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GLOW makes history, aims to empower

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With the arrival of September, North Carolina Preparedness Month, Wrightsville Beach officials said Wednesday they would be monitoring a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico that could move through the southeast and impact local beaches during Labor Day weekend.

Wrightsville Beach Town Manager Tim Owens said that while lifeguards could be flying red flags to warn swimmers of danger on Saturday, the weather should still be nice throughout the day and the weekend.

“We expect great weather, everything will be open,” Owens said of the weather forecast for Labor Day, which traditionally marks the last day of summer.

On Wednesday, the National Weather Service of Wilmington

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Students at the Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington look on as principal Laura Hunter, left, and Judy Girard hug during the school’s grand opening ceremony Monday, Aug. 29. GLOW is the first single-gender public charter school in North Carolina.

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By Terry Lane Staff Writer

A study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has concluded that allocating money for Wrightsville Beach renourishment projects generates a good return on the investment.

However, the study represents only one element of the process that will determine whether federal money will be available for coastal storm damage projects.

The Army Corps of Engineers last week released the benefitcost ratio for Wrightsville Beach beach renourishment projects at 7.62-1, far exceeding the ratio of 2.5-1 that several officials said was the target for being competitive against other projects. In a similar study, Kure Beach scored 6.08-1 on its benefit-cost ratio.

“We’ve hurdled the cost-benefit challenge, which we had to surpass,” said Layton Bedsole, New Hanover County shore protection coordinator, adding that the costbenefit study had to be performed every five years. The study looks at the cost of dredging and returning sand to area beaches against the potential losses for flooding, erosion and wave damage.

Officials noted the study was one of only several “hurdles” facing Wrightsville Beach’s efforts to maintain federal funding for beach renourishment. One of the main challenges facing n See RENOURISHMENT Page 2

After years of planning and fundraising, the first all-girls charter school in North Carolina opened its doors in Wilmington on Aug. 29. Principal Laura Hunter stood near the school’s entrance, offering high fives and hugs to every sixth grader who stepped off the school bus.

As the first busload of students filed through the school’s doors, Hunter turned, grinning, to a colleague and said, “It’s happening!”

Hunter ’s excitement was mirrored in the faces of the community members and leaders who milled in the parking lot for the school’s grand-opening celebration. Seeing the 100 students in the inaugural class arrive felt “cathartic,” Hunter said, after the amount of preparation that went into making the day possible.

The school, called the Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington, or GLOW, is an affiliate of The Young Women’s Leadership Network (TYWLN), a program started by Ann Tisch in East Harlem in 1996. GLOW’s

Retiring sheriff’s captain reflects on ‘evolution’

By Terry Lane Staff Writer

A New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office captain who will retire this week after more than three decades of local law enforcement service said that over the years, area police have kept pace with the changes in the community.

Capt. Clarence Hayes, who retires this week after 33 years with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, said that local law enforcement efforts have adjusted with the county’s growing population over the years, helping avoid the strife seen recently between police and the community in places like Ferguson, Missouri.

“In New Hanover County, we don’t have the same kind of problems that other areas are seeing because the sheriff’s office has moved at the same pace as the progression of crime,” Hayes said.

“Law enforcement is evolving along with the citizens. The community and law enforcement have matured together.” n See CAPTAIN Page 2

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In the annual state of the New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) presentation on Wednesday, CEO Jack Barto said the region’s hospital system was planning to build a new facility closer to the Wrightsville Beach area.

Barto said the NHRMC is looking for land in the Mayfaire or Autumn Hall area to build a new freestanding emergency department that would meet the growing needs of residents in the eastern part of the county. He said the hospital system was working on a 3-5 year timeline for the new facility.

The newly built facility would come after the 68 beds of the NHRMC Orthopedic Hospital at the Cape Fear Campus at 5301 Wrightsville Ave. are moved to the hospital’s main campus on 17th Street. While the emergency department at the Cape Fear Campus will remain open, n See NHRMC Page 2

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website states the success of TYWLN inspired the opening of dozens of single-sex schools nationwide that serve “predominantly low-income girls who will be the first in their families to attend college.”

But never had a YWLN school opened in a city as small as Wilmington, said Judy Girard, the driving force behind opening GLOW after UNCW chancellor Gary Miller’s wife Georgia moved to Wisconsin when her husband left the college for a new position. Georgia was the catalyst, Girard insists.

During the grand-opening ceremony, she thanked the community, saying, “Not all towns the size of Wilmington would get behind this the way you have.”

Girard was inspired to join the effort to open a YWLN school in Wilmington after years of volunteering at the schools in New York City. There, she worked with a girl named Carolina Rosario who helped her see the extent of the program’s impact.

Rosario, whose parents immigrated to the United States, fell behind in school because she could only learn by verbal teaching. She enrolled in a YWLN school where she was partnered with Girard for a college-readiness exercise. TYWLN also assigned her a tutor to deliver her lessons verbally so she wouldn’t fall behind.

