Post & Voice 8.29.19

POST Voice Thursday, August 29, 2019

Fifty Cents

The Pender-Topsail

SHOPPING I

. nc

&

Furniture OutďŹ tte h c rs, ea ONE

B

Vol. 49, No.44

Serving Topsail Island for Over 20 Years! •Mattresses

•Accessories •Artwork •Flags •Jewelry •Candles

•Lamps •Gifts •Hammocks •Outdoor Furniture •Puzzles

Furnishing Tom Clark Beach Homes Gnomes Artwork is Our Speciality 25% O ff!

-Free Local Deliver y and Setup204-F N. New Rive r Dr. • Surf City, NC • 910.3 www.BeachFurnit ureOutďŹ ttersInc.c 28.4181 om

The Media of Record for the People of Pender County www.post-voice.com

Proposed sale of NHRMC could impact Pender Memorial Hospital

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Editor’s Note: Pender Memorial Hospital is owned

by Pender County, but is operated under an agreement with New Hanover Regional Medical Center.)

In an effort to evaluate how New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) can best serve area residents in the future, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners will consider a resolution to

explore new ownership opportunities for NHRMC at its Sept. 3 meeting. NHRMC is a county-owned health system that was founded in 1967. To date, it has been self-sustaining and has not received any county tax dollars for its operations.

The decision on whether to consider new ownership is the result of changes in the healthcare industry.

Removing barriers to care for a growing population, lowering healthcare costs and growing the level and scope of care are some of

Tropics heat up as peak of season approaches

“I want to make sure that our organization remains strong and that New Hanover remains strong, as they’ve been for 52 years.�

Pender Memorial Hospital President Ruth Glaser

the challenges that are leading more health systems to explore creative solutions.

If the Resolution of Intent to Sell is approved at the upcoming meeting, county and hospital lead-

ers will explore whether a larger healthcare system could support NHRMC in

adapting to changes in the industry. Pender Memorial Hospital President President Ruth Glaser explained that while NHRMC is owned by New Hanover County, this decision is much bigger than that. “It affects the region and it affects Pender County,� began Glaser. “I truly believe that this organization, NHRMC, and the commissioners understand that.

At least 50 percent of the patients that NHRMC takes care of come from across the region, not just from

Continued on page 2A

School buses are back Pender hosts three MST birthday hikes

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher

Burgaw, Currie, Surf City

From Staff Reports Pender County is celebrating the birthday of the Mountains to Sea Trail (MST) with three familyfriendly hikes in Burgaw, Currie, and Surf City.

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew “We are pleased Pender Hundreds of school buses hit the road Tuesday in Pender County as a new school year began. More County will play host to than 9,000 students returned to classrooms across the county and motorists saw the familiar yellow three birthday hikes this buses on the road. year,� said Tammy Proctor, Pender County tourism director. “Each hike is diverse and fun for all ages.�

The hike in Burgaw, which will be led by Cody From Staff Reports tion is to be expected dur- receiving or discharging to and from school.�

Suggs, Burgaw Parks and As Pender County stu- ing the morning and after- passengers.

Motorists are encourRecreation director, will The driver of any other aged to follow the provided dents begin the school noon commute. Troopers begin at the Historic Train year this week, the State statewide will increase vehicle that approaches suggestions during mornDepot and traverse the OsHighway Patrol is request- their focus in and around the school bus from any ing and afternoon travel: good Trail. The hike is s0LAN AHEAD FOR POTENing the public to keep safe school zones, monitor- direction on the same approximately 1-mile. The travel a top priority. In ing driver behavior both street, highway, or public tial delays between the trailMowers is paved. The hike Push Mowers • Lawn Tractors • Zero Turn Pender County, school before and after school. vehicular area shall bring hours of 6-8 a.m. and 2-4 begins at 10 a.m., Saturday, Trimmers & Chainsaws buses drive more than Emphasis will also be that other vehicle to a p.m.

Sept. 7. s.EVER PASS A STOPPED 800 miles each school day placed on ensuring motor- full stop and shall remain In Currie at the Moores school bus under any cirtransporting thousands of ists stop for school buses stopped.

Creek National Battlefield, children. as troopers will ride on “The primary focus of cumstance hike the historic site of s2EDUCE SPEEDS WHEN Across the state, more various buses during their every student across our North Carolina first Pastate should be on educa- approaching school zones than 14,000 school buses respective routes. triots’ victory. Cross the s!VOID DRIVING DISTRACTwill be hitting the roadAccording to state law, tion,� said Colonel Glenn Moores Creek Bridge and ed ways, transporting more motorists are required to McNeill Jr., commander of view the only monument than 790,000 children to stop when a school bus is the State Highway Patrol. s"E MINDFUL OF SCHOOL dedicated to the women of displaying its mechanical “Our mission is simple; bus stops along chosen and from school. the Revolutionary War. The With this in mind, mo- stop signal or flashing ensure that focus does routes majority of the approxitorists are encouraged to red lights and the bus is not waiver due to safety mate 1-mile trail is paved. concerns while traveling plan for delays as conges- stopped for the purpose of Continued on page 9A

After a relatively quiet period of tropical activity, several systems have formed as the peak of the hurricane season approaches. A tropical depression formed off the coast of North Carolina this week, but the system did little to the Pender County coast, besides increasing wave action and rip current risks.

But following the destruction created by Hurricane Florence last September, many Pender County residents are unsettled at the mention of any possible tropical activity. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is the first week of September. Forecasters updated their earlier season prediction to say this year could be a back-loaded season, with more storms later in September and October.

Emerg ency of ficials urge residents to remain watchful and prepared for a storm.

Pender County EM Director Tom Collins said one of the most important issues in preparation for a storm is being ready to leave if evacuation is necessary.

The severe flooding with Florence forced people to leave their homes that were not prepared for an evacuation.

Tips for being prepared for a hurricane can be found at www.redcross.org.

New Hanover County. It’s obviously a growing region and it’s not just New Hanover County that’s growing, but the service region.�

When Pender Memorial Hospital began its affiliation with NHRMC 20 years ago, the conversation was similar to what is happening today in New Hanover County and the surrounding region. At the time there was a lot of concern that the hospital would

%

School begins, troopers urge safety

SALES • SERVICE • PARTS • DELIVERY Financing Available

THE BEST FOR LESS

Continued on page 9A

Ask about our end-of-season ITĘźS TIME TO GET 20% Off, $0 mos.

COMMERCIAL FLEET SALE Zero Turn & (2) Handhelds,clearance onDown, select 48 products.

! " & & &! "&! ! ! ! ! & ! & ! " # $

Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/PostVoice

whitetractorcompany.com

WHITE TRACTOR CO.TRACTOR INC. (WY "Y 0ASS 3 "URGAW s WHITE CO. INC. For a limited time at participating local independent Husqvarna dealers only. whitetractorcompany.com (WY "Y 0ASS 3 "URGAW s

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 2A

Ivy Sage boutique opens in Hampstead

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer Ivy Sage is a new women’s clothing and accessory boutique located in Hampstead. Their goal is to provide all the current trends in fashion with new arrivals weekly. The store first opened at the end of February by owner Maria Rimer. Rimer strives to provide Hampstead women with an affordable place to shop without having to go into Wilmington or Jacksonville.

“It was just one of those ‘why not’ situations. I moved here a couple of years ago, and we just adopted two kids last fall.

Things were tough and I just thought, ‘I don’t want to do this anymore. I don’t want to go to work all day, have the kids in daycare all day. It’s too much. My neighbor, who lives across the street, and I decided to open a boutique. So the store kind of happened because I wanted to be able to work and keep my kids with me,” said Rimer.

Rimer said that she has always wanted to open a mom-friendly store. They have four corners in the

PMH Continued from page 1A lose its identity and that services would be discontinued or reduced. From Glaser’s perspective, nothing could be further from the truth.

“The medical center made a huge commitment

store, one of those for the kids. Moms can come in and shop while they watch their kids play or watch tv.

It’s both child and momfriendly, and it allows her kids to hang out with her during the day.

“That’s kind of how it happened. Really I think the biggest thing was, right when I moved here from the Charlotte area, I said, ‘Where does everybody shop?’ There wasn’t a single thing in Hampstead.

There are places where you can go and buy a shirt, but there’s not a boutique in the area. I have a best friend who has a shop back home so I decided I wanted to do this,” said Rimer.

Adopting the two children was the push Rimer needed to go ahead and open the boutique. She said that so far it is going very well. They started off placing one order every three weeks and now they have to place one or two orders a week just to keep up with the demand.

“The word is getting out.

Everyone in Hampstead is getting excited that there’s finally a place to shop here.

Yeah, you can go to Wilmington, but I’ve noticed everywhere in Wilmington clothing is expensive and you can’t get out for under a couple of hundred dollars. Our biggest thing is to try to keep everything

around $50 or less. Most of our items are under $50.

Some is going to be a little over, but for the most part we try to keep it under $50 and keep it affordable,” said Rimer.

R i m e r s a i d t h at , i n Hampstead, they feel like they have a cool gray area where there are lots of moms, lots of high schoolers and a mix of age ranges.

They like to provide a variety of styles for all ages. In addition to clothing, they also offer shoes, bags and plenty of jewelry. They have started to sell accessories such as keychains, sunglasses and other items, as well.

“We keep a good range of everything for everybody. In the next week or so, we will be launching our website to provide online ordering, as well,” said Rimer.

Ivy Sage Boutique is located at 17025 Hwy 17 in Hampstead. The store is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Ivy Sage can be reached at (910) 803-0988, by email at ivysageboutique@ gmail.com or look for them on Facebook. .

20 years ago and the Pender County Commissioners took a huge leap of faith to affiliate with the hospital in Wilmington; despite what the community was feeling. It’s been all positive along those 20 years.

If they decide to proceed and the organizations gets sold, we would move over to whoever that new owner

of the hospital would be.

We would be managed just like we are today, but by a new owner.”

Glaser has eased the concerns of her staff, expressing that they will make the transition if the sale should take place. She is hopeful that the vote will be yes to proceed with exploring the options. She believes that, in order to decide what to do, information must be gathered.

“Change is always scary, but what I’ve experienced since I’ve been here at Pender is a huge amount of support from the medical center for what happens in our organization, for what happens with the people in our community and I know that exists for the other counties that surround New Hanover County, as well.” If you just look at the new mission statement that New Hanover rolled out, that applies to us here. It says ‘leading our community to outstanding health.’

It serves our community.

That is a seven-county service region,” said Glaser.

Glaser continued, “I believe the question has to be asked, and that’s what they’re doing. In order to figure out whether the hospital should be sold or not, you have to gather

information and you have to gather proposals. We all want to make sure that healthcare is secured. A lot of our citizens in Pender County go to Wilmington to seek care. We obviously don’t offer the depth and breadth of services that New Hanover does. I want to make sure that our organization remains strong and that New Hanover remains strong, as they’ve been for 52 years.”

If the Commissioners decide to move forward with exploring alter native owners at the Sept.

3 New Hanover County Commissioners meeting, the county, in cooperation with NHRMC leadership, will develop a Request for Proposal (RFP) based on community priorities that will be distributed nationwide.

Additional employee, provider and community forums will be held to share information after RFPs are received, and prior to another vote of the New Hanover County Commissioners.

If approved, the selection of a new owner and execution of an agreement could take more than a year.

For more information, visit https://nhrmcfuture. org.

Pender EMS and Fire Report

Aug. 18-24 Pender EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: 251 Calls per Station Burgaw Station 1 47 Sloop Point Station 14 28 Hampstead Station 16 42 Surf City Station 23 20 Topsail Beach Station 4 10 Union Station 5 21 Rocky Point Station 7 40 Atkinson Station 9 30 Maple Hill Station 13 2 Scott Hill Station 18 0 Hwy 421 South Station 29 11 Type of Calls Cancelled: 44 Refusals: 74 Stand By: 1 Transported: 120 Treated/released/12 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 25 Calls per Station Rescue Station Burgaw 6 Fire Station 13 Maple Hill 0 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 2 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 5 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 1 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 9 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 South 2 EMS St. 4 Topsail Beach 0 Fire Call Type Summary Fire 4 Motor Vehicle Crash 2 Search and Rescue 1 EMS First Response 9 Cancelled 9 Ocean Rescue 0

Labor Day hours Pender County Government offices are closed Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of Labor Day. The county’s trash and recycling convenience centers and the transfer station will remain open for regular hours.

Solid Waste stickers are provided only with a hard copy of the property owner’s tax bill that shows the proper code for proof of payment. Without a tax bill, the solid waste personnel are prohibited from issuing

an updated sticker over the weekend and Labor Day holiday.

During normal office hours residents can pickup a trash sticker at the Pender County Utilities office in Burgaw, 605 E. Fremont St., or the Hampstead Annex building, 15060 US Hwy 17.

For questions regarding Pender County Utilities call 910-259-1570. For after-hour emergencies, including water main breaks, call 910-471-1041.

Pender County

Agenda Board of County Commissioners Meeting Tuesday, September 3, 2019 @ 4:00 PM Pender County Public Assembly Room 805 S. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

INVOCATION

3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

5.

PUBLIC COMMENT

6.

CONSENT AGENDA

7.

6.1.

Approval of Minutes: August 19, 2019.

6.2.

Approval of Tax Releases and Refunds

6.3.

Approval of the updated Facility Use Policy for the Hampstead Annex and Amendment to the FY 19-20 Fee Schedule.

6.4.

Approval of Budget Amendment for Hurricane Florence Repairs at Water Plant

6.5.

Approval of PC Utilities & Solid Waste Training & Certification Policy

APPROVALS AND RESOLUTIONS

8.

7.1.

Approval of the Appointment and Employment Agreement for the position of County Manager.

7.2.

Consideration of a Purchase Order to Perform Engineering Services for Installation of Generators at the Burgaw Fuel Depot and Agriculture Building

7.3.

Consideration of a Contractor's Bid to Perform Exterior Work to the Pender County Courthouse.

7.4.

Consideration of a Reconstruction Contract Award – Pender Co. Disaster Recovery Assistance (DRA) - Hurricane Matthew.

7.5.

Agreement to Amend the contract with Moseley Architects P.C. for the new Jail Facility.

APPOINTMENTS 8.1.

Approval of Appointments to the Pender County Tourism Development Authority.

8.2.

Approval of an Appointment to the Pender County Parks and Recreation Board.

8.3.

Approval of Appointments to the Voluntary Agricultural District Board.

9.

ITEMS FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNTY MANAGER, ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER, & COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

10.

CLOSED SESSION (IF APPLICABLE).

11.

ADJOURNMENT

For full access to this agenda, please visit our new mobile friendly site at: https://pendercountync.civicweb.net/Portal/.

Rooks

Mini Storage

(Formerly S & W Mini Storage)

Office is located locatedatat: Office is Rooks Farm Service Rooks Lawn & Garden Center 501 St., 1501N. NCDudley Hwy. 53W Burgaw, NC 28425 Burgaw, NC

307 N. Smith St. Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.3302

Handled With Care Our therapeutic techniques can help alleviate the following problems: .%#+ 4%.3)/. s (%!$!#(% ,/7%2 "!#+ 0!). s !2- /2 ,%' 0!).

30/243 2%,!4%$ ).*52)%3 Let our healing hands work for you.

We stepped out for moment.

We now havea early appointments at: 7:00 a.m. and

Also Offering Massage Therapy at Both Locations. are also open until 6:00 p.m. for your convenience

Acute Spinal We will return by 1:30.

Care Center Dr. Joseph Davis, Chiropractor THANK YOU.

206 S. Wright St • Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-4545 7658-A Market St. • Wilmington, NC 28411 • 910-686-4545

POST Voice The Pender-Topsail

&

USPS 897-020 Published Every Thursday.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES

In Pender County

Delivery Cost $5.45 Cost of Paper $23.00 Sales Tax: $1.55 Per Year: $30.00

Out-of-County

Delivery Cost $20.45 Cost of Paper $23.00 Sales Tax: $1.55 Per Year: $45.00

*Subscriptions are NON-REFUNDABLE. Post Voice, LLC

DBA Pender-Topsail Post & Voice

Law Office of

Zachary S. Rivenbark 0ERSONAL )NJURY s 7RONGFUL $EATH -EDICAL -ALPRACTICE $7) s 4RAFlC 4ICKETS s #RIMINAL &AMILY ,AW s %STATE 0LANNING

910.259.7772

www.pendercountyattorney.com

Periodicals Postage Paid at Burgaw, NC 28425

POSTMASTER Send Changes of Address to: Pender-Topsail Post & Voice P.O. Box 955, Burgaw, NC 28425

Hours:

Mon., Tues., & Fri. 9a.m. - 4p.m.

