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By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Pender County residents received notices of their new property values earlier this week. The property revaluation, which has been in the works for a year, is required by state law every eight years.

The Pender County Tax Assessors Office has prepared for questions from property owners related to the revaluation. Hurricane Florence proved problematic for assessors, with the county working

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to take storm damage into account with new property values.

The tax office has planned a period of informal hearings for property owners with questions regarding their revaluation.

Property owners who wish to discuss their property values with tax assessors can call 259.1256 to schedule a time. Owners who wish to formally challenge their property revaluation will have the usual opportunity to appear before the Board of Equalization and Review.

Sheriff ’s Office plans community meeting in Rocky Point May 21 From Staff Reports The Pender County Sheriff ’s Office will hold a community meeting with Sheriff Alan Cutler and other officials May 21 from 6-8 p.m.

The meeting will be held at the Rocky Point

Friendship Community Building 17808 N.C. Hwy. 210 in Rocky Point. Light refreshments will be served.

Residents are invited to attend and voice any concerns or questions.

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Rochelle Whiteside (above) heaves a hefty cow chip during the annual Spring Fest cow chip toss competition. Ross Harrell (above left) and Rhett Pollock wait their turn. Casey Summers (left), winner of the competition, receives his awards from Harrell. See more photos of the event on Facebook.

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Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) hosted a Hurricane Recovery Roundtable, an information session and overview of ongoing Hurricane Florence recovery efforts led by non-profits and other organizations in North Carolina’s 7th District. The roundtable took place at the Pender High School Gymnasium in Burgaw Monday night The Hurricane Recovery Roundtable gave constituents the opportunity to learn more about services available to those still recovering from Hurricane Florence. Members of the public had the opportu-

nity to visit informational booths set up by local nonprofits and other groups.

Also attending the meeting was Director of North Carolina Emergency Management Mike Sprayberry providing an update on recovery efforts. Other organizations participating in Monday’s roundtable were Duke Energy, Pender County Long Term Recovery Group, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, the North Carolina Farm Bureau, Legal Aid, the Food Bank of Eastern NC, First Fruit Ministries and WARM.

Former Pender deputies sworn as state troopers From Staff Reports The State Highway Patrol proudly welcomed 34 new troopers at a graduation ceremony for the 147th Basic Highway Patrol School. The ceremony ended 12 weeks of demanding training preparing them for a fulfilling career of service to the state of North Carolina.

T wo fo r m e r Pe n d e r County Sheriff ’s Deputies were among the new troopers sworn in May 3 in Cary. Jacob Justice will be assigned to Brunswick County. Charles Murray will patrol the roads in Pender County.

The ceremony was held at Colonial Baptist Church in Cary. The oath of office was administered by Associate Justice Mark Davis of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Colonel G. M. McNeill Jr., the 27th Commander of the State

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Cape Fear Raptor Center works with injured birds

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The Cape Fear Raptor Center (CFRC), located in Rocky Point, works to provide rehabilitation services to injured raptors, with a goal of releasing the birds back to their natural habitat.

The center also provides education to citizens of North Carolina and the southeastern region on the importance of raptors in our ecosystem. The CFRC provides hospitalization, diagnostic imaging and surgical care, as well as flight conditioning and release.

While fractured wings, eye injuries, and broken legs are some of the most common injuries seen in raptors, there are often other underlying issues that can cause serious problems for these birds. According to CFRC Associate Executive Director Tonya Weir, lead poisoning is one of the leading problems that affects birds of prey.

“People tend to focus more on bald eagles because of their symbol and their status, but it’s not just them,” began Weir.

“Pelicans and loons and others die from it all the time - from lead sinkers (fishing gear). Lead is bad

CFRC is working with this eagle suffering from lead poisoning. all-around for birds. They succumb to it way easier than people, and the effects are just traumatic to them.”

Weir explained other ways that lead poisoning occurs in birds of prey.

Lead from ammunition used by hunters is a major concern. Often an animal that has been injured but doesn’t die is eaten by a raptor. The lead shrapnel gets into the bird’s digestive system, causing the bird to become ill. The lead causes neurological symptoms, depression, lack of appetite, vomiting, weakness and even death.

Recently, the CFRC lost two bald eagles they were trying to rehabilitate. Blood tests revealed that they were affected by lead.

Pender EMS and Fire Report Pender EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: 217 Calls per Station Burgaw Station 1 41 Sloop Point Station 14 25 Hampstead Station 16 28 Surf City Station 23 30 Topsail Beach Station 4 12 Union Station 5 20 Rocky Point Station 7 29 Atkinson Station 9 17 Maple Hill Station 13 2 Scott Hill Station 18 0 Hwy 421 South Station 29 13 Type of Calls Cancelled: 38 Refusals: 50 Stand By: 1 Transported: 113 Treated/released: 15 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 42 Calls per Station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw 4 Fire Station 13 Maple Hill 0 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 14 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 18 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 3 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 2 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 South 1 EMS St. 4 Topsail Beach 0 Fire Call Type Summary FIRE 9 Motor Vehicle Crash 5 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 26 Cancelled 2 Ocean Rescue 0

“One of the birds had enough lead in its system that we definitely would have treated for it. The first one came from another center. The x-ray showed that it had been shot, but it had recovered from that injury.

However, it was completely emaciated. The lead starts messing with their minds. For example, when they go to hunt, they miss their prey. They misjudge things. A lot of them get hit by cars because they are on the road scavenging. When they try to fly away from the car, they fly into the car,” said Weir.

When the bald eagle was first brought to the center, they began tube feeding him every three hours.

Weir had stayed up through the night to feed him. The next morning when she was preparing to give him his morning treatments, he passed away.

The second eagle had been hit by a car last week, and was brought into the center by a wildlife biologist. Unfortunately, the humerus bone was shattered and was inoperable so the bird had to be euthanized.

Before they did, however, they drew blood and found that the bird also had lead poisoning.

“Sometimes they get startled and that’s why they get hit, but a lot of times it’s that they don’t know which way is up or down. They are just out of it. So that could have contributed to him

getting hit by the car. It’s just devastating, especially because it’s spring and they have babies in their nests this time of year.

The mom usually sits with the babies while the dad hunts the food. It just becomes super hard on one parent, just like it is for us. They have such a hard life out there, and then we do all these other things that make it very difficult for them to survive,” said Weir.

Weir said that they are asking hunters to use alternative ammunition.

“People don’t realize that lead is so soft that it shrapnels when it hits the flesh. There is a good possibility that if you’re hunting with lead, you are also eating the lead yourself. We’re not trying to discourage hunting at all.

It’s a safety issue, and you could be harming yourself and your family.”

Another issue Weir mentioned is the use of rat poison. A rat can live for days after ingesting the poison, leaving an opportunity for raptors to make a meal out of the rat. Rodenticides affect animals much like lead does.

CFRC is currently caring for six great horned owlets, three young barred owls and two eastern screech owl babies. T hey also have nine eagles, two of which are releasable. Small groups can schedule tours of the CFRC, and the center also provides educational programs to the public by bringing their “education ambassador” birds to schools and events.

The CFRC is a nonprofit that depends on monetary and food donations. They are in constant need of fish, and they are also appreciative of deer meat from those who are cleaning out their freezers. The center is located at Rocky Point Animal Hospital, located at 9185 US Hwy 117 S in Rocky Point. They can be reached at (910) 687-6888.

Sex offender pleads guilty Shawn Edward Johnson, age 43 of Hampstead, pled guilty this week in Pender County Superior Court to one count of Statutory Sex Offense and one count of Statutory Rape before Judge Kent Harrell.

Johnson was sentenced to 300-420 months plus a consecutive sentence of 144-233 months for a total sentence of 444-653 (37-54 years) in the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. Once he is released from the Department of Adult Correction he will be placed on post-release supervision for 60 months and must register as a sex offender for 30 years.

Johnson abused the first female victim over the course of a three year period starting when she was 12 years old and ending when she reported the

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Welcome to my world

Regina Hill Post & Voice Columnist

Potential Surf City is such an incredible place. Our town is growing at an exponential rate as new businesses and neighborhoods seem to pop up every day. Although progress is exciting, I do worry about the loss of the small town appeal which makes us stand out from larger, more metropolitan beach towns.

Of course, growth has perks. The economy is expanding which means more jobs, more opportunities and more activities to do. Another perk is the new high-rise bridge – a grand addition. I crossed the old drawbridge many times and was saddened about her disassembly, but life goes on. Every afternoon, the bridge is heavy with walkers, runners and families enjoying incredible views of the island which were not possible before. At sunset, colorful homes paint a surreal scene against the backdrop of the ocean. The roundabouts still confound me as I sometimes feel trapped in the famous scene from National Lampoon’s European Vacation – IGA, Bank of America, IGA, Bank of America.

With such fast growth, a surge in new businesses has resulted. I’ve noticed more multiple businesses that offer similar products and services. For instance, the idea of operating an onsite brewery and tap room has gained popularity as there are two within close proximity to one another. Providing an open invitation to doggies was sheer brilliance – except when the furry ones drink too much (water, not beer). Local bands, outdoor spaces and food trucks contribute to the celebratory feelaligning nicely with the spirit of Surf City and the value placed on building community.

For now, we have plenty of grocery stores, convenience marts and gas stations. My heart bleeds for a Chik-Fil-A and there’s a perfect spot for one right behind my house. In order to move forward, however, Surf City must think outside of the box in terms of business ideas. I’ve come up with a few of my own and anyone developing these ideas should throw me a fat commission.

1. Noga – As the name suggests, Noga is yoga without the physical exertion and effort.

For $20 per class (or $25 per month), participants may congregate on my lawn as we sit in a circle on yoga mats, chant and meditate. After, and only after, our sacrums have opened completely, we will listen to a Yanni song. As an added bonus, the class will receive a complimentary stalk of cauliflower Continued on page 4A

Jefferson Weaver

She’s a nurse – she’ll know Let me preface this by saying I have nothing but respect for doctors.

It takes incredible fortitude to study for years, then go into a line of work where lawyers and the intricate vagaries of the human wait hungrily around every turn. I’ve always been blessed with good doctors – the late Charlotte and Milton Levine and “Dr. Larry” among them. I would fight to the very gates of hell for Bruce Williams.

But behind every doctor, good, bad or indifferent, whether he or she has a God-given instinct for care or thinks the word physician is synonymous with God – behind every MD of any kind is a nurse.

I’ve been paying more attention to nurses lately; not just because the first two folks stricken with Ebola on American soil were nurses, but because several folks close to me are fighting their way through nursing school.

My beautiful sister-in-law Callie, and my sister in Christ, Kelly Robeson, are just a few of those folks I know who are striving for the title of LPN or RN, amongst others. Lest you think I’m sexist, every male nurse I know is just as dedicated.

There are just fewer of them. I think men generally aren’t as patient as women.

Nurses have the nasty jobs; they watch the patients hour after hour.

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.

The symptoms for an underactive thyroid (also known as hypothyroidism) – the most common

Like yesterday

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Jefferson Weaver They get to know the families much more intimately than even the best doctors, since doctors never seem to have the time needed to reassure a patient and their nervous relatives. We see fewer doctors, and need more nurses, what with the befuddling changes taking place in the medical profession (the reasons are a column for another day, and in my opinion, the obvious cause is but one problem.)

One particular hospital visit with my dad sticks out in my mind.

The winter night was bitterly cold, and they had rushed the Old Man to the hospital via ambulance. Mother rode with Miss Rhonda, Brother Mike and me.

The emergency room was bedlam, with a side order of chaos. Some sort of respiratory virus was making the rounds, hand in hand with a flu bug, so something like 300 sick

kids and their worried parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and next door neighbors were in the waiting room.

A bad wreck out on the highway had brought a similar population explosion to the hospital. People turned the televisions up louder and louder, so people, babies and police officers kept speaking louder and louder in at least two different languages. On top of that, the ER smelled like an ER on a busy Saturday night.

The lady at the information desk was missing, and the ladies at the admissions desk were swamped. We needed to tell someone we were there for my dad, but the pandemonium of the place ensured there was no way to tell the time, much less ask about a particular patient.

My mother nodded toward a tall, cool, pretty Continued on page 4A

Thyroid disorders often missed 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

Notes from the Field

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 medications, 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 hyper thyroidism 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.