Rosario spoke to the audience during GLOW’s grand-opening celebration, telling them how, with the guidance of TYWLN, she was accepted into a small New York college for her undergraduate degree. And, she added as the audience cheered, she was recently accepted as a graduate

student at Columbia University.

Sprinkled throughout the cheering audience were parents of the GLOW students, and several of them agreed that college preparation was one of the main reasons they enrolled their daughters in the school. GLOW’s website states that since 2001, TYWLN alumnae have “achieved a 95 percent high school graduate rate and a near 100 percent college acceptance rate.”

At GLOW, achieving those statistics involves preparing the girls academically as well as emotionally.

“We empower them from day one,” Girard said. “These kids just blossom and suddenly it dawns on them that they can be a doctor, or anything they want to be, and we’ll help them get there.”

Math teacher Erica Hodulik said she has never taught in an environment that is so collectively focused on the students’ future.

“I’ve never been in a culture where every person is so driven with the same mission of helping our girls succeed in life,” she said.

The teamwork mentality is apparent not only in the school’s culture but in its design. The classrooms are connected and teachers are encouraged to find overlap between the different subjects in the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) curriculum. Students learn in groups around tables instead of at individual desks.

Hodulik said the learning environment more closely resembles that of a college, referencing her own experience as an engineering major at Vanderbilt University.

“You work with different kinds of engineers and people who aren’t even in engineering,” she said, “so our girls will be much more ready, wherever they decide to go.”

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Motivational mantras surround the girls, even while they’re eating lunch. Hanging from the cafeteria walls are enormous posters bearing phrases like “live with confidence” and “NEVER leave a sister behind” — together forming a pledge created by the students.

The girls were given a list of 90 values, and the pledge represents the values they selected as most important, Girard said, adding that she was just as inspired by the values they did not choose.

“They threw out wealth, they threw out power,” she said.

For the next seven years, the class of 2023 will do their best to live by that pledge, joined every year by more incoming sixth graders. Alvin Malloy believes those seven years will prepare his 11-year-old daughter for the next stage in her life — college — but for now, he has a more general wish for his daughter’s future.

“I want her to follow her heart,” he said. email emmy@luminanews.com

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Hayes was recently honored by the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners for his successful law-enforcement career, which began in March 1983.

Hayes joined the sheriff’s office as an undercover drug enforcement detective setting up drug busts before moving up the ranks of the department.

New Hanover County Sheriff Ed McMahon said Hayes has “touched thousands of cases” and has been directly responsible for sending dangerous individuals to prison.

“He has truly kept this community safer in the 33 years he has worked for the sheriff’s office,” McMahon said. “It will be difficult to replace the body of knowledge and experience that Captain Hayes possesses, but we wish him well and hope

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said Tropical Storm Hermine could create 5 to 7 inches of rain for the region between 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1 and 8 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 3.

The storm warnings come after two other storms in the Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Depression No. 8 and Hurricane Gaston, created rough surf throughout the week. On Saturday, Aug. 27, Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue assisted 25 swimmers. Tuesday was a red-flag day as well, though ocean rescue officials said there

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Wrightsville Beach continues to be the 50-year federal authorization originally placed on renourishment projects. Carolina Beach is also facing an imminent deadline on these time limits.

Lara Trump to visit Wilmington

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Wrightsville Beach native Lara Trump will make a campaign appearance for her father-inlaw Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump on Thursday, Sept. 1, as she will host a North Carolina Women for Trump forum.

The forum is scheduled for 2 p.m. at The Terraces at Sir Tyler at 1826 Sir Tyler Drive in Wilmington.

It’s the second time Lara Trump, who is married to the candidate’s son Eric Trump, has met with local supporters, the first being an Aug. 6 meeting with members of the Lower Cape Fear Republican Women’s Club. She also traveled with Donald

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Barto said NHRMC was looking to move those services to the new facility, along with other lab and medical services. The facility could also offer some of the urgent-care services currently offered at the NHRMC Urgent Care Center at 1135 Military Cutoff Road.

In his address at the Holiday Inn Resort in Wrightsville Beach, Barto laid out several proposed projects to expand the hospital group, including doubling the size of the emergency department at the

main campus at 2131 S. 17th St. Barto touted the recent success of the local hospital, which he said is boosting the local economy and offering services that are competitive with medical centers in the Triangle area. Barto said that 90 percent of New Hanover County residents choose NHRMC when they seek medical care.

“When you hear people say they’re going to Duke, they’re not,” Barto said, referencing the Duke University Hospital.

Barto said plans to expand parking access to NHRMC will also make it more competitive with

upstate university hospitals.

Locally, Barto said NHRMC is responsible for 11 percent of the area’s economic impact and had a 1.95 billion impact on its primary seven-county service area. He said the hospital added more than 2,000 employees during his 12-year tenure as CEO, averaging about 14 a month, and said the hospital hadn’t conducted layoffs since 2003.