CLOSED on Wednesday & Thursday News & Advertising: 910.259.9111 email: posteditor@post-voice.com

DEADLINE for News & Advertising is Friday @ Noon Andy Pettigrew, Publisher/Managing Editor Katie H. Pettigrew, Advertising/Design Director Brenda Todd, Advertising Rep Bobby Norris, Sports Writer Staff Writers: Lori Kirkpatrick Contributing Writers: Lee Wagner, Dr. Ray Mendenhall, Hope Cusick, Bill Messer

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice

Opinion Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 3A

On Island Time

Missy Carswell missy@ islandtimeanytime. com

Let it GO I never saw the movie Frozen until I got grandchildren and now we watch it repeatedly; it is right up there on my list with UP. It immediately took me back to the genius of Walt Disney; the mature adult themes and humor wrapped up in classic characters and challenges never ceases to amaze me.

I love the theme song Let it Go, with it’s multifaceted message. My pastor picked up on this theme last Sunday with his sermon about our “culture of accumulation”.

He started with the scripture about the rich man who tore down his barns to build bigger ones to store his stuff in, oblivious to the fact that his soul would be claimed that very night. I could see where he was going with this and then he did it: he hit us in the head with the S word: Self Storage. I knew it was coming, and I needed to hear it.

It was not the only message I was getting in that direction. Our renter recently asked us to remove more furniture from our furnished rental unit.

We did it, and fit it in our storage unit, though walking space there is now quite limited.

It prompted me to repack some boxes, and I was pleased to easily consolidate three into one. I am so organized now I can actually find things. I followed the expert’s advice; group like with like using logic of how to store what where. Progress feels good; just let it go.

Americans spend millions on self-storage every year. There is a one in three chance you are one of them. How long has it been since you have seen your stuff ? How often do you actually use it? What value does it have in your current life? Is it sentimental, are you saving it for the future? What are you ready to part with?

I have read countless columns recently reminding me that our kids do not want their parents stuff. Estate sales abound these days, and I love them; everybody else’s stuff is so much fun. A mind shift helps me; rehome your favorite items to people you know will love them, and donate others of value, knowing they will delight thrift shoppers while supporting a worthy cause.

I never knew how liberating it could feel to let things go. I still have a ways to go, for sure, and if you’re looking for a beautiful electric fireplace or cedar lined Lane cherry hope chest, please let me know. These are just a few of the special items I need to let go. If I can do it, so can you. Let it GO.

Jefferson Weaver

Goats, pigs and robots One of these days, the robots are going to rebel.

I thought about that early Monday, as the morning news show people enthusiastically talked about the new Federal Express delivery robots that were unveiled in the inevitable “select cities.” The anchors gushed about the security features, the efficiency, and how the ‘bots were constantly controlled by a human operator.

In case you missed it, Fedex is deploying its fleet of cute little delivery robots in urban areas where trucks can be delayed by traffic and other things beyond human control. The promotional videos show a friendly little boxy robot negotiating curbs, waiting for traffic lights and brushing puppies.

I was kidding about the last part. Petting a puppy would make the bot late on its delivery route, and besides, most dogs I know would either attack the bot as something unnatural, or use it as a rolling fire hydrant.

Dogs are basic that way. Robots, however, are complex.

I understand that a robot controlled by a human operator is technically a drone, but I am not going to quibble over semantics.

Besides, the day is coming when some brilliant twenty-something kid living in his mom’s basement is going to find a way to perfect autonomous delivery bots.

I suppose having a delivery bot would solve a number of problems associated with human delivery people; I will never forget the driver (for that same company) who refused to exit his truck because there were goats in the driveway. In his defense,

Jefferson Weaver our goats were rather aggressive when it came to treats, and they were, in a word, spoiled. But overall they were good goats.

That wasn’t always the case.

We have had pets that gave delivery drivers a real reason to pause.

There was Sam the pig, who topped 800 pounds at his porkiest but was largely harmless, and Baa-Baa Jack – who was not the best goat.

Whenever I think of Jack, I want to find those so-called lost books of the Bible, and see if there’s a place in there where Christ drove demons out of a man and sent them into goats, as He did with the Gadarene swine.

If that occurred, I am sure Jack was somehow descended from one of those demoniac goats.

Then there was Jack’s companion, Peggy Sue the Bad Pig. Adopting Peggy was a poor judgment call. There’s no need to

look through the Apocrypha to discover more about Peggy. I am positive some of the aforementioned Gadarene swine somehow didn’t drown, and their demons were passed down through the generations into a China Pole who somehow ended up at our house.

Goats and pigs aside (my livestock generally stay fenced now, than you very much, and do not include goats or pigs) I have to wonder if the delivery companies will eventually replace all people with robot drivers and robot delivery systems. They may be fine in the city, but I wonder how they will handle rural roads that have never been blessed with either maintenance or pavement.

Those crazy-smart people at Boston Dynamics have solved the off-road problem with their rather frightening series of robots, all of which are designed

Forgetfulness: what’s normal, what’s not Dear Savvy Senior, At age 76, my husband has become forgetful lately and is worried he may have Alzheimer’s. What resources can you recommend to help us get a grip on this?

Concerned Wife Dear Concerned, Many seniors worry about memory lapses as they get older fearing it may be the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease or some other type of dementia. To get some insight on the seriousness of your husband’s problem, here are some resources you can turn to for help.

Warning Signs As we grow older, some memory difficulties – such as forgetting names or misplacing items from time to time – are associated with normal aging. But the symptoms of dementia are much more than simple memory lapses.

While symptoms can vary greatly, people with dementia may have problems with shor t-ter m memory, keeping track of a purse or wallet, paying bills, planning and preparing meals, remembering appointments or traveling out of the neighborhood.

To help you and your husband recognize the difference between typical age-related memory loss and a more serious problem, the Alzheimer’s Association provides a list of 10 warning signs that you can assess at 10signs. org.

They also provide information including the signs and symptoms on the other conditions that

can cause dementia like vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy and others – see ALZ.org/ dementia.

Memory screening Another good place to help you get a handle on your husband’s memory problems is through the National Memory Screening Program, which offers free memory screenings throughout National Memory Screening Month in November.

Sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, this free service provides a confidential, face-to-face memory screening that takes about 10 minutes to complete and consists of questions and/or tasks to evaluate his memory status.

Screenings are given by doctors, nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers or other healthcare professionals in thousands of sites across the country. It’s also important to know that this screening is not a diagnosis. Instead, its goal is to detect problems and refer individuals with these problems for further evaluation.

To find a screening site in your area visit NationalMemoryScreening. org or call 866-232-8484.

It’s best to check for a screening location at the

end of October, because new sites are constantly being added.

See a doctor If you can’t find a screening site in your area, make an appointment with his primary care doctor to get a cognitive checkup. This is covered 100 percent by Medicare as part of their annual wellness visit. If his doctor suspects any problems, he may give him the Memory Impairment Screen, the General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition, or the Mini Cog. Each test can be given in less then five minutes.

Depending on his score, his doctor may order follow-up tests or simply keep it on file so he can see if there are any changes down the road. Or, he may then refer him to a geriatrician or neurologist who specializes in diagnosing and treating memory loss or Alzheimer’s disease.

Keep in mind that even if your husband is experiencing some memory problems, it doesn’t necessarily mean he has dementia. Many memory problems are brought on by other factors like stress, depression, thyroid disease, side effects of medications, sleep disorders, vitamin deficiencies and other medical conditions. And by treating these conditions he can reduce or eliminate the problem.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior. o rg. J i m M i l l e r i s a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

Send Letters to the Editor to posteditor@post-voice.com. Letters must be signed to be considered. Columnists opinions are their own and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the newspaper or its advertisers.

to make life easier for humans.

I have warned of the Big Dog, Cheetah and other B/D products a number of times, not because I am inherently afraid of robots, but because I fully expect the robot rebellion to begin with their products.

While I am sure they are smart and mean well, I’m also confident the B/D people were bullied as kids, or hazed in college. They video themselves hitting their robots with broomhandles, throwing boxes at them, knocking them over, and making them try to walk on ice, all in the name of testing. It’s downright sad to see one of the B/D robots, Atlas, curl up in a fetal position when it was knocked over. Having been bullied as a child, I felt sorry for Atlas. I keep watching the B/D videos hoping that someday Atlas will decide that he’s had enough, and start taking names.

Then there’s SpotMini, which is compared to a robot dog that works for a living. If a SpotMini was allowed to roam down the street on an errand for its owner, as the creators envision, some jerk is undoubtedly going to kick it, since there are always jerks around who will kick a dog for no reason. So will we need leash laws for robots? Robot cruelty laws?

I am not going to get into the really bizarre humanoid robots that prove there are some folks who need to be behind bars, permanently, or else required to register with their local sheriff ’s office.

I am curious to know if the

Lori’s Stories

Lori Kirkpatrick We’re all going to need a lot of patience. I think Pender County Sheriff ’s Deputy Chester Ward said it best in a recent Facebook post when he wrote, “The 2019 Hampstead drag strip starts on Tuesday… 185 days of racing, road rage, backed up traffic, school buses, fire trucks, Carolina squats, no turning signals and much more. Free entry – see you there.”

It was written all in fun, but those of us who live in Hampstead and travel that stretch of Hwy. 17 each day know that it’s not far from the truth.

Preparation is key. We each have to develop our own strategy. I, for one, will set my clock early to give myself extra time.

I’ll need my quiet time and a couple of cups of coffee to prepare my mind for the impending chaos.

Being ready to depart at just the right moment, bags in hand, will be a must to start my journey off on the right foot. Any later, and I will surely regret that few extra seconds I stole to finish one last-minute chore.

It’s difficult enough for me now, but I can remember what it was like getting three young boys ready for school along with myself. Despite all the efforts to stay on schedule, moms and dads all over Pender County will be scrambling to

Continued on page 4A get out the door, only to realize there’s a missing shoe, an unsigned form or a forgotten snack.

They will be torn between pushing the speed limit or having their kids face the dreaded tardy once they arrive at school, not to mention arriving late for work themselves.

Still others will be out there trying to get to a doctor’s appointment on time, check on their elderly parents, buy their groceries for the week or pay bills and run errands.

None of us are out there on the drag strip during that time of day unless we have to be. If only we could just keep this in mind, maybe it would help us show a little patience.

I can’t change the traffic or the busy-ness around me, but I can change how I perceive it. It doesn’t come naturally, though. I have to be intentional as I remind myself of how grateful I am to have somewhere to be and something to do.

Perhaps this can only be fully understood if you’ve ever experienced the opposite, but anyone can try to imagine.

It also helps to remember that I am not the only one. We can all benefit from stepping outside of ourselves enough to extend a little grace, compassion and patience to the people around us - those who also have somewhere to be and something to do.

It will not only reduce our stress, but will likely reduce the number of accidents, the road rage and all the other traffic problems. I think this is only possible if, instead of seeing mere traffic that is in my way, I see wonderful people going out into the world to do good things and help their neighbors.

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 4A

Mara A.C. Wessell, CRPSÂŽ Financial Advisor

16406 US Hwy 17 N Coastline Station, Suite 4 Hampstead, NC 28443 Bus. 910-270-0414 TF. 877-910-0414 Fax 800-769-8581 mara.wessell@edwardjones.com

www.edwardjones.com

Edward Jones Financial Focus Leaving your job? What happens to your 401k?

If you’re in the early stages of your working life – or even in the not-soearly ones – the chances are pretty good that you will change jobs at some point. When that happens, you’ll probably leave a few things behind – but will one of them be your 401(k)?

Of course, you wouldn’t really forget about your 401(k). (It does happen, however – over the period from 2004 through 2013, more than 25 million people left at least one 401(k) or similar plan behind when they left their job, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.) But you will have to do something with your account.

Essentially, you have four choices: s9OU CAN CASH OUT YOUR 401(k). It’s your money, but if you take it out before you reach 59 ½, you will owe federal income taxes, plus any applicable state and local taxes.

Also, you will likely be charged a 10% penalty for early withdrawal. Perhaps even more important, if you liquidate your 401(k) when you change jobs, you’ ll be reducing the amount you’ll have left for retirement. s9OU CAN LEAVE YOUR 401(k) with your old employer. If your for mer employer permits it, you can leave your 401(k) intact, even after you move to a different job. This might be appealing to you if you like the investment choices in your account, but you won’t be able to make any new contributions. Plus, you won’t face any immediate tax consequences. s9OU CAN MOVE THE MONey to your new employer’s K 9OU CAN CONSOLIdate your old 401(k) with one offered by your new EMPLOYER IF ALLOWED 9OU won’t take a tax hit, and you might like your new

plan’s investment options.

And you may find it easier to manage your funds if they’re all held in one place. s9OU CAN ROLL YOUR K INTO AN )2! 9OU don’t need the permission from any employer – old or new – to move your OLD K TO AN )2! 9OUR money will continue to grow on a tax-deferred basis, and an IRA offers you a virtually unlimited array of investment options – stocks, bonds, muTUAL FUNDS AND SO ON 9OU can make either a direct or indirect rollover. With a direct rollover, the administrator of your old 401(k) sends your money directly to the financial provider that holds your rollover IRA. No tax is withheld because you never actually take possession of the money. With an indirect rollover, you’re technically withdrawing the money and moving it to the IRA PROVIDER YOURSELF 9OU VE got 60 days to make this TRANSFER 9OU WILL FACE A withholding of 20 percent of your account’s assets, but you may be able to recover most of this amount when you file your tax return. Still, for the sake of ease of movement and avoidance of all tax issues, a direct rollover may be more advantageous.

Which of these options is right for you? There’s no one “right� answer for EVERYONE 9OU LL HAVE TO consider several factors, and you’ll certainly want to consult your tax professional before making any decision. But in any case, do whatever you can to preserve – and hopefully grow – your 401(k) ASSETS 9OU LL NEED THESE resources to help fund the retirement lifestyle you want and deserve.

This article was written

by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Highway Patrol emphasizes safety for new school year As Pender County students be gin the school year this week, the State Highway Patrol is requesting the public to keep safe travel a top priority.

In Pender County, school buses drive more than 800 miles each school day transporting thousands of children. Across the state, more than 14,000 school buses will be hitting the roadways, transporting more than 790,000 children to and from school. With this in mind, motorists are encouraged to plan for delays as congestion is to be expected during the mor ning and after noon commute.

Troopers statewide will increase their focus in and around school zones, monitoring driver behavior both before and after school. Emphasis will also be placed on ensuring motorists stop for school buses as troopers will ride on various buses during their respective routes.

According to state law, motorists are required to stop when a school bus is displaying its mechanical stop signal or flashing red lights and the bus is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers. The driver of any other vehicle that approaches the school bus from any direction on the same street, highway, or public vehicular area shall bring that other vehicle to a full stop and shall remain stopped. “The primary focus of every student across our state should be on educa-

tion,� said Colonel Glenn McNeill Jr., commander of the State Highway Patrol. “Our mission is simple; ensure that focus does not waiver due to safety concerns while traveling to and from school.�

Motorists are encouraged to follow the provided suggestions during morning and afternoon travel: s0LAN AHEAD FOR POTENTIAL delays between the hours of 6-8 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. s.EVER PASS A STOPPED school bus under any circumstance s2EDUCE SPEEDS WHEN APproaching school zones s!VOID DRIVING DISTRACTed s"E MINDFUL OF SCHOOL bus stops along chosen routes s3TAY ALERT IN AND AROUND school zones for pedestrians and crossing guards While SHP and law enforcement across the state will be partnering to facilitate safe travel for students of every age, this responsibility must be shared by everyone.

With this in mind, motorists are encouraged to assist the Patrol in reporting dangerous drivers by dialing *HP (*47) from their mobile device.

Callers are requested to provide their location, nature of offense observed and description of the vehicle in question.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION RALEIGH DOCKET NO. E-2, SUB 1215 BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION In the Matter of Application of Duke Energy Progress, LLC for a CertiďŹ cate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Convenience and Necessity to Construct Approximately 4.6 Miles of New 230 kV Transmission Line in the northeast area of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 13, 2019, Duke Energy Progress, LLC (DEP or Applicant) ďŹ led with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (Commission) an application to obtain a certiďŹ cate of environmental compatibility and public convenience and necessity to construct approximately 4.6 miles of new 230 kV transmission line in New Hanover County, North Carolina.

