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Post-season play Topsail lacrosse player Kade Ramsey has been tapped to play in a post-season event in Durham.

County teams are also in the playoffs. Read more in sports on page 8A.

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Burgaw Growth will challenge Spring Fest logo design winner struggles to county schools, services keep tax cut in budget

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher

With growth returning to Pender County after the recession, increasing population will continue to put a strain on county schools and services.

Figures released by the Nor th Carolina Of fice of State Budget and Management (OSBM) to the North Carolina League of Municipalities show Pender County grew by more than 11 percent in the period 2010-15. That

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher A five-cent tax cut in the proposed 2017-18 Burgaw town budget is making the going tough for Town Manager Chad McEwen.

With the proposed budget ready for the Board of Commissioners, the document is about $156,000 in the red.

“The board said from the beginning they wanted the tax cut, so we worked the budget from the point of cutting expenditures and having reduced revenue,” McEwen said. “The budget the board receives in May for the budget workshop will not be a balanced budget.

I will have to get direction from the board on what their priorities are in making cuts.”

McEwen said dropping the five-cent tax cut would go a long way to balancing the budget, but that is one of the Board’s priorities. He hoped to use extra funds in the current budget to work ahead on some of the capital projects in the proposed budget.

“We had extra money come in – reimbursements from FEMA – and I think we can apply that to some of the projects in the new budget. If we dropped the tax cut from the budget, we would still be about $15,000 to $20,000 short in the budget. The water and sewer fund is balanced. The five cent cut represents about $140,000 in revenue.”

makes Pender the fifth fastestgrowing county in the state, surpassed only by Brunswick, Chatham, Mecklenburg, and Wake.

Pender School Superintendent Dr Terri Cobb says the School Board is working to try to stay ahead of the growth of the student population.

“We are expecting a study at the end of the month that will give projections for our student enrollment for the

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More charges filed in sex case Investigators believe more victims may be found

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Trinitee Odom, a student at Rocky Point Elementary School, was the winner of the Spring Fest logo contest. Her design appears on the festival shirts. Odom is introduced by festival organizer Rochelle Whiteside. See more photos of Saturday’s festival on page 4B and on Facebook.

Black River State Park receives mix of opposition, support

From Staff Reports Additional child sex charges have been filed in the case of a Hampstead man, and investigators believe there may be more victims.

Haywood Elwood Garner, 69, was charged May 4 with two counts statutory rape of a child, two counts statutory sex offense of a child, two counts of indecent liberties with a child and two counts of crime against nature.

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 sixth child.

The new charges stem from offenses that took place between 1998 and 1999 involving a child under the age of 16.

G a r n e r ’s b a i l w a s i n creased by $1 million and he remains in the Pender County Jail with bail now set at $3,625,000.

Haywood Elwood Garner Pender County Sheriff ’s Department investigators believe there may be additional victims related to the case who have not been discovered.

Investigators are continuing to seek information related to any possible additional victims.

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

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By Chase Jordan Reprinted by permission The Sampson Independent State leaders have a vision of visitors enjoying the Black River by building a park. But a lot of the river’s neighbors don’t want to see it in their backyards.

Representatives from The Nature Conservancy and the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation hosted an information session (May 2) to discuss the proposed Black River State Park. Carol Tingley, deputy director of the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation, led the discussion.

“I think in many ways the idea of what the park is going to be is a little larger in your mind than what’s really going to happen,” Tingley said referring to a belief that park areas will be built all along the the river. “It’s going to take years for us to build anything. It’s going to take a long time. What you’re going to see is a simple trail and a simple picnic area.”

She was joined by Hervey McIver of The Conservancy and John Fullwood, the division regional superintendent. Inside the Rowan Fire Department Community Center, several residents raised concerns about the idea during the Tuesday meeting. Some of them involved increase traffic, safety and not being informed about the bill to create the park.

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During the meeting, one attendee brought up having one

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Pender County arrest report

David Christopher Abell, 23, 105 Dunlin Ct. Hampstead.

Driving while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated under $100,000 secured bond.

Vincent Jerome Andrews, 48, 81 Morning Glory Road, Rocky Point. Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by the Probation Officer. Released with no bond listed.

Aaron Michael Bryant, 21, 6210 Dominion Drive Wilmington.

Possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia (two counts), simple possession of marijuana. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated under $3,500 secured bond.

Johnny Ray Carlton, 50, 1578 Webbtown Road Maple Hill.

First degree statutory rape. Released with no bond listed.

Alysha Harts Carroll, 26, 249 Kimwood Lane Rocky Point.

Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Probation Officer.

Released with no bond listed.

Candice Cheryl Caudle, 46, 125 Old Farm Road Hampstead.

Simple assault. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $1,000 unsecured bond.

James Lewis Cotton, 33, 508 Nelson Drive Jacksonville. Theft of cable tv services. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $2,000 secured bond.

Jason Earl Damms, 29, 92 Lori Ln. Burgaw. Communicating threats, protection order, parole hearing. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released with no bond listed.

Caleb Joshua Easom, 28, 108 Azalea Drive Hampstead. Felony breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, felony possession of stolen goods, obtain property by false pretense. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department.

Released under $10,000 secured bond.

Jody Richard Farrow, 30, 4148 Breeze Wood Drive Wilmington.

Larceny from the person, common law robbery. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $20,000 secured bond.

Christopher Flood, 17, 1027 Ballybunion Lane Burgaw. Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released with no bond listed.

Corey Adams Flynn, 38, 106 Robert West Road Currie. Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released with no bond listed.

Trenton Edward Hall, 27, 115 S. First Avenue Atkinson.

Speeding, driving while license revoked, misdemeanor larceny.

Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $3,000 secured bond.

Shay Wagner Hampton, 46, 1021 Filmore Street Southport.

Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Probation Officer.

Incarcerated under $5,000 secured bond.

Lonnel Evan Henderson Jr., 22, 95 Jack Carr Road, Burgaw.

Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated with no bold listed.

James Larry Henry, 31, 5923 Malpass Corner Road Currie.

Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Probation Officer.

Incarcerated under $20,000 secured bond.

James Harry Hinman, 33, 241 Cross Creek Drive Hampstead.

Statutory rape of a child under 15 years old, statutory sex offense with child under 15, indecent liberties with a child, sexual battery. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department.

Incarcerated under $1,060,000 secured bond.

Emily Michelle Jackson, 19, 2145 Belhammon Forest Drive

Pender EMS & Fire Report April 30-May 6 Pender EMS Report Total number of Patient Contacts: Calls Per Station Burgaw Station 1 Sloop Point Station 14 Hampstead Station 16 Surf City Station 23 Topsail Beach Station 4 Union Station 5 Rocky Point Station 7 Atkinson Station 9 Maple Hill Station 13 Scott Hill Station 18 Hwy 421 Station 29 Type of Calls Cancelled: 33 Refusals: 51 Stand by: 1 Transported: 90 Treated/released: 15 Fire Department Reports Total Calls: 42 Calls Per Station Rescue Station 1 Burgaw Fire Station 13 Maple Hill Fire Station 14 Sloop Point Fire Station 16 Hampstead Fire Station 18 Scotts Hill Fire Station 21 Long Creek Fire Station 29 Hwy 421 Fire Call Type Fire 8 Motor Vehicle Crash 8 Search and Rescue 0 EMS First Response 23 Cancelled 3 Ocean Rescue 0

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Rocky Point. Simple assault, communicating threats, possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $3,400 secured bond.

Michael Lorenzo Jacobs, 33, 277 Peterson Hill Burgaw. Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Probation Officer.

Released with no bond listed.

Kierra Quinta Johnson, 24, 7226 N.C. Hwy. 50 Maple Hill.

Felony probation violation (two counts). Arrest by the Probation Officer. Incarcerated under $20,000 secured bond.

Isreal Jones, 71, 132 Lewis Road Hampstead. Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released with no bond listed.

Jacob Daniel Jones, 18, 15651 N.C. Hwy. 53 East Maple Hill.

Larceny of a motor vehicle. Felony possession of stolen goods.

Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $2,500 secured bond.

Justin James Jones, 30, 709 Dewey Road Efland. Felony probation out of county. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $25,000 secured bond.

Jordan Lunsford, 24, 3536 Little Kelly Road Rocky Point.

Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated with no bond listed.

Mario Mata, 41, 25 Green Tree Drive Ivanhoe. Speeding, no driver’s license. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $500 secured bond.

Scotty Eric Matthews, 30, 901 Old Mill Road Wallace. Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated with no bond listed.

Daniel Mayer-Young, 31, 118 Old Farm Road Hampstead.

Simple assault, communicating threats. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $2,000 secured bond.

Gordon Tyrone McAllister, 58, 218 Crooked Creek Dr. Burgaw.

Misdemeanor probation violation. Incarcerated with no bond listed.

Edward Earl Morgan, 59, 425 Cartwheel Road Rocky Point.

Possession with intent to manufacture, sell, deliver heroin, sell heroin, deliver heroin, manufacture a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance, possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department.

Incarcerated under $100,000 secured bond.

Joseph Daniel Morris, 28, 364 Northeast Road, Wallace. Post release violation. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated with no bond listed.

Lisa Michelle Mullins, 42, 201 Annabelle Lane Hampstead.

Misdemeanor larceny, obtain property by false pretense. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Joseph Andrew Nobles, 28, 86 Lenas Lane Hampstead. Driving while impaired. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released with no bond listed.

Richelle Owens O’Connor, 41, 818 N. New River Drive 102 Holly Ridge. Indecent exposure, injury to personal property, driving while impaired, resisting a public officer. Arrest by the Topsail Beach Police Department. Released under $2,500 secured bond.

Arlander Polluck, 19, 2923 U.S. Hwy. 117 S. St. Helena. Misdemeanor probation violation, communicating threats. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $5,000 secured bond.

Josue Rico, 27, 403 Robinson Johnson Road Rocky Point.

Child support. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $2,272.15 cash bond.

Leigha Renee Rigdon, 25, 205 Heading Bluff Road Currie.

Possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $100 secured bond.

Nicole L. Romero, 23, 1920 Daniel Boone Trail Wilmington.

Parole warrant, sell/deliver heroin, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver heroin. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $10,000 secured bond.

Cassandra Nicole Soga, 28, 385 North Drive Trailer 55 Rocky Point. Felony probation violation out of county (two counts).

Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s department. Released under $50,000 secured bond.

Dawaan V. Walker, 23, 1545 Luby Hill Road Maple Hill. Felony probation violation. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated with no bond listed.

Stevie Danielle Wallace, 31, 80 Coleman Circle Hampstead.

Felony obtain controlled substance by fraud. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Incarcerated under $50,000 secured bond.

Melissa Renee Woodcock, 44, 219 Oak Haven Road Atkinson.

Driving while impaired. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Cecil Irving Wooten, 28, 1009 Wellington Ave. Wilmington.

Expired registration tag/card (two counts), driving while license revoked (three counts), second degree trespass, possession of marijuana paraphernalia, no liability insurance, driving/ allowing vehicle with no registration, assault on a female, felony fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, driving wrong way on a dual lane, speeding, reckless driving to endanger. Arrest by the Pender County Sheriff ’s Department. Released under $5,200 secured bond.

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Cape Fear BBQ Festival coming June 3

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The Cape Fear BBQ Festival will be held June 3 at Poplar Grove Plantation from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. The festival will feature a competitive barbecue cook-off, arts and Crafts, live music and a variety of games and activities.

The cost of admission will be $5 per person with free parking. Coolers and pets are not allowed at the event. Entertainment will feature The Big Kahuna’s Beach Party, presented by radio station Jammin’ 99.9 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Live music will also be provided by Radio Traveler, offering classic rock, country, rhythm and blues from 2-5:30 p.m.

“This one day event will offer all of the same attractions as our previous barbecue festivals have offered and much more. There will be a barbecue cook-off, arts and crafts, commercial vendors, plants and flowers, a children’s entertainment zone, an adult beverage tent and lots of good old southern barbecue,” said Event Coordinator W.C. Lanier. “This year we will also have a People’s Choice Award. You can buy taste tickets to sample the different contestants’ barbecue and vote for the one you like the best.

There will be additional food concessions on site, as well.”

A variety of craft vendors will be on site during the festival, including Artful Whimsies’ shabby chic painted mason jars, painted and decoupage wooden boxes, hand-sewn dolls and more.

Linda’s Florals will offer decorative wreaths and silk floral arrangements; and Mountain to the Sea Creations will be selling seashell and driftwood wall hangings, as well as nauti-

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cal signs, pilings, anchors and cheese platters. Golden Arrow Jewelry will provide dream catchers, art and more.

Other vendors will include: Artisan Clay Flowers, hand sculpted and painted by Dalanee; Gigi’s One Of A Kind Jewelry and Shells; Grace Designed Jewelry and Beach Paradise Air Plants; Laura’s Hair Creations; Mushpa & Mensa Magical Mobile Art; O’Berry Center Foundation; The Coral Anchor; Megan & Chloe’s Closet; Hand-crafted Doll Clothes and Accessories; and Beach Buddies by Blake.

Beach Buddies by Blake was started in August 2015 by five-year-old Blake himself.

The young boy desperately wanted a tablet, but Christmas seemed so far away that he began decorating rocks and shells and making them into magnets to sell.

What started as a way to raise money for his tablet has grown into a business and favorite past-time for the young entrepreneur. Blake loves walking the beach with

his dog, Brodie, and hunting for the perfect rocks to make his magnets. Each one is unique and each rock is handpicked from Topsail Beach

by Blake himself. The rocks are cleaned, decorated and then clear-coated.

Food vendors will be on site for the festival, and Wrigglesworth Ace Hardware will also be there with Green Egg, Weber and Traeger grills and accessories for sale. Crave Super will participate, offering a variety of food blends, spices and grinder blends that feature peppercorns.

Poplar Grove Plantation is located at 10200 US Hwy. 17 N. To register for the Cape Fear Barbecue Festival, contestants in all categories should mail their applications, along with cash, check or money order to 210 Simmons Dr., Wilmington, NC 28411. Credit cards can be accepted over the phone.

For more information, visit www.capefearbbqfestival. com. For additional questions, call (910) 795-0292 or (843) 9026532.

Pender County sinks a hole-in-one with Wells Fargo Championship

Tammy Proctor Pender County Tourism Director For 11 months, Pender County worked with PGA officials from Charlotte to make the Wells Fargo Championship a success at Eagle Point. We lead a PGA official to a map, pointed to Eagle Point and Pender County line. They were amazed at the close proximity – and the race was on to locate available parking areas and a myriad of minute details.

The PGA staff designated two locations in Pender County for parking – Blake Farms and the N.C. Spot Festival lot.

The “Spot Lot” parked up to 5,000 cars.

While it slowed traffic on U.S. Hwy 17 those golf fans had to fill their fuel tanks and their stomachs. The trash containers each morning were filled with Dunkin Donut coffee cups and we heard one guest boarding the shuttle who was raving about “that donut shop” called Burney’s Sweets & More.

The media reception, hosted by five county and two town tourism entities, was held at The Sailfish Restaurant at Scotts Hill Marina.

Shannon Pitts and his staff served a shrimp boil, chicken, fixings, drinks and entertainment alongside the water’s

edge. Guests included PGA officials, an Associated Press photographer, golf writers from McClatchy Newspapers, Reuters, CBS, and international writers from Scotland, Australia, and Germany. We were later told a group from CBS returned to Sailfish later in the week for dinner.

At Eagle Point, Pender County had an expo tent.

Staffed by Pender County residents, this venue gave us an opportunity to promote Pender County. We talked about our beaches, our rivers, the sea turtle hospital, our history, and our blueberries.

We talked to visitors from New York, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia, just to name a few.

We met golf fans who wanted to relocate. They asked questions about neighborhoods and about our festivals and about our schools.

From the expo tent, we distributed thousands of visitor guides, countless hand sanitizers, sunscreen, and bug spray, which were provided by the Pender County Health Department. Many golf fans commented, “Pender County is giving items that are for our safety” to which we replied, “That’s the way Pender County Health rolls!”

Pender County residents were visible in many volunteer opportunities. In addition to the expo tent, volunteers served in the media center, as marshals, as ambassadors, and working in transportation.

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We learned of caddies and golf officials who stayed on Topsail Island who were impressed by the beaches.

We met a Charlotte native who brought her family to Surf City while she volunteered at the tournament. She was extremely impressed by the beaches, the turtle hospital, and the dining choices.

This Wells Fargo employee said she was going home to tell her co-workers about Topsail Island.

While the Wells Fargo Championship visited the Cape Fear Region, it was Pender’s County opportunity to promote the county’s beauty, history, and our economy.

Growth

Continued from page 1A next few years. The report has proved accurate in the past and it gives us an idea of where we are headed,” Cobb said.

School bond projects currently under construction will ease enrollment pressure in the near future, but Topsail High School is nearing capacity with a new K-8 feeder school under construction in Surf City. Elementary and middle school space will increase, but those students eventually end up at Topsail High.

Mobile classrooms are always an option to temporally increase classroom space.

“We don’t like mobile classrooms – they are expensive and are almost worthless when we are finished with them,” Cobb said. “But we will do what is necessary to take care of the students.”

Building permits rise Single-family home building permits are up in Pender County. Home building permits rose from 218 in 2001 to a peak of 1,006 in 2005 before the housing market crashed with the recession to a low of 169

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Pender EMS Training Division Batallion Chief David Dudding (right) was the speaker at last week’s Burgaw Rotary Club meeting. Dudding talked to the club about CPR following a heart attack to help save a life. Pictured with Dudding is Rotary member Greg Thompson.

