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Cause of fire at King’s undetermined, but unsuspicious

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

The precise cause of the fire last Friday that gutted an aging Wrightsville Beach retail shop will remain unknown. King’s Beachwear was too dangerously damaged for investigators to thoroughly examine the scene. However, Wrightsville Beach Fire Department Chief Glen Rogers said the origin wasn’t suspicious, with the electrical system thought, but

not confirmed, to be the source of the threealarm fire. Rogers had been on the job just 11 days.

More than 50 firefighters were on the scene throughout Friday afternoon, Rogers said, with about half of them coming from the Wilmington or New Hanover County fire departments. The fire caused between Staff photo by Allison Potter $500,000 and $700,000 in damage to the Beachgoers watch firefighters try to control the flames at King’s Beachwear store Friday, April 29 in Wrightsville Beach. Above left: building, which was completely leveled by n See FIRE Page 5

Wrightsville Beach firefighters spray water on the north side of the building to calm the flames. Earlier, they pulled down the northfacing walls to better access the fire.

Volunteers City Council delays vote on Dockside parking King Neptune owners scan sand for turtle tracks

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

On May 1, Nancy Fahey, project coordinator for the Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project, began cruising the beach strand on a four-wheeler, scanning the sand for telltale signs of turtle nesting. Two weeks later, volunteers on foot will join her daily efforts. Fahey said the success of nesting season is still greatly influenced by the public.

Volunteers will start walking the beach every morning at sunrise from mid-May to the end of August, Fahey said, looking for turtle tracks or stranded turtles. She is already on the lookout for tracks

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

With defeat appearing imminent, the Wilmington City Council offered the Dockside restaurant owners the opportunity to delay a vote on their parking lot proposal in order to work more closely with neighbors and city staff to develop an alternative plan that wouldn’t require a zoning change. On the 7-0 vote Tuesday, May 3, the council postponed the hearing until September after giving the Dockside owners time to consider the offer to delay presented by Mayor Bill Saffo, who told them he sensed a defeat for the rezoning request.

The vote came after nearly two Staff photos by Allison Potter hours of presentations and testi- Dockside owner Lionel Yow, left, speaks in favor of and Dr. Brady Semmel speaks against a zoning change during mony on the project that would a Wilmington City Council meeting Tuesday, May 3. The change would allow the restaurant’s parking lot proposal n See DOCKSIDE Page 5

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Wrightsville Beach hotelier says HB 2 hurting tourism

By Terry Lane Staff writer

Blake Evans signs in for Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue lifeguard tryouts Saturday, April 30 near Crystal Pier. ~ Allison Potter

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As North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory went on national news shows including NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Fox’s “The Kelly File” and even the Charlotte studio of John Boy and Billy’ s syndicated radio show in defense of House Bill 2, members of the local travel industry said that the legislation was hurting business because of its impressions of discrimination and urged the state’s tourism coalition to take a stronger stand on the issue.

During an industry event Monday, Mary Baggett, owner of Wrightsville Beach’s Blockade Runner Beach Resort, said the state’s legislature needed to take immediate action to repeal the bill and that the N.C. State Tourism Coalition should be lobbying that message to the state’s General Assembly that is currently in session.

“We fought hard to become a destination state. Now it’s all undone,” Baggett said. “I hope your organization comes forth to rally us.”

The event at the Wilmington Convention Center was scheduled to recognize the industry’s “tourism week” and featured the executive director of the N.C. State Tourism & Travel Coalition, Kara Weishaar, who was questioned by Baggett and a few others at the event.

Weishaar told Baggett that the n See HB 2 Page 5

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could move to Buddy’s former location

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

Buddy’s Crab House and Oyster Bar vacated its Wrightsville Beach location just months ago, and the owners of another Wrightsville Beach landmark — King Neptune Restaurant — might soon take its place.

The Wrightsville Beach Planning Board voted unanimously May 3 to recommend the town grant a conditional use permit to the building’s new owner, Tom Kievit, to operate a full-service restaurant at the E. Salisbury Street location.

Kievit’s likely tenants are Danny and Earl McPherson, owners of nearby King Neptune Restaurant.

The McPhersons plan to run the new restaurant in addition to King Neptune, developing a “high-end, custom-made menu” with items like crème brulee French toast, fresh seafood from Motts Channel Seafood and oysters on the half shell.

“I know I’m creating competition for myself,” Danny McPherson admitted, “but I believe in trying to keep people on the island.”

During the public hearing, three residents spoke in favor of the proposal, saying a family restaurant would bring a much-needed upgrade to the Johnnie Mercer’s Pier area. Parmele Drive resident Kelly Burnett said she and many nearby residents at the northern end of the island have young kids, so such an establishment would fit the neighborhood’s character.

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A Day in the Country raises money for nonprofits

May 5–11, 2016

Wilmington strides toward cystic fibrosis cure

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

Staff photo by Alison Potter

J.B. Elkins, from left, Willis Brown, Bobby Harrelson and Doug Malone at the Harrelson Center annual fundraiser event at Gentile Plantation located in Atkinson, North Carolina, near Moores Creek Battlefield. Guests enjoyed a day in the country that included lunch and dinner, fishing, archery, skeet shooting and dog field trials. The event at Bobby Harrelson’s 875-acre private retreat for quail hunting raised $53,000 for its nonprofit partners which serve the community. The Harrelson Center is located in the former New Hanover County Law Enforcement Center and jail at 20 North Fourth Street, Wilmington. A portion of the 66,868-square-foot building has been renovated for office space and meeting rooms for nonprofit organizations, which pay below market rates. Tenants include: Philippians 3 Ministries, Recovery Resource Center, Communities in Schools, Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry (WARM), Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity and A Safe Place serving local sex trafficking victims.

Volunteers clean Wrightsville’s marshes

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

When volunteers rode paddleboards through Wrightsville Beach’s marshes April 30 to pick up trash, they expected to find aluminum cans and food wrappers — “the usual detritus from parties,” said Bonnie Monteleone, Plastic Ocean Project executive director. They did not expect to find an inner tube, a plastic dumpster, part of a boat and a 15-foot section of dock.

UNCW Plastic Ocean Project completes regular beach sweeps, but this was the first time they focused their efforts on the marshes. The cleanup was inspired by a similar organization from Ithaca, New York, called Plastic Tides, which uses paddleboarding

expeditions as a means to both collect trash and raise awareness of its harmful effects.

Plastic Tides’ founders, Christian Shaw and Gordon Middleton, were in Wilmington over the weekend helping with the cleanup and showing their new film, “The Canal,” about their 240-mile paddleboard journey from Ithaca to Albany to push for a statewide ban on plastic microbeads in cosmetics.

Plastic Tides and Plastic Ocean Project partnered with Wrightsville SUP to borrow paddleboards and kayaks to access trash collected in the island’s marshes.

Plastic Ocean Project’s mission is to keep plastic out of the ocean, and Monteleone said trash in the marsh is more likely to end up in

the ocean because, unlike trash on the beach, it cannot be easily picked up by beachgoers or volunteers.

Only an organized group of paddleboarders and kayakers would be capable of dragging such large items from the waterway, she added, and even with their numbers they still struggled to pull the dock back to shore. Luckily, she said, a boater stopped and helped them.

At first, the biggest items, like the inner tube and dumpster, present navigational hazards for boaters, Monteleone said. Then when sun and saltwater inevitably break them down into smaller pieces they become hazardous to marine life that might ingest them, or become entangled or entrapped.

While volunteers found most

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of the trash on the backside of Wrightsville Beach, Monteleone said it wasn’t necessarily generated on the island. Tides and currents could have carried it from the mainland.

She has completed similar cleanups on the spoil islands — the spits of sand between the mainland and the barrier island — and found items as out of place as a motorcycle helmet.

“I know that person didn’t drive it there,” she said.

Trash is continuously collecting on the spoil islands and in the marshes, Monteleone said, so she plans to make the paddleboard cleanup a regular outing for UNCW Plastic Ocean Project.

“I think we’ll try to incorporate this at least once a semester,” she said.

Paddling through the scenic waterways around Wrightsville Beach not only makes it possible to clean the marshes, said Arisa Yoon, a UNCW Plastic Ocean Project member, but it reminds volunteers why they should.

“When you’re out enjoying the water, you’re more likely to want to protect it,” she said.

