over to Rocky Point Elementary and had the kindergarten classes figure it out. As you have probably figured out I am not a big fan of the way that the NCHSAA handled this year’s pairings. I think that both Pender and Trask deserved better. Although there is nothing that can be done about it, I had to vent to someone. Who better than my friends and neighbors of Pender County. I would like to congratulate both Pender and Trask for their vast improvement this season. the future seems to be bright at both schools.
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Pirate men win opener, Lady Pirates rally to win cause we didn’t play well defensively last year. We spend about 45 minutes each practice on man defense.” Baker was hot early and put what might be described as the final, “Nail in coffin,” as time expired in the first half with a three-point shot from well behind the three-point line. “We played well and I told the guys that after the game, but there are still plenty of things we need to improve on,” Rochelle said. “We rushed things, offensively, at times, and took some bad shots, and there were times we didn’t adjust and switch in our halfcourt defense but, overall, I am very pleased with the effort and the win.” Owen Ellis backed Baker up with 8 points, Kodiak Nestor-Dowling and Brandon Lofton each added 7, and Johnny Tartaglione finished with 6 – all in just under three quarters of play. “We got up by 40 in the fourth quarter so the officials went to the mercy-rule (running clock) the rest of the way,” Rochelle said. “I can’t remember the last time a Topsail boys’ basketball team mercyruled anyone.” Topsail headed up to Holly Ridge Monday for a rematch with the Bulldogs, and Rochelle addressed that in a Saturday
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Season preview Topsail wrestling, indoor track ready for new season By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer With basketball the predominant sport, wrestling and indoor track are often overlooked in the winter season. Both require their athletes to be in top-notch shape and two sports where most of the hard work it takes to be successful is done in relative obscurity. Both sports are mainstays in the Topsail High School winter schedule, here is a preview of what to expect from both teams. Wrestling Coach Morgan Fore begins his second years as the head coach, and the Pirate grapplers are definitely looking to improve on a year where they finished 3-21 overall and 1-5 in the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference.
Fore lost several experienced wrestlers from last year’s team but he is excited about several returnees and an incoming freshman. “We will be young and that can be both good and bad,” Fore said. “The team is made up mostly of sophomores with just one senior and one junior. Still I am hoping we can finish better than last year.” At the top of Fore’s list are returnees Nathan Bray, Tyler Dempsey, and Nathan Martinez. “Nathan worked hard in the off-season to improve and is a leader by example,” Fore said. “Tyler is a returning starter. He put a lot of time working to get stronger over the summer, and he also attended all of our off-season
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What may have looked like an inevitable end to the season arrived last Friday as the seventh-seeded Topsail High School football team headed to Lee County to face the secondseeded Yellow Jackets – a team that came into play with an 10-1 record and a 5-1 mark in the Cape Fear Valley 3A Conference that produced a conference title thanks to a 34-12 win over Westover (also 5-1), and a team that had outscored their first 11 opponents by a 379-89 disparity. Last Friday, despite a valiant effort by the Pirates the inevitable became a reality, as Lee County improved to 11-1 over and advanced to the second round of the NCHSAA 3A state playoffs against Terry Sanford (9-3) with a 48-6 victory over Topsail. The Yellow Jackets, which were led by a combined four touchdowns from brothers Jonathan and Jordan Terrell, jumped out to a 21-0 advantage and never looked back. Lee County was also the beneficiary of some fine special teams play as they blocked a punt that resulted in a touchdown, and had a bad snap by Topsail result in a turnover on downs at the Pirates’ 9-yard line that led to another easy Yellow Jackets touchdown. “They moved the ball well and they threw it well,” Topsail Coach Wayne Inman said. “We didn’t expect that but they watched film, too, and they saw our secondary wasn’t very good. They played hard, our kids just weren’t up to the task. We moved the ball but it seemed every time we got something going we had a penalty or a breakdown on offense. “Our kids don’t seem to prepare well for the playoffs. They work hard but I think it’s a mental thing. They were good but I still don’t feel they were 40 points better than us.
We just didn’t play to their level, and we didn’t play the type of football it takes to advance in the playoffs.” Offensively the Pirates had 127 yard passing on the efforts of junior quarterback Jacob “Hurricane” Floyd, who completed 11-of-17 passes. Floyd finished the year 61-for-103 for 886 yards and six touchdowns. Senior Trey Brown had five catches for 62 yards, and senior Aaron Pacheco had three grabs for 44 yards. Brown finished the year with 16 catches for 185 yards, and Pacheco ended up with14 catches for 218 yards. Freshman Noah LaValle had 13 carries for 52 yards and score Topsail’s only touchdown on a nine-yard run. LaValle finished the season with 1,365 yards on 227 carries despite missing the Trask game when he was on the junior varsity and the New Hanover game due to a suspension. Floyd, LaValle, junior running back Josh Smith and sophomore running back Hayden Walsh are all back next year, and 2016 leading rusher D. J. Montano is expected back after missing the season due to a leg injury – giving the Pirates a strong nucleus, especially at the skill positions. “We’re optimistic about next year,” Inman said. “We have great kids coming back and we only lose seven starters. If we clean up some things, especially in the secondary, we should be much better than we have been. We are excited and optimistic about the future.” Among the key graduates are Brown and Pacheco, Chris Nixon, Jacob Stasvold, Trey Ayres, Jarrett Radley, and Hank Jacobs.
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On the Mat By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The high school wrestling season has officially began and the three county high schools are chomping at the proverbial bit to hit the mat. The Trask grapplers wrestled New Hanover and Ashley last week to open their schedule. The Titans beat New Hanover 60-24 and lost to Ashley 46-37. Joseph Chung, Valentin Lopez, Zion Cruse and Nathan Brown were among the winners for the Titans. The loss to Ashley was one in which Coach Chris Johnson thought his team let a win get away. The third year coach gave his team fair marks for their first match of the year. “Not a bad week, not a great week. We lost a match to Ashley that I felt like we controlled. We made some mistakes to
give it away, but we were able to bounce back against New Hanover and take care of business.” The Titans participated in the Beach Brawl at West Carteret over the weekend. Jacob Johnson (106) and Valentin Lopez (170) earned a 4th place finish while Joseph Chung (195) took 3rd place in his weight class. “We won some good matches and we lost some matches where I felt that we should have won, but when you are dealing with first and second year wrestlers you will have this. I just have to be patient and take the good with the bad as it is all part of the learning process.” The Titans wrestled at Topsail on Tuesday. The Titans and Patriots along with the Pirates were involved. The Topsail Pirates opened at Richlands in a tri meet with the home team along with South Lenoir. The Pirates fell
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Cool weather slows fishing to Richlands 57-21 before beating South Lenoir 42-39. Nathan Bray, Tyler Still and Tyler Dempsey paced the Pirates against Richlands. Still, Dempsey and Bray along with Ethan Rivenbark paced the Pirates. The Pirates hosted Trask and Pender on Tuesday. Pender opens their season at Topsail on Tuesday in what is the first time in recent memory that all three teams participated in a tri meet together. “ I may be wrong but I can’t remember when all three of us were involved in something like this just the three of us,” said Johnson.” It should be a lot of fun.”
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Titan grapplers ready to rumble By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan wrestling team found its groove last year under the direction of Coach Chris Johnson. The team had several regional and state qualifiers. This year’s team will be quite a bit younger with the departure of two very good senior wrestlers along with several athletes that opted to sit out the year. That being said the Titans will again be competitive.