Hurricane Prepardness Week May 7-13 Update emergency kits and storm plans

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During stor ms, people should stay tuned into a trusted local news source and keep a battery-powered radio nearby for weather and evacuation information. They also need to heed the warnings of state and local officials and evacuate quickly when told to do so.

“North Carolina is a proven leader in emergency response, but each storm is different, and impacts can vary,” said Public Safety Secretary Erik

A. Hooks. “It’s critical that people prepare themselves and their families now for emergencies. As so many families experienced last fall, during those first few days after disaster strikes you may be on your own until responders can reach you and essential services can be restored.”

H o o k s re i t e r at e d t h at the most dangerous threat from hurricanes and tropical storms is flooding and storm surge. The storm doesn’t even have to be classified as a tropical system to cause serious damage, he said.

More information on hurricanes and overall emergency preparedness can be found on ReadyNC mobile app and online at www.ReadyNC.org.

Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30 and to encourage residents to prepare, May 7-13 is Hurricane Preparedness Week.

Pender County Emergency Management Director Tom Collins says the best thing to do for hurricane season is to prepare. With Pender County still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, hurricane preparedness is on the front burner for Pender Emergency Management.

“I don’t think we were really prepared for Matthew,” Collins said. “We had a lot of great volunteer help during Matthew and a lot of people gave food and more, but the best thing to do is prepare for yourself.”

History indicates that families and communities who are better prepared for hurricanes and other disasters recover more quickly than those who are not. Collins says this week to discuss their emergency plans, review their homeowners and renters insurance policies, and update their emergency supplies.

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have been issued for the period January through April 2017. May 4, 11, 2017 Along the U.S. 17 corridor, where the most growth has taken place, The Pender County Planning Board has received applications in 2017 for five new subdivisions in the Topsail Township totaling approximately 488 home building lots. That does not include previously approved subdivisions or homes under construction in the Topsail Township. A drive through Hampstead residential areas shows a number of new homes currently under construction.

Jail overcrowded Schools are not the only county service strained by growth. The Pender County Jail, built in the 1970s, is inadRegistration: 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. equate for today’s law enforcement needs. Pender pays other Business Session: 4:30 p.m. counties to house inmates, Dinner immediately following creating problems with transportation, staffing and the Business Session at 5:00 p.m. transfer of inmates.

“Anytime you have to move Please bring your covered dishes to share. an inmate outside the jail, it creates a liability,” said Pender Tea, coffee and lemonade, and ice, along with cups, County Sheriff Carson Smith.

“There is always a danger.” utensils, and paper products will all be provided.

Smith has been working to garner support for a new jail For further info, please contact and law enforcement center.

Travis L. Horrell at (910) 270-9353 Currently the proposed 2017-18 county budget does not contain or Peggy Horrell at (252) 223-3785. funds for a new jail or preliminary work toward the facility.

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Spend a few dollars and safeguard your family Although many enjoyed the warm winter, it could bring more worries to the county as we get into the spring and summer months.

Rabies cases tend to rise in years after mild winter seasons; wild animals carrying the virus often die off during cold weather, but with a lack of a real winter this year, there’s a distinct possibility 2017 could be a tough year.

North Carolina has hard laws on rabies vaccinations, but those laws were created Rabies is always fatal; for a purpose: to protect people it is also highly contaand their pets from this fatal gious, and likely a lot disease. Rabies attacks the nervous system, and is spread more common than we through saliva (not blood). It realize. The urbanization doesn’t even require a bite – just of the rural landscape a scratch from a sick animal, has brought more and or a seemingly affectionate lick more people into contact from an “orphaned” animal can with wildlife... transmit the virus.

Fortunately, rabies is preventable through vaccines. Pender County has been particularly aggressive in fighting the disease, offering onsite low-cost inoculations and partnering with veterinarians for rabies clinics throughout the year. The problem lies not in availability, but in participation.

State law requires dogs, cats, ferrets and other animals to receive regular rabies vaccinations, yet far too many people still fail to do so. This is like playing Russian roulette with a loaded revolver. The chances are very good your animals – and therefore, you and your children – could be exposed.

Quarantining a pet that has been exposed to rabies is expensive and onerous – the pet must be kept separate from other animals and observed for six months, under the care of a veterinarian. This can run into the thousands of dollars, if the petowner can find an approved facility that is willing to take the animal in. Most times, euthanasia is the only option.

Rabies is always fatal; it is also highly contagious, and likely a lot more common than we realize. The urbanization of the rural landscape has brought more and more people into contact with wildlife, and those wild animals have adapted to dealing with the human presence, even welcoming it in some cases. Trash cans, grills, pet food and leftovers thrown at the edge of the woods are a dinner bell for wild animals, and rabid animals generally have the ability to transmit the disease well before they lose in eating.

Failure to vaccinate an animal is taking a chance that isn’t worth the risk; we all have raccoons, foxes, and other wildlife, not to mention feral cats and stray dogs, wandering through our neighborhoods. Animal Control officers do a yeoman’s work keeping up with the calls they receive, but if a wild animal has bitten your pet, it’s too late. The ubiquitous opossum, by the way, rarely gets rabies, but any mammal, from squirrels and rabbits to bears and bats, can contract and spread the disease.

Late spring means more time outside for humans, and it’s also the time that young wildlife are beginning to explore the world around them. Wildlife are never good (or legal) pets, and oftentimes the abandoned baby a child finds by a playground was simply stashed there for safekeeping while the mother is off feeding. It’s better to leave Mother Nature’s charges alone, since good intentions almost always leads to the death of a young animal, and can lead to a painful series of shots for a human who may or may not have been exposed to rabies.

In short – get your animals vaccinated, and teach your children to watch, not handle, wildlife. Anytime you see a wild or domestic animal behaving in an odd manner (acting sick or aggressive, usually in daylight) call 911 and retreat to a safe place.

Just a few dollars can mean all the difference between an expensive criminal charge and a child’s broken heart.

The Point

Notes From The Field

It’s over, only for a while

Bill Messer I promise, this is the last story about Holly Shelter until fall, but I can’t help spending so much of my time there, exploring, and talking to others who enjoy it, comparing notes and learning about favorites things and

places.

Around here, we can take it for granted, or even ignore it. Most residents don’t know about it at all, and many others would just as soon keep it that way. It’s a game land, but it’s a lot more, too.

This past Sunday was a good example. A bicycler I frequently encounter asked, “Did you see all the bikers in here last Sunday?”

“Yes,” I told him. It seems to be getting more popular every year, I had often ridden my bike along the dirt roads, which can be quite a challenge on skinny tires in

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Dead trees in the Holly Shelter duck pond make good observation points for cormorants and anhingas.

Jefferson Weaver

The Bored Carolina Sportsman With the end of turkey season, and the weather almost too hot for hunting hogs, I am once again considering producing one of those reality-TV shows.

I have mentioned before how I’d love to film The Bored Carolina Sportsman.

It would be an excuse to do things that would have caused my mother to scowl and reach for a switch, but not in the way most reality TV people’s moms would scowl and reach for said switch. Come to think of it, most of those people’s mommas apparently never knew the usefulness of a good stout switch, based on the behavior of their offspring, but child rearing is a column for another day.

Take those Kardashian girls for instance—their momma definitely spared the rod, and look at the result.

A big part of The Bored Carolina Sportsman channel, or BCS-TV, would be carpenter bee hunting. I love old houses, and sadly, so do carpenter bees, though they have far less appreciation

for aesthetics and architecture than they do appetite.

I know many folks prefer badminton rackets or pallet slats for carpenter bees, but I am a big fan of an old .22 loaded with ratshot. The aggressive little buggers aren’t as smart as they are destructive, since a missed shot often results in a bee returning to where the shot flew past his pointy rump to challenge whatever just blew past him. I’ve had a lot of followup kills that way, when a bee would reverse course, come back and stare at the muzzle of my rifle, as if to say, “You want a piece

of this?”

Speaking of shooting where one shouldn’t, a dam break in a favorite pond of mine years ago led to some interesting target practice.

The overwash from the pond blew out a large, deep pool that quickly shallowed into a ditch; the larger fish couldn’t get into the ditch, so they hung out in the pool eating anything that came down the overflow.

Well, boys will be boys, so we used dip nets, our hands, home-made gigs, and any number of devices to “go fishing.” When the pool suddenly became loaded with blackfish—bowfin to some people—we found out the hard way that one shouldn’t attempt to handle a fivepound primordial block of muscle armed with teeth and an attitude.

Since we were marginally higher on the evolutionary ladder than those primitive piscatorians, and the blackfish were eating the quality fish before we could

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Can children inherit their parent’s debt?

Dear Savvy Senior, What happens to a person’s debt after they die? My mother has taken on a lot of medical and credit card over the past few years and I’m worried that my brother and I will be responsible for it when she dies. What can you tell me?

Worried Daughter Dear Worried, In most cases when a person with debt dies, it’s their estate, not their kids, that is legally responsible. Here’s how it works.

When your mom dies, her estate – which consists of the stuff she owns while she’s alive (home, car, cash, etc.) – will be responsible for paying her debts. If she doesn’t have enough cash to pay her debts, you’ll have to sell her assets and pay off her creditors with the proceeds.

Whatever is left over is passed along to her heirs as dictated by the terms of her will, if she has one. If she doesn’t have a will, the intestacy laws of the state she resides in will determine how her estate will be distributed.

If, however, she dies broke, or there isn’t enough money left over to pay her “unsecured debts” – credit cards, medical bills, personal loans – then her estate is declared insolvent, and her creditors will have to eat the loss.

Secured debts – loans attached to an asset such as a house or a car – are a different story. If she has a mortgage

or car loan when she dies, those monthly payments will need to be made by her estate or heirs, or the lender can seize the property.

There are, however, a couple of exceptions that would make you legally responsible for her debt after she passes away. One is if you are a joint holder on a credit card account that she owes on. And the other is if you co-signed a loan with her.

Note to spouses: These same debt inheritance rules apply to surviving spouses too, unless you live in a community property state – Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington or Wisconsin. In these states, any debts that one spouse acquires after the start of a marriage belongs to the other spouse too. Therefore, spouses in community property states are usually responsible for their deceased spouses debts.

Protected assets If your mom has any IRAs, 401(k)s, brokerage accounts, life insurance policies or employer-based pension plans, these are assets that creditors usually cannot get access to. That’s because these accounts typically have designated beneficiaries, and the money goes directly to

those people without passing through the estate.

Settling her estate You also need to be aware that if your mom dies with debt, and she has no assets, settling her estate should be fairly simple. Her executor will need to send out letters to her creditors explaining the situation, including a copy of her death certificate, and that will probably take care of it. But, you and your brother may still have to deal with aggressive debt collectors who try to guilt you into paying.

If your mom has some assets, but not enough to pay all her debts, her state’s probate court has a distinct list of what bills get priority.

The details vary by state, but generally estate administrating fees, funeral expenses, taxes and last illness medical bills get paid first, followed by secured debts and lastly, credit card debts.

Need help?

If you have questions regarding your situation, you should consult with a consumer law attorney or probate attorney. Or, if you just need a question or two answered, call your state’s legal hotline if available (see LegalHotlines.org), or legal services provider.

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.

Public Opinion Arts in schools I was greatly impressed and encoura g ed by last week’s guest editorial from Jackie Newton and Rochelle Whiteside. One a republican county commissioner and one a democrat school board member. Yet, they were able to put their political differences aside and speak with a strong voice in support of the children of Pender County.

Even when I was in school over a half century ago music, art, and PE were considered extras—add-ons. Yet, we cannot overstate their importance for a quality life.

The longest book in the Bible is psalms. This fact alone is evidence of the importance of music to the lives of people

through the ages. Our best understanding of ancient civilizations comes through their art; often, the only thing of significance that survives their fall from greatness.

We celebrate our athletic teams as did the Greeks at the Olympics thousands of years ago. Yet, our state fails to fund physical education and healthful living instruction and by House Bill 13 makes it harder for counties to do so.

If you like bluegrass music and singing hymns in church on Sunday, then you should want music as a part of our children’s education foundation. If you enjoy putting your children and grandchildren’s drawings on your refrigerator, you should want

art instruction as a part of their education foundation.

If you recognize that too many of us are overweight and do not follow healthy lifestyles, you should want PE instruction as a part of our children’s education foundation.

If you, like me, agree with Ms. Newton and Ms. Whiteside, contact them and let them know you appreciate their efforts and cooperation to bring quality to the lives of our children. If you agree with them, contact our representatives to the General Assembly and let them know you expect the same of them.

Gary E. Trawick Burgaw

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The Art of Encouragement Encouragement is the art of instilling courage. The origin of the word is the Latin root ‘Coeur,’ meaning heart. At the heart of encouragement is our capacity and desire to notice and nurture positive attributes in ourselves and others. It goes a level deeper than praise by acknowledging and appreciating not only individual uniqueness but also effort and capacity to succeed.

Because our brains are designed for survival, they naturally notice what is wrong rather than what is right. Encouragement involves retraining our brains to focus on the positive and notice what works well.

Like all art forms, it comes more naturally to some than others, but it can easily be learned and mastered with practice.

One of the most dramatic discoveries of this century is the fact that individuals choose their thoughts and those shape our lived, determining our health, happiness, relationships and longevity. Coined as ‘the power of positive thinking’ by Zig Ziglar, and “Learned Optimism” by Martin Seligman, it is no secret that our minds create our own personal reality, and that reality determines our life experience.

Begin within Encouragement begins within; we cannot do something for others that we have not experienced for ourselves. Begin by monitoring your self-talk. What do you say to yourself about yourself ? How long would you remain friends with someone who said the same? Learn to love yourself and embrace every experience as a learning opportunity.

Make it personal We were raised with the Golden Rule – Do unto others, as you would like to be done unto. The updated version is the Platinum Rule: Treat others as they like to be treated. Our capacity to encourage others is rooted in relationships and fueled by a genuine desire to bring out the best in others.

Be specific Use descriptive language that focuses on the positive and builds self-esteem. The clearer you are about what you appreciate the easier it is for others to replicate and reciprocate specific words and deeds.

Choose your words carefully as they have power and cannot be taken back.

Communicate consistently It is not enough to recognize the best in others, it is equally important to communicate our awareness.

Spoken words as simple as hello, thank you, and good job go a long way, as do written notes of thanks and encouragement because words are powerful and permanent.

“Encouragement is to people what sunshine is to flowers.”

Encouragement is the fine art of instilling courage in ourselves and others.

-excerpted from a recent closing conference keynote

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Newsings & Musings

Edith Batson Birthday Party at the Museum Fun day at the Museum on Saturday, may 6. The Pender County Museum on Bridger Street was having a party. The museum is owned by The Pender County Historical Society.

It was built in 1917 and was the first brick house built in Burgaw. A large assortment of hats were on a little table for ladies to choose a hat of their liking to wear for the party. There are large hats, small hats, plain and pretty hats. It was fun to see all the hats around and some people were remembering what hats were born back then.

Tours of the lovely home were conducted. People could find out about their family history if someone in the family had put the history in the museum. If not, then check and see if your family’s history is there and get busy.

People back in the 70s would not think of going to church without their Sunday hat.

Since I am a clutter bug, I found several “older” hats.

I can remember, many years ago admiring a hat in Belk’s. I wanted that hat. I longed to buy the hat. Kept looking for it to go on sale.

Finally I bought the hat. I thought I as on cloud nine.

As far as I know the hat is still in the attic and I can lay my hands on it. You know

Messer Continued from page 4A dry weather, and even worse when it’s wet. I have an off-road bike now, usually called a ‘mountain bike’ with wider tires, and lots of gears.

After a rain, when the dust has settled and the clay and sand are packed together, it’s a wonderful surface to ride on. The large gravel chunks that provide structure to the road surface can be a problem, and it’s good to pay attention in freshly graveled sections.

It’s pretty easy to tell who’s who: birders often have SUVs, tend to be older, usually wear varia-

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they used to put nice hats in fine hat boxes. Now the boxes may be worth more than the hats.

Anyway everyone had fun with hats and long skirts.

A large group filled the tent and overflowed onto the lawn. Jeanette Jones was master of ceremonies. After recognizing special guests and welcoming everyone to the party, Jeanette introduced Mary Bowen Caputo who lived just a few doors down from the museum (not then the museum) and was friends with the children.

Mary is the master Pender County historian deluxe – or extraordinaire – or whatever excellent words I just came to think of. Anyway she has been the resource person for many years. I’m sure she shudders at some of my attempts to be a writer, but she always knows the answer to all my questions.. Thank you, Mary. She met and married now Ret. Col. Anthony Caputo. When he had extensive overseas duty, she found her way back to Burgaw where she could be near her family and friends.

Music was provided

by The Lamplighters and Burgaw Community Ensemble.

The day turned much cooler than people thought.

The wind whipped around the outside tents and some had to move inside the barn for more comfort. The idea of the museum took root when Pender County and Burgaw celebrated centennials. Every community had a special day to celebrate. Organizers decided they needed a local museum. The Noel home was for sale and made a perfect space for a museum. So the house was purchased in part by The Pender Historical Society. There are many wonderful board members and volunteers who keep the museum open on Thursday 1

to 4, Friday 1 to 4 and Saturday 11 to 2. Come by and see if you can find your family’s name among the files. Better than that, join The Pender Historical Society and become a worker and volunteer.

Spring Fest Patricia Parker Slomanski and I drove downtown to the Spring Fest taking place on the courthouse square. Although some had left because of the weather change, many were still around to admire the crafts, get delicious homemade foods and other gifts to purchase for Christmas. It was good to see people we had not seen in a year.