Between 40 and 50 color-coordinated teams — some with more than 100 members — packed Mayfaire Town Center’s event field April 30. Dotted throughout the blocks of color were individuals wearing purple shirts with bold letters spelling “I Am A Fighter.”

At 10 a.m., the 1,000 participants started the 4-mile Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis, an annual event aimed at raising money to research cystic fibrosis, a disease that causes mucus buildup in the lungs. The local fundraising goal this year is $146,000, and one of the event’s organizers, Susan Wasserman, said she thinks they will reach it.

Each team raised money and participated in honor of, and usually alongside, an individual with CF, who was easy to spot during the event in a purple “Fighter” shirt. Meanwhile, team members wore matching shirts with team names like Ryan’s Hope, Christopher’s Fighters and Bennett’s Brigade.

The event, which is held at various locations across the United States, is one of the biggest fundraisers for the national nonprofit Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Wilmington has hosted a Great Strides walk every year for more than a decade, Wasserman said, and each year it has grown. In the early 2000s, when the event was held in Wrightsville Beach Park, it consisted of a few local families walking around the perimeter of the playground.

“It was more like a family reunion,” said Colette Odom, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation development director.

While this year’s event drew a much larger crowd, the family atmosphere endured.

“I love this event because of the vibe,” said Brian White, production director of sponsor Sunrise Broadcasting. “It’s so positive, everybody’s in such a great mood.”

The annual walk brings CF families together, and many of them are already well acquainted.

“We’ve met most of them in the hospital, to be honest,” said Annie Everett, whose 8-year-old son Gareth has cystic fibrosis.

Gareth spends about three months of the year in the hospital, she said, and the CF families support each other through those times. When she brings Gareth in for a more serious treatment, she always receives cards sent from CF families who are there for a routine check-up.

“We’re like family,” she said.

Jess Perkins is new to the family. Her 19-month-old son, Van, has cystic fibrosis. This was their second year walking in the Great Strides event, but by being part of Wrightsville Beach’s surfing community, they have participated in other events for individuals with CF, like the Mauli Ola Foundation’s Surf Experience Day. “The support is insane,” she said.

Lee Ann Wright echoed that sentiment. Four years ago, when she was pregnant with her son Christopher, she found out he would be born with cystic fibrosis. While she was still on maternity leave, her employer, Parkway Hyundai, organized a Great Strides team, and to date they’ve raised more than $40,000.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will put the money raised toward ongoing research efforts to find a cure, Wasserman said, and its national fundraising goal this year is $42 million.

Advocacy and support is also important, she added, but researching and finding a cure “is the only thing that’s really going to make things different.”

She explained their goal by citing one of the foundation’s slogans: “Money buys science, and science buys lives.” email emmy@luminanews.com

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Property tax increase part of New Hanover County staff budget plan

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

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During the Monday, May 2 New Hanover County Board of Commissioners meeting, county manager Chris Coudriet laid out the spending priorities in the proposed $317.7 million budget, a 3 percent increase over the prior year. He said the county budget needed approximately $16 million in new taxes to help pay for voter-approved spending

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Coudriet said the 5.5 cent raise in property taxes was considered as a means to address nearly $340 million in total debts from voter mandates, like upgrades to the park system and the construction of the Cape Fear Community College Humanities and Fine Arts Center.

“We are only asking for a tax increase to fund debt service from voter-approved bonds,” Coudriet said.

The board of commissioners will schedule work sessions to review the proposed budget, which would need to be approved by June 27 at the latest, Coudriet said.

“We have a lot to contemplate,” said county commissioner Skip Watkins, while commissioner Rob Zapple noted, “We have a ways to go on this.”

Meanwhile, the city proposed a $104 million budget that didn’t raise taxes. However, the budget plan presented during the Tuesday, May 3 Wilmington City Council meeting did lay out about $800,000 as a one-time strategic use of the city’s surplus fund to achieve the balance. The city budget included nearly $675,000 in new community safety spending, including funding for three additional police officers.

The Wilmington City Council will review and adopt the budget after a May 17 public hearing, a May 27 workshop and during the June 7 and June 21 council meetings. email terrylane@luminanews.com

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For The Record Question and photographs by Emmy Errante

Do you have any vacation or stay-cation plans for this summer?

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Kenny Steelman

Cameron Willis

“I’m going out west, maybe to California to visit a friend.”

“We’re just staying around here, going out on the boat.”

“We’re going down to Myrtle Beach for a weekend; otherwise just staying around here.”

“My wife is a Zumba instructor so I’m going to a Zumba convention in Orlando, Florida.”

“I’m home for the summer from ECU, so I’m just staying here.”

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Weekend Police Report Friday, April 29 Arrests • Stephen Blackburn was charged with possession of stolen property.

Citations • Judith Ramirez was cited for not having a driver’s license.

• Christopher King was cited for not having a driver’s license.

• John Tartaglione was cited for a stop sign violation.

Warnings • Austin Hutchison was warned for speeding.

• James Jacquot was warned for inspection violation.

Saturday, April 30 Citations • Katherine Lemley was cited for an overloaded vehicle and license restriction violation.

• Loretta Lynn Baker was cited for driving with a revoked license and stop sign violation.

• Keyante Scott was cited for red light and window tint violations.

• Jonathan Gordon was cited for speeding.

• Samuel Cook was cited for resisting a police officer.

• John Onoyeyan was cited for failing to carry a driver’s license.

• Robert Beaver was cited for open container.

• Mark Secrist was cited for open container.

• Mallory Mullins was cited for open container.

• John Babson was cited for impending traffic.

• Marshall Lanter was cited for alcohol violation.

• Samuel Cook was cited for human waste violation.

• Langon Abernathy was cited for impeding traffic.

Warnings • Hunter Joh was warned for expired registration.

• Kergan Thomann was warned for seat belt violation.

• Jessica Dartoozos was warned for seat belt violation.

• Alfred Shuler was warned for speeding.

• Tramane Barreett was warned for speeding.

• Nicholas Barnes was warned for brake light covers.

• Ahmed Soeb was warned for animals on the beach.

• Christopher Tripp was warned for animals on the beach.

• Alexandra King was warned for speeding.

• Alexander Clark was warned for speeding.

• Thomas Wilson III was warned for clinging to a motor vehicle.

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Town hires new assistant public works director

By Emmy Errante Staff Writer

Less than one month after naming building inspector Bill Squires as public works director, Wrightsville Beach has hired a new assistant public works director, once again promoting from within.

The town announced the hiring of Jonathan Babin as assistant public works director May 2, a position that has been vacant since Steve Dellies resigned last November.

Babin brings to his new role both public works experience and a rapport with Squires and the town’s residents.

He has worked in the town’s public works department for eight years, most recently as stormwater manager from 2012 to 2016. In that role, he ensured residents’ compliance with the town’s stormwater runoff regulations. He also worked closely with the N.C. Coastal Federation to engineer projects that collect or divert stormwater on town property.

The process of issuing stormwater and building permits caused him to work closely with Squires, building inspector at the time. That existing partnership will make for a smoother transition as they inhabit the top spots

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Wrightsville Beach announced the promotion of stormwater manager Jonathan Babin to assistant public works director.

in the public works department, Babin said.

“We’ve always worked hand in hand to get permitting done,” he said. “We were always in contact with each other, so it will be an easy transition.”

As stormwater manager, he also worked closely with the water and sewer division, he said, so he has a solid understanding of Wrightsville Beach’s infrastructure. Additionally, he has experience leading the public

works department, having served as interim public works director until the town hired Squires.

“It gave me an idea what they would want from me, and they thought I did a good enough job with that, that I could handle the

assistant director position,” he said.

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IMPORTANT DATES Thursday, May 5

Gunfire damages boat at Wrightsville Marina

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Wrightsville Beach police issued a citation to a Wilmington man April 28 after a round from the rifle he and his friend were firing near Motts Channel struck and damaged a boat at Wrightsville Marina.

Police cited Samuel Jarrell, 19, for damage to personal property after the incident at 3 p.m. Jarrell and a 20-year-old man were on a spoil island across from Motts Channel shooting at targets when a round ricocheted and struck the boat. Because the island is in county jurisdiction, police could only issue a citation and not charge under the town’s ordinance restricting gunfire.

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• Matthew Nobles was warned for clinging to a motor vehicle.

Sunday, May 1 Arrests • Ronnie Chisholm was charged with violation of probation.

• Christopher Upham was charged with making harassing phone calls and cyberstalking.