The preferred route originates at the site of the proposed Porters Neck Substation, located between U.S. Highway 17 and Porters Neck Road in New Hanover County, North Carolina. The route exits the substation site to the northwest and extends for approximately 380 feet before turning north-northwest for approximately 875 feet while crossing U.S. Highway 17. The route then continues north for approximately 3,170 feet before turning west- northwest.

From this point, the preferred route extends approximately 8,105 feet and crosses the alignment for the proposed Hampstead Bypass. The route then extends north for approximately 6,105 feet, crosses Sidbury Road, and then continues to the north for another 2,980 feet. The preferred route alignment then continues to the northwest for approximately 2,555 feet before terminating at a selected tap location along the existing Castle Hayne – Folkstone 230 kV transmission line.

Anyone wishing to view Duke Energy Progress’ certiďŹ cate application report and/or the detailed maps concerning this project may do so at either the OfďŹ ce of the Chief Clerk of the Commission, Dobbs Building, 430 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 or at the following Duke Energy Progress location: 1451 Military Cutoff Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403. Please contact Brian R. West at 1-910-256-7223 prior to the visit. The ďŹ ling is also available on the Commission’s web site, www.ncuc. net. (Search for Docket No. E-2, Sub 1215) The Commission has scheduled the application for public witness hearing at 7:00 p.m., on October 23, 2019, at the New Hanover Courthouse, 316 Princess Street, Wilmington, North Carolina. This hearing may be cancelled if no signiďŹ cant protests are received subsequent to public notice.

Persons desiring to intervene as formal parties of record should ďŹ le a veriďŹ ed petition under Commission Rules R1-5 and R1-64 no later than Wednesday, October 9, 2019. Such a petition should be ďŹ led with the Chief Clerk, North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300.

Intervenors shall also ďŹ le the direct testimony and exhibits of expert witnesses with the Commission on or before October 9, 2019.

Persons desiring to send written statements to inform the Commission of their position in the matter should address their statements to the North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300 and reference Docket No. E-2, Sub 1215. Such written statements will be included in the Commission’s ofďŹ cial ďŹ les. Written statements are not considered competent evidence unless persons appear at a public witness hearing and testify concerning the information contained in their written statements. The Public Staff of the Utilities Commission, through its Executive Director, is authorized by statute to represent the using and consuming public in proceedings before the Commission. Statements to the Executive Director should be addressed to Mr. Chris Ayers, Executive Director, Public Staff-North Carolina Utilities Commission, 4326 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4300. The Attorney General is also authorized to represent the using and consuming public in proceedings before the Commission. Statements to the Attorney General should be addressed to: The Honorable Josh Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-9004.

ISSUED BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION. This the 15th day of August, 2019.

NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION A. Shonta Dunston, Deputy Clerk August 22, 29, September 5, 12, 2019

Industrial Hemp Commission to host public meeting Sept. 3 The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the Industrial Hemp Commissioner will conduct a public meeting via conference call to review and approve research pilot program applications on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 2 p.m.

Access to the conference call may be made at http://go.ncsu.edu/industrialhemp or by calling 1-929-205-6099 (U.S. toll) or

1-669-900-6833 (U.S. toll).

The meeting ID is 696-292229. Participants will be prompted to enter their name and email address to enter the meeting via the website or prompted for a unique participant ID for the call. They should press # to access the call.

For meeting questions, contact Beth Farrell at 919-707-3014. For questions about the NC Industrial Hemp Program, go to // www.ncagr.gov/hemp.

Weaver

There are cities where I won’t even visit unless I have a pistol on my hip, and it’s unlikely anyone would try to steal me, anyway. Poor little Fedex bot would just be a target.

Mark my words—one of these days, the robots will have had enough.

As technology advances, they’ll decide that it’s time to show the humans who is really in charge.

Laugh if you want, but someday there will be a robot rolling down the road with your latest purchase from Amazon, packed by a robot, made by a robot, and billed to you by a robot. We need to be ready to treat them right.

If we are not respectful, they will rise up and take over the world.

If I’m wrong, I’ll kiss a Gadarene pig – and that’ll still be better than trusting a robot.

Continued from page 3A poor little FedEx bots will be targets for hoodlums.

After all, “porch pirates� are a common problem.

If a thief will take your package off your front porch, why couldn’t he hang out on the sidewalk and just grab whatever happened to roll by? Much more efficient that way.

I’m sure the merchandise is secured inside the robot, but let’s face it, criminals defeat security systems with rocks and crowbars all the time. It isn’t like the little FedEx bot isn’t man-portable.

What’s to stop someone from kidnapping one off the sidewalk, since I’m sure they aren’t armed with super-tasers or oilsquirting defense valves like R2D2 in Star Wars.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY, 910-259-9111

Insurance Since 1963

CREW INSURANCE AGENCY 100 Main Street, Suite One, Holly Ridge, NC 28445

COMMERCIAL TRUCKS

LOCAL – INTERMEDIATE – LONG HAUL – LOGGING #PCUBJM t %FBEIFBE t %VNQ 5SVDL 'SFJHIUMJOFS t 8FTUFSO 4UBS t 1FUFSCJMU 7PMWP t ,FOXPSUI t *TV[V /BWJTUBS *OUFSOBUJPOBM t )JOP 'PSE t /JTTBO t (.$ t.BDL .JUTVCJTIJ t 4DBOJB

SINGLE UNIT OR FLEET

910-329-3691

Hope’s Cooking Corner

By Hope Cusick

Contributing Writer Summer Treat Recipes

4HE HOT DAYS OF SUMMER CAN MAKE COOKING A TRUE LA BOR (ERE ARE SOME RECIPES THAT WILL HELP EASE THE HEAT OF COOKING %NJOY Blueberry romaine salad 3ERVES CUP WHITE VINEGAR OR CHAMPAGNE VINEGAR — CUP GRANULATED SUGAR TABLESPOON CHOPPED RED ONION TEASPOONS POPPY SEEDS 3ALT AND FRESH GROUND BLACK PEPPER TO TASTE $ A S H 7O R C E S T E R S H I R E SAUCE CUP CANOLA OIL OUNCE PACKAGE HEARTS OF ROMAINE SALAD MIX CUP TOASTED PECANS CUP OR OUNCES &ETA CHEESE CRUMBLED CUP FRESH BLUEBERRIES

)N A SMALL BOWL WHISK TOGETHER VINEGAR SUGAR

ONION POPPY SEEDS SALT AND BLACK PEPPER AND 7ORCES TERSHIRE SAUCE 'RADUALLY WHISK IN OIL )N A LARGE SALAD BOWL

COMBINE ROMAINE LETTUCE

NUTS CHEESE AND BLUE BERRIES TOSS TO MIX WELL 7HEN READY TO SERVE POUR DRESSING OVER SALAD TOSS TO COAT Tomato onion sausage quiche REFRIGERATED PREPARED PIE CRUST CUP GRAPE TOMATOES TABLESPOON OLIVE OIL 3ALT AND FRESH GROUND BLACK PEPPER TO TASTE ž POUND BULK SWEET )TALIAN SAUSAGE MEDIUM 6IDALIA OR SWEET ONION CHOPPED OUNCE PACKAGE FRESH BABY SPINACH CHOPPED CUP OR OUNCES MOZZA RELLA CHEESE SHREDDED — CUP -ONTEREY *ACK

SHREDDED OPTIONAL LARGE EGGS CUP HALF AND HALF — TEASPOON GROUND DRIED THYME ž TEASPOON GARLIC POWDER TEASPOON ONION POWDER &IT PREPARED PIE CRUST INTO A INCH PIE PLATE mUTE EDGES ,INE UNPRICKED PAS TRY WITH A DOUBLE THICKNESS OF HEAVY DUTY FOIL "AKE AT DEGREES FOR EIGHT MIN

UTES 2EMOVE FOIL AND BAKE FOR ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES #OOL ON A WIRE RACK 0LACE GRAPE TOMATOES IN A X X nINCH BAKING PAN $RIZZLE WITH OLIVE OIL SPRINKLE WITH A PINCH OF SALT AND PEPPER "AKE TOMATOES AT DEGREES UNTIL SKINS BLISTER ABOUT MINUTES )N A LARGE SKILLET COOK SAUSAGE AND ONION OVER MEDIUM HEAT UNTIL SAUSAGE IS NO LONGER PINK DRAIN AND REMOVE )N THE SAME SKILLET COOK SPINACH UNTIL WILTED ABOUT MINUTES 4OSS TOGETHER SAUSAGE MIXTURE TOMATOES SPIN ACH AND CHEESES POUR INTO CRUST )N A BOWL WHISK TOGETHER EGGS HALF AND HALF GARLIC POWDER ONION POWDER SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE POUR OVER SPINACH MIXTURE "AKE QUICHE AT DE GREES UNTIL A KNIFE INSERTED NEAR THE CENTER COMES OUT CLEAN ABOUT MINUTES #OVER EDGES WITH FOIL DUR ING THE LAST MINUTES TO PREVENT OVER BROWNING IF NECESSARY ,ET QUICHE STAND FOR MINUTES BEFORE SERVING Mango and cantaloupe salad with cilantro and lime 3ERVES CUPS INCH PIECES OF CANTALOUPE

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 5A

MANGOES PEELED AND COARSELY CHOPPED KIWI FRUIT PEELED AND SLICED BANANA SLICED TABLESPOONS FRESH CILAN TRO MINCED TABLESPOONS LIME JUICE TEASPOON LEMON JUICE TABLESPOON ORANGE JUICE TABLESPOON HONEY PINCH OF SALT )N A LARGE BOWL TOSS TO GETHER CANTALOUPE MANGO

KIWI AND BANANA )N A ANOTHER BOWL WHISK TOGETHER CILANTRO LIME JUICE LEMON JUICE HONEY

AND SALT $RIZZLE DRESSING OVER SALAD AND SERVE Peach lemon fruit pops 3ERVES — CUP ORANGE JUICE TEASPOON LEMON ZEST — CUP LEMON JUICE TABLESPOONS GRANULATED SUGAR CUP SLICED FRESH PEACHES

ABOUT MEDIUM ž CUP ICE CUBES FREEZER POP MOLDS OR OUNCE AND PAPER CUPS 0LACE ORANGE JUICE LEM ON ZEST LEMON JUICE SUGAR

AND PEACHES IN A BLENDER COVER AND PROCESS UNTIL BLENDED 0OUR INTO MOLD OR PA PER CUPS 4OP MOLDS WITH HOLDERS )F USING CUPS TOP WITH FOIL AND INSERT STICKS THROUGH FOIL &REEZE UNTIL lRM

The Burgaw High School Class of 1954 met for lunch at the Rose Hill Restaurant Aug. 17 for their 65th class Reunion. In attendance were (back row left to right) Joe Dixon, Morris Jones, Stanley Farrior, Bill Jasper, Carl Bannerman,(front row) Virginia Fedoronko, Diane Fedoronko, Thelma Woodcock, Jean Ives Moss, Jo Ann Williams James, Carolyn Biberstein.

New Legacy Foundation holds annual back to school drive

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Staff Writer 7 H E N E N T E R I N G T H E "URG AW -IDDLE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM ON 3ATURDAY AFTER NOON IT WAS HARD NOT TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM OF THE CHILDREN IN THE FACILITY 4HEY WERE BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER (OWEVER THEY WERE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH A BIG SMILE ON THEIR FACES .EW ,EGACY &OUNDATION FOUND ER !NGELO &INNEY AND HIS WIFE $ELISHA COULD NOT HIDE THEIR EXCITEMENT AND PLEASURE IN BOTH THE TURN OUT AND WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN 4 HE FOUNDATION WAS ABOUT TO HELP A LOT OF CHIL DREN AND THEIR FAMILIES GET A JUMP ON THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR /F COURSE THAT IS WHAT THE .EW ,EGACY &OUNDATION IS ALL ABOUT h7HEN WE GOT MARRIED ) WAS READY TO MOVE hSAID -RS &INNEY h!NGELO SAID HE WAS BORN RAISED HERE AND DIDN T WANT TO MOVE (E LOVES THE KIDS AND WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THE KIDS AND THE COM MUNITY SO WE STARTED THE FOUNDATION v 4HE .EW ,EGACY &OUN DATION STARTED SMALL 4HEY HELD THEIR lRST DRIVE AT THE !MERICAN ,EGION BUILDING BUT SOON FOUND OUT THEY NEEDED MORE SPACE h4HAT lRST YEAR WE SAID

7OW 7E HAVE TO lND A BIG GER PLACE 7E CAME HERE

LAST YEAR AND IT WAS A SUC CESS )T WON T SURPRISE ME IF WE NEED SOMETHING BIG GER IN THE NEAR FUTURE v 4HE FOUNDATION USES DONATIONS FROM SPONSORS TO HELP FAMILIES BUY SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND CLOTHES 4HEY HELD RAFFLES THROUGHOUT THE EVENT ON 3ATURDAY GIV ING FAMILIES MUCH NEEDED MONEY TO HELP ENSURE THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE PREPARED FOR SCHOOL !NOTHER THING THAT THE .EW ,EGACY &OUNDATION Angelo and Delisha Finney DOES IS HOLD A SHOE DRIVE 3HOES ARE OFTEN THE MOST 4HE FOUNDATION IS ALWAYS ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS EXPENSIVE PART OF CLOTHING LOOKING FOR SPONSORS AND TO DO SO A CHILD STARTING SCHOOL DONATIONS #ONTACT ANY 4HERE WERE SHOES AVAIL ABLE 7HILE ) WAS THERE

PEOPLE WERE BRINGING IN SHOES BOTH NEW AND USED TO DONATE 4HERE IS NO MONETARY VALUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOUNDATION -R &INNEY SAID THAT EVERYTHING GOES TO THE KIDS h'ROWING UP THERE WERE KIDS THAT WENT WITHOUT Saturday, September 7, 2019 7HEN ) STARTED WORKING (Rain Date September 8, 2019) AND MAKING A LIVING ) 8:00 am ‘til 1:00 pm WANTED TO GIVE BACK v 586 Sloop Point Road, Hampstead, NC ! C C O R D I N G T O - R S &INNEY THE ONLY THING THEY The Second Annual Hampstead Community-wide GET IN RETURN IS THE FEELING Garage Sale in Hampstead Kiwanis Park THAT THEY ARE DOING SOME Sponsored By THING TO HELP OTHERS h7HAT WE GET IS A GOOD FEELING RIGHT THERE v SHE SAID POINTING TO HER HEART v *Rent a Sale Space in Hampstead Kiwanis Park for $15 *Register Your Local Yard Sale on a Free Yard Sale Map for $5 7E WANT TO MAKE A DIFFER (Maps will be given away at Kiwanis Park on the day of this event) ENCE v *To rent a space at the sale or to register your yard sale on !LONG WITH THE &INNEYS

the map, go to www.kiwanisclubofhampstead.org 4ERELL #AR R 4IMELISHA or call 910-231-2474 3IMPSON AND #OREY -C #ALL ARE INVOLVED IN THE .EW ,EGACY &OUNDATION

