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With Pender County Schools on spring break this week, sports teams are idle, except for several tournaments.

Read about the current standings in sports on 8A.

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Need for new jail continues to grow, sheriff says

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher After a lot of attention several years ago to the prospect of a new jail and law enforcement center, the project fell off the county radar behind such pressing needs as the school bond projects Now Pender County Sheriff Carson Smith says the county needs to get back to work on a new jail.

“The past couple of months, Randall (Woodruff) and I have started looking at land again. We think we may have found a location that would work and we are talking to

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county commissioners about it,” Smith said.

But Woodruff says funding for the project probably won’t be in the 201718 county budget.

“This is a valuable project and I’m sure it’s needed, but I don’t think the commissioners are in a mood to talk about it from what I’ve seen,” Woodruff said. “I think they want to get the school bond projects behind them before they talk about any new capital projects.”

The need for a new jail facility in Pender County continues to grow, as prisoners are sent to facilities out of the county for housing – which is

projected to cost Pender taxpayers up to $700,000 this fiscal year.

“There are some things we have done that has bought us some time, but it hasn’t put it off forever,” said Smith.

The law requires all people charged with a felony to appear before a judge within 96 hours of arrest. Smith says the Sheriff ’s Department has been working with the courts to have those charged with misdemeanors who are deemed not to be a flight risk or violent to have lower or unsecured bonds so they will not be held in the jail. This has helped reduce the jail population.

“That has not cut down on the number of people we are sending out of county or the number of people I’m responsible for, but it has maintained it. That is about the last arrow in my quiver I have to keep the overcrowding problem from getting worse,” Smith said.

Smith says the money saved from having a new jail, coupled with other income from the jail, would go a long way to paying for a new facility. State law now says anyone convicted of a misdemeanor will serve all time in county jails. The state pays each

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Strawberry time in Pender

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Improvements in the mortality rate from diabetes in Pender County can be partially attributed to better health education, according to Health and Human Services Director Carolyn Moser.

Among the illnesses causing death in Pender County, diabetes fell from fifth to eighth place. Moser also cited improvements in child and maternal health, and infant mortality rates.

“I think some of the improvement has come from better education and outreach on how to deal with chronic diseases,” Moser said. “It’s a combination of things, but I think we are doing something right and I see a lot of positive action there. Diabetes is a disease that has a lot of negative consequences as it progresses.”

Moser says health education outreach in the community is a high priority for the Pender Health Department. Improvements in the overall health of county residents does not just happen – it comes through education in the community.

“We had a health education class in Willard and had 22 people there the first day.

I am very pleased that people are beginning to understand how important it is to manage chronic illnesses to improve your quality of life,” said Moser. “Family members of those with chronic diseases can help as well.”

While the Pender Health

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Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew

The recent freeze hurt strawberry producers, but didn’t get all the crops. Carol Sue Strawberries in Hampstead has berries for sale. Farm owner Jeff Morris has something young customers liked better than fresh strawberries – ice cream.

Pender School Superintendent to retire

By Miranda Ferguson Special to the Post & Voice Pender County Schools Superintendent Dr. Terri Cobb has announced her retirement effective Oct. 1. Dr. Cobb was initially hired as superintendent of Pender County Schools in 2012.

Dr. Cobb will have completed more than 38 years of active service in North Carolina’s public schools upon retiring this fall. Throughout her

career in education she has worked as a teacher, guidance counselor, assistant principal, principal, and several leadership roles at the central office level including Chief of Staff in Wake County.

During her tenure as Superintendent, Pender County Schools earned district-wide accreditation through AdvancED, passed a $75 million bond funding a new school at Penderlea, an elementary and middle school in Surf City,

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“As a district, we have achieved so much. I am very

Sheriff Carson Smith

Hampstead NCDOT meeting April 24 From Staff Reports The North Carolina Department of Transportation Division 3 will hold a meeting to collect public comment on the draft 2018-2027 State Transportation Improvement Program.

The meeting will be at the Pender County Government Annex in Hampstead April 24 from 5-7 p.m. It is for all Division 3 counties – Pender, Brunswick, Duplin, Onslow, New Hanover, and Sampson.

The meeting will be an openhouse format. There will be no formal presentation. Participants can drop in during the meeting hours to study maps of proposed projects, view an interactive STIP map, and review the project information with NCDOT staff.

The State Transportation Improvement Program is a document developed cooperatively by local, regional and state transportation entities. It includes a list of multi-modal transportation projects, such as highway, transit and bicycle based on the state’s long-range transportation goals.

The projects included in the Mowers document were selected using a data-driven prioritization process created by the Strategic Transportation Investment Law (STI). NCDOT representatives will be on hand to inform the public about the projects in the Draft STIP and gather input on the process to create it. People who cannot attend a meeting in person can also provide feedback via phone, fax and e-mail.

The Annex is at 15060 U.S. Hwy. 17 in Hampstead.

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Pender County arrest report Donald James Bowling, 45, 9382 Merrywood Drive, Leland.

Driving while license revoked, child support. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $500 secured bond, $1,967 cash bond.

Michelle Marie Brassert, 29, 405 S. Walker St Burgaw. Simple domestic assault. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Timothy Lee Cowart, 35, 66 Tasha Ln. Lot 5 Burgaw. Domestic assault on a female, misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest

by Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated under $10,000 secured bond.

Dustin Lee Craig, 17, 601 N. Timberly Lane 42, Burgaw. No operator’s license. Arrest by the Burgaw Police Department.

Released under $300 secured bond.

Terry Darnell Days, 59, 110 Gore Rd. Willard. Driving while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated with no bond listed.

Angelo Wanell Dixon, 46, 111Warren Drive, Jacksonville.

Conspiracy to obtain property by false pretense. Arrest by N.C. Highway Patrol. Released under $3,000 secured bond.

Betsy Yvonne Earley, 31, 62 Courteny Drive, Willard. Child support. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated under $480 cash bond.

Timothy Terrell Glaspie, 42, 2330 Highway 53 W. Burgaw. Driving while impaired, driving with license revoked (two counts).

Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $25,500 secured bond.

James Mackenzie Hines, 26, 215 Railroad St. Atkinson. Child support. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department.

Incarcerated under $400 cash bond.

Mary Rachael Pryor Jenness, 30, 237 Kel Ash Extension Rocky Point. Simple Assault. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Kevin Orbie Jones, 43, 1161 Spot Lot 113 Lane, Surf City. Felony probation violation. Arrest by Probation Officer. Released under $20,000 secured bond.

Richard Stephen Koluch, 25, 125 Spring Chase Lane 201, Rocky Point. Larceny/concealment of merchandise. Arrest by the Burgaw Police Department. Incarcerated under $500 secured bond.

Terrance Tyrone Luines, 24, 650 U.S. Hwy. 117 Burgaw. Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Arrest by the Burgaw Police Department Released under $800 unsecured bond.

Riley Elizabeth Mason, 18, 67 Winding Creek Rd. Rocky Point.

Simple domestic assault, communicating threats, misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by the Probation Officer. Released under $2,800 secured bond.

Gaspin Anthony Merritt, 34, 139 Kel Ash Rd. Rocky Point.

Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by the Probation Officer. Released under $10,000 secured bond.

Anita Merritts, 60, 135 Kel Ash Rd. Rocky Point. Misdemeanor larceny. Arrest by the Burgaw Police Department. Released under $500 secured bond.

Cynthia Merritts, 23, 135 kel Ash Road Rocky Point. Misdemeanor Larceny. Arrest by the Burgaw Police Department.

Released under $800 secured bond.

Eliese Castillo Nunez, 25, 112 Phillip Mills Drive, Teachey. Driving while license revoked. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s

Pender EMS & Fire Report April 2-8 Pender EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: 190 Calls Per Station Burgaw Station 1 45 Sloop Point Station 14 24 Hampstead Station 16 25 Surf City Station 23 17 Topsail Beach Station 4 6 Union Station 5 15 Rocky Point Station 7 30 Atkinson Station 9 22 Maple Hill Station 13 5 Scott Hill Station 18 0 Hwy 421 Station 29 1 Type of Calls Cancelled: 29 Refusals: 56 Stand By: 1 Transported: 91 Treated/released: 13 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 47 Calls Per Station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw 3 Fire Station 13 Maple Hill 7 Fire Station 14 Sloop Point 12 Fire Station 16 Hampstead 8 Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill 3 Fire Station 21 Long Creek 6 Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 8 Fire Call Type Summary Fire 8 Motor Vehicle Crash 6 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 26 Cancelled 7 Ocean Rescue 0

Department. Released under $500 secured bond.

Ryan Casey Pennell, 24, 140 Henson St. Waynesville. Possession of a firearm by felon, possession of marijuana paraphernalia, felony larceny, felony larceny of motor vehicle, violation of a domestic protection order, communicating threats, resisting, obstructing and delaying an officer. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated under $30,000 secured bond.

Terrance Allen Pratt, 36, 9414 Piney Woods Rd. Willard. Injury to personal property. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $400 secured bond.

Brett Lynn Register, 22, 102 McGill Drive, Burgaw. Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by the Probation Officer.

Released with no bond listed.

Ashely Ramiro Reyes, 30, 9675 Hwy. 50, Maple Hill. Assault on a female, interfering with emergency communication, misdemeanor child abuse. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $10,000 secured bond.

James Lewis Rhames Jr., 46, 1118 Stuart Circle, Wilmington.

Expired registration card/tag, driving while impaired, intoxicated and disruptive, driving while license revoked, possess of open container/consuming alcohol in vehicle passenger area.

Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $1,400 secured bond.

Irving Rosales, 22, Camp Lejeune. Driving while impaired, reckless driving. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $800 secured bond.

Jesse Lee Rose, 33, 8059 Burr Hill Road, Virginia. Driving while impaired, possession of an open container/consuming alcohol in vehicle passenger area. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated under $2,500 secured bond.

Corry Scott Ross, 24, 5531 Fulton Ave. Castle Hayne. Possession of heroin, simple possession of a Schedule 2 controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor probation violation (two counts), felony breaking and/or entering, larceny after breaking and/or entering, felony possession of stolen goods/property (two counts), misdemeanor larceny, felony larceny, obtain property by false pretense. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated under $35,000 secured bond.

Troy Allen Ross Jr., 29, 4508 Castle Heights, Castle Hayne.

Possession of a stolen firearm. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released with no bond listed.

John Thomas Solomon, 43, 119 Shadow Ridge Rd., Hampstead.

Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Probation Officer.

Released under $5,000 secured bond.

Heather Marie Strickland, 30, 22 Brookside Trail, Rocky Point.

Driving while license revoked. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $100 secured bond.

Justin Kyle Stutzenburg, 26, 116 Watauga Rd. Wilmington.

Reckless driving to endanger, driving left of center, driving while impaired, driving while license revoked. Arrest by the N.C. Highway Patrol. Incarcerated under $1,800 secured bond.

Lindsey Nicole Szakasits, 25, 350 Scottsdale Rive, Wilmington.

Assault by strangulation. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $7,500 secured bond.

Joshua Dewey Teachey, 30, 179 Gore Road Williard. Domestic assault on a female, misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest

by Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated under $4,000 secured bond.

Jake Scott Tew, 19, 416 Lea Drive Hampstead. Felony probation violation. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department.

Released under $5,000 secured bond.

Thomas Matthew Ward, 34, 448 Saddle Bridge Rd. Currie.

Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Probation Officer.

Released with no bond listed.

Mark Alexander Watkins, 47, 231 Crooked Creek Drive, Burgaw. Driving while impaired. Arrest by the N.C. Highway Patrol. Released under $500 secured bond.

Timothy Edward Watkins, 37, 63 Trey Lane, Burgaw. Parole violation, child support. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under a $200 cash bond.

Information in the arrest report is public record and is obtained from the Pender County Sheriff’s Department, who is responsible for the content.

An arrest does not always end in a determination of guilt in court.

Jail

Continued from page 1A county $40 a day per prisoner serving time on a misdemeanor conviction.

“For most counties, that’s a good deal, if you have the space. Counties with jail space are host counties, and take misdemeanors from across the state. We have to send all ours out. We have 15 people right now in that program,” Smith said. “If we average that number, that is $200,000 a year we could be receiving. Couple that with the $600,000 we would save

on out of county housing, plus revenue we could receive from housing prisoners from other counties, that would go a long way to paying for a new jail.”

Jails are one of the most expensive facilities to build.

Smith projects the new jail and law enforcement center would cost about $24 million to build.

Estimating the debt service on the building and the increased costs to staff and run the facility, Smith says his department could generate about half the money needed through savings and renting space to other counties and the federal government.

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By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer

A group of women in Hampstead and surrounding areas have launched a Women In Networking (WIN) chapter.

WIN was started by a group of women in Raleigh who set out to empower women business owners. They believe this can be done by encouraging the exchange of customer referrals, sharing knowledge and offering support to one another.

A social and professional network of businesswomen who enjoy surrounding themselves with other like-minded individuals, WIN members work to inspire each other in all of their undertakings.

Members of the networking group attend weekly meetings, professional development

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Pender County Farmer’s MarketCelebrate opens April 19

The Farmers’ Market at Poplar Grove Plantation will open April 19 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. It will be held each week into the fall through Oct. 27 on the front lawn of the historic site.

Visitors will be able to interact with the farmers who grow and produce fresh produce, landscaping and bedding plants; as well as meet herbal-

ists who grow herbs and mix scented salves and oils. Bakers creating homemade cookies and desserts and artisans making handmade soaps will be on site, as well.

Cutting boards, jewelry, and accessories for home, hearth and garden will also be available for purchase. Locally prepared foods and drinks will be available for an easy

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lunch or to take home for dinner. Poplar Grove makes every effort to provide a market that promotes local farmers and the use of local products. They work to educate buyers on conservation practices, and to provide the local community an opportunity to get to know their farmer, their baker and their artisan maker.

Gardening expertise is an-

other perk that can be found at the farmers’ market.

The Pender County Master Gardeners will hold a free Plant Clinic the second Wednesday of each month at their Ask a Master Gardener booth. Those who attend the market can stop by their booth for answers to their garden-

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Pender man gets life sentence for 2013 murder From Staff Reports A Pender County jury April 4 convicted Vincent Smith, age 33 of Hampstead, of first degree murder under the theory of premeditation and deliberation and felony murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and discharging a weapon into occupied property. Judge Imelda Pate sentenced Smith to a life sentence and 33-52 months, to run concurrent to the life sentence.

Smith was charged with the Mar. 12, 2013 murder of Donnie Lee Pridgen. Pridgen was engaged to Smith’s sister and had a child in common with her, who was present at the scene.

The shooting took place in Smith’s mother’s home, where

Vincent Smith he resided with her. A dispute arose between Smith, his sister, and his mother. When Pridgen intervened and came to the women’s defense, Smith shot Pridgen, who was unarmed. The first shot was fired

outside the home and struck Pridgen in the thigh. Pridgen, Smith’s sister, and their oneyear-old child attempted to get away from Smith by hiding behind the front door of the residence. Smith kicked in the door, reached around it, and fired at Pridgen, striking him in the head. Pridgen died at the scene.

Multiple witnesses were present at the time of the shooting, all of whom were related to Smith and four of whom were children. He fled the scene immediately after the shooting and no weapon was ever recovered. Smith turned himself in to the Pender County Sheriff ’s Office the next day.

Witnesses testified during

Search leads to Watha drug arrest From Staff Reports The Pender County Sheriff ’s Office Investigations Division and Narcotics Unit executed two search warrants April 7 at a residence located at 9276 Piney Woods Road in Watha.

S u b s e q u e n t l y, a l a r g e amount of ille gal narcotics and paraphernalia were seized.

Christopher Richard Herring, 37, resident, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and deliver powder cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture,

Christopher Richard Herring sell, and deliver crack cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and deliver marijuana, felony

possession of powder cocaine, felony possession of crack cocaine, felony possession of marijuana, manufacture powder cocaine, manufacture crack cocaine, manufacture marijuana, maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling crack cocaine, maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling powder cocaine, maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana paraphernalia.

Herring was placed in the Pender County Jail under a $110,000 bond.

Child sex crimes charged From Staff Reports Haywood Elwood Garner, 69 years old was arrested April 7 and charged with nine counts of first degree sex offense with a child, three counts of crimes against nature and three counts of indecent Liberties with a child.

Gar ner was initially charged in October 2016 with child sex crimes involving a four-year-old victim and was charged today with additional crimes involving a fifth child.

The new charges stem from offenses that took place between 1996 and 1999 involving a child under the age of 12.

Garner’s bail was increased by $1 million and he remains in the Pender County Jail with a current bond amount of $2,625,000 Investigators believe there may be additional victims.

Anyone with information is asked to call Sgt. John Leatherwood at 910-259-0191 or the Pender County Sheriff ’s Office at 910-259-1212.