Birthday My great granddaughter, Katelyn Batson celebrated her eleventh birthday on Saturday. So the family had the party on Sunday at 4:00.

Before Stephen and friend Laura picked me up for the party, my friend, Pamela Herman broth me a plate from the birthday party they had on Saturday. Why do so many events have to take place on the same day?

The family party for Katelyn took place on the deck and Tommy and Sunny’s home at Long Creek. The pool was the main attraction.

The swimmers did not seem to mind that the water was cold. After hot dogs, fresh vegetables and other goodies, the birthday girl had a good time opening her gifts.

Happy Birthday, Katelyn.

Homecoming Burgaw Presbyterian had Homecoming celebration on Sunday. Special music by the young people was a fine addition to the worship service.

What a nice opportunity to greet old friends, former members and see new friends as we joined for lunch in the pavilion. There is more to write but my room ran out.

God be with our leaders.

Shalom!

tions of tan and khaki, and often have equipment, like Swarovski binocular field glasses; hunters are easy to spot, in spite of their camo apparel (but with a blaze orange safety vest), camo guns, camo phone cases, camo truck upholstery, and one I met had camo sun visor covers. Hunter’s trucks can be painted in partially woodlands camo, or VietNam inspired jungle camo.

Geo-cachers defy categorization, arriving in cars and family people carriers and city SUVs. They tend to wear street dress and street shoes, or beach wear, and are blissfully unaware of the guys with guns around the margin of the field, or the lethal pygmy rattlesnakes in the

grass and leaf litter.

Sometimes I like to drive around when the weather kicks up. You can see much more of life around the margins, and some of the margins where things change quickly, relatively, is the change of seasons, and changes in weather that can be dramatic and swift.

Recently, as series of storms came through, and the magic of light transformed a section of Holly Shelter into a Garden of Eden. The sky above was black, with big roiling clouds, and the sun poked through from the horizon at a low angle. Fields of wet ferns became the greenest of

catch them—somebody came up with the idea of using a .22 to go blackfish hunting. Unfortunately, blackfish have a tendency to forget that they are dead, despite having a .22 through the head.

Blackfish remind me a lot of sharks, and I have been a fan of shark fishing ever since a guy named Mike put a rope in my hand and told me how to keep a shark from hitting a shrimp trawl. What he didn’t tell me is that after the shark is hooked, the man handling the sharkline also has to keep the shark outside the trawls.

Imagine playing tug-ofwar with something larger, hungrier and angrier than you are. Great times, great fun, great TV. At least one episode, if not a segment each week, would have to deal with releasing rescued animals. A friend of mine is a licensed gator removal victim—err, specialist—and he tells a great tale of how a young Wildlife officer almost became a late young Wildlife officer.

Seems a big ol’ gator was duly captured, taped up, and carried to a remote location.

I can say I have driven past the place at night during mating season, and the gator love-songs were like peeper frogs in the suburbs, except they made me feel very small and, in a scary way, tasty.

Anyhow, the young warden had never been on a gator job before. My friend told him to have an escape route picked out, because the gator would be markedly perturbed when released. This gator, by the way, overflowed the bed of a full-size pickup truck.

Everything went well until the gator’s restraints were released—which is, from what I am told, when most gator releases go wrong.

Rather than sliding into the swamp, the big bull began running toward the truck— and the men who had turned him loose.

As my friend was setting a new sprint record, he passed the young officer. Since he was a bit worried about the paperwork involved in a Wildlife officer being eaten on his watch, my friend followed the most expedient route and physically carried him to the truck. They arrived a few inches ahead of the gator.

Another reluctant-tobe-rescued dinosaur is the snapping turtle. I love those old critters, and like most of you, I’ll risk my life to get one off the road. As such, I have been sprayed with various substances we won’t mention in a family newspaper, scratched, and had my

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boot soles gnawed on more than one occasion. The show would feature good-hearted individuals driving around the countryside, finding old mossy-backed saurians sunning themselves on the pavement, and getting them off the road.

Of course, this would be boring if we didn’t add a flying logging truck or two into the mix, or maybe a particularly nasty turtle with personal space issues which would take serious issue with his would-be rescuers.

Ought to lend a whole new meaning to the three most dangerous words in the English language. Not “I love you”. The other three—“Hey, watch this!” I can see the cast of Jersey Shore doing this.

Once.

Have you ever looked a possum in the eye at two feet when neither of you were expecting to find the other in a confined crawlspace? It can

be exciting. There’s another episode. Especially if the Kardashian girls decided to go possum retrieving.

How about grabbling or noodling catfish? Oh wait, people already do that on TV. Hunting garfish with knives then. Indeed.

I might have to spend a little time at my favorite fishing hole, thinking about this whole thing. Maybe I can pitch it to one of those reality TV companies. Or maybe not—if everybody started racing gators, rescuing turtles, shooting carpenter bees and playing tug-of-war with sharks, it wouldn’t be fun anymore.

Besides, all those reality show participants seem to feel the need to cuss on camera, and cussin’ always made Momma look for a switch.

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

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Sea Turtle Hospital News

By Karen Sota Sea Turtle Hospital Special to the Post & Voice May is for mothers – even sea turtle mothers. May 1 was the official start of nesting season here on Topsail Island, and our Topsail Turtle Project volunteers (aka beach walkers) hit all 26 miles of beach in search of the first nest. Here’s a few of the questions we get at the hospital and from visitors we meet on the beach.

When do sea turtles nest here? May 1 through the end of August is Topsail’s official nesting season. Usually we see the first verified nest about midMay, and sometimes it’s even on Mother’s Day. Although most mamas are done nesting by the end of August there’s an occasional outlier who makes her last visit early in September.

How do you know that a turtle has nested? Our volunteers are trained to look for turtle tracks which are very distinctive. If they see signs of nesting they work with their area coordinator in verifying that a nest has actually been laid. Not all tracks lead to a nest, what we call a false crawl.

Mom may have decided that the sand wasn’t to her liking, or she may have been disturbed and headed back to the ocean before laying. If you see what looks almost like tank tracks coming out of the ocean toward the dunes and then heading back you’ve most likely seen at least an attempt at nesting.

When can we watch them nesting? Instinctively the moms come sometime after dusk and complete the process before dawn. It’s not easy to drag a three or four-hundredpound body designed for ocean living onto shore and up to the dune lines, the optimal place for a nest. Turtles don’t check their calendars and Rolexes, and they’ve out-lived the dinosaurs by being smart enough to know when there’s the least chance of human or predatory dangers. If you see a nesting turtle consider yourself lucky.

Do they really come back to the beach where they were born to nest? For years that was the common turtle lore, but based on a continuing research project being done at the University of Georgia it seems that picking a nesting spot is more a matter of where you happen to be when the urge strikes. And who knows where a turtle was really born anyway. Our northern loggerheads do not reach nesting age until they’re about 35, and they’ve put a lot of miles on those flippers by then. We have been participating in the Georgia project that tracks individual turtles by submitting one egg from each nest for mitochondrial DNA analysis.

The data is fascinating as it tells exactly where and how often a particular turtle nests in any given year. It even tells

Sea turtle tracks on the beach. us who’s related – mothers, daughters, sisters and aunts.

We are family.

How often do sea turtles nest? Again, we’re getting a better picture of sea turtle habits based on the same study. And again, turtles are like humans in that some want big families and some think small. There’s no way to predict exactly how often mom will lay a clutch of eggs, and it may vary during her lifetime based on so many things. Generally a nesting female will lay at least twice during the season, and if she likes the sand and the environment of the first nest she may lay the second in the same general area.

How many eggs are in a nest and how long does it take to lay them? Nesting’s tough. After selecting the perfect spot mom will use her rear flippers to scoop sand out to a depth of almost two feet. Then she’ll position herself over the nesting chamber and proceed to lay an average of about 120 eggs, after which she’ll top off the nest with sand and pat it down firmly. One last thing before leaving; she’ll use her flippers to fling sand around the area in order to disguise her work. The process takes about an hour and a half and any disturbance could cause her to abandon the nest and return to the ocean where she may lose her eggs due to stress. Never, never disturb a sea turtle you see on the beach as she may be headed for a nesting spot or just trying to get home after a very long night on the job. And, it’s very unlikely that mom and her kids will ever meet during their lifetime.

What kinds of turtles nest here? Topsail is loggerhead territory, and by far that’s the species that lays the

most nests here. But we’ve seen an increase of green activity and last year we had our first verified Kemp’s. We’re hoping that maybe this year a leatherback mama will give Topsail another first.

Are there any ways we can help nesting sea turtles?

First of all, remember to never disturb a nesting turtle in any way. It’s not only harmful to the turtle it’s illegal under the Endangered Species Act and will result in heavy fines.

That means you should never approach or follow mom, and keep pets away. And no flashlights on her, or flash photos, especially selfies. Just remember how that poor baby dolphin died after a beach crowd passed it around for hours taking selfies. If you’re staying (or live) at the beach turn outside lights off beginning now. It’s distracting and could cause an exhausted mama to head toward the house (or even the road) instead of back to the ocean. And it should be common sense that if you dig a hole in the sand fill it in before you leave for the day.

There are ordinances in the towns and if you’re caught leaving a crater that could trap and injure a human or turtle you’ll be cited. Same thing with other beach things like chairs, plastic toys and canopies. Turtles don’t see that well out of the water, and add in darkness and their focus on their mission and they can easily get tangled and injured in the debris. Plastic in the ocean is bad enough, let’s try to keep it off the beaches for all of our sakes.

What do I do if I see a nesting turtle and nobody is around? Even with all the coverage by our Topsail Turtle Project volunteers it’s possible to miss nesting signs for a variety of reasons. That’s why

we ask you to be our extra eyes and to report any tracks to our Director of Beach Operations Terry Meyer at 910-470-2880; Hospital Director Jean Beasley at 910-470-2800 or the state hotline for stranded, sick and injured turtles at 252-241-7367.

The state number picks up 24/7.

Hospital open Thursday and Saturday We’re open for tours on our abbreviated our schedule. Tour days and hours are Thursdays and Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. We will not be open for tours on Memorial Day weekend May 27. June 1 we move to our five-day-a-week tour schedule; daily from noon until 4 p.m. except Wednesdays and Sundays. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for active military and seniors 65 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 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.

Remember – we turn off the lights and close our hospital doors promptly at 4:30 p.m. so please plan your arrival time accordingly.

New admits Most of our new kids have been arriving with fishing hooks/gear attached. Kemp’s especially seem to like snacking around our local piers. If you do happen to hook a turtle please do not yank the line out, especially if you cannot see the hook. Leave the hook in place and cut the line, leaving enough of it to secure to the turtle’s shell with some tape (duct tape works well.) Many of the pier managers can assist you with the process, and have the contact information to ensure that the turtle gets the proper follow-up care.

Please be on the lookout for any turtle you see stranded for any reason on the beaches or in marshy areas. It’s important that stranded turtles not lay exposed for hours, subject to weather and predators. Call our Director of Beach Operations Terry Meyer at 910-4702880 or Jean at 910-470-2800.

You may also call the state hotline for stranded, sick and injured turtles at 252-241-7367. 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 followup care at the hospital.

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

Katie Ferguson on the lake working her research project at Virginia’s Sweet Briar College.

Hampstead student’s research earns award Katherine “Katie” Ferguson has been named the inaugural recipient of a research prize created last year by Centra Health System’s Centra Medical Group through a partnership with Sweet Briar College.

Ferguson, a biology major and chemistry minor from Hampstead, won the 2016 Centra Award for Excellence in Student Scientific Research and Collaborative Innovation for her project “Mapping the Density and Distribution of Hydrilla verticillata in Sweet Briar College’s Lower Lake.”

Her work was selected by the College’s Honors Committee, which evaluated proposals submitted by students.

Dr. Les Reed, president of Centra Medical Group, presented the $500 prize to Ferguson May 3. President Phil Stone of Sweet Briar officiated the brief ceremony.

Centra established the annual award in August 2016 to reward a student researcher from Sweet Briar for a completed project in the areas of science and technology or science and medicine. The company, based in Lynchburg, is a regional health care system serving more than 380,000 people throughout Central and southern Virginia.

The prize, according to its mission statement, is part of an “evolving partnership” with Sweet Briar. It provides Centra the opportunity to “support the work of students from a local institution, while advancing technological innovation and medical applications of student research.”

At the time of the August announcement, Reed said, “This award signifies the true collaborative efforts between a community health care system and an outstanding local academic institution. Excellence in science, technology and medicine will improve the fund of general knowledge and eventually the clinical care we deliver to the people of Central Virginia.”

Projects with potential for future exploration, application in the fields of medicine or technology, or that are multidisciplinary, are given greater weight in the completion. Ferguson, who undertook her initial research as her Honors

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Hydrilla verticillata is an invasive water plant that has taken hold in Sweet Briar’s Lower Lake, straining the ecosystem and impacting recreational activities. Last summer, the College introduced sterile grass carp to control the plant.

Ferguson, with Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Ecology Linda Fink advising her, set out to devise survey methods that the Sweet Briar biology department can use to monitor changes in the hydrilla over time. She used a canoe, a modified five-gallon bucket, a GPS unit and a drone.

She spent the summer first inventing, then deploying a “biomass sampler” (the bucket) to measure the hydrilla’s density, and flying a drone to map its distribution using aerial photography and GIS software.

She also conducted a point intersect survey by canoe to measure the percentage of the lake infested with the plant.

“The concept of this was collaborative and innovative and the things that Katie’s done … [fixing] the drone, getting the biomass sampler, getting out on the lake and then having it not work — all of that was exactly what we had in mind,” Reed said. “[In the sciences] and my own work in clinical investigations — that’s how problems get solved. People move forward and learn from what they’re doing.”

Ferguson continued collecting her data through this semester and presented her findings last week at the biology senior symposium. Then came the news that she won the Centra award.

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Terry Ramar Jackson WATHA -- Terry Ramar Jackson, age 49 of Watha, passed away at his home from natural causes May 4, 2017.

Memorial services were held on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 4 p.m. at at his residence, 23 South Charlotte Street in Watha. The family received friends and family from 2-4 p.m. prior to the service.

Terry is survived by his mother, Joan Huffman Jackson of Watha, whom he loved very much, his sisters, Lori Proffitt and husband Larry of Greenbrier, Tenn., Tina Hatcher and husband Charles “Mickey” of Wilmington, Jennifer Ramsey and husband Todd of Knoxville, Tenn., and Holly Murray and husband James of Castle Hayne; his paternal grandmother, Anna Stift of Burgaw, his aunts, Lois Dickey of Calif., and Janice Tew and husband Robert of Fayetteville; his nieces, Lauren Hatcher and Abigail Murray and his nephews, Davey Hatcher, Daniel Murray and J.R. Proffitt.

Terry was born on August 25, 1967 in Los Angeles County, Calif. to Joan Elizabeth Huffman Jackson and the late Robert Graham Jackson. He is also predeceased by his grandfathers and maternal grandmother.

Terry was a loving son, brother and uncle. Terry enjoyed fishing, gardening, tending his fruit trees and spending time with his dogs, Hannah and Boogie. He was an around good guy. His sisters called him a “good hearted man”.

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Continued from page 5A bracken fern contrasting against forests of cinnamon fern. The fields of broom straw that border Lodge Road in this section were golder than gold itself, and the word ‘resplendent’ kept circulating around in my word locker as I tried to find the right words to describe the view.

Later, a few miles further I stopped to contemplate: “This has got to be one of the wildest places on earth,” I thought, as I observed the burned-over area from the Juniper Road fire of several years ago, looking at the far horizon, with thousands of acres of flooded sphagnum swamp, broken trees and root crowns jutting skyward at odd angles throughout, and similarly behind me and across the road. This area

Joseph James Jones WALLACE -- Joseph James Jones, 88, of Wallace left this earthly life for his eternal rest Thursday, May 4, 2017 from Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center.

He was born August 14, 1928 in Pender County and was the son of the late Jim and Bessie Johnson Jones. He was also predeceased by his loving wife, Mildred Padgett Jones and son, Michael Dean Jones.

Mr. Jones attended Penderlea School and later farmed in Pender County. He was also employed with Burlington Mills and later went to work with Steveco Knits until his retirement.

Surviving, is his devoted children, Randy Jones (Lynne) of Willard, Travis Jones of Willard and Diane Jones Mills (Lawrence) of Watha; grandchildren, Lisa R. Jones, Amy J. Sholar, Britt Jones, Susan M. Parks and Jerry L. Mills, III; great grandchildren, Kinsley Parks, Jerry L. Mills, IV, Taylor E. Jones, Lauren J. Sholar, Wesley Sholar and Evan James Jones; sisters, Melva J. Matthews, Llewellyn J. Knowles and Elsie J. Nicholson and numerous extended family and friends.

James was a loving father and caring grandfather who loved his family dearly. He was a simple man who was loved and respected not only by his family but by others that knew him. Being an avid outdoorsman, James enjoyed fishing, hunting, but his passion was growing peanuts.

He was the happiest when he was doing simple things is impassable, to try to walk out would be impossible, and my only connection with the civilized world lies along a narrow sandy road that runs though.

Sunday, May 7: I wanted to make one last trip in to see if the alligators were still there, and sure enough, the momma and her babies seemed to be enjoying the warmth of the sun, with the babies aligned along a log across the ditch, the bigger ones on the bottom and the smaller ones along or across the bigger ones. Momma came up to take a look at me, to make sure I was at a respectful distance away, and I am only too happy to comply.