Hampstead Kiwanis Park

Lions Club of Hampstead

Coastal Pender Rotary Club

Thursday August 22 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL ON (WY IN (AMPSTEAD s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT THE 3URF #ITY #OMMUNITY #ENTER #ALL FOR MORE INFORMATION s7OMEN IN .ETWORKING MEETING EVERY 4HURSDAY FROM A M UNTIL P M AT .INETEEN AT /LDE 0OINT #OUN TRY #LUB s!L !NON MEETS 4HURSDAYS AT P M AT "ARLOW 6ISTA "APTIST #HURCH ANNEX 5 3 (WY (AMPSTEAD !L !NON IS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF ALCOHOLICS s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE DONATIONS ARE WELCOME EVERY 4HURSDAY AND &RIDAY FROM P M AND ON 3ATURDAYS FROM A M UNTIL P M 'ROUP TOURS ARE AVAILABLE AT OTHER TIMES BY CONTACTING THE -U SEUM AT BY EMAIL AT PENDERHIST HOTMAIL COM Friday, August 23 s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM OPEN P M s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS FOR BREAKFAST AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL IN (AMPSTEAD AT A M EACH &RIDAY Tuesday, August 27 s!L!NON MEETS EVERY 4UESDAY AT P M AT THE (OLY 4RIN ITY %PISCOPAL #HURCH $EERlELD $RIVE IN (AMPSTEAD !L!NON IS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS Wednesday August 28 s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM P M AT THE 3URF #ITY 7ELCOME #ENTER .ORTH 3HORE $RIVE #ALL FOR MORE INFORMATION s4HE #OASTAL 0ENDER 2OTARY #LUB MEETS EACH 7EDNESDAY AT P M AT THE /LDE 0OINT #OUNTRY #LUB #OUNTRY #LUB $RIVE IN (AMPSTEAD Thursday, August 29 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD MEETS EVERY 4HURSDAY AT A M AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL ON (WY IN (AMPSTEAD s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT THE 3URF #ITY #OMMUNITY #ENTER #ALL FOR MORE INFORMATION s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE DONATIONS ARE WELCOME EVERY 4HURSDAY AND &RIDAY FROM P M AND ON 3ATURDAYS FROM A M UNTIL P M 'ROUP TOURS ARE AVAILABLE AT OTHER TIMES BY CONTACTING THE -U SEUM AT BY EMAIL AT PENDERHIST HOTMAIL COM s7OMEN IN .ETWORKING MEETING EVERY 4HURSDAY FROM A M UNTIL P M AT .INETEEN AT /LDE 0OINT #OUN TRY #LUB s3URF #ITY 2OTARY #LUB MEETS EACH 4HURSDAY P M AT THE 4OPSAIL -OOSE ,ODGE Friday August 30 s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM OPEN P M s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS FOR BREAKFAST AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL IN (AMPSTEAD AT A M EACH &RIDAY Monday August 31 s4HE "URGAW ,IONS #LUB MEETS AT P M THE THIRD -ONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT "URGAW 0RESBYTERIAN #HURCH &ELLOWSHIP (ALL -EMBERS DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN "URGAW TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS SERVICE ORGANIZATION &OR MORE INFORMATION CALL !LAN +ING AT Monday September 2 s4HE "URGAW ,IONS #LUB MEETS AT P M THE lRST -ON DAY OF EACH MONTH AND THE THIRD -ONDAY P M AT "URGAW 0RESBYTERIAN #HURCH &ELLOWSHIP (ALL Tuesday September 3 s!L!NON MEETS EVERY 4UESDAY AT P M AT THE (OLY 4RIN ITY %PISCOPAL #HURCH $EERlELD $RIVE IN (AMPSTEAD !LANON IS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS 3AINTS #ATHOLIC #HURCH (WY IN (AMPSTEAD Wednesday September 4 s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM P M AT THE 3URF #ITY 7ELCOME #ENTER .ORTH 3HORE $RIVE #ALL FOR MORE INFORMATION s4HE #OASTAL 0ENDER 2OTARY #LUB MEETS EACH 7EDNESDAY AT P M AT THE /LDE 0OINT #OUNTRY #LUB #OUNTRY #LUB $RIVE IN (AMPSTEAD Thursday September 5 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL ON (WY IN (AMPSTEAD s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT THE 3URF #ITY #OMMUNITY #ENTER #ALL FOR MORE INFORMATION s7OMEN IN .ETWORKING MEETING EVERY 4HURSDAY FROM A M UNTIL P M AT .INETEEN AT /LDE 0OINT #OUN TRY #LUB s!L !NON MEETS 4HURSDAYS AT P M AT "ARLOW 6ISTA "APTIST #HURCH ANNEX 5 3 (WY (AMPSTEAD !L !NON IS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF ALCOHOLICS s(AMPSTEAD ,IONS #LUB MEETS ON THE lRST AND THIRD 4HURSDAY OF EACH MONTH /N THE lRST 4HURSDAY THE MEETING IS AT THE 4OPSAIL 0RESBYTERIAN #HURCH ON (IGHWAY IN (AMPSTEAD AT NOON 4HE THIRD 4HURS DAY OF EACH MONTH THE MEETING IS AT .INETEEN RES TAURANT LOCATED AT /LD 0OINTE #OUNTRY #LUB AT NOON 4HIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE INTEREST IN BECOM ING A LION AND AN OCCASION TO MEET NEW PEOPLE

Education

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 6A

Sea Turtle Hospital News

Kinsley Fraser proudly hails from Willard, North Carolina, but she wanted more than a small town could offer. UNC Greensboro’s Guarantee Scholar Program and Bryan School of Business and Economics delivered. Two debt-free degrees, internships at Amazon and VF Corporation, plus three international study abroad experiences have broadened the Business Administration and IT major’s career prospects. She pursued her MBA while mentoring young Spartans and sharing her story of how education transforms one’s outlook.

For Kinsley, UNCG has been a passport to a world of career possibilities. Kinsley’s parents are Bug and Jim Fraser, of Willard, and Kinsley recently presented them with this description of her journey.

By Karen Sota Sea Turtle Hospital Special to the Post & Voice The 2019 nesting season is coming to a close with 177 nests, just short of our record of 181. It’s been a hectic and grueling summer for our Topsail Turtle Project volunteers who have hoofed probably thousands of miles looking for tracks, spent countless hours on their knees digging up and relocating nests laid in perilous locations and then lost (and continue to lose) sleep as they sit on our beaches at night waiting for the babies to make their longanticipated appearance. It’s tough work.

But if you were a mama turtle bent on nesting this summer that job was no picnic either. First you had to drag your 300-plus pound body out of the surf and onto the beach using flippers that are built for ocean travel. Then you had to root around for the perfect patch of sand in the perfect area of a dune. Then it’s settle down into a body pit and dig, dig, dig an egg chamber with your back flippers. Finally you could start laying those eggs, usually around 120 on average.

If all went well it’s time to cover them up, patting down the sand and disguising your work by tossing sand around with your flippers. Then you drag your exhausted booty back to the water for a short rest before you do it all over again, sometimes five or six times.

That’s what happens when everything goes according to plan. In late July Debbie Wilson, the Beach Coordinator for the south end of the island got a call in the wee hours of the morning from walkers Corda and Mark who were perplexed when they found only one set (the “up” set) of large turtle tracks. Following the trail they discovered a large green mama at the end, hopelessly tangled in the bracing of a set of beach access stairs.

This gal was huge and was positioned sideways with a flipper stuck over the brace. Debbie and additional volunteers Andrea,

Roy and Nancy joined our territory) is special indeed. first responders at the site Thanks to this group of and were finally able to volunteers who spent their push mom off the bracing morning responding to a and back up onto the dune. very demanding situation, At this point everybody was and to all of our dedicated exhausted, but job one was volunteers in our Topsail to get mama back down the Turtle Project. Flipper beach and into the water hugs! where she could rehydrate Only a few more weeks and begin to recover from to visit us on our summer her ordeal. tour schedule, daily except The group searched the Wednesdays and Sundays HEIDE TRASK HIGH SCHOOL dune area, which by now from noon until 4 p.m. In was quite a mess, for signs mid-September we go to TITAN MARCHING REGIMENT of eggs but didn’t find any. our fall/winter schedule On a hunch Debbie poked of two days a week. We Sponsor/Donation HEIDEHIGH TRASK HIGHApplication SCHOOL around in the area by the notHIGH be open on Monday, HEIDE TRASK SCHOOL HEIDEwill TRASK SCHOOL post where mom was stuck Sept. 2 in observance of TITAN MARCHING REGIMENT TITAN MARCHING REGIMENT TITANLabor MARCHING and was astonished to find Day.REGIMENT Attendance is that this determined lady still pushing 1,000 visitors Sponsor/Donation Application Sponsor/Donation Application Application had managed to dig aSponsor/Donation shal- a day so lines can be long. low hole and deposit 125 Bring umbrellas for shade Sponsor Name: _______________________________________________ eggs! and lots of water to stay Address: _____________________________________________________ Her eggs were relocated hydrated. The tour takes to a safe place a bit farther about 45 minutes once indown the beach, where side the doors so plan your Sponsor____________________________________________________________ Sponsor Name: _______________________________________________ Name: _______________________________________________ Sponsor Name: _______________________________________________ they are hopefully growing schedule accordingly.

Phone: ____________________ Email: ____________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________ into those _____________________________________________________ beautiful green Our turtles get pretty Address: _____________________________________________________ Address: babies as the incubation tired after a long day of ____________________________________________________________ period progresses. receiving visitors and are ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Every turtle nest is pre- less active as the afternoon Sponsor Levels: Please check 1 of Email: the following: Phone: ____________________ ____________________________ Email: ____________________________ cious in so many ways, but goes on. Hope to see you Phone: ____________________ Phone: ____________________ Email: ____________________________ a green turtle nesting on all soon – we love “talking _________Gold Sponsor - $200 (Large ad or name on our stadium banner, Ad on our Topsail (which is known turtle” to you.

Facebook page & mention in concert programs) primarily as loggerhead Sponsor Please1 of check 1 of the following: Sponsor Levels: Levels: Please check the following: Sponsor Levels: Please check 1 of the following: _________Silver Sponsor - $100 (Medium size ad or name on our stadium banner) _________Gold - $200 name on our stadium _________Gold SponsorSponsor - $200 (Large ad or(Large namead onorour stadium banner, Adbanner, on our Ad on our _________Gold Sponsor - $200 (Large ad or name on our stadium banner, Ad on_________Brass our Sponsor - $50 (Small ad or name on our stadium banner) Facebook page & mention in concert programs)

Sponsor Heide Trask High School Titan Marching Band

Facebook page & mention in concert programs)

Facebook page & mention in concert programs)

_________ Friend of the Band - $25 (Thanksize youadfor your support!) _________Silver - $100 (Medium name on our stadium banner) _________Silver SponsorSponsor - $100 (Medium size ad or name onorour stadium banner) _________Silver Sponsor - $100 (Medium size ad or name on our stadium banner) Please check 1 of the following: _________Brass - $50 name on our stadium banner) _________Brass SponsorSponsor - $50 (Small ad or(Small namead onorour stadium banner) _________Brass Sponsor - $50 (Small ad or name on our stadium banner) _____ DisplayFriend my name onlyBand on the-ads. _________ of the $25 for your support!)

Friend of the Band - $25 (Thank you(Thank for youryou support!) _________ Friend of the Band - $25 (Thank you for your support!) _________ _____ my the ads (some logos may require approval by school administration) Please1Display check 1 oflogo theon following: Please check of the following: Please check 1 of the following: *Attach aDisplay copy ofmy your business name logo you'd like displayed for your ad. A _____my only on the or ads. _____ Display name onlyname on the ads. business card is also helpful. _____my Display mythe logo the logos ads (some logos may require by school administration) _____ Display logo on adson(some may require approval byapproval school administration) _____ Display my logo on the ads (some logos may require approval by school administration) _____ Display my name only on the ads.

copybusiness of your business nameyou'd or logo like displayed for your *Attach copy of ayour name or logo likeyou'd displayed for your ad.

A ad. A *Attach a copy of your business name or logo you'd like displayed for your ad. aA*Attach Please make a check payable to HTHS Band Boosters Club and mail to: card is also helpful. business business card is also helpful. business card is also helpful.

Heide Trask Band Boosters 40 Recess Lane Please make a check payable to HTHS Band Boosters Club and mail to: Heide Trask Band Boosters 40 Recess Lane

Please makepayable a checktopayable to HTHS Boosters Clubto: and mail to: Please make a check HTHS Boosters Club and mail RockyBand Point, NCBand 28457 Heide Trask Band Boosters Heide Trask Band Boosters Recess Lane 40 Recess40 Lane

Rocky Point, NC 28457

Rocky Rocky Point, NC Point, 28457 NC 28457

Proud Sponsors of the

Please contact HTHSBandBooster@gmail.com with questions or reach out to us on our Facebook page Heide Trask High School Band Boosters.

EDUCATION STATION

contact HTHSBandBooster@gmail.com with questions or reach to us on our HTHSBandBooster@gmail.com with questions or reach out to us out on our Please contact HTHSBandBooster@gmail.com with questions or reachPlease out tocontact usPlease on our Facebook page Heide Trask High School Band Boosters.

Facebook page Heide Trask High School Band Boosters.

Facebook page Heideel Trask High School Band Boosters.

Nos vemos lunes. ¡Que tengas un lindo

A:6GC HE6C>H=

fin de semana! (familiar) Nos vemos el lunes. ¡Que tenga un Bruce Savannahland Quinn McGowen lindo fin Area de semana!

Burgaw & Farms Funeral Home (formal) Chamber of F.Maria D. Isabel Segovia Cheryle Written by See you on Monday. Have a nice weekend!

Christopher & Commerce Williams Rivenbark Mary Debnam

Rev. James H. Faison, III District Court Judge Pender & New Hanover Counties

Proud Sponsors of the

Representative Geraldine Savannahl and Farms Carolyn H. Gore Justice F.D. Rivenbark In Memory of

Woodard

EDUCATION PAGE

-NC House District 16-

Bruce & Cheryle Wil iams

Carolyn H. Justice

Van Reid & Patricia Casaw

BILINGUAL SPANISH/ENGLISH BOOK FOR ALL AGES $13.00 Includes Tax, Handling and First Class Shipping.

Send Order to Author: Maria Isabel Segovia 1808 Rooks Road • Atkinson, NC 28421

Rev. James H. Faison, III & Family In Memory of

Our Dear Mothers, Geraldine Gore Woodard and Mary Royals Faison, Our Dear Father James H. Faison, Jr. and Our Dear Uncle McKinley Gore, Jr.

Telephone:

910-283-6242

Burgaw Area Chamber of Commerce Van Reid & Patricia Casaw Quinn McGowen Funeral Home

Christopher & Mary Debnam

Religion

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 7A

Filled up

By Dr. Ray W. Mendenhall Contributing Writer Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of god tidings; lift up your voice with Strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up and do not fear; say to the Cities of Judah, “Here is Your God!�

One way to think about the church is as a launching pad, a place we go from into the world to serve. I believe that this is a main work of the church. But one doesn’t just jump on the pad, Sunday after Sunday to get launched again and again.

Pretty soon you would wear out, maybe break down or just run out of the steam. The other side of the launching pad image is what goes on before the launch.

There is a lot of preparation: systems need to be checked, training needs to

take place, fuel tanks need to be filled up, plans need to be made, where to go and how to go and why to go must all be worked out.

When a rocket comes back, it has to be reequipped, retuned , retooled. It needs to be reworked and renewed, prepared all over again for another mission. People have to rest, learn new skills, practice some of the old ones. Everything must be set up again and ready for the next mission before it can successfully take place.

Before you can launch, you have to be filled up again with everything you need to be sent out again to perform the work you are called to do.

The church is a launching pad, but it’s like a filling station too. It’s a place where we come to get gassed up for a new mission. We engage in nurture, Bible study, worship and prayer. We practice

the skills of the spiritual life and discover new ones to help us.

We invite the spirit into our lives to guide us and direct us as the spirit sends us into the world.

We pause a bit and take some time to get ready for the next mission out into the world.

God doesn’t just call us to go and sends us. God wants us to go in an intentional way to carry his gospel into the world. He wants us to have a message to share, his message to proclaim to the world.

The first step is to know it before we can show it to others. The church is where we fuel up on the good news before we take I into the world.

There is a song, I know, it’s a song/prayer that I like to sing when I am conscious about inviting God in. The words of the chorus are simple – fill my cup let it overflow, let it overflow with love. It goes

like this Come thou fount of blessedness, tune my heart to Your grace Streams of blessing ceasing not, call for songs of loudest praise chorus Praise God from whom all blessing flows, praise God all creatures here below Praise God above ye heavenly host, praise Father son and holy ghost

Call us to get rid of what’s bugging you...

Wallace, NC 28466

Any Type RooďŹ ng Pressure Washing

308 W. Fremont Street Burgaw, NC 910-259-2364

686-9541

Harrell’s

Intrepid Hardware

& Cremation Service

Office of Rocky Point Mini Storage Climate Control • First Month Half Price •

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

612 S. Norwood Street Wallace, NC 910-285-4005 Traditional Funeral Services and Cremations Preneed Arrangement Program for Advanced Funeral Planning

910.675.1157, Rocky Point

Change in Service Time:

Every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.

4th Sundays - Christian Education (Teaching)

Our Family Serving Your Family Since 1913

NEW BEGINNING CHURCH

Riverview Memorial Park corner of Fremont & Watha, NC 910-285-3395

Wright Street (Courthouse Square) Burgaw, N.C. • 910-619-8063 Riverview Crematory

All are welcome! Pastor Bill Howell

Duplin Memorial Park OMMUNITY Wallace,RIENDLY NC 910-285-3395

C

“THE CANADY MAN CAN�

FUNERAL HOME

Owned and Operated by the Debnam Family since 1979

F

EXTERMINATING INC.

