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School Board election moved to November

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By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Recent changes in state law have moved the School Board election in Pender County from the May primary election to the fall general election in November.

In another major change, School Board elections are now partisan events, rather than the non-partisan elections in years past.

That means candidates will run as Republicans or Democrats like other elections.

Nine counties in the state, including Pender, made the switch from non-partisan to partisan School Board elections. “The School Board will have a primary this May like everyone else and the general election will be in November,� said Pender County Elections Director Dennis Boyles.

Three seats on the board are open this year, with Kenneth Lanier Rochelle Whiteside seeking reelection. Katherine Herring has announced she will not seek reelection after 28 years on the board.

Whiteside will face her first election after being appointed to fill the unexpired term of resigned member Tom Roper.

The official filing period for the fall election opened Monday at noon and will continue through Feb. 28 at noon.

Whiteside has filed as a Democrat in District 1 with Lanier filing as a Democrat in District 2. Retired principal June M. Robbins of Burgaw filing as a Democrat for a seat on the board from District 4.

School Board primaries will be necessary when more than one candidate of the same party files in the same district.

Flu is around, still not too bad, official says

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher It’s like waiting for the other shoe to drop. With the flu rampant across the state and country, Pender County has

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largely avoided an outbreak of the disease. As always, the school situation is the best indicator of the level of flu in the county.

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Warm February days make for a good time to enjoy the playground at Miller’s Pond Park. Young Addison Teachey takes a trip down the slide

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of Penderlea School historic buildings

By Miranda Ferguson Special to the Post & Voice

The Pender County Board of Education held a community meeting at Penderlea last month to hear input on options for the completion of the Penderlea School project.

Pender County Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven

Hill presented options for the Penderlea School facility campus, including athletic facilities that would be possible with the media center remaining on the campus, as well as if it was demolished with the rest of the school building.

Approximately 50 community members, school staff

members, and several county commissioners were present at the meeting. Several shared their thoughts on the proposed plans, with all speaking in favor of demolishing the media center to create more space for athletic facilities including a football/soccer field and baseball field. “The community wants

to preserve the gymnasium and auditorium and several suggestions were made as to who could be responsible for the maintenance and operation of these buildings,� Dr. Hill said. “We are looking into ways we can create a monument to pay tribute to the school and its history.�

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By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Veteran Pender County Commissioner David Williams announced that he will file with the Pender County Board of Elections Feb. 20 to serve another term on the Pender Board of County Commissioners.

Williams serves as the rep-

resentative for Commissioner District 1, and is a life-long resident of Hampstead and Pender County. Williams has served four previous terms on the Board of Commissioners, including serving multiple times as chairman and vicechair.

Williams will face a challenge from Surf City resident Dorothy Royal. Royal, who

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filed for the District 1 seat Feb. 12 as a Democrat, ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Surf City town board last fall.

Three seats on the Board of Commissioners will be open in the November election, with Republicans George Brown (District 3) and David Piepmeyer (District 2) also up for reelection.

Three candidates filed for Pender County Sheriff on Monday – Republicans Alan Cutler, Larry Brown, and Jimmie Stokes. A total of seven candidates have announced their intent to file for Sheriff.

The official filing period for the Nov. 6 general election will run through noon Feb. 28.

The North Carolina primary election will be May 8.

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An arrest does not always result in a conviction in court.

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Pender EMS & Fire Report Feb. 4-10 Pender EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: 191 Calls per Station Burgaw Station 1 45 Sloop Point Station 14 22 Hampstead Station 16 21 Surf City Station 23 22 Top. Beach Station 4 2 Union Station 5 15 Rocky Point Station 7 28 Atkinson Station 9 31 Maple Hill Station 13 5 Scotts Hill Station 18 0 Hwy. 421 Station 29 0 Type of Calls Cancelled: 19 Refusals: 50 Stand By: 1 Transported: 109 Treated/released: 12 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 45 Calls per Station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw 2 Fire Station 13 Maple Hill 6 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 10 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 5 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 1 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 10 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 11 EMS St. 4 Top. Beach 0 Fire Call Type Summary Fire 8 Motor Vehicle Crash 6 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 25 Cancelled 6 Ocean Rescue 0

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Topsail Friends of Library plans funraiser Feb. 22

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer T he Topsail Township Friends of the Library will hold a fundraiser Feb. 22. The event will take place at Nineteen Restaurant at Olde Point Country Club in Hampstead from 5-9 p.m. During that time, a percentage of the sales al will be donated back to the library.

The Friends of the Library’s focus is on raising funds for the new library building to be constructed in the future and for existing programs, as well. “We’re raising money for

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Continued from page 1A “The state still says it’s widespread, but our schools are indicating they have students out with the f lu, it’s still not a number to be too concerned about,� said Pender County Health Director Carolyn Moser.

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We already have the land, it was designated more than a

Continued on page 10A to provide flu vaccines to children and parents.

National health officials are recommending flu shots for those who have not been vaccinated, even through the flu season is growing short.

The vaccine takes about two weeks to reach it’s full level of protection. “If you haven’t had the vaccine, we still recommend getting it. We don’t know how long the season will last and it’s a good idea to be vaccinated,� Moser said.

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Bill Messer The current flu outbreaks have me spooked, because I’m in one of the risk groups – the elderly. Because of the flu, and until the season passes, I’m going to do everything I can to avoid being around groups of people, some of whom might have or have been around the flu.

It’s difficult because I don’t live on an isolated mountaintop somewhere, but live in Hampstead.

For the foreseeable duration I’m going into hermit mode and turn on the ‘randomizer’ switch to write about things from my own life experiences. Being ‘elderly’ is one of those things.

Today it’s about the ravages of time and how I became my grandparents.

During the ‘60s one of the Free Speech Movement activists in Berkeley, CA, coined the phrase “don’t trust anyone over thirty.”

If you could have asked anyone around that time, a person of my current age would certainly be ‘elderly’ and have been elderly for some time. Now I’m lucky to be able to remember being

thirty, and the memories are fading fast.

I had been in the Navy in the mid-’60s, and stationed in San Francisco when the Free Speech Movement across the bay kicked into high gear. I was busy in Navy electronics school, too involved in military life to be much concerned with California events, the hippie movement going on in the city, the frequent protest marches, the weird-looking kids hanging out in the Haight-Ashbury area, or much else. It was far different from any frame of reference I had developed in my earlier life in Georgia.

The California days passed and I joined the fleet and my ship, USS Intrepid, in New York City. Then after a couple of cruises to the Gulf of Tonkin, and in ‘68 I was a civilian again, with plenty of time between then and turning thirty, which was still far off in the future somewhere.

Life was good, and I was enjoying my return to civilian life. I lived at my parent’s home only for a short time before I moved into my first apartment, a drafty garage apartment near the college, but I was on my own, working full time and attending classes after. I spent the last year as a full-time day student so I could finish before my GI Bill ran out, and then it happened.

OMG! I was thirty.

I waited for some sort of seismic change, some omen

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Jefferson Weaver

A mother’s voice I was talking with a dear friend the other night, one who lost her mother a few weeks back. Kelly told me how she kept hearing Miss Karen’s voice; not in a ghostly way, but she heard her, nonetheless, directing or reminding or reassuring.

I had to tell her I knew the feeling.

Lois C. Weaver was born in 1929, and died Feb. 14, 2004. She was my mother.

And yes, I hear her voice sometimes, too.

Miss Lois loved music; she was always singing something. She sang out of joy, sadness, loneliness, anger, boredom or to comfort a child, regardless of said child’s age. She loved almost all kinds of music; I think she knew everything recorded by Roger Miller, almost every Broadway musical, the entire Broadman Hymnal, and possibly every country song recorded when country was worthwhile. She wasn’t much into rock and roll, but she was harmonizing on The Eagles’ “Seven Bridges Road” before she finished hearing it the first time. She said Pink Floyd was weird, and Three Dog Night was too loud, but she secretly enjoyed singing “Joy to the World.”

When she and the Old Man were moving into the house on Cutchin Street, I went by one day to help.

The first thing I heard was my mother’s voice echoing across the plaster walls she had repainted and across the wooden floors she had polished.

I will always remember the sound of my mother singing, but that was just one part of her voice.

When we were kids, Miss Lois would do her best to care for anything we brought home. I reckon I could blame her for igniting

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Jefferson Weaver Rhonda’s passion for saving baby wildlife.

Miss Lois had a hand with young things; I hear her sometimes when Miss Rhonda is feeding an orphaned squirrel, possum, bird or rabbit. A fledgling thrasher pooping on Mother’s shoulder was something to laugh about.

She conducted newspaper interviews with a nestling squirrel sleeping under the ear opposite the telephone.

One of the first critters “we” – meaning Miss Lois – rehabilitated was a barred owl. I heard joy in my Mother’s voice when a bureaucratic snafu left Rhonda caring for a barred owl long after he should have gone to a rehab center.

Just as Rhonda would call for Horace when the evening’s gloaming settled into the pines at Lagoon, Miss Lois’ voice would sing softly for Barney in Erwin.

He would often come when she called, lighting in the big maple tree, clacking his beak in greeting. Mother never made animal noises – she just talked to the critters in her normal voice, as she would any of her children.

I heard my mother’s voice when I was in the

courthouse the other day, as a lady of a certain age befriended a scared little kid whose parents couldn’t get along. The lady wasn’t related to the child – she just happened to be sharing an elevator, as was I – but she had the little girl smiling before the elevator doors had really closed. Miss Lois was famous for her ability to calm a little human who was having a bad day; it didn’t matter if she was in church, a grocery store or sitting in a murder trial, she was happiest when she could softly talk a little one.

Mother and I were in a grocery store once when a harried Latina mother came down the aisle toward us.

Her baby was crying and the other kids were being kids.

Mother didn’t see color or anything else when it came to little kids (or anyone else, for that matter). Miss Lois couldn’t speak a lick of Spanish, and the frustrated mom couldn’t speak more than a word or two of English, but the mothers made friends over a fussy baby. The little one stopped crying, stared, then started smiling at the gray-headed white lady who kept talking

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Fram oil filters and early childhood development Fram Oil Filters and Early Childhood Development “Pay me now or pay me later, but pay me you will,” said the guy selling Fram Oil Filters in the 1970s TV commercials. I remembered those ads as I listened to the presenters at this year’s Emerging Issues Forum. The subject was early childhood development and the case was dramatically made that we – all of us – have a role helping our children get the best start possible.

The case is convicting.

By age three 80 percent of a child’s brain structure is

created and early childhood experiences lay the foundation for not only success in the classroom, but also for happier and healthier youngsters who grow into more desirable workers, land better paying jobs and pay more taxes to help future generations.

The way to this desired development includes a safe and nurturing environment that provides good nutrition, adequate health care and good interpersonal relationships. While many enjoy this early childhood, too many don’t, and we discover those gaps when they enter our schools.

Only 50 percent of our children read at a grade level at the end of the first grade and 38 percent of fourth graders read proficiently.

Only 18 percent of our 2016 grads passed all four ACT college and career readiness benchmarks and only 41 percent scored 17 or higher on the ACT, the minimum level for entry to UNC Systems institutions.

Let us be clear: while our teachers and schools play a critical role in these outcomes - and can do better - too much blame is ascribed them for failures often the

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Dear Savvy Senior, Can you write a column on the overlooked problem of thyroid disease? After struggling with chronic fatigue, joint pain and memory problems, I was finally diagnosed hypothyroidism. Now, at age 70, I’m on thyroid medication and am doing great. Five years of feeling lousy. I wish I’d have known.

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Dear Frustrated, I’m glad to hear that you’re finally feeling better. Unfortunately, thyroid problems are quite common in older adults but can be tricky to detect because the symptoms often resemble other age related health problems. In fact, as many as 30 million Americans have some form of thyroid disorder, but more than half of them aren’t aware of it.

Here’s a basic overview: The thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of your neck that has a huge job. It produces hormones (called T3 and T4) that help regulate the rate of many of your body’s activities, from how quickly you burn calories to how fast your heart beats. It also influences the function of the brain, liver, kidneys and skin.

If the gland is underactive and doesn’t produce enough thyroid hormones, it causes body systems to slow down.

If it’s overactive, and churns out too much thyroid, it has the opposite effect, speeding up the body’s processes.

The symptoms for an underactive thyroid (also known as hypothyroidism)

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– the most common thyroid disorder in older adults – will vary but may include fatigue, unexplained weight gain, increased sensitivity to cold, constipation, joint pain, muscle stiffness, dry skin and depression. Some patients may even develop an enlarged thyroid (goiter) at the base of the neck. However, in older adults, it can cause other symptoms like memory impairment, loss of appetite, weight loss, falls or even incontinence.

And the symptoms of an overactive thyroid (or hyperthyroidism), which is more common in people under age 50, may include a rapid heart rate, anxiety, insomnia, increased appetite, weight loss, diarrhea, excessive perspiration, as well as an enlarged thyroid gland. Too much thyroid can also cause atrial fibrillation, affect blood pressure and decrease bone density, which increases the risk of osteoporosis.

Those with the greatest risk of developing thyroid disorders are women who have a family history of the disease. Other factors that can trigger thyroid problems include: autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto’s or Graves disease; thyroid surgery; radiation treatments to the neck or upper chest; and certain medications including interferon alpha and interleukin-2 cancer medications, amiodarone heart medication and lithium for

bipolar disorder.

Get Tested If you have any of the aforementioned symptoms, or if you’ve had previous thyroid problems or notice a lump in the base of your neck, ask your doctor to check your thyroid levels.

The TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) blood test is used to diagnosis thyroid disorders.

Thyroid disease is easily treated once you’ve been diagnosed. Standard treatment for hypothyroidism involves daily use of the synthetic thyroid hormone levothyroxine (Levothroid, Synthroid and others), which is an oral medication that restores adequate hormone levels.

And treatments for hyperthyroidism may include an anti-thyroid medication such as methimazole (Tapazole), which blocks the production of thyroid hormones. Another option is radioactive iodine, which is taken orally and destroys the overactive thyroid cells and causes the gland to shrink.

But this can leave the thyroid unable to produce any hormone and it’s likely that you’ll eventually become hypothyroid and need to start taking thyroid medication.

For more information on thyroid disorders, visit the American Thyroid Association at Thyroid.org.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

Murder 101 part 2 Disclaimer: Although this is my second collection of musings about committing the perfect murder, I plan to murder no one (although I think I’d be pretty good at staying under the radar).

Sure, I could write a part three and four, but that’s no indication of intent. I simply have no patience with sloppy work.

The slackers who make their fifteen minutes of fame on crime documentaries display a level of idiocy that clearly misrepresents the wherewithal of the average American.

Take the post murder interview, for instance. We are blessed to live in a country where coercion and blackmail are frowned upon. We are not communists and, when given the opportunity, the accused should embrace that glorious right to remain silent.

Why, then, do assassins think that spilling itineraries from the month prior is proactive? Just be quiet, lawyer up and stay emotionally present. Use proper grammar and, when requesting legal representation, don’t use the word think-as in, “I think I want a lawyer.” That doesn’t count.

Here’s another little tidbit.

The interview room is fully equipped with recording devices and cameras. Maybe you didn’t notice the tiny sign that stated, “You may be recorded beyond this point.”

When detectives leave an interview room, it’s not to take a Cheeto break.

The cameras are still rolling and, with fingers crossed, they wait anxiously behind the big shiny mirror which is not really a big shiny mirrorwatching and listening for a confession. Doesn’t everyone know this? How is it possible that criminals like Jodi Arias use this free time to whip out the crazies?

Should you have a co-conspirator placed in the interrogation room with you, it’s not due to lack of space. If choosing this as an opportunity to reminisce about the homicide, then you fully deserve to walk the green mile.

The hiring of a hitman is another mystery to me. First, how is a reliable, trustworthy hitman hired? Do they advertise on Craig’s List or can one be found in dark back alleys?

How does Joe Suburban make the deal? Personally, anyone who chooses a career as a professional hitman must be moronic.

I have yet to see a hitman earn more than $10,000 a hit.

The risk is hardly worth the reward. (Yes, I did conduct an internet search on finding a hitman which, in hindsight, was counter intuitive). In a nutshell, save time and money. Fly solo.

Finally, if a mugshot is needed, wipe the smirk off your face. Criminals who smile in mugshots are jerks – and guilty. Nothing angers me more than viewing a smug defendant posing for a mugshot photo as if celebrity status was in the making. If placed in charge of the world,

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Moores Creek anniversary celebration Feb. 24-25 The Moores Creek National Battlefield, in collaboration with the Moores Creek Battleground Association, will be commemorating the 242nd Anniversary of the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, one of the first Patriot victories of the American Revolution. The event will be held Feb. 24-25 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day.

More than 150 living historians dressed in 18th Century clothing will fill the battlefield and demonstration area, spending the weekend demonstrating and educating the public on military and civilian life in 18th Century North Carolina.

Patriot and Loyalist soldiers will be encamped in the battlefield as well as the opposite side of Moores Creek, giving a glimpse into what life was like for soldiers who fought during this battle.

Demonstrations will include an interpretive demonstration of the battle with cannon and musket fire; musket and sword program; artisan demonstrations, including blacksmithing, woodworking, candlemaking, glass making; colonial foodways demonstrations; children’s toys and games; live music; educational programs, including 18th Century astronomy, surveying, militia

Weaver Continued from page 3A nonsense to her.

