The City of High Point has calculated the cost to clean up PFAS to be $16.1 million.
Jamestown has not said what it will cost the town, but it is certain to be much lower as Jamestown owns only 2.5 percent of Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority while High Point owns 19 percent. High Point water customers would see a 2 percent increase in water and sewer rates to satisfy the cleanup costs. Nothing has been announced how the cleanup will affect the Town’s budget, which just went into effect July 1.
PTRWA operates the Randleman Lake and Reservoir and provides water to members High Point, Jamestown, Greensboro, Randleman, Archdale and Ran-
dolph County. Asheboro is considering joining. The Randleman Reservoir was created in 2004. It was designed to satisfy the drinking water needs of the greater Greensboro area for the next 50 years and provide recreational opportunity. But with the addition of Asheboro and the increasing development like the Toyota battery plant and Boom Supersonic, more water is needed be treated according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. PFAS, so-called “forever chemicals,” are a top priority.
PTRWA is planning an $85 million upgrade to its John F. Kime Water Treatment Plant to treat PFAS compounds from the Randleman Regional Reservoir so that the finished water is compliant with new federal limits. The reservoir has the potential to provide up
COMPILed By nORMa B. dennIs and CaROL BROOKs
NATIONAL DOG DAY
August 26 is National Dog Day. It is a good reminder for how people can help find loving homes for dogs in their communities. Members of the Best Friends Animal Society offer these suggestions:
Adopt a new best friend: Adopting helps save lives and reduce the demand for puppy mills or other inhumane commercial breeding facilities.
Spay and Neuter: This not only prevents future litters, it can directly decrease the number of pets entering shelters and reduce the risk of medical problems. Foster First: Fostering provides a pet with the space and time to decompress, while acclimating to life in a home. It comes at no cost to those opening their homes as shelter and rescue organizations usually cover expenses while a pet is fostered.
Give back: Shelter staff are spread thin. Walking dogs, cleaning kennels and doing laundry all help keep shelters running smoothly. Donating also helps. It doesn’t have to be monetary. Shelters need supplies like food, blankets, towels, and even old newspapers. Utilize social media: Shelters and rescue groups often post about dogs in need at their organization. Sharing these posts on social media channels, creates awareness that could help dogs find foster or adoptive homes.
GOLF OUTING
The Ragsdale Booster Club and the Stone Family invite you to participate in the 36th Annual Stone Open Golf Outing Sept. 14 at Jamestown Park Golf Course. This year’s format is a captain’s choice. Lunch provided after the round by Sheetz. Awards to the winning team, closest to the pin and longest drive. The cost to play is $95 per player or $380 per team of four. Sponsorships are available. Proceeds will benefit the Ragsdale Booster Club to support the athletic teams.
The registration deadline is Sept. 2. For more information, visit The Booster Club at https://www.facebook.com/ragsdaletigers.
to 54 million gallons of raw water a day, treated at the treatment plant, whose capacity is 14 million gallons a day, with build-out capacity to 48 million.
Since High Point and Jamestown, along with the four other groups, are all partners in PTRWA, they are required to pay their share of the upgrade.
At the Oct. 23, 2023 Jamestown Town Council meeting, Gregory Flory, executive director of PTRWA and the person who oversees the treatment plants gave a little insight.
“PTRWA is currently delivering 0.625 MGD of the Town’s water through Greensboro and High Point’s systems,” Flory said. “Ownership of the water transitions from PTRWA to other partners when it leaves our pump station. We still monitor water quality where it enters Jamestown’s
system on a weekly basis, though.”
Jamestown purchases some of its water from High Point. Water samples from the Arnold Koonce City Lake, which borders several Jamestown neighborhoods, and the city’s drinking water have indicated PFAS levels above federal limits, which is four parts per trillion.
The city’s Frank L. Ward Water Treatment Plant at Pendleton Street and Hwy. 311N reportedly is twice as large as the PTRWA’s, and it has been reported the cost would be $170 million to treat PFAS, according to Damon Dequenne, High Point assistant city manager. It has been reported that at least 2.5 million residents of North Carolina have PFAS-contaminated drinking water. Many water systems in the state have PFAS limits above federal limits, including Jamestown. Upgrades are neces-
sary to comply with these limits.