Citations • Jessica Dea Reedy was cited for speeding.

• Carolina Elvira Gilbert was cited for speeding.

• Nicholas Metcalfe was cited for simple possession.

• Joshua Jenness was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and expired registration.

• Blanchard Granville was cited for speeding.

• Christian Riley was cited for expired registration.

• Cameron Roletter was cited for speeding.

• Patrick Riley was cited for open container.

• Justin Phillippi was cited for open container.

Warnings • Victoria Gushard was warned for exceeding posted speeds on Waynick Boulevard.

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Editorial/Opinion My thoughts B y P at B r a d f o r d

I cannot help but think of my great state of North Carolina when reading about J. Dennis Hastert — the longest serving Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and now convicted felon and in the judges’ own words, serial child molester — being sentenced in a bank fraud case related to allegations that he sexually abused teenagers on the wrestling team he coached in Illinois.

Yet again a man of great authority is brought to justice after decades of getting away with sexual exploitation of children. Why did it take so long?

Reading about the outing of Hastert’s heinous acts committed so long ago, the innocent victims who have suffered all this time, the shock to his family, friends, the nation and those in the wrestling world, is numbing. Hastert was once the third-highest public official in our land.

When cases surface like those of Hastert and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse in 2012, plus the not infrequent allegations against clergy, my thoughts and prayers go again and again to the young men of Tabor City and the serious accusations of sexual exploitation of young teens by former North Carolina State Senator R.C. Soles Jr. that have lain dormant for years.

Explosive charges were made by at least three men, alleging that the prominent attorney abused them when they were teenagers. Such accusations have plagued the town of Tabor City for decades.

There are stories of cash payments in exchange for sex and/or silence, and gifts of homes and flashy cars that climaxed with the shooting of one young man at Soles’ 4,000-square-foot home, on two acres just outside the city limits.

A Columbus County grand jury indicted the then 75-year-old Soles in 2009 for felony assault with a deadly weapon and inflicting serious injury on Kyle Blackburn, then 22. Soles claimed he was acting in self-defense, saying Blackburn, a former legal client, and B.J. Wright, then 23, tried to kick in the front door to his house and would not leave the premises. A plea agreement dropped the charge to a misdemeanor and after payment of a mere $1,000 in court costs, Soles went back to his law practice and his seat in the North Carolina Senate.

Soles, a Democrat who represented the 8th district from 1977 to 2011 and served in the N.C. House from 1969 to 1976, did not run again when re-election time came.

In 2011 in a Tabor City police incident report, a 19-year-old complained that Soles had bitten him on the left bicep. No charges were filed.

Following a federal corruption investigation known as ColCor in 1983, Soles was indicted along with 34 other government officials for conspiracy, vote buying, perjury, extortion

and bribery but acquitted in a jury trial. Those charged included the then Brunswick County sheriff, the Shallotte and the Lake Waccamaw police chiefs, a former Columbus County commissioner, a District Court judge, a state representative, Lt. Governor Jimmy Green and Soles. Several went to prison.

A small, non-urban town is a challenging place to point a finger at a “great and powerful” man such as R.C. Soles Jr. — or a Jerry Sandusky or a Dennis Hastert — and make a claim of child molestation or even corruption.

In Tabor City, it has not been helpful to their credibility that many of the young men who made the accusations have not lived as model citizens themselves. The stories of their lives and how they intertwined, often violently, with Soles are nothing short of bizarre.

Even so, at least some have said the allegations are believable. Investigative reporting by WWAY, the Wilmington StarNews (“R.C.’s Boys,” June 2011) and the Carolina Journal cited experts who reviewed the testimonies of one or more of the young men and said they found them credible.

There is a Facebook page called Victims of RC Soles.

Whenever another dormant tale of serial molestation, rape and broken lives comes to light, I wonder what would have become of my life if there but for the grace of God, were I such a victim? I suspect I’d be pretty messed up, too.

Shame, guilt, humiliation, depression, bitterness, even hatred would surely have tried to take root to destroy my life. Alcohol and drugs are pain avoidance substances, one legal the other not. Life might become totally surreal, one great pretense.

If we are to believe that Soles is the philanthropist he has claimed to be, just trying to help out troubled teens, I cannot help but wonder why there has never been a story of a young woman legal client to whom Soles gave money and material goods. Why has it just been young men?

If the charges are true, as they were with Sandusky and Hastert, and a host of priests and bishops despite years of covering up the truth, what must life be like for the victims, left growing up in the hero’s home town, all the while knowing the dark truth, painfully cognizant of the extreme hypocrisy of it all?

When the accused is a highly regarded football coach, member of the clergy or influential politician, they all too often can be provided the benefit of the doubt. I have always wondered, in places like Tabor City, Yorkville, Illinois, and State College, Pennsylvania, how strong a relationship with the police chief, the county sheriff, the district attorney, the governor and the judiciary did one need to stay below the radar — and what, if any, role those relationships played in delaying justice for the victims?

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because the mild winter could spur the sea turtles to nest earlier than usual, she noted.

Despite the volunteers’ daily monitoring, it is often the beachgoers who come across turtle activity, from stranded turtles to nesting turtles and turtle tracks. In all cases, Fahey said, people should immediately call the sea turtle hotline: 252-241-7367.

The number connects to the statewide sea turtle monitoring program, which will then contact and dispatch volunteers locally to address the situation. Calling that number facilitates the quickest and most efficient response, Fahey said.

“They get the closest group to respond, depending on where it is,” she said. “That number is answered continuously so at any given time a caller should be able to reach someone.”

Fahey also encouraged fishermen who have accidentally hooked a turtle to call the hotline instead of cutting the turtle loose themselves.

Volunteers will make sure the lines and hooks are completely removed from the turtle and check the turtle for injuries.

Fishermen will not get in trouble for catching the turtle, Fahey said.

“There’s a lot of confusion about this. It’s called incidental catch, and that’s not something that you can get into legal trouble for,” she said.

When Fahey or other volunteers are dispatched to a possible nest, they rope it off so beachgoers won’t sit on it, or, “even more horrifically, drive an umbrella down into the nest cavity,” she said.

If they are responding to a stranded turtle, they capture and safely transport the animal to the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Surf City if it is sick or injured. If it is dead, they file a report with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and NOAA detailing the size and type of turtle, where it was found and what might have caused its death.

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board and residents, likening his proposed restaurant to a “Cheers” establishment “Where everybody knows your name.”

No one spoke in opposition to the proposed project, although McPherson addressed what he referred to as the elephant in the room — fears that his restaurant would eventually become a private club, as Buddy’s did.

Wrightsville Beach Police Chief Dan House detailed those concerns, noting that despite Buddy’s origins as a restaurant, over the past five years, his department received 178 complaints about the establishment related to alcohol and noise.

McPherson said with the prime location and lack of competition in

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coalition was still collecting information from its members around the state, though she said they have heard others describe negative impacts from the bill’s perception.

“We’re hearing this across the state,” Weishaar said. “We’re trying to understand the true impact of the bill.”

HB 2, passed in March in a special session of the state legislature, is mostly known for its overturning of a Charlotte ordinance passed in February that would allow transgender people to use either a men’s or women’s bathroom, depending on the gender with which they identify, while at the same time enacting legislation restricting use of bathrooms, locker rooms and showers on all state properties including government buildings, schools, college campuses and highway rest stops to the biological gender on the user’s birth certificate.

The legislation also addressed other local authority issues including preventing cities from enacting minimum wages higher than the state’s.

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Last summer, volunteers found four nests on Wrightsville Beach, and 11 false crawls — turtle tracks without a nest. Sometimes, Fahey said, false crawls occur because “they’re just trying to get a good location on the beach that they feel is ideal for the success of their nest.”

But other times it is because people approached the turtles and disturbed them, which, even if it is only out of curiosity, is illegal, Fahey said.

Last year’s ratio of false crawls to nests was higher than normal for Wrightsville Beach, she added, but much of that was due to one turtle in particular — a three-flippered turtle Fahey affectionately called Peggy.

The turtle is missing one of her rear flippers, a handicap she couldn’t overcome despite multiple tries. Volunteers’ efforts to walk the beach at night and find her were unsuccessful. Turtles typically nest every few years, Fahey said, so she hopes eventually Peggy will learn how to do it.

“They excavate their nests with their rear flippers, and she just didn’t seem to be able to figure out how to manage her disability. They can do it, they just have to figure out how,” Fahey said.