Just as I have fond memories of my mother’s voice, I still hear Miss Lois sometimes when I screw up, too.

Sharp, strong but never shrill.

Mother was scary when she was angry or disappointed, but she was no harpy.

She had a happy voice, too, a laugh that rang out unashamedly, sometimes a little too loud, a laugh that made others want to be happy, too.

My mother had another voice I still hear sometimes, when someone stands up for a something important. When she adopted a cause, she didn’t quit. The Small House Arts Center became her baby almost as soon as she and Papa moved to Clinton.

She was just as committed

Campbell Continued from page 3A result of early developmental and socioeconomic problems prior to getting to school.

North Carolina is an acknowledged leader in both understanding and intervening in early childhood development, but we clearly aren’t doing enough. More is needed. The federal government already provides some $1 billion per year in benefits, with our state adding another $365 million identified for such things as child care subsidies, Smart Start, pre-k

Hill Continued from page 3A I’d require the smilers to do a retake with props. Perhaps a faux wood fence and a windmill backdrop would

Messer Continued from page 3A of dark clouds overhead, something profound.

Nothing happened, and I felt myself still as trustworthy as I had been before turning the magical age, maybe even more so because I now had experience to back up my confidence.

I began to view my parents differently. They were approaching elderly, but not quite there, yet. My grandparents, on the other hand, were certainly there, my grandfather had retired from work, and they were living out their golden years.

I sensed that my own parents were living in the time in between, where life just goes on, but not far along enough to see the horizon of retirement coming soon enough.

A time for reflection: had they achieved their dreams, their ambitions? Is this all there was? Is this how I would turn out? I felt their

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drills, musket cartridge making, colonial medicine, and much more.

The weekend’s events will commence with a wreath laying ceremony to honor those that fought, and for some, died, so that we may be free. This ceremony begins at the Visitor Center at 10 am and ends at the Grady Monument, where

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to the community theatre, and one of the proudest moments of my life came when some of the folks up that way contacted me about a scholarship that had been named for her. When the N.C. Symphony was considering not returning to town, she worked the phones and convinced the community – and the symphony – that they needed to be there. I sometimes thought Mother could have made a great living as a lobbyist, except she was too honest. You heard that in her voice, too.

I hear all those voices sometimes, as well as the one that read “Listen, Rabbit” time and again as we sat on the porch of the little house in Keener. It was similar in tone to the same voice I heard when I needed advice, whether it was over the telephone or sitting at the

kitchen table at 2 a.m. drinking yet another cup of coffee.

Mother didn’t speak while she was dying; the dementia had robbed her of that, although just a few weeks before, she would break out in a few discordant bars of a song in the nursing home. At the end, Miss Lois was in a different place, one where we couldn’t go. We didn’t heard her voice again after the first few days.

The only sounds in the end were from those of us in her hospital room and her determined breathing. Her eyes were sharp and dark and snapping, her mouth set, but her voice was gone.

She followed the advice of the poet, and refused to go gently into the night. She fought to the very end, as she did when she was a child and a forest fire threatened the farm, or when she and grand-

mother were taking care of the entire family during an epidemic. As she did when one of us was giving up, she refused to quit.

It was appropriate that she went home on Valentine’s Day. My folks never failed to do something special on that day, even when Papa was working. I heard them say I love you a lot. There was never any doubt she meant it when you heard Miss Lois say those words.

I need to tell my buddy Kelly that she eventually won’t hear her mother’s voice all the time, but in the worst moments, she’ll hear her clear as day. When her kids need her the most, they can always count on the sound of a mother’s voice.

Jefferson Weaver is a columnist with the Post & Voice.

Contact him at jeffersonweaver@nrcolumbus.com.

for special needs children.

We could resolve some of the other problems our state faces if we dramatically improved early childhood development, making it a high priority by providing more childcare assistance, full funding for all children in pre-k, a renewed emphasis on education in the first four grades and whatever educational, nutritional and healthcare funding is required to accomplish the task. But as the Emerging Issues task force concluded, this increased funding must also be accompanied by more accountability.

While it would be idealis-

tic to believe the private sector would provide the needed funding, the reality is that’s not going to happen. We also aren’t likely to dramatically increase federal funding and our local communities, while they must do more, can’t solve the problem either, since the state determines what funding they can generate. Our state leaders need to recognize that the responsibility and ultimate success or failure depends on their commitment.

Back to my oil filter comparison. When our children fail to get that essential early start we all pay the price.

Remediation, behavioral

problems, dropouts, crime, incarceration and increased demands on public benefits are that price we pay. My big takeaway from this year’s Emerging Issues Forum is that to get better early childhood outcomes we are going to have to pay…either now or later.

Tom Campbell is former assistant North Carolina State Treasurer and is creator/host of NC SPIN, a weekly statewide television discussion of NC issues airing on UNC-TV main channel Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays 12:30 p.m. and UNC North Carolina Channel Fridays at 10 p.m., Saturdays at 4:00pm

pair nicely with the jovial nature of the occasion, along with balloons and a teddy bear. What a great photo-op for the papers and a lovely decorative accent for the jail’s common areas.

Why I have never been

accepted as a juror I’ll never know. The ability to stare into a defendant’s eyes to determine guilt is a rare gift of mine-one apparently not appreciated by defense attorneys. At the very least, I’d be totally willing to provide

my intuitive services and know how to assist with investigations. Let me go on a few “ride-alongs” with law enforcement and I’ll sniff out the perps. As long as I have my own gun and badge, I’d be happy to render services.

stoic determination to accept the life they had, and settle in to destiny, to make the best they could from what was a final reality. It was OK, I thought, they were active, he fished and golfed, she had her yard and crocheting and a succession of house dogs.

Beauregard, a Pekingese, viewed every pillow and leg as an object of affection, and my mother lavished attention on the dog, who had started showing some age when I offered a helpful suggestion.

“Listen,” I told my mother, “You ought to have Beauregard stuffed while his teeth and hair are still in good shape, you know, curled up in an attractive pose. You could put him around in his favorite places, the chair, the sofa, use him as a doorstop.”

“You’re the worst kind of son a mother could ever want!” she wailed, aghast at the thought of harming a single hair on her precious dog.

A couple of weeks later,

I got a phone call from her, “I’ve been thinking about what you said about stuffing Beau. Why don’t we do your dad, just leave him in his chair in front of the TV with his remote in his hand?”

I was thirty, my parents were from a different generation and my grandparents were from a different world.

“Your generation is going to hell in a handbasket!” my grandmother would accuse, shaking a finger in my direction.

My parents were growing old. When I was in my thirties, they were in their fifties and my grandparents were in their seventies. I was old, my parents were older, my grandparents were ancient.

My grandparents were elderly. And now I’m at the age of my grandparents, old, ancient and elderly.

And the world IS going to hell in a handbasket.

Just for fun, go out and talk to young people about their impressions of the elderly. “Man, those old people

have some pretty peculiar ideas!”

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

I am my father, I am my grandfather.

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The Titan cagers finished the year with a 22-2 record including a 13-1 conference mark and winning the regular season conference title.

Titans beat Pender in rematch, take title

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

The Heide Trask Titan men’s varsity basketball team was cruising to a conference title a little over a week ago. It appeared that they would finish their inaugural season in the Coastal 8 undefeated.

Pender’s freshman sensation Khalil Marshall and his teammates had other ideas. Marshall dropped 40 points on the Titans and the Patriots beat the Titans by a point. That stuck in the Titans mind with a rematch a little over a week away.

“We heard a lot of talk, “said Trask head Coach Rodney Orr. “I just told our guys to relax and enjoy the game. Have fun and play your game.”

The Titans game this season is defense. They held Marshall to 17 points in taking a 77-53 win. Later in the week the Titans slammed Croatan 88-48 to earn the Coastal 8 Conference championship.

Trask senior Tiyaun Ballard brought his A game to the Thursday night contest that saw the doors to the gym closed during the third period of the girl’s game because of the crowd.

The Titans jumped on Pender early, running off 10 points in a row before a Tylek Bordeaux three stooped the bleeding. A 19-10 Patriot run ended the quarter with Trask up 20-19.

A Jaylin Mashack three opened the second quarter. Trask built a 10-point lead on a Watson Orr trey but Pender scored the final three points of the half.

Trask was up 37-30 with one half of basketball left to play.

Ballard scored the Titans first five points of the second half. He was big on

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Tiyaun Ballard lays up two points in last week’s win over Pender. See more photos on Facebook. the boards for Trask. An Orr trey gave the Titans a 19-point lead before a 5-0 Patriot run cut it to 14. The scoreboard read 54-40 Trask with eight minutes to play.

Coach Orr elected to slow the game down in the final quarter of play. It seemed as if the Titans were in the old UNC four corners. The Trask lead ballooned to 20 points at 67-47. The Titans dribbled the last few seconds away and

the home crowd rushed the floor.

Ballard had a huge game. He finished the night with 22 points and 15 rebounds.

Jujuan Carr had 16 points with Mashack (14) and Orr (11) also finishing in double figures. Marshall led Pender with 17 points.

The Titans finished the contest with just 10 turnovers while Pender turned the ball over 17 times.

Trask opened the week with a 64-60 win over Southwest Onslow, earning a sweep of the 2A conference mate.

One day after the Pender win the Titans hosted Croatan in what was the Titans senior night. It was also a significant game in that the Titans would seal their fate as the Coastal 8 Conference champion.

The Titans used a big performance on the boards along with a career high from senior guard Ray Adams to run away from the Cougars 88-48.

This game was never in doubt as the Titans opened up a 15-point lead after one quarter of play. Adams was on fire and gave the Titans a boost on both ends of the floor.

The lead ballooned to 20 points in the second half and the Titans ran away with the win.

Adams led the Titans with 18 points with Carr chipping in 13. B.J. Jordan had 11 points and six rebounds.

The Titans finished the regular season 22-2 overall and 13-1 in Conference play. They earned the top seed in the conference tournament that started on Monday. The Titans played Dixon in the first round. The state playoff brackets will be released over the weekend.

Lady Pirates sweep week, improve playoff possibilities

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Coming into the week, the Topsail girls’ basketball team was not in the projected NCHSAA 3A state playoff bracket according to the website highschoolot. com. Lady Pirates’ Coach Andrew Ellington indicated he felt they had to sweep the last three regular-season games (North Brunswick, twice, and Ashley), and win at least one game in the Mid-Eastern 3A Conference Tournament, taking place

this week. The probable opponent for the Topsail girls would be West Brunswick – a team that has beaten the Lady Pirates twice (70-57 & 57-55).

Last week they took care of the business, dispensing of the Lady Scorpions twice and manhandling Ashley for the second time this season, and they entered the tournament hoping the phrase, “The third time is a charm, holds true.

Thursday night Topsail made sure the Senior Night celebration – where they honored seniors Carmen Pyrtle,

Rachel Kapiko, Karolina Woodward, and Carlynn London – a complete success as the Topsail girls defeated North Brunswick 40-32 behind 15 points and 16 rebounds from Payton Little. The closeness of the final score is deceiving as the Lady Pirates led 29-7 at halftime – holding the Lady Scorpions (7-15, 2-12) scoreless in the second quarter – before a mix of players off the bench were on the floor for substantial minutes as the Lady

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Patriots beat Richlands, trip at Trask

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriot boys basketball team had what many considered its signature win Jan. 22 when they beat the top team in the Coastal 8 and county rival Trask by one point. Freshman Khalil Marshall dropped 40 points on the Titans in that game. When the Patriots traveled to Trask last week the Titans were

Topsail Basketball Association report

By Bob Willard Special to the Post & Voice Jockeying for tournament positions, the senior division of TBA produced some

determined to avenge that loss. Mission accomplished as the Titans flexed their muscles in beating a Pender team that was missing starting guard Latrell Brown 77-53.

With brown in street clothes the Patriots were down one ball handler. That enabled the Titans to concentrate on Marshall. The freshman found the going tough in the first half.

Trask went up 10- before the pats came

good games the past Saturday.

Play for the senior division of TBA started early in the morning with 13 games to play, and in the 8 a.m. game, White & Johnson Dentistry handed Reliant Roofing at 49-30 loss behind the 11-point production from Ethan Pouleris, The Pender Post/Voice outscored Access Glass 41-27 as Jacy Stevens and Anthony Tartaglione each contributed 9 points, while Will Ramsey hit for 15 in a losing cause, and Sport Shots come out on top over the Topsail Driving

storming back. A 19-10 run by Pender set the score at 20-19 Trask after one quarter of play.

Trask relied on its trapping man to man defense in the second period to offset the Patriots quick style of play. The pats were down by 10 late in the second period before a 3-0 run to end the half set the score at 37-30 Trask.

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Academy 52-37 led by Richie Tarter’s hot hand contributing 14 points for Sport Shots.

In the girls 6th-8th grade division, Pierpan Family Dentistry toppled Honeycutt Construction 20-12, and Coastal Realty Association upended Homaik Transport 20-9.

The boys 5th-6th grade division took center stage at 1:00 p.m. Tyler& Roth Executive Search took it to SHIPONSITE 41-16 behind the hot hands of the Willcox twins, Halen with 15 and Ryder close behind with 13 points. Cape Fear Seafood

Company strutted their talents by outlasting the squad representing R J Miller Construction 35-21. Caden Wilson and William Hobson let the way for the Seafood gang.

Cherubini Orthodontics over Otero Family Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry 20-12 with Chase Salling leading the attack tossing in 11 points for Cherubini, and Renovation Church overpowering The Paint Store 17-9.

The 7th-8th grade boys took over in the TMS Gym at 5 p.m., with the first contest going in favor of Coastal Fit-

When the high school wrestling season started Heide, Trask Head Coach Chris Johnson knew he had a very young and inexperienced team. In fact, he thought that this would be a complete rebuilding year with very few wins. I think that the team overachieved and that is a direct result of coaching.

Coach Johnson has been at Trask for a few years and has experienced success in each of those years. He has had numerous regional and state qualifiers and has always made the state team playoffs. However, things were different this year.

The Titans are now in the 2A ranks. They are also in the newly formed Coastal 8 Conference. The Coastal 8 may well be one of the strongest wrestling conferences in the state with Croatan and Dixon in the mix.

The 2A ranks in the east is very strong. Coach Johnson knew this coming into the season.

The Titans did not have a wrestler qualify for the state meet for the first time that I can remember. Johnson admitted that the regional was a rude awakening for him and his team. That being said this young man is not a quitter.

Coach Johnson wants to build a feeder program for Trask and Pender. Topsail has somewhat of a youth program already. There is no youth program in Pender County. For the Titans to become competitive in the Coastal 8 they will need to find a way to start a program that works with young

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people and teaches them the sport and how to prepare to be a winner. This is easier said than done.

The first obstacle is a facility. Trask currently has no wrestling room nor does Pender. The Titans use the cafeteria while Pender uses the stage. There needs to be a facility with the room to house at least two mats if not three or four.

The second obstacle is funding. I believe that if a facility is found the funding will happen. There are enough boosters, former wrestlers and their families that the funding would happen. I am not saying it would be easy, but I believe the funding would be there.

Coaches would not be a problem. Johnson would work with the young guys.

Former state champion and Trask graduate Jervon Faison would also help as would a few others.

Wrestling in our area does not have the following that it has in other states.

However, there is enough interest to make this happen.

I hope it happens soon. Our high school programs need it.

Post & Voice Top Performers

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Last week was full of action with wrestling, track and field and both boys and girls basketball happening.

The area high school wrestlers participated in the regionals. Noah Lavalle won the 182-pound regional title in the 3A east regional at West Brunswick.

Pender’s Andrew Ocampo took third at 106 in the 1A ranks while Topsails Nathan Bray and Nathan Martinez also qualified for the states.

Alex Kraft finished fourth in the triple jump at the state 1A-2A indoor track meet.

The Pender girls 4x200 team finished fourth and was the top 1A team. Topsail’s Adam Hart finished second at the 3A meet in the shot put.

The Trask girls picked up a big win over Pender. Anisa Lewis had 17 points and 10 boards while Angel Boykin had 15 points. Senior Cece Grizzle had her best game of the year, scoring 12 points.

Kam Thompson scored 21 points for Pender in the loss.

The Topsail boys finished the regular season last week.

Caleb Bloodworth ended his Pirate home-court career with 23 points and Brandon Lofton added 14 points and 15 rebounds in the win over North Brunswick. ness Center 36, over Patriot Tree 31. Jayden Merrit led the fitness squad by tickling the twines for 11 counters.

In a good old fashion shootout, Prism Painting eked out a last shot victory over Jenkins Vinyl Siding & Windows 39-37. Heyden Naylor led the point production for Prism tossing up 20 points, while Ethan Humphries tallied 18 for Jenkins Vinyl in a losing cause.

This game was followed up with another nail biter as Builders First Choice squeaked by Palmetto Brick

The Topsail girls had a good week. The Lady Pirates defeated North Brunswick 40-32 behind 15 points and 16 rebounds from Payton Little. The Pirates beat Ashley behind the play of Freshman Sydney Hartgrove. She scored nine points, had five rebounds, a block, and a steal.

Sullivan had seven points and eight rebounds and Carmen Pyrtle scored seven points.

