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After more than three weeks since the death of five-year-old Paitin Fields, Pender County Sheriff ’s Office Capt. James Rowell says the investigation is active.

According to Rowell, the department has detectives assigned solely to the investigation. Since Fields death, her family and the community have raised questions about the investigation.

Rowell says further information will be shared with the community when possible.

In a statement released Dec. 8, Rowell said The investigation into the death of 5-year-old Paitin Fields is a very active investigation.

This became a homicide investigation early in the investigative process. We have detectives that are dedicated solely to this investigation. We are actively working this case.

We want to be able to determine the truth surrounding Paitin’s death, while protecting

the integrity of our investigation in a manner that will allow the correct individual(s) to face charges and ultimately be convicted for the crimes they have committed.

We understand there are many different opinions circulating in our community as to why more information has not been released concerning this investigation. Our detectives have remained in contact with Paitin’s immediate family and will continue to communicate with them concerning the investigation.

When the investigation is to a point that further information can be shared with our community we will do so.

I can tell you that at this point in our investigation, there is nothing to indicate that any other member of the community may be in jeopardy as this appears to be an isolated incident.

Anyone with information concerning this investigation is asked to contact the Pender County Sheriff ’s Office at 910259-1212.

Two candidates announce for Pender Sheriff’s race

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher With the 2018 election less than a year away, two candidates have announced intentions to run for Sheriff of Pender County Sheriff Carson Smith will not seek reelection after four terms in the office and will

The Courthouse Square will be ďŹ lled with unique craft vendors on Dec. 16. It’s Christmas on the Square.

Read more about this special event below on page 1A and see the ad on page 14A for a list of the vendors.

The Trask Titan cagers are holding on to an unbeaten start this season on the hardwood. Read more in Sports on page 9A.

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Investigation into death of child is ‘very active’

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run for the 16th District seat in the N.C. House of Representatives.

Joseph A. Cina, a former lieutenant with the New Hanover County Sheriff ’s Office and current small business owner in Pender County, announced Dec.8 intentions to

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Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

The rain stopped early in the afternoon and the annual Burgaw Christmas Parade was another big hit with lights, children, and plenty of excitement. This beautiful Volkswagen bus was decorated for the holidays. See more photos of the event on Facebook.

Christmas on the Square Saturday in Burgaw From Staff Reports The Christmas season has arrived in Burgaw following the tree lighting ceremony and holiday parade.

But the fun is not over yet with two new events.

The Town of Burgaw and Pender County, along with the

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice will present Christmas on the Square Dec. 16.

Christmas on the Square will be a special holiday market featuring more than 50 arts and crafts vendors set up around the Pender County Courthouse, all personally selected in order to offer the public a wide and varied selection of handmade holiday gifts.

Among the artisans will be

those who specialize in pottery, jewelry, woodworking, candles, soaps and more. Each vendor was invited to make Christmas on the Square an opportunity to purchase unique and one of a kind holiday gifts.

Local entertainment will feature students from the Pender County Schools.

Shopping hours for Christmas on the Square will be from 10 a.m.until 4 p.m. on the

Pender County Courthouse Square.

Later in the day, the Burgaw Parks and Recreation Department will hold a special presentation of the holiday favorite “Polar Express� at the historic train depot. The Polar Express is sold out.

Come out Saturday for a special day of holiday activities in historic downtown Burgaw.

Officials urge public comment on flood insurance hike

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

Breakfast with Santa at the Surf City Community Center Dec. 9 was a big event. This young elf just ďŹ nished visiting with Santa.

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From Staff Reports Pender County Commissioners unanimously supported a resolution opposing a rate increase requested by the North Carolina Rate Bureau.

The request was filed with the North Carolina Department of Insurance on Dec. 4 in Raleigh. “The rate increase would s e ve r e l y i m p a c t P e n d e r County homeowners,� said George Brown, chairman of the Pender County Board of Commissioners.

According to the NC Department of Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, the highest increases would be in parts of Brunswick, Carteret, New Hanover, and Pender counties. The requested in-

crease in Pender County is 80.5 percent for homes along the coast and 54.2 percent inland. “We are urging the NC Department of Insurance to review this matter and we’re urging our residents to participate in this government process by filing complaints,�

Brown said.

Public comments will be received in person, Dec. 12, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the Department of Insurance in the Albemarle Building, 325 N. Salisbury St. in Raleigh.

Emailed public comments should be sent by Dec. 29 to 2017HomeInsurance@ncdoi. gov.

Written public comments should be mailed to Tricia

Ford, 1201 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1201.

Written responses must be received by Dec. 29.

NC Department of Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is being asked by the NC Rate Bureau to increase rates on average 18.7 percent statewide. “If the Bureau wins out, the changes range from 7.1 percent in Wester n North Carolina to a 25 percent increase in the middle of the state,� said Brown. “The loss experience does not justify the statewide rate disparity.

Homeowners in our coastal counties have received rate increases in 2002, 2005, 2009,

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Traffic tie-ups continue to frustrate local drivers

Commissioners take proactive lead in Hampstead Bypass

By Tammy Proctor Special to the Post & Voice Pender County Commissioners recognize the need for safe and efficient means of travel, whether that’s to work, school, or play.

For years, the Pender County Board of Commissioners, county staff, and citizen representatives advocated to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) the merits of a bypass around Hampstead.

“In recent weeks, several major traffic accidents along the US Highway 17 corridor

in Hampstead served as a reminder of the risk faced by the traveling public between the urban areas of Wilmington and Jacksonville,” said Randell Woodruff, Pender County manager.

Additionally, Pender County has supported the incorporation of other plans and roadway improvements such as the Hampstead Median project and the Collector Street Plan to further alleviate congestion along the existing roadways in the Hampstead area.

“The Cape Fear region is currently experiencing a tremendous amount of growth

and will continue for the foreseeable future. We are working closely with our partners at the NCDOT, the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization (WMPO), and representatives in the North Carolina General Assembly to assure the schedule for the Hampstead Bypass is adequately funded (~$230 million) and receiving the prioritization it deserves so that we can continue to enjoy the place we call home,” Woodruff said.

According to the most recent schedule from NCDOT, Right of Way acquisition is scheduled to begin as early as

Spring 2019 and construction to begin in the Winter of 2020.

Forecast models will show that the volume reduction along existing US Highway 17 will be drastically reduced, in some locations more than half of current traffic volumes.

A s re p re s e n t at ive s o f Pender County, we will continue to fight for these improvements and trust the process that has been put in place for the future success of our Region.

For specific project information contact the Pender County Manager’s Office at 910-259-1200.

Community Christmas Celebration Dec. 15 From Staff Reports The Community Christmas Celebration will be held Friday Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Middle District Baptist Association, across from Four County EMC, highway 53 west of Burgaw.

The even, sponsored by the North Carolina Blueberry Festival, is a fun filled night and Christmas celebration as community churches gather together to create a community choir. Join in congre-

gational hymns, scripture readings, prayer and more, including special guests Snyder Memorial Baptist Church from Fayetteville.

Youth and adults from Snyder Memorial Baptist Church will present Sing We Now of Christmas, under the direction of minister of music Richard Suggs.

The program is a blend of choral music, praise and worship, and dance. Many of the songs are from the

church’s Singing Christmas Tree, which was presented the first week in December and attended by about 4,000 worshipers. The program will feature a variety of Christmas songs including Sing We Now of Christmas, Amen, Carol Medley, Come and See, Tiny Little Town, Unto Us and more. Snyder worship Pastor Giles Blakenship will lead the praise team in original Christmas pieces from his latest recording Home.

Also performing will be the Steps of Faith worship team, under the direction of Laurie Morrison. This all-girl youth team will lead in worship through dance.

Snyder Memorial Baptist Church looks forward to sharing in this Christmas season with the Burgaw Community.

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and 2012, paying up to five times the rate charged for N.C. Blueberr y Festival inland properties in addition queens were bundled up to separate wind and hail against the cold as they policies.”

The Pender County Board rode in the annual Burgaw of Commissioners passed Christmas Parade. See the resolution at their Dec. 4 more photos of the parade meeting. Surf City and Topon Facebook. sail Beach are passing similar resolutions.

Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

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Pender EMS & Fire Report Dec. 3-9

Pender EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: 166 Calls per Station Burgaw Station 1 34 Sloop Point Station 14 29 Hampstead Station 16 33 Surf City Station 23 13 Top. Beach Station 4 2 Union Station 5 12 Rocky Point Station 7 23 Atkinson Station 9 15 Maple Hill Station 13 2 Scott Hill Station 18 0 Hwy 421 Station 29 3 Type of Calls Cancelled: 15 Refusals: 52 Stand by: 1 Transported: 92 Treated/released: 6 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 55 Calls per Station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw 1 Fire Station 13 Maple Hill 5 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 11 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 11 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 8 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 10 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 9 EMS St. 4 Top. Beach 0 Fire Call Type Summary Fire 10 Motor Vehicle Crash 8 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 34 Cancelled 3 Ocean Rescue 0

Continued from page 1A run for Pender County Sheriff.

Cina worked in law enforcement with the Wilmington Police Department and the New Hanover County Sheriff ’s Department.

“I am fully dedicated and excited at the chance to serve Pender County in a higher capacity and intend to continue to make my community a safe and prosperous region.”

Randy Burton has also announced Dec. 6 his candidacy as a Republican for the office of Sheriff. Burton will retire from the Wilmington Fire Department in January after 20 years of service. Prior to working with the WFD, he

was a deputy sheriff with the New Hanover County Sheriff ’s Office.

“I have taken the first steps in becoming a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Pender County for the 2018 election process. I am both humbled and excited for the opportunity to serve the citizens of Pender County and lead the fine men and women of the Pender County Sheriff ’s Office if elected.”

The November 2018 election will be busy in Pender County.

Three county commissioners seats will be on the ballot.

Republican commissioners George Brown, David Piepmeyer and David Williams’ terms expire in 2018.

Candidates may officially file for the Nov. 6 2018 election in February.

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Pender County’s Boyett receives state award for animal care From Staff Reports Tabbatha Boyett was presented the Support Personnel of the Year Award by the North Carolina Animal and Rabies Control. The statewide award recognizes outstanding individuals who provide dedicated performance in animalrelated services.

“Tabbatha has approximately 13 years of experience in the veterinary vocation,” said Carolyn Moser, Pender County Health and Human Services director, which oversees the Pender County Animal Shelter.

“She is a woman of many talents when it comes to the Pender County Animal Shelter,” said Jewell Horton, Boy-

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“She is a leader in my absence,

one of our best customer service representatives, and her veterinary medical knowledge is extraordinary.

Horton, who nominated Boyett for the statewide award, commended Boyett for keeping surgeries flowing on our surgery days. She said Boyett preps 30-50 animals in 9 hours as well as keeping the records on each animal.

“Tabbatha runs all of our in house labs, ear swabs, skin scrapes and fecal tests for our veterinarian, making our vet’s job much easier so she can accomplish as much as possible in 9 hours,” said Horton.

“The Pender County Shelter is fortunate to have a shelter staff member recognized

for their on-going dedication to our shelter animals,” said Moser. “Tabbatha has worked for Pender County the past three years and is extremely knowledgeable and strong role model for all staff. It is always exciting when an employee is recognized.”

The Pender County Animal Shelter is located at 3280 New Savannah Rd. in Burgaw. The shelter is open seven days a week and offers a variety of services, including Rabies vaccinations, spay and neuter services, and of course adoptions. For more information contact the shelter at 910-2591349 or visit online at www. pendercountync.gov.

Benefit held for local woman at Hampstead UMC

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer A benefit was recently held for Hampstead native Carla Creech at Hampstead United Methodist Church. Jesse Mintz and his Sunday School class from the church collaborated with the Carolina Elite Softball Team (which Carla’s daughter, Bella, plays on) to have a barbecue fundraiser for her last weekend. They sold plates with barbecue, sauce, cole slaw and barbecued potatoes. Tickets were pre-sold, and several people had tickets to sell at the home basketball game at Topsail High School before the event.

Carla is currently in the The George Davis Chapter 6 Children of the Confederary meeting was held at the New Hanover County Public rehab portion at New Hanover library Nov. 25. New Member certificates were presented with a tentative release date of to: William Jordan Lenfesty and and Tyler Rigby Lenfesty, December, but she has a long road ahead of her. She has on the service record of their great-great-great grandfatwo daughters and her friends ther John Lawrence Walsh of Marion County – Company hosted the event in an effort to K Regiment 6, state of Louisiana. They are the sons of raise the money to help with Jennifer Lenfesty and grandsons of Jane Teachey, both everyday living expenses, as members of Cape Fear Chapter 3 UDC which sponsors well as Carla’s medical expenses. Donations will continue to the CofC chapter. be accepted.

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Opinion Thursday, December 14, 2017, Page 4A

Right doesn’t always mean now Within a span of several weeks, our county has been touched by two horrible crimes involving children – the horrible death of a young girl in our county, and the killing of a toddler whose body was dumped near the county line.

As human beings, crimes against children always touch For 13 years, North Carall of us on a deeper, more olina has ranked in Forbes’ painful level. It’s instinct to top five states, but the demand answers, to satisfy difference between being ourselves and to know how in the top five and being we can prevent such a tragedy number one is similar to from striking our own neighbeing in the football finals borhoods and homes. We also and winning the state deserve and need some information for those same reasons. championship.

We also need to understand that while it is right to share some information with the public, we don’t necessarily need it right now.

At the same time, law enforcement has to keep some information close to their own vests, to prevent monsters from being freed by the courts on a technicality. Plus, justice demands that the proper suspect be punished, not just an individual who strikes the public’s fancy as a potential criminal. That same justice that ensures a fair trial also protects those who are unjustly accused from being railroaded through the courts for purposes of political or public relations expediency.

That means law enforcement can and will be criticized for withholding information, especially in this day of instant gratification of the desire for information of any kind. The Internet and social media are powerful tools – and often utterly, completely wrong. Hence the popularity of a so-called “research” website, whose name is short for “What I Know Is” – and whose information doesn’t have to be attributed.

In the deaths of these two little girls, we need as a community to focus not on blaming law enforcement (or anyone else) but instead on helping investigators uncover every scrap of information that can be found. And hard as it is, we need to be patient and trust in their efforts. No one wants to solve a crime, especially crimes against children, as badly as professionals whose job it is to protect us from criminals.

That is not to say we as the taxpaying public should just sit back and wait, but descrying investigators in the public square – or on the Internet, as the case may be – isn’t the same thing as holding public servants accountable.

This is a terrible time for those who loved these little girls, and it’s a nightmare that may not end for a while.

In the meantime, keeps your eyes open, your children close, and if you suspect something, say something, so someone else’s family doesn’t have endure this type of trauma.

We sincerely hope that all our communities will come together for their families, and have the patience to wait while the wheels of justice turn, bringing justice for Mariah and Paitin.

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Notes from the Field

My grandmother’s fruitcake

Bill Messer I wish I had taken careful notes during the ‘old days’, when my grandparents were old, though now that I am, too, it’s hard to remember the events of 65+ years ago, when I was ten.

As I worked my way through the pre-teens I became increasingly aware that my innocence of youth was becoming more jaded, more sophisticated, and realized that the jolly old elf who was to come down the chimney couldn’t possibly fit, or get past the gas logs that had long ago filled in for the grate.

I could resolve the conflict by choosing to ignore the reality and believe when it

was to my advantage.

“What do you want from Santa this year?” my folks asked.

“A bicycle, a model airplane, a chemistry set,” I said.

“What else?” was the inevitable follow-up and I could tell my first three choices probably wouldn’t make it to the list.

Did I then say, “Socks, some handkerchiefs, underwear, a tie?”

Anticipation was high as the big day came closer – the tree went up, and packages began to appear.

“Look,” it was pointed out, “Here’s one for you, from your Aunt Joan!”

Aunt Joan could be counted on for socks.

“And another, from Aunt Flo.” Aunt Flo wasn’t really an aunt at all, but one of m grandmother’s nursing school friends. More socks.

Holidays were done right in my grandparent’s home – Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter – each with its

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Jefferson Weaver

There’s no place like home I was waiting for a traffic light to turn green when I realized I was turning a bit red.

Not out of embarrassment or even from the holiday spirit, but from frustration.

Miss Rhonda and I were on our way to dinner with a passel of our friends, and we were stuck – however briefly—in traffic with folks who could neither use a turn signal, dim their lights nor understand why state law prohibits those LED headlamps that melt windshields.

Yes, we were in Wilmington, just a few weeks before Christmas.

The dinner party with our friends was worth every blood-pressure spiking moment of driving in city traffic; we even drove through our old neighborhood downtown and enjoyed some of the lights there (noting the lack of Christmas spirit displayed by both the current residents of our first home, as well as those of the apartment I lived in back in the 1980s).

All in all, we had a good time, despite being chased by a woman driving backward for a block on Sixth Street. At least she did apologize when she pulled up next to us and realized

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Jefferson Weaver she had the wrong car.

I breathed a sigh of relief as we crossed the big bridge, however; my bride did as well.

“I love Wilmington,” she said, “but I’m ready to get home.”

I could not have agreed more. In just a few short hours, I realized again that while a city is sometimes a nice place to visit – especially during the holiday season, at least when people ain’t driving backwards or breaking the speed limit to cross three lanes to turn left into oncoming traffic – we certainly wouldn’t want to live there again.

I thought about what she said as we headed for home,

to be greeted by the brays and barks and neighs of our furry family. Whilst a horse looking through the window is a possibility at our place, especially when the fence fails due to rain, there’s no chance of someone reaching through a window and asking for a cup of coffee. That happened when we lived in our big house on North Sixth, and it was the second floor at that. A worker next door smelled my coffee, and was politely asking for a cup.

We have no neighbors within reaching distance now, and we like it that way.

There are folks down the

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When it comes to monitoring and caring for an aging parent from afar, you have a couple options. You can either hire a professional to oversee your dad’s needs, or you can manage things yourself by building a support system, tapping into available resources, and utilizing technology devices that can help you keep tabs on him.

Professional help If your dad needs a lot of help, you should consider hiring an “aging life care professional” who will give him a thorough assessment to identify his needs, and will set up and manage all aspects of his care. These professionals typically charge between $100 and $200 per hour, and are not covered by Medicare.

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Mom’s night out Being a mom is tough.

Toss in a full-time job and extremely poor coping skills and you’ve earned a ticket on the Hot Mess Express. I ride that train daily, waiting in vain for the attractive porter to stop in for a complimentary foot rub or warm blanket, but it never happens.

I rarely enjoy a girls’ night out and when the opportunity presented, I bit.

After a long and very difficult week, I joined a group of friends for an evening free of responsibility, kids and husbands. I instructed my posse (slang for mommy group) to wear their leather braceletsbut only one per arm so that we’d still be approachable.

The plan was to leave my house by 5 p.m.

We’d drive my new whip (slang for car) which I had synched with my newly created Wild Mom playlist.

Our departure song would be Ice, Ice Baby, followed by Brick House, Of course, my playlist was overridden by a car full of moms desperate for adult conversation and delayed gossip.

As captive moms often do, we over planned in the hopes of fitting lots of adventure into a small frame of time.

The evening would begin with a quiet dinner at The Melting Pot followed with the movie A Bad Moms Christmas.

By 4:30 p.m., I had not left work. Of course, I had no fewer than 10 items remaining on my must do list and understood, unfortunately, that the guilt of leaving a task unfinished would cancel out any enjoyment my evening might provide. By 5 p.m., my phone was filling with messages from my girl gang.

Gina, I can’t find anything to wear.

Gina-sorry but I’m running late but I have to grab the kids from practice.

Gina-still straightening my hair.

Gina, can we leave around 6? I have to grab dinner for the kids and drop them at the sitter’s.

Our departure was delayed but, nevertheless, we managed to take care of eveyone’s needs yet again before taking care of ourselves. It was 7 p.m. before we pulled into the entrance at Mayfaire and were starving for both food and relaxation. Vanessa asked if we’d have time to eat.

“Well,” Allyson responded, “Gina said the movie started at 7:45, so we can grab tickets now and find a quick bite to eat.”

Now, I remember someone in the group asking me about movie times earlier in the week and I took a mental note after a quick glance at the theater’s show times. But, I didn’t realize that I was the official time monitor and that they’d take my word for it.

I’m never the scheduler in the group and there’s always a fact checker who follows up behind me. They should know this by now. I spoke up.

Guys, when I said 7:45, that was early in the week when I had Monday monkey brain.

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Tom Campbell

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There are moments when you just know that history is being made and the recent revelations of sexual misconduct and harassment indicate we are in such an historic time. Proof came when Time Magazine named the “Silence Breakers,” those no longer accepting the unacceptable, as Person of the Year. As Tarana Burke said, …“it’s not just a moment, but a movement.” Relationships between the sexes are deservedly changing.

There have always been examples of those in power acting badly towards those who aren’t. Having covered politics in North Carolina for many years I’ve heard rumors about legislators,

Hill Continued from page 4A I didn’t write it down but I do remember that the movie started around sevenish and there was a five in the listed movie time.

Familiar moans were quickly followed by the busy tapping on phones as the actual movie time of 7:05 p.m. caused a further readjustment to our night. Our dinner options were chiseled down to popcorn or nachos and Coke slushies followed by peanut M&Ms for dessert. Allyson splurged for a $10 ounce of wine which

Weaver Continued from page 4A road a bit, and across the way, and while we are not anti-social people, I don’t like living up on top of other folks. It breeds surliness and disrespect and nervousness, in my opinion, although I know other people like tripping over their neighbors and waving at each other at the supper table.

As we headed for church Sunday morning, driving down a country road framed

elected or high-ranking government officials preying on those of the opposite sex.

The same is true in the workplace, entertainment, sports and television sectors.

More often than not charges of inappropriate behavior have been leveled toward men, since they have traditionally been the ones in power. All too frequently victims have felt forced into silence or, when they did report improprieties, tribal or corporate loyalties forced complaints to be either swept under the rug or the whistleblower was the one punished.

History making changes are afoot and require new understandings. It is a given that inappropriate touching or lewd and suggestive comments are off limits, but when does being friendly with a cohort become inappropriate? I wouldn’t hesitate to tell a male colleague or friend that he looked “sharp,” but can you tell a woman that you like the jewelry, fragrance or clothing she is wearing? Can a man and woman meet privately in an office without a door being left open or another person present? Can males and females not travel together to meetings without risk of gossip or accusations of impropriety? New boundaries and expectations need

defining.

Most women admit they’ve had an experience with harassment or intimidation. Women must learn to stick together against bad conduct. If a female is put in an uncomfortable situation it is imperative and only fair to say directly to the offending person that she does not appreciate that conduct and ask that person to refrain from it. If the situation persists a woman should immediately report the incidence to an appropriate authority, both in writing and in person, with sufficient details so the complaint can be properly investigated. The authority receiving the complaint has both a moral and legal obligation to investigate, keep records and report to superiors all accusations.

Women must set boundaries, but they must also abide by them personally.

Men have corresponding obligations. If you see a cohort acting inappropriately you should call them out directly. If the actions persist you should report to the appropriate authority.

Not all men behave badly, but when men turn their heads to bad behavior it can paint all men with the same brush.

Your best defense is your history of respectful treatment. A cardinal rule is “no

she spilled as soon as she sat down.

After taking a second mortgage out on my home to finance this dinner, we made our way into the already darkened theater-forced to sit in the very front row in the only available seats.

The angst of our stressful week faded as the familiar characters we met in the first Bad Moms movie provided a welcome laugh and reassuring relatability. It felt as if the producers snuck into my life, snapped some photos, ran screaming and then made a movie about it.

The waxing scene is forever etched in my mind and made

the ten-dollar ticket well worth the trouble.

The laughs were therapeutic-a much needed escape from a world I’m never able to fully balance. Although I would never classify myself as a bad mom, I am forever second guessing and coating guilt with overindulgence.

I think, though, I’ve been a good mom at the very least.

My baby boy is a handsome, successful sophomore at UNCW and my 12-year-old little girl is an absolute beauty with grit and wit that tops my own. Although both seem happy and well-adjusted, my work as their mom always continues.

with yellow and red and orange of the last stubborn hardwoods, on a canvas of the winter-rich steadfast green pines, I thought again how even a comparatively small city makes me wretched and costive. I don’t mean a big town, like Whiteville, Elizabethtown or Burgaw, but all those are just a touch big for my taste. We truly love being able to let our chickens plunder their way through the yard, sighting a rifle in behind the barn, and enjoying a fire without worrying about the folks next

door calling 911.

I am, not, by any means, going to rag on folks who prefer to live within the limits of a municipality, small or large.

I have some very dear friends who make no bones about the fact that they like living in their towns or cities, and they make good arguments to defend their positions. Most of all – it’s what makes them happy.

For me, however – I prefer being able to argue with owls in the twilight, and not having

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Women must be treated with the same respect you would want for your daughter, wife or mother.

The bottom line is that in this time of change common sense and mutual respect are demanded. Since men and women may have different understandings of what is and isn’t acceptable we must have open conversations about where lines need to be drawn and changes needed.

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Surf City Breakfast at Santa’s Worshop brings families to Community Center Surf City Parks and Recreation hosted Breakfast at Santa’s Workshop at Surf City Community Center last weekend. Tickets for the event included pancakes and sausage as well as admission.

Families came out to see Santa and Mrs. Claus, and many brought their cameras to take advantage of some

great photo opportunities. 25 of Santa’s local elves participated in the event to display and sell all the great things they have to offer.

Those who attended donated a variety of non-perishable food items for Share the Table food bank in order to receive an extra door prize ticket.

There were Christmas crafts

for the kids to create; and Surf City Police participated with their Coffee with a Cop program by serving coffee and juice at the breakfast gathering. Surf City Fire Department was on site so that kids could reading with a firefighter, as well. More than 25 raffle prizes were given away at the event.

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others had been tart, due to the amount of candied citron, lemon and orange peel.

There were other almost mandatory side dishes, too, candied lemon and orange peel, sparkling in their coats of granulated sugar, and always pickled water melon rind.

Spend any time at all on the Internet, searching for ‘fruitcake’, and you’ll enter a dark world of tradition and malevolence, good will, best wishes and cynicism. Fruitcake lore abounds.

Anecdotes from all over laud the remarkable longlife of a high sugar content heavy cake saturated in alcohol spirits, prepared months in advance and moistened from time to time with more spirits.

There is a fruitcake rescued from an exploration expedition to the antarctic, well over 100 years old, that had been wrapped in paper and preserved in a sealed tin box, which, when opened, was said to be “remarkably well preserved” and even “almost edible”.

A late night comedian had insisted that in reality, there was only one fruitcake in the world and it just kept getting passed from one family to another throughout antiquity to the modern age.

There is some version of a seasonal festive cake in just about every culture, and here in America the traditional fruitcake resembles the commercial products by the Claxton Bakery and Collin Street Bakery, the one in Georgia, the other in Texas, both being in regions that produce lots of pecans. Specialty mail-order catalogs feature variations of the traditional, as well as

adventuring into the ‘new-age’ adventuresome kind.

It’s the abundance of pecans that fruitcakes share, but walnuts and almonds appear, too. The fruits vary, from the basic ‘fruitcake mix’ of prepared fruits from the grocery store - candied cherries, pineapple, citron, lemon peel & orange peel in a plastic tub – to the inclusion of dates and dried apricots and raisins, sultanas and currants, as well as dried cranberries and blueberries, even dried figs.

I am tempted to try the King Arthur Fruitcake Cake Mix and some trail mix from the health food store, leaving out the candied citron and dyed-green candied cherries in favor of almond slices, coconut pieces, papaya and M&Ms. And, I’m not alone on this one: I Googled ‘trail mix fruitcake’ and found many others thought this was a good idea, by far preferring papaya and mango over the green cherries and candied citron. Recipes range from using a yellow cake mix as the base, and folding in the fruit and nut mix, others use box mixes or regular flour. Some use orange juice, others applesauce. The sky’s the limit.

No worries – it’s almost impossible to get through the season without being exposed to fruitcake of some variety or another at family gatherings and parties, and whenever I encounter one, it always takes me back to my grandmother’s kitchen, and the two tins of fruitcakes, one dark, one light, in the deep recess of the dining room sideboard cabinet, maturing, developing flavor and character through multiple ‘renourishments’ with bourbon and rum.

My grandmother, Anne, was a no-nonsense saint, who took her position and role in the family seriously, as the central energy that held it together, the executive officer and enforcer.

She was born and raised as a coastal St. Simon’s Island, Ga., girl near enough to Claxton to have absorbed an intuitive sense of a proper fruitcake.

No shortcuts, done right. I can talk cars (and planes and boats and motorcycles, etc) forever, but reluctantly, I had to end the visit. I share the drive, the passion behind such projects, the fulfillment of childhood fantasy, the desire to live the life of the people depicted in the print ads and TV commercials.

Life indeed would be so much better in a brand new old 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk. Life would be better with tail fins.

like the excitement, convenience and variety that comes from living amongst others.

If they are happy, then I am happy for them – but I must confess, I can’t completely see the attraction.

I spent as much time behind the wheel Saturday as I’ve spent on many a good deer hunt. I saw more traffic lights in the course of a few hours than I remembered existing.

I saw a gas station attendant with a surgical mask and a hat shaped like the rear end of a reindeer, as well as a young woman walking down the street wearing what honestly looked like underwear, high heels and nothing else. I couldn’t help but wonder how she wasn’t freezing to death.

A friend told me the other day how his daughter, a recent college grad, is enjoying life in a much larger city that anything we have around here. She’s enjoying all the entertainment, the nightlife, different restaurants and cuisines, shopping and all the people. He said he

is sure, however, that someday she’ll come home.

“It’s not safe to go barefoot there,” my friend said.

One could say the same thing about my own yard sometimes, but good Carolina mud, equine and poultry byproducts, and the occasional stob from a pine tree are nothing compared to what lurks on the streets and sidewalks of many a place populated with concrete and pavement.

To those who like living in towns and cities, I say – good for you.

For me, any place the even a friendly neighbor can reach through a second story window, or my chickens can’t run free, well, that’s no place for me. There truly is no place like home – as long as it’s in the country, where the owls argue and the donkeys welcome you home.

Jefferson Weaver is a columnist with the Post & Voice.

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Continued from page 5A own set of expectations and traditions. Thanksgiving and Christmas feasts were similar, turkey, and Easter featured ham.

There was one thing that set Christmas apart, and that was the fruitcake. And there were two, light and dark, the light soaked in white rum, the dark in bourbon. Both were prepared in advance, wrapped in cheesecloth, stored in a round metal can, and splashed with spirits from time to time, and a deeply inhaled aroma was ‘intoxicating’.

The fruitcakes I grew up with were all similar, but not all were equally good. The idea behind a fruit cake was interpreted to mean the most amount of fruit and nuts, held together with the least amount of batter. In middle Georgia, this meant ingredients like the ones found in the ‘famous’ fruitcakes produced in pecan country, Claxton, Ga., 100 miles south of Augusta.

The ingredients I remember included chopped pecans and walnuts, and diced dried fruit; pineapple, citron, raisins (golden raisins in the light fruitcake), candied cherries, both red and green. The top of the cake has whole pecan halves and cherry halves pressed in.

I looked through many recipes for various interpretations of just what ought to be in a fruitcake and the answer is ‘anything goes’, and frankly, some of them sound a whole lot better than what I grew up with. Even among those I tried in my youth, I remember that some had been mellow,

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Continued from page 4A headlights flash through the windows all night long. I have no problem with mud on my boots, or having to remember to get everything we need from a store, lest we have to make another trip into town. I like a sunrise unsullied by horns and traffic. I enjoy having to find familiar place names for folks who ask, “Where are you from?”, only to discover they have no earthly idea where I am talking about. I like the slosh or tires on a dirt road, as opposed to the roar of rubber on asphalt, and the fact that I’m blessed enough to live somewhere that folks must have a reason to come down the drive to visit. I like the fact that I can, if need be, go out to the truck in my red union suit and a bathrobe without worrying about frightening the neighbors.

Yet I understand those who

Obituaries

Craven Chavis CURRIE -- Craven Chavis, 69, of Currie passed from his earthly life Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 at his home.

He was born Feb. 4, 1948 in Robeson County, the son of the late Zack and Anna Celestine Jacobs Chavis. He was also preceded in death by his sons, Craven Cory Chavis and infant Kevin Chavis; granddaughter, Autumn; sisters, Diane Chavis and Kay Hunt; and brothers, Anthony, Marshall and Dale Chavis.

C r ave n i s s u r v ive d by his children, Windy Chavis (Tony), Jamie Corbett (Jonathan), Eric Chavis (Alasha), Shawn Chavis (Becky), Zack Chavis and Kameron Chavis; grandchildren, Steven (Emmie), Tristan, Justin, Madison, Dakota and Jaden; great grandchildren, Brycen and Airlie; sister, Rita Grady; b r o t h e r, Wi l l i a m D a n n y Chavis; Will Gainey, who was like a son to Craven; and many nieces, nephews and extended family, all who dearly loved Craven.

Memorial service was 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral

Home Burgaw Chapel followed by a time of sharing memories. Pastor Sam Lance conducted the service.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Burgaw.

Cornelius Ray Bannerman BURGAW -- Cornelius Ray Bannerman, 52, died Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. The funeral was held Saturday, Dec. 9, at Pike Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Burgaw. Visitation was held Friday, Dec. 8, 2017 from 5-7 p.m. at Nixon Lewis Funeral Home, Burgaw. Electronic condolences may be left at nixonlewisfuneralhome@ gmail.com. The family was served by Nixon Lewis Funeral Home in Burgaw.

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Titans pound Hobbton, remain unbeaten

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan men’s basketball team continues to roll through their early non-conference schedule. Last week the Rocky Point crew edged Wilmington Hoggard 50-42 before destroying Hobbton 80-60.

The Titans have made their early season run behind a very tough defense. That was again the case against the 4A Vikings. The first quarter was a low scoring affair with the Titan offense misfiring.

However, their defense was spot on as they harassed the bigger Vikings into several rushed shots and turnovers.

The score was 4-2 Hoggard with 1:58 to go in the first quarter. That was the last time the Vikings would lead in the contest. Ray Adams scored to give Trask an 8-4 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Coach Rodney Orr’s charge went on a 7-0 run to open the second period behind the play of Jujuan Carr and Jaylin Mayshack. The Titan’s quickness gave the Vikings fits in the latter part of the first half.

Several Titan steals resulted in break away layups that rolled off of the rim. The Titans held an 18-11 lead going into the break.

Hoggard stayed close in the early going of the third frame. However, a late run buoyed by a tough Titan defense gave the home team Titans a 10-point cushion going into the fourth quarter.

Hoggard cut the lead to four points with 1:30 left to go in the game. Trask responded but the Vikes kept pace. The lead was three points with less than a minute to play.

The Titans were sent to the free throw line and made the free shots count, going 4-6 from the charity stripe to seal the win. “We preach defense to the guys, “said Orr. “We missed some easy shots but I thought we played pretty good defense.”

Jujuan Carr led the Titans with 20 points while Mashack scored 15. Tiyuan Ballard scored four points and snared 12 rebounds.

Two days later the Titans traveled to Newton Grove to engage the Wildcats. The Sampson County squad was no match for the Pender County standouts as Jaylin Mayshack led four Titans in double figures with 19 points in taking an 80-60 win.

The Titans led the entire game and was up by 19 at the half. Coach Orr elected to play his bench for most of the fourth quarter.

Jujuan Carr scored 14 points with Ballard putting up a double - double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. B.J. Jordan had 11 points for the unbeaten Titans.

The Titans will open conference play this week. They hosted the 2-2 Richlands Wildcats on Tuesday and was at Lejuene on Thursday. The Devil Pups were 4-1 going into the week and played at Pender on Tuesday.

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Trask’s Jajuan Carr drives the hoop at a recent game in Rocky Point.

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer

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As comebacks go, this one was a doozy!

Down (34-21) at halftime, many at Topsail were engulfed by a feeling of impending doom. The Lady Pirates, who had suffered their first loss of the season two days prior against Jacksonville, were not playing very well, and Dark Horse senior Alex Canady was shredding the Topsail defense. Could this be a second loss in a row after an encouraging 4-0 start?

The Lady Pirates emphatically said, “No.” Payton Little (9) and Julia Sullivan (8) combined to score 17 of the Lady Pirates 21 third-quarter points, and Carmen Pyrtle was unfazed at the charity stripe down the stretch as Topsail recorded a 54-50 win over Clinton Friday in a non-conference game Thursday.

Topsail (5-1) led 14-13 with

1:37 to go in the first period and never led again before Pyrtle knocked down a pair of free throws to give her team a 51-50 lead with 66 ticks left.

Pyrtle (12 points) hit another free throw with 10.2 seconds left on the front end of a oneand-one situation. The second shot missed but Little (18 points, 14 rebounds) corralled the rebound and scored, sealing the win.

“Never a doubt,” Ellington quipped. “You just love to be a part of a game like that, both teams fought tremendously hard. I knew they would be well-coach and that they would play hard for 32 minutes. I’ve known (Jacksonville coach Owens) Chris for several years and I knew he was going to have them ready. It was a great game to be a part of, and it’s a shame anyone had to lose.

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Laney sweeps Pender Patriots

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriot men’s and women’s basketball team traveled to Wilmington Laney last Friday night with the thoughts of avenging the loss that the Buccaneers handed both teams at home.

The Lady Patriots were beaten soundly by the Lady Bucs a week ago. Coach Andrienne Bannermans squad found the going just as tough the second time around with Laney handing them a 62-19 loss.

The Patriot boys played Laney close in the first game.

However, the Bucs played much better in the second contest, taking a 59-46 win.

Coach Bannerman was looking for her team to show improvement when the second game opened. The Lady Bucs made sure that there was no doubt in the contest with a 26-6 first quarter.

The Pender defense settled down in the second period and played the Bucs just about even. Laney outscored the Pats 7-5 and went into the halftime break with a 33-11 lead.

Laney opened the third frame on fire. They applied defensive pressure on the Pender County squad and in return the Patriot miscues ensued. A 27-6 third period ensured the Patriots demise as a running clock was employed in the fourth quarter.

Kam Thompson led the Lady Patriots with eight points while Ratavia Merritt added five.

The Patriots (1-4) head into conference play this week, leaving behind the 4A combatants that have littered their schedule in the early going.

According to Coach Bannerman, despite the losses, there is a method to the madness in scheduling these teams.

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me where we are as a team and what we need to work on.

One of our slogans is all in and tonight I felt like we were not all in. We will bounce back and get ready for conference play.”

The Patriot men were far more competitive. They opened the game with two steals that turned into layups before the home team Bucs settled down. The first quarter was nip and tuck with each time making their presence known on the defensive end. The first period ended with the score knotted at 15.

Laney pulled ahead in the second quarter behind a tough zone defense. The Pats stayed close behind the play of Latrell Brown and an opportunistic defense. The Bucs took a 27-22 lead into the halftime break.

First year coach Craig Wilson has preached taking care of the basketball and rebounding. His team struggled

with both of these chores in the first half.

“We had too many turnovers and we’re not blocking out on the boards. We are trying to outjump everybody.

You can’t do that. We have to get position.”

Laney began the second half of play going inside. The Pats had no answer for this strategy. The result was a 7-2 Laney run. The home team Bucs took a 47-32 lead into the final eight minutes of play.

Pender cut the lead to seven points on a Kahlil Marshall three-point basket but Laney answered with a two pointer in the lane. The Bucs withstood the Patriot rally in takin the 13 point win.

Andre Devane led the Patriots with 12 points while Marshall contributed nine.

The Patriots (1-3) opened Coastal 8 Conference play on Tuesday at home verse Lejuene. They hosted Richlands on Friday.

The game of football has always been one of organized violence in my eyes.

The big hits were celebrated and if you shied away from the big hits you were deemed to be too soft for the game. Every father wanted to have a son. He would want that son to become a great football player. That’s the way it was when I was growing up.

In this day and time things have changed. The sport is under a microscope for the one thing that it was celebrated for all those years; the big hit.

In the modern era of football there has been so much attention focused on injuries that there are many parents that refuse to let their children play the game. Concussions in particular have been brought to the forefront in recent years.

There have been studies made that suggest that there can be long term and permanent damage done from head injuries suffered in the game of football. Those repeated blows to the head are now being monitored and if a player even remotely shows any sign of a head injury they are pulled off the field and examined.

Back in the day those head injuries were called getting your bell rung. You came off the field and took a few plays off and then went back out and played.

Heck, it was almost a badge of honor. Not anymore.

Here is the question that

I am getting to. As a parent, would you or have you or are you currently letting your son play football?

I know many people in this county and I have had this conversation many times. In fact, I had this conversation with a parent last week. Most parents of high school kids say they let the kid make the call.

They also say they monitor their child in each game and they say that they would not be afraid nor would they hesitate to pull their child off the field if they suspected there was a problem.

It is a different story when talking to parents of younger boys. A lot of them will let their child play flag football until they get older.

They are not willing to take a chance with their young child.

The youth organizations all over the country are focusing on how to tackle safely. They preach heads up and most coaches will pull a kid if they are not tackling correctly. That is a good start. However, our parents have to make the final decision on if their child will play the sport.

I grew up playing football. I love the game and always will. The question was asked of me the other day. If I had a young boy that was seven or eight years old and wanted to play tackle football would I let him?

After all these years of being around the sport and seeing what could happen in a split second, I would have to say I am not sure.

I would like to think that I would let my son play tackle football, but I can’t say for sure because in the back of my mind there will always be that thought; that what if.

As Parents we feel an obligation to protect our children from anything that could hurt them. Where is that line drawn?

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Last week was full of action as the winter track season along with basketball and wrestling have taken off.

The Trask wrestling team had a tough week. Gerardo Santiago-Garcia took second place at the Rosewood Eagle Invitational. Pender’s Elijah Blanton had a good week on the mat as well. Topsails Noah Lavalle and Nathan Bray continue to impress on the mat as well.

The Topsail Lady Pirates are having a very good season. Payton Little scored 18 points, while snaring 14 rebounds in a come from behind win over Clinton. Julia Sullivan had 11 points, 14 rebounds, five assists, three blocks and two steals in the win. Lauren Caveness scored a team-high 13 points and pulled down 11 rebounds in a loss to Jacksonville.

The Trask ladies earned their second win last week, a demolishing of Hobbton behind 21 points from super frosh Anisa Lewis. NyKia James chipped in 11. Angel Boykin scored 8 points with all but two Titans scoring.

The Pender boys lost a tough one to Laney. Andre ‘Fussy’ Devane led the Patriots with 12 points while Kahlil Marshall contributed nine.

The Lady Pats struggled against the powerful Lady Bucs. Kam Thompson led the Lady Patriots with eight points while Ratavia Merritt added five.

Topsail sophomore speedster Madison Lofton picked up where she left off in both winter and spring track last season by winning the 50meter dash and the 500-meter dash in winter track action last week. Pender standout Robert Walker won the 55meter dash while Malcolm McLean won the high jump at the first round of the Polar Bear winter track meet.

Shawn Meares-Denison won the shot put.

The Trask boys basketball team is off to a blazing start.

They are 6-0 after beating Hoggard and Hobbton. Tiyuan Ballard had a doubledouble against Hobbton with 12 points and 13 boards. The senior standout averaged 12 boards for the week. Jujuan Carr had 20 points in the win over Hoggard.

Jaylin Mashack averaged 16.5 points a game for the Titans last week. He knocked down some very important free throws during crunch time. He is this week’s top performer.

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By Bobby Norris & Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writers The Topsail wrestlers headed to Ocean Saturday for the Beast of the East Tournament at Croatan and finished seventh (100) out of 19 teams while securing one championship, one third-place finish, and two fifths. Washington (183.5) won the tournament, followed by Dixon (158), Wheatmore (141), Croatan (136), West Carteret (122.5),

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and New Bern (121).

Junior Nathan Bray (113) was the Pirate bringing home the gold medal after he won a 16-4 major decision over West Carteret’s Sam Johnson (12-6). Along the way, Bray (21-1) had a pair of byes, a 12-4 major decision, and a 0:43 win.

Pirate sophomore Noah Lavalle (182) suffered his third defeat when he was pinned in the semifinals. LaValle (19-3) then won a 17-2 technical fall over Dixon’s Andrew Edens

in the consolation semifinals before decking Northside Jacksonville’s Rory Aldridge in 3:33 for third. Junior Ethan Rivenbark (16-9 at 120) finished fifth and senior Tyler Dempsey (17-8 at 220) was fifth. Topsail sophomore Dylan Barras (11-12 at 126) finished sixth.

Topsail fell 45-36 at North Brunswick Wednesday in a Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference match that was determined by two specific matches.

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The first was at 126 pound where Pirate Ethan Rivenbark had the lead 9-7 late in the third period before Scorpion Savion Law tied the match with less than 10 seconds remaining. Law then got a takedown in overtime for an 11-9 win. North Brunswick’s Bryan Aragao supplied her clincher with a win by fall over Caleb Marshburn at 182 pounds.

Nathan Bray (113), Nathan Martinez (152), and Brock Dempsey (285) had wins by

Lady Titan cagers slam Hobbton

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Lady Titans are a much-improved basketball team. They have a core of young players along with a young coach that seems to be learning how to win. Last week the Lady Titans found the going tough against a very good Wilmington Hoggard Lady Viking squad before dismantling a winless Hobbton team 52-11 later in the week.

The Lady Vikings traveled to Rocky Point to engage the youthful Titans. When the horn sounded for the final time and the gym floor was emptied the Lady Titans were on the short end of a 75-22 score.

Hoggards roster includes nine upperclassmen while the Titans can often times be found with three or four freshmen on the court at one time.

Hoggard overwhelmed the Titans in the early minutes of the first quarter and cruised into the second period with a 21-2 lead. Trask settled down in the second period and made a run at the Vikes behind the play of super freshman Anisa Lewis. The speedy guard scored nine of the teams 11 points in the second quarter.

Hoggard went into the break with a 41-13 lead.

Hoggard outscored the Lady Titans 34-9 in the second half in taking the win.

Lewis led the Titans with

nine points.

Trask traveled to Hobbton two days later and made amends for the loss to Hoggard with an impressive performance.

The Lady Titans made the road trip to Newton Grove a day early because of the threat of winter weather. The early trip did not matter as Coach Beth Batchelor’s squad hung a 52-11 beating on the Lady Wildcats.

Trask opened the game on a mission and took a 12-6 lead into the second period. Anisa Lewis and company came out on fire in the second stanza and showed the home team Wildcats who the better team was with an 18-0 spurt. The Titans went into the halftime

break with a commanding 30-6 lead.

Trask cooled off a bit in the third frame but still outscored the Cats 7-1. With the score 37-7 the Titans were set on cruise control in the final eight minutes of the contest.

The Titans opened up a 40-point lead late in the game enabling the officials to enact a running clock.

Lewis led the Titans with 21 points while NyKia James chipped in 11. Angel Boykin scored 8 points while all but two Lady Titans scored.

Trask (2-4) have won two of their last four games. They began Coastal 8 play on Tuesday, hosting an undefeated Richlands team. They will play at Lejuene on Thursday.

Pirates fall to 1-5 after losses to Jacksonville, White Oak

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer You often hear the phrase, “Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades,” but close doesn’t mean much on the basketball court, and there is also no such thing as a “moral victory.”

That said, Tuesday’s comefrom behind effort by the Topsail boys’ basketball team, despite the fact it still resulted in a loss, should have sent a message to the Pirate players – you can compete on any given night if you can find a way to eliminate two reoccurring problems – turnovers and miserable free throw shooting.

Trailing 31-18 at halftime, Topsail staged an improbable second-half comeback by outscoring the visiting Cardinals 23-11 over the last 16 minutes of the game before falling one point short in a 42-41 non -conference loss to Jacksonville.

Jacksonville had just three field goals in the second half and the Pirates forced 13 turnovers (18 in the game) over the last 16 minutes, but they could never grab the lead. Topsail was 10-for-19 (52.6%) from the charity stripe in the game, including a disastrous 3-for-9 effort in the fourth quarter – several of the misses coming on the front end of a one-andone. There were also some very bad shot choices over

that final eight minutes.

In the five games through Tuesday, the Pirates are a combined 60-for-107 (56.1%) from the free-throw line to go along with a 36.8 shooting percentage (96-for-261) from the field – all too often putting up misfired three-point shots instead of working the ball inside or driving to the basket when open lanes seemed to be available.

Still, on this night they almost pulled a winning rabbit out of their hats thanks to a solid second-half defensive effort.

“In the first half we turned the ball over way too much (14-of-21),” Topsail Coach Jamie Rochelle said. “They

were getting the ball out and hitting some quick shots.

Once we got them into a halfcourt offense in the second half they couldn’t do much.

We held them to 11 points.

In the first half we came out sluggish and I didn’t think we played with any intensity at all, which was kind of surprising since it was out first home game.

“Third and fourth quarters we played with a lot more intensity. I told them if we play like we did in the second half we would win a lot of games.

The turnovers and not getting the loose balls are two things that have prevented us from

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Topsail Basketball Association Report

By Bob Willard Special to the Post & Voice All 44 teams of the popular Topsail Basketball Association saw action on opening day this past Saturday. In the junior division, the Co-Ed entrees saw Dick’s Sporting Goods win big over JT’s Brick Oven Pizza 28-9, with Nathan Crager leading Dick’s by pumping in 12 points, and in a thriller that went into overtime, the Darden Insurance Agency topped the Bagel Bakery 28-26. Alexander Kemp led the scoring attack for Darden with 14 points, while David Johnson had 14 for the Bagel Bakery in a losing cause.

Mashack shows improvement for the Titans

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer To play the game of basketball an individual has to have many traits. He has to have great stamina along with athletic ability.

However, one of the traits that can’t be taught is the resolve to improve each and every time you hit the hardwood.

Heide Trask senior basketball player Jaylin Mashack has shown that resolve.

Mr. Mashack averaged just over six points a game last year, his first at the varsity level. He worked hard to improve last year and into the off-season. This year he has become one of the Titans leading scorers. He has also improved on the defensive end of the floor, something that Head Coach Rodney Orr insists on.

Last week Jaylin averaged 17 points a game in the Titans two wins. He led the team in that category in both contests.

Jaylin Mashack has shown great improvement for the Titans.

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Zane Natale led the way with 12 points with his teammate Fisher Taylor right behind him with 10 points.

The Girls 3rd through 5h grade took over the courts and in a very good close battle, Coury Science and Engineering outlasted Quartermaster’s Restaurants entry 25-22 behind the 11 point performance of Nya Coury.

The Dwyer Electric gals showed up ready to play basketball and showed their abilities by pouring in 23 points led by Jersie Lawrence you bucketed 9 counters.

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staged in the TMS Auxiliary Gymnasium featured the talents of the boys representing the 3rd and 4th boys grade division of TBA. The 2 p.m. contest saw Discovery Place Child Care outscore the House Of Raeford 27-20.

Foster Johnson let the Discovery Place charge by dropping in 11 points, and Barnett Swinson led the House of Raeford by hitting the nets for 17 points, but in a losing effort.

Topsail Island Maintenance downed Coury Science Engineering led by Eason Waits with 14, and Isla Skin and Hair toppled HWY 55 4631, led by an outstanding scoring performance by Joseph

Brown who tickled the nets for 30 tallies. in the junior division finale, Breakaway Fitness and Performance rolled to an easy win over ECS Controls outlasting ECS with a well balanced scoring effort from all roster members.

In the Main Gym at Topsail Middle School, the early morning play started with the high school grade boys taking the floor on opening day.

Access Glass opened their season with a big win over Reliant Roofing by posting a 44-36 victory, thanks to the efforts of Kevin Zhang, Callen Anderson and Joseph Wyckoff who contributed 17, 13,

Lofton gearing up for spring season at Topsail

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As a freshman for the Topsail Pirate ladies track and field team Madison Lofton often more than carried her own weight. She won several events at both the 100 and 200meter runs and was a player in the very tough and competitive Mid-Eastern 3A-4A Conference. She ended her season running in the regional meet.

This year Madison will be a force to be reckoned with.

She is currently running for the Pirate winter track team and has already tasted victory in the 50-meter and 500-meter dashes.

Miss Lofton is a pure runner. She has long strides and can be fast from a dead stop she is very good at the short sprints such as the 100 and 200.

However, her best even may well be the 400-meter sprint.

Madison will hone her skills this winter in preparation for the spring season.

There is where she will show her stuff.

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1. Nathan Bray (Topsail) 2. Noah Lavalle (Topsail) 3. Girardo Santiago-Garcia (Trask) 4. Elijah Blanton (Pender) 5. Tyler Dempsey (Topsail) 6. Robert Davis (Pender) 7. Nathan Martinez (Topsail) 8. Zion Cruse (Trask) fall for Topsail. After the deciding 182-pound match, Noah LaValle (195), Tyler Dempsey (220), and Daniel Diaz (106) were awarded wins by forfeit around Brock Dempsey’s pin.

Next up for Topsail is a home conference meet against 4A powerhouse Laney Wednesday.

The Pender Patriot grapplers are starting to heat up and they have a couple of promising wrestlers.

The Pats participated in a tri match with New hanover and Ashley. They lost to Ashley 50-30 before beating New Hanover 48-30.

Elijah Blanton was 2-0 on the night at 152 lbs as was Robert Davis at 195 lbs. Austin Delananty had a pin verse

Ashley at 145.

The Trask Titans continue to wrestle at every opportunity. They participated in a tri match with Dixon and Jacksonvile Northside. The Bulldogs beat Trask 62-18 and Northside won 53-24.

Jacob Johnson earned a pin at 126 as did Carlos Lopez at 160 lbs. Gerardo SantiagoGarcia earned a pin at 220 pounds.

The Titans wrestled in the Rosewood eagle Invitational over the weekend. Rogan Heath made it to the third round of the consolations.

The Titans host North Pitt and Richlands on Wednesday before hosting the Titan duals on Saturday.

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By Lee Wagner and Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Coastal 8 announced their fall season all conference selections last week. In football, the Titans placed six players on the all-conference team. B.J. Jordan, Jake Johnson, Foster Williamson, Tiyaun Ballard, Gavin Longley and Brian Sarvis earned the honors.

Pender had four players earn all-conference honors led by the conferences leading rusher Latrell Brown. Others that earned the honors were Chris Devane, Taiquan Jackson, and Lavell Henry.

Alex Gorsky and Kam Thompson earned all-conference honors in volleyball with the Titans Emily Oyler and Libby smith being chosen.

In soccer, the Titans had two players chosen. Sebastian Bautista and Bryen Woody were all-conference while Eduardo Rivera was chosen from Pender.

Track & Field The Topsail girls finished third in the five-team meet last Tuesday at Swansboro behind first-place White Oak and second-place Northside, and ahead of Swansboro (fourth) and New Bern (fifth).

Sophomore speedster Madison Lofton picked right up where she left off in both winter and spring track last season by winning the 50meter dash (7.10) and the 500-meter dash (1:24). Chavia London (9.90) was first on the 55-meter hurdles with Jackie Quinones (10.70) third, and Hannah Spillane (11.60) sixth.

Lexi Lanza (1:32) was sixth in the 500. Aneshia Jordan (7.60) was second in the 55-meter dash.

Aneshia London (46.10) was third in the 300-meter dash, Kaylee Adkins (25-4)

Lewis an enforcer for the Patriots

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When the basketball is thrown up in the air at the beginning of each of the Pender Lady Patriot basketball games there is no doubt that the Patriot ballers are always ready to play. This year’s team has a veteran starting five with the talent to make some noise in the Coastal 8 Conference. One of those veteran players is senior Veronica Lewis.

Miss Lewis has been a member of the Lady Patriot varsity basketball team since she was a sophomore. She has grown in each year that she has played for the team.

Veronica can be classified as a banger. She loves the contact under the basket and never shies away from playing good solid defense.

As the Lady Patriots move into conference play Coach Andrienne Bannerman will expect big things out of her senior enforcer. Veronica Lewis will deliver for her coach and teammates.

was fourth and Ava Dibiase (24-9) was sixth in the shot put, Alexus Rollins (6:21) was fifth in the 1,600-meter run, and the Lady Pirates 800-meter relay team finished second (1:52).

The Topsail boys placed fourth led by a first-place finish by Adam Hart (50-11) in the shot put, with Austin Brigance (38-11) fourth and James Woodard (32-01) sixth. Kevin Zhang (5:19) was second in the 1600-meter run, Connor Murphy (3:13) was fourth in the 1,000-meter run, and Bryce Dillon (1:10) was fifth in the 500-meter dash. The Pirates’ 3,200-meter relay team was second (9:07), and the 1,600meter relay team was fourth (3:54).

Pender and Trask participated in the Polar Bear Meet.

This is the first of several this winter. The Titan men finished second behind South Brunswick while the Patriot boys finished third.

Pender standout Robert Walker won the 55-meter dash while the Patriots 4x200 team won. Malcolm McLean won the high jump For Trask Shawn Meares – Denison won the shot put while Luis Hernandez won the 3200-meter run.

The Pender girls finished third while Trask finished fifth.

Zaria Mitchell finished second in the 55-meter sprint while Mya Fisher won the 500 meter dash.

Gymnastics Caitlyn Poplaski the only Topsail performer in a meet at the Morgan Gymnastics Center in Smithfield. Poplaski recorded a personal-best 8.95 on floor exercise, and added an 8.5 score in the vault.

Poplaski has one more scheduled meet remaining on Jan. 5 at the Artistic Gymnastic Center in Raleigh.

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Bill Howard Outdoors

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CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE DECEMBER 16, 2017 10AM - 4PM Join us on the Courthouse Square for homemade arts and crafts vendors, food vendors and local entertainment. This is the perfect place to finish your Christmas list!

HOLIDAY SAFETY TIPS As we approach the Christmas Holiday, please remember to lock your doors. Vehicles and buildings that are unsecured are more likely to be targeted by thieves. Easily removable items such as money, cellular telephones, GPS systems, and satellite radios left in plain view, may attract the attention of others who intend to steal.

The best way to secure valuables is not to leave them in your car.

However, if you must leave property in the vehicle, place the items out of view, preferably in a secured compartment like a glove box or trunk. Most importantly, don’t leave your vehicle open or unlocked. Make sure all doors and windows are secured each time you leave your vehicle, even when parked at your home or in a garage. Also, stay alert to your surroundings. When entering and exiting your vehicle, park in well-lit areas and look for suspicious persons.

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist What do you do when you have something that is very outdoorsy but carries the reputation of being either very, excuse the political incorrectness of this column, girly, or at the very least hipster? You build up the hype to the market you are looking for, right?

This is the case with a water vessel that I currently own. You see, I have a paddleboard.

This is not the paddleboard where you picture someone doing yoga while the sun sets behind their silhouetted, contorted body. This is a paddleboard designed for anglers, and hunters to an extent as well.

I chronicled several adventures I had using the paddleboard a few years ago as I set adrift on a 22 miles long weekend down the Neuse River in pursuit of spawning stripers and bottom feeding catfish. My, was that an adventure too!

I broke a rib, fought through a cold night in which I was worried about hypothermia, and wondered if the most dangerous thing in the wild were the animals or the partygoers.

And while the paddleboard is definitely cool, and I have enjoyed using it, the fact is, it is just stuff. I also have a top of the line kayak, and for the waters I am closest to, I will use it 100% of the time.

Because of that, sometimes we have to let things go in order to get new and different things. Outdoorsmen are kind of notorious for that.

Ah yes, but I must return to that lead in paragraph. I seemed to digress from the initial point, which is to reach your market. While this paddleboard would work just fine for doing yoga, it doesn’t fit that sleek white surfboard look with pinks or baby blues lining the edges. It doesn’t have the everchanging pastel colored LEDs highlighting the water around the perimeter of the board. No, this is more like a barge. Or as I stated in my best used car salesman’s description, a battleship.

I bring to you, the advertisement: “Has your girlfriend, wife, or both been nagging you about a paddleboard for Christmas?

Rest easy. I have one fully masculine Flatstalker paddleboard available for sale.

Flatstalker you ask? Well, the Flatstalker is the man’s man’s paddleboard. This baby comes in battleship green, and when

you step on it, you will know why. This vessel is powered by pure testosterone, and can be optionally powered by paddle (provided), electric motor or small gas boat motor. Of course, no one will mind if you step outside the rules and throw two Detroit diesels on it either, but that is totally up to you.

This paddleboard is so amazing, fish and ducks will simply land at your feet to have the pleasure of being associated with someone that basically is the Thor of the water. Jason Mamoa probably uses this paddleboard, and we all know Aquaman is no longer that yellow and green donned wimp from Superfriends.

Want more? Well, F latstalker basically one-upped that yuppie cooler company that everyone has a sticker of on their two-wheel-drive truck window. The cooler doubles as a seat, triples as a rod holder, and quadruples as a tackle box and tray. It is even notched to remain in place while traversing rapids. Heck,

stand on top of the cooler and surf the rapids instead of ‘floating.’

Yes, with this paddleboard, it won’t matter if your girlfriend, wife or both leaves you, because there will be a long line of women waiting.

Men will envy your greatness.

You will be the King of Paddleboards. No one will mistake you for being a snowflake.”

So, what are your thoughts?

Will this draw the attention to help me sell my paddleboard?

And lastly, forgive the absence of political correctness, but this paddleboard doesn’t deserve to be politically correct.

–Bill Howard is a lifelong North Carolina resident and hunter. He is a lifetime member of the North Carolina Bowhunters Association, an associate member of Pope and Young, and an official measurer of both. He is a certified hunter education (IHEA) instructor and bowhunter education (IBEP) instructor.

Please share your stories with Bill at BillHowardOutdoors@ gmail.com.

CALENDAR Christmas on the Square 10:00AM – 4:00PM Polar Express (tickets required) 2:00PM doors open, movie starts at 3:00PM Dec. 25, 26 &27 Town offices closed in observance of Christmas Jan. 02 Town offices closed in observance of New Year’s Day Dec. 16 Dec. 16

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

Town of Surf City Government News December 14, 2017 MEETING TIMES Surf City Town Council 1st Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm Planning Board 2nd Thursday of the month at 5:30pm Parks & Rec. Advisory Committee 3rd Tuesday of the month at 3pm ________________________________________________________

Golden Leaf Scholarship applications now open Golden LEAF Scholarship applications for 2018-19 are now available at CFNC.org/ goldenleaf. The Golden LEAF Foundation provides scholarships for 215 students from select counties. The awards are valued at $12,000 ($3,000 per year for up to four years) for students attending a qualifying North Carolina campus.

The Golden LEAF Scholarship application, the FAFSA and a current high school transcript are due March 1.

To be considered for this scholarship, a student must have a permanent residence

in one of the qualifying rural counties, be enrolled for fall of 2018 in one of the qualifying colleges or universities in North Carolina and demonstrate financial need. A complete list of program requirements, participating campuses and qualifying counties is found at CFNC.org/goldenleaf.

Scholarship recipients also may apply for the Golden LEAF Scholars Leadership Program.

This program, offered through the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro provides leadership-building seminars, a summer internship and a

stipend. Students completing all four years of the leadership program can receive up to $8,830 in stipends.

The Golden LEAF Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1999 to help transform North Carolina’s economy. The foundation receives a portion of North Carolina’s funds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with cigarette manufacturers and places special emphasis on assisting tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/ or rural communities across the state. The Golden LEAF

Foundation works in partnership with governmental entities, educational institutions, economic development organizations and nonprofits to achieve its mission.

Colle ge Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) is a free service of the state of North Carolina provided by a collaboration of Pathways (the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the N.C. Community College System, the N.C. Independent Colleges and Universities, and The University of North Carolina System).

PENDER COUNTY GOVERNMENT NEWS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The public will take notice that the Town Council of the Town of Surf City, North Carolina, has called a public hearing at 6:30 pm, or as soon thereafter as possible, on the 2nd of January 2018, at Surf City Town Hall on: • Contiguous Annexation request for 1775 Hwy 210.

Being all of .66 +/- Acres. Pender County Pin # 422577-5749-0000 • Satellite Annexation request for 507 & 510 Longsons Drive. Being all of 4.38+/- Acres. Pender County Pins#4215-78-1724-0000 & 4215-78-1846-0000 • Satellite Annexation request for 513 Longsons Drive.

Being all of 1.97+/- Acres. Pender County Pin#421569-8075-0000 _____________________________________________

2018 Town Council Meetings will be at 6:30pm

12/14/2017

WANTED! A FEW GOOD MEN & WOMEN! VOLUNTEER! The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments to the following boards/commissions/committees: Name of Board Advisory Board of Health Animal Shelter Advisory Committee Board of Adjustment Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth.

Pender Memorial Hospital Board Planning Board Tourism Development Authority District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek

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Positions/Categories Dentist***, Engineer***, Optometrist*** Veterinarian District 4, Alternate Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking District 1 (Unexpired Term) Technical Collector District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck District 5 = Burgaw; Holly

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

NOTICE OF HOLIDAY OFFICE CLOSURES

Pender County Government Offices will be closed on the following dates in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s Holidays: Monday, December 25, 2017 Tuesday, December 26, 2017 Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Monday, January 1, 2018

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Michael E. Becker, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Michael E. Becker, to present them to the undersigned on or before March 22, 2018 at 345 Hughes Road, Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF JASPER PERCELL REED 17 E 63 Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of JASPER PERCELL REED, deceased, of 1600 NC HWY 53 W, Burgaw, 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 February 23, 2018, 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 November 13, 2017.

Marian Reed, Personal Representative Corbett & Fisler P. O. Drawer 727 Burgaw, NC 28425-0727 #8009 11/23, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14/2017

Jeremy Crowell (1) of Topsail Driving Academy is guarded closely by Pender Post & Voice’s Anthony Tartaglione during game play at TBA during Saturday’s play.

TBA

Continued from page 9A and 12 points respectively.

Reliant Roofing scoring was led by Landon Furr who contributed 13 markers for his squad. Sport Shots outlasted White & Johnson Dentistry 39 to 31 led by Caleb Hodges with 14. Nathan Lau threw in 16 in a losing cause for White & Johnson. The entry representing the Pender Post/ Voice popped the nets for 37 counters to down the Topsail Driving Academy squad, 3723. The Pender Post /Voice squad presented a very even scoring attack throughout their roster.

The Girls 6th through 8th grade teams took over at 11:00 a.m. and fans saw Pierpan Family Dentistry out score Homiak Transport 18-8, and Honeycutt Construction down

Pirates

Continued from page 9A winning basketball games. We have some talent but we have to do the little things the whole game if we want to win.”

The game really boiled down to the final minutes of the game. Topsail cut the deficit to 39-36 with 3:26 to go but a turnover a poor shot from three-point range stymied the Pirates’ momentum. A free throw put Jacksonville up 40-36 but a three-point jumper

by Jamieson Long – his only basket of the game – made it 40-39 with 1:21 to go. Another questionable shot led to a Jacksonville’s free throw, and a subsequent Cardinal free throw made it 42-39 with 23.3 left in regulation.

Topsail had a chance to tie – or take the lead – but missed the front end of a oneand-one. A basket by Caleb Bloodworth with 3.3 seconds left made it 42-41. Topsail had

Lady Pirates

Continued from page 8A insurmountable. We needed to get stops, stop-and-score, stopand score. It was all defense, that got us turned around, and that’s what changed it all.”

It didn’t hurt the comeback when Canady (18 points, nine rebounds) and Ashlyn Williams (15 points) fouled out midway in the fourth quarter, along with Destiny Faircloth.

Combined they accounted for 40 of Clinton’s 50 points, and 14 of their 24 rebounds.

“We looked at the scouting report and we knew both of them were returning players, Ellington said. “I knew Canady was a real good athlete, and she really did put it on while she was in there.

Good players will do what they do, you just have to try and contain everyone else.

We did a pretty good job of that.”

Little and Sullivan (11 points, 14 rebounds, five assists, three blocks, two steals) were dominant in the third period, leading the Lady Pi-

Coastal Reality Association 31-18. Savannah Lambert led the Honeycutt crew with14 points.

The 5th and 6th grade boys division took center court and Tyler & Roth Executive Services handed SHIPONSITE a 33-18 loss, Cherubini Orthodontics subdue Otero Family, Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry 30-18 behind the 13 point output from Chase Salling, Cape Fear Seafood Company outlast R.J. Miller Construction 18-15, and in a closely fought contest, The Paint Store eked out a victory over Renovation Church 1413, behind a 10 point effort by Christopher Wehri.

The final division of TBA, the boys representing the 7th & 8th grouping, with a large crowd of fans packing the TMS Middle School Gym, witnessing Patriot Tree take care of business by topping Coastal Fitness Center 47-31

with Bradlee Wolf leading the Patriot Tree scoring attack with 17, followed by Samuel Johnson and Thomas Mowrey with 11 and 10 counters respectively. Palmetto Brick falling to Builders First Source led by a 14 point output from Carlos Vazquez and followed by teammate Lucas Austin with 12, Prism Custom Painting over Jenkins Vinyl Siding and Windows 43-36, and in the finale of the evening, 4K Investments won out over VRBO #967800, 38-29.

The 4K Investments attack was led by Demark Howell who pumped in 17 ticks in the scorebook. Woods Oakley let the VRBO #967800 scoring with 13 markers.

TBA play will continue next Saturday, December 16th, before taking a Christmas and Holiday break. Action will resume in the New Year on Saturday, January 6th, 2018.

one more chance to tie but another missed charity toss was missed. The ball was knocked out of bounds by Jacksonville and a last-second Topsail shot was blocked.

Friday the effort was there again – especially after a 16-8 third-period disparity erased a 30-19 deficit in tying the game at 35-35 - but the Pirates could not sustain the rally, getting outscored 19-5 over the final eight minutes in a 57-40 loss to White Oak. The Vikings (6-1) were austere in their shot selection and it paid off in a 21-for-35 (60%) shooting effort from the field.

White Oak made 5-of-8 shots in the first period and 6-of 11 in the second on its way to the 11point advantage. A 3-for 10 Viking effort allowed the Pirates back in the game. Jacob Floyd (10 points), Caleb Bloodworth, Jarris Long, and Jamison Long all hit three-pointers in the third-period rally.

White Oak opened the fourth quarter with a 9-0 run to extend its lead to 47-35.

Jamieson Long hit a trey to make it 47-38 and Bloodworth (7 points) made it 49-40 with 1:47 left but Topsail would not score again. White Oak was 11-for-18 from the free-throw line. Topsail was 0-for-4.

I don’t really know why we went so cold in that fourth quarter,” Rochelle said. “That’s basketball for you, it’s a game of runs and we didn’t sustain our run. In the fourth quarter we were throwing up three’s instead of working the all inside, and it just wasn’t working for us.

“I also thought the officiating was a little inconsistent.

They called a total of four fouls in the first quarter and let the kids play, then started calling a bunch of fouls in the second half before stopping again late in the game.”

Things got even tougher for Topsail this week when Hoggard came to Burgaw to open Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference play before a trip to New Hanover finishes off the week.

rates on a 21-9 surge that cut the deficit to 43-42 entering the final period. Topsail scored 15 points in the final period while limiting Clinton to seven points – just 16 in the second half.

“We were not very good in the first half,” Pyrtle said.

“The main thing is we were playing really tense, but in the second half we just relaxed and played our game.”

Topsail simply ran into a better team Tuesday, and the end result was a 61-41 loss to Jacksonville. Lauren Caveness scored a team-high 13 points and added 11 points and pulled down 11 rebounds but it wasn’t enough to overcome 20 tur novers and a combined 43 points from Lady Cardinals Aeron Laurent (26) and Kennedy Todd-Williams (17 points, 18 rebounds). The Lady Cardinals came out in a full-court press and the Topsail girls turn the ball over 13 times in the first half as Jacksonville built leads of 13-4 after the first period and 29-14 at halftime.

“We did not come out in the first quarter very well, we only scored four points, but we made a run in the

second half and got back in it a little,” said Topsail Assistant Jay Kapiko, subbing for Coach Andrew Ellington – away due to a death in the family. “I think it was actually a game of runs and we just didn’t match their runs. We made a run at the end of the third and cut it to 10 but they came out in the beginning of the fourth and made a big run, and we didn’t match it.

It was 40-22 in Jacksonville’s favor with 3:48 to go in the third period before a pair of Caveness treys fueled a 10-2 run in closing the deficit to 42-32 heading into the fourth quarter. But Jacksonville opened the final period on a 10-0 run for a 52-32 advantage with 4:21 to go in the game. Senior Carmen Pyrtle had seven points and junior Madison Kita added five for Topsail.

Outside of the combined 43 points from Lauren and ToddWilliams, the rest of the Lady Cardinals scored a combined scored a combined 18 points.

Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference play took center stage this week as Topsail welcomed Hoggard to Burgaw Tuesday before heading to New Hanover Friday.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of Anthony Caputo, late of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned do hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned c/o Jill L. Peters Kaess, 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 5th day of March, 2018, 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 30th day of November, 2017.

Robert Anthony Caputo and Kathryn Caputo Kirk, Co-Executors of the Estate of Anthony Caputo Jill L. Peters Kaess Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400 Wilmington, NC 28401 #8012 11/30, 12/7, 12/14, 12/21/2017 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 Joyce Marie Wall, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Joyce Marie Wall, to present them to the undersigned on or before March 8, 2018 at 506 Robertson Road, Roxboro, NC 27574 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 30th day of November 2017.

Patricia Ann Davis 506 Robertson Road Roxboro, NC 27574 #8013 11/30, 12/7, 12/14, 12/21/17 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Mini Storage on the Green 17077 Hwy. 17N. Hampstead, NC 28443 910-270-3455 On Saturday, December 16, 2017 10 A.M. Mini Storage on the Green will sell various items of personal and business property, pursuant to the assertion of a lien for back rent at the self-service storage facility.

PROPERTY BEING SOLD: 615/624 Beveridge 318/316 Blum 449/326 Bardar 714 Barcomb 629 Connelly 445 Edwards 720 Hansley 311/409 Kyle 210 Metz 604 Obremski 232 Pinkston 319 Poe 722 Rudner 234 Sholar 817 Spaven 304 Turlington 115 Vause 317 Wuske #8010 12/7, 12/14/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S NOTICE TO CREDITORS In Re the Estate of WILLIAM HOSIE, Deceased Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of WILLIAM HOSIE, 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 Friday, March 9, 2018, or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment.

On this Day: December 7, 2017 Linda Ellen Padezanin Personal Representative

by Patricia M. Homa Attorney for the Estate c/o Patricia M. Homa, P.C. P. O. Box 1310 Hampstead, NC 28443 #8017 12/7, 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2017 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 Frances Wallace Connell, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Frances Wallace Connell, to present them to the undersigned on or before March 22, 2018 at 161 Bahama Drive, Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 14th day of December 2017.

Raymond Joel Rushing 161 Bahama Drive Hampstead, NC 28443 #8022 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2017, 1/4/2018

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF KATHLEEN PINER WRITER 17 E 352 Having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of Kathleen Piner Writer deceased of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of March, 2018, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporation indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 7th day of December, 2017.

Sarah Writer Fussell Administratrix of the Estate of Kathleen Piner Writer c/o Lawrence S. Boehling Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3334 #8015 12/7, 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Leslie Anne McIntyre, deceased, Pender County Estate File No. 17-E-0443, late of Pender County, North Carolina gives notice to all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate to present such claims to the undersigned at the offices of Alan M. Solana, Attorney at Law, 1650 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 200, Wilmington, NC 28403, on or before the 9th day of March, 2018, or this Notice will be pleased in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment.

D. Randall McIntyre, Executor c/o Alan M. Solana, Attorney at Law 1650 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 #8018 12/7, 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF VERA FRANCES MURPHY 17 E 436 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Vera Frances Murphy, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Brian Murphy, Executor of the decedent’s estate, on or before March 8, 2018 at 6913 Elmstone Drive, Charlotte NC 28277, or be barred from their recovery.

Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Executor.

Brian Murphy, Executor Estate of Vera Frances Murphy c/o Mark I. Nunalee BIBERSTEIN & NUNALEE LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #8019 12/7, 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2017 ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Patricia Janice Eubanks Rivenbark, 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 16th day of March 2018, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment.

This 14th day of December, 2017.

Timothy Clayton Jasper 401 S. Bennett Street Burgaw, NC 28425 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-9800 #8020 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2017, 1/4/2018 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF HOPE LETTIERI 17 E 423 Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Hope Lettieri deceased of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 16th day of March, 2018, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery.

All persons, firms and corporation indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 14th day of December, 2017.

Lindsay J. Trotter Executrix of the Estate of Hope Lettieri c/o Lawrence S. Boehling Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3334 #8021 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2017, 1/4/2018 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Interbasin Transfer Certificate for Pender County NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Interbasin Transfer Certificate for Pender County The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, or NCDEQ, will hold one public hearing to receive comments on Pender County’s Petition for an interbasin transfer (IBT) certificate.

The NCDEQ will receive comments on the IBT Petition at an upcoming hearing to be held on: •January 18, 2018 at the Public Assembly Room, 805 South Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 The hearing will begin at 6 p.m.

Pender County Utilities (Pender

County) is a provider of drinking water to citizens of Pender County. Pender County is requesting a transfer of 14.5 million gallons per day (mgd) calculated on an average day of the maximum month basis, per current statutory regulation, from the Cape Fear River IBT basin to the South River IBT basin, Northeast Cape Fear IBT Basin, and the New River IBT Basin. The requested transfer amount is based upon 2045 water demand projections to meet anticipated growth in Pender County.

Currently, the water supplied

by Pender County is sourced from the Cape Fear River via the Lower Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority. Pender County is in the process of expanding its water distribution system to accommodate anticipated growth and to provide service to current residents interested in moving off their private groundwater wells.

The Pender County IBT Petition, Water Conservation Plan, and Drought Management Plan are available for review at: https://deq.nc.gov/ node/83243 as well as through the North Carolina Department of Administration State Environmental Review Clearinghouse. The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission (EMC) will consider all public comments received and responses to comments prepared by NCDEQ-Division of Water Resources staff when the EMC makes its final determination on whether to issue a certificate for the water transfer. A final determination from the EMC is expected in mid-2018.

The purpose of this announcement is to encourage interested parties to attend and/or provide relevant written and verbal comments. Division of Water Resources staff requests that parties submit written copies of oral comments delivered at the public hearing. Based on the number of people who wish to speak at the hearing, the length of oral presentations may be limited.

If you are unable to attend, you may mail written comments to Kim Nimmer, Division of Water Resources, 1611 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1611. Comments may also be submitted electronically to dwr.ibt@ ncdenr.gov. Mailed and emailed comments will be given equal weight.

All comments must be postmarked or emailed by February 19, 2018.

Additional information regarding the requested Pender County IBT can be found at: https://deq.nc.gov/ node/83243. #8030 12/14/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1215 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

TISHA NICOLE PRIDGEN, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF GRAHAM ARMSTRONG 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 1/2 acre, Parcel ID Number 3247-30-9252-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than January 29, 2018.

This date: December 14, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and Through its Attorney Scott G. Sherman State Bar #: 17596 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel) scott@shermanandrodgers.com #8028 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1206 PENDER COUNTY and TOWN OF BURGAW Plaintiffs, v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO ANNIE LAURA WISE, owner et. al.

Defendants.

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 0.22 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 3229-11-9942-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than January 29, 2018.

This date: December 14, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY and TOWN OF BURGAW, By and Through Their Attorney Scott G. Sherman State Bar #: 17596 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel) scott@shermanandrodgers.com #8029 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2017

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By Rev. Ken Smith Atkinson Baptist Church Contributing Writer And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 1:31 Our world is not as it was intended to be. We are not who we were intended to be. It doesn’t take long to read your local newspaper or watch the television and discover things have gone awry. However, the real danger is that we now assume all that is going on in this world is normal. The brokenness, the upside-downness of it all, is expected and common, but there is nothing normal about it.

The only thing worse than assuming that it’s normal is shrugging our shoulders and going on with our daily lives without any sense of hope that this problem might have a solution or that we may even be asked to play a part in fixing this mess. When we muster up our courage enough to accept the valid diagnosis, an amazing thing happens: When we acknowledge that the problem is sin, not particular sin, not someone else’s mistakes or shortcomings, but our own personal and corporate evil in our thoughts, values and behavior, only then do we recognize that there’s hope.

Something can be done about the problem of sin. In fact, something has been done for the problem of sin.

When it comes to sin one of my friends declares, “We’ll never receive the prescription as long as we continue to debate the diagnosis.” God’s solution to our problem is not that we should love Him better, but that we should receive the love He offers us.

Such a great depth of love cannot help but restore us to our intended state. Once internalized, love begins its relentless work of transforming our lives from the inside out. That transforming power, that comes only from the Holy Spirit, will make us whole and holy.

The concept of holiness brings up all sorts of images.

Some that grew up in homes that professed holiness saw that life as mostly negative, joyless and strict. Sadly, those words that sound so damaging are not the full picture of how God defines holiness. Holi-

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St. M ary’s Church

An Episcopal - Lutheran Community 506 S. McNeil Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 910.259.5541 Sunday Worship Service with Holy Eucharist: 11 a.m. www.stmaryschurchburgawnc.org

Burgaw Presbyterian Church

200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425

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

Riley’s Creek Baptist Church

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

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

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

Westview United Methodist Church

5610 Hwy. 53 W • Burgaw, NC 28425 (Across from Pender High)

Pastor Fred Roberts Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

ness simply means being set apart for God’s purpose. We are called to be holy so that God can work in, among and through us to accomplish His divine purpose.

When this world that God created and called, “good” rejects the idea of holiness, and embraces a perverse idea of love, God is deeply troubled.

Our sin is an offense to God, not because He is touchy or overly sensitive, but because it adulterates our covenantal relationship with Him. Do you really believe that this world is as intended as

it should be? Our world is spoiled by the death of sin, and it often seems to be growing worse with each passing month. Charles Spurgeon stated, “As the salt flavors every drop in the Atlantic, so does sin affect every atom of our nature. It is so sadly there, so abundantly there, that if you cannot detect it, you are deceived.” I wonder every day if Hollywood or in fact my own home town in North Carolina, can detect the very depths of sin that we have sunken to?

This week I encourage

Hampstead United Methodist will hold several special holiday events in December.

The candlelight Christmas Cantata, Tapestry of Light: A Celtic Christmas Celebration will be held Dec. 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. and also at the 10 a.m. worship service Dec.10. Come and enjoy this beautiful celebration of the Christmas season.

HUMC is sponsoring a barbecue fundraiser lunch Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. to support a local family currently battling cancer. Each plate is $8 and delivery of eight or more plates can be arranged.

Tickets may be purchased at the church from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday (cash only please.)

Night in Bethlehem will be presented by HUMC Dec. 15

(rain date Dec.16) from 6-9 p.m.

Come walk through ancient Bethlehem the night Jesus was born. Experience the sights and sounds of shops, crafts,and merchants of the time. Follow the star to the live manger where the Baby Jesus lay.

If you would like to be a part of this event by helping, come

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Church Directory Centerville Baptist Church

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

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

Currie Community Baptist Church

28396 Hwy. 210 W. • Currie (1/2 mile from Moores Creek Battlefield) Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Children’s Church begins at 11:15 Community Bible Study, Wednesdays from 6-7:00 P.M.

Watha United Methodist Church

160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC

910-470-4436

Pastor John Fedoronko

Adult Bible Study: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Children’s Biblical Studies (ages 3-12) from 10:45-11:30 a.m.

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

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

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

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

Rocky Point United Methodist Church

located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210

Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

Pastor Mark Murphy

Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 p.m.

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Calvary Chapel Community Church

54 Camp Kirkwood Rd. • Watha, NC 28478 • 910-448-0919

4670 Stag Park Rd. • Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-5735

The Church at Wilmington

110 E. Bridgers Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-2295

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

Barlow Vista Baptist Church

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

Wednesday Night Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

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Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

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Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Dinner at 6:00 p.m. and classes at 6:45 p.m.

Services: 8 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. http://faithharborumc.org

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

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

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you to remember that God is not done working. He still rules and reigns from the most high. When we read about shootings taken place in a Texas church or a High School football coach being told not to pray for his team, we shouldn’t be surprised.

The only solution to the problems facing us is to turn back to God. Hopefully, it’s not too late for this messed up world.

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

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

Moores Creek Baptist Church

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

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

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

St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church 1303 Hwy. 117 • Burgaw, NC • 910-259-2601

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

Cape Fear Community Fellowship (CF2) 10509 US Hwy. 117 S., Rocky Point Business Park Rocky Point, NC • 910-232-7759 www.CF2.us Worship Hours: Sunday Morning, 11 a.m.

Wednesday Night, 6 p.m. Pastor: Dr. Ernie Sanchez

All Saints Catholic Church

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

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

Chapel by the Bay in Lanier’s Campground 216 Michigan Avenue • Holly Ridge, N.C. 28445 910-328-6252 Pastor: Don Myers Associate Pastor: Nathan Swartz Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

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

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

Thursday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

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

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Christmas Cookie Recipes

Hope’s Cooking Corner

By Hope Cusick Contributing Writer Happy Holidays to you and yours! Christmas cookies are the wonderful family traditions and treasures of the season to be shared by all of us. It’s that wonderful time of the year when holiday cookies are the best thing on our menu of dishes.

Whether the recipe comes from a cookbook, magazine, a friend or especially Mom or Grandma, these special cookies make us feel connected to wonderful traditional memories. When we put out a delicious tray of tasty butter cookies it brings an intangible joy to us of warm moments for the holidays with family and friends.

This is no time to worry about calories, weight or anything else. Enjoy your favorite cookie without guilt; this time of year and this cookie only come once a year. You don’t have to over indulge, just enjoy one or two of your favorite cookies. The smaller the cookie the more cookies you may enjoy!

Cookie tips For the best tasting cookies use the finest ingredients you can afford, use unbleached flour and real butter. For most cookie recipes if you put the dough in the refrigerator for at least overnight you’ll have a more flavorful cookie.

To chill the cookie dough more quickly put it in the freezer for half the time. Clean unblemished cookie baking sheets are very important to making cookies just perfect. I like to use the new air cookie baking sheets, they help to prevent burning and sticking.

Always make sure the cookie sheet is cold when placing cookie dough on it. Baking one pan at a time helps to make tastier cookies. For the most intense chocolate flavor, use bittersweet chocolate with a minimum of 60 percent cocoa solids. If you have a cookie recipe that has at least 2¼ cups flour, switch out ¼ cup flour and substitute ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder and add 1-ounce melted semisweet chocolate to the dough.

When using a cookie cutter, to keep the edges clean, make sure dough is chilled and the cutter is free of dough then dip it in flour after every few cookies. If there is any extra cookie dough left over form it into a log, wrap with plastic wrap, freeze and use again when you’re ready to bake again.

If the cookie dough is too thin or soupy try adding little bits of flour and stir in until the consistency is correct.

The cookie dough should be at room temperature when shaping the cookies and cold dough if it’s being sliced.

If the dough is frozen a bit it will make the dough easier to slice. Make sure to preheat the oven and bake cookies on a middle rack in the oven. Cool cookies completely before storing them in airtight containers. Separating iced cookie layers with waxed paper will

prevent the cookies from sticking to each other.

Enjoy!

Raspberry-cherry Oreo candy 1 8-ounce cream cheese, softened 36 Oreo cookies, finely crushed ¼ Cup raspberry jam ¼ Cup dried cher ries, chopped 1 Ounce white chocolate, melted 16 Ounces semi-sweet chocolate, in pieces, melted In a bowl mix together cream cheese, Oreo crumbs, raspberry jam, and chopped dried cherries, until well blended.

Shape mixture into 48 oneinch balls. Freeze for 10-15 minutes. In a bowl microwave to melt white chocolate. Dip balls in semi-sweet melted chocolate, turning to evenly coat each ball. Place on waxed paper covered rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with white chocolate. Refrigerate for at least one hour until firm.

Macaroon cookies dipped in chocolate Submitted by Hope Cusick 2/3 cup granulated sugar 6 tablespoons unbleached flour Pinch of salt 4 egg whites 1-2 teaspoons almond extract 2 2/3 flaked, shredded coconut (about 7-ounces) 1 package Bittersweet chocolate ( I use Baker’s or Ghirardelli’s chocolate.)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a bowl mix together sugar, flour, salt and flaked coconut.

Stir in egg whites and almond extract until well bended. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto lightly greased and floured cookie baking sheets. Bake for 18-20 minutes until edges of cookies are a golden brown. Remove cookies form baking sheets immediately. Drizzle with melted chocolate if desired. Or melt one package of chocolate and dip cookies halfway into chocolate. Let excess chocolate drip off and let stand at room temperature or refrigerate on waxed paper until chocolate is firm.

Low-fat double chocolate cookies with pecans Yields about three dozen.

Easy cookie recipe using a boxed cake mix.

1 packaged devil’s food cake mix with pudding ¼ cup applesauce 2 large eggs 4 teaspoons milk 1 teaspoon almond flavoring or almond liqueur 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate morsels ½ cup pecans or hazelnuts, chopped Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease cookie sheets. In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together cake mix, eggs, applesauce, almond flavoring and milk. Beat until well blended about 2-3 minutes.

Stir in chocolate morsels and chopped nuts. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Cool cookies on pan for about 5 minutes then remove to wire racks.

Peppermint sugar cookies 1½ cups unbleached flour Pinch of salt ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup butter 1 large egg ½ to ¾ teaspoon peppermint extract ¼ cup colored sugar or sprinkles In a bowl whisk together

flour and salt. In another bowl beat together sugar and butter until creamy. Add egg and peppermint extract and beat until combined. Add dry ingredients in small batches until smooth. Roll out half the dough between two pieces of waxed paper until ¼ inch thick. Repeat with remaining dough. Chill for 30 minutes or more. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Remove top sheet of waxed paper and with two-inch cookie cutters cut cookies. Decorate with colored sugar and repeat until all dough is used. If dough gets soft or warm re-roll and cool in refrigerator. Bake cookies until edges are golden about 13-15 minutes.

Snow drops Submitted by Kyla Cusick A sort of “tea party” cookie!

2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup sugar 1 cup (two sticks) salted butter, at room temperature 1 teaspoon instant-coffee powder (not granules) ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup finely chopped pecans ½ cup confectioners’ sugar for coating cookies Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place on ungreased baking sheet a sheet of wax paper and sprinkle a layer of confectioner’s sugar. In a large bowl mix the flour, sugar, butter, coffee powder, and cinnamon until lightly fluffy. Then stir in pecans until well spread out in mix. Scoop out dough in heaping teaspoon (full) and roll in palms of hand to 1-inch balls and place on ungreased baking sheet – 2 inches apart, Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until edges are lightly browned.

During baking time turn baking sheets 90 degrees one time. Once cookies are done remove from oven let cool slightly yet while they are still warm roll them in confectioner’s sugar. Place cookies on cooling racks. When cookies are completely cool, once again roll in confectioner’s sugar.

Mini Christmas chess pies 1½ cups sugar ½ cup butter 2 eggs 1 cup raisins--after being cooled and cooled 1 cup pecans 1 scant teaspoon vanilla Line a 12-cup muffin tin with prepared pie dough.

Cream sugar and butter, in a bowl, add eggs. Mix all ingredients together.

Fill individual uncooked pie shells with mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Makes 12 pies. Special Note: You can line muffin tin with pie dough and freeze until ready to use.

Chewy chocolate peanut butter bars 1 cup All-Purpose Flour ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup cold butter, cut into pieces ½ cup crunchy peanut butter 1 cup packed brown sugar 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoon vanilla

1 bag dark chocolate chips (12 ounces or 2 cups) ½ cup salted dry roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 13x9-inch pan with baking spray with flour.

In a small bowl, stir flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

In medium microwavable bowl, place butter and peanut butter. Microwave on High 30 to 45 seconds or until butter is melted. Add brown sugar and egg yolk; stir until mixed. Stir in vanilla and flour mixture.

Stir in 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips. Spread in prepared pan.

Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until just firm to the touch. Remove from oven immediately sprinkle with remaining 1 1/4 cups chocolate chips.

Let stand 2-3 minutes or until chips have softened. Spread softened chips evenly over top. Sprinkle with peanuts.

Cool on cooling rack. Cut into eight rows by six rows. Store in airtight container. Makes 48 bars.

Brown sugar shortbread Submitted by Emma Cusick ½ cup butter or margarine softened 2/3 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 1¼ cups flour Preheat oven to 325F. Lightly grease a nine -inch square baking pan; dust with flour. In a mixer bowl combine butter and brown sugar; beat until fluffy and well mixed. Blend in vanilla.

Gradually add flour until it is completely absorbed (dough will be stiff). Pat dough evenly and firmly into a smooth layer in prepared pan. Sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake until top feels firm when touched gently and edges pull away from sides of pan ( about 30 to 35 minutes).

Let cool in pan on a wire rack for about 10 minutes. Cut into 16 squares; then cut each in half. to make 2 triangles.

Remove from pan when cool.

Makes 32 cookies

Library Holiday Ornament Sale The Burgaw Friends of the Library will have an ongoing Gently Used Holiday Decoration Sale beginning Saturday morning Nov. 25 at 10 a.m. inside the library at 103 S Cowan Street, Burgaw.

This is an ongoing sale and will continue until all items are sold. We will be selling gently used donated holiday decora-

•The Hampstead Lions Club meets on the third Thursday of the month at Topsail Presbyterian Church at noon. Be sure to bring your lunch.

Friday December 22 •Pender County Museum open 1-4 p.m.

•The Marine Corps League, Detachment 1321 meets for breakfast at the Sawmill Grill in Hampstead at 8 a.m. each Friday.

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Help those in need this holiday season by donating food for needy families in our community. Now through December 20th, please bring your nonperishable items to the Register of Deeds office.

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The Burgaw Lions Club participated in the JDRF Walk for Diabetes. Zone 5 which includes Pender and New Hanover Counties raised $1,030.​

Thursday, December 14 •The Kiwanis Club of Hampstead meets every Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead.

•Alcoholics Anonymous will meet from noon-1 p.m. at the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information.

•Pender County Museum is open to the public for free (donations are welcome) every Thursday and Friday from 1-4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are available at other times by contacting the Museum at 259-8543 by email at penderhist@hotmail.com.

•Women in Networking meeting every Thursday from 9:3010:30 a.m. at Olde Point Country Club.

•The Burgaw Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at Heritage Place in Burgaw.

•The Hampstead Lions Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month at Topsail Presbyterian Church, Hwy. 217, at 7 p.m.

Friday, December 15 •Pender County Museum open 1-4 p.m.

•The Marine Corps League, Detachment 1321 meets for breakfast at the Sawmill Grill in Hampstead at 8 a.m. each Friday.

Tuesday, December 19 •AlAnon meets at Hampstead United Methodist Church every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Room 9. The meeting is for family and friends of alcoholics. Everyone is welcome.

•The Burgaw Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month at Burgaw Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Members do not have to live in Burgaw to be a member of this service organization. For more information, call Alan King at 910-789-1074.

Wednesday, December 20 •Alcoholics Anonymous will meet from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the Surf City Community Center, 201 Community Center Dr. Call 328.4887 for more information •The Coastal Pender Rotary Club meets each Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Belvedere Country Club, 2368 Country Club Drive in Hampstead.

Thursday, December 21 •The Kiwanis Club of Hampstead will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead.

•Alcoholics Anonymous will meet from noon-1 p.m. at the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information.

•Pender County Museum is open to the public for free (donations are welcome) every Thursday and Friday from 1-4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Group tours are available at other times by contacting the Museum at 259-8543 by email at penderhist@hotmail.com.

•Women in Networking meeting every Thursday from 9:3010:30 a.m. at Olde Point Country Club.

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The early-upgrade program is not available with this offer. $100 U.S. Cellular Promotional Card given at point of sale or mailed with device via direct fulfillment orders. Promotional Card issued by MetaBank,ÂŽ Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. Valid only for purchases at U.S. Cellular stores and uscellular.com. Must be used by expiration date shown on card. Kansas Customers: In areas in which U.S. Cellular receives support from the Federal Universal Service Fund, all reasonable requests for service must be met. Unresolved questions concerning services availability can be directed to the Kansas Corporation Commission Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at 1-800-662-0027. Limited-time offer.

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