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“It has been a humbling experience to serve the Pender County Board of Education and this community. Much has been accomplished and I look forward to celebrating the district’s continued success in the future.�

Dr. Cobb said she will continue to be an advocate for

public education in North Carolina. She looks forward to spending more time with family.

The Pender County Board of Education will be working with the North Carolina School Boards Association to conduct its search for the district’s next superintendent.

their health education quite a bit and I think they are seeing now that they will need to keep that as a major focus,� Moser said. “We had a church call us about coming to do a program for them, only to find out they were in a neighboring county.

They had talked to their health department and they didn’t offer such programs.�

Church and civic groups in

Pender County are encouraged to contact the Health Department and schedule visits from health educators who will provide programs and information on a variety of topics. “We have an awesome staff to come out to provide health education programs. We welcome the opportunity to get out in the community,� said Moser.

Continued from page 1A appreciative to our students, teachers, principals, assistant principals, central services administrators, and Board of Education,� Dr. Cobb said.

Health

Continued from page 1A Department places a high priority on community outreach and education, Moser admits that some county health departments do not. “Some of the counties in the state have cut back on

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DSS bill has some merit, deserves discussion In the midst of the flurry of bills passing between committees and the floor of the General Assembly, one regarding a regional approach to welfare agencies has sparked a lot of interest in recent days.

Introduced by Sen. Tamara Barringer (R-Wake), the proposal has gained some traction, and has a good chance of passing.

In its current incarnation, county departments of social services would be eliminated, ...but it’s highly unand the state divided into 30 relikely that local ofďŹ ces gions starting in 2022. Our state would be closed and locurrently has 100 individual DSS offices, each of which has cal jobs eliminated – the both local and state divisions. need will still be there, North Carolina has somehow regardless of the size of avoided the national trend tothe bureaucracy. ward regional DSS, but the idea has some merit.

While technology has reduced the number of welfare abusers who skip from county to county, there are still some who slip through the cracks. Barringer has specifically mentioned several more horrible cases of child abuse that could have been stopped had counties communicated better with their counterparts next door or across the state. With greater scrutiny of illegal immigrants and others improperly accessing state and federal welfare benefits, regionalization would help, since several layers of communication and accountability would be eliminated. Numerous programs are funded by the state with local clerical work that is replicated in Raleigh, and some could be streamlined through better use of technology.

Opponents have legitimate concerns, namely that jobs could be lost, and access to assistance might be limited. These would have to be addressed, but it’s highly unlikely that local offices would be closed and local jobs eliminated – the need will still be there, regardless of the size of the bureaucracy.

We hope Barringer’s proposal – which has attracted a bevy of co-sponsors – gets some serious consideration. It’s an idea worth discussing and researching. Things have changed drastically since the days when North Carolina had a total of 106 “county aid workers,� most of whom were responsible for distributing local charitable funds, or making sure children and the elderly were fed.

If it would add layers of government, Senate Bill 594 needs to die a quick death. If it would improve giving a hand up, not a hand out, to those truly in need – SB 594 deserves a chance.

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Building the bridge; Surf City I thought I might take a series of aerial photos with my drone to mark the progress of the new high rise bridge going up across the Intracoastal Waterway in Surf City. I had just finished when a truck drove up, and two people got out and tossed some heavy bags into the tall reeds. I went over, introduced myself and asked if they

Bill Messer were connected with the construction project, and what they were working on. “Sandbags,� one of them said.

The other pointed to some equipment, and said, “To stabilize the equipment.�

One carried a couple of sheets of paper, (I figured correctly it was the boss) the other carried a tripod with a GPS device on top of the mast, and a bracket that held a Trimple TSC3 data collector, a multifunction device with keypad and display.

Greg Tyler works for Balfour Beatty Infrastructures. “Right now I’m carrying a data collector. The GPS

head connects with the base station we have on the other site. We have control points set up around the job site.�

I asked, “Do you have physical objects, like painted dots, or maybe transmitters on the control point?� “No, they’re measured points in the program,� he explained.

The second person, Estella Escobido, joined in. “I’m a Party Chief Field Engineer (for the southeast region).

He’s carrying a Trimble SCS900.�

Thinking back over the years to what I had observed along the side of the road, a stationary tripod-mounted telescope and a pole with graduated markings on it, carried to different locations within an area, and readings taken from the telescope instrument. “How accurate is it?� I asked, “Inches?� “We use a robot gun,� she answered, “millimeters. A sixteenth, a couple of millimeters.�

They both turned and headed into the marsh, where there was a triangular locater, wrapped around with orange tape. Now I could see why the sandbags were used, to stabilize the equipment. “We use the GPS to establish a control point,� Estella explained as Greg mounted the equipment in the locator position. “We let it run for

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Don’t judge a man by his overalls The lady stared at me, and I at her, before we both laughed. “I didn’t recognize you out of uniform,� I told her. “I didn’t know you either,� she grinned.

We see each other several times a week, and both found ourselves working on a Saturday. We had also apparently decided that six days a week in civilized clothing was enough (she’s also a faithful churchgoer).

Now, I was thoroughly civilized by my usual Saturday standards. I was not wearing a coat and tie, nor was I wearing the usual fedora. It was Saturday, by cracky; I had already mowed grass, checked the canal for ambitious beavers, fed livestock, been chased by and chased in return a goose, and done a few other odds and ends.

On Saturdays, I generally wear overalls. Sometimes I wear hunting clothes , sometimes jeans, sometimes I have to dress professionally, but usually, it’s overalls, a shirt of some repute, and either a wide-brimmed hat or a blaze orange waterproof fedora.

-Y CHANCE ENCOUNTER with the lady in the store got me to thinking about how often we let a person’s couture make up our minds before we even shake hands.

Forget the old jokes about women in revealing clothing asking an admiring man to

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Jefferson Weaver describe their eye color. It happens to middle aged men in overalls, too.

A number of years ago, I volunteered to help out at a friend’s produce stand. It was a hot Saturday at White Lake, and he was selling peas so fresh they didn’t know they’d been picked.

-Y OLD BUDDY NEEDED SOMEone to fetch buckets of peas, feed the sheller, and load watermelons.

On a previous Saturday, I’d made the mistake of stopping by to visit after I’d gone to the office in semi-civilized clothing. I got drafted to help him on the way home, and offered to come back. He was grateful for the company as well as the labor.

So this time, I was properly outfitted in a ball cap, a workshirt who integrity was best described as sketchy, and a positively disrepu-

table but comfortable pair of overalls. A very nice, if somewhat pretentious, lady came by and fussed over some peas and other vegetables, then directed me on where to load her purchases in her vehicle. I smiled, nodded, and was polite, although she wasn’t our favorite customer that day.

-Y FRIEND INVITED HER TO church the next day, and gave her directions. We both doubted she would show, but we made it a point to invite folks who came by the stand – especially the ones who seemed to have a real need for Christian fellowship. After a hard shower AND SCRUBBING THEN -ISS Rhonda’s artistic ministrations with my hair, I donned my best Brooks Brothers and black hat the next morn-

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Coping with ringing in your ears Dear Savvy Senior, Are there any new treatments you know of that can help with constant ear ringing syndrome known as tinnitus?

I’ve had it for years but it’s gotten worse the older I get.

Ringing Louder at 62 Dear Ringing, Tinnitus is a common condition that affects around 45 million Americans, but is usually more prevalent in the 60-and-older age group.

Here’s what you should know along with some tips and treatments that may help.

What is tinnitus?

Tinnitus (pronounced tinNIGHT-us or TIN-a-tus) is the sensation of hearing a ringing, buzzing, roaring, hissing or whistling sound in one or both ears when no external sound is present. The sounds, which can vary in pitch and loudness, are usually worse when background noise is low, so you may be more aware of it at night when you’re trying to fall asleep in a quiet room.

For most people tinnitus is merely annoying, but for many others it can be extremely disturbing.

Tinnitus itself is not a disease, but rather a symptom of some other underlying health condition. The best way to find out what’s causing your tinnitus is to see an audiologist, or an otolaryngologist – a doctor who specializes in ear, nose and throat diseases (commonly called and ENT).

The various things that can cause tinnitus are: s!GE RELATED AND NOISE induced hearing loss – this is most common cause. s-IDDLE EAR OBSTRUCTIONS

which are usually caused by

a build-up of earwax deep in the ear canal. s4HE SIDE EFFECTS OF MANY different prescription and nonprescription medicines like aspirin, ibuprofen, certain blood pressure medicines and diuretics, some antidepressants, cancer medicines and antibiotics. s6ARIOUS MEDICAL CONDItions such as high blood pressure, vascular disease, diabetes, allergies, thyroid problems, ear or sinus inFECTIONS -ENIERE S DISEASE

Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, otosclerosis, temporomanDIBULAR JOINT 4-* DISORDER

a tumor, an injury to the head or neck, traumatic brain injury, depression, stress and more.

Treating the causes While there’s currently no cure for tinnitus there are some ways to treat it depending on the cause. For example, if your tinnitus is caused by a wax build-up in your ears or a medical condition (high blood pressure, thyroid problem, etc.), treating the problem may reduce or eliminate the noise. Or, if you think a medication you’re taking may be causing the problem, switching to a different drug, or lowering the dosage may provide some relief.

Other treatments Another treatment option for tinnitus that can help suppress or mask the sound so its less bothersome are “sound therapies.� These can be as simple as a fan or

a white noise machine, or something more sophisticated like a modified-sound or notched-music device like Neuromonics (neuromonics. com) or the Levo System (otoharmonics.com) that actually trains your brain not to hear the tinnitus.

Or, if you have hearing loss, hearing aids can help mask your tinnitus by improving your ability to hear actual sounds. There are even hearing aids today that come with integrated sound generation technology that delivers white noise or customized sounds to the patient on an ongoing basis. Your audiologist or ENT can help you with these options.

There are also certain medications that may help.

While currently there’s no FDA approved drugs specifically designed to treat tinnitus, some antianxiety drugs and antidepressants have been effective in reliving symptoms. Behavioral therapies, counseling and support groups can also be helpful.

Other things you can do to help quiet the noise is to avoid things that can aggravate the problem like salt, artificial sweeteners, sugar, alcohol, tonic water, tobacco and caffeine. And protect yourself from loud noises by wearing earplugs.

For more information on tinnitus treatment options, visit the American Tinnitus Association at ata.org.

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

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Insuring excellence I had the pleasure and privilege of speaking at I Day a few years ago: All Industry Day hosted by the CPCU Society of Eastern North Carolina. CPCU: Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter is a professional designation, equivalent to earning a -ASTER S DEGREE IN INSURANCE They invited me to speak on my signature topic at the time: Engaging Excellence; ideally inspiring them to effective action within their industry and beyond. I felt a bit like the entertainment, as other speakers addressed much more tangible, technical aspects of the insurance industry.

I now have a better understanding why rates continue to rise, and how and by whom that is determined. Not that there is anything I can do about it, it was interesting to learn how our state compares to others in administering this significant service we all secure, hoping we never need to use it.

-Y FAVORITE QUOTE OF THE day came from the insurance commissioner himself: “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.�

Fast forward to today, as I prepare for a closing keynote with the Southeastern Insurance Regulators Association.

Insurance is such an interesting industry, wrapping my mind around all of the intricacies of the infinite products and parameters is nothing short of mind-boggling. Even as an individual purchaser of multiple policies, I find the paradox of insurance intriguing.

We invest in it hoping we never need to use it, and we only get a tangible return if we have a significant loss in OUR LIVES -Y INTERPRETATION of ROI is peace of mind. No policy of any type can insure we will not experience a loss, but it assures us that we are covered in the event that we do.

And I count on my personal agent to ensure that I am investing in the appropriate policies. Insure, assure, and ensure all derive from the same Latin word secures, meaning safe.

Insurance is certainly a relationship-based business, anchored by intelligence and integrity, as no average person could possibly understand and interpret the intricacies of the multifaceted professional policies we purchase. An interesting entity indeed, as it is something we all invest in, hoping we never need.

Though not I, several speakers cited the stereotype of insurance being boring. I find the opposite to be true.

While not something I have pursued with passion as many have, I got an amazing education in the short time I was surrounded by these experts and continue to build my base of knowledge. I look forward to sharing one of my favorite areas of expertise: the Art of Encouragement and the Healing Power of Humor. I assure you it will be interesting and fun and our investment in new knowledge ensures a high rate of return.

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Out and About with Pender Tourism

Tammy Proctor Pender County Tourism Director Pender Tourism is a twoperson department, but we have been on the go – often in different directions. Just last week, while Stephanie attended “turtle school,” I was in a beautification committee meeting for the upcoming Wells Fargo Golf event, May 1-7.

Within the last two weeks we have participated in the largest business expo in a tri-county region – the WilmingtonBiz Expo. We partnered with the NC Blueberry Festival and we thoroughly enjoyed meeting many people who didn’t know Pender County has so much to offer.

That same week we spent Saturday at the Poplar Grove Plantation Herb and Garden Fair. What a day! We used the new Pender County tent/ canopy. I’m sure we amused

Messer Continued from page 4A 30 minutes and it communicates with all the satellites.

The data collector will let me know how many satellites we’re connected to. What it does is give us a northing and an easting, for the coordinates, and the elevation, and that’s how it lets us know where we are in the world.

Our boss wanted us to get the elevation of the water level.

And all those you see there, those are the drill shafts.”

She swept her arm across the recent work, a grid of large diameter steel tubes rising vertically from the ground.

“How deep do these go?” I asked.

“At Bent (position) 1 the minimum deviation was negative 81 feet, the deepest one so far is negative 115 feet.”

Thinking this looked like pretty technical job, I asked, “Is this what you do? Set this up and push a button?”

Greg answered. “Normally, we’ll set up a gun here, and shoot in an elevation,” and he points to the pipes across the water, “the caisson pipe” Estella helps me understand. “It does a direct reflect.”

“This seems like pretty easy job, is this all there is to

Weaver Continued from page 4A ing, not even thinking of the customer of the afternoon before.

Imagine the surprise when she did indeed turn up, and came across the room to introduce herself – not as the lady who was peculiar about peas, but as a weekly reader of my column, who had always wanted to meet me.

“You done met him one time,” Robert chortled. “You just don’t know him with his clothes on.” She was embarrassed, and not just because of Robert’s suggestive (and inaccurate) joke. The lady has now moved some distance away, my friend Robert passed away, and his produce stand is long since closed, so I can relate that story with impunity.

I have noted before that a friend of my father financed much of his county and town from the pocket of his overalls. We’ll call him Mr. Earl.

Folks knew they could come to Mr. Earl in a time of need or opportunity, and he could often fulfill their needs from the button-front pocket on the bib of his Pointers.

He didn’t drink alcohol or sneak off to Maryland to gamble, and he didn’t loan money to people who did. He

spectators as we tried to assemble it for the first time.

But the tent was a perfect home for tourism for the day.

We gave away two boxes of visitor guides. Our greatest joy was the moment an out of town visitor pointed to the visitor guide and said, “I’m here today because of that book!” She read the calendar of events and decided while she was in town to attend the Herb and Garden Fair.

This week we attended the Rosenwald School Legacy workshop, a day of learning sessions about our history and the Rosenwald schools.

Pender County has more standing Rosenwald schools than any other county in the state. They were family and community financed schools

by African Americans for their children. There we met William Jordan, a long time educator in Pender County, who was one of the first teachers to integrate Pender Schools.

Congratulations to Olivia Dawson Pender County Tourism shares office space with the N.C. Blueberry Festival. We work together because our goals are the same – attract people to Pender County.

Olivia Dawson, the N.C. Blueberry Festival Coordinator, has been selected to serve on the board of directors of the North Carolina Associa-

tion of Festivals and Events (NCAF&E).

Wells Fargo Golf just days away We’ve been involved in the Wells Fargo Golf Championship for almost a year. We’ve been planning and preparing. Isn’t that what you do when company is coming?

May 1-7, the PGA anticipates more than 4,000 to 5,000 cars will park and shuttle to and from the N.C. Spot Festival grounds on U.S. Hwy. 17.

The Pender County Sheriff ’s Department is coordinating traffic control. The PGA has hired the shuttles. No other vehicles will be permitted on the roads leading to Eagle Point Golf Course – with the exception of homeowners, of course.

We are urging local businesses to place Welcome signs on their property. This will impact our local economy and the Cape Fear region as a whole. We are compiling specials and discounts offered by local businesses which will be given out to our visitors. If you wish to participate in this free program, call or email the tourism office at 910-259-1536 or tproctor@pendercountync.gov.

Please be mindful of the traffic this event will create.

Please be patient. Please demonstrate Southern Hospitality.

it?” I asked.

“No, no,” Greg laughed, “this is the fun part.”

“What’s the hard part?”

Estella explained, “Putting everything where it belongs. We do the anchor bolts, like everything has to be perfect. We build a model, on the computer, and it’s downloaded to the Trimble data collector, and synchronize it. A model, you can do that on AutoCad.” Greg summed up pretty well what it is they do. “Before they set anything, we come out here and tell ‘em where, then come back and check that it’s in the right spot.”