The Pender boys bounced back from the loss to Trask with a win over Richlands.

Malcolm Mclean had a great day, scoring 20 points and ripping down 12 boards.

The Trask boys finished the regular season with a 22-2 record and a conference crown. Ray Adams had a career game in the win over Croatan. He led the Titans with 18 points with Jujuan Carr chipping in 13. B.J. Jordan had 11 points and six rebounds.

In the Titans win over Pender Carr had 16 points with Jaylin Mashack (14) and Watson Orr (11) also finishing in double figures.

This week’s top performer is Trask senior Tiyaun ‘Taz’ Ballard. Taz had a monster game against Pender. He scored 22 points and cleaned the glass to the tune of 15 rebounds. He also had three blocks.

47-43, led by Carlos Vazquez and his 20 point output. Jackson Moore had 14 for the Brick guys.

In the day’s finale for the TBA senior division, 4K Investments continued their winning ways by outscoring VRBO#967800 55-35. Daniel Major served up 17 points for VRBO in a losing cause, while Cannon Keziah led the winners scoring parade with 21 tallies.

In the Junior division of TBA, the 1st-2nd grade co-eds

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

On the Mat

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Topsail sophomore Noah LaValle became a NCHSAA 3A East Regional gold medal winner and will be joined by teammates Nathan Bray and Ethan Rivenbark as Pirate representatives in the NCHSAA 3A State Championships this Friday and Saturday (Feb. 16-17) at the Greensboro Coliseum.

LaValle (182 pounds) start-

ed his day with a 24-second pin over East Wake’s Kaleb Brown, followed that up with a 37-second win by fall over West Brunswick’s Sae’vyon McCrae, and advanced to the finals with a 19-1 technical fall win over Havelock’s Lenny Rosario.

In the championship bout, LaValle won a hard-fought 11-9 overtime decision over North Brunswick’s Bryan Aragao, improving to 34-3 on the year.

Bray (113) opened with a 1:06 pin over Northern Nash’s Beau Dorsey then a recorded a 17-2 technical fall over Southern Wayne’s Lester Velasquez. In the semifinals, Bray fell 11-8 to C. B. Aycock’s eventual champion Devin Maldonado.

Bray entered the consolation round where he pinned Cleveland’s Tyler Freddy before capturing the bronze medal with a 9-6 win by decision over West Carteret’s

Sam Johnson – running his record to 39-2.

Rivenbark (120) decked Havelock’s Beau Dorsey in 4:54 to open his day before getting pinned by North Brunswick’s eventual champion Hunter Campbell.

Rivenbark (31-10) then earned a 16-0 technical fall win over Clayton’s Caleb Cash, pinned East Wake’s Conan Dharma in 3:00, and won 4-0 over Northside’s Kyle Langer before falling in

the third-place bout where he was pinned in 3:00 by Rocky Mount’s Rashaun Lawrence.

The top four in each weight class advanced.

Andrew Ocampo took third place for the Pender grapplers. He lost in the semi-finals but came back to win the third-place match in grand fashion, taking a 16-0 tech fall. He wrestles at 106 pounds.

Trask’s Rogan Heath finished the regional with a 2-2

From Staff Sports Reports The winter season came to a close for the Topsail swimming team and indoor track and field teams this past week and, while no gold medals were won at either venue, both teams appear set for future trips to their respective NCHSAA 3A state championship meets.

Swimming: The Lady Pirates finished 27th (18.5 points) out of 40 teams at the NCHSAA 3A State Championships last Thursday at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary.

Sophomore Madison Hoover was the big scorer for Topsail, accounting for 6-1/2 points individually and adding four points via relay events. Hoover was 15th (1:58.34) in the 200-yard freestyle for two points, and fin-

ished tied for 12th (5:17.65) with Northern Guilford’s Kyndall Beane in the 400-yard freestyle in accounting for 4-1/2 points.

Hoover teamed up with sophomore Tihani Contreras, junior Delaney Popella, and senior Drew Marshall to finish 15th (1:57.75) for an additional four points. Marshall was 16th (1:03.27) in the 100-yard backstroke (one point). Popella was 12th (1:58.34) in the 100-yard freestyle (five points) and 15th (1:09.77) in the 100-yard backstroke (two points).

Contreras finished 23rd (1:09.26) in the 100-yard backstroke and joined forces with Popella, senior Kersten Parrella, and freshman Addison Dostie to finish 19th (1:52.25) in the 200-yard freestyle relay, nei-

ther finish figuring in the team scoring.

The Topsail boys did not score however freshman Chase Davis was 23rd (2:04.56) in the 200-yard freestyle. Senior Kennard MacVaugh finished 19th (1:07.90) in the 100-yard backstroke, and the foursome of senior James Mongeau, junior Devoin Schmitz, senior Kevin Zhang, and MacVaugh were 21st (1:42.20) in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The quartet of Davis, Mongeau, MacVaugh, and Zhang came in 22nd (3:46.20) in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

Track & Field: Only five Topsail boys and one very young Lady Pirate qualified for the state meet, and one – senior Adam Hart – brought home a

medal. Hart received a silver medal by finishing second in the shot put with a toss of 50-33/4 behind gold-medal winner Joshua Fais1on of SmithfieldSelma, first with a put of 50-9.

Hart accounted for Topsail’s only points – boys or girls – as his eight points put the Pirates boys in 25th place.

The boys relay team of juniors Bryce Dillon and Eddie Rooke, and seniors Eddie Wofford and Kevin Zhang – fresh off participating in two relay events for the Topsail swim team Thursday – came in 23rd (12:25.97) in the 4x800-meter relay.

Freshman standout Isabella Bufalini was the only Lady Pirate and she represented her school well by finishing 10th

(5:31.46) out of 26 runners in the 1,600-meter run, and 23rd (12:25.97) out of 29 runners in the 3,200-meter run.

The Pender 4x200 relay team finished seventh in the 1A/2A state meet. They ran a 1:55.16 which was the fastest of all of the 1A entries.

The 4x400 relay team finished ninth with the second fastest time among all 1A entries.

Trask’s Alex Kraft finished fourth in the triple jump to pace the Titans.

Spring Sports: The start of spring sports practice started on Wednesday February 14th.

Any athlete participating in winter sports will not be able to practice or try out with a spring sport until their respective sport is through.

Post & Voice Sports Roundup

Lady Titans finish strong, beat Pender 59-35

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Trask Lady Titans welcomed the Pender Lady patriots into their gym in Titan Town last Thursday. Well, welcome may be a stretch as the home team Titans were not very hospitable hosts. The upstart Lady Titans beat the Patriots 59-35 in what could be described as an huge upset.

The Lady Patriots had beaten the Titans 61-45 on January 22 in a game that was not as close as the score would indicate. This time the Patriots were shorthanded with standout senior Ratavia Merritt coing off of the flu.

The Lady Titans played perhapos their best first half of

the season in front of a huge and boisterous crowd. Trask led 12-6 after the first quarter and used a 20-12 advantage in the second period to take a 3218 lead into the break.

Trask has had several games in which they led going into the final minutes this year only to fail to finish. This time the Lady Titans finished with a bang.

Pender outscored Trask 10-8 in the third frame. The Titans were up by 40-28 going into the final eight minutes.

Trask senior Cece Grizzle made her presence known in the fourth quarter and her Titan teammates played well.

The lead reached 24 points and the margin of victory was as such.

Freshman Anisa Lewis led the Titans with 17 points and 10 rebounds while Angel Boykin chipped in 15 points.

Grizzle scored 12 points for the Titans.

Earlier in the week the Lady titans fell to Southwest Onslow41-39. Trask led 19-17 at the break and was up 25-21 going into the fourth period. A 20-14 Lady Stallion run in the fourth period gave the home team the win.

Lewis led Trask with 14 points with Boyknin chipping in 13. Croatan came into Trask on Friday night. The Lady Cougars may have been looking for the Titans of early in the year. What they found was a vastly improved squad.

The Titans jumped on the

Pirates end tough regular season on high note

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer People will look at the Topsail boys’ basketball teams rather rough 5-19 overall regular-season record, along with their 2-12 mark in the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference, and see a season of multiple losses and make the assumption it was simply a group of young men who could not compete against the larger, faster, and more athletic teams in the conference, along with out-of-conference losses to teams like Trask, Jacksonville, and White Oak. But this group of Pirates did compete, losing seven games by less than 10 points

Murphy brings the cheer for the Titans

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When the Heide Trask Titan basketball takes to the court there are a group of young ladies that make it their business to ensure that the crowd is as excited as they are. One of those cheerleaders is senior Autumn Murphy.

Miss Murphy enjoys the camaraderie that comes with being a high school cheerleader.

One of her biggest attributes is her big smile and friendly personality.

Autumn has cheered for nine years and has been involved with cheering in all four years of high school.

She turned to cheer when she found that she was not interested in any other sport.

“I was not very good at the other sports, so I decided to cheer.”

Autumn will graduate from Heide Trask this spring.

She will look back fondly on her time at the school and as a cheerleader. She is a cheer stick for the Titans.

record and ended the season with a 29-19 record. Carlos Ruiz Lopez also had a 2-2 record in the 2A east regional.

He ended the season with a 27-11 record.

and 10 by less than 20 among those defeats, and last Thursday in their final regularseason game of the year and on Senior Night – where they Brandon Lofton, Caleb Bloodworth, Jacob Floyd, Jarris Long, and Greg Unger – they showed just how much determination and pride they had.

Bloodworth ended his Pirate home-court career with 23 points, Lofton added 14 points and 15 rebounds, and Floyd and Jarris Long each added six points to lead Topsail to a 65-61 win over North Brunswick.

The contest was close throughout. The two teams were deadlocked at 13-13 after one period before Topsail

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Cougars early but could not hold on in falling 46-40.

Trask led 12-4 after the first quarter and was up by a point at the break. A 19-13 third period by croatan gave them the lead. The lady Titans bounced back in the final eight minutes and was outscored by one point in taking the loss.

Trask (7-16/4-10) played east Carteret in the first round of the conference tournament on Tuesday.

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Conference tournament: All three high schools will participate in their respective conference tournaments this week. The Trask boys are the top seed in the Coastal 8 while Pender is seeded third.

The Pender girls are the number four seed while the Trask Lady Titans are the number six seed.

The state playoff brackets should be released over the weekend. Trask should get a number one seed and a home game while the Pender boys should get in as the second 1A team out of the Coastal 8.

The Topsail boys will not be invited to the state playoffs while the girls still have a chance. The Pender girls will have a chance.

Lady Patriots fall at Trask, beat SW Onslow

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender lady Patriots have a strong core of upperclassmen that they depend on to bring their best game to the table each and every game. Last week one of those seniors in point guard Ratavia Merritt was out with the flu and the Patriots paid with two losses including an upset loss at Trask.

Pender started the week off at Southwest Onslow. With Merritt under the weather the Lady Stallions were intent on taking advantage of the Patriots.

Southwest went up 11-3 after one quarter of play and was up 26-11 at the half.

The pats were again sluggish in the third frame before a 25-8 final quarter gave the Pats a 4540 win.

Taylor Marshall led Pender with 16 points while Tyanna Holmes scored 15.

The nest night second place

Croatan came to town. The Lady Cougars used a 13-2 second quarter to gup by nine at the break.

Pender was outscored 34-19 in the second half in falling 57-33.

Kam Thompson led Pender with 10 points.

The third game of the week was at Trask Merritt was back but not at full strength. She played sparingly, and the Titans took advantage with a trapping defense that shut the Pats down.

Trask was up 32-18 at the half and outscored the visiting Lady Patriots 27-17 in the second half to take the win. Thompson led all scorers with 21 points.

The final game of the week pitted the Pats against the top team in the conference in the Richlands lady Wildcats. Pender fell to the Lady Wildcats 60-30.

The Lady Patriots finished the regular season with a 10-13 record including a 7-7 conference mark. They played Dixon on Monday in the conference tournament.

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February 10th and 24th at the Pender County Agriculture Building 801 S. Walker St. Burgaw, NC 28425 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Online sign-ups are open now thru February 28, 2018.

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Emmertz an important player for the Pirates

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer In the game of baseball there are players that make their marks on a daily basis.

The pitcher is often times considered to be the most important part of a winning equation. However, behind every good pitching staff there is a great catcher. For the Topsail Pirates that catcher is senior Colby Emmertz.

Mr. Emmertz is charged with handling the pitching staff. A good backstop is also charged with making sure the fielders are in the right place and knows what the count is along with how many outs there is. Mr. Emmertz does it all.

Colby led the Pirates last year with a .348 batting average and also had a team high 36 runs batted in. He was also outstanding behind the plate.

The Pirates will enter this season as a favorite to earn another playoff bid. Colby Emmertz is an important piece for the Pirates.

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Wells will be tough in the Patriot’s circle

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Last year the Pender Patriot varsity softball team made strides. They got better as the season progressed and by the end of the year was a team to be reckoned with.

The team had several young players that made the cut.

Among those was right-handed pitcher Samantha Wells.

Miss Wells played well in the field. She spent time in the circle where she was the winning pitcher twice for the Pats.

She also had a good bat, hitting at over .400 for the year.

This year the Lady Patriots will be under the direction of veteran Coach Corrina Reece.

Miss Wells should thrive under the tutelage of the former college player.

Samantha Wells showed great improvement last year.

Coach Reece will look for even more improvement from her in her sophomore year.

Samantha Wells looks to improve in the circle for the Pender Patriots.

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Obituaries

Alma Elizabeth Kimbro Pettigrew BURGAW -- Alma Elizabeth Kimbro Pettigrew, 89, formerly of Reidsville, passed away peacefully Feb. 8 2018 at Ashe Gardens Memory Care in Burgaw, where she had lived for the past five years.

She was born to Jim and Lucy Manley Kimbro in the Williamsburg Community of Rockingham County, and lived on a tobacco farm with her five sisters. She was active in school at Reidsville Senior High School, a cheerleader for the Golden Lions with her twin sister Ann, and graduated in 1946.

She married Paul J. Pettigrew in 1948 and lived in Reidsville until her medical condition forced her move to Ashe Gardens in Burgaw.

Alma was a bookkeeper with the Reidsville City Schools for many years, later keeping books for Daniel’s grocery stores. Many may remember the years she worked with her sons at Foster’s Grill in Reidsville, greeting customers every day, baking delicious pies and other homemade items.

Mrs. Pettigrew was preceded in death by her husband Paul J. Pettigrew, and sisters: Beulah Allen, Ellen Talley, Irene Williams, and Mildred Sutton.

She is survived by two sons, Paul K “Kim” Pettigrew and wife Janice of Pelham, and

James A. “Andy” Pettigrew and wife Katie of Rocky Point; three grandchildren, Libby Marshal and husband Eric, Andy Pettigrew Jr. and wife Darcie, and Robin Pettigrew and special friend Casper; one step-grandchild Autumn Cromartie; four great-grandchildren, Kaylee, Lillian, Andy III, and Vivian. She is also survived by her twin sister Ann K. Foster, along with several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m.. Suinday Feb. 11, 2018 in Citty Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Greenview Cemetery in Reidsville.

Condolences may be left at www.cittyfh.com, and www. quinnmcgowen.com.

Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home assisted in Burgaw while Citty Funeral Home handled ar rangements in Reidsville.

John Anthony Comentale BURGAW -- John Anthony Comentale age 65 of Burgaw, passed away Feb. 5, 2018 at home.

He was born Dec. 14, 1952 in Charleston S.C., son of the late Anthony and Carolyn Comentale and Dorothy Dickerson.

He was also predeceased by a brother, Joseph Comentale and a sister, Terri Malpass.

He is survived by a sister Anna Holland and husband Rob of Cary; a brother Jake

Malpass of Burgaw; nieces and nephew, Elizabeth, Anthony and Andreja; and special friends, Ross Harrell, Marshall Nunalee and Sheri Comentale.

John was owner and manager of Wholesale Auto and a lifelong resident of Burgaw.

He enjoyed Corvettes and owned many over the years.

John enjoyed sports and loved hanging out with friends and family.

No services are planned at this time.

Memorial contributions can be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Shared memories and condolences can be sent to the family at www.harrellsfh. com. The family was served

by Harrell’s Funeral Home and Cremation Service.

Charles Edward Barnhill PARKTON -- Charles Edward Barnhill, 87, of Parkton for merly of Pender County passed from his earthly life Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 at N.C. Veterans Home in Fayetteville.

He was born June 14, 1930 in Pender County, the son of the late Jerald R. Barnhill and Violet Caison Barnhill. Also remembered is his grandson, Devon Dunn; and sisters, Myrtle Hale and Iris Cain.

Charles leaves to cherish his memory his daughters, Deborah Dunn and Linda Kay Robb (Chuck); granddaughter, Daisey Jean Pittman (Chad); great grandsons, Marcelo Pittman and Philep Pittman; brother, Alvin Barnhill; mother of their children, Ivey “Skeeter” Barnhill; and

several nephews and nieces including Michael Cain and Cindy Hester.

The family will receive friends at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Burgaw Chapel with service beginning at 11 a.m. Pastor Wanda Bayles will conduct the service.

Burial will follow in Woodcock Cemetery with full military honors accorded by the U.S. Army Honor Guard.

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.

