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The Topsail Basketball Association held its annual summer clinic last week with a big group participating.

Read about it and more in sports on page 9A.

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Prior experience is not necessary. The district will provide instruction and behindthe-wheel training.

“Our bus drivers are often the first people to greet children each day,” Superintendent Terri Cobb said. “It’s amazing how much the simple kindness of smiling and saying, ‘Good morning’ to a child can impact the rest of his or her school day. And our drivers do that – they make that difference.”

Driving for Pender County Schools is an opportunity for retirees or anyone looking to give back to the community and children of the county.

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BOE, BOC continue in mediation talks Board representatives met last week, again this week for discussions

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher The Pender County Board of Education and County Commissioners continue to meet in mediation sessions working to come to an agreement on the county’s portion of the school budget.

Representatives of each board met with the mediator July 9 and again July 15. During the mediation, each group is in a separate room and the mediator goes back and forth for discussions.

Pender County Commission Chair man David Williams couldn’t say much about

By Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher Topsail Beach councilman Julian Bone has thrown his hat into the ring in the mayor’s race. Bone will challenge incumbent Howard Braxton Jr. Three candidates have also filed for seats on the Topsail Beach Board of Commissioners. Steve Smith, William Jordan, and Herb Netherton will be on the fall ballot.

In Burgaw, commissioners Red Robbins and Elaine Tyson have filed for reelection, along with newcomer William E. “Bill” George III. Charles Rooks is up for reelection, but has yet to file for the fall municipal election as of July 14.

In Surf City, Garry Noel, Donald Ray Helms, and Buddy Fowler have filed in Pender County, along with Donna S. Thigpen and Nelva R. Albury.

Thigpen and Albury live in the Onslow County section of the town of Surf City. Mayor Zander Guy has filed for relection.

The filing period for municipal elections runs through July 17 at noon.

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the ongoing closed mediation sessions.

“We discussed a lot of topics and heard their needs and we have gone back with our discussions,” said Williams.

“I really can’t say anything specific. Our meeting July 9 lasted about four and a half hours. I don’t think the mood of the meetings is as combative as the some in the public might think.”

Williams is optimistic about the mediation.

“I don’t think either side wants us to have to go to court,” he said. “We have to be willing to be open-minded without being too defensive.”

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New Burgaw Chief of Police JIm Hock was sworn in by District Court Judge James M. Faison III July 9. The swearing in service was attended by three former Burgaw Police chiefs; Keith Hinkle, Bill King, and Wayne Briley.

Briley served also as interim chief prior to Hock’s arrival.

Burgaw town manager Chad McEwen praised Briley for being a stablizing presence in the department and implementing several key policy changes that have increased morale and strengthened the department.

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The praise team from Cora’s Grove Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church sings Saturday night on the Courthouse Square in Burgaw at the monthly gospel sing in Burgaw. Gospel music lovers of all kinds (right) enjoyed the singing.

Surfing to Stop MS coming Aug.1

By Lori Kirkpatrick Post & Voice Staff Writer The 4th Annual Surfing to Stop MS Charity Surf Competition is scheduled for Aug. 1-2 at Topsail Beach beginning at 7 a.m. The event will be held at the Broadway Street beach access.

Joey Grant started Surfing to Stop MS as a Topsail High School senior project four years ago, and has made the fundraiser a successful annual event. He first became involved with the MS charity after a close family friend was diagnosed with the disorder. Grant grew up in the Hampstead area and is an avid surfer. He attends Cape Fear Community College and plans to transfer to UNCW to complete his studies. He has been involved in the community for years, including building a nature trail for Topsail Elementary School as his Eagle Scout project. He also helped in the building of Hampstead’s Kiwanis Park.

Jean Pollard, Grant’s mother, helps her son with the planning of the event each year. The two of them have watched the fundraiser grow each year,

but not without the challenges that have come along with it.

“Every year so far we have not had the best weather,” said Pollard. “It’s not just rain - we’ve had some really bad weather. We are hoping this year to have some sun, so we’d have more people come up on the beach and look at the raffle items. Even

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with the weather problems, it still went really well all three years. The first year we donated $600, the second year it was $1,903, then last year we donated $2,550.”

This year the cause has been able to receive some funding it did not have the first few years. Pollard said that each year, the local Toes in the Water Parrot Head Club chooses a charity to give to. They invited Joey to speak in front of the board, and his charity was chosen by the club this year. The club raised about $4,000 recently during a Pub Crawl, and the proceeds have been donated to the MS cause.

Additionally George Hartner, who has been involved with Surfing to Stop MS from the beginning, has connections with founding Eagles band member Don Henley. Henley held a CD release party in May to benefit Grant’s charity. He donated 5,000 box sets of Eagles CDs and DVDs to be auctioned, which raised about $3,200 for Grant’s fundraiser.

“We have paid for the t-shirts and trophies, when usually we have to wait until after the competition.

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Arrest report Steven Baitman, 21, BB 260 Room 310, Tarawa Terrace.

Disorderly conduct, assault with a deadly weapon on officer/ government official. Arrest by Surf City Police Department.

Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Anthony Jarrett Barlow, 23, 516 Primrose Ct., Myrtle Beach.

Driving while impaired, fail to stop at stop sign/flashing red light. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Brett David Beitz, 56, 306 Cedar Avenue, Hampstead. Driving while impaired. Arrest by Surf City Police Department.

Released under $500 secured bond.

Eric David Beitz, 33, 306 Cedar Avenue, Hampstead. Possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by Surf City Police Department. Released under $100 secured bond.

Ann Michele Bishop, 48, 2008 Crestridge, Greensboro. Driving while impaired, unlawfully passing emergency vehicle.

Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $800 secured bond.

Jerry Lynn Brewer, 52, 56 Henry Pridgen Rd., Burgaw.

Driving while license revoked. Arrest by Burgaw Police Department. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Antwan Dominique Carr, 31, 3926 HWY 117S Lot 6, Burgaw.

Felony probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $10,000 secured bond.

Julius Cecil Carr, 24, 3926 HWY 117S Lot 2, Burgaw. Identity theft, financial card theft, felony financial card fraud. Arrest

by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $25,000 secured bond.

Christopher Blake Columby, 21, Unknown address, Hampstead/Wilmington. Obtaining property under false pretense.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Nicholas ML Coyne, 21, 2243 Wrightsville Ave. Apt. K, Wilmington. Speeding, reckless driving to endanger, flee/ elude arrest with motor vehicle. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol.

Released under $5,000 secured bond.

Natalie Louisea Deschamps, 27, 102 Patton Lane, Hampstead. Driving while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $2,000 secured bond.

Tavon Dwayne Dixon, 34, 1560 Shaw Highway, Rocky Point.

Simple possession of schedule II controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $3,000 secured bond.

Jeremy Tyler Theodore Evans, 29, 214 Clearview Dr., Holly Ridge. Selling methamphetamine, delivering methamphetamine, manufacture of schedule I controlled substance, delivering schedule IV controlled substance, conspiring to sell methamphetamine, conspiring to deliver methamphetamine.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $17,000 secured bond.

Wilber Lee Farrior, Sr., 61, 2265 Onslow Drive, Jacksonville.

Felony possession of cocaine, simple possession of schedule IV controlled substance, felony probation violation. Arrest by Department of Adult Corrections. Released, no bond.

Daniel James Felo, 64, 301 Rudder Ct., Hampstead. Driving

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while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released, no bond.

Daniel Lee Fennell, 34, 807 W Fremont St., Burgaw. Habitual felon, possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver schedule II controlled substance. Arrest by Department of Adult Corrections. Released, no bond.

Katherine Faith Goff, 29, 56 Lewis Rd., Hampstead. Possession of heroin, maintaining place for controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $5,000 secured bond.

Peggy Jolene Gordon, 45, 571 Brewington Dr., Burgaw.

Communicating threats. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Marvin Scott Graham, 27, 16215 US HWY 53 W., Atkinson.

Felony probation violation, misdemeanor probation violation.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $45,000 secured bond.

Casey Thomas Hill, 38, 680 Bay Harbor Dr., Hampstead.

Speeding, reckless driving to endanger, driving while impaired. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Lucille Brown Jacobs, 57, 203 Forest Island Point, Rocky Point. Driving while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $800 secured bond.

Clifton Nicholas Jenkins, 27, 111 Quail Run Dr., Rocky Point.

Possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $2,400 secured bond.

Nicholas Duane Longo, 35, 1025 S Shore Dr., Surf City. Possession of drug paraphernalia, felony possession of schedule I controlled substance, maintaining place for controlled substances, conspiring to sell methamphetamine, conspiring to deliver. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $15,000 secured bond.

Torrence Martin, 19, 411 Devane St., Wallace. Driving while impaired, failure to wear seatbelt, open container after consuming alcohol, no operator’s license, driving after consuming under 21. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $2,000 secured bond.

Gordon Tyrone McAllister, 56, 218 Crooked Creek Dr., Burgaw. Injury to personal property, second degree trespass.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Jeremiah Reed McNally, 22, 19428 HWY 210, Rocky Point.

Felony probation violation, misdemeanor probation violation.

Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $15,000 secured bond.

David Richard Micha, 30, 1161 Spot Lane, Surf City. Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $5,000 secured bond.

James Edwin Miller, 40, 159 Cross Creek Dr., Hampstead.

Driving while impaired. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Samantha Rodrigues Nuzzo, 20, 119 Spring Chase Lane, Rocky Point. Obtaining property under false pretense. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $2,000 secured bond.

Courtnie Lynn Parker, 33, 9029 US HWY 117 S., Rocky Point.

Misdemeanor probation violation, communicating threats, probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Incarcerated under $18,000 secured bond.

Willie Juan Peterson, 33, 8220 Ivanhoe Rd., Harrells.

Child support. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office.

Released.

Deandre Cortez Phillips, 26, 280 Wooten Rd., Maple Hill.

Child support, driving without a license, fictitious info to officer, simple possession of schedule II controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of stolen firearm. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $15,000 secured bond.

James Paul Pitner, Jr., 39, 2025 Kent St., Wilmington. Identity theft. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Robert Neil Rodgers, Jr., 211 Whispering Pines Ct., Hampstead. Possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Incarcerated under $3,000 secured bond.

Carlos Rodriguez, 24, 762 El Paso Trail, Immokaleo, FL. Driving while impaired, no operator’s license. Arrest by NC Highway Patrol. Released under $1,000 secured bond.

Brandon Gregory Southerland, 31, 631 Outrigger Ct., Hampstead. Drive while license revoked, hold for extradition services. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Joseph Nathaniel Strickland, 17, 12765 US HWY 117 S., Rocky Point. Misdemeanor probation violation. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Ryan Tew, 24, 416 Lea Dr., Hampstead. Misdemeanor larceny. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $1,200 secured bond.

Steven Jimmy Watkins, 24, 125 Lee Dr., Maple Hill. Assault on female, fictitious info to officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, no operator’s license, possession of marijuana, misdemeanor larceny, false imprisonment. Arrest

by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $4,700 secured bond.

Talis Watkins, 25, 8995 NC HWY 50, Maple Hill. Trafficking cocaine. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released, no bond.

Donald Maxwell West, Jr., 29, Violation of protection order. Arrest by Department of Adult Corrections. Released, no bond.

Jeanine Sellers White, 49, 104 Dolphin Dr., Hampstead. Trafficking opium and heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana. Arrest by Pender County Sheriff ’s Office. Released under $25,000 secured bond.

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Sunday hunting begins Oct. 1

By Jefferson Weaver Contributing Writer Sunday hunting will be legal in North Carolina starting Oct. 1.

Gov. Pat McRory signed the bill into law July 8 that left only 10 states in the country prohibiting Sunday hunting.

North Carolina had prohibited taking of game on Sundays, either through local laws or by state law, since the 1800s.

The Sunday hunting bill came under the title “The Outdoor Heritage Act,” and includes measures to promote wildlife-related recreation and youth involvement in outdoor activities across the state.

The legislation creates an Outdoor Heritage Council along with a trust fund to engage youth in the outdoors according to Geoff Cantrell of the Wildlife Resources Commission. The Wildlife Resources Commission adopted a resolution in support of the Outdoor Heritage Act in April, citing private property rights, additional hunting opportunities and increased public involvement in outdoor activities, including fishing, horseback riding, camping, hiking and bird watching.

Sunday hunting on private property using falconry or archery has been on the books for years, but the new law will allow the use of any legal method of take, including firearms. Hunting for migratory birds, including ducks and doves, is still prohibited.

The legislation allows for hunting most species on Sundays with the use of firearms on private property with written permission from the landowner, beginning Oct. 1.

Introduced as House Bill 640, the new law was presented by Reps. Jimmy Dixon (R-Duplin), Chris Malone (R-Wake), Marvin Lucas (D-Cumberland) and Michele Presnell (R-Haywood) as the primary sponsors.

Rep. Kenneth Waddell voted for the bill, citing the potential for economic benefit to Columbus County. Sen. Jane Smith also voted in favor of the final version of the bill.

Opponents managed to keep some restrictions in place, including a hard-fought provision to restrict Sunday hunting to private property.

Hunting deer with dogs is also prohibited on Sunday. A rule prohibiting shooting during the hours of 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. also made it through to the governor’s signature.

Hunting is also prohibited within 500 yards away from a church or a house not on the hunter’s property, and hunting with firearms will remain illegal in Wake and Mecklenburg counties.

Counties can block Sunday hunting starting in 2017 by passing a local ordinance.

The bill was supported by some of the most powerful members of the General Assembly, and came despite a statewide survey financed by the Wildlife Resources Commission that showed a major-

ity of both hunting and nonhunting North Carolinians opposed Sunday hunting.

The 2006 study, handled by the University of Virginia, showed more than 68 percent of North Carolinians opposed Sunday hunting in any form.

The study came in the wake of similar Sunday hunting legislation that was being mulled by the General Assembly.

Religious grounds were cited as the grounds for opposition by 52 percent of the respondents to the survey, although faith leaders were among the loudest opponents of the latest version of the bill.

The law opens the door for a new council to be created by the WRC to manage a trust fund to promote the state’s “youth outdoor heritage.” The fund would be created through a $2 donation attached to any transaction handled by the WRC, including fishing and hunting licenses, game lands permits and other fees, along with “outdoor access fees” issued by private organizations, non-profits and individuals.

The stated purpose of the fund, according to the bill, is to “provide for the expansion of opportunities for persons age 16 and under to engage in outdoor recreational activities, including, but not limited to, hiking, horseback riding, boating, sport shooting and archery, bird watching and wildlife watching, camping, swimming, hunting, trapping, and fishing, tage to future generations.”

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Kyle Stenersen (left), owner of Humble Roots Farm, was guest speaker at the Burgaw Rotary Club meeting last week. Stenersen told the club about organic farming and pasture-based meats, eggs, and seasonal produce. Pictured with Stenersen are Rotary president Jimbo Robbins (center) and Rotary member Rhett Pollock.

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Continued from page 1A This year has been awesome and we haven’t even had the competition yet. Each year we learn a little more and get a little more organized. It’s just Joey and I, and he goes to school and works. It gets so much bigger each year that we need to make some kind of committee to help us next year. Next year will be the 5th anniversary, so he wants to make it even more special,” said Pollard.

The public is invited to the pre-contest hot dog cookout on Saturday, July 18 at 50 South Surf Shop, located at 302 South Topsail Drive in Surf City.

This will be your chance to sign up for the Surfing To Stop MS contest, buy raffle tickets to win a variety of prizes and enjoy free food. Some of the items to be raffled on the day of the contest will be on site for viewing. Included are jewelry from Mystic Treasure, artwork from the Ennis Brothers Crafts and a gift certificate for a custom board from Shepard Surf Boards.

The competition will take place on Saturday, August 1 and Sunday, August 2. Following the first day of surfing on Saturday, everyone is invited to the Crab Pot in Surf City for a pig pickin’, live music and lots of fun. George Hartner and The Super Tuesdays and Tim Koehler will provide the entertainment. Dinner plates will be sold for $7 a ticket, and there will be free soft drinks.

Pollard and her son expressed their appreciation of Crab Pot owner Peter Outlaw offering his support to the cause each year.

“Peter Outlaw really saved us the second year when a big storm came and he let us all crash into the Crab Pot. He let us bring the pizza we had already purchased, gave free soft drinks, and gave us a $100 donation. Since then he and the Crab Pot have been a huge part of the competition. He has never said no to us, and

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Joey Grant at last year’s surfing event. has become an awesome friend and supporter for Surfing to Stop MS,” said Pollard.

Grant explained what the annual event means to him.

“I love this contest and it is the most fun I have all year,” said Grant. “It’s surrounded by amazing people who are selfless and enjoy helping others as much as they enjoy surfing. It feels as though everyone at the contest is already great friends as soon as they walk down on the beach.

The whole weekend is filled with good vibes and better people. It has always consisted of mainly locals but everyone feels welcome. Our beach community is made up of kind and helpful citizens who keep this contest going. I didn’t realize how many people MS affects until I started this. Of course I read all about the disorder and I know it affects over 400,000 people in our country alone, but I started this contest

because one of my loved ones had MS. So many people that come out to this event know someone or love someone with MS. This contest shows them that we care. It gives them a way to fight back and gives them hope.”

Registration for ms are available at 50 South Surf Shop in Topsail Beach, or interested participants may contact Grant at (910) 231-8288.

The cost of registration is $25 per person and includes a t-shirt, lunch and water. Divisions include: over 17 short board, over 17 short board, 16 and under short board, and open long board. Trophies will be awarded at the Crab Pot following the event.

If you have questions about how you can become involved, please contact Joey Grant at (910) 231-8288 or email him at surftostopms@yahoo.com.

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Andy Pettigrew Post & Voice Publisher and Editor I’ve been an independent businessman several times in my life. Back in the day when I was young, by brother and I owned a small short-order restaurant, which was successful. After many years of serving as a pastor, I’m now again a businessman here at the Post & Voice.

The most important aspect of business I have learned over the years is perhaps the most simple business concept of all – make a profit or close the doors. No profit, no business.

I’d like to suggest the same concept applies to county government – make a profit or close the doors. Some make

take exception to this idea, but let me make my case. County government is like a business. In its most simple form, county government is in the business of providing services and receiving income for those services.

If it does not receive enough income for the cost of the services it provides, it loses money – like a business that sells its products for less than it costs to produce them.

County gover nment receives income in the form of taxes levied on the citizens of the county, who receive the services. Now I don’t want to get into a discussion about whether we receive our money’s worth from the county.

That is a column for another day. But county government is a business, and it has been losing money for years because it spends more than it takes in.

About 10 years ago or so, the county was running a profit and the fund balance – money in the bank – was good. Then the cost of the product went up, revenues went flat, and the county began losing money.

In business, if you are losing money, you do one of two things. You either raise the cost of your product to produce more revenue, or you

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John Nolan; Making music around the world

Bill Messer John Nolan is a classically trained musician. In a casual conversation he had mentioned he took his trombone to Spain with him, flying a Boeing B-47 bomber.

Later, he was assigned to a fighter unit and sent off to Vietnam.

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was nicknamed ‘THUD’ for a variety of reasons, not all of them complimentary, and was the largest single engine combat aircraft in history.

Several sources refer to the ‘triple threat’ - bomb you, strafe you or fall on you, reflecting its problems in early versions, but once it was fully developed, it was revered by its pilots for its ruggedness.

“How did you get into the F-105 program? Did you choose it, or was it thrust upon you?”

“It was thrust upon me,” he said, “When the B-47s started phasing out of the inventory, I actually went to the C-141 school (Lockheed C-141 Starlifter) in Dover, DE. I flew a couple of missions, mostly to SE Asia, deliverin’ stuff, and the wing at Dover got levied for a couple of guys to be sent to 105 school,

and it turned out it was me and my copilot. We were largely despised, the SAC (Strategic Air Command) people who transferred in, because most of the MATS guys (Military Air Transport Service) were still piston C-130s and C-133s and here comes this bunch of guys with thousands of hours of jet time. So when that levy came through, we were the first to go.

“I was only in the C-141s for six months, trips to Saigon, and one trip to Turkey.

“Back to Maxwell Air Force Base. The F-105 had been designed as a tactical nuclear bomber back in the ‘50s. It’s a beautiful airplane, it really is, a sleek, pointy lethal affair, it’s big, for a fighter, it’s huge. It had been designed as a nuclear bomber, but the ones we flew, the bomb bay was full of fuel tanks.”

“Did you like flying it?

Was it responsive?” I asked.

“Oh, yes, absolutely. It was easy to fly. Hydraulic controls with two backups.

We were based in Thailand.

There were two wings of 105s in Thailand, one at Takhli where I was, and one at Korat, where my copilot wound up.

“It was supersonic, but we didn’t get to go that fast very often. Basically we were employing this very advanced weapons system as a SBD (a reference to the Douglas ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber). We would take off from Takhli and head

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John Nolan and the F105 Thunderchief

Missy (Gail) Ostrishko Post & Voice Columnist www.gailo.com

Ritual or Routine?

The Post & Voice’s quote of the week “We discussed a lot of topics and heard their needs and we have gone back with our discussions. I really can’t say anything specific.

Our meeting July 9 lasted about four and a half hours. I don’t think the mood of the meetings is as combative as the some in the public might think.”

Pender County Commission Chairman David Williams on the mediation between the commissioners and the School Board.

Pop-tarts, doughnuts and hate In a way I feel sorry for Ariana Grande.

The deck was stacked against her from the start; she’s a pretty young woman, and obviously talented. I heard her play the piano once on a news program, and unless she was faking it, she did very well. She had a successful television program that spun off into another television show, and people are talking about movie roles and all the rest of the things that follow musical success.

If you are a student of history, even modern history, you knew she was doomed from the moment she had her first audition.

Miss Grande and her boyfriend were in a doughnut shop, and apparently found it advisable to lick several of the pastries on display, as well as spitting in others.

She then added spice to the contretemps – or should I say, sprinkles, since it was a doughnut shop – by using a rather common but vulgar word to emphasize a rhetorical question, and follow it up with the words “I hate America.”

Just one problem.

Miss Grande and her beau were being videotaped the entire time In the immortal words of another trainwreck of a poptart, oops.

Naturally the video was posted online, and immediately gained her what I call “infame.” Yes, that is a word I made up. It means becoming famous for being bad, or infamous. Feel free to use it.

Miss Grande issued a statement to the media claiming her words were was taken out of context.

The following came from a press release that was issued after her social media blast apology. I know I am getting old when I remember people sending out news releases to apologize, as opposed to first broadcasting poorly written messages out to millions of people who are likely to be distracted by the scantily clad pictures accompanying said apology. A provocative profile picture seems to take away from the sincerity of an apology, although I admit, I am rather curmudgeonly on some things.

Anyway, Miss Grande’s statement read, in part: “I am EXTREMELY (sic) proud to be an American and I’ve always made it clear that I love my county (sic). What I said in a private moment

Jefferson Weaver with my friend, who was buying the donuts, was taken out of context and I am sorry for not using more discretion with my choice of words. As an advocate for healthy eating, food is very important to me and I sometimes get upset by how freely we as Americans eat and consume things without giving any thought to the consequences that it has on our health and society as a whole. The fact that the United States has the highest child obesity rate in the world frustrates me…”

Her apology brought her raves from other celebs who have stated their hatred for America, and snorts of derision from others. She ended up making an apology for the first apology, showing that she may not have good manners, but she has a grasp of what it takes to be a pop-tart.

Now, I am not arguing that we have some shamefully fat children (and grownups) in America. But if you’re going to fuss about unhealthy food, do so in an organic market.

People in a doughnut shop are either (a) buying doughnuts or (b) making doughnuts as part of their job. Neither is likely to be a good listener to a foul-mouthed little vixen licking the products on display. Folks in an organic market might at least give you the politically correct equivalent of an “amen.”

Sadly, Miss Grande is typical of what society produces and holds up as good examples these days.

Remember Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana? I steadfastly refuse to do an Internet search with her name anymore, since the images are more akin to stuff requiring .xxx as a web address appendix than a .com.

Of course, Miley/Hannah was also doomed from the

get-go. Billy Ray, her daddy, was never amongst my favorite semi-country singers, but he did do a lot for veterans and wounded warriors. My opinion of his good works, however, staled and soured after the infamous Annie Leibowitz photoshoot. One just don’t make borderline boudoir pictures with one’s daughter; I don’t care how fancy and sophisticated the magazine is.

Never mind that poor, sad, strange child who calls herself Lady Gaga.

I am sure Miss Grande will weather this storm; after all, it’s popular to hate America nowadays, regardless of the reason. People love blaming America for every problem, rather than the individual person responsible, and they throw the word “hate” around like glaze in a Krispy Kreme store. If you criticize these social media mavens for it, you instantly become a hater, a racist, a bigot, closed-minded, cruel, and you likely kick puppies for fun.

I realize, and embrace the fact that I am considered intolerant by some folks; they will accuse me of being unbiblical in my criticism.

The standards taught by my parents, and forgotten by some of my generation – well, those things are old fashioned and stupid.

I admit to a certain peevishness in my disgust sometimes, but I reckon my biggest fault is that I remember when modesty was more important than popularity, and there were some words that just weren’t used in public. You also didn’t go around spitting in people’s food, star status or no.

I remember when most parents would stop their kids from eating the third or fourth doughnut, and make their kids go play outside, rather than becoming part of the obesity epidemic fed by being carefully swaddled and uber-nannied by video games, electronic devices and social media.

Go ahead—call me old fashioned and closed-minded. I’ll say thank you – and offer you a classic American doughnut, as long as we can find one that hasn’t been licked by a pop-tart sprinkled with the glittery narcissism we now call popularity.

–Weaver is a columnist with the Post & Voice. Contact him at jeffweaver@whiteville. com.

As an independent entrepreneur, I admit I do not have a regular routine. Every day is different and I like it that way.

There are key differences between ritual and routine.

Routine is consistent repetitive action, while ritual is a more conscious practice of behaviors that have special significance. Routine is the activity, while ritual is the intentional, purposeful expression of a value demonstrated through repetition.

According to Edward de Bono, “Ritual is a way of affirming that you belong. It’s a definite act of defiance that most people are not prepared to make.”

What rituals and routines do you embrace? If you cannot answer that question, perhaps these propositions will spark your memory or inspire you to embrace new behaviors.

Rituals dispel tediousness.

Introducing purposeful moments of mindfulness amplifies meaning and the simple practice of discipline becomes a reward in and of itself.

Rituals preserve and release control. They build the spiritual foundation necessary for releasing anxiety, providing a sense of structure, even when the rest of our world seems chaotic or out of control.

Rituals reinforce values.

The more you remind yourself why you are committed to something, the less likely you are to abandon it. When you infuse your process with a deep sense of meaning and purpose, you embrace the underlying value and feel compelled to continue.

Working out for physical fitness is one of my favorite routines. I used to work out regularly, and loved every aspect of it. As I age, workouts have become a lot more like work and easier to skip.

My routine was much more consistent when it was more convenient. Yet I value my health and fitness enough to embrace the experience, even if only in fewer shorter bursts.

Rituals build awareness of who we are and what we stand for in the world. My ritual of prayer comes to mind as I ponder the power of this simple consistent commitment to my creator and myself. Something about routine seems boring, but our rituals are revealing.

I thoroughly enjoy the ritual of going out to eat for birthdays with my surrogate/ adopted family. Surprisingly, we never did this in my family of origin so it always feels like a special treat.

Of course we spread it out; since we cannot always sync our schedules on the exact day, we celebrate birth month.

Which means we may go out to lunch as well as dinner, and there may be a different group of people at each gathering. A fun ritual, and rarely routine, except for frequenting our favorite restaurants.

What ritual will you embrace? And what routine can you adopt or abandon?

Finding comfort in familiarity and freedom in discipline are powerful paradoxes for living a happy, healthy life.

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Newsings & Musings

By Edith Batson Post & Voice Staff Writer It was a sunny hot day, but also a day in which my world as I knew it turned inside out, upside down, and whirled out of control.

Arriving on the Pender County Courthouse Square, I walked slowly up and down the sidewalk to check out craft booths. There was much to see. We enjoyed chatting with a couple of crafters we remembered from last year-one from Waxhaw and one from King’s Mountain.

By then I seemed to get a little thirsty and spotted a lemonade stand. The huge cup of lemonade beckoned me and I nursed the tall cup for two or three hours as I found my way back to the Post & Voice booth and an empty chair.

Little did I know that the sweet, sugary juice would add to the dehydration that was setting my body up for a disaster. On the way back to my car on Cowan Street, I saw Mary Hazel Morris Small and husband. They had dropped her mother, Erlene Morris, by Catherine Moore’s house to visit while they checked out the festival.

To my surprise, I found I could hardly make it back to my car. I got in and headed straight for home, found the couch, and collapsed on it. I did not move until Sunday morning when I realized I would not make it to church.

By the afternoon, I decided to drive to Rocky Point to the rescue squad building to get them to check my tem-

Business

Continued from page 4A cut expenses in your business so you spend less. You might do both. Pender County did neither.

For years, the county commissioners relied on economic expansion and they didn’t do anything to increase our revenue. When the economy made a downward turn, revenue stopped growing and we didn’t significantly cut the cost of county services.

So the county began losing money and to balance the budget, it began spending money from previous profitable years (the fund balance) until we got in a tough situation with a low fund balance and need to fund a $75 million school bond.

Now we are faced with a huge increase in the cost of running the county business –

perature. I felt like I had a fever. They did a cardiogram – it was fine. I knew I needed to eat and could only down three nuggets.

Back to the couch. Tommy came by and called for an ambulance to get me back to Pender Memorial Hospital where I was given IV fluids and sent back home.

By Tuesday, I knew that I needed more help. My grandson, David, was picking my daughter up at the airport and I got dressed and knew I had to get back to the hospital. When they arrived, Edith and David had already decided I needed help-I knew it even more. So when they mentioned that I needed to go back to Pender Memorial I said I was dressed and ready to go. They expected me to argue with them.

So off we went, again.

After a day or two at Pender, I was transferred a step away from the ICU at New Hanover. Back at Pender the doctor asked what I wanted.

I said, “fluids and a chest x-ray, I know there is something in my chest.” Sure enough there was pneumonia in the lower left lobe.

The next day it was also in the other lobe. After that, things were pretty hazy as everything went haywire.

Heart rate, A-fib, I was losing it. I told the Lord if he wanted to take me home it was OK, but if He wasn’t ready for me to please make me well. I seem to still be here for the most part so I guess He is not ready for me yet. Thanks for letting me have more time. There are some things I still would like to do.

Thanks Now for happier thoughtsI must thank the congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ruston for allowing Edith to stay as long as she needed-especially when no one was quite sure I would make it but God. Edith and I were able to talk to her daughter Rachel in Rwanda, Africa on her birthday. Her Rwandan father wanted Rachel to have a special Rwandan name. He

chose three or four and let the Rwandan family members vote on which one.

The name chosen for Rachel was a very treasured one-little cow- which is a very treasured name. Rachel was very honored to receive the family name. She seems to be enjoying everything she is doing. She read a story when in the sixth grade and decided she would go to Africa when she grew up- and there she is-right at this very moment. If you get tired of this adventure, let me know, but I hope you will enjoy several of them.

Hot weather advice Do not spend any time outdoors without a bottle of water in your pocket or your tote bag. Do not use sugary, sweet soft drinks to quench your thirst. Drink water. I did not know I was dehydrated until it was too late. Take my word for it – you do not want to go through what I’ve been through. It has been the most debilitating experience in my life.

Drink plenty of fluids.

Be aware of when you need water and drink some before you get thirsty. I must be the most blessed person on this Earth to have had so many prayers going to Heaven on my behalf.

There is no way that I can thank every single person for prayers, blessings, cards, lovely flowers from our church family, churches in the community, and other community folks. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

You will be blessed for having blessed me so generously.

Having been in the hospital since late June, I must compliment the hospital staff of Pender Memorial and New Hanover Regional Medical Center. I have been treated with dignity and respect, have received a quick response to my bell calls and requests.

My bosses Andy and Katie have been very kind and I am very grateful to them. In the end I must thank the One Great Healer, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Shalom.

a 34 percent tax increase. That increase is necessary to fund the school bond and make the county business profitable again, which means pay for services and have some money left over for the fund balance.

Hindsight is always 20-20 as they say. But what we should have done was raise the tax rate a little at a time over the past 10 years to keep the county profitable and we wouldn’t be in the predicament of having to endure such a huge tax increase.

Some argue that we don’t need to run a profit. If we do, then the tax rate is too high and the county shouldn’t be banking money. I disagree. We don’t need to have an excessive amount of profit, but we need a healthy fund balance – more than the state minimum.

Like any business, we need to have money in the bank to cover emergencies and unforeseen occurrences. Things

break and need to be replaced, unfunded mandates come down from the state and federal government, and we are always just one hurricane season away from another Fran or Floyd.

We need to have enough fund balance on hand to take care of ourselves and cover whatever situations may come our way. We also need a healthy fund balance to ensure a high bond rating and to be able to borrow money at a good interest rate.

So the board of directors of our business – the county commissioners – have done what they needed to do to make the county profitable again with this tax increase.

But don’t be sur prised if those who are paying for the business see a need for a management change in the future.

Pettigrew is the publisher of the Post & Voice. Contact him at posteditor@post-voice.com.

Chosing the best place to retire Dear Savvy Senior, My wife and I will both be retiring in a year or two and are interested in moving to a smaller house in a better climate but could use some help. What resources can you recommend for locating and researching good places to retire in the U.S.?

Looking To Relocate Dear Looking, If you’re interested in relocating when you retire, like millions of other baby boomers, there are a wide variety of free Web-based resources that can help you find and research a new location that meet your wants, needs and budget. Here are several to help you get started.

Where to retire?

If you aren’t sure where you want to retire, a good place to begin is by taking a retirement test at sites like Sperling’s Best Places (bestplaces.net/fybp) or Find Your Spot (findyourspot. com). These are free quizzes that ask dozens of questions on your preferences such as climate, recreation, community size and more, and suggest possible destinations that best match your answers.

There are also various media sources and websites, like U.S. News and World Report, Kiplinger’s, Forbes, Money magazine, Reuters, Bankrate.com, TopRetirements.com, the Milken Institute and AARP that publish top retirement location lists you may find helpful too. To find them, go to any search engine and type in “best places to retire” along with the name of the media source.

You should also consider

getting a subscription to “Where to Retire” magazine (wheretoretire.com, 713-9746903), which is designed to help you find ideal retirement settings. A yearly subscription runs $18 for six issues.

Once you find a few areas that interest you, your next step is research them. Here are some important areas you need to investigate. s#OST OF LIVING #AN YOU afford to live comfortably in the location you want to retire to? BestPlaces.net and Numbeo.com offer tools to compare the cost of living from your current location to where you would like to move. They compare housing costs, food, utilities, transportation and more. s4AXES 3OME STATES ARE more tax friendly to retirees than others. If you’re planning to move to another state, Kiplinger’s has a tax guide for retirees at Kiplinger.com/links/retireetaxmap that lets you find and compare taxes state-by-state.

It covers income taxes, sales tax, taxes on retirement income, Social Security benefits taxes, property taxes, and inheritance and estate taxes. s#RIME RATE 4O EVALUATE how safe a community or area is, NeighborhoodScout. com is a top tool that provides property and violent crime rates, and crimes per square mile. s(EALTHCARE $OES THE area you want to relocate to have easy access to good

healthcare? To locate and research hospitals in a new area, use HospitalCompare. hhs.gov and QualityCheck. org. To search for new doctors that accept your insurance, contact your plan, or, if you’re 65 or older use Medicare.gov/physiciancompare. It’s also important to know that healthcare costs can vary by region, so you should contact your insurer to check out possible cost variables. s4RANSPORTATION )F YOU plan to travel much, or expect frequent visits from your kids or grandkids, convenient access to an airport or train station is a nice advantage. You should also investigate alternative transportation options, since most retirees give up driving in there eighties. To do this contact Rides in Sight (ridesinsight.org, 855-6074337), a free transportation referral service, and the Area Aging Agency – call the Eldercare Locator at 800-6771116 to get the local number.

Other resources To learn more about specific communities across the U.S., AARP’s new livability index (livabilityindex.aarp. org) along with Epodunk. com and GangsAway.com are three excellent resources, as well as the city’s chamber of commerce office. To locate it, go to any search engine and type in the name of the city and state followed by “chamber of commerce.”

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

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Education

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By Karen Sota Sea Turtle Hospital Special to the Post & Voice When Jose said he became interested in our internship because of a class he took at his “maritime high school in Philadelphia” I could only say, “huh?”

Because I had never heard of a maritime high school Jose patiently explained that: “It’s just like a regular high school only everything has an environmental and maritime twist. Instead of biology it’s marine biology, you have boating courses and in 10th grade we had a whole semester when we studied sea turtles.”

In fact, his teacher specifically mentioned our turtle hospital during that time, and Jose decided then and there that our internship was something to put on his to-do list.

Jose has spent time working in senior care homes where he dealt with the dietary needs and rehabilitation of older folks. He said that once here it was just a matter of redirecting his focus to sea turtles. He’s thrilled that our program demands a lot of hands-on care and he likes to hop in the tank and get down and dirty during bath time.

“I like the big ones. I still remember the first time I touched a turtle’s nose. It’s not what I expected because it looks so beak-like. It was awesome,” Jose said.

For the record, a turtle nose feels a lot like velvet, so yes, it is both unexpected and awesome.

Jose loves meeting people during our tours. He likes working both at the education exhibits in our great hall and also in Sea Turtle Bay where he gets to watch the expressions on our visitor’s faces the first time they meet one of our patients.

“Mostly people are amazed, and they can become quite emotional when they hear about each turtle’s story.”

Living with seven other interns in a small house is working out well.

“Except there’s not enough refrigerator space. But by being forced to cook we’re all becoming chefs,” said Jose.

His advice to those interested in our internship is enthusiastic but cautionary:.

“Be prepared to see turtles that are not in the best condition.”

Jose returns in the fall to College of the Holy Cross in Worchester, MA as a rising junior majoring in Math with an Environmental Science minor. After graduating he plans to spend a year “working to pay off my college loans” before continuing on to grad school to study conservation using projections and modeling.

Hospital a really cool place during hot days Wow it’s hot, but it’s not stopping anybody from scheduling a visit to our hospital as part of their vacation plans.

Hours are from noon until 4 p.m. daily, except Wednesdays and Sundays. Admission is $5 adults (13 and up); $4 for seniors (65 and over) and active military with ID. Admission for children under 13 is $3.

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Students from Topsail and Trask high schools in the FCCLA competition.

Students place in national FCCLA competition

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Sea Turtle Hospital intern Jose with a Kemps Ridley turtle.

We are on the mainland side of Surf City. From Rts. 210/50 turn onto Charlie Medlin Dr. (Shipwreck Point Mini Golf is your landmark) and follow the road to the only building back in the woods.

The town has recently scraped the gravel road but it tends to wash out during heavy rains so always be attentive for pot holes as well as soft sand and drop-offs on the shoulders. We’ve added lots of stuff to our educational displays, and of course our volunteers will be on-hand throughout the building to greet you and answer any questions.

We continue our battle with our finicky lift station so we appreciate your support in complying with the disposal of wet wipes and sanitary products per the signs in our restrooms. If our pumps shut down we will have to close the building to the public until the issue can be resolved.

Nesting turtles face obstacles Our loggerhead ladies are having a hard time this year.

Not only do they have to drag their three-hundred-pound plus carapaces up through the sand, spend an hour digging a hole, laying eggs and then filling in the hole before heading back to the water but they have to run an obstacle course on the way.

Please, please do not abandon your stuff on the beach – take in your chairs and canopies and fill in any holes. they present a hazard to a mama with only one thing on her mind. And never harass a nesting turtle.

Not only is it against the law it will cause her to abandon her work and possibly lose all of her precious eggs in the process. No flashlights, no flash photography, no chasing

Nine students from Topsail and Heide Trask high schools represented Pender County Schools in the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America national competition, held July 5-9 in Washington, D.C. Participants included Austin LaPiana, Brookelyn Ayers,Tyler Fussell, Cassidy Rogers, Meghan Olrich, Zachary Faulk, Natalyn Waldrup,

mom down the beach. Every egg is critical to the survival of the species.

If you have any questions track down one of our Topsail Turtle Project volunteers during their morning beach patrol. They’re out before the tide comes in, looking for tracks, verifying actual nesting activity (rather than a false crawl) and staking and recording each nest.

At times you may see them digging up and carefully relocating a nest that they feel is in a hazardous location, like below the high tide line or in a highly trafficked area. Last year’s numbers only count for last year; every year is a surprise.

We’ re bombarded with questions about the on-going dredging and beach re-nourishment on the north end, but the final vote on that sand lies with the experts, the loggerhead mamas.

You can keep up with the latest stats by clicking on the “Nesting Program” tab on our website: www.seaturtlehospital.org.

Because we’re not on the beach 24/7 we continue to rely on our locals and visitors to report any sightings or strandings of these critters. If you see a turtle nesting, in distress, injured or dead please call 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 252241-7367. The state number picks up 24/7. Check the Facebook page for daily updates on any nesting Questions, comments, suggestions Please direct any questions, comments or suggestions re: this column to me at flippers@att.net.

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The following students medaled in the competition: Topsail High s0ROMOTE 0UBLICIZE &#CLA — Bronze: Tyler Fussell, Austin LaPiana and Sam Miller s%NTREPRENEURSHIP Bronze: Natalyn Waldrup s&OOD )NNOVATIONS 'OLD Cassidy Rogers, Meghan Ol-

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Obituaries

Dean Hayes Rivenbark SURF CITY -- Dean Hayes Rivenbark, 63, of Surf City, formerly of Wallace, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015, at his home after a courageous battle with metastatic melanoma.

Dean was born on April 25, 1952, in Forsyth County, NC, to Inez Lanier Rivenbark and the late Derwood Hayes Rivenbark. He was a general contractor who took great pride in the custom homes he built. Dean found joy in the simplest things in life and had a passion for God’s creations, especially those known as children and grandchildren.

Prior to permanent residence in Surf City and becoming a member of Faith Harbor United Methodist Church, he served as a deacon and on numerous committees at Wallace First Baptist Church where he also was a dedicated Chancel Choir member for over 30 years.

Whether in good health or declining health, Dean exemplified humility and grace and was such a faithful servant. He designed his unique “Man Cave” where he was a gracious host and enjoyed the fellowship of family and friends as he served his “catch of the sea.”

Dean was a devoted husband to his loving wife of 43 years, Jo Ann Blanton Rivenbark; a proud father to his daughter Deanna Rivenbark Taylor (Kevin) of Surf City, NC and son Jason Hayes Rivenbark (Jennifer) of Holly Springs, NC; and an outstanding “PaPa” to his precious grandchildren Bodie Taylor, Fisher Taylor, Jenna Rivenbark, and Jake Rivenbark. He will be lovingly remembered by his mother Inez Lanier

Rivenbark of Wallace; sister Bonnie R. Robinson (Mitch) of Rose Hill; brother Gregory A. Rivenbark (Jennifer) of Wallace; father and motherin-law Joe and Sarah Blanton, Hampstead; sister-in-law Gloria J. Blanton of Surf City; brother-in-law Roy Blanton (Diane) of Wallace; and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends, all who loved and will miss him dearly.

A celebration of Dean’s life will be held on Sunday, July 12, 2015, at 4:00 P.M. at Faith Harbor United Methodist Church, 14201 Hwy. 50/210, Surf City, officiated by Reverend Duke Lackey. A reception will be held immediately following the service. At a later date, the family will participate in an Eternal Reefs ceremony at Topsail Beach.

Memorial contributions may be made to Faith Harbor United Methodist Children’s Ministry, 14201 Hwy. 50/210, Surf City, NC 28445, Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 1414 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401, or UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, External Affairs Office, UNC-CH CB# 7295,Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295 (checks to UNC Lineberger with melanoma on the memo line).

The family expresses sincere appreciation to Dr. Frances Collichio and her staff at the UNC Cancer Hospital, Dr. Gregory Bebb, Dr. Laura Tanner, Lower Cape Fear Hospice, and all the prayers, thoughts, and other kindnesses from all who walked with them on this journey.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www. never-gone.com.

Crematory services provided by Coastal Cremations, 6 Jacksonville Street, Wilmington, NC, 28403.

Arietta Sanders Grant SCOTTS HILL -- Arietta Sanders Grant, 96, “Grannie of the Christmas House” of Scotts Hill passed peacefully from her earthly life Dec. 31, 2014 at her daughter’s home.

She was born Aug. 8, 1918 in Williamson County, Illinois, the daughter of Leon Vance and Louisa McNelly Sanders. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wesley Stinson Grant; infant son, George Michael Grant; son-in-law, L. R. Hurd; broth-

ers, Robert and Don Sanders; sisters and brothers-in-law, Peggy and Clyde Trout and Joann and Earl Martin.

Surviving Arietta are her daughters, Sara Grant Waters (Robert) and Sandra Grant Hurd; grandchildren, Ann Hurd Martin (Taylor) and Sarietta Hurd; brother, Richard Sanders (Francine); sistersin-law, Myrna Sanders and Louise Sanders; and many special nieces and nephews.

Arietta was a faithful member of Wesleyan Chapel United Methodist Church where she served as secretary/treasurer of the UMW for many years. Not only was Arietta a devoted wife, but a wonderful mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She found great joy in the simplest things, but her greatest joy was her dear family.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, July 20, 2015 at Wesleyan Chapel United Methodist Church

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with Rev. Jeff Roberts and Rev. Karen Howell officiating.

A reception in Lee Hall will follow the service.

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

Rosa Maria Ward ROCKY POINT -- Rosa Maria Ward, 66, of Rocky Point passed peacefully from her earthly life to her eternal rest on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

She was born Feb. 19, 1949 in Mexico, the daughter of the late Manuel Briseno and Agustina Romero DeBriseno.

Lovingly remembered is her husband, John Thomas Ward and brother, Ramon Briseno both who preceded Rosa in death.

Surviving are her daughter, Deirdre Ward (Russell Morris) of Burgaw; grandchildren, Frances Bungay, Michael Bungay and Abigail Morris; brothers, Juan Briseno, Carlos Briseno and Jesus Briseno all of Mexico and sisters, Maria Briseno and Silvia Romero both of Mexico.

Rosa graduated from college and taught elementary education in Mexico prior to her marriage to John.

Rosa loved her family and especially her grandchildren, who were the light of her life.

Her joyful spirit, her strong work ethic and above all her steadfast faith will always be remembered.

Memorial service will be at a later date.

Shared memories and condolences may be sent to the family by selecting “Memory Wall” above. The family was served by Quinn-McGowen Funeral Home and Cremation

Center of Burgaw.

Ronald M. Rivenbark DURHAM -- Ronald M. Rivenbark, 68, of Durham and for merly of Burgaw, passed from his earthly life on June 19, 2015 at Duke University Medical Center.

He was born May 6, 1947 and was the son of Lucille Pierce Rivenbark of Burgaw and the late Troy William Rivenbark.

Surviving in addition to his mother is his wife, Lynette Rivenbark of Durham; and son, Chris Rivenbark (Hope) of Watha.

A memorial service was held in Durham.

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

The Burgaw Police Department is sponsoring a CRAM THE CRUISER event to collect school supplies for needy children around the Burgaw area.

We are asking you to help us cram a Police Car full of school supplies!

We will gladly accept any type of school supplies, such as pencils, crayons, scissors, paper, book bags, etc. We are also accepting hand sanitizers and tissues!

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Monetary donations are being accepted at the Burgaw Police Department and Town Hall to help purchase supplies.

Writer needed for Hampstead, Surf City area

The CRUISER will be available to cram with supplies between 8 AM and 5 PM Monday through Friday in the Burgaw Police Department parking lot, located at 109 North Walker Street, Burgaw.

The Post & Voice needs a contract writer to cover the Hampstead and Surf City area.

Pender County took our writer, Tammy Proctor, as the new Tourism Director and we wish her well in her new job, but we need another writer! If you are interested, email us at posteditor@post-voice.com. It’s a good part-time job for someone retired and looking for something interesting to do.

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Accepting Donations through August 7th!

For more information, contact Burgaw Police Department, 910-259-4924.

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Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, July 16, 2015, Page 8A

Bill Howard Outdoors

By Bill Howard Post & Voice Columnist Watching various documentaries on animals, hunting and fishing, one can become awestruck by the beauty of the photography and videography while listening to the voice over. Whether it was old television shows like Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, or even current offerings such as River Monsters or any number of Shark Week presentations, someone had to get in position and do what most would not in order to get the shots that keep us glued to the screen.

I have heard people remark about how there was no way they would get as close as the hunter was to a charging Kodiak bear, yet they forget that there was another person,

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Continued from page 4A up toward Hanoi. The Thai government would not allow us to participate in the war below the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). We had to go north, t o H a n o i , H a i p h o n g . We generally had four flights of four, sixteen of us, and we’d just cruise up the Yalu River until we got to our initial point, roll out on our bombing runs at 500 mph, drop our bombs and pull out at 5,500 feet or hit the ground. (THUD the nickname for the F-105).

“One time I got to stroke the afterburner, out of fear.

I had a MiG-21 in sight, and I didn’t want to play. I chose to outrun him. We would take off, fully loaded (with bombs) and immediately hook up with a tanker and take on fuel, and we had to do it again on the way home. ''We basically had two loads, we had six 750 lb bombs, on a Multiple Ejector Rack on the bomb bay doors, WWII iron bombs just like in the B-17, and the other load was two 3,000 pounders, one under each wing. That was the ‘bridge’ load, you hit it anywhere near the bridge and you were gonna’ break up the foundation or structure, yep, instant swimming pool, regular old high-explosive

holding the camera trying to get the shot.

I follow a gentleman named Mike Eastman, who I believe is one of the premiere outdoors photographers. He continuously goes out and hunts for the photo. Each week he posts and displays samples in which he is hanging on the side of a thousand foot cliff so he can get a shot of two bighorn sheep ramming horns to establish dominance.

Or it may be a grizzly staring directly at the camera after lifting his head with a mouth full of vegetation. And yes, it may be a shot of a mountain lion putting on a stalk of an unexpecting elk calf. Each case, he has put himself in harm’s way in order to pull off what most would consider a shot of a lifetime.

Daily, there are people such as he that do those same things in order to get the story or the photo, or both.

I am sharing this information to give you, the reader, an inside look at what has to happen in order to make the story interesting.

I recently was approved for a story regarding shark fishing on North Carolina’s coast in large part due to the national media’s coverage of the attacks. If things go right, and I

can land the photo I want, it is possible to get the cover of the magazine as well. Magazine cover photos are a big deal for journalists and photojournalists and the pay reflects such.

Now the magazine does not want a hero shot of someone sitting on a shoreline holding a big shark. The magazine needs something that will reach out to the person at the newsstand and make them want to buy the magazine.There has to be action, but the photo has to tell a story.

So, for the shot, I need something like an underwater photo of the shark with the hook, bait, and line in the creature’s toothy jaws with the kayak angler’s silhouette above the out of focus water’s surface.

There is only one way to make that happen. You have to have a camera under the water.

To set up the shot, we have to fish for sharks. We have to hook one that is large enough to garner that ‘wow’ effect.

After fighting the shark for a bit, you have to tire him down to reduce the dangers of what happens next. Someone, me in this case, has to get into the now proven shark infested waters, get below the shark and angler, and compose the photo.

There is still more to it.

Even though we may put ourselves in danger’s way, we still want to make it as safe as possible. For instance, while I am in the water trying to capture the shot, the angler is using gear a little heavier than what one would usually use. The reason? Just in case the shark is tempermental with a hook in his mouth and decides to make a beeline towards me, the angler will have a better chance of at least tightening the drag and making the fish turn with a good tug of the rod.

There is also a chance the shark could overturn the kayak. Well, if I am in the water and the angler ends up in the water too, we need someone else to help get the two of us out. For this reason there will be a boat tethered to the kayak and beside it with another person inside. The boat person can assist myself or the angler out of the water if things go south quickly.

This is just a little of the type of planning that goes into getting some nature shots of dangerous animals and dangerous locations. There are other precautions we have taken as well, but it does show what we will do for a story and accompanying photo or video.

iron bombs.”

I reminded John of our earlier conversation, when I asked him if he could see enemy fire from the ground.

“Oh, yeah, they shot at us.

It was their right. We were trying to kill them, they were trying to kill us. It was a little frightening, you didn’t want to get shot down. My airplane did take a flak burst one time, on the right wing, it did some damage to it, but it kept flying.

Yeah, I had some bullet holes in it, blew the bomb bay doors off, screwed up the utility hydraulic system so I couldn’t use the afterburner, or put down the landing gear. I went over to Da Nang and pumped the gear down by hand.”

M a n y Vi e t n a m p i l o t s reported seeing ‘flying telephone poles’ - surface to air missiles streaking upwards from the ground, long and thin, and I asked if he had seen any.

“I saw one once,” he said, “that I thought might be tracking my bird, so I put the plane in a turn to see if it was following me, and it wasn’t so I said ‘forget about it’ and it went off somewhere else. I turned away from it a little bit and it went behind me. For the most part, they weren’t being radar guided, just kinda’ being thrown at us, because of the ‘wild weasels’ (electronic counter

measure laden versions of the F-105 and F-4E Phantom, tracked radar signals back to the launcher, and launched a radar tracking missile to eliminate the threat).

“I got out in 1968 after flying 40 missions in Vietnam,” he told me because the peak of the war was passing and it was the beginning of the massive reduction in force.

“I got into airport management, that’s how I got to Wilmington. I was the operations guy. When I got out of the Air Force, I had been stationed at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, and had built a house there, overlookin’ Lake Champlain, and I moved back to Plattsburgh after I got out. I was the manager of the air port in Clinton County (now the Plattsburgh Inter national Airport) for ten years, and then I came to Wilmington.

“Once I got out of the Air Force, I wanted to get back into music, beyond playin’ the horn at home for the sake of keepin’ the lip up, so I

joined the Plattsburgh College Community Orchestra, basically a small town symphony orchestra. I played with them for ten years, and when I came to Wilmington, I j o i n e d t h e Wi l m i n g t o n Symphony. I played in that for twenty years. That’s my background, I’m more of a classical musician, really just kinda’ learning jazz now. I joined a combo Jeff Simmons had at Cape Fear a number of years ago, and I learned a lot from him. He was a fine musician and a good teacher.”

“Anything else I oughta’ ask?”

“No, not really. I’m having a ball. I’ll be 85 years old in September, and I just don’t give a d―- anymore, just havin’ a good time. I play with Jerry Tate, Artistry In Jazz, and the Brunswick Big Band, I play with the Salvation Army Community Brass, we play for the kettles and fundraisers.

I’m just havin’ a ball.”

Town of Surf City Government News July 16, 2015

Surf City Town Council Planning Board

MEETING TIMES 1st Tuesday of the month 2nd Thursday of the month

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PUBLIC NOTICE The public will take notice that the Town Council of the Town of Surf City will on the 4th day of August, 2015, in the Town Hall Council Chambers, pursuant to G.S. 160A-199, will c onsider a resolution to close a particular portion of Greensboro Ave., located behind 124 North Shore Drive.

All abutting property owners are hereby notified to appear at this meeting to present any objections that they may have with respect to the closing of the street.

Stephanie Edwards Hobbs Town Clerk ___________________________________________________ 214 N. NEW RIVER DRIVE PO BOX 2475, SURF CITY, NC 28445 Phone 910-328-4131 Fax 910-328-4132/1746

Public Notice There will be a Special Meeting held by the Town Board of Atkinson on July 20th 2015 at 7:00 P.M. for the swearing in of Marjorie B. Craver as Tax Collector for the Town of Atkinson.

July 16, 2015

PENDER COUNTY GOVERNMENT NEWS WANTED! A FEW GOOD MEN & WOMEN! VOLUNTEER! The Pender County Board of Commissioners will consider appointments to the following boards/commissions/committees: # of Vacancies 4

Name of Board Advisory Board of Health Animal Shelter Advisory Committee Council on Community Affairs Housing Initiative Board Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Author.

Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Nursing/Adult Care Homes Adv. Board Parks & Rec Board Tourism Development Authority District 1 = Upper Topsail; Surf City District 2 = Scotts Hill; Lower Topsail District 3 = Rocky Point; Long Creek

1 2 1 7 1 2 1 2

Positions/Categories Optometrist***, Veterinarian***, Dentist***, Public Citizen Veterinarian District 1, District 3 Low-Income Representative Business/Insurance/Attorney/Banking Business Public Members At-Large District 3, District 5

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

*** These positions can be temporarily filled by someone associated with this field who may not be currently licensed.

Applications can be completed on-line at www.pendercountync.gov (click on “How Do I” on the home page); or write or call Ms. Melissa Pedersen, Deputy Clerk to the Board, PO Box 5, Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-1200, and complete an application.

www.pendercountync.gov

7/16/2015

Request for Proposals Notice is hereby given that proposals will be received by Pender County, North Carolina, until 5:00 PM EST on Thursday, July 30, 2015, for the following Professional Services to be provided to said jurisdiction for FY 2014-15 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program Planning and Management Services Project Summary: Pender County has received notification from the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management (NCDEM) of the award of $2.09 million in Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) funds to elevate six (6) residential structures and acquire five (5) residential structures in Pender County. The County expects to receive additional FMA funding for FY2015.

The County is soliciting for professional planning and project management services to undertake turnkey planning and management services required to manage proposed FY14 Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMA) elevation and acquisition activities, and to submit an application for, and manage, proposed FY2015 FMA funding. These activities are to be conducted with FEMA FMA funds pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief Act and the State of North Carolina’s 404 Administrative Plan, as administered by the NC Division of Emergency Management.

Upon selection of a qualified consultant, Pender County will enter into a contractual agreement with that consultant, based upon the planning and management needs to be determined by the County and the prospective funding agencies. Following contract negotiations with the planning and management consultant, the County plans to undertake a similar effort to procure professional engineering services required for the elevation component of the referenced FMA project. This is not a request for professional engineering services.

For a complete RFP package, please contact the Pender County Planning and Community Development Office at 805 S. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 or call Mr. Kyle M. Breuer, AICP, Pender County Planning Director at (910) 259-1202

Pender Sports

Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, July 16, 2015, Page 9A

Topsail American Legion summer baseball

Post 167 season closes with tough losses

By Lee Wagner Contributing Sports Writer One week after American Legion Post 167’s baseball team looked tired and lethargic in a trio (4-3, 5-0, and 15-3) of losses to Wilmington Post 10, the July 4th holiday rolled around and the boys, who had played 32 games for Topsail High School and another dozen for Post 167, came back with renewed life.

The 15-3 loss on Friday (July 3) was the first in a best-of-five playoff series and things looked bleak for the future

games. But a strong bounce-back game on Monday at Topsail tied the series at 1-1 – setting up games three and four at Buck Hardee field Tuesday and Wednesday.

Post 167 got excellent pitching in both of those games, played really stellar defense, and hit the ball with some consistency, although not so much with runners in scoring position on several occasions.

That turned out to be the difference as the Post 10 hitters seemed to find the holes when they needed to.

Stephen Hagewood went into the seventh inning before giving up one run

and Donovan Francis came on to record the final five outs of the game as Post 10 ended Post 167’s season with a 5-2 win on Tuesday at Buck Hardee Field.

That win came one day after John Blackburn went the nine-inning distance with nine strikeouts as Post 10 blanked Post 167 4-0. The two wins –combined with Friday’s series opening 15-3 win – gave Post 10 the series win by a 3-1 count and sent them into a second best-of-five series against Hope Mills Boosters, the regular-

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Pender spikers use summer to sharpen skills

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer As the Pender Patriot volleyball team took to the court last week during the Coastal Plains summer volleyball league head coach Matt Davis seemed to be at ease with his young team.

His game plan going into the summer was to build cohesiveness within the team while finding out what he has. His game plan seems to be working as the team has shown progress in each week.

“I have seen some progress so far but we are a long way from where we need to be to play the style of volleyball that we will have to play to be successful. That being said we have had some girls step it up this summer. We’re a work in progress but we’re making progress.”

The Patriots came into the night with a 1-3 record. They were scheduled to play three matches and Davis admitted that other than knowing he had Topsail in the first match, he didn’t know who the other two opponents were.

“We are working on us,” said Davis. “I could care less about our record or who we play.”

The Pats drew Topsail in the first match of the night.

The Pirates were bigger and more experienced than the Patriots and it showed early on.

Topsail swept the Pender ladies, winning in two games.

“They overwhelmed us with their size and offensive system,” said Davis. “We struggled the whole match

Staff photo by Bobby Norris

Pender and Topsail players battle at the net. with them to find our footing and play the game that we need to play this year. That being the first of three matches for the night could have spelled disaster. Having to play two more matches after that could have meant a long night. However, we seemed to right the ship against Dixon, a team that beat us in two games on the first night of play.”

Pender played better as the night progressed taking Dixon to three games before falling 2-1. Davis thought that his team definitely showed some fight in the loss to the Bulldogs.

“After we settled down, we got back to what I hope to see from us this year, keeping balls alive and grinding out points,” said Davis. “We pushed them to three games

before dropping the final game for a 2-1 loss, but still made a tremendous about face from the Topsail game. We looked far more focused and together in the second match and that carried over to the White Oak match also. White Oak took us to three games the first night before we finally won, and that required a long serving run for us to push it to three. Last night we closed them out in two games. “ We m a d e p r o g r e s s throughout the night, playing better as the night went on and also made progress from our first night out, playing two teams for a second time. Both of those second matches were better than the first time we played them. We left leaving on a high note I thought, with the Topsail game as an anomaly

for the summer thus far.

“We will get better from those types of experiences.

We will have to because we open our season with six difficult nonconference matches against those bigger 3A and 4A teams.”

Coach Davis singled out several players from the night’s matches including junior Imani Newkirk. “Imani continued her solid play. She missed last week, but picked up where she left off from week one passing the ball well and carrying us with consistent hitting from the outside.

Lakirah Forney really improved her passing and movement on the floor from the first two weeks also.”

Skylar Patrick had her best night of the summer at the net with several key plays that kept rallies going for Pender.

The surprise of the evening was Nancy Cobb. With a player out she got an opportunity to play and showed great hustle and determination. If she can play the same way throughout the year she will be extremely valuable off the bench in tight spots.

She doesn’ t give away points with mistakes while really putting the pressure on the other team to keep the play alive. Davis said he was very impressed with her.

The Pats played Tuesday before playing in the season ending tournament on Thursday.

“We only have a few weeks before we get going, “stated Davis. “This is really helping us.”

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In My Opinion

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer

Many times a new coach comes into a school and looks to change everything just for the sake of changing things. They want to put their brand on the program.

While I can completely understand this approach, I have noticed that this approach often times backfires.

I recently talked to the new Pender football coach.

Bob Via has been coaching for 29 years and has pretty much seen it all. He has been an assistant coach and a head coach. He has coached at the 3A and 4A level. He knows a thing or two about the game of football and from the limited conversation that I had with him, he understands the high school athlete. Well, let me rephrase that. He understands the athlete as best as one can.

One of the things that Via talked about was structure.

He runs a very structured practice. This cuts down on the time between drills and such that is wasted. There is very little standing around.

New Patriot football coach hits the ground running

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer After spending years of coaching at the 3A and 4A level Bob Via is signed up and ready to lead the 1A Pender Patriot football team. Although some may think it is a step down, Coach Via said it is something that he has always wanted to tackle.

TBA summer hoops clinic a big success

By Lee Wagner Contributing Sports Writer The Topsail Basketball Association, in conjunction with the boys’ and girls’ coaches at Topsail High School, conducted the annual basketball camp this past week at Topsail, and it turned out to be a rousing success with the largest turnout in the camp’s history in attendance.

According to Bob Willard, TBA’s Director of Basketball Operations, upwards of 96 kids were in attendance during the week-long camp, and based on the enthusiasm and cheers from the attendees, everyone who came – and received a very stylish T-Shirt – had a good time and improved their basketball skills.

David Gardner is an 11-year old rising sixth-grader at Topsail Middle School. Gardner said he wanted to improve his skills while setting his sights on possibly playing for the middle-school team as a seventh-grader (sixth grade students are not eligible for the team).

“I came here to be with all my friends and everything, and to learn some basketball,” said Gardner, who indicated he definitely wants to try out in his second year. “I learned how to pass, rebound, shoot, dribble, and how to be a good sport. I feel I learned a lot and now I will have another year (next summer) to work on my skills and, hopefully, improve some more.”

Julia Sullivan is a 13-year

Photo by Lee Wagner

Students at the TBA basketball camp take a break for instruction. old rising eighth-grader with a twin brother, Jackson, who was also at the camp. Both of the younger Sullivan’s are hoping to play sports at the high-school level – following in the footsteps of older brothers Jarrin and Jake, both former standout players on the Pirates’ boys’ team. Julia played as a seventh-grader at the middle school, and Jackson was a standout baseball player.

“We’re here to learn new basketball skills and learn about sportsmanship and, hopefully, to follow in Jarrin’s and Jake’s footsteps and eventually play for Topsail High School,” Julia said. “Specifically, we learned a lot about sportsmanship and working with a team, and a lot of basketball skills, especially drib-

bling and shooting. My hope is not only to play at the high school but also in college.”

There were approximately a dozen players, both guys and girls – from the Pirate varsity teams joining firstyear Topsail boys’ Coach Jamie Rochelle, first-year girls’ Coach Andrew Ellington, and the President of the TBA, Jill Sullivan, in giving the young player instruction and guidance.

Among those volunteers was rising Topsail senior Payton Schoenleber, an outstanding basketball and volleyball player. Schoenleber, who also works a part-time job in the summer, explained why she and the others were there, rather than enjoying the local beaches.

“These younger kids are the future of Topsail basketball and I think all of us want to see the programs enjoy continued success after we leave as seniors,” Schoenleber said.

“Plus, for me, I love kids and I really enjoyed working with them and helping them improve their basketball skills.

It’s a lot more rewarding experience than just sitting on the beach or hanging out.”

Ellington was pleased with the turnout and liked having a chance to see and interact with the younger kids that will eventually be the foundation of his girls’ program.

“It’s always great to hang out with the little kids and see how they progress throughout the week, and I’m excited,” Ellington said. “These kids are in

It cuts down on the length of practice and gives the student-athlete a sense of accomplishment.

The coach of today often times runs his practice with a stop watch in his hands.

They will have a certain time allotted for each drill.

When the buzzer goes off it is on to another drill. This keeps the kids focused and moving.

Another thing that this type of practice does is teach a kid about time management. After they get used to this type of practice they learn how to budget their time during other activities. It teaches that studentathlete how to budget their time after school, during study hall and many other things.

I have heard people talk about what athletics does for the young people of today. This is one example of what athletics does. There are many other lessons that are taught through athletics.

I enjoyed my conversation with Coach Via. I think that he is a good fit for the Pender football program. I think he will be successful at the school. It will take a while. There is no quick fix for a struggling program. I think that last year’s team made some progress under Tony Hudson.

Let’s see how long it takes Coach Via to take the team to the next level. I am pulling for the Patriots. Aren’t you?

middle school now, rising up in seventh and eighth grade, and they are going to be coming to me in the next few years and it’s exciting for me to come and see where they might be in the future.

“It was a team effort in putting this together. We sat down and worked out the schedule as far as the games and how many teams we needed to have for dividing up the kids. This is the third year, I believe, they have had this camp and every year it’s getting bigger, and that’s exciting. I want to have over 100 kids next year and make it bigger and bigger. It’s both exciting, and good, for the community to have this many kids out here.”

Ellington also wanted to take a moment to acknowledge, and thank, the Topsail players who volunteered to help out.

“I can’t say enough about the guys and girls that took time out of their summer and volunteered to help,” Ellington said. “I think it’s rewarding for them and I think it helps them understand that this is the next generation coming up, and being able to work with the kids it gives them a chance to see things from the coaches’ and teachers’ side of things, how you have to structure things to make sure kids understand it.

“And the kids just love it.

They get to hang out with these older kids and look up to them as role models, and that’s good relationships they get to build. That’s awesome! “

“I’ve always wanted to coach at the 1A level. I have coached at the 3A and 4A levels. I want to see what it is like at the 1A. Besides the obvious difference in the number of kids I know there are some differences. I want to experience that.”

Coach Via comes to Pender with 29 years of coaching experience. He has coached both offense and defense and says he really has no preference. “I will be coaching offense here but I started off coaching offensive linemen. I then coached linebackers and eventually was a defensive coordinator. I enjoy both.”

Coach Via is working on filling the positions on his coaching staff. He has retained assistant coaches Robbie Futch and Joe Knox and has hired a new coach to run his defense. Tee Wooten comes to the Patriots from Florida. He brings a lot of experience to the table and will free Coach Via up to run his hybrid offense.

“We hope to run a combination of the flex bone and the slot I. It is kind of simple but if ran correctly can be very dynamic.”

As far as the summer workouts go, Coach Via has been pleased with the turnout and reception that he has gotten.

“We have been averaging about 25 kids a day in the weight room. Everybody has been working hard and getting better. I believe in a very structured practice. It is the same thing in the weight room. We work hard and get it done and go home. It is a very intense and efficient workout. The kids like it because they get a good workout and it doesn’t take all day.”

Coach Via will be teaching physical education and weight training. The latter will give all of the athletes at Pender a chance to work out in a supervised and structured environment.

“In the weight training class we will lift weights and

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Post & Voice Top Performers for March, 2015

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The month of March saw the winter sports coming to an end while the spring sports got underway. The weather wreaked havoc on the early spring.

Week 1. This week saw two of the three girls’ basketball teams in the playoffs as well as all three boys’ teams.

The Pender boys beat the Trask boys after dropping two regular season games. Ramel Hansley led all scorers in the contest with 24 points while Jarious Williams added 19.

The Trask boys were eliminated in the loss despite a 21 point performance by Tyquan Davis. Tynaffit Davis chipped in 15 points.

The Lady Titans won their first ever home playoff game with a 12 point victory over Camden County. Rebecca Cooper and Alesha Ward were singled out by Coach Matthew Bagwell for their play. Shawn Green led the Titans with 19 points while Saniyyah McAllister added 13.

The Topsail boys ended their season in the first round of the 3A playoffs. Alec Baker scored 13 points while Andrew Bishop chipped in 11.

The Topsail girls won their first playoff game as a 3A combatant. Cameron Pyrtle scored nine points for the Lady Pirates.

Keri White had a great game. She scored 21 points to lead the Pirates.

Week 2. This week the spring sports got off to a slow start thanks to the weather.

The Trask girls were eliminated from the state basketball playoffs. Saniyyah McAllister and Shawn Green finished a great career for the Lady Titans.

The Titan softball team won their opener with a 4-3 victory over the 4A Laney Bucs. A.J. Johnson earned the win in the circle while Brittany Foy and Haley Smith each had three hits.

The Topsail girls’ basketball team dropped its second round playoff game. Lady Pirate senior Candaus Banks ended her career with a teamhigh 10 points while Keri White had eight.

The Topsail baseball team was off to a 3-0 start behind some great pitching and time-

Coach Continued from page 10A work on agility. I think it promotes a positive attitude and gives the kids a sense of accomplishment.”

Many coaches use a 1A coaching position as a stepping stone to bigger schools. Coach Via says that he intends to make Pender High school his final stop.

“I’ve saw a lot of things and coached at the higher levels.

My wife and I wanted to get to the coast and now that we’re here I have no intention of going anywhere else.”

Lee is a Trask Titan cheerleader at heart

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer When rising junior Allison Lee enters a room there is an air about her that says she is full of personality.

The bubbly brunette has the personality that is required to be a successful cheerleader.

Allison has been a cheerleader since middle school.

She has worked hard to become an example for the kids in the school. Her school spirit is contagious.

She wants her school to succeed in the worst way and that shows when she is on the sidelines of a football game or in the bleachers of a basketball game. She believes that hard work is what leads to success both on the sidelines and on the field.

Miss Lee will be with the varsity cheerleaders this year.

She will be a true spirit stick for the players as well as the fans.

There is no doubt that Allison Lee is a cheerleader at heart.

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ly hitting. Payton Rice and Austin Baird combined to no-hit Havelock while Clark Cota and Sam Luchansky combined to no hit North Brunswick.

Senior Danny Wilson belted a grand-slam home run while senior Sam Luchansky had three hits and knocked in two runs. Clark Cota and Jake Madole combined for four hits and three RBIs as Topsail pounded Whiteville 10-4.

Week 3. There was plenty of action on the baseball and softball diamonds in week three as the weather had finally eased up. The Pender baseball team was working hard and trying to figure things out.

Riley Powell had two hits in the Pats loss to Wallace while senior right hander Cameron Guertin had a dinger and struck out 12 in the loss.

The Lady Titan softball team dropped a tough one to Topsail before demolishing Clinton. Brittany Foy had a good game at the plate for the Titans in both contests.

She also pitched well against Clinton, recording five Ks. Haley Smith had a double and two ribbeys and also scored twice against Topsail. Taylor Rivenburgh led the Titans at Clinton with a 3-4 performance that included two runs batted in.

The Topsail softball team won three times including a big win over Ashley. Hayley Grizzle and freshman Alyssa Randall combined to three hit the Screaming Eagles in taking home a 7-0 win. Grizzle was 2-3 with three runs batted in

while Keri White had two RBI in the win over Hoggard.

Victoria Elder had a big week for the Lady Pirates. She earned the win over Trask, and had six Ks in 2.1 innings of work against Hoggard.

The Topsail men went 2-1 on the week with wins over Hoggard and Trask. They dropped a conference contest at Ashley.

Austin Baird (4 innings, 2 hits, 6 strikeouts, 1 walk) and Payton Rice (2 IP, 3 strikeouts) shut down Trask on the hump while Sam hall had a triple and two ribbeys.

Sam Luchansky had a dinger for the Pirates in the Hoggard game while Trader Flora was 2-3 with a ribbey.

Clark Cota had 11 Ks in 4.1 innings against Hoggard.

Week 4. The Trask men defeated Southwest Onslow in track and field. Tyquan Davis swept the jumping events, taking first in the triple, long and high jumps.

The Trask ladies fell to the Lady Stallions despite a good effort by Zykia Green in the shot put and Mackenzie Collins in the discus throw.

The Titan softball team beat Wallace by 13 runs behind the pitching of A.J. Johnson and Brittany Foy. Taylor Rivenburgh had a dinger and four ribbeys to lead the ladies.

The Topsail baseball team was on a roll. They 10-run ruled a very good West Brunswick team. Bryce Cota gave up three hits over 5-2/3 innings, fanning six Trojans, and walking two. Sam Luchansky pitched the last 1-1/3 innings, striking out two.

The Pirates traveled to Wilmington to face Laney and came away with a convincing 18-4 victory over the Buccaneers behind the pitching of senior Clark Cota and the 4-for-4 effort at the plate by Chase Thompson.

The Lady Pirate softball team was still riding a perfect record after dispatching of Laney and West Brunswick.

Victoria Elder was still on point in the circle for the Pirates. She picked up a complete game win over Laney and also pitched well against West Brunswick. Danielle Parks and Hailey Glester each had doubles to pace the Pirate attack.

The Lady Pirates also beat a very good Trojan team behind the pitching of Hayley Grizzle. Keri White was the hero at the plate, pacing the Lady Pirates with two hits.

The Lady Patriot softball team earned their first win of the year behind the pitching of Gracie Vincent and the bats of Imani Newkirk and Kamaya Nixon.

The Pender baseball team got their first win of the season, a conference victory over Clinton. Riley Murray had a good game in a loss to New Hanover while Addison Chadwick drove in the winning run against Clinton.

Cameron Guertin shut out the Dark Horses, allowing two hits in seven innings of work while striking out 11 Dark Horse batters. He also scored the winning run after hitting a double.

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and a two-RBI double by Ward Coleman and, added a single run off of Josh Madole in the sixth before Baird gave up a pair of runs in the eighth.

Post 167 hit the ball and had baserunners on in all but the sixth and seventh innings, led by two hits by Chase Thompson. Post 167 had one on and no out in the first but the runner was thrown out at third on a fly ball to right.

Two on with one out was wasted in the second, a leadoff hit by Thompson went for naught in the third, a leadoff hit in the fourth was eradicated by a caught stealing, a two on with one out in the fifth was quashed by a strikeout and a ground out, and a leadoff hitby-pitch went by the board due to a pair of strikeouts and a fly ball to right field in the ninth.

Post 167 got its only run in the top of the eighth when Jake Madole was hit by a pitch, Josh Madole singled, and Berne plated Jake Madole.

Berne went six innings, fanned five, and walked four, and Madole went two innings of one-hit, one-strikeout pitching.

Monday it was all Blackburn for Post 10 as he pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts while limiting Post 167 to six hits and no runs.

Post 10 scored twice in the second, once in the fourth, and added an insurance run in the eighth.

Berne had two of Post 167’s six hits. The Hampstead-based team had two runners on in each of the fourth, sixth, and seventh innings but were unable to capitalize on those opportunities.

“I’m used to seeing a lot of P-8’s and P-7’s and P-9’s (fly ball outs to the outfield) and today there were a lot of L-7’s, L-8’s, and L-9’s (line-drive outs),” Catenacci said. “We definitely hit ball on the screws but you have to tip your hat to Julian (Blackburn, Monday’s winning pitcher). He gave them what they needed.”

Sam Luchansky pitched eight strong innings for Post 127, giving up just four runs and four hits while fanning four.

“You can’t asked for more than what we got out of Sam.” Catenacci said. “He comes to the ballpark ready to pitch, he’s not going to overpower you but he has great stuff, and he kept them guys off balance.

Their base hits were dinky hits but that’s the difference in a game like this, they got those hits when they needed them, and we did not.”

Sunday at Topsail High S ch o o l t h e h i t t e r s c a m e through with runners on base.

Post 10 went up 2-0 in the top of the first but Post 167 retaliated with three runs in the bottom of the third on RBIs from Thompson (3-for-5, run scored, four RBIs), Josh Madole (2-for-6), and Jake Madole

(3-for-5, HBP, 2 RBIs).

Post 10 tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the third but again the local squad responded with three runs.

Jake Madole and Chase Riker knocked in runs and another scored on an error.

Post 10 closed to within four at 6-4 with a run in the top of the fourth but a two-RBI single

by Thompson sent Danny Wilson (walk) and Collin Buete (single) across home plate for an 8-4 advantage. Post 10 kept trying to get back into it, scoring twice in the sixth but Post 10 answered with another Thompson RBI and added an insurance run in the seventh with Wilson sending Berne home.

Post 167 banged out 13 hits with Thompson and Aaron Beach (3-for-5) getting three each, and Josh and Jake Madole each getting two base knocks, along with Trader Flora and Riker.

“I’m not sure what the difference was,” Thompson said.

“Last week we just didn’t come out hitting on all cylinders, and today we came out and played. I think the two days off helped. That first loss, they kicked our butts, and we got a chance to refuel. I’d say we just had to get our butts kicked enough and we didn’t want it to happen again.”

Post 10 pitcher Cameron Guertin struggled at times but went the full nine innings, giving up 13 hits, hitting two

batters, and walking one.

Guertin threw an astronomical 144 pitches.

“Last summer I pitched seven or eight innings and I threw around 120 but that was the most pitches I’ve even thrown in a game,” Guertin said. “I used my legs, mostly, to get through it. I think that’s one thing that stands me out from other pitchers, my legs are a little bit bigger, so I use them to my advantage and I get through it, and it helped tonight.

“I was a little tired as the game went on but I knew I had to tough it out for the team. My arm felt good, it was a good temperature to pitch, it felt good, and my arm felt good so I was able to get the through it.”

Catenacci summed up the summer season.

“It was a lot of fun coaching this group, especially since I followed them to their run to a state championship last year (2014), and coached them two years ago in Legion,” Catenacci said. “What I am most proud of is that the guys stuck with it this year.

“Two years ago the team kind of fell apart, we didn’t have much camaraderie, but these guys were here, we never had to worry about having nine guys to play, and I tip my cap to them for that because it’s summer. They brought it every night.”

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Continued from page 10A season division champion.

The series between the two teams, which split the regularseason’s two games, begins on Thursday at South View High School.

“Tonight, in particular, we lasted eight innings with two pitchers (Mason Berne and Josh Madole) that have never pitched before this summer, so when we hold a team like that to three runs (Post 10 got two runs off Austin Baird in the eighth) I’d say that’s pretty good,” said Post 167 Coach Joe Catenacci after Tuesday’s game. “Bottom line is I told them the whole series was going to be a grind, we played against a virtual all-star team from the four Wilmington (Ashley, oggard, Laney,LLaney, and New Hanover) 4A schools.

“We had a lot of lost focus at times and they didn’t do some things they are capable of doing. We have four or five potential (college) Division I players in our lineup and there’s no way we should score one run in 18 innings. We left a lot of guys on base (14 in the last two games), and they played really good defense.”

Post 10 jumped on Berne for two runs in the bottom of the first on back-to-back, inningopening walks, a sacrifice,

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By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Topsail Pirate volleyball team has been one of the premier programs in the eastern region of North Carolina for many years.

As they have progressed from the 1A ranks through the 2A and now the 3A ranks they have met all challengers with great success.

Throughout all of their success they have had some special athletes. This year’s team has several special players as well. One of those is junior Kayla Ball.

Miss Ball has made her way to the starting lineup through hard work and dedication.

She has been very successful both on the front line as well as the back lines. Her game has steadily improved under the tutelage of Coach Hill Pearsall.

The 2015 version of the Lady Pirates is well on their way to another successful year. Kayla Ball will be one of the players that will get them there.

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Post & Voice Fishing Fanatic The summer fishing pattern is in place which means that the early morning and late afternoons along with the evening hours are the best time to fish.

The red fishing is ramping up in the inland waters around Topsail. These feisty fish are hitting top water baits along with gulp baits.

Your favorite artificial might work as well.

I have heard word of a few nice speckled trout being caught in the backwaters.

Live shrimp seem to be these tasty fishes meal of choice.

The piers are reporting a mixed bag of fish being caught. There have been reports of croaker, sea mullet and an occasional spot being caught on shrimp.

The Spanish are hit and miss off of the piers. It all depends on the clarity of the waters. There have been reports of some nice Spaniards being caught in the inland waters on diamond jigs and gotcha plugs. The occasional sheepshead can be caught fishing down beside the pilings. Dropping a sand flea down by the piling and working it straight up

By Bobby Norris Post & Voice Sports Writer The Pender Patriot volleyball team is looking for a few good lady volleyball players.

Coach Matt Davis has quite a few spots to fill on this year’s roster along with a few spots in the starting lineup.

The Patriots are currently playing in the Coastal Plains summer volleyball league.

Coach Davis is moving players in and out looking for the right combination. Skylar Patrick has had a good summer for the Patriots. She has made some plays that have extended rallies in the first three weeks of play. However, last week Coach Davis singled her out as being one of the better players in week three. She made several rally saving plays.

With the season rapidly approaching Coach Davis hopes that Miss Patrick continues her improved play. It seems that Skylar Patrick has stepped her game up for Coach Davis and her Pender Patriot teammates.

PostVoice and down will be your best chance here.

The freshwater bite is on and off with the early morning hours the best time to wet a line. Red worms or a bream buster from Backyard Baits will work for the panfish.

The cats are biting at night with chicken livers and cut-up eel along with your favorite mix of stink baits working here.

This week’s fishing tip If you are fishing in the inshore waters around Topsail Island you are most likely on a boat. If you have spent any time in the inshore waters around Topsail Island then you must be aware of the shallow waters that you encounter on a daily basis.

If you fish this area make sure you are aware of the depth that you are fishing in. there are a number of buoys that will lead you in and out  of different areas. Don’t be  fooled by  these waters. My  wife and  I once had a rule  of thumb that if I didn’t   run aground at least once  we have not been out there  long enough.

Know your boat. Know how shallow you can go be fore you hit bottom and for  goodness sakes invest in a  depth finder.

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION COUNTY OF PENDER STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DISTRICT COURT Stacy Blair Carr vs. 15 CVD 601 Michael Dayne Powell TO: Michael Dayne Powell Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is custody of and support for Kaden Wyatt Powell and attorney’s fees in such cases.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than August 12, 2015. Upon your failure to do so, Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

Robert H. Corbett, Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Drawer 727 Burgaw, NC 28425-0727 #6954 7/2, 7/9, 7/16/2015 ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF CLARENCE BAKER, ESTATE FILE NO: 14E195 All persons, firms or corporations having claims against Clarence Baker, deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before October 1, 2015 or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 1st day of July 2015.

Betti B. Edwards, Administratrix of the Estate of Clarence Baker C/O of her attorney, Renee Williamson Bloodworth, Attorney at Law 130 East Church Street, PO BOX 129 Atkinson, NC 28421 #6945 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-113 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

MARK R. SMITH, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8.42 Acres in Pender County, Parcel ID Number 323707-9926-0000; 3237-28-1473-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than August 18, 2015.

This date: July 2, 2015.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #6947 7/2, 7/9, 7/16/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 14-CVS-674 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

JOHN C. NELSON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property described as Lot #1 Hayes Place, Section 1, Parcel ID Number 3207-07-4520-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than August 18, 2015.

This date: July 2, 2015.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #6952 7/2, 7/9, 7/16/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 14-CVS-674 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

JOHN C. NELSON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO : U n k n o w n S p o u s e a n d / o r Successor(s) in Interest to John C. Nelson Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property described as Lot #1 Hayes Place, Section 1, Parcel ID Number 3207-07-4520-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than August 18, 2015.

This date: July 2, 2015.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #6948 7/2, 7/9, 7/16/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-399 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

JOHN A. LEWIS, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 0.5124 a/c Old Farm Road, Parcel ID Number 4224-038945-0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than August 18, 2015.

This date: July 2, 2015.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #6946 7/2, 7/9, 7/16/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-399 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

JOHN A. LEWIS, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: Unknown Successor(s) in Interest to John A. Lewis Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 0.5124 a/c Old Farm Road, Parcel ID Number 4224-038945-0000 more fully described in the complaint. Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in the property.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than August 18, 2015.

This date: July 2, 2015.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #6950 7/2, 7/9, 7/16/2015

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 14-CVS-674 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

JOHN C. NELSON, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

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

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property described as Lot #1 Hayes Place, Section 1, Parcel ID Number 3207-07-4520-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than August 18, 2015.

This date: July 2, 2015.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #6951 7/2, 7/9, 7/16/2015

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COURT FILE #: 15-CVS-113 PENDER COUNTY Plaintiff(s), v.

MARK R. SMITH, owner et. al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: Unknown Spouse and/or Successor(s) in Interest to Mark R. Smith Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action.

The nature of the relief sought is as follows: foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes on your interest in the property sometimes briefly described as 8.42 Acres in Pender County, Parcel ID Number 323707-9926-0000; 3237-28-1473-0000 more fully described in the complaint.

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

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than August 18, 2015.

This date: July 2, 2015.

PENDER COUNTY, By and through its Attorney Richard T. Rodgers, Jr., State Bar #: 28777 ProTax, A Division of Sherman & Rodgers, PLLC PO Box 250; Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-2615 (tel); chip@shermanandrodgers.com #6949 7/2, 7/9, 7/16/2015

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 15 CVS 592 VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC., Plaintiff vs.

CHRISTOPHER JAMES MEREDITH, SHARON MEREDITH, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF EDNA HENRY MEREDITH, and UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JOHN H. HENRY, Defendants TO: Christopher James Meredith, Sharon Meredith, Unknown Heirs of Edna Henry Meredith, and Unknown Heirs of John H. Henry Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: judicial foreclosure, possession of personal property, and quiet title.

You are required to make a defense to such pleading not later than 40 days after the first date of the publication of this notice yielding a deadline of August 11, 2015 and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

Dated: June 25, 2015 Jay B. Green Attorney for Plaintiff 908 E. Edenton Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 Telephone: 919-829-0797 #6955 7/2, 7/9, 7/16/2015

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified asthe Executrix of the estate of Gregory D. Howard, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claimsagainst the estateof said deceddent, Gregory D. Howard, to present them to the undersigned on or before October 15, 2015 at 113 White Heron Cove, Hampstead, NC 28443, or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said esteate, please make immediate payment.

This the 9th day of July, 2015..

Donna C. Howard 113 White Heron Cove Hampstead, NC 28443 #6958 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30/2015 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain equity line of credit deed of trust made by Donald W. Matthews and wife, Lynn Matthews dated the 1st day of November, 2006, and recorded in Book 3086, Page 295, 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, Jeffrey D. Null 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 or his agent will offer for sale at the courthouse door or where the Clerk of Superior Court of Pender County directs sales to be held in the City of Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina at 10:00 a.m. on the 23rd day of July, 2015 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate and improvements thereon situated in Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 8B as shown on a map showing Elizabeth A. Grady Property (REV) recorded in Map Book 40, Page 18, Slide 535 of the Pender County Registry, reference

to which map is hereby made for a more particular description.

The record owners of the real property per the Pender County, North Carolina Public Registry are Donald W. Matthews and wife, Lynn A. Matthews.

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 person must pay the tax 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, 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.

A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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.

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 sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. 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.

This the 16th day of June, 2015.

BY: John H. Britton Attorney for Jeffrey D. Null, Substitute Trustee 2850 Village Drive, Suite 206 Fayetteville, North Carolina 28304 Telephone: (910) 339-6603 Facsimile: (910) 339-6606 Case No: CVL15-2111 #6943 7/9, 7/16/2015 15 SP 53 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 Paul W. Neal and Kathleen S. Neal to Neal G. Helms, Trustee(s), which was dated February 29, 2008 and recorded on February 29, 2008 in Book 3415 at Page 260, 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 July 21, 2015 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 22, Section 2, Bellhammon Plantation, as shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 31, Page 40, of the Pender County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 151 Deepwoods Ridge, Rocky Point, NC 28457.

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

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

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 upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that 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.: 12-14098-FC01 #6957 7/9, 7/16/2015 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Michele Catherine Sessoms, deceased, Pender County 15-E-0226, late of Pender County, North Carolina, gives notice to all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate to present such claims to the undersigned at the offices of Alan M. Solana, Solana, Theriault & Gross, PLLC, Attorneys at Law, 1650 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 200, Wilmington, NC 28403, on or before the 16th day of October, 2015, or this Notice will be pleased in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment.

Jamie Brooks, Executrix c/o Alan M. Solana, Attorney at Law Solana, Theriualt & Gross, PLLC 1650 Military Cutoff Rd, Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 #6964 7/16,7/23,7/30,8/6 EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Manley Elwood Mills, deceased, late of Pender County, North Carolina, this is to notify that all persons having claims against the said estate to present such claims to the undersigned on or before the 19th day of October, 2015, or this notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment.

This 16th day of July, 2015.

Carolyn S. Lawrence 118 Falcon Road Rocky Mount, NC 27801 Robert C. Kenan, Jr. MOORE & KENAN Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 957 Burgaw, NC 28425 (910) 259-9800 #6967, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6/2015 15 SP 68 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 Scott McKenzie and Styvette McKenzie to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), which was dated December 19, 2003 and recorded on December 22, 2003 in Book 2289 at Page 48, 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 July 28, 2015 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 11 of Valley Properties as shown on a map recorded in Map Book 21, Page 43 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.

Being the same property acquired by Sarah C. Flowers in that certain deed recorded in Deed Book 1078, Page 004.

Being the same property acquired by Therese Lee Belaus in that certain deed recorded in Deed Book 1278, Page 125.

Being the same property acquired by Wells Fargo Mortgage, Inc. in that certain deed recorded in Deed Book 2243, Page 047 Save and except any releases,

deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 409 West Ashe Street, 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 Scott McKenzie and wife, Styvette McKenzie.

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 upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 15-02628-FC01 #6962 7/16, 7/23/2015 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Ralph Henry Horrell, deceased, of Pender County. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent, Ralph Henry Horrell, to present them to the undersigned on or before October 22, 2015 at 6611 Wheatfields Court, Wilmington, NC 28411 or be barred from recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate, please make immediate payment.

This the 14th day of July 2015.

Rita H. Bulluck 8 W. Sunset Road Hampton, VA 23669 #6972 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6/2015 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PENDER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT FILE NO. 00E000221 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BLANCHEY PHILLIPS, DECEASED NOTICE OF CREDITORS The undersigned having qualified as the Administrator of the Estate of Blancey Phillips, does hereby notify all persons, firms, or corporation having claims against said decedent exhibit the same to James Phillips, Administrator, at the address set out below no later than ninety (90) days from the first publication date of this Notice. This Notice may be pleaded as a bar of any payment or recovery of same which is not given prior to the 22nd day of October, 2015. All persons indebted to the decedent will please make payment to the undersigned at either address set out below.

The Law Office of Erma L. Johnson, P.C. 2803 Market Street P.O. Box 696 Wilmington, NC 28402 #6971 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6/2015

Deadline for News and Advertising is Noon on Friday Call 910.259.9111 for more information.

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Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices 15 SP 39 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE, North Carolina, Pender County In the matter of the foreclosure of the Deed of Trust of Vanessa Toodle to Thurman E. Burnette, Trustee for United States Department of Agriculture, See Substitution of Trustee as recorded in Book 4530, Page 288, appointing Richard J. Kania as Substitute Trustee. Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain deed of trust executed and delivered by the above-named Grantors to United States Department of Agriculture, dated January 15, 1985, securing indebtedness in the original principal amount of $32,000.00 as recorded in Deed of Trust Book 644, at Page 42, Pender County Registry (hereinafter, the “Deed of Trust”) and because of the default of Debtor in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and the failure of Debtor to carry out or perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and pursuant to the demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court for Pender County, North Carolina, entered in this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned, Richard J. Kania, Substitute Trustee, will expose for sale at public auction on July 20, 2015 at 11:00 AM at the Pender County Courthouse at the usual place of sale designated by the Pender County Clerk, Burgaw, the real property in Pender County, North Carolina (including any improvements thereon), with the address of 3062 Englishtown Road, Willard, NC 28478, and as described as follows: Located in Union Township, Pender County, North Carolina. BEGINNING at an iron stake in the center of the pavement of the Moores Creek Public Road, and at the old northwest corner of a tract of land of which this land is a part, which said iron stake beginning corner is also located at the old northeast corner of a 181.4 acre tract of land conveyed by Elbert C. Hall and wife, Buena V. Hall to William W. Blanchard, by deed dated April 25, 1962, and recorded in Book 377, on Page 192, of the Register of Deeds Office of Pender County, which said iron stake beginning corner is also located South 78 degrees 48 minutes East 234.60 feet as measured with the center of the pavement of the Moore’s Creek Public Road and from the center of an 18 inch diameter concrete pipe culvert and from said iron stake beginning corner so located running thence as follows: With the center of the pavement of the Moore’s Creek Public Road South 78 degrees 48 minutes East 90 feet to an iron stake; thence a new line South 13 degrees 36 minutes West 30.00 feet to an iron stake; thence the same course continued and with a new line South 13 degrees 36 minutes West 305.37 feet to an iron stake; thence another new line North 78 degrees 48 minutes West 90.00 feet to a copper nail in a concrete monument in the old property line; thence with said old line North 13 degrees 36 minutes East 305.37 feet to an iron pipe; thence the same course continued North 13 degrees 36 minutes East 30.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing .68 acre, more or less, as surveyed December 3, 1975, by William W. Blanchard, R.L.S. with all lines shown correct in their angular relations and relative to 1961 magnetic meridian. The Substitute Trustee may, in his sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided by N.C.G.S. §45-21.23. The sale will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, restrictions and easements of record and assessments, if any.

The record owner of the above-described real property as reflected on the records of the County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this Notice is: Vanessa Toodle An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. §4521.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the County Clerk of Superior Court. Pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45¬-21.10(b), and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of the greater of five per cent (5%) percent of the amount bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00). Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at the time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in N.C.G.S. § 45-21.30 (d) and (e). Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required

by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. If the Substitute 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 by an owner or debtor prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the Substitute Trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute Trustee, in his sole discretion, if he believes the

SR NO 1120 APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 421); RUNNING THENCE FROM SAID BEGINNING P.K. SPIKE, SO LOCATED, WITH SAID CENTERLINE OF S.R. NO. 1120 NORTH 56 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST 147.53 FEET TO A NEW P.K. SPIKE WHERE A NAIL AND CAP STOOD IN SAID ROAD CENTERLINE; THENCE WITH LANDS OF WINSTON LAND, LTD SOUTH 30 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 36 SECONDS EAST 303.74 FEET (PASSING OVER A NEW IN LINE IRON PIPE BY AN EXISTING BENT IRON PIPE AT 21.7 FEET) TO AN EXISTING IRON PIPE; THENCE AGAIN WITH WINSTON LAND, LTD SOUTH 56 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST 147.85 FEET TO A NEW IRON PIPE; THENCE A NEW LINE NORTH 30 DEGREES 03 MINUTES WEST 303.6 FEET (PASSING OVER A NEW IN LINE IRON PIPE AT 283.55 FEET) TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 0.93 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AFTER THE EXCLUSION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AREA OF S.R. NO. 1120 THAT LIES WITHIN IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE THE ABOVE DESCRIBED BOUNDOF NORTH CAROLINA ARIES, AND IS AS SURVEYED SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION AND DESCRIBED BY WILLIAM PENDER COUNTY H. BLAKE, N.C.R.L.S. L-2179 OF 15SP14 BURGAW, N.C. ON MAY 3, 1990.

And Being more commonly IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST known as: 4885 Malpass Corner EXECUTED BY CORDELIA LEWIS Rd, Burgaw, NC 28425 The record owner(s) of the propJOHNSON DATED JANUARY 10, 2008 AND RECORDED IN BOOK erty, as reflected on the records of 3387 AT PAGE 164 IN THE PEND- the Register of Deeds, is/are CordER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, elia Lewis Johnson.

The property to be offered pursuNORTH CAROLINA ant to this notice of sale is being ofNOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power fered for sale, transfer and conveyand authority contained in the above- ance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither referenced deed of trust and because the Trustee nor the holder of the of default in the payment of the se- note secured by the deed of trust, cured indebtedness and failure to per- being foreclosed, nor the officers, form the stipulation and agreements directors, attorneys, employees, therein contained and, pursuant to agents or authorized representative demand of the owner and holder of of either Trustee or the holder of the the secured debt, the undersigned note make any representation or substitute trustee will expose for sale warranty relating to the title or any at public auction to the highest bidder physical, environmental, health or for cash at the usual place of sale at safety conditions existing in, on, at the county courthouse of said county or relating to the property being ofat 10:00AM on July 21, 2015 the fol- fered for sale. Any and all responlowing described real estate and any sibilities or liabilities arising out of other improvements which may be or in any way relating to any such situated thereon, in Pender County, condition expressly are disclaimed.

North Carolina, and being more par- This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unticularly described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR paid taxes and assessments includPARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN ing but not limited to any transfer tax THE GRADY TOWNSHIP, PEND- associated with the foreclosure. A ER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA deposit of five percent (5%) of the AND MORE PARTICULARLY DE- amount of the bid or seven hundred SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LYING fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is IN GRADY TOWNSHIP, PENDER greater, is required and must be tenCOUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AD- dered in the form of certified funds at JACENT TO AND SOUTHEAST the time of the sale. This sale will be OF THE PAVED CENTERLINE OF held open ten days for upset bids as S.R. NO. 1120 AND BEING MORE required by law. Following the expiFULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ration of the statutory upset period, BEGINNING AT A P.K. SPIKE IN all remaining amounts are IMMEDISAID ROAD CENTERLINE, SAID ATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to BEGINNING P.K. SPIKE IS LO- remit funds in a timely manner will CATED ALONG SAID CENTER- result in a Declaration of Default and LINE OF S.R. NO. 1120 NORTH 56 any deposit will be frozen pending DEGREES 48 MINUTES 37 SEC- the outcome of any re-sale. If the ONDS EAST 114.97 FEET FROM sale is set aside for any reason, the AN OLD SUBSURFACE RAILROAD Purchaser at the sale shall be enSPIKE IN SAID CENTERLINE OF titled only to a return of the deposit S.R. NO. 1120 OVER THE CEN- paid. The Purchaser shall have no TER OF A CONCRETE CULVERT further recourse against the MortTHAT CARRIES THE WATERS OF gagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute BUCK HORN BRANCH (OR PIG- Trustee or the attorney of any of the FORD MILL BRANCH) BENEATH foregoing.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASESAID ROAD (SAID CULVERT IS LOCATED NORTHEASTERLY ALONG HOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant S.R. NO. 1120 APPROXIMATELY residing in the property, be advised 1/4 MILE FROM U.S. HIGHWAY NO. that an Order for Possession of the 421); RUNNING THENCE FROM property may be issued in favor of SAID BEGINNING P.K. SPIKE, SO the purchaser. Also, if your lease LOCATED, WITH SAID CENTER- began or was renewed on or after LINE OF S.R. NO. 1120 NORTH 56 October 1, 2007, be advised that DEGREES 48 MINUTES 37 SEC- you may terminate the rental agreeONDS EAST 379.25 FEET TO AN ment upon 10 days written notice EXISTING NAIL AND CAP IN SAID to the landlord. You may be liable ROAD CENTERLINE; THENCE for rent due under the agreement WITH LANDS OF WINSTON LAND, prorated to the effective date of the LTD SOUTH 30 DEGREES 05 MIN- termination.

The date of this UTES 36 SECONDS EAST 303.74 Notice is June 30, 2015.

FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIPE; Grady I. Ingle or THENCE AGAIN WITH WINSTON Elizabeth B. Ells LAND, LTD SOUTH 56 DEGREES Substitute Trustee 52 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST 10130 Perimeter Parkway, 337.99 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; Suite 400 THENCE NORTH 37 DEGREES Charlotte, NC 28216 53 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST (704) 333-8107 303.96 FEET (PASSING OVER ON http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ INLINE IRON PIPE AT 272.91 FEET) 14-066138 TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 2.24 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, #6960 7/9, 7/16/2015 AFTER THE EXCLUSION OF THE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF RIGHT OF WAY AREA OF S.R. JUSTICE NO. 1120 THAT LIES WITHIN THE OF NORTH CAROLINA ABOVE DESCRIBED BOUNDARSUPERIOR COURT DIVISION IES, AND IS AS SURVEYED AND PENDER COUNTY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAM H. BLAKE, 15SP11 N.C.R.L.S., L-2179 OF BURGAW, IN THE MATTER OF THE N.C. ON MARCH 14, 1989. THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY TRUST EXECUTED BY RYAN BEING THE SAME LANDS DESCOTT WENZEL AND SCRIBED IN A DEED RECORDED MEGAN DAWN JONES DATED IN BOOK 732, PAGE 284 OF THE OCTOBER 8, 2003 AND PENDER COUNTY REGISTRY. EXRECORDED IN BOOK 2239 CEPTING, HOWEVER FROM THE AT PAGE 276 IN THE PENDER FOREGOING IS THE FOLLOWING COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, DESCRIBED PROPERTY; LYING NORTH CAROLINA IN GRADY TOWNSHIP, PENDER NOTICE OF SALE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, ADUnder and by virtue of the powJACENT TO AND SOUTHEAST er and authority contained in the OF THE PAVED CENTERLINE OF above-referenced deed of trust and S.R. NO. 1120 AND BEING MORE because of default in the payment FULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: of the secured indebtedness and BEGINNING AT A NEW P.K. SPIKE failure to perform the stipulation and IN SAID ROAD CENTERLINE, agreements therein contained and, SAID BEGINNING P.K. SPIKE IS pursuant to demand of the owner LOCATED ALONG SAID CENTER- and holder of the secured debt, LINE OF S.R. NO. 1120 NORTH 56 the undersigned substitute trustee DEGREES 48 MINUTES 37 SEC- will expose for sale at public aucONDS EAST 346.69 FEET FROM tion to the highest bidder for cash AN LD SUBSURFACE RAILROAD at the usual place of sale at the SPIKE IN SAID CENTERLINE OF county courthouse of said county at S.R. NO. 1120 OVER THE CENTER 1:30PM on July 31, 2015 the followOF A CONCRETE CULVERT THAT ing described real estate and any CARRIES THE WATERS OF BUCK other improvements which may be HORN BRANCH (OR PIGFORD situated thereon, in Pender County, MILL BRANCH) BENEATH SAID North Carolina, and being more parROAD (SAID CULVERT IS LOCAT- ticularly described as follows: ED NORTHEASTWARDLY ALONG BEING all of Lot 110-A in Section

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. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenacy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896, “Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act” which became effective on May 20, 2009. Additional Notice Where the Real Property Is Residential with less than 15 Rental Units: Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007 may, after receiving this notice of the sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination.

Richard J. Kania, Substitute Trustee 600-A Centrepark Drive, Asheville, North Carolina 28805 (828) 2528010, 1145326 #6959 7/9, 7/16/2015

VI-E, Belvedere Plantation according to the map of Section VI-E, Belvedere Plantation, recorded in Map Book 20, at Page 41, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina, reference to which said map is hereby made for a more particular description.

And Being more commonly known as: 116 Bay Tree Cir, Hampstead, NC 28443 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Ryan Scott Wenzel and Megan Dawn 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 10 days written notice to the landlord.

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 19, 2015.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 13-041476 #6909 7/16, 7/23/2015 13 SP 74 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, PENDER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Clinton O. Connor and Tamatha L. Connor to Jackie Miller, Trustee(s), which was dated February 25, 2010 and recorded on March 2, 2010 in Book 3745 at Page 0284 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on July 6, 2010 in Book 3793, Page 0034, 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 July 28, 2015 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Pender County, North Carolina, to wit: Lying and being in Topsail Township, Pender County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 1 as shown on map entitled “Final Plat of the Subdivision of Lot 196, Revised Section II, Washington Acres” recorded in Map Book 39 at Page 93 of the Pender County Registry, reference to which said map is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

Said property is commonly known as 353 Washington Acres Road, Hampstead, NC 28443.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred The Media of Record for the People of Pender County.

Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of 201-A West Fremont Street • Burgaw, NC 28425 the sale.

Following the• www.post-voice.com expiration of 910.259.9111 • posteditor@post-voice.com 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 convey-

ance “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 Clinton O. Connor and wife, Tamatha Connor.

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 upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that 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.: 12-26982-FC01 #6961 7/16, 7/23/2015 113470-01689/ 14-SP-206 AMENDED NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Kelly Ann Horrell and Darrell Lee Horrell, dated October 12, 2006 and recorded on October 13, 2006 in Book No. 3072 at Page 024 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pender County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and,

Performers

Continued from page 11A We e k 5 . A n o t h e r we t week caused several postponements. However, there was some action in the area.

The Trask Titans hosted a track meet that included Pender. Desire Brown won three events for the ladies while Jacen Mott won the 1600 meter run. Tynaf fit Davis won the triple jump.

The Lady Titans defeated West Bladen in softball action. Desire Brown had the winning ribbey while Haley Smith had two hits and a ribbey. A.J. Johnson and Brittany Foy combined to earn the win in the circle.

The Trask women’s soccer team won their first match of the season. Ruby Ramirez had a hat trick for the Titans.

The Topsail baseball team ran their record to 9-1. The Pirates rode the combined pitching efforts of Austin Baird and Payton Rice to a win over South Brunswick.

C l a rk C o t a h ad a din g er in the win. Cota earned

pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Pender County Courthouse, Burgaw, North Carolina on August 4, 2015 at 1:00 PM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Atkinson, County of Pender, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust..

Address of property:229 Red Cross St, Atkinson, NC 28421 Tax Parcel ID:2248-92-5934-0000 Present Record Owners: Darrell Lee Horrell The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee’s Deed.

The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.

If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney or the Trustee.

Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. 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.

Rogers, Townsend&Thomas, PC Substitute Trustee 2550 West TyvolaRoad, Suite 520 Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 442-9500 #6965 716, 7/23/15

the win over D.H. Conley.

The Lady Pirates were perfect after defeating a game South Brunswick team. Vict o r i a E l d e r and H ay l ey Grizzle combined to beat the Cougars while Hunter Bizzell had an RBI triple.

Pender’s women’s track team had a good outing at Trask. Tanazsa Simpson won the shot put while Lakirah Forney won the long jump.

The Pender men won their second straight conference g ame with a 1-0 shutout.

Justin Fedoronko had the game winning hit for the Pats.

Cameron Guertin allowed just one hit and had 15 strikeouts. He now has 38 strikeouts in 19 innings of work. He threw back to back one hitters.

The Top male performer for March was Cameron Guertin. He threw back to back one hitters and also was a beast with the bat. Guertin is currently playing for Post 167.

The Top female athlete for the month was Topsail’s Keri White. The rising senior led the Pirates to their first playoff win at the 3A level in hoops before leading the softball team to an undefeated month of March.

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July 16, 2015

Section B

Living {Backyard Adventures}

Go to the hospital this summer the turtle hospital

By Tammy Proctor, Pender County Tourism Director

D u r i n g t h e s u m m e r, m o r e than 1,000 people per day stand in line to go to the hospital.

The sea turtle hospital, that is.

Known as the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, the hospital’s patients come from all over the Eastern Seaboard. They sometimes weigh hundreds of pounds. Sometimes they are stunned by cold and their little organs begin to shut down. Sometimes they are injured by boat propeller blades or entangled in fishing nets and line.

At the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, the all-volunteer staff cares for three species of endangered sea turtles – loggerheads, Kemp’s Ridleys, and greens.

The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles are the most endangered. They are also the only sea turtle that nests during the day. The loggerheads are the largest sea turtles at the hospital. They can weigh several hundred pounds.

“The sea turtle hospital started with one turtle in a volunteer’s backyard,” said Jean Beasley, director of the hospital.

What started with one turtle has grown significantly. In June 2014, the hospital released as many as 60 turtles that received care and were deemed healthy enough to return to their natural habitat.

Beasley, a retired teacher and administrator, enjoys educating visitors. The hospital’s mission statement stresses the importance of education and conservation. It states: “The mission is The Conservation and Protection of all Spe-

cies of Marine Turtles both in the Water and on the Beach; The Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Release of Sick and Injured Sea Turtles; To Inform and Educate the

one of the few worldwide dedicated to caring exclusively for sea turtles.

The sea turtle hospital opened in Topsail Beach on Nov. 7, 1997, near the

Public Regarding the Plight of all Sea Turtles and the Threat of their Extinction; and To Provide an Experiential Learning Site for Students of Biology, Wildlife Conservation, and/or Veterinary Medicine from around the World.”

There are several marine life agencies which care for sea turtles in the nation. But the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation is

Bush Marina. In May 2014, the new facility officially opened in Surf City.

Located at 302 Tortuga Lane, off Charlie Medlin Drive, the sea turtle hospital houses a room for surgeries, a diagnostics lab with x-ray equipment, rehabilitation pool, and isolation sick bay.

Visitors are met with displays about seashells, turtle nesting, and various species of turtles. The col-

o r f u l M e m o r i e s Wa l l p r o v i d e s families with a “Kodak moment.”

In the tour, visitors can see Sick Bay through glass windows and watch a turtle rehab in the pool. The tour leads visitors into Turtle Bay for an up-close view of the turtles in their large blue tanks. Volunteers are on hand to provide information about the turtles, including an explanation of why the turtle is in the hospital.

While the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center attracts more visitors than any other area attraction, it remains first and foremost a hospital. That is why visitation hours are noon to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The majority of the hospital hours are spent on treating and feeding the creatures.

Here’s a tip for Pender residents who want to tour the turtle hospital. Saturday is the best day. The lines are not as long because vacationers are getting their rentals and their groceries.

Admission is $5 per adult, $3 per child, and $4 for all active military personnel.

For more information about the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center go online to seaturtlehospital.org or visit facebook.com/Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.

Turtle releases are announced on the Facebook page, so be sure to “like” the hospital for up-to-date information.

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Holy ghosts

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Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken His seat at the right hand of God. Hebrews 12: 1-2 Since we have so g reat a cloud of witnesses – who are those witnesses that the writer of Hebrews is talking about? This passage, Hebrews 12: 1-2, is a kind of summation of what has come before.

It refers back to Hebrews 11, the passage I like to call the roll call of the saints. Hebrews 11 tells the stories and names the names. It lifts up the lives of some of the great saints of the faith – people like Abel, Enoch and Noah, Abraham, Sarah and Isaac, the g reat deliverer Moses and lesser lights like Rahab, Gideon, Samson, the prophet Samuel and the great King David.

These are the witnesses, some of them anyway, part, at least, of the great cloud of witnesses that have helped to shows God’s people the way and of course Jesus, Jesus leading the procession. It is this great cloud of witnesses

that have pointed us to Jesus and encourages us to follow.

It is some years ago now si nce I di scovered t hat churches are haunted, not in a bad way mind you but in a good way. The Church I served in Bardstown, Kentucky back in the 1980’s was an old church. The Sanctuary was from the early 1800’s and it still had the old wooden pews, not cushioned, just hard wooden pews.

When I arrived there, I noticed that about two-thirds of the way back on the left side, just to the right of center on one of the pews, was a single cushion. It was obviously a cushion someone had brought in to sit on during church.

I also noticed that no one sat there. Sunday after Sunday no one sat on or even near the cushion. It struck me as odd. After a while, I asked someone about it. “Oh,� they said, “that’s Miss Malvina’s cushion.� “I don’t believe that I have met Miss Malvina yet,� I said. “ Hope you don’t� the man quipped, “Miss Malvina has been dead for 10 years.

Miss Malvina was long dead but her cushion was still in church, no one had bothered it, no one had removed it and no one had commandeered it. Miss Malvina’s cushion was still there and so in some since so was Miss Malvina.

Her Spirit and, as I learned later, the spirit of many others from the church’s past

Food pantry open The Christian Community Caring Center distributes food locally to those in need.

We are generously supported by local churches, businesses, and the private sector.

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

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

still hung about the place.

Just imagine if the pews of your church could talk, if the walls and the rafters, the pulpit and communion table found voice, what stories they could tell. What a witness they could give.

They would sing the songs of the saints of old, how they strived to follow Christ, how they laid aside “every weight� and barrier to follow Jesus more faithfully.

We would hear of their triumphs, of their struggles, too, but of how they overcame them to be more faithful and true. We would hear of their ministries and missions, of their service and outreach of their perseverance in the way of Faith in JesusCChrist.

Most of them still linger

about the churches that they once inhabited, your church and mine holy ghosts if you will, haunting their familiar places with the faith that held them so true in life.

Their stories still stir us.

Their witness still calls us and their inspiration still sends us. They are the great cloud of witnesses, our cloud of witnesses. We stand on their shoulders.

May we who follow become faithful to the future as they were faithful for us in the past. May we go forth now, looking to Jesus as we forge a new way, a new future, a new vision of serviced and ministry in our age, walking as they did in the footsteps of Jesus.

Youth night at Burgaw Holiness PFWB Yout h night is back at Burgaw Holiness P.F.W.B. Church, 416 W. Bridgers St. every Friday from 7-9 p.m. in the Gathering Place.

Come hear the Word of God

and have fun.

There will be music, pool tables, air hockey, foosball, darts and ping-pong. All youth are welcome to attend.

Bread giveaway at Herring’s Chapel UMC Herring’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 1697 Herring’s Chapel Rd., Burgaw, has a free bread giveaway every Saturday from 10 a.m.

until noon.

Most all types of bread from white to multigrain to hamburger and hotdog buns are available.

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1730 US Hwy. 117 N. • Burgaw, NC 28425 910-259-3046 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m. www.fcbcb.org

ST. M ARY’S CHURCH

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BURGAW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

200 E. Fremont St. • Burgaw, NC 28425

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

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Church Directory

corner of Fremont & Wright Street (Courthouse Square) Burgaw, N.C. • 910-619-8063

Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

311 S. Campbell St. Burgaw, NC 910.259.6007

FAITH HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

BURGAW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

CENTERVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH

18577 NC 53 E, Kelly, NC • 910-669-2488

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

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

CURRIE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH

28396 Hwy. 210 W. • Currie (1/2 mile from Moores Creek Battlefield)

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday: 7 p.m.

WATHA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

160 Camp Kirkwood Road, Watha, NC

910-470-4436

Pastor John Fedoronko

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ROCKY POINT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WESTVIEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH located at the intersection of Hyw. 117 & 210 Pastor Mark Murphyw 5610 Hwy. 53 W • Burgaw, NC 28425 (Across from Pender High) Services: Sunday at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Bible Study: Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Pastor Judy Jeremias Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. www.RPUMC.org

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

MISSION BAPTIST CHURCH

CALVARY CHAPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

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

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

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

607 S. Walker Street • Burgaw, NC 28425

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JORDANS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.

MOORES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

3107 Union Chapel Rd. • Currie, NC 28435

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

Wednesday Prayer Service & Children’s Bible Study: 7:00 p.m.

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CATHOLIC CHURCH

1303 Hwy. 117 • Burgaw, NC • 910-259-2601

Rev. Roger Malonda Nyimi, Pastor Sunday: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. Mass Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. Mass Thursday 8:30 a.m. Mass

CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP (CF2) 10509 US Hwy. 117 S. Rocky Point Business Park Rocky Point, NC • 910-232-7759

www.CF2.us Worship Hours: Sunday Morning, 11 a.m.

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

ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC CHURCH

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

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

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

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

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FAMILY PLANNING

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family PLANNING

Pender County Health Department Family Planning Program

PHYSICAL EXAMS • Including PAP Smears and Breast Exams • Birth Control Supplies • Limited Fertility Consultation • Immunizations • Education • STD & HIV Screenings • Health Maintenance • Pregnancy Testing

Call Today for an Appointment (910) 259-1230

PAS-TRAN Transportation is not just for seniors. Any Pender County resident 18 years of age or older may ride PAS-TRAN transit system.

Pender Adult Services Transportation (PAS-TRAN) 901 S. Walker St., Burgaw, NC 910-259-9119, press 1 www.penderpas.com