Barto will retire at the end of the year, though his replacement, John Gizdic, has already moved into the role of president.

he enjoys his well-deserved retirement.”

Hayes said that over his career, he learned to study the mindset of criminals, while also staying emotionally detached from the incident. His cases have spanned the range of crimes, from shoplifting to homicide, including work as an investigator in the 2009 shooting death of Alton Corey Vann. In June, Larry Karl Gonzales, 53, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter after being charged in the shooting.

“They all do it for a reason.

You have to think from their

point of view and question why the crime was committed,” Hayes said. “There’s generally not a lot of difficulty figuring out who committed the crime.

There’s difficulty in proving it.”

Hayes concludes his lawenforcement career as a commander of the vice and narcotics division, but not before serving in a variety of assignments, including patrol, criminal investigations, corrections and support services.

Chris Coudriet, New Hanover County manager, said Hayes has an “uncanny ability” to talk

with anyone about any topic.

This worked well for him as an investigator.

“He always put the citizens first, making sure he never compromised his morals, his ethics or eroded the trust people had in him,” Coudriet said.

For his part, Hayes said he was looking forward to taking up new hobbies and spending more time with family.

“I’ve enjoyed every minute of it, but I’ve done all the law enforcement that I’ve wanted to do,” he said.

were few swimmers in the water and no rescues.

Wrightsville Beach Fire Chief Glen Rogers said most stands would have two lifeguards throughout the weekend and officials will be closely monitoring the weather.

During a storm preparedness event Thursday, Aug. 25, Rep. David Rouzer, R-N.C. District 7, said September and October are months when hurricanes and tropical storms have been historically more prevalent.

“We have the benefit of a lot of experience,” Rouzer said of the area’s storm response capability.

Rouzer made the comments after he toured an electrical line repair site on Hooker Road in Wilmington, where he got a first-hand look at coastal storm preparations and a Duke Energy lineman’s work.

Rouzer said he was confident in the utility’s ability to respond to hurricanes, ice storms and other emergencies, thanks partly to the professionalism of the employees who make repairs to the power lines. Rouzer watched the crew replace a capacitor, which the crew told him cleans voltage and maintains integrity in the main line feed.

“It’s not easy work. It’s hot, grueling work,” Rouzer said.

“When you crank on the AC when it’s 100 degrees, you don’t think anything about it, but it’s because of the great work of the linemen.”

Bill Greenwood, a construction and maintenance supervisor for Duke Energy, said the company monitors storms through its own in-house weather service: Duke Meteorology. Local crews will begin ramping up preparations up to 72 hours before a storm hits the region, he said.

Rep. David Rouzer, R-N.C. 7th congressional district, said the Water Resources Development Act currently under consideration by the House of Representatives includes provisions that would help area beaches compete for future project funding from the Army Corps of Engineers. The

House bill grants Carolina Beach a three-year extension to compete for more project funding and would expedite Army Corps of Engineers studies for both Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach.

“The language is favorable over the long term,” Rouzer said.

“It all comes down to the availability of dollars.”

The WRDA bill is cleared through the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, of which Rouzer is a member.

Rouzer said that ultimately, the inclusion of provisions that would benefit area beaches will come down to negotiations with the Senate on its version of the bill, which has no provisions

addressing area beaches. Those negotiations will occur after the November general elections, he said.

Meanwhile, Wrightsville Beach Town Manager Tim Owens said that while the cost-benefit ratio “lowered the overall long-term cost estimate,” local officials are focused on addressing other challenges to extending federal funding for beach renourishment.

Owens said Wrightsville Beach is eligible for possibly two more beach renourishment cycles, but may only qualify for one more.

The last beach renourishment project for Wrightsville Beach took place in 2014.

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For The Record Question and photographs by Emmy Errante

As New Hanover County students went back to school this week, we asked them: What do you want to be when you grow up?

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offshore leases, conducts its own environmental research to “minimize impacts of human-generated sound on marine life,” its website states.

In March, the federal government announced it would not allow offshore drilling in the Atlantic from 2017-2022.

To date, 115 East Coast municipalities have publicly opposed offshore drilling, seismic testing or both, Oceana’s press release states.

Initially, environmentalists believed when offshore drilling was temporarily outlawed, that would make seismic testing — the process of locating gas and oil underground — unnecessary.

“We assumed, at that time, due to the expense of seismic blasting … that would fade away too, but it didn’t turn out that way,” said Randy Sturgill, Oceana senior organizer.

The government did not close the Atlantic to seismic testing, and BOEM has approved

This week’s edition of the Lumina News marks the last for seasoned photographer and reporter Emmy Errante, who is leaving to pursue a master’s degree in creative advertising at Falmouth University School of Art in Falmouth, England.

Errante received her bachelor’s degree in graphic design at Meredith College in Raleigh. She was working as a graphic designer in Wilmington five years ago when she started with Lumina News as a freelance photographer. She accepted the role of the newspaper’s weekend photographer and also contributed photography to sister publication Wrightsville Beach Magazine.