On the way back out, I stopped to get a picture of a yellow belly slider turtle and while focusing the camera, spotted a large alligator in the cane margin, totally not bothered by my presence. Satisfied all was well, I turned down Cabin Road

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like tending to his peanuts and spending time with his children and grandchildren.

James will surely be missed but cherished memories of him will forever remain in the hearts of those who knew and loved him.

A celebration of life was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 6, 2017 at Watha United Methodist Church with Pastor John Fedoronko officiating.

The family received friends from 10-11 a.m., Saturday at the church. Burial followed the funeral service in Watha United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be given to Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation, 1414 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401.

The family would like to extend their thanks and appreciation to special caregivers, Bernice, Felicia and Joyce and to Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center for their kindness and compassionate care they gave to their loved one.

You may share your memories and send condolences to the family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Wallace.

Julia Leigh Shaw Anderson WILMINGTON -- Julia Leigh Shaw Anderson age 83 of Wilmington passed away Friday May 5, 2017 at home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born June 1, 1933 in Bladen County, daughter of the late James Roland and Ellen Lathan Shaw. She was also predeceased by her husband Donald Anderson, grandsons Jason Anderson and Brandon Hurst and a brother Jim Shaw.

She is survived by her children, Lu Anne Hurst and husfor one last look at the rose pogonia orchids, pitchers, flytraps and everything else, and met another truck coming out. We talked for a bit, met the occupants, a man and his young daughter, and their friend, who was from my home town in Augusta, GA. We shared memories, and I offered to show them the alligators. They had been ‘birding’ and while we were visiting the alligator family, one pulled out his cell phone and played a bird call.

“Watch,” he said, “A

band Mike of Leland, Donald Anderson Jr. of Clayton, Lori Anderson of Wilmington and Matthew Anderson and wife Carol of Rolesville; seven grandchildren, Cody Hurst, Steven Anderson, Joshua Anderson, Tyler Anderson, Jayleen Benjamin, Mikey Gregory, and Johnithan Lanier; a great grandchild Tatum Anderson; and a sister Bobbie Shaw Taylor and husband Tom of Morehead City.

A memorial service was held at 1 p.m. Tuesday May 9, 2017 at Wrightsboro United Methodist Church. Reverend David Hollowell officiated.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to a Hospice of ones choice.

Memories and condolences can be shared at www.harrellsfh.com. The family was served by Harrell’s Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Burgaw.

Teresa Moore Eakins WILLARD -- Teresa Moore Eakins, 53, of Willard, beloved wife, mother, granddaughter, daughter, sister and friend left her earthly life much too soon Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

She was born Dec. 16, 1963 in Duplin County the daughter of Alice Blanton Caison and the late Larry Thomas Moore.

Teresa is survived by her husband of 37 years, Michael S. Eakins; daughter, Melissa D. Eakins; son, Michael T. Eakins (Deanna); grandchildren, Luke Eakins and Mia Eakins; mother, Alice Blanton Caison and her husband, Ray; sisters, Faith Perez (Martin) and Kimberly Harrell (Rob); and many nieces, nephews, and extended family.

The family received friends 3:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6, 2017 at Quinn-McGowen Burgaw Chapel. Service was held at 6 p.m. also on Saturday at Friendly Community Bapprothonotary warbler will be over here pretty quick.”

I heard one answer from a short distance away, and heard, “Look, there he is, on the branch right above them (the baby alligators).”

Just that quickly, he flew off again, no doubt disappointed in what he found, us.

With that, they piled into their truck and left, and I turned to drive out slowly and enjoy the solitude. Solitude is relative, and I passed

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Leighton Kendall Fisher BURGAW -- Leighton Kendall Fisher, age 13 months, of Burgaw passed unexpectedly Tuesday, May 2, 2017, into the ar ms of Jesus and is now caringly surrounded by loved ones who ushered her into heaven.

Leighton, our precious baby girl, was born to Adam and Christina Fisher on March 16, 2016 in Wilmington. She was adored by her brother, Adam T. “AJ” Fisher, Jr.; sister, Kylie Nicole Fisher; grandmother, Lori Newcomb; uncles Aaron Fisher (Amee), Joey Fisher (Jenny), Charles Thomas, and James Thomas; aunt, Laura Thomas; many cousins, extended family, and friends all who dearly loved Leighton.

Leighton entered the hearts of her parents and many loved ones bringing a great amount of joy and happiness into their lives.

The family received friends 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 6, 2017 at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home, Burgaw Chapel.

Graveside service followed at noon in Riverview Memorial Park with Pastor Ted Mercer conducting the service.

Your love and prayers for Adam, Christiana, AJ, Kylie, and all of Leighton’s family are coveted and greatly appreciated.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the

family at www.quinnmcgowen.com. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Burgaw.

Nevada Prattes Jones BURGAW -- Nevada Prattes Jones, 93, of Burgaw passed gently from her earthly life Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Stonebridge at Woodbury.

She was born Jan. 2, 1924 in Duplin County, the daughter of the late Kilby Bess and Myna Brinson Jones.

Nevada is survived by her nieces, Barbara Ann Lopez (John), Nevada Jones, Angela Jones, Janet Chambers (Keith) and Janice Jones (Richard Clifton); nephews, John Baldwin (Jane), Michael Jones (Sally), Eric Jones, John Greg Jones, H. W. Langston (Jean), and Harley Jones (Ruth); and several great nieces and nephews.

Nevada was a member of Burgaw Baptist Church. In her career of 40 years as a cosmetologist Nevada was so good at making ladies look good and feel good about themselves. She was a lady filled with charm, grace and compassion for others.

The family received friends Tuesday, May 9 at 11 a.m. at Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home Chapel followed by the service at noon. The Reverend Tom Canady conducted the service. Entombment followed at Riverview Memorial Park Mausoleum.

In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be given to Burgaw Baptist Church PO Box 385, Burgaw, NC 28425 or to a charity of one’s choice.

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

In memory of Daniel Walker Sr. Our hearts are full of gratitude as we say thank you to family, friends and neighbors for the many acts of kindness and sympathy shown during the recent passing of our loved one, Daniel Walker Sr. We especially wish to thank the doctors and staff of New Hanover Regional Hospital for providing such great care to our loved one. Thank you to Bob Dunn and the staff of Dunn Funeral Home and Cremation Services for their professional arrangements and caring services. A very special thank you to the pastors and ministers for their words of comfort during our time of grief.

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At other times the family were at the home of Martin and Faith Perez, 5195 U.S. Hwy. 117S, Burgaw.

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The Topsail Pirate baseball seniors for 2017

Pirates avenge loss to Laney, playoffs at home Wednesday

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer When you look at the final overall standings in the MidEastern 3A/4A Conference you will see that the Topsail baseball team finished second (7-7, 9-3) to champion New Hanover (19-3, 10-2).

What you won’t see, but many associated with the program will remember and anguish over, is a 3-2 road loss to Laney (5-18, 1-11) April 4 that will go down as the defeat that cost the Pirates at least a

share of the overall title.

While nothing will erase the effects of that loss, at least the Pirates can say they got their revenge – and the best part is it came on Senior Night in Hampstead.

Junior catcher Colby Emmertz was 3-for-3 with two doubles and three RBIs, and senior pitcher Johnny Tartaglione came on to retire – in order – all of the Buccaneers he faced in three innings of three-strikeout relief to earn the pitching victory as Topsail defeated Laney 5-1 last

Friday in the final regularseason conference game of the year.

The Pirates, which won the 3A portion of the conference, will be home Wednesday in the first round of the NCHSAA 3A state playoffs against an opponent whose name will be released Monday by the NCHSAA. “The guy (senior R. J. Hall) they had on the mound was good and he competed,” Topsail Coach Aaron Rimer said.

“But we had some good atbats, I felt we didn’t give away

many at-bats today. We looked pretty good at the plate for the most part and we had the opportunity to get 4 seniors on the mound and they all pitched well.

“Now we just wait and see what happens when the pairings come out Monday, I don’t know how it’s going to fall, but we’ll spend the next couple of practices ironing out some little kinks and get ready for whomever.”

Laney actually held a 1-0

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Topsail softball falls in tourney, hosts N. Guilford in playoffs

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The best anyone can tell, the proverbial phrase, “The third time is a charm,” was used it was in 1862 in Alexander Hislop’s The Proverbs of Scotland as “The third time’s lucky.”

The third time around for the Topsail softball team against West Brunswick was neither charm or lucky as a pair of Lady Pirate errors led to both of West Brunswick’s (unearned) run, and despite the fact Topsail outhit the host Lady Trojans.

Freshman Shane Collins gave up just five hits and no earned runs while walking none and fanning two in a sixinning, complete game effort, but the Lady Pirates could muster just one run against Lady Trojan ace pitcher Morgan Beeler and West Brunswick defeated Topsail 2-1 in the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference tournament final in Shallotte.

The lone run for Topsail (19-6) came in the top of the

sixth inning on a long home run by Hayley Grizzle (2-for-3).

Hunter Bizzle was 3-for-3 and Maggie Smith, MacKenzie Williams, and Tanesha Williams each added a hit to the Lady Pirates eight-hit attack.

The runs for West Brunswick (20-3) both came in the bottom of the second on a single, a Topsail error, a groundball out, and a second Lay Pirate error. Beeler went seven innings with 11 strikeouts in getting her third win this year over Topsail.

“Shayne threw well and we actually played a really good game,” Topsail Coach Eric Phillips said. “It was the first time all year I saw (Beeler) get rattled. We had one bad inning and it cost us two runs.”

The NCHSAAA 3A state playoffs begin Wednesday.

The opponent and location of that game will be released late Sunday or Monday.

Tuesday the Lady Pirates took on Laney (18-5, 9-3) –and defeated them – for the third

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Pender nine earns two wins in conference play

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriot baseball team has waited for everything to fall in place. The team went into the final week of the regular season clinging to hopes making the playoffs.

After two wins against conference opponents the team may well have slipped into the playoffs.

Wallace came into the conference matchup with Pender with a 4-7 record. They were one game up on the Pats in the conference standings going into the final week. Pender finished with Trask while the Bulldogs had Union and Clinton. The Patriots did their part in beating Wallace 5-2.

Pender trailed 2-1 after two innings but scored two in the third inning to take the lead.

They added another run late

in taking the win.

Riley Murray earned the win on the mound with four innings of two hit baseball that included two runs and four strikeouts. Chase Norris pitched three innings in relief. He gave up two hits and did not yield a run.

Murray led the offense with two hits and two runs batted in. Chase Norris had two hits while Stephen Brunetti had a hit and scored two runs.

The Patriots ended the week with a 5-4 win over Trask. The Patriots touched Nathan Harrell for five runs in seven innings. They trailed the Titans 4-3 going into the final frame and scored two runs to earn the walk off win.

The Patriots had eight hits in the contest while the brother tandem of Tyler and

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During the years I have covered some very good high school athletes. Many of those athletes have gone on to become very good college athletes while many more have become productive citizens. That is one of the perks of working for a local newspaper. I have forged many friendships over the years.

Every once in a while you run across a young man or woman that just seems to want it more. They start at a young age and work just a little harder than the next person.

Last week I went to the Pender Patriot softball team’s final regular season game. They played their rival Trask Titans in what was a close game until late in the contest. The pitcher for the Patriots was one of those kids that always seemed to want it a little bit more than everyone else.

Gracie Vincent was pitching in what was her last regular season game as a Patriot.

I met Gracie when she was probably six or seven years old at the Burgaw Di-

xie Youth Park. She was the little girl with a big smile and a lot of determination.

She was always there watching her older sister Bailee play and seemed intent on following in her big sisters footsteps.

Gracie worked hard at the game of softball from the time she was a little girl.

She played for the Rotten Apple program as a 12-yearold. This team was primarily made of high school girls.

Gracie played for this team and pitched for the team as a seventh grader. She took her lumps as a young player but never gave up. I can recall her getting mad at me for not pitching her.

She always had the mental makeup of a pitcher.

The last two weeks have been tough on Gracie. She has been injured but still played for Coach Battle.

She has batted with a hurt shoulder and played the field. Against Trask she toed the rubber and pitched perhaps her best game of the year. It was only fitting that she struck out the final batter of the game.

Pender will go to the playoffs. I hope they make a run deep into the 1A ranks.

I will always hold a place in my heart for Gracie Vincent. Her determination has always been an inspiration to others around her.

Although Gracie has played for some good coaches over the years, her hard work and determination is what made her the player that she is. Congratulations Gracie.

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Kade Ramsey has been tapped for post-season play.

Lady Pirates lacrosse out in playoff first round Ramsey chosen for post-season play

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The season ended for the Topsail women’s lacrosse team in the second round of the NCHSAA state playoffs but the Lady Pirates put up a valiant fight against one of the better –and more established – teams in the state.

The third-seeded men (8-6) had a first-round bye and was set to face Carrboro (12-5 and the No. 5-seed) Wednesday at home in the second round.

While the boys were awaiting their tournament foe, senior defenseman Kade Ramsey was received a huge honor when he was selected to participate in the 2017 Bull City All-Star game in June.

Women’s lacrosse The Lady Pirates (10-7, 6-6 and the 3A champions in the Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference-Conference 1) were seeded 13th and had to travel to Raleigh to face Cardinal Gibbons (16-2). The long-time state contenders were the number three seed after winning the winning the highlycompetitive Conference 5

Conference.

Since the 2007-2008 season, the Lady Crusaders have compiled a 117-38 record, going 15-3 (2013), 16-3 (2014), 19-2 (2015), and 22-0 as the 2016 state champions after an 18-14 win over Lake Norman in the championship game.

The Lady Pirates wound upon the short end of a 21-2 score. Topsail goals were scored by senior Erin McFadden (18 goals) and junior Hannah Jones (28), while freshman goalkeeper Jane Hobbs (118 saves) had 13 saves in goal.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game so we set goals that we wanted to accomplish during the game, and I can proudly say we met two of the four goals and we were close to meeting the other two,” Topsail Coach Courtney Burghardt said. “I didn’t think we were aggressive enough today but there’s not more we could have done differently with a team with that much speed and talent. Still, I am so proud of the girls for

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The three Pender County High schools finished the regular season in spring sports and now await the state playoffs.

The Pender patriot baseball team finished the week 2-0 behind the arm and bat of Riley Murray. The big right hander earned the win over Wallace with four innings of two hit baseball that included two runs and four strikeouts.

Chase Norris pitched three innings in relief. He gave up two hits and did not yield a run.

Murray led the offense with two hits and two runs batted in. Chase Norris had two hits while Stephen Brunetti had a hit and scored two runs. Against Trask the Norris brothers, Chase and Tyler were tough on the hill.

The Trask baseball team split conference tilts last week.

Nathan Harrell had a good day at the dish at home verse Clinton. The standout lefty led the Titans with a homerun and three runs batted in while Miles Jordan was 4-4 with two RBI. Will Andrews had three hits and an RBI. Jordan earned the win on the hill with three innings of relief work that included one hit and four strikeouts.

The Topsail baseball team avenged a costly early season loss at the hands of Laney last week. Junior catcher Colby Emmertz was 3-for-3 with two doubles and three ribbeys, and senior pitcher Johnny Tartaglione came on to throw three innings of no-hit relief to earn the win on the hill as Topsail defeated Laney 5-1.

Aaron Beach had two hits in the Pirates loss to Hoggard.

The Topsail softball team lost for the third time this year to West Brunswick. Freshman Shayne Collins gave up just five hits and no earned runs in a six inning, complete game effort while senior Hay-

ley Grizzle hammered a long Homerun to pace the Pirate offense. Grizzle was 3-for-3 while Maggie Smith, MacKenzie Williams, and Tanesha Williams each added a hit for the Lady Pirates.

Topsail beat Laney early in the week. Hunter Bizzell was 2-for3 with three runs scored while Nee Nee Jordan was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two ribbeys. Standout senior Hayley Grizzle has been on fire as of late with seven hits and eight RBIs in the last four games.

In the tournament’s opening round, Collins tossed a 7-inning, 9-strikeout, no-hit 8-0 victory over South Brunswick.

The Pender softball team beat Trask behind the pitching of senior Gracie Vincent. Imani Newkirk had a good game with the bat.

The Trask softball team beat Clinton behind the play of junior standouts Brittany Foy and Ashton Yarborough.

The Topsail ladies lacrosse team fell in the first round of the state 3A playoffs last week.

The Lady Pirates wound up on the short end of a 21-2 score.

Topsail’s goals were scored by senior Erin McFadden and junior Hannah Jones while freshman goalkeeper Jane Hobbs had 13 saves in goal.

Topsail men’s lacrosse standout Kade Ramsey was selected to play in the “Bull City All-Star Game – Cullen Classic for Cancer at iconic Koskinen Stadium, the site of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament on the Duke University campus June 3. Ramsey, who will attend Brigham Young University and play lacrosse in the fall, was one of 206 nominations by 92 coaches with 50 male seniors selected to play in the inaugural tournament.

This week’s top performer is Trask junior Nathan Harrell. The big lefty was 3-6 at the dish with a homerun, a double and three ribbeys.

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Lady Patriots beat Trask, earn playoff bid

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriot softball team has endured many injuries over the course of the 2017 softball season. While those injuries have lingered throughout the Four County Conference season, the Pats are beginning to recuperate just in time for the state playoffs.

Last week the Patriots fell to Wallace early in the week before beating Trask 6-1.

In the Wallace contest the Patriots were trying to move up in the conference standings. A win over Wallace and Trask would have given the Patriots a 10-4 record. They would have been tied with Midway for third place in the overall standings.

However, the Pats would have finished second behind the Bulldogs regardless of the outcome.