The City of High Point has filed a civil lawsuit against certain chemical companies it claims are responsible for the “forever chemicals” found in its water. These chemicals do not break down in the environment causing many health risks.
The suit was filed in May and is now in federal court. It names as defendants 3M, DuPont and other manufacturers. High Point is just one of several municipalities in litigation against DuPont and 3M. Public water systems have until 2027 to complete initial monitoring and must inform the public of the determined PFAS levels. If the levels exceed the EPA’s limits, utilities have to reduce them by 2029. If the deadline passes without any action on the rules, taxpayers will see even higher water utility rates than currently.
Church food pantry expands over time
By nORMa B. dennIs
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God’s work, our hands
For David Wilson the food pantry at Lutheran Church of Our Father was more than a church project. It was somewhat of a personal mission. Whenever he saw food getting low on the shelves, he would drive to the grocery store and fill his car with a variety of items to make sure there was plenty of food to share with those in need.
When Wilson passed away in 2019 at the age of 50, someone told his sister, Cindy Baggett, “Without David I don’t know how (the food pantry) is going to make it.”
Baggett conducted a Facebook fundraiser for the pantry in David’s name, raising $4,100. Because of his impact on the pantry, volunteers decided to honor David by naming it after him. Thus the long-standing Lutheran church food pantry became the David Wilson Food Pantry.
“David also helped those in need in other ways,” Baggett said. “That was how he was — it was an extension of him.”
The Wilson family has long been associated with the Lutheran Church of Our
effort to help those in need. In the early 1980s, the church’s leader Pastor Steve Ehlers realized a need to nourish people’s bodies as well as their souls. When Tom and Helen Wilson, David’s parents, bought a combination grocery store, florist shop and gas station on the corner of Groome-
The building used for worship when Lutheran Church of Our Father first started was originally a mechanic’s garage. It was later called God’s Garage and is currently used as the distribution center for the david Wilson Food Pantry. see FOOd, PAGe 2
Village Fair crafters and vendors wanted
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The 20th annual Village Fair will return to Mendenhall Homeplace on Sept. 21.
The fun-filled event is a great opportunity for children, as well as adults, to learn how people lived and worked many years ago. The Richard Mendenhall homeplace, 603 W. Main St., is 213 years old and many of the crafts that will be on display were familiar to the Mendenhall family. Several heritage trade exhibitors will be in period attire. Heritage trades include spinning, quilting, blacksmithing and farming.
If you would like to participate as a heritage trade exhibitor, craft vendor, storyteller or musician, contact Shawn Rog-
experience history through the eyes of others
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ers, director, at 336-454-3819. Food vendors and animals such as sheep, llamas, etc. are also needed. Sponsorships are also available for this event, presented by the Historic Jamestown Society.
Contact Rogers for information. Historic Jamestown Society is committed to sharing the rich history and heritage of the community. The community’s support will enable further preservation efforts and programming.
If the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child,” is true the Oakdale community could be a prime example of such a village and Elizabeth Scott Teague Greeson an example of such an upbringing. Greeson, who was born in the early 1960s, grew up in that community. She met her husband there, they married at Oakdale United Methodist Church and attended that church as they raised their family.
“When the church merged with Jamestown United Methodist, I was the last trustee to oversee the Oakdale church property before it
presentations at Jamestown Public Library. see HIsTORy, PAGe 2
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david Wilson was dedicated to helping others.
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Current volunteers at the Lutheran Church of Our Father david Wilson Food Pantry include, left to right, standing — Mark Failla, Jerry Gregson, Jose Lopez, Louise Palermo, Ron Joyner, Linda Maiden, Judy Joyner, Joe Holder, donna Hoekstra and Bob Hoekstra; seated — Lori Failla, donna anthony, Melody Inglesby, Tammie Craig, susan Wilson-Clark, and Tammy Campbell.
elizabeth Greeson will bring the history of the Oakdale community to life as she shares details about its past during the first in a new series of history
Photo courtesy Historic Jamestown Society spinning is a heritage trade still enjoyed by many.