Ricky LeVon Edge WHITEVILLE -- Rick y LeVon Edge age 50, formerly of the Dark Branch Community, Winnabow, died Feb. 3, 2018 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Whiteville.

The family is served by Nixon Lewis Funeral Home, Burgaw. Visit Nixon Lewis at nixonlewisfuneralhome.com.

Roger Allen Meek BURGAW -- Roger Allen Meek age 75 of Burgaw, passed away Thursday Feb. 8, 2018 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

He was born July 2, 1942 in

Staunton Va., son of the late Marshall and Thelma Black Meek.

He is survived by his wife Anne Marie Pellegrino Meek; two sons, Christopher Patrick Meek and wife Patricia of Wilmington, and Stephen Thomas Meek and wife Julie of Tenn.; two granddaughters, Riley Nicole Meek, and Christina Rose Meek; a brother, Roy Meek and wife Bonnie of Calif.; two sisters, Linda Tullos and husband Kenneth of Fla., and Barbara Whitt and husband James of N.J.; and many nieces and nephews.

Roger was a lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus. He was a general contractor in New Hanover County.

Roger was a member and on the Board of Directors of the Hanover Kennel Club and a member of the American Eskimo Dog Club of America.

Roger served honorably in the United States Navy.

A memorial Mass was held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday Feb. 13, 2018 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church. Reverend Father Roger Molanda Nyimi will officiate.

Herbert John Erne Jr. CURRIE -- Herbert John Erne, Jr., 74, of Currie passed from his earthly life Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018.

He was born June 2, 1943 in Philadelphia, the son of the late Herbert John Erne, Sr. and Alva Moriesi Erne.

Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Mary B. Erne; children, Herbert J. Erne III (Terri), Nicole E. Knotts, and

Christopher Lee Erne; and grandchildren, John Erne, Violet Knotts, Megan Erne, Ethan Erne and Lesley Knotts.

Herbert served his country honorably in the US Air Force and was retired from General Electric Company, aircraft division in Castle Hayne.

Herbert, af fectionately known to family and friend as “Bad Dog”, was a man of many facets and interests. He was an ordained minister, avid motorcyclist, and had a fabulous train collection and display.

Most important in his life was family that he dearly loved. His personality was sparking, his smile brightened our world, and his laughter contagious.

His sudden passing leaves an empty place in our hearts, but we have many cherished and happy memories.

To celebrate his life and remember the good times a gathering of family and friends will be held at his home at a later date.

In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be given to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

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

Networking secrets at Women Connect meeting Feb. 20 The WomenConnect groups of the Greater Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce and the Cape Fear Community College Small Business Center will feature Dr. Barnsley Brown, a nationally recognized speaker and motivator on Feb. 20, 11:30 – 1 p.m. at the Hampstead Women’s Club, 14435 US Hwy 17.

Double Your Contacts, Double Your Income: Networking Secrets of the Pros, is the topic of Dr. Barnsley’s motivational session.

“What are the secrets of effective, enjoyable networking? How can you attract everything you need in business and life? Learn how the GAB principal and relationship

building strategies can market you and your business more powerfully than any job search or advertising campaign you could launch,” said Barnsley.

“Become a smart socializer and leverage your contacts with prospects, clients, colleagues, and co-workers to create the success you desire, in every area of your life – right now!”

Tickets to the WomenConnect event are $15 and include a hot catered lunch. Tickets are available by calling the Greater Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce.

“As a professional speaker, coach, author, and President of Spirited Solutions, Dr. Barns-

ley helps busy professionals, business owners, and women have more time, energy, and money right now,” said Tammie Parris of Cape Fear Community College.

“This is a wonderful partnership between the Topsail Chamber, the Small Business Center of CFCC, the Hampstead Women’s Club, and the Pender Tourism to strengthen our local businesses,” said Kay Phelps, Greater Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce administrator. “This is open to all businesses and governmental agencies.”

For more information or to purchase tickets, call Kay Phelps at 910-329-4446.

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist I headed out to the duck blind early. It was about 6am, another 45 minutes before shooting time. I spotted some a commotion deeper in the swamp. I adjusted my LED Lenser headlamp from wide angle light to a spotlight. I saw a bunched up brushy area ahead. It was likely a beaver hut. I scanned the water and could see ripples, but I could not find the source.

Shooting light came and after a 20-minute span of high flying wood ducks and ringnecks I knew the hunt was likely over except for just a few stragglers and maybe some Canadian geese.

Down near the beaver hut I saw some more ripples. I figured it could be a grebe, merganser, or maybe a woodie swimming from deeper in the swamp.

Nope. Dead wrong. I caught the furry head. Trailing was a motion filled ‘S’. Not a beaver.

But it was huge.

Nutria usually make their homes in holes they build on the shoreline. Often, their digging will tear and expose roots.

This one had not made a home of the beaver den; rather it seemed curious as to whether it was occupied.

Nutria are as rat-like as it gets. Their long tail is round and slender like a rat, rather than the waffle shape of a beaver. Their head has rat features other than being much larger and having a blunt nose.

Also, unlike a beaver, its fur is of different lengths and appears unkempt.

They were introduced to North America, relocated from South America, due to the fur trade industry. They were valued for both their meat and their hides. Once the value of the fur increased to a premium, at one time as valuable as mink, farmers found a way to raise them.

They were easy to keep, had large litters, and females could breed the day after giving birth. Due to the farming

of the nutria, the fur become over abundant and the value plummeted. A hurricane hit the Southeast and many of the farmed nutria escaped.

Like many invasive species, they began to take over their habitats.

Nutria feed only on the bottom of saplings and plants, leaving over 80 percent of the plant useless. They choked out the muskrat, as they shared habitats and dens. And with the beaver falling to near extinction, the nutria’s breeding habits, able to give birth nearly three times in a calendar year, the nutria overwhelmed many areas.

If you know where to look, you can find nutria in nearly any southern state, and they range as far north as Ohio.

They can expand further north if there are subsequent mild winters. The only barrier is they tend to get frostbite on their tails, causing infection and death.

Currently, Califor nia is experiencing issues with the alien creature, and the California wildlife officials are not supportive of becoming a sanctuary state for the invasive rodents. In fact, they want to eradicate them from the state completely just as they did when the last one was killed in 1978. Yet, 40 years later, the giant rat has made a return.

As mentioned prior, I took note of where I saw the nutria and the time. The next time I would be in the water, the bow would be in hand rather than the shotgun.

A couple of days later, the nutria had a head start on me.

As I was headed to where the blind was, I saw him already swimming well ahead as the water and air was clear. I positioned myself near the blind and could see it still swimming amongst the trees in the swamp.

It only took 15 minutes for it to become curious enough to see what I was. Once it was in range, about 20 yards, I released the arrow towards its mark. No thrashing, no circling, no fighting. Just a roll over and the arrow was sticking nearly straight up.

Once there, I had to look to see if it was a beaver and not a nutria. It was as huge up close as it looked the other day. I pulled it into the boat and headed to shore. This was by far the largest I have taken.

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Town of Burgaw Government News February 15, 2018

The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Burgaw has authorized the sale by auction on the GovDeals website of the following property: One (1) 1993 Ford F600 VIN# 1FDMF60JPVA24719 Odometer: 28,209 Two (2) Mosquito Sprayers One (1) 1998 Ford F700 VIN# 1FDNF80C9WVA29842 Odometer: 94,562 One (1) 1996 Chevy S10 VIN# 1GCCS14X6TK122794 Odometer: 91,836 One (1) Huber Technology Bar Screen The Town will accept bids for the property, via the website, until 3:00 PM, Monday, February 26, 2018.

Please visit www.govdeals.com to view property details and submit bids. The Town of Burgaw reserves the right to withdraw the property from sale at any time and the right to reject all bids.

Inspection of the property can be made at the Town garage, Monday through Friday, 9am-3pm, located at 213 S. McRae St., Burgaw, NC. CALENDAR March 13

Bill Howard holds up a nutria taken with the bow.

Pender County

CALL TO ORDER

2.

INVOCATION

3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

5.

PUBLIC INFORMATION 5.1.

Update on Holly Shelter Shooting Range.

5.2.

Update on PenderLand Greenway Project.

6.

PUBLIC COMMENT

7.

CONSENT AGENDA

8.

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Town of Surf City Government News February 15, 2018

7.1.

Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting: February 5, 2018.

7.2.

Approval of Purchase Order to Motorola for annual Portable and Mobile Radio lease payment of $22,204.64.

7.3.

Approval to Advertise the 2017 Tax Liens on Real Property.

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 ________________________________________________________

APPROVALS AND RESOLUTIONS 8.1.

Approval of a Grant Agreement and Funding Approval for CDBG DR 17-R-3020.

8.2.

Approval of a Proposal from Patriot Tree Service for Tree Removal at the Pender County Courthouse.

8.3.

Approval of a Proposal from Akers Tree Movers for Spading 6 Trees onto the Courthouse Square.

8.4.

Discussion and Possible Approval of an Extension of the Solid Waste Contract with Waste Industries for a Period of Five Years.

8.5.

Approval of Budget Amendment and Donation of $2,000 to the 2018 Veteran Benefit Action Center (VBAC) and Stand Down Event.

APPOINTMENTS 9.1.

10.

Approval of Appointment to the Pender County Board of Adjustment.

ROCKY POINT WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT 10.1. Resolution by the Board of Directors of the Rocky Point/Topsail Water and Sewer District Accepting the Deed of Dedication for the Conveyance of Title to Water Distribution System(s) Properly Installed.

11.

PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH 11.1. Approval of an Amendment to the FY 2017-2018 Budget Ordinance for the Health and Planning Department: $300,000.

11.2. Approval to Write-Off Bad Debt for the Health Department for Fiscal Year 2016-2017: $24,277.37.

12.

ITEMS FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNTY MANAGER, FINANCE DIRECTOR, & COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

13.

CLOSED SESSION (IF APPLICABLE).

14.

7PM PUBLIC HEARINGS: SPECIAL USE PERMITS/ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS/ RESOLUTIONS 14.1. Resolution Requesting Approval of a Special Use Permit (SUP) for the Operation of a Cottage Occupation to Allow for the Use of a Beauty Salon.

15.

4:00PM

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Agenda Board of County Commissioners Meeting Tuesday, February 20, 2018 @ 4:00 PM Hampstead Annex Auditorium 15060 US Highway 17 N, Hampstead, NC

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ADJOURNMENT

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The Surf City Town Council will hold a Work Session on Monday, February 19th at 9am, at the Surf City Welcome Center at 102 N. Shore Drive.

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PENDER COUNTY GOVERNMENT NEWS

2/15/2018

WANTED! A FEW GOOD MEN & WOMEN! VOLUNTEER! The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments to the following Boards/Commissions/Committees: # of Name of Board Vacancies Positions/Categories Advisory Board of Health 3 Dentist***, Engineer***, Optometrist*** Animal Shelter Advisory Committee 1 Veterinarian Board of Adjustment 5 Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4, Alternate Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth.

7 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Library Board 1 District 1 Nursing/Adult Care Committee 3 Public Citizen Pender Memorial Hospital Board 2 District 1, District 2 (BOTH Unexpired Terms) Southeastern Economic Development Commission 1 Citizen Representative Tourism Development Authority 1 Collector District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 4 = Union; Penderlea; Grady; District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek District 5 = Burgaw; Holly *** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently licensed. Applications can be completed on-line at www.pendercountync.gov or write or call Melissa Long, Clerk to the Board, PO Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and complete an application.

Waiting Lists for Income-based Apartments are open to new applications The Pender County Housing Department is currently accepting applications for the Waiting List for our Project-based rental assistance programs including Country Court Apartments at 10260 Highway 421, Currie, North Carolina and Seven Oaks Apartments in Burgaw, North Carolina. Eligible families will pay a portion of rent based on their household’s income. Applications are available online at www.pendercountync.gov/hse. Complete applications may be submitted in person to our office at 805 South Walker Street, Burgaw, NC between 9 am and 4 pm on any business day.

Applications may also be mailed to P O Box 1149, Burgaw, NC 28425. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. See our website or call (910) 259.1208 or TDD 1(800)735-2962 for more information.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS FOLLOWS: DATE OF HEARINGS: TIME OF HEARINGS:

February 20, 2018 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION OF HEARINGS: THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE AUDITORIUM AT THE HAMPSTEAD ANNEX, 15060 US HIGHWAY 17 NORTH, HAMPSTEAD, N.C. 28443 Special Use Permit Mardisa Eakins Carr, applicant and owner, is requesting approval of a Special Use Permit for the operation of a Cottage Occupation to allow for the use of a beauty salon (NAICS 812112). The subject property is zoned RA, Rural Agricultural zoning district and according to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance §5.2.3 Table of Permitted Uses; cottage occupations are permitted via Special Use Permit in the RA, Rural Agricultural zoning district, and Personal Care Services (NAICS 8121) are also permitted uses in the RA, Rural Agricultural zoning district. The subject property is located across from the intersection of US HWY 421 and Eakins Drive and approximately 2,130 feet to the north of the intersection of US HWY 421 and Point Caswell Road (SR 1128) in the Columbia Township. There is one (1) tract associated with this request totaling approximately ± 1.0 acre and may be further identified by Pender County PIN: 2370-05-0326-0000.

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

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Poplar Grove Plantation was recently awarded a horticultural grant by the Pender County Master Gardeners VolOnSite Ag Services in Onley, VA is accepting referrals through unteer Association (PCMGVA).

The grant for $965 was awardthe State Workforce Agencies for 30 farmworkers. The job ined to provide seashell pathcludes duties associated with the harvesting of tomatoes. This ways in two garden areas. work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and These include an herb garden lifting up to 100 pounds for long periods of time outdoors in all and an ornamental Civil War weather conditions. This is a temporary position from 2/24/18 era garden, which are both to 6/29/18. Three-fourths of an avg. of 40/hrs/wk guaranteed. presently underway. The seaWork tools, supplies and equipment provided at no cost. Housing shell paths are designed to be a will be provided without cost to workers who cannot reasonably true representation of garden return to their permanent residence at the end of the workday. pathways at the historic site during the 1800s.

If applicable, expenses for subsistence & transportation to the PCMGVA President Gary worksite will be provided. Employment eligibility checked on Mintier said that the project all applicants. Wage rate $11.46/hr and/or piece rate. Apply for represents the partnership this job at your nearest State Workforce Agency or the 359 S. that has developed between Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870 job order #1264296. the two organizations. The herb garden is already being maintained by the PCEMGVA with donated plants from Shelton Herb Farm. The Civil War garden is being developed and will be maintained by the masHi! They call me Tinsel. ter gardener volunteers. The That sounds more like a Christmas name but I can grant was awarded to Poplar still be your Valentine! I am a Lab mix who is almost Grove Plantation’s Executive 2. I was brought to a kill shelter as a very pregnant Director Caroline Lewis. It stray. I had my 12 babies on Nov 19th. The humans was requested and sponsored from the Humane Society came and got us all so we

by PCEMGVA member Mary could be warm and safe. All my babies have found Blinkoff. homes so now I‛m ready for mine. I am a little Poplar Grove Foundation, afraid of strangers until I know they won‛t hurt me.

Inc. was for med as a nonI know some commands and walk on a leash. profit in 1979 when it opened Will you be my Valentine? the manor house and grounds to the public. At the time, the basement of the house includFind an adoption form at ed a tea room for light lunches, www.penderhumane.org and by the late 1980s was a or call us at 910-259-7022 fully operating restaurant on and Please LIKE us two of the three floors of the at Facebook.com/ house. The manor house went PenderCountyHumaneSociety through a period of restoration in the early nineties. In 2009, the Board of Directors created an easement with the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust to ensure that no future development would take place upon the thirteen plus acres for the next 100 years.

Today, Poplar Grove’s mission is to promote the spirit of the lower Cape Fear region through the principles of conservation, education, and preservation. Projects such as the two garden areas and their 4.

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Legal Notices Legal Notices COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-527 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

RAYMOND EARL JONES, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. RAYMOND EARL JONES, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-527, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEGINNING at a nail in cap in the paved centerline of Secondary Road No. 1216, said nail in cap being located along said road centerline at appoint that is the following courses and distances from the point of intersection of the paved centerline of US hwy 421 with the paved centerline of Secondary Road No 1216; South 84 degrees 05 minutes 08 seconds East 4,903.65 feet, South 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds East 200.00 feet to the Beginning; and running thence, from the Beginning, so located, 1. North 25 degrees 41 minutes 34 seconds East 615.82 feet to an iron pipr inline; thence, 2. South 83 degrees 54 minutes 26 East 421.24 feet to an old iron pipe inline; thence, 3. South 24 degrees 16 minutes 55 seconds West 211.08 feet to an old iron pipe inline; thence,

old railroad spike in the paved centerline of Secondary Road No 1216; thence, 5.

With said road centerline North 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds West 514.17 feet to the Beginning, Containing 5.72 acres, more or less, after the exclusion of the portion of Secondary Road No. 1216 (60 foot wide right of way) contained within the above described boundaries and is as surveyed by Thompson Surveying Co. P.A., Burgaw, North Carolina in July 1990 and being that real property described in Book 757 at page 918 of the Pender County Registry.