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Continued from page 8A morning shoot-around. “They will be at home in front of their crowd and angry about this game so I expect a much tougher game,” Rochelle said. Both teams are off after Monday until Nov. 29 when they travel to Leland to face the Scorpions of North Brunswick. Womens’ basketball The Lady Pirates (1-1) bounced back from a shorthanded (seven players) 41point loss to a talented Lady
Jordan set to transition into Trask hoops By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Sophomore B.J. Jordan came into the 2016 football season with high hopes and expectations. He was going to be one of the Titans prime time players. The super soph met those expectations and more. Over the last two weeks of the season he became the prime focus of the team’s vaunted running attack. With football over and basketball season set to begin, the Titans will look to replace several key parts of last year’s very successful team. B.J. Jordan will be one of the players that Head Coach Rodney Orr will depend on to keep the team’s recent success going. Jordan has the athletic ability to succeed at any sport that he chooses to dedicate himself to. There is no doubt that he will be successful on the basketball court for the Titans. Mr. Jordan had a great football season. he now looks to transition to the hardwood.
“We were one win away from wrestling for a state championship last year,” said Johnson. I thought this year we may be able to take that next step and win that match but with three or four returning starters not wrestling and losing two very good seniors from last year, it leaves us quite a few spots to fill going into this season.” The Titans have a ton of experience in the heavier weight classes while the front of the order lacks experience. Back from last year is Joseph
Chung and Matthew Cather. Chung tasted some success in the regional and state meet last year and should be a force in either the 182 or 195 weight slot. Cather is another strong young man that will give Johnson some flexibility in the upper weights. Kyle Hancock will wrestle at the heavyweight spot. Although he will be giving up some weight in most matches, he has the ability to more than hold his own. Gerardo Santiago, Elvis Lopez and Eric Lopez will be
The Pirates opened on Nov. 16 with a tri-meet at Richlands before heading to Dixon on Saturday (Nov. 19) for the Bulldog Invitational. County rivals Trask and Pender were at Topsail on Nov. 19. Indoor track Former Topsail track athlete Ahmad Garrison takes over as the head coach, and he is looking forward to the challenge of improving the Pirates’ fortunes in what is called “indoor track” but is run mostly on outdoor facilities. “Being a young team we have about 15 freshman coming out so getting them acclimated to the system and techniques will slightly alter our phases,” Garrison said.
“It is important they have the fundamentals of this sport so we can keep as many athletes as possible healthy from premature injuries. “I fully expect to finish better than the team did last year with the training program we are implementing and the coaching staff getting bigger, with each event having their own coach. That takes the pressure off of one or two people and the student-athletes will get a lot more developmental time.” Leading the way for the Pirate boys will be senior Chad Campbell, who is coming off a state-qualifying cross-country season. “I think Chad is really going lead the distance team to another level,” Garrison
Monarchs’ team Thursday to defeat the Lady Bulldogs (1-1) 53-35 behind 18 points from senior Dominique Bryant. Topsail led 15-10 after the first period and increased their lead to 11 at halftime (30-19). Dixon hung tough in the third period and outscored Topsail 10-9 before the home team used a 14-6 fourth quarter to put the game in the win column. “It was a much better effort in all aspects of the game, especially in the second half,” Topsail Coach Andrew Ellington said. “We stress playing hard the last two minutes of the first half and the first two minutes of the second
half, and we finished strong before half and in the fourth quarter. Junior Lauren Caveness added nine points, junior Karolina Woodward had eight points, and sophomore Payton Little had six points. Thursday was a game best forgotten quickly as the Lady Monarchs (1-1) led 20-6 after one period and 43-13 the intermission. “This one was over after the first seven minutes,” Ellington said. “Northside is very talented and he (Northside Coach had Novelli) had 15 kids and he ran his substitutions out in groups, and we couldn’t keep up. We just
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Bryant to lead Lady Pirates on the court By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Dominque Bryant came to the Topsail Pirate women’s basketball team as a young but polished basketball player. As a freshman she showed the coaching staff that she was a very good ball handler and over the course of her three years on the varsity squad she has improved her offensive skills. Last year she led a senior heavy team to a 13-11 record while leading the team in scoring. This year’s team is young but talented. At the top of the list will be this senior guard. She will be charged with leading the young team forward with hopes of improving the team’s record. Last week Bryant led the Pirates to their first win of the season. She scored 18 points and more importantly provided the leadership that a young team needs. Dominique Bryant looks to lead the Lady Pirates in the 2016-17 season.
By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Fishing Fanatic The cool weather is here and the local anglers have started to hunt in place of fishing. However, a few hours on the water over the weekend can be relaxing. I can tell you that the leaves are turning and the banks of the river are beautiful. Even if you don’t fish, take a ride and take in our beautiful woodlands. I did talk to a few anglers last week that said that they spent some time on the river last week. They were able to catch a few bream and one even hooked a nice size bass. They were using crickets for the large part as the water is still high from the remnants of Matthew. The catfish will bite in cold weather if you can
tough in the lower part of the lineup. Johnson looks for improvement in each match and thinks that the wins will come with that improvement. “We have a lot of experience on the back end of our lineup and we’ll win a lot of matches. However, how we do as a team will depend on how the young kids from 106-160 By Bobby Norris develop. They will struggle. Post & Voice Sports Writer I’ve told them that. I just keep telling them as long as the All three of our high school next match is better than the football teams fell in the first last match you are going in the round of the state playoffs. right direction.” Topsail fell to a very potent Lee County squad. Junior said. “He is passionate and quarterback Jacob “Hurriloves does. Kids like that are cane” Floyd completed 11-ofalways remarkable.” 17 passes for 127 yards. Floyd Garrison did mention a finished the year 61-for-103 for couple of interesting fresh- 886 yards and six touchdowns. man – the above-mention La- Senior Trey Brown had five Valle and Jawan “JJ” Arm- catches for 62 yards while strong. senior Aaron Pacheco had “Noah is a phenomenal three grabs for 44 yards. runner on the gridiron and Freshman Noah LaValle we’re going to turn that into had 13 carries for 52 yards and track speed,” Garrison said. score Topsail’s only touch“Jawan is a sprinter and down on a 9-yard run. LaValle jumper. He is light on his feet finished the year with 1,365 and fast, he just needs time yards on 227 carries to earn to develop. the county rushing title. “There are also a few lady The Trask football lost to studs coming from the mid- Union at their place despite dle school so we are excited two touchdowns from super to see how they will fare on soph B.J. Jordan. Senior the high-school level.” Kyle Hancock turned in The first meet for the two sacks while sophomore track team will be at White Foster Williamson finished Oak on Dec. 7. with nine tackles. Williamson ended the year as the leading don’t have the kids, or the tackler in the county. athleticism,to handle that The Pender gridiron gladitype of speed.” ators lost to the powerful WalJunior captain Rachel lace – Rose Hill Bulldogs thus Kapiko was the leading Top- ending the high school career sail scorer with six points, of senior standout Justin freshman Julia Sullivan had Hooper. four, and Little added four The Topsail boys’ basketpoints. ball team went 1-0 last week. “The bright spots in this They pounded Dixon by 39 game were Rachel, Karolina, points. Alec Baker led the and Julia Sullivan,” Elling- Pirates with 20 points in three ton said. Rachel hit some quarters of play while Owen shots and didn’t waver un- Ellis backed Baker up with der Northside’s and Karolina eight points. Kodiak Nestorplayed well in her first game Dowling and Brandon Lofton after coming up from the ju- each added seven while Johnnior varsity, and Julia played ny Tartaglione finished with exceptionally well in her first six. varsity game. The Lady Pirates went 1-1 beating Dixon behind the
brave the temps to get a hook out. I talked to a couple of catfish guys who said they were bush hooking and having some luck. They were using huge chunks of cut bait on the hooks. The salt water anglers are slowing down as well but there have been reports of some reds still in the area as well as some nice flat fish. This week’s fishing tip This will be the last fishing report of the year with the exception of a special report now and then. Remember to winterize your boat and your equipment and do a little off season shopping in search of that great deal on everything from tackle to boats. Santa Claus has a nice selection of equipment as well. buy that little angler of yours a new rod and reel.