An old man and his memories. It’s true, I can revisit the past, at least in my mind, and I do it on purpose. At times, I can lean back in my chair and deliberately search for certain things, events that happened fifty, sixty, seventy years ago. It’s like randomly turning the pages in a big photo album and coming across something especially meaningful.

“Where do I want to go today?” I ask, and settle back in my chair, close my eyes and turn on the memory machine. Some things stand out crisp and clear, like yesterday (more about this later), like it just happened. Other things are still there, but hazy.

“I wish I had paid more attention,” I think, wishing I had total recall, but also glad I don’t. I get to pick and choose which memories I bring to the forefront, deliberately ignoring, even suppressing those times I don’t want to recall, times when I could have done better, times I could have been more aware of the feelings of others. Most of my sins are sins of omission, times when I could have been noble and not petty, thinking of others and not so much myself. I don’t beat myself up on it, I just regret having not made better choices, taken better action for the long term. Human being kind of stuff. “If only . . .” kind of stuff.

“What if,” I think, and I go back to the crossroad decision times.

What if I had actually found a connection during my visits to the Trappist Monastery in Conyers, GA, near Atlanta? Then, in 1957, cars were getting tail fins, Elvis, Jerry Lee and the Everly Brothers were making history and my parish priest decided it might be better if I had an opportunity for a cloistered life, sheltered from temptation, and in a Trappist monastery. The monks were nearing completion of the construction of the Abbey Church at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit.

Trappist monks take a vow to silence. It wouldn’t have worked, and I think it wouldn’t have worked for another reason, contemplation. At fifteen, I didn’t have much to contemplate. I do have memories, and even then I was aware that while I was doing things, there was no motive force working behind my actions, no guiding ambitions, just living day to day and like drift-

ing dandelion fluff, carried this way and that. Girls and cars, hunting, fishing and photography.

This was the time of Sputnik. The Russian space satellite had been successful, and our Vanguard launch was visible across America on live TV, the thin rocket lifted off, climbed a few feet, settled back on its launch pad, and exploded, the last image of America’s hope in the nose cone, toppling of the top.

My grandmother was right, “The world is going to hell in a handbasket.”

I had been an altar boy.

I assisted the priest in the administration of the sacrament of Communion and the Mass, ringing the bells, bringing the water and wine, and repeating the call and response, in Latin, mostly kneeling.

I think the priest knew I was at a crossroads. This was also the time of the ‘beat’ generation, of being ‘cool’. Jack Kerouac had written On the Road and the doors were opened to the counterculture. I didn’t know counterculture from cottage cheese, but it seemed the thing to do, and I wanted to, but we lived in Milledgeville, GA, not known for forward thinking, opting instead to maintain its southern charm as the former state capital, especially during the Civil War. The Gothic author Flannery O’Connor attended the services regularly. I didn’t know her, but understood her writing was ‘scandalous’ for portraying Southern Culture for what it was.

Like Beatniks, I burned incense, listened to jazz, read poetry, drank tea with a couple of other geeky kids. I was never ‘cool’, not even lukewarm. When I burned incense, it was incense I had brought home from the church. That’s why my memories of these early times are scented with church overtones.

And it’s not just sense memory either, there’s ‘scents’ memory. In addition to the incense, my room absolutely was a wonderland of aromatics: I was trying oil painting, so there was turpentine; I had trays of photo processing chemicals lying out too long; the air was saturated with model airplane paint, called ‘dope’, smelled like fingernail polish. The chance encounter with any of these opens an olfactory memory.

My priest thought it might be better if I became a monk. My high school principle was certain I would find a career making license plates for the state.

Somehow I graduated from high school.

The wonder of it all was that even then, I had no idea Continued on page 12A

Geek to be, I can remember the “cool kids” then.

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My Spin

Tom Campbell

Closing the skills gap Any well-run company listens closely to their customers and Mooresville based Lowe’s is a good example of a homegrown business that listens. While many of us do-it-yourselfers frequent

their stores, their largest customer base is professional contractors. Mike Mitchell, Lowe’s skilled trade director, says “When we start talking to (pro customers) about how we can help them run their small business, labor shortage comes up almost every time.”

Simply put, contractors are turning away business, taking too long to complete existing jobs or even losing money on jobs because they can’t find enough skilled workers. The skills gap is real.

Nationally, three million jobs could go unfilled by 2028 because of labor shortages.

Lowe’s wanted to know why young people aren’t choosing trade professions as a career choice, so they formed a consortium of about 60 organizations to examine

the problem and come up with solutions toward filling job shortages. This unique undertaking, dubbed Generation T, includes a diverse range of groups from appliance manufacturers, like Bosch, to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

One big stumbling block is that many young people lack awareness about what kind of future they might have working in trade professions and how much they might earn, so this consortium is going into schools to inform students about career pathways. Skilled carpenters, plumbers, HVAC technicians and other tradesmen can earn six figure salaries. The project is also providing tools, appliances and equipment for experiential study in high schools.

But to fill the skills

gap additional training or certification beyond high school is required.

A recent report from The John Belk Foundation and Carolina Demography talks about our “leaky” pipeline in providing skilled workers. It says that 67 percent of all jobs in our state next year will require some level of training or certification beyond high school.

Currently, only 47 percent of our 5.3 million working adults meet those requirements.

The skills gap is further complicated when you understand that our working age population is shrinking, due to the retirements of baby boomers. Older workers remaining in the workplace need new training if they are to continue to earn living wages.

Gen T has great

potential. Not only can it be expanded laterally, meaning across the state, but can be replicated vertically into other sectors where there are rapidly expanding job needs. The 10 fastest growing jobs in North Carolina right now are statistician, credit counselor, nurse practitioner, operations analyst, occupational therapy assistant, physician assistant, home health aide, diagnostic medical sonographer and physical therapy aide.

Lowe’s Generation T was designed specifically for the construction industry, but it is the model or template that demonstrates how the skills gap can be addressed in other job sectors. It clearly points out the importance of bringing together all stakeholders, from trade and professional groups,

equipment and other manufacturers, educators, employers and even end users to find solutions.

Continued economic growth and prosperity demands we meet these needs. Our employers need workers if they are to remain vibrant and our people need jobs. North Carolina has the expertise and resources to meet this great challenge. Let’s close the gap.

Tom Campbell is former assistant North Carolina State Treasurer and is creator/host of NC SPIN, a weekly statewide television discussion of NC issues that airs on UNC-TV main channel Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays 12:30 p.m. and UNC North Carolina Channel Fridays at 10 p.m, Saturdays at 4 p.m. and Sundays at 10 .a.m. Contact him at www.ncspin. com.

Motorcycle safety: Look twice and you can save a life Motorcycles have been a popular choice for North Carolina roads since the second decade of the 1900s. Widespread use of motorcycles in the First World War helped some folks realize that a “motorized bicycle” was just the ticket for some of our state’s poor roads in the early years.

The original troopers with the State Highway Patrol rode motorcycles before they had cruisers.

The economy, practicality and freedom of a bike continues to be the favor-

ite ride for many North Carolinians, as well as thousands of bikers who cross our state every year.

Baby boomers have been drawn by the call of the open road in larger numbers than any other generation, and with a growing economy, motorcycle sales have consistently risen in recent years. Scooters and mopeds give some people a reliable, affordable method of transportation between home, work and elsewhere.

Lower-powered cycles

are not just for those who have lost their driving privileges anymore, as more and more people choose scooters for short trips to work, shopping or recreation.

Sadly, motorcycle fatalities have taken a tremendous leap this year, a trend that has been steadily rising since 2016, when 141 bikers died on state roads. Last year saw 170 motorcycle fatalities, and so far this year, 34 people have died on bikes in North Carolina since January, according to the

state Department of Motor Vehicles.

The causes are as varied as the people who ride, but inattention by auto drivers is the primary problem, according to the state. Telephone usage is unsurprisingly the number one issue, but other common problems include sudden braking and unsafe passing. The blame doesn’t only rest on drivers, but more than 50 percent of motorcycle crashes are caused by other vehicles.

Debris on roadways is

an issue bikers are trying to get handled through the. The grass clippings that annoy the driver of a car can cause a bike to lose traction and go down, with dangerous or deadly results.

While bikers’ rights groups criticize North Carolinaís laws, we do have reasonable provisions in place, namely mandatory helmet usage and activating headlights when a bike is on the road. Helmets do save lives, and headlights provide a bit more visibility

for a lower profile vehicle such as a motorcycle.

Bikers have as much of a right to the road as any other driver. Basic common courtesy and common sense can go a long way toward saving the life of a neighbor who just likes having his or her knees in the breeze.

We should all follow the simple rule pushed by many riders, since itís applicable to all drivers, regardless of the number of wheels they prefer: if you look twice, you can save a life.

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3. Can’t Escape Room – Surf City is keeping time with trends as we have an Escape Room. The Can’t Escape Room is a similar concept but will be open

to moms only. For $20 (or $10 if moms have multiple children under the age of five), participants will be locked in a room filled with cozy sofas, racks of tabloid magazines, scented candles and faces of their husbands tacked to dart boards (for an extra $5). Appetizers will be provided, along with a fully appointed tequila bar. Moms will be unable to escape for one hour and no one may enter after

the door is locked. Cell phones will be prohibited.

3. Monkey rentals – Why isn’t this a thing already? All monkeys will come with three diapers,

a change of clothes and a complementary pair of hair barrettes.

So, Surf City, the sky’s the limit. I’d gladly entertain partnership

proposals and financial contributions. What I lack in financial capital I more than make up for in enthusiasm and creativity.

it’s still the nurses I look to if I need something translated into English.

During my own brief hospitalization years ago – hopefully and prayerfully the only time I’ll ever have to spend the night in such a place – I saw a doctor precisely once. Yes, he was good, yes, he was polite and professional, and yes, he was a Christian, but I saw him once in three days, the first one and a half of which involved the most excruciating pain I have yet to suffer.

I only saw that one doctor, once, for a bare few minutes. But nearly every hour, there was a nurse or nurse’s aide who quietly checked on me, or cajoled me into taking more medicine when I was being proud or paranoid about that sweet kiss of Mother Morphine. The nurses made sure I could have real coffee, not the over priced stained water from the snack bar, or worse still, the stuff that may have been walked past an empty coffee pot once, but only while carefully shielded.

It was a nurse who comforted my brother when our dad died, and a nurse that encompassed all of us when Miss Lois went on home. It was a nurse who took away

even my slightest doubt the one and only time I’ve ever had surgery. It was a nurse who called me after a scandal years ago, where a doctor was arrested and a couple of other nurses discharged.

The woman who called me was embarrassed – she loved her job, and wanted to make sure I understood her entire profession should not be judged by a few bad apples.

We need doctors; we need surgeons, and specialists, and internists, and all the other kinds of ‘ists.

But when folks are hurting, sick or frightened, and don’t know what to do, they need to find that calm lady with the ever-so-slight smile standing amidst the chaos, and simply ask the nurse – because she’ll know.

Continued from page 3A and a peace bead.

2. Cat Café – While the health department may frown upon the pairing of cats with food service, I don’t see a hygienic issue. In fact, the only cats allowed in meal prep and service areas are the hairless breeds. A kitten room will feature balls of yarn, magazines and

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Continued from page 3A blonde lady with a clipboard.

“She’s a nurse,” Mother said. “She’ll know.”

Dressed in blue scrubs, with just a hint of makeup and an ever-present yet tired smile, the nurse did indeed know where they’d taken my father. She took Miss Lois’ hand, smiled brightly and sweetly at my worried brother, and promised us she’d be back for the rest of the family as soon as possible.

In the midst of the hysteria of sick and hurt people, the nurse – whose name, I sadly cannot recall – drew the frightened and worried like the proverbial flame draws the moth. Instead of getting burned, however, she brought some reassurance to everyone she helped. I later told the CEO of the hospital about her – thankfully, I remembered her name back then – and he told me in quite honesty that he’d never met her, but had heard her name under similar circumstances a number of times.

Despite the fact that what few doctors I have personally had to work with have been excellent,

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By Taylor Maready Special to the Post & Voice It’s that time. The time of the year where everyone is starting to see slithering friends around the yard. The time of the year when the warmer weather and bright sunshine attracts legless amigos out of hiding. So, let’s chat snakes this week.