“Yes,” Estella emphasized, “You gotta check, check, check.”

I had noticed Estella carried papers, Greg carried equipment, and mentioned the observation. “Does that mean you’re the boss?”

“Yeah, I’m his boss,” she smiled.

By now that we were standing in the marshy muck along the water’s edge, the water seeping into my shoes.

“Have you ever run across any snakes?”

Greg jumped in, “Oh, yeah. On the Wilmington project we ran across a cottonmouth (water moccasin) and an alligator.”

“Where was that project?”

I asked.

Estella pointed toward Wilmington, “The

Wilmington bypass, over by I-40, that runs all the way over to Navassa.”

I knew they probably needed to get back to work, so while we were standing there, I asked Greg to tell me about the equipment he was using.

“This is the project page and these are some of the control points,” he told me and showed me the device’s screen as he touched them with the attached stylus.

“As soon as he contacts,” Estella amplified, “and zooms in, you’ll be able to see the whole job site.”

If I understood correctly, imagine the entire project design, including the fittings and hardware, locations, dimensions - everything - in one file accessible anywhere by the Trimble handheld device, with the ability to locate a component’s position before construction, and confirm its position, dimension and elevation once constructed in place.

Amazed, I asked, “How would you have done it in the old days?”

“String line,” Greg said.

“Yeah, and a level and a rod,” Estella added.

“How did you get into this kind of work?” I asked Estella.

“Actually, my boss, Mike McDermott, taught me everything I know. I went to school

appreciated hard work, and had been successful largely through his farming and other interests. He likely could have afforded something other than overalls, but he wore them to church as well as Washington City, and when he died, he was buried wearing them. Unlike some of the folks he helped, he did have more than one pair.

Mr. Earl was not a loan shark, but he wasn’t a philanthropist. He always had a few folks who couldn’t or wouldn’t pay their bills, including one fellow whose pretentions and tastes outstripped his ability to pay. He arranged a few small loans, then a mortgage with my father’s friend, but as things sometimes happen, he couldn’t make good on it.

Mr. Earl was coming back from town one Saturday evening, and decided to go see the gentleman who was behind in his payments.

Imagine his surprise when Mr. Earl pulled up the long driveway to a house with several cars out front, music playing inside, and laughter and gaiety in full evidence.

Well, Mr. Earl was owed a payment that day, but he had no intentions of embarrassing anyone. Still, he had nothing to be ashamed of, and the man did owe him a promised payment.

Rather than go around

back, where people were enjoying the back porch of the home, Mr. Earl knocked on the front door, and the lady of the house answered.

She promptly scolded this overalled ruffian to come back another day, and to make sure he came to the back door. She was hosting a dinner party, and didn’t have time for his type.

Bad mistake.

Mr. Earl, ever the gentlemen, informed the lady who he was, that he held the mortgage on the house, and that they should enjoy the party – if they could afford such, they could afford the mortgage he held, and he expected it paid in full on Monday morning. Seems the lady did not know her husband owed the country bumpkin.

Some fast-talking saved the day that time, but he eventually ended up owning the property. History doesn’t record if Mr. Earl threw a housewarming party.

I will never offer emergency mortgages from my bib pocket, nor have I had the need (or rotator cuff) to sling Saturday watermelons for a long time, but one thing always holds true – it ain’t smart to judge a man by his overalls.

Jefferson Weaver is a columnist and contributing writer with the Post & Voice.

Contact him at jeffersonweaver@nrcolumbus.com.

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Newsings & Musings sylvania and son Jimmy of Wilmington.

The Incerto sisters had come down to get their beach cottage on Topsail Island ready for summer renting.

So their family members joined them and had a week together. It was wonderful to meet at Lane’s Ferry Dock and Grill on Highway 210

in Rocky Point. What a nice lunch and visit we all had together.

Out of the Tomb Although the family and disciples did not understand it, they learned that the tomb was empty when they went to check on Jesus’ tomb. The

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Edith Batson Sunday, A Very Busy Day Worship Service at 11 a.m.

David Farrior is teaching a violin class and the young people in the class played their musical selections for the congregation. They really did a beautiful job.

Congratulations to David and his students. It was a delight to see the choir members and children march in waving palm branches.

Following worship service an Eggstravaganzas with crafts and activities was held in the pavilion, followed by an egg hunt. At 5 p.m. our chancel choir and Maple Hill Presbyterian choirs gave a beautiful Easter Cantata, “The King is coming.” Refreshments followed in the fellowship hall.

A Maundy Thursday Service will take place at 6:30 p.m April 13. Then on Easter morning a Sunrise Service will take place on the lawn at 6:30 a.m. with regular worship at 11.

Special lunch On Friday Frances Incerto and husband Cris of Massachusetts and cousin, David Eldridge of Salt Lake City, Utah picked me up at 1 p.m.

We met sister Peggy Incerto and husband Bill of Penn-

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Education

Sea Turtle Hospital News

By Karen Sota Special to the Post & Voice We have a lot of perennials around our hospital, thanks to hardworking volunteers who spend hours planting, mulching and basically just keeping us looking like a “yard-of-themonth” candidate.

But for the past five years we’ve looked forward to the appearance of a very special perennial, a lesser known variety from Maryland, The Terps.”

Students in the Integrated Life Sciences Honors College at the University of Maryland (College Park) compete for a limited number of spots in the Terps Helping Turtles annual service trip to our hospital. The selection process is challenging, and applicants can’t rely on their sparkling personality.

They must submit an essay convincingly articulating why they want to come to the hospital. Successful applicants are those who show that they can grow from the experience, and the eventual team end up being a mix of years.

This year the nine accepted to the program were accompanied by Zabrina Anzyl (Assistant Director for ILS) and two experience leaders, students returning from the prior year, or years – Nicole has just set a record, completing her fourth year at our hospital.

Once selected the group prepares with a series of

pre-trip meetings focusing on sea turtles, and also service project trips concentrating on the environment and conservation.

This year the group worked to remove invasive species from a local Maryland park for their pre-trip project and will complete a post-trip project planting trees when they return to school. At the end of each day they spent time in a debriefing session, discussing relevant educational topics and participating in team building exercises.

The students were thrilled to be able to have so much hands-on time with our turtles; feeding, giving baths and helping with the treatments.

They soon found out that turtles have completely different personalities. Really – they do. They were also impressed with the variety of innovative treatments we use, like coldlaser therapy to facilitate the healing of bone/joint problems and honey to work its magic on open wounds.

The consensus was that the experience was one of the most rewarding they’d ever had: “awe-inspiring,” “engaging” and “you can’t believe how magnificent these animals are until you stand beside one of them.” They consistently demonstrated that they were there “to be the most effective we can be in helping the hospital. It’s not about what we want, it’s about what we can do to help you.” All agreed

that our turtles do so well in recovery because of the love and care our volunteers pour into the work.

In addition to working at our hospital for the week the group also viewed a turtle necropsy, visited Ft. Fisher Aquarium and spent time at the Cape Fear Raptor Center (arranged by our hospital volunteer Greg Barsanti and conducted by center director Dr. Joni Gnyp.)

On Thursday they manned the education stations in our great hall as we welcomed hundreds of students from local elementary schools. It’s not easy keeping young students engaged when all they want to do is see the turtles but they did an outstanding job at our educations stations in the great hall.

Thank you Terps, for giving up your spring break to spend Contestants for the 2017 Mr. HCA Contest, from left to right: Seth Harrell, Mr. Legs time with us and our patients. Chance Bryant, Second Runner Up Holden Quinn, Mr. HCA 2017 Amos Lanier, First We expect that we’ll see a few Runner Up Cameron Tyler, and Noah Warrick. of you back next year.

Hospital opens on limited tour schedule We’ve reopened to the public on our abbreviated tour schedule. Tour days and hours are Thursdays and Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. We will not be open for tours April 15 or on Memorial Day weekend Saturday, May 27.

In June we move to our fiveday-a-week tour schedule. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for active military and seniors 65

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Registration open for Pender Partnership Spelling Bee The Pender Education Partnership will host its second annual Spelling April 27 at Heide Trask High School.

“Last year’s event was a great success for us, and we are hoping to have an even better turnout this year,” said PEP President Susan Croom.

“We had a lot of fun last year and plan to share even more smiles and laughs this year as we raise money to support classroom mini-grants and student scholarships.”

This year, teams can be made up of up to six people, with four participants in the Spelling Bee at a time. At designated points throughout the evening, teams will be able to “swap out” players.

“Whether you’re a master speller or rely heavily on spell check, we want you to come out and have fun with us,” Croom said. “This is an interactive event that is fun for both the audience and the participants.”

The cost per team to participate is $100, and additional word coupons are available to purchase at $10 each. Word coupons can be used throughout the Spelling Bee to buy back into the competition if a team misspells a word.

The first 10 teams to register

ects at a total of $3,097. This spring, PEP will award its first scholarships to one graduating senior at each of the district’s high schools.

To download a registration form and view the Spelling Bee rules, visit the Pender Education Partnership website under the “Community” tab at pendercountyschools.net.

For more information about PEP, email Pender.Education.

Partnership@gmail.com.

will receive one free word coupon.

“The word coupons were a great success last year, with several teams offering to pay for their opponents to stay in the game,” Susan said. “In the first round, one coupon will buy your way back in. During the second round, when we get to more difficult words, it takes two word coupons.”

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Adan Ponce Vargas Adan Ponce Vargas infant child went to be with the Lord Sunday April 2, 2017 surrounded by his loving family.

He is the son of Aureliano Ramirez and Angela Vargas Garcia and is also survived by his sisters Rose Vargas, Taulina Vargas, Carla Vargas and Shelia Vargas.

The family received friends at 6 p.m. Tuesday April 3, 2017 at Harrell’s Funeral Home with a service following at 7 p.m.

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.

John Richard Suozzi HAMPSTEAD -- John Richard Suozzi, 65, of Hampstead passed away Wednesday April 5,2017 at home surrounded by his loving family.

He was born Jan. 24, 1952 in Brooklyn N.Y., son of the late Vito and Josephine Dolcemaore Suozzi. He was also predeceased by brothers William Anton Suozzi and Michael Suozzi.

John is survived by his wife of 40 years, Mary Ann Logsdon Suozzi of Hampstead; daughter Jodi Marie Suozzi(Nickolas) of New York; son John Anthony Suozzi(Samantha)of Wilmington; two grandchildren Nathan and Leah; brother Michael Suozzi(Erlinda) of Virginia; sisters Tess

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Continued from page 5A for safety, Occupational Safety in Galveston, TX. I’ve been here for three years working for Balfour Beatty.� “Have you ever been anywhere interesting?� I asked.

Estella broke into laughter, “No, you mean like the swamps and Wilmington?�

Estella’s not every tall, and the reeds surrounding the area we walked through to get to the measurement site were over her head. “I used to walk through this stuff and all you could see was the top of my hard hat moving through the grass, moving like this.� (Estella looked up, raised both hands with fingers pointed up and wiggled them to illustrate the movement of

Suozzi(Cathy) of New York and Donna of Pennsylvania. John is also survived by several loving brother and sister in laws; many nieces and nephews; and a strong brotherhood with Fire, EMS, Law, and the Red Knights.

John blessed our community with 21 years of service with Pender EMS and Fire as a firefighter EMT I and Rescue Tech.

A memorial service to honor his life will be Thursday April 13 10:15 a.m. at Pender EMS and Fire Station 4 at 801 Flake Ave. Topsail Beach.

A procession of emergency vehicles will leave Kiwanis Park 586 Sloop Point Loop Rd and proceed to EMS Station 4 where the service will be conducted by Pastor Jeff and Pastor Joey. A celebration of his life will be held in New York at a later date.

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.

Dewey Randall “Randy�

Skipper BURGAW -- In the stillness of the morning dawn of Sunday, April 2, 2017, both earthly and heavenly fathers greeted Dewey Randall Skipper into heaven.

Randy’s greatest love and joy was a strong, creative woman who he cherished every day, Bunny Rivenbark the grass as she made her way through). “I was so short all you could see was the grass going like that and I was looking out for alligators, too, along the Cape Fear River!�

Greg had told me he was from Conway, SC. “How did you get from Conway to here?� “I started working construction for Coastal Grading, as an operator for them, dozers, trackhoes. I got offered a job at Balfour Beatty by a crane operator, worked on the project and worked as a carpenter’s helper, and helped out after that with other projects and learned what I know from them, and they put me in a survey crew.�

I knew they needed to get back to work, and thanked them for their time and explanation of the tools they were using, and helping me appreciate the precision involved

Skipper. Their quiet spirit together created their haven in rural Burgaw, where even the darkness of the overflowing river did not stop this dedicated couple. Through the struggles of cancer, their hope did not falter, yet they persevered each day through faith and trust in our Savior.

Bunny’s protectiveness and courage never left Randy’s side through this journey.

Randy’s blessing of finding his soul mate included a son, Jeremy Rivenbark. Jeremy gave adventuresome times and created a kindred spirit of family and work ethics; also invited Kim into their family circle. Grandson, Alex, was the apple of his Ga-Ge’s eye.

Randy’s sisters, Sonya Carole Turner, Gaye Young (Jerry) and Diane Hess (Dennis) were with him in his last hours.

Randy’s nephews, Bradley Hern (Felicia), Jason Broussard (Stephanie) and Bryan Broussard, along with nieces, Melinda Latta (Lee) and Lorie Child (Phil) shared many family gatherings.

The family received friends at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Elah Baptist Church Leland with funeral service at 11 a.m. The Rev. Kenneth Long and The Rev. Horace Hawes conducted the service. Burial followed in Riverview Memorial Park, Watha. Casketbearers were Jason Broussard, Bryan Broussard, Dexter Malpass, Mike Ennett, E.H. Kennedy and Kirk Bumgarner.

In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be given to Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation, 1414 Physicians Dr., Wilmington, NC 28401.

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huge rock covering the tomb and been rolled away. “He is not here. He has risen from the grave and He lives.� The women went back to town to tell the disciples. Jesus had gone to the shore and cooked fish for their breakfast.

They also were told to go back to Jerusalem and wait for the Holy Spirit to join them.

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She was born Sept 11, 1940 in Duplin County, the daughter of the late Remus Hall and Carrie Miller Gurganus.

Joyce is preceded in death by her husband, David Fleet Kelly; sisters, Joan Pickett and Carrie Grace Hall; brothers, Buddy Hall, Ronald Jones and Bobby Dean Hall; and son-inlaw, Kevin Simpson.

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First time beating 4A team

Pirate mens’ lacrosse makes history

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By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Topsail mens’ lacrosse secured a historic win Thursday when the four-year old program defeated Ashley 10-6 in Hampstead – their first home win over a 4A school in program history.

Kade Ramsey had a huge game on defense, creating four turnovers, scooping up 12 ground balls, and dishing out an assist.

Tanner Beaudoin had three goals and an assist, Jake Volpe had two scores, and Nick Haddock, Leighton Randall, Spencer Martindale one assist), Jonah Gloss, and Cameron Starrett added scores.

Payton Whisnant had eight saves and Owen Vogelsong had three goals to lead Laney (5-3, 5-2) to an 11-3 home win over Topsail Monday. Leighton Randall, Eli Copeland, and Cameron Starrett scored the Pirates’ goals while goalkeeper Bradley Brosevich came up with a strong game in goal with 10 saves and defenseman Kade Ramsey crated two turnovers

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

Photo contributed

Senior Defenseman Kade Ramsey (21) and Senior Goalie Bradley Brosovich (33) flank junior defenseman Andrew Jones (52) in defense of their goal during action against Ashley. and scooped up eight ground balls.

Topsail’ next game is Tuesday (April 18) at New Hanover.

Womens’ lacrosse The Lady Pirates fell 16-7 to Ashley at home Thursday.

Goals for Topsail were scored

by Maddie DeVries (3), Lucy

Nestor-Dowling, Lilly Ruddell, and Delaney Popella.

Emily Doane was strong on defense for Topsail.

The Lady Pirates (6-5, 3-5) suffered a tough conference road loss to Laney (6-3, 5-2) Monday despite two goals apiece from Erin McFadden, Maddie DeVries, Lily Rud-

dell, and Delaney Popella, and a goal from Sam Mazara, and strong defensive play from Emily Doane and Popella (nine draws).

The Lady Pirates next game is also April 18 at New Hanover, followed by an away game Thursday at Cape Fear Academy.

Win 10-9 in 11 innings

Lady Patriots edge Midway

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Lady Patriots have faced plenty of adversity this season. With several players out due to injury the team has struggled to find any continuity. Last week The Patriots found themselves in a cat fight of sorts with the Midway Raiders.

The young Pats found themselves in an extra inning affair. The Patriot ladies might have turned the corner in the season after beating the Raiders 10-9 in 11 innings.

The Pats jumped on the Raiders early, taking a 3-0 lead after one inning of play. The Raiders scored one run in the second and took advantage of a Pender error in the third to tie the game at 4-4. That is when the game began to get crazy.