• ALL WORK GUARANTEED •

Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home

Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

910-259-2364 or 910-285-4005

CANADY & SON

910-285-5707 910-231-0682 910-231-7068

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

we be launched into the world, sent by God to Serve His purpose and plan beyond these doors.

It’s important to be here.

It’s important to worship and pray, study and fellowship with the church so that we become the people God calls us to be to carry the truth, God calls us to carry into the world. The church is like a filling station where we come to fuel up for God’s service.

Got Bugs?

HENDERSON RooďŹ ng Service THE FISHING EXPERTS Located in The Fishing Village

chorus Take my life and let it be consecrated Lord to thee Take my moments and my days let them flow in ceaseless praise chorus We need to take time and care to fill up with God’s word, fill up with God’s love, to fill up with God’s grace, to fill up on God’s spirit.

Then and only then can

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

910-259-3046

a.m., 6 p.m. www.facebook.com/downeastdisciples/

ST. MARY’S CHURCH

Church Directory

212 S. Dickerson St. • Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.2136 www.harrellsfh.com

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

HolyTrinityhampstead.com email: holytrinityhampstead@yahoo.com Like us on Facebook

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

910-470-4436

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.

ROCKY POINT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 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

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 8A

Obituaries

Durwood Elbridge Bostic GOLDSBORO -- Durwood Elbridge Bostic, Jr., 60, of Goldsboro and formerly of Atkinson passed from his earthly life Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 at his home.

He was bor n April 2, 1959 in Wilmington, the son of the late Durwood Elbridge and Margaret Catherine Butler Bostic.

Also remember is his sister, Janice Marie Whitfield who preceded Durwood in death.

Durwood is survived by his beloved wife, Kathryn Baltzegar Bostic; sister, Linda Sue Bostic; nieces, Sherri Elixson and Christy Grider; and many extended family and friends.

For many years, Durwood was a volunteer with

Wayne County Red Cross, often traveling to distant destinations in the United States to help with disaster relief projects. Durwood was a kind, thoughtful and generous man who loved his family, his community and his country. Having a delightful and humorous personality won Durwood many friends and lasting friendships. For relaxation and fun, Durwood enjoyed woodworking, outdoor grilling and cooking. Durwood’s presence on this earth will be greatly missed and leaves a big hole in our hearts.

A memorial service was 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel with the Rev. Merrell McKoy conducting the service. Following the service, the family received friends at the funeral home.

Flowers were appreciated and in honor and memory of Durwood memorial gifts may be given to a charity of one’s choice.

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

Rose Mary Lewis Tovar ROCKY POINT -- Rose Mary Lewis Tovar, 61, of Rocky Point and formerly of Texas passed from her earthly life Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 at her home.

She was born in Wilmington, the daughter of the late Thomas Webb Lewis and Betty Jane Lee Lewis. Also remembered is one grandson who preceded Rose in death.

Rose is survived by her children, Sylvia CantuDelafuente (Jessie), John Cantu (Marilyn), April Melissa Cantu, and Stephanie Cantu; fifteen grandchildren; two great grandchildren; brother, Jerry Lewis (Angie) and nephew, Jacob Lewis.

Rose loved her family and was a wonderful mother, grandmother, sister and friend. By profession she was a cake decorator at which she was excellent.

Rose was a great fan of World Wrestling Entertainment. Her presence on this earth will be greatly missed.

Family services will be held at a later date.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The fam-

ily was served by QuinnMcGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel.

Faye Housley Mantooth A gracious and loving lady, Faye Housley Mantooth, has entered her eternal rest Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 the age of 79.

She was born Mar. 4, 1940 in McMinn County, Tenn. to William Samuel Doyal Housley and Sarah Edna Morrow Housley. In addition to her parents, Faye was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Richard Peary Mantooth and sister, Wanda Jo Housley.

Faye is survived by her son, Richard “Butch” Mantooth II and wife, Lisa; daughters, Angela M. Beacham and husband, Richard and Dawn M. Straughn and husband, Steve; nine grandchildren, Morgan Jordan (Tremayne), Chaysen Beacham, MacKenzie Newkirk (Dorell), Chris Mantooth (Megan), Travis Mantooth (Elizabeth), KerrieAnn Mantooth, Brittany Straughn, Deanna Gouldman (James), and Hunter Stanley (Jeremy); thirteen great grandchildren, Trace, Jayden, Dakota, LaMya, Sanaa, Kenyon, Kylee, Lila, Sawyer, Hudson, Memphis, Gracelynn, and Gentry; sister, Betty Jean Bivens; sister-in-law, Betty Shelton and husband, Charles; many extended family and friends.

She was a faithful member of Riley’s Creek Baptist Church and Faye worked at UNCW for a number of years, but her greatest joy in life was being a homemaker. She created a home filled with a Christian spirit and much love. Faye and Peary instilled in their children and grandchildren a strong work ethic, how to live life as a Christian, and how to love and laugh. Her

grandchildren and great grandchildren will always cherish the memories of running into NaNa’s house for hugs, kisses and spearmint gum. Faye’s personality drew people to her, and she formed many wonderful friendships. Especially remembered are all the staff of Pender Memorial Hospital. She loved her 1 West and Rehab family.

The family received friends 2-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019 at QuinnMcGowen Funeral Home in Burgaw. At other times the family was at the home of Angela and Richard Beacham in Burgaw.

Funeral service followed at 4 p.m. on Sunday at Riley’s Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Jim Herchenhahn conducting the service. Casketbearers were grandchildren, Chris Mantooth, Travis Mantooth, Chaysen Beacham, Brittany Straughn, James Gouldman, Tremayne Jordan, Dorell Newkirk, and Jeremy Stanley.

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

Pictured from left to right are Zane Andersen, Morgan Hansen, 4-H Agent Liz Peterson, Olivia Andersen, and Sierra Dolengo.

Pender County 4-H’ers attend North Carolina 4-H Congress

By Liz Peterson Pender County 4-H Special to the Post & Voice This year’s 4-H Club Congress, held in Raleigh July 20-23, attracted more than 500 young people and their adult leaders for activities including presentations on a variety of subjects at the State Presentation Finals, leadership and citizenship workshops, service opportunities, officer elections, and more.

Pender County 4-H Club members that attended were: Zane and Olivia Andersen of Hampstead, and Morgan Hansen and Sierra Dolengo, both of Burgaw.

Pender County is well represented in the Southeast District as Zane Andersen and Morgan Hansen have now transitioned into their roles as District President and Vice President, respectively.

District Gold and Silver

Presentation winners competed in the State Presentation Finals July 20. Zane Andersen, 17, son of James and Lenora Andersen of Hampstead, won the gold medal for his presentation on Aerospace. Olivia Seitz, age 9, daughter of Mark and Robin Seitz of Burgaw, took home the Silver medal with her presentation on sea turtles. Olivia Andersen, 15, daughter of James and Lenora Andersen of Hampstead, participated in the Arts & Communications category and showed exceptional presentation skills about how to play the guitar.

Sierra Dolengo, daughter of Robert and Christina Dolengo of Burgaw, was invited to attend a Donor Brunch because she was the Gold Medalist for her Portfolio in Poultry Production. Portfolios are a compilation of three years worth of work in one

This Week’s CROSSWORD

project area, and includes leadership and citizenship participation and community service done.

4-H is North Carolina’s largest youth development organization, equipping more than 264,000 young people each year with the skills to succeed and improve the world around them. 4-H programs and camps encourage young people to “learn by doing,” helping them to develop into active, contributing citizens. N.C. State Extension and the Cooperative Extension Program at N.C. A&T State University coordinate 4-H Club programs statewide.

Pender County is fortunate to be growing so many talented leaders in our 4-H Club program! To learn more about 4-H in Pender County, contact Liz Peterson, 4-H Youth Development Agent at 910259-1235.

August 22nd Crossword Solution:

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 9A

Sheriff Cutler offers tips on Labor Day driving From Staff Reports With the approach of the ,ABOR $AY WEEKEND 0ENDER #OUNTY 3HERIFF !LAN 7 #UTler asks all citizens to join him in making this Labor Day holiday period a happy and enjoyable one for all.

Traditionally during the ,ABOR $AY HOLIDAY 0ENDER County highways experience one of the highest traflC mOWS OF THE YEAR 3HERIFF #UTLER REMINDS ALL 0ENDER County residents to follow these safety tips: s!LWAYS SHIFT YOUR ATtention every few seconds, constantly scanning the road ahead and behind you.

Never blankly stare ahead nor fix your gaze on one point on the road. s7HEN PASSING AN AUtomobile, always glance at

Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist

Not long ago I was in Des Moines, Iowa for a commercial photoshoot. Driving to location, I noticed a little park and knew immediately I wanted to stop there once the shoot was over for the day.

The park wasn’t much larger than a lot for a Dollar General or similar sized

the ground beside the front wheel of the car you intend to pass. You will know instantly if the car is about to veer - giving you an extra few seconds to respond. s9OU SHOULD PULL OUT INTO

the opposite lane of traffic when passing while you are still well behind the car in front. This should give you some time and space to build up speed and will enable you to pull back into your own lane should the need arise. Never cut abruptly out of your lane into the opposite lane when passing. s!LWAYS SIGNAL YOUR INtentions with your brake lights, turn signals, horn and/or headlights so that other drivers will see you well before you change course. s$RIVERS SHOULD ALWAYS “aim high� in steering.

That is, you should glance frequently at points well ahead of you. Not only will this help your steering, but

it will also help you check the position of vehicles in front of you as well as oncoming ones. s.EVER FOLLOW TOO CLOSE Remember that, as your speed increases, it takes you substantially longer to stop.

Also remember that it’s good to have an extra cushion of space in front of you if you’re being tail-gated, on a slippery road, or in low visibility conditions. “I would remind all motorists to practice the Golden Rule when driving. Be courteous and tolerant of OTHER DRIVERS 0LEASE DON T get angry with bad drivers or reckless ones – just get out of their way,� Cutler said. “Let’s make this Labor Day weekend a safe one on the roads.

business. There were ten alleys made of concrete walkways with large wooden structures at the end of each alley. The structures were similar to a frame made of four by four beams.

Inside the frames was compressed carpet.

The alleys were different lengths. In sets of two, they were 10 yards, 20 yards, 30 yards, 40 yards and 50 yards long. It may have been the nicest archery range I have ever seen, including indoor ranges. There were permanent tubes at one end of each lane to hold arrows and a hook to hang the bow.

There was a sign stating it was controlled by the state and county. I instantly became envious of the state

of Iowa dedicating money to such an endeavor.

I have seen some others similar but not quite as nicely laid out as this one in both Missouri and Wisconsin that were funded by government monies. The thought went to the back of my head whether something like this could work in the Carolinas.

This came back to the forefront of my mind when my wife and I recently took a walk at a nearby park. Lots of money has gone into the area, building a nice walking bridge across the lake to allow access in full circle around the lake. Currently a dam is being replaced and rebuilt. It has just been announced a park area will be built for picnicking and

other activities.

What caught my attention though was something I hadn’t seen before located beside the boat ramp.

A kayak/canoe entry dock has been installed.

This isn’t a miniature boat ramp that is only for paddle boats like at many waterways that you can find semiregularly. No, this is a floating dock, with handrails, a place to step into and out off the kayak or canoe, and there are rollers below it to allow easy access into and out of the water.

While not an archery range, I am still excited to see things like this come into being. I look forward to seeing and noticing more of this in the future for our generations to follow.

Pender Sheriff Alan Cutler

August 29, 2019

PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED The following public hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 10, 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.

Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit Application for an “Entertainment Establishment (with outdoor use)� Use to be located at 103/105 S Wright Street. Applicant Burgaw Now, LLC. has applied for a conditional use permit for an Entertainment Establishment (with outdoor use) to be located on a property (PIN 3229-33-0199-0000) at the rear of 105 S Wright Street within the Town of Burgaw corporate limits.

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY The Town of Burgaw is currently accepting applications to fill one vacancy on the Tourism Development Authority (TDA). Applicants must be active in the promotion of travel and tourism in the Town of Burgaw.

Applications may be downloaded from our website at http://townofburgaw.com/advisory-boards. Completed applications must be submitted to the Town Clerk at 109 N Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425.

These are volunteer positions with no compensation. For more information, please contact Kristin Wells, Town Clerk at kwells@burgawnc.gov.

TOWN CALENDAR September 2 September 7 September 10 September 19

Town offices closed for Labor Day Mountains to Sea Trail Birthday Hike Board of Commissioners Meeting Planning Board Meeting

1:00 PM 10:00 AM 4:00 PM 5:30 PM

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

Town of Surf City Government News August 22, 2019 8/29/2019 MEETING TIMES Surf City Town Council 1st Tuesday of the month Planning Board 2nd Thursday of the month ________________________________________________________

Beginning Monday, Sept. 16th contractors will begin a bulk item pickup. This bulk item pickup is for appliances, mattresses, household items, and other items not picked up with regular curbside service. This is NOT a vegetation debris pickup. Please place all items out by the curb before Monday, Sept. 16th.

PUBLIC NOTICE Pender and Onslow Counties

MST hike

Town of Burgaw Government News

Continued from page 1A Applications are now available for vendors for the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. Please visit www.surfcitync.gov or call 910-328-4131 for more information.

3TART AT THE VISITOR S CENTER AT A M ON 3ATURDAY

3EPT 4HE 3URF #ITY HIKE IS A SUNSET HIKE ACROSS THE 3URF #ITY "RIDGE -EET AT P M AT 3OUNDSIDE 0ARK AND HIKE to reach the peak at sunset for a beautiful view of a sunset over the waterway.

The 1.5-mile hike will be led by Mike Dickson and Kimberly Briggs. “All of the hikes are free TO THE PUBLIC v SAID 0ROCTOR “Registration is important because some of these hikes will serve birthday cake to COMMEMORATE THE -34 S 42nd birthday.�

Register online at www. mountainstoseatrail.org/ birthdayhike.

There will be 33 group hikes across the state.

The public will take notice that the Town Council of the Town of Surf City, North Carolina, has called a public hearing at 6:30 pm, or as soon thereafter as possible, on the 3rd of September 2019, at Surf City Town Hall, 201 Community Center Drive; on: • Contiguous Annexation: A. Ricciarrdi / 1.406 +/- Acres on Tortuga Drive Pender County Parcel# 4235-25-7470-0000

Bus safety

Continued from page 1A s3TAY ALERT IN AND AROUND school zones for pedestrians and crossing guards 7HILE 3(0 AND LAW ENforcement across the state will be partnering to facilitate safe travel for students of every age, this respon-

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 4 Dentist***, Engineer***, Optometrist***, Public Member 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 Parks and Recreation Board 3 District 2, District 3, At-Large Planning Board 1 Technical Southeastern Community & Family Services Board 1 At-Large Southeastern Economic Development Commission 1 Citizen Representative Tourism Development Authority 1 District 2 District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek

District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck District 5 = Burgaw; Holly

*** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently licensed. Applications can be completed on-line at www.pendercountync.gov or write or call Melissa Long, Clerk to the Board, PO Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and complete an application.

sibility must be shared by everyone.

Motorists are encourAGED TO ASSIST THE 0ATROL in reporting dangerous DRIVERS BY DIALING (0

from their mobile device.

Callers are requested to provide their location, nature of offense observed and description of the vehicle in question.

8/29/2019 NOTICE OF PUBLIC INPUT MEETING THE PENDER COUNTY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD A PUBLIC INPUT MEETING AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF MEETING:

September 5, 2019

TIME OF MEETING:

BEGINNING AT 4:00 PM LOCATION OF MEETING: THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM AT THE PENDER COUNTY HAMPSTEAD ANNEX: 15060 US HWY 17, HAMPSTEAD, NC 28443

UNIFIED DEVELOP MENT O R DIN A NCE UPDATE Pender County Planning and Community Development will be holding a public input meeting and open house on the Unified Development Ordinance Update on Thursday, September 5th beginning at 4:00 PM at the Pender County Hampstead Annex, located at 15060 US HWY 17.

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

Advertisement f o r Bids

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS:

September 4, 2019

TIME OF HEARINGS:

7:00 p.m.

