Lincoln County intersection improvements require weeklong closure

DENVER – A Lincoln County intersection will close to through traffic next week to accelerate an improvement project for drivers.

Contract crews closed

N. Pilot Knob Road/Hag- er’s Ferry Road/N.C. 16 Business at 8 a.m., Monday, July 17, and it will remain closed until 6 a.m., Friday, July 21.

In a media release last week, N.C. Department of Transportation officials

Legal Notice

Notice To Creditors

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Carl Jeffrey Crook of Gaston County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of October, 2023 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 19th day of July, 2023.

Personal Representative:

Eddy Ivester

Attorney for the Estate and Personal Representative:

Timothy H. Wallace

KING LAW OFFICES, PC

201 West Main St. Lincolnton, NC 28092

CE (7/19, 26, 8/02 & 09/2023)

Legal Notice

State Of North Carolina County Of Gaston

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS

Having qualified on 7th of June, 2023 as Executrix of the Estate of SOLOMON LEE WILLIS, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned, Beth Plotts, Executrix on or before the 28th of September, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to said estate to please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 28th day of June, 2023.

Beth Plotts, Executrix

Estate of: Solomon Lee Willis

51 Adudbon Dr Asheville, NC 28804

Counsel for the Estate

McINTYRE ELDER LAW

233 E. Graham St. Shelby, NC 28150 CE (6/28, 7/05, 12 & 19/2023) made the decision to implement a short-term closure instead of daily lane closures to minimize impacts to drivers.

“Even though a closure is an immediate impact to the local traffic, the amount of work accomplished during this closure would potentially reduce the number of lane closures needed to accomplish the same work,” said Eric Conner, NCDOT Resident Engineer for Division 12.

During the closure, contract crews installed, and will install, storm drainage, perform asphalt paving, and place material for turn lanes, curb and gutter. Depending on progress, additional utility work may be completed during the closure. The work completed in this time frame would reduce the number of daily lane closures and future traffic impacts.

Traffic was and will be detoured along Hager’s Ferry and N. Pilot Knob roads to N.C. 73 during the closure.

For real-time travel information, visit DriveNC. gov or follow NCDOT on social media my community while the Board of Education seeks a new superintendent is the right thing for me to do.”

Dr. Laws continued, “I am committed to supporting the Board of Education during the superintendent search process, and I am excited about meeting and engaging with our employees, students, and parents as we begin a new school year in August.” Laws, who lives in Gastonia, served as an associate professor of education at Gardner-Webb University prior to accepting the interim superintendent position. After 17 years in Gaston County Schools as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and central level administrator, Laws became the superintendent of Elkin City Schools in 1998. From 2003 until 2011, he served as superintendent of Wilkes County Schools, and after retiring, he began his work at Gardner-Webb.

Laws graduated from Wake Forest University with a bachelor’s degree in business, and from Winthrop College with a master’s degree in teaching/secondary education. Additionally, Laws obtained an education specialist degree in educational leadership from Winthrop College and a doctorate degree in educational leadership from Vanderbilt University.

Following his time as a classroom teacher, Laws worked as an assistant principal at Bessemer City High School and York Chester Junior High School. He served as the principal of Cramerton Junior High School, Southwest Junior High School, and North Gaston High School. He also worked in the school system’s human resources department as the personnel administrator and later as the executive director for human resources before going to Elkin City Schools.

Laws’ appointment to serve as interim superintendent was approved by the Board of Education in May. His monthly salary is $19,700, and he has committed to a six-month term as interim superintendent, thus giving the Board time to conduct the superintendent search process.

The North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA) is working with the Board of Education to facilitate a national search for Gaston County Schools’ next superintendent. The search process involves advertising the position, reviewing applications, arranging interviews, and eventually selecting a candidate for the superintendent job. It also includes receiving feedback from stakeholders.

The Superintendent Search Survey is available now until July 17 on the Gaston County Schools website homepage (www.gaston.k12.nc.us). Parents, employees, business/ civic leaders, and others in the community are encouraged to complete the survey to give input about what they would like to see in the person who is selected to be the new superintendent. It includes questions about the characteristics, experience, knowledge, and skills that the person chosen to lead the school system should possess. Laws is taking over the superintendency from W. Jeffrey Booker, Ed.D., who informed the Board of Education in April of his intention to complete his service to Gaston County Schools at the end of the school year and pursue a new career opportunity. Gaston College has announced that Dr. Booker is the college’s new Chief Operating Officer as of July 1.

Having qualified on

19th day

June, 2023 as Co-Executrices of the Estate of George Ambrus Martin aka George Ambers Martin, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned Co-Executrices on or before the 7th day of October, 2023 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment. This the 5th day of July, 2023.

Cynthia B. Patterson, Co-Executrix

1007 Jonathan Drive Bessemer City, NC 28016

Georgette Martin aka Georgette M. Rivers, Co-Exec

602 N. 14th Street Bessemer City, NC 28016

Regina M. Hedrick, Co-Executrix

904 N. 6th Street Bessemer City, NC 28016

C. Andrew Neisler, Jr, CLONINGER & NEISLER ATTYS

P.O. Box 515, 300 E. King Street Kings Mountain, NC 28086

CE (7/5, 7/12, 7/19 & 7/26/2023)