The Bulldogs handed the Patriots a 3-1 loss. Senior Haley Rivenbark held the Patriots to nine hits and one run.

She had five strikeouts and four walks.

The Patriots went into Thursday’s game looking for a rare sweep over the Titans. Senior Gracie Vincent toed the rubber and held the Titans at bay for most of the game in taking a 6-1 win.

Imani Newkirk started the Patriots off with a hard hit double down the third base line. She stole third and scored on a ground ball.

Pender added another run in

the inning and went into the second frame with a 2-0 lead.

Meanwhile Vincent seemed to be on top of her game. The senior right hander had all of her pitches working and the Titan batters struggled to put the ball in play.

Trask scored their only run of the game in the fourth frame on a walk and an error.

Pender scored four runs late in the game. The Titans committed two errors and Newkirk victimized the Titans with her speed and bat.

Vincent ended the contest and her regular season career with a strikeout.

The Patriots (11-8/9-5) traveled to Manteo on Wednesday to engage the Redskins out of the Coastal 10 Conference in the first round of the state 1A playoffs. The Lady Skins finished third in the Coastal 10 with a 12-4 conference mark.

They were 14-6 overall.

Titan baseball season ends at Pender

By Bobby Norris Post &Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan varsity baseball team has played well in spurts this year. However, the downfall of the team has been its inability to field the baseball with any kind of consistency. That trait reared its head last week when the Titans fell to Pender for the second time this year.

This time the Titans built an early lead behind the pitching of Nathan Harrell only to see the lead evaporate in a flurry of errors. The Patriots earned a 5-4 comeback victory ending the Titans season.

The Titans scored two runs in the second frame and eased into the fourth frame with the two run lead. Pender scored three runs in the bottom of the frame and took a 3-2 lead into the sixth inning.

The Titans scored two runs in the top of the sixth and seemed to be on their way to a split of the season series. However, Pender scored twice in the bottom of the final frame to take the win.

Harrell was the hard luck loser on the hill. He gave up seven hits and five runs while striking out a season high 10 batters.

Harrell also led the Titan offense with a 2-3 performance that included a double and a run scored. Justin Collier had two runs batted in while Ricky Dees had two hits and an RBI. Early in the week the Titans hosted Clinton. The Dark Horses found the Titans in a winning mood and went back to Sampson County with a 13-6 loss.

The Titan offense was on display in this Four County Conference matchup. Trask

went up 2-0 early and led 4-1 after three innings. Clinton scored five runs in the top of the fourth but Trask countered with four runs in the bottom of the fifth to regain the lead. The Titans finished the Dark Horses off with a five run sixth inning.

Miles Jordan earned the win with three innings of relief work that included one hit and four strikeouts. Nathan Harrell led the Titans with a homerun and three runs batted in while Jordan was 4-4 with two RBI. Will Andrews had three hits and an RBI. Harrell finished the week with three hits in six at bats. He had a double and a homerun and drove three runs in.

The Titans finished the year with a 6-15 record that included a 3-11 conference mark.

Lady Titans split in conference action

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Lady Titan softball team finished what has turned out to be the programs first shot at rebuilding last week when they split their final two Four County Conference games before moving to the 2A ranks next year.

The Lady Titans opened

the week at home verse the Clinton Lady Dark Horses.

The Lady Titans were looking to sweep the Sampson County squad in what would the two teams final meeting in the Four County Conference. Trask used an efficient offense and a steady defense to beat the Dark horses 4-2.

The Titans were led by Ashton Yarborough and Brittany Foy. The team recognized

seniors Romie Jones, Brooke Herring and Samantha Long before the game.

The final game of the week was at Pender in what was a return match with the Patriots. In the first game of the year the Titans gave up a late lead in falling 6-4. This time around the Patriots broke open a close game with four

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Topsail Sports Roundup

By Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writer The season continues for the men’s golf team and the women’s and men’s track teams, who both showed the future is bright as the younger athletes dominated the scoring in the conference meet. Unfortunately, the season ended for the men’s tennis team.

Men’s golf The Pirates advanced to the NCHSAA 3A state champi-

Sholar plays well beyond her years for the Titans

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Heide Trask Titan softball team is filled with young and inexperienced players.

However, being young and inexperienced at the high school level does not mean that they are not talented.

One of the young and talented players on the team is freshman Jordan Sholar. Miss Sholar embodies the phrase team player. She has played multiple positions this year and has recently taken over the catcher’s position.

Jordan has worked hard to become the Titans starting back stop. She has made huge strides behind the plate and has gotten better with each and every pitch she has received.

Jordan has also had a good year at the plate. She is a clutch hitter for the Titans.

With three more years on the Titan softball team, look for Miss Sholar to become a player to be reckoned with.

She has played well beyond her years in 2017.

onships this past Monday and Tuesday (May 8-9) at the 6,755yard, par 72 Red Fox course at the Foxfire Golf Course (Pinehurst) with a third-place finish (344) at Reedy Creek Golf Course (Four Oaks) out of 11 competing teams in the 3A regional championship Tuesday May 2.

West Carteret (336) won the regional ahead of Corinth Holders (339). Topsail finished ahead of C. B. Aycock and Wilson Fike (348), Triton (353), Nash Central (359),

Northern Nash (365), West Craven (387), South Johnston (391), and Jacksonville (426).

Max Johnson and Barrett Holmes, each with an 85, were the top Pirate golfers, finishing 17th and 18th. Evan Higgins (86) was tied for 19th (86), Harrison Wierse (88) tied for 26th, and Anthony Tartaglione (89) was tied for 29th. Wilson Fike’s Bryson Boyette (72) was the medalist on the par 72, 6,426 yard 18-hole course.

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer Some players just win. In the case of senior Topsail lady Pirate varsity softball player Kyla Boyles that phrase rings true.

Miss Boyles has become a staple for the Topsail Lady Pirates. She has played first and third base throughout her career with the Pirates and has given 110 percent in each and every moment that she has graced the softball field.

Kyla has had a good senior year so far. She has batted at a .350 clip and has .409 on base percentage and has only struck out three times all season.

Boyles is a terrific defensive player. She receives the ball well at first base and can also field the position as well as anybody on the team.

The Lady Pirates will head into the state 3A playoffs on a mission. Senior Kyla Boyles will be a big part of the team’s success in the postseason.

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

Rainy weather not good for freshwater fishing

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Fishing Fanatic The recent rains have set the river high and the fishing has suffered. The high waters do not bode well for the freshwater anglers. However, there have been some panfish caught on red worms and crickets.

Remember to adjust your depth when fishing high waters.

The saltwater anglers are catching some nice bluefish in the surf. They are telling me that cut mullet is working here. Some Spanish are beginning to show up. Trolling just off of the breakers will work here. Be sure and set your depth accordingly. I like to use hand lines, one on each side with varying depths.

The founder bite is getting better. There have been some good size flat fish being caught in the surf. Mud minnows will work here. I like to use a Carolina rig in the surf.

The inland waters are producing some nice redfish. Remember to fish the mouths of creeks and around any structures. Gulp baits are working here as well as some cut

baits. Live minnows will work as well.

The pier fishing is finally beginning to ramp up. There have been some nice blues caught on gotcha plugs as well as on cut baits and even shrimp. The sea mullet have also been plentiful. Shrimp on a bottom rig will work for these guys.

This week’s fishing tip When preparing for a new fishing season it is wise to have a game plan. All too many times I have let the season slip up on me and I am caught fishing with brittle line or just not enough tackle.

Remember to check your line. It is a good idea to replace your line every year. Also clean your reel and oil it before restringing it.

Make sure that your rods are in good shape and make sure that there are no weak spots or broken tips or eyelets. I would hate for you to hook that monster fish and lose it to brittle line.

Set up a plan for the day. I am guilty of being so excited about going out that I get the boat in the water and then have no plan.

A few minutes of planning will help you catch a few more fish and enjoy your time.

The Kickers Corner

By Bobby Norris and Lee Wagner Post & Voice Sports Writers The Heide Trask Lady Titans concluded the 2017 regular season as the top 1A team in the tough Four County Conference standings.

The Lady Titans lost 6-0 to the powerful Clinton Dark Horses early in the week. The Lady Horses are one of the top 2A teams in the state. According to Trask Head Coach Cathy Claris it is a chore just playing an entire game with the Sampson County squad.

“We are one of only two teams in the conference to give them a full game.

The scoreboard read one thing but we know we won that game. To play eighty minutes with that team earns you respect and that’s what we played for.”

Titan keeper Ciara Grizzle had 18 saves against the mighty Dark Horse offense.

Later in the week the Titans traveled to Pender to engage their biggest rival in the Lady Patriots. The Pender ladies played hard but the Titans came out ahead 2-0.

Mayra Lopez scored both goals for the Titans while Caleigh Bell had an assist.

Grizzle had five saves.

Trask (9-9/8-6) will headed into the 1A playoffs as the top 1A seed out of the Four County Conference. They hosted East Columbus out of the Three Rivers Conference. the Lady Gators finished the year 2-9-1 and was last in the conference standings.

The Topsail Lady Pirate soccer team dropped two Mid-Eastern Conference matches last week. The MEC champion Hoggard Lady Vikings overwhelmed the Pirates 7-0. Hoggard has only lost twice this year and is unbeaten in conference play. Two days later the Lady Pirates lost to Laney 4-1.

The Lady Pirates finished the season at 5-10-5 overall and 1-10-1 in Mid-eastern Conference play.

The Pender Lady Patriots dropped a tough 2-0 decision to their rival Trask Titans. They held the Titans to one goal in each half but could not penetrate the defense of the Titans. Early in the week the

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Patriots fell to Wallace 3-2.

Pender finished the season 4-13-1 overall and 4-10 in Four County Conference play.

The Lady Patriots earned the 14th seed in the east region of the 1A playoffs. They traveled to Whiteville to play the third seed in the Mideast region. The Wolfpack won the Three Rivers crown with an undefeated conference mark. They were 13-6 overall and 10-0 in conference play.

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Trask keeper Ciara grizzle had 18 saves against the mighty Clinton Dark Horses.

She earned a shutout at Pender.

Allen shows many softball skills at Pender

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The 2017 Pender Patriot varsity softball team has had a successful season thus far.

With the 1A playoffs ahead this week the team seems to have found its rhythm. One of the players that have helped make the season a success is senior Ke’Aira Allen.

Miss Allen has become a jack-of-all-trades. She is listed on the roster as a right fielder, catcher and left fielder. She can play each of these positions when called upon and does each with the intensity of a winner.

One of Allen’s strengths is her positive attitude. Her smile and optimistic attitude is contagious and bleeds over onto the field as well as in the dugout.

The Patriots have had a successful season thus far.

They will go into the playoffs with confidence. With young ladies such as Ke’Aira Allen on the team it’s a good bet that they will succeed.

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Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist I read a statement the other day that grabbed my attention. It stated, “my most memorable turkey hunts were the ones where the turkey won.”

For me, that goes without saying. You see, all of my turkey hunts were the ones where the turkey ended up winning. Even the stories I hear from others, the turkey wins.

Is it a conspiracy? Do people really conquer the hunt and bag a turkey? There are plenty of pictures showing they do. Yet, here I am, a lifelong hunter, and I don’t have a single photo of a turkey hanging over my shoulder.

Don’t get me wrong. I have had my opportunities. I have had them nearly within arm’s reach at times. I will chalk up one problem to the fact that I am a bowhunter primarily, and that adds to the degree of difficulty. Think of a highdiver getting a grade on his dive when degree of difficulty becomes a multiplier for the overall score. A basic dive would be like going to the grocery store and purchasing a

Pender

Continued from page 8A Chase Norris held the Titans to nine hits. Sophomore Tyler Norris earned the win in relief of his older brother Chase.

The Patriots finished the season with a 5-19 record.

They were 5-9 in conference play and finished the season

Lady Patriots

Continued from page 9A runs in the late innings to defeat Trask 6-1.

Imani Newkirk opened the game with a double. She stole third and scored on a ground out. The Patriots added another run and took a 2-0 lead into the second frame.

Titan junior Brittany Foy scored after a base hit and an

Butterball. Doing a quadruple flip with three twists while re-enacting scenes from each of the judges’ favorite movies would be the equivalent to hunting a turkey with a bow.

Well, not really. But for me it is.

The time I hunted the valley in Pisgah game lands was a perfect example. I called.

I waited. I called. I waited. I called. You get the idea. Then finally, I heard the return call.

I heard the return call get closer. And then I didn’t. A hen walked by close enough to brush against my blind, but no Tom. I packed my stuff and carried the first load to the truck. And on my return what did I find? A longbeard standing dutifully between my remaining two hen decoys.

That lasted as long as it took for the gobbler to realize I had him fooled, and then there was nothing left but a trail of dust getting further and further away from me. Question for you; since I fooled the male turkey with the hen decoys, does that mean I committed Tom-foolery? I digress.

I also had the time in which I worked several groups of turkeys in to my area to only be thwarted by one obstacle after another. First, I worked a Jake from about a hundred yards away to come up beside me to only find out in a few more moments he tur ned from one of my windows to another and never presented a shot.

Another group of three Tom’s worked their way in, only to take flight as they went by my blind window. The reatied with Union for the top 1A record in the conference. They earned the top 1A seed out of the conference because of their win over 2A Midway.

The Patriots ear ned an eight seed in the east and was selected as a 5 seed in the Mideast region. They played South Creek out of the Three Rivers Conference on Wednesday. The Cougars finished third in their conference with an 11-11 record. error by the first baseman.

That would be the only time the patriots would score as senior right- hander Gracie Vincent held them at bay.

Foy took the loss in the circle while the junior led the Titans at the plate.

The Titans finished the regular season with a 5-16 record. They were 5-9 in conference play and finished second among the 1A teams in the Four County Conference.

son? Right behind them was a 400-pound black bear that also followed them to within five yards of my blind. I never saw the bear until I had the bow drawn waiting on the turkeys.

Yep, that one made me a little nervous.

But that day still wasn’t over, as I worked one last group from several hundred yards away. Patiently calling when I needed to and then laying off the call to avoid the spook. This moment lasted for nearly two hours. It was hot. I was tired. But I was also determined as the day was ending. Then, just outside of bow distance they stopped.

They were henned-up so to speak.

Then out of the corner of my eye, I noticed some movement to my right. There was a bobcat, stalking up to my hen decoys. The presence of the bobcat kept my Tom’s from getting within range. And it wasn’t bobcat season. Yes, this is how my memorable

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PENDER COUNTY FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018, SUBMITTED BUDGET The Pender County Board of Commissioners will conduct a Public Hearing on Monday, May 15, 2017, at 4:00 p.m. in the Board’s Meeting Room of the Pender County Administration Building, 805 S. Walker St., Burgaw, North Carolina, in accordance with N.C.G.S. 159-12(b) for the purpose of taking comments from the public with regard to the Fiscal Year 2017-18 Budget, as proposed and submitted by the County Manager on Monday, May 1, 2017. The proposed date for adoption of the FY 17/18 budget is Monday, June 5, 2017.

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NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Fee Accountant Services The Pender County Housing Department, on behalf of the Pender County Housing Authority a component unit of Pender County Government, is seeking an experience Fee Accountant to provide services for its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. The PHA administers Federal housing programs for low-income families and receives the majority of its funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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hunts go when it involves turkeys.

Ben Franklin once wrote of the turkey when promoting it for our national symbol, “He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on.”

Maybe that is the secret.

Forget the blinds and the camouflage. I just need to put a red coat on.

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

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

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of Surf City Town ofTown Surf City 5/11/2017 (910) 328-4131 NOTICE OF PUBLIC(910) HEARINGS328-4131 THE PENDER COUNTY www.townofsurfcity.com BOARDwww.townofsurfcity.com OF COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS FOLLOWS: May 15, 2017 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION OF HEARINGS: THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTED WILL BE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 145, 805 SOUTH WALKER STREET, BURGAW, N.C. 28425 Special Use Permit Optima Towers IV, LLC, applicant, on behalf of L. Brian Cheshire, owner, is requesting the approval of a Special Use Permit for the construction and operation of a wireless communications facility and tower. The subject property is zoned RP, Residential Performance zoning district and according to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance §5.2.3 Table of Permitted Uses; Telecommunications Facilities are permitted via Special Use Permit with standards in the RP, Residential Performance zoning district. There is one (1) tract associated with this request totaling ± 133 acres. The subject property is located along the west side of the intersection of Cheshire Rd (SR 1426) and Arvida Spur Rd (SR 1440), Rocky Point, NC and may be further identified by Pender County PIN: 3224-24-8687-0000.

Conditional Zoning Map Amendment Hampstead Investment Holdings, LLC., applicant and owner, is requesting approval of a Conditional Zoning Map Amendment for two (2) tracts totaling approximately ±2.22 acres from RP, Residential Performance zoning district to GB-CD 1, General Business conditional zoning district 1. The request is to allow the storage of boats and watercraft outdoors on dry stack structures, an existing fishing supply store (NAICS 451110), an existing food and beverage store (NAICS 445), and associated parking and landscaping. The subject properties are located at the terminus of Lewis Road (SR 1564) approximately 3,000 feet east of the intersection Sloop Point Loop Road (SR 1563) and Lewis Road (SR 1564) in the Topsail Township and may be further identified by Pender County PINs: 4224-02-5093-0000 and 4224-01-5894-0000.