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was sold,” Greeson said. “I have fond memories of the people and that area.”
Greeson will be the keynote speaker at the first of a series of local history programs beginning Sept. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jamestown Public Library. Not only will she share insights from her childhood, but she has numerous photographs and artifacts from the old mill, the community and the church.
Greeson, whose preservation of the history of the Oakdale community recently earned her a spot in the long line of Mary Browning Historic Preservation Award winners, shares her life in the Oakdale community with candor and enthusiasm.
“That community is the reason I am the person I am today,” Greeson declares. “My daddy died when I was 7 years old and the people in Oakdale, my church family at Oakdale United Methodist and the people of Jamestown helped raise me.
“Oakdale was a close-knit community. Everyone was safe and looked after all the children while parents worked on different shifts at Oakdale Cotton Mill. They were a people of faith and strong work ethics.”
Learn what life was like for a
town and Wayne roads, Pastor Ehlers would assess someone’s need and send them to get $5 or $10 in food or gas at the Wilsons' store.
“My mother told me the pastor would call her and say someone was on the way to the store and to charge what they got and he would pay for it later,” Baggett said.
It is believed the money came from the church’s discretionary funds or the pastor’s own pocket.
In the 1990s, the Social Ministry committee at Lutheran Church of Our Father adopted the food pantry as part of its program. A supply room across from the church offices was used to store food.
At that time, Pastor Bernie Hess was asked what to do with food that might soon expire.
“Give it all away and the
child growing up in this tiny hamlet to the south of Jamestown’s Main Street. Travel back to this time and place through the eyes of a child and young woman who roamed its streets, visited neighbors and found love among its people.
Friends of the Jamestown Library and members of the Historic Jamestown Society program committee are hosting the history series, which are currently scheduled for the first Thursday in September and October. Look for more to come as history unfolds in the computer room behind the checkout desk at the Jamestown Public Library, 200 W. Main St.
Local history brought to life
Alth ough we cannot personally experience every aspect of history, we can see it vividly through the eyewitness accounts of others and through careful documentation of events.
Learn about local history on the first Thursday of September and October during special programs at the Jamestown Public Library. The first program will be held Sept. 5 at 6:30 p.m. See topic above. The community is invited and admission is free.
Watch for information about upcoming programs.
The five loaves and two fishes that Jesus used to feed more than 5,000 people represents how any amount that is donated can go
pantry will never be empty,” he said.
His statement proved to be prophetic. Much like the widow in the Bible who miraculously found enough flour and oil in her jar each day during the famine to feed herself, her son, and the prophet Elijah, the food pantry never completely ran out of food during those years.
Lutheran Church of Our Father became part of an alliance called Greensboro Interfaith Hospitality Network to help families in need until they could find housing. The families would rotate among the 12 churches every quarter, living for one week at each church. Each morning they would eat breakfast at the host church, then be driven to a house owned by First Presbyterian Church for the rest of the day. While at Lutheran Church of Our Father, families stayed in what was called God’s Garage, a cement block building at the back of the church property. It had originally been a mechanic’s garage and was the first building in which the church congregation began to worship.
In the late 1990s, the church built a new sanctuary and the old one became
Letter to the Editor
Editors note: This letter is running as it was submitted.
Jamestown Citizens have continued to request the Town respond publicly to the growing frustrations and lack of information regarding the manner of site preparation by DR HORTON at the Johnson farm. The Town has responsibility to “manage” the process and has “stated privately” that there are procedures’ are in place but they will not state publicly what or how this is being managed. The public is frustrated that no effort has been made to “save any mature trees” We understand this type of devastation will continue along Guilford College Rd. Even the existing maturing tree line will not be saved. The Town will not answer the question on how or what can be done to reduce this clearcutting.
The latest is a “public hearing announcement” Please note: the day is incorrect in the announcement and should read TUESDAY AUGUST 20. this is regarding the construction of brick sidewalks. The expenditure is allocated to be paid for using Federal
ARPA funds. The question for voters- should be; Are these funds being properly appropriated for use in sidewalk construction ? Or are the funds supposed to be allotted for Storm water remediation?