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

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be opened at the P e nd er County Public A s s embly R o om, 805 S. Walker Stre et, B ur gaw , NC, at 11: 00 A M, Thur sday, September 12, 2019 .

Pender County, North Carolina Hurricane Matthew Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP-Matthew)

Pender County is seeking demolition contractors for the demolition of homes funded under the county’s Hurricane Matthew Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP-Matthew).

Contracts will be awarded based on a competitive bidding process.

Ex pedited Subdivision Jeff Beaudoin, applicant and owner, is requesting the approval of an Expedited Subdivision of Âą29.64 acres into two (2) parcels, one totaling Âą2.66 acres and one totaling Âą26.98 acres. An access easement is proposed to be recorded to provide access from the Âą26.98-acre parcel to Country Club Road (SR 1565). The subject property is located along the west side of Country Club Road approximately Âą1,500 feet south of the intersection of Country Club Road and Transfer Station Road (SR 1695) in the Topsail Township.

The subject property may be further identified by Pender County PIN: 4203-25-9409-0000.

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

Bid proposal packets for the demolition of seven (7) units may be obtained by emailing the Wilmington office of Holland Consulting Planners at admin@hcpplanning.com. There is no charge for receiving bid packages. Bids will be opened and read promptly at 11:00 AM, Thursday, September 12, 2019, in the Conference Room at the Pender County Administration Building, 805 S. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC. Pender County is an equal opportunity employer/service provider and encourages participation by historically underutilized businesses, including small, minority, and femaleowned businesses.

www.pendercountync.gov

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 10A

Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF DAVID CLARENCE LANIER 19 E 321 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against David Clarence Lanier, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Sandra L Raynor, Executrix of the decedent’s estate, on or before November 9, 2019 at Post Office Box 2190, Surf City, NC 28445, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Executrix.

Sandra L Raynor, Executor Estate of David Clarence Lanier c/o Mark I. Nunalee MARK I. NUNALEE PC Attorney at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #8796 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Allen Ray Sneeden, Sr., deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Allen Ray Sneeden, Sr., to present them to the undersigned on or before November 14, 2019 at 113 Marlboro Farms Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 8th day of August, 2019.

Linda Sneeden 113 Marlboro Farms Road Rocky Point, NC 28457 #8795 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/19 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 Sharon J.Capps, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Sharon J.Capps, to present them to the undersigned on or before November 21, 2019 at 703 Hartford Road, Davidsonville, MD 21035 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 15th day of August, 2019.

Leo Capps 703 Hartford Road Davidsonville, MD 21035 #8803 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 9/5/19 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHEROKEE COUNTY In the District Court Vernon S. Carver, Plaintiff, vs.

Carolyn Renee Burdett, Defendant Cherokee County Clerk of Court File Number 19 CVD 317 TO: Carolyn Renee Burdett, the wife of the Plaintiff, Vernon S. Carver: Take notice that a Complaint seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: The Plaintiff Vernon S. Carver has filed a verified complaint seeking an absolute divorce from the Defendant Carolyn Renee Burdett.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than October 1, 2019, and upon your failure to do so, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This the 7th day of August, 2019. A copy of the Verified Complaint, Civil Summons, Domestic Civil Action Cover Sheet, and Servicemembers Affidavit may be obtained from the Clerk of Court at the courthouse in Cherokee County, North Carolina during regular business hours.

This, the 7th day of August, 2019

by William R. Shilling Attorney for the Plaintiff 10 Tennessee Street Murphy, NC 28906 828-276-2706 NC State Bar Number 33073 #8802 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-816 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

EMMALINE SIMPSON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 1.05 acres, Parcel ID Number 2275-07-3328-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than September 30, 2019.

This day, August 7, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8800 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/19

Advertise Today!

910.259.9111

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF JOHN BELL, JR. 19 E 333 Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of John Bell, Jr., deceased, of 235 Porters Lane, Rocky Point, 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 on or before November 14, 2019, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Dated August 6, 2019.

H. Anechia Wiggens, Personal Representative c/o Corbett & Fisler P. O. Drawer 727 Burgaw, NC 28425-0727 #8799 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 9/5/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 19-CVS-804 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO NATHANIEL NELSON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO NATHANIEL NELSON Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 5, Block 4 of South Rocky Point, Parcel ID Number 323469-3183-0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than September 30, 2019.

This day, August 7, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8801 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE #: 19-CVD-786 LAUREN ELIZABETH SEVRENCE, Plaintiff, v.

APRIL SEVRENCE, Defendant.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: April Sevrence TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an absolute divorce. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than the 18th day of September, 2019 and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 5th day of August, 2019.

Zachary S. Rivenbark Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 625 Burgaw, N.C. 28425 (910) 259-7772 #8797 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-548 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

JOYCE MILES, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 2E, 0.89 acres, Parcel ID Number 3229-582743-0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than October 7, 2019.

This day, August 14, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8804 8/22, 8/29, 9/5/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF CONSTANCE MARTIN 19 E 359 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Constance Martin, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Mark I. Nunalee, Resident Process Agent of the decedent’s estate, on or before November 23, 2019 at PO Box 598, Hampstead NC 28443, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Resident Process Agent.

Estate of Constance Martin c/o Mark I. Nunalee MARK I. NUNALEE PC Attorney at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #8807 8/22, 8/29, 9/5, 9/12/19

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S NOTICE TO CREDITORS In Re the Estate of NIXON BRYAN HOWARD Deceased Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of NIXON BRYAN HOWARD, Deceased, late of PENDER County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, corporations and/ or other legal entities having claims against the Estate to present them to the undersigned at the address given below on or before November 20, 2019, or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment.

On this day: August 22, 2019 Dana Howard Wise Personal Representative

By Patricia M. Homa Attorney for the Estate c/o Patricia M. Homa, P.C. P. O. Box 1310 Hampstead, NC 28443 #8806 8/22, 8/29, 9/5, 9/12/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-548 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

JOYCE MILES, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 2E, 0.89 acres, Parcel ID Number 3229-58-2743-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than October 7, 2019.

This day, August 14, 2019.

Scott G. Sherman, State Bar # 17596 Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar # 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel/fax); tammy@shermanandrodgers.com #8805 8/22, 8/29, 9/5/19 19 SP 124 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Ronald Butler and Rebecca Butler to CTC Real Estate Services, Trustee(s), which was dated July 24, 2001 and recorded on July 30, 2001 in Book 1745 at Page 218, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 10, 2019 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 15 of Proposed Division Map for Charles Wells, Ronald Graves and Freddy Brown “Stanley Hayduke Tract” as shown on a map recorded in Map Book 22 at Page 148 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 140 Hayduke Lane, Rocky Point, NC 28457.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/ are All Lawful Heirs of Ronald Earl Butler.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in

the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-09098-FC01 #8808 8/29, 9/5/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Blair Vance Neubert, deceased, are notified to present the same to Diana Neubert, Personal Representative of the Estate of Blair Vance Neubert, to the address listed below on or before November 28, 2019 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said estate are asked to make immediate payment.

This the 29nd day of August, 2019. c/o Lisa Salines-Mondello, Attorney Salines-Mondello Law Firm, PC Attorney for the Estate of Blair Vance Neubert 6781 Parker Farm Drive, Suite 210 Wilmington, NC 28405 File No.: 19-09098-FC01 #8809 8/29, 9/5, 9/12, 9/19/19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of David Allen Wells, late of 637 Watha Road, Watha, Pender County, North Carolina, 28478 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 27th day of November, 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 21st day of August, 2019.

Phillip Ira Wells, Executor of the Estate of David Allen Wells Zachary S. Rivenbark, Attorney at Law PO Box 625, Burgaw, N.C. 28425 #8816 8/29, 9/5, 9/12, 9/19/19 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SPECTRUM CHANNEL LINEUP Communities Served: City of Surf City; County of Pender; Towns of Holly Ridge, North Topsail Beach, Old Pointe, Richlands and Topsail Beach, NC Effective on or after September 23rd, 2019 WILM - Stadium will rebrand to WILM - Heroes & Icons on Basic channel 176, Heroes & Icons will no longer be available on Digi Tier 1 channel 172 and there will be no alternative programming for Stadium.

For a current channel lineup, visit www.Spectrum.com/channels.

To view this notice online, visit www.

Spectrum.net/programmingnotices. #8812 8/29/19 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE #: 19-SP-81 HARRY W. STOVALL, III and wife BETTIE R. STOVALL, Petitioners vs.

AWN, LLC, STEVE E. NIEMEYER, PENNE NIEMEYER, UNION BANK, FIRST BANK., FIRST TROY SPE, LLC, and RADIANCE CAPITAL RECEIVABLES TWENTY ONE LLC, Respondents NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION To: STEVE E. NIEMEYER TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is: partition of real property by public sale and enforcement of tax lien on proceeds of sale.

You are required to make defense to this pleading not later than forty (40) days after the date of first publication of this notice, exclusive of such date, being by October 8, 2019, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

This the 29th day of August, 2019.

HOGUE HILL, LLP Patricia C. Jenkins 101 South Third Street P.O. Drawer 2178 Wilmington, NC 28402 Telephone: 910-763-4565 Facsimile: 910-763-4985 Attorneys for Petitioners #8813 8/29, 9/5, 9/12/19 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 19 SP 63 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Anna Hardbarger Carter to Jerone C. Herring, Trustee(s), dated the 9th day of February, 1998, and recorded in Book

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1270282 (FC.FAY) #8811 8/29, 9/5/19

1307, Page 239, 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 September 10, 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: BEING all of Lot NO. 5 of the PROMISED LAND SUBDIVISION, Section II as shown on a map of same title, prepared by Cowan & Jones, P.A. of Burgaw, NC Said map is duly recorded in Map Book 26, Page 14, of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 167 Promised Land Road, Watha, North Carolina.

The parcel of land herein conveyed is expressly subject to the following restrictions: 1. No big commercial hog, turkey, goat or chicken operations will be allowed on the parcels of land herein conveyed. 2.

No high density rental mobile home parks can ever be established on the parcel of land herein conveyed. 3.

The parcels of land herein conveyed must be kept clean, neat and free from unsitely junk and debris.

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.

EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of John Henry Murphy, 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 2nd day of December 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 29th day of August, 2019.

Stella D. Murphy, Executrix PO Box 264 Burgaw, NC 28425 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-9800 #8810 8/29, 9/5, 9/12, 9/19/19

Subscribe Today!

Call 910.259.9111 for more information.

Museum_30-inch-V-5.5x10:5.5x10 (30-inch-V)

7/11/08

2:29 PM

Page 1

Ready to visit some of the finest museums in the country?

You’re there.

north carolina

FOR IDEAS GO TO VISITNC.COM

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 11A

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice

Classifieds SERVICES CARPENTRY & RENOVATIONS Home Improvements & home repairs inside & out including: Carpentry, tile, drywall, painting, flooring, docks, pressure washing, deck railing. All small jobs are welcome!!

Call 910-934-3937 for free estimates, ask for Robert. 2/28/19-6/28/19 (P) (E)

FOR SALE 2000 FORD FOCUS WAGON 117,000 Miles, new battery 12/2018, oil change and service 2/2019, state inspection 4/2019, good tires, fair/good condition. $1,000.00. Call 910-259-3493.

REDUCED TO $8,000!

1976 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE ROCKY POINT, NC

1976 Super Beetle convertible. No rust, under coated, new shocks in front struts, rides smooth at highway speed. Top in good shape.

CD player, heat works. Slight rust on bumpers, good tires.

A beautiful car. 910-617-5525

602-E U.S. 117, Burgaw, NC 28425 Pender Landing Shopping Center, Next to Subway

910.259.7156 Website: www.serealestate.net Rentals: www.serealestate.us

We are the Key to Your New Home! Vicki Foster

August 22, 2019

POST Voice The Pender-Topsail

&

POST Voice The Pender-Topsail

&

308 E Ashe St

$123,900

Great starter home in the beautiful town of Burgaw. This lovely 2 bedroom, 1 bath is priced right and won’t last long. Seller recently had a new metal roof installed. Near all local conveniences.

INSPIRING DREAMS FOR 20 YEARS Selling or buying a home? I can help!

Lookin’ for Love...

Hey there! My name is Harper

I‛m a 1-year old female Lab/American Bulldog mix.

Are you looking for a friend? Well so am I! Someone to walk on the beach with? Me too! How about a cuddle on the couch and someone who will appreciate my protective nature (no door bells needed!). I‛m not only pretty with a beautiful coat and big brown eyes, I have substance and intelligence! I am house broken and have already learned to sit and would love to continue learning new things.

Broker/REALTOR®

910.337.3671

Please visit our website at www.penderhumane.org.

As always, you can call the Pender Humane Society at 910-259-7022 or we’d love for you to visit us at the shelter!

No one delivers your LOCAL NEWS like your LOCAL NEWSPAPER. 910.259.9111

OST AtPYour Voice Service...

The Pender-Topsail

&

Home Improvement

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

POST Voice The Pender-Topsail

&

Heating & Air

Your ad could be in the Business Directory for only $18 perweek. Please call 910.259.9111 for more information

Insurance

A Trusted Choice Agency Finally, A Local Agency That Has “YOU” In Mind All Lines of Coverage, Commercial & Personal We Enjoy Walk-Ins and Offer Hassel-Free Quotes

WE DO DUCT CLEANING Schedule a $79.00 tune-up and receive a Call us to schedule your

Free duct evaluation-$69.00 FREE Estimate value.

pleasantair.com 910.270.3934 910.270.3934 Expires 12/06/16

100 Main St., Suite One Holly Ridge, NC 28445 (Behind Coastal Bank)

CREW INSURANCE AGENCY Since 1963

910-329-3691

Lawn Service

Shore Cutz

Serving Hampstead & Wilmington Area

(910) 581-4496

Free Estimates $25 Local Cuts Landscaping & Tree Removal *INSURED*

Stump Grinding

STUMP GRINDING

Large Uprooted Root-Ball Removal

Commercial, Residential, and Government SENIOR DISCOUNTS

843-467-0334

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 12A

* * *

Healing Hippie

THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE Hot Stone, Couples, Prenatal Reiki & Guided Meditation Beautiful New Location Open 7 Days A Week Easy Online Booking $10 OFF First Visit

www.HealingHippie.org * 910.228.1818

BE ASSURED Your family will receive expert care and support to navigate life’s healthcare challenges.

Our team offers the most professionals certified in hospice and palliative care.

To find out if you or someone you love qualifies for hospice or palliative care, call 1-800-733-1476 or visit LCFH.org.

Patricia Hood, PA-C & Brianna Wheeler, FNP-C

Accepting Patients of All Ages At Our NEW Burgaw Office Every Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Skin Care for All Ages

308 S Bennett Street 910-251-9944 She gets her hair from her mom.

Her eyes from her dad.

And her drugs from her HSBOENBhT QVSTF. 53% of people who abuse prescription drugs get them from family or friends. Prevent your children, friends and relatives from abusing your own medication by securing your meds in places they cannot access.

BE AWARE. DON’T SHARE.®

LOCK YOUR MEDS.® www.lockyourmeds.org/nc

Supported by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services, with funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Opioid STR/Cures (Grant#1H79TI080257) and SPF-RX (Grant # 1U79SP022087).

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 1B

Investing in Your Community Now Accepting Short-Term Rehabilitation and Extended Stay Guests

Call or Come by for a Personal Tour.

311 S Campbell St. Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-6007 www.laurelsofpender.com

Pender Sports Pirates ease past Trask in season opener

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer One thing you hear coaches in talk about is next man up – a philosophy that every player should be ready and willing to get the collective job done when setbacks or injuries to star athletes occur, and it was a theory that the Topsail High School football team had to quickly put into practice last Friday night in its 2019 season-opening game at county rival Trask.

On the first play from scrimmage, running back Noah LaValle, who entered his senior season with more than 4,100 rushing yards, took off around left end and skirted 24 yards for a first down.

Lavalle, however, did not get up and left the game with an ankle injury, spending the remainder of

the evening on the Pirate sideline, and next man up became a reality. Fortunately for Topsail, senior quarterback Cody Wallis and junior running back Burnie Burns answered the call.

Wallis went 15-for-23 for 192 yards and a touchdown through the air – adding an 18-yard scoring run, Burns took LaValle’s place as the lead back and carried the ball 13 times for 94 yards and two scores, and the Pirate defense limited the Titans to 82 total yards as Topsail returned to Hampstead with an often-sloppy, yet methodical 35-8 win over Trask.