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Merritt set to lead Pender cagers this year By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As a freshman on the Pender Lady Patriot varsity basketball team Ratavia Merritt drew rave reviews. She was complimented for her athletic ability along with her tenacious play. As a freshman, the sky was the limit for her. This season the Patriots will be playing under a new system. That system will allow her to show her skills in the open court. Ratavia was the third leading scorer for the Pats last year, averaging 4.8 points a game. She was also a very good defender on the wing and could post up in the paint for the Lady Patriots as well. This year Ratavia will be counted on to step her game up on both ends of the floor for new coach Andrienne Bannerman. She will be asked to do more with one year of varsity experience under her belt. Ratavia Merritt hopes to lead the Patriots to the playoffs.
Noah Lavalle play of Dominique Bryant (20 points). Lauren Caveness added nine points while junior Karolina Woodward had eight points. Sophomore Payton Little had 6 points. The Titan grapplers wrestled last week with Joseph Chung winning four matches while Topsail’s Nathan Bray and Tyler Still each had good weeks on the mat. Lakirah Forney opened the winter track season with wins in several events. She has qualified for the state winter meet in two events. Tanazsa Simpson also qualified for the state meet in the shot put after winning the event in the opening meet. This week’s top performer is Topsail freshman Noah Lavalle. The speedster won the county rushing title while
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Town of Burgaw Government News November 24, 2016 CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY The 8th annual Town of Burgaw Christmas Tree Lighting will be held on Friday, November 25, 2016 at 6:00PM on the Court House Square. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Maintenance Worker I – The Town of Burgaw is seeking a Public Works Maintenance Worker I. Must have valid NC Driver’s License and be able to operate various field equipment such as lawnmowers, etc. Must be able to perform tasks in the maintenance and repair of town streets, buildings, landscaping and water/wastewater system. Salary range is $20,800$29,120, depending on experience. Excellent benefits package. Qualified applicants may pick up applications and a detailed job description at the Town of Burgaw Municipal Building located at 109 N. Walker St, Burgaw NC or download from town website at www.townofburgaw.com. Please return completed applications and resumes to Kristin Wells at 109 N. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 or kwells@townofburgaw.com by 5:00 PM on November 30, 2016. EOE
By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist Mark Zuckerberg has been having some issues on his Facebook platform recently. It seems fake news and posts have reached a pinnacle and those online are starting to realize the damage they can cause. Politically, it can sway an election with those on one side proudly standing by deceitful news, posts or memes, as long as they strengthen their own beliefs. You do know, perception is greater than reality. However, it does not just effect political events. Once upon a time, stories could take lives of their own, and the stories would change from one teller to the next. There was a game we played in school to show how this happens in which one person would whisper to the next a couple of sentences, and after passing from one person to the next for thirty or so people, the last person and the first person would share what they knew the sentences to be. As might or might not be expected, the resulting statements would be completely different. Now, the stories start out as fabrications but just like the popular insurance commercial said, it’s on the internet, so it must be true. Lately, an old story has started making its rounds once again showing this. A trail camera photo of a large black cat walking by in the woods has got people astonished at what might be nearby. The accompanying story
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with the photo is always referring to a friend who has a trail camera out on their land captured the attached photo of a black panther on their land. The land location has varied but usually is somewhere near where the majority of the sharer’s friends live. This particular run has included Plymouth, North Carolina and Roan Mountain, Tennessee amongst others. The story always mentions that it is proof that the big cats are in the areas even though the various state and wildlife officials deny it. But, there are facts in the way of the story. First, panthers, or mountain lions, panteras, or cougars, which are all the same species of big cat, are not very prominent in the southeast. Except for a very small population in Florida, there are no known groups in the Southeast, or east of the Mississippi in all truthfulness. Don’t get me wrong. There are mountain lions that do pop up on occasion from South Carolina to New England. The males, or Toms as they are called, tend to travel. Dominant Toms may inhabit a 100 square mile area, and
any other males, including cubs that are just born, are hunting by the alpha male in his territory. Therefore, younger and weaker male lions will travel to get away to other areas and establish their own territory. Sometimes, these cats get pushed very far away from where they were born. Just like a housecat that stays outside may travel several miles at night and the pet owner never knowing it, these bigger cats go much further, and they do not worry about returning to their original home since their food isn’t waiting in a bowl under the carport. The other issue with this particular urban myth, or even suburban myth as it might really be called, is the cougar cannot be black. And again, by cougar, it includes any of the other popular names such as mountain lion, panther, pantera, and painter. There are two cats that are known to be able to have the gene that causes it to be black. The leopard and the jaguar. The leopard is in Africa, so we can immediately rule this cat out as the culprit. The jaguar is primarily in
central America. There are small populations that have established ter ritories in Mexico, and occasionally one may cross over into Arizona or New Mexico, as they do not understand international boundaries. But for one to make it from the southwest deserts to the mid-Atlantic mountains, piedmont, or coastal areas is unlikely. Even more unlikely is for the jaguar to make it that far to have the rare gene that causes it to be solid black. So even while the Carolina Panthers may sport a black cat as its mascot, it happens to be the only one here as the photo and story of a black panther crouching through the woods by a trail camera is an impossibility. –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.
of volunteer hours. Finally, four special awards were presented – the Intern of the Year Award was granted to Amanda Powers, and the Unsung Gardener Award went to Joyce Causey. Master Gardener of the Year Award was given to Layne Caudle, and the Golden Trowel Award was presented to Nancy Parra-
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PENDER COUNTY GOVERNMENT NEWS WANTED! A FEW GOOD MEN & WOMEN! VOLUNTEER! The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments to the following boards/commissions/committees: # of Name of Board Vacancies Positions/Categories Advisory Board of Health 2 Dentist***, Engineer*** Animal Shelter Advisory Committee 1 Veterinarian Board of Adjustment 1 District 5 Housing Initiative Board 1 Low-Income Representative Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth. 7 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Library Board 1 District 3 Pender Memorial Hospital Board 1 District 5 Tourism Development Authority 1 Collector Trillium Health Board 1 Commissioner Representative District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek
District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck District 5 = Burgaw; Holly
*** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently licensed. Applications can be completed on-line at www.pendercountync.gov or write or call Melissa Long, Clerk to the Board, PO Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and complete an application.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: December 5, 2016 TIME OF HEARINGS: 7:00 p.m. LOCATION OF HEARINGS: THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 145, 805 SOUTH WALKER STREET, BURGAW, N.C. 28425
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Special Use Permit Diane Crane, applicant, on behalf of Donald E. Crane Trustee et al, owner, is requesting approval of a Special Use Permit for the operation of a Bed and Breakfast Inn (NAICS 721191). The subject property is zoned RP, Residential Performance zoning district and according to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance §5.2.3 Table of Permitted Uses; NAICS 721191 (Bed and Breakfast Inns), a Bed and Breakfast Inn is permitted via Special Use Permit in the RP, Residential Performance zoning district. The subject property is located at 9457 US HWY 117, along the west side of US HWY 117 approximately 400 feet north of Welsh Landing Drive (private) in the Union Township, NC. There is one (1) tract associated with this request totaling ±3.05 acres. The subject property may be further identified by Pender County PIN: 3314-70-6806-0000. For Additional Information: Contact Pender County Planning & Community Development 805 S Walker St Burgaw, NC 28425 Phone 910 259-1202
TOWN OF BURGAW UTILITY CUSTOMERS YOU CAN NOW MONITOR YOUR WATER USAGE ONLINE As a part of the recent meter conversion project, the Town now has the capability to monitor water usage for all of our customers, as well as giving access to our customers to monitor their own usage on a daily basis. EyeOnWater is a customer portal website that allows our customers to create a login ID so they can see their water usage on their meter and account with the Town of Burgaw. To monitor your daily water usage, please visit www.eyeonwater.com. To create your login all you need is your zip code and account ID. If you have any questions regarding EyeOnWater or any concerns or questions regarding your water usage, please contact us at 910-663-3445. Nov. 24&25, 2016 Nov. 25, 2016 Dec. 10, 2016 Dec. 13, 2016
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Town of Surf City City Town of Surf Government NewsNews Government November 24, 2016 July 23, 2015 MEETING TIMES Surf City Town Council 1st Tuesday of the month Planning Board 2nd Thursday of the month MEETING TIMES
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Stephanie Edwards Hobbs 214 N. NEW RIVER DRIVE Town Clerk
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214 N. NEW RIVER DRIVE PO BOX 2475, SURF CITY, NC 28445 11/24/2016 Phone 910-328-4131 Fax 910-328-4132/1746
NOTICE OF HOLIDAY OFFICE CLOSURES Pender County Government Offices will be closed on the following dates in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday: Wednesday, November 23 Thursday, November 24 Friday, November 25
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS REQUEST: FIRE DAMAGE DEMO/RESTORATION PENDER COUNTY HOUSING: COUNTRY COURT APARTMENTS Pender County is seeking an appropriately licensed contractor to repair fire damage in one unit at Country Court Apartments located at 10260 Highway 421, Currie, NC 28435. The fire damaged the kitchen of the unit. Removal of damaged window, cabinets, flooring, etc. is needed as well as restoration of the kitchen to full functionality. Visits to the damaged unit are by appointment. Please call 910.259.1208 to arrange an appointment. If your company is interested in providing the required services to Pender County, please submit your proposal in writing to the Pender County Housing Director. The proposal should include an itemization of labor and materials and an estimate of time needed to complete the work. Proposals may be submitted by fax to 910.259.1343 or by e-mail at housinginfo@pendercountync.gov. The deadline for receipt of proposals is 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 30, 2016. Pender County is an equal opportunity employer and encourages proposals from historically underutilized businesses, including minority- and women-owned firms.