The second question; Is the Town using the funds in the most cost efficient manner; would a cement/concrete sidewalk-at this location be more economical than a brick sidewalk? Would a sidewalk, at this location be better served with a wider 4’ cement sidewalk to better accommodate handicap and bicycle use ? Or would the more cost efficient concrete sidewalk allow the Town to avoid raising fees for youth soccer and baseball leagues and actually provide more resources to fund the youth sports programs?
Should this sidewalk money be more correctly appropriated to storm water repairs/upgrades and be used to offset the need for a pending tax increase for these scheduled repairs ?
Don’t the voters deserve clear public response to questions like these?
— TJ Cullen
the fellowship hall equipped with shelves, closets and a large pantry for food donations. The pantry was open once a week to provide groceries to help others. Barbara Ritchie headed the program.
Mary Porter, assisted by Grace Holyfield, later took over responsibility for the food pantry. They served 16-20 people each week, several of them homeless.
The pantry was never a budget item, but relied on donations from church members like David Wilson, other local churches, and a monthly fundraiser where cinnamon rolls and coffee were sold on Sunday morning before the worship service started. The youth group was also instrumental in holding food drives and fundraisers to add supplies to the food pantry.
When the larder was low, food always seemed to find its way into the pantry. Due to an increase in the number of patrons in 2019 a decision was made to set
up tables in the fellowship hall. Patrons could “shop” for their own groceries from those tables and from the display shelves.
David’s passing had left a void in the amount of food donated, but the number of people who needed help continued to increase.
The solution came in the form of a partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank, which provided food for people who qualified financially for TEFAP (Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program). Church members Eric and Erin Stevie volunteered to transport truckloads of food from the Second Harvest Food Bank in Winston-Salem to the church.
The Covid pandemic saw an even greater increase in needs within the community. The food pantry was moved to God’s Garage. It was only closed for two weeks before opening again as a drive-through operation.
“People still needed to
eat,” Baggett said. “When everything else was closing down, the food pantry remained open. We had things we got from the Second Harvest Food Bank that the grocery stores ran out of.”
The number of volunteers and the man-hours involved have made the David Wilson Food Pantry the primary outreach ministry of Lutheran Church of Our Father. It currently serves hundreds of people with tons of food each month. It is open the first and third Monday from 4:30-6:30 p.m. and the first and third Wednesday from 8:30-11:30 a.m. People can come once a month to get food items and other household supplies. There is also fresh food when available.
In addition to getting 70-75 percent of the food from the Second Harvest Food Bank, the pantry continues to receive donations from area churches, organizations and individuals.
A statement from the 2023 end-of-year report to the church noted that figures demonstrate the Holy Spirit continues to work in this community of saints.
Grace Titzer, who recently compiled a complete history about the food pantry, totally agrees.
To donate to the program, make checks to Lutheran Church of Our Father with the words “food pantry” on the notation line and mail to the church at 3304 Groometown Road, Greensboro, NC 27407. Monetary donations, shelf-stable items or fresh food may be brought to the church weekdays between 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Call the church at 336-299-2035 before coming.
Volunteers gather in God’s Garage to pack boxes of food to give away during the church’s four monthly food distributions.
NOTICE OF SALE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION COUNTY OF GUILFORD
Before the Clerk 23 SP 1853
In the Matter of the Foreclosure of the Deed of Trust executed by Leroy and Mary Abbott, Grantor,
To: Nicholas K. Blackwood, Substitute Trustee.