In EMA’s Jungle Room, we have three snakes: Queso, the corn snake, Auto and Ozzy, both ball pythons! They are amazing pets and very cool to learn about.

Snakes are long, legless and carnivorous reptiles.

They have overlapping scales and often shed their skin, which looks super cool under a microscope! They are ectothermic, like sea turtles, meaning that they are coldblooded and their body temperature is regulated by their surroundings.

If you visit the shop, you will see that we have large heat lamps and monitor their temperature and humidity closely. Snakes have really cool and mobile jaws and can open them large enough to swallow prey much larger than their mouth! The diet of a snake varies in species, but the always hunt for animals. Some species eat frogs, smaller snakes and lizards, while others eat rats and mice (like our snakes!) Snakes do not have the ability to bite their food, so they swallow it whole.

Snakes do not have eyelids or external ears, but they do have a backbone, so they are vertebrates! Some snake species are venomous, while others use constriction to kill their prey. When you see their tongue, they are smelling their surroundings, not trying to play puppy (although, our pythons are pretty much legless puppies!)

Now, the ocean.. There are sea snakes. They are very pretty snakes and live mostly in the water. They eat fish, eggs and other ocean dwellers. Their tails are flattened to make fast swimming possible and flaps over their nostrils close when they are underwater. Sea snakes are often mistaken for eels, but, unlike eels, sea snakes need to return for air since they lack gills. Some of these sea snakes can reach more than six feet long!

Sea snakes are usually helpless when washed ashore and just want to return to the water, but there are a few species who go onto land to lay their eggs. Sea snakes are very venomous, but not aggressive. Most human/snake bite interactions happen when fishermen try to remove them from the net using their hands.

Another fun fact, they are related to the cobras. Pretty crazy, huh?

Anyway, snakes are huge benefits to the environment.

I know they are often feared, but if you take a closer look, you may see the beauty behind their slithery scales.

So, if you find a snake, venomous or not, it is always best to relocate them or have them relocated to a safe area where they can continue to make a huge impact in our ecosystem and the world.

Topsail’s Dashaniq Sidbury (above top) signs a Letter of Intent to attend Pfeifer University to play basketball.

Peyton Little (above) signed a Letter of Intent to attend Duke University on a combined athletic and academic scholarship.

Topsail’s Little, Sidbury sign college Letters of Intent

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Staff Writer In separate ceremonies last week in the Media Center on the campus of Topsail High School, two Lady Pirate girls signed Letters-of-Intent to continue their educations and athletic careers at the next level.

The superbly wellrounded Payton Little inked her letter to attend Duke University to continue her track and field career on a combined grouping of athletic and academic scholarships.

L i t t l e, wh o h o l d s a 4.45 (out of 5.0) GPA, entertained interest from Georgetown University, Elon, Nor th Carolina State, Emory, and George Washington – where was she was offered the school’s Presidential Scholarship – before choosing to become a Lady Blue Devil.

Little is the school record-holder in the shot put and discus, and was the basketballt eam’s second leading scorer 205 points) behind Julia Sullivan (236),

as well as the being the team’s leader in rebounds (208), blocked shots (38), and free-throws made and attempted (53-for-90).

“It all worked out because I am going to an excellent school,” Little said.

“I like the fact I will be able to continue to do track and field. I thought going somewhere to play basketball, but I really love track. I love working at something on a day-to-day basis and seeing the results.”

L i t t l e w a s i nvo l ve d in the Drama prog ram at Topsail, was also the president of Pink Bows, was the secretary to the executive Student Council Board, a senior advisor for prom committee, was a street ambassador, was the president of the local GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance), and I am a member of the National Honor Society.

She was also a member of the NCHSAA Student Advisory Council, which led to a trip to Indianapolis for a week-long national seminar.

Little will major in Pre-Med as a prelude to hopefully becoming a Psy-

chiatrist. She credited the Topsail High experience as the foundation of what she has become as a young woman, a student and as an athlete.

“Topsail High School has given me a platform to stretch myself, and I was encouraged to join in on other things outside of athletics. It has been a very good environment for growth.”

Dashaniq Sidbury chose Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer (N.C.) over Johnson C. Smith and Wake Tech, and will play basketball for the Lady Falcons, who are members of the USA Division III South Atlantic Conference.

“I chose it because when I visited it I liked everything about it, and the coaches were very nice,” Sidbury said. “They basically told me I would have to prove myself all over again in order to ear n playing time, that nothing would be given to me, and I feel I am up to that challenge.”

Sidbury is carrying a 3.7 GPA and scored over 1,000 on the SAT exam. She will

major in Health and Exercise Science with a goal of becoming a Physical Therapist.

“I want to help others and my cousin is in the field and I would go to work with her sometime, and I liked what she did.”

Sidbury is also a sprinter on the Lady Pirates’ girls’ track team, but she indicted she will – in the beginning, at least concentrate on her studies and basketball.

“I am going to concentrate on basketball right now but, if the opportunity comes along I would like to try track.”

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By Rev. Ken Smith Atkinson Baptist Church Contributing Writer Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word. He did this to present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless. In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies.

He who loves his wife loves himself. Ephesians 5:25-28 There are two institutions that God created: the family and the church.

Both institutions are accountable to God for raising, shaping and preparing the next generation for a life of service to God’s Kingdom and to humanity. As believers in Christ, we need to value the family that God has given to us. Often we might wonder why our family is dysfunctional, but we should never doubt how important that family is to God.

It is no wonder that Satan is attacking the family. He knows that if he gets the family, he gets the future. If Satan can get a father out of the home, then he can raise a little girl who never knows what real love is like by a man who honors her.

So the little girl looks for love through men who don’t honor her. If a father leaves or is passive in the home, the enemy knows he can raise a boy to be an undisciplined and irresponsible man.

I know that many of you that are reading this devotion don’t have a complete family and had no choice in the matter, whether through divorce, death or desertion. God cares very much for these families, but His ideal is still a father and mother raising their children in their home, preparing them to take their place as God’s kingdom representatives in their own homes someday.

Max Lucado stated, “God created marriage.

No government subcom-

mittee envisioned it. No social organization developed it. Marriage was conceived and born in the mind of God.� There is not much use in discussing the problems in our nation’s capital until we fix the problems in our homes simply because what ultimately matters is not what’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, but what’s happening in our home.

Consider how fast time seems to slip away from us. The baby you once held now has children of their own. Sadly, we often don’t value the family that we have until they are no longer with us. The cell phone and iPad have become tools for babysitting our children.

Families rarely take the time just to talk to one another, play board games or just go outside to play.

Could that be the great accomplishment Satan has made within our families, turning our attention away from one another and towards ourselves? I know that our culture has

changed, and it seems to have happened overnight, but God has yet to change.

Charles Spurgeon wisely proclaimed, “Train up a child in the way he should go, but be sure you go that way yourself.� You probably remember the days when the family wasn’t attacked on the television.

You had no fear of watching programs like The

Andy Griffith Show, The Waltons and The Brady Bunch, but now we have the Family Guy, Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Real Housewives of New York. I feel that this sinful world is working overtime to unravel everything we have tried to teach our children.

This week I encourage you to return the God’s

plan for your family. Be willing to apply the Bible as the foundation for your family. Although society has caused many to believe that the family no longer matters, we know God does not change His view of the family. Let’s return to the value of the family and strive to keep the foundation of our faith.

Volunteers needed to transport cancer patients for treatment The Pender Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) has developed a new partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS) to provide no cost transportation for Pender County cancer patients to treatment centers in New Hanover County.

Volunteer drivers will donate their time and vehicle to transport cancer patients to and from their cancer treatment centers in New Hanover County.

Drivers of any age will be considered and training will be provided. Background and DMV checks

are required.

Most rides will occur Monday-Friday.

Experience from other counties indicates that drivers might be called on once or twice a month.

Contact Barbara Mullins at RSVP at 910-259-9119, ext. 329.

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BAPTIST CHURCH

1730 US Hwy.Cemetery 117 N. • Burgaw, NC 28425 Rockfish Memorial Wallace, NC School 910-285-3395 Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11

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CENTERVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

107 Deerfield Road Hampstead, NC 28443 • 910-270-4221 Holy Eucharist Sunday 10 am Tuesday Healing Service w/Eucharist 10 am

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MOORES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

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

CURRIE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Children’s Church begins at 11:15 Community Bible Study, Wednesdays from 6-7:00 P.M.

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH

BURGAW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

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

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

200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425

160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC

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Pastor John Fedoronko

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

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

CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP (CF2) Ladies’ Circle, 2nd Monday of Each Month, 6:30-8 p.m.

RILEY’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH 10509 US Hwy. 117 S., Rocky Point Business Park Choir Practice & Bible Study, Tues., 7:30-9 p.m. Youth Group Every Other Wed. 6-7:30 p.m.

19845 NC Hwy. 210, Rocky Point, NC 28457 910-675-2127 Rocky Point, NC • 910-232-7759 Jim Herchenhahn / Pastor www.CF2.us Worship Hours: Sunday Morning, 11 a.m.

R OCKY P OINT U NITED M ETHODIST C HURCH Worship Services: 8:30 a.m. & 10:50 a.m. Youth each Sunday at 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Night, 6 p.m. Pastor: Dr. Ernie Sanchez located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210 Pastor Mark Murphy Wednesday evenings: Meal at 6:00 p.m. / Study for all ages 7:00 p.m.

Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 p.m. www.RPUMC.org ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH WESTVIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 18737 Hwy 17 North, Hampstead • 910-270-1477 CALVARY CHAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH 5610 Hwy. 53 W • Burgaw, NC 28425 (Across from Pender High) Monsignor Joseph Ntuwa, Pastor 54 Camp Kirkwood Rd. • Watha, NC 28478 • 910-448-0919 Pastor Fred Roberts Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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

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

Surf City - SAT 5 p.m., SUN 9 & 11 a.m. (Memorial Day - Labor Day) MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH Bible Study: Wednesday 7 p.m. Youth Group: Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Daily Mass - Hampstead: TUES & WED 4p.m., THURS & FRI 9 a.m.

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 Confessions SAT 4-4:30 p.m. or by appt. www.allsaintsccnc.org JORDANS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

4670 Stag Park Rd. • Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-5735 Wednesday Evening Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and classes at 6:45 p.m.

CHAPEL BY THE BAY IN LANIER’S CAMPGROUND Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

216 Michigan Avenue • Holly Ridge, N.C. 28445 FAITH HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

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

BURGAW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

110 E. Bridgers Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-2295 Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

BARLOW VISTA BAPTIST CHURCH

“The Church on the Hill� (910) 329-3761 22340 US Hwy 17 N Hampstead, NC 28443

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

Wednesday Night Bible Study 7:00 p.m. www.barlowvistabaptistchurch.com

THE CHURCH AT WILMINGTON

Pastor: Don Myers

910-328-6252 Associate Pastor: Nathan Swartz

Services Sunday at 10 a.m. and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

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.

BURGAW BAPTIST CHURCH

BLAKE’S CHAPEL ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Bible Based Community Fellowship NEW Pender County Location 16660 Hwy 17 N. • Hampstead, NC 28443 (American Legion Building) 910-526-7890 Pastor: Monte Suggs

100 E. Bridgers Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-4310 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m.

Wednesday evenings: Meal at 6 p.m. Prayer and Bible study for children, youth and adults 6:45 p.m. www.BurgawBaptistChurch.org

88 Blakes Chapel Road • Hampstead, NC 28443 910-270-2576 Rev. Steve Spearing, Pastor Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. www.blakeschapel.org Find Us on Facebook E-mail Prayer Requests to: shareinprayer@gmail.com

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Ebbo B. “EB” Dixon, Jr. WILMINGTON -- Ebbo B. “EB” Dixon, Jr., 74, of Wilmington passed peacefully from his earthly life Thursday, May 2, 2019 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center.

He was bor n Oct. 24, 1944 in Wilmington, the son of Ebbo B. Dixon, Sr. and Lucy Jones Dixon. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his siblings, Alice Cumberworth, Alton Dixon and Terry Dixon.

EB is survived by his beloved wife of 52 years, Judy Humbles Dixon; son, Bryce Dixon and wife Jennifer; d a u g h t e r ; A my D i xo n Bard and husband Dennis; grandchildren, Adriana Dixon, Ebbo Dixon, Dixie Dixon, Madison Bard and Mackenna Bard; sister, Geneva Moore and husband Andrew; mother-in-law, Betty Humbles Brown; sister-in-law, Betsy Humbles; brother-in-law, Gene Humbles, Jr.; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family, all who dearly loved EB. He served his country honorably in the US Army and was a faithful member of Riley’s Creek Baptist Church.