PENDER COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS is currently seeking interested candidates to be considered for participation on the Pender County Comprehensive Plan Update Steering Committee. Volunteers needed from all areas of Pender County! Pender County faces a challenging future, but one full of promise for a better community and higher quality of life. A Steering Committee is being formed to help guide the update to the Comprehensive Plan and your help is being requested. Representation from each District of Pender County is desired on this Committee. If interested, please contact the Planning and Community Development office at (910) 259-1202 for more details and instructions on how to fill out an application. We look forward to your response!
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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 Donald Houston Edwards, 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 4th day of February, 2017, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment. This 3rd day of November, 2016. Cheryl Marie Edwards 826 Herrings Chapel Road Burgaw, NC 28425 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-9800 #7518 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE COUNTY OF PENDER SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 16 E 436 Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Katherine B. Owens of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said Katherine B. Owens to present them to Shelley K. Owens, P. O. Box 37, Gustavus, Alaska 99826, Executrix by February 2, 2017 or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This the 24th day of October, 2016. R.V. Biberstein, Jr. Attorney for Shelley K. Owens, Executrix P. O. Box 428 Burgaw, NC 28425 #7516 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S NOTICE TO CREDITORS In Re The Estate of CHARLES HENRY CLARK, III, Deceased Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of CHARLES HENRY CLARK, III, Deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, corporations and/ or other legal entities having claims against the estate to present them to the undersigned at the address given below on or before 02/08/2017 -- or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. On this day, November 3, 2016. Deborah Kay Coston Clark, Personal Representative c/o Sherman and Rodgers, PLLC by Richard T. “Chip” Rodgers, Jr., Attorney for the Personal Representative Post Office Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 #7522 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24/2016 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 Herbert Lee Matthews, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Herbert Lee Matthews to present them to the undersigned on or before February 2, 2017 at PO Box 32 Currie, NC 28435 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of November 3, 2016. Laura Matthews Mott PO Box 32 Currie, NC 28435 #7524 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24/2016 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 Paul Brooks Harwood, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Paul Brooks Harwood to present them to the undersigned on or before February 2, 2017 at PO Box 2001 Surf City, NC 28445 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of November 3rd, 2016. Martha P. Harwood PO Box 2001 Surf City, NC 28445 #7526 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Louise Karako, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Louise Karako, to present them to the undersigned on or before February 9, 2017 at 715 Redgate Ave. Norfolk, VA 23507 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of November 10, 2016. Jeffrey Karako 715 Redgate Ave. Norfolk, VA 23507 #7532 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/1/2016
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUTY OF PENDER RE: 2015 SP 235 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of the Clerk of Superior Court of Pender County, made in a Special Proceeding entitled “Evelyn K. Willette, Petitioner vs Steven V. Shaffier, Respondent”, and all other persons, firms, corporations claiming any interest in the lands described herein as Respondent” (2015 SP 235) the undersigned Commissioner will, on Thursday, the 1st day of December, 2016, at twelve o’clock noon (12:00 noon), at the west door of the Pender County Courthouse at Burgaw, North Carolina, offer for sale in bulk to the highest bidder for cash those certain tract or parcel Lot 12 of Meadowland Estates located at 190 Meadow Lane, Burgaw, Pender County, State of North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: That certain parcel of real estate known as 190 Meadow Lane, Burgaw, NC which parcel of real estate currently bears Pender County, North Carolina, tax code #3236-38-57450000, and is more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL OF Lot 12 Meadowland Estates as shown on a map recorded in Map Book 23 at Page 58 of the Pender county Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description. This conveyance is made expressly subject to those restrictions recorded in Book 694, at Page 43 of the Pender County Registry. BEING subject to any and all valid and enforceable restrictions, covenants and easements of record and 1990 ad valorem real property taxes. Also being subject to any easements and right of ways for any road, subdivision, streets, sidewalks and utilities that may border or cross the premises; and, subject to any riparian rights (if any) in the flow of the waters of any stream or creek that may border or cross the premises, accruing to others. The property hereinabove described was acquired by Grantor by instrument recorded in Book 766 at Page 403. Being the same property conveyed to Steven V. Shaffier, Sr., and wife, Evelyn K. Shaffier, by deed dated May 16, 2006, and recorded in Book 2959, Page 172, Pender County Public Registry. This sale is made subject to all outstanding and unpaid taxes, liens of record and assessment, if any. The successful bidder will be required on the date of sale to make a deposit of five percent (5%) of the total bid or $750.00, whichever is greater, as evidence of good faith. The successful bidder will be required to pay the balance of the purchase price within seven days after expiration of the initial or successive time allowed for tender of upset bids. Dated and posted: October 26th, 2016 Jacqueline A. Newton, Commissioner N.C. State Bar #18361 P.O. Box 1580 (910) 300-6391 Phone (910) 300-6393 Fax #7523 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24/2016 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION COUNTY OF PENDER STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE SUPERIOR COURT 16 SP 206 Wanda Faye Adams, et al. vs. Leroy Dixon, Jr., et al. TO: Leroy Dixon, Jr.; Willie James Hall, Jr.; Karen R. Manassa; Shirley Powell; Antrone Wall and Any Unknown Successors In Interest to James Johnson, Lillian Powell, The Spouse of Daisy Dixon and John Dixon 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 a partition by sale of the real property located in Topsail Township, Pender County, North Carolina and described in the deed recorded in Deed Book 193, at page 550, of the Registry of Pender County, North Carolina. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than December 28, 2016. Upon your failure to do so, Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief sought. Robert H. Corbett, Attorney for Plaintiffs P. O. Drawer 727 Burgaw, NC 28425-0727 #7537 11/17, 11/24, 12/1/2016 15 SP 99 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by John William Davis and Viola Davis to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated July 17, 2001 and recorded on July 18, 2001 in Book 1740 at Page 195, Pender County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 29, 2016 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina,
to wit: Located in Union Township, Pender County, state of North Carolina, and being described as follows: beginning at a stake that may be located by commencing at N. C. Geodetic Station “Pigford” and running thence first S85°51’55”W 498.05 feet to an existing railroad spike that is located in the center of the pavement of N. C. Highway No. 11 and at the old Southwest corner of the larger tract of land of which this land is a part and then running with the old West line of said tract of land of which this land is a part N12°43’17”W 479.22 feet to an iron stake that is located N77°16’38”E 13.49 feet from the center of the pavement of N. C. Secondary Road No. 1322 and at the beginning corner of the tract of land hereinafter described and from said beginning corner so located running thence as follows: 1. N77°16’38”E 16.51 feet to an iron stake that is located in the East edge of the 60.00 feet wide rightof-way of N. C. Secondary Road No. 1322; 2. Thence; the same course continued N77°16’38”E 164.79 feet to an existing iron stake; 3. Thence, S12°43’51”E 132.27 feet to an iron stake; 4. Thence, S77°16’38”W 164.55 feet to an iron stake that is located in the East edge of the 60.00 feet wide right-of-way of N. C. Secondary Road No. 1322; 5. Thence, the same course continued S77°16’38”W 16.77 feet to an iron stake that is located in an old line of the larger tract of land of which this land is a part; 6. Thence, with said old line N12°43’17”W 132.27 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.55 acre, more or less, of which 0.50 acre, more or less, is located outside the right-of-way of N. C. Secondary Road No. 1322, as surveyed by William W. Blanchard, P.L.S. No. L-0619, on January 20, 2000, with all lines shown correct in their angular relations and relative to N. C. grid notes (N.A.D. 1983). The N. C. grid coordinates (N.A.D. 1983) of “Pigford” are: N=336,912.50 feet, E=2,293,758.63 feet and the N. C. grid coordinates (N.A.D. 1983) of the beginning corner referred to above are: N=337, 344.04, E=2,293,156.36. The above described land is a part of that land described as Tract No. 3 in a deed from Eddie B. Tate and wife, Dorothy S. Tate, to Curly Faye Carroll, Juliet Newton, and Lewis E. Tate, dated July 20, 1988 and recorded in Book 715, Page 119, Pender County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 78 Tate Road, Willard, NC 28478. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of John Williams Davis a/k/a John William Davis. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC The Media of Record for theSubstitute People of Pender Trustee County. Aaron B. Anderson, 201-A West Fremont Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 NCSB No. 26057 910.259.9111 • posteditor@post-voice.com • www.post-voice.com Attorney for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5710 Oleander Drive, Ste. 204 Wilmington, NC 28403 Phone: (910) 202-2940 Fax: (910) 202-2941 File No.: 14-18390-FC01 #7525 11/17, 11/24/2016