Deed of Trust dated January 21, 2010 and Recorded in Book 7094, Page 1227 in the Guilford County Registry
Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust; that certain Substitution of Trustee recorded on December 4, 2023, in Book 8784, Page 838, of the Guilford County Public Registry; by that Order of the Clerk of Superior Court of Guilford County entered on May 11, 2024, following a hearing pursuant to the provisions of Article 2A of Chapter 45 of the North Carolina indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale to the highest bidder at the area designated for public sales at the Guilford County Courthouse, 201 S. Eugene St., Greensboro, NC 27401, on AUGUST 28, 2024 AT 10:00 A.M. the real estate located in Guilford County, North Carolina commonly referred to as 603 Sedalia Road, Sedalia, NC 27342 and being more particularly described as follows (the “Property”):
BEGINNING at a stone corner with D.L. Morgan’s line North 01 degrees 45 minutes East 763.2 feet to a stake corner with J.D. Oldham – D.P. Clapp’s; thence South 88 degrees 15 minutes East 1399 feet to a stake corner of said Oldham-Clapp and Riley Totten; thence South 04 degrees 25 minutes West 825 feet to a stake corner with said Totten and Caroline May’s; thence with said May’s North 85 degrees 00 minutes West 737.5 feet to a stone; thence with said Oldham-Clapp’s line North 86 degrees 54 minutes West 626.4 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 25 acres, more or less, SAVE AND EXCEPT that portion of land conveyed by deed recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Guilford County, North Carolina; AND SAVE AND EXCEPT that portion of land conveyed by deed recorded in Deed Book 4940, Page 728, to James R. Butler, Sr., in the office of the Register of Deeds of Guilford County, North Carolina; AND SAVE AND EXCEPT that portion of land conveyed by Timber Deed recorded in Deed Book 6584, Page 2980, to Piedmont Land & Timber, Inc., in the office of the Register of Deeds of Guilford County, North Carolina.
The record owner(s) of the Property as reflected in the records of the Guilford County Public Registry not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this Notice is/are: Nicholas Noble and Danielle Noble. The highest bidder at the sale will be required to make a cash deposit with the Substitute Trustee of up to five percent (5%) of the bid, or $750.00, whichever is greater, at the time the bid is accepted. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the remaining balance of the successful bid amount in cash or certified funds at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to such bidder, or attempts to deliver to such bidder, a deed for the Property. Should such successful bidder fail to pay the full balance of the successful bid at the time, that bidder shall remain liable on the bid as provide by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-21.30.
The Property is being sold subject to all prior and superior: (i) deeds of trust, (ii) liens, (iii) unpaid taxes, (iv) restrictions, (v) easements, (vi) assessments, (vii) leases, and (viii) other matters, if any, which, as a matter of law, survive the foreclosure of the Deed of Trust, provided that the inclusion of this clause in this Notice of Sale shall not be deemed to validate or otherwise give effect to any such matter or other right which, as a matter of law, does not survive the foreclosure of the Deed of Trust.
The Property is being sold “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Substitute Trustee, Holder, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, or authorized agents or representatives of either Substitute Trustee or Holder make any warranty relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment, or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the Property and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way related to such conditions are expressly disclaimed.
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD
TENANTS: An order for possession of the Property may be issued pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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 this notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of the termination to the landlord to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
The sale will be reported to the Court and will remain open for advance or upset bids for
LEGAL NOTICES
a period of ten (10) days. If no advance bids are filed with the Clerk of Court, the sale will be confirmed.
This the 30th day of July, 2024.
Nicholas K. Blackwood, Substitute Trustee
N.C. State Bar No. 56275 Isaacson Sheridan 804 Green Valley Road, Suite 200 Greensboro, NC 27408
nick@isaacsonsheridan.com Aug. 14, 21, 2024 (1672) paid
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE OF REAL ESTATE NORTH CAROLINA - GUILFORD COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK 24SP001891-400
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Vinson & Albright Properties, LLC to Stephen D. Lowry, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of June, 2022, and recorded in Book 8634, Page 522, in Guilford County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Guilford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse, West Door U-G Level in the City of Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 A.M. on September 3, 2024 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the City of Greensboro, in the County of Guilford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Parcel A:
BEGINNING at a new iron pin in the western right-of-way line of Pearson Street, said pin being at the corner of Ruby Marie Blount located south 02° 58’ West 95.67 feet from the southwestern intersection of Broad Street and Pearson Street thence with the western right-of-way line of Pearson Street south 02° 58’ West 50 feet to an existing iron pin; thence with the Betty R. Jamison line north 87° 57’ West 155.18 feet to a new iron pin; thence a new line north 02° 58’ East 52.03 feet to a new iron pin, a corner with James O. Boler; thence south 87° 12’ East 155.16 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, same being Tract A as shown on a survey by Marvin L. Borum and Associate attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. This property also being known as 1208 Pearson Street.