Midway went up 5-4 in the top of the fifth frame. The Pats returned the favor in the bottom of the inning when freshman Lauren Gammons hit a two run homer to give the home team Patriots a 6-5 lead.

Midway fired back again.

This time the visiting Raiders scored twice to go up 9-7.

Gammons evened the score with another two run shot.

With the score 9-9 after seven innings, extra innings were in store.

The game remained tied until the bottom of inning 11.

The Pats had two on and one out. A bunt and a bad throw by the Raiders scored the winning run.

Gracie Vincent started the game and went 7.1 innings before freshman Samantha Wells took over. Wells went 3.1 innings to earn the win.

Gammons led the Patriots at the plate with two hits, both homeruns. She drove four teammates across home plate. Wells had four hits with fellow freshman Macy Wood adding two hits.

The Patriots were scheduled to play East Bladen later in the week. However, the wet weather caused the game to be postponed.

The Patriots (6-4/5-3) were scheduled to play in the Dixon Bulldog Easter Tournament early in the week. They are Staff photo by Bobby Norris guaranteed three games in The Lady Patriots pulled off an eleventh-inning, one-run three days. win over Midway.

Topsail’s Luchansky pitches shutout against Ashley

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer Sometime back years old the incomparable Yogi Berra said, “Good pitching beats good hitting all the time, and vice-versa.”

Not quite sure where Yogi was going with that one but Topsail junior pitcher Jake Luchansky put some credence into Yogi’s thought Friday night as he shut down an Ashley lineup with two .400plus hitters and two .300-plus hitters while his own squad managed just three hits.

baseball But those three hits did produce four runs, so maybe Yogi –when he said “Vice-Versa” –should have said, “Clutch hitting beats good pitching.”

Luchansky tossed six shutout innings, giving up six hits, walking none and fanning

six, and error, a sacrifice fly, a bases-loaded hit batsman, and a fielders’ choice produced all the runs he would need as Topsail blanked Ashley 4-0 in a Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference game on a surprisingly pleasant night for baseball in Hampstead.

The win allowed the Pirates (9-3, 5-2) to maintain sole possession of second place in the conference as they head into spring break, two games back of conference-leading New Hanover (14-0, 7-0) and a single game ahead of thirdplace West Brunswick (9-5,

4-3).

“Jake did a good job,” said Assistant Coach Jonathan Batts, who was subbing for Coach Aaron Rimer who was suspended for two games after being ejected for arguing with an umpire in last Tuesday’s Laney game. “Since the beginning of the year we know what we’re going to get out of him. He didn’t have his best stuff tonight and he got tired a little bit but he made the pitches when he needed

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The Topsail High softball team is becoming one of those programs that never rebuilds – they just reload.

This year is no different.

The team lost one of their better players of all time in Keri White this year due to graduation and in the last three years has lost some high caliber players.

For some reason, the team seems to get better each year.

This year’s team may be one of the deepest that has ever been at the school.

They have a roster full of very good players and several junior varsity players that could start for many 4A schools as well. In the words of first year coach Eric Phillips, “We have about 18 to 20 varsity players. We just don’t have enough uniforms.”

In the last two weeks the Pirates freshmen have become playmakers. The freshman tandem of Addie

Howard and Shayne Collins has filled in admirably for senior Victoria Elder while she rests her shoulder. Darbie Lisk and Maggie Smith lead a bevy of young players that makes the Pirates the team to beat in the MidEastern Conference for the next few years.

The Pirate roster has eight freshmen listed on it.

All eight of those youngsters have talent and could start for most teams in the MEC as well as any other conference in the state. In fact, on most nights Phillips starts three freshmen.

Topsail has a great blend of youth and experience.

They have leadership in a strong core of seniors.

They also have a coach that preaches discipline. Phillips believes that there must be consequences for bad decisions. He also believes that a team is only as good as their fundamentals. Eric Phillips is just what the Pirates need.

The Pirates have made deep runs in the state playoffs the last three or four years. This year may be the year that they get over the hump and become state champions. We all know it takes more than a great team. It also takes a little luck. I for one will pull for the Pirates to get that little bit of luck to get them over the hump. It is a sure bet that they have the talent.

Top Performers

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Last week saw the area high school sports teams brave some cool and windy weather.

Topsail men’s lacrosse earned a historic win Thursday beating Ashley 10-6 in Hampstead for their first home win over a 4A school in program history. Kade Ramsey had a huge game on defense, creating four turnovers, scooping up 12 ground balls, and dishing out an assist. Tanner Beaudoin had three goals and an assist while Jake Volpe had two scores.

The Trask Lady Titan soccer team earned two wins last week. Six different Titans scored in the teams win over Union. Ciara Grizzle had a great game in goal in the Titans 3-1 win over West Bladen.

Hayley Childress and Amanda Allen combined for 10 saves in goal, but the Laney Bucs still earned the win over Topsail.

Nathan Harrell earned a win on the hill last week for Trask against Union while Miles Jordan earned the save. Chase McPherson led the Titans offense with two hits while Robbie Patterson had two runs batted in. Justin Collier had a double and an RBI. Jake Luchansky tossed six shutout innings, giving up six hits while fanning six as Topsail blanked Ashley 4-0

in a Mid-Eastern Conference game.

The Trask softball team earned a win last week over Union. Brittany Foy went three innings to earn the win. Ashton Yarborough pitched two innings of one hit softball, giving up one run in relief of Foy. Yarborough led the Titan offensive onslaught with three hits, four runs scored and five runs batted in. Samantha Long and Jordan Sholar had two hits while Kaylyn Deluca had four RBI. The Topsail lady Pirates continue to roll. They beat Ashley behind the play of Freshmen Maggie Smith (2-for-4) three ribbeys, Darbie Lisk (3-for-5) two runs scored and two ribbeys. Freshmen hurlers Shayne Collins and Addie Howard combined for a seven hit, six strikeout effort.

Senior Hayley Grizzle had two hits and knocked in a run, and senior Hunter Bizzell added hit and a stolen a base, giving her 34 for the year.

The Pender lady Patriots beat Midway 10-9 in extra innings. Freshman Samantha Wells earned the win in relief and also had four hits with fellow freshman Macy Wood adding two hits.

Freshman Lauren Gammons had a pair of two run dingers in the win over Midway. She is this week’s top performer.

Lady Titans earn conference win, beat Union

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Lady Titan softball team has a storied history. The program is coming off of three straight Four County Conference titles and had made the playoffs in every year of its existence.

This year the Team is extremely young and inexperienced. Therefore, any time the Titans earn a conference win, it sets precedence for the team’s improvement.

Last week the Rocky Point crew not only earned a conference win, they beat The Union Lady Spartans 20-5. Later in the week the Titans faced the second place West Bladen Knights and found the going a little rougher in falling 10-0 in five innings.

The Union Spartans and Lady Titans have a storied past. It wasn’t too long ago that the two teams found themselves battling in the playoffs with a trip to the eastern regionals at stake. This

time the two teams were fighting for something much different. The Titans were fighting to stay in playoff contention while the Spartans were

looking for their first win of the year.

The Lady Sparts were ready to play in the opening innings of the contest. The Lady Titans scored seven runs in the first two innings while Union scored three runs in the top of the third frame to cut the lead to 7-4.

Trask increased their lead to 10-4 in the bottom of the frame and then exploded for 10 runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a commanding lead. The contest was stopped

after five innings.

Brittany Foy went three innings to earn the win. She allowed five hits and four runs.

Only two of the runs were earned. Ashton Yarborough pitched two innings of one hit softball, giving up one run.

Yarborough led the Titan offensive onslaught with three hits, four runs scored and five runs batted in. Samantha Long and Jordan Sholar had two hits while Kaylyn Deluca had four RBI. Next up was a trip to West

Bladen to face off with the mighty Knights. The Lady Titan defense did not play well and the offense managed just three hits in falling 10-0 in five innings.

The Lady Titans are 4-10 overall and 4-5 in Four County Conference play. They are off this week and are not scheduled to play again until April 17 (Monday) against Richlands.

They will be at Ashley the following Wednesday and at home with Pender April 21.

Lady Pirates enter spring break on three-game winning streak

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The win was howling Thursday night at Ashley Thursday night, and any ball hit in the air – especially to the outfield –was a bit of an adventure for the fielders.

That forced the Topsail girls to adjust their hitting approach a bit, turning to what is commonly known as “small ball,” and the end result was the Lady Pirates now enter their Spring Break with a 3-game winning streak.

Freshman Maggie Smith (2-for-4) knocked in three runs, classmate Darbie Lisk (3-for-5) knocked in two run and score twice, and freshmen hurlers Shayne Collins and Addie Howard combined for a seven-hit, six strikeout effort as Topsail defeated Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Confer-

ence foe Ashley 10-6.

Senior Hayley Grizzle had two hits and knocked in a run, and senior Hunter Bizzell added hit and stole a base (34th) so it wasn’t all a freshman bonanza.

But the youngsters (Smith, Lisk, Collins, Howard, Julia Sullivan, Nee Nee Jordan, Lauren Strnad) combined to record seven hits, two walks, five runs scored, and five RBIs in the victory.

“We had to play a lot of small ball and work at hitting the ball on the ground,” Topsail Coach Eric Phillips said.

“You hit it in the air it wasn’t going anywhere today. The changed worked and you have to take your hats off to out freshmen. Our pitchers did a great job and we put Lauren Strnad in late and look what she did. It’s a good win entering the break.”

Using a combination of two hits, two walks, a hit batter, a stolen base, and an Ashley error, Topsail (11-2, 7-1) put five runs on the board in the top of the first. Ashley got one back in the bottom of the frame but it became 8-1 in the top of the second on three singles, an error, a sacrifice fly, and a Smith RBI single.

Ashley put four on board in the bottom of the inning to close the score to 8-5 and it got dicey when Ashley scored in the fourth to make it 8-6, but Howard came on in relief and shut the door on Ashley.

“The wind made my pitches cut more, and that kind of worked in my favor,” Howard said. “It was tough out there with the wind but you still have to throw strikes. Playing varsity is a lot like playing

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Titan baseball edges Union 7-5

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan baseball team is under new management.

First year coach Ronnie Pruitt is working hard to transform the young team into a contender.

Last week the Tians saw the best and worst of the game of baseball.

Early in the week the team earned a 7-5 win over Union in front of the home crowd before traveling to West Bladen later in the week. The Knights were not very hospitable in sending the visiting team from Pender County home with a 10-0 loss.

The Titans sent their big left-hander Nathan Harrell to the mound while the Sparts countered with Ty Travers.

It did not take the Titans long to chase Travers, scoring four

runs in the first two frames.

Meanwhile Harrell did not allow a run in the first two innings.

Union scored three runs in the third frame to cut the lead to 4-3. Trask scored in the bottom half of the inning and the teams went into the fourth with Trask up 5-3.

After Trask scored another run the Spartans answered with two runs in the top of the fifth. Trask did not score in the bottom of the frame and Pruitt elected to go with Miles Jordan in the sixth inning. The decision was a good one as the right hander allowed just one hit in the final two innings.

Harrell earned the win while Jordan earned the save. Chase McPherson led the Titans offense with two hits while Robbie Patterson had two runs batted in. Jus-

tin Collier had a double and an RBI. Next up was a very good West Bladen team. The Titans took the bus ride to Bladen County looking to earn their second win of the week. What they found was a cold and windy evening along with a tough pitcher in the nights Caleb Sholar.

After a 1-2-3 top of the first

by Trask the Knights took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the frame. West Bladen added two more runs in the second and another two in the third to take an 8-0 lead. The game was stopped after five innings.

The Titans managed just two hits in the contest.

The Titans (3-10/2-7) hosted Wilmington Christian Academy on Tuesday. They traveled to South Brunswick on Wednesday.

Pender drops two conference games

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriot varsity baseball team has found the going tough this season.

Last week was a perfect example of the plight facing the young Pats.

Early in the week they hosted a Midway team still smarting from a 12-0 drubbing at the hands of Pender at their place. The Raiders wasted no time in avenging the loss, hanging a 14-2 defeat on the home team Patriots. A day later the Pender County crew traveled to Dixon.

The Bulldogs earned a hard fought 3-0 win. One day later Pender traveled to East Bladen. The Eagles finished off a horrible week for the Pats with an 11-1win.

The Raiders were determined to show the Patriots that the win early in the year was a fluke while Pender looked to sweep the season

Villalobos is a high octane Trask player

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Lady Titan soccer team is rapidly becoming a player in their final year in the Four County Conference.

The team has several players that have made major strides over the last two years.

One of those players is junior co-captain Yaritz Villalobos.

Miss Villalobos is one of those rare players that work as hard in practice as she does on game day. She treats every drill in every practice as if it is a game type situation.

Yaritz is a very versatile player. She has played every position on the field except goal keeper. She gives Coach Claris many options when she is on the pitch.

The Lady Titans are making a run toward the state playoffs. As they navigate their way down the stretch they will lean on players such as Yaritz Villalobos. The junior standout will surely give it her all.

series.

It was a 2-1 game going into the top of the fourth frame. Midway scored five runs to open up a 7-1 lead.

They scored seven more runs in the top of the seventh inning and took a 14-1 lead into the final half of the final inning.

Chase Norris took the loss on the mound. He went 3.1 innings, allowing six runs. Only two of the runs were earned.

Pender had only two hits in the game while committing six errors in the field.

Next up was a trip to Onslow County to engage the Dixon Bulldogs. A close game was decided by yet another shaky defensive effort by the Patriots.

The Bulldogs scored one run in the third and two in the sixth while the combination of Josh Roberts (two innings-two hits) and Tyler Norris (four innings-two hits) found no run support.

The Patriots committed four miscues behind the efforts of their pitchers. The Patriots had three hits in the contest.

The final game of the week was a conference affair at East Bladen. The Eagles sent Xavier Wooten to the hill and the right-hander worked his magic against The Patriots, allowing just five hits and one unearned run in beating Pender 11-1.

The Eagles scored three runs in the first on just one hit and added another run in the fourth. Pender scored their only run of the game in the top of the fifth inning.

East scored four runs in the bottom of the same frame to take an 8-1 lead. They scored four runs in the sixth to finish the game an inning early.

The Patriots (2-14/2-7) are off this week. They host Dixon April 18 (Tuesday) and North Brunswick on Wednesday before playing at Trask April 21.

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As a member of a successful high school program, a young player has to work hard and wait his turn. Very seldom does an underclassman make a huge difference.

At Topsail High school it is not uncommon for a senior to come out of nowhere to become a very good player. In the case of senior Josh Madole, he has improved every year.

Although he has found success as an underclassmen, he has become a major contributor as a senior.

Madole is currently second on the team in runs scored, and runs batted in. He is also second in hits for the year. He is a prime time player who routinely comes through in clutch situations.

The Pirate hard ballers are making a run for the MidEastern Conference title as well as the 3A playoffs. Josh Madole is one of the reasons for the team’s success in 2017.

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

Saltwater fishing improving

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Fishing Fanatic The area anglers are getting their boats ready and some are even putting them in the water. I read where there has been some drum action in the intercostal waterway and the backwaters as well. Anglers have been hooking the reds on soft plastic worms and have been using different scents.

There have been a few puffer fish caught off of the surf with the sea mullet on the way. They typically show up in April.

The freshwater anglers are getting revved up as well. Kenny Mac at Lanes Ferry said he has seen the fishing pick up in recent days in between flipping his great burgers and cooking breakfast.

The bream will be heating up in the next few weeks as the water temperatures rise.

My latest trip on the river saw some mid-60s

on my Garmin. Worms and crickets will be the bait of choice for the bream. I saw quite a few bush hooks while cruising through a couple of creeks, so the catfish fellows are out and about.

This week’s fishing tip The local anglers are getting ready to go.

Among those anglers are some young and talented fisherman and women.

Sports are a good way to teach a kid important things about living. Fishing teaches young folk about being patient. It teaches them the importance of using strategy. You do not have to be big and strong to be a good angler. The most important part of fishing is being prepared for what you are after.

Patience translates into the real world. If you can sit on a bank and wait for the fish to bite then you are a patient person. Even if you don’t catch a fish, you will most definitely have a relaxing time.

The Kickers Corner

By Bobby Norris and Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writers The Heide Trask Lady Titan soccer team is making a serious run toward the 1A playoffs. Going into the spring break the Lady Titans are 7-5 overall and 6-3 in the Four County Conference standings. They are in third place, one game behind Midway, a team they beat just over a week ago and the undefeated Clinton Dark Horses.

Last week the Lady Titan kickers earned two conference wins. They hammered Union 7-1 at home before beating West Bladen 3-1.

In the Union match six different players scored goals. The win over West Bladen gave the Titans a two win week. Trask has won six of their last eight matches. They will be idle this week before playing at North Brunswick April 18.

The Topsail Lady Pirates fell 4-1 Thursday to Ashley. The Lady Screaming Eagles

are the eleventh ranked team in the state.