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF ANGELO DePAOLA 16 E 455 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Angelo DePaola, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Mark I Nunalee, Resident Process Agent of the decedent’s estate, on or before February 18, 2017 at Post Office Box 598, Hampstead NC 28443, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Resident Process Agent. Estate of Angelo DePaola c/o Mark I Nunalee, Resident Process Agent BIBERSTEIN & NUNALEE LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #7536 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8/2016 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 16SP187 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MICHAEL LORNE KING AND LISA KING DATED MAY 31, 2002 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1893 AT PAGE 320 AND REFORMED BY DEFAULT JUDGMENT RECORDED MARCH 29, 2016, IN BOOK 4617, PAGE 467, AND FURTHER REFORMED BY DEFAULT JUDGMENT RECORDED MAY 11, 2016, IN BOOK 4619, PAGE 2816 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 3:00PM on November 29, 2016 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All of Lot #3 according to that certain map duly recorded in the Registry of Pender County in Map Book 14, at Page 51, said map being entitled Map of Survey for Heirs of A. L. Hall Estate and being prepared by Garland B. Williams, Registered Land Surveyor, dated February 1976. Said property also including a permanently affixed manufactured home identified as follows: Manufacturer’s Name: Fleetwood Homes of NC, Inc. Length x Width: 60.7 x 27 HUD Label No. (s) RAD1235814 & RAD1235815 Manufacturer’s Serial No(s) and Model Unit Designation: NCFLY69A/ B18465-WP23-4603P And Being more commonly known as: 725 Newkirk Rd, Watha, NC 28478 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Michael Lorne King. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale,
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF OVIA LANE CARSCADDON HOWARD 16 E 461 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Ovia Lane Carscaddon Howard, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Stacey Lynn Haines, Executrix of the decedent’s estate, on or before February 18, 2017 at 601 Hughes Road, Hampstead NC 28443, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Executrix. Stacey Lynn Haines, Executrix IN THE GENERAL COURT Estate of Ovia Lane OF JUSTICE Carscaddon Howard OF NORTH CAROLINA c/o Mark I. Nunalee SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BIBERSTEIN & NUNALEE LLP PENDER COUNTY Attorneys at Law 16SP179 P.O. Box 598 IN THE MATTER OF THE FOREHampstead NC 28443 CLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST 910-270-4347 EXECUTED BY ELLIS RAY WHEELER AND JANICE REGINA WHEELER #7541 11/17, 11/24, 12/1, 12/8/2016 DATED JUNE 21, 2007 AND RESTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA CORDED IN BOOK 3462 AT PAGE COUNTY OF PENDER 333 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBIN THE GENERAL COURT LIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA OF JUSTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Under and by virtue of the powCOURT FILE #: 16-CVS-183 er and authority contained in the PENDER COUNTY above-referenced deed of trust and Plaintiff(s), because of default in the payment v. of the secured indebtedness and ROBERT CHARLES failure to perform the stipulation and BANNERMAN, owner et. al. agreements therein contained and, Defendant(s). pursuant to demand of the owner NOTICE OF SERVICE OF and holder of the secured debt, the PROCESS BY PUBLICATION undersigned substitute trustee will TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF expose for sale at public auction to EDDIE BANNERMAN the highest bidder for cash at the Take notice that a pleading seekusual place of sale at the county ing relief against you has been filed courthouse of said county at 3:00PM in the above-titled action. on November 29, 2016 the following The nature of the relief sought is described real estate and any other as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy improvements which may be situated unpaid property taxes on your interthereon, in Pender County, North est in the property sometimes briefly Carolina, and being more particularly described as being all that property described as follows: described in Deed Book 76 at Page BEING all of Lot No. 4 of 59, Parcel ID Number 3258-78-8226LONGVIEW SUBDIVISION (Revised) 0000 more fully described in the comas shown on a map of same title, plaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any prepared by Cowan & Jones, P.A. and all claim or interest that you may of Burgaw, N.A. Said map is duly rehave in the property. corded in Map Book 25, Page 105 of You are required to make defense the Pender County Registry, reference to such pleading no later than January to which is hereby made for a more 11, 2017. complete and accurate description. This date: November 24, 2016. And Being more commonly known PENDER COUNTY, as: 3650 Whitestocking Rd, Burgaw, By and through its Attorney NC 28425 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., The record owner(s) of the propState Bar #: 28777 erty, as reflected on the records of the ProTax, A Division of Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC of Janice Regina Wheeler. PO Box 250; The property to be offered purBurgaw, NC 28425 suant to this notice of sale is being 910-259-2615 (tel); offered for sale, transfer and conveychip@shermanandrodgers.com ance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the #7543 11/24, 12/1, 12/8/2016 Trustee nor the holder of the note STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA secured by the deed of trust, being COUNTY OF PENDER foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, IN THE GENERAL COURT attorneys, employees, agents or auOF JUSTICE thorized representative of either TrustSUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ee or the holder of the note make any COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-183 representation or warranty relating to PENDER COUNTY the title or any physical, environmenPlaintiff(s), tal, health or safety conditions existing v. in, on, at or relating to the property ROBERT CHARLES being offered for sale. Any and all BANNERMAN, owner et. al. responsibilities or liabilities arising out Defendant(s). of or in any way relating to any such NOTICE OF SERVICE OF condition expressly are disclaimed. PROCESS BY PUBLICATION This sale is made subject to all prior TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF liens and encumbrances, and unpaid WILLIAM MARSHBURN taxes and assessments including but Take notice that a pleading seeknot limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit ing relief against you has been filed in of five percent (5%) of the amount of the above-titled action. The nature of the relief sought is the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy required and must be tendered in the unpaid property taxes on your interform of certified funds at the time of est in the property sometimes briefly the sale. This sale will be held open described as being all that property ten days for upset bids as required described in Deed Book 76 at Page by law. Following the expiration of the 59, Parcel ID Number 3258-78-8226statutory upset period, all remaining 0000 more fully described in the comamounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND plaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any OWING. Failure to remit funds in a and all claim or interest that you may timely manner will result in a Dec- have in the property. You are required to make defense laration of Default and any deposit to such pleading no later than Januwill be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside ary 11, 2017. This date: November 24, 2016. for any reason, the Purchaser at the PENDER COUNTY, sale shall be entitled only to a return By and through its Attorney of the deposit paid. The Purchaser Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., shall have no further recourse against State Bar #: 28777 the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the ProTax, A Division of Substitute Trustee or the attorney of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC any of the foregoing. PO Box 250; SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEBurgaw, NC 28425 HOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant 910-259-2615 (tel); residing in the property, be advised chip@shermanandrodgers.com that an Order for Possession of the #7545 11/24,12/1, 12/8/2016 property may be issued in favor of provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is November 8, 2016. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 13-052776 #7538 11/17, 11/24/2016