Less and excepting all that property more particularly described in Deed Book 1150 at Page 291, Deed Book 1120 at Page 256,Deed Book 1120 at Page 254, Deed Book 1910 at Page 246 and Deed Book 1136 at Page 162 and all other “out” conveyances recorded in the Pender County Register of Deeds.

(PID: 2279-78-3485-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner Posted: February 2, 2018. #8095 2/15, 2/22/2018

Library Continued from page 2A year ago.”

Current programs at the Hampstead Library include activities for babies and toddlers each Wednesday at 10:15.

These include music, finger plays, rhymes and stories.

Preschoolers are invited to come in Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. as well. Then Tuesday afternoons from 4:15 until 5:00 p.m., the library offers a time for Story Explorers for children ages six to 11. During this time, children can participate in simple STEAM activities.

The programs are free and the library plans to expand them during the summer season.

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It is used as a tool to teach students in an integrated way and to ensure that creativity is encouraged. It is believed to help the next generation learn to think creatively and innovatively while preparing them for any career they may choose in the future.

Also to be held at the Hampstead Library Feb. 20 from 11:00 a.m. until noon, the Pender County Master Gardeners Volunteer Association will hold a speaking event. Topics will include “Leave Your Lilacs Behind” and “Southern Gardening for Transplants.”

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The Pender County Master Gardener Volunteer Association (PCEMGVA) awards grants each year to Pender County organizations for the purpose of promoting good gardening practices, landscaping, land conservation and community education.

Applicants must be charitable, non-profit organizations, libraries, or school programs.

Grant-related projects must take place in Pender County.

In order to be eligible for consideration for a grant, requests must meet certain criteria. The applicant must be a charitable, non-profit organization, library, or school program. The grant-related project must be accessible and within Pender County.

Grants are awarded for new projects, and grant requests cannot be for reimbursement of money already spent or projects already completed.

Along with the application, applicants must submit: a description of the proposed project, a landscape plot plan, a maintenance plan and a plan for sustainability.

The PCMGVA asked for the horticultural grant requests to be submitted by September 30 for projects starting in January. Up to $1,000 is awarded for each grant. For future grant requests, copies of the guidelines can be obtained from the main desk at the Public Library in Burgaw or in Hampstead, or at the Pender County Cooperative Extension Office, located at 801 South Walker St. in Burgaw.

For more information or questions about becoming a Pender County Extension Master Gardener Volunteer, please contact Tim Mathews at tsmathew@ncsu.edu. For those interested in learning more about Poplar Grove or how to volunteer, please visit the website at www.poplargrove. org. If you are interested in volunteering, click the Support tab on the homepage.

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Sarah Carter Koeller, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Sarah Carter Koeller, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 10, 2018 at 350 Knollwood Drive, Hampstead, NC 28443 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 1st day of February, 2018.

Gregory M. Koeller 350 Knollwood Drive Hampstead, NC 28443 #8075 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22/2018 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 Jimmie Edward Jernigan, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Jimmie Edward Jernigan, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 3, 2018 at 395 Annandale Trace, Hampstead, NC 28443or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 25th day of January, 2018.

Jamie Davis Jernigan 395 Annandale Trace Hampstead, NC 28443 #8068 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15/2018 NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: WANDA DEAN PHELPS The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Wanda Dean Phelps deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against this estate to present such claims to the undersigned C/O Terry B. Richardson, Attorney at Law, 209 Princess Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 on or before the 7th day of May, 2018, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of your recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment.

This the 1st day of February, 2018.

John Graziano, Executor Terry B. Richardson Attorney for the Estate 209 Princess Street Wilmington, NC 28401 Telephone No.: (910) 763-7420 Fax No.: (910) 762-4176 #8080 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE COUNTY OF PENDER SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 18 E 46 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Emmett Morris Sniff of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said Emmett Morris Sniff to present them to Burl John Sniff, 2067 Watts Landing Road, Hampstead, NC 28443, Executor by May 9, 2018 or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

This the 2nd day of February, 2018.

R. V. Biberstein, Jr. Attorney for Burl John Sniff, Executor P. O. Box 428 Burgaw, NC 28425 #8081 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2018 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 Wilma U. Duncan, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Wilma U. Duncan, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 17, 2018 at 206 Basinside Way, Alameda, CA 94502 or be barred from recovery.

All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 8th day of February, 2018.

Becky A. Doi 206 Basinside Way Alameda, CA 94502 #8103 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2018 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 William David Morgan, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, William David Morgan, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 24, 2018 at 220 Buckeye Lane, Burgaw, NC 28425 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 15th day of February, 2018.

David William Morgan 220 Buckeye Lane Burgaw, NC 28425 #8109 2/15, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8/2018

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 199 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Lydia North Wright and Robert Benjamin Wright to Donald P. Eggleston, Trustee(s), dated the 14th day of January, 2011, and recorded in Book 3878, Page 0179, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on February 20, 2018 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Pender, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tract One: BEGINNING at an old iron pipe marking the western most corner of Lot 29 of Sidbury Acres in the southeastern right-of-way line of Kings Landing Road, S.R. #1575, 60.00 foot right-of-way, said Lot 29 being shown on the map of Sidbury Acres recorded in Map Book 4 at Page 63 of the Pender County Registry, said beginning point being South 34 degrees 30 minutes 09 seconds East 59.325 feet from an old concrete monument in the northwestern right-of-way line of said road marking the southeastern corner of a 0.39 acre tract of land owned

by Olde Point Development, Inc., the same being shown on the map recorded in Map Book 22 at Page 47 of said registry; running thence, from the point of beginning, South 34 degrees 16 degrees 16 minutes 00 seconds East, with the southwestern line of said Lot 29, 277.00 feet to an old iron pipe in the high water line of Topsail Sound; thence Westwardly, with said high water line, to an iron pipe in the northeastern line of the tract of land conveyed to Henry B. Barnhill by deed recorded in Book 339 at Page 285 of the Pender County Registry, said point being North 60 degrees 37 minutes 44 seconds West 100.60 feet from the preceding point; thence, North 35 degrees 28 minutes 54 seconds West 184.94 feet to an old iron pipe in the southeastern rightof-way line of Kings Landing Road; thence, Northeastwardly, with said right-of-way line and the acr of an irregular curve to the West, to the point of beginning, said point being North 53 degrees 23 minutes 13 seconds East 48.62 feet from the preceding point, containing 0.24 acres, more or less, the same being the tract of land conveyed to Nancy Rowland Fish by deed recorded in Book 1367 at Page 253 of the Pender County Registry.

Tract Two: ALL right, title and interest in those lands lying below the mean high water line of Topsail Sound contained within the boundaries of that property described in those certain deeds recorded in Book 448, Page 112 and Book 1367, Page 253 of the Pender County Registry. Said property being subject to the right of the State of North Carolina in the Public Trust Doctrine.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 1659 Kings Landing Road, Hampstead, North Carolina.

Parcel ID Number: 42024851670000 Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

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

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge

of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1219084 (FC.FAY) #8048 2/8, 2/15/18 17 SP 137 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Kenneth Wayne Woodward and Teena N. Woodward a/k/a Teena Nicole Woodward to Neal G. Helms, Trustee(s), which was dated July 6, 2007 and recorded on July 6, 2007 in Book 3268 at Page 084, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February 20, 2018 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot No. 32 of Wildberry Farms, Section II, as shown on that certain map of the same recorded on May 22, 2000, in Map Book 33 at Page 53, of the Pender County Registry.

Also included herewith is that certain 1999 Horton manufactured home bearing serial number H86210GL/R, which is permanently affixed to the real property described above.

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

Said property is commonly known as 4141 Blueberry Road, Currie, NC 28435.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale.

This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Kenneth Wayne Woodward and wife, Teena N. Woodward.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default

at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 13-10677-FC04 #8078 2/8, 2/15/18

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February 20, 2018 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Located in Burgaw Township, Pender County, North Carolina.

BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the centerlines of Pender County Roads No. 1512 and 1411, and runs thence with the centerline of said County Road No. 1512, sixty feet to a point in said centerline; thence North 2 degrees 30 minutes West 581 feet to a stake; thence with the southern line of Lots 1, 2 and 3 of a subdivision of John and Mary B. Humphrey made by G. B. Williams July 1961, South 73 degrees West 222.75 feet to a stake, the southwestern corner of Lot No. 3 of said subdivision, the point of Beginning; thence with the NORTH CAROLINA western line of said Lot No. 3, North PENDER COUNTY 1 degree 00 minutes West 167 feet to Special Proceedings a stake on the southern bank of the No. 17 SP 253 Northeast Cape Fear River; thence Substitute Trustee: said southern bank of said river to a Philip A. Glass westerly direction to a stake Pearley NOTICE OF Ballard’s corner; thence with Ballard’s FORECLOSURE SALE Date of Sale: February 20, 2018 old marked line south 1 degree East 188 feet to a stake; thence North 73 Time of Sale: 10:30 a.m.

Place of Sale: Pender County degrees East 74.25 feet to a stake, Courthouse the point of Beginning, and being Lot Description of Property: See At- No. 4 of said subdivision as surveyed tached Description by said G. B. Williams on July 1961.

Record Owners: Christopher D. Further reference is made to Deed Hoffman and Jill Bean Book 434, Page 339 and to Deed Address of Property: Book 555, Page 123 of the Pender 296 Captain Beam Boulevard County Registry for a more perfect Hampstead, NC 28443 and accurate description. Further Deed of Trust: being the same as described in Book Book : 1778 Page: 139 613, Page 208, Book 720, Page 276 Dated: October 5, 2001 and Deed Book 2191, Page 156 of Grantors: Jill Bean, An Unmarried the Pender County Registry.

Woman, and Christopher D. Hoffman, Save and except any releases, An Unmarried Man deeds of release or prior conveyOriginal Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., ances of record.

Said property is commonly known solely as nominee for GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc. CON- as 120 Brown Moore Road, Burgaw, DITIONS OF SALE: Should the NC 28425.

A cash deposit (no personal property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax checks) of five percent (5%) of the of Forty-five Cents (45¢) per One purchase price, or Seven Hundred Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of

by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

This sale is made subject to all the sale. Following the expiration of unpaid taxes and superior liens or the statutory upset bid period, all the encumbrances of record and as- remaining amounts are immediately sessments, if any, against the said due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURproperty, and any recorded leases. CHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE This sale is also subject to any ap- TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS plicable county land transfer tax, and FOR THEIR DEED. the successful third party bidder shall Said property to be offered purbe required to make payment for any suant to this Notice of Sale is being such county land transfer tax. offered for sale, transfer and conA cash deposit of 5% of the pur- veyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There chase price will be required at the are no representations of warranty time of the sale. Any successful bidrelating to the title or any physical, der shall be required to tender the full environmental, health or safety condibalance of the purchase price so bid tions existing in, on, at, or relating to in cash or certified check at the time the property being offered for sale. the Substitute Trustee tenders to him This sale is made subject to all prior a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land successful bidder fail to pay the full transfer taxes, special assessments, balance purchase price so bid at easements, rights of way, deeds of that time, he shall remain liable on his release, and any other encumbrances bid as provided for in North Carolina or exceptions of record. To the best General Statutes Section 45-21.30 of the knowledge and belief of the (d) and (e). This sale will be held undersigned, the current owner(s) of open ten (10) days for upset bids as the property is/are Kenneth E. Pierce, Jr. and wife, Laura G. Pierce. required by law.

An Order for possession of the Residential real property with less than 15 rental units, including single- property may be issued pursuant family residential real property: an to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the order for possession of the property purchaser and against the party or may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45- parties in possession by the clerk of 21.29 in favor of the purchaser and superior court of the county in which against the party or parties in pos- the property is sold. Any person session by the clerk of superior court who occupies the property pursuant of the county in which the property is to a rental agreement entered into or sold. Any person who occupies the renewed on or after October 1, 2007, property pursuant to a rental agree- may, after receiving the notice of sale, ment entered into or renewed on or terminate the rental agreement by after October 1, 2007, may, after providing written notice of terminareceiving notice of sale, terminate tion to the landlord, to be effective the rental agreement by providing on a date stated in the notice that is written notice of termination to the at least 10 days, but no more than 90 landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, after the sale date contained in days, but not more than 90 days, after the notice of sale, provided that the the sale date contained in the notice mortgagor has not cured the default of sale, provided that the mortgagor at the time the tenant provides the has not cured the default at the time notice of termination [NCGS § 45the tenant provides the notice of 21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreefor rent due under the rental agree- ment prorated to the effective date ment prorated to the effective date of of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey the termination.

Dated: 01/23/2018 title to this property for any reason, Philip A. Glass, Substitute Trustee the sole remedy of the purchaser is Nodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P. the return of the deposit. Reasons Posted on 01/23/2018 of such inability to convey include, EXHIBIT “A” but are not limited to, the filing of a BEING all of Lot 6-A, containing bankruptcy petition prior to the con1.6450 acres, as shown on map firmation of the sale and reinstatement entitled “Subdivision of Lot 6 Olde of the loan without the knowledge Point Estates” recorded in Map of the trustee. If the validity of the Book 33 and Page 48 of the Pender sale is challenged by any party, the County Registry, reference to which trustee, in their sole discretion, if they said map is hereby made for a more believe the challenge to have merit, particular description. may request the court to declare the #8077 2/8, 2/15/18 sale to be void and return the deposit.

17 SP 247 The purchaser will have no further NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE remedy.

NORTH CAROLINA, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC PENDER COUNTY Substitute Trustee Under and by virtue of a Power of Brock & Scott, PLLC Sale contained in that certain Deed Attorneys for Trustee Services of of Trust executed by Laura G. Pierce Carolina, LLC and Kenneth E. Pierce, Jr. a/k/a Ken 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Pierce, Jr. to BB&T Collateral Service Wilmington, NC 28403 Corporation, Trustee(s), which was PHONE: (910) 392-4988 dated May 5, 2009 and recorded on FAX: (910) 392-8587 May 6, 2009 in Book 3620 at Page File No.: 17-12206-FC01 056, Pender County Registry, North #8082 2/8, 2/15/2018 Carolina.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-893 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff, v.

ALLEN LANSING, owner et. al.

Defendants.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: VENSON LAMB 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 0.74 acres, Parcel ID Number 4303-18-9181-0000 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 March 26, 2018.

This date: February 8, 2018.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Scott G. Sherman N.C. State Bar ID #: 17596 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); scott@shermanandrodgers.com #8085 2/8, 2/15, 2/22/18 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-893 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff, v.

ALLEN LANSING, owner et. al.

Defendants.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ALLEN LANSING 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 0.74 acres, Parcel ID Number 4303-18-9181-0000 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 March 26, 2018.

This date: February 8, 2018.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Scott G. Sherman N.C. State Bar ID #: 17596 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); scott@shermanandrodgers.com #8086 2/8, 2/15, 2/22/18 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE# 18 E 000035 Having qualified as EXECUTOR of the Estate of ROLAND VICTOR GODWIN, deceased, of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby give notice to all persons, firms, or corporations having claims against the said Estate to present them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 15th day of May 2018, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the deceased or said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This, the 7th day of February, 2018 EBE W. GODWIN, JR. Executor of the Estate of ROLAND VICTOR GODWIN PAUL A. NEWTON, ATTORNEY 107 N. 2nd Street, Suite C Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 910-769-2896 #8104 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2018 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 Joseph Council Wallace, deceased, of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Joseph Council Wallace, to present them to the undersigned on or before May 17, 2018 at 10980 Hwy. 117 South, Rocky Point, NC 28457 or be barred from recovery. All persons indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 8th day of February, 2018.

Jonathan H. Wallace 10982 Hwy. 117 South Rocky Point, NC 28457 #8105 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2018

Our deadline for News & Advertising is Noon on Friday.

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-893 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff, v.

ALLEN LANSING, owner et. al.

Defendants.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: ALLEN LANSING 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 0.74 acres, Parcel ID Number 4303-18-9181-0000 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 March 26, 2018.

This date: February 8, 2018.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Scott G. Sherman N.C. State Bar ID #: 17596 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); scott@shermanandrodgers.com #8087 2/8, 2/15, 2/22/18

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-588 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO EARNEST WALKER A/K/A ERNEST WALKER, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO EARNEST WALKER A/K/A ERNEST WALKER, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-588, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Located in Columbia Township, Pender County, North Carolina adjacent to and South of the paved centerline of SR 1216 and being more fully described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a steel nail in the centerline of SR 1216 said nail being located along said road centerline at a point that is the following courses and distances from a nail in cap located in ther center of a bridge that accommodates the waters of Cypress Creek beneath the roadway: South 81 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds West COUNTY OF PENDER 490.61 feet and North 86 degrees 35 IN THE minutes 13 seconds West 397.16 feet GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE to the Beginning; and running thence SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION from the Beginning, so located, South COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-893 03 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds PENDER COUNTY West 240.70 feet to an iron pipe in Plaintiff, Riegel Paper Company’s line; thence v. with said line North 86 degrees 37 ALLEN LANSING, owner et. al. minutes 45 seconds West 200.00 feet Defendants. to an iron pipe inline; thence North NOTICE OF SERVICE OF 03 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds PROCESS BY PUBLICATION East 240.85 feet to a steel nail in the TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE paved centerline of SR 1216; thence OF VENSON LAMB with said road centerline South 86 Take notice that a pleading seek- degrees 35 minutes 13 seconds East ing relief against you has been filed 200.00 feet to the Beginning, containin the above-titled action. ing 0.968 acres, more or less after The nature of the relief sought is exclusion of that portion of SR 1216 as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy (60 foot right of way) contained within unpaid property taxes on your inter- the above described boundaries as est in the property sometimes briefly surveyed by Thompson Surveying described as 0.74 acres, Parcel ID Company PA Burgaw NC in August Number 4303-18-9181-0000 more 1989. Reference is made to deed fully described in the complaint. recorded in Book 777 at Page 40 from Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and Ivey Thomas Walker and wife Lila M. all claim or interest that you may have Walker to Earnest Walker, filed June in the property.