Other human distractions like streetlights can also affect nesting and hatching. Several streetlights near Wrightsville’s beach accesses caused problems previously, Fahey said, and she is concerned the problem could be exacerbated by the town’s ongoing transition to LED streetlights.

“If they’re even brighter, that’s going to be even more of a problem,” she said, adding that she plans to meet with town manager Tim Owens to find a compromise, like shielding the lights.

“There are ways for us to meet in the middle,” she said. “Protect the nesting turtles but also provide good lighting, a safety concern for humans.” email emmy@luminanews.com

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a backhoe on Friday evening as ladder trucks lit the scene and firemen continued to pour water on the smoldering remains.

The fire was first reported around noon over the telephone by an employee. By 2:30 p.m., fire crews from Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington were still battling the fire; the building was badly charred and the roof had collapsed.

The building owner, Cameron Keefer who lives on Crain Street, was alerted to the fire at 12:05 p.m.

by Seagull Street resident Wayne Bland. Keefer did not return calls for comment.

Bland said he first saw flames at 12:04 p.m.

“I was working on Fayetteville Street and when I saw the smoke, I came running,” he said.

Bland and other neighbors praised the quick response by the fire department.

“This was an example of people being prepared. They were here in less than five minutes,” Bland said.

The business owner, Yoav Kohavi, said he opened his shop at around 10 a.m. and “everything was fine.” An employee called him about two hours later to inform him of the fire. Police said there were two employees at the store.

“They walked out right away, as soon as they saw smoke,” Kohavi said.

He said that an electrical unit may be to blame for the fire at the 21 East Salisbury St. shop.

“I think it’s coming from the corner from the electrical panel,” Kohavi said.

Wrightsville Beach Police Chief Dan House said there was a smaller fire at the location two years ago and that the electrical system had been updated since then. A nearby resident told the Lumina News that they saw a crew working on the electrical unit earlier in the day.

The store sells T-shirts, beachwear, water toys and other souvenirs. Kohavi said that the shop had just gotten a new shipment about an hour earlier. The shipment probably just added to

the direct vicinity, he expects to do well enough during dinner hours that he won’t need a late-night business.

To further alleviate worries, the planning board set conditions on Kievit’s permit mandating the restaurant not serve customers later than 10 p.m. and, if the establishment should become a private club, the town could revoke the permit.

Providing adequate parking was another hurdle for Kievit and his team, but the planning board voted to grant the project a parking exception for 27 spaces given the amount of street parking in the area. The restaurant would likely attract mostly walk-up traffic, McPherson added.

The town’s fire department had safety concerns about the building itself, which is more than 75 years

old. Buddy’s only operated on the bottom floor because the top floor wasn’t structurally secure, project manager Cameron Zurbruegg said, and the project’s architect, David Lisle, admitted when he walked to the second floor he “stepped through a couple holes.”

Lisle plans to make extensive renovations inside, including adding air conditioning and heating and putting in new electrical wiring and windows. He also reduced the bar by about 60 percent, he said, to make room for a small dining space.

The next step for Kievit and his team is earning final approval from the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen, which will consider the permit request at its May 12 meeting.

The bill has sparked outcry and boycotts for its perceptions of discrimination against the gay, lesbian and transgender community.

Baggett described an email she received from a family from Massachusetts traveling through the region who had planned a stay at the Blockade Runner.

The family will now be staying in the “more progressive state of South Carolina,” said Baggett, referencing the email cancelling the four-night booking, because they would “rather go to a state that’s not judgmental” of people’s lifestyles.

She was not the only hotelier to speak out. Patricia Falino, general manager of the Microtel Inn & Suites in Carolina Beach, also expressed frustration.

“Something has to be done now,” Falino said. “I can’t believe it’s been this long.”

Weishaar described a difficult political scenario where “both sides are dug in.”

“We are trying to navigate that,” she said. “We are talking about this daily.”

Nicolas Montoya, the Blockade Runner’s general manager and vice chairman of the New Hanover

County Tourism Development Authority Board, said he understood the need for neutrality but that the timing for an industry response was critical.

“This is a moment for a gut check,” he said.

Kim Hufham, president and CEO of the TDA board, encouraged members of the tourism industry to send concerns to the local Convention and Visitors Bureau, to the state coalition and also to state political leaders.

She said the TDA would be traveling to Raleigh next week for a meeting with the state tourism coalition, where HB 2 concerns would be a primary topic.

One was in attendance on Monday, Republican Sen. Michael Lee, whose departure before the end of the event was announced at the start. Lee voted in favor of HB 2. Baggett said local politicians have been absent on the issue.

Noting that the travel industry employed more than 5,700 people locally and 200,000 across the state, Baggett said the industry can have an impact on the political process.

“We do have a voice,” she said.

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Crews from the Wrightsville Beach, Wilmington and New Hanover fire departments respond to the fire at King’s Beachwear Friday, April 29 in Wrightsville Beach.

the flames, officials said.

“It’s an old, old building,” said Capt. Valerie Blanton of the Wrightsville Beach Police Department. “And all the things they probably have ready for the summer season gave it fuel.”

However, town manager Tim Owens said that the wind direction helped keep the fire from spreading to other buildings or nearby houses.

The winds were estimated to be between 15-20 knots.

“It is a really good thing there is nothing around it. It is good the wind is blowing that way,” Owens said.

New public works director Buck Squires was on the scene early, watching the fire for a portion of the day from Seagull Street along with other town officials who came and went.

“No, we will not run out of water.

We have every pump we own up and running right now,” Squires

said. Later in the day he commented, “The system should be well cleaned by now. When they first turned the hoses on, rust came out.”

Approximately two hours into fighting, Rogers said, “People were in there. It was open for business, they saw smoke. There was not much we could do. It is an open frame building. The SBI is here, we already have the fire investigators here. They are doing preliminary interviews.”

The Wrightsville Beach Fire Department pre-plans for fires at many of the buildings in the town, Rogers said, and they had a plan in place for King’s, which helped the department attack the blaze.

For instance, they knew going in that there were no liquid propane tanks on the premise, which could have caused explosions and created dangers for the firefighters.

“They were planning behind the

scenes and they knew this building,” Rogers said.

There were no injuries to firefighters, who were rotated into action in between “rehab” sessions to cool off and recuperate, Rogers said. They were helped by the community, who brought out food and refreshments for the firefighters.

Rogers said King Neptune Restaurant, Jimmy’s at Red Dogs and the Carolina Yacht Club all donated food and drink to the responders, with the firefighters newly formed “auxiliary” also making contributions and helping organize the relief effort.

“This was an all-star team; every person knew where to go. The direction (by leadership) was awesome.This is one of the best I have ever seen a department work,” Bland said.

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After the council got a view of an alternative plan put together by the city’s staff, which included some key elements also proposed by neighbors, several members asked why the two sides had not been able to come up with a compromise. However, the plan could require a change to the city’s building code rather than a moretargeted zoning change, making the approval more complicated.

In the alternative proposal, there would be only one residential house, instead of two or three smaller houses proposed by the developers. And instead of accessing these residences through the parking lot, the alternative plan would allow access to the house through neighboring Airlie Oaks Lane, a private road that would require negotiation with the homeowners

association.

The hearing included public testimony on both sides, with some patrons who drive to the location urging the council to approve the rezoning. And even opponents acknowledged that the parking lot was dusty, crowded, messy and sometimes dangerous.

“We’re not opposed to what they’re trying to accomplish, we’re opposed to how they’re doing it,” Semmel said.

Dockside owner Jennifer Leech spoke to the council, touting the business’ 110 employees and its impact on the surrounding community.

“We are a portal to the water,” she said. “This plan works, it has substantial benefits for the community.”

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reconstruct the parking lot on 1303 Airlie Road to incorporate part of the neighboring lot at 1308 Airlie Road, while adding residential units as well. The lots sit across from Dockside Marina & Restaurant. A lost vote would have required Dockside owners wait a year to submit a new proposal.

Residents near the lots wore red shirts and told the council that the project’s rezoning would invite other development on the west side of Airlie Road, while increasing density in the area.

“It doesn’t fit the character of the neighborhood,” said Dr. Brady Semmel, a neighbor of the project who spoke on behalf of the residents.