EB was a Christian man and a joy to know. He was known for his wisdom, generosity, love of laughter, and for his great devotion to his family. His departure from this earth leaves and empty place in our family circle and in our hearts.

The family received friends at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4, 2019 at Riley’s Creek Baptist Church Fellowship Hall with funeral service beginning at noon in the church sanctuary. The Rev. Dr. Jim Herchenhahn conducted the service. Burial followed in Riley’s Creek Memorial Cemetery.

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

Joyce Wheeler Harrell BURGAW -- Joyce Wheeler Harrell age 87 of Burgaw, passed peacefully from the earthly life surrounded by her loving family Monday April 29, 2019 at Pender Skilled Nursing.

On a summer day, July 31, 1931 Joyce Ferris Wheeler was born in Walla Walla, Washington to Yvonetta Parks Wheeler and Dave Ferris. She was a wife to Tyson Harrell, mother to four children and two foster children, community volunteer, and a Town of Burgaw champion. She went to a place of peace, free of illness on a bright spring day, April 29, 2019.

The years between those dates were filled with a full life.

Joyce lived in both Washington state and California growing up. She was an eager student who loved learning which continued throughout her life. She attended community college and the University of California Berkley. She worked for the U.S. Forest Service where she met her husband Tyson Harrell.

Together they created a life moving to many National Forests throughout the state of Califor nia.

Joyce was an educational specialist for her career.

However, her true vocation was her volunteer activities in any community in which they lived. She received the Citizen of the Year along with Tyson in Susanville, California. No matter where they lived, the Town of Burgaw, North Carolina was always in their hearts.

Upon retirement Joyce and Tyson moved to Burgaw where they became involved in the community.

She began volunteering in protesting the Thermochem movement. She volunteered

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for the Republican Party and the Pender County Board of Elections. She was President of the Pender County Arts Council for 22 years.

She enjoyed serving on the Pender Springfest committee, the Blueberry Festival committee, scorekeeping in Burgaw Little League, and was an active member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. She was also involved in the Pender County Historical Society where she volunteered at the Pender County History Museum and was instrumental in beginning the Christmas House Tour.

For all these efforts she was awarded the Governors’ Award for Volunteering for the State of North Carolina. Many people would see her walking and visiting all over Burgaw.

She was predeceased by her husband Tyson Harrell and brother John Wheeler.

She is survived by a daughter, Paige Bivens and husband Jonathan of Wake Forest; three sons, Bradford Harrell and wife Tresa of Morganton, Ross Tyson Harrell of Burgaw, and Andrew Harrell of Morganton; five grandchildren, Nicole Howard, Jeremy Harrell, Caitlin Harrell, Heather Smith, and Preston Harrell; nine great grandchildren; two brothers, Stanley Wheeler of Palm Desert California, and James R. Wheeler and wife Teresa of Eureka California; two sisters, Bonnie Rogers of Dublin California, and Shelda Wheeler of Reno Nevada; special cousins, Gabriel Joseph, Zana Hodge and Victoria Teal; and many nieces and nephews.

Graveside funeral services were held at 11a.m.

F riday May 3, 2019 at Burgaw Cemetery. Father Chris Hanby officiated and burial followed.

Memorial contributions can be made to Pender Arts Council PO Box 177 Burgaw, NC 28425, Pender County Historical Society PO Box 1380 Burgaw, NC 28425, or St. Mary’s Episcopal Church PO Box 841 Burgaw, NC 28425.

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.

Martha Carlene Eakins Mundt SANFORD -- Martha E. Mundt, passed away unexpectedly May 2 , 2019 at her home in Sanford.

Martha was born Feb. 28th, 1939 to the late Clifton and Estelle Eakins.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Gene Mundt of 33 years in 1996.

Surviving are daughters Terri Henderson (David), Sandra Moody (Jimmy), granddaughters Taylor Richards (Michael) and Megan Henderson.

Martha was a loving and kind hearted woman, who will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

Viewing for family and friends will begin at 1 p.m.

Saturday May 11with the funeral service to follow at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church, 19685 Hwy 421 South in the Willard. The service will be officiated by pastor Gardner Eakins and pastor Bobby Mowery.

Interment will follow in the Eakins Cemetery.

Flowers may be sent to the church via Sweet Nectors Florist 910-2592926 sweetnectorsflorist. net or Due Seasons Florist 910-259-0857 or in lieu of flowers a donation may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 4801 E. Independence Ave., Liberty, NC 27298.

Online condolences may be made at www.miller bolesfuneralhome.com.

The family was served by Miller-Boles Funeral Home of Sanford.

of Burgaw and a brother, Raymond Koslowski of Oregon.

Judy owned and operated a day care center. Her passion was taking care of children and loving them all. She enjoyed many types of crafts.

A private family service and scattering of ashes at sea will be held at Topsail Beach.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.harrellsfh.com.

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

Iris Lauretta Pate Gurganious WILLARD -- Iris Lauretta Pate Gurganious, 91, of Willard, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend passed gently from her earthly life Sunday, April 28, 2019 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center with devoted family at her bedside.

She was born Jan. 10, 1928 in Bladen County, one of 10 children born to Walter Herbert and Bertha Horrell Pate. In addition to her parents, Iris was preceded in death by her husband, John Harry Gurganious.

Iris is survived by her daughter, Deborah Kolasinski and husband John; sons, John H. Gurganious, Jr., Tracy D. Gurganious and wife Ann, and Greg

T. Gurganious; grandchildren, Erin Shoe (Dustin), Chris Kolasinski (Jennifer), Heather Mixon (Jason), Carrie Naff (Chris), Jacob Gurganious, Trey Autry, and Jason Autry (Christie); seven great grandchildren; brothers, Kenneth Pate (Bettie) and Ray Pate; sister, Hazel Felts; sisterin-law, Jean Gurganious; many extended family and friends all who loved Iris.

Until several years ago when her health began to fail, Iris was an active member of Penderlea Baptist Church.

The family received friends at noon Friday, May 3, 2019 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home in Burgaw with funeral service beginning at 1 p.m.

Burial followed in Gurganious Cemetery.

T h e f a m i ly e x t e n d s special thanks to Vivian, Wanda and Brenee for their kindness.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by QuinnMcGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel.

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Judy Elrod McClellan BURGAW -- Judy Elrod McClellan, age 67 of Burgaw, passed from this earthly life Saturday April 27, 2019 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

She was bor n Feb. 6, 1952 in Portland, Oregon, daughter of the late James Haskell Elrod and Bessie Mildred Koslowski Elrod.

She is survived by a son, Eddie Elrod of California; a sister, Nancy Robertson

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist

O n e o f my f avo r i t e shows on television was 2IVER -ONSTERS WITH *EREMY 7ADE %ACH SHOW features a story of a fresh water fish attack on humans. Wade then heads to the area to see what type of fish would be responsible for the attacks. Wade is considered the world’s top angler and is a renowned biologist and blends an informative narration to the action. One thing that really makes the show more interesting is the types of fish he brings in. Fresh water rivers and lakes are the settings, and everything from the ferocious piranha

to fresh water stingrays to catfish weighing in excess OF POUNDS ARE CAUGHT and studied.

7HILE 2IVER -ONSTERS ended a few years ago, Wade is now back with a new show titled Dark Waters.

That had me thinking about North Carolina’s WATER SYSTEM ) HAVE HEARD rumors of giant catfish in our lakes, and snakeheads have infiltrated some of our rivers. To me though, nothing looks more prehistoric or sinister as the longnose GAR -OST ADULTS WILL RANGE IN THE TO POUND RANGE with the North Carolina records hitting the mid twenty pound range. During spawning season, you can pick the males from the females easily. The females are very large, and many males will surround the female.

The gar is considered a nuisance fish. Due to its elongated mouth lined with penetrating rows of

teeth, they are hard to catch by line, but put up a huge lGHT WHEN HOOKED -ANY times you will see a fisherman cut the line without touching the gar to avoid the teeth. Because of this, bow fishing is one of the preferred methods for harVESTING GAR %VEN WHEN bow fishing though, you need special equipment.

The gar is lined with diamond shaped scales with a thick skin; therefore nearly armor piercing fish points are a must. ) TOOK UP BOW FISHING several years ago as a way to keep the bow in my hand during the non hunting seasons. Since that time, the gar has been a favorite for its toughness, challenge, and, well, appearance. Like ) SAID IT LOOKS MENACING /NE OF THE LARGER GAR ) have taken swam up to me WHILE ) WAS STANDING IN THE CREEK ) TOOK THE SHOT NO further than five feet away, and even after getting the hit, the gar turned slightly

and swam between my legs.

The arrow shaft was still sticking out of the water while embedded in the back OF THE CREATURE ) QUICKLY reached down with one hand and pulled the fish from the water and carried it to shore. Able to breathe air, the gar was still alive for several hours before filleting it.

As far as the meat goes, it tastes much like scallop, depending on the recipe.

The eggs are toxic though, so be careful during spawnING SEASON )N FACT JUST BE careful around gar, period. )NSTINCT IS TO GRAB THE lSH near the mouth, but unless you have a glove on, you will learn quickly not to.

So if you see one of these fish at the lake or river next time you are hitting the water, stop and appreCIATE IT FOR A CHANGE )T truly is a magnificent river monster. –Bill Howard is a lifelong North Carolina resident and hunter. He is a lifetime

PCCS open house May 17 showcases new addition

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Pender County ChrisTIAN 3ERVICES 0##3 INvites the public to join them in celebrating the opening of their new addition and renovations to the Food Pantry. The new space adds SQUARE FEET TO THE BUILDing, allowing them to better serve the community. The EVENT WILL BE HELD -AY AT A M 0##3 %XECUTIVE $IRECtor Sandy Harris said that all of the clothing from the thrift store has been relocated to the boutique area.

Whether shopping with vouchers or just shopping, visitors can find what they need to dress their families in style all from one area of the store. The shop will also have a wide variety of home goods to choose from. “Last year, we served

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individuals with food and clothes,� began Harris. “We have to take care of people.

7E BUILT THIS SQUARE foot addition plus we’ve renovated the food pantry.

The food pantry will be our service area that will offer FOOD ITEMS %NSURE 'LUcerna and diapers as well. )N THE PAST WE LET FAMIlies who needed assistance COME IN EVERY DAYS FOR food and clothes; but since the hurricane, we’re able to let them come once a week if they need to.�

Those who need assistance with food and clothing can go through Pender County Department of Social Services, churches or other organizations for referrals. However, Harris said that those who do not have a voucher will not be turned away. As long as the funding holds up, she plans to continue helping whomever she can at least throughout this year. “We will have to assess it after this year and see what we’ll have to do. As long as donations keep coming in and people keep giving, we can keep feeding them ev-

ery week. So far everybody in this community has been gracious to help us out,� said Harris.

During the Open House, guests are invited to come in and shop. PCCS grants’ DONORS THE #APE &EAR -Emorial Foundation and the Canon Foundation are planning to be represented at the ceremony. The two organizations, along with help from;local churches, businesses and individuals are what has kept PCCS going. “When the addition was finished, everything was paid for, so we are not in debt. That’s a blessing in itSELF ) HOPE PEOPLE WILL COME out to the ribbon cutting AND CEREMONY %VERYONE IS free to come see the building, shop and enjoy each other,� said Harris.

PCCS is currently working with Pender Long-Term 2ECOVERY 'ROUP 7HILE many have stopped distribution since Hurricane Florence, Harris stressed that PCCS has been able to

continue serving families on a weekly basis because of support from the community, donors and churches. “We are in this for the LONG TERM )F THE COMMUNIty will continue to support us with monetary donations as well as food donations we can continue to help these families that really need our assistance right now; especially this summer, with these children being out of school. “A lot of these kids can’t get to these feeding programs, so many families are going to be coming in to see us to get food. We’re in it for the long haul. People have been good to us to help us keep this going. All ) CAN SAY IS THANK YOU TO our donors and everyone because this is their PCCS. they’ve helped create this with their donations. We’re in it for the long haul,� said Harris.