3, 1991. Pender County Registry. Also You are required to make defense being all of Lot 7 on map entitled” to such pleading no later than March Division Map for Ivey Thomas Walker” 26, 2018. recorded in Map Book 25 at Page This date: February 8, 2018. 147, Pender County Registry.

PENDER COUNTY, (PID: 2289-78-5027-0000) By and through its Attorney This sale shall be for cash and a Scott G. Sherman deposit of five percent (5%) of the N.C. State Bar ID #: 17596 amount of the bid shall be required of ProTax, A Division of the highest bidder at the sale.

Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC This sale shall be subject to any PO Box 250 encumbrances which have priority Burgaw, NC 28425 over the tax liens of Pender County, 910-259-2615 (tel); all deferred taxes, and all outstanding scott@shermanandrodgers.com city and county taxes and improve#8084 2/8, 2/15, 2/22/18 ment assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA and all outstanding city and county COUNTY OF PENDER taxes and improvement assessments IN THE GENERAL COURT not included in the above order.

OF JUSTICE Posted: February 2, 2018.

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1270 Commissioner PENDER COUNTY #8096 2/15, 2/22/2018 Plaintiff(s), v.

JESSIE ANTONIO STANLEY, STATE OF ALABAMA owner et. al.

COUNTY OF MADISON Defendant(s).

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION PLAINTIFF TO: JESSIE ANTONIO STANLEY Siyeicea S. Jackson Take notice that a pleading seekVS. ing relief against you has been filed DEFENDANT in the above-titled action.

Myron Richard Gurganious The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy NOTICE OF SERVICE OF unpaid property taxes on your interPROCESS BY PUBLICATION est in the property sometimes briefly To: Myron Richard Gurganious described as 0.46 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 3224-46-2015-0000 Take notice that a pleading seekmore fully described in the complaint. ing relief against you has been filed in Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and the above entitled action. The nature all claim or interest that you may have of the relief being sought is a petition in the property. for a change of name of minor child You are required to make defense and sole custody of minor child. You to such pleading no later than April are required to make defense to 2, 2018. such pleading not later than March This date: February 15, 2018. 17, 2018, and upon your failure to do PENDER COUNTY, so, the party seeking service against By and Through its Attorney you will apply to the court for the Scott G. Sherman relief sought.

State Bar #: 17596 This the 9th day of February, 2018 ProTax, A Division of Siyeicea S. Jackson Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC #8106 2/15, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8/2018 PO Box 250 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel) scott@shermanandrodgers.com NOTICE TO #8115 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2018 CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO IN THE CREDITORS AND DEBTORS GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY Having qualified as Executor of IN THE the estate of Sadie Esther Edwards GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE Dobson, deceased, of Pender CounSUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of ty, this is to notify all persons having the estate of Bryan Ventin Roles, claims against the estate of said deceased, of Pender County, this is decedent, Sadie Esther Edwards to notify all persons having claims Dobson, to present them to the unagainst the estate of said decedent, dersigned on or before May 24, 2018 Bryan Ventin Roles, to present them at 230 Hughes Road, Hampstead, NC to the undersigned on or before May 28443 or be barred from recovery.

24, 2018 at 710 N. College Road, All persons indebted to said estate, Wilmington, NC 28405 or be barred please make immediate payment.

This the 15th day of February, 2018. from recovery. All persons indebted Linda Ann Dobson Bryan to said estate, please make immediCarol Sue Dobson Batson ate payment.

230 Hughes Road, This the 15th day of February, 2018.

Hampstead, NC 28443 Martha Sue Roles 710 N. College Road #8108 2/15, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8/2018 Wilmington, NC 28405 #8107 2/15, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8/2018

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-800 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

OAKWOOD MOBILE HOMES, INC., owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. OAKWOOD MOBILE HOMES, INC., owner, et. al., 17-CVS-800, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEING all of Lot 1, BATTLEGROUND ESTATES, as shown on a map of said subdivision recorded in Map Book 30 at Page 29 of the Pender County Registry.

Subject to the restrictive covenants for Battleground Estates, Section 1, as attached Exhibit A in Deed Book 1196 at Page 286 of the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 2266-21-6379-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8100 2/15, 2/22/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-630 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

GREENVILLE PROPERTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. GREENVILLE PROPERTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, LLC, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-630, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being the remnant of Tract E as shown on Plat entitled ”Bent Tree at Middle Point” recorded in Map Book 34 at Page 53, LESS AND EXCEPT, the lots as shown in Map Book 36 at Page 107 and Map Book 35 at Page 56.

(PID: 4213-18-2238-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8098 2/15, 2/22/2018 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY THIS ACTION BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THE POWER AND AUTHORITY contained within that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Susanne K. Hudgens dated March 19, 2009 and recorded on April 1, 2009 in Book 3602 at Page 200 in the Office of Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina. As a result of a default in the obligations contained within the Promissory Note and Deed of Trust and the failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein, the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust made demand to have the default cured, which was not met. Therefore, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Rocky Point, County of Pender, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the heretofore referenced Deed of Trust.

Said sale will be a public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at the usual place of sale at the Pender County Courthouse, Burgaw, North Carolina, on February 27, 2018 at 10:00 AM. Address of property: 104 Oak Hills Drive, Rocky Point, NC 28457.

Tax Parcel ID: 3233-33-4941-0000.

Present Record Owners: Susanne K. Hudgens.

The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven

Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder will be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and costs for recording the Trustee’s Deed. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, and other encumbrances. Other conditions will be announced at the sale.

The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids, as by law required. The sale will not confirm until there have been ten (10) consecutive days with no upset bids having been filed. If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property, or if the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the bid deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the bid deposit.

In either event, the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Trustee.

Additional Notice Required for Residential Real Property with Less Than Fifteen (15) Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Albertelli Law Partners North Carolina, P.A., Substitute Trustee By: Albertelli Law Partners North Carolina, P.A. David W. Neill, Esq. N.C. Bar Number 23396 205 Regency Executive Park Drive Suite 100 Charlotte, NC 28217 T: 704-970-0391 A-4646953 #8113 2/15, 2/22/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-669 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO GEORGE EDWARD KEA, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO GEORGE EDWARD KEA, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-669, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Beginning at a spike at the intersection of centerline of SR 1104 and centerline of SR 1105, a common corner to Lots 5A, 7, and 8, according to map of “ Lonnie H. Kea Estate” by Willis and Walker, RLS dated May 12, 1972, recorded in Map Book 11, Page 73 of Registry of Pender County, and running thence with centerline of SR 1104, South 45 degrees 52 minutes East 110 feet to a spike; thence with line of Lillie Jane Swartz, North 41 degrees 13 minutes East 305.15 feet to an iron pipe just beyond Old Beatty’s Bridge Rd; thence South 18 degrees 42 minutes East 221.24 feet to an iron pipe just beyond the old Beatty’s Bridge Road; thence with line of Luberta Kea Powell, crossing the old road and SR 1104, South 43 degrees 57 minutes West 435.31 to an iron pipe in D. J. Corbett Estate line; thence with that line North 55 degrees 52 minutes West 404.85 feet of centerline of SR 1105; thence with centerline of 1105 North 63 degrees 32 minutes East 319.66 feet to the point of Beginning, containing 3.15 acres, more or less, described according to the map referred to above to which map reference is made for more particular description and being Lot 8 on said map.

(PID: 2234-55-1610-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner Posted: February 2, 2018. #8099 2/15, 2/22/2018

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-589 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO EARNEST WALKER A/K/A ERNEST WALKER, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO EARNEST WALKER A/K/A ERNEST WALKER, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-589, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Located in Columbia Township, Pender County, North Carolina adjacent to and South of the paved centerline of SR 1216 and being more fully described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a steel nail in the centerline of SR 1216 said nail being located along said road centerline at a point that is the following courses and distances from a nail in cap located in ther center of a bridge that accommodates the waters of Cypress Creek beneath the roadway: South 81 degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds West 490.61 feet and North 86 degrees 35 minutes 13 seconds West 197.16 feet to the Beginning; and running thence from the Beginning, so located, South 03 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 240.55 feet to an iron pipe in Riegel Paper Company’s line; thence with said line North 86 degrees 37 minutes 45 seconds West 200.00 feet to an iron pipe inline; thence North 03 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 240.70 feet to a steel nail in the paved centerline of SR 1216; thence with said road centerline South 86 degrees 35 minutes 13 seconds East 200.00 feet to the Beginning, containing 0.967 acres, (60 foot right of way) contained within the above described boundaries, and is as surveyed in August 1989. Reference is made to deed recorded in Book 766 at Page 234 from Lillie Walker Jacobs to Earnest Walker, filed January 15,1991, Pender County Registry. Also being all of Lot 6 on map entitled” Division Map for Ivey Thomas Walker” recorded in Map Book 25 at Page 147, Pender County Registry.

(PID: 2289-78-3017-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8097 2/15, 2/22/2018

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-923 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

JERRY T. BUTLER, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. JERRY T. BUTLER, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-923, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: All of Lot 23 of Green Acres, as shown upon that map of said subdivision recorded in the Pender County registry in Map Book 23 at Page 84.

Subject, however, to easements of record, and to those restrictions recorded in said Registry in Book 678 at Page 247, in Book 694 at Page 231, and in Book 769 at Page 35. (Note: By that instrument recorded in said Registry in Book 955 at Page 117, the above-named restrictions were made inapplicable and said amendments upon the lot hereby conveyed.)

(PID: 3283-35-7732-000L) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8102 2/15, 2/22/2018

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1263 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

TIA MICHELLE TOOMER, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF TIA MICHELLE TOOMER 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 0.52 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 2299-77-5336-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA You are required to make defense COUNTY OF PENDER to such pleading no later than April IN THE GENERAL COURT OF 2, 2018.

JUSTICE This date: February 15, 2018.

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY, COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1263 By and Through its Attorney PENDER COUNTY Scott G. Sherman Plaintiff(s), State Bar #: 17596 v.

ProTax, A Division of TIA MICHELLE TOOMER, owner Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC et. al.

PO Box 250 Defendant(s).

Burgaw, NC 28425 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF 910-259-2615 (tel) PROCESS BY PUBLICATION scott@shermanandrodgers.com TO: TIA MICHELLE TOOMER Take notice that a pleading seeking #8118 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2018 relief against you has been filed in the STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA above-titled action.

COUNTY OF PENDER The nature of the relief sought is as IN THE GENERAL COURT OF follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy JUSTICE unpaid property taxes on your interSUPERIOR COURT DIVISION est in the property sometimes briefly COURT FILE #: 18-CVS-108 described as 0.52 acres more or less, PENDER COUNTY Parcel ID Number 2299-77-5336Plaintiff(s), 0000 more fully described in the comv. plaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR any and all claim or interest that you SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO may have in the property.

EDGAR ALLEN THOMAS, et. al.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than April Defendant(s).

2, 2018.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF This date: February 15, 2018.

PROCESS BY PUBLICATION PENDER COUNTY, TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR By and Through its Attorney SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO Scott G. Sherman EDGAR ALLEN THOMAS State Bar #: 17596 Take notice that a pleading seekProTax, A Division of ing relief against you has been filed Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC in the above-titled action.

PO Box 250 The nature of the relief sought is Burgaw, NC 28425 as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy 910-259-2615 (tel) unpaid property taxes on your interest scott@shermanandrodgers.com in the property sometimes briefly de#8117 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2018 scribed as Lot 8 King’s Estates, Parcel ID Number 2277-95-0746-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and PENDER GOP CONVENTION all claim or interest that you may have TO BE HELD MARCH 3 Hampstead, NC - The Pender in the property.

You are required to make defense County Republican Party will hold its 2018 Precinct/County Convention to such pleading no later than April on Saturday, March 3, 2018 from 2, 2018.

This date: February 15, 2018.

9:30 A.M. to 12 Noon at the Pender PENDER COUNTY, County Annex, 15060 Hwy. 17N, By and Through its Attorney Hampstead. The Convention will be Scott G. Sherman held in the Auditorium. Registration State Bar #: 17596 and sign-in will begin at 9:30 A.M. Any ProTax, A Division of Republican registered by January Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC 31, 2018 residing in Pender County PO Box 250 is welcome to attend the convention.

Burgaw, NC 28425 The convention wil be called to order 910-259-2615 (tel) at 10:00 A.M. scott@shermanandrodgers.com This will be a combined Precinct #8114 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2018 and County meeting. For details contact the Pender County Republican Chairman Norm Gopsill at 910520-0587 or email to pender.GOP@ gmail.com. #8119 2/15/2018

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices 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: •March 22, 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 to late 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 April 23, 2018.

Additional information regarding the requested Pender County IBT can be found at: https://deq.nc.gov/node/83243. #8111 2/15/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-801 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

RAYMOND EARL JONES, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. RAYMOND EARL JONES, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-801, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEGINNING at a nail in cap in the paved centerline of Secondary Road No. 1216, said nail in cap being located along said road centerline at appoint that is the following courses and distances from the point of intersection of the paved centerline of US hwy 421 with the paved centerline of Secondary Road No 1216; South 84 degrees 05 minutes 08 seconds East 4,903.65 feet, South 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds East 200.00 feet to the Beginning; and running thence, from the Beginning, so located, 1. North 25 degrees 41 minutes 34 seconds East 615.82 feet to an iron pipr inline; thence, 2. South 83 degrees 54 minutes 26 East 421.24 feet to an old iron pipe inline; thence, 3. South 24 degrees 16 minutes 55 seconds West 211.08 feet to an old iron pipe inline; thence, 4. South 13 degrees 12 minutes 35 seconds West 385.52 feet to an old railroad spike in the paved centerline of Secondary Road No 1216; thence, 5.

With said road centerline North 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds West 514.17 feet to the Beginning, Containing 5.72 acres, more or less, after the exclusion of the portion of Secondary Road No. 1216 (60 foot wide right of way) contained within the above described boundaries and is as surveyed by Thompson Surveying Co. P.A., Burgaw, North Carolina in July 1990.

LESS AND EXCEPT: Tract One: Located in Columbia Township, Pender County, State of North Carolina.

BEGINNING at a P. K. nail in the center of Secondary Road No. 1216 (Piney Woods Road) Annie Ruth Jones’s Southeast corner which said P. K. nail beginning corner being located South 84 degrees 05 minutes 08 seconds East 4,903.65 feet and South 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds East 200.00 feet from a point in the centerline intersection of SR No. 1216 and US Hwy No 421 and from said Beginning corner so located running thence with Annie Ruth Jones’s

line North 25 degrees 41 minutes 34 seconds East 615.82 feet to an existing iron pipe in R. G. Johnson’s line; thence with R. G. Johnson’s line South 83 degrees 54 minutes 36 seconds East 19.05 feet to an iron stake; thence a new line South 16 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 236.63 feet to an existing iron stake; thence South 13 degrees 12 minutes 35 seconds West 350.94 feet to an PK nail in the center of Secondary Road No. 1216 (Piney Woods Road); thence with the center of Secondary Road No. 1216 (Piney Woods Road) North 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds West 139.17 feet to the point of Beginning, containing 1.00 acre, more or less, as surveyed by William G. Moore, RLS, April 1,1996 with all lines shown correct in their angular relation and relative to the magnetic meridian as shown in Deed Book 757 on Page 918 and being part of the 5.72 acre tract of land described in Deed Book 757 on Page 918 of the Pender County Registry.

Tract Two: Located in Columbia Township, Pender County, North Carolina.

BEGINNING at a PK nail in the center of Secondary Road No. 1216 (Piney Woods Rd) a new corner which said PK nail beginning corner being located South 84 degrees 05 minutes 08 seconds East 4,903.65 feet and South 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds East 464.17 feet from a point in the centerline intersection of SR no.

1216 and US Hwy 421 and from said Beginning corner so located running thence a new line North 13 degrees 12 minutes 35 seconds East 350.94 feet to an iron stake; thence a new line South 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds East 125.00 feet to an existing iron stake; thence South 13 degrees 12 minutes 35 seconds West 350.94 feet to a PK nail in the center of Secondary Road No. 1216 (Piney Woods Rd); thence with the center of Secondary Road No. 1216 (Piney Woods Road) North 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds West 125.00 feet to the point of Beginning, containing 1.00 acre, more or less, as surveyed

by William G. Moore, RLS, December 20.1995 with al lines shown correct in their angular relation and relative to the magnetic meridian as shown in Deed Book 757 on Page 918 and being a part of that 5.72 acre tract of land described in Deed Book 757 on Page 918 of the Pender County Registry.