Elizabeth Canfield scored the lone Topsail goal, assisted by Carmen Pyrtle. Freshman Brianna Vruels had six saves in goal. Topsail enters the break at 3-6-5 overall and 0-6-1 in conference.

The Lady Pirates suffered a hard-fought 3-0 loss to Laney Tuesday. Hayley Childress and Amanda Allen combined for 10 saves in goal.

The next game is April 18 at home against New Hanover, followed by an away game at North Brunswick on Wednesday (April 19).

They will end the week at home against Jacksonville-Northside on Thursday.

The Pender Lady Patriots dropped two Four County Conference matches last week.

They lost 6-0 at home verse the Midway Raiders before falling at East Bladen 7-0.

The Lady Patriots are 2-10-1 overall and 2-7 in conference play. They are in sixth place in the conference standings. Their next scheduled match will be at Trask April 21.

Topsail Sports Roundup

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pirate teams waded into Spring Break (April 1014), some struggling a bit and some doing well, but there is plenty of time ahead to right the wrongs and continue the successes.

Spring Break is ongoing this week so only the Pirates’ baseball team and Lady Pirates’ softball team are in action.

Mens’ golf On a windy Thursday that played havoc with the scores, the Pirates finished 9th (336) out of 16 teams at the Wilmington Municipal High School Championship on the par 72 municipal golf course.

Panther Creek (300) win the title. Local scores included New Hanover (4th, 310), Cape Fear Academy (7th, 333). Topsail (9th), Ashley (10th, 349), Laney (11th, 349), Hoggard (12th, 361), and North Brunswick (13th, 381).

Barrett Holmes (80 led Top-

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sail, followed by Harrison Wierse (82), Max Johnson (85), and Evan Higgins (89).

The Pirates finished second (328) to New Hanover (309) and ahead of West Brunswick (336), South Brunswick (339), Laney (352), Hoggard (358), and Ashley (409) on Monday (April 3) at the Par 72, 6,588yard Compass Pointe Country Club in a Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference match.

On the leader board for Topsail were Barrett Holmes (76), Evan Higgins (81), Max Johnson (84), and Harrison Wiese (87). New Hanover’s Brantley Moore fired a par 72 to earn Medalist Honors.

Topsail’s next match is Tuesday (April 18) at Landfall, followed by a match Thursday (April 20) at River’s Edge.

Mens’ tennis Laney improved to 7-4 overall and 5-3 in the conference with an 8-1 decision over the Pirates in Hampstead. Will and Alex Hornethal helped Topsail avoid a shutout with and 8-5 win over Buccaneers

Gammons has the makings of a star at Pender

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Much like many of the great softball players that have graced the Pender Patriot softball field, freshman Lauren Gammons came up through the recreational leagues as well as the middle school programs. This year she is a freshman at Pender and a member of Gary Battles varsity Lady Patriot softball team.

Lauren has played third base this year as well spending s few innings in the circle. Although she is just getting acclimated to the sport at the high school level, she has had some success.

Miss Gammons has logged just over six innings in the circle. She has earned a win and had six strikeouts. At the plate she is batting a respectable .250 with three runs batted in and seven runs scored.

With three more years of high school softball ahead of her look for Lauren Gammons to become a standout for the Patriots.

Joshua Cockrell and Nathan Bastian at No. 3 doubles.

Their next match is Tuesday (April 18) at home against New Hanover.

Track and field Inclement weather drowned out the Pirate track teams this past week. Next up for Topsail is a meet on is the Pender County Championships at Trask on Thursday (April 20), followed by a Saturday meet at Ashley (April 22).

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Bill Howard Outdoors

Town of Burgaw Government News April 13, 2017

NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF BURGAW REGARDING CURBSIDE VEGETATIVE DEBRIS COLLECTION

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist Fifty-five parks, fifty-two weekends. You do the math.

That is one of the phrases on a billboard promoting North Carolina’s State Parks.

While I have used North Carolina’s gamelands and national forests more than I have state parks, I have become much more interested in the state parks over the last half year.

For one, in an effort to keep this column evolving and bring in more readers, I have added outdoors activities other than just hunting or fishing to the readership. Hiking, camping, paddling sports, are all just as big as hunting and fishing. Of course, I will always be a hunter and angler, and always have been.

As for the state parks, even further interest has been added with the inclusion of a photo competition with the North Carolina State Parks and the North Carolina Museum of Art. The competition came about to work in conjunction with the Ansel Adams exhibit at the Museum of Art. Adams was a pioneer in a certain style of photography and gains his fame from many of his western national park landscapes in black and white.

What people that are famil-

iar with Adams’ work may not have realized is he was as much a master of finding the minute details for a close-up shot as he was with his dramatic and moody panaramas of towering mountains and contrasting clouds.

In my own efforts in searching for a composition from each state park as part of a personal photo project, I realized two things. One, while North Carolina has some absolutely fascinating state parks with those same types of landscapes that you would expect form Ansel Adams, we also have some rather drab state parks as well.

Maybe drab isn’t the correct word, but some do not measure up to Pilot Mountain, Linville Falls or Grandfather Mountain. For instance, Medoc Mountain is more of a large hill. William B Umstead State Park is a great natural area for those who live in the Triangle to escape the concrete, but it is mostly meandering trails through foothills.

Yet that isn’t entirely fair either. You see, the second thing I realized is that rather than

looking for the wide reaching visual, that in order to truly appreciate these other locations maybe I am missing the trees for the forest, as a way to turn that phrase around.

While Adams can mesmerize us with his images of the Half Dome at Yosemite, he can equally impress us with his simple compositions such as his image of grass in a pool.

It is easy enough for someone here to see that Hanging Rock has an impressive view and composition, but can one find that simplicity of a catalpa worm eating a leaf ?

We easily become so concentrated on the great and bold that we forget the simple

Reflective address signs are available for a small fee of ten dollars at the Burgaw Fire Department. Being able to identify address numbers enhances the productivity of the fire department when responding to an emergency.

For more information please contact any member of the fire department or call 910-259-7494.

CALENDAR April 14, 2017 April 20, 2017

Town offices closed in observance of Easter Planning/Zoning Board meeting 5:30PM

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

Town of Surf City Government News April 13, 2017

Agenda Board of County Commissioners Meeting Tuesday, April 18, 2017 @ 4:00 PM Pender County Public Assembly Room 805 S. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC

1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

INVOCATION

3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

5.

PUBLIC INFORMATION 5.1.

PUBLIC COMMENT

7.

CONSENT AGENDA

8.

7.1.

Approval of Minutes: Board Retreat: March 31 and Regular Meeting: April 3.

7.2.

Resolution Accepting Petition to add Preswick Drive, Trevor Court, Sterling Glenn Drive, and Brisbaine in Avendale Subdivision, Rocky Point, to the State Maintained System.

7.3.

Approval of a FY 2016-2017 BOA to budget reimbursement from Metropolitan PD for expenses for 5 members of Sheriff's Dept. who assisted with the 57th Presidential Inauguration.

7.4.

Approval of a Budget Ordinance Amendment to Adjust Fee Schedule for the Holly Shelter Shooting Range.

7.5.

Budget Ordinance Amendment to Increase Revenues and Expenditures for the Holly Shelter Shooting Range for FY 2016-2017.

7.6.

Approval of a FY 2016-2017 BOA to budget an additional appropriation of $8,000 in Tourism to cover a County sponsor- ship in the 2017 Wells Fargo Championship Golf Tournament.

April 28, 2017 3:00pm National Arbor Day Celebration Surf City To wn Hall 214 N. New River Drive

APPROVALS AND RESOLUTIONS 8.1.

Resolution Requesting Restoration to Counties the Statutorily Authorized Appropriation of Lottery Funds.

8.2.

Approval of a FY 2016-2017 BOA to budget an additional appropriation of $108,932 to Pender County Schools for current expense funding.

8.3.

Approval of a FY 2016-2017 BOA to transfer $140,000 from Public Works budget to a Library Renovation Capital Improvement Plan project in Fund 60.

8.4.

Resolution to Rescind Contract with Service Master Clean for Custodial Services.

9.

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

10.

CLOSED SESSION (IF APPLICABLE).

11.

7PM PUBLIC HEARINGS: SPECIAL USE PERMITS/ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS/ RESOLUTIONS

12.

MEETING TIMES Surf City Town Council 1st Tuesday of the month Planning Board 2nd Thursday of the month ________________________________________________________

Introduction of the Area Extension Family & Consumer Science Agent – Morgan McKnight.

6.

This is a public notice to advise the residents of ___Surf City_____________ that the Town of Surf City____________ will be submitting an application to USDA, Rural Development for financial assistance. The purpose of the assistance will be to _expand the Town’s current water and sewer infrastructure.

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact the _Town Manager_________ at ___910-328-4131.

REFLECTIVE ADDRESS SIGNS AVAILABLE

Pender County

Public Notice of Intent to Apply for Federal Assistance

The proposed projects include distribution and collection system extensions to serve the new school on Shepards Road and to serve Tortuga Lane as well as urgently needed upgrades at the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The water line extensions to serve the new school will include approximately 4,100 linear feet of 12-inch PVC water lines.

The force main extension will include approximately 19,000 linear feet (which includes approximately 2,500 linear feet by horizontal directional drill) of 8-inch PVC and 10-inch HDPE force main. Approximately 500 linear feet of 8-inch PVC gravity sewer and approximately 500 linear feet of 4-inch PVC force main will be installed parallel to the existing force main on private property to enable the elimination of an existing pump station. The proposed collection system improvements for the new school also include upgrades to the existing Harris Teeter pump station (HTPS) as well as the demolition of the Lowe’s Pump Station (LPS). The improvements to the HTPS include new pumps, piping, valves, flow meter, emergency bypass pump, and electrical components.

The water line extension to serve Tortuga Lane will include approximately 3,200 linear feet of 6-inch PVC water line. The sewer line extensions will include approximately 2,000 linear feet of 8-inch gravity sewer. The proposed wastewater treatment plant upgrades will include improvements to the WWTP headworks, effluent filtration facilities, and UV disinfection system.

and small.

Both when I was young and later as a new parent when my kids were toddlers, exploring these small things did wonders for mine and their appreciation for what the land and water provides for us.

Studying the veins in a maple leaf, actually noticing the patterns of black and brown on a pecan shell, and gazing at a water strider’s indentions into the surface of a pond would keep us busy for hours.

Perhaps these lesser state parks hold the greatest treasures, we just need to actually look. We have fifty-two weekends in a year to do so.

Please be advised of these requirements prior to placing vegetative debris at the street for pickup.

1) The Town does not pick up vegetative debris generated by contractors for non-residential and multi-family development customers.

2) Do not mix vegetative debris with other materials.

3) Do not place vegetative debris in the street. All debris must be a minimum of two feet from the edge of pavement.

4) Do not place vegetative debris in front of a fire hydrant.

5) Do not place vegetative debris within twenty feet of an intersection or in a manner that will impair the ability of the traveling public to see oncoming traffic.

6) Residents should place all debris on their property. Please do not place vegetative debris on town parks, the railroad right of way, or undeveloped/unoccupied property.

Failure to adhere to these rules may result in the debris not being collected and/or fines assessed by the Town of Burgaw.

11.1.

Resolution Requesting Approval of Special Use Permit (SUP) for the operation of an Other Electric Power Generation facility.

11.2.

Resolution Requesting Approval of a General Use Rezoning from PD, Planned Development zoning district to the RP, Residential Performance zoning district.

Come help us celebrate our 15th year receiving the Tree City USA A ward. __________________________________________

Community Shred Event Friday, May 5th 9am-1pm At Town Hall; 214 N. New River Drive _____________________________________ Town of Surf City PO Box 2475 Surf City, NC 28445 (910) 328-4131

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The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments to the following boards/commissions/committees: DATE OF HEARINGS: # of WANTED! TIME OF HEARINGS: Name of Board Vacancies Positions/Categories Advisory Board of Health 2 Dentist***, Engineer*** A FEW GOOD MEN & WOMEN! Animal Shelter Advisory Committee 1 Veterinarian VOLUNTEER! THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED W Board of Adjustment 1 District 4 OFFICE BUILDING ROO Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Auth.

7 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Jury Commission Commissioner Representative The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments 1 to the following Tourism Development Authority 1 Collector boards/commissions/committees: 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 # of District 5 = Burgaw; Holly *** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently Name of Board Vacancies Positions/Categories 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.

Advisory Board of Health 4 Optometrist***, Veterinarian***, Dentist***,

Nicholas K. and Carol S. Shepard,

Public Citizen NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS approval of a Zoning Map Amendme THE PENDER COUNTY BOARD Animal Shelter Advisory Committee 1 Veterinarian OF COMMISSIONERS Residential Performance zoning dist WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS FOLLOWS: Board of Adjustment 1 District 5 13471 US HWY 17 in Hampstead, DATE OF HEARINGS: April 18, 2017 Council on Community TIME AffairsOF HEARINGS: 3 District 1, District 3, District7:00 5 p.m.

HWY 210 and may be further identifi OF HEARINGS: Housing Initiative Board 1LOCATION Low-Income Representative THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM AT THE Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Author.

7 Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 145, 805 SOUTH WALKER STREET, BURGAW, N.C. Juvenile Crime Prevention Council 1 Business 28425Member Coleman Parks, applicant, on beha Special Permit Nursing/Adult Care Homes Adv. Board 2 PublicUse Members Amendment for a general use rezo Crooked Run Solar, LLC, applicant, on behalf of Johnson Farms Company, LLC, owner, is requesting the Parks & Rec Board 1 At-Large approval of a Special Use Permit for the construction and operation of Other Electric Power Agricultural Generationzoning district to RP, Re (NAICS 221119); specifically, a solar farm.

The subject property is zoned RA, Rural Agricultural zoning Social Services Advisory Board 1 District 2 NC HWY 210 approximately 1,500 fe district and according to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance §5.2.3 Table of Permitted Tourism Development Authority 3 District 3, District 5, Collector and along Harrison Creek Road (SR Uses; Other Electric Power Generation (NAICS 221119) is permitted via Special Use Permit in the RA, Harrison Creek Road Rural Agricultural zoning district. There is one (1) tract associated with this request totaling ± (SR 4811002)and acres.

TheSurf subject Township, Courtney Road (private) ± 750 feet south of 0849-0000 and 3273-33-1459-0000.

District 1 = Upper Topsail; City property is located in the Union District 4 = Union;along Penderlea; Grady; the intersection of NC HWY 11 and Courtney Road (private) and may be further identified by Pender District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail Columbia; Caswell; Canetuck County PIN: 3303-76-6584-0000.

District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek District 5 = Burgaw; Holly Zoning Map Amendment Signature Top Sail NC, LP, app Craig Smith, applicant, on behalf of S&R Grandview, LLC., owner, is requesting approval of a Zoning Map Amendment for one (1) tract totaling approximately ±42.54 acres from the PD, Planned Development al.owners, is requesting the approva *** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently zoning district to the RP, Residential Performance zoning district. The subject property is located in the licensed.

Topsail Township, along the north side of Grandview Drive (SR 1702), approximately 500 feet known east ofas theWyndwater. Specifically conventional intersection of Grandview Drive (SR 1702) and US HWY 17 and may be further identified by Pender County lots and forty (40) sin PIN: 3293-50-3955-0000.

Development zoning district. The pro Applications can be completed on-line at www.pendercountync.gov (click on “How Do I” on the home page); or For Additional Information:

write or call Ms. Melissa Pedersen, Clerk to the Board, POPender Box 5,County Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and Contact Planning & Community Development 805 S Walker St Burgaw, NC 28425 • Phone 910 259-1202 complete an application.

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Point Loop Road (SR 1563), south Pointe and east of US HWY 17 in H 3906-0000 and a portion of 4204-94-

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This, the 23rd day of March, 2017.

TRACY ANN CAMERON, Executrix of the Estate of SHERYL ANN COTTLE PAUL A. NEWTON, ATTORNEY 107 N. 2nd Street, Suite C Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 910-769-2896 #7656 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF CONNIE CECILIA RAYSIN 17 E 69 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Connie Cecilia Raysin deceased of Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 30th day of June, 2017, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons, firms and corporation indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 30th day of March, 2017.

Lawrence S. Boehling Executor of the Estate of Connie Cecilia Raysin P.O. Box 1416 Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3334 #7658 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Robert Lee Marshall, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Robert Lee Marshall, to present them to the undersigned on or before June 29, 2017 at 2068 Porter Road, Currie, NC 28435, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 13th day of March 2017.

Hytha Ann Marshall 2068 Porter Road Currie, NC 28435 #7655 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Kevin Robert Emma, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Kevin Robert Emma, to present them to the undersigned on or before July 6, 2017 at The Boyles Law Firm, PLLC., 319 North Fourth Street, Wilmington, NC 28401, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Adminstrator of the estate of Dafney Horne, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Dafney Horne, to present them to the undersigned on or before July 6, 2017 at 174 Gail Road, Willard, NC 28478, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 20th day of March 2017.