This property was conveyed to Granter and Grantee by Deed recorded in Book 3649, beginning at Page 2241, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Guilford County, North Carolina.
Parcel B:
BEGINNING at a new iron pin, James O. Boler’s southwest corner, said pin being located south 02° 58’ West 95.67 feet and north 87° 12’ West 155.16 feet from the southwest intersection of Broad street and Pearson Street; thence from said BEGINNING point south 02° 58’ West 52.03 feet to a point in the line of Wanda H. Oden; thence with Oden’s line north 87° 57’ West 35.63 feet to an existing iron pin; thence with the line of Miracle Revival Fellowship north 04° 18’ west crossing a new iron pin at 52.91 feet, a total distance of 68 feet to a new iron pin; thence with Miracle Revival Fellowship’s line south 89° 30’ east 44.56 feet to a new iron pin in the Boler line; thence with Boler south 02° 58’ West 16.77 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, the same consisting of parcels B and C as shown on the survey of Marvin L. Borum and Associates which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
This property was conveyed to Granter and Grantee by Deed recorded in Book 3659, beginning at Page 1806, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Guilford County, North Carolina.
This conveyance is made together with all of Grantor’s rights in and to a 10 foot driveway along the northern boundary line of the property described in Deed Book 3623, Page 2244, and Deed Book 1023, Page 601, Guilford County Registry, which driveway is an appurtenant easement, but not subject to the warranties set out in this deed.
Together with improvements thereon, said property located at 1208 Pearson Street, Greensboro, NC 27406-2404
Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.
Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).
The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and
all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.
A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property
An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.
Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination.
Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC.
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE
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Charlotte, North Carolina 28210
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Aug. 21, 28, 2024
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL ESTATE NORTH CAROLINA - GUILFORD COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK 24SP001989-400
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mark Donald Patraw aka Mark D. Patraw (deceased) (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Mark D. Patraw, Heirs of Mark D. Patraw a/k/a Mark Donald Patraw: Shelba Patraw) to BB&T Collateral Service Corporation, Trustee(s), dated October 20, 2004, and recorded in Book No. 6195, at Page 2227 in Guilford County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the promissory note secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds Guilford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse, West Door U-G Level in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 10:00 AM on September 3, 2024 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in Greensboro in the County of Guilford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain of parcel land lying and being situated in the County of GUILFORD, State of NC, to-wit:
Those certain premises comprising a portion of Charlestowne Square Condominium having been established in chapter 47-A of the North Carolina General Statutes (Unit Ownership Act) and the Declaration of Condominium, dated February 28, 1985 and recorded March 14, 1985 in Book 2432, Page 1816; as amended by amendment to declaration dated April 12, 1985 and recorded July 3, 1985 in Book 3449, Page 1538; and as amended by amendment to declaration dated September 25, 1985 and recorded October 11, 1985 in Book 3465, Page 2116; and as amended by amendment to declaration dated January 16, 1986 and recorded January 24, 1986 in Book 3483, Page 1697; and as amended by amendment to declaration dated April 3, 1986 and recorded April 14, 1986 in Book 3497, Page 99 and as amended by amendment to declaration dated April 3, 1986 and recorded May 19, 1986 in Book 3503, at Page 1565, and as amended by amendment to declaration dated June 13, 1986 and recorded July 2, 1986 in Book 3513, Page 1557; and as amended by amendment to declaration dated June 26, 1936 and recorded August 1, 1986 in Book 3520, Page 1237; and as amended by amendment to declaration dated June 26, 1986 and recorded August 1, 1986 in Book 3520, Page 1246, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Guilford County, North Carolina (the “Declaration”), the premises hereby conveyed being more particularly described as follows: 1. Unit No. 152, in Phase IV-A of Charlestowne Square Condominium (the “Unit”), as described in the declaration and as shown on the plan of Condominium which is recorded in condominium Plat Book 3, Pages 95-95, Guildford County Registry; 2. A .5556