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LIFESTYLES Making a Difference in the Cape Fear Region

’ Bout time for a Cupcake Cape Fear Roller Girls host Saturday, prep for Florida Tourny

By Terry Lane, Staff Writer

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t took three tries, but the skater known as Half-baked Cupcake will finally roll into the spotlight this weekend. One of the newest members of the Cape Fear Roller Girls, Cupcake will get her first-ever taste of competitive roller derby action on Saturday when the Roller Girls host a home bout against the Lowcountry Highrollers of Charleston, South Carolina.

She’s excited. She’s nervous.

“I’ve got all of the feelings,” she said.

Most of all, she’s ready.

Cupcake, more commonly known as Courtney Tinkler, just made it through a

Staff photos by Terry Lane

Above: Courtney Tinkler, also known as Half-baked Cupcake, works in a training drill at a Cape Fear Roller Girls practice at Jellybeans Skate Center. Cupcake will skate in her first roller derby bout for the Roller Girls on May 7 at the CFCC Schwartz Center. Right and below: Roller Girl blockers work on establishing position to block the opponent’s jammers while also freeing their own to skate around the track.

12-week new-recruit program designed to train and prepare the women competitors of a sport that showcases speed, collisions and falls, all while on roller skates. It’s truly defined as rough-and-tumble.

“It taught us how to fall,” she said of the program. “I fall so much. It’s just a matter of getting back up.”

Falling is a hallmark of roller derby, a sport where two teams of five roller skaters attempt to score points by passing each other. It is a throwback sport that started in the 1930s and eventually morphed into a televised event in the 1950s that featured scripted storylines and antics similar to televised wrestling.

The sport gained a revival in the 2000s as primarily a women’s sport, with teams popping up in more than 350 cities across the world, including in Wilmington, where the Roller Girls got their start 11 years ago.

While the scripts are gone, there are many storylines for this team of competitive women, where the participants will adopt edgy monikers like Bella da Brawl, Punky Bruise-her, and Full Metal Jackie.

Cupcake was drawn to roller derby as a way to connect with her three children, who also roller skate. When she started, she didn’t know how to skate well, but now, she said, “I’m getting pretty good at it.”

She first tried out for the Cape Fear Roller Girls in January 2015 and again last summer, falling short, but also falling in love with the unique sport that unites women from a range of backgrounds and experiences through competition, camaraderie and bruises.

“They ground me up,” Cupcake said. “But I met some awesome women. I get inspired by them.”

The Roller Girls have moved up in rankings in the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association to No. 112. The ranking is built on serious competition, including travel to derbies in locations like Charlotte, North Carolina; Memphis, Tennessee; and Salisbury, Maryland. In May, the Roller Girls will travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the Gold Coast Beach Brawl.

“Derby is definitely a commitment,” said Kat Davis, better known as Kat Von D-Linquent. “The travel can be a lot but we all do it because we love the sport.”

On May 7 at Cape Fear Community College’s Schwartz Center, fans will have an opportunity to see two bouts, as the Roller Girls’ “B Team,” the Black Harrts, will face the Ring City Rollergirls of Kinston, North Carolina.

The Cape Fear Roller Girls make up a smaller team than the average roller derby squad, players said, relying more on speed to allow the crew’s four blockers to push and shove to make room for the jammer, the one skater who scores points in the fastpaced game.

The women of roller derby commit to the sport through pain and injury because of the opportunity for competition and athleticism it offers, explained Mayhem West, otherwise known as paralegal Kelly Klimczyk.

She recently suffered a sprained ligament, which she is resting in preparation for this weekend’s bout.

“I juked funny and then my knee popped,” said West, who also competes with the statewide Carolina Rollergirls, based out of Raleigh. “After college, I was looking for a competitive sport to play and to meet people. There are so many types of people who come out, from bartenders to nurses to postal workers to chicken raisers.”

Others take to the sport as a form of therapy.

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Summer Stock Auditions for Kids Saturday, May 7, noon, Free Fran Russ Recreation Center, 1 Bob Sawyer Drive

Story Extravaganza Saturday, May 7, 9 a.m., Free Northeast Regional Library

Kentucky Derby Party Fundraiser May 7, 5 p.m., $45 Coastline Conference and Event Center

Family Farm Day Saturday, May 7, 9 a.m., $8.75 to $9.75 Children’s Museum of Wilmington

Performance Club for Kids is seeking young performers to take part in two musicals this summer: “Legally Blonde Jr.” for ages 11-18 and “Freckle Face Strawberry” for ages 7–14. For their auditions, performers should prepare a song to sing a cappella and wear comfortable shoes and clothes to learn a dance combination. For details, visit www.performanceclubkids.com

Several versions of storytelling will be featured during the library’s Sixth Annual Story Extravaganza.

Children can hear tales told by community members and watch local dance group The Dance Element perform “Peter and the Wolf.” Other activities include a baby obstacle course and free comic books for kids. For details, call 910-798-6393.

Guests can wear big hats, listen to bluegrass music by Massive Grass, dine on hors d’oeuvres

by Bon Appetit and watch the most exciting two minutes in sports. There will also be a raffle drawing for a 2016 Audi. All proceeds will benefit the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra. For details, visit www.wilmingtonsymphony.org

At Family Farm Day, children are invited to see and learn about common barnyard animals like chickens and rabbits. The event also includes pony rides, milk and cookie time, stories and Gardening 101 with herbs. For details, call 910-254-3534.

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The Good News Church Services

NEAR THE BEACH

LITTLE CHAPEL ON THE BOARDWALK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.) Rev. Patrick Thomas Rabun, pastor 2 W. Fayetteville St., 910-256-2819, ext. 100 www.littlechapel.org Worship: 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School (for all ages): 9:15 a.m.

Traditional Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Nursery provided.

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH BAPTIST CHURCH John McIntyre, senior pastor 601 Causeway Drive, 910-256-3682 Traditional Service: 9-10 a.m.

Sunday School: 10:10-11 a.m.

Celebration Services: 11:10 a.m to 12:20 p.m.

WRIGHTSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Doug Lain, senior pastor 4 Live Oak Drive, 910-256-4471 Worship Services: 8:30, 9:45, 11:15 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

ST. THERESE CATHOLIC CHURCH Father Joe Vetter 209 S. Lumina Ave., 910-256-2471 Mass: Saturday, 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Monday, noon; Tuesday, 6 p.m.; Wednesday – Thursday noon; Thursday noon followed by Eucharistic Adoration

BETH SIMCHA MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATION Congregational Leader/ Rabbi Marty Schilsky 7957 Market St. Wilmington, N.C. 28411 910-681-0117 Shabbat Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday

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Liberty

ST. ANDREW’S ON-THE-SOUND EPISCOPAL The Rev. Richard G. Elliott, rector 101 Airlie Road, 910-256-3034 7:45 a.m., 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m.

ST. MARK CATHOLIC CHURCH Father Patrick A. Keane 1011 Eastwood Road, 910-392-0720 Vigil Mass: Saturday 5 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. en Español Monday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday Masses: 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wednesday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Thursday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Friday Mass: 8:30 a.m. followed by Adoration with Benediction at 9 p.m.

Living H2O

As you praise My name the Spirit of Jesus will set you free All will be returned in the liberty of the year of Jubilee This nation will prosper far beyond what most people think it will be I will give back your liberty to speak out your beliefs for all to see Control of this earth will be returned to the believer of My word in truth Walk out in confidence that all will be given back to the old and to the youth A renewal will spread across this nation to give liberty back to all Nothing formed against you will last and your enemies will fall All life will be freed from oppression and given liberty to see and enjoy Freedom as never before seen with the flowing graces from heaven to deploy Enter in with joy in your hearts and a song on your tongue Rejoice in all that is given back with a new song that will be sung Forgive and be forgiven and let your light shine across this nation too So that all will see the liberty you enjoy and it is something they should do Take the liberty you receive tonight and take it to all parts of this state It is needed in order to move forward knowing it is Me and not fate (Lev 25:10 NRSV) And you shall hallow the fiftieth year and you

shall proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you: you shall return, every one of you, to your property and every one of you to your family.

(Psa 119:47 NRSV) 43 - Do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your ordinances. 44 - I will keep your law continually, forever and ever. 45 - I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought your precepts. 46 - I will also speak of your decrees before kings, and shall not be put to shame; 47 - I find my delight in your commandments, because I love them.

(Isa 61:1 NRSV) The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; (James 1:25 NRSV) But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act — they will be blessed in their doing.

(James 2:12 NRSV) So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.