Debbie Hall 174 Gail Road Willard, NC 28478 #7660 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Jerry W. Boyd, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Jerry W. Boyd, to present them to the undersigned on or before July 6, 2017 at The Boyles Law Firm, PLLC., 319 North Fourth Street, Wilmington, NC 28401, or be barred from recovery.

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

This the 23rd day of March 2017.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Executor of the estate of Jerry W. Boyd C/O Tamika Jenkins The Boyles Law Firm, PLLC. 319 North Fourth Street Wilmington, NC 28401 #7665 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S NOTICE TO CREDITORS In Re the Estate of MARY E. NIEMANN, Deceased Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of MARY E. NIEMANN, Deceased, late of PENDER County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, corporations and/ or other legal entities having claims against the Estate to present them to the undersigned at the address given below on or before June 28, 2017, or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment.

On this Day: March 30, 2017 Bonnie A. Morgan Personal Representative

by Patricia M. Homa Attorney for the Estate c/o Patricia M. Homa, P.C. P. O. Box 1310 Hampstead, NC 28443 #7659 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20/2017

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Minnie Etta Hodges, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Minnie Etta Hodges, to present them to the undersigned on or before July 13, 2017 at 1161 Arvida Spur Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 31st day of March 2017.

Calvin D. Hodges 1161 Arvida Spur Road Rocky Point, NC 28457 #7673 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF JAMES TROY JOHNSON 17 E 133 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against James Troy Johnson, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Mark I. Nunalee, Resident Process Agent of the decedent’s estate, on or before July 7, 2017 at Post Office Box 598, Hampstead, NC 28443, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Resident Process Agent.

Estate of James Troy Johnson c/o Mark I. Nunalee BIBERSTEIN & NUNALEE LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #7667 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 14CVD000678 NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PREMIER CAPITAL, INC. VS. THERMOND LEE ROBINSON UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of a judgment and execution issued by the above named court in the aboveentitled action on the 26th day of January in the year 2015, directed to the undersigned Sheriff from the General Court of Pender County, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash

whatever right, title and interest, the judgment debtor owns or may own in the following described properties sold separately which is subject to sale under execution.

Both sales shall be held subsequently at the following location: The Pender County Courthouse, 100 South Wright Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 (North Entrance/Wilmington St. side) as designated by the Clerk of Superior Court on the 20th day of April, 2017, at 11:00 O’CLOCK a.m.

This property is being sold “AS IS, WHERE IS” and said sale shall be subject to all superior liens, mortgages, easements, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, and special assessments which were or became effective on the record prior to the lien of the judgment under which this sale is being held. The sale shall be held open for ten (10) days for the filing of upset bids as required by law. No sale is final until confirmed by the Clerk of Superior Court of the issuing county.

The real property being sold is described as that certain tract(s) of land lying and being in Caswell Township, Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Parcel ID 2256-86-0136-0000, 3.10 Acres located at Kemp Rodgers Road, Currie, as shown on the map recorded in map book 3461, page 124 at the Pender County Registry.

This the 22nd day of February, in the year 2017.

Carson H. Smith, Sheriff of Pender County H.L. Matthews, Sergeant #7669 4/6, 4/13/2017

NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY Special Proceedings No. 16 SP 218 Substitute Trustee: Philip A. Glass NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Date of Sale: April 18, 2017 Time of Sale: 10:00AM Place of Sale: Pender County Courthouse Description of Property: See Attached Description Record Owners: Heirs of Casper Devon Strickland Address of Property: 22 Brookside Trail Rocky Point, NC 28457 Deed of Trust: Book : 3355 Page: 113 Dated: November 14, 2007 Grantors: Casper Strickland, and wife Yvonne Strickland Original Beneficiary: United General Mortgage Corporation CONDITIONS OF SALE: Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

This sale is made subject to all unpaid taxes and superior liens or encumbrances of record and assessments, if any, against the said property, and any recorded leases.

This sale is also subject to any applicable county land transfer tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for any such county land transfer tax.

A cash deposit of 5% of the purchase price will be required at the time of the sale. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

Residential real property with less than 15 rental units, including singlefamily residential real property: 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 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 not 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.

Philip A. Glass, Substitute Trustee Nodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P. BEING ALL OF LOT 32 AS SHOWN ON A MAP ENTITLED “SURVEY OF REVISION OF A PORTION OF SECTION 2 SANDY RUN SUBDIVISION”, RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 28 AT PAGE 75 OF THE PENDER COUNTY REGISTRY, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. TOGETHER WITH MANUFACTURED HOME DESCRIBED AS 1988 HOMES

BY OAKWOOD 142 LEXINGTON, SERIAL NUMBER HONC-2-70-14CK2-219192, WHICH IS AFFIXED AND ATTACHED TO THE REAL PROPERTY AND IS PART OF THE REAL PROPERTY. A.P.N.: 2295-00-4703-0000 #7662 4/6, 4/13/2017

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Edieth B. Robinson, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Edieth B. Robinson, to present them to the undersigned on or before July 13, 2017 at 385 Newkirk Road, Burgaw, NC 28425, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 31st day of March 2017.

Jennifer Robinson 385 Newklrk Road Burgaw, NC 28425 #7672 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executors of the Estate of Diana Lewis Davis, late of 900 Salem Court, Wilmington, Pender County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at Post Office Box 625, 107 East Fremont Street, Burgaw, N.C. 28425 on or before the 5th day of July, 2017 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

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

This the 30th day of March, 2017.

Crystal Davis Swift and David Eugene Davis Co-Executors of the Estate of Diana Lewis Davis Zachary S. Rivenbark, Attorney at Law PO Box 625, Burgaw, N.C. 28425 #7671 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2017

chase price will be required at the time of the sale. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

Residential real property with less than 15 rental units, including singlefamily residential real property: an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 4521.29 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 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 not 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.

Dated: 03/21/2017 Philip A. Glass, Substitute Trustee Nodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P. Posted on 03/21/2017 EXHIBIT “A” BEING ALL OF LOT 33, SECTION 1, KINGSPORT, AS SHOWN ON A MAP OF SAME DULY RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 22 AT PAGE 153 OF THE PENDER COUNTY REGISTRY, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. ADDRESS: 103 STACEY GREG ROAD, HAMPSTEAD, NC 28443 PARCEL # 3283-83-9464-0000 #7664 4/6, 4/13/2017

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 15 E 00243 Having qualified as Administratrix CTA of the Estate of Karen Elizabeth Diehl of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said NORTH CAROLINA Karen Elizabeth Diehl to present them PENDER COUNTY to Teresa Dzurovcin, 125 Winchester Special Proceedings No. 17 SP 19 Lane, Rocky Point, NC 28457, Admin- Substitute Trustee: Philip A. Glass istratrix CTA by July 10, 2017 or same NOTICE OF will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

FORECLOSURE SALE All persons indebted to said estate Date of Sale: April 18, 2017 please make immediate payment.

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m.

This the 28th day of March, 2017.

Place of Sale: R. V. Biberstein, Jr. Pender County Courthouse Attorney for Teresa Dzurovcin, Description of Property: Administratrix CTA See Attached Description P. O. Box 428 Record Owners: James Gregory Burgaw, NC 28425 Address of Property: #7670 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2017 174 Bellhammon Forest Drive Rocky Point, NC 28457 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Deed of Trust: COUNTY OF PENDER Book : 1759 Page: 178 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S Dated: August 28, 2001 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Grantors: James Gregory In Re The Estate of HAZEL and wife, Marjorie P. Gregory SWART WHITE, Deceased Original Beneficiary: Long Beach Having qualified as Personal Mortgage Company C O N D I T I O N S Representative of the Estate of HAZEL SWART WHITE, Deceased, late OF SALE: Should the property be of Pender County, North Carolina, purchased by a third party, that the undersigned does hereby notify person must pay the tax of Forty-five all persons, firms, corporations and/ Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars or other legal entities having claims ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7Aagainst the estate to present them 308(a)(1).

This sale is made subject to all to the undersigned at the address given below on or before 07/7/2017 unpaid taxes and superior liens or -- or same will be pleaded in bar of encumbrances of record and astheir recovery. All persons indebted sessments, if any, against the said to said estate please make immedi- property, and any recorded leases.

This sale is also subject to any apate payment.

On this day, April 6, 2017. plicable county land transfer tax, and Savannah Lindsey Holmun, the successful third party bidder shall Personal Representative be required to make payment for any c/o The Rodgers Law Firm, such county land transfer tax.

A cash deposit of 5% of the purPLLC

by Richard T. “Chip” Rodgers, Jr., chase price will be required at the Attorney for the time of the sale. Any successful bidPersonal Representative der shall be required to tender the full 8120 River Road balance of the purchase price so bid Wilmington, NC 28412 in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him #7675 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2017 a deed for the property or attempts NORTH CAROLINA to tender such deed, and should PENDER COUNTY said successful bidder fail to pay the Special Proceedings full balance purchase price so bid at No. 16 SP 198 that time, he shall remain liable on his Substitute Trustee: bid as provided for in North Carolina Philip A. Glass General Statutes Section 45-21.30 NOTICE OF (d) and (e). This sale will be held FORECLOSURE SALE open ten (10) days for upset bids as Date of Sale: April 18, 2017 required by law.

Time of Sale: 10:00 a.m.

Residential real property with less Place of Sale: than 15 rental units, including singlePender County Courthouse family residential real property: an Description of Property: order for possession of the property See Attached Description may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45Record Owners: 21.29 in favor of the purchaser and Michael R. Carta and against the party or parties in posKathleen B. Carta session by the clerk of superior court Address of Property: of the county in which the property is 103 Stacey Greg Road sold. Any person who occupies the Hampstead, NC 28443 property pursuant to a rental agreeDeed of Trust: ment entered into or renewed on Book : 4604 Page: 1020 or after October 1, 2007, may, after Dated: May 21, 2015 receiving notice of sale, terminate Grantors: Michael R. Carta and the rental agreement by providing wife, Kathleen B. Carta written notice of termination to the Original Beneficiary: Gateway landlord, to be effective on a date Bank Mortgage, Inc. stated in the notice that is at least 10 CONDITIONS OF SALE: Should the days, but not more than 90 days, after property be purchased by a third the sale date contained in the notice party, that person must pay the tax of sale, provided that the mortgagor of Forty-five Cents (45¢) per One has not cured the default at the time Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required the tenant provides the notice of

by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). termination. Upon termination of a This sale is made subject to all rental agreement, the tenant is liable unpaid taxes and superior liens or for rent due under the rental agreeencumbrances of record and as- ment prorated to the effective date of sessments, if any, against the said the termination. property, and any recorded leases.

Dated:03/21/2017 This sale is also subject to any apPhilip A. Glass, Substitute Trustee plicable county land transfer tax, and Nodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P. the successful third party bidder shall Posted on 03/21/2017 be required to make payment for any EXHIBIT A such county land transfer tax.

BEING ALL OF LOT 30, SECTION A cash deposit of 5% of the pur-

TWO, CREEKWALK AS SHOWN ON A MAP RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 31 AT PAGE 140 OF THE PENDER COUNTY REGISTRY REFERENCE TO WHICH MAP IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. #7663 4/6, 4/13/2017 17 SP 21 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 Timothy Harry Coyle and Heather Coyle to Peter F. Makowiecki, Trustee(s), which was dated September 5, 2007 and recorded on September 7, 2007 in Book 3311 at Page 280 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on September 26, 2007 in Book 3325, Page 213, 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 April 18, 2017 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Lot 22 as depicted on Plat of PIKE CROSSING recorded in Map Book 43 at Page 1, to which reference is made for complete description, being a portion of the property conveyed to Carolina South Builders, Inc. by deed recorded in Book 2900 at page 278, Pender County.

Subject to restrictive covenants recorded in Book 3044 at Page 246.

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

Said property is commonly known as 221 Catrush Lane, Burgaw, NC 28425.

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 Timothy Harry Coyle and wife, Heather Coyle.

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 § 45-21.16A(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.: 17-00174-FC01 #7666 4/6, 4/13/2017

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices 15 SP 275 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 Steven B. Jones and Melanie K. Gatton to National Title Network, Trustee(s), which was dated October 25, 2011 and recorded on November 2, 2011 in Book 3986 at Page 0091, 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 April 19, 2017 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 LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF PENDER, STATE OF North Carolina, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL OF LOT 101B IN SECTION VI-E, BELVEDERE PLANTATION ACCORDING TO THE MAP OF SECTION VI-E, BELVEDERE PLANTATION, RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 20, PAGE 41 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF PENDER COUNTY, NC, REFERENCE TO WHICH SAID MAP IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 114 Blossom Circle, Hampstead, NC 28443.

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 Steven B. Jones and wife, Melanie K. Gatton.

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.: 15-20615-FC01 #7668 4/6, 4/13/2017 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 45 Under and by virtue of the authority contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated April 15, 2008, securing a Note and indebtedness of $78,923.83, which was executed

by Marjorie Carter Coleman and Robert Layton Coleman, and which is recorded in Book 3446, at Page 339, Pender County Registry, the undersigned having been appointed Substitute Trustee by instrument recorded in said Registry, default

having occurred in the payment of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust, and at the request of the holder of said Note, the undersigned Substitute Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of said Deed of Trust, will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at 11:00 o’clock a.m. on the 18th day of April, 2017, at the Courthouse door in Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, all of debtors’ right, title and interest in the real property known as 78 Batson Road, Hampstead, NC, 28443, which is more particularly described as follows: SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION TOGETHER WITH ALL PRIVILEGES AND APPURTENANCES THEREUNTO BELONGING. TOGETHER WITH A 2008 CLAY MANUFACTURED HOME, VIN# OHC018631NCAB, AND ANY ADDITIONAL ACCESSORIES AND FURNISHINGS LISTED IN THE MANUFACTURED HOME PROMISSORY NOTE, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENT (THE “SECURITY AGREEMENT”) DATED APRIL 15, 2008 EXECUTED

BY ROBERT L. COLEMAN AND MARJORIE C. COLEMAN. SAID PERSONAL PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING SAID SECURITY AGREEMENT, AND ALL MODIFICATIONS, RENEWALS AND EXTENSIONS THERETO. The present title holder of said personal property is: Robert Layton Coleman.

The record owner of said real property as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this notice is: Marjorie Carter Coleman and Robert Layton Coleman.

Trustee, or Trustee’s agent conducting the sale, may begin the sale up to one hour after the time fixed herein as provided in NCGS §4521.23. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to NCGS §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 tenant who resides in residential real property containing less than 15 rental units that is being sold in a foreclosure proceeding under Article 2A of Chapter 45 of the General Statutes may terminate the rental agreement for the dwelling unit after receiving notice pursuant to G.S. 45-21.17(4) by providing the landlord with a written notice of termination to be effective on a date stated in the notice of termination 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 under this section, the tenant is liable for the rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination payable at the time that would have been required by the terms of the rental agreement. The tenant is not liable for any other rent or damages due only to the early termination of the tenancy. If you are a tenant and have any questions about your legal rights, please consult an attorney.

Said property will be sold subject to taxes, including all transfer taxes associated with the foreclosure, assessments, and any superior easements, rights of way, restrictions of record, liens, or other encumbrances prior to the lien of the deed of trust being foreclosed, said sale to remain open for increased bids for ten (10) days after report thereof to the Clerk of Superior Court. In the event the debtor files a bankruptcy petition prior to the expiration of the 10-day period required by G.S. 45-21.27, an automatic stay of the foreclosure will be imposed in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §362) and the bidder must pursue relief through the bankruptcy court.

The Substitute Trustee may require the high bidder to deposit cash at the sale in an amount equal to the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or $750.00. If no upset bid is filed, the balance of the purchase price, less deposit, must be made in cash upon tender of the deed. Third party purchasers at sale must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) as required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

Lisa W. Powell Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 1550 High Point, NC 2726 (336) 889-8733 EXHIBIT A The parcel of land adjoining Batson Road, consisting of 1.32 acres, more or less, and being depicted as “Lot A - Marjorie Carter Coleman” on plat entitled “A Survey for Mervin A. Carter and wife, Beatrice A. Carter”, recorded in Map Book 45 at Page 042, Slide 607, to which reference is made for complete description, being a portion of the property conveyed to Mervin A. Carter and wife, Beatrice A. Carter by deed recorded in Book 402 at Page 522, Pender County. #7674 4/6, 4/13/2017

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER The undersigned, Charles J. Hawkins, having qualified as Ancillary Administrator CTA of the Estate of Jean E. Hawkins, Deceased, late of Clayton County, Georgia, with real property in Pender County, North Carolina, hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the Estate to present such claims to the undersigned in care of the undersigned’s Attorney at their address on or before July 14, 2017 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the above named Executor.

This the 13th day of April 2017.