Zoning Text Amendment Pender County, applicant, is requesting the approval of a Zoning Text Amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance: Section 4.6.10 Permitted Obstructions in Required Yards, Section 5.3.2 Residential Uses, Section 7 Design Standards for; Sight Triangles (7.4.3), Waste Water System Requirements (7.7.1.B), a reorganization of Section 6.3 Major Site Development Plan Contents and Appendix D Surveyor and Engineer Forms. A detailed description of the proposed changes is available in the Pender County Planning and Community Development Department Offices.

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

PENDER COUNTY REQUEST FOR BIDS FOR COUNTY REAPPRAISAL OF PROPERTY Sealed proposals addressed to Justian Pound, Tax Assessor, Pender County Tax Office, Pender County Office of Tax Assessor PO Box 67 Burgaw NC 28425 and marked “REAPPRAISAL OF PROPERTY-RFP 17-0502” will be accepted until 5:00 P.M. EST, Friday, May 26, 2017 The Pender County Tax Assessor is charged by law with the responsibility for ensuring that all property, real and personal, shall as far as practicable be appraised or valued at fair market value as prescribed by North Carolina General Statute 105-283; the Assessor must diligently search out and assess all taxable property in the County. One aspect of carrying out this responsibility is contracting with an outside firm to perform necessary functions to ensure that all property is fairly assessed. The Contractor shall be familiar with and have a working knowledge of all North Carolina Laws and Department of Revenue Rules and Regulations dealing with ad valorem taxation of real property.

Proposals submitted shall not be subject to public inspection until a contract is awarded; therefore, there will be no formal opening of these proposals. No telephone, electronic or facsimile proposals will be considered. Proposals received after the time and date of closing will not be considered.

Instructions for submitting bids and complete requirements and information may be obtained by visiting the County’s website at http://www.pendercountync.gov/Business/RFPsandBids.aspx or a full copy of the RFP can be obtained at the Pender County Office of Tax Assessor located at 300 E. Freemont St. Burgaw NC 28425.

Submit proposals in a sealed envelope properly marked “REAPPRAISAL OF PROPERTIES-RFP # 17-0502" and address to the County at the following address: P.O. Box 67 Burgaw NC 28425 The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to make the purchase which will be in the best interest of the County.

Justian Pound, Tax Assessor Pender County (910) 259-1256

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Roberta Thomas late of 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 Kenneth Ording, P.O. Box 2683, Surf City, NC 28445, on or before the 31 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 27 day of April, 2017.

John Montgomery Executor of the Estate of Roberta Thomas Kenneth Ording Attorney at Law Kenneth Ording, P.C. P.O. Box 2683, Surf City, NC 28445 14210 NC HWY 50, Surf City NC 28445 #7704 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF GEORGE J. MEALEY 17 E 95 Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of George J. Mealey, 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 July 20, 2017, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery.

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

Dated April 13, 2017.

Christine Mealey, Personal Representative ℅ Corbett & Fisler P. O. Drawer 727 Burgaw, NC 28425-0727 #7699 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11/2017 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 Edward Lee Moore deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Edward Lee Moore, to present them to the undersigned on or before August 3, 2017 at 4238 Bell Williams Road, Currie, NC 28435, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 27th day of April 2017.

Matthew Moore 4238 Bell Williams Road Currie, NC 28435 #7702 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18/2017

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Mini Storage on the Green at Cedar on the Green Shopping Center 17077 Hwy. 17-North (Across from Olde Point) Hampstead, NC 28443 910-270-3455 On Saturday May 13 2017 at 10:00 a.m.

Mini Storage on the Green will sell various items of personal and business property, pursuant to the assertion of a lien for back rent at the self-service storage facility.

PROPERTY BEING SOLD Contents of: Camille Metz 210 Melissa Barcomb 714 Adam Breland 808 Robert Blum 318 Robert Blum 316 #7688 5/4, 5/11/2017 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 Andrew Corbett, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Andrew Corbett, to present them to the undersigned on or before August 3, 2017 at 592 Keith Road, Currie, NC 28435, or be barred from recovery.

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

This the 27th day of April 2017.

Dixie Corbett 592 Keith Road Currie, NC 28435 #7703 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF BETTY MOORE JONES 11 E 197 Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of Betty Moore Jones, 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 July 19, 2017, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery.

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

Dated April 12, 2017.

Sharon J. Fraser, Executor ℅ Corbett & Fisler P. O. Drawer 727 Burgaw, NC 28425-0727 #7698 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11/2017 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 LaCole Michelle Antona Green, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, LaCole Michelle Antona Green, to present them to the undersigned on or before August 3, 2017 at 635 N. Timberly Lane, Burgaw, NC 28425, or be barred from recovery.

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

This the 27th day of April 2017.

Steven Lee Green, Sr. 635 Timberly Lane Burgaw, NC 28425 #7705 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18/2017

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 Natasha Leigh Lee, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Natasha Leigh Lee, to present them to the undersigned on or before August 10, 2017 at 5490 Croomsbridge Road, Burgaw, NC 28425, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 4th day of May 2017.

Rebecca R. Hughes 5490 Croomsbridge Road Burgaw, NC 28425 #7706 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25/2017 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION COUNTY OF PENDER STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Wanda Faye Adams, et al. vs. 16 SP 206 Leroy Dixon, Jr., et al.

TO: Antoine Wall Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled special proceeding.

The nature of the relief being sought is a partition by sale of the real property located in Topsail Township, Pender County, North Carolina and described in the deed recorded in Deed Book 193, at page 550, of the Registry of Pender County, North Carolina.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than June 14, 2017. Upon your failure to do so, Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

Robert H. Corbett, Attorney for Plaintiffs P O. Drawer 727 Burgaw, NC 28425-0727 #7707 5/4, 5/11, 5/18/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF SUZANNE C RIDER 17 E 179 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Suzanne C Rider, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Mary S Rider, Executrix of the decedent’s estate, on or before August 5, 2017 at 124 Perdue Street, Garner, NC 27529, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Executrix.

Mary S Rider, Executrix Estate of Suzanne C Rider c/o Mark I. Nunalee BIBERSTEIN & NUNALEE LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 #7708 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25/2017

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 53 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Robert E. Vingi, Sr. and Lynette Vingi to BB&T Collateral Service Corporation, Trustee(s), dated the 24th day of July, 2009, and recorded in Book 3661, Page 0200, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on May 16, 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: Lot 19 as depicted on plat entitled “MAP OF SURVEY OF THE TOPSAIL PLANTATION COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE”, dated August 21, 1975 and recorded in Map Book 16 at page 73, to which reference is made for complete description being the property conveyed to Braswell Homes, Inc., by deed recorded in Book 3440 at page 004, Pender County. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 354 Topsail Plantation Drive, Hampstead, 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 conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

the time of the sale.

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1206894 (FC.FAY) #7709 5/4, 5/11/2017

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 42 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael K. Tracey and Cheryl L. Tracey, (Michael K. Tracey, Deceased) (Heirs of Michael K. Tracey: Cheryl L. Tracey, Michael Kevin Tracey, Megan Tracey and Unknown Heirs of Michael K. Tracey) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Michael K. Tracey) to Michael Lyon, Trustee(s), dated the 11th day of May, 2016, and recorded in Book 4620, Page 420, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on May 16, 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: Ta x Id Number(s): 23615477980000 Land Situated in the Township of Columbia in the County of Pender in the State of NC Being all of Tract No 8 of the Jimmy Devane Farm as shown on a map of same title prepared by Thompson Surveying Co. of Burgaw, N.C., said map is duly recorded in Map Book 32, at Page 49 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 139 Robert E Lee Drive, Willard, North Carolina.

The parcel of land herein conveyed is expressly subject to the terms and conditions described in the road maintenance agreement recorded in Book 1404 at Page 106 of the Pender County Registry.

The property address and tax parcel identification number listed are provided solely for informational purposes.

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

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of

the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1203824 (FC.FAY) #7714 5/4, 5/11/2017 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 Gwen Wynn Conkling, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Gwen Wynn Conkling, to present them to the undersigned on or before August 10, 2017 at 214 Howards Lane, Hampstead, NC 28443, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 4th day of May 2017.

Julie C. Babb 214 Howards Lane Hampstead, NC 28443 #7715 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25/2017 17 SP 17 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 Roberta A. Stephens a/k/a Roberta L. Stephens and Thomas Stephens a/k/a Thomas E. Stephens to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated May 17, 2004 and recorded on May 20, 2004 in Book 2390 at Page 050, 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 May 23, 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: A certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Caswell Township, Pender County, North Carolina and being part of tract 17, Battleground Estates as recorded on the Battleground Estates map, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron on the western right of way of Battleground Estates - Old Highway 210, said iron is located at the southwestern corner of lot 16, Battleground Estates (record plat), said iron is located S 62-34-56 W 295.68 ft. from the intersection of the western right of way of Battleground Road and the southwestern right of way of S.R. 1100- Slocum Trail; Proceed from said point of beginning and with the western line of said lot 16 N 33-59-18 W 344.03 ft. to an iron, thence a new line S 54-59-08 W 240.04 ft. to a point, thence S 3400-03 E 347.40 ft. to a point on the western right of way of Battleground Road, thence with said right of way and with a curve to the right a radius 945.72 ft. a chord N 52-35-57 E 62.20 ft. to a point, thence N 54-29-01 E 131.82 ft, to a point, thence with a curve to the right a radius 1373.87 ft. a chord N 55-26-39 E 46.07 ft. to the point of beginning and containing 1.898 acres.

All bearings are magnetic book 95 pages 77 Section I of Battlefield Estates is defined as a part of that property described in Deed Book 1045, at page 205, of the Pender County Registry on the North side of S.R. 1100 (Slocum Trail) running parallel and three hundred feet back from said highway.

Section 2 of Battlefield Estates is defined as the remaining property described in Deed Book 1045, at page 205, of the Pender County Registry, located on the North side ofS.R. 1100

and North of Section 1.

Section 3 of Battlefield Estates is defined as me property described in Deed Book 1045 at page 205 of the Pender County Registry, located on the South side of SR 1100 (Slocum Trail) and Tracts 2 and 3 of the property described in a deed recorded in Deed Book 1053 at Page 334, Pender County Registry.

1. No commercial business shall be operated or permitted. on the land herein conveyed, except for Lot 16 and Lot 19 on the map of Battleground Estates recorded in Map Book 30 at page 29 of the Pender County Registry. However, nothing contained herein shall prevent a professional person from practicing his or her profession in his or her home.

2. No junk cars, junk boats, old buses, old mobile homes or truck bodies will be allowed to be placed on any portion of the land herein conveyed. No lot Buyer will be allowed to use any of the type units mentioned in the prior sentence as a storage or out building. All storage buildings and/or outbuildings must be built and placed in the back yard and kept in a neat appearance.

3. No livestock or fowl will be permirted on the front three hundred feet adjacent to either SR 1100 or Old Hwy 210. No commercial livestock or fowl operations will be permitted upon any portion of the remaining land herein conveyed, however, horses and other animals normally classified as livestock will be permitted for personal use and enjoyment on the property mat is not within three hundred feet of SR 1100 or Old Highway 210.

4. Lot owners in this subdivision may keep and maintain dogs and cats on the lot or parcel of land herein conveyed so long as they are not kept and maintained commercially.

Excessive numbers of dogs and/ or cats will not be permitted to be kept or maintained on any lot in this subdivision. Loud barking dogs will not be allowed to remain upon any lot in this subdivision. Any animal owner will be responsible for keeping their dogs and/or cats on their own property. Also dog and cat owners will be responsible for keeping their animal quarters clean and free from odor and flies.

5. No mobile home exceeding five (5) model years in age shall be placed upon any lot in this subdivision, provided however that this restriction shall not apply to mobile homes which exceed five (5) model years in age if such mobile home was less than (5) model years in age when initially placed on the property herein conveyed. However, if in the opinion of the developers, a mobile home is in good condition and would not degrade the remainder of the sub-division they reserve full right to grant a variance on this five (5) year restriction and allow an older mobile home to be placed on any lot in this sub-division. Further, all property east of the dividing line between Lots 6 & 7 extended as shown on Map Book 30 at Page 29 Pender County Registry on both sides of SR 1100 (Slocum Trail) from Dan Hales Drive to the Northern line of that properry described in Deed Book 1045 at page 205, Pender County Registry, is restricted to double-wide mobile homes, modular homes, or stick-built homes.

6. Any home (mobile or conventional) placed upon the parcel of land herein conveyed shall be underpinned within six (6) months after being placed on a lot in this sub-division. Said underpinning must be performed with a respectable manufactured material and a split rail fence conforming to developer’s standards shall also be built within six (6) months after home has been placed on a lot in this sub-division.

7. All lot owners will be required to observe all federal, state, and county regulations regarding the ownership and use of their lot and residence in Battleground Estates Subdivision.

8. No home shall be built or placed closer than 80 feet from the highway right-of-way.

9. All lots shall be kept in a clean and neat condition.

10. These restrictions will run with the land. However, they may be amended by the then current lot owners, so long as said amending process is done legally and with a positive 75% vote of the then lot owners in Battleground Estates Subdivision, including the developers regarding any unsold lots. If and when a lot owners meeting is held, all lot owners must be notified in writing 30 days prior to said meeting.

11. These restrictions may be enforced by bam the developers and lot owners in the subdivision at law or in equity. Attorneys fees to enforce the restrictive covenants will be assessed against the violating lot owner.

12. No firearms of any type (including but not limited to handguns, rifles, black powder or shotguns) may be fired upon or onto any property in Battleground Estates, said property being shown on Map Book 30 at Page 29 of the Pender County Registry.

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

Said property is commonly known as 443 Battleground Road, Atkinson, NC 28421.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the

remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale.

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

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.: 16-17462-FC01 #7710 5/11, 5/18/2017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF DEVANE ROBERT SMART All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Devane Robert Smart, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Rhett K. Pollock, as Executor of the decedent’s estate on or before September 10, 2017, at The Office of Rhett K. Pollock, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 999, Burgaw, N.C. 28425, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Executor.

Harold L. Pollock Attorney at Law P.O. Box 999 Burgaw, NC 28425 #7716 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/2/2017 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 Ursula Anna Maria Strickland, deceased, of Pender County, This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Ursula Anna Maria, to present them to the undersigned on or before August 17, 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 11th day of May 2017.

Ursula B. Hodges 1161 Arvida Spur Road Rocky Point, NC 28457 #7717 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/2/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER EXECUTOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Ruth Katherine Caldwell, deceased, late of Pender County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 15th day of August, 2017 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

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

This the 3rd day of May, 2017.

Steven C. Caldwell Executor of the Estate of Ruth Katherine Caldwell 422 Dogwood Lane Wilmington, NC 28409 #7718 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/2/2017

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 17 E 180 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Mary Elizabeth Williams Malloy of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said Mary Elizabeth Williams Malloy to present them to Lee Andrew Malloy, 503 Pecan Creek Way, Loganville, GA 30052, Executor by August 15, 2017 or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

This the 3rd day of May, 2017.

R. V. Biberstein, Jr. Attorney for Lee Andrew Malloy, Executor P. O. Box 428 Burgaw, NC 28425 #7719 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/2/2017 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER TRUSTEE’S NOTICE TO CREDITORS In Re the Estate of BOBBY MAXWELL ANDREWS, Deceased Having qualified as Successor Trustee of the Estate of BOBBY MAXWELL ANDREWS, Deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, and THE BOBBY MAXWELL ANDREWS REVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT dated 03/14/2007, 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 August 9, 2017, or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment.

On this Day: May 11, 2017 David Wayne Andrews Successor Trustee

by Patricia M. Homa Attorney for the Estate c/o Patricia M. Homa, P.C. P. O. Box 1310 Hampstead, NC 28443 #7720 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 6/2/2017 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION PENDER COUNTY 16SP181 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY KATHERINE SHONITA MURPHY AND BARRY JONES DATED JUNE 14, 2002 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1900 AT PAGE 131 IN THE PENDER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on May 23, 2017 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Pender County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Located in Rocky Point Township, Pender County, North Carolina adjacent to and East of the centerline of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad (now abandoned) and being more fully described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad, said point being located along said line at a point that is the following courses and distances from an old nail and cap located in the intersection of the centerline of Secondary Road No. 1411: South 86 Degrees 59 Minutes 13 Seconds West 92.26 feet and North 10 Degrees 51 Minutes 06 Seconds West 654.87 feet to the BEGINNING; and running thence, from the BEGINNING, so located, (1) with the centerline of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad North 10 Degrees 51 Minutes 06 Seconds West 231.54 feet (passing over an inline iron stake at 104.10 feet) to a point inline: thence, (2) North 84 Degrees 25 Minutes 38 Seconds East 240.38 feet (passing over an inline iron pipe at 65.28 feet) to an iron pipe inline; thence, (3) South 05 Degrees 55 Minutes 57 Seconds East 219.83 feet to a point in an old line ditch; thence, (4) along said ditch South 81 Degrees 38 Minutes 25 Seconds West 220.72 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 0.847 acres more or less after the exclusion of that portion of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad (130 foot right-of-way) contained within the above described boundaries and is as surveyed by Thompson Surveying Co., P.A. of Burgaw, North Carolina during October 1990.

As a reference to the above described tract see Deed Book 656 at Page 187 of the Pender County Registry.

The above described tract is “Together With” a 30 foot wide roadway easement with said easement lying adjacent to and East of the Centerline of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad and extending Northwardly from the centerline of Secondary Road No. 1411 to and through the above described tract.

The above described tract contains 0.50 acres previously deed to Katherine Shonita Murphy.