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GOD’S OPTIONS OR OURS? May 5 Matthew 14:27-28. “But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer, it is I; be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou bid me come unto thee on the water.”

MATTHEW 14:22-33 It is important to analyze Peter’s statement. Peter was overwhelmed when he saw Jesus walking on the water, and he wanted to do the same. While there is really nothing wrong with his desire, the request he put before Jesus was totally wrong. He didn’t ask the Lord if he wanted him to walk on the water, or if his faith was up to it. Instead he said, “If it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.” What

was Jesus going to say, “It isn’t me. Don’t come.”?

There are no other examples of someone walking on water in the Word of God. Jesus had a definite reason for walking on the water; however, Peter simply wanted to see if he could do it. God will permit us to do things that are not His perfect will for us.

Many times we hinder our own prayers by the way we ask things of God. We say, “Do you want me to do (a) or (b)?” The Lord may not want us to do either one. We should offer Him a third choice - (c) none of the above. We should trust God’s wisdom and even allow Him to select the options.

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Classified and display deadline: Friday noon • Call 910-256-6569 ext 100 • classifieds@luminanews.com LEGAL NOTICES 15 SP 637 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Eric J. Cleveland and Helen Grace Parker to Trste, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated December 17, 2008 and recorded on December 22, 2008 in Book 5365 at Page 1733, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 10, 2016 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County,

North Carolina, to wit: In New Hanover County: Being all of Lot 129 Fox Run Farm Subdivision Section 6 as the same is shown on map recorded in Map Book 34 at Page 396 of the New Hanover 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 4909 Weybridge Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409.

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 Helen Grace Parker and husband, Eric James Cleveland.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the

tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 15-18604-FC01 April 28 and May 5, 2016

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 15 SP 848 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jessie Spicer to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 1st day of March, 2007, and recorded in Book 5152, Page 393, and Modification in Book 5930, Page 1992, in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 10, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County

of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Beginning at an iron pipe at the intersection of two ditches, said pipe bearing North 46 degrees West 526 feet along a fence and hedge row from a point in the center line of Atlantic Coast Line-Railroad; the point on Railroad being located approximately 100 feet West of St. Stephens Church.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required

by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

From the above described beginning point runs with a ditch, Nora McIntyre’s western line North 46 degrees West 175 feet to a pipe; thence North 46 degrees 10 minutes East 80 feet to a pipe; thence South 46 degrees East 175 feet to a pipe at edge of a ditch; thence with the edge of the ditch South 46 degrees 10 minutes West 80 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.3 acres more or less, and being a part of that tract of land described in a deed from St. Pauls Lodge No. 192 to Charles McIntyre and wife Nora McIntyre and recorded in Book No. 355 at Page 478, in New Hanover County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 125 McIntyre Trail, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole

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

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plats referred to above for a more particular description of Marina Unit 25.

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.

This conveyance is made subject to rights of the public in the public trust waters and the rights of the State of North Carolina and the United States of America as would relate to the same. The above described units are further conveyed subject to utility easements and unviolated restrictive covenants that do not materially affect the value of the property and ad valorem taxes for the current year, which taxes the party of the second part, by acceptance of this deed, assumes and agrees to pay.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit.

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1172639 (FC.FAY) April 28 and May 5, 2016 ALS 97357223 NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK 16 SP 182 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY THOMAS A. FINN AND WIFE, JANE A. FINN DATED December 13, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 4956, PAGE 589, NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY, TO BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, TRUSTEE. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by THOMAS A. FINN AND WIFE, JANE A. FINN dated December 13, 2005 to BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee for BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, recorded in Book 4956, Page 589, NEW HANOVER County Registry; default having been made in payment of the indebtedness thereby secured; and the necessary findings to permit foreclosure having been made by the Clerk of Superior Court of NEW HANOVER County, North Carolina; the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, the same lying and being in the County of NEW HANOVER and State of North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being the condominium unit designated as Marina Unit 17 and all rights and interests appurtenant thereto, as described in the Declaration of Cape Fear Marina, A Condominium, recorded in Book 2559, at Page 001 (the “Declaration”), and the Sixth Amendment to the Declaration of Cape Fear Marina, A Condominium, recorded in Book 4923, at Page 2740 (the “Sixth Amendment”) , and as designated on the plans and plats entitled “CAPE FEAR MARINA A CONDOMINIUM (Marina Units 5-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 and 29-34)” attached to the Sixth Amendment as Exhibit B and recorded in Condominium Map Book 15, at Pages 80 through 81, all in the office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina, reference being hereby made to said Declaration, Sixth Amendment and the plans and

PROPERTY ADDRESS/LOCATION: 1701 Jel Wade Drive, Marina Unit 17, Cape Fear Marina Wilmington NC 28401 DATE OF SALE: May 10, 2016 TIME OF SALE: 10:30 A.M. LOCATION OF SALE: NEW HANOVER County Courthouse RECORD OWNER(S): Thomas A. Finn TERMS OF THE SALE: (1). This sale will be made subject to: (a) all prior liens, encumbrances, easements, right-of-ways, restrictive covenants or other restrictions of record affecting the property; (b) property taxes and assessments for the year in which the sale occurs, as well as any prior years; (c) federal tax liens with respect to which proper notice was not given to the Internal Revenue Service; and (d) federal tax liens to which proper notice was given to the Internal Revenue Service and to which the right of redemption applies.

(2) The property is being sold “as is”. Neither the beneficiary of the deed of trust, nor the undersigned Substitute Trustee, makes any warranties or representations concerning the property, including but not limited to, the physical or environmental condition of the property. Further, the undersigned Substitute Trustee makes no title warranties with respect to the title to the property.

(3) The highest bidder will be responsible for the payment of revenue stamps payable to the Register of Deeds and any final court and/or auditing fees payable to the Clerk of Superior Court which are assessed on the high bid resulting from this foreclosure sale.

(4) At the time of the sale, the highest bidder will be required to make a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or $750.00, whichever is greater, with the remaining balance of the bid amount to be paid on the day following the expiration of the applicable ten (10) day upset bid period.

(5) 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 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 no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in this Notice of Foreclosure 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.

(6) An order for possession of the property being sold 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 Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

(7) If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Substitute Trustee.

This the 13th day of April , 2016.

SMITH DEBNAM NARRON DRAKE SAINTSING & MYERS, L.L.P. Cara B. Williams, Attorney for Jeff D. Rogers, Substitute Trustee P. O. Box 26268 Raleigh, NC 27611-6268 (919) 250-2000 Fax: (919)250-2211 April 28 and May 5, 2016 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 12 SP 336 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Cindy Genwright to A. Robert Kucab, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of November, 2002, and recorded in Book 3543, Page 328, in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 10, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 1 as more particularly described on that certain plat entitled, “Jervay Place-Phase I, Lots 1-6, Block 24 and part of Lots 3-6, Block 38” as recorded in Map Book 42, Page 326, New Hanover County Registry.

Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 921 South 8th Street, Wilmington, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required

by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1068256 (FC.FAY) April 28 and May 5, 2016

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 3 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Linda J. Thomas, a married woman and husband, John C. Thomas to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 20th day of April, 2010, and recorded in Book 5480, Page 1485, and Modification in Book 5887, Page 1328, in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 10, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the northeastern intersection of Tenth and Orange Streets; running thence northwardly along the eastern line of Tenth Street 30 feet; thence eastwardly and parallel with Orange Street 75 feet; thence southwardly and parallel with Tenth Street 30 feet to the northern line of Orange Street; thence westwardly along Orange Street 75 feet to the point of Beginning, same being part of Lot 61/2 in Block 148 according to the official plan of the City of Wilmington. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 123 South 10th Street, Wilmington, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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

Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.

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

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit.

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

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of foreclosure sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days but not more than 90 days, after the

sale date contained in this notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1172744 (FC.FAY) April 28 and May 5, 2016 113470-02663/FNMA 16-SP-63 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 Michael S. Holt, dated September 28, 2009 and recorded on October 2, 2009 in Book No. 5441 at Page 2714 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover 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, 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 New Hanover County Courthouse, Wilmington, North Carolina on May 11, 2016 at 11:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Wilmington, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust..