Topsail (1-0) was whistled for 11 penalties for 90 yards, including three for unsportsmanlike conduct and four for defensive encroachment, but the Pirate

Continued on page 3B

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Titans fall to Topsail

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The word rebuild is often used in the game of football. If a team loses several key players from a year ago, the team is often said to be in a rebuilding mode. In the case of the Heide Trask Titans, the word rebuild might be an understatement.

The Titans lost their top three rushers, the bulk of their starting offensive and defensive lines along with their top three tacklers. Oh yeah, and they lost their head coach and the bulk of his assistants. The Titans began the rebuild-

ing process under new coach Brandon Proctor last Friday night at home against county rival and Mideastern Conference 3A foe Topsail.

The Pirates had some troubles of their own, losing all county and all conference running back Noah Lavalle on the first play from scrimmage. The Hampstead team leaned on senior quarterback Cody Wallis and junior Bernie Burns to take them to a 35-8 season opening win.

Lavalle took the handoff from Wallis on the opening play from scrimmage and

Continued on page 3B

www.facebook.com/PostVoice

Kickers Corner

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Topsail’s JJ Armstrong battles Titan Reggie Carr at the goal line for an almost touchdown pass.

Titan spikers finish week unbeaten

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

Trask quarterback Dominic Campbell scrambles to avoid Pirate Jalen Jacobs.

Join us on Facebook

Heide Trask Lady Titan volleyball coach Cathy Claris makes no bones about it. It is nice being 2-0 after one week of play.

However, the veteran coach knows that there is a whole season left to play.

“It’s great to be 2-0 with both the JV and varsity, But I also like that my notes taken during each match for each of my teams lists ways we can always improve.”

The Lady Titan spikers started the week off with a home match against Mideastern Conference member North Brunswick.

Trask was without its best player in senior captain Lanie Barnhill. Junior Leanna Pfeiffer stepped in and played well as did junior Emily Thomas. The duo along with Madalyn White led the team to a 3-1 win. The scores were 25-22, 25-14, 21-25 and 25-23.

It was clear in the first two games that the Titans were the better team.

However, after falling behind 2-0 the Scorps came storming back. They won game three to extend the match to a fourth set.

Coach Claris charge went up 24-14 before a 9-0 run by

The 2019 fall sports season opened up last week. With that the boy’s soccer season opened as well. Although there was an abbreviated schedule, there was some action.

Trask played twice last week in Coach Tyler Grady’s debut as the Titans coach. The Titans opened the Grady era with a 3-1 win over South Brunswick.

Justin Eaves got things started with a goal off of a penalty kick at the 12-minute mark.

Marquis Anthony scored at the 55-minute mark and Luis Hernandez scored at the 77-minute mark. Keeper Eduardo Gomez allowed one goal and had six saves.

The Titans then

engaged Jacksonville Northside. The Monarchs are an established program and handed the Titans a 5-0 loss. Gomez was under fire most of the match. He had 16 saves while giving up five goals.

The Titans were at North Brunswick on Monday, at South Brunswick On Wednesday and home verse Topsail On Thursday. That will be the Pirates first game of the season.

Pender played its first game of the season last week, falling to South Brunswick 4-1. No other stats were available.

Pender hosted Wallace on Monday and Wallace on Wednesday.

Note: The area high school soccer coaches are encouraged to send their statistics in by Saturday.

Lady Patriots sweep WRH

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

Staff photo by Bobby Norris

The Lady Titans posted wins over North Brunswick and Wallace-Rose Hill last week.

North cut the lead to 24-23.

White saved an errant pass at the bleachers and set up the game winner.

Next up was Wallace. The Titans swept the Bulldogs.

The scores were 25-14, 2522 and 25-21.

Emily Thomas got her serve going in game one. She served nine consecutive points to give her team and

Over the years, Pender Lady Patriot volleyball coach Matt Davis has had the same philosophy. He plays a very tough nonconference schedule in preparation of the conference slate. In Coach Davis’ eyes, a rough start against superior competition will prepare his team for a title run. Last week was the perfect example of this as his Lady Patriots dropped two nonconference affairs against 3A and 4A teams before sweeping Wallace at home.

In the season opener, the Lady Patriots visited 4A foe Laney. The Buccaneers proved to be what they were expected to be, and the Pender County girls fell in three sets. The scores were 25-15, 25-8 and 25-23.

The next day the Pats hosted a very good Topsail Pirate team. The Lady Pirates are big up front and boast a very deep team.

They used that size to sweep Pender. The scores were25-15, 25-8 and 28-26.

Pender seemed to be

PQS

Continued on page 3B

overwhelmed by the bigger Pirates in the first two games. Davis stayed perched atop his usual box with the exception of getting up a time or two to coach his girls. The veteran coach seemed patient in letting his team work through the usual early season mistakes. By the third set his team seemed to find their bearings. They played the Pirates point for point. With the score tied 26-26, Topsail scored twice to end the game.

Haley Schaeffer led the Patriots with four kills while Riley Gurganus had seven assists. Tyanna Holmes had three kills.

Next up was a home affair with Wallace. The Lady Bulldogs found a Patriot team primed for the win.

The Pats earned a sweep winning three games in a row. The scores were 25-23, 25-22 and 25-17.

Gurganus had eight assists while Mayce Wood had three kills. Schaeffer had three kills and eight aces.

The Lady Patriots are 1-2 on the year. They hosted Laney on Monday.

We’ve Got

YOU

Insurance Agency Covered.

Specializing in Competitive Auto Insurance Rates

Call Us For Your Quote Today! {£{Ê °Ê ÀÜ `Ê-Ì°]Ê1 ÌÊ ]Ê7> >Vi]Ê ÊUÊ £ä°Ónx°£nÇx

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 2B

Pender County Football Week 2

Topsail visits Pender, Trask hosts Union

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Topsail at Pender The Topsail Pirates beat Trask 35-8 while Pender lost a tough one to James Kenan 16-12. This game is one that may surprise some folks.

Senior quarterback Jahiem McDuffie sits atop the county in rushing yards after week one. He had 144 yards and a touchdown in the teams’ loss to Kenan. He also had 56 yards passing. There was a lot of hype concerning him going into the season and it appears it is all legitimate.

The Pender defense played well, although the Tigers moved the ball through the air against them. That could be a problem against Cody Wallis and the Pirates.

Wallis threw for just under 200 yards last week. He had 175 of those yards in the first half. Noah Lavalle went down with a high ankle sprain. I would not expect to see him this week.

Even without him, the Pirates eclipsed 400 yards of

offense.

This is a much improved Patriot team. Their offensive line is better, and McDuffie is the real deal.

He could cause a Pirate defense that let Titan quarterback Dominique Campbell turn the corner a couple of times problems.

Look for Wallis to air it out this week. He will throw for over 200 yards and will hook up with Gavin Ellis for at least one touchdown. Junior Burnie Burns filled in admirably for Lavalle last week and will have another good week. Burnie burns the Pats for a C-note.

For Pender, it is all about McDuffie. The Pirates have struggled against speedy backs in the past. McDuffie is fast and strong. He will get his yards this week.

Somebody else needs to step up for Pender. Josh Barnhill and Seth Pyland are the logical candidates.

It may very well be a McDuffie-Wallis dual. Topsail has a better support cast. Topsail goes 2-0 to start the year, but it won’t be easy. The score: Topsail 34-Pender 14.

Trask hosts Union The Heide Trask Titans found themselves on the wrong end of a 35-8 score last week against Topsail while Union was shutout

by Midway 27-0. This is one of the games on the Titans schedule that is marked with a W beside it.

The Spartans list just 21 players on its varsity roster with 10 of those studentathletes being seniors.

Although the Titans dropped a 35-8 decision to Topsail, one can’t judge the Rocky Point squad based solely on that contest. After all, the Pirates are a 3A team coming off of a nine win season in one of the toughest conferences in the eastern part of the state.

Junior quarterback Dominique Campbell showed flashes of being a game breaker against Topsail.

He made some moves and showed a lot of heart. He had a spin move down the Pirates sideline that drew some cheers from the Titan faithful.

Khamari Gorham also had some good runs and will most likely see more carries in the coming

weeks. However, it appears that Reggie Carr will be the game breaker for Trask.

Defensively, although the numbers might not indicate it, the Titans were decent against a very good Pirate offense. Gorham led the team in tackles while the unit forced two fumbles.

Campbell is a threat to take it to the house. The Titans showed the option a couple of times but offensive coordinator Desmond Jordan likes the spread.

Look for him to try and get Carr and Will Berry out in space. Jet sweeps may be the way to do that.

Trask threw the ball eight times last week.

Look for them to try that a few more times this week.

A couple of screens may work against a thin Spartan defense.

Gorham punishes the Spartan defense inside and Carr and Berry do the same to the outside.

The Titan defense bows its back and the team earns their first win under Proctor. The score: Trask 34Union 0.

Lady Pirate volleyball off to strong season start

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer While one must admit, the three opponents the Topsail High School volleyball team played in their first week of the 2019 season where not in the competitive universe the Lady Prates will see in what promises to be a very competitive Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference, Coach Hill Pearsall is relatively happy with the way his 23rd year as the Topsail head coach has started.

Madison Lofton racked up 15 service points, nine aces, four kills, a block, and five digs, and Gia Marinelli added 12 points, five aces, three kills, three blocks, and two digs as Topsail rolled to a 3-0 (25-

15, 25-8, 28-26) win over visiting Pender in their season opener last Tuesday.

Playing without senior leader Julia Sullivan, who is nursing a slightly sore knee, the Lady Pirates did not miss a beat as Brooke Stenerson (11) and Reagan Parker (seven) combined for 18 assists, while the backlines consisting of Lofton, Marinelli, Lauren Labelle (nine) Elizabeth Fonvielle (eight), Catherine Sugden (five), Aiden McGuire (two), and Bella Sorace (two) combined for 37 digs to keep the Lady Patriot hitting attack at bay.

“The first two games we were pretty much in control throughout,” Pearsall said. “The first game I thought we blocked really well and our backline did

very well. In the second game Madison served and hit 13 in a row (six aces).

“We got to play lot of girls in the third game and our defense wasn’t as strong and our setting wasn’t overly good, but overall I was pleased with the way we played against a good Pender team.”

Topsail opened with a four-point run in the first game, but Pender quickly answered with a threepointer. The game was tied at 6-6 and 7-7 but Topsail –with Lofton nailing a pair of aces – jumped ahead 10-7 and never looked back.

A later five-point surge in which McGuire knocked down two aces, put the outcome out of question.

Game two was mostly Lofton. Topsail led 9-6

when Lofton took over the serve, and led 22-6 when she relinquished it. Kills by junior Addison Clark (five kills, four points) and Sorace aided in the run.

“I try to find the open spaces and also I look for the weaker passers,” Lofton said. “Once I find what I think is a weak spot I go back at them time and again because they get frustrated and tend to make more mistakes.”

Pearsall substituted freely in the third game, which was a back-andforth affair with 10 ties – the last at 26-26. Two unforced Pender errors ended the night.

Haley Schaeffer led Pender with four kills, Ri-

Continued on page 3B

Strong season start for Topsail fall sports

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The first week of the 2019 fall athletic schedule showed great promise for the Topsail High School teams and athletes as the girls’ tennis team racked up a shutout win, the girls’ golf team opened with a strong second-place showing, Lady Pirate freshman Kaitlyn Obremski served notice that she and the Topsail girls’ crosscountry squad are going

Campbell shows promise on Titan gridiron

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When the Trask football team took the field last Friday night, it seemed as if the team was full of newcomers. There were very few starters back from a year ago.

One of the spots that was manned by a newcomer was the quarterback position – junior Dominique Campbell .After one game, it seems that the athletic youngster is where he belongs.

Campbell faced a tough Topsail defense last week.

He took on the responsibility of being a leader with strength and grace. He never wavered and gave it 110 percent throughout the contest.

Dominique made the crowd take notice with a great spin move during the second half. He has the potential to be something special. Dominique Campbell is the future of the Trask football program.

to be solid front-runners, and the junior-varsity volleyball team showed it could exceed the 16-2 record put up by the 2018 team.

Cross-Country: After a strong performance in an earlier timed 5K run won by over a minute, Kaitlyn Obremski backed that up with a winning time of 18:29.60 in running away from the field while leading the Lady Pirates to a fourth-place finish (80 points) behind 4A powers Ashley (45), Laney

Intrepid Hardware presents this week’s

Athlete Spotlight

Dominique Campbell Trask High School

INTREPID HARDWARE Intrepid Square 8206 Hwy. 117 Rocky Point, NC 910-675-1157

(49), and Hoggard (53) in the Hugh McRae CrossCountry Kickoff.

Coming in second was Laney freshman Olivia Bufalini (19:37.88), third was Hoggard freshman Molly Parker (19:56.89), and fourth was Hoggard freshman Sarah Martin (20:04.40). Lady Pirates following Kaitlyn across the finish line were her junior sister Makayla Obremski (10th; 20:49.25), senior Bailey Wells (16th; 21:30.82), junior Skylar Libretto (22nd; 22:36.97),

Clark brings it for the Lady Pirates

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Topsail Lady Pirate volleyball team has always been very competitive under the tutelage of Hill Pearsall. He has built a solid program through the hard work and dedication of both himself and his student-athletes. This year is no different with his team off to a great start.

One of the players on the roster that seems to have bought into the hard work and dedication theme that Pearsall teaches is junior Addison Clark.

Clark is listed on the roster as an outside hitter.

However, she can play any spot on the court with proficiency. She can be found hammering a kill home or diving on the floor after an opponents slam.

The Lady Pirates play in a very tough conference.

However, that will not stop talented players such as Clark from reaching for the stars.

and junior Emma Martin (31st; 24:11.88).

Also competing for Topsail were freshman Lauren Pagans (33rd; 24:41.94), freshman Allison Rooks (34th; 24:45.89), freshman Helen Rooks (35th; 24:46.17), and senior Stephanie Simmons (52nd; 25:10.33).

The Topsail boys finished fifth (133) behind Hoggard (40), Laney (68), Coastal Christian (105), and Ashley (114). Leading

Continued on page 3B The Pender-Topsail Post & Voice presents this week’s

Athlete Spotlight

Addison Clark

Topsail High School

The Media of Record for the People of Pender County 108 W. Wilmington St. • Burgaw, NC 910.259.9111 www.post-voice.com e-mail: posteditor@post-voice.com

In My Opinion In the words of the late great comedian Tim Wilson, it’s a sorry world.

That is often lamented over and over again. Every time a young person makes a mistake and causes a problem, we here, Lord, this country is in trouble, our young folk are gonna let us down. What are we going to do? This new generation is not ready to take over. I beg to differ.

I am fortunate enough to have been able to meet a lot of young folk through my job with the newspaper. Over the years I have been able to forge friendships with some. There are even more that I know and admire even though I don’t see them very often. I had the opportunity to spend just a few minutes with one last week.

I covered Angelo Finney when he played football with both Trask and Pender. He was always a ferocious defender on the field, yet a soft spoken and polite young man off the field.

Angelo and his wife started something called the New Legacy foundation. While I will not go into the specifics of the foundation here, I will tell you that it is to help families, and more specific children in this area, both financially and otherwise.

We often hear the bad things that happen in our community. The local news rarely reports

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

the good stuff. I think its time that we focus more on the good things that are happening in our community.

I truly believe that the young folk of Pender County by and large are good people. Sure, there are those that have gone astray. However, I say for every one that goes astray, there are several that are doing the right thing.

There is one thing for sure. We can’t turn our backs on our youth.

They are the future generation. They are the ones that will lead our country. I applaud Angelo Finney. I am proud of him and I am proud of the young men and women of our county. the phrase Pender County strong was thrown about after Hurricane Florence and rightfully so.

However, Pender County Strong should not be used for disasters alone.

It should be a way of life.

Often times I end this column with this is just my opinion. Not today.

Pender County Strong.

That’s a fact!

Patriots battle, come up short at James Kenan

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriot football team struggled last year. They gave up 50 points several times and could not stop their opponent. That resulted in a one win season. This year Head Coach Tim Smith expects a much better effort out of his team. If last week is any indication of things to come this season, he should be satisfied.

The Patriots traveled to Duplin County to engage the always competitive James Kenan Tigers, falling 16-12 in a game that Smith thinks his team could have won. “We played hard at times, but we didn’t come through when we had opportunities to make big plays.”

Senior quarterback Jahiem McDuffie was the catalyst of the offense. The speedy playmaker scored a touchdown and rushed for 144 yards in the process.