And Being more commonly known as: 307 Stoney Rd, Burgaw, NC 28425 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Katherine Shonita Murphy a/k/a Katherine Murphy Jones.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice 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 notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is May 2, 2017.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 16-088170 #7721 5/11, 5/18/2017 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 195 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Travis D. Beattie and Rebekka S. Beattie to W. J. Kellam, Jr., Trustee(s), dated the 5th day of September, 2014, and recorded in Book 4470, Page 0213, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on May 23, 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: In the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina: Being all of Lot 8, Phase Two, Tealbriar Subdivision, as the same are shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 35, Page 88, Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particularly description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 115 Tealbriar Street, Burgaw, North Carolina.

Assessor’s Parcel No: 3219-614830-0000 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 conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security

agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm.com Case No: 1193388 (FC.FAY) #7723 5/11, 5/18/2017

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.

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AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 35 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Sarajoan Norcross, Trustee of the Sarajoan Norcross Trust, dated the 18th of January, 2006 and Sarajoan Norcross (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Sarajoan Norcross, Trustee of the Sarajoan Norcross Trust, dated the 18th day of January, 2006) to W.J. Kellam, Jr., Trustee(s), dated the 8th day of January, 2009, and recorded in Book 3565, Page 053, and Affidavit in Book 3760, Page 231, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on May 23, 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 Lot No. 14 on the Map/Plan of Creekside Estates, as shown on the plat of record in Map Book 32, Page 84, in Register’ s Office for Pender County, North Carolina, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete description thereof.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 53 Frey Court, Hampstead, 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 conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys,

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 13 SP 192 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by John Heath and Mary Heath, Husband and Wife to Ralph E. Rosynek, Jr., Trustee(s), dated the 7th day of November, 2007, and recorded in Book 3368, Page 178, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on May 23, 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: Tax ID Number: 23934742670000 Land situated in the Township of Union in the County of Pender in the State of NC Located in Union Township, Pender County, North Carolina, adjacent to and West of the centerline of Pender County Secondary Road No. 1352 and being more fully described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a subsurface iron pipe in the centerline of Pender County Secondary Road No. 1352, said iron pipe being located North 11 degrees 25 minutes East 61.67 feet from an existing spike in the intersection of the centerline of Secondary Road No. 1352 with the centerline of North Carolina Highway No. 11; and running thence from the beginning, so located to and with an old ditch North 86 degrees 03 minutes West 134.24 feet (passing over an inline iron pipe at 35 feet) to an iron pipe; thence North 12 degrees 20 minutes 45 seconds East 465.98 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 83 degrees 14 minutes 30 seconds East 125.95 feet (passing over an inline iron pipe at 95.90 feet) to an existing railroad spike in the centerline of Secondary Road No. 1352; thence with said centerline South 11 degrees 25 minutes West 458.71 feet to the beginning.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 47 Red Tip Lane, Willard, North Carolina.

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

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

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or 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: 1197036 (FC.FAY) #7725 5/11, 5/18/2017 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 17 SP 30 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Dustin Rudisill and Chelsey Rudisill (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Dustin Rudisill) to Fuss Law Firm, Trustee(s), dated the 17th day of December, 2014, and recorded in Book 4509, Page 0306, in Pender County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina and

the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on May 23, 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 ALL of LOT 55, SECTION 3, MORGAN COVE PLANTATION, as shown on a map thereof recorded in Map Book 29, Page 114, Pender County Registry, reference to said map being hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 191 Morgan Cove Drive, Burgaw, North Carolina.

TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO the Declaration recorded in Book 1053, Page 96, said Registry, and all amendments thereto.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Continued from page 9A Track and field The women’s and men’s teams competed in the MidEastern 3A/4A Conference championships last Wednesday at Hoggard with underclassmen dominating the scoring column for both teams.

The Lady Pirates finished third (81 points) behind Laney (190.50) and Hoggard (183.50), and ahead of Ashley (78), New Hanover (74), South Brunswick (53), and West Brunswick (27).

Freshman Madison Lofton led the way with 26 individual points with a first (12.72) in the 100-meter dash, a second (26.54) in the 200, and a second in the 400 (1:00.56). Lofton teamed up with sophomore Chavis London, and freshman Abigail Hunt and Maliea Moore – the only senior to score – to finish third (54.5) in the 4x100 relay. The 4x200 unit of Moore, freshman Isabel Hayes, Hunt, and Lofton recorded a potential winning time of 1:50.85 (1:512.42 was declared the winner) but the team was disqualified for a lane violation.

Sophomore Payton Little put 18 points in the scoring column with a first (32-8) in the shot put and a second (97-7) in the discus, and freshman Hannah Spillane added 7 points with a fifth (4-6) in the high jump, a seventh (17.85) in the 100-hurdles, and a ninth (29-5) in the triple jump.

Sophomore Elizabeth Coo-

Lacrosse

Continued from page 8A not giving up.”

Topsail loses just four seniors (McFadden, Maddie DeVries, Samantha Robbins, and Rachel Hyatt so the future is bright, indeed, as 21 of the 25 girls on the varsity roster return, including Hobbs, Jones, sophomore leading-scorer Delaney Popella (38 goals, 5 assists, 43 points, 37 draws), sophomore Lily Ruddell (15), and junior Sophie Minnick (13).

Men’s lacrosse The men were on the Topsail football field Tuesday against Carrboro (120-3), which de-

Lady Pirates

Continued from page 8A time in a 9-3 win. The Lady Pirates have handed Laney three of their five losses this year.

All but two of the runs in the game came in the first two innings. Topsail starting pitcher Addie Howard struggle with control and walked three batters around an infield single and a wild pitch in the first inning, putting Topsail in a 1-0 hole.

Topsail quickly covered that and more as Bizzell (2-for-3, 3 R/S), Nee Nee Jordan (3-for-4, 3 R/S. 2 RBIs), and Grizzle (2-for-4, R/S, 2B, 2 RBIs) all singled to start the inning with Bizzell scoring on Grizzle’s hit.

Maggie Smith grounded out as Jordan scored. Grizzle scored on a wild pitch for a 3-1 lead.

Laney tied it on in the top of the second a pair of two-out walks and two-out singles plat-

Pirate baseball Continued from page 8A

lead after the top of the first on a one-out single by Chris Linger, a passed ball, and a RBI single by Cole Decker off Pirate senior starter Chase Caison (1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 W), but the lead was short-lived. Sam Hall (1-for-3, W, HBP) was hit by a pitch with one out. With two out, Emmertz stroked a hitand-run single to right-center and the hustling Hall scored all the way from first to tie the game at 1-1.

That lasted until the bottom of the third when Aaron Beach (2-for-2, 2 W, R/S) singled. Beach was out at second attempting to steal before Jake Madole singled to center with two out. Emmertz then doubled to send Madole home for a 2-1 advantage.

Topsail virtually put the game away in the fifth. Beach led off with a walk, Hall doubled sending Beach to third, Madole doubled to score Beach and move Hall to third. Hall scored on a passed ball, and

per had nine individual points with a fourth (17.440 in the 100 hurdles and a fifth (51.06) in the 300-hurdles. With the aid of teammates freshman Naomi Larowe, and sophomores Emma Filer and Kristina Cala added 34 more points with a fifth (50.68) in the 4x100 relay.

Filer joined forces with junior Kersten Parrella, and fellow sophomores Madison Snyder and Leah Ward to finish fifth (11:53.53) in the 4x800 relay. Sophomore Molly Farrell added four points with a fifth (29-2) in the shot put.

The men finished sixth (45.50) behind an eighth consecutive winning performance

by Ashley (196), Hoggard (143-5), Laney (1-5.50), New Hanover (97), and South Brunswick (81.5), and ahead of West Brunswick (25).

As with the women, underclassmen were the dominant scorers. Junior Adam Hart accounted for 18 points with a first (49-9) in the shot put and a third (140-6) in the discus. Senior Justin Burgess was sixth (42-10) in the shot put. Eddie Stadsvold was the only other senior to score with a (tied for fifth, triple jump, 39-6) in the triple jump.

The men did well in the relay events with Dillon, and juniors Sam Hackett, Eddie Wofford, and Adam Stehley finishing sixth (9:12.44) in the 4x800, sophomore Cameron Barras and juniors Zaryeon Mcrae, Dylan Barras, and Jonathan Ward finishing sixth (46.46) in the 4x100, Wofford, Dillon, Grizzle, and junior

Ryan Spillane coming in sixth (3:54.84) in the 4x400, and Cameron Barras, Stadsvold, Dillon, and Ward finishing sixth (1:38) in the 4x200.

Next up for the track teams is the NCHSAA 3A regional championships this Friday at Swansboro.

Men’s tennis The Pirate doubles team of Hudson Smith and Sam Garland finished second at the NCHSAA 3A individual regional tournament, advancing to this week’s 3A individual championships, which will be held at the Burlington Tennis Center.

Smith and Garland defeated Richland’s Clay Yurick and Alex Blanchong 6-0, 6-1 in the opening round, the disposed of a team from Wilson Fike, 6-2, 7-5 to advance to the finals. Smith and Garland then dropped a tough 4-6, 6-3, 4-6 loss to the Rocky Mount pair of George Shannon and Landon Norwood.

The Pirates’ team fell 6-3 to Western Alamance Tuesday in the opening round of the NCHSAA state tournament in Hampstead, ending the Pirates’ dual-meet season.

No.1-singles’player Hudson Smith won 6-0, 6-4, and David Novak (No. 4) won 5-7, 6-4, 10-8) for the only singles’ victories, and Smith and Sam Garland won 10-4 at No., 1 doubles for the third win.

The Pirates ended their season with an overall record of 10-7 and a Mid-Eastern 3A/4A Conference record of 6-6.

feated Voyager Academy 17-4 in the opening round.

While they were preparing for the playoffs last week it was announced that Kade Ramsey was selected to play in the “Bull City All-Star Game – Cullen Classic for Cancer – at iconic Koskinen Stadium – the site of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament – on the Duke University June 3 The event will feature both a women’s and men’s All-Star game, and it will help raise money for the NCHSAA Tony Cullen Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Duke Cancer Institute.

Ramsey, who will attend Brigham Young University and play lacrosse in the fall, was nominated by Pirate Head

Coach Dwight Mullins and Assistant Coach Rich Ladd, and was one of 206 nominations by 92 coaches – with 50 male seniors selected play in the inaugural tournament.

The fee to participate for each player is $150 (plus $5 for online payments). The fee is necessary to partially offset the costs required to hold the event. Each player will receive a full “Bull City” uniform (jersey, game shorts, shooting shirt), a commemorative T-shirt, lanyard, and two game-day programs.

“It’s a real honor, it’s huge,” said Chad Ramsey, Kade’s father. “Out of 206 kids nominated by 92 coaches, it’s a pretty big deal”

ed two runs. That 3-3 deadlock lasted until the bottom of the frame when Topsail scored our times with MacKenzie (2-for-3) and Tanesha Williams starting things with back-to back singles, Bizzell walking to load the bases, Mackenzie Williams scoring on a wild pitch, Grizzle plating Tanesha Williams and Bizzell, and Smith grounding out with Grizzle scoring for a 7-3 lead.

It stayed that way until the bottom of the sixth when Bizzell doubled, and moved to third on a single by Jordan – Bizzell and Jordan both scoring on a throwing error on the play.

Grizzle has been on fire seven hits and eight RBIs in the last four games.

“I’ve always been a contact hitter and I usually put the ball in play, knock on wood,” said Grizzle. “I’m having a real good streak and I would say it’s I’ve had in my varsity career.

Pitches are looking like beach balls to me."

A walk and a single in the third ended Howard’s night (2-1/3 innings, six walks, four hits, three ER) and brought on Coillins, who went 4-2/3 innings with four hits, two walks, no runs, and four strikeouts.

Collins threw 53 pitches, 39 for strikes, to earn her second pitching victory in the last two days.

Monday in the tour nament’s opening round, Collins tossed a seven-inning, ninestrikeout, no-hit 8-0 victory over South Brunswick. Collins gave up a one-out walk to Lady Cougar Sandy Fox in the third inning to eliminate any possibility of a perfect game. The talented right-hander threw 78 pitches – 57 for strikes – and retired the Lady Cougars in 1-2-3 order in six of the seven innings.

The Lady Pirates (19-6) are at home Wednesday in the first round of the NCHSAA 3A against number 20 Northern Guilford (14-8) at 6 p.m.

Emmertz doubled to score Madole, making it 5-1.

Senior William St. Ledger relieved Caison and struck out 2/2-3 scoreless innings before Tartaglione took the mound with two on and two out in the top of the fourth. After issuing a walk to load the bases, Tartglione struck out the final batter of the inning, then retired the side in order in the fifth and sixth and the first two batters in the seventh (10 in a row) before senior Alex Holland came on to get the final out.

“It was a good feeling out there, especially on Senior Night,” Tartaglione said. “I’ve been struggling bit all year to more productive innings so tonight it felt especially good to go out there and get the job done.

“And to be the winning pitcher on the last regularseason home game on this field with these guys is emotional.

Now we have to get hot for the playoffs. It’s been a good run.”

Tuesday the Pirates chances of winning the overall conference title took a major blow with a 4-1 road conference loss

to Hoggard while New Hanover was defeating West Brunswick 2-1 at Legion Stadium.

The Pirates to a quick lead in the top of the first on one-out, line-drive homerun to leftfield off the bat of Hall. Hoggard got that runback quickly on a oneout double and a RBI single by Matthew Suggs in the bottom of the frame, and took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning on hit batsmen and a double. Hoggard tacked on two unearned insurance runs in the fourth.

The Pirates managed just four hits – two by Beach and one each by Hall and Tyler Ording – off of Hoggard starter J. P. Price (6-1/3 IP, 4H, 2W, 5K’s). Topsail used four pitchers. Starter Jake Luchansky (1 IP, 2H, 1ER, 1W, 1K) was followed by Payton Phelps (2-2/3 IP, 4H, 3R, 2ER, 2K, LP), Holland (1-1/3 IP, 1K , 1W) and Tartaglione (1 IP, 1K). The Pirates left six runners on base.

The number six-seed Pirates will open the NCHSAA 3A state playoffs at home Wednesday against number.

30 Eastern Guilford (11-13) at 6 p.m.

Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices 16 SP 216 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 Derwood C. Begin and Carol A. Begin to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated November 30, 2010 and recorded on November 30, 2010 in Book 3857 at Page 0001, 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 May 23, 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: Being all of Lot 150 in Topsail Greens, as shown on a plat of the subject property recorded in Map Book 22 at Page 143, Pender County Registry, reference to which plat is hereby made for a more complete description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 619 Outrigger Court, 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 Derwood C. Begin and wife, Carol A. Begin.

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.: 16-18673-FC01 #7711 5/11, 5/18/2017 17 SP 47 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 Danny R. Harrell and Melanie M. Harrell to Webb & Graves PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated March 17, 2003 and recorded on April 3, 2003 in Book 2084 at Page 046, 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 May 23, 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: BEING all of Lot 3 as shown on a Map entitled “ Revised Map of South Washington recorded in Map Book 33 at Page 113 of the Pender County Registry reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 132 South Washington Drive, Watha, NC 28478.

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 Danny Ray Harrell and wife, Melanie Miller Harrell.

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.: 17-02668-FC01 #7712 5/11, 5/18/2017 17 SP 15 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 Todd Richard Ogden And Holly C. Ogden to TIM, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated December 2, 1997 and recorded on January 9, 1998 in Book 1298 at Page 144, 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 May 23, 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: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN TOWNSHIP OF BURGAW, PENDER COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 1211, PAGE 193, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS METES AND BOUNDS PROPERTY.

BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM LARRY R. OGDEN AND WIFE, LINDA

D. OGDEN AS SET FORTH IN BOOK 1211, PAGE 193, DATED 03/24/1997 AND RECORDED 03/24/1997, PENDER COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. And being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at a spike located in the curved centerline of the paved portion of Pender County Secondary Road #1345, locally known as the Savannah Road, at a point South 39 degrees 19 minutes East 259.80 feet from another spike in said centerline directly above a concrete culvert that accommodates the waters of a branch canal beneath the roadway, and running thence from said beginning spike, so located, North 66 degrees 07 minutes East 267.33 feet (crossing over an inline pipe at 35.00 feet) to an iron pipe in the center of the above said branch ditch, being the Southern line of Dr. N.C. Wolfe’s Farm; thence with the ditch North 83 degrees 45 minutes East 60.73 feet to another iron pipe in the center of the ditch; thence leaving the ditch South 28 degrees 29 minutes East 119.23 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 66 degrees 07 minutes West 317.00 feet (passing over an inline pipe on the northeast side of above said road #1345 at 282.00 feet) to a spike in the curved centerline of the paved portion of the roadway; thence with said curved centerline North 31 degrees 36 minutes West 138.78 feet (chord course and distance) to the Beginning, containing 1.00 acre more or less and is as surveyed by Walton and Walton, Registered Land Surveyors, October, 1966.

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

Said property is commonly known as 1850 Old Savannah Road, 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 Holly C. Ogden.

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.: 16-17080-FC01 #7713 5/11, 5/18/2017

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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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Master Gardeners going native

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer For those who are interested in learning how to select and incorporate native plants into your landscape, Pender County N.C. State Extension Master Gardener Volunteer, Layne Caudle, will conduct a “lunch and learn� presentation on regional natives. The presentation will be offered May 16 from 11 a.m. until noon at the Pender Cooperative Extension Service. The Pender County NC State Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Speakers Bureau will sponsor this free event.