Charles J. Hawkins, Ancillary Administrator CTA Estate of Jean E. Hawkins Justin N. Plummer, Esq. Law Offices of Cheryl David 528 College Rd. Greensboro, NC 27410 Telephone: (336) 547-9999 Facsimile: (336) 547-9477 #7676 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-306 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JAMES RAY MEREDITH, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JAMES RAY MEREDITH 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 7.47 acres and 17.3 acres, Parcel ID Number 234119-6360-0000; 2341-29-8315-0000 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 June 1, 2017.

This date: April 13, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7677 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-307 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MICHAEL C. LINDON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 18 Watts Landing Subdivision, Parcel ID Number 422458-7210-0000 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 June 1, 2017.

This date: April 13, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7678 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Carl H. Mencke, late of 2778 Country Club Drive, Hampstead, Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Carl H. Mencke to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 90th day of this notice, July 13, 2017, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Catherine M. Jazwinski, Executrix of the Estate of Carl H Mencke Pender County Estate File: 17-E-147 c/o Catherine M. Jazwinski 343 South Belvedere Drive Hampstead, NC 28443 #7681 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4/2017

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-308 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MICHAEL C. LINDON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as Lot 17 Watts Landing Estates Subdivision, Parcel ID Number 4224-58-7182-0000 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 June 1, 2017.

This date: April 13, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7679 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2017

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 17-CVS-309 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MICHAEL C. LINDON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MICHAEL C. LINDON 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 10A, 10B, 11A and 11 B Snug Harbor, Parcel ID Number 422458-9340-0000 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 June 1, 2017.

This date: April 13, 2017.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #7680 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/2017

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 April 25, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Pender, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING adjacent to and South of the centerline of Secondary Road #1509 and bounded on the South and East by the lands of Joe P. Beasley and on the West by the lands of Thurman Garris and Ernie W. Gray (deceased) and on the North

by Secondary Road #1509, and bounded as follows, viz BEGINNING at a buddy axle in the center of a ditch, the Northeast corner of a 10.88 acre tract of land conveyed by deed to Thurman W. Garris by Cephus Beasley, et ux, in January, 1963, and Running thence along said ditch, the dividing line between the lands of Joe P. Beasley and Ernie W. Gray (deceased) lands (formerly the lands of Cephus Beasley) North 06 degrees 05 minutes East 187.54 feet to an iron pipe in the bend of said old line ditch; thence North 10 degrees 32 minutes East 334.64 feet (crossing over an old in-line auto axle at 304.04 feet) to a railroad spike located in the centerline of Secondary Road #1509, thence with the centerline of said Secondary Road #1509, S 81-59 E 111.85 feet to another railroad spike located in said road’s centerline, thence leaving said railroad spike and centerline S 8-14 W 603.00 (or 615.75) feet (crossing over an in-line iron rod at 27.00 feet) to an iron rod located in a small drainage ditch, thence with said ditch N 83-35 W 108.55 feet to an iron rod located in an old line ditch which divides the lands of Joe P. Beasley and Thurman Garris, thence with said old line ditch N 2-24 E 97.44 feet to the point of Beginning, containing 1.66 acres, after the exclusion of that 1/2 portion of Secondary Road #1509’s 60 foot wide right of way area that is included within the above boundaries and is surveyed by Walton and Walton, Inc., Register Surveyors on October 24, 1973. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3868 Stag Park Road, Burgaw, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §4521.23.

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 §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-

ance “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: 1198407 (FC.FAY) #7682 4/13, 4/20/2017

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Jeanette Blair Jackson, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Jeanette Blair Jackson, to present them to the undersigned on or before July 20, 2017 at 1521 Setter Lane, Wilmington, NC 28411, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 4th day of April 2017.

Carol Morgan 1521 Setter Lane Wilmington, NC 28411 #7683 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Ellis Jackson Turner, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Ellis Jackson Turner, to present them to the undersigned on or before July 20, 2017 at P.O. Box 253, Burgaw, NC 28425, or be barred from recovery.

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

This the 4th day of April 2017.

Patricia Turner Matthews 200 Corinth Church Road Rose Hill, NC 28458 #7684 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4/2017 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 82 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Patrick J. Paquette, a single man, (Patrick J. Paquette, deceased)(Heirs of Patrick J. Paquette: Erica Paquette and Unknown Heirs of Patrick Paquette aka Patrick J. Paquette) to First American Title, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of September, 2013, and recorded in Book 4320, Page 329, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina, default

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Burgaw mural project begins April 17

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The Community Mural Project at ArtBeat of Burgaw begins April 17. The project is being funded by the Town of Burgaw. International artist Danae Brissonnet will be working on the mural, along with help from the community, through May 6.

A meet and greet with the artist will be held April 17 at 7 p.m., with light refreshments served. The community is invited to bring their stories of the history of Burgaw and Pender County, and ideas to inspire the artist.

According to her website, Danae Brissonnet is from Quebec, Canada. She is known for her public murals, illustration, mask making and puppetry.

She has created colorful

folk-inspired art in North, Central, and South America, as well as Europe and Asia.

She enjoys creating imagined worlds in her paintings, and is inspired by the process of becoming involved in communities where she can tell stories of the people, their land, and their culture.

Ali Boyce is facilitating the community project.

“Our meet and greet with the artist will be an evening to meet her, share stories and get the excitement bubbling for the project,” Boyce began.

“She’s been traveling around doing murals all over the world for the past six years,” said Boyce.

After working with students and gathering ideas from the community during her first week in Burgaw, Brissonnet will begin the actual mural.

She will be spending her Saturdays painting from April 22 through May 6.

The mural will be Brissonnet’s interpretation of Burgaw and Pender County, inspired by stories that she hears, and that local people think are vital to tell. The mural will be on the east side of the ArtBeat building, which will be revitalized by the Town of Burgaw prior to the project start date.

“Danae does incredible work, always very colorful, and ArtBeat is a great location for that. I’m hoping we will be able to get community volunteers out to paint, and to just be there and witness because she’ll be out there for almost two weeks. The goal of the project is to get as many voices as possible, all different types of people, involved with the project. The kids are really

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vital, the folks at Laurel Health are really vital, and everyone in between,” said Boyce.

The community is invited to send their ideas and stories of the history of Burgaw and Pender County to artbeatofburgaw@gmail.com.

A community painting tuto-

rial will be offered by Brissonnet April 23 from 2-4 p.m., for those who want to help with the painting throughout the two weeks. Community paint times will be: April 29 and 30 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., and weekdays April 24 through May 5 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m..

There will be a one-hour break for lunch from noon until 1 p.m.

For more information, visit www.artbeatofburgaw.com, or look for ArtBeat of Burgaw on Facebook. To read more about the artist, visit www. danaebrissonnet.com.

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inars, luncheons, social events and friendly gatherings. According to its website, WIN continues to grow across North Carolina and beyond, realizing and enhancing the power of the network - one woman at a time.

Sandra Chisholm, President of the Hampstead chapter of WIN, said that the group is industry exclusive, which means that only one person per industry is allowed to sign up under each chapter. Group members work directly off of referrals and meet weekly at Olde Point Country Club in Hampstead.

Members include representatives from a variety of industries, including Chisholm, who is a real estate agent. The networking group also currently has a member who is a dog groomer, another who is a photographer, and others.

“We become a close tightknit group of women because we just work at building each other’s local businesses up to keep everything in Hampstead, and to help keep Hampstead growing. WIN’s belief is that they would rather have chapters with a lot of women supporting the community than a bunch of different chapters with few members.

The closest one to us is in Wilmington, but Hampstead is growing so much. For us as women business owners here in Sneads Ferry, Surf City and Hampstead - to drive to Wilmington, you’re fighting the traffic, and it’s very hard," Chisholm said. "That’s why we all pulled together and opened this chapter here in Hampstead.”

Each week, the women get together for an hour. Following the updates and announcements at the beginning of the meeting, every woman in the group has a turn to stand up and present her own “30second commercial.”

During that time, members introduce themselves and briefly explain how the other members can assist them with their businesses. At the end of the meeting, a featured member is allotted an additional ten minutes, giving her an opportunity to gain the group’s full attention.

“We are a brand-new group.

We are fresh to meeting, and we are fresh to Olde Point.

Right now we have 14 of us, which is super impressive considering we have only technically had about four meetings. When women get together and put their minds together for a common purpose, it’s just amazing what we can accomplish,” said Chisholm.

The Hampstead Chapter meets each Thursday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Olde Point Country Club, 513 Country Club Drive in Hampstead.

For more information, please contact Sandra Chisolm at sandrachisholm@remax.net or call (910) 777-2793.

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The Pender County Democratic Party held its annual convention April 8 at the Pender County Library in Burgaw.

The guest speaker was Melvin Williams, North Carolina Democratic Party Secretary, Delegates elected county party officers: Debbi Fintak, Chair; Chris Medlin, Treasurer; Ann Fondren, Secretary; First Vice-Chair, Keith

Spencer; Second Vice-Chair, Sheree Shepard and Third Vice-Chair, Steve Unger. Delegates also selected Debbi Fintak, Sheree Shepard and Adrien Domenche as Pender’s representatives on the State Executive Committee and chose 34 delegates for the District Seven Convention in Wallace May 20.

Resolutions calling for the restoration of film incentives,

opposing offshore oil drilling and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and resolving that North Carolina commit to end veteran homelessness all passed unanimously.

Debbi Fintak announced that a new group, the Democratic Women of Pender County, organized and the Pender County Democrats Unity Picnic will be held June 25 in Burgaw.

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per person, except infants and toddlers who can be carried are free.

The admission fee directly supports the Equine Rescue Program and offsets the cost of hay, feed and vaccinations.

Those who visit the stables will have a chance to meet some of the volunteers who assist in its daily operation.

Closed-toe shoes are required to enter the barnyard; and strollers are not permitted

inside the barnyard area.

School groups and camp programs are welcome to visit the market. Teachers are required to register their classes to ensure that everyone has a safe, educational and enjoyable visit.

For more infor mation about this program, please see Poplar Grove’s Daily Tours tab for School Programs on its website. To Market To Market – Food, Farm & Fun! is labeled

as Program 4 with additional infor mation. Also contact Felicia Greene at felicia@ poplargrove.org, or call 910686-9518 x103. Before a visit, school groups are asked to use the Five Dos and Don’ts at the Farmers’ Market guide on the website.

Every Wednesday is also Family Day at the market, when community g roups and local non-profit agencies are invited to set up an

educational or informational booth at the Farmers’ Market any Wednesday during their months of operation.

Contact the Executive Director, Caroline Lewis for more information by emailing caroline@poplargrove.org.

Since Poplar Grove is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization, contributions are tax deductible and help keep vendor fees competitive and cost effective; as well as support

local growers and producers by providing an outdoor retail space to share their produce, knowledge and skills.

Each market day, shoppers can help by donating at the entrance. Poplar Grove membership and sponsorship can also be designated for the Farmers’ Market.

Poplar Grove is located at 10200 US Hwy. 17 N. For more information, visit their website at www.poplargrove.org.

hospital clothing and plush animal merchandise, and lots of sea turtle “stuff.” Come in and meet our turtles and our staff - we all speak fluent sea turtle.

And thanks to the Town of Surf City for the improvements to our road! Note: we turn off the lights and close our hospital doors promptly at 4:30 p.m. so please plan your arrival time accordingly.

Dare’s Reef deployment in April We will be hosting families

whose loved ones will be joining several of our patients in the artificial reef dedicated to our beloved turtle Dare, a Kemp’s Ridley who died more than 10 years ago and returned home in her own reef ball.

Please visit the website (www. eternalreefs.com) for more information on this green burial option and Dare’s Reef.

Welcome spring Winter may finally be over but it left us with several parting gifts – two recently admitted cold-stunned turtles. These

little greens somehow survived the wild roller coaster ride of tropical and arctic weather we’ve experienced this year, though not without some problems. One critter is missing his left front flipper; not sure why but it’s an old injury, or maybe he was born that way.

The other little guy is wearing barnacles weighing almost as much as he does.

Who knows how many more are still out there, so please be on the lookout for any turtle you see stranded on the beach

or in marshy areas. It could be a victim of cold-stunning.

It may look dead but don’t assume that it is just because it is not moving. Gently pick it up and relocate it to an unheated area like your garage or car.

Do not try to warm it up as a quick rise in body temperature will send it into shock. It’s important that the critter not lay exposed on the beach for hours, subject to weather and predators. Call our Director of Beach Operations Terry Meyer at 910-470-2880 or Jean at

910-470-2800. You may also call the N.C. hotline for stranded, sick and injured turtles at 252-241-7367 (picks up 24/7) or our hospital during operating hours at 910-329-0222. If you are local we will quickly send one of our volunteers to retrieve the turtle for follow-up care at the hospital.

Questions, comments, suggestions Please direct any questions, comments or suggestions re: this column to me at flippers@ att.net.

and Smith combined to turn a game-ending double play.

Tuesday’s game against Laney was closer than it should have been as five Topsail errors led to four unearned runs for Laney, but a late two-run single by freshman Julia Sullivan and a clutch seventhinning single by Natalie Potter helped provide Topsail with a 6-5 victory over Laney.

“Addie pitched well, she struggled with nerves, I think, a little bit in the first inning and she did get out of it, but

we’ve to help her in that situation,” Phillips said. “We have heart and we’re working hard and the good news is we haven’t peaked.

Three unearned runs on three errors, a walk, and a single base hit provided Laney with three first-inning runs, but the Topsail came right back. A walk to Christine Mclean and a single to center

by Williams (3-for-4, 2 SB’s. two runs scored) out two on with no outs in the top of the second. After an out, Bizzell

walked to load the bases and Grizzle singled to score both runners. Topsail took a 5-3 lead in the fourth on a Williams’ single, another walk to Bizzell, a walk to Grizzle, and a two-run single to center by Sullivan (1-for-3, two RBIs), with Grizzle moving to second. A wild pitch advanced her to third and a run-scoring sacrifice fly to right plated Grizzle.

A walk, two singles, and a sacrifice fly by Laney made it 5-4 after five, and a walk, an

outfield error, and an infield miscue allowed the Laney to tie the game at 5-5 entering the seventh inning. Laster (2-for-3, two runs scored, RBI) led off the seventh with a single, moved to second on a groundout, and scored on Potter’s single for a 6-5 Topsail lead.

“I went up there I needed to get hit and I did,” Potter said.

“I think the pitch was outside and I just tried to go with it.”

Victoria Elder came on in the bottom of the sixth in relief of Howard (5-1/3 innings,

five hits, five runs, one ER, three K’s) after a walk and the outfield error put runners on first and third with one out. The infield error allowed Laney to close to within one run but Elder fanned the next two batters to end the game.

50 for strikes for an outstanding 2-1 ratio.

“I felt great out there,”Luchansky said. “I was in a groove and I felt it warming up, I felt I was going to pitch well today, and I always know the team has my back so it gives me that added confidence. We didn’t score a lot tonight but it doesn’t matter when you’re on the mound.

I just pitched my game and I go out there with the intent of getting the “W” every night.”

Tuesday’s game at Laney was one of those heart-breaking losses where the best team did not win as the Pirates dropped a 3-2 decision to the Buccaneers – ending Laney’s 21-game conference losing streak.

Topsail outhit Laney 5-2 and starting pitcher William St. Ledger (5 IP, 1 hit, 0 R, 3 K’s 2 W’s) and reliever Johnny Tartaglione (1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 K’s) deserved a better fate as five Pirate errors in the bottom of the sixth inning provided Laney with all of their runs.

The Pirates took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Beach led off with a single to left, Hall reached base on an error with Beach moving to third. Beach scored on a wild pitch with Hall taking second.

Madole walked and Hall stole third, and Hall scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Emmertz.

St. Ledger gave up a twoout walk in the first inning but retired the side in order in the second, third, and fourth innings. A walk and a one-out (strikeout) error put two Buccaneers on in the bottom of the fifth before two more strikeouts stymied any threat.

The Laney seventh started with Chris Linger reaching base on an outfield error.

Brett Widerman doubled to left with Linger moving to third. A dropped third strike scored Linger and put Ty Hayward on first and Widerman to second. After an out (what should have been the third out), Chase Stewart hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Widerman.

Haywood moved to second on defensive indifference and to third on Stewart’s sacrifice fly, and score the winning run on a balk by Tartaglione. The Pirates left eight runners on base.

Topsail traveled to Myrtle Beach Monday for the Mingo Bay Baseball Tournament.

They played Battlefield, Va. (6-0) Monday, Robinson (6-1) from Fairfax, Va. Tuesday, and St. James (5-11) from Murrells Inlet, S.C. Thursday. A Thursday opponent has yet to be determined. They return to conference action Tuesday (April 18) at unbeaten (14-0, 7-0) New Hanover.

Continued from page 3A related questions. Plants can also be brought in for identification or to diagnose plant and garden problems.

Stable tours will be offered at Poplar Grove each Wednesday from 10 a.m. until noon.

Visitors can meet the animals for an admission cost of $5

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Continued from page 6A and older and $3 for children under 13.

The hospital is located at 302 Tortuga Lane in Surf City.