Address of property: 217 Madeline Dr, Wilmington, NC 28405 Tax Parcel ID: 015-011-000

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Present Record Owners: Michael S. Holt 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 by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. 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 Tyvola Road, Suite 520 Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 442-9500 April 28 and May 5, 2016

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 158 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Christopher Stephen Coughlin aka Christopher S. Coughlin (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Christopher Stephen Coughlin) to Andrew W. Collins, Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of January, 2007, and recorded in Book 5135, Page 1309, and Modification in Book 5842, Page 1313, in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 10, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being a unit ownership in real property under and pursuant to Chapter 47C of the North Carolina General Statutes and being more particularly described as Unit 6C Lakeside Village, Phase 3 on a plat entitled “Lakeside Village Condominium Phase 3” recorded in Condominium Plat Book 10 at Pages 238 through 242, in the office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Including the Unit located thereon; said Unit being located at 5233 Sundance Way, Unit 202, Wilmington, North Carolina.

An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1177074 (FC.FAY) April 28 and May 5, 2016 15 SP 504 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Gilbert D. Stephenson, III and Kendra H. Stephenson to Charles W. Bennett, Trustee(s), which was dated March 20, 2006 and recorded on March 24, 2006 in Book 4997 at Page 1013, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.

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

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 17, 2016 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required

by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

Being all of Lot 32, DEMAREST VILLAGE, Phase 2, Section 4, as shown on map recorded in Map Book 44, Page 399 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

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

TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO all of the rights, covenants, easements and restrictions contained in Declaration recorded in Book 2629, Page 565 of the New Hanover County Registry.

Together with all rights and easements appurtenant to said unit, including, but not limited to, an undivided interest in the common elements and facilities of Lakeside Village, all phases, as specifically enumerated in the Declaration of Condominium recorded in Book 1580, Page 0577, and fifth amendment to Declaration of Condominium, Lakeside Village, a condominium, Phase 3, recorded in Book 1728, Page 0288, in the office of the Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, North Carolina, or any amendments thereto.

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

TOGETHER WITH a right of way for ingress, egress and regress over and across those roads and streets of Demarest Village, all sections, including but not limited to the areas labeled or denominated as “private access and utility easements” as shown on those plats recorded in Map Book 40 at Page 11 of the New Hanover County Registry.

In accordance with CAMA Permit SW 8990322, and applicable modifications, no more than total coverage of 2800 square feet of impervious coverage shall be allowed.

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

Said property is commonly known as 3103 Dever Court, Wilmington, NC 28411.

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,

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LEGAL NOTICES 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 Gilbert D. Stephenson, III and Kendra H. Stephenson a/k/a Kendra Bert Horner.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

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

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 14-19751-FC01 May 5 and 12, 2016 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 175 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by James R. Austin and Carol A. Austin (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): James R. Austin) to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of June, 2009, and recorded in Book 5419, Page 1249, in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 17, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 229, Section 5, Lords Creek Subdivision, as shown on that map recorded in Map Book 37 at Page 0058, New Hanover County Registry, reference to which map is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 6702 Hailsham Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina.

SUBJECT to the Protective Covenants of Lords Creek Subdivision, recorded in Book 2017, Page 0360 and Book 2200, Page 093, and any amendments thereto; New Hanover County Registry and all easements, rights of way and restrictions of record, all governmental land use statutes, ordinances and regulations including zoning, subdivision and building regulations.

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 FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required

by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1177486 (FC.FAY) May 5 and 12, 2016

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 177 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jody R. Porter and Richard Charles Porter (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Jody R. Porter) to Kevin J. Strickland, Attorney at Law, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of January, 2006, and recorded in Book 4973, Page 613, in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 17, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All of Lot 31R in Huntington Forest Subdivision, Section 3, as the same is shown on a revised map recorded in Map Book 32 at Page 11 in the New Hanover County Registry, and being the same lands described in instrument recorded in Book 2266 at Page

483 in said Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 4507 Alden Court, Wilmington, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required

by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1175036 (FC.FAY) May 5 and 12, 2016 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 176 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Talmadge M. Watson, Jr. and Rachel P. Watson, Talmadge M. Watson, Jr. and Rachel P. Watson, both deceased)(Heirs of Rachel P. Watson: Alice M. Matthews, Roger N. Raynor, Talmadge M. Watson, III, George P. Watson, Thomas M. Watson) to Robert Green Collins, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of May, 2003, and recorded in Book 3797, Page 726, in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County,

North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door in the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 12:00 PM on May 17, 2016 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of New Hanover, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 10, Section 1, Glynnwood Village Subdivision as the same is shown on map of Section 1 of said subdivision recorded in Map Book 19. Page 85, New Hanover County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 401 Lex Road, Wilmington, North Carolina.

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

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs of FortyFive Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required

by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE c/o Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 Phone No: (910) 864-3068 https://sales.hutchenslawfirm. com Case No: 1173657 (FC.FAY) May 5 and 12, 2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Judy Hartsfield-Cookson of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 15th day of July 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 14th day of April, 2016.

Robert Dean Cookson, Executor 109 W Bedford Road Wilmington, NC 28411 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5/2016

rations indebted to said estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

THIS 21st day of April, 2016.

Estate of Edith R. Cameron c/o Jane C. Cameron Elizabeth O. Cameron Edith P. Thomas P.O. Box 7307 Wilmington, NC 28406 W. Talmage Jones Hogue Hill, LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 2178 Wilmington, NC 28402 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT CO-ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Charlcie Brinkley Fraley of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 15th day of July 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 14th day of April, 2016.

Debbie H. Fraley, Co-Administrator 1020 Highland Drive Fayetteville, TN 37334 Robert Scott Eubank, Co-Administrator 6927 Masonboro Sound Road Wilmington, NC 28409 J.C. Hearne, II Attorney at Law 265 Racine Drive Suite 104 Wilmington NC 28403 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Peter Norton Burr, late of New Hanover 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 c/o Jill L. Peters, 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 25th day of July, 2016, 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 21st day of April, 2016.

Karen K. Burr, Executrix of the Estate of Peter Norton Burr Jill L. Peters Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400 Wilmington, NC 28401 April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of Margaret Ellen Green, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned do hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned c/o Layne McNeill Smith, Attorney at Law, 300 Coral Drive, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 on or before the 25th day of July, 2016, 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 21st day of April, 2016 Bobby Gaster and Sara Aderhold, Co-Executors of the Estate of Margaret Ellen Green Layne McNeill Smith Attorney at Law 300 Coral Drive Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 16 E 565 CO-EXECUTRICES NOTICE Having qualified as Co-Executrices of the Estate of Edith Rogers Cameron late of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before July 21, 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corpo-

The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Bobby Lee Lancaster of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 25th day of July 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 21st day of April, 2016.

Edna Lancaster, Executrix 4501 Dean Drive Wilmington, NC 28405 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Philip H. Ackert, late of New Hanover 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 c/o Jill L. Peters Kaess, 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401, on or before the 1st day of August, 2016, 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 28th day of April, 2016.

Rita E. Ackert, Executrix of the Estate of Philip H. Ackert Jill L. Peters Kaess Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP 101 N. Third Street, Suite 400 Wilmington, NC 28401 April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF JOHN DAMIAN MANLEY 15 E 1286 All persons, firms and corporations having claims against John Damian Manley, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Karen Ruth Manley, Executrix of the decedent’s estate, on or before July 28, 2016 at 2903 John Yeaman Drive, Wilmington NC 28405, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above named Executrix.

Karen Ruth Manley, Executrix Estate of John Damian Manley c/o Mark I. Nunalee BIBERSTEIN & NUNALEE LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 598 Hampstead NC 28443 910-270-4347 04/28, 05/05, 05/12, 05/19, 2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE UPERIOR COURT DIVISION 16 E 546 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JACK LEWIS LEDFORD NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Jack Lewis Ledford, deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address set out below on or before the 29th day of July, 2016, or this Notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below.

This the 28th day of April, 2016.

William T. Womack, Administrator of the Estate of Jack Lewis Ledford c/o H. Kenneth Stephens, II Attorney at Law Post Office Box 2237 Wilmington, NC 28402 April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of JoAnne Midgett Woodbury of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 1st day of August 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 28th day of April, 2016.

Edgar Max Woodbury, Executor 1824 Starfix Terrace Wilmington, NC 28405 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTOR’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Cecil Elmer Turner of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before the 8th day of August 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This is the 5th day of May, 2016.

David Stuart Turner, Executor 109 Santa Ana Drive Wilmington, NC 28412 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26/2016 Board of Aldermen Public Notice The public shall take notice that the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2016 or as soon thereafter, in the Town Hall Council Chambers, 321 Causeway Drive, Wrightsville Beach, NC, to consider the following: • A Text Amendment to allow churches and religious establishments to operate as commercial parking lots for the purpose of collecting charitable donations on certain holiday weekends throughout the year. The Text Amendment would designate such activities as either a Conditional Use or a Permitted Use with Supplemental Regulations.