Errante then progressed to reporting, starting with freelance assignments before taking a full-time job as a staff writer and photographer in August 2014. She covered a wide range of topics, from board of aldermen meetings to pressing environmental issues to local surf contests and beach events, always with camera in hand.

Errante was awarded first place in online breaking news from the North Carolina Press Association for her March 2015 coverage of a spectacular car crash following a police chase of bank robbery suspects.

The Lumina News and Wrightsville Beach Magazine staff wish her a fond farewell and many successes, which we have no doubt she will achieve.

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For years, environmental advocates have argued that seismic testing in the Atlantic would harm or kill sea life. A recent Duke University study of whale and dolphin population density off the coast reveals “the scale of the threat,” environmentalists said last week.

Researchers with Duke University’s Geospatial Ecology Lab drew from 23 years of data to map whale and dolphin populations, and international environmental advocate Oceana overlaid the map with the proposed seismic “blast zone” to show, the press release states, “direct overlap of bottlenose dolphin density and direct overlap of endangered humpback, fin and sperm whale densities with the area currently proposed for seismic air gun blasting.”

But the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which handles the

two survey permits, although both permits were for surveys from airplanes.

Sturgill believes that in time, less harmful oil exploration technology will be developed, so companies should not rush to do seismic testing, especially when oil drilling is not currently permitted. He said he and his colleagues are prepared to fight against seismic testing “until those ships go in the water.”

He believes seismic testing would be harmful not only to sea life but to the economy of a maritime town like Wrightsville Beach. Harming fish populations could hurt the commercial fishing industry, he said, and harming dolphins and whales could impact tourism.

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• Roger McCabe Ahier was cited with driving while licensed revoked and expired registration.

• Darius Eric Qwashane Pearce was cited with simple possession of marijuana.

• Steven Bradley Ladna was cited with expired registration.

• Ryan Cornelius Green was cited with open container and resisting an officer.

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By Simon Gonzalez Wilmington’s newest school is called GLOW. It’s an acronym, standing for Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington. It’s also a word that sums up the optimism that abounds at the public charter school.

Glow can mean shine brightly, radiate. That’s what school officials and board members expect — bright students who shine in their classes and radiate hope when they graduate and head off to college.

There was definitely a hearty glow at the historic ribbon-cutting ceremony under a tent on Monday that officially opened the very first all-girls charter school in the state. Speakers from New Hanover County to New York extolled the virtues of the new school and the hopes for the first class of 100 sixth graders and those to follow.

“Your ZIP code should not determine your destiny,” said Judy Girard, who took over efforts to found the academy after Georgia Miller, wife of University of North Carolina Wilmington chancellor Gary Miller, left when her husband accepted a new position in Wisconsin.

GLOW is one of 18 in the Young Women’s Leadership Network, which has its roots in East Harlem, one of the most impoverished areas of New York City. That’s the location of the first school, opened in 1996 to provide opportunities for girls from underprivileged backgrounds. Ann Tisch, who started the Young Women’s Leadership Network, was among the speakers on Monday.

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America is all about,” Tisch told the girls, parents, supporters, business leaders and plenty of elected officials. “This is about changing the lives of your daughters and even families.”

The East Harlem school is an unqualified success. In 2001, 100 percent of the girls in the first graduating class were accepted by colleges. Every class since has duplicated that number.

That is the expectation for every GLOW girl, stated boldly by principal Laura Hunter: “She will graduate from high school.

“She will graduate from high school. She will go to a competitive fouryear university. She will graduate with a college degree. That is why we are here. Failure is not an option.”

She will go to a competitive fouryear university. She will graduate with a college degree. That is why we are here. Failure is not an option.”

Public charter schools can be controversial. They receive taxpayer funding, but there are only so many dollars to go around.

Everyone that goes to a charter school is one fewer for a traditional public school.

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to educate their students. Critics claim they lack the same level of oversight accorded to traditional schools, leading to academic and financial failures.

The state might be revealing some tacit acknowledgement of the controversy. Earlier this month, the North Carolina Board of Education turned down five charter school applicants that had been recommended for approval by an advisory board.

GLOW, however, has the enthusiastic backing of the state, the county school board and other elected officials, including Rep. Susi Hamilton, whose daughter is enrolled. In fact, when the group from Wilmington went to Raleigh last February to make its case, the school not only received unanimous approval but encouragement to replicate the model in other communities throughout North Carolina.

That is as it should be, because GLOW is all about opportunity and equality.

“It is a true equalizer,” Tisch said.

The school is primarily designed for students from atrisk backgrounds who would be the first in their family to graduate from a four-year college. It is limited to girls because, as Hunter puts it, they are the most vulnerable in a public school system overwhelmed with needs and underwhelmed with resources, especially in lower-income areas.

The school will employ a challenging STEAM curriculum: science, technology, engineering, art and math. Not all students will come in on grade level, but the goal is to close the achievement gap within two years.