The Master Gardener Volunteers hope to appeal to people living and working in Burgaw by making this a “lunch and learn� presentation where individuals could bring their

Black River

Continued from page 1A of the most important ecological systems in the United States and adding traffic and more boats to the areas is contradiction. Problems such as algae at White Lake was brought up as a example. But in defense, Tingley compared it to Jones Lake, which is completely owned by the state. “We own the entire lake and the entire shoreline,� she said. “It’s beautiful. It’s undeveloped. The trees are big, we got a little beach on one side, with a little campground. And that’s the place people go. “The rest of the lake is clean and beautiful, it’s not like that at White Lake because the entire surrounding is privately owned,� Tingley said.

After Tingley said that, others agreed to the idea of “where people come, commerce follows� along with trash and litter. Therefore, some want it to be stopped. “The Nature Conservancy and the state park system share the mission of protecting some of the most important places in North Carolina,� she said referring to the historic heritage of the state. “A big part of the reason we want to do this is really to help the Nature Conservancy protect this area forever, for future generations and people who are not even born yet who want to see these beautiful old trees and see what North Carolina is really about,� she said. “That’s why we’re doing this. The facilities are to help people understand their own natural heritage.�

Although many groaned or shook their heads at the idea, a few in attendance were in favor of having the park. One of them included Dawn Williamson, a Clinton resident, who spent a lot of time exploring the river in kayak. “I just like the thought of us being able to share this resource with people outside the county,� Williamson said. “Even people inside who may not realize what a really pristinely beautiful place this river is.�

Williamson said it’s also a part of a place she calls home in North Carolina “I believe that every concern raised here tonight is valid, but I also believe there’s an opportunity for solutions,� she said to the audience. “That can mean that we all can share what all of us love so much.�

In Sampson County, one of the idea spots is near the Harrells section of the Black River. “We would really like to provide picnicking, camping and trails and educational activities for the people of Sampson County,� Tingley said. “We don’t have a particular site picked out.�

Land will also have to be purchased from voluntary sellers. “We’re not going to bother anybody that doesn’t want to sell or be part of it,� she said.

Messer

Continued from page 7A about twenty bicyclers coming in as I was going out, one large contingent with four or five young kids and three or four adults, and this was still

lunches to the Extension Service auditorium and learn about native plants at the same time, a win - win situation. “This is an important subject that I am passionate about, and I want to spread the info to lots of people,� said Caudle.

During the presentation, Caudle will define what native plants are and why we should incorporate them into our landscaping. The benefits derived from planting native plants will be discussed, as well as the advantageous effects to ecosystems of using native plants instead of lawns. Ways to diversify the landscape, the impact of native vs. nonnative plants and the threat of invasive plants will be other topics covered during the presentation.

Caudle plans to talk about the best locations for planting

natives, what to plant and the importance of native plants for our birds, pollinators and wildlife. She will discuss how to create a native habitat for birds and what not to do. Frequently asked questions will be discussed. Access to online resources and publications will be provided, as well as a native plant database.

According to Caudle, North Carolina has one of the most ecologically diverse systems of habitats and growing conditions in the US, supporting about 4,000 native plant species.

The Pender Cooperative Extension Service office is located at 801 S. Walker St. in Burgaw. For more information please call Tim Mathews, Pender County Horticultural and Local Foods Agent at 910259-1235.

Other idea areas are at the bottom of the river or other areas in Bladen and Pender counties. “But that has not been determined yet,� she said. “If the people down here really don’t want it, we may decide to focus on Sampson County first.�

While addressing the crowd, Tingley said people in Sampson County may want to have the park. “Of course everyone never has the same opinion, but in general we have heard from the people in Sampson County because they don’t have a park,� she said. “They would like to have a park.�

The worry of visitors and kayak visitors needing help was debated as well. It was stated that local volunteer firefighters and residents will have to rescue kayakers stuck on the river who are unaware of their surroundings, if a park ranger is not available.

Also it’s expected that the state will not pay for services from organizations such as the Rowan Fire Department.

There was a consensus that it may create more emergency response situations, which has happened before with people traveling through the Black River.

Another concern was the maintenance of the river, which many said needs to be cleaned. Some residents in attendance said clogging brings about flooding, especially during storms and hurricanes. Attendees also brought up damage and loss to homes. Others questioned why the state could not help with dredging. “The reason being is because the water can’t get out of here,� said Chester Brown, a Ivanhoe resident. “You come out here and you see a beautiful river. But you go down yonder, you can walk anywhere you want to. There’s no riverbed , it’s gone.�

Jackie Daniel feels the same way. He resides in Kelly, a town in Bladen County. “The river got us all messed up down here,� Daniel said about some areas. “The trees stumped the river all up and it can’t flow.�

Supporters believe it’ll benefit Sampson and the Ivanhoe area when it comes to tourism and commerce. But opponents, such as Carlton Henry had different feelings about it. He operates Henry’s Landing, a boating facility. “All I can see is this taking away from my livelihood,�

Henry said referring to other boat ramps being built. “It’ll bring in more people, but these people will not be coming to me. They’ll be going to the state park. Plus, it’ll be more people in our neighborhood and we’re not equipped to handle it.�

Henry expressed that everyone likes things to be “quiet� in the Rowan neighborhood in Ivanhoe. Like some of the others in attendance, he was also upset about officials not having a public meeting before the bill was introduced. “According to their policy, the first thing they’re supposed to do when they have this sort of thing is have a

public meeting and get the people’s opinion,� he said. “They got the bill half passed the House already and this is the first meeting anybody had.�

He added that local residents forced The Conservancy and Parks Division to have the meeting. “The state and The Conservancy didn’t want to have this meeting,� Henry said. “They try to sneak this stuff in here and get it passed.�

Now, a committee is being formed to handle concerns and issues related to the park.

Additional information will be shared with the community.

Officials are seeking input from the public about appropriate places. “We heard from a lot of people tonight who have a lot of concerns about the stat park,� Tingley said. “I’m very hopeful that we can address their concerns.�

If the park becomes a reality, Tingley said they’ll do their best to become a good neighbor to the community.

Many of the state’s parks are located in rural areas. Some of the places listed by Tingley included Gates, Stokes and Washington counties. “Many of those people had the same concerns,� she said. “But once the park is there and they work with the ranger and enjoyed the facilities, they feel more comfortable with what the state park is doing.�

Debbie Crane, director of communications for The Conservancy, echoed the same sentiments. “People fear what they don’t know and that’s why we have these education sessions,� Crane said. “It’s a good chance to hear and respond to the concerns.�

The official cost of the park is unknown and organizations involved will have to apply for grants and other funding pots. “We’re have grant sources of money to come up with it,�

Tingley said. “We’re not expecting an appropriation from the General Assembly.�

In addition to Black River, the bill is also proposing three other state parks: Bob’s Pocket State Natural Area in McDowell County, offering scenic beauty, outdoor recreation; Warwick Mill Bay in Robeson County, a breeding habitat for different species of waterbirds; and Salmon Creek State Natural Area in Bertie County, which covers the Native American occupation site containing prehistoric and historic archaeological sites, include a Native American occupation site.

Tingley expressed the importance of looking toward future growth in North Carolina. “But 10, 20, 30 years from now, our population is going to double,’ she said. “Where are all those people going to have a park?� “Not here,� some agreed in response.

Following approval from the Senate, the bill will be sent to Gov. Roy Cooper for final approval.

a good five miles from the Hampstead entrance.

Holly Shelter is the crown jewel that Pender County keeps to itself, known to the locals and cherished, not something the ‘beach people’ would flock to, but with just as much sun, and deer flies, and mosquitoes, and ticks,

fire ants, viperous serpents, and of course, alligators and bears. What fun! How special and how lucky I was to have happened to live so close.

I said my goodbyes to the critters, with promises to return for the pursuit of fringed orchids and autumn gentian.

Pender County

Agenda Board of County Commissioners Meeting Monday, May 15, 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 HEARING 5.1.

6.

Public Hearing on FY 17-18 Submitted County Budget.

PUBLIC INFORMATION 6.1.

Presentation of Revamped Website.

7.

PUBLIC COMMENT

8.

CONSENT AGENDA

9.

8.1.

Approval of Minutes: Budget Work Session: April 25 and Regular Meeting: May 1.

8.2.

Resolution Accepting Petition to add Salem Court, Boothbay Court, and Duxbury Court in Salem Woods Subdivision, Wilmington (Scotts Hill), to the State Maintained System.

8.3.

Approval of a Purchase Order to White Tractor Company to purchase one Grasshopper Zero Turn Mower in the amount of $15,516.

8.4.

Approval Authorizing Budget Amendments to Approve Increase in Health Department Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2016-2017: $15,412.

8.5.

Approval Authorizing Budget Amendments to Approve Increase in Health Department Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2016-2017: $5,121.93.

APPROVALS AND RESOLUTIONS 9.1.

Resolution Requesting the Coastal Resources Advisory Council to Establish Certain Policies Based on Adopted Pender County Items of Interest.

9.2.

Approval of a Purchase Order to WTI for Roof Restoration at the Pender County Jail: $114,000.

10.

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

11.

CLOSED SESSION (IF APPLICABLE).

12.

7PM PUBLIC HEARINGS: SPECIAL USE PERMITS/ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS/ RESOLUTIONS 12.1.

12.2.

12.3.

13.

Resolution Requesting Approval of Special Use Permit (SUP) for the construction and operation of a Telecommunications tower and facility.

Resolution Requesting Approval of a Conditional Use Rezoning from RP, Residential Performance zoning district to the GB-CD1, General Business conditional zoning district 1.

Resolution Requesting Approval of a Zoning Text Amendment to the Pender County Unified Development Ordinance to amend Section 4.6.10 Permitted Obstructions in Required Yards, Section 5.3.2 Residential Uses, Section 7 Design Standards for Sight Triangles, a reorganization of Section 6.3 Major Site Development Plan Contents and Appendix D Surveyor and Engineer Forms.

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Living

RSVP volunteers give to Pender County people

By Barbara Mullins, RSVP Director

The Retired Senior Volunteer Program held it’s seventh annual Volunteer Appreciation dinner May 2 at Pender Adult Services in Burgaw. This event honors 173 RSVP volunteers serving throughout Pender County.

These dedicated volunteers are reading buddies in the elementary schools and some tutor in the upper grades. They deliver Meals-on-Wheels and provide respite and companion care to keep our seniors living independently at home. They provide telephone assistance and check-in calls two or three times a week and they work with our developmentally challenged and mentor one-on-one as they volunteer together in our local community. They also assist at Pender Adult Services Senior Centers.

RSVP volunteers are not paid, nor do they receive mileage – they give from their heart, and that is why they are the most awesome volunteers to work with.

Gold, silver, and bronze Presidential Volunteer Recognition was awarded 57 very special people.

Forty-six volunteers received the Bronze Award for contributing 100-249 hours during the past year. Ten volunteers received the Silver Award for giving 250-499 hours to the program. One special volunteer, Judith Outlaw-Walker, received the Gold Award for giving more than 500 volunteer hours to the seniors of Pender County.

RSVP is a nationwide program that is 47 years old and has been at work in Pender County for seven years. Our best assets are our seniors and our children. The impact RSVP has made in this county touches the hearts of many families as volunteers lend help and assurance.

RSVP helps secure our children’s future by developing stronger reading skills, vocabulary base, sight words, and love of reading. If you see a RSVP volunteer proudly wearing a royal blue golf shirt with the RSVP logo), please thank them for giving their time and talents to our community.

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Luke 12: 32,-36, 40 This passages tells us three things. It declares something we know. It tells us something that we will never know and it tells us what to do about it.

The words, according to Luke come from Jesus. He shares three points with us.

Jesus tells us that God wants to give us a kingdom.

It is not a prize we have won.

It is not a present we have earned. It is a gift.

God wants to give us a kingdom and it comes to us as a gift. Don’t start thinking

that you deserve this because you don’t, none of us do.

Don’t believe it is a reward for good behavior, because it is not. You cannot win it even if you wanted. Don’t start thinking you have a right to it because it is not a right but rather a privilege.

God wants to give us the Kingdom and it comes as a gift from God through the grace of Jesus Christ. We receive it the only way we can receive it because God is giving it to us a free gift, as a blessing that comes by Grace.

Now the thing we don’t know is just when the time will come to receive this gift.

It will come at the end of time and no one knows the time or the season of its coming. It is a mystery that will come in God’s good time and bring us the kingdom of God through grace. If anyone claims to know the end time, if someone thinks they have some vision or prophesy on its arrival then they are a false prophet.

The Bible clearly states that no one knows the time or the season. Not even Jesus

knew when the end would come. Only God knows that and it will come in God’s good time, not our own. So the end is coming and we are going to receive a kingdom, but we don’t have a clue as to when. So what do you do?

The answer is simple. Be prepared! Be prepared at all times to welcome the end. Be dressed and ready. Keep your lamps lit. Wait like servants looking for their master to return not knowing exactly when but prepared and ready when the master arrives.

Be ever vigilant. Be dressed for action. Be constantly vigilant, alert and ready for the moment when Christ will come again.

It is easy enough to get distracted in this life, I suppose. As the time of Christ’s coming stretches out and the end still seems so far off. It is easy to drop our guard, to wane in our vigilance, to put off doing what is right and good and Godly in making this world a place where God alone will reign.

The Kingdom is yours, there is nothing else to do to win it. It comes as an unex-

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pected stranger in the night.

So we stand ready with eyes open and hearts attuned to what God is doing now and what God will do through us in the future. We make the world a better place while we wait for God’s completion of His creation.

And when the kingdom comes to us we will be ready, equipped and alert to God’s dawning dream for this world.

As we wait, we go about the tasks of speaking God’s word, of embracing God’s will, of embodying of God’s Spirit within us. In this way, we are prepared for the next great thing God will do.

We are ready for whatever God will send us to do. In fact, we are ready for anything: Ready to believe, Prepared to act, engaged in ministry.

Then we are watching and waiting like faithful servants for the time when the Master will come to lead us and invite us into His feast.

The master can only enter the home of our hearts, if we a ready and waiting to open the door when He comes.

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

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

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

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CHOPPED LARGE EGGS LIGHTLY BEATEN — CUP PLAIN YELLOW CORNMEAL 3ALT AND FRESH GROUND BLACK PEPPER TO TASTE — CUP PLAIN 'REEK YOGURT TABLESPOON MAPLE SYRUP )N A LARGE SKILLET HEAT OVER MEDIUM HEAT !DD BACON COOK STIRRING OFTEN UNTIL CRISP ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES $RAIN ON PAPER TOWELS RESERVE DRIPPINGS IN SKILLET )NCREASE HEAT TO MEDIUM HIGH AND ADD CORN AND SQUASH TO DRIPPINGS COOK UNTIL LIGHTLY CHARRED AND AL DENTE ABOUT TWO MINUTES 4RANSFER TO A LARGE BOWL COOL FOR MINUTES !DD ONIONS EGGS CORNMEAL

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Bonnie Bloodworth (left) was inducted into the Burgaw Lions Club. Pictured with Bloodworth are District Governor Irwin Siegelwax, and Bettie Fennell, her sponsor and president of the club.

Thursday, May 11 s4HE +IWANIS #LUB OF (AMPSTEAD WILL MEET AT A M AT THE 3AWMILL 'RILL ON (WY IN (AMPSTEAD s!LCOHOLICS !NONYMOUS WILL MEET FROM NOON P M AT THE 3URF #ITY #OMMUNITY #ENTER #ALL FOR MORE INFORMATION s0ENDER #OUNTY -USEUM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR FREE DONATIONS ARE WELCOME EVERY 4HURSDAY AND &RIDAY FROM P M AND ON 3ATURDAYS FROM A M UNTIL P M 'ROUP TOURS ARE AVAILABLE AT OTHER TIMES BY CONTACTING THE -U SEUM AT BY EMAIL AT PENDERHIST HOTMAIL COM s7OMEN IN .ETWORKING MEETING EVERY 4HURSDAY FROM A M AT /LDE 0OINT #OUNTRY #LUB

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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.

Burgaw Area Garden Club 2017 Annual Garden Tour Saturday May 20th 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

For tickets & information Call 910!259!2390

Hampstead Lions Club Mother’s Day Plant Sale Saturday May 13 9 a.m. untl 3 p.m.

Topsail Presbyterian Church Hwy. 17 Hampstead

Burgaw Fire Department Community Yard Sale 109 North Walker Street, Burgaw, NC Saturday May 13, 2017 7:00AM—2:00PM Location: Pender County Register of Deeds in the Howard Holly Administration Building

All proceeds benefit the volunteers of the Burgaw Fire Department.

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

Reserve a table to sell your own stuff  10’ X 10’ space with table inside the Veterans are asked to bring their DD form 214, a state issued photo ID fire dept. bay $15.00 and their Social Security Card.  20’ X 20’ space with table outside in Military Discharge papers recorded at the Register of Deeds oďŹƒce are not public record. rear parking lot $15.00 Light refreshments will be served.

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

Vendors of homemade goods are allowed

Donate your stuff for the fire department to sell, at the fire station Monday through Friday 9AM 9AM— —4PM

Items Accepted Gently Worn Clothing

Furniture (no larger than 36� X 36�)

Collectables

Books

Home DĂŠcor & Artwork

Small Household Appliances

Toys & Games

Household Items

Electronics

Tools

DVD’s & CD’s

Please no bedding or broken items

All leftover goods will be donated to the Armor of God Ministries Green Reflective Address Signs Gun Raffle Tickets Any questions please contact Allen Wilson, (910) 789-0292, awilson@townofburgaw.com

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Pender Spring Fest Fun Staff Photos by Andy and Katie Pettigrew