Pender got on the board

Blake is a Patriot through and through

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer During the football season a year ago, the Pender Patriot medical staff stayed focused on the chore at hand; taking care of the players on the field when needed.

One of the people on the sidelines was studenttrainer Taylor Blake.

Miss Blake was charged with doing every thing from wrapping ankles and wrists to making sure that the players had water.

Taylor is also a very good volleyball player. She is this year’s libero for the Lady Patriot spikers. She is a great teammate. She plays hard and believes in her teammates and her school.

Pender High will need student-athletes to step up in every facet and Taylor Blake is one of those young ladies that will not have to be asked.

She is a Patriot through and through.

in the first half when they blocked a field goal attempt by the Tigers. Antonio Bea picked up the ball and scored. The extra point failed and the Pats went into the half trailing 8-6.

Kenan went up 16-6 in the third frame. McDuffie scored to cut the lead to 1612 before time ran out on the Pender County squad.

McDuffie’s 144 yards led both teams with Bea recovering the blocked field goal. Seth Pyland had two catches for 42 yards and had seven tackles on the other side of the ball along with an interception and a fumble recovery. McDuffie also tallied seven stops.

Coach Smiths defense held themselves accountable for most of the game, holding a pass happy Tiger team in check.

The Patriots will host cross county rival Topsail on Friday night in what is always a competitive contest. Game time is 7 p.m.

A River Runs by Me Photography presents this week’s

Athlete Spotlight

Taylor Blake

Pender High School

910.470.9561

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 3B

Post & Voice Top Performers

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Well, it is here. The 201920 high school sports season is here, and I can’t wait.

Last week the area football teams played as well as the volleyball and soccer teams.

There was cross country as well.

The Topsail football team beat Trask 35-8. Cody Wallis went 15-for-23 for 192 yards and a touchdown through the air, adding a 15-yard scoring run to pace the Pirates. Burnie Burns filled in for an injured Noah LaValle as the lead back and carried the

Topsail

Continued from page 1B defense stood tall in holding the Titans to 72 rushing yards on 21 carries (3.2 yards-per-carry) and 10 passing yards as young Trask sophomore quarterback Dominic Campbell finished 2-for-8 passing.

“It wasn’t necessarily pretty but we did enough to win,” Topsail Coach Wayne Inman said. “I thought the defense played very well at times. We made some mistakes, including the offside calls, but we can fix those things in time. We didn’t really change our offense when Noah went out, we did the same things we game-planned for,” Inman said. “We felt like we could get the edge on the outside with the outside zone, that’s what we’ve been working on, and opening up the inside zone.

“I thought Burnie and Jalen (Johnson; five carries, 19 yards) filled in very well and did what we asked them to do. It was the first game and we made mis-

Titans

Continued from page 1B raced 23-yards before being tacked. He laid on the field after the pile dispersed and was helped off the field with what was later called a high ankle sprain. Burns took over from there. He had 24-

Lady Pirates

Continued from page 2B ley Gurganus had seven assists, and Tyanna Holmes had three kills.

Tuesday provided the Lady Pirates with an opportunity to see how they would fare in a tough, close road game as they traveled to Jacksonville and returned home with a hardfought 3-1 (26-24, 21-25, 28-26, 25-23) over the host Lady Cardinals. The Lady Pirates struggled mightily with their serve/receive

Roundup

Continued from page 2B the way for the Pirates were junior James Campbell (eighth; 18:26.14), senior Travis Souza (22nd; 19:32.76), senior Brandon Hayes (28th; 20:22.47), junior Hayden Ro g erson (36th; 20:30.40), freshman S h a n e Jo h n s o n ( 3 9 t h ; 20:30.40), and sophomore Brad Kimmel (40th; 20:32.64). Also turning in strong efforts were sophomores Cooper Case (48th; 21:24.34) Calden Jenkins (21:24.50), and Michael Knipping (22:32.45).

A Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference meet is up Thursday but the Pirate varsity teams will bypass that meet in anticipation of participating in the Jungle Run Saturday at Southview High School in Hope Mills.

G i rl s ’ Te n n i s : T he Lady Pirates traveled to Shallotte and retur ned home with a 9-0 win over host West Brunswick to

W

ettin’ a Line

ball 13 times for 94 yards and two scores. Gavin Ellis had four catches for 87 yards and a score.

Jakel White had a fumble recovery for Trask while Reggie Carr scored the Titans only touchdown.

Pender lost a tough one to James Kenan. Jahiem McDuffie had 144 yards and a touchdown to pace the Patriots. Antonio Bea scored after a blocked field goal. Seth Pyland had two catches for 42 yards and added seven tackles.

The Topsail girl’s tennis team beat West Brunswick to open conference play.

Kylee Edwards, Marci

LaRowe, and Anna Duckworth won 8-0, Summer Guderian and Abrielle H e r b e r t won 8-1, and Amanda O’Brien won 8-3 in singles, while the three doubles matches went to Topsail 8-0, 8-0, and 8-3.

The Trask volleyball team won twice last week behind the play of Madalyn White and Leanna Pfeiffer.

The Topsail volleyball team is off to a 4-0 start.

Madison Lofton racked up 15 service points, nine aces, four kills, a block, and five digs, and Gia Marinelli added 12 points, five aces, three kills, three blocks,

and two digs in the Pirates win over Pender. Brooke Stenerson had 24 assists in the win over Jacksonville High School.

Pender lost two tough ones to bigger schools before beating Wallace – Rose Hill.

Riley Gurganus led Pender with eight assists.

Mayce Wood tallied three kills while Haley Schaeffer had three kills and eight aces.

This weeks top performer is Kaitlyn Obremski.

The freshman cross country performer on her first official race as a high school runner.

takes, too many of them, but I don’t think it was anything we can’t fix, and we will. I’m pleased overall with a lot of the things we did.”

Topsail did a lot right, scoring the first three times they had the ball. Burns capped a nine-play, 70-yard drive with a two-yard scoring burst, and senior Jose Orellano drilled the first of five extras-point kicks to stake the Pirates to a 7-0 lead with 8:19 left in the first period.

After forcing a Titan three-and-out, Topsail drove 54 yard on six plays – overcoming a 10-yard holding penalty – to make it 14-0 on a picture-perfect 26-yard scoring hookup from Wallis to Gavin Ellis (four catches, 87 yards with 4:30 left in the quarter. A key play in the drive was a 13-yard pass from Wallis to Burns.

Trask picked up 29 yards on the subsequent offensive series but a three-yard run on fourth-and-four fell short and Topsail took over on its own 35-yard line.

Wallis connected on three passes totaling 47

yards and the Pirates overcame a 15-yard loss on a sack, a holding penalty, and a false start in traveling 65 yards on 13 plays that encompassed the last 17 seconds of the first quarter and the first 6:30 of the second with Wallis (five carries, 18 yards) lowering a shoulder and bowling over a defender at the goal line at the end of a 15-yard scoring run that produced a 21-0 halftime lead.

Topsail’s first secondhalf possession resulted in a 28-0 lead when Burns bolted into the end zone from four-yards out to cap an eight-play, 35-yard drive with 6:17 remaining in the third quarter that came as a result of a short Titan punt.

The second Topsail series wound up providing Trask with its only real scoring opportunity of the game when Titan Jakel White recovered a Pirate fumble deep in Topsail territory.

A sterling reversingfield run by Campbell was the key play in a three-play drive that ended with an 11-yard scoring run by Reg-

gie Carr, and a two-point conversion scamper by Campbell with 10:54 left in the game.

Pirate senior Ethan Parker finished the scoring when he scored on a two-yard run with 3:57 remaining in the contest.

“Losing Noah was a tragedy for the team, he’s an outstanding player, but we had to rise up as a team,” Wallis said. “We had to make a few adjustments and we did what we had to do. The passing game was pretty open and I give all the credit to my linemen and my wide receivers, they did a great job for me.

“Burnie and Jalen did a great job filling in for Noah, and I am proud to call them my teammates, for sure. Now we’re going to sit back and watch the film, regroup, and get ready for Pender.”

Topsail is at Pender (0-1) – which lost 16-12 on the road at James Kenan Friday. The Titans (0-1) try to regroup at home against Union, which lost its opener 27-0 to Midway.

yards on four carries in the opening drive. He scored from two yards out to give Topsail a one touchdown lead. The Pirates scored on their first three possessions of the half.

The Titans relied on their speed in the opening half. Junior quarterback Dominique Campbell was getting his first taste of

varsity football and despite being harassed for most of the night by the bigger and stronger Pirate defense, made some plays. Trask had 52-yards of offense in the first half with 27 of those yards coming on a Khamari Gorham run. The positive side of the effort was that they did not turn the ball over.

Burns scored from three yards out midway through the third period, giving the Pirates a 28-0 lead. The Titans got on the board early in the fourth quarter when Titan defender Jakel White recovered a fumble at the 38-yard line. It took three plays for the Titans to find the endzone with Reggie Carr scoring from 13-yards

out. Trask tacked on the two point conversion by Will Berry and the score was a very manageable 28-8.

Topsail found the endzone one more time late in the game while the Titans finished the rest of the night scoreless.

Gorham led the Titans with 34 yards rushing on six carries. The Titan offense managed just 72 yards of total offense. Defensively, Gorham led the Titans with eight tackles.

The Titans will host Union on Friday.

and some inconsistencies on the backline forced Pearsall to mix-and-match backline personnel in an attempt to find the right combination.

Pearsall was also not too happy with the blocking outside of six blocks from Marinelli (10 kills, three aces, nine points, five digs).

“That is a good team and they have some very good very good hitters,” Pearsall said. “We had 15 missed serves and that hurt. Our serve/receive in the first game was non-existent. We had a nine-point lead and

it disappeared, and we had to fight back to get the win.

We were very inconsistent and it was back-and-forth where we would make a play, they would make a play, and we would make a mistake and they would make a mistake.”

Playing again without Sullivan but Stenerson stepped in at setter and delivered with 24 assists.

Clark was steady with six points, two aces, eight kills, a block, and five digs, Parker chipped in with 11 assists, and McGuire provided strong – and muchneeded – relief on the back-

line with 20 digs to go along with 10 service points and two aces.

Topsail (3-0) closed out the week at home with a relatively easy 3-0 (2512, 25-17, 25-11) win over White Oak behind strong hitting that saw four players have four or more kills, 22 aces led by five each from Marinelli (five kills, five aces, two blocks, two digs) and Clark (four kills, five aces, two digs), 11 assists from Stenerson, and a combined 49 back-line digs – led by 11 from Lofton (five kills, ace) seven from LaBelle, and six from

McGuire (two aces).

The Lady Pirates used three r uns totaling 14 points to run away from a 3-3 tie in the first game, went from a 14-12 deficit to the second-game win by outhitting the Lady Vikings 11-5 down the stretch, and watched a plethora of subs completely overwhelm the visitors with runs of six, five, and four points in the 14-point, third game victory.

“We played well but I think we still need to work on our defense, and then timing, and that’s really it,” said Clark, a junior

who has enjoyed a solid start to her varsity career with 17 kills, eight aces, a block, and nine digs in three games. “I feel like the younger players, myself included, are starting to fit in with the more-experienced players, and I think this team has the potential to go far this year.”

A busy early schedule continued this week with a Tuesday game at Pender, a Wednesday trip to White Oak, and a return home Thursday for as tilt against Wi l m i n g t o n C h r i s t i a n Academy.

open conference play. No. 1 Kylee Edwards, No. 2 Marci LaRowe, and No. 4 Anna Duckworth won 8-0, No. 3 Summer Guderian and No. 6 Abrielle Herbert won 8-1, and No. 5 Amanda O’Brien won 8-3 in singles, while the three doubles matches went to Topsail 8-0, 8-0, and 8-3.

The Lady Pirates played host to conference powerhouse Hoggard Tuesday, and travel to North Brunswick Thursday.

Girls’ Golf: Sophomore Jessica Townsend shot a team-low 46 and Elia Fogelman (47) and Lindley Cox (48) shot in the 40’s to help Topsail finish second (141) behind Laney (138) Wednesday in the first Conference meet at the Carolina National Golf Club in Bolivia.

Hoggard (153) was third, followed by South Brunswick (171), Ashley (181), New Hanover (190), West Brunswick (203), and North Brunswick (209).

Ashley’s Lovey Tran (39) was the medalist, followed

by Laney’s Grace Holcomb.

Amber Butner (55) and Ella Ronner (64) also carded scores for the Lady Prates.

N e x t u p i s a m at ch T h u r s d ay at C o m p a s s Point with New Hanover High School serving as the host school.

J. V. Volleyball: The young Lady Pirates rolled to an easy 2-0 (25-15, 25-6) win over Pender in their season-opener. The team is comprised of six sophomores and 10 freshman, but the relatively youthful squad had no problem handling the Lady Patriots.

S o p h o m o re C o r r i n a Shug ar ts showed her young teammates how it was done with five kills, two aces, and eight digs, classmates Olivia Hatcher added three kills, two aces, and four digs, and Ellee Beaman had three kills, and freshman Cadie Hartley had two kills. Freshmen Grace Deitz (four) and Alia Jones (seven) combined for 11 digs.

Tuesday the girls headed to Jacksonville and returned home with a sec-

ond-consecutive 2-0 (25-20, 25-18) victory. Shugarts (five kills, eight digs) one again led the way with freshman Grace Baer adding four kill, two aces, and a dig, Beaman knocking down three kills to go along with five assists and two digs, and sophomore Olivia Visconti chipping in with nine assists, a dig, and two aces.

The Lady Pirates (3-0) stayed on a positive role to end the week, securing a 2-0 (25-17, 25-15) win over visiting White Oak Thursday. Shugarts nailed six kills, blocked a shot, and brought up four digs, Beaman added four kills, four aces, eight assists, and a pair of digs, Hatcher (kill) and freshman Lilly Burnett (three assists) each had four aces, and Jones (kill, ace, assist) led the backline with nine digs.

Topsail was at Pender Tuesday and at White Oak Wednesday before retur ning home to face Wi l m i n g t o n C h r i s t i a n Academy Thursday.

with The Post & Voice

Pender County’s weekly look at what’s biting and where

Spots are on the horiozn

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Fishing Fanatic The area anglers are waiting for the spots to begin running. As of yet there have been no such luck. There have been a spot or two caught here and there on blood wor ms or shrimp but nothing to write home about.

The Piers are reporting a mixed bag of fish being caught with the highlight being a couple of decent bluefish early in the morning. The water is still a little too warm, but it is coming.

The little cool weather last Sunday has everyone excited.

The inland anglers are reporting that the flounder bite is pretty strong. Find a dock or other structure and be patient. Patience is the word when fishing for the flat fish.

There have been some Spanish hooked off of the per. However, the reports are that the Spaniards are just off of the beach and not within striking distance from the pier.

Lady Titans

Continued from page 1B insurmountable lead.

In game two the Dogs stayed close. The score was 22-21 Trask before the Rocky Point squad took the win.

Game three was also close but the Titans kept the pressure on the Duplin County team, taking a four

The freshwater guys are stuck in the summer fishing pattern which means early and late.

The usual pan fish bite is happening. Worms and crickets will work here.

This week’s fishing tip.

With hurricane season in full force it pays to watch the weather report.

If you are preparing to take a fishing trip in your boat and are planning to go a few miles out, make sure and have a plan.

A float plan is one of the things that takes very little time but can save your life. Make sure you let someone know where you plan on fishing at and how far you plan on going out.

Make sure you have everything that is required by law when on the water. That means flares and flash lights and life preservers. It is also a good idea to have a marine radio if you fish on the ocean.

Finally, be smart. If they are calling for bad weather then just don’t go. Save it for another day

point win.

The Titan junior varsity team also earned two wins last week, making Coach Claris a happy woman.

“Proud of the efforts by both JV and Varsity players. Again, It’s great to be 2-0 with both squads as this year’s JV is tomorrow’s varsity.”

The Lady Titans will be back in action on Thursday at North Brunswick.

Advertise Today!

910-259-9111

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, August 29, 2019, Page 4B

Pender County Health Department

Family Planning Program

• Physical Exams • Pap Smears • Breast Exams • Limited Fertility Consultation

• Birth Control • Pregnancy Testing • STD & HIV Screenings • Immunizations • Education

Call Today for an Appointment...

(910) 259-1230

803 S. Walker St., Burgaw, NC 28425 The creation of this material was supported by Title X funding