The girls will learn from teachers like Erica Hodulik and Canesha Jacobs.

Hodulik felt like an oddball when she studied engineering at Vanderbilt, being one of only four females in her major. She wants to encourage her students to study math and science, and increase the number of girls in those fields.

Jacobs, who teaches English, was born to a single, teenaged mother. Statistics were against her being a success, but she graduated from high school and college. She beat the odds, and wants to help others do the same.

Tisch referenced “Little Women” author Louisa May Alcott, describing these girls as “mistresses of their own ship.”

Time will record how well GLOW succeeds in its goals. But with motivated teachers, enthusiastic students and the strong and enthusiastic backing of the community and elected officials, Wilmington’s newest school is on the path to be one of its best.

Hook, Line & Sinker Water temperature remains high, fishing decent

By Skylar Walters

Although the water temperatures have remained in the lower-to-mid 80s, the fishing has been relatively good. Those water temperatures, however, should start to be a thing of the past as we now enter the month of September, a month frequented by cold fronts and tropical systems, both of which our area will encounter this weekend. As of press time, there are a lot of questions as to what impact the systems will have on our area but early indications are it will be gone once we get into the holiday weekend and the cold front will bring some muchneeded cooler air and lower humidity.

Once the seas subside, there are some important regulations to be aware of. The recreational harvest

of some bottom species in federal waters will close Sept. 3. Those species will include jolthead porgy, knobbed porgy, whitebone porgy, saucereye porgy and scup. This is in addition to the closure that went into effect Aug. 9 of the Jacks Complex Species that prevents the possession of almaco jack, banded rudderfish and lesser amberjack. The proclamation states this fishery will reopen Jan. 1, 2017. This is why it’s imperative for every angler to review the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries website for up-to-date fishing information before every trip, as the regulations can change from one week to the next and the angler if responsible for knowing and

TIDES Masonboro Inlet

Latitude 34° 11’ N, Longitude 77° 49’ W

being up to date on any rule changes.

Inshore, the fishing has continued to be good with lots of over slot red drum being reported from both the inshore waters as well as the nearshore waters.

The fish have taken up residence in the deeper creeks and around the area docks as well as in the inlets, specifically around the jetties at Masonboro Inlet. If targeting these fish, please make sure to use stout tackle so the fish can be caught and released in quick order as a lengthy battle on light tackle can be very detrimental for the fish’s chances of a healthy release. The flounder fishing has also been strong with lots of fish in the 2- to 4-pound range being reported as well as some pushing 6-8 pounds. The area creeks are holding fish as are the inlets. The lower Cape Fear River and areas around Carolina Beach seem to be the better locations to target the larger fish although some are coming from the Wrightsville, Topsail and Surf City areas. Live finger mullet, which are very plentiful, fished on a Carolina Rig are responsible for the majority of the large fish, but larger artificial baits will also work. Unfortunately, what looked like it was going to be a banner fall for flounder will soon come to an end. Starting Oct. 16, the flounder fishing will be closed to all harvest, so go out there and get them while you can.

Date Time ht(ft) Time ht(ft) Time ht(ft) Time ht(ft) 9/1 Thu

02:02 AM 0.07 L

07:55 AM 4.6 H

02:09 PM 0.08 L

08:14 PM 4.83 H

9/2 Fri

02:41 AM 0.09 L

08:38 AM 4.62 H

02:51 PM 0.17 L

08:55 PM 4.68 H

9/3 Sat

03:18 AM 0.16 L

09:22 AM 4.57 H

03:30 PM 0.3 L

09:37 PM 4.48 H

9/4 Sun

03:53 AM 0.27 L

10:06 AM 4.5 H

04:07 PM 0.49 L

10:19 PM 4.26 H

9/5 Mon

04:27 AM 0.44 L

10:51 AM 4.4 H

04:46 PM 0.7 L

11:02 PM 4.04 H

9/6 Tue

05:02 AM 0.63 L

11:36 AM 4.31 H

05:27 PM 0.93 L

11:44 PM 3.84 H

9/7 Wed

05:40 AM 0.82 L

12:20 PM 4.23 H

06:17 PM 1.14 L

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JOHN 12:14-15 This is the fulfillment of Zechariah’s prophecy in Zechariah 9:9.

Notice how specific Zechariah’s prophecy is and how exactly it was fulfilled. Zechariah prophesied Jesus not only riding an ass, but also a colt (unbroken), the foal of an ass. Zechariah also mentioned the people rejoicing greatly and shouting which certainly came to pass on this day.

All four gospels include a triumphal entry, but only Matthew records a donkey with a colt. A simple explanation to a so-called “contradiction” is that Jesus rode the colt while the other donkey went along.

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Perhaps he was just a devoted follower of Jesus who gladly surrendered them when he knew Jesus was the one wanting them. Either way, it was just as much a miracle that the owner was willing to surrender them as it was that Jesus knew exactly where they would be.