the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is November 8, 2016. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 16-084603 #7539 11/17, 11/24/2016
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 Ruth H. McPherson, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Ruth H. McPherson, to present them to the undersigned on or before February 27, 2017 at 1427 NC Hwy 131 S. Tarheel, NC 28392 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment. This the day of November 24, 2016. Margie J. Izzo 1427 NC Hwy 131 S. Tarheel, NC 28392 #7554 11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15/2016
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Pender Housing Initiatives, PO Box 1149, Burgaw, NC COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-183 a local housing-focused non- 28425. Checks should be made PENDER COUNTY profit, is accepting donations payable to Pender Housing Plaintiff(s), to assist Pender County resi- Initiatives. v. ROBERT CHARLES dents with emergency housing Pender Housing Initiative’s BANNERMAN, owner et. al. needs. goal is to help local donors Defendant(s). “The Pender Housing Ini- reach local families in need NOTICE OF SERVICE OF tiatives donations will par- of emergency housing-related PROCESS BY PUBLICATION ticularly help those displaced assistance. TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF due to the recent hurricane Donations are tax deductCHARLES D. BANNERMAN and flooding,” said Judith ible. Take notice that a pleading seekHerring, director of Pender ing relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action. County Housing. The nature of the relief sought is Donations may be made as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy at First Citizens Bank. Dounpaid property taxes on your internations can also be dropped est in the property sometimes briefly off the Pender County Housdescribed as being all that property ing Authority at 805 South described in Deed Book 76 at Page Walker Street or mailed to 59, Parcel ID Number 3258-78-8226The Media of Record for the People of Pender County. 0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish 201-A West Fremont Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 any and all claim or interest that you 910.259.9111 • posteditor@post-voice.com • www.post-voice.com may have in the property. You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than January 11, 2017. This date: November 24, 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 #7547 11/24, 12/1, 12/8/2016
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-183 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v. ROBERT CHARLES BANNERMAN, owner et. al. Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE AND/OR SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BOOKER BANNERMAN 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 being all that property described in Deed Book 76 at Page 59, Parcel ID Number 3258-78-82260000 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 January 11, 2017. This date: November 24, 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 #7549 11/24, 12/1, 12/8/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-338 PENDER COUNTY and TOWN OF SURF CITY Plaintiff(s), v. DAVID J. DUBOIS, owner et. al. Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE AND/OR SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO DAVID J. DUBOIS 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 Lots 19 and 20 Del Mar Beach Subdivision, Parcel ID Number 4245-54-4426-0000 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 January 11, 2017. This date: November 24, 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 #7551 11/24,12/1, 12/8/2016 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 16SP115 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JOHN EARL ARCHIE, JR. AND JINILLE M. ARCHIE DATED DECEMBER 4, 2013 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 4354 AT PAGE 68 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA
NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on December 6, 2016 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 115 as shown on that certain map entitled “Map of Survey of Sloop Point South” as recorded in Map Book 23 at Page 26 of the Pender County Registry, reference to a more particular description. Subject to any covenants, restrictions and easements of record. And Being more commonly known as: 112 Friendly Ln, Hampstead, NC 28443 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are John Earle Archie, Jr. and Jinille M. Archie. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is November 15, 2016. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 16-080916 #7553 11/24, 12/1/2016
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER N THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-183 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v. ROBERT CHARLES BANNERMAN, owner et. al. Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MINNIE BANNERMAN 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 being all that property described in Deed Book 76 at Page 59, Parcel ID Number 3258-78-82260000 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 January 11, 2017. This date: November 24, 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 #7544 11/24, 12/1, 128/2016
16 SP 40 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Ashley John Harwood and Sarah M. Harwood to Allan B. Polunsky, Trustee(s), which was dated November 12, 2010 and recorded on November 12, 2010 in Book 3849 at Page 0192 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on August 12, 2014 in Book 4455, Page 0060, Pender County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 6, 2016 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Beginning at a stake on the north of a road (now Cricket Drive), said road being in front or north of his house and runs thence South 23 1/2 degrees West 7.78 chains to a stake, Ed Sharpless’ northwest corner (Deed Book 185, Page 427, Pander County Registry), thence with said Sharpless line South 66 1/2 degrees East 4.50 chains to a stake in the said Sharpless northeast corner, thence North 23 1/2 degrees East 12.55 chains to a stake in south edge or Wheel rut at above mentioned road, thence a straight line about 5.47 chains to the beginning, containing 4 1/2 acres, more or less. Also including all personal property. The above described tract being the game tract conveyed to Earl Frank Armstrong by deed recorded on April 9, 2002, in Book 1866, Page 330, and by deed recorded on June 8, 2000, in Book 1591, Page 54 (Tract 2) of the Pender County Registry. The above described tract also being all of that tract conveyed by Ruth Elizabeth Armstrong Futch and husband, J.Q. Futch, to Thomas McIntyre, Jr., and Thomas McIntyre, Sr., by deed recorded on June 21, 1945, in Book 193, Page 486, of the Pender County Registry, and also being all of that tract conveyed by Thomas McIntyre, Sr., and wife, Julia McIntyre, to Thomas McIntyre, Jr., by deed recorded on August 3, 1949, in Book 282, Page 50 of the Pender County Registry. The game also being all of that property conveyed by Nick Nixon and wife, Mary Nixon, to Ruth Elizabeth Armstrong, by deed recorded on June 7, 1926, in Book 163, Page 271, of the Pander County Registry, and being the same tract conveyed by Albert Armstrong to Nick Nixon by deed recorded on August 18, 1925, in Book 163, Page 141, of the Pender County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as 236 Cricket Drive, Rocky Point, NC 28457. A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Ashley John Harwood and wife Sarah M. Harwood. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 16-02891-FC01 #7552 11/24, 12/1/2016
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-183 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v. ROBERT CHARLES BANNERMAN, owner et. al. Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ANGALINE BANNERMAN 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 being all that property described in Deed Book 76 at Page 59, Parcel ID Number 3258-78-82260000 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 January 11, 2017. This date: November 24, 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 #7546 11/24, 12/1, 12/8/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-183 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v. ROBERT CHARLES BANNERMAN, owner et. al. Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: BOOKER BANNERMAN 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 being all that property described in Deed Book 76 at Page 59, Parcel ID Number 3258-78-82260000 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 January 11, 2017. This date: November 24, 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 #7548 11/24, 12/1,12/8/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 16-CVS-338 PENDER COUNTY and TOWN OF SURF CITY Plaintiff(s), v. DAVID J. DUBOIS, owner et. al. Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: DAVID J. DUBOIS 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 Lots 19 and 20 Del Mar Beach Subdivision, Parcel ID Number 4245-54-4426-0000 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 January 11, 2017. This date: November 24, 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 #7550 11/24, 12/1, 12/8/2016