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Alive After Five summer concerts in Hampstead The Pender County Parks and Recreation announced the new Hampstead Alive After Five concert series. “ We a r e p l e a s e d t o start this concert series in Hampstead, “said Zachary White, Pender County Parks and Recreation super-

visor. “Summer Concerts are something that many Pender County residents have expressed interest in.�

The free Friday evening event will feature live music by: s-AY %AGLEWING %A-

gles Tribute Band) s*UNE "RITISH )NVADERS "EATLES 2OLLING 3TONES

THE 7HO %TC s*ULY 2ANDY +NIGHT AND 0ARROT 0ARTY *IMMY Buffett Tribute) !UG WILL SERVE AS A RAIN date if needed.

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

Town of Burgaw Government News May 9, 2019 PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED The following public hearings will be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 5:30PM (or thereabout) in the meeting room of the Burgaw Municipal Building located at 109 N Walker Street in Burgaw, NC. All interested parties are invited to attend, written and oral comments are welcome.

Public Hearing 1 - Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit Application for an “Automobile Repair and/or Body Work� Use. Applicant Excel Automotive and Tire, Inc. has applied for a conditional use permit for an automotive repair business to be located on a property (PIN 3229-64-9797-0000) at 102 Hwy 117 North within the Town of Burgaw corporate limits.

Public Hearing 2 – FY 2019-2020 Budget Presentation. The Town Manager, as Budget Officer of the Town of Burgaw, has submitted the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Annual Budget to the Board of Commissioners. A copy of the proposed budget is available for public inspection in the office of the Town Clerk.

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY The Town of Burgaw is currently accepting applications for the Town of Burgaw Tourism Development Authority (TDA). Applicants must be active in the promotion of travel and tourism in the Town of Burgaw. For more information and to obtain an application, please visit our website at http://townofburgaw.com/advisory-boards.

TOWN CALENDAR May 14 Board of Commissioners Meeting May 16 Planning Board Meeting May 17 Family Bingo Night at the Train Depot

Town of Surf City Government News May 9, 2019 MEETING TIMES Surf City Town Council 1st Tuesday of the month Planning Board 2nd Thursday of the month ________________________________________________________

The Town of Surf City’s Beautification & Appearance Committee will be leading a street sweep before the spring & summer visitors arrive. Come out and show North Carolina and our environment we care!

Saturday, May 11, 2019 9am – 12noon Meet at Soundside Park 517 Roland Ave.

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Details: Groups will be organized, and supplies will be handed out at 9am at Soundside Park Please bring gloves, pickers, and safety vest if you have them or wear bright colored clothing.

A pre-sweep meeting will start at 9:15am.

Contact Chad Merritt for more information at 910328-4887

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 ABC Board 1 District 1 Advisory Board of Health 3 Dentist***, Engineer***, Optometrist*** Board of Adjustment 2 District 1, District 4 Board of Equalization & Review 2 At-Large, Alternate Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth.

7 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Planning Board 1 Technical Southeastern Community & Family Services Board 1 At-Large Southeastern Economic Development Commission 1 Citizen Representative District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek District 5 = Burgaw; Holly *** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently licensed. Applications can be completed on-line at www.pendercountync.gov or write or call Melissa Long, Clerk to the Board, PO Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and complete an application.

PENDER COUNTY FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020, SUBMITTED BUDGET The Pender County Board of Commissioners will conduct a Public Hearing on Monday, May 20, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. in the Board’s Meeting Room of the Pender County Administration Building, 805 S. Walker St., Burgaw, North Carolina, in accordance with N.C.G.S. 159-12(b) for the purpose of taking comments from the public with regard to the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Budget, as proposed and submitted by the County Manager on Monday, May 6, 2019. The proposed date for adoption of the FY 19/20 budget is Monday, June 3, 2019.

Copies of the budget and budget summaries are available in the County’s Main Public Library, located at 103 S. Cowan St., Burgaw, NC; the County’s Branch Library, located at 17135 US Hwy 17, Hampstead, NC; the County Manager’s Office, located, at 805 S. Walker St., Burgaw, NC, and on the County website at www.pendercountync.gov.

- Submitted by Randell Woodruff, Pender County Manager

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TOWN OF BURGAW Phone 910.259.2151 Fax 910.259.6644 Email: townofburgaw@townofburgaw.com Web: www.townofburgaw.com

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The event will be hostED AT (AMPSTEAD +IWANIS Park, 586 Sloop Point Loop Rd, Hampstead.

All concerts will begin AT P M !TTENDEES ARE encouraged to bring blankets and chairs to enjoy the entertainment.

and bowhunter education (IBEP) instructor. Please share your stories with Bill at BillHowardOutdoors@ gmail.com.

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NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND REVIEW

Pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-322, the Pender County Board of Equalization and Review will meet as required by law.

PURPOSE OF MEETINGS To hear, upon request, any and all taxpayers who own or control taxable property assessed for taxation in Pender County, with respect to the valuation of such property, or the property of others, and to fulfill other duties and responsibilities as required by law.

TIME OF MEETINGS The Board will convene for its first meeting on Monday, May 6th, 2019.

The Board will adjourn for the purpose of accepting requests for hearing at its last meeting on Friday, June 28th, 2019.

Meetings will be held Monday May 6th The week of May 27th Monday – Friday The week of June 3rd Monday – Friday The week of June 10th Monday - Friday All meetings begin promptly at 9:00 AM In Tax Assessors Conference Room of the Howard Holly Building.

Requests for a hearing must be received no later than final adjournment which is scheduled for Friday, June 28th, 2019 at 3:00 PM. In the event of an earlier or a later adjournment, notice to that effect will be published in this newspaper.

The schedule for the hearing of appeals which were timely filed will be posted at the office of the Assessor, serving as Clerk to the Board, and will also be provided to individuals and organizations that have requested notice pursuant to N.C.G.S. 143-318.12.

All requests for hearing should be made to: Justian Pound, Clerk to the Pender County Board of Equalization and Review Office of Tax Assessor PO Box 67 Burgaw, N. C. 28425 Telephone: (910) 910-1221

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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 Callie Mae Alderman, 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 19th day of July 2019, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment.

This 18th day of April, 2019.

Mary Evelyn Alderman Anderson P.O. Box 1592 Burgaw, NC 28425 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-9800 #8651 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9/19 EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of Bernice Elizabeth Barnhill Lomax, 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 19th day of July 2019, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment.

This 18th day of April, 2019.

Diane Elizabeth Lomax, Administratrix P.O. Box 3925 Wilmington, NC 28406 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-9800 #8640 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9/19 EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of Edith Crowley Batson, 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 19th day of July 2019, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment.

This 18th day of April, 2019.

Stephen T. Batson Co-Executor 106 South Cowan Street Burgaw, NC 28425 Edith B. Hill, Co-Executor 2100 Winchester Drive Ruston, LA 71270 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-9800 #8650 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9/19 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 Francis Donald Gallagher, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Francis Donald Gallagher, to present them to the undersigned on or before July 25, 2019 at 796 Washington Acres Road, Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 18th day of April, 2019.

Kathleen M. Gallagher 796 Washington Acres Road, Hampstead, NC 28443 #8648 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF RAYMOND FRANKLIN WATSON SR 19 E 151 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Raymond Franklin Watson Sr, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Mark I Nunalee, Resident Process Agent of the decedent’s estate, on or before July 19, 2019 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.

Mark I Nunalee, Resident Process Agent Estate of Raymond Franklin Watson Sr MARK I NUNALEE PC Attorney at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #8649 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK ESTATE FILE: 19-E-76 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JIMMY OAKLEY HARDIN, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Jimmy Oakley Hardin, late of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned hereby notifies all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 25th day of July, 2019, in care of the undersigned’s attorney at the address stated below, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the Decedent or the Estate shall please make immediate payment to the Estate of Jimmy Oakley Hardin in care of the undersigned’s attorney at the address stated below.

This the 25th day of April, 2019.

SHAULA HARDIN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JIMMY OAKLEY HARDIN c/o Rountree Losee LLP P. O. Box 1409 Wilmington, NC 28402-1409 Telephone: 910-763-3404 Facsimile: 910-763-0320 By: /s/ Melissa A. Atkinson #8657 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16/19

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Jack P. Jones late of Hampstead, Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Jack P. Jones to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 90th day of this notice, July 17, 2019, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Linda A. Jones, Executrix of the of the Estate of Jack P. Jones (19 E 134) c/o Gregory M. Katzman Law Offices of Gregory M. Katzman, PLLC. 3819 Park Ave Wilmington, NC 28403 #8652 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9/19

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 Sarah Eugene Chasteen, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Sarah Eugene Chasteen, to present them to the undersigned on or before August 8, 2019 at 1908 Oakley Road, Castle Hayne, NC 28429 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 2nd day of May, 2019.

Faye Olean Brock 1908 Oakley Road Castle Hayne, NC 28429 #8660 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23/19

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 Jennie Rhodes Beaver, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Jennie Rhodes Beaver, to present them to the undersigned on or before July 25, 2019 at H. Edward Knox, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 30848, Charlotte, NC 28230, or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 18th day of April, 2019.

Jimmy Evitt 4925 Waxhaw Farms Road, Waxhaw, NC 28173 #8653 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9/19

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 Barbara Edwards Miller, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Barbara Edwards Miller, to present them to the undersigned on or before August 8, 2019 at 118 Mallard Dr., Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 2nd day of May, 2019.

George K. Miller 118 Mallard Dr. Hampstead, NC 28443 #8661 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23/19

NOTICE TO CREDITORS EXECUTORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Pender County Estate File No.: 19E159 All persons, firms or corporations having claims against Dorothy Barrow Foyles, deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before July 23, 2019 or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 24th day of April 2019.

James Foyles Jr. Executor of the Estate of Dorothy Barrow Foyles C/O of his attorney, Renee Williamson Bloodworth, Attorney at Law PO BOX 129 Atkinson, NC 28421 #8654 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Michael Anthony Whitcomb, late of 197 Bellhammon Forest Drive, Rocky Point, Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at Post Office Box 625, 107 East Fremont Street, Burgaw, N.C. 28425 on or before the 29th day of July, 2019 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 17th day of April, 2019.

Anna Whitcomb, Administrator of the Estate of Michael Anthony Whitcomb Zachary S. Rivenbark, Attorney at Law PO Box 625, Burgaw, N.C. 28425 #8656 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16/19 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Mini Storage on the Green at Cedar on the Green Shopping Center 17061 Hwy. 17-North (Across from Olde Point) Hampstead, NC 28443 910-270-3455 On Saturday May 11th, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

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EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of Herman Bob Piner, 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 3rd day of August, 2019, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery.

All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment.

This the 2nd day of May, 2019.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Gregory Robert Walsh, Jr., deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Gregory Robert Walsh, Jr., to present them to the undersigned on or before August 8, 2019 at P.O. Box 9, Rocky Point, NC 28457 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 2nd day of May, 2019.

Cheal’lisse Ricca P.O. Box 9 Rocky Point, NC 28457 #8663 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23/19 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 Lawrence Paul Hayes, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Lawrence Paul Hayes, to present them to the undersigned on or before August 8, 2019 at 41 Drake Court, Rocky Point, NC 28457 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 2nd day of May, 2019.

Lawrence PS Hayes 41 Drake Court Rocky Point, NC 28457 #8662 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23/19 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 56 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Franklin B. Matthews and Mary Elizabeth Matthews (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Franklin Brent Matthews and Mary Elizabeth Matthews) to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of March, 2006, and recorded in Book 2911, Page 149, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on May 14, 2019 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Pender, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pipe at the intersection of the Southeastern right of way line of NC Hwy #210 and the Northeastern right of way line of Empie N. Sidbury Road as shown on a map entitled “Map of Survey for Arnelia Sanders Sidbury” as recorded in MB 28 at PG 146 of the Pender County Registry; running thence from said beginning point with the northeastern right of way line of Empie N. Sidbury Road, S32-22-20 E 265.04 ft to an iron pipe; running thence N57-37-40 E 172.42 ft to an iron pipe; running thence N32-2220 W 240.24 ft to an iron pipe in the above mentioned southeastern right of way line of NC Hwy. #210, running thence with said right of way line S65-48-50 W 174.195 ft to the beginning point and containing 43.56 sq ft. or 1.00 acre and being a portion of the Amelia Sanders Sidbury lands as shown on the above mentioned map. Subject to the 10’ x 70’ sight distance easement as shown on the above mentioned map located at the area of the beginning point. Together with an easement for egress and ingress over that portion of Empie N. Sidbury Road adjacent to the above described parcel. The

above description was prepared

by Johnie C. Garrason, Registered Land Survey No. L-1347 from a survey in January 1997. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 27 Empie North Sidbury Road, Hampstead, North Carolina.