Jesus hadn’t been in Jerusalem in quite a while and there is no indication that He had made previous arrangements with anyone there to obtain this ass and its colt. This was nothing less than supernatural knowledge imparted to Jesus through the Holy Spirit. As Jesus did, let God’s gifts flow through you today.

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Classified and display deadline: Friday noon • Call 910-256-6569 ext 100 • classifieds@luminanews.com LEGAL NOTICES 16 SP 436 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 Miranda Carol McLean a/k/a Miranda C. McLean a/k/a Miranda Coral McLean to Fuss Law Firm P.C., Trustee(s), which was dated March 7, 2008 and recorded on March 13, 2008 in Book 5289 at Page 2874, 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 September 6, 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: BEING ALL of Lot 36, Section 4, WHITNEY PINES, as shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 42, Page 259, New Hanover County Registry, reference to said map being 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 2644 Hastings Drive, 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, 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 Miranda Carol McLean a/k/a Miranda C. Cross.

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.: 16-05886-FC01 August 25 and Sept. 1, 2016 15-SP-798 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 Gary R. Shelton dated February 17, 2007 and recorded on June 13, 2007, in Book 5195 at Page 638, 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 of Poore Substitute Trustee, LTD (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, on September 13, 2016 at 11:30 AM, 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 in the above referenced Deed of Trust: Address of Property: 320 Smugglers Court, Wilmington, NC 28405 Tax Parcel ID: R04417-007-018-000

Present Record Owner: Gary R. Shelton Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. §45-21.23.

The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or a certified check not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty Dollars ($750.00). In the event that the holder is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder may also be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and the tax required by N.C.G.S. §7A308 (a) (1).

The real property described above 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 required by law.

If the Trustee or Substitute Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey title include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstatement of the loan without knowledge of the Substitute Trustee(s). If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute Trustee(s), in

its/their sole discretion, if it/they believe(s) the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

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 N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or/after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the Notice that is at least ten (10) days, but no more than ninety (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 such termination.

This is a communication from a debt collector. The purpose of this Communication is to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

If you are under the protection of

the bankruptcy court or have been discharged as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding, this notice is given to you pursuant to statutory requirement and for informational purposes and is not intended as an attempt to collect a debt or as an act to collect, assess, or recover all or any portion of the debt from you personally.

Attorney at Law The Hunoval Law Firm, PLLC Attorney for Poore Substitute Trustee, LTD Substitute Trustee September 1 and 8, 2016 018556-00098/ 16-SP-304 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 Juanita T. Smith, dated February 14, 2012 and recorded on February 22, 2012 in Book No. 5619 at Page 1657 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 Court-

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LEGAL NOTICES house, Wilmington, North Carolina on September 13, 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: 6363 Lenoir Dr, Wilmington, NC 28412 Tax Parcel ID: 001-344-000

R07900-

Present Record Owners: The Estate of Juanita T. Smith c/o Gerald Lee Smith, Executor 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 3800 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 250 Charlotte, NC 28273 (704)442-9500 September 1 and 8, 2016 018556-00187/ 16-SP-366 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 Agnes Rouse Surratt, dated December 14, 2011 and recorded on December 28, 2011 in Book No. 5608 at Page 1 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 September 13, 2016 at 11:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Castle Hayne, County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust..

Address of property: 38 Arlene Dr, Castle Hayne, NC 28429 Tax Parcel ID: 011-000

R03308-01-

Present Record Owners: Agnes Rouse Surratt 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 3800 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 250 Charlotte, NC 28273 (704)442-9500 September 1 and 8, 2016 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 16 SP 423 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Isaac J. Brunson and Sakae Brunson to Donald P. Eggleston, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of February, 2013, and recorded in Book 5716, 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 September 13, 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 80 in Section 3, of EAGLES NEST SUBDIVISION, as the same is shown on map of Section 3 of said subdivision recorded in Map Book 22 at Page 32 of the New Hanover County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3428 Sparrow Hawk 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 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: 1181673 (FC.FAY) September 1 and 8, 2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Claims should be presented or paid in behalf of the undersigned at 121 Buckeye Drive, Wilmington, NC 28411.

ed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 9th day of August, 2016.

Joyce J Atkinson. Executrix Estate of Michael A. Atkinson James A. MacDonald The MacDonald Law Firm, PLLC 1508 Military Cutoff Road, Suite 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 8/11, 8/18, 8/25, 9/1/2016

This is the 25th day of August, 2016.

Teresa Adams, Executrix 2805 Miranda Court Wilmington, NC 28405 8/25, 9/1, 9/8, 9/15/2016

Executrix’ Notice The undersigned, having qualified as Executrix of the estate of James D. Hargrove, deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 1st day of December, 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 the 18th day of August, 2016.

Shirley D. Hargrove, Executrix 119 Pine Cone Road Wilmington, NC 28409 August 18 and 25, and September 1 and 8, 2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Catherine E. Burney. late, of Wilmington, 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 in care of the undersigned at 2721 Shandy Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409 on or before November 25, 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 25th day of August, 2016.