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Poplar Grove blacksmith enjoys fire and steel By Lori Kirkpatrick, Staff Writer
One of the favorite demonstrations for visitors to enjoy at Poplar Grove Plantation is the blacksmith shop. The nearly lost art of blacksmithing was once a necessity at any plantation, producing essential items such as nails, hardware and tools. Repairs to farm equipment, wagons and the shoeing horses were also done in the blacksmith shop. Today, Poplar Grove’s current blacksmith, Autumn Day, can be found sharing her work with local school groups and other visitors touring the historic site. Since Day’s father and grandfather were both mechanics, she essentially grew up in a mechanic’s shop. From a young age, she was in charge of cleaning up tools and became somewhat of an apprentice. She attributes growing up in that environment to her proclivity for working with tools and welding. She has been blacksmithing for 15 years and working at Poplar Grove for six months. She first started studying the art at UNC-Charlotte as an elective through the architecture department, which encouraged students to learn how to incorporate real-time designs into the materials that they were using. “I also took several courses on bladesmithing from Tryon Arts and Crafts in Tryon, and within two weeks, I was hooked. It’s a good job for a pyromaniac,� she laughed. “I really enjoy working with metal, and I like to make knives. As a blacksmith, I work primarily with steel and I like to make my own tools. As a woman, you have to kind of work smart, not hard. It can be easy to get frustrated because I don’t have the strength that I would like. There are modern tools, like power hammers, that can help with that.� Day said that she has made several hardies, a small steel tool that fits into the hardie hole for cutting and shaping. She has made a hammer and more than 20 knives, all of which she has given away. She explained that there is a lot of chemistry involved in blacksmithing, especially when it comes to making tools and knowing how to harden them appropriately. Right now, she is making pieces for a wind chime. “A lot of times, like with anything artistic, you start out with something in mind and it ends up being something else. I like working with the bellows. It takes more energy, but it’s a more personal relationship with your fire than just flipping a switch. I also like working with coal instead of gas because I like the way that it burns. It’s a nice workout for my left arm too, since my right one gets the hammer,� said Day. Day said that when she makes knives, she creates them out of coils from cars. She has also used railroad spikes, and she said that anything that has already withstood severe changes in temperature and lots of pressure is going to be naturally hard. She is currently using various pieces that she found at the scrap yard to make her tools; such as the teeth for a bulldozer to make a hardie tool, and an old pipe wrench she is using to make a blacksmithing tool. “I’ve been at Poplar Grove for six months, and I love it here. It’s an awesome place to work. Everybody is super friendly, and I like working with the children a lot because they have so many questions. I am interested in learning more about the history of Poplar Grove, as far as blacksmithing goes, such as where they got their coal and steel and that type of thing,� said Day. Day said that in order to help kids wrap their heads around the physics and the chemistry of blacksmithing, she does an activity using rods of clay with them. it. With a small hammer, students can see that when they hit the clay it reacts the same way as hot metal. She added that clay models can also be used before starting a proj-
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ect, if you are curious about how things are going to move and bend. “There’s an artistic part to it. I don’t really have many other artistic outlets so it’s a way for me to express myself. Some of the kids that come say, ‘Oh, that fire smells so good.’ Then some think it’s a horrible smell. I love the smell of a coal fire. I was out here doing this when it was 100 degrees outside, so that’s how much I enjoy it. It’s a passion – it’s something in my blood, and I just love being out there,� said Day.
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eryone could see. In this we see the change in Nicodemus’ life from inquirer to disciple. The healing of the Blind man, a person whose world was literally dark, brought light and sight into his life, in fact it restored life to him. It was a sign of God’s presence in his healing. Jesus is the light of the world (John 9:5), “the true light who enlightens everyone.� ( John 1: 9.) Jesus the crucified, laid buried through the night, but He is resurrected in the early light of day. God’s glory unfolds in Jesus in the bright Easter Light. He rises like the morning sun to shine on us forever in His resurrection. Where there is light God is present and at work. The forces that challenge and sub-
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vert God always seem to lurk and work in the dark. In Jesus’ own words, we are called “to walk while we have the light... believe in the light so that you may become children of light.� (John 12: 35, 36). God wants us to dwell in His light and God’s wants us to be a light to others. We are called to live in such a way that we ref lect the light of God’s truth and goodness in the world, in the dark, in the lives of others who need the light so that they may truly live. We are, if I might expand the metaphor, candles for the Lord. We shine for God in a world plagued by darkness and shrouded too much in shadow. The call of the Christian in the world can be summarized in the words of this children’s song: Light a little candle in the dark, inside yourself is where you ought to start, Light a little light for all to see, light for you and light for me. Light a little candle, show God’s love, show everyone God’s shining from above,
Light a little candle in the night, show all the world that God is light! G od’s essence is lig ht . God’s presence is light. God’s Word is light. God’s Grace is light. God’s love creates light that shines on everyone. God’s light show us the way. Everything about God is light, light that dispels the darkness and gloom all around. I imagine that when we get to heaven, it may take us a while to adjust to the brightness, the glorious light that comes from being that close to the Holy. So we return to the very place that we began, “God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.� So was it true from the very beginning. So is it true now and So sha l l it be t r ue for us throughout our days. May we become a reflection of God’s light. May we bear His light in our lives and in our world. May we shine bright and true so everyone can see and live in the gracious light of God’s Holy Presence and God’s gracious Love.
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Church Directory BURGAW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
NEW BEGINNING CHURCH
110 E. Bridgers Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-2295 Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
corner of Fremont & Wright Street (Courthouse Square) Burgaw, N.C. • 910-619-8063
Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CENTERVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
All are welcome! Pastor Bill Howell
18577 NC 53 E, Kelly, NC • 910-669-2488
FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Discipleship Training: 6:00 p.m. Pastor Lamont Hemminger
1730 US Hwy. 117 N. • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3046 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m. www.fcbcb.org
CURRIE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
BURGAW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH
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.
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
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday: 7 p.m.
Sunday School: Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.
RILEY’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
19845 NC Hwy. 210, Rocky Point, NC 28457 910-675-2127
Jim Herchenhahn / Pastor Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. & 10:50 a.m. Youth each Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday evenings: Meal at 6:00 p.m. / Study for all ages 7:00 p.m.
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910-470-4436
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ROCKY POINT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210
Pastor Mark Murphy
Services: Sunday at 10 a.m. Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 p.m. www.RPUMC.org
CALVARY CHAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
54 Camp Kirkwood Rd. • Watha, NC 28478 • 910-448-0919
WESTVIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
5610 Hwy. 53 W • Burgaw, NC 28425 (Across from Pender High)
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.