Tract Three: Located in Columbia Township , Pender County, North Carolina, BEGINNING at a PK nail in the center of Secondary Road No. 1216 (Piney Woods Road) a new corner which said PK nail Beginning corner being located South 84 degrees 05 minutes 08 seconds East 4,903.65 feet and South 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds East 339.17 feet from a point in the centerline intersection of SR No 1216 and US Hwy No. 421 and from said Beginning corner so located running thence a new line North 13 degrees 12 minutes 35 seconds East 350.94 feet to an iron stake; thence a new line South 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds East 125.00 feet to an iron stake; thence a new line South 13 degrees 12 minutes 35 seconds West 350.94 feet to a PK nail in the center of Secondary No. 1216 (Piney Woods Road); thence with the center of Secondary Road No. 1216 (Piney Woods Road)North 83 degrees 34 minutes 48 seconds West 125.00 feet to the point of Beginning, containing 1.00 acre, more or less, as surveyed

by William G. Moore, RLS, December 20.1995 with all lines shown correct in their angular relation and relative to the magnetic meridian as shown in Deed Book 757 on Page 918 and being a part of that 5.72 acre tract of land described in Deed Book 757 on Page 918 of the Pender County Registry.

Tract Four: A portion of Tract 2 from Deed Book 1910 at page 246.

(PID: 2279-78-2790-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8101 2/15, 2/22/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-1270 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

JESSIE ANTONIO STANLEY, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JESSIE ANTONIO STANLEY 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 0.46 acres more or less, Parcel ID Number 3224-46-2015-0000 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 April 2, 2018.

This date: February 15, 2018.

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 #8116 2/15, 2/22, 3/1/2018

17 SP 155 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Irene Wooten and James Wooten to Data Search, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated November 26, 1997 and recorded on December 3, 1997 in Book 1288 at Page 136, Pender County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February 27, 2018 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: The parcel of land situated in the Holly Township, Pender County, North Carolina, the “Premises” and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an existing I.P. in the northern Right of Way line of SR 1530, said point being 6-tenths of a mile from SR 1529 as measured along the centerline of SR 1530 in an easterly direction; said point also being the southeast corner of a tract of land recorded in Book 344, Page 214; thence North 76 degrees 07 minutes west along the northern right of way line of SR 1530 100 feet to an I.P.; thence North 16 degrees 30 minutes east 200 feet to an I.P.; thence South 76 degrees 7 minutes east 100 feet to I.P.; thence south 16 degrees 30 min. West 200 feet to the point of beginning.

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

Said property is commonly known as 595 Wooten Road, Maple Hill, NC 28454.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale.

This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Walter Irene Wooten a/k/a Irene Wooten and All Lawful Heirs of James Wooten.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-17929-FC01 #8083 2/15, 2/22/2018

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:14-CVS-933 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

MATTHEW BONEY, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. MATTHEW BONEY, owner, et. al., 14-CVS-933, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEGINNING at an old spike located in the paved centerline of Secondary Road #1412, said spike being located along said road centerline at a point that is directly above the center of concrete culvert that accommodates the waters of a ditch beneath the roadway and said culvert being located 1.15 miles Eastwardly along said road from the intersection with Highway #117, and running thence from the beginning, so located, with the paved centerline of Secondary Road #1412 North 79 degrees 15 minutes West 197.59 feet to an old spike inline; thence, With the center of a 30 foot wide roadway easement South 02 degrees 10 minutes West 133.58 feet to a subsurface iron pipe in the center of said 30 foot wide neighborhood roadway easement, South 78 degrees 26 minutes East 160.16 feet to a point in the center of a ditch, thence up said ditch North 18 degrees 10 minutes 30 seconds East 135.50 feet to the Beginning, containing .42 acres, more or less, after the exclusion of Secondary Road #1413 (60 foot right of way) contained in the above described boundaries and is surveyed by Thompson Surveying company, P.A. of Burgaw, N.C. in September 1984.

(PID: 3237-66-4337-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8088 2/15, 2/22/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-25 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

JAMES HOLMES, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. JAMES HOLMES, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-25, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Being all of Lot #1 as shown on that certain map entitled “Family Division for Randolph Holmes and wife, Olivia Holmes”, dated May 1, 2007, recorded May 22, 2007 in Map book 4, page 123 of the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 3245-23-2618-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8090 2/15, 2/22/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:15-CVS-1171 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

GREATER 17 OPPORTUNITY, LLC, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. GREATER 17 OPPORTUNITY, LLC, owner, et. al., 15-CVS-1171, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Commencing at the centerline intersection of NCSR 1533 (Shepards Road) with US 17 at a found PK Nail, and following the centerline of US 17 N43d35’50” E a distance of 532.45’; thence leaving said centerline S44d50’51” E a distance of 50.01’ to a found iron stake on the southern right of way of US 17; thence along the southern right of way of US 17 N43d35’50” E a distance of 689.78’ to a found concrete monument; thence S 12d47’33” E a distance of 1098.42’ to a found iron pipe, THE TRUE POINT

OF BEGINNING; thence S53º45’49” E a distance of 1029.28’ to a found iron pipe; thence S39º21’17” W a distance of 575.48’ to a found iron axle; thence N42º52’33” W a distance of 417.44’ to a found iron pipe; thence S45º32’27” W a distance of 59.37” to a found iron pipe; thence N45º28’26” W a distance of 174.11’ to a found iron pipe; thence N45º19’34” E a distance of 145.60’ to a found iron pipe; thence N46º11’22” W a distance of 370.92’ to a found iron stake; thence N10º01’22” W a distance of 43.08’ to a found iron stake; thence N30º35’34” E a distance of 308.31’ to the point of beginning, containing 10.64 acres by coordinates and is a portion of Deed Book 1224, Page 215. (parcel id 4226-95-7786-0000) Commencing at a set PK Nail in the median of US 17 at a point where the extended centerline of NCSR 1533 (Shepard Road) intersects and running along the centerline of NCSR 1533 South 44 degrees 57 minutes 18 seconds East a distance of 784.11 feet to a set PK Nail over a 24-inch culvert.

Thence along said centerline South 44 degrees 49 minutes 04 seconds East a distance of 79.09 feet to a set PK Nail; thence along said centerline South 45 degrees 01 minutes 20 seconds East a distance of 158.78 feet to a found nail; Thence leaving said centerline North 48 degrees 24 minutes 53 seconds East a distance of 30.01 feet to a found iron stake on the northeast right of way of NCSR 1533, the southwest corner of the Rossie Lee Mitchell property as recorded in Deed Book 725 Page 124 and THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. Thence from said beginning and along said northeast right of way of NCSR 1533 North 45 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds West a distance of 53.98 feet to a found iron stake. Thence leaving said right of way North 48 degrees 01 minutes 40 seconds East a distance of 210.68 feet to a found iron stake in the eastern line of Rossie Lee Mitchell; Thence along the eastern line of Mitchell South 44 degrees 56 minutes 08 seconds East a distance of 54.90 feet to a found iron stake.

Thence along the southern line of Mitchell South 48 degrees 17 minutes 41 seconds West a distance of 209.79 feet to the beginning. Containing 0.26 acres by coordinates and is a portion of Deed Book 725 Page 124. (parcel id 4226-95-1814-0000) (PID: 4226-95-7786-0000; 422695-1814-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8089 2/15, 2/22/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-287 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

ASHANTIA VICE, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. ASHANTIA VICE, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-287, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Parcel of land located in Topsail Township, Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particulary described as Tract Two as shown on the map titled “Family Division for Helen R. Sidbury Heirs” and recorded in Map Book 49, at page 125, of the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 4214-27-7236-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8092 2/15, 2/22/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-434 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

FRANKLIN WILLIAMS, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. FRANKLIN WILLIAMS, owner, et. al., 17-CVS434, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Located in Long Creek Township, Pender County, North Carolina adjacent to and North of the Northern line of Cherry Street ( now Secondary Road No. 1406) and being more fully described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a reset disturbed iron pipe in the Northern right of way line of Cherry Street (now Secondary Road No. 1406) said pipe being located at a point that is the following courses and distances from an existing “P.K.” nail located in the intersec-

tion of the paved centerline of NC No. 210 with the centerline of Secondary Road No. 1406; South 11 degrees 14 minutes 42 East 901.05 feet, South 79 degrees 02 minutes 21 seconds West 716.58 feet and North 10 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West 30.00 feet to the Beginning; and running thence, from the BEGINNING, so located, 1. With the Northern right of way line of Cherry Street (now Secondary Road No. 1406) South 78 degrees 42 minutes 00 seconds West 100.01 feet to an iron stake inline; thence, 2. North 10 degrees 21 minutes 00 seconds West 212.51 feet to an iron stake; thence, 3. North 80 degrees 08 minutes 07 seconds East 100.66 feet to an iron stake in Bonnie Parker’s Western line; thence, 4. With said line South 10 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds East 210.00 feet to the Beginning, containing 0.49 acres, more or less, and is as surveyed by Thompson Surveying Co. PA of Burgaw, NC during July 1996.

As a reference to the above described tract see Deed Book 608 at Page 203 of the Pender County Registry and Deed 1154, Page 139 of the same registry.

(PID: 2295-82-1529-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8094 2/15, 2/22/2018

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-66 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

CHERI B. GALT, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. CHERI B. GALT, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-66, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: BEING all of Tract No. 1, containing 12.641 acres, as shown on Map entitled “Map for Cheri B. Galt and husband Leland L. Galt and Randall M. Bostic and wife, Marietta Devane Bostic” recorded in Map book 51 at Page 143 of the Pender County Registry.

(PID: 3255-15-9334-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8091 2/15, 2/22/2018 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #:17-CVS-408 PENDER COUNTY et. al., Plaintiff(s), v.

LAVONE DEWAYNE SMITH AKA LARONE DEWAYNE SMITH, owner, et. al., Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with an Order entered in Pender County v. LAVONE DEWAYNE SMITH AKA LARONE DEWAYNE SMITH, owner, et. al., 17-CVS-408, (Pender County, North Carolina), the undersigned shall offer for sale to the highest bidder at the western door of the Pender County Courthouse in Burgaw, North Carolina at 12:00 Noon, 02/23/2018, that property located in Pender County, North Carolina, described as: Beginning at a concrete monument at the intersection of the West line of U.S. #117, said line being 75 feet from center of pavement, and the North line of a dirt road leading from #117 to the Watha to Willard road, said line being 30 feet from the center of dirt road and running thence with the West line of #117 North 37 degrees 15 minutes West, 230 feet to an iron stake; thence South 53 degrees 45 minutes West, 143 feet to an iron stake in the center of a ditch; thence with the ditch South 14 degrees 22 minutes East, 130 feet to an iron stake in the North line of the above mentioned dirt road; thence North 83 degrees 08 minutes East 220.8 feet with the North line of the dirt road to the Point of Beginning, containing one acre more or less and being part of the old J.R. Jones property.

(PID: 3314-53-8316-0000) This sale shall be for cash and a deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid shall be required of the highest bidder at the sale.

This sale shall be subject to any encumbrances which have priority over the tax liens of Pender County, all deferred taxes, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not delinquent as of the filing of the confirmation of sale, and all outstanding city and county taxes and improvement assessments not included in the above order.

Posted: February 2, 2018.

Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., Commissioner #8093 2/15, 2/22/2018

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and Julia Sullivan (six points) chipping in. Even with their second-half rally, the closest North could get was eight points and that came on a basket by sophomore Lydia Bradshaw (19 points) with 9.0 seconds left in the game.

Tuesday the Lady Pirates headed to Ashley and returned to Hampstead with a 47-24 win. Freshman Sydney Hartgrove continued her stellar first high-school campaign by leading Topsail with nine points, five rebounds, a block, and a steal. Sullivan (eight rebounds and Pyrtle each scoring seven points, Caveness and Dashanique Sidbury adding five each, and Little and Madison Kita each scoring four points.

The Topsail defense limited Ashley (6-18, 4-10) to singledigit scoring (four, four, nine, and seven) in each quarter while building leads of 12-4 after one period, 26-8 at the intermission, and 39-17 after three periods. Sullivan had the Lady Pirates only field goal in the fourth quarter, but the Lady Screaming Eagles could only cut into the large three-period lead (22 points) by five points.

Topsail opened the week on the road Monday in Leland where a 17-point, 3-rebound effort from Little, along with a solid 14-point, seven-rebound, four steal performance from Hartgrove led the way in a resounding 56-38 win over the Lady Scorpions. The Lady Pirates never trailed in the game, jumping out to a 10-2 lead after the one period, and

a 26-9 lead at the half.

North Brunswick put together a bit of a run in the third period behind a flurry of three-point baskets (three) and 13 points in the quarter from sophomore Lydia Bradshaw (24 points) on their way to a 24-16 disparity in the period, closing the deficit to 42-33. But Little (six), Hartgrove (six), and Sullivan (four) combined for all 16 of Topsail’s points in the period, and the defense held North to five points to secure the win. Sullivan finished the game with seven points, nine rebounds, and three blocked shots.

“We started playing better defense, our defense wasn’t too great in the beginning,” Hartgrove said. “We started making passes that were more open, and we started running our plays more efficiently. As for myself, I’m nearing the end of my freshman year and the more playing time I’ve gotten, the more comfortable I’ve gotten.

“It’s been rough some games and some games it’s been good, and tonight was a good one. I’m just getting more comfortable with the team.”

The 5th-seeded Lady Pirates squared off against No. 4 West Brunswick at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Brunswick Community College. A win Tuesday would propel them into the second round Thursday at 8 p.m. against the winner of the game between No. 1 Hoggard and No. 8 North Brunswick.

The championship game is Friday at 8 p.m.

The third quarter was all Trask as the home team built a 19-point lead. The pats cut the lead to 14 going into the fourth period. Trask held serve and ran away with the win.

Marshall led the Patriots with 17 points, 13 below what he scored in the first contest.

“With Latrell out for the game I think they were able to concentrate more on Khalil, “said Pender Coach Craig Wilson. “

Marshall’s 17 led the Patriots with Andre Devane chipping in 11.

On Saturday the Pats traveled to Richlands to play the Wildcats. The Pender County squad shook off some ill affects of the Trask game and came back to take a 76-65 win.

Pender was down by 10 at the half and seemed to be out of sorts. Coach Wilson took a calculated risk when he told his team to go man to man in the second half. “I told the guys in the locker room that me and Jason (Assistant

Coach Jason Hansley) have yelled at them to do things all year and we were done. They had to do it themselves. I think they responded well.”

The Pats outscored the Wildcats by 21 points in the second half to take the win.

Malcolm McLean led the Patriots with 20 points and 12 rebounds while Marshall chipped in 18.

The Patriots (11-12/9-5) finished third in the regular season standings. They played Lejeune on Tuesday in the conference tournament.

Pirates and Scorpions played like two thoroughbreds vying for a multiple-million dollar purse with North Brunswick prevailing 94-90 in two overtimes. Topsail had one early lead (14-13) and tied the game at 18-18 to start the second period before getting outgunned 24-19 in the second period, giving the Scorpions a 42-35 advantage at halftime. Jamison Long (33 points, eight rebounds) put up 12 of Topsail’s 19 points in the second quarter to keep Topsail close.

Jarris and Jamison combined for 11 of Topsail’s 17 third-period points as the Pirates closed to within 55-52

after three quarters. The game was tied twice and there were four lead changes in the fourth quarter before North took a 70-67 lead on a basket with 26.0 seconds remaining in regulation. Jarris Long sent it into with a three-pointer with 9.5 ticks left.

There were two ties and four lead changes in the first overtime before Topsail took an 81-79 lead on a Jarris Long basket with 25.2 seconds left.

North tied it at 81-81 with 3.6 seconds left, creating a second four-minute overtime period.

An 11-5 opening run in the second overtime put North in charge at 92-86 with 1:00 min-

ute left. Topsail got to within 92-90 on baskets by Lofton (21 points, 16 rebounds) with 42.1 left and Bloodworth (12 points) with 28.3 seconds to go, but a pair of Scorpion free throws along with three late Topsail turnovers sealed the North Brunswick win.

The seventh-seeded Pirates took on second-seed Hoggard (14-10, 10-4) Monday at Brunswick Community College.

“These kids never quit, they never gave up,” Rochelle said. “I thought we could have done a lot better in the season but you get to the tournament coming off a win anything can happen, so we’ll see.”

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Pender County Master Gardeners presented Poplar Grove with a $965 grant. Pictured above are Mary Blinkoff, PCEMGVA Secretary; Gary E Mintier, PCEMGVA President; and Caroline Lewis, Executive Director of Poplar Grove Plantation Foundation, Inc.

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Continued from page 6A started play at 9 a.m. in the schools auxiliary gym.

Dick’s Sporting Goods came out shooting and posted a big victory over AllKindsOfStuff. biz, 35-26. Nathan Crager led the scoring attack for Dick’s with 16 counters. Fisher Taylor pumped in 18 points in a losing cause. The Bagel Bakery posted their first win of the season with jubilation, winning out over Finesse Pro Service 40-32. David Johnson hit for 23 points for the Bagel Bakers. In a well played game for these 1st & 2nd graders,

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Continued from page 7A 1-13) narrowed the deficit to 45-39 after three periods and got to within three (57-54) with 1:56 left in regulation.