Louis A. Burney, Jr. Executor of the Estate of Catherine E. Burney Jerry A. Mannen, Jr. YOW, FOX & MANNEN, LLP 102 N. 5th Avenue Wilmington, NC 28401 08/25/2016; 09/01/2016; 09/08/2016 and 09/15/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Linda L. Linares. late, of Wilmington, 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 in care of the undersigned at 5318 Great Wagon Road, Charlotte, NC 28215 on or before November 25, 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 25th day of August, 2016.

Lynne F. Kannaly Executrix of the Estate of Linda L. Linares Douglas A. Fox YOW, FOX & MANNEN, LLP 102 N. 5th Avenue Wilmington, NC 28401 08/25/2016; 09/01/2016; 09/08/2016 and 09/15/2016

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HANOVER COUNTY

EXECUTOR NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Frances K. Rice 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 November 11, 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

THIS 11th day of August, 2016.

Robert R. Rice 3706 Tumbril Lane Wilmington, NC 28412 W. Talmage Jones Hogue Hill, LLP Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 2178 Wilmington, NC 28402 8/11, 8/18, 8/25, 9/1/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the ESTATE OF MICHAEL A. ATKINSON, deceased of Wilmington, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 11th day of November, 2016, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons indebted to said Estate, please make immediate payment.

All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of William Douglas Lewis, deceased, are notified to present the same to Samuel Lewis, Executor of the Estate of William Douglas Lewis, to the address listed below on or before November 24, 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said estate are asked to make immediate payment.

This the 25th day of August, 2016. c/o Andrew Olsen, Attorney Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, LLP Attorney for the Estate of William Douglas Lewis 319 N. 3rd Street, Suite 300 Wilmington, NC 28401 August 25, September 1, 8 and 15, 2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Hazel Bonham Harris 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 November 2016, or this notice will be plead-

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 Marsha Dube 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 November 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 25th day of August 2016.

Ishmael Dube, Executor 3009 Harvest Rd Castle Hayne, NC 28429 8/25, 9/1, 9/8, 9/15/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA, New Hanover COUNTY All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Joseph Wightman, deceased, are notified to present the same to John Wightman, Executor of the Estate of Joseph Wightman, to the address listed below on or before December 1, 2016, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said estate are asked to make immediate payment.

This the 1st day of September, 2016. c/o Andrew Olsen, Attorney Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, LLP Attorney for the Estate of Joseph Wightman 319 N. 3rd Street, Suite 300 Wilmington, NC 28401 September 1, 8, 15, and 22, 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, September 8, 2016 or as soon thereafter, in the Town Hall Council Chambers, 321 Causeway Drive, Wrightsville Beach, NC, to hold public hearings and to consider the following: • An amendment to the existing Conditional Use Permit for Robert’s Grocery (32 North Lumina Avenue) that currently allows the parking lot at 27 North Lumina Avenue to function as a commercial parking lot. The applicants request is to modify the number of reserved parking spaces that are required within the lot in order to accommodate the proposed restaurant which, if approved, would be located within the existing building at 32 North Lumina Avenue.

• A Conditional Use Permit for 32 North Lumina Avenue, to allow for the operation of a standard restaurant by the Charlie Grainger’s franchise. Standard restaurants are considered a Conditional Use in the C-1 Commercial Zoning District.

September 1, 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 Mary Kathryn Getz 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 2nd day of December 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 1st day of September, 2016 Thomas Getz, Executor 605 Sandfiddler Pointe Road Wilmington, NC 28409 9/1, 9/8, 9/15, 9/22/2016 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT EXECUTRIX’S NOTICE

The undersigned having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Edna Brown Smith 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 2nd day of December 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 1st day of September, 2016.

Bertha Ann Smith, Executrix 1110 Kings Grant Road Wilmington, NC 28405 9/1, 9/8, 9/15, 9/22/2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK NOTICE OF SALE MARTIN ORGANIZATION, LLC, PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES, CHAPTER 44A, SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC SALE OF THE UNITS LISTED BELOW AT IT’S FACILITY LOCATED AT: 1725 SOUTHPORT-SUPPLY ROAD, BOLIVIA, NC 28422, COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER DURING THE HOUR OF 10AM ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2016 FOR CASH TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. TO: UNIT: Lamont Proctor A0147 Troy Stewart A1207 Linda Philyaw B0210 Sandra Waggoner B0212 Chris Wollin C0323 Nicoll Brennan C0328 Chris Wollin C0329 Dawn Stutts C0372 Lisa Catenacci C3145 Clarence Stanley Thomas D0420 Takiyah Johnson D0426 September 1, 2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER NOTICE OF SALE MARTIN ORGANIZATION, LLC, PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES, CHAPTER 44A, SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC SALE OF THE UNITS LISTED BELOW AT IT’S FACILITY LOCATED AT: 4851 CAROLINA BEACH RD, WILMINGTON, NC 28412, COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER DURING THE HOUR OF 1PM ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 09TH, 2016 FOR CASH TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. TO: Harriet Beauchamp Harriet Beauchamp Jane Bono Katy Bowen Jeffrey Brock Dan Caison Jacqeuline Calo Joey Culbreth Anthony Fravel Whitney Gore Janet Grady Wayne Kemp Sonya Lloyd Lashanda McClean Nick Mutascio Debra Pacheco David Pare Frances Pittman Regina Price Tarsha Pryor Geordi Roberts September 1, 2016