percentage undivided interest appurtenant to the unit in all common areas and facilities of the Condominium, including buildings and the improvements on the land described in the declaration and as show on the plan of Condominium for Phase I-A recorded in condominium Plat Book 3, Pages 1-2; on the Phase I-B plan of Condominium recorded in Condominium Plat Book 3, Pages 3-4; on the Phase I-C plan of Condominium recorded in Condominium Plat Book 3, Pages 23-24; on the Phase II-A plan of Condominium recorded in Condominium recorded in Condominium Plat Book 3, Pages 44-45; on the Phase II-C plan of Condominium as recorded in Condominium Plat Book 3, Pages 62-63; on Phase III-A plan of Condominium recorded in Condominium Plat Book 3, Pages 78-79, on Phase III-B plan of Condominium recorded in Condominium Plat Book 3, Pages 84-85; on Phase III-C plan of Condominium recorded in Condominium Plat Book 3, Pages 87-88; on Phase IV-A plan of Condominium recorded in Condominium Plat Book 3 94-95; On Phase IV -B Plat of Condominium recorded in Condominium Plat Book 3, Pages 96-97, all in the Guilford County Registry; together with the right of ingress to and egress from said property. , from said property and the right to use, for all purposes, in common with the grantor its successors and assigns, and all other occupants from time to time, any and all portions of Charlestowne Square Condominium, designated by the declaration as “Common Areas and Facilities”. Including the Unit located thereon; said unit being located at 5653 Hornaday Road Unit D, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Tax Map Reference: 659-1-152
Being that parcel of land conveyed to MARK DONALD PATRAW (UNMARRIED) from JOHN A. BUTTON AND WIFE, MARGARET A. BUTTON by that deed dated 10/29/2003 and recorded 10/29/2003 in deed book 4133, at page 1752 of the GUILFORD County, NC Public Registry. Re-recorded 12/14/1993 in Book 4151, at Page 1267. Re-recorded to CORRECT LEGAL
Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.
Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).
The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or prior encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.
A deposit of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
Additional Notice for Residential Property with Less than 15 rental units, including Single-Family Residential Real Property
An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die (R) — The fourth installment of the “Bad Boys” franchise is out now to rent on streaming, following its $398 million gross at the box office, and it seems that Will Smith gets to put an ugly chapter of his career behind him, thanks to the success of the film!
Of course, Smith couldn’t stage his comeback as Detective Mike Lowrey without Martin Lawrence, who reprises his role as his partner Detective Marcus Burnett. Alexander Ludwig (The Hunger Games), Paola Nunez (Resident Evil), and Vanessa Hudgens (Downtown Owl) round out the rest of the cast, whose characters’ quips are the strongest
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Strange But True
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• In 1939, George Bernard Dantzig, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, arrived late for a statistics class and copied the two problems on the blackboard, assuming they were the homework, then handed them in a few days later. Several weeks afterward, he was awakened by his professor’s excited knock at the door: The “homework” was actually unsolved problems in statistics that Dantzig had managed to prove.
• Since avocados never ripen on trees, farmers can use the trees as a way to store and keep the fruit fresh for up to seven months.
• Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa.
• It’s a sweetly romantic tradition for the post offices of Romeo, Michigan, and Juliette, Georgia, to offer a special dual postmark leading up to Valentine’s Day.
• As comedian Bob Hope lay on his
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England’s King Richard the Lionheart spent a mere six months of his 10-year reign in England, being there only briefly in 1189 and 1194.
At the end of 1914, when Russia was fighting in World War I, the country’s army had 6,553,000 men, but just 4,652,000 rifles.
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Babbling Brooks: A new kitty
By CaROL BROOKs
I am writing this with an orange tail in my face. It belongs to my new kitty, Scarper, adopted July 1 from the Guilford County Animal Shelter.
My previous cat, Jingles, passed away the day before Easter at age 19. I had her for 12 years. She was half of Scarper’s weight and had a “been there, done that, I’ll just take a nap” attitude. He’s 4 years old, so it takes getting used to having an underfoot jumper in the house. I’ve kicked him accidentally several times and he’s stepped on my feet many times.
Scarper was very scared on the way home from the shelter. He screamed the entire way, a sound that has now developed into more of a squeak. He managed to get out of the cardboard carrier I was given because I had planned to look at cats that day, not get one. Then he clawed open the carrier and stuck his head out, breathing hard. He may have been hot as well as scared.