From N.C. 50/210 turn onto Charlie Medlin Dr. (your landmark is Shipwreck Point Mini Golf) and follow it through the roundabout onto Tortuga. Our gift shop is open during tours and we have a lot of exclusive

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Continued from page 8A state-level travel ball so, well I was really nervous at first, I‘m getting used to it now, and it is a great feeling to be able to help the team.”

Topsail added an insurance run in the fifth and they tacked on a second insurance run in the seventh. Howard got an out in the seventh but gave up a single before Strnad, Bizzell,

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Continued from page 9A them, and I think he was ready to come out. I am 1-0 as the Topsail head coach and I told the kids before the game I didn’t want to leave here 0-1.”

The Pirates scored twice in the bottom of the second inning on an error off the bat of Josh Madole, walks to Garrett Myrka and Aidan Smith, a RBI sacrifice fly to center

by Hayden Walsh, a walk to Shane Nolan, and another Ashley miscue on a ball hit by Aaron Beach.

Topsail tacked on one run in the third on back-to-back singles by Madole and Sam Hall and a walk to Myrka that preceded Smith being hit by a pitch to forcing Madole home.

It became 4-0 in the fourth when Beach was hit by a pitch with one out and stole second. Tyler Ording walked before Colby Emmertz hit ball to deep short. Ording was forced out at second but Beach never broke stride rounding third – hustling home with the fourth run.

That was all Luchansky and relievers Payton Phelps (2/3 of an inning, two K’s) and Chase Caison (1/3 of an inning) needed. Luchansky unofficially threw 75 pitches,

The Lady Pirates will participate in a tournament in Greenville Saturday. Topsail will play Currituck (6-3, 3-1) at 9 a.m., East Carteret (11-0, 6-0) at 1 p.m., and Southeast Guilford (8-4, 1-23) at 5 p.m.

Nostalgia

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nostalgia: nos•tal•gia (no-stal-juh) n.

1. a bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past {photos from the Post & Voice archives}

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April 13, 2017

Section B

Living

Celebrate spring at Old River Farms April 22

By Lori Kirkpatrick, Post & Voice Staff Writer

Photos from Post & Voice archives.

Old River Farms will hold its fifth annual Spring Festival April 22 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. The farm’s primary goal for the event is to promote talented local crafters and artisans. More than 50 area vendors will be selling handmade, homemade and re-purposed items. Wood working, metal working and paintings will be available for purchase; as well as sculpture, jewelry, baked goods and healthy snacks.

Jams, canned goods, all natural soaps, candles and much more will be on site, as well.

Live music will be provided throughout the all-day event under the farm’s spacious barn. Visitors should come hungry and ready to enjoy the abundance of delectable local food from PT’s Grille and YehMon51. The event will also feature free bounce houses, friendly farm animals and a variety of games for the kids to enjoy. Those interested in attending can keep up with all the details by joining the event on Facebook. More information will be updated as the date approaches. “We are a small family owned and operated farm,� said Event Coordinator Michael Lanier. “We take great pride in hosting these events and providing a fun atmosphere for our community to enjoy. With that said, we cannot do it all on our own. There is a small parking fee of $5 per car to help us pay for this event.

You are welcome to bring as many people as you would like (safely) in your carload. All vendor spaces have been filled now.

We have 45 really awesome vendors this season!�

Old River Farms is a fully functional working farm owned and operated by Dean and Susan Lanier and their family. The Garden Center opened to the public Mar. 25 for its spring season, with its farm hours scheduled from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The Laniers offer educational field trips, which have been customized to meet the N.C. Common Core and Essential Standards. The farm’s focus is on providing our community with quality vegetable and bedding plants, and on educating its visitors about the advantages of growing their own food.

The farm currently offers its own all natural beef for sale, born and raised at Old River Farms. The Laniers take pride in providing beef that is free of hormones, steroids and antibiotics. The meat is offered in individually packaged one to four-pound cuts, as also as bulk meat that is ready for the freezer. Veteran Owned Veteran Grown will also be at the event selling their beef and pork.

U-pick strawberries will be available, as well as already picked strawberries. The Garden Center will be open during the festival with a full inventory of vegetable plants, herbs, annuals, perennials and tropical plants. In addition, they also provide all the fertilizers, soil amendments and organic pest control products needed to keep local gardens looking and tasting their best.

Old River Farms is located at 8711 Old River Rd. in Burgaw. For more details or questions, please call them directly at (910) 616-5884, visit the website at oldriverfarmsnc.com or visit their Facebook page.

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Holding and keeping

By Dr. Ray W. Mendenhall Contributing Writer Lead us not into Temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Matthew 6: 13

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I was teaching a group of young people about forgiveness once. My object lesson was a balloon. I told the group that sin was like an empty balloon at first. It often starts out small but then we add to it.

We blow into it and fill it up with ourselves until it is big.

We can’t really take the air back into ourselves, to return it to where it came from.

We are in essence stuck with it much as we seemed to be stuck at times with the uncomfortable reality of our own sin.

But the good news is that God forgives us. (At this point I popped my balloon with a pin.) God forgives us just like that. God takes all the air out of our sinfulness and makes it like nothing. At this point, I

invited the whole class to pop their balloons.

Everyone did except this one boy. Instead of popping his below outright, he carefully stuck the pin gently into his balloon and let the air out ever so slowly.

What is the lesson? Sometimes we are reluctant to let go of our sin. Sin though a burden can be comforting, a least it is something we understand. The grace of God is more of a mystery, sometimes hard to grasp or understand and harder to believe.

Why do we hold onto our sin even when it weighs us down and eats away at the good in us? Why are we tempted by sin and too often court it in our lives or let it court us?

We reach out to it, we hold onto it because temptation is seductive and appeals to our baser attributes. Temptation is an act of the self and for the self, an act of selfishness and self-indulgence. Temptation is about me and me alone: what

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The 4C’s Food Pantry is open Monday, Wednesday, and

Thursday from 9 a.m. until noon. Additionally, the 4C’s pantry will be open the last Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. until noon. The 4C’s Food Pantry is located in the Jones Plaza, 15200 U.S. Hwy. 17 N. in Hampstead.

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was not created out of nothing but out of chaos. In creation God tames the chaos and out of it creates order in the world.

In the Jewish mind of the Old Testament chaos or lack of order is the same a nothing. It is as good as nothing.

When we pray to be delivered from evil, We pray for God to maintain order in the world, to restore order in our lives and a protect us from the destructive nature of chaos.

We pray for God to hold us safe in his love and purpose and keep us safe from chaos.

So when it comes to the nature of sin and the temptation, if you will, of temptation, the Lord’s Prayer calls forth the guidance and protection of God. We pray, “Lead us away from temptation and always towards Your way, Lord; and when the storms of life come and the chaos of the dark waters rise, lift us above the chaos into Your light and life, Lord.�

In other words we pray for God to order our lives by His unchanging love and lead us into His blessed righteousness and peace.

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I want, what I desire, what I must have at all cost without regard for anyone or anything else.

Ever since Adam and Eve, temptation has been about power and control, the power to govern ourselves and control our own lives. The true temptation in the garden was not an apple or a serpent, but rather the desire to become “like God.�

Temptation affects the will and leads it astray. Temptation resides not so much in the world as in us. Temptation in other words, lives in our heads and hearts and draws upon our deepest and darkest, our most selfish desires.

So when we pray “Lead us not into temptation,� we are really praying for God to turn our hearts and minds and desires towards Him and His kingdom.

Then there is the deliverance from evil. Evil is the presence of chaos and chaos has a large potential for creating evil. In the First chapter of Genesis, The spirit brooded upon the water, over the “face of the deep.� The waters represented chaos.

In other words, the world

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1730 US Hwy. 117 N. • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3046

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

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

Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m. www.fcbcb.org

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ST. M ARY’S CHURCH

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

WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC

910-470-4436

Pastor John Fedoronko

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

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

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

200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425 Ladies’ Circle, 2nd Monday of Each Month, 6:30-8 p.m.

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

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

BURGAW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RILEY’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

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

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

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

WESTVIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

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

MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

FAITH HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

14201 Hwy. 50/210 • Surf City, NC 28445 • 910-328-4422 Services: 8 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. http://faithharborumc.org

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.

ROCKY POINT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210

Pastor Mark Murphy

Services: Sunday at 10 a.m.

Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 p.m. www.RPUMC.org

CALVARY CHAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH

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

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.

JORDANS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

4670 Stag Park Rd. • Burgaw, NC 28425 • 910-259-5735 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

THE CHURCH AT WILMINGTON

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

BURGAW BAPTIST CHURCH

100 E. Bridgers Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-4310 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.

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Special Easter Recipes

Hope’s Cooking Corner

By Hope Cusick Contributing Writer Here are some nice Easter treats.

Enjoy!

Coconut rum mimosas Great brunch beverage for the holidays.

Orange, peach, mango juice, Chilled Dry Brut Champagne, chilled Blue Parrot Coconut Rum, chilled In a champagne fluted glass add one third champagne, then one fourth coconut rum, and the rest is orange, mango, peach juice. Enjoy!

Ham and cheddar cheese scones These scones are a great brunch recipe. Enjoy!

2½ cups all-purpose flour Pinch of salt and pepper 1 tablespoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda 1/3 cup light brown sugar 1 cold stick butter cut into small cubes

½ cup plain Greek yogurt 1 large egg 2 teaspoons whole milk 4 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded 2 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, shredded, for a zip, if desired (Optional) 4 ounces ham, diced 4 scallions, chopped Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a bowl flour, salt and pepper.

Add baking powder, baking soda, and sugar.

Mix together and add in butter. Mix with fingers until a crumbly consistency In a separate bowl beat yogurt, egg, and milk. Combine mixes together. Mix thoroughly. Mix in cheese, ham, and scallions.

Sprinkle flour on flat surface. Roll dough into an eightinch round circle. Cut into eight wedges.

Place on baking sheet.

Bake at 400 degrees for 18-20 minutes.

Succotash 2 cups frozen whole kernel yellow corn 2 cups fresh baby lima beans or a 10-ounce package frozen baby lima bean 1 small sweet or Vidalia onion, chopped 1 tablespoon butter Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste 3 slices smoked bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled In a large skillet cook bacon

until crisp. Place on paper towels and set aside. Discard drippings.

In the saucepan cook corn and lima beans in small amount of boiling, lightly salted water for 8-10 minutes.

Add onion, and cook for five minutes. Drain well. Stir in butter, salt and pepper. When ready to serve add and stir in crumbled bacon.

Pork tenderloin with peach glaze Serves 4. ½ teaspoon dried thyme, crushed ½ teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste 2 teaspoons canola oil 1ž pounds pork tenderloin 1/3 cup peach or apricot preserves 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce In a small bowl stir together thyme, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Rub oil onto pork.

Sprinkle herb mixture evenly over meat. Rub in with your fingers. Cover and refrigerate for two hours.

To make glaze, stir together preserves and Worcestershire sauce. Set aside.

Place tenderloin on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.

Insert a meat thermometer.

Roast in a 425- degree oven for 15 minutes. Spoon some of the glaze over the tenderloin.

Roast for 10 to 15 minutes more or until thermometer registers 160 degrees. Spoon remaining glaze over tenderloin. Cover with foil and let stand for 15 minutes before carving.

Scalloped tomatoes Serves 4.

4 slices white bread, toasted 2 tablespoons butter 1 stalk of celery, chopped 1 medium Vidalia or sweet onion, chopped 3 medium red tomatoes, peeled and cut up, about 2 cups 2 tablespoons water 1 teaspoon granulated sugar 1 tablespoon all-pur pose flour ½ teaspoon dried sweet basil, crushed Grated Parmesan cheese Spread toast with one tablespoon butter. Cut toast into cubes, set aside. Cook celery and onion in remaining butter till crisp tender in a saucepan.

Add tomatoes. Bring to boiling. Lower heat and simmer, covered, about eight minutes.

In a bowl combine water, flour, sugar, basil, salt and pepper, to taste. Stir into tomatoes. Cook and stir until bubbly. Stir two-thirds of the toast cubes into tomato mixture. Pour into a one quart casserole. Top with remaining toast cubes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake in a 350-degree oven for 20 minutes or until bubbly.

COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS Free income tax preparation for seniors A g a i n t h i s ye a r, l o c a l AARP Tax-Aide volunteers in Hampstead will soon begin preparing and electronically filing 2016 Federal and NC state income tax returns for residents of Pender County.

These services are provided completely free of charge by volunteers who are trained to IRS specifications.

The service will be offered this year at the Topsail Senior Center at 15909 U.S. Hwy. 17 each Monday and Wednesday afternoon from 1-5 p.m.

While volunteers are certi-

fied to prepare most regular personal income tax returns, they are not permitted to prepare returns for businesses with more than $25,000 of expenses, which have employees, or which show an operating loss, complicated investment reporting, rental property with depreciation, and certain other complicated tax matters.

What taxpayers need to bring with them to the tax site include photo ID, SS cards for the taxpayer and all dependents, copy of the 2015 tax return, documentation of all income, including W-2’s,

1099-Int for interest, l099-Div for dividends, 1099-SSA for social security, 1099-R’s for regular retirement and for IRA distributions, 1099-Misc and other documentation for business income, final brokerage statements, and records of estimated tax payments.

For additional information call Jack Padgett at 910-2704387.

DAR to meet April 20 Battle of Moores Creek Bridge Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution will meet April 20 at 11 a.m. in Burgaw at the Pender County Library, 103 S. Cowan Street.

ATTENTION MILITARY VETERANS Pender County Register of Deeds invites you to join us for the kick-o of our “Thank A Vetâ€? program.

Veterans who ďŹ le their DD form 214 military discharge papers at the Register of Deeds oďŹƒce will be given a “Thank A Vetâ€? photo ID card.

Present this card for a discount on goods and services at participating businesses in Pender County.

Location: Pender County Register of Deeds in the Howard Holly Administration Building 300 E Fremont Street Burgaw, NC 28425 Kick-o Date: Starting May 25 & 26, 2017 Time: 9am — 3pm Following kick-o dates, regular recording hours for DD214 Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm Light refreshments will be served.

Veterans are asked to bring their DD form 214, a state issued photo ID and their Social Security Card.

Military Discharge papers recorded at the Register of Deeds oďŹƒce are not public record.

For more information call Pender County Register of Deeds at 910-259-1225.

Thursday, April 13 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM 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. s7OMEN IN .ETWORKING MEETING EVERY 4HURSDAY FROM 10:30 a.m. at Olde Point Country Club.

Friday, April 14 s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM OPEN P M s4HE -ARINE #ORPS ,EAGUE $ETACHMENT MEETS FOR breakfast at the Sawmill Grill in Hampstead at 8 a.m. each Friday.

Tuesday, April 18 s4HE "URGAW ,IONS #LUB MEETS AT P M THE lRST 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. s!L!NON MEETS AT (AMPSTEAD 5NITED -ETHODIST #HURCH every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Room 9. The meeting is for family and friends of alcoholics. Everyone is welcome.

Wednesday, April 19 s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM P M AT THE Surf City Community Center, 201 Community Center Dr. Call 328.4887 for more information s4HE #OASTAL 0ENDER 2OTARY #LUB MEETS EACH 7EDNESDAY at 12:30 p.m. at the Belvedere Country Club, 2368 Country Club Drive in Hampstead.

Thursday, April 20 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT the Sawmill Grill on Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT the Surf City Community Center. Call 328.4887 for more information. s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM 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. s4HE (AMPSTEAD ,IONS #LUB MEETS ON THE FIRST AND third Thursday of the month at noon at Topsail Presbyterian Church Highway 17. For more information about the Lions Club please call Val at 910-231-6003.

The regular meeting includes business, which precedes a program titled; A Salute to DAR. Southern Heirlooms with Ken Rivenbark, speaker. Ken is a Pender County native, taught in the classroom for 20 years in the United States and Ger many and s7OMEN IN .ETWORKING MEETING EVERY 4HURSDAY FROM makes his home is Huntsville, 10:30 a.m. at Olde Point Country Club.

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Tuesday April 25 You do not need to be a s4HE +NIGHTS OF #OLUMBUS #OUNCIL MEETS THE SECOND member to attend. Membership inquiries may be ad- and fourth Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at the American dressed to mhfwill@yahoo. Legion Building, 16660 U.S. Hwy. 17 in Hampstead. com Post 167 spaghetti dinner April 21 American Legion Post 167 of Hampstead is having a p.m. The location is 16660 N. available. Salad, garlic bread, spaghetti dinner at the Post Hwy 17. Dinner is $8 per per- sweet tea, water or coffee plus building April 21 from 5-7:30 son or 2 for $15. Take out is dessert are included.

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Opening Day is April 19th

Poplar Grove

P L A N T A T I O N

FARMERS’ MARKET EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 8:00 AM—1:00 PM APRIL 19TH, 2017-OCTOBER 25TH, 2017

Meet your farmer, your baker, your artisan maker at our open air Farmer’s Market on the grounds of historic Poplar Grove.

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