UNIT: A0162 C0307 F6139 G0743 C0324 F0615 B0249 B0213 E0528 F6147 B0229 E0543 C0316 E0546 B0289 C0309 E0520 C0318 F6119 F0638 A0148

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER NOTICE OF SALE MARTIN ORGANIZATION, LLC, PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES, CHAPTER 44A, SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC SALE OF THE UNITS LISTED BELOW AT IT’S FACILITY LOCATED AT: 6020 CAROLINA BEACH ROAD, WILMINGTON, NC 28412, COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER DURING THE HOUR OF 10AM ON Friday, September 9th, 2016 FOR CASH TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. To:

Unit:

KATHERINE HURT B0206 NANCY KAFINA H0856 CATHY KIRKLAND F0636 JOHN MARTIN I0964 MELISSA MCLEAN B0261 ANDREA NORRIS G0726 JAIME PORTER I0906 MATTHEW QUINTIN A0164 A. CAROLINE REILLY E0501 JACQUELINE RUSSELL I0923 RICHARD SANDLIN C0361 JASON SMITH E0544/E0517 JASON SMITH C0347 JOHN SWEETZ C0351 DEBERA TIPTON H0813 JAMES VAUGHAN C0363 STEPHANIE WILSON J1036 HARRIET BEAUCHAMP A0158 BILLY BLACK F0637 CHARLIE BYRUM F0626 September 1, 2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK NOTICE OF SALE MARTIN ORGANIZATION, LLC, PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES, CHAPTER 44A, SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC SALE OF THE UNITS LISTED BELOW AT IT’S FACILITY LOCATED AT: 7815 OCEAN HIGHWAY EAST, LELAND, NORTH CAROLINA, 28451, COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK DURING THE HOUR OF 10AM ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 FOR CASH TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. TO: UNIT: Marsheco Furlow A1202 Robert Becker A1321 Bill Conely A1337 Wendy Maholic B2129 Michele Gentry B2138 Kelly Drobnak B2230 Ella Harrison B2246 Portia Lee C3113 Rodney Williams D4114 Boyd Vance D4119 Meghan Lewis D4124 Antoine Woodberry D4126 Jimmy Bass D4201 Brittany Vaughan D4217 September 1, 2016

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER NOTICE OF SALE THE MARTIN ORGANIZATION, LLC, PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES, CHAPTER 44A, SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC SALE OF THE UNITS LISTED BELOW AT IT’S FACILITY LOCATED AT: 110 S. KERR AVENUE, WILMINGTON, NC 28403, COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER DURING THE HOUR OF 10AM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 FOR CASH TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. TO: UNIT: KATHY CONYERS A0112 MARCUS SUBER A0116 ALEASHA DAUGHERTY D0422 KATRINA MYERS C0343 KATRINA MYERS A0145 BRIAN WILSON A0144 KEYRON WILEY E5176 CAMPBELL MCARTHUR F0645 MELLANIE DAVIS H0803 STEVEN CHARLES E5152 CHRISTIAN TOWNING B0285 ANTONIO SHUFFORD B2138 JULIE ELLISON B0298 YOLANDA THOMAS H0816 MELLANIE DAVIS A0151 CHRIS WILKINS H0807 BRANDON BOOZER E0501 ROYCE WILLIAMS E0586 LISA LEWIS D0488 LARRY HINNANT H0819 SHANNON ROBINSON E0532 WILLIAM NEMMERS D0475 JAKEEMA BOYKIN B0220 JORDAN LAUVA D0483 BRYANT SOTO B0249 WAYNE CROMARTIE D0462 ZEDRIC JAMES C0306 ILAIYJAH BACCHUS D0406 DARIEN BATTS C0317 MARION LEWIS E0518 HILLARY FENNELL D0476 LYNETTE MULDROW E0539 IAN GEIGER C0307 CYNTHIA GREEN A0123 JALISA BELLAMY D0421 TAMEKIA SMITH D0444 LARRY THAMES D0428 DONALD MURPHY A0135 September 1, 2016

EMPLOYMENT

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We are looking for hardworking, reliable crew team members and managers. Applicants please apply online at www.classicburgers.com, or visit your local Wendy’s and apply with manager. You may also email your resume to careers@classicburgers.com 8/18, 8/25, 9/1, 9/8/2016

FURNITURE

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