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

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is

the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

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NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE TOWN OF SURF CITY Take notice that a hearing will be held before the Board of Adjustments of the Town of Surf City at 3:00 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at the Surf City Welcome Center, 102 N. Shore Drive, Surf City, North Carolina to hear Variance for Lot 51 Hwy 50/210, Surf City from the Surf City Code of Ordinance Appendix A – Zoning, Section 6 – Regulations for Signs 6.8 Off-site signs.

The public and all intended parties are invited to attend and be heard. This will be a quasi-judicial hearing pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-388 et. seq.

A copy of the appeal and related documents are on file in the town planner’s office for inspection by any interested person. You may request an accommodation for a disabling condition in order to attend the meeting. If you have not already made a request, you may do so by contacting Patricia Arnold at 910-328-4131 ext.101. Such request should be made at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. #8669 5/9, 5/16/19

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Mt. Calvary University begins classes Mt. Calvary University announces the start of their first classes in May 2019, beginning with the debut Leadership Certificate Program. The inaugural program will develop church, civic, business, and industry decision makers into effective, high quality community leaders prepared for 21st Century leadership roles in a religious-centered environment. The program will cover topics including leadership, management, budgeting, Christian ethics, meditation, and employee management.

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car. I heard a voice, “Hey, Bill, how’s it going?” It was the secretary from the Psychology Department. I told her what had just happened and so said she would have Dr. Chu, head of data processing, see what the best and fastest track would be to finish college before the GI Bill benefits ran out.

I came to her office later, she gave me this list, I took it to the Dean, got back in, and with my back to the wall in a ‘do or die’ battle, squeaked through.

These had all been especially sharp in my mind, with satisfying outcomes. I can remember the anxiety, even dread, of what life had in store for me, but never doubted that I would muddle through somehow. Fortunately for me, at times of crisis, someone was always there to give me a shove in the right direction.

Most memories march past in the background, unremarkable, others as faint recollections, more as distinct memories, and others, like some of my time in the Navy, canoeing in the Okefenokee Swamp, crosscountry airplane flights both as a student pilot and later, times out at sea, sailing at night, my mother’s passing stand out crystal clear, like the events happened yesterday.

Continued from page 3A what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, no aspirations, no desire to follow my father in his profession as hospital administrator. I just assumed that like the rest of the family, mostly on my mother’s side, I would somehow someday achieve a measure of success, and it wouldn’t be making license plates.

I remember walking across the parking lot at Augusta College, trying to get back in for the fourth time, feeling pretty low after making my pitch with the Dean of Academics, “Look, my GI Bill eligibility window is running out. I really mean it this time.”

“You really meant it last time,” said the Dean.

“I really, really mean it this time,” I said.

“You really really meant it last time, remember? The only way I would consider it is for you to pick a major, give me a list of everything you need to take, and when you’re gonna’ take it, and you’ll have to make all A’s to get off suspension and dismissal.”

It was one of the supreme low points of my life.

It was hot, I remember, and glaringly bright as I walked across the hot asphalt to my

Pender High Theater and Music departments to present Urinetown May 15-18 It’s happening again!

Pender High School’s Theater and Music Departments are teaming up to bring you another spectacular show! Building on last year’s success with Little Shop of Horrors, the PHS thespians now invite you into the wild and twisted world of Urinetown!

This high energy musical comedy features toetapping tunes, rocking dance numbers, and loads of quick-witted humor.

Nominated for nine Tony Awards (2001), Urinetown is a timely satirical riff on on government corruption, social inequality and on musical theater itself !

Drought has plagued the town for twenty years to the point that private toilets have become unthinkable. Mr. Cladwell, the megalomaniacal owner of Urine Good Company, has secured the rights to all the public bathrooms in town and is charging outrageous fees for the privilege to use them.

Young Bobby Strong, the custodian of one of Cladwell’s amenities, leads a group of downtrodden citizens against the tyrannical regime. What ensues is a battle of epic musi-

cal proportion: a story of hope, power, greed, revolution and…love! It’s gotta work, right? After all, they have the whole history of musical theater on their side!

Urinetown will run May 15-18 at 7 p.m. on the

main stage at Pender High School. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at the PHS front desk during school hours or at Rochelle Furniture and Brown Dog Coffee in Burgaw.

Don’t miss out on this

lively and hilarious romp.

Seating is very limited and if last year is any indication tickets will go quickly.

So don’t wait, grab a ticket, grab a friend and come see Urinetown, the number one show around.

Memorial Day Service in Hampstead American Legion Post 167 will hold its annual Memorial Day Ceremony May 25 at the gazebo in Hampstead Village. The public is invited. The ceremony will begin at 11 a,m. There will be military music playing before hand and the guest speaker will be Navy Captain Jonathon Lieske. A gun salute will be presented by the Heidi Trask High School JROTC. If any person or organization would like to present a wreath, please call Tom Wright at 910 270 8844.

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Employment eligibility checked on all applicants. Wage rate $12.25/hr and/or piece rate. Apply for this job at the Virginia Employment Commission 944 Glenwood Station Lane, Ste 103, Charlottesville, VA 22901 job order#1636467

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Lady Pirates capture 3A conference title

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer From Topsail softball Coach Eric Phillips to every player on the softball team, there were assurances there would be no overlooking any teams – regardless of their records and past results – and last week the Lady Pirates stayed true to their words, and the result is the MidEastern 3A/4A Conference’s 3A title and the top seed in the upcoming NCHSAA 3A state playoffs.

Since, they have no seniors on the roster, the Lady Pirates did not get to celebrate Senior Night Thursday, but they did find cause to celebrate with a conference-clinching 9-2 victory over visiting North Brunswick.

The Lady Pirates finished the regular season with a 17-3 overall record

The Topsail Lady Pirates took the Mid-Eastern Conference 3A title and top seed in the state playoffs, beginning this week.

(12-2 in conference), one game ahead of two-time defending champion West Brunswick (16-6, 11-3).

“It feels amazing finally

being conference champions,” said Topsail junior Maggie Smith, who was 2-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base Thurs-

Titans drop two games

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Staff photo by Bobby Norris

Pender hurler Tyler Norris finished his high school career last week.

Patriot bats silent in two losses

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer At the beginning of the year first year coach Scot Liptrap thought that his team’s weakness might have been at the plate. The team struggled in the first two weeks before finally finding their stride in the batters’ box. The Patriots lost their first three games of the season before winning four of their next six

games. Coach Liptrap and his Patriot nine worked hard to overcome their shortcomings on offense.

Last week those shortcomings reared their heads once again with the Pender county crew dropping two games in which they combined for just one hit in 13 innings.

The Patriots opened the week with an away game

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title and we finally did, we finally beat West Brunswick. That was one of our

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Pender girls earn top 1A spot in conference

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan baseball team had high hopes coming into the 2019 season. With a plethora of up and coming standouts on the roster, the team hoped to make a run for the playoffs. Somewhere along the way the team lost is way and the result was a strange season that ended with seven losses in their last eight games.

Last week was an example of how things have gone. The Titans dropped a close 3-1 decision to East Carteret on Tuesday and then fell to the same team 10-0 the next night. They ended the season with a 7-1 loss to Dixon.

In the first meeting with East Carteret, sophomore Chase Patterson got the start on the mound and pitched well, giving up only three runs. He scattered eight hits through six innings but could not get any run support from the offense.

The Rocky Point crew

day. “As juniors we have worked hard since our freshmen year to gain the

biggest goals this year and it’s very exciting.

“Going forward it makes us look to the playoffs with more confidence because we’re already conference champions, and now our goal is to be champions of something else.”

Sydney Hartgrove (3-for-4, two RBIs, three R/S, 2B, 3B) got things rolling with a one-out double in the first, advanced to third on a bunt single by Darbie Lisk (3-for-3, RBI, R/S), and came around to score on an error.

The Lady Scorpions (8-14, 6-8) tied the score at 1-1 in the top of the second, but the Lady Pirates were not to be denied as they scored six times in the bottom of the third.

Olivia Visconti started things off with a single be-

Last week the Pender Lady patriots found themselves in a must win situation. They traveled to Dixon to play a Bulldog team that may have derailed any chance that the team had to win the conference outright by upsetting the Pender County squad the week before.

Two days later they hosted an East Carteret team that could have knocked the team from the top 1A spot in the split Coastal 8 Conference standings. In both games the Patriots found themselves behind and in both instances a homerun pulled them from the depths of defeat.

Dixon beat Pender in a game the week before that was marred by bad officiating. A questionable decision by the plate umpire took two runs off the scoreboard. The Pats lost by those two runs. This time Coach Corrina Reece hoped that her team would keep it out of the umpire’s hands.

Dixon led 4-2 after three innings of play and was up by a run after four innings. Pender came back to tie the game in the fifth

and went into the last two frames looking to earn the win.

Senior first baseman Ashley Dupalevich was injured early in the year but has come back strong as of late. She took an offering from Bulldog ace Maddie Dugger deep in the sixth inning. The ball cleared the fence and drove in an extra run in the process, giving the Pats a 7-5 lead.

Junior right hander Lauren Gammons and her defense made sure the lead stood in the seventh.

Tyanna Holmes was 3-or-4 with two doubles to lead the Patriots. Saman-

tha Wells and Te’Lisha Moore also was 3-for-4. Dupalevich had two runs batted in. Gammons earned the win.

Next up was one of the most important games of the year for Pender. East Carteret was one game behind the Pats in the standings. They owned a win over Pender. The Pats needed the win to earn the top 1A spot out of the conference.

East jumped out to a three-run lead after one inning and led 6-2 after four innings of play. The Pa-

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By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer s"OYS 'OLF Senior Max Johnson shot a threeover par 75 on the 6,348yard, Par-72 Castle Bay Country Club course Tuesday to win the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference’s individual title after dropping a 10-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to edge South Brunswick junior standout Walker Isley.

Johnson held a twostroke lead over Isley –shared Medalist honors with Johnson’s Pirate senior teammate Harrison Wierse (73) – but the air was deadlocked with a season-stroke total of 527 over the course of 144 holes by virtue of Isley’s two-stroke advantage Tuesday.

Both duffers parred the first playoff hole to forces a second, where Isley hold a 10-foot birdie putt for the win.

Johnson trailed Isley by two strokes on April 1 but garnered Medalist honors at Compass Pointe and Carolina National in the two subsequent matches to forge into the lead.

West Brunswick shot a

season-best 313 to win the match over the Cougars and the Pirates (316). The top three were followed

by Hoggard (320), New Hanover (326) Ashley (349), North Brunswick (421), and Laney (45). South Brunswick is the conference’s team champion.

Other scorers for Topsail were Evan Higgins (81) and Ayden Griffen (87).

The full teams from both Topsail and South Brunswick represented the conference at the 3A Regional Championships Tuesday at the 6,426-yard, Par-72 Reedy Creek Golf Course in Four Oaks. Hoggard represented the conference Tuesday at the 4A Regional Championships at 6,924-yard, Par-72 Golf Club in New Bern.

The 3A State Championships are on the Red Fox Course at the Foxfire Resort and Golf Club in Pinehurst on Monday and Tuesday (May 13 & 14). s4RACK &IELD The Topsail track teams participated in Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference Championships last Thursday at Ashley High School.

The Lady Pirates finish-

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Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Delaney Popella works the ball inside for a score. ing third (122.5 points) behind defending champion Laney (70), and perennial power Hoggard (162), and ahead of Ashley (775), North Brunswick (72.5), South Brunswick(61.5), West Brunswick (14), and New Hanover (10).

The Pirate boys came in sixth (54.5) behind Hoggard (141.5), North Brunswick (140.5), Ashley (132), Laney (120.5), and South

Brunswick (63), and ahead of New Hanover (39) and West Brunswick (two).