Pastor Judy Jeremias Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH
JORDANS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425
Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Evening Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and classes at 6:45 p.m.
FAITH HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
14201 Hwy. 50/210 • Surf City, NC 28445 • 910-328-4422 Services: 8 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. http://faithharborumc.org
MOORES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
3107 Union Chapel Rd. • Currie, NC 28435 Pastor Roger Barnes
Sunday School: 10 a.m. Worship Service: 11 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Service & Children’s Bible Study: 6:30 p.m.
ST. M ARY’S CHURCH
200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425
www.BurgawBaptistChurch.org
28396 Hwy. 210 W. • Currie (1/2 mile from Moores Creek Battlefield)
An Episcopal - Lutheran Community 506 S. McNeil Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.5541 Sunday Worship Service with Holy Eucharist: 11 a.m. www.stmaryschurchburgawnc.org
BURGAW BAPTIST CHURCH
100 E. Bridgers Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-4310
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.
THE CHURCH AT WILMINGTON
Bible Based Community Fellowship NEW Pender County Location 16660 Hwy 17 N. • Hampstead, NC 28443 (American Legion Building) 910-526-7890 Pastor: Monte Suggs Services Sunday at 10 a.m. and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
1303 Hwy. 117 • Burgaw, NC • 910-259-2601
CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP (CF2) 10509 US Hwy. 117 S., Rocky Point Business Park Rocky Point, NC • 910-232-7759 www.CF2.us Worship Hours: Sunday Morning, 11 a.m. Wednesday Night, 6 p.m. Pastor: Dr. Ernie Sanchez
ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH
18737 Hwy 17 North, Hampstead • 910-270-1477 Rev. John Durbin, Pastor
Weekend Mass Schedule: Hampstead - SAT 5 p.m., SUN 9 a.m. Surf City - SAT 5 p.m., SUN 9 & 11 a.m. (through Labor Day) Daily Mass - Hampstead: TUES & WED 4p.m., THURS & FRI 9 a.m. Confessions SAT 4-4:30 p.m. or by appt. www.allsaintsccnc.org
CHAPEL BY THE BAY IN LANIER’S CAMPGROUND 216 Michigan Avenue • Holly Ridge, N.C. 28445 910-328-6252 Pastor: Don Myers Associate Pastor: Nathan Swartz Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Evening Service 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: Bible Study 5:45 p.m. Children’s Church 6:15 p.m. Choir Practice 7:00 p.m. Thursday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m.
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!!20 AND )23 6OLUNTEERS NEED NOT BE !!20 MEMBERS 4AX #OUNSELORS RECEIVE )23 APPROVED TRAINING AT A LOCAL SITE AS WELL AS )23 CERTIlCA TION 4HE TRAINING COVERS TAX LAW AS WELL AS HOW TO USE THE )23 APPROVED SOFTWARE TO PREPARE TAX RETURNS 4RAINING BEGINS IN LATE .OVEMBER TO EARLY $ECEMBER WITH SELF STUDY AND PRACTICAL
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DAR recognizes student Good Citizens 4HE "ATTLE OF -OORES #REEK "RIDGE #HAPTER OF THE $AUGH TERS OF THE !MERICAN 2EVO LUTION 'OOD #ITIZENS WERE HONORED .OV AT A RECEPTION HELD AT THE "URGAW BRANCH OF THE 0ENDER #OUNTY ,IBRARY *AKE 2AWLS REPRESENTED 0ENDER (IGH 3CHOOL 'ABRIELLE 2OUSEY REPRESENTED 0ENDER %ARLY #OLLEGE (IGH 3CHOOL (EATHER #UNNINGHAM REPRE SENTED 4OPSAIL (IGH 3CHOOL AND 3YDNEY 3INGLETON REP
RESENTED (EIDE 4RASK (IGH 3CHOOL %ACH STUDENT WAS AWARDED A CERTIlCATE LAPEL PIN WALLET CARD AND CHECK %ACH HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY WAS ASKED TO CHOOSE A STUDENT FROM THE SENIOR CLASS WHOM THEY BELIEVE HAS THE QUALITIES OF A 'OOD #ITI ZEN $EPENDABILITY 3ERVICE ,EADERSHIP AND 0ATRIOTISM 4HESE FOUR SENIORS THEN WROTE A TIMED ESSAY WITH THE FOCUS
QUESTION h(OW DO THE COM BINED ACTIONS OF MANY GOOD CITIZENS KEEP OUR NATION MOV ING FORWARD v &ORMER 0ENDER #OUNTY TEACHER !LICE 3OUTH ERLAND AND FORMER 0ENDER #OUNTY ADMINISTRATOR *UNE 2OBBINS JUDGED THE ESSAYS AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS RESUMES AND SCHOOL TRANSCRIPTS *AKE 2AWLS FROM 0ENDER (IGH 3CHOOL WILL ADVANCE TO THE $ISTRICT LEVEL OF COMPETI TION
EXERCISES PREPARING SAMPLE RETURNS #LASSROOM AND COM PUTER TRAINING FOLLOWS IN MID *ANUARY 6OLUNTEERS RECEIVE RESOURCE GUIDES ON TAX LAW TO USE THROUGHOUT THE TRAINING AND THE TAX SEASON 4HOUGH COUNSELORS ARE TRAINED TO PREPARE THE VAST MA JORITY OF ALL TAX RETURNS THEY ARE NOT TRAINED TO PREPARE NOR ARE THEY ALLOWED TO PREPARE HIGHLY COMPLEX RETURNS 2E TURNS PREPARED BY TAX COUN SELORS ARE E FILED TO THE )23 AND THE 3TATE OF .# !LL TAX RETURNS ARE QUALITY CHECKED BY A SECOND COUNSELOR AT THE SITE BEFORE BEING lLED #OUNSELORS AT THE (AMP STEAD SITE WILL BE EXPECTED TO VOLUNTEER WEEKLY FOR TWO AFTERNOON SESSIONS OF FOUR HOURS EACH DURING THE WEEK TAX SEASON #OUNSELORS WORK ONE ON ONE WITH TAXPAYERS 3HOULD ONE NEED HELP THE ,OCAL #O ORDINATOR AND THE MORE EXPE RIENCED COUNSELORS ARE THERE TO ASSIST 6OLUNTEERS WILL lND THAT SITES ARE OPERATED ON A PROFESSIONAL BUT STRESS FREE AND FRIENDLY LEVEL 4HEY WILL MEET MANY IN TERESTING PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SERVICE BEING PROVIDED
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RESIDENTS 4HE CLUB MEETS ON THE lRST AND THIRD 4HURSDAY OF THE MONTH AT NOON TIME AT 4OPSAIL 0RESBYTERIAN #HURCH (IGHWAY &OR MORE INFOR MATION ABOUT THE ,IONS #LUB PLEASE CALL 6AL AT ,ibrary Holiday sale Dec. 3 4HE "URGAW &RIENDS OF THE ,IBRARY IS HAVING A GENTLY USED HOLIDAY DECORATION SALE AT THE LIBRARY 3 #OWAN 3TREET "URGAW $EC FROM A M UNTIL NOON /N SALE WILL BE DONATED DEC ORATIONS PURSES PUZZLES AND COOKBOOKS !LL PROCEEDS BEN ElT PROJECTS OF THE &RIENDS 4HE PUBLIC CAN HELP IN TWO WAYS &IRST DONATE GENTLY USED HOLIDAY ITEMS BY $EC 3EC OND COME AND SHOP $EC FOR NEW TO YOU TREASURES 4HERE WILL ALSO BE SEVERAL ITEMS UP FOR RAFmE
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