• A Text Amendment to Section 155.9.1.6 Exception in Parking Requirements to modify subsection (C) which stipulates the criteria upon which the Board of Aldermen may grant an exception to the off-street parking requirements of the Town.

• A Conditional Use Permit application and a Parking Exception request for 13 East Salisbury Street, to allow for the operation of a full service restaurant after renovations are completed to the existing two-story structure.

April 28, and May 5, 2016

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Sports/Marine Landfall junior tennis tournament draws top state players

Hook, Line & Sinker May’s arrival signals official start of fishing season

By Skylar Walters

By Terry Lane

The arrival of the first day of the month could prove somewhat deceiving because if you haven’t been fishing yet, especially in the past couple of weeks and depending on what you’re targeting, you’ve missed some really good action. The near-shore fishing has been the best that the area has seen in a few years and it’s showing no sign of slowing down in the near future, although at some point it will.

Offshore, when the boats can get out, the fishing has also been really good with abundant catches of variety. Inshore, the fishing has remained steady and will surely increase in catches and reports in the coming weeks. Water temperatures are on the verge of breaking the 70-degree mark, so make sure

Staff Writer

The top juniors tennis talent from across the region and the state will come to Country Club of Landfall for this weekend’s CCL Junior Classic, which brings together the state’s top 18 and under tennis players for a three-day tournament.

The tournament starts the night of Friday, May 6, with doubles competition and continues on Saturday, May 7, with singles tournament competition and some finals. Finals will also take place the moring of Sunday, May 8.

There will also be tournament matches at Wilmington’s Empie Park.

The tournament will bring in 148 junior players from around the state, said Landfall’s director of tennis, Charlie Owens.

“It’s a very popular tournament,” he said. “The players like to come to to get a chance to go to the beach.”

The players will compete in the

18, 16, 14, 12 and 10 and under age groups. It is a United State Tennis Association Level 3 tournament, giving the players the opportunity to compete for points that can advance them to higher level state and national competitions.

Two Wilmington players will be among those playing for points.

TIDES Masonboro Inlet Latitude 34° 11’ N, Longitude 77° 49’ W

Date Time ht(ft) Time ht(ft) Time ht(ft) Time ht(ft) 5/5 Thu

12:41 AM -0.69 L

06:36 AM 4.5 H

12:50 PM -0.9 L

07:02 PM 5.28 H

5/6 Fri

01:37 AM -0.88 L

07:28 AM 4.55 H

01:42 PM -1.01 L

07:53 PM 5.46 H

5/7 Sat

02:31 AM -0.97 L

08:20 AM 4.5 H

02:34 PM -1.02 L

08:45 PM 5.47 H

5/8 Sun

03:23 AM -0.95 L

09:14 AM 4.37 H

03:24 PM -0.91 L

09:40 PM 5.34 H

5/9 Mon

04:14 AM -0.81 L

10:11 AM 4.2 H

04:14 PM -0.68 L

10:36 PM 5.11 H

5/10 Tue

05:07 AM -0.56 L

11:09 AM 4.04 H

05:06 PM -0.35 L

11:32 PM 4.82 H

5/11 Wed

06:04 AM -0.28 L

12:05 PM 3.9 H

06:04 PM 0.0 L

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Hoggard High’s Holland Baynard, above, the No. 1 seed in the 16 & Under division of this weekend’s Country Club of Landfall Junior Classic, will be among the nearly 150 of the state’s top tennis players that will compete this weekend. Ben Kane, above left, the No. 2 seed in the 12 & Under division, attends Cape Fear Academy and plays for one of the 17 junior teams hosted by the Country Club of Landfall.

Representing Country Club of Landfall, Hoggard High School student Holland Baynard comes into the 16 and Under division as the top seed. Another Landfall representative is Ben Kane, a Cape Fear Academy student who will compete in the 12 and Under division as the second seeded player.

It’s the result of a junior tennis program at Landfall that is “very active” under program director Jon Ingham, producing 17 different boys and girls junior teams, Owens said.

To ensure satisfaction at closing, I actively listen and respond to the needs of

will be found in deeper water.

Closer to the beach, the main topic of conversation has been the abundance of Atlantic bonito and Spanish mackerel.

Anglers are having good luck catching the fish by trolling Clark Spoons and Yo-Zuri Plugs and sight casting small spoons to the schools of breaking fish. Spanish mackerel up to 7 pounds have been reported frequently the past week. There are reports that some much smaller fish are starting to show up, so now’s the time to try your luck for that trophy.

The bonito won’t be around much longer, either, so if catching that species is a plan, it’s time to get on the water.

Areas around the Liberty Ship and Five Mile Boxcars have been good places catch fish

The near-shore fishing has been the best that the area has seen in a few years and it’s showing no sign of slowing down in the near future, although at some point it will.

“Junior tennis in Wilmington is very healthy,” Owens said. “The number of teams at clubs and facilities like Ogden and Empie parks has increased over the past few years.”

The annual tournament is a spring event that Landfall has hosted for at least 15 years, as it has consistently brought in more than 100 players over the past few years. About half of the tournament’s field will be made of up players for the region and Owens said he expects a large number of parents to make up the crowd.

“It’s always good to support the local tournament,” Owens said.

“You don’t have to travel and to spend money to get the points.”

The tournament starts at Landfall on May 6 from 4 -8 p.m. for doubles play. It continues on Saturday, starting at 8 a.m., with play lasting until about 5 p.m. On Sunday, finals will be begin at 9 a.m. at both Landfall and Empie Park, he said.

Owens said the weather outlook for the tournament is favorable.

you are prepared for what’s to transpire in the coming weeks.

Offshore, although the weather forecast was a bit off, some anglers managed to push through the unplanned rough conditions toward the Gulf Stream and were rewarded with decent fishing. A good dolphin bite was the main topic with some wahoo, blackfin tuna and even a few yellowfin tuna included in the reports along with a few billfish here and there. Temperature breaks of around 2 degrees are all it took to hold the fish. Areas around the Steeples, Blackjack Hole, Devils Hole and Same Ole Hole all produced in some variety.

Grouper fishing started on May 1 so start to expect some reports from the bottom fishermen in the coming weeks.

Black bass are being caught on a regular basis and as the season progresses, the larger fish

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but areas to the south, such as Sheepshead Rock, have been holding the larger Spanish.

There are plenty of bluefish in the mix also, so be prepared to get back some damaged tackle.

Along the beaches and off the piers, the Virginia mullet continue to bite fairly well on fresh shrimp. Those anglers are also managing a few black drum here and there. Pier anglers have reported plenty of bluefish and some Spanish mackerel being caught on GotCha Plugs.

Inshore, the red drum fishing has been good around the docks and in the creeks.

Some anglers have reported a few keeper flounder, which is a good sign for the summer.

Baitfish are becoming much more plentiful and should continue increasing in numbers, giving anglers a choice of artificial or natural baits.

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Wilmington golfers to play in girls championship this weekend

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

Three Wilmington area golfers will be competing in one of the top regional tournaments for girls this weekend as the Carolina Golf Association hosts the 11th Vicki DiSantis Girls’ Championship

at Pine Island Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The tournament will feature top girls from across both North and South Carolina, including Sarah Funderburg, Caroline Cahill and Jayla Rogers from the Wilmington area. Funderburg plays golf on the boys’ team at the

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While most of the participants compete out of member clubs, the tournament also takes in golfers from the association’s online “eclub,” which is how Funderburg is represented. Cahill competes out of Porters Neck Country Club while Rogers will be representing Magnolia Greens Golf Course out of Leland, North Carolina.

This year marks the ninth consecutive year the tournament has been hosted by Pine Island Country Club, with all but one past champion moving on to play Division I college golf.

A Wilmington golfer will also compete in the CGA’s Carolinas F o u r- B a l l C h a m p i o n s h i p on May 4-8 at Camden Country Club, Camden, South Carolina.

In a four-ball golf match, two teams of two players compete against each other. In the tournament, Wilmington golfer Eric Brown will represent the Beau Rivage Resort and Golf Club.

The Carolina Golf Association is the second largest golf association in the country with more than 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals. email terrylane@luminanews.com