Madison Lofton had an especially busy – and successful – day for the Lady Pirates with a gold-medal performance in the 100meter dash (12-10) and a second-place finish in the 200 (24.84), along with running legs on the third-

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Topsail nine celebrate Senior Night with win

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The 2019 regular season ended last Thursday for the Topsail baseball team – and there is a better-thaneven chance the season is over unless the Pirates somehow secure a wildcard bid to the 3A state playoffs – a decision that will have been made this past weekend in Raleigh.

But Pirate first-year Coach Nick Raynor – like his team throughout the year – refused to give up, stating after Thursday’s game versus North Brunswick, “We will practice Friday in anticipation of a bid and see where it goes from there,�

Regardless of the weekend’s outcome, the Pirates showed up last Thursday for the regular-season finale determined to do two things – send a message to the selection committee and make sure Senior Night ended on am positive note.

Mission accomplished!

Shane Nolan celebrated his Senior Night with the first home run of his highschool career, and Caleb Demers pitched two innings of one-hit, no-run, four-strikeout baseball in relief of winning pitcher Noah Gaither as Topsail closed out the regular season with a 7-4 win over North Brunswick Thursday in a Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference game in Hampstead.

It wasn’t the season Raynor and his Pirates (9-13, 5-9) anticipated, but

closing out with the determination and grit they did said a lot about this group of Topsail players. “It certainly wasn’t the season we wanted it to be, there were a lot of upsand-downs, but these kids never gave up and I am so very proud of them for that,� Raynor said. “It was a great night where we got a chance to celebrate the accomplishments of 11 young men who were integral parts of the success of this program through a lot of adversity and tough times. “Several of these players, like so many before them, will be moving on to play at the next level, and we wish them all the very best. We will miss every one of them and their contributions, but we have a lot of talent (12 letter-winners) coming back so the future is bright.�

Topsail went up 3-0 in the third ining on a RBI double by Eli Baird that scored Hayden Walsh walk), a sacrifice fly by Gaither that plated Elliott Blanton (reached on a dropped third strike), and an error on a ball hit

by Chuck Major that sent Baird home.

It stayed 3-0 until the fourth. Blanton led off

with a single, moving to second on pop up to the catcher, Gaither singled, and Major made it 4-0 on a fielders’ choice grounder that scored Blanton.

After Aidan Smith was hit by a pitch, Nolan sent the first pitch he saw over the left-centerfield fence for his first career home run to make it 7-0. “I saw a pitch I thought I could hit and got all of it,�

Nolan said. “I was pretty sure it would drive in some runs but I was really happy when it cleared the fence. I guess you could say I saved the best for last.�

North Brunswick scored four times in the fifth off Gaither (three runs) and D. J. Montano (one) but Demers came on in the sixth and close out the win.

Tuesday the Pirates headed to Boiling Spring Lakes for the first of two must-win games but it was not to be as they dropped a 6-3 decision to South Brunswick – a team they defeated 11-10 (3/29) earlier in the season.

The Pirates fell behind 1-0 in the first inning, and went deeper in the hole at 3-0 in the third, but true to their style of play, Topsail fought back.

A single by Nolan (2-for-3, R/S), an error on a ball hit by Demers, a run-scoring (Nolan) single

by Miles Cota, and a wild pitch that plated Demers narrowed the deficit to 3-2.

It stayed that way until the top of the sixth when a leadoff walk to Aidan Smith, another single by

Nolan, a wild pitch, and a sacrifice fly to right by Hayden Walsh that scored courtesy-runner (Smith) Montano to tie the game at 3-3.

But the Pirate euphoria lasted only into the bottom of the sixth as the Cougars scored three times to go up 6-3.

James Visconti doubled with two outs in the top of the seventh for the Pirates, but a strikeout – one of 10

by Cougar pitcher Poole – ended the game.

Monday the Pirates played as non-conference makeup game in Hampstead and they sent the Centurions back to Wilmington on the short end of an 11-3 score.

Topsail all but put the game out of reach in the fifth by scoring seven times. Caleb Demers Walsh tripled, Walsh reached on an error (Demers scored), Eli Baird walked, Sugden walked, and Gather reached base on an error with Walsh scoring.

Wyatt Ocock singled to send Baird home, Smith walked to plate Marshall Sugden, Demers walked with courtesy-runner Major waltzing home, and Walsh singled to end the scoring by sending Smith and Nolan home.

John Davis (3IP, three hits, two runs, two K’s) was the winning pitcher with relief help from Montano (1-2/3IP, one unearned run, two walks, two strikeouts), Trevor Pelkey (1IP, one it, one K), and Gavin Johnson (1-1/3IP, two K’s).

Post & Voice Top Performers "Y "OBBY .ORRIS Post & Voice Sports Writer The area spring sports teams finished their regular season. Several teams will now prepare for the state playoffs. The Topsail Lady Pirate softball team.

They week, beating North Johnston 2-0 behind the pitching of !DDY (OWARD She went the distance striking out five batters. $ARBIE ,ISK was 2-3 with a ribbey.

3YDNEY (ARGROVE scored two runs and drove in two teammates in the Pirates win over South Brunswick. /LIVIA 6ISCONTI was 3-4 as well. 3HAYNE #OLLINS picked up the win in the circle.

Pender’s Lady Patriot softball team won twice last week. In the win over Dixon, 4YANNA (OLMES was 3 for 4 with two doubles to lead the Patriots.

3AMANTHA 7ELLS and 4E ,ISHA -OORE also was

3 for 4. !SHLEY $UPALAVICH had a dinger and two runs batted in. ,AUREN 'AMMONS earned the win. In the Pats win over East Carteret, Holmes went deep.

(ALEY 3CHAEFFER came on in relief of Gammons and earned the win.

In baseball, 3HANE .OLAN celebrated his Senior Night with the first home run of his high-school career, and #ALEB $EMERS pitched two innings of onehit, no-run, four-strikeout baseball in relief of winning pitcher .OAH 'AITHer as Topsail closed out the regular season with a 7-4 win over North Brunswick. #HASE 0ATTERSON was a hard luck loser in the Titans 3-1 loss verse East Carteret. 2ICKY $EES had a ribbey in the loss.

-ADISON ,OFTON won the 100-meter sprint and finished second in the 200 meter run in the conference track meet. 0AYTON

,ITTLE was her usual reliable self with wins in the shot put and the discus.

The Topsail Lady Pirate lacrosse team is making school history with a playoff run for the ages.

Topsail beat Panthers Creek 9-5. -ADISON ,A6ALLE led the attack with three goals, with $ELANEY 0OPELLA adding two goals (two assists), and +AYLA .EE scoring twice. +ATE -ATUZA chipped in with a goal and two assists, and ,UCY .ESTOR $OWLING scored once. Goalkeeper *ANE (OBBS stopped 12 Lady Catamount shots.

In the Pirates first round win over Apex Friendship, ,ILY 2UDELL had the hot hand, scoring four of her five goals over a span of the first 16:25 of the game, including three in a row in roughly 49 seconds all unassisted. %LI #OPELAND scored four times and added three assists, *AKE 6OLPE added

four goals, and .ICK "EDSON and 4UCKER 0ARKS each scored once as the Pirate men used a dramatic four-goal, fourth-quarter rally for a come-from-behind victory over Flight Flight Friday to advance to the second round of the NCHSAA 1A/2A/3A State Playoffs for the first time in the seven-year history of the Pirates.

This weeks top performer is both the girls and boys Lacrosse team at Topsail.

The 2018-19 school year was one for the ages. It was greatly affected by Hurricane Florence. It put our students and teachers behind from the beginning and has caused many hardships on many of Pender Counties families. I will have to say that I am extremely proud of the way the folks in our county have handled this extreme adversity.

I could name many people in the county school system that went above and beyond during these trying times. However, there is not enough time or room in the Post-Voice to do so. There is one person in particular that I would like to recognize.

This person came into the year with a new role and found himself neck deep in a once in a lifetime storm.

Suppose you were named to a new position in your company that meant a lot more work for a little more pay. This position was very important. It would be very time consuming but rewarding as well.

Then imagine throwing a once in a lifetime storm on top of it, a storm that would cost the school system millions of dollars and the students several weeks out of school. That is exactly what Pender High School athletic director Matt Davis walked into.

Coach Davis took over during the summer months and was prepared for the school year.

However, no one was prepared for Florence.

What followed was an

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ordeal that would have dampened the strongest of spirits. However, Matt Davis was not deterred.

He kept on making decisions based on what was best for the school and the students. He never wavered. The pressure that was bestowed upon this first year athletic director was immense. It could have and did break the best of the best, just not ole Matt Davis.

Pender High school and Pender County as a whole made it through this disaster. We still have a long way to go, but we are getting there little by little. Matt Davis is still standing tall, that unassuming smile that we all have grown accustomed to permanently fixed to his face. I have told him more than once that if he made it through Florence and the headaches and heartaches that she brought with her, then he can handle anything thrown at him. If you happen to see Matt Davis out and about, shake his hand and thank him for the job that he has done in year one of what I hope to be a long and prosperous stay as athletic director at Pender High School. He deserves it.

Kickers Corner "Y "OBBY .ORRIS Post & Voice Sports Writer Last week was the final week of the regular season. it is very doubtful that either of the three county high schools will make the postseason.

Heide Trask played three times last week.

They dropped a 5-2 decsion to east Carteret at home before losing to the Mariners 10-1 at their place. They ended their season with a 7-0 loss to Dixon. Leanna Pfeiffer had 18 saves in the loss to the Bulldogs. Trask finished the year with a 6-13 record including a 4-10 mark in Coastal 8 Conference play.

Titan head coach Thomas Paschal announced that he will step down following the season. He was 1523 in his two years as the head coach.

The Pender patriots came into the season with a new coach in Jack Bradshaw and a very young and inexperienced squad.

They lost twice last week, finishing their season with a 2-16-1 record. Pender lost to Dixon 7-0 and East Carteret 9-0. Bradshaw is a very passionate coach with high hopes for the future of Pender Patriots girls soccer. With his work ethic and personal experience in playing the sport, look for big things for Pender soccer in the near future.

Topsail finished a somewhat disappointing season, record-wise, under first-

year Coach Stan Allen’s first year with a 6-2 MidEastern 3A/4A Conference loss to North Brunswick.

Junior Ashley Garrett scored both Lady Pirate goals. Senior Elizabeth Canfield and sophomore Bella Pouton had assists while junior goalkeeper Brianna Vreuls had five saves.

Tuesday, Lady Cougar senior captain Ava Letchtrecker scored three goals for the home team in a 4-0 home win for South Brunswick.

Junior goalkeeper Brianna Vreuls had eight saves for the Lady Pirates (4-14, 1-13). “Overall this season it was an improvement over last year,� Allen said. “We won two games more than last year (2-17, 1-13) and we scored the same amount of goals (16) but we gave up 39 less (71 versus 110), so statistically it was an improvement from last year. “We lose six seniors – Captains Danielle Vara and Elizabeth Canfield, Kathryn Soderman, Madison Jacquot, Kyleigh Wilkie, and Makayla Ahart – who graduate this year but we have 16 players returning with a good influx of JVs coming up. “Now, with the middle schools feeding into the program, there is a better possibility of a moreexperienced player pool so we should see continued improvement moving forward.�

Trask softball drops three conference games "Y "OBBY .ORRIS Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Lady Titan softball teams’ season may well be over. The team dropped three tough conference games last week and ended their season with an 8-12 overall record and a 6-8 Coastal 8 Conference mark. While that may not get them into

the state playoffs, it does show a vast improvement from the last two years.

The Titans won eight games in the last two years combined and were coming off of a three-win season a year ago. This year’s team spent the majority of the conference season above .500.

Last week the Titans had a tough three game

stretch to end the season.

They hosted East Carteret on Tuesday, traveled to east on Wednesday and hosted Dixon on Thursday.

The first game of the week the Rocky Point Titans hosted East Carteret and senior righthander Alex ‘Big Red’ O’Neal. The Titans found her hard to

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Topsail lacrosse teams set new standards, advance in playoffs

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Friday provided a memorable experience for the players on the Topsail High School girls’ and boys’ lacrosse as both squads not only advanced in the NCHSAA state playoffs – like the Starship Enterprise in the show Star Trek – they have gone where no one has before them.

Girls’ Lacrosse: Secondseeded Topsail’s secondround playoff game sent them on the road to Cary where they had to face a No.-1 seed in Panther Creek, the Conference Six champions, and the Lady Pirates (13-4) had an enjoyable trip back to Hampstead on the heels of a 9-5 upset win over the Lady Catamounts.

It is the first time in the 12-year history of the Topsail program a Lady Pirates’

Topsail

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Smith singled, Lauren Strnad walked, and Annalee Hart reached base on an error with Lisk scoring.

Smith scored on a wild before Emma Neeley walked to load the sacks, and Strnad scored on a ground out by Visconti.

That was more than enough for Topsail pitcher Addy Howard (7IP, five hits, two runs, one walk, seven

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Patterson improving for the Titans

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As a freshman on the junior varsity baseball team, Chase Patterson showed glimpses of becoming one of the better baseball players at Heide Trask High school.

This year the sophomore right-hander has showed great improvement. He has earned some innings on the mound and has played well at first base.

One of Chases greatest attributes is he size and strength. He is a strong young man with good height and weight. He has the room to grow and become a standout at the Rocky Point school.

Last week Mr. Patterson had his best outing on the mound. He gave up just three runs to a very good East Carteret Mariner team.

Wi t h t wo ye a r s r e maining at Trask, look for Chase Patterson to continue to improve.

team has advanced to the third round of the state playoffs.

Madison LaValle led the attack with three goal, with Delaney Popella adding two goals (two assists), and Kayla Nee scoring twice.

Kate Matuza chipped in with a goal and two assists, and Lucy Nestor-Dowling scored once.

Goalkeeper Jane Hobbs stopped 12 Lady Catamount shots.

The Lady Pirates got off to a rousing start in the playoffs last Wednesday with a convincing 20-3 home win over Apex Friendship (8-7).

Lily Rudell had the early hot hand, scoring four of her five goals over a span of the first 16:25 of the game, including three in a row in roughly 49 seconds (20:05, 19:56, 10:21) – all unassisted.

Combined with a gameopening goal by Popella (six

goals, three assists) and a score by Nestor-Dowling (two goals, assist) the Lady Pirates jumped out to a 5-0 lead just 5:39 seconds into the game.

“Not really knowing how they played we just came into the game with a positive mindset, just trying to play our best, as always,” Ruddell said.

Ayden Arreola (three goals) and Kayla Nee (goal, assist) made it 7-0. Topsail answered that score with back-to-back goals by Ruddell and Arreola Apex Friendship struck to make it 9-2 with 6:50 left in the first half.

The Lady Prates finished the half with goals from Nestor-Dowling, Popella, and Arreola for a 12-2 advantage at the intermission.

One of the primary reasons for the quick start was the work of Popella in the

faceoff circle. The multitalented Linn University commit won 10-of-12 face offs over the first 25 minutes, and 18-of-21 in the game.

Things definitely got tougher this past Tuesday as the Lady Pirates once again hit the road, heading to East Chapel Hill to face another top seed in the Lady Wildcats (15-2). East Chapel Hill had scored 302 goals (17.1 average-per-game) in 17 games, yielding just 46 (7/1) Topsail scores at a 13.3.6 (237 goals) pace while giving up 5.5 (95) goals in 14 games.

Boys’ Lacrosse: Eli Copeland scored four times and added three assists, Jake Volpe added four goals, and Nick Bedson and Tucker Parks each scored once as the Pirates (11-5) used a dramatic four-goal, fourthquarter rally for a come-

from-behind victory over Flight Flight (8-4) Friday to advance to the second round of the NCHSAA 1A/2A/3A State Playoffs – the first time in the seven-year history of the Pirates have advances past the first round.

The win over the Nighthawks also avenged a 9-8 loss at First Flight in the first round of the 2018 playoffs.

“The kids have worked hard and they wanted to get that monkey off their backs,” Topsail’s first-year Coach Jamie Sliwa said.

“All they talked about all week was getting that first playoff win, and hey earned it.

“There was a little concern when we fell behind (7-5) in the third quarter, but I think our games against the likes of Laney and New Hanover, and some of the other teams that did he same thing to us and we

were able to come back, for the most part, prepared us for it.”

Topsail started off strong and led 4-2 with 0:42.1 seconds left in the first quarter.

But the Nighthawks scored twice to tie the game at 4-4 with 4:16 left in the third quarter, before taking a 7-6 lead into the final 12 minutes.

Volpe and Copeland took over from there. Copeland scored off an assist from Parks to tie it at 7-7 with 6:42 to go, Volpe scored two (5:52 & 4:02) unassisted goals in producing a 9-7 lead, and Copeland finished it with a goal with 1:22 remaining.

Copeland added four ground balls to his statistical ledger, Logan Meehan secured three ground balls, Konrad Homiak won 7-of-11 face-offs, and goalkeeper Oscar Sessoms racked up seven saves.

K’s) but Topsail added two runs in the fourth when Hartgrove (single) came around to score on a wild pitch, and Tyesha Williams (single) scored on a groundout by Smith.

Lisk was 3-for-4 with four RBIs, courtesy of a grand slam home run, and Williams homered in a 2-for-3, four RBI performance to back the three-hit, onerun, no-walk, four strikeout pitching of Shayne Collins as Topsail defeated South Brunswick 19-1 in five innings Tuesday in Boiling Spring Lakes.

The Lady Pirates didn’t waste any time establishing their superiority over the Lady Cougars, scoring seven times in the first inning and twice in the

second before scoring four times in each of the third and fourth frames. They finished the onslaught off with two runs in the top of the fifth.

Jordan (3-for-4, three R/S, RBI, SB) singled and Hartgrove (2-for-3, three R/S, W, RBI, two 2B, SB) singled to start the first.

Williams then drove a ball over the right-field fence to account for the first three runs. Hart (2-for-2, three R/S, 3B, three RBIs, two W’s), Visconti (1-for-, three RBIs), Jordan, and Hartgrove all added subsequent RBIs. Smith and Hart walked to start the second before Neeley (3-for-4, RBI) singled to load the bases. Visconti singled to score Smith and

Hart. A Williams triple, an error, a single by Strnad, and a Hart triple made it 12-0 in the third before Neeley singled to score Hart.

Jordan singled, Hartgrove doubled, and Williams walked to load the bases in the fourth, and Lisk unloaded them with a blast to left field for a 17-0 lead.

Friday the Lady Pirates (18-3) showed they are up to the playoff challenge with a home, non-conference 2-0 win over perennial 2A state contender North Johnston behind the superb pitching of Howard and sixth-inning RBIs from Hartgrove and Lisk.

Howard, who improved to 11-2, scattered seven hits with one walk and

five strikeouts over seven innings against a Lady Panthers team (15-4) averaging 8.6 runs-per-game with a team batting average of .403.

On the hill for the visitors was sophomore Arial Pearch (7-3), who pitched seven innings with 11 strikeouts, four hits, and one strikeout.

Both teams had early credible threats brewing but it was 0-0 entering the bottom of the sixth when Jordan blooped a ball down the left-field line that rolled to the fence, allowing the speedy junior to get to third base.

Hartgrove singled to score Jordan. Williams grounded into a fielders’ choice for the second out,

and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Lisk (2-for-4, RBI) then drove a solid single up the middle and the Lady Panthers’ centerfielder had no chance of cutting down the high-flying Williams as she crossed home plate with the second run.

Howard retired the side in order in the top of the seventh. “ N o r t h Jo h n s t o n i s a top-notch team, that’s we bring them in here to get ready for the playoffs, “Phillips said. “The girls showed a lot of maturity, stayed focus on the teams they show have this week, and I think we are ready for what’s ahead.”

Topsail opened the playoffs at home Monday.

The senior was third in the Coastal 8 Conference in strikeouts. He proved to be more than the Pender bats could handle as he allowed just one hit while logging 14 strikeouts in an 8-0 win.

Lee Edens pitched one inning in relief, striking out

all three batters he faced.

Dixon opened the game with four runs in the first frame and added four more in the fourth. Pender did not threaten to score for the whole game.

The Patriots were smarting over their inability to

put the ball in play when East Carteret came calling.

The first place Mariners chose to throw their ace in junior right hander Chase Eaton against their fellow 1A combatant. Eaton leads the conference in strikeouts and is second with an

earned run average just over one run per game. He proved to be too much for the Patriots. He struck out 13 Pender County batters and did not allow a hit in six innings of work. East Carteret coasted to an 11-0 win.

Pe n d e r e n d e d t h e i r first campaign under Liptrap with a 7-12 record.

They were 5-9 in the very tough Coastal 8 Conference. There was a small chance that the Patriots would make the state 1A playoffs.

Gage Benavides.

The next night Trask traveled to East Carteret.

It was a different ball game at their place. The Titans fell behind 5-0 after two innings and never found their groove. Ricky Dees took the loss on the mound.

He went just under four innings, giving up four runs.

Only two of the four were earned as the Titan defense made five miscues.

Tyler Greenwood led the offense with two hits. The Titans stranded 10 runners on base.

The final game of the week was a home affair with Dixon. The Bulldogs were in second place in the conference standings and was the top 2A school. They outhit and out pitched the Titans, taking the 7-1 win in the process.

The story of the game was the Titans inability to muster up any offense.

They were limited to just three hits in the game.

Hunter Cooper had one hit and the teams only run batted in.

Cooper took the loss on

the mound, giving up eight hits and four runs. He had eight strikeouts in the conference contest.

The Titans finished the year with a 5-15 record overall. They finished the conference with a 4-10 mark.

The Pats bats came alive in the fifth frame. A Tyanna Holmes homerun jumpstarted the Pender offense.

They scored three times in the fifth to cut the lead to one run. In the sixth in-

ning the top of the lineup was due. They exploded for four runs, giving sophomore righthander Haley Schaeffer a three-run lead to work with. East plated one run before the home

team Patriots closed the game out.

Holmes and Dupalavich paced the Patriot offense with junior Samantha wells also having a good game. Schaeffer pitched

the final three innings and earned the win in the circle.

With the win the Patriots ended the regular season with a 14-5 record.

They were 10-4 in confer-

ence play and ear ned a second-place finish overall. They are the top 1A team in the Coastal 8 Conference. They were awaiting the playoff seedings at print time.

traveled towards the outer banks to engage the team that beat them handily just 24 hours before.

This time the Lady Titans were prepared for the battle. Coach Rodney Orr’s

charge was down by one run going into the fourth frame. The Lady Mariners chipped away at the Titan defense and came away with a 9-7 win.

The final game of the

week was a home game verse Dixon. The Bulldogs threw their ace Maddie Duggan. She held the Titans to six hits in beating the Pender County squad 7-2.

It was a 3-2 game going into the seventh frame.

Dixon scored four runs in the top of the final frame.

The Titans failed to score in what may well be their final frame of the season.

T he state playof f seedings are set to be announced on Monday Morning. There is a small chance that the Titans would make the playoffs.

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Volpe makes it look easy for Topsail lacrosse

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Dupalevich is the consumate Lady Patriot

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Chase Patterson

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The game of lacrosse can be vicious at times. It is a fast paced game that is not for the weak and weary at heart. In fact, lacrosse can be likened to a cross between soccer and football.

Over in Hampstead, Topsail High school is beginning to make their mark in the sport. They have been improving and this year they have left their mark in the playoffs.

Senior Jake Volpe has been part of the Pirate lacrosse team for the last three years. He has become a bona fide threat every time he touches the ball. He leads the team in goals scored and is among the leaders in assists. He has played a huge part in the Pirates success this season.

The Pirates have become a player in the lacrosse arena in the area thanks to players like Jake Volpe.

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Jake Volpe

Topsail High School

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer There are student-athletes that play sports for the fun of it. Then there are those student-athletes that seem to enjoy playing and winning. Pender Patriot senior Ashley Dupalevich is one of the latter.

Miss Dupalevich has been a winner since entering Pender High School.

She has enjoyed success on the volleyball court as well as on the softball field.

Throughout it all she has played each and every play with a smile.

Ashley has endured some injuries during the last two years. While recovering, she has always been there cheering her teammates on. Early this year she injured her hand. During her recovery she could be seen at practice and every game.

If there was one phrase that could be used to describe Ashley Dupalevich, it would be that she is a great teammate.

A River Runs by Me Photography presents this week’s

Athlete Spotlight

Ashley Dupalevich Pender High School

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