I wasn’t looking for an orange cat but he was so handsome. His face looks like he was hit by a power puff, leaving it a lighter orange than the rest of his body, but with a little black thrown in.
He spent the first two weeks at home under the bed in the spare room, and then moved under my bed.
Abraham Lincoln’s cats
Secretary of State William H. Seward gave President Abraham Lincoln two kittens Tabby and Dixie who lived at the White House along with several strays.
According to https://historyfacts.com/famous-figures, Caleb Carman, one of Lincoln’s friends, “once said that Lincoln could ‘talk to [cats] for half an hour at a time.’ Lincoln himself, known for his sharp wit, once quipped that ‘Dixie is smarter than my whole Cabinet!’ And supposedly, the President was even distracted at the 1865 Siege of Petersburg during the Civil War due to the nearby meowing of kittens. But the anecdote that most cements Lincoln’s ailurophilia into history comes from his wife, Mary Todd. When asked if her husband had any hobbies, she had one simple reply: ‘Cats.’”
Now he stays and sleeps mostly in my bedroom, but not with me, just yet. He recently ventured out of the bedroom into the den (beside the kitchen where he learned his food originates). He discovered the big patio door and likes to lie down and watch the birds, bunnies, squirrels and chipmunks that I’ve been telling him about. His shelter name was
Gingerbread, but that didn’t work for me. I’ve always wanted to name a cat Scarper since I began hearing the word on the many British mystery shows I watch. To scarper means to get out of town before you get accused of something. The name fits this guy perfectly since he has lost his shyness and scarpers around the house. His nicknames are Bigfoot, the Scarp, Bar-
ney Rubbies (he likes to be rubbed) and Scarperoo.
Like most kitties, he loves the red laser light and feathers on a stick.
His mom must have taught him proper litter box protocol because he can take five minutes to cover up his mess. That is great, except when it wakes me in the middle of the night.
Other writer’s cats I’m not the only writer who loves cats. An article in the Smithsonian Magazine in 2017 implied Mark Twain liked cats better than people. “If man could be crossed
with the cat,” he once wrote, “it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
“Twain owned up to 19 cats at one time,” wrote Livius Drusus for ‘Mental Floss,’ all of whom he loved and respected far beyond whatever he may have felt about people. His cats all bore fantastical titles, among them Apollinaris, Beelzebub, Blatherskite, Buffalo Bill, Satan, Sin, Sour Mash, Tammany, Zoroaster, Soapy Sal and Pestilence.”
It is said that whenever Twain had to leave his Hartford, Conn., home he would rent replacement cats.
We are familiar with some of the names of the felines in the musical “Cats,” which is based on the 1939 poetry of T.S. Eliot in “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.” Just a few names from the poem and play are Alonzo, Asparagus (or Gus), Growltiger, Rum Tum Tugger, Grizabella, Bustopher Jones, Macavity, Rumpleteazer, Munkustrap, Old Deuteronomy and Skimbleshanks.
Novelist Ernest Hemingway had ailurophilia, or “love of cats,” so much that he left a clowder of sixtoed (polydactyl) kitties in Key West, Fla., where he lived. Many still live at the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West. Hemingway was given a white six-toed cat by a ship’s captain and some of the cats who live on the museum grounds are descendants of that original cat, Snow White. He tended to name his cats after famous people, including authors Zane Grey and Truman Capote, actors Marilyn Monroe and Cary Grant, President “Hairy” Truman, jazz artists Fats Waller and Billie Holiday, and mobster Bugsy Siegel. So, you can see Scarper is not as weird a name for a cat as it might seem, but I admit as a child I did have several cats with normal names. I remember Mike, who must have gone to the gym because he was all muscle. At the time, cats and dogs ran loose and Mike would leave home for several days before coming home all beaten up.
One day I was watching him in the yard when a German Shepherd took a couple of steps into the yard. He saw Mike and quickly ran away, obviously having encountered the cat before. I can only imagine him thinking, “Oh, THIS is where that mean cat lives!”
Photos by Carol Brooks
(Photo at left) amber-eyed scarper. (above) The carrier after scarper got home.