But Lofton scored to make it 59-54, Jarris Long hit a free throw for a 60-54 advantage, and Bloodworth it two charity tosses for a 63-56 lead before the Scorpions could hit the scoreboard again in closing the gap to 63-56 with 36.5 ticks left on the clock. North closed to within 63-58 with 24.9 left but free throws by Jarris Long and Bloodworth upped the ante to 65-58, rendering a three-point Scorpion basket with one second left mundane.

“It was a good win and we should have beaten them the

Darden Insurance Agency edged JT’S Brick Oven Pizza 22-19. Alexander Kemp led the victors with 10 points, Carter Barras tossed in 15 for JT’S. In the girls 3rd-5th division of TBA, Dwyer Electric fell to the Quartermaster’s entry 22-14 Quartermaster’s displayed an even scoring attack throughout their roster. Window World picked up a victory by outlasting Coury Science and Engineering 16-10.

The boys 3rd-4th grade division took over for the remainder of the afternoon.

Discovery Place Child Care out-gunned the House of Raeford 32-24, Topsail Island Maintenance over Coury Science and Engineering 21-18,

Breakaway Fitness & Performance pulled away from ECS Controls in the 4th quarter of play and posted a 20-8 victory.

Nick Jones led the Breakaway scoring stats with 11 points, and in the finale of the day for the junior division, Isla Skin & Hair continued their winning pattern by posting a big 46-16 win over HWY55. Sharp Shooter Josiah Brown led all scorers with 29 points for the Isla Hair contingent.

TBA continues league play this coming Saturday, Feb. 17, and will play snow makeup games the follow day, Sunday, February 18th, in both Topsail Elementary School gyms staring at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

first time we played them,” Topsail Coach Jamie Rochelle said. “We knew we were the better team, it was a matter of doing the little things. I thought we rebounded better and I thought our defense was a whole lot better than the first game. We did a lot of the little things that helped us win, we hit big shots and had some good possessions, but we still have to clean up some things if we’re going to be able to beat Hoggard Monday.”

Bloodworth played his best game of the season, determined to end his home-court career on a positive note.

“It was the last home game we seniors will ever have so we wanted to make sure we went out with a bang,” Bloodworth said. “We knew we didn’t play defense the way we should the last time so we came in

determined to play good team defense and do what we had to do. Individually it felt great to go out this way, but we got the win and that’s what was important.”

Tuesday was one of those close as Topsail dropped a 66-55 decision at Ashley one month after suffering a 79-57 defeat at the hands of the Screaming Eagles (8-16, 8-6) in Hampstead.

Topsail led 16-15 after the first period before trailing 35-28 at halftime, and 49-40 after three periods. A 7-0 Ashley run to start the final period made it 56-40.

Sparked by Jamison Long (17 points), Topsail fought back, getting to within 60-52 but Ashley ended on a 6-3 run to put the game away. Jarris Long had 11 points and Bloodworth added 10 for Topsail.

Monday was crazy as the

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Scorpion starters outscored Topsail 25-11 in the third and fourth periods.

“We got the matchup (vs.

West Brunswick in the tournament) we wanted,” Ellington said. “We’ve been talking the last couple of weeks about what we had to do and the kids really responded. We had really good practices the last couple of weeks. Playing three games in a week two weeks in a row, the kids re tired but everybody’s tired. They did well, they did everything they needed to do, and, hopefully, that’s enough.

“It was a good win, especially coming on Senior Night.

Carmen and Rachel have been on the varsity four years and they do things that can’t be replaced with their leadership, their tenacity, their defensive pressure, and their basketball acumen. They left their own legacy and I am proud of them.”

That legacy includes the most wins in a four-year stretch (52) in the recorded history of Topsail girls’ basketball, and three consecutive seasons with a winning record (13-11, 17-10; and 15-8 , thus far, in 2017-2018).

Thursday’s game lost all competitiveness early as Topsail, behind seven points from Little, opened a 14-7 lead after the first period, increasing it to 29-7 at halftime with Lauren Caveness (five points)

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Burgaw Easter Egg Scramble to be held March 24

By Lori Kirkpatrick, Post & Voice Staff Writer

The Town of Burgaw Parks and Recreation will hold its first Easter Egg Scramble next month.

The event will be held Mar. 24 at Pender Memorial Park. The weekend before Easter was chosen so that it will not interfere with local families’ travel plans.

The fun will begin with games and activities at 10 a.m. with the hunt starting at 11 a.m. Kids ages one through 10 are invited to bring their baskets for collecting their finds. There will be several different hunts for various age groups. This is a free event sponsored by the Town of Burgaw and Pender County’s Parks and Recreation.

Burgaw Parks and Recreation Director Zach White said that he hopes the event will be as successful as the Polar Express Movie Day. It was well attended with several hundred people participating, and the residents seemed to enjoy the event. White said his goal for the future is to have one special event for each season. An upcoming summer activity is still in the planning stages, and should be announced soon.

“We have gotten some feedback about the recent events, and we will be able to adjust things for next year. We had good attendance at the Polar Express Movie Day but we were limited by space at the Depot. Next year, we want to be able to involve more people by having a Santa’s Workshop that will be more of a drop in program,” said White.

White said that they came up with the name Egg Scramble because they wanted it to be something a little different than the typical egg hunt. Prior to the egg scramble, there will be games and activities for the children who arrive early. Pender Memorial Park was selected because it will provide the space needed to accommodate the various age groups by separating them onto different ball fields.

“We are asking people to arrive early so that they can participate in some games beginning at 10:00. There will be an opportunity to have pictures taken with the Easter Bunny during that time, as well. At 11:00, we will break off into the different age groups to start the egg hunt. The event is free, and anyone can come join in the fun. We want to get as many people as we can to attend. This year will be a test run, and next year we will be really good at it,” said White.

For more information, contact Zachary White at (910) 300-6401 or Dee Turner (910) 259-1330.

For updates on local events, visit the Town of Burgaw - Town Hall’s page on Facebook.

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Linville Caverns

By Rev. Ken Smith Atkinson Baptist Church Contributing Writer

Darkness Room. This part of the caver n is 2,500 feet below the top of Humpback Mountain. Your tour guide will probably inform you that “There are only two places in the entire world where you’ll get total darkness naturally, one place is underground, like we are right now, and the other is in the abyss of the ocean too far down that light cannot penetrate.”

Experiencing this Total Darkness Room caused me to think how so many people walk in spiritual darkness.

About 730 years before the birth of Jesus Christ, Assyria reached the peak of its power.

Eventually it took Israel into slavery, a time of great sorrow, despair and hopelessness among the Israelites. During this very period of time is when the prophet Isaiah made this prophecy.

The Israelites felt trapped in utter darkness. Their gloomy present made it impossible for

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Isaiah 9:2 What comes to mind when you think of darkness? What’s the darkest place you’ve ever been? My wife and I traveled to Linville Caverns last year, deep within the Humpback Mountains of North Carolina.

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them to imagine anything but a dismal future. They felt betrayed by inept kings who had led them astray and in despair because of the political and military changes overtaking their society. With all that the Israelites were facing, they also felt abandoned by their God who promised they would succeed.

When Isaiah made this promise about the great light, it seemed incomprehensible to the Israelites. As prisoners, how could they rejoice? As captives, what plunder could they divide? In exile, what harvest could they produce?

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Today we realize that Isaiah was also predicting the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

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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.

www.RPUMC.org

Calvary Chapel Community Church

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

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

Jordans Chapel United Methodist Church

Faith Harbor United Methodist Church

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

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

Burgaw United Methodist Church

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

Barlow Vista Baptist Church

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

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

Wednesday Night Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Youth & Young Adults Recharge Group - Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

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Church Directory

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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Mission Baptist Church

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425

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

The Church at Wilmington

Bible Based Community Fellowship NEW Pender County Location 16660 Hwy 17 N. • Hampstead, NC 28443 (American Legion Building) 910-526-7890 Pastor: Monte Suggs Services Sunday at 10 a.m. and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Burgaw Baptist Church

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

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

Surf City - SAT 5 p.m., SUN 9 & 11 a.m. (through Labor Day) Daily Mass - Hampstead: TUES & WED 4p.m., THURS & FRI 9 a.m.

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

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

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

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

Thursday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

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

Hope’s Cooking Corner

By Hope Cusick Contributing Writer It’s the time of year when everyone is concerned about healthy skin and the winter environment. Wearing a skin sunscreen that is suitable for your particular skin type is vital. Checking with a dermatologist is essential in these wintry days.

Yet there are other things that can be done to keep a healthy and vitalized skin and that’s diet. Here are some tips from researchers. Drinking plenty of water, other fluids and skim milk are basic to healthy skin, but eating healthy is even more important. Getting enough rest, sleep and exercise add to good heathy skin care.

Everyone knows to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and drink plenty of fluids, yet here are some important things to consider. Think about taking a good vitamin supplement with selenium and Vitamins A, C, E and B 2 and 3, also flaxseed with omega 3s, zinc and biotin add to the needed extras that one may not be obtaining adequately from foods that are eaten.

Cosmetologists say that using lemon juice and cucumber slices on you skin help to tighten it.

These are some foods that are recommended for good healthy skin which have vitamins and minerals in them.

Yogurt, cottage cheese (Selenium), berries, mangoes (Vit A), acerola cherries , baked potatoes (copper), almonds (Vit E), oysters (zinc), chicken, avocados (Niacin), mushrooms (Vit B2), tomatoes (Lycopene), wheat germ (Bio-

tin), and fruits and vegetables, especially winter greens and root vegetables, also olives and olive oil.

Enjoy!

Berry smoothie with wheat germ 1 cup skim milk ½ cup plain or lemon flavored yogurt ½ cup fresh or frozen strawberries ½ cup fresh or frozen blueberries 2 tablespoons wheat germ Ice cubes (add last) In a blender combine all the ingredients and add about 6-8 ice cubes. Put blender on medium until well blended.

Pour into a glass. Serve immediately.

Yogurt parfait with fruit and ginger snaps Makes 2 servings 1 cup plain low fat lemon yogurt (plain Greek yogurt is fine) ¼ cup sliced frozen peaches ¼ cup sliced fresh or frozen strawberries ¼ cup fresh or frozen blueberries 4 tablespoons ginger snap crumbs Toasted almond slivers (optional) Crumble ginger snaps in a blender. Extra ginger snaps may be crumbled and placed in an airtight container for future use. Place two tablespoons ginger snap crumbs in the bottom of a custard cup (use two custard cups), add ½-cup yogurt, top with a circle in the center with strawberries, surrounded with blueberries then wrapped around with peaches.

Divide evenly between two custard cups or parfait glasses.

Serve cold. Toasted, slivered almonds sprinkled on top are an optional treat.

Green salad with mangoes and almonds 1 small head of spring green lettuce, shredded 1 mango, peeled, pitted and cut into large chunks ½ cup canned pineapple chunks, reserve 2 tablespoons pineapple juice for dressing ¼ cup sliced and toasted almonds In a salad bowl toss to-

gether shredded lettuce, mango chunks, and pineapple chunks. Stir in salad dressing, recipe below, enough to coat evenly.

In a 350-degree oven toast sliced almonds in a pie plate for about 8-10 minutes until toasted. Cool and sprinkle over salad.

Dressing ½ cup low fat sour cream ½ cup low fat plain Greek yogurt 2 tablespoons pineapple juice, reserved 1 teaspoon granulated sugar Whisk together all ingredients and chill. Serve over salad or on the side.

Cottage Cheese and Fresh Vegetables 2 lettuce leaves, cut into 2-inch pieces 1 cup low fat cottage cheese 2 small tomatoes, sliced into wedges ½ cup sliced and seeded English cucumber ¼ cup pitted black olives, cut in half ½ avocado, pitted and cut into lengthwise slices On a flat salad plate place the lettuce leaf pieces in a circle and put the cottage cheese in the center, flatten a little bit. Around the outside of the cottage cheese arrange tomato wedges alternating with cucumber slices, and around the outer edge of that lay the avocado slices forming a ring around the edge of the plate. Serve as is or use a Ranch dressing.

Helpful Hint: Other fresh vegetables may be used like radishes, string beans, snap peas, celery, carrots, and others.

Baked potatoes with caramelized mushrooms and onions Serves 4-6 4 medium baking potatoes, washed and patted dry 4-8 tablespoons low fat sour cream 2-6 tablespoons skim milk Salt and pepper to taste Dill seed, ground (optional) 1 8-ounce package of sliced white mushrooms 1 large sweet onion, sliced into one-inch pieces Butter

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Recipes for healthy skin

Bake scrubbed potatoes in a 350-degree oven until soft.

Slice potatoes in half lengthwise and carefully scoop out the cooked potato and place in a bowl. Set potato skins on a cookie sheet and set aside.

Mash the hot potatoes with sour cream, salt and pepper, dill seed (optional), and butter to make a soft mixture, but not soupy. Let the mixture hold its pliable consistency. Place the mashed potato mixture back into the potato skins evenly distributing the mashed potatoes. Bake stuffed potatoes in a 400-degree oven for about 10-12 minutes until hot.

Meanwhile sauté onion slices in 2-3 tablespoons butter, cook until soft about 5-8 minutes, add sliced mushrooms, and sauté another 3-5 minutes until golden on the surfaces, add more butter, if needed.

Remove potatoes from oven, place on a platter and spoon mushroom and onion sauté over the top of each potato.

Serve immediately.

Oyster stew Serves 4 2 dozen shucked raw oysters with liquid ¼ cup butter 1-2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon celery powder or salt Salt and pepper to taste ¼ teaspoon paprika ½ cup dry white wine (optional) 1 quart skim milk (To make creamier use half –and- half or whole milk.)

Chopped fresh parsley, for garnish Remove any bits of shell from oysters. In a saucepan heat butter until sizzling. Add oysters with liquid. Stir evenly, then add Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, celery powder or salt and paprika.

Heat over medium heat until edges of oysters curl slightly.

Add milk.

Heat over medium heat, add white wine, but be sure not to boil stew. Serve hot in bowls with pats of butter and sprinkled with chopped fresh parsley over the top.

The Pender Count y Republic an Party will host a Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner Fe b. 22 at the Cl ub Nin eteen Rest aur ant in Ol de Point Clubhouse,H ampste ad. Social Hour will be at 6 p.m. wit h Dinner at 7 p.m.

The Guest Spe aker will be the Stat e Treasur er Dale Folwell. Cash B ar. Ticke ts may be purchased from Jack Sw ann ( 270-45 68) or Norm Gopsill (270-0509).

Thursday, February 15 •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 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 Friday, February 16 •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.

•The Sons of Confederate Veterans, Commander Joe Henson, Pender County Grays Camp 2174 meets the third Friday of each month at the Pender County Library, 103 S. Cowan Street in Burgaw at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, February 20 •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, February 21 •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, February 22 •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 .•The Sons of Confederate Veterans, Captain David Williams/Holly Shelter Volunteers Camp 2267 meets on the fourth Thursday each month at Holland’s Shelter Creek Restaurant, N.C. 53 East. at 6 p.m.

Friday February 23 •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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ArtBeat Community Center

Next Monthly Meeting Thursday, March 1st – 7:30 pm ArtBeat Community Center Come join us!!

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“Love is in the Air”

Saturday February 24th

Mixed Media by Emerge Studio Art

$35 includes all materials For info contact: Wrye.rebekah@gmail.com Or text: 910.789.0835

GRITS GROVE DESIGNS Sign Painting Workshops held at ArtBeat Community Center. $40 per person includes all materials for a farmhouse sign.

For more information contact Marti Smith @ 910.508.2952 Like me on FACEBOOK @ GRITS GROVE DESIGNS

Located in the old EMS Building at 108 East Wilmington Street in Burgaw, ArtBeat is the new headquarters of the Pender Arts Council. ArtBeat offers arts programs to the community through classes, events, and workshops. The Pender Arts Council mission is to increase awareness and access to the arts in Pender County. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the community of Pender County. ArtBeat is sponsored by the Town of Burgaw. Memberships are $15 for individuals and $25 for families.

Come join us for a relaxed, informal evening workshop, held on Friday nights starting at 6:00 pm, ending at 9:00 or whenever we are ready to stop. In this basic mixed media workshop we will learn step-by-step methods for starting a mixed media canvas and building it through to the finished piece. Current themes … Home Sweet Home, LOVE, and Pineapples!!! Workshop fee of $40.00 covers all supplies and instruction.

Workshops are held at the ARTS @ Burgaw Antiqueplace.

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Sunshine Studio Stained Glass

Beginner stained glass workshops with Jim Shapley from Sunshine Studio Stained Glass.

All supplies, tools, instruction for only $80.

Workshops are from 10am-4pm Next Workshop

Saturday March 3rd Saturday March 10th Call Jim at 910.916.9426 or e-mail

SunshineStudioStainedGlass@gmail.com

Friday February 23rd 6:00 pm

Workshops held at the ARTS @ Burgaw Antiqueplace

To register call or text Cheryl Hardie Holt 910.271.0433 Like me on Facebook “Emerge Studio Art”

Gift Certificates available!

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Pender Arts Council PO Box 661 Burgaw, NC 28425 The Pender Arts Council meets monthly at ArtBeat Community Center at 7